History WesternAnimation / CodeNameKidsNextDoor

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In "Operation: U.N.C.O.O.L..", the Nerds Force captured members of the team to watch reruns of a show called ''Dr. Time, Space, and the Continuum''. (Not the last time this obvious parody of ''Series/DoctorWho'' is mentioned negatively. Clearly, the writers were not fans. Though Numbuh 362 would beg to disagree in "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.")

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: "Operation: C.R.I.M.E." has everyone at school being sent to detention for offenses they haven't even done yet thanks to a boy who can predict the future through crayon drawings. It eventually turns out that the boy can't really predict the future and was only pretending so that with everyone else in detention, he'd be first in line at the cafeteria before all the good food is gone. As he succeeds in his scheme, he asks the lunch lady for pizza bagels, only to find that today's lunch is actually a lima bean sandwich.
** Also in "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-T.H.R.E.E." The KND almost win their battle against the DCFDTL for their cake that they were going to eat in front of the children [[DoNotAdjustYourSet around the world on TV]], but they end up giving up, and let them eat it. Due to the fact that the chicks that Numbuh One was saved by, ended up going to the bathroom on it, making it soiled. Which the Delightful Children didn't know about when the KND decided to trick them into eating it. [[IsThisThingStillOn Much to the disgust of all the kids around the world that witnessed the whole scene.]]

*** Numbuh Five is Abigail Lincoln -- has the same initials as U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who is on the American $5 bill. She also served briefly as Numbuh One of Sector V, tying her in with Lincoln's apperance on the American penny (worth one cent).

** "Operation: F.A.S.T.F.O.O.D." dealt with celebrating Numbuh Three's birthday. (The episode sets it up to make the viewers believe she's a DistressedDamsel; however, as it turns out, she becomes the ''hero'', defeating the villain ''by herself''.)

* KidsHateVegetables: Broccoli is hated by all of the kids (and the adults, but unlike the kids, they can handle broccoli if they have to eat some).

*** Numbuh One is Nigel Uno -- "uno" is Spanish for "one", since he is the leader (and an only child)
*** Numbuh Two is Hoagie P. Gilligan, Jr. -- appropriately enough, a twofer reference: Bob Denver's character ''Gilligan'' was second-in-command of the S.S. Minnow on ''Series/GilligansIsland''; the ''Jr.'' generational suffix means that Numbuh Two was named after his father and considered "second generation."

*** Numbuh Four is Wallabee Beetles -- there were four members of Music/TheBeatles, even though Numbuh Four is Australian (as implied by his accent and the name Wallabee [wallaby]), not from Liverpool; plus, the number four is considered bad luck in [[FourIsDeath Chinese and Japanese culture]] (similar to the number 13 in Western culture), and Numbuh Four has [[ButtMonkey the worst luck of all the Sector V operatives.]]
*** Numbuh Five is Abigail Lincoln -- has the same initials as U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who is on the five-dollar bill in American currency. Abigail was also the Numbuh One of Sector V for a time (which also ties in with Abraham Lincoln and American currency. The penny is worth one cent).

** Played straight in most every other episode, though.

* GenkiGirl: Numbuh Three. "Genki" is even her mother's ''name'' (which is rather a subversion as Genki is anything but). What's more, they're [[TalkingToHimself both voiced by the same]] [[Creator/LaurenTom actress]]. Also, her sister Mushi is this.

* {{Crossover}}: "[[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy The Grim Adventures]] of the Kids Next Door". Oddly enough, although Numbuh Three made a [[{{Cameo}} cameo]] appearance in ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogie Adventure'', she didn't acknowledge -- or even seem to remember -- that in the actual crossover. (Over course, while the crossover was shown after the special was, it was never stated which story happened first, chronologically.)

** "Operation: L.I.C.E." is one great, big parody of ''Film/{{Alien}}''.

->''"[[AvengersAssemble Kids Next Door... BATTLE STATIONS!]]"''
-->-- '''[[{{Catchphrase}} Numbuh One]]'''

* NeverSayDie: Numbuh Four accidentally kills Kuki's pet fish in "Operation: F.I.S.H.Y.", but all the others say is that it's "...you know." Though eventually subverted when Wally offhandedly mentions how [[CrossesTheLineTwice "playing with dead stuff"]] is cool.
** Played straight in most every other episode though.

** "Operation: N.U.G.G.E.T."

** "Operation: S.P.I.N.A.C.H."

** Cree and Chad after they turned 13.

** "Operation: A.R.C.T.I.C." has [[spoiler:Numbuh 30c sabotaging Sector V's efforts because the villain was just making a snowcone, which Sector V wasn't aware of.]]
** "Operation: T.I.E." (which, ironically has a grown-up protagonist) [[spoiler:has a kid character turn on the others because his father was the head of a big company and wanted Moosk to come back and work for him]].
** [[spoiler:President [=McGarfield=]]] at the end of "Operation: P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T.".

** Creepy ''children'': The Delightful Children from Down the Lane, who all speak and even ''move'' in unison. Subverted in one episode where one of the DCFDTL appears to break free from the group to act as [[TheMole a spy]] for the KND Double Subverted when [[spoiler:he turns out to be TheMole and levitates back to them, and there's even a sickening squelching noise when he reasserts his place. His football helmet actually grew back on his head at the time, too.]] [[spoiler:And that's on top of ''all five'' Delightful Children actually being brainwashed KND operatives. ''Triple'' TheMole?]]\\\

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* ArtShift: In "Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T.", each member's RashomonStyle account of what happened to the package they were supposed to deliver is animated differently. Numbuh One's looks like a 3D video game, Numbuh Two's resembles an old-fashioned comic book, Numbuh Three's is in a stick-figure drawing style, Numbuh Four's is a homage to ''Anime/DragonBallZ,'' and Numbuh Five's looks like a Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon.

In March of 2015, [[http://warburtonlabs.blogspot.com/ Mr. Warburton's blog]] started an ARG with a [[http://www.rainbowmonkeys.com/ Rainbow Monkeys site]] (revealing a database search when clicking the nose) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_2aDok_CcQ a video]] teasing a possible sequel series, ''Galactic: Kids Next Door''. It was revealed to essentially be an April Fool's joke after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPni6B2d9QM this]] video was posted, but with the caveat that it appears to be the lead-in to an attempted viral campaign to get a sequel series made. A petition was made to get the series greenlit [[https://www.change.org/p/cartoon-network-greenlight-galactic-kids-next-door-series here]]. This was later proposed to Cartoon Network, but executives refused due to their lack of interest.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: If you're Supreme Leader, it's common knowledge you're a great fighter. I.e.: Numbuh Zero, 100, 274 and 362. Especially 362.