Line #41 Fridge/CodenameKidsNextDoor


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6	* Combined with LateToThePunchline; to most children the letter "t" is plainly not a number. However, fast-forward to high school and algebra classes where we learn "t" is very much a number, specifically a variable. In other words: it's unreliable like Tommy.
7	* At first it seems like the Delightfuls are a HiveMind just for added [[NightmareFuel creep factor]]. But Delightfulized children are supposed to be perfect little kids in the eyes of adults; what's one of the most annoying things parents complain about? ''Kids fighting with their siblings''. By making the Delightfuls the way they are it guarantees they never disagree or bicker about anything! Except, of course, when one of them does something colossally idiotic.
8	* Considering the DCFDTL are really KND operatives who were [[{{Brainwashing}} brainwashed]] by Father himself it's no surprise they fear his wrath more than anything else. It makes sense that the ONE time in the entire series their Delightfulized selves don't speak in unison is when Father berates them.
9	* In Operation: Z.E.R.O. it’s revealed the DCFDTL are the brainwashed members of Sector Z. In G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S., Father’s animal transformation device only affects the genetic signatures of active KND operatives and the kids of Sector Z have never been decommissioned via having their boogers removed so why didn’t it affect the Delightfuls until Tommy put them in the Code Module? The Delightfulization process scrambled their [[HollywoodGenetics genetic signatures]] and thus the Module no longer recognizes them as KND operatives.
10	* "Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P." feels even more brilliant when one notices Numbuh 1's FatalFlaw: he tends to be so {{workaholic}} about being a member of the KND that it's questionable if he still knows how to be a kid. Being age-ified merely amplified it. So Numbuh 5 wasn't ''just'' pointing out that "Mr. Uno" was too readily letting his age keep him from being a good guy, she was [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on letting his worst tendencies take the wheel]].
11	* There's a brilliant foil between the KND and the DCFDTL's names: distance. Where can you find the KND? They are "(Kids) ''Next Door''". And where can you find the DCFDTL? Why "Down the Lane"!
12	* "Operation: T.H.E.S.H.O.G.U.N." becomes brilliant when one takes note that the cheese {{ninja}}s make weapons out of cheese cutlery the same way RealLife ninjas first used farm tools as improvised weapons.
13	** Also, it's no wonder Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson would go on to be Shredder in a ''TMNT'' TV series: as the Cheese Shogun he's good at voicing the master of a ninja clan. What's more, it's also noteworthy that Shredder was inspired by a ''cheese grater''.
14	* In "Operation: T.A.P.I.O.C.A.", Numbuh 2's tendency for [[UnreliableNarrator stretching the truth]] is fitting with the the Kids Next Door's philosophy of kids being free to break the rules (among other things like drinking soda, not brushing their teeth, not 'playing nice' etc.).
15	* Of course King Sandy likes 'older women', his older cousins must've had some influence on his preference.
16	* Before the present KND was founded by Numbuh Zero his father [[EvilOldFolks Grandfather]] was in charge. [[EvilOverlord Considering]] ''how'' [[AbusiveParent he ruled]] [[CrapsackWorld the world]] the KND's rampant distrust of adults in particular suddenly becomes far more justified.
17	* For TheReveal about Numbuh 0 being Numbuh 1's father. '''0''' is before '''1''' like how a father comes to the world before his son.
18	* Why is Fanny, aka Numbuh 86 the KND's resident AlphaBitch in charge of decommission? Because anyone doing this job is destined to become the most disliked and feared of all agents; basically the decommissioner is a non-lethal equivalent of an executioner that finishes the other agents' careers and destroys their memories. So obviously nobody would take the job unless they were already disliked by other agents and therefore the position made little difference in Fanny's relations with the rest of the organization.
19	** Considering this it also suddenly makes sense that Fanny, as shown in flashbacks was a medical officer before getting her current position. Decommission is comparable to a medical decision that [[NecessaryEvil isn't necessarily nice or likable yet it's important and therefore must be done despite personal interests being compromised]] as it also happens whenever Fanny has to decommission any agent she actually respects or likes, yet she does her job for the KND's general sake just like a doctor might have to amputate a patient's limbs in order to save the rest of their body.
20	** Along with the fact that to "86 something" means to get rid of it; which in this case are memories.
21	** Adding to this it's possible one of the reasons Number 86 is so rude and abrasive in general is because she's overcompensating. 86 is going to have to decommission everyone she knows that's close to her age at some point so she's deliberately shutting others out to keep herself from getting attached so she can remain impartial.
22	* Numbuh 4, as his number implies is [[FourIsDeath the unluckiest member of Sector V]]. However, add [[RuleOfThree Numbuh 3]] into the figurative equation and you have [[LuckySeven 7]], widely considered the luckiest number. Even their codenames [[ShipTease tease]] these two.
23	* Numbuh 4 is the ''combat'' expert. [[FourIsDeath 4 is associated with death]] which is often associated with violence.
24	* This is one for ''Series/DoctorWho'' fans: We first hear of [[CaptainErsatz Doctor Time-Space Continuum]] in "Operation: U.N.C.O.O.L.", with the kids watching what's likely a fictional counterpart to the Classic Series, which given the KND's disdain for "old" and "nerdy" things can explain why they're not really having fun. The next time we hear of the show again is in 2007 ("Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.") during the height of the Creator/DavidTennant era. Which might be why [[{{Fangirl}} Numbuh 362's]] taken a liking to it.
25	* During the first season of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', having the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children]] show up like some sort of MandatoryLine (i.e. forced and seemingly irrelevant) might have been intentionally grating to get the audience jaded enough so that by the time they did do something important (i.e. picking up the age changer) no one would suspect it was a ChekhovsGun. (This was before audiences were aware of how tight the show's continuity would be.)
26	* For some the truth about Chad's allegiance to the KND and not the teenagers might [[AssPull come out of nowhere]]. But consider this, why didn't Chad just avoid ''any'' interaction with Nigel so he would have an easier time trying to [[HurlItIntoTheSun launch the Moonbase into the sun]] without being detected until it was too late, hanging the KND out to dry? Because that wasn't what he actually wanted; it's implied to have been both a means to "prove" his loyalty to the teenagers and a [[GambitRoulette gambit]] to make sure Numbuh 5's sister Cree wouldn't do the same since in cartoons [[ItOnlyWorksOnce if a scheme fails once it's usually abandoned]].
27	* [[InventionalWisdom "Who else but a bunch of stupid kids would even put a 'Blow Up the Engines' button on a spaceship?"]] Answer: When said spacecraft is a PrisonShip having a "Blow Up the Engines" button is actually a very good idea. If prisoners manage to escape and can't be subdued [[CuttingTheKnot permanently disabling the propulsion lets you render the spaceship unusable for hijacking without killing yourself in the process]]. The ''actual'' stupidity is that [[DidNotThinkThisThrough they didn't think to put a safety on it]].
28	** And according to comics published by Creator/CartoonNetwork the same person put a setting on the decommissioner so it would erase the memories of the person who pulled the switch. How is that a good idea? Go over the circumstances of Operation: E.N.D. with a rogue teenage ex-operative instead of Numbuh 86. Imagine if one KND operative managed to put it on that setting without the teenager noticing. It may also be a way for Numbuh 86 to decommission ''herself'' when she turns 13 since at that point her fellow operatives might not have the nerve to do it.
29	* Father's VillainDecay makes more sense when you remember how his debut episode went: he initially appeared as this [[KnightOfCerebus dark]], {{badass}} [[ManipulativeBastard manipulator]]. Then the KND beat him by throwing ''ice cream'' at him. He simply started to lose confidence in himself as a villain after his first defeat. It helps that in ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'', it was implied during a moment of raw anger that he was capable of scaring ''[[GreaterScopeVillain Grandfather]]'' of all people.
