History Headscratchers / CodenameKidsNextDoor

-->Tall, lanky, brunette boy with BlindingBangs -- Numbuh 4\\

** As you said, they're ThoseTwoBadGuys. Being the only villains without a quirky theme is a theme, too.

*** This. Just because it's a KND operative's booger, it doesn't prove the "myth" that Numbah Zero was real. Besides that, he's been decomissioned, thus he can't be checked by the Code Module.

* Maybe the teens aren't really so "evil" after all. Think about it -- your entire childhood has been consumed by fighting adversaries. Then it's taken from you. Then you're given a chance to fight adversaries again -- the exact same ones that took everything you lived for during your childhood away from you. What ''else'' are they gonna do?

** Actually, this is presumably the ''reason'' teens are decomissioned, its an exagerated version of the TeensAreMonsters tropes. If the teens were allowed to keep their knowledge once hormones and personality changes start wrecking them, the KND wouldn't be around for long.

** [[Main/WordOfGod According to Mr. Warburton himself,]] he prefers not to reveal one of the parent's faces until there's a "personal/emotional" moment. Best seen in "Operation: M.I.S.S.I.O.N.": when Numbuh Four's dad is hanging out with his bowling buds, his face his fully visible, but when Numbuh Four shows up to talk with him, we only see him below the neck.

* How did the Delightful Children make Nigel COMPLETELY AND PERMANENTLY bald? Did they BURN OFF his hair follicles with acid or something? And furthermore, WHY?
** What's any of this about? Nigel's ''dad'' gave him a haircut so bad that he had to go the the barber's, didn't he?

** Science clearly works very, very differently than in the KND universe compared to the real life.

** The same reason the KND haven't done just that to their own parents. Even as mortal enemies they're still family.
** That and Cree has shown herself to be quite capable of dealing with multiple KND operatives on her own. Trying to capture her on her own turf would probably not be worth it in the end.

*** I always thought that in the beginning they were planning on basing all the bad guy on animals. Doctor triple extra large was gonna stay a lobster, Wink and Fibb were a walrus and buffalo, and there was that old lady with the tail in the episode about the zoo, and I've seen concept art of Chester as a moose, Hence the moosicles episode.
** Robot chairs is probably some accidental ad-lib over their first appearance, where they work as lifeguards(or something alike) and use armchairs as a super giant robot weapon of sorts. The walrus and buffalo motif... you got me. I think the above explains it quite better.

** I always thought them as cranky weird neighbors. Or something. They're so a gay couple, by the way.

** Like you said, they're ThoseTwoBadGuys. Being the only villains without a quirky theme is a theme, too.
** Combining the above theories, giving all the antagonists animal features was probably an [[TheArtifact artifact]] that started with Prof. XXXL, but never really extended beyond characters introduced in the first season.
* Do the Delightul Children have a hive mind? In Operation U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R, when Lenny rejoins them you can clearly hear weird sounds that suggest he's fusing with them. And when he puts his football helmet back on, it GROWS from behind his head. My main question is, what did the delightfulization do to them?

** They don't remember because they were decomissioned, but Nigel's mind is moved to his future body so he remembers the KND but not being elected president, etc. He also didn't know about vetoing because he (as a kid) wasn't the best student and didn't remember learning about it. The others' plan is illogical, but I assume that the future him would have normally signed it.
*** This episode was a test of Nigel's character. the Galactic KND (or some other higher order knd group) put him in the scenario to see how he'd do. Imagine: you wake up an adult, all your friends are adults, nobody remembers anything but Abby - and she's been locked away BY YOU apparently, and everyone is pushing you to sign a bill that voids all rights for kids. If the episode screwed with your head realize what Nigel felt was much worse, but he didn't crack under the pressure and didn't sign the bill. They wanted to see: would he sell out his beliefs because his friends did? could he be convinced that what he remembered wasn't real and that this new messed up reality was the way things should be? would he betray every kid on earth if the stakes were high enough? The part where he says "He gets it" and stands up to the barrage and survives is because he realizes it's a simulation, and the fact he almost figured it out the GKND decided not to put him through anymore of those simulations. This clearly wasn't the first time they tested him, but there's no indication of which (if any)other episodes were tests.

* Why the HELL is there an Amish branch in the Kids Next Door? What is the point of having an old fashioned, PACIFIST branch in an otherwise military organization?

*** Yup, two-by-four technology would still be okay for most sects of Amish. They'd actually probably be better at it, too.

** Two reasons come to mind. 1) The above that he KND protect the rights of ALL children. It probably helps to have kids whose natural lifestyle is based around labor and farming with specific traditions who are otherwise happy. To have a measuring stick against which to compare a normal if not somewhat unconventional farm life to something like, say, children being forced into hard labor by adults. 2) Even a military will have noncombattant support units that take care of supplies acquisition, medicine, and other such things. Maybe the Amish KND are the ones who provide food supplies to places like the moon base or arctic research stations, so that they'll always have a few supply lines that can't be compromised by adults so easily. And a technology free zone would be pretty handy for any operative needing a place to lay low if needing to hide from a particularly nasty adult or some other danger.

** Guy hated being in the crossfire between kids and adults, and after one of his son showed interest in the KND, he decided to set out with a select few people to create an isolated paradise where kids and adults could live in harmony. Of course, he had to abandon his family in the process, which means Hoagie and Tommy probably have a few choice words for him when they run into him again. Nah, I dunno.

** Half of the time the kids are at school. Yet, because some missions are top-priority they ditch school. After school is done or it's the weekends they're free to do whatever. The parents don't stop their kids from going because to them it's just a silly treehouse (example, Numbah 1's dad), plus they have a "no adults allowed" rule. Parents that try to stop their kids from entering the treehouse may just be met with rebellious behaviour. Basically, it's for the same reason why most parents allow their children to hang out with friends.

** Also, the Delightful Children are arrogant bastards. Probably literally. We never see Father's wife. And yes, I know that the Delightful Children are actually the long lost "Sector Z".

* On a related note, in "C.A.K.E.D.T.H.R.E.E." when the Delightful Children hijacked the tv stations so kids would have to watch them eat it, why didn't the kids simply turn off the tv? All they do is stare at it with tortured looks on their faces.

* This came up on another site and sorry if it is a bit much but, but how in the heck do the Delightful Children go to the bathroom?
** The final episode made a remark on that too when The Delightful Children fell in a toilet. My guess? They're courteous enough to not look.
** Maybe the they all separate and wait? Or maybe the guys separate from the girls?

** Lenny, actually. [[http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/Clanker/Lenny/481d71fd.png Here's a picture of him with his helmet off]]. You can tell what gender the Delightful Children are by what clothes they wear. The boys wear suits, and the girls wear dresses.

** At the very end of Op INTERVIEWS, Abby mentions that they've deliberately misled Father. It's entirely possible that ''everything'' animated in that episode is a lie designed to mislead him. If not everything, then at least the GKND.

*** Are you sure he wasn't trolling? The teacher at the end called an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness with his apple-phone in disguise (probably the G:KND) and said that "they know".

** Its most likely meant to metaphorical, the way the Splinter Cell operative calls it a disease souds way too bitter and heavy, he most likely meant it as a description of kids ''all over the universe'' having to fight tooth and nail against adult tyranny.

