Nicknames

"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==
*Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
*H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns and Chubbles Wubbington
*James Monroe Iglehart as Martin Chatterley
*Lauren Ash as Beryl Chatterley
*Eric Bauza as Reggie
*Vella Lovell as Candle Fox
*Mary Mack as Renée du Bedat
*Tom Kenny as Trevor Angstrom and Gareth
*Danny Pudi as Nick Namé
*??? as Evil Door
==Song==
*"Nicknames"
==Trivia==
*Opening Sponsor: Hot Mail.
**The title of the movie itself references 's email service Hotmail (now called ).
*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.
**Coincidentally, Eric Bauza (Reggie's voice actor), Tom Kenny (Trevor and Gareth's voice actor), and James Monroe Iglehart (Martin's voice actor) also voice the Beagle Boys (as well as Grandpappy Beagle), Fethry Duck, and Taurus Bulba, respectively, in that show.
*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.Here's the Lil Song Sequence I'd done for the episode "Nicknames", the first and only song I'd done for Kiff Season 1! @DeadlyComics helped out big time on this and added the gag at the end where Kiff pulls the plug on the music.
**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 and its 2015 .
*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.
==Gallery==
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==International premieres==
*June 14, 2023 (South Korea; Disney+)
*June 28, 2023 (Australia and New Zealand; Disney+)
*August 16, 2023 (Brazil and Latin America; Disney+)
**January 11, 2024 (Brazil and Latin America; Disney Channel)
*October 1, 2023 (France, Monaco, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, Haiti, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre, Miquelon, Wallis, and Futuna)
**January 23, 2024 (Belgium and Luxembourg)
**May 11, 2024 (Quebec)
*October 17, 2023 (Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Hungary)
*November 6, 2023 (Portugal, Spain & Andorra, Angola, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea)
*December 25, 2023 (Israel)
*January 22, 2024 (Netherlands)
*January 27, 2024 (Japan)
*May 14, 2024 (Africa, Arab World, Greece & Cyprus, Baltic States, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)
*July 16, 2024 (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Kiff episodes