The Brain #14

Benjamin, the boy with a gift for wild inventions, tries to help his family prepare for a portrait session with the famous photographer Pierre, but his contraptions and well-meaning interference turn the simple photo shoot into absolute chaos. As Pierre struggles through one disaster after another—from ruined camera plates to an invasion of flies to Benjamin's automatic toothbrushing machine rolling through the house—the photographer's patience wears thinner with each mishap. Will the family finally manage to get their picture taken, or will Benjamin's ingenious troublemaking derail Pierre's perfect record one last time?

The Brain finds his peace and quiet interrupted when twin brothers Tommy and Teddy move into the neighborhood and pull a prank on him—one that leaves him dizzy and convinced his head's been knocked clean off. When the twins show up at his house for revenge, the Brain devises an elaborate series of contraptions and tricks to get them back, turning his home into an obstacle course of chaos. But when a mysterious visitor arrives to investigate who's behind all the mayhem, the tables turn in the most unexpected way.

Kelly the Great meets his match when a new neighbor named Honey moves in and challenges his belief that girls are nothing but sissies—by outperforming him at every test he throws her way, from yard work to the obstacle course to a wild wagon ride. As Kelly desperately tries to prove girls can't do anything boys can do, Honey keeps showing him otherwise, leaving him scrambling for his last stand. By the time she volunteers to help him deliver papers, Kelly finally sees what's been obvious all along.

When Benjamin Bang's father brings the well-meaning boy to the office to prove he can behave in the business world, chaos erupts as his "helpful" ideas create one disaster after another—from a boss's car dangling from a construction crane to an accidental vault lockdown. But when Benjamin's quick thinking turns the crisis into an unexpected entrepreneurial opportunity, his father and even the exasperated Mr. Pushbutton get a lesson in what a young brain can accomplish in business.