| “ | Announcer: The world's first bionic superhumans. They're stronger than us, faster, smarter... The next generation of the human race is...
Leo: ...living in my basement?! |
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| “ | Announcer: The world's first bionic superhumans. They're stronger than us, faster, smarter... The next generation of the human race is...
Leo: ...living on a bionic island! |
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— Intro for Season 4
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Lab Rats is an American television sitcom that premiered on February 27, 2012 on Disney XD, which focuses on the life of teenager Leo Dooley, whose mother, Tasha, marries billionaire genius Donald Davenport. Leo meets Adam, Bree, and Chase (Davenport's latest projects), with whom he develops an immediate friendship.[1] The series was created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore On January 15, 2011, Billy Unger, who plays Chase, stated that the series was originally called Billion Dollar Freshman. However, the pilot was re-shot, with the changing of the name to Lab Rats, and the addition of Bree, the only girl of the group.[2] On May 18, 2012, Lab Rats was renewed for a second season.[3] On July 26, 2013, Disney XD renewed Lab Rats for a third season.[4] On May 9, 2014, Disney XD renewed Lab Rats for a fourth season.
On June 24, 2015, Kelli Berglund confirmed that the fourth season would be the last season of the series.
Premise
Young teenager Leo Dooley's mother, Tasha, gets remarried to billionaire inventor Donald Davenport, & they move in with him. While trying to find his bedroom, Leo accidentally discovers teenage siblings with bionic powers living in his new basement. Leo secretly takes them to school for the first time and the show follows the bionic teens as they unravel in adventurous situations in an attempt to live life like a normal family in the fictional town of Mission Creek, California. As the show progresses in Seasons 2, 3, and 4, it gets darker with the introduction of Davenport's younger brother Douglas (turned good in Season 3), Douglas' android son Marcus, Victor Krane, S-1, Sebastian (formerly known as S-3) and Krane's bionic soldiers.
By season 4, Davenport opens a bionic academy on a bionic island to train Krane's bionic soldiers to be the world's new heroes.
Characters
Main Characters
- Chase Davenport (portrayed by Billy Unger) - is the team leader and the youngest of the three. He has incredible intelligence and is able to access a vast database of information at any time. Chase can take control over his siblings with his override app in emergencies. He also has a magnetic app. His senses are extremely powerful, including extremely sensitive hearing and the ability to see through solid matter. He can also create force-fields, which can be used as a weapon by shrinking them into his hand before launching them. When growing too nervous or angry, he glitches to produce a second personality (dubbed "Spike") who is rude and destructive. Spike has super strength, is almost as strong as Adam, and is skilled in hand-to-hand combat. A second glitch causes him to produce a sonic sneeze (dubbed "Snot Cannon") when his nose is irritated too much. One of his hidden powers is to manipulate energy around objects to freely move them ("Molecular Kinesis"), which he found out in the Season 1 episode "Mission: Space". Another hidden ability is to levitate himself ("Levitation") which he revealed in Season 2 hour-long episode "Bionic Showdown". Because of his portray-er, Chase is also very skilled in martial arts/hand-to-hand combat. In the Season 3 episode "Brother Battle", Douglas gives Chase a new bionic ability, a bow staff which is also a laser ("Laser bow") which he can create with his fist. In "Bionic Showdown", it is revealed that Marcus's 'dad', Douglas Davenport, is Chase's 'creator' and not Donald. In "Zip It", Chase and Bree get a part-time job at Tech Store. When Chase and his siblings were created he was called "Subject C" until Donald Davenport gave him a name. He was called "Subject C" because he was the third Lab Rat created, so this is why his name starts with a "C".
- Adam Davenport (portrayed by Spencer Boldman) - is the oldest and most powerful of the three with super-human strength which makes him one of the strongest men on the planet. Adam may not be the brightest of the trio but he makes up for it with his great strength. He also has laser vision that can produce focused yet intense heat beams. When he gets too happy, he can glitch, causing him to create pulse grenades. It was declared that he is going to get a new hidden ability this coming season. His first hidden ability revealed is to generate a powerful force blast of electricity, called a blast wave. In the Season 3 hour-long episode "Sink or Swim", it is revealed that Adam has the ability to breathe underwater ("Water Breathing"). In the Season 3 episode "Brother Battle", Douglas gives Adam a new bionic ability in which he can blow out through his mouth and an extremely strong blue wind appears ("pressurized lung capacity"). In "Bionic Showdown", it is revealed that Marcus's 'dad' Douglas Davenport, is Adam's 'creator'. He also has an obsessive love for food. When Douglas created the Lab Rats, he was referred to as "Subject A" until Donald Davenport gave him a name. He was called "Subject A" because he was the first Lab Rat created, so this is why his name starts with an "A".
