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6!Get to know the colorful and crazy cast of the Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''!
7
8!!Mikey Simon
9[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mikey_simon.jpg]]
10 [[caption-width-right:170:The hero of the show]]
11->Voiced by: Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas
12
13The main character of the show. An enthusiastic but naive and egotistical 19-year-old American actor from UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}}, who wins a contest to fly to Japan and is hired to play the hero, Kappa Mikey, on the anime ''Lily Mu''.
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15* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: He reinvents his image as "Bad Boy Mikey", so he wil not have to face the fate of winding up in a wimpy kiddy show. He is pretty narcissistic to begin with.
16* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: "Two hours? Aw man! But I got such a short attention spa-hey! Look at that bird!"
17* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie for Mitsuki's Betty and Lily's Veronica.
18* BigNo: Has one when he misses the last copy of a video game at the last second.
19* BreakoutCharacter: In-universe, he becomes the most popular character among the Japanese Audience, which is why he was made into the main character of Lilymu.
20* CharacterCatchphrase:
21** "W'ever", which first appears in ''The Good, The Bad, And The Mikey'', where he uses it as a by-product of remodeling his image as a bad boy. It stays, and he uses it so often it becomes his Catchphrase, and the other characters start using it as well.
22%%** "chill'ax".
23* CharacterTitle: Averted, in that the show is named after Mikey's SHOW name on ''[=LilyMu=]''.
24* ComedicHero: "I never wear a belt!"
25* CoolBike: His character on [=LilyMu=] rides one, not unlike many {{Sentai}} heroes that [=LilyMu=] is loosely based on.
26* EagleLand: He does not even ''try'' to convince his cast mates to drop the stereotype of Americans!
27* {{Expy}}: A redhead 'fish out of water', living in a world different than his own? [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Now who else could this describe?]] Heck, their hairstyles are even similar!
28* TheFaceless: His parents. They are only heard over the telephone.
29* FishOutOfWater: This is the reason his show name is Kappa Mikey, it is Ozu's reminder of this fact.
30* TheFool: "See you guys? I don't always screw up!" [[GilliganCut *one cut later*]] "I... may have locked the keys in the Tanuki-mobile."
31* {{Jerkass}}: In earlier episodes, particularly [[ObliviousToLove toward poor Mitsuki.]]
32* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be selfish and insensitive, but he does care for his friends and will do the right thing.
33* MeaningfulName: He's named after the kappamaki, a type of sushi roll.
34* TheMillstone: He's a colossal ditz who causes much of the conflict.
35* NoSenseOfDirection: In "Lost In Transportation" Mikey gets horribly lost in Tokyo, despite having lived there for several weeks by now.
36* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Mikey is drawn in an [[ThickLineAnimation "American" cartoon style]], with four fingers, huge black outlines around all his shapes, and black dots for eyes. His Lilymu costume is even styled after an American superhero's with a cape, trunks and mask. Just about everyone else follows anime art conventions. This is taken further as Mikey is unable to perform typical anime visual gags like {{Super Deformed}} shock.
37--> "Showoffs."
38* ObliviousToLove: He fails to pick up on any of Mitsuki's not so subtle hints throughout the series. [[MaybeEverAfter Until the end. Probably. Maybe.]]
39* OverEnthusiasticParents: To the point where they feel the need to give his FRIENDS gifts! They both act [[SickeninglySweethearts sickeningly cheerful over the phone.]]
40* RiskyBusinessDance: Performs one in "Mikey Impossible" in a CutawayGag. It ends with him being chased by some dobermans who are also in their underwear.
41* ShirtlessScene: Surprisingly lots of this with Mikey. In one episode, it is implied he'd take any and all opportunities for a strip.
42* SmallNameBigEgo: In America Mikey was a nobody, but in Japan he is a huge star. Regardless he always thinks that he is much more important than he actually is, which often gets him in trouble with his friends and coworkers. Best shown in the first episode when he wastes everyone's time by not bothering to rehearse for [=LilyMu=] and instead spends all of his time partying.
43* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''The Good, the Bad, and the Mikey''.
44* UnknownRival: He does not know about Lily's jealousy toward him, as he is in love with her.
45
46!!Gonard
47->Voiced by: Creator/SeanSchemmel
48[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gonard.jpg]]
49 [[caption-width-right:350:Engaging in one of his favorite offset pastimes]]
50
51The [[Anime/DragonBallZ Cell]]-like bad guy on-camera, but off-camera, he is just a large, pointy-eared, lovable, oafish moron, and Mikey's best pal.
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53* BagOfHolding: His mouth, hair, pockets, hoodie, and butt.
