Lab Rats: Elite Force
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| Composer(s) | Bert Selen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Hollywood Center Studios |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 21–24 minutes |
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| Original network | Disney XD |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | March 2, 2016 – present |
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Lab Rats: Elite Force is an American television science-fiction sitcom that premiered on Disney XD on March 2, 2016. The series is created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore. It is produced by Britelite Productions and It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. Lab Rats: Elite Force is a combined spinoff series of Disney XD television series Lab Rats and Mighty Med. The series follows an elite force formed by the bionic heroes and superheroes from both shows that vow to track down villains and keep the world safe.
Plot
Davenport has come up with a plan to form an elite team of bionic heroes—Chase and Bree—and superheroes—Kaz, Oliver and Skylar—to fight a common threat from their headquarters in Centium City. He puts his plan into action after villains have destroyed Mighty Med Hospital.[1]
Cast and characters
- William Brent as Chase[note 1]
- Bradley Steven Perry as Kaz[note 1]
- Jake Short as Oliver
- Paris Berelc as Skylar
- Kelli Berglund as Bree
Production
Lab Rats: Elite Force is created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore, the duo who created Lab Rats. It is produced by Britelite Productions and It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD.
On September 3, 2015, it was announced that Lab Rats and Mighty Med would have a joint spinoff series called Lab Rats: Elite Force. Only William Brent, formerly credited as Billy Unger, and Kelli Berglund from Lab Rats and Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, and Paris Berelc from Mighty Med were announced as returning for the new spinoff series. Production on the series began in October 2015.[2] It was subsequently announced that Lab Rats: Elite Force will premiere on Disney XD broadcast services on March 2, 2016, and will be available for earlier viewing on the channel's video-on-demand services on February 29, 2016.[3]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4] | Prod. code [5][6] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "The Rise of Five" | Guy Distad |
| March 2, 2016 | 101 | 0.52[7] |
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Following the events of the Lab Rats finale, Davenport introduces Chase and Bree to their new team's headquarters in Centium City. He also introduces them to their new teammates, Kaz, Oliver, and Skylar, who reveal that Mighty Med Hospital was recently destroyed. They come together to form the Elite Force. Kaz immediately wants to find the people that destroyed Mighty Med Hospital, while the rest of the team agree with Chase to come up with a plan first. A mysterious box then shatters their window, which contains a flash drive that shows a video of the two people who destroyed Mighty Med Hospital. The pair declares that Kaz, Oliver, and Skylar will be eliminated as well as anyone else that protects them. Kaz runs off to find the culprits and meets them in an alley. He is surprised to find that they are Roman and Riker, the sons of a former superhero named Rodissius whose powers Kaz and Oliver had earlier taken away in order to save his life. Roman and Riker believe being powerless is worse than death and want to eliminate Kaz and Oliver in revenge. They are shape-shifters who form into a cloud as soon as Bree, Chase, Oliver, and Skylar arrive and scatter the heroes with a blast. Roman and Riker take Skylar away, while the others are out cold. The team searches for her. The remaining heroes locate the villains and Skylar, and Oliver freezes the cloud that Roman and Riker form into. As the Elite Force team celebrates with a team selfie, Roman and Riker break out of the ice and escape. When the team returns to the headquarters, Roman and Riker are hiding in the terrace. Roman and Riker will wait for now, but they vow to kill all of the superheroes. Special guest star: Hal Sparks as Davenport Guest stars: Booboo Stewart as Roman, Ryan Potter as Riker | ||||||
| 2 | "Holding Out for a Hero" | Guy Distad | Mark Brazill | March 9, 2016 | 102 | 0.64[8] |
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Oliver works to master his powers after being outshined by Kaz during superhero training. Meanwhile, when Bree says Skylar is like a sister to her, they work out their new "sisterhood". Kaz discovers a new power, which enables him to shoot fire out of his mouth. Davenport and Chase are impressed. Oliver is a little bit intimidated. Bree is having trouble bonding with Skylar as a sister because on her planet all girls roughhouse their siblings as a way of having fun and showing love to them. Oliver later discovers a new power that he calls cyclone fingers. When Oliver shows Davenport his new power, it goes wonky and knocks him off his feet. Davenport is sent flying in the air and goes over the terrace railing. Rather than plummeting to his death, Davenport is able to hang off a bust of his head on the side of the skyscraper. Oliver goes to save him, while Kaz and Chase watch him with no backup plan. Oliver hangs from the head for a while, but he eventually saves Davenport. Meanwhile, Skylar and Bree finally form a bond in the meantime. At the end of the episode, Davenport starts remodeling his sculpture on the side of the building. Special guest star: Hal Sparks as Davenport | ||||||
