Principal Dance Socks

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"**Principal Dance Socks**" is the eleventh episode of the first season of *Kiff*. It is a double-length special and serves as the twenty-first and twenty-second episode overall.

## Synopsis

Helen knits a pair of magical socks for Principal Secretary so he can beat a rival school's principal in a dance battle, but this newfound "talent" quickly goes to his head.

## Plot

Kiff and her Table Town Middle School classmates are on a field trip to Table Town Aquarium, chaperoned by Principal Secretary. Another class from the affluent prep school Tuft Pierre is also there, and throughout the day they use their wealth to receive special treatment at the aquarium, including being allowed to skip the line to get inside, getting to swim with dolphins, and reserving the entire front-row VIP section at a marine show. At the show, the Table Town Middle School students cannot see anything, as their view is obscured by a pillar, and when they try to move up front, they are insulted by the Tuft Pierre students.

Later, the Table Town Middle School students are petting animals at the petting pool, but the Tuft Pierre students arrive and pay to have the pool to themselves. Fed up, Kiff calls out the Tuft Pierre students for their snobbish behavior, and the students of both schools end up arguing over whose school is superior. The argument turns to the topic of who has the better principal; when one Tuft Pierre student mentions that their principal, Principal Swan, appeared on *Dancing on the Tables*, Kiff replies that Principal Secretary could easily outdance her. The students decide to settle their debate by having their principals compete in a dance-off.

Back at school, Kiff and her classmates see Principal Secretary in his office and tell him about the dance-off. He agrees to participate to defend the school's honor, but it becomes apparent that other than some basic steps he learned as a child, he has no dancing skills. Kiff explains the situation to Helen, a skilled dancer, and asks for her assistance. Helen, who loathes Principal Swan for having beaten her for the position of third alternate on *Dancing on the Tables* due to an unspecified "incident", agrees to help. She gives Kiff a pair of magical dance socks for Principal Secretary to wear.

Kiff returns to Principal Secretary's office with the socks, but Barry, feeling Principal Secretary needs a confidence boost, stops her from revealing that the socks are magical. Principal Secretary puts on the socks, while Helen stands outside and puts on two finger sleeves, allowing her to magically control his legs using her fingers. With Principal Secretary now a skilled dancer, he and his students meet Principal Swan and the Tuft Pierre students in an alley for the dance-off, while Helen hides in a nearby garbage can. Principal Swan dances impressively, but Principal Secretary, controlled by Helen, gives a far more spectacular performance and decisively wins the dance-off.

Refusing to accept their loss, the Tuft Pierre students announce that they will be planting a false cover story in the *Table Town Tribune*, which is owned by one of their parents, to make all of Table Town believe that Tuft Pierre won the dance-off. Just as all hope seems lost for Table Town Middle School, Candle says that they can foil Tuft Pierre's plan by telling the real story on *Dancing on the Tables*, which is produced by her father Roy. Principal Secretary sees Helen in the garbage can and greets her without acknowledging her help, which makes her realize that he thinks he is dancing unassisted. Kiff promises Helen that he will be told the truth.

On the set of *Dancing on the Tables*, Table Town Middle School is preparing to stage a musical telling the full story of the dance-off. Principal Secretary lets his confidence get to his head, leading an angry Helen to tell him that she is doing the actual dancing for him. When he refuses to believe her, Helen threatens to quit the production, so Kiff promises to acknowledge Helen's contribution after the musical is performed. During rehearsals, however, Principal Secretary continues acting arrogantly, so Helen convinces him of the truth by causing him to dance erratically. Backstage in their dressing room, Kiff manages to get the two to patch things up by reminding them of their common goal of defeating Tuft Pierre.

All of Table Town tunes into that night's episode of *Dancing on the Tables*. The musical goes well until the show broadcasts a pretaped interview with Principal Secretary in which he credits himself for his dancing skills, enraging Helen, who is unaware that he taped the interview before learning the truth. She sabotages his performance by causing him to flail uncontrollably and wreck the entire set. Kiff then admits to the audience that Table Town Middle School cheated in the dance-off. She sings a song about how she was foolish to have been so fixated on beating Tuft Pierre in the dance-off, when Table Town Middle School is already superior to Tuft Pierre in something far more important: having character and pride. Kiff's classmates, Principal Secretary and Helen join along in the song, and soon the live audience, as well as those watching on TV, are also singing along. Principal Swan, who is watching the performance on TV with her students, is likewise moved and announces that she is resigning as Tuft Pierre's principal. As the performance ends, Helen is recognized by security as "the witch from the incident" and chased offstage.

## Cast and characters

* Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
* H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns and Tuft Pierre Poodle
* Nic Smal as Principal Secretary, Timmy Table and Kenny
* Lucy Heavens as Helen
* Eric Bauza as Reggie, Roy Fox, Billiam and Tuft Pierre Duck
* Vella Lovell as Candle Fox and Tuft Pierre Horse
* Mary Mack as Renée du Bedat
* Nichole Sakura as Terri Buns
* Tom Kenny as Trevor Angstrom
* Brooke Dillman as Biker Lady

### Additional voices

* Lucy Heavens
* Vella Lovell
* Mary Mack
* H. Michael Croner
* Brooke Dillman
* Tom Kenny
* Eric Bauza

## Locations

* Table Town
	+ Table Town Aquarium
	+ Table Town Middle School
	+ *Dancing on the Tables* set
	+ Tuft Pierre
	+ Dusty Acres Retirement Home
	+ Bar
	+ Buns residence
	+ Chatterley residence
	+ Café Penguino
	+ Table Town Library
	+ The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse's mansion

## Songs

* "He's Still Dancing" – written by Brad Breeck and Max Patrick Lukens
* "Got Character" – written by Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens

## Trivia

* **Opening sponsor**: *Dancing on the Tables*
* The episode's title card references the 1983 film *Flashdance*, specifically the scene where the character Alex Owens performs a dance routine in which she sits on a chair as water pours over her.
* *Dancing on the Tables* is a parody of the dance competition TV series *Dancing with the Stars*. The *Dancing on the Tables* intro sequence parodies those of two other competition TV series, *America's Got Talent* and *American Idol*.
* This is the first double-length (22-minute) episode of the series.
* This episode was numbered as episode 10 (with "Hat"/"Lost and Found" being numbered as episode 11) in Africa, the Arab world, the Baltic states, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic & Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, Greece & Cyprus, Hungary, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania & Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia, and Sweden.

### Continuity

* It is revealed in this episode that Principal Secretary took dance lessons as a child, though his skills have since regressed; and that Helen and Principal Swan are "dance adversaries" who were in competition for a spot on *Dancing on the Tables*.

## Videos

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