All the teachers come down with the flu and parents have to take over the classes.

A lion escapes from a zoo and becomes attached to Maynard.

Maynard sues after getting his hand struck in the store's gumball machine.

Dobie's old nemesis Butch Baumgartner, now the army's heavyweight boxing champ, is coming home and the word is that he is coming to knock Dobie's brains out.

Mrs. Gillis's cousin Virgil visits and gets the Gillises to supply him with all he needs for a singing engagement.

To avoid failing an upcoming test that will cause him to flunk out of school, Maynard drinks a potion that is supposed to turn him into a genius, but ends up transforming him into a monster.

The song-analyzing qualities of a computer are transfered to Maynard, and cousin Virgil uses his ability to predict hit songs to become a singing star.

A teenage celebrity's dog is lost and Dobie tries to find it.

A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.