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| - Cory and Shawn do a presentation on air pollution that doesn't go over very well with Mr Feeny. He blames himself for letting them chose their own partners and assigns them new ones: Shawn is partnered with Stuart Minkus and Cory is with Topanga Lawrence. Cory is less than thrilled to be partnered with the "totally strange" girl but Mr Feeny is firm on his choice. At lunch, Cory overhears some girls badmouthing a "total Brillo head" and thinks they're talking about him. Feeling self-conscious he asks Shawn's opinion but doesn't get much help there. Topanga stops by his table to confirm plans that she's coming over to his house and to ask that they sign a petition on behalf of the librarian. Apparently the elderly librarian is being forced to retire but Cory and Shawn couldn't care less. After Topanga leaves, they talk about her and Minkus sitting at the "weirdo table" at lunch then come up with a possible solution for Cory's hair problem. Shawn will call his sister to get what she uses to straighten her hair. After school, Topanga and Cory meet up to work on their report but can't seem to agree how to present it. Cory wants to do a quick, in and out presentation while Topanga is leaning towards performance art. After performing her eponymous "Donut in the Sky" poem, Cory and Topanga talk about fitting in vs. being true to yourself. Topanga doesn't care that people make fun of her and thinks Cory does a good job of blending in, except for his red baseball cap. That's when Shawn arrives with his sister's hair supplies. After tricking Topanga into leaving, the two boys head upstairs and set out to straighten Cory's hair but things go horribly wrong when he leaves the chemicals in his hair for too long. With unnaturally smooth and hardened hair, Cory gets no real advice from his parents and brother. He refuses to go to school but it's not up to him. Everyone at school laughs at Cory's new hair, except for Topanga. That's why he finds himself sitting at her table during lunch. The so-called "weirdo table" have trouble getting their petition signed and Cory thinks it's because they don't know anything about their fellow classmates. While the weirdo kids like watching Crossfire or Angela Lansbury, Cory's old friends prefer Beavis and Butthead. He believes in order for them to get signatures, they need to get people's attention. Topanga and her friends are intrigued and thus they hatch a plan. After school, Cory puts curlers in his hair in an attempt to look normal again but that looks worse than his previous hair; even Topanga and the "weirdos" laugh. Despite his hair, Cory doesn't let his new friends down. They handcuff themselves and form a chain blocking the exit hall of the school at the end of the day. They're met with hostility at first but Cory convinces his fellow classmates that it's better to petition the old, senile librarian to stay than to allow the school board to hire some new, young, potentially strict librarian. With the task accomplished, Minkus and the other "weirdos" uncuff themselves and leave. Topanga and Cory are left, still handcuffed to their lockers and share their first kiss, much to Cory's shock and embarrassment. In the end, Cory's hair returns to normal and he finds out the girls who were supposedly badmouthing his hair were actually talking about another boy. Though he goes back to having lunch with his old buddies, he and Topanga share a look (and Topanga shows off her new red baseball cap).
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