Codename: Kids Next Door
| Codename: Kids Next Door | |
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| Genre |
Comedy-drama Action/Adventure |
| Created by | Tom Warburton |
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| Directed by | Tom Warburton Robert Alvarez (timing) |
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| Composer(s) |
Stephen Rucker Thomas Chase Jones |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (141 segments) (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Bruce Knapp |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Picture format |
480i (4:3 SDTV) (2002–2006) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2006–2008) |
| First shown in | July 20, 2001 |
| Original release | December 6, 2002 – January 21, 2008 |
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Codename: Kids Next Door, commonly abbreviated to Kids Next Door or KND, is an American animated television series created by Tom Warburton for Cartoon Network, and the 13th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The series centers on the adventures of five children who operate from a high-tech tree house, fighting against adult villains with advanced 2×4 technology. Using their codenames (Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Number 4, and Number 5), they are Sector V, part of a global organization called the Kids Next Door.
The series came about as the result of a viewer's poll by Cartoon Network. It ran from 2002 to 2008, with six seasons and 78 episodes. It also had two television films, Operation: Z.E.R.O. aired in 2006, and the series finale Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., aired in 2008.
The show revolves around the main home 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.
Warburton created a pilot episode, entitled "Diseasy Does It", for another planned show, Kenny and the Chimp, which was produced by Hanna-Barbera. 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, while Kenny and the Chimp was not greenlit by the channel. As an interest fact, the character Professor XXXL, that appeared in "Diseasy Does It", became a villain in Codename: Kids Next Door after Kenny and the Chimp wasn't picked up for a series.
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