To get a date with Wendell's attractive Vice Principal, Vinnie asks him to pretend to be a problem student. However, Wendell gets more than he bargained for when he's sent to detention, but surprisingly makes a new friend.

Wendell wants to take up magic as a hobby against Vinnie's wishes, forcing Vinnie to admit his own embarrassing outing as an amateur magician and teaching him that he won't always be able to protect Wendell from failure.