Ernest finds what appears to be a space pod that will explode and destroy the entire world. So he tries every trick in the book to get rid of it. At the end, it is really a toaster that belongs to Doctor Otto.

Ernest decides to throw a costume party but cannot decide what to dress up as until he finally decides to dress up like a chicken. After he sends the invitations, all his guests come dressed as chickens, too. In the end, Auntie Nelda is so disturbed by all the noise that Ernest and his guests are making, she calls the cops and has Ernest arrested and jailed for disturbing the peace.

Ernest thinks that he and Vern are haunted by The Boogieman, so Ernest tries to set a trap to capture him until he decides that there is no such thing as The Boogieman. At the very end, Ernest sees some kinds of wierd creature.

Ernest decides to make a movie starring him to enter a film festival for a chance to become a real movie star. He has Willie The Home-Made Robot be his co-star. In the end, Willie becomes the star instead of Ernest.

Ernest performs a magic trick that causes Vern's dog, Shortie to literally disappear. Ernest tries to undo that mishap before Vern really gets upset.

Ernest decides to try out for a wrestling matc against Chainsaw Chester. After he gets himself a costume, he decides to make his name as a porfessional wrestler ""Ernest The Furnace. In the ends, Chainsaw Chester mauls Vern instead casuing him to end up in a body cast at the hospital.

Ernest want to have a dog of his own, so he decides to make Vern's house a pet day care center, so he can make some money. In the end, Ernest thinks the dog he wanted had been sold but Vern buys it for. Afterwards, Vern wants the money Ernest made running his pet day center to reimburse him for the dog he bought him but Ernest tells Vern he made the money for himself the whole time.

Ernest and Vern enter a baking contest to win a year supply of ""Gooey Boy Muffin Cakes""

Ernest decides to try and get himself into The Guiness Book of World Records by being the first person to celebrate every major holiday of the year from New Year's Day to Christmas in just one entire day.

Ernest wants to get a special wrist watch that does almost everything. So he decides to deserve to get himself that watch by passing every class and getting good grades at his school. In the end, when he finally does get himself that watch, he finds out that it does almost everything except tell time.

Ernest and Vern go on a treasure hunt in and around the house and find everything that they have been missing in the end.

Ernest and Vern put on a talent show.