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The Delightful Children from Down the Lane

As a whole

The Delightful Children from Down the Lane

Clockwise from top: David, Lenny, Constance, Bruce, Alessandra

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Sector Z

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"Hello, Kids Next Door. Perhaps you would like to try kicking our posteriors now?"

Father's eerie children, supposedly an adult's view of the "perfect" kids. They are educated, well-dressed and polite, but uncivilized in their burning hatred for the Kids Next Door. They always appear clustered together, move as one and speak in perfect unison. They are the most recurring villains of the show. They are voiced by Benjamin Diskin, Dee Bradley Baker, and Cree Summer.

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• Aerith and Bob: Their individual names are the fairly normal Bruce, David, Lenny, Constance...and then you have Alessandra.
• The Ageless: It's implied their delightfulization prevented them from aging, considering they've shown no signs of growing older since they were delightfulized. Ironic, considering becoming an adult is one of their ambitions.
• Allegorical Character: Whereas the KND represent childhood rebellion against adult authority, the Delightful Children represent "good kids" who side with adults over their own, doing whatever adults say without question. The fact that they were originally KND members that were made Brainwashed and Crazy implies that they are what happens when rebellious streaks are broken systematically, turning them into "perfect little kids" while robbing them of their individuality and their childhoods, and that without the KND, this is what will happen to all children.
• All There in the Manual: Only Lenny and David's names are revealed in the show proper. The rest were revealed via interviews and other outside sources.
• Anchovies Are Abhorrent: The Delightful Children from Down the Lane are a group of villains that like anchovies. The Kids Next Door, however, are repulsed by them.
• And I Must Scream: When they're briefly de-brainwashed, Sector Z make it very clear that they are aware of what has been done to them, though they don't mention the evil actions that they had committed.
• Animal Motifs: Being a group of brainwashed people who more or less share a brain and are constantly acting as one unit, it only fits that their animal form in "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S" was a flock of sheep.
• Arch-Enemy: To Sector V as a whole.
• Badass Normal: Unlike some KND villains, they technically have no superpowers.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: When Father isn't involved in the plot, they take this position as a whole.
• A Birthday, Not a Break: Five times a year, they hold a birthday party where all of the hungry guests are forced to watch as they eat the cake themselves. And every time, Sector V crashes the party and tries to steal the cake. Results tend to vary.
• Body Horror: A subtle example, as Lenny rejoining their fold being accompanied by a disgusting fleshy noise, imply that on some level they're physically joined together rather than just psychologically.
• Boomerang Bigot: They're Child Haters, in spite of being children themselves.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: They're revealed to be Sector Z in Operation: Z.E.R.O.
• Cain and Abel: While not quite siblings, they're the brainwashed, forcibly-adopted cousins of Numbuh One.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Their usual shtick, in that they're evil towards all children around them, know it, and revel in getting one up on the Kids Next Door as meanly as possible. Subverted in Operation: Z.E.R.O. when their true identity is revealed.
• Caught Monologuing: It's a recurring reason why they always get beaten as they just love to gloat their supposed victory to the KND, which makes them oblivious to unexpected outside help that ends up ruining their plans.
• Cereal Vice Reward: The "C.A.K.E.D." missions.
• Characterization Marches On: In the early series, they are a Creepy Monotone, rarely speaking above their usual voices unless they're mad at their subordinates or exclaiming shock in their defeat, and usually do their absolute best to be a Card-Carrying Villain. As the seasons progress, however, they start to not only suffer Motive Decay as they go from anti-children villains to just being general jerks whose evil can vary per episode thanks to more serious antagonists filling in for them, but start to react more vocally and get downright indignant about some of their circumstances. Or, in the case of Father, terrified. By the end of the series, they're still evil, but they will form an Enemy Mine and cross the Godzilla Threshold of allying with the Kids Next Door if they absolutely have to.
• Chronic Villainy: Literally. Their delightfulization is permanent, so any attempts at reversing it are only temporary.
• The Collector of the Strange: They collect their own toenail clippings in jars, to Numbuh 86's immense disgust.
• Creepy Children: They are disturbing enough already with their habit of speaking as one in Creepy Monotone, but it gets even worse when you learn why they are like this.
• Creepy Monotone: They speak in a chillingly flat voice.
• Dirty Coward: The Delightful Children will only fight the members of the KND if they have some form of mech, Mook or some other advantage. The moment they lose said advantage, they instantly retreat.
• Disney Villain Death: In "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", they end up falling to their doom, though it's implied that they survived.
• Ditzy Genius: Most of their plans fail either because of their own incompetence or because of their dim view of the heroes' own intelligence. Two of the best examples of are "Operation: F.L.A.V.O.R." and "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.".
• The Dividual: They move, speak, think, and act as a single unit. Operation: Z.E.R.O shows that the Delightfulization makes this literal as they all get dragged back together as if by magnetic force when they turn back.
• Does Not Like Spam: Even they don't like to eat broccoli. They also don't like Gramma Stuffum's cooking and try to pawn it off on the KND in her first appearance.
• Dragon-in-Chief: Zig-zagged. Father is actually more powerful and his plans usually threaten the KND as a whole, but the Delightful Children are the more antagonistic towards Sector V in particular and episodes often revolve around stopping their plans.
• Enemy Mine:
  • Defied in Operation: Z.E.R.O.. While Father is willing to cooperate with Numbuhs 0 and 1 against Grandfather (at least until he gives up due to his lack of self-esteem and confidence), the Delightful Children would rather fight the KND members than help them, even if it means going against Father's orders. It's not until Numbuh 0 temporarily restores them as the members of Sector Z that they willingly join forces, though once the transformation wears off, they go back to being enemies.
  • In "Operation: Z.O.O.", they cooperate with Sector V to escape the children's zoo, though it doesn't take long for them to double-cross the latter.
  • In "Operation: I.T.", while they initially help Father with his scheme, they don't hesitate to help Numbuhs 1 and 362 stop Father, because even they don't like broccoli.
  • Happens for a bit longer in "Operation: P.A.R.T.Y.", when they call the KND for help after realizing the teens they invited are throwing a Wild Teen Party at their mansion. It's only when the crisis is over that they finally turn on them, blaming them for the party at the end of the episode when Father returns to the mansion.
• Enfant Terrible: They're close to psychotic, but to most adults they seem like perfect (if somewhat creepy) children. They're great at using this to their advantage.
• Establishing Character Moment: In the pilot, the very first thing we see them do is preside over a room of despondent young guests at their birthday party, forcing them to sing "Happy birthday...not our birthday..." while refusing to let them have any of the cake.
  Delightful Children: Splendid! Now, while we enjoy our birthday cake, you may sing it...again!
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being malicious children, they sincerely care about Father, especially since he adopted them, making everything look much more tragic in retrospect. Other than a few jabs at Lenny, they also appear to genuinely like each other, noting that none of them would ever really betray the others.
• Even Evil Has Standards: They sell out Father in "Operation: I.T." because even they don't like broccoli. And in "Operation: P.A.R.T.Y.", they find the teenagers’ destructive behavior rather intolerable.
• Evil Counterpart: To Sector V.
• Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: They certainly do.
• Face–Heel Turn: They were once KND operatives before being "delightfulized".
• Fallen Heroes: They were once for good, but were brainwashed into the "perfect" children.
• Faux Affably Evil: Despite their polite manners, they are quite dangerous to the KND.
• Final Boss: Of the KND online game, Protect and Swerve.
• The Heavy: Father is the main Big Bad, but it is they who carry out their evil plans and the archenemies of Sector V. They are the most visible antagonists despite being seconds-in-command to Father.
• Hive Mind: They talk and act as if they are just one person instead of five. Sometimes, they even refer themselves individually such as "I", "my", and "me", instead of "we", "ours", and "us". Despite this, a few episodes subtly show that they have a semblance of individual thoughts and personalities, and can separate from each other if only temporarily.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: In "Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P.", they use an age-changing device to turn Numbuh 1 into an adult. He later exploits this to get them to hand over the device, because they can't disobey adults.
• Hypocrite: They never get tired of calling the KND stupid or foolish, despite the fact that the reason their plans keep failing is because their own intelligence can be compared to that of a box of hammers.
• Icy Blue Eyes: Fitting their cold and calculating nature. Turns out, their blue eyes are not natural, and in fact are a symptom of Delightfulization. When turned back into Sector Z, they actually have Black Bead Eyes.
• Irony: They desperately want to become adults, yet it's implied that, due to the Delighfulization process, they physically can't age.
• Jerkasses: Despite their image as "perfect children", they're sadistic and cruel to everyone else of their own kind, particularly whenever it's their birthday where they never share their cake with other kids and flaunt it.
• Laser-Guided Karma: They nearly always get beaten by Sector V one way or another in revenge for their schemes. Many episodes end with them suffering some humiliating punishment; they've been force-fed Gramma Stuffum's food, attacked by a horde of wild Rainbow Monkeys, beaten up by the Big Badolescent, covered in mashed potatoes, infected by lice, tricked into eating birthday cake covered in bird poop, etc.
• Leitmotif: An eerie alien theme plays whenever they appear in scenes.
• Logical Weakness: They are perfect, goody-goody children who are hardwired to obey adults at all times. This includes all adults, including ones who are obviously not on their side. Numbuh 1, when he was temporarily turned into an adult, took advantage of this in order to get them to hand over an age-changing device.
  Adult Numbuh 1: Alright, you brats. Gimme that device.
  Delightful Children: Why would we give it to you?
  Adult Numbuh 1: Because I'm an adult, and goody-goody brats like you have to obey adults. So gimme.
  Delightful Children: (look at each other, then hand the device to Numbuh 1) No fair.
• Mind-Control Eyes: They all have light blue eyes as a side-effect of permanent delightfulization. Even when Lenny separates and acts like a normal boy, he still keeps his glazed blue eyes.
• Missing Child: In hindsight, delightfulization or not, these are five missing children whose parents still have no idea what happened to them and never will, because their identities have been completely and permanently changed.
• Never My Fault: Even though all of them were outsmarted in "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.", Lenny is solely blamed by the others who call him an idiot.
• Non-Action Big Bad: Even though they constantly are frontline on their own plans, especially with their multiple birthdays a year, the Delightful Children are straight up crap at fighting; every instance they really battle is by using technology given to them by Father, or using adults, teens and traitors to childkind to do their dirty work for them. It's to the point that the moment their plans fail around them, they nigh-universally give up the fight should they have no fallbacks, and in Numbuh 4's own weird dream in "Operation: N.U.G.G.E.T.", even he unwittingly portrays them as missing him entirely with their chicken guns.
• One-Winged Angel: In "The Grim Adventures of the KND", as the Delightful Reaper.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: It's easy to miss, but there are a few instances where they spoke individually in their delightful state. Once they individually muttered fearfully when faced with Father's anger. They also are willing to call each other out individually for messing up the plans, as they did twice to Lenny (albeit with the other four still speaking in unison).
• The Psycho Rangers: They look eerily similar to Sector V and even have their same voice actors (sans Lauren Tom) when they're delightfulized anyway.
• Resist the Beast: When the delightfulization begins to return in Operation: Z.E.R.O. They ultimately fail.
• School Uniforms are the New Black: Their wardrobe is mainly comprised of nothing but this.
• Shapeshifter Showdown: In "Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P.", they get into a struggle with Sector V over the age-changing device that results in both groups repeatedly age-zapping each other into babies, teenagers, and old people.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: They're all very well dressed in what appear to be school uniforms.
• Shout-Out: They seem to based on the antagonists in one of the Co-Creator's 1996 KaBlam! Sketch The Off-Beats known as The Populars.
  • This is even lampshaded in "Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T." When Numbuh 5 tells her story about getting the pizza, the Delightfuls look just like the Populars.
  • Their creepy unison speech and the design of some of them, especially the middle boy, is a clear reference to the children from Village of the Damned (1960).
• Signature Laugh :Whenever they do an evil laugh, it's a quiet giggle.
• Significant Double Casting: They share the same voices as Sector V, sans Kuki.
• Smug Snakes: An unfortunate trait that they've learned from Father. Their own incompetence or constant underestimation of the Kids Next Door often causes their plans to backfire horribly. Their original selves as Sector Z were a lot more competent and no-nonsense by comparison.
• Speak in Unison: They almost always speak the same dialogue simultaneously. The only exceptions are when they're seriously freaked out and when they're reverted to their Sector Z personalities.
• Stepford Smilers: They've all been brainwashed to be "delightful."
• Strange Minds Think Alike: They all share a single mind, and that mind is a little...odd.
• Student Council President: In "Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S.". Lampshaded in "U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R." by Lenny.
• Terms of Endangerment: In "Operation: D.A.T.E.", they mockingly call Numbuh 1 "Nigie" after hearing his girlfriend Lizzie use the name for him during their "date".
• Theme Naming: Their KND operative numbers are Numbuhs 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5. Certainly gives them more reflection.
• Tragic Villain: At the end of the day, delightfulization or not, they're still essentially five children that have been all but abducted and brainwashed into a new life. Natural fear sets in when you realize these are essentially no different from missing children heard of in the news...
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Compared to the KND, they're much more disturbing.
• Two Girls to a Team: Two of the Delightful Children are girls, while the other three are boys.
• Two Men, One Dress: When they dress up in something that isn't their school uniforms, sometimes they wear one giant article of clothing for comedic effect (the giant leather jacket in "L.O.V.E." and the huge belt in "N.U.G.G.E.T.", for two notable examples).
• Uncertain Doom: In the series finale "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", Numbuh 1 defeats them on an unfinished log river bridge by distracting them long enough to be knocked by a signal, which causes the DCFDTL to fall off into a deep hole below, and that's the last we see of them in the show.
• Unrelated Brothers: The Delightful Children are not actually related to each other or Father, they are in fact the former members of Sector Z, who Father permanently brainwashed into serving as his adoptive children.
• Vocal Evolution: Their voices became slightly more emotive as the series went on, as opposed to being exclusively monotone in the first couple seasons.
• Villain Decay: In the first season, they were the primary opponent of the Kids Next Door as a recurring encounter and threat, and willing to go to mighty extremes to prove it. But once Father was shown in the season finale, the series goes on to demonstrate that there are far eviler individuals, both child and adult, then they ever could be. With this comes an increase in the Delightful Children getting shown up, humiliated, thwarted before they can really put the Kids Next Door through the ringer, and eventually, sympathy for their crummy circumstances where no one even respects them at all as villains, not even Father. Then there's the fact that they were never intentionally villains in the first place.
• Villain Episode: "Operation: P.A.R.T.Y." portrays them in a sympathetic light, trying to get the teens out of their mansion after they throw a Wild Teen Party.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: The one thing they fear above all is Father's fiery wrath. In "Operation: P.A.R.T.Y.", when they accidentally invite a bunch of teens over when Father is at the spa, resulting in an uncontrollable Wild Teen Party taking place at their mansion, they're so afraid of Father coming home and discovering the mess that they actually call the Kids Next Door to help them get rid of the teens.
• Wicked Cultured: Taught by Father himself.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: After their origins are revealed in Operation: Z.E.R.O.. They were once KND operatives, but were delightfulized by Father into becoming his perfect children. The delightfulization is permanent, and any attempt to return them to their previous selves can only be temporary.

