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* "[[Music/TheJoshuaTree With or Without You]]" (Music/U2 cover; lead vocals by Ryan)
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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Jade Calegory uses a wheelchair in real life due to suffering from spina bifida
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* HopelessAuditionees: The guitarist attempting to play the guitar with her teeth.
* YouLookFamiliar: Both Glen A. Fagin and Jade Calegory would return in later episodes.
** Fagin would appear in the very next episode, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E9WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]" as Big Eddie, who Ryan [[spoiler:beats out of a spot on the school baseball team]]
** Calegory would return for the first episode of the show's 9th and final season, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS9E1TheBoyNextDoor The Boy Next Door]]", as Tommy - a [[DisabledLoveInterest romantic interest]] of the show's female lead by this time, Ana.
* YouLookFamiliar: Both Glen A. Fagin and Jade Calegory would return in later episodes.
** Fagin would appear in the very next episode, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E9WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]" as Big Eddie, who Ryan [[spoiler:beats out of a spot on the school baseball team]]
** Calegory would return for the first episode of the show's 9th and final season, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS9E1TheBoyNextDoor The Boy Next Door]]", as Tommy - a [[DisabledLoveInterest romantic interest]] of the show's female lead by this time, Ana.
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* HopelessAuditionees: The guitarist attempting to play the guitar with her teeth.
* YouLookFamiliar: Both Glen A. Fagin and Jade Calegory would return in later episodes.
** Fagin would appear in the very next episode, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E9WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]" as Big Eddie, who Ryan [[spoiler:beats out of a spot on the school baseball team]]
** Calegory would return for the first episode of the show's 9th and final season, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS9E1TheBoyNextDoor The Boy Next Door]]", as Tommy - a [[DisabledLoveInterest romantic interest]] of the show's female lead by this time, Ana.teeth.
* YouLookFamiliar: Both Glen A. Fagin and Jade Calegory would return in later episodes.
** Fagin would appear in the very next episode, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E9WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]" as Big Eddie, who Ryan [[spoiler:beats out of a spot on the school baseball team]]
** Calegory would return for the first episode of the show's 9th and final season, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS9E1TheBoyNextDoor The Boy Next Door]]", as Tommy - a [[DisabledLoveInterest romantic interest]] of the show's female lead by this time, Ana.
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This episode sees the kids have to find a temporary fill-in guitarist, only for the kid chosen (guest star Jade Calegory from Film/MacAndMe)[[note]]interestingly; one of Calegory's co-stars in the movie, Tina Caspary, is the older sister of Dee Caspary, one of the show's dancers[[/note]] to be self-conscious over his being in a wheelchair.
We start off with a performance of "Help"; a rather appropriate song considering that - with Brian and his family going out of town to visit his grandmother - the band needs a temporary guitarist to fill in. First up is a kid known only as Dude (guest star Glen A. Fagin) - who when Richie asks if that was the name his parents gave him, curtly responds with that being the only name he goes by. Dude's audition got off to a bad start by his complaining about the song the band was preparing to rehearse ("I Think We're Alone Now"); preferring songs with titles such as "I'd Pierce My Nose for You", followed by his nearly getting in a fight with Richie before finally getting to play, where he proves that his ability to shred would have worked perfectly...if Kids Inc. was a HeavyMetal band. As that is not the case, Dude is then unplugged.
Unfortunately; things quickly go from bad to worse when the next auditionee (presumably played by one of the female dancers, though as her back is turned to the camera it's unclear which one) proceeds to play the guitar...[[EpicFail with her teeth]]. At this point, Riley brings in a kid named Tommy Martin, who gets plugged in as the band finally gets around to practicing "I Think We're Alone Now", with Tommy doing well - in spite of his being self-conscious about not being able to walk - on his guitar solo; well enough to be brought in as the temporary guitarist.
The rehearsal of "Man in the Mirror" in the garage proves much more difficult (Tommy starts off playing off-beat; then a string breaks, Stacy nearly trips over a wheel); and the stress proves too much for Tommy, as he blows up - accusing the others of choosing him only because they felt sorry for him - and rolling out ("Love Will Save the Day"). Ryan then tracks Tommy down for a quick man-to-man talk on [[FaceYourFears facing your fears]]; managing to mix in some tough love in the process of encouraging him, though the seeds planted did not seem to take root immediately ("With or Without You").
