HERBIE GOES BANANAS begins in Puerto Vallarta, where two young Americans, D.J. and Pete, are picking up a gift car, which turns out, of course, to be Herbie, the Volkswagen Bug who can think -- and drive -- for himself. Before they know it, they're dealing with Paco, a young pickpocket, and he's dealing with three creepy guys planning to steal the treasures from an Inca ruin. Soon everyone ends up on a cruise ship, captained by Harvey Korman, who is quite funny regaling the passengers with his tales (and dreams) of pirates and the glorious past of the sea. Cloris Leachman is also on board as Aunt Louise, along with her pretty niece Melissa. D.J. and Pete want to enter Herbie in a race, Aunt Louise agrees to help them, and from that point it's pretty much pure mayhem. There's one emotional scene when the captain has Herbie thrown overboard for making trouble on the ship, but of course all ends well.