One of Doug's New Years resolution is to tell Patti how he feels about her. But when Doug realizes he hasn't done that yet, he decides that giving her a kiss at Beebe's New Years Eve party will do it. So Doug rents movies and uses balloons for practice. At the party, midnight is approaching and Doug finds out that Patti left Beebe's party to go to other parties with Guy. It looks like Guy had the same plans for Patti as Doug did. Meanwhile, Roger tries to break his own record of how many girls to kiss at midnight and Judy hates all the New Years celebration.

While Chad is out of town, Patti comes to stay with the Funnies for a week and Doug worries she will realize that he is just an average guy. So he tries to be someone else in front of Patti in order to impress her. Meanwhile, Al, Moo, and Skeeter build a submarine out of junk to look for the Lucky Duck monster.

Judy auditions for an acting admission to Vole University, and she accidentally hands in Doug's doodle to the Dean. Judy ends up accepted to Vole, but only because of Doug's doodle. Judy is okay with it until the Dean asks her to draw examples for a class. Meanwhile, Doug tags along with Judy and finds out what he really wants to do with the rest of his life as he waits for the results from a drawing talent contest.

Patti worries her Dad, Chad, is dating Edwina Klotz, so she does everything, including eating at Chez Honk to find out. Doug and Patti discover Chad is dating someone, but it's not Edwina. When she has dinner at the Mayonnaise's, Patti feels she is trying to replace her mother. Meanwhile, Doug finds out the truth about what happened to his pet goldfish as a kid.

For the final school dance of the school year (the Spring Fling A-Ding), Doug tells his class he can get The Beets to play at the dance, but they suddenly break up again after fighting over a banana. Meanwhile, Phil's old band members visit the Funnie's and they decide to play at the dance when Doug invites them. But after Doug hears their horrible practice session, Doug has to decide if he should fire his own Dad from playing at the dance and embarassing himself.