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Codename: Kids Next Door
Codename: Kids Next Door logo
Format	Animated television series
Created by	Tom Warburton (Credited as "Mr. Warburton")
Voices of	Ben Diskin Lauren Tom Dee Bradley Baker Cree Summer Tom Kenny Grey DeLisle Tara Strong Jeff Bennett Maurice LaMarche Jennifer Hale
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	78 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes approx.
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	December 6, 2002 – January 21, 2008[1]
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Codename: Kids Next Door, also known as Kids Next Door or by its acronym KND, is an American animated television series created by Tom Warburton and produced by Curious Pictures that takes place in Boston, MA. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 6, 2002. The series came about as the result of a viewer's poll by Cartoon Network. It briefly aired on Miguzi at 4:00 p.m. Broadcast as two episodes per half-hour (except for a few half-hour episodes).The main characters of the series are five 10 year-olds who operate from their treehouse against the tyranny of adults and teenagers. The central characters make up what is known as Sector V of a worldwide organization called the Kids Next Door.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Production history 1.2 Storylines 1.3 KND Universe 2 Characters 2.1 Sector V 2.2 Other characters 3 Episodes 4 Merchandising 4.1 Toys and action figures 4.2 Video games 4.3 DVDs 4.4 Books 4.5 Cars 4.6 Milk cartons 4.7 Comics 5 Trivia 6 References 7 External links 7.1 Official websites 7.2 Wiki sister projects 8 See also

Mr. Warburton created a pilot episode for another show, Kenny and the Chimp. Originally, there was a group of children who called themselves "The Kids Who Lived Next Door" among the recurring characters. The Kids Next Door would get Kenny into trouble but the plotline was changed to focus on the group of kids alone, and later, the kids battling adulthood. In 2001 the show won on a Cartoon Network viewer's poll with its own pilot episode, No P in the OOL.

The stories are titled as the Kids Next Door's missions, denoted as "Operation:" followed by an acronym which often give viewers clues to what the story is about. The stories are often about typical problems that children face, but usually magnified and exaggerated, mostly on the show's early episodes (this was slowly changed into a bigger, more complex storyline). Every mission may or may not be chronologically ordered in relation to the previous or the next, but it's accepted that most of the time they occur in the order that the episodes are shown. Sometimes missions make a references to a certain situations, or lead to consequences in another mission.

The Kids Next Door Organization is a worldwide group comprising thousands of kids joined in mutual struggle against adult tyranny. They fight villains that embody specific menaces to children overall; such as Knightbrace (going to the dentist), Count Spankulot (spanking), the Common Cold (self-explanatory), Windsor and the Queen Tie (wearing ties), Mrs. Dirt (taking a bath), and Father/Benedict Uno, (the ultimate figure of authority). For every member of Kids Next Door, upon following a period of training, the kids are then assigned a number or alphanumerical code (pronounced "numbuh") and sent to a "sector", that is, a treehouse of gigantic proportions. The KND Organization Head Quarters itself is set on the Moon (Moonbase). Kids follow their oath of protecting other kids as well as battling adulthood until the age of 13, when they are "decommissioned": their brains are washed-clean of memories of any past KND activity, upon which they are thence considered teenagers, and a threat to KND as well. The practice of strict decommissioning at age 13 was later on revealed to be subject to some exceptions: kids who have proved to be exceptional agents are offered the chance to carry on in KND as spies infiltrating the teen organization (see Maurice for a prime example)^[2]. This practice is kept secret. Decommissioning has also proved reversible due to errors ^[3][4] and thus brainwashing is not necessarily permanent.

