The Big 1-3

This is it: Lloyd P. Nebulon is finally 13. He is a man. However, while bragging about it in class, Mrs Bolt assigns him a 50 Megabyte essay on whay it means to be a man for the next day. Lloyd tries poker, but loses his money to a robot toaster. Then he tries fishing but blows up a factory. Then Officer Horten lets him take the wheel of the police car, but Lloyd destroys it and a waste-disposal unit when he goes into hyperdrive. Because of that, Lloyd is grounded for a month and is made to stay in his room while his mom goes to negotiate with the owners of the factory. However, he has to leave when he finds out Francine is destroying the nursery. Lloyd eventually gets there and stops Francine before it's too late, using all the tips he had gained. Then, he finally realised what it meant to be a man and finally got to work on the paper.

Nach jüdischem Glauben wird ein Junge an seinem 13. Geburtstag zum Mann. So versucht Lloyd seiner Lehrerin, Mrs. Bolt, klarzumachen, dass er von nun an zu alt sei für Hausaufgaben. Zur Strafe muss er einen Aufsatz schreiben. Der Titel: „Wann ist man ein Mann?“.