Back at the garage; it appears the band is back to the drawing board (Richie suggests an accordion player, the others react in a hostile manner, Richie tries defending it by saying it's better than nothing {[[DeadpanSnarker Kenny]]: "I'd rather have nothing"}; Stacy mentions having a guitar-playing cousin...in Wisconsin) when Tommy rolls in, deciding to tackle his fears head-on; setting up "Man in the Mirror".
!! Songs performed in this episode:
* “[[Music/{{Help}} Help]]” (Music/TheBeatles cover; lead vocals by Devyn)[[note]]if one looks closely, you can see Stacy struggling to keep her guitar strap from sliding off her shoulder during the song[[/note]]
* “I Think We’re Alone Now” (Tommy James and the Shondells cover[[note]]also [[CoveredUp recorded by Tiffany]][[/note]]; lead vocals by Stacy)[[note]]the second cover of a Tommy James and the Shondells song that was covered by a different artist for 1987; as the episode [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E4TheTalentSearch “The Talent Search”]] four shows prior based its version of “Mony, Mony” on the version by Music/BillyIdol[[/note]]
* "Love Will Save the Day" (Music/WhitneyHouston cover; lead vocals by Connie, Stacy, Richie, Kenny and Ryan)[[note]]previously used to close out [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS4E5TroublesCooking "Trouble's Cooking"]] the previous season. This version used an additional verse not used in the previous season's version. Also, in an interesting note; the episode's director, Jeff Margolis, directed Whitney Houston's live performance of this song for the opening ceremonies of the 1987 Special Olympics that aired on a one-day delay on Creator/{{ABC}} on August 3, 1987[[/note]]
* "[[Music/TheJoshuaTree With or Without You]]" (Music/U2 cover; lead vocals by Ryan)
* "[[Music/{{Bad}} Man in the Mirror]]" (Music/MichaelJackson cover; lead vocals by Kenny)[[note]]the original recording by the King of Pop included background vocals by [[GospelChoirsAreJustBetter a choir]] led by iconic Gospel singer Andrae Crouch - whose own recordings Kenny Ford's family had worked on as backup singers (with the song later being used at the end of Jackson's funeral) - along with another Gospel group in The Winans. Incidentally, one of the song's co-writers, Siedah Garrett, had been a guest star on a Season 1 episode [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E25SiedahGarrett bearing her name]][[/note]]
!! Tropes present in this episode:
* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Jade Calegory uses a wheelchair in real life due to suffering from spina bifida
* FaceYourFears: The main [[AnAesop aesop]] of this episode.
* HopelessAuditionees: The guitarist attempting to play the guitar with her teeth.
* YouLookFamiliar: Both Glen A. Fagin and Jade Calegory would return in later episodes.
** Fagin would appear in the very next episode, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E9WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]" as Big Eddie, who Ryan [[spoiler:beats out of a spot on the school baseball team]]
** Calegory would return for the first episode of the show's 9th and final season, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS9E1TheBoyNextDoor The Boy Next Door]]", as Tommy - a [[DisabledLoveInterest romantic interest]] of the show's female lead by this time, Ana.
We start off with a performance of "Help"; a rather appropriate song considering that - with Brian and his family going out of town to visit his grandmother - the band needs a temporary guitarist to fill in. First up is a kid known only as Dude (guest star Glen A. Fagin) - who when Richie asks if that was the name his parents gave him, curtly responds with that being the only name he goes by. Dude's audition got off to a bad start by his complaining about the song the band was preparing to rehearse ("I Think We're Alone Now"); preferring songs with titles such as "I'd Pierce My Nose for You", followed by his nearly getting in a fight with Richie before finally getting to play, where he proves that his ability to shred would have worked perfectly...if Kids Inc. was a HeavyMetal band. As that is not the case, Dude is then unplugged.
