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Popular Girls/Buster's Growing Grudge

Episode 8 | 26m 55s

A popularity quiz in a teen magazine tells Fern and Sue Ellen that they could be more likeable. But after the girls change their personalities, why do their friends seem to like them less? / Buster is convinced that his great joke will make his oral report a guaranteed success. But when Binky steals his material, will Buster stay mad forever?

Aired: 12/06/98 | Expires: 12/05/25
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