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===Synopsis===
The show revolves around a group of five 10-year-old
Following a [[Military recruit training|period of training]], every member of the Kids Next Door chooses a number or alphanumeric code (deliberately pronounced and spelled as "Numbuh") and is sent to a "sector" that acts as their home base. The sector headquarters, like some of the organization's bases and facilities, are tree houses, with both treehouse and the tree it is in being of ludicrous proportions, and often suited to their environment. This includes a base constructed beneath the Arctic ice shelf, and a base built into a large pine tree. The main headquarters of the Kids Next Door is a treehouse [[Colonization of the Moon|Moon Base]]. The Kids Next Door follow their oath of protecting other kids as well as battling adulthood until the age of 13 when they are "decommissioned", a process of wiping their memories of any past KND activity and warping their minds. Such a practice has inevitably led to the creation of many KND villains who escaped decommissioning (such as Numbuh 5's older sister Cree, formerly known as Numbuh 11, and Chad, formerly known as Numbuh 274 and supreme commander of the Kids Next Door).
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The practice of strict decommissioning at age 13 was later on revealed to be subject to exceptions: kids who are deemed exceptional agents are offered the chance to carry on in KND as spies infiltrating the teen organization in the Teens Next Door.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E. |episode-link=List of Codename: Kids Next Door episodes#ep50 |series=Codename: Kids Next Door |date=2005-07-08 |season=4 |number=11}}</ref> Decommissioning has also proved reversible via a "re-commissioning" module used four times in the series (once in Operation: E.N.D. and three times in Operation: Z.E.R.O.).<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Operation: E.N.D. |episode-link=List of Codename: Kids Next Door episodes#ep26 |series=Codename: Kids Next Door |date=June 4, 2004 |season=2 |number=13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title=Operation: Z.E.R.O. |episode-link=List of Codename: Kids Next Door episodes#epM1 |series=Codename: Kids Next Door |date=August 11, 2006 |number=M1 |type=TV Movie}}</ref>
KND agents utilize a vast array of mechanical, electronic gadgets, weapons, and machinery, collectively referred to as 2x4 (two-by-four) technology. The KND's 2x4 technology was originally conceived as being constructed from an assortment of objects, mostly common household ones. However, as the series progressed, the kind of objects their technology was constructed from became bigger, consisting of things such as large vehicles and small buildings. Not only that, but the complexity of their technology, such as their defensive weaponry and means of transportation, advanced to such absurd levels as to be considered [[science fiction]], despite all of it still being constructed from nothing but an assortment of objects.
===Storylines===
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==Production==
[[Mr. Warburton|Warburton]] created a pilot episode, titled "Diseasy Does It", for another planned show, ''Kenny and the Chimp'', which was to be produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]]. Among the planned recurring characters for ''Kenny and the Chimp'' was a group of rebellious children known as "Those Kids Next Door", who carried out their mischief from a house next to Kenny's home, and frequently caused trouble for him. The plot-line was then changed to focus on the group of kids alone, and later, the kids battling adulthood.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2006 |title=Audio Interview: Tom Warburton |url=http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2006/11/09/audio-interview-tom-warburton/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603143358/http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2006/11/09/audio-interview-tom-warburton/ |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |access-date=2008-10-24 |website=Frederatorblogs.com}}</ref> The show began development under the name ''The Kids Next Door'', which was later changed to the current title after another network began developing a show called ''Pigs Next Door''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warburton |first1=Mr |title=warburtonlabs: THE PIGS NEXT DOOR |url=https://warburtonlabs.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-pigs-next-door.html |access-date=21 August 2024 |work=warburtonlabs |date=11 August 2014}}</ref> In 2001, the show's pilot episode, "No P in the OOL", which was produced at [[Cartoon Network Studios]], won a [[Cartoon Network]] viewer's poll, and as a result, ''Codename: Kids Next Door'' was greenlit to become a series, while ''Kenny and the Chimp'' was not greenlit by the channel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ball |first=Ryan |date=December 5, 2002 |title=Codename: Kids Next Door Goes Into Action |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/codename-kids-next-door-goes-into-action/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010050157/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/codename-kids-next-door-goes-into-action/ |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |access-date=2008-10-27 |website=Animationmagazine.net}}</ref> The character Professor XXXL, who appeared in "Diseasy Does It", became a recurring character in ''Codename: Kids Next Door'' after ''Kenny and the Chimp'' was not picked up for a series
''Codename: Kids Next Door'' was the most popular TV series produced at [[Curious Pictures]], who previously did the work on ''[[Sheep in the Big City]]'' at Cartoon Network.
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===Villains===
* Father/Benedict Wigglestein (voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]] impersonating [[Kirk Douglas]] when wearing the silhouette suit, [[Jeff Bennett]] without it) - The arch-nemesis of the KND, the main villain of the series, and the "adoptive" father of the Delightful Children From Down the Lane. He is also Nigel's paternal uncle and Monty's brother. In "Operation: Z.E.R.O.", the aforementioned family relation is revealed, as well as that Father kidnapped the kids formerly known as Sector Z and permanently brainwashed them to become the Delightful Children.
