"Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S." | |
Season 5, Episode 54 | |
Mission: | 098 |
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Production Code: | 54 |
Airdate: | September 30, 2005 |
Credits | |
Writer(s): | Mr. Warburton Andy Rheingold |
Storyboards by: | Kim Arndt Matt Peters Jesse Schmal Abigail Nesbitt |
Episode Guide | |
Previous Mission "Operation: N.A.U.G.H.T.Y." |
Next Mission "Operation: D.U.C.K.Y." |
Enemy Launches Evil Campaign To Inflame Our Noble School
Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S. is the second episode of Season 5 of Codename: Kids Next Door. It first aired on September 30, 2005 on Cartoon Network.
Information[]
Summary[]
In the aftermath of former Fourth Grade President James Nixon McGarfield and his traitorous atrocities, the new elected 4th Grade President is none other than the Delightful Children From Down the Lane who is planning on a evil scheme in Gallagher Elementary.
Plot[]
With the 4th Grade President election coming, Numbuh 1 is running for candidacy as the new 4th Grade President after James Nixon McGarfield was thrown into detention for his evil schemes that caused havoc in the school. As he was about to give his victory speech, the assistant of the new 4th Grade president, Wilson Woodrow has announced the new president of the 4th Grade: the Delightful Children From Down the Lane become the new fourth grade class president. Numbuh 1 immediately accuses them of fudging the election results before he was arrested by the Hall Squad with the newly appointed Six-Gum Gang as their security detail. In retaliation, they announce that their first act is to "cleanse the school of troublemakers." They send Numbuh 1 to court. Numbuh 1 gets a trial, and Sector V hires a fifth grader, Numbuh $1.50 an Hour, as lawyer. However, the Delightful Children are the judge, and immediately declare him guilty, sentencing him to life in detention.
Numbuh $1.50 an Hour attempts to argue, which angers the Delightful Children. They declare war on the entire fifth grade in retaliation for their so-called superior complex. The courtroom erupts into chaos between the 4th and 5th Grade with Sector V fleeing the scene.
Numbuh 1 is locked in a cell in detention, with the Six Gum Gang as guards. Wilson Woodrow has been placed in the cell next to him, accused by the Delightful Children of tying Muffy Jenkins' shoelaces together, and tells Numbuh 1 that the Delightful Children asked him to rig the election in exchange for a slice of their birthday cake and begs Numbuh 1 to bust them all out to stop the Delightful Children from implementing their plan.
Meanwhile, the Delightful Children take over the fifth grade by cutting off their milk money supply routes. They announce to the fourth and fifth graders that they received a declaration of war from the first, second, and third grades. They enact a mandatory draft off all the Fifth Graders into the 4th Grade safety patrol and has everyone else start recruiting to counter their so called menace.
Numbuhs 4 and 5 trick Lunk of the Six Gum Gang into taking a G.U.M.M.B.O. and chewing it while patrolling detention. Numbuh 1 notices it and takes the weapon from his mouth and uses this to break out of detention.
The Delightful Children meets with the 1st Grade President: Sammy, the 2nd Grade President: Pauley Marcus, and 3rd Grade President: Numbuhless to sign their surrender after cutting off their access to the cafeteria. They declare that they are using the united school to take over Hendrie Middle School.
With the entire school under one rule, all the students at Gallagher are preparing bicycles, tricycles, and scooters with makeshift weapons. However, none of them aren't trained to take on the middle schoolers because they have Teenage Technology to their advantage. Sector V tries their very best to give the kids a chance in fighting the middle schoolers.
The Delightful Children get a call from Chad Dickson, revealing their plan to help the teenagers take over Gallagher Elementary School and make the students slaves in exchange for becoming eighth graders. However, Numbuh 1 has broken into their office and broadcasted the call over intercom, revealing their plan to the entire elementary school. As of the result of this, the Delightful Children gets thrown out of office by the Hall Guards.
Hendrie Middle School approaches, and the school descends into chaos. Sector V attempts to calm the students, but fails until Numbuh 1 takes control. He gives the students a encouraging speech that he would rather get noogied, purple-nurpled than become a slave to them, which rallies everyone to fight.
With all the students now united, Sector V leads Gallagher Elementary and advances on bikes and scooters to Hendrie Middle School. The kids were instructed to target the teenagers' weak points in their technologies which gives them the edge. Gallagher and Hendrie students clash against each other in a ferocious battle of the day. The battle is disastrous for both sides, and eventually leaves only Numbuh 1 and Chad. Numbuh 1 shoots a tennis ball at Principal Hendrie's office and turns away, which Chad runs over, causing him to crash into his office. Principal Hendrie blows up, destroying the middle school. Numbuh 1 barely escapes the school just before Hendrie Middle School collapses. Gallagher Elementary celebrates Numbuh 1 for saving them.
