A strange meteor lands in Retroville, bearing a mysterious message in an alien language. When Jimmy is finally able to translate and answer the riddle, he, Cindy, Libby, Sheen, Carl, Bolbi, and Goddard are sucked into space - only to find that the message is an invitation to Intergalactic Showdown! Team Earth must learn to work together to win - or lose their home planet!

Jimmy places a funny chip into Hugh's new Flippy puppet when he insists on using it for Career Day at school. But Jimmy soon learns that Flippy is stealing his dad's mind and has to save him before Flippy disposes of him.

When Jimmy hides a time displacement device in the teachers' transportation to the annual education convention, the entire faculty of Lindberg Elementary is sent into temporary time limbo.

Sheen's dad, Mr. Estevez desperately wants to impress his son, so he pretends he is a superhero.