Rated A for Awesome explained

Genre:	Comedy
Voices:	Sam Vincent Brian Drummond Colin Murdock Chiara Zanni Tabitha St. Germain Kathleen Barr Brian Dobson
Creator:	Asaph Fipke
Director:	Sebastian Brodin George Samilski Blair Simmons Ray Grewal Steve Ball
Executive Producer:	Asaph Fipke Chuck Johnson Ken Faier
Producer:	Asaph Fipke
Theme Music Composer:	Jonathan Evans
Composer:	Hal Beckett
Runtime:	22 minutes
Company:	Nerd Corps Entertainment
Country:	Canada
Channel:	YTV Disney XD
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	26

Rated A for Awesome is a Canadian animated television series created by Asaph Fipke.^[1] It premiered on YTV on September 3, 2011, and ended on February 25, 2012. Rated A for Awesome also aired on Disney XD in the United States. The series was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment.

Premise

Four 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 (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 (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 (Series premiere)	Les' Song of Doom	Steve Sacks	Asaph Fipke	Steve Daye	September 3, 2011
2	Just Add Water	Melting the Ice	George Gendi	Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Rob Davies and Rob Simmons	Randolph Heard	September 10, 2011
3	When Hall Freezes Over	Awesome Ride	Sebastian Brodin Teleplay by: Trevor Bentley and Mauro Casalese	Randolph Heard	George Gendi	September 17, 2011
4	Club Detention	Lawn Rangers	Mark Warner	Steve Daye Story by: Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Rob Davies and Rob Simmons	Tramm Wigzell	September 24, 2011
5	Sleep Smart	Leader of the Pack	Randolph Heard	Steve Daye	George Gendi	October 1, 2011
6	Go Away Day	Incredi-Posse	Robert Scull	Frédéric Mintoff	Randolph Heard	October 8, 2011
7	Yearbooked	Lost in Character	Randolph Heard	Tramm Wigzell	Terry Kalagian	October 15, 2011
8	Cue Applause	Sell Out Show	Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Rob Davies and Rob Simmons	Randolph Heard	Tramm Wigzell	October 22, 2011
9	Scary-Go-Round	Awesomely Different Drum Major	Randolph Heard	Tramm Wigzell	Steve Daye	October 29, 2011
10	Little Shopping of Horrors	King of Links	Steve Sacks	Joe Liss	Randolph Heard	November 5, 2011
11	Dental Denial	The Voice of Lard	Randolph Heard	Tramm Wigzell and Joe Liss	Steve Daye	November 12, 2011
12	Bend It Like Burt	Lazy Monkey Morning	Asaph Fipke	Randolph Heard	Tramm Wigzell	November 19, 2011
13	Thera's Awesome Date With Destiny	Erik the Biking	Aaron Preacher	Asaph Fipke	Randolph Heard	November 26, 2011
14	Clothes Picker-Upper of Doom	Nightmare on Glicker Street	Trevor Wall	Steve Daye	Asaph Fipke	December 3, 2011
15	Bad News Noam	You've Got Blackmail!	George Gendi	Asaph Fipke	Trevor Wall	December 10, 2011
16	Me Ugh, You Awesome	Dancing More or Les	Carin Greenberg	Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Rob Davies and Rob Simmons	Asaph Fipke	December 17, 2011
17	Best Frenemies Forever	Garbage In, Garbage Out	Trevor Wall	Steve Daye	Asaph Fipke	December 24, 2011
18	When Twitchy Met Tonga	Silent Night, Awesome Night	Tapaas Chakravarti	Randolph Heard	Carin Greenberg	December 31, 2011
19	Go Fish	Brat Busters	Randoplh Heard	Steve Daye	Asaph Fipke	January 7, 2012
20	Don't Judge a Mutant By Its Slobber	Armed and Dangerous	Rose-Ann Heaytile	David "Oatmeal" Brown	John W. Hyde	January 14, 2012
21	Used Tissue of Doom	When Mascots Attack	Brian Boyle	Carin Greenberg	Asaph Fipke	January 21, 2012
22	Always Be Awesome	Go for the Gust-o	Annie Miles	Laurie Elliott	Brian Boyle	January 28, 2012
23	Too Many Monkeys	The Truth About Twitchy	Asaph Fipke	Tapaas Chakravarti	Trevor Drinkwater	February 4, 2012
24	Thera's Brother the Car	Mall of the Living Doll	Brian Boyle	Randolph Heard	Carin Greenberg	February 11, 2012
25	Against All Awesome	Planet of the Gills	Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Rob Davies and Rob Simmons	Brian Boyle	Randolph Heard	February 18, 2012
26	ET Phone Noam	Noam No More (Series finale)	Tapaas Chakravarti	Trevor Drinkwater	Brian Boyle	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]

External links

• (archived February 5, 2013 at the Wayback Machine)
• at Nerd Corps Entertainment (archived October 30, 2012 at the Wayback Machine)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Watch Disney XD Shows - Full Episodes & Videos | DisneyNOW . July 13, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231146/http://disney.go.com/xd/ratedaforawesome/characters/index.html . June 28, 2011 .
2. Web site: Rated a for Awesome . ratedaforawesome.ytv.com . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205005833/http://ratedaforawesome.ytv.com/explore . 5 February 2012 . dead.
3. Web site: Hot Talent: Nerd Corps refocuses its glasses on original series. Lianne. Stewart. Kidscreen. October 1, 2005.
4. Web site: Disney’s Summer TV Debut is ‘Rated A for Awesome’. Tom. McLean. Animation Magazine. April 13, 2011.
5. Web site: Parents' Guide to Rated A for Awesome. Emily. Ashby. Common Sense Media. 2023-07-05.