Mattie rallies his young detective friends, the Misfits, to investigate when his mother, whom he has not seen in years, is falsely accused of a hit-and-run.
While the Misfits are attending a comic book convention and waiting for a sneak preview of the new Hyperman movie, they see the film stolen by someone dressed as Hyperman's nemesis, the Jester.
The discovery of dead birds in a national forest leads the four teenaged members of Misfits, Inc. to investigate a mystery involving logging, militant environmental groups, congressional campaign contributions, and revenge.
The theft of Jake's clarinet leads him and his friends to investigate other mysterious occurrences, including the theft of millions and the disappearance of an up-and-coming jazz musician.
After a suspicious accident, Bugle Point High School's Misfits decide to investigate a local singer that they think might be connected to the killings at Kent State back during the Vietnam War.
When Mattie's grandfather becomes a suspect in the theft of a valuable computer chip, Peter, Byte, Jake, and Mattie, four high school students who consider themselves misfits, pool their talents to try to discover who really stole the chip and how.