Bruce

Voiced by: Ogie Banks (Sector Z)

The short, blond boy.

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• Adorably Precocious Child: After all, he is the main one of the group.
• Edible Bludgeon: His Nunchucks as Numbuh 0.1 are made from Carrots.
• High-Class Glass: His old form after getting hit with the Age Ray wears one of these.
• The Leader: The main lead of the Delightfuls And as Numbuh 0.1 of Kids Next Door Sector Z.

Lenny

Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker (as revealed in "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.") and Dave Wittenberg (Sector Z)

The African-American boy with a football helmet.

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• Ambiguously Brown: Unlike his "siblings", Lenny has dark skin.
• Boxing Battler: His weapon of choice as Numbuh 0.4.
• Braces of Orthodontic Overkill: Lenny has headgear underneath his football helmet.
• Cool Helmet: His trademark football helmet. As Numbuh 0.4, he wears a more standardized KND Colander Helmet instead.
• Fake Defector: He pretends to have been an undercover agent for the KND so he can get some top secret files in "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R." Fortunately, everyone (except Numbuh 4) knew he was lying, so they gave him a bomb instead.
• Fang Thpeak: Though his lisp is the result of his retainer rather than fangs.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: The other four are able to speak in unison without him a few times to chew him out. Though this was partially due to their Fake Defector plan, even after he returned to their side, they placed all the blame on him for their plan failing and called him an idiot. This doesn't appear to be the case with his Numbuh 0.4 self and the rest of Sector Z however.
• Inconsistent Coloring: His appearances in the KND VS DCFDTL comics frequently miscolor him and give him pale skin.
• Never Bare Headed: His face is hidden. Subverted when he shows his face In "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.", "Operation: F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N." and as Numbuh 0.4 in "Operation: Z.E.R.O.".
• Unseen No More: He lost his helmet once or twice in the early seasons, but his face was always offscreen. In "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R.", he takes it off onscreen and spends most of the episode without it.

Alessandra

Voiced by: Cree Summer (delightfulized) and Rachael MacFarlane (Sector Z)

The sandy blond-haired girl with a pink bow.

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• Parasol of Pain: As Numbuh 0.3 of Sector Z, she's shown wielding an energized umbrella as a sword.

David

Voiced by: Tom Kenny (Sector Z)

The tallest of the group.

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• Hiding Behind Your Bangs: As Numbuh 0.2 of Sector Z.
• Lean and Mean: Is noticeably taller and slimmer than his "siblings."

Constance

Voiced by: Cree Summer (delightfulized)

The braid-haired chubby girl.

• Ambiguously Brown: Her skin tone is lighter than Lenny's, but darker than the skin tone of her other "siblings".
• Chef of Iron: As Numbuh 0.5, she fights the Sector V Senior Citizombies with a Spatula and Hot Dog Skewer (complete with Hot Dog!).
• Eye Glasses: She has these.
• Fan Nickname: Even after her official name was revealed, some fans still call her Ogie (possibly mistaking Bruce's voice actor for hers).
• Girlish Pigtails: Shaped up to look like devil horns. Has a spikier pair as Numbuh 0.5.
• Identical Stranger: She looks very similar to Lizzie only shorter, brown hair instead of red, and slightly different glasses. Nobody ever addresses this, though once the Delightful Children hired a group of similarly looking Children to distract the Kids Next Door and Lizzie disguised as Constance.
• Sunglasses at Night: As Numbuh 0.5 of Sector Z, she sports these instead of her usual glasses, implying that they may be prescription.

Major Villains

Father

Father/Benedict Uno

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"Bravo, Mr. Uno. You managed to skillfully outwit a bunch of children. The question is, do you have what it takes to play with the big boys?"

The mysterious head villain, Father is a man who wears a suit of shadows and is skilled in very dark powers. He schemes to enslave all children and turn them into his twisted version of "delightful". But despite his dark and malicious appearance, sometimes all he wants to do is curl up in a bathrobe with some Rocky Road. He is voiced by Maurice LaMarche as Father and Jeff Bennett as Benedict Uno.

