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The Thundermans (2013-2018) is a Nickelodeon sitcom I used to watch a lot as a kid and it was fun. Now as an adult, the show is just okay enough.

Positives for The Thundermans (2013-2018): The best thing about this show is the cast that includes Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo, Addison Riecke, Diego Velazquez, Chris Tallman, Rosa Blasi and Maya Le Clark. They work well enough as a family unit and their comedic timing is very good for what they had to work with in the show. The fight scenes are fun enough with some hilarious special effects. I like the variety of villains and their unique powers. And finally, this is one of those shows where you need to turn your brain off to enjoy it.

Negatives for The Thundermans (2013-2018): There is some humor that hasn't aged so well and it's not for the reasons that some people might be thinking because he who shall not be named don't create this show. This is one of those Nickelodeon sitcoms where they just don't write good humor all the time. I don't think Nickelodeon is that good at creating sitcoms for kids. And finally, this show is a discount version of Pixar's The Incredibles (2004).

Overally, The Thundermans (2013-2018) is an acceptable enough Nickelodeon sitcom thanks to the charm of the cast, but it didn't blow me away.

The Thunderman's doesn't pretend to be allegory or high art, it is what it is, a whimsical, cartoony half hour of fun. It successfully combines the family sitcom with the Superhero genre and creates a happy middle ground that has the requisite absurdity of a teen/preteen sitcom. The basic idea is simple, a superhero family, much like the family in the 'incredibles,' right down to the young boy who's superpower is speed, retire to the suburbs.

The main protagonists are the Twins: Phoebe and Max. Good girl Phoebe is being prepped to enroll in Superhero U, while Max the black sheep of the family has plans to be a Supervillain.

Max even has his own secret lair( the basement ) and a sidekick, Dr Colossus, who once was his fathers arch enemy but somehow has been turned into a cute little Bunny and steals most of the scenes he's in.

All of the characters are stereotypical, in the usual sitcom way, augmented with super powers which gives the show its edge, as does the idea that Hank may be the typical ineffectual TV Dad but at the same time use to be a guy who was out saving the world.

The show doesn't pretend to make sense, after all a dad who can fly( with no Plane or nothing ) to Bangkok for some real Thai takeout dinner isn't supposed to make sense, so a fantasy aspect is baked into the cake.

11 year old billy is a bit naive while his younger sister Nora is the typical Nick/Disney little girl who is much wiser then her years. She can shoot lasers out of her eyes, which of the five Thunderman is probably the least power, but she makes up for it, with her boldness. When she and Billy team up, she's the brains and he's the Muscle, which is fine with Billy.

The Stories don't pretend to be life lessons, it's the typical Nick/Disney fast paced tween thing. A breezy half hour, in the usual 2 story format.

Max is hardly Supervillian material, he loves his family too much to be truly evil. It seems to be a phase he is going through.

The true stand out is kira, she lights up every scene she's in.

The show is light and breezy and never makes the mistake of getting too heavy. It's a quick paced half hour of cute entertainment full of uncomplicated humor . People who don't like it probably don't like puppies, Kittens or ice cream either.

Love it. My son is crazy about the Thundermans. Only got two seasons via the internet service provider. Just discovered a few more on Youtube 👍👍

The TV-Show "The Thunderman reminds me on the good old days of Nickelodeon, when the program was full of shows like "The penguins of Madagascar", "The Big Time Rush" or "Victorious".

The show has the typical Nick-gene and that makes it great, the plot is easy and doesn't shifts too much out of topic, even through Max and Phoebe are superheroes, to 99% they have to deal with average teenage-stuff, like family, school and friends.

I absolutely like that Nickelodeon has filmed a lot of scenes outside of the home of the Thundermans (School, Shopping-mall etc.).

I have to add that I only commend this fact as positive because the new Nick-show completely ignore this!

Also positive is the performance of the actors in the play, there is a real effort visible.

All in all, I like it because it is what a normal Nick-show has to be, simply done, sometimes funny and otherwise just relaxed with the feeling that now is free time.

Great clean family fun! Sad to hear that the show ended. We bindged the whole first season, when we first found this on Hulu, in a week.