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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 and Mandy (Animation)|The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' ("The Grim Adventures of the KND"). The [[Grand Finale]], "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." ("It's Now The Extra Really Very Interesting End Wrap-Up Story"), answered [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?|a few]] [[Codename: Kids Next Door (Animation)/Headscratchers|questions.]] There are no DVD box sets, but various episodes have been released on compilation sets.
 
This show now has a [[Codename: Kids Next Door (Animation)/Characters|character sheet]].
 
This series has nothing to do with [[Girl Next Door]].
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Adults in the series tend to be evil or clueless.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Let's see, we got...
** ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'' (even a parody from ''[[The Animatrix (Anime)|The Animatrix]]'');
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]''
** ''[[X-Men]]''
** ''[[Alien]]''
** ''[[Jurassic Park]]''
** ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''
** ''[[Minority Report (Film)|Minority Report]]'' (yeah you read right)
** ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]''
** ''[[Star Wars]]''
** ''[[Hero (Filmfilm)|Hero]]''
** ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' (part of a [[Rashomon Style]] episode)
** ''[[West Side Story]]'' of all things.
** Hell, even ''[[BaldursBaldur'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 [[TheIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Film)|Henry Jones, Jr.]]
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: The AI of Sector V's treehouse starts singing [[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|"Daisy Bell"]] when Nigel tries to attend Lizzy's sister's wedding.
* [[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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* [[Brainwashed]]: [[Double Subversion]] in "Operation: C.A.M.P.".
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: The Delightful Children From Down The Lane.
* [[Brats Withwith Slingshots]]
* [[Brick Joke]]: Of the "very long time" and "blink and you'll miss it", variety. In "Operation F.L.A.V.O.R.", Numbuh Five tastes the "fourth" flavor of ice cream, but is [[The Un-Reveal|stopped before she can exclaim what it tastes like]]. Fast forward to ''[[The Movie|Operation Z.E.R.O.]]'' and the {{spoiler|title character, shortly after recommissioning}} briefly says what it is: {{spoiler|"I have a hankering for some blurpleberry ice-cream -- it's the closest thing to the fourth flavor I've ever tasted!"}}
** 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].
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** In "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R.", the Gilligans' Tube-A-Thon losing streak is broken by Tommy. Hoagie would've finished the race as well, had there not been a [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]].
** 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.
* [[Burning Withwith Anger]]: Father is not just [[Wreathed in Flames]], but they increase in intensity when angry.
* [[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.]]
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* [[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}}.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Nearly all of the villains are this. Supervillain meetings are held regularly. Several lines in the series directly mention this trope, like this gem from "Operation: T.R.I.C.K.Y.":
{{quote| '''Stickybeard:''' ''([[Minion Withwith an F In Evil|to Dumb John Silver]])'' '''You're supposed to be an EVIL pirate!'''}}
* [[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).
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* [[Continuity Creep]]
* [[Continuity Drift]]: The first season finale, "Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P.", seems kind of off after viewing later seasons. Instead of getting decommissioned, Nigel just leaves the group and gets a job with his memories intact. It stands to reason that they had no reason to go after him. By the system he was still 10 years and it wouldn't have alerted the decommissioning department. None of his team would report him, either, so as far as anyone outside his team knew, nothing had changed.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Frequently, such as Numbuh One recognizing [[A Glitch in Thethe Matrix]] when he remembered that {{spoiler|Numbuh Four can't swim.}}
* [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: Complete with no spoken lines, and an [[Uncanny Valley|overly detailed face]]!
* [[Cool Shades]]: Numbuh One's got 'em.
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** 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?}}
** {{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|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 and Mandy|The Grim Adventures]] of the Kids Next Door"
* [[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!"
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]
* [[Demon Head]]: Numbuh Three often displays this.
{{quote| '''Kuki:''' Toys? I don't want toys... '''I WANT REVENGE!!'''}}
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* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Subverted by Black John Licorice; according to Stickybeard's sea shanty, he would even steal candy from his own mother.
* [[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.
* [[Everything's Even Worse Withwith Sharks]]: Especially when they can get a literal kid burger via fast food drive-thrus.
* [[Expy]]: Moosk in "Operation: K.N.O.T." is obviously an Expy of ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]]'''s Minsk, right down to both characters being voiced by [[Jim Cummings]].
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Rainbows|Everything's Better with Rainbow]] [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys|Monkeys]]
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
** Cree and Chad after they turned 13.
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* [[False Start]]: Numbuh Four's crush on Numbuh Three. This quickly becomes a [[Running Gag]].
