The Gromble assigns Ickis to be "pair-scare" partners with the dreaded, unpopular Zimbo. Ickis and Zimbo are miserable with the match and instantly start fighting. Ickis discovers as easy way out of getting his homework done. By tapping into humans' phobias, he is able to bring scare after scare to class with little or no effort. That is, until The Gromble sends him to a phobic-free human to scare.