54* BankruptcyBarrel: He does this during "The Karaoke Episode."
55* BewareTheNiceOnes[=/=]BewareTheSillyOnes: Because of his naïveté and child-like personality off-camera he is very easy to upset or anger if you aren't careful, he has gone on a rampage at least once or twice.
56* BigEater: And his mouth can fit it all.
57* BookDumb: "GAH! I'M READING!"
58* CardCarryingVillain: His role on the show, both literally and figuratively as seen in the first episode. He plays an evil ham whose goals seem to just be to cause as much chaos as possible with no long term plans.
59* CargoShip: Gonard falls in love with a bucket of popcorn and he literally brings it to the beach to watch the sunset, shares a malt with it with two straws, and sleeps with it![[invoked]]
60* CloudCuckooLander: Gonard is... out there. Some things include challenging Guano to incredibly silly duels, the random things he says, his perception of reality and many, many more that would take all night to list.
61* TheDitz: "It's tough when no one understands you. Like when I speak my special Gonard language."
62* DumbMuscle: He is basically all brawn and no brains.
63* {{Expy}}: If ''Anime/DragonballZ''[='=]s Goku were an actor in Tokyo and just a little bit dumber, he'd be Gonard. Heck, the reference is even down to the voice choice.
64* EvilIsHammy
65-->'''''"SOON THE SKIES WILL MELT UNDER THE HEAT OF MY DOOOOM BEEEEEEEEEEEAM!!!"'''''
66* {{Gasshole}}: A lot of Gonard's humors involve belching and farting.
67* GentleGiant: Off-camera, Gonard is one of the nicest and sweetest members on the cast who loves his friends.
68* KindheartedSimpleton: Contrast to his stage persona, Gonard would never hurt anyone on purpose. He is also very dumb.
69* LargeHam: On and Off-Camera, though given he is an actor and his off-camera personality this is natch.
70* MadScientist: His villain role is somewhat like this.
71* ManChild: "I love the zoo! I wanna look at the penguins!"
72* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Main villain of the show, but in real life is Mikey's best friend.
73* MommasBoy: Gonard lives with his mother in [=LilyMu=] Tower.
74* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Nice to Lily's mean and Mitsuki's in-between; despite playing the villain, he's a BigFun off-camera.
75* ProfessionalVoiceDissonance: Gonard uses a deep, booming voice for his villain role, but off-camera he has a higher, more doofus sounding voice.
76* RedEyesTakeWarning: As if his villain role isn't physically intimidating enough, he has red pupils on yellow whites!
77%%* ShirtlessScene
78* TrademarkFavoriteFood: ''Gonard and Sandwiches, sittin' in a tree...''
79
80!!Lily
81->Voiced by: Creator/KetherDonohue
82[[quoteright:247:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kappa_mikey_lily.png]]
83 [[caption-width-right:247:While performing]]
84The spoiled and temperamental diva who used to be the star of ''[=LilyMu=]'' and the biggest one in Japan until Mikey dropped in and stole her thunder, which she totally hates him for; ironically, Mikey has a crush on her.
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86* ActionGirl: On [=LilyMu=], Lily's character is one of the main heroines and when she is not being a DamselInDistress she is a pretty competent fighter.
87* AlphaBitch: She is definitely the series' most definitive example of one, She always talked smack about her other cast members, especially Mikey. She always called him a spaz in several episodes (especially in Splashomon), getting jealous of his sudden popularity, vice-versa vice-versa. She even went out of her way as to antagonise Mitsuki for having a crush on Mikey in the episode "The Good, The Bad and the Mikey". Even Mikey, who had had a crush on her since the beginning of the show, disliked her bitchiness as the show went on.
88* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mitsuki's Betty for Mikey's Archie.
89* CharacterCatchphrase: "Spaz!" (Usually to Mikey)
90* ControlFreak: Always wants everything to go her way.
91* {{Chickification}}: In her ''[=LilyMu=]'' show...and occasionally off it.
92* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: If you are stumped at what to color any of Lily's possessions, just make it pink.
93* CuteAndPsycho: Very much describes her ''[=LilyMu=]'' role against her real personality.
94* DeadpanSnarker: Lily every now and again gets a few zingers in.
95* DeathGlare: Gives these to just about everyone, but especially Mikey whom she hates with a passion for his antics and for stealing her spot at [=LilyMu=]'s star.
96* TheDulcineaEffect: Mikey has this for her.
97* TheFakeCutie: Yyyyyeah, this is basically what her whole character is. She puts on a nice, cute, sweet and kind act for ''[=LilyMu=]'', but once the camera stops rolling, she drops all this and turns into a violent Jerkass AlphaBitch.