* Why are teenagers treated as bad guys? I don't think this is just me as a teenager being subjective, because even as a kid this bugged me. I have never met a single teenager in all my life who can't wait to grow up, however in KND it seems that teens will go to the great lengths of inventing machines to speed up the aging process. I get that a lot of kids have annoying older siblings, so they need to show teens as evil, but there was only one time in the entire show that a teen was seen as adult hating, and yet I think it's safe to say a lot more than one teen hates adults. It just bugs me is all.
** Probably not ''all'' teenagers are members of the evil organization/gangs of teenagers that frequently antagonize the KND, just like all children in the world aren't members of the KND. I always assumed the term "the teenagers" referred to their group of teenaged enemies, not all teenagers period.

** I got it! The characters and world of Kids Next Door are supposed to be exaggerated versions of childhood, right? Adults can get teenagers to do or not to do things by promising them an award, like an allowance, car, later curfew, ect. So the evil adults are giving the teenagers an allowance to fight the KND!
** If it's any condolence, in the later episodes of the series, unless there's a multiple-villain team-up, the BRA-augmented teens and the evil adults seem to be treated as their own separate entities. There was no three-way faction wars or anything (sadly), but at least the teen ninjas were no longer Father's mooks.
** I've always considered the teens as a sort of mercenaries who happen to work for the adults or at least some type of "out for their own interest" independents. As the above troper mentioned, they don't work for father in the later season. This is confirmed by "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y." where they are considered an entity separate from the adults in the treaty negotiations. It is possible in this case that the teenagers are just as much against the adults as the KND but still mistrusting of the organization who tried to wipe away the memories of their childhood.

** My guess is that, while the KND respond to adults' abuse by fighting back, the Teen Ninja respond by trying to prove themselves and earn the adults' respect.
*** To go with this, it's probably a reference to how teens commit acts to appear more adult in real life such as smoking, when actually they seem like a bunch of tryhards and wannabes. It's possible that the teens here could be a reference to that.
** Another thing to note is that the only adult who the teens seem to work for are Father. In fact the only time I remember the Teen Ninjas appearing with the adult RoguesGallery was in "Z.E.R.O." and they (Cree and Chad) were treated more like security than actual members of the assembly. Remember Father also has children working for him such as The Interesting Twins From Beneath The Mountain, The Rowdy Hooligans From Across The Square, and President Jimmy.

** Nurse Claiborne ''did'' get fired from her school nursing job and blacklisted for what she did, so presumably it was reported to ''someone''. It is possible that in-universe, the KND are seen as the authorities in this matter, as they do appear to be a legit organization to some degree and are better prepared to deal with supervillains like this.
*** The show has actually dealt with this ''both'' ways at various points. At least one villain (Count Spankulot) was actually sent to grown-up prison early in the series, but later episodes established that the villains are all kept in the KND superfacility in Antarctica.

*** And also could be taken into account the long heated debate among fans whether everything that appears on the show is diegetic (e.i. really happens in the show's universe) or it's all in their heads as some sort exagerated version of more mundane things filtered by kids' perception of reality.

* I admit I stopped watching the show a few seasons in, so it may have been answered, but why are the main five (who are just five random operatives) given the numbers of 1-5 while the higher ups are assigned random numbers (eg. 86, 365, whatever)?
** Perhaps they aren't assigned random numbers, and they ''do'' have operatives for nigh every number? They seem to be a worldwide thing, so I wouldn't be surprised..
** Popular fan theory is that you pick your own number when you join up. Presumably the command staff just lumped 1-5 together because it felt right.
** Not really, it's stated that 5 was in the Kids Next Door long before 1. Presumably assigning groups is either random, or based on where you live.
*** "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S." confirms that when an operative joins the KND, s/he chooses his/her own number.
** So, it's basically an incredible coincidence that Sector ''V'' has ''five'' operatives numbuh'd ''One-through-Five.''

*** Not really, it's true you pick your number but we have seen all the other sectors having the 5 consecutive numbered teams. Like Numbuh 13 is still in the same sector as 11, 12, 14, and 15. It would be easier to say that you CAN pick any number you want, it's just tradition to pick one for the sector you serve in. That's why all the really high numbers and weird ones are all on the Moon base and in Antarctica.
*** Also, considering they're assigned to the sector closer to where they live it's possible the operatives of each sector had known each other since before becoming operatives and just agreed to pick matching numbers. Alternatively they could have met previously at training.
** When the series started it was going to be one group of friends, one annoying family down the street, and a few mean older siblings. The reason the number system isn't so convenient for the higher numbers is because all those characters, along with the idea of a world-wide organization, came much later in the series. If it hadn't then Bradley wouldn't have become honorary Numbuh 6, he'd be sent to the training camp, and only the most elite operatives would have been positioned in sector V, cause it's right next to Father.
** My hypotheses in respect to canon are, first, that Numbuhs 1 to 5 are all friends from before KND, in one way or another. Additionally, they must be skilled/elite to be so close to Father and a five-man-band is not uncommon. Thirdly, some may have taken either their parents' (or other family members') numbers or used puns (don't forget that Numbah Three's name is "Number Three"). Combine these (and other small things) and you get a relatively-skilled group of five friends with most of them filling the roles their loved ones used to.
** But they were not all friends before joining the KND. Numbuh 5 joined first, then Numbuh 1. Numbuh 3 has been part of the group for a couple years (she was shown signing up in a flashback during the episode where one of her rainbow monkey toys is falling apart and she gives the toy to an evil retirement home.) 5, 1, and 3 are confirmed to have some history together prior to the start of the series.
** We don't see the exact moment Numbuh 2 or Numbuh 4 joined. Numbuh 4 is strongly implied to be the most recent addition: he does not know about the Moon Base in Season 1, the other kids don't know that he can't swim or that he's been to boarding schools before, even though both those subjects seem like they would either come up in friendly conversation (trips to the beach) or been noted during Wally's KND training (which was implied to NOT have taken place at the Arctic training base- see Prof XXXL's snow cone plot episode where Wally does not even own cold weather gear, even though Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 both studied at the Arctic base, as shown by Nigel's flashback and Tommy's bragging about doing the same activity his brother Hoagie went through.)

** Only slightly off-topic, but there was an episode which featured one "Numbuh Eleventy-Six." Really? Most kids learn that "eleventy" is not a word by the time they are four. So how does someone (who's apparently supposed to be smart -- a researcher of sorts) who's in at least the ''fifth grade,'' actually call herself that?

*** He's a fan of Bilbo/The Hobbit/ Lord Of The Rings. Before you say he's too young, you said he supposed to be smart. also, I read LotR in 3rd grade.

* If the kid's next door has thousands of members and is at lest over a hundred years old (as shown "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.") why weren't all the low normal numbers like 1 though 5 or even 86 taken a long time ago? you'd think by now every body would have to take code names like Numbuh 10985678

* The children. They all seem to be extremely exaggerated of childhood innocence. ''Everyone''. Everyone likes soda for example. No-one seems to act like most kids in our world their age.

** And Numbuh Two doesn't actually find spinach all that bad. The cast seems to show a good mixture of innocence and maturity sometimes.

