The Abatti's and the Sabatto's are feuding over their rival pizza parlors. Angela suggests that the Abatti's offer a $2 discount to anyone who rips the Sabatto's ad from the phone book. After Johnny's grandmother finds a rat in the pizza sauce, she is certain that the Sabatto's have put it there as a sign of a vendetta and that Angela should fear for her life. Angela fantasizes about life on the lam until it is discovered that there is no vendetta - Johnny's Uncle Nicky simply forgot to call the exterminator.
The class goes on a trip to the space museum. Angela brings along her dad's space rock which he found in Utah in 1959.
Angela arrives at her beginner ice skating class to find that Nanette has also joined! Worse yet, she already knows how to skate and her show-off moves cause Angela to fall and break her arm. The good news is that Angela gets a cool glow-in-the-dark cast for all of her friends to sign. But Nanette maneuver's her way to the front of the line and signs her name in HUGE LETTERS. Now Angela is forced to look at Nanette's name every day - and night!
When Angela has to write a poem about someone she admires, she selects her terrier King. When she presents the poem to the class, Mrs. Brinks assumes that she is the subject of Angela's poem. Nanette, meanwhile, writes her poem about Marie Antoinette the French Queen (even though Marie Antoinette was Austrian).
Angela is worried because she did not come up with a topic for her rainforest project, until Mrs. Brinks falls ill, and is replaced by a substitute teacher named Ms. Geraldine "Gerry" Klump. Fortunately for Angela, Ms. Klump is shown to take a liking to her over Nanette.
Angela is excited that her Mom, Gen, has asked Angela to be her sculpturing assistant for an entire weekend! Her excitement quickly fades when she discovers that Nanette is the subject! Nanette's rich parents have commissioned Gen to do a sculpture of their perfect princess. Instead of being her Mom's assistant, Angela ends up as Nanette's slave while Nanette sits proudly posing for her sculpture.
Angela starts getting plagued with bad luck claiming they are all "accidents" despite Josephine Praline's insistence that the jinx is a natural result of not being "touched by an angel" and tries to persuade Angela into being nice to Nanette, despite Josephine herself not finding any good qualities in Nanette.
Nanette's dog Ooh La La has gone missing! Convinced by a hefty cash reward, Angela and her friends, Gina, Johnny and Gordy search for the missing poodle. They're in for a surprise with what they find.
Tapwater Springs Elementary School is visited by Prince Abdul Khalid Jabalasaldin, a wealthy and snobbish prince from Saudi Arabia. Angela wrangles her way into giving the prince a tour of the school where he spends the day mooning over Nanette and getting on Johnny Abatti's nerves.
When Gordy expresses an interest in football, through horticulture, Coach Rhineheart enlists a few good men (Mark and Derek Anaconda) to help his son grasp the sport's finer points.
Nanette is sick! When Mrs. Brinks gives Angela the job of leader of the Spring Fling Contest, January and Karlene, desperate to be "somebodies" and not "nobodies", run to Angela to bribe her in order to be chosen as her helpers for the contest.
The only episode set in a framing device, Angela recalls to Josephine Praline how Gina Lash trusted Angela to look after her pet turtle Sheldon but lost him after feeding him too many carrots and bought a new lookalike turtle to replace him.
Angela and Nanette each get new and nearly identical trench coats. When Angela gets Nanette's coat by mistake, she also finds herself in possession of Nanette's personal diary.
King eats Angela's math homework after it gets covered in bacon grease. Knowing that the truth is clichéd and far-fetched, Angela makes up a story about her dad being sick with some kind of a brain disease.
When Angela makes a mistake in a grammar game, saying, "I love Bob and Hot Chocolate" instead of "Bob and I love Hot Chocolate," Nanette immediately spreads a rumor that Angela likes "Bob."
The Abatti's and the Sabatto's are feuding over their rival pizza parlors. Angela suggests that the Abatti's offer a $2 discount to anyone who rips the Sabatto's ad from the phone book. After Johnny's grandmother finds a rat in the pizza sauce, she is certain that the Sabatto's have put it there as a sign of a vendetta and that Angela should fear for her life. Angela fantasizes about life on the lam until it is discovered that there is no vendetta - Johnny's Uncle Nicky simply forgot to call the exterminator.
Angela and Nanette become stuck together by bubble gum in their hair. When Nanette bitterly rejects the idea of having the gum hacked out of her perfectly curled hair, she and Angela have to put up with being stuck together.
When Nanette insists that her poodle's purebred status makes her more loyal, Angela puts this theory to test by luring him away from Nanette's estate and into the Anaconda's backyard. All goes well until Grandma Lou visits with Barney, her new pet alligator.
Angela has been looking forward to joining her father and brothers on their annual fishing trip. However, when a new invention causes him injuries, Angela is stuck going on the trip with Mark and Derek who force her to do all of the dirty work and won't even let her fish.
Gina has no interest in the annual class relay race until she finds out the clue to the top secret prize is initialed M.B. (as in Mapperson's Bakery).
Because of Baby Lulu, Angela gets poison ivy, scares off her friends, and misses "All-Creatures-Great-and-Small-Week" at school. The final straw comes when Lulu releases Angela's butterfly from captivity.
When news gets out that Johnny and his parents are moving out of Tapwater Springs, Angela and Nanette throw him competing goodbye parties.
Angela finds herself trapped in the boys' bathroom.
Uncle Nicky is doing community service by taking everyone's garbage. Angela and the others enjoy riding in the truck. But Nanette Manior is determined to spoil their fun.
Mapperson's Bakery is running a contest to find a new 'face' for the Mapperson's Bakery Delivery Truck.
Angela is initially embarrassed over the prospect of a father-daughter hoedown, until the competition turns out to be Howell Manior and Nanette, who have won the dance for two years straight. Now it's a Hoedown Show-Down between the dads and daughters.
Angela's class is working on their multiplication tables and for once Angela is having no problems because Gina Lash - smartest in class has been helping her study. But to everyone's surprise, and Angela's delight, Nanette is having all kinds of problems with multiplication. Angela decides that she is now good enough to start playing and stop studying. Gina warns her that repetition is the key to memorization but Angela is convinced that she has it all in her head. Nanette now enlists Gina as her tutor for the price of as many free cinnamon swirls as Gina can eat. Nanette passes the big test with flying colors whereas Angela doesn't even answer a question. Angela is sentenced to three weeks of math during recess but her ever faithful pal Gina volunteers to take the punishment with her and act as her personal tutor for every recess.
Mrs. Brinks poses as the model during Art Class. Nanette of course draws a picture of a beautiful woman barely resembling Mrs. Brinks whereas Angela tries to capture the "true woman". When Mrs. Brinks sees Angela's drawing she is appalled and insists that Angela fix it at once. Nanette chides that perhaps Angela doesn't have the artistic ability. All of Angela's friends think her picture is great and as a joke Angela doctors the picture to be an even more hideous representation of their teacher and the kids think this is hilarious. On the way home from school the kids want to see the picture again but when Angela tries to find it in her bag it is missing. She left it on her desk instead of her test paper! Angela and the gang sneak back into the school to get the picture before Mrs. Brinks see it.
A series of events in the Anaconda household lead Angela to believe that she is not a real Anaconda and must be adopted. Angela goes on a mission to discover her true identity and her real family. She follows up any clue she can and considers everyone she knows as potential relatives. Unfortunately all of the clues lead to only one conclusion - she must be a Manoir! Angela imagines what it would be like to be Nanette's sister and it is all too unbearable. Thankfully the Anacondas show up just in the nick of time and prove to Angela that Angela really is an Anaconda albeit a uniquely special one.
Angela hasn't had a good night sleep all week. Her brothers and baby sister keep making noise that keeps her awake. When Johnny announces that he has new race-car bunk beds and is having his first sleepover Angela jumps at the chance and volunteers to be the first to sleep over. Angela packs her bag that weekend with the hopes of getting a glorious night's sleep. Angela has a great time at the Abatti's that night until it is time to go to bed. Johnny snores and makes all kinds of unmentionable sounds in his sleep and worse of all keeps a night light on. Uncle Nicky can be heard talking in his sleep and Johnny's Nonna snores so loud the whole house shakes. When her family comes to pick her up the morning she has fallen into a deep sleep and they can't wake her up. Everyone comments on how loud Angela's snoring is and how it is impossible to sleep with her around.