| 3 | "Power Play" | Guy Distad | Andy Schwartz | March 16, 2016 | 103 | 0.58[9] |
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Oliver has always had a major crush on Skylar. Now that Oliver has powers, Skylar does not like it because she has lost her powers. Chase decides to come up with a solution to give Skylar her powers back, but he must inject coal into her body since it is her one weakness. Oliver gets jealous because he wants to be the one to give Skylar her powers back. Chase decides to let Oliver take the credit despite being reluctant to it. After injecting the cure, Skylar starts to become weak and ill from the coal and is coughing up vapor that can kill everyone in the building. She pulls through and gets her powers back. Skylar learns that the illness was just a side effect. Meanwhile, Kaz goes behind Bree's back and agrees to pig sit Mrs. Ramsey's pig. However, this is all just a scheme for the woman impersonating their neighbor to rob the penthouse. The pig outsmarts both Kaz and Bree and locks them out on the balcony. They stand there watching Mrs. Ramsey stealing everything until Kaz notices an open window above them and flies back into the penthouse. Chase, Oliver, and Skylar come upstairs. Skylar stops Mrs. Ramsey with her newly restored superpowers. Guest star: Patrika Darbo as Mrs. Ramsey | ||||||
| 4 | "The Superhero Code" | Victor Gonzalez | Julia Miranda | March 23, 2016 | 106 | 0.44[10] |
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When Kaz's little brother, Kyle, visits Kaz becomes jealous. Kyle likes Chase more than him. Kaz cannot reveal his identity as a superhero due to the "superhero code". Chase's controlling attitude gets on Kaz's nerves. Kaz and Kyle explore the unauthorized areas of the base. Kyle ends up trapped after messing with the mainframe computer. Chase attempts to get him out of the cage, but he is knocked out by a shock from the cage. Kaz is forced to reveal his superhero identity. He uses his firepower to break the cage open. As Kaz is about to reveal the truth, Kyle thinks they made Kaz bionic, which he follows through with that lie. Oliver and Skylar agreed they will also have to pass themselves off as bionic in public so that they can use their powers freely. Guest star: Tristan DeVan as Kyle | ||||||
| 5 | "Need for Speed" | Victor Gonzalez | Greg Schaffer | March 30, 2016 | 104 | 0.50[11] |
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Douglas comes to see them and wants to start making the mission suits for the team. Chase initially competes with Douglas to make the mission suits for the team. Chase and Kaz work together to make the mission suits. Douglas and Oliver work together to make the mission suits. When Oliver and Kaz test out the mission suits, they fail to catch a fly, which proves their suits' impracticality. Chase and Douglas decide to put their differences aside. Chase and Douglas work together to make the best mission suits for the team. Meanwhile, Bree is filming a shoe commercial. Bree and Skylar compete in a super speed race. The shoe commercial is not successful. Bree and Skylar sabotaged each other in the super speed race. Guest stars: Jeremy Kent Jackson as Douglas, Johnathan McClain as Tony | ||||||
| 6 | "Follow the Leader" | Guy Distad | Ken Blankstein | April 6, 2016 | 105 | 0.58[12] |
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After Chase is left behind during a mission because Perry shot out the controls of the hyperlift, Skylar steps in as mission leader, and the mission is a complete success. This makes Chase jealous. During the next mission, when Skylar is downstairs with Perry, Chase disables the hyperlift. Perry helps Skylar out of the headquarters and to the mission site through the underground tunnels that Perry used to break into the headquarters. At the mission location, the tunnel becomes unstable, and it almost collapses on Perry and Skylar. Chase pushes them out of the way, but it traps them. Perry tells Skylar that Chase disabled the hyperlift before the mission so that he could be mission leader again. Chase later admits that he feared losing the respect of the entire team. On the other side of the cave-in, Kaz manages to make a stable tunnel to where Chase, Skylar, and Perry were trapped. When Skylar is confronted by the rest of the team as to why she missed the mission, she tells them that the hyperlift malfunctioned again. She later explains it was the exact same way she felt when she lost her powers and that she would not wish that to happen to anyone. Perry uses this opportunity to blackmail Chase into getting her a penthouse next door to theirs. Meanwhile, Oliver and Kaz invent a game, which requires them to stack objects on top of each other. They try not to topple the tower of objects just like in Jenga. This skill allows them to successfully rescue Skylar, Chase, and Perry from the cave-in during the mission. Guest star: Maile Flanagan as Perry | ||||||
