History Series / LabRats

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Leo is offended when he is placed in the beginner level of students at the academy while Adam, Bree and Chase are made mentors. He soon acknowledges thst he has a lot to learn and quickly begins advancing through the ranks.

* MissionControl: Leo's assigned position on the team as of ''Missin' The Mission''.
%%* MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: Eddy. ''Full stop.''

* DisturbingStatistic: In the pilot, after Chase, Bree, and Adam cause chaos in the gym at Leo's school, Chase tries to defuse the ensuing panic by saying that statistically speaking, at least 70% of them will make it out alive if they stay calm. [[YouCanPanicNow Panic resumes shortly after.]]

'''Leo:''' ''...Living in my basement?!''[[note]]''...Living on a bionic island!'' ''(in season 4)''[[/note]]

The series ran for four seasons from 2012 to 2016 with its final episode, the two-parter ''The Vanishing'', having aired on February 3, 2016. In addition to several RedSkiesCrossover and CrossThrough links with other Creator/DisneyXD series, it was announced in September 2015 that both ''Lab Rats'' and ''Series/MightyMed'' would be replaced by a permanent crossover series called ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce''.

** Adam taking home an animal/living being that's randomly unattended; A horse in Season 1, a llama in Season 2, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick 30 bionic solders]] in Season 3, Otis (who happened to be Douglas's dog) in Season 4.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: After Tasha has to jump through hoops trying to convince Rose that Adam, Bree, and Chase were the manor's staff, Donald gives a sanitized version of the truth: they are his brother's kids that he adopted. Rose immediately lampshades this by asking, "Why didn't you just say so?!"

** In ''Commando App'', showing the yesteryear's Christmas party of the Lab Rats, when Spike appeared.

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%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Leo

** Adam taking home an animal/living being that's randomly unattended; A horse in Season 1, a llama in Season 2, 30 bionic solders in Season 3, Otis in Season 4, who happened to be Douglas's dog.

* BadBadActing: Leo and Adam in "Leo's Jam".

* BerserkButton: In ''Crush, Chop and Burn'', the Lab Rats can get very upset if they are called robots.

** Kelli Berglund gets to show some of her dance moves in the school dance episode.
** Tyrel Jackson Williams isn't a slouch in the dance department, either.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: After jumping through hoops trying to convince Rose that Adam, Bree, and Chase were a manny, personal trainer, and chef, Donald gives a sanitized version of the truth: they are his brother's kids that he adopted. Rose immediately lampshades this by asking, "Why didn't you just say so?!"

-->'''Donald''': What the- *a car horn honks*
* CustomUniform: The bionic teens’ mission suits each have different designs; for instance, Bree’s is a tight catsuit, and Leo’s has a hood and a red right sleeve indicating where his bionic arm is.

** A trio of superpowered siblings who were created in a lab and have to balance living normal lives with managing their powers and using them to fight evil. [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Sounds familiar?]]

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Bree in "Parallel Universe":
--> '''Bree:''' It's pronounced "Br-AY"! Like "breath" without the "-thh"!

* DisturbingStatistic: In the pilot, after Chase, Bree, and Adam cause chaos in the gym at Leo's school, Chase tries to defuse the ensuing panic by saying that statistically speaking, at least 70% of them will make it out alive if they stay calm. [[RealityEnsues Panic resumes shortly after.]]

* RealityEnsues: In ''Scramble The Orbs'', the school board has been observing Trent's actions, and warn him not to abuse other students anymore since there's a huge difference between a student bullying another student and a faculty member harassing a student.
** In ''Which Father Knows Best?'' Chase upgraded Donald's motorcycle to reach 400 mph. Chase gave it a test run, but it ran out of gas too quickly because it gets 12 inches to the gallon. As it turns out, if you upgrade to increase a vehicle's top speed, its gas mileage will decrease.
** The bionic army saved Leo's life, showing that without the Triton app, they were no longer a threat to the world. However, the President still gives the order to take them into custody since, benign or not, he can't have hundreds of teenagers with superpowers and no understanding of how the world works roaming free.
** Despite his experience with bionics, Leo is not made a mentor in the academy because he still has a large amount to learn before he is ready for a leadership position.

* SuperIntelligence: Chase.
* SuperStrength: Adam.

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Adam, Bree and Chase.
** As of early Season Two, Leo fits this as well.

* RealityEnsues: In ''Scramble The Orbs'', the school board has been observing Trent's actions, and warn him not to abuse other students anymore.

