Summary

Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) are two teenagers who become stepbrothers when Drake's mother, Audrey Parker (Nancy Sullivan), and Josh's father, Walter Nichols (Jonathan Goldstein), get married. Drake is described as an easygoing, simple, lucky, lazy, popular, and attractive teenage boy who plays guitar and easily gets girls while Josh is a diligent, unlucky, dorky, sarcastic, and unpopular teenager, who constantly has to be fed up with Drake's mischievous behavior. They are often tortured by their evil little sister, Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove), who often plays pranks on them for which she never gets punished. She only gets Drake and Josh in trouble. Walter, Josh's father, is an outdated meteorologist, who can be described as unlucky and clumsy, like Josh, and Audrey, Drake and Megan's mom, is stricter than Walter. The parents are the only people in the family unaware of the torture they go through with Megan, as Walter begins to realize Megan is truly evil in seasons 3 and 4. Throughout the series, Drake and Josh go through many conflicts, misadventures, and misfortunes. The conflicts are mainly social and the relationship between the two, while others themes include school, work, and Megan.

[edit] Characters

Main article: List of Drake & Josh characters

[edit] Main characters

  • Drake Bell as Drake Parker, the girl-crazy teenager who constantly causes his brother Josh pain and misery, often because they are faced with bizarre and unfortunate situations. He sometimes helps out Josh on a positive note, but typically there is some conflict between the two of them.
  • Josh Peck as Josh Nichols, the hard working, responsible, and sometimes overreacting brother of Drake. Josh has to deal with Drake's antics on a constant basis.
  • Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker, the little sister of Drake and Josh. Megan is the primary antagonist of the show, where she pulls pranks on the brothers and cause them emotional and sometimes physical pain and torment.
  • Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols, the father of Josh and stepfather of Drake and Megan. Working as a professional weatherman, Walter can be described as a clumsy, lame, and sometimes embarrassing dad towards his kids. He gives somewhat practical advice to Drake and Josh, and on occasion, Megan.
  • Nancy Sullivan as Audrey Parker, the mother of Drake and Megan and stepmother of Josh. She is a hard working mother, and is the stereotypical housewife (where she is seen cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry around the house). She is fairly strict towards her 3 kids when trouble arises and she does not let them get away with anything. NOTE: Her Name Was Not Said In The Show.

[edit] Other recurring characters

  • Yvette Nicole Brown as Helen Ophelia Dubois, the owner of the Premiere movie theater that Josh works at. She often favors Drake and not Josh, regardless of how hard working he is.
  • Jerry Trainor as "Crazy" Steve, an employee at the same movie theater who has uncontrollable anger outbursts. It is mentioned in the TV movie "Really Big Shrimp" that he has a criminal record.
  • Scott Halberstadt as Eric Blonowitz, a nerd who is one of Josh's good friends.
  • Alec Medlock as Craig Ramirez, another nerd who is one of Josh's good friends.
  • Allison Scagliotti as Mindy Crenshaw, the know-it-all who had an on and off relationship with Josh.
  • Jake Farrow as Gavin Mitchell, another employee of the Premiere who is described as "sleazy" and somewhat oblivious about things. It is revealed in the episode "The Storm" that he had a crush on Audrey.
  • Julia Duffy as Mrs. Hayfer, Drake and Josh's English teacher who loathes Drake, but adores Josh.
  • Cathy Shim as Leah, another employee of the Premiere and co-worker to Josh, she is also scared of "Crazy" Steve.

[edit] Crew

Name Position
Dan Schneider Creator
Executive Producer
Writer
Joe Catania Producer
Matthew Lee Supervising Producer

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Drake & Josh episodes

Season Ep # First Airdate Last Airdate
Season 1 6 January 11, 2004 February 22, 2004
Season 2 14 March 14, 2004 November 28, 2004
Season 3 20 April 2, 2005 April 8, 2006
Season 4 20 September 24, 2006 September 16, 2007

[edit] TV movies

Movie Airdate Episode #
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood January 6, 2006 Ep 32-34
Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp August 3, 2007 Ep 57-58
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh December 5, 2008 Ep 61-64

[edit] DVD releases

[edit] Drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers

(Release Date February 15, 2005)[1]

Contains 4 episodes:

  • Pilot
  • Dune Buggy
  • Two Idiots and a Baby
  • First Crush

Contains a Special Feature:

  • Never Before-Seen Outtakes

[edit] Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

(Release Date January 31, 2006)[2]

  • Contains the movie.
  • Contains Bloopers
  • Contains 2 bonus episodes; Helen's Surgery & Mindy's Back
  • Contains the Found a Way music video by Drake Bell

[edit] The Best of Drake & Josh-Seasons 1 & 2

(Release Date August 21, 2008)[3]

Contains a selection of Season 1 episodes:

