List of Kappa Mikey characters

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The animated television show Kappa Mikey has had many a share of characters. This is a list of them.

Contents 1 Main and Major characters 1.1 Mikey Simon 1.2 Mitsuki 1.3 Lily 1.4 Gonard 1.5 Guano 1.6 Ozu 1.7 Yes Man 1.8 Yoshi 2 Minor Characters 2.1 Old Lady 2.2 Mom and Dad 2.3 Sushi Trio 2.4 Brozu and No Man 2.5 Gonard's Mother 2.6 Gonard's Robots 2.7 Dr. Takashi Katashi 2.8 Socky 2.9 Scoop Suzuki 2.10 Agent Yoshida 2.11 Lily's Mirror 2.12 Speed Racer 2.13 Pirate Captain 2.14 The Chums 2.15 Mr. Stereo 2.16 Pierre 2.17 Mikey Cosplayers 2.18 The Cat Burglar 2.19 Suave Mikey 2.20 Spartacus Clone 2.21 Ozu's Robots 2.22 News Reporters 2.23 News Anchor 2.24 Peter/Vito 2.25 Mr. Tatami 2.26 The Tatami Twins 2.27 Lawrence Von Martenhouse 2.28 Kello 2.29 Dr. Igor 2.30 Forbes

[edit] Main and Major characters

All of the main characters live in LilyMu Towers and work on the show LilyMu.

[edit] Mikey Simon

Voiced by: Michael Sinterniklaas

With help from a winning scratch-off card, Mikey transforms from a wannabe teenage American actor to the star of the once popular yet now declining LilyMu television show, which he brings back to the top of the ratings. On the show, he is Kappa Mikey, leader of Team LilyMu, and rides his own motorcycle, which was given to him by a biker gang called the Chums.

Mikey has a rough time adjusting to this new lifestyle, according to the episode Lost in Transportation- he doesn't have any room in the battlewagon OR Lily's punchbug, and he doesn't even have his own actor's chair. Curious yet naive, egotistical, and a bad listener, Mikey often gets himself and his co-stars into strange disasters, which often leads to Ozu firing and rehiring them. His precociousness and failure to adapt reflects many children's experiences of trying to adjust to living in a new country, or any kind of life change, and is where the major theme of the entire show stems from. He has no clear recreational hobbies except for video games, which is only referenced in two episodes. In fact, off-work, he is very lazy- his apartment is often a mess.

Mikey is almost as vain as Lily; in Saving Face he sold out his crew so he wouldn't be shown in Tokyo magazines with a pimple (and in turn kicked off Lilymu). He also has a crush on his co-star, Lily but is clueless to Mitsuki's own affections for him. To Mikey, even though Lily is mean-spirited and seems eager to make life miserable for him whenever she can. As the episodes go on, he begins to not think about Lily that much and starts to notice Mitsuki more.

Off set, he wears a tan-white long sleeve undershirt with a blue t-shirt over that and tan Pants.

[edit] Mitsuki

Voiced by: Evelyn Lanto

On the show, Mitsuki is the tough-as-nails bad girl member of the LilyMu team, and has been on the show for five years. Off camera however, Mitsuki is the complete opposite, being very sweet, graceful, and generous. Her name is Japanese for "three months" or "Full Moon". Her strong sense of right and wrong makes her the comedic foil to the rest of the cast. A running gag in the show is when the cast cannot remember who she is. However, when she does reach the end of her patience, Mitsuki can be quite conniving and devious, as seen in Mikey Likes It (Garbage), The Sumo Of All Fears, and LilyMeow. She and Lily are roommates.

Mitsuki is completely in love with Mikey, and tries to make him feel welcome on the show and in Japan. There are times when Mitsuki compliments Mikey romantically. Mikey either is clueless, doesn't understand what she is saying or isn't there to hear it. The only other person that knows about Mitsuki's affections is Lily, after she read Mitsuki's diary (maybe she always know, because she is Mitsuki's best friend). Mikey read it too and noticed it, but he thought Mitsuki was writing about a guy named "Mickey" (Quote: "Hey, who's this Mickey person you're always writing about?"). Lily hasn't mentioned anything about it ever since. In A Christmas Mikey, Mitsuki and Mikey share a kiss under the Mistletoe (more accurately, he kisses her on the cheek and she faints from being lovestruck while Mikey was blushing), and in With Fans Like These, after two of Mikey's fans fall in love with Mitsuki's fans Mikey and Mitsuki blush at the thought of the relationship their fans have and the thought of them selves as a pairing- any change in their relationship after this point is uncertain. Before working on the LilyMu show, Mitsuki was a secret agent as shown in LaFemme Mitsuki

Off set, she wears a red shirt with a white under shirt under that and blue pants.

