document_title: Micro Bit

question_text: what is the purpose of a micro bit

question_tokens: what is the purpose of a micro bit

text: Micro Bit

text: Hardware[edit]

text: The size of the device is described as half the size of a credit card,[4] measuring 43 mm × 52 mm and, as of the start of final manufacturing[update],[5] includes:

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Nordic nRF51822 – 16 MHz 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller, 256 KB flash memory, 16 KB static ram, 2.4 GHz Bluetooth low energy wireless networking. The ARM core has the capability to switch between 16 MHz or 32.768 kHz.[2][3][6][7][8][9]
NXP/Freescale KL26Z – 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core microcontroller, that includes a full-speed USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) controller, used as a communication interface between USB and main Nordic microcontroller. This device also performs the voltage regulation from the USB supply (4.5-5.25V) down to the nominal 3.3 volts used by the rest of the PCB. When running on batteries this regulator is not used.
NXP/Freescale MMA8652 – 3-axis accelerometer sensor via I²C-bus.[10]
NXP/Freescale MAG3110 – 3-axis magnetometer sensor via I²C-bus (to act as a compass and metal detector).[10]
MicroUSB connector, battery connector, 23-pin edge connector.[2][8][10][11]
Display consisting of 25 LEDs in a 5×5 array.[8]
Three tactile pushbuttons (two for user, one for reset).[12]

text: I/O includes three ring connectors (plus one power one ground) which accept crocodile clips or 4 mm banana plugs[12] as well as a 23-pin edge connector with two or three PWM outputs, six to 17 GPIO pins (depending on configuration), six analog inputs, serial I/O, SPI, and I²C.[10] Unlike early prototypes, which had an integral battery, an external battery pack (AAA batteries) can be used to power the device as a standalone or wearable product.[3][4][8] Health and safety concerns, as well as cost, were given as reasons for the removal of the button battery from early designs.[13]

text: Software[edit]

text: There are two official code editors on the micro:bit foundation web site:

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Microsoft MakeCode (formerly Microsoft PXT Editor)
MicroPython.[14]

text: Alongside these two editors are 3 legacy editors that are no longer updated:

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CodeKingdoms, using JavaScript;[15][16]
Microsoft Block Editor, based on Blockly;
Microsoft TouchDevelop;

text: The Python programming experience on the Micro Bit is provided by MicroPython.[17][18] Users are able to write Python scripts in the Micro Bit web editor which are then combined with the MicroPython firmware and uploaded to the device. Users can also access the MicroPython REPL running directly on the device via the USB serial connection, this allows them to interact directly with the Micro Bit's peripherals.

text: The Micro Bit was created using the ARM mbed development kits. The run-time system and programming interface utilize the mbed cloud compiler service to compile the user's code. The compiled code is then flashed onto the device using USB or Bluetooth connections. The device will appear as a USB drive when connected to a computer and code can be flashed using drag and drop.[11]

text: Other editors for the BBC micro:bit include:

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codethemicrobit.com, a Blocks/JavaScript editor
Mu, a Python editor
Espruino, a JavaScript interpreter
EduBlocks, a block editor for MicroPython

text: Other programming language for the BBC micro:bit:

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Free Pascal (instructions)
Simulink (Simulink Coder Support Package for BBC micro:bit Board) Provides access to all peripherals like accelerometer, magnetometer, radio, LEDs, buttons and allows one-click code generation and execution on the micro:bit board with signal logging and parameter tuning from the Simulink block editor.
C++ (programming language) (instructions)
Forth (programming language) (instructions)

text: Operating systems which can be built for the BBC micro:bit:

text: Zephyr - the Zephyr lightweight OS comes with the required parameters file to be able to run it on this board.

text: History[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: The Micro Bit was designed to encourage children to get actively involved in writing software for computers and building new things, rather than being consumers of media.[2] It has been designed to work alongside other systems, such as the Raspberry Pi,[19] building on BBC's legacy with the BBC Micro for computing in education. The BBC planned to give away the computer free to every year 7 (11- and 12-year old) child in Britain starting from October 2015 (around 1 million devices).[3][13] In advance of the roll-out an online simulator was made available to help educators prepare, and some teachers were to receive the device in September 2015.[2] Thereafter, the device was planned to be on general sale by the end of 2015.[2][20] However, problems delayed the launch until 22 March 2016.[21]

text: The BBC had a difficult decision to choose which year group would be the first to receive the free Micro Bits, and the BBC's head of learning said that "The reason we plumped for year seven [rather than year five] is it had more impact with that age group … they were more interested in using it outside the classroom".[20]

text: Planning for this project began in 2012 as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Programme and by the time of the launch in July 2015 the BBC had taken on board 29 partners to help with the manufacturing, design, and distribution of the device.[22][23] The BBC has said that the majority of the development costs were borne by the project partners, and it intends to license the technology as open source and allow it to be manufactured around the world for use in education, and it has formed a non-profit company to oversee this.[20][22]

text: Partnerships[edit]

text: The development of the Micro Bit is a product of a number of partners working with the BBC:

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Microsoft – contributed its software expertise and has customised the TouchDevelop platform to work with the device. After the product is on general release it will be responsible for hosting the projects and code for all users of the device.[22] It has also developed the teacher training materials for the device.[2]
Lancaster University – developing the device runtime.[24]
Farnell element14 – overseeing the manufacture of the device.[2]
Nordic Semiconductor – supplied the CPU for the device.[2]
NXP Semiconductors – supplied the sensors and USB controller.[2]
ARM Holdings – provided mbed hardware, development kits and compiler services.[24]
Technology Will Save Us – designing the physical appearance of the device.[12]
Barclays – supported product delivery and outreach activities.[24]
Samsung – developed an Android app and helped connect the device to phones and tablets.[24]
The Wellcome Trust – provided learning opportunities for teachers and schools.[24]
ScienceScope – developing an iOS app and distributing the device to schools.[24]
Python Software Foundation – worked to bring MicroPython to the device, created native and web-based beginner-friendly Python code editors, produced numerous educational resources and organised developer-led workshops for teachers.[25][26]
Bluetooth SIG – Developed the custom Bluetooth LE profile.[27]
Creative Digital Solutions – developed teaching materials, workshops and outreach activities.[28]
Cisco – provided staff and resources to STEMNET to aid with the national rollout.[28]
Code Club – Created a series of coding resources aimed at children ages 9 to 11 and delivered via volunteer run coding clubs.[28]
STEMNET – Provided STEM ambassadors to support schools and teachers and to liaise with third parties such as Bloodhound SSC and Cisco.[28]
Kitronik – Produced and gave away 5,500 e-textile kits for the BBC micro:bit to D&T teachers across the UK. Designed hardware such as a Motor Driver board to allow the BBC micro:bit to control devices such as motors and servos.[28]
Tangent Design – Created the brand identity for the BBC micro:bit and developed the website.[28]

text: A prototype device and software stack created by BBC R&D, demonstrated in the initial announcement,[29] was used to test the proposition in schools, and to provide a reference specification for the partnership to build upon.[30]

text: Microbit Educational Foundation[edit]

text: After a successful roll-out of the micro:bit across the UK, the BBC are handing over the future of the BBC micro:bit to the newly formed, not-for-profit, Microbit Education Foundation.[31] The foundation's CEO, Zach Shelby, formerly Vice President of Marketing for Internet of Things at ARM Holdings, is set to increase the uptake of the BBC micro:bit in education throughout Europe and then the rest of the world.[32]

text: The announcement was made on Oct 18, 2016 to a small group of journalists and educators at Savoy Place in London,[33] that included a review of the past year and their plans for the future.

text: The transition from the BBC to the micro:bit Education Foundation is a phased transition which started with the official home of the micro:bit moving from https://www.microbit.co.uk/ to https://microbit.org/.

text: On Jan 2, 2018 it was announced that Gareth Stockdale from BBC Learning would succeed Zach Shelby as CEO of the Microbit Educational Foundation.[34]

text: Official Resellers[edit]

text: In addition to the partnership that was established to produce and support the micro:bit, the BBC also established a small list of approved resellers so that once the initial schools rollout was complete the micro:bit could be made available to the general public. The BBC micro:bit is now available from the following sources:

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Maplin Electronics - The UK's largest electronics retailer carries a range of micro:bit and accessories options.[35]
4tronix - A small maker company from the UK that produces products for a variety platforms, including the micro:bit, which specialises in robotics.[35]
Kitronik - Ships the micro:bit internationally and designs and produces micro:bit accessories and kits. They also produce free micro:bit learning and teaching resources.[35]
Learning Developments - New Zealand company. Official resellers and specialising in the micro:bit. Owned and run by teachers for teachers.
Pimoroni - A UK company that supply a range of Maker products and accessories. They ship the micro:bit worldwide.[35]
Proto-PIC - An electronics store based in Scotland that ship to the UK and also to Western Europe.[35]
ScienceScope - Creators of the micro:bit iOS App and who also create micro:bit resources, Scienscope also ship the micro:bit internationally.[35]
Tablet Academy - An education based company and micro:bit reseller with ties to Lamar University in the US.[35]
Technology Will Save Us - Sells digital tools and electronics/engineering kits, including micro:bit related kits, now also selling the micro:bit and related items.[35]
The Pi Hut - Based in the UK, The Pi Hut ship the micro:bit and related products internationally.[35]
Binary Bots - Based in the UK, provide 'Smart Toy' robotic kits that include a BBC micro:bit. They ship & resell internationally[35]
Fair Chance Learning - Based in Canada sells micro:bits and supports educators using the BBC micro:bit by providing learning solutions to deliver rich educational experiences for both educators and students, and ensure investments in computer science, STEM, and coding reach their intended outcomes.[36]

text: Manufacturing[edit]

text: Premier Farnell are responsible for managing the manufacturing of the BBC micro:bit. They source all of the components and produce the micro:bits in their own manufacturing plants.[35]


document_title: Devil May Cry 4

question_text: devil may cry 4 special edition playable characters

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text: Devil May Cry 4

text: Gameplay[edit]

text: Gameplay in Devil May Cry 4 is similar to previous games in the series. The player must fight through levels called "missions", occasionally solving puzzles or gathering items. Performance in a mission is graded from D being the bottom grade through C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS being the highest grade. Grades are based on items used, Red Orbs gathered, time taken, and the amount of Style Points accumulated. Each Style Point grade has its own tag-word. The stylish grade shows up on the side of the screen and starts at "Deadly"(D); progresses through "Carnage"(C), "Brutal"(B), and "Atomic"(A); then, progresses through one last bar of grade containing the phrases "Smokin'"(S), "Smokin' Style"(SS), and lastly "Smokin' Sick Style"(SSS). Stylish combat is the main focus of the game, which is conveyed through unbroken combos of varied attacks while avoiding damage. The player must avoid enemy attacks to continue performing combos, often by memorizing attack patterns.[2] The Devil Trigger is a super state that enables the player to become more powerful adding a slow but steady health regeneration, with increased damage done. Devil Trigger can be activated by pressing the button to trigger it when the minimum amount on the gauge is filled.[2]