** From the end of "You Posted What!?!": "Rise, secret soldiers! Rise!"

In addition to several RedSkiesCrossover and CrossThrough links with other Creator/DisneyXD series, it had a full CrossOver with ''Series/MightyMed'' in the Summer of 2015.

The series ran for four seasons from 2012 to 2016 with its final episode, the two-parter ''The Vanishing'', having aired on February 3, 2016.

Before then in September 2015, it was announced that both ''Lab Rats'' and ''Mighty Med'' will be replaced by a permanent crossover series called ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce'', set to air in March 2, 2016. Though only Chase, Bree, and Donald have been confirmed to be returning.

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* AbsenteeActor: While Leo and the titular trio have had perfect attendance so far, Donald is absent from many episodes, such as ''Death Spiral Smackdown'', ''Air Leo'' and ''Spike's Got Talent''. However, he is sometimes mentioned in these episodes because of his inventions.
* AbusiveParent: Donald shows this a bit "The Lab Rats Strike Back", But the real winner is his brother. [[spoiler: Douglas attempted to turn his biological kids into weapons]] and didn't seem at all sad when he revealed that [[spoiler: Marcus' life expectancy (as an android) is 16]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler:Douglas wanted to hold family game nights with the kids, to at least show he's not a total monster]].
** Donald was this to Adam, Bree and Chase before Leo met them, but unintentionally. He didn't exactly treat them badly, he just didn't let them go out because he was afraid (with a good reason) they wouldn't be able to control their powers or emotions. Also, as he puts it, he was so busy training their superhuman side he completely forgot their human side.

** Robo Perry in "Perry 2.0", in her default mode, which is search and destroy.
* AlliterativeName: Donald Davenport. Also, the high school mascot, Dewey Dingo.

** Turns out this was invoked by Douglas for all his kids-- '''A'''dam, '''B'''ree, '''C'''hase, [[spoiler: and '''D'''aniel]]. This was actually because their original names were subject A, subject B, subject C, [[spoiler: and subject D.]]

* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:Marcus has the all the Lab Rats' abilities and more.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:After Giselle and Marcus were defeated, the Lab Rats' and Bionic Soldiers' chips were restored. However, with the soldiers now at expert level, it was time to prepare them for their next chapter that there was no need for the mentors anymore, causing Adam and Leo to stay at the academy and oversee the transition. Davenport is set to create a new team, which Chase and Bree join, leading them to their new adventure in ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce'']].

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Adam has a platonic one toward Chase after they [[spoiler: think he died]] in Bionic Action Hero.

* AnimalEyeSpy: played with the mechanical flies.
* ApocalypticLog: [[spoiler:Leo finds out that Donald has made one for the Rats that will activate in event of a '''real''' emergency.]]

* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:The Lab Rats' ''real'' father, Douglas]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In ''Avalanche'', Chase's line mocking [[spoiler: Douglas.]]

-->'''Leo:''' The only things that motivates that woman (Principal Perry) are revenge, rage and kitty calendars.
* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Marcus is an android.]]
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Principal Perry. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample]]
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* BadassBookworm:
%%** Chase.
** In ''Quarantined'', Donald showed that he also has some serious fighting skills - which were actually foreshadowed in ''Bionic Birthday Fail''.

%%* BarrierWarrior: Chase.

** Douglas Davenport has taken over this position in Season Two (as of ''Bionic Showdown''), reducing Principal Perry to being TheHeavy.

** [[spoiler:[[DragonAscendant Sebastian, aka S-3 from Krane's bionic army]]]], was the ArcVillain from the Season 3 finale until the Season 4 premiere.
** Victor Krane still has a strong influence in Season 4, but it seems Giselle has taken this role, [[spoiler:and intends to bring back Marcus]].

