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"Nicknames" is the second segment of the twelfth episode of the Disney Channel animated series Kiff.

Synopsis[]

Kiff and Barry try to get nicknamed by a local movie theater ticket taker.

Plot[]

Kiff, Barry, and their friends are seeing the new Chubbles Wubbington movie Hot Mail, at the Table Town Mall movie theater. Kiff learns that the ticket taker, Nick Namé, is known to give moviegoers nicknames, but he does not do so for Kiff and Barry, offending Kiff. Still irritated about not having received a nickname, Kiff ends up being unable to focus on the movie and leaving early.

At Kiff's house, Kiff and Barry try thinking of nicknames for themselves, but Kiff cannot find one she likes. Barry points out that they have to leave for the theater soon as it is "almost showtime", inspiring Kiff to give herself the nickname "Showtime". Kiff and Barry arrive for another screening of Hot Mail and ask Nick to call them "Showtime" and "Brainstorm", but Nick tells them that nicknames must come naturally. As he explains this, he taunts Kiff by repeatedly addressing her as "Kiff", and even "Kiff Chatterley".

Later, Kiff walks out of the movie again to speak her mind to Nick, but she suddenly finds herself intimidated. Barry walks up to Nick and tells him it is wrong to selectively nickname people, which inspires Nick to nickname Barry "Mr. Guts". Flattered, Barry proceeds to adopt an obnoxiously self-confident personality, embracing the nickname to the point of no longer responding to his actual name. After seeing a poster for Karla the Amazing Hypnotist, Kiff devises a plan to hypnotize Nick into nicknaming her "Showtime". She asks Barry, Reggie, Renée and Candle to engage Nick in conversation and repeatedly mention the words "show", "time", and "Kiff", with the aim of conditioning Nick into forming a mental association between "Kiff" and "Showtime". However, this only succeeds in making Nick accidentally say "Kiff" instead of "showtime" when he receives a phone call inquiring about a movie's showtime.

Kiff gives up on trying to get Nick to nickname her and instead decides to launch a boycott of the theater. She gives a speech to the theater's customers telling them that a cozier theater with free admission and better snacks exists, which turns out to be her own house. The house becomes crowded with people, so Kiff explains the situation to Beryl. Beryl is confused as to why Kiff wants to be nicknamed so badly when "Kiff" itself is already a nickname. She then shows Kiff a document displaying Kiff's real name, which Kiff dislikes. Kiff admits that she wanted a nickname because she wanted to feel cool, to which Beryl replies that Kiff is already cool the way she is. Hearing this, Barry drops his "Mr. Guts" persona and decides that he wants to be known as Barry again.

On a later trip to the theater, Kiff proudly reveals to Nick that "Kiff" is already a nickname, while Barry laughs at Nick and nicknames him "Nick Na-Lame". Nick reveals that he has never received a nickname of his own and declares that he is finally "free", then flies away. The other moviegoers see this and head into the theater without presenting their tickets.

Cast[]

Song[]

  • "Nicknames"

Trivia[]

  • Opening Sponsor: Hot Mail.
    • The title of the movie itself references Microsoft's email service Hotmail (now called Outlook.com).
  • Nic Smal has stated that this episode was inspired by how he wanted to be nicknamed.
  • This episode reunites Kimiko Glenn and Danny Pudi, who also voice Lena Sabrewing and Huey Duck, respectively, in the DuckTales reboot.
  • It is revealed that Kiff's name is a nickname when she was a baby.
    • Beryl stated she and Martin called her that because of the sound of her toots she made when she was a baby.
  • The song was left completely undubbed in the Cantonese dub, the Chinese Mandarin dub, and the Taiwanese Mandarin dub.
    • The song was primarily storyboarded by Brett Muller, though the ending where Kiff pulls the electrical socket out was storyboarded by Adam Bohorquez.[1]
    • In the song, the nickname "Butterbean" is represented by a drawing of Kiff in boxing clothes, in reference to the boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch. Barry's "Big Dave" costume is based on Guy Fieri, while his "Young Shirley" costume is based on a young Shirley Temple.
  • In the storyboard phase, the episode originally included additional dialogue during the scene where Kiff and Barry try to nickname themselves:
Kiff: Ooh, I would like the letter Z to be in there somewhere, too. Zs are the bad boys of the alphabet.
Barry: Ooh, I got it! "Kiff". But... it's with one F instead of two. [Kiff shakes her head.] And a silent Z!
[...]
Barry: Oh, no! And we got to make our way back down to the movie theater, it's almost showtime!
Kiff: [gasps] Barry, that's it! That's my nickname!
Barry: "Make our way back down to the movie theater, it's almost showtime"?
Kiff: Yes, but... but we could shorten it to "Showtime". Show-time.
  • The fourth wall was broken after Kiff explained her plan to get a nickname, when Reggie asks when do they wear the suits, Kiff stated it was only for the montage.