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• Abusive Parents:
  • To say he's abusive to his adopted children is putting it mildly. He's perfectly cordial when they're succeeding in their evil plans, but the moment they trip up, he treats them with the same contempt and fury as his fellow villains, with the Delightful Children being visibly terrified of incurring his wrath. Even the one consistently nice thing he does for them (baking them a delicious birthday cake five times a year) seems less like an act of affection and more like just another plot to make kids miserable via forcing them to watch and refusing to share it with anyone else (never mind the one time he tried to bake a cake with a bunch of kids mixed into the batter). And that's not even getting into the fact that they're only his kids because he used a horrible, irreversible brainwashing on them.
  • His interactions with his own father, Grandfather, as well as various flashbacks seen in Z.E.R.O. make it clear that Grandfather was abusive towards him as well, though this gets less focus.
• Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: He has a habit of emphasizing random parts of his words. "Hey 19th century kid, you wanna watch a carTOON on the teleVISION?"
• Achilles' Heel: Since he typically plays with fire, he can be rendered helpless by large amounts of water or cold substances, like ice cream. Strangely, he eats it occasionally, especially when depressed.
• Alas, Poor Villain: For a man with almost no redeeming qualities, him being told off by Grandfather is heartbreaking.
• Ambiguously Human: Operation: Z.E.R.O. confirms his black skin is the result of a bodysuit, but that doesn't explain his fire powers and his ability to transform into a dragon. Though given Grandfather, it's likely inherited magic of some sort.
• Animal Motifs: When transformed by his own animal beam, he becomes a black panther—being a sleek, dignified but also vicious predator, it fits with his overall persona.
• Arch-Enemy: To the Kids Next Door in general and Numbuh 1 in particular.
• Ax-Crazy: Despite his attempts to hide it, Father is a dangerously volatile individual, committing horrible acts to children because of intense hatred of them, and many people are afraid over incurring his wrath lest they want to become fried meat. It's implied Grandfather's methods of parenting have severely impacted his sanity.
• Berserk Button: This man is a living, breathing minefield of these, with children in general being the most common. The biggest one, however, has to be Numbuh 1 stealing his signature pipe, resulting in wanting to turn him into dragon chow.
• Beyond Redemption: In GRADUATES, when Tommy figures how his machine works, he stuffs the Delightful Childrens’ boogers into the Code Module turning them into sheep, and to try to goad him into shutting off the Animalization Machine, and turn them back to normal. When Father refuses, and says that them turning into sheep was an improvement, Tommy tells him that really is evil, which Father gleefully acknowledges.
• Big Bad: He's the ultimate leader of the evil adult forces that the KND are fighting against. Even though only the Delightful Children and the Teen Ninjas directly work for him, the other villains respect him enough to let him take charge when he's around.
• Big Bad Wannabe: In Operation: Z.E.R.O., he was the villain, but as soon as Grandfather was awakened, Father was terrified of him. He did try to fight him later on, but he knows how much of a threat Grandfather is, so he gave up, before the fight really started.
• Break the Haughty: Learning that his dad wanted nothing to do with him in the movie really sobered him up.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Despite his demonic looks, he's really a lazy bum that lets his kids do all the work for him.
• Burning with Anger: Not just Wreathed in Flames, but they increase in intensity when angry.
• Butt-Monkey: In the movie, though he can also come off as one in MUNCHIES, AWARDS and CAKED-FIVE.
• Cain and Abel: The Cain to Numbuh Zero's Abel.
• Card-Carrying Villain: He knows he's evil and completely revels in it.
• Cast as a Mask: Operation: Z.E.R.O reveals that Maurice LaMarche only voices Father while he's wearing his silhouette suit, whereas the regular Benedict Uno is voiced by Jeff Bennett. What's noteworthy is that this was forshadowed way back in Operation: P.O.O.L, where Father's negative self Daddy is also voiced by Bennett.
• The Chain of Harm: As a Foil to his nobler brother's approach, Father is absolutely horrible to his forcibly adopted children as a result of having an Abusive Parent himself.
• Child Hater: Hates children with a passion, and formed a league of supervillain adults to teach them a lesson. Operation Z.E.R.O implies it's residual self-loathing to a degree as a result of his abusive childhood under Grandfather. This doesn't stop him from employing children as henchmen, but usually after delightfulizing them.
• Classic Villain: Father represents Pride and Wrath. A Child Hater to the extreme and explosive, arrogant, deranged, sociopathic, and shamelessly sadistic, he starkly contrasts with the Kids Next Door by being Obviously Evil from head to toe, having a deep, booming voice, being tall and thin, wearing a shadow suit, wielding pyrokinesis, and possessing sinister yellow eyes. Despite his cunning and fearsome appearance, he is constantly defeated by the KND because he fails to consider how dangerous they are.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Kinda becomes this through Villain Decay.
• Conspicuous CG: During the closing minutes of the live-action portion of the series finale.
• Control Freak: He hates children so much that he strives to control them, be it enslaving them or turning them into his twisted version of "delightful".
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: It is established in the episode "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R." and the comic story "Operation: H.I.S.T.O.R.I.E." that he owns a company called Evil Adult Industries, Inc., which doesn't seem to serve any purpose other than to make things miserable for children. The show also implies he owns the recurring Tasty Taste Ice Cream company, considering his children have nearly unlimited access to the company's factory and evil staff of ice cream vendors.
• Cowardly Lion: A villainous example. He is too afraid of Grandfather, which is why the latter has a disdain for him.
• Dark Is Evil: His shadow suit could not make it more obvious.
• Depending on the Artist: Sometimes Father is drawn with a neck and sometimes he isn't.
• Diabolical Mastermind: He created the schemes for his children and teen armies to follow and tried to destroy the KND more than once.
• Didn't See That Coming:
  • After managing to trick the entirety of the KND in "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S." so that Father can turn every active operative into animals, Tommy of all people is the only one to figure out that it only works on active operatives. Cue Tommy removing himself from the Kids Next Door and adding Father to it. Though, this also turns right back around on the KND in "Operation: I.T.", when this lets Father become the Supreme Leader by technically being an operative.
  • Operation: Z.E.R.O has Father successfully reawaken Grandfather by distracting the KND with his army of villains attacking both the museum and the Moon Base at once, and duping Numbuh 1 into getting captured and providing genetic material to power the Recommissioning Module, seemingly giving him an all-powerful edge against the KND. Unfortunately, Father never considered the idea that Grandfather would still be as disapproving of him as ever, and instead use the villains he organized together to make his own army of senior citizombies.
• Dirty Coward: While he has a fearsome appearance and committed heinous deeds, he was this during his youth. The entire reason Numbuh Zero had to save the world without him is he chickened out of facing Grandfather while his brother was brave enough to stand up to him. Though as he grew up he rid himself of his cowardice. And the reason why he refused to help defeat Grandfather a second time was less out of fear and more out of dejection from being shunned by his father.
• Disproportionate Retribution: In the finale, he wants to kill Numbuh 1 for stealing his pipe.
• Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe: He's sometimes seen with this, and it's why he brings back his evil persona for the finale because it got stolen.
• Does Not Like Spam: He hates broccoli. In fact, he claims that everyone hates it, and that the only reason that adults make kids eat it is so that they don't have to. In fact, in "Operation: I.T.", Numbuh 362 was able to subdue him by threatening to forcefeed it to him. However, this is justified in his case because Grandfather forcefed it to him in such a way that traumatized him for life. While most other people, adults and children alike, will just react with disgust, Father curls into a Troubled Fetal Position afterwards, begging Grandfather, who's long gone, not to make him eat the broccoli.
• The Dreaded: Especially in season 2. Even after Villain Decay set in, he was easily the KND's worst enemy... Until Grandfather, who is this trope to Father, but even he seemed nervous about actually facing Father in a fight. It's revealed that even the Galactic KND fear him, as searching "Father" in the database results "DANGER DANGER DANGER".
• Enemy Mine:
  • With the KND in Operation: Z.E.R.O. He gives up when he loses the motivation.
  • A smaller, Played for Laughs one in "Operation: M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S." when he teams up with Sector V and the other villains to stop Knightbrace from destroying the last box of Rainbow Munchies cereal in the villains' supermarket. At the end of the episode, he and Numbuh 1 are seen happily eating the cereal together, along with everyone else.
• Evil Counterpart: Inverted with Daddy, his Good counterpart from Operation P.O.O.L; unlike the Father from the main universe, Daddy is a caring parent and a good man who's horrified and disgusted by the oppression the children of his world are forced to live in, but unlike Father, he has no superpowers and little courage to back up his beliefs, leaving him unable to actually fight back against the DNK and Alternate Numbuh 4, which is left to his children, the Radical Dudes. As revealed in Operation ZERO, Daddy is the man Father might have grown into if Grandfather had never been defeated.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
  • Say what you will about his relationships with his father, his nephew, and even his own children, but the guy does seem to genuinely care about his brother. If it wasn't for what their dad did, he would be a good parent in the present.
  • Deconstructed with his dad. His devotion to his father is his primary motivation for evil, wanting his love, affection and respect, despite it from being a terrible person. One gets the feeling that if he finally moved on from his dad (and subsequently realize that he shouldn't be like him), he'd probably be in a better place in his life.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Even he won't stand for a box of Rainbow Munchies cereal being senselessly destroyed by Knightbrace. He and the other villains teamed up with the KND to prevent that happening and everyone happily shared the cereal afterwards.
• Evil Is Burning Hot: Is it ever.
• Evil Is Hammy: You can tell Maurice LaMarche is having way too much fun with this role.
• Evil Is Petty: He once tried to kill Nigel for stealing his pipe.
• Evil Plan: One in each episode but the overarching is one to bring down the KND organization.
• Evil Sounds Deep: He speaks in a deep sinister voice provided by Maurice LaMarche. As we see in Operation: Z.E.R.O. this is actually a side-effect of his shadow suit, his own natural voice is much higher pitched and nowhere near as intimidating.
• Evil Uncle: To Nigel/Numbuh 1, due to him being his father's brother Benedict Uno.
• Evil Wears Black: Taken to an exaggeration, as he's clad in black from head to toe.
• Faux Affably Evil: The few times when he isn't a complete jerkass, he will speak with a polite, albeit sarcastic tone as he does horrible things to his enemies. Naturally, he drops it when his fiery temper gets the better of him.
• Final Solution: He attempted to bake all the children in a giant cake in "C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R.".
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: As revealed in the movie, Father wears a pair of square glasses underneath his Silhouette Suit. Their yellow tint seems to provide the yellow eye color to his Silhouetted form. At first the jarring contrast of his true form with his famous menace makes him seem comical, but as he rants on about Sector Z his eyes take on the same cruel expression that his silhouette had.
• Freudian Excuse: Father's entire messed up state can be blamed on his father, Grandfather. A cruel tyrant who manages to outdo Benedict in the evil category, he was too much of a coward to stand up to him and it's implied that he turned to evil as a result. Grandfather showed little leniency to his children; heck, he preferred Monty, Ben's older brother, over him, if because it's implied he had the guts to stand up for himself, unlike Ben. From a traumatic fear of eating broccoli to perhaps his entire motivation for doing evil things and tormenting children, it can all be traced back to Grandfather.
• The Friends Who Never Hang: Siblings, more like. While it's implied that they've kept their own respective ties to Grandfather, he and Monty rarely spend time with each other, to the point that Numbuh 1 was completely ignorant of the fact that they were related.
• Generation Xerox: He was raised by an abusive father and is an abusive father.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: They can also shoot blasts of fire.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Through Flanderization.
• Hates Being Touched: He has a hatred for physical affection even though his fiery exterior isn't touchable in the slightest.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Father's fire powers are this in certain episodes.
• Horrifying the Horror: Grandfather actually appears to be legitimately scared when he realizes that he pushed Father too far.