30	** Furthermore, Father’s biggest failure is his lack of self-esteem and cowardice thanks to [[AbusiveParents Grandfather's methods]] and ParentalFavoritism. The deep-rooted problems he has with confidence are crippling his ability to be a threat.
31	* The DCFDTL's often downright ridiculous levels of incompetence and stupidity up to TooDumbToLive levels becomes a case of great FridgeBrilliance when it's revealed who they REALLY are: the brainwashed KND team Sector Z. Possibly the reason they are so incompetent and stupid sometimes is that they're holding back by [[FightingFromTheInside actively and/or subconsciously fighting the Delightfulization]]!
32	* How did Mr. Boss know girls would be incredibly attracted to Rainbow Monkeys? Well, he has a daughter (Numbuh 86) who, according to Numbuh 1 has even more than Numbuh 3.
33	* How did [[LethalChef Gramma Stuffum]] become the cook for Gallagher Elementary's Cafeteria? Well, remember when we found out James Nixon [=McGarfield=] worked for Father and made elementary school hell for the rest of the children? Father and [=McGarfield=] probably hired Stuffum to be the cafeteria cook so even lunchtime wouldn't be fun and it worked (except for maybe Numbuh 2).
34	* Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E. has a StableTimeLoop of Margaret managing to take over the world by turning all the boys into girls because her future self sends troops and tech from 75 years in the future back to her in the present, but never explains how the loop began. Odds are, the present young Margie managed to invent a time machine, feed the right information of how to change history to her future self, and then used that shift to funnel tech back to herself which only further solidified the altered history for herself; destroying the future machine notably only kept the future Margaret from chasing the old Numbah 4 through history so the heroes got a fighting chance, and it's the destruction of the ''present'' machine that erases all the time traveling elements from the future.
35	* Why are there so many LivingProp villains? Remember that the main five characters are but one sector in a global organization. The bad guys we never meet are probably the enemies of other sectors. Of course, WordOfGod is that the ''real'' reason is because they didn't have enough villains to fill the movie theater in Operation: M.O.V.I.E., but still...
36	* A lot of people say Chad TookALevelInJerkass when he became TheMole. Well, would ''you'' be so jolly if you had to fight so many of your former comrades all the time? It also crosses into HeartwarmingInHindsight when you realize: Chad is basically allowing his former name as a KND legend to go up in flames, and willing to go down in KND history as a traitor, ''just to give them the edge against the villains''.
37	* Chad's BadassDecay since E.N.D. makes a lot more sense with the reveal that he was working undercover. Not only was he allowing the Kids Next Door to win, but was also wasting the Teenz and adults' resources with over-the-top, failed plans.
38	* The constant exaggeration of "all the kids in the world" villains use seems a ''little'' less silly when you know that all 7 billion people on Earth could comfortably fit in Texas with the population density of New York.
39	* One might expect the KND to refer to themselves by their actual names instead of their numbers when they're off-duty, seeing as they're so close. But then again, they ''are'' still 10 years old. So they probably love calling each other by their really cool codenames.
40	* It's a little strange that the KND computer immediately [[FunWithAcronyms came up with "Battle Ready Armor" as an acronym for "bra".]] And some people might find it silly how the "crazy conspiracy" was coincidentally right. But, if you watch Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E., you'd see that the Kids Next Door had encountered teenagers wearing the armor before. They just didn't know that the suits themselves were bras, until Numbuh 2 submitted the information to the computer and it added it all up. Also, Teen technology could be a combination of KND and Adult technology. After all, Teens are considered the midpoint between Adult and Kid. The Acronym was probably a left over of the KND portion.
41	* Some viewers thought Numbuh 2 was being snobbish in Operation: T.R.I.C.Y.C.L.E. when Tommy scratched his bike. But, if you read the comic prequel Operation: T.R.I.K.E., you'd see at the end that he made the bike with his DisappearedDad. (Heavily implied to be dead in Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R.) So of course he'd get defensive about it.
42	* Considering how horribly Adulthood is viewed, it's strange how the the KND never try to fight their own aging. But then, generations of kids have different likes and dislikes. Its hard for older kids to understand what younger kids like (For example, a fan of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Robot Jones and Dexter would not understand or like Uncle Grandpa the same way a younger kid would). If the KND did not change its operatives over time, they would eventually loose the ability to understand the very kids they protect;
43	* Chad's age. He's Numbuh 274. Here's a little math lesson: What's 2 + 7 + 4?
44	* There's a bit of FridgeBrilliance in TheMovie when it comes to Grandfather and the title Numbuh Zero. Grandfather is more or less the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the fear of growing old all kids have and the negative qualities of it (thus his RapidAging power). On the other hand as soon as he's defeated, we find that Numbuh Zero has accepted growing up and becoming a father, reflecting Monty Uno's love of being a father and wanting to be a good one. This makes sense, once the fear of growing up has been defeated one can see the good qualities of it are worth looking forward to.
45	* Mr. Sanban's ranting about "just wanting his daughters to be nice to each other" sound ridiculous, but wait, wasn't that the episode where we found out Mushi was EvilAllAlong?
46	** Not necessarily. It should be noted that the last episode Mushi appeared in before this one was "Operation K.A.S.T.L.E.", which was when she met (and started going out with) King Sandy. Considering what a {{Bratty Half Pint}} Sandy is, it's possible that Mushi genuinely {{Used To Be A Sweet Kid}} with some {{Annoying Younger Sibling}} tendencies, and that Sandy [[ToxicFriendInfluence has been a bad influence on her]]. Also supporting this theory is the end of "Operation S.P.A.N.K.E.N.S.T.I.N.E.", where Numbuh 2 witnesses King Sandy helping Mushi sneak out of her room.
47	* When Father's interview with the adult versions of KND ended Number 5 contacted Number 1 and still has access to the Moon Base despite supposedly having only had her memories restored by Father for his interview. Why? Because when Father took over the KND as Supreme Leader, he enacted a rule where the Supreme Leader could ''not'' be decommissioned. That rule is ''still'' in place so Number 5 was never decommissioned unlike her husband.
48	** Actually the end of the episode implies that NONE of the members of Sector V were decommissioned. When Abby/Numbuh 5 answers Numbuh 1's call, she says ''we'' (Numbuh's 2-5) told Father everything he wanted to hear, and "''we'll'' meet you up on the Moon Base" before she welcomes him back. As she's talking in plurals, it's likely that she's referring to the whole group.
49	* "Operation: P.L.A.N.E.T." becomes this after the discovery of the Galactic KND in the GrandFinale. A KND experiment headed by Numbuh 74.239, about reaching outside the solar system, which somehow sends the astronauts back to Earth while they blacked out? Can you say "cover-up"?
50	* In Operation S.P.A.N.K., Numbuh 3 walks into her room and discovers Count Spankulot spanking one of her Rainbow Monkeys. In other words, she caught him "spanking the monkey."
51	* In "Operation: GRADUATES," Tommy is shocked that Father wouldn't turn off his machine even to save his own kids: "Man... you really ''are'' evil!" True, and there seems to be nothing more to it. Until "Operation: ZERO." Of course Father wouldn't care what happens to the Delightful Children -- they're not really his kids, just disposable BrainwashedAndCrazy minions.
52	** Adding to this, Sector V aren't the only KND members that he fights. Compared to the other "nuissances", he probably considers Sector V to be a "major nuisance".
