In an attempt to get Pete to spend more than just sixteen seconds with her, Abby decides to become a cheerleader and drags Beth along with her. However, the head cheerleader, Brooke is mean and possibly biploar, which causes all the girls who tried out to quit. Thus, unanimously putting Abby and Beth on the squad. Later, Harold and Kevin discover old remotes that doesn't control TVs but controls people. Abby uses one of the remotes to get close to Pete, but when Brooke steals Beth's remote, she tries to steal Pete away from Abby. Meanwhile, Kevin accidently got Harold stuck on fast-foward and cannot find the remote. Harold's best years of his life could be passing him by.
Gurus for the New You's, the world's hottest makeover show, invades O'Grady High and their latest subject, Jonah, has won Beth's heart. Jonah asks Beth out on the show's ""Big Date"" and with all the cameras around, she seeks Abby's help with her own makeover. Since the latest ""weirdness"" makes everyone invincible to pain, Kevin tries out for the town's annual crazy stunt competition, The Insanity Games. Kevin gives the reigning champ, Flip, a run for his money when he auditions performing outrageous stunts involving a bike ramp, inserting pins in his face and a pool of scorpions. Harold is determined to keep his family's football legacy alive and joins O'Grady's team, but not the position his father, an ex-football star, was picturing.
The Weirdness is back, whenever someone sneezes they instant get older. Kevin manipulates Abby, Harold, and Beth to escape the adults by ditching school and go to a secluded spot in Kevin's brother's car. But when the car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, the Weirdness works its way around Kevin's heart.