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{{Infobox Television
| show_name = Drake & Josh
| image = [[Image:Nick drake.jpg]]
| caption = ''Drake & Josh'' logo
| format = [[Sitcom]]
| runtime = 27 minutes
| creator = [[Dan Schneider (TV producer)|Dan Schneider]]
| executive_producer = Dan Schneider
| starring = [[Drake Bell]]<br>[[Josh Peck]]<br>[[Nancy Sullivan]]<br>[[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]]<br>[[Miranda Cosgrove]]
| country = {{USA}}
| location = San Diego,CA [[filmed in Hollywood, California]]
| network = [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]
| first_aired = [[January 11]], [[2004 in television|2004]]
| last_aired = [[September 16]], [[2007 in television|2007]]
| preceded_by = ''[[Amanda Show]]''
| related = ''[[Zoey 101]]''<br>''[[iCarly]]''
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 60 (including 3 TV movies)
| list_episodes = List of Drake & Josh episodes
| imdb_id = 0363328
| tv_com_id = 11005
|opentheme=''"[[Found a Way]]"'' by [[Drake Bell]]
}}
'''''Drake & Josh''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] shown on the [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon television network]], starring the two stepbrothers Drake Parker ([[Drake Bell]]) and Josh Nichols ([[Josh Peck]]). Both stars had already played roles in ''[[The Amanda Show]]'', as had [[Nancy Sullivan]], who plays their mother in the show. [[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]] plays their father, and [[Miranda Cosgrove]] plays their little sister. Reruns of ''Drake & Josh'' are currently appearing on [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]], [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] and the [[The N]]. The show takes place in [[San Diego]] but was filmed in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]].



==Summary==
''Drake & Josh'' focuses around the lives of Drake Parker ([[Drake Bell]]) and Josh Nichols ([[Josh Peck]]), two teenagers who become stepbrothers when Drake's mother, Audrey Parker-Nichols ([[Nancy Sullivan]]), and Josh's father, Walter Nichols ([[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]]), got married. Drake is portrayed as a lucky, arrogant, and popular 16 year old and Josh is portrayed as sensible, uncool, and a little clumsy. They are often harassed by Drake's younger sister, Megan Parker ([[Miranda Cosgrove]]), who seems innocent but constantly pulls pranks on the two. Walter, Josh's father, can be described as clumsy like Josh and an outdated [[meteorologist]], and Audrey, Drake and Megan's mom, is more stern, being the one to usually punish Drake and Josh. She is the only person 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 face various happenings involving school, jobs, girlfriends, the fearful Megan, and other average teenage ordeals. They often have to do this while fending off Megan's manipulative nature, potential punishments from their parents, and sharing a room with each other.

==Main characters==
====Drake Parker====
Drake (portrayed by singer/actor [[Drake Bell]]) is depicted as an easygoing, popular and girl crazy teenager. Although he often appears unintelligent, his under-achievement seems to be caused by laziness and not stupidity. Drake has a great interest in music; he plays the electric guitar in a band throughout the series and likes all forms of music, his favorites being [[rock and roll]] and [[pop rock]]. Drake has a lot of success with girls and much of the comedy on the show is derived from his effortless ability to get dates. His attitude towards women, however, is slightly misogynistic and is countered by the more sensitive Josh. Despite his selfishness and laziness, Drake has a big heart, but doesn't show it much then redeems himself in the end. Not much is known about his (and his little sister's) father.

====Josh Nichols====
Josh (portrayed by actor [[Josh Peck]]) is the victim of many unlucky events, such as being falsely accused of things in which he was never involved. He is usually the sensible one, who was often taken advantage of by Drake and was portrayed as somewhat of a [[nerd]] with little luck with girls during the first and second seasons. In later seasons, Josh becomes more confident and his goofiness was diminished as he began to lose significant amounts of weight; he was able to have ex-rival Mindy Crenshaw as his girlfriend and is shown dating. He often makes sarcastic remarks to Drake when he says something nonsensical. Nothing is known about his mother.

