A/N: Hey, everybody, here's an ep that kicks off the Toonsters' climb to fame and fortune! Get ready because it's time to start jammin'!

Plot: The Toonsters flash back to when they got the opportunity of a lifetime when Adam Evans, aka Rubberband Man (Static Shock) offers to sign them to his record label. Also, at the same time, Mickey asks the group to fill in for a group of child entertainers for the birthday party of a friend's son, complete with costumes and a children's song. Unfortunately, while they group is a big hit with the kids, one of them records and posts their performance online, and it goes viral, jeopardizing the band's chances of getting signed. The band and gang must some how prove to Adam their worth to close the deal before it's too late.

Playtime in Hip-Hop Town: Part 1

It was a Saturday afternoon in the city of ToonTown. At Toon Jamz Records, one of the biggest record labels in the city, the Toonsters were in a sound booth recording a song:

All: If I ruled the world (Here we go, here we go)

So everybody get up, up, out of your seats

Kick off your shoes like you're down at the beach

Jump up, up, up on the beat singing

Ay-o, ay-o, ay-o

Up, up, out of your seats

Be who you are, love is all you need

All of us geeks, freaks, and wannabes singing Ay-o!

If I ruled the world

They finished recording, and the gang clapped for their friends as they exited the booth.

"Wow, that was amazing!," Tommy said.

"Yeah, you guys sounded awesome," Ash added in.

"You really are on your way to the top," Blossom put in.

"Thanks, guys," Danny responded with a grin.

"Yeah, we're glad to be here too," Jimmy said.

"Wow, I can't believe we're actually here at Toon Jamz Records, with our very own record deal," Bubbles said with stars in her eyes.

"I know, it's a total dream come true," June said. "It's seems just yesterday we were just a regular school band performing for the student body."

"And now look as us, dawgs," Jake continued.

"Yeah, but it wasn't easy getting here that's for sure," Tony said. "I remember two months ago we almost missed out on this big deal."

"Same here. You're just lucky you managed to turn it all around in your favor," Mac said.

"I remember that too. After you agreed to do that favor for Principal Mickey," Lilo said as the gang began flashing back to when it all happened.

Two Months Earlier…

The gang was in Minnie's drama/theatre class, getting a lesson about ad libbing.

"And so, ad libbing has been an excellent source of improvisational performance on stage, on TV, and in the movies for decades," she said. Just then the bell rang and the students gathered their things to leave, just as Mickey entered the room.

"Hold on Tony," he said. "Minnie and I need to discuss something with you and your bandmates."

"We'll…meet you guys outside," Lilo said to the Toonsters' members.

"Whatever it is you did, why didn't you let me in on it?!," Bloo asked.

"We didn't do anything," Jimmy said.

"Then why do they want to se- ah!," Bloo shrieked as Mac pulled him out of the room. Once alone, Mickey and Minnie then turned to the gang.

"So what do you guys need with us?," Tony asked.

"We need a favor," Mickey said. "I'm sure you're all familiar with Jackson Burrows?"

"The guy who owns the Burrows Hotel chain?," Timmy said.

"Yes, he's a big donor to the school, and good friend of ours. His daughter Charlotte is turning 5 years old this Thursday."

"I see. And?," June asked.

"Jackson hired the children's group, the Bubba-Gammas to perform at his son's party," Minnie said. "You may have heard of them."

"Yeah, my little godbrother watches them all the time," Timmy said.

"Me too," Bubbles giggled.

"Well, one of the Bubba-Gammas fell violently ill with the stomach flu and they had to cancel their appearance," Minnie said. "So he needs new performers for the party."

"And you want us Toonsters' to be those performers," Danny asked. Mickey and Minnie nodded.

"But, you can't perform any of your pop or rock tunes," Mickey said. "These are little kids after all, so you need a song that's specifically for little kids."

"You want us to be a kiddie song group?," Bubbles asked.

"Just this one time, yes," Minnie said. "And Jackson is willing to pay $1000 to each of you who's willing to do it."

"$1000?!," Timmy said.

"Each?!," Tony said.

"Yep!," Mickey confirmed.

"Then in that case, we'll be there. But just so we're clear it's a one-time gig, right?"

"Yes."

"Good. We'll be there."

After school, at the school Music room, the gang and several other students were trying to help the Toonsters with picking a song for their performance.

"Okay, so we can't do any big pop, rock, or loud tunes," Bubbles said.

"But that's what your band has become famous for," Phineas said.

"Yeah, what are you gonna do without them?," Mac asked.

"I dunno, we're serious musicians," Danny replied.

"Hey guys, I think I found a song you could do," Bloo said. "Some one get me a guitar."

"Got it," Rudy said. Bloo handed him the sheet music and after looking at it, Rudy began to play as Bloo began to sing:

Bloo: It's fun to run

It's fun to play

It's fun to make things out of clay.

