The Thundermans is an American superhero live-action comedy television series that began airing
on Nickelodeon, on October 14, 2013.
The series is created by Jed Spingarn.
Nickelodeon announced that it ordered 20 episodes for the show.
The preview premiered on October 14, 2013.
The show officially premiered on November 2, 2013.
It stars Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo, Addison Riecke, Diego Velazquez, Chris Tallman and
Rosa Blasi.
The preview received 2.4 million viewers.
The series premere received 2.6 million viewers.
On December 20, 2013, the series was renewed for a second season.
Plot The show revolves around a suburban family
with superpowers and specifically 15-year-old twins, one a superhero and one a superhero
wanting to be a supervillain.
They moved to Hiddenville to live normal lives.
Cast and characters Main characters
Kira Kosarin as Phoebe Thunderman, a 15-year-old super heroine twin to Max, and older sister
to Nora and Billy.
She's very responsible, a straight-A student, and tries to play by the "no powers" rule.
She has a quite obvious crush on Cole Campbell.
Phoebe is older than Max by 20 seconds.
She has telekinesis, freeze breath, and heat breath.
Jack Griffo as Max Thunderman, a 15-year-old supervillain twin to Phoebe, and older brother
to Nora and Billy.
He wants to attend Villain U when he's older.
His basement bedroom serves as his "evil lair", and it is also where he keeps Dr. Colosso.
He has the same powers as Phoebe, and, It is revealed in the episode "Thundersense"
that Max is 20 seconds younger than Phoebe.
Addison Riecke as Nora Thunderman, the youngest of the Thunderman children, and a mischievous
8-year-old little sister to Phoebe, Max, and Billy.
Her superpower is heat-vision.
She can easily recruit Billy into any scheme of hers as she scares him a bit.
Diego Velazquez as Billy Thunderman, the 3rd born Thunderman child.
He is an energetic 10-year-old little brother to Phoebe, and Max, and older brother to Nora.
His superpower is super-speed.
It is revealed in the episode "Dinner Party" that his full name is William.
Chris Tallman as Hank Thunderman, the husband to Barb and father to Phoebe, Max, Nora, and
Billy whose superhero alias is Thunderman.
His superpowers are flying and super-strength.
He has now half-unwillingly retired as a superhero in order to give his kids a stable and normal
home.
He still uses his powers to fly to places around the world, usually to get food from
specific areas like chili powder from Chile and Macadamia Nuts from Hawaii.
Rosa Blasi as Barb Thunderman, wife to Hank and mother to Phoebe, Max, Billy, and Nora.
Her superpower is controlling light and lightning.
Unlike her husband, she is completely okay with leaving her superheroine life behind
her.
She is good at stacking cups, and agrees with her husband that Max is going through a super
villain "phase" that needs to end, as it was revealed in the episode "Phoebe vs. Max."
It is revealed in the episode "Weird Science Fair" that her full name is Barbara.
Recurring characters Dana Snyder as Dr. Colosso, was one of the
world's greatest villains and Hank's former arch nemesis, until Hank turned him into a
rabbit while still Thunderman.
He is kept in Max's bedroom.
It is shown that he loves Max very much.
His puppet is performed by Stephen, Edward, & Charles Chiodo.
Audrey Whitby as Cherry, Phoebe's best friend who is bubbly and somewhat dimwitted.
She's unaware of that the Thundermans have superpowers even though she witnessed them
herself.
Haley Tju as Darcy Wong, a mischievous girl who lives in the neighborhood and suspects
that the Thunderman family have a secret.
She once kidnapped Dr. Colosso and tried to make him talk.
She was also the newspaper thief in the episode "Crime after Crime"; people thought it was
Max because he was caught sneaking out.
Teala Dunn as Kelsey, a girl who is friends with Phoebe and Cherry.
Production On August 3, 2012, Nickelodeon announced The
Thundermans as one of its upcoming live-action shows.
Shooting began in mid-February, and the extras will be cast at that time and throughout the
production at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
Its pilot was shot in October 2012.
Episodes
Awards and Nominations Broadcast
The series originally aired on October 14, 2013 as a preview and premiered on November
2, 2013 on Nickelodeon.
It premiered on April 2, 2014 on Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon and on April 7, 2014 on Nickelodeon.
Nickelodeon premiered it on April 1, 2014 and Nickelodeon on May 5, 2014.
References
External links The Thundermans at Internet Movie Database
The Thundermans on IGN