Tina and Bob participate in the Thundergirls father-daughter cardboard boat race and Tina tries to hide her feelings about Bob's terrible boat-building skills. Meanwhile, Linda drags Louise and Gene to a fire station open house and overstays her welcome.

On a Belcher family trip to the mall, Tina is mistaken for a sleeping boy's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Gene and Louise are turned loose on motorized animals, Linda disrupts a book reading and Bob struggles to shop for acceptable pants.