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* “Step By Step”[[note]]not to be confused with the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock song the group would cover in [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS7E12WhileTheCatsAway Season 7[[/note]] 7]][[/note]] (Kids Incorporated original; lead vocals by Gloria and Ryan)[[note]]fitting for Martika’s final episode, Gloria shares lead vocals on the last four songs[[/note]]
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In addition to a New Year’s episode; the episode also serves as a sendoff for the now-aged out Martika. Additionally, of the group’s dancers, Gina Marie Vinaccia would be the only one to return for Season 4; as Wendy Brainard, Darren Lee, Mario Lopez and Andrea Paige Wilson would all leave the series after this episode. Behind the scenes, this marked the final episode for Earl A. Glick as the series' executive producer, with Thomas W. Lynch and Gary Biller
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And we now come to the close of the first third of Kids Incorporated’s run; with a special episode involving the kids reminiscing over their New Year’s resolutions while trying to improvise on what to do with their New Year’s Eve concert after the P*lace gets [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in ice cream]].
We start things off with the kids rehearsing “Wild Wild Life” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Something”; excited about that day’s upcoming New Year’s Eve concert at the P*lace when they meet Riley after rehearsal ends. Unfortunately, Riley [[BearerOfBadNews has bad news]], as his latest invention - the world’s largest ice cream maker - blew up, [[FromBadToWorse then the ice cream melted and ruined everything]] from the electricity and wax floors to the stage and instruments (with a ice cream covered tambourine as evidence), with Riley being quick to apologize to five very enraged kids…all the more so considering that the cleanup would take a couple of days, thus canceling the concert.
In the midst of the collective pity party over their New Year’s Eve being ruined, Stacy finds the group’s New Year’s resolutions, allowing them to review how they did. Ryan starts off by reviewing his resolution to make new friends and join Kids Incorporated, goals which - due to Ryan coming off pretty strong - didn’t get off to a good start, as the flashback to “New Kid in Town” revealed (“Show Some Respect”), though he eventually managed to succeed in both parts of the resolution (“Tough All Over”). Kid, not surprisingly, wanted to be a superstar, to the degree of crashing Gloria’s interview (from “Material Girl”) she was to give for winning a raffle (“I’m Coming Out”).
Renee is next, and her resolution was to be a better sister to Stacy, not that Stacy made it easy with her (usually joined by Kid) teasing, such as during Renee’s entry into a poetry contest (“No Rhyme or Reason”) only for Renee to win a gourmet lunch, fully intending to leave the two out because of said teasing (“It’s My Party”) before eventually deciding to forgive and invite them. Next is Gloria, whose resolution involved learning how to handle problems and face her fears, such as when [[TheTonsillitisEpisode she had to have her tonsils]] removed (“A Pain in the Neck”), with her fearing [[CareerEndingInjury losing her voice]] and having to quit the band (“Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid”); though the others were able to help her get through it (“That’s What Friends Are For ’85”)[[note]]for this episode, the season year is used to differentiate between this “That’s What Friends Are For” (an original song) and the Music/RodStewart song of the same name performed in Season 3[[/note]]
Finally, after continued frustration over the scrapped party was expressed, Stacy reads her resolution: helping others whenever possible - as exhibited in “The Great Comeback”; where she remembers how she and the others helped Blanche Taylor, a once-famous trombone player who was now homeless, reunite with her long-lost daughter (“Miracles”; “You Can’t Get What You Want (’Til You Know What You Want)”). It’s then that Ryan notes how they’ve always been there for their friends…including Riley (“Riley Gets Stung”) that the kids realize how poorly they’ve been treating him (“That’s What Friends Are For ’86”)[[note]]incidentally the only Season 3 flashback[[/note]]. The kids then resolve to be better friends than ever, soon racing out to meet Riley (momentarily scaring him) before apologizing for their treatment of him. Riley then explains that Kid’s uncle is letting them have the New Year’s party at the garage, leading to “Step by Step” as the group sets up. The last-minute preparation works; featuring the band making a grand entrance into the garage before leading things off with “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”; followed by “Dancing on the Ceiling” before Riley joins the kids as they count down to the new year, after which the episode closes with a medley of “Auld Lang Syne[=/=]Tomorrow Morning (A Brand New World)”.