- Bree Davenport (portrayed by Kelli Berglund) - can move at over 400 miles per hour, create a "sonic-cyclone" by spinning fast, jump exceptionally high, and stick to walls and ceilings. Her speed also grants her equally great dexterity, letting her perform feats like typing with just as much speed. One of her hidden powers is to perfectly replicate any voice or sound she has heard at least once ("Vocal Manipulation"). At the end of the episode "Brother Battle", it is revealed that Bree was given invisibility from Douglas. When she gets too nervous, her sound-mimicking power will cause her to randomly use any/all of them at once. Bree is the only member in the group to ever question how Principal Perry still has her job despite everything she's done. In "Bionic Showdown", it is revealed that Marcus's 'dad', Douglas Davenport, is Bree's bionic 'creator'. In "Zip It", Bree and Chase get a part-time job at Tech Store. Bree destroys her chip in "Three Minus Bree" after getting frustrated that she couldn't go to a concert with Catlin. After finding out Adam and Chase almost died on a mission because she didn't have her abilities to help, she realized that she was being selfish and asked Donald to make a new bionic chip. Unfortunately because Douglas was the only one who made their chips, he couldn't repair it, leaving Bree with no bionics. When Leo goes to Douglas for help in "Which Father Knows Best", he and Donald work together and repair her chip. She was known as "Subject B" before Donald Davenport gave her a name. She was known as "Subject B" because she was the second Lab Rat created, so this is why her name starts with a "B".
- Leo Dooley (portrayed by Tyrel Jackson Williams) - is the son of Tasha Davenport and stepson of Donald Davenport. He is considered a social outcast considering his small amount of friends. In the episode "Adam Up", Adam reveals that Leo has a goldfish named Beyoncé. He accidentally discovers the lab and the Rats after he and his mom move in with Davenport. He finds them, as well as Davenport's inventions, to be incredibly cool, so he quickly forms a sibling bond with the Rats. Donald distrusts Leo due to the accidental destruction he causes. In "Missin' the Mission" Leo finally proves himself to Donald and becomes the Lab Rats' mission specialist. He's also the one who discovers Marcus' true intentions and battles him in "Bionic Showdown" in the Exoskeleton (although he is quickly overpowered and defeated by the stronger Marcus). In the Season 2 finale "No Going Back", he and Donald are trapped in the lab's elevator after Douglas blows up the lab. In "Sink or Swim", Leo and Donald are freed from the elevator when Leo switches on the emergency switch. In the episode "You Posted What!?!," Douglas Davenport gives Leo bionic powers (which is only known by Donald, Tasha, Adam, Bree, Chase, Janelle, Grandma Rose, and Principal Perry) after his right arm is badly hurt during a fight against Victor Krane and S-1 at Mission Creek High School. Leo's bionic right arm has a super strength and can shoot laser orbs. Krane and S-1 discover this while they are fighting Douglas and Leo. Donald, Adam, Bree, and Chase are shocked when they figure out he now has bionics when Leo knocks out Krane by blasting him during a fight. Tasha and Principal Perry find out when Leo accidentally grips the principal's hand too hard during a handshake. In "Armed and Dangerous", Leo exposes his bionic arm to Janelle. Starting with this episode, Douglas begins to train Leo to use his bionic arm more responsibly. In "Merry Glitchmas", Leo accidentally exposes his bionics to his grandma, Rose Dooley. In the episode "Rise of the Secret Soldiers", Leo accidentally exposes his bionic arm in front of an entire mob of angry protesters while trying to get them to leave their house. In this episode Douglas unlocks a new bionic ability for Leo: the ability to use his arm to absorb energy from power sources. He also receives his own uniform, which also contains a hood. In the Season 3 episode "Bionic House Party", Leo transfers most of his energy to save Donald, which causes him to turn old, and he nearly dies. The bionic soldiers save him by transferring their energy to him. He is a frenemy with Eddy and Spin.
