Supah Ninjas Information
Supah Ninjas is an American action-comedy series, created by Leo Chu and Eric Garcia. The series premiered as a special preview on Nickelodeon on January 17, 2011 in the United States and started airing regularly on April 16, 2011.[1]
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Premise
The series revolves around Mike Fukanaga, the main protagonist, and his friends, Owen and Amanda. After the death of his grandfather, Mike is given a mysterious letter which leads him to discover that he comes from a long line of ninjas. With Owen, and later Amanda, they are ushered into the world of crime-fighting, forming the team "Supah Ninjas." They are trained with a hologram of Mike's grandfather, whom Owen refers to as "Hologramps" in Empire City.
Cast
Main cast
- Ryan Potter as Mike Fukunaga, the main protagonist. He is Japanese-American. Mike is quiet and shy, having never quite realized his potential. In the plot, it is said that he is part of a Star Wars fan club. He discovers a secret underground dojo under his bed, where a hologram of his late grandfather awaits to train him in the ways of the Ninja. Mike discovers he is the latest in a long family line of Ninjas, and ultimately learns about leadership, friendship, and romance while saving Empire City from villains. He has been told by his crush Amanda McKay, who he has had a crush on since 5th grade, that he is too positive in the episode "Two Ton Harley". As said by Hologramps, his reflexes make him incredibly versatile and adaptive. His weapons are a pair of nunchaku and his necklace is a disguised shuriken.
- Carlos Knight as Owen Reynolds, Mike's best friend, fellow-Supah Ninja, and deuteragonist of the series. He is of African American descent. A bit eccentric, Owen has a tendency to overreact, but is a powerful warrior nonetheless and wise-cracking. He usually tries to get Mike to do things his shyness would never permit him to do, mainly by threatening to reveal embarrassing secrets about him to the public, i.e. sleeping with a night light, writing a fan letter to Justin Bieber, etc. When asked by Mike how he knows all these embarrassing facts about him, Owen states every fact about him is embarrassing. Owen enjoys food a lot, even eating whenever the trio have big problems to deal with. He is the only character to call Grandpa Fukunaga "Hologramps". As said by Hologramps, his instincts make him fearless. His weapon is a Bō staff.
- Gracie Dzienny as Amanda McKay, Mike's long time crush. She is Caucasian. She is a cheerleader, and when she is kidnapped by The Rhymer, the Supah Ninjas come to her rescue. When she discovers who her rescuers are, she requests to join them threatening to tell everyone about Owen and Mike, and thus becomes the third member of the group. Her family is wealthy, and are the owners of McKay Casinos. She kissed Mike to distract Katara. As said by Hologramps, she is distinctive from the rest of the group due to her methodical nature. Her weapons are a pair of tonfa.
- George Takei as Grandpa "Hologramps" Fukunaga, the sensei of the Supah Ninjas and Mike's deceased grandfather. A hologram carrying the family ninja legacy, he guides and trains the Supah Ninjas and in an underground high-tech dojo under Mike and Martin's home and uses a robot to guide them to fight. At the end of "Subsiders" he is seen watching the ninjas play in Mike's room and talking to Yamato. It then seems he is hiding something huge from the ninjas. It is unknown whether the secret he's hiding is about the Ishinas or something else.
Recurring cast
- Randall Park as Martin Fukunaga, Mike's widowed father, a police officer. Unlike Hologramps and Mike, the "ninja trait" was skipped in his generation. In the episode "Katara," Martin fell in love with Katara, a villain pursued by the Supah Ninjas. He is very gullible. He appeared in all episodes except Kickbutt and The Magnificent.
- Brandon Soo Hoo as Cousin Conor, Mike's cousin, grandson of Mike's grandfather's sister (great-aunt). He's been in the episodes "Jellyface", "DJ Elephant Head" and "Mr. Bradford" Connor is also, surprisingly, the leader of the Ishina. They are the rival clan of the Fukanaga's. Their goal is to steal the " Floating Sword."
- Jordan Nichols as Cameron Vanhauser,, the son of the owner of Empire Condominiums. He's been in the episodes "Komodo" and "Magnificent", "Morningstar Academy" and was mentioned in "Dollhouse". He and Amanda broke up after he saw her as too dull.
- Giselle Bonilla as Kelly, Amanda's best friend who has no interest in Owen even though he has a crush on her. She doesn't like Mike that much, either.
- Travis Wong and Jake Huang alternate as actors within the Yamato suit and Matthew Yang King voices Yamato, the robot trainer that helps the ninjas become better.
Villains
- The Rhymer: A villain who rhymes when speaking. The Rhymer was pursued by the Supah Ninjas in the pilot episode. He cracks under pressure. He escaped before the ninjas could arrest him.
- Katara: A villainess who loves stealing priceless antiquities. She started dating Mike's dad in order to break into a museum he was guarding. She manages to escape.