** I think there are little doubt the series is happening in anything close to "our world". ''Everything'' is exaggerated to epic proportion, including the Kid's attitudes. It's very much Cartoon-Land, and it doesn't even try to hide it. No wonder they don't act like children in the real world.
** Personally, I don't think the kids' attitudes are that unrealistic (despite the show being fictional). They are somewhat exaggerated, but not to epic proportions.

*** Nope, they don't remember anything as we see when in operation:E.N.D. Numbuh 2 doesn't remember he is good at calculations after he was decommissioned.(Numbuh 1: Numbuh 2! I need you to calculate out distance and thrust and tell us when to cast off. Numbuh 2: Uh, I can do that?)

** Also, the doctor outright said that there was nothing they could do for him. It was rather plain as day Bradley would've died without being upgraded. Look at what they had to do to him, replace an eye, one arm, almost an entire side of his chest, and a good chunk of his back and tail. He got hit by a big rig if memory serves, he was probably pretty messed up. If you thought that was BodyHorror, imagine what the poor little guy looked like before they rebuilt him.

* In "Operation: T.H.E.-F.L.Y.", we see Numbuh One's bedroom as having a bed that doubles as a trampoline. HOWEVER, in further episodes his bed is an overturned bulldozer, and I'm pretty sure it changed another time too. Why so many renovations, Nigel?

* Why can't any of the kids really spell at all? Or know basic numbers?

*** Yeah, plus Numbuh Four is said to be a BookDumb enough that his homework is literally poison to Weredogs.
*** Numbah Four is most likely just dyslexic. He is apparently smart enough to get into Harvard, so presumably everything works out fine once he gets diagnosed and treated for dyslexia.
*** Make sense , as he wasn't just get into Harvard University , but the "Harvard Medical School" (a grad school , which means he already has a bachelor's degree before he can even able to apply for the school.)

*** They were seen climbing back out in "F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N.", no attempt is really made to show they survived "I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.". Really, considering what happened to them, it might have put them out of their misery...

** This is a series where kids fall great distances without anything worse than some pain + maybe a few scratches/bruises (the 'Butt-buster' competition that regularly cracked pavement, as one example), otherwise been crushed under tremendously heavy stuff, and other such things. Not being seen again and 'that was our last encounter' isn't necessarily proof that they are dead, not in such a series, where ''no one'' has been killed off.

Long-haired, blonde girl -- Numbuh 3\\
Short, heavy, pigtailed girl -- Numbuh 5

Short, heavy, pigtailed girl -- Numbuh 2
*** They just flipped genders because Numbuh 5 wears a hat that conceals her face. And the girl is basically a female Numbuh 2.
*** I always thought that part of the idea behind the Delightfuls' appearance was that they are supposed to look either classic (the girls in their sailor dresses with cutesy hair) or preppy (the boys in their uniform-esque suits). Lenny's football helmet alludes to the modern "football-playing-male-prep" stereotype.

* In "Operation: H.A.M.S.T.E.R.", the DCFDTL's cats attempt to attack the treehouse hamsters. The main hamsters dress the Numbuh 4 hamster in a dress, attempting to attract the cats. But... assuming all the cats match the genders of their owners, why is it the female cats fall for "her" as well? Other than LesYay, FoeYay, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Even the girls want "her"]], or RuleOfFunny. I guess they all share a HiveMind?
** The DC's cats that correspond to the two girls seem to be male, [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics considering their haircuts are boyish,]] so I'd say all the DC's cat's are toms.

** They were all invented as throwaway villains, never meant to have their own episodes. And they appear several more times in the series, though never with speaking roles; they're basically relegated to filling out group shots for big-huge-massive gatherings of villains.
** The dude was in Creator/CartoonNetwork:PunchTimeExplosion

* Whatever happened to Lasso Lass from "Operation: C.O.W.G.I.R.L.?" She was the first adult ally to appear in the series, and was even apart of the backstory for Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb (and will forever be the only thing we know about them).
** Possibly just still hanging out in her treehouse. I doubt the KND would recruit her since she's far too old to be effective any more.

** Still, kind of a lost opportunity, considering there were a few times recruiting her for aid would've been really useful (for example, when Father was turning every KND operative into animals).

* In "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E.", Old!Numbuh 4 is upset about never asking out someone. With the reveal at the end of the series, is that to say that he wanted to ask out someone that wasn't Numbuh 3?

** How does this make any sense at all? He's from a timeline when Madame Margarot TOOK OVER THE WORLD. Of course he never got to ask out Numbuh 3, but now that the timeline was fixed, he could tell his younger self to make sure he does it, which he eventually does.

* In his ''first appearance'', it's established that Professor Triple-Extra-Large only wants to create the perfect snow-cone. Why, in all subsequent appearances, is he considered an enemy of the KND? Considering how much everybody loves snow-cones, wouldn't that be the kind of guy they'd ''want'' to succeed?

** He seemed to be doing it more ForScience rather than for any benefit for kids.

*** He does: in a tie-in comic, he actually tried to freeze the world and make it a giant snow cone
** It should be noted that nine times out of ten, they really don't know it's him.

** It was ugly. >:T

* In ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'', we learn that the DCFDTL are really the KND of Sector Z. Yet in "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.", they didn't turn into animals until Tommy added their "genetic material" to the Code Module. WTF?

* In connection with the above, what happened to the Delightful's ''original'' families? As former members of Sector Z they don't appear to have true connections to one another; yet now they are considered Father's children, and thus apparent siblings. But what about their original genetic families? Would they be looking for them or is this part of the Adult Conspiracy? Also, it means that Father is in effect the single parent of five, without anyone batting an eye. Even for the AdConsp, it is a bit much.//Two theories emerge, which can work together:

** The various parents may be caught wind of Sector Z and decided to "volunteer" i.e. sacrifice ''their own children'' to being Delightfulized, in order to further the Adult Conspiracy. Father was considered the best man for finalizing their training. The now Delightful children would turn to him as someone who knows what's left to do.

** On a few occasions, like when she's in her swimsuit, she's drawn with normally-sized legs. It's just artistic license that her default look has line-thin legs.

* In "No P in the OOL", Abby was seen wearing a pair of glasses, but in episodes afterwards we never see or hear of these glasses again. They could just be for reading, but I've seen her reading magazines without them before... is she just so self-conscious about it that she never wears them? She doesn't seem the type.

** Oh, she wears glasses outside that episode. When she was turned into one of the DCFDTL, she wore polite glasses. Not to mention the finale, where Numbuh 1 gives Numbuh 5 his own glasses.

* How could they decide the entire future of the KND... on something as random as a GAME OF TAG? What if whoever 'won' at the end turns out to be a terrible leader? Like say, all the problems that arose in that episode, for instance.

** It was explained that no one actually likes or wants the job, thus the randomness, no one would be supreme commander if it wasn't decided that way.

* why can't the new Supreme Leader just start a new game of tag as soon as their term of office begins? or if they have absolute power just order some body else to take the job?

