Play It Again Kids as Time Goes by

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After four very special episodes in a row; this episode - the 100th for Kids Incorporated ^annotation from all known sources, though an article in the Hollywood Reporter on the series suggests that the following episode was evidence 100 - has a lighter story to deal with, as the kids are excited about the opportunity to get to a Debbie Gibson concert…simply for Flip to lose the tickets.

"Your Mama Don't Trip the light fantastic" starts the episode off, and every bit the song is performed we see Flip on the phone - and see that the P*lace gets extremely fast post service, as shortly before the song ends Flip is handed the postal service by an unidentified kid. We then get to the breakroom, where the kids were digging through the mail (consisting of a mix of fan letters and junk mail) in search of tickets for an upcoming Debbie Gibson concert. Devyn then tries calling a friend named Mitch (who worked at an unidentified record label ^note information technology'southward unclear if this was a generic label or if the characterization was supposed to be a reference to Atlantic Records, the label Gibson was signed to at the time) only to get the answering auto (Recording: "Don't even remember about calling for Debbie Gibson tickets"); causing a frustrated Kenny to exclaim that information technology was "Shutout City". Enter Flip with good news - equally he has vi tickets for the concert, setting up "All Geared Up".

Spud'due south Police comes into play, as presently after the kids want to await at the tickets but to learn that Flip misplaced the tickets. Needless to say, we then see v furious kids angrily leaving the P*lace; leaving a dejected Flip - still in the P*lace - watching a late show airing of Casablanca; imagining himself as Rick, the cate owner.

In the cafe, a visitor named Ugarte (Kenny) arrives with 2 tickets to par…er, ship. Soon subsequently, Ilsa (Stacy) arrives; wanting to apologize for non saying goodbye to him in Paris (she as well learned that Ugarte had been arrested shortly afterward delivering the tickets). At this point, a dejected Rick walks over to Samantha's piano, leading to - naturally - "As Fourth dimension Goes Past".

Side by side to get in is a human being known but every bit "Fat Man" (Richie); having learned well-nigh the tickets and wanting to make a deal to split the profits 50/50 on the black market with Rick. When Rick refuses, Fatty Homo ups the offering to threescore/xl. Flip just wants his ice cream delivered. Unfortunately, trouble shows up in the course of Major Strasser (Devyn), who wants the tickets and she wants them now, launching a search political party and absorbing everyone save for Rick, Ilsa and the already in custody Ugarte ("Smooth Criminal"). Rick and so manages to think the tickets and easily them to a just returned Ilsa, who so departs as the movie ends. Flip then wakes up after hearing a knock on the door; so sees the kids and fears they're still mad at him. Yet, the kids returned to apologize for blowing upwardly at him earlier. As it happens, the combination of the late show airing of "Casablanca" and the subsequent dream jogged Flip'southward retentiveness as the tickets had been placed under the cookie tray - as the tickets were in the dream - setting upwardly closing song "Takin' Care of Business organization".

The following season would see a similar plot line - minus the Casablanca-themed Imagine Spot - involving missing tickets; only this time with newcomer Haylie losing them.

Songs performed in this episode:

Tropes associated with this episode:

• Breather Episode: Could count as this post-obit four sequent "very special episodes"
• Dream Sequence/Imagine Spot: Where nigh of the plot occurs.
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: After the Imagine Spot ends, y'all can briefly meet the credits for Kids Incorporated on Flip's TV earlier the kids return to repent.
• Shout-Out: In addition to the main plot existence based on Casablanca and including a functioning of "Equally Time Goes By"; the episode's championship is a reference to the "Play Information technology Again, Sam" line ^note actually a slight misquote, as the actual line from Ilsa has her saying "Play it, Sam. Play 'Equally Time Goes Past'"
• Whole Plot Reference: The Imagine Spot is essentially a condensed version of Casablanca.

Characters in the Casablanca-themed Imagine Spot:

• Flip: Rick
• Stacy: Ilsa
• Kenny: Ugarte
• Robin: Samantha
• Devyn: Major Strasser
• Richie: Fat Human being

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