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| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpgThe main cast of Naturally, Sadie. | |
| Created by | Barbara Wiechmann |
| Developed by | John May Suzanne Bolch |
| Starring | Charlotte Arnold Jasmine Richards Michael D'Ascenzo Justin Bradley |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| No. of episodes | 45 (as of November 5, 2006) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John May Suzanne Bolch (Season 1) Brent Piaskoski (Season 2) Steve DeNure Neil Court Beth Stevenson |
| Producer | Kevin May |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel The Family Channel Nickelodeon UK |
| Release | U.S.: June 24, 2005- Canada: June 25, 2005 |
Naturally, Sadie is a Canadian-produced comedy television program that airs on the Family Channel (6:06/5:06 on weekends) in Canada, Disney Channel (4:00/3:00 on Sundays) in the US, and Nickelodeon (7:00 P.M. on weekdays) in the UK and Australia. The plot centers on Sadie Hawthorne, a high school student and aspiring naturalist who loves to study and observe animal behavior. Luckily for her, she's got her two best friends, Margaret and Rain, to back her up until she figures it all out. The series was originally titled, and broadcast as, The Complete Freaks Of Nature, the name being changed to Naturally Sadie when Disney Channel picked up the series after its first season of production.
Sadie's brother, Hal, always does his best to trip her up along the way and then laugh at her misfortune. She has a crush on a boy named Owen Anthony during Season 1.
Season 2 deals with Sadie as a sophomore in high school and acting more like a girl, looking and feeling. She has a new crush, Ben Harrison, and her life is always turned upside down.
Major Characters
Sadie Hawthorne (Charlotte Arnold)
- School life, wildlife — it's all the same to Sadie Hawthorne. When you're an aspiring naturalist, you realize that to the trained eye, amazing things can be found anywhere - even at R.B. Bennett High School. In fact, Sadie treats every day like one big experiment. From her theories on social-climbing classmates to her hypotheses about the life cycle of a crush on Ben Harrison, Sadie's quick to try and apply her naturalist knowledge to her homeroom habitat. There's nothing she won't put under her magnifying glass, no matter how much her best friend Margaret might beg her not to. But sometimes Sadie's stubborn pursuit of knowledge lands her in serious trouble. From offending classmates to accidental boyfriend stealing, Sadie herself is all too-often a failed experiment in good intentions. She manages to scrape through somehow, with a little help from her friends. Sadie is currently in her second year of high school she meets a boy named Ben Harrison, who is her (boyfriend) friend. Sadie and Ben had almost kissed 6 times but something or someone had interuppted them or Ben turns his head.
Margaret Browning-Levesque (Jasmine Richards)
- The kind-of popular Margaret is Sadie's best friend, although sometimes she just wants Sadie to be normal. Together with Rain Papadakis the three are best friends. Margaret sometimes just wants to have normal friends but she still supports Sadie with the weird stuff she collects and Rain with his crazy schemes. Well, most of the time. Margaret herself is very into shopping and boys, and tries to help Sadie with her problems.
Rainbow "Rain" Papadakis (Michael D'Ascenzo)
- Poor Rain. Like the first name his immigrant parents gave him, he is both ridiculous and unswervingly bright and optimistic. According to Sadie, he's just a nice kid trying to find his place in the wilds of the ferocious high school jungle. Rain is a constant source of comedy. He is always working on one of his master plans-for-success, and pretty much always doomed to failure. He has a grueling part-time job at the family restaurant and parents who lecture at length in Greek about the virtues of being "more like his cousins." Luckily he has best friends Sadie and Margaret to support and accept him for his craziness.
Owen Anthony (Kyle Kassardjian)
- According to Sadie's scale of survival, he's easily the fittest. Kind, smart, athletic and charming, Owen is a guy with a lot of popularity but no perceivable ego. And even though she's never actually seen it, Sadie's pretty sure he's kind to small animals. If Sadie could, she'd date him. But since she's never actually managed to utter a complete sentence in his presence, getting to "Sure, I'd love to go out with you!" may take some work. Meanwhile, Sadie watches Owen from afar, unraveling the mystery of this wonderous creature, if not in the name of science, in the name of love.