In addition to a New Year’s episode; the episode also serves as a sendoff for the now-aged out Martika. Additionally, of the group’s dancers, Gina Marie Vinaccia would be the only one to return for Season 4; as Wendy Brainard, Darren Lee, Mario Lopez and Andrea Paige Wilson would all leave the series after this episode.
!! Songs performed in this episode[[note]]most of these are clips from Season 2. Also, of the 15 songs in the episode, only 5 did not appear in a previous episode. The songs previously used will be in a note following the list of the singers[[/note]]:
* “[[Music/TrueStories Wild Wild Life]]” (Music/TalkingHeads cover; lead vocals by Ryan, Stacy, Renee and Gloria)
* “[[Music/{{Thriller}} Wanna Be Startin’ Something]]” (Music/MichaelJackson cover; lead vocals by Kid)[[note]]previously in Season 1’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E23NASASpaceWeek NASA Space Week]]”[[/note]]
* “Show Some Respect” (Music/TinaTurner cover; lead vocals by Kid)[[note]]from the Season 2 opener [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E1NewKidInTown New Kid in Town]][[/note]]
* Tough All Over (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band; lead vocals by Ryan)[[note]]same episode[[/note]]
* “I’m Coming Out” (Diana Ross cover; lead vocals by Gloria and Kid)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E23MaterialGirl Material Girl]]”[[/note]]
* “It’s My Party” (Helen Shapiro cover {[[CoveredUp also recorded by]] Lesley Gore}; lead vocals by Renee)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E14NoRhymeOrReason No Rhyme or Reason]]”[[/note]]
* “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” (Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates cover; lead vocals by Gloria)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E7APainInTheNeck A Pain in the Neck]]”. Also; this version was shortened to remove the 2nd verse and repeated chorus, possibly for time constraints[[/note]]
* “That’s What Friends Are For ’85” (Kids Incorporated original; lead vocals by Renee and Stacy)[[note]]same episode[[/note]]
* “Miracles” (Stacy Lattisaw cover; lead vocals by Stacy)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E19TheGreatComeback The Great Comeback]][[/note]]
* “You Can’t Get What You Want (’Til You Know What You Want)” (Music/JoeJackson cover; lead vocals by Ryan)[[note]]same episode[[/note]]
* “[[Film/NightShift That’s What Friends Are For ’86]]” (Music/RodStewart cover {also [[CoveredUp recorded by]] the Dionne and Friends {{Supergroup}} featuring Dionne Warwick, Music/EltonJohn, Gladys Knight and Music/StevieWonder; whose version served as a CharityMotivationSong[[/note]]; lead vocals by Gloria, Kid, Renee, Ryan and Stacy)[[note]]from Season 3’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS3E6RileyGetsStung Riley Gets Stung]]; though this version was slightly re-edited to include still shots of Riley[[/note]]
* “Step By Step”[[note]]not to be confused with the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock song the group would cover in Season 7[[/note]] (Kids Incorporated original; lead vocals by Gloria and Ryan)[[note]]fitting for Martika’s final episode, Gloria shares lead vocals on the last four songs[[/note]]
“ Everybody Have Fun Tonight” (Music/WangChung cover; lead vocals by Renee, Stacy, Gloria, Kid and Ryan)[[note]]which actually hit its Billboard Hot 100 peak at number 2 just before this episode’s original broadcast[[/note]]
* Dancing on the Ceiling” (Music/LionelRichie cover; lead vocals by Kid, Gloria, Stacy and Renee)
* Auld Lang Syne[=/=]Tomorrow Morning (A Brand New World)” (Creator/RobertBurns poem medley with Kids Incorporated original; lead vocals by Gloria, Kid, Ryan, Stacy and Renee)
!! Tropes associated with this episode:
* ClipShow: The kids spend most of the episode reminiscing on how they did on keeping their New Year’s resolutions, with accompanying clips from a series of Season 2 episodes.
* FaceYourFears: A common theme in episodes featuring Gloria, this is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] in relation to her resolution.
