Nate has multiple detentions, but this time he is only one detention away from a fate only whispered about in the halls of P.S. 38; the unhinged new kid is determined to become Nate's prank partner.

To remedy Nate's subpar birthday celebrations, Martin lets Nate borrow his credit card with rules that may have been open to interpretation.

Nate decides that on Valentine's Day, he will finally profess his love for his dream girl in the form of a grand gesture, but the day of love quickly turns into a nightmare.

When Nate pairs with Jenny on a school project, he hopes to prove his awesomeness to her, but his phobia of cats threatens to destroy his cool image; Ellen sets out to cure Martin of a deeply ingrained phobia of his own.

Nate gets his first pimple, deems it lucky and blesses P.S. 38 with his zit.

While buying romance novels for a heartbroken Ellen, Nate discovers they are total cash cows; under a pen name, he writes a bestselling graphic novel using the people in his life as inspiration until it catches up to him.