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Gary Wallace, a teenager who dreams of beautiful women and a cheerful life, and his only friend, the shy and geek Wyatt Donnelly, always serve as a target for ridicule and bullying of violent classmates.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Weird Science Season 5 Episode 3 - Boys on the Hide
    5.6/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Boys on the Hide

    S5:E3

    The search is on for the vandals who defaced Scampi's portrait, turning Wyatt and Gary into fugitives from the law. But who is that mysterious, one-armed man?

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 14 - School Spirits
    6.1/10(31 votes)

    #2 - School Spirits

    S5:E14

    Lisa and the guys help the ghosts of Farber High show their school spirit when they scare Scampi out of tearing down their favorite wing.

    Director:Tom Spezialy
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 7 - Show Chett
    6.2/10(32 votes)

    #3 - Show Chett

    S5:E7

    As a way of dressing down Chet for his lecherous behavior, Lisa turns him into an exotic dancer in Vegas. But he turns the tables and proves he can strip with the best of them.

    Director:Tom Spezialy
    Writer:Chris Black

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  4. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 11 - I, Chettus
    6.3/10(30 votes)

    #4 - I, Chettus

    S5:E11

    Chett throws off the course of history when he goes time-hopping back to ancient Greece, where he touts himself as a mystical, beer-dispensing oracle.

    Director:Tom Spezialy
    Writer:Chris Black

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  5. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 2 - Girl Talk
    6.4/10(31 votes)

    #5 - Girl Talk

    S5:E2

    Lisa comes out! Her friendship with a waitress from the coffeehouse prompts the genie to admit the truth about her secret powers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 4 - Gary Had a Little Cram
    6.4/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Gary Had a Little Cram

    S5:E4

    Gary's race to improve his grades to get into college goes off course when his track career kicks into high gear.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Jim Lincoln

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  7. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 17 - Genie Junior
    6.4/10(30 votes)

    #7 - Genie Junior

    S5:E17

    Lisa inadvertently gives birth to a junior genie in a misconceived attempt to teach Chett a lesson about responsibility.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Weird Science Season 1 Episode 10 - Mr. President
    6.5/10(46 votes)

    #8 - Mr. President

    S1:E10

    Wyatt's wish to be elected president of the chess club gets him installed as the real Commander in Chief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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  9. Weird Science Season 4 Episode 5 - Phantom Scampi
    6.5/10(36 votes)

    #9 - Phantom Scampi

    S4:E5

    In order to get Principal Scampi off of his back for a while, Wyatt shoots him with a buddy dart. The dart makes Principal Scampi Wyatt's new best friend. When Wyatt gets sick of hanging around with the principal, he decides it's time to break up the relationship. Principal Scampi then becomes Phantom Scampi. Phantom Scampi lives in Farber High and secretly protects Wyatt.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 9 - Future Bride
    6.5/10(30 votes)

    #10 - Future Bride

    S5:E9

    With Lisa's "Bride Tracker," Wyatt finds his future wife. However, his intended isn't too intent on spending any time--much less forever--with the rushing groom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam I. Lapidus

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  11. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 10 - Stalag 16
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Stalag 16

    S5:E10

    Gary and Wyatt design a great escape plan when Chett and Scampi become trapped inside Lisa's virtual-reality game, set in a World War II prison camp.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Weird Science Season 2 Episode 4 - Wyatt Erectus
    6.6/10(46 votes)

    #12 - Wyatt Erectus

    S2:E4

    Lisa tries to bring out Wyatt's "killer edge" in wrestling--and turns him into a cave man.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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  13. Weird Science Season 3 Episode 3 - Grampira
    6.6/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Grampira

    S3:E3

    Wyatt visits his Grandma in a nursing home and is saddened that she isn't the same old Nana that she used to be. He asks Lisa to give Nana the spirit of a young person, which Lisa does. Nana becomes more spirited, but the new energy is coming from other people- she's sucking the youth out of everyone that she meets. Gary and Wyatt turn into old teens and have to find Nana and return her to the nursing home before they die of old age.

    Director:Max Tash
    Writer:Kari Lizer

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  14. Weird Science Season 3 Episode 5 - Lucky Suit
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    #14 - Lucky Suit

    S3:E5

    Gary decides to borrow Wayne Donnelly's lucky suit for his dad to wear. Just in case the suit isn't really lucky, Gary asks Lisa to zap the suit and make sure that it's really lucky. As soon as Al Wallace wears the suit, he finds a lot of luck at work. However, this new streak of good luck for Al is causing Wayne to have a huge streak of bad luck. Meanwhile, Chett finds a girl that likes him- a clinically depressed girl.

