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Season 3 is the third season of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and officially announced by Animation Magazine on June 26, 2019. Season 3 immediately aired on July 7, 2019, a week after the season 2 finale "Dark Plaza" aired on TV.[1] Production started from summer 2018 and ended on August 2019. On August 6, 2019, in an interview with Den of Geek!, Ian Jones-Quartey has stated that this season is the final season and the series finale aired in 2019.[2] The series finale aired on Friday, September 6, 2019. There are a total of twenty episodes.

Overview[]

New episodes for the third season began airing at the same schedule like the second half of season two, airing on Sundays at 4:30 pm up onto August 25, 2019. The first six episodes of the season premiered on July 5, 2019 on the Cartoon Network app and Hulu with Live TV. On July 19, 2019, it was announced from San Diego Comic-Con that Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails will crossover with the show in the episode "Let's Meet Sonic" that will air on Cartoon Network on Sunday, August 4 at 4:45 pm.[3] It was confirmed later that "Let's Meet Sonic" will not air on the app, but on TV first instead. On July 26, 2019, five episodes aired on the app and Hulu with Live TV. On August 16, 2019, five episodes aired on the app and Hulu with Live TV, it is the last batch of episodes streamed online before TV. After the broadcasting of "Red Action 3: Grudgement Day" and "Carl", the final three episodes: "Dendy's Video Channel", "Let's Fight to the End", and "Thank You for Watching the Show" are advertised as a one hour special finale event that were broadcasted on the network on Friday, September 6, 2019 at 7 pm.[4] The event was used as a celebration for the characters coming back from previous episodes and for the various tones/mood the show had.

Volume 6 Summary[]

In this videogame inspired world, K.O. works at Gar's Bodega, a one-stop shop for all your hero needs. Whether he’s mopping the floor with Lord Boxman's evil robots or literally mopping the floor, K.O. tackles everything with enthusiasm.

Production Notes[]

Main article: Unproduced Episodes

According to Ian Jones-Quartey and Toby Jones from the What A Cartoon! podcast, before Cartoon Network announced that Season 3 was their final season and it would be twenty episodes long, they had twenty episodes outlined and approved to be fully written and boarded as "Season 3A". The last episode they had outlined before they got the news was "Big Reveal", originally planned to be a half-hour episode that would have served for the 19th and 20th episode of Season 3. They were expected to have the third season to be 40 episodes long which would have the show totaling 132 episodes, with "Season 3A" and "Season 3B". With the lowered episode count, they had to remove at least five to ten one-off episodes to have the final season focused on the story-driven and selected "fun" episodes. In an interview with The Creative Talent Network, Ian Jones-Quartey noted that the series executive Conrad Montgomery notified him before Season 3's production to craft a series finale since other shows got canceled on short notice.

When Chris Niosi asked Ian about production of the final season, he stated that the season would have helped pace the story out better if it had gotten the original 40 episode length. With the season's final form, there are few logical jumps. When T.K.O. goes over to the evil side from "Carl", everything is destroyed before "Dendy's Video Channel". They were not able to do the story of how the world got destroyed. There were a lot more episode concepts where they would have step out from the main story and have more fun along the way. For example, they would have gotten into the situation of K.O.'s custody having a hero mom and a villain dad with eventually Fink getting enrolled in K.O.'s school, with them in a Christmas pageant together.[5]

Toby Jones posted the original episode ideas for Season 3B where a couple of ideas have been used were placed in the restructured third season in order to tell the full story. The "T.K.O. subconscious" became the K.O./T.K.O. storyline throughout the season starting with "TKO Rules!".[6] The "shared custody" and "K.O. and Venomous vs. Shadowy Figure" ideas was merged for "Let's Get Shadowy". "T.K.O. takes over" became "Carl". "Boxman leaves Venomous" and the premise from "My Fair Robot" was folded into "Dendy's Video Channel". The "Plaza Tournament" is inserted in "Let's Fight to the End". "Thank You for Watching the Show" has been used for the season 3 and series finale, replacing a scrapped half-hour special.[7] Season 3 was written towards to a big story climax/finale regardless if the show were to be renewed for a season 4 or not. K.O. and T.K.O. being merged ("Merged K.O."/MKO) has been planned to happen at the end of season 3 from either scenario with M.K.O. continuing in season 4.[8]

Episodes[]

No. in series No. in season Titlecard Title Airdate Prod. code
93 1 We Are Heroes Titlecard "We Are Heroes" July 5, 2019 (online)

July 7, 2019 (TV)

1072-093
KO struggles with his upgraded role as a member of the hero team.
94 2 KO, Rad, and Enid! Titlecard "KO, Rad, and Enid!" July 5, 2019 (online)

July 7, 2019 (TV)

1072-094
When confronted with their lack of a team gimmick, KO, Rad, and Enid wonder what their group identity should be.
95 3 Let's Meet Sonic Titlecard "Let's Meet Sonic" August 4, 2019 1072-095
When world class hero SONIC THE HEDGEHOG visits the plaza, he teams up with KO to save the day.
96 4 TKO Rules Titlecard "TKO Rules!" July 5, 2019 (online)