Ben Harrison (Jacob Kraemer)
- Ben is Sadie's "boy friend." He's the new kid who everyone likes. Sadie finds him sweet, charming, smug, and cute. He always says 'chimo' to greet and says goodbye to people. Sadie likes him more and more everyday. He calls her "Red" because of her red hair. Even after she played both him and Owen at the homecoming dance he still took her back and invited her to the school's bowling party. There have been seven attempts where Ben and Sadie have almost kissed on the lips. At the end of the episode "Election", where they got interrupted by a beach ball thrown at them, and in the bowling party episode, they were about an inch away, but the guy over the intercom announced it was almost midnight, and that was when Sadie and her brother had to be home (They were grounded, but they snuck out anyways, and their parents were going to be home at midnight). Ben tried to kiss her again a few moments later, but Hal got in the way. In a later episode, he admits he likes Sadie as more than a friend. In the episode"Rashomon", when Ben is told to clean, Sadie stays behind to help. They almost kiss but Ben puts a mop handle between them. The last was in the episode "The Mask". In this episode Sadie meets a new boy and they have a lot in common. They start to hang out as friends and Ben gets jealous. In the end, he comes to say he is sorry. They almost kiss when Ben turns Sadie's head and kisses her on the ear as a joke. Ben asks Sadie out to the wow on friday and she says yes. Her parents show up and sit with them and tell embaressing stories about sadie to ben. They start to dance with him and have a lot of fun. Sadie on the otherhand is really mad and embarrassed and yells at her parents. She runs home and sits in her room, then later she walks downstairs and sees Ben in the living room with a romantic dinner. They are about to kiss but Sadie's parents come in the room. In the "Play it again" episode Sadie is afraid that Ben will kiss Arden before her because of the acting class. Sadie finally gets the courage to stop Arden and Ben from kissing but Rain finally takes Margrets advice and starts making decisions as the director of the play. Rain stops Ben and Saidie again from kissing for the first time. In the episode "Gouls just want to have fun", Sadie almost kisses Ben, but then Ben turns into a fanged-zombie and freaks Sadie out. but on the very last episode of the sereis sadie has a choice whether to wear a blue top or a pink top and when she wears the blue top she ends up kissing Ben but in the pink she ends up walking home with chris
Hal Hawthorne (Justin Bradley)
- Hal is Sadie's annoying, although sometimes helpful, older brother, who, unlike Sadie, does not do very well in school. He gets into trouble with the principal a lot, and, in one episode, ends up with Rain in detention as well. In another episode, Hal becomes Sadie's art tutor. Art happens to be Hal's best subject and Sadie's worst. At first, Hal tries to help her. But when he realizes that Sadie could become better than him, Hal makes her do silly things like paint with her butt. In the end, Sadie does become better at art, but turns in one of her worse pieces to make Hal feel better.
Walter Hawthorne (Richard Clarkin)
- Sadie's dad is an engineer. He's a straight-shooting, exacting doer who can build things with tools and bake complicated cakes that require precise measurements, but who can't throw a meal together without a recipe. Walter is precise in everything he does and is, in many ways, the polar opposite of messy, think-outside-the-box Jean. Sadie ponders this "opposites attracting" thing a lot, wondering at nature's grand design, not because her parents' relationship doesn't work, but rather because somehow, miraculously, it does.
