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The main characters of the show, they are a division of a worldwide organization known as the Kids Next Door. They are considered to be one of the best teams in the KND.
  • Arch-Enemy: The team as a whole, especially Numbuh 1, are the main enemies to Father and the Delightful Children from Down the Lane. The individual members also have their own personal foes.
    • Numbuh 1 to Chad Dickson/Numbuh 274.
    • Numbuh 2 to Mr. Fizz and Mushi Sanban.
    • Numbuh 3 to King Sandy and Mr. Boss.
    • Numbuh 4 to the Toiletnator.
    • Numbuh 5 to Cree, Stickybeard, and Heinrich von Marzipan.
  • Badass Adorable: Numbuh 3 is the best at being cute and awesome at the same time. That's not to say the other kids don't have their moments too, of course.
  • Badass Crew: A motley crew of military-trained 10-year-old kids who fight adult tyranny with advanced gadgets made from scrap. Numbuh 362 has referred to them as the best sector in the organization. The Series Finale "I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." implies that none of them were decommissioned.
  • Badass Normal: By comparison with most of the villains anyway, as they rely mainly on Bamboo Technology and their military training in combat.
  • Bamboo Technology: They refer to it as "2x4 Technology" and it's what most of their equipment is made of.
  • Big, Thin, Short Trio: The male operatives—Hoagie, Nigel, and Wally, are respectively obese, skinny, and short.
  • Characterization Marches On: Numbuh 1 used to be an uptight Know-Nothing Know-It-All that thought he knew best but often did the worst, Numbuh 2 was far more gluttonous and prone to poorly devised technology that either didn't work or blew up in his face, Numbuh 3 was originally bordering on The Load when she wasn't managing to pull a fast one in A Day in the Limelight, Numbuh 4 wasn't exactly smart but wasn't the full-time Idiot Hero he'd become as all of the team was kind of dumb, and Numbuh 5 was a passive Deadpan Snarker and The Quiet One without any leadership or Only Sane Man traits. By the end of the first season they were already shifting into their more known characterizations, and by the end of the series all of them come into their own massively. Just compare the bumbling Failure Hero nature of their exploits at the beginning of the series to being the Badass Crew of the entire Kids Next Door by the finale.
  • Children Are Innocent: They're all exaggerated stereotypes of children in that they rival against the teenage and adult population, hate vegetables, like soda pop, and are rather innocent.
  • Colour-Coded Characters:
    • Numbuh One/Nigel - Red
    • Numbuh Two/Hoagie - Teal
    • Numbuh Three/Kuki - Green
    • Numbuh Four/Wally - Orange
    • Numbuh Five/Abby - Blue or Purple
    • Honorary True Companion: Numbuh 49 / Lizzie - Yellow
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: When the series started with its pilot episode, Sector V were the Kids Next Door, and really just a bunch of kids with 2x4 technology that had a bad habit of biting off way more than they could chew and messing up royally. Not long into the first season, they started a gradual competency boost to Badass Crew, and it was slowly established that they were formally Sector V of a much larger organization that would grow with the series progression.
  • Everyone Has Standards: They're as pro-kid and anti-adult as the rest of the organization but there are lines they will not cross. Numbuh Four gets called out on taking part in the Bully Fights, where innocent adults are force-fed large amounts of caffeine before getting beaten up in a bullfighting ring. They also oppose Knight Templar levels of behavior from other operatives. Unfortunately, Numbuh One may not have these standards anymore, as of the G:KND teaser.
  • Five-Token Band: The team consists of a British boy, an American boy, a Japanese girl, an Australian boy, and a French/African-American girl.
  • Free-Range Children: They often sleep in their treehouse headquarters and go all over the world and even to their organization's headquarters on the Moon. However, they still technically live with their parents, and later episodes occasionally show them hanging out in their own homes with their families a little bit more, and it even shows them going to school. In Nigel’s case, the treehouse is located exactly on his house, so it doesn’t make any difference for him.
  • Gender-Equal Ensemble: They become this after Nigel leaves for the GKND in the Grand Finale.
  • Hidden Eyes: In their default appearances, 4 of them have their eyes covered. Numbuh 3 just has her eyes closed all the time. However, all of them except Numbuh 2 start to avert this more frequently as the series goes on.
  • Kid Hero: Five ten-year-old kids who are part of a team fighting evil adults and teenagers.
  • Meaningful Name: Their real names have some connection to their designated numbers.
  • Multinational Team: Numbuh 1 is British, Numbuh 2 is American, Numbuh 3 is Japanese, Numbuh 4 is Australian, and Numbuh 5 is of Afro-French parentage.
  • Nice Mean And In Between: Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 3 (Nice), Numbuh 4 (Mean) and Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 5 (In-between).
  • Numerical Theme Naming: All of their last names relate to their "Numbuhs" in some way. Uno means one in Spanish. Hoagie is Junior because he's the second male in his family named Hogarth P. The first syllable of Sanban is how you say three in Japanese. The surname Beatles alludes to the eponymous four-man music band. Finally, Lincoln is a US president who appears in the five-dollar bill.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: Three of the members of Sector V, all go by their nicknames when someone calls them by their first name (Numbuh 2’s name is Hogarth, but goes by the name “Hoagie”, Wallabee is called “Wally”, and for Abigail, it’s “Abby”).
  • Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Numbuh 2 is a light-hearted jokester (sensitive), Numbuh 4 is an all brawn, violence loving fighter (manly), and Numbuh 1 is a serious, but uptight leader (sensitive to Numbuh 4 and manly to Numbuh 2).
  • Strong Family Resemblance: All of the operatives bear striking resemblances to one or both of their parents; Numbuh 1 mostly to his dad, Numbuh 2 to his mom (and Tommy looks like a younger version of him), Numbuh 3 to her mom (and Mushi looks like a younger version of herself), Numbuh 4 to both but mostly his dad (and Joey looks like a baby version of him), and Numbuh 5 presumably resembles both of her parents as she is the only one where neither of her parents show their face and bears some resemblance to Cree.
  • Teen Hater: All of the KND despise teenagers as a result of the show exaggerating the stereotype of kids being kids. This was best shown in "Operation P.O.I.N.T.", where the group is shown eavesdropping on teens outside of "The Point" and plotting revenge against them, a Make-Out Point where teenagers are described to make the transition into full-grown adults upon admission. Their hatred is so exaggerated to the point where any member of the organization is kicked out once they reach their 13th birthday, regardless of their dedication to the group.
  • Temporarily a Villain:
    • Everyone except Numbuh 5 were transformed into Spank-Happy Vampires by Count Spankulot in "Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.". A similar case happens in the Licensed Game Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E., just with everyone except Numbuh 4.
    • Also, in Operation: Z.E.R.O., all of them except Numbuh One are turned into Senior Citizombies until Numbuh One is able to find a partial cure. (After doing so, and putting their plan into motion, Numbuh Two kicks him, and then says, "Sorry, the lower half of my body is still evil.")
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Numbuh 5, the snarky and tough second-in-command, and Numbuh 3, the somewhat ditzy, Rainbow Monkey-loving Genki Girl, are this respectively, but this is Played With in that Kuki normally dresses less femininely than Abby, as she usually wears a sweater and sneakers while Abby usually goes around in a minidress, white Mary Janes, and earrings.
  • True Companions: All five members share a close bond with each other and always have their backs.
  • Teen Superspy: Although, they are all tweens.
  • Two Girls to a Team: Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 5 are the only two female members of the group.
  • Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Their large treehouse conspicuously grew right through Nigel’s house, and his parents don’t seem to question it.
  • Villain Protagonist: In the early episodes, their main goals came off as selfish. Later on, they are more heroic and are clearly shown to only target evil adults who are clearly intent on causing harm or misery to children.
  • Wacky Parent, Serious Child:
    • Played straight with Wally, Abby, and their respective parents. Inverted with Kuki and Hoagie's respective parents, though the inversion is actually downplayed in Hoagie's case, as his mother is less so wacky than just a little high-strung.
    • Subverted with Nigel's parents. When we first are introduced to them, they both are quite comical and unaware of the events around them, as well as being quite ignorant of what Nigel wants/likes. However, it's revealed in both "Operation Z.E.R.O" and "Operation I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S" that both of them are actually decommissioned KND agents, with Nigel's father being the legendary Numbuh Zero, and his mother being Numbuh 999, the first female KND agent of the modern organization. Nigel's father in particular is much more serious and to-the-point as Numbuh Zero than he is as Monty Uno.
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Numbuh One / Nigel Uno

Voiced by: Benjamin DiskinIn other languages

"Kids Next Door, battle stations!"

The Leader of Sector V, an overworking agent who loves every minute of his job. He is widely considered one of the best of the best. However, his paranoia and stubbornness have gotten in the way of doing his job effectively at times.


