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Spanky receives a letter from his brother in boot camp, who says that it's up to the kids to serve their country back at home. So, Spanky forms the Our Gang Army. Major Sanford comes along to explain that the kids would be serving their country better by cleaning up fire hazards, and collecting iron and aluminum, and the like.
Mean old Mr. Pratt, the school board chairman, gets kindly Miss Pipps fired from her job as schoolteacher, all because she allowed a birthday party during school hours. The kids, with the help of the janitor, Mr. Swenson, stage a show for the parents in which they illustrate the unkind way Mr. Pratt has of running the school.
Darla is about to gain a new stepmother, and the gang is invited to the wedding. Froggy explains to the other boys that stepmothers are a bad idea, since he read about them in the book ""Cinderella."" The boys decide to sabotage the wedding, eventually resorting to laughing gas.
The gang asks Froggy's uncle, Walter Wills, to help them put on a show to raise money for new football uniforms.
The gang runs a newspaper business which publishes The Greenpoint Flash. They're currently trying to unveil the identity of the leader of the Gas House Gang. The gang announces that the next issue of the paper will reveal the leader's identity, but this is just to set a trap.
Buckwheat sees a chimp at the old haunted house, but the gang doesn't believe him, since he's a chronic liar. They decide to teach him a lesson by taking him to the haunted house, where Froggy is ready inside a chimp costume. The real chimp soon arrives, though, and terrorizes the gang.
Since Froggy's birthday is February 29th, he only gets to celebrate it once every four years. As a result, he always cries when he attends other kids' birthday parties. The gang decides to throw him a surprise party to cheer him up. Froggy overhears their plans, but misunderstands and think he's being left out for being a sourpuss. He disguises himself as a girl and attends the party after booby trapping everything. When he learns that the party is actually for him, he makes sure he's the victim of all the pranks.
Walter Wills is listening to the radio as the mayor points out that U.S. soldiers stationed in small towns need entertainment as much as the ones overseas. He prevails upon the gang to put on a show for them.