====Megan Parker====
Megan (portrayed by actress [[Miranda Cosgrove]]) is Drake's feisty, intelligent and "evil" little sister and the boys' sister. She continually pulls pranks on Drake and Josh, and enjoys seeing them suffer. Drake and Josh have tried to foil her plans and convince their parents that she is a demon, but they always fail. Megan is always one step ahead. As stated on season four, her schemes get more complex: from simply putting hot sauce in Drake and Josh's pasta in season one to firing paintballs at them from a custom made radio in season three. She usually calls her two brothers "boobs" as a way of saying they're dumb. She has also been shown to be quite sadistic, hurting and pulling pranks on her older brothers through much of the series, but she loves them, although she rarely admits it.

====Walter Nichols====
Walter (portrayed by actor [[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]]) is Josh's father, and Megan and Drake's stepfather, a [[meteorologist]] who is often wrong about the weather. Walter is often clumsy, out of date, even seemingly empty-headed (for example, he believed ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' to be "just a movie" and not real, thought the word touché to be pronounced 'toosh', and thought the word capisce to be pronounced ''capise''). As a result, he lacks the respect of his stepchildren, Drake and Megan (Drake and Megan refuse to call him "Dad" in some episodes and instead calls him by his first name Walter, which stepchildren commonly do). He is also quite clueless in regards to Megan's pranks which have caused Drake and Josh a lot of punishments, although in seasons 3 and 4, Walter slowly begins to notice Megan's evil.

====Audrey Parker Nichols====
Audrey (portrayed by actress [[Nancy Sullivan]]) is the mother of Drake and Megan and the stepmother of Josh. She, too, upsets Walter because of her preference to Bruce Winchill, his rival weatherman. She is usually telling the boys to try not to be so immature. Because Walter is unable to discipline Drake and Josh, she usually has to punish the boys. Her name, never mentioned on the show, (But does appear when the TV's captions are turned on) appears only on the Nick.com webpage. She, along with Walter, always believes Megan instead of Drake and Josh, even when they are telling the truth. It is unknown what her profession is or even if she works, as her job is never mentioned throughout the series.

