A Christmas Mikey is the nineteenth episode of the first season of Kappa Mikey.
Synopsis[]
LilyMu[]
The episode starts in a snowy background, with Guano running from Gonard. Gonard fires a laser, and burned Guano's tail. Mikey then arrives, and drops a ladder from their jet to allow Guano to climb up. However while climbing, Gonard grabs hold of Guano and shoots the jet, causing it to crash into a building. But with the ladder still hangin, this allowed Mikey to use it as a set of monkey bars to get to the other side where Gonard is before the villains starts shooting again. The ladder eventually gets destroyed causing it to become two ropes, when Mikey grabs one, backflip up until he manages to land with both feet onto the ropes. As he run towards Gonard (with a little balancing struggle), Mikey does so making it to the roof until Gonard then throws Guano off the roof, and Mikey breaks one of the ropes and uses it to swing down to catch Guano just in the nick of time. Gonard then tries to make a run for it, but Mikey shoots down the other end of the rope and uses it to capture Gonard. They manage to complete the episode on the first attempt.
Normal[]
A successful shooting
Now offset, the casts and crew celebrate the completion since they were filming the last episode of the season. Everybody was in good mood, especially when Lily comments on how Mikey "didn't destroy the set this time", until Mikey does the usual (when he leans against a camera, tips over and launches Gonard into the air, making him drop his sandwich and himself on Lily, and the Kappa Mikey backdrop falls and breaks on Mikey's head), which Guano doesn't care at all. Mitsuki then reminds them not to wreck the place much in preparations of a Christmas party planned this evening. Mikey passes to come however, as his contract is about to expire, and must negotiate his "new terms" with Ozu for his renewal.
The cast however warns that Ozu always has a case of the “grumpies” during the holidays. A fact proven (except for a dense Mikey) when Ozu then walks into the room, and harasses Yes Man for being jolly in a Christmas tree outfit. At that bad timing in Ozu's office, Mikey discusses his unreasonable terms while Ozu silently staring out the window, seemingly ignoring him. Mikey finally notices and asks Ozu what's wrong which makes Ozu furious and yells at Mikey to leave his office, while also stating Mikey that he was nogreat actor, but only a contest winner "at the right place at the right time", prompting a saddened Mikey to leave (while holding his pants).
Main Plot[]
Mikey leaving LilyMu towers
A saddened Mikey returns to LilyMu Towers wallowing on the floor and ignoring the gang's knocking on his door trying to talk to him. Mikey then decides to leave them a note, and starts leaving back to USA. Mikey's anger gets to the better of his attention, he accidentally bumps into someone who helps pick up his scattered suitcase contents.
The man introduces himself as Laurence, and proclaiming to be Mikey's guardian angel (which Mikey mishears him as a "partying angel" at first), but Mikey doesn't believe him. When Mikey wishes he never came to Japan, he then finds himself in an alternate universe because Laurence "granted his wish". Mikey is still unconvinced when Laurence introduces the events happened because of his wish.
Guano the chimney-sweep
Gonard terrorizing Tokyo
Because Mikey never was the contest winner from the first episode, "somebody else" did and LilyMu's rating plummeted rock-bottom to its cancellation where the cast gone their separate and miserable ways.
- Guano becomes an unemployed chimney-sweep, while speaking in a British accent for self-inducement.
- Because the show was cancelled while filming and no one said "Cut!", Gonard continued to act in his show character but causing public mayhem around Tokyo in reality.
- Lily "let herself go" eventually marrying Yoshi, becoming an overweight mother, with a few street urchins folloing her home.
- Lastly is Mitsuki, which seemed positive at first when she reached stardom, but her fame was short-lived however. Now in her "run-down" mansion, Mitsuki clings to her dreams in her own delusional world, not accepting reality that Mitsuki that the public no longer loved her, and everything else.
Subplot[]
Ozu remembering his past
Back in his office, Ozu grouchily works when he is approached by the Ghost of Japanese Christmas Past named Terry, which Ozu angrily counters back with his calculator. Terry takes the very-Scrooge Ozu on the flashback trip ignoring his refusals, where Ozu's bitterness for Christmas is revealed as they time-travelled to Ozu's old home. They arrived at the time when Ozu started leaving for the city, leaving his wife, Kiyoko and son behind with a teddy bear and promising to return for Christmas. But when that day came and Ozu having become successful, Ozu was deeply dismayed when he returns home to find his house destroyed and his family nowhere to be found, and angrily threw his bag of gifts through the fence.
Ozu destroying a camera
Back to present, Terry retracts his mission having to feel sympathetic for Ozu after learning his sad story. This followed when the Ghost of Japanese Christmas Present (named James) arrives to do his mission, but changes his mind doing so after Terry shows the ghost of Ozu's past. Now having lost faith in Christmas as Ozu is now, the three plan to ruin the Christmas party the LilyMu staff are holding this evening. The three sneak into the studio and begin wreaking havoc until the Ghost of Japanese Christmas Future (named Frank) who introduces himself but becomes appalled after seeing his "co-workers" with Ozu ruining the party.
Frank angrily reprimands Terry and James for opposing their mission while Ozu continues to wreak havoc until Frank manages to reconvince him that it will be on a Christmas day, Ozu will reunite with his son again. Now uplifted from the good news (and doubling-sure), Ozu's character turns 180 becoming joyful to the holidays. Ozu thanks the ghosts, prompting Terry and James to revitalise their Christmas spirit and mission for the good, but Frank decides to fire them both for their rebellion.
Back to Present[]
The party
At the same time, Mikey returns to the present having realized the error of his wish and his love for LilyMu and his friends. Mikey then runs back to the Christmas party at LilyMu Studios, where he finds the cast unchanged to the happiest of his joys. But the biggest surprise to everyone is Ozu himself, handing out presents to everyone and paying for the party (but secretly fixing the damage he caused with the ghosts, who also attend). Ozu hands out gifts to the LilyMu gang, until he finally presents Mikey with a new contract along with apology for his previous outburst, because Mikey was their "good luck for winning the LilyMu contest".
The party continues with Mikey kissing Mitsuki on the cheek under a mistletoe. Guano has a private talk with Ozu, having heard of Ozu's sad story from the ghosts. Ozu then confirms it, and Guano opens up the jewel in his stomach and pulls out a stuffed bear. Ozu is shocked by this until Guano then removes the head part of his "costume" and gives Ozu a hug (giving the answer that Guano was Ozu's son). The episode happily concludes as the camera rolls up towards the sky, with the Super Gonard balloon floating, and Laurence finally receiving his big golden wings for helping Mikey.
Trivia[]
- The premise of this episode references the novel A Christmas Carol and the film It's a Wonderful Life.
- This episode is one of the few in which a LilyMu episode was filmed successfully in the beginning.
- Gonard references the Curious George children's books.
- It is revealed that Ozu once lived in the town of Kotoura.
- When Guano becomes a Chimney Sweeper, he whistles the tune "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins.
- When Lawrence shows Mikey what happened to Mitsuki after LilyMu was cancelled, she parodies the end of the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard.
- Mitsuki’s pet monkey is named Professor Bobo, a parody of the monkey named Professor Bobo from the series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- There was a deleted scene in the "Nicktoons" version of the episode regarding Lily's "what if" events, mentioning she had to do "voiceover" work to pay the bills which "puked" those who hear in response.
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