History WesternAnimation / KappaMikey

* [[CrazyCatLady Crazy Cat Burglar]]: The Cat Burglar in "The Fugi-Kid", who planned to use thousands of cats to pull off the biggest heist in history. He even admits that he loves to [[EatTheDog eat cats.]]

After moving to Japan, Mikey constantly finds himself [[CultureClash in conflict with both the culture]] of his new homeland, and with his cast-mates. Episodes usually revolve around Mikey and his friends learning AnAesop as they [[OnceAnEpisode deal with off-screen problems that are impairing their acting performance.]] Said problems are often rather bizarre, like the time ''a rapping, self-aware sock puppet'' threatened to upstage Lily on a magazine's "Most Beautiful People" list. An in-joke for the Creator/FourKidsEntertainment fans exists where most of the voice actors also worked on their anime dubs back in the day.

* TheMagnificentSevensamurai: There is an episode where the five crew members are called by a little boy to save their playground from a garbage man intent on turning it into a landfill. The boy is under the impression that they are heroes instead of actors, and the [=LilyMu=] crew is [[AllPartOfTheShow under the impression that it's all a publicity gig!]]

* AnimeThemeSong: One of the few, if not ''only'', instances of a J-pop band writing an original song for an American cartoon! "Hey! X2 Look! X2" was performed by the Beat Crusaders (best known for "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", the fourth opening in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''), and was the only piece of music for ''Kappa Mikey'' that was not written in-house. This band tended to sing mainly in English and were influenced by the United States heavily. They also performed the original theme "Hit in the USA" for ''Manga/{{BECK}}''.

* CartoonPhysics: If Mikey is an example of a ''Western''-type of animation, shouldn't he have ''more'' cartoon physics than the anime characters?

* {{Animeland}}

* ButtMonkey: Mikey.

* ChristmasEpisode

* CrossPoppingVeins

* GreenAesop: "Mikey Kappa"
* GreenEyedMonster: Lily.
* HardWorkMontage
* HeReallyCanAct: InUniverse, Mikey is usually a terrible actor and fumbles his lines or generally acts in an incompetent manner. But when given the chance, he can shine as an actor.

* InvisibilityCloak: A trench-coat.

* TwoGirlsToATeam
* TwoLinesNoWaiting
* TVNeverLies

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee

* ZanyScheme

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: Type 3, the credits list the main voice cast along with their respective characters, but only list the names of guest voice actors and not whoever they played.
* ObliviousToHatred: Mikey is unaware of Lily's dispise of him because he's in love with her.

* TakeThat: To how American dubs, particularly 4Kids, always edit anime shows to ridiculous levels.

* UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash: A more infamous example of its use, but also one of the earliest of its use as well. The company, Animation Collective, were well known for specializing in using it.

* CastingGag: One aspect of anime that was more than just ShallowParody?, the [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] {{Expy}} Gonard is voiced by Goku's English voice, Sean Schemmel.

The initial response from the show's premiere was met with less-than-positive reviews. That being said, it has accumulated something of a cult following in the years since it went off the air. It's generally agreed, if one looks past the attempted parody aspect, it's a decent and amusing animated workcom series if nothing else.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Notice that Lily and Mitsuki lack a Japanese accent.
** Same with most of the cast. It's more a convenience that everyone speaks English because it was made by and for an English audience.

Don't you see the man is Kappa Mikey!"''

The show was available on iTunes until it was quietly taken down around 2015. It is also succeeded by one {{Spinoff}} mini-series that is available on Website/YouTube and has -- you guessed it -- never seen the light of day in United States television.

The show was available on iTunes until it was quietly taken down around 2015. It is also succeeded by one {{Spinoff}} mini-series that is available on Website/YouTube and has-you guessed it- never seen the light of day in United States television.

The initial response from the show's premiere was met with less-than-positive reviews, and there is still a large body of haters (professional animators, actual otaku, WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede, in particular). That being said, it has accumulated something of a cult following in the years since it went off the air. It's generally agreed, if one looks past the attempted parody aspect, it's a decent and amusing animated workcom series if nothing else.

* StatusQuoIsGod: A lesson is learned at the end of every episode, but by the next episode, [[StaticCharacter no one changes.]]