Grimes is the mild-mannered,too-smart-for-high-school-but-trapped- there Archie. He works part time at his uncle Verlin's (John "Gomez Addams" Astin in a standout asshole role) funeral home. His best friend is the decidedly masculine grease monkey girl, Charlie. As Archie struggles with corpse-handling and unrequited teen love, he must also contend with the constant bullying of the Porsche- cruising "in" crowd led - horrifyingly enough - by an Ian Ziering clone! Life goes from bad to worse for our young hero; he loses his job due to a cruel prank which results in the destruction of his college plans. It seems that things can't get any worse . . .