Codename: Kids Next Door: Difference between revisions

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.

 

 

This show now has a [[Codename: Kids Next Door/Characters|character sheet]].

** ''[[The Matrix]]'' (even a parody from ''[[The Animatrix]]'');

** ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''

** ''[[Alien]]''

** ''[[Jurassic Park]]''

* [[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 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.

** 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''.

* [[Big Bad]]: Alternates between Father and Mr. Boss

* [[Big Good]]: Numbuh 362

* [[Big Labyrinthine Building]]: a huge, labyrinthine, ''treehouse''.

** {{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.

* [[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!"

* [[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]].

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[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''.

 

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[[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]]

[[Category:The Millennium Age of Animation]]

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