* The Delightful Children From Down the Lane (voiced by Benjamin Diskin, Dee Bradley Baker, and Cree Summer in unison, and by Tom Kenny, Rachael McFarlane, Jason Harris, Dee Bradley Baker, and Cree Summer individually as Sector Z),{{efn|In "Operation U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.", the one with the football helmet (Lenny) briefly separates from the others and is individually voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.}} five 'delightfulized' kids, and Father's children/henchmen. In "Operation: Z.E.R.O.", they are revealed to be the former members of the missing Sector Z; Bruce (blonde boy with bowl cut), Alessandra (brunette-blond haired girl), David (tall, skinny boy with a comb-over), Lenny (black boy with Football Helmet), and Constance (fat girl with brown hair and pigtails), (clockwise from the front). 'Delightfulization' is shown to be a form of brainwashing throughout the series, with Sector Z's brainwashing being boosted by a blown fuse and thus made permanent. As a result, any attempt to reverse it can only be temporary.
* Cree Lincoln (voiced by Cree Summer) - Numbuh 5's older sister, leader of the Teen Ninjas, and an apprentice to Father. She was originally a KND operative Numbuh 11. While a dangerous foe, Cree does care about her sister and wished that Numbuh 5 joined the teens just like her.
* Chad Dickson (voiced by [[Jason Harris Katz|Jason Harris]]) - Formerly Numbuh 274, Chad was the supreme leader of the Kids Next Door until it was revealed in "Operation: E.N.D." that he had hidden his thirteenth birthday to the KND and arranged Sector V's decommissioning. Due to his treason he allies with the adults and joined the Teen Ninjas. In "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y.", it is revealed that he was actually a TND operative working for the Splinter Cell.
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==Reception==
===Awards and nominations===
In 2005, the series won the Best Television Series for Children Award at the [[Ottawa International Animation Festival]] for "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.", which was written by [[Mr. Warburton]] and [[Mo Willems]] and storyboarded by Guy Moore and Quack Leard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 Ottawa International Animation Festival Awards |url=https://www.animationfestival.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=261&Itemid=1044#2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042854/https://www.animationfestival.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=261&Itemid=1044#2005 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |access-date=2016-09-22 |website=AnimationFestival.ca}}</ref> The following year, "Operation: L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E." won the Festival's Collideascope Award for Television Animation for Children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ottawa International Animation Festival | |url=https://www.animationfestival.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=261&Itemid=1044 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042854/https://www.animationfestival.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=261&Itemid=1044 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |access-date=2016-09-23 |website=AnimationFestival.ca}}</ref>
It was also nominated for the Pulcinella award at the 2007 [[Cartoons on the Bay]] festival, in the category of action-adventure TV series.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pulcinella Awards > Candidature|url=http://www.cartoonsbay.com/it/03_pulcinella/01_nominations.shtml|website=Cartoonsbay.com|archive-date=July 15, 2007|access-date=July 11, 2024|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715134620/http://www.cartoonsbay.com/it/03_pulcinella/01_nominations.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Broadcast===
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In ''[[Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall]]'', Numbuhs One through Five, and villains Father, Toiletnator, and Stickybeard appear as non-playable characters. KNDefense armor and 2x4 Tech weapons are available for players, Sector V's treehouse can be explored, and KND S.C.A.M.P.E.R.s can be used for transport. In ''[[Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion]]'', Father and Numbuh 1 are playable, Sector V Treehouse and the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. are arenas, and Numbuh 2 and Stickybeard are assisted characters. In the console versions, Toiletnator is a playable character, Numbuh 4 is an assist character, and KND Moonbase is an arena.
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On January 31, 2008, during a Q&A session on [[LiveJournal]], when Tom Warburton was asked if "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." was in fact the true finale of ''Codename: KND'',
Warburton had unsuccessfully pitched a ''Galactic: Kids Next Door'' spin-off several times to Cartoon Network executives,<ref name="part1">{{Cite web |last=Warburton |first=Tom |date=June 1, 2015 |title=The G:KND EXPERIMENT (part 1) |url=http://warburtonlabs.blogspot.pe/2015/06/the-gknd-experiment-part-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111121901/http://warburtonlabs.blogspot.pe/2015/06/the-gknd-experiment-part-1.html |archive-date=2017-01-11 |website=Warburton Labs}}</ref> and at one point he considered making a [[TV movie]] as a pilot for the potential spin-off series.<ref name="livejournal.com" /> Following having no response, Warburton eventually decided to create a pitch that would be distributed over the internet [[Pseudonymity|pseudonymously]] to try and get the series approved with help from fans. Warburton wrote the script and collaborated with others who had worked on the series to produce an [[animatic]]-style pitch.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warburton |first=Tom |date=June 5, 2015 |title=The G:KND EXPERIMENT (part 3) |url=http://warburtonlabs.blogspot.pe/2015/06/the-gknd-experiment-part-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910021001/http://warburtonlabs.blogspot.pe/2015/06/the-gknd-experiment-part-3.html |archive-date=2017-09-10 |website=Warburton Labs}}</ref><ref name="part1" /> On March 19, 2015, the animatic was released, entitled ''Galactic: Kids Next Door''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Numbuh Vine |date=31 March 2015 |title=Stop the g:KND |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPni6B2d9QM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706233112/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPni6B2d9QM |archive-date=6 July 2018 |access-date=29 December 2017 |via=YouTube}}</ref> On April 1, 2015, a fan-made petition was started on [[Change.org]] to make ''G:KND'' a real series, was signed by Warburton himself and Dee Bradley Baker.<ref name="a">{{Cite web |last=Warburton |first=Tom |date=June 19, 2015 |title=The G:KND EXPERIMENT (part 9) |url=http://warburtonlabs.blogspot.pe/2015/06/the-gknd-experiment-part-9.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111121532/http://warburtonlabs.blogspot.pe/2015/06/the-gknd-experiment-part-9
==Notes==
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[[Category:Cartoon Cartoons]]
[[Category:Elementary school television series]]
[[Category:Fictional quintets]]
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