98* GreenEyedMonster: She is this due to Mikey stealing her thunder.
99* HairTriggerTemper: Almost everything in the most sudden way possible pisses her off. Goddd, can somebody give her a year's worth of anger management classes?
100* ItsAllAboutMe: Her main personality trait.
101* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[{{Tsundere}} Depending on her mood]].
102* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Acts as Mikey's love interest on set (he is in love with her in real life), but the real her is jealous of him stealing her thunder.
103* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Mean to Gonard's nice and Mitsuki's in-between; she's a spoiled and temperamental diva who only cares about her needs.
104* ObliviousToLove: She does not know that Mikey loves her in real life as well as on set.
105* PetTheDog: Her friendship with Mitsuki which demonstrates that she is capable of caring about others underneath that hostile exterior. She occasionally gets moments like these with her other costars like when she was [[FakeRelationship "dating"]] Gonard and had to break up with him by order of Ozu. Lily tries to let him down easy before being told to stay on script.
106* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Despite not being a celebrity personal-wise, she seems to have been based on Fred from WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo, blonde hair, clothing and all (She even shares Fred's control-freak tendencies in Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!).
107* ThePrimadonna: Lily believes that everything, especially [=LilyMu=] needs to be about her. She does not take it well when Mikey shows up and steals the spotlight.
108* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lily delivers one at Mikey as soon as the pilot episode... calling back a similar speech he received from a casting director in Cleveland! He appears to have just forgotten about it and flirted with her anyway.
109* RichBitch: Has the attitude of one, considering she herself owns a huge apartment in [=LilyMu=] Towers.
110* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: As much as possible, she wears what appears to be a [[LazyArtist simplified-for-lazy-animators]] basic [[SailorFuku sailor uniform]]. It is even [[FridgeLogic weirder]] when you remind yourself that she isn't in school!
111* SmallNameBigEgo: She considers herself to be the best part of [=LilyMu=] and over exaggerates her importance in general. Never mind the fact that the show was failing with her as the main star until Mikey was brought on board.
112* SecretKeeper: She finds out about Mistuki's crush on Mikey and decides to keep it to herself. Though she isn't happy about it.
113* SourSupporter: She'll eventually end up helping her friends, but you can bet she'll complain about it the whole way.
114* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Lily’s the foul femininity to Mitsuki’s tender tomboyishness, with the former wearing a [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack girl’s school uniform]], being obsessed with her appearance and make-up and being a mean AlphaBitch, while the latter wears more casual clothing, used to been a secret agent, and is a sweet NiceGirl.
115* TokenEvilTeammate: Downplayed. "Evil" might be a stretch, but she is the meanest, most volatile member of the main cast and she revels in her chances to try and get Mikey fired so she can be the star again.
116* {{Tsundere}}: An extreme, EXTREME case of Type A. Lily is incredibly harsh towards ''everybody'' and her nicer spots very rarely show though.
117* ValleyGirl: Has the voice of one. It's unsurprising, given her AlphaBitch personality.
118
119!!Mitsuki
120->Voiced by: Creator/CarrieKeranen
121[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kappa_mikey___reciclando_a_mikey.jpg]]
122The other lead female of the show, Mitsuki is shy, polite, and ''totally'' has the hots for Mikey!
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124* ActionGirl: On and off-camera. She can supposedly crush all ten major arteries of an opponent in under 15 seconds.
125* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Lily's Veronica for Mikey's Archie.
126* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't you EVER... press any of [[BerserkButton Mitsuki's buttons!]]
127* CannotSpitItOut: Until TheMusical.
128* TheCutie: She is very warmhearted, even to such characters like her best friend Lily, which is accompannied by her typically soft-spoken voice.
129* {{Foil}}: To her roommate Lily.
130** Lily is a violent AlphaBitch ControlFreak HairTriggerTemper girl who is mean to all her friends, always in a bad mood, and tries way too hard to get Mikey banned from the show.
131** Mitsuki on the other hand avoids all that crap, and always protects her friends whenever they need her help, especially Lily, who can get into pretty problematic situations herself.
132* {{Gasshole}}: In "Live [=LilyMu=]". But she didn't enjoy it, and it wasn't her fault.
133* HartmanHips: Mitsuki has some wide hips, which are emphasized the the jeans she wears.
134* LoveFloats: Anytime Mikey does something that gives her special attention, Mitsuki will swoon and then float away.
135* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Tough bad girl on set, fashionable one off.
136* MoralityPet: She serves as one to Lily.
137* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Mitsuki often gets the short end of the stick when trying to earn the other characters' respect. The other characters [[RunningGag often forget her name.]]
138* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Sweet and softspoken. Unfortunately this often gets taken advantage of by her more selfish costars.
139* NiceMeanAndInBetween: In-between to Gonard's nice and Lily's mean. She plays a tough girl on-set who in reality is kind to a fault.
140* ShyBlueHairedGirl: The series' most definitive example.
141* [[TheStraightMan The Straight Woman]]: Mitsuki's the only member of the main cast that does not have any weird quirks or an outlandish personality and thus is the most stable. So long as she isn't pushed [[BewareTheNiceOnes too far.]]
142* TakeAThirdOption: In her past life as a secret agent. "How about Option 3: I kick you!"
143* TeamMom: Mistuki does her best to keep the group together and stable. She is also seen gently assisting Gonard in some of his dumber moments of understanding what's going on.
144* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Mitsuki’s tender tomboyishness and Lily's foul femininity. Lily wears a [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack girl’s school uniform]], is obsessed with her appearance and make-up, and is a mean AlphaBitch, while Mitsuki wears more casual clothing, used to been a secret agent, and is a sweet NiceGirl.
145%%* {{Tsundere}}: Type B.
146* UnrequitedLove: Subverted in the last couple of episodes, where Mikey had started finally acknowledging Mitsuki's affections.
147* WhiteDwarfStarlet: What Mitsuki would've become if Mikey had never starred on ''[=LilyMu=]'' in the first place, shown in a parallel universe.
148
149!!Guano
150->Voiced by: Gary Mack
151[[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/awesomness.gif]]
152The Lily Mu mascot character and frazzled writer/director/actor.
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154* ButtMonkey: Subject to lots of pain and injuries.
155* CharacterCatchphrase and VerbalTic: "GUANO GUANO!" and "CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT!".
156%%* CowardlyLion
157%%* GarnishingTheStory: With Guanos.
158* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Invoked in-universe, the American version of Lilymu was [[{{Macekre}} macekred]] to turn Guano into the main character.
159* InterspeciesRomance; Guano falls in love with a human ''teenage'' girl who saw some of ''[=LilyMu=]''. She admitted that she always thought he was a puppet.
160* {{Parody}}: Of Pikachu from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''.
161* {{Phonymon}}: He is a parody of Pikachu who, in the ShowWithinAShow, only speaks in PokemonSpeak.
162* PokemonSpeak: On [=LilyMu=] his character can only say his name, "Guano".
163* ProfessionalVoiceDissonance: More so with diction than timbre. Guano talks in PokemonSpeak on [=LilyMu=], but is capable of speaking full English sentences when the camera is off.
164* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He is a purple rat thing with a gem on his stomach that's meant to parody ''Franchise{{Pokemon}}''.
165* {{Sidekick}}: His role on ''[=LilyMu=]''
166* TalkingAnimal: Though it is very probable that he is a guy in a suit, Guano's costume is VERY expressive.
167* TheUnreveal: Despite confirmation that he is in fact wearing a costume, we never see him without it.
168** Later episodes give credibility to the possibility the costume isn't exactly a costume at all, or that his body underneath the outfit is exactly the same as the suit, tail and all.
169* WorthlessForeignDegree: Guano has a RunningGag wherein he always fears getting fired because otherwise he'd have to go back to doing such-and-such random jobs like shampoo commercials, mining, or dancing in a kickline. Granted, Guano seems to be of the same ethnicity as his friends. He did go to film school, however.
170* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Has a phobia for basically anything you can think of, and beyond.
171
172!!Ozu
173->Voiced by: Stephen Moverly
174[[quoteright:271:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ozu_pict2.jpg]]
175 [[caption-width-right:271:Ozu doing what Ozu does best]]
176The kung-fu-master-like executive producer.
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178* BerserkButton: Never, ''ever'' make pirated copies of one of his games...
179--> '''Ozu''': Piracy, will ''not'' be tolerated! I WILL SHOOT YOU DOWN! I'LL PUNISH YOU!
180* CharacterCatchphrase: "You're fired!" Yeah.
181* CoolOldGuy: He knows kung fu, karate, and can negotiate the hell outta' rival companies to get his way.
182* DrillSergeantNasty: He is the Japanese version of this.
183* EccentricMentor: Ozu will occasionally try to teach Mikey a lesson about Japan, but it is often in some sort of hilarious, demeaning way that does not actually fix anything.
184* ExecutiveMeddling: InUniverse.
185-->'''Guano:''' But... but you said you'd never tamper with my creative vision.\
186 '''Ozu:''' ''(Calmly)'' I didn't tamper... ''(angrily)'' '''I lit it on fire -- and danced on the ashes!'''
