OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (originally titled Lakewood Plaza Turbo) is an American animated television series created by Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome's Ian Jones-Quartey. Ahead of its television premiere, the first six episodes of the series were released on June 13, 2017 on the CN app. It later made its television debut on August 1, 2017 in the United States.
The third and final season began on July 7, 2019. It was confirmed to be the series' last by Ian JQ on August 6, 2019, with the finale aired on September 6, 2019.
Summary[]
The series follows the titular character, K.O., and his efforts to become the world's greatest hero, while working at Gar's Bodega (run by the no-nonsense Mr. Gar), a hero supply shop in the Lakewood Plaza strip mall. Alongside him are his best friends and co-workers Radicles, an apathetic, selfish alien, and Enid, a levelheaded big sister-like employee, as well as other heroes who work and frequent the area.
Characters[]
Heroes[]
- K.O.
- Radicles (Rad)
- Enid
Allies[]
- Carol
- Mr. Gar
- Dendy
- A Real Magic Skeleton
- Brandon
- Mr. Logic: Lord Boxman's first robot.
- Ms. Mummy
- Beardo
- Red Action
- Drupe
- Gregg
- Bell Beefer
- Mega Football Baby
- Nick Army
- Joff the Shaolin Monk
- Punching Judy
- Ted the Viking and Foxy
- Neil
- Shy Ninja
- Rippy Roo
- Colewort
- Potato
- Gladys
- Gertie
- Ginger
- Joe Cuppa
- Doctor Greyman
- Pricipal Claus
- Crinkly Wrinkly
- Dynamite Watkins
- Cam
- Pird
Villains[]
- Professor Venomous/Laser Blast/Shadow Figure: the main antagonist of series second half and K.O.'s dad.
- Fink
- Lord Boxman: the main antagonist of series first half and secondary antagonist of series second half.
- Ernesto
- Darrell: was the new owner of Boxmore until Venomous buy back.
- Shannon
- Jethro
- Raymond
- Mikayla
- Boxman Jr.
- Cosma
- Billiam Milliam
- Big Bull Demon
- Small Calf Demon
- T.K.O.
- Vormulax
- Chameleon Sr.
- Chameleon Jr.
- Wally the Withe
- Crudde and Spanky
- Strike
Former Villains[]
- Miss Quantum/Bad Apple
- Elodie
- Foxtail
- Chip Damage
- Succulentus
Series Overview[]
| Season: | Episodes: | premiere: | end: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | May 21st, 2013 | ||
| Shorts | 13 | February 4th, 2016 | August 2nd, 2017 |
| 1 | 52 | August 1st, 2017 | April 6th, 2018 |
| 2 | 40 | May 5th, 2018 | June 30th, 2019 |
| 3 | 20 | July 7th, 2019 | September 6th, 2019 |
Episodes[]
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes/Episodes
Pilot[]
Main article: Lakewood Plaza Turbo
Season 1[]
The first six episodes of the first season premiered on the CN app on June 13, 2017 ("Let's Be Heroes" through "You're Level 100!" and later made its television debut on August 1, 2017. The season concluded on April 6, 2018 with the half-hour special "You're in Control".
Season 2[]
The first eight episodes of the second season premiered on the CN app on May 4, 2018 ("Seasons Change" through "The So-Bad-ical") and made its television debut on May 5, 2018. The season concluded on the CN app on June 7, 2019 with the half-hour special "Dark Plaza". The season finale later made its television debut on June 30, 2019.
Season 3[]
The first six episodes of the final season premiered on the CN app on July 5, 2019 ("We Are Heroes" through "The KO Trap") and made its television debut on July 7, 2019. The series concluded on September 6, 2019 with the television debut of "Dendy's Video Channel" and the television premieres of "Let's Fight to the End" and "Thank You For Watching the Show", the latter of which serves as the series finale.
It is the shortest aired season of the series, just being one day shy of two months.
