Kappa Mikey (season 1)

Kappa Mikey season 1
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	Nicktoons Network Nickelodeon
Original release	February 25, 2006 – April 28, 2007
Season chronology

The first season of the animated television series Kappa Mikey, created by Larry Schwarz, originally aired on the Nicktoons Network channel in the United States.

Cast

Main

• Michael Sinterniklaas as Mikey Simon
• Sean Schemmel as Gonard
• Gary Mack as Guano
• Kether Donohue as Lily
• Carrie Keranen as Mitsuki
• Stephen Moverly as Ozu
• Jesse Adams as Yes Man

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"The Lost Pilot"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Larry Schwarz	January 6, 2007	101
Mikey wins a scratch off contest and moves to Tokyo to become the new star of LilyMu, but is given a hard time by Lily and the others, but they decide to give him a one more chance. There is no subplot in this episode as this was the first episode in the series.
2	2	"The Switch"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Leila Strachan	February 25, 2006	102
Mikey moves in with Lily and Mitsuki. But Ozu then kicks Lily and Mitsuki out, and into a gross apartment with no window, but Mikey trades apartments with them. In the subplot, Guano has trouble with the box tower on the set, and is handcuffed by Gonard and the two try to unlock the cuffs.
3	3	"Mikey Impossible"	Sergei Aniskov	Colin Jost, Chris Reisig	February 25, 2006	103
Mikey destroys Ozu's bonsai tree and tries to replace it. There is no subplot in this episode.
4	4	"Ship of Fools"	Sergei Aniskov	Rob Dubbin, Colin Jost, Chris Reisig	March 4, 2006	104
Mikey trades Gonard to pirates for an illegal version of the new LilyMu video game, but they rescue him with the Super Gonard Balloon that he lost early in the episode. In the subplot, another Mikey blows into town, and Lily falls in love with him, while Mitsuki does not.
5	5	"Saving Face"	Sergei Aniskov	Steve Lookner, Conrad Klein, Leila Strachan	March 11, 2006	105
Mikey panics when he gets a pimple, and to keep it from becoming public, he trades a photo of him for embarrassing photos of his castmates, but confesses it all in the end. In the subplot, Lily tries to beat Socky in Tokyo Trend's top 50 Beautiful People List.
6	6	"The Fugi-Kid"	Sergei Aniskov	Len Wein, Colin Jost, Chris Reisig	March 18, 2006	106
LilyMu has a prop on loan from the government: a hi-tech invisibility jacket. Naturally, Mikey goes and fools with it, leading to its theft by a 'one-armed-man'. Mikey is framed, convicted, and nearly goes to jail – but, he escapes from the officer holding him, and finds himself on the lam. In order to clear his name, he must catch the man who stole the coat and prove himself innocent. There is no subplot in this episode.
7	7	"Mikey Likes It"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Leila Strachan	March 25, 2006	107
Mikey accidentally throws out Mitsuki's photo album when he gets carried away with recycling. In the subplot, Ozu stages a romance between Gonard and Lily.
8	8	"Easy Come, Easy Gonard"	Sergei Aniskov	Chirs Reisig	May 27, 2006	108
Mikey is elated upon receiving his first paycheck from LilyMu Studios (after the initial shock that he is paid for acting), so he's naturally eager to spend it. He ends up buying off a younger crowd of fans by promising them to pay for merchandise in his likeness from Tatami Megastore. However, the owner of Tatami Megastore, Mr. Tatami, informs him he owes 20 million in yen (approximately $173,000) for the toys the fans bought, and he has to get the money in 24 hours or face certain doom in The Tatami Room. In the subplot, Mitsuki and Lily attempt to rescue a scared-witless Guano from the two spoiled sons of Mr. Tatami, who think that Guano is a doll.
9	9	"LilyMeow"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Leila Strachan	June 3, 2006	109
Mikey adopts a lost kitten named Kello to gain popularity, but instead the cat gains more popularity than the entire LilyMu franchise. After the platform that Kello the kitten was on from above comes crashing down, he gets injured, Ozu blames the LilyMu team (except Guano) and fires them. They then hire the Cat Burglar from the The Fugi-Kid to steal the kitten, but little do they know, the coat crook eats cats. In the subplot, Lily and Mitsuki argue over the placement of their characters' mannequins in a LilyMu store.
10	10	"Splashomon"	Sergei Aniskov	Colin Jost, Chris Reisig	August 27, 2006	110