Continuity[]

  • One of the movies showing in the cinema is Saul Snart 2: Snart Harder, the sequel to Saul Snart: Mole Cop from "Two for One Hot Dogs". The two Saul Snart movies are parodies of the 2009 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop and its 2015 sequel.
  • In the song, the nickname "Ace" is represented by a drawing of Kiff piloting the plane kiddie ride from "Kiff's on a Plane". The same kiddie ride is later seen in the theater lobby.

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Episodes
Season One: "Thirst to Be the First/The Fourth Bath" • "Pool Party/Road Trip" • "Brunch DJ/Career Day" • "The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse/Leave a Little Juice" • "Big Barry on Campus/Club Book" • "Kiff's Mix/Kiff's on a Plane" • "Farley/Two for One Hot Dogs" • "Halfway There Day/Be Still My Harp" • "Friendiversary/Totally Table Town" • "Hat/Lost and Found" • "Principal Dance Socks" • "Two Truths and a Bunny/Nicknames" • "The Sound of Helen/Weekly Grocery Shop" • "Friendship In The Time Of Cheese Caves/Soup Opera" • "Mall Leader/Ghost Wolf's Art" • "Fresh Outta Grandmas"/"Maybe-sitting" • "Everyday I'm Riddlin' Riddlin'"/"Life on the Inside" • "Weird Delivery"/"No Dad Ideas" • "Faculty Lounge"/"Personal Assistant" • "Trevor's Rockin' Halloween Bash" • "I Like To Move It!"/"Hive Got An Idea" • "You Can't Handle The Tooth"/"Blooper Quest" • "When You Mow, You Mow"/"Harry's Maturity Crisis" • "Silly Moods"/"Chatterley Vs. Chatterley" • "Hungee Squirrel"/"Foreverangees" • "Snow More Ketchup"/"Kiff and Barry Go To Prom" • "Kiff Is Good at Sports"/"Mushroommates" • "Principal Helen"/"Dial B for Butt" • "Fun Uncle Pat"/"Kiff Escape!" • "Beach Day"/"Sun's Out, Buns Out"
Season 1.5: "The Haunting Of Miss McGravy's House" • "Lore Of The Ring Light"
Characters
The Chatterley family: Kiff ChatterleyMartin ChatterleyBeryl Chatterley • Tom Chatterley • Rose Chatterley • Pat Chatterley
The Buns family: Barry Buns • Terri Buns • Harry Buns • Mary Buns • Kristophe Buns
The Fox family: Candle FoxRoy Fox
The Angstrom family: Trevor Angstrom • Mrs. Angstrom
The Wibbon family: Dilton Wibbon • Danny Wibbon
Helen's family: Helen • Agnes
Table Town Middle School students (Miss Deer Teacher's class): Reggie • Billiam • Renée du Bedat • Snekole • Darryn • Gareth • Patty
Table Town Middle School students (Mr. Ri'Peppa's class): Biff • Kim Popularé • Liz K. • Amira
Table Town Middle School students (Others): Lizette • L.E. • Rosso • Mav
Table Town Middle School staff: Miss Deer Teacher • Secretary Prince • Principal Secretary • Sweepy Steve • Miss Tulane • Mr. Ri'Peppa • Ms. Minty
Table Town High School students: Micheala Oats • Vanilla Tigner • Ben Bamboo • Kyle Lyon • Nick Namé
Table Town University staff: Dean Kim • Slent • Professor Lloyd
Table Town goverment: Glarbin Gloobin (Mayor of Table Town) • Ms. Mouffé (Head of the Table Town Library) • Professor Totsy (Head of the Table Town Science Lab) • Dr. Lyon (Head of the Table Town Hospital) • Rockwell
Chubbles Wubbington (one of the series' "shows-within-a-show"): Chubbles Wubbington • Evil Door
Smoldering Cove (one of the series' "shows-within-a-show"): Marlina Deena Turina • Giancarlo Monteforla • Chase • Mindy