  • The Galactic Kids Next Door are an intergalactic organization who plan to eradicate every adult in the universe. Entering Father's name into their database results in a danger message, showing that even they fear him.
• Humanoid Abomination: Can in ways be seen as this.
• Hypocrite:
  • He calls Grandfather out for being a big jerk despite behaving no better than he is.
  • Also he broke into the Sector V Treehouse in I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., but when the KND come into his mansion he loudly rants on, "I AM NOT HAPPY FINDING YOU IN MY HOUSE!"
• Insult Backfire: It doesn't take long for Tommy to figure out that he's evil when he refuses to revert the Delightful Children back to their original selves.
  Tommy: Man, you really are evil!
  Father: Yes, I know.
• Jerkass: That's a major understatement. He's cruel to his own "children", even crueler to his enemies, and is very prone to committing evil deeds just to demonstrate how awful he is without remorse.
• Karma Houdini: He doesn't get punished or truly defeated for good in the series finale.
• Karmic Butt-Monkey: In Operation: Z.E.R.O., he is kicked out of the villain convention by his own father after having restored his powers seconds ago, leaving him to suffer a massive Break the Haughty and chow down on ice cream in depression. Then his mansion is destroyed when the Moon Base collides into Grandfather. Given that he started the whole mess, one can't deny he didn't deserve it.
• Kick the Dog:
  • What he did to Sector Z aka his adopted children is pretty horrifying. He also forced them to use the Delightfulizer to turn all kids into themselves.
  • It was downright cruel in "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R." when he mocked Numbuh 2 for believing his father's stories of using Betsy to win every Toobathon and dismissed Numbuh 2's father as a shameful loser right in front of the boy.
• Knight of Cerebus: Before the decay set in, he was taken very seriously whenever he showed up.
• Kryptonite Factor: His flames can be doused with water, but ice cream of all things can outright zap his strength and weaken him to the point of defeat, as shown in his first appearance.
• Lean and Mean: Unlike his stocky heroic brother, he is a tall, slim, and absolutely vile figure.
• Logical Weakness: His fire powers mean that he can be defeated by cold things like ice cream or water.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: In The Movie he reveals he's Numbuh 1's uncle, though not his actual father as his name might make you think. Of course, Nigel is horrified by this reveal, especially since it meant Grandfather was literally his grandfather.
• The Man Behind the Man: In the earlier episodes, the Delightful Children were the main villains, though he was mentioned in the first episode. In "Operation: C.A.N.N.O.N." the Delightfuls mention a curfew alert stating that they had to leave their butt whupping on Sector V or else Father would be angry.
• Meaningful Name: His real name comes from real life figure Benedict Arnold who was best known as a traitor to the U.S during the Revolutionary War. As shown in the movie, when given the chance to fight against Grandfather alongside Numbuh Zero, B. Uno was too scared to do so and exits, not once but twice.
• Moral Myopia: Has his own experiences of child abuse from his father, yet is perfectly fine with bullying kids during his grown up years.
• Multiple-Choice Past:
  • The rather bizarre episode "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E." implies that Father was the first adult to spank a child and eventually led the adults in revolt against children and taking over the world (the episode is a parody of The Animatrix and portrays children as originally having created the adults for entertainment and labor). This idea would later get retconned as a wild conspiracy theory of Numbuh 1's, with Operation: Z.E.R.O. establishing he has a very different origin: namely that he's the brother of the legendary Numbuh Zero and Numbuh 1's uncle.
  • It could be that the Father seen in ARCHIVE was rather a younger version of Grandfather, who implies that he was never a kid, or some other ancestor who looked identical to him. However, Word of God confirmed that the "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E." story was made up with half truths and lies, even if the teacher was concerned that "They know."
• Negated Moment of Awesome: In Operation: Z.E.R.O., Father was all fired up and angry and just about to call out his old man...only to lose the motivation and ditch his brother to go eat ice cream. Though in this case it was due to his lack of self-esteem and general emotional exhaustion more than anything else. He took Grandfather so off-guard that he might have stood a chance fighting him. However, thanks to his horrible childhood and a horrible day in general, he more or less gives up. To top it off, the day ends with his mansion destroyed as he was eating ice cream.
  Father: I hate everyone.
• Nerd in Evil's Helmet: It's shown in Operation: Z.E.R.O that his shadowy appearance is just an illusion generated by his powers. Underneath, he's actually a nerdy-looking man with suspenders and glasses. This was actually revealed before, when his counterpart in the Mirror Universe appeared. That version, being a good guy, doesn't have the original's disguise or his powers and thus still retains his original appearance.
• Nervous Wreck: As a child he was much more timid and nervous than his brother.
• New Powers as the Plot Demands: His powers generally remain consistent. But he has displayed one-time powers depending on the writer like Mind over Matter (Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.) and Me's a Crowd. (Operation: I.T.)
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice is a parody of Kirk Douglas, which LaMarche previously used on Animaniacs and on The Tick (for the latter show, as a talking dolphin villain named "The Fin").
• No Indoor Voice: He screams. A lot.
  Father: KNIGHTBRACE!!! You're gonna share those Rainbow Munchies with me? AREN'T YOU?!?
• Obviously Evil: Take a look at the picture above and say what doesn't scream evil about it.
• One Note Chef: The annual birthday cake he makes for the Delightful Children, which is so good that the KND mobilizes a task force to steal it five times a year.
• One-Winged Angel/Scaled Up: In "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", he takes on the form of a dragon.
• Outside-Context Problem: At the time of his debut the Kids Next Door had never dealt with anything other than supertech using villains or engineered monstrosities while Father on the other hand possesses outright supernatural if not demonic powers. This stays true after his debut with even other supernatural enemies being something completely different to him.
• Playing with Fire: Gets it from his dad.
• Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: "Shall we begin?!"
• Psychopathic Manchild: Ironically, he has a tendency to act no more mature than most of the Kids he battles. Not only that but he'll overreact and go ballistic for very childish reasons such as the last box of Rainbow Munchies getting sold out, or being force fed broccoli in the two-parter episode IT.
• Pyromaniac: It's no surprise that one of the most Ax-Crazy villains of the show wields pyrokinesis.
• Real Men Wear Pink: He is sometimes seen wearing pink on his off-days.
• Sadist: What you get when you give a bully superpowers. And when he isn't physically hurting his enemies, he's hurting them with his words.
• Satanic Archetype: With an Obviously Evil appearance, powers, and voice to match, he's the closest the show has to the Devil himself, only being beaten by his own father. His debut episode at one point depicts him with a Satan-esque Nightmare Face, complete with evil fangs and Horns of Villainy, as detailed under Suddenly Shouting below.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: With his brother Monty Uno/Numbuh Zero, both of whom were sons to the tyrannical Grandfather. Monty, the braver older brother, was fed up with his leadership and, after discovering the Book of KND, got the inspiration to rebel against him. His cowardly younger brother Benedict did not want any part of this, believing they had "zero" chances. Whereas Monty got Grandfather's respect for standing up to him, Father is cast aside by him for his constant losses to the KND.
• Sinister Silhouettes: Before the reveal in "Operation: G.R.O.W.U.P" only his fiery silhouette was visible, and his shadow suit makes this his default appearance throughout the show.
• Smug Snake: Father can easily be mistaken for a Magnificent Bastard at first glance. Like other high-functioning smug snakes such as Light Yagami or Handsome Jack, he can be intelligent and cunning, but his pride, arrogance, and tendency to overlook crucial details in his schemes do cost him the sympathy of many. Operation: Z.E.R.O. deconstructs this, as Grandfather got sick of his constant failures and kicked him out of the villain convention.
• Snipe Hunt: Implied to be his ultimate fate in "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." The adult members of Sector V tell him that Numbuh One was sent on a galactic mission to help children on other planets fight adult tyranny. Finally learning his location, Father maliciously gloats that he's off to enact vengeance on him. However, it is revealed that Sector V (or at least Numbuh Five) was never actually decommissioned, and they neglected to tell Father that Numbuh One was in fact scheduled to return to Earth several decades later, coincidentally right after Father has left to hunt him down.
• The Sociopath: Leaving aside his more comedic elements, Father carries many traits of a sociopath, making him an absolutely malevolent figure compared to the rest of the cast. He has a Hair-Trigger Temper, has Lack of Empathy for all the actions he's done, is content with mass murder, delights in the suffering of others (especially children), and manipulates others for his own purposes. There's also The Reveal that he permanently brainwashed Sector Z into his own adopted children and considers it something he's done right.
• Standard '50s Father: A dark parody of this. His silhouette is intended to invoke this with his pipe, conservative haircut and sharp, clean lines. His personality, on the other hand, is anything but wholesome.
• Straw Loser: Grandfather makes him look like one compared to him.
• Suddenly Shouting: ALL THE TIME!
  Father: It seems the ice cream business just isn't for you, Mr. Uno. I think it's time you were... FIRRRRRRED!!!!!!
  [Numbuh One blasts him with a stream of ice cream]
• Superpowerful Genetics: All the powers he has seem to have been inherited from his father.
• Supreme Chef: Father is a very accomplished baker. The birthday cakes he bakes for the Delightful Children are always reported to be absolutely delicious, which is why the KND goes to such great lengths to try and steal them (though denying the Delightful Children their birthday cake is a nice bonus).
• Surrounded by Idiots: Apparently his children’s intelligence went with their free will during the Delightfulization process, and Father gets stuck with a bunch of incompetent drones.
• Took a Level in Badass: Operation ZERO reveals that he was a weak-willed coward as a child. He obviously grew out of this at some point.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Ice cream (especially Rocky Road), and Rainbow Munchies. He loves the latter enough that he's willing to engage in an Enemy Mine with Sector V over them.
• Troubled Abuser: There's no denying that he's an Abusive Parent to his own "children" to the double-digit nth degree, but then came Grandfather, who's just as abusive, cruel, and sociopathic as he is, if not worse, and is one of the few things he truly fears. With all of that, one can see how Father turned out the way he did.
• The Unfavorite: Grandfather favored Monty over him, mostly because unlike him, Father was too spineless to stand up for himself.
• The Unfought: He is the main villain of Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E., but is never faced in a boss fight.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He and his brother Monty were once sons to the abusive Grandfather, whom he was scared of and refused to disobey. While Monty became revered as a hero for defeating the depraved dad, Benedict instead followed his own father's footsteps, becoming a violent child-hating sociopath.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: He generally serves as the most serious threat to the KND, mainly due to his demonic powers. However, he is shown to have a comedic side in later episodes.
• Villainous Breakdown: Now and then.
• Villainous Lineage: In Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E. he mentions his great grandmother is alluded to being evil, as well as her three daughters (one of whom was presumably his grandmother). His father is also evil in Operation: Z.E.R.O.
• Villain Respect: Subverted. Him congratulating and applauding the adult Numbuh 1 is anything but genuine. As stated under Faux Affably Evil and Smug Snake, he just loves to patronize.
• Villains Out Shopping: He did this once when looking for Rainbow Munchies specifically in the Supervillains Supermarket and Deli.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Is able to change his form into several things, like a dragon and Numbuh 86.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: To his father, Grandfather, until he told him to beat it and chewed him out of his plan.
• The Worf Effect: When fighting Grandfather, he was kicked off easily, and though he almost managed to stand up to him, he gives up out of frustration and misery.
• Would Hurt a Child: Exaggerated. At best, most of his plans revolve around making the lives of children miserable like forcing them to eat broccoli forever or extend school hours and at worst, trying to straight up murder the children like baking them alive or just incinerating them.
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: His shadow suit has them, highlighting his villainous nature. His human form also has these through the shine of his glasses.
• You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry!: His pyrokinesis can spiral out of control when he's angry, to the point of it transforming him into a fire-breathing dragon (see Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.). Even Grandfather and Numbuh Zero have looks of surprise when he gets pushed too far.

