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'''''Codename: Kids Next Door''''' (2001-2008) is an original animated series from [[Cartoon Network]] about a team of five ten-year-olds who are members of a secret organization that fights adult tyranny. It's much better than it sounds.

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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 series has nothing to do with [[Girl Next Door]].

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* [[Abnormal Ammo]] / [[Edible Ammunition]]: Goes hand-in-hand with the [[Bamboo Technology|2×4 technology]] used by the KND, but used by other organizations and villains as well. The Six Gum Gang uses revolvers loaded with already-chewed gum, a sea coffee-drilling rig is equipped with coffee-bean turrets and one episode even has the U.S. government using giant robots that shoot ''bubblewrap''.

* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: Most, if not all male KND operatives fit the description to perfection.

* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Adults in the series tend to be evil or clueless.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Let's see, we got...

** ''[[Alien]]''

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

** ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''

** ''[[Star Wars]]''

** ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' (part of a [[Rashomon Style]] episode)

** ''[[West Side Story]]'' of all things.

* [[All According to Plan]]: A plot twist so common that it's also a [[Running Gag]] for one character for a time.

* [[Angels Pose]]: The series' logo.

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]

** Numbuh Three's sister, Mushi. Which is ironic as they actually started out getting along with each other.

** Numbuh 362's little brother Harvey, Numbuh 363, who constantly antagonizes Numbuh One.

** Cree considers Numbuh 5 to be this to her.

* [[Anthropomorphic Food]]: Grandmother Stuffem creates this to force itself into kids' mouths.

* [[Art Evolution]]: Over the course of the series, the animation became more consistent and the colors became richer.

* [[Art Shift]]: "Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T."

* [[Badass Beard]]: Captain Stickybeard, of course.

* [[Badass Boast]]: There are quite a few, in particular {{spoiler|Negative Numbah 86's}} epic line in "Operation: P.O.O.L.":

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: As noted above, definitely present.

* [[Balloon Belly]]: All of Sector V after Gramma Stuffum's attack in "Operation: N.O.-P.O.W.U.H.".

** Saying anything anti-feminist around Numbuh 86 is a big No-No.

** Also, ''never'' call Numbuh 86 "Toots", as Numbuh 2 learned the hard way.

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

* [[Big Good]]: Numbuh 362

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

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]

** Numbuh Three's last name, Sanban, loosely translates to "third" in Japanese.

** In "Operation: L.I.C.E.", the giant mutated lice are killed by cheddar.

** "Operation: T.H.E.-S.H.O.G.U.N." provides a particularly over-the-top example.

* [[Book Dumb]]: Numbuh Four is this, big time. {{spoiler|He even grows out of it big time, graduating from Harvard of all places and becoming a doctor.}}

* [[Brains and Brawn]]: Numbuhs Two and Four.

* [[Brainwashed]]: [[Double Subversion]] in "Operation: C.A.M.P.".

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: The Delightful Children From Down The Lane.

** Not to mention [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxSLzcvphCw&feature=channel_video_title Numbah 4's singing at the ends of the P.O.O.L. and M.O.O.N. operations].

* [[Broken Streak]]

** Speaking of the C.A.K.E.D. missions, each one that comes up usually has the KND ruining the Delightfuls' Birthday in some form or another. However on the Sixth one (the title which cleverly omitted the C.A.K.E.D. from it), the Delightfuls manage to get one over on the K.N.D in a delicious irony: {{spoiler|they have three of Sector V deliver the cake}} without them even knowing it till the end.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Numbuh Five (and her sister Cree) are half-French, half African-American. Both of their parents are still Black, though. And their father is a parody of [[Bill Cosby]].

* [[Caffeine Bullet Time]]: "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R." has a [[Villain of the Week]] that has [[Super Speed]] from consuming large amounts of coffee regularly. When Numbuh Five gets a coffee overdose of her own, she gets temporary [[Super Speed]] as well, [[Too Fast to Stop|but notably crashes pretty quickly and realistically.]]