==Recurring characters==
* '''"Crazy" Steve''' (portrayed by actor [[Jerry Trainor]]) is an employee at '''The Premiere''' movie theater. He is hard working and pretty calm at times, that is, until someone (usually Josh) criticizes his work or does something he dislikes, and that is when he goes crazy. He actually quit in his first appearance, leading to Helen offering Josh a job, but showed up again as an employee later in the series. He is unusually nice and polite to Drake's mom. On Mondays, he goes particularly crazy, but calms down when [[She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain]] is sung and he gets a drink of milk (usually served warm). The song calms him down because of his father. It's likely Steve had a rough childhood, most likely because of his father, because in the Really Big Shrimp, he is able to vacuum the floor by thinking the floor as his father.
* '''Craig Ramirez and Eric Blonowitz''' ([[Alec Medlock]] and [[Scott Halberstadt]]): Craig and Eric are two stereotypical "nerdy" honor students that are always being exploited by Drake, mostly due to Drake's hare-brained schemes. Drake often mixes their names. Both, according to Drake, are Jewish, and that Eric was also a [[pacifist]]. They appear a few times in Seasons 1 and 2, but appear more frequently in Season 3. Eric left for [[Puerto Rico ]] in the episode "Dance Contest," even though the episode was set before "Really Big Shrimp" which had both Craig and Eric(possibly due to that the movie premiered before the episode)
* '''Mindy Crenshaw''' ([[Allison Scagliotti-Smith]]): Mindy was introduced in the episode ''Honor Council'' as Josh's rival at school; in fact, she enjoyed reminding Josh that she had beat him in the science fair for five years straight. Despite this, she eventually became Josh's girlfriend. Though they broke up in Season 4's "Mindy Loves Josh," they get back together in ''Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp''.
* '''Trevor Wilson''' ([[Taran Killam]]): Trevor Wilson is one of Drake's friends, who appears to be even more unintelligent than Drake. His only appearance is in "Dune Buggy", but he is mentioned a lot throughout the rest of the series.
* '''Helen Ophelia Dubois Baxter''' ([[Yvette Nicole Brown]]): Helen is the manager at the ''Premiere'' theater (a movie theater where Josh (and formerly Drake) has a job), connected to the ''Premiere Galleria'', a mall. She is known for her intimidation factor, due to her loud voice and orders for her employees. She adores Drake but seems to dislike Josh, despite the hard work he puts in at the theater.She also starred in a hit television show as a child, called "Happy Times". Though [[Yvette Nicole Brown]] plays Helen normally, [[Frances Callier]] filled in for her and portrayed her in the episode "Little Diva". She seems to be Jewish, remarking during Really Big Shrimp that she has to take her fiancé to "meet the rabbi."
* '''Gavin''' ([[Jake Farrow]]): Gavin works with Josh at ''The Premiere'', and has a [[mullet]]-like haircut (in Season 4's "Who's Got Game" he got a [[Perm (hairstyle)|perm]]). A running gag throughout the series involved Helen asking him to tell Josh to clean something unusual in the theater. He then cleans up the mess himself - telling Josh "I got it." He also has a crush on Audrey, Drake and Josh's mother. He can apparently get away with anything at work, like taking a nap on the [[roof]]. He first appeared in "Driver's License" and made a final appearance in "Dance Contest", in which he also does an offstage farewell.
* '''Leah''' ([[Cathy Shim]]): Leah is an Asian female employee at '''The Premiere''' [[movie theater]] who appears in Seasons 3, 4 and appears in [[Really Big Shrimp]]. She seems to get along well with Josh, but seems to be afraid of Crazy Steve.
* '''Mrs. Hayfer''' ([[Julia Duffy]]): Mrs. Alice/Linda Hayfer is Drake and Josh's English teacher who adores Josh (due to his hard-working personality) but loathes Drake because of his consistently poor performance in school. In fact, her catchphrase is "I hate you, Drake", with Drake responding, "I know." Mrs. Hayfer has a daughter named Kelly, who Drake briefly dated, much to the discontent of Mrs. Hayfer.
* '''Dr. Glazer''' ([[Roark Critchlow]]): Dr. Jeff Glazer is a doctor who lives across the street from Drake and Josh. He is always called on whenever a serious emergency happens at their house. Although he always seems kind while performing medical procedures for Drake and Josh, he always leaves the two brothers with a ridiculously high bill for his services (he once charged $100 for diagnosing a sheep as pregnant ''after'' she had her baby, and an extra $50 not to tell Drake and Josh's parents). He first appeared in "The Bet" and last appeared in "Sheep Thrills".
* '''Bruce Winchill''': Bruce Winchill is a weather-man who works for Walter's competition's news station. He is never seen on the show, but is mentioned from time to time. He is described by Megan and Audrey as having good-looking hair and is hated by Walter so much that at times he orders his family never to mention his name in the house. Walter lost the Weather Man Award at the "News-ies" to him, because Winchill's forecasts were 100% accurate, compared to Walter's, which are 0-99%.

==Crew==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Name'''
! '''Position'''
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Dan Schneider (TV producer)|Dan Schneider]]
|Creator
|-
|Executive Producer
|-
|Writer
|-
|Joe Canatia
|Producer
|-
|Robin Weiner
|Supervising Producer
|-
|}
===Occasional workers===
* Virgil Fabian – occasional director
* [[Drake Bell]] – director of first half of ''"[[Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp|Really Big Shrimp]]"''
* [[Josh Peck]] – director of episode ''"[[Battle of Panthatar]]"''

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Drake & Josh episodes}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Season!!Ep #!!First Airdate!!Last Airdate
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Drake & Josh episodes#Season 1: 2004|Season 1]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 6
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[January 11]], [[2004]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[February 22]], [[2004]]
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Drake & Josh episodes#Season 2: 2005-2006|Season 2]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 14
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[March 14]], [[2004]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[November 28]], [[2004]]
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Drake & Josh episodes#Season 3: 2006-2007|Season 3]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 20
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[April 2]], [[2005]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[April 8]], [[2006]]
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Drake & Josh episodes#Season 3: 2006-2007|Season 4]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 20
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[September 24]], [[2006]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[September 16]], [[2007]]
|}

