Cory wants him, Meena, and Newt to be on the president’s Reading Benefit show so they can be on television. However, Samantha will not let them. They trick Sophie into joining the band so they can be on the show, but Sophie figures it out and makes them play her song about cats instead. Meanwhile, Samantha tries to convince the President not to do bird calls on television.

Cory decides to blow off a play date with Sophie to go to the Liberry with Newt and Meena to mingle. Before he goes, Sophie sees him dancing to the Kung Fu Kats theme song and saves it to her computer. When she finds him at the Liberry, she sends the video to him as blackmail, saying that unless he can hang out with the big kids, she will send the video to everyone. Sophie then gets rid of the three new friends they made, and makes them do stuff against there will, so Cory, Newt, and Meena decide to make Sophie hate being with the big kids.

Victor surprises Cory when he has Lionel shipped from San Francisco. When he brings Lionel to school, everyone makes fun of him, causing him to give Lionel to Sophie. When they realize that they were wrong, they apologize. Cory tries to get Lionel back, but Sophie has him thrown out. As Cory tries to get Lionel back, he blows off a date with Candy. Meanwhile, the President tries to think of some jokes when the press accuse him of having no humor.