The family heads over to Oregon to find a tribe of head-hunters. Eventually, Chicken soon becomes the “hunted”, especially when the Red Guy is their leader.
Cow and Chicken’s cousin, Snail Boy is coming to their school. He has proven to humiliate them in some ways, such as becoming a model for figure drawing.
Cow’s favorite toys, Crabs the Warthog, Piles the Beaver and Manure the Bear, make their escape out of the house on their own quest: to find “Maiden Hong Kong”.
As part of a school assignment, Cow and Chicken write essays on what jobs they want when they’re older. Since Cow’s essay won, she gets to live her dream as an astronaut, whereas the runner-up, Chicken, works at a supermarket
Sick and tired of the ketchup-based meals being served at school by Mrs. Barederriere (the Red Guy), Cow and Chicken follow in their grandparents’ footsteps and make a food stall that serves meat.
Weasel’s theory on monkeys typing Shakespeare goes wrong when almost every monkey involved walks out on him. However, he sees hope in the form of I.R. Baboon, who writes a book entitled “A Troo Storee”, despite the fact that it lowers peoples’ I.Q. level.
Cow and Chicken unwittingly create perpetual energy through spilling a junior chemistry set. This leads Rear Admiral Floyd (the Red Guy) to a get-rich scheme.