Numbuh 1 gives a speech about winning the election. Wilson Woodrow tells him that he lied about him winning in order to escape detention, and that Eggbert Eggleston is the true winner. Confused by the news, Numbuh 1 questions who voted for Eggbert only for his teammates to walk away.
The end credits shows Eggbert preparing his campaign with a commercial, which includes scenes from Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R. and Operation: Z.O.O..
Featured[]
KND Operatives
- Numbuh 1
- Numbuh 2
- Numbuh 3
- Numbuh 4
- Numbuh 5
- Numbuh $1.50 an Hour (debut)
- KND News Network Reporters
- KNN Photographer
Allies
- Sammy/First Grade Class President
- Pauley Marcus/Second Grade Class President (debut)
- Gracie Lu/Third Grade Class President (debut)
- Scotty Vincent/Fifth Grade Class President (debut)
- Grace
- Jesse Small (debut)
- Kimmy Arno (debut)
- Eggbert "Eggboy" Eggleston/New Fourth Grade Class President
Villains
- Delightful Children From Down the Lane
- Six Gum Gang
- The Bullies
- The Jets
- Teen Ninjas
- Chad Dickson
- Chuckie Cavallaro (debut)
- Science Nerds (mentioned)
- Wilson Woodrow (debut)
- Weredog (mentioned)
Cameos
- President Jimmy Nixon McGarfield
- Mrs. Van der Baan (debut)
- Hooves
- Marybeth March
- Principal Hendrie (voice)
- Muffy Jenkins (mentioned)
- KND Doctors
- KND Nurses
- Jessica
- Ugly Children
- Teenage Spy
Locations
2x4 Technology
Villain Technology
- Gum Guns
- Fountain Guns
- Battle Ready Armor
- Teen bikes
Transcript[]
Operation: E.L.E.C.T.I.O.N.S./Transcript
Trivia[]
- When Chad is talking to a classroom in the middle school, the undercover KND agent Numbuh 5 saw in the credits for Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E. can be seen. This may explain how the KND knew where the weak point in the middle school was.
- When Numbuhs 3 and 4 land in the pool, Numbuh 4 doesn't panic like he usually would when he's in water.
- The brown haired girl (Grace) was voiced by Tara Strong.
- When Numbuh 1 yells out to Gallagher Elementary students, the girl with brown fuzzy hair and the green dress is the same girl that appeared in Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S., meaning that she is possibly an operative of the Kids Next Door.
- The Boy Scout announcing the DCFDTL at the trial sounds identical to Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron, they are both voiced by Rob Paulsen.
- The girl who screams that the big kids are coming is one of the Kids Next Door operatives who burst into Numbuh 9 (Maurice)'s room in Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E.. Other KND operatives who appeared in that episode made some cameos. She also appeared as a cadet in Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S..
- Many from the KND production staff made cameos in this episode as their in-universe character:
- Grace Lu as Gracie Lu.
- Marcus Pauls as Pauley Marcus.
- Scott Vincent as Scotty Vincent.
- Kim Arndt as Kimmy Arno.
- Jesse Schmal as Jesse Smalls.
- Vanessa Van der Baan as Mrs. Van der Baan.
- Mike Cavallaro as Chuckie Cavallaro.
- It's possible that the boy drawing Numbuh 1 at the trial is an fictional version of colorist Zigang Chen, as his overall design does resemble Ziggy Chang, Chen's in-universe character later in Season 6.
Continuity[]
- Numbuh 1 makes reference to several past Gallagher-related missions in his speech:
- The Six-Gum Gang's bus raids and homework thefts in Operation: R.O.B.B.E.R.S..
- Valerie's homework-eating spree in Operation: H.O.U.N.D..
- Gramma Stuffum and her Food Army working the school's cafeteria in Operation: F.O.O.D.F.I.T.E.
- President Jimmy turning totally evil in Operation: P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T. and ruining the first snow day of the year and kidnapping Lizzie in Operation: S.N.O.W.I.N.G..
- Stock footage from the aforementioned episodes are used during that scene. Stock footage from Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R. and Operation: Z.O.O. is used during the end credits.
- The fifth and second grade presidents also appear in Operation: M.I.S.S.I.O.N..
- When Numbuh 1 escapes detention, the music arrangement of the theme song would later be reused for the movie, Operation: Z.E.R.O..
Pop Culture References[]
- Wilson Woodrow is named after former US president, Woodrow Wilson.
- The fourth grade president office is modeled after the US President's office.
- This marks the final appearance of the School's KNN reporters, who previously appeared in Operation: P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T..
- When Numbuh 1 is uses the G.U.M.M.B.O. to swing out of permanent detention, he swings in a similar manner similar to "your friendly neighborhood" Spider-Man.
- The operative look-alike of Ash Ketchum from Pokémon appears in this episode. He appears when the kids were fighting in the classroom after the Delightful Children sentenced Numbuh 1 to permanent detention.
