Agency:.Co-produced by Savoury Productions and the NFB with the financial participation of Dairy Farmers of Canada. Study guide available.

Director, Sheila Murphy ; producer, Michael Hendricks, Tamara Lynch ; executive producer, Isobel Marks ; script, Sylvain Guy ; photography, Rénald Bellemare ; sound, Hans Oomes ; editing, Glenn Berman, Michèle Hozer ; sound editing, André Chaput ; re-recording, Louis Hone ; animation, Dominique Normand ; music, Neil Smolar.

Cast, Ian Lagarde, Kim Lambert, Iannicko N'Doua Légaré, Dany Savard, Marie-Josée Tremblay, Lynne Adams, Raymond Desmarteau, Pierre Lenoir, Linda Sauvé, Linda Sorgini.

Recorded 1995.

Isabel is determined to go on a diet. Bruce and Melanie can't understand their attraction for each other. Jake spends hours in front of the mirror trying to achieve the right look, while Patrick is so grown up he is already a businessman. Enter Detective Stark, and the hunt for the Painfully Pugnacious Prickley Problem--puberty--is on. With help from his assistant Levert and intrepid biologist Fritz, he tracks down the syndrome. A hilarious send-up of detective movies, science-information shows and almost every other genre you can think of, the film cajoles, informs and inspires. A film for any teen who ever grew an inch.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Silver Apple Award, 1997

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).