It's fun to fill your car with gas.

It's fun to break...

Things made of glass.

Everyone who'd been enjoying the first few verses of the song, soon became weirded out by the lyrics as Bloo continued.

But broken glass

Can cut your hand

And then you'll bleed

Across the land…

"We're not singing that!," Tony snapped as everyone was now disgusted by the lyrics.

"Yeah man, we wanna entertain these kids, not scare the living daylights of them," Jake said.

"Well you gotta sing a song about something kids love," Tommy said.

"Well, let's think, some of us have little brothers and sisters who are little kids. What do they like?," Daryl asked.

"Cartoons?," Bart suggested.

"Toys?," Timmy suggested.

"Animals?," Ash suggested.

"Candy?," Lilo suggested.

"Being annoying?," Gaz suggested.

"Broken glass," Bloo sang as everyone looked at him sternly.

Just then, Daryl's cell phone rang. Upon seeing who it was on the caller I.D., he said, "Excuse me a sec. I gotta take this."

He then walked to the other side of the room, leaving everyone else to continue their song problem.

"So anything guys?," Danny asked.

"Hey guys, look," Tony said as he discovered something on his laptop. "Says here on MuzicaLyrics to me that seven of the top 10 kiddie songs are all about food."

"So just sing one of those food songs then," Buttercup suggested. Bloo then began to sing again:

Bloo: Oh, broken glass is not a food

So don't you listen to some dude

Who says put cheese on broken glass

And make a sand-a-witch...

Out of broken glass!

"What is wrong with you, man?!," Tony asked.

"I like it," Gaz said.

"See, she likes my taste in songs," Bloo said.

"Of course she likes it," June said.

"Yeah, she's one of the darkest students in the school," Blossom added.

Meanwhile, Daryl then hung up his phone and said, "Hey guys get this: That was Adam Evans, founder and owner of Toon Sound-Jamz Records."

"Adam Evans, I heard of him," Tony said. "Isn't he supposed to be a superhero as well?"

"Yeah, Rubberband Man. But that's not important. What is, is that I just talked with him, and after seeing your performance at the ToonDome stadium for that halftime show two weeks ago, he's looking to sign the Toonsters to a record deal!"

"Shut up!," June said in excitement.

"You shut up!," Daryl said as everybody started to celebrate.

"Can"

"So now what do we do to seal the deal?," Timmy asked.

"You just need to perform another song for him, that's all," Daryl told them. Bloo then came up behind them with a guitar in hand and began to sing again:

Bloo: Let's sing a song about broken glass

I'll help you write it after class

There is no song that could surpass

This song we sing

About broken glass.

Everyone just rolled their eyes at Bloo and continued celebrating.

On Thursday afternoon at the House of Mouse, the regular business had been discontinued for the day for Charlotte Burrows' birthday party. There were 4 and 5-year olds running around, having fun and just typically acting their age. Mickey was chatting it up with Jackson Burrows himself. Just then, Tony waved at Mickey to get his attention.

"Hey, Mickey," he called. Mickey excused himself and went to see Tony.

"So how's everything coming?," Mickey asked.

"Great. Everyone's putting on their costumes and we have a great song for the kids."

"It's not the song Bloo left on my answering machine about broken glass, is it?"

"Absolutely not. We all voted against that. This is a good song, I promise."

"Okay, then I'll give you 20 minutes."

Twenty minutes later, Mickey was onstage to give an announcement to the party-goers.

"Hey, everybody is everyone enjoying the party?," he said. The kids cheered. "Well it's gonna get even better, because we have a show for you. You know the band the Bubba-Gammas?"

"Yeah!," The kids cheered loudly.

"We'll they had to cancel their performance."

"Boooo!," the kids jeered.

"But we have another band, from right her in ToonTown. You kids might have heard of them. Give it up for the one and only, Toonsters!"

The audience cheered as the Toonsters members emerged from the back, all wearing big food costumes: Tony as a cookie, Bubbles as an ice cream cone, June as a hamburger, Jimmy as a pizza slice, Timmy as broccoli, Danny as a hot dog, and Jake as spaghetti.

"Happy birthday, Charlotte!," Bubbles called out.

"So I'm sure you kids all love the party so far? Especially all the food, right?," Tony said.

"Yeah!," the kids shouted.

"Well here's a little song we cooked up about our favorite foods and maybe some of yours too," Bubbles said. "Hit it, Horace!"

Horace Horsecollar then literally hit the radio with a mallet, causing to say, "I really hate that catchphrase!," as the song began to play.

All: What I like about cheese

Is that you can put it on veggies

And it tastes...mhm mhm, so good (Timmy: Yeah!)

