Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck)’s Timeline and Summary
- Cameron stays home sick from school.
- Ferris calls and badgers him into coming over.
- Cameron impersonates Sloane's dad in order to get her out of school, too.
- Ferris convinces Cameron to steal his father's priceless Ferrari for the day.
- They pick up Sloane and drive into Chicago.
- Cameron protests, but lets Ferris leave the car with a shady parking lot attendant.
- Cameron and his friends visit Sears Tower, the Chicago Board of Trade, and a fancy restaurant called Chez Quis. Cameron repeatedly wants to go home.
- After lunch, Ferris's dad almost busts them.
- Cameron and his friends go to a Cubs game and the Art Institute of Chicago.
- They have another near-miss with Ferris's father, this time in a taxi.
- When Ferris disappears temporarily, Cameron thinks that Ferris went home just to spite him.
- After discovering that the parking attendant put 175 miles on the car, Cameron falls into a catatonic state.
- When he breaks out of it, he's had an epiphany: He's not going to be afraid of his dad anymore, and this is the best day of his life.
- Trying to take the miles off of the car, the kids accidentally crash the car into the woods, totaling it.
- Cameron declines Ferris's offer to take the heat for the car because he's ready to stand up to his dad.