Henry Danger: Cast, Money, Cartoon Spin-Off, and Banned Episode

Original run: 2014–2020 ·
Seasons: 5 ·
Episodes: 121 ·
Network: Nickelodeon ·
Kid Danger’s starting pay: $9 per hour

Seven data points, one pattern: Henry Danger was Nickelodeon’s comedy engine for most of the late 2010s, and it kept producing sequels after the finale.

Who are the kids in Henry Danger?

The main kid cast is small and stable: four teens orbiting Captain Man and his secret sidekick. The core four are Henry Hart, Charlotte Page, Jasper Dunlop, and Piper Hart, with Jace Norman, Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox, and Ella Anderson in the roles.

• Jace Norman as Henry Hart / Kid Danger, per Nickelodeon’s fan hub.
• Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox, and Ella Anderson as Charlotte, Jasper, and Piper, per Wikipedia’s character guide.
• Cooper Barnes as Ray Manchester / Captain Man, per Paramount Press Express, the network’s official press arm.
• Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz Schwartz, per Nickelodeon’s fan hub.

Henry is the audience’s way in: a 13-year-old who takes a superhero sidekick job in his hometown of Swellview, a premise Nickelodeon’s official description sums up as a teenager balancing family, school, and hero work.

The implication: the core cast is fully documented, which makes the romance rumors around them even easier to check — and harder to confirm.

Does Henry ever kiss Charlotte?

• The short answer: unresolved in the official record. Henry and Charlotte are the show’s central will-they-won’t-they pair, but the episode sources used here don’t confirm a canonical on-screen kiss.

Fan wikis and clip channels carry most of the “they kiss” claims, and some scenes read as close calls. Without an official episode guide entry confirming the moment, the honest label is “fan-debated,” not “canon.”

Who is Piper Hart’s crush?

• Confirmed: Piper Hart’s recurring crush is Jasper Dunlop, per Wikipedia’s character guide.

This one is settled. The show plays the crush for comedy — Piper’s attempts to win Jasper over usually end in chaos, which is exactly the joke.

Who kissed Kid Danger?

• Status: unverified. No official source in the research record names a character who kisses Kid Danger on screen.

The question circulates in fan spaces, usually tied to hero-costume mix-ups or stunt scenes. Until an official episode guide or clip confirms the moment, the answer stays open.

The trade-off: the cast list is rock solid, but the romance claims live on fan platforms, not official ones.

What this means: the romance rumors are fan territory because the official record stops at the cast list.

Was Ariana Grande in Henry Danger?

No — and the mix-up has a one-syllable explanation: Frankie, not Ariana. Ariana Grande has no credited appearance in the series, but her brother Frankie Grande played the recurring villain Frankini, per Wikipedia’s character guide.

The confusion is understandable — Frankie’s Frankini is theatrical and loud enough to stick in memory, and the Grande surname does the rest.

Did Ariana Grande or Jenna Ortega appear in Henry Danger?

• Ariana Grande: no credited appearance; the Grande on the show is Frankie.
• Jenna Ortega: no credited appearance in the sources checked.

Both names pop up in guest-star search results, likely because fans mix up Nickelodeon casts of that era. The credited-cast evidence in Wikipedia’s character guide doesn’t include either performer.

Is Jace Norman no longer acting?

• No: Jace Norman returned to the Henry Danger universe for an event in Danger Force season 2, per Paramount Press Express, and he headlines Henry Danger: The Movie.

The “Norman quit acting” rumor probably comes from the 2020 series ending. The franchise record shows the opposite: he stayed attached to the universe after the finale.

The pattern: the cast moved around Norman, not away from him — Nickelodeon kept the franchise on his shoulders.

How much money did the Henry Danger Show make?

There is no official public profit number. Nickelodeon and Paramount haven’t published a per-series revenue or profit figure in the official press materials reviewed here, so any exact “$X million” claim floating around is fan arithmetic, not disclosure.

• 5 seasons and 121 episodes — the length of the original order, per Nickandmore’s episode list.
• One animated spin-off — The Adventures of Kid Danger, which premiered in 2018, per Wikipedia’s Dangerverse page.
• One live-action sequel — Danger Force, announced February 19, 2020, per Paramount Press Express.
• One feature-length movie — Henry Danger: The Movie, released on January 17, per Wikipedia’s franchise chronology.

What kind of phones are used in Henry Danger?

• Status: unconfirmed. The prop phone brand isn’t identified in the official Nickelodeon or Paramount materials checked.

This is a favorite prop-spotting question in fan threads. The honest answer is that no verifiable source in the record names the brand, so any specific make you see online is a guess.

The trade-off: fans want a money number and a phone brand, but the franchise gives them scale — 121 episodes and a sequel — while the accounting stays private.

