"Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time" is the first of three made-for-TV special movies based on Kim Possible, later re-aired as a three-part episode of the series. The film was directed by Steve Loter for the Disney Channel, but is oddly not officially considered a Disney Channel Original Movie. It contains elements of action, comedy, mystery and science fiction, and was created with a mix of traditional and computer-generated animation.
The film begins at the start of a new school year, when Ron and his family move to Norway, and the villains Dr. Drakken, Shego, Duff Killigan, and Monkey Fist team up to steal the Time Monkey, a small statuette used to travel through time. With help from her computer guru Wade and her friend Monique, Kim follows the villains to Australia as they steal the body and head of the Tempus Simia, or "Time Monkey", but the villains connect the head to the body inside the Time Monkey's temple in Africa, and they escape through the resulting time portal.
Part 2: "Past"
Shortly afterward, Kim is visited by a large talking mole rat from the future, a descendent of Rufus named Rufus 3000, who gives Kim a wristwatch time-travel device, called the Chrono-Manipulator and explains that "The Supreme One" is preparing to take over the world. Meanwhile, Drakken uses a Juvinator on himself, Killigan, and Monkey Fist turn themselves into little children and travel back in time to Kim's first day in preschool in order to discourage her from becoming a crimefighter. Posing as her schoolmates, the villains try to bully the four-year-old Kim, but she defeats them (not shown as cut to the young adult Kim fighting Shego) and makes friends with Ron, and the high-school-age Kim arrives to fight Shego, who has been observing her accomplices.
With their preschool plot foiled, the villains turn back into adults and escape forward in time, to a day when Kim and Ron are middle-school teenagers. When a billionaire traps himself in the web of deadly laser beams that guard his vault, his security expert accidentally contacts Kim through her new baby-sitting website, so, after a neighbor drives Kim and Ron to the billionaire's mansion, Kim uses her cheerleading gymnastic skills to jump through the laser beams and save the billionaire. Monkey Fist goes into the past and retrieves a huge rock gorilla, which attacks Kim, but high-school-age Kim and Ron appear, and high-school Ron destroys the rock gorilla by accidentally activating the security lasers. As police officers arrest Drakken, Killigan, and Monkey Fist, Shego escapes with the Time Monkey into the future, where she will take over the world and become The Supreme One. High-school Kim and Ron follow her, along with Rufus and Rufus 3000.
Part 3: "Future"
In the future, Shego has become dictator of the world and made everyone her slaves. Kim and Ron are captured and sent to their old high school to be brainwashed, but they are rescued by Kim's twin brothers Tim and Jim, along with Rufus 3000 and an army of naked mole rats. The twins take Kim and Ron to the secret headquarters of the political resistance movement where they will be safe, whose leader is Wade, and Kim, Ron, Wade, the twins, and all of the Rufuses sneak into Shego's castle, where they fight their way past the villains and an army of monkeys to the room where Shego keeps the Time Monkey.
After capturing Kim and her friends, Shego explains that she separated Kim and Ron by making money in the 1990s stock-market boom, buying the company that Ron's mother worked for, and having her transferred to Norway. Keeping Kim and Ron apart enabled her to take over the world. In his anger at having to live in Norway and the destruction of his favorite nacho restaurant, Ron throws Drakken across the room. The twins break out of their chains, the pillars that hold up the palace ceiling collapse, and the Time Monkey falls to the floor and breaks, undoing all the effects of Shego's time travel. This causes Kim, Ron, and Rufus to float through a time portal and travel back to the first scene of the film, at the end of their first school day. At the moment when the first time disturbance occurred, a wave of time distortion washes over Kim and Ron, and when the moment has passed, the world has been restored to its original state and the two teens have lost all memories of the film's events, except that Ron knows he hates meat cakes, which he was forced to eat in Norway.
Home video releases
VHS
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (movie version)
DVD
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (movie version)
Kim Possible: The Complete Second Season (episodic version)
In the serialized version, the scene where Ron asked Wade if he had a matter transporter is cut out.
A known censorship was applied in this movie. The sequence where preschool Kim taking down the bad guys is cut to young adult Kim fighting Shego, as the only defeat of the bad guys is them running away scared thinking that she’s gone mad. The reason for this is the film makers thought that it was inappropriate to show a preschooler fighting in a family cartoon and would be too heavy for Dakota Fanning, who was only 9 at the time, to react her voice in a violent sequence.
Running Gags
A running gag throughout this portion of the movie is Ron mistaking any non-English language for another.
Goofs
Every instance of Kim and Ron time traveling was accomplished by the scientific wrist device. Why would they be sucked into the magical portal at the end? It did not move then at any point.
At the end, Kim and Ron are physically scooped up by the portal, yet do not physically arrive in the past, where they already were physically.
When Kim is let out of the sarcophagus in the museum, her hair is messed up. When the camera comes back a moment later, her hair is perfect again.
When Kim is looking in the Latin dictionary she is at "T" but she flips left and is at "S" when "S" is before "T".
As Kim and Ron pull apart from each other post-hug, Kim's hand goes through Ron's neck and Ron's hand goes through Kim's side.