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text: Some changes introduced into Devil May Cry 4 are the presence of two playable characters, Dante and Nero, and a slight modification to the shop system. A new currency, Proud Souls, is used to buy new abilities while Red Orbs are used to buy items. Proud Souls are rewarded at the end of missions and the amount varies depending on how well the player performed. Cost of abilities also increase with the purchase of other abilities, though all abilities can be sold back for the original price.[2]

text: The player plays as Nero throughout most of the game. He is equipped with the Red Queen sword, Blue Rose revolver, and the powers of his Devil Bringer. The Red Queen features an Exceed Gauge that can be charged up, allowing for subsequent attacks that are more powerful than regular slashes, until the gauge empties. Nero also has the powers of his Devil Bringer, and can use it to pull himself towards enemies or vice versa. The Devil Bringer may also be used for context-sensitive throw attacks, leading to high damage and various effects depending on the enemy. Nero's Devil Bringer also gains new abilities during the course of the game, such as being able to detect secret missions or caches of Red Orbs. Nero eventually gains the ability to use Devil Trigger after getting the katana known as Yamato, which increases his Devil Bringer's power, thus changing his Devil Bringer attacks into more powerful versions with different animations.[2]

text: The player plays as Dante through seven missions, taking over halfway through the game. His gameplay is similar to that of Devil May Cry 3, with him having access to multiple melee and ranged weapons which he gains after boss battles, and being able to cycle through them freely in combat, being no longer limited to equipping two weapons of each type as he was in the previous game. Dante also starts with his four styles, each of which grants him different abilities, but he may now switch them at will with buttons or pads on the controller, unlike in Devil May Cry 3.[3] He also gains the Dark Slayer style near the end of his appearance, which only has one style level. Styles do not level up through experience as in the previous game, but must instead be upgraded like other skills in the shop screen in between missions or at statues. Dante can also enter Devil Trigger; in his Devil Trigger he gains most of the benefits that Nero's Devil Trigger has, though, as he does not have the Devil Bringer, he gets animation and property changes on some of his normal attacks instead.[2]

text: The Special Edition introduces a new gameplay for each new characters like Vergil, Lady and Trish. Lady and Trish, like Dante and Nero, also only playable on a certain mission routes.

text: The player plays Lady will have a same mission route as Nero. She has a similar gameplay as Nero, such as the grappling move mechanism. However, Her combat style relies heavily on using her firearms.

text: The player plays Trish will have a same mission route as Dante. She has a similar gameplay as Dante. According to Hideaki Itsuno, the director of Devil May Cry 3 & 4, states that "...she does away her weapon switching and instead use of the Sparda Sword in the variety of ways that require the use of relatively few buttons." He also stated that her style is "...distinctly different you've seen anything in the game until now.

text: The player plays Vergil through all game's missions. He retain his moves from the Special Edition of Devil May Cry 3, including the close ranged weapon switches, but also added with elements from the reboot of the franchise DmC: Devil May Cry. It is known that his moves are also fully upgradable. And a feature was added for his choice of stylized fighting, which is known as the "Concentration" mechanic. While in action, Vergil's abilities and moves will grow stronger and faster the more calmly and flawlessly he fights. The Concentration mechanic is signaled by a blue gauge in the upper left corner of the screen which is Vergil's Concentration Gauge. It has three levels. The higher the level, the more powerful attacks he will be able to perform. To increase the gauge, Vergil can land attacks on enemies and dodge their attacks, but if he is hit by an enemy or if he runs, these cause the gauge to deplete. Missing attacks also depletes the gauge, so the player must be efficient with their attacks during battle.

text: Plot[edit]

text: In an extra Special Edition story for Vergil, set before the events of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Vergil has been traveling the world, looking for information about his father Sparda. Arriving in Fortuna, Vergil sets out to investigate the Order of the Sword and their intentions. In Vergil's closing cutscene, he leaves Fortuna, presumably having gained the knowledge he was looking for, and notes that while he can't exactly call them [The Order] misguided, "...one day they will all know the true power of a son of Sparda."

text: In the Main Story, Nero is a young man who lives in the castle-town of Fortuna on a mysterious island, isolated from the rest of the world. Fortuna is home to The Order of the Sword, a sect of holy knights who worship the demon Sparda as their God. Their leader, is the High Priest Sanctus, who leads the congregation as a benevolent spiritual leader, despite Nero's clear lack of faith. With the white hair and attitude not unlike a descendant of Sparda, his true parentage remains a mystery. Discovered on the island as a baby, Nero was sent to live with Credo, The Captain of the Holy Knights, who raised Nero to fight demons alongside his peaceful younger sister Kyrie, whom Nero eventually develops feelings for. Though Nero does not believe in The Order’s worship of Sparda, and openly subverts convention by using firearms, and customizing his own sword with a motorcycle handle that shoots flames, he truly believes in protecting the innocent.

text: At the beginning of the game’s events, Sanctus is giving a sermon to the packed Opera House during the Festival of the Sword celebration, when suddenly, Dante himself crashes through the skylight above, and murders Sanctus in full view of the congregation, plunging the Opera House into chaos. As Nero fights Dante, Credo leads Kyrie and the others to safety, whereupon Nero is shocked to discover a latent demonic power in himself, which transforms his entire arm. From there on, Dante recognizes that Nero is "different from the others[4]," and begins to influence Nero’s journey.

text: Initially presented as the primary antagonist who he must capture[5], Nero’s encounters with Dante over the course of the game reveal that the Order of the Sword is in fact responsible for a number of atrocities. Chief among them, is the Order's High-Ranking Scientist Agnus, who has succeeded in transforming himself, Credo, and a very-much-alive Sanctus into Demons with incredible power[6] by siphoning demonic energy from Yamato, the long lost Devil Arm of Dante's twin brother Vergil. Furthermore, Sanctus has used Agnus' research to summon an army of demons to attack Fortuna, while simultaneously awakening a long dormant weapon called The Savior (a giant colossus made in Sparda's image) to destroy the threat; posing as the second coming of Sparda in order to eliminate non-believers, and strengthen his congregation’s worship.

text: Initially contracted by fellow demon hunter Lady, Dante has come to stop Sanctus’ plan. And with his longtime partner Trish undercover in the Order as the mysterious Gloria, they help lead Nero to discover the truth himself, whereupon he forges a mysterious connection to Yamato, which chooses to aid him in battle[7]. Following a final confrontation against Dante, Dante ultimately decides that Nero's intentions are good, and he allows Nero to keep Yamato for the time being; finally sealing their alliance.[8] Using his newfound power in the wake of Credo’s betrayal, Nero is able to help Credo turn against The Order after Sanctus successfully captures himself and Kyrie to use as leverage[9]. Though Credo eventually gives his life in a vain attempt to set things right, Dante and Trish promise him that they will save Kyrie and Nero[10].

text: Wasting no time, Trish evacuates the innocents of Fortuna, while Dante stays busy destroying the false Hell Gates which brought the demon army, reclaiming Yamato after defeating Agnus, and finally going head-to-head with The Savior in an epic sky battle above Fortuna, as Sanctus controls it from within. With Nero still captured inside The Savior, Dante is able to drive Yamato through The Savior’s chest, freeing Nero, who reclaims it inside[11]. In a final battle inside The Savior, Nero destroys Sanctus and saves Kyrie. Though still coming to terms with his as-of-yet unclear ties to the Sparda bloodline, Nero is finally able to make peace with it, after acknowledging the power it has given him to protect those he cares about.

text: Before departing Fortuna, Dante surprises Nero by deciding to entrust him with Yamato indefinitely; thus recognizing him as a part of his family. The two part as equals[12]. In a way, this also symbolizes Dante letting go of the past, and allowing himself to move on from his brother Vergil's death. Left in the ruins of Fortuna, Nero easily fights off the last remaining demons, before finally sharing his first kiss with Kyrie[13]. In the extra Special Edition story for Trish and Lady, both appear (somewhat non-canonically for Lady) and witness the kiss from afar with Dante, only for Trish to lament that "at least someone knows how to get the girl."

text: In the Main Story Epilogue, Lady returns to the Devil May Cry Office to settle up. Claiming that Dante and Trish only escalated the situation by unwittingly providing the Devil Arms that were key to Sanctus’ plan, she gladly pays them next to nothing. But as Trish answers a call for a new job, Dante gets Lady back for it, by allowing her to tag along without getting paid. It’s clear that none of them are in it for the money anyway, as all three charge into the night guns blazing!

