Editing Best of the Nest

The episode begins with Arthur, Buster, Brain, Binky and Mr. Ratburn on a trip in the wilderness. Arthur hears rattling in the bushes, and asks what it is. Buster assumes it is a lion, and Brain assures him that there are no lions in North America, except for mountain lions. As Mr. Ratburn comes into view and tells the kids to stay calm, Binky says “Press the escape button; I want to quit the game”, and Arthur replies “This isn’t a game... this is real.” The party then gasps at what they see.

After the title card, the scene cuts to Brain at his ice cream shop serving a vanilla and fish ice cream cone to Buster, to which Arthur and Brain plug their noses with clothespins. Sue Ellen comes in and asks the three why they aren’t playing Virtual Goose; Arthur replies that since D.W. started playing, it got very boring since she always won. When Muffy comes in saying that Virtual Goose has been updated to the 5.0 edition, After closing the shop, Brain, along with Arthur and Buster, head off to try it out.

Later, Arthur and his pals are seen trying a spin-off game to Virtual Goose called Best of the Nest. The game's narrator explains that the Virtual Goose laid six eggs, each containing a goose with a different personality trait, Sporty Goose, Stylish Goose, Strong Goose, Silly Goose, Smart Goose, and Just Plain Goose. Due to hard times, the Virtual Goose had to leave her children behind to do her career in online gaming, hoping to bring back fame and fortune. But before she could return, an evil wind blew the geese out of the nest. Now the geese have to survive alone and whichever player keeps their goose alive the longest would win the game.

Francine chooses Sporty, Muffy chooses Stylish, Binky chooses Strong, Buster chooses Silly, Brain chooses Smart, and Arthur is left with Just Plain Goose. Brain gets to level 1 and finds that he has to get past a rushing river by either, A: flying across it, B: wait for a passing log, or C: do the hokey-pokey. Brain thinks about what to do, and he chooses A, but to his surprise, Smart Goose ends up falling into the river and gets eaten by a shark, resulting in a game over. He then does some research at the library and figures that judging his size, Smart Goose should have been able to fly and there shouldn't have been a shark in the river (even though river sharks do exist). With that, Brain declares that Best of the Nest is a dumb game, although Muffy believes he is actually jealous because he isn't good at it, and says he couldn't last one day in the wild.