- More salad, Phoebe?
Phoebe?
- [cell phone rings]
- Phoebe.
- Hello?
- Mom wants to know
if you want more salad.
- Why didn't she just ask me?
Sorry... I was just chirping
my friends on Chirper.
- Phoebs, you're confusing Mom.
- No, she's not--I chirp
my friends all the time.
We're all, like, "Chirp,
chirp, girlfriend!"
- See, Mom, Chirper is
a social networking site.
Let me back up--
this is a cell phone.
- [car horn honks]
- Hey, I know that honk!
The Thundervan!
- NORA: Cool!
- Yup, got this old
crime-fighting machine
out of storage from Metroburg.
- Oh, yeah?
Your father and I chirped
up a lot of memories
in this swag wagon.
- Mom... don't.
- I gave this baby
a new security system,
and so the non-supe's
think it's a normal van,
I got a state-of -the-art
cloaking device.
[chuckles]
Huh?
- Wow, Dad... where'd
the Thundervan go?
- Come on, let's go for a ride.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...
the Thundervan is full of
dangerous weapons and gadgets.
- Yeahhhh!
- Nooooo!
This van is off-limits
to you kids.
I only brought it home
so Phoebe could start
her next level of superhero
training.
- Wait, for real?
I thought Thundervan
training started next year.
- Hero University is offering
an early admissions test.
If you ace it, you
could be a full supe
before Max can
grow a mustache.
- Hey, Max-stache is coming in.
- Just think Phoebe, you could
drop the normal teen act
and be who you were born to be.
- I'll tell you where
I was born to be--
in the driver's seat
of that meat wagon.
- Give me the keys, Hank-yo.
- Unh-unh... once you're
over your evil phase,
then we'll talk.
- It's not a phase!
- Then we're done talking.
- Oh, you just got chirped, son.
Wh-what!
- Barb, don't.
- ♪
- WOMAN: ♪ What you see
is not what you get ♪
♪ Living our lives
with a secret ♪
♪ We fit right in,
bet you never guessed ♪
♪ Living our lives
just like all the rest ♪
♪ A picture-perfect family
is what we try to be ♪
♪ Look closer, you might
see the crazy things we do ♪
♪ This isn't make-believe,
it's our reality ♪
♪ Just your average family
trying to be normal ♪
♪ And stay out of trouble ♪
♪ Living a double life ♪
- Are we still training or
is Nora having a play date?
- [scoffs] You don't
train in the Thundervan
until you first practice
here in our...
- ...play date.
- Here, follow
along in the manual.
- [thud]
- We'll work
on the balance later.
But first, this
is your driver's seat
and these are
your navigation controls.
- [toys squeaking]
- [laughing]
Continue.
- Your high-tech crime-fighting
center is in the back.
Now to go from the front to
the back quickly, you swivel.
- Got it--swivel.
- Yeah, swivel!
Faster... swivel.
- Swivel!
- Sorry to interrupt
your play date...
- [cell phone chirping]
- ...but Phoebe's phone
is going crazy.
She's getting chirped
on the chirper.
I mean, hash tag, am I right?
- Mom, don't.
Ooh, uh, Cherry's mom
is driving all our friends
to the midnight show of "Last
Teen Mission to Space Part II."
Can I go?
- At midnight tonight?
No way!
- I know, right?
- No, I mean, "No way."
- But Dad, my friends
and I have seen
"Last Teen Mission to Space
Part I" like a million times.
I can't miss Part II--
everyone I know is going.
- Aww, she's got a point, Hank.
- But if you stay
out late tonight,
you'll be too exhausted
to train tomorrow.
- He's got a point, Phoebe.
Not helping... got it.
- Your early admissions
test is in a week.
- Wait, a week...
that's so soon!
- If you don't know your
superhero vehicle
inside and out,
you'll fail.
You don't want to fail, do you?
- Course not...
that's Max's thing.
- Exactly... that's
why you're not going.
You've been preparing
for this your whole life.
So you miss the movie tonight.
Someday they'll make
a movie about you.
- Long as it's not a flop
like somebody's movie.
- Hey, "Thunderpants
the Musical"
paid for this house.
