Up, Up, and Vacay! is the nineteenth episode of Season 1 of The Thundermans and the nineteenth overall. It premiered on May 31, 2014, to 1.60 million viewers.
Plot[]
Summary[]
When the family can't agree on where to go for their dream vacation, they enter a competition as two different teams, boys vs. girls, with the winners getting to decide.
Full Plot[]
After their first year living with norms in Hiddenville, the Thundermans are in need of a vacation. Max and Phoebe reveal that their school is hosting a family competition in which the winning family gets a chance to go on their dream vacation.
Unfortunately, the family can't agree on where to go for their dream-vacation. Phoebe wants to go to a castle while Max wants to go to the beach. So, they hold a family vote to see who wants to go to the beach and who wants to go look at castles. Phoebe, Barb and Nora vote for the castle. Hank and Max choose the beach. Billy is undecided but he is also easily convinced by the boys to join the boys' side. Needless to say, it becomes a boys vs girls competition. The only resolution is to compete against each other and the winning team gets to decide.
The competitions begin. Billy asks if they can use their powers and Max says that the goal is to win by any means necessary. So, it turns into a super-powered competition. When Phoebe almost gets hurt, she takes advantage of that and fakes a serious injury. Hank goes to check on her, but Phoebe steals the ball from Hank, and the girls win. Max calls out Phoebe for lying but Phoebe reminds him that they're to win by any means necessary. After losing the game, the boys say that they will not join the girls at the gaming competitions at school.
On the game day, Phoebe, Nora and Barb go to register, but they're told that The Thundermans have already registered. It turns out Max, Hank and Billy went early to register. Max had also registered Phoebe's team as the second placements. Principal Bradford is in charge of the competitions and complains about how he has nothing else to do or family or friends. The two Thunderman family teams express a lot of rivalry during the games but at the end of the day, both teams make it to the finals the following day.
Back at home that evening, the tension between the Thunderman boys and girls intensifies (mainly Max and Hank vs Phoebe and Barb). They refuse to share a table, food or anything. This hurts Billy and Nora because they always eat together and play together. Billy talks to Hank and Max into being nice to the rest of the family. Nora talks to Barb and Phoebe about it as well. So, Phoebe and Barb agree to let the boys win the following day.
During the finals, the girls' team works hard to lose to the boys' team during the obstacle course but it becomes almost impossible because the boys' team is also trying to lose to the girls' team as well. In the end, they realize that caring about family is more important than winning the stupid competition. So, they work together to win as a family to defeat the Peterson family that was getting so close to the finish line.
At the finish line, Nora's Bow falls off ahead of the line. So, the Thundermans win. They agree to decide rationally on where to go, but Nora says that her bow won them the competition, so she gets to decide. They go to see castles.
Alternate Ending[]
Realizing that the Petersons are really close behind them, Hank throws Max across the finish line, and the family wins. They try to decide rationally, but Max says that he probably broke a rib by falling across the finish line. They go to a beach.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Kira Kosarin as Phoebe Thunderman
- Jack Griffo as Max Thunderman
- Diego Velazquez as Billy Thunderman
- Addison Riecke as Nora Thunderman
- Chris Tallman as Hank Thunderman
- Rosa Blasi as Barb Thunderman
- Dana Snyder as Dr. Colosso (voice)
Recurring Cast[]
Guest Cast[]
- Marcus Folmar as Paul Peterson
- Johari Johnson as Polly Peterson
- Thomas F. Evans as The Irishman
Continuity[]
- The Thundermans have a real family game night in He Got Game Night.
- Principal Bradford continues to complain about hating his life in future episodes.
- The Thunderman Family was once again seen unable to agree on a vacation spot in Thunder in Paradise, before they decided to go to Hawaii.
- The competitive nature of the family is a recurring theme in future episodes, although it is mainly between Phoebe and Max or Barb and Hank.
Trivia[]
- This is part of Choose Your Own Ending Night.
- Ending # 1 (winner) - Nora's bow hits the finish line first as everyone falls just before the line. They go to see castles.
- Ending # 2 - Hank throws Max across the finish line. They go to the beach as their vacation.
- This episode scored 1.6 million viewers.
- The "Thunderball" game is also a parody of the 1965 James Bond film of the same name.
- The scene with that game is also the only time Dr. Colosso appears in the episode.
- The alternate ending (ending #2) is seen on the Netflix edition of the series.
- The game that Hank is teaching Billy and Nora in the beginning of the episode resembles Jenga.
- Max says "Winner Winner Spagetti Dinner" Which is a reference to the Popular Casino line "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner".
Quotes[]
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— Paul and Polly Peterson
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(Takes the Thunderball with telekinesis)
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— Max and Barb during the Thunderball
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Videos[]
The Thundermans and Haunted Hathaways Choose Your Own Ending Promo