[edit] Lily

Voiced by: Annice Moriarty

On the set, Lily is Japan's sweetheart, but off-duty, she has a bad temper and a pushy attitude, making her the stereotypical stuck-up, spoiled, diva-esque actress (among other stereotypes) of LilyMu. After Mikey joins the cast, Mikey pretty much steals all of Lily's thunder and thus, is relegated to co-star status. She can't stand that the fame and adoration that used to be hers are now given to Mikey. She is desperate to knock him off his star pedestal by getting him fired so she can be the Lilymu star again, seemingly unaware that it was Mikey who saved the show from its low-ratings slump in the first place. Her attitude makes her an enemy of the rest of the cast at some points. She totally loathes and reviles Mikey, who has a crush on her earlier in the series but is too vain and angry with him to notice. Despite her temper, Mitsuki is surprisingly understanding toward her and can tolerate her behavior, which could be because they are roommates. According to the episode Saving Face, she has to wear a retainer. Also, according to the episode, LilyMeow / Lily Meow, Mitsuki donated one of her own kidneys to Lily, when one of hers failed. However, Lily sees this as an act for publicity. In "Reality Bites", it was implied that she has false eyebrows and a bit of a mustache. Beucase many fans believe that Mikey will most likely end up with Mitsuki, some fans believe that Lily will end up with Gonard. There has been times when Lily almost shows just a little affection for Gonard.

Off set, she wears a white shirt and a blue mini-skirt. Her outfit is similar to the schoolgirl sailor fuku common in Japanese schools.

[edit] Gonard

Voiced by: Sean Schemmel

On the show, Gonard is an evil, purple creature, a criminal bent on destroying Team LilyMu and taking over Tokyo. Off camera, Gonard is a big, normally colored oafish moron. He is innocent, a bit insecure, constantly hungry, and often has an illogical way of thinking. Gonard takes a quick liking to Mikey as a friend and helps him adapt to his new life in Tokyo. His behavior is controlled by a food obsession, especially for sandwiches. Gonard has several suspicious items stuck to the seat of his pants, which he often loses, and has items hidden beneath his huge puffy hair. He can hold large amounts in his mouth at a time, such as lemons, water, several live cows, or Guano. Though Gonard is made out to be an idiot most of the time (for instance, "Mikey's not from Cleveland, Mikey's from America!"), he does have brief moments of intelligence often. He also lives with his mom (who is never seen).

The character is largely a spoof on Goku, as seen by the large and constant food intake and the fact that he is good-natured, if a bit stupid, plus the more obvious issue of his name. This is emphasized by the fact that both him and the actual Goku character are voiced by Sean Schemmel.

Off set, he wears a blue hoodie and green shorts.

[edit] Guano

Voiced by: Gary Mack

Guano is a star, the writer, and the neurotic director of LilyMu. He is another friend of Mikey's and helps him get around Tokyo. On the show, he is the stereotypical cute sidekick; a small, purple, Pikachu-like creature. He can fly, shoot lasers out of the gem on his stomach, and all he says on camera is his own name (a clear reference to Pokémon anime meta series). But off-camera, he refuses to take his costume off. He has phobias for just about all non-scary things, and is very secretive of his private life. He is also extremely emotional, frequently crying or cheering and jumping around. His name comes from the Spanish word for "manure". In every episode he seems to stop the LilyMu show by yelling "CUT!" when something goes wrong, such as Mikey messing up or heavy objects falling on Gonard, or both (occasionally, it is Ozu who yells cut at the beginning of an episode). It is interesting to note, apart from resembling Pikachu he also resembles the ebil moglin Zorbak of Adventure Quest. The gem on his stomach has many odd traits, such as being magnetic (Lilymeow), serving as the lid to a storage area within the costume (A Christmas Mikey), and playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony when put under the needle of a record player (Battle of the Bands). He also lives in LilyMu Towers, but his room was never shown. In A Christmas Mikey, it is revealed that Guano is Ozu's long-lost son (though even then his real face isn't shown to the viewer). As part of a running gag, Guano is sometimes seen wearing a diaper over his costume. He comments on this in Uh-Oh, Guano, saying "It's a comfort thing!" (possibly indicating that the diaper is a security object for him).