** Not to mention {{spoiler|Numbuh Zero and Father}}.

* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]: In "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", KND scientist Numbuh 74.239 claims he has taken the Delightful Children From Down The Lane's cake and announces a scavenger hunt for it. {{spoiler|Numbuh One}} wins -- only to find out that {{spoiler|the scavenger hunt was a test to see who will be chosen to be the representative of Earth in the Galactic KND, and the promised cake was actually just a cupcake, which 74.239 happily scarfs down}}.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]

* [[Cereal Vice Reward]]: The KND stealing the Delightful Childrens' birthday cake and ruining their birthdays in the "C.A.K.E.D." episodes).

* [[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 Three/Kuki, "[[The Chick|The Flirt]] / [[The Ditz]]" - Green

** Numbuh T/Tommy, "[[Tagalong Kid]]"

** Numbuh Six / Bradley, "[[The Sixth Ranger]]"

** Temporary Numbuh 49/Lizzie, "[[The Load]]" - Yellow

* [[Combat Tentacles]]: The giant turnip's in "Operation: T.U.R.N.I.P.".

* [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]]: This show is practically built on conspiracies (sometimes literally). Not surprisingly, the KND were even responsible for the fake moon landing.

* [[Continuity Creep]]

* [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: Complete with no spoken lines, and an [[Uncanny Valley|overly detailed face]]!

* [[Cool Shades]]: Numbuh One's got 'em.

** Subverted in one episode where one of the DCFDTL appears to break free from the group to act as [[The Mole|a spy]] for the K.N.D. Double Subverted when {{spoiler|he turns out to be the [[Reverse Mole]] and levitates back to them, and there's even a sickening squelching noise when he reasserts his place. His football helmet actually grew back on his head at the time, too.}}

** {{spoiler|And that's on top of ''all five'' Delightful Children actually being brainwashed K.N.D. operatives. ''Triple'' Reverse Mole?}}

* [[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.

* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: "Your new fourth grade president is.... EGBERT EGGLESTON!"

* [[Demon Head]]: Numbuh Three often displays this.

* [[Disguised in Drag]]: Numbuh Four becomes Numbuh 4-30teen-7 for "Operation: S.L.U.M.B.E.R.".

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: The Delightful Children and Father both fall victim to this in the [[Grand Finale]], though the latter case is subverted.

* [[Dope Slap]]: Numbuh Five dope-slaps Numbuh Four after the latter eats some Coco Nut Logs despite being allergic to coconut.

* [[Drinking Contest]]: The ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' parody episode replaces the alcohol with mugs and sacks of pure sugar.

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Numbuh 86's real name is Fanny. The joke has some [[Unfortunate Implications]] when you realize what the Scottish-accented Fanny's name ''means'' in her homeland... Further implications abound when you take into account the fact that she's a complete [[Straw Feminist|FemiNazi]].

* [[Epic Fail]]: In "Operation: D.A.D.D.Y.", Mr. Boss intends to save money by cutting the hair of his own children instead of taking to them to a barber. [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100816181353/knd/images/c/c6/Numbuh_85.jpg The resulting haircut on his son is impossibly bad.]

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Plenty of villains in the series have shown to do this: for example, Stickybeard saves Sector V from the giant white asparagus because while he steals candy from kids, he won't allow anyone to be forced to eat asparagus.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]

** Cree and Chad after they turned 13.

* [[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]].

* [[Flanderization]]: The Delightful Children from Down the Lane have always spoken and moved in unison, but in later episodes this is taken even further as they are practically considered a single entity, from wearing a single costume large enough for them to all fit in to having [[Crack Pairing|all five of them simultaneously date Numbuh Three]].

* [[Flash Back]]: Used to open "Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E.", "Operation: H.O.M.E.", "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E." and "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y.".

* [[Foreshadowing]]: In "Operation: P.O.O.L.", {{spoiler|the Delightful Children's good counterparts are called the "Little Traitor Dudes for Children's Defense", indicating they may have been defectors from the KND's [[Evil Counterpart]], the DNK}}. In ''Operation: Z.E.R.O.'', {{spoiler|it's revealed that the Delightful Children are KND operatives turned "traitor", although they were brainwashed, mirroring their [[Mirror Universe]].}}

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: "Operation: E.N.G.L.A.N.D." shows us that Sector E and the "Rowdy Hooligans from Across the Square" put aside their differences to relax and tell jokes. Numbuh One questions why they don't fight each other, and they respond that fighting over a Rainbow Monkey library book is something that Americans would do.

