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The Mastermind is the main antagonist of The Thundermans: Undercover. Initially, Lazlo Chance was mind-controlled by the Chip-Chucker to act as The Mastermind for villains and henchmen in his new Villain League he formed to report to. It is later revealed Bryson Chance is the true mastermind and framed his dad so he could secretly become the most powerful villain in the world. The Mastermind is portrayed by Nikolai Witschl and voiced by Darin DePaul.
Biography[]
Bryson Chance is the son of tech billionaire, Lazlo Chance, who founded Chance Technologies. He secretly wanted to be a supervillain and used the Chip-Chucker device on his dad to turn evil and become a supervillain. While Lazlo Chance was The Mastermind in Secret Shores, Bryson Chance attended a boarding school in Paris. While mind-controlled, Lazlo Chance assumed the identity of The Mastermind where he formed a new Villain League using his intellect and resources with plans of taking over Secret Shores and then the world. He interacted with many of his villains and henchmen in a hi-tech room that only Lazlo Chance and Bryson Chance have access to.
Thundercover[]
The Hero League found an encrypted message by the Mastermind on the Evil Web to invite the most vile supervillains to join his new Villain League in Secret Shores. President Kickbutt tells the Thunder Twins that the Mastermind is a threat to Secret Shores and that they have to stay to defeat him.
Save the Date[]
Brain Freeze captures Max and Chloe and tells them he is about to release hypnotic speakers to brainwash Secret Shores into following the Mastermind. Mastermind calls Brain Freeze and is told about unknown supes near his ice cream truck. The Mastermind instructs Brain Freeze to find out their identity but Brain Freeze is later frozen by Phoebe.
From Dust Till Dawn[]
The Mastermind is getting angrier that Phoebe, Max and Chloe are easily capturing his supervillains, Brain Freeze, Kitty Klaw and now Stardust, and is more determined on finding out their true identity and making them pay.
Endless Summer[]
The Mastermind calls Kiefer to ask her about how recruitment is going for the final phase of his plan and how he knows that Phoebe and Captain Perfect infiltrated their hideout. He threatens to destroy Kiefer if they do not find and destroy Phoebe and Captain Perfect.
The Mastermind Unmasked: Part 1[]
The Mastermind sends a transmission from his hi-tech room that end-game is near. Phoebe and Max figure out that Lazlo Chance recorded the transmissions after aligning the timestamps of his location. Phoebe and Max go to his hi-tech room at Chance Technologies and open it using B.C.'s ring. The Mastermind was waiting for them while staring at a mural of himself. He picks up a laser katana and fights against the two of them. After he is defeated, Phoebe unmasks The Mastermind to be Lazlo Chance but notice that he was mind-controlled with the Chip-Chucker and realize the true Mastermind is still out there. When Chloe tells Bryson Chance his dad is the Mastermind, he reveals that he is the true Mastermind and has been tricking Chloe so she helps him in becoming the most powerful villain in the world.
The Mastermind Unmasked: Part 2[]
B.C. threatens to hurt Booch and Jinx if Chloe does not go to a cave under Secret Shores to bring him back an ancient amulet that infuses the powers of superheroes to whoever is wearing it and only a true superhero can retrieve it. While Chloe teleported to the cave, he sends a drone to Hi-Tech Beach Home where the rest of the Thunderman Family were to release Giggle Gas causing them to laugh uncontrollably. When Chloe returns with the amulet, B.C. reveals he chipped both Booch and Jinx so they could be his evil minions. They take the amulet off Chloe and give it to B.C. which transforms him into The Mastermind and capable of copying other superheroes' powers when near them. The Mastermind takes Chloe's Teleportation and the rest of the Thunderman Family who showed on B.C.'s yacht.
The Mastermind teleports with Booch and Jinx to Chance Technologies so he could connect the crystal from the Power Amulet with Chance Technologies' cellular network which would enable him to copy every superhero's powers on the planet. The Mastermind connected the crystal and retained the powers he already copied by wearing the amulet. Chloe teleports with the rest of her family to Chance Technologies and distract The Mastermind so Chloe could teleport and disconnect the crystal. The Mastermind fights Phoebe and Max and is pushed into his hi-tech room when Billy super speeds into him. Phoebe, Max, Chloe and Billy take the crystal with Chloe teleporting them away while Hank and Barb fight with The Mastermind.