- Donald Davenport (portrayed by Hal Sparks) - is the billionaire inventor who is Leo's step-father and the older brother of Douglas Davenport. He is the father figure and seemingly the creator to all of the Lab Rats, but it is later revealed that Douglas is the true 'father' (creator; they are genetically engineered; their biological parentage remains unclear) of Adam, Bree, and Chase. He usually seems self-centered, childish and a bit selfish, but he does care about Leo and the Lab Rats. He can be strict at times, especially about Adam, Bree and Chase's training or missions. Besides his intelligence, Donald is very good at martial arts and taught Adam, Bree and Chase how to use hand-to-hand combat. He may have been the only one to believe Leo when he said Marcus is evil. In "Bionic Showdown", after he and the Rats are captured by Douglas, Davenport confesses to them that Douglas was the one who created them. When he learned about Douglas's evil plan to turn them into dangerous bionic soldiers, he hid them in the lab to protect them. After the events in "Bionic Showdown", the Lab Rats tell Davenport that he is their true father whether or not Douglas was the one who made them. In the Season 2 finale "No Going Back", Donald goes broke because the now-freed Douglas maxes out his credit cards, hacks everything in Davenport Industries, and withdraws all of Donald's money from the bank. He and Leo are trapped in the lab's elevator after Douglas blows up the lab. In "Sink or Swim", Donald and Leo are freed from the elevator when Leo switches on the emergency switch. In "The Jet Wing", he does a death-defying stunt to raise money to make a new lab. In "Mission: Mission Creek High", he has officially makes a new lab, re-installs Eddy, and becomes rich again when he makes a contract with the government to make a rocket system to protect the Earth from rogue asteroids. In "Rise of the Secret Soldiers", Donald gets seriously injured after battling Krane, resulting in him going to the hospital and having surgery, and it is unknown if he will survive his injuries. Leo later saves his life by transferring some of his energy into him. Adam thinks of him and Douglas as "old." Donald then is injured again by Sebastian at the end of the Season 3 episode "Unauthorized Mission" while testing out the new Bionic Academy Island Mission Simulator. It is revealed in the Season 4 episode "Bionic Rebellion" that his injuries are not that bad. He was absent for "Leo's Jam", "Smart and Smarter", "Death Spiral Smackdown", "Air Leo", "Spy Fly", "Spike's Got Talent", "Adam Up", "Llama Drama", "The Haunting of Mission Creek High", "My Little Brother", "Under Siege", "Bionic Dog" and "Mission Mania". He was mentioned in "Air Leo", "Spy Fly", "Spike's Got Talent", "Llama Drama", "Bionic Dog", "Mission Mania" and "Forbidden Hero".
Note: The names of the Lab Rats - Adam, Bree and Chase - imply that they were originally known as subjects A, B and C. Adam was born first, followed by Bree, and finally Chase.
Recurring Characters
- Tasha Davenport (portrayed by Angel Parker) - is Leo's mom, Donald's wife, and a TV reporter. She also acts as a mother figure for Adam, Bree, and Chase, but mostly Bree, because she is the only girl in the house. She has appeared in "Crush, Chop and Burn", "Leo's Jam", "Rats on a Train", "Exoskeleton vs. Grandma", "Bionic Birthday Fail", "Can I Borrow the Helicopter?", "Drone Alone", "Chore Wars", "Dude, Where's My Lab?", "Night of the Living Virus", "Mission Invisible", "Speed Trapped", "The Rats Strike Back", "Parallel Universe", "Leo vs. Evil", "Trucked Out", "Memory Wipe", "Avalanche", "Prank You Very Much", "Twas the Mission Before Christmas", "No Going Back", "Sink or Swim", "The Jet Wing", "Zip It", "Scramble the Orbs", "Taken", "Three Minus Bree", "You Posted What!?!", "Merry Glitchmas, "Bionic Houseparty", and "Forbidden Hero". She was mentioned in "Concert in a Can", "Bionic Showdown", "Principal From Another Planet", "Cyborg Shark Attack", "Rise of the Secret Soldiers" "Adam Steps Up", "Bionic Rebellion" and "Left Behind".
- Eddy (voiced by Will Forte) - is the six-year-old smart home system who controls the Lab Rats' house. Eddy hates Tasha, Adam, Bree, and Chase, but he loves Donald Davenport and is frenemies with Leo. He believes Tasha is hideously unattractive. It was unknown what happened to Eddy at the end of the Season 2 finale "No Going Back" when Douglas blew up the lab, but it was later confirmed he had been destroyed, much to Tasha's delight. Eddy makes his return in "Mission: Mission Creek High" when Davenport remade the lab, much to the others' dismay. He appeared in "Crush, Chop and Burn", "Commando App", "Bionic Birthday Fail", "Drone Alone", "Chore Wars", "Night of the Living Virus", "Concert in a Can", Speed Trapped", "Missin' the Mission", "Spike's Got Talent", "Leo vs. Evil", "Bionic Showdown", "Adam Up", "No Going Back", "Mission: Mission Creek High", "Scramble the Orbs", and "Three Minus Bree". He was mentioned in "Sink or Swim".