Ozu puts the cast of LilyMu in charge of watching one of his prized items only to come back and find it missing. Now it's up to Mikey and the gang to tell their side of the story of what really happened, only to make matters worse than what they really are. There is no subplot in this episode.
11	11	"The Good, the Bad, and the Mikey"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Mike Yank	June 8, 2006	111
Mikey goes to the dark side after learning that the USA hero, Captain Impressive, was canned for being too Goody Goody. In the subplot, Lily finds out that Mitsuki has a crush on Mikey.
12	12	"Sumo Of All Fears"	Sergei Aniskov	Colin Jost	August 5, 2006	112
Unable to lift a prop that others can easily, Mikey is determined to get in shape and he and Guano go to the gym. There, he gets a new rival in the shape of a Yokozuna whom he accidentally challenges. Mikey and Guano get trained by a janitor who makes them do his job, among other things. Mikey inexplicably beats the Yokozuna by tickling him, but once he does, he becomes Yokozuna, and everyone he encounters wants to challenge him as well! In the subplot, Gonard is hit by a tennis ball machine and exaggerates the injury to get the girls to pamper him.
13	13	"Lost in Transportation"	Sergei Aniskov	Gerry Duggan, Conrad Klein, Leila Strachan	October 8, 2006	113
Because he doesn't fit in the LilyMu battle wagon or Lily's car, and feeling left out by his friends lately, a stubborn Mikey wanders off and falls in with a biker gang called The Chums ("Chum it up! sssssssssssssssss.). This is bad, because the rest of the gang is at the birthday party of their biggest sponsor's son- and he wants to see Mikey most of all. There is no subplot in this episode.
14	14	"Big Trouble in Little Tokyo"	Sergei Aniskov	Colin Jost, Chris Reisig	September 3, 2006	114
Guano is tired of the LilyMu cast ignoring him. Mikey doesn't even listen to him when he tells him not to go to the secret floor in LilyMu Towers. When they get to the floor, they meet a mad scientist who made all the monster movies. But after going back to retrieve an item for Mikey, Guano gets confined to the secret floor. Mikey, in an attempt to free Guano, supersizes Gonard,, who starts to attack the city. His friends finally listening to him, Guano supersizes himself and defeats Gonard, turning him back to normal. In the subplot, Ozu has Yes Man perform dangerous comical bloopers.
15	15	"The Phantom of the Soundstage"	Sergei Aniskov	Chris Reisig	October 28, 2006	115
When Mikey discovers a book on good pranking, he immediately pulls "innocent" pranks on the rest of the cast. Lily and Mikey hear that the soundstage is haunted by the Phantom of the Soundstage, who is Ozu's janitor by day, and whose soul purpose is to punish anyone who dare pull a prank. Lily is fed up with Mikey's pranks, so she aligns herself to the Phantom to get revenge with the biggest prank ever. In the subplot, Guano gets covered in yellow-green paint due to Mikey's antics and has to deal with his fear of possibly losing his "suit" with Gonard's help.
16	16	"Battle of the Bands"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Michael Yank	January 26, 2007	116
The gang discovers unused musical instruments in the soundbooth and decides to form the LilyMu band! The catch: they are all terrible at it. While they are practicing at Mikey's apartment, Ozu, from the hallway, mistakes the ringtone on Mikey's cell phone for the real thing (them playing the instruments). Immediately seeing the money rolling in, Ozu spends millions on ads for a very special LilyMu musical episode! The band must keep their cover by pretending to play, in sync with Mikey's ringtones. When they become bigger than ever, things get complicated when a rival musical group named Ori and Yori accuse them of being phonies, leading Mikey to foolishly challenge them to a showdown. There is no subplot in this episode.
17	17	"La Cage Aux Mikey"	Sergei Ansikov	Conrad Klein, Mike Yank, Alan Yang	February 3, 2007	117
When a reporter from Cleveland visits the set to do a story on Mikey, Mikey lies about his friends to make himself sound more important. When his parents read the story and announce that they're coming to visit, Mikey must get his friends to play along with all his outrageous lies. In the subplot, Ozu torments Yes Man once again by making him the guinea pig for his new weather-controlling invention when his golf game is rained out.
18	18	"Reality Bites"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Michael Yank	January 28, 2007	118
Ozu makes LilyMu into a reality show, and the gang tries to convince Ozu to change it back.
19	19	"A Christmas Mikey"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Mike Yank, Larry Schwartz	December 9, 2006	119
