For the Troops

"For the Troops" is the second episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries season two, and the twelfth overall. It aired on November 8, 2015 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras, produced Jeff Siergey, and directed by Ethan Spaulding.

When Wayne Brady cancels his improv act at an army base in Afghanistan, Mike takes his place and insists on doing improv, too.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pigeon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Norm Macdonald
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yung Hee Tyson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rachel Ramras
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marquess of Queensberry
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jim Rash
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mike Tyson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deezy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chuck Deezy
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Wayne Brady
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Public relations officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Larry Dorf
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant Guiterrez
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Museum curator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Soldier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hugh Davidson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mummy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant Guiterrez
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Museum curator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Soldier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hugh Davidson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mummy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mummy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Mike Tyson Mystery Team
 * United States Air Force

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Las Vegas
 * Nevada
 * Tyson residence
 * Las Vegas Museum of Antiquity
 * South Asia
 * Afghanistan
 * Kabul
 * Camp Whiskey Danger
 * Germany (mentioned)
 * Hamburg (mentioned)

Objects

 * None

Vehicles

 * Deezy's car
 * Mystery Mobile

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2015.

Music
The music was composed by Walker Martin, who is uncredited.

Crew credits

 * Producer: Hugh Davidson
 * Consulting producers: Mike Tyson, Lee Stimmel
 * Line producer: Susan Ward
 * Production manager: Leslie Granger
 * Assistant production manager: Leore Berris
 * Art director: Jeff Palm
 * Character designers: Dusty Abell, Zak Plucinski
 * Background designers: Cameron Thompson, Vladi Rubizhevsky
 * Background painter: Luciano Herrera, Emily Tetri
 * Prop designer: Robert J. Dever
 * Color stylist: Kristina Giblin
 * Editor: Dave Mendel
 * Storyboard artists: Chris Berkeley, Chris Graham
 * Timer: Brian Hogan
 * Animation checker: Charlene Moncrief
 * Effects animators: Matthew Girardi, Brett Hardin
 * Animation services by Digital eMation
 * Animation director: Jaebum Lee
 * Layout artists: Byungjoon Jeon, Dongwhan Oh, Eunghwan Oh
 * Background directors: Soonhee Huh, Imjung Choi, Myunghoon Lee, So-Eun Kim
 * Key animators: Gunsik Lee, Gwanghak Shin, Sunjoo Kim, Yoonmo Sung, Junghee Lee
 * Production staff: Scarlet Sookyung Kim, Hwang-Oh Mah, Agatha Sarim Kim, Alex Eunsun Park, Daniel Jung-Ah Kim
 * Post production executive: Greg Emerson
 * Post production manager: Matt Singer
 * Recording facilities: Warner Bros. Post Production Services
 * Recording machine operators: Jeff O. Collins, Sarah Baluch
 * Track reader: Fred Salinas
 * Supervising dialogue/ADR editor: Mark A. Keatts
 * Dialogue/ADR editors: Kelly Foley Downs, Mike Garcia, Patrick J. Foley
 * Production services: Levy Production Group
 * Post production audio services: Margarita Mix
 * Online editor: Brian Master
 * Assistant editor: Gabe Thorburn
 * Production administrator: Candi Purugganan
 * Production support: Cher Bentley, Tina Fallah, Tamara Miles, Celeste Moses, Jill Share, Kira Tirimacco, Renee Toporzysek
 * Casting administrator: Liz Carroll
 * Business and legal affairs: Lori Blackstone, Sharmalee Lall, Rebecca Mathany, Bonnie Negrete, Joulene St. Catherine
 * Production accountants: Yadira Davis, Luisa Guzman, Debbie Lindquist, Maral Simonian, Athena Wingate
 * Production supervisor: Bobbie Page
 * Production manager: Ed Adams
 * Executive producers for Williams Street: Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo
 * Executive in charge for Williams Street: Big Leopard
 * Executive in charge of production: Peter Girardi
 * Executive producer: Sam Register

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 8, 2015 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The cartoon Mike was also in the 2009 film The Hangover.
 * During the end credits, an off-screen Hugh Davidson gets the real Mike to continue the improv about office space, but he can't come up with anything either.

Errors

 * The same crowd that is cheering for the dancers is supposed to be the same crowd who cheers for Mike, yet for some reason have been altered so they look vaguely similar yet distinctly different.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * September 26, 2016: Warner Archive Collection releases Mike Tyson Mysteries: Season Two on DVD.