Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family.
Chicklet is a sixteen-year old tomboy who\'s desperate to be part of the in-crowd of Malibu beach surfers. She\'s the typical American girl - except for one little problem: her personality is split into more slices than a pepperoni pizza.