Episode
As Told by Ginger: Trouble in Gal Pal Land
Overview
When Courtney and Miranda get in a fight over which of their volleyball teams Ginger will play for, Miranda decides to replace Courtney with Ginger as her best friend. Will Ginger have to pick sides between them? Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey help Courtney's mom to win an election at her Country Club.
Details
- Series
- As Told by Ginger
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2002-02-20
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Trouble in Gal Pal Land is Episode 9 in Season 2 of As Told by Ginger. It aired on 2002-02-20. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 8: Nurses Strike
Ginger's mom is on strike and needs to bring money in, so she decides to do house cleaning. When Ginger needs $50 to go on a class trip to New York, will she end up helping out her mom without anyone finding out?
Episode 10: Sibling Revile-ry
Ginger wins the student council election on the premise of having "big brothers" and "big sisters" to guide the younger elementary school trouble makers. When she assings George Magrority, a military academy kid, to her brother after he blows up the septic system at his school, will he have a positive influence on Carl, or will he go too far?
More episodes from this season
Episode 7: Fast Reputation
Ginger is sick of being called a "nice girl" by Courtney's friends, so she decides to sneak into a high school party with Dodie and Macie on a school night. There she meets Jake, a "cool" high schooler. When Miranda and Courtney find out and begin spreading rumors about Ginger and her new crush, can she put things right, or will the nice girl suddenly have a "bad reputation"? Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey set up a food cart.
Episode 11: Losing Nana Bishop
When Dodie's Nana dies, Ginger and Macie help her out, but Ginger realizes that she never knew her own grandma. Will her dad give her any insights into what she was like? Meanwhile, Hoodsey comes to terms with his own grief at Nana's funeral, but how will his family react when they find out that he has locked an iron mask around his head?
Episode 6: Gym Class Confidential
The girls prepare for a screening of a film about puberty in their gym class that Macie is dreading. Will she be able to sit through it or will she chicken out? Meanwhile, Hoodsey deals with being too embarassed to shower after his gym class.
Episode 12: TGIF
Friday the 13th, Carl's favorite holiday, begins with the Foutley car breaking down, Ginger's sweater getting ripped, and her school paper being blown away. Then a rare house-eating mold is discovered in Ginger's house that causes it to be condemned. Will the streak of bad luck continue, and could it get any worse? Maybe if Ginger gets completely fed up with her family...
Episode 5: Never Can Say Goodbye
Darren gets his braces removed and suddenly becomes attractive to every girl at school. Will Miranda ruin his friendship with Ginger when she becomes his girlfriend? Meanwhile, Brandon's monkey, Mr. Licorice, is missing and Carl and Hoodsey go looking for him.
Episode 13: Lunatic Lake
Ginger, Carl and Macie go on vacation to Loon Lake with Dodie and her family, where an escaped "lunatic" from the insane asylum has been reported to be hiding. Will Carl and Hoodsey get to scare Blake, who is camping in the woods there as well, or will they be in for a scare themselves? Meanwhile, Ginger and Macie deal with Dodie's mom Joann, who is a bit "high strung".
Episode 4: Piece of My Heart
Everyone is going to the Sadie Hawkin's dance... Macie with her "Mystery Man" (actually Hoodsey), Miranda with Ian Richton, and Courtney... with Darren?!? Will Ginger get to the bottom of this and figure out why Courtney has a sudden interest in her good friend?
Episode 14: April Fools
Ginger decides to play an April Fools joke on Dodie by forging a love letter to her from Dustin, (a weirdo in her class that eats his sandwiches with chopsticks). Things get messy when Dodie admits to having a secret crush on Dustin, while Dustin reveals he really HAS sent a love letter, but to Macie! Will Ginger find a way to work it out?
Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey tell Blake they sold his tonsils to a witch doctor, causing him to become sick.
Episode 3: An Even Steven Holiday Special
When Ginger realises she's a quarter Jewish, she starts exploring her newly discovered heritage. But when she tells Dodie she won't trim her tree with her, will Ginger be turning her back on Christmas in favor of her Judaism? Meanwhile, Carl breaks the news to Hoodsey that Santa Claus doesn't exist, so Hoodsey sets out to prove him wrong by asking Santa to bring him his one Christmas wish... a visit from Carl and Ginger's father.
Episode 15: Ms. Foutley's Boys
Ginger really wants her mom to start dating, but when she starts seeing Buzz the handyman (from the episode TGIF) and his three boys invade the Foutley house, Ginger mifht have second thoughts about it.