Cow and Chicken’s cousin, Snail Boy is coming to their school. He has proven to humiliate them in some ways, such as becoming a model for figure drawing.
Chicken’s wish for Cow to shut up comes true. When he is run over by a truck, he regrets it after being sentenced to 50 years in prison for jaywalking (although the truck driver was at fault) when Cow refuses to clear his name.
The school revamps their newspaper into a television news show with the help of Geraldo Rearviewa (the Red Guy), who uses Chicken to generate scandalous stories.
Cow and Chicken’s cousin, Black Sheep (who lives up to both sides of his name) has come over for a visit. This is a problem for Mom and Dad, who both run away for the duration of his visit.
Grandmama takes Cow and Chicken over to a mall, where they attempt to find a Grampa. While this old-timer is blind as a bat, Chicken uses this to his advantage in order to spend time with best buddies, Flem and Earl.
Dad cannot get along with his new neighbors, who happen to be clowns. Cow falls in love with the clown son when it is learned they go to the same school.
Cow and Chicken are feeling down, and visit their next door neighbor, who happens to be a famous blues musician. Through song, he tells them a wild tale.
Cow and Chicken’s anarchic cousin, Sow, comes over for a visit. When she comes over to school, Cow ends up taking the blame for Sow’s misguided actions.
Chicken receives a credit card (which only has 25 cents worth of credit) inside his cereal. He and Cow are both stalked by the Red Guy over the fee they have to pay after purchasing some gum.
Cow’s favorite toys, Crabs the Warthog, Piles the Beaver and Manure the Bear, make their escape out of the house on their own quest: to find “Maiden Hong Kong”.
Cow, Chicken and their cousin Boneless Chicken travel to the Lava Park, where they learn how to fly a kite. Unfortunately, when Baron Von Non-Leiderhosen (the Red Guy) loses his kite, he uses Boneless as one for a tug o’ war contest.
Cow and Chicken are sent to join the Great Pantzini (the Red Guy’s) circus. He originally has Cow as a trapeze artist, and Chicken as a fire eater, but then settles to have them in as clowns.
Chicken wakes up one morning to find that he is molting. He soon uses this to his advantage when he learns that he can get paid for all the feathers he loses.
Cow has started taking up ballet, but due to her weight, she brings the house down (literally). Fortunately, she finds someone to help her find fame, in the form of homewrecker Mr. Slacksoff (the Red Guy).
The Red Guy works as a slave-driving boss of a factory. When he tries to celebrate his birthday, his employees do not come, so he decides to liven things up for himself.