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'''Drake & Josh''' is an American sitcom currently airing on Nickelodeon which stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck. Both stars are from ''The Amanda Show'', as is Nancy Sullivan, who plays their mother. Jonathan Goldstein plays their father and Miranda Cosgrove plays their sister. The show debuted on January 11, 2004
Description:15-year-old Drake Parker and Josh Nichols are schoolmates, but not close friends. Drake views Josh as weird and a bit of a goof. So, imagine Drake's shock when he finds out that this "goof" is about to become his new step-brother and roommate when his mother marries Josh's father!
==='Drake Parker' (Drake Bell)
'Josh Nichols' (Josh Peck)
Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove)
Walter Nichols (Jonathan Goldstein)===
Walter is Josh's father and Drake and Megan's step-father; a meteorologist who often is wrong about the weather. His rival is Bruce Winchill. Walter is often clumsy, out of date, even seemingly empty-headed (for example, he believed the Titanic to be a "fake" ship), and as a result lacks a strict handle on Drake and Josh. He likes to sit on the couch and read cat magazines. He also threw up after he asked Audrey out.
===Audrey Parker-Nichols (Nancy Sullivan)=
Other Characters==
★ 'Eric Blonowitz (played by Scott Halberstadt) and Craig Ramirez (played by Alec Medlock)'
:Eric Blonnowitz and Craig Ramirez are two stereotypical "nerdy" honor students that are always being exploited by Drake and Josh, mostly due to Drake's hare-brained schemes. The character of Eric was introduced before the character of Craig and has made more appearances in the show than Craig. Eric is seen in the crowd at the fight, in the first episode of the series. Both characters have been mentioned as being Jewish. Even though Josh takes advantage of them as much as Drake does, in the episode "Josh Runs into Oprah", Josh, Craig, and Eric are seen as being good friends. (Despite Josh not being stated as "unpopular", anymore). The two are shown more frequently in Season 4. It is also revealed in the episode, "Eric Punches Drake," that Eric is a pacifist. A running gag beginning in the episode "Alien Invasion" is that Drake is always confusing Craig with Eric, and vice versa. Eric, in particular, is always being called Craig, much to his annoyance. It is stated in one episode that they have been best friends since they were seven years old.
★ 'Helen Ophelia Dubois-Baxter (played by Yvette Nicole Brown)'
:Helen Dubuois was introduced in "Movie Job" as the manager at 'The Premiere Theater', a movie theater where Josh (and formerly Drake) has a job. The role was originated by Yvette Nicole Brown. Helen is known for her intimidation factor. Her loud voice and orders for her employees, namely Josh, are examples. While Helen is not particularly fond of Josh (though she does get him a birthday present – a nose hair clipper), she seems to adore Drake, even saying in one episode, "Drake Parker, I love you like the son I never wanted." Helen was once a child actress, as mentioned in the episode "Helen's Surgery," in the (fictional) show ''Happy Times''. Primarily played by Yvette Nicole Brown, the character was briefly played by Frances Callier in the episode "Little Diva." Also, in the "The Drake and Josh Inn" episode, Helen is said to have a "lazy eye". This was noticed while Helen was singing on MTV even though she was supposed to be helping Drake and Josh get the people out of their house, when the crew arrived, she says "Well, I do love the music television". She got married in Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp. It is shown in two episodes that Helen is Jewish - "The Storm", in which she references Crazy Steve crashing her niece's Bat mitzvah; and "Really Big Shrimp", in which she is married by a rabbi.
★ 'Mindy Crenshaw (played by Allison Scagliotti-Smith)'
:Mindy Crenshaw was introduced in season two as Josh's fiercest "enemy"; she had beaten Josh at their school's Science Fair every year. However, in her next appearance ("Mindy's Back"), the couple realized that they actually liked each other. The two had been dating for a while before Josh finally met her parents. A dinner at Mindy's parents house was, all in all, a disaster, as was the majority of the dinner at Josh's house. Despite this, Mindy's parents have allowed her to continue dating Josh because they realize that Josh really cared about Mindy. They later broke up because Mindy said she loved Josh. Josh, inexperienced at dating, freaks out. Drake then convinces Josh that Mindy only said she loves him to distact him from building his Hyperbolic Photon Cannon for the Science Fair. This is proven false after Mindy lets Josh win, but they both agreed they were never in real relationships, so they didn't know what love felt like. In the episode "Eric Punches Drake", Josh suspects that Mindy has a new boyfriend. The two argue about it, and after Mindy reveals that her "Boyfriend" is actually her cousin, she and Josh kiss. Though they said that they were still broken up, it is obvious that the two still like each other, and that they might start dating again. In they begin dating again.
★ '"Crazy" Steve (played by Jerry Trainor)'
:"Crazy" Steve is an employee at 'The Premiere' movie theater. He is hard working and pretty calm at times, until someone (usually Josh) critiques his work, and that is when he goes crazy. He gave his job to Josh in Season 2's "Movie Job" after Josh corrected him. He then quit his job at 'The Premiere' but apparently got his job back, since he appears working at 'The Premiere' in Season 3's "We're Married" when he told Josh that the movie he wanted to play was soon starting. He later appeared in "The Storm" in Season 4. He yells in a straining voice and many of the other employees are terrified of him, particularly Josh. In the episode, "The Storm", he visited Drake & Josh's house to attend a party and was unbelievably polite to their mom while acting very hostile at everybody else there. He has also been known to throw random objects for no reason in particular when he is in one of his "mood swings". Since then, he seems to have become a fan favorite which has resulted in him appearing in almost every episode after "The Storm". His anger issues being more apparent in some than other. Also it is revealed in the TV movie Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, the song "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" calms him down, for reasons no one knows, and that his mood is at its worst on Monday. He was seen swinging someones shoes tied around two bras, and running all over the Premiere singing "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO, THE COW SAYS 'MOO'!!" in Really Big Shrimp. Steve also reveals in the movie that he has been officially limited to 4 outbursts a day by his therapist. The only thing you see Crazy Steve wear is his work uniform (the red vest, blue shirt, etc.); for instance, in "Really Big Shrimp" he wore his vest to Helen's wedding, and in "The Storm" he wore his work uniform to Drake and Josh's home. Also, his hairstyles appear to change each season. In the first season, he had a mullet. In the third season, Steve had a hairstyle similar to a close crop. In the fourth season, he is seen with a buzzcut. He also enjoys watching Dora the Explorer, often shouts at Dora in spanish and informs her not to ask him because she has a map.
★ 'Gavin (played by Jake Farrow)'
:Gavin has a mullet-like haircut and is always telling Josh to clean something unusual in the theater bathrooms. He then eventually cleans up the mess himself - his response (and catchphrase) being "I got it". The so-called messes included a wig stuck in a toilet bowl, a diaper stuck on a wall, gum in his perm, rat traps in the basement, and a hippie washing his feet in the theater. He is quite a lazy employee, and has been known to take naps on the roof of the theater. During season 4, he changed his hair from a mullet to a "per-mullet" (a mullet with a perm). He has also developed a crush on Drake's mom, and asked Drake to measure her. He also appears to enjoy salsa-dancing with Helen. He may have quit his job or been fired by the Premiere, as he has only appeared in 2 episodes in the fourth season (one being at Drake and Josh's house) and Crazy Steve seems to have taken the role as Helen's chief assistant. Other evidence of this is that in "The Storm" Gavin was wearing street clothes while Crazy Steve wore his work vest.
★ 'Leah (played by Cathy Shim)'
:Leah is the female Asian employee at 'The Premiere' movie theater who appears only in Season 4. She seems to get along well with Josh and is also afraid of Crazy Steve.
★ 'Bruce Winchill'
:Bruce Winchill is a weather-man who works for Walter's competition's weather station. He is never seen on-screen, but is mentioned a lot, beginning with the Season 3 episode ''Theater Thug''. He is described by Megan and Audrey as having good-looking hair and is disliked by Walter so much that he even once said not to mention his name in the house (''Vicious Tiberius'').
