Profits are down and Ben must fire an employee to reduce overhead. After conducting an efficiency study to determine who is expendable, it turns out Ben is the one who is expendable. So, like a good Assistant Manager, Ben fires himself.
Much to her chagrin, Robyn finds out that she is going to have to wear big metal braces. Once in place, she refuses to open her mouth, instead choosing to converse with friends and customers through body language and hand-written signs.
Pattie organizes a baseball game between Bulky's and their rival restaurant, Chunky's. As Coach, Patti discovers that the only time for practice is during working hours, so the gang figures out how to practice and serve the customers.
Robyn is forced to take over as Assistant Manager and hates the new role. Pattie sees Robyn's new role as a bonus, believing they can all goof off now that one of their own has become the boss. Robyn, however, takes her new job seriously.
Desperate to join the Goodfellows Guild at school, Pattie sets up an interview with the club President after school at Bulky's on a day that just so happens to coincide with a day that Ben decrees everyone must look and behave like Alex.
He might hate it, but Alex wants to keep his job at Bulky's. However, his tenure is on thin ice, and on the verge of being terminated, when Ben hires a champion burger flipper to show Alex that he means business.
Alex wins a competition to be Bulky's spokesperson and gets right to work creating a new ad campaign. The success soon goes straight to Alex's head, and the campaign ends up turning into a full-scale disaster.
Ben buys an aromatic spray at a pet store hoping to stun a pesky mouse long enough to get it out of the restaurant, but his plan goes horribly awry when the staff, not the mouse, are affected by the spray, but in a way no one expects.
Pattie and Tess run against each other for President of the Student Council but end up spending more time campaigning than working. Customer dissatisfaction turns into satisfaction, however, when Pattie begins buying votes with free food.
Pattie develops a crush on John Smith, a man who claims he was sent from Bulky's head office to catch a counterfeiter. However, it soon becomes clear that John Smith is not who he claims but is instead nothing but a common thief himself.
Alex's tattoo attracts unwanted attention from a man who mistakes him for a member of a rival gang. The biker instructs Alex to meet in the parking lot after work, where the gang leader will be waiting to settle a score. Alex is terrified.
Pattie reneges on a promise to Tess causing Tess to put a curse on Pattie. Pattie does not believe in curses, but bad luck arrives, nonetheless. Tess says she will remove the curse if Pattie apologizes, but Pattie refuses to do so.
Robyn is in love, but it is not a happy love story, it is more like Romeo and Juliet, as Robyn is in love with the cook from a rival fast food chain. As she soon learns, love and work do not mix.
Robyn begins listening to cult-like self-help tapes to boost her self-confidence. Soon, her self-help initiative completely alters her personality, making her unbearably assertive. Tess's new love for photography becomes a nuisance.
Ben is penniless but he desperately wants a new cellphone, so he asks Robyn to lend him some money. Knowing full well she will not lend him money for a phone, Ben makes up a heartbreaking story about a poor friend that he wants to help.
Ben ropes Pattie into a contest to win a shiny trophy to display at Bulky's. Trouble is, Pattie must compete against Chris the super-jock in a thumb-wrestling competition to win the trophy. Tess bets Alex that she can predict the winner.
Robyn is attracted to Ryan, the editor of the school newspaper, and all would be fine except that Ryan is attracted to Pattie, who has absolutely no interest in him. A series of misunderstandings leads Robyn to suspect Pattie of foul play.
There's a gangsta rapper in town and everyone wants to go to the concert, but money is a problem for Alex. Perhaps the overnight cleanup shift he is on with Ben will allow him to earn the cash, but man's best laid plans often go astray.
When Alex starts a rock band, Ben complains that his practicing is distracting him from work and advises him to quit the band. However, when Ben notices that Alex's guitar playing augments their customer's appetites, he changes his tune.
Tommy McGuire, the star of a new superhero movie "Tiger Man," appears at Bulky's in full Tiger Man regalia for a special appearance. Alex is unimpressed and challenges Tommy to perform the famous "Tiger Man Leap." Things quickly go awry.
When Tess holds an alternative therapy workshop in the back pantry during off-hours, Ben refuses to allow her to do so. However, when Ben meets one of the participants and becomes smitten, he decides to take part in the workshop himself.
Alex is bummed about having to participate in a student exchange program, and he is dreading meeting Danny from Manitoba, however, his demeanor quickly changes when Danny turns out to be Danielle, a very hot high school senior.
Pattie and Robyn are excited about an upcoming concert that Bulky's is sponsoring that will feature a heartthrob singer named Rico. Meanwhile, Alex sells Ben a smelly concoction that he insists is a love potion that makes girls go crazy.
Ben attempts to impress an attractive customer named Sandra, but she is not interested in him because of his poor financial status. To get Sandra's attention, Ben disguises himself and pretends to be the owner of the entire Bulky's chain.
Bulky's lands a lucrative merchandising deal with a Sci-Fi Hollywood blockbuster, and for a limited time they will distribute collectible movie tie-in toys with every Wacky Meal. The event causes a huge, unexpected uproar in interest.