* Go right now to "Operation: S.U.P.P.O.R.T." (or just another episode, I haven't really checked) in which Abby's Bill Cosby father appears. As he appears, pay attention to the color of his sweater. Memorized it? Okay, now wait until he goes away, and then look at the next scene in which he comes back. THE SWEATER CHANGES EVERY SINGLE TIME. EVERY TIME. WHY? WHY DOES HE KEEP CHANGING HIS SWEATER? Your Mileage May Very, but this absolutely blew my mind.

* "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E." as a whole. The villain in this episode basically aimed to put an end to the entire human race, and being a kid's show, no-one in-universe realizes that that would be the result of turning every human on Earth into a girl. Had it not been for one rogue girl who cooperated with the boys to reverse the effect of the girlification ray or whatever it was called, the entire human race would have been wiped out over the course of about 265 years.

*** Who says she got them all? The men obviously resisted and Numbuh 4 was never turned except for his hand so Margret is obviously still looking for remnants of the male population to girlify. Besides, its not like every girl went along with Margret's vault into the metaphorical deep end either. Sally Sanban, Numbuh 3's granddaughter in this timeline, spoke of how her grandmother wants a time of peace and cooperation between men and women like it was before and its not a stretch to think others share the same sentiment. My theory? Older women (and not the young girls Margret has enticed into her army) who know what earth shattering consequences Margrets insanity will bring still maintain relationships and have children with men. The girls born stay with their mothers and learn what nutcase their 'great leader' truly is and the boys are born in secret and have to flee the home with whatever male relatives will take them. So really, many women DON'T side with Margret in order to keep the species alive and make sure men aren't exterminated to hopefully one day overthrow her.
** Is it possible to resist the mind-control provided by the Girlifying Rifles? As a girl you could invoke maternal instincts or, depending on if sexuality is affected too, the need for intimacy and love. All girly aspects that require boys.

** InAWorld where everything childhood-related is SeriousBusiness, poor dental hygiene does not end up making your teeth fall out. Somehow.
** Obviously there IS no such thing as dental hygiene. It's all a myth perpetuated by the adults in order to torment children.

** I'm fairly sure there's been a few close-ups revealing their disgusting teeth.

** Who ever said Father's last name wasn't Uno. The only time his name is implied to be anything else is in a story that is probably at least 50% Nigel's imagination, and the name given isn't Benedict either.
*** What do you mean 50% Nigel's imagination? While you could make the "the Codename: Kids Next Door episodes could be a dream made by the dream headband" theory, there's no evidence to suggest that ''Operation Z.E.R.O.'' is inside of Nigel's head.
* They really expected the viewers to like Lizzie? Really?

** Mr. Warburton, the creator, says that he received a ton of fan mail demanding that Nigel dump Lizzie... but just as much threatening his life should they ever break up, so I guess it's really just a matter of taste.

** READ THIS AND READ IT CAREFULLY: For the record, this troper still believes that Lizzie really wanted to get to know #1's so-called pals better. Am I the only one who noticed WHY she did what she did? Because #2-#5. Mocked. Their. Relationship. #2 and #4 dance around going, "Nigie's got a girlfriend! Nigie's got a girlfriend!" while #3 and #5 just stand back, smirk, and laugh. Yes, Lizzie failed to notice, and putting that Boyfriend Helmet on her sweetie and making him attack the others was no way to address the situation. Fair enough. But then, others have done just as bad if not worse. Remember when #86 sent #1 on a dangerous mission to Rainbow Monkey Island to retrieve a code needed TO WIN A STINKIN' KEYCHAIN? What about when #3 tried stealing everyone's presents for herself simply because #4 forgot to give her a gift? Really, #3? And speaking of #4 (and no offense to him), don't get me started on HIS villainous tendencies and his capacity to botch up missions. Furthermore, what of the DNK? A few simple sights and words equals instant redemption? No way. So what if Negative #4 bullied them? I would think our "heroes'" intervention would only give them more incentive to strike back harder, seeing how people are people and prone to screwing up. Besides, Lizzie eventually did get her comeuppance from Jimmy a la Operation: S.N.O.W.I.N.G. Sure, it didn't much improve her character later, but I blame that on bad writing. Now please, stop ripping on the poor girl. Please?
** Personally I think at first she *was* supposed to be kind of a nuisance because her introduction episode was unpleasant despite what the rest of Sector V did and the fact Nigel acted ashamed of her. However, the further the series moved along, the more likable she became and also became a better girlfriend while still keeping her bossy and clingy personality that just made her who she was. Without considering the April Fool's video, she was constantly worried about Numbuh 1 overworking himself, did honestly the best she could to help him when she had the chance, fought for him and put up with a lot more than most people would. Also, despite all her yelling, she was never callous to the rest of Sector V (Or any KND agent, for that matter), whereas Numbuh's 2,4 and 5 ignored her at best and belittled her at worst. I understand where a lot of people get the feeling Numbuh 5 or Numbuh 362 would be a "better pair" as they would do what Nigel wants to do: Work, however, Lizzie was more of what he needed and that was something beyond being an agent 24/7 (The lack of the latter might actually be what leads him to make the decision he made in the April Fool's video). In hindsight, knowing who Lizzie *really* is, it's likely her tears in "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D." were due to the fact Numbuh 1 "passed" the test while she wanted the opposite. Just a thought, but I thing Lizzie deserves a lot more credit than she gets.

*** Actually I was talking about "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." where it's stated that adulthood is a disease the Galactic KND are fighting
** The disease, in addition to causing aging, was what triggered the first mutations that lead to organisms capable of sexual reproduction. Now that much of the life on Earth has been infected with the disease for billions of years, they are dependent on it: if they were incapable of reaching the sexually mature stage, their species could not reproduce and ergo not survive. While genes that resisted the disease ''after'' the individual had reached, say, late adolescence (whether it be slowing down the physical deterioration of the body or staying a kid at heart) may spread, and may in fact prove an evolutionary advantage, any genes that provide immunity to the disease are goners. Chew on that, if you will.
*** [[FridgeBrilliance Whoa.]] So in other words, adaptive biology actually worked around the virus to create what we know now. This troper may be speaking from the older perspective but one must question the motives behind the GKND for wanting to destroy the adultism virus. The prospect of being a kid forever is really something to think about.
*** [[BizarreAlienBiology Aliens]] [[BizarreSexualDimorphism may]] [[BizarreAlienReproduction reproduce]] [[ExoticEquipment differently]]. It may never have occurred to them that we need the disease to survive as a species. If/when the GKND finds the cure, a representative from earth is going to have to sit down with them and have a nice long talk about why they need to let earthlings grow up. Mind you, getting older is pretty much all downhill after your thirties. Provided we do not rely on the disease for any other biological functions, no one would object to curing it after an individual had reached the peak of their health.
*** I always assumed that without the adult virus people would just stay kids forever and there for live forever so reproduction wouldn't be an issue
*** Well, even if you completely eliminated human mortality, you still need the adults to do the stuff that isn't fun but necessary to keep the world turning.

* The ending of that episode where the KND are escorting the Fourth Grade President to a conference to negotiate the time school lets out. At the end of it, he betrays them, having worked with Father to extend school to college-level hours. That makes for a neat twist ending, but the entire plot just ends so abruptly. There's no follow-up to it. OK, sure the President shows up again as a minor recurring villain, but the whole school extended to insane times thing is never touched on again. What, did the KND just ''stand there and let it happen?''
** My guess would be that the kids fought back. All the kids. At least the bulk of them. And since going to school isn't generally a big deal anyways for the main characters, skipping would not be unconsidered.

