Liv and Maddie is an American comedy television series created by John D. Beck and Ron Hart that premiered on Disney Channel on July 19, 2013.
The series stars Dove Cameron, Joey Bragg, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Kali Rocha, Benjamin King, and Lauren Lindsey Donzis.
The school principal suddenly announces budget cuts just as Maddie is selected as captain of her basketball team, denying any chance of new uniforms or trips to tournaments.
Meanwhile, Parker brings home a case of tarantulas from school, that have suddenly escaped, which causes a few problems for Maddie's team retreat, so he ropes in Joey for help.
Ridgewood High is hosting the annual Brain Olympics, and Joey is intent on forming a team with his frenemy Artie and another person in hopes of winning.
Meanwhile, Maddie holds a yard sale to raise funds for the French Club's trip to Montreal, in which Karen (due to being a pack rat) tries to take back all the stuff.
A disheartened Maddie fails her driving test while a gleeful Liv is given the lead role in a film adaptation of a well-known science fiction novel, Space Werewolves.
Joey has a rocket race with Artie, Maddie attempts to open up her feelings about Diggie, and Parker starts filling in his secret escape tunnels.
When they finally arrive home, Maddie and Diggie reveal their feelings and become a couple; then the kids find out they are simply moving into a hotel while the house is being tented for beetles, which causes trouble with Liv.
Meanwhile, Evan is staying with the Rooneys for the weekend and is forced to help Parker with the household chores, but the pair struggles to keep away from Karen's new wood-chopper.
Special guest star: Laura Marano as Fangs Maddie is anxiously awaiting the arrival of an invitation to the tryouts for the Junior Olympics' girls' basketball team.
Special guest star: Garry Marshall as Vic DeFazerelli It is time for the annual Wisconsin Cheddar Brat Cheese-Eating Contest.
Guest stars: Ryan McCartan as Diggie, Herbie Jackson as Reggie, Peggy Miley as Sylvia, Emmy Buckner as Liv 2, Shelby Wulfert as Maddie 2 Karen's poem tree is ripped out of the ground by Cindy Dippledorf, which results in Liv and Karen teaming up to get revenge on her and her son, Holden, but they go too far when they steal a statue giraffe that was donated for Holden's uncle's wake.
Due to a mishap at school which requires Joey to hold Maddie's varsity jacket, he ends up meeting a pretty girl who wants to go out with him because she thinks he's a jock.
Guest stars: Jessica Marie Garcia as Willow, Jimmy Bellinger as Artie, Kurt Long as Johnny Nimbus, Jordan Fisher as Holden, Victoria Moroles as Andie, Emmy Buckner as Liv 2, Shelby Wulfert as Maddie 2 After winning the Battle of the Bands, Liv, along with her new band The Dream, decides to make a music video with the help of Parker, who had just gotten a good camera.
Guest stars: Jessica Marie Garcia as Willow, Ryan McCartan as Diggie, Jimmy Bellinger as Artie, Jordan Fisher as Holden, Victoria Moroles as Andie, Audrey Whitby as Aubrey, Shelby Wulfert as Maddie 2, Emmy Buckner as Liv 2 Andie tells Liv that she went on a date with Holden and had a great time.
However, Becky later arrives to tell Liv that the people making the show will let her film it in Wisconsin, exposing Maddie's absence to Karen and Pete.
Meanwhile, Maddie is in charge of building a Paulie statue at Ridgewood, while Joey and Parker find out that Karen and Pete did not use their gift card to Goofy Gary's.
Guest stars: Jimmy Bellinger as Artie, Jordan Fisher as Holden, Chloe Wepper as Gemma, Lucas Adams as Josh, Shelby Wulfert as Maddie 2, Emmy Buckner as Liv 2 Maddie and Willow host Senior Scare School, a Halloween tradition at Ridgewood High where the senior class scares students from Ridgewood Middle School.
Special guest stars: Landry Bender as Cyd, Lauren Taylor as Shelby Liv's co-star Josh seems to miss life in Hollywood, but reveals that he is more interested in activities in Stevens Point.
At the end, it turns out that Dump Truck was only storing salami in the locker for a salami eating contest to keep it from his friend, Tony Slim Nose; Liv and Kristen confront a reporter about female actors only being asked appearance questions; and Maddie swaps the book holding the support beam with her mother's Thai cookbook, but she and Parker later discover that Karen keeps their important documents in there.
Special guest star: Kristen Bell as herself Guest stars: Jessica Marie Garcia as Willow, Shak Ghacha as Dump Truck, Lucas Adams as Josh, Jai Rodriguez as Jacob Michaels, Erin Matthews as Paula Porter, Bas Rutten as Uncle Martucci, Emmy Buckner as Liv 2, Shelby Wulfert as Maddie 2 Parker accidentally gives his coupon book gift to Joey instead of Karen.
The season finale reveals that Josh will be the new SkyVolt, but later Maddie receives a call from Willow saying that Southern California State University wants her to play basketball there and are offering her a scholarship.
Meanwhile, Maddie panics after spilling liquids on her laptop, having finished an important school paper on it, while Parker seeks proper credit for his work at BOOMS with Joey's popularity getting in the way.
Meanwhile, Maddie and Willow are determined to break a gender barrier of their own when they compete to become the first women to successfully eat spicy peppers at a restaurant.
Guest stars: Jessica Marie Garcia as Willow, Chloe East as Val, August Roads as Eddy, Zoe Perry as Marlowe, Ashlee Füss as Daria, Ego Nwodim as Ms. Karsch, Emmy Buckner as Liv 2, Shelby Wulfert as Maddie 2 Parker does a series of tests on the twins to see who's smarter in IQ.
Guest stars: Laura Bell Bundy as Tracy Okahatchee, Jessica Marie Garcia as Willow, Jimmy Bellinger as Artie, Victoria Moroles as Andie, Jordan Fisher as Holden, Carter Hastings as Evan, Chloe East as Val, Ego Nwodim as Ms. Karsch, Shelby Wulfert as Maddie 2, Emmy Buckner as Liv 2 The Rooney family plans to spend the summer together before they all have to go their separate ways.
Liv's manager Becky reveals that she has been cast in a broadway musical set to take place over the summer, and Parker also has to leave early for the bio-dome, which has been moved to Bolivia.
The episode ends with Liv singing an acoustic rendition of the show's theme song (with Diggie playing along on the guitar) and sharing a tearful embrace with her sister.
Meanwhile, Joey reveals to Dump Truck that the Rooneys have been followed around by a camera crew for the past four years to film a reality series entitled "Bits & Pieces" that airs exclusively in Luxembourg, which has served as the framing device for the show.