Kiff (TV series)

Kiff
Genre	Musical Comedy
Created by	Lucy Heavens Nic Smal
Directed by	Allison Craig
Voices of	Kimiko Glenn H. Michael Croner
Theme music composer	Nic Smal Brad Breeck
Opening theme	"Kiff Main Title Theme" (written by Nic Smal, Brad Breeck, and Lucy Heavens)
Ending theme	"Kiff End Credit Theme" (written by Nic Smal)
Composer	Brad Breeck
Country of origin	United States South Africa
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15
Production
Executive producers	Nic Smal Lucy Heavens Chris Prynoski Shannon Pryonski Antonio Canobbio Ben Kalina
Producers	Kent Osborne (co-producer) Nick Weidenfeld (co-producer) Winnie Chaffee (supervising) Rob Sorcher (supervising) Tom Ascheim (supervising) Kayla Reid (line)
Editors	Greg Condon Bea Walling Greg Buracker
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Titmouse, Inc. Disney Television Animation
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) – present

Kiff is an American/South African animated musical comedy television series created by Lucy Heavens and Nic Smal and produced by Disney Television Animation in association with Titmouse, Inc. The series premiered on March 10, 2023 on Disney Channel.

Synopsis

Set in Table Town, an urbanized mountainous island co-habitated by magical creatures and animals, the series centers around the adventures of Kiff, a young optimistic squirrel whose best intentions often lead to complete chaos, and her best friend Barry, a sweet and mellow bunny as they take the town by storm with their endless adventures and zest for life.

Characters

Main

• Kiff Chatterley (voiced by Kimiko Glenn) - a young female optimistic squirrel who is the protagonist of the series. Her internet alias is 'Kifftastic4' over on Table Toob. In "Nicknames", it's revealed that "Kiff" is only her nickname.
• Barrington "Barry" Augustus Buns III (voiced by H. Michael Croner) - a sweet and mellow male rabbit who is Kiff's best friend and sidekick.

Recurring

• Martin Chatterley (voiced by James Monroe Iglehart) - Kiff's absent-minded father, who loves orange juice. His internet alias is 'SmartyPrance116' over on Table Toob. He secretly wanted to be an ice-skater during his youth.
• Beryl Chatterley (voiced by Lauren Ash) - Kiff's mother.
• Mary Buns (voiced by Rachel House) - Barry's warm and kind mother.
• Terri Buns (known professionally as Terri Two-Bowls) (voiced by Nichole Sakura) - Barry's older sister and a social media influencer.
• Harry Buns (known professionally as DJ 11:30) (voiced by Josh Johnson) - Barry's older brother and an aspiring DJ.
• Kristophe Buns - Barry's one-eared baby brother. He is often seen with Farley, a toy robot that once belonged to Harry.
• Principal Secretary (voiced by Nic Smal) - a South African-accented secretary bird who is the principal at Kiff and Barry's school. He actually aspired to be a principal ever since he was in high school.
• Helen (voiced by Lucy Heavens) - an eccentric and selfish witch who is Kiff and Barry's drama teacher.
• Miss Deer Teacher (voiced by Deedee Magno Hall) - a deer who is Kiff and Barry's teacher. She used to be a stand-up comedian before she became a teacher.
• Pawva (voiced by Katie Crown) - the town's barista.
• Trollie (voiced by Rhys Darby) - a troll who lives under the town's bridge.
• Candle Fox (voiced by Vella Lovell) - a popular student in Kiff and Barry's class and Roy's daughter. She is the leader of her own group called the "Abras" (a pun on candelabra).
• Roy Fox (voiced by Eric Bauza) - a TV producer and Candle's father.
• Gareth and Darryn (both voiced by Tom Kenny) - Kiff and Barry's classmates.
• Trevor Angstorm (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a hedgehog in Kiff and Barry's class. He later becomes friends with Candle.
• Reggie (voiced by Eric Bauza) - a raccoon in Kiff and Barry's class.
• Billiam (voiced by Eric Bauza) - a young Billy goat, who is friends with Candle.
• Renée (voiced by Mary Mack) - a female warthog in Kiff and Barry's class.