53	* In "Operation: ZERO," Number 1 says that he and Number 2 have been "best friends since kindergarten," but we never really saw any evidence of that. (If anything, Numbers 1 and 5 -- and Numbers 2 and 4 -- seemed to be best friends.) But look at their good-bye in "Operation: INTERVIEWS." Although Number 1 calls each of his friends by their first name in that scene, Hoagie's the ''only'' who calls him "Nigel." The two of them are also the ones crying the most, even more than the slightly teary-eyed Numbers 3 and 5, and, unlike Number 4, not even ''trying'' to hide it.
54	* Nigel's immunity to brain freeze, as revealed in "Operation: COLLEGE," seems like just a one-off gag that sets up the plot for the episode. However, with the reveal that Nigel is the grandson of the [[EvilIsBurningHot fire-based]] villain Grandfather, this immunity actually makes a lot of sense.
55	* In hindsight, it should have been obvious that "Operation: WHITEHOUSE" was AllJustADream, simply by having a basic knowledge of U.S. law. The Bill of No Rights for Kids would be ''highly'' unconstitutional and probably wouldn't even make it to the president in the first place, and the president can't be forced to sign anything, especially not something that would plunge the country into chaos like this. Nigel also wouldn't become president, as he's not a natural-born U.S. citizen. Now, an adult would know all this, but would a child?
56	** Except with regards to how things work in the KND universe, there was one episode where an adult obsessed with safety actually ''tried'' to give children more rights. Of course, because the rest of the adults thought it was boring, he was thrown out of the court. Really, it wasn't the first time in the KND series that adults tried to give no rights to kids. Therefore this entry is pretty invalid. Also, the ''really'' obvious hints that it was all a dream was everyone literally referring to Nigel's situation as "just a bad dream". Besides that, considering how insane the world of Kids Next Door is, there's no reason to assume that any of their laws work the way they do in real life.
57	* The G:KND viral teaser ARG reveals a few characters to be G:KND operatives all along, including Lizzie Devine. Now Lizzie's LethalChef tendencies make a lot more sense.
58	* When the Toilenator is at the big Villain BBQ, he refuses to eat the burgers because, "Do you know what red meat does to your digestive system?". At first glace he just seems annoyingly health-conscious on top of being a nuisance to the rest of the villains, but considering the Toilenator has the power to travel through toilets and sewers, he'd prefer not to deal with [[{{Squick}} clogged toilets]] slowing him down.
59	* Lizzie turning out to be a plant alien operative of the Galactic Kids Next Door suddenly makes a lot of sense when you consider her involvement over the course of the series. She refers to Numbuh 63.5 by his first name, Herbie, derived from "Herb" - a kind of plant. Her booger falling into salad leaves is what prompts the nation's principals to reject a plan to mine playgrounds for salad oil. The "romantic lunch" she planned and rescued for Numbuh 1 turns out to be a single celery stick. She ends up chased by the Sector V Treehouse after it falls in love with Nigel. Her cooking is notoriously bad, and at one point she even claims that a tumbler of soup she made for Nigel is "delicious". Think about it - she wouldn't need to know how to cook edible food, because plants don't eat food like conventional Earth operatives.
60	** The {{Foreshadowing}} even began a lot sooner than that if you know where to look, and rather blatantly. In "Operation L.U.N.C.H.", Lizzie's locker is a combat-capable robot ready and active for any moment, and it has a K.N.D. name classification like how Robo-Bradley got one. There's also "Operation P.O.O.L.", where she was part of the Destructively Nefarious Kids group as an explicit operative - what seemed like a coincidental or perhaps strange reversal turned out to be one of the biggest hints there was. The fact that this "evil" Lizzie was the first to commit to a HeelFaceTurn to readily rebel against Opposite Numbah Four could even be debated to fall in line with the fact that as a Galactic Kids Next Door operative, she can see the much bigger picture than anyone else in the cast, and actually changed ''the least'' of all the cast members.
61	** Lizzie's TheDitz and ItsAllAboutMe tendencies now make sense with this retroactive factor: the one time she operated like a Kids Next Door member was when she was directly affected by Adults committing an action that actually peeved her off personally. Every other occasion is her bumbling around, acting as opposition to Sector V and particularly Numbuh One, ''constantly'' trying to be selfish and derail his work as an operative. She was effectively one giant portion of the test in trying to tempt him in every way possible to see if he really would put the K.N.D. above all else -- and by being the girlfriend he both cared for and yet couldn't stick with, she fulfilled that duty, even if she had to be obscenely obnoxious to fulfill it.
62	* At the end of Operation I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., Numbuh 5 claims that she told Father everything he wanted to know about the Galactic Kids Next Door. Seeing how sinister the group was according to the G:KND viral teaser, and seeing how Numbuh 1 is implied to be at the Moonbase, the grown-up Sector V operatives probably wanted to get back at the Galactic Kids Next Door for almost destroying the planet. Even more, the Galactic KND even fear Father, so they'd definitely have fun facing him.
63	* At first glance, the Toilenator might just seem like a simple joke villain with a ridiculous gimmick, but if you do some thinking, his toilet-theme actually does make perfect sense. Children are NOTORIOUS for clogging up toilets and trashing up bathrooms (come on, who hasn't clogged up the toilet at least once as a kid?) and adults often get angry when they have to unclog or clean up the mess their child made, so the Toilenator definitely fits in well with the kid-hating theme of the super villains.
64	* "Operation: P.I.N.K.E.Y.E." centers around kids getting super-crusty pinkeye after getting hit with water balloons. Sounds like a stretch, unless the water came from toilets. And since pinkeye can be caused from touching an eye after making contact with fecal matter, which is deposited into toilets...
65	* [=GrandFather=] is called Grandfather in the past before he was a grandfather, which is odd at first glance until one reads it differently: perhaps in the past he called himself Grand Father, as in a Father that is Grand, Like a Grand Admiral. He only becomes "Grandfather" in the traditional sense once revived.
66	* In his debut, Father believes the KND to be a "minor nuisance" and let the Delightful Children handle their defeat. Why does he have such a low opinion of the KND? The Delightful Children were once elite KND operatives. From Father's point of view, the KND aren't too special if some of their greatest fighters are now his brainwashed minions.
67	* In Operation S.P.A.N.K., apparently Count Spankulot is so far the ONLY villain who suffers legal repercussions... why is that? Well, frankly speaking in regards to real life, dressing up as a vampire and spanking children you don't know does have some nasty UnfortunateImplications and will not end well...
68	* In Operation M.O.V.I.E., pay attention to the movie poster for "Violence: The Movie", one of the characters in the poster appears to be holding pop guns instead of real guns, this might establish in the world of Kids Next Door that REAL weapons like firearms do not exist... and because it is a children's series after all.
69	* In Operation I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., Sector V is frustrated that despite everything they've done for the KND, they lose their signature cake retrieval mission to a younger team led by someone who is openly disrespectful to them. Could this be a hint of why teenagers like Cree abandoned the KND? They've effectively spent their entire childhoods fighting to protect kids only to be cast aside and derided as they grow older and replaced by "snotnosed brats" who don't show them any respect for their accomplishments. At some points, Sector V even remark that they deserve the best missions due to being having seniority, implying that they've started developing a mindset that they're better because they're older.
70	* In Operation F.A.S.T.-F.O.O.D. it seems rather odd that Great White Sharks would willingly go through the effort of buying burgers made with children considering that, in real life, they feed on prey high in fat and humans would normally be considered too lean to be worth a meal until you realize the restaurant is a fast food joint for sharks. Of course they'd be serving "junk food." In the episode the father shark even openly calls the place a dump out of derision for serving food that isn't considered healthy by a sharks standards.
71	* Numbuh One's grandfather is [[EvilOverlord Grandfather]], who is also [[DiabolicalMastermind Father's]] father and Numbuh One's dad's dad. Interesting wordplay indeed.
