Dancing Disaster

**"Dancing Disaster"** is the third episode of the first series of *Kindi Kids*.

## Plot

The Kindi Kids are testing out their dance moves, but Marsha Mello is having a tough time - she can't stop tripping on her own feet!

## Synopsis

Marsha Mello comes to school late to find the other Kindi Kids playing “Dance Tag,” a game where they have to dance around to tag other people. Marsha Mello tries dancing too, but unfortunately, she can’t dance. After an argument with the other Kindi Kids about what type of dance she can do, Marsha Mello realizes from Bunny Cart that she can find her own way to dance, where she gets inspired by after a kickoff game with the Shopkins. Then, Marsha Mello joins in with the other three girls as they dance.

## Cast

* Riley Vuong as Jessicake
* Milan Kats as Marsha Mello
* Princess K. Mapp as Donatina
* Ella Gorcie as Peppa-Mint
* Elizabeth Simmons as Mrs. R. Bow
* Valerie Schrementi as Bunny Cart
* Danielle McRae as Beary Chill
* Amber Connor as Shelly
* Mariel Sheets as Yolka

Apple Blossom, Buncho Bananas, Kitty Scale, Cake Pop, Cereal, Kitty Scanner, Kitty Cash Register, Kitty Basket, Orange Juice, Babycino, Jam, Cupcake, Sprinkle Shaker and Ice Cream Sundae have no lines in this episode.

## Music

 **‣** Wide Right (a) - Galileo Seven, Marvin Strait, Dre Zagman *[Title card]*

 **‣** Ooh La La! (A) - Laurence Cottle *[Opening]*

 **‣** Traffic Jam - Herve Pouliquen *[Flashback to Beary Chill's kids trying to help her feel better]*

 **‣** Extreme Measures - William Brown, Mikael Sandgren *[Beary Chill continues sneaking into the school]*

 **‣** ? *[Beary Chill pretends to be a weatherman]*

 **‣** ? *[Cindy Pops on the phone]*

 **‣** Extreme Measures - William Brown, Mikael Sandgren *[Beary Chill sneaking into her room]*

 **‣** Bend Game - David Inlander *[Beary Chill sneaks her way downstairs]*

 **‣** ? *[Beary Chill's kids found out she's being picked on]*

 **‣** ? *[Beary Chill pretends to be a weatherman again]*

 **‣** Expectant Stab - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin *[Marsha Mello saying what she'll do to the bully]*

 **‣** Emergency Force - Richard Birdsall *[Kidnado]*

 **‣** Step Out - David Lowe *[Beary Chill's kids cheer her on as she goes to kiss the girl]*

 **‣** Bend Game - David Inlander *[Beary Chill comes back in with a black eye]*

 **‣** ? *["No more meddling!"]*

 **‣** Cash is King - Thomas Farnon *[Beary Chill back in her room]*

 **‣** ? *["Sorry, Lame-O. Here's my number. Text me."]*

## Trivia

* Mrs. R. Bow and The Friendship Chair's voices are heard telling Beary Chill to take out the trash, making this episode their first appearance (albeit off-camera).
* During Beary Chill's bad day at school, the kids who point and laugh at her expense all have five fingers, while all the other characters only have four. Four fingered hands are easier to draw on characters, so it is unknown if the five fingers on the other kids were intentional, or an animation error.
* In this episode, it's revealed that all ten of Beary Chill's kids tend to be overprotective of her, especially when it comes to someone bullying her.
	+ In addition, her kids also really care about her love life.
* The flashback to the kids taking care of Beary Chill over her paper cut was used in an early promo for the show.
* The scene where Beary Chill gets punched in the eye by Tiara Sparkles was reused in "White Hare".
	+ Relating to the scene, when the girls cringe at Beary Chill being punched for her kiss, Donatina can be seen smiling at Beary Chill's expense.
* **Irony:**
	+ **Possible:** When Cindy Pops was talking on the phone, she mentions cargo shorts are the worst thing she has ever heard, despite the fact that she wears cargo shorts herself.
		- She *could* however be referring to specifically wearing cargo shorts on a date.
	+ When Beary Chill grabs the empty jar of peanut butter from the refrigerator, Beary Chill expresses her anger at other family members for putting away empty containers, before ironically putting away the empty jar.
	+ Cindy Pops said if a girl is picking on Beary Chill, then that means she likes her, despite the fact that she was then the first sibling with dating experience.
	+ **Possible:** The kids kept telling about how they will protect Beary Chill from her bully, but when they saw the bully actually hitting her, they did not intervene.
		- It's possible her kids were displaying these tactic to protect Beary Chill from a *male* bully but completely ditched them upon learning that the bully is *female*.

## References

* ***Dancing Disaster*** - The title of this episode is a pun on "heavy metal," a subgenre of rock music.
* ***Patch Adams*** - In the flashback, Rainbow Kate is dressed as this late Robin Williams' character.
* ***National Weather Service*** - Beary Chill's weather statements are "sourced" from this federal agency.
* ***Rodney Dangerfield*** - Rainbow Kate's joke "You're so ugly, you have to trick-or-treat over the phone" borrows from two lines of his 1983 song "Rappin' Rodney": "I was an ugly kid, always alone. Halloween I had to trick-or-treat over the phone," marking the only dialogue-based song reference not done by Kitty Scanner.

## Errors

* When Bunny Cart is wearing the trash lid on her head, claiming that they should wear them at Beary Chill's wedding, her sunglasses are missing, but in the next shot when she and the other kids are looking out the window, her sunglasses are back.
* When Pickup Pup says "They know more about these things than we do," the closed-captions spell "than" as "then."
* As Beary Chill interacted with Apple Blossom, Bun-Bun is in the background along with her other toys. Later on, Bun-Bun is in Beary Chill's room.
* When Beary Chill and Pickup Pup were walking home from school, Pickup Pup had a chipped tooth.
* When Beary Chill meets up with Rainbow Kate before going upstairs to cut the gum out of her hair, her braces keep flashing between being their regular color, and the color of her teeth.
* When Bunny Cart encounters Beary Chill while she's taking out the garbage, there is a baseball on the ground, and the red stitch line goes outside of the ball itself.
* When the kids first come into Beary Chill's room after hearing about the bully, Kitty Scanner is holding Apple Blossom, but later when they hear the news of the bully being a girl, Bunny Cart is holding Apple Blossom, and when the kids all get Beary Chill ready to meet the girl, Kitty Scanner is holding Apple Blossom again.
* When Beary Chill asks Marsha Mello for lip balm, she is on Beary Chill's right hand side. But in the next scene, she is on Beary Chill's left hand side.
* The gum attached with a note to Beary Chill's head didn't come off with it, despite the same happening in the previous episode, where it does.
* When Beary Chill shushes Apple Blossom, her eye bags were missing.

## Video

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