Guests

• Miss Moufflé (voiced by Aparna Nancherla) - A giraffe-librarian who runs the local library in Table Town. She tends to be bit of a psychopath whenever she hears somebody claim that she's a 'villain', or ask her questions that personally offend her such as "Maybe you could take the shushing down a few notches.".

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Storyboard by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Thirst to Be the First" "The Fourth Bath"	Quinn Scott	Drew Applegate & Allison Craig James Sugrue & Elena Manetta	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)	101	0.14
"Thirst to Be the First": Kiff is ready to be the first person to use the school's new water fountain, but a bad case of "droop-tail" ends up ruining her plans. She sets up various schemes to get past her dad and in school, and it almost works - but she ends up falling asleep and misses out. However, Barry creates a photo of a basketball painted with Kiff's face on it drinking the fountain, satisfying Kiff. "The Fourth Bath": Kiff is excited to sleep over at Barry's house until she finds out that the Buns share bath water, and that she will take the fourth bath. Not wanting to bathe in used water, Kiff decides to call "switchies" with the Buns siblings in order to go first but inadvertently causes them to quarrel with each other. Feeling guilty, Kiff apologizes to everyone for her actions, and to make it up to them, she takes the last bath, which goes over surprisingly well.
2	"Pool Party" "Road Trip"	Kent Osborne Claytia Gonsalves	Brett Muller James Sugrue	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)	102	0.12
"Pool Party": The entire class is invited to Candle Fox's pool party, but Barry reveals to Kiff that he can't swim. Kiff asks Helen, a witch at her school, to cast a spell on Barry to help him swim, to which she agrees on the condition that the former helps her meet Candle's dad, Roy, in hopes to get on a TV show. Kiff tries to prevent this from happening when she realizes that Roy's plans are to get the witch on a show making fun of her, which results in Helen revoking the spell. Kiff saves Barry from falling in the water and drowning but simultaneously trashes the place and they get banned for a year. Helen then thanks Kiff for saving her reputation and Kiff promises to help Barry learn how to swim during their one-year ban from Candle's pool. "Road Trip": The Chatterleys and Barry go on a road trip, much to Kiff's dismay, who is not a fan of Martin's tedious rules and rituals. During this, Kiff and Barry tease the leader of a bike gang and are pursued by the group. Kiff and Barry confess to Beryl and Martin about it and they try their best to get away. It's later revealed that the bike gang was really a group of auto mechanics, who were trying to help fix the Chatterlys' car. It also turns out that the road trip was really a test drive for the real one.
3	"Brunch DJ" "Career Day"	Kent Osborne Koby Agyeman	Allyson Gonzalez Brett Muller	March 18, 2023 (2023-03-18)	103	0.14
"Brunch DJ": After Kiff and Barry witness the latter's brother, Harry, escaping from school, Principal Secretary tasks the two with finding him. Later, it is discovered that Harry has been working at a café as a DJ. Not wanting to get Harry in trouble for playing hooky, Kiff explains the importance of school with a song when the Principal arrives at the café and tries to expel Harry. When it turns out that having no education would impede Harry from fulfilling his dream, everyone turns against Secretary, so he lets Harry go back to school. "Career Day": Kiff and Barry take a summer job, working at the city hall, even though Barry would rather work as a garbage man. The job is not what they expected, as it's required to fill out lots of paperwork, so Kiff and Barry decide to skip the forms by shredding them and go straight to helping people. This becomes an issue when their boss, Glarbin Gloobin, wants them to file the forms they "filled out". Kiff and Barry trick him into believing that all the paperwork was stolen, but he finds out about the ruse when the paper shredder explodes. But before Glarbin can fire them, the townsfolk inform him of how Kiff and Barry helped them. Then, Glarbin's former employees ask for their jobs back and Kiff and Barry start working as garbage men.
4	"The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse" "Leave a Little Juice"	Kent Osborne Quinn Scott	Allyson Gonzalez	March 18, 2023 (2023-03-18)	104	0.11