Chad Dickson

Chad Dickson / formerly Numbuh Two Seventy-Four

"There was no way I was going to turn over everything I ever built, everything I ever worked for, to a bunch of snot-nosed brats!"

Former Supreme Leader of the Kids Next Door, idolized and loved by all, he turned evil the moment he turned thirteen. He then served as a high-ranking member of the Teen Ninjas, and lost all the respect he had to his name. Generally cocky and approving of himself, both before and after his betrayal. Voiced by Jason Harris.

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• The Ace: Prior to his defection, he was considered to be the best KND operative on the planet. He was skilled, talented, handsome, and was involved with several extracurricular activities on top of running the entire KND organization. He had trading cards, action figures — all of his subordinates had idolized him. He was the best of the best, and he knew it.
• Arch-Enemy: To Numbuh 1. Their fight in "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y." is easily one of the most personal ones on the show, as the two actively tried to kill each other. In fact, Chad is one of the only enemies, if not the only enemy, that Nigel has ever wanted to kill. Not even the Delightful Children and Father had ever pushed him as far as Chad had that episode. It ends up being all the more ironic in that Chad never did betray the Kids Next Door, but his hatred of Numbuh 1 became real and their friendship remained unsalvaged as a result.
• Armor-Piercing Response: In the GKND teaser, he desperately tries to reason with Nigel to not do what his superiors want him to do, as it will cause harm to everyone on Earth, including those they love. Nigel argues back that Earth is beyond help now, to which Chad responds asking about Sector V, particularly bringing up Numbuh 5 and how she would be horrified by what he's doing, which makes Nigel pause. Unfortunately for Chad, he's taken away and Nigel follows through with it anyway.
  Chad: NO! My family is there! Your family! Our friends!
  Nigel: It's ruled by adults. Infested. Too far gone.
  Chad: What about Sector V?! Hoagie, Kuki, Wallaby and Abigail! Abby would never let you do this.
• Badass in Distress: The GKND teaser shows him as a captive of the titular organization, literally begging Nigel not to do whatever his superiors want him to do. Considering Chad's personality and bad history with Nigel, it goes to show how desperate the situation must be.
• Badass Normal: He manages to be a formidable enemy of the Kids Next Door in spite of being a normal human being.
• Becoming the Mask: Sort of. He's faking treachery and is a secret teen operative for the KND... however, after many defeats, his hatred for Numbuh 1 becomes real and he tries to kill him in his final appearance on the show.
• Big Brother Mentor: Was this when he was still Numbuh 274, most notably to Numbuh 1.
• Broken Ace: For all his skill, Chad's a tool that is obsessed with being the best. Nigel gradually comes to this realization over the course of "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y.", which is why he can't find it in himself to forgive Chad even after learning Chad was never a traitor to the KND as this flaw led to Chad's attempt to kill him.
• Broken Pedestal: To the KND as a whole and to Nigel in particular. Being a Fake Defector does nothing to detract from this; if anything, it makes his fall from grace even worse as his resentment for Nigel consumed him.
• Card-Carrying Villain: After he turns 13 and is forced to flee the KND to avoid being decommissioned, he quickly becomes one of these.
• Char Clone: Blonde? Check. Red armor? Check. Rival Turned Evil (who was Good All Along)? Check. Reckless? Check. Name one letter off from Char? Check.
• Child Hater: Hated the KND and was slowly waiting for his 13th birthday when he made his move.
• Chick Magnet: It's implied that several girls in the KND had a crush on him. Even after defecting, he's had no issue picking up girls, hitting on a cheerleader who was very receptive to his advances in "Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S." and dancing with another in "Operation: P.A.R.T.Y.".
• Darkest Hour: Beaten and imprisoned in the GKND teaser, he is visibly desperate and yelling over the alien operatives to deter Numbuh 1 from doing something drastic to earth because their friends and family will be harmed by Numbuh 1's choice.
• A Dick in Name: His last name is Dickson, and fittingly enough, he's a jerk.
• Evil Makeover: Interesting enough, after his Face–Heel Turn, Chad suddenly develops a more pronounced jawline.
• Everyone Has Standards: As much as a dick he was to Nigel, he puts aside their feud when he begs Nigel to not go with the GKND's plan. He does not want to see Earth destroyed.
• Face–Heel Turn: After Nigel figured out his plan, he revealed himself to be with the adults.
• Fallen Hero: Like Cree, he was once a stellar operative turned evil by the adolescent years.
• Fake Defector: Revealed in "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y.", though, as evidenced by his Villainous Breakdown, he genuinely does have a lot of negative qualities.
• Foil: To Maurice (Numbuh 9). They were both The Ace and beloved in the KND, who inevitably had to leave the KND due to becoming teenagers but continue serving as The Mole. The difference is that Maurice chose to accept his decommissioning with grace, allowing him to remain adored by the KND. Chad, by contrast, ended up handling the situation very poorly, letting his egocentric desires cloud his judgment and throwing his friends under the bus, causing him to burn every bridge he had with his former KND operatives, especially Nigel.
• Foreshadowing: There are three hints that his treachery is a ruse:
  • Once his treachery was revealed, he detaches the Moonbase to the sun. After he was thwarted and detained, he tells an arriving Cree, who planned on doing the same thing throughout Season 2, he tried that and failed, making her give up on the attempt. He knew of her plan and, once he enacted it, threw the fight against Numbuh 4 once Sector V caught up to him to save Tommy and stop the plan, proving it can be prevented.
  • He suddenly becomes incompetent to the point that he gets knocked down by Numbuh 4 (twice) and Numbuh 1, both of whom he could've easily beaten. He pretended to have decayed in competence. However, his Duel to the Death with Nigel shows him holding nothing back and he lost because Nigel truly surpassed him as the best KND Operative on Earth.
  • A Five-Second Foreshadowing case. Nigel exclaimed that he was the "best there was", only for Chad to angrily state that he still is. While what he said is meant to showcase his obsession with being the best, it can also hint of his true allegiance. Once Numbuh 5 arrives with Sector V, she stops Numbuh 1 from killing Chad by revealing that he's still on their side, which he confirms.
• Glory Hound: During his tenure as leader, Chad let all that glory and power go to his head, so much so that he couldn't bear the thought of leaving the organization when his 13th birthday came. He went as far as throwing others under the bus to ensure he stayed leader even if he became a teenager. While it's later revealed the betrayal was staged so he could go under deep cover as a teen operative, his glory hound characteristics were not a complete act—he had legitimately become obsessed with being considered the best.
• Good All Along: He's still been a KND operative the whole time.
• Good Is Not Nice: He was nice when he was Soopreme Commander. But when he showed he was a deep-cover agent, his jealousy still made him act like a nasty tool.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: During Nigel's training days, Chad showed him a move that left Nigel flat on his back. In his final battle against Numbuh 1, Nigel uses the same move to beat him.
• I Let You Win: He deliberately pushed an amnesiac Numbuh 4's buttons to punch him out cold to ensure that he and Sector V save Tommy and stop him from sending the Moonbase to the sun, the latter of which he did to prevent Cree from doing the same thing she intended to do throughout the second season.
• Informed Ability: Chad's regarded as one of the greatest modern KND agents alive, to the point that the mere idea of him defecting to the teenagers was a big deal for the cast. Yet in the same episode that had him become a villain, an amnesiac Numbuh 4 takes him out in one punch. Thus his Villain Decay sets in, where he goes from one of the most serious threats to a recurring antagonist that is competent but trips up on his own arrogance over and over. Though at the same time, as a Fake Defector, he likely had thrown the fight so the Moonbase wasn't tossed into the sun, and only pretended to grow more arrogant and incompetent.
• Irony: As Numbuh 1 states, he was the best of the KND and he could've just bowed out gracefully while still keeping his Mole status. Indeed, if he hadn't let his pride get the better of him, he would've left a great legacy behind. He was the one who trained Numbuh 1 after all, so the kids would've definitely looked up to him after his departure. Maurice had the common sense to realize this, and allowed himself to be "decommissioned" so the KND would at least know of his reason for going bad and not have a grudge against him. Chad, however, acted too rashly (trying to destroy the KND base and then fleeing), so he'll forever have a traitor status to his name despite working behind the scenes.
  • It can be argued that his false Face–Heel Turn was so the villains would be more convinced. After all, a legendary KND suddenly wants to go evil for no reason and they aren't supposed to be suspicious?
  • Ironic Echo: Nigel's first battle with Chad (as a cadet) and his last battle with him here end the same way — but the combatants have switched positions. The first time, Nigel was put flat on his back. The second, Chad is on the receiving end.
  "My shoelaces...?"
  "Tied together. Oldest trick in the book."
  • While Chad wanted his ambition to be the best, he didn't consider the ramifications of why the bar was set so high. He sacrificed everything, including his legacy, for the KND and lost the GKND position to Nigel, explaining why he became so bitter and angry. Then we finally meet the GKND and discover why Nigel was chosen instead of Chad: because what they were asking for was so horrifying that not only did Chad reject and viewed them as an affront to everything the KND stood for, he was begging Nigel not to do it.
  • Chad is the only Arch-Enemy Nigel has ever tried to kill (something not even Father and the Delightful Children ever pushed him to do to them) for his betrayal, only for the latter to learn that he was never a traitor. Chad even further adds that despite Nigel figuring out his "treachery" in "Operation E.N.D." and wondering why he would betray the KND, he never once figured out that he had been faking it by secretly helping Sector V in the missions he was antagonistic towards them, which briefly makes Nigel perplexed.
• It's All About Me: Everything that results in his personal history with Nigel reeks of this, which makes their past "mentor and disciple" relationship an In-Universe Harsher in Hindsight to the latter. While Chad was genuinely impressed by Nigel's talent, there's a possibility that he only took him underneath his personal wing to increase his own popularity and legacy, if his "just remember, I'm the best there is." comment to the latter is of any indication. By the time of their grudge match in "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y.", he practically treats Nigel as personally betraying him for being picked by the GKND to be their Earth representative, never mind that Nigel (1) had literally no clue about this, (2) wouldn't care about any prestige he could've gotten from his accomplishments, and (3) is still hurt by Chad's own (false) betrayal of the KND.
• It's Personal: The underlying resentment between Chad and Nigel over his betrayal led to a fight between the two in "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y." By that point, it had become extremely personal.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Sure, he's become a legitimate jerk, but there are times he does prove a point.
  • As seen when he was discovered to be turning 13 soon, falsify his age to keep his position, and framed other KND members by hacking into their personal files, he's not wrong in his statement that after "running this show for five years", leaving the organization as big as the KND just because he's turning older is just ridiculous. Considering his true status as a mole for the villains, however, he probably invokes this.
  • In "Operation T.R.E.A.T.Y.", he's justifiably pissed off for being passed over a promotion to the GKND after everything he sacrificed as a KND operative, making his hatred and envy for Numbuh 1 not entirely unjustified. But considering how Numbuh 1 is Locked Out of the Loop and doesn't care about prestige and only for the good of the KND, this just makes Chad come off as petty and unreasonable, and rather heartbreakingly, making his past friendship with Nigel not as genuine as the latter saw it.
  • In the same episode as he reveals his Fake Defector status, he bitterly notes that, despite wanting to know why he would "betray" the KND, Nigel never once gave him the benefit of the doubt by not realizing he had been helping him and Sector V in secret. Given the bewildered expression Nigel briefly gives out and not disputing his claim, along with the close friendship and admiration Nigel had for him, Chad isn't entirely wrong to be angry at him for automatically accepting him as a traitor.
  • Finally, he's absolutely right in what the GKND have planned being horrific. It helps since that any animosity between him and Nigel appears to be absolutely discarded because of how bad it is.
• Knight of Cerebus: Episodes with Chad tend to be more serious due to the personal nature of his conflict with the KND and Numbuh 1 in particular, due to his Broken Pedestal status (though he does still have a comedic side). His last appearance on the show exemplified this the strongest. The climax of the episode was a Duel to the Death/Final Battle between him and Nigel after a Chained Heat situation caused all their personal issues with each other to boil to the surface and both decide that one of them has to go. Nigel won the fight and was dangerously close to pulling the trigger and finishing off Chad for good had Numbuh 5 not revealed Chad's Fake Defector status. Even then, the episode ended somberly, with Chad's disappearance and Nigel's confusion and sadness over their broken relationship.
• Lamarck Was Right: His parents are Destructo Dad and Mega Mom, and he later becomes more of a recurring threat than they ever were.
• Misplaced Retribution: Chad has every right to be furious for being passed over for the GKND promotion despite all the sacrifices he made in the name of the KND. However, trying to murder Nigel for being the one chosen in his place is completely out of line, considering Nigel had nothing to do with the decision and wasn't even aware of the GKND or that he was up for any sort of promotion. All this serves to do is destroy whatever chance Nigel and Chad had of reconciling their friendship.
• Morality Pet: To Nigel Uno in the GKND teaser, who dropped Sector V's names to get Nigel to stop doing whatever it was that would have negative consequences for Earth. It almost worked, up until the superiors got involved and had him taken away.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: To Numbuh 1, mainly because it had gone way beyond teenager/kid conflict and straight up into an It's Personal grudge match.
  Chad: That kid is mine.
• Pride:
  • His Fatal Flaw. Chad's dedication and skill as a KND operative caused other operatives to idolize him to the point that he was basically their personal celebrity. That fed into his ego, and in turn caused being "the best" to be integral to his character — so much so that when he was denied the final proof that he was still the best (promotion to the GKND), he tried to kill the person he believed to have stolen what was rightfully his: Nigel.
  • This is what made his Fake Defector act so convincing. While Chad's devotion to the KND is second only to Nigel, he takes far more pride in his accomplishments than Nigel ever did. The idea of him not wanting future generations of KND operatives to ruin all his hard work would be perfectly in-character for him, or for at least the image he projected to the rest of the organization.
• Put on a Bus: Disappears along with Numbuh Infinity at the end of "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y." and it is stated by Numbuh 1 that no one ever saw either operative again...until the trailer for Galactic: Kids Next Door.
• Redemption Promotion: Inverted. After he turns evil, he automatically loses competence. This may be justified by his role as a mole. (Hey, that rhymes!)
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In "Operation: Z.E.R.O." he flees from the Adult Villain convention because all the attendees were turning into Senior Citi-zombies and release Numbuhs 2,3,4,5 to fly off. He disappears for the rest of the movie as while we never know if he did get infected or not off-screen.
• Sweet and Sour Grapes: A dark inversion. He gave up everything, including a prestigious reputation and heroic status, all to prove his loyalty to the KND yet became bitter when he realized it was not enough and Nigel was chosen over him. However, when he discovers what the GKND's plans are, he is so horrified by it that he's begging Nigel not to listen to them and desperately tells Nigel that the GKND's plans are against what the KND stand for.
• Teens Are Monsters: He tried to blow up the Moonbase and kill Numbuh 1 multiple times. But he turns out not to be a monster. Or maybe he’s too useful an asset, whether or not he’s a monster.
• Universally Beloved Leader: Prior to his fake defection, he was perhaps the most beloved Kids Next Door operative of all time. This is why everyone took his betrayal so badly.
• Villainous Breakdown: In his last appearance, he gets so jealous of Nigel for being the best Kids Next Door operative on Earth that he tries to kill him.
  • "Operation: E.N.D" likewise had this as his plans to fix the damage backfire royally culminating with him ranting how hard it is to run an organization full of "brats". As Numbuh 1 deftly points out, he sounds just like a teenager.
• Villainous Crossdresser: In "Operation: S.L.U.M.B.E.R.".
  • It's not a bra! It's Battle Ready Armor!
• Villain Decay: Once he becomes a villain, he's notably less competent than what he's made out to be during his glory days as The Ace in the KND. Justified, as he's The Mole.
• Vocal Dissonance: When he was 12, his voice still sounded like a teenager.
• We Used to Be Friends: With Numbuh 1; Chad's betrayal was a cut so deep that by their final confrontation they were trying to kill each other in what easily one of the most personal fights on the show. Not even Chad being a Fake Defector restores their friendship.
• World's Best Warrior: Before his defection, he was considered to be the best KND operative on the planet. One of the main reasons why he hates Nigel so much is because even while being a Fake Defector, Numbuh 1 is believed to have surpassed him. Unfortunately for Chad, it's proven to be true.
• Would Hurt a Child: He wanted to KILL Numbuh 1 in the episode "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y."