text: Development[edit]

text: Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi noted that the production team began working with the game using a PC-based engine. He said that this was the first PlayStation 3 game developed by Capcom, and that making this transition was a "hard step", particularly because no member of the producing team was familiar with the console's capabilities.[14] As the first Devil May Cry not to be released for PlayStation 2, the team wanted to introduce a new character for newcomers. This allowed them to try new play mechanics that and expand more the series' plot.[15] On September 6, 2006, Japanese video game magazine Famitsu reported that the past games' main character, Dante, would not be the protagonist in Devil May Cry 4. Instead, a new character named Nero, voiced and motion captured by Johnny Yong Bosch, took the lead.[16]

text: The game's multi-platform crossover was justified by emphasizing the Xbox 360's success in the North American and European markets, labeling the move as "natural". The final game uses Capcom's internally developed MT Framework engine.[14] In a thread questioning the move on the official Capcom message board, the company's senior director of strategic planning and research, Christian Svensson, responded by saying that they were moved by people's strong feelings about the decision, but that it was the best decision for the company and consumers.[17] He also claimed that the contents would be identical, except that "the feel of the controller" may cause a slight difference.[18]

text: Itsuno said in the Famitsu article that the visuals attempt to deliver a satisfying feel of being in the air, and that the actions of Nero's Devil Bringer could not be done on contemporary generation consoles, but they could be done on the new generation of consoles such as the PlayStation 3.[16] Kobayashi stated that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions would be identical, although he did not comment on the PC version.[19] Kobayashi confirmed that the PC version "would be great, because the same team is working on both".[18] The PlayStation 3 version requires the user to install 5GB of game data, taking 20 minutes, which shortens the length of the loading screens throughout the game.[20]

text: During production, new gameplay options were implemented in order to "keep up with fresh action games"; among these is the Devil Bringer's ability to bring enemies towards the characters.[21] Unlike Dante's progress in Devil May Cry 3, Nero was designed to become stronger by upgrading his Devil Bringer ability instead of receiving new weapons after defeating boss characters. During development, the production team noted several aspects of the game, including that Nero would be one of two main characters and that Dante was not going to be the only character from previous entries in the series to appear.[22] Producer Hiroyuki Kobashi noted prior to the release of that game that they wanted to make Dante seem significantly more powerful than Nero. This was done in order to create an evident difference between the strength of a "veteran" when compared to a "rookie".[23] Unlike Devil May Cry 3, the game's difficulty would be the same in both the Japanese and European versions as in the one released in North America.[22]

text: Before commencing the designs for the characters in Devil May Cry 4, character designer Tatsuya Yoshikawa consulted with several members of the staff that had worked in the series previously, in order to become familiar with previous elements. The characters were designed in order to emphasize their moves, which made the staff controlling their motions vital in the design.[23] Some of the demonic forms of the antagonists in Devil May Cry 4 resemble angels. These characters were designed to be attractive to the game's audience while providing a contrast when compared to other demons in the game.[23] Yoshikawa noted that several of the boss characters presented some difficulty when creating them, but that Nero's design was one of the biggest challenges he had experienced in his career, based on the fact that the character would have to be accepted by the public and fit in the series' universe.[23]

text: The soundtrack for Devil May Cry 4 was composed by Tetsuya Shibata, Shusaku Uchiyama, Kento Hasegawa, Akihiko Narita, Kota Suzuki, Rei Kondoh, Masayoshi "Chamy" Ishi, Masami Ueda and Shinichiro Sato.[24]

text: Windows version[edit]

text: Two exclusive features are Turbo Mode (previously featured only in Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition) giving the game a 20% speed boost and a new difficulty mode called Legendary Dark Knight Mode which can display over 100 enemies in some missions at once.[25] Both features return in the Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition release.[26]

text: The PC version also has both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 mode. It is labeled Games for Windows and runs on XP, Vista and 7.[25] It assumes a Gamepad is present and only uses the mouse in the menus, providing the same interface as the Xbox 360 version.

text: iOS version[edit]

text: An iOS version called Devil May Cry 4: Refrain was announced January 11, 2011. It was released on February 3, 2011.

text: Marketing and release[edit]

text: The first teaser trailer was shown at E3 2005, depicting Dante traveling through a snow-covered environment.[27] A more substantial trailer was released at that year's Tokyo Game Show, with a more rugged and older Dante in a city-like setting.[28] Both teasers show very little detail of the game itself. At the 2006 Tokyo Game Show, a more complete trailer debuted, along with a playable demo, featuring the character Nero.[29]

text: A fourth trailer, released on December 17, 2007, revealed more gameplay and story detail, as well as information on new songs for the game, including a new version of "Lock and Load", Dante's theme music from the first Devil May Cry, with new lyrics written and performed by Shawn "Shootie HG" McPherson, the lyricist and lead vocalist on the soundtrack of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. Released with the Japanese version of the game is Japanese rock band, L'Arc-en-Ciel, and their new single, Drink It Down, which is used as the Japanese opening for the game.[30] The company presented the game's first demo at an event titled "Capcom's Gamer's Day", where Kobayashi highlighted several of the games features.[31] With the team focused in completing the game, a new demo was not produced in time for the 2007 E3 Media and Business Summit.[22]

text: Collector's Edition[edit]

text: A collector's edition of the game was released at the same time as the regular version. The North American version features a bonus disc containing the making of Devil May Cry 4, and an additional disc of the first four episodes of Devil May Cry: The Animated Series,[32] while the European and Australian versions include a signed artbook instead, named "Art of the Devil".[33][34][35] A very small number of Collector's Edition packages were signed by the game's producer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, on the back of the metal tin on Dante's left shoulder. This number was reported to be as low as only 100 signed copies of the Collector's Edition for each console, making for a total of 200 signed copies. Both versions were packaged in a steelbook case.[36]

text: Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition[edit]

text: On December 15, 2014, Capcom revealed that an updated version of the game would be released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[37] The game was released on June 18, 2015 for the PS4 and Xbox One versions, and June 24, 2015 for the PC version in Japan, and on June 23, 2015 for all announced platforms in other regions.[38] It was released physically and digitally in Japan and only digitally in other regions. The Special Edition features Vergil, Trish, and Lady as bonus playable characters, each with new opening and ending movies. Bonus costumes for Trish and Lady were included in the first-print run of the physical version and as a pre-order bonus for the digital versions. Included in the game were bonus costumes and EX-colors for Nero, Dante, Vergil, Lady and Trish. The game contains the Legendary Dark Knight mode, an additional difficulty mode featuring a vastly increased enemy count, and a Turbo setting, which increases game speed by 20%, both previously exclusive to the PC version of the original release. The in-game economy was re-tuned for quicker acquisition of Red Orbs and Proud Souls, both used for leveling up skills and purchasing items. The remaster also has uncompressed textures and some improved visual effects. Completely new to the Special Edition is a Japanese language voice track.[39]

text: Reception[edit]

text:
Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator
Score

Metacritic
(PC) 78/100[40]
(PS3) 84/100[41]
(X360) 84/100[42]

Review scores

Publication
Score

1UP.com
A−[43]

Edge
8/10[44]

Famitsu
35/40[45]

Game Informer
9/10[46]

GameSpot
6/10[48]

GameSpy
[47]

GameTrailers
8.6/10[49]

GameZone
9 of 10[50]

IGN
(PS3/X360) 8.7/10[51]
(PC) 8/10[52]

Hardcore Gamer
4.25 of 5[53]

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text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Devil May Cry 4 received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[40][41][42]

text: Xbox World Australia gave the game 90/100, saying "Devil May Cry 4 is everything a hack-and-slash should be and then some. Sadly it falters with repeated level design and a moderately troublesome camera; but in the grand scheme of things, these are only minor flaws."[54] PSM3 gave the game an 80 out of 100. The magazine discussed the difficulty of the game, saying, "Most games these days tend to hold your hand all the way through...Devil May Cry is not like that. It'll throw a million demons at you because it wants to, put in half a dozen arbitrary fights in a 30-foot stretch of map, force you to survive for ages on a tiny sliver of health... and then give you a D at the end of the level because you weren't doing enough combos."[55]

text: 1UP.com graded it A-, praising the gameplay and "predictably slick" looks, but criticized the "divisive industrial hard-rock nonsense.... that sullied DMC3 [and] returns here" and the game's "overly frugal approach to level design".[43] GameTrailers rated it an 8.6/10, and praised the voice acting while criticizing the corny dialogue.[49] IGN gave it an 8.7 saying, "Whether it's on the PS3 or the 360, action fans are going to get one incredible experience with this game, and if you own either system, you'll have a great time." However, the review also noted that, contrary to Kobayashi's claim, "Dante simply doesn't have nearly as many weapons as he did in DMC3" and found that "the amount of backtracking and repetition makes the game feel somewhat half-heartedly finished in the design department."[51] GameSpy gave it 4 stars out of 5, stating that "DMC4 succeeds on many levels because it fuses fan service with entertaining gameplay", finding that "visually, DMC4 is a dynamo." The review also praised Nero for "[bringing] something fresh to the franchise" and being "as diverse as DMC3 SE's Vergil";[47] however, they also claim that "it cheapens things a little to see that the team has opted to recycle assets in lieu of showing us more of this rich world" and call out the "annoying industrial-meets-butt-rock soundtrack".[47] Hyper's Dirk Watch commends the game for "looking great, combos galore and being more fun than Devil May Cry 3". However, he criticized it for "still playing like Devil May Cry 2 as well as choppy pacing and level design".[56]

text: The series' original creator, Hideki Kamiya, said he used this game as a research when developing Bayonetta, an action game that would use a similar style and which borrowed elements from the Devil May Cry series.[57] In 2010, the game was included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.[58]

text: Sales[edit]

text: Capcom expected Devil May Cry 4 to ship 1.8 Million Units by the end of its respected fiscal year.[59] On February 20, 2008, Capcom's president Haruhiro Tsujimoto announced in a press release that the game shipped 2 million copies in its first month, making it the fastest selling title in the series.[60] By the end of the title's launch year, it had sold 2.32 Million Copies and would eventually reach the milestone of 3 Million units sold by December 31, 2014.[61][62] Capcom's Christian Svensson noted the PC retail version's sales in the US did not meet his wishes, while a digital download version was only available in the form of piracy as Capcom Japan did not allow the game to be sold online.[63] (A PC digital distribution release was made available over a year later).[64]

text: In July 2015, Capcom announced the Special Edition sold well, with the majority of units sold digitally. They further cited that the digital sales of the "Special Edition" were a key contributor to their overall growth for the fiscal quarter.[65]

text: Media[edit]

text: Following the game's popularity, a two-volume novel adaptation of the game named Devil May Cry 4: Deadly Fortune was released in 2009 by Capcom.[66][67] It is a two-volume graphic novel written by Bingo Morihashi and his assistant writer Yasui Kentarou.