Angela is so excited about wearing her new 'highway-worker-orange' windbreaker to school she completely forgets that it is St. Patrick's day. According to Tapwater Springs' tradition you can pinch anyone not wearing green and when Angela arrives at school that morning everyone in her class can hardly wait until recess time to take advantage of Angela's forgetfulness. Angela tries everything she can to get out of recess including trying to get herself in trouble. At the last minute Angela realizes that her new windbreaker is reversible and that the other side is 'frozen pea' green! She triumphantly marches out of the classroom only to be immediately pinched by none other than Nanette. Too bad for Ninnie-Poo, the Tapwater Springs' tradition also state that anyone who does pinch someone who is wearing green gets 'double pinch' backs!
Mrs. Brinks is handing out parts to the school play "Miss Etiquette - the musical" and of course Nanette gets chosen for the lead role. Much to Angela's dismay she gets chosen to be Nanette's understudy. Angela refuses to learn the role on account of Nanette would never miss her chance to be a star. When Nanette starts feeling ill Angela gives her a power smoothie guaranteed to fight of any cold. Unfortunately Nanette feels no better and on opening night does not show up. Angela is forced to take the stage in her place. At the last minute Nanette shows up and pushes Angela off the stage. Angela decides to give Nanette a lesson in manners by dropping the curtain before Nanette can take her bows.
When Angela's Dad gives her a bad haircut right she takes her brother's autographed baseball hat without his permission. Angela wears the hat to school the next day but Mrs. Brinks confiscates it when Nanette points out the rule about wearing hats during school hours. Angela tries to get the hat back during Mrs. Brinks 'golden star auction' of confiscated items but Nanette acquires the hat by outbidding Angela with one more golden star. Angela has to bargain with Nanette to get the hat back which sets of a series of deals that Angela must make with her friends in order to get the rhinestone dog collar that Nanette is demanding as compensation for the hat. In the end Angela gets the hat back but also gets grounded and Nanette's dog ends up with a rash from the fake rhinestone collar.
Angela is excited that it is finally her turn to work in the school store. Johnny Abatti is to be the manager and Angela the helper. Angela has a great day in the story and basically takes over Johnny's job without him even realizing it. The following day however Johnny is home sick and of course Mrs. Brinks assigns Nanette to the job of manager. For the rest of the week Angela has to do everything Nanette tells her to do, like scrubbing floors and counting paper clips. When 33 cents goes missing from the till Nanette is quick to blame Angela and Mrs. Brinks is quick to agree. It is discovered later that Nanette actually lent the money to Mrs. Brinks to buy a stamp. Mrs. Brinks is very embarrassed by her mistake and offers to make it up to Angela. Angela becomes the manager and has Nanette at her beck and call.
Angela's Mom starts to feel guilty when she sees that her passion for her artwork often distracts her from her motherly duties. Geneva promises to turn over a new leaf effective immediately. The next morning there are eggs and school lunches packed. Angela thinks this is great - at first. Gen begins to become obsesses with being the 'perfect' mother and having the 'perfect' tidy house...and the 'perfect' family. Angela starts feeling like she is living in one of those cheesy seventy's sitcoms! It is the last straw when Gen tries to get Angela to dress like Nanette! Angela tells her Mom that she wants the 'old Mom' back and Gen is totally relieved. It turns out that she has been miserable with her new 'perfect' life.
Angela is delighted when all of Mrs. Brinks letters of commendation to the School Board about Nanette culminate in the School Board advancing Nanette to the Fourth Grade! Mrs. Brinks is devastated by the loss of her prize pupil and in her vulnerable state she transfers all of her previous affections for Nanette onto none other than Angela. At first Angela is in her glee after all teachers pets get away with everything! Soon however Brinks' attention becomes overwhelming and she begins following Angela everywhere - even to the treehouse. Thankfully Nanette is not doing so well in the Fourth Grade popularity polls and decides to return to Mrs. Brinks' Third Grade class. At first Angela is disappointed but then she realizes that although she is gaining a Ninnie-Poo she is also losing the clingy Mrs. Brinks.
Gina can hardly contain herself - she just witnessed Mr. Brinks coming out of the sporting goods store with Badminton Rackets. The kids know what that means - NAKED BADMINTON! They rush to their treehouse only to find that they can't see far enough into the Brinks yard to get a good look. There is only one thing to do - build higher. The kids go to exhaustive lengths to build the treehouse high enough to get a good view but they can only see the shuttlecock going back and forth over the net. When Nanette looks out of her bedroom window and sees the treehouse she is disgusted by the fact that it is blocking her scenic view of Tapwater Springs and orders Alfredo to tear it down immediately. The kids are desperate now to see the Brinks before Nanette ruins everything. Quickly Gina comes up with a new plan that allows all of them to get the birds eye view they've been waiting for - unfortunately!
When Angela comes down with a case of Pink Eye her Mom tries to make her feel better by making her a black eye patch just like pirates wear. Angela is excited to wear her new eye patch to school and revels in the attention it brings from the entire class - including Mrs. Brinks. Nanette is not at all happy with Angela's new found popularity and the next day shows up to school in a wheel chair claiming that Angela stepped on and crushed her dancing toe. Now all of the attention is once again on Nanette and Mrs. Brinks orders Angela to be Nanette's personal assistant since it was Angela's fault in the first place. Angela knows Nanette is faking but she just can't prove it, no matter how hard she tries. Finally Nanette is exposes as the fake she is but of course Mrs. Brinks just claims Nanette to be a 'miracle child'.
After Josephine tells the class about Ash Wednesday, Nanette, wanting her memory to live on for eternity, suggests that the entire class participate in sacrificing something for forty days. Angela decides that she will stop imagining things about other people. In other words, stop fantasizing about revenging Nanette. And Nanette takes a vow of poverty, which includes giving up her chauffeured town car, fine cuisine, and of course her magnificent wardrobe. Angela is really put to the test when Nanette enters wearing her signature orange dress, claiming that it isn't easy wearing 'tasteless clothes'. It isn't long before Angela discovers that Nanette is not keeping true to her vow of poverty. She tells Mrs. Brinks that she spotted Nanette sitting down to an elaborate feast, but Mrs. Brinks is quick to point out that Angela promised that she would not let her imagination get the better of her, and dismisses Angela's claims. On her way back to her desk, a jar of caviar falls from Nanette's pocket, ensuring Angela that this day will most definitely live on for eternity!
Sherman, the class chick, escapes from his box, and Angela convinces Ms. Jenerette, the school crossing guard, to leave her post and stop the chicken from crossing the road. By doing so, Nanette ends up being late for her salon appointment, and as a result, Mrs. Manior gets the beloved crossing guard fired. Angela feels terrible and assists Ms. Jenerette on her next set of jobs, but each time she lends a hand, something goes awry and Ms. Jenerette is continually fired. In the meantime, Mrs. Manior sets up a traffic light to replace Ms. Jenerette, but when the light changes while Nanette is in the middle of the cross walk, it is Ms. Jenerette who is there to save her. Ms. Jenerette is awarded her job back, and at the suggestion of Angela, a pay raise!
Angela learns that everyone receives a higher allowance then she does. Her friends explain that in order to get more money Angela must do more work around the house. With great determination, and much to the surprise of her family, Angela does extra chores without being asked. At allowance time, Angela is only awarded with an extra fifty cents! Gina, being quite knowledgeable in labor relations, suggests that she go on strike. Angela enlists the help of her friends and they picket the Anaconda house, but the strike fails miserably. Angela's parents don't take it seriously, her brother's become scabs and even Gina crosses the picket line. Just when Angela has had enough she notices her parents handing Gina money! The anger quickly dissolves though when Gina reveals she successfully negotiated Angela a new allowance contract, complete with pay raise!
Angela happens upon Gordy, who is in a funk because Gina has a new boyfriend and it isn't him. Her heart seemingly belongs to Jimmy Jamal. Angela is quick to volunteer herself as matchmaker. She sets Gordy off on various schemes designed to win Gina's favour, but each of Gordy's prove unsuccessful. All hope seems lost until Angela discovers that Gina and Jimmy's affair is based on...Jimmy's lunch! Angela convinces Gordy that the only thing left to do is to tell Gina how he really feels. Gina informs them both that love and lunch are the same thing and nobody brings yummier food to school then Jimmy. Gina's love for Jimmy is here to stay. Angela is filled with guilt. None of her advice has worked and Gordy is probably destined to a life of solitude. Luckily, Gina learns an awful truth-Jimmy doesn't like dessert. Angela reminds Gina that Gordy loves desserts and the two unrequited lovers find their way to a comfy place to eat.