Unproduced episodes[]
before the series ended, various episodes were planned but were left unproduced.
| number | name: |
|---|---|
| 1 | Untitled crossover with Space Ghost: Coast to Coast |
| 2 | Plaza Shorts 2 |
| 3 | Untitled Fink episode |
| 4 | Untitled Billiam William episode |
| 5 | Don't Squeeze the Squeezo |
| 6 | Summer of Garnet |
| 7 | Crossover Nexus 2 |
| 8 | "Real Bronx Cheer" concept idea |
| 9 | Untitled Koala Princess episode |
| 10 | Untitled musical episode |
| 11 | Untitled Carol's flashback episode |
| 12 | Untitled Ms.Mummy episode |
| 13 | Holo-Jane episode concept |
| 14 | Gar's Roots |
| 15 | Raymond and the Cats concept |
| 16 | Raymond-centered musical episode |
| 17 | Dendy and Rad episode |
| 18 | Second were-animal story |
| 19 | New Bodegaman crew episode |
| 20 | Sitcom-style custody episodes |
| 21 | Hue troops episodes |
| 22 | Sewer system backstory |
| 23 | Proposed crossover with Mega Man |
| 24 | K.O. and Elodie Team up episodes |
| 25 | Destruction of the World story |
Crossovers[]
RPG World[]
On September 29, 2017, a crossover between OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and Ian JQ's original webcomic RPG World titled "A Hero's Fate" aired. When a long-lost hero stumbles into Gar's, KO agrees to help him complete his years long quest.
Captain Planet and the Planeteers[]
On October 9, 2017, a crossover between OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and Captain Planet and the Planeteers titled "The Power is Yours!" aired. When Lord Boxman is trashing the Plaza with pollutants, K.O, Rad, and Enid recruit Captain Planet to help.
Mighty Magiswords[]
On August 23, 2018, the series finale of Mighty Magiswords, titled "Let's Team Up Because We Aren't Bad Friends" was released on the CN app. It featured a minor appearance of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes character, Radicles. Prohyas would later make an appearance in "Crossover Nexus".
Ghoul School[]
On October 1, 2018, a Halloween special of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes was released on the CN app, it features characters from Ghoul School as Enid's friends. The special is titled "Monster Party".
Crossover Nexus[]
On October 8, 2018, a special crossover episode featuring K.O. from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Garnet from Steven Universe, Raven from Teen Titans Go! and Ben from the 2016 Ben 10 reboot aired. The plot involved KO finding himself trapped inside an mysterious place, where he encounters other Cartoon Network heroes and they band together to escape.
The special featured cameos of various other characters from many other Cartoon Network series, such as: I Am Weasel, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Chowder, Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Moxy Show, Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Powerpuff Girls, The Amazing World of Gumball, Uncle Grandpa, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Johnny Bravo, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, Codename: Kids Next Door, Sym-Bionic Titan, Sunday Pants and many more.
The special also included references to CN City, Noods, Yes! and many more old advertising/blocks that formerly aired on the network.
Sonic the Hedgehog[]
On August 4, 2019, a crossover between OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and Sonic the Hedgehog titled "Let's Meet Sonic" aired. When world class hero Sonic the Hedgehog visits the plaza, he teams up with K.O. to save the day.
Thank You For Watching the Show[]
On September 6, 2019, Strike and Garnet, from "Crossover Nexus" make cameos in the series finale, it also features Captain Planet from "The Power is Yours!".
Characters from Party Wagon, Class of 3000 and The Secret Saturdays also make appearances in the finale, likely making up for their absence in "Crossover Nexus".
Appearances in other media[]
In other works[]
K.O. appeared as a video game character in the Craig of the Creek episode, "Power Punchers".
Mr. Gar's old hero persona, El-Bow, appeared in the Victor and Valentino episode, "El Bigote".
The series was acknowledged in the Cartoon Network 30th Anniversary video in October 2022.
Video games[]
K.O., Rad, Enid, Mr. Gar, and Carol appeared as playable characters in an update of Cartoon Network: Match Land, Lakewood Plaza Turbo also appeared as a stage. Background characters from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (Shy Ninja, Nick Army, Red Action, and Real Magic Skeleton) also appeared but as non-playable boardwalk customers.