After being turned down a new contract by Ozu (which is later given to him at the end), Mikey wishes he never came to Tokyo, but is convinced otherwise by his Guardian Angel. In the subplot, Ozu hates Christmas because his family ditched him, but he learns to love it from the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future, the latter of whom says it will be a Christmas when he sees his son again.
20	20	"With Fans Like These"	Sergei Aniskov	Leila Strachan	February 17, 2007	120
Mikey is kidnapped by well-meaning but confused fans who want to protect him from Gonard, thinking he is a real-life villain. In the subplot, Guano is forced to use subliminal advertising to make people give gifts to Gonard and Lily.
21	21	"Big Brozu"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Colin Jost, Michael Yank	February 19, 2007	121
Ozu's twin brother and rap guru Brozu shows up unexpectedly and wants to change the LilyMu company. He fires Ozu and decides to hire Mikey as the new producer. Mikey thinks it will be an easy job, but turns out to be terrible at it. This causes Lily, Mitsuki, Guano and Gonard to quit the show and go on strike. Brozu also moves to LilyMu Towers and starts holding parties every night... right above his brother's penthouse apartment. Everything seems hopeless until they discover a loophole in Brozu's contract. There is no subplot in this episode.
22	22	"The Man Who Would Be Mikey"	Sergei Aniskov	Guiseppe Ziplovia	March 3, 2007	122
After Mikey sells a LilyMu prop, he has to find a replacement for them to finish a shoot. He finds a sword stuck in a rock called "The Dragon's Spike". When he shows off its powers, his friends (except Mitsuki) start hanging out with him just to enjoy the sword's magic, and they start to fight over his friendship. The gang soon finds out that the sword is actually a real spike from a dragon's tail, and the dragon now wants to eat Mikey for waking him up from his thousand year nap.
23	23	"Uh Oh Guano"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Michael Yank	March 24, 2007	123
Ozu announces the LilyMu show will be shown internationally. The first country they release it outside Japan is Buttstonia, where it has been edited to the point of being ridiculous. They get paid though, unfortunately, it is in the nation's currency which can't be exchanged into other currency, making it completely worthless everywhere else. Mikey is appalled to discover that the United States has retitled it as "Mighty Go Go Guano" and reedits it to make Guano the star, due to cliches, American cultures and the beginning of the whole LilyMu show. Guano, however, has fears of people with cameras and begs Mikey to make him unpopular. In the subplot, Gonard, Lily and Mitsuki hire a Buttstonian servant named Sergu who will do everything they want if they pay him in his nation's currency.
24	24	"Like Ozu Like Son"	Sergei Aniskov	Ryan Koh	April 7, 2007	124
Nobody remembers that it is Mikey's birthday, so to cheer him up, the gang throws a surprise party for him, but to no avail (which Lily relishes). Ozu, who realizes that Mikey doesn't have a father figure in Japan, proposes that he be his son for a weekend, and they go on a boating trip that immediately goes awry, stranding them in the middle of an ocean. In the subplot, Gonard and Guano discover a lost baby bird, and experience parental difficulties as they try to teach it to fly.
25	25	"La Femme Mitsuki"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klein, Mike Yank	April 21, 2007	125
Mitsuki is discovered to have led a life of espionage before her days on LilyMu when a mysterious stranger (who, in possible reference to Get Smart's Agent 13, is stuck in a mailbox suit) tries to convince her to return to her past life. Now they come back to finish the plan, but it means putting Mikey in the thick of danger as well. In the subplot, Gonard meets an "Earthie" (hippie, really), who inspires him to become one himself after Lily thinks it will be fun watching him make a fool of himself, that is until Gonard and the "Earthie" start living with her.
26	26	"The Oni Express"	Sergei Aniskov	Conrad Klien, Mike Yank	April 28, 2007	126
Mikey discovers a secret society called the Order of the Oni, a cult that Yoshi, and later, the rest of the cast, join. Mikey wants in, but has to fulfill three initiation tasks, and has trouble keeping everything about the Order a secret from non-members. In the subplot, Yes Man goes missing, so Ozu calls on Guano to be his temporary Yes Man until he finds the original one.