* [[Frothy Mugs of Water]]: Parodied in an episode where root beer is treated like actual beer, complete with references to U.S. Prohibition. In fact, all soda is pretty much treated like alcohol in the KND universe. And then there was the ep where Numbuh Five and Stickybeard had a drinking contest, by downing huge frothy mugs of pure sugar.

** And in the [[Mirror Universe]] episode, the acronyms are even reversed -- the counterpart to the Kids Next Door (KND) are the Destructively Nefarious Kids (DNK) and the counterpart to the Delightful Children From Down The Lane (DCFDTL) are the Little Traitor Dudes For Children's Defense (LTDFCD).

** Only one early episode didn't have fun with them -- "No P in the OOL".

** [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Grandfather. And HOW. He practically destroys the K.N.D. and succeeds in retaking control of the world like before but worse. Yet instead of kicking up his heels like most would do and relaxing with some tapioca he then focuses his attention on destroying a last [[Hope Spot]], the book of K.N.D. which led to his defeat the last time. Even when one of his own sons show some resistance to their family's evil ways he decides to zombify him instead of just leaving him be.

** And it was by restoring Grandfather's memory Father showed another moment of [[Genre Savvy]]. To steal the memory-restoring device from the museum, he sent two groups of villains: one to the museum and one to assault the moonbase as a distraction. Almost all KND operatives believed the museum raid to be the distraction. Later, when Father assembled the other villains so they'd see him using the device on Grandfather, he not only expected Numbuh One to show up but also ''wanted'' it to happen. It turns out the device couldn't be activated without boogers from an active KND operative and, since Father's and the Delightful Children's involutary inductions were already over, he needed to take it from somebody.

* [[Girls Have Cooties]]: "Operation: O.U.T.B.R.E.A.K."; Sector V is sent on a mission to decontaminate the organization's underwater research center from the much-feared '''C'''oojatisnal '''O'''cto '''O'''ogie '''T'''erta '''I'''nfecto '''E'''pi '''S'''treptacaucus.

* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: And they absolutely '''''adore''''' Rainbow Monkeys.

* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Numbuh Four's constant use of the word crud.

* [[Guns Akimbo]]

* [[Grand Finale]]

* [[Growing Up Sucks]]: Oh so very much.

* [[Hammerspace]]: Where the KND store most of their cool gadgets.

** There is an episode where Numbuh One pulls out at least eight weapons one at a time from nowhere, only to be blasted by Cree.

* [[Heel Face Mole]]: "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.", where one of the Delightful Children joins the KND.

* [[Heroes Unlimited]]: What, you thought the main charaters were the only ones?

* [[Hive Mind]]: The Delightful Children From Down The Lane, who seem to represent conformity personified; although later episodes make it clear that they're not a literal case of one mind shared by five bodies, they always speak and act in unison. It's kind of telling that in [[Rashomon Style|"Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T.,"]] Numbuh Two's [[Art Shift|side of the story]] is the only one that depicts them with five separate bodies rather than five heads on a single two-armed body.

** For example, {{spoiler|Chester being trapped in his own [[Lotus Eater Machine]]}}.

* [[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.

* [[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"

** Hoagie (Numbuh Two) was so addicted to chocolate sauce that he used to bathe in it. Eventually he had to sign up to Chocoholics Anonymous.

* [[In Medias Res]]: Many per episode.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]

* [[In Medias Res]]: Many an episode.

* [[Insulted Awake]]: Happens to Nigel Uno a lot.

* [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake]]: Seven of the episodes feature the KND trying to take the cake from the Delightful Children from Down the Lane, who refuse to share it with anyone. To make it worse, said DCFDTL brag and boast about it, giving the KND justification. The cakes seem to vary, in both appearance and what happens to it (as in destroyed).

** To start, the first one (used in "Operation: C.A.K.E.D." is a normal one. It is {{spoiler|destroyed by accident}}.

** The second one ("Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-T.W.O.") is semi-sentient, and attacks the KND. It is {{spoiler|destroyed and split into a ton of drops when Lizzie flew in to save Numbuh One. Everyone but the DCFDTL got a bit}}.