July 14, 2019 (TV)

1072-096
KO and TKO decide to swap places for the day.
97 5 K.O. vs. Fink Titlecard "K.O. vs. Fink" July 5, 2019 (online)

July 21, 2019 (TV)

1072-097
When Fink taunts KO for being a momma's boy, he grapples with newfound insecurity about it.
98 6 Chip's Damage Titlecard "Chip's Damage" July 5, 2019 (online)

July 14, 2019 (TV)

1072-098
Elodie enlists KO to help figure out what to do about Chip Damage.
99 7 The K.O. Trap Titlecard "The K.O. Trap" July 5, 2019 (online)

July 21, 2019 (TV)

1072-099
KO, Rad, and Enid are caught in an especially devious trap.
100 8 Whatever Happened to Rippy Roo Titlecard "Whatever Happened to... Rippy Roo?" July 26, 2019 (online)

July 28, 2019 (TV)

1072-100
Rippy Roo visits the plaza.
101 9 Planet X Titlecard "Planet X" July 26, 2019 (online)

July 28, 2019 (TV)

1072-101
When Rad returns to his home planet, he learns a shocking truth about alien society.
102 10 Deep Space Vacation Titlecard "Deep Space Vacation" July 26, 2019 (online)

August 4, 2019 (TV)

1072-102
When Gar lets KO and Enid take a vacation to outer space, they get more than they bargained for.
103 11 Big Reveal Titlecard "Big Reveal" July 26, 2019 (online)

August 11, 2019 (TV)

1072-103
KO finds out who his father is.
104 12 Radical Rescue Titlecard "Radical Rescue" July 26, 2019 (online)

August 11, 2019 (TV)

1072-104
Rad is forced to reconsider his identity when KO starts taking on some of his traits.
105 13 Youre a Good Friend KO Titlecard "You're a Good Friend, KO" August 16, 2019 (online)

August 18, 2019 (TV)

1072-105
KO brings Dendy along for a hero mission in order to cheer her up.
106 14 Lets Get Shadowy Titlecard "Let's Get Shadowy" August 16, 2019 (online)

August 18, 2019 (TV)

1072-106
KO teams up with an unlikely ally to take on an old foe.
107 15 Red Action 3 Grudgement Day Titlecard "Red Action 3: Grudgement Day" August 16, 2019 (online)

August 25, 2019 (TV)

1072-107
KO and Enid attempt to prevent a mysterious power battle between Rad and Red Action.
108 16 Carl Titlecard "Carl" August 16, 2019 (online)

August 25, 2019 (TV)

1072-108
A pleasant weekend goes awry when a monster attacks.
109 17 Dendys Video Channel Titlecard "Dendy's Video Channel" August 16, 2019 (online)

September 6, 2019 (TV)

1072-109
Dendy tries to update KO's Video Channel for him, but has trouble finding something to post.
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Lets Fight to the End Titlecard "Let's Fight to the End" September 6, 2019 1072-110
1072-111
When a fighting tournament is announced at the Plaza, there is more at stake than meets the eye.
112 20 Thank You for Watching the Show Titlecard "Thank You for Watching the Show" September 6, 2019 1072-112
When KO finds moments of his life slipping by, he begins to suspect something weird is going on.


Trivia[]

  • This season features new background painting style and a slight color shift of the characters' palettes.
    • In the flashbacks of some episodes, especially ones that are not shown in any previous episodes uses the old background art and color palettes. The show's VFX editor, Joel Espana created that effect.[9]
  • On July 10, 2019, Toby Jones posted the ideal story order for Season 3 with the first eight episodes of the season.[10]
    • On August 19, 2019, he updated the ideal story order for Season 3 without "Let's Fight to the End" and "Thank You for Watching the Show" due to not being announced yet.[11] A small tweak is that "Hope This Flies" is placed before "The Perfect Meal".
    • On August 27, 2019, it is updated to include the last two episodes and "Let's Fight to the End" is the penultimate episode.[12]
  • This is the shortest season of the series airing for at two months due to having less episode count.
  • "Let's Meet Sonic", "Let's Fight to the End", and "Thank You for Watching the Show" are the only episodes to be aired on TV before being available online due to "Let's Meet Sonic" announced from San Diego Comic Con and the last episodes were the last episode of the series.
  • This is the only season where the intended story order and production order are one-to-one.
  • On March 1, 2020, the complete third season is available on Hulu.[13]
    • On September 1, 2020, the complete third season were available from HBO Max.[14]
    • On December 6, 2023, the complete third season is available on Disney+ through the Hulu/Disney+ bundle.[15]
  • Originally, the one hour finale event would have been planned to air at the same day as the Steven Universe: The Movie.[16]

References

Episodes
Pilot
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Season 1
Season 2
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