Shelf Life

As they say in Missouri, 'I ain't goin' back to Missouri!' Shelf Life is the third episode of Season 4. It is a half-hour special.

Plot
Timmy has to complete a book report during summer vacation, but the first day of school is nearing, so Timmy wishes that Tom Sawyer would come out of his book and help him write his book report. Tom, being the lazy swelling type, steals Cosmo's wand and goes into a few well known books and edits them, forcing Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda to follow him and end his antics before Tom re-writes the laws of physics at the book "Astrophysic for morons".

Synopsis
It's summer vacation, time for rest, relaxation, fun and excitement. Timmy puts off the assignment until the last minute, on Labor Day. He then wishes Tom Sawyer out of his book to try and make things easier for himself. But Tom caught Cosmo's wand, and he runs amok in various books. Timmy and his fairies follow Tom into the books, trying to stop him before he reaches a physics book and turns gravity into gravy, planets into plants and Uranus into a uranium bomb (Atomic bomb). Timmy then wishes that they were in "The Rat in Spats" and that the said book would be on top of the "Astrophysics for Morons" book. Timmy and his fairies arrive before Tom. Tom tells Timmy to beat that, but Timmy says he doesn't have to. The Rat in Spats then appears and explains to the characters that in Spatsville there is only one law: You can not ever frown. Tom doesn't believe this and starts making fun of Timmy. As Tom is laughing, Timmy then goads the Rat even more by asking him if he is going to take that insult from a punk from Missouri. The Rat screams at Tom "WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY SHOES, PUNK?". He then proceeds to squish Tom with his foot. This causes Tom to drop Cosmo's wand which Cosmo then retrieves. Timmy then reveals that he knew that how the story went and by having Tom make fun of the Rat it led to a very big splat. Tom now flattened to death. Wanda guesses they should revert the books to normal, but Timmy states not just yet.

Songs

 * Jason and the Pussycats