In Peach Creek Junior High, there was an explosion in Mr. Cathro's classroom. The students all left with Mike and the Ed's coming out slowly.

"Why, Eddy?" Double D sighed. "Why, I ask you. Another detention for you, Mike, and I! It's all fun and games until academic grades fall, mister!"

"I'm getting sick of going to a new school and spending every other week in the library writing a thousand paged essay about the consequences of my actions!" Mike drenched her pigtail.

"Ah, lighten up," Eddy said to the two of them. "It builds character, guys! Did you see how big that vein on the teacher's head got when he started yelling?"

Ed finally came as Double D, Eddy, and Mike were going downstairs.

"Yeah, I guess that was pretty funny." Mike had to admit, she even started laughing.

"Man, I thought he was gonna bust." Eddy laughed.

"The teacher had every right to be upset, you two," Double D waved his detention slip. "Why, just the electrical rewiring of that classroom alone will take weeks!"

"Aw, come on, Double D," Mike tried to ease him. "Mr. Cathro nearly exploded! I bet he cracks into the night and checks into early retirement."

"And did you see the look on Ed's face?" Ed had caught up with his friends, joining in the conversation. "I almost wet my eyebrow, guys! Chump here sure knows funny, guys!"

The friends all laughed together. However, Eddy had stopped as he realized what Ed had just said. Did Ed just call him a chump?

"Who you callin' chump?" Eddy glared at him.

Ed took Eddy over to the water fountain upstairs which made Double D and Mike follow him. There was graffiti on it.

"Dang, I thought I left vandalized school property back in the Bronx." Mike scoffed.

"Look!" Ed read to Eddy what it said. "'Eddy is a no-neck chump'. Can I have your autograph?"

Eddy kicked him in anger.

"Good lord!" Double D grew horrified. "Who in their right mind would deface a sanctum of education?"

"Kids from the Bronx..." Mike deadpanned.

"Someone who's out to ruin my good name, that's who!" Eddy grew frantic. "A smear campaign, I tell ya!"

"Oh, come now, Eddy, this is in no way a greater scheme to ruin your reputation," Double D tried to be reasonable. "Why, I think you've done a good job of that on your own."

"Mike, I'm gonna do what you did back in New York, come with me." Eddy said, walking to the school lost in found.

"You're gonna become a foreign exchange student?" Mike asked, following the boy.

"No, no, no!" Eddy grunted.


Mike and Eddy were now in the school lost and found. Double D had already arranged it and he was not pleased with the ransacking. Mike stood aside, allowing Eddy to do what he wanted to do.

"What in Heaven's name is he doing!?" Double D cried. "Fliching from the lost and found? Has this whole school gone mad!?"

"Becoming a new kid in school," Mike looked up to him. "Apparently it's a good way to get out of reputation you had in your old school to move into a new one. Though, I don't know how he's gonna get his parents to move away from this place."

"Yeah, No-Neck Chump Eddy's has a plan!" Ed grinned.

Eddy shoved Ed against the wall. "Hey, Mike, gimme a hand here!"

Mike sighed and walked over to him. "I don't know who wrote that about you, but I got a hunch."

"Why not just report them to the school authorities?" Double D suggested the smart way out of this.

"Too easy!" Eddy argued. "I agree with what Mike said, but I'm going incognito, Sockhead. With a super disguise, I'll create an alter-ego that will allow me to schmooze and mingle among the rats without 'em knowing it's me! And then, when I find out who did it, BAM!" he then pushed Double D, Ed, and Mike out the door and shut it. "No peeking!"

"Well, he certainly has the ego." Double D spoke up.

"A painful one that's for sure," Mike agreed. "You ever have one of those days, Ed?"

"Every day of my life, Mike." Ed replied.

The lost and found door crept open, making Mike, Double D, and Ed step aside. There came out Eddy with a brand new look. He wore a flock of curly dark brunette hair that looked like the hat of a British Royal Guard, a light gray short-sleeved shirt with green longer sleeves underneath, a red stripe across his shirt, dark blue pants, and black boots. Mike snorted, then laughed out loud, pointing and walked off without a comment about Eddy's new look.


"I didn't get a chance to see Eddy again, I was laughing too hard..." Mike said as it was recess and she remembered something going on outside.

Rolf was sitting on the bleachers as he was reading a failed test he had just gotten back and got his pet goat Victor to eat it.

"Mike, there you are!" Kevin called.

"Yeah," Mike smiled, then grew determined. "Ready to go down? 'Cuz I'm about to take you back to school!"

