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The idea grew out of side characters for Mr. Warburton's failed series ''Kenny and the Chimp''. The show featured five kids who lived next door to Kenny with no parental supervision. The five were simply troublemakers who enjoyed terrorizing the neighborhood. When the show fell through, they were retooled into the stars of their own show. The pilot was submitted for Cartoon Network "Big Pick Weekend", where viewers were allowed to vote on the next cartoon series. ''Kids Next Door'' reached the final three and was ultimately the winner.
The five kids became Sector V, a [[Five-Man Band]] in the worldwide organization known as the Kids Next Door. Numbuh One, [[The Hero]], is a [[Properly Paranoid]] [[Conspiracy Theorist]] who is always seen wearing sunglasses (and has no hair). Numbuh Two, [[The
Together, the KND of Sector V fight alongside their compatriots-in-childhood against numerous villains -- including the [[Creepy Child|The Delightful Children From Down The Lane]] (and their creepy father, Father), Numbuh Five's [[Face Heel Turn|traitorous teenage sister]] Cree, and the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Mr. Boss -- who hate children and want them enslaved.
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Episodes followed a specific naming pattern: the episode title is always "Operation: [X]" -- where [X] is an acronym (as an example: "T.E.E.T.H.") -- and both the acronym itself ''and'' the phrase it stood for (using the prior example: "Tooth Extracting Enemy Terrorizes Headquarters") served to give viewers a general idea of the episode's plot.
''Kids Next Door'' ended after six seasons, one movie (''Operation: Z.E.R.O.''), and a crossover with ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
This show now has a [[Codename: Kids Next Door/Characters|character sheet]].
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** ''[[The Matrix]]'' (even a parody from ''[[The Animatrix]]'');
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''
** ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''
** ''[[Alien]]''
** ''[[Jurassic Park]]''
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** Hell, even ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' is given a [[Shout-Out]] to in one episode (the character Moosk is Minsc from the game).
** Numbuh Five's solo, candy-related adventures frequently bear an uncanny resemblance to the exploits of one [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|Henry Jones, Jr.]]
* [[
* [[All According to Plan]]: A plot twist so common that it's also a [[Running Gag]] for one character for a time.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: A few episodes end this way, most of the time with an [[Or Was It a Dream?]] vibe.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: There are quite a few, in particular {{spoiler|Negative Numbah 86's}} epic line in "Operation: P.O.O.L.":
{{quote|"In the name of the One Supreme Ultra DNK Leader, Welcome... ''to the worst day of your lives.''"}}
* [[Badass Santa]]: Santa is an obvious parody of Professor Charles Xavier here, and he has a team of elves who parody the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]].
* [[Badass Family]] / [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The Unos, so very much. On one side, {{spoiler|we have Nigel's father, the original Numbuh Zero, who in his youth started a new age of K.N.D. The last episode also reveals his mother was the first female operative}}. On the other side, though, {{spoiler|Father is Numbuh Zero's brother and thus Nigel's uncle, and ''their'' father is the aptly named Grandfather, who is ten times worse then Father. Add in the Delightfuls (missing KND operatives turned permanently evil) as Father's adopted children... and there you go}}.
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: As noted above, definitely present.
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** Also, ''never'' call Numbuh 86 "Toots", as Numbuh 2 learned the hard way.
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: They have a ''moon base'' and it looks to be made out of ''gum''.
* [[BFG]]: Including, but not necessarily limited to ones that shoot kangaroos, ''mattresses'', and ''grizzly bears''.▼
* [[Big Bad]]: Alternates between Father and Mr. Boss
▲* [[
* [[Big Good]]: Numbuh 362
* [[Big Labyrinthine Building]]: a huge, labyrinthine, ''treehouse''.
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* [[Closer Than They Appear]]: The mirror on one vehicle says "Missiles in mirror may be closer than they appear".