* FreezeFrameBonus: One of the garage signs contains a very obscure reference in a sign for Veedol motor oil; which was owned by the old Tidewater Petroleum company (later absorbed by British Petroleum, or BP)
* HilariousInHindsight: Stacy’s involvement in working on the New Year’s concert becomes this considering that Music/{{Fergie}} would serve as a West Coast-based co-host of ‘’Series/NewYearsRockinEve’’ from 2007-13. Additionally, Mario Lopez co-hosted in 2003 and 2004.
* NewYearHasCome: This is a special New Year’s Eve themed episode, and notably the only episode directly related to a specific holiday.
We start things off with the kids rehearsing “Wild Wild Life” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Something”; excited about that day’s upcoming New Year’s Eve concert at the P*lace when they meet Riley after rehearsal ends. Unfortunately, Riley [[BearerOfBadNews has bad news]], as his latest invention - the world’s largest ice cream maker - blew up, [[FromBadToWorse then the ice cream melted and ruined everything]] from the electricity and wax floors to the stage and instruments (with a ice cream covered tambourine as evidence), with Riley being quick to apologize to five very enraged kids…all the more so considering that the cleanup would take a couple of days, thus canceling the concert.
In the midst of the collective pity party over their New Year’s Eve being ruined, Stacy finds the group’s New Year’s resolutions, allowing them to review how they did. Ryan starts off by reviewing his resolution to make new friends and join Kids Incorporated, goals which - due to Ryan coming off pretty strong - didn’t get off to a good start, as the flashback to “New Kid in Town” revealed (“Show Some Respect”), though he eventually managed to succeed in both parts of the resolution (“Tough All Over”). Kid, not surprisingly, wanted to be a superstar, to the degree of crashing Gloria’s interview (from “Material Girl”) she was to give for winning a raffle (“I’m Coming Out”).
Renee is next, and her resolution was to be a better sister to Stacy, not that Stacy made it easy with her (usually joined by Kid) teasing, such as during Renee’s entry into a poetry contest (“No Rhyme or Reason”) only for Renee to win a gourmet lunch, fully intending to leave the two out because of said teasing (“It’s My Party”) before eventually deciding to forgive and invite them. Next is Gloria, whose resolution involved learning how to handle problems and face her fears, such as when [[TheTonsillitisEpisode she had to have her tonsils]] removed (“A Pain in the Neck”), with her fearing [[CareerEndingInjury losing her voice]] and having to quit the band (“Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid”); though the others were able to help her get through it (“That’s What Friends Are For ’85”)[[note]]for this episode, the season year is used to differentiate between this “That’s What Friends Are For” (an original song) and the Music/RodStewart song of the same name performed in Season 3[[/note]]
Finally, after continued frustration over the scrapped party was expressed, Stacy reads her resolution: helping others whenever possible - as exhibited in “The Great Comeback”; where she remembers how she and the others helped Blanche Taylor, a once-famous trombone player who was now homeless, reunite with her long-lost daughter (“Miracles”; “You Can’t Get What You Want (’Til You Know What You Want)”). It’s then that Ryan notes how they’ve always been there for their friends…including Riley (“Riley Gets Stung”) that the kids realize how poorly they’ve been treating him (“That’s What Friends Are For ’86”)[[note]]incidentally the only Season 3 flashback[[/note]]. The kids then resolve to be better friends than ever, soon racing out to meet Riley (momentarily scaring him) before apologizing for their treatment of him. Riley then explains that Kid’s uncle is letting them have the New Year’s party at the garage, leading to “Step by Step” as the group sets up. The last-minute preparation works; featuring the band making a grand entrance into the garage before leading things off with “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”; followed by “Dancing on the Ceiling” before Riley joins the kids as they count down to the new year, after which the episode closes with a medley of “Auld Lang Syne[=/=]Tomorrow Morning (A Brand New World)”.
In addition to a New Year’s episode; the episode also serves as a sendoff for the now-aged out Martika. Additionally, of the group’s dancers, Gina Marie Vinaccia would be the only one to return for Season 4; as Wendy Brainard, Darren Lee, Mario Lopez and Andrea Paige Wilson would all leave the series after this episode.