- Terry Perry (portrayed by Maile Flanagan) - is the principal of Mission Creek High School. It has not been revealed why, but she dislikes Leo the most and is frenemies with him. Her full name is Terry "Theresa" Cherry Perry, as shown when she and Leo "bond" in "Chip Switch". In "My Little Brother", her mother is introduced and reveals that "Terry" is short for "Theresa". Ever since the events of "Mission Invisible", she has been suspicious of the lab rats' secret. She finally discovers their bionics in "No Going Back". Despite wanting to turn them in, she blackmails Donald to bribe her to keep her quiet. However, due to Douglas making him go broke, Principal Perry leaves, but promises Donald and Tasha that it isn't over. In the one-hour Season 3 premiere "Sink or Swim" Pt.1, she helps Donald, Tasha, and Leo by letting them stay at the school so she can get her money sooner. In "You Posted What!?!", it is revealed that Principal Perry and Douglas had some form of relationship that Douglas doesn't want to talk about. But Perry still likes him. In "Face Off", it is revealed that Perry has a twin sister who has been missing for 11 years. In "Unauthorized Mission," Principal Perry does antics in order to get Donald to let her work as the chief of security at Bionic Island. In "Bionic Rebellion", She tries to warn Donald, Adam, Bree, and Chase about Sebastian stealing the explosives, but, no one believed her. And, she is stuck on the hydrploop with Donald. She has appeared in "Commando App", "Death Spiral Smackdown", "Mission Invisible", "Spy Fly", "Missin' the Mission", "Bro Down", "Parallel Universe", "Spike's Got Talent", "Hole In One", "Trucked Out", "The Bionic 500", "Adam Up", "Llama Drama", "The Haunting of Mission Creek High", "Perry 2.0", "My Little Brother", "Twas the Mission Before Christmas", "Trent Gets Schooled", "No Going Back", "Sink or Swim" Pt.1, "The Jet Wing", "Mission: Mission Creek High", "Not So Smart Phone", "Principal From Another Planet", "Cyborg Shark Attack", "You Posted What!?!", "Alien Gladiators", "Brother Battle", "Spike Fright", "Face Off", "Rise of the Secret Soldiers" Pt.1, "Unauthorized Mission", "Bionic Rebellion" and "Under Siege". She has played a voice in "Crush, Chop, and Burn", and "Smart and Smarter". She was mentioned in "Speed Trapped", "Leo vs Evil" and "Left Behind".
- Douglas Davenport (portrayed by Jeremy Kent Jackson) - is Adam, Bree, Chase, and Marcus' creator/real father, Leo's step-uncle and Donald's younger brother. In his first appearance, Douglas is planning to capture Adam, Bree, and Chase and to ruin his brother. It is revealed in "Bionic Showdown" that he created the Lab Rats. Douglas returns in "Avalanche", where he reveals he is just like Chase: he's under-appreciated by his own sibling. Although he tries to manipulate Chase into betraying Leo, Bree, Adam, and Donald, Chase double-crosses Douglas and freezes him, saying he would never betray his own family. Donald then has him sent to one of his facilities to be imprisoned. He is freed by a mysterious masked man in the Season 2 finale. After he is freed, he contacts Donald and tells him that he is the one who maxed out his credit cards, hacked everything in Davenport Industries, and drained all his money out of the bank, and tells him that he's going after Adam, Bree, and Chase (who left after exposing their bionics to Principal Perry) and blows up the lab with Donald and Leo trapped in the lab's elevator with no way out. In the one-hour Season 3 premiere "Sink or Swim" Pt. 1, Douglas impersonates Davenport and captures Adam, Bree, and Chase. In "Sink or Swim" Pt. 2, it is revealed that Douglas is working with billionaire Victor Krane. At the end of the episode Victor wants Adam, Bree, and Chase destroyed, much to Douglas's shock, which implies that Douglas might become good again. In "Taken", he saves Adam Bree and Chase from Victor Krane, but, still not trusting him, Donald kicks him out. After Bree destroys her chip in "Three Minus Bree" and Donald's attempts at rebuilding her chip fail, Leo goes to Douglas for help in "Which Father Knows Best" and together with the help of Donald they repair Bree's chip. Still not trusting him, Donald again throws him out. After convincing that everyone deserves a second chance, Donald allows Douglas to stay with them for a while. He again appears in "You Posted What!?!", still living with the Davenports, and it is revealed that he and Principal Perry had some form of relationship that Douglas doesn't want to talk about. But Perry still likes him. Douglas also gives Leo a bionic right arm after his real arm was badly hurt by S-1. Douglas starts training Leo to use his bionic arm more responsibly in "Armed and Dangerous". In Season 3, He is no longer a bad guy except the Season 3 Premiere, until he finds out that Victor Krane is going to destroy Adam, Bree, and Chase. He has appeared in "Mission: Space", "Speed Trapped" (both small roles), "Leo vs Evil", "Bionic Showdown", "Avalanche", "No Going Back", "Sink or Swim", "Taken", "Which Father Knows Best", "You Posted What!?!", "Armed and Dangerous" , "Brother Battle", "Face Off", "Rise of the Secret Soldiers Pt. 2", "Under Siege", "Bionic Dog" and "Mission Mania". He was mentioned in "Exoskeleton vs. Grandma", "The Jet Wing", "Mission: Mission Creek High", "Scramble the Orbs", "Three Minus Bree" and "Merry Glitchmas" and "Bionic Rebellion".