★ 'Mrs. Hayfer (played by Julia Duffy)'
:Mrs. Alice/Linda Hayfer was first seen in the episode "Mean Teacher" as Drake and Josh's English teacher. She is from New Jersey and she puts the state in many of her cheesy jokes. She was also Mrs. New Jersey 1976. Mrs. Hayfer dislikes Drake because of his poor efforts in school and lack of responsibility. She displays this by reminding him that she hates him and counting all his answers wrong, even if they are correct, or even based on his own opinion. An example of this is when Mrs. Hayfer asked Drake what his favorite 20th century novel was. When Drake replies ''The Catcher in the Rye'', she says, "Wrong". In addition, when Mrs. Hayfer asked Drake in class "In which language was ''The Odyssey'' written in, he replied Greek. Even though it was the right answer, Mrs. Hayfer said it was wrong. But when another student also answered Greek, she said the other student was right. Drake once dated her daughter without knowing and Mrs. Hayfer threatened to put Drake in summer school if he ever upsets her daughter. Her daughter appears to have an unusual laughing disorder. Also, in another episode where Drake was blamed of putting her car in her classroom, in the end Mrs. Hayfer says "It's really hard for me to say this but, I'm sorry I accused you of putting my car in my classroom." Drake said "It's okay. You know I'm just glad that..." Then Mrs. Hayfer cuts him off and replies, "But I still hate you." Just like how Helen favors Drake, Mrs. Hayfer favors Josh. She even went to the extent of letting Josh skip a pop quiz for doing a very good essay. Mrs. Hayfer also says "To the nurse" a lot as seen in "Mean Teacher" when she tells Drake this after declaring him suspended. Her name randomly switches to Linda and Alice such as Mean Teacher and Vicious Tiberious.
★ 'Dr. Glazer (Played by Roark Critchlow)'
:Dr. Jeff Glazer lives across the street from Drake and Josh. He is always called on whenever a serious emergency happens at their house. Although he seems kind during the medical procedure, he is always charging a high bill for his services. He charged $300 for inspecting Drake's rash in "The Bet", $500 for putting child star Ashley Blake to sleep in "Little Diva", and $100 for explaining why Bob the (actually female) lamb was acting up in "Sheep Thrills" with a $50 extra to not tell their parents there was a sheep in their room. He also seems to like wheat squares .
★ 'Grammy (Played by Randee Heller)'
:Grammy Nichols is Josh's grandmother and Walter's mother. In her first appearance ("Grammy"), Drake dislikes her at first, because she doesn't treat him fairly. However, by the end of the episode, he starts to be more respectful of her for returning his money that he gave her earlier during a bet between the two. Grammy also has been known to send Josh various presents and gifts; on one occasion, she gave Josh a ''Gamesphere'' three months prior to its release in "The Bet" and a "Mono-Rocket" in "Tree House". She is also mentioned as having hormonal imbalances in the episode "Playing the Field", most notably a moustache - Drake makes fun of this, with Josh defending her. Although the character is mentioned frequently by both Drake and Josh, Grammy has only appeared once, in the aforementioned episode "Grammy". Grammy is gifted at basketball, and it brings her inner joy when she repeatedly destroys Drake.
★ 'Papa Nichols (Played by Alex White)'
:Papa Nichols is Josh's great-grandfather, Walter's grandfather, and is the father-in-law of Grammy. He is 81 years old and had surgery before the events of "The Demonator" and was on heavy medication that made him relive World War II during the episode. He mistook Eric and Craig (who were looking after him at the time) for two Nazi soldiers referring to them as German nerds (managing to attack them both), mistook his bedroom slipper for a walkie-talkie (which he uses to "contact" General Patton), and thought Eric's cell phone was a weapon (probably a bomb). He also punched his son (Josh's father) at the end of the episode because the medication had not yet worn off, and then ran off saying, "I got you, you stinking German," and chants "USA! USA! USA!". He is also mentioned later in Season 4 in the episode "The Wedding".
★ 'Mr. Roland (Played by Tom Virtue)'
:Mr. Roland is Drake and Josh's chemistry teacher who appears in "Josh is Done". He is 'very' strict, and if a student is but one minute late to his class, he locks them out of his room without giving them a chance to reason. After Drake stole the car to make out with a girl at an important chemistry test and ran over Josh's bike, Josh ended up late to class by less than a minute and was locked out, being forced to take a makeup test the Saturday morning after, and Josh almost ended up losing a letter grade, until on the day of the retake Josh aced every single question, impressing Roland so much that he changed his mind about taking off the letter grade. He also makes a cameo in "Eric Punches Drake".
★ 'Gary (Played by Dan Mott)'
:Gary is the drummer for Drake's band starting in Season 4. So far, he has only appeared in "The Storm". He borrowed his sister's blouse for Drake's concert because all of his clothes were dirty, but then his sister comes in saying, "Gary! Give me my shirt back!". After removing his sister's shirt, he is revealed to have a tattoo of a foot on his chest. Later in the episode, it is revealed that he had to borrow a shirt with a panda on it from Megan, considering he likes pandas. His uncle appears to have a boat which he was going to use for Drake's concert's stage that was completely underwater because of the storm, but it is later revealed that his uncle sold the boat. He also called Josh's dad a doof with the stupid hair style and for being wrong about sunny weather, but then Drake's mom says, "Hey! That doof happens to be my husband!" and he replies, "And that's my fault?". Also, in the beginning of the episode, he asks Drake for sunblock and Drake reacts by squirting sunblock in his face.
★ 'Rina (Played by Molly Orr)'
:Rina is a member of Drake's band, and plays bass guitar. The character is played by Molly Orr, who was a member of ''The Amanda Show'' cast, appearing in the ''Moody's Point'' sketches as Misty Raines; ''The Amanda Show'' was also created by Dan Schneider. In the episode "Josh Runs into Oprah", Drake mentions that a guy named ''Julio'' plays bass guitar for his band.
★ 'Paul (Played by Jeremy Ray Valdez)'
:Paul is a member of Drake's band, and plays rhythm guitar.
★ 'Scottie (Played by Johnny Lewis)'
:Scottie Wilson is the drummer for Drake's band and is shown to be unintelligent. He has one brother, Trevor, who seems to be as unintelligent as Scottie himself. In the episode "Megan's New Teacher", Drake mentions that he needs a new drummer to replace "Mitch" - Scottie is not mentioned in this episode, and only appeared during season one, like Drake's other two bandmates Paul and Rina. He apparently thought it was legal to photocopy tickets to a music concert (landing him, Drake, and their band into a lot of trouble with the police). In the episode "The Storm", a guy named "Gary" is the drummer in Drake's band.
★ 'Trevor (Played by Taran Killam)'
:Trevor Wilson is one of Drake's friends and is Scottie's brother. He was also apart of the ''The Amanda Show'' cast. He appears to be as unintelligent as Homer Simpson, like his brother. He gave Drake and Josh a dune buggy, which he "fixed" himself. His parents make him take a head examination every month. He is often mentioned, but so far he has only appeared in "Dune Buggy". He also had a Chevrolet El Camino made in 1977, which gets engulfed in flames at the end of "The Wedding".
★ 'Clayton (Played by Josh Sussman)'
:Clayton is a character in Drake and Josh's science class. His only appearances are in "Eric Punches Drake" and "Josh is Done." In "Eric Punches Drake" Drake spat out a mouth full of mouthwash into Clayton's bottled water which prompted Clayton to follow Drake around for the rest of the episode asking in his mumbling voice "Why?". In "Josh is Done" when Drake shows up late to science class and finds that he and Josh are no longer lab partners his new lab partner is Clayton to which he responds "Clayton? But he's a nerd." When Drake asks Clayton for help he responds in his mumbling voice causing Drake to say, "I'm sorry I can't understand you" and when Clayton mumbles some more Drake just gets more frustrated yelling, "I don`t know what your saying!"
★ 'Hot Carl (Played by Chris Rodgers)'
:Hot Carl appeared in only one eppisode "The Storm", where he was seen on the couch eating six chili dogs.
