A 2007 American Disney Channel Made-for-TV Movie that has a young boxer (Corbin Bleu) finding himself taking up Double Dutch and finding himself coming to enjoy the sport.
The movie also stars Keke Palmer, David Reivers, Shanica Knowles, Patrick Johnson Jr, Laivan Greene, Kylee Russell, Rebecca Williams, and Paula Brancati.
It aired on January 12, 2007.
Tropes for the film:
- Alliterative Name: Chuck Coley.
- Big Applesauce: Takes place in Brooklyn, New York.
- Big Bad: Rodney Tyler, the school bully who rivals Izzy for the Golden Gloves. He has a Heel–Face Turn and is the narrator of the story.
- Bittersweet Ending: The Hot Chili Steppers made first place in the city finals, but did not win the state competition. Nevertheless, Izzy gets to pursue the sport he likes, and his father is convinced to give it a try.
- Calling the Old Man Out: After Kenneth confronts Izzy about the pink-tinted photo of himself jumping rope in the trash, Izzy finally snaps and dresses him down on his awful parenting.
- "Gender-Normative Parent" Plot: The "manly" sport is boxing, the "girly" one is double dutch.
- I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham: Izzy sneers at rope-jumping as a sport at first, but is soon deeply into it. The film ends with Kenneth convinced to try double dutch as well.
- Missing Mom: Izzy's mother died prior to the events of the film.
- Narrator All Along: It turns out the film's events are narrated by a post-Heel–Face Turn Rodney to a group of kids.
- Pink Is for Sissies: When Izzy's secret is revealed to everyone at school, photos of himself jumping rope spread around the school are printed with a pink tint.
- Sports Dad: Izzy's father used to be a boxer, and pushes Izzy into boxing as well. For his dad's sake, Izzy pretends to be enjoying himself, but has lost interest in boxing by the time the movie begins, and later points out that it's the only thing the two of them talk about ever since his mother passed away.
- Starring Smurfette: Inverted: Izzy is the protagonist and the sole male member of the Hot Chili Steppers.
- Tagline: "Jump In".
