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)