'Babble Balls' were all the rage- until Angela had enough money buy one. As she proudly shows off her new toy, Nanette informs her that 'Babble Balls' are passé, and 'Bug Thugs' are now "da bomb". Denying her desire to obtain a 'Bug Thug', even to her best friend Gina Lash, Angela scrapes together every cent she can, and heads off to the toy store to buy one. But when she arrives, she discovers that Nanette has bought every last 'Bug Thug' in town, and Angela must resort to trickery to try and get her hands on one of the toys so that she too can join the illustrious Bug Thug Club. When her efforts are futile, Angela imagines that she is a super hero, and crashes a 'Bug Thug Club' gathering saving all from the Evil Nincom-pupae and her Bug Thug reign! In the end, Nanette neglects her 'Bug Thug' announcing that Rainblow Sparkle Gum is now 'in' as she blows a giant bubble that bursts into a sticky mess all over her face! Strange Bedfellows Grandma Lou arrives at the Anaconda's for a surprise visit, and Angela goes to great lengths to ensure they get to room together. Angela looks forward to hearing the tales Grandma Lou loves to tell about her days in the swamp. Even Angela's friends find Grandma Lou and her stories enthralling, but they don't have to live with her! Eventually Angela finds that her stories are boring, Grandma Lou has taken to snoring, and Angela winds up face to face with Grandma Lou's detachable leg. Angela's dream roommate turns out to be a nightmare. She attempts to have Grandma Lou moved to another room but Baby LuLu's illness thwarts that idea. Just as Angela's patience sinks to its lowest levels, Grandma Lou announces she is going back to the swamps where she belongs. Angela knows she will miss her Grandma dearly but that absence will only make the heart grow fonder.
Grandma Lou arrives at the Anaconda's for a surprise visit, and Angela goes to great lengths to ensure they get to room together. Angela looks forward to hearing the tales Grandma Lou loves to tell about her days in the swamp. Even Angela's friends find Grandma Lou and her stories enthralling, but they don't have to live with her! Eventually Angela finds that her stories are boring, Grandma Lou has taken to snoring, and Angela winds up face to face with Grandma Lou's detachable leg. Angela's dream roommate turns out to be a nightmare. She attempts to have Grandma Lou moved to another room but Baby LuLu's illness thwarts that idea. Just as Angela's patience sinks to its lowest levels, Grandma Lou announces she is going back to the swamps where she belongs. Angela knows she will miss her Grandma dearly but that absence will only make the heart grow fonder.
Angela and Gina plan for a fabulous sleepover. Devious delights are happily agreed upon until Angela's brothers remind her just how obnoxious they truly are. Angela considers calling the whole thing off when Liz Lash and her new boy toy, Francisco, promptly drop Gina off at the Anaconda's. Gina immediately charms Mark and Derek with a peace offering of sorts. Soon, the whole Anaconda family is under Gina's spell as she appears to be funnier, more polite and simply nicer than Angela could ever be. Angela is jealous! Things only get worse when Gina extends her sleepover at the Anaconda residence for another two weeks. When a carnival is thrown to celebrate Gina's extended stay, Angela tries to get mad but is unable to sustain any ill will towards her best friend. Eventually, Gina gets bored of Angela's family and the carnival. The two friends find their way back into each other's hearts and partake in the cheeky fun they had planned in the beginning.
Distracted by an orange sash and delusions of grandeur, Angela volunteers for the prestigious position of school hall monitor-without knowing the positions drawbacks. She must miss all recesses and soon, Angela is forced to croak out orders to fellow classmates. Angela's new life seems doomed until she catches Nanette littering. Angela immediately gives Nanette a violation ticket and becomes a heroine amongst her friends. Nanette vows revenge and Angela is forced into snitching on everyone and assigning them all tickets. Eventually, everyone despises Angela and her snitching ways - except Mrs. Brinks! She is so impressed with Angela that she leaves her in charge of the class for one day. Desperate to get fired from her new position and regain her good name, Angela allows the class to misbehave and is quickly let go. Meanwhile, Nanette is given the position of hall monitor, and all the disadvantages that go along with it!
Angela decides that she has had enough of clapping erasers and she yearns to never return to school again. Enter Mrs. Praline, Josephine's mother, who has agoraphobia, which means she never leaves her house. Angela decides that agoraphobia is the answer to all her problems and instantly diagnoses herself with the ailment. Bill and Geneva are quite concerned with their daughter's predicament and battle the agoraphobic symptoms head on. Not only is Angela kept home from school, she is also kept indoors, away from her friends...forever! Angela is forced to find amusement with Lulu and worse yet, her brothers. Yet none of the Anaconda's can find time for Angela and she must entertain herself. Faced with eternal boredom, Angela admits that she faked the agoraphobia, and returns to school, which by now couldn't please her more!
It's library amnesty day at Tapwater Elementary School. In order to avoid expensive fines, everyone returns their overdue books. Angela is proud of the fact that she always returns books on time...or so she thinks! While reading her favourite "Happy Hoppy Bunny" book, Angela realizes the book is library property and she has had it since kindergarten. By now, amnesty day is over and huge library fines loom in Angela's future. Angela enlists the aid of her friends to find ways to avoid the fines. They try many forms of trickery that all end in failure. Nanette quickly catches on to Angela's dilemma and tattles on her. Angela concludes that the only solution is to hide the evidence. Only she finds that she can't hide from the truth. She is caught clutching her copy of "Happy Hoppy Bunny", which, her mother points out, was bought and paid for at a library book sale! Angela was right all along. She never had an overdue library book and Nanette is punished for suggesting otherwise.
Angela begins the school day by having her newest cereal toy confiscated by Mrs. Brinks. The day seems to be like any other typical school day. That is until Karlene reveals that she and Nanette had a falling out over a less than fashionable fur hat. Karlene turns to Angela and pals for solace. Angela is hesitant to offer Karlene comfort but eventually warms up to her charms. Soon Karlene appears to be less like Nanette, and more like Angela. Angela is so sure Karlene has changed, she shares her secrets. Angela's theory is quickly disproved as Karlene betrays Angela's confidence to none other then Nanette Manior. Backstabbing and fashion reunite Karlene and Nanette while Angela is left with nothing but the fake fur hat on her head. Despite all that has happened, Angela gets the last laugh and teaches Karlene a thing or two about friendship and economics.
Upon hearing an annoying, but rather catchy jingle for the county fair, Johnny's Uncle Nicky decides to shoot a commercial for Abatti's Pizza. Angela and Gina are convinced they are shoe-ins, and go to great lengths to secure their roles. They even go as far as hiring the always dramatic Gordy as their acting coach, who deprives them of pizza in order to get a convincing performance. Hearing the news, nasty Nanette Manior steals their spotlight (literally) bumping Angela and Gina out of the lead. Unfortunately, Uncle Nicky takes a liking to Nanette and her star qualities, but it is Nonna who decides the final edit. Angela and Gina arrive at the premiere destined for disappointment, until they see that Nanette has been cut from the commercial, and replaced by none other than Angela, Gina and Nonna herself!
While playing on the swing set in the schoolyard, Angela invents a cool new way to swing! She locks arms and legs with Gina and they swing together in rhythm. Nanette walks through the playground just as they are demonstrating this new swinging innovation, and decides to take credit for the technique by naming it the "Nanette Lock". Angela is determined to set the record straight by proving to everyone that the invention was hers to begin with, but her only witnesses are discredited by none other than nannoying Nanette Manior. Quick to praise her stellar 'inventor' student, Mrs. Brinks rushes to the playground to attempt the "Nanette Lock" herself, but the weight of her- ample figure causes the swing to detach from the swing set and sends Mrs. Brinks plummeting to the ground! Seeing the fire in Brinks' eyes, Nanette blurts out the truth about the swinging invention. Angela is so happy to finally receive the credit she deserves, she doesn't even mind clapping erasers!
It is spring, and Gordy can't wait to win first prize in the 'Spring into Spring' float making competition like he has every year. But this year, Nanette is entering with a float made from a real live fire truck and it's filled with French roses imported from France. Angela, Gina and Johnny agree to band together to defeat Nanette in her ploy to be the first to overtake the reining 'Spring into Spring' champion. Although their intentions were good, Gordy's float turns out to be a gondola full of garbage and old tube socks, and Angela feels she is the one to blame. Just as the judges are about to award Nanette first prize, Gordy shows up with a red wagon carrying a solitary red rose bud in a vase. The judges erupt with compliments and decide that the simplicity and sheer beauty of Gordy's float is worthy of first prize!