Unfortunately; things quickly go from bad to worse when the next auditionee (presumably played by one of the female dancers, though as her back is turned to the camera it's unclear which one) proceeds to play the guitar...[[EpicFail with her teeth]]. At this point, Riley brings in a kid named Tommy Martin, who gets plugged in as the band finally gets around to practicing "I Think We're Alone Now", with Tommy doing well - in spite of his being self-conscious about not being able to walk - on his guitar solo; well enough to be brought in as the temporary guitarist.
The rehearsal of "Man in the Mirror" in the garage proves much more difficult (Tommy starts off playing off-beat; then a string breaks, Stacy nearly trips over a wheel); and the stress proves too much for Tommy, as he blows up - accusing the others of choosing him only because they felt sorry for him - and rolling out ("Love Will Save the Day"). Ryan then tracks Tommy down for a quick man-to-man talk on [[FaceYourFears facing your fears]]; managing to mix in some tough love in the process of encouraging him, though the seeds planted did not seem to take root immediately ("With or Without You").
Back at the garage; it appears the band is back to the drawing board (Richie suggests an accordion player, the others react in a hostile manner, Richie tries defending it by saying it's better than nothing {[[DeadpanSnarker Kenny]]: "I'd rather have nothing"}; Stacy mentions having a guitar-playing cousin...in Wisconsin) when Tommy rolls in, deciding to tackle his fears head-on; setting up "Man in the Mirror".
!! Songs performed in this episode:
* “[[Music/{{Help}} Help]]” (Music/TheBeatles cover; lead vocals by Devyn)[[note]]if one looks closely, you can see Stacy struggling to keep her guitar strap from sliding off her shoulder during the song[[/note]]
* “I Think We’re Alone Now” (Tommy James and the Shondells cover[[note]]also [[CoveredUp recorded by Tiffany]][[/note]]; lead vocals by Stacy)[[note]]the second cover of a Tommy James and the Shondells song that was covered by a different artist for 1987; as the episode [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E4TheTalentSearch “The Talent Search”]] four shows prior based its version of “Mony, Mony” on the version by Music/BillyIdol[[/note]]
* "Love Will Save the Day" (Music/WhitneyHouston cover; lead vocals by Connie, Stacy, Richie, Kenny and Ryan)[[note]]previously used to close out [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS4E5TroublesCooking "Trouble's Cooking"]] the previous season. This version used an additional verse not used in the previous season's version. Also, in an interesting note; the episode's director, Jeff Margolis, directed Whitney Houston's live performance of this song for the opening ceremonies of the 1987 Special Olympics that aired on a one-day delay on Creator/{{ABC}} on August 3, 1987[[/note]]
* "[[Music/TheJoshuaTree With or Without You]]" (Music/U2 cover; lead vocals by Ryan)
* "[[Music/{{Bad}} Man in the Mirror]]" (Music/MichaelJackson cover; lead vocals by Kenny)[[note]]the original recording by the King of Pop included background vocals by [[GospelChoirsAreJustBetter a choir]] led by iconic Gospel singer Andrae Crouch - whose own recordings Kenny Ford's family had worked on as backup singers (with the song later being used at the end of Jackson's funeral) - along with another Gospel group in The Winans. Incidentally, one of the song's co-writers, Siedah Garrett, had been a guest star on a Season 1 episode [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E25SiedahGarrett bearing her name]][[/note]]
!! Tropes present in this episode:
* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Jade Calegory uses a wheelchair in real life due to suffering from spina bifida
* FaceYourFears: The main [[AnAesop aesop]] of this episode.
* HopelessAuditionees: The guitarist attempting to play the guitar with her teeth.
* YouLookFamiliar: Both Glen A. Fagin and Jade Calegory would return in later episodes.
** Fagin would appear in the very next episode, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E9WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]" as Big Eddie, who Ryan [[spoiler:beats out of a spot on the school baseball team]]
** Calegory would return for the first episode of the show's 9th and final season, "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS9E1TheBoyNextDoor The Boy Next Door]]", as Tommy - a [[DisabledLoveInterest romantic interest]] of the show's female lead by this time, Ana.
