100 Fun Facts About The Thundermans

The Thundermans aired from 2013 to 2018 on which network?

Nickelodeon ran The Thundermans for four seasons, then brought the family back years later for a 2024 reunion film and a 2025 spin-off series.

In which fictional city do the Thundermans try to live a normal life?

Hiddenville is where Hank and Barb retire to give the kids a normal childhood, a cover blown when the whole town learns their secret in 'Thundermans: Secret Revealed'.

Which power belongs to dad Hank Thunderman rather than to his twins, Phoebe and Max?

Flight belongs to dad Hank, who never fully gave up his powers: he takes off at any excuse, often just to fetch food from the other side of the world.

By how much is Phoebe older than her twin brother Max?

Phoebe is older than Max by 20 seconds, but seniority only goes so far: in season one her younger twin ends up as class president, the job she had campaigned for.

What is Phoebe's superhero alias?

Thunder Girl is a title Phoebe has to earn: she starts hero training in season three and only officially takes the name in 'Thundermans: Secret Revealed'.

Which former kids' TV star guest-starred on The Thundermans as the dojo instructor Sensei Kenny?

Kel Mitchell plays Sensei Kenny in 'Have an Ice Birthday', where Phoebe poses as his dojo's Chosen One to win back a frozen Mrs. Wong.

Where in the house is Max's secret lair?

The basement is both Max's bedroom and his lair, reached by a slide hidden under a living-room table that drops him straight onto his bed.

Dr. Colosso, Max's mentor, is a former bad guy who was turned into what?

A rabbit is what Dr. Colosso became after Hank defeated him during his hero career; the fluffy ex-villain now lives in Max's lair and eggs on his evil plans.

Who voices Dr. Colosso?

Dana Snyder voices Dr. Colosso and also plays him on screen whenever the villain is briefly turned back into a human.

What is Nora's superpower?

Laser vision is Nora's power: she fires beams from her eyes and happily zaps her brother Billy. Addison Riecke played the bossy little sister for the whole run.

As a newborn, Chloe Thunderman's first superpower is making what?

Bubbles are Chloe's baby power, set off by tickling; on the day she is born, one tickle releases a burst of them just as Phoebe is trying to rescue Max.

Which actor plays the Thunderman dad, Hank?

Chris Tallman plays Hank, who in the pilot cannot resist suiting up again to stand in for a no-show superhero entertainer at a child's birthday party.

What is Hank Thunderman's superhero name?

Thunder Man is Hank's hero name from his crime-fighting days, a career he misses far more than Barb does and keeps trying to sneak back into.

Barb Thunderman's superpower lets her control what?

Electricity and lightning are Barb's domain: she fires bolts from her hands, though unlike Hank she is perfectly happy to have left hero work behind.

Which actress plays the Thunderman mom, Barb?

Rosa Blasi plays Barb Thunderman, the one parent happy to stay retired while Hank pines for crime-fighting; she came to the show from six seasons on Strong Medicine.

What is baby Chloe's permanent superpower?

Teleportation is Chloe's power, and it works on passengers too: the twins get her to zap Nora and Billy to a ride, and later she ferries the whole family on missions.

Baby Chloe Thunderman is born in the finale of which season?

The second season ends with 'A Hero Is Born', in which Barb goes into labor and Dr. Colosso, of all people, helps deliver the baby.

Which master villain trains Max during season three?

Dark Mayhem, the villain Max idolizes, demands that Max prove himself by draining Phoebe's powers in 'Thundermans: Secret Revealed'; Max chooses his family instead.

In season four, Phoebe and Max compete for a place on which elite Hero League team?

The Z-Force is the elite squad the twins chase all season; in the finale, 'The Thunder Games', they compete in its championships and end up leading it.

Halfway through season four of The Thundermans, what happens to Phoebe?

She absorbs a villain's powers and turns evil while trying to stop one of Max's old pranks; the family only wins her back during a vacation special set in Hawaii.

Who is in charge of the Hero League, handing capes to Academy graduates?

Super President Kickbutt hands out the capes and can take the job away too: in the 2024 reunion film she fires the whole family and sends them home.

What is the name of Phoebe's bubbly, slightly dim best friend?

