Old Tom accidentally breaks Angela's favourite vacuum cleaner, so he and Lucy go to a Home Appliance Expo, to buy her a new one. There they discover that a spaghetti-eating competition is offering, as first prize, a new vacuum cleaner, so Old Tom enters the competition. However, just before it begins, Old Tom sees a baby in danger in a runaway pram, and he runs off to save it. Meanwhile, Angela, who is also at the Expo, mistakenly enters the competition, thinking it's a free lunch… and wins! Old Tom is a hero for saving the baby, and Angela gets her new vacuum cleaner, after all.

Old Tom is upset when Lucy has to go to a friend's party, so Angela takes him to the beach to cheer him up. As Angela dozes, Old Tom gets up to mischief. He grabs hold of the tail of a kite, which carries him out over the sea and drops him onto what looks like a pirate ship. However, it turns out to be a pirate-themed children's party, and Old Tom eats all the food. When the kids discover what he has done, they tie him up and threaten him with 'Scarface, the meanest pirate of them all'. However 'Scarface' is really Lucy, and Old Tom is untied. Before the party can resume, the birthday boy's father, who has fallen overboard, is chased by a shark, so Old Tom grabs a rope and rescues him.

Lavinia takes Angela, Lucy and Billy on a picnic in the countryside. When they open the picnic hamper, they discover that Old Tom has hidden inside and eaten all the food. Lavinia is horrified, but Lucy suggests they can fish for food in a nearby river. As they look for the river, they are chased by a bull, disturb a beehive and upset a farmer. However, when Old Tom manages to catch some fish by scaring them out of the river, all is forgiven, and the farmer is invited to join their picnic lunch.

The Queen, wanting to see someone different at her next garden party, choses Angela and Old Tom at random. Angela is delighted, but gives Old Tom a crash course in manners, just in case. The garden party begins, but the Queen doesn't want to go, because her dog doesn't seem well. Meanwhile, Old Tom upsets several party guests and seeks refuge from them in the palace. There he annoys the Queen's dog, which chases him around the throne room. The Queen enters and, delighted to see her dog full of life again, decides to go to the garden party after all - with Old Tom as her guest of honor.