- Two-Ton Harley: An overweight motorcycle biker who ate a lot of food to gain a lot of weight to renuite with his biker gang. He is recaptured at the end of the episode. The first villain that was actually captured by the ninjas.
- Checkmate: A chess champion that uses traps to his advantage. He is defeated by the ninjas and seems to be Amanda's most powerful enemy. He returns in "Eternum," where he was being held captive. By the end of the episode, he escaped and wrote on his cell, "Game on, ninjas," hinting a return.
- Subsiders: A crew that live in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels. Owen's friend James used to be a part of them. They attempted to escape but were arrested by Mike's dad.
- Mr. Bradford: The former teacher at Mike, Owen and Amanda's school. He became a buglike monster when trying to find a universal cure, and it seems he still at large, as seen at the end of the episode.
- Komodo: A former assistant to Cameron's father who had wanted revenge for being treated so badly. He is defeated by the ninjas.
- Jellyface: Frankie Fellows used Plasma 17 to disguise himself as the people who got him arrested and have them pay. He is defeated by Mike. He will return posing as one of the ninjas.
- Dollhouse: Dollhouse captured people and put mind control devices around their necks so they would act like moving dolls. Towards the climax of the episode, Mike finds that Dollhouse never had any friends and had a lonely childhood, which influenced his evil plan. He is defeated when he attempts to shoot Mike with tranquilizer darts but Mike catches one and throws it at Dollhouse's hand.
- X: A skilled assassin from the mob that was out to kill the person Mike's father was protecting, he is defeated by the ninjas.
- House of Lords: a British crime group. They are defeated by Mike, Owen and the superhero Kickbutt.
- The Magnificent: Milleni, a skilled magician who planned his own disappearance as his best illusion yet. He was then stopped when he was kicked into a magic box by Owen. When it split into 3 pieces, so did he. He vows vengeance on the Supah Ninjas.
- Morningstar Academy: Posing as schoolgirls, three girls are taken in by Ms.Morningstar, who has them steal for her. One is named Clarissa and is the only one of the three who talk. They are all defeated by Amanda.
- DJ Elephant Head: A former student at the Supah Ninjas school. He used his musical rhythms to make people fall asleep so he could steal a rare gem. He is played by internet star Ryan Higa and is defeated by Owen.
- Snakeskin: A villainess who was using devil diamond snake venom to make popular kids' skin shed; she is taken out by Amanda.
- Eternum: A demented psychiatrist who believes he can manipulate human nature using the word "Gemini." He tries to turn Mike evil but fails and is arrested.
- Ishina: a rival ninja clan who are after a weapon known as the floating sword, they kidnap Connor and is later revealed to be a set-up with Connor being their leader, they are probably one of the ninjas biggest threats. He finds out Mike, Owen, and Amanda are ninjas in "Quake" and is serving a more powerful master who is Grandpa Fukanaga's evil twin brother due to both of them having the same voice.
- Quake: A forger of music boxes that wears special metal gloves that allow him to work with the hot metal. Since his employer has died, he wants to collect the music boxes that he made. However, every time he gets one, his gloves crush it and he goes into a rage. Amanda helps him takes off his gloves and gives him a music box. He then leaves peacefully.
- Mechanov: An old man who has his cyborgs steal diamonds to power an exoskeleton. His minions are defeated by the Fukanagas, Mechanov's exoskeleton with him in it was defeated my Owen ad Amanda. But, was then ironically finished off by Martin.
Note: The villains that weren't presumed, seen or said arrested may become main villains throughout the series. It also depends on if they posed a big enough threat and weren't presumed arrested.
Episodes
Main article: List of Supah Ninjas episodes| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 26 | January 17, 2011) | TBA | |
International release
| Country / Region | Channel | Series Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nickelodeon | January 17, 2011 |
| United Kingdom | Nickelodeon | September 2, 2011 (Sneak Peek) / September 12, 2011 |
| Canada | Nickelodeon (Canada) | September 9, 2011 |
| Netherlands | Nickelodeon (Netherlands) | October 15, 2011 |
| Russia | Nickelodeon | 5 November 2011 |
| Philippines | Nickelodeon | November 11, 2011 (Sneak Peek)/November 14, 2011 |
| Malaysia | Nickelodeon | November 14, 2011 |
| Singapore | Nickelodeon | November 14, 2011 |
| Hong Kong | Nickelodeon | November 11, 2011 (Sneak Peek)/November 14, 2011 |
| Poland | Nickelodeon | 5 November 2011 |
References
External links
- Official website
- Supah Ninjas at the Internet Movie Database
- Supah Ninjas at TV.com
- Supah Ninjas Wiki at Wikia
Categories:
- 2010s American television series
- 2010s Nickelodeon shows
- 2011 American television series debuts
- Action television series
- American children's comedy series
- English-language television series
- Holography in fiction
- Martial arts television series
- Nickelodeon shows
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