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== Sector V ==

 

* [[You Are Number Six|You Are Numbuh Six]]

 

'''Numbuh One''' / '''Nigel Uno'''

 

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* {{spoiler|[[But Now I Must Go]]: He does come back, though.}}

* [[Cain and Abel]]: The Abel to the Delightful Children's Cain. {{spoiler|Except not quite, given they're not really his cousins.}}

 

 

'''Numbuh Two''' / '''Hogarth "Hoagie" P. Gilligan Jr.'''

 

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Hinted at, given his crush on Cree and him flirting with two teenage girls. {{spoiler|He does manage to attract Numbuh Five, though.}}

* [[Compressed Vice]]: His chocolate sauce addiction.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Numbuh Two's dad, Hoagie P. Gilligan, Sr., hasn't been seen at all throughout the series.

* [[Genius Ditz]]

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Zigzagged. He works with high speed equipment so it would help with wind resistance, but generally just has them on most of the time for no reason either.

* [[She's All Grown Up|He's All Grown Up]]: Teen!Hoagie is pretty cute (not to mention much thinner), and even manages to catch Cree's attention.

* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]

* [[Loving a Shadow]]: His crush on Cree is pretty superficial, given he focuses on her beautiful appearance rather than her unpleasant personality. {{spoiler|It's implied his crush was based on his own implicit feelings for his teammate and Cree's sister, Numbuh Five.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Hoagie P. Gilligan ''Jr.'', appropriately enough, a twofer reference. First, there's "Gilligan," a reference to the title character of ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', who was also second-in-command on the ''S.S. Minnow''. Then there's the "Jr.", often used at the end of a boy's name to signify that he's the second male in the family to have inherited his father's name (a seemingly throwaway detail that actually foreshadows the importance of his [[Disappeared Dad]], Hoagie P. Gilligan, Sr.)

* [[Nice Guy]]: He does have flaws, but he's still a very friendly and cheerful guy, and is the only one who lacks the [[Anti-Hero]] attributes the others have.

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[Opposites Attract]]: {{spoiler|With Numbuh Five.}}

* [[Private Detective]]: His side job, in full-on, [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat|trenchcoat]]-clad [[Film Noir]] mode.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to Numbah Four's red.

* [[Salt and Pepper]]: With Numbuh Five.

* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: He was once on Safety Patrol, but [[Noodle Incident|his reasons for leaving the force are unknown]].

 

'''Numbuh Three''' / '''Kuki Sanban'''

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fangirl]]: {{spoiler|She becomes CEO of the Rainbow Monkeys Corporation when she grows up.}}

* [[Asian Airhead]]: Type Two.

* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Her room doesn't really have anything else.

* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|To Numbuh 4 in future, not that anyone was surprised.}}

* [[Idiot Hero]]

* [[Kawaiiko]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Kuki ''Sanban'' -- "Sanban" is Japanese for "third"; Kuki is a misspelling of "kooky" (meaning crazy or off-kilter) and refers to her ditzy, [[Cloudcuckoolander]] personality.

* [[The Medic]]

* [[Nice Girl]]

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Has shown hints of this, especially regarding her relationship with Numbuh Four.

* [[Running Gag]]: Trying to use the Hippity Hop mecha in battle never ends well.

* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Contrasting with her [[Dude Magnet]] status, she hasn't shown interest in anyone not named "Numbuh Four".

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: She's frequently shown to be pretty spoiled (especially regarding Rainbow Monkeys), but she's as sweet as they come.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Her cheerful personality (or at least part of it) is revealed to be a mask to keep her from falling into depression. Considering her [[Dysfunctional Family]], it's hard to be surprised.

* [[Woman Scorned]]: Whenever Numbuh Four acts like a [[Jerkass]] (intentionally or not), expect this trope to happen.

 

'''Numbuh Four''' / '''Wallabee "Wally" Beatles'''

 

* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: Towards Numbuh Three.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Even more so than Numbuh 3, as he also appears to have [[Super Strength]].

* [[Drunk with Power]]: Became this after assuming team leader in "Operation: C.A.N.N.O.N"

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: With Numbuh Three.

* [[Four Is Death]]: As the aforementioned team's resident [[Blood Knight]], he is the one who ends up in combat a lot. He tends to be the unluckiest member of the group, yet has his happy moments. In perspective, he is the only member of the KND to not suffer a [[Gender Bender]] (and manages to be the only male by the end of Operation F.U.T.U.R.E.) as well as {{spoiler|marrying the girl of his dreams.}}

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: While a member of the KND, he can still be a bully befitting his age.

* [[Gosh Darn It to Heck]]: His constant use of the word "Crud".

* [[Ridiculously Successful Future Self]]/[[Hidden Depths]]: The [[Book Dumb]] kid grows up to {{spoiler|get a medical degree from Harvard}}.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: To Numbuh Three.

* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Can't swim, at least before "Operation: P.O.O.L.".

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did it Have to be Blood?]]: He's known to be hemophobic. He also dislikes water.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: First to charge in, often the first to go down.

 

'''Numbuh Five''' / '''Abigail "Abby" Lincoln'''

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Especially when up against Cree.

* [[Agent Scully]]: Is usually skeptical toward Nigel's conspiracy theories and will often be wrong.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty to her sister's Veronica for Hoagie's Archie. {{spoiler|She wins by a landslide.}}

* [[Bifauxnen]]: Dressed up in a suit once for a dance.

* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|To Numbuh Two in the future.}}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: In "Operation: Z.E.R.O.".

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: One of the most action-prone girls in the show.

* [[Little Miss Snarker]]

* [[Third Person Person]]: Not always, but very, very often.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Tomboy to Numbah Three's Girly Girl. Subverted by their usual manner of dress: Kuki wears a sweater and sneakers, while Abby usually goes around in a minidress, white Mary Janes, and earrings.

* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: French and African.

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years|Wise Beyond Her Years]]

== Other KND Operatives ==

 

'''Numbuh Six''' / '''Bradley'''

 

 

 

'''Numbuh Sixty''' / '''Patton Drilovsky'''

 

{{quote|''"Numbuh Sixty reporting for duty!"''}}

 

 

'''Numbuh Sixty Five Point Three''' / '''Herbie'''

 

 

 

'''Numbuh Seventy Four Point Three Two Nine'''

 

 

 

'''Numbuh Eighty Six''' / '''Fanny Fulbright'''

 

* [[Does Not Like Men]]: AND HOW!

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Bordering on [[Evil Redhead]] at worst.

* [[The Friend Nobody Likes]]: As the unpleasant decommissioning officer, nearly everyone hates her guts.

* [[Hate Sink]]: [[In-Universe]], nearly everyone who knows her hates her guts, and justifiably so. Not so much out of universe, at least after her [[Character Development]].

* [[Jerkass]]: Later went from [[Straw Feminist]] to just plain jerk to everyone. She becomes a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] later on, though.

 

 

'''Numbuh Three Sixty Two''' / '''Rachel T. McKenzie'''

 

 

 

 

'''Numbuh Three Sixty Three''' / '''Harvey McKenzie'''

== Villains ==

 

'''Father''' {{spoiler|/'''Benedict Uno'''}}

 

* [[Broken Bird]]: A villainous example.

* [[Burning with Anger]]: Not just [[Wreathed in Flames]], but they increase in intensity when angry.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]

* [[Child-Hater]]

* [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]: Is it ''ever''.

* [[Evil Uncle]]: {{spoiler|To Nigel.}}

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|Grandfather makes him look like a saint, and the reason he refused to help fight him wasn't out of evil, but out of pure fear. Grandfather also liked his brother better than him and treated him like crap. We also see Father break down and curl up on the floor when threatened to be forcefed broccoli because Grandfather did it to him in such a way he was traumatized for life!}}

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]

* [[Name's the Same]]: No, he's not the [[Big Bad]] from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', although their roles in their respective series are surprisingly similar.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: His voice is a parody of Kirk Douglas, [[Hey, It's That Voice!|which LaMarche previously used]] on ''[[Animaniacs]]''.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Gets it from his dad.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: {{spoiler|With Numbuh Zero.}}

* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]

* [[Stepford Smiler]]/[[Tsunshun]]: He may act all happy and aggressive most of the time, but ZERO makes it explicitly clear he's not nearly as happy as he presents himself.

* [[The Unfavourite]]: He's this to Grandfather, being treated like absolute shit while he sings his praises towards his older brother, {{spoiler|Numbuh Zero (who is a hero, by the way).}}

* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: At least at first.

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]

 

 

'''The Delightful Children from Down the Lane''' {{spoiler|/ '''Sector Z'''}}

 

 

 

'''Chad Dickson''' / formerly '''Numbuh Two Seventy-Four'''

 

* [[The Resenter]]: To Nigel.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: He's this trope to, oddly enough, [[Blood Knight|Wally/Numbuh Four]]. Both are tough warriors who try to constantly prove themselves to satisfy their own [[Inferiority Superiority Complex|Inferiority Superiority Complexes]], and are shown to be jealous of Nigel/Numbuh One due to his talents as a fighter and leader. The difference is that [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Wally]] genuinely respects and cherishes his friendship with Nigel and puts his ego aside for his sake, while [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk|Chad]] lets this resentment take over him and puts his own desires over anything else.

* [[Teens Are Monsters]]

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: To the point he could be considered worse than ''Cree'' in this regard, which is no small feat.