Cree Lincoln

Cree Lincoln / formerly Numbuh Eleven

"My name is Cree! And you know I'm not a member of your stupid Babies Next Door anymore! I'm with the adults now."

Numbuh Five's older sister and former Kids Next Door operative, skilled, cool and determined. Her relationship with her sister is very strained, but deep down they really do love each other. She is a high ranking member of the Teen Ninjas and Father's apprentice. Voiced by Cree Summer ^note And yes, she is named after her voice actress.

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• Aloof Big Sister: For most to the series to Numbuh 5.
• Arch-Enemy: To Abby, though they do love each other.
• Badass in Distress: According to the G:KND site, she, like Chad, has been captured by the Global KND. What her relationship to them at this time is unknown.
• Badass Normal: She was this as a KND member and as a teen.
• Big Sister Bully: Doesn't get much more violent than blasting your sister in the face with laser guns on a regular basis.
• Big Sister Mentor: When she was a KND operative, she taught Abby how to fight.
  Cree: (flinging Abby around with her bare hands) I know all of your moves, Abby, because I taught 'em to ya!
• Bratty Teenage Daughter: Has shades of this. She constantly cries or feels incredibly embarassed about things like zits, boys and her father giving out too much information about her teenage needs.
• Broken Pedestal: To Numbuh 5, who admired her until her betrayal.
• Cain and Abel: The Cain to Numbuh 5's Abel.
• Child Hater: Like most teen operatives, she has completely rejected her past as a KND agent and now openly hates children.
• Cool Big Sis: When she was still in the KND. Now, while such moments are very rare, Cree has shown that she's not totally uncaring toward Abby.
• Dark Action Girl: She's the most agile and stealthy of the teens and can kick butt a lot harder than most villains.
• Dramatic Irony: If she did indeed turn against the KND because she does not want to lose her memories, it becomes ironic since exceptionally loyal operatives could still keep their memories and instead serve as moles for the KND. Had she remained loyal to the KND, she would have still have everything she wanted, including her memories and her sister's admiration and respect.
• Dreadlock Warrior: Cree has her hair in locks and is one of the most skilled fighters.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Despite being a violent child-hating Teen Ninja, she still cares about her parents. She and Abby have an unspoken agreement that they pretend to be loving sisters at home for their parents' sake and save their fighting for outside.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She won't admit it, but she still cares about Abby and wants her to join the teenagers.
• Evil Counterpart: To Numbuh 5, which is fleshed out in flashbacks in "Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E." when Cree was still a KND Operative.
• Face–Heel Turn: She was once a KND operative that turned bad after her 13th birthday and was never decommissioned.
• Fallen Hero: Once she turned 13, she started an alliance with the adults.
• Femme Fatale: She may look cute, but she tried to destroy her sibling and the KND for good many times.
• Freudian Excuse: Implied. It's unknown why Cree turned against the Kids Next Door, only that she got older and changed. However, "Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E." gives a big hint on a possible reason, when her sister Abby just gives up and says that there was no point in fighting that her sister and her friend Maurice since they're teens, and she's practically a teen now herself. At first Cree is shocked, but then gets happy and hugs Abby, saying she was waiting for her to say that, implying that she went though the same thing, but unlike Abby, Cree did not have someone to bring her up and give her hope.
• Iconic Sequel Character: She's Numbuh 5's Arch-Enemy and one of the highest ranking Teen Ninjas, yet doesn't appear until season 2.
• Instant Armor: Don't let the joke fool you; her bra is actually the suitcase for her armor.
• Late to the Party: Throughout most of Season Two, she's seen trying to get the KND moonbase, claiming "It's all part of the plan". By the time she does however, Chad (who had turned traitor) had already tried and failed in his bid to destroy it. Apparently, Chad enacted his plan to beat her to the punch and prevent a complete surprise attack.
• Loves My Alter Ego: In "Operation: K.I.S.S.", she instantly falls in love with Hoagie after he accidentally turns himself into a tall, thin, handsome teenage boy. She's completely floored when "Hank" reverts to his normal self in front of her.
  Cree: Somebody's turned you into that fat slob Hoagie Gilligan!
  Numbuh 5: (proudly) Nah, fool! Hank is Hoagie!
  Cree: Wh—but if Hank is Hoagie, but we...then that means that I...with... (starts gagging and spitting)
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: During her Unstoppable Rage search for her sister, she was somehow able to turn Sector V's treehouse upside down.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Whenever she's at home acting as just a standard big sister, she speaks with a more simplistic, ebonics-style vocabulary.
• The Paragon Always Rebels: She was once a top-ranking KND operative and a Cool Big Sis to Abby, but after her 13th birthday, she made a Face–Heel Turn and became a Teen Ninja.
• Pink Is Feminine: She usually wears a pink T-shirt when "off-duty".
• Samurai Shinobi: Much like all the Teen Ninjas, she has samurai trappings in her design as well.
• Sassy Black Woman: Not to the level of her sister, but Cree has been known to turn up the sass when needed.
• Serious Business: Prom night for Cree is the one thing even Numbuh 5 thinks shouldn't be messed with. So when the Kids Next Door hit her with an "unpoppable zit" virus right before her big night, she promptly wrecks an underwater laboratory and Sector V in short order to find the antidote. And by "wrecks", we mean turns the entire Sector V treehouse upside-down in a downright insane Gilligan Cut feat of capability that trumps even most of the villains of the franchise. One can only imagine the hell the Kids Next Door suffered for promptly using more unpoppable zit and pizza face viruses directly upon said prom night itself...
• Ship Tease: With Maurice.
• Significant Double Casting: She and her sister Abby are both voiced by Cree Summer.
• Smug Snake: Just like Father, her constant underestimation of the KND frequently causes more harm than good, and sometimes, unsuspecting double agents like Maurice is what does her in.
• Teens Are Monsters: She tried to drown all the younger kids in their beds once (though that episode ended on a Mind Screw and implied to be a dream of Numbuh 2), and made sure all kids had chicken pox so they don't bother other teens.
• That Man Is Dead: In "Operation: S.P.A.C.E.", she gets pretty mad when Abby refers to her by her former codename.
  Cree: It's been a while since I rigged up a food processor fuel drive.
  Numbuh 5: Yeah, you always were good with the 2x4 technology… (smugly) Numbuh 11.
  Cree: My name is Cree!
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Played with. In contrast to her boyish little sister, Cree is much more standard in her female likes, such as wearing pink clothing, owning frilly furniture and having lots of hygiene and beauty products. That said, she is one of the show's most dangerous villains.
• The Unfought: She's one of the antagonists in Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E., but, like Father, she doesn't get her own boss battle.
• We Used to Be Friends: She and Abby had a much better sister relationship when Cree was a member of the KND.
• The Worf Effect: Even though she's one of the most competent villains in the series, Cree is among the first to fall victim to Grandfather in Operation Z.E.R.O. Heck, he didn't even zombiefy her intentionally. She simply knocked into him while she was fighting Numbuh 5.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: Does it and has it happen to her. Most of her appearances have her set up to finally better her relationship with Abby but something always happens that convinces her it was a trick, leading her to lash out violently and double down on her hatred of kids.

Mr. Boss

Mr. Boss

"So long, shrimp! I hope your friend likes Pluto!"

CEO of a big company and additionally the "leader" of the villains, he tends to lead them on cooperative missions. He hates all children... except his own. Voiced by Jeff Bennett.

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• Arch-Enemy: To Sector V as a whole, if only because of the frequency of his major appearances and his high standing in the villain hierarchy. Though Mr. Boss is one of the major villains, his appearances have the least emotional impact out of all of the villains on this page, plus those of the Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
• Bad Boss: Pun aside, he tried to send all of the daughters of his employees to Pluto just so he can make them work even more. He had the same thing for their sons in mind, but planned it for next week. He seems to be an alright boss toward the other villains though (minus the Toiletnator), even throwing them barbecues and diner parties.
• Bald of Evil: He's partially bald and one of the KND's most persistent foes.
• Big Bad: Serves as the leader of the villainous forces if Father is not around. Sometimes even if Father is around he will take charge such as in "Operation: M.O.V.I.E.
• Bigotry Exception: He hates children… except for his own. Including Numbuh 86. He also doesn't seem to be opposed to associating with teen villains such as Big Brother.
• Card-Carrying Villain: The self-styled leader of the KND Rogues Gallery. He even calls himself "a major villain."
• Catchphrase: "Aww geez, it's the Toiletnator!"
• Child Hater: He has one exception, his own children... One of them being Numbuh 86.
• Cigar Chomper: He is always smoking a cigar. Strangely enough, it is always held in his mustache instead of his mouth.
• Continuity Cavalcade: Due to his nature as a leader of villains, and due to the show's nature of strong continuity, he is most commonly seen with a good portion of the adult villains seen up to that point.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: One who thinks that extended work hours is a good enough reason for kidnapping.
• Dragon-in-Chief: He acts as the leader for the adult villains, sometimes even when Father is present, though it's made apparent later on that Father is the real leader behind them.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His children, one of whom is actually the ill-tempered Numbuh 86. It's just EVERYONE ELSE'S children he hates.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": "Operation: D.A.D.D.Y." reveals his last name to be Fulbright, so his villain name only shows his position.
• Facepalm: Whenever he sees the Toiletnator, he facepalms.
• Fat Bastard: He's a corpulent Corrupt Corporate Executive.
• Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: His cigar is not just for show; it's also a trigger for many of his devices.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: The reason why Mr. Boss's plans always get screwed over by the Toiletnator? Because he refuses to let the Toiletnator participate in his plans, thinking that he'll screw up, so the Toiletnator "takes things on his own level".
• Luke, I Am Your Father: He's Numbuh 86's father. She was apparently completely unaware that her father was also one of her archenemies.
• Mean Boss: He's this to his own employees, as Numbuh 4's dad can attest.
• Moral Myopia: He hates kids unless they happen to be his.
• Non-Action Big Bad: Due to lacking his own superpowers or gadgets, he usually relies on other adult villains to carry out dirty work on combating the KND, but this gets averted in Operation: D.A.D.D.Y. when he brings out an all-powerful chair that can roll on wheels and fire rockets like a tank does (only a lot faster) and nearly steamrolls the KND operatives sent to subdue him. He's also quick to engage Numbuh 3 in a duel in "Operation: M.A.C.A.R.O.N.I.", though he loses.
• Pet the Dog:
  • He does love his own children.
  • He takes every opportunity to berate the Toiletnator, but he begrudgingly thanks him for unclogging the toilet he's using in "Operation: C.A.N.Y.O.N." and allows him to hold off the Kids Next Door in "Operation: M.I.S.S.I.O.N.". He also seemingly invited the Toiletnator to his dinner party in "Operation: M.A.C.A.R.O.N.I." despite usually excluding him, unless the latter simply showed up uninvited like he tends to do.
  • He's generally pretty pleasant towards the other adult villains and many of the teen ones, hosting barbecues and macaroni dinners for them.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: After the reveal that Fanny is his daughter, he says he'll fix pancakes for his children. He offers Numbuh 1 and his son's (Mr. Boss's son) sector for pancakes in a nice tone, but then tells them to go to a diner. He even turns off the lights on him.

