Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ka aroha a Mortimer Brewster, he kaituhi kua maha nei ana whakahē i te faaipoiporaa hei "whakaaro tawhito", ki a Elaine Harper, te tamahine a te minita i tupu ake i te taha o te whare e noho tata ana ki a ia. I te rā o Halloween, ka marenatia a Mortimer rāua ko Elaine. Ka haere a Elaine ki te whare o tona papa ki te korero ki tona papa me te kohikohi mo te marama honi ka hoki a Mortimer ki a Abby me Martha, nga kuia i whakatipu i a ia i te kaainga tawhito o te whanau. Ko te tuakana o Mortimer, ko Teddy, e whakapono ana ko ia a Theodore Roosevelt, e noho ana ki a raua. I nga wa katoa e eke ana a Teddy ki runga, ka karanga ia, "Kawenga!" ka eke ki te pikitanga o nga pikitanga, e whakaata ana i te kupu rongonui a Roosevelt
Ka whakaeke atu ki San Juan Hill.