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★ Dan Schneider - creator/executive producer/writer
★ Joe Catania - producer
★ Robin Weiner - producer
★ Virgil Fabian - occasional director
★ Drake Bell - Director of first half of Really Big Shrimp
★ Josh Peck - Director of episode "Battle of Panthatar"
Many of the ''Drake & Josh'' episodes have product parodies in them. The following is an incomplete list of some of the more well-known occurrences:
★ In the dune buggy episode before the TV breaks as Josh is watching an old Tony Pajamas routine (a sketch starring both Bell and Peck) from the Amanda Show can be heard in the background.
★ In the episode where Drake & Josh are making salsa, and Megan wins the plasma screen TV, the musical background of the environmental show is an instrumental "Wait For You" originally by Elliott Yamin.
★ In several episodes, fake website domain names are mentioned like Skinillnesses.com, GetABus.org, whatswrongwithmybody.com, meganparker.com, etc. These websites are also mentioned in another Schneider's Bakery show, Zoey 101, which is why the domains redirect to the Zoey 101 page on Nick.com. Currently, they redirect to the Show List on Nick.
★ In the episode "Number One Fan", Drake says "Who wants to go to Chuckie Cheddars?" as a parody of Chuck E. Cheese.
★ In the episode "Battle of Panthatar", Josh turns on the television and hears the ''Hannah Montana'' theme song, but the announcer identifies the show as "Suzannah Louisiana" as a parody.
★ In the episode where Drake and Josh bet each other that they would not eat candy or play video games, respectively, Josh was tempted by the "GameSphere" (parody of the Nintendo GameCube. This may also be a reference to the South Park episode Towelie where the boys get a gaming console called Okama "Gamesphere"), a fictional game console. The controller shown for this console was an N64 controller and another was a third-party controler for an Xbox. They are also shown playing with PS2 more often. Josh also plays a Game Boy Advance SP. While supposedly playing a Mario game, Josh says "Take that, red turtle shell!" and Drake says "Jump the mushroom." Then Josh says "I'll jump the mushroom when it's mushroom jumpin' time!" Turtle shells and mushrooms are common in Mario games. Also in this episode, Drake walks into the bedroom and finds candy everywhere. Josh is wearing a top hat and has a giant candy cane. He is dressed like Willy Wonka from the movies Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
★ In the episode where Mrs. Hayfer assigns Drake to have a little brother, two cultural references are present, one of them mentioned twice. In one scene, Drake and Josh's "little brother" Sammy are pretending to be on a cooking show. Megan then shows up and asks "What's it called, the 'Iron Boob'?," referencing Iron Chef. Drake later walks in and asks the same exact question, with Megan walking by saying "My joke". Another reference is when Drake buys tickets to a "Blaine Darbey" magic show. This is a possible reference to the popular street magician David Blaine.
★ Many times Drake and Josh refer to people playing or taking part in the show. In "The Tree House" Megan says their parents are out with the Schneiders and Josh says "stupid Schneiders," referencing Dan Schneider, who is on the crew. In the episode Drake says he wished he had an inside out burger.
★ In the episode 'Megan's New Teacher', Megan walks into Drake and Josh's room to get her 'Pentendo GS', a parody of the Nintendo DS, although when she picks it up, it is a Game Boy Advance SP.
★ In Drake & Josh Go Hollywood Josh makes several references to his ''G-O'', an MP3 player in the show. However, in the episode where Josh starts working at The Premiere, he makes a references to the new "iBot," a parody of the iPod.
★ Also in Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, characters are playing the Sony PSP:
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★ Drake, when Audrey and Walter leave for their cruise
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★ Megan, when she is on the plane
★ In many of the Drake and Josh episodes, Drake and Josh drink a soda called "Dr. Fizz", "Mountain Fizz" and "Moca Cola" most likely referencing the popular sodas Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew and Coca-Cola.
★ Dr. Phyllis is a parody of Dr. Phil and it is also in Brandy and Mr.Whiskers.
★ In the The Great Doheny episode, Henry Doheny is a parody of Harry Houdini. Houdini actually claimed that he would one day come back from the dead, which is what Doheny does.
★ In Helen's Surgery, The Groove Machine is an obvious parody of Dance Dance Revolution.
★ In Helen's Surgery, the show Happy Times is a parody of Good Times and Happy Days
★ In The Gary Grill, The Gary Coleman Grill is a parody of The George Foreman Grill, which in turn is named after the famous boxer.
★ In the Megan's Revenge episode, OR is a parody of ER (also, OR probably stands for Operation Room).
★ When Drake is referring to girls as candy, he talks about a Megathon Bar, which is probably a parody of the Marathon Bar.
★ In numerous episodes, an Aerosmith, an Ataris, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and a John Mayer poster are found hanging on Drake and Josh's bedroom wall. A Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards poster can be found as well, but the word "bastard" is censored by two bumper stickers.
★ Drake and Josh use a laptop with a pear on it, a parody of Apple inc. This same parody is used in Zoey 101, the upcoming show iCarly, and in one episode of The Fairly OddParents. They have been shown in pink, blue, and grey.
★ In numerous episodes, they refer to Galaxy Wars, an obvious parody of Star Wars. In a few episode they even use prop lightsabers(which appear to be Master Replica Force FX lightsabers). They refer to Princess Oblongata, a parody of Queen Amidala or Princess Leia Organa. Galaxy Wars is also referenced in Zoey 101.
★ The episode "I Love Sushi" is a homage to I Love Lucy, right down to the end credits, in which a scene where Drake and Josh are working in the sushi factory, is done in black and white with a heart surrounding the film, with a Latin version of the theme song played. The name of the factory that Drake and Josh worked in, Ball & Vance Fish Corp., is a reference to Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance who played Lucy and Ethel on I Love Lucy. The scene where the boys try to package sushi but can't keep up with it is a homage to an I Love Lucy episode (Job Switching).
★ The Episode "Driver's License," Drake mentions Inside Out Burger which is a parody of In-N-Out Burger. The same parody is used in the Tree House episode.
★ Also in Drake And Josh Go Hollywood, When Drake is driving Megan to the Airport with Josh, Josh is reviewing some of Drake's videos and the video he was watching in the car was the video in the Spring Fling episode of Zoey 101, This is video is also shown when Josh shows the Guy Drakes video in the men's room.
★ In the episode "The Drake and Josh Inn", the Four Schneiders Hotel is a parody of the Four Seasons Hotel, and to the creator of the show Dan Schneider.
★ In the end of the episode "The Peruvien Puff Pepper" Megan goes in her room and starts watching Drake and Josh clean up the kitchen, she says, "boob and boober" referencing to Dumb and Dumber.
★ In the end of the episode "Steered Straight" Drake and Josh are eating with Megan and their mother at a BF Wang's, an obvious reference to popular Chinese restaurant, PF Chang's
★ The show is filmed at Nickelodeon on Sunset, 6230 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
★ In the movie Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, when Josh is beginning to read a magazine, there is a news flash. There is a man saying, "I'm standing here in front of the US Treasury (which is actually the Capitol building)..." He is obviously a reporter, and the station he is reporting for is called "CCN", an obvious parody of the popular news station CNN.
★ Mystic Mountain is a parody of Magic Mountain.
★ In the episode "Who's Got Game" the record store has many posters, including ones for Three Days Grace, Gorillaz, Jack's Mannequin, and Korn.
★ In two episodes, Drake and Josh mentioned that they are going to watch Canadian Idol, obviously a parody of American Idol (this could also be a nod to the actual Canadian Idol show that airs in Canada.)
★ In the movie Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, one of the titles on the Premiere Theater's marquee is "Now She's Carly", which refers to Miranda Cosgrove on her new show, called iCarly where she plays Carly. Another title is "Four Great Seasons" which refers to the four seasons that have so far passed during the show.
