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OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes is an American animated series created by Ian Jones-Quartey for Cartoon Network. It is based on the original pilot "Lakewood Plaza Turbo", originally released May 21, 2013 for Cartoon Network's 2013 Summer Shorts project. The series was originally thought be to not picked up due to its lack of information over the past three years since the pilot's debut, aside from some slight hints and sketches of the cartoon. It turns out that the show was picked up earlier and Ian Jones-Quartey needed time to develop the series before it was formally greenlit by Cartoon Network. It is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Studios.

n February 4, 2016, a mobile game for Android and iOS was created and the web series had premiered on Cartoon Network's YouTube channel[2] and the CN App.[3]

In 2017, nearly 4 years after the original pilot was released, the show was greenlit[4] and first aired on August 1, 2017.[1]

On December 2017, the second season was confirmed to be released.[5]

On June 2019, the third season was renewed. On August 6, 2019, in an interview with Den of Geek!, Ian Jones-Quartey has stated that season 3 is the final season and will be airing the series finale in 2019.[6] It was further revealed that Cartoon Network did not renew the show after Season 3 and it was not Ian's choice to end the show, but gave the show crew an opportunity to make a planned ending.[7]

On September 6, 2019, the series concluded with an hour event with the final three episodes: "Dendy's Video Channel", "Let's Fight to the End", and "Thank You for Watching the Show".

The show is serialized, character-driven, and plot-driven with an overarching story.

Lakewood Plaza Turbo (pilot) The pilot episode "Lakewood Plaza Turbo" was developed in 2011 and 2012.[8]

While working as a storyboard artist on Steven Universe, Ian came up with an idea for a pitch called "Infinite Guy Generator", where a kid would summon different "guys" every episode to fight the villain's evil guys. When creating the pilot, Ian created a world based on that original idea.

Later, while working as a co-executive producer still on Steven Universe, he used that same idea for a guys generator, that appeared in one episode, which had good reception, coming back later in the second episode of that show.

While developing the OK K.O. mobile game and series, Ian eventually expanded the concept of "guys" to include "gals" and "pals" in this universe. Ian even considered renaming the show "G.U.Y.S. G.A.L.S. and P.A.L.S", but thought it was too long for a title. [9]

While the show was in development in 2015,[10] it was under a different name, "Mini Maulers". Dendy was originally an elf before changed into a kappa. It was later changed due to a Cartoon Network show existing at the time with the "MM" initials, likely referring to Mighty Magiswords.[11]

In a Reddit AMA, Ian revealed more show title ideas that did not go through, due to some not getting pitched or canned for legal reasons:[12]

Lakewood Rumble Super Lakewood Action Plaza (SLAP for short) Knockout Friends Radical Knockouts PlayFighters Turbo Friends Punch Friend Fighters Punch Buddies Super Chuckle Sandwich Action Sandwich Knockout Club Punch Buffet Mighty Mall Punchtown Heroes Streets of Friendship Rumble Pack Dynamite Shop Knockout Pals

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