Clarissa Explains It

Clarissa has a history assignment: take something old, tired, and worn out and reinvent it. Clarissa tries to remodel her mother.

Clarissa and Sam go to a party dressed as cool, hip, outrageous characters. Clarissa creates a whole new persona named "Jade", meets a really cute guy, Paulie, and gets deeply involved in her charade.

Janet's old college roommate (Kokie) and her daughter (Piper) come to visit. Clarissa tries to entertain Piper but Piper remains aloof.

Clarissa and Sam go to a party dressed as cool, hip, outrageous characters. Clarissa creates a whole new persona named "Jade", meets a really cute guy, Paulie, and gets deeply involved in her charade. Guest Star(s): James Van Der Beek

Clarissa and Sam sign up for the school "intern" program and experience the loony "real world" while working for each other's father.

Clarissa needs some help filling out some scholarchip forms for college. But she's reluctant to ask Marshall for help because everytime she does, her Dad goes overboard and takes over the situation entirely.

Janet and Clarissa invent a delicious snack that bounces. Mother and daughter then collaborate to market their creation as a novelty health snack called Bouncey Balls.

Clarissa is given her own advice column in the school paper. She soon finds out that giving people good advice isn't as easy as she thought.

Clarissa discovers that real science can be really weird. After interviewing a woman who supposedly spotted a U.F.O., Clarissa decides to get to the bottom of the U.F.O. phenomena herself.

Clarissa is tired of people being apathetic about important issues and she decides it's time to take action. She discovers that Woolcott Industries is still doing animal testing at the local plant.

Clarissa ponders how weird the time space continuum is. Clarissa's last assignment for the Dispatch will be an article dedicated to the future...where will everyone be in 20 years?