The Maid is outside, searching for the Princess as it's "almost time". The Princess is hiding in a bush, and she explains that she's hiding from dance class. The Maid finds her and asks her why she doesn't want to go to dance class, so the Princess explains that they made her "be a butterfly". The Maid asks what's wrong with butterflies, to which the Princess says that they're "floaty and flappy" and she's neither.
She then runs into the kitchen, where the Chef is cooking and listening to the Can-Can. He asks if she's hungry, and she says that, no, she's hiding from dance class. He says that dancing is "wonderful", but she says it isn't because it's "floaty and flappy". The Chef says that he doesn't dance that way, and then pulls the General into dancing a can-can with him. The Princess thinks the can-can looks cool, but when she tries, she finds it too scary since the General and Chef are holding her up in the air. She leaves, and the Maid arrives looking for the Princess but the General and Chef play dumb.
In the living room, the King and Queen are also listening to music. The King then wants to show the Princess his and the Queen's dancing, but she's doubtful. Nevertheless, they waltz, but he keeps stepping on her foot, prompting the Princess to decide the waltz seems "too painful". She leaves, while the King and Queen argue over whether he's clumsy or she goes too fast. The Maid asks the King and Queen if they saw the Princess, and this time, they tell the truth.
The Princess then asks to hide in the Prime Minister's office. He gives her permission and asks what she's hiding from. She explains that it's dancing, but the Prime Minister likes to dance. The General enters, and the two men begin to tango. The Maid passes and is about to ask if they've seen the Princess, but when she sees them tangoing, she laughs and walks past. The Princess tries to tango with the Prime Minister but finds it too hard because she has to move backwards.
She runs outside and ducks into a bush, but her tutu is sticking out, and she gives herself away by saying, "She's not here." The Maid tries to convince the Princess that dancing is fun, but she still insists it isn't. She yells, prompting everyone to come over, and she lists everything she hates about dancing. Both fortunately and unfortunately, she illustrates her points with body language, which the King mistakes for dancing. This leads to an accidental dance craze, and the Princess decides that dancing isn't so bad after all.
This episode provides examples of
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Puss wears sunglasses when he's dancing.
- Accidental Dance Craze: The King mistakes the Princess's expressive body movements for a dance, starting a dance craze.
- Agony of the Feet: When the King and Queen waltz, he keeps standing on her foot.
- Angry Dance: When the Princess is illustrating what she hates about dancing, she flaps and hops about. This is then turned into a real dance.
- Big "NO!": The Princess shouts, "NOOOOOO!" when she's running away at the beginning, then again when she's afraid of being held up to do the can-can.
- Blatant Lies: When the Maid says, "Princess?", the Princess replies, "She's not here!".
- Buffy Speak: The Princess describes butterflies, and later dancing, as "floaty and flappy". She also describes dancing as "hurty" at one point.
- Compliment Backfire: When the Maid calls the Princess pretty, she finds the term too sappy.
- Contrived Coincidence: On this day, the vast majority of the castle's residents happen to be listening to music.
- Department of Redundancy Department: When the Princess is listing things she hates about dancing, she lists them several times.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Near the end, the Princess says the episode title, with a dramatic pause between each word and the word "dance" being screamed.
- Title Drop: Towards the end of this episode, the Princess says, "I don't... want... to..." then screams, "DANCE!!!" at the top of her lungs.
