The Misadventures of Luke and Danny

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The Misadventures of Luke and Danny is an American/British multi-camera children's television sitcom, which serves as a spin-off to the 30th entry in the Power Rangers franchise, Power Rangers Robo Force and has been airing on CBBC in the United Kingdom and Nickelodeon in the United States since November 11, 2023 before being made available on Netflix alongside new episodes of Robo Force from January 2024. The series follows the comical mishaps of the characters, Luke Davis and Danny Adams (albeit in an alternate dimension where Luke and Danny never became involved with the team) as they struggle to get through their busy day-to-day jobs of working at an after-school club for both human and robonoid children all while trying to constantly impress their boss with often hilarious outcomes.

After Robo Force had finished filming in spring 2024 and production began on it's successor, this show was later given the go-ahead to start production on a 2nd series of 13 more episodes after the overwhelming positive reception that they had received by fans because of it being different and unique to most sitcoms on Nickelodeon during this time period due to it not having a laugh track.

Synopsis
"In this spin-off to the popular action series, Power Rangers Robo Force, we follow Luke and Danny who in this alternate dimension are working at a children's club where they struggle to deal with their rather impatient boss, Melissa as well as Danny's rival and former classroom bully to the Ninja Steel Rangers, Victor Vincent who is always looking to embarrass the boys at every opportunity. It's a series that has each episode filled with 15 minutes of fun old school slapstick style humour and top quality gags that'll get the entire family laughing throughout the entire show." - Netflix's official description

Main cast
There are three characters that are seen/heard in every single episode of the show. They consist of:


 * Luke Davis (Caleb McLaughlin) is one of the show's two central characters and Danny's best friend. Despite being diagnosed with autism and being somewhat more dimwitted compared to his main universe counterpart who is quite intellectual despite the same disability, Luke is the more mature member of the duo and although he still wishes to have fun at work like Danny does, he is usually the person to lead his friend in the right direction to make sure they do their job properly by giving ideas on what they could do to achieve their goal for that episode but Danny would often interrupt him and claim Luke's plans as his own.
 * Danny Adams (actor shares the same name as the character) is one of the show's two central characters and Luke's best friend. He is often immature, clumsy, silly, a joker, has a slight habit of making puns/mixing up his words and can also be viewed as being a bit of a brat when things don't go his way or he doesn't get what he wants which he shows by flapping his arms up and down whilst jumping frantically on the spot and groaning. Despite this however, Danny is still kind-hearted and is willing to help others out (especially the kids) with their problems/needs even if he needs Luke's help to do so.
 * Melissa Anderson (Wanda Sykes) is the manager of the club and like Danny's previous bosses back in the UK, she can be quite strict when people don't do what she asks them to do and is often the foil of Luke and Danny's antics by giving them very harsh punishments if she catches them like when she once threatened Danny with the possibility of him having to clean the toilets for an entire year without a toilet brush if he played any more pranks on anyone during April Fool's day although on this occasion it was a prank of her own because at the end of the episode when we thought she had fired everyone, Melissa revealed that despite being who she was, she was also quite the prankster herself back in her younger years and that she wasn't going to lose her cool over a few harmless jokes.

Recurring characters

 * Victor Vincent (Chris Reid) who was previously a supporting character in Power Rangers Ninja Steel and it's sequel, moves from Summer Cove after graduating from the local high school and gets a job at the kids club where he becomes somewhat of a rival to Danny to the point where they compete against each other in a couple of episodes. Victor acts like a supreme jock and is not afraid to show off just to make Danny jealous of his superior physical abilities.
 * Betty Burke (Kristina Ho) who was previously a supporting character in Power Rangers Beast Morphers, is responsible for running the club's cafe/juice bar after she had recently gotten fired from Grid Battleforce when she and her brother, Ben accidentally unleashed a massive flood of pink ooze inside of headquarters and she is also one of the only people who loves to listen to Luke and Danny's jokes.
 * Jessie Adams (Christopher Khayman Lee, who previously played Andros on Power Rangers in Space) is Danny's cheapskate but sometimes caring father who usually appears in order to ask the boys for their help with whatever his latest money-making scheme is even though it could potentially get them into all sorts of trouble with the wrong people.

