The royal family ventures into the woods to free mean-tempered Queen Carrion from the Bear Witch's spell, but they must first determine which of two identical bears is the queen and which is the witch.
Princess Gusty Ox, a tomboyish girl given to wrestling crocodiles, experiences a crisis of self-confidence when the magic mirror tells her she is not a proper princess.
Twin siblings Princess Gusty Ox and Prince Marvin fight constantly until the court wizard sends them on a challenge that requires the royal pair to cooperate.
When the strange Wolfbane family moves in next to the ultraconservative Rigid-Smythes, changes and misunderstandings flourish as the families attempt to track down a notorious thief.