Chatterley vs. Chatterley

"**Chatterley vs. Chatterley**" is the second segment of the twenty-fourth episode of the first season of *Kiff*. It is the forty-eighth episode overall.

## Synopsis

When leftovers go missing in the Chatterley home, they must settle the matter in family court.

## Plot

One morning at the Chatterley home, Beryl notices that her leftover pizza slice is missing from the fridge, but Martin denies eating it. They decide to resolve the situation through a system the Chatterleys call "family court", wherein disagreements between two family members are settled by having the third member act as a judge. Kiff is set to judge the case, but Barry, who is hanging out at the house, wants to participate in family court as Beryl's lawyer. Kiff is thus reassigned as Martin's lawyer, while a judge-for-hire named Judge Judegy presides over the trial instead.

For her opening statement, Kiff, who finds the issue trivial and unworthy of having a trial over, simply says that Martin should be taken at his word. Barry, however, cites several pieces of supposed evidence and recommends for Martin to receive a one-month pizza ban if found guilty. Kiff requests for a recess and privately goes to her room, where she reaches into her pocket and takes out the crust from the missing slice, revealing herself to be the culprit. She contemplates confessing, but instead eats the crust and decides to double down on her lie.

The trial continues, with Kiff proposing that Beryl, who has a history of sleepwalking, ate the pizza slice in her sleep. Kiff then calls Martin's mother Rose as a witness to attest to Martin's good character, but Barry gets Rose to reveal that Martin ate her leftover pie at her last birthday. Terri, who took Martin's pizza order over the phone the previous night, is then called to the stand, and she recounts that Martin made an offhand joke that his family "[will] get a slice if they're lucky", which is used against him. The Pone is also called as a witness, but Martin, who hates him, refuses to let him testify, even though the Pone says that he can provide an alibi to prove Martin's innocence.

Kiff requests for another recess and meets with Barry in the bathroom, where she insists to him that Martin is innocent. Barry reveals that the prosecution has increased their recommended sentence to a lifetime pizza ban and says that the defense's best option is to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. In the courtroom, Kiff enters a guilty plea on behalf of Martin, but Judge Judegy sentences him to a lifetime pizza (and popcorn) ban anyway, which prompts Kiff to finally admit that she ate the pizza slice. Beryl then reveals that everyone except Martin knew Kiff was the culprit the entire time, and that the trial was orchestrated to get Kiff to admit the truth herself. That night, Kiff serves everyone pizza in the backyard as her punishment.

## Cast and characters

* Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
* H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns
* Suzy Nakamura as Judge Judegy
* Lauren Ash as Beryl Chatterley
* James Monroe Iglehart as Martin Chatterley and Rose Chatterley
* Nichole Sakura as Terri Buns
* Eugene Cordero as The Pone

## Locations

* Table Town
	+ Chatterley residence
		- Kiff's room

## Songs

* "Gavel Groove" – written by Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens

## Trivia

* **Opening sponsor**: Tum Tum Gum Gums.
* The episode's title references the 1979 film *Kramer vs. Kramer*.
* Judge Judegy is a parody of Judy Sheindlin of *Judge Judy* fame.
* The episode was inspired by an argument Lucy Heavens and Nic Smal had over a slice of pizza.
* The working title for the episode was "Chatterley Family Courtroom".

## Errors

* Judge Judegy's name is misspelled "Judge Judegey" in the end credits.

## Videos

Kiff Music Video - Gavel Groove - @disneychannel
## References

1. ↑ Dar, Taimur (October 23, 2023). INTERVIEW: How KIFF creators Nic Small & Lucy Heavens mine their childhoods for nutty cartoon stories. *The Beat*. Retrieved on November 6, 2023.
2. ↑ Davis, Victoria (March 8, 2023). ‘Kiff’: A Cape-Town-Inspired Buddy Comedy that Captures the Soul of Hand-Drawn. *Animation World Network*. Retrieved on October 26, 2023.