The Mastermind tracked Phoebe, Max, Chloe and Billy at The Thundermans' Home and froze Hank and Barb outside their door. He tracked them using their phones to be at Secret Shores School. After Chloe gives the crystal to Billy, he runs away while The Mastermind followed him with his Super Speed. He is shoved into a volleyball net at the school and slowed down. The Mastermind followed Phoebe, Max and Chloe to the cave where the amulet was guarded by the Cave Guardian. The crystal is protected by the force field around it and The Mastermind could not use his powers to break through it. He accidentally reveals his evil intentions to why he needs the crystal so the Cave Guardian makes the cave start collapsing on him with a big rock dropping on The Mastermind. Phoebe and Max save him by removing the rock off him while Chloe took the amulet returning The Mastermind back to B.C. B.C. is taken away when he is teleported by Chloe with Phoebe and Max.
Temporary Powers[]
After Lazlo Chance was revealed to be mind-controlled as the Mastermind, Bryson Chance gets Chloe to get him the Power Amulet, which transformed B.C. into a more powerful version of The Mastermind. While wearing the amulet, The Mastermind could replicate and copy superhero powers, which he could infuse and use for himself. After the amulet is removed from The Mastermind, he is reverted back to B.C.
- Teleportation: The Mastermind copied Chloe's superpower and used it for himself and could teleport with Booch and Jinx as his evil minions. He could track Phoebe, Max, Chloe and Billy using their phones and teleport wherever Chloe was teleporting them to hide the crystal.
- Superhuman Strength: The Mastermind copied Hank's superpower and used it by stomping the ground releasing strong shockwaves through the floor.
- Electrokinesis: The Mastermind copied Barb's superpower and could project electricity. He used this on Hank and while fighting with the Thunder Twins.
- Superhuman Speed: The Mastermind copied Billy's and could move as fast as him when he chased after Billy.
- Freeze Breath: The Mastermind copied Phoebe and Max's superpowers and could freeze people. He demonstrated this by freezing Hank and Barb.
- Heat Breath: The Mastermind copied Phoebe and Max's superpowers and uses this power while fighting Phoebe and Max.
Episode Appearances[]
Season 1
- Thundercover
- Faulty Powers (mentioned)
- Bummer School (mentioned)
- The Parent Zap (mentioned)
- Save the Date
- Not So Fast and Furious (mentioned)
- Tide and Prejudice (mentioned)
- Prank You, Next (mentioned)
- From Dust Till Dawn
- Summer of Secrets (mentioned)
- I Know What You Did This Summer (mentioned)
- A Midsummer Night's Scheme (mentioned)
- Cruel Summer (mentioned)
- Endless Summer
- Love Is in the Lair (mentioned)
- She's All Splat (mentioned)
- The Mastermind Unmasked: Part 1
- The Mastermind Unmasked: Part 2
Trivia[]
- Mastermind is similar to Dark Mayhem by both being a leader of the Villain League. However, the real of the Mastermind is known while Dark Mayhem is not.
- He is the third character to have a voice actor and a portrayer after Dark Mayhem and Destructo.
- It is revealed in Save the Date that the Mastermind does not know the identity of Phoebe, Max and Chloe.
- It is revealed in The Mastermind Unmasked: Part 1, that Lazlo Chance was framed as The Mastermind by Bryson Chance who is the true Mastermind and has been tricking Chloe so she helps him in becoming the most powerful villain in the world.
- While Lazlo Chance was chipped and evil, he portrayed the Mastermind identity and was the one sending video transmissions across the evil web in Thundercover. He also was behind contacting Brain Freeze in Save the Date and contacting his henchmen in Endless Summer.
- The Mastermind's secret lair was a hi-tech room at Chance Technologies only B.C. and Lazlo Chance could access with a biometric ring.
- When B.C. wore the Power Amulet, it transformed him by making him taller and making him a more powerful version of The Mastermind.
- Since B.C. and Lazlo Chance never had superpowers of his own, The Mastermind was not shown to use or have any superpowers of his own until B.C. as the Mastermind wore the Power Amulet.
- After The Mastermind was defeated in The Mastermind Unmasked: Part 2, its unknown if his Villain League is still operating.
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