The Thundermans

Television series
German title	The Thundermans
Original title	The Thundermans
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2013-2018
Production company	Uptown Productions, Nickelodeon Productions
length	23 minutes
Episodes	103 in 4 seasons ( list )
genre	Youth series , sitcom , comedy
Theme music	Livin 'a Double Life by Kira Kosarin & Jack Griffo
idea	Jed spinning twine
production	Jed Spingarn, Dan Cross, David Hoge
First broadcast	October 14, 2013 (USA) on Nickelodeon
German-language first broadcast	March 30, 2014 on Nick Germany
occupation
synchronization

The Thundermans (original title: The Thunder Mans ) is a children and youth - sitcom in the genre fiction , the 2013 to 2018 for the TV channel Nickelodeon was produced. The series was developed by Jed Spingarn. It's about a suburban family who have super powers. You are fighting the crime. The first episode aired on October 14, 2013 on the US television station Nickelodeon. On July 28, 2017, the discontinuation of the series after the fourth season was confirmed. The last episode of the series aired in the United States on May 25, 2018.

action

At first glance, the Thunderman family seems like a typical suburban family. But appearances are deceptive, because the Thundermans have super powers. Each of them has one or more special superpowers. Only 16-year-old Phoebe has the same superpowers as her twin brother Max. As Phoebe develops into a superhero, her brother becomes a super villain.

characters

main characters

• Phoebe Monica Rachel Thunderman / Thundergirl is smart, fair and a little panicked. In contrast to her brother Max, she got good grades at school. Her superpowers include telekinesis , frost breath and fire breath, which are often portrayed as opposites in the series.
• Maximus Octavius ​​"Max" Thunderman is the twin brother of Phoebe. He can be sneaky and mean at times, but at times he is a good friend of Phoebe's who bails her out. He'd like to be a villain. Max has the super powers like Phoebe. Together with the super villain Doctor Colosso he lives in his "villain base" in the basement of the house. After defeating Dark Mayhem along with Phoebe, he switches sides and becomes a superhero at the end of season three. Despite the change of sides, he still likes to tease Phoebe, but now more on a friendly basis.
• William "Billy" Thunderman / Kid Quick is the 10 year old son of the Thundermans. He is quick-tempered, lively and childish. He was also mentally retarded due to an accident when he was born. He has the ability to run faster than sound. He likes to play with Nora, whose laser eye he tries to avoid with his speed.
• Nora Thunderman / Lasergirl is the 8 year old daughter of the Thundermans. She is intelligent, inquisitive, and spiritually mature for her age. Your ability is laser vision. She likes to play with Billy, especially by shooting him with her laser eye. However, she also has a keen business acumen and often thinks of the financial side alongside childlike Billy. Although they also resemble Dr. Colosso, she can't stand him.
• Henry "Hank" Thunderman / Thunderman is the father of Phoebe, Max, Billy, Nora and Chloe and Barb's husband. He's clumsy, doesn't care about hygiene, loves food and is a little slow mentally. He is superhumanly strong and can fly.
• Barbara "Barb" Thunderman / Electress is the mother of Phoebe, Max, Billy, Nora and Chloe and the wife of Hank. She is serious, caring, and strict. She can generate lightning, light and energy from her hands. Her maiden name is McPopel and her sister is called Mandy.
• Chloe Thunderman / Thunderbaby is the youngest child of the Thundermans. She is born at the end of the second season. As a baby, when someone tickled her, she temporarily had the strength to create soap bubbles from her fingers, which together lead to an explosion. She currently has the power of teleportation , and she can see and hear ghosts. In addition to English, she also speaks Spanish.

Minor characters

• Doctor Arthur Colosso was once the most evil and powerful villain on the planet. However, he was tricked by Hank and Barb and turned into a male, talking rabbit. Max took him in and he has served him as a mentor ever since, and his pet is also his best friend. Every now and then he turns into a human with the help of the Animalizer, but is always turned back. He enjoys developing clothes for the whole family. He also likes to dress up. When a family member has a problem, they often have advice but almost always make demands. Like Max, he can't stand Phoebe.

