"Everyday I'm Riddlin' Riddlin'" is the first segment of the seventeenth episode of the Disney Channel animated series Kiff.
Synopsis[]
Kiff and Barry help a local bridge troll but discover he has some tricky riddles.
Plot[]
Kiff and Barry are biking through the Outskorts and chasing after a balloon with a note attached to it, but upon retrieving the note, they find that it is just a flyer for Rat's Hats and Mats. They are about to head back when they notice a troll under the bridge they are standing on. They expect the troll to give them a riddle, but he sadly says that he cannot according to troll rules, as they have already crossed the bridge. Pitying him since he receives no visitors in the Outskorts, Kiff and Barry take the troll, whom they name Trollie, to downtown Table Town, where he can give riddles to people crossing the town bridge.
In Table Town, Trollie spots Gram Gram about to cross the bridge and gives her a riddle: "I have a face and two hands, but no arms or legs. What am I?" She gives a logical answer – a clock – but he tells her that the correct answer is a worm with hands, then throws her into a nearby ditch for guessing incorrectly. As the day goes on, more people try to cross, but cannot get past Trollie because his riddles are unsolvable. Barry becomes frustrated, as rush hour is approaching and Mary needs to cross the bridge to get to work. A large, angry crowd eventually forms around the bridge. Kiff tells Trollie that he must leave, but he refuses to do so unless he himself is stumped by a riddle.
Kiff and Barry seek the help of the Table Town Riddler's Society – consisting of Glarbin, Miss Moufflé, Sweepy Steve and Principal Secretary – to come up with an unanswerable riddle, but despite their best efforts, Trollie manages to answer all their riddles. Taking inspiration from the situation itself, Kiff then creates a riddle whose premise involves a troll standing on a bridge and only letting people who can answer his riddles cross: "The riddles cannot be answered, but there's a way to get to the other side. What is it?" Trollie's answer is to build another bridge. Kiff declares that they have found the solution to their problem, but Glarbin says that when considering engineering and the burden the project would place on taxpayers, building another bridge is not a viable solution, and Trollie has thus answered the riddle incorrectly. Refusing to be stumped, Trollie quickly builds a second, identical bridge next to the existing bridge, and everyone crosses the new bridge. The old and new bridges are later respectively designated as the "riddling bridge" and the "regular bridge".
Cast[]
- Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
- H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns and Dan Hill
- Lucy Heavens as Helen
- Nic Smal as Principal Secretary and Kenny
- Steve Little as Glarbin Gloobin
- Kent Osborne as Sweepy Steve
- Aparna Nancherla as Ms. Moufflé
- Rhys Darby as Trollie
- ??? as Gram Gram
Songs[]
- "Brand New Crew"
- "Wings of a Riddle"
Trivia[]
- Opening Sponsor: Kenny's Kayaks
- This is the first episode to have a straight-to-episode transition after the title card.
- It is revealed in this episode that Principal Secretary, Glarbin Gloobin, Sweepy Steve, and Ms. Moufflé have their own group called "The Table Town Riddler's Society".
- The episode's title refers to Rick Ross's 2006 song "Hustlin'".
- Kiff and Barry say that they are "bringing Trollie back", parodying the titular line from the 2006 song "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake.
- The songs were left completely undubbed in the Cantonese dub, the Chinese Mandarin dub, and the Taiwanese Mandarin dub.
- The Riddling Society is a parody of 1980s television sitcoms. The line "soaring high on the wings of a riddle" in the song "Wings of a Riddle" is a reference to the line "standing tall on the wings of my dream" from "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now", the theme song for the sitcom Perfect Strangers.
- After Trollie finishes building the new bridge, a recreation of the chest-opening sound effect from the video game series The Legend of Zelda is heard. The same sound effect was previously heard in "Friendiversary".
Continuity[]
- This is the second time Ms. Moufflé has a speaking role, the first was "Club Book".
- Trollie joined The Table Town Riddler's Society, but in "I Like To Move It!", it was revealed that He got kicked out for "not caring about His weight".
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International Premieres[]
- October 21, 2023 (France & Monaco, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, Haiti, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna)
- January 30, 2024 (Belgium, Luxembourg)
- June 15, 2024 (Quebec)
- November 8, 2023 (Brazil & Latin America) (Disney+)
- April 2, 2024 (Brazil & Latin America) (Disney Channel)
- January 29, 2024 (Netherlands)
- March 10, 2024 (Japan)
- March 12, 2024 (Portugal, Angola, Mozambique)
- March 24, 2024 (Israel)
- March 26, 2024 (Spain & Andorra, Equatorial Guinea)
- May 14, 2024 (Bulgaria, Romania & Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Hungary)
- May 20, 2024 (Africa, Arab World, Greece & Cyprus, Baltic States, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)
- August 12, 2024 (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
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