When preteen Kim finishes her try-out routine, Bonnie bites off part of her pencil. When you next see it, the pencil is whole.
When the four villains open the time portal for the first time everyone walks through- in order- Monkey Fist, Shego, and then Drakken. We never see Duff walk through, however he is later shown with all the villains as if he did so.
Kim, in the pilot episode "Crush", in season one, saw Ron hold out Rufus after he found him in his pocket and asked Ron, when she saw Rufus: "A Naked Mole Rat?" like she didn't know all along that Ron had Rufus when Ron showed him to her, production wise, in their sophomore year, but in this episode Ron shows Rufus to Kim for the first time years before, while on a mission in the past.
Though even before Kim said "A naked mole rat?" she showed that she knew about Rufus.
It should be called into question how Rufus had descendants if he was lost in the time stream, as he wasn't shown to have left behind a child.
Tempus Simia is said to be the Latin for "Time Monkey," but Latin cannot form descriptive terms merely by adding nouns in the same way English or German do, and "Tempus Simia" would mean something more like "Time is a monkey." Latin would require an adjective Temporalis Simia or a possessive Temporis Simia ("time-related monkey" or "monkey of time").
Continuity
Whenever Ron's parents have something big to tell him, they prefer to let actions speak for themselves. This is apparent throughout the series. In this episode, when asking about them moving, his father replied "The sign was our way of telling you". Another instance is when Ron is taken by surprise of his new baby sister in the episode Big Bother.
It is possible Bonnie Rockwaller, Kim's archrival, may have been on the cheerleading squad longer than Kim, since she were the judges at the tryouts for the squad. If this is true, this may be why Bonnie feels that she should be the squad captain instead of Kim. And apparently when Kim had braces, Bonnie used to call her "Tin Teeth".
Contrary to popular opinion, the girls with preteen Bonnie were not Tara and Hope. The blonde's hair and eyes are all wrong, as is the shape of the noirette's face.
Allusions
In the future, Ron falling to his knees in front of the destroyed Bueno Nacho is an allusion to the ending of the original Planet of the Apes when Charlton Heston's character did the same by the half-buried Statue of Liberty.
Shows/Movies:Kim Possible • "Rufus" (Lilo & Stitch: The Series crossover episode) • "Codename: Electric Haircut" (Fillmore! crossover episode) • Live-action film • Kim Hushable
Video Games:Kim Possible: What's the Switch? • Kim Possible: Kimmunicator • Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist • Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise • Kim Possible 3: Team Possible • Kim Possible: Global Gemini Books:Bueno Nacho • Showdown at Camp Wannaweep • The New Ron • Downhill • Killigan's Island • Attack of the Killer Bebes • Royal Pain • Tweeb Trouble • Extreme • Cloned • Code Word: Kim • The Kim Possible Files • Save the World Kit • Pick a Villain!: Badical Battles • Pick a Villain!: Game On! • Pick a Villain!: Masters of Mayhem • Pick a Villain!: So Not the Drama!
Disney Parks
Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure
Characters
Heroes:Kim Possible • Ron Stoppable • Rufus • Wade • Dr. Ann Possible • Dr. James Possible • Jim and Tim Possible • Mr. Stoppable • Mrs. Stoppable • Hana Stoppable • Monique • Steve Barkin • Bonnie Rockwaller • Brick Flagg • Ned • Nana Possible • Team Go • Martin Smarty • Artie Smarty • Team Impossible • Betty Director • Cousin Larry • Vivian Francis Porter • Felix Renton • Zita Flores • Master Sensei • Yori • Slim Possible • Joss Possible • Yono • Mego • Hego • Wego Twins • Steel Toe • Pain King • Professor Acari • Connie and Lonnie Rockwaller • Mrs. Rockwaller • Tara • Jessica • Hope • Marcella • Liz • Crystal • Franklin Barkin • Wayne • Shaun • Reuben Stoppable • Vinnie • Big Mike • Mr. McHenry • Junior • Prince Wally • Wanda Wong • Toshimiru • Alan Platt • Akute • Officer Hobble • Amelia • Pop Pop Porter • Kyoko Yoshiko • Nakasumi-San • Timothy North • SADI • Middleton High School Cheerleaders • Will Du • Cyrus Bortel • Oh Boyz • Roachie • Snake-Cat • Rabbit-Rhino • Athena
Villains:Dr. Drakken • Shego • Monkey Fist • Duff Killigan • Señor Senior, Senior • Señor Senior, Junior • Amy Hall • Gil Moss • Camille Leon • Frugal Lucre • Bebe • Adrena Lynn • Gemini • Professor Dementor • Fashionistas • Warmonga • Warhok • Edward Lipsky • Falsetto Jones • Nanny Maim • Hank Perkins • Jackie the Jackal • Aviarius • Fukushima • Knights of Rodegan • Malcolm Nevious • Electronique • Dr. Fen
Episodes