    Director:Max Tash
    Writer:Kari Lizer

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  15. Weird Science Season 4 Episode 9 - Slow Times at Farber High
    6.6/10(31 votes)

    #15 - Slow Times at Farber High

    S4:E9

    Gary screws up yet again. This time he has sucked all of the intellignce from everyone at Farber High, using a magic brain vacuum. The brain power from the students forms into a giant orb that wants to take over the world. Gary must outwit the wit of every single student at Farber High.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Weird Science Season 4 Episode 10 - Chett World
    6.6/10(30 votes)

    #16 - Chett World

    S4:E10

    Mr. Donnelly gives Chett the boot and kicks him out of the house until he can find a job. Unfortunately for Chett, there's nothing that he's qualified to do. Wyatt asks Lisa to zap up ""A Man's Man's World"" and creates a monster truck-cigar-jerky-paintball store, since those are the only thing that Chett's any good at. Chett gets a job at the store, working for Mickey and Rhett, who strangely resemble rats. In fact, they are rats. Lisa accidentally turned Rhett and Mickey, two alley rats, into humans. The bad news is that the rats plan to wipe out the human race by using the plot from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Chett, not really realizing what's going on, aids them in their quest.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Weird Science Season 1 Episode 4 - Magnifico Dad
    6.7/10(54 votes)

    #17 - Magnifico Dad

    S1:E4

    Gary's wish for a birthday present for his mother results in his father being transformed into a hunk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Tom Spezialy, Alan Cross

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  18. Weird Science Season 3 Episode 17 - The Legend of Red Brick Wallace
    6.7/10(36 votes)

    #18 - The Legend of Red Brick Wallace

    S3:E17

    Gary is dumbstruck when he finds out that his relatives weren't all cowards and losers. He has an ancestor named Red Brick Wallace, a gunslinger from the old west. Lisa zaps them back to the old west in order to meet Red Brick Wallace. Unfortunately, he turns out to be nothing more than a spittoon polisher. The guys are now on a mission to save Red Brick Wallace from getting shot by the sheriff, who looks strangely like Chett.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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  19. Weird Science Season 4 Episode 20 - It's a Mob, Mob, Mob, Mob World
    6.7/10(32 votes)

    #19 - It's a Mob, Mob, Mob, Mob World

    S4:E20

    Wyatt is sick of his parents not paying any attention to him, so he wishes that his family could be closer and have better family values. Lisa's plan backfires and creates an world in which Wyatt has a family with very strong ties to each other- a family similar to that of the ""Godfather."" In this world, Wyatt Donnellis and his family are the masters of the Homeowners Association. They fix neighborhood Little League games and take kickbacks from children's lemonade stands. However, trouble is in store when Al Wallace tries to take on the Donnellis family. Gary and Wyatt find themselves against each other in the war.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Jim Lincoln

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  20. Weird Science Season 4 Episode 22 - Community Property
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #20 - Community Property

    S4:E22

    Gary and Wyatt are fighting over the use of Lisa. Lisa gets annoyed by the fighting over her and decides to let the boys battle it out in court. Genie Cyber-Court, that is. The winner of the case wins the genie. Gary and Wyatt choose their own lawyers. Gary choosing B.F. Jackie (similar to Cockran), while Wyatt chooses Abe Lincoln. Both lawyers argue out each of their client's side. However, neither Gary nor Wyatt are found to be suitable to be awarded custody of Lisa, so she will be broken down the Internet will be given custody of her.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 6 - Man's Best Friend
    6.7/10(32 votes)

    #21 - Man's Best Friend

    S5:E6

    Lisa turns Chett's new dog into a human, but the morphed mutt has a problem licking his former canine tendencies.

    Director:Alan Cross
    Writer:Kari Lizer

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  22. Weird Science Season 5 Episode 15 - Wicked Wish
    6.7/10(30 votes)

    #22 - Wicked Wish

    S5:E15

    Wyatt's mom tries to be the fairest of them all by using a magic mirror to get rid of all of the pretty girls in town--including Lisa!

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Jim Lincoln

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  23. Weird Science Season 1 Episode 3 - Cyrano De Brainiac
    6.8/10(54 votes)

    #23 - Cyrano De Brainiac

    S1:E3

    Gary wishes for "the mind of Albert Einstein" to impress a girl--so Lisa conjures up the physicist's brain to help him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Peter Ocko, Adam Barr

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  24. Weird Science Season 2 Episode 7 - Magic for Beginners
    6.8/10(41 votes)

    #24 - Magic for Beginners

    S2:E7

    The boys enter a talent show as magicians, but become disillusioned when they make Lisa disappear.

    Director:Tom Spezialy
    Writers:Tom Spezialy, Alan Cross

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  25. Weird Science Season 3 Episode 2 - Horseradish
    6.8/10(34 votes)

    #25 - Horseradish

    S3:E2

    After Chett almost deletes all of Lisa's files Wyatt's computer, the guys decide that they need to maximize security. Lisa creates a top of the line system to protect the computer from intruders. Of course, after about minute, Gary forgets the password that he chose. Now Lisa is locked out of her home and can't gain access to her magic, making her a normal human being. She has many new experiences, such as her first dream, her first time using the restroom, and her first crush. She also finds out what it feels like to have a broken heart.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Peter Ocko, Adam Barr

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Boys on the Hide" is the worst rated episode of "Weird Science". It scored 5.6/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by David Grossman and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/19/1997. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "School Spirits".