★ In the movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, Megan is reading a Magazine called Persons, a parody of the People Magazine
★ In Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp where Josh says " I'm rocking my Daka Puffs right now" Daka Puffs is a parody of Nike Shox
★ In the episode Helicopper, the two young police girls that appear when Drake buys the 1000th ticket name two movie parodies: 'Dreamscope', a parody of Dreamworks, and also Paramore, a parody of Paramount. Also, in Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, while the brothers are on their way to Drake's live TRL performance, the two pass by the actual entrance to the Paramount Pictures studio in the red Dodge Viper.
★ In the episode Paging Dr. Drake it appears to be that Walter is reading a Newsweek magazine in the hospital, but you can only see the word News, it appears to be that Condoleezza Rice's face is on the cover, the magazine is also seen again in the episode Theater Thug.
★ The Premiere often has posters parodying actual movies, such as There's Nothing About Gary, A Walk to Forget, Janet of the Grapes and The Empress Fights Back .Also, in one of the episodes, Drake asks whether they should see She's the Dude, a parody of She's The Man which stars Amanda Bynes, star of The Amanda Show on which Drake and Josh also starred.
★ It is mentioned in the episode Honor Council that Drake and Josh have a pool(which Drake filled with lobsters). But in the episode The Drake and Josh Inn a tourist says they need more water in the pool to Josh, but could probably be referring to a pool inside the house.
★ Also in Paging Dr. Drake, UCLA and Harvard are mentioned.
★ In Really Big Shrimp, Spin City Records is a possible parody of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records
★ In the episode Paging Dr. Drake, the hospital that Drake and Josh are at is named St. Schneider. Named after the creator of the show Dan Schneider.
★ In the episode "First Crush", Drake and Josh perform in a coffee shop called "The Brew Note," which parodies a popular chain of jazz clubs named "The Blue Note".
★ In the 'Pilot Episode',(the first episode), in the scene where Josh is getting warmed up to fight Drake's girlfriend's ex-boyfriends, Eric, (the nerd) can be seen in the background
★ In the episode "Drew and Jerry" when Drake askes Josh if they are still going to the premier of Ghost monsters, Ghost Monsters is an obvious parody of Ghost Busters.
--Goof--
★ In the episode "Grammy", Josh said that Basketball wasn't his thing. But in "My Dinner with Bobo", He is seen holding a basketball in his hand.
Main articles: List of Drake & Josh episodes
The TV movie ''Drake & Josh Go Hollywood'' is about Drake and Josh being 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. After sending Megan on a flight to Los Angeles accidentally, they go to Hollywood to get Megan back, and they stop a multi-billion dollar heist. The movie aired on January 6, 2006 and was a critical success.
A feature-length episode, ''Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp'', is about Spin City Records wanting to sign Drake for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune. But Josh's inexperience as a manager (and his titular fondness) leads him to sign the contract without reading it, and accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. The episode aired on August 3rd, 2007 and was ranked the most watched tv movie on Nickelodeon. Over 6 million viewers tuned in that night.
"Drake & Josh: In New York!" is in the works for a theatrical release in 2007 or 2008. It is mentined at the of the end of Drake and Josh Go Hollywood that they will have to got to New York City to have Spin City Records sign Drake to their label. It is not yet confirmed but is listed on imdb.com and will be released by Collective Studios and Nickelodeon Movies, along with Paramount Pictures. Very little of the plot is known at this time.
Buzz on the intenet is quite evident, many people have said that it will be named differently, one blogger on TV.com has said that it will be called Drake and Josh New York Scandal, with full plot details. Whether this is true is unknown. It is hard to determine what the status of the movie is right now, due to the fact that nothing has been confimed by Nickelodeon or Dan Schnieder.
There is a soundtrack, '', that was released on March 8, 2005 on Nickelodeon Records.
Four episodes from season one have been released on DVD titled ''Suddenly Brothers''. A second volume, titled ''Suddenly Family'' was planned to be released on September 13, 2005 [1], but was withdrawn for unknown reasons. On January 31, 2006, ''Drake & Josh Go Hollywood'' was released on DVD, with two episodes from the beginning of the third season included as bonus material ("Helen's Surgery" and "Mindy's Back".) Also, the episode "We're Married" was included in the TEENick Picks DVD. Also, one episode of the fourth season, Who's Got Game, is available on the Kids' Choice Awards Winners Collection, which are only available at Wal-Mart for a limited time. This DVD includes episodes of TV shows that have won at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, including 'Drake and Josh', SpongeBob SquarePants, Zoey 101, and Romeo!.
There are a series of Drake & Josh chapter books. The books are entitled ''Kid Trouble'', ''Go Hollywood'', ''Blues Brothers'', ''Sibling Rivalry'', ''Surprise!'', and ''Alien Invasion''. These books are based on episodes from the series.
THQ released a video game called "Drake & Josh" on the Game Boy Advance on March 5, 2007 and a DS version called "Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown" that was released July 30, 2007.
Drake & Josh Really Big Shrimp is a possible DVD release in the future.
★ At Nickelodeon's 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, ''Drake & Josh'' won over ''American Idol'' to win the orange blimp-award for Favorite TV Show.
★ Also at the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, Drake Bell won the award for best actor.
★ At the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards, Drake Bell won the award for best actor again.
★ Also at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards, ''Drake & Josh'' was nominated again for Favorite TV Show, but lost to American Idol.
★ In the first episode, you can see Eric in the back of the crowd that is about to see Josh fight Buck.
★ In the first season, the door to Drake and Josh's room faces where the television is. In the later episodes, the door faces Josh's bed. This is because the house originally belonged to the Parkers (Drake, Megan, and Audrey). Once the Nichols (Josh and Walter) moved in, the Parker-Nichols family worked on the house to replace the door and added a platform where the drumset was to put Josh's bed, among other changes.
★ The house's wallpaper appears to change during the first season. The kitchen's wallpaper was changed around the same time that Drake's bedroom was renovated.
★ Dan Schneider got the idea to create Drake and Josh, out of a skit from the Amanda Show where they are fighting (like brothers) over a piece of shrimp that fell out of a window. Drake and Josh: Really Big Shrimp in many ways can be considered a homage to the skit, as shrimps and prawns are featured quite a few times in the movie and even affected the story. The skit from Amanda Show is featured in the end of the movie.
★ In many episodes showing The Premiere, you can see poster of the fake movies such as "Janet of the Grapes", "Kissed Her Sister" and "Austin Texas" (A parody of Austin Powers).
★ In the show, Audrey's name and job are never mentioned.
★ In the episode "The Storm", Walter does an outside broadcast that is on channel 7. But in "Steered Straight", it is mentioned that Walter does the weather on Channel 2. It is possible that during that time, he may have been assigned to the different channel.
★ The official ''Drake & Josh'' page on Nick.com
★ Nick UK - Drake and Josh
★ Drake Bell's official website
★ Megan Parker's website, seen in the episode Honor Council (Takes you to Nick.com's show list)
'''Drake & Josh''' is an American sitcom currently airing on Nickelodeon which stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck. Both stars are from ''The Amanda Show'', as is Nancy Sullivan, who plays their mother. Jonathan Goldstein plays their father and Miranda Cosgrove plays their sister. The show debuted on January 11, 2004
Description:15-year-old Drake Parker and Josh Nichols are schoolmates, but not close friends. Drake views Josh as weird and a bit of a goof. So, imagine Drake's shock when he finds out that this "goof" is about to become his new step-brother and roommate when his mother marries Josh's father!
Main characters
==='Drake Parker' (Drake Bell)
Drake is a popular teenager and a gifted
musician, but his ignorance and stupidity are a running gag in the
series. He has had more than 75 girlfriends and calls his stepfather Walter (a common trait of stepchildren),
which he picked up from Megan. Also, he seems to have new band members
every season. Drake is very talented in music and has written many
songs. He is favored by Helen DuBois, the manager of the movie theater,
because of his good looks, but also because Helen thought Drake did all
of Josh's hard work when they both worked in the movie theater. Drake
does not excel in his studies but in "The Demonator" he appears to have
a skill for math and has a more laid-back perspective on life.
