3. Smash: How to Survive Junior High by Really Trying
Aired: 7/10/1994
Hampton Falls Junior High's extracurricular activities budget has been cut by the school district. Drea and her friends attempt various methods of raising the needed $10,000, but have little success. Drea attempts to ask Arlene's grandfather Duke to donate the money, but Arlene rebuffs her. Drea finally tries to win a local radio codebreaking contest to win the money for the school. Drea, Rebecca, and Matt go on a secret adventure where they learn the value of teamwork and cooperation to escape and capture a leopard as respective jungle animals: a giraffe, an elephant, and a monkey. After the radio show gives out the final clue, the whole Thomas family, along with Duke, who is one of Grandpa's old school friends, work together to come up with the code word, which happens to be "Teamwork," but another caller gives the correct answer first. Later at school, Duke decides to donate the $10,000 to the school and makes a pledge to match any money raised by Arlene and Drea together.