"Rock Kick" is the first segment of the thirteenth episode of the second season of Kiff. It is the eighty-ninth segment overall.
Synopsis[]
Kiff and Barry try to kick a rock all the way home.
Plot[]
After one of the most eventful, hijink-filled days they have ever had at Table Town Middle School, Kiff and Barry head home together. While chatting with Barry, Kiff instinctively starts kicking a rock along her path as she continues walking. Eventually, Kiff and Barry notice that Kiff has managed to kick the rock all the way across the road, which is farther than she has ever kicked a rock before. The two decide to kick the rock all the way home.
The duo's quest runs into early trouble when they accidentally kick the rock down a ravine and have to descend the ravine to retrieve it. Afterwards, the rock is taken by a bird, who flies away with it. Barry wraps Kiff in his ears and grabs onto the bird, who refuses to part with the rock but agrees to take the duo to his home. There, the bird, an artist who goes by the name Dumb Bird, explains that he wants to use the rock as a component for one of his new rock art pieces. However, after learning that Kiff and Barry are friends with his art hero Ghost Wolf, Dumb Bird agrees to return the rock in exchange for a meeting with Ghost Wolf, which Kiff is able to arrange.
Kiff receives the rock from Dumb Bird and kicks it out the door, forgetting that his house is located all the way up in a tall tree. The rock falls down the tree and lands in front of a clorps flower, which is famous for blooming for only three hours every thirty years, and is coincidentally just about to bloom. The area surrounding the flower is closed off so that people can take pictures with the flower, forcing Kiff and Barry to wait three hours until they can recover the rock. Shortly after, a man picks up the rock and skips it across a stream, forcing Kiff and Barry to locate the rock underwater.
Kiff and Barry reach the tram station and prepare to take a tram home. When Kiff kicks the rock toward the arriving tram, however, the disembarking passengers, who are returning from the Table Town Punting Convention, mistake Kiff for a fellow punting enthusiast, and one of them proceeds to punt the rock off a cliff. The rock lands inside the Table Town Rock Hall of Fame. Kiff and Barry visit the museum and meet its curator, Granite Rockberg, who declares that the rock is a piece of art, but agrees to return it to the duo in exchange for a meeting with Dumb Bird after learning that the duo know him.
After a long trek through the desert, Kiff and Barry finally reach the Chatterley residence at nightfall. Feeling unsatisfied, the duo begin to question whether their experience was actually worth it, until the rock reveals that it has been able to talk the entire time and congratulates them on their accomplishment.
Cast and characters[]
Voice credits[]
- Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
- H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns
- Orville Peck as Granite Rockberg
- Petey USA as Dumb Bird and Rock
Appearances[]
- Kiff Chatterley
- Barry Buns
- Dumb Bird (debut)
- Ghost Wolf (non-speaking)
- Granite Rockberg (debut)
- Rock (debut)
- Trevor Angstrom (non-speaking)
- Candle Fox (non-speaking)
- Reggie Racona (non-speaking)
- Mr. RiPeppa (non-speaking)
- Principal Secretary (non-speaking)
- Iris (non-speaking)
- Bear Townsperson (non-speaking)
- Mr. Penguino (non-speaking)
- Teenage Dog Girl (non-speaking)
- The Pone (non-speaking)
- Cherry Berry (non-speaking)
- Miss Foodcake (non-speaking)
- Gayle (non-speaking)
- Miss Tulane (non-speaking)
- Dee (non-speaking)
- Donnie (non-speaking)
- Kyle Lyon (non-speaking)
- Danny Wibbon (non-speaking)
- Michaela Oats (non-speaking, imagined)
- L.E. (non-speaking, imagined)
- Sweepy Steve (non-speaking, imagined)
- Chubbles Wubbington (pictured)
- Liz K. (mentioned)
- Helen (mentioned)
Locations[]
Songs[]
- "Kickin' That Rock" – written by Nic Smal
Trivia[]
- Opening sponsor: Table Town Punting Convention.
- The episode includes a brief fourth-wall break; when Kiff and Barry stare in disbelief after accidentally kicking the rock down the ravine, the closing credits briefly start rolling, only for Kiff to then push the screen aside and say "Not so fast, closing credits."
Cultural references[]
- The clorps flower is a parody of the corpse flower.
Continuity[]
- Reggie is seen wearing his Star Star Throne Quest role-playing costume.
Production[]
- The episode was first teased in an interview with Kiff creators Lucy Heavens and Nic Smal published on March 7, 2025.[2]
Gallery[]
Click here to view the gallery for Rock Kick.
Videos[]
Production[]
![Clip of Orville Peck recording "Kickin' That Rock".[3]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kiff/images/2/27/Kiff_-_%22Kicking_The_Rock%22_Behind_The_Scenes_With_Orville_Peck/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/185?cb=20250626120659 "Kiff - \"Kicking The Rock\" Behind The Scenes With Orville Peck (11 KB)")
References[]
- ↑ Guardia, Niko (September 18, 2025). Shots from Kiff i <3 ROCK KICK. A special episode this one! One of the favorites from the s2. Very cool to work on an ep featuring @orvillepeck . The team...rocked it (sorry). Check out the song if you haven't already. Comments on social media are leaving rave reviews like "actually a pretty good song". Added a few BTS drawing at the end, including some original color concepts for the song. #kiff #orvillepeck #disneychannel #titmouseinc #kiffdisney. Instagram. Retrieved on September 30, 2025.
- ↑ Betti, Tony (March 7, 2025). Season Two, Season Three, and Slimmy P.: A Discussion with “Kiff” Creators Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens. Laughing Place. Retrieved on March 8, 2025.
- ↑ Smal, Nic (June 21, 2025). Kicking That Rock - featuring ORVILLE PECK! This is an absolute career high point. I wrote this song which we then sent to Orville Peck. He agreed to lay down his flawless vocals on it and I’m still battling to believe this is all even real. He even voices a character in the episode. “Rock Kick” will be out in the first batch of season 2 episodes to hit Disney Plus 23rd July! #Kiff #orvillepeck. Instagram. Retrieved on June 26, 2025.