Wicked Science

Total Genial ( Original title: Wicked Science) is a 52 -part comedy series, with the ZDF and the Australian TV channel Network Ten was a co-production of the Australian producer Jonathan M. Shiff. The German premiere took place on April 19, 2004 to May 25, 2004 daily at the Children's Channel KiKA. In May 2007, in KiKA the second season of the series ran.

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The series tells of the adventures of Toby Johnson, a mediocre student who lives with his friends Russell and Dina in an Australian town and there also goes to Sandy Bay High School. His life changes abruptly when he must stay behind with his domineering classmate Elizabeth and thereby inadvertently put both a chain reaction. You will be struck by lightning, which causes them to be from now on both geniuses, ie both suddenly understand complicated technical relationships and have tremendous ideas. At first, Toby is still trying to prove his environment that he is a genius, but because he can not control the flashes of genius, he will only be laughed at and now instead tries to hide his genius. Elizabeth, however, want to use their skills to their advantage and makes together with her girlfriend Verity and Garth bat again inventions that threaten the city and the school. Only Toby they can fight. But Elizabeth Toby wants to take his genius. At the end of this season, but both lose their skills.

In the second season Dina leaves the series and is replaced by Toby's cousin Sasha. Elizabeth regains her genius and Toby must be awesome to stop them again. In addition, Toby falls in love with the new girl Nikki. This leads to complications because Elizabeth realizes that she is in love with Toby. Also, Nikki's brother Jack who is interested in Elizabeth, the two geniuses very close on the heels, so that the two often have to work together again and again to shake off Jack.

Episode List

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• Toby Johnson is actually a normal teenager. He lives with his father, the school janitor, alone and would really like to get rid of his genius. In his shed he has in which he also very often you meet an ultra-modern laboratory equipped with his friends.
• Elizabeth Hawke wants to use her newfound abilities to take control of the school and especially their classmates. She trusts actually only himself also is almost pathologically jealous. In addition, she is in love since kindergarten in Toby and when she learns that he is a genius, she wants to convince him again and again to work with it.
• Russell " Russ" Skinner is Toby's best friend. He likes skateboards and food (especially pizza). He knows that he is not very smart, but for Toby the face of adversity is a very good and reliable friend.
• Dina Demeris is Toby's best friend. Because she is smart and popular, it is often the target of attacks Elizabeth. At the end of the first season, she went to Hong Kong
• Sasha Johnson is Toby's cousin who comes in the second season to Sandy Bay. As Dina she is clever and immediately sees through Elizabeth's machinations
• Verity McGuire 's been since elementary school Elizabeth appendage and does everything they asked of her. Although they often know that Elizabeth is going too far, she dares rarely something to say against them.
• Garth King is the school club that it all weaker - has apart - especially on Russ. At first he only works for Elizabeth, because these paid him, but then his view on power and influence like getting better.
• Nikki Bailey comes along with her brother Jack at the beginning of the second season to Sandy Bay. They both work in the parental Surf Cafe. Nikki is a great athlete and very popular. She likes Toby, but feels initially repelled by his often strange behavior.
• Jack Bailey distrusts Toby from the beginning and suspect more and more that something is wrong in Sandy Bay. When he gets behind the mystery, he wants to team up with Elizabeth and do so even when he was in love with her.

Supporting Characters

• Bianca is Toby's great love in season 1. But Dina is secretly in love with Toby.
• Professor Carl Tesslar is the science teacher in the 1st season at the Sandy Bay High School. His devices were responsible for Toby's and Elizabeth's change.
• Director Alexa Vyner, the school director in the first season
• Nikki Bailey is Toby's great love in Season 2
• Jack Bailey is the brother of Nikki. He comes Elizabeth and Toby 's tricks and wants to beat out their inventions profit.
• Mrs. Miranda hammer, the headmistress in Season 2
• Mr. Nile Woods is the science teacher in Season 2 at the Sandy Bay High School

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Awards

The first season of the series won the 2008 AFI Award for Best Children's Television Drama. In addition, the second season was also nominated in 2008 for it. In 2005 she was also nominated for a Logie Award.