* "Operation: C.O.L.L.E.G.E.". Just what the hell was with Sector V showing up right at the climax when they were supposed to be at the beach, and furthermore, didn't even believe Nigel's theory? Is there at least a fanfic or something that tries to elaborate on this?
** Nigel's paranoia is generally correct; so what would initially be a small amount of doubt would (when they are off screen) grows to concern and their sense of duty leads to them saving the day. Though now that you've brought it up someone will have to make a fan-fic.

* What happens when you're decommissioned? Do you recall your team-mates, just without the KND part? Is everything KND related wiped from your memory? Has the last few years of your life basically been erased from your mind?
** My guess is that only everything related to the KND itself is wiped. The teenagers remember school, home and they vaguely remember "playing" with their friends, and they chalk up how vague their memories of that last part is to being young and stupid (if pressed too closely on what they did with their friends, you'd just get "who cares, it was probably stupid kid stuff" from them).
** In the episode where Sector V get decommissioned they don't remember ever knowing each other.
** I think the inclination is you remember your childhood as if you had never joined the KND. Odds are they wouldn't have met, or at least become friends, if they hadn't joined the KND.

* Related to above. What exactly do the parents and non-KND related friends think after what happens? Do think think you're just playing the "I don't know you" game after an argument or something? Also, do decommissioned member ever think about why they can't recall any, or most, friends in their childhood?
** Since decommissioning seems to be selective it's not a stretch to think that it wouldn't wipe memories of friends outside the KND. There would be no reason to do that. You'd would probably remember them as you would before. Secondly, adults that are not villains are oblivious to the KND entirely so they certainly wouldn't notice or think something along the lines of "I guess s/he has some new older friends to be with." Finally, we haven't really seen an operative that has really questioned why they couldn't remember it clearly. It would be an interesting subject to write about however.

* The way people spell "number" as "numbuh". Characters have used "number" plenty of times, like Number 3 in "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E." and "Katie" in "Operatio: U.T.O.P.I.A.". "Numbuh" is just a speech habit, like when people pronounce "our" like "are". Was there ever an episode that insisted this was the correct pronunciation?
** Not that I recall.

* "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D." That really became the needle on the haystack for Lizzie for me... So he's fighting to rid the world of adult tyranny, but Nigel deserves all the flack from Lizzie in this episode... why? He's fighting to protect her too, and earlier seasons have proven that she should not only be able to handle that fact, but is about as well-trained as any moderately-skilled KND operative, especially in bipedal and gadget-based 2x4 tech. She should be supporting his fight since it seems pretty clear that her livelihood as a child is thanks to the KND, and realize that he has been a well-meaning boyfriend in every possible way considering the elite and well-respected nature of his job. I watched the whole thing and I love the series-Nigel had given more time and effort to Lizzie than any other relationship to any other character in terms of development. How in the hell does she miss this? How in any right mind, too, was she not scouted or considered for candidacy and training as a KND op?
** Probably because she doesn't care about joining the KND. She's stated time and time again that she thinks what he's doing is silly -- even to go so far as agreeing that kids don't need recess when it's been turned into [[ItMakesSenseInContext a slave labor camp to process salad dressing]]. Lizzie seems more inclined toward adults, even looking for a more stable relationship akin to an adult one with Nigel (obviously not a sexual one, just a more mature one). She finally came to the sense that he's not "mature" enough for her to settle down into a regular relationship and dumped him. And Nigel isn't exactly in the clear. He's been known to bail on his dates pretty easily, which is unfair to Lizzie. It's been hinted throughout the series that he sets up decoys and other excuses just so he doesn't piss her off which is wrong -- he should have just told her outright that he had a job to do.
** Perhaps Lizzie is a ingrate and doesn't know when she's offered freedom from Adult Tyranny.
** I'm telling you, bad writing. In fact, check out my pro-Lizzie sentiments higher up this page.

* "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E."'s backstory completely forgotten due to a WordOfGod cop-out for ''Z.E.R.O.'' I would accept it better if the narrative didn't make me believe that the ending was actually canon. No. He decides to make it a fantasy of Nigel Uno (not told in the actual show) to be looked over that Father wasn't created and then given a motive based on being a slave to liberate the other adults from their creators but to be another kid that was under the tyranny of a villain that was created for the film.

* Why was Bradley taken to a ''human'' hospital? He's a skunk, shouldn't he have been taken to a vets or animal rescue clinic?

* This doesn't just bug me, it rather ticks me off. I can't help but think that I'm the only Troper who's ever thought it out this much but seriously, has anybody truly considered how vile the whole set up of KND is? Kids, only about 5 or 6 when they join, are put rather serious situations with little insight on how it would affect them. They sign on for the chance to be cool and have fun but never foresee the consequences when something like Grandfather happens. Even worse is the entire thing involving decommissioning. It's no wonder that the "Teenz" exist. They were once agents of the KND themselves. Some people like Chad Dickinson (Numbuh 274) give up so much of their childhoods to become the best agents and leaders, why wouldn't they feel entitled to some compensation for their time? After all of that their only reward is the very organization they put their childhood into building wants to scramble their memories because they are thirteen. They even KNOW that this is an eventuality that they all have to face. The ones who run away give a lot to the organization and have absolutely nothing to show for it because once they turn thirteen the system they once worked with turns against them. I can't blame any of them for running. The rogue agents only want to protect everything about their childhood that was precious to them. It's all they get to keep for what they give to the KND. Even that the KND wants to take away from them. That logic wouldn't fly with younger kids because they lack the perspective to see exactly what they miss out on by joining this organization. They only see what they want to see. Short term benefits before the long term drawbacks. KidsAreCruel indeed, even if it is unintentional.
** Maybe towards the end of the series, the writers were trying to imply something like this -- the stakes definitely became more serious and the plots became more involved. I can't seem to decide: FridgeBrilliance or DarkerandEdgier?

** Also, towards the end, they did ''try'' to reach a truce with the Teenz so they wouldn't need to do this. So it seems they don't ''want'' to, it's just they have some reason they need to do it. And we still have not idea what decommissioning is like, their memories of being in the KND may be replaced with a normal childhood as if they'd never joined the KND. And considering the Teens are already organized and powerful despite most of them not remembering the KND in the first place, their motivation is 'get the annoying kids out of our way' that 'they stole my childhood! Revenge!'.
*** True, but consider the sheer number of operatives that try to run once their number (pardon the pun) is up. The Teenz didn't just wake up one morning and say "I'm going to go harass grade-schoolers with laser shooting armored bicycles!" The Teenz had to have been started by former KND operatives who could come up with that technological know-how to defend themselves from the organization that wanted to take away what they thought was everything their childhood was about. True that a lot of the Teenz themselves were not part of the KND but cases like Cree and Chad happen and there are bound to be more like them.
*** True, but if one looks at it, it's possible something like that is exactly why. What if say a group of Teens splintered off with technological know-how of the Kids Next Door and began using it for their own gain? And that's how the Teenz started. The Teenz are quite clearly a major threat to the KND, so it would make sense if that's what happened, or something similar, the reaction was to do anything possible to stop it from ever happening again. There's also what Numbuh 1 said about teens being permitted to live normal lives. It's possible decommissioning doesn't erase their entire childhood, just replaced the KND parts with memories of those what their life would've been like if they'd never been in the KND. When we saw Numbuh 2-5 be decommissioned, it was interrupted partway through, so it's possible the procedure wasn't completed yet. The only other one we saw completely decommissioned was actually a double agent and faking it. So we can't be sure what decommissioning actually does.

