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3A 1993 comedy film directed by Creator/JamesLapine, starring Creator/MichaelJFox as a talent agent who tries to land a young pickpocket (Creator/ChristinaVidal) a series of commercials and make it big.
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5The movie also stars Music/CyndiLauper, Creator/NathanLane, Creator/DavidKrumholtz, and Creator/DavidHuddleston.
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13* AnachronismStew: "Life With Mikey" was a [[The70s 70s]] sitcom, but the outfits are came from The50s.
14* CharacterCatchphrase: Little Mikey's famous, "Do I get some time off for good behavior?" which adult Michael loves to use in real life.
15* TheDanza[[invoked]]: In-universe. Michael Chapman played the title role in the series "Life With Mikey."[[note]]This also counts as out-of-universe since Michael J. Fox plays the character.[[/note]]
16* FormerChildStar: Michael "Mikey" Chapman
17* IAmNotPretty: Angie thinks she can't get her crush to notice her because she's "ugly."
18* LittleMissConArtist: Angie is a pickpocket before Mikey discovers her.
19* MissingMom: Angie's mother is dead and [[spoiler: her death is what led her father to hit rock bottom with his alcoholism and leave the family]].
20* ShowWithinAShow: "Life With Mikey"
21* StrawVegetarian: Angie is vehement about animal rights, to the point of calling avid hunter Mr. Corcoran a murderer while auditioning for him.

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