text: The novel covers the story of Devil May Cry 4, and the events that happened before it. It expands Nero's backstory as it is revealed he was abandoned in Fortuna when he was baby. An unidentified character (strongly hinted to be Dante's brother Vergil) following Sparda's footsteps also appears in the novel first in a flashback when Nero was found in Fortuna as well as in a dream before Nero wields Yamato for the first time. During the novel Nero is often compared with Vergil; Dante is unable to understand the connection between the two. The ending is also expanded as Nero opens his own demon hunting business after the Order of the Sword. In the afterword, Bingo wrote that these removed scenes were intended to be included in the game, but were not due to some production reasons.


document_title: Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

question_text: when did angel leave buffy the vampire slayer

text: Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

text: Appearances[edit]

text: Buffy the Vampire Slayer[edit]

text: Angel's first appearance is in "Welcome to the Hellmouth", the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1997. In it, he meets the protagonist Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a young girl destined to fight evil in the small town of Sunnydale, California. For the first half of the season, Angel is an enigmatic love interest for Buffy, showing up only to offer her cryptic messages about upcoming threats. It isn't until the episode "Angel" that the character is revealed to be a benevolent vampire from Galway, Ireland, who immigrated to the United States to escape his past as the sadistic Angelus after his soul was restored by a vengeful gypsy clan. Although uneasy about trusting a vampire, Buffy and the Scooby Gang eventually come to view Angel as an ally. In the second season (1997–1998), Buffy and Angel's romantic relationship develops and the pair make love in the episode "Surprise". For experiencing a moment of pure happiness, however, the gypsy curse on Angel is revoked, unleashing his soulless alter-ego, who reunites with his old friends, vampires Spike (James Marsters) and Drusilla (Juliet Landau), and begins terrorizing Buffy and her friends. Upon discovering gypsy descendent Jenny Calendar (Robia LaMorte), who is working to translate the text of a spell to restore Angel's soul, Angelus murders her by breaking her neck, and places her body in the bed of her boyfriend, Giles (Anthony Head), for him to discover. Angelus then attempts to destroy the world by awakening the demon Acathla. In the season finale, neophyte witch Willow (Alyson Hannigan) manages to restore Angel's soul at the last moment, but Buffy is forced to kill him to save the world from Acathla, and Angel is sent to hell. In season three (1998–1999), episode three, "Faith, Hope & Trick", Angel is inexplicably returned from hell by an unknown party and is soon found by Buffy. The Scooby Gang are outraged when they discover that Buffy has been secretly caring for him since his resurrection, but grudgingly accept him after he saves Willow's life in episode seven, "Revelations". In the episode "Amends", the primordial First Evil attempts to manipulate Angel to murder Buffy, but Angel chooses suicide instead by waiting for the sun to rise on Christmas morning. California's heatwave is suddenly interrupted by a freak snowstorm hiding the sun, sparing Angel's life, which he takes as a sign from above that he was brought back for a reason. Buffy and Angel initially attempt to be friends but eventually resume their romance. However, Angel becomes more and more aware of their limitations as a couple and breaks up with her in the hopes that she will be happier without him, leaving Sunnydale altogether after attending Buffy's prom and helping her in the battle against Mayor Wilkins (Harry Groener).

text: Angel[edit]

text: After his departure from Buffy, Angel appeared in his own spin-off series, titled Angel. Moving to Los Angeles, he starts a supernatural detective agency called Angel Investigations. He dedicates himself to "helping the helpless," and becomes a Champion of The Powers That Be, who send him psychic visions through his employees Doyle (Glenn Quinn), and later Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter). In doing so, he frequently clashes with the powerful law firm Wolfram & Hart, who represent the evil of the world. During this season (1999–2000), Buffy and Angel appear in each other's shows (the Buffy episode "Pangs" and the Angel episode "I Will Remember You"), but are forced to accept that nothing has changed and they still can't or shouldn't be together. Later in the television season, Buffy crosses over into the episode "Sanctuary" where she attempts to kill rogue Slayer Faith (Eliza Dushku) to whom Angel shows compassion, and Angel appears in Buffy's "The Yoko Factor" where he squares off with Buffy's new boyfriend Riley (Marc Blucas). They finally decide to stay away from each other's business and stick to phone calls at this point. In the season one finale, Angel is given some hope at redemption when the Shanshu prophecy reveals that a vampire with a soul may eventually become human after fulfilling his role in the upcoming apocalypse.

text: In season two (2000–2001), Angel discovers that Wolfram & Hart has brought his sire and former lover Darla (Julie Benz) back from the dead in human form. Although Darla is intent on bringing back Angelus, Angel hopes to save her soul and help her seek redemption while she still has a chance. However, just as it looks like he might succeed, Wolfram & Hart bring in Drusilla to turn Darla back into a vampire. Angry at the lawfirm and embracing his darker side, Angel fires his employees, Cordelia, Wesley (Alexis Denisof) and Gunn (J. August Richards) (secretly to protect them from this dark territory, as he later revealed to Lorne (Andy Hallett)), and embarks on a vendetta against Wolfram & Hart, even allowing Darla and Dru to massacre a group of lawyers. Eventually losing faith in his mission, Angel has sex with Darla in the hopes of losing his soul. Instead, he experiences an epiphany and realizes that the good fight is still worth fighting. A disgusted Darla flees L.A. and Angel reconciles with his friends, who eventually forgive him. Angel also appears in Buffy season five's "Forever", comforting Buffy after her mother's death.

text: Season three (2001–2002) sees Angel struggle with fatherhood when Darla returns pregnant with his child, despite the fact that vampires supposedly are unable to conceive. When Darla kills herself to give birth, Angel is left to raise the baby Connor (played by triplets Connor, Jake and Trenton Tupen) and protect him from those who wish to get their hands on a child of two vampires. False prophecies, time travel, and betrayal lead to Angel losing his infant son to an old enemy, Holtz (Keith Szarabajka), who abducts Connor into a hell dimension where time passes differently. Connor (Vincent Kartheiser) returns days later, fully grown and under the belief that Angel is a soulless monster. Holtz kills himself and Angel is framed for his death by Holtz's lover, prompting Connor to take revenge by sinking his father to the bottom of the ocean. Over the course of this season, Angel's friendship with his colleague Cordelia evolves into romance, but circumstances prevent him from ever confessing his feelings.

text: In Angel's fourth season (2002–2003), Angel is rescued from the ocean by his former friend Wesley. As Los Angeles crumbles under signs of the apocalypse, Angel is forced to cope with the romantic relationship between his son and Cordelia. In order to find out more about the Beast (Vladimir Kulich) terrorizing L.A., Angel Investigations remove Angel's soul and bring back Angelus after a vision from Cordelia suggests that Angelus has history with the Beast that Angel does not remember. Angelus, however, manages to escape, kills the Beast for fun and wreaks havoc until an old friend, Willow, manages to return his soul for the second time. It is eventually revealed that Cordelia has been possessed by the Beast's master, Jasmine (Gina Torres), a higher power who manipulated many events in Angel's life in order to be born in this world. Once born, she puts humanity under her thrall in the hopes of achieving world peace. When Angel restores free will and ruins Jasmine's plan, Wolfram & Hart offer him control of their L.A. branch as a reward for putting a stop to world peace. Angel accepts when they agree to rewrite Connor's memories of growing up in hell, allowing him to live a normal life with a new family. Afterwards, Angel appears in the penultimate and final episodes of Buffy, presenting Buffy with an amulet to help her battle the First Evil which is given to Spike.

text: In the final season of Angel (2003–2004), the character has made a deal with the Devil to become CEO of Wolfram & Hart's Los Angeles office. All of his friends have also become W&H employees, hoping to reform the organization from within under Angel's supervision. Angel's life this season is complicated by the increasingly blurred line between good and evil, the deaths of loved ones Cordelia and Fred (Amy Acker), and the possibility that the Shanshu prophecy may in fact be referring to Spike (who is now also a vampire with a soul and has joined the team) and not Angel. Allowing his friends to believe he is being corrupted, Angel secretly plots to bring down the Senior Partners of Wolfram & Hart by assassinating the Circle of the Black Thorn, the Partners' primary agents on Earth, even signing away his prophesied humanity in the process to convince them of his complex deception. Realizing that he may never be able to fully stop the forces of evil, Angel and his friends enter into a suicidal battle against the armies of the Senior Partners, and the series ends with the question of their survival unanswered.

text: Between 2001 and 2004, Joss Whedon and Jeph Loeb developed a 4-minute pilot episode for Buffy the Animated Series, which was set during the show's first season. Had the series been picked up by a network, it would have featured Angel (voiced by David Boreanaz) in more adventures set during Buffy's first season. Following a 2008 leak of the pilot to YouTube, Loeb expressed some hope that the series may be resurrected in some form.[1]

text: Comic books[edit]

text: In 2007, Angel began appearing in two canonical continuations of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel from Joss Whedon. The first of these was Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, published by Dark Horse Comics, which continued the story of the Buffy television series. Later that year, Whedon and IDW Publishing released the series Angel: After the Fall, which continued on from the series finale of Angel. The two series were published by different publishers due to Dark Horse initially giving up the rights to licensed Angel comic books several years ago when the series was still on air.

