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'''The Kids:''' "Oh, yeah! I would! Great idea! Yeah, that's it!"
'''Focus Group Guy:''' "And who would like to see them do just the opposite -- getting into far-out situations involving robots and magic powers?"
'''The Kids:''' "Me! Yeah! Oh, cool! Yeah, that's what I want!"
'''Focus Group Guy:''' "So... you want [[Mood Whiplash|a realistic, down-to-earth show... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots?]]"
'''The Kids:''' "That's right. Oh yeah, good."
'''Milhouse:''' "And also, you should win things by watching."
Long-running (1984-1993) children's musical show which started life in syndication, and ended up on the [[Disney Channel]].
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The series revolved around a literal [[Five-Man Band]] (the number did [[Sixth Ranger|inflate to six]] for two seasons) of children and teenagers who encountered a very random assortment of plots. Most of these were standard After-School [[Teen Drama]] stories. Every so often, however, they'd face a more outlandish adventure involving [[Time Travel]], [[Do-Anything Robot|magic robots]], Leprechauns and other, crazier things. Whatever the story involved, it'd always be punctuated by often-[[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerized]] covers of popular songs.
The show was formulaic in nature: with only a few exceptions (a few all-musical "concert episodes", and once featuring kid breakdancers competing for a Karaoke Machine), each episode began with the band performing a number on-stage at "The P*lace", a local hangout with an illustrious history
The show's longevity (it predated the Disney Channel's policy of imposing a 65-episode limit), despite being aired during a period when the Disney Channel was a commercial-free premium station, is taken by fans as evidence of the quality of writing and acting, in spite of the crazier episodes being prime [[Snark Bait]]. The show launched the careers of Stacy Ferguson (aka Fergie, of the [[Black Eyed Peas]]), Mario Lopez (of ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''), Scott Wolf (of ''[[Party of Five]]''), and (Jennifer) Love Hewitt. Note that the cast swapped people in and out nearly every season. So by the time the show ended, the titular fictional band was an entirely different group of people from where they started!
Two platinum-selling albums of cover tracks by the cast were released.
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]
** Also, it was [[The Eighties]]. Popular standards of masculinity were very different.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]
** 1988 lineup: Stacy (blonde), Connie (brunette), Devyn (redhead).
** 1989 lineup: same with the exception of Robin (brunette; Jennifer Love Hewitt's character).
* [[Book Dumb]]
* [[Bowdlerise]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Continuity Nod]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]]
▲* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Renee is the most prolific example, with Ryan, Kid and to a lesser degree Devyn not far behind.
▲* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]] - With Martika, Rahsaan Patterson, Stacy Ferguson, and Jennifer Love Hewitt providing the lead vocal for Seasons 1-7. By Season 9, the whole cast had a verse.
▲* [[Dream Sequence]] - Often mixed with an [["I Want" Song]].
▲* [[Embarrassing First Name]] - Rahsaan.
▲* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] - Rahsaan Patterson as "The Kid".
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]
** Also a [[Bragging Theme Tune]]
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* [[Fable Remake]]:
* [[Fake Band]]
* [[Fashion Show]]
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]
* [[Imagine Spot]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]
▲* [[Limited Wardrobe]] - Only a few costumes are shown in a season during the period [[Disney Channel]] aired the show (1986 until the show's 1993 cancellation)
▲* [[Lower Deck Episode]] - Featuring on normally-non-speaking characters, such as the drummer and dancers.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
▲* [[Local Hangout]] (also [[Malt Shop]]) - The P*lace
▲* [[Mood Whiplash]] - Comes when you [[Clueless Aesop|try to tackle serious subjects like drug abuse or bullying]] in a series that (to paraphrase ''[[The Simpsons]]'') was also completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots. All that is missing is to win things by watching.
* [[One Born Every Minute]]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]
* [[The Power of Rock]]
* [[Pretty in Mink]]
* [[Snap Back]]
**There is a
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]
* [[Techno Wizard]]
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]
* [[Vague Age]]
▲* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]] - Riley's inventions are treated as [[This Is Reality|just business as usual]]. Hmm, not to mention the all-under-eighteen cover band.
* [[Very Special Episode]]
▲* [[Vague Age]] - Most blatantly Stacy, who is assigned at least three different ages during her run.
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]
▲* [[Very Special Episode]] - A few, though only the [[Dysfunction Junction|dysfunctional family]] episode was advertised as such.
▲* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]] - [[Word of God]] says the show was set in Fort Greene, New York. And not an accent in sight.
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