  • Adorably Precocious Child: Tries too hard to not act his age, but it seeps through at times. Notably, he has no idea where babies come from.
  • Affectionate Nickname: Is called "Nigie" by Lizzie.
  • Agent Mulder: He makes the real Fox Mulder look positively skeptical in comparison. Even the most innocuous thing arouses his suspicions and he sees a massive conspiracy in every shadow. To his credit, he's usually right, at least to some extent.
  • All Love Is Unrequited:
    • While never directly stated or confirmed, it is heavily implied in "Operation W.H.I.T.E H.O.U.S.E." that he has a crush on Numbuh 3 as well.
      Adult!Numbuh 5: Who had a crush on Numbuh Three?! And don't say Numbuh Four!
    • There's also the unresolved Ship Tease between him and Numbuh 362. While Rachel's feelings for him became fairly obvious after Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D., whether or not Nigel returns her affections is unclear. He does, however, value her as a close friend, probably the closest one he has outside of Sector V.
  • Ambiguously Human: He's a blood relative (nephew and grandson respectively) of Father and Grandfather, the resident Humanoid Abominations among the KND's Rogues Gallery.
  • Arch-Enemy:
    • Has three: the Delightful Children from Down the Lane (his adopted cousins), Chad Dickson (a.k.a. Numbuh 274, the former Soopreme leader of the KND and Numbuh One's former mentor), and Father (his Evil Uncle).
    • Ironically, despite appearing the least of the three, there is a strong argument that Chad Dickson is the one Nigel hates most. They had a close friendship that ultimately turned to sour with Chad's betrayal, and whenever they appeared together Nigel doesn't even bother trying to coexist with him no matter the circumstances (compare that to the Delightful Children, who Nigel goes to school with, and even Father, who he's had an Enemy Mine with at least twice). Chad is also the only one of the three that Nigel wanted to kill, to the point of actually trying to do the deed in "Operation: T.R.E.A.T.Y." and nearly succeeding. The most ironic thing about all this is that Chad was never actually a villain, being a Fake Defector and double agent for the KND. Of course, that didn't stop him from returning Nigel's animosity nor does their friendship become salvaged.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: The leader of Sector V and by far the most competent operative.
  • Badass Family:
    • His Dad is Numbuh 0, the first ever KND operative (of the 7th Age of the KND), Grandfather, who has twice conquered the world and also twice been defeated by his family, is his grandfather and Father, widely considered the biggest threat to all of KND, both normal and galactic, is his uncle.
    • The final episode revealed that his mother is also a Badass, being the first female operative of the 7th Age of the KND, Numbuh 999
  • Bald of Authority: Numbuh One is a completely bald child and the leader of Sector V. He is the most level-headed of the group (apart from his Properly Paranoid and Conspiracy Theorist ways) and has a will of titanium when it comes to taking on the grown-ups. His baldness was actually caused by the group's arch rivals, the Delightful Children from Down the Lane, in a Noodle Incident.
  • Berserk Button: There are some things that really set him off.
    • He snapped out of his Brainwashing (among many) after being overcharged at a restaurant.
    • Messing with his treehouse.
    • Don't waste his time and resources on pointless missions. He instantly snapped out of his primal Rainbow Monkey state after one such instance.
  • Big Ol' Eyebrows: They're not exactly thick, but he does have a prominent pair that usually extend past his own head.
  • British Stuffiness: Has shades of this, particularly due to his accent.
  • But Now I Must Go: He leaves Earth in the Grand Finale to join the Galactic Kids Next Door.
  • Captain Ersatz: He's an obvious homage to Captain Picard. "Operation: T.R.I.C.K.Y." even has him dress as a Borg for Halloween.
  • Characterization Marches On: In the first season he was no-nonsense and short-tempered, often treating the others as like he was Surrounded by Idiots — though never thinking plans all the way through and being fairly passive and bossy, telling everyone what to do even if it got them into trouble. The dedicated super spy leader characterization he would be known for didn't manifest until the first season finale, after which Numbuh One became the hyper-competent leader that was Not So Above It All. This also meshes with the fact that he shifted from leader of the Kids Next Door to just the leader of Sector V, taking a load of bumbling responsibility off of the character and letting him shine on his own merits.
  • Closet Geek: He secretly likes Rainbow Monkeys, but the other operatives don't know.
  • Cool Shades: He's rarely seen without his cool sunglasses.
  • Conspiracy Theorist: Though on some occasions, he turns out to be Properly Paranoid.
  • Crack Defeat: In "Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S." he loses the election to the Delightful Children in a rigged election. He sets things right, only to find that he really did lose... to Eggbert Egglestein.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Tends to be almost as sarcastic as Numbuh Five at times.
  • Deconstructed Character Archetype:
    • Of the Workaholic and Ideal Hero. Nigel selflessly dedicates himself to saving kids from adult tyranny and is staunchly loyal to the Kids Next Door above all else, and the higher-ups consider him the KND's best operative. But he is so single-mindedly devoted to his job that he tends to ignore everything else in favor of it. "Operation: Q.U.I.E.T." shows him neglecting his health by staying up for six days improving the treehouse's defense systems, and "Operation: D.A.T.E." shows him ignoring Lizzie on their date in favor of trying to investigate the Delightful Children's evil plot. She eventually dumps him after realizing that he'll never be able give her the attention she wants because he's too busy with the KND. Although Lizzie's relationship with Nigel Uno was revealed to be a test if he was worthy to be in the Galatic Kids Next Door. At the end of the series, he leaves Earth to join the Galactic Kids Next Door. Though it clearly hurts him to leave behind his family and his best friends, he goes because he believes that the GKND, and all the kids in the galaxy, need him more. In the 2015 "Stop the G:KND" teaser, he's seriously considering destroying Earth with everyone he loves on it because it's completely infested with adults and "too far gone".
    • He also serves as a Decon-Recon Switch for the idea of The Leader. Early Numbuh 1 was perhaps more reckless than everyone else but Numbuh 4, and barely fit for his position as a Know-Nothing Know-It-All, but as Characterization Marches On, the series started depicting him as one of the few sane team leaders in the wacky Kids Next Door who is touted as the very best by the end. "Operation: W.A.S.H.I.N.G.T.O.N." then outright has him state, however, that Numbuh 5 hacked the database to help him get a passing grade for the K.N.D., implying he actually wasn't fit after all for being an operative until he eventually hit his Character Development and rose up above everyone else through sheer hard work and dedication. The irony of him being the one chosen as Earth's representative in the Galactic Kids Next Door means someone who could've been a regular nobody that cheated into the organization is now among the top leadership in the cosmos.
  • Dub Name Change: He's called "Miguel Uno" in the Latin American Spanish dub.
  • Embarrassing Nickname: Numbuh 274 and the Delightful Children mockingly call him "Nigie," his ex-girlfriend's Affectionate Nickname for him.
  • Establishing Character Moment: The pilot episode is a compact display of his tendency to overthink plans note , how he's not always wrong to do so note , and the ways in which he can take missions too far and ruin them for his team note .
  • Everyone Has Standards: Even his Undying Loyalty to the KND isn't enough to make him stick around Endsville for more than a couple of hours.
  • Evil Costume Switch: In the GKND teasers, he has replaced his trademark sunglasses with a sinister-looking visor.
  • Evil Former Friend: Potentially has become this to the rest of Sector V as of the GKND teaser.
  • Face–Heel Turn: If he is not planning something in the teasers for the GKND, then he has turned on the Earth, the KND, and his friends for real. He has started what is going to be the fight of their lives.
  • Fallen Hero: In the GKND teasers, it's shown he'd be willing to go along with the titular organization's plan because of the massive number of adults on Earth.
  • Foreshadowing: In his very first episode with Lizzie, he's seemingly shirking duty to be with her, and yet he can't actually stand to be seen with her until after she's apologized for the whole boyfriend helmet thing; even then he partially resists the helmet to be concerned for his friends at first. As the series goes on, he does care for her very dearly, but ultimately he focuses on his work and team more when it comes down to the line. This all culminates in "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D." where he legitimately cannot carry a relationship with Lizzie and focus on his work, and ultimately decides for duty over love; this even does a double-whammy of foreshadowing that he'll put the Kids Next Door's ideology ahead of his own wishes, as shown in the GKND teasers.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic (hardworking, stubborn, easily paranoid, and takes the Kids Next Door VERY seriously).
  • Fragile Speedster: In the online game Protect and Swerve, he drives a bicycle called the T.W.A.C.K.E.R.; it is the fastest vehicle in the game, but has the weakest armor.
  • Goofy Print Underwear: He wears Rainbow Monkey underwear, as seen in "Operation: B.U.T.T.".
  • Henpecked Husband: Or boyfriend in this case. Given Lizzie's fierce attitude, Nigel is in constant fear of her wrath, but loves her nonetheless.
  • Heritage Disconnect: He has a British accent because he was born there, and even after he moved to America at a young age he never lost his accent. When he visits England he's utterly confused and annoyed by the terminology and social differences.
  • The Hero: He is the leader and head operative of Sector V, as well as the keeper of the Book of KND. In fact, he has risen to become one of the greatest KND operatives ever. Numbuh 1 takes his position and responsibilities as a KND operative very seriously, often engaging in missions for days at a time without rest.
  • Heroic BSoD: Gets this after the Delightful Children turn him into an adult until Numbuh Five gives him a Rousing Speech to get him back.
  • Heroic Lineage: He's the son of Numbuh Zero, the most famous KND operative in recorded history, and Numbuh 999, the first-ever female KND operative.
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: He once referred to Numbuh 2 as his best friend. Also shares this relationship with Numbuh 4.