text: In Dark Horse's Buffy continuation, Angel initially appears to feature in Buffy's dream sequences (in the comic's third and twentieth issues, as well as in the Dark Horse Presents special Season Eight comic "Always Darkest"), but is later revealed to have been in the series from the beginning.[2] He then features substantially in the remainder of the series. Angel features as the central character in IDW's After the Fall, however, which has no crossover with the events of Buffy. Whedon devised the storyline for After the Fall issues 1-17 with writer Brian Lynch, but did not write for the series himself as with Buffy. Beginning with the eighteenth issue of the series, IDW chose to continue telling Angel stories in an ongoing comic book with rotating writers and artists, although these stories "did not come from Whedon himself".[3][4] In the continued series without Whedon's involvement, Angel engages in episodic adventures, while the series also takes breaks to focus on other characters. Subsequent writers included Bill Willingham.[5] When rights to Angel settings and characters reverted to Dark Horse, IDW promised to end their ongoing Angel series with its forty-fourth issue in 2011, and began negotiating with Dark Horse so that it would bridge continuity with Season Eight and the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine.[6] Its final Angel story is the hardcover send-off Angel Yearbook. During its tenure, IDW also published various miniseries depicting Angel and related characters, such as John Byrne's Angel: Blood and Trenches (2009), and several Illyria and Spike stories.

text: In After the Fall, set after the fifth season, Angel and his friends struggle as Los Angeles has been moved to a hell dimension by the Senior Partners who have also turned Angel human as a punishment.[7][8][9] With the help of Wesley's ghost,[7] magical spells to simulate his old abilities,[10] and a friendly dragon (seen in "Not Fade Away") which he names after Cordelia,[11] Angel continues helping the helpless. Angel eventually outsmarts and kills the Demon Lords of Los Angeles to win the city back for its people.[12] Gunn, now a vampire out for revenge against Angel following the fight in the alley,[8] confronts Angel,[13] and brings him to the point of death.[14] Cordelia's spirit comes to convince Angel to keep fighting, in spite of a vision of the "final battle" which sees Angel responsible for countless deaths.[11][15] Wesley also confirms that Angel is still viable for the Shanshu prophecy, because his signed contract was never filed.[11] Angel's body is subsequently taken by the Senior Partners and restored to health while Gunn successfully manages to restore the demon Illyria (introduced in season five) to her true form, hoping she will restore time to before the Fall of Los Angeles only to embark on a destructive rampage instead.[16] Gunn kills Connor,[17] but rather than avenge the death Angel allows Gunn to kill him, forcing the Senior Partners to restore time back to before the Fall, as he is necessary to their plans. Restored to the fight in the alley with memories intact, Angel saves Gunn this time and later is happily reunited with Connor.[18] Angel enjoys celebrity status from the citizens of Los Angeles, and gives Cordelia the dragon over to Groosalugg. As a mark of respect for his friends, he names a wing of the Los Angeles public library after Wesley and Fred; Wesley is no longer a ghost. Angel leaves the human, traumatised Gunn an Angel Investigations card and returns to his duties helping the hopeless.[19]

text: In Season Eight, Twilight appears in the premiere issue, written by Whedon; his shoes are seen floating in the air as he surveys Buffy. At the end of the arc, the military general who coordinated a large-scale attack on Buffy is revealed to be a follower of "Twilight";[20] later issues show that many of the anti-Slayer forces serve under the leadership of a masked person known as Twilight.[21] Buffy herself finally confronts Twilight in "A Beautiful Sunset", along with the Slayer Satsu, but Twilight's superior strength and ability to fly ensures his easy victory.[22] In Jane Espenson's story arc "Retreat", Twilight locates Buffy's allies through their use of magic, forcing them to converge and retreat.[23] In Tibet, Slayers and witches suppress their magic,[24][25] which ultimately leads to a mutually destructive military conflict between the Slayers and Twilight's forces.[22] In its aftermath, however, Buffy mysteriously acquires abilities conspicuously similar to Twilight's.[26][27][28] In the penultimate arc, written by Brad Meltzer, the newly empowered Buffy faces up to her masked enemy again. Twilight reveals himself to be Angel, and claims to have been distracting the various groups that would seek to destroy Buffy while pushing her towards some other end.[29] Buffy and Angel — destiny's agents in discarding the old reality and ushering in a new one — are overcome with desire for one another. They kiss, have sex and fly through space, eventually ascending to a dimension called Twilight. Meanwhile, Giles exposits a prophecy pertaining to the creation of a new universe, brought about by a Slayer falling in love with a vampire.[30] The two come to their senses and return to Earth to fight off the hordes of demons unleashed by their ascension.[31] Espenson's Riley one-shot flashes back to an uneasy Angel, early in his Twilight masquerade, convinced by Whistler (Angel's mentor in flashbacks from Buffy season two) that this course of actions leads to the only possible future in which Buffy survives.[32] The final arc, "Last Gleaming", depicts Angel's first encounter with the higher power which bestowed Twilight's superheroic abilities on him. Spike explains the next step in the prophecy, which concerns the new universe springing from the mystical Seed of Wonder, a source for all the magic in the universe, buried beneath Sunnydale.[33] Although he tries to stop more of the damage caused by the Twilight dimension's coming, the Twilight dimension (the aforementioned higher power) possesses Angel.[34] To protect the seed, a possessed Angel then tries to kill Buffy and Spike, and goes so far as to snap Giles' neck. This prompts Buffy to destroy the Seed. This stops the Twilight dimension from destroying the existing world, and Angel is dispossessed, but the universe is also stripped of all magic.[35]

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text: Following on from this, Angel headlines the series Angel and Faith, primarily set in London. Its stories aim to be respectful to the storylines featured in IDW's forty-four issue Angel run,[36] and maintains a very tight continuity with Buffy Season Nine and other related comics.[37] In his series, Angel faces the looming threat of his now unstable former mentor Whistler, who helped bring about his transformation into Twilight, as well as his two dangerous former acolytes, half-demons Pearl and Nash, in addition a group of British Slayers who cannot forgive his actions as Twilight. Along with Faith, he lives in Giles' London apartment where they are joined by Giles' ageless aunts, witches Lavinia and Sophronia. Angel intends to honor Giles' memory, and seeks to collect fragments of Giles' soul from magical items as part of a plan to resurrect him. In the series' conclusion, Giles is successfully resurrected, albeit as a young teenage boy, and the gang pursue Whistler, Pearl and Nash to a rooftop, where they plan to unleash a horrific magical plague on the world as an inelegant means to restore magic to the universe. Nash is killed, and Angel is able to persuade Whistler to see the error of his ways, successfully limiting to the extent of the plague to an area of Hackney in London. In the season's denouement, Faith returns to America alongside Giles, while Angel remains behind to guard over the plagued neighborhood, now called Magic Town, where residents—magically mutated into all manner of creature—are already causing problems.

text: A second volume of the series launched alongside Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten in 2014. Angel defends Magic Town against threats such as Amy Madison during Faith's absence, and acquires several new allies: Eldre Koh, an ancient Nitobe demon freed from his prison by the end of magic; Detective Brandt; Rory, a magically-mutated bartender; and the mutant Tricia and her boyfriend Parker. Angel is also aided by Sophronia and Lavinia, as well as Nadira, a Slayer who hated him for his actions as Twilight but found inner peace after being mutated, and has a deep connection with the magic of Magic Town, which has become sentient. Following Illyria's death in Buffy Season Nine, Angel finds Fred alive again, having been restored by the reset of the laws of magic; she is forced to share her body with Illyria but is able to keep the ancient demon mostly under control. Faith also returns, now working for Zane Pharmaceuticals. A crossover with Buffy Season Ten reveals a new demon villain: Archaeus, who sired the Master and is able to control all the vampires from that bloodline, including Angel, Spike and Drusilla. Angel travels to San Francisco to help Buffy combat the demon lord, discovering that Buffy and Spike are now in a relationship, which Angel believes will not last. Meanwhile, Faith and Fred discover Drusilla in Magic Town, building a vampire army for Archaeus, who follows Angel back to London. The season ends with a conflict between Archaeus and his vampire army (including Drusilla and Detective Brandt), and Angel and his makeshift 'family' (Faith, Fred/Illyria, Koh, Nadira, Sophronia and Lavinia, and the Magic Town populace). Observing the battle, the sentient magic is almost convinced to join Archaeus, but ultimately defends Nadira from him and traps Archaeus inside a statue.

