Edd tries to take his morning shower, but blunders into the bathroom to find it is undergoing repair. He desperately tries to borrow a shower from one of his neighbors, but as Edd gets progressively dirtier in his quest to find a place to bathe, he eventually goes off the deep end, which means the more nobody would help Edd, the more dirtier he'd be.

Eddy tries to convince the kids of the cul-de-sac (and himself) that it is still summer, even though it is actually the day before school starts. At school, the Eds find they've been assigned separate home rooms, and must negotiate with the Kanker Sisters if they want to spend the school year together.

Eddy plans to break out of school, enlisting the help of the other Eds and Jonny.

Edd is embarrassed to no end after losing to Ed in the annual spelling bee. All the other kids think he's lost his touch, and turn to Ed for help with their homework (even though Eddy insists they pay for the privilege). Meanwhile, Jonny seeks revenge on Nazz after she eliminated Plank from the Spelling Bee for not spelling a word clearly.

When Rolf goes to his family reunion, he puts Ed in charge of his animals.

Jonny invites the Ed's to the Arbor Day party. Eddy hopes that the party will have all the kids there in attempt to boost his popularity, but his hopes are crushed when he discovers nobody else went.

The Eds, Kevin, Rolf, and Jonny all make bets who can put off their annoying habits the longest. Eddy must stop talking in a loud voice, Ed cannot have any gravy, Double D must stop talking using complicated words (words with more than one syllable), Johnny must go on without Plank, Kevin has to stop calling the Eds "dorks", and Rolf must stop eating meat. The winner will win $1.25.