I like to talk about food

'Cause it's my favorite thing to do

Every treat from yellow to blue

Red and green so let's all sing

Tell me all about your favorite foods

Jimmy: Mine is Pizza!

Jade: And I like hamburgers too!

All: I'll eat ice cream cake

Till my tummy aches

Then here's what I'll do

Here's what I'll do

Share some of mine with you

Yummy yummy

In my tummy

By now, the kids had were all clapping and rocking to the song in enjoyment. Unknown to the Toonsters, one of them had a cell phone in hand and was recording the whole thing as the Toonsters sang.

All: Yummy yummy

I like noodles in a bowl

Chickens nuggets make me loose control

'Cause they taste...mhm mhm so good (Timmy: Yeah!)

I'll eat ice cream cake

Till my tummy aches

Then here's what I'll do

Here's what I'll do

Share some of mine with you

Yummy Yummy

Food!

The song finished and the audience of kids applauded the Toonsters as they all took a bow on stage.

The next day, Tony, Daryl, and Danny were at their lockers getting their books.

"Heard you guys were a hit at the party yesterday," Daryl said.

"Yeah, the kids loved us and we got paid," Danny said. "But I'm kinda glad it's over with. That costume was kind uncomfortable."

"And we can get back to our regular performing ways," Tony said.

"Hey dudes," a voice called out. The three turned as a bunch of little kids ran up to them. "You guys are two of the Toonsters, right?"

"Yeah, I'm Tony and that's Danny," Tony said.

"Yeah, you were the cookie and you were the hot dog at that birthday party. Can we have your autographs?," a boy said.

"Sure, were you there at the party?" Danny answered.

"No we couldn't make it," a girl told them. "We found out at this video we found of you online."

"Online?!," Tony, Daryl, and Danny asked in shock.

"Yeah, that website Vids4Kids, we saw you in those costumes performing that song about your favorite foods," another boy said. "It was great!"

The three teens looked at each other uneasily upon hearing this. Who could have put their band online like that?

Later, outside during lunchtime, the gang was watching the mentioned video of the Toonsters' performance on Daryl's laptop…and needless to say none of them were happy.

"Unbelievable," Timmy said. "How humiliating!"

"Who did this?," Blossom said.

"We don't know," Jake said. "But I do know I don't want to be online dressed as a stupid blob of spaghetti."

"Well too late, it's happened already," Bloo said as everyone glared at him.

"Man, you twerps are a real joke!," Vicky said as she, Princess and Mindy walked up.

"Not in the mood, Vicky," Lilo said.

"Uku tiki," Stitch said in agreement.

"Well you guys look totally ridiculous," Mindy said.

"Yeah, nice cookie costume Tony," Princess teased.

"Shut up!," Tony snapped. Just then the gang's friend Johnny Test came walking up.

"Hey Toonster dudes, there's a guy over in the parking lot who wants to talk to you" he said. The gang looked and saw, a skinny black man wearing light purple shirt and pants.

"Oh, that's Adam Evans, the record producer I told you all about," Daryl said.

"Whoa, that's him?!," Buttercup said.

"He's a record producer?!," Vicky said. "Out of our way!"

"Down, girl," Timmy said. "He's here for us, not you!"

"Well, let's go see what he wants," June said as the band all got up and walked towards him.

"But I don't get it, man," Tony said to Adam. "You said we were genuine talent before, man. Why do you mean you need more time to think?"

"Well, I do think y'all are genuine," Adam responded. It's just when I was looking up your videos on the web, I saw one of you dressed up in those costumes singing about your favorite foods and stuff."

"Hey, that was a just one-time thing," Danny said. "A friend of our hired those kiddie entertainers, the Bubba-Gammas for his niece's birthday, but they cancelled the day before, and our friend asked us to fill in."

"Yeah, it was just a favor to a friend," June said. "We take our music very seriously."

"That's right, we're really serious musicians. Honest!," Bubbles said.

"I'm sure, but, it's just with you dressing up like that and singing songs like this one, it's not the image I'm looking for for the label," Adam said. "So I'm gonna need to do some serious thinking on this one."

The Toonsters looked down in disappointment. Just then, Vicky, Princess, and Mindy ran up in front of them, and started singing a Britney Spears song, hoping to impress Adam. Unfortunately, they were way off-key:

All: (off-key) Oops, I did it again

I played with your heart

Got lost in the game

"Uh, you might wanna start running for your car, like right now," Timmy said. Immediately, taking his words to heart, Adam ran to his car, used his rubber-like powers to slip through the window, started it up and drove off. The three Snobs chased after him, still singing horribly, and still failing to impress him.

"Get away from my car!," Adam shouted.

A/N: Uh-oh, looks like the Toonsters might've lost their chance at a big record deal. Can they bounce back, or are their superstar dreams finished? Find out next time on part 2!