| 7 | "The List" | Victor Gonzalez | Kenny Byerly | April 13, 2016 | 107 | TBD |
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The team receives a box from Davenport with all the gadgets they used back in Mission Creek, which includes the cyber cloak and the memory wipe. Chase hosts a team meeting and compiles a list of all the superheroes from Mighty Med Hospital. He warns them that Roman and Riker are hunting them down. This includes Skylar's mentor and first friend Crossbow. Skylar wants to see her again, but Chase refuses because it is too risky. The team can only rely on the network that they receive the message. Kaz plays with the Chase and Bree dolls, but it is taken away by Chase over a dispute on what they are actually called. Skylar is worried that Crossbow did not get the message. Skylar and Oliver set out to find her. When they leave, Roman and Riker were eavesdropping on them as ravens. They follow them. When Skylar and Oliver get to the park, they find her working as a groundskeeper. Riker spies on Kaz who is distracted by listening to music. Skylar and Oliver inform Crossbow that Roman and Riker are hunting all superheroes. As soon as they start to leave, Roman shows up and attacks Crossbow. She suffers a tough blow. Kaz checks out the cyber desk until Bree and Chase walk in on him looking for the list. When Bree talks about the dolls that Kaz was playing with, he does not remember it. Kaz transforms into Riker looking for the list. Oliver tries to attack Roman, but he is easily defeated. Skylar attacks him, but she is defeated as well. As Roman tries to walk away with Crossbow, Riker shows up and informs him that the other superheroes know of their presence. Bree and Chase follow Riker to the park. Roman and Riker try to form their deadly swarm, but it does not work because Riker turns into Bree and Bree into Kaz. Bree informs Roman that Riker is locked in a freezer. Roman makes a deal to let Crossbow live in exchange for Riker and the list. Skylar agrees, and Bree brings back Riker. When Roman tosses the list to Riker, Crossbow destroys it. Roman kills her. Skylar attacks Roman and Riker out of anger and defeats them. Riker and Roman leave. Roman warns them he will be back. Kaz and Oliver are able to revive Crossbow by turning her gloves inside out. Every superhero received the message. Roman and Riker's father who was presumably dead tells them they failed him, but he has a plan to take down the Elite Force team. Guest stars: Booboo Stewart as Roman, Ryan Potter as Riker, Eric Steinberg as Rodissius, Pepi Sonuga as Crossbow | ||||||
Broadcast
The series premiered on Disney XD in the United States on March 2, 2016.[13] In Canada, it premiered on Disney XD on March 2, 2016, and on Disney Channel on March 6, 2016.[14][15]
Notes
References
- ↑ "'Lab Rats: Elite Force' merges two hit series into one big spin-off". MSN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (September 3, 2015). "Disney XD Greenlights ‘Lab Rats’ and ‘Mighty Med’ Spinoff Series". Variety. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Disney XD's New Spinoff Series "Lab Rats: Elite Force" Premieres Wednesday, March 2" (Press release). Disney XD. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016 – via The Futon Critic.
- ↑ "Lab Rats: Elite Force Episode Guide". Zap2it.
- ↑ "Lab Rats: Elite Force Episode Listings". The Futon Critic.
- ↑ "Lab Rats: Elite Force". Disney XD Press.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (March 3, 2016). "Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 3.2.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (March 10, 2016). "Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 3.9.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (March 17, 2016). "Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 3.16.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (March 24, 2016). "Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 3.23.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (March 31, 2016). "Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 3.30.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (April 7, 2016). "Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 4.6.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Lab Rats: Elite Force Fact Sheet". Disney XD. February 11, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Lab Rats: Elite Force, a Spinoff of Popular Comedy Series Lab Rats and Might Med, Premieres Wednesday, March 2, 2016". Corus Entertainment. February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Disney Channel Canada Schedule". Disney Channel. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
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