** The third cake ("Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-T.H.R.E.E.") is a normal one, but bigger than the last one. It isn't destroyed per se, but {{spoiler|it is soiled by Numbuh One's pet chicks doing their business, thus ruining the KND's mission}}. [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|However, the DCFDTL ate it!]]

** The fifth one... ("Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.") {{spoiler|well, three words. [[Star Wars|Death Star-sized]]. It functions both as an ice cream cake and as a battle station that would destroy all the ice cream on Earth. It is destroyed when one of the ships is shot down, cutting the cake in half.}}

** The sixth one ("Operation: S.I.X.") is a doozy, {{spoiler|because it pulls a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|delicious]] irony -- the KND delivers the cake to them.}} Unknown if the KND retaliates or if the cake is destroyed. Probably not destroyed, because in "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", {{spoiler|Numbuh Two said that they brought the cake back in one piece... once, but that did not stop Numbuh 74.329 from Pulling Sector V out of the Cake stealing mission and giving the case to Sector W.}}

* [[Jerkass]]

** Numbuh 363, however, [[Good Is Not Nice|is notably lacking in the "heart of gold" department.]]

* [[Kangaroo Court]]: {{spoiler|Parodied to a [[Rule of Drama|dramatic degree]] in "Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S.", as the DCFDTL are the judges. No witnesses, no jury, and a defense that didn't get a single shot at defending Numbuh One.}}

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Subverted with further seasons as the team gets a variety of gear in addition to pajamas and swimsuits. [http://knd.wikia.com/wiki/Numbuh_3 Numbuh Three has the most varied wardrobe.]

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: After Season 3 and 4 start rolling around, there is ''a lot'' of minor operatives and villains to keep track of.

* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Jimmy McGarfield in "Operation: S.N.O.W.I.N.G.".

* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: "Operation: T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G."

** Added bonus reveal from the CN comic book: {{spoiler|The Toilenator is Wally's uncle.}} The story was written by Mr. Warburton, it must be canon.

* [[Made of Diamond]]: Grandfather. They {{spoiler|crash a moonbase on him and he dusts it off like it was nothing!}}

** And several villains too, like Professor XXX-L or Chester.

* [[Magic Skirt]]: Kuki's wedding dress in "Operation: B.E.A.C.H.", when King Sandy [[Unwilling Suspension|hangs her upside down by her feet]].

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Father

* [[Meaningful Name]]

** All of Sector V:

*** Numbuh One is Nigel Uno -- "uno" is Spanish for "one", since he is the leader.

*** Numbuh Three is Kuki Sanban -- "sanban" is Japanese for "number three", and "Kuki" is a reference to Numbuh Three being a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].

*** 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.

* [[Naked People Are Funny]]

* [[Naughty Is Good]]: The perfectly well-behaved Delightful Children from Down the Lane are villains; the heroes are rebellious, mischievous, and disobedient but fight for the rights of kids everywhere.

* [[Never Bareheaded]]: One of the Delighful Children never takes off his football helmet.

** One by both Gilligan brothers. Early on, Tommy sticks one of Father's boogers in the decommisioning machine to count him as a member of the KND and turn his transforming ray on him. [[Chekhov's Gun|Later,]] during a tag game to decide who will take 362's place, {{spoiler|Numbuh Two is rushing to find somebody to tag in the last few seconds, and he tags the first person he finds on the other side of the door he opens. [[Oh Crap|Tag,]] [[Big Bad|Father,]] [[Oh Crap|you're it]]!}}

** The end of "No P in the Ool", where Numbuh One tries to hijack Mr. Fink and Mr. Fib's chair machine, only to accidently acticate the drill on it, which subsequently drains the pool, meaning neither side wins.

** Numbuh 10-speed, leader of the KND Central Bike Hub, is a kid version of Lance Armstrong.

* [[No Dialogue Episode]]: "Operation: T.H.E.-F.L.Y."

* [[Not Brainwashed]]: "Operation: C.O.L.L.E.G.E."

* [[Not Hyperbole]]: When Cree says she'd turn the treehouse upside down, she ''means'' it.

