Davy rescues the Princess Bettina of the Duchy of Harmonica from drowning. When he goes to get his jacket back, the Monkees find out that her uncle, Archduke Otto, is trying to dispose of Bettina so he can become king himself.

When the Monkees attend the reading of a late millionaire's will, they find themselves forced to stay the night in his haunted castle.

After Peter fails a job interview at a toy factory conducted by a computer, Mike makes the same machine short circuit and is promptly hired. Soon all four Monkees take a stand against the technology minded Mr Daggart (Stan Freberg) in favor of old fashioned, hand made toys.

Nick Trump, manager of "The Four Swine", gets the Monkees to participate in publicity stunts meant to keep them from entering a talent contest.

The Central Intelligence Service recruits the Monkees to capture two foreign spies, Boris and Madame, after Davy unwittingly purchases a pair of red maracas with a hidden microfilm inside.

When Davy's grandfather visits thinking his grandson has become a great success in the Colonies, the guys pretend to be on Davy's personal staff in an attempt to fool the elder Jones.

The Monkeemobile runs out of gas in a Ghost Town, where the boys are locked up by two gangsters, George and Lenny, waiting for the arrival of The Big Man.

There are no pets allowed in the Monkees' apartment. This leads to comic complications when Davy watches a horse for a kid. The Monkees get a taste of farm living when they try to return the horse.

The only way for Davy to date General Vandenburg's daughter is to hold a chaperoned party. When everything else fails, Micky dresses up in drag as 'Mrs Arcadian', arousing the attention of both the General and Mr. Babbit, the landlord.

The Monkees' manager, Rudy Gunther, sends them to the Riverdale Country Club to audition for a Sweet Sixteen party. The organizer, Charles Russell, happens to be an old Marine buddy of Rudy's. His daughter Vanessa immediately falls for Davy and starts neglecting her homework. Realizing they will surely lose the job if she flunks, the boys decide to help her study for her final.

Pop's Italian Restaurant is taken over by a mobster named Fuselli and his muscle Rocco. The Monkees are determined to get Pop's restaurant back for him. They take jobs as waiters and contact the police. Soon Fuselli has a dinner meeting for members of the Syndicate and the Monkees (disguised as the Purple Flower Gang) soon have the meeting in total chaos.

Mike writes a new song, but the publishing company he tries to sell it to tries to rip him off.

Peter falls for a pretty young debutante and needs on the other Monkees' help to impress her and ward off her jealous suitor.

Peter wins a free dancing lesson at Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go and is tricked into signing a lifetime contract. When Micky and Mike try to get him out of it, they end up with similar contracts. To get out of this mess, Davy becomes an inside man and gets a job as a dance instructor at Renaldo's.

A gypsy tea room owner predicts Davy will fall in love within 24 hours and leave the group. Her plan is to team him up with her daughter Fern to enter Mr. Hack's Amateur Hour. The remaining three Monkees also enter: Peter as magician The Astonishing Pietro, Mike as folk singer Billy Roy Hodstetter and Micky as comedian/impressionist Locksley Mendoza.

When the Monkees are chosen over Maria and her four sons to perform at Madame Rantha's party, the gypsies lure them into a trap and force the guys to steal the precious Maltese Vulture from the Rantha mansion, or Peter will be killed. Maria's eldest son Marco takes Peter's place in the group.

Peter is kidnapped, in a plot against a rocket scientist.

The Monkees are lured to the lab of a mad scientist, only to have their musical abilities, put into a Frankenstein-like monster.

TV producer Hubbell Benson has invited many young groups, including The Four Martians, The Foreign Agents, and The Jolly Green Giants to audition for a new TV show, but not The Monkees. However, when he hears their music on a hired tape recorder, he sets out to find this mystery band, not knowing that the Monkees are having great difficulty getting into the auditions at the same time.

Crooked fight promoter Sholto tells Davy he could be a featherweight champ and starts fixing fights so that 'Dynamite' Davy Jones quickly makes a career.

Davy meets his double, the shy Prince Ludlow of Peruvia, and soon learns that the vertically-challenged Highness must marry before his 18th birthday in order to ascend to the Peruvian throne. The other three Monkees convince Davy to swap places with the Prince and woo young socialite Wendy Forsythe in his stead. However, the evil Count Myron has his eye on the throne as well.

When the circus comes to town, The Monkees visit The Big Top--and discover that this particular circus is suffering from declining attendance. Embittered performers who have not been paid for some time blame this situation on rock'n'roll discotheques--an enmity personified when Victor, the circus' ace knife-thrower, attacks Davy with perfectly-aimed throws within inches of his face and threatens to call the police. Another performer, Susan, befriends The Monkees but is distraught when Victor delivers a written ultimatum to Pop, the circus' ringmaster. The Monkees then...

The Monkees go up against a local kiddie show host, who will not let the group play on his show.

The Monkees are chosen as Chic Magazine's 'Typical Young Americans Of The Year' (cue Monkees Theme). Unfortunately, the way they are represented in the article makes them lose many friends instantly.

Micky goes undercover posing as an incarcerated criminal ringleader (to whom he bears an uncanny resemblance) so the police can nab the rest of his gang.

The band stumbles onto a fiendish plot at a local Chinese restaurant.

A new tenant, Mrs. Milly Rudnick, moves into the Monkees' beach pad. Rather than getting them evicted, she takes on the boys as boarders. They grow to like her but would still rather have their house to themselves, so they plan to get Milly together with Larry the moving man.

When the Monkees decide to get themselves an answering service, they soon end up working for one instead. Left on their own, the foursome starts ignoring the most important rule: 'don't get involved with the clients'. Mike tries to save a young girl he thinks is planning to commit suicide, Davy brings a message which soon has an entire building in a riot and Peter messes up a scheme to place gambling bets over the phone. Micky somehow manages to keep out of trouble.

All four Monkees fall in love with the same girl, April Conquest, of the local laundromat. Each one tries to woo her by feigning interest in things she likes: Davy paints pop-art, Mickey performs ballet, Peter plays chamber music, and Mike rides a bike.

The Monkees travel to New York to meet a young producer, Mackinley Baker, at The Compton Plaza Hotel. Unfortunately, they find Baker just about to be evicted out of the room and themselves without any money for a place to stay. So, the group holds on to the room while Baker visits his backer. When this does not work out, they try convincing members of the Millionaire's club across the street to back Baker's play.

The Monkees are asked to appear as extras in Luther Kramm's new beach movie, but soon take offense to the film's star, Frankie Catalina. After upstaging him during the production, Catalina walks off the movie and the Monkees push Davy into the limelight as the new teen idol.

With the scripted sitcom antics taking a backseat, this episode shows the group on a real concert tour.