Angela is not looking forward to the annual bicycle race. While she's stuck with her brother's hand me down bikes, Nanette rides the best bikes money can buy, and naturally rides rings around her and the competition. This year seems to be no different, until Angela stumbles upon an unidentifiable wallet containing enough money to buy a top quality bike.
Tapwater Springs erupts into uproar after the Manoirs have several of their possessions stolen from them.
The Anacondas get a Parisienne foreign exchange student called CiCi LeCreme who becomes friends with Nanette yet refuses to invite CiCi to her own house (under claims that their house is being fumigated for fleas).
After getting into an ice skating accident, Angela becomes furious when everyone, even her friends, start joking with her because of it. She hides in the toilets and writes a list of jibes about everyone "who annoyed her" on a roll of toilet paper. When Nanette discovers the list, she starts blackmailing Angela into doing chores for her with it.
Josephine Praline lends Angela her collection of insects to mind for her. However, Angela may not be capable of such a big responsibility.
Angela starts practicing using a pogostick, something which she is very bad at.
Nanette tricks Johnny into being on her side during a snowball fight with Angela.
When the school's "dump your lunch not your tray" policy causes Mrs. Brinks' class to loose recess, Angela admits to the crime, despite her innocence.
Mrs. Brinks promises to show the class her family heirloom, a compass belonging to Amelia Earhart, if they behave for at least 30 days. Just as Mrs. Brinks is about to show them the compass, Angela accidentally ruins the deal by chewing on bubblegum. Angela then formulates a plan to make it up to Mrs. Brinks with her birthday.
Nanette writes a "three-act Greek tragedy" casting all of the students in roles. Angela's plan to use reverse psychology in hopes of getting the part of Hercules backfires when Nanette casts the role to Gordy Rhinehart. Instead, Angela gets cast in a variety of other roles, including Medusa, Prometheus and Atlas due to Nanette's displeasure in Angela's acting performance.
Angela is forced to stay at Mrs. Brinks' house when her family fails to pick her up due to a rainstorm. Once at Mrs. Brinks' house, Angela and Mr. Brinks are slaved around by Mrs. Brinks while she does nothing, and to make matters worse, Nanette has arrived.
Coach Rhinehart has a new and unknown job, one which has been cutting into quality time between him and Gordy for the past month. Coincidently, a wrestler known as the Masked Menace has begun a meteoric month-long rise through the local wrestling circuit. Angela and her friends try to figure out whether or not Coach Rhinehart and the Masked Menace are the same person.
Mr. Manoir learns about Bill Anaconda's latest $20-winning invention, the Food Rejuvenator 3000, which turns dried fruit back into fresh fruit. He offers to invest money into it if it impresses him. Gen and Bill reluctantly invite the Manoirs for dinners.
At the Tapwater Springs Broccoli Festival, Mrs. Brinks and Coach Rhinehart are mesmerized at Angela's painting of a broccoli inspired by Baby Lulu's bonnet. Angela then faces the prospect of becoming "Keeper of the Broccoli" when, in fact, she hates broccoli.
Angela gets paired with Nanette on a nature hike.
After finding a grey hair on his chest, Uncle Nicky believes himself to be turning old and goes out of his way to act young.
At the town's annual Save the Manatees auction, local hero Astronaut Bob offers himself as a last minute prize. Angela, having lost her chance to win a space helmet to Nanette, is the highest bidder. But Nanette schemes her way into Astronaut Bob's heart and manages to thwart any and all of Angela's attempts to have fun.
Angela has unscrewed the cap of the peppershaker in order to play a devious trick on her brothers over breakfast. The pepper prank backfires and Angela winds up with pepper up her nose. The only way to get it out is to scratch it out. Unfortunately, "scratching" is a euphemism for "picking", which means Angela will have to do her "scratching" in private so as not to be made fun of. Angela searches for a private place to rid herself of the pepper. Angela rushes behind a tree, but Jimmy Jamal is there writing in his diary. Angela is assumed to be snooping on him. Angela rushes to the washroom but Nanette and her clone club soon enter the room in deep discussion. Angela is assumed to be snooping on them. In fact, wherever Angela goes, someone else is there and assumes Angela is spying on them. The more Angela concentrates on her nose, the more she is thought of as nosy. The only way to clear this misunderstanding is to clear her nose. Will our heroine ever sneeze? Only the nose knows!
Angela is planning on going trick or treating with her friends but can't risk wearing one of her mother's homemade costumes, so she orders an "Astro-Nutties" costume in the mail.
On Halloween night, Angela decides to give Mark and Derek a scare. When the lights start flickering and strange, howling noises echo through Angela's garage, Angela wonders if her garage is really haunted or if it is just Mark and Derek playing usual tricks.
At the zoo, Angela is chosen to do an assignment on the weasel, an animal that hasn't been seen since 1987.
At the museum, the mummy of King Tutankhamun falls on Angela, giving her what appears to be bad luck.
When her family gets sick from Nanette's visit, it's up to Angela to cook Thanksgiving dinner.
As a school project, Angela must trace her roots to see if her ancestors were of any significance to Tapwater Springs, even to see if Angela was related to the people who owned Miss Netty, the cow who saved Tapwater Springs from a wildfire on February 11, 1901. Angela eventually finds out that the Manior family owned Miss Netty, but through pieces of a photo she discovers that the cow was actually the one who started the fire.
Mrs. Brinks reveals that she plans on leaving when the school is visited by Dr. Danny Fanny. To make sure Mrs. Brinks leaves, Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy dress in neat clothes and act good. To make sure Mrs. Brinks stays, Nanette, January and Karlene dress up as punks, nickname themselves "Bruiser" (Nanette) "Cheeky" (January) and "Grunt" (Karlene) and act bad.
Angela, Johnny and Josephine find themselves in detention staring out of the window when a bird crashes into it. They rush outside to find the bird has seemingly died. Angela picks it up and offers a few words of condolence before giving it a proper toilet funeral. As Angela finishes her prayer, the bird comes to and flies away. The bird wasn't dead, just stunned. Johnny and Josephine are stunned too. They feel that Angela's touch healed the bird. Soon the whole school knows of Angela's healing powers. They offer her all sorts of goodies so she will use her magical powers on them. Of course Angela knows that she doesn't have any special powers but if she can make people happy and get cool perks while doing it, then where's the harm? But when Mrs. Brinks gets wind of Angela's voodoo, she demands that Angela give her the ability to dance again. Somehow Mrs. Brinks does manage to do a very brief and very bad two-step. Angela, pleased that she helped Mrs. Brinks with her jig, decides that this healing gig isn't for her and gracefully retires.
It's Christmas and Christmas is Angela's favorite time of the year. Everyone seems to be happier and full of holiday spirit. Of course, the presents are greatly appreciated too! Every year the children of Tapwater Elementary engage in a Secret Santa gift exchange. Last year Angela and Gina were each other's Secret Santa and Angela hopes that they will get to be Secret Santas again. But the odds are against them. Angela and Nanette end up becoming each other's Secret Santa. Christmas is ruined! Angela tries desperately to get someone else to buy Nanette a present but not even Karlene or January want that task. Angela has a brainstorm. She will get Nanette toilet water, other wise known as eau de toilette. Nanette loves that stuff! Suddenly, Angela overhears Nanette tell her clone club that she has bought Angela a spectacular gift. Now Angela has no choice but to get her nemesis something great. Something French. The only question that remains is, will Nanette appreciate it?
It's Chanukah and Chanukah is Gina's favorite time of the year. Everyone seems to be happier and full of holiday spirit. Of course, the latkes are pretty good too! Every year the town celebrates the last night of Chanukah at Mapperson's bakery. This year, Angela and the gang are helping Gina carry her Grandmother's gigantic antique menorah to the festivities. Along the way they get hungry and decide to stop for special latke pizza at Abatti's. They ask Uncle Nicky to watch the menorah while they eat. He obliges but ends up gambling it away during one of many dreidel games. By the time the children catch up to the person who won the menorah, it's been pawned. The kids race to the pawnshop but now the menorah has been sold to Spangley Jangles. Angela refuses to give up. They convince Spangley to give them the menorah back. But on their way to Mapperson's they forget the menorah on the bus! Somehow the menorah ends up in Nanette's hands and the Manoirs use it for a chandelier! Angela knows that a miracle is what Chanukah is all about and a miracle is just what Tapwater Springs could use right about now.