Others: The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse (Nice Guy, Meathead, Bad Boy, Mystery Lad, Party Girl) • The Pone • Flam Bingo • Greg & Linda • Lady Jane Harness • The Left Brothers • Erica Von Ant • Dan Hill • Mr. Penguino • Gram Gram • Ben & Quinn Finn • Iris • Andrew • Bort Grig • Cheryl • Meryl • Deryl • Sergeant Hind • Wayne • Other Barry • Gayle • Sally & Bill • Beverly • Centaur Claus • Timmy Table • Ghost Wolf • Rat • Pawva Mugg • Rob Sadly • Principal Swan • Gerard • Kenny • Jean Claude • Gordon • Diane • Slimmy P. • Dante • Gladys • Miss Rogers • Lady Lorraine • Jill • Trollie • George Meredith Willows • Ms. Foodcake • The Turnino Boys Choir • Scarm Scarmely • Pete • Klon • Little Louis • Rad & Tippy • Cakie • Judge Judegy • Ma & Pa Saddle • Lance Contract • Roo • Cedric • Dennis • Donnie • Tony • Miss McGravy • Markus & Tarryn Plue • Diego & Tyler
Locations
Table Town: Chatterley residence • Buns residence • Fox mansion • Angstrom residence • Reggie's house • Helen's house • Agnes' house • Miss Deer Teacher's house • Secretary Prince's house • The Pone's house • The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse's mansion • Ghost Wolf's cave • Dante's house • Lady Lorraine's house • Miss McGravy's house • Table Town Middle School • Table Town High School • Table Town University • Table Town City Hall • Table Town Mayoral Council • Table Town Library • Table Town Science Lab • Table Town Airport • Table Town Pilot School • Table Town Carnival • Table Town Hospital • Table Town Gift Emporium • Table Town Park • Table Town Aquarium • Table Town Mall • Table Town Stadium • Table Town Auditorium • Table Town Steps • Table Town Museum • Mount Table • Bench Beach • Dooley's Feather Farm • Carlyle's Cars • World's 3rd Largest Tumbleweed • Café Penguino • Okay Will Donation Center • 7/24-7 • Rolltop Woods • Bort Grig's Carpet Emporium • Wish Wash • Dusty Acres Retirement Home • Slim Pickins • Rat's Hats and Mats • Pawva's Java • Rob Sadly's Mattresses • Tuft Pierre • Stork's Sporks • Darryl H Pizza • Cheese Caves • Serious Art Gallery • The Wall of Goat • The Outskorts • Ollie's Olive Emporium • The Cone Zone • Yee-Haw Boot Store • WeNuts • Rentley's Turtlenecks • T&GP's Trampoline Insurancees • Bonut's Donuts • Saddles • Foreverangees National Park • Sporty Mort's Sports Store • Pegasus Field • Partials Department Store • Bannister Beach
Others: The Agyeman Channel • Ottoman Flats • George Meredith Willows' mansion • Cocina Island
Songs
Kiff Theme Song • Kiff End Title Theme
Season One: Thirst to Be the First • The Singalong Song • We're Just Kids with a Calling • Thank You for Freeing Us • Flipped the Tables • BooHoo Wah Wah • We're Not Annoying on TV • High School Bunny • We're in High School Now • Carpet your World • She Didn't Get The Joke • Rage • It Don't Get Better Than This • Halfway There • Chains of Chain • Outta This Harp! • Totally Table Town • Bring a Thing • They Really Like Me • He's Still Dancing • Character and Pride • Abras • Nicknames • Do The Weekly Shop • The Ballad of Slimmy P. • Chunky Text • Most Fun I've Ever Had • You Can Do It At The Mall • We Are Goat • Brand New Crew • Wings of a Riddle • Opportunity's Here • Pack The House • Tell Us About Your Day • Bad Assistant • Party On, Scarm! • Sweet Compromise • Things • I Mow • Me Against The Universe • Gavel Groove • Hungee Medley • We're at the Prom • A Lotta Helen! • Never Going Back • Room to Rent • Right Here With You
Season 1.5: Creeping Closer • Show Them the Light
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