72	* Each of Sector V's code names (or rather "numbuhs") are reflected by their real names. Numbuh 1's last name is "Uno", spanish for "one". Numbuh 2 is Hoagie Jr., which means he's the second person in his family to have that name. Numbuh 3's last name is "Sanban", Japanese for "three". Numbuh 4's last name is Beatles, there are/were four Beatles members. Numbuh 5's real name is Abigail Lincoln, a feminine sounding version of Abraham Lincoln who is on the five dollar bill.
73	* Numbuh One leaving the Kids Next Door in Operation G.R.O.W.U.P. can seem like a ContinuitySnarl at first, as Numbuh 86 specifically says in later seasons that the decommissioning-at-thirteen rule only goes by years and not physical age. However, assuming that Operation G.R.O.W.U.P. was the KND's first encounter with ageing-up technology, it can explain why Numbuh One was never decommissioned despite being an adult; at that time in the series, there was probably no protocol for such a situation. The only ''other'' time the Kids Next Door would have had to deal with a similar situation would have been in the 19th century, [[OlderThanTheyLook when five hundred operatives had to be decommissioned despite being physically still kids,]] [[YoungerThanTheyLook which is the other way round from what Numbuh One experienced.]]
74	** By the time of Operation G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S. one of the Global Command's fears is that Father might age them all into adults. If the decommissioning-at-thirteen rule had applied to physical age rather than years, the entire Kids Next Door could have been wiped out completely. We also see that measures have been put in place to combat this (such as the Birthday Suits that Sector V wear) as Global Command are now aware of the possibility.
75	* In a Advertising/CNCity bumper, Numbuh 1 is very friendly to Professor Utonium and even goes through the trouble of helping the latter when he locked himself out of his car. Aside from being a good adult, there is one more reason why he be so friendly towards Utonium. After all, you don't want to make an enemy out of the person that is the ''creator and parent of the Powerpuff Girls''. Imagine the firepower the KND would have if the trio are their newest recruits. Sector T anyone?
76	* At the end of Operation H.O.T.S.T.U.F.F., it is revealed that Mr Sanban messed with the treehouse's thermostat until it froze into a giant ice cube. Hailing from Japan, it's possible that he couldn't handle the temperatures inside. [[BookEnds Just like his daughter]].
77	* A number of the adult villains in the series are FatBastard types: while it is not uncommon in medium to do this the series has an extra layer to it. A considerable theme of conflict between adults and children involves what they eat and weight management. A fat adult, to a child, is a very serious display of hypocrisy or double standards.
78	* Most of the parents of Sector V start off as TheFaceless. This is a fairly common trope meant to show a child's point view. However it ends up being down played and averted later on. Operation O.O.M.P.P.A.H starts off with Numbuh one's dad face being obscured only to show it half way through, why? It symbolizes Numbuh one seeing his dad as an actual person for this first time rather then just his parent or another "adult". Same goes for Numbuh four in Operation M.A.T.A.D.O.R.
79	* Why does Numbuh 4 often come across as absolutely stupid? As an Australian he often gets compared to a marsupial (he got turned into a Koala once for example, and has used Kangaroos as weapons. His baby brother is named after a baby Kangaroo, etc etc): fun fact about marsupials. They have very small brains for mammals.
80	* D.I.A.P.E.R. has Sector V (minus Numbuh 1) lose their teeth to a bunch of babies and reclaim them once Numbuh 1 knocks them out with his horrible lullaby singing. Why are the teeth easily removable similar to dentures? T.E.E.T.H. shows they're very negligent to their dental health.
81	* The KND use boogers as keys to activate computer systems or gain access to areas within their territory, like the moonbase. This at first seems like a exaggerated (and disgusting) joke about kids picking their noses, but its actually a smart way to ensure security in two ways. One, it requires genetic material making it difficult for enemies to obtain compared to a key or password. Second, having a disgusting method means the enemy wouldn't want to try and steal something like that and very unlikely to attempt it.
82	* Numbuh 86 has retained her high position despite her sexist attitude towards boys. You'd think Chad or Rachel would do something about it since they outrank her. This is an unfortunate reminder of how the [[TruthInTelevision real world]] works. Numbuh 86's job is to capture [=KND=] operatives who have turned 13 and bring them in for decommissioning. Her job is not only important to the [=KND=] organization, but she's good at it. The [=KND=] needs her services in order to function. Removing her as head of decommissioning or outright firing her would only cripple the [=KND=] as there's no guarantee her replacement will be as competent allowing more teenagers to run free. In short, Numbuh 86 never changes her behavior because she doesn't have to as its overshadowed by her performance.
83	* Father growing up as the ultimate enemy to children everywhere because that's how he was raised, its the age old, "abused child grows up to become an abusive jerk themself". However, there's more to it than that. He's jealous of the very children he's trying to opress because they have better relationships with their parents and lives in general, not having to go through child labor. He can't let go the past containing his childhood trauma. As for why his brother is able to handle it better, remember that Monty became a [=KND=] operative to oppose Grandfather as such he would have to go through decommissioning when he turned 13 years old, erasing his memory in the process, allowing him to mellow out.
84	* In the story of Black John Licorice, the reason that black licorice is associated with the curse is because, outside of the Netherlands, black licorice is a very [[StockYuck polarizing candy]], which tends to be more popular with adults than kids due to its strong, unsweet flavor. In America, the sweeter, milder ''red'' licorice is much more popular with kids.
85	* Why is Captain Stickybeard the most AffablyEvil of the foes faced by Sector V? Well, Stickybeard is a Candy Pirate -- meaning, he's somebody with an inherently child-like affinity for sweets. He's not a ChildHater like most of the foes faced by the Kids Next Door, he's just a nuisance because he's willing to steal from kids to get his sugar fix. Outside of that little quibble, he has no real problem with children. This is why he can respect the Kids Next Door despite opposing them, especially fellow candy connoisseur Numbuh Five, and why he's willing to call truces with them against common threats, such as Black John or the Great White Asparagus.
86	* With the true nature of their plans unveiled, it's easier to see ''why'' the Galactic Kids Next Door picked Nigel over Chad. Namely, Nigel is easier to ''indoctrinate''.
87	** Some of their "tests" for Numbuh 1 end up looking like BehavioralConditioning. Each "test" was designed to see if Numbuh 1 was truly dedicated to the cause and ready to be recruited. "W.H.I.T.E.H.O.U.S.E." was to see if he would betray his values even if he was turned into an adult, "G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D." and his relationship with Lizzie/Numbuh Vine overall was to see if he'd put his relationships aside for the mission, and "I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." was to see if he was willing to say goodbye to everything he knew and loved for the sake of the Galactic Kids Next Door. It falls in line with Numbuh 1's character, he is willing to put aside his own happiness for the sake of helping kids, even if he might struggle with it for a bit.
88	*** It doesn't help that even with viewer omniscience, [[FalseDichotomy Numbuh 1 choosing the mission will be considered the "right" thing and any average operative would've done the same thing]]. Signing the bill in "W.H.I.T.E.H.O.U.S.E." will lead to nationwide, if not global oppression of minors. "G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D." and his various dates with Lizzie would have catastrophic results if he chose to stuck with her. Not to mention, her general unpleasantness makes the decision to ditch her much easier to choose. "I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." puts the conscience of children in the galaxy on his shoulders. And this is the scenario the Galactic Kids Next Door is pulling over his eyes, ''so that when they exterminate the Earth, Numbuh 1 will definitely allow it to happen.''