Jean Hawthorne (Collette Micks)
- Jean, Sadie's mom, is a novelist. When she's not on tour in some other city, she's locked in her office, 'working' or 'lying on the couch with her eyes closed, thinking about work.' Jean has always encouraged Sadie's fascination with animals and is the one who will stick up for her when she chooses 'digging up beetles' over family movie night. Jean understands focus, determination, and fanciful exploration and is happy to see her daughter so full of them all. Jean's a little flighty and sometimes has her head way, way up in the clouds, but Sadie appreciates her mother's artiness and the heartfelt - albeit abbreviated - talks that they have together.
Minor Characters
Ron Yuma (played by Alex Hood)
- Ron is the proverbial nerd at school who likes to annoy Sadie, but at times does have a good heart.
Mallory Randall (played by Mallory Margel)
- Mallory is a student at Sadie's school who has a major crush on Hal and is very fond of his band "Morning Breath".
Vivian Wu (played by Caroline Park)
- A girl that Rain has a major crush on.
Ms. Mann (played by Alison Sealy-Smith)
- The principal of R.B. Bennett High.
Chelsea Breuer (played by Mandy Butcher)
- Chelsea is most popular girl in school and can be very intimidating, but does show her soft side occasionally. She also had a small crush on Hal.
Dr W.S. Finch (played by Sean McCann)
- Dr. Finch is the owner of a wilderness store that Sadie worked part-time in during the first season.
Toula Papadakis (played by Maria Srygiannis)
- Rain's Mother
Arden Alcott (played by Shenae Grimes)
- Arden is a self-absorbed popular girl in school and Sadie's prime enemy. She is constantly competing with Sadie for Ben's affections and will do anything to get what she wants. Rain is very fond of her along with many others guys at school. Arden is a replacement for Chelsea.
J.P. (played Vanessa Thompson)
- Margaret's annoying step-sister.
Fred (played by Tony Munch)
- An employee who cooks, helps run, and lives at the Papadakis family restaurant, Acropolis Wow.
Episodes
Season 1: 2005
 | It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled List of Naturally, Sadie episodes. (Discuss) (October 2006) |
| Picture | Title | Original Airdate | Production code | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Social Climbers" | June 24, 2005 | 105 | 1 |
| When Margaret tries to show Sadie how to move up the social ladder, she only manages to embarrass Mallory. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Right-Minded" | June 24, 2005 | 125 | 2 |
| Sadie is worried that her mom will be disappointed with her when she gets a C in art class. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Under the Surface" | June 25, 2005 | 106 | 3 |
| A cute new science teacher causes Sadie to lose focus. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Quiz Show" | June 26, 2005 | 123 | 4 |
| Sadie objects to the dictatorial methods of the captain of the quiz team. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Best of Breed" | July 2, 2005 | 119 | 5 |
| After seeing a pet and its owner in matching outfits, Sadie enters a speech contest with an essay on "animal domestication". | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" | July 3, 2005 | 122 | 6 |
| When a hot band comes to town for a concert, Sadie and Margaret try to get tickets. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Myth Adventures" | July 9, 2005 | 113 | 7 |
| After a party where she was stuck in the closet with Ron, Sadie becomes the victim of cruel gossip that nearly ruins her reputation. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Unusual Suspects" | July 10, 2005 | 114 | 8 |
| Sadie tries to find out who burglarized Dr. Finch's store, even though he doesn't seem to want her help. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Forest for the Trees" | July 16, 2005 | 103 | 9 |
| Sadie tries to keep her favorite tree from being cut down. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Coma Chameleon" | July 17, 2005 | 117 | 10 |
| After convincing her teacher the she's the most qualified to take care of the science class's pet reptile, a bearded dragon, Sadie accidentally loses it. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Surprise!" | July 23, 2005 | 124 | 11 |
| When she finds all her family and friends acting suspiciously whenever she's around, Sadie determined to find out what is going on. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Pack of Lies" | July 24, 2005 | 104 | 12 |
| Sadie again attempts to impress Owen Anthony, this time by getting him into a jam session with her musician brother Hal. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Life Cycle" | July 30, 2005 | 118 | 13 |
