''Zapped'' is a 2014

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starring

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and

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portrays the lead role, Zoey Stevens.

Plot

16 year old high-schooler Zoey Stevens is an average girl whose

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mother just remarried. They move in with her new stepfather and three stepbrothers, Adam the oldest, Zach the middle child, and Ben the youngest. Zoey's stepbrother Adam is always in a rush due to being captain of the basketball team; Ben, is always getting dirty; Zach, has a habit of making disgusting food creations, and their father, Ted, is the basketball team coach. After a disastrous first day at her new school, Zoey downloads an app that's original purpose was to control the family dog, but after her phone falls into dog food and skates down solar panels, she finds out the app has changed from being able to control her dog to controlling the men in her life. She first finds it freaky, but then realizes how much of an advantage she has and decides to use it as a personal tool. Zoe uses the app to make things right in her school not forgetting her dance team. Her dance rival becomes suspicious of her while she notices her using the app during dance training. Zoe realizes that using the app against people's advantage isn't going to change anything and decides to quit using the app. While at the washroom, her dance rival steals her phone without her noticing and uses it to make all the men on the basketball court respect and obey her commands. Zoe and her friend tracks down their dance rival and retrieves the phone from her. Zoey then breaks the phone to pieces, as she learns that she gets to spend more time with her family. After that, a dance competition is held and Zoey's team wins. In a post-credits scene, two students who were in detention discovered Zoey's phone and it zapped, hinting at a sequel.

Cast

as Zoey Stevens, the central character of the film. *

as Rachel, Zoey's best friend. *

as Jackson, Zoey's love interest and former boyfriend of Taylor's. *

as Taylor, Zoey's rival, school diva. *

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as Adam Thompson, Zoey's oldest stepbrother who plays basketball. *

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as Yuki, Taylor's best friend. * Lucia Walters as Jeannie Stevens, Zoey's mom. Adam, Zach & Ben's stepmom. *

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as Ted Thompson, Zoey's stepdad. Adam, Zach & Ben's dad. * William Ainscough as Ben Thompson, Zoey's youngest step brother. * Jedidiah Goodacre as Tripp * Connor Cowie as Zach Thompson, Zoey's middle step brother. * Samuel Patrick Chu as Charlie, Rachel's love interest.

Production

Zapped is produced by Off-Leash Teleproductions, Inc., distributed by Muse Distribution International and

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and is licensed by ABC Cable Networks and Family Channel.

Broadcast

''Zapped'' was released on demand and Watch Disney Channel on June 23, 2014. It made its debut on June 27, 2014 on

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in the United States, and Family Channel in Canada.

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broadcast the film on July 18, 2014.

Reception

The premiere garnered 5.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched broadcast on cable that night. In the United Kingdom, it got 320,000 viewers including timeshift.

References

External links

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