Lab Rats had surprisingly deep themes. Me and my siblings loved watching it together. But we all agree, after they revealed themselves to the world, the show didn’t know how to keep it interesting.
@@powerjolt7215 so true Leo and Adam were my favorite characters and it was wrong for them to take them out and Marcus even though I didn’t really like him in the show he was still a bad ass villain 😉😎🙏🏿🔥🔥👍
Tasha, Leo's mum, had so much patience. If I discovered that my new husband kept three bionic teenagers in his basement, I'd be out of there in a flash. She's an unsung queen.
Got to meet Dougie’s actor a while back. He’s now a head of a small LA film school. Such a sweet guy, I was at a high school film festival and he stood back for nearly an hour to talk and get pictures and autographs with everyone. Nothing but class from that man.
The best line in this show is when Adam says “it’s like how you don’t have to wash your legs in the shower because all the water trickles down” and it was that moment when my younger self began washing my legs in the shower.
Shows like this and Pair of Kings make me wish there were more action sitcoms. It's an interesting idea to put characters into funny situations, but also to have those funny situations actually have stakes and impact the characters
@@mianafernandesthe first couple seasons were; then Mitchel Musso got a DUI, they shoehorned his character to exit the show, they shoehorned the brothers of the show to be triplets instead of twins, & Adam Hicks was far different than Mitchel Musso's dynamic. writing characters out suddenly was jarring but I guess the show didn't care
The real story of how Davenport rescued the trio from his brother puts him in a new light. Honstly fondly remember this show even though it aired at just about the time i stopped watching tv
Yeah, people give him too much crap, but Donald was doing what he in his power COULD do to save those kids from crazy people. He wasn't the world's BEST dad, but he was definitely caring for them in all the ways he knew how
Honestly I think this show is just super underrated. I loved this show and then went back to watching it recently, the plot twists and storylines were super interesting as it goes on.
I recently went back to watch it. It’s a bit strange, but it gets better and funnier as it goes on. It explains why he actually has the bionic kids in his basement and some crazy plot twists too. Not a bad show at all.
The show actually tackled serious moments really well too. Spoilers: When Leo accidentally blinded the girl and then quit because of it, or the kids finding out Davenport wasn’t their real dad. The show had some really good dramatic beats and knew exactly how to execute them. I wish it went on a little longer, especially the bionic island episodes, but at least it didn’t overstay its welcome.
@@ZacV47 I know right! I love Leo’s character development in this show. They all had great development. Going from immature, inexperienced teenagers to strong, mature intelligent teachers.
I really liked it. A lot of shows are like this though when you rewatch them, but that's because they're made for kids. Kids don't usually notice the weird things, and if it wasn't at least a little bit off, it might not have appealed to younger senses of humor as much. Davenport's explanation of the kids could have used some work, as well as they could have also had real rooms and stuff in the basement from the start.
I mean her whole personality changed literally all the time (the writers really didn't know what to do with her) so it's kinda hard to get any kind of solid read on her character Even as a girl watching this show I didn't really care about her my fav was Chase for some reason
@@ayyitsdaphne3760 i think all the girls either liked chase or adam, but chase was annoying and adam, idk why they need to make such a dumb character. London Tipton was much better written character I agree with you on Bree
The writers didn't know what to do with Bree. It wasn't the actresses fault but they mostly threw her in as 'girl' where as Leo, Chase, and Adam were written with personalities that weren't just a gender. Whatever they thought was a funny girl plotline was assigned to Bree.
I don't care what anyone says, Leo is the best character on the show. His actor (I don't remember his name) did an amazing job and kept him from being as annoying as he could have been
Ok, so story time! So I started watching this show around the time I were 10 or 11 so I were going through my whole boy crazy phase and I had the biggest crush on Adam, but as time went on I hated how he would treat Chase so it kinda stopped just in time for me to start crushing on Chase cause Spike had always been my favorite character…so I now realize I kinda have a thing for nerds and it’s probably his fault.
@@SomeRUclipsr1993 they tried with Aaron Stone a couple of years prior. Iirc, a reason that was cancelled after season 2 was it was a bit too dark for DXD.
Lab Rats was one those shows that had a unique premise overall felt like it delivered I mean who wouldn't want to have Bionic Siblings! Then eventually Leo became Bionic. Definitely one of best shows on Disney XD besides Kickin It,Kick Butowski, and Slugterra.
I may have a lab rats addiction, it is a requirement for me to watch the entire show at least once a year. I’ve even gotten my parents hooked and they’re quoting the show with me.
So fun fact 1. For anyone who never seen the show, Donald actually save the trio from his evil younger brother, who later become a good guy 2. There is a RUclips channel that did 3 hour plus long video on lab rat, mighty med & elite force
the story was good up until S4, after the Victor crane saga, the show grinded to a slow and painful ending (although tbf I did like Giselle) I didn't like Daniel Davenport
This was one of those shows on Disney XD that I watched *religiously* as a kid. Even when the writting was garbage you could tell the actors were clearly having fun and it just *elevated* the material.
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Leo is like the only relatable character despite the cringeness. And let's praise Tasha for dealing with theses weirdos for like 3 season (think it was three, been a while since I watched this💀)
Tasha was way too entitled. She literally wanted to destroy her husbands life work because she did not like it. Imagine now if the roles were reversed. Heavens forbid that a man would even dare to ask a woman to throw away her life work!
The plot of this story is actually very intricate. (Spoiler if you haven't watched this show from 2012) Sometime in the middle of the show it's revealed that Donald has a younger brother, Douglas, who is actually the one who's responsible for Adam Bree and Chase. Essentially Davenport was a joint project that specialized in bionics that would allow robots to do jobs humans couldn't, but Douglas took the technology and implemented it into the genetically engineered kids and was planning to sell them. Donald in response to this took Adam Bree and Chase and decided to train them to help people, and keeps them in the basement in hopes that Douglas won't find them. There's also another plot where a guy named "Victor Crane" who Douglas was definitely dating at some point but it's 2012 so they're too afraid to admit it genetically engineers a thousand more bionic kids to try and enslave the world. And he comes back at the end of the series with another guy and tried to put bionics into Donalds space colonists after blowing up the world with a nuke.
I remember Leo gets his arm stuck under rubble when attacked by Victor and Douglas outfits him with a bionic enhancement. Leo was bummed out bcuz at first it didn't have any weapons and Douglas eventually relents. Also Big Bro Tyler James Williams stars as Future Leo in the time travel episode.
@itsanoformedawg yeah, like the whole reason they were kept secret was that they were special, and now theres like a hundred of them with the same powers? Hell i didnt mind leo getting the bionic arm cause they gave a excuse, his orginal arm was fucking destroyed and that whole thing could have lead to some really touching and dark moments, where leo had to learn to accept his new arm and the fact that he still has phantom pains and sometimes he wakes up at night screaming, it could have led to a moral of "just cause someone has something missing doesnt mean they arnt human" it really could have humanized multiple charatere, the idea of leo loosing the orginal arm could have been a touchy subject for a good portion of the season because well that just happened, instead of a well thought out family dynamics of the kids and parents having to help leo readjust to life with a new appendage and all the problems that comes with said new appendage like having to control it, figure out the weakness, get him used to it, and other stuff im not knowlagble of cause i thankfully still have all my limbs, we instead got a whole lotta charaters that make the orginal cast seem obsolete now sense they do what they but much greater numbers, we got that instead of a season which could have been all about helping leo with trauma because most other times if i remember correctly he didnt really get any actual damage done to him, the one time he did? He lost his arm, which could be to Daven Port and his brother helping the kids realize leo is in a state of pure vulnerability, and he's gonna need time to readjust, also the bully character? It would have been great to see a new bully try to bully leo about the arm and him to actually defend him and him revealing that whilst he's a bully he's a bully with standards and he dont bully people about disabilities, hell he could have become a sorta frenemy like bufford or something, a person who'll rag on leo and co but only he and his posse can do that anyone else gets a beating
@theenderdestruction2362 it seemed so weird to make all of these people special, their identities out there, best part of the show for me was perry when she found out and everything she did prior to that, she's freaking hilarious, but now we focus on all of these new characters do8ng stuff. It worked best when things were more grounded and centered. My favorite eps by far were the future Leo stories, and those season ending episodes as well. As some point they'd raise the bar too high, and honestly i think show should've just ended entirely no spin off. Keep it ambiguous and move on.
I loved this show!! I hate the spin off show, but this and Mighty Med were awesome!! Also Alex needs to watch the two part special in season 2 with Dougles kidnapping Donald and them fighting Marcus for a lot of this to make sense to him.
For me honestly when i watch the Lab Rats show a few years ago when things got more action packed, fun and has the best laughs ever for more life then i somehow missed it when i tried watching the Lab Rats Elite Force but nothing i feel speechless to this point and thanks for sharing this Alex Meyers
I have such fond memories of the one summer holiday my sister and I discovered you could look up the tv guide online to find out precisely when Lab Rats would be showing, and we watched it nearly every day. Probably the only Disney tv show I actually watched and liked
Just realized that’s Hal Sparks. Who is a fairly minor comedian, he was the guy in the elevator in Spider-Man 2, but I remember him from VH1’s “I love the…” series.
"I wanna see the pyramids!" "I wanna go to Paris!" "I wanna go upstairs." shit makes me cackle also always made me sad that we didn't see more of Leo and Adam in elite force. i swear they just forgot about them
Man I loved this show so much when I was a kid! I was homeschooled for most of my life, so I lived vicariously through the basement nerds with no social skills.
as a younger fella, i enjoyed this show a lot. i go back to it every year, & watch at least one episode. the older i get the more wacky it is, but still the comedy always held up, it was a show that i felt like most of the characters were very enjoyable, & i enjoyed the storyline. it's still one of my favorite disney tv shows.
I just started rewatching this show and I have MANY thoughts but the one thing that will always bug me is that they didn't explain how the lab rats came to be. Do they have a mother? Douglas created them in a lab but how??
The implication is they are completely lab created.If there is mother or mothers, it either a donation of an egg or genetic material. It's a Disney XD show, this is a man who can create perfect human robot replicas overnight. It's not realism. 😅
They were adopted, so whoever their mother is is unknown. Davenport's brother found them as babies and gave them the bionic chips, hoping to turn them into weapons. Davenport stole the babies and raised them as superheroes.
@@pearlsandgrapes no they weren't adopted, he made them in test tubes, probably got some kind of egg donor or something, they said it in season 4, plus they said he "created them"
I like this show and a lot of the characters, but I hate how no one ever gets comeuppance for the vast amount of abuse. There's a lot the first episode doesn't even begin to cover, like how Chase is basically the scapegoat of the family and is always expected to be the bigger person despite Adam using him as his personal punching bag.
I mean it is a children's show so I don't think the creators or actors deeped it that much. It's played for laughs and brothers teasing/fighting. And in the later seasons Chase stands up for himself and fights back, especially as Spike
@@alizatheweirdo6040 do you think that Chase had done the right thing telling Sebastian about Krane since the truth about Krane could have come out anyway even if Chase didn’t tell Sebastian about Krane Chase was betrayed by Sebastian and Reece In lab rats Elite Force.
The best part of every Disney show is that it allows you to know everyone who did and didn't grow up with siblings around their age by what level of rivalry they consider "abuse."
Y’all both need to watch it! It’s so good! The first few episodes may be a bit weird but as the show goes on it really finds itself and you can’t help but love Big D and Leo as you get to know them
Honestly i grew up with this show so there is prolly some nostalgia here,but i think this is one of the best shows you can watch as a kid or even as a teen really. Yes,it can be goofy at times,but then there are some AMAZING episodes like the one where the whole crew went on against a bionic army or the one where they had to face Marcus. Really amazing show imo and i really recommend you watch the Bionic Army episode as well as the Marcus episode,just so you can see how the show progressed
A scientist that creates three children with superpowers in his basement... I feel like Cartoon Network covered this premise already, though I don't remember Utonium marrying a single mother.
I love lab rats, also you forgot to mention that Big D didn’t make Adam, Bri, and Chase. His brother did. They also have a 4th brother named David and a dead robot brother and I can’t remember his name. Also Eddie is probably the best character of the whole school, by far
i still watch this show to this day and while yeah there is a ton of laugh tracks (like an ungodly amount of laugh tracks in the most random places) i absolutely love the show
The bionic trio must also have the power of avoiding severe cabin fever. Fourteen years always around each other, not even their own rooms, and confined to a small space. No wonder they wanted to be in a different environment.
i seriously forgot about this show. but seriously, as an 8 year old, this show was literally my favorite. yeah the writings horrible, the jokes are cheesy, but as an 8 year old who doesn’t understand anything or care this was such a good show. seriously i gotta rewatch this.
I thought that Tyrel was the same kid from "Everybody Hate's Chris" and I don't know why it didn't click that I'VE SEEN Tyler (his older brother who played Chris) in person before and KNOW he's like 31 lol. I think they look so alike that it didn't process in my head that the show was made in 2012 and I just assumed it was an older show that I never watched as a kid.
"I've always dreamed about going school! Passing notes, going to Prom, breaking into choreographed dance numbers after math class" As someone who was homeschooled & didn't go out much, I can confirm that's exactly what kids who don't go to school think it's like Points for realism 👍
I can't believe you just NOW did Lab Rats. I was binge watching your videos a few weeks back while I was working, and I actually searched your channel looking for Lab Rats, and it wasn't there! I was shocked. Thanks for the new vid.
I still remember this show and I love the characters and the story arcs in the show! It’s one of my favorite shows of all time and my second favorite Disney XD show! It’s pretty awesome! 1:55 for sponsor skip!
Genuine thanks for making me remember Lab Rats existed (I once stumbled upon Elite Force in Netflix and watched it for a while, but it's been years since then and I never even knew that it was only a spin-off to begin with). Today I finished binge-watching all the 4 seasons, along with Mighty Med's 2 and Lab Rats: Elite Force again, and I had a BLAST! I laughed more than I thought I would and some of its emotional moments really stung (for a Disney show). Tbh, I think Lab Rats and Mighty Med (but especially the first one) just became some of my favorite sitcoms ever. They also made me aware of all these other Disney shows that I watched so long ago that I don't really remember them anymore, so I think I'm boutta go on a sitcom-frenzy for the next few weeks...
It never occurred to me that Disney XD was meant for boys. I really thought they were just trying to cater to a brand of “cool kid” tweens who felt that normal Disney was lame or something 😂 the more you know
It’s funny because in middle school (mid 2010s) Lab Rats was way more popular with girls than boys lol. I’m a girl and loved the show back then. Also in elementary school I loved Disney channel but in middle school I loved Disney XD, I thought Disney Channel was for kids and Disney XD for tweens and younger teens, sorta like Disney’s version of teen Nick or something. Idk, I think most gendered things are useless and just do what I want
@@caitlingill As a dude, I get that. My sister and female friends watched it but none of my male friends did. Its crazy to think it was 10 years ago and now I'm in college...
I was OBSESSED with this show like Omg! I think younger me loved the family aspect with Adam, Bree, Chase, Leo and Mr Davenport- with the whole being faced with choices that test their relationships and they choose each other over and over again. Also it was a cool concept in general and I actually loved the humour- like PRINCIPAL PERRY and her comedic timing and dialogue and character was just 10/10. Some jokes I agree are cringey but to me it’s part of its charm. I grew up watching it though as it was being released so I think nostalgia plays into this for me
Was I the only one who was laughing when he said “He has these 3 children living in his basement. So he probably either made them or took them from somewhere” because I remembered Donald literally stole the children from his brother 💀🤣
I can't even tell you how many times I rewatched this entire show. In fact I remember there was a short time where my family was like marginally short on money and we had to cancel one of our cable packages, the only channel in that package that any of us watched was Disney XD. And this was right after that lab rats season 2 finale cliffhanger and I was so frickin upset
Lab Rats was my early teen-hood and it was an awesome show for the time. Re-watched it with my nieces and my nephew during COVID and was nostalgic watching them get really into the bionics the same way I did. Glad you did a video on it.
That new husband guy...He is a monster. Seeing how the show has a ton of nostalgia, I imagine it is great and all. But just thinking about it for a minute. That guy is a literal maniac.
I used to watch Disney XD all of the time and this was one of the shows that would play a lot. I remember loving this show. Principal Perry was the goat
i think there was an episode where leo fell through a portal to a parallel universe where his mom was the billionaire and davenport was just some guy who worked in her house 😂 that walk in closet joke reminded me of that
adam's "I wanna go upstairs." will forever be the best line ever
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Lab Rats had surprisingly deep themes. Me and my siblings loved watching it together. But we all agree, after they revealed themselves to the world, the show didn’t know how to keep it interesting.
Yea I used to love this show but when the whole brother thing got resolved and there were a bunch of bionics it got really bad lmao
Agreed they should have revealed it too fast 💨and didn’t know what to do with the plot
Doing everything in secret was getting old and stale, for better or worse handling afterward, it really was time to move on from that.
@@ScionStorm1 I agree. I think they could have done some interesting stuff with the reveal. They just didn’t.
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“for 30 grand i’ll go away” 😂😂 that one got a chuckle out of me
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His face just says “I mean, who wouldn’t?”
I don't care if it's cheesy. This will always be one of my favorite shows of all time.
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Yep love this show and will forever
Nobody can deny that Terry Cherry Perry is one of the funniest characters ever.
LMAO YEAH
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Imma be fr best character got be Adam Leo perry and Eddie many more
Believe it or not, she’s played by the English VA for Naruto 💀
@@bellablondon6172yeah I was super shocked when I found that out
Tyrell's back must be sore from carrying this show
Legit damaged
I loved the mom and the dad.
Hal Spark is that great, as shown from doing all those vh1 specials shows. Imagine, say, Michael Ian Black in a kidcom.
@@mesousagaby740 I actually know Hal Spark from Queer As Folk the US version.
At least he didn’t have to try carry Elite Force. Mind you, the show was bad enough he probably would have broken his back trying.
i cannot imagine the chronic back pain leo must've had from carrying the entire show on it. what a legend🫡
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Douglas was a mood too
Leo is in the hospital right now
Shit. Leo, Adam and Douglas gave this show life. Taking them out of Elite force was a mistake
@@powerjolt7215 so true Leo and Adam were my favorite characters and it was wrong for them to take them out and Marcus even though I didn’t really like him in the show he was still a bad ass villain 😉😎🙏🏿🔥🔥👍
Tasha, Leo's mum, had so much patience. If I discovered that my new husband kept three bionic teenagers in his basement, I'd be out of there in a flash. She's an unsung queen.
Instant divorce
@@Hazel_TheOne Then there would be no show. Still loved the family bits
Which makes it weirder when she randomly acts entitled like trying to turn Donald's lab into a walk in closet
@@a7xdisturbed774 Honey, mind your Selective outrage. Okay. Chris Rock already exposed ya'll for it. Now settle down
@@a7xdisturbed774 That was kinda weird, but still BRO LITERALLY HAS KIDS IN HIS BASEMENT.
Got to meet Dougie’s actor a while back. He’s now a head of a small LA film school. Such a sweet guy, I was at a high school film festival and he stood back for nearly an hour to talk and get pictures and autographs with everyone. Nothing but class from that man.
The best line in this show is when Adam says “it’s like how you don’t have to wash your legs in the shower because all the water trickles down” and it was that moment when my younger self began washing my legs in the shower.
You do know he is scientifically correct unless you have dirt on your legs right?
Shows like this and Pair of Kings make me wish there were more action sitcoms. It's an interesting idea to put characters into funny situations, but also to have those funny situations actually have stakes and impact the characters
Omg Pair of kings was wild!!! Alex need to watch that soon
OMG! Pair of Kings was SO good!
Pair of Kings also has another thing in common with this: a bomb ass theme song
@@mianafernandesthe first couple seasons were; then Mitchel Musso got a DUI, they shoehorned his character to exit the show, they shoehorned the brothers of the show to be triplets instead of twins, & Adam Hicks was far different than Mitchel Musso's dynamic. writing characters out suddenly was jarring but I guess the show didn't care
Something about Mr. Davenport aggressively saying "So, how was school!?" cracks me up
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Oh my gosh, Prq7qe!
@@s-viper1462whos that
@lopez4059 From Snapcube's "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog" dub.
it is absolutely one of my favorite lines from the show lmfao
The real story of how Davenport rescued the trio from his brother puts him in a new light. Honstly fondly remember this show even though it aired at just about the time i stopped watching tv
the redemption ark was great for douglas
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Yeah, people give him too much crap, but Donald was doing what he in his power COULD do to save those kids from crazy people. He wasn't the world's BEST dad, but he was definitely caring for them in all the ways he knew how
Honestly I think this show is just super underrated. I loved this show and then went back to watching it recently, the plot twists and storylines were super interesting as it goes on.
Every episode had a different scenario with no boring moment, the best Disney XD show
I recently went back to watch it. It’s a bit strange, but it gets better and funnier as it goes on. It explains why he actually has the bionic kids in his basement and some crazy plot twists too. Not a bad show at all.
Agreed, it was one of my favorite shows when I was growing up
The show actually tackled serious moments really well too.
Spoilers: When Leo accidentally blinded the girl and then quit because of it, or the kids finding out Davenport wasn’t their real dad. The show had some really good dramatic beats and knew exactly how to execute them. I wish it went on a little longer, especially the bionic island episodes, but at least it didn’t overstay its welcome.
@@ZacV47 I know right! I love Leo’s character development in this show. They all had great development. Going from immature, inexperienced teenagers to strong, mature intelligent teachers.
I really liked it. A lot of shows are like this though when you rewatch them, but that's because they're made for kids. Kids don't usually notice the weird things, and if it wasn't at least a little bit off, it might not have appealed to younger senses of humor as much. Davenport's explanation of the kids could have used some work, as well as they could have also had real rooms and stuff in the basement from the start.
May the odds be ever in your favor
i hate how underrated bree is in this show. i barely see anyone talk about her.
I mean her whole personality changed literally all the time (the writers really didn't know what to do with her) so it's kinda hard to get any kind of solid read on her character
Even as a girl watching this show I didn't really care about her my fav was Chase for some reason
I remember being salty because I always felt like they gave her the lamest powers compared to the guys
Bree Davenport is the undisputed ACE of Lab Rats!
@@ayyitsdaphne3760 i think all the girls either liked chase or adam, but chase was annoying and adam, idk why they need to make such a dumb character. London Tipton was much better written character
I agree with you on Bree
The writers didn't know what to do with Bree. It wasn't the actresses fault but they mostly threw her in as 'girl' where as Leo, Chase, and Adam were written with personalities that weren't just a gender. Whatever they thought was a funny girl plotline was assigned to Bree.
I don't care what anyone says, Leo is the best character on the show. His actor (I don't remember his name) did an amazing job and kept him from being as annoying as he could have been
Tyrrell is his name
He was also in Everybody Hates Chris and I heard that show is good. Probably because of his acting
@@zeldagameryt4018 nope that was his older brother Tyler
@@jamielovesyt yes his older brother was but technically tyrel is on it but not often
@☆averagecabb4ge!☆ Yeah I was jut correcty the heavily implied statement that he was the main character.
Leo and the wall robot thing absolutely carried this show
Eddie was truly one of the characters of all time
As a kid I wanted to spill a Hawaiian fruit punch all over Eddie's circuit boards to permeantly shut him up. I hated Eddie so much
you forget Principal Perry
@@leoultimaupgraded9914true i love perry
@@nonexxistyperry I felt like was both a good person at heart but as a principal yeah no not at all
“Living in my basement!?” Is a classic
Living on a bionic island was where it was at tho 😎
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Nooooo, I hated when they changed it to that, "LIVING IN MY BASEMENT" was it all
Chase is forever my fav character. Crazy how they tried to sell Chase as the brother no one would date. Oh and Spike is the icing on the cake!
Ready to risk it all for spike
I love chase. 😊❤
Spike and Eddie are the 2 best characters, 3rd is Perry
@@camoking5059 Nah Leo carried the whole show 😌
Ok, so story time! So I started watching this show around the time I were 10 or 11 so I were going through my whole boy crazy phase and I had the biggest crush on Adam, but as time went on I hated how he would treat Chase so it kinda stopped just in time for me to start crushing on Chase cause Spike had always been my favorite character…so I now realize I kinda have a thing for nerds and it’s probably his fault.
Lab rats is a concept that deserves better then what diseny sitcom could offer but at the same time it's those limitations that add to it's charm
Lab Rats could have made an awesome dark kids action cartoon. The whole concept sounds like something that shouldn’t be some slapstick sitcom.
@@SomeRUclipsr1993 they tried with Aaron Stone a couple of years prior. Iirc, a reason that was cancelled after season 2 was it was a bit too dark for DXD.
Lab Rats was one those shows that had a unique premise overall felt like it delivered I mean who wouldn't want to have Bionic Siblings! Then eventually Leo became Bionic. Definitely one of best shows on Disney XD besides Kickin It,Kick Butowski, and Slugterra.
Well partly bionic. His one arm and then his one leg.
Love slugterra
I fucking loved Slugterra
I liked Mech-X4
Omg I totally forgot about kick buttowski. I used to love that show
I may have a lab rats addiction, it is a requirement for me to watch the entire show at least once a year. I’ve even gotten my parents hooked and they’re quoting the show with me.
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I watch it everyday, I cannot help it😌😌
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I was so hyperfixated on this show in elementary school, I used to IRL roleplay with my friends at school as the characters 😭😭😭😭
So fun fact
1. For anyone who never seen the show, Donald actually save the trio from his evil younger brother, who later become a good guy
2. There is a RUclips channel that did 3 hour plus long video on lab rat, mighty med & elite force
bro 1. is just a major plot spoiler. lol
DUDE spoilers
what is the youtube channel?
@@joshuaspath6923 The show has been out for about thirteen years now. If you haven’t seen it yet, that’s on you.
@@starkidbubble2000Keyan Calile is the RUclips channel he makes pretty hood content
Lab rats is one of these shows that have the most crazy story but still makes it good
the story was good up until S4, after the Victor crane saga, the show grinded to a slow and painful ending (although tbf I did like Giselle)
I didn't like Daniel Davenport
This was one of those shows on Disney XD that I watched *religiously* as a kid. Even when the writting was garbage you could tell the actors were clearly having fun and it just *elevated* the material.
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Every childhood show he thinks is crazy it’s a masterpiece for me
This one
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Leo is like the only relatable character despite the cringeness. And let's praise Tasha for dealing with theses weirdos for like 3 season (think it was three, been a while since I watched this💀)
It was three because for the fourth they move to the island
Tasha was way too entitled. She literally wanted to destroy her husbands life work because she did not like it.
Imagine now if the roles were reversed. Heavens forbid that a man would even dare to ask a woman to throw away her life work!
This show was an *ESSENTIAL* part of my upbringing. If Alex doesn’t like this one, it’s gonna hit hard 😂
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Yeah same
If you remember the "everybody hates chris" actor who played chris, his brother plays the main character here.
Fr tho
Same legit was my childhood
My favorite line from lab eats is when the tall guy (forgot their names) said to the smart one. “Do I look like i was born tomorrow?”
Btw Adam is the tall one and chase is the smart one
And Bree is the fast one
Lab Rats and Mighty Med were probably my favorite Disney XD shows growing up. I loved the crossovers they had.
The plot of this story is actually very intricate.
(Spoiler if you haven't watched this show from 2012)
Sometime in the middle of the show it's revealed that Donald has a younger brother, Douglas, who is actually the one who's responsible for Adam Bree and Chase. Essentially Davenport was a joint project that specialized in bionics that would allow robots to do jobs humans couldn't, but Douglas took the technology and implemented it into the genetically engineered kids and was planning to sell them. Donald in response to this took Adam Bree and Chase and decided to train them to help people, and keeps them in the basement in hopes that Douglas won't find them.
There's also another plot where a guy named "Victor Crane" who Douglas was definitely dating at some point but it's 2012 so they're too afraid to admit it genetically engineers a thousand more bionic kids to try and enslave the world. And he comes back at the end of the series with another guy and tried to put bionics into Donalds space colonists after blowing up the world with a nuke.
I remember Leo gets his arm stuck under rubble when attacked by Victor and Douglas outfits him with a bionic enhancement. Leo was bummed out bcuz at first it didn't have any weapons and Douglas eventually relents.
Also Big Bro Tyler James Williams stars as Future Leo in the time travel episode.
@@Boss_IsaacI remember that after that I just stoped watching and when I returned I realized there was way to many bionics and everything was wacky
@@theenderdestruction2362yup. After the big change, it killed the entire franchise.
@itsanoformedawg yeah, like the whole reason they were kept secret was that they were special, and now theres like a hundred of them with the same powers? Hell i didnt mind leo getting the bionic arm cause they gave a excuse, his orginal arm was fucking destroyed and that whole thing could have lead to some really touching and dark moments, where leo had to learn to accept his new arm and the fact that he still has phantom pains and sometimes he wakes up at night screaming, it could have led to a moral of "just cause someone has something missing doesnt mean they arnt human" it really could have humanized multiple charatere, the idea of leo loosing the orginal arm could have been a touchy subject for a good portion of the season because well that just happened, instead of a well thought out family dynamics of the kids and parents having to help leo readjust to life with a new appendage and all the problems that comes with said new appendage like having to control it, figure out the weakness, get him used to it, and other stuff im not knowlagble of cause i thankfully still have all my limbs, we instead got a whole lotta charaters that make the orginal cast seem obsolete now sense they do what they but much greater numbers, we got that instead of a season which could have been all about helping leo with trauma because most other times if i remember correctly he didnt really get any actual damage done to him, the one time he did? He lost his arm, which could be to Daven Port and his brother helping the kids realize leo is in a state of pure vulnerability, and he's gonna need time to readjust, also the bully character? It would have been great to see a new bully try to bully leo about the arm and him to actually defend him and him revealing that whilst he's a bully he's a bully with standards and he dont bully people about disabilities, hell he could have become a sorta frenemy like bufford or something, a person who'll rag on leo and co but only he and his posse can do that anyone else gets a beating
@theenderdestruction2362 it seemed so weird to make all of these people special, their identities out there, best part of the show for me was perry when she found out and everything she did prior to that, she's freaking hilarious, but now we focus on all of these new characters do8ng stuff. It worked best when things were more grounded and centered. My favorite eps by far were the future Leo stories, and those season ending episodes as well. As some point they'd raise the bar too high, and honestly i think show should've just ended entirely no spin off. Keep it ambiguous and move on.
The fact that theirs an episode where Tasha is the scientist and Donald is just normal
I loved this show!! I hate the spin off show, but this and Mighty Med were awesome!! Also Alex needs to watch the two part special in season 2 with Dougles kidnapping Donald and them fighting Marcus for a lot of this to make sense to him.
I legit thought that would be the one he would be watching
Did you watch elite force?
@GTD yes I watched it when it was running
@@olicityfan1150 Did you like it?
@@gtd5626 no I thought it was bad
The guy that plays Davenport is hilarious! He has his own talk show right now on RUclips. Worth checking out
For me honestly when i watch the Lab Rats show a few years ago when things got more action packed, fun and has the best laughs ever for more life then i somehow missed it when i tried watching the Lab Rats Elite Force but nothing i feel speechless to this point and thanks for sharing this Alex Meyers
Leo’s “his wAT” is perfection 😂
I have such fond memories of the one summer holiday my sister and I discovered you could look up the tv guide online to find out precisely when Lab Rats would be showing, and we watched it nearly every day. Probably the only Disney tv show I actually watched and liked
Just realized that’s Hal Sparks. Who is a fairly minor comedian, he was the guy in the elevator in Spider-Man 2, but I remember him from VH1’s “I love the…” series.
I remember watching this show like crazy while growing. Idk how I loved it as much as I did.
I frickin LOVED this show so much and that robot had me crying laughing all the time
Terry and Eddie were my two favorite characters on the show and they weren’t even around that much that shows how funny they were
"I wanna see the pyramids!"
"I wanna go to Paris!"
"I wanna go upstairs."
shit makes me cackle
also always made me sad that we didn't see more of Leo and Adam in elite force. i swear they just forgot about them
Man I loved this show so much when I was a kid! I was homeschooled for most of my life, so I lived vicariously through the basement nerds with no social skills.
For a disney Channel show, the special effects of their powers (and not only) were pretty dope
“I know you’re mad Big D”
😂😂😂 Oh my goodness I was so innocent when I watched this show
I forgot he was called that 😂
as a younger fella, i enjoyed this show a lot. i go back to it every year, & watch at least one episode. the older i get the more wacky it is, but still the comedy always held up, it was a show that i felt like most of the characters were very enjoyable, & i enjoyed the storyline. it's still one of my favorite disney tv shows.
“Did you see that? I have besties, I can’t wait stab them in the back!” That one got me🤣🤣🤣
I just started rewatching this show and I have MANY thoughts but the one thing that will always bug me is that they didn't explain how the lab rats came to be. Do they have a mother? Douglas created them in a lab but how??
Test tubes, so they have a mother but i guess theyll never meet her
They mentioned genetic engineering, but I don't know how that stuff works
The implication is they are completely lab created.If there is mother or mothers, it either a donation of an egg or genetic material. It's a Disney XD show, this is a man who can create perfect human robot replicas overnight. It's not realism. 😅
They were adopted, so whoever their mother is is unknown. Davenport's brother found them as babies and gave them the bionic chips, hoping to turn them into weapons. Davenport stole the babies and raised them as superheroes.
@@pearlsandgrapes no they weren't adopted, he made them in test tubes, probably got some kind of egg donor or something, they said it in season 4, plus they said he "created them"
I like this show and a lot of the characters, but I hate how no one ever gets comeuppance for the vast amount of abuse. There's a lot the first episode doesn't even begin to cover, like how Chase is basically the scapegoat of the family and is always expected to be the bigger person despite Adam using him as his personal punching bag.
I know, right? And he's like God to the point where he could be president of like three states and leave this hellish family, but he chooses to stay
I mean it is a children's show so I don't think the creators or actors deeped it that much. It's played for laughs and brothers teasing/fighting. And in the later seasons Chase stands up for himself and fights back, especially as Spike
@@alizatheweirdo6040 ok so 😐
@@alizatheweirdo6040 do you think that Chase had done the right thing telling Sebastian about Krane since the truth about Krane could have come out anyway even if Chase didn’t tell Sebastian about Krane Chase was betrayed by Sebastian and Reece In lab rats Elite Force.
The best part of every Disney show is that it allows you to know everyone who did and didn't grow up with siblings around their age by what level of rivalry they consider "abuse."
I’ve only ever seen small parts of the show, so I never understood what was happening, but the main plot of the whole thing is wild 😭😩
Same for me. I didn't know what was happening, but the actors seemed to be having a ball doing it
Y’all both need to watch it! It’s so good! The first few episodes may be a bit weird but as the show goes on it really finds itself and you can’t help but love Big D and Leo as you get to know them
Honestly i grew up with this show so there is prolly some nostalgia here,but i think this is one of the best shows you can watch as a kid or even as a teen really. Yes,it can be goofy at times,but then there are some AMAZING episodes like the one where the whole crew went on against a bionic army or the one where they had to face Marcus. Really amazing show imo and i really recommend you watch the Bionic Army episode as well as the Marcus episode,just so you can see how the show progressed
A scientist that creates three children with superpowers in his basement... I feel like Cartoon Network covered this premise already, though I don't remember Utonium marrying a single mother.
This, and liv and Maddy, were the only Disney shows I watched as a kid. This show was my childhood, and I’m glad Alex’s didn’t trash it too much
I love lab rats, also you forgot to mention that Big D didn’t make Adam, Bri, and Chase. His brother did. They also have a 4th brother named David and a dead robot brother and I can’t remember his name. Also Eddie is probably the best character of the whole school, by far
*Daniel is the 4th brother and the dead one is named Marcus 😉 you're welcome
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You know that it’s gonna be good when there is a character named Adam 💀
so accurate lol
I’ve never watched this show but 4:39 got an unironic laugh out of me 😂
Lab Rats is probably one of the DisneyXD shows I didn't mind repeating.
i still watch this show to this day and while yeah there is a ton of laugh tracks (like an ungodly amount of laugh tracks in the most random places) i absolutely love the show
"For 30 grand I'll go away" felt that
The bionic trio must also have the power of avoiding severe cabin fever. Fourteen years always around each other, not even their own rooms, and confined to a small space. No wonder they wanted to be in a different environment.
"You're face is prettier than a new pair of snow tires." Welp, I learned a brand-new sentence today. Thanks for that.
i seriously forgot about this show. but seriously, as an 8 year old, this show was literally my favorite. yeah the writings horrible, the jokes are cheesy, but as an 8 year old who doesn’t understand anything or care this was such a good show. seriously i gotta rewatch this.
I’m shocked that Alex Meyers didn’t do this 3-5 years ago
This is one of the best Disney shows of all time. It'll forever have a special place in my heart
Why was the “i wanna go upstairs” actually funny to me. Just didnt expect that & the line delivery too 💀😂
I thought that Tyrel was the same kid from "Everybody Hate's Chris" and I don't know why it didn't click that I'VE SEEN Tyler (his older brother who played Chris) in person before and KNOW he's like 31 lol.
