Ferguson embarrasses Clarissa at school and so she is out to exact revenge using a straight jacket and balloons. Sam's father wants him get into the football team and he is determined to not be in it.

When her mother mandates no television, Clarissa hooks her computer up to the cable converter.

Clarissa and Ferguson try to scare away an exuberant relative.

When her parents start planning to add a new room to the house, Clarissa thinks they're about to have a baby. Hoping to convince their parents not to have another child, Clarissa and Ferguson start to act like babies themselves.

Clarissa decides to rebel by wearing an outrageous outfit for her class picture, which Janet is horrified over.

Clarissa wants to buy a car but needs to get the money first. She then sets out to raise the $1500 needed. When Clarissa has no success getting the money out of her parents, she decides to sell Christmas cards, in the middle of the year.