- Trent (portrayed by Eddie Perino) - is a school bully and the high school jock who has an ongoing feud with the Lab Rats. He has competed against them in football and basketball and somehow always seems to come out with the short end of the stick. In "Trent Gets Schooled" episode, he graduates from Mission Creek High thanks to Leo and Chase. But much to their shock, Principal Perry hires him as thegym teacher. He has appeared in "Commando App", "Air Leo", "The Haunting of Mission Creek High", "Trent Gets Schooled", "Not So Smart Phone", and "Scramble the Orbs". He was mentioned in "Sink or Swim".
- Caitlin (portrayed by Michaela Carrozzo) - is Bree's best friend. In "Robot Fight Club," it was revealed that she wears glasses and also had a crush on Adam. She also develops a crush on Chase at the end of the episode. In "Zip It", she gets a part-time job at Tech Town and makes Bree do all her work. In "Not So Smart Phone", she was fired from Tech Town after she had a breakdown and destroyed an E Phone 7. She has appeared in "Death Spiral Smackdown", "Night of the Living Virus", "Robot Fight Club", "Llama Drama", "Zip It", "Not So Smart Phone", "Alien Gladiators", and "Forbidden Hero". She was mentioned in "Rats on a Train", "Can I Borrow the Helicopter", and "Three Minus Bree".
- Janelle (portrayed by Madison Pettis) - is Leo's girlfriend. She is very smart but very controlling. Leo mentions in "Can I Borrow the Helicopter?", that she likes comics like him. In "Air Leo", it is revealed that she likes basketball. In "Back from the Future", Future Leo reveals that in the future, he marries Janelle, but when Leo skips his date with her to go save Adam, Bree, and Chase, Future Leo ends up living alone with a dog. Janelle returns in "Avalanche", where she is frozen along with Tasha on Leo's part. And on "Prank You Very Much", Leo's grandma disapproves of Janelle. She also appears in "Mission: Mission Creek High", where she believes Leo is bad luck because she always gets hurt when they're together. On "Scramble the Orbs", she no longer sees Leo as a jinx or bad luck, so she invites him to her play who she is playing the lead role, however, Trent steals Leo's ticket and Leo and Trent ruin her play. She has appeared in "Can I Borrow the Helicopter?", "Back From the Future", "Air Leo", "Avalanche", "Prank You Very Much", "Mission: Mission Creek High", "Scramble the Orbs", "Cyborg Shark Attack", "Armed and Dangerous" and "Adam Steps Up".
- Owen (portrayed by Ben Stillwell) - is Bree's old boyfriend and an over-dramatic artist. He first appears in "Quarantined" where Bree snuck out of the house to see his art show. He next appears in "Spike's Got Talent" where he and Adam team up to create a statue of Principal Perry out of butter to stand up to her, but Bree gets jealous and has Eddy melt the sculpture. To make it up to him, she and Adam make a sculpture of Principal Perry out of popcorn. It is possible that Owen either moved or broke up with Bree, for she seems to have a crush on a new guy. He has appeared in "Quarantined", "Spike's Got Talent", and "The Haunting of Mission Creek High".
- Scott (portrayed by Dustin Ingram) - is the manager of Tech Town who likes Chase and hates Bree and Caitlin. In "Not So Smart Phone", he fired Caitlin after she broke a new E Phone 7. He is a goofy and obnoxious boss and likes technology very much, shown in "Scramble the Orbs", when he gave a $500 Tech Town Gift Card to an app contest winner. He has appeared in "Zip It", "No So Smart Phone", "Scramble the Orbs" and "Brother Battle".
- Special Agent Graham (portrayed by Ben Bodé) - is a government official who first appears where he leads some government soldiers into raiding the Davenport household after Victor Krane and S-1 leaked Adam, Bree, and Chase's activity on the internet. After Victor Krane and S-1 are arrested and a press conference to confirm the existence of bionic people, Special Agent Graham now apparently owns Adam, Bree, and Chase. In "Armed and Dangerous", Graham makes Adam, Bree, and Chase bionic celebrities and stops them from training causing them to miss a mission causing people to get hurt. Because of this, the Lab Rats decide to humiliate him in front of President Craig of the United States. After he accidentally dropped President Craig down a hole, the President allows Davenport to be in charge of the Lab Rats again. After Bree tells him that Graham doesn't care about there training or helping people and the only thing he cared about is making money off of them, President Craig discharges Graham from his position and has the Secret Service arrest him. After Graham is taken away, President Craig promotes Davenport to "head in command" and to keep him posted on the Lab Rats' heroic activities. He has appeared in "You Posted What!?!" and "Armed and Dangerous".
