Kiff Is Good at Sports

"Kiff Is Good at Sports" is the first segment of the twenty-seventh episode of the Disney Channel animated series Kiff.
==Synopsis==
Kiff discovers a hidden talent and finds out she is good at sports.
==Plot==
At school, Kiff signs herself and Barry up for discus, thinking that they will be joining a club dedicated to having discussions. Upon visiting the sports field for their first discus meeting, the two learn that discus is actually a sport and decide to quit. Before leaving, Kiff throws back a discus, which travels an impressive distance and lands atop a tree. Seeing that Kiff is a natural at the sport, Principal Secretary, the coach of the track and field team, shows Kiff that Table Town Middle School has never won a sports trophy and convinces her to remain with the team, with Barry also staying despite his lack of sporting talent. At her first track meet, Kiff wins her school their first trophy with her discus skills and becomes famous around Table Town, but she soon grows tired of her fame.
During a school pep rally, Principal Secretary unveils an expensive new trophy case and a commemorative statue of Kiff, who he believes will finally lead Table Town Middle School to victory against Tuft Pierre at their next track meet, where a much bigger trophy will be awarded. Preoccupied with sports, Kiff forgets to do her book report on B.O. Wulf and fails to submit it in class on the day of the track meet. However, Miss Deer Teacher intends to give Kiff an A grade anyway, telling Kiff that Principal Secretary has exempted her from the assignment due to her athleticism. Feeling that sports have gotten in the way of her academics, Kiff tells Principal Secretary that she is quitting the team and will not be competing that evening, despite his offer to give her more As.
Kiff sits in the bleachers and reads her copy of B.O. Wulf during the track meet. Table Town Middle School and Tuft Pierre eventually end up in a 9–9 tie, with the deciding event being the discus contest. With Kiff unavailable and everyone else on the team having already competed, Principal Secretary has no choice but to send Barry to play. Meanwhile, Tuft Pierre have paid an adult discus champion to compete for them, despite the track meet being intended for juvenile athletes.
After a cheerleading intermission by Helen, Barry feels motivated to compete, only to find himself unable to even lift the discus. Kiff finally rejoins the team on the condition that she be given an F grade for her book report. She scores the final point to win the track meet for Table Town Middle School, then decides to walk away from sports altogether. The trophy is displayed in the school hallway the next day, to Principal Secretary's satisfaction.
==Cast==
*Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
*H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns and Tuft Pierre Poodle
*Mary Mack as Renée du Bedat
*Eric Bauza as Reggie, Billiam, Mr. Ri'Peppa, and Tuft Pierre Duck
*Vella Lovell as Tuft Pierre Horse
*Kent Osborne as Mav
*Deedee Magno Hall as Miss Deer Teacher
*Nic Smal as Principal Secretary and Timmy Table
*Lucy Heavens as Helen
==Song==
*"A Lotta Helen!"
==Trivia==
*Opening Sponsor: We Won! Trophy Cases.
*This is the first episode to air in 2024.
*This episode was originally going to be numbered as Episode 27B, while "Mushroommates" was originally going to be numbered as Episode 27A.
*A parody of the theme from the 1981 sports drama film Chariots of Fire plays throughout the episode.
*A drawing of Kiff in the style of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man is shown. The text on the drawing's upper left side reads "Scriurus carolinesis", a modification of "Sciurus carolinensis", the binomial name for the eastern gray squirrel.
*The new trophy case that Principal Secretary purchases is called "The 'We Are the Champions' Case", referencing the 1977 song "We Are the Champions" by Queen.
*B.O. Wolf is a parody of the epic poem Beowulf.
*The statue of Kiff is based on the Discobolus by Myron.
===Continuity===
*The Tuft Pierre students from "Principal Dance Socks" make a return in this episode.
*Marching band versions of the songs "We're Just Kids with a Calling" (from "Brunch DJ") and "Chunky Text" (from "Friendship In The Time Of Cheese Caves") are heard at the track meets.
*After flying off into the sky at the end of "Weekly Grocery Shop", the Slimmy P. statue is seen floating in outer space, still on its skateboard. A brief snippet of the song "The Ballad of Slimmy P.", from the same episode, is heard when the statue appears.
*The theme song of Kiff is heard when Kiff throws the discuss.
*Mav makes a reappearance since "Life on the Inside", having being on the sports team after taking Kiff's words to take schooling more seriously.
==Gallery==
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==International premieres==
*May 20, 2024 (France & Monaco, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, Haiti, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna)
**August 24, 2024 (Quebec)
*May 28, 2024 (Bulgaria, Romania & Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Hungary)
*July 16, 2024 (Africa, Arab World, Greece & Cyprus, Baltic States, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)
*July 17, 2024 (Brazil & Latin America) (Disney+)
*August 5, 2024 (Israel)
*September 15, 2024 (Japan)
==External links==
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Category:Kiff episodes