At school he begins dating the attractive Betty Alexander (Virginia Aldridge), who eventually manipulates him into writing her English class term paper for her.

Their teacher figures out that Betty cheated on the paper, and fails her, and also withdraws his recommendation from Marv's college application, leaving him with no chance of earning a scholarship.

He tells her about the pending robbery to entice her to marry him, and she shows interest, but secretly tasks her boyfriend, Vince, to steal all the money from Marv.

The main topics of ridicule were Marv's wimpy demeanor, huge lips and awkward appearance, his father's pathetic alcoholism, and the overall bleak nature of the film.

There was also a running gag involving Tom Servo singing "Don't Pay the Ferryman" whenever characters reached the car ferry, leading to Mike Nelson throwing him across the theater out of frustration.