Cherry, played by Audrey Whitby, is kept in the dark about the family's powers until 'A Hero Is Born', then promises to keep the secret herself.

The Thundermans' grumpy neighbour Mrs. Wong owns what kind of business?

A pizza restaurant, Wong's Pizza Palace, briefly employs Phoebe and Max in season one, until they wreck the kitchen and get themselves fired.

Which actress plays the Thundermans' neighbor Mrs. Wong?

Helen Hong plays Mrs. Wong, whom Max freezes solid in one episode, only for a dojo class to carry her off as a statue.

Nora is almost never seen without what in her hair?

A bow is Nora's trademark, a sweet look on the sibling the others fear: she can rope Billy into any scheme because he is scared of her.

What is the title of The Thundermans' pilot episode?

Adventures in Supersitting opened the series in October 2013: left to babysit, Phoebe invites a friend over and accidentally shows off the family's powers.

What is Cousin Blobbin's superpower?

He is invincible on the outside but very sensitive on the inside; Blobbin was sidekick to a millionaire superhero uncle, who died and left him the fortune.

Phoebe's boyfriend Link is the son of which of Hank's old enemies?

Evilman is Link's father, a retired villain who now sells mattresses and who tries to stop his son dating a Thunderman in 'Meet the Evilmans'.

Wolfgang, the drummer in Max's band, comes from which country?

Germany is home for Wolfgang, an exchange student who speaks so little English that he mostly just answers with his own name in different tones.

Which of Max's friends has an awkward crush on his mother, Barb?

Gideon, played by Kenny Ridwan, pines for Barb so openly that everyone tells him to stop; he later turns his attention to Phoebe instead.

In which town is the 2016 Henry Danger crossover 'Danger & Thunder' set?

Swellview is Henry Danger's home town; in the crossover Phoebe slips into a villains' meeting there alongside Kid Danger, only to find her brother Max on the guest list.

Which actress plays Max's activist girlfriend Allison?

Ryan Newman plays Allison, whose causes finally win out: she ends things with Max by text, telling him the Earth is her soulmate now.

Which Henry Danger star guest-starred as Max's assistant Flunky on The Thundermans?

Jace Norman played Flunky, the assistant Max acquires as class president, in a 2013 episode that aired months before Henry Danger made him a star.

In The Thundermans, which prison holds villains the Hero League has captured?

Metroburg Superjail holds the worst of them, though not for good: in the 2024 reunion film the villains' own children break their fathers out.

In 'Thundermans: Banished!', a spin of the Hero League's wheel sends the family to live where?

Antarctica is where the wheel stops, with a warning that coming home will cost the family its powers; the twins risk it anyway to stop a rival hero's daughter.

The reunion movie The Thundermans Return premiered on TV and which streaming service on March 7, 2024?

Paramount+ streamed The Thundermans Return the same day it aired on television, and within a year the film had led to a new follow-up series.

What is the name of Phoebe's danger-sensing ability?

Thundersense is the danger alert Phoebe develops in a season one episode of the same name; after it helps her save a classmate, she starts to doubt she is a hero without it.

Which 2025 series continued the Thundermans story after the reunion film?

The Thundermans: Undercover sends Phoebe and Max to the seaside town of Secret Shores to chase a new threat, with little sister Chloe brought along to train.

Kira Kosarin, who plays Phoebe, released her debut album in 2019 under what title?

Off Brand was self-released in 2019, three years before Kosarin signed to a major label; she had trailed it with singles including 'Vinyl' and 'Take This Outside'.

Which WWE wrestler guest-starred on The Thundermans as Gary, the father of Max's girlfriend?

Chris Jericho plays Gary, who summons Max to his gym to judge whether the boy is good enough for his daughter, then bans her from seeing him.

Which actor plays Billy Thunderman?

Diego Velazquez plays Billy, the sibling who could not wait: he was born on the way to the hospital, before Hank could get Barb there.

What is the name of the burger joint where the Thunderman teens hang out?

Splatburger is where the pop duo MKTO, playing themselves, stop on the way to a concert and end up performing a song for Phoebe.

What is Max Thunderman's full first name?

