Penny leads her peers in a strike against their parents. The kids refuse to do their chores until they receive a cost-of-living raise.
When Gaz sees an advertisement for the new handheld gaming console, the Game Slave 2, she decides that she really needs to go to the mall in order to get one. However, when her father insists that she takes Dib to the mall as well, he forces her to wait until Mysterious Mysteries goes off, which causes them to arrive at the mall late. Gaz, in rage, tricks Dib into running off into the underground parking lot while she attempts to get a Game Slave 2; though Gaz discovers an annoying kid managed to get the last copy so she seeks to steal his copy, all the while Dib must attempt to get out of the underground parking lot, which is filled with rat-like people who just annoy him.
When Dib once again notices that Zim isn’t eating his food, he throws a piece of bologna at him in order to taunt him, in which the bologna fuses with Zim’s skin, causing him immense pain. Zim vows to get his revenge and during the next day of school, Dib sits on a tack, which causes Zim to begin laughing hysterically. Dib believes Zim is just being pathetic, but when Dib begins to transform into a living piece of bologna, he realizes that Zim’s plan was better than he had thought and he must formulate a method of curing himself before it’s too late.
After winning their preliminary rounds, Ash and Misty face formidable opponents in the Whirl Cup. Meanwhile, the Team Rocket trio have their eyes on stealing the tournament's prize!
The Ed's have a scam for Jonny. No one can resist karate! This scam is a failure, but is soon dropped when everyone's attention is directed to Rolf's house. Rolf is modeling his sea cucumber suit for everyone, and offering them some for eating. Eddy shames ""the son of a shepherd"" once he takes one of the sea cucumber balls, and tosses it at a hole in the fence. Edd gives Eddy a potted plant to give to Rolf for forgiveness. Turns out, this plant is the ""potted plant of ridicule"" and Rolf and Eddy ensue in a duel.
Byker Grove follows the lives and relationships of a group of young people who are members of a youth club.
Eddy and Edd come up with an idea to trick Ed for laughs. Eddy drags Ed from his room while he is reading his new comic, ""Evil Tim."" After this idea bombs, Ed thinks of an idea for a scam. Throughout the episode, they follow through Ed's scam, doing some senseless things. We find out, Ed's scam has nothing to do with taking everyone's cash, but is ideal for a curse.
When Peter decides to become a fisherman, he takes out a large loan to buy a fishing boat and unwittingly gives up everything he owns as collateral.
Ippo, a teenage boy with a pure heart and unrelenting determination, discovers a passion for boxing after veteran fighter Takamura saves him from bullies.
Musical guest: Deborah Cox Lem's delinquent cousin, Jack, comes to town to make amends. Teri fails in her efforts to keep a distance between herself and Damon. Bird's marriage is threatened when she gets a chance to go on tour with Deborah Cox and her band.
A place of mountain ranges, perpetual night, pressures extremes and cold... and the weirdest life forms on our planet. Dive into the depths of the ocean, an eerie world where predators with teeth so large they can't even close their mouths, chase bio-luminescent creatures of the deep. Discover the spectacular smoking chimneys of the hydrothermal vents. Go deeper down than you have ever been...
Byker Grove follows the lives and relationships of a group of young people who are members of a youth club.
Event: QUAN SHU FORTRESS, MANCHURIA 1359 A.D. Sydney and Nigel are hot on the trail of a Chinese ""dragon's egg"" concerning an early contact-explosive like nitroglycerine. Rival relic hunter Kane has the map, but has been captured by a local warlord, Shandar. The duo have to break Kane out, and then get the map from him and go for the egg. They manage to get hold of it, but Kane and Shandar pursue them, and Sydney uses the explosive to blow up their opponents. Meanwhile, Claudia is off on a ""fashion emergency"" and temp Karen Petrusky is forced to deal with a budget review of Sydney's Ancient Studies department.
Flex gets his first taste of what it's like to be an overprotective father when, Tracy, Breanna's best friend from Atlanta, comes for a weekend visit and is revealed to be a 16-year-old boy. The situation becomes even more complicated when Breanna discovers that she may have more than friendly feelings for Tracy and seeks out dating advice from Flex's girlfriend, Tonya. Meanwhile, Duane makes a bird-brained attempt to get an autograph from the retiring Cal Ripken Jr.
musical guest: Brian McKnight Professor Oglevee enlists the help- and vocal stylings- of R&B superstar Brian McKnight in his attempt to woo Nikki away from her new love, Kenny. But she turns a deaf ear to his mating call, forcing Stanley to resort to drastic measures to put an end to Nikki and Kenny's budding romance. Meanwhile, Kim baby sits T's rambunctious cousins.
Joan lies to Dr. Bales about ending her relationship with Toni, but he runs into them having lunch together. Toni is furious to learn that Joan has been talking to a therapist about her, and orders Joan to end their sessions. Joan continues to keep her appointments, and Dr. Bales suggests that she be more assertive with her friends. Lynn's boyfriend, Vosco, arrives from Jamaica, and Lynn hides him in Joan's house. William suddenly becomes more attractive to women after becoming engaged. Maya is upset by his insistence on flirting with all of his new admirers.
Enrique and Oliver take the Blade Breakers to Robert's mansion, but can Tyson get his rematch against Robert, or will this Johnny character interfer?
When Steve pops into Susan's flat, he accidentally sees Sally's naked bottom. This incident leads to dilemmas and awkwardness all round, which are dealt with in the classic sequence outlined by Jeff: the prickles (an embarrassed silence), the blurts (talking too fast), followed by the "head laugh".