* [[Oddly Visible Eyebrows]]

* [[Official Couple]]: {{spoiler|3×4, 2×5 (maybe), and Nigel×Lizzie temporarily}}.

** "Bland Lame Acronyms Now Kool"

* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: Our Werepoodles Eat Homework.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Count Spankulot is a vampire who spanks "naughty" children and can turn others into "spank-happy" vampires [[Power Limiter|by spanking them gloveless.]]

* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Numbuhs One and Five. Justified in that the former is Sector V's head and the latter is his second-in-command/right-hand woman. To a lesser extent, the members of Sector V who aren't romantically interlinked to each other.

* [[Portal Pool]]: To the [[Mirror Universe]].

* [[Power Limiter]]: Count Spankulot can turn others into "spank-happy vampires" by spanking them gloveless.

* [[Pungeon Master]]: Numbuh Two

* [[Punk Punk]]: One of the codifiers of Kid Punk.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: {{spoiler|Leaky Leona, who turns out to have been using the Fountain of Youth to maintain her 10-year-old form for the past 300 years.}}

* [[Rebus Bubble]]: '''2 + 2 = Pizza'''

** Numbahs One and Five.

** Numbahs Four and Two.

* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: {{spoiler|Henrich when we finally learn why he was so peeved at Numbuh Five.}}

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Numbuh 5 and her sister, Cree.

* [[Serious Business]]: Don't get us started....rainbow monkies and cake and card collections.....

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E."

** Character-specific:

*** Father appears to be based off of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.

** [[Chinatown|I was hungry (slap), I was thirsty (slap), I was hungry (slap), I was thirsty (slap),..., I was hungry and thirsty.]]

** The Delightful Children are turned into sheep in one episode. The middle one resembles Sheep from [[Sheep in The Big City]]. Also, in "T.H.E.-F.L.Y.", one of the stuffed animals shown in Numbuh 3's room is Sheep.

** Operation R.E.P.O.R.T. does five parodies in one episode.

*** Numbuh Four's version of [[Art Shift|"Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T."]] is a huge one to ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. At one point he blows a chewing gum bubble into his hands to make what looks like a [[Kamehame Hadoken|Chewing Gum Kamehameha]].

** 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!"]]

** 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]]''.

'''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?]]

** The head of security at the KND Deep Sea Science Lab is [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Numbuh Twenty Thousand]].

* [[Smelly Skunk]]: Numbuh Six, otherwise known as Bradley, is a skunk, and the first non-human Operative in the series. His spray is actually a plot device, as it negates Chester's mind control. His real parents also show up and play the trope straight.

* [[Spank the Cutie]]: Count Spankulot. Do we need to say more?

* [[Slippery Swimsuit]]: Numbuh One loses his trunks, resulting in an avalanche of jokes about how big his butt is.

* [[The Speechless]]: Numbuh Five was originally going to be one of these.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: The Delightful Children from Down the Lane

* [[Story Arc]]: Since there's a lot of them in the series, there's a lot of continunity involved.

** Numbuhs One and Two, having no clue what bras are, use a backronym generator on the word, and eventually conclude that it stands for "Battle Ready Armor" and is a secret Teenager armor device. After some embarrassing hijinx, [[The Stinger]] shows us that that is ''indeed'' what the Teenagers are using bras for (yes, even the boys). They even use the same backronym.

* [[Straw Feminist]]: Numbuh 86 again, though her attitude doesn't win her any points with the female members either.

* [[Swiss Cheese Security]]: Sector V's Treehouse, unfortunately.

* [[Take That]]: This whole show is a massive [[Take That]] towards adulthood. Ironically, this show was made by adults.

* [[Third Person Person]]: Numbuh Five says she makes referring to herself in the third person cool!

* [[Thirteen Is Unlucky]]: Numbuh 13 is very unlucky, so unlucky that he's spent his entire career being foisted from one team to another because misfortune always befalls his new comrades.

* [[This Is a Drill]]: The ending of "No P in the Ool".

* [[Time Passes Montage]]

** "Operation: A.W.A.R.D.S." spoofs the [[Spinning Clock Hands]] version, where the spinning clock hands turns out to be just Numbuh Four playing with his watch.

