Supah Ninjas

Supah Ninjas
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Genre	Action comedy Teen Sitcom
Created by	Leo Chu Eric S. Garcia
Starring	Ryan Potter Carlos Knight Gracie Dzienny George Takei
Theme music composer	John Debney
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Brian Robbins Sharla Sumpter Bridgett Leo Chu Eric S. Garcia Nat Bernstein Mitchel Katlin
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	Varsity Pictures Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon Nicktoons
Release	January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17) – April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27)

Supah Ninjas is an American action-comedy superhero 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. On March 15, 2012, it was the announced that the series was renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on February 9, 2013, after a new episode of Marvin Marvin. It was announced on May 7, 2013 that the show will be canceled.

Plot

The series revolves around Mike Fukanaga 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 vigilante 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 Fukanaga. He is Japanese-American. Mike is quiet and shy, having never quite realized his potential. In the pilot, 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. As said by Hologramps, his reflexes make him incredibly versatile and adaptive. His weapons are a pair of nunchucks and his necklace is a disguised shuriken. Mike also seems to show feelings for his friend Amanda. In "The Floating Sword" Mike uses the force palm ability that Kagema Fukanaga has. In the end the ninjas get the floating sword back, but at the end of the episode Kagema takes Mike at his school and escapes through the window.

• Carlos Knight as Owen Reynolds. Mike's best friend, fellow-Supah Ninja. He is of African American descent. A bit eccentric, Owen has a tendency to overreact, but is a powerful warrior nonetheless and wise-cracking. Owen enjoys food a lot, even eating whenever the trio have big problems to deal with. Owen is known to be lazy at times. 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. He's always trying to impress girls, especially Kelly (Amanda's best friend).

• Gracie Dzienny as Amanda McKay. 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. In the episode 'Katara' She kissed Mike to distract Katara. In the episode, 'Quake', she starts having feelings for Mike, and constantly shows signs of being jealous of him and Julie. 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.

• Travis Wong and Jake Huang alternate as actors within the Yamato suit and Matthew Yang King (as Matt Yang King) voices Yamato, the X-39-P Fighting Robot trainer. The Ninjas sometimes call him Yama as a nickname. he helps the ninjas become better as a practice opponent at the dojo. Yamato usually wins against the ninjas in training. He has a very smart mouth which he uses often. He was severely damaged by Hakaisha in "The Ishina Strike Back". He was later repaired by Kid Q in "Enter the Dojo" and told them that the floating sword was never in the dojo. Yamato and Quentin have begun to have a close friendship.

• George Takei as Hattori "Hologramps" Fukanaga. 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 Ishina or something else. Grandpa was later disabled by his twin brother Kagema Fukanaga in "The Ishina Strike Back". Grandfather is finally brought back by Quentin in the "The Floating Sword" and tells the Supah Ninjas it is time to start the next phase of their training with the sword.

Recurring cast

• Randall Park as Martin Fukanaga, 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, The Magnificent, Detention (mentioned), Ninja Intervention (seen in the flashback clips), The Con Man, Flint Forster, Shadow Fly, Kid Q, Cheer Fever and Finding Forster. He begins to see the ninjas as heroes.

• Brandon Soo Hoo as Cousin Connor, Mike's cousin, grandson of Mike's grandfather's sister (great-aunt). He's been in the episodes Mr. Bradford, Jellyface, DJ Elephant Head, Ishina, Quake, Cousin Connor and The Con Man. He loves to work with technology (filming Conn'd) and gaming (looking at a game controller at the beginning of "Cousin Connor"). He is also, surprisingly, the co-leader of the Ishina. They are the rival clan of the Fukanaga's. Their goal is to steal the "Floating Sword" back from the Fukanaga family. At the end of the first season, and then end of the episode "Cousin Connor," he stole Mike's mon, which he used to open the secret entrance to the dojo. After his ifiltration fails, he tricks the ninjas into thinking that the Ishina were holding his mother hostage, so after they fight he was taken out and sent to Madagascar.

• Jordan Nichols as Cameron Vanhauser, the son of the owner of Empire Condominiums. He's been in the episodes Komodo, The Magnificent, Morningstar Academy, Detention and was mentioned in Dollhouse. He and Amanda broke up after he saw her as too dull. In Detention he had let himself go (not exercising, not bathing, etc.). In the end of the episode, Amanda tells him that he will meet the perfect girl, but it is just not her.

• Giselle Bonilla as Kelly, Amanda's friend and has no interest in Owen even though he has a crush on her. She doesn't like Mike that much, either. However, it is revealed in Detention that she has a soft side. Kelly has not appeared in the second season leaving her whereabouts unknown.