* [[Colony Drop]]: In [[The Movie]], they {{spoiler|drop the moonbase on the [[Big Bad]], to little effect. [[Batman Gambit|It's just a distraction to get him in position to get his memory wiped]].}}
* [[
** Numbuh One/Nigel, "[[The Hero]] / [[The Leader]]" - Red
** Numbuh Two/Hoagie, "[[The
** Numbuh Three/Kuki, "[[The Chick|The Flirt]] / [[The Ditz]]" - Green
** Numbuh Four/Wally, "[[The
** Numbuh Five/Abby, "[[The
** Numbuh T/Tommy, "[[Tagalong Kid]]"
** Numbuh Six / Bradley, "[[The Sixth Ranger]]"
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** {{spoiler|AND they turn back into KND operatives in ''[[The Movie|Operation: Z.E.R.O.]]'' after being recommissioned. (Quadruple Reverse Mole) This turns out to be a temporary [[Subverted Trope|Subversion]] of the Creepy Child. Unfortunately, this is a [[Double Subversion]], as they turn back into the Delightful Children. ([[Double Reverse Quadruple Agent|Quintuple Reverse Mole]] -- Let's leave it at that.)}}
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: See directly above. The Delightfuls subvert this a few times, though, most notably in "Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P.", mainly to highlight just how ''scary'' an angry Father was.
* [[Crossover]]: "[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Sector V, initially. Being the main characters of the show, it's implied at first that they're the ''only'' Kids Next Door operatives; however, when the organization is shown to have teams across the globe, Sector V is shown to be one of, if not ''the'' [[Let's Get Dangerous|best around.]]
* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: "Your new fourth grade president is.... EGBERT EGGLESTON!"
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* [[Fake Defector]]: The teenager in "Operation: F.U.G.I.T.I.V.E." is often mistaken for one. {{spoiler|Maurice and Chad are actual ones.}}
* [[False Start]]: Numbuh Four's crush on Numbuh Three. This quickly becomes a [[Running Gag]].
* [[Fantastic Voyage Plot]]: "Operation: S.P.R.O.U.T."
* [[Fat Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit]]: Jimmy Nixon McGarfield, the Fourth Grade President-for-Life, is a tween example. He starts out with the typical white suit, {{spoiler|but gets a black one once he's officially a villain}}.
* [[Five-Token Band]]: One Brit (with a Spanish name), one American Jew, one Japanese, one Australian, and one [[Twofer Token Minority|half-French African-American]]. The extended cast is even more varied, though most of the stories take place in the U.S.
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** For example, {{spoiler|Chester being trapped in his own [[Lotus Eater Machine]]}}.
* [[Homage]]: Many separate occasions; their parodies of ''[[Star Wars]]'' border on ripping it off and ''[[The Matrix]]'' homages don't even pretend otherwise.
** "Operation N.A.U.G.H.T.Y.", the [[Christmas Episode]], is presented in American Comic Format. It includes a group of Santa helpers which [[Expy|Expies]] the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] <ref>(They have one Wolverine, one [[Night Crawler]], one Angel and one Colossus)</ref>, a group of enemies that [[Expy|Expies]] the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]], a Machine that resambles "the Cerebro" and [[spoiler:Numbuh Three turns crazilly overpowered and evil, only to be stopped by Numbuh Four, à la ''[[{{Film/X-Men|X-Men 3]]''.
* [[Hourglass Plot]]: "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y." between Numbuh One and Chad. To hammer the point home, the dominant color of their clothing in the [[Flash Back]] (Blue for One, Red for Chad) is the opposite of their clothing in the present (Red for One, Blue for Chad) {{spoiler|and Numbuh One beats Chad by using the same technique Chad beat him with in the flashback.}}
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: H.I.P.P.Y.-H.O.P., and [[Author Appeal|many, many others]], made of everything from lawn chairs to treehouses to ''cats''.
* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]: "Operation: S.A.F.A.R.I."