text: Reception[edit]

text: SFX magazine named Angel as the third greatest vampire in television and film, with rival Spike in first place. They stated that, while he could have worked simply as a brooding love-interest (Buffy) or redemption-seeking hero (Angel), the character also has a "wonderfully appealing, self-effacing humour, helped no end by Boreanaz's ability to look like a slapped puppy". While Angel could be "big and hard and manly", he could also be "sulky, pathetic, in need of a hug". They also cite his poor singing and dancing as examples of his "amusing awkwardness", which "spoke volumes about who he was".[38] For his role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Two, Whatculture placed Angelus at Number One on their list of Buffy Big Bads, alongside Spike and Drusilla, stating that having Buffy's lover become her enemy 'emphasiz[es] the tragedy at the show’s centre that Buffy’s Slayer responsibilities mean she has to make difficult choices.' [39]

text: Angel was voted by thousands of Hello! readers as the sexiest on-screen vampire in 2009. He gathered 34 percent of the vote and finished ahead of other popular vampires like Edward Cullen, Eric Northman, Lestat de Lioncourt and Spike.[40] Forbes named Angel The Series as the Hollywood's second most powerful vampire show. Rankings were based on television ratings, inflation-adjusted box office performance, as well as presence in popular culture through blog and press mentions since 1979.[41]


document_title: List of Drake & Josh characters

question_text: who played the dad in drake and josh

question_tokens: who played the dad in drake and josh

text: List of Drake & Josh characters

text: Main characters[edit]

text: Drake Parker[edit]

text: Drake Parker (Drake Bell) is depicted as a laid-back, charming, immature, and womanizing teenager. Although he often appears unintelligent, his under-achievement seems to be caused by apathy and he has been known not to think before he acts (making straight D's). Drake has great interest in music, playing the electric guitar in a band throughout the series and liking all forms, his favorite being rock. He can also play several percussion instruments, shown in "Megan's New Teacher" when he tried to play drums and guitar at the same time and in "Josh Runs Into Oprah" where he played the bongos. He usually takes advantage of Josh to get what he wants. He has a lot of success with girls and much of the comedy is his effortless ability to get dates. Drake is also very unhygienic (not washing hands, eating food off the floor). Drake feels embarrassed about his new stepbrother at first, but grows to accept Josh. Despite his arrogance and selfishness, Drake still remains a likable character and redeems himself by doing the right thing. He becomes more mature as the series progresses. In 2010, Drake Bell made an appearance in the iCarly Season 3 episode "iBloop" which stars his Drake & Josh co-star Miranda Cosgrove. He reprised his role as Drake Parker to make an appearance in the episode, during which he seems to have stepped into the alternate fictional universe of iCarly where he recognizes Cosgrove's character as Megan Parker and follows by asking the whereabouts of Josh and the rest of his family.

text: Age: 15-16 (Seasons 1-2), 17-18 (Seasons 3-4)

text: Joshua "Josh" Nichols[edit]

text: Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) is usually the most educationally successful, sensible, and the clumsy one of the two, although not often the socially stable one. He had a job for the school newspaper as Miss Nancy that caused Drake to stress out in Pilot, but eventually begins working for the fictional Premiere movie theatre. Unlike Drake, Josh often stresses over school a lot and uses his common sense, often repeating things for emphasis when anxious. Despite his good moral-compass and punctuality, Josh is prone to bad luck, especially with girls. However later, he begins to date Mindy Crenshaw, who is his academic rival. His hobbies are studying science, cooking, and performing magic tricks. Later in the series, Josh becomes more popular and gains better luck. He is obsessed with Oprah Winfrey and ran her over with his car by accident in Josh Runs into Oprah.

text: Audrey Parker-Nichols[edit]

text: Audrey (Nancy Sullivan) is Drake and Megan's mother and Josh's stepmother. Her first name is never mentioned in the series, but is revealed in most scripts as "Audrey". She is usually telling the boys to try not to be so immature. She upsets her husband Walter because of her preference to Bruce Winchill, his rival weatherman. Because Walter is unable to discipline the boys, she usually has to punish the boys although these punishments are usually unfair because most are Megan's fault. As stepmother and stepson, Audrey and Josh have a very fond relationship, and he affectionalty calls her "Mom" or "Mama". Her profession was never specified in the series, but it is generally assumed that she is a stay-at-home mom. She is a very generous and loving mother however a bit naive when it comes to her daughter Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove) especially when it is Megan's word against her two brothers Drake and Josh.

text: Walter Nichols[edit]

text: Walter (Jonathan Goldstein) is Josh's father and Drake and Megan's stepfather. He is a meteorologist for a local TV news program in San Diego, but he is often wrong about the weather. Walter is often clumsy, out of date, and seemingly empty-headed. As a result, he lacks the respect of his stepchildren as Drake and Megan (they refuse to call him "Dad" in most episodes and instead refer to him by his first name, like stepchildren would normally do). When Megan calls him by his first name, he always asks "When did she start calling me Walter?" and Audrey just says "I don't know." He is also clueless and skeptical in regards to Megan's pranks which have caused the boys a lot of punishments, although starting in The Demonator, Walter slowly begins to notice Megan's evil ways. A running gag involves a rivalry between him and Bruce Winchill, an unseen weatherman from another station. He hates that Winchill is so popular, as he is always right with his predictions, and even forbids the use of Winchill's name in the family home.

text: Megan Parker[edit]

text: Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove) is Drake's younger sister and Josh's younger stepsister. Although at times Megan helps her brothers Drake and Josh, she is usually antagonistic and hostile to them, with various implications suggesting that her hostile behavior towards them is actually far more intense than common sibling rivalry. It has also been shown that she is very smart and quick-witted, she can pull off very extreme, cruel and sometimes complicated (or even potentially dangerous) pranks on her brothers all while ensuring that her parents think of her as being a "sweet little girl", seemingly to get away with it, like when she bought a lamb online and had to hide it with the help of Drake & Josh. When they found out about it at first, she said that she promised to tell Audrey and Walter about it. However by the end of the episode, their parents find out, and once again, Megan gets away with it, by pretending that Drake & Josh bought the lamb. In the episode, "The Affair", Megan shows off her true colors in front of her mother when she called Drake a boob and Josh gross and when she talked rudely to Drake about the bitten apple, but her mother somehow let her get away with it. Even when an incident has nothing to do with them she still manages to take their distrust from others as an advantage. This has even gone so far as to suggest that she might even possess genius-level intelligence, for example building a hidden computerized monitor in her room. Megan often references an unseen best friend named Janie and often refers to her older brothers as "boobs." Most of the time throughout the series, Megan is very conceited, rude, sassy, and mean to her brothers. However, despite her near-constant harassing them, Megan actually loves her brothers deep down and has shown them genuine love and gratefulness when they uncovered that her then-boyfriend had been two-timing her.

text: Age: 8-9 (seasons 1-2), 11 (season 3), 12-13 (season 4)

text: Recurring characters[edit]

text: Craig Ramirez and Eric Blonowitz[edit]

text: Craig (Alec Medlock) and Eric (Scott Halberstadt) are two stereotypical "nerdy" honor students that are always being exploited by Drake, mostly due to his hare-brained schemes. Drake often mistakes Eric for Craig. Craig corrected him one time, and Drake sarcastically said "It matters". Eric first appeared in the pilot episode as an extra and along with his best friend, Craig, a few times in Season 2 and 3, but they appear more frequently in Season 4. They usually are good friends and good in nature, but not free of a selfish side. Drake is so unkind to them that anytime they try to talk with them he rudely shuts the door in their face and tells them that are lots of reasons why they don't have girlfriends. Eric left for Puerto Rico in "Dance Contest," even though it was set before Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp which included both Craig and Eric (possibly because the movie premiered before the episode) though that could imply that Eric left for a holiday. They are similar to and loosely based on Cecily and Gwendolyn Pigeon from The Odd Couple, such as the characters' names always get mixed up by the sloppiest protagonist Drake/Oscar. Craig and Eric appear on iCarly in "iStart a Fan War" with Gavin, implying that Drake & Josh and iCarly take place within the same universe. It is revealed in Who's Got Game that Craig and Eric don't consider themselves to be friends with Drake because of the bad things he has done to them. It is also revealed that Craig showers in his bathing suit and thought Eric once told the whole school this until Drake admitted it was him who said it and Eric said in relief "I told you I didn't do it!", to which Craig accepted his apology by giving him a hug.

text: Mindy Crenshaw[edit]

text: Mindy (Allison Scagliotti) is an intelligent but boastful girl in the boys' class at school who is always trying to top the two of them, especially Josh, who is her rival. She also shows an extreme hatred for Drake, too (for an example in "Honor Council", she took apart Mrs. Hayfer's car and rebuilt it in the middle of her classroom to frame Drake for the prank and have him suspended). For this misdeed, Mindy was sent to a mental hospital, causing a temporary departure from the series, but she eventually reappeared in "Mindy's Back" to compete in the school science fair. Later on, she became Josh's on-again off-again girlfriend, and the two enjoy studying together. One of Mindy's well-known character traits is her extraordinary intelligence and scientific talents (she defeats Josh yearly in the science fair with the exception of one year after they started to date and she let him win, which she enjoys rubbing in his face at times and cloned her pet cockapoo), and has been shown to possess a love of sharks.

text: Helen Dubois[edit]

text: Helen (Yvette Nicole Brown) is the manager of the Premiere Theater (the movie theater where Josh has a job), connected to the Premiere Galleria, a mall. She is known for her intimidating demeanor, loud voice, and demanding attitude towards employees. She adores Drake, but dislikes Josh despite the hard work he puts in at the theater. She starred in a hit television sitcom as a child, called "Happy Times" (a parody of the classic 1970's TV sitcoms Happy Days and Good Times). She married Buzz Baxter in "Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp", but divorced him some time before Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh after 5 weeks. Helen left the Premiere theater to take a job as principal of Hollywood Arts High School on another Dan Schneider series, Victorious. Yvette Nicole Brown plays Helen Dubois, but Frances Callier filled in for her in "Little Diva".

text: "Crazy" Steve[edit]

text: Steve (Jerry Trainor) is an employee at the movie theater at which Josh works and, as his nickname suggests, is noted for his emotional and mental instability, lashing out at co-workers, strangers, and passersby over little things. Incredibly sensitive, Steve takes offense at the slightest of subjects or even the most thoroughly minor hints at insults, hollering at others for interrupting him or denying his questions, desires, or offers. Steve's utter lack of sanity has earned him a dangerously unpredictable reputation amongst colleagues, to the extent where he finds immense frustration in following along with episodes of Dora the Explorer, screaming at the animated characters on the screen. He appears in the program's Christmas special, most notably towards its conclusion, where he shreds hunks of cheese in a wood chipper in order to grant his friends' wish for a white Christmas. He recently appeared in an episode of the series Sam and Cat where he is revealed to have been placed at a mental institution for the sick with a restrictive mask over his face (Due to the conflict that Trainor also played Spencer Shay, a friend of Sam from the iCarly series that Sam and Cat spun off from). In seasons 2 and 3, he had a lot of hair but in season 4 his head was shaved.

