Quailman is finally getting recognition. Doug has been offered to draw a Quailman comic for the school paper, The Weekly Beebe. But the night before Doug's Quailman comic is due, Doug has not begun drawing. Meanwhile in a Quailman daydream, Quailman has lost his powers and feels he can't save Megalopolis without them, which allows Dr. Rubbersuit to steal all the beets in the entire city.

Patti worries her Dad, Chad, is dating Edwina Klotz, so she does everything, including eating at Chez Honk to find out. Doug and Patti discover Chad is dating someone, but it's not Edwina. When she has dinner at the Mayonnaise's, Patti feels she is trying to replace her mother. Meanwhile, Doug finds out the truth about what happened to his pet goldfish as a kid.

Judy forces Doug and his friends to do a Shakespearean tribute to recycling instead of a fun play they came up with on their own. Meanwhile, in Doug's daydream Judydra is turning everyone in Megalopolis into performance artists and Quailman (along with the League of Ultra Buddies) must stop her.

Beebe Bluff's family is penniless due to heavy investments in the Yakestonian snoozegraffle crop, which gets completely destroyed due to a storm. Also because of the destroyed crop, Fentruck's family can't support their son overseas and will have to send him back home if he doesn't raise enough money. Doug, Patti and Skeeter try to save Fentruck from leaving and show Beebe that you don't need a lot of money to have a good time.

Doug always manages to have a bad hair day on school-picture day. So when school-picture day comes around again, Doug douses himself with hair-care products to prevent bad hair. Meanwhile, he daydreams how Quailman would handle a bad hair day, as an evil shampoo from the S.T.U.A.R.T. company is taking over the hair of all the citizens in Megalopolis.

Mr. Dink is always busy with several gadgets and he's too busy to give Doug his Bluffscout ""snoarking"" badge test. So in a daydream, Quailman tries to help his friend Professor Quint in his experiments. But the Professor always fails because, he's always busy with so many different things. Quint thinks he'll succeed in crime insetad of science and Quailman must set him straight. After his daydream, Doug uses Quailman's actions on Mr. Dink.

Doug's old best friend Bobby Bodingo is moving to Bluffington, and Doug can't wait to show him around school and introduce him to his friends. But Bobby just isn't the same as he used to be, he's rude and crude and even makes Doug go in the girl's bathroom. As a result, all of Doug's friends don't like him and won't spend time with Doug if Bobby is around him.

In preparation for Bluffington Pride Day, the contest to write the official Bluffington Anthem is on. Patti has written the perfect song, the only problem is she can't sing to save her life. Doug lies to Patti about her singing which leads to her entering the contest and Doug has to tell the truth or convince Patti to drop out of the singing contest because it would only embarass her.

Everyone at Beebe Bluff Middle School is worried about the upcoming mysterious S.P.I.T. tests. If they fail, they could be sent back a grade... or so the rumour says. Then, Doug bumps into Mr. Bone who leaves behind the S.P.I.T. test folder. If Doug takes a look inside the folder, he can tell his friends what's on the test. Doug wonders if thats the right thing to do, then turns to Quailman. In Megalopolis, the Quizzler is stealing information and words all over town and Quailman must set everything back to normal.

Judy auditions for an acting admission to Vole University, and she accidentally hands in Doug's doodle to the Dean. Judy ends up accepted to Vole, but only because of Doug's doodle. Judy is okay with it until the Dean asks her to draw examples for a class. Meanwhile, Doug tags along with Judy and finds out what he really wants to do with the rest of his life as he waits for the results from a drawing talent contest.

Doug volunteers to spend time with the residents of the Maturing Meadows retirement home. He meets Mrs. Whackhammer and doesn't make a good first impression (or a second impression). Doug turns to Quailman, to see how he would handle a monster who turns the citizens of Megalopolis grouchy.

The S.T.U.A.R.T. corporation's faulty products are making citizens in Megalopolis uncharacteristically short-tempered. Quailman has had enough of the faulty products, so he and Silver Skeeter set out to find the leader.