- President Craig (portrayed by John Eric Bentley) - becomes aware of the Lab Rats after their activity was leaked onto the Internet. He approved the Davenport Bionic Academy after he saw the bionic soldiers save Leo. He has appeared in "Armed and Dangerous", "Rise of the Secret Soldiers" and "Bionic Houseparty". He was mentioned in "Memory Wipe" and "Left Behind".
Parallel counterparts
Appearing only in the season 2 episode, "Parallel Universe", these characters are from an alternate universe Leo accidentally visited when Donald's proton fuser malfunctioned. They are polar opposite versions of their counterparts. Although Leo's counterpart has never been seen, it is confirmed that he exists.
- Chase Henderson (portrayed by Billy Unger) - has the personality and physique of a stereotypical jock.
- Adam Henderson (portrayed by Spencer Boldman) - is extremely poetic and is much more intelligent than his counterpart.
- Bree Henderson (portrayed by Kelli Berglund) - is extremely self-centered and popular.
- Parallel Universe Perry (portrayed by Maile Flanagan) - is friendly and sweet-hearted. She is bowling buddies with Leo's counterpart and bakes treats for him every day.
- Parallel Universe Tasha (portrayed by Angel Parker) - is the billionaire with the tech company (called Tasha Technologies) instead of Donald. She has a habit of disrespecting her employees, such as firing them for mundane failures.
- Parallel Universe Donald (portrayed by Hal Sparks) - is the lab assistant of his universe's Tasha. He is almost never allowed outside the lab (to the point where he finds traffic lights entertaining). When he finds out Leo is from a parallel universe, he plays a major role in helping him get back home, using his proton fuser to create a vortex back to Leo's universe and is surprised that his invention actually worked.
- Parallel Universe Leo (portrayed by Tyrel Jackson Williams) - Although he does not appear in the episode, Leo uses his powers while he is in the parallel universe. In said universe, he is the one with the bionics, possessing all the powers of Adam, Bree and Chase Davenport, with the addition of geo-leaping and the ability to shoot lightning from his fingers.
Villains
- Marcus Davenport (portrayed by Mateus Ward) - is an android with all the Lab Rats abilities and is Leo's arch enemy. Marcus originally came off as unceasingly, friendly, and considerate, but it is all an act to lower suspicion on him and gain others' trust. In "Mission: Space" he installed a hidden spy camera in Davenport's lab. In "Speed Trapped" he revealed to Leo that he is bionic, just like Adam, Bree, and Chase. He threatens to reveal Adam, Bree and Chase's secret if Leo tells anyone the truth about Marcus. In "Leo vs Evil", it is revealed that Marcus has an evil lair right under his house. Also it's revealed that Marcus is working for his father. In "Bionic Showdown", it is revealed that he is an android (but is unaware of it; he thinks he is human) with all of Adam, Bree, and Chase's powers combined and augmented. He was created by Douglas to capture Adam, Bree, and Chase. Douglas says that androids burn out too fast, so he experimented on humans, creating the Lab Rats. Marcus appears to have been crushed at the end of the episode,His hand appears from the rumble but shuts down meaning he's dead. Marcus's role as Leo's arch enemy seems to have been taken by S-1. Marcus was mentioned by Adam twice in "Perry 2.0" because he thought Alistair was a bionic spy. He was also mentioned by Douglas and Leo in "Taken". He has appeared in "Concert in a Can", "Mission: Space", "Speed Trapped", "Leo vs Evil", and "Bionic Showdown". He was mentioned in "Perry 2.0" and "Taken".