===TV movies===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Movie
! Airdate
! Episode #
|-
| ''[[Drake & Josh Go Hollywood]]''
| [[January 6]], [[2006]]
| Ep 32-34
|-
| ''[[Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp]]''
| [[August 3]], [[2007]]
| Ep 57-58
|-
|-
| ''Drake & Josh: Best Christmas Ever'''
| December, [[2008]]
| TV Special
|}

==DVD releases==
===Drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers===
(Release Date [[February 15]], [[2005]])<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006Q93C4 Drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers] amazon.com</ref>

*Contains 4 episodes.
*Pilot
*Dune Buggy
*Believe Me Brother
*First Crush

===Drake & Josh Go Hollywood===
(Release Date [[January 31]], [[2006]])<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BYRCCE Drake and Josh Go Hollywood - The Movie (2006)] amazon.com</ref>

*Contains the movie.
*Contains 2 bonus episodes: Helen's Surgery & Mindy's Back
*Contains the ''[[Found a Way]]'' music video by Drake Bell

===Amazon.com===
*''[[Nickelodeon]]'' and ''[[Amazon.com]]'' have struck a deal to produce [[DVD]]s of new and old Nickelodeon shows. Amazon will be making the discs, cover art, and disc art themselves. '''The Best of Drake & Josh Seasons 3 & 4''' will be released on ''[[Amazon.com]]'' on '''Aug 29'''.<ref>[http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Nickelodeon-Amazon-CreateSpace/10375]</ref>

==Movies==
===Drake & Josh Go Hollywood===
{{main|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, California|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 [[Total Request Live|TRL]]. The movie aired on [[January 6]], [[2006 in film|2006]], and, according to TV Guide, it became the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week.

===Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp===
{{main|Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp}}
Spin City Records is wanting to sign Drake for 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 (having been drooling over the really big shrimp), accidentally signing 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. Later, Josh Nichols sneaks into Spin City Records and switches songs, which was 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. The movie aired on [[August 3]], [[2007 in film|2007]]. However, it is also considered an hour-length 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Drake-38-Joshs/800019987 | title=Drake & Josh's Big Shrimp Nets Really Big Audience | accessdate=2007-10-22 | date=2007-08-07 | format= | work= | publisher=TV Guide }}</ref>

===Drake & Josh: Best Christmas Ever===
A new Drake & Josh TV movie tentatively entitled "Drake and Josh: Best Christmas Ever" began production in July 2008, with its premiere to be sometime in November or December 2008. Creator Dan Schneider is set to return as executive producer, with [[Marjorie Cohn]] and [[Lauren Levine]] co-executive producing. [[Michael Grossman]] is set to direct 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"&mdash;and then try to fulfill that promise.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.viacom.com/news/Pages/newstext.aspx?RID=1165313 | title=The Holidays Come Early for Drake & Josh Fans! | accessdate=2008-06-12 | date=2008-06-12 | work= | publisher=Viacom }}</ref>

==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.

The list of games are published by THQ.

*''[[Drake & Josh (video game)|Drake & Josh]]
*''[[Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown]]

==Books==
A book series based on ''Drake & Josh'' has been published by children's publisher [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] since [[2006 in literature|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"

==Awards==

*2006 [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]] Winner: Favorite TV Show
*2006 [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]] Winner: Favorite TV Actor ([[Drake Bell]])
*2007 [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]] Winner: Favorite TV Actor ([[Drake Bell]])
*2008 [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]] Winner: Favorite TV Actor ([[Drake Bell]])
*2008 [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]] Winner: Favorite TV Show

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nick.com/shows/drake_and_josh/index.jhtml The official ''Drake & Josh'' page on Nick.com]
* [http://www.nick.co.uk/#/drake_and_josh/ Nick UK - Drake and Josh]

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