Kirby learns about a character design contest featuring the ultimate prize - a chance to meet idol Mac McCallister and debut an animated character on TV.
Kirby and his friends are excited that they're finally old enough to attend the annual "Forest Hills Ninth Annual Fright Night Film Festival. Dawn and Belinda are psyched to be invited to a party of the coolest boy in school.
When Kirby is grounded and he, Fish and Eli can't complete their 52nd-consecutive Friday night hang out session, Kirby is forced to camp in the backyard with his dad while Fish and Eli sneak in to the Buckets' household to play.
When the school finds out Kirby supposedly has a serious illness, they shower him with sympathy, gifts and host a fund-raiser to raise money to help him get better leaving Kirby worried that his secret will be exposed.
After being rejected from the school art fair, Kirby meets the leader of an underground group of artists and is immediately accepted into their ranks. Meanwhile, Dawn discovers Eli was once a toddler model.
Kirby wins tickets to a video game convention but can't decide on whether he should take Fish or Eli. Dawn also takes part in the convention when she lands a job dressing up as a comic-book character.
Kirby's favorite show "Big Bald Oaf" has been canceled leaving the series' creator Mac McCallister depressed. Kirby and his friends work to get the show back on the air.
Someone is defacing school property with cartoon murals and signing them with Kirby's name, getting him in trouble at school. Kirby and Dawn team up to solve the case.
Kirby is ridiculed at school after causing a toilet to explode. To avoid being teased on the way home, Kirby and his friends venture into The Bradlands, a part of town that only Brads live.
Kirby and Dawn have different ideas on the best way to use a spare room. Kirby makes Pearly Todd look like a fool in front of the whole school, Kirby agrees to set Todd up on a date with Dawn.
Principal Mitchell enlists Kirby's help to draw a portrait of his celebrity cat, Laughy Cat. Meanwhile, Dawn gets a card on her locker from a secret admirer.
When Kirby's underground comic book that mocks Forest Hills' teachers is accidentally put in the school's suggestion box, Kirby, Fish and Eli devise a plan to steal it back before it's too late.
Kirby, Eli, and Fish are working on their project for the science fair: creating the Ultimate High Five! Kirby breaks his hand and starts acting out like his characters.
Kirby and Fish enter a contest to see who can keep his or her hands on a video game the longest. Meanwhile, Mr. Buckets wants to cash in his "Chore Day" coupon from five years ago.
Kirby wants a video of him losing a rap battle to his mother to be taken down from the Internet, but he can't do that unless he's a member of the AV Club. When he partners with another member of the AV Club, Chip, things get awry.
Kirby and Dawn's mom accepts a job as a substitute teacher at school and Dawn makes her mom promise not to know her while Kirby does the opposite and never leaves her side.
Kirby gets a golden opportunity to animate and shoot a commercial, but his creativity is hobbled when Wild Gil demands that the commercial include a clown.
When the Babcock twins' web cartoons become more popular than Kirby's, he resorts to uploading his dad's clumsy old wrestling videos to even the score. Kirby posts his dad's old wrestling videos online.