What this means: the franchise’s financial scale is proven by its episode count and spin-offs, not by a disclosed profit number.

Is there a cartoon version of Henry Danger?

Yes, but it was brief. The Adventures of Kid Danger is the official animated spin-off, and it premiered on January 15, 2018, per Wikipedia’s Dangerverse page.

• The Adventures of Kid Danger — animated series announced with 10 episodes in development, per Wikipedia’s Dangerverse page.
• Danger Force — the live-action sequel, announced February 19, 2020, per Paramount Press Express.

What is the animated Henry Danger spin-off called?

• Answer: The Adventures of Kid Danger.

The cartoon wrapped its run on June 14, 2018, according to Wikipedia’s franchise chronology, which means the animated chapter lasted only a few months. The live-action sequel, by contrast, ran for years and added a new team of trainees played by Havan Flores, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Dana Heath, and Luca Luhan, per Wikipedia’s character guide.

And for anyone tracking how TV franchises sprawl beyond their original run, our Criminal Minds: Full Story, Cast, and Streaming Guide follows another multi-season series with a famously tangled timeline.

The takeaway: the cartoon answered the “animated Henry Danger” question, but the franchise’s real future was live-action.

Is there a banned episode of Henry Danger?

No official Nickelodeon source has classified any Henry Danger episode as banned. The claim circulates in fan spaces and clickbait listicles, but the top available sources — Nickelodeon’s own materials and the episode archive — contain no such designation.

• The rumor: an episode was reportedly pulled or censored, making it “banned.”
• The record: the episode list remains fully documented, per Nickandmore’s episode archive.

That doesn’t mean the rumor exists for no reason. Network shows quietly edit or shelve episodes more often than fans realize, but “shelved” and “banned” are different claims — and no official source supports either for this series.

Is Henry Danger LGBTQ?

• Canon: Henry Danger never explicitly identifies Henry or the other main characters as LGBTQ; fan interpretations exist separately from canon.

The show built its comedy around crushes, awkward dates, and superhero bumbling rather than identity storylines. Official sources are silent, so the accurate framing is “not confirmed and not denied on screen.”

This is a familiar pattern in other fandoms: claims harden into “facts” simply by being repeated. Our Peter Griffin: Age, IQ, Mental Health & Family Guy Facts piece shows how quickly fan theories can blur the line between joke and biography.

What this means: the banned-episode question is a test of sourcing — official silence is not evidence of a cover-up, just evidence of no confirmation.

What this means: fans should trust the verified episode list over rumor threads.

Henry Danger franchise timeline

One timeline, two quick turns: the original show ended and its live-action successor arrived within seven days.

• July 26, 2014 — Henry Danger premiered on Nickelodeon, per Wikipedia’s series history.
• January 15, 2018 — The Adventures of Kid Danger, the animated spin-off, premiered, per Wikipedia’s Dangerverse page.
• March 21, 2020 — Henry Danger ended after 5 seasons and 121 episodes.
• March 28, 2020 — Danger Force premiered at 8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, per Paramount Press Express.
• February 21, 2024 — Danger Force concluded, according to Wikipedia’s franchise chronology.

The pattern: Nickelodeon treated Henry Danger as a franchise to hand off, not a show to cancel — the sequel launched before the original’s finale had cooled.

What’s confirmed, what’s still unclear

The research record is lopsided: official sources confirm the big structural facts, while the fan-driven details remain open.

The balance here is deliberate: in a franchise where official disclosure is selective, the open questions deserve as much attention as the confirmed facts.

The record, in their own words

“Henry Hart is a 13-year-old who lands a part-time job as Kid Danger, sidekick to the superhero Captain Man.”

— Nickelodeon’s official fan hub

“Danger Force features Cooper Barnes and Michael D. Cohen reprising their Henry Danger roles alongside a new team of superhero trainees.”

— Paramount Press Express

“The Adventures of Kid Danger is an animated spin-off of Henry Danger.”

— Wikipedia’s Dangerverse summary

Three sources, one consistent story: Nickelodeon kept expanding the franchise across formats, and each branch of the universe points back to the same core cast and premise.

The takeaway

Henry Danger is not a mystery: it’s a five-season Nickelodeon comedy with a confirmed cast, a short animated spin-off, a live-action sequel, and a movie, wrapped in fan debates that outsize the official record. The unresolved questions — exact revenue, prop brands, a banned episode, canonical kisses — remain unresolved because the official sources don’t address them. For fans chasing a sixth season or a hidden episode, the choice is clear: rewatch the 121 episodes that exist, or follow the franchise into Danger Force and Henry Danger: The Movie, because the rumor mill will not produce new canon.

Frequently asked questions

If your question isn’t here, the official sources are probably silent on it too — which, in this fandom, is a useful signal in itself.