Line #1 YMMV/KidsIncorporated


1	* JustHereForGodzilla: Many people who watch the episodes on Website/YouTube nowadays usually watch it for either a young Music/{{Fergie}}, Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, Music/{{Martika}} or to a lesser degree Creator/EricBalfour and/or Creator/HaylieJohnson.
2	* HilariousInHindsight:
3	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pd-rXoyPZg A certain cover song]] was made more humorous with JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}ing.
4	** Stacy taking an active role in helping set up the New Year's concert for the "Rock in the New Year" special becomes this considering Fergie has served as a co-host for ''Series/NewYearsRockinEve'' since 2005.
5	** In "School's For Fools", The Kid is brushing off his studies because he plans to be a rock star and doesn't care about school. Instead of studying for finals, he plans to go to a rock concert. Why is this funny? One of the things he's supposed to be studying is the difference between East and West Germany. And the rock star he's going to see? ''[[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff David Hasselhoff]]''.
6	** "The Boy Who Cried Gorilla" includes a cover [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okZKNDMeRf8 of "In Too Deep" by Genesis]] that is performed by the Kid, with main character Richie being the only other character on screen. The funny part is that the song, despite the efforts of Kids Inc. brass to turn the song in question (originally a romantic song) into a friendship one by changing the word "love" to "like". Didn't work. Made even funnier because Rahsaan Patterson ("Kid") is [[TransparentCloset out of the closet]] now.
7	** The episode "Video Madness" (focusing on Richie attempting to put together a video project of the kids) has a brief scene where Riley (played by Moosie Drier) gives Richie some advice on directing. The following year, Drier would make his [[DirectedByCastMember directorial debut]] in 1988's "Kahuna Kids"; and most of Drier's work since Kids Inc. has been as either a director or voice actor.
8	** A two-fer in the season 6 episode “Career Jeers” Stacy[[note]]notably in her final season[[/note]] fears after not doing well on a career aptitude test that she’ll never have a successful career. Well we know how that turned out for her. Additionally, the episode depicts newcomer Robin (played by Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt) as being best suited to be a nurse even though Robin mentions being squeamish at the sight of blood. Hewitt's character in ''Series/NineOneOne'', Maddie Buckley, trained as a nurse before becoming a 911 operator.
9	** In the Season 2 episode "[[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E23MaterialGirl Material Girl]]"; the B-plot involves Riley inventing a voice-activated toaster. While voice-activated toasters have yet to arrive, it seems based on the arrival of voice-activated devices such as Amazon's Echo and Google's Home Riley was about 30-some years ahead of his time.
10	* RetroactiveRecognition:
11	** Music/{{Fergie}} as Stacy.
12	** Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt as Robin.
13	** Creator/EricBalfour as Eric.
14	** Creator/HaylieJohnson as Haylie.
15	** Marta "Martika" Marrero (Gloria) is also best known as a recording artist on her own account, including having a number one hit with "Toy Soldiers", and as one of Music/PrincesAssociates.
16	** Anastasia Horne (Ana) went on to play Lark Madison-Scanlon on ''Series/PortCharles''.
17	** Anthony Harrell (Anthony) later went on to play Cornelius "Eric" Little on ''Series/SavedByTheBellTheNewClass''.
18	** Mario Lopez was a backup dancer from 1984-1986. Lopez went on to play A.C. Slater on ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' and eventually host such series as ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze'' and ''Series/TheXFactorUS''.
19	** Cory Tyler was a backup dancer for 1989. Tyler later went on to play recurring character Terrence Taylor for two seasons on ''Series/ADifferentWorld''.
20	** Brian Friedman was a backup dancer from 1991-1993. Friedman later went on to work behind the scenes on ''Series/TheXFactorUS'' as creative director and choreographer, as well as appearing on camera as an occasional judge.
21	** Thomas W. Lynch, the co-producer and eventual co-executive producer, is best known as creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheJourneyOfAllenStrange'', ''Series/ScoutsSafari'', and ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'', and as co-creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'' and ''Series/CaitlinsWay''.
22	** George [=McGrath=] wrote ten episodes. [=McGrath=] is best known for voicing Globey and Cowntess on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
23	** Nicole Brown, a cast member for the final two seasons, later moved behind the scenes in production and since 2020 has been president of Creator/TriStarPictures.
24	* SeasonalRot: There's a bit of a BrokenBase here, but most consider the show to have jumped the shark by the time the series ended in 1993. Part of the shows charm was that it was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db74N6gPeAc bright, sparkly, and colorful,]] basically the Eighties personified. By the final season in 1993, things had gotten [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ME4vGAU0gU a lot more subdued.]] You can't fault them for changing with the times (at that point, the Glam of the Eighties had given way to the Grit of the Nineties,) but it was just... weird.
25	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme song is a lot like "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_in_America_(song) Kids in America]]" (which they have done a cover of).
26	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece - Considering that the show's list of covers made it a near-soundtrack of the 1980s (and early 1990s); this trope couldn't really be avoided.
27	** The 1987 episode "Russian 101" (in which Ryan is smitten with a member of the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Russian ballet]]) is a particularly noticeable example with references to the USSR and an {{Eagleland}}-focused original song that, watching in hindsight with the Soviet collapse, serve as a dead giveaway of its being produced late in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.

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