"Twirl Whirl Teenieping Ballet" is the twenty-second episode of Twinkle Catch! Teenieping. It introduces Balletping.
Synopsis[]
When Balletping causes a commotion at Romi's school, she expresses her dream about starting her own ballet class. Romi and the Royal Jewel Teeniepings agree to help grant her wish, but Trustping doesn’t seem too certain about joining...
Summary[]
Major events[]
- Balletping is introduced and caught, and joins the Teenieping School.
Magic used[]
- Romi: transforms with Teeheeping into Princess Ruby and catches Balletping with the Jewel Heart Wing Phone.
- Balletping: makes Nile, Raymond, Ms. Olivia, Romi, and the Royal Jewel Teeniepings copy her ballet dance moves.
Plot[]
At Romi’s school, Mr. Dayne has his students do their presentations on the ballet performance they watched a little while ago. He calls on Nile & Raymond to present, but they’re noticeably nervous about speaking. Balletping appears on the outside and tests how much they liked the performance by using her magic snowglobe on the boys, making them do a ballet dance in front of the whole class!
Balletping guides the boys as they dance all around — and even out of the classroom, which makes the class laugh at them, while Romi checks the Jewel Heart Wing Phone to find that she is the culprit. Puzzled by this, Romi tells Mr. Dayne that she will bring them back, and she goes into an empty classroom to transform with Teeheeping into Princess Ruby.
She comes across a dizzied Niall & Raymond in the hallway and Balletping, who’s now dancing with Ms. Olivia! Encouraging Ms. Olivia with her ballet moves, Balletping stops when she hears Princess Romi’s voice which causes the principal to run back into her office.
Romi tells Balletping to stop, but the Jewel Teenieping tells her that she’s just looking for dancers to perform with her. Romi tries to catch her, but Balletping twirls out of the way! Taken aback by her graceful dodge, Balletping uses her Tinkle Puff on Romi and the Royal Teeniepings, making them copy her ballet moves!
She tells them of what she’s learned as she landed on Earth: that she doesn’t want to dance alone anymore, and wants to bring others along! A flashback indicates this, as Balletping — having landed on Earth following the Jewel Forest incident — sees a flier for a ballet performance, which ignites her passion to start one of her own. But she doesn’t think anyone can perform the way she does since all they do is copy her, so she wants to teach someone how to do one.
Teeheeping offers Balletping the chance to teach some of the Jewel Teeniepings her ballet skills so that she can create a performance of her own! But as this is happening, Trustping expresses his hesitancy over doing this... Balletping agrees, on Romi’s condition that she’ll be caught once the performance is over.
At the Teeneiping School, a group of mostly female Teeniepings — Heartsping, Teeheeping, Joahping, Ladyping, Cozyping, and Patping — are seen adorning cute ballet outfits as they prepare to learn under the tutelage of Balletping, while Trustping sulks over having to commit to this...
Balletping begins her first class by having the Teeniepings perform a simple arm stretch, which the girls manage to do successfully. But Trustping struggles, leading Balletping to try and straighten him out...
Next, the class is instructed on how to do a ballet jump; again, the girls manage to do so, but Trustping jumps very high but doesn’t land as gracefully as Balletping would want. She admonishes him for this, saying that ballet is about elegance and not trying to compete against anyone, and tells him to practice until he gets it right, leaving Trustping and the other Teeniepings behind...
The Teeniepings are then instructed to walk on their tippy-toes, which the girls try to do, but Trustping fails to try and balance himself, and knocks over the girls, causing them to fall! After some time, Trustping keeps trying to balance on his toes, still struggling, but Balletping sighs and walks away, as Trustping voices his displeasure at her not acknowledging he’s trying his best!
Later in the day, Trustping is still struggling to walk on his tippy-toes, while he notices Balletping congratulating Heartsping and Patping on their ability to do so. He sneaks behind the stairs of the Teenieping School to eat a chocolate ball he had saved, but Balletping appears and slaps it out of his hands!
Balletping scolds Trustping for trying to eat instead of trying to practice, but Trustping treats this as the last straw, taking off his ballet shoes and throwing them onto the ground! He storms off saying he’s not cut out for ballet, as the other Royal Teeniepings follow behind him.
Romi notices that Trustping is pretty angry, and asks the others what’s wrong, as they join with Trustping to try and talk it out. Trustping says Balletping is way too strict and says no to almost everything he does. While the girls agree that she’s a bit demanding, Trustping starts to blame them for inviting him in to perform.
Teeheeping says it’s his fault — he keeps messing up, but he argues that she shouldn’t have offered to let them teach her! Romi stops this quarreling and says she’ll talk it out with Balletping, but Trustping leaves them...
As Trustping enters back into the bakery, he sees Balletping dancing alone on one of the tables, performing a jump with the grace and beauty of a swan. As Balletping finishes, Trustping starts to tear up, having possibly realized how hard she works and the potential she wants the other Teeniepings to reach.
A few days later, in the evening, Balletping and the Teeniepings she’s brought along perform a ballet dance to Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”[1] for Romi, Maya, Marylou and some of the other Jewel Teeniepings. The performance also includes Trustping, and both Balletping & Trustping perform the same jump Trustping saw Balletping doing the previous night to the delight of the audience! They’re able to finish the performance, and the Teeniepings all get a round of applause for their hard work!
After the performance, Balletping thanks everyone for allowing her dream to come true, and now says she can return to Jewel Forest. Romi makes this come true by catching her with the Jewel Heart Wing Phone.
Afterward, Balletping spots Trustping, who is eating a chocolate ball, and asks him about when he practiced. Trustping says he saw her dance under the moonlight a few days before their performance; he apologizes for being mean to her, but Balletping says it was her fault for being too tough on him, thanking him for playing his part. As a token of his gratitude, Trustping offers a chocolate ball to share with Balletping, and she agrees, as the two eat together having gotten back on good terms!
Characters[]
Major[]
Minor[]
Background[]
- Mr. Dayne
- Mr. Dayne's classmates
- Ms. Olivia
- Maya & Marylou
- Other Jewel Teeniepings (Timidping, Memoping, Giftping, Buddyping & Sculptping)
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode to:
- use a song that's in the public domain (Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake").
- see some of the Jewel Teeniepings wear clothes.
- This is the third episode of Twinkle Catch! Teenieping where we see Romi appear in a transformed state around Maya and/or Marylou.
Errors[]
- Tickleping, Owwping, Wishping, Tidyping & Yummyping are not seen in this episode.
- In the scene where Trustping sneaks off to have a chocolate ball, Heartsping & Patping are seen with Balletping, but when Trustping leaves, Heartsping, Teeheeping & Joahping are seen instead.
- In the English Dub, when the performance was about to start, it had a narrator saying "A Few Days Later", despite no word has been heard at the Korean Dub.
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