'Josh Nichols' (Josh Peck)
Josh generally serves as the comedic foil to Drake and Megan. Though highly intelligent, he is not as socially adept as Drake. While Drake is quite popular, the best Josh can do is be "almost cool." Mindy Crenshaw is his girlfriend. He's also known for having an oversized head and frequent rashes. He appears to be allergic to many things, such as cats and cheeseballs. He is extremely paranoid, especially when dealing with Megan. Megan pranks him than Drake. He was also considered a nerd during the first season. A running gag is his use of ointment and borrowing other people's ointment, often for apparently embarrassing purposes.
Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove)
Megan is the boys' younger sister (Drake's biological sister) who enjoys antagonizing them (usually Josh is the more frequent victim of her pranks than Drake). It is rare that her older brothers get the better of her. She likes to call her brothers boobs and calls her stepfather "Walter" instead of "Dad," (a common trait of stepchildren) a habit Drake later picked up. Megan has incredible intelligence, being able to invent and create plans to humiliate her brothers. Many of these plans are helped by the high-tech equipment Megan inexplicably owns. Megan enjoys the misery of her brothers but she occasionally saves them from others' insults, reason being she doesn't like anyone but herself hurting her brothers. She's astoundingly cruel and petty for no given reason as to date. She is cunning and evil to her brothers, although her parents think that she is a sweet, innocent little girl.
Walter Nichols (Jonathan Goldstein)===Walter is Josh's father and Drake and Megan's step-father; a meteorologist who often is wrong about the weather. His rival is Bruce Winchill. Walter is often clumsy, out of date, even seemingly empty-headed (for example, he believed the Titanic to be a "fake" ship), and as a result lacks a strict handle on Drake and Josh. He likes to sit on the couch and read cat magazines. He also threw up after he asked Audrey out.
===Audrey Parker-Nichols (Nancy Sullivan)=
Audrey is Drake and Megan's mother and Josh's step-mother. Audrey is a lot smarter, up to date, and on the ball than Walter and has a better handle on the kids, too, although she and Walter are completely oblivious to Megan's evil personality.
Other Characters==★ 'Eric Blonowitz (played by Scott Halberstadt) and Craig Ramirez (played by Alec Medlock)'
:Eric Blonnowitz and Craig Ramirez are two stereotypical "nerdy" honor students that are always being exploited by Drake and Josh, mostly due to Drake's hare-brained schemes. The character of Eric was introduced before the character of Craig and has made more appearances in the show than Craig. Eric is seen in the crowd at the fight, in the first episode of the series. Both characters have been mentioned as being Jewish. Even though Josh takes advantage of them as much as Drake does, in the episode "Josh Runs into Oprah", Josh, Craig, and Eric are seen as being good friends. (Despite Josh not being stated as "unpopular", anymore). The two are shown more frequently in Season 4. It is also revealed in the episode, "Eric Punches Drake," that Eric is a pacifist. A running gag beginning in the episode "Alien Invasion" is that Drake is always confusing Craig with Eric, and vice versa. Eric, in particular, is always being called Craig, much to his annoyance. It is stated in one episode that they have been best friends since they were seven years old.
★ 'Helen Ophelia Dubois-Baxter (played by Yvette Nicole Brown)'
:Helen Dubuois was introduced in "Movie Job" as the manager at 'The Premiere Theater', a movie theater where Josh (and formerly Drake) has a job. The role was originated by Yvette Nicole Brown. Helen is known for her intimidation factor. Her loud voice and orders for her employees, namely Josh, are examples. While Helen is not particularly fond of Josh (though she does get him a birthday present – a nose hair clipper), she seems to adore Drake, even saying in one episode, "Drake Parker, I love you like the son I never wanted." Helen was once a child actress, as mentioned in the episode "Helen's Surgery," in the (fictional) show ''Happy Times''. Primarily played by Yvette Nicole Brown, the character was briefly played by Frances Callier in the episode "Little Diva." Also, in the "The Drake and Josh Inn" episode, Helen is said to have a "lazy eye". This was noticed while Helen was singing on MTV even though she was supposed to be helping Drake and Josh get the people out of their house, when the crew arrived, she says "Well, I do love the music television". She got married in Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp. It is shown in two episodes that Helen is Jewish - "The Storm", in which she references Crazy Steve crashing her niece's Bat mitzvah; and "Really Big Shrimp", in which she is married by a rabbi.
★ 'Mindy Crenshaw (played by Allison Scagliotti-Smith)'
:Mindy Crenshaw was introduced in season two as Josh's fiercest "enemy"; she had beaten Josh at their school's Science Fair every year. However, in her next appearance ("Mindy's Back"), the couple realized that they actually liked each other. The two had been dating for a while before Josh finally met her parents. A dinner at Mindy's parents house was, all in all, a disaster, as was the majority of the dinner at Josh's house. Despite this, Mindy's parents have allowed her to continue dating Josh because they realize that Josh really cared about Mindy. They later broke up because Mindy said she loved Josh. Josh, inexperienced at dating, freaks out. Drake then convinces Josh that Mindy only said she loves him to distact him from building his Hyperbolic Photon Cannon for the Science Fair. This is proven false after Mindy lets Josh win, but they both agreed they were never in real relationships, so they didn't know what love felt like. In the episode "Eric Punches Drake", Josh suspects that Mindy has a new boyfriend. The two argue about it, and after Mindy reveals that her "Boyfriend" is actually her cousin, she and Josh kiss. Though they said that they were still broken up, it is obvious that the two still like each other, and that they might start dating again. In they begin dating again.
★ '"Crazy" Steve (played by Jerry Trainor)'
:"Crazy" Steve is an employee at 'The Premiere' movie theater. He is hard working and pretty calm at times, until someone (usually Josh) critiques his work, and that is when he goes crazy. He gave his job to Josh in Season 2's "Movie Job" after Josh corrected him. He then quit his job at 'The Premiere' but apparently got his job back, since he appears working at 'The Premiere' in Season 3's "We're Married" when he told Josh that the movie he wanted to play was soon starting. He later appeared in "The Storm" in Season 4. He yells in a straining voice and many of the other employees are terrified of him, particularly Josh. In the episode, "The Storm", he visited Drake & Josh's house to attend a party and was unbelievably polite to their mom while acting very hostile at everybody else there. He has also been known to throw random objects for no reason in particular when he is in one of his "mood swings". Since then, he seems to have become a fan favorite which has resulted in him appearing in almost every episode after "The Storm". His anger issues being more apparent in some than other. Also it is revealed in the TV movie Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, the song "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" calms him down, for reasons no one knows, and that his mood is at its worst on Monday. He was seen swinging someones shoes tied around two bras, and running all over the Premiere singing "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO, THE COW SAYS 'MOO'!!" in Really Big Shrimp. Steve also reveals in the movie that he has been officially limited to 4 outbursts a day by his therapist. The only thing you see Crazy Steve wear is his work uniform (the red vest, blue shirt, etc.); for instance, in "Really Big Shrimp" he wore his vest to Helen's wedding, and in "The Storm" he wore his work uniform to Drake and Josh's home. Also, his hairstyles appear to change each season. In the first season, he had a mullet. In the third season, Steve had a hairstyle similar to a close crop. In the fourth season, he is seen with a buzzcut. He also enjoys watching Dora the Explorer, often shouts at Dora in spanish and informs her not to ask him because she has a map.
★ 'Gavin (played by Jake Farrow)'
:Gavin has a mullet-like haircut and is always telling Josh to clean something unusual in the theater bathrooms. He then eventually cleans up the mess himself - his response (and catchphrase) being "I got it". The so-called messes included a wig stuck in a toilet bowl, a diaper stuck on a wall, gum in his perm, rat traps in the basement, and a hippie washing his feet in the theater. He is quite a lazy employee, and has been known to take naps on the roof of the theater. During season 4, he changed his hair from a mullet to a "per-mullet" (a mullet with a perm). He has also developed a crush on Drake's mom, and asked Drake to measure her. He also appears to enjoy salsa-dancing with Helen. He may have quit his job or been fired by the Premiere, as he has only appeared in 2 episodes in the fourth season (one being at Drake and Josh's house) and Crazy Steve seems to have taken the role as Helen's chief assistant. Other evidence of this is that in "The Storm" Gavin was wearing street clothes while Crazy Steve wore his work vest.