 

 

'''Cree Lincoln'''/ formerly '''Numbuh Eleven'''

 

* [[The Danza]]

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Face Heel Turn]]

* [[Fallen Hero]]

* [[It's All About Me]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]]: Sure, she may have her nice moments with her younger sister, but she's not above being an [[Ungrateful Bastard|Ungrateful Bitch]] who treats her horribly. And while she does want to reconcile with her, she does want to do so by forcing Abby into a [[Face Heel Turn]] proving that, even if she cares about Abby, she cares more about [[It's All About Me|herself]], not willing to make ''any'' effort into repairing their relationship (that ''she'' destroyed in the first place).

* [[Kick the Morality Pet]]: To Numbuh Five. ''Constantly''.

* [[Not So Different]]: From Mushi, as they're both the evil, treacherous and ungrateful sisters of the two female protagonists of the series. She's also this with Chad.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Maurice.

* [[Teens Are Monsters]]

 

 

'''Mr. Boss'''

 

* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]

* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: "Gold" may be stretching it, but he does show himself to be a caring, devoted father to his own children (who are KND operatives, by the way). He has shown some moments of camaraderie with other villains as well (even [[The Friend Nobody Likes|Toiletnator]]).

* [[Pet the Dog]]: He does love his own children.

** Usually, he's the most adamant in treating [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Toiletnator]] like crap, but in "M.I.S.S.I.O.N", after Toiletnator offers himself to fight the KND while he and the other villains deal with the bowling match, he sincerely thanks him for it, even calling him by his real name, Lou. Toiletnator's reaction is [[Tears of Joy|pretty]] [[The Glomp|obvious]].

 

 

'''Toiletnator'''

 

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He's show several signs of this through the series. Idiot though he may be, this does still apply.

* [[Evil Uncle]]: {{spoiler|Mild on the evil, he's this to Numbuh Four.}}

* [[Evil Twin]]: {{spoiler|To Sid, Wally's father, although the term "evil" should be used very loosely.}}

** [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]: Invoked. See the entries on [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] and [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]. It doesn't seem so much that his powers are useless, he's just normally too short-sighted to use them correctly.

 

'''Stickybeard'''

 

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: To Numbuh Five.

 

'''Heinrich Von Marzipan'''

 

* [[Tragic Villain]]: While he skirts over the [[Moral Event Horizon]] for most of the series, the kind of crap he goes through is such it's hard not to pity him. {{spoiler|CARAMEL only pushes this further, although he (or better said, she) manages to find redemption at the end.}}

 

 

'''Mushi Sanban'''

 

 

'''Grandfather'''

 

* [[Fisher King]]: When he rules the world, he uses his [[Reality Warper]] abilities to convert into an old-style [[Crapsack World]] complete with child labor, Industral Era-style factories making tapioca pudding for him to eat.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Is smart enough to NOT underestimate [[Hope Springs Eternal]] and understands he hasn't really won until he's destroyed the Book of KND, which let Numbuh Zero defeat him the last time. And he also doesn't go out to find it until nearly the entire world is under his control and the Kids Next Door are all but destroyed.

* [[Humanoid Abomination]]

* [[Irony]]: His relationships with his sons in a nutshell. He loves and dotes on his oldest son {{spoiler|Numbuh Zero}}, who rebelled against him and wants nothing to do with him; yet he despises his youngest son Father, who followed in his footsteps and desperately wants his approval.

* [[Large Ham]]: Is an even bigger ham than his son.

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Literally. He had his memory erased by Numbuh Zero using some kind of laser, reducing him to a harmless old man until he's "recommissioned" by Father. This actually seems to be the only way to defeat him, as all other attempts failed completely.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Double subverted. {{spoiler|Monty Uno/Numbuh Zero}} seems to be this, as he does like him as his son and considers him the favorite... but then tries to incinerate him when he turns on him without blinking an eye. However, he still liked {{spoiler|Zero}} for the fact he was willing to stand up to him and give Grandfather something of a challenge. Before being decommissioned, he still has {{spoiler|Zero}} in his will.

* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: His defeat restores the world to normal.

* [[Physical God]]: He's the single strongest villain in the series and is capable of surviving a direct hit from a [[Colony Drop]] without even a scratch. He can also 'age' the entire world at will.

== Other Characters ==

 

'''Elizabeth Devine''' (Lizzie)

 

* [[Palette Swap]]: She has the same character model as one of the Delightful Children From Down The Lane.

* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: She's Nigel/Numbuh One's girlfriend.

* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: To Nigel.

* [[Woman Scorned]]: At worst.

 

 

'''Thomas "Tommy" Gilligan'''

 

* [[You Are Number Six]]: Played with. He takes the title of Numbuh T during his brief tenure with the KND.

 

'''The Kid'''

 

* [[You Know What You Did]]: In "Operation: D.O.G.F.I.G.H.T.".

 

 

'''Monty Uno'''/{{spoiler|'''Numbuh Zero'''}}

 

 

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