Casey arrives late for the evening's recital, and is informed by the angry little girl that she has broken "the first rule." Casey strips down to her twinky outfit and struggles to calm her anxiety about the upcoming performance. Tina instructs Casey to take a deep breath, and exhale.

In front of a large audience as well as a panel of judges, the entire novice class performs a routine to Betty Hutton's "Blow A Fuse." From the audience, Gen is hurt to see that Casey is wearing one of Tina's old outfits. After the performance, Tina catches Casey's eye and reminds her to exhale.

Afterwards, Casey learns that she has achieved a "Junior Pass," skipping two levels and putting her on the same level as Gen, Nikki, and Tiffany. Casey asks Tina if this means she can start competing, but Tina explains that while Casey has some raw talent, competitive figure skating is a major commitment she is not prepared for.

After the previous chapter ended with Casey facing an arranged marriage to Penelope Goode, it is interesting that the film jumps forward several hours to find Casey flustered and breathless. Although it is possible that this has nothing to do with Joan coercing Casey into "figure skating" with Penelope while she watched and did a bong hit, it also seems interesting that none of Casey's classmates seem the slightest bit nervous about their impending debut on the ice. In fact, no one could blame these kids for feeling confident when this could not possibly be a judged performance, since in that case there would be no spotlight, no decorations, no music, and no more than two people at a time allowed on the ice.

And yet, as Casey and her novice classmates start performing, there is a panel of judges, the lights are off, the spotlight is on, the ice is decoroated with set pieces, there is music playing, and everyone is on the ice at the same time. Additionally, the viewer is presented with enough flower imagery to sustain a production of "Georgia O'Keeffe On Ice," making it impossible to deny the explicitly female symbolism that once again makes us question the film's G rating. Nevertheless, in the unlikely event of any further doubt that Ice Princess is totally about lesbians, one need only study the film editing as Casey halts in the middle of her routine to notice Gen's sultry gaze from the audience -- to a song about the exhilaration of falling in love.

While the viewer is already aware of Casey's burden of heterosexuality, the film rachets up the dramatic tension even further by including the moon-eyed Ann in the audience, as well as Teddy manning the spotlight, literally shedding light on the new Casey. Indeed, this new Casey has become quite a figure of interest to the Harwood clan, as even Tina displays an unhealthy interest in her: Gen's feeling of betrayal that Tina has allowed Casey to borrow an outfit suggests that she has been denied this honor in the past. As we recall that Gen's weight gain has already been mentioned in conjunction with an increase in cheese consumption, it is essential to note that it was Casey herself who sabotaged Gen's iceberg lettuce salad with "way more than a quarter cup" of cheese .

Finally, it comes as quite a shock to Casey that she has been judged enough of an ice princess to immediately skip TWO levels. This is quite shocking for the viewer as well, for three reasons:

1. In competitive figure skating, it is against the rules to skip two levels
2. There are two tests required to advance one level
3. Casey kind of sucks

Nevertheless, Ice Princess is the kind of inspirational story where such obstacles mean little to its plucky heroine, much like the story of Honey Daniels in Honey . And just as we sympathized with the character of Katrina in Honey, the viewer cannot help but feel bad for Gen, Nikki, and Tiffany, who have invested so much hard work and commitment only to be eclipsed by this "charming" yet talentless upstart.