• Victory Van Tuyl as Julie, a kind, smart, and attractive girl who shares a lot in common with Mike, such as a love of comic books. She became Mike's love interest, but it is unknown whether Mike is quite comfortable with this, because as soon as she agreed to go on a date with him, he found out that Amanda had broken up with Cameron. She has a definite affection for Mike, as revealed in "Frostbite" where she kisses him on the lips after their first bona fide date. In "Flint Forster", she breaks up with Mike because she moved away 2 weeks ago. She appears in Dollhouse, X, Quake, Frostbite and Cousin Connor.

• Marissa Cuevas as Paloma Peru, a school reporter who is introduced in "Shadow Fly". Owen seems to have a crush on her.

• Matthew Gumley as Quentin, a science nerd, and Owen friend, Owen's nickname for him is "Kid Q". In "Enter the Dojo" he knows the ninjas secret identity and promise not to tell the ninja secret and to help fix the dojo, repair Yamato and help enable Hologramps at the dojo.

Main Villains

Any villain who didn't get arrested, hinted a return, or made a second appearance include:

• Ishina: A rival ninja clan who were against the Fukunaga clan and are after a weapon known as the floating sword. They kidnap Connor as seen from Connor's video camera and is later revealed to be a set-up with Connor being their leader at the end of the episode. 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. They appear again in "Cousin Connnor" where Connor tries to get the ninjas to turn on themselves but Mike finds out that Connor is one of the Ishina and that they all have been tricked by him. This eventually leads to a battle between him Connor but Kagema takes all the ninjas out and he and Connor escape. Connor manages to get hold of Mike's medallion and uses it to get into the dojo where he intends to relieve Mike of the floating sword.

• Kagema Fukanaga: Hologramps' evil twin brother and Mike's great uncle. He was entrusted to protect the Floating Sword but betrayed the his family attempting to steal it but was thwarted by his brother. He currently is the leader of the Ishina clan. He manages to take out the ninjas and escapes with Connor. In "Grounded Ninja" it's been reavealed why he needs the floating sword, to complete his ultimate weapon, a robotic ninja named "Hakaisha - The One Who Destroys".In the episode The Floating Sword. he was defeated by Mike and Connor He is portrayed by George Takei.

• The Rhymer: His real name is H.I Smith, A villain who rhymes when speaking. All the diffrerent places he robs have to rhyme with each other. The Rhymer was pursued by the Supah Ninjas in the pilot episode. He cracks under pressure. He has minions working with him and all of them defeated by Mike and arrested. Mike took him out but he managed to escape before the ninjas could arrest him. He is portrayed by Christopher Reid.

• Katara: Her real name being Katherine Sharp, a villainess who loves stealing priceless antiquities. She started dating Mike's dad in order to break into a museum he was guarding. Mike doesn't like her very much. She manages to escape before the ninjas could capture her. She is portrayed by Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

• Two-Ton Harley: His real name is Harland Mazuer. An overweight motorcycle biker who ate a lot of food to gain a lot of weight to reunite with his biker gang. He is taken out by Mike and was recaptured at the end of the episode. This was the first villain that was actually captured by the ninjas. He returns in "Enter the Dojo" when Quentin releases him from prison thinking the ninjas want to face off against there biggest enemy. He breaks into the Food Rodeo and tells the ninjas that when he's finished with his food he'll reunite his crew and breakdown the city. He is defeated by the ninjas and Martin. He is portrayed by WWE wrestler The Big Show.

• Checkmate: His actual name is Nicholias Spaski, a chess champion that uses traps to gain his advantage to win. He doesn't like to lose against opponents. He is defeated by Mike and seems to be Amanda's most powerful enemy as he presumably has an army. He returns in "Eternum" where he was being held captive, where he quoted "My queen has returned" stating that he and Amanda meet again. He revealed he told Eternum about her, Mike, and Owen. He tells her how to shut the power which will release all the inmates including him but will also save Mike. This leads to Checkmate's escape, leaving "Game On, Ninjas!" written on his cell window, hinting a return. He is portrayed by Rick D. Wasserman.

• Mr. Bradford: His real name is Benjamin Arneson. A former biology teacher at Benjamin Rush High School. He became a bug-like monster when trying to find a universal cure, and he tries to break in to other labs to get items for his cure. He manages to find the formula for the medicine but he used it to cure Amanda's bug infection. It seems he still at large and he is still finding a way to cure himself, as seen at the end of the episode. He is portrayed by Scott Lowell and seems to be based on Dr. Curtis Connors a.k.a The Lizard from the Spiderman franchise.

