"Kiff's Animal Kingdom Shorts Spectacular" is an episode of the Disney animated shorts compilation series Shorts Spectacular. It features Kiff Chatterley presenting a selection of shorts from various Disney animated series, including the previously unreleased Kiff Chibi Tiny Tales short "Froyo Frenzy".
Synopsis[]
Kiff and Barry surprise their class with a hilarious presentation celebrating the Disney Channel's wildest and wackiest animals using some of Kiff's favorite animated shorts.
Plot[]
For her science report on the animal kingdom, Kiff, instead of reading out a written report as usual, has decided to give a multimedia presentation using her laptop, which Barry is controlling for her. Principal Secretary, who is substituting for Miss Deer Teacher, lets Kiff carry on with her elaborate presentation, as Miss Deer Teacher forgot to leave any plans for the day.
Kiff first reports that ducks "enjoy swimming in gold, chasing dimes, and going on unnecessarily dangerous adventures." She then shows the DuckTales Chibi Tiny Tales shorts "Jungle Cruise x DuckTales", "Dime and Dash", and "Burrito Bash". When Candle doubts Kiff's assertion that birds find burritos irresistible, Kiff points out that Principal Secretary is currently eating a burrito. Principal Secretary counters that Kiff gave him the burrito for free.
Next, Kiff reports on frogs and states that they are known for "jumping, eating flies, and some light interdimensional travel", before showing the Amphibia Chibi Tiny Tales shorts "Bucket Blues", "Quicksand", and "Pirates of the Caribbean x Amphibia". She uses the last short to make the claim that frogs' natural enemies are pirates, causing Candle to question the shorts' scientific accuracy. To back her claim, Kiff shows a picture of Glarbin running away from her and Barry dressed as pirates, but Candle says that Glarbin was likely just startled because the two jumped out of a bush wielding cardboard swords.
Kiff then reports on her own species, "one of nature's most highly advanced creatures". To show "just how a squirrel comes to be", she presents the How NOT to Draw short "How NOT to Draw: Kiff". Afterwards, Kiff shows the Kiff Chibi Tiny Tales shorts "Super Slide", "Froyo Frenzy", and "Bounce House" as examples of the interspecies relationship between the squirrel and the bunny, claiming that the two animals are known to have a "legendary" bond. Candle asks who has actually ever said that, so Kiff plays a clip of Principal Secretary repeating the claim on camera (in exchange for a free burrito).
To demonstrate that the squirrel and the bunny are resourceful creatures in times of adventure, Kiff shows two more Kiff Chibi Tiny Tales shorts, "Toilet Flood Pool Party" and "Shock and Claw". After watching the latter short, Candle questions the educational value of watching Kiff steal from a troll. Kiff says that the short taught that "a troll could live at the bottom of a claw machine", which Candle concedes she did not previously know.
The next part of Kiff's report concerns a species "so strange, so confusing, that we may never understand it": the human. She shows her class "rare footage" of her interacting with various humans in the Kiff Theme Song Takeover short "Kiff Takes Over the Disney Channel". Principal Secretary then summons Helen to the classroom and scolds her for exposing students to "dangerous song-based experiments". Helen argues that everyone turned out fine, but Barry, still experiencing the side effects of the potion he drank in the short, suddenly becomes dazed and passes out.
Kiff dedicates the final part of her report to her classmates and teachers, "some of the very best animals I know". For her grand finale, she shows the Kiff Theme Song Takeover short "Kiff Theme Song Takeover". Kiff's class applauds her presentation, but Principal Secretary, while also impressed, says he is unsure if it counts as a science report and asks Helen for a second opinion. Helen, enjoying a free burrito, gives Kiff an A plus. Candle then complains that everyone except her got a free burrito, so Kiff throws her one, which hits her face.
Cast and characters[]
Voices[]
- Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
- H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns
- Vella Lovell as Candle Fox
- Nic Smal as Principal Secretary
- Lucy Heavens as Helen
Appearances[]
- Snekole (non-speaking)
- Trevor Angstrom (non-speaking)
- Renée du Bedat (non-speaking)
- Reggie (non-speaking)
- Billiam (non-speaking)
- Darryn (non-speaking)
- Gareth (non-speaking)
- Patty (non-speaking)
- Glarbin Gloobin (pictured, mentioned)
- Miss Deer Teacher (pictured, mentioned)
Locations[]
Trivia[]
Cultural references[]
- Kiff shows pictures of characters from various other Disney animated series during her presentation.
- Snakey, Miss Brenda, Anoush, Phoenix, Melissa, and Cynthia from Big City Greens, Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb, Waddles from Gravity Falls, Hamster from Hamster & Gretel, Bessie, Domino, and Polly Plantar from Amphibia, Scrooge McDuck and Webby Vanderquack from DuckTales, Owlbert, Hooty, and King from The Owl House, Pascal from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Rufus from Kim Possible, Puff from The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Milo Fishtooth from Fish Hooks, and Pony Head from Star vs. the Forces of Evil are pictured in the intro sequence.
- Scrooge McDuck (diving in his Money Bin) and Huey Duck, Dewey Duck, and Louie Duck (parachuting out of the Sunchaser) from DuckTales are pictured in Kiff's slides about ducks. A picture of Scrooge's Number One Dime is also shown.
- Hop Pop Plantar, Polly Plantar, and Sprig Plantar from Amphibia are pictured in Kiff's slides about frogs. A picture of the Calamity Box is also shown.
- Hailey Banks from Hailey's on It!, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz and Phineas Flynn from Phineas and Ferb, Tater Ramirez Humphrey from the then-upcoming series Primos, Cricket Green from Big City Greens, and Anne Boonchuy from Amphibia are pictured in Kiff's slides about humans.
Production[]
- Like other Broken Karaoke, Random Rings, Shorts Spectacular, and Theme Song Takeover media, the episode is animated in Flash instead of the hand-drawn, digital ink-and-paint style of Kiff.
- According to Benjamin Siemon, the episode's premise was inspired by wildlife specials and the mockumentary TV series Cunk on Earth.[1]
Gallery[]
Click here to view the gallery for Kiff's Animal Kingdom Shorts Spectacular.
References[]
- ↑ Siemon, Benjamin (April 6, 2024). It was fun to write this little program. I was inspired by "Kunk on Earth" and wildlife specials and am always happy to highlight the scare that is front-facing Phineas.. Twitter. Retrieved on April 28, 2024.