- A creature is drawn on a blackboard with "frenkanstine" pointint to it, implying it's a drawing of Frankenstein's monster from "Frankenstein".
- This is a parody of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Return of the Jedi:
- The battle is an blatant parody of the Battle of Yavin and Endor:
- Hendry Middle School is the Death Star/Death Star II.
- Gallagher Elementary is Yavin 4.
- The Water Cannons are XX-9 Heavy Turbolasers.
- The way the 3rd graders entered Henry Middle School and were wiped out is just like how Gold Squadron entered the Death Star trench and were wiped out.
- One of the tricycle riders (via communications) says "Hey! The Water Cannons have stopped!", which is similar to the line stated by Tiree (Gold 5) of Gold Squadron (Y-Wings): "The guns! They've stopped!". Both the tricycle rider and Tiree are also taken down in their respective battles, except Tiree was killed while the triycle rider obviously was not.
- Chad's role in this episode is a parody of Darth Vader's, such as when he and his two wingmen chase down the elementary fighters.
- Chad's lines echo Darth Vader's. One such line, "I'm on the leader!", was a quote said by Vader himself.
- Chad has wingmen that both get knocked out.
- Chad's Teen Bike resembles Darth Vader's Tie Advanced x1 Prototype.
- Numbuh's 3 and 4 play the roles of Biggs Darklighter (Red 3) and Wedge Antilles (Red 2).
- Numbuh 1 entered the school with Numbuh 2 and Numbuhs 3 and 4 (on the same bike) just like how Luke entered the trench with Wedge and Biggs.
- The principal's office is the Exhaust Port.
- Unlike in the movie, the tennis ball (MG7-A proton torpedoes in the movie) misses. Instead, Chad hits it.
- Numbuh 1 escaping the school mirrors the escape from the Death Star II in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, when Lando Calrissian & Ten Numb are escaping the massive, still-under-construction, but fully operational station in the Millennium Falcon.
- The attacks in the Middle School also mirror the Alliance fighters flying into the Second Death Star's superstructure to attempt to destroy the main reactor, with TIE Interceptors pursuing them into the structure.
- The scene where Numbuh 2 is hit and sacrifices himself by taking Chad's wingmen with him is similar to a scene in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, in which A-Wing pilot Arvel Crynyd (Green Leader) kamikazes into the command deck of the Super Star Destroyer Executor, thus sending it crashing into the Death Star II.
- This is the second out of three episodes that contain many Star Wars parodies, two of which took place at Gallagher Elementary.
- The scene where it shows Numbuh 4 riding in the basket of Numbuh 3's bike is a reference to E.T. the Extra Terrestrial from the bike chase scene.
- The way that Hendrie Middle School is sinking is similar to how the ship Titanic sank.
Goofs[]
- Captions misname Hendrie Middle School, and Principal Hendrie as "Hendry".
- Right before Wilson announces the winner of the election, in the shot of Eggbert clapping, a girl can be seen on the right just standing in a default character position on top of her seat. A second version of her also appears seated in front of Eggbert in the same shot.
- After the DCFDTL thanks the audience for being elected, the spotlight on them is missing in the next shot.
- The amount of kids sitting in the trial classroom change a lot between scenes.
- When Sector V rush to help Numbuh 1 on stage, two of the Hall Monitors stopping them also appear behind them next to Lunk when Sector V turn around.
- During the boring classroom lesson, neither Numbuh 5 or Numbuh 4 can be seen in the classroom at all, but they are suddenly sitting in the middle of the room in the next shot. The kids sitting around them in this shot also didn't appear in the previous shot of the classroom. Where they sit in the room also change between shots.
- Numbuh 1's cell is the only one with a visible door on it.
- When the First Grade President is checking in, you can see Eggbert "Eggboy" Eggleston with them even though he is in fourth grade.
- When the Fifth Grade President is checking in, you can see two fifth graders with the same hair style.
- In the post-episode credits during Eggbert's political ad, the word "coalition" is misspelled on his campaign disclaimer at the very end.
Voice credits[]
- Benjamin Diskin: Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2, DCFDTL, Hall Monitor, Wilbur
- Lauren Tom: Numbuh 3, Numbuhless
- Dee Bradley Baker: Numbuh 4, DCFDTL, Lunk, Hall Monitor
- Cree Summer: Numbuh 5, DCFDTL, Kids
- Jason Harris: Chad Dickson, Kids
- Jennifer Hale: KNN Reporter, Kids, Runt, Mrs. Van der Baan, Dixie, Kimmy Arno
- Tom Kenny: Hall Monitor, KNN Reporter, Goof, Scotty Vincent
- Rob Paulsen: Boy Scout, Numbuh $1.50 an Hour, Sammy, Chuckie Cavallaro
- Tara Strong: Hall Monitor, KNN Reporter, Kids, Teacher, Pauley Marcus, Jesse Small
- Dave Wittenberg: Wilson Woodrow, Kids