"I'm taking you back to elementary school!" Kevin argued.

"I'm taking you back to nursery school!" Mike taunted.

"Ooooohhh!" the other kids thought that was a very clever comeback.

"Alright, are we gonna play or burn each other?" Kevin had enough right then.

"Whatever we do, you're gonna lose worse!" Mike laughed as she clutched the pigskin.

The kids, Kevin, and Mike ran around as they had their football game. Kevin had the ball next and threw it against the 'new kid' in school as he came outside to join the others.

"Dude, good hands!" Kevin ran to him with Mike who had already recognized him, but decided to play along for his sake. "C'mon, we need a receiver, man!"

The new student looked confused. "Me? A receiver?"

"You must be new, dude, the name's Kevin," the biker boy held out his fist, making the new boy cower, but then he stood back up to fist bump with him.

"My name's Carl. I'm from Ecuador." the new boy said.

"Hi, Carl, nice to meet you." Mike giggled, treating Eddy like he was a legitimate new kid in school.

"My name's Jonny!" the odd boy came up suddenly. "And this here's my buddy, Plank! We're playing hockey, and you can be the shortstop!" He danced around.

Kevin pulled Carl away. "Don't listen to Clueless, Carl."

"Hi, I'm Mike." the ex new kid greeted.

"Her real name's Michelene..." Jonny leaned in, smirking.

Mike darted her eyes at him. "QUIET!"

"So, you good for some extra yards after the catch, bro?" Kevin invited Carl.

"Plank says we need to break the new kid in!" Jonny suggested.

"Right." Kevin agreed.

"Dogpile on the new kid!" Mike couldn't help but yell out, then pounced onto him with Kevin and Jonny.

Sarah, Jimmy, and Nazz even jumped onto him.

"Pile on the new kid!" Sarah laughed.

"Here I come, sucka's!" Jimmy taunted.

"Did you hear my back crack?" Jonny laughed.

"Isn't this fun?" Nazz giggled as she was next to her best friend, Mike. "Hi, I'm Nazz, what's your name?"

Carl grew nervous and almost forgot his name. "I'm Carl..."

"People!" Ed yanked the grass from under the kids, making them fly up and fall back on the ground. "I have lost my Eddy. Trip over him you might, as he is short, and squirrels like to pelt him with nuts!" he handed them fliers.

"Aw, Ed, I'm sure he'll be back soon..." Mike assured him.

"My wish has come true, Sarah!" Jimmy beamed. "Eddy's disappeared!"

"Good riddance." Sarah scoffed.

"So, Kevin," Carl came to the jock's side. "Who is this good-looking Eddy kid anyway?"

"Don't sweat it, Carl, something you'll never be," Kevin smirked. "A DORK!"

"Thanks, guy." Carl sounded pleased.

Mike felt sick to her stomach about Kevin being nice to Eddy. True, she didn't like Kevin's usual behavior towards her best guy friend, but this was just sickening.

"Watch me, Carl!" Jonny called out. "One potato, two potato, three potato, four!" He hit Kevin over the head with the ball. "It's a home run, buddy!"

Kevin roared. "Carl, Mike, help me lump this guy!" he called out as he chased Jonny.

"Carl?" Mike asked him.

"What? It's a cool name!" Eddy defended once it was just the two of them.

"Well, Carl," Double D came between them. "Have you found this perpetrator of your smear campaign yet?"

"Double D!" Eddy whispered. "Something's really messed up here! They're all being nice! Too nice! Feels like they're setting me up for something! Just like when Mike first moved in!"

"Because they don't know you!" Mike said in defense. "It's called 'acceptance'. Unlike Eddy, Carl has done nothing to ostracize himself from the group dynamic!"

"Yes, Carl has a clean slate if you will." Double D added.

"No foolin'?" Eddy sounded relieved.

Ed bumped Double D out-of-the-way, handing the 'new kid' a flyer. "Have you seen Eddy? His turn-ons are full-length mirrors, greasy hair products, and yelling. LOTS OF YELLING!"

Eddy looked at the paper and tossed the paper away. "Looks like a loser to me."

"But that loser is you, Eddy." Mike smirked.

"Not anymore, girly," Eddy laughed. "That dork's hit the trail. From now on, it's the good life with Carl, kid. That's me, nice guy!"

"And a total Mary Sue." Mike muttered.

"But Eddy, THERE IS NO CARL!" Double D yelled out. Sometimes he had to question his friendship with Eddy.

"Whoa, Carlster," Kevin came over. "You know these two dorks?"

