Tippy Teen #11

When Tippy accepts Tommy's invitation for a romantic ride on his custom-built tandem bike, she discovers—to everyone's dismay—that she's vanishing from existence. As Tommy struggles to solve the mystery of his disappearing girlfriend, suspicion falls on a rival suitor and his jealous schemes. The race is on to save Tippy before she fades away entirely.

When a student named Thomas is asked to copy a poem for his English teacher, he doesn't bother reading it—but his classmate Tippy spots an opportunity to cause some mischief. Using Thomas's handwriting and the copied verse, Tippy sets out to convince everyone that Thomas has written a love poem to a new girl named Pamela, only to discover that her scheme has backfired in unexpected ways. It's a quick lesson in why spreading rumors without getting your facts straight is never as clever as it seems.

When a confident father decides to show the kids he's nothing like the bumbling dads in comic books—excelling at golf, tree-climbing, and even taking a spin on a friend's motor scooter—his attempts to prove his competence take a hilarious turn. Go-Go and her friends learn a lesson about assumptions when their smooth-talking Mr. West's showcase of skills doesn't quite go according to plan.

Tippy, the president of the Centerville Girls Discussion Group, decides to skip today's meeting—she figures it's the perfect time to let the club talk about her while she's away.

Tippy's boyfriend Tommy has caught the eye of his beautiful new dance instructor, Miss Larue, and he's so smitten he barely notices when Tippy shows up at the studio. Determined to win back his attention, Tippy devises a scheme to make Tommy jealous—but her plan to enroll for lessons with a handsome instructor takes an unexpected turn. In the end, Tippy realizes that sometimes the cleverest solution is hiding right in plain sight.

After reading an article about fathers being underappreciated, Tippy decides to show her dad some genuine appreciation by volunteering to clean the attic so he can attend his men's club bowling match. But her father, convinced she's plotting to manipulate him into giving her something she wants, stubbornly refuses and cleans the attic himself—only to learn too late that Tippy's offer was sincere all along. It's a lesson in trusting good intentions and recognizing when someone genuinely wants to help.

When Egghead drafts a "Declaration of Mandependence" to free the boys of Centerville from being bossed around by their girlfriends, the movement gains steam—until Tippy and the girls fight back with a secret weapon: a glamorous older cousin named Ursula who knows exactly how to derail a rebel's revolution. It's a battle of the sexes where neither side sees the real joke coming.

A boy gets pressured into taking out his friend's visiting cousin for the evening, but when he finally meets her, the evening takes an unexpected turn in this lighthearted romp from *Tippy Teen* #11. With his friends determined to witness the awkward date firsthand, he's in for a night he won't soon forget.