Codename: Kids Next Door follows the thrilling escapades of five eager, yet bumbling, 10-year-olds as they fight against the forces of tyrannical adults. These ambitious kids tackle the really important issues facing their peers like the right to crash “adult swim” at the local pool or to consume candy as a dietary staple. But when taking a stand is just not enough, this crew embarks on top secret missions utilizing their fantastic “2 x 4 Technology” to accomplish their goals. Codename: Kids Next Door premieres on Cartoon Network on Friday, December 6 at 7 p.m. (ET, PT) with an encore that night at 10 p.m. (ET, PT).Like any good team, the operatives in Codename: Kids Next Door each have their own distinct skills and personalities. Numbuh One is British-born Nigel Uno, the cunning, yet slightly overzealous leader of the group. Hoagie P. Gilligan, Jr., the group’s expert pilot and mechanical genius, is known as Numbuh Two and hails from the United States. Diversionary tactics are the domain of Japanese operative Kuki Sanban, a.k.a. Numbuh Three. The brash, impulsive Australian Numbuh Four (Wallabee Beetles) is a master of hand-to-hand combat. Rounding out the group is the team’s other American operative, Abigail Lincoln, alias Numbuh Five, the smartest KND operative this side of puberty.
Whether it’s the possibility of getting shipped off to summer camp, avoiding dreaded visits to the dentist, or clashing with adult enemies such as Gramma Stuffum, Knightbrace or Dodge Ball Wizard, these kids have their work cut out for them.
Utilizing their patented “2 x 4 Technology,” the Kids Next Door design and construct various contraptions to assist them in their missions. With incredible resourcefulness, the kids use everything from moldy plywood and Styrofoam cups to spare tires and used chewing gum to build such vital contraptions as a Clam Cannon and a Mega-Voltage Soup Can Laser.
Award-winning animator Mr. Warburton is the creator of Codename: Kids Next Door. He developed the Cartoon Network animated short Kenny and the Chimp and served as a director on Cartoon Network's series Sheep in the Big City. Warburton has also worked with J.J. Sedelmaier Productions on television projects including Saturday Night Live and Schoolhouse Rock.
Codename: Kids Next Door is being produced at Curious Pictures in New York for Cartoon Network, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s 24-hour, basic cable service offering the best in animated entertainment
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-+-History-+-Mr. Warburton
Creator/Executive Producer
Mr. Warburton is the creator and executive producer of Codename: Kids Next Door, the new animated series that premieres on Cartoon Network on Friday, December 6, 2002, at 7 p.m. (ET, PT). Warburton, a New York resident, previously worked as a director on Cartoon Network’s series Sheep in the Big City.Mr. Warburton created a pilot episode of Codename: Kids Next Door for Cartoon Network’s Big Pick Weekend in August 2001. That weekend, Cartoon Network presented 10 animated shorts and let viewers pick which one would become the next Cartoon Cartoon series. Codename: Kids Next Door won in a landslide. As a result, Cartoon Network gave the greenlight to 13 half-hour episodes.
Warburton created another animated short, Kenny and the Chimp, for Cartoon Network in 2000. It tells the story of a boy named Kenny. And his chimp.
From 1995 until 1999, Warburton served as lead character designer for Disney’s animated series Pepper Ann. He also worked with J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, starting in 1992. Warburton worked as an animator, director and designer on “TV Funhouse,” which appeared regularly during Saturday Night Live. Other projects with J.J. Sedelmaier included serving as head designer on the first season of Beavis and Butthead and as an animator and director on Schoolhouse Rock. Commercial animation clients included Converse, Volkswagen, Kotex, Slim Jim’s and Levi’s.
Warburton started his career in animation as a production assistant with Buzzco Associates, followed by a stint as a layout artist on Nickelodeon’s Doug.
Mr. Warburton was born in Pennsylvania and raised in the Philadelphia area. He attended Kutztown State College before moving to New York City to become an animator.
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Headquarters:
The kids live together in a treehouse which they dub the KND headquarters. Did you know: the house that the KND tree grows through is the Uno's house? I bet Nigel's mom loves that. While testing a super growth power radiated seed, the KND accidentally grew a giant tree straight through a house. Each kid has their room and each room is a different story all in its own.Numbuh One's Room:
Numbuh Two's Room:
Numbuh Three's Room:
Numbuh Four's Room:
Numbuh Five's Room:
2 x 4 Technology:
Central to the success of the missions of the Kids Next Door is “2 x 4 Technology.” Using whatever materials are on hand at any give time (like bubble gum, rusty nails, moldy plywood, broken vacuum cleaners, spare jet engines), the KND operative can assemble incredibly complex and supremely effective weapons, vehicles and nifty gadgets. Most of the construction is done inside the KND headquarters, a massive, mysterious treehouse that harnesses the power of thousands of hamsters to operate its impressive security systems and elaborate mechanical devices.All the Kids Next Door pitch in to build and operate this heavy machinery, and each kid also has a favorite apparatus. Hoagie P. Gilligan, Jr. (a.k.a. Numbuh Two), the chief engineer of 2 x 4 Technology, loves anything that can fly. Kuki Sanban, whose KND alias is Numbuh Three, is partial to a hand-held cannon that bombards an enemy with plush dolls. Numbuh Four (belligerent Aussie Wallabee Beatles) prefers to deliver spankings with a hydraulic-powered plank whacker. Abby Lincoln, the KND’s super-cool Numbuh Five, turned a flashlight, a magnifying glass and a soup can into a high-powered laser. And Nigel Uno, the bossy leader who provides the vision behind most of the inventions, believes that the bigger and bolder a contraption is, the better it is. His eyes light up with glee when he sights the Clam Cannon.
