Stephanie is excited about a dance competition, but when Robbie Rotten decides to stop the competition by winning it himself, she feels she doesn't have to practice to beat him, as Robbie can't dance. After a failed attempt to teach a clockwork clone of himself to dance, Robbie brings a ballerina doll, Rottenella, to life to dance in his stead. Stephanie must practice hard if she's going to win!
On the day of the competition, Rottenella performs a beautiful dance, and Stephanie isn't confident she can win and considers dropping out. Sportacus must inspire her to believe in herself before she lets Robbie win by default!
This episode contains examples of:
- An Aesop:
- Practice is important and don’t wait until the last minute to do it.
- You never know what you can do unless you try.
- Cheaters Never Prosper: Robbie enlarged Rotenella to beat Stephanie in the dance competition instead of participating himself and even tries to sabotage Stephanie by dropping ping pong balls on the stage while she's dancing (much to Sportacus's annoyance). However he still loses the contest.
- Silent Snarker: Rottenella doesn't say a word, but has fun tripping Robbie and being mischievous.
- Unsportsmanlike Gloating: Robbie, during and after Rottenella's dance performance, brags a lot towards Stephanie.Stephanie: (about Rottenella) She's really good, is there something she can't do?Robbie Rotten: Well, she can't lose.
