A family of three, Andrew, his father and mother are down on their luck. Andrew is thrust into a new school where his classmates ridicule him for dressing like a pirate and his father, is the janitor. Wrongfully charged with destroying school property, Andrew looks to his imaginary friend and hero Captain Black Beard to help him out of the trouble but instead finds his father there to save the day. In doing so, Andrew now sees his father as he once did; his hero.