Popular high school senior Ferris Bueller skips school by fooling his parents into thinking he is sick. He persuades his depressive best friend Cameron Frye to join him. Ferris coaxes Cameron into taking his father's prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder convertible out for a spin. Sympathy spreads throughout school and the community for Ferris' faked illness, as he is wildly popular among the community and the students, inspiring a campaign to "Save Ferris". His absence is called into question by his suspicious sister Jeanie and the school's principal, Edward Rooney, who believes Ferris is truant, which he contends jeopardizes his ability to effectively govern the student body.