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Kiffbarry is the het ship between Kiff Chatterley and Barry Buns from the Kiff fandom.
Canon[]
Kiff first met Barry on a seesaw on the Table Town Middle School playground seven years prior to the events of "Friendiversary", and they have been inseparable best friends ever since. They spend most of their time in each other's company and have embarked on countless adventures together around Table Town.
As best friends, Kiff and Barry are deeply supportive of each other. Just as Barry is always ready to go along with Kiff's various ideas and plans, as farfetched as they can sometimes be, Kiff is always there to lend Barry a helping hand and ease his doubts and fears in their adventures. Wary of Barry's more delicate personality, Kiff is willing to put off a plan that Barry finds especially distressing; in "Leave a Little Juice", she even avoids relaying a simple request for Barry not to finish the Chatterleys' orange juice out of her (as it turns out, incorrect) assumption that Barry is too delicate to take criticism.
Kiff has frequently shown her willingness to go to great lengths for Barry. Some notable instances include helping Barry conquer his fear of swimming briefly transferring to Table Town High School to join him when he is sent there by accident and once going on a winding journey around Table Town simply to recover his lost hat.
Reflecting the closeness of their friendship, Kiff and Barry have described each other as honorary family. As a regular presence at the Buns residence, Kiff is well acquainted with Barry's mother Mary and siblings Harry, Terri, and Kristophe. In "The Fourth Bath", Barry declares Kiff an honorary Bun when Kiff has her first sleepover at the Buns house, marking the occasion by handing her down a sweater previously handed down by Harry to Terri, and Terri to Barry; Kiff mentions that she feels honored because as an only child, she has always been curious what it would be like to have siblings. She has also commented that she and Barry are "basically family".
Kiff and Barry are extremely proud of the equal balance of their friendship, calling themselves "identicals tentacles". Kiff cares greatly about keeping this equality intact, as seen in "Friendiversary", where after receiving a surprise extra friendiversary gift from Barry, she overworks herself trying to find a matching extra gift of her own. The duo very rarely argue, and in "I Like to Move It!" – one of the few episodes where they get into a heated argument – their disagreement over how to use a wish-granting horseshoe leaves them in shock, due to how used they are to agreeing with each other. Even when affected by an ancient curse in "Foreverangees" that specifically dooms friendships to end, Kiff and Barry's friendship proves so strong that they not only overpower the curse, but permanently break it.
Fanon[]
Kiffbarry is a popular ship in the Kiff fandom, being drawn and written about often. This is not only because Kiff and Barry are the main focuses of the show, but because of their amazing dynamic. They are two best friends who are unique from each other yet are still extremely close. They still do have rough moments like any relationship would. Like when Kiff and Barry have a hard time agreeing to disagree or when Kiff was worried on what friendiversary gift to give to Barry. However, if anything these rough moments only deepen their friendship in the end. They always work it and remain best friends. Kiff and Barry are also the most popular characters in the show. This is because Kiff is the main protagonist while Barry is the deuteragonist of the show. This means Kiff and Barry's dynamic is a main part of the show as is shown frequently.
Fandom[]
- Kiff and Barry posts on Twitter