* [[Hypno Trinket]]: The Boyfriend Helmet.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
** In one episode Lizzie criticizes Nigel about his weight when she's much fatter than he is.
** In "Operation: S.P.A.C.E.", Numbuhs 92 and 93 rudely chastise Sector 8 for their incompetence which led to the team mistaking them for aliens and opening fire on them, even going so far as to threaten to recommend decomissioning. They seem to forget that ''their'' incompetence resulted in a dangerous criminal - Cree - escaping after they got into a fight over ''trading cards'' of all things.
* [[I Ate What?]]: Features in "Operation: P.I.N.K.E.Y.E.", where Numbuh Two is eating Nurse Claiborne's crumbles as he's investigating the mystery epidemic of pinkeye going around the school. Once it gets out that it is Claiborne herself who was the one infecting the students with pinkeye, it also becomes apparent that she was using eye crust for her crumbles, making Numbuh Two gag at the very fact that he was eating them. However, at the very end, he goes back to eating them. However, Numbuh Two may have second thoughts after finding out that the filling of the crumbles is {{spoiler|mucus.}}
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: "Operation S.O.M.E.T.H.I.N.G. -- '''S'''tring '''O'''f '''M'''eticulously '''E'''ncoded '''T'''ext '''H'''andily '''I'''ncludes '''N'''aming '''G'''ag"
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** In the KND universe, candy is the number one source of happiness. If a child is kept from candy too long or is given a non-candy substitute, they go through an exaggerated form of withdrawal.
** In "Operation: L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E.", Black John Licorice challenges Abigail (Numbuh Five) to [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|gulping down mugs]] of sugar. Numbuh Five's sugar level becomes so high that her eyes widen and she begins to shake violently.
* [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20041121061230/http://photobucket.com/albums/v494/codemodule/misc/transitions/ Examples found here].
* [[If You Want Something Done Right, Do it Yourself]]: In "Operation: T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G", Father invokes and does this after [[Surrounded by Idiots|his henchman]] failed to destroy the Arctic Base's vault.
* [[In Medias Res]]: Many per episode.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]
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*** Numbuh Two is Hoagie P. Gilligan, Jr. -- appropriately enough, a twofer reference: Bob Denver's character ''Gilligan'' was second-in-command of the S.S. Minnow on ''[[Gilligan's Island|Gilligans Island]]''; the ''Jr.'' generational suffix means that Numbuh Two is the second male in the Gilligan family to be named "Hoagie P. Gilligan".
*** Numbuh Three is Kuki Sanban -- "sanban" is Japanese for "number three", and "Kuki" is a reference to Numbuh Three being a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
*** Numbuh Four is Wallabee Beetles -- there were four members of [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], even though Numbuh Four is Australian (as implied by his accent and the name Wallabee [wallaby]), not from Liverpool; plus, the number four is considered bad luck in Chinese culture (similar to the number 13 in Western culture), and Numbuh Four has the worst luck of all the Sector V operatives.
*** Numbuh Five is Abigail Lincoln -- has the same initials as U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who is on the five-dollar bill in American currency.
** Also, Numbuh Three's father is named Kani -- Japanese for "crab" -- which is pretty much his entire personality, and Numbuh Three has a little sister named Mushi, which is Japanese for "bug" and matches her irritating personality.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Loads and loads of these.
** Character-specific:
*** The antagonists, The Delightful Children from Down the Lane, seem to be based on the antagonists in co-creator Mo Willem's 1996 ''[[
*** Father appears to be based off of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.
*** Numbuh 86 is possibly a [[Shout-Out]] to [[From Russia with Love|Rosa Klebb]], another [[Hot-Blooded|hot-tempered]], [[Evil Redhead|red-headed]], [[Does Not Like Men|boy-hating]] operative with a grating accent and a grudge against [[James Bond|a British agent]].
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** When the Dodgeball Wizard says that he's not a magician, Numbuh Four's dad says, [[Arrested Development (TV series)|"All right, you're an illusionist then!"]]
** In "Operation: E.N.G.L.A.N.D.", one of the British KND operatives {{spoiler|(actually one of the Rowdy Hooligans from Across the Square)}} repeatedly says to Numbuh One "Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|say-no-more, say-no-more!"]]
