KND STORYBOARD PAGES (season three part 1)

Howdy!

Didja 

come to take a gander at

some original storyboard pages from

season three
of
Codename: Kids Next Door?

Then you came to the
right place!

I couple years ago I
recounted
(and repeated last post)
a couple of
fun stories
from seasons two and three
over
HERE
and
HERE

But I got
some new stories to go with
these beautiful storyboards
that the artists
poured so much love into.

Feast your eyes on part one of season three:

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27A: Operation: FUTURE (part 1)

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

Fun Fact:

Perhaps you noticed how much

the girl version of

Numbuh One looked like

Lucy Van Pelt?

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27B: Operation: FUTURE (part 2)

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Matt Peters

Fun Fact:

HIPPIE HOP

is one of my favorite pieces of

2x4 technology.

I was so hoping for a toy

but it never made it past the

prototype stage:

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28A: LEADER

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

Fun Fact:

Coach Wetterhahn

was named after

storyboard artist

Mike Wetterhahn

who did the board for 

Numbuh 274's first appearance in

Operation: CHAD

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28B: Operation: AFLOAT

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Guy Moore

Fun Fact:

I was out having a delicious meal with my wife

when I overheard someone say that

the restaurant had

"great white asparagus"

and...

BOOM!

I had a story idea!

I LOVE this episode

but wish we could do it all over again 

with the latest technology.

Imagine that sea of asparagus

done in CG!

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29A: Operation: UTOPIA

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

FUN FACT:

Looking back, 

I kinda feel like

Chester

and 

Professor Triple Extra Large

should have been blended into one character.

Then again,

there were funny things about

each of them

individually.

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29B: Operation: ROBBERS

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Matt Peters

First appearance of

THE SIX GUM GANG

Fun Fact: 

After a busy day of bossing everyone around,

I returned to my office to find a note on my desk.

It read:

Murder on the Orient Express in a Schoolbus

It was from

color department intern

Alison Wilgus

and it instantly sparked the idea for this episode,

although it became less 'murder'

and more 

'Great Train Robbery'.

Alison 

(aka Numbuh 440)

provided the log lines for a 

bunch more shows and eventually became an

official

writer on the show!

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30A: Operation: FOUNTAIN (part 1)

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Guy Moore

First appearance of

LEAKY LEONA

Fun Fact:

Look closely!

You'll see Leaky Leona as a 

background character 

in a bunch of earlier episodes like

Operation: ZOO!

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30B: Operation: FOUNTAIN (part 2)

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

Fun Fact:

For a very short amount of time in this episode

you can see what color Nigel's hair

used to be!

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31A: Operation: BUTT

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

Fun Fact:

I can't remember who pitched the idea for this episode

but all it took were the words

BUTT PHOTO BLACKMAIL

and I was in.

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31B: Operation: TRAINING

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Matt Peters

First appearance of 

NUMBUH 60

SONIA AND LEE

Fun Fact:

As the series went on

we never got to learn much about

Patton Drilovsky

(aka Numbuh 60)

but he still became 

quite the fan favorite.

BONUS FUN FACT:

I always got a giggle when I looked at 

the story wall and

saw these two episodes next to each other:

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32A: Operation: SLUMBER

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

Fun Fact:

Cartoon Network was very adamant that its 

shows NOT have linear continuity.

Each episode had to stand on it's own.

This was mainly because the episodes very rarely air in order.

But me? 

I LURVE continuity in a series 

so we'd pepper in things like the

Code Module

that would play a BIGGER part in later episodes.

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32B: Operation: ARCHIVE

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Guy Moore

Fun Fact:

For Numbuh One's rant at the end

of the show we needed a ton of random images

to flash on screen.

So we opened it up to the crew to come up with stuff:

Drawings

Photos

Artwork

Whatever they wanted.

I can't remember what 

most of them are but if you

don't blink you'll see:

Mo Willems with a mustache

as well as

multiple pictures of his young daughter, Trixie

and his dog Nelson.

Storyboard artist Jesse Schmal brushing his teeth.

BG artist Gideon Kendall's foot smashing a watermelon.

Storyboard artist Guy Moore and his son.

A stew that colorist Chrysoula Artemis was cooking.

And would someone remind me who that is playing the trumpet?

BONUS FUN FACT:

This episode won us the

BEST TELEVISION SERIES FOR CHILDREN

at the

2005 Ottawa Animation Festival

(my favorite animation festival)

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33A: Operation: KASTLE

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

Fun Fact:

Yes!

There was talk about making

Rainbow Monkey

plush toys!

But it was decided to

make the main characters instead:

The

PLUSHIES

didn't sell as well as the 

action figure lines.

So I wonder what would have happened if

they had made

Rainbow Monkeys instead?

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And that's the first half of
season three.

Let's all meet here
next Monday
and check out
the second half?

Okay?

While you're waiting,
you can review
all the previous posts
just for fun:

Season One (part 1)

Season One (part 2)
Season Two (part 1)
Season Two (part 2)

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KND STORYBOARD PAGES (season two part 2)

I suppose you've returned to the blog

to take a peek at these
original storyboard pages
from the second half of

Codename: Kids Next Door

season two.

And why wouldn't you?

There's a ton of sooper action-packed stuff

that happened!

Like this:

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20B: Operation: FUGITIVE

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Matt Peters

First appearance of 

NUMBUH 86

and 

NUMBUH 362

Fun Fact:

My first sketch of Numbuh 86

looked remarkably like an ex-girlfriend of mine

(who was so NOT like Numbuh 86)

So I changed the character design a bit,

made her Irish

and gave her red hair.

But 

EVEN THEN

I was accused of Numbuh 86 looking like someone else!

(check THIS old post for that story)

PS: 

Fanny Fulbright is STILL one of my favorite characters.

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21A: Operation: THE SHOGUN

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: GUY MOORE

First appearance of 

THE CHEESE SHOGUN

Fun Fact:

I came up with the idea of Cheese Ninjas

throwing Kraft singles as shurikens

in an old college sketchbook.

Who knew they'd come to life

for reals

so many year later?

PS: I always thought this was a GREAT buddy episode

but oddly it never seemed to get that much recognition.

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21B: Operation: COLLEGE

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

Fun Fact:

This episode featured the first appearance of 

Numbuh One's

R.O.A.D.S.T.A.R.

(Really Old Auto Dislodges Surfboards to Aerially Rock)

And then this happened:

Dream

Come 

True

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22A: Operation: REPORT

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Matt Peters

Fun Fact:

This was our second 

'ART SHOW'

where we set out to make an 

episode in 5 different artistic styles:

numbuh one = computer animation

numbuh two = comic book style

numbuh three = naive kiddie drawings

numbuh four - anime style

numbuh five = UPA style (ala Mo Willems)

This storyboard was one of Matt Peters' (many) masterpieces.

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22B: Operation: BRIEF

Writer: Brian Meehl

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

First and only appearance of 

MR. WHITE

Fun Fact:

Mr. Willems and I were getting kind of 

exhausted writing all the episodes ourselves

so we went on the prowl for writers.

While having lunch with 

Mr. Meehl,

he pitched us the idea

of a pair of living pair of underwear

being hired to get rid of Numbuh One.

CHA-CHING!

Sold.

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23A: Operation: CAKED-TWO

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Guy Moore

Fun Fact: 

When I first floated the idea 

that each season would have a 

CAKED episode

some smart guy

(probably Mr. Moore)

brought up the fact that if the DCFDTL

had a birthday each season,

the KND would be over 13

(and eligible for decommissioning)

rather quickly.

I was disappointed

until some other smart guy

(probably Mr. Moore)

realized that since there were 

five Delightful Children

they would have five

birthdays a year.

Like

DUH.

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23B: Operation: SPACE

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

First appearance of

MUSHI SANBAN

Fun Fact:

The idea of a spaceship having this readily available:

...is what KND is all about.

Bonus:  

And the &%$!# button is a cupcake!

GENIUS!

Thanks, background department rockstar

Gideon Kendall.

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24A: Operation: UNDERCOVER

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Matt Peters

First appearance of 

CUPPA JOE

Fun Fact:

We spend a lot of time dealing with how 

Lenny would reconnect

with his fellow DCFDTL.

Check the episode again and watch how he eerily slides 

back in and connects with a sickening

SPLORCH.

SFX Master

Lou Esposito

never failed to deliver

just the right sound.

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24B: Operation: BEACH

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

First appearance of

KING SANDY

Fun Fact:

I think it was Mo who pitched the idea of

knights that lived in a giant sand castle

and knocked down everyone else's

measly castles.

BRILLIANT!

Adding the sweetness of Numbuh Four 

rescuing his princess

(under the guise of being owed a quarter)

made the episode even better!

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25A: Operation: DOGFIGHT

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

First appearance of 

THE KID

Fun Fact:

Guy Moore made it his 

personal 

(and therapeutic)

goal to blow up 

EVERY SINGLE KND SHIP

created

(so far)

in this storyboard.

AND HE DID IT!

We just didn't have time to show them all

so most of them got cut!

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25B: Operation: TRIP

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

First appearance of 

THE INTERESTING TWINS 

FROM BENEATH THE MOUNTAIN

Fun Fact:

While inbetween seasons of

The Venture Brothers,

 creator 

Jackson Publick

went through our boards and punched up jokes.

So pretty much anything you LOL'd at

in the second half of this season 

was probably his gag.

Bonus Fun Fact:

The twins' name in Japanese

is

Omoshiroii Futago Yamashita

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26A: Operation: End (part 1)

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Matt Peters

Fun Fact:

At one point Cartoon Network said

"You guys need to come up with a TV movie idea"

So after a couple weeks I pitched them 

Operation: END-- 

where the KND get 

accidentally decommissioned and

are on the run from their own organization.

And CN gets all like,

"Oh, KND isn't ready for a movie yet.

Why are you pitching us a movie?"

And i was like,

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaa?"

Two months later the consumer products division

asked why we didn't have a movie in the pipeline.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

So we just made it an episode.

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26B: Operation: END (part 2)

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

Fun Fact:

I really hated to 

"lose"

a big idea for a movie

so at first I wanted to save 

Operation: END.

But then I had a 

revelation:

Sooper huge episode ideas are rare.

What if KND suddenly

 got cancelled and we 

never got to tell this great story?

So

I vowed that instead of 

holding back a great story

I would just 

DO IT

and then

COME UP WITH SOMETHING

BETTER

when

(and if)

the time came

to make a 

movie.

And I stuck to that.

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And
WOOO HOOO
that's all of

Season Two!

Next week is all sorts of
Season 3
so come on back now,
ya hear?

And if you haven't seen the previous posts,

here are the links:

Season One (part 1)

Season One (part 2)
Season Two (part 1)