  • Humanoid Abomination: While it wasn't shown outright, it's worth noting that he's a blood relative of both Father and Grandfather. However, neither Nigel or his own dad has never been seen using their powers or ever been implied to be capable of it, so perhaps only the bad eggs of the Uno family can use it.
  • Hypocrite: He can play the Sousaphone, he just doesn't like listening to it.
  • I Did What I Had to Do: This is his entire demeanor when Chad is pleading with him not to destroy the Earth with everyone they love on it in the GKND teaser.
  • Informed Deformity: According to everyone else in the show, his butt is so huge it's the kind of badonkadonk spoken only in legend. The viewers see a photo of it in the end, but while it's of considerable size for his stature, other characters like Numbuh Two would definitely have larger ones.
  • Insulted Awake: Several times.
  • Intergenerational Friendship: With Vin Moosk. Initially skeptical of him due to being an adult, Moosk earns Numbuh 1's respect and friendship due to his genuine desire to rid kids of wearing ties, to the point that Nigel considers him the "coolest adult" he ever met. After Moosk sacrifices his tie-hunting personality to destroy the Queen Tie, Nigel goes out of his way to mail him a can of starch, ecstatic when he succeeds in reawakening his tie-hating self.
  • Irony: Chad is the only Arch-Enemy Numbuh 1 has ever tried to kill, only to learn that his betrayal was a ruse. Furthermore, despite learning his "betrayal" in "Operation: E.N.D." and wondering why he would do so, Chad bitterly notes that he never once figured out that he was faking his treachery by secretly helping him and Sector V in the missions he was antagonistic towards them. Nigel even briefly looks perplexed and unable to dispute when this is pointed out to him.
  • Jetpack: Has signature Jet Boots that he uses frequently (including in the opening animation). He also uses a conventional one in "Operation: O.O.M.P.A.H.".
  • Joke of the Butt: It's a minor recurring joke that he has a large butt.
  • Kissing Under the Influence: In "Operation: L.I.Z.Z.I.E.".
  • The Leader: He is in charge of Sector V.
  • Loved I Not Honor More: Abides by this philosophy until "Operation G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.", where he chooses to protect Lizzie over a mission. Unfortunately, Lizzie has already had enough and breaks up with him.
  • MacGyvering: In Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S., he escaped from a cell by slugging Lunk (who was guarding him) stealing Lunk's bubble gum, and turning the gum into a makeshift skeleton key. (Which, likely for the sake of humor, was given the 2x4 designation G.U.M.M.B.O. right on the spot, standing for Gooey Unlocking Mush Maximizes Break Outs.)
  • Married to the Job: Notably, he didn't want to go on a vacation despite his teammates' wishes for him to do so. Deconstructed by the fact that it really hurts his relationship with Lizzie. The main cause of their breakup is that he is constantly working when they are supposed to be on a date.
  • Meaningful Name: Nigel Uno — Uno is Spanish for "one".
  • Necessarily Evil: Nigel clearly does not enjoy what he is doing in the GKND teaser; it is clear that he feels like it is the only option he has left.
  • The Needs of the Many: Implied to be the reason he would willingly put his friends in danger in the GKND teaser. It was clear he had some hesitation, but in the end decided the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, even if those few are the people he loves the most in the world.
  • Noble Male, Roguish Male: The Noble Male to Numbuh Four's Roguish Male.
  • Noodle Incident: The Delightful Children are responsible for him losing his hair. Exactly how we never learn.
  • Not So Above It All: He drops his professionalism around Numbuh 363 at one point and even wanted to beat him up. To be fair, Numbuh 363 is very rotten.
  • Oh, Crap!: Is left in complete and utter shock, confusion, disbelief and horror when he realizes that Father, the Big Bad of the series and the single greatest enemy of the Kids Next Door prior to Grandfather's return, is the brother of Numbuh Zero that had turned coward before the battle that cemented Zero's legacy — that is to say, Nigel's uncle. Which also makes Grandfather his actual, real grandfather as well. He doesn't get any time to dwell on it, but his reaction is probably shared with the audience.
  • Officer and a Gentleman: He's incredibly polite, even with adults (provided he's not fighting them), the most likely to invoke Let's Fight Like Gentlemen, and has an honorable streak the other KND lack.
  • Official Couple: With Lizzie, though she breaks up with him near the end of the series in "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.", after realizing that his loyalty to the KND will always come first.
  • One-Man Army: On a good day where he's the focal point character of an episode in later seasons, Numbuh 1 is considered one of the best operatives the Kids Next Door has ever had, and can tangle it solo with potentially entire swaths of the Rogues Gallery. It's good enough that, alongside his willingness to put his job first and foremost above all else, the Galactic Kids Next Door arrange his recruitment above Chad Dickson, aka Numbuh 274.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: He disguises himself as Billy in the crossover with The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy by simply wearing a frying pan on his head and a tomato for a fake nose. Also, "Operation: F.L.U.S.H." has Mr. Boss mention that he fooled the Toiletnator with a T-shirt that said "I'm not Numbuh 1".
  • Passing the Torch: Before joining the Galactic Kids Next Door, he makes Numbuh 5 the new leader of Sector V and gives his shades to her.
  • Platonic Life-Partners: He and Numbuh Five are close friends of opposite genders who aren't in love with each other.
  • Playful Otter: Gets turned into one in "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.".
  • Prematurely Bald: Thanks to the Delightful Children, he's lost all his hair despite being a child, and his hair will never grow back.
  • Properly Paranoid: While his theories are plausible in his world, they're so convoluted that it's easy to see where he's stretching it.
  • Puppy Love: With Lizzie.
  • Real Men Wear Pink: He likes Rainbow Monkeys (though he may not know it) as shown in the credits of "Operation S.A.T.U.R.N." and is shown to wear Rainbow Monkey underwear as shown in "Operation B.U.T.T.".
  • Red Is Heroic: The leader of KND wears a red turtleneck.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Numbuh Five's blue.
  • Ship Tease: With Rachel, especially during "Operation: I.T." and "Operation: G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D." after he and Lizzie break up.
  • Single Tear: In the GKND teaser, he's planning to destroy the Earth because it's too infested with adults, but almost can't bring himself to go through with it. Finally, he sheds a single tear and salutes the Earth before shouting, "Galactic Kids Next Door rules!" and activates the command module.
  • Sunglasses at Night: He's almost never seen without his pair of sunglasses.
  • Team Dad: He looks after his fellow operatives. Incidentally, his father is a former KND agent.
  • Tiny Tim Template: He is a British boy who is bald, which created a fan-theory that he has cancer. He also has his moments of bad luck happen to him.
  • Took a Level in Badass: From a Know-Nothing Know-It-All that tended to mess up and underestimate the threats as he seemed to mostly be in charge because Sector V were friends, to what is considered the most badass operative in the entirety of the present K.N.D. organization. Enough so that the Galactic Kids Next Door elected him over Chad as their newest member, which is why Chad singles him out in the first place.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Of the Galactic Kids Next Door.
  • Used to Be a Sweet Kid: What happened between the events of the series and the G:KND teaser that turned the good-hearted Nigel we all know and love into a cold-blooded Galactic KND operative willing to destroy the Earth?
  • Villainous Lineage: In "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E." Father mentions his great grandmother is alluded to being evil. Which we later learn that Father is his actual uncle. His grandfather is also evil in "Operation: Z.E.R.O." and as of the G:KND teaser: Nigel himself has truly followed in their footsteps as he plans to destroy the Earth due to him thinking it's too far gone with so many adults.
  • Vocal Dissonance: After Vocal Evolution hit, he ended up with a voice more suited for a young man in his teens, despite being only 10-11 years old.
  • Vocal Evolution: His voice was higher and more nasal sounding when the series started, before taking a deeper and more authoritative tone.
  • We Used to Be Friends: His issue with Chad stems from this. Nigel had idolized him, and Chad's betrayal had stung him deeply. Ironically, the betrayal wasn't real, but Chad had his own issue with Nigel possibly becoming better than him, causing their friendship to remain unsalvageable as a result. After seeing what happened in the GKND teaser, this is probably going to be his relationship with the rest of Sector V from here on, unless the end of "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." is a hint that they eventually make up somewhere down the line.
  • What You Are in the Dark: Shares a moment with Numbuh 362 during "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.". When Numbuh 362 announces that Numbuh 86 and Numbuh 19th Century might be on Father's new space station/birthday cake, Numbuh 1 volunteers for the rescue mission almost instantly. Keep in mind that he and his team do not like Numbuh 86, and the feeling is mutual.
  • Where I Was Born and Razed: He's planning to destroy Earth, his home planet, in the GKND teaser because it's "too infested with adults".
  • White Sheep: Operation Z.E.R.O reveals that he and his father are this to the Uno family, as they're related to Grandfather and Father, and the latter adopting the Delightful Children.
  • Workaholic: Completely dedicated to his job as a KND officer. In "Operation: Q.U.I.E.T.", he stays up for six days without any sleep fixing the treehouse's security system, to the point that Abby has to physically drag him away from the machine and force him to go to bed. Some episodes, including "Operation: D.A.T.E." and "Operation: B.E.A.C.H.", show him still trying to fight adult tyranny when he and his team are supposed to be on vacation.
  • World's Best Warrior: Considered to be the best KND operative on the planet after Chad defected. Even when it's revealed that Chad is a Fake Defector, Nigel is still considered to be this by the higher-ups, which is why Chad hates him so much.
  • Zero to Hero: Numbuh 5 had to hack the database to give him a passing grade to get into the Kids Next Door, yet by the end of the series, he's considered to be the single greatest operative on the planet.
    Numbuh 2 
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Numbuh Two / Hogarth P. Gilligan Jr. (Hoagie)