*** Didn't Tommy (post self-decommissioning) say he was seven once? Regardless, this is also an organization that has the technology to travel all over the world and to the moon like it's a walk down the block, so yeah, this is probably one of those willing suspension of disbelief-thingies.

** Too much risk. Chad probably would've gone rogue even if decommissioning didn't exist because he was in love with power. Probably in the past they didn't decommission people and it resulted in something that was horrible enough to require it to protect the KND.
*** Chad's love for power would indeed explain why he'd have went rogue and his former position as Supreme Leader shows how his amount of intelligence could have strong impact against the KND, but not with the majority of KND Operatives, I'm asking what it is about KND Ops reaching 13 that makes loyalty seem like something you can just outgrow, we're talking about a military organization around the size of some third-world country armies, not a fan club. I'm asking HOW an Operative's loyalty changes with his age and how it would make letting them go a big enough risk for decommissioning's strict enforcement to be required, and also what is it about about Maurice that makes him not bound to betraying the KND as they seem to think every other Teen ex-operative seems to be?
*** Ask Cree , that girl from Operation: S.L.U.M.B.E.R......this is just two of the examples why they take this "decommissioning" seriously.

* When Father revealed Grandfather to the villains and explained his plan, why didn't Numbuh One recognize Grandfather as his, well, grandfather? Did Monty not keep in touch with any family? Granted, I can see Benedict not wanted to keep in contact, but since Grandfather lost his memories he has no reason to not want to keep in contact with Monty and neither does Monty. Monty strikes me as the type who sees family as being important, and seeing as he didn't remember Grandfather being a cruel dictator I don't understand why he wouldn't keep him in his, and thus, Nigel's life.
** Well, we don't know how long it's been since Monty moved out of his dad's home to go his own path, or what events might have happened after Monty's decommissioning that might have affected his relationship with the decommissioned Grandfather. But since the decommissioned Monty seems considerably simple-minded compared to his recommissioned self, it's likely it simply hasn't crossed the decommissioned Monty's mind to contact his dad.
** The fact that Father and Monty apparently have different last names (Monty's last name is, of course, Uno while Father's last name is clearly shown starting with a 'W' in one episode) shows that perhaps Monty was disgusted with his father and brother's path to being evil and cut ties with the family anyways by changing his name. This can also be the same reason that Monty never mentioned that Father is Nigel's uncle.

* Operation Z.E.R.O. shows us that Grandfather ruled the entire world, and enslaved all children to work in his tapioca factories. It follows that most, if not all, of the adult villains were once enslaved by him. But only Father seems to remember who Grandfather is and what the past was like. It's as if the entire world had their memories of Grandfather wiped away. Was every person in the world a KND operative that was later decommissioned?
** Few possible answers, yes they could be decommissioned operatives. Ben and Father are older then they look and it happened before most of them were old enough to work in the factories. Saying it was the world he ruled was an exaggeration and it just happened in England.

* You know how in ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'', how Monty Uno/Numbuh Zero apparently destroys the Recommissioning Device just before he let's himself and Grandfather be decommissioned? And you know how he sends a last-minute message to Nigel, telling him that he secured his decommissioning because he's not a kid anymore and said his "biggest mission" is to be a good father to Nigel? I don't understand why Monty thinks he can't do that while he's recommissioned. What makes him think his decommissioning is really required to properly parent Nigel? what kind of negative impact does Monty expect might happen if he allows himself to be recommissioned? If anything, I can see quite a few ways Monty's parenting would improve if he remain recommissioned, 1 example would be if Nigel is faced with a KND-related problem that's affecting him emotionally, Monty, who'd likely have faced a similar experience, might be able to comfort Nigel and help him deal with the problem. So why did Monty think he has to be decommissioned in order to be a good dad? What does he think might happen involving him parenting Nigel that could cause negative impact had he been recommissioned and stayed that way?
** Maybe he had post traumatic stress disorder or something similar?

*** Actually, there is a bit of FridgeBrilliance to this. Remember, Benedict was traumatized enough to have implied hallucinations of Grandfather force-feeding him broccoli when Numbuh 362 threatened him at broccoli-point. It is a common pattern for abused children to grow up, only become AbusiveParents themselves, and Monty as Numbuh 0 was smart enough to know that. If he remembered everything while as Numbuh 0, there was no guarantee he wouldn't become just like Grandfather at some point in adulthood, thus he decommissioned himself to ensure he would have no underlying motivation to abuse Nigel.

* This has bugged the hell out of me for years: why do numbers five and three side with the girls in "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E."? I mean I know they're girls and probably get annoyed by boys sometimes, but that doesn't automatically mean they would side with Madame Margaret and enslave and kill them all (including their male friends), it'd be like if Britain declared an illegal war on France and we all just supported it because of patriotism.
** It's never explicitly stated where Numbuh Five was in the future so her loyalty is never established. However, Numbuh 3 definitely defied Margaret from what her future granddaughter, Sally, had told the Boys Next Door when she met with them. It's entirely possible that Numbuh Five defied her as well.

* Why do most characters have black eyes, others have vaguely brown eyes, and some just have colored eyes? Most cartoons either have black eyes with maybe one character with non-standard colored eyes, or colored eyes
** That's just the artstyle.

* If the Delightful Children from Down the Lane are obsessed with growing up (as mentioned in "Operation: F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N." and "Operation: P.A.R.T.Y.") then why did they freak out when they did become adults and teens with the age changer cigar device in "Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P."? I mean they got what they wanted so why freak out when they became adults? Also why didn't Numbuh 1 just keep the item in the first place and use to end adult tyranny instead of throwing it away which lead to the incident in G.R.O.W. U.P.?

* Mr. Warburton refused to answer this question for a trouper on facebook but here goes... With all these times the villains threaten the KND operatives it's starting to make me wonder... has any of the Kids Next Door villains (Even Father) ever... you know... killed anybody? Or what if Cree successfully offs her sister Numbuh 5, how will she deal with the guilt and explain to her parents about the deed? Also if he answered "yes" then I guess that explains whatever happened to Sector Z's biological parents when they went looking for their "Delightful" Children... pretty dark huh?
** It seems to me that none of the villains are actually trying to kill the Kids Next Door. The only exceptions are Mr.Boss (in Operation OFFICE) and the Delightful Children. Otherwise, the villains just try to ruin children's lives in a specific way.

