Best Freds Forever

Best Freds Forever is the ninth episode of the first season of Fred: The Show.

Synopsis
Fred finds an old keepsake box and discovers that he and Kevin were once BFFs. In the box are several embarrassing photos that Fred uses to blackmail Kevin into being his best friend for a day.

Plot
The episode begins with Fred being visibly distressed due to his music teacher pairing him with Kevin for a duet. He is frustrated, thinking Kevin is too controlling since he doesn't allow any creative input from Fred and puts him in charge of the costumes instead.

While searching for potential costumes, Fred finds an old box in the back of his closet. Much to his shock, it is filled with childhood photos of him and Kevin together, along with a contract they had written promising to be friends forever. He then gets the idea to blackmail Kevin with the items, persuading him to be 'BFFs' in exchange for Fred not showing people their photos.

Kevin begrudgingly plays along as a best friend for Fred, who forces the two of them into childish playdates, is excessively open about their friendship, and disrupts Kevin's socializing with others at school, much to Kevin's embarrassment.

Fred is convinced that since they're best friends, Kevin would then be forced to listen to his creative input for their duet-- so he begins to modify their work accordingly, culminating into a duet that's centered around praising Fred and forcing Kevin to dress up like him.

On the day they are supposed to present, Kevin is fed up with everything Fred had done. As a result, he leaves Fred to do their duet by himself, not wanting to be humiliated in front of the class and not caring about the impact of the childhood photos anymore. After imagining a success with the modified duet, Fred ends up not getting a good grade on the actual performance, save for a single person clapping.

In the end, he admits that he might have gotten carried away with his 'BFFs' scheme, though he does look back fondly on some of the aspects such as the hangouts. Kevin and some of his friends later corner Fred and attempt to give him a wedgie.

A nearby student sees this and defends Fred, pushing Kevin away and Fred's photos end up spilling onto the floor for the other students to see and laugh at. As an embarrassed Kevin walks off, Fred and the student, who had positively reacted to Fred's performance and appears to be similar to him, decide to become friends themselves.

Trivia

 * Ryan Potter of fellow Nickelodeon show Supah Ninjas guest stars as Fred's New Friend.
 * This is the first appearance of Fred's New/Best Friend.