Equipped with the seemingly impossible AIT assignment of making Carl Montclaire the most popular kid at Bennett High School, Porter Jackson poses as Carl's long lost cousin from Vancouver to everybody but Carl, to whom he explains his situation. Carl tries to tell his friends that Porter is an angel, but instead manages to convince them that he's Japanese. Carl is further riled when Porter signs him up for a basketball shootout against sport supremo Serge. Serge takes a 20-0 lead but Porter's magic allows Carl to level the game. Dr Cassabi arrives in time to lift the enchantment, but Carl sinks the final shot anyway.

Carl ditches Alex to be the beautiful Brittany's lab partner. But when Porter uses some of his angel magic to make Carl see Brittany for what she really is , Carl learns that Brittany isn't the best lab partner after all.

When Serge tells Carl that he'll make mincemeat out of him in the upcoming dodgeball unit, Carl pleads Porter for help. Porter's enchantment helps Carl to dodge every ball, impress the girls, especially one named Linda. and also dodge both questions and chores. But when he dodges his first kiss and even starts dodging Porter's spells, Dr Cassabi has to rope in a team of experts to undo the enchantment.

Porter uses magic to get Carl onto the cheer squad, but Carl's cheerleading abilities somersault him into a world of backstabbing and pom-poms.

Carl says he wants facial hair for maturity, and Porter magically (by accident) gives him a beard that covers his whole face. It turns out that there is no way to make it disappear by magic, and he has to wear it for a whole week. He tries to cover it by disguising himself as a substitute teacher.

Porter magically helps Carl get a job at the coolest store in the mall but, before Carl can enjoy it, he's wearing a dress and on his way to the catwalk for the mall fashion show.

When Carl and Porter are grounded, Porter creates magic doubles to take their place at home while they sneak out to DJ the school dance, but the doubles turn out to be more interested in partying than staying at home.

Carl wants to know what it's like to be mature so Porter magically gives him a beard and, before Carl knows it, he's the cool new substitute teacher at Bennett High!

Jane taps Carl as her running mate in the school election but, when they butt heads with the Ski Club, Porter is unwittingly forced to run against them and, let's face it, try as he might, Porter Jackson can't lose.

After a series of embarrassing bake sale incidents, Carl asks Porter to use his magic to make it so that Angela isn't his Mom, and Carl ends up in an alternate reality where he never existed!

After a disastrous presentation all Carl wants is a chance to do it over so Porter grants his wish, but doesn't realize that time magic is temperamental, leaving Carl stuck doing the exact same presentation over, and over, and over...

Tired of going unnoticed around school, Carl gets Porter to magically make him the center of attention, but it turns out that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Carl wants to try out for Jane's play to land a kiss with Brittany, but Porter ends up getting the part, leading to drama on and off stage.