Flashback-A-Rooney

Flashback-A-Rooney is the eighteenth episode in season 1 of Liv and Maddie. It aired on May 4, 2014 and received 1.8 million total viewers.

Overview
Maddie is anxiously awaiting the arrival of a letter from the Junior Olympics that will tell her if she's been invited to try out for the basketball team.

Main Cast

 * Dove Cameron as Liv and Maddie Rooney
 * Joey Bragg as Joey Rooney
 * Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Parker Rooney
 * Kali Rocha as Karen Rooney
 * Benjamin King as Pete Rooney

Recurring Cast

 * Emmy Buckner as Liv #2
 * Shelby Wulfert as Maddie #2
 * Ryan McCartan as Diggie

Guest Cast

 * Tate Chapman as 10-year-old Liv
 * Abby Chapman as 10-year-old Maddie
 * Gianni Decenzo as 9-year-old Joey
 * Timothy Granaderos as Mailman
 * Yonden Trainor as 5-year-old Parker

Trivia

 * It's revealed Joey is in a drum circle.
 * This is the first episode to show young versions of the family.
 * Karen mentioned Liv's full name for the first time.
 * This is the first episode where confessionals also happen in flashbacks.
 * The actresses who play the younger versions of the main characters are real twins.
 * The actor playing younger Parker is Tenzing's actual little brother.
 * This episode revealed the origin of Maddie's "BAM! What?!" catchphrase, also why Liv always sings "Sing it Loud" and never simply says it.
 * There is an obscure reference to the short story The Tell-Tale Heart, where Maddie's aggressive bouncing of the basketball echoes like the beating of a heart when Liv is looking at the place where she hid the Junior Olympics letter.
 * Liv tells Maddie "I hope you break a leg" with regards to Maddie's tryouts for Junior Olympics. This is foreshadowing Maddie's knee injury that happens in the Season 1 finale; that prevents her from going into Junior Olympics.

Goofs

 * In the flashback, set five years ago, eleven-year-old Maddie is clearly taller than ten-year-old Liv. Yet in Move-A-Rooney, Liv claimed she's always been taller than Maddie, even when they were children.