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.

Her mother's midlife crisis forms the focus of Clarissa's first news story.

Haunted House! Clarissa finds her Aunt Mafada's overly affectionate mannerisms annoying. She decides to haunt the house to encourage her to leave early. It backfires when it turns out that Aunt Mafada is interested in the supernatural.

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.