* Why are there Child Villains in the series anyway? Here we have the KND fighting Adult Tyranny which means freedom for kids... and then we have some children who pretty much oppose the KND like former school president James Nixon [=McGarfield=], Laura Limpin (the big badolescent), the Six Gum Gang, Windsor, Ernest, and many others. This sort of thing tells me that they are ingrates and very ungrateful that the Kids Next Door fight for the freedom of kids everywhere, but these guys either oppose the KND or are on the side of Adults... Even Lizzie (Numbuh 1's ex-girlfriend) seemed to be on the side of the adults as seen in "Operation: R.E.C.E.S.S.". What's up with that?
** To add variety. If the show followed solely the "adults are bad, kids are good" formula, it would become boring fast. Children are free to have their own opinion and not forced to agree with the KND, and willing to be villains on their own if they find it more fun. Plus, this provides more opportunity for betrayal, moles, double agents, etc. And not every child villain necessarily side with the adults; they're just antagonists to the KND. You should note that there are some adults siding with the protagonists too. From a narrative standpoint, the fact that Child Villains can exist is a very good thing.
*** So they want to be sent to bed early, given tons of homework and spanked by Spankulot?
*** That's not it at all. They are free agents, doing it for their own reasons. As the previous troper stated, just because they oppose the KND doesn't mean they support the adults. Take the Six Gum Gang for example. They're attacking busses and stealing homework for the DCFDTL because they were paid to (somehow). They don't owe loyalty to anybody least of all adults. James Nixon [=McGarfield=] did what he did to impress Lizzie of all people.
*** The kids that are aiding the adults may be doing it because they think they will be spared if the adults win the conflict. Additionally it could also be due to family relations. For example, kid that tried to force adult Vin Moosk to wear a tie and become an accountant again was revealed to be the son of his former overbearing boss.
*** In-Universe i'm sure the Kids Next Door do feel these kids are very ungrateful to their mission which in their values is for their own good. Mind you in real life there are plenty of millennials who felt betrayed by gen z just accepting things they felt were important to rebel against. The divide between the kids who grew up with the Cohen Cn vs the Samples Cn is another example where the groups feel the other side is missing or hurting the mission their CN taught them. For the time Kids Next Door was made it can be read as a very interesting parody of what in reality was TruthInTelevision of ValuesDissonance.

* This was never made this clear but are most of the villain's superpowers science-based or magic-based? Long story short, are Grandma Stuffum's food minions created by magic or genetically engineered and that explains their sentience.
** Well,she was wearing a witch hat in '''OPERATION Foodfite''',so i'm going with the first.

* Why is Numbuh 4 seen as the idiot of the team,especially InUniverse?Yes,his schoolwork is atroucious,but out of school he seems a pretty savvy guy,while Kuki actually has trouble understanding when they are in danger of being shooted(like '''Operation End''')or when shut up her trap('''OPERATION Spank''').Numbuh 4 has been able to fool Stickybeard and his crew and came to the conclusion that his EvilTwin was a coward,to name a few.Why they think he is the dumber?
** I know what you mean. And yet during the first season, Wally was looked upon as reasonably smart by the rest of his team. But for some reason, after season 1, everyone started treating him like a moron. I think there are two possibilities: either Wally did something between season 1 and 2 that landed him a bad reputation, or Tom Warburton thought it would be funny to have a resident idiot on the team. As for Kuki, I don't think she's stupid, she's just a cloudcuckoolander.

** Isn't it obvious? He may be a tough operative, but he's also BookDumb enough that everyone knows it. Heck, his math homework was so bad that it was literally poisonous to the weredogs. Plus on his missions he's had more than a few moments of stupidity. Also because of his annoying and rather rude personality, people don't tend to like him very much, which doesn't help his reputation at all. How did you guys miss that?
** In fact, as shown in OPERATION S.P.R.O.U.T, his brain is canoniaclly tiny.
* Okay. One one hand, we have Operation A.R.C.H.I.V.E, which is, while WordOfGod just a conspiracy theory, demonstrably ''real'' to some degree ("they know", the finale, etc). At the same time, we have a crossover setting it in the same world as ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', a series that has at least two references to ancient human history having been ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', rather than biopunk kid-dominated [[Anime/TheAnimatrix animatrix]]. How do these two wildly different takes on the paleolithic coexist?
** Other than Fred Flintstone/Jake Steel, other cartoon characters like Yogi Bear, Boo Boo Bear, and Grape Ape appear on Billy and Mandy and therefore co-exist in the KND verse... HOW DO TALKING ANIMALS WORK IN THE KND?

** I've always assumed that he's supposed to represent those adults in animal/character costumes at fairs. Maybe he's one who hates kids and was given the job because he lost his old one and a family member gave it to him.
* It is established later in the series that Cree was a former KND operative who defected before being decommissioned and that she was around when Numbah Five was an agent AND when Numbah One was in training to become an agent. Both of them likely knew that she had betrayed the KND, yet in her introductory episode, neither 1, 2 (Though he rarely treats her as an enemy due to his crush on her), or 5 act like they knew this. (Obviously, the writers had not thought up this backstory yet, but I'm talking in-universe) 5 just treated her like an older sister, though the end of that episode showed she did suspect her anyway. 1 was blatantly suspicious and distrustful of her, but the way he acted just made it look like that was how he would treat any teenager(However, his suspicion wasn't his hatred of the KND's teenage enemies, but of simple distrust of anyone not a kid). It doesn't make much sense that they wouldn't bring up this fact as soon as they saw her.
** It's been years since I've seen the show, so I may be way off mark here, but was it ever confirmed that they ''knew'' that she had defected and escaped decommissioning? Maybe they just thought she had been decommissioned like she was supposed to be (Not because the KND as a whole didn't know, but rather because the higher-ups didn't see any particular reason to tell them).

* Numbuh 274 (Chad)'s truth that he is a undercover agent for the KND the whole time... was it rushed due to the show having a few episodes left? I mean he really looked genuinely evil what with launching the KND moonbase into the sun (I know he explained that Cree was going to do it first but it sounded rushed also) Or is it that he was THAT good at acting as a villain? Although acting or not, it seemed like he really wanted to put the hurting on Numbuh 1 despite being undercover for the KND... man I'm confused. So long story short was Chad's HeelFaceTurn rushed or planned the whole time?

* Why does everyone consider the Delightful Children to be "well behaved"? They kidnap other kids for their birthday parties and refuse to share their cake and that's just the tip of the iceberg. What's really mind blowing is the fact that Father himself called them "perfect" in the movie despite the fact that they disobeyed him when told to work together with Numbuh 1 and Uncle Monty and even shove him.
** Well, since most other kids act like the KND, Father probably considers the Delightful Children the closest that kids could ever get to "perfect". As for the other thing, kids in this 'verse probably use "well behaved" as shorthand for "suckup to the adults".
* How long ago did the events of Operation: ZERO take place anyway? If Numbuh Zero and Benedict were kids back then, it cant have been more than 40 years or so, but the world was rebuilt to its present day state that quickly? Keep in mind that it wasn't magically transformed into a dystopia like it was in the movie, thats how Grandfather constructed his original empire.

** Heinrich also said that he ate almost all of his sacred caramels, and each person cursed gets a bag of caramels of their own. People do stupid things when they're desperate, and if Heinrich thought that eating the caramels would remove the curse, the only option after running out was to eat somebody else's. He probably tricked someone else into doing the ritual in order to steal their caramels and got caught in the act.

