"Operation: M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S." | |
Season 4, Episode 47 | |
Mission: | 088 |
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Production Code: | 408a |
Airdate: | May 13, 2005 |
Credits | |
Writer(s): | Mo Willems Tom Warburton |
Storyboards by: | Kim Arndt Jesse Schmal |
Episode Guide | |
Previous Mission "Operation: L.U.N.C.H." |
Next Mission "Operation: K.N.O.T." |
Morning Uncovers Needed Crunchiness Hiding In Enemy Store
Operation: M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S. is the second story in the eighth episode of Season 4 of Codename: Kids Next Door. It first aired on May 13, 2005 on Cartoon Network.
Information[]
Summary[]
The KND have run out of Rainbow Munchies, their favorite cereal, so they send out tennis-ball probes to find a box. They find it in Aisle Number 60-teen at the Supervillains Supermarket & Deli, but it is the last one the store has, and it is as popular with the bad guys as it is with the KND!
Plot[]
The KND have run out of Rainbow Munchies, their favorite cereal, so they send out tennis-ball probes to find a box. They find it in Aisle Number 60-teen at the Supervillains Supermarket & Deli, but it is the last one the store has, and it's as popular with the bad guys as it is with the KND! In fact, Father has picked up the box himself, only just as he was about to have it, he was to be harassed and interrupted by Mr. Boss, the Ice Cream Men, and Count Spankulot. Before they can come to blows, Sector V arrives, attacks Father by blasting a giant mattress on him, and Father crashed through some cans, boxes, and sacks until he got trapped and locked in a barbecue grill and struggled to get out but to no avail, and takes the cereal from him, sparking a battle royale for the Rainbow Munchies. Numbuh 3 was about to take the box until Count Spankulot took it until Numbuh 5, who was in some cans, tripped him and Count Spankulot landed in garlic, which was a vampire’s weakness.
Numbuh 5 had the box until Mr. Boss and two Ice Cream Men arrived until Numbuh 2 arrived in a S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.D.A.R.T. As Numbuh 5 ran off from Mr. Boss and the Ice Cream Men, the rest of Sector V arrived and rammed Mr. Boss and the two Ice Cream Men in the air and landed in ice cream. Just then, sugar sacks got blasted by Stickybeard and bumped Sector V. Stickybeard managed to get the Rainbow Munchies by using his candy cane sword and left. Numbuh 2 saw they were for some meat and crashed.
The box of cereal changes hands repeatedly, first the Crazy Old Cat Lady, then Mega Mom and Destructo Dad, and Mr. Fizz got it until Stickybeard got it again. Numbuh 5 however arrived to get the Rainbow Munchies back and she used a flood of things on the shelves and knocked Stickybeard and Gooey and Chewy over.
After the Kids Next Door got the Rainbow Munchies, they raced off towards the checkout. The Toiletnator quietly came out and attempted to stop the KND until they accidentally ran his back over with the ship. Unfortunately, between the kids and freedom is a thoroughly-peeved Father, whose fiery fury stops Sector V in their tracks and burnt them and the ship to ashes. Despite being swamped in overheated popcorn, the shadowy villain demands his cereal only to find that Numbuh 5 dropped it in the confusion.
At that moment, the cash register rings, and Father turns his demands on the cereal's buyer: Knightbrace. Knightbrace was at the checkout and the Bag-Headed Cashier said it was $6.95. Knightbrace was intrigued and he scared out of his loosened teeth by Father by his fiery fury too. However, to Father’s surprise, Knightbrace reveals that he has no intention of eating the high-sugar product because of what it can do to one's teeth and gums and, in fact, he plans to destroy it, much to the horror of Sector V and even the villains like Count Spankulot, Mr. Boss, the Ice Cream Men, Stickybeard, Gooey and Chewy, Crazy Old Cat Lady, Mr. Fizz, Mega Mom and Destructo Dad, and Father who all scream, "WHAT?!", except for the injured Toiletnator, who cried, “My Back!” Against his plan, Sector V and the villains settle on a truce until breakfast is done and they walked angrily towards Knightbrace to give him a beating. Everyone went over Knightbrace, who got scared, and they gave him a big tremendous beating, thrashing, and clobbering as the Supervillain Supermarket shook and shook.
The scene then cuts to everyone enjoying a bowl of Rainbow Munchies except Knightbrace, who has been shoved into the dairy fridge and his eyes were spinning and his retainer was damaged too. As he grabs a carton of milk for the others, he reminds everyone to brush their teeth after breakfast to which everyone agrees to.
Ending Credits[]
Everyone continues enjoying Rainbow Munchies until they hear someone belching loudly. They all look in shock to see the Toiletnator who says, "Sorry!".
Featured[]
KND Operatives
Villains
- Toilenator
- Knightbrace
- Father
- Mr. Boss
- Count Spankulot
- Ice Cream Men
- Stickybeard
- Chewy and Gooey
- Crazy Old Cat Lady
- Mr. Fizz
- Mega Mom and Destructo Dad
Cameos
Locations
2x4 Technology
Villain Technology
- Sweet Revenge
- Squid Tower
- Monster Trucks
- Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb's Tank
- Mini-Pirate Ship
- Soda Guns
- Ice Cream Trucks
- Candy Cane Swords
Transcript[]
Operation: M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S./Transcript
Trivia[]
- It's revealed that the KND villains have their very own supermaket.
