"Big Barry on Campus" is the first segment of the fifth episode of the first season of Kiff. It is the ninth segment overall.
Synopsis[]
A computer error moves Barry into high school, forcing Kiff to follow.
Plot[]
In Principal Secretary's office, Helen complains that her Table Town Middle School ID lists her age as 712 and demands that the error be fixed, but he tells her that special requests cannot be entertained. While he is away, Helen has her computer gremlin enter the operating system in Principal Secretary's laptop, edit Helen's file to change her age to 217, and print her a new ID. Satisfied, Helen takes a nap, but forgets about her gremlin. Stuck inside the system, the gremlin randomly opens the file containing Miss Deer Teacher's class list and does yoga inside the file to pass the time, accidentally kicking Barry's name off the class list and into the file containing the list of Table Town High School students.
Principal Secretary visits Miss Deer Teacher's classroom to escort Barry to Table Town High School, despite Kiff's insistence that Barry is not actually a high schooler. Barry assures Kiff that he could never last in high school and that he should be back in middle school by the end of the day. Later, Trevor offers to be Kiff's temporary best friend, but he grosses her out with his eating habits. In drama class, Kiff's performance confuses the entire class because Barry, her scene partner, is not there to deliver his lines. Meanwhile, Barry has his first high school class and to his surprise, he is quickly accepted by his classmates. At the end of the day, Kiff visits Table Town High School to see Barry, only to find him leaving in a car with his new high school friends. She decides that she has no choice but to also move up to high school.
The next day, Kiff, dressed in teen attire, goes to Table Town High School and is happily reunited with Barry. The two are initially excited to be in high school, but soon find themselves hating the experience. In art class, they come up with a plan to get sent back to middle school. They meet Principal Secretary in his office and show him their crudely painted self-portraits as proof that they are too immature to be in high school. The paintings are judged by Miss Tulane, who finds Barry's immature but praises Kiff's as having a "naive sophistication" worthy of a college-level artist. Principal Secretary thus decides to send Barry to kindergarten and Kiff to art college, and updates their records on his laptop.
As a last resort, Kiff tries to snatch the laptop. While Kiff and Principal Secretary fight over the laptop, Helen's gremlin is rocked back and forth inside and bumps into several files, causing Helen to be assigned to replace Miss Deer Teacher and Trevor to be made principal. Noticing this, Principal Secretary seeks IT assistance from Secretary Prince, who extracts the gremlin. The gremlin identifies Helen as his boss, so the others make Helen perform a spell to reboot the laptop and bring everything back to normal. Back in drama class, Kiff and Barry finally get to perform their scene together.
Cast and characters[]
Voice credits[]
- Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
- H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns
- Nic Smal as Principal Secretary
- Lucy Heavens as Helen and Miss Tulane
- Mary Mack as Renée du Bedat and Michaela Oats
- Tom Kenny as Trevor Angstrom
- Eugene Cordero as Secretary Prince
- Deedee Magno Hall as Miss Deer Teacher
Additional voices[]
- Mary Mack as Computer Gremlin[2]
- Vella Lovell as Teenage Cat Girl
Appearances[]
- Kiff Chatterley
- Barry Buns
- Helen
- Secretary Prince (speaking debut)
- Principal Secretary
- Computer Gremlin (debut)
- Miss Deer Teacher
- Renée du Bedat
- Trevor Angstrom (speaking debut)
- Michaela Oats (speaking debut)
- Miss Tulane (debut)
- Candle Fox (non-speaking)
- Reggie Racona (non-speaking)
- Billiam (non-speaking)
- Darryn Gherkinheim (non-speaking)
- Gareth (non-speaking)
- Patty Hoot (non-speaking)
- Snekole (non-speaking)
- Kim (non-speaking)
- Kyle Lyon (non-speaking)
- Biff (non-speaking)
- Dee (non-speaking)
- Teenage Dog Girl (non-speaking)
- Chubbles Wubbington (pictured)
Locations[]
Songs[]
- "High School Bunny" – written by Brad Breeck
- "We're in High School Now" – written by Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens
Trivia[]
- Opening sponsor: Yoga for Principals.
Cultural references[]
- The episode's title references the expression "big man on campus".
- One of the paintings in Principal Secretary's office is a pencil-themed parody of The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí.
- MeCylinder is a parody of YouTube.
- KlipKlop is a parody of TikTok.
Continuity[]
- Helen's computer gremlin reappears in "Kiff Escape!" in a major role.
- It is later established in "Personal Assistant" that Helen is at least 400 years old, which would indicate that she falsified her age as 217 on her ID to appear younger.
- "The Great Rubber Boom" is written on the whiteboard in Barry's high school classroom.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Kiff's squirrel attack, which she executes in order to snatch Principal Secretary's laptop.
Errors[]
Reggie without his right fur.
Barry's transparent arm.
- Reggie's name is missing from Miss Deer Teacher's class list.
- During the scene where Barry is mistaken for a high schooler, the upper right side of Reggie's face is missing its usual white fur.
- When Barry is being escorted out of Miss Deer Teacher's classroom, his left arm is transparent for a split second.
- In the scene where Kiff is forced by Helen to perform a dramatic scene without Barry, Darryn is initially present in the classroom, but when the class is shown reacting after Kiff's awkward solo performance, he is not there.
- While she is looking at herself in her bedroom mirror, Kiff's missing ear chunk switches from her right ear to her left ear.
Gallery[]
Click here to view the gallery for Big Barry on Campus.
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ Cruz, Nick. KF112_PR_A135_Electric_Guitar_Color_V03_NCv2.jpg. nickcruz.art. Retrieved on July 19, 2025.
- ↑ Mack, Mary (July 5, 2023). Happy 4th!! If it’s raining by you this is a nice cartoon series to watch with your kids on the holiday off:-)! I play a warthog, a dolphin, a horse, & computer gremlin! They even have an album of fun songs that has just come out w/ all the characters singing! Big thanks to all the production, writers and creators for having me! #cartoon #disney #southafrica @nic_smal @farmershire. Instagram. Retrieved on February 15, 2025.