* BodySurf: In "Three Minus Bree", Leo invents a flu-curing pill which Tasha uses for her cold; but when copying the schematics to get the diagnosis, he accidentally transfers Eddy's data to the pill, resulting in Eddy taking over Tasha's body.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In ''Three Minus Bree'', Bree just wanted some freedom from her bionic life and felt Donald was taking so much away from her life. While she does have a legitimate argument about taking the lead on her own life, Daonald is also right in reminding her that she has responsibilities as a member of the team, even if it means forsaking other opportunities. By destroying her chip, Bree did take her point too far, to the extent that it leaned towards selfishness.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Douglas manages to install an app into Adam, Bree, and Chase that lets him do this to them in the Season 3 premiere,]] leading to...
** IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Leo eventually manages to get through to Chase, who musters enough HeroicWillpower to break free of Douglas's control and subsequently override his control of Adam and Bree.]]
** Chase and Bree in "The Curse of the Screaming Skull"
* BrokenMasquerade: [[spoiler: Not only were the heroes on Youtube, but they now have a press conference, and are government-sanctioned. And Government OWNED.]]
** [[spoiler:Strangely enough, the crossover with Mighty Med reveals that superheroes have been unaware of the existence of the Lab Rats, even though they've been all over the news like crazy. The only ones who caught on to the Bionic Heroes were Kaz and Oliver, and they're normos among the superhero community. To be fair, due to the nature of bionic technology copying superpowers, superheroes don't consider bionics to be anything special]].

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[[folder:C]]
%%* CainAndAbel: Douglas and Donald.

* CandidCameraPrank: Donald's slide show showcasing his security cameras catching the kids misbehavior, in ''Drone Alone''. [[InvertedTrope Completely inverted]] when Eddy refuses to tell what Marcus does in ''Concert In A Can'', and [[WhatThehellHero says absolutely nothing about his activities]] in ''Mission:Space'', ''Who Is Marcus?'' and ''Speed Trapped''.
** Last one is arguably averted since Donald shutdown Eddie for awhile due to him messing around with Tasha on hers and Donald Anniversary.

** Donald's: "BOOM!" He even argues about it [[SharedFamilyQuirks with Douglas.]]

** [[spoiler:Victor Krane gets shot in space during ''Space Colony'']].
** [[spoiler:Giselle gets killed in the series finale, by being sliced to several pieces by her own whip]].
* [[spoiler:ChildSoldiers: Douglas was the one responsible for giving bionics to the Lab Rats, for the purpose of training them as [[SuperSoldier living weapons for sale to the highest bidder]]. Cue Donald taking the kids and putting them in hiding before the series]]

* CliffHanger: Season 2 finale, "No Going Back", ends with [[spoiler:the Lab Rats running away from home for fear, Leo and Donald stuck in the elevator, Donald without any money, and the lab completely destroyed]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: After jumping through hoops trying to convince Rose that Adam, Bee, and Chase were a manny, personal trainer, and chef, Donald gives a sanitized version of the truth: they are his brother's kids that he adopted. Rise immediately lampshades this by asking, "Why didn't you just say so?!"
* CrazyCatLady: Principal Perry

* CustomUniform: The bionic teens’ mission suits each have different designs; for instance Bree’s is a tight catsuit and [[spoiler: Leo’s has a red right sleeve indicating where his bionic arm is.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Season 2 has become this.

** [[spoiler:Leo in ''Back From The Future''.]]
** [[spoiler:This could also be Marcus' fate in ''Bionic Showdown''. Turns out he's not ''technically'' dead, being an android and all, but his body remains intact to the point Giselle can fix him and reactivate him]].
** [[spoiler:Happens to S-1 in ''Rise of The Secret Soldiers'', where Leo fires her into the sky. Come Season 4, turns out she survived]].

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Leo is offended when he is placed in the beginner level of students at the academy, citing his experience training and fighting with Adam, Bee, and Chase. He soon acknowledges thst he has a lot to learn and quickly begins advancing through the ranks.
* DumbassHasAPoint: from Donald's point-of-view, Leo's suggestions that save the day in ''Missin' The Mission''.

* DynamicEntry: Leo's arrival in ''Bionic Showdown'', when he [[spoiler: shows up in the combat exoskeleton that he wore in ''Exoskeleton Vs. Grandma'']].
* EasilyForgiven: The bionic soldiers, once freed from the Triton app, are not punished for their actions and are in fact taken to the Bionic Island to be trained to use their bionics more efficiently
* EggSitting: The subplot of "Spy Fly", where Adam and Chase must take care of baby dolls, [[HilarityEnsues but then they try to destroy each other's]].

* EpicFail: Eddy as a security system. He's either absolutely worthless (look at the way he's allowed Marcus to roam about inside the Davenport home, and there's no excuse for him not immediately informing Donald about Marcus firing his eye lasers at Leo and threatening to expose them all) - or ''[[TheMole he's been working against Donald all along.]]''
** ... You do realize he was probably still shut down due to the events of last night when the eyebeams happened right?

* EyeBeams: Adam has this power whenever he gets really angry. Marcus also shows that he has this power in ''Speed trapped'' - [[OhCrap and he has no problem using it on people.]]