Angela has been waiting a whole month for this very moment. Angela and her friends signed up for pen pals while on a trip to the museum. And today, Angela's letter from her pan pal has arrived. While everyone has cool pen pals - Gina gets food from hers - Gordy's pen pal is a ballerina - Angela by far has the best pen pal ever. Marie Antoinette (the aforementioned letter writer) writes pages and pages of really neat stuff. So great is Marie Antoinette and her prolific writing abilities, that Nanette engages in a pen pal competition with Angela . Nanette is positive her pen pal is the very best and is determined to prove it. But soon Nanette discovers that due to a pen pal mix up at the museum, her and Angela have unknowingly exchanged letters. Completely embarrassed, Nanette pretends to have known Angela was her pen pal all along. The next letter Marie Antoinette sends to Angelita (Angela's nom de plume) is viscous and nasty and poor Angela is crushed. When Angela finally learns the truth behind Marie Antoinette she decides to get even the best way she knows how. She uses Nanette's own words against her.
Mr. Tastee Twirl is holding a talent contest in which the winner will get to ride with him in the Tastee Twirl truck and ring the Tastee Twirl bell. None of Angela's friends think they have any talent that would win them such a coveted prize. Well, Johnny has a so-so ventriloquist act with his puppet Sir Ducksworthy, but Angela isn't sure that's enough to win. Angela suggests that the gang reform their old band: Angela And Her Band-A-Condas! The gang isn't so gung-ho about the idea. It turns out that when the friends first formed the band, many years ago, Angela kind of got out of hand. Everyone has since vowed to never be in a music group together, no matter what. Then Nanette and her clone club show up and gloat about their band, the Oo-La-La-La-Las. If Nanette wins, she'll get to ring the Tastee Twirl bell and ice cream will be ruined forever. So the Band-A-Condas are quickly reborn. But with more in-fighting to deal with then the Beetles had when Yoko became a factor, the Band-A-Condas' band battle is all up hill.
Today is the hottest day in Tapwater Springs and Angela and her pals decide to cool off in Nonna's water sprinklers. Unfortunately Tapwater Springs is experiencing a drought and the Mayor has ordered all citizens to conserve water. Just when it seems Gordy will die from his heat rash, the friends stumble across the Tapwater Country Club and its big, beautiful pool. Angela would love to jump in, but the pool is for members only. What's a girl to do? Well, it just so happens that Mark and Derek have jobs at the Club. With a little help from her parents, Angela's brothers agree to get Angela and friends pool time. But there's a catch. The next day the gang has to do caddie duty. They must help golfers choose the appropriate clubs and also retrieve lost golf balls. Everyone takes their job a little too seriously, retrieving golf balls just as players place them on the tee. Mark and Derek are impressed with Angela's work but never had any intention of actually letting her swim. The pool is being cleaned and it's empty! Angela has two choices: either fill the pool herself, or get an invitation to the Country Club from someone other then her brothers.
Thanks to King, Angela and her friends get to witness the miracle of birth. King bares four adorable puppies. Angela is immediately taken with a scrappy one that affectionately bites her nose. But Geneva doesn't want any puppies in the house. One dog is enough for the Anacondas and the puppies will be given away. The next day, when Angela returns home from detention, all but the scrappy puppy are gone. Angela promises to find the perfect home for her favorite pup. She interviews many Tapwater residents but none live up to her high standards. Geneva's standards aren't so high. She knows of a perfect place for the puppy to go to. Geneva gives the puppy to Mrs. Brinks! Well, Angela is livid and enlists her friends to help save the puppy from this terrible fate. Can you imagine how horrible it must be to have to lick Mrs. Brinks' face? The more Angela tries to save the puppy, the more apparent it becomes that the puppy truly loves Mrs. Brinks. It seems anything is possible.
The liverwurst sandwiches that Geneva gives to Angela everyday for lunch are becoming less appetizing. In fact, Angela isn't the only person bored with her lunch. The whole school seems unhappy with what their parents have packed and Angela suggests they all trade. There's only one problem-nobody wants Angela's lunch. Angela figures the answer to her problems is to bring something for lunch that every kid would want. So she brings peanut butter and jelly with her. But a kid can get peanut butter any old time and Angela is left out of the trading. Next stop: the supermarket. Surely Angela can get something cool to eat there. And she does. She discovers Squiggly Cheese, the artificial spray cheese from a can that not only tastes good, its fun to play with. Instantly Angela is the envy of the lunch room crowd. Even Nanette wants to trade with her! Will Angela trade away the best lunch she's had in a long while? Or will Nanette just manipulate Angela into giving her the coveted Squiggly Cheese?
Angela and Gina love being part of the Junior Ranger-ettes. They however don't love that Karlene and January are about to elect Nanette troop leader in an upcoming vote. Angela and Gina must recruit some new Ranger-ettes to prevent this from happening. They try desperately to recruit Josephine. She turns them down. The only girl who shows interest in becoming a Ranger-ette is actually-a boy! Gordy Rhinehart loves the crafts and other neat things the Ranger-ettes do. Being a Rangerette would also let Gordy be close to Gina Lash. When Nanette is unable to prevent Gordy from joining the troop, she points out that Gordy needs ten achievement pins before he can qualify to vote for troop leader. It would take a miracle for Gordy to get ten pins in time for the vote. But with sheer determination Gordy gets nine pins. Can Nanette foil Gordy before he reaches pin number 10?
Grandma Lou is back in town and Angela couldn't be happier. Grandma Lou is just as fun as any kid. One day while playing, Lou hurts herself and Bill decides that it's time his mother had a friend her own age. Angela knows just the person-Nonna Abatti. But Angela is unaware that Nonna and Lou were once good friends who now hate each other. As soon as Nonna makes the family connection between Angela and Lou, and Lou makes the connection between Johnny and Nonna, the Grannies forbid their respective grandchildren from ever having anything to do with one another. Angela enlists Bill and Uncle Nicky to help settle matters. However, these two sons have no idea why their mothers are truly fighting and end up trading insults with each other. Soon Angela and Johnny are forced to choose sides. Will the two of them be the generation where the feud finally ends?
Mrs. Brinks' class has been chosen to do a newscast for the community-access channel. Everyone gets assigned plum positions. Gina gets to be the food critic, Gordy the weatherman. Even Johnny is excited because he's on the crime beat and is sure to get an "A" thanks to his Uncle Nicky's knowledge of crime. But Angela's hopes of becoming the news anchor are quickly dashed when Mrs. Brinks unsurprisingly chooses Nanette for the job. Angela is assigned-the farm report! Not one to let her bad luck bring her down, Angela decides to do the best farm report ever. Nothing exciting seems to happen though on Farmer Jangles' farm. The apples are rotten and the rooster is cranky, neither of which seems newsworthy. When Farmer Jangles mentions that his goat has just given birth to six kids, Angela instinctively knows that the goat will be the focus of her report. There's just one problem, Nanette gets wind of the goat story and scoops poor Angela. Now Angela has no story, no assignment, and no choice but to get even with Nanette!
Gina Lash is only one gold star away from being crowned Questions &Answers Queen. When Gina wins, it will mean that the Q&A crown is one crown Nanette Manoir will never get to wear. Angela is ecstatic! Only Gina eats too much the night before her final competition. Mrs. Brinks seizes her absence as an opportunity to help Nanette win! Angela does everything she can to motivate Gina back to school before Nanette gets enough gold stars. But Gina is far too happy being taken care of to hurry up her healing process. Angela is forced to watch Mrs. Brinks hand Nanette the correct answers. Coincidentally, Angela stumbles upon the teachers' edition of an old textbook. She tries to explain to Mrs. Brinks what she found, but Mrs. Brinks is too concerned with Nanette to pay notice. With the help of the teachers' edition, Angela becomes the girl with all the answers. She answers all of Mrs. Brinks' questions correctly, even before they're asked. Angela would love to become the new Q&A Queen though in her heart she knows that Gina truly deserves the coronation. What's our heroine to do?
