Charmed I'm Sure

Charmed I'm Sure is the one hundred and seventeenth episode from Season 1.

Plot
One morning, Ruff is ordered to fetch the newspaper. He does so, and spots a black cat in the trash can. Ruff tackles the black cat and Henry sees what's going on. Ruff gives the paper to Henry, only to find out it's Friday the 13th.

When Dennis wakes up, he finds out it's Friday the 13th, much to his dismay. When Alice comes into his room, Dennis wants to know which is the right side of the bed to get out on. Alice doesn't know the answer, so Dennis decides to stay in bed all day. Alice thinks Dennis is just being silly, and orders him up for breakfast in 5 minutes. As Dennis lays back down, his bed breaks, and he catches his mirror just as it falls, since a broken mirror could result in 7 years of bad luck.

When Dennis goes over to Mr. Wilson's place, he watches his step so he wouldn't step on a crack or break Alice's back. Dennis was about to touch the ladder Mr. Wilson was sitting on until Mr. Wilson warns him. Dennis stops just in time because walking under a ladder results in bad luck. Mr. Wilson mentions crossing paths with a black cat when a black cat really does come by, and Dennis avoids it just in time.

Mr. Wilson tells Dennis that black cats can't do any harm when the black cat comes back and jumps on Mr. Wilson's face due to Ruff chasing it. The ladder Mr. Wilson is sitting on tips over and throws him in the trash can. Dennis suggests sticking with Mr. Wilson for the day to try and have good luck. Mr. Wilson just so happens to have a 1977 nickel. He loans the nickel to Dennis so he would have good luck.

Later, as Dennis continues to carefully walk over cracks not to step on one, Margaret comes along seeing him do that. Dennis explains that stepping on a crack will break your mother's back since it's Friday the 13th. Dennis shows off Mr. Wilson's nickel, to which Margaret laughs at until she trips over. Dennis finds that Margaret tripped over a silver dollar. Dennis claims Mr. Wilson's charm works, only for Margaret to scoff that it was coincidental.

Later, Dennis is eating an ice cream while walking across a fence. Margaret warns him to get down when Dennis unintentionally steps on a loose plank and hits Margaret with it, sending her into a puddle of mud. Margaret, covered from head to toe in mud, decides to get to the bottom of this.

Dennis comes back to the Wilsons' place when Mrs. Wilson comes out with a strawberry tart. Dennis accepts and wolfs the tart down. Mr. Wilson comes out, and Dennis tells him the charm is working perfectly. Mr. Wilson soon steps on a bottle and rolls on it, crashing into an apple tree. This is when Dennis picks up an apple that fell from the tree. Margaret sees the charm, claims there's no such thing as a lucky charm, and tries to get it.

As Mr. Wilson gets back up, Dennis tells him he has to be careful on Friday the 13th, and gives him his nickel back. Mr. Wilson explains the nickel is plain and ordinary and has no magic to it. Margaret asks to have it, to which Mr. Wilson gives to her. Margaret is satisfied with the nickel until she bumps into Mrs. Grimly, who likes to sue people. Mrs. Grimly is glad to have bumped into Margaret, so she hands her 2 ballet tickets. Margaret knew just who to bring along to the ballet, much to Dennis' disgust.

Later, Margaret walks along when she sees a vicious dog tied up to a tree. When the dog breaks free to attack Margaret, Margaret sees a $5 bill, bends over to pick it up, and the dog misses her, landing in the dumpster. Mr. Wilson and Dennis saw in disbelief and Mr. Wilson believes that coin of his does bring good luck.

Mr. Wilson goes up to Margaret to ask for the nickel back, only to land in a manhole. A super bulky workman comes up with Mr. Wilson on his shoulders, and punches him into a trash can. Margaret, feeling sorry for Mr. Wilson, gives him the nickel back for $20. Margaret says "to think I was going to give it back to him for nothing!", and then walks off. Mr. Wilson, hearing Margaret's words, groans. Just as he gets out of the trash can, a black cat crosses his path.

Ruff then bumps into Mr. Wilson, sending him back down a manhole with the same super bulky workman, who throws him into a dumpster. Mr. Wilson, having had enough, gives the nickel to Dennis since it was bad luck. To make his day even unluckier, Al Wade phoned Mr. Wilson and offered to pay $100 for the nickel, much to Mr. Wilson's shock.

Dennis and Ruff are on their way home, with Dennis talking about how lucky Friday the 13th turned out for him. Unfortunately for him, Margaret comes up to him and asks him to take her to the ballet. Dennis and Ruff run away, with Margaret chasing after him, ordering him to come back.

Trivia

 * Shortly after getting tickets to the ballet, Margaret hums the theme tune to Inspector Gadget.
 * At the end of the episode, when Margaret chases after Dennis after asking him to take her to the ballet, the show's theme song plays in the background.