"The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse": After finding a pigeon figure at a yard sale, Kiff finds out that there are four more figures to complete the set. After she and Barry collect all five, though, they end up coming to life as "The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse" and cause havoc around Table Town. The only way to stop them is to separate them, so Kiff and Barry recruit Helen to do so. After being separated, however, the pigeons become very lonely, so Kiff gives Roy Fox (whose shows' ratings had taken a dive) the idea to use them in a reality show, "The Five Jerks", focusing on their lives completely locked up in a mansion on a far-away island together. "Leave a Little Juice": After Barry had finished all of Martin's OJ, which is the latter's favorite drink, Beryl asks Kiff to tell Barry not to do that anymore. However, Kiff cannot bring herself to do that, not wanting to hurt Barry's feelings, so she avoids saying anything about it. This becomes a problem when Barry keeps dropping his glasses of OJ and wasting the drink. Eventually, the whole carton is emptied and Kiff convinces Martin that it wouldn't be right to hurt Barry's feelings. It's then Beryl who asks Barry not to drink all the OJ, to which Barry nonchalantly agrees, much to Kiff and Martin's surprise. Kiff realizes that Barry actually likes it when people tell him the truth. Later, the Chatterlys' neighbor, the Pone, arrives to give the family a carton of OJ (as a repayment for Barry trying to give him some earlier), which Martin turns down just because he dislikes the Pone.
5	"Big Barry on Campus" "Club Book"	Claytia Gonsalves	Taylor Curry & Elena Manetta Brett Muller	March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25)	105	0.12
"Big Barry on Campus": After noticing an error with her school ID, Helen sends a "computer gremlin" into the Principal's computer to fix it. However, it accidentally causes Barry's name to be mixed in with the high schoolers file, making Principal Secretary think he belongs there. Kiff is despondent over this, so she goes to high school with Barry. However, the two grow to hate high school and try to prove to the Principal that they don't belong there. Just when Secretary is about to send Kiff and Barry to different schools, the computer gremlin is discovered and Helen uses a spell to reboot the computer, sending Kiff and Barry back to Miss Dear Teacher's class where they belong. "Club Book": Kiff finds it unfair that you have to be quiet at the library, so she gains legal ownership of the library to allow people to be loud. However, Kiff quickly discovers the disadvantages of a loud library, especially when a party is thrown in the building. She recruits the former librarian, Miss Moufflé (who now works as a soufflé baker), to turn the loud library quiet again. After the two enter the library through a secret passageway, Kiff puts on quiet music to get everyone to shush and Miss Moufflé closes the loud library for good. Afterward, Miss Mouflé fixes up a room for loud readers to be as loud as they want.
6	"Kiff's Mix" "Kiff's on a Plane"	Quinn Scott	Allyson Gonzalez Thomas Hudson	March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25)	106	0.13
"Kiff's Mix": While playing at Trevor's house, Kiff, Barry, and Trevor create an amazing cereal mix by combining many different kind together. However, when the three to make it again, they forget which kinds of cereal they used. Kiff calls the science lab to get the cereal's milk analyzed so they'll remember the ingredients they used. The scientist at the lab finds that the cereal contains one unknown ingredient, later revealed to be Barry's tears, which are triggered by commercials on TV. However, Trevor lets making the cereal go to his head, revealing to the other two his plans to form a corporation with them, which Kiff doesn't want. However, when everybody finds out about the secret ingredient, they get disgusted and leave. At Kiff's house, Trevor apologizes for his actions as he, Kiff, and Barry eat Kiff's Mix and cry at a commercial. "Kiff's on a Plane": Beryl's old college friends, Meryl, Deryl, and Cheryl, visit her. Wanting to appear grown up to Beryl and her friends, Kiff decides to go to pilot school to prove that she's just as cool as them. Barry soon arrives to find Kiff and gets enrolled too. After lots of practice, Kiff invites Beryl and her friends to her junior pilot test. At the test (which is much simpler than was wished for), Kiff appears to be doing well, but she gets distracted by a fantasy and is hit by a volleyball, suffering a humiliating fail. Kiff then reveals the true reason why she had joined pilot school and leaves the school with her mom and friends on good terms.
7	"Farley" "Two for One Hot Dogs"	Kent Osborne Sarah Lloyd	Adam Bohorquez & Taylor Curry Taylor Curry	April 1, 2023 (2023-04-01)	107	0.15
"Farley": While babysitting Kristophe, Kiff accidentally makes a mess of Farley (Kristophe's doll). To fix the situation, Kiff pretends to be Farley while Barry enlists the help of Helen's sister, Agnes (a drycleaner) to wash the real doll. When Kristophe is about to pull a stunt with "Farley", Kiff pretends that Farley has come to life and the two spend a fun day together, while Barry tries to counsel Helen and Agnes over their sibling rivalry. In the end, Barry returns with the real Farley and Kiff comes to realize how Kristophe really is on the inside. "Two for One Hot Dogs": After enjoying two for one hot dogs, Kiff and Barry notice a billboard that reads "It doesn't get any better than this" and misinterpret the message as saying that their best days are behind them. Despondent, the two move into a retirement home. Soon after, Kiff and Barry find the people at the retirement home throwing a party and realize that the message on the billboard was simply an ad that wasn't really true.
