Operation: C.L.O.S.E.T.

"Operation: C.L.O.S.E.T."
Season 4, Episode 48
Mission:	090
Production Code:	409a
Airdate:	May 20, 2005
Credits
Writer(s):	Mo Willems Tom Warburton
Storyboards by:	Maurice Fontenot Bob Suarez
Episode Guide
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Child Lost On Seriously Elevated Tundra

"Operation: C.L.O.S.E.T." is the second story in the ninth episode of Season 4 of Codename: Kids Next Door. It first aired on May 20, 2005 on Cartoon Network.

Information

Summary

Numbuh 1 is asked by a desperate mother to come save her son after he refused to clean his room. Her son, Billy, was taken into his closet, which is actually a HUGE "Clothes land" similar to the tundra biome. Many KND operatives arrive and Sector V goes into the closet with snow clothing. They find Billy, only to be chased by a big snowsuit (a.k.a. The Abominable Snowsuit) which at the end, stops chasing Billy when he accepts to wear the ugly thing, which was the cause of ALL this mess. At the end, Billy remarks: "Not Bad!" referring to his snowsuit.

Plot

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Ending Credits

• The Abominable Snowsuit and Billy have a wonderful time being friends together:
  • Going on a roller coaster.
  • Going to a baseball-game stadium, and during a home run, the Abominable Snowsuit catches a home run base-ball with his glove.
  • Squashing ketchup and mustard packs near Romantic Burger.
  • Prank calling/ditching Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb on their door. (The two villains obviously get angry afterwards).
  • Watching a comedy movie while eating popcorn.
  • Dancing together in a tree-empty forest.

Afterwards, the Snowsuit shrinks after being placed in the washing machine, leaving Billy in tears.

Featured

KND Operatives

• Numbuh 1
• Numbuh 2
• Numbuh 3
• Numbuh 4
• Numbuh 5

Villains

• Abominable Snowsuit (debut)

Allies

• Billy Hocslawger (debut)
• Mrs. Hocslawger (debut)

Cameos

• Numbuh 44A & 44B
• Numbuh 202
• Numbuh 23
• Operative D
• Operative C
• Operative A
• Decommissioning guard
• KND scientist
• Carlos
• Marybeth March
• Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb (credits)

Locations

• Park
• Billy's Closet
• Billy's house
• Hap-Happy Land (credits)
• Romantic Burger (credits)
• Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb's House (credits)

2x4 Technology

• S.C.A.M.P.E.R.
• S.P.R.A.Y.S.H.I.P.
• E.S.C.A.P.E.R.
• M.O.S.Q.U.I.T.T.O.H.
• E.L.I.M.O.N.A.T.E.R.
• B.O.O.S.T.B.I.K.E.
• D.O.H.-D.O.H.
• Subway Shuttle Pod
• H.O.V.E.R.A.F.T.
• C.O.O.L.B.U.S.
• D.O.G.F.L.I.E.R.
• C.O.N.E.C.A.N.N.O.N.
• T.A.N.G.L.E.R.
• Anti-Static Blaster
• F.I.N.D.U.H.B.I.L.L.Y. (only appearance)

Transcript

Operation: C.L.O.S.E.T./Transcript

Trivia

• This is the first time an adult has contacted the KND for help.
• This episode has the largest ensemble of 2x4 vehicles since Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S..
• The KND is shown to have a celebrity-like status among kids.
  • They are also thoroughly disliked by adults, such as Billy's mom's bridge club.
• In this episode, the KND Operatives all seem to be at awe when seeing Sector V enter the mission, which implies that they're (at this point) famous amongst the KND.
• Mr. Warburton felt that if this story had not been turned into an episode of Codename: Kids Next Door, it would make a fun live-action movie.

Series continuity

• In Billy's room, there is a poster of "Violence The Movie!" which was the movie that Numbuh 4 was trying to get into (due to the R rating) in Operation: M.O.V.I.E..
• Numbuh 5 is going to visit another clothing world later in Operation: B.R.I.D.G.E..

Cultural references

• Billy is similar in appearance to the famous character Waldo from Where's Waldo?.
• The scientist operative examining Billy's house looks like Yugi Muto from "Yu-Gi-Oh!.
• The hidden world inside of Billy's closet is also a reference to Narnia from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
• The Abominable Snowsuit's mountain cave on the outside bears a strong resemblance to Mount Crumpit, the home of Dr. Seuss's the Grinch.
• The Abominable Snowsuit is a parody of the fabled Abominable Snowman.
• In a scene where the Abominable Snowsuit has kidnapped Billy and taken him to his cave, he is hanging off the ceiling. This is similar to a scene in Star Wars: Episode V, where Luke Skywalker is also taken by a wampa, and hangs off the ceiling in the creature's cave.
• Billy is breaking the fourth wall after he said "Get on With it Already" to Tom Warburton. The word "Get on With it" also a reference of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Billy also said "Not Bad" to the audience.

Goofs

• The yellow tape around Billy's front door is not there in the establishing shot of the house.
• The placement of the B.O.O.S.T.B.I.K.E. change between establishing shot and the shot of Numbuh 44 & 44 running to the front door.
• When Sector V walks through Billy's house and to his bedroom door, they pass two KND guards who hold a T.A.N.G.L.E.R. and Ice-Cream Gun as they walk towards them with the camera behind, but the guards both hold T.A.N.G.L.E.R.s when the camera angle moves to above.
• Another error between these two shots are the placement of the door handles. They switch side on two of the doors.
• The placement of the Sector V members within Billy's room change between shots without actually moving.
• Billy's mom is clearly standing farther away from the closet before Numbuh 44 hears the rumbling than she is the next second when the shot changes and she is standing right next to the closet door.
• The door to Billy's room is missing when the rumbling starts.
• Jill Talley’s name is misspelled in the credits.

Voice credits

• Ben Diskin: Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2
• Lauren Tom: Numbuh 3, KND Operatives
• Dee Bradley Baker: Numbuh 4, Numbuh 44, Abominable Snowsuit
• Cree Summer: Numbuh 5
• Tom Kenny: Billy, KND Operatives
• Jill Taley: Billy's mom

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