* [[Tomato Surprise]]

** "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L.": the KND guard an operative... who turns out to be a skunk.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Numbuh Four loves eating Coco Nut Logs even though he's allergic to coconut.

* [[Totally Radical]]: The "Little Traitor Dudes for Children's Defense" native language.

* [[Travel Montage]]: "Operation: R.A.I.N.B.O.W.S."

* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: More often than not, at least one Kid ends up getting their hair chopped, shaved, pulled, or burned off during a mission.

* [[Troubled Fetal Position]]: In "Operation: I.T.", {{spoiler|Father enters this position after being threatened at broccoli-point by Rachel, a.k.a. Numbuh 362, complete with an implied hallucination of ''his'' father making him eat broccoli during ''his'' childhood. Although given what his father is like, this was probably a truly traumatic experience.}}

* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]: The afromentioned [[Creepy Child|Creepy Children]]

* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Subverted. To the Kids Next Door, adults are the enemy, and so they don't really care what the adults are named beyond "Mom" or "Dad". All adults are either "Mr. ______" or some variation on the gimmick they use to fight the KND. The biggest villain for the majority of the series is the demonic figure known only as "Father". The one who eventually tops him is the Draculaesque "Grandfather". Three guesses as to the nature of their relationship. In addition, quite a few of the kids' parents are named as the series goes on.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Sometimes averted, other times played straight. If the Kids Next Door are doing a [[Humongous Mecha]] battle in town square for example, you will see civilians running away in terror. However, if the children are jumping into trap doors to escape class, pulling out crazy 2×4 technology in public or participating in other related craziness, expect the people around them to be either indifferent, or to bounce back quickly.

* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]

** Chad Dickson in "Operation: S.L.U.M.B.E.R.":

'''Numbuh 23:''' Whatever you say, Chaderella. }}

* [[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.''

'''Numbuh One:''' [[Noodle Incident|They made me bald.]] }}

** One episode features a hardware-store owner who wants to eliminate two aviators who bought their plane parts from him. Why? Because they kept ''smudging his counter with chili''. [[Disproportionate Retribution]] much?

** It's normally only shown to be bad when the supervillains take it to extremes; the KND are normally shown having really good relationships with their own parents, even when 86's father is {{spoiler|Mr. Boss}}, and they even state in some episodes that they only fight evil adults. The supervillains' plots are normally something most normal adults in the series would likely have a problem with if they knew (in some cases, this is shown actively).

** And at the end of "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", it's revealed that {{spoiler|adulthood is literally a disease. One that's spreading unchecked across the universe}}.

* [[Wild Teen Party]]: The Delightful Children accidentally start a TV-Y7 version of this trope by trying to kiss up to teenagers. They're forced to ask the Kids Next Door to [[Save the Villain|help them stop the party]] before Father finds out; the KND are honor-bound to agree.

* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://knd.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The KND Code Module.]

* [[The Worf Effect]]

* [[World Gone Mad]]: It's a world where adults live to make the younger generations lives a living hell. And people get away with turning stuffed animals and pinkeyeye crust into food. And there's candy pirates who wreck the suburbs pretty damn often, and Father, and Grandfather, and all the villains, and... hell, and some horrible plan about to ruin the lives of children forever and yet their parents always think they're just playing... And then there's "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E.". My God.

* [[World of Ham]]: You'd be hard-pressed to find a line in this show spoken at normal speed and volume.

* And then there's "Opearion: P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T.".

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: A notable example is when Sector V had to improvise an attack on a "Villains Awards Show" without Numbuh One's help. It involved a lot of disguises, a chunk of sneaking around, and lots of snot. Worked out, until it was revealed that Numbuh One was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Kid]]-[[Gambit Roulette|napped]] and set up as an award, causing the plan to backfire. Thankfully, they managed to rescue him in time for the plan to work out. By simply rushing the stage and carting him away. The adults had no clue what was going on.

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

* [[You Meddling Kids]]: "Operation: C.A.M.P."; a angry camp counselor yells at a skunk, the one later used in the [[Tomato Surprise]], after the KND freed a bunch of [[Brainwashed]] campers.

* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]

** Or rather a [[Zombie Apocalypse|Senior Citizombie Apocalypse]] in [[The Movie]].

 

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