Voiced by: Benjamin DiskinIn other languages

"Come to Numbuh Two!"

The team's technology expert who loves cracking bad jokes. As Sector V's technology officer, he designs much of the 2×4 technology the team uses. In his off-time he enjoys building and flying airplanes and solving mysteries at his school.


  • Ace Pilot: He's even better at flying his machines than he is at building them.
  • Acrofatic: Though there are a few episodes where his chubbiness works against him. He mostly proves surprisingly athletic, though that's justified in that he and his team have been militarily trained.
  • Airplane Arms: Used this in the original pilot.
  • Aloof Big Brother: While he can come off as this towards his little brother, Tommy, he does have Big Brother Instinct moments as well, often defending his little brother and displaying pride in his accomplishments. However more often than not, he is annoyed by Tommy's antics and often feels like he's too inexperienced to act as a full-fledged KND operative.
  • Ambiguously Jewish: His grandma often speaks with a strong Yiddish accent, which could make him Jewish from his mother's side. The show doesn't explore further though.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: While not to the same degree as Numbuh 3, he is still a Nice Guy that can make you regret causing trouble.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: He's not taken seriously by anyone. More than once he's proven why that is a bad idea.
  • Big Eater: He tends to have a huge appetite. He's also the only one who will eat Grandma Stuffum's cooking willingly. However even he has his limits in that he can't eat forever, and does get full, albeit after making a large dent in Grandma Stuffum's army.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: The big to Numbuh Four's little.
  • Blue Is Heroic: Wears a blue shirt and is also the nicest and most heroic of his team.
  • Brains and Brawn: The Brains to Numbuh Four's Brawn given how often the two are seen working together.
  • Brilliant, but Lazy: Could be on par with other high level operatives but cares more for following his passions and innovations than doing so. He is notably seen doing more non-standard operative work than any other member of his sector (detective, messenger, soda smuggler, etc.), very little of which actually relates to his stated position and is done for his own entertainment. This does not apply to his tech guru role which he approaches with relish.
  • Bungling Inventor: His clumsiness and short-sightedness sometimes cause his inventions to have fatal flaws.
  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Despite all his eccentricities, he's an awesome pilot and techie.
  • Cannot Tell a Joke: Numbuh 2 is always is making puns and telling jokes which draw nothing but groans from his fellow agents, especially Numbuh 5. In "Operation P.O.O.L." the agents meet their Bizarro World counterparts which exhibit the opposite traits of the normal agents; in contrast to the real Numbuh 2, Negative Numbuh 2 is a good comedian who always makes people laugh, except for Numbuh 2 himself, who doesn't find his negative counterpart's jokes to be funny at all.
  • Characterization Marches On: At the very beginning of the series, Numbuh 2 was little more than an Ace Pilot who was also quite a bit of a Captain Crash and had a habit for bad puns, often being the bumbling Butt-Monkey ahead of everyone else. It's to the point that when the rest of the team are coming up with super, over-the-top 2x4 technology, his best idea was a rubber band food flinger — even if it saved the day at the end. Not even halfway through the first season, he started coming up with his own inventions that were notably more advanced than anything the rest of the crew came up with, and the flyboy suddenly would soon become the top Gadgeteer Genius in the series.
  • Co-Dragons: Serves a Heroic instance of this trope with Numbuh 5, as both act as The Lancer to Numbuh 1.
  • Compressed Vice: His chocolate sauce addiction. Possibly justified given how the flashback revealed this was back when he was part of the Safety Patrol so back before the series.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: A chubby dork who is nonetheless one of the best engineers and pilots that KND has to offer. He's saved the KND single-handedly more than once and is the only one in his Sector besides Numbuh 1 to have beaten Father in a one-on-one confrontation.
  • Disappeared Dad: Numbuh 2's dad, Hoagie P. Gilligan, Sr., hasn't been seen at all throughout the series. "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R." heavily implies his father is dead as he's referred to entirely in past tense.
  • Does Not Like Spam: He hates rhubarb.
  • Dogged Nice Guy: To Cree.
  • Dork Knight: Despite his quirks, he's probably the most overtly heroic of all of the KND, who tend to be varying degrees of Anti-Hero.
  • Dub Name Change: His name is Guillermo "Memo" Gonzalez Jr. in the Latin American Spanish dub.
  • Edible Theme Naming: His nickname; a hoagie is a type of large sandwich.
  • Embarrassing First Name: It’s Hogarth. He goes by the nickname "Hoagie", but that really isn’t much better.
  • Everyone Has Standards: He can eat nearly anything, including Gramma Stuffum's cooking. But a single bite of Lizzie's special pie instantly knocks him unconscious.
  • Expressive Mask: His flight goggles, which he hardly ever removes. One can be forgiven for thinking that those are just his eyes.
  • Extreme Omnivore: He's the only one who can stomach Grandma Stuffum's monstrous food. And just about anything else, really.
  • Eye Glasses: His goggle lenses are expressive.
  • Fat Comic Relief: Along with Numbuh 3, he tends to be one of the most comical members of the team.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic (laid back, friendly, sensitive, and the least action-oriented of Sector V).
  • Formerly Fat: He loses a lot of weight when he becomes a teenager, though the finale shows that he eventually gains it all back as an adult.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: He is one of the KND's best of these if not arguably the best. In fact, he's considered so good that when plenty of other scientist kids are kidnapped by the supposed "Splinter Cell", special interest is put into protecting him by putting him into hiding. As Numbuh One put it, if they got their hands on Numbuh Two, they'd be able to build almost anything.
  • Geek Physiques: The chubby kind.
  • Goggles Do Nothing: Half and half, he works with high speed equipment so it would help with wind resistance. But generally just has them on most of the time for no reason either.
  • G-Rated Drug: Chocolate syrup in the past, he even went to Alcoholics Anonymous-style group therapy meetings for them. An original script revealed that it was originally cranberry sauce.
  • Happily Married: To Numbuh 5 of all people as adults.
  • He Is All Grown Up: Teen!Hogarth is pretty cute (not to mention much thinner), and even manages to catch Cree's attention. He eventually regained the weight as an adult, though.
  • Improbable Piloting Skills: Especially considering that his machines should hardly be able to get off the ground in the first place.
  • In Touch with His Feminine Side: He's seen enjoying the Rainbow Monkey movie in "Operation M.O.V.I.E.".
  • Like an Old Married Couple: Has this dynamic with Numbuh 3 when they take care of Bradley, with the two of them acting like Bradley's parents.
  • Like Brother and Sister: Outside of taking care of Bradley, this is his usual dynamic with Numbuh 3.
  • Meaningful Name:
    • Hogarth P. Gilligan Jr., appropriately enough, a twofer reference. First, there's "Gilligan", a reference to the title character of Gilligan's Island, who was also second-in-command on the S.S. Minnow. Then there's the "Jr.", often used at the end of a boy's name to signify that he's the second male in the family to have inherited his father's namenote  (a seemingly throwaway detail that foreshadows the importance of his Disappeared Dad, Hogarth P. Gilligan, Sr.)
    • Also in that one can view him as the "Number 2" to Nigel. Apparently, they have been best friends since kindergarten and the series finale has him address Numbuh 1 by name when Numbuh 2 says his good-bye to him when Numbuh 1 is headed to the GKND.
    • There's his nickname "Hoagie", befitting his fondness for food.
  • Nerdy Nasalness: Numbuh 2 speaks with a nasal voice, emphasizing his nerdiness.
  • Never Bareheaded: His helmet's only come off a few times, and it's always been taken off by force. His eyes have been seen about as much as his hair.
  • Nice Guy: Probably the nicest and most optimistic of all of Sector V.
  • Number Two: Besides being his moniker, he is Numbuh 1's right hand man and his oldest friend to boot.
  • Official Couple: "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." reveals that he and Numbuh 5 got married in adulthood.
  • Opposites Attract: With Numbuh 5.
  • Precocious Crush: On Cree, nearly 6 years his senior.
  • Private Detective: His side job, in full-on, trenchcoat-clad Film Noir mode.
  • Pungeon Master: He cannot resist making a pun about any situation he's in. He thinks he's making snappy one-liners. Everyone else thinks he's being a dork.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The laid-back and somewhat coolheaded blue to Numbuh 4's impulsive and angry red.
  • Senior Sleep-Cycle: As an elderly adult, he constantly falls asleep at random.
  • Settle for Sibling: He ends up marrying Numbuh 5, his Precocious Crush's sister.
  • Ship Tease: If you didn't see the hints that Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 5 like each other before they got married in the Grand Finale, watch the series over again. You'll notice a lot of things that you missed the first time around.
  • Shipper on Deck: Ships Wally and Kuki, and he and Abby frequently tease Wally when he gets jealous.
  • Signature Headgear: His pilot's helmet and goggles. He's rarely seen without it.
  • The Smart Guy: He's responsible for all of the 2x4 technology in Sector V.
  • Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: Gramma Stuffum's cooking is lethal to everyone but Numbuh 2, who devours it happily and asks for seconds.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: He loves chili dogs.
  • Turn in Your Badge: He was once on Safety Patrol, but his reasons for leaving the force are unknown.
  • What You Are in the Dark: Inches away from the finish line of the tubeathon, a competition he's come in last place every year, he turns around after he hears the rest of the town's children are in danger. He could have easily secured his victory first, then gone to save them.
    Numbuh 3 
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Numbuh Three / Kuki Sanban

Voiced by: Lauren TomIn other languages

"What do you think I am, an airhead or something?"

Numbuh 3 is described as the "Diversionary Tactics Expert," and is the nurse of the medical lab and the primary caretaker of hamsters in Sector V. She seems to have a lot of admirers, but her heart obviously belongs to a certain Aussie.


