Larry Schwarz
Director
Kappa Mikey (2006)
Season 2
Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz, who chose 4Kids Entertainment as the worldwide licensing, marketing and official promotional agent of the series. The show is Nicktoons's first original half-hour series, bought during the same period as other Animation Collective series such as Three Delivery and Speed Racer: The Next Generation, as well as Flash shows from other studios, such as Edgar & Ellen and The Secret Show, though the latter was made from BBC. The series premiered on January 6, 2006, as Nickelodeon aired several reruns and premieres as a promotional movement from August 20, 2006 to January 2007. The series is MTV's first global acquisition, and is currently available on iTunes.
Released Feb. 25, 2006
Episode 30 min
7+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Science Fiction
Keywords: imdb.anime-filmmaking, imdb.anime-parody, imdb.two-word-series-title, imdb.character-name-in-series-title, imdb.cartoon-violence, imdb.alien-creature-as-pet, imdb.2d-animation + 14 more, imdb.show-within-a-show, imdb.superhero, imdb.parody-comedy, imdb.parody, imdb.talking-animal, imdb.teenager, imdb.surrealism, imdb.actor, imdb.anime-influenced-animation, imdb.anime-style, imdb.anime-esque, imdb.urban-adventure, imdb.teen-comedy, imdb.farce-comedy
Production Companies: Animation Collective, Kanonen & Bestreichen Inc.
Network: Nicktoons
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Camp!
Mikey, Gonard, Guano, Mitsuki and Lily go to camp.
June 9, 2007, midnight
S2E2 - Free Squiddy
Mikey decides that he wants to free a captive squid while Guano uses a new gel on his fur.
June 10, 2007, midnight
S2E3 - The Bracemaster
Mikey and Lily get a retainer from the Bracemaster; Guano disguises himself as a panda for a LilyMu episode.
June 16, 2007, midnight
S2E4 - Hog Day Afternoon
Mikey puts an artificial-intelligence chip in a motorcycle, creating a talking bike with attitude. Lily becomes popular among the Viking community after she steps up efforts to improve her public image.
June 24, 2007, midnight
S2E5 - Mikey At The Bat
Ozu lets his rivalry with another show's producer overshadow a friendly game of baseball.
July 1, 2007, midnight
S2E6 - Go Nard Hunting
After eating a radioactive sandwich Gonard gains superintelligence, and his friendship with Mikey is strained. Meanwhile, Lily, Mitsuki, and Guano compete for endorsements.
July 15, 2007, midnight
S2E7 - Mikey, Kappa
After Mikey floods the set, the crew has to film on location while avoiding the perils of the wilderness and Kappa as well.
Aug. 5, 2007, midnight
S2E8 - Script Assassin
The cast panics when Ozu hires a script doctor who is famous for killing off characters; Guano becomes a talk show celebrity.
Aug. 12, 2007, midnight
S2E9 - Mitsuki Vanishes
When the gang goes to Mount LilyMu, everyone but Mitsuki can go on the bullet train, since Mikey cannot find Mitsuki's ticket. On the train, Mikey hears mumbles and finds Mitsuki tied up. Mikey convinces the gang to help find Mitsuki, and whoever kidnapped Mitsuki. In the subplot, Yes Man quits after a fight with Ozu.
Aug. 19, 2007, midnight
S2E10 - The Masked Tanuki
Ozu wants to get the Masked Tanuki, the local superhero, on his show as a ratings boost. Mikey and Gonard rob their own studio to lure him in, only to lure in the Cat Burgler, who kidnaps them as a means for revenge. Meanwhile, Lily and Mitsuki try to solve the mystery of Guano’s apartment.
Aug. 26, 2007, midnight
S2E11 - Back To School
Ozu and his crew go undercover as students and faculty at the local Lebaniku High School, in order to figure out who’s behind a DVD piracy ring, making illegal copies of their show. Mikey, unable to fit in with any of the cliques, winds up with two nerds. Gonard becomes the Lebaniku football teams’ secret weapon against their rival.
Sept. 2, 2007, midnight
S2E12 - Manic Monday
A pair of mystical friendship bracelets magically switch Lily and Mitsuki’s bodies, and they agree to live the other’s life for a while, so Mistuki can finally date Mikey. Lily ends up working with a pair of environmentalists named the Do-Gooders. In the subplot, Gonard and Guano are cursed by a tiki idol.