| Margaret tries to show Sadie that her crush, Owen Anthony, has feet of clay, but this only seems to get Owen interested in Margaret instead of Sadie. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Off the Map" | July 31, 2005 | 121 | 14 |
| Sadie's class becomes interested in researching the truth behind a school legend. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Unified Hal Theory" | August 6, 2005 | 109 | 15 |
| Sadie attempts to devise a theory to explain her brother, Hal's, annoying behavior. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "To Each His Owen" | August 6, 2005 | 120 | 16 |
| Sadie desperately tries to make her family look more "normal" to Owen. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Everything's Relative" | August 7, 2005 | 116 | 17 |
| Sadie's decision to concentrate on her application to the "Roots & Shoots" volunteer program, run by her idol Jane Goodall, jeopardizes her history project with Mallory on a Hawthorne ancestor. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Advanced Girl Lessons" | August 13, 2005 | 107 | 18 |
| When a neighbor mistakes her for a boy, Sadie decides to investigate what it takes to make herself look more feminine. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Survival Swim" | August 14, 2005 | 101 | 19 |
| Sadie is embarrassed after she accidentally blurts out something hurtful about a popular fellow student. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Drift Away" | August 20, 2005 | 112 | 20 |
| Sadie decides to pursue a new friendship with another girl. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Best of Enemies" | August 21, 2005 | 110 | 21 |
| Sadie debates battling Margaret for a boy's attention. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Everybody Scoops" | August 27, 2005 | 115 | 22 |
| A disappointing internship causes Sadie to re-evaluate her career goals. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Be Our Pest" | August 28, 2005 | 111 | 23 |
| Sadie finds out what a pest Margaret can be, when she temporarily moves in with the Hawthornes. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Night Crawlers" | September 18, 2005 | 126 | 24 |
| Hal develops a love of steaks; Sadie is creeped out by all her house's odd noises at night. | ||||
Season 2: 2006
(More Episode Names and Dates Coming Soon) (Please, only put episodes in boxes when promos airs on television only!)
| Picture | Title | Original Airdate | Production code | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Risky Business" | April 2, 2006 | 201 | 25 |
| Sadie and Margaret attempt to complete a list of 5 risks before a deadline for a bet. Meanwhile, Rain turns to Hal for help after he has problems getting a girl to notice him. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Year of the Dragon" | April 9, 2006 | 202 | 26 |
| Sadie is planning the school dance for komodo dragons. However Margaret and Rain have their own secret agendas. When Hal finds out, he blackmails Margaret and Rain into getting to his band to play at the dance. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Home Alone" | April 16, 2006 | 203 | 27 |
| Sadie FINALLY has a night alone with her friends, but Hal's plans are canceled. To save her night, she gets Hal a date with Arden. Margaret is worried everyone thinks her and Rain are a couple. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Maximum Overdrive" | April 23 2006 | 204 | 28 |
| Sadie gets over-frustrated when everyone is counting on her to do their own work. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Election" | April 30 2006 | 205 | 29 |
| Sadie and Ben run for school class president and get caught up in their actions. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "The Last Waltz" | May 72006 | 206 | 30 |
| Arden tries to ruin Sadie and Ben's relationship when she gets jealous he picks Sadie over her (to dance with) in gym class. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "The Upside of Anger" | May 142006 | 207 | 31 |
| Jean registers Sadie and her for a self-defense class. But Maraget turns out to better than Sadie and she gets jealous. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Double Jeopardy" | May 212006 | 208 | 32 |
| Sadie forgets she is going to the homecoming dance with Owen Anthony when Ben Harrison asks her. Hal tricks her by appearing to help her with her problem. Owen gets mad while Ben takes her back and kisses Sadie on the forehead. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Brother from Another Planet" | May 282006 | 209 | 33 |