Rad's haircut and Gar's Bodega uniform appeared as wardrobe in Kleptocats: Cartoon Network.
K.O., Rad, Enid, and Mr. Gar appeared in Cartoon Network: Fusion (not to be confused with Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall). Gar's Bodega and Boxmore appeared as buildings.
K.O. and Enid were playable characters in the mobile game, Cartoon Network: Plasma Pop.
Home Media[]
DVD volumes:
- T.K.O. (February 17th, 2018)
All three seasons are available on Amazon Prime. They were also available on iTunes until October 2023.
The series was released on HBO Max on September 1st, 2020, but was later removed from the service on August 2022. It is also available on Hulu and later on Disney+.
Trivia[]
- Just Like Adventure Time, this show has been burnt-off in the network in Sundays until their series finales has aired and got put in a decent timeslot in a weekday.
- Difference is, this show never had a marathon to conclude the show.
- From September 2020 to July 2021, the show's seasons were listed in broadcast order on HBO Max because of a contractual obligation to put the show in the order it aired when new episodes of it premiered on the Cartoon Network streaming app in a different order. On August 1st, 2021, HBO Max themselves corrected the episode listings to the show crew's story order.
Gallery[]
| 2010 | Adventure Time • Ben 10: Ultimate Alien • Generator Rex • The Cartoonstitute • Regular Show • Tower Prep • Sym-Bionic Titan • Robotomy |
| 2011 | The Problem Solverz • Secret Mountain Fort Awesome |
| 2012 | Level Up • Ben 10: Omniverse |
| 2013 | Incredible Crew • Uncle Grandpa • Steven Universe |
| 2014 | Clarence • Black Dynamite • Over the Garden Wall |
| 2015 | We Bare Bears • Long Live the Royals |
| 2016 | The Powerpuff Girls • Mighty Magiswords |
| 2017 | Ben 10 • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes |
| 2018 | Apple & Onion • Craig of the Creek • Summer Camp Island |
| 2019 | Victor and Valentino • Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart • Infinity Train • Primal • Steven Universe Future |
| 2020 | JJ Villard's Fairy Tales • Adventure Time: Distant Lands • Close Enough • Tig n' Seek • The Fungies! |
| 2022 | We Baby Bears |
| 2023 | Unicorn: Warriors Eternal • Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake • Jessica's Big Little World |
| 2024 | Invincible Fight Girl |
| TBA | Battu • Gross Girls • Unnamed Ben 10 Series • |
| 1993 | The Moxy Show |
| 1994 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast |
| 1995 | What a Cartoon! |
| 1996 | Dexter's Laboratory • Big Bag |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo • Cow and Chicken • I Am Weasel |
| 1998 | The Powerpuff Girls |
| 1999 | Ed, Edd n Eddy • Mike, Lu & Og • Courage the Cowardly Dog |
| 2010 | Adventure Time • Ben 10: Ultimate Alien • Generator Rex • Regular Show • Sym-Bionic Titan • Tower Prep • Robotomy |
| 2011 | The Problem Solverz • The Amazing World of Gumball • Secret Mountain Fort Awesome |
| 2012 | Level Up • The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange • Ben 10: Omniverse |
| 2013 | Incredible Crew • Uncle Grandpa • Steven Universe |
| 2014 | Clarence • Over the Garden Wall |
| 2015 | We Bare Bears • Long Live the Royals |
| 2016 | The Powerpuff Girls • Mighty Magiswords |
| 2017 | Ben 10 • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes |
| 2018 | Apple & Onion • Craig of the Creek • Summer Camp Island |
| 2019 | Victor and Valentino • Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart • Infinity Train • Steven Universe Future |
| 2021 | Elliott from Earth • The Fungies! • Tig n' Seek |
| 2022 | We Baby Bears |
| 2023 | Jessica's Big Little World • The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe |
| 2024 | Invincible Fight Girl |
| TBA | Battu • Gross Girls • The Amazing World of Gumball: The Series • Unnamed Ben 10 Series |