Codename: Kids Next Door

Overview

Synopsis

Storylines

Production

Characters

Main characters

• Numbuh 1/Nigel Uno - The leader and head operative of Sector V as well as the only child of Monty Uno.
• Numbuh 2/Hogarth Pennywhistle "Hoagie" Gilligan, Jr. - The best friend of Numbuh 1, the joke-cracking engineer and 2x4 Technology Officer of Sector V as well as the older brother of Tommy Gilligan.
• Numbuh 3/Kuki Sanban - The happy-go-lucky tactician and medic of Sector V as well as the older sister of Mushi Sanban.
• Numbuh 4/Wallabee "Wally" Beetles - The brash combatant of Sector V as well as the older brother of Joey Beetles.
• Numbuh 5/Abigail "Abby" Lincoln - The intelligent, relaxed second-in-command/spy of Sector V and the younger sister of Cree Lincoln. Numbuh 5 also speaks in illeism.

  KND Organization

• Numbuh 6/Bradley - A skunk that became an honorary member of Sector V after Hoagie and Kuki saved him in the streets. In "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L." Bradley is made into a cyborg to save his life after he gets hit by a car.
• Numbuh 9/Maurice - A former member of Sector V who was reinstated to the Teens Next Door, a special operations group that fake being decommissioned on their 13th birthday, so they can learn information from both adults and teenagers.
• Numbuh 13 - The Klutz of the KND. While he means well, he is ignorant to the fact that he is incredibly clumsy, klutzy, and moronic. Like the KND's Toiletnator, every sector dreads having to work with him, even his own. The Sector Leader of N, Numbuh 14/Mary-Lou Sara-Jane Jones, has the literal job of being his damage control, which she resents very much.
• Numbuh 60/Patton Drilovsky - A high-ranking operative of the Kids Next Door Arctic Base.
• Numbuh 65.3/Herbie - The stuffy and nerdy Head Communications Officer of Moonbase. He often hails Sector V for urgent missions. He is also fond of Lizzie Devine.
• Numbuh 83/Sonia - The Soda, Snacks, and Treats officer of Sector W, she has an irrational fear of the dark and will go into a blind rage when she is forced towards it.
• Numbuh 84/Lee - The tactical Yo-yo Specialist of Sector W.
• Numbuh 86/Fanny Fulbright - The Head of Decommissioning and Global Tactical Officer of the KND Organization. She is a bossy girl and speaks with an Irish accent.
• Numbuh 92 and Numbuh 93 - Two KND operatives who reside on the Kids Next Door Moonbase. Their roles are effectively replaced with Numbuh 44/Pete and Peter Doblemitz, twin operatives who also work as infantry.
• Numbuh 101/Matt - The Head of the KND Seriously Cool Museum of Artifacts and Stuff. He is a mega fan of Sector V, having made a macaroni statue of Numbuh 5, and even having Numbuh 1's infamous Rainbow Monkey underwear; This can turn them off from him. He is also an avid KND history enthusiast, believing in Sector Z and Numbuh 0 even when others thought that they were just myths.
• Numbuh 362/Rachel McKenzie - The Supreme Leader of the KND Organization.
• Numbuh 363/Harvey McKenzie - The sector leader of Sector W, and Numbuh 362's younger brother. He is rivaling with Sector V in the series finale, who do not like him very much due to his cockiness and dislike of being touched by others. He was decommissioned months later by Numbuh 5 because she got sick of him not wanting to be touched.
• Numbuh 74.239 and Numbuh Infinity - Two KND operatives who both worked for the Splinter Cell, a shadowy faction of the Kids Next Door. They have manipulated events to sign Nigel to the Galactic KND.