8	"Halfway There Day" "Be Still My Harp"	Sarah Lloyd	James Sugrue Jacob Ospa & Elena Manetta	April 1, 2023 (2023-04-01)	108	0.16
"Halfway There Day": Halfway through the year, Kiff prepares dinner for Halfway There Day (Table Town's take on Christmas), which is about giving 50% in preparation. Beryl tells Kiff the story of Beverly, a woman who prepared a big fancy dinner for Halfway There Day and was kicked out of the "dinner crawl". After Kiff encounters Beverly from the story, the latter sabotages the dinner, but Centaur Claus (a spoof of Santa Claus) scolds everyone for missing the true meaning of Halfway There Day, whichis not about giving 50%, but just not being pressured to give 100%. Beverly is then let back in the dinner crawl. "Be Still My Harp": While watching a movie, Barry gets stuck in a harp that causes people who hear the music to suddenly get stuck in their memories. When this happens to Kiff, she learns to look forward and escapes her memories. She then pulls Barry out of the harp forward instead of backward, which not only frees him, but snaps everyone out of their trances.
9	"Friendiversary" "Totally Table Town"	Kobe Agyeman Claytia Gonsalves	Brett Muller Thomas Hudson	April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08)	109	0.11
"Friendiversary": On the day of Kiff and Barry's "friendiversary", the two reminisce on when they first met. When Barry gives Kiff one more gift than she did him, Kiff sets out to find another gift for him, but can't seem to find a gift good enough for him. Meanwhile, Trevor tries to be Barry's new best friend. Thinking she's failed, Kiff runs away, but learns from a train robber that the best present is a hug. Barry tells Kiff that all he wanted was the feeling of giving her a gift and they decide to go on a tractor ride, even inviting Trevor to come along. However, this appears to be a set-up by Trevor. "Totally Table Town": After someone who posts a comment on "Table Toob" doubts Table Town's awesomeness, Kiff and her friends film a movie to prove him wrong. While filming the last scene, the gang gets attacked by the Ghost Wolf. After a long chase, it turns out that the Ghost Wolf was really giving their speaker back and herding them to safety. After Kiff posts the movie to the person who commented, it gets a positive reaction, with the commenter turning out to be Martin.
10	"Hat" "Lost and Found"	Lucy Heavens, Nic Smal & Kent Osborne Sarah Lloyd	Nic Smal Thomas Hudson	April 15, 2023 (2023-04-15)	111	0.19
"Hat": After a hat that Barry brings to "Bring a Thing" proves popular (so much that everyone in the school tries to steal it), Kiff tries to keep it safe for Barry to show everyone at an event later. A strong wind causes a series of misadventures for Kiff on trying to retrieve it, including Helen, who wants the hat for herself. After accidentally shredding the hat, Kiff pretends to be the hat, but realizes that everyone actually likes Barry, not the hat. "Lost and Found": While taking a walk, Kiff and Barry discover a journal. They try to find its owner before Glarbin, who is in charge of the Lost and found department, gains ownership of it at the end of the business day. While trying to find clues, Kiff and Barry end up having more and more of the journal's contents revealed, before it's revealed that it belongs to a unicorn named Slent. However, the poems become very popular and Slent gives the money he earned to Kiff and Barry to show his appreciation for them returning the journal.
11	"Principal Dance Socks"	Sarah Lloyd	Adam Bohorquez, Thomas Hudson, Taylor Curry, Elena Manetta & James Sugrue	April 22, 2023 (2023-04-22)	110	0.09
In order to prove that Table Town School is just as good as the fancy, rich, and prestigious Tuft Pierre School, Kiff and the gang compete Principal Secretary with Tuft Pierre's principal, Swan, in a dance-off. Since Secretary's dancing is less than perfect, Helen and the kids give him magic dance socks to make him appear much better (with Helen controlling Secretary's moves). After Secretary wins, the snobby big kids from Tuft Pierre School give the credit to Swan, who was on Roy Fox's "Dancing with the Tables", for winning. The kids decide to put Principal Secretary on the show to prove that he won. However, Helen is upset that she hasn't been given credit for controlling Principal Secretary's dancing and ends up sabotaging the show by lousing up his moves. Kiff and the gang then confess that they cheated and say that they are proud of their school, touching everyone's hearts to the point that Swan even decides to quit her job as Principal for Tuft Pierre School.
12	"Two Truths and a Bunny" "Nicknames"	Claytia Gonsalves Koby Agyeman	Taylor Curry Brett Muller & Adam Bohorquez	April 29, 2023 (2023-04-29)	112	0.24