Maximus Octavius Thunderman is the full name, fit for an emperor, though its owner drops his plans of conquest and turns hero at the end of season three.

Addison Riecke, who plays Nora, appeared in which Sofia Coppola film?

The Beguiled cast Addison Riecke as Marie, one of the sheltered schoolgirls who take in a wounded Union soldier during the Civil War.

What is Billy Thunderman's superpower?

Super speed is Billy's power, and nearly his undoing: bouncing on a trampoline at full speed, he ends up stuck on the roof and has to be rescued by Phoebe.

Kira Kosarin, who plays Phoebe, was born in which U.S. state?

New Jersey is Kira Kosarin's birth state; the child of two stage performers, she moved to Los Angeles in 2011 to chase a screen career.

What is Hank Thunderman's main superpower?

Super strength is Hank's signature power; he stopped using it for a living, only half willingly, so his children could grow up in a normal home.

Which actor plays Principal Bradford?

Jeff Meacham plays Principal Bradford, who turns out to live at the school, sleeping in a hideaway behind a row of lockers.

Which actor plays Phoebe's boyfriend Link?

Barrett Carnahan plays Link, whose romance with Phoebe ends when the Hero League, impressed by his progress, posts him to Hong Kong as a superhero.

Which Thundermans cast member went on to play Levi Schmitt on Grey's Anatomy?

Jake Borelli, who played Wolfgang, joined Grey's Anatomy in 2017 as the clumsy comic-relief intern Levi Schmitt and stayed for years as the character rose to surgeon.

Which Dance Moms star made a cameo on The Thundermans as a superfan of Nora at Thunder-Con?

JoJo Siwa played a convention fan who idolizes Nora, then feels let down when Nora abandons her followers after a fan war breaks out.

On The Thundermans, Dr. Colosso once ruined Hank and Barb's wedding by turning the couple into which animals?

Goats were all the guests saw after his Animalizer zapped the bride and groom, which is why the Thunderman kids later restage the ceremony as an anniversary gift.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe retells which legend as a bedtime story for Chloe, casting Max as the villain?

Robin Hood becomes Phoebe Hood in her version, with a merry crew made up of Barb Marian, Little Hank, Friar Billy and Nora as Beyoncé.

Which actor plays troublemaking twin Max Thunderman, the would-be supervillain of The Thundermans?

Jack Griffo returned as Max for the 2024 reunion film, this time also serving as one of its producers.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe plant-sits what for her teacher before Max turns it into a giant monster?

A Venus flytrap balloons after Max overfeeds it, swallows Max's mentor and proves immune to superpowers, so the kids have to brew an antidote.

In the Thundermans special 'Thunder in Paradise', the family vacations in which U.S. state, home of the Weeping Volcano?

Hawaii hides a cave at the foot of the volcano where a jailed mastermind has stashed his plan to wipe out every superpower on Earth.

In The Thundermans Return, Max gets the family fired by accidentally dropping a giant what onto a rival hero?

A doughnut flattens a member of a rival team, and because a Hero League law forbids one superhero from harming another, the whole family loses its job.

On The Thundermans, Link's father retires from supervillainy to sell what at his own store in town?

Mattresses fill the store where Max and Phoebe both end up snooping, and the owner's shady behavior turns out to be a Hero League test of Phoebe.

Which fan-voted ceremony named The Thundermans its Favorite TV Show in 2016, ahead of Jessie and Girl Meets World?

Kids' Choice Awards voters gave the superhero sitcom the prize in 2016. It was nominated again a year later, when Henry Danger won instead.

On The Thundermans, what hidden shortcut leads from the family's living room straight into Max's lair?

A slide tucked under the tea table beside the living-room couch drops Max straight onto his bed, in a room once plastered with Villain League posters.

Which young actress plays Chloe, the baby of the family, on The Thundermans and in its 2025 spin-off?

Maya Le Clark started as a recurring guest and was promoted to the main cast for the final season of the original run.

Which sitcom's family teams up with The Thundermans in a double-length 2014 Halloween crossover special?

The Haunted Hathaways and their ghost housemates, the Prestons, join forces with the superheroes after Phoebe is possessed by the Green Ghoul.