89	** Chad meanwhile is someone not so easily swayed. Even before he became a FakeDefector he was shown to be headstrong and stubborn, willing to sacrifice himself to try and save Sector V from Mighty Mom and Destructo Dad before finding out it was his parents, and then getting back at them by quitting his extracurriculars and threatening to get a tattoo. He even developed an inferiority complex towards Nigel despite originally being his mentor. Chad was too stubborn and headstrong to be indoctrinated.
90	** It likewise shows in their reactions towards the plan for Earth.
91	*** Chad is appalled by the idea, calls it evil, and swallows his pride to beg Nigel not to go through with it, bringing up the fact they have families there and that Abby wouldn't approve of Nigel doing it.
92	*** Nigel however, while reluctant at the idea of sacrificing his friends and shows visible hesitance once Chad mentions Abby's disapproval, goes through with it for the sake of the greater good. Notably though, he does so ''after'' the other G:KND members question his resolve, and Numbuh Aleph Zero explicitly orders Chad be ''suppressed''. Without Chad there to make him struggle with the choice, Numbuh 1 is back on board with his mission, even if it means sacrificing his home, his family, ''and'' his team.
93	* The Galactic Kids Next Door and their ''vicious'' hatred of adults is a reflection of the adage "[[HeWhoFightsMonsters Hatred can eat you until there's nothing left until you become that which you hate]]." It is possible that the aliens were brutally oppressed by adult tyranny. However, instead of merely fighting back against crooked adults, they sought to wipe them out, in the same way many revolutionary organizations devolve into the same tyranny they once resisted.
94	* In "Operation: I.T", it might seem like a bit of an AssPull that Father just happens to know about the game of tag that will decide the next Supreme Leader. Then you remember the lengths the operatives were going too in order to tag someone or avoid being tagged. There is no ''way'' he wouldn't have noticed the game!
95	* The Delightful Children from Down the Lane is a reflection of how "nice isn't the same thing as good." They seemingly are the "perfect" kids: polite, well-groomed, and obedient toward their father. However, their politeness doesn't do much to mask that they are rotten kids who are brainwashed minions for a corrupt supervillain.
96	* The Delightful Children from Down the Lane having several birthdays over a period of time that should last one year seems to be a manifestation of ComicBookTime. But it is possible that the Delightful Children have multiple birthdays each year. Part of it is because they are rich brats who like being able to celebrate a birthday anytime they want, but also because the purpose of the parties is [[EvilIsPetty forcing kids to watch them eat cake without giving them any]].
97	** Also, they're not quintuplets. They wouldn't share the same birthday. Numbuh 1 even says they only get five chances a year for their cake.
98	* For someone who supposedly has the highest mission success rate in the Kids Next Door, Numbuh 363 is shown to be rather incompetent, making several bone headed moves during the scavenger hunt. Then you remember who his sector mates are- Lee and Sonya, [[HypercompetentSidekick who are shown to be rather competent and level headed even without a leader]]. The two of them could easily be the reason that Sector W is doing so well and Numbuh 363 is simply taking all the credit and has deluded himself into believing it was because of him that his sector is so good.
99	** Additionally, it also makes sense that they'd be so good at complementing Numbuh 363's failings, given that they worked together with Tommy when he was still in training with them. Tommy had shown multiple times to be quite capable, even if his track record was somewhat all over the place and his abrupt resignation. The major difference however is that Tommy was an overall decent kid even with his flaws, whereas Numbuh 363 basically had all Tommy's negative traits with almost ''none'' of his positive qualities.
100	* So, if Maurice knew before going into the Decommissioning Chamber that he would actually retain his memories and continue to serve the KND undercover, does that mean his farewell was an act and totally meaningless? Not necessarily. Sure, he knew he wouldn't lose his memories of his friends and adventures... but instead, he had to leave knowing that the next time his friends and teammates saw him, they would think he was the enemy. In a way, that might have been ''worse''. His sadness as he anticipated that future would be very real, and it was fortunate he had the decommissioning excuse to cover the real reason for it.
101	* If Numbuh 13 is such a horrifically unlucky and useless operative, TheMillstone who is HatedByAll even within his OWN SECTOR, why wasn't he ever decommissioned? Because that same bad luck and incompetence can be used to hurt enemies of the KND as well. Numbuh 13 may not realize it, but he is an INCREDIBLY valuable asset to the Kids Next Door with how incompetent and unlucky he is. He may not be respected by anyone, but even the Kids Next Door understand how useful someone like that can be under the right or rather wrong circumstances.
102	** The comic "Operation: S.M.U.G.G.L.E." supports this theory pretty well. Nigel enlists 13 in a corn dog smuggling mission just to frame him for eating a corn dog and have Mr. Fizz, who is busting any smugglers, capture him. From there, Mr. Fizz is made to deal with the troublesome boy while the female Sector V members to gain access to the dogs without trouble. Numbuh 3 ends up eating them, but it still serves as evidence that the KND can weaponize 13 when they see fit.
103	* Father is shown to have an extremely low opinion of the Kids Next Door, which only slightly goes up once he starts losing to them. Then you remember how Sector Z was considered to be the best sector when they were active. Of ''course'' Father is going to have a low opinion of the Kids Next Door if their best team is now little more than his BrainwashedAndCrazy minions.
104	* In "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.", Ash Ketchum from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' makes a cameo. Since he [[NotAllowedToGrowUp stayed 10 years old through his entire decades-long run on the show]], it is commonly joked that he must be immortal. But of course, the KND would find an operative who never grows up to be extremely useful.
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108	* It's entirely possible that many of the adult villains of the series were KND members themselves in their childhood years. Imagine fighting against your oppressors who are constantly trying to destroy you and your friends each day. You dream of a brighter and better future for children worldwide. Then comes the big day, your 13th birthday, and suddenly all of your memories of your adventures, victories, and this cause you so vehemently supported are ripped away in the blink of an eye. Years go by and you, for whatever reason, find yourself growing more and more hatred towards children. Eventually, you become the very thing you once sought to overcome. Worst of all: you aren't even aware that this happens.
109	** Even worse, there really isn't much leeway for it. The lowest that kids can be inducted into the Kids Next Door is typically five years old, but most of the characters we see are only a couple years away at best from the dreaded 13th birthday. The Kids Next Door take the "teen" part of your age so literally that the children are stuck considering only a handful of years their only time to really do their best and then it's gone forever, and you either grow up into civilian life oblivious to your past actions, or [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis become yet another adult supervillain]]. While Sector V managed to avoid the problems of it all, the sad reality is that the "golden years" of nearly the entire cast were already at their zenith by the series' end, and taken by real scale, would've already been decommissioned around the time the intended audience group had become teens themselves.
110	* The decommissioning devices will remove all of an operative's memories -- and then recommissioning is shown shortly afterwards to exist. This is initially implied to be an emergency measure, thanks to Sector V saving the Moon Base in "Operation: E.N.D." after being decommissioned over a mistake... and then "Operation: Z.E.R.O." shows that the Recommissioning Module can accomplish this with anyone at ''any time.'' Which means either their memories are being stored somewhere -- a huge risk in and of itself if an adult cracked that info wide open -- or every decommissioned operative has their memories traumatically made dormant, able to be restored with the right circumstances. Which effectively means anyone can be returned to duty in an emergency, or as Grandfather's restoration proves, any traitor or former villain that was decommissioned could be restored to their old selves. The Kids Next Door's own best way for keeping their massive secrets internalized, is also one of their greatest potential weak points had more villains opted to exploit it, and even after the movie's end with the module destroyed, recommissions seem to still be able to happen in other ways.