"Two Truths and a Bunny": When one of the members of Candle's "Abra" group gets droop-tail, Kiff and Barry both take their place in a slumber party in order to find out why Candle calls her group "Abra". At the sleepover, the group plays Two Truths and a Lie, which Barry isn't good at because of his inability to lie. Since Candle can't trust Kiff and Barry to keep the secret about why the group is called the "Abras", Barry seeks advice from his sister, Terri, on how to lie. However, the Abras don't find Barry's lies exciting enough, not even when he reveals that one of the group members, seemingly named "Kennedy", is actually named "Kim". Kiff and Barry later deduce that the group was named after the candelabra (since the first part of the word is Candle's name) before leaving. "Nicknames": At a movie theater, Kiff and Barry realize that the ticket ripper, Nick Namé gives people at the theater nicknames because of their actions, and they decide that they want nicknames of their own. After Kiff tries (and fails) to earn the nickname, "Showtime", Beryl reveals that she already has a nickname (as "Kiff" is not her real name) and that everyone likes her, whether she has a nickname or not.
13	"The Sound of Helen" "Weekly Grocery Shop"	Hannah Jost Quinn Scott	Allyson Gonzalez James Sugrue	May 6, 2023 (2023-05-06)	113	0.14
"The Sound of Helen": Helen "convinces" Principal Secretary to let her create a musical. While the class is excited at first, they are surprised to find that the play, entitled "The Sound of Helen", is all about her. When they protest to this, Helen accuses them of ruining her musical and quits as director. The class decides to use how Helen had worked to get the Principal to accept the production as the new plot and rename it "My Fair Helen", which receives praise from Helen and everyone else (except for Secretary). "Weekly Grocery Shop": The Chatterlys go grocery shopping. Kiff decides to go to the free sample station, Beryl tries to collect 20 coupons to play a crane game, and Martin tries to remember which groceries to buy after he forgets the shopping list. Kiff's delight is spoiled when the new sample station worker, Gordon, only allows paying customers, not kids, to get free samples, so she, Barry, Reggie, and Candle try to trick him into giving them some. Meanwhile, after the last coupon falls into Helen's shopping cart, Beryl tries to get it without Helen noticing, and Martin gets the same groceries that another customer bought, only to find that all the groceries he bought are of a different brand that the Chatterlys normally get. When Beryl uses a fishing pole to sneak the last coupon out of Helen's cart, Helen notices and prepares to curse Beryl into mushroom form for bothering her, but accidentally curses Gordon into a child, who allows free samples for everyone. Afterwards, Kiff finally gets a free sample and Beryl wins a 50-year-old kazoo from the claw machine.
14	"Friendship in the Time of Cheese Caves" "Soup Opera"	Sarah Lloyd Claytia Gonsalves	Thomas Hudson Taylor Curry	May 13, 2023 (2023-05-13)	114	0.11
"Friendship in the Time of Cheese Caves": Candle and Trevor form a friendship, which is short-lived. On a field trip to the Cheese Caves, Candle enlists the help of Kiff to patch things up with her and Trevor. When Candle and Kiff get trapped in the caves, the former admits that their friendship was ruined when she sent a chunky text to him. Trevor eventually forgives Candle for the chunky text and they reconcile, while Kiff is furious to find that Candle and Trevor's friendship was formed when Candle made fun of her new shorts. "Soup Opera": Kiff becomes interested in a soap opera. When she finds that Miss Deer Teacher has been unlucky in love, Kiff uses scenes from the soap opera to help her reconcile with a date. After watching a plot twist in the soap opera with the protagonist's boyfriend revealed to have used her to steal her identity, Kiff and Martin try to stop Miss Dear Teacher's date from doing the same, but it turns out that he was only helping her with taxes, and that Miss Deer Teacher feels that he's not the man she wants to marry. Kiff apologizes to Miss Dear Teacher for meddling in her personal life and she forgives her.
15	"Mall Leader" "Ghost Wolf's Art"	Lucy Heavens & Nic Smal Hannah Jost	Miyako Molinelli & Brain Muelhaupt James Sugrue	May 20, 2023 (2023-05-20)	115	0.15
"Mall Leader": Upon finding out that she can get a free pretzel from bringing ten people to the mall, Kiff hypnotizes her classmates (excluding Barry) to follow her to the mall, but she quickly regrets this when everyone keeps following her around and won't let her eat her pretzel in peace. She gives the leading duties to Helen, who becomes a slave driver to Kiff's classmates. Realizing she has done wrong, Kiff learns the importance of selflessness, gives her pretzel to Helen, and encourages everyone to just follow themselves. "Ghost Wolf's Art": Following on from the events of "Totally Table Town", Kiff is determined to learn more about Ghost Wolf, and she and Barry go to his home, where they learn that he has a passion for painting. Barry helps Ghost Wolf get inspiration by painting pictures of other people's personal lives. At the museum, the people are initially embarrassed and furious to find that Ghost Wolf turned their personal moments into entertainment, but when it turns out that the embarrassing pictures actually bring people together, the art becomes a hit.
16	"Fresh Outta Grandmas" "Maybe-sitting"	Unknown	TBA	June 17, 2023 (2023-06-17)	116	N/A
17	"Everyday I'm Riddlin' Riddlin'" "Life on the Inside"	Unknown	TBA	June 24, 2023 (2023-06-24)	117	N/A