The problem with the way that the Kids Next Door “re-purpose” spare parts into colossal inventions is that, quite often, the machines do not perform at an optimal level. In fact, they tend to backfire almost as often as they work, creating additional challenges on already-precarious missions. Following are descriptions of some of the Kids Next Door’s most illustrious inventions.
M.O.S.Q.U.I.T.T.O.H.
(Massively Oversized Super Quick Undercover Icy Treat Transport on Helio-jets)To transport large amounts of soft serve ice cream, the KND built this vehicle out of a 40-foot sailboat, an enormous water tower, and a couple of spare oil rig pumps.
P.I.P.E.P.O.D.
(Pipe Interior Penetrating Electric Powered Oscillating Drill)Made out of an old camper, a silo, and a street cleaner, this vehicle is made to burrow into giant sewer pipes and travel long distances without being detected by adult radar.
D.A.R.T.
(Dairy Accelerated Rocket Thingie)A one-kid rocket booster that uses containers of high pressure spoiled milk to reach speeds of almost eleventy billion miles per hour.
S.K.E.E.-B.I.K.E.
(Super Cold Environment Bike Is Kinda Enormous)Made from a single huge airplane engine and an old bike, these two-seater vehicles make a snow mobile look like it's moving in slow motion!
S.K.Y.C.L.A.W.
(Supersonically Kool Yellow Claw Lowering Aerial Weapon)The KND hate piano lessons. So this vehicle's giant claw is used to grab a piano and pull it up into the super huge shredder in the ship's hull. Presto! No more pianos!
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Like most memorable cartoons, little credit is given to those who truly deserve it. Your favorite show didn't just appear out of no where and you'd be surprised at how many people it takes to create a series. Even at the movies, there's always those credits at the end... you know the tiny little words that zoom by so fast you cant read them anyway. Well here's to those names that scroll by at the end of everything and know that we acknowledge you.Codename: Kids Next Door
Cast and Credits
Nigel Uno/Numbuh One: Benjamin Diskin
Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr./ Numbuh Two: Benjamin Diskin
Kuki Sanban/Numub Three: Lauren Tom
Wallabee Beatles/Numbuh Four: Dee Bradley Baker
Abigail Lincoln/Numbuh Five: Cree Summers
Numbuh 30c: Tom Kenny
Chad/Numbuh 274: Jeff Harris
Lizzie: Grey DelisleDelightfull Children from Down the Lane: Cree Summer
DCfDtL Father: Maurice LaMarche
Mr. Fibb: Dee Bradley Baker
Mr. Wink: Tom Kenny
Common Cold: Tom Kenny
Grandma Stuffum: Grey Delisle
Dr. Teef: Jeff Glen Bennet
Sticky Beard: Mark Hamill
Mr. Mogul: Rob Paulson
Created by: Tom Warburton.
Production Manager: Barb Nash.
Casting and Voice Director: Collette Sunderman.
Design Coordinator: Tom Eaton.
Character Design: Tom Warburton, Tom Evans, Kevin Kobasic.
Prop Design: Robert Kopecky.
Background Design: Giedon Kendall, John Allemand.
Design Assistants: Jarad Deal, Robert Smith, Adolfo Smith.
Walk Cycles: Tony Eastman.
Storyboard Coordinator: Marcus Pauls.
Storyboard Supervisor: Karen Villarreal.
Storyboards: John Quack Leard, Abigail Nesbitt, Dave Rodriguez, Jesse Schmal.
Script Coordinator: Scott Vincent.
Talent Coordinator: Karie Gima Pham.
Dialogue Recording Engineer: Robert Serda.
Dialogue Editor: Kerry Iverson.
Color Supervisor: Grace Lu.
Background Color: Michael Cavallaro, Zigang Chen, Vanesse Van der Baan.
Color Key: Chrysoula Artemis.
3D Animation: Dave Courter.
Exposure Sheets: Sue Perrotto, Yvette Kaplan, Rick Leon, Joanna Romersa, Eddie Houchins, Jeffery Gatrall, Guy Moore, Robert Alvarez, Randy Meyers.
Checking: Rudy Tomaselli.
Track Reading: Brian Phillipson.
Mouth Direction: Sue Perrotto.
Overseas Production Supervisor: Carl Linton.
Sound Design Studio: Pomann Sound.
Sound Design: Lou Esposito.
Sound Mixer: Jerome Hyman.
Off-Line Editor: Dave Courter.
On-Line Editor: Anthony Orkin.
Post Production Supervisor: Sue Perrotto.
Post Production Coordinator: Tom Eaton.
Video System Administration: Rich Shurtliff.
Computer System Administration: Miguel Rios.
Production Accountant: Adam Cruz.
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