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Codename Kids Next Door

Codename: Kids Next Door, also known as Kids Next Door or by its acronym KND, is an animated series that debuted on the Cartoon Network on December 6,2002. Broadcast as two episodes per half-hour (with the exception of "Operation: G.R.O.W.U.P.: Getting Really Old Will Upset Plans" and at least three other episodes as of August 2004), the central characters of the series are five ten-year olds who operate out of their treehouse against what they see as the tyranny of adults (i.e. early bedtimes, homework, and anyplace where kids aren't allowed).

To accomplish their various missions, the Kids Next Door have access to a variety of gadgets and devices stored in their treehouse (often Rube Goldberg devices that are products of "two-by-four technology") as well as a worldwide organization known as the Kids Next Door.

The principal characters are most often referred to by their code names, and each have their own specialties.

• Numbuh One, Nigel Uno (Ben Diskin), is the leader (and often the brains) of the group. He's always seen wearing a red sweater and dark glasses.
• Numbuh Two, Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr. (also Ben Diskin), is the designer of all the Kids Next Door's vehicles and weapons. He's obese and wears aviator's goggles.
• Numbuh Three, Kuki Sanban (Lauren Tom), is the nature lover of the group with what seems the shortest attention span and a love for stuffed animals. She wears a too-large green sweater and sneakers.
• Numbuh Four, Wallabee Beatles (Dee Bradley Baker), is the impulsive "tough guy" of the group and hand-to-hand combat expert. He wears a yellow hooded sweater and blue jeans.
• Numbuh Five, Abigail "Abby" Lincoln (Cree Summer), is the group's spy and the most laid back of the Kids Next Door. She wears a red baseball cap, white buckle shoes, and a large blue shirt with white stripes.

The Kids Next Door are regularly pitted against villains that embody the characteristics they resent. Among their more tenacious adversaries are the Delightful Children from Down the Lane, an "evil" version of the Kids Next Door that wants to eliminate them for setting a bad example; the Common Cold, who blames children's germs for his cold and seeks to make all children as sick as he is; and Gramma Stuffum, who fattens up children with disgusting dishes from her bottomless cookpot.

An ongoing plot arc involves attempts by two former Kids Next Door, Cree (Numbuh Five's older sister) and Chad (formerly Numbuh 274, who escaped the KND mandatory decommissioning and memory wipe on his thirteenth birthday), to destroy the Kids Next Door Moonbase. These missions are often coordinated by Father, a shadowy figure who has redoubled his efforts to destroy the Kids Next Door after the Delightful Children have failed to do so.

Kids Next Door episodes are always titled by acronyms which often give viewers clues to what the story's about (i.e. "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.: Capture and Kidnapify Enemy Dessert"). Everyone involved with the show is credited as though they're secret agents (i.e., writers are "writing operatives", the voice cast is listed under "vocal assault").

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The Missions

1. No P in the OOL
2. C.A.K.E.D.
3. I.-S.C.R.E.A.M.
4. C.A.N.N.O.N.
5. N.O.-P.O.W.U.H.
6. T.E.E.T.H.
7. P.I.R.A.T.E.
8. C.O.W.G.I.R.L.
9. T.U.R.N.I.P.
10. M.I.N.I.-G.O.L.F.
11. O.F.F.I.C.E.
12. A.R.C.T.I.C.
13. L.I.C.E.
14. L.I.Z.Z.I.E.
15. T.H.E.-F.L.Y.
16. P.O.I.N.T.
17. C.A.B.L.E.-T.V.
18. C.A.M.P.
19. C.H.A.D.
20. T.O.M.M.Y.
21. P.I.A.N.O.
22. Z.O.O.
23. Q.U.I.E.T.
24. R.A.I.N.B.O.W.S.
25. G.R.O.W.-U.P.
26. P.O.P.
27. C.A.T.S.
28. S.P.A.N.K.
29. D.A.T.E.
30. S.U.P.P.O.R.T.
31. T.A.P.I.O.C.A.
32. M.O.V.I.E.
33. F.A.S.T.-F.O.O.D.
34. S.H.A.V.E.
35. O.O.M.P.A.H.
36. F.L.A.V.O.R.
37. K.I.S.S.
38. G.H.O.S.T.
39. F.U.G.I.T.I.V.E.
40. T.H.E.-S.H.O.G.U.N.
41. C.O.L.L.E.G.E.
42. R.E.P.O.R.T.
43. B.R.I.E.F.
44. C.A.K.E.D.-T.W.O.
45. S.P.A.C.E.
46. B.E.A.C.H.
47. U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.
48. D.O.G.F.I.G.H.T.
49. T.R.I.P.
50. E.N.D.
51. F.U.T.U.R.E.
52. A.-F.L.O.A.T.
53. L.E.A.D.E.R.
54. R.O.B.B.E.R.S.
55. U.T.O.P.I.A.