"Operation: N.O.-P.O.W.U.H." | |
Season 1, Episode 03 | |
Mission: | 006 |
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Production Code: | 1KND02[1] |
Airdate: | December 13, 2002 |
Credits | |
Writer(s): | Mo Willems Mr. Warburton |
Storyboards by: | Kim Arndt |
Episode Guide | |
Previous Mission "Operation: C.A.N.N.O.N." |
Next Mission "Operation: T.E.E.T.H." |
New Orders - Pulverize Opposition Without Utilizing Hamsters
"Operation: N.O.-P.O.W.U.H." is a Codename: Kids Next Door episode from Season 1. It first aired on December 13, 2002 on Cartoon Network.
The episode marks the debut of the Toiletnator, and Gramma Stuffum and her army of food.
Information[]
Summary[]
The hamsters that power Sector V's weapons go on vacation because of Numbuh 3 telling them to. Meanwhile, the Delightful Children from Down the Lane looks for villains to attack Sector V, so they send an old lady named Gramma Stuffum, who is fixated on fattening kids, to Sector V's powerless HQ.
Plot[]
The episode begins with the Parent Teacher Organization Of Eradicating Youngsters attacking the Sector V Treehouse and being defeated by the KND's various 2x4 weaponry. Magnifying glass lasers from on top of the treehouse got the Principal, Numbuh 4 got Mad Dad, who scolded Wally for getting an F on his report card, which wasn’t his. Numbuh 3 got the Terrible Tutor, who shot out books while Kuki shot out teddy bears. Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 5 got the Heli-Teacher, who got shot gently by a bone from Hoagie while Abby shot the Heli-Teacher’s propeller. And Numbuh 1 got Midwestern Mom, who was very angry until Nigel shot her with an energy fly swatter. After the fight, Numbuh 1 asks Numbuh 2 about the ineffective device he used during the battle, and, Numbuh 2 tells him that it is a "rubber band food flinger". Numbuh 1 then scolds him for failing to make better use of their highly advanced resources, showing the team the treehouse's central power core, which contains thousands and thousands of Hamsters running around in wheels to power up the treehouse and is stated to be the largest power source in the world. Suddenly, the hamsters stop running and scurry out of the treehouse wearing sombreros. Numbuh 3 openly claims responsibility for this, saying that the hamsters deserve a vacation for all their hard work. This causes the treehouse's power to instantly go out but Numbuh 3 didn’t seem to mind.
Meanwhile, in the Delightful Mansion From Down The Lane, the Delightful Children are holding job applications for villains seeking to defeat the Kids Next Door. After the Toilenator is rejected and launched out of the house, an old but large woman called Gramma Stuffum suddenly barges into the room, suddenly wanting to fatten up the Delightful Children with her disgusting food. Gramma Stuffum then unleashes a Liverwurst Cheese Casserole monster. They tell her that they have just eaten, and that if they eat all her food, there won't be any left for "those poor, starving Kids Next Door", directing her to the location of the treehouse. Gramma Stuffum, Liver and Onions couldn’t wait to fatten up Sector V and started to “prepare a feast”.
Back at the treehouse, Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 5 were using flashlights to tell a scary story and Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 4 were using the flashlights as swords. Numbuh 1 panics at their situation, which leaves them vulnerable to attack. Numbuh 5 asks what's the worst that could happen, which is immediately followed by Gramma Stuffum crashing through the wall behind her ("That could happen.").
Gramma Stuffum saw how small and skinny Sector V was. She sends her army of living food at the children and unleashed Spinach Men where Numbuh 4 kicked their heads off but grew back and went into his mouth and the gluttonous Numbuh 2 eats the food that is sent at him while the others attempt to fight it by normal means, which proves ineffective. Numbuh 3 ran off from some legs and tried to shoot them with her T.H.U.M.P.E.R. but without the electricity, she couldn’t and the legs forced themselves into poor Kuki’s mouth. Numbuh 1 was going to use the Energizing Chip Fly Swatter, which was what he used on Midwestern Mom before, on a Cheese Monster but without the electricity, he couldn’t and rolled into poor Nigel’s mouth and was a little fattened. Numbuh 5 was attacked by a giant cheese sandwich monster that shot out cheese and she was about to shoot it with her S.C.A.M.P.P. but once again, without electricity, Abby couldn’t. Just before the cheese sandwich monster could attack her, Numbuh 2 came to the rescue with his “big appetite”.
