| “ | You may be outlawed in 17 countries, but you are welcome in my belly. |
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— Phoebe
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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderhome is the twenty-eighth episode of Season 4 of The Thundermans and the ninety-ninth overall. It first aired on May 25, 2018, to 1.30 million viewers, as part of a series finale marathon.[1]
Plot
Summary
Max finally declares his independence from his parents' house rules and moves to his friend's house, where they only rule is that there are no rules; ultimate freedom quickly becomes more than Max can handle. After Max moves out, Billy, Nora, and Chloe try to win Max’s lair.
Main Plot
Max wants to build a hot tub in his lair but his parents don't approve. He secretly enlists Gideon to help dig for the tub in the lair but he's busted by Barb and Hank. They tell him that as long as he's living under their roof, he has to follow their rules. Out of options, Max decides to move out and live at Gideon's grandpa's house where there are no rules. Max starts building his hot tub at Grandpa Giddy's.
Meanwhile, Phoebe has been testing out the different effects of various spices and peppers on her Heat Breath. However, she has to do it secretly because her parents are concerned that some peppers might have some terrible, negative effects. Cherry helps her hide the peppers from her parents. But now, with Max gone, all the parents' focus is on Phoebe, meaning that she can't get away with anything. Phoebe tries to get Max back but after realizing that she can do whatever she wants at Grandpa Giddy's, she decides to move out too and live there with Max.
At Grandpa Giddy's, Phoebe orders peppers and shows Max how different peppers affect her heat breath. Max tries one out and starts farting fire. Phoebe tries another one and, in the process, the Thunder Twins accidentally cause the highly flammable fuel powering the hot tub to catch fire. They try to put out the fire without much success. Admitting that their parents were probably right about the need for rules, the twins move back in. Grandpa Giddy comes over to stay at the Thundermans for a couple of days while his house is being fixed.
Sub Plot
Now that Max is out of the house, Nora, Billy and Chloe want to take over his lair as their game room. However, Dr. Colosso- who's still sad that Max left him - refuses to let them all use the lair to play. He says that only one of them can use the lair. So, they must compete for it. Colosso takes the kids through a series of challenges and eventually asks them to bribe him.
After realizing that Colosso's competition is a sham and that it's driving a wedge between them, the kids agree to give up the lair. Besides, anyone of them winning the lair would be useless because they were looking for a place to play together. Their friendship is much more important.
Cast
Main Cast
- Kira Kosarin as Phoebe Thunderman
- Jack Griffo as Max Thunderman
- Addison Riecke as Nora Thunderman
- Diego Velazquez as Billy Thunderman
- Chris Tallman as Hank Thunderman
- Rosa Blasi as Barb Thunderman
- Maya Le Clark as Chloe Thunderman
- Dana Snyder as Dr. Colosso (voice)
Recurring Cast
- Audrey Whitby as Cherry Seinfeld
- Kenny Ridwan as Gideon
- James Hong as Grandpa Giddy
Guest Cast
- Lauren Kosarin as Mail Woman
- Anthony M. Bertram as Wendell
Continuity
- Gideon's grandpa, Grandpa Giddy made an appearance in this episode. He previously appeared in Ditch Perfect.
Trivia
- The episode title is a reference to the 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic action-adventure film, wikipedia: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
- When Phoebe says, "Who do you think you are, my mother," to the mail woman, that is a reference to the fact that the actor for the mail woman is Kira Kosarin's mother.
- Production Code Error: Gideon still is flirting with Barb and Phoebe in this episode even though he's already dating Sarah.
- It is revealed that Phoebe had a great grandmother, Matilda Joe Thunderman, who had Heat Breath and turned the Mojave rainforest into the Mojave Desert.
- The first two words of this episode's title were also used in episodes for the Netflix series Stranger Things and Fuller House.
- The Simpsons had a similar title for the season 11 premiere, minus the "Mad Max" and the word being "Blunderdome" instead of "Thunderhome".
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