* Call it over-thinking, but how exactly did kids reproduce before Adults came into the picture? Assuming A.R.C.H.I.V.E. was canon in the KND universe and not some made up lore, does this imply [[{{Squick}} children were having sex]]? Do they use 2-4 Technology to create new Children the same way they created Adults? Can kids still reproduce like this today? I know this is a kid's show, but still....

* If Mr. Washer was sick of Numbuh 2 and Kid constantly bringing chilli dogs into his shop, why didn't he just put a "No Food or Drink" sign in his window?

* Since Madame Margaret from "Operation F.U.T.U.R.E is pretty much causing gendercide and a BadFuture, where were the adult villains like Father and Mr. Boss at the time and why didn't they try to fight her and ruin their plans... unless she took care of them offscreen.

* The reveal in "Operation: A.R.C.T.I.C." was that Sector V's comrade in the mission, Numbah 30c, was actually TheMole to Professor Triple-Extra-Large, and did everything to sabotage them from stopping the doctor's plans: making the perfect snowcone. However, on the way to the professor's lab, Numbah 2 says they actually passed the facility they were supposed to attack, for he was going to make a weather control device to prevent snow days. 30c looks over and tells Numbah 2 that "you got the coordinates wrong". It was only because of that statement that they went after the wrong mad scientist; if they had stopped the weather control device as planned, the kids would have a big snow day, and XXXL could have perfected his snowcone. Everyone wins. If 30c was THAT determined to help the doctor, he should have told Numbah 2 to turn around so they didn't even get into a fight over it. Did he want a challenge with Sector V? Did he like the other doctor's plan? Or was he really just an idiot like Numbah 4?
* If Lizzie is actually an alien, what does that say about her family in G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.?

** They probably started themselves. Since Cree and Chad were kids that didn't get decommissioned, it's safe to assume that some of the teens are in the same boat, while the rest are non-KND teens who just agreed to join. Not every teen has to be a decomissioned KND member, probably. It would also explain their high-tech.
* Was Leona from operation F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N. a member of the first age of the Kids Next Door? This question comes from the fact that Leona is more than 300 years old, her desire to remain a kid forever and the fact that Numbuh 0 founded the second age of the Kids Next Door.
** Numbuh 0 founded the seventh age of the Kids Next Door. However, her being from one of the first couple of ages before makes sense. She the would have been around the time of the alamode.

** likely born with it. If you go back to the fifth C.A.K.E.D. episode Father called the annoyingly cute triplets mother his Great Granny. Then take a look at the silhouetted person in the photos behind the triplets.

* Why did Tommy not mention that he added Father and the Delightful Children to the Code Module? That was a last ditch plan that should have been undone as soon as it was thought up. He could have everyone a lot of trouble during Operation I.T if he had just said something. So why didn't he?
** Maybe he told them off screen or it was fairly simple to figure out. They knew he removed himself from the code module so he didn't turn into an animal, but that alone wouldn't be enough to defeat Father and the Delightfuls. Putting them into the code module and turning them into animals was the only way Tommy could win. Besides they would surely want to know how he saved the day just to hear how awesome it was and more importantly get details for mission reports.

** A bigger question is did she REALLY love Nigel or was it a charade? And why did she make him attack the other operatives with the boyfriend helmet if she’s a GKND the whole time? Was that even necessary?
*** There are more than several moments to imply that she fell InLoveWithTheMark. If she didn't love him, she would have no reason to get genuinely jealous whenever someone tries to take her "Nigey". She genuinely trusts in Nigel Uno to save her and the day, and even makes him plot-relevant soup. Heck, she even has a room full of ''pictures of Nigel!'' My guess is that at first she was pretending but grew to genuinely love Uno. As for the latter it was probably just to cover up her involvement with the GKND. Also, your response still fails to answer my question.

* Why didn't Numbuh 1 discuss about Chad never being a traitor and the fact that KND operatives who turn 13 can still remain as such in Operation I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.? It could've been interesting to see what he thought about all that further in the GrandFinale.

** The idea is that they help kids in need, so the name could be a reference to they fact that they'll like quickly be there to help, like they're only next door.

* Why the decommissioning? They could've just created a splinter organization for operative over the age of 12. By decommissioning them, the KND is just creating their own enemies if you really think about it.

* Why "Kids Next Door"? Couldn't they have come up with a better name for their organization than KIDS NEXT DOOR?

* Why the decommissioning? I mean, they could've just created a splinter organization for operative over the age of 12. By decommissioning them, the KND is just creating their own enemies if you really think about it.

* A meta headscratcher. What's the name of the female voice actor that advertises the next cartoon at the end of each KND episode?
* [[ComicalOverreacting WHO TAUGHT NUMBER 3 HOW TO SWEAR!?]]

* Why "Kids Next Door"? Couldn't they have come up with a better name for their organization than KIDS NEXT DOOR? I mean come on, this troper could've come up with something better that!

* The reveal in "Operation: A.R.C.T.I.C." was that Sector V's comrade in the mission, Numbah 30c, was actually TheMole to Professor Triple-Extra-Large, and did everything to sabotage them from stopping the doctor's plans: making the perfect snowcone. However, on the way to the professor's lab, Numbah 2 says they actually passed the facility they were supposed to attack, for he was going to make a weather control device to prevent snow days. 30c looks over and tells Numbah 2 that "you got the coordinates wrong". It was only because of that statement that they went after the wrong mad scientist; if they had stopped the weather control device as planned, the kids would have a big snow day, and XXXL could have perfected his snowcone. Everyone wins. If 30c was THAT determined to help the doctor, he should have told Numbah 2 to turn around so they didn't even get into a fight over it. Did he want a challenge with Sector V? Did he like the other doctor's plan? Or was he really just an idiot [[NotSoDifferent like Numbah 4]]?

--> '''Numbuh One:''' They made me bald.

** Operation F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N. explicitly states differently.

* Why didn't Numbuh 1 discuss about Chad never being a traitor and the fact that KND operatives who turn 13 can still remain as such in Operation I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W? It could've been interesting to see what he thought about all that further in the GrandFinale.

** It's been established time and time again that he's just bad at what he does...

** Well, since kid were once kids, this wouldn't work, at all. (Considering that Numbah 2 is a rebellious kid, a sign isn't guaranteed to work on him).

** Well , since kid are been kids , this won't work , at all. (Talking like kid will read that sign and obey it , which is not happening.)

** Isn't it obvious? He may be a tough operative, but he's also BookDumb enough that everyone knows it. Heck, his math homework was so bad that it was literally poisonous to the weredogs. Plus on his missions he's had more than a few moments of stupidity. Also because of his annoying and rather rude personality, people don't tend to like him very much. How did you guys miss that?

** They probably started themselves. All of them, minus the TND, appear to be decomissioned KND operatives looking for revenge.

** They probably started themselves. All of them, minus the TND, appear to be ex-KND operatives looking for revenge.

*** What do you mean 50% Nigel's imagination? While you could make the "the Codename: Kids Next Door episodes could be a dream made by the dream headband" theory, there's no InUniverse evidence that ''Operation Z.E.R.O.'' is inside of Nigel's head.