Gidget places a deceased frozen alligator in the freezer without mentioning it to anybody, causing chaos when it is discovered.

The father of Gidget's latest boyfriend insists on coming along on their date as a chaperone, so they scheme to find a way to be alone.

Gidget and Larue find themselves spooked while unknowingly sharing the house with a friend of Russ's whom he had chance meeting with at the airport—all during a raging thunderstorm.

Gidget gets involved with bringing two lovebirds together after she taking over the "Helpful Hannah" teen advice column on the school newspaper.

Gidget gets a job driving a floral delivery truck, except she does not have a driver's license.

When Gidget gets a job at a local teenage diner in order to buy Russ a birthday present, the family mistakenly believe she is actually working at the Tomcat Club, a local Gentlemen's Club.

Gidget is lured out of her house—in her pajamas—to join a friend on a surprise car buying trip in Pasadena, which is complicated by her repeated attempts at contacting Russ to keep him informed of her whereabouts.

While Russ is out of town, Gidget attends a surfing tournament in Oceanside with Anne and John's blessing—unaware that they have hired a college student to look after her.

Gidget and Larue scheme to meet the popular British rock group the Dingbats.

Gidget mounts a public relations campaign to save her favorite restaurant, The Shaggy Dog, from being demolished to build a new museum—unaware that Russ is on the museum committee.

Russ begins to date again, causing Gidget to become jealous—despite her best efforts to prove she is not.

A nervous Gidget has a luncheon date to meet Jeff's parents, but causes confusion when she switches sweaters with friend Della Mae who accompanies her to the meeting.

Gidget decides to date the class nerd and invites him to the Spinster Hop—where his ego balloons.

Gidget accompanies a shy Larue to her guitar class, and ends up joining a band who gets a shot on television—provided Larue is removed.

When Gidget becomes accident-prone, she believes a fortune-telling gypsy who stole her surfboard has put a curse on h

Gidget develops a crush on a surfer over the summer; only to discover in the fall that he is her new math teacher.

Gidget unintentionally makes a dance date with the dueling Cook cousin, unaware thatMoondoggiewill also be in town the same weekend.

Gidget falls for a photographer who believes she is the face of her generation, not realizing he is engaged.

Gidget educates Swedish college student and bride-to-be in the "American Way", resulting in a transformation from meek to man-chaser.

An isolated beach cove becomes the object of a battle between the boys, Gidget and the girls.

Gidget and her friends hold a slumber party in order to teach their boyfriends some chivalry.

Gidget gives Larue a makeover, but becomes alarmed when she thinks Russ has become attracted to her.

Gidget leads a protest over rising movie ticket prices by getting protest singer Billy Roy Soames to perform.

Anne and John convince Russ that he has become too dependent on Gidget and suggest he send her to a private school in Paris.

Gidget has a crush onLarue's cousin Roger from New York, and goes to extremes in hopes of being invited to his "kidnap" party.

Gidget in convinced that her English teacher expects more of her than his other students because she is the daughter of his former English professor, Russell.

Gidget decides she needs her own transportation and buys an old hearse with 99,000 miles, then enrolls in Auto Shop at school.

Gidget plays marriage counselor for John and Anne.

Gidget encourages her widowed father Russell to start dating again. His first date goes well but worries Gidget when stays out late without calling.

Gidget becomes infatuated with a rootless surfer bum calledKahunaand wants nothing more than to accompany him around the world to the greatest surfing sites. She changes her mind after inviting him home for dinner and discovering he has middle class aspirations

Anne is worried when Gidget asks her husband John to be her date to a luau; John, wanting to fit in with the surfing crowd, tries so hard to be hip that Gidget's friends immediately pin him as aposeur.

15½-year-old Gidget falls in love with a surfer and with surfing, discovering a new sport and a new lifestyle along with it; Anne reads Gidget's fanciful diary and assumes that all of her sister's outlandish entries ("...and I sink into nothingness") are true.