* FascinatingEyebrow: Marcus does this ''a lot'', especially when he's thinking up a scheme.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Astute viewers will notice that [[spoiler:Leo is suddenly missing from the helicopter that rescues Adam, Bee, and Chase from the freighter. That clue keys in the audience that it is actually Douglas in disguise.]]
** Perry insists that the island's weapon supply has been stolen despite it being right in front of them. Bree sarcastically quips that the weapons are back through 'the miracle of cinema'. A few seconds later, it is revealed that the weapons were in fave stolen and everyone is looking at a hologram.

** [[spoiler:Leo having bionic powers in "Parallel Universe", now that he actually has them.]]
** The ending of ''The Vanishing''. [[spoiler:Sad as it is to break the team up, Davenport's tone indicates that it's out of extremely serious circumstances, and mentions a new team. We find out how serious the situation is in ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce'']].

* FutureMeScaresMe: Averted with Future!Leo and played with Future!Donald (Mostly there scared because Future!Donald REALLY let himself go in the weight department after the Lab Rats died in a averted future.).

* HeelFaceTurn: First happens to Douglas in Season 3 joins the heroes and later, [[spoiler:S-1]] in Season 4.

* IdiosyncraticWipes: the show has four of them:

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Done to [[spoiler: Chase by Leo]] in "Sink Or Swim, Part 2" [[spoiler: when Douglas and Victor have taken control of Adam, Bree and Chase and made them run amok.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''Douglas:''']] Well, not in that order.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Parallel universe's Bree in "Parallel Universe":

* KnightOfCerebus: Like most Disney shows, the majority of the villains are reasonably harmless and normally portrayed as light-hearted. Marcus on the other hand, once he drops his nice guy act, is presented as Sociopathic bully, that realistically tries to murder Leo.

*** Which then gets takes UpToEleven when Douglas' benefactor Krane (who has also been given bionics) shows up, and demonstrates that he has zero consideration for the well-being or lives of anyone who gets in the way of his plans.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Douglas]] does this to [[spoiler:the Rats]] in ''Bionic Showdown''. [[DefiedTrope Defied]] when [[spoiler:the Rats]] tell [[spoiler:Donald]] that they feel that way about him.

* MauveShirt: Out of all the Bionic Soldiers, Lexi's, Tanks's, and Kate's characterizations are limited to the episodes they appear in. On the other hand, Spin, Bob and Sebastian have had prominent recurring roles throughout.

* MirrorUniverse: In the episode ''Parallel Universe''. Things are very much opposite; to begin with, Leo in that world has the bionics of the Lab Rats along with abilities he's seen before, and Adam Bree and Chase are {{Muggles}} not related to Donald, but also EvilCounterparts in the sense that they are antagonistic to Leo after finding out he is bionic. Personality wise, Donald is an insecure, inventor-in-training, his mom is a {{Jerkass}} mogul who abuses Donald, Adam, Bree and Chase have opposite personalities, with Adam being philosophical, Bree being an even bigger brat than her main counterpart, and Chase being a {{Jerk Jock}} instead of a snarky nerd. In addition, Principal Perry is good, kind and altruistic, even helping Leo escape the government agents and the Lab Rats' alternate counterparts.

* MoneyFetish: Chase seems to have develop this in "Chore Wars".

* {{Muggles}}: The entire population of Mission Creek besides the Davenports and Principal Perry, who used to be the most prominent example. Most notable examples are Caitlin, Trent and Grandma Rose.

* NestedStoryReveal: [[spoiler:"Principal from Another Planet", which at the end of the episode is revealed to be just a movie Leo made for a sci-fi film festival.]]

* NeverWakeUpASleepwalker: In ''Under Siege'' Douglas says this after they find out [[spoiler: Leo]] is sleepwalking due to malfunctioning bionics. He says that waking them up too suddenly could cause their bionics to short circuit and destroy them.

* NoodleIncident: Perry has dozens, and it became a plot point in ''Spike Fright''.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler:Both Victor Krane and S-1 were shot in the sky when they were defeated. Their fates were left ambiguous as there was nothing to confirm their deaths, but they have since been presumed deceased due to the hits they took. However, it later turns out S-1 survived--she woke up in a field and had been in hiding since the end of the battle, later reuniting with her brothers and sisters and [[HeelFaceTurn is no longer evil]]. As for Krane, he ended up being severely injured, but the evil scientist Dr. Gao found him and gave him a mask to help him breathe. Krane ended up returning in "Space Colony", but was finally killed during the space battle]].
* NotMeThisTime: In ''Under Siege'', everyone assumes Kerry, Perry's troublemaking niece who happened to be visiting the academy, was responsible for the suspicious events happening in the academy. Sure, Kerry did end up stealing their belongings, but it turned out it wasn't her who was destroying the academy, it was [[spoiler:a sleepwalking Leo]].

