Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.
Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.
While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.
Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.
The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences.
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.
Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.
Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.
Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.
To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.
Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.
The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.
Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.
The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.
Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals.
The gang creates its own makeshift county fair, highlighted by a "movie," which is really a clever stage performance.
Ernie and Farina anger the police force with their shoeshine scheme. Later, the gang switches places with some runaways about to board a train.
Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.
The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet animals get drunk on his moonshine.