His enormous appetite alarms Gramma Stuffum's companions, Liver and Onions, and they order a Rolling Brussel Sprout to push him into the basement to get rid of him. Hoagie slid across the floor into his teammates and the food and rolled down the basement’s stairs. Gramma Stuffum unleashed the “second course” so Numbuh 1, 3, 4, and 5 attacked them but it was no use. The food continues to feed itself to the remaining kids until they are so obese and so overweight that they're unable to move. Poor Numbuh 1, 3, 4, and 5 were extremely fat, overweight, and sleepy. There was nothing they can do and wished that Numbuh 2 was here. As Gramma Stuffum proclaims victory, she realizes that there are only 4 children in the room, and that one is missing. Numbuh 2 then returns to the room, wearing an improvised commando outfit, and continues to eat all the food that is sent his way. Numbuh 2 used his “big appetite” to save his friends and was considered the Kids Next Door’s secret weapon to stop Gramma Stuffum. Hogarth used a whisk, then 2 foot-long bread for a sandwich, and then used mustard and ketchup and then ate 2 meat pies but Gramma Stuffum unleashed a wave of food on Numbuh 2. Then Numbuh 1, Numbuh 3, Numbuh 4, and Numbuh 5 watched in horror as their friend, poor Numbuh 2, got fatten up. Eventually, however, he is unable to eat anymore and falls to the floor. Gramma Stuffum then orders the dessert to be served.
Then Liver and Onions order the dessert foods to attack, only to look over and see that they have been eaten by the hamsters, who are back from vacation. The hamsters then proceed to eat the remainder of the food army, and Gramma Stuffum, along with the Liver and Onions, are launched out of the treehouse by the "rubber band food flinger". Gramma Stuffum lands in the Delightful Mansion, where she, again, sees the Delightful Children and attacks them with her food and fattens them up.
Featured[]
KND Operatives
Allies
Villains
- Parent Teacher Organization Of Eradicating Youngsters (debut for all)
- Principal
- Mad Dad
- Terrible Tutor
- Heli-Teacher
- Midwestern Mom
- Delightful Children From Down the Lane
- Toiletnator (debut)
- Gramma Stuffum (debut)
- Gramma Stuffum's Food Army (debut)
Locations
- S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R. (debut)
- T.H.U.M.P.E.R. (debut)
- Rubber Band Food Flinger (only appearance)
- S.C.A.M.P.P. (debut)
- Energized Fly Swatter (only appearance)
Quotes[]
Numbuh 1: (opening a door) Code red! The Treehouse is under attack! Kids Next Door, battle stations!
Numbuh 4: (holding an electrical S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R.) I'll take care of those study-happy sickos!
[Mad Dad enters through a window behind Numbuh 4, holding a test with a failing grade.]
Mad Dad: Mad Dad Mad! You get bad report card, again!
[Mad Dad lunges at Numbuh 4, who knocks him back with the S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R..]
Numbuh 4: And that ain't my report card, ya nut!
Trivia[]
- The Parent Teacher Organization Of Eradicating Youngsters is a parody of the PTA (Parent-Teacher Association).
- According to Mr. Warburton, the Toiletnator was originally going to be a one-time joke but became a recurring character in the series.[2]
- On the modified version, the Wilhelm Scream is used when one of Numbuh 3's bears hits the Terrible Tutor.
- Jeff Bennett was not credited for his voice as the Brussels Sprout.
- An early sketch of the plot had the Delightful Children being informed of the KND's power outage by a robot spy hamster. Another idea was for Gramma Stuffum to have her own spy among the hamsters, which was a ham disguised as a hamster.[3]
Series Continuity[]
- This is the first appearance of the Toiletnator and Gramma Stuffum.
- "Hamster Holiday" later returns in the Season 5 episode, Operation: H.O.L.I.D.A.Y..
- All of the weapons that use a power cord in this episode is later seen without a cord.
- The S.C.A.M.P.P. is called "mega voltage soup can laser", and the Super D.E.F.E.N.S.E.-G.R.I.D. is called "electro-repulsive defense web".
- This is the first time the Delightful Children are hiring villains to attack the KND. They do this again in Operation: B.R.I.E.F..
Pop Culture References[]
- The Principle flies around with a red cape, similar to Superman.
- At one point, Numbuh 2 & Numbuh 4 look like they're pretending to have a lightsaber duel from Star Wars.
- This episode had a clip seen in the 2004 film Sideways.
Goofs[]
- Despite the Delightful Mansion From Down The Lane being surrounded by a brick wall and several bushes, none of them are visible behind Gramma Stuffum when she breaks down the door to the mansion. Only a clear view of the Sector V Treehouse is visible.
- When Gramma Stuffum first breaks down the mansion door, she is only breaking through one wall. But when she starts extracting the liver casserole for the Delightful Children, she appears to have broken through several walls in a row.
- When Numbuh 1 tells the others to stop fooling around, they go from all holding their own flashlights, to none of them holding any flashlights, in the next scene.
- Numbuh 2 starts yelling after tripping on a Brussels Sprout, but his teeth are shut the whole time that he's yelling.
Voice Credits[]
- Ben Diskin: Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2, and DCFDTL
- Lauren Tom: Numbuh 3
- Dee Bradley Baker: Numbuh 4, Toiletnator, and DCFDTL
- Cree Summer: Numbuh 5 and DCFDTL
- Jeff Bennett: Mad Dad
- Grey DeLisle: Midwestern Mom and Gramma Stuffum
- Tom Kenny: Principal and Liver
Gallery[]
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Transcript[]
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