* [[Fantastic Voyage]]: "Operation: S.P.R.O.U.T."
* [[Fat Sweaty Southerner in Aa 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.
* [[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]].
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* [[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.
* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: Goes hand in hand with [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]], but the various machines the kids use also have acronym names.
** 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".
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** [[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.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: [[Codename: Kids Next Door (Animation)/Radar|Enough to deserve its own subpage]].
* [[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.
* [[A Glitch in Thethe Matrix]]: Numbuh One finds one when he notices that Numbuh Four is at a pool party despite being unable to swim.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Numbuh Four's constant use of the word crud.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]
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* [[Heroes Unlimited]]: What, you thought the main charaters were the only ones?
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Each operative from Sector V has hidden eyes of different varieties. Numbuh One has [[Cool Shades]], Numbuh Two has [[Goggles Do Nothing|goggles that do nothing]], Numbuh Three has [[Eyes Always Shut]], Numbuh Four has [[Blinding Bangs]], and Numbuh Five has a [[Nice Hat]] covering her top face.
* [[High Onon Catnip]]: Catnip causes the Cat Lady's cats to have a sudden dance party.
* [[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.
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: A few villains are defeated in this fashion.
** 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 (Film)|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]] <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.}}
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* [[In Medias Res]]: Many an episode.
* [[Insulted Awake]]: Happens to Nigel Uno a lot.
* [[Instant Armor]]: Evil teenagers use Battle Ready Armor [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|(or B.R.A.s)]] to fight the KND.
* [[Instant Plunder, Just Add Pirates]]: ''Candy'' pirates.
* [[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).
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** The seventh one ("Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.") {{spoiler|is almost taken by Sector V, but the DCFDTL gets away. Unfortunately, it is stolen by another operative, who put up a scavenger hunt to see who gets the cake. Numbuh One wins, but it turns out [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|it is a cupcake]]. It is destroyed when the operative who stole it ate it. It turns out the scavenger hunt was a test for Numbuh One to see if he was ready to join the Galactic KND.}}
* [[Jerkass]]
** Numbuh 86 can be one sometimes (to boys at least), but we can also count her as a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]].
** 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.}}
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* [[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.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: Chester's headband. Consistent with the series, it sends Nigel to a fake [[Kingdom Hearts|Destiny Islands,]] where an [[Expy]] of Kairi greets him and shows him around the paradise they have without adults. Nigel grows suspicious, but his "comrades" reassure him that he's just being paranoid, until he remembers that [[A Glitch in Thethe Matrix|Numbuh 4 can't swim, but he's doing the backstroke in a pool of soda.]] {{spoiler|In the end, [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|Nigel puts Chester in his own headband]], convincing him he'd defeated him and was being praised by the other villains...that is, until Numbuh 4 turns it to its nightmare setting.}}
* [[Loved I Not Honor More]]: Comes up for Nigel and Lizzie in "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.".
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Jimmy McGarfield in "Operation: S.N.O.W.I.N.G.".
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** All of Sector V:
*** Numbuh One is Nigel Uno -- "uno" is Spanish for "one", since he is the leader.
*** 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 (TV)|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]], 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.
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* [[Official Couple]]: {{spoiler|3×4, 2×5 (maybe), and Nigel×Lizzie temporarily}}.
* [[One-Letter Name]]: Numbuh T sort of follows this trope. [[Running Gag|But T is NOT a number!]] There is no Numbuh T, only [[Large Ham|The Tommy!]]
* [[Operation Blank|Operation: B.L.A.N.K.]]: Complete with [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|acronyms.]] Below is an example.
** "Bland Lame Acronyms Now Kool"
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: Our Werepoodles Eat Homework.
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* [[Punny Name]]
* [[Punk Punk]]: One of the codifiers of Kid Punk.
* [[Raise Him Right This Time]]: The one-off villain Mr. B, after being hit by [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|his own "babyfier ray"]].
* [[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'''
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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 ''[[Ka Blam! (Animation)|Ka Blam]]'', sketch, ''The Off-Beats'', known as "The Populars".
*** Father appears to be based off of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.
*** Numbuh 86 is possibly a [[Shout-Out]] to [[From Russia Withwith Love (Film)|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]].
*** The Tommy's costume (wide-brimmed hat, mask and cape), hammy poses and catch phrase ("I am The Tommy!") reminds of [[Darkwing Duck (Animationanimation)|another animated superhero.]] Probably also a shout-out to [[The Shadow]].