** In "The Haunting of Mission Creek High", when a ghost terrorizing the school [[spoiler: is revealed to be a prank played once a decade by Principal Perry]], Ms Thistle (who is a absent minded old lady) uses one of Davenport's electromagnetic rifles to taser Principal Perry, leaving her paralyzed on the floor and conscious while she states "[[TheDogBitesBack It wasn't that funny 20 years ago and it's not funny now.]]"
** When revealing himself on Davenportia, [[spoiler:Krane]] stops posturing and takes a moment with the Lab Rats to enjoy watching Perry fail and crash on a jetpack.

* PersonalityPowers: The kids' powers actually come across like this.

** [[GenkiGirl Bree is a highly unstable teenage girl]] with SuperSpeed, and [[AppointmentTelevision for God's sake, let her watch]] [[RealityTV her reality-TV programs]]. [[GRatedDrug It's the only thing]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that keeps her from unleashing all of]] '''[[AirplaneArms THAT]]''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments on her brothers!]]
** Chase is [[InsufferableGenius not only smart, but a smarty-pants]].

* PowerIncontinence: The Lab Rats have to be careful or else there powers could glitch.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Appears to be a side-effect of boys' bionic powers in overdrive, as it happens when Chase becomes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Spike]] and when Adam discovers his hidden bionic ability of a supercharged energy blast (in ''Bionic Showdown''). Then when Bree loses her temper, her vocal manipulation will kick in and make her speak in a deep, angry voice.
** When Marcus is being evil (and using his powers,) he tends to do a deeper voice than when he's pretending to be a friend to the Lab Rats.

* RealityEnsues: In ''Scramble The Orbs'', the school board has been taking watch over Trent's actions, and warn him not to abuse other students anymore.
** In ''Which Father Knows Best?'' Chase upgraded Donald's motorcycle to reach 400 mph. Chase gave it a test run, but it ran out of gas too quickly because it gets 12 inches to the gallon. As it turns out, if you upgrade to increase a vehicle's top speed, it's gas mileage will decrease.

** It's interesting to notice that in "Missin' the Mission" the Lab Rats get detention for missing school a lot because they are on mission.

** In the series finale, Adam dancing to distract Giselle is the exact same trick Starlord used on Ronan The Accuser in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', and it worked.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: First we have Principal Perry, a ruthless, tyrant principal who [[ForTheEvulz enjoys making students grovel at her feet]]. Later, there's Marcus, an AxCrazy bionic [[spoiler:android]] who has it out for Leo the most, that he later blackmails him. Then, there's Douglas Davenport, Donald's evil brother who wanted to use his creations as SuperSoldiers. Finally, there is Victor Krane, who is bionic and wants to use his powers to [[UpToEleven kill the main characters]].

* SwappedRoles: Frustrated and angry with Principal Perry's abuses of power, Bree insists she would make a better principal. Perry accepts the challenge and lets her be the principal for one day, convinced she'll crash and burn in less then 2 hours. When Bree's leadership actually improves the school, Perry retaliates by becoming a student hooligan who turns the school upside down just to sabotage the contest. Bree has the last laugh however, as she [[spoiler: brings in Perry's authoritian and very scary mother to punish her for making trouble.]]

* [[TookALevelInBadass Took A Level In BadButt]]: In ''Parallel Universe'', Leo showed some actual fighting skills against the [[GovernmentConspiracy MIBs]] that showed up to capture him - as well as being willing to fire on his attackers '''first.'''

* UnexpectedCharacter: Trailers led fans to believe Dr. Gao is the main villain of ''Space Colony'', but we find out [[spoiler:Krane is back and Dr. Gao is his partner]].

* VillainExitStageLeft: During his base destruction, Douglas made his escape.

