History WesternAnimation / KappaMikey

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Mitzuki and Gonard. Mitzuki is the tough-as-nails deuteragonist while Gonard is the main villain of ''Lily Mu''. Off the set, Mitzuki is a sweetheart with a major crush on Mikey, while Gonard is a BigFun KindheartedSimpleton who is Mikey's best friend.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Most of the vehicles and robots. Always used in the Lily Mu segments. Any background with a building in it is also CGI.
* AbsurdlyDedicatedWorker: In the Christmas special when Lily Mu is cancelled mid-filming no one yelled cut so Gonard never stopped acting.

* BookEnds: The Lily Mu sequence bookends [[OnceAnEpisode each episode]]- the first time, the take is ruined, and the second time, they get it right and it is changed to incorporate whatever lesson was learned. Though they did get it right on the first take a few times.

* CastingGag: One aspect of anime that was more than just ShallowParody?, the [[[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] {{Expy}} is voiced by Goku's English voice, Sean Schemmel.
* CatsAreMean: Kello the Kitten, who tries to sabotage the Lily Mu show and cause the cast to lose their jobs,however he ends up getting sent to a vicious pre-school show.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: ''Live [=LilyMu=]''- Gonard is on-stage doing a prop comedy sketch for the audience and says, "Now if you want milk with those eggs..." We cut to Ozu giving his team a pep talk backstage, where in the background we hear a cow's moo, a hard punt, Gonard's scream, and a crash.

* GassHole: Gonard on most occasions, though after she accidentally ate ice cream with "fart powder" on it, Mitsuki became one during the series finale, "Live [=LilyMu=]."

* GooGooGetup: In "Mikey's Place", in the subplot, Lily is caught red-handed showing hatred toward babies, so Ozu forces her to take care of a baby for one day to regain LilyMu's reputation. When the baby crawls away, Guano is forced to take his place. Guano comes to enjoy being treated as a baby, though.

* ShowWithinAShow: LilyMu is the action, Japanese television show that Mikey stars on. Each episode starts with the group taping an episode of LilyMu and then Mikey screwing something up which serves as a catalyst to whatever antics the group gets into.

* [[EveryoneMeetsEveryone Mikey Meets Everyone]]: The pilot episode.

* NationalStereotypes
* NiceCharacterMeanActor[=/=]MeanCharacterNiceActor: Lily, Mitzuki and Gonard respectively. In ''Lily Mu'', Lily plays the cutesy heroine while Mitzuki is the stricter teammate. Gonard is the main villain of series. Off the set, though, Lily is a mean individual who only cares about her needs. Mitzuki is kind to a fault and Gonard is... well he not evil, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} just Gonard]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Gonard and Mitsuki.

->''"Hey! Look! Out in the streets!\\

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, its 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.

* BrickJoke: In one episode, Mikey accidentally destroys Ozu's precious bonsai yree. In a later episode Mikey pulls out a katana, cutting everything in sight, including, you guessed it, a bonsai tree. Both even catch on fire after losing all of their branches.

* [[FiveManBand Ozu's Five Man Band]]: As with any band, these can overlap, flip flop, and mix into any of these characters.
** TheHero: Mikey
** TheLancer: Lily
** TheSmartGuy: Guano
** TheBigGuy: Gonard
** TheChick: Mitsuki
** [[{{Mentors}} The Mentor]]: Ozu
** KidAppealCharacter: Yes Man
** Yoshi can be the SixthRanger in a few episodes.

* {{Animesque}}: Except Mikey's animation, for obvious reasons.

* RealityEnsues: On surprising occasions. "Live [=LilyMu=]" showed what would happen if someone kept screaming her vocal cords out for an extended period of time, repeatedly. (Go on, guess who).

* LullDestruction: Pauses are filled in by cartoon noises for the slightest bit of movement.

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 4Kids fans exists where most of the voice actors also worked on their anime dubs back in the day.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: Most of the vehicles and robots. Always used in the Lily Mu segments. Any background with a building in it is also CGI.

* ConspicuousCG: Most of the vehicles and robots. Always used in the Lily Mu segments. Surprisingly, any background with a building in it is ''also'' CG!

* ParodyEpisode: Several. One of them involving ''TheRing'', of all things (though possibly because it was based on a Japanese horror film). Another episode parodies ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'', although its title is a play on ''Film/TheLadyVanishes''.

* GuiltyPleasure

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "The Fugi-Kid" Mikey wears a flasher style trench-coat and is implied to be naked, although the trench-coat can turn him invisible. Then accidentally loses the coat for a few seconds.

* GettingCrapPasttheRadar: In "The Fugi-Kid" Mikey wears a flasher style trench-coat and is implied to be naked, although the trench-coat can turn him invisible. Then accidentally loses the coat for a few seconds.

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 said though, it does have its fans and following (the fact it has two seasons is proof of that). And it is generally agreed, if one looks past the attempted parody aspect, it's a decent and amusing animated workcom series if nothing else.

%%* ShowWithinAShow

* ComicRelief: The Dancing Sushi. They have no importance to the show's plot, all they do is take a few seconds of screen time for themselves dancing and singing at random moments.

* ParodyEpisode: Several. One of them involving ''TheRing'', of all things (though possibly because it was based on a Japanese horror film). Another episode parodies ''MurderOnTheOrientExpress'', although its title is a play on ''Film/TheLadyVanishes''.

* PunBasedTitle
* RapidFireComedy

* ShowWithinAShow
* {{Slapstick}}

* TenMinuteRetirement

* UnknownRival: Mikey is unaware of Lily's jealousy towards her, as he is infatuated with her as is his character on the show.