  • Pilot
  • Dune Buggy
  • Two Idiots and a Baby
  • First Crush
  • Grammy

Contains a Selection of Season 2 Episodes

  • Pool Shark
  • Smart Girl
  • Little Diva
  • Number 1 Fan
  • Mean Teacher
  • Drew & Jerry
  • Honor Council

[edit] The Best of Drake & Josh-Seasons 3 & 4

(Release Date August 29, 2008)[4]

Contains a selection of Season 3 episodes:

  • We're Married?
  • Paging Dr. Drake
  • Foam Finger
  • Girl Power
  • Megan's New Teacher
  • Little Sibling
  • Theater Thug
  • Alien Invasion
  • Dr. Phyllis Show

Contains a selection of Season 4 episodes:

  • The Great Doheny
  • The Storm
  • Tree House
  • Megan's Revenge
  • Helicopter
  • Dance Contest

[edit] Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

(Release Date: December 19, 2008)[5]

[edit] Movies

[edit] Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

Main article: Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

Drake and Josh are left at home after their parents go on a cruise. They are told to bring Megan to the airport to visit her friend in Denver, but accidentally send her on a flight to Los Angeles. They go to Hollywood to get her back, and end up stopping a multi-billion dollar heist and booking a guest-spot for Drake on TRL. The movie aired on January 6, 2006, and, according to TV Guide, it became the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week. This is the first Drake and Josh movie to be presented in HD, sans the laugh track.

[edit] Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp

Spin City Records wants to sign Drake and his new song, "Makes Me Happy", for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune, but Josh's inexperience as a manager leads him to sign the contract without reading it. Josh, having been drooling over the giant shrimp at the meeting, accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. Drake fires Josh, and a series of bizarre events follow. Meanwhile at the Premiere, Helen is getting married, so she gives Mindy Crenshaw the job as assistant manager, the job Josh was after for a long time. Mindy, played by Allison Scagliotti, became Josh's girlfriend in later episodes of the series. Eventually, Josh sneaks into Spin City Records and switches the songs, which is against the law. This makes Drake a statewide superstar and his song "Makes Me Happy" gets played at Helen's wedding and at the Super Bowl. At the end, Drake & Josh fight against the shrimp at their room and later the flashback appears which is actually The Amanda Show scene. The movie aired on August 3, 2007. However, it is also considered an hour-long episode because it is treated like a typical episode with story elements based on films. The movie's premiere brought in 5.8 million viewers.[6] The premiere of the movie broke the record for the most views of a premiere of a Nickelodeon Movie. iGo to Japan later broke that record, until the airing of Merry Christmas Drake and Josh, took the record back.

[edit] Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

Main article: Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

A new Drake & Josh TV movie tentatively entitled "Drake and Josh: Best Christmas Ever" began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008. Creator Dan Schneider returned as executive producer, with Marjorie Cohn and Lauren Levine co-executive producing. Michael Grossman directed the feature. The film centers around Drake and Josh, who are working as Santa's helpers in a mall, as they promise a little girl that her foster parents and siblings will have "the best Christmas ever"—and then try to fulfill that promise.[7]

The TV movie was broadcast in HD format, unlike the previous films Drake & Josh Go Hollywood and Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp. It also featured Henry Winkler and MMA fighter Kimbo Slice.

The premiere of Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh broke the record of most viewers for the premiere of a Nickelodeon movie with 8.93 million viewers, a title previously held by iGo to Japan.

[edit] Other Media

[edit] Music

There have been many singles and a soundtrack released for Drake & Josh. The releases are:

[edit] Games

Two video games based on Drake & Josh have been released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. The games are based on the Drake & Josh series. Both of them released in the same year.

The list of games are published by THQ.

[edit] Books

A book series based on Drake & Josh has been published by children's publisher Scholastic since 2006. The books are generally based upon content from the show and essentially novelize two episodes of material, with one being a novelization of a feature length film.

The books are written by author Laurie Calkhoven.

  • Blues Brothers, based on the episodes titled "Blues Brothers" and "Number One Fan"
  • Sibling Revalry, based on the episodes titled "The Bet" and "Peruvian Puff Pepper"
  • Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, based on the movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
  • Kid Trouble, based on the episodes "Megan's New Teacher" and "Little Sibling"
  • Alien Invasion, based on the episodes "Alien Invasion" and "The Demonator"
  • Surprise!, based on the episodes "Josh Runs Into Oprah" and "Vicious Tiberius"
  • Josh is Done, based on the episodes "Josh is Done" and "I Love Sushi"
  • Brother vs. Brother, based on episodes "Foam Finger" and "Dance Contest"
  • Really Big Shrimp, based on the episode "Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp"
  • Mindy, based on the episodes "Honor Council" and "Mindy's Back"
  • Sky Divers, based on the episodes "Helicopter" and "Tree House"