A Mega-Giants Movie craze has taken over Tapwater Springs. Angela, Johnny, Gina and Gordy learn that a local pop station is holding a contest with free movie tickets as the prize. All they have to do is be the first caller to call the station when the Mega-Giants theme is played. Angela decides that they will listen to the radio in shifts. She chooses the graveyard shift. Of course she falls asleep before the theme song is played. In a bizarre twist of fate, Nanette ends up winning the tickets. Now that the gang doesn't have free tickets, they decide to be the first in line and guarantee themselves the best seats. They show up for the movie over seven hours before show time before anyone else. Moments before the theatre doors open, Nanette and the clone club show up on cue and cut in front of Angela. It turns out that the free radio tickets gave them V.I.P privileges. Now Angela and her friends are forced to take even more drastic measures to ensure they get great seats. All Angela's hard work proves for naught though when Mrs. Brinks sits in front of her and blocks the screen with her big wig. Will Angela ever get to see the Mega-Giants Movie or will she be stuck staring at Mega-Brinks instead?
The Masked Magician is giving a performance at Tapwater Elementary and needs a special volunteer. Much to everyone's surprise, he picks Johnny Abatti and not Nanette Manoir! For his efforts, Johnny is given a magic set and immediately begins to create an act. Gina senses Johnny could use a little help and volunteers her assistance. Together, they put on a formidable show and dazzle ever increasing crowds. They're ready for the big time - a performance at Abatti's Pizza. Only Gina's back gives out two days before the show and Johnny is left sans assistant. Angela is eager to lend a hand but Nanette soon shows up to offer her abilities - Nanette will do almost anything for a spotlight. The archenemies compete with each other to impress Johnny until Nanette abruptly takes herself out of the competition. Nanette has figured out that Johnny is a horrible magician. Gina is the one who makes the magic work. Will Angela make the connection before Johnny "magically" saws her in half?
Gordy Rhinehart has written a love letter to Gina Lash, which Angela offers to deliver. Needless to say, the letter never makes it to Gina-her mother gets it instead. Liz Lash is convinced Coach Rhinehart wrote the letter. The two start up an instant romance and Angela's friends are furious at her. Gina is upset because Coach is always at her house eating her food. Gordy is upset because Coach is too busy with Liz to spend time with him. And Gina still doesn't know how much in love with her Gordy is! Even Johnny is upset. Uncle Nicky has always had a crush on Liz and spends his days moping now that she and Coach have hooked up. And if Angela had delivered the letter properly in the first place, none of this would have happened. Angela tries to break up the happy couple but only makes matters worse. Soon, the whole town is affected by the Lash/Rhinehart coupling and they direct their anger at Angela. Angela quickly discovers that what the people of Tapwater really need is to be in love themselves. Can Angela succeed in being Cupid for everyone and bring love to town?
Angela has a brand new microscope and eagerly shows it off to her friends. Despite Gordy's lack of enthusiasm, Angela manages to convince him to look at his eyelash under the lens. Gordy gets more then a glimpse of an enlarged eyelash: he also spots a bug! Angela tries to calm his frazzled nerves by revealing that the bug on his eyelash is harmless. Everyone has microscopic bugs all over their body. This revelation offers little comfort and sends Gordy into a state of panic. He wears protective gloves and masks and keeps his distance from his friends lest their parasites find their way onto him. Then Gordy learns that it's just not other people's germs that he has to fear. Even inanimate objects such as books and food have parasites. Gordy doesn't know where to put himself. Angela tries to help but everything she tries backfires. Soon Gordy has no other alternative but to sit in a bathtub all day. Will Angela be able to calm her friend before he shrivels away? Or is Gordy destined to live in a plastic bubble forever?
Bill and Geneva will be away during Spring Break and plan on sending Angela to Connie Brinks' Biology Camp. Angela's friends are stuck with the same fate. Now, there's nothing more boring then a week with Connie, so an alternative is desperately needed. Cue Mark and Derek who need money to buy hockey equipment. They agree, for a price, to take care of Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy - Camp Anaconda is born. However, if any harm comes to the children, Mark and Derek don't get paid. Fearing their charges might get the tiniest bruise, physical activity is forbidden. The brothers even go as far as tying the children up. When the children plead for water, a hose is turned on them! Camp Anaconda is sheer torture. Well, the kids finally do manage to trick Mark and Derek into taking them out on the town. While they're out though, the Anaconda garage floods because Mark and Derek left the above mentioned hose on. Of course, Angela is blamed for being thirsty in the first place. Having had the worst Spring Break ever, and facing the possibility that she may be punished for something she didn't do, Angela could sure use a quick change of fortune.
Coach Rhinehart has lost his voice and football practice has been cancelled. Mark and Derek are left with nothing to do but torture poor Angela. To make matters worse, if Mark and Derek's football team lose their next game, they won't make it to the playoffs. This means even more time on their hands - even more time to torture their sister. Angela must find a way for Coach to get healthy again. While failing at playing doctor, Angela discovers that Gordy has the ability to understand Coach's silent gestures. Gordy can interpret for Coach on the football field. Football practice is on again. But Gordy's interpretations of Coach's unique sign language are quite flowery. In fact, the football players have a hard time understanding exactly what Gordy is trying to say. When Gordy tries to get aggressive, he loses his voice too! Once again Angela is forced to take matters into her own hands. Now when Coach makes a gesture, Gordy interprets it with his own. Angela in turn interprets Gordy. And somehow, as improbable as it seems, the team wins with one spectacular maneuver. Angela is a hero.
Angela innocently discovers something strange on Johnny's chest. None of the kids knows what it is but Uncle Nicky recognizes it. Johnny has genuine Abatti chest hair. This, of course, means Johnny is a man and Uncle Nicky must now teach his young charge the ways in which a real man behaves. The next day when Angela and friends pick Johnny up to go to school, Johnny is no where to be found. Their friend has morphed into John-O - a miniature Uncle Nicky, complete with leisure suit and lady-killer attitude. Angela has a few reservations. Johnny is trying to act older and his coolness is getting in the way of having fun. But Nanette seems repulsed by John-O's new charms and, if he can upset Nanette, he can still be Angela's friend! All too soon though the charm turns to smarm and Nanette falls for the insincerity John-O is oozing. Thankfully, Johnny is unable to give up his spitball addiction, something Uncle Nicky says is a manly no-no. Maybe Johnny can be rescued from John-O after all.
Today is "Take Your Kids To Work Day". Since Bill is unable to make a living as an inventor, his day job is that of a salesman. Angela accompanies him to Tapwater Springs' only office tower where Bill tires to sell expandable foam to various business people. Johnny is also at the office tower helping Uncle Nicky deliver pizzas. Soon Johnny is tagging along with the Anaconda duo. Bill gives one great sales pitch after another. Angela and Johnny ruin the sale every time. Bill is left with only one more potential client - Howell Manoir! To make matters worse, Howell has brought Nanette to work with him. Angela has to be on her best behaviour in order for her dad to finally make a sale. However, Nanette is misbehaving and on the verge of ruining Bill's sale. And Angela is getting the blame! But despite Nanette's best efforts to infuriate Angela, Angela accidentally discovers a practical use for the expandable foam and makes a sale for her father.
Jimmy Jamal has reached new heights on his Immortal Wombat video game. He's about to beat the high score when Coach Rhinehart shows up to drag him away to a silent soccer retreat. Unfortunately, Immortal Wombat needs constant attention and battery changes or else the game will be lost. Angela is entrusted to watch over the Wombat. Moments after Jimmy leaves, Angela leaves the video unattended. Nanette "borrows" the batteries and Jimmy's score disappears. Neither Gina, Gordy nor Johnny has the skill needed to reach the level Jimmy left off at. It's up to Angela to figure out how to manipulate and ultimately win the game. This, of course, is easier said then done. Angela has too many chores and school duties to spend so much time on a computer game. But she has no choice - her reputation is at stake. Her home life and school life suffer until Mrs. Brinks shuts the computer off. Left with no other alternative, Angela tells Jimmy the truth. The truth turns out to be that Angela got to a level Jimmy never reached. Oddly enough, she's an Immortal Wombat hero.
Jiggly James, the official spokesperson for Jiggly Fruit, announces that the tasty treat has a new and improved recipe. Can perfection be improved upon? Naturally, Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy are the first in line to try New Jiggly Fruit. This also makes them the first to learn how truly awful their favorite snack has become. New Jiggly Fruit is disgusting! To make matters worse, the Jiggly Fruit corporation has stopped production of old Jiggly Fruit. Mrs. Brinks, a Jiggly connoisseur, is just as upset as Angela is over this turn of events. Angela is surprised that she and Mrs. Brinks have anything in common, especially dessert. The two soon form a strong bond as they join forces to battle the evil Jiggly James. When the two former nemesis combine their smarts and creativity, nothing is able to withstand their power. Soon old Jiggly Fruit is back in production and order is restored to Tapwater Springs.