- Victor Krane (portrayed by Graham Shiels) - is a billionaire who is the recurring and true antagonist of the series. Victor Krane sports his own bionics where he has super-strength, expert fighting abilities, genius-level intellect, pyrokinesis, electrokinesis, super-speed, molecularkinesis, energy absorption, geo-leaping, super-jumping, enhanced durability, sonic scream, and has the Triton App. He works for and invested 80 million dollars in Douglas Davenport. He was introduced in "No Going Back" (with the disguise of a mask) where he broke into the offshore facility containing the frozen Douglas, took out 2 security guards, and busted him out with his own bionics. In "Sink or Swim", he later overthrows Douglas and forms his own plan after Douglas failed to control Adam, Bree, and Chase through his Triton app. In "Taken", he plans to take Adam, Bree and Chase because they are a threat to him by kidnapping Leo and Tasha and almost melting them, he goes against Adam, Bree and Chase, but, to their delight, he gets defeated and gives Donald a choice to either hand over Adam, Bree and Chase or hand over Leo and Tasha, to which Donald doesn't accept much to his chagrin. In "You Posted What!?!" it is shown that Krane has an entire army of bionic humans. The only one identified is S-1. Victor Krane and S-1 are defeated by the Lab Rats and arrested by the government. They were seen trapped in an electric cage. From his cell, Krane awakens his other bionic experiments that are at the other side of the world. In "Rise of the Secret Soldiers", Krane and S-1 are freed by Krane's bionic soldiers and plans to use the Triton App to control the world which he demonstrates on the President. Krane is finally defeated when he was sent flying by Adam, Bree and Chase when they combined all there power's together to disable the Triton App which caused the remaining bionic soldiers to lose their memory and end up being trained at the Davenport Bionic Academy. He has appeared in "No Going Back", "Sink or Swim" Pt.2, "Taken", "You Posted What!?!" and "Rise of the Secret Soldiers" Pt.2. He was mentioned in "Scramble the Orbs", "Which Father Knows Best?", "Face Off", "Merry Glitchmas", "Bionic Houseparty" "Unauthorized Mission", "Bionic Rebellion" and "Bionic Dog".
- S-1 (portrayed by Ashley Argota) - is one of the first bionic soldiers to be made by Victor Krane. She is bionic and fights beside Victor Krane. She can set her body temperature to adapt to her surroundings (which she demonstrated when she filmed footage of Adam, Bree, and Chase using their bionics to fix a pipeline and leaked it to the media) and possesses super-speed, super-strength, molecularkinesis, energy generation, and enhanced martial arts abilities. S-1 also appears to like Chase much to Bree's shock and disgust. During Victor Krane and S-1's fight with the Lab Rats, S-1 took on Bree in a speed-fighting match and lost after Victor Krane was subdued. Both of them were arrested by the government and placed in an electric cage. In "Rise of the Secret Soldiers", S-1 and Victor Krane are freed by Krane's bionic soldiers as they plan to use the Triton App to control the world. S-1 took on Leo in a battle and was sent flying far from the junkyard by him. She seems to have taken Marcus's place as Leo's arch enemy. She has appeared in "You Posted What!?!" and "Rise of the Secret Soldiers" Pt.2. She was mentioned by Leo in "Bionic Houseparty".
- S-3/Sebastian (portrayed by Cole Ewing) - was one of third bionic soldiers who worked for Victor Krane. Sebastian's bionic abilities include super-intelligence, super-senses, use of laser pitchforks, geo-leaping, energy generation, energy transference, molecularkinesis, electrokinesis, pyrokinesis, and heat vision. He first appeared in "Rise of the Secret Soldiers" where he took on Chase and was defeated by him. Following Victor Krane's defeat and the disabling of the Triton App, Sebastian was among the remaining bionic soldiers that are taken in by Donald Davenport and enlisted in the Davenport Bionic Academy. In the episode "First Day at Bionic Academy" he developed a rivalry with Chase and developed a crush on Bree. In the episode "Unauthorized Mission" he develops a friendship with Chase for some time. However, he later turns evil after Chase tells him about Victor Krane being his creator and what happened to him. In "Bionic Rebellion," Sebastian begins his plans for revenge against Donald Davenport, Adam, Bree, and Chase with the help of fellow bionic soldiers Lexi and Tank while using the knowledge he learned from Chase to unlock some new abilities. After Adam, Bree and Chase trick Sebastian into overloading his bionic chip which was later removed, Sebastian is imprisoned by Principal Perry alongside Lexi and Tank. He has appeared in "Rise of the Secret Soldiers" Pt.2, "Bionic Houseparty", "First Day of Bionic Academy", "Adam Steps Up", "Unauthorized Mission" and "Bionic Rebellion". He was mentioned in "Under Siege".
- Tank (portrayed by Joel Michael Kramer) - is a character who appeared in "Bionic Rebellion". He's a student at the Davenport Bionic Academy and he helps Sebastian and Lexi try to take down The Team. He has super-strength and geo-leaping. Tank is in the Expert Level along with Sebastian and Lexi. Before a fight he like to click his chin. Tank is among the soldiers loyal to Sebastian's rebellion. He fights Adam in "Bionic Rebellion" as he is his mentor. He does not talk at all, instead he speaks in grunting language along with Adam. After being defeated, Tank was imprisoned by Terry Perry alongside Sebastian and Lexi. He has appeared in "Bionic Rebellion".
