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)