"Kiff Takes Over the Disney Channel" is a short in Disney's Theme Song Takeover series, and the second short in the series to be focused on Kiff. It features Kiff Chatterley parodying the theme songs of several other Disney series.
Synopsis[]
Kiff gets covered in Helen's magic Theme Song Takeover potion.
Plot[]
Kiff enters Helen's classroom and finds Helen experimenting with the Theme Song Takeover logo. Helen explains that she is concentrating the power of the logo into a potion that will let her take over any theme song, allowing her to finally become famous. Barry suddenly barges into the room and accidentally hits Helen with the door, causing her to spill her potion onto Kiff, who starts glowing and levitating.
Kiff finds herself in the opening sequence of Phineas and Ferb, taking the place of Phineas Flynn. Afterwards, she finds herself replacing various other Disney characters in the opening sequences of their respective shows: Cricket Green from Big City Greens, Kim Possible from Kim Possible, Anne Boonchuy from Amphibia, Star Butterfly from Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Gretel Grant-Gomez from Hamster & Gretel, Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls, Scrooge McDuck from DuckTales, and Luz Noceda from The Owl House. While this is happening, Helen and Barry try to get through to Kiff, urging her to snap back to reality before her brain becomes permanently scrambled. Helen manages to return Kiff to normal by pouring a bucket of water over her, but a thirsty Barry then drinks the potion, causing him to take Dale's place in the Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers intro.
Transcript[]
- Kiff: Hey, Helen! What are you with the Theme Song Takeover logo?
- Helen: Ah, Kiff. I'm concentrating the power of the logo into this potion so I can take over any theme song I choose. Just one small drop and I'll finally get the fame I deserve!
- Barry: Hey, friends!
- Kiff: Ugh!
- Helen: My potion!
- Kiff: I think I'm glowing!
- What the heck is going on?
- Why am I singing a song?
- There's a platypus chilling in this backyard
- Helen: Kiff, you took too much potion
- Now there's chaos in motion!
- Kiff: This whole thing is catching me off... guard!
- Barry: Kiff, come back!
- Kiff: Now I'm a wacky country kid!
- Doin' fun stuff that Dad forbids!
- Helen: Kiff, you must get out before your brain! Gets! Scrambled!
- Kiff: I'm your basic average squirrel
- And I'm here to save the world
- You can't stop me, 'cause I'm Kiff Possible
- Now I'm in this smelly bog
- We're jumping on mushrooms
- My best buddy is a frog
- What's happening with that moon? [screams]
- It's gettin' really weird
- It's gettin' really wild
- Not from around here
- Where is that unicorn's body?
- Barry: Kiff, can you hear my voice?
- You need to wake up!
- Kiff: Hamster!
- Hamster and squirrel!
- My brother Kevin, bless his heart!
- What are the secrets of Gravity Falls? [gasps]
- Two-for-one sale on... eyeballs? [yelps]
- SquirrelTales, ah-woo-ooh!
- Why am I chasing a dime? It's ten cents!
- Barry: Kiff!
- Kiff: Now I've got a hunch
- I'm gonna be this demon's lunch!
- Whoa!
- Helen: Stay with us!
- Barry: It's your best friends! Barry and Helen.
- Helen: Well, I mean, we're not really that close.
- Barry: Not the time, Helen.
- Helen and Barry: You're back!
- Kiff: Phew. And it looks like everything's finally back to normal! We just need to be more careful with that potion.
- Helen: Barry, what have you done?
- Barry: I get thirsty when I'm nervous! Oh, something's happening!
- Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip and Barry!
Cast and characters[]
Voices[]
Appearances[]
- Phineas and Ferb
- Ferb Fletcher (non-speaking)
- Perry the Platypus (non-speaking)
- Floyd (non-speaking)
- Ferb Fletcher (non-speaking)
- Big City Greens
- Tilly Green (non-speaking)
- Bill Green (non-speaking)
- Remy Remington (non-speaking)
- Tilly Green (non-speaking)
- Kim Possible
- Ron Stoppable (non-speaking)
- Rufus (non-speaking)
- Ron Stoppable (non-speaking)
- Amphibia
- Sprig Plantar (non-speaking)
- Sprig Plantar (non-speaking)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Marco Diaz (non-speaking)
- Rafael Diaz (non-speaking)
- Angie Diaz (non-speaking)
- Pony Head (non-speaking)
- Marco Diaz (non-speaking)
- Hamster & Gretel
- Hamster (non-speaking)
- Kevin Grant-Gomez (non-speaking)
- Hamster (non-speaking)
- Gravity Falls
- Mabel Pines (non-speaking)
- Mabel Pines (non-speaking)
- DuckTales
- Huey Duck (non-speaking)
- Dewey Duck (non-speaking)
- Louie Duck (non-speaking)
- Webby Vanderquack (non-speaking)
- Donald Duck (non-speaking)
- Flintheart Glomgold (non-speaking)
- Huey Duck (non-speaking)
- The Owl House
- Eda Clawthorne (non-speaking)
- King (non-speaking)
- Owlbert (non-speaking)
- Eda Clawthorne (non-speaking)
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Chip (non-speaking)
Locations[]
Trivia[]
Cultural references[]
- In addition to the shows mentioned above, from 1:40 to 1:43 in the short, Kiff briefly replaces characters from several other Disney series in quick succession: Molly McGee from The Ghost and Molly McGee, Wander from Wander Over Yonder, Darkwing Duck from Darkwing Duck, Goliath from Gargoyles, Jake Long from American Dragon: Jake Long, Kick Buttowski from Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Miley Stewart from Hannah Montana, Mal from Descendants, and Zed Necrodopolis from Zombies.
- The line "What's happening with that moon?" alludes to the events of the Amphibia series finale "All In"/"The Hardest Thing".
Production[]
- Like other Broken Karaoke, Random Rings, Shorts Spectacular, and Theme Song Takeover media, the short is animated in Flash instead of the hand-drawn, digital ink-and-paint style of Kiff.
- Unlike the other Flash-animated extras, this short was animated by the Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks.[1]
- The line "My brother Kevin, bless his heart!" was originally written as "I think my brother Kevin is kind of a loser", but this was changed after being deemed too out of character for Kiff to say.[2]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Hirt, Steve (April 2, 2024). This is the Themesong Takeover to takeover all themesongs! It was a blast to direct on this very ambitious idea to revive so many Disney Channel classics (and archived files/designs!) but so worth it. I am so proud of how this short came out with so many styles and beloved characters- thanks to everyone who had a hand in making it! Storyboards by the one, the only @stephen_heneveld , written by @dssiegel and @bjsiemon , strategy @torierawr , EP @ginoguzzardo , amazing production team of @jennalynnhicks , @arsibaby , @harrisondrawscars , editing @brailsville and Dao Le, art direction @speed.e.gonzalez , design by @serapiocalm , Brad Gake, Zharia Rahn, @philliplight , paint by @thiebesart , @samkestin , Post and animation by @vstamenovaart and Jason Jones. Music by @keithhorn , animation by @mercuryfilmworks #Disneychannel #Disneytva #kiff #themesongtakeover. Instagram. Retrieved on April 26, 2024.
- ↑ Siemon, Benjamin (April 2, 2024). We had originally wanted Kiff to say "I think my brother Kevin is kind of a loser" but of course Kiff would never say that. Note taken.. Twitter. Retrieved on April 27, 2024.