The Mission

***The Mission*** is an American superhero live-action comedy television series, created by Jed Spingarn, that ran on Nickelodeon from June 27, 2015 to August 09, 2020.

*The Mission* is the second longest running Nickelodeon live-action show that's not created by Dan Schneider, with 158 episodes spanning 4 seasons and 5 years*.*

## Plot

The Mission follows a teenage girl, Phoebe, a 15-year-old who gets a job at an appliance store. She goes down an elevator and figures her favorite superheroes secret. She is given 3 powers, Freeze breath, heat breath and telekinesis. She becomes a superhero with her 3 best friends, Piper, Emma and Hudson, taking out bad guys while being a normal teenager.

## Opening Credits

### Season 1-2

If you see it
 You better believe it!
 The secret life
 Of a teenage girl.
 The more you watch
 The weirder it gets.
 A Normal next-door teenage girl
 Is what she tries to be
 The closer you might see
 The crazy things her team will do
 This is the super-league
 Its their reality
 Just your normal workers
 Its kinda normal
 To stay outta trouble
 Livin' the triple life!

### Season 3-4

If you see it
 You better believe it!
 The secret life
 Of a weird team.
 The more you watch
 The funnier it gets.
 A Normal next-door team
 Is what they tries to be
 The closer that you might see
 The crazy things the team will do
 This is the super-league
 Its their reality
 Just your normal funny team
 Its kinda normal
 To stay outta trouble
 Livin' the triple life!

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Kira Kosarin as Phoebe Thunderman (ThunderGirl)
* Ella Anderson as Piper Hart
* Cooper Barnes as Jake Manchester (Captain Man)
* Riele Downs as Emma Page
* Thomas Kuc as Hudson Gimble
* Jack Griffo as Max Thunderman (Recurring from Season 2)

### Recurring Cast

* Matthew Miller as Alvin Pratt
* Joe Klone as Terry Klone
* Addison Riecke as Nora Thunderman
* Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz Schwartz
* Diego Velaquez as Billy Thunderman
* Maya Le Clark as Chloe Thunderman
* Joey Richter as Time Jerker
* Ben Giroux as The Toddler
* Audrey Whitby as Cherry
* Elijah Nelson as Evan
* David Burrus as Tyler
* Keely Marshall as Sarah
* Helen Hong as Mrs. Wong
* Jeff Meacham as Principal Bradford
* Logan Shroyer as Cole Campbell
* Krista Marie Yu as Ashley
* Miranda Brown as Ella Thunderman
* Josh Brown as Bob Thunderman
* Mary Paseri as Henrietta Williams
* Harvey Guillen as Cousin Blobbin
* Haley Tju as Darcy Wong
* Jim McCaffree as Principal Manbeck
* Major Curda as Lionel
* Phillip Wampler as Jake
* Jacob Timothy Manown as Tom
* Ben Giroux as The Toddler
* Mike Ostroskie as Dr. Minyak
* Hank Durany as The Phone Shark
* Amber Bella Muse as Nurse Cohort
* Taylor Dawson as Alayah Wilson
* David Ury as The Green Ghoul
* Terry Turner as Invisible Man
* Ryan Grassmeyer as Jeff
* Bryan Brendarl as Drill Finger
* Vrol Vrin as Fanny Fenton
* Alec Mapa as Jack Frittleman
* James Duherty as The Time Looper
* Thomas Darby as Dreng Walker
* Parisa Fakhri as Lady Web
* Paul F. Thompkins as King Crab
* Dana Snyder as Dr. Colosso
* Frankie Grande as Frankini
* Jamieson Price as Dark Mayhem
* Michael Wayne Foster as Strongdor
* Kenzie Dalton as Fairy Pinch-ess
* Scott Vance as Scalestro
* Jayme Andrews as Son of Scalestro
* Parisa Fakhri as Lady Web
* Eric Allen Kramer as Mike Evilman

### Minor Cast

* Melissa Levilla as Miriam
* Nikita Rainbowburg as Teresa
* Jack Jamperson as Jim
* Lola Lareingera as Loliana
* Nellisa DeVille as Future Piper
* Riley Hurleygang as Young Phoebe

### Guest

* Sky Skemp as Officer Lacy
* Brian Stepanek as Coach K
* Mel Mersie as Jackson
* Delvin Mersie as James
* Jamieson Price as Dark Mayhem
* John Robinson as Jason
* Jason Johnson as Bryan
* Lola Cornet as Alisa
* Bob Bryme as Mr. Palmer

### Special Guest Stars

* Jace Norman as Flunky
* Kel Mitchell as Sensei Kenny
* Katherine MacNamara as Tara Campbell
* Beyonce Carter as Beyonce
* Nick Jonas as Nick Jonas
* Aliah Pratt as Brandy
* Chloe Kim as Chloe Kim
* LeLe Pons as Herself
* Taylor Swift as Taylor Swift
* Loren Gray as Amika Garcetti

## Episodes

*Article: The Mission Episode Guide*

*Crossovers: Crossoververse*

## Production

Production on *The Mission* began in December 2014, with its pilot episode titled *The Team Grows*. An early name for the show was originally going to be called ***The* *Super time Heroes*** before receiving its final name. This can be evidenced in some audition tapes revealing different names for the show's characters. Also, Max was written very differently, at first he was "oldest kid Jack" with Tyler Peterson with the role. Then the whole series was rewritten, then he became "twin brother to Phoebe, Jack". When Jack Griffo got the role, he was named Max

On February 11, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season by Nickelodeon and was confirmed by Jed Springarn, NickALive and Kira Kosarin. The series had paused on in December 2016, and was resumed Early February 2017. The series had been cancelled after the last episode of Season 2. It was revealed on November 17, 2017

On December 29, 2017, Nick had realised that the crew had already planned and written a plot for the third season, and viewage had dropped and negative comments were coming in, so Nickelodeon renewed it for a 3rd season. Production began from December 30, 2017. a 2-part special opened the season of where the team's secret gets exposed.

The series picked up a fourth season in November 2018. Kira Kosarin teased this season on the interview show *ExtremeTV.*

## Trivia

* This is the first and so far only Jed Spingarn show with a female lead.
	+ Big Time Rush and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius were all male leads.
	+ He is the supervisor of Hero League, which to be fair is also a male lead, as Jake is the lead character.
* Unlike all the other Spingarn shows, The Thundermans was shot at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
* *The Mission* is the first property of its own shared universe , called the Missionverse that had sprung its own spin-offs. It is followed by its two animated spin-off series, *The Mission Comics* and *The Animated Adventures of ThunderGirl and Captain Man*, and one live action spin-off series, *Hero League*.
	+ Its connection to the live action series, Mission Jungle as its lead character is related to a main .
* Certain episodes reveal that other shows like Extreme Girls exist in the same
	+ They use the same phone product, MePhone.
	+ The website Jobs-a-look is seen from Extreme Girls
	+ A Poster advertises the Extreme Girls band is seen that was also seen in The Extreme Girls series. In the last episode of Extreme Girls, when Talia is seen with Mike, it shows a poster saying "Älfred Pennyhouse, a man who built this place and many others with his bare hands" is also seen in Happy Burger
* Riele Downs and Thomas Kuc are switching their credit order every episode.
* This is the first Jed Springarn and maybe Nick show that aired a whole season in production code order instead of airing the episodes in a random order like *Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Big Time Rush, Down the Deep Hill and* others.