The gang starts to use Tish's name as a verb for when someone offers an overly intellectual or wordy explanation or observation. It's harmless until it begins to catch on, much to Tish's chagrin.
Bree and Colby decide that one of them must be cooler than the other, leading to a cool showdown. After Bree loses, the gang tries to help her adjust to life as an average kid.
A popular girl named Pru starts hanging out with the gang, and although they recognize that she is using them to make her real friends jealous, they believe it's worthwhile to let her in order to take advantage of the perks being friends with a popular kid offers them.
Tino's plans to go see Chum Bukkit: The Movie with his friends are thwarted when he learns that his boring cousin Phillip is coming to stay with him for the weekend.
Tino worries that he will eventually drift apart from his friends the way that his mom did from her childhood friend, and so each member of the gang spends the weekend seeking out new friends with whom they have more in common.
Tish feels left out as the only one of her friends who doesn't have a crush on someone, so she decides to survey the men in her life in order to find the most appropriate recipient of her adoration.
Carver agrees to race a rival school's track star on account of his lucky shoes. But when the shoes go missing, he begins to worry that he's bound for a humiliating loss.
The gang decides to volunteer as "pre-teen pals" to younger peers in need of guidance. But Carver's poor listening skills prevent him from being an effective mentor.
Carver and Lor spend their weekend procrastinating instead of working on an important school assignment, and Tino and Tish try to resist the urge to step in and finish their project for them.
Carver receives a series of anonymous love notes, but it quickly becomes clear that he's only interested in his secret admirer if she meets his beauty standards.
In order to be inducted into an exclusive secret club, Tino is required to perform a series of embarrassing acts, alienating himself from his real friends.
Carver breaks Tino's new scooter, and promises to fix it in time for Bahia Bay's motorless parade. But when he forgets his promise, Tino becomes resentful.
The gang tries to downplay their plans for Father's Day so as not to upset Tino, who's dad lives far away. At first, Tino thinks he can handle it, but soon enough, he starts to doubt that.
After receiving the results of their career aptitude tests, Tino, Carver, Tish, and Lor begin to worry that their interests might not line up with what the type of job they'll end up with.
After his mom mentions the possibility that she and Dixon might get married, Tino and his friends decide to put Dixon through a series of tests to see if he'd make a good stepdad.
After receiving feedback on her report card suggesting that she not try so hard to be perfect, Tish must fight her need for perfection when the gang enters an art contest.
Tino, Lor, and Carver begin to feel that Tish is taking them for granted when she expects them to dedicate their weekend to participating in a psychological study she's conducting in an effort to win a contest.