Grogan (Kevin Heffernan) and Matt (Paul Soter) were caught stealing food in the university cafeteria, but Felix (Steve Lemme) calmly climbed out of the back window and escaped. Later, at a party with his friend Zack (played by Jay Chandrasekhar), Felix saw Susanna (played by Karen Butler) and was immediately captivated. But not only did Susanna let her boyfriend Traci (played by Jamison Selby) wander around nearby, but it also turned out that she defended Felix's idiot friends in the lawsuit filed by the school. As if it wasn't troublesome enough, she also tried to make them hand over their unknown accomplices. Zack has his own romantic issues. He got a beautiful woman's phone number, but she missed a number. He was too shy to approach her again and had to dial the wrong number for several hours. Meanwhile, Suzanne's friend Emily (played by Alison Clapp) is being chased by the quirky campus mailroom worker Freaky Reaky (played by Erik Stolhanske). Puddle Cruiser "is the first feature film produced independently by Broken Lizard, a comedy group derived from Colgate University. This movie was popular at several film festivals, including the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, but could not find a distributor. The theater troupe brought this movie to an innovative national university tour, sold tickets, and established a good reputation.