Dadaping, the Smart One

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## Dadaping, the Smart One

* English
* Korean

## Broadcast

### Air date

April 9th, 2020

**"Dadaping, the Smart One"** is the fourth episode of Catch! Teenieping. It introduces Dadaping.

## Synopsis

*Romi wants to get Nile to stop playing video games to help her finish a group project. But when Dadaping — the smartest Royal Teenieping of the Emotion Kingdom* *- steps in, he starts to act really strange!*

## Summary

### Major events

* Dadaping is introduced and joins Romi.
* The Secret Chamber is revealed for the first time.
* The cause of the Teeniepings arriving on Earth, as well as Romi's mission in Season 1, is revealed.

### Magic used

* Romi: transformed into Princess Heart, shut down Nile's house's electricity, fought Dadaping.
* Dadaping: sent flying objects at Heartsping and Princess Heart, made Nile act very disciplined.

## Plot

At school, the students of Mr. Dayne's class all have to present what they want to be when they grow up. Maya wants to be a reporter, and Marylou wants to be a snowboarder. Afterward, Romi is selected to present next, but she can't. Her partner Nile isn't present. Per Mr. Dayne's request, she goes to check on him; Lena, Hani & Cindy mock her for not presenting anything.

Romi arrives at Nile's house, but sees that no one is home. When she arrives to Nile's bedroom, she finds that he's playing video games, and his room is a mess! He tells Romi that he has to keep playing his game, otherwise he'll drop a rank, and he scolds Romi telling her she can do the project on her own.

Angered by this, Romi transforms into Princess Heart. Nile, not knowing who she is, is told that she knows Romi and tells him playing video games for so much time is bad for him. She uses her Teenie Heart Wing Staff to cast her magic, and she shuts down the electricity in Nile's house. Incensed, Nile pushes Princess Heart out of his house, but a letter drops to the floor from his mailbox.

At the playground, Romi & Heartsping read the letter sent to Nile. It's from his parents, and they're on a business trip! Romi & Heartsping realize Nile must have been lonely, and has been playing video games to cope. Just as they try to figure something out, Romi's Teenieping Alert rings and a Teenieping is seen racing in the bushes. It pops out, and tearfully lands into Romi's hands: it's Dadaping, who's happy to finally meet her!

The scene then cuts to the Emotion Kingdom, as Romi reveals that one day, along with Heartsping, she noticed mysterious signals coming from inside. One of the orbs holding the Gate Cubes closed had been glowing, and upon touching it, an explosion occurs causing a portal appeared, breaking apart the massive Gate Cube structure and sending the Gate Cubes carrying all of the Teeniepings down to Earth. She was able to rescue Heartsping in the chaos of it all, and was sent to Earth to catch the Teeniepings that were sent there by mistake.

Dadaping is proud to be safe from the mess of it all, even though Heartsping noticed he was crying as popped out of the bushes. He uses his Tinkle Puff to launch an X that shuts her mouth. Dadaping then reveals that he heard Romi's problem with Nile and quickly decides to help her out, and he rushes out of the scene. Heartsping remarks that Dadaping is very smart, but he never understands many of the situations he gets into.

The next morning, Jun calls on Romi, and she sees that Nile has arrived to the bakery early and is ready to study. She assumes it's thanks to Dadaping's magic, that makes people act disciplined. In the midst of their studying, however, Nile starts to eat breakfast and says that they have to leave in thirty minutes to avoid a road closing or a traffic jam. Romi is confused by this...

At school, the students are playing baseball. Marylou is at bat and hits it way far out to the field, and past Nile who's taking a break! Nile says it's important for him to get some rest, to the chagrin of Lena, and to the pleasure of Dadaping. Romi & Heartsping, though, immediately know something is up, so they meet at the library.

Romi tells Dadaping to stop the effects of his magic since Nile's lifestyle is coming to the detriment of other people. Dadaping is angry about this since he's simply doing what Romi asked of him. Heartsping asks him not to be upset, but Dadaping admonishes Romi for ignoring the need to be disciplined as a princess, and he attacks her with his magic! This forces Romi to transform into Princess Heart with Heartsping.

Romi tries to block Dadaping's magic with her Teenie Heart Wing Staff and she is chased around the aisles of books. Heartsping tries to tell them to stop fighting since it won't solve anything, but they ignore her! Just as Romi and Dadaping's magic collide, Heartsping jumps in to stop the both of them, knocking her out! Romi & Dadaping stop their fighting to check up on her, but she's alright, as long as the two of them stop fighting! Dadaping apologizes for his actions.

At school, Romi is approached by Nile who seems a lot more refreshed now. He reveals that he did play video games like he used to, but still maintained his discipline and now can do his work before he wants to play video games, to Romi's relief. And it's all thanks to Dadaping's magic.

## Characters

### Major

* Romi / Princess Heart: went to Nile's house and learned about his problem, fought against Dadaping.
* Heartsping: joined Romi at school, sacrificed herself in the fight with Dadaping.
* Dadaping: encountered Romi, used his magic on Nile, fought against Princess Heart.
* Nile: played video games to the anger of Romi, started a very disciplined lifestyle because of Dadaping's magic, told Romi he went back to his original ways, but is more disciplined.

### Minor

* Maya & Marylou: briefly presented their future careers project.
* Mr. Dayne: asked Romi to go check on Nile after school.
* Lena, Cindy & Hani: mocked Romi for not being able to present her project.
* Jun: called on Romi when Nile came in the bakery.

### Background

* Romi's classmates: appeared at school.
* Ian & Kyle: seen working in the bakery in the morning.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode where Romi encounters a Royal Teenieping besides Heartsping.
* This is the first episode where Romi doesn't catch a Teenieping; Dadaping chooses to join Romi on her mission to catch the other Teeniepings.
	+ This also occurs with Welcome, Dear Hope!, with Chachaping joining Romi without being caught.
* This is the first episode where Romi's backstory is revealed, and where the Emotion Kingdom is introduced as an important setting.
* The design of Nile's house is reused in "Let’s Sing with Joy," but for Dua. The entrance is the same as well as the exterior; the only difference being the roof's color.
* If you look closely at Nile's game, it looks like a knight combat game. He also hints that he is playing a tournament, so this game might also reference CS:GO, but with knights and swords instead of wars and guns.
	+ In this very game, the playable characters are actually characters from Monkart, another series made by SAMG Entertainment.

## Errors

* In the ending card of the episode, Dadaping appears without eyelashes.