[edit] Ozu

Voiced by: Stephen Moverley

The ill-tempered producer of LilyMu, Ozu rules the show with an iron fist. More often than not, he yells at and scolds the cast, except Mikey, who he sees as the savior of the show and who can usually do no wrong in his eyes, though he has shown to be a gentle, caring and supportive mentor as well. He has been the driving force in Japanese television for six decades. He owns a 500-year-old Bonsai tree, which he loves more than his cast. Ozu is constantly canceling the LilyMu show when Mikey or the cast does something wrong, such as destroying his Bonsai tree, Mikey losing the government's invisible coat, or when he thought Mikey flushed his fish. He has a habit of firing the entire cast whenever they displease him, but is quick to hire them back (kind of like how J. Jonah Jameson treats Peter Parker) once his rage has been pacified or their popularity reestablished. (In LilyMeow he mentioned that they are rehired but only until he remembered the original reason for firing them.) According to The Lost Pilot, Ozu hates cards because "they are in every anime show." (Such as Cardcaptors, Yugi-Oh, Duel Masters, etc.)

He seems to have had the same face, hair and head size since his birth. He grew up in a traditional Japanese lifestyle, and at some point in his life, married a woman named Kyoko in Kutaguro, and had a son. Ozu used to hate Christmas because his family disappeared on Christmas day. However, the Ghost of Japanese Christmas Future informed him that it would be on Christmas Day that his son would come back to him, and as a result, he grew intense love for the holiday. It is revealed that he has a brother named "Brozu" who was born one second earlier than him, and who, later in his life, spent the family fortune on diamonds and expensive gifts to himself.

It's possible that he was named after legendary director Yasujiro Ozu.

[edit] Yes Man

Voiced by: Jesse Adams

Ozu's chimp-faced assistant and sidekick. He doesn't seem to do anything for LilyMu, except agree with Ozu (hence his name), and possibly be the voice that shouts the show's name at the beginning of each LilyMu episode. He often speaks in short, loud, random phrases. According to The Fugi-Kid, he once went under the name of Demin Boy and was apparently the "most popular kid in all of Japan" (perhaps only in his mind). He was also known as "Yes Boy" when he was younger, and would say "Yes" to every question. He is the most exaggerated character in the sense of a cartoon, as he usually pops up at various places of the screen, usually to complete or punctuate a statement started by Ozu. He is also the butt of all the other cast member's beatings, whether they intend it or not.

[edit] Yoshi

The main cameraman for the LilyMu series, Yoshi is a shy, blond, beer-bellied man, and though he's not important to be a main character, he is featured somewhere in every episode, sometimes as a main role (such as in Battle of the Band), but mostly as an easter egg. He also appears to be Ozu's coffee-and-donuts boy, although his is a tough job - Ozu has punished him rather badly for simply forgetting the cream and sugar in his coffee. He sometimes takes baths in the trunk of Lily's car (as shown in Lost in Transportation). In, A Christmas Mikey, it is said that if Mikey had never come to Tokyo, Lily would've winded up marrying Yoshi after LilyMu was canceled. He appears to live in LilyMu Towers with the other cast members. In, Battle of the Band, it is revealed that he will say anything whenever someone tickles him (presumably to make them stop), as is revealed when Mikey tickles him and he shouts "I brush my teeth with dogs!". He also appeared in the episode, Ship of Fools as a pirate. It is possible that his name comes from the popular Nintendo character Yoshi. He also appeared in "The Jade Tigerfish." Guano was walking around with ramen and Yoshi asks for one and Guano throws it on his head and it burns him.