!! Songs performed in this episode[[note]]most of these are clips from Season 2. Also, of the 15 songs in the episode, only 5 did not appear in a previous episode. The songs previously used will be in a note following the list of the singers[[/note]]:
* “[[Music/TrueStories Wild Wild Life]]” (Music/TalkingHeads cover; lead vocals by Ryan, Stacy, Renee and Gloria)
* “[[Music/{{Thriller}} Wanna Be Startin’ Something]]” (Music/MichaelJackson cover; lead vocals by Kid)[[note]]previously in Season 1’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E23NASASpaceWeek NASA Space Week]]”[[/note]]
* “Show Some Respect” (Music/TinaTurner cover; lead vocals by Kid)[[note]]from the Season 2 opener [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E1NewKidInTown New Kid in Town]][[/note]]
* Tough All Over (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band; lead vocals by Ryan)[[note]]same episode[[/note]]
* “I’m Coming Out” (Diana Ross cover; lead vocals by Gloria and Kid)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E23MaterialGirl Material Girl]]”[[/note]]
* “It’s My Party” (Helen Shapiro cover {[[CoveredUp also recorded by]] Lesley Gore}; lead vocals by Renee)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E14NoRhymeOrReason No Rhyme or Reason]]”[[/note]]
* “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” (Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates cover; lead vocals by Gloria)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E7APainInTheNeck A Pain in the Neck]]”. Also; this version was shortened to remove the 2nd verse and repeated chorus, possibly for time constraints[[/note]]
* “That’s What Friends Are For ’85” (Kids Incorporated original; lead vocals by Renee and Stacy)[[note]]same episode[[/note]]
* “Miracles” (Stacy Lattisaw cover; lead vocals by Stacy)[[note]]from Season 2’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E19TheGreatComeback The Great Comeback]][[/note]]
* “You Can’t Get What You Want (’Til You Know What You Want)” (Music/JoeJackson cover; lead vocals by Ryan)[[note]]same episode[[/note]]
* “[[Film/NightShift That’s What Friends Are For ’86]]” (Music/RodStewart cover {also [[CoveredUp recorded by]] the Dionne and Friends {{Supergroup}} featuring Dionne Warwick, Music/EltonJohn, Gladys Knight and Music/StevieWonder; whose version served as a CharityMotivationSong[[/note]]; lead vocals by Gloria, Kid, Renee, Ryan and Stacy)[[note]]from Season 3’s [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS3E6RileyGetsStung Riley Gets Stung]]; though this version was slightly re-edited to include still shots of Riley[[/note]]
* “Step By Step”[[note]]not to be confused with the Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock song the group would cover in Season 7[[/note]] (Kids Incorporated original; lead vocals by Gloria and Ryan)[[note]]fitting for Martika’s final episode, Gloria shares lead vocals on the last four songs[[/note]]
“ Everybody Have Fun Tonight” (Music/WangChung cover; lead vocals by Renee, Stacy, Gloria, Kid and Ryan)[[note]]which actually hit its Billboard Hot 100 peak at number 2 just before this episode’s original broadcast[[/note]]
* Dancing on the Ceiling” (Music/LionelRichie cover; lead vocals by Kid, Gloria, Stacy and Renee)
* Auld Lang Syne[=/=]Tomorrow Morning (A Brand New World)” (Creator/RobertBurns poem medley with Kids Incorporated original; lead vocals by Gloria, Kid, Ryan, Stacy and Renee)
!! Tropes associated with this episode:
* ClipShow: The kids spend most of the episode reminiscing on how they did on keeping their New Year’s resolutions, with accompanying clips from a series of Season 2 episodes.
* FaceYourFears: A common theme in episodes featuring Gloria, this is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] in relation to her resolution.
* FreezeFrameBonus: One of the garage signs contains a very obscure reference in a sign for Veedol motor oil; which was owned by the old Tidewater Petroleum company (later absorbed by British Petroleum, or BP)
* HilariousInHindsight: Stacy’s involvement in working on the New Year’s concert becomes this considering that Music/{{Fergie}} would serve as a West Coast-based co-host of ‘’Series/NewYearsRockinEve’’ from 2007-13. Additionally, Mario Lopez co-hosted in 2003 and 2004.
* NewYearHasCome: This is a special New Year’s Eve themed episode, and notably the only episode directly related to a specific holiday.
