Episode
Clarissa Explains It All: Revenge
Overview
When younger brother Ferguson displays her training bra in show and tell, Clarissa hatches a plan to send Ferg-face into outer space via helium balloons and a straight jacket.
Details
- Series
- Clarissa Explains It All
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1991-03-23
- Runtime
- 20 min
Episode context
Revenge is Episode 1 in Season 1 of Clarissa Explains It All. It aired on 1991-03-23. The runtime is 20 min.
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Clarissa decides that news is cool, and that she'd rather be Jane Pauley than anyone else in the world. Her first story is her mother's midlife crisis, which is triggered by a college pal showing up in town as a successful modern dancer.
Episode 4: Haunted House
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Episode 5: New Addition
Using her deductive powers, Clarissa determines that her parents are having a baby. She orchestrates a series of demonstrations to try to dissuade them, only to discover they're actually adding a new room on to the house.
Episode 6: School Picture
Clarissa is determined not to wear the same old blue cardigan and knee socks for her school picture and devises a scheme to outfit herself in the coolest clothes around.
Episode 7: Urge To Drive
Although she's too young for a driver's license, Clarissa is consumed by the desire to aquire a 1976 Gremlin she finds in the want-ads.
Episode 8: Bully
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Episode 9: Brain Drain
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Episode 10: Clarissa Makes A Cake
Clarissa pitches in to help celebrate her parents' anniversary. Unfortunately a couple of things get in the way of the party-- her parents stop talking to each other, and Clarissa's cake nearly explodes.
Episode 11: Sick Days
When Clarissa is asked to play the part of a column in a pageant celebrating ancient Greece, she hatches a plan to get sick. The pageant turns out to be really cool, but it's too late-- Clarissa's plan has taken effect and she's grounded.
Episode 12: Cool Dad
Clarissa is mortified by the prospect of her dad speaking at her school's career night. To no avail, he tries to get hip quick. His speech winds up making her proud even if he does hug his T-square during it.