The Cramp Twins

- Season 1

(2001)

Tired of Wayne's juvenile behaviour, Lucien creeps into his room in the middle of the night, glues bushy tufts of hair under his arms and paints stubble on him. The next morning he convinces Wayne that he has become a man - he must just be an early developer. - A new craze is sweeping through school, a pogo-stick type toy called a "Bouncy Bob".

When Wayne wins a cross country race that takes Lucien all day to complete, Lucien becomes curious about Wayne's new high in additives cereal. - Mari's mother wants to take a new family photo, because Mari looks grumpy in the old one.

Tony puts the idea into Lucien's head that perhaps he's adopted. - When Mr. Cramp learns that his favourite Country and Western singer is coming to town he is delighted. He tries to whip up enthusiasm among the family, but nobody else seems in the least interested.

Wayne has a new hobby - fishing in the toilet. Prissy Lucien, desperate to avail himself of the facilities and uncomfortable with "going" anywhere but home, tries various ruses to get Wayne out. - When Lucien spends the night at Tony's house he gets a goodnight kiss from Mrs. Parsons that leaves him awestruck.

Wayne decides switch brands of breakfast cereal to get the free bird call Lucien has been waiting for: The Crested Marsh Swallow.

Mrs. Cramp's mother comes for a visit, bringing a baby grand piano with which she hopes to find out whether there's an ounce of talent or culture in her grandchildren. - It's a "soap day" in Soap City. Flakes from The Haz Chem soap factory are falling all over town, making it look like a picture postcard winter wonderland.

Wayne gets a magic set in the hope of making people of his choice disappear. He is very disappointed when it doesn't work.

"Fashion Passion" When Wayne shows up for his class photo dressed in outlandishly mismatched clothes and wearing underpants on his elbow, the charismatic new school photographer declares him a fashion original. "Small Wonder" TONY complains to LUCIEN about being taken to buy new shoes when his old shoes mean so much to him.

When Lucien finds an injured chameleon in the swamp he brings it home to look after. Wayne is terrified of the creature, but tries to hold it to prove he isn't. - Lucien adopts a little swamp plant known as lobster grass growing from a crack in the pavement. When Wayne tries to kill it, Tony informs him that all soap people hate swamp plants.

"Swamp Fever" When Miss Hissy tells her class that the Soap City Council is going to get rid of the swamp, Lucien and Mari try to find a way to save it. "Kung Foolish" After being bested in a fight by Wayne for the zillionth time, Lucien decides to enroll in a martial arts course, convinced that he can learn to use his brother's superior size and strength against him.

When twin psychologist, Miss Monkfish, comes to Soap City to prove her theory that all twins are alike, Mr. Winkle volunteers the Cramps. - When Wendy Winkle invites everyone in Soap City to her bithday party, Mr. and Mrs. Cramp set out to make a big impression.

When Lucien laughs at Tony for believing in the newt man, Tony calls Lucien a "soap sucker" and soon they are having an argument from which neither one wants to back down. - When Wayne sees Miss Hissy after school with a man she assumes he has a boyfriend and gleefully spreads the story around the school.

Wendy arranges for Wayne to come in and look after the animals when the Winkles are on holiday, little realising that all he wants to do is watch the BIG TV. - When Wendy becomes frustrated with trying to play any of her many musical instruments she dumps them on the school as the Wendy Winkle Endowment for the Arts.

"Date Dupe" Patsy McCloud, the new girl in school, seems to have taken a shine to Lucien. "Agent X" When an enthusiastic kiss from Wendy Winkle leaves an indelible mark on Wayne's neck, Mrs. Cramp is confronted with a cleaning challenge that even she can't conquer.

When a washer falls off of a piece of junk Wayne's sneaking into the house, Mrs. Cramp goes on a rampage, demanding a room inspection for everyone and expecting everything to be neat and tidy. - Mrs. Cramp wins a free family beauty day at the Mt. Fuji Mora Spa, which turns out to be a not very convincingly converted monkey reservation.

"Mr. Wrinkles Monkey" On their annual class trip to the Haz Chem Soap Factory, Lucien and Mari Phelps discover a mangy monkey on the premises. "Wicked Wendy" A silent clown shows up at the Cramps' front door, advertising the opening of a new a trampoline amusement park.

"Haircut Horrors" Mrs. Cramp decides the boys need haircuts, but Wayne doesn't want a haircut, preferring to look like a favorite wrestler. "Nostalgia Nasty" Wayne's discovery of an old-fashioned cast-iron laundry mangle sends Mr. and Mrs. Cramp into a full-blown nostalgia mania.

Mari Phelps refuses to take part in her family's creepy street-corner evangelism for family togetherness. But when the Phelpses turn to Lucien to join their campaign, he finds himself strangely unable to say no. - A new neighbor arrives in Soap City and becomes jealous of Mrs. Cramp's whiter-than-white laundry, which is so dazzlingly bright it causes passing cars to swerve out of control.