187* FunnyForeigner: He is the most stereotypical Japanese character on the show with a heavy accent and having hobbies like keeping a bonsai tree. He is also very wacky and amusing.
188* HairTriggerTemper: Ozu ends up SuddenlyShouting at his cast all the time and threatening to fire them all/cancel [=LilyMu=] over the smallest infractions.
189* LukeIAmYourFather: Revealed in the Christmas episode that [[spoiler:Guano is really his long-lost son.]]
190* MeaningfulName: Ozu is named after the [[Creator/YasujiroOzu 1920's-1960's Japanese film director]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasujirō_Ozu known for breaking traditional editing and cinematography rules set in that time.]]
191* TheMentor: To Mikey in the earlier episodes as he tries to help him adjust to life in Japan. Once Mikey becomes acclimated and starts relying on his friends more Ozu starts acting more like a boss would.
192%%* MultipleChoicePast
193%%* NoIndoorVoice
194
195!!Yes Man
196->Voiced by: Jesse Adams
197
198Ozu's chimp-faced assistant.
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200* ButtMonkey: Often gets subjugated to a lot of punishment by Ozu, sometimes when he is angry and sometimes when he just feels like. At one point he even gets sent to a foreign country in place of Guano to save face. Though he ends up back in Japan in the next episode with [[UnexplainedRecovery no explanation.]]
201* CartoonPhysics: Everyone gets these but Yes Man displays it the most with his off the walls animations and insane hijinks like stuffing himself into a briefcase at the airport.
202* CharacterCatchphrase: "YES!"
203%%* TheDitz
204* {{Expy}}: He resembles one of the ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'' sextuplets. He even shares some of their wacky eccentricities!
205* {{Hammerspace}}: He seems to LIVE by this method.
206%%* {{Keet}}
207* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: Yes Man has quite the expressive, yellow glasses.
208%%* MyFriendsAndZoidberg
209* NoIndoorVoice: He is always shouting like his volume knob is stuck on 11.
210* ProfessionalButtKisser: It is right in his name. Yes Man will do anything to please Ozu and enforce his will.
211* {{Sidekick}}: To Ozu. They are rarely seen apart.
212* YesMan: Both his name and his entire character amount to this, being Ozu's right hand that agrees with everything he says.
213
214!!Others
215
216* AlterKocker: The Japanese red dragon in ''The Man Who Would Be Mikey'' has this personality.
217%%* CatsAreMean
218* CryingIndian: The episode ''Mikey, Kappa''.
219* {{Expy}}: Gonard, and then there's [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Doctor Takashi]] [[http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r301/junk9/kappa%20mickey/0095a.jpg Katashi]]... who wears his "[[BuffySpeak doctor head thing]]" over his left eye.
220** [[http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11200000/Ami-and-Yumi-in-Kappa-Mikey-hihipuffyamiyumi-11202088-447-334.jpg The two girl singers in the Battle of the bands episode]] are very similar to [[WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi Ami & Yumi]].
221** [[http://th00.deviantart.net/fs14/PRE/f/2007/077/8/0/ED_ELRIC_IN_KAPPA_MIKEY__by_CowAlchemist.png Heck you can find a lot of Expies of anime characters in the background.]]
222* TheFaceless: Mikey's parents, Gonard's mom.
223* HumongousMecha: They are sentient actors on ''Lily Mu'', but aren't seen that often off-camera.
224** One episode features Gonard facing off the Lily Mu Team with a pair of [[FlatWhat ''granny robots''.]]
225%%* InsaneProprietor: Mr. Stereo.
226* LargeHam: Most of the antagonists... all usually voiced by Creator/SeanSchemmel.
227* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: [[http://kappamikeyfans.net/gallery/photos/xmas_mikey/xmas_ep067.jpg Lawrence, a parody of Clarence from]] ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', in the Season One finale, is Mikey's attractive guardian angel. [[ThoseTwoGuys The sound engineers]] in the Season Two finale may count.
228* {{Leitmotif}}: Various side characters, including Socky and Ozu's twin brother Brozu, who both have hip-hop tunes play whenever they are on-screen.
229* NameMcAdjective: Richie [=McMillions=].
230%%* SitcomArchNemesis
231%%* TalksLikeASimile: The Script Assassin.
232* YuppieCouple: At least a half-dozen of these, including a [[http://kappamikeyfans.net/gallery/photos/0058.jpg pirate]], a little old lady, a delivery guy, a biker named Beef, and a janitor. Whether or not [[http://kappamikeyfans.net/gallery/photos/0172.jpg Yoshi the cameraman]] counts is debatable.

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