111	* In "Operation: M.I.N.I.G.O.L.F.", Rupert Puttskin opted to ''shrink real worldwide monuments'' to try to turn it a giant miniature golf course. And then he hits his VillainousBreakdown and accidentally stumbles all across it, not only destroying his house but [[MonumentalDamage all of the monuments]]. Which means some random crazy adult obsessed with minigolf destroyed most of the world's most greatest monuments for absolutely pitiful reasons. Keep in mind that he also had a shrink ray he intended to use on the planet itself. A single random {{Jerkass}} could ''destroy the world'' if they were obsessed enough with the technology here.
112	* "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E." introduces Numbuh Three's granddaughter, Sally Sanban (given Madame Margaret's female-dominated society, inheriting the mother's surname is {{Justified\|Trope}}). She smuggles one of Madame Margaret's girlifier rifles to the Boys Next Door, who are led by an old Numbuh Four, who doesn't know her, so that they can reverse engineer it, launch a counterattack, and commandeer Margaret's time machine to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. This, combined with old Numbuh Four's advice litany to his younger self at the end of the episode imply that Kuki and Wally did not get together in that timeline. Now, at the end of "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", Kuki and Wally are revealed to be [[OfficialCouple married.]] This heavily implies that Sally [[HeroicSacrifice saved the world, but erased her own existence in the process.]] There are scenarios that could result in her being born anyway, but they all require other bad stuff to happen.
113	** From the same episode: Madame Margaret's plan to get rid of the world's male population is ''extremely'' fatal. If the entire world's population is female, there are no sources of sperm (sperm banks wouldn't be tapped to avoid the risk of giving birth to males), and therefore, no way for new generations to be born. Therefore, Madame Margaret's plan would ''doom the human race to a slow and painful extinction'' without a method of artificial insemination or cloning technology.
114	** There wouldn't be a sperm risk of birthing males thanks to their girlifying rays.
115	* "Operation: E.N.D" involves Numbuh 274(Chad)'s FaceHeelTurn. At one point he says "I told my parents I didn't want a stupid party" since he was turning 13. Seems like well-meaning but oblivious parents, until you remember that Chad's parents are Mega Mom and Destructo Dad. Maybe they did it on purpose...
116	** Numbuh 86 manages to nearly decommission all of Sector V -- only to accidentally make it possible for Chad to nearly throw the entire Moon Base into the sun, on top of being so completely and utterly LawfulStupid that she ignores all personal evidence and experience with ''people she's grown up with'' to decommission them in the first place. [[KarmaHoudini she never gets any major punishment for it.]] Besides Numbuh 362 and the Galactic Kids Next Door none of them even knew about, no one else seems to be above her, which infers that she's straight up unable to be punished for much of her failures. Which says a ''lot'' about the Kids Next Door's management that no one can do anything about it.
117	* Don't the Delightful Children have actual biological parents? Operation Z.E.R.O confirms that they're not Father's biological children, so it's up to speculation what happened to them--at best, they must be worried sick not knowing what happened to their kids, and at worst they might have willingly ''allowed'' him to make their children Delightfulized. The second option is even more likely, considering that no one's ever shown to be looking for the DCFDTL.
118	** Or an even worse possibility... Father had their parents killed.
119	* When hit with the WhamLine that the Delightful Children were what made Numbuh 1 bald, the harsh reality settles in: even before they used the age-changing device left over by Mr. B's machinations, the Delightful Children and Father had been messing with some sort of genetic engineering and slammed Nigel with it. When he gets partly de-aged in "Operation: F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N." and then brought back to normal, his brief moment of hair ''disappears'' once his age settles back to normal while his older self also never grows any out, meaning it's a permanent state for his body rather than simply a bad haircut or the like. And this would've been when he was still a newer recruit while Numbuh 5 was still in charge, meaning the Delightful Children were just that horribly cruel to a random kid potentially fresh out of training.
120	** Even worse, Numbuh 5 phrases the incident as, "Last time [I] didn't help someone kidnapped by the Delightful Children," meaning they explicitly went out of their way to take Numbuh 1 captive and inflict the baldness upon him. And for whatever reason, whether she was too late to help or she genuinely thought he could escape on his own, ''Numbuh 5 simply failed to do anything for him.'' It's no wonder she holds it as MyGreatestFailure.
121	* Most kids won't think about the implications of Heinrich being a little girl who was transformed into a boy and seemingly forced to adopt a male gender identity for five years before turning back, but for others, especially transgender individuals, one can't help but wonder if Heinrich was such a bitter and petty villain because of some form of gender dysphoria. And on that note, Henrietta might face a little trauma from changing gender identities a ''second'' time by the time she's reformed.
122	** One also has to think about the curse in Guatemala that turned Henrietta into Heinrich in the first place; sacred yet cursed caramels that strip you of your best qualities so they can be eaten physically. It's implied she and Numbuh Five didn't even know what it actually did, so they stumbled into this curse by pure accident for following a Mayan legend. Given that such a candy would only ever have appealed to greedy, candy-hunting children in the first place, that means other kids in the past civilization had to intentionally develop a curse that ''most kids would inevitably fail'', especially seeing as there is no upside unless you steal other's caramels for your selfish ends. Was it a ''weapon'' for crippling enemy forces?
123	* In "Operation: I.T.", Numbuh Five says that Father would "grind kids into coffee and drink them". Seems like an exaggeration, until you consider "C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R.", when he basically attempted to bake several children alive. Father could very well be [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizing children offscreen]]... It's even worse when you realize eating kids is the goal of a ''lot'' of minor villains in this series. The KND live in a world where cannibalizing children isn't just acceptable, it's ''encouraged''.
124	** "Operation: Z.O.O." has enough adult fear already, what with all those kids trapped in cages and unable to go home. But the curator mentions that the ''most popular'' attraction is the feeding of smaller children to the resident bully...who looks just like a big kid himself. Do the bully's parents know where he is? Does he get to eat anything ''at all'' besides human flesh, or is he constantly starved to make for entertaining feeding times?
125	* The movie reveals that Father is knowingly and actively trying to ''kill his own nephew'' on a regular basis.
126	* In one episode, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Numbuh 4 has to dress up as Numbuh 1 in order to distract Lizzie]]. He returns later, dirty, with [[CoveredInKisses kisses on his face]], ''his clothing torn'', and a look of horror on his face. It's ''far'' [[BlackComedyRape less]] [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale funny]] [[BlackComedyRape seeing it as a teenager]].
127	** It's entirely possible she just kissed him and then beat him up once she realized he wasn't Nigel (accounting for the torn clothes), and it's shown that no one in Sector V ever wants to tussle with Lizzie no matter the circumstances, if they can help it. So maybe he just got a taste of what the rest of them feared.
128	* The [[MindControlDevice Boyfriend Helmet]] and all the pain it caused. It was in a magazine ad. Which means it's ''mass produced'' and the Kids Next Door aren't shown doing anything to stop its production.
129	* More like a Fridge TearJerker, but Leona is 350 years old and is still physically and probably mentally 10. Everybody she knew and loved are long dead. ''A'' (technically} ''little girl outlived all her relatives''. And if her family did live 350 years ago (with all the diseases and war and such), their deaths probably weren't that pleasant.
130	* In the series finale, it was implied that Numbuh 3 was [[ObfuscatingStupidity faking her stupidity]] to "avoid being sad." Such behavior can be an indicator of [[StepfordSmiler many emotional and psychological problems in real life]]. Considering Numbuh 3 is a secret agent who regularly faces [[Nightmarefuel/CodenameKidsNextDoor some pretty messed-up enemies]], she could well be hiding depression or mild PTSD behind her smiles.