- All right, fine, I'll
stay home and study.
Where'd that Thundervan
manual go?
- Max, stop learning.
- It was worth it
just to hear you say that.
- I'll take that.
Whoa!
[thud]
- Hope that's in your movie.
- Please take me with you, Max.
I would do anything for
a joyride in the Thundervan.
- No can do, Colosso,
but I got you this guy
to keep you company.
- A stuffed bear?
What am I, a child?
- No, you whine
way more than a child.
- [whining] I do not!
- You'll be fine--
just use your imagination.
- Fine.
I'll imagine you care.
Like I'm gonna
play with some toy.
Hmm...
Okay, I'm intrepid explorer
Colosso Beauregard,
and you're my faithful
sidekick Teddy Stuffington.
Today we conquer Mt. Everest!
- [dramatic music]
- No, I love you more!
- Why do I have parents who
enjoy each other's company?
Just go to bed already!
- You know, I should
probably take out the trash.
- You're going
outside like that?
- Yeah, I'll be so fast
no one's gonna see me.
Time me!
Like a human cheetah!
How'd I do?
- Super fast, baby.
- Yes!
- Finally.
- [spy music]
- [keypad beeping]
- Max?
- [screams]
- What are you doing in here?
- Shhh!
- Why are you shushing me--
the van is soundproof.
- Oh, well, in that
case, get out!
Taking it on a joyride.
-You get out--
I'm trying to study.
How did you even get in here?
- I spent the last hour
hacking into Dad's computer
to get his password.
- BOTH: Hamburger.
- How'd you know?
- I've met him.
- Well, since we're both here,
let's take this baby
to Medieval Munchies--
Friday's -for-
turkey leg night.
- No, I'm trying
to study this manual.
- Fine, okay, I'll quiz ya.
All right, so where is...
hyperspeed button?
- PHOEBE: Uh, there.
- MAX: Rocket mode button?
- PHOEBE: There.
- Button that turns on the van?
- Nice try.
- Oh, so you don't
know where it is.
- I'm not falling for that.
- Phoebe, it's okay to not
know everything about the van.
- It's right there!
- [car starts]
- Max!
- Autopilot, take
us to Medieval Munchies.
- Well, Teddy, we're
halfway up the mountain.
Which way next,
my faithful sidekick?
What do you mean
you lost the map?
You fool, you stranded us.
Arghhhhh!!!
- MAN: [in English accent]
Two Henry VIIIs
and two Black Death Coolers.
Thank ye--cometh again.
- Thank you.
- Autopilot, driveth.
Let us hoist
our medieval munchies.
- [cell phone chirping]
- Could I not hear a dying bird
while I eat my turkey leg?
- It's just my friends
chirping about the movie.
- Space Teens?
Phoebe, you're in a
super-powered van on a joyride.
This is a lot more fun.
- But it's not a joyride--
it's a pre-training session.
- Whatever you call
it, it's a blast.
- What happened
to my turkey leg?
- [loud belch]
- Something tells me
that burp comes with a bow.
Autopilot, pull over.
- [loud belch]
Excuse me.
- What are you
two doing in here?
- Playing where
we're not supposed to.
It's how we do!
- Who told you Dad's
password was hamburger?
- The grease stains
on his T-shirt.
- Okay, well, we gotta
get you guys back home.
- No! We don't
want to go home yet!
- Yeah, I haven't
finished my joyride.
- We're gonna get busted.
- No, we're not!
- We're not gonna get busted.
- [shouting over each other]
- Guys! Guys!
- [alarm sounding]
- What did you do?
Everyone was all stressed out,
so I pushed
the de-stress button.
- De-stress?
- BILLY: Uh-huh.
- That says "Distress"...
as in send out an alert
saying, "Hey, world,
"We're a bunch of kids in a van
who shouldn't be in a van!"
- So I should stop pushing it?
- Hank...
- I thought I heard a burglar.
- In the refrigerator?
Look it's the Thundervan's
distress signal.
- HANK: It's gone!
I bet one of my enemies followed
me home from Metroburg
and stole it.
But how did he figure
out my foolproof password?
