Mike, Lu & Og is an animated television series created by Mikhail Shindel, Mikhail Aldashin, and Charles Swenson for Cartoon Network, and the 7th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The series follows a foreign exchange student from Manhattan named Mike, a self-appointed island princess named Lu, and a boy-genius named Og. The trio take part in various adventures as Mike and the island's natives share their customs with each other. Before its cancellation, fifty-two eleven-minute episodes were produced by Mikhail Shindel's Kinofilm Animation in Los Angeles and animated by Mikhail Aldashin at Studio Pilot in Russia, featuring two stories per episode. The series features voice actors Nika Futterman as Mike, Nancy Cartwright as Lu, and Dee Bradley Baker as Og. The distinctive animation style is similar to shows produced by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon, such as Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, and Duckman (produced for the USA Network), due to its crudely-drawn look. Reruns were broadcast on Boomerang from 2006 to 2011. On November 6, 2017, the series was added to Cartoon Network on Demand. as well as on Max in some regions.

Characters

Production

Mike, Lu & Og premiered on Cartoon Network's animation shorts showcase World Premiere Toons as a seven-minute short on November 6, 1998. In January 1999, Cartoon Network announced that three new original series would premiere on the network: Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Mike, Lu & Og. Mike, Lu & Og was set to premiere in November of that year with 13 episodes. According to Animation World Magazine, the series premiere date was set for November 12, 1999, and would be produced simultaneously at Pilot Studio in Moscow and Kinofilm in Los Angeles. Previews for Mike, Lu & Og were shown in American movie theaters before Pokémon: The First Movie. The series ran on Cartoon Network from November 12, 1999, to May 27, 2001, airing 26 half-hour episodes in total. A video game deal between Cartoon Network and Majesco Entertainment featuring characters from the series was announced for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance handheld console in May 2002.

Series overview

Episode list

This is a list of episodes from the animated series Mike, Lu & Og. The show ran for two seasons consisting of 13 episodes, each with two 11-minute segments.

Pilot

Season 1 (1999–2000)

Season 2 (2001)