Grandfather

Grandfather

Father and Monty Uno/Numbuh Zero's father and an Evil Overlord who once ruled the entire planet. He's by far the most dangerous enemy the KND have ever faced and makes Father look like a saint compared to him. Acted as the Big Bad in Operation: Z.E.R.O.. Voiced by Neil Ross.

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• Abusive Parents: He's why Father is the way he is.
• Amnesiacs are Innocent: When in a decommissioned state, he's a clueless and harmless old man who has no idea about his powers or any bad intention. In that state he also seems to have a far better relationship with his son Monty, who's genuinely happy to see him after having been decommissioned too.
• Archnemesis Dad: To Numbuh 0/Monty Uno.
• Ax-Crazy: And how. Even Father at his angriest pales in comparison to what horrors his own father has in store.
• Badass Boast:
  Monty, Monty, Monty. Did you honestly believe that a mere 39 gazillion tons of red hot metal and duct tape would crush me?
• Bald of Evil: He's bald at the top which further emphasizes his Devilish Hair Horns and it's a trait he shares with his son and grandson.
• Beard of Evil: He also has a long menacing beard.
• Big Bad: Of The Movie.
• Brought Down to Normal: After being depowered again at the end of the movie, he returns to being a harmless old man.
• Card-Carrying Villain: The first thing he says after being reawakened is to thank Father for "reawakening the pure evil" laying dormant within him.
• Classic Villain: Grandfather is Ambition and Pride. He has Father's default appearance and traits, but with Devilish Hair Horns that resembles Horns of Villainy and a skinnier physique, making him resemble Satan himself. Upon regaining his demonic powers, he plunges the world into his own personal playground by turning both the adults and the KND into senior citizombies and desires to destroy the Book of KND to make sure his reign goes unopposed. In the end, he is thwarted by his own son who opposed him, Numbuh Zero/Monty Uno, by being Lured into a Trap set up by him to finally decommission him.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: It didn't take him a whole lot of effort to reconquer the world, though it's mostly because his minions are effectively invincible.
• Dark Is Evil: Surely, this vile man wouldn't hurt a fly?
• The Dark Times: His previous reign. After seeing that, it's little surprise the KND are so fearful of adults.
• Diabolical Mastermind: Even more than Father.
• Didn't See That Coming: As part of his plan to rule the world, Grandfather is quick to take over the entire Moonbase so as to prevent the KND from hiding from him. He wasn't expecting it to crash down on top of him, nor for it to have technology that could erase people's memories.
• The Dreaded: He makes Father look like a joke in comparison, so naturally everyone is terrified of him. Father included.
• Dystopia Justifies the Means: His intent is nothing less than a Crapsack World where kids, and the second time, anyone who had ever been a kid, toil endlessly to create tapioca pudding for his consumption. The second time, he plans to turn everyone in the world (KND included) into senior citizombies that are his obedient slaves.
• Empowered Badass Normal: Goes from a harmless old man who can barely lift his back... to an all powerful demon who succeeded in ruling the world.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He appears to actually care about his first son, Monty, as he tried to communicate with him in the middle of the moment, and actually accepted his path of good, even if he was disappointed that he wasn't on his side, and nicely asked him if he could be just "a little more evil". It is hinted that he may care for his other son, Father as well, but not as much, as he's got no problem with beating him up for negotiating with him, still he allowed Father to walk away twice without transforming him (assuming Father can be turned into a citizombie in the first place).
• Evil Is Petty: The last thing he does before he gets decommissioned is declare Monty is out of his will.
• Evil Old Folks: As a villain whose old age is one of his prominent characteristics, Grandfather is this.
• Evil Overlord: Once ruled the world with an iron fist before Numbuh Zero betrayed and defeated him.
• Evil Sounds Deep: Much like Father, his shadowy state naturally gives his voice a lower octave. You can actually hear his Evil Laugh deepening during the moment his memories are reawakened and he reforms his shadow suit.
• Evil Wears Black: Taken to an exaggeration, since he's clad in black from head to toe.
• Eviler than Thou: To literally every villain in the Rogues Gallery once they find out his plan to turn everyone that's ever been a kid into Senior Citizombies includes them. Father outright states that Grandfather is eviler than him before reviving him, calling him "The World's Most Ultimate Evil".
• Expy:
  • He seems to be partially based on Aku from Samurai Jack — a black, shadowy monster who stands a couple stories tall in his natural state, can manipulate fire, and his very awakening spells doom for the whole world.
  • Also, Darkseid. An evil overlord who ruled over a hell planet, has one loyal son whom he gives no regard, and an older son who wants to put a stop to his plans but who Grandfather nonetheless considers a better son for his stronger will.
• Faux Affably Evil: He's usually very polite and sophisticated, even to the heroes and his minions, and seems to slightly care about his two sons; however, he's still utterly evil and intends to conquer the world for his own benefit alone.
• Fisher King: When he rules the world, he uses his Reality Warper abilities to convert it into an old-style Crapsack World complete with child labor and Industrial Era-style factories making tapioca pudding for him to eat.
• Good Hurts Evil: The reason he fears the Book of KND is because it represents the one thing that can destroy him - Hope.
• Greater-Scope Villain: While he only appears in The Movie, the current incarnation of the KND was originally founded for the purpose of ending his evil rule. On top of that, Father ended up the way he is because of Grandfather being such an Abusive Parent to him. Then it turns out that GKND has bigger plans than him.
• Gruesome Grandparent: As if the name isn't enough of a clue. He's literally Numbuh One's grandfather.
• Hero Killer: He almost completely converts the KND into senior citizombies.
• Hope Crusher: Upon his return to power, he refuses to accept victory until he's destroyed the Book of KND and the hope it inspires.
• I Have No Son!: He wants nothing to do with Benedict (Father), preferring Monty more so even if Monty was the one who destroyed his powers and his evil empire (which Grandfather does point out).
• Irony: His least favourite son is the one who takes the most after him.
• It's All About Me: Grandfather is a self-centered villain.
• Jerkass: Towards Father, who gets to say it.
  Father: You... big... JERK!!!
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Despite favoring Monty, he won't hesitate to hurt him should he ever get rebellious.
• Knight of Cerebus: Despite exhibiting the characteristics of a comedic super villain, Grandfather is arguably the darkest villain as a whole, due to how, unlike any other villain, is actually seen performing child slavery, and turning the world's population into senior citizombies.
• Large Ham: Is an even bigger ham than his son.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Literally; his memory was erased by Numbuh Zero using some kind of laser, reducing him to a harmless old man until he's "recommissioned" by Father. This is pretty much the only way to defeat him, as he's Nigh-Invulnerable to any physical attack.
• Lean and Mean: Is skinnier and eviler than his son.
• Meaningful Name: As his name implies, he has aging-based powers. He's also superior to his son Father, thus a 'grander' version of Father. He also literally is Number One's Grandfather.
• Nigh-Invulnerability: His reaction to getting crushed under the entire Kids Next Door Moonbase is to dust himself off and ask if they really thought that would work. It is implied however that Father can possibly hurt him with his powers, and his comment about Monty being out of his will demonstrates that he's at least not immortal.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: From the moment he's awakened, Grandfather shows that he's completely serious about his plans to rule the world, as he immediately transforms every single villain in the vicinity into a senior citizombie, whom he then directs to attack every KND operative both on Earth, and on the Moonbase. And even when he does infect the whole KND (save Numbuh One), he doesn’t waste time celebrating, instead using the time to track the Book of KND.
• No Ontological Inertia: His defeat restores the world to normal. Justified since his Reality Warper powers were what changed it originally, and his defeat depowered him.
• The Nose Knows: Tracks the Book of KND by scent at one point.
• Nothing Can Stop Us Now!: "With the destruction of the book, I can RULE THE EARTH UNCHALLENGED! And nothing can ever stop me EVER AGAIN!!! NOT EVEN... a gi-hugic flaming moon base?!?"
• Obviously Evil: Exaggerated to the point where he looks like Satan himself.
• Oh, Crap!:
  • He gets one when he finally pushes Father too far. This is the only point in which he truly looks fearful.
  • Seeing the KND Moon Base barreling down right on top of him. True, it didn't do anything to hurt him, but A for catching him off guard.
  • His third and final one comes when after tanking the KND Moon Base, he gloats to Monty about this unsuccessful attempt. By the time he finds out that he's Lured into a Trap by Monty, however, his last moments are to scold him before both are decommissoned.
• Outside-Context Problem: Until he was reawakened by Father, nobody else in the world, villain or hero, knew who Grandfather was or how powerful his abilities were. Once he is reawakened, Grandfather wastes no time in reestablishing his former rule over the world using his zombification powers, which the KND is powerless to fight against. It's implied that not even the Galactic Kids Next Door know of Grandfather's existence, since no results come up if one types his name into the Rainbow Monkey website.
• Parental Favoritism: He prefers Monty Uno over Father (Benedict) as he was willing to stand up to him, even though he betrayed him and brought him down to normal and destroyed his evil empire. Doesn't stop him from trying to zombify him.
• Pet the Dog:
  • Though Grandfather tells Father to get out of his sight after reawakening him, he decides to leave him be instead of turning him and the Delightful Children From Down The Lane into senior citizombies.
  • He tries to communicate with his son, Monty. Even if he was disappointed at Monty not being evil, Grandfather tried to ask him nicely.
  • Played for laughs when he apologizes to a janitor for not letting him do his job...right before transforming him into a senior citizombie.
  • When his memories are removed, he's a perfectly cordial grandpa who's more interested in an easy to chew meal at the retirement home than world conquest. It's even implied that he and Monty get along quite well in their decommissioned states.
• Physical God: He's the single strongest villain in the entire series and is capable of surviving a direct hit from a Colony Drop without even a scratch. He can also 'age' the entire world at will.
• Playing with Fire: Father gets it from him.
• Rapid Aging: His most dangerous ability is to age everything he touches, though not only does he age them rapidly, he turns them into his 'Senior Citizombie' minions. And all the individuals he ages gain the ability to do it to others as well.
• Reality Warper: He's capable of changing the world as he sees fit, normally to a more "old time" look.
• Satanic Archetype: Definitely the series' perfect example.
• Scatter Brained Senior: Without his powers and memories, he's an utterly harmless and pleasant old man.
• Sinister Schnoz: He has a pointy nose, though it's only visible when he's viewed from the side or looking upward.
• Smug Super: "Even you, my son, are zero compared to me."
• The Sociopath: All he cares about is power and himself. Not even him caring for his son Monty makes him less of one, because he tried to zombify him when he got rebellious.
• Sorcerous Overlord: His powers can only be described as "magic" and he rules the world with an iron fist when he gets going.
• Superpowered Evil Side: His abilities actually have shades of this. When his memories are wiped, he returns to being a harmless grandfather. Numbuh Zero even happily greets his father now that he's back to non-evil mode.
• Super-Toughness: Took a Colony Drop from the Moon Base, a several million ton hit at minimum, and chides the heroes for thinking that it would so much as scratch him.
• To Create a Playground for Evil: A playground where his citizombies can terrorize the world and he can RULE THE EARTH UNCHALLENGED!
• Trademark Favorite Food: He really likes tapioca pudding, so much so that enslaving everyone so they'd mass-produce it was one of the reasons he wanted to rule the earth.
• Transformation Sequence: Unlike Father, who just grows his "shadow suit" back, Grandfather sucks in the shadows from everything in the room to form his after being reawakened in a much more elaborate fashion.
• The Unfettered: Nothing stands in his way for his desire of world domination.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Not even reviving him wins his son Father any affection; he flat-out tells him to leave after being revived. This is somewhat justified, as Father only reawakened him simply because he grew tired of losing to the KND, and would've otherwise been happy to leave him in his decommissioned state.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: He literally makes the environment around him viler. He's also the single most vile villain in the show, and despite his comedic moments, his actual plan and threat are treated with more seriousness than every other villain combined. The other villains are doing things like giving kids colds, cleaning their teeth, or banning sugary drinks, Grandfather is turning the world into a child-labor fueled dystopia and causing a Zombie Apocalypse.
• Villain Has a Point: Once revived, he almost immediately admonishes Father for only choosing to reawakening him cause he and the other villains couldn’t defeat the KND by that point.
• Villainous Lineage: In Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E. his son (Father) mentions his great grandmother (Grandfather's own grandmother) is alluded to being evil. One of the Annoying Cute Triplets was also presumably his mother, and the others his aunts. His son inherited his powers.
• The Virus: What his Rapid Aging works as since it can spread through physical contact.
• Walking Wasteland: His Rapid Aging affects everything in his path. The same applies to his Senior Citizombies, though they need to make physical contact in order to do so.
• World's Strongest Man: Is the most powerful being in the entire series bar none, and Father outright says he's 'the World's most ultimate evil'. Father is implied to potentially be stronger, but due to being weak-willed despite his bluster can never actually live up to that potential, leaving Grandfather the undisputed strongest.
• Would Hurt a Child: Takes this even further than most of the other enemies of the KND, possibly aside from Father; during his first reign, all children were enslaved and forced to work in nightmarish factories, with any dissent being brutally crushed, even his own children!
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: Just like his son, except with a yellow mouth as well.
• Zombie Apocalypse: "Citizombie Apocalypse".

