Lab Rats

***Lab Rats***, known as ***Lab Rats: Bionic Island*** for the fourth season, is an American television sitcom that premiered on February 27, 2012 on Disney XD. It focuses on the life of a young teenager named Leo Dooley, whose mother, Tasha, marries billionaire genius, Donald Davenport. He meets Adam, Bree, and Chase (Davenport's latest projects), with whom he develops an immediate friendship. The series starred Billy Unger as Chase Davenport, Spencer Boldman as Adam Davenport, Kelli Berglund as Bree Davenport, Tyrel Jackson Williams as Leo Dooley, and Hal Sparks as Donald Davenport.

The series was created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore. On January 15, 2011, William Brent, who plays Chase, stated that the series was originally called *Billion Dollar Freshman*. However, the pilot was re-shot, with the changing of the name to *Lab Rats*, and the addition of Bree who is the only girl of the group, and Adam who is the oldest of the three.

On May 18, 2012, *Lab Rats* was renewed for a second season. On July 26, 2013, Disney XD renewed *Lab Rats* for a third season. In May 2014, Disney XD renewed *Lab Rats* for a fourth season, which makes it the second original series of Disney XD to go past three seasons, after *Kickin' It*. The fourth season premiered on March 18, 2015. On July 1, 2015, Kelli Berglund, who plays Bree, revealed that the fourth season would be its last.

## Plot

Young teenager Leo Dooley's mother, Tasha, gets remarried to billionaire inventor, Donald Davenport, and they move in with him. While trying to find his bedroom, Leo accidentally discovers teenage siblings with bionic powers living in their basement. Leo secretly takes them to school for the first time and the show follows the bionic teens as they unravel in adventurous situations in an attempt to live life like a normal family in the fictional town of Mission Creek, California. As the show progresses in Seasons 2, 3, and 4, it gets darker with the introduction of Davenport's younger brother Douglas (turned good in Season 3), Douglas' android son Marcus, Victor Krane, S-1 (later joins the Davenports in Season 4), Sebastian (formerly known as S-3) and Krane's bionic soldiers, and Giselle.

By Season 4, Davenport opens a bionic academy called the Davenport Bionic Academy on a bionic island to train Victor Krane's bionic soldiers to be the world's newest heroes. The Lab Rats meet their fourth sibling, Daniel, whom Douglas put up for adoption after Donald rescued the kids from him. However, they face off against Giselle Vickers, Douglas's ex-colleague and ex-girlfriend who resurrected Marcus and attempted to eliminate the Lab Rats and bionic soldiers and replace them with androids.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Billy Unger as Chase Davenport/Spike Davenport
* Spencer Boldman as Adam Davenport
* Kelli Berglund as Bree Davenport
* Tyrel Jackson Williams as Leo Dooley
* Hal Sparks as Donald Davenport

### Recurring Characters

* Angel Parker as Tasha Davenport
* Will Forte as Eddy
* Varied as Dooey Dingo
* Maile Flanagan as Terry Perry
* Eddie Perino as Trent
* Garrett Backstrom as Ethan
* Elizabeth Margaret Beatrice as Ms. Thistle
* Telma Hopkins as Rose
* Michaela Carrozzo as Caitlin
* Madison Pettis as Janelle
* Oana Gregory as Stephanie
* Mateus Ward as Marcus Davenport
* Ben Stillwell as Owen
* Jeremy Kent Jackson as Douglas Davenport
* Grace Kaufman as Kerry Perry
* Dustin Ingram as Scott
* Graham Shiels as Victor Krane
* Ashley Argota as Kim "Taylor" Davenport
* Ben Bodé as Special Agent Graham
* John Eric Bentley as Mr. President
* Cole Ewing as Sebastian Krane
* Max Charles as Owen "Spin" Davenport
* Brandon Salgado-Telis as Russel "Bob" Davenport
* Jessalyn Wanlim as Giselle Vickers
* Pearce Joza as Daniel Davenport

## Reception

In 2012, *Lab Rats* became the most watched show on Disney XD. IMDB rated the series 6.5/10, making it the among the highest rated Disney XD series.

## Broadcast

The series originally premiered February 27, 2012 on Disney XD and March 2, 2012 on Disney Channel. However, it first aired February 24, 2012 on Disney XD Canada. It aired as a preview March 29, 2012 and premiered April 19, 2012 on Disney XD UK and Ireland. It premiered June 10, 2012 on Disney XD South Africa and first aired Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand December 31, 2012 and officially premiered January 10, 2013. It premiered March 11, 2013 on Disney XD Malaysia and in the rest of Southeast Asia, it premiered August 5, 2012 on Disney Channel Asia and March 16, 2013 on Disney XD.