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1This episode contains what's promoted as the first annual dance competition at the P*lace, with Kids Incorporated hosting and performing. As will be seen below, there isn't much in terms of plot here.
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3We open up with a performance of "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave"; upon which Riley - serving as the emcee - goes over the rules before turning it over for the first contestant, Carla Martin, who dances to an instrumental version of "Footloose" - with Mickey & Gloria joining in towards the end. Next is a duo of contestants (one of whom is named Garrett Young) dancing to an instrumental of "Freak-A-Zoid" before the kids take the mic for a cover of "Billie Jean".
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5Following that song, we learn of the grand prize being a Singing Machine karaoke player before our second duo (Tiffany Brady and Danielle Vanderberg) dances to "Maniac" before the dance competition ends with a kid [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname calling himself "The Little Wizard"]]), who dances to "There's No Stopping Us". The band takes a vote, and (after Stacy whispers the result to Riley); Gloria announces that Tiffany and Danielle were the winners, setting up closing song "Far From Over".
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7!! Songs performed in this episode:
8* “(Love is Like a) Heat Wave" (Martha and the Vandellas cover {also recorded by Music/LindaRonstadt}; lead vocals by Gloria)[[note]]Gloria would sing a portion of this song again in the Season 2 finale [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS2E26DecadeOfHits "Decade of Hits"]]; while three years later Ryan would sing the song in Season 5's [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS5E6KahunaKids "Kahuna Kids"]][[/note]]
9* “[[Music/{{Thriller}} Billie Jean]]” (Music/MichaelJackson cover; lead vocals by Mickey & Kid)
10* “Far From Over“ (Frank Stallone cover[[note]]if you're curious, yes Creator/SylvesterStallone is Frank's brother[[/note]]; lead vocals by Mickey)
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12!! Instrumental songs played during this episode:
13* "[[Film/{{Footloose}} Footloose]]" (Music/KennyLoggins cover; performed in [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E11SpaceCase "Space Case"]])
14* "Freak-A-Zoid" (Midnight Star cover; performed in [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E10RobotBop "Robot Bop"]])
15* "Maniac" (Michael Sembello cover; performed in [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E9GoForTheGold "Go For the Gold"]])
16* "There's No Stopping Us" (Ollie & Jerry cover; performed in [[Recap/KidsIncorporatedS1E1LeaderOfThePack "Leader of the Pack"]])
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18!! Tropes associated with this episode:
19* AsHimself: The contestants.
20* DanceOff: The main purpose of the episode is a dance contest for several kids who participated.
21* FormulaBreakingEpisode: This episode is a dance contest with the fewest songs in an episode at just 3.

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