Kiya's Potluck

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## *Episode Guide*

— Kiya

"**Kiya's Potluck**" is the first segment of the third episode of the first season of ***Kiya & The Kimoja Heroes***. It is the fifth episode in the series overall, and is scheduled to premiere on March 24, 2023 on Disney Junior, alongside Musical Mash-Up.

## Plot

At Kiya's house, Kiya and her father are cooking for the potluck supper. Kiya tells him that she can't wait until Jay and Motsie arrive with their mothers-- Shandu and Marianne -- and Daddy Jo comments that they love potluck supper. But then, he notices that there's no spices left for the rice, so he asks Kiya to go to the market to find some of Bra Jabu's spice mix.

When Kiya boards the cable car, she notices MC Harmony, who is sad because her sister couldn't come to visit her, and Kiya then invites her to her potluck, and Harmony tells her she'll think about it. She leaves the cable car sadly. Kiya arrives at the market, where Bra Jabu calls her. Kiya tells him that she needs some of his spice mix, but Bra Jabu notices that Kiya feels dejected, and asks her what's wrong. She tells him that MC Harmony is sad, and she wants to cheer her up by inviting her to her potluck. Bra Jabu then tells her about the Golden Cassava, a legend that his mother used to tell him, a vegetable that was capable of making anyone happy in an instant. A curious Kiya asks Jabu where she could find it, and he reveals that no one has managed to find it in years, and that only by looking with "eagle eyes" within the bushes in the nature reserve after the rain, his mother would find the cassava. Excited, Kiya runs to tell her friends, but forgets to take the spices.

Meanwhile, in her lab, Haddy Collider is preparing a formula, but finds there's no water. She notices that Galactoslug used up all the water to take a shower, but then she has an idea.

At Head Quartz, Kiya tells Jay and Motsie about the Golden Cassava, and Motsie decides to check the Kimoja Archives to see if there is information about it. She finds that the cassava can only be found in hot, wet areas. Suddenly, the three hear the drums, and activate Crystal Eyes to see what happened: the water in the river is gone. Kiya, Motsie and Jay transform into the Kimoja Heroes and go to the river to investigate.

Down at Kiya's house, Gogo Flo also notices that there's no water, and tells Daddy Jo that without water, he won't prepare his special rice. Back at Haddy's lab, when Galactoslug had finished adjusting a set of large pipes, he notices that he needs to take a shower again. Haddy tells him that she couldn't stand Galactoslug using up all the water, flooding her lab, and covering everything in goop, so she presents him his new shower, which the slug thanks her for.

At the river area, Motsie sees that the machine is absorbing all the water in the river by means of large pipes, and that there are also bushes. Kiya remembers what Bra Jabu told her, and rushes there to see if she can find the Golden Cassava, but she doesn't notice that the giant machine has an alarm. Motsie advises Kiya to hide, but it's too late: the machine notices her and fires a laser. Jay tells her that they need to think of a plan to go unnoticed. Motsie interrupts, saying that she needs to deactivate its defense system. Kiya tries to find the cassava in a bush but is spotted by the machine, so Motsie gets her out safely. She tells her that they are on a mission right now, so she could look for the cassava later. Kiya tells the two to try to figure out how to turn the robot off while she distracts it, which they do Motsie scans the robot's circuits, but can't find an off button. While distracting the robot, Kiya notices something on the ground nearby, which she believes is the Golden Cassava. She pulls it off the ground, but sees it's just a regular cassava. Suddenly, the robot spots Kiya and activates the alarm. On her lab, Haddy activates the shower for Galactoslug, but there's no water coming out. From her telescope, Haddy sees that the Kimoja Heroes are interfering with her plan, so she goes to the river. Meanwhile, the robot attacks the three heroes, and has Motsie cornered, but Jay flies in to save her. However, they are caught by the robot's arms. Kiya manages to deactivate the robot with a Pirouette Pow, and they notice something on the ground-- the Golden Cassava, which Kiya plucks off the ground.

Just then, Haddy comes and sees her destroyed robot. Motsie asks Haddy why she would steal all the water in the river, and Haddy tells her that she needed it for Galactoslug's shower. A sad Galactoslug hits the machine with his brush, causing it to reboot itself. Kiya scolds Haddy for her selfish act of trying to take all the water in the city only for a single shower, but just then, the robot sucks Galactoslug in with one of its arms. Kiya tells Haddy to turn it off, but Haddy tells her that there's no off switch, but that Galactoslug loves water. As Haddy scolds the heroes, telling them that if they hadn't interfered, her plan might have worked, the robot sends Galactoslug through the pipes, and the three heroes try to stop him. Motsie tries to grab him with her Zip Tool, but the zip breaks. Jay tries to stop him with his Sound Buffer, but it is broken easily. Finally, Kiya uses her Power Baton to create Power Loops that stop the faucet, but it's still not enough. She then realizes that she can use the Golden Cassava. At first she hesitates, but then she manages to put the cassava inside the faucet, causing the pipe to burst open and release the water, sending Galactoslug flying, knocking down the robot and landing on Haddy. Kiya wonders if Galactoslug is okay, and an ecstatic Galactoslug is relieved that he's finally clean. Haddy and Galactoslug ride the river on their broken robot back to their lab.

At night, in Kiya's house, Kiya apologizes for being insistent on finding the Golden Cassava, not knowing that she put her friends in danger. But Motsie tells her it's okay, since she really wanted to cheer MC Harmony up. When they arrive at the terrace, she notices her father prepared his special rice, and Kiya soon realizes that she forgot to get Bra Jabu's spice mix. But Jabu tells her that he came along to the house with the spices and Jo invited him to stay. MC Harmony approaches Kiya and thanks her for inviting her to the potluck supper, saying that being surrounded by friends made her feel better, which also made Kiya happy. Finally, Kiya and MC Harmony danced together.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Kiya
* Jay
* Motsie

### Additional characters

* Daddy Jo
* MC Harmony
* Bra Jabu
* Haddy Collider
* Galactoslug
* Gogo Flo
* Mama Shandu (background)
* Marianne (background)

## References

1. ↑ Friday 3.24.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals