Rated A for Awesome

Rated A for Awesome
Genre	Comedy Musical
Created by	Asaph Fipke
Directed by	Sebastian Brodin George Samilski Blair Simmons Ray Grewal Steve Ball
Voices of	Sam Vincent Brian Drummond Colin Murdock Chiara Zanni Tabitha St. Germain Kathleen Barr Brian Dobson
Theme music composer	Jonathan Evans
Composer	Hal Beckett
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producers	Austin Petten Asaph Fipke Chuck Johnson Ken Faier
Producer	Asaph Fipke
Running time	22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production company	Nerd Corps Entertainment
Original release
Network	YTV (Canada) Disney XD (U.S.)
Release	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20) – January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)

Rated A for Awesome is a Canadian animated television series created by Asaph Fipke. ^[1] It premiered on Disney XD on June 20, 2011, followed by YTV in Canada on September 3rd, and ended on January 31, 2012. 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 ^[2] (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 ^[2] (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 ^[2] (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"	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. ^[3] 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. ^[4]

Reception

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

References

1. "Watch Disney XD Shows - Full Episodes & Videos | DisneyNOW". Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
2. "Rated a for Awesome". ratedaforawesome.ytv.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
3. Stewart, Lianne (October 1, 2005). "Hot Talent: Nerd Corps refocuses its glasses on original series". Kidscreen.
4. McLean, Tom (April 13, 2011). "Disney's Summer TV Debut is 'Rated A for Awesome'". Animation Magazine .
5. Ashby, Emily. "Parents' Guide to Rated A for Awesome". Common Sense Media . Retrieved July 5, 2023.

External links

• Official website (archived February 5, 2013 at the Wayback Machine)
• Rated A for Awesome at Nerd Corps Entertainment (archived October 30, 2012 at the Wayback Machine)
• Rated A for Awesome at IMDb