Eddy became Carl again, very worried about his new reputation. If the kids still sort of liked Mike even though she was friends with the Ed's more, what would they think of him now as the nice new kid who was cool with everyone? "Not likely, friend. I wouldn't hang with these washouts if they were the last two dorks on Earth!"

"Right on!" Kevin laughed. "You're awesome, man! Sorry, Mike, you can't be cool with us anymore since Carl is one of us and doesn't like those dorks!"

"Fine by me, I never wanted to be your friends anyway!" Mike yelled as they went off with Carl.

"Well, I never!" Double D grew angry. "Of all the no good Ed! Eddy's tossed us aside to the shallow allure of the in crowd who has rejected Mike!"

"I miss my Eddy, guys!" Ed grew tearful.

"Worry not, dear Ed, I have a suspicion Eddy will be back sooner than he thinks." Double D declared.

"Ya got a plan?" Mike asked him.

"Indeed I do, would you like to help?" Double D asked.

"'Carl' left with those clowns and they got rid of me, I'll do anything!" Mike agreed.


Sometime before class, Double D and Mike were at the water fountain with Eddy's name on it. Mike had written Carl's name in place.

"So, who put Eddy's name here?" Mike asked.

"I don't know honestly, but I'm going to report them once Eddy puts this manner to rest." Double D replied.

The two nodded with each other.

"Ooh, here comes the gang!" Mike heard Kevin's voice.

Double D and Mike ran off to hide behind the lockers until 'Carl' would come with his new friends. Eddy had gotten a drink from the water fountain and saw the display which made him run away from his new friends, though they weren't laughing at him this time. They were a little disappointed their friend had disappeared from them.

"I'm going to comfort Ed, coming, Mike?" Double D asked the pigtailed one.

"Nah, I have a feeling I should stay here until Eddy cracks." Mike replied.

Double D waved at her, then went away. Mike then kept a sharp eye on the cul-de-sac kids as Eddy was away. He was most likely coming up with another alter ego to get along with everyone without seeing through his ruse.

Eddy came back from the hallways with hidden stilts in his pants, an eyepatch over his eye, a beret and a scarf wrapped around his neck. "Hi, kids! I'm fresh to this school! I'm Hugo, wazzup?"

Mike was quick enough to replace the name and quickly go back behind the lockers without being noticed. She didn't know how she did that. She didn't have superpowers. Or did she?

"Huh? Hugo!?" Eddy was in dismay and disappeared again, now coming in a brown wig in a ponytail tied with a sock, big red lips, a green dress, not-matching heeled pumps, and a balloon up his dress. "That Hugo, what a no-neck chump. I'm Suzette, I just started here!" he spoke in a Valley girl accent.

Mike didn't move from her spot, as she had a strong gut feeling that she wouldn't have to this time.

"Man, what's with all the new kids?" Kevin couldn't help but ask.

"Kinda nice," Nazz smiled friendly. "The more the merrier!"

"I bet they're gonna take over and get us expelled!" Jonny sounded paranoid.

"What do you think, Sarah?" Jimmy asked, seeming to fall for Jonny's wording again.

"Jonny's an idiot, Jimmy." Sarah scoffed.

"Say, who's awesome handwriting is this?" 'Suzette' looked at the wall as Plank slid under the dress to look up it and smell something fishy. "It's so smart and neat-o! I bet it was the cute guy in the red hat!"

Kevin threw the football into Eddy's face, making him slide right out of the dress. "Nice to meet you, Dork-ette," he took the football back. "Man, you're so desperate!"

The kids except Mike laughed. The bell then rang and they walked away, leaving Eddy alone in his underwear.

"Oh yeah? You think I care? Who needs ya! Go on, write what you want! I'm bulletproof, baby!" Eddy yelled at them.

"I'd normally care for your downfalls, but you kinda had this coming." Mike muttered.

"Trouble in paradise, Eddy?" Double D came, looking a bit smug. "Or should I say Carl? Hugo? Or is it Suzette?" he giggled.

Mike rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "Come on, Eddy, let's get you home before your mom flips out." She took Eddy's hand and she told Ed she was going to take care of him, sending him away.


At the Sampson house, Mike put Eddy inside and allowed him to get dressed.

"So, what did we learn?" Mike asked, standing outside Eddy's brother's bedroom door.

"You and Double D were right," Eddy came out in his clothes. "And I was wrong."

"One more time please." Mike teased.

"You're a pain when you're right!" Eddy scoffed at her as she stood with her eyes shut and arms folded.

"I'm a woman, I love being right." Mike laughed a bit.