Perfect Strangers Fan Fiction Archive


"Bathing Suit Bingo" (1/1)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Between the 4th & 5th Seasons.
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Summary: Larry gets teased about his new bathing suit at the community pool when he won't come out of the water.

"The Cat's In The Cradle" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 2nd Season.
Genre: Comedy.
Rating: G
Summary: Balki gets a cat for a pet, but Larry objects.

"The Crimson Eagle" (7/7)
Written by: Emma
Cannon: Set between the 3rd and 4th seasons, shortly after "You've Got to Have Friends."
Genre: Action/Adventure/Spoof
Rating: PG-13 (violence, sexual references, language)
Summary: Balki tells Larry and the girls this parody of swashbuckling action tales to cheer up his cousin after an accident.

"Christmas Spirit" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 3rd Season.
Genre: Holiday--"Its A Wonderful Life" Rip/Angst/Kleenex.
Rating: G
Summary: Ever wonder why Larry's attitude about Christmas with his family changed (ie: not able to get to Madison, to spending it in Chicago with friends)? Wonder no longer.

"Cookies"
Written By: Emma
Cannon: 2nd Season.
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Summary: Larry and Balki try to stop eating the tempting batch of cookies Larry baked before they get tummy aches.

"Dancing In The Dark" (1/?)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: 5th Season.
Genre: Comedy.
Rating: G
Summary: Larry panics about his limited dancing ability after he and Balki are invited to the Chronicle's annual ball, so he enrolls himself, his cousin, and their girlfriends in a ballroom dance class.

"Displaced" (3/?)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 1987.
Genre: Comedy/Crossover/Time Travel.
Rating: G
Summary: Crossover fic with the cast of Laverne & Shirley. The girls go 30 years into the future, thanks to Lenny & Squiggy, so Larry & Balki help them figure out how to get back to 1957. Unfortunately, things don't go as well as everyone hopes.

"Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Appleton"
Written By: Emma & Lauren
Cannon: 3rd Season.
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Summary: Balki gives Larry the Myposian Calming Potion after he hyperventilates over a new assignment at the Chronicle, but it has interesting and adverse side-effects on Larry...

Fairy Tales Series (3/6)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Between the 3rd & 4th seasons.
Genre: Fairy Tale.
Rating: G
Synopsis: The Perfect Strangers characters appear in four classic fairy tales.

"Family" (1/1)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Set the night after "Knock Knock, Who's There?"
Genre: Vignette.
Rating: G
Summary: Balki recalls his difficult journey to America and why he left Mypos.

"Family" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: Directly after the pilot episode "Knock, Knock, Who's There?".
Genre: Vignette.
Rating: G
Summary: Based on Emma's "Family" fic. This is written from Larry's POV.

"Father Figure"
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Set during the 7th season episode "Citizenship, Part II."
Rated G.
Genre: Drama.
Summary: Larry asks Balki about his father while on Mypos.

"First Impressions" (1/1)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Set directly after the 2nd season episode "Hunks Like Us".
Genre: Vignette/Comedy.
Rating: G
Summary: Jennifer & Mary Anne’s impressions of the guys after their first date.

"For Want Of A Diary" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: Set during "Since I Lost My Baby".
Genre: Comedy/Vignette/POV.
Rating: G
Summary: What would you do if someone read your diary? Write about it, of course.

"For Whom The Gun Tolls" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 3rd Season.
Genre: Drama/Angst (with a side of Comedy).
Rating: PG
Summary: Loosely based on the episodes "Can I Get A Witness?" & "Dog Day Afternoon".

"Friendship" (1/1)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Set after "Your Cheatin' Heart."
Genre: Vignette.
Rating: G
Summary: Larry reflects on how important Balki's friendship is to him.

"The Garden"(1/1)
Written by: Lauren
Cannon: 7th season, set shortly after the quartet moves into the new house.
Genre: Comedy.
Rating: G
Summary: The guys start a garden. Chaos ensues.

"Glory" (1/1)
Written By: Missy & archived with her permission.
Cannon: From where the series ended.
Genre: Drama/Remembrance/Kleenex.
Rating: G
Summary: Balki discovers what it is to be free after 9/11.

"Hair Today..." (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 3rd Season.
Genre: Comedy.
Rating: G
Summary: Larry thinks he's losing his hair, so Balki offers the Mypos Hair Tonic.