** [http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/9/25/128983599130667789.jpg Ash Ketchum makes an appearence for one second in a crowd scene.]{{Dead link}} [[Pokémon (anime)|Yes, that one.]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yugi, too.]]
** Numbuh One: "[[Battlestar Galactica
** When a baby makes a hole in a locked door to get to Numbuhs One and Five, he yells, [[The Shining|"Heeeere's Jackson!"]]
** "Operation P.L.A.N.E.T." features a planet of Rainbow Monkeys similar to the first ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.
** One very direct [[Shout-Out]] in "Operation G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.":
{{quote|'''Numbuh One:''' The Splinter cell? I thought they were just a bunch of sci-fi nerds who watch that dumb [[Doctor Who|doctor time-space-continuim show]].
'''Numbuh 362:''' Not them... and that show's awesome, by the way. }}
** Numbuh One's two-colored glasses in "Operation: L.O.V.E." make him look like Spider Jerusalem from [[Transmetropolitan]].
** The Christmas special was pretty much a parody of the "Dark Phoenix Saga" from ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.
** And how many kids would have realized that the dude who waves from the pear tree at the end of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" attack in the [[Christmas Episode]] was [[The Partridge Family|Keith Partridge?]]
** "Operation F.U.T.U.R.E. gives us the line, [[Toy Story (franchise)||"More tea, Mrs. Nesbitt?"]]
** The head of security at the KND Deep Sea Science Lab is [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Numbuh Twenty Thousand]].
** [[Lotus Eater Machine|The island in Chester's headband]] is a subtle reference to [[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|the Destiny Islands.]] The design looks nothing like the Destiny Islands, but the entire island is a playground with no adults, and Nigel is greeted by a Kairi expy.
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* [[Straw Feminist]]: Numbuh 86 again, though her attitude doesn't win her any points with the female members either.
* [[Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish]]: In an episode, the kids are trying to save babies at a hospital. Numbuh Three, [[The Ditz]], reveals that "I speak baby," and indeed she does.
* [[Sunglasses
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: The two songs by [[GWAR]] that are featured in "Operation: F.O.O.D.F.I.T.E."
* [[Swiss Cheese Security]]: Sector V's Treehouse, unfortunately.
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{{quote|'''Chad:''' Surprised to see me?
'''Numbuh Three:''' Yeah, surprised to see you wearing a bra! ''(she, Numbuh 12 and 23 laugh)''
'''Chad:''' It's not a bra! It's a [[Fun with Acronyms|Battle Ready Armor]]! For disguises and stuff.
'''Numbuh 23:''' Whatever you say, Chaderella. }}
** This is actually also a [[Running Gag]]: the kids mistake bras for a new kind of weapon in "Operation: S.U.P.P.O.R.T.", [[I Knew It!|which they turn out to be in fact]] at the end of the episode and in later ones.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: A literal example. There is a supermarket specifically for villains only. One episode features the majority of the [[Rogues Gallery]] and the heroes fighting over ''a box of cereal.''
* [[Villainy
* [[Villain Song]]: Pretty much the entirety of "Operation F.O.O.D.F.I.T.E"
* [[Wham! Episode]]: {{spoiler|"Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.", which results in the destruction of Sector V's treehouse and Lizzie breaking up with Nigel}}.
* [[Wham! Line]]: In Operation F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N., Numbuh One cryptically reveals how evil the Delightful Children From Down The Lane can be.
{{quote|'''Numbuh Five:''' [[My Greatest Failure|Because the one time Numbuh Five DIDN’T help someone who was kidnapped by The Delightful Children]], they did something that she can’t ''ever'' forgive!
'''Numbuh Four:''' What? What’d they do that was so bad?!?
'''Numbuh One:''' [[Noodle Incident|They made me bald.]] }}
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: Almost all the villains are built on this. Simple things most kids don't like doing such as homework, washing dishes, and eating vegetables are blown to world-destroying proportions.
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