Codename: Kids Next Door

Codename: Kids Next Door, also known as Kids Next Door or by its initials KND, is an American animated television series created by Tom Warburton Curious Pictures. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 6, 2002, and aired its final episode on January 25, 2008. The series came about as the result of a viewer's poll by Cartoon Network.

The series centers on the adventures of five children who operate from a high-tech tree house fighting against adult tyranny. They use advanced 2x4 technology to battle evil adult super villains. Using their codenames (Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Number 4 and Number 5) they are Sector V, part of a global organisation called The Kids Next Door. On August 11, 2006, the series broadcast a television movie Operation: Z.E.R.O.. The show was also part of Cartoon Network's series, Cartoon, and is the 13th cartoon of the series.

Overview
Premise

The show revolves around the main kid operatives of Sector V - Numbuh One (Nigel Uno), Numbuh Two (Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr.), Numbuh Three (Kuki Sanban), Numbuh Four (Wallabee Beatles) and Numbuh Five (Abigail Lincoln). Their mission is to fight crimes against kids, such as homework and flossing, committed by adults, senior citizens, teenagers, and other "evil" children. They make up what is known as Sector V of a worldwide organization called the Kids Next Door.

Production history

Warburton created a pilot episode for another show, Kenny and the Chimp. Originally, there was a group of children who called themselves "The Kids Next Door" among the recurring characters, and would often get Kenny into trouble. The plot-line was then changed to focus on the group of kids alone, and later, the kids battling adulthood. In 2001, the show's pilot episode, "No P in the OOL", won a Cartoon Network viewer's poll, and as a result, Codename: Kids Next Door was greenlit to become a series.

Storylines

The episodes are titled as the Kids Next Door's missions, denoted as "Operation:" followed by an acronym which often gives viewers clues as to what the episode is about. The episodes have little continuity, although occasionally missions make a reference to earlier episodes or lead to consequences in another. Season Five's "Operation: O.U.T.B.R.E.A.K." is the only episode that is a direct continuation of another episode ("Operation: V.I.R.U.S.").

Stories in the earlier episodes were often about typical childhood problems, but magnified and exaggerated; as the series progressed, a more complex storyline developed.

The show frequently contains references to films, especially in the later seasons, such as Dragon Ball Z (after Funimation concluded their partnership with Saban and Pioneer),The Pink Panther (which The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight is the only produced by Marvel), Planet of the Apes, Jaws, Jurassic Park, King Kong, The Terminator, Resident Evil, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, X-Men, James Bond, Stargate franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Indiana Jones film series.