Season One:Crush • Sink or Swim • The New Ron • Tick-Tick-Tick • Downhill • Bueno Nacho • Number One • Mind Games • Attack of the Killer Bebes • Royal Pain • Coach Possible • Pain King vs. Cleopatra • Monkey Fist Strikes • October 31st • All the News • Kimitation Nation • The Twin Factor • Animal Attraction • Monkey Ninjas in Space • Ron the Man • Low Budget
Season Two:Naked Genius • Grudge Match • Two to Tutor • The Ron Factor • Car Trouble • Rufus in Show • Adventures in Rufus-Sitting • Job Unfair • The Golden Years • Virtu-Ron • The Fearless Ferret • Exchange • Rufus vs. Commodore Puddles • Day of the Snowmen • A Sitch in Time • A Very Possible Christmas • Queen Bebe • Hidden Talent • Return to Camp Wannaweep • Go Team Go • The Full Monkey • Blush • Partners • Oh Boyz • Sick Day • The Truth Hurts • Mother's Day • Motor Ed • Ron Millionaire • Triple S • Rewriting History Season Three:Steal Wheels • Emotion Sickness • Bonding • Bad Boy • Showdown at the Crooked D • Dimension Twist • So the Drama • Overdue • Roachie • Rappin' Drakken • Team Impossible • Gorilla Fist • And the Mole Rat Will Be CGI Season Four:Ill Suited • The Big Job • Trading Faces • The Cupid Effect • Car Alarm • Mad Dogs and Aliens • Grande Size Me • Clothes Minded • Big Bother • Fashion Victim • Odds Man In • Stop Team Go • Cap'n Drakken • Mathter and Fervent • The Mentor of Our Discontent • Oh No! Yono! • Clean Slate • Homecoming Upset • Chasing Rufus • Nursery Crimes • Larry's Birthday • Graduation
Objects
SADI • Neuro-Compliance Chip • Lotus Blade • Kimmunicator • Silver Cutlass • The Attitudinator • Amulet of the Monkey King • Molecular Muscle Enhancer • Naco • Diablo Sauce • Giant Laser Drill • Pop Pop's Mini Corn Dogs • Roth SL Coupe • Grappling hook
Locations
Middleton • Middleton High School • Middleton Mall • Bueno Nacho • Smarty Mart • Possible House • Stoppable House • Club Banana • Middleton Space Center • Middleton Medical Center • Camp Wannaweep • Yamanouchi Ninja School • Forbidden City Museum • Pickle on a Pike • Middleton Institute of Science and Technology • Middleton Magnetic Institute • Middleton Geological Center • Middleton Motor Lodge • University of Upperton • Canada • Tokyo • Japan
Songs
Call Me, Beep Me! • Could it Be • Rappin' Drakken • Naked Mole Rap • Say the Word • Pop Pop's Mini Corn Dogs (song) • It's Just You • A Ringlin' Jinglin' Christmas
See Also
Team Possible • Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure
Tiger Town • Gone Are the Dayes • Love Leads the Way • Black Arrow • Lots of Luck • The Undergrads • The Blue Yonder • The Parent Trap II • Spot Marks the X • Down the Long Hills • Not Quite Human • The Christmas Visitor • Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss • A Friendship in Vienna • Not Quite Human II • Spooner
1990s
Lantern Hill • Chips, the War Dog • Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme • The Little Kidnappers • Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn • Bejewelled • Perfect Harmony • Mark Twain and Me • Still Not Quite Human • The Ernest Green Story • Hocus Pocus • Heidi • The Old Curiosity Shop • Escape to Witch Mountain • The Four Diamonds • Freaky Friday • Wish Upon a Star • Susie Q • Northern Lights • Under Wraps • Tower of Terror • You Lucky Dog • Brink! • Halloweentown • Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century • Can of Worms • The Thirteenth Year • Smart House • Johnny Tsunami • Genius • P.U.N.K.S. • Don't Look Under the Bed • Horse Sense
2000s
Up, Up and Away • The Color of Friendship • Alley Cats Strike • Rip Girls • Miracle in Lane 2 • Stepsister from Planet Weird • Ready to Run • Quints • The Other Me • Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire • Phantom of the Megaplex • The Ultimate Christmas Present • Zenon: The Zequel • Motocrossed • The Luck of the Irish • Hounded • Jett Jackson: The Movie • The Poof Point • Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge • 'Twas the Night • Double Teamed • Cadet Kelly • Tru Confessions • Get a Clue • Gotta Kick it Up! • A Ring of Endless Light • The Scream Team • You Wish! • Right on Track • The Even Stevens Movie • Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off • The Cheetah Girls • Full - Court Miracle • Pixel Perfect • Going to the Mat • Zenon: Z3 • Stuck in the Suburbs • Tiger Cruise • Halloweentown High • Now You See It... • Buffalo Dreams • Kim Possible: So the Drama • Go Figure • Life is Ruff • The Proud Family Movie • Twitches • High School Musical • Cow Belles • Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior • Read It and Weep • The Cheetah Girls 2 • Return to Halloweentown • Jump In! • Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board • High School Musical 2 • Twitches Two • Minutemen • Camp Rock • The Cheetah Girls: One World • Dadnapped • Hatching Pete • Princess Protection Program • Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
