Fred begins inventing again and creates a reducing formula called "Fred-O-Cal" to take off weight. This formula winds up shrinking Fred to less than a foot tall.

Fred makes arrangements for Pebbles' first birthday and the Water Buffalo Lodge parties. Trouble ensues when the only caterer in town muddles the parties, including sending a clown to the Water Buffalo Lodge and dancing girls to Pebbles' birthday party, and Fred gets blamed for it.

When Pebbles seems to love rodeo star Bony Hurdle more than Fred, he tries to prove his love to her by entering in The Bedrock Rodeo in disguise.