Numbuh 1 is sent to retrieve an important code from Rainbow Monkey Island, but after a run-in with the Delightful Children From Down the Lane, he is left stranded there. Soon, he ends up forgetting who he is and starts behaving like a wild Rainbow Monkey. His teammates become very worried when it appears that there may be no way to cure him.
Numbuhs 1, 2 and 5 all go off to China after Numbuh 4 falsely alerts them of trouble there. He then watches TV in their absence, but Numbuh 3 doesn't leave, either, and they fight over the remote control, which falls into the couch. Numbuh 4 goes into the couch after it... and winds up a strange world where everyone is named Dave, who want the control for themselves.
The Delightful Children From Down the Lane decide to give their birthday cake to the winner of the annual Tubathon race and everyone is eager to go for it. No one is more eager than Numbuh 2, who plans to use his old tube, Betsy, and "farfegtubing". But are the Delightfuls keeping their word about the cake or are they luring the competitors into a trap?