• Cherry is Phoebe's best friend. At first she doesn't know anything about her powers, but she almost discovered them. She believed that Phoebe's family is performing in a musical and that her powers are special effects . But at the end of the second season, Phoebe tells her the truth. Since then she has been helping her friend keep the Thundermans' family secret more often. She is also very helpful, which is evident in episodes such as "The Double Phoebe".
• Oyster is a guitarist in Max's band. Phoebe initially kept an eye on him until she found out that he was a little crazy. He later becomes Cherry's boyfriend.
• Gideon is the guitarist for Max's band. He has his eye on Barb and Phoebe. He likes older women like Barb or his teacher.
• Olivia Wong owns a pizzeria and is the neighbor of the Thundermans. She has an extremely bad character and is always out for her advantage. Later she bought Splatburger with the aim of owning every gastronomic establishment. Her sons want to be doctors, which she detests.
• Principal Tad Bradford is the headmaster of the school and is never really in a good mood. He's unmarried and likes to flirt with one or two single mothers. The students often make fun of his "poor life". In the episode "The World Is Not Enough", Max and Phoebe find out that he doesn't even have his own house and that he uses the students' lockers as a bed. In the episode "Flower Power" he mentions that he has no hobbies, friends or family.
• Link Evilman is Phoebe's friend. He is the son of Hank's former archenemy, the super villain Evilman. Its superpower is elasticity. In the end he moves to Hong Kong to protect the city.
• Mike Evilman / Mattresses Mike / Evilman is Hank's archenemy and was a feared super villain but retired 10 years ago and has gotten along better with Hank ever since. He has the same super powers as Hank. He is also the father of Phoebe's friend Link. After retiring as a super villain, he opened a mattress business and also helped the League of Heroes test Phoebe in the episode "In Bed With Evil".
• Allison is Hiddenville High's benefactress who gets involved in every social cause. She was Max's girlfriend until she broke up with him in the episode “The world is not enough”. Phoebe had tried on her own to couple Max and she together, which seemed completely impossible at first because Allison wanted to protect the world and Max wanted to subjugate her. However, the two found similarities and eventually became a couple.
• Super President Evelyn Trittzu is the President of the League of Heroes. Her daughter's name is Simone.
• Wolfgang is the drummer in Max's band. He comes from Germany. He likes to use the word "Wolfgang" in many inappropriate places. When he's upset, he sometimes speaks dialect.
• Maddy is a friend of Phoebe. She's in the cheerleading group. Acting makes them aggressive.
• Roxy is a friend of Phoebe.
• Sarah is a nerdy girl and has a crush on Max, but he doesn't reply. She later gets together with Gideon after Max and Phoebe bring her together.
• Evan / Lucius is an agent for the League of Heroes. He disguised himself as a nerd to spy on the Thundermans. Evan isn't his real name either. His real name is: Lucius. His superpower is that he doesn't age.
• Tyler is a friend of Evan.
• Jay Jay was the owner of the Splatburger restaurant.
• Dark Mayhem is one of the most dangerous supervillains in the world. Phoebe and Max later defeated him and took his powers. However, Phoebe took his powers trapped in a bullet to complete a mission. She becomes angry, but her family manages to free her from the forces.
• Blobbin is the cousin of Phoebe, Max, Billy, Nora and Chloe. He has the strength that nothing hurts him on the outside, but inside he is a very sensitive guy (quote: "... but inside I am a mimosa"). In addition, he doesn't like moving and is a bit fat. Since he inherited a lot of money, he has been rich and also uses the money as an armchair or as wood for his fireplace.
• Madison is the head of Hiddenville High's cheerleading squad.
• Lionel is a smart boy from Hiddenville High and is Jake and Tom's friend.
• Simone is the daughter of Super President Trittzu.

production

In August 2012, the broadcaster Nickelodeon announced the production of the series pilot. The pilot episode was filmed in October 2012. On February 18, 2013, the station ordered a first season with 13 episodes. Before the first episode was broadcast, seven more episodes were ordered, so that the first season has 20 episodes.