[edit] Minor Characters

These characters appear at least a few times in episodes that follow each of their debut appearances. Almost all of the minor characters are voiced by the principal cast, and 4Kids Entertainment's frequent talents, including Dan Green, Bella Hudson and Wayne Grayson. Almost all of them appear again at the Christmas party in A Christmas Mikey. Because the show's credits do not match up the voice actors with their respective characters (except for with the main characters), the people who voice each individual minor character are unknown for the most part.

[edit] Old Lady

An old lady appears at least once in every episode, sometimes with in a speaking role, but mostly as a background extra. In The Lost Pilot, she bumps into Mikey right when he's about to leave back for America, wacks him in the head with her purse, expresses that she loves Lilymu, but wacks him in the head again. In Sumo Of All Fears, she lifts a prop resembling a bus.

[edit] Mom and Dad

Mikey's parents. They have yet to be seen (they, like Mikey, are probably animated in an American style, since their answering machine(s) and counter top are rendered in this way), but they have been featured in the episodes: The Lost Pilot, Easy Come, Easy Gonard, Lost in Transportation, The Switch, Saving Face, and La Cage Aux Mikey. Even though they never answer their phone when Mikey calls them for help, their rather offbeat answering machine messages nearly always give some sort of help - even if it isn't in the way one would expect. Mikey appears to be their only child.

[edit] Sushi Trio

Little sushi-beings that serve as scene changers or bumpers. They dance around and make cute noises. They are sometimes accompanied by other random characters, such as a sushi chef or a sumo wrestler.

[edit] Brozu and No Man

Ozu's rapping hip hop twin brother who claims to be the Lord of the Dance. He appears in the episode Big Brozu. Unlike Ozu, Brozu has a yes man named No Man, who always yells "Oh no!" (which is odd, considering Yes Man does not shout "yes", rather he agress with Ozu), and who turns the tables for his songs. Since he was born one second before Ozu, he says he has legal right to take over the company and change the LilyMu show from an action theme into a street dancing theme.

[edit] Gonard's Mother

Gonard still lives with her in LilyMu Towers, or at least in the same place. In The Switch she has a woman's voice, while in The Fugi-kid, and all the succeeding episodes, she is voiced by Sean Schemmel in a falsetto voice with an Irish accent.

[edit] Gonard's Robots

These are Gonard's Robots that are seen in the show fighting the LilyMu Team. They often get destroyed simply and quickly. In "Battle of the Bands" it reveals that they have their own feelings when one of them starts crying. A variation of this is the One Legged Robot which has, well, one leg.

[edit] Dr. Takashi Katashi

"Plastic Surgeon To The Stars", he wears a generic doctor headband over his eye, much in the fashion of Kakashi Hatake from Naruto. He performs an unintentional 'pimple enlargement' on Mikey, because he had to do two operations at once (first trying to remove Mikey's pimple, but failing; and turning Yes Man into a muscular man). He did plastic surgery on Socky, to make him beautiful: information which led to Socky's downfall.

His room has four well-known anime character's portraits (the first three served as references), whom Dr. Katashi claimed to be his works are, Black Jack by Tezuka Osamu (who had his facial scar removed), Chii from Chobits by Clamp (got an new head implant to give her her trademark ears), Daisuke Niwa from D.N.Angel (unknown just by an appearance; he just smiles) and Kosuke Ueki from The Law of Ueki (appeared in the background.He is noticable by his green hair, clothes and what seemed to be Tenko on his left arm).

[edit] Socky

Sock puppet pop icon with a mind of its own, spokesperson for Hitoshi Beauty Cream, and rival of Lily for Teen Trend's Top 50 Most Beautiful. However, he was removed from the list, after Mikey discreetly revealed that the sock had once been a "dork". He is famous for his motto "Stay Socky".

[edit] Scoop Suzuki

Editor-in-chief of a tabloid newspaper in Japan. Threatened to expose Mikey's pimple to the masses unless he could get pictures of his friends in more embarrassing situations. Bears a strong resemblance to J. Jonah Jameson. He has a cousin in America who works for an American newspaper, and is drawn in American style.

[edit] Agent Yoshida

A Japanese government agent that bears a resemblance to Commander Amarao from FLCL, complete with eyebrows (he also wears a similar uniform to the one Naota does at the end of the anime). He arrested Mikey for a crime he did not commit (Supposedly, he stole an invisibility coat). However, later on, he does arrest the real crook, with Mikey's help.