A new contest at Bulky's encourages employees to come up with ways to attract new customers. Ben is sure he will win, but his ideas are all total duds until he begins to "borrow" ideas from a child and happily pass them off as his own.
Ben is forced to catch a bat in the restaurant. When he begins acting strangely the next day, combined with a few curious marks on his neck, and the fact that he no longer shows up on film, everyone believes Ben has turned into a vampire.
No one will fill in for Ben so he can attend a conference, except Alex, who practically begs for the opportunity. Ben relents, and gives Alex the responsibility, but as soon as he is out the door, Alex goes straight into slacker mode.
When placing an ad in the local paper, Ben includes a coupon with a major typo, one that could bankrupt the entire Bulky's chain. If that were not bad enough, the free food promised on the coupon happens to coincide with Prom night.
Ben is thrilled by the arrival of the Burgatron 9000, a new computer system specifically calibrated to successfully run a fast-food franchise. Ben is thrilled with the Burgatron right up until the moment he gets demoted by the computer.
Ben is pursued by an angry driver he cut off in traffic. To throw the guy off his trail, Ben publishes a fake obituary to convince the angry driver that he is dead. Unfortunately, the government obtains the news and declares Ben deceased.
When Ben becomes the victim of a practical joke, he blames Alex. When Alex becomes the victim of a joke, he in turn blames Ben. The two proceed to attempt to out-prank each other, until the girls also begin to fall victim to the prankster.
When a date Pattie was going to take to her cousin's wedding cancels at the last minute, Alex agrees to fill in, as a friend, but that does not stop everyone from thinking the two are now an item, causing Ben to create a new Bulky's rule.
The results of the Standard Exam can make or break a persons' future, and no one is more stressed than Ben. Alex, on the other hand, has someone on the inside willing to steal the answers, and Alex is willing to cut Ben in, for a price.
When the gang befriends a homeless guy and begin feeding him leftover food, Ben implores them to stop, believing that it is bad for business. However, when Ben discovers the homeless guy's former life and identity, his tune soon changes.
Robyn considers a future career in journalism and accepts an apprenticeship at the newspaper. When Ben finds out she is moonlighting, he is furious. However, when her first assignment is as a food critic, she becomes his new best friend.
Valentine's Day is approaching, and Ben is very lonely. He breaks the monotony by creating 'El Valentino,' a masked lover who passes out roses to women. Ben is soon amazed by how well his alter ego impresses the ladies.
Ben hopes Bulky's will receive a positive review from a new restaurant critic. Thankfully, Alex has created a new burger recipe that everybody loves, leaving Alex believing he is due for a raise, something Ben will not even consider.
The infamous Smith, who attempted to rob Bulky's and steal Pattie's heart in the process, escapes from police custody, leaving the staff concerned he might return to the restaurant, which he does, but cleverly disguised and unrecognizable.
When a mysterious person intercepts the radio frequency used by Bulky's drive-through speaker, he begins menacing customers. Ben sets himself on a mission to catch the culprit, while Pattie becomes oddly intrigued with this mischief maker.
A new substitute teacher at school has Tess and Robyn competing for his attention at the restaurant, something Ben finds a complete distraction from what he considers a much more important initiative: winning The Best Burger Competition.
The high school paper names Alex the 'hottest high school senior.' When dozens of girls show up at Bulky's to watch Alex work, Ben becomes delighted with the increased business. Alex soon feels that he is too good for his job and quits.
Strange things are occurring at the restaurant lately. Alex fears ghosts, yet he vehemently denies they exist. To prove that he is not a wimp, he volunteers to stay in the restaurant all night and get to the bottom of the mystery.
The Head Office Guy brings his nephew Mortimer to the restaurant hoping the staff can help him become more sociable. Everyone fails, but Alex believes he can help, and proceeds to give Mortimer a complete course in "cool."
Alex fixes himself up real nice to impress a girl named Molly who likes go-getters, something Alex is not. Alex believes it is a good sign when Molly begins hanging out at the restaurant, until he finds out that she is interested in Ben.
Desperate to earn some extra money to buy new dresses for a school dance, Robyn and Pattie hatch a plan to create a catering business on the side using Bulky's kitchen to make gourmet cuisine, and Eddy's wheels to deliver those meals.
When a local radio station holds a live broadcast from Bulky's restaurant, the interview the DJ has with Alex turns into a public relations disaster. To salvage the situation, the Head Office Guy insists the staff create a radio jingle.
Robyn hopes to find a new, completely different kind of boyfriend, but to attract the guy she becomes interested in, she is forced to take lessons from Eddy on how to attract Jeff's attention. In short order, Robyn becomes unrecognizable.
Alex does not want anyone to know his dorkiest secret: since childhood his mom has forced him to take viola lessons. With a recital looming after work, can he keep his secret safe, especially considering the clothes his mom makes him wear?
Ben promises to enact a 'Wear What You Want to Workday' if the Bulky's staff can go an entire week without wasting food. Pattie leads the campaign to eliminate food waste, as she has a plan to attempt to attract a customer named Kieran.
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