On December 20, 2013, Nickelodeon ordered a second season with 20 episodes. On March 4, 2015, Nickelodeon ordered a third season.

In March 2016, the production of a fourth season was announced. This was shot until July 23, 2017. On July 28, the discontinuation of the series was confirmed after the fourth season.

Cast and dubbing

The German dubbing was done under the dialogue book and under the dialogue direction of Andi Krösing by the dubbing company SDI Media Germany GmbH in Berlin .

role	actor	consequences	Voice actor
main actor
Phoebe Thunderman	Kira Kosarin	1-103	Victoria Frenz
Max Thunderman	Jack Griffo	1-103	Patrick Baehr
Billy Thunderman	Diego Velazquez	1-103	Gerome Quantmeyer
Nora Thunderman	Addison Riecke	1-103	Zalina Sanchez
Henry "Hank" Thunderman	Chris Tallman	1-103	Michael Iwannek
Barbara "Barb" Thunderman	Rosa Blasi	1-103	Andrea Aust
Chloe Thunderman	Maya Le Clark	46-103	Emma lady's slipper
supporting cast
Dr. Colosso (voice)	Dana Snyder	1-103	Andi Krösing
Cherry	Audrey Whitby	1–3, 8, 13–17, 20, 22, 23, 28, 31, 33, 37, 42, 45, 46, 48, 50–52, 54, 56, 62, 64, 65, 69–73, 78, 80-82, 90, 92, 93, 97, 98	Jodie Blank
Oyster	Tanner Stine	24, 26, 31, 33, 37-38, 42, 47, 49, 52, 57, 59, 61-62, 66-67, 70-71, 73-74, 79, 81	Ricardo Richter
Gideon	Kenny Ridwan	24, 33-34, 37-38, 41-43, 47, 49, 57, 62, 67, 70-71, 79, 81, 84, 88	Marcel Mann
Mrs. Wong	Helen Hong	6, 10, 15, 24, 28, 41, 44-45, 55, 60-61, 68, 70-74, 81-82, 88	Tanja Schmitz
Blobbin	Harvey Guillen	7, 12, 31, 57, 60, 79, 88	Tim Sander
Principal Tad Bradford	Jeff Meacham	8, 19-20, 23, 28-29, 41, 47, 49, 53, 61, 71, 82-84, 88	Peter Flechtner
Super President Evelyn Trittzu	Daniele Gaither	25, 32, 40, 46, 51, 55-56, 62-63, 65, 69, 71, 73-74, 80, 85	Iris Artajo
Link Evilman	Barrett Carnahan	32, 35, 39, 42, 48, 51, 54-55, 70-71	Fabian Hollwitz
wolfgang	Jake Borelli	42, 47, 49, 57, 61-62, 66-67, 70-71, 73-74, 81, 88	Tobias J. Becker
Allison	Ryan Newman	53, 57-59, 61, 64, 70-71, 73-74, 79	Lydia Morgenstern
Sarah	Keely Marshall	4, 11, 16, 29, 43	Jennifer White
Evan	Elijah Nelson	4, 15, 17	Hannes Maurer
		43, 61, 63, 71	Constantin von Jascheroff
Tyler	David Burrus	4, 6, 13, 43	Marco Eßer
Ashley	Krista Marie Yu	4, 16, 38	Shanti Chakraborty
Madison	Brooke Sorenson	8, 11, 18	Maria Hönig
Phoebe Thunderman (young)	Reagan Fernandez	9, 12, 50	Yamuna Kemmerling
Kelsey	Teala Dunn	16, 23, 33, 57	Kristina Tietz
Lionel	Major Curda	17, 23, 28	Maximilian Artajo
Tom	Jacob-Timothy Manown	17, 23	Christian Pointer
Jay Jay	Rob Ramsay	26-27, 32, 42	Sven Plate
Winnie-Lee	Reign Edwards	31, 41, 43	Lin Gothoni
Guest actor
Cole Campbell	Logan Shroyer	3, 11	Carsten Otto
Flunky	Jace Norman	8th	Nicolas Rathod
Lunch Lady Gladys	Polly Humphreys	13, 41	Gabrielle Schramm
Veronica	Gilland Jones	17th	Marie Christin Morgenstern
Morgan	Lizzy Greene	24	Sarah Tkotsch
Angus	Justice Smith	24, 37	Sebastian Kluckert
Chainsaw	Paul A. Hicks	24, 68	Christoph Banks
green ghoul	David Ury	25th	Fritz Rott
Malcolm David Kelley	Malcolm David Kelley	26th	Wilhelm-Rafael Garth
Tony Oller	Tony Oller	26th	Jan Makino
Mr. Evilman	Eric Allan Kramer	32, 51	Detlef Bierstedt
Miss Austin	Rebecca Metz	43, 57	Almut Zydra
King Crab	Paul F. Tompkins	44-45	Robert Missler
Baby assessors	Alec Mapa	44-45	Santiago Ziesmer
Quinn	Madison Lawlor	48	Anna Gamburg
Harrison Evilman	Casey Simpson	54	Felix Langer
Tech rider	Carlos Pena	56	Nico Sablik
Gary	Chris Jericho	64	Erich Rauker
Mandy McPopel	Paula Christensen	67	Daniela Hoffmann
Leonard	Dawson Fletcher	69	Konrad Bösherz
Troll	Martin Klebba	72
Candi Falconman	Jada Facer	73-74	Samira Jakobs
Grandfather Giddy	James Hong	81
Heinrich Hiddenville III.	Owen Joyner	88