Flounder wants to start a new group and talent searches in Bluffington. When he sees interest in Judy's ""music"" he starts dating her and Doug gets three tickets to Flounder and Judy's upcoming concert. At school, Doug becomes popular because he promised 20 tickets for 20 people, but he now has to risk his popularity in telling them only two tickets are available. Meanwhile, Theda gets a makeover and wonders if she should keep her new look.

Patti is better than Doug at every sport they play, and Doug wonders how he will ever impress her. So he daydreams about how Quailman would try to impress a new superhero who arrives in Megalopolis named Supersport.

A new change is coming to the Beebe Bluff Middle School... school uniforms! But all the students don't want uniforms so Sally rallys Patti, Roger, Fentruck and Beebe and forms a protest group. But after Principal White and Vice Principal Bone don't listen, Sally stages a student debate. But Sally ends up losing her voice, so Patti has to take over the debate. But it seems the power has gone to Patti's head. Meanwhile, Doug and Skeeter wonder what to do for their Civics class report.

Roger blames Doug for hitting Mr. Bone with a football, which sends Doug to detention. Roger then pretends to break his ankle and again blames it on Doug. Feeling guilty, Doug then becomes Roger's servant. In Megalopolis, Quailman thinks he is to blame after Dr. Klotzenstein's Funky Pumper stops working after Quailman uses his Quaileye on him. He decides to go inside his body to cure him, but soon finds out the real cause of Kloztenstein's illness.

While Chad is out of town, Patti comes to stay with the Funnies for a week and Doug worries she will realize that he is just an average guy. So he tries to be someone else in front of Patti in order to impress her. Meanwhile, Al, Moo, and Skeeter build a submarine out of junk to look for the Lucky Duck monster.

Beebe is having a Halloween party with a costume contest. After Doug's homemade Lucky Duck monster costume is destroyed by Dirtbike, Doug needs help for a new Halloween costume. So he goes to Skeeter, Judy, Mr. Dink, and Roger for help, but Doug can't believe they are all too busy to help him. Later, Doug can't believe that people all over town are turning into Doug clones!

Patti and Skeeter comment about how great Guy's weekend party was which makes Doug decide to have his own party. At school, Patti and Skeeter accidentally get locked in a janitor's closet after doing a favor for Miss. Kristal. While being locked in, they share a secret and promise each other not to tell anyone else. But somehow Roger finds out and he tells the whole school about Patti and Skeeter's secrets, which leaves the question of who spilled the secret. Patti thinks Skeeter told, and Skeeter thinks Patti told. The two friends become so angry at each other, that Doug has to try to get them to be friends again before his party.

Doug, Patti and Guy are invited to see The Beets recording a new record in Bluffington, but Doug promised to clean his grandma's attic with his Dad. As he cleans, Doug escapes into a daydream about how goofy Quailman's Dad is against the Golden Salmon. Back to reality, Doug finds out that his Dad was in a band in the 70's and when he drops Doug off at the recording studio, they learn that the Beets need a replacement drummer for a song. When Phil steps up to take the job, Doug just hopes he won't be embarassed.

Doug is practicing for the Rudolph Bluff Memorial Bike Rally, where he is on Patti's team and they are determined to beat Roger's team. But after Doug has a bicycle accident, he breaks his leg and once it heals, he is afraid to get back on his bike. His fear won't let him practice or even ride in the rally, and if he doesn't overcome his fear, it would let Patti and the team down. Meanwhile, Doug learns about Mr. Dink's phobia of beans and how he has tried to overcome it.

Popular eight grader Cassandra Bleem asks Doug to be her date at the upcoming Bluffington Blowout Bar-Becue and Beach Bash beach party and he does everything to prepare to be cool in front of Cassandra. Meanwhile, the Sleech twins try different kind of ways to get dates for the beach party.

One of Doug's New Years resolution is to tell Patti how he feels about her. But when Doug realizes he hasn't done that yet, he decides that giving her a kiss at Beebe's New Years Eve party will do it. So Doug rents movies and uses balloons for practice. At the party, midnight is approaching and Doug finds out that Patti left Beebe's party to go to other parties with Guy. It looks like Guy had the same plans for Patti as Doug did. Meanwhile, Roger tries to break his own record of how many girls to kiss at midnight and Judy hates all the New Years celebration.