Episodes
Main article: List of The Misadventures of Luke and Danny episodes

Series 1

 * 1) Paper Boys - Luke and Danny decide to redecorate Melissa's office after Luke accidentally ruined her wall by spilling a smoothie all over the wallpaper but things soon get very messy indeed as they have to rush through it before she finds out what has happened.
 * 2) Sports Day - Danny is feeling rather competitive today as it's the annual child and staff sports day where this year, he and Luke have to coach a team of unpopular kids against Victor's (whose now aiming for his 100th trophy) team of mini jocks and the momentum soon changes rather quickly when the boys suddenly add their own events to the mix.
 * 3) Car Wash - Danny's father Jessie comes to visit when he plans to open a car wash for the children's parents as part of his latest get rich quick scheme where he promises the boys that he'll split his earnings with them but they have a few issues when they try to clean their bosses vehicle due to how old and worn down it is.
 * 4) Artful Bodgers - Melissa has invited a world renowned art critic to the club so they can inspect a new painting that's being made in the sports hall. Danny then decides to make a few "improvements" after he sees that the artist who made the picture didn't paint him as big as Luke and the others and he was covered by the club logo which made him a bit jealous but things don't go to plan however, as he instead makes it worse thus causing him and Luke to spring into action to try and fix it before Melissa comes back.
 * 5) Undercover Customer - Melissa announces that a special guest has arrived at the club with their son acting as some sort of undercover customer to put the employees through their paces with a little test which could result in one of them being fired if they fail. Luke and Danny are determined to find out the customer's identity at all costs, however they need to figure it out first to which Danny suspects that it might be their old PE teacher, Mr Fury.
 * 6) April Foolers - It's Danny's favourite day of the year, April Fools, which means that he gets to play pranks on his friends all day, or does he? Melissa is not in a joking mood however and has promised that if everyone's favourite joker plays even one prank on anyone then he'll be spending an entire year cleaning the toilets without the aid of a brush. But when a mystery pranker invades the premises he and Luke go on a mission to unmask the pranker and stop their reign of tyranny.
 * 7) Merry Christmas - It's almost Christmas and the gang are rehearsing for the annual staff pantomime in which Danny is determined to land the starring role of Prince Charming because of a crush he has on the person playing the role of Cinderella (guest star, Karan Ashley), however during the auditions he embarrasses himself by nervously peeing his pants and failing to remember his lines thus giving the role to Victor. Feeling sorry for his friend, Luke (who is playing the role of a palace chef) decides to put everything that Danny taught him about the traditional panto slosh/mess scene into action so he can cook up a truly humiliating recipe for Victor and make Danny the star of the show.
 * 8) The Advert - In order to bring up the numbers of kids visiting the club each day, Melissa has tasked Luke and Danny with creating the perfect advertisement but what they don't know is that Victor is planning on messing everything up to try and get them fired.
 * 9) Team Charity - Today, the boys are trying to raise money for a local charity with Luke trying to make people laugh and Danny doing a sponsored silence but they succeed in raising eyebrows instead thus leading them to eventually settle on trying other ideas with none of them working.
 * 10) Ping Pong Problems - Whilst training for his big table tennis match against Victor, Danny starts to feel very tired as he explains to Luke that was awake all-night trying to watch a 12 hour masterclass video on BuzzBlast in order to prepare for the big game. So Luke now has to find a place where his friend can get a quick power nap before the match begins.
 * 11) Mix-up Maniacs - It's Wild West Wednesday at the club and the kids are feeling cheerful because of a new mechanical bull that Danny has ordered for the event. Meanwhile, a person that looks eerily similar to Luke shows up to apply for a job as a pool lifeguard which causes confusion when everyone thinks it's actually him. It's time for a good ol' fashioned showdown at high noon.
 * 12) Picture Perfect - Today is the annual "Staff Picture Day" but every year, Danny always seems to have a slight problem of not being able to stay clean before the photo gets taken. So he and Luke are forced to take extreme measures around the club to make sure that "Mr Acciderrrnt" doesn't get mucky in order to take the perfect picture.
 * 13) A Date to Remember - Today is Valentine's Day which Danny's father, Jessie and the boy's boss, Melissa are both very excited about because they're both going on dates at the club's cafe but when the big night arrives, Luke and Danny notice there is only one table because of Betty saying that Melissa paid for this with her own money as she wanted something exclusive which means that Melissa's date is actually Jessie and it makes Danny furious over the potential thought of Melissa becoming his mum!

Series 2

 * 1) To Be Added

Critical reception and ratings
Like it's main series counterpart, the show has received generally positive reviews from both television critics and fans of Power Rangers alike. At Metacritic, the first season earned a score of 82 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews" with the Christmas episode, "Merry Christmas" getting 1.25 million viewers in the UK becoming the CBBC channel's most viewed programme, overtaking The Sarah Jane Adventures episode, "The Wedding of Sarah Jane (Part 2)" whilst "Mix-up Maniacs" is the most viewed episode in the US with 5.48 million viewers on Nickelodeon.

Awards

 * Favorite Kids TV Show, 2024 Kids' Choice Awards (Robo Force would later win the award for Favorite Family TV Show)
 * Favorite TV Actor (Caleb McLaughlin), 2024 Kids' Choice Awards (this award was for Caleb's role as Luke in both this series and Robo Force)

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