Luanne goes to the prom she never went to (because of her Abusive Parents) with a 15-year-old while Lucky tries to get a walnut tree stump out of the ground.
Tropes:
- Prom Wrecker: Elvin and Mud end up wrecking the school dance just so they can deal with the boy Luanne is going out with in Lucky's place. Luanne does nothing to stop this and even encourages her date to fight them, expecting him to show some kind of hidden strength to defeat the bullies like George McFly.
- Skewed Priorities: Played straight and then averted. On the night of the dance, Lucky takes Hank and the guys to uproot the tree stump, and just as Lucky is feeling guilty about not spending time with Luanne on such a special occasion, Hank reasons with Lucky that he should trust his instincts and make the correct the decision. When Lucky says he will do the right thing, Hank is relieved that Lucky decided to help them dig up the tree stump and forget about going to the high school dance with Luanne, only for Lucky to drive off to the high school and leave Hank and the guys stranded in the woods.
- Something We Forgot: Acknowledged by Bill when the guys are left behind at the stump, having been completely forgotten by Lucky in his rush to Luanne.
- Special Guest: Trace Adkins as Elvin Mackleston, Brian Doyle-Murray as Jack, and Tom Petty as both Lucky and Mud Dobber.
- The Triple: The guys discuss what they plan to do with the stump. Hank wants to make it into a table, Boomhauer wants a new dashboard for his car, Dale wants a new stock for his rifle, and Bill wants "a walnut... hat? Oh, I just wanna come too!"
- Unreliable Narrator: Lucky recounts the tale of his grandfather finding a perfect walnut tree stump; while he says "Grandpappy" was on a church picnic, the flashback shows he was a criminal attempting to escape jail, and instead of dying from an illness, he was executed via electric chair. However, it's implied that Lucky is simply repeating the (false) story that he heard from family rather than lying on purpose.
