2. On the Fence

Complete story — includes the ending

Cory and his friends are having a talk about who is the best superhero. This leads to an ultimate water-gun fight. Cory's best friend, Shawn Hunter, shot a nerdy kid named Stuart Minkus ( Lee Norris ) with the water-gun, and Cory feels left out because he is the only one who doesn't have one yet. Minkus gets annoyed with how Cory and Shawn are treating him so he gets out his brand-new water-gun and retaliates by shooting Cory and his friends. Cory tries to convince Amy and Alan to buy him a water-gun which is worth $50 but they refuse, so he turns to Eric and asks him to buy the water-gun for him. Eric also refuses and even shows off his new watch to Cory. After hearing that Eric got the money from his job at Alan's supermarket, Cory asks Alan if he could work there. Alan refuses and tells him that he is too young and that there are no job openings. Alan talks to Cory about enjoying his youth time but he gets angry that he can't have his water-gun. Cory goes to Mr. Feeny, who offers to pay him $50 to paint his shutters for him. Cory airbrushes the paint and is proud of what he has done, but he sees that the paint went through the shutter slats and onto the white fence. Cory's friends have a water-gun fight with him, and he asks them to help him repaint the fence. They do so, but give up. Cory returns to the house, soaking wet but is very happy. Meanwhile, Eric returns from work and is terribly exhausted and questions how Alan can work such long hours and still do work at home. From a distance, Cory sees Alan painting the fence and says that his dad is "Superman". During dinner, Cory starts a water-fight between his family and he sold his $50 water-gun for two smaller pistols, and he gave one to Alan so he can "revisit" being a kid. In the post-credits, Morgan calls the cops and says that the Matthews are outside "fighting", and they "just shot the neighbor"! Guest star: DeJuan Guy as Ellis