After Chip Whistler demolished the buildings around the Greens' house to build a new Wholesome Foods store, Cricket must encourage his family to fight for what's right and save their home.
Remy is determined to be a martial arts warrior after freezing in the face of danger; Cricket's missing dirt jar prompts the story of when the Greens left their country farm.
When Big City faces a coffee bean shortage, Cricket and Gloria's boss, Ms. Cho, challenges them to retrieve one of a few remaining sacks of coffee. When the Greens' dog, Phoenix, runs away from home, the family sets out to find her.
Cricket is excited for his first Halloween in Big City, where he and Tilly expect to collect way more candy than they ever got trick-or-treating in the country, but a blood moon turns the farm animals into zombies, threatening their fun.
When Cricket gets snowed in at the Remingtons' on Christmas Eve, he attempts to recreate his family's Christmas Eve traditions in a virtual reality video game.