Parents in Tapwater Springs are busy helping their child build a soapbox-racing car for an upcoming race. Every car is unique, built with care to reflect the child's personality. For example: Gina's car has a built in doughnut holder and Gordy's is filled with flowers. Unsurprisingly, Nanette's car is a store bought one and it's really fast. Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy decide to take the best parts of their own cars and combine them into one super car. And since Johnny is deemed the best driver, he gets to drive. During practice Johnny gets into an accident. Disappointed with himself, Johnny is convinced he has lost his racing magic. He no longer feels he is able to beat Nanette and Angela must now sit it the driver's seat. While racing, Nanette cheats, causing Angela's racecar to lose two of its wheels. Just when it seems that all is lost, Angela convinces Johnny to work his racing magic and get back behind the wheel. To which he does, proving that a Johnny with two homemade wheels is better then a Nanette with four store bought.
It's summer vacation! Liz Lash and her "associate" Francisco are driving Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy to the beach. The gang is thrilled and plans to spend the day in the glorious water. Their nautical intentions are quickly foiled upon arrival at the beach. For who should turn up but none other then Nanette and her clone club. To make matters worse, Mrs. Brinks has taken a summer job as a lifeguard. It doesn't take long until Nanette manages to get Angela and her pals dry docked! Angela refuses to be beaten. If they gang can't go to the water, they will find a way to bring the water to them. Of course, every attempt fails because around every corner lurks Nanette, all too ready to thwart their efforts. But eventually Nanette proves to be her own worst enemy when she inadvertently buries Mrs. Brinks up to the neck in sand. Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy get their fun in the sun after all.
While enjoying a harmless game of softball, said softball ends up landing in a neighbor's yard. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but, this neighbor's yard is inhabited by a dog named Carnivorous. To make matters worse, the softball belongs to Mark and Derek. If Angela can't get the ball back, she might not make it to her next birthday. She and her friends try to come up with a plan. Gordy is used as a decoy and the kids manage to retrieve the ball. They also free the dog from his yard in the process. Carnivorous lives up to his name as he chases everyone up trees and on top of cars. The only way the kids can get rid of the dog is to throw the ball back into the yard! Angela is back at where she started. She has no choice but to take matters into her own hands and go into the dog's yard herself. She marches right into the yard, only to be immediately chased into a garbage can! Mark and Derek turn out to be the heroes of this tale when they come home and reveal that Carnivorous is really Fifi and quite nice once you get to know her.
To cover the damage done to Mrs. Brink's window, Angela takes Uncle Nicky's advice and decides to sell some of her stuff. But as nostalgia makes her "keep" pile grow and grow, Angela must choose between parting with her belongings or the prospect of working off the debt.
On a family picnic, Angela is convinced that she has photographed an elusive yeti. When nobody believes her, she decides to stake out the park.
Angela exploits her friends when her new dog walking job becomes more than she had bargained for.
At the book mobile, Bunny Manoir attempts to have The Wizard of Oz banned on the grounds that it promotes wizardry and witchcraft.
Jimmy Jamal's obsession with Super Beetle takes a turn for the annoying when he begins to dress and act like him at school. Johnny tries to get him to snap out of it, only to come back as his sidekick Crazy Cricket the next day. When Sherman, the class chicken goes missing and Angela gets the blame, it's up to Johnny and Jimmy to either save the day or hang up their capes for good.
To liven up her show-and-tell reports, Angela brings in Mr. Mooey, a cow puppet. Between Mr. Mooey's caustic sense of humor and cow related puns, he proves to be a hit with Mrs. Brinks' class, so much so to the point where Angela begins to find herself overshadowed and ignored by everyone around her.
Angela and Gordy are partnered for the school dance. When Gordy proves himself to be a dancing god, Connie Brinks offers the two of them a chance to dance on his local television show. Angela is all for it, until the fame goes to Gordy's head and he transforms into the ultimate diva: Gordy Glitterdust.
Angela hits it off well with her new "youth companion" Raven Schwartz, an art student in one of Geneva's classes. Mark ultimately comes to be smitten with Raven and the two go steady, much to the chagrin of not only Angela, but Derek as well.
Angela is the first to meet the new neighbors, particularly a boy named Stuart Wu. He seems cool at first, and Angela arranges for him to meet her friends. As she helps Stu unpack, he reveals himself as prone to being rude.
After a water main bursts under the Anaconda house, Angela develops a devastatingly awful case of insomnia. Her friends try various schemes to get her sleep, each of which end disastrously.
After one unwarranted punishment from Mrs. Brinks too many, Angela decides to give in and become the troublemaker everyone thinks she is. As master troublemakers, Mark and Derek become Angela's prank consultants, and the school is turned on its ear.
At Astronaut Bob's space camp, everyone has high hopes of becoming a junior astronaut. Since there is only room for one junior astronaut, Astronaut Bob puts the kids through a series of competitions.
Bill and Geneva are aghast when they hear Baby Lulu cursing and all evidence seems to point towards Angela as the culprit.
Angela and her friends find out that the "funny photos" section of their town paper is not only humorous, but profitable. When their funny faces fail, the four of them orchestrate "accidents" hoping to cash in on the funny photo reward.
Nonna Abatti is late getting to a library book sale. The only book left that seems appealing is one entitled "The Cry of the She-Wolf". It turns out to be a feminist manifesto. A few chapters in, Nonna realizes that as a woman, she's being taken advantage of. She will no longer be a slave to the kitchen and denounces the possibility of any future pizza making. Well, Angela and her friends are happy that Nonna is taking charge of her own life. But they wish she'd leave her wonderful pizza out of the process. Uncle Nicky doesn't know the secret recipe. The kids try to help him out but only Gordy knows how to cook. And all he can make are eggs! The kids tell Nonna that she is greatly missed in an effort to win her back. She misunderstands their compliments and only gets angrier. All hope seems lost until Nonna finally gets to the final chapter of "She Wolf". There, Nonna reads that an independent woman should have her own business and be her own boss. Thanks to Abatti's pizza, she is an independent woman. So really, there's never been any shame in making pizza.
Mrs. Brinks has been teaching at Tapwater Elementary for countless years. A jubilee is to be thrown in her honor and of course, Nanette, has been put in charge of organizing the proceedings. She makes Angela in charge of finding local townspeople to perform tribute acts. Nobody in town has fond memories of Brinks' teaching style and naturally, nobody wants to be part of a tribute for her. When Angela exhausts all possibilities within the town, she decides to look outside of Tapwater Springs. She searches Mrs. Brinks' old yearbooks and discovers an inscription that reads "love always". Eureka! She found a student who actually liked his teacher. Even better, the student is now the famous soap opera actor Corey Cray. Better still, when Angela calls him up, he agrees to be part of the tribute. When the town gets wind that Corey Cray is going to be part of the show, then they all want to get into the act. Angela is suddenly a success as an entertainment coordinator. That is, until Corey Cray cancels at the last minute. Will Angela be able to save the show?
Tapwater Springs is covered in snow. Surely school will be canceled today. Just to be on the safe side, Angela performs some superstitious rituals. The radio announcer finally announces Tapwater Elementary will be closed. Angela quickly grabs her toboggan and finds her friends. They go to their favorite toboggan hill. Nanette promptly ruins their fun. Nanette's father is building a French beauty school on the property; Angela and her friends are trespassing. They find another hill. All seems well until Mrs. Brinks and her husband toboggan on by, naked! Not wanting to spend their day off with their nudist teacher, the kids find another hill. All seems well until they toboggan into leftover spaghetti. It turns out this perfect hill is located in the city dump. The kids give up. But then, in the distance, they see it: the most perfect toboggan hill ever. All seems well, until, Astronaut Bob appears. The kids are trespassing again and this time on Astronaut Bob's high security property. Will Angela's hero be happy to see her, or will he throw her in jail?
Angela has delusions of hockey grandeur. Her team -made up of Gina, Johnny and Gordy - will be playing their first game in three days. The problem is, Angela has a tendency to daydream. During one such daydream, Angela gets hit in the stomach with a puck. This puts the fear of hockey into her and she refuses to play anymore. But her friends need her to play. Angela makes them a deal. If each of them will face their worst fear, she will face hers and play hockey. Gina goes first. She's afraid of the basement. She makes her ways down the dark stairs, only to discover her mother keeps all sorts of great food down there. That's one fear gone! Johnny is next. He's afraid to tell his Nonna that she feeds him too much. With great conviction, he tells a sympathetic Nonna how he feels; she's more then happy to give him a half serving of food. Gordy is afraid of germs. Johnny lends him Uncle Nicky's toothbrush. As gross as it seems, the germs don't kill him. So, it's Angela's turn. Will fear get the best of her? Or will she fight her fear and lead her friends to a hockey victory?
