''Pants on Fire'' is a 2014 Disney XD Original Movie, starring Bradley Steven Perry, Joshua J. Ballard,

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and Brittney Wilson. It premiered on November 9, 2014.

Plot

Set in

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, a 15-year-old named Jack Parker has everything going for him: popularity at school, an easy home life, and a high chance of winning an award that would lead him to be batboy for the

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. There's just one thing; he earned them by being the biggest liar around, but little did he know that that was all going to change. One day while he was giving a speech, Mikey, one of his lies, appears. Progressively, one by one, all his lies start to come to life, starting with two angry lumberjacks and a possessive, jealous girlfriend, Lisa, from Arizona. He and his friend Ryan soon find out from a plush purple hippo from a children's restaurant/fun center that the only way to stop his lies from coming true is to tell the truth. However, Jack refuses to do it, since the award ceremony is coming soon and he doesn't want to lose. After that encounter, they soon come face-to-face with the lumberjacks, along with another one of his lies: two alien agents. They are able to escape with the help of Lisa, but only after he tells her the truth. During this time (and a few more lies later), he learns that his lies hurt those closest to him. After a conversation with a man practicing his baseball hits (who he later discovers was his baseball hero, Danny Kostas, getting over a slump), he tells everyone at the award ceremony the lies that he told and is disqualified. He and Ryan soon see all of his lies in the hall and run into an empty room where they saw the hippo. After Jack explains to the hippo that he told the truth and none of the lies went away, the hippo reveals itself to be his sister, Hannah, who was fed up with his lies and wanted to teach him a lesson. She reveals that the lies were just actors and other people using special effects, and that they rehearsed the plot for months. They soon reconcile, but Jack's parents arrive and ground him by making him clean the whole garage. In the end, he finishes cleaning up the garage, finishes his punishment and learns his lesson about lying. He visits Jennifer, whom he has a crush on, to apologize and promises he will never lie again for now. They soon take off in a limo to

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, compliments of Danny.

Cast

* Bradley Steven Perry as Jack Parker * Joshua J. Ballard as Ryan *

as Mikey * Brittney Wilson as Hannah Parker / Hippo *

Taylor Russell Taylor Russell McKenzie (born July 18, 1994) is a Canadian actress. She has starred in the Netflix science fiction series ''Lost in Space'' (2018–2021). In film, she has starred in the critically acclaimed drama ''Waves'' (2019), for which she ...

as Jennifer * Nicholas Coombe as Eric * Rachelle Gillis as Lisa * Kevin O'Grady as Chip * John Stewart as Rock *

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as Diane Parker * Peter Graham-Gaudreau as Ed Parker *

Manoj Sood Manoj Sood (born May 5, 1962) is a Canadian film and television actor. Life and career Manoj Sood was born in Mombasa, Kenya, to Indian Hindu parents, Dr. B.K. Sood and Narindar Sood. He immigrated with his family to Canada in 1964, growing u ...

as Principal Kar *

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as Otis

Production

By June 2014, Disney XD agreed to a multi-picture development deal with Two 4 the Money Media and

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with MarVista having global distribution rights. The two companies teamed up for the first time for this TV film.

Broadcast

The film premiered on Disney XD channels in the United States and Canada on November 9, 2014, and in Australia on February 6, 2015.

References

{{reflist Disney XD original films 2014 television films 2014 films American television films American teen comedy films 2010s teen comedy films American films about revenge Films set in Massachusetts 2010s American films