Main article: Kids Next Door Sector V

See also: Sector V Headquarters

• Numbuh One (Nigel Uno) - Leader and head of Sector V, a workaholic, bald Mexican boy who does not put complete trust in anyone but his team mates. He is the only one in a fake relationship outside KND, with an annoying British girl Lizzie Devine, and is the only "only child" on his team. His last name of Uno is Spanish for the number one. His father was the famous Numbuh Zero, but is now decomissioned. Voiced by Candi Milo in speaking vocals and Ben Diskin in singing vocals.
• Numbuh Two (Hoagie Pennywhistle Gilligan Jr.) - Inventor and pilot, a chubby Italian kid with a need of expressing every single bad joke in his mind. He's in love with Numbuh Five's evil older teen sister (he has a crush on her even if she is a villain), but she sees him just as a snotty little kid. His family includes his mother, who seemes to have some inventions of her own, and a little brother named Tommy. The "Jr." part of his name could also be represented as roman numeral II (read as "the second"), and Gilligan was second in command in Gilligan's Island. Voiced by John DiMaggio in speaking vocals and Ben Diskin in singing vocals.
• Numbuh Three (Kuki Sanban) - Nurse and caretaker, a happy Japanese girl whose love for every creature almost always interferes with her responsibilities. She has a great love for Rainbow Monkeys (a parody of Care Bears), and Numbuh Four. Loosely translated from Japanese, Sanban means "number three". Voiced by Janice Kawaye in speaking vocals and Lauren Tom in singing vocals.
• Numbuh Four (Wallabee Beetles) - Combat expert, an impulsive Australian boy known for acting before thinking. He would gladly take over Numbuh One's place to be the leader of the team, but no one really takes him seriously in anything. He has a slightly complicated crush on Numbuh Three. His last name of Beetles is a reference to British pop band The Beatles, who were also known as the Fab Four. Voiced by Jennifer Hale in speaking vocals and Dee Bradley Baker in singing vocals.
• Numbuh Five (Abigail Lincoln) - Second in command, a relaxed South African girl who keeps her head cool even in the worst situations. She also talks in third person. Her last name of Lincoln is a refernce to former U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln, whose visage appears on the U.S. five dollar bill. Voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson in speaking vocals and Cree Summer in singing vocals.

Main articles: List of Kids Next Door operatives, List of allies and other characters in Codename: Kids Next Door, List of villains in Codename: Kids Next Door, and List of families in Codename: Kids Next Door

Main article: List of Codename: Kids Next Door episodes

To date, there is a contract for six seasons, each with 13 episodes (two half-length episodes counting as one), adding up to 78 episodes altogether. There has been one movie, taking place between Seasons 5 and 6, Operation: Z.E.R.O. (direct-to-TV).

TechToGo Toy Manufacturer created a toy line, which included Action Figures and Role Playing items. The first two batches were successful, but the third and fourth batch had to be cancelled because of the difficulties.

A McDonald's Happy meal featured Cartoon Network characters as the toys, one of which was Nigel Uno.

There are two web pages that have images of the cancelled third and fourth batch of the KND Toys made by TechToGo:

http://knd.curiouspictures.com/blog/blogpics/toys.html http://knd.curiouspictures.com/blog/blogpics/delightfultoys.jpg

So far the series has inspired 2 videogames: "Operation: S.O.D.A." for the Game Boy Advance and "Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E." for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.

Currently there are two DVDs: Sooper Hugest Mission Files: Volume 1 and Sooper Hugest Mission Files: Volume 2.

There will possibly be a DVD of Operation: Z.E.R.O. (design can be seen here [1])

Operation: J.E.W.E.L.S. can be found on the DVD: Cartoon Network Halloween 3-Sweet Sweet Fear.

There are a few books: Sooper Secrets and Boomerang Bloopers, Operation: S.W.E.E.T.S., 2x4 Technology Handbook, Operation: H.O.W. T.O. D.R.A.W., and Operation: C.O.L.O.R.I.N.G. (approx. 80 pages).

Kellogg's created a NASCAR-like racecar to give away in sweepstakes.^[5]

Some characters are on milk cartons.^[6]

There are various comics, some being Operation: T.R.I.K.E. and Operation: S.O.D.A..

Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines. The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

• From season 4 (Ops R.A.B.B.I.T. and F.L.U.S.H. onwards), the closing credits were redone, so that they show on half the screen (the secret agent-themed crediting and closing theme remain) with a "beauty shot" on the right. This is usually showcasing a humorous event inspired from the episode which follows the ending^[7] (These type of credits were also used in the first three season 3 episodes (F.U.T.U.R.E., A.F.L.O.A.T. and L.E.A.D.E.R.), while other episodes in that season used the old credits.).

• All of the weapons, vehicles, and accessories the Kids Next Door use are presented in a 3D rendering with the name of the object shown underneath as an acronym. The words in the acronym are then spoken and usually refer to what said object does or the effect it has on its victims.

• In the movie Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, Kuki Sanban (A.K.A. Numbuh 3), makes multiple appearances as a substitute Grim Reaper.

• Each of the kids' names is a vague reference to their corresponding number. Nigel Uno (Spanish for the number one), Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr. (being the second person to carry the name in his family, as well as Gilligan being second in command aboard the S.S. Minnow on Gilligan's Island), Kuki Sanban (In Japanese Sanban literally means "Number 3"), Wallabee Beetles (a reference to the Beatles, in which there were 4 members), and Abigail Lincoln (President Lincoln, who appears on the five dollar bill).

• In an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Billy and Mandy VS. The Martians, Billy sees an alien hologram and says "Hey! This isn't 'Codename: Kids Next Door!'" A reference to (obviously) Codename: Kids Next Door. Also in another episode of Billy and Mandy, you see Grim watching TV. Listen closely and you can hear Numbuh 4 saying "Numbuh 3! Come back to the treehouse and clean up Numbuh 2's mess before Numbuh 1 gets back!". In another episode on the moon, the moon base is seen, with number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 playing a video game. There's also the crossover TV episode, The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door.

• In the Episode A.R.C.H.I.V.E.S., if you watch closely, when the kids are cheering for the retaliation plan, there is a kid dressed like the main protagonist, Ash, from the Japanese anime series Pokémon, possibly a reference for any of the fans who watch Pokémon on Cartoon Network.

• Each of the kids' eyes are either closed or hidden frequently. Numbuh One wears sunglasses, Numbuh Two wears goggles, Numbuh Three sometimes closes her eyes, Numbuh Four's hair sometimes covers his eyes, and Numbuh Five's hat sometimes covers her eyes.

• In the Latin American version, the names of characters are: Numbuh 1: Miguel One, Numbuh 2: Guillermo González Jr., Numbuh 3: Kuki Kiut, Numbuh 4: "El Güero" Torres, & Numbuh 5: Abigail Olivera.

• In an episode of Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, a cardboard cut out of numbah 2 is shown.

• Official UK Website
• Super Cartoon Network

• Codename: Kids Next Door at Curious Pictures (producer)and blog

• Kids Next Door Code Module — The Kids Next Door Wiki

v • d • e Codename: Kids Next Door
Operatives · Villains · Allies · Families · Locations · Episodes · Cast and Crew
Films	Operation: Z.E.R.O. · Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S. · The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door
Comics	Operation: A.I.R.P.L.A.N.E. · Operation: S.O.D.A. · Operation: T.R.I.K.E.
Games	Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. · Operation: S.O.D.A. · Trading Card Game

v • d • e Cartoon Network Original Series
Cartoon Cartoons
Codename: Kids Next Door · Courage the Cowardly Dog · Cow and Chicken · Dexter's Laboratory · Ed, Edd n Eddy · Evil Con Carne · The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy · Grim and Evil · I Am Weasel · Johnny Bravo · Mike, Lu & Og · The Powerpuff Girls · Samurai Jack · Sheep in the Big City · Time Squad · What a Cartoon! · Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
Other Cartoon Network original series
Ben 10 · Camp Lazlo · Chowder · Class of 3000 · Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends · Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi · The Life and Times of Juniper Lee · Megas XLR · My Gym Partner's a Monkey · Out of Jimmy's Head · Squirrel Boy
Future Cartoon Network Series
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack · The Secret Saturdays · Transformers: Animated