| Hal wants to get a gig for his band at the bowling ally and Sadie wants to hang-out with Ben. They are both grounded for that night but sneak out. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "The Parent Trap" | July 12006 | 210 | 10 |
| Ben and Sadie get paired up to take care of a pretend baby and they argue about their different parenting styles. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "The Great Outdoors" | July 82006 | 211 | 11 |
| Sadie teams up with Margaret and Arden to face Rain, Ben and Ron in a battle-of-the-sexes scavanger hunt. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Prêt à Porter" | July 292006 | 212 | 12 |
| Margaret enters a fashion competition and Sadie models for her. Ben and Rain agree to take pictures for competition but Rain is only in it for the girls. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Rashômon" | September 102006 | 213 | 13 |
| Fred tries to find out who started a food fight at Acropolis Wow. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "The Mask" | September 172006 | 214 | 14 |
| Sadie becomes fed up with Ben's sarcastic attitude and questions if he's the right guy for her, especially after she meets a boy with whom she gets along with perfectly. Meanwhile, Ben considers telling Sadie his true feelings about her, as Rain tries to get closer to Vivian...while hiding in a mascot costume. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Meet the Hawthornes" | September 24 2006 | 215 | 15 |
| Sadie intentionally doesn't tell her parents that she and Ben are going on their first date. Meanwhile, Rain books Margaret and Hal to perform as a duet at a ' 70s themed party at the Acropolis Wow. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Play It Again, Sadie" | October 1, 2006 | 216 | 16 |
| A school drama production brings out Sadie's jealous side when Arden is chosen to play Ben's love interest, and it's a part that involves some kissing. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Match Me If You Can" | October 8, 2006 | 218 | 17 |
| Sadie and Ben take a compatibility test, it shows 1% alike which has Sadie worried; and they try to take interest in each other's hobbies. Margaret is 99% compatible with her boyfriend, Rain is compatibile with no one and Hal is stalked by Mallory who has a crush on him. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun" | October 14, 2006 | 217 | 18 |
| Tabitha, Hal's girlfriend, persuades Arden to hand out wristbands that turn people into zombies. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Working Stiffs" | October 22, 2006 | 219 | 19 |
| Sadie gets a waitressing job at Acropolis Wow and is then promoted to restaurant greeter, a job that Rain wanted. Also Ms. Mann forces Ben and Hal to work together on the video yearbook. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "English Patience" | October 29, 2006 | 220 | 20 |
| Hal chooses Sadie as the subject of his english oral reports. Also, things are hitting off between Rain and Arden but she is embarssed to be seen with him at school, they eventually break up. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Two of a Kind" | November 5, 2006 | 221 | 21 |
| Walter's competitive cousin Steve-O comes for a visit and brings along his children Cal (played by Justin Bradley) and Cadie (played by Charlotte Arnold) who are complete opposites of Hal and Sadie. Meanwhile, Margaret and Rain throw J.P. a birthday party at the Acropolis Wow, but for some reason Margaret makes it a "Sweet 16" party. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "Rules Rush In" | November 12, 2006 | 222 | 22 |
| Sadie and Margaret have to give advice to students in need. | ||||
| File:Naturally sadie cast.jpg | "The Bennett Club" | November 19, 2006 | 223 | 23 |
| Sadie has her first Saturday detention. | ||||
Trivia
- Before his recurring role as Fred, Tony Munch had guest starred as an exterminator in a Season 1 episode of Naturally, Sadie, sharing a scene with Michael D'Ascenzo who plays Rain.
- This show is quite similar to That's So Raven because the two best friends have the same dream — the African-American ones (Margaret & Raven) want to be fashion designers and are quite stylish, and the Caucasian ones (Sadie and Chelsea) are both into environmental biology and are redheads. Both also have annoying brothers ( Hal & Cory), a quirky mom & dad (Walter & Jean/Victor & Tanya) and popular school rivals (Arden & Bianca).
- A few of those similarities also make it similar to Lizzie McGuire, another Disney Channel hit centered around a teenage girl.