• 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 returns in "Detention" where he kidnaps Mike at the beginning, poses as him and smashes the trophy case so he can get into the school on Saturday, where Martin is going to be during Homecoming, and implant a bomb onto a tank of poison gas in order to get revenge on both Mike and Martin. His plans are foiled when Owen takes him out during a battle with Mike and Amanda diffusing the bomb. He apparently knows the ninjas identities.

• Quake: His original name is Charles White, 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 take off his gloves and gives him a music box. He then leaves peacefully. He is portrayed by Esteban Cueto.

• Frostbite: His original name was William Block, a villain whose family used to own the Lickety Splits ice cream company. but were robbed and locked in a freezer where they all caught frostbite and he lost a finger. For vengeance, he kidnaps criminals by freezing them and holding them as prisoner in his family's old factory instead of handing them over to the police. He tries to freeze Amanda when she finds out his secret but she is able to defeat him when she throws a shuriken at a freeze gas tank and it freezes him. He is portrayed by Steve Monroe.

• Flint Forster: A villain that steals from the rich and gives to charity. Flint has a whole group that helps him. He seems to have an interest in Amanda. He leaves Amanda his necklace before escaping. He returns in "Finding Forster" where he finds out Amanda's identity in a debate at Benjamin Rush High, Flint and Amanda are taken hostage by Flint's debate team when he took a suitcase filled with credit cards, Mike and Owen show up and defeat the debate team and Flint says goodbye to Amanda before leaving. He returns again in "Spring Fling" where he finds Amanda and asks her to the Spring Fling dance, soon he discovers that Chop Shop is here to get revenge on him, soon Amanda finds out that Flint stole from him, Flint escapes but Amanda is captured, soon he finds out that Mike and Owen are the other ninjas and they return to the garage and defeat Chop Shop and his crew, Flint decides to call the police himself. Flint Forster is a reference to Robin Hood. He is portrayed by Cody Christian and is the second villain to have a close relationship with a main character.

• Shadow Fly: Shadow Fly claims that he is one of the ninjas that stops the villains of Empire City. Owen warns him to tell everyone he isn't a real ninja. Shadow Fly tricks the ninjas into thinking he's kidnapped so he can capture them. The ninjas stick him to a billboard and everyone figures out he's an imposter. He is portrayed by Bobb'e J. Thompson.

Minor Villains

Any villan that was arrested, defeated, or made one appearance does not make a return.

• Subsiders: A crew that lived in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels every time a new member joins they give them a new name. The crew includes Moth, Toad, Roach, Rat, and Viper. They wear hoodies and white masks and they rob trucks full of valuable items such as money. Owen's friend James (Jonny Weston) used to be part of the crew. They attempted to escape but they were defeated by Mike and Amanda and but Viper was defeated by Owen.

• Komodo: His actual name was Dr. Thedore Antin, a former assistant to Cameron's father who had wanted revenge for being treated so badly. He wears a large dragon helmet and uses an atomic flamethrower to burn down buildings. He is defeated by Mike. He is portrayed by Bryan Friday.

• Dollhouse: Dollhouse captured people and put mind control devices around their necks so they would act like moving dolls. The dolls portray as their current career. 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. He is portrayed by Tyler Poelle.

• X: A skilled assassin from the mob that was out to kill the person Mike's father was protecting. He was identified by an "X" scar on the back of his neck. He is disguised at the train engineer and was controlling the train leading to a Sci-Fi Convention. He is defeated by Mike. He is portrayed by Christopher Maleki.

• House of Lords: A British crime group whose weapons were cricket paddles and are led by Sir Nigel Wickett. They were after Kickbutt (Lucas Cruikshank) after he stole their money. They are defeated by the ninjas and Kickbutt. They are portrayed by Mark Lindsay Chapman and Ray Park.

• The Magnificent Malleni: A skilled magician who planned his own disappearance as his best illusion yet. He also framed the kidnapping on both his assistant Veronica, and a rival named Dominic the Magnificent. He was then stopped when he was kicked into a magic box by Owen. When it split into 3 pieces, so did he, vowing vengeance on the Supah Ninjas but may not return because he was arrested. He is portrayed by Vince Corazza.

• Morningstar Academy: A boarding school where the headmistress, Ms. Morningstar, turns troubled girls into skilled thieves, who has them rob for her, they are wanted in several countries. One is named Clarissa and two more are Fiona (uncredited actor) and Bethany. They are all defeated by Amanda. They are portrayed by Paulette P. Williams as Ms. Morningstar, Kiralee Hayashi as Bethany and Daniella Monet from (Victorious) as Clarissa.

