Mutant Lice are giant hair-eating lice genetically engineered to infest the KND's headquarters and eat their hair. The Delightful Children planted them to attack and destroy Sector V.
Biography[]
The Delightful Children were made aware of the Giant Lice through a top secret report the Parent Teacher Organization Of Eradicating Youngsters had compiled for Father. It mentioned how the lice were created with the intention of attacking the KND, but did not detail the lice's weakness (Top Secret Files).
The Delightful Children From Down The Lane switched Numbuh 5's hat with a hat infected with the giant lice when she was on a mission. From there, she returned to the Sector V Treehouse, where the louse escaped and proceeded to infect the entire Treehouse. By mere accident, Sector V found out that their weakness is nacho cheese dip and set off to kill off the infestation before it took down the members of the sector completely.
The Mutant Lice Queen holding Numbuh One
As the day went on, members of Sector V were taken down by the giant lice, starting with Numbuh 4, up until Numbuh 5 finally made it to the Cheese Repository in the heart of the Treehouse with Numbuh 1. It was there that she met the mutant lice's queen, who was several times larger than a normal louse and was purple as opposed to white. She defeated it, despite her braid being caught by the queen, by flooding the treehouse with cheese. Sector V got their revenge on the Delightful Children the next day by planting the lice in Lenny's helmet (Operation: L.I.C.E.).
Trivia[]
- The lice, and the way the first louse burst out of Numbuh 5's hat, might be a reference to the Alien movies. In fact, the whole episode might have more than one Alien reference.