Air date: 9/15/85

On career day at school, teacher Mike Fulton's friend, boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler, comes to Punky's class and talks about boxing. At lunch time, the school's most feared bully, Moose McGurk, takes lunches from Punky's friends, but Punky won't let Moose take hers, so Moose takes Punky into the restroom and beats Punky up. Punky wants to stand up to Moose, so Marvin trains Punky to be a boxer. In the end, Marvin tells Punky that she can't box very well. Later, Moose and Punky are preparing to fight behind the apartment building. Moose pushes Punky down a couple of times, and Cherie tells Moose that if she fights Punky, Moose will have to fight Cherie as well. And then all the other kids tell Moose that if she fights Cherie, she'll have to fight all of them. Moose gets nervous and says that she can't fight everyone at the same time, so Moose runs home. Punky and her friends celebrate their victory over Moose.

Punky's Treehouse

Air date: 9/22/85

Punky has a dream that inspires her to plan to build a tree house in the tree behind the apartment building. When Henry and Betty and the gang pull out of Punky's plan to build the tree house, Punky and Mike use a little psychology to motivate the gang into helping, and the tree house is built, with a lot of different colors of paint being used.

Cheaters Never Win

Air date: 9/29/85

Punky gets a D in geography on her report card. A big geography test is coming up, and while studying with Allen, Cherie, and Margaux, Punky just can't seem to get any of it. Allen says he's going to take the easy way out, and cheat by writing the answers all over his body. When the time comes for the test, Punky is stumped. When she sees Allen using the answers that he wrote all over his body, she cheats as well by reading the answers off of him. Punky and Allen are the only kids in the class to receive perfect scores on the test. Mike thinks that his tests are not enough of a challenge for Punky and Allen, so he gives them extra work. Allen and Punky study hard with all the extra work they got. When report card time comes, Allen and Punky can't understand why they got a C in geography. They ask Mike, and he says that he knew they cheated on the first test, so he failed them on that test, but then the perfect score they got on the next test averaged it out to a C. Punky tells Henry the truth, and he's disappointed, but once he realizes how much Punky learned from all the extra homework she had to do, he's not as disappointed.

Baby Buddies, Inc.

Air date: 10/6/85

Punky and Cherie want to open a babysitting service so they can earn enough money to buy Betty a birthday gift, and Henry reluctantly lets Punky be involved in it as long as Betty is the supervisor of the service. Punky and Cherie end up mixing up two babies, giving Mrs. Rafer's baby to Mrs. Darney and giving Mrs. Darney's baby to Mrs. Rafer. After solving the problem, Punky and Cherie end the babysitting service and give Betty a gift that they made for her - a dress that they accidentally sewed a pair of Punky's pants to.

Tap Your Troubles Away

Air date: 10/13/85

When it comes to tap dancing, Punky dances like she has two left feet, so she decides to quit tap dancing class so she can keep from being embarrassed, especially after Jersey Janet, the instructor, calls her a klutz. Henry, who looks like he's falling for Jersey Janet, helps her find a role for Punky in a recital that the class has been preparing for - wearing a bee costume and swinging over the other students, who are dressed as flowers in the recital.