131	* At first, the KND just seems like a fun group which helps kids against the tyranny of homework and broccoli. But then you realize, they're essentially ChildSoldiers using weapons that could very well kill. And then you notice some of the adults' plans include murder, torture and... worse. In essence, that means this fun, silly group of kids are the only thing keeping the world from tearing itself apart, and they'll inevitably become evil when they turn 13.
132	** Nobody is doomed to become evil when they turn 13. They get decommissioned and their minds get erased, but not all teenagers are evil. In fact some don't get decommissioned at all and are allowed to continue being agents. Most who don't simply turn into regular citizens, most adults and teenagers are like that.
133	* Captain Stickybeard has an immense ship that sails on land, it plows the ground, and destroys houses in its path. What are the chances that those houses have people in them?
134	* In "Operation: P.O.O.L.", the alternate universe counterparts of the Delightful Children are still Delightfultized, even though their version of Father is a good guy. HeelFaceBrainwashing, anyone?
135	** We all got to see negative counterparts of the cast, but one nega-version we don't see is Negative Numbuh 362 (aka Lehcar), who was originally going to be in the series, but was scrapped. What was she like? Was she just as bad as Negative Numbuh 4, or was she even worse? The DNK may have changed their ways, and Eeballaw has been defeated, but what about Lehcar? She could still be out there somewhere in the Negaverse. What if she takes over the DNK and forces them to revert back to tormenting children?
136	** Another example of Negaverse FridgeHorror: Negative Numbuh Four keeps threatening and ordering people to be sent to "the broccoli mines," and having them react with fear. Which seems like an absurdist gag, until "Operation: I.T." when it's revealed broccoli in the ''CKND'' universe has effects on people similar to Superman's kryptonite/radioactive isotopes. Imagine having to mine something '''that was slowly killing you.''' And what horrible things could the DNK possibly be doing that required so much hazardous material?
137	** It also raises a serious question after the G.KND teaser about what the Galactic Kids Next Door equivalent must be like in that alternate universe, given that Lizzie was a member of the Dangerously Nefarious Kids in enforcing a successful adult tyranny. If there was anything the GKND would blow up, it would most certainly be a parallel world where their very ''anti-thesis'' can exist on a similarly galactic scale - and Earth potentially containing portals to it could be at least one reason for TheEndJustifiesTheMeans.
138	* It's odd to see how Numbuh 1 didn't really know too much about his family history. His father knows about Father and Grandfather, but when Numbuh 1 saw both of them in their true forms (one of them in P.O.O.L., and the other one when Father was about to transform Grandfather to his evil self), he didn't recognize any of them. Maybe because Monty actually knew about Father all along, but didn't want Numbuh 1 to know the truth until he was ready.
139	** Not really. Pappy probably lives in England, which Numbuh 1 just barely went to for the first time before the movie, and that's if you believe that episode is set before Operation Zero. Father is much easier to explain. He's never been on good terms with Monty, what with Grandfather always liking Monty more, so it's easy to see why he'd want to keep his distance despite living in the same town. Alternatively, he may have seen how Monty raises his kid great despite their abusive father, and gotten jealous of how Monty could let go of the past while he couldn't, so he kept his distance.
140	* In Operation M.A.U.R.I.C.E, Numbuh 5 scuttles several teen ships in pursuit of Cree and Maurice, ''in the open ocean.'' To make matters wore, they're not cartoony galleons like Stickybeard's ship or cruise ships with plenty of life boats, they're ''aircraft carriers.'' Anyone who has seen those things know how huge they are. And there are no life boats or life preservers to speak of. Numbuh 5 could have very well sent thousands of teen sailors to Davy Jones' locker. Worse still, the captains that tell Numbuh 5 to go to Chickenpox Island don't seem to care at all about the lives of their brothers in arms.
141	** The weapon that took these monster ships down? "M.A.R.B.L.E." '''M'''ustard '''A'''rmament '''R'''eleases '''B'''ig '''L'''oud '''E'''xplosion. Judging by the explosions, those things are effectively standard '''C4''' bombs that explode on impact while compressed into marbles and ''there is a whole bag of them''. And unlike most of the 2x4 tech, [[ParanoiaFuel they look like any ordinary bag of marbles]]. This is arguably one of the most lethal and terrifying weapons invented by the KND and they are most likely ''standard issue'' among the Sectors. When these things go flying enmasse, the TV ratings are the only reason anyone is still ''alive''.
142	* In the G:KND viral teaser, the members of the G:KND are very much {{Knight Templar}}s and have managed to convert Numbuh 1 to their cause. What did Numbuh 1 see which caused him to think like that? Are there really adults so bad out there in the universe that they would kill off all life on Earth just to prevent another incredibly bad adult from terrorizing the universe despite there being good adults and teens?
143	* We see that Lizzie was secretly a GKND operative all along. She had a counterpart in the MirrorUniverse. Does that mean there's a Galactic DNK? One that's just spreading the adult virus around their universe?
144	* The fate of [[HumanPopsicle Numbuh]] [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Nineteenth]] [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Century]]: he was never seen again after his first appearance, and that's probably for the best. Consider what happened after he was decommissioned: he's now trapped in a world he doesn't understand with no idea how he got there; he has no home, no family, no one to support him through all this; and he has to come to the realization on his own that everyone he ever cared for is gone and he probably can't even remember their last conversation. Added to this, the bullying he's sure to receive because of his clothes (which of course he can't change because he has no one to pay for new clothes and can't earn the money himself when his understanding of the world is so dated), and if he tried to go to the police his best case scenario would be that [[CassandraTruth he'd be told to stop wasting their time]], with the worst case scenario he gets institutionalized. Have you ever had a dream where you found yourself in a weird and confusing place don't know how you got there and have no way to get back? For him it isn't a dream; it's now his life. [[DisproportionateRetribution And all because he made a sexist comment.]] What makes this worse is that [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality our "heroes" just stand back and watch]] and the one guy sticking up for him [[SkewedPriorities only cares about a cake recipe.]]
145	** Although granted, he spent the entirety of his appearance being NOTHING but an unapologetic, condescending and a overwhelmingly sexist little brat towards EVERY GIRL he encountered, he manipulated Numbuh 86's feelings, and even after Numbuh 86 rescued him and Numbuh 1 he doesn't even thank her and instead uses the opportunity to make YET ANOTHER sexist comment! There's never any instance of him receiving any character development involving coming to realize that his attitude and behavior is wrong and he is little more than a nuisance (which can only be said for a small handful of people in the series). You can't exactly blame everyone else for just standing by as he was decommissioned, and as for Numbuh 2 Million B.C. sobbing not over losing an operative but over not figuring out the recipe for a CAKE, the whole decommissioning can be also seen as karmic punishment for the latter's selfish priorities.
146	** Surely someone like Numbuhs 5 or 362 would be aware of this and have some sort of shelter program for temporal operatives, especially since Numbuh 19th Century isn't the only KND operative out of his native time period. It was mentioned that many operatives were caught in the Alamode ice cream explosion at the Annoyingly Cute Triplet's mansion and all were thawed out and immediately decomissioned since they were technically older than 13. I mean the KND has a protection program to save kids from getting embarrassingly bad haircuts from their dads and a special hospital in case it happens anyway.
147	* The entire idea that "adulthood" is a virus. For one thing, the implication is that being a "kid" is actually the standard for species' in this universe, which means "kids" would the ones responsible for reproduction (at least assuming that "kid" isn't just a stand-in word for "matured member of the species not infected with the adult virus"). For another, it means that on earth the level of infection has to already be at 100% for ''all'' human children to grow up into adults, which means that even if they aren't adults yet all children, including the KND, are carriers.
148	** On a related note, it's possible as well that the adults in the series are either useless or evil because it's a symptom of the virus, and not because it's an actual part of their personality.