- You mean "hamburger"?
- [sputtering]
Well, that evil genius is
in for the ride of his life,
thanks to my advanced
security system.
- MALE VOICE: Intruder
Lockdown Mode activated.
- I swear I didn't
push anything.
- ALL: [screaming]
- MALE VOICE: Five, four...
- Everybody buckle up!
- MALE VOICE: Three, two, one...
- [rushing sound]
- It's hyperspeed!
- [slowly] G-force selfies!
Ugh!
We're at the bottom
of the ocean.
- Is everyone okay?
- No,
[screaming] 'cause we're
at the bottom of the ocean!
- We've pushed every button.
Nothing's getting
us out of here!
- MALE VOICE: Two minutes
of oxygen remaining.
- We're running out of air!
- Just calm down, everybody.
Take deep breaths.
- [inhales deeply]
- There's gotta be some way to
turn off Intruder Lockdown Mode.
Uh, let's see... aha!
Chapter .
- Yeah, yeah, right there.
- "Chapter removed
in case you are an intruder."
Uh, "Please see Chapter ,
'Sucks to be you.'"
We really are stuck down here.
- Or not!
- [chuckling]
- You're having a good old time
pushing buttons,
aren't you, Hank?
-Whoever's in the van
deserves this.
- All you've done is bring
it back into the driveway.
- Yes, but thanks
to this simulator,
the thief thinks he was
at the bottom of the ocean,
and now... [chuckles]
he thinks he's riding
at hyperspeed.
- ALL: [screaming]
- [chuckling]
- Hank, shh!
You'll wake the kids.
- Oh, you're right.
We don't want to wake
our little angels...
or Max.
- [keypad beeping]
- [chuckling]
All right, and now,
thanks to my new cameras,
we are gonna see who's inside.
- [alarm beeping]
- "Audio and video unavailable"!
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
that's not good.
All right, better
call Tech Support.
- Can I pretend
to send him somewhere?
- Yep, just be quick.
Hello, this is Thunderman.
I'm having a problem--
oh--uh--yeah, uh, sure.
I'll do it.
Thunderman, away!
I would love to do it
for your boss.
I can't say no to a fan--
I'm all he has.
- Ooh, this one looks scary.
- Well... at least
we're probably not
at the bottom
of the ocean anymore.
- Right, Max... we're
inside a boiling volcano.
Much better.
- Yeah, Max, thanks
for the joyride.
- Oh, and the turkey leg.
It really hit the spot.
- We were just fine
hiding in the back
while Phoebe was studying.
- Hey, you guys remember
when Billy hit
the Distress button?
- Don't you dare bring
this back to me!
- COLOSSO: "This will be
my final journal entry.
"Morale is low.
"Rations are lower.
"I've come to accept
the inevitable.
Tonight I eat Teddy."
Oh, what's that, Teddy?
Oh, I'm just jotting down
a recipe for breakfast.
Well, get some sleep.
I'll take the first watch.
[sinister laugh]
- Okay, guys, there's
good news and bad news.
The bad news is it's
only a matter of time
before the lava melts
through the van.
- What's the good news?
- I don't have any.
Didn't think I'd live long
enough to finish the sentence.
- What are we supposed to do?
As long as the van is
in lockdown, we're...
trapped.
- This can't be it.
I haven't conquered
the world yet.
And I was so close!
Seriously, you guys
have no idea.
- What about me?
I haven't finished
reading Phoebe's diary.
- Nora!
- And I haven't finished
learning how to read.
De-stress? Who am I kidding?
- What are we worried about?
Phoebe's gonna save us!
- Yeah, she's going to be
the best superhero ever.
- I'm not so sure
about that, guys.
- Phoebe, they're right, okay?
You might as well
be a full supe already.
You train like crazy.
- Yeah,
and you were in here studying
when this whole thing started.
- Yeah, Phoebe--
- ALL: [talking over each other]
- You are gonna save us!
- You guys, stop!
I wasn't studying.
I was in the Thundervan
'cause I was gonna take it
to sneak out
and meet my friends.
- ALL: [gasp]
Shocked selfie!
- Ohh, no, thank you, Kevin.
