Hannah Montana

A new Hannah Montanta episode called “Test of My Love“, which has not yet aired in the US, is available on YouTube.  Thanks to Disney Society for the link.

Disney may or may not take it offline, so watch it while you can!

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

After watching The Way We Almost Weren’t again with my daughters, I was stuck by the number similarities in this episode and the first Back to the Future movie.

• Lightning was the catalyst for time travel.  Granted, they handled it very differently, but it was the same element.
• The central plot is the disruption of their parent’s big moment.  In Hannah Montana it was first meeting, while in Back to the Future it was the first kiss.
• Once disrupted, the children begin to disappear, starting with the oldest.  Marty was the youngest, but the photo with his older brother and sister showed them disappearing first.
• The first element to disappear was the hand.  Both Marty and Jackson have shots of them looking directly through their hand in disbelief.
• Both Marty and Jackson mistakenly called their father “dad”, and changed it to “dad..dad…daddio“.

At first, I thought it was just coincidence.  After thinking about it a bit more, I think it was an homage to Back to the Future, although rather subtle to most viewers.

Did you notice any other similarities between the two?

BuddyTV has a nice recap of this episode. Beware, it gives away the entire story, so don’t read it if you haven’t watched that one yet.

In a nutshell, Miley and Jackson somehow go back in time to the day their parents first met, but they accidentally disrupt that first meeting (where their parents fell in love). They have to work to get them together, or else they’ll both cease to exist!

Here is a short video with some photos from the episode: