History Characters / KNDMainVillains

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

* {{Expy}}: He seems to be partially based on Aku from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' -- 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, ComicBook/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.

* StandardFiftiesFather: 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.

** 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.

* HiveMind: 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.

* MissingChild: [[spoiler:In hindsight, delightfulization or not, these are five missing children whose parents still have no idea what happened to them]].

* ArmorPiercingResponse: [[spoiler: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 about Numbuh 5, which makes Nigel pause. Unfortunately for Chad, he's taken away and Nigel follows through with it anyway.]]

* ArmorPiercingResponse: [[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 about Numbuh 5, which makes Nigel pause. Unfortunately for Chad, he's taken away and Nigel follows through with it anyway.]]

->'''Voiced by: Ogie Banks''' (Sector Z)

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Even after Nigel learns the truth about his allegiances, too much has happened for them to repair their friendship, and being DrivenByEnvy strongly implies he never really wanted to do so.]]
** This ends up playing in reverse when we see him [[spoiler: and Nigel with the GKND. Their plans are so horrifying that virtually any semblance of animosity has been discarded and Chad is ''begging'' Nigel not to listen to them. Heck, he nearly succeeds in getting Nigel to listen to him.]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm"

** Finally, [[spoiler:he's absolutely right in what the GKND have planned being horrific. It helps since that any animosity between the two appears to be absolutely discarded because of how bad it is.]]

** In the same episode [[spoiler:as he reveals his FakeDefector 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 rebuking his claim, along with the close friendship and admiration Nigel had for him, Chad isn't wrong to be angry at him for automatically accepting him as a traitor.]]

** In "Operation T.R.E.A.T.Y., he's justifiably pissed off for [[DudeWheresMyRespect 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 LockedOutOfTheLoop and [[HumbleHero 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 FakeDefector 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 rebuking his claim, along with the close friendship and admiration Nigel had for him, Chad isn't wrong to be angry at him for automatically accepting him as a traitor.
** Finally, [[spoiler: he's absolutely right in what the GKND have planned being horrific. It helps since that any animosity between the two appears to be absolutely discarded because of how bad it is.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: 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 BrokenPedestal status (though he does still have a comedic side). His last appearance on the show exemplified this the strongest. [[spoiler:The climax of the episode was a DuelToTheDeath[=/=]FinalBattle between him and Nigel after a ChainedHeat 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 FakeDefector status. Even then, the episode ended somberly, with Chad's disappearance and Nigel's confusion and sadness over their broken relationship]].

** He's also justifiably pissed off for [[DudeWheresMyRespect 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 LockedOutOfTheLoop and [[HumbleHero 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.

* TheDogBitesBack: They're obviously taking things way too far, but the very existence of the GKND makes it apparent the ChildHater adults have been abusing their authority over children across the cosmos, implying the GKND sees themselves as wanting to see adult tyranny and have come to believe that the only viable solution is one with ''permanent'' results.

** 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. [[spoiler: 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 Four (twice) and Numbuh One, both of whom he could've easily beaten. [[spoiler: He likely pretended to have decayed in competence. However, his DuelToTheDeath with Nigel shows him holding ''nothing'' back and he lost because [[SurpassedTheTeacher Nigel truly surpassed him as the best KND Operative on Earth]].]]
** A FiveSecondForeshadowing case. [[spoiler: 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 [[BrokenAce 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.]]

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: He's been a KND operative the whole time.]]

** [[spoiler:Chad is the only ArchEnemy 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.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Everything that results in his personal history with Nigel reeks of this, which makes their past "mentor and disciple" relationship an InUniverse HarsherInHindsight 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 "[[{{Foreshadowing}} 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 [[spoiler:being picked by the GKND to be their Earth representative, never mind that Nigel (1) had literally ''[[LockedOutOfTheLoop no clue about this]]'', (2) [[HumbleHero 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]].
* ItsPersonal: 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.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Even after Nigel learns the truth about his allegiances, too much has happened for them to repair their friendship, and being DrivenByEnvy strongly implies he never really wanted to do so]].

* NerdInEvilsHelmet: 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 nerdish 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.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being malicious children, they sincerely care about Father, especially since he adopted them, making everything look much more tragic in retrospect.

* HiveMind: 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.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: 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 FakeDefector plan, even after he returned to their side, they placed all the blame on him for their plan failing and called him an idiot.

* SunglassesAtNight: [[spoiler:As Numbuh 0.5 of Sector Z, she sports these instead of her usual glasses.]]

* ChildHater: Hates children with a passion, and formed a league of supervillain adults to teach them a lesson. [[spoiler: Operation Z.E.R.O implies it's residual self-loathing to a degree as a result of his abusive childhood under Grandfather.]]

* TheDreaded: Especially in season 2. Even after VillainDecay set in, he was easily the KND's worst enemy... Until Grandfather, who is this trope to ''Father''. It's revealed that [[spoiler:even the Galactic KND fear him, as searching "Father" in the database results "DANGER DANGER DANGER"]].

* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler: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.]]

** It could be that the Father seen in ARCHIVE was rather a younger version of Grandfather, who implies that he was never a kid. However, WordOfGod 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."

* VillainousLineage: In Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E. he mentions his great grandmother is alluded to being evil. His father is also evil in Operation: Z.E.R.O.

* BigotryException: He hates children… except for his own. Including Numbuh 86.

* NonActionBigBad: 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 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."

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: 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.

* NighInvulnerability: His reaction to getting [[ColonyDrop crushed under the entire Kids Next Door Moonbase]] is to dust himself off and ask if they really thought that would work.

** 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.

* UngratefulBastard: Not even reviving him wins [[spoiler: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.

* VillainousLineage: 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. His son inherited his powers.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice is a parody of Kirk Douglas, which [=LaMarche=] previously used on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.

* AbusiveParents: To say he's abusive to his [[spoiler: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). [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into the fact that they're only his kids because he used a horrible, irreversible brainwashing on them.]]

* KarmicButtMonkey: 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 BreakTheHaughty 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, [[KickTheSonOfABitch one can't deny he didn't deserve it]].

* MultipleChoicePast: 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 ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' 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''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'' establishing he has a very different origin: [[spoiler: namely that he's the brother of the legendary Numbuh Zero and Numbuh 1's uncle]].

* NerdInEvilsHelmet: 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 nerdish 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 originals disguise or his powers and thus still retain their original appearance.