149	** And then there's the possibility that either "adulthood is a virus" was set up [[ForTheEvulz for the amusement of some malevolent entity]] or adults, teens and kids alike are being puppeteered by an ''engineered'' virus/contaminant [[ForTheEvulz again for the amusement of the aforementioned malevolent entity]]; either possibility would mean lives are ruined (possibly even lost depending on what decommissioning a planet entails) and relationships damaged or destroyed simply because of the entity's boredom
150	* It was stated in Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S. that three months after Numbuh One left with the Galactic KND, Numbuh 5 became the new KND Supreme Leader after Numbuh 362 retired. While one could argue that at some point during those three months, Rachel turned 13 and appointed Abigail as leader, one should also consider that Rachel had to deal with Nigel (whom she's implied to have feelings for) [[NeverGotToSayGoodBye leaving without even a goodbye]] or a chance for her to make up for their sour last meeting, and she might not have even known what actually happened to him. She could have retired early from heartbreak.
151	* Operation I.T. shows what its like being the Supreme Leader and Rachel finally snaps under the stress. Chad claims he's been doing this for five years, and as his debut episode shows, he has several extracurricular activities. Is it any wonder he lost his mind?
152	** Not only that but only roughly a year and a half passes in the show. If Rachel who is no slouch and a perfectly capable operative, gets that stressed, well, Chad might be legitimately insane.
153	** It also explains why Chad snapped so badly when Nigel was chosen over him for the GKND promotion -- it seemingly invalidated all his hard work and sacrifices, in favor of someone who didn't even know he was in the running for the job in the first place. Being denied the one thing that would have made all those years of stress worth it was Chad's RageBreakingPoint.
154	*** Let's not forget that Numbuh 5 became Supreme Leader only months after Nigel left. Taking on so many responsibilities this quickly would almost certainly take a toll on her. And that's before Nigel decides to decommission the Earth: she wouldn't be fighting for just Earth's kids, but for the survival of the planet.
155	* The movie reveals that the Delightful Children were Kids Next Door operatives brainwashed by Father's Delightfulization Chamber. However, the Delightful Children aren't the only "delightful children". Are The Interesting Twins From Beneath the Mountain and The Rowdy Hooligans from Across the Town Square brainwashed Kids Next Door operatives too?
156	** The I.T.F.B.T.M actually seem to be more independent than other “delightfulised” kids. The sister is more volatile and dominant (if somewhat paranoid when stressed) than her quiet and sensible brother, meaning than they have somewhat distinct and “normal” personalities, rather than being the typical “creepily perfect kid” that most “delightfulised” children are, though they still speak in monotone. Meanwhile, the R.H.F.O.T.S are actually pretty friendly for “delightfulised” kids. Maybe it’s because the writers didn’t want to make them just carbon copies of the main Delightful Children, but they feel more like “normal” kids. Adding on to that, the British KND operatives seem to get on pretty well with the R.H.F.O.T.S, so it’s possible that they each could have known each other prior to the R.H.F.O.T.S getting “delightfulised”.
157	* The fact that the Kids Next Door has existed for ''centuries'' leaves some rather disturbing implications about certain operatives and historical events. Like what if some KND operatives during World War II turned out to be part of the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Hitler Youth]] program? It's highly doubtful they would've taken kindly to some of their teammates adhering to a gravely immoral ideology. And for a more modern example, did some members of the Kids Next Door die on [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11]]?
158	* Adding on to the above point, there’s the existence of the Annoyingly Cute Triplets Who Lived Upon The Hill, past counterparts to the Delightful Children as well as their great grandmothers (or one of them has to be). Considering how old the operatives caught in the ice cream explosion were, they had to have existed pretty long ago (implied to be the 18th or 19th century)… How has the “delightfulisation” process been around for?
159	** Even worse, it’s highly likely that those particular triplets were “delightfulised” ''by their own mother''.
160	* In Operation: D.U.C.K.Y., Tommy ends up in his bath tub where he seemingly gets dropped into a ''Literature/MobyDick'' parody.. except at the end, it implies it was not just Tommy's fantasy and RealAfterAll. Then you take into account Operation: P.O.O.L. which also served as a portal to a parallel dimension. ''Something'' with the planet Earth has inexplicable portals in surfaces of water, and to seemingly anywhere!
161	** This is also a world that legitimately has ''time travel'', as Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E. shows, and while Margaret was foiled thanks to a divergence in the timeline, there's nothing saying it ''can't'' change again given that a mere all-girls school inexplicably was able to develop a time machine. They're not even all that powerful or capable in their own right, and there isn't an explanation given about why no one else has time machines of any sort. That happy future the cast earned? It may not be solidified if the Galactic Kids Next Door get involved, and given the more advanced capabilities of alien species, ''there's no way to know who else changed time or how much time has been changed before.''
162	* The Kids Next Door as a whole deal with life-threatening situations on an almost regular basis.. But, what would happen if, say, a member of Sector V had passed away during a mission? How are their PARENTS informed? Is it one of those rare times that the KND reveal themselves to adults who aren't in the know and tell the story of their child's passing? Or do they just make up a story and keep the real details under wraps?
163	* Knightbrace's backstory is that he was kicked out of dental school for trying to put braces on babies. Not wanted to, ''tried to''. Do these babies now have some sort of oral injury?
164	** To be fair, it's possible that "tried to" was meant in the sense that he proposed the possibility of having babies wear braces and was immediately shunned by his peers for it rather than actually making an attempt at putting braces on infants.
165	* Black John Licorice and his crew collapse at the Sun's light, we know that. Here's the question: does their consciousness end until the Sun comes back down again, or [[AndIMustScream can they still feel and think?]] And which option is worse?
166	* In a world full of child-hating villains, it's pretty symbolic that Father is the BigBad of the entire series. Many of the villains represent something children fear or dislike, such as dentists, mean sports coaches, or disgusting cafeteria food. Those things are either relatively mild annoyances or can be sidestepped--after all, you only see the dentist twice a year, you can quit a soccer team, and you can bring your own lunch to school. But an abused child has no escape from AbusiveParents because they ''live'' with them. [[AdultsAreUseless Any adult they complain to]] will probably tell them to “respect your elders,” or that their parents “only want what’s best for you” or “are showing love the only way they know how.” Even CPS [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices may or may not be able to help]], especially if there is no proof because the abuse doesn't leave visible injuries (and many non-physical forms of abuse exist, such as yelling at someone or destroying their things). So, in most cases, the only thing an abused child can do is bite the bullet and endure until they're old enough to move out--possibly longer, as not everyone has the resources to leave their childhood home the second they turn 18. In short, Father is the BigBad because he represents the worst, most long-lasting kind of evil a child can be subjected to[[note]]excluding Chester's repeated attempts to harm and/or murder children for personal profit[[/note]]. (Anything worse than that would go beyond the boundaries of what is appropriate to show on a children's cartoon.)
167	** Father was a child once, too. And who abused him and turned him into the monster he is now? ''Grandfather''. Father on his own represents abusive parents, but Father, Grandfather, and the Delightful Children together represent generational trauma, the kind that goes on to perpetuate the cycle of abuse that harms children over many years--the kind that can make an abused child grow up to become an abusive parent. Grandfather abused Benedict, who became Father and brainwashed five KND operatives into becoming the perfect children. But Benedict's brother Monty raised his son Nigel with love, and so he represents abused children who broke the cycle and become loving parents in spite of everything they went through.
168	* What made Sonia so afraid of the dark to cause her to have such a violent reaction whenever someone threatens to put her in a dark place? Not helping the implications is that both times she freaks, it's when she's threatened with being locked in a dark ''closet'', a common method of abuse...
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