Sept. 3, 2007, midnight
S2E13 - Mikey's Place (aka "The Heart of the Arena")
Mikey opens a Kappa Mikey-themed restaurant, which does lousy until Gonard starts preparing dishes for it. A rival restaurant nabs Gonard and hypnotizes him into making dishes for them instead. In the subplot, Lily is caught showing hatred toward babies, so Ozu forces her to take care of a baby for one day to regain LilyMu’s reputation.
Sept. 16, 2007, midnight
S2E14 - LilyBoo
At a video rental store on Halloween, Mikey comes across a "creepy, unmarked" DVD, and after watching it, he and his friends are cursed. Their one way to break the curse is to assist a girl named Samoa to find her gobstopper in a haunted house, looking out for clues from the DVD itself.
Oct. 28, 2007, midnight
S2E15 - Night of the Werepuff
Mikey gets lost in Yoyogi Park and meets a Werepuff, a monster who eats peoples' clothes, and Mikey turns into one when his pants are eaten off. Lily feels suddenly attracted to him, and they soon become a celebrity couple. The only way to cure him is if he eats the fur of the original Werepuff before dawn.
Oct. 28, 2007, midnight
S2E16 - The Karaoke Episode (1)
Mikey finds a karaoke machine run by a robotic genie. But Mikey insults the genie, causing it to put a curse on him and his fellow LilyMu cast members so that they can't stop singing.
Feb. 16, 2008, midnight
S2E17 - The Karaoke Episode (2)
Since the cast of LilyMu is still unable to speak except in song, their show is cancelled. They wonder about what to do with the rest of their lives. Will they be cursed forever?
Feb. 16, 2008, midnight
S2E18 - Mikey's Memoirs
Ozu orders Mikey to write the first chapter of his memoirs for a magazine tomorrow, with the help of Guano, but things go haywire after Mikey starts making up lies about his accomplishments. Meanwhile, Gonard finds out that he could actually be royalty.
Feb. 17, 2008, midnight
S2E19 - Seven LilyMu
Like the heroes of the famous Japanese film The Seven Samurai, the cast responds to a distress call from a poor boy and LilyMu fan named Riku, whose playground is about to be destroyed by an evil Garbage Man to make way for a landfill. However, used to doing live shows, the five are under the impression that this is just another gig, and Riku thinks they are real heroes instead of actors.
Feb. 24, 2008, midnight
S2E20 - Mikey and the Pauper
As in Mark Twain's novel "The Prince and the Pauper," Mikey decides to take time off from being a superstar and trades places with an ordinary citizen who looks just like him.
March 2, 2008, midnight
S2E21 - The Clip Show
Guano doesn't know how to finish a LilyMu clip show.
March 9, 2008, midnight
S2E22 - Tin Putt
Mikey gets in trouble playing a game of golf, while Lily and Mitsuki try to join a country club.
March 16, 2008, midnight
S2E23 - Live Lilymu
When the cast tries to perform an episode "live", everything goes wrong.
March 30, 2008, midnight
S2E24 - Mitsuki Butterfly
Mikey falls in love with the actress in a kabuki play, unaware that it is actually Mitsuki understudying for her father after he breaks a leg, literally. Meanwhile, Gonard falls in love with popcorn, and it develops into an addiction.
Sept. 6, 2008, midnight
S2E25 - Fashion Frenzy
When Lily's favorite clothing designer visits the set, Mikey and Lily compete to win his approval for their contrasting fashion lines. Meanwhile, Gonard becomes obsessed with developing his abs on Ozu's exercise machine.
Sept. 6, 2008, midnight
S2E26 - The Wizard of Ozu
Mikey threatens to quit after being forced to give up his smelly, good-luck sneakers, but then is caught in a tornado and dreams that he is in the Land of Ozu, where his friends appear as various characters similar to those in the classic film The Wizard of Oz.
Sept. 13, 2008, midnight
S2E50 - null
None
Sept. 6, 2008, midnight
Network: Nicktoons
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1590 min.
Released: Feb. 25, 2006
Last Air Date: Sept. 13, 2008, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y7
Common sense age: 7+
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