[edit] Lily's Mirror

A mirror with a mind of its own, which tells Lily how beautiful - or not - she is. It always talks in a synthesized monotone.

[edit] Speed Racer

An older version of the famed racer. He makes a cameo appearance in the theme song as the LilyMu team's limousine driver, and in the pilot episode. In A Christmas Mikeys parody of It's a Wonderful Life, he can be seen as the hypothetical scratch card contest winner for Lilymu, in place of Mikey, yelling "I'm back!" However, this choice drops the rating for Lilymu down enough for Ozu to cancel the show. Despite having the body of a middle-aged man, he has the voice of a young boy.

[edit] Pirate Captain

Captain of a pirate ship and five other pirates. He first appears in episode Ship of Fools when he gives Mikey a pirated video game in exchange for Gonard. Mikey manages to frighten the pirate into abandoning ship (courtesy of the Super Gonard balloon) in order to save Gonard. One of his pirates bears a striking resemblance to Lucky Roux, (one of captain Red-Haired Shanks' pirates) from the anime and manga One Piece. In La Cage Aux Mikey, the Captain fills in for Mikey's dad after they announce their cancelled trip to Japan.

[edit] The Chums

A gang of outcast bikers who accept Mikey as an "honorary member" when he is convinced that the rest of the LilyMu cast are leaving him out of activities and, quite literally, vehicles, in Lost In Transportation. They are big fans of Lilymu, and give him the motorcycle that Mikey eventually uses as a regular prop on the show. Mikey is most acquainted to their leader, Beef, who teaches him the Chums bear-hug. Mikey eventually becomes friends again with the cast, but the Chums keep in touch with him using a whistle whenever he needs help (so far, he hasn't officially used it, although the motorcycle they gave him has been used in several LilyMu sequences). Beef comes back in "La Cage Aux Mikey" to pretend to play Mikey's mom. they also like to say, "Chums! Chum it up! Sssssss!"

[edit] Mr. Stereo

One of Ozu's company sponsers and best business partners in Lost In Transportation. Mr. Stereo sells stereos at bargain prices, and claims that if his stereos don't please his customers, he will do crazy things, even though he does them anyway. Those crazy stunts turn into his one running joke. He has a spoiled son named Timmy who is a huge fan of Lilymu, and resesmbles Huey Freeman from The Boondocks.

[edit] Pierre

The waiter of the unnamed "Finest Restaurant in Tokyo". He has a French accent.

[edit] Mikey Cosplayers

Big fans of Mikey, they dress in his LilyMu uniform and show up at social events involving him. One of them resembles Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan, Mechazawa of Cromartie High School, one of the main characters from Cyborg 009, and Zangief of Street Fighter.

[edit] The Cat Burglar

An unnamed bandit who steals the thang coat in The Fugi-Kid. Throughout the episode, he was thought to have only one arm, due to the other being covered by the coat during the Mikey-witnessed theft. Agent Yoshida has been chasing him for five years-he has stolen over 2,000 cats, plus the bank robberies he committed using the coat and framed Mikey for. Known to Mikey as "The One-Armed Man" until revealed that the coat was covering one arm. ("What are you!? Some kind of TWO armed man!?") He also made a second appearance in LilyMeow/Lily Meow, revealing that he eats the cats after he catches them and that he is also allergic to cats, developing a rash all over his body and going into fits of sneezing when he comes near one. He seemingly likes them stir fried, as when Ozu asks what he's (Ozu's) going to do with Kello, the burglar yells "May I suggest stir fried?" His extreme lankiness and strange chin give him a resemblance to characters from the Lupin the Third franchise.

[edit] Suave Mikey

First appeared in Ship of Fools. He looks exactly like Mikey (making him one of the only other known people in Japan to be drawn in an American style along with Lawrence Von Martenhouse), with the exception of his black sunglasses and noticeably refined demeanor. He unintentionally fools Lily, who thinks that he is great, and Mitsuki, who thinks that he is a jerk (maybe she is jealous, because Lily likes him so much, or angry, because he flirts them at the same time), into thinking that he is the real Mikey Simon. He can also play the Saxophone.

[edit] Spartacus Clone

A good imitation of the Thracian, cued in to yell something at the most opportune time (such as "I am sparticus!").

