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Talking Teddy's Revenge / Snail-A-Palooza Alvin hurts Theodore's feelings at school by speaking poorly of Talking Teddy. This gets the attention of the new girl, Anita, who plots revenge with Theodore against Alvin by having him believe that Teddy has the power to communicate with others and predict the future. Convinced that he has to do five kind things throughout the rest of the week, Alvin starts carrying Teddy around everywhere and being nice to him, which makes him a laughing stock to the rest of the school - especially around Derek, who is competing against Alvin for Anita's affection. Humiliated, Alvin ditches Teddy in the bushes, much to Theodore's horror, which prompts him and Anita to come clean about their revenge plot in order to teach him a lesson about not being so self-centered and being insensitive towards others' feelings. Alvin tricks Theodore into doing his chores by making up a fake holiday known as Snail-A-Palooza, a holiday in which the magical and benevolent Walter the Glorious Snail will bring presents to good little boys and girls who do all of their chores (and do nice things for their brothers). After learning about this, Dave reprimands Alvin for his lie and pressures him into making Snail-A-Palooza a real holiday, so as not to crush Theodore's spirit. After enlisting Jeanette's help, the two write up a handbook about the celebration of Snail-A-Palooza - including Walter abducting bad boys and girls and punishing them by stuffing them into his shell. After a nightmare in which Walter shows Alvin what becomes of Theodore because of his bad influence, such as wrecking things in the house and blaming Alvin for it, and stuffing him into his shell for lying to Theodore, Alvin takes the task seriously, and Theodore awakens to a fully-decorated house (combining already-existing holidays), and presents left by Walter.