I think they look so alike that it didn't process in my head that the show was made in 2012 and I just assumed it was an older show that I never watched as a kid.
"I've always dreamed about going school! Passing notes, going to Prom, breaking into choreographed dance numbers after math class"
As someone who was homeschooled & didn't go out much, I can confirm that's exactly what kids who don't go to school think it's like
Points for realism 👍
I can't believe you just NOW did Lab Rats. I was binge watching your videos a few weeks back while I was working, and I actually searched your channel looking for Lab Rats, and it wasn't there! I was shocked. Thanks for the new vid.
I still remember this show and I love the characters and the story arcs in the show! It’s one of my favorite shows of all time and my second favorite Disney XD show! It’s pretty awesome! 1:55 for sponsor skip!
Alex Meyers and The Cosmonaut Variety Hours are one of those guys whose none of videos felt gratuitous 💥
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Yes, I have. I love this show. I think it's still great. I never fully finished it. I'm still rewatching season 1 tho.
Genuine thanks for making me remember Lab Rats existed (I once stumbled upon Elite Force in Netflix and watched it for a while, but it's been years since then and I never even knew that it was only a spin-off to begin with). Today I finished binge-watching all the 4 seasons, along with Mighty Med's 2 and Lab Rats: Elite Force again, and I had a BLAST! I laughed more than I thought I would and some of its emotional moments really stung (for a Disney show).
Tbh, I think Lab Rats and Mighty Med (but especially the first one) just became some of my favorite sitcoms ever. They also made me aware of all these other Disney shows that I watched so long ago that I don't really remember them anymore, so I think I'm boutta go on a sitcom-frenzy for the next few weeks...
This show was my entire childhood. Ive been waiting for this for so long
i remember having a crush on all four of these kids and wondering why i loved this show so much
You had a crush on Adam, Bree, Chase and Leo? This show must've have been your bi-awakening
@@karinajohnson4443 basically lmao although kickin it and pokemon played a part too
My absolute shock when I learned that Principal Perry is the English voice actor of Naruto lmao.
It never occurred to me that Disney XD was meant for boys. I really thought they were just trying to cater to a brand of “cool kid” tweens who felt that normal Disney was lame or something 😂 the more you know
It’s funny because in middle school (mid 2010s) Lab Rats was way more popular with girls than boys lol. I’m a girl and loved the show back then. Also in elementary school I loved Disney channel but in middle school I loved Disney XD, I thought Disney Channel was for kids and Disney XD for tweens and younger teens, sorta like Disney’s version of teen Nick or something. Idk, I think most gendered things are useless and just do what I want
i always thought disney xd was for skateboarders 😂
@@caitlingill As a dude, I get that. My sister and female friends watched it but none of my male friends did. Its crazy to think it was 10 years ago and now I'm in college...
@@JNB0723 with the last part, same I’m 20
5:33 every homeschooled child can relate 😂😭
Leo’s shirts are pretty cool. I’d totally wear that comic book and dog shirt.
this was literally my all time fav and I re watched it recently and still enjoyed it sm
Shows me just how funny this was😹😹Leo's scream still gets me
One of my favorite shows ever its nostalgic and entertaining
I was OBSESSED with this show like Omg! I think younger me loved the family aspect with Adam, Bree, Chase, Leo and Mr Davenport- with the whole being faced with choices that test their relationships and they choose each other over and over again. Also it was a cool concept in general and I actually loved the humour- like PRINCIPAL PERRY and her comedic timing and dialogue and character was just 10/10. Some jokes I agree are cringey but to me it’s part of its charm. I grew up watching it though as it was being released so I think nostalgia plays into this for me
Was I the only one who was laughing when he said “He has these 3 children living in his basement. So he probably either made them or took them from somewhere” because I remembered Donald literally stole the children from his brother 💀🤣
I can't even tell you how many times I rewatched this entire show. In fact I remember there was a short time where my family was like marginally short on money and we had to cancel one of our cable packages, the only channel in that package that any of us watched was Disney XD. And this was right after that lab rats season 2 finale cliffhanger and I was so frickin upset
As a former homeschooled kid, I can empathize so strongly with the Lab Rats' desire to go to school and do normal things.
5:57 wait she did a front flip so you still may have a shot
This video got me into Lab Rats and I watched it all and to this day it’s still one of my favorite shows.
Lab Rats was my early teen-hood and it was an awesome show for the time. Re-watched it with my nieces and my nephew during COVID and was nostalgic watching them get really into the bionics the same way I did. Glad you did a video on it.
What's crazy is that Billy Unger (Chase) was already a Father irl before the 1st episode
I'm German this show was calls
S3 - strong, speed & smart
Hal Sparks went from Queer as Folk to Disney.
That new husband guy...He is a monster. Seeing how the show has a ton of nostalgia, I imagine it is great and all. But just thinking about it for a minute. That guy is a literal maniac.
thanks for uploading so many videos it must take so much work hope youre not pushing yourself too hard !
I'll say this, this is one of the few live action teen superhero shows that's actually pretty decent.
I used to watch Disney XD all of the time and this was one of the shows that would play a lot. I remember loving this show. Principal Perry was the goat
i think there was an episode where leo fell through a portal to a parallel universe where his mom was the billionaire and davenport was just some guy who worked in her house 😂 that walk in closet joke reminded me of that
Leo is legit a whole mood. Like, he's the highlight of the show.