- Lexi (portrayed by Marissa Cuevas) - is a character who appeared in "Bionic Rebellion". She's a student at the Davenport Bionic Academy and she helps Sebastian and Tank try to take down The Team. Lexi has super speed, geo-leaping, and molecular manipulation. She is in the Expert Level along with Sebastian and Tank and one of the best students at the academy. Lexi and Tank are loyal to Sebastian. She fights Bree in "Bionic Rebellion", as she is her mentor. After being defeated by Bree, Lexi was imprisoned by Terry Perry alongside Sebastian and Tank. She has appeared in "Bionic Rebellion".
Bionic Soldiers
The Bionic Soldiers were created through the same method as the Lab Rats, but were done so by Victor Krane to serve him. They are first activated in "You Posted What!?!" by Victor Krane. In "Rise of the Secret Soldiers," the Bionic Soldiers freed Victor Krane and S-1 from their prison where they planned to control the world using the Triton App. While most of them were defeated by Adam, Bree and Chase, the remaining 30 Bionic Soldiers were deactivated when the Triton App is disabled and are claimed by Donald Davenport. After convincing President Craig to let him take the remaining Bionic Soldiers under his wing, Donald established the Davenport Bionic Academy to train them. Some were given names by Donald while others chose names for their own. Among the known bionic soldiers are:
- Bob (portrayed by Brandon Salgado-Telis) - is a Bionic Soldier. His bionic abilities include super-strength and levitation. Bob was first seen in "First Day at Bionic Academy" where Adam once used him as a surfboard and is apparently mentored by him. Adam was also the one who named him Bob where he approved the name. Whenever Bob sees Bree, he tries to impress her or use pick-up lines. In "Bionic Rebellion," Bob and Spin help Leo escape from the other students. He has appeared in "First Day of Bionic Academy", "Adam Steps Up", "Unauthorized Mission", "Bionic Rebellion", "Left Behind", "Mission Mania" and "Forbidden Hero".
- Spin (portrayed by Max Charles) - is a young Bionic child who is so far the youngest Bionic child. He took up the name "Spin" because he can spin very fast in a tornado-like matter. When at the Davenport Bionic Academy, Spin developed rivalry with Leo. Throughout "Unauthorized Mission," he and Leo seem to now become friends after Leo saved Spin and Bob from quicksand. In "Bionic Rebellion," Spin and Bob help Leo escape from the other students. It seems that they are slowly becoming frenemies. He has appeared in "First Day of Bionic Academy", "Adam Steps Up", "Unauthorized Mission", "Bionic Rebellion", "Left Behind" and "Mission Mania".
- Charlie (portrayed by Chris Grabher) - is a student in the Davenport Bionic Academy. His mentor is probably Adam, because he threw Charlie around to see if he could fly. Charlie is strong enough to throw Adam very far. His level is intermediate. His first and only appearance is in "Unauthorized Mission".
- Donald III - is a student at the Davenport Bionic Academy. His name was given to him by Donald Davenport. His mentor is Chase Davenport. Donald III tries to ask Chase questions but Chase won't answer because it is not 1100 hours, which is when Chase answers questions. His first and only appearance was in "First Day of Bionic Academy".
Other characters
- Ms. Thistle (portrayed by Elizabeth Margaret Beatrice) - is an old teacher that covers for Principal Perry in Season 2 episode, "The Haunting of Mission Creek High" where at the end of the episode, she electrocutes Principal Perry for scaring everyone and herself 20 years prior. She appeared in "Smart and Smarter", "Mission Invisible", "Bro Down", "Spike's Got Talent" and "The Haunting of Mission Creek High". She was mentioned in "No Going Back".
- Spike (portrayed by Billy Unger) - is Chase's Commando App self who's characterized as jerky, mean, and robust. He glitched and activated in the episode, "Commando App", and made a second appearance in the Season 2 episode, "Spike's Got Talent". He later makes an appearance in "Spike Fright". He will appear later in "Spike vs. Spikette"
Reception
In 2012, Lab Rats became the most watched show on Disney XD. IMDb rated the series 6.5/10, making it the among the highest rated Disney XD series.
Broadcast
The series originally premiered February 27, 2012 on Disney XD and March 2, 2012 on Disney Channel. However, it first aired February 24, 2012 on Disney XD Canada. It aired as a preview March 29, 2012 and premiered April 19, 2012 on Disney XD UK and Ireland. It premiered June 10, 2012 on Disney XD South Africa and first aired Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand December 31, 2012 and officially premiered January 10, 2013. It premiered March 11, 2013 on Disney XD Malaysia and in the rest of Southeast Asia, it premiered August 5, 2012 on Disney Channel Asia and March 16, 2013 on Disney XD.
The cast with their scripts