"The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse" is the first segment of the fourth episode of the first season of Kiff. It is the seventh segment overall.
Synopsis[]
Kiff unleashes five forces of chaos and Helen is the only one who can help.
Plot[]
As his TV shows have been lagging in the ratings, Roy Fox is having a garage sale to make some extra money. At the garage sale, Kiff buys a pigeon figurine, despite being advised not to by Helen. After researching the figurine, Kiff learns that it is part of a set of five figurines. Kiff, being an avid collector, becomes determined to complete the set. She and Barry find three of the remaining figurines in shops around Table Town, then spot the final figurine in Helen's classroom. When Helen leaves the classroom, Kiff takes the figurine. By gathering all five, however, Kiff unwittingly frees the imprisoned spirits of Bad Boy, Meathead, Mystery Lad, Nice Guy, and Party Girl – a quintet of harmonizing pigeons known as the "Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse" – from the figurines. The pigeons proceed to wreak havoc around Table Town Middle School, then cause further chaos downtown.
Helen explains to Kiff that the pigeons are ancient, malevolent entities who were cursed into toy form many years ago by a group of witches that included her great-great-great-grandmother, and that the toys were scattered around Table Town to keep the pigeons from ever returning. Helen also advises that the pigeons can be stopped by separating them before sunset, but she is unwilling to help Kiff accomplish this. Later, Kiff and Barry visit Helen at her home and pretend to be her great-great-great-grandmother's ghost to convince her to help, only to discover that her great-great-great-grandmother's actual ghost also lives there. Helen is nonetheless persuaded by her great-great-great-grandmother to assist Kiff and Barry.
Kiff, Barry, and Helen head downtown and, with the help of Helen's magic, manage to split up the pigeons before sunset. Upon seeing them sadly calling out to each other, the three feel pity for the pigeons, but despite Kiff's urging, Helen refuses to reunite them due to their destructive tendencies. Kiff notices Roy's garage sale and comes up with an idea on how to deal with the pigeons, then gets Helen to reunite the pigeons by offering her a piece of candy. The pigeons are made the stars of Roy's new reality show The 5 Jerks!, sealed off from the rest of society in their own mansion.
Cast and characters[]
Voice credits[]
- Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley
- H. Michael Croner as Barry Buns
- Lucy Heavens as Helen
- Nic Smal as Principal Secretary
- Eric Bauza as Roy Fox
- Lauren Ash as Beryl Chatterley and Ghost Grannie
Additional voices[]
- Eric Bauza as Mystery Lad
- Nic Smal as Bad Boy
- Kimiko Glenn as Party Girl
- H. Michael Croner as Meathead and Foxhole Productions Advertiser
- Sam Riegel as Nice Guy
Appearances[]
- Kiff Chatterley
- Barry Buns
- Helen
- Roy Fox
- Beryl Chatterley
- Bad Boy (debut)
- Meathead (debut)
- Mystery Lad (speaking debut)
- Nice Guy (speaking debut)
- Party Girl (debut)
- Principal Secretary
- Ghost Grannie (debut)
- Martin Chatterley (non-speaking)
- Miss Moufflé (non-speaking)
- Patty (non-speaking)
- Trevor Angstrom (non-speaking)
- Reggie (non-speaking)
- Darryn (non-speaking)
- Renée du Bedat (non-speaking)
- Candle Fox (non-speaking)
- Billiam (non-speaking)
- Gareth (non-speaking)
- Biff (non-speaking)
- Dee (non-speaking)
- Liz K. (non-speaking)
- Bird Greg (non-speaking)
- Bird Linda (non-speaking)
- Chubbles Wubbington (pictured)
- Dr. Lyon (mentioned)
- Centaur Claus (pictured)
Locations[]
Songs[]
- "Short Song 1 (Thank You)" – written by Kent Osborne
- "Short Song 2 (Flipped the Tables)" – written by Kent Osborne
- "BooHoo Wah Wah" – written by Nic Smal
- "Short Song 3 (We're Not Annoying)" – written by Kent Osborne
Trivia[]
- Opening sponsor: Foxhole Productions.
- When Kiff is looking through her magnifying glass, she is shown to have blue eyes.
Cultural references[]
Copies of Now That's What I Call Quiet! (Volume 95) and a Beetles album.
- The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse (and the episode itself) are named in reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, biblical figures from the Book of Revelation.
- At the garage sale, Roy is selling copies of his book Roy Roy Roy Your Boat, whose title references the nursery rhyme "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".
- While looking through vinyl records at the garage sale, Kiff finds a copy of volume 95 of Now That's What I Call Quiet!, a parody of the Now That's What I Call Music! series. Also visible is an album by "The Beetles", a parody of the band the Beatles.
- Kiff's shouts of "To the collectorium!" and "To the library!", each followed by a distinctive musical cue, are references to the TV series Batman.
- At the Table Town Gift Emporium, the phrase "A Wrinkling Time" is seen in a frame, referencing the 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
- The Okay Will Donation Center's name is a play on the name of the Goodwill thrift store chain.
- The store 7/24-7 is a parody of 7-Eleven.
Continuity[]
- Allusions to the Great Rubber Boom appear throughout the episode:
- At the garage sale, Barry finds a pack of trading cards depicting "moments from the Great Rubber Boom of the Southern Continent (early 1900s)".
- An issue of Rubber Boom Comics is among the items in Kiff's collectorium.
- The old Table Times newspaper that Kiff and Barry read at the library features the headline "The Great Rubber Boom Rages On!", along with a picture of a tapped rubber tree.
- In the sewer where Nice Guy is trapped, a graffiti message is partially seen, with only the letters "az" visible. The full message, as seen in the uncropped version of the scene's background, is "The Rubba Boomaz Wuz Here".
- Centaur Claus, prior to making his first physical appearance in "Halfway There Day", is seen in a picture with Helen in the background of her living room.
Errors[]
- The Fox mansion is located in a suburban neighborhood surrounded by other houses, but at the end of the episode it is seen on top of a hill with no other neighbors.
Gallery[]
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Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ White, Matt. KF109_BG_A143_EXT_Table_Town_School_Perp_Left_Destroyed_GREEN_v02_MW.jpg. mattewhiteart.com. Retrieved on April 20, 2024.