The 2025 Thundermans spin-off sends Phoebe, Max and Chloe to which seaside town to handle a new threat?

Secret Shores is where the twins pose as school staff while Chloe enrolls as a student and makes friends named Jinx and Booch.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe's rocker crush Oyster turns out to be devoted to what, even writing it love songs?

His guitar gets the cute lyrics Phoebe thought were about her, and Oyster even claims the instrument chose her as his date.

On The Thundermans, Max wins which school office without even running, after a rant during Phoebe's campaign speech?

Class president Max then passes off his sister's ideas as his own, leaving Phoebe stuck as his vice president and plotting revenge.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe and Max's official hundredth save turns out to be rescuing what for little sister Chloe?

Her ice cream, caught before it hits the ground, is all that counts, because the Hero League disqualified their meteor rescue after they refused to stop a thief.

Which Big Time Rush member guest-starred on The Thundermans as Tech Rider, Phoebe's reckless superhero mentor?

Carlos PenaVega's hero comes loaded with high-tech tools but acts without thinking, which makes him a terrible mentor after Phoebe passes over her own dad.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe's boyfriend Link uses which superpower to cheat at basketball with Max?

Elasticity lets Link stretch his body, and he finally puts it to heroic use before the Hero League posts him overseas, ending the romance.

On The Thundermans, Max finally chooses his family over villainy during a showdown at which school event?

The prom is where Max arrives ready to drain Phoebe's powers with a special orb, then relents and helps defeat his former idol instead.

On The Thundermans, Max helps an overbooked Phoebe be in two places at once by making what?

A clone seems the perfect fix until a falling book leaves it dim-witted and it escapes, with the real Phoebe left tied up under a bake-sale table.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe and Max zap Hank and Barb's memories so the parents believe they are what?

Teenagers again, Hank and Barb throw a wild house party of their own, and the twins can only undo it by tricking the pair into a kiss that recharges the gadget.

On The Thundermans, Max blows the twins' team equipment money on which unusual headquarters without asking Phoebe?

A treehouse becomes the scene of yet another argument and crashes to the ground, with the twins saving each other in mid-fall.

The actor behind Max on The Thundermans played a boyfriend named Billy in the third film of which disaster franchise?

Sharknado 3 cast him as the boyfriend of Claudia Shepard, a part played by the same actress who is Max's girlfriend Allison on the sitcom.

In the 2025 Thundermans spin-off, Phoebe poses as a teacher of which school subject despite being terrible at it?

Art is a running joke from the original series, where a teacher praised Max's paintings and trashed Phoebe's, unaware that Max's were stolen.

Which So Random! alum plays Phoebe's best friend on The Thundermans, a recurring role she reprised in the 2024 film?

Audrey Whitby came from Disney sketch comedy and stayed with the role for more than a decade, even gaining superpowers of her own in the reunion movie.

Mark McGrath, who appears on The Thundermans as Sarah's famous uncle, is the real-life lead singer of which band?

Sugar Ray is the reason Max suddenly tries to win back Sarah, the classmate whose obsessive crush on him he had just steered toward a friend.

Who created The Thundermans and later returned to write its 2024 reunion movie, The Thundermans Return?

Jed Spingarn also helped develop the 2025 spin-off, working with two of the original show's executive producers.

Which double-length episode of The Thundermans sees Barb give birth to the family's youngest child, Chloe?

A Hero Is Born also briefly returns Max's mentor to human form to collect a Villain League award that turns out to be a trap.

Which episode aired last in The Thundermans' original run, closing the series in May 2018?

The Thunder Games ends with Phoebe faking an injury so Max can take the single open spot, before both twins wind up leading the elite team together.

On The Thundermans, classmate Evan is secretly a 50-year-old Hero League agent thanks to which superpower?

He never ages, so the family man could pose as a teenage student to guard the Thundermans, until the Hero League dropped him once his cover was blown.

On The Thundermans, Max mysteriously turns which color in the middle of a burger-joint date with Maddy?

Blue skin turns out to be the work of his own mentor, who confesses he did it for fear of losing Max to a girlfriend.

On The Thundermans, Max transforms Billy into which animal to win a race against his own bandmates?