  Villains

• Father/Benedict Wigglestein-Uno - 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, five 'delightfulized' kids, and Father's children. In "Operation: Z.E.R.O.", they are revealed to be the former members of the missing Sector Z; Bruce, Alessandra, David, Lenny, and Constance,. '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 - 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 - 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.
• Mr. Boss - A corporate executive and the de facto second-in-command of the KND's standard rogues gallery. Mr. Boss is often the one who leads the other KND villains in his plots. In his debut episode, some of Sector V's parents work for him in his office building. In "Operation: D.A.D.D.Y.", it is revealed that he is Numbuh 86's father.
• The Toiletnator/Lou Pottingsworth III - A toilet-themed incompetent villain, being considered the lamest villain by the KND and by other villains to the point where Mr. Boss quotes "Aw geez, it's the Toiletnator!" when he shows up. He is shown to have toilet based powers as seen within "Operation: C.A.N.Y.O.N.". In a comic spin-off, it is revealed that he is Wally's long lost uncle.
• Stickybeard - The candy-loving pirate captain of the Candy Pirates and a rival of Numbuh 5's due to their mutual obsession with sugar. Despite being sour towards the Kids Next Door, he does show a "sweet tooth" such as saving Sector V from the Great White Asparagus and helping Numbuh 5 save Heinrich from cursed licorice pirates.
• Knightbrace/Mr. Jelly - An oral health-themed vigilante who performs painful and unnecessary dental and orthodontic procedures on the children he ambushes. In his debut episode, "Operation T.E.E.T.H.", his true identity is Mr. Jelly, the former owner of a candy shop the KND frequently visit. Mr. Jelly always wanted to be a dentist since he was a child, but was expelled from dental school for attempting to put braces on babies. He was forced to work in his family's candy store, but later became Knightbrace due to being angered at candy harming children's teeth. Despite being ashamed of reluctantly serving sweets to his customers, he likes taffy.
• The Common Cold - A sickness-based villain who uses his own snot to render all KND operatives sick so they'll be too weak on stopping other adults' plans. At one point, the Common Cold was defeated by Mrs. Gilligan, who used chicken soup on him. He has a niece named Anna Worthington.
• Gramma Stuffum - An old lady obsessed with force-feeding her disgusting food to children to make them unable to move so that they cannot bother adults. As seen in her debut episode, even the Delightful Children from Down the Lane cannot handle her food. She is often accompanied by liver and two giggling onions.
• Count Spankulot - A vampire vigilante who spanks naughty children. Like the Toiletnator, he wants to join a group but his spank addiction always gets him rejected. In "Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.", he can actually turn people into spank-happy vampires just by taking off his gloves, similar to a vampire bite, and can only be cured by spanking him back.
• Mr. John Wink and Mr. Timothy Fibb - A pair of villains who use robotic chairs to fight. For unknown reasons, Mr. Wink sports bison horns and Mr. Fibb sports walrus tusks. In "Operation C.O.W.G.I.R.L.", both of them used to be members of Cowboys Kids Club, but Timothy and John became villains due to fellow Cowboy Kids Club member, Lasso Lass, going to the prom with Texas Tommy instead of Timothy. They are a parody of Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd and address each other in the same manner.
• Crazy Old Cat Lady - An old woman with cat-like features who lives with thousands of black and white cats.
• Professor XXXL  - A scientist who wants to create the most perfect snow cone that has ever been made. Every time he appears, he gets different animalistic parts in his body. While Professor XXXL rarely attacks the KND, he does engage in other activities with the other villains.
• Chester - A greedy man who wants to make money at the expense of children while doing different jobs. Some of his numerous schemes include brainwashing campers for labor while operating as a camp counselor, selling children as burgers to sharks while operating as a fast food worker, and putting Numbuh 1 in a dream with the help of his Happy Headband while operating as a mad scientist.
• Mega Mom and Destructo Dad / Mrs. and Mr. Dickson - Numbuh 274's parents that wanted their son to be the best by petrifying the other KND operatives. They were easily defeated when 274 threatens them by quitting every extra curricular activity he is assigned.
• Mr. Fizz - A businessman who is the head of the Soda Control Board who "legalize" the age of when children should not drink root beer. He cannot stand the sound of children and often drinks soda just to soothe his nerves. If he cannot steady his nerves, then he flies into a rage. He also has anosmia which makes him immune to horrible stenches.
• The Great Puttinski / Rupert Puttkin - An arrogant and rude miniature golf champion who takes the sport very seriously. After losing to Hoagie, he shrinks him down to size in his basement where he created his own course.
• Senior Citizen Squad - A group of senior citizens led by Hoagie's grandmother, Lydia Gilligan, who along with her companions, Sheldon and Maurice, use an anti-aging cream that temporarily turns them into teenagers.
• Ice Cream Men - Ice cream vendors men who operate Ice Cream Trucks and only serve ice cream to adults. They serve mainly as henchmen to the Delightful Children and Mr. Boss while using the Tasty Taste Ice Cream Factory as their base. At one point, the Delightful Children reprimanded them for having a heater in their factory.
• * Elite Ice Cream Men - A version of the Ice Cream Men that wear ice cream cone-themed armor. They are often in the services of Father.
• Henrietta "Heinrich" Von Marzipan, Numbuh 5's arch-rival, who travels the world in search of rare candy and will often go to villainous extremes to get it. She hates Numbuh 5 for an unknown past event in Guatemala, eventually explained in "Operation: C.A.R.A.M.E.L.". In the series, she appears to be a boy, but in "Operation: C.A.R.A.M.E.L.", it is revealed that she is actually female, suffering under the effects of a curse that took away her most prized quality, her feminimity, and she and Abigail reconcile with each other after she is helped to become her true self again.
• James Nixon McGarfield - McGarfield was the Fourth Grade President-for-life of Gallagher Elementary until it was revealed that he allied with Father and began abusing his power until "Operation: S.N.O.W.I.N.G." when he was defeated for holding an assembly on a snow day. His name is a reference to previous presidents involved in scandals and disasters: Richard Nixon, William McKinley, James Garfield, and James Buchanan.
• Laura Limpin / The Big Badolescent - A little girl who, while normally is innocent and thus does not have the personality of a villain, has a "condition" that turns her into a hulking monster when she gets angry. She'll eventually calm down when she gets her way. She's a parody of Hulk.
• The Six-Gum Gang - A gang of child robbers who worked for the Delightful Children to steal other children's homework and pass it off as their own.
• The Interesting Twins From Beneath The Mountain - Two Japanese twins consisting of an unnamed boy and an unnamed girl who worked for Father, with facepaint similar to the Yin and Yang symbol. Although the two are masters of disguise and espionage, they tend to suffer a lot of misfortunes and setbacks. In "Operation: T.R.I.P.", they were following Numbuh 3 on her trip to Japan to infiltrate the home base of the Japanese Kids Next Door and unleash a team of ninjas on them. The Twins would later appear in "Operation R.E.C.R.U.I.T." to infiltrate the Kids Next Door headquarters by posing as a boy named "Bobby" only to fail as Sector V knew of their schemes.
• King Sandy - An average little kid that always portrays himself as a tyrannical king and hates being told that he is only pretending. He is accompanied by the Knights of the Round Towel. He once tried to make Kuki his queen, but not before he sets his eyes on her baby sister Mushi.
• Grandfather - Monty and Benedict's father who is the main antagonist in "Operation: Z.E.R.O.". His main goal was to turn all children and adults into obedient elderly zombies to reclaim domination across the world, he was successfully defeated by the recommissioned Numbuh 0 by placing both Grandfather and himself in the Decommissioning Chamber which erased their memories.
• Ernest - Ernest is the leader of the bullies who commissions underground sports involving kids to misbehave. He first ran "Bully-Fights" in Operation: M.A.T.A.D.O.R where he tricks innocent fathers into signing up for a "How to be a Better Dad Seminar" and hook them up on caffeine causing them to behave like angry Spanish Bulls. Wally enjoyed the sport but he immediately hated the idea when forced to fight his dad, who was brainwashed. After the "Bully Fights" were sabotaged, Ernest commissioned "Vaseball", a version of baseball, where children use pottery, glass and other breakable objects as baseballs. This, however, was a ploy by Ernest and his gang of bullies to get the kids grounded so no one could tattle on them while the bullies go vandalizing every house in the neighborhood. Although successful in getting the kids grounded, minus Numbuh Four, he and the bullies gets grounded themselves. His name is a reference to Ernest Hemingway, who was a fan of Spanish Bullfighting.