* WeAreAsMayflies: Bionic abilities in androids leads to them burning out very quickly. According to Douglas, [[spoiler:Marcus had very little time left.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Leo's comment about how Eddy failed as a security system (he allowed Marcus to enter the lab, not to mention [[IdiotBall the spy camera that Eddy still hasn't detected]], or Marcus' activities in ''Who Is Marcus?'') hasn't been addressed by Donald yet. This MIGHT be averted due to the reveal of who Marcus' dad is, afterall, who better to know where security leaks and how to hide stuff better than Donald's brother. No excuse on the ''Who is Marcus?'' fiasco, though.
** We haven't had any mention of Adam's plasma grenades or flame vision since "Air Leo", either. though the Plasma Grenade might be connected to Adam's new KamehameHadoken.

** ''Mission Space'': [[spoiler: Marcus is indeed a trouble-maker and is spying on the Davenports along with someone else.]]
** ''Speed Trapped'': [[spoiler: Marcus is revealed to be a bionic. Leo finds this out but has to keep quiet lest Marcus attack his family.]]
** ''Bionic Showdown'': [[spoiler: The appearance of Douglas Davenport, Donald's brother who reveals he's the real creator of Adam, Bree and Chase as well as Marcus. After a fight, Marcus is apparently crushed by debris but Douglas manages to escape.]]
** ''Avalanche'': [[spoiler: Douglas reappears again and tries to sway Chase to his side. He fails and is frozen in an ice block and promptly sent to jail.]]
** Season 2 finale ''No Going Back'': [[spoiler: Perry finds out about the kids being bionic and an FBI agent begins investigating their home. Adam, Bree and Chase fear the Government will take them away and run away from home to avoid this. But it turns out the agent was looking into a case for Donald, whose bank account was hacked and left him broke. After Donald and Leo find out that the bionic siblings are missing, they set out to find them. Just as they do so, Douglas reveals he was behind the hacking, having been broken free from his ice prison by a mysterious bionic person. He then remotely blows up the lab, leaving Donald and Leo with no means to track the trio.]]
** Season 3 opening, ''Sink or Swim'': [[spoiler: We meet the masked man, Victor Krane, who is revealed to be Douglas's benefactor and an adult cybernetically enhance human who's shown to be even more dangerous threat than Douglas and Marcus have been.]]
** ''Taken'': [[spoiler: Krane inevitably turns on Douglas and attempts to destroy Adam, Bree and Chase himself. Douglas ultimately has a change of heart and helps save them but has to go into hiding when Kane escapes after he's beaten.]]
** ''Which Father Knows Best'': [[spoiler: Douglas helps restore Bree's bionic chip and Donald offers him a second chance, allowing him to move in with the family.]]
** ''You Posted What!?!'': [[spoiler: Adam, Bree and Chase are caught on camera using their cybernetics and exposed to the rest of the world. Government agents soon come to their house to take them away but they refuse. In the middle of this it's revealed that Krane was responsible for outing them and even has a bionic child of his own named S-1 who had filmed them. During an attack, Leo's right arm is crushed but Douglas saves it by making it bionic. After the group manage to defeat Krane and S-1, the siblings announce to the world they're bionic superheroes. However, Krane shows that he has more bionic soldiers lying in wait. A ''lot'' more.]]
** ''Rise of the Secret Soldier'' and the following episodes afterward [[spoiler:sets up the events of the Bionic Island story arc]].
** ''Bionic Action Hero'': [[spoiler: Douglas's ex-girlfrend, Giselle, reveals she's trying to get into the bionic solider trade herself and attempts to steal the data from the bionic island under the guise of wanting to make a movie. Her plans are thwarted and her android is destroyed. But she manages to escape and heads to what's left of Douglas's old lair where she finds the remains of Marcus, intent on reviving him.]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Averted, the shows made it very clear on multiple occasions, that the mere fact that Adam, Bree and Chase where created in a lab doesn't make them any less valuable than normal humans. Likewise all of them (including Krane's army) are presented as being very human in needs, wants and feelings. Throughout, the only people who try and dehumanise them, are always presented as unpleasant and bigoted at best, and outright psychotic at worst.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Averted in the finale. [[spoiler:The bionic teens are told their chips will be fried following a countdown, but Giselle actually did so with a flash of light while issuing the threat.]]

* CharacterDeath:

* NotSoAboveItAll: In "The Haunting of Mission Creek High", when a ghost terrorizing the school [[spoiler: is revealed to be a prank played once a decade by Principal Perry]], Ms Thistle (who is a absent minded old lady) uses one of Davenport's electromagnetic rifles to taser Principal Perry, leaving her paralyzed on the floor and conscious while she states "[[TheDogBitesBack It wasn't that funny 20 years ago and it's not funny now.]]"