Peer pressure causes Jennifer to give up a male pal, but her mum helps them reunite.
Tropes associated with this episode:
- Birthday Episode: Jennifer's 10th birthday, celebrated with her first boy-girl party.
- The '50s: The theme of Jennifer's birthday party. Alex breaks out the leather jacket, T-shirt and jeans and rebel sunglasses. Perhaps foreshadows Michael J. Fox's role as Marty McFly three years later in Back to the Future.
- Harassing Phone Call and Prank Call: Several of Jennifer's classmates call solely to tease her about her new boyfriend Justin. At one point, Steven, having enough of the calls, answers and immediately tells the caller to stop calling or he'll call the police and have them sto ... "Uh, Elyse, its your mother!"
- Peer Pressure Makes You Evil: Jennifer initially gives in to teasing from the other kids in her class and makes aggressive efforts to distance herself from Justin, though by the end of the episode she overcomes this by asking Justin to dance with her, with all being forgiven.
