In a high rise apartment building in downtown New York lives young Peter Hatcher and his family, which includes sensible Mom, goofball Dad, and worst of all, troublemaker Fudge! Their friend is goofy elevator operator Henry Bevelheim. At Peter's school, he hangs out with his friend Jimmy Fargo and his arch nemesis Sheila Tubman who's obsessed with teasing, bullying, being the boss, and cooties! The episodes of show show us what life is like living with Farley Drexel Hatcher a.k.a Fudge.