The Galactic Kids Next Door

General

The GKND is an intergalactic organization of extraterrestrial children across the Milky Way supposedly fighting a universal war against evil (teen-to-adult) tyranny. But in reality, they are the evil tyrants and their true intentions are ridding the universe of teenhood and adulthood through every method possible.

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• Absolute Xenophobe: Of the Adult Hater variety. The GKND hates all adults (teenagers included) in the universe and they want to wipe them all out from existence. At the same time, however, they don't seem to mind the physical age as long as you don't "fit into their definition of an adult", as they'll even accuse their own members as "reeking of adult" despite them being under the age of 13.
• The Ace: Due to Numbuh 1 being considered the best KND operative of Earth, it's implied that all of the GKND members are consider this to their own individual planets as well.
• Adult Hater: To the extreme.
• Arc Villain: They are going to be the ultimate threat in the upcoming sequel series.
• Badass Army: They're a large organization capable of fighting very well.
• Big Bad: They're set up to be the threat that the Kids Next Door on Earth will face.
• Blue-and-Orange Morality: Their views and definitions of what constitutes as "adult" falls into this, showing that they don't mind having teens among their ranks and would even turn on their own members if they think they "reek of adult" despite being under the age of 13. Justified due to their alien nature, meaning that their own standards of adults vary among them.
• The Dog Bites Back: They're obviously taking things way too far, but the very existence of the GKND makes it apparent the Child Hater adults have been abusing their authority over children across the cosmos, implying the GKND sees themselves as wanting to see adult tyranny defeated and have come to believe that the only viable solution is one with permanent results.
• Enfant Terrible: They are all implied to be under their own species standards of age 13, and seek to wreak havoc on the universe to rid of the "adult infestation".
• Equal-Opportunity Evil: So long as you aren't a teen or an adult, or even if you are one of those physically but doesn't fall into their category of "adult", and support their cause wholeheartedly; things like race, gender, or even species are non-existent among their ranks.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Even they think Mushi Sanban is crazy. Entering her name into their database returns the response "that kid is nuts."
  • If you type something vulgar into their database, they will not be happy. Entering "fuck" or "fuck you" gets "you watch your mouth," entering "shit" gets "you're not very nice," and entering "penis" gets "what? why— ew GROSS!"
• Evil All Along: They were initially introduced as a larger-scale equivalent to the Kids Next Door based on Earth. The animatics viewable on the Rainbow Monkeys website when the correct password is typed reveal that they're actually out to wipe out all adults and adolescents even if they have to exterminate entire races to do so.
• Godzilla Threshold: These guys are doing anything they can to free the universe from the clutches of adulthood, whether it means destroying entire planets and/or driving other intelligent races to extinction to get their way.
• Greater-Scope Villain: They are apparently this to the entire franchise, as their plans are even greater than other villains in the show.
• Hypocrite: They go on about adult tyranny, consider adulthood to be a disease, and want to make the universe a better place for children, but their acts against adults and teenagers are both heinous and beyond despicable as it's ageicide. As Chad points out to Nigel, the GKND's plans are pure evil and they are the most tyrannical organization in the universe.
• Knight of Cerebus: They are the darkest and most evil villains in the entire franchise; as they lack redeeming qualities, have no comedic moments, and have committed the worst acts in the series as a whole: like mass murder, numerous ageicides, and other heinous crimes across the universe.
• Knight Templar: In their eyes, ridding the galaxy of all teens and adults is justifiable.
• The Omniscient Council of Vagueness: They're the ones who're behind the entire creation of the many other branches of the KND organization throughout the universe.
• Scary Dogmatic Aliens: All of them are different alien species of children, with two of them being revealed as Plant Aliens, and they despise adults and teenagers to the point that they believe it justifiable to commit interplanetary ageicide.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: The fact that they're willing to commit ageicide on an interplanetary scale would be an understatement.
• Utopia Justifies the Means: The GKND's vision of a perfect universe is one where kids rule. In the G:KND teaser, their so-called "Perfect Universe" is just to bring total carnage and ageicide towards adults and teenagers, so they can have the universe all to themselves.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: One of the evilest groups in a rather lighthearted show, to which they'll be ready to commit many atrocities just to achieve their own goals.
• Villain Has a Point: In hindsight, their hatred of adults becomes more understandable when you account for how many adults on Earth have gone to extreme lengths to oppress and abuse children to serve their own ends. The very existence of the GKND heavily implies other planets have been having the same problems with child-hating adults that Earth has. Also, it's worth taking into account that while Earth's KND has won a decent amount of fights with adults, they at best rarely gained much ground over adults in any way that kids could properly benefit from, making it debatable if Earth's KND will ever actually win the war.

Numbuh Aleph Zero (MASSIVE SPOILERS!)

Numbuh Aleph Zero

Peace, KND

"The decision is Nigel Uno's!"

The mysterious Supreme Leader of the Galactic Kids Next Door. They speak with a multi-layered voice.

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• Evil Overlord: They rule over both the Galactic Kids Next Door and most of the universe. They could also be a manipulative, tyrannical dark lord who is the mastermind behind numerous ageicides on teenagers and adults.
• Fantastic Racism: As the Supreme Leader of the GKND, they hate every teenager and adult and want them all destroyed.
• Greater-Scope Villain: In the G:KND teaser, they are the one pushing Nigel to destroy his home planet.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: They have not appeared in person, and only their voice has been heard.
• Light Is Not Good: Their sole physical appearance is a giant light in the ceiling and the Supreme Leader of a dogmatic intergalactic organization hell-bent on ageicide.
• Meaningful Name: Their codename refers to an infinite set of natural numbers, reflecting their status as Supreme Leader to the GKND.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Well... as reasonable as the supreme leader of a dogmatic organization could be expected; Numbuh Aleph Zero silences their subordinates' complaints on Numbuh 1's hesitation, noting that the decision does not come lightly.
• Unperson: For a time, typing Numbuh Aleph Zero's name into the Rainbow Monkey website gave an error message. Their name is no longer recognized by the website anymore.
• Voice of the Legion: Properly uses this to mask their real voice.

Numbuh Nominal (MASSIVE SPOILERS!)

Numbuh Nominal

"There. Do we need more proof where this one's allegiance lies?"

An alien operative of the Galactic KND.

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• Accuser of the Brethren: They're very quick at accusing any member of the GKND of being a Category Traitor if they so much as feel the accused aren't completely onboard with the organization's ageicide.
• Bright Is Not Good: Their sole physical appearance is a giant red screen showing a yellow sigil and a member of a dogmatic intergalactic organization hell-bent on ageicide.
• Fantastic Racism: While being an Adult Hater/Teen Hater is the norm for all members of the GKND, Numbuh Nominal is much more vocal about their ageism to the point of accusing any operative of "reeking of an adult" if they were to show any signs of dissent.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: They have not appeared in person, and only their voice has been heard.
• Jerkass: They're very unpleasant and won't take kindly to any GKND operative for showing hesitation in committing ageicide.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Despite being a Jerkass Knight Templar whose very vocal about their opinions and hell-bent on wanting to commit ageicide Numbuh Nominal isn't willing to push their luck when Numbuh Aleph Zero intervenes.

Beth Numbuh (MASSIVE SPOILERS!)

Beth Numbuh

"(disgust) Species. Indicative."

An alien operative of the Galactic KND.

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• Bright Is Not Good: Their sole physical appearance is a giant blue screen showing a white sigil and a member of a dogmatic intergalactic organization hell-bent on ageicide.
• Fantastic Racism: Like all GKND operatives, they are Adult Hater/Teen Hater and verbally show disgust for any species who are adults.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: They have not appeared in person, and only their voice has been heard.

Numbuh Ordinal (MASSIVE SPOILERS!)

Numbuh Ordinal

"BAH! This human noth-noth a Galactic Level Operative noth (laugh) noth."

An alien operative of the Galactic KND.

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• Bright Is Not Good: Their sole physical appearance is a giant green screen showing a blue-green sigil and a member of a dogmatic intergalactic organization hell-bent on ageicide.
• Fantastic Racism: Like all GKND operatives, they are Adult Hater/Teen Hater.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: They have not appeared in person, and only their voice has been heard.
• Verbal Tic: Noth.

Numbuh Negative Umpteen (MASSIVE SPOILERS!)

Numbuh Negative Umpteen

"There ARE no human Galactic Level Operatives!"

An alien operative of the Galactic KND.

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• Bright Is Not Good: Their sole physical appearance is a giant yellow screen showing a red sigil and a member of a dogmatic intergalactic organization hell-bent on ageicide.
• Fantastic Racism: Like all GKND operatives, they are Adult Hater/Teen Hater.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: They have not appeared in person, and only their voice has been heard.