  Other characters

• Lizzie Devine - Nigel's girlfriend and then later ex-girlfriend; they broke up at the end of the season 6 episode, "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.". While they were together, she was extremely possessive of him and was always looking to spend as much time with him as possible, which inconveniences him if he was in the middle of KND business.
• Numbuh 0/Montgomery "Monty" Uno - Nigel's father. He is later revealed to have started the Seventh Age of the KND after defeating Grandfather.
• Mrs. Uno - Numbuh 1's mother and Father's sister-in-law. In "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", it is revealed that she was originally a KND operative Numbuh 999, and was the first female operative of the Seventh Age.
• Betty Gilligan - Numbuh 2's mother.
• Thomas "Tommy" Gilligan - Hoagie's baby brother who constantly wanted to join Sector V on their missions, much to their annoyance. In "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.", he temporarily becomes a KND operative "Numbuh T" until he resigns himself from the code module in order to stop one of Father's plans, and becomes a vigilante going by the alias of "The Tommy".
• Kani Sanban - Kuki's father. While high strung and moody, he does love his children. His name means "crab" in Japanese, fitting his crabby personality.
• Genki Sanban - Kuki's mother. She is a successful businesswoman and is the boss of Betty Gilligan. While she never played with toys as a girl, she does let her daughters have toys as to give them a happy childhood unlike her. Her name means "energetic" in Japanese, yet Genki is portrayed as quiet.
• Mushi Sanban, Numbuh 3's little sister. In season 4, she later becomes a villain after "murdering" her sister's new Rainbow Monkey out of jealousy, later she kidnaps Count Spankulot to create Spankenstine as revenge towards Numbuh 2.
• Sydney Beetles - Wally's father.
• Mrs. Beetles - Wally's mother.
• Joey Beetles - Wally's baby brother. He is surprisingly powerful and witty for being only a baby, defeating multiple villains.
• Dr. Lincoln - Abigail's father who is inspired by Cliff Huxtable from The Cosby Show due to the fact that they both work as doctors. He used to work as a clown, until his co-worker messed up his joke, ruining their careers. Unlike the other parents, Dr. Lincoln's face is never shown.
• Mrs. Lincoln - Numbuh 5's mother.

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Broadcast

• Cartoon Network
• Kids' WB
• ''Boomerang''

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