★ 'Leah (played by Cathy Shim)'
:Leah is the female Asian employee at 'The Premiere' movie theater who appears only in Season 4. She seems to get along well with Josh and is also afraid of Crazy Steve.
★ 'Bruce Winchill'
:Bruce Winchill is a weather-man who works for Walter's competition's weather station. He is never seen on-screen, but is mentioned a lot, beginning with the Season 3 episode ''Theater Thug''. He is described by Megan and Audrey as having good-looking hair and is disliked by Walter so much that he even once said not to mention his name in the house (''Vicious Tiberius'').
★ 'Mrs. Hayfer (played by Julia Duffy)'
:Mrs. Alice/Linda Hayfer was first seen in the episode "Mean Teacher" as Drake and Josh's English teacher. She is from New Jersey and she puts the state in many of her cheesy jokes. She was also Mrs. New Jersey 1976. Mrs. Hayfer dislikes Drake because of his poor efforts in school and lack of responsibility. She displays this by reminding him that she hates him and counting all his answers wrong, even if they are correct, or even based on his own opinion. An example of this is when Mrs. Hayfer asked Drake what his favorite 20th century novel was. When Drake replies ''The Catcher in the Rye'', she says, "Wrong". In addition, when Mrs. Hayfer asked Drake in class "In which language was ''The Odyssey'' written in, he replied Greek. Even though it was the right answer, Mrs. Hayfer said it was wrong. But when another student also answered Greek, she said the other student was right. Drake once dated her daughter without knowing and Mrs. Hayfer threatened to put Drake in summer school if he ever upsets her daughter. Her daughter appears to have an unusual laughing disorder. Also, in another episode where Drake was blamed of putting her car in her classroom, in the end Mrs. Hayfer says "It's really hard for me to say this but, I'm sorry I accused you of putting my car in my classroom." Drake said "It's okay. You know I'm just glad that..." Then Mrs. Hayfer cuts him off and replies, "But I still hate you." Just like how Helen favors Drake, Mrs. Hayfer favors Josh. She even went to the extent of letting Josh skip a pop quiz for doing a very good essay. Mrs. Hayfer also says "To the nurse" a lot as seen in "Mean Teacher" when she tells Drake this after declaring him suspended. Her name randomly switches to Linda and Alice such as Mean Teacher and Vicious Tiberious.
★ 'Dr. Glazer (Played by Roark Critchlow)'
:Dr. Jeff Glazer lives across the street from Drake and Josh. He is always called on whenever a serious emergency happens at their house. Although he seems kind during the medical procedure, he is always charging a high bill for his services. He charged $300 for inspecting Drake's rash in "The Bet", $500 for putting child star Ashley Blake to sleep in "Little Diva", and $100 for explaining why Bob the (actually female) lamb was acting up in "Sheep Thrills" with a $50 extra to not tell their parents there was a sheep in their room. He also seems to like wheat squares .
★ 'Grammy (Played by Randee Heller)'
:Grammy Nichols is Josh's grandmother and Walter's mother. In her first appearance ("Grammy"), Drake dislikes her at first, because she doesn't treat him fairly. However, by the end of the episode, he starts to be more respectful of her for returning his money that he gave her earlier during a bet between the two. Grammy also has been known to send Josh various presents and gifts; on one occasion, she gave Josh a ''Gamesphere'' three months prior to its release in "The Bet" and a "Mono-Rocket" in "Tree House". She is also mentioned as having hormonal imbalances in the episode "Playing the Field", most notably a moustache - Drake makes fun of this, with Josh defending her. Although the character is mentioned frequently by both Drake and Josh, Grammy has only appeared once, in the aforementioned episode "Grammy". Grammy is gifted at basketball, and it brings her inner joy when she repeatedly destroys Drake.
★ 'Papa Nichols (Played by Alex White)'
:Papa Nichols is Josh's great-grandfather, Walter's grandfather, and is the father-in-law of Grammy. He is 81 years old and had surgery before the events of "The Demonator" and was on heavy medication that made him relive World War II during the episode. He mistook Eric and Craig (who were looking after him at the time) for two Nazi soldiers referring to them as German nerds (managing to attack them both), mistook his bedroom slipper for a walkie-talkie (which he uses to "contact" General Patton), and thought Eric's cell phone was a weapon (probably a bomb). He also punched his son (Josh's father) at the end of the episode because the medication had not yet worn off, and then ran off saying, "I got you, you stinking German," and chants "USA! USA! USA!". He is also mentioned later in Season 4 in the episode "The Wedding".
★ 'Mr. Roland (Played by Tom Virtue)'
:Mr. Roland is Drake and Josh's chemistry teacher who appears in "Josh is Done". He is 'very' strict, and if a student is but one minute late to his class, he locks them out of his room without giving them a chance to reason. After Drake stole the car to make out with a girl at an important chemistry test and ran over Josh's bike, Josh ended up late to class by less than a minute and was locked out, being forced to take a makeup test the Saturday morning after, and Josh almost ended up losing a letter grade, until on the day of the retake Josh aced every single question, impressing Roland so much that he changed his mind about taking off the letter grade. He also makes a cameo in "Eric Punches Drake".
★ 'Gary (Played by Dan Mott)'
:Gary is the drummer for Drake's band starting in Season 4. So far, he has only appeared in "The Storm". He borrowed his sister's blouse for Drake's concert because all of his clothes were dirty, but then his sister comes in saying, "Gary! Give me my shirt back!". After removing his sister's shirt, he is revealed to have a tattoo of a foot on his chest. Later in the episode, it is revealed that he had to borrow a shirt with a panda on it from Megan, considering he likes pandas. His uncle appears to have a boat which he was going to use for Drake's concert's stage that was completely underwater because of the storm, but it is later revealed that his uncle sold the boat. He also called Josh's dad a doof with the stupid hair style and for being wrong about sunny weather, but then Drake's mom says, "Hey! That doof happens to be my husband!" and he replies, "And that's my fault?". Also, in the beginning of the episode, he asks Drake for sunblock and Drake reacts by squirting sunblock in his face.
★ 'Rina (Played by Molly Orr)'
:Rina is a member of Drake's band, and plays bass guitar. The character is played by Molly Orr, who was a member of ''The Amanda Show'' cast, appearing in the ''Moody's Point'' sketches as Misty Raines; ''The Amanda Show'' was also created by Dan Schneider. In the episode "Josh Runs into Oprah", Drake mentions that a guy named ''Julio'' plays bass guitar for his band.
★ 'Paul (Played by Jeremy Ray Valdez)'
:Paul is a member of Drake's band, and plays rhythm guitar.
★ 'Scottie (Played by Johnny Lewis)'
:Scottie Wilson is the drummer for Drake's band and is shown to be unintelligent. He has one brother, Trevor, who seems to be as unintelligent as Scottie himself. In the episode "Megan's New Teacher", Drake mentions that he needs a new drummer to replace "Mitch" - Scottie is not mentioned in this episode, and only appeared during season one, like Drake's other two bandmates Paul and Rina. He apparently thought it was legal to photocopy tickets to a music concert (landing him, Drake, and their band into a lot of trouble with the police). In the episode "The Storm", a guy named "Gary" is the drummer in Drake's band.
★ 'Trevor (Played by Taran Killam)'
:Trevor Wilson is one of Drake's friends and is Scottie's brother. He was also apart of the ''The Amanda Show'' cast. He appears to be as unintelligent as Homer Simpson, like his brother. He gave Drake and Josh a dune buggy, which he "fixed" himself. His parents make him take a head examination every month. He is often mentioned, but so far he has only appeared in "Dune Buggy". He also had a Chevrolet El Camino made in 1977, which gets engulfed in flames at the end of "The Wedding".
