Kango and Kuckoo is an American animated teen comedy television series created by Ashley Atkins and Cecil Crawford and produced by Gryphon Television and Imagine Television for Cartoon Network. The show takes place in an alternate universe from other Kuckoo Kat media where it follows Kuckoo as an anthropomorphic lab experiment that escapes and finds a teenage red-haired boy named Kango, who lets Kuckoo stay with him. The two get into several shenanigans at Riverfield High School where they come across several people there, including Melody Kadinger (their energetic best friend), Veronica Speckleman (a spoiled rich girl who hates the duo), and Buster Maddox (the school principal who has no tolerance for their antics).
The show first premiered on September 24, 2009 and would be a success for the channel, garnering merchandise like clothes, video games, toys, and more. The show would eventually air its final episode on June 26, 2014, lasting five seasons and 65 episodes.
Premise[]
The show follows Kuckoo as a lab experiment that was made to mix an animal with human characteristics that escapes and meets a teenage red-haired boy named Kango Kyobi, who lets Kuckoo stay with him. The two get into several shenanigans at Riverfield High School where they come across several people there, including Melody Kadinger (their energetic best friend), Veronica Speckleman (a spoiled rich girl who hates the duo), and Buster Maddox (the school principal who has no tolerance for their antics). As Kango and Kuckoo get into shenanigans at high school, the two also deal with secret agents Nikki Martinez and Fritz Ramos from the League of Super Evil Roguish Scientists (L.O.S.E.R.S.), an evil government organization led by the menacing General Bandit Q. Walker.
Characters[]
- Kango W. Kyobi (voiced by Danny Cooksey) - Kango is a sixteen-year-old teenager with red hair who is usually laid-back, chill, and mellow. He is the main straight man of the series, usually being the more normal one out of his friends, though he can be a little bit silly at times. Kango first meets Kuckoo after the cat sneaks into his house, trying to find shelter during a rainy day. Though originally freaked out by the idea of a talking cat, Kango feels bad for him and he lets him stay in the house, while keeping Kuckoo disguised whenever he walks in public.
- Kuckoo Q. Kyobi (voiced by Candi Milo) - Kuckoo was created by the L.O.S.E.R.S. as an experiment to mix human characteristics into an animal. Raised by a scientist by the name of Heidi. he learned to love fun and how to care for others. Not wanting to become a vicious killer like the other agents wanted him to be, he escaped and left for Riverfield.