A rat suits Billy so well that he refuses to change back, until an exterminator catches him and Nora has to come to the rescue.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe and her best friend fall out when only one of them makes which school squad?

Cheerleading had already tripped Phoebe up once: carried away with playing hero, she toppled an entire pyramid of the school's cheerleaders.

What do the kids on The Thundermans call their villain-hating grandfather, who zaps Dr. Colosso into the Detention Zone?

Pop Pop sends Max through the portal too for defending his mentor, and Phoebe has to freeze her own grandfather to go after them.

On The Thundermans, Max falsely confesses to neighborhood vandalism to hide which embarrassing truth about himself?

He can't ride a bike, so Max had been sneaking out to practice on a tiny one, which left him muddy and looking guilty.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe and Max must return to superhero school at which level to retake a power test?

Fifth grade is where a stand-in teacher with a grudge over one of Max's old pranks rigs the exam, yet the twins pass by abandoning it to save him.

On The Thundermans, Max's viral video of Phoebe falling over nearly costs her a place in which kind of recital?

Ballet fans snap up tickets hoping to see the 'Epic Fallerina' tumble again, but Phoebe outwits Max and humiliates him on stage instead.

Which What We Do in the Shadows star plays wealthy Cousin Blobbin on The Thundermans and in its reunion film?

Harvey Guillén's Blobbin inherits a late uncle's fortune and mansions, money Hank and Barb had been expecting to come to them.

On The Thundermans, Max fakes his report card to join the advanced students, then faces Phoebe in which contest?

The Math Bowl comes down to a tiebreaker between the twin captains, and Max, who knows the answer, gets it wrong on purpose so Phoebe's team wins.

Which future Dancing with the Stars champion played Dylan, a crush Phoebe meets for a baby playdate, on The Thundermans?

Jordan Fisher's character storms off, refusing to date Phoebe again, after Max mistakenly wheels his baby brother away in the wrong stroller.

Which Good Luck Charlie dad guest-starred on The Thundermans as Link's father, a retired supervillain?

Eric Allan Kramer's character was once a good man until the show's master villain turned him bad, and at first he tries to stop his son from dating Phoebe.

Which real pop duo play themselves on The Thundermans, treating superfan Phoebe to a private burger-joint concert?

MKTO stop in on their way to a show and sing for Phoebe after she saves singer Tony Oller from a pineapple he is allergic to.

Which Liv and Maddie star plays Balfour, the finalist revealed as Dr. Colosso's son, in The Thundermans finale?

Joey Bragg's villain, also known as The Gamer, takes the family hostage in revenge for his father's fate and ends up transformed the same way.

Ron Wasserman, who scored The Thundermans, also composed the original theme song for which 1990s superhero series?

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers got its theme from Wasserman in a session of about two and a half hours, two decades before he wrote the superhero family's background music.

On The Thundermans, Phoebe and Link's romance ends when the Hero League posts him to which Asian city?

Hong Kong becomes Link's posting just after Phoebe, tired of him always hanging around, helps him discover a talent for hero work.

On The Thundermans, Candi, the teen whose family replaces the banished heroes, uses which power to make people like her?

Hypnosis is Candi's shortcut to popularity because she struggles to make friends, and the twins defy their exile to stop her entrancing the whole city.

Which star of The Jeffersons and 227 guest-starred on The Thundermans as cookie-factory owner Sweet Gam Gam?

Marla Gibbs, then in her late eighties, played a sweet-looking baker who mistakes Phoebe and Billy for cookie thieves and starts beating them.

Which Reno 911! star played Assista Boy, Hank and Barb's former sidekick, on The Thundermans?

Thomas Lennon's sidekick turns into a raging monster when the twins squabble over him, and only calms down once they try to save each other.

On The Thundermans, which villain joins Lady Web and Scalestro in a plot to expel Dr. Colosso from their league?

King Crab and his allies lure their inactive colleague with a fake award, and years later his daughter She-Crab turns up in the reunion film.

On The Thundermans, Max snaps a thief's selfie inside a museum to impress his followers on which social network?

Evilgram is where Max shows off his crimes, while his viral video of Phoebe's fall goes up on another made-up network, Chirper.