★ 'Clayton (Played by Josh Sussman)'
:Clayton is a character in Drake and Josh's science class. His only appearances are in "Eric Punches Drake" and "Josh is Done." In "Eric Punches Drake" Drake spat out a mouth full of mouthwash into Clayton's bottled water which prompted Clayton to follow Drake around for the rest of the episode asking in his mumbling voice "Why?". In "Josh is Done" when Drake shows up late to science class and finds that he and Josh are no longer lab partners his new lab partner is Clayton to which he responds "Clayton? But he's a nerd." When Drake asks Clayton for help he responds in his mumbling voice causing Drake to say, "I'm sorry I can't understand you" and when Clayton mumbles some more Drake just gets more frustrated yelling, "I don`t know what your saying!"
★ 'Hot Carl (Played by Chris Rodgers)'
:Hot Carl appeared in only one eppisode "The Storm", where he was seen on the couch eating six chili dogs.
Guest Stars
★
Crew
★ Dan Schneider - creator/executive producer/writer
★ Joe Catania - producer
★ Robin Weiner - producer
★ Virgil Fabian - occasional director
★ Drake Bell - Director of first half of Really Big Shrimp
★ Josh Peck - Director of episode "Battle of Panthatar"
Cultural References
Many of the ''Drake & Josh'' episodes have product parodies in them. The following is an incomplete list of some of the more well-known occurrences:
★ In the dune buggy episode before the TV breaks as Josh is watching an old Tony Pajamas routine (a sketch starring both Bell and Peck) from the Amanda Show can be heard in the background.
★ In the episode where Drake & Josh are making salsa, and Megan wins the plasma screen TV, the musical background of the environmental show is an instrumental "Wait For You" originally by Elliott Yamin.
★ In several episodes, fake website domain names are mentioned like Skinillnesses.com, GetABus.org, whatswrongwithmybody.com, meganparker.com, etc. These websites are also mentioned in another Schneider's Bakery show, Zoey 101, which is why the domains redirect to the Zoey 101 page on Nick.com. Currently, they redirect to the Show List on Nick.
★ In the episode "Number One Fan", Drake says "Who wants to go to Chuckie Cheddars?" as a parody of Chuck E. Cheese.
★ In the episode "Battle of Panthatar", Josh turns on the television and hears the ''Hannah Montana'' theme song, but the announcer identifies the show as "Suzannah Louisiana" as a parody.
★ In the episode where Drake and Josh bet each other that they would not eat candy or play video games, respectively, Josh was tempted by the "GameSphere" (parody of the Nintendo GameCube. This may also be a reference to the South Park episode Towelie where the boys get a gaming console called Okama "Gamesphere"), a fictional game console. The controller shown for this console was an N64 controller and another was a third-party controler for an Xbox. They are also shown playing with PS2 more often. Josh also plays a Game Boy Advance SP. While supposedly playing a Mario game, Josh says "Take that, red turtle shell!" and Drake says "Jump the mushroom." Then Josh says "I'll jump the mushroom when it's mushroom jumpin' time!" Turtle shells and mushrooms are common in Mario games. Also in this episode, Drake walks into the bedroom and finds candy everywhere. Josh is wearing a top hat and has a giant candy cane. He is dressed like Willy Wonka from the movies Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
★ In the episode where Mrs. Hayfer assigns Drake to have a little brother, two cultural references are present, one of them mentioned twice. In one scene, Drake and Josh's "little brother" Sammy are pretending to be on a cooking show. Megan then shows up and asks "What's it called, the 'Iron Boob'?," referencing Iron Chef. Drake later walks in and asks the same exact question, with Megan walking by saying "My joke". Another reference is when Drake buys tickets to a "Blaine Darbey" magic show. This is a possible reference to the popular street magician David Blaine.
★ Many times Drake and Josh refer to people playing or taking part in the show. In "The Tree House" Megan says their parents are out with the Schneiders and Josh says "stupid Schneiders," referencing Dan Schneider, who is on the crew. In the episode Drake says he wished he had an inside out burger.
★ In the episode 'Megan's New Teacher', Megan walks into Drake and Josh's room to get her 'Pentendo GS', a parody of the Nintendo DS, although when she picks it up, it is a Game Boy Advance SP.
★ In Drake & Josh Go Hollywood Josh makes several references to his ''G-O'', an MP3 player in the show. However, in the episode where Josh starts working at The Premiere, he makes a references to the new "iBot," a parody of the iPod.
★ Also in Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, characters are playing the Sony PSP:
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★ Drake, when Audrey and Walter leave for their cruise
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★ Megan, when she is on the plane
★ In many of the Drake and Josh episodes, Drake and Josh drink a soda called "Dr. Fizz", "Mountain Fizz" and "Moca Cola" most likely referencing the popular sodas Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew and Coca-Cola.
★ Dr. Phyllis is a parody of Dr. Phil and it is also in Brandy and Mr.Whiskers.
★ In the The Great Doheny episode, Henry Doheny is a parody of Harry Houdini. Houdini actually claimed that he would one day come back from the dead, which is what Doheny does.
★ In Helen's Surgery, The Groove Machine is an obvious parody of Dance Dance Revolution.
★ In Helen's Surgery, the show Happy Times is a parody of Good Times and Happy Days
★ In The Gary Grill, The Gary Coleman Grill is a parody of The George Foreman Grill, which in turn is named after the famous boxer.
★ In the Megan's Revenge episode, OR is a parody of ER (also, OR probably stands for Operation Room).
★ When Drake is referring to girls as candy, he talks about a Megathon Bar, which is probably a parody of the Marathon Bar.
★ In numerous episodes, an Aerosmith, an Ataris, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and a John Mayer poster are found hanging on Drake and Josh's bedroom wall. A Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards poster can be found as well, but the word "bastard" is censored by two bumper stickers.
★ Drake and Josh use a laptop with a pear on it, a parody of Apple inc. This same parody is used in Zoey 101, the upcoming show iCarly, and in one episode of The Fairly OddParents. They have been shown in pink, blue, and grey.
★ In numerous episodes, they refer to Galaxy Wars, an obvious parody of Star Wars. In a few episode they even use prop lightsabers(which appear to be Master Replica Force FX lightsabers). They refer to Princess Oblongata, a parody of Queen Amidala or Princess Leia Organa. Galaxy Wars is also referenced in Zoey 101.
★ The episode "I Love Sushi" is a homage to I Love Lucy, right down to the end credits, in which a scene where Drake and Josh are working in the sushi factory, is done in black and white with a heart surrounding the film, with a Latin version of the theme song played. The name of the factory that Drake and Josh worked in, Ball & Vance Fish Corp., is a reference to Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance who played Lucy and Ethel on I Love Lucy. The scene where the boys try to package sushi but can't keep up with it is a homage to an I Love Lucy episode (Job Switching).
★ The Episode "Driver's License," Drake mentions Inside Out Burger which is a parody of In-N-Out Burger. The same parody is used in the Tree House episode.
★ Also in Drake And Josh Go Hollywood, When Drake is driving Megan to the Airport with Josh, Josh is reviewing some of Drake's videos and the video he was watching in the car was the video in the Spring Fling episode of Zoey 101, This is video is also shown when Josh shows the Guy Drakes video in the men's room.
★ In the episode "The Drake and Josh Inn", the Four Schneiders Hotel is a parody of the Four Seasons Hotel, and to the creator of the show Dan Schneider.
★ In the end of the episode "The Peruvien Puff Pepper" Megan goes in her room and starts watching Drake and Josh clean up the kitchen, she says, "boob and boober" referencing to Dumb and Dumber.
★ In the end of the episode "Steered Straight" Drake and Josh are eating with Megan and their mother at a BF Wang's, an obvious reference to popular Chinese restaurant, PF Chang's
★ The show is filmed at Nickelodeon on Sunset, 6230 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
★ In the movie Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, when Josh is beginning to read a magazine, there is a news flash. There is a man saying, "I'm standing here in front of the US Treasury (which is actually the Capitol building)..." He is obviously a reporter, and the station he is reporting for is called "CCN", an obvious parody of the popular news station CNN.