text: Gavin Mitchell[edit]

text: Gavin (Jake Farrow) works with Josh at the Premiere and he has a mullet-like haircut similar in fashion to Rod Stewart (in "Who's Got Game" he got a perm). A running gag throughout the series involved Helen asking him to tell Josh to clean something unusual in the theater. He normally declines doing it himself when Josh asks if he would do it. He then cleans up the mess himself - telling Josh "I got it". He also has a crush on Audrey. 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 Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh. Gavin appears in iCarly in Season 4 episode "iStart a Fan War" with Craig and Eric.

text: Mrs. Hayfer[edit]

text: Mrs. Hayfer (Julia Duffy) is the boys' English teacher who adores Josh (due to his hard-working personality), but hates Drake because of his consistently poor performance in school (and judging by the doodles Drake made of Mrs. Hayfer in his English notebook in "Honor Council", Drake hates her in return). This trait serves as an opposite to Helen, who adores Drake and dislikes Josh. Oddly though, in the episode "Mean Teacher", Mrs. Hayfer is shown to hate Drake for no apparent reason as it is shown that when he answered a question correctly, she dubbed it incorrect and appointed the same question correct to another student right next to him as well as grading a flawless report he did with a "D-" again for no logical reason.[1] In fact, her catchphrase is "I hate you, Drake", with Drake responding, "I know". She also always says "To the nurse!", which is her own bizarre way by telling people to leave her classroom. In "Little Sibling", Mrs. Hayfer says it to Josh when she wanted to have a private talk with Drake. Mrs. Hayfer has a daughter named Kelly, who Drake briefly dates, much to her discontent. In "Honor Council", she comes into the classroom to find her car parked where the boys' seats are originally and accuses Drake of putting the car there, but her star student, Mindy, is the real culprit. Drake apparently hates Mrs. Hayfer so much that he wishes she would die, because in the episode, "Megan's First Kiss", when Josh rushes into the room to tell Drake about Cory cheating on Megan he yells "Woah man! You're not gonna believe this!!!", Drake asks in an anxious and excited tone, "Mrs. Hayfer died?!" She has a brief appearance in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh, where Drake accidentally hits a fire hydrant while driving, resulting in water getting sprayed all over her. She then points out and yells her famous line: "I Hate You, Drake Parker!" showing that even though they graduated, she still hates him.

text: In the season 2 finale "Honor Council", Josh mentions her full name as being Alice Hayfer. However, in season 4's "Vicious Tiberious", a video shows her full name as being Linda Hayfer.

text: Dr. Jeff Glazer[edit]

text: Dr. Glazer (Roark Critchlow) is a doctor who lives across the street from the boys. He is always called on whenever a serious emergency happens at their house. Although he always seems kind while performing medical procedures for the boys, he always leaves them with a ridiculously high bill for his services (he once charged $100 for diagnosing a sheep as pregnant after it had already given birth and an extra $50 not to tell Audrey and Walter, and charged $300 for diagnosing Drake's facial rash). He first appeared in "The Bet" and he last appeared in "Sheep Thrills".

text: Bruce Winchill[edit]

text: Although Bruce Winchill is never seen in Drake & Josh, he is mentioned throughout the series. Megan and Audrey have a crush on him because he has good hair. He is a rival weatherman of Walter, and he always gets the weather right. His last name may be a pun on "wind chill."

text: Leah[edit]

text: Leah (Cathy Shim) is a Premiere employee who is good friends with Josh. She is only seen on occasion when Josh's in the Premiere. She is also afraid of Crazy Steve.

text: Minor characters[edit]

text: Grammy Nichols[edit]

text: Grammy (Randee Heller) is Josh's grandmother and Walter's mother. She loves Josh and Megan, but she hates Drake. In her only appearance in "Grammy", she expresses anger towards Drake when he decides to go to a concert even though Audrey and Walter said that he couldn't. At the end of the episode, Grammy shows affection toward Drake when he attempts to tell his parents the truth. Even though she never made an appearance in the series after "Grammy", she is later mentioned frequently. She sent gifts to Josh many times. She is last mentioned in "Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh".

text: Papa Nichols[edit]

text: Papa Nichols (Vernon Roberts) is Josh's great-grandfather and Walter's grandfather, his father's father, and Grammy's father-in-law. In his only appearance in "The Demonator", he had surgery and said he fought in World War II. Walter tells Drake and Josh that they're not allowed to ride The Demonator and he and Audrey tell the boys to stay home and watch Papa Nichols. Meanwhile, Drake lets Craig and Eric come over and watch him while the boys and Megan go to Mystic Mountain to ride the Demonator, but when he wakes up disoriented, he thinks he is back in the war and attacks them, thinking they are Germans (whom he called "German Nerds"). When Eric's cell phone rings, Papa Nichols, thinking it is a weapon, he throws it against the wall and breaks it. At the end of The Demonator, Walter tries to wake him up and he punches him when he called him a "German." He is later mentioned once by Josh in "The Wedding".

text: Aunt Catherine[edit]

text: Great-Aunt Catherine is Drake and Josh's mean great-aunt. She is mentioned in the episode "The Wedding", where it is revealed that she is getting married and she collects hair from people she doesn't know. She also owns a beach-house, which the family wants to receive. According to Drake she is "old and gross".

text: Jackie[edit]

text: Jackie (Robin Sydney) is obsessed with Drake and appeared in a total of four episodes. She would come into the scene randomly (usually at the end, specifically when something positive happens to Drake), and shout hysterically, "I love you! Bye!" This is considered to be one of the several running gags of the series. Whenever she would appear randomly and run off, Drake would say, "Who are you?"

text: Wendy[edit]

text: Wendy (Alyson Stoner) is a girl that had a huge crush on Drake. She is about the same age as Megan, and is in a camp club with Megan and some other children. She was his biggest fan and would want to be near him wherever she went. That led to her becoming obsessed with him and wouldn't leave him alone for days. Wendy, in front of Megan and the other kids, foretold her own future about marrying Drake someday and that he was her "boyfriend". Moments later, she was confronted by Drake before the camp out started which led to him hurting her feelings. She then writes him an apology card, which he reads in "Star 99 Songwriter's Spotlight" and gets some advice from a girl backstage, which led to him cancelling his gig and goes back home to make up with Wendy. In the end Drake played to her his song, Down We Fall which he sang to her, and she was very happy to hear it. She then gave him a hug and was rewarded by getting Drake's guitar pick which he offered to her when they first met. Her only appearance was in the episode "Number 1 Fan". Her real name is Melissa, but people call her Wendy because she hates her own real name.

text: Sammy[edit]

text: Sammy (Jordan Wright) was a little kid that Drake needed to take care of because he got in trouble for lying to Mrs. Hayfer (Julia Duffy) about being in class on time when she left to check if the lunch ladies were fighting again, but they weren't. While Drake proceeds to take care of Sammy, he (Sammy) wanted Josh to be his big sibling. While they were doing their cooking show, Sammy complimented Josh by saying that he was the coolest guy ever. While others think that Drake is the cool guy, Sammy thought it about Josh. It's a possibility that Mrs. Hayfer personally picked him up as Drake's sibling, or told her husband to do so, knowing that he would prefer Josh over Drake.

text: Trevor[edit]

text: Trevor (Taran Killam) is Drake's absent-minded friend and Scottie's older brother. Even though he only appeared in "Dune Buggy", he is mentioned several times in the series, and his voice is heard over the phone in "Josh Runs into Oprah". Trevor also gets a brain scan every month, due to his unintelligence as found out in "Dune Buggy". In "The Wedding", the boys use his old car (an El Camino) to get to their Aunt Catherine's wedding, but it breaks down and later catches fire.

text: Clayton[edit]

text: Clayton (Josh Sussman) is one of the nerdy kids at school. He has talking problems since he mumbles and no one can understand what he is saying (even though closed captions reveal his incoherent mumbling). Even Craig and Eric call him a "nerd," considering that they are nerds themselves. He appears only in "Josh is Done" and "Eric Punches Drake". In "Eric Punches Drake," he begins to dislike Drake when Drake spits blue mouthwash into his bottled water, and he even goes as far as to find out where Drake and Josh live just so he could repeat "Why?"

text: Janie[edit]

text: Megan's best friend (Jasmine McNeil). She is mentioned in several episodes of Season 4 and appears in "Megan's Revenge" and "Megan's First Kiss".

text: Corey[edit]

text: Megan and Monica's ex-boyfriend (Christian Vandal). He dated both Megan and Monica at the same time, and in the end he gets exposed of it by Drake and Josh. His only appearance is in "Megan's First Kiss".

text: Monica[edit]

text: Corey's second girlfriend (Kelly Heyer). She dated Corey for a month until she found out by Drake and Josh that she had been cheated on. Her only appearance is in "Megan's First Kiss".

text: Vince[edit]

text: Vince (voiced by D. Elliot Woods) is the helicopter pilot. He gives Drake a lesson about skydiving and he takes him and Josh on a ride in his helicopter. However, he ends up hitting his head on the fire extinguisher and gets knocked unconscious. When the boys try to wake him up, Josh accidentally sprays him out of the helicopter with a fire extinguisher. When Drake and Josh get home, he comes in angrily and gives Walter a bill that he has to pay $400,000 for the damaged helicopter and Drake and Josh, knowing the consequences, ground themselves for 2 weeks.