While on a field trip to Oceanland, Angela falls in love with the whales. She wants to become a marine biologist. She is soon at the beach with her friends, searching for signs of sea-life. They happen upon Ms. Yamagachi's scuba diving class. Angela needs scuba experience in order to take the class. She will need an instructor. Grandma Lou won't let Angela swim in the lake for her first dive, too dangerous. They need to find a pool. Nanette has a pool but she would never let Angela swim in it. Grandma Lou suggests that they use it anyway, when nobody is looking. While in the pool, Angela finds some jewels Bunny Manoir was missing. Angela falls in love with the rocks and decides that instead of marine biologist, she'll become a geologist.
Geneva wants to enter an art contest with the local museum about the reality of family life. Angela suggests their family be used as inspiration. Geneva takes Angela's suggestion one step further and soon the Anaconda's find themselves living in a replica of their house as part of a museum exhibit. This means the Anaconda's are to live their lives with others watching. Angela's only break from being on view is when she's in class. She's hesitant at first. When she realizes that the museum patrons find her entertaining, she warms up to them. Some of them even help her with her homework. Maybe this art exhibit won't be so bad. Suddenly Nanette shows up just as Bill is doing something embarrassing. The incident is the talk of the school next day. In fact, everything that the Anaconda's do in the museum display is up for discussion. Angela hates being the center of this type of attention. The only way out of the situation, it seems, is to watch the audience and make them understand what it's like to be stared at.
Angela is at Budgie Burger with her friends and brothers. Angela's friends have enough money to pay for their burgers; Mark and Derek do not. Mind you, they discover this after eating them. So, in order to avoid juvenile detention, Mark and Derek take jobs. The main motto of Budgie Burger is; the customer is always right. Angela reasons that as long as she is buying something, she is a customer and not just Mark and Derek's sister. They have to treat her with respect no matter what she does. She and her friends decide to torture them. They torture them quite well too. Then the store manager announces that employee of the month will be announced soon. Whoever is chosen gets six tickets to the coolest amusement park in town. Mark and Derek are too dumb to get chosen on their own. Angela now has to help them achieve success. She and her friends do everything they can to make Mark and Derek look good. Can enough ever be done to make those two look good?
Nanette blurts out that her father will be building a new mall. The mall will be built where the old oak tree now stands. In other words, Nanette's father plans to tear the beloved tree down! The tree is the oldest, largest tree in the city. Gina, Johnny and Gordy all want to pay their last respects to the old tree. They have many fond memories of climbing it. Angela remembers that she's never actually climbed it, she's taken in for granted. When her friends are finished, Angela decides to have a climb. Getting up is the easy part, she's afraid to come down. A reporter comes by to do a story on the tree. He demands Angela come down, to get out of his camera shot. She refuses. He takes her refusal as a sign of protest, assuming she wants to save the tree. Angela becomes the lead story on the six o'clock news. People come by to congratulate her, to encourage her. No one comes by to help her down, not even her parents. It looks like Angela might be stuck in the old oak tree forever. That is, until Howell Manoir caves in and decides not to tear it down after all.
Mark and Derek are torturing Angela in their normal brotherly fashion. Unable to do anything, she seeks out the help of Coach Rhinehart. He teaches her karate, in particular, he teaches her how to do a karate flip. Oddly enough, as soon as Angela learns these new skills, Mark and Derek stop bothering her. She begs them to bother her so that she can flip them. They're just not up to it. Angela asks her friends at school if anyone is interested in a karate demonstration. She's more then happy to flip a volunteer. Nobody seems particularly interested. Angela is itching to flip someone! On cue, Nanette comes by. She's half way through a sentence when Angela flips her. For no reason other then Nanette is always bothering her, it was pure reflex. Quickly Angela is brandished with the reputation of school bully. Not even her friends want to hang out with her. Self-defense is great when protecting yourself from others, but what do you do to protect yourself from you?
Angela is forced to accompany her brothers as her mother buys them a new pair of shoes. Since she doesn't go through shoes as quickly, she's not getting a new pair. Of course, there's no reason for her not to try on a pair of funky orange runners. A couple of distractions later, Angela is on her way home when she notices she forgot to take the store shoes off. She's a thief - but only by accident. She convinces her friends to help her return the shoes before she gets into trouble. In order to do that though, the orange shoes have to remain in perfect condition and Angela's parents can't find out. Angela's friends are forced to carry her over puddles and other such schemes. At one point, Angela has to cover her shoes with bags and invent a new game called "bagfoot" just to keep her parents from noticing anything out of the ordinary. Everything seems to work out fine. Angela makes it back to the store but there's a police officer at the entrance, waiting for somebody. Is Angela too late? Is the officer there to arrest her?
Angela and her friends are playing Hospital Beach; a game based on a popular soap opera. Johnny is in need of an operation. The only qualified physician is his sock puppet, Dr. Ducksworthy. Angela gets so caught up in the game, she throws Dr. Ducksworthy out the window. The poor puppet gets caught in a tree. Johnny tries to rescue it, but he injures himself in the process. Johnny ends up in a real hospital. He's going to need x-rays but is afraid of the machine. He desperately wants Dr. Ducksworthy by his side. Unable to get him down from the tree, Angela decides that she'll just have to make Johnny a new puppet. Gordy and Gina reluctantly go along with Angela's plan. They're afraid that a different puppet might give Johnny bad luck. Wouldn't you know it, as soon as Angela gives Johnny the fake Dr. Ducksworthy, bad things happen. When a person is in the hospital, the last thing they need is bad luck. Will Angela be able to fix this situation, or is Johnny doomed?
To show her solidarity with local broccoli farmers, Josephine has taken a vow of silence to protest the ongoing drought. Sensing that Angela is unable to answer a question in class, Gina blurts out that Angela is also taking a vow of silence. Angela, according to Gina, is ceasing to speak in order to protest poor teacher wages. Mrs. Brinks is thrilled. Angela is more then willing to go along with this deception; it will get her out of doing schoolwork. Keeping quiet is more difficult then it seems. Not being able to speak in school means she's not able to discuss her favorite television shows, unable to accept offers of delicious desserts, unable to participate in show and tell. Angela has to find someone to talk to. Luckily, Josephine Praline has a make shift confessional set up at school. The kids can tell her anything and she's promised to not repeat a thing. So Angela confesses. Josephine can't let Angela's deception go unpunished but at the same time she can't go back on her secrecy promise. However, it has recently rained, and Josephine can think of many ways to use her voice that may get Angela talking.
Geneva is furious with her former childhood best friend Cokie. Cokie owns a store that advertised one free gift with each purchase. Geneva bought two items but Cokie only gave her one gift: a child's toy. Geneva tosses the toy to Angela and Gina. In order to avoid a fight, the two decide that Angela will get the toy and Gina will get Angela's school Jiggly Fruit. The two will do whatever they can to avoid a fight and end up like Geneva and Cokie. Surely the friendship between Angela and Gina can withstand anything. The two become sickly sweet with one another. Nanette is nauseated. She does what she can to test Angela and Gina's bond. The friends fail. They figure that the best way to avoid a fight is to avoid each other. They can't fight can't if they can't speak. This just makes things worse because now they are unable to talk about their problems. So they explode and have a huge fight. Will they be able to kiss and make up or will they end up harboring a lifetime of resentment like Geneva and Cokie?
Today is the grand opening of a new toy store. As part of the celebration, a raffle is being held. A motorized car is the grand prize. There's one catch: in order to claim the prize, you have to be present when your name is called. Gina, Gordy and Johnny don't want to stick it out. They give their tickets to Angela and leave. Naturally, Angela wins. Though she's not sure with whose ticket. Her friends claim that since she might have won with one of their tickets, they all have ownership of the car. They reluctantly agree to share with one another. Greed gets the better of them and they decide to split the car in four quarters. Josephine, over hearing their problem, tries to help settle the matter. She tells them: who ever loves the car the most, should get to keep it. Each of them, in turn, demonstrates how much they love the car. Josephine concludes that they all love the car equally; but whoever loves the car the most will set it free. Each in turn sets the car free. Now that the car belongs to no one, Josephine is more then happy to take ownership of it!