[edit] Ozu's Robots

Ozu's robots that first appear in the theme song of Kappa Mikey. They reappear as security robots in Mikey Impossible, where in order for Mikey and Gonard to get past them, they have to answer the riddle of the robots. One of them starts reciting the famous "Riddle of the Sphinx", but Mikey just walks past them while being given the riddle. They appear again in Mikey Likes It (Garbage), dancing with Mitsuki, Guano, and Mikey in The Recycling Song.

[edit] News Reporters

Unnamed reporters who often get involved with the LilyMu team from time to time. The most famous one is the woman in the tan-white suit, black hair and glasses.

[edit] News Anchor

A grey-haired man on TV who makes his first appearance in Ship of Fools. He announces the news from time to time.

[edit] Peter/Vito

This man is often is misheard by fans and viewers alike, and thus is thought to be named 'Peter' or 'Vito' (closed captions of Ship of Fools say "Vito"). He is a Mafia member, and appeared in Ship of Fools, facing a pirate death sentence (walking the plank, "Going to Davy Jones' Locker!"). As a last request, he tells the pirates to tell his wife he loved her.Yoshi fulfils the request by shouting to her, and his wife replies "Whatever", causing him to run off of the plank crying.

[edit] Mr. Tatami

Former owner of Tatami Megastore, a carrier of LilyMu merchandise, and the Tatami Room. Father of the Tatami Twins. Mikey owed him 20 million yen, until Ozu bought the Megastore from him, making him an employee of Ozu, and causing Mikey's debt to change, so he now owes Ozu 20 million yen.

[edit] The Tatami Twins

Two immensely fat little boys who are the sons of Mr. Tatami. They mistake Guano for a toy, and even throw Lily and Mitsuki into the 'Tatami Room' for 'shoplifting' (trying to save Guano). They could be a reference to the classic Mario Bros. (orange and green shirts & overalls), who looked equally chubby at the time. Their heads look almost exactly the same as the Troublemaker Studios's logo.

[edit] Lawrence Von Martenhouse

An American actor (also drawn in an American style, like Mikey). He played Captain Impressive on American TV several years back, and this has made him Mikey's childhood hero. He puts on a rather embarrassing Dum-Dum Show at the Tatami Megastore, the result of which 'inspires' Mikey to become a bad boy. Von Martenhouse eventually gets to be Captain Impressive one last time, trying to stop a riot that Mikey started. Is currently on the Dum-Dum Hour.

[edit] Kello

A small kitten that Mikey finds and adopts in order to get attention for himself in LilyMeow. The kitten ends up stealing the spotlight from the entire LilyMu cast, since he is "cute". After failing to squash the LilyMu cast for proving more popular than him, he was posted on a Teletubbies-like TV show where he is thrown up in the air and sprayed with water. He is a parody of Hello Kitty. In later episodes, he shows up as just an anonymous kitten, much like Kuroneko-sama in Trigun.

[edit] Dr. Igor

Appearing in Big Trouble In Little Tokyo, Dr. Igor is a mad scientist who lives on in the 'secret floor' (the 13th) of Lilymu Towers, and the only way to get there is by revealing the secret panel behind all the other buttons in the elevator. He claims to have created all the monsters in the old monster movies in the past, and invented ways of making them huge. Now, he makes a hobby out of shrinking monsters so they become tiny. His face bears a strong resemblance to Vash the Stampede from Trigun.

[edit] Forbes

Dr. Igor's son and assistant, however he resembles a demon with a fox's face, bat's ears and wings, chicken's feet, scaley dinosaur arms (he claims he has more than one pair of arms), goat's horns and a tail in contrast to Dr. Igor's human appearance (either, his mother looked like this, he was adopted, he was created by Igor, or Dr. Igor ultered him from a normal human into a demon). He is very charismatic, and is the only other character besides Mikey known to come on to Lily and Mitsuki without hesitation. He designed the monsters' butts (this causes Lily and Mitsuki to be completely horrified and Lily to say OMG). On a side note, he is probably designed after Tenko, a Heavenly Beast in The Law of Ueki.

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Notable Episodes:	The Lost Pilot · The Switch · Mikey Impossible · Ship of Fools List of Kappa Mikey episodes
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