- This is the largest hero/villain team-up in the series, as everyone in the Supermarket forms a temporary truce with Sector V to reclaim the Rainbow Munchies from Knightbrace.
- Gramma Stuffum, Big Brother, Professor XXXL, Cuppa Joe, and The Iguana appear wandering around the supermarket's cash registers in the beginning of the episode, but otherwise play no part.
- Numbuhs 1, 3, 4, and 5 spend the majority of this episode in odd armored outfits. For example Numbuh 1 uses a bread box for a helmet, and Numbuh 3 uses paper cups as leg armor.
- While riding in the S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.D.A.R.T., Numbuh 4 sits in the child's seat, another reference to him being the smallest operative in Sector V.
- The box of Rainbow Munchies changes hands as follows:
- Father (took the box off the shelf)
- Numbuh 3 (secured the box after Numbuhs 4 and 1 trapped Father in a barbecue grill)
- Count Spankulot (grabbed the box before Numbuh 3 could grab it)
- Numbuh 5 (tripped Count Spankulot and fled in the S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.D.A.R.T. with the rest of Sector V)
- Stickybeard (plucked the box from Numbuh 5's hands with his sword)
- Crazy Old Cat Lady (had one of her cats retrieve the box from Stickybeard)
- Mega Mom and Destructo Dad (swiped the box from Crazy Old Cat Lady's hand)
- Mr. Fizz (shot Mega Mom and Destructo Dad from the sky with fizz guns)
- Stickybeard (drove by Mr. Fizz in his mini pirate ship, grabbing the box as he does so)
- Numbuh 5 (knocks Stickybeard off his ship with a torrent of boxes from the shelves, retrieving the cereal)
- Knightbrace (picked up the box after Father destroyed Stickybeard's ship and defeated Sector V)
- Everybody in the store except Knightbrace (beat up Knightbrace and shared the cereal with each other)
- Despite his hatred of Rainbow Monkeys, Numbuh 4 enjoys the cereal.
- At the end, Numbuh 1 can be seen eating with his soon-to-be-revealed uncle in the foreground.
- The Supervillain Supermarket has a number of notable unknown vehicles parked outside, including: an entire passenger plane, a huge gray foot, a very large spider, several monster trucks, a number of racing cars, a car with ten wheels and five front windows, and a steamroller.
Series continuity[]
- This is the first real appearance of Rainbow Munchies, as it appeared on a billboard back in Operation: P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T..
- Numbuh 3's strange Rainbow Monkey powers reappear, last seen with her sense of smell in Operation: S.A.T.U.R.N..
- Some of the vehicles outside of the market make their first appearance in a while:
- Professor XXXL's Squid Tower from Operation: C.O.L.L.E.G.E..
- Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb's Tank from Operation: C.O.W.G.I.R.L..
- The Elite Ice Cream Men's ship from Operation: T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G..
- Professor XXXL has a new mutation in every appearance; this time he is part snail. He was last a turtle in Operation: A.F.L.O.A.T..
- This is the first out of two times when Father allies with the Kids Next Door, the other is in Operation: Z.E.R.O..
- This is the fourth large villain gathering in the series, after Operation: M.O.V.I.E., Operation: A.F.L.O.A.T., and Operation: M.A.C.A.R.R.O.N.I.. This is now a seasonal tradition and the next episodes are:
- Count Spankulot is refered to as being allergic to garlic in other episodes, but seems affected (though scared) when sitting in a tub of it in this episode.
- Father's intense fire caused corn next to him to pop. A similar thing will happen later in Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E..
Cultural references[]
- The tennis ball probes are similar to the probe droids from Star Wars: Episode V.
Goofs[]
- Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb's tank is parked outside of the supermarket, but they do not appear in this episode.
- The checkout stations in the supermarket seem to be randomly numbered, and the same with the aisles.
- The hole made by Sector V above Father disappears in the next shot.
- The Bag-Headed Cashier was sitting at register 6A, but when Numbuh 2 enters with the S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.D.A.R.T., the sign has changed to just 6.
- Numbuh 2 jumps over Numbuh 3 with his S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.D.A.R.T., but when she appears to jump in she comes up from behind a shelf in another aisle.
- Knightbrace is not visible in the freezer cabinet behind Count Spankulot until he opens the door.
Voice credits[]
- Ben Diskin: Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2
- Dee Bradley Baker: Numbuh 4, Toiletnator, Ice Cream Man, Bag-Headed Cashier, Chewy
- Lauren Tom: Numbuh 3
- Cree Summer: Numbuh 5,
- Jeff Bennett: Mr. Boss, Destructo Dad, Mr. Fizz
- Jennifer Hale: Computer
- Grey DeLisle: Crazy Old Cat Lady, Mega Mom
- Tom Kenny: Knightbrace
- Mark Hamill: Stickybeard
- Maurice LaMarche: Father
- Daran Norris: Count Spankulot, Ice Cream Man, Gooey