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"Nicknames" is the second segment of the twelfth episode of the first season of Kiff. It is the twenty-fourth segment overall.
Synopsis[]
Kiff and Barry try to get nicknamed by a local movie theater ticket taker.
Plot[]
Kiff, Barry, and their friends are seeing Hot Mail, the new Chubbles Wubbington movie, at the Table Town Mall movie theater. Kiff learns that the ticket taker, Nick Namé, is known to give moviegoers nicknames, but he does not do so for Kiff and Barry, offending Kiff. Still irritated about not having received a nickname, Kiff ends up being unable to focus on the movie and leaving early.
At Kiff's house, Kiff and Barry try thinking of nicknames for themselves, but Kiff cannot find one she likes. Barry points out that they have to leave for the theater soon as it is "almost showtime", inspiring Kiff to give herself the nickname "Showtime". Kiff and Barry arrive for another screening of Hot Mail and ask Nick to call them "Showtime" and "Brainstorm", but Nick tells them that nicknames must come naturally. As he explains this, he taunts Kiff by repeatedly addressing her as "Kiff", and even "Kiff Chatterley".
Later, Kiff walks out of the movie again to speak her mind to Nick, but she suddenly finds herself intimidated. Barry walks up to Nick and tells him it is wrong to selectively nickname people, which inspires Nick to nickname Barry "Mr. Guts". Flattered, Barry turns obnoxiously self-confident, embracing the nickname to the point of no longer responding to his actual name.
After seeing a poster for Karla the Amazing Hypnotist, Kiff devises a plan to hypnotize Nick into nicknaming her "Showtime". She asks Barry, Reggie, Renée, and Candle to engage Nick in conversation and repeatedly mention the words "show", "time", and "Kiff", with the aim of conditioning Nick into forming a mental association between "Kiff" and "Showtime". However, this only succeeds in making Nick accidentally say "Kiff" instead of "showtime" when he receives a phone call inquiring about a movie's showtime.
Kiff gives up on trying to get Nick to nickname her and instead decides to launch a boycott of the theater. She addresses her fellow moviegoers and says that a cozier theater with free admission and better snacks exists, which turns out to be her own house. When the house becomes crowded with people, Kiff explains the situation to Beryl, who is confused as to why Kiff wants to be nicknamed so badly when "Kiff" itself is already a nickname. She then shows Kiff a document displaying Kiff's real first name, which Kiff hates. Kiff admits that she wanted a nickname because she wanted to feel cool, to which Beryl replies that Kiff is already cool the way she is. Hearing this, Barry drops his "Mr. Guts" persona and decides that he wants to be known as Barry again.
On a later trip to the theater, Kiff shocks Nick by proudly revealing that "Kiff" is already a nickname, while Barry laughs at Nick and nicknames him "Nick NaLame". Nick reveals that he had never before received a nickname of his own and declares that he is finally "free", then flies away. The other moviegoers see this and head into the theater without presenting their tickets.
Cast and characters[]
Voice credits[]
- Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
- H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns
- Danny Pudi as Nick Namé
- Eric Bauza as Reggie
- Vella Lovell as Candle Fox
- Mary Mack as Renée du Bedat
- Tom Kenny as Trevor Angstrom
- Lauren Ash as Beryl Chatterley
- James Monroe Iglehart as Martin Chatterley
Additional voices[]
- Tom Kenny as Gareth
Appearances[]
- Kiff Chatterley
- Barry Buns
- Nick Namé (debut)
- Renée du Bedat
- Candle Fox
- Reggie
- Gareth (speaking debut)
- Chubbles Wubbington (in movie)
- Martin Chatterley
- Trevor Angstrom
- Beryl Chatterley
- Billiam (non-speaking)
- Patty (non-speaking)
- Snekole (non-speaking)
- Michaela Oats (non-speaking)
- Miss Deer Teacher (non-speaking)
- Miss Moufflé (non-speaking)
- Darryn (non-speaking)
- Dee (non-speaking)
- Gayle (non-speaking)
- Iris (non-speaking)
- Kim (non-speaking)
- Flam Bingo (non-speaking)
- The Pone (non-speaking)
- Biff (non-speaking)
- Liz K. (non-speaking)
- Kenny (non-speaking)
Locations[]
Songs[]
- "Nicknames" – written by Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens
Trivia[]
- Opening sponsor: Hot Mail.
Cultural references[]
- The title Hot Mail references Microsoft's email service Hotmail (now called Outlook.com).
- In the "Nicknames" song sequence, the nickname "Butterbean" is represented by a drawing of Kiff in boxing clothes, in reference to the boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch. Barry's "Big Dave" costume is based on Guy Fieri, while his "Young Shirley" costume is based on a young Shirley Temple.
Continuity[]
- Saul Snart: Mole Cop, the Paul Blart: Mall Cop parody previously seen in "Two for One Hot Dogs", is shown to have spawned a sequel titled Saul Snart 2: Snart Harder.
- In the song sequence, the nickname "Ace" is represented by a drawing of Kiff piloting the plane kiddie ride from "Kiff's on a Plane". The same kiddie ride is later seen in the theater lobby.
Production[]
- According to Nic Smal, the episode was inspired by him attempting to nickname himself in the past.[1]
- The gag at the end of the song sequence, where Kiff abruptly ends the song by unplugging her boombox, was added by Adam Bohorquez.[2]
- In the storyboard phase, the episode originally included additional dialogue during the scene where Kiff and Barry try to nickname themselves:[2]
- Kiff: Ooh, I would like the letter Z to be in there somewhere, too. Zs are the bad boys of the alphabet.
- Barry: Ooh, I got it! "Kiff". But... it's with one F instead of two. [Kiff shakes her head.] And a silent Z!
- [...]
- Barry: Oh, no! And we got to make our way back down to the movie theater, it's almost showtime!
- Kiff: [gasps] Barry, that's it! That's my nickname!
- Barry: "Make Our Way Back Down to the Movie Theater, It's Almost Showtime"?
- Kiff: Yes, but... but we could shorten it to "Showtime". Show-time.
Gallery[]
Click here to view the gallery for Nicknames.
Videos[]
In foreign languages[]
References[]
- ↑ Davis, Victoria (March 8, 2023). ‘Kiff’: A Cape-Town-Inspired Buddy Comedy that Captures the Soul of Hand-Drawn. Animation World Network. Retrieved on June 28, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muller, Brett (June 20, 2023). Here's the Lil Song Sequence I'd done for the episode "Nicknames", the first and only song I'd done for Kiff Season 1! @DeadlyComics helped out big time on this and added the gag at the end where Kiff pulls the plug on the music.. Twitter. Retrieved on July 2, 2023.