Li'l Elvis wants a pet - badly. But Grace rejects his pleas for a dog, cat or highly disciplined earwig. He's just too irresponsible. Then Li'l Elvis discovers Sea Monkeys, the perfect low maintenance pet, and only twenty bucks. Meanwhile, everyone gathers to watch Herb "Brittle Bones” Petrankovic's latest attempt at the land speed record. When tragedy strikes, and Herb is blown sky high, Li'l Elvis is sent to buy a wreath and instead buys his Sea Monkeys. But he abandons them when he realises they're just wriggly bits of algae. He falls asleep, only to find himself somehow transported into the sea monkey world. And the Sea Monkeys are determined to make him pay for his neglect....