text: Tiberius[edit]

text: Tiberius is Mrs. Hayfer's dog. When Drake and Josh arrive at Mrs. Hayfer's house, they find the house to be beautiful until they run into a Rottweiler by the name of Tiberius. Tiberius is proven to be a very violent Rottweiler and proceeds to chase Drake and Josh, until the brothers lock themselves in the bathroom. Drake and Josh's cellphones are later done for when Josh's cellphone gets flushed down a toilet and Drake's cellphone is eaten by Tiberius, thus giving them a harder time. Megan later shows up at Mrs. Hayfer's house and when Drake and Josh think that Tiberius is going to eat her, they come out the bathroom to 'rescue' her. Tiberius happens to be calm when Megan is around. After Megan leaves the house, Drake and Josh lock themselves in the bathroom when Tiberius becomes angry again. Later, the animal control man gets scared when Tiberius shows up and runs into the bathroom with Drake and Josh. Drake and Josh then devise a plan to escape out of Mrs. Hayfer's house without getting killed by Tiberius, while the animal control man carves soap on the toilet. Drake and Josh run out the bathroom and run different directions to fool Tiberius. At the end, Drake and Josh make a long run home and decided to rest on the couch. Walter goes to Mrs. Hayfer's house to look for Drake and Josh and sees Tiberius, who barks at him and starts to chase him; Walter becomes scared and runs out the house, with Tiberius still after him.

text: Karate instructor and coffee shop owner[edit]

text: Played by Toshi Toda. He first appears in the pilot as Josh's karate instructor. He is later seen in "First Crush" saying that his karate place burnt down. Since then he has become the owner of a coffee shop where he held auditions for a band. He banned Drake from entering the shop because Drake had a snake in his backpack which was put there by Megan. However Cathy, Josh's crush at the time, spoke to him about giving them another chance.

text: Drew and Jerry[edit]

text: Drew (James Immekus) and Jerry (Stephen Markarian) are two boys who look and act exactly like Drake and Josh. Drew plays the saxophone and flirts with girls while Jerry likes pool, video games and magic tricks. Josh began hanging out with Drew, making Drake jealous, which led to the friendship between him and Jerry. Jerry is also a good comedian. Jerry says that he plays a lot of pool at the Premiere, which is presumably how Drake met him. Josh and Drew then attend a movie premiere that Drake and Josh were going to see originally, so, an angry Drake gets back at Josh by spending the day with Jerry fishing. However, during an argument, Drake has Jerry do a magic trick which involved cutting a girl's ponytail and then putting it back clear in position. Josh then tells Drew to entertain everyone in the Premiere by playing the saxophone. A talent agent sees them and decides to give them their own TV show, a comedy about two brothers. Drake and Josh then watch the show themselves. They were not seen after this episode.

text: Henry Doheny[edit]

text: Henry Doheny (Steve Tom) is a used-to-be famous magician. Josh, Walter and Megan all idolize him while Drake hates him with a burning passion. Doheny does magic wherever he goes, such as interfering with random people and doing magic tricks for them and even magics a sandwich inside him without eating it. When Drake could no longer stand him in his house, he tried to kill him with a baseball bat but Josh decided to help him get recognized again. Megan came up with a trick called "The Box of Impalement", which backfired due to putting Doheny in a large box and sticking swords into his body, killing him. However at the funeral Henry came back to life and regained his career and went off to Las Vegas to perform there for 4 years. He is not seen after that.

text: Drake's girlfriends[edit]

text: Susan[edit]

text: Susan (Ashley Drane) was Drake's girlfriend in the episode "Believe Me, Brother". She loved Drake but then ended up cheating on him by flirting with Josh. Whenever Drake would come near Susan with Josh, Susan would pretend not to love Josh. She is a very manipulative character and selfish when she ran after her men that she wanted. Susan would play on the brother's relationship to get what she wanted, however she didn't know how strong the bond was between the two brothers. She paid the price; Drake and Josh planted some purple paint in her locker and it splattered all over her when she opened her locker door. She is later exposed when a prank created by Megan on their video project for class is tampered to reveal embarrassing images of the boys, including a shot of Susan kissing Josh, much to Drake's dismay.

text: Kelly Hayfer[edit]

text: Kelly Hayfer (Chelsea Brummet) was Drake's girlfriend in the episode "Mean Teacher". She has a laughing problem throughout the whole episode, much to Drake's annoyance. She really loved him deep down inside until one day during her double date with Drake, Josh, and Allison, she decided to break up with him because she didn't think things were working out between them, much to Drake's excitement. She never appeared again after this episode.

text: Carly[edit]

text: Carly (Brittany Curran) is Drake's girlfriend. She first appears in "Who's Got Game" where Josh challenges Drake on who can get the most dates. Drake meets her at the CD shop where she works and he falls in love with her at first sight. Carly grew fond of him too after meeting him. She dumps Drake when she found out about the bet, thinking Drake is just using her. He then proves to her that he can be honest and they continue dating. She makes her final appearance in "The Storm" where she befriends Drake's ex-girlfriends Lucy and Christine, thanks to Megan. Afterwards, it is not mentioned if Carly is still Drake's girlfriend. As Drake is seen flirting with other girls like in "Tree House" where he attempted to go on a double date with Josh and twins, it is possible that Drake and Carly broke up though this is debatable.

text: Lucy[edit]

text: Lucy (Gabrielle Christian) is another one of Drake's ex-girlfriends. She is introduced in "Girl Power," where she admitted to be tougher than Drake. Although Drake disagreed, Lucy decided that the two of them should wrestle each other. Drake is hesitant about wrestling her. Lucy is considered to be a tomboy. She returned in "The Storm", where she is friends with Carly and Christine (Drake's girlfriend and ex-girlfriend, respectively).

text: Christine[edit]

text: Christine (Sarah Christine Smith) is another one of Drake's ex-girlfriends. She is introduced in "The Storm", where she is friends with Carly and Lucy (Drake's girlfriend and ex-girlfriend, respectively).

text: Drake's band[edit]

text: Drake's band is the band which Drake is the frontman.

text: Band members[edit]

text: Scottie[edit]

text: Scottie (Johnny Lewis) is the former drummer of Drake's band. He is considered to be unintelligent, according to Drake and the other band members. He appeared in four episodes in Season 1. He got himself and his band members detained at a Rock Shock concert because he photocopied their tickets in "Grammy". He, Rina, and Paul were never seen again after that. Scottie is Trevor's younger brother.

text: Rina[edit]

text: Rina (Molly Orr) is the former bassist of Drake's band, appearing in four episodes in Season 1. She and Paul caused Drake peer pressure in "Grammy", when they had concert tickets to Rock Shock, the concert that Drake is not allowed to attend. Scottie got them detained because he photocopied their tickets. Scottie, Rina, and Paul were never seen again after that.

text: Paul[edit]

text: Paul (Jeremy Ray Valdez) is the former rhythm guitarist of Drake's band, appearing in four episodes in Season 1. He and Rina caused Drake peer pressure in "Grammy", when they had concert tickets to Rock Shock, the concert that Drake is not allowed to attend. Scottie got them detained because he photocopied their tickets. Scottie, Rina, and Paul were never seen or mentioned again after that.

text: Gary[edit]

text: Gary (Dan Mott) is the goofy and self-absorbed drummer of Drake's band. He has a tattoo of a foot on his chest and likes to wear girls shirts (e.g. his sister's blouse and Megan's panda shirt). He only appeared in "The Storm".

text: Julio[edit]

text: Julio (Shiloh Fernandez) is the current bassist of Drake's band. He only appeared in "The Storm" but he is mentioned in "Josh Runs Into Oprah".

text: Neil Kramer[edit]

text: Neil Kramer (Ridge Canipe) is a 5th grader who appears in "Megan's New Teacher" who played the drums for Drake when his original drummer left. Drake noticed his talent for drums when he found him playing a song on books with pencils in the classroom. After that he took him home to hear him play and Drake wanted to have him play in the band. However, when Josh handed out pop quizzes that everyone failed because they didn't do homework, Neil's mom banned him from playing. Drake and Megan hatched a plan to get Josh fired; it worked, leading to Neil playing for Drake's band at the Premiere's third anniversary. Neil was never seen again after that, probably because he is in Megan's grade and was most likely only a one time member.

text: Other members[edit]

text: In addition to the members mentioned above, Drake is seen performing in the Season 2 episode "Blues Brothers" with several other boys, who are never named and do not appear in any other episodes.

text: Personnel[edit]

text:
Drake Parker - vocals, lead guitar (2003–present)
Julio - bass, backing vocals (2006–present)

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Scottie - drums, percussion (2003–2004)
Rina - bass, backing vocals (2003–2004)
Paul - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003–2004)
Mitch - drums, percussion (2005–2006)
Gary - drums, percussion (2006–2007)
Neil Kramer - drums, percussion (2006)

text: Musical style and influences[edit]

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text: Even though their main musical style is never revealed in the show, it is presumed that their main genres are power pop (as evidenced in the song "The Girl Next Door"), alternative rock (as evidenced in the song "Hollywood Girl"), pop rock (as evidenced in the song "Makes Me Happy"), blues rock (as evidenced in "Old, Cranky Josh"), pop punk (as evidenced in the song "I Found a Way"), and post-grunge (as evidenced in the song "Don't Preach"). Possible influences for the band are Sparks (mentioned frequently in the series), Zero Gravity, and Aerosmith (the Just Push Play album sleeve is seen frequently in the series).

text: Known songs[edit]

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"I Found a Way" (theme song of the show)*
"The Girl Next Door" (played in "Believe Me, Brother")
"Don't Preach" (played in Drake & Josh Go Hollywood)*
"Highway to Nowhere" (played in Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, and Vicious Tiberious)*
"Hollywood Girl" (played in Drake & Josh Go Hollywood)*
"Down we fall" (played in "Number one fan")*
"Old, Cranky Josh" (played in "Alien Invasion", may not be a real song)
"Makes Me Happy" (played in "Really Big Shrimp")*

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"Soul Man" (played in "Blues Brothers")
"Jingle Bells" (played in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh)
"12 Days of Christmas" (reworked, played in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh)
"We Will Rock You" (played in "The Storm")

text: * Actual songs by Drake Bell.