Richie is continually harassed by local hoodlums Frankie and Rocko. When they humiliate him in front of his girlfriend at Arnold's, he turns to Fonzie for advice in turning the tables on his foes and he ends up enrolling in a jujitsu class.

The Cunningham family unintentionally make things worse when they stage a "This Is Your Life" birthday evening to try to lift 45-year-old Howard out of a mid-life crisis.