# Rated A for Awesome

Rated A for Awesome is a Canadian animated television series created by Asaph Fipke. It premiered on YTV on September 3, 2011, and ended on February 25, 2012. Rated A for Awesome also aired on Disney XD in the United States. The series was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment.

## Premise

4 12-year-old kids and a pet monkey attempt to make the world awesome by awesomizing everything boring, including the world's dullest teacher and detention.

## Characters
### Main

* Lester "Les" Awesome (voiced by Samuel Vincent) is the leader, and the shortest of the team. He is the only one in his family who does not have a trophy until he was rewarded for saving someone's life. His catchphrase is "Time to awesomize!" in the intro. Les is Thera's step brother and he hates the last day of summer break and the countryside. He is also not very good at singing and dancing.
* Noam Plinsky (voiced by Brian Drummond) is a tall young man. He is an inventor who can operate anything. He also plays guitar and drums a lot and is very good at it. He gets mostly stage fright and hates being stared at. Like Les and Thera, Noam wears only one type of colour. He has a crush on Thera but keeps it secret from the rest of the team. In "Thera's Date with Destiny" it is shown that he will be her Future prom date. When he shows sign of liking Thera he just screams and runs away, or gets extremely embarrassed, blushes, and attempts to change the subject.
* Lars Arnst (voiced by Colin Murdock) is the fattest and craziest member. He has a Nordic accent. He is a great singer and actor and spent time in the school Glee Club. But his teacher fired him in "Lester's Song of Doom".
* Thera Kerplopolis (voiced by Chiara Zanni), as named by Principal in "Club Detention", sometimes mistakenly called Thera Awesome, is cute and athletic. She is ready for action and never gives up. Sometimes she has a little bit of a temper when it comes to rivals. She likes taking on risky tasks. She is also Les' stepsister and had a crush on Ned Falcon in "Awesome Ride", but now seems to be falling for Noam.
* Mr. Twitchy (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) is an amazing smart pet monkey who is always wearing a blonde wig. His catchphrase is "Ha cha cha!"

### Recurring
#### Parents

* Max Awesome (voiced by Brian Dobson), father of Lester
* Angelina (voiced by Kathleen Barr), wife of Max and mother of Thera

#### Teachers

* Miss Dullmeister, music teacher
* Mister Fadenjeans, teacher of others
* Mister Noddenoff, teacher of Les

## Episodes

| Ep# | Title 1 | Title 2 | Written by | Storyboarded by | Directed by | Original airdate |
| 1 | X-Treme Teaching | Les' Song of Doom | Vito Viscomi Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers | Christine Cunningham Sam To | Rav Grewal Blair Simmons | September 3, 2011 |
| 2 | Just Add Water | Melting the Ice | Al Schwartz Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott | Steve LeCouilliard | George Samilski | September 10, 2011 |
| 3 | When Hall Freezes Over | Awesome Ride | Carolyn Hay Vito Viscomi | Brad Neave Steve LeCouilliard | Steve Sacks | September 17, 2011 |
| 4 | Club Detention | Lawn Rangers | Steve Sullivan Robin Stein | Mike Myhre | Blair Simmons Rav Grewal | September 24, 2011 |
| 5 | Sleep Smart | Leader of the Pack | Dan Smith Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee | Steve LeCouilliard Christine Cunningham | Rav Grewal Steve Ball | October 1, 2011 |
| 6 | Go Away Day | Incredi-Posse | Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott | Mike Myhre Sam To | Blair Simmons Steve Sacks | October 8, 2011 |
| 7 | Yearbooked | Lost in Character | Dennis Heaton Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott | Brad Neave Werner Marcus | George Samilski Blair Simmons | October 15, 2011 |
| 8 | Cue Applause | Sell Out Show | Dan Smith Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott | Maurice Sherwood Mike Myhre | Blair Simmons George Samilski | October 22, 2011 |
| 9 | Scary-Go-Round | Awesomely Different Drum Major | Robin Stein | Steve LeCouilliard Maurice Sherwood | Blair Simmons Rev Grewal | October 29, 2011 |
| 10 | Little Shopping of Horrors | King of Links | Carolyn Hay Dan Smith | Sam To Maurice Sherwood Tim Packford | Blair Simmons | November 5, 2011 |
| 11 | Dental Denial | The Voice of Lard | Dan Williams and Lienne Sawatsky | Sam To | George Samilski | November 12, 2011 |
| 12 | Bend It Like Burt | Lazy Monkey Morning | Steve Sullivan | Christine Cunningham | Steve Sacks | November 19, 2011 |
| 13 | Thera's Awesome Date With Destiny | Erik the Biking | Ursula Ziegler | Steve LeCouilliard | Steve Ball | November 26, 2011 |
| 14 | Clothes Picker-Upper of Doom | Nightmare on Glicker Street | Ursula Ziegler Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee and Davila LeBlanc | Mike Myhre Steve LeCouilliard | Clint Butler | December 3, 2011 |
| 15 | Bad News Noam | You've Got Blackmail! | Dan Smith Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott | Maurice Sherwood Christine Cunningham | Logan MacPherson | December 10, 2011 |
| 16 | Me Ugh, You Awesome | Dancing More or Les | Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott | Brad Neave Maurice Sherwood | Steve Sacks | December 17, 2011 |
| 17 | Best Frenemies Forever | Garbage In, Garbage Out | TBA | TBA | TBA | December 24, 2011 |
| 18 | When Twitchy Met Tonga | Silent Night, Awesome Night | TBA | TBA | TBA | December 31, 2011 |
| 19 | Go Fish | Brat Busters | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 7, 2012 |
| 20 | Don't Judge a Mutant By Its Slobber | Armed and Dangerous | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 14, 2012 |
| 21 | Used Tissue of Doom | When Mascots Attack | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 21, 2012 |
| 22 | Always Be Awesome | Go for the Gust-o | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 28, 2012 |
| 23 | Too Many Monkeys | The Truth About Twitchy | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 4, 2012 |
| 24 | Thera's Brother the Car | Mall of the Living Doll | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 11, 2012 |
| 25 | Against All Awesome | Planet of the Gills | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 18, 2012 |
| 26 | ET Phone Noam | Noam No More (Series Finale) | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 25, 2012 |

## Production

The series was first announced as being in the early stages of development in 2005 under the initial title Team Awesome. In 2011, it was announced that Disney has joined the series as co-producer via its London-based EMEA production hub, and as such it would air on Disney XD.

## Reception

Common Sense Media gave the series a 4/5 star rating, stating: "Zany fun and positive social messages are great for kids."