The Thundermans (partially lost pitch pilot of Nickelodeon live-action comedy series; 2012)

The final show's logo.

Status: Partially Lost

The Thundermans was a Nickelodeon live-action show that started on October 14, 2013 until May 25, 2018. The show follows a family of superheroes who try to live normal lives in the fictional town of Hiddenville, it starred Kira Kosarin as Phoebe, Jack Griffo as Max, Addison Riecke as Nora, Diego Velazquez as Billy, Chris Tallman as Hank/Dad, Rosa Blasti as Barb/Mom, and Maya le Clark as Chloe.

Pilot's Background

In August of 2012, Nickelodeon announced The Thundermans show that was created by Jed Spingarn and it's pilot was shot in October of 2012

Differences

House

The pilot was filmed in a completely different Thundermans home that isn't Yellow and the dinner scene was taken place in an actual room in the household whereas the final version the door for the dining room was removed and instead being part of the living room. And in a unknown room (presumably the living room), the setting in the living room have everything Halloween-related (ex. the DANGER sign, the green furry light, skull, etc) whereas the final version there was no decorations and instead just a plain Yellow wall.

Casting

While most of the cast for the show and Cherry is the same as the show, a brother named Oliver (which was later named Max) was played by Tyler Peterson instead of Jack Griffo for the final version of the show. And instead of being just a brother, the creator thought of having Max being a twin brother.

The Thundermans Wiki claimed that Dr. Colosso was originally named Dr. Colossus, but it has yet to be confirmed since all of the resurfaced clips have no sound.

Phoebe's Unused Superpower Abilities

In the original pilot, Phoebe have 2 superpowers that wasn't used in the show was originally "Magnetism" which was changed to Telekinesis and "Freeze Helmet" which was changed to Freeze Breath. Kira (Phoebe actor) explained in a reaction video on the Nick YouTube channel that was posted on April 7th, 2021 that she was resistant to do the magnetism ability at first but got used to it but as the series first started, she now sticks with the telekinesis power as she thought it was "way too practical."

Phoebe's reaction video that mentioned the original pilot (1:12-1:34).

Availability

While the full pilot has yet to be surfaced online, animator Ryan Daily on Vimeo uploaded 2 short (albeit silent) clips of the animations for Billy's super speed and the freeze helmet from the pilot 5 years ago.

As of October 2021, no other footage of the pilot (whether silent or not) has yet to be surfaced online.

Gallery

Billy's super speed (1/2).

Freeze helmet (2/2).