Thunderman, good-bye!
All right, they rebooted
the surveillance system.
Now let's see the criminal
mastermind who stole our van!
- BARB: Those are our
criminal masterminds!
- [on TV] I was gonna
take the Thundervan
and go to the movies
without Mom and Dad knowing.
- She what?
- I know I was supposed
to study tonight, but...
when I got that message
from my friends,
all I really wanted
was to skip training
and go have fun with them.
- Phoebe, that is
so irresponsible.
I'm so proud of you.
- Yeah, well, Mom
and Dad won't be.
I can't help it.
I really like being
a normal girl.
- Is she saying she wants to
blow off being a superhero?
- [on TV] I'm not saying I want
to blow off being a superhero.
I just don't want to go
to Hero University right now.
I want to go to prom
and school plays
and football games.
Isn't that why we moved to
Hiddenville in the first place?
- Yes, it is, baby, yes it is!
Hank, get them out of there!
- [keypad beeps]
- [alarms sounding]
- Not again!
Please, Thundervan gods,
take us to a puppy farm!
- MALE VOICE: Intruder Lockdown
Mode deactivated.
- [yelling] It's horrible!
It's worse than I could
have possibly imagined!
[normal voice] Oh, I live here.
- We're home.
Oh, my gosh, you
guys, we're home.
Wait, how are we home?
- We're sorry, kids--the whole
thing was a simulation.
We thought the van had been
stolen by some evil mastermind.
- Well, technically
you weren't too far off.
- Let's get out of here!
- [electric buzzing]
- PHOEBE: Billy!
- MALE VOICE: Rocket
Mode activated.
- Uh-oh.
- [air hissing]
- It's in Rocket Mode.
They're about to blast
off... for real.
- Blast off to where?
- I don't know!
- [on TV] Kids, do whatever you
can to get out of there.
This is not a simulation.
We're trying to--
- I got it--the manual!
[yelling] I don't want
to get blasted into space!
[panting]
This isn't working!
- Space--space... that's it!
Max, when everyone was
trapped in an enemy ship
in "Last Teen Mission
to Space Part I,"
they escaped by ripping
a hole in the floor.
- Spoiler alert!
- No, Billy, we might be able
to melt a hole in the floor
and get out of here.
- Barb, use your electricity!
- Hank, I can't--
the van's metal.
- Just do it!
[voice wobbling] Ahh,
stop doing it!
- How would we do that?
The melting point of the van's
, degrees.
- Okay, well, maybe if Billy
super-shuffles his feet
and Nora concentrates her lasers
while you and I
combine our heat breath,
it might be hot enough
to melt the van.
What do you think?
- [laser blasting]
- Just waiting for you, blabby.
- MALE VOICE: Blastoff in five,
four, three, two, one...
- [action music]
- My babies, they're...
- Right there?
Thank goodness!
- BARB: I love you guys!
- NORA: Phoebe saved us!
- It was so intense!
- Listen, Phoebe, I heard
everything you said in there
about Hero University.
- Are you disappointed
that I don't want to take
the early admissions test?
- A little,
but I'll always be more
disappointed in Max.
- BOTH: Aww, thanks, Dad!
- Hey, looks like the Thundervan
is just gonna crash
into the ocean.
- Oh no, I left my bow in there!
- [sighs] Thunderman, away!
- Oh, wait, heh...
here it is.
- Honey, I know you want
to take a break from training,
but there's one last
feature of the Thundervan
I want to show you.
Juuust push that button.
[chuckles]
Perfect hamburgers!
- Everybody grab a password!
- Good call on
the drive-in, Dad.
- Bad call on the movie, Phoebe.
- What?
"Last Teen Mission
to Space Part II"
is totes cool.
- Not bad, Mom.
- Yeah, well, I am groovetastic.
Ooh, Barb in the house--
Oh!
- And we're back to don't.
- ♪
02x01 - Thunder Van
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Series revolves around the Thundermans, a family with superpowers who try to live normal lives in the fictional town of Hiddenville.
Series revolves around the Thundermans, a family with superpowers who try to live normal lives in the fictional town of Hiddenville.