A Squirrely Genius

A Squirrely Genius is the second episode of "Glitter Force KiraKira".

Synopsis
Iris gets to learn more about the Glitter Force and the Pastry Shop, but along the way she comes across a quiet classmate who really likes pudding. She tries to get to know Holly but finds it's more complicated than she thought.

Plot
Iris freaks out hearing the box talk as Peck attempts to open it, causing it to transform into a large building. Iris is amazed by how cute it is and she runs inside to find a fully equipped kitchen; including a frightening, fluffy ghost-like figure. Peck introduces him as Gusteau, a spirit bound to the Pastry Shop.

Gusteau explains that the "Sugar Magic" within sweets is a power to make people happy and lively. The Glitter Force can harness their power to bring happiness to the world; before he can finish his explanation, Iris eagerly agrees to be a Glitter Force warrior if it means she can eat lots of sweets. She attempts to use the Glitter Pact to make a cheesecake, only to be told that she will make it first, the pact doesn't work like that.

At school, Iris is playing basketball with some classmates when she goes to take a shot for the hoop- only to misstep and run headfirst into a shy girl who was reading nearby. She tries to check to see if the girl is okay but she feverishly backs away to hide behind a tree nearby. When she sees Iris holding her book she quickly runs past to grab it and head for inside. Iris is confused by what just happened as her classmates bring up how unsocial that girl is. She heads home after school to observe the mail box, where she finds a letter from her mom; and a flyer for a pudding sale.

Iris changes clothing and chastises herself for forgetting as she runs into town to the sweets shop. One last pudding is in the display case, but as she asks for it, her shy classmate from before does too. The girl panics and hides nearby and Iris backs away, allowing a little girl to step inside and purchase the pudding herself.

While they are disappointed, they are glad it was a little girl who got the last one as they leave the shop. Iris uses this to make a connection with Holly by asking if she likes pudding, and Peck -from inside her bag- suggests she make some. Iris momentarily panics until realizing she has all the means to, and she asks Holly is she knows how to make it. Holly says that she does, but points out that she has cram school in the evening. Iris reasons they got loads of time then, and leads her through town to gather the necessary ingredients before heading to the Sweets Shop. Holly is surprised to see this building and much like Iris, she's wowed by its cute appearance as they prepare to get started, shyly explaining that she has been learning about sweets making.

Iris starts to prepare the pudding, but she proceeds to mess up and Holly is too reluctant to say anything. Until Iris proceeds to burn rhe caramel multiple times and she's finally had enough, yelling out that she's letting it become crystallized. She takes out her baking science book and becomes excited, chattering away about the meaning of the Latin word Purinous Caramelous and how it differs from the English variant of Pudding, and how science is an important factor in baking to avoid making the same mistakes over and over. Her words not only end up causing Gusteau and Peck to fall asleep, but by now Iris is starting to realize how complicated this will be. It seems to don on Holly and she quiets herself as Iris reveals cram school will be starting. She takes off after apologizing.

As she runs to school Holly thinks about the past and how she enjoyed her knowledge of pudding with others. Originally, everyone liked to hear about her facts she would tell them during class, but over time they lost interest and just began to ignore her because she didn't like the same things they did even now. Even calling her weird for it.

Holly continues to feel depressed as she realizes her knowledge has isolated her once again. She remains saddened throughout the night at home as she looks through her book, and the following day she attempts to avoid Iris after spotting her in the library at school. She heads home afterwards but finds herself near the Pastry Shop again. She attempts to leave until overhearing Iris complain about messing up again, and she peeks through the window to spot her looking at the book she has, complaining that it's too difficult for her to make sense of. Holly calls out and startles Iris, before joining her in the kitchen as she explains having found a copy of the book at school. Iris pleadingly asks her to lend a hand and Holly does so, assisting her so that they can make caramel sauce.

Iris introduces her to the magic words "Sugar Magic, Sugar Magic, mix it all up" and soon it finishes, causing her to happily embrace Holly. She asks to call her "Pudding Girl" as thanks and Holly becomes withdrawn avain. She begins to weep as she tells Iris that she enjoys sweets because of the science that goes into making them, but she's unable to understand other's feelings. She really wants her own feelings regarding how much she loves pudding to reach others, something Iris can agree with. She can tell Holly loves sweets, and while she might talk a little too much about them, she is very thankful to her because it was her help that taught her how to make the pudding. She suggests they get to decoration and together, they create a bucket-sized pudding.

Once it comes out from the pan the girls celebrate, which flutters Holly as Iris decorates a smaller pudding to look like a squirrel in honor of Holly. She hands over the pudding while explaining that Holly reminds her of a squirrel and brings up how bunny-like she is, and Holly happily mentions that she likes squirrels.

As this is going on, a strange monster known as Pudding Pain appears and sucks all the Sugar Magic from the pudding at the supermarket. He leaves and senses the overflowing Sugar Magic within the pudding the girls made and heads to the location, frightening the girls; along with Gusteau and Peck as they join them outside. He transforms the large pudding into grey, then he prepares to take away the pudding from Holly but Iris comes to her defense. She refuses to let Pudding Pain have the pudding they made together, and she transforms into Glitter Whip to protect their sweet and Holly.

Unfortunately, Holly asks Peck for an explanation as Whip struggles to fight the large monster, whise squishy body causes her to stick to him and allow him to throw her around. Holly pleads for Pudding Pain to stop and a light forms around her, the squirrel pudding transforming into a Glitter Charm and Glitter Pact. While she doesn't entirely understand, she grasps them both and announces her refusal to lose her precious friend, transforming into Glitter Caramel.

Caramel is alarmed by how fast she can run as she dodges an attack from the humongous Pudding Pain, with Whip coming to her rescue to stop her. She starts apologizing for what she said about friendship but Whip assures her they are friends, cheering her up. As they prepare to fight, Caramel realizes how squirrel-like she actually is, so she puts this to use to distract Pudding Pain by running circles around him until he's so dazed that she can use her pudding magic from the Glitter Pact to bind him. Iris uses her whip cream to help and soon, a large glowing pudding surrounds him, releasing all of the Sugar Magic and returning him back to his original, small form.

With everything back to normal, the girls sit down and eat their delicious pudding.

Glitter Force

 * Iris Burton / Glitter Whip
 * Holly Marsh / Glitter Caramel

Pixies

 * Peck
 * Gusteau

Villains

 * Pudding Pain

Secondary Characters

 * Dr. Shelly Jane Burton (in a photo)
 * Eddie Gibbs
 * Austin Nicholson
 * Rachel Kendrick
 * Jerri Fontaine

Trivia

 * The girls' school uniforms are shown for the first time.

Transcript
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