Charisma

→ Main article : The Thundermans / Episode List

United States

The first episode aired as a preview after the premiere of a new episode of SpongeBob SquarePants on October 14, 2013. The regular broadcast began on November 2, 2013. The season finale aired on June 14, 2014. The second season aired from September 13, 2014 to March 28, 2015. The broadcast of the third season ran from June 27, 2015 to October 10, 2016. On October 22, 2016, the first episode of the fourth season was broadcast.

Germany

In Germany, the first season was broadcast on Nickelodeon from March 30, 2014 to October 11, 2014 . The first episode was shown following the Kids' Choice Awards 2014. The second season was broadcast from November 29, 2014 to September 18, 2015. The third season ran from January 10, 2016 to November 20, 2016. On March 30, 2017, the first episode of the fourth season was broadcast.

Web links

• Official website at Nickelodeon USA (English)
• The Thundermans in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Thundermans at Fernsehserien.de
• The Thundermans at Nick Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Thundermans: Canceled; No Season Five for Nickelodeon Series. In: TvSeriesFinale.com. July 28, 2017, accessed September 28, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Nickelodeon Greenlights 14 New Live Action and Animated Series, TV Movies & Pilots, Including 'iCarly' and 'Victorious' Spinoffs . In: TVbytheNumbers.com . August 3, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
3. ↑ Adam Arndt: Nickelodeon orders The Thundermans . In: Serienjunkies.de . February 18, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
4. ↑ Bryan: Nickelodeon Extends “The Thundermans” Episode Order, Sets Preview Date . In: NickAndMore.com . September 20, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
5. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: 'The Thundermans' Renewed for Second Season by Nickelodeon . In: TVbytheNumbers.com . December 20, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
6. ↑ Jeremy Gerard: Nickelodeon Adds NFL Star Gronk And Skateboard Champ Eaton To Lineup - Upfronts . In: Deadline.com . March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
7. ↑ ^{a b} The Thundermans. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 15, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: 'The Thundermans' Takes Off on Nickelodeon November 2 at 9PM . In: TVbytheNumbers.com . October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
9. ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/thundermans/listings/