• DJ Elephant Head: His real name is Leslie, a former student at Benjamin Rush High School, but was apparently expelled. He used his musical rhythms to make people fall asleep so he could steal a rare diamond called the Eye of India and also for revenge on the school. He battles Owen and is knocked out with his sleeping disk playing and his minions accidentally knock each other out. He is portrayed by internet YouTube star Ryan Higa. DJ Elephant Head, the villain's artist name, is a spoof of the dubstep artist Deadmau5.

• Snakeskin: Benjamin Rush's guidance counselor whose actual name is Susie Scott who lived a double life as a villainess who was using devil diamond snake venom to make popular kids' skin shed because she had a horrible childhood of being bullied by popular kids. She planned to use toxic poison in Melanie's party. She was taken out by Amanda. She is portrayed by Amy Lucas.

• Dr. Eternum: A demented psychiatrist who believes he can manipulate human nature using the word "Gemini". The ninjas were escaping from him but Mike was caught. He tries to turn Mike evil but came to a failure and taken out by him. He is portrayed by Todd Stashwick.

• Mechanov: A evil scientist who believes the only way humankind can evolve is through machine, he saved his children, Optic and Buzzsaw. Mechanov saved them from an explosion and turned them into cyborgs. During his last battle with Mike's Grandfather, his lab exploded and was assumed dead however he survived but was left in a coma. When he comes of age and begins to die, his children go to steal purple diamonds that can power an exoskeleton in order to save his life. His kids are defeated by the Fukunagas. Mechanov's exoskeleton with him in it was defeated by Owen, but was then ironically finished off by Martin. He is portrayed by Curt Lowens and his kids are portrayed by Dennis Keiffer and Danielle Burgio.

• Skeleton Crew: A secret society who ties with Benjamin Rush High School. They leave hidden messages by leaving behind a key and a strip of paper which is decoded by being wrapped around the key, they were after a hard drive for an unknown reason and are defeated by the ninjas and arrested. However, a return is hinted when Amanda and Mike find a message wanting revenge from their leader, the Skeleton King.

• Limelight: His original name was Lemuel Lightner, a villain who originally went to college and performed drama with three celebrities and is angry that they became famous and he didn't. So he kidnapped them and wanted to kill them so he could become famous. He is however defeated by Owen and his henchmen are taken out by Mike and Amanda. He is portrayed by Danny Masterson.

• Wesley: He is the science assistant of Dr. Warner Krowsa, he was tired of listening to Dr. Krowsa's insults, so he stole a telekinesis helmet that allows the wearer to move things with his mind, he tries to destroy Quentin, but was stopped by Mike, Owen, and Amanda. and Amanda kicked him because he disrespected her science project. He is portrayed by Kevin M. Horton.

• Kylie Coors: She use to go to cheer camp with Amanda. She stole money from cheer camp though. Amanda found out and told the coaches. Kylee was sent to juvy. She returns later and is named the cheerleader captain of another school. She goes to Benjamin Rush during Sprit week. She plays nice to mess with Amanda and make people not like Amanda and think that shes crazy. She tricks Amanda to coming to the tunnels. She puts blue prints in Amanda's locker so it can look like she tried to blow up the gym when it really was Kylee. She is defeated later by Amanda. She is portrayed by Ciara Bravo from (Big Time Rush).

• Trip Taylor: Trip is a credit card counterfeiter and he kidnapped Flint & Amanda . He is defeated by Mike. He is portrayed by Glenn McCuen from (Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures)

• Wallflower: Her real name is Gina, she had huge crush on Owen Reynolds, but he doesn't even know she exist and he has a crush on Paloma Peru. She kidnaps him and tries to change her look to get him to be with her. Owen kicks Paloma phone to her to call for help. Mike and Amanda show up but they didn't actually defeat her, because she accidentally locked herself in a box. She is portrayed by Jillian Rose Reed and seems to be based on Poison Ivy from the Batman franchise.

• M@yhem: is a group of internet kids who have been cyberbullied because of internet videos of them gone wrong. They try and cause riots and get people to cause mayhem. their boss is the new student Tyler. He is taken out by Owen.

• Chop Shop: He is a mobster that has a crime ring and uses his garage as a cover. Flint Forster steals from him and wants revenge on him. He kidnapped Amanda to get Flint to come back. He is defeated by the ninjas and Flint. He is portrayed by Sam Turich.

External links

• Official website
• Supah Ninjas at IMDb
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