*** Two of the England KND members are a [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who]]'' respectively.
*** Numbuh 11-Teen is based off of [[wikipedia:Jane Goodall|Jane Goodall]]
*** Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb are based of of [[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Mr Kidd and Mr. Wint]]
** [[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.
** [[DextersDexter's Laboratory|Dexter]] appears as a balloon in a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] episode.
** "Operation: H.O.M.E." gives us the origins of Rainbow Monkey Cereal. {{spoiler|"[[Soylent Green (Film)|IT'S MADE FROM RAINBOW MONKEYS!]]"}}
** 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]].
** 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.] [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Yes, that one.]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yugi, too.]]
** Numbuh One: "[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|By your command,]] Mr. President." {{spoiler|The president is a robot duplicate.}}
** When a baby makes a hole in a locked door to get to Numbuhs One and Five, he yells, [[The Shining|"Heeeere's Jackson!"]]
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** "Operation F.U.T.U.R.E. gives us the line, [[Toy Story|"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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|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.
** The Spinach Inquisition are a direct homage to Mel Brooks' ''[[History of the World Part One]]'' and a sketch in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
* [[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?
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* [[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.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]: King Sandy
* [[Stealth Pun]]: When Father is turning KND operatives into animals Numbuh 86 is turned into a dog. [[Do Not Explain the Joke|Get it? Because she's a bitch!]] Or because she was already a "scottie" before being turned into a [[wikipedia:Scottish Terrier|scottie]]. Although she looks more like an Irish Setter.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: The Delightful Children from Down the Lane
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* [[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 At Night]]: Numbuh One mainly, but sometimes other members of the KND as well.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: The two songs by [[GWAR (Music)|GWAR]] that are featured in "Operation: F.O.O.D.F.I.T.E."
* [[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.
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** "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.
** Numbuh Four suffers through this previously during "bring your daughter to work day" in "Operation: O.F.F.I.C.E." He waits and waits and waits... and the hands on his dad's clock move backwards.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb, parodies of ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'''s Mr. Wynt and Mr. Kidd.
* [[Tomato Surprise]]
** "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L.": the KND guard an operative... who turns out to be a skunk.
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{{quote| '''Chad:''' Surprised to see me?<br />
'''Numbuh Three:''' Yeah, surprised to see you wearing a bra! ''(she, Numbuh 12 and 23 laugh)''<br />
'''Chad:''' It's not a bra! It's a [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|Battle Ready Armor]]! For disguises and stuff.<br />
'''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.
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* [[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.
** 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?
** This show as a whole is built on this, to an ''[[Animal Farm (Literature)|Animal Farm]]''-esque degree. Anything that is kid-oriented is ''good''! [[Paranoia Fuel|Anything that is adult-oriented or that adults make kids do for their own good is ''vile and evil''!]] Which makes the existance of [[Rule 34|smutty KND pictures/fanfic]] somewhat of a violent whiplash of [[Fridge Logic]]...
** This kids = good/adults = bad thing is taken to such a degree that in "Operation: P.O.O.L." it is made to be a bad thing that the adults were doing the things kids do (playing games, getting allowances, etc.) while kids do the things adults do (go to work, taking care of the adults) on a relatively daily basis. How funny that the actions are only awful when they're not being done by their accepted respective age groups.
** 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}}.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Numbuh 20,000, who tends to go quite a little bit overboard.
* [[We Will Have Euthanasia in Thethe Future]]: A G-rated version: All KND Operatives have to be decommissioned at the age of 13, and their memories of being in the KND will erased. There are teenage operative double agents though, and evil teenagers who escaped decommissioning.
* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S."
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E." is, [[Viewers Are Geniuses|surprisingly,]] basically the ''Second Renaissance'' short in ''[[The Animatrix (Anime)|The Animatrix]]'' with the serial numbers filed off.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: When The Toiletnator sinks an '''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|ENTIRE GRAND CANYON'S]]''' worth of milk and cereal using his ''[[Heart Is an Awesome Power|flushing powers]]''.<ref>Unfortunately, he did it when the Operatives were about to eat said Milk and Cereal, Natutally Numbuh 86 Berates Numbuh 1 for what happened Because of said incident.</ref>
* [[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.
* [[X-Ray Sparks]]
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save Thethe World]]: Not in that particular order.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://knd.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The KND Code Module.]
* [[The Worf Effect]]