★ Mystic Mountain is a parody of Magic Mountain.
★ In the episode "Who's Got Game" the record store has many posters, including ones for Three Days Grace, Gorillaz, Jack's Mannequin, and Korn.
★ In two episodes, Drake and Josh mentioned that they are going to watch Canadian Idol, obviously a parody of American Idol (this could also be a nod to the actual Canadian Idol show that airs in Canada.)
★ In the movie Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, one of the titles on the Premiere Theater's marquee is "Now She's Carly", which refers to Miranda Cosgrove on her new show, called iCarly where she plays Carly. Another title is "Four Great Seasons" which refers to the four seasons that have so far passed during the show.
★ In the movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, Megan is reading a Magazine called Persons, a parody of the People Magazine
★ In Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp where Josh says " I'm rocking my Daka Puffs right now" Daka Puffs is a parody of Nike Shox
★ In the episode Helicopper, the two young police girls that appear when Drake buys the 1000th ticket name two movie parodies: 'Dreamscope', a parody of Dreamworks, and also Paramore, a parody of Paramount. Also, in Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, while the brothers are on their way to Drake's live TRL performance, the two pass by the actual entrance to the Paramount Pictures studio in the red Dodge Viper.
★ In the episode Paging Dr. Drake it appears to be that Walter is reading a Newsweek magazine in the hospital, but you can only see the word News, it appears to be that Condoleezza Rice's face is on the cover, the magazine is also seen again in the episode Theater Thug.
★ The Premiere often has posters parodying actual movies, such as There's Nothing About Gary, A Walk to Forget, Janet of the Grapes and The Empress Fights Back .Also, in one of the episodes, Drake asks whether they should see She's the Dude, a parody of She's The Man which stars Amanda Bynes, star of The Amanda Show on which Drake and Josh also starred.
★ It is mentioned in the episode Honor Council that Drake and Josh have a pool(which Drake filled with lobsters). But in the episode The Drake and Josh Inn a tourist says they need more water in the pool to Josh, but could probably be referring to a pool inside the house.
★ Also in Paging Dr. Drake, UCLA and Harvard are mentioned.
★ In Really Big Shrimp, Spin City Records is a possible parody of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records
★ In the episode Paging Dr. Drake, the hospital that Drake and Josh are at is named St. Schneider. Named after the creator of the show Dan Schneider.
★ In the episode "First Crush", Drake and Josh perform in a coffee shop called "The Brew Note," which parodies a popular chain of jazz clubs named "The Blue Note".
★ In the 'Pilot Episode',(the first episode), in the scene where Josh is getting warmed up to fight Drake's girlfriend's ex-boyfriends, Eric, (the nerd) can be seen in the background
★ In the episode "Drew and Jerry" when Drake askes Josh if they are still going to the premier of Ghost monsters, Ghost Monsters is an obvious parody of Ghost Busters.
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★ In the episode "Grammy", Josh said that Basketball wasn't his thing. But in "My Dinner with Bobo", He is seen holding a basketball in his hand.
Episodes
Main articles: 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 | 17 | April 2, 2005 | April 8, 2006 |
| Season 4 | 18 | September 24, 2006 | September 16, 2007 |
Movies
The TV movie ''Drake & Josh Go Hollywood'' is about Drake and Josh being 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. After sending Megan on a flight to Los Angeles accidentally, they go to Hollywood to get Megan back, and they stop a multi-billion dollar heist. The movie aired on January 6, 2006 and was a critical success.
A feature-length episode, ''Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp'', is about Spin City Records wanting to sign Drake for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune. But Josh's inexperience as a manager (and his titular fondness) leads him to sign the contract without reading it, and accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. The episode aired on August 3rd, 2007 and was ranked the most watched tv movie on Nickelodeon. Over 6 million viewers tuned in that night.
"Drake & Josh: In New York!" is in the works for a theatrical release in 2007 or 2008. It is mentined at the of the end of Drake and Josh Go Hollywood that they will have to got to New York City to have Spin City Records sign Drake to their label. It is not yet confirmed but is listed on imdb.com and will be released by Collective Studios and Nickelodeon Movies, along with Paramount Pictures. Very little of the plot is known at this time.
Buzz on the intenet is quite evident, many people have said that it will be named differently, one blogger on TV.com has said that it will be called Drake and Josh New York Scandal, with full plot details. Whether this is true is unknown. It is hard to determine what the status of the movie is right now, due to the fact that nothing has been confimed by Nickelodeon or Dan Schnieder.
Merchandise
There is a soundtrack, '', that was released on March 8, 2005 on Nickelodeon Records.
Four episodes from season one have been released on DVD titled ''Suddenly Brothers''. A second volume, titled ''Suddenly Family'' was planned to be released on September 13, 2005 [1], but was withdrawn for unknown reasons. On January 31, 2006, ''Drake & Josh Go Hollywood'' was released on DVD, with two episodes from the beginning of the third season included as bonus material ("Helen's Surgery" and "Mindy's Back".) Also, the episode "We're Married" was included in the TEENick Picks DVD. Also, one episode of the fourth season, Who's Got Game, is available on the Kids' Choice Awards Winners Collection, which are only available at Wal-Mart for a limited time. This DVD includes episodes of TV shows that have won at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, including 'Drake and Josh', SpongeBob SquarePants, Zoey 101, and Romeo!.
There are a series of Drake & Josh chapter books. The books are entitled ''Kid Trouble'', ''Go Hollywood'', ''Blues Brothers'', ''Sibling Rivalry'', ''Surprise!'', and ''Alien Invasion''. These books are based on episodes from the series.
THQ released a video game called "Drake & Josh" on the Game Boy Advance on March 5, 2007 and a DS version called "Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown" that was released July 30, 2007.
Drake & Josh Really Big Shrimp is a possible DVD release in the future.
Awards & Nominations
★ At Nickelodeon's 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, ''Drake & Josh'' won over ''American Idol'' to win the orange blimp-award for Favorite TV Show.
★ Also at the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, Drake Bell won the award for best actor.
★ At the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards, Drake Bell won the award for best actor again.
★ Also at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards, ''Drake & Josh'' was nominated again for Favorite TV Show, but lost to American Idol.
Trivia
★ In the first episode, you can see Eric in the back of the crowd that is about to see Josh fight Buck.
★ In the first season, the door to Drake and Josh's room faces where the television is. In the later episodes, the door faces Josh's bed. This is because the house originally belonged to the Parkers (Drake, Megan, and Audrey). Once the Nichols (Josh and Walter) moved in, the Parker-Nichols family worked on the house to replace the door and added a platform where the drumset was to put Josh's bed, among other changes.
★ The house's wallpaper appears to change during the first season. The kitchen's wallpaper was changed around the same time that Drake's bedroom was renovated.
★ Dan Schneider got the idea to create Drake and Josh, out of a skit from the Amanda Show where they are fighting (like brothers) over a piece of shrimp that fell out of a window. Drake and Josh: Really Big Shrimp in many ways can be considered a homage to the skit, as shrimps and prawns are featured quite a few times in the movie and even affected the story. The skit from Amanda Show is featured in the end of the movie.
★ In many episodes showing The Premiere, you can see poster of the fake movies such as "Janet of the Grapes", "Kissed Her Sister" and "Austin Texas" (A parody of Austin Powers).
★ In the show, Audrey's name and job are never mentioned.
★ In the episode "The Storm", Walter does an outside broadcast that is on channel 7. But in "Steered Straight", it is mentioned that Walter does the weather on Channel 2. It is possible that during that time, he may have been assigned to the different channel.
External links
★ The official ''Drake & Josh'' page on Nick.com
★ Nick UK - Drake and Josh
★ Drake Bell's official website
★ Megan Parker's website, seen in the episode Honor Council (Takes you to Nick.com's show list)
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