  • Action Girl: Overshadowed by Numbuh 5 in this department, but she's definitely not someone to be messed with.
  • Animal Motifs: In "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.", her animal form of a Japanese red-crowned crane is probably the most fitting of Sector V's; cranes are graceful and energetic birds frequently associated with beauty, tranquility and good fortune, but can also be quite ferocious when threatened or angered—imagining Kuki as one is not much of a stretch.
  • The Anti-Nihilist: Her general philosophy comes across as this. In a series that runs on Growing Up Sucks, many of the child characters look toward aging with grimness or depression. Kuki never gives into this mindset, though, even though she's aware that she won't be a little girl forever—instead, she focuses on being happy, having fun, and spreading joy despite knowing that her childhood is temporary.
  • Ascended Fangirl: She becomes CEO of the Rainbow Monkeys Corporation when she grows up.
  • Asian Airhead: She's Japanese and often hyper and ditzy, but it may be an act.
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: She has a very short attention span, but is long on charm, speaking in a slight Asian accent, and often alludes to her Japanese heritage.
  • The Baby of the Bunch: One of the youngest members of Sector V, with an innocent, ditzy, and kindhearted personality to match.
  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Numbuh 4. They get into their disagreements, but eventually come to realize that they love each other.
  • Berserk Button: Do not insult the Rainbow Monkeys in front of her (that means you, Wally) and don't even mess with her plushies either, although the former was self-inflicted and her own fault like in "Operation: H.U.G.S.". Or her friends, or the hamsters, or Bradley.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Underneath her kind personality, lies a ferocious temper that even Numbuh 4 fears.
  • Bilingual Bonus:
    • Kuki's last name ("Sanban") is Japanese for "third one" ("san" means three and the Japanese suffix "-ban" is used when creating ordinal numbers). "Kuki" itself is Japanese for "air", reflecting her carefree and Cloudcuckoolander personality.
    • Her father's name, Kani, is Japanese for "crab" referring to his Hair-Trigger Temper.
    • Her sister Mushi is Japanese for "insect", referring at how she can be a pest some times.
    • Her mother's name is Genki, who is more staid and well-behaved than what her name implies (see Genki Girl).
  • Bratty Half-Pint: Tends to whine and get upset when things don't go exactly how she wants it. She has on more than one occasion refused to partake in missions just because her feelings were hurt.
  • Cheerful Child: Cheerful is a serious understatement, as her happiness is often greater than anyone else's in the series.
  • Childlike Voice: Cheery, optimistic Kuki has a notably high-pitched and cute-sounding voice.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Numbuh 3 lives on a planet that hasn't even been discovered yet.
  • Covert Pervert: A running gag in "Operation B.R.I.E.F." is that Numbuh 3 continuously looks at Numbuh 1's butt because of his underwear issue, much to his dismay.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Most of the time, she's an airhead with a short attention span. She's still extremely dangerous if provoked.
    Numbuh 3: Toys? I don't want toys. I WANT REVENGE!!
  • Cute and Psycho: At her most frightening, she becomes creepily hostile.
  • Cute Bruiser: She's adorable and cheery, and perfectly capable of putting the hurting on you.
  • Cute Oversized Sleeves: Numbuh 3 wears a green sweater that keeps her hands covered. These sleeves are used to match with her cheerful Genki Girl personality, as well as contrasting with the tomboyish Numbuh 5.
  • Cuteness Proximity: She turns into jello anytime something even remotely cute and cuddly shows itself.
  • The Cutie: Numbuh 3 is the most innocent and adorable member of Sector V, and loves Rainbow Monkeys, baby animals, and all things cute. The intro shows her happily skipping around with a bouquet of flowers.
  • Damsel in Distress: A recurring plot with King Sandy, with Wally, in particular, coming to her rescue. Though it stopped once Sandy fell in love with her little sister Mushi instead. There are other examples throughout the show, mostly of Wally pushing her out of harms' way. And he is the first to grab Kuki in GHOST when she is being kidnapped by dead hamsters.
  • A Day in the Limelight: She is the player character of the online game Rainbow Monkey Rundown, where she has to escape from King Sandy armed with nothing but a yo-yo.
  • Demon Head: She has quite a Game Face when she gets angry.
  • The Ditz: She acts pretty mindless a lot of times, even when she's in battle. Occasionally switches to Genius Ditz, depending on the situation.
  • Does This Remind You of Anything?: In "Operation: H.O.M.E.", she has to send her first Rainbow Monkey to a care home after he becomes too old and ragged to bring on missions, but later discovers that the care home is actually a front for a business that grinds up Rainbow Monkeys into cereal. The situation draws parallels to an adult who leaves their elderly parent in a nursing home and later finds out they're being abused by the people who are supposed to be taking care of them.
  • Dork Knight: She's cute, likable, and a very formidable member of the team.
  • Dub Name Change: She's known as "Kuki Kiut" in the Latin American Spanish dub.
  • Dude Magnet: Numbuh 4 aside, she's caught the attention of several other boys.
  • The Empath: Numbuh 3 has more than once displayed the ability to tell the feelings of someone or something, acting and speaking like a mystical guru of some sort for whatever reason.
  • Everyone Can See It: Her relationship with Numbuh 4.
    Numbuh 12: (during a slumber party) Okay, Numbuh 3! Truth or dare?
    Numbuh 3: Truth, silly!
    Numbuh 12: Okay! Do you like Numbuh 4? (Numbuh 4, who is sitting nearby and wearing a Paper-Thin Disguise, spits out his soda)
    Numbuh 3: Of course I like Numbuh 4! We're in the same unit!
    Numbuh 12: (smirks more mischievously and shakes her head) Nooooo! Do you like-like Numbuh 4?
    Numbuh 3: You mean like...like-like, like-like?
    Numbuh 12 and Numbuh 23: (simultaneously) YES! (both snicker)
  • Eyes Always Shut: Only about half the time, but certainly enough to be noticeable.
  • Fan Disservice: When she and Numbuh 4 start making out as senior citi-zombies. Also an In-Universe example since their friends who were not yet zombified reacted with horror and disgust.
  • Fireball Eyeballs: When she gets really mad.
  • First-Name Basis: As the series progresses, she starts calling Numbuh 4 "Wally" more frequently.
  • Fluffy Tamer: In one comic she tames a three-headed poodle and names it Waffles.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine (ditzy, cheerful, easily distracted Mood-Swinger)
  • Flanderization: Her love for Rainbow Monkeys grew to ridiculous proportions as the series went on. So much so that it even saved the universe at one point.
  • Friend to All Living Things: A lover of Rainbow Monkeys, hamsters, skunks, etc..
  • Fun Personified: She rarely gets serious, even in the middle of missions or engaging combat with whatever threat is currently trying to destroy her.
  • Genki Girl: The most excitable member of Sector V.
  • Girlish Pigtails: When she was younger, she had pigtails, making her look very similar to her younger sister.
  • Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her room is filled with tons of stuffed toys.
  • Girly Bruiser: A girly girl who becomes the most intimidating member of Sector V when angry.
  • Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: She's a somewhat ditzy, Rainbow Monkey-loving Genki Girl, who when on occasions where she doesn't wear he signature green sweater, the outfit is gonna be either pink or lavender, is a total ingenue and the most feminine of Sector V but she has no trouble doing unpleasant things or getting dirty, loves skunks, and when angry she has a much more aggressive demeanor, and her default outfit is less traditionally feminine than Abby's.
  • Graceful Ladies Like Purple: When she is not wearing green, Kuki wears Lavender. Particularly when she's feeling romantic.
  • Goth: Temporarily becomes a goth in "Operation: C.A.R.A.M.E.L." after having her cheerfulness magically stolen.
  • The Grim Reaper: She temporarily replaces Grim in this role when she appears in Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure.
  • Happily Married: To Numbuh 4 in the future, not that anyone was surprised.
  • Hidden Depths: In "Operation: F.A.S.T.-F.O.O.D.", Numbuh 4 thinks she'll want to pick flowers or get a pony for her birthday wish. Nope, she wants to lead a mission!
    • As the final episode reveals, she's actually a lot more aware of her surroundings than she lets on. When Numbuh 1 is saying goodbye as he prepares to leave Earth and join the Galactic KND, she chides him for thinking she's oblivious, leading to the page quote. In general, it's implied that she's choosing to be optimistic and ditzy, likely because life's just more fun that way.
  • The Heart: Has shades of this with how gentle and warm she can be especially towards hamsters. Having said that, make her mad and you’ll forget about any kindness while cowering from the force of nature that is Numbuh 3’s wrath.
  • Humongous Mecha: H.I.P.P.Y.-H.O.P., a bunny mecha she sometimes pilots.
  • Idiot Hair: A single hair strand of her hair is always sticking out.
  • Idiot Hero: Probably tied with Numbuh 4 in being a hero who isn't very bright.
  • Informed Attribute: Supplementary materials call her a flirt, but instances of her being flirtatious towards other boys are very sporadic and not prominent enough to be a primary character trait.
  • The Ingenue: Kuki checks all the boxes for this one, young, child-like, sweet, naive, virginal (at her age, that's a given), and romantic. She draws a lot of attention from boys in the series and is constantly being protected (from kidnappers, falling objects, death rays...) by Wally.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Not in the show proper, but in the Cartoon Network game Rainbow Monkey Rundown, she fights King Sandy's minions with a yo-yo.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Her future self shown in "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." is a very harsh and serious businesswoman, much like her mother, who prefers to be called by her real name instead of "Numbuh 3" but she is still sad because of Numbuh 1's departure. Given that the ending reveals she and the other members of Sector V may have not been decommissioned it might have been an act to fool Father.
  • Kiddie Kid: Of Sector V, Numbuh 3 is the most childlike in personality.
  • Kindhearted Simpleton: She is girly, optimistic, bubbly, dizzy-headed, clueless, kind, caring, patient, gentle, and arguably smarter than her teammate, Numbuh 4, upon whom she harbors a crush, as seen throughout the show, though it is less obvious.
  • Kiss of Death: After she gets The Virus in Operation: Z.E.R.O., she infects Numbuh 4 with a kiss.
  • Let's Get Dangerous!: She's outrageously ditzy and easily distracted, but she can be a genuine threat when the chips are down.
  • Like an Old Married Couple: With Numbuh 2 when they take care of Bradley.
  • Like Brother and Sister: Numbuh 1 considers her to be like a sister to him. She also has this relationship with Numbuh 2.
  • Little Miss Badass: A 10-year-old girl who can make grown men cry has earned this title.
  • Loose Lips: She cannot keep a secret, even for a couple of seconds.
  • Mama Bear: Do not mess with the hamsters or Bradley.
  • Meaningful Name: Kuki Sanban — "Sanban" is Japanese for "third"; Kuki is a misspelling of "kooky" (meaning crazy or off-kilter) and is also Japanese for "air", both of which refers to her ditzy, Cloudcuckoolander personality.
  • The Medic: While officially described as the "Diversionary Tactics Expert" of Sector V, Kuki is also the resident team nurse and the hamsters' caretaker of Sector V.
  • Mood-Swinger: She can go from "obliviously cheerful" to "homicidally angry" at the drop of a hat.
  • Morality Pet: Wally's. While he's not a bad guy by any stretch of the imagination, many of his kindest moments are reserved for her, like in "Operation: B.U.T.T." when he tries to cheer her up by getting out her stuffed animals and talking in a silly voice, something he would normally hate—but he'd do it for Kuki in a heartbeat.
  • Motor Mouth: She sometimes talks a lot without stopping.
  • Nice Girl: She's a cheery, sweet natured girl.
  • Nobody's That Dumb: Near the end of the Grand Finale, "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", when Numbuh 1 is saying goodbye to his crew before he leaves Earth to join the Galactic Kids Next Door, he talks with her one last time:
    Numbuh 3: Soooo, what we gonna do tomorrow Numbuh 1?
    Numbuh 1: Ahh, yeah, I'm not going to be here Numbuh 3.
    Numbuh 3: Oh... And what about the day after that?.
    Numbuh 1: Oh, let me explain Kuki...
    Numbuh 3: Oh, I know you're leaving, silly. What do you think I am, an airhead or something?
    Numbuh 1: Never for a second.
  • The Nose Knows: She can track Rainbow Monkeys down with her nose.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: According to The Other Wiki, she only acts airheaded and happy to keep from being depressed.
  • Oblivious to Hatred: The hate is not towards her, but to her favorite Rainbow Monkey toys as she constantly fails to see and listen that Numbuh 4 makes it very clear to her many times that he hates the toy franchise she adores so much yet she still thinks it's a good idea to take him to a Rainbow Monkey themed fair in "Operation: H.U.G.S." or getting him a Reindeer Monkey for Christmas in "Operation: N.A.U.G.H.T.Y." with the results always blowing up in her face every time.
  • Ocular Gushers: Whenever she's crying.
  • Official Couple: She marries Numbuh 4 by the end of the series, so obvious a spoiler tag isn't even needed.
  • Only Friend: She's the only one willing to be friends with Numbuh 86.
  • Opposites Attract: With Numbuh 4, the overly aggressive and masculine combat specialist who happens to hate her favorite toy franchise.
  • Pink Means Feminine: Though her signature colour is green, several of Numbuh Three's secondary outfits are pink, such as her swimsuit, her winter clothes and her party dress, tying in with her kind and cheerful Girly Girl personality.
  • The Pollyanna: Although the Christmas Episode reveals that her optimism is just for show.
  • Precision F-Strike: Played utterly straight (it's bleeped out!) in the first post-countdown video of the GKND ARG, reacting to The Reveal of Numbuh VINE's identity as Lizzie.
    Numbuh 3: "Holy f**k."
  • Prim and Proper Bun: As an adult, she wears her hair in a bun.
  • Ridiculously Successful Future Self: The Cloudcuckoolander grows up to become the CEO of the Rainbow Monkey Corporation.
  • Running Gag: Trying to use the Hippy Hop mecha in battle never ends well.
  • Saying Too Much: Being The Ditz, she tends to blurt out more information than necessary at inopportune times.
    • At the end of "Operation: S.P.A.N.K.", she accidentally blurts out that Sector V tricked Count Spankulot into spanking the judge and his wife to get him arrested, and that they previously also got him arrested by tricking him into spanking an innocent child. The episode ends with a furious Count Spankulot spanking Sector V in retaliation.
    • In "Operation: H.O.L.I.D.A.Y.", Lizzie demands to know who Numbuh 10 is and why she's on vacation with Numbuh 1. Numbuh 2 quickly says that she's not important, but Numbuh 3 lets it slip that she's the leader of Sector L, the anchor of the Kids Next Door News Network, and the prettiest girl in the whole Kids Next Door.
  • Stepford Smiler: As revealed in the final episodes of the series.
  • Team Mom: To any animals she comes across, and occasionally to the team when Abby's not playing the role—in one episode, she even chews out Abby herself for endangering herself and worrying everyone.
    Kuki: You gotta be crazy running around with the chicken pox! You'll catch the rooster pox and turn purple, silly! What are you, nuts?!
  • Temporarily a Villain: In "Operation: H.O.T.S.T.U.F.F." where she becomes a pyrokinetic and turned her house into an active volcano as a side effect of turning up the thermostat.
  • Tender Tears: When not Ocular Gushers, she cries small tears.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Her favorite snack is popcorn, as shown in "No P in the Ool", "Operation: S.L.U.M.B.E.R." and "Operation: P.L.A.N.E.T."
  • Tsundere: Type B (deredere), meaning she's very sweet and cute... unless someone (usually Numbuh 4) pisses her off.
  • Turn Out Like His Father: Or rather "Turns Out Like Her Mother". While its live-action, her dress and mannerisms as an adult are the spitting image of her mother.
  • Unstoppable Rage: When she goes into Demon Mode, putting on a terrifying Game Face and becomes a Pint-Sized Powerhouse, able to outfight someone like Mr. Boss by herself.
  • Uptown Girl: It's pretty subtle but compared to Wally, Kuki clearly comes from the more financially affluent family of the two with having successful parents (or at least a mother, who is the Head of Accounting at work), and her family lives in a fairly large house with a nice interior while Wally and his family resides in a much smaller house located in a more rundown neighborhood that is next to some electricity pylons. His father also had to start a second job so they could afford to have a pool. It is noted however that they are not necessarily rich and poor respectively, but more along the lines of upper-middle class and lower-middle class.
  • Verbal Tic: She likes to sing "la la la la la" to herself whenever she's happy.
  • Vocal Evolution: She starts out with a slight Japanese accent, but sounded more and more American as the series went on.
  • We Need a Distraction: Specializes in this when not being The Medic.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: She looks on the bright side quite frequently, to the extent of blind optimism.
  • Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: With Numbuh 4 when Lizzie accidentally reveals what she actually is.
  • Will They or Won't They?: With Numbuh 4, a lot.
    Numbuh 4 
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Numbuh Four / Wallabee Beatles (Wally)

Voiced by: Dee Bradley BakerIn other languages

"Right, first I'll be cleaning your adult-lovin' prissy little clocks..."

The team's combat specialist. He's incredibly lacking in book smarts, but his combat prowess more than makes up for it. In his off time, he competes in adult disapproved sports.


  • Affectionate Nickname: Is called "Wally" when going by his real name.
  • Afraid of Blood: He faints at the mere sight of blood.
  • Anti-Hero: He's a hot-blooded Jerkass who tends to bully other kids, but a good person nonetheless.
  • Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: In "Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.", he turns into a yellow koala, presumably because he has blonde hair.
  • Arch-Enemy: The Toiletnator hates him and considers him his greatest enemy ever since Numbuh Four ruined his plan in "Operation: M.O.V.I.E.". The feeling isn’t mutual, since Numbuh Four, like everyone else, sees the Toiletnator as a pathetic joke.
  • Awesome Aussie: At his best, he's an Australian kid who knows how to kick butt and take names.
  • The Baby of the Bunch: In a similar vein to Kuki, Wally is the youngest of the team in spite of his aggression due to how small he is.
  • Badbutt: The team's designated badass whose hobbies include drinking soda and participating in bully fights.
  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Numbuh 3. Many episodes actually show Numbuh 4 pissing Numbuh 3 off and then trying to make up with her.
  • Berserk Button: "Don't. Ever. Call. Me. SQUIRT!!!"
  • Big Brother Instinct: He's protective towards his baby brother Joey. Best shown in Operation S.A.F.E.T.Y. when he goes ballistic when he assumes his little brother was bleeding (in actuality it was ketchup).
  • The Big Guy: Despite being the shortest in the group, he's without a doubt the strongest.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: The little to Numbuh 2's big.
  • Blood Knight: He cannot pass up a good fight. Even when he clearly should. He does, however, show reluctance to fight his own friends or family, such as when he found out that his next opponent at the bully fights was his own father, or when he ran into Numbuh 5 as a senior citi-zombie (though her taunting made him angry enough to change his mind).
  • Boisterous Bruiser: Just a touch more heavy on the boisterous than the bruiser. He isn't all talk, but his mouth tends to write checks that his fists can't cash. However, he has proven multiple times that he is very capable of kicking your ass in a fight.
  • Book Dumb: To the extent that he's almost illiterate, though the Distant Finale reveals that he's earned multiple doctorates as an adult.
  • Brains and Brawn: The Brawn to Numbuh 2's Brains, in the episodes they are paired up.
  • Bratty Half-Pint: At his worst, he can be a pretty insufferable kid.
  • Break the Haughty: Usually when he tries to become The Leader, his anger gets the best of him.
  • Bruiser with a Soft Center: He's violent and aggressive but cries very easily. His tandem Ocular Gushers with Numbuh Three in "Operation: F.E.R.A.L." is a good example.
  • Brutal Honesty: Sometimes to the point of being too brutal, making Numbuh 3 cry. Usually, he feels bad about it afterwards and tries to make it up to her. In "Operation: B.U.T.T.", he hammers it in too hard that Numbuh 1 is quitting the team, causing her to burst into tears, so he gets out all her stuffed toys from her room to try and cheer her up.
  • The Bully: Technically, former amateur bully; he rejected their offer to go pro and quit entirely for personal reasons later. (It Makes Sense in Context, seriously.)
  • Butt-Monkey: As the team's hand-to-hand combat specialist, he's the most capable when it comes to physical fighting, but is the least intelligent KND operative as shown in several episodes, including "Operation: E.N.D.", "Operation: D.O.G.H.O.U.S.E.", "Operation: S.P.R.O.U.T.", and Operation: Z.E.R.O., which leads to him being easily fooled, and usually selected for dangerous parts in missions.
  • Cannot Spit It Out: He has difficulty admitting his feelings for Numbuh 3.
  • Crazy Jealous Guy: He hates it when other guys show interest in Numbuh 3. This persists into his adult life, as shown in the Distant Finale when he sees Numbuh 2 hugging Numbuh 3.
    "And would you mind hugging your own wife instead of mine!
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He can't even spell or count to 3, but he's remarkably cunning, and is definitely the best fighter in Sector V. Even when his memory was gone during "Operation E.N.D." he knocked out Numbuh 274 in one punch. He also single-handedly got the team past the dodgeball obstacle during their mission to find Leona in "Operation F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N.".
  • Cute Bruiser: Even more so than Numbuh 3, as he also appears to have Super-Strength.
  • Didn't Think This Through: In "Operation: P.I.A.N.O." when Sector V is destroying a shipment of mind-control pianos by airlifting them out of a moving truck one by one and feeding them into a grinder, Numbuh 4 decides to speed things up by opening the truck doors while the truck is still driving, and promptly gets crushed by dozens of pianos sliding out the doors. The next time we see him, he's practically a Bandage Mummy.
  • Dramatic Irony: The Toilenator could be considered something of his Arch-Enemy, but unknown to the both of them as revealed in the comic story "Operation: H.I.S.T.O.R.I.E.", he's Numbuh 4's long-lost uncle, a twin brother from his father's side of the family. Seems being dumb until it's time to really let loose runs in the lineage.
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty: Any rare moment he gets to be a leader, he becomes this. One scene in "Operation M.I.S.S.I.O.N." shows Numbuh 4 training a group of villains for bowling like boot camp, complete with even wearing a soldier's helmet. He was also a military general in "Operation W.H.I.T.E.H.O.U.S.E.".
  • Dub Name Change: He's known as ""El Güero" Torres" in the Latin American Spanish dub.
  • Dude, Where's My Respect?: He goes through this over and over again.
  • Dumbass Has a Point:
    • Occasionally, Numbuh 4's more brash and blunt thinking is actually more on-point than anyone else, even cutting to the thick of things when either everyone else was overthinking or oblivious to that angle. One case is when he's face to face with his negative self in charge of the Destructively Nefarious Kids and more-or-less dictator of the Mirror Universe, where he immediately understands how opposites work without prior context besides fighting his friend's negative versions — and points out that if he's an Idiot Hero, his opposite self has to be a Dirty Coward.
    • Another case, "Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N." has the team unwittingly trapped inside the treehouse with what's assumed to be Count Spankulot due to a massive high security lockdown. When Numbuh 2 brings up that there is the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code designed specifically for their treehouse systems, it also comes with the caveat that only Numbuh 5 can use it — and it's forbidden to be used, without any elaboration as to why. Numbuh 4 of all people is in the right to point out that this is utterly pointless and stupid to have, despite it being said in sheer panic. He still gets spanked and turned into a vampire, because merely trying to convince Numbuh 5 to lift the lockdown "broke the rules" and got him targeted; the overly-extreme rules he criticizes doomed everyone but Numbuh 5.
    • Though he soon gets Drunk with Power while Numbah 1 is absent in "Operation: C.A.N.N.O.N.", the whole reason he wants to build the clam cannon is because within mere minutes of Numbah 1's departure, multiple villains begin to assault the treehouse, and the defenses are either inactive or inoperable because Numbah 1 would usually be responsible for said countermeasures (though Numbah 3 having tea with their missiles, not to mention the others generally deciding Numbah 1's absence meant they could slack off, didn't help). He was totally right to be angry at that situation; he simply went down the wrong path, deciding to build a clam cannon on a sarcastic remark from Numbah 5 instead of simply learning how to operate the existing defense systems.
  • Dumb Blonde: Perfect example of this. He has blonde hair and is practically illiterate
  • Dumb Muscle: He relies on brute strength and isn't too bright, though he has shown signs of hidden intelligence, such as he realized that he would not be able to use brute force to make a Rainbow Monkey leave the treehouse.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness:
    • In the series premiere, the Delightful Children call him "Wallace" instead of "Wallabee".
    • In the pilot, he has no issues about swimming.
  • Embarrassing First Name: Wallabee isn’t the most normal name to have, so he goes by “Wally”.
  • Embarrassing Pyjamas: Subverted. He sleeps in a bright orange onesie (that more closely resembles a baby's) but no one gives him any grief over it. Probably because he'd lay the smackdown on them
  • Everyone Can See It: His relationship with Numbuh 3 is obvious to everyone even when he tries to deny it.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Wally loves a good fight, but he draws a hard line at hurting the people he cares about.
    • In "Operation: M.A.T.A.D.O.R.", he enjoyed beating up rabid adults in front of a cheering crowd, but was horrified when he saw that his next opponent was his own dad. It helps him realize he had been doing something that had been happening to real dads like his own, and goes out of his way to resolve the problem.
    • In "Operation: Z.E.R.O." he refused to fight the zombified Numbuh 5. That is, until she called him the "weakest, shortest, dumbest, most chicken, big mouth squirt on the entire team".
  • Eyes Out of Sight: Very rarely do his eyes see the light of day. However, this was averted far more often in later seasons.
  • Fearless Fool: Sometimes, he'll try and fight someone much stronger than him or rush into battle without thinking about what to do.
  • First-Name Basis: In many situations, he addresses Numbuh 3 by "Kuki". This becomes a bit more common in later seasons.
  • Flanderization: In the first two seasons, he wasn't exactly stupid, just very pigheaded with a tendency to do things without thinking them through. By the end of the series, he's borderline illiterate. Though the last episode shows that he's grown up to get a medical degree from Harvard!
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric (short-tempered, aggressive, forceful, impulsive, and wants to be the leader)
  • Four Is Death: As the aforementioned team's resident Blood Knight, he is the one who ends up in combat a lot. He tends to be the unluckiest member of the group, yet has his happy moments. In perspective, he is the only member of the KND to not suffer a Gender Bender, except in his hand, (and manages to be the only male by the end of Operation F.U.T.U.R.E.) as well as marrying the girl of his dreams.
  • Future Badass: In "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E.", he's an old man helping boys fight back against the girls trying to hunt down and turn the boys into girls.
  • Girls Have Cooties: Despite his obvious crush on Numbuh 3, he finds anything girly and romantic gross, especially Rainbow Monkeys. In "Operation: M.O.V.I.E." when he's forced to watch a cheesy Rainbow Monkey movie, he acts like he's being tortured.
  • Good Is Not Nice: While a member of the KND, he can still be a bully befitting his age.
  • Gosh Dang It to Heck!: His constant use of the word "Crud" qualifies as family-friendly swearing.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: Has a fuse as short as his height.
  • Happily Married: He is shown to end up married to Numbuh 3 in the future.
  • Hidden Depths: He may be an Idiot Hero, but he has his moments of outwitting people, especially in terms of his forte of combat. This tends to catch his enemies, and occasionally even his friends, completely off-guard. He's also got a penchant for being extremely good with things he actually cares about, and occasionally more of a Guile Hero when it's a focus episode than the series usually gives him credit for.
  • Hot for Teacher: He has a little crush on his teacher Mrs. Thompson.
  • Hot-Blooded: He is always eager to fight.
  • Idiot Hero: The one thing that you could say he and Numbuh 3 have in common is that they're both pretty dumb.
  • Irony: A boy who hates everything girly, has a crush on the Girly Girl of his unit.
  • It's Personal: Says this when King Sandy kidnaps Numbuh 3 in "Operation: B.E.A.C.H.".
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Numbuh 4 is the team's bravest, toughest, strongest, fiercest, wildest, most adventurous, dangerous, courageous, and the best fighter in Sector V. He is also the most impulsive, brash, hot-headed, arrogant, ignorant, and harshest of the team but he seems to genuinely care about his friends still, even showing a soft spot for Numbuh 3 and getting emotional when Numbuh 1 leaves to join the Galactic Kids Next Door.
  • Land Down Under: He was born in Australia and moved to the U.S. when he was little. He still has the accent and uses some of the country's slang.
  • Leader Wannabe: He wants to be leader of Sector V and always tries to pounce on the opportunity when Nigel is absent for whatever reason. Unfortunately, he's terrible at being a leader, since the power goes straight to his head.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: Very often in combat will rush into battle without any strategy.
  • Let's Get Dangerous!: In episodes where he's not the focus character, he's usually a complete Idiot Hero that gets on his team's nerves or seems oblivious to the danger around him until he's already down. The cases where he gets to show his stuff thus become this trope. His focus episodes downplay this by his badassery being more in the spotlight as a regular thing. Usually.
  • Malaproper: Sometimes, usually when he tries to use complicated words.
  • Meaningful Name: Wallabee Beatles — four members of The Beatles [a.k.a. "The Fab Four"]. A wallaby is an Australian animal, fitting his heritage. Also, four is considered an unlucky number in Chinese culture and Wally is the unluckiest member of the group.
  • The Napoleon: He's the shortest in the group (the same height as Numbuh 84 and shorter than even Numbuh 363 and 83) and the one with the worst temper.
  • Noble Male, Roguish Male: The Roguish Male to Numbuh 1's Noble Male.
  • Oblivious to Love: He doesn't get why Numbuh 3 got so angry when he said he thinks romance is gross and would never fall in love with anyone. Funnily enough, the two get together, as shown below.
  • Official Couple: With Numbuh 3. They're shown to be married as adults by the end of the series.
  • Opposites Attract: With Numbuh 3, an endearing girl who can't get enough of Rainbow Monkeys.
  • Papa Wolf: Mess with his baby brother Joey, and you'll wish you were dealing with real wolves.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: In "Operation: S.L.U.M.B.E.R.", he successfully disguises himself as a girl to get into a girls-only secret mission (actually a slumber party) by wearing two fake braids and a tiny pink dress that doesn't even hide his trademark orange sweater.
  • Precocious Crush: He has a crush on his teacher Mrs. Thompson.
  • Prone to Tears: Despite putting on a tough front, he's actually very sensitive and gets upset very easily. He was left in tears when Numbuh 1 temporarily quit the team in "Operation: B.U.T.T.".
  • Puppy-Dog Eyes: Wally can give Kuki a run for her money in this department.
  • Puppy Love: With Numbuh 3. The two end up married by the finale.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Numbuh 2's blue.
  • Reformed Bully: Though it isn't shown too often, he tends to bully other kids and feels no remorse for it, even telling nerds it's their own fault for being bullying targets for being so nerdy. He even associates with other bullies at times and is well aware of many bullying techniques. However, he does not engage in bullying kids when he's with the rest of Sector V and there are limits to what he will do to fellow kids and is more than happy to attack other bullies if they cross the line.
  • Ridiculously Successful Future Self: Arguably even more ridiculous than Numbuh 3's. The Book Dumb kid grows up to get a medical degree from Harvard and marry the girl he allegedly doesn't like.
  • Sarcasm-Blind: In "Operation: C.A.N.N.O.N.", he mistook Numbuh 5's sarcasm as an idea for building a clam cannon, rather than a simple joke. As a result, he took his leadership far too seriously, leaving Numbuhs 2, 3, and 5 actually building a clam cannon for a sleepless night. It turned out in poor quality which exploded once the DCFDTL activated it.
  • Screams Like a Little Girl: It's not pointed out specifically, but it's hard to not notice.
  • Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: In "Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E.", when Numbuh 2 objects to stopping a decommissioned Maurice from getting recruited by the Teen Ninjas, on the grounds that official KND rules forbid interfering with decommissioned operatives' lives, Numbuh 4's response is, "Who cares?! Maurice was our friend!" Numbuh 1 agrees.
  • Set Right What Once Went Wrong: In "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E.", his future self tries to prevent the reign of Margie from turning most of the world's boys into girls.
  • She Is Not My Girlfriend: To Numbuh 3. Until the Distant Finale, where they are married.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: When it comes to his schoolwork. He thinks he's a genius for making up new and unique ways of spelling the word "Hat".
  • Super Drowning Skills: Can't swim until "Operation: P.O.O.L.".
  • Tank Goodness: In the online game Protect and Swerve, he drives a tank with a mounted cannon called the A.T.O.M.M.I.C..
  • Testosterone Poisoning: Numbuh 4 loves everything violent and/or manly. His idea of quality TV programming consists of muscular men grunting loudly and throwing extremely heavy objects off of tall buildings.
  • Token Evil Teammate: His love of violence, mischief, and overall aggressive nature marks him as this for the team. If there is an immoral activity or mischief happening, Numbuh Four can be counted on to engage in it. Not to mention his status as a capable amateur bully and active participation in Bully Fighting.
  • Too Dumb to Live: He's usually not bad enough to fall here but "Operation O.U.T.B.R.E.A.K." has him actively trying to eat something with coconut, something that causes a bad enough allergic reaction that KND scientists thought it was a virus symptom, and Numbuh 5 remarks that it's happened repeatedly.
  • Took a Level in Dumbass: Every season seems to make him dumber and dumber. From someone that wasn't the brightest bulb but could operate tech and drive vehicles if need be as well as put up a mean fight, to someone that gets sent to a fake moon and completely falls for all of the K.N.D.'s attempts to keep normal adults away from the real moon, despite regularly going to the Moonbase throughout his career. After a point, besides the occasional Hidden Depths, his fighting prowess is all he has.
  • Tsundere: With regards to Numbuh 3. Heavy on the Tsun Tsun but his Dere Dere side shines through whenever he lets his guard down.
  • Unskilled, but Strong: Numbuh 4 isn't the brightest bulb in the box and mostly relies on brute force to get things done, but when there's ass-kicking to be done, he's the best man for the job.
  • Violently Protective Girlfriend: Gender-inverted example: Don't say they're dating, but Numbuh Four is quick to jump to the defense of Numbuh 3, often pushing her out of the way of attacks and getting angered and threatening to beat someone up when she gets hurt or captured.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Being reckless, aggressive, and short-tempered, he occasionally crosses a line that results in a scolding from one or more of his teammates, though he always makes it right by the episode's end.
    • In "Operation: S.A.F.E.T.Y.", Hoagie scolds him for yelling at his baby brother. In the same episode, Wally himself gives one to the giant safety robot when he thinks the robot hurt his kid brother.
    • In "Operation: M.A.T.A.D.O.R.", he gets an earful from the rest of Sector V for participating in bully fights where innocent adults are captured, pumped full of caffeine to turn them into hyper-aggressive "bulls", and then let loose in the arena to get beaten to a pulp. Wally doesn't listen to them until he finds out that the next opponent he has to fight is his own dad.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's very afraid of water. Even after he learns how to swim, he still avoids doing it whenever possible.
  • Will They or Won't They?: With Numbuh 3.
  • The Worf Effect: First to charge in, often the first to go down.
  • Would Hit a Girl: Has no qualm over hitting the Opposite!Numbuh 3.
    Numbuh 5 
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Numbuh Five / Abigail Lincoln (Abby)

Voiced by: Cree SummerIn other languages

"I like it when things are too easy."

The team's second-in-command, she's the one that keeps a level head under all circumstances, even when everyone else loses it. In her spare time, she's a candy hunter, which brings her in conflict with her rival Heinrich and candy pirate Stickybeard.


  • Action Girl: She's a combat-oriented female, especially when up against Cree.
  • Affectionate Nickname: Is called "Abby" by her sister and others on occasion.
  • Agent Scully: Is usually skeptical toward Nigel's conspiracy theories and will often be wrong.
  • Badass Adorable: Considering that she's just a kid, she can do pretty amazing stuff.
  • Beautiful Singing Voice: She's shown to be a good singer in "Operation D.I.A.P.E.R.".
  • Berserk Button: She has very little tolerance for Numbuh 2's puns.
  • Bifauxnen: Dressed up in a suit once for a dance.
  • Big Good: In "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", it is stated that she became Supreme Leader of the Kids Next Door after Numbuh 362 stepped down from her position.
  • Birthday Hater: "Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E." reveals that she doesn't look forward to her birthdays, because every one brings her closer to becoming a teenager who will eventually have to be decommissioned and lose her memories of the KND.
  • Black and Nerdy: She is the only African-American in the group, and she does very well in school.
  • Blue Is Heroic: She normally wears a blue minidress, and serves as The Lancer to Numbuh 1.
  • Braids of Action: She has long black hair which she keeps in a braid.
  • Brainy Brunette: Not only is she the smartest of her team, but one of the smartest students at Gallagher Elementary School, where she is a honor student.
  • Breakout Character: She went from speaking a few lines (outside of A Day in the Limelight) in the first season to being pretty much the secondary main character by the time the series ended.
  • Bring It: Her trademark pose.
  • But Not Too Foreign: She's half-French, half-American. For the record, both her parents are black, so the trope goes for her ethnicity and not her race.
  • Cain and Abel: The Abel to Cree's Cain.
  • The Chains of Commanding: Well aware of this trope as Sector V's former leader, hence her decision to relinquish leadership of Sector V when Numbuh 1 was inducted into the KND. Even afterwards she detests being the idea of being leader again and readily refuses unless no other replacements are available.
  • Co-Dragons: Serves a Heroic instance of this trope with Numbuh 2, as both act as The Lancer to Numbuh 1.
  • Cool Big Sis: She has her moments, but especially "Operation: D.O.G.H.O.U.S.E.".
  • Dark and Troubled Past: She has a lot of tragic baggage in her past, from her sister having a Face–Heel Turn to whatever happened that made Numbuh 1 bald, which may or not be the incident that even Numbuh 86 sympathizes with. That's not even getting into her past with Heinrich.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Speaks the most sarcasm of her friends.
  • Dope Slap: Gives these to Numbuhs 2 and 4 (usually with her hat) if the former makes bad puns or if the latter does something stupid like thinking having all adults (good and bad) wiped out being a good thing.
  • Dub Name Change: She is known as "Abigail Olivera" in the Latin American Spanish dub.
  • Enforced Cold War: With Cree; both of them have to keep up the act of two loving sisters at home while pointing lasers at each other beneath the dinner table.
  • Everyone Has Standards: As a member of the KND, she will happily fight child-hating and child-oppressing adults, but even she realizes that all adults shouldn't be wiped out. She also will freely fight the teenage menace in open warfare, even with her own sister she does care for, but draws the line at messing with their social events; when the Kids Next Door pulled out some nasty facial-ruining viruses just to spite the teens for prom night, Abby promptly took the antidote to her sister Cree while saying she tried to tell them even they went too far.
  • Eye-Obscuring Hat: Her baseball cap is usually tilted downward so that the brim obscures her eyes.
  • Forced Transformation: Turned into a were-dog in "Operation D.O.G.H.O.U.S.E." by Mrs. Thompson.
  • Friendly Enemy: To Stickybeard and Heinrich Von Marzipan, though the latter isn't very friendly to her.
  • Friend to All Children: To all younger children anyway, being still a kid herself, but still has shown a few times to be good with giving comforting pep talk to the younger kids she meets.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Leukine (calm, rational, level-headed, and more emotionally balanced than her teammates)
  • Idiot Ball: In the cold opening to "Operation: C.A.R.A.M.E.L.", she goes to Guatemala and finds Heinrich attempting the caramel ritual again. He claims he's only trying to get back what he lost the last time and needs her help to move some sugar into the ritual circle. Knowing him and how vindictive he can be (especially when it comes to Guatemala), you'd think Numbuh 5 would be on her guard even more than usual here. But with very little hesitation, she believes him and walks right into his trap, falling victim to the caramel curse herself which kicks off the episode. We even learn later that Numbuh 5 had the very item Heinrich needed to undo his curse and already knew the true way to break it.
  • Indy Escape: Her candy-hunting adventures are pretty much a huge Shout-Out to Indiana Jones flicks, so she pulls these a lot.
  • It's All My Fault: While she never outright says it, it's obvious that she blames herself for what the DCFDTL did to Nigel in the past, as it was her not helping him when he needed her most that resulted in them leaving him permanently bald.
  • Happily Married: To Numbuh 2 in the future.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: In Operation: Z.E.R.O.
  • Hidden Depths: In Operation M.A.C.A.R.R.O.N.I, when Numbuh Three laments that she wasn't able to save the Rainbow Monkey Lisa, Numbuh Five comforts her and says she can make another one, which suggests that she has an artistic talent.
  • Jetpack: Uses one in "Operation: C.H.O.C.O.L.A.T.E." and "Operation: C.L.O.W.N.".
  • Lady of Adventure: When she's candy hunting.
  • The Lancer: Numbuh 1's second in command and interim leader whenever he's not around. Her style contrasts with his, being more easygoing when there's no threat and more no-nonsense when there is.
  • Little Miss Badass: One of the most action-prone girls in the show.
  • Little Miss Snarker: She's got a snappy comeback ready for just about any situation.
  • Malicious Misnaming: Is called "Crabigail" by Cree or Valerie.
  • Meaningful Name: Abigail Lincoln — has the same initials and last name as U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (A.L.), whose face is on the five-dollar bill in American currency.
  • Memento MacGuffin:
    • Her trademark hat was given to her by her older sister, Cree — back when she was a KND operative.
    • In the final episode, Numbuh 1 gives her his sunglasses before he leaves to join the Galactic Kids Next Door.
  • Mighty Glacier: In the online game Protect and Swerve, she drives a tank called the T.A.R.T.; the slowest vehicle, but with the strongest armor.
  • Minidress of Power: Abigail wears a white-striped dark blue shirt dress.
  • My Greatest Failure:
    Numbuh 5: The last time Numbuh 5 didn't help someone kidnapped by the Delightful Children, they did something she can't ever forgive!
    Numbuh 4: What?! What did they do that was so bad?!
    Numbuh 1: ...They made me bald.
  • My Greatest Second Chance: Seeing her Dark and Troubled Past as an opportunity to save a student from the Delightful Children.
  • My Significance Sense Is Tingling:
    Numbuh 5: Something just happened. It's as if million of gallons of ice cream just... disappeared.
  • Never Bare Headed: She is almost never seen without her baseball cap. When not having it on, she usually hits people or things with it.
  • Noodle Incident: It's mentioned in passing in one episode that Numbuh 5 was once leader of Sector V. She stepped down from the position after some incident, but we never find out why. Other bits point that she couldn't take the stress of full on leadership and that perhaps she accidentally made Nigel the way he is today. She nearly has a panic attack when Nigel reinstates her as leader before he leaves for his galactic mission. He reassures her she always had what it took to lead the group. Considering she would later take over the role of commanding the entire K.N.D., he wasn't kidding.
  • Not So Above It All:
    • During a mission, Numbuh 4 stops to take some candies. Later, she tries to do the same.
    • Despite being the most mature of her teammates, she has her share of childish moments, like when she teases Numbuh 4 over his crush on Numbuh 3.
    Numbuh 4: They've made this personal by taking Numbuh 3!
    Numbuh 5 and Numbuh 2: (smirk at each other) Wally and Kuki sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
  • Official Couple: With Numbuh 2.
  • Oh, Crap!: The last line of the G:KND teaser is her reaction to finding out what Numbuh 1 is planning to do to the Earth.
    Abby: (quietly, in a completely stunned voice) Nigel Uno...what have you done?
  • One-Man Army: Proves she's this in Operation M.A.U.R.I.C.E when she takes down an entire teenager fleet of ships by herself while infected with Chickenpox by using a handful of explosives.
  • Only Sane Employee: To Numbuh 1.
  • Only Sane Woman:
    • Like Nigel puts it in the finale, while he's freaking out about floating parasitic vermin from the sky, she will tell him it's just snow.
    • This is particularly the case in The Grim Adventures of The Kids Next Door, where she is the only person in the entire organization who isn't fooled for a second by Mandy's Numbuh 1 disguise.
  • Opposites Attract: With Numbuh 2.
  • Platonic Life-Partners: With Numbuh 1.
  • Precocious Crush: Numbuh 5 obviously has a crush on Maurice/Numbuh 9 though he's only about a year or two older than her.
  • The Quiet One: Especially in earlier seasons, where she would sometimes go entire episodes without a single line.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Numbuh 1's red.
  • Sassy Black Woman: She's very sarcastic, as well as the only black girl in the group.
  • She's a Man in Japan: Due to being voiced by Shūhei Sakaguchi in the Japanese dub, no less!
  • Ship Tease: If you didn't see the hints that Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 5 like each other before they got married in the Grand Finale, watch the series over again. You'll notice a lot of things that you missed the first time around.
  • Shipper on Deck: Ships Wally and Kuki, and frequently, along with Numbuh 2, teases Wally when he gets jealous.
  • The Snark Knight: Though is obviously nicer than most examples of this trope.
  • Sweet Tooth: All the kids are, but only Numbuh 5 would risk her life in search of legendary sweets. She even has a kinship with Stickybeard.
  • Team Mom: Numbuh 5 has a motherly side to her and acts like a big sister figure to most of her teammates throughout the show.
    Numbuh 1: (extremely tired, but still trying to stay awake) I just have to recalibrate the bioptic...
    Numbuh 5: (dragging Numbuh 1 to his bedroom) Only thing you're recalibrating is your sleep schedule!
  • Third-Person Person: To go along with her cool personality, she refers to herself as "Numbuh 5" in third person, saying "Numbuh 5" rather than "I" most of the time.
  • This Is Unforgivable!: She will never forgives the Delightful Children for making Numbuh 1 bald.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Has this dynamic with her sister Cree, taking in account their home's bedrooms. Cree has loads of pink stuff in contrast to Abby's more sports-oriented decor.
  • Tomboyish Baseball Cap: Doubles as a Memento MacGuffin.
  • Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She's more boyish than Numbuh 3 several times over, but she also doesn’t have a problem most of the time with wearing a dress or getting her nails done. She's also frequently seen reading fashion magazines in her spare time.
  • Tragic Keepsake:
    • Her red hat was given to her by her older sister Cree when they were in the KND together. Considering their current relationship, it serves as a sad reminder of the happy times they used to have together.
    • In "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.", Nigel gives her his sunglasses before he leaves to join the Galactic KND, representing her position as the new leader of Sector V.
  • Twofer Token Minority: French and African.
  • Vocal Dissonance: She's a young girl who speaks with a cool gravelly voice; Cree Summer primarily based it on Scatman Crothers.
  • We Used to Be Friends: She and Cree had a much better sister relationship when the latter was a member of the KND.
  • Wise Beyond Her Years: Numbuh 5 is described as the intelligent, laid-back, witty, quick-thinking, cool, calm, crafty, clever, responsible, book wise, and streetwise agent of Sector V and the only one with true common sense.

Alternative Title(s): Sector V

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