Shorts

How NOT To Draw

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"How NOT To Draw: Kiff"	April 22, 2023 (2023-04-22)

Production

Development

In 2017, creators Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens first met each-other when they were animators for Triggerfish Animation Studios, as the duo claimed that they 'spoke the same comedy language'. In December 2017, conception for the series began under the working title Donk. In May 2018, the series was optioned by Disney after its initial pitch. On June 17, 2021, during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, it was announced that Lucy Heavens and Nic Smal were developing an animated series titled Kiff. According to the duo, the series is inspired by their experiences growing up in Cape Town, while Heavens described it as a series "about a kid who lives with her parents and goes to school" whose comedy focuses on the world and characters featured. Senior vice-president for Disney Channel's animation Meredith Roberts said, "Lucy and Nic are a brilliant creative team who produced a fresh and funny series with vibrant visuals that help bring the friendship between a squirrel and a bunny to life in a unique way". The series is produced by Disney Television Animation and Titmouse, Inc., with Kent Osborne serving as co-producer and story editor, and Winnie Chaffee producing. It consists of 22-minute episodes, composed of two 11-minute segments. Edward Mejia, a Disney executive, oversees the series.

Music

The series features one original musical number per episode.

Animation

In addition to co-producing, Titmouse, Inc. also provides the animation for the series (with it's overseas animation being provided by Yearim).

Release

Kiff premiered simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD on March 10, 2023, with the show's first 6 episodes releasing on Disney+ a day later. In June 2022, it was announced that the first season of the series would have 30 22-minute episodes.

External links

• Official website
• Kiff at IMDb