"A Hero For Mypos’s Sake" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: One year after "Vice King", approximately the end of the 3rd season.
Genre: Comedy/Action.
Rating: PG
Summary: Like any good villain, Eriki returns. King Ferdinand calls on Balki & Larry to help get Eriki removed from Sceptosian power.

"How Deep Is The Ocean, How Long Is The Plank?" (2/2)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Set after "New Kid On The Block".
Genre: Comedy/Adventure (Swashbuckler, Satire/Homage/Spoof).
Rating: PG (mild violence)
Summary: Larry and Balki tell Tess a pirate story in order to get her to go to bed.

"Kite Dreaming"
Written By: Emma
Cannon: 4th Season.
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Summary: Balki and Larry try to get their kite in the air during a picnic in the park, much to the amusement of their girlfriends.

"Like Cousin, Like Friend"
Written By: Emma
Cannon: 2nd Season.
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Summary: Balki and Larry switch bodies and voices on Halloween, thanks to a Myposian gypsy witch's spell.

"Little Black Cloud & Silver Lightning" (2/?)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 2nd Season.
Genre: Comedy/Drama.
Rating: PG
Summary: Balki befriends a girl who ends up taking a liking to Larry.

"The Little Goat Herder" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: Post-series, about three years after the finale.
Genre: Comedy / Slice of Life.
Rating: G
Summary: Jennifer & Mary Anne have run out of stories to tell the boys at bed time & let Balki tell a story. He recalls his "Little Goat Herder" story, but in greater detail.

"Love" (1/1)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Set after "Or Get Off The Pot".
Genre: Vignette.
Rating: G
Summary: Mary Anne thinks about Balki, their relationship, and her decision.

"Loyalty" (1/1)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: Set after the series finale.
Genre: Vignette.
Rating: G
Summary: Jennifer reminices about her relationship with Larry and Mary Anne and why, despite both's failings, she's stuck by them.

"Luck Be A Lady" (3/3)
Written By: Emma
Cannon: 3rd season.
Genre: Comedy/Adventure/Mystery.
Rating: PG (language and violence)
Summary: Jennifer and Mary Anne get more than they bargained for on a trip to New York City.

"My Boyfriend's Back"(1/1)
Written by: Lauren
Cannon: Mid-4th season.
Genre: Slice of Life/Flashback.
Rating: G
Summary: Larry's back goes out after helping the girls move some furniture.

"Stuffed" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: Set the day after the end of "Happy Birthday".
Genre: Vignette/Comedy/"Awe!".
Rating: G
Summary: Balki buys Larry a last minute birthday present.

"The Toad & Sheep Show" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 4th Season.
Genre: Comedy.
Rating: PG (an adult concept, but nothing bad)
Summary: Mr. Gorpley tricks Balki into thinking that he and Larry would be helping at a party to raise money. Larry & Balki soon learn who the money is really going to... & exactly what Gorpley had in mind for them to do to get the money.

"The Unamusement Park" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: Early 4th season.
Genre: General/Comfort.
Rating: PG
Summary: The quartet takes a trip to an amusment park, but things don't go as planned when one of them gets sick.

Untitled (1/?)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: General/popular.
Genre: Crossover/Comedy/Romance.
Rating: G
Summary: AKA "Missy's B'day Fic" Who would've thought that Larry & Shirley would hit it off? Especially when Larry finds out he's related to someone close to Shirley! Just what happens to the relationship...?

Untitled (1/?)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: 6th Season.
Genre: Comedy/Spoof.
Rating: PG (just to be safe)
Summary: Spoof of the movie "Bare Essentials" (see my page for images & sounds, & check out us.imdb.com for a summary & cast list.

"Vice King" (1/1)
Written By: Lauren
Cannon: Few weeks after the “Snow Way To Treat A Lady” two-parter.
Genre: Comedy/Action/Drama... all of the above.
Rating: PG
Summary: Balki once said that he was 986th in line to the throne of Mypos. Add to this one evil villain, stir, & let stand until the fun begins.

"Witching Woman"
Written By: Emma
Cannon: 7th Season.
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Summary: Frustrated with Larry's complaints and the monotony of housework, Jennifer wishes that she could just twitch her nose and make it all go away, like Samantha on the TV show Betwitched...and dreams she can after watching an episode.

"The World According to Dimitri"
Written By: Emma
Cannon: 7th Season.
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Summary: Perfect Strangers from the point of view of Dimitri, Balki's beloved stuffed sheep.