KND STORYBOARD PAGES

After

Codename: Kids Next Door

was done,

I made it a point to save

ONE ORIGINAL PAGE

from 

each and every

storyboard.

Numbuh 440

(Alison Wilgus)

did a great job of going through 

all the boards to find the perfect page

that embodied each episode.

After stumbling upon these in the 

Indiana Jones-like KND archive

I thought they'd be a fun thing 

to post as

the weeks go by.

So let's start with the first half of

SEASON ONE,

shall we?

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001: Operation: CAKED

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

First appearance of 

The Delightful Children From Down The Lane

and 

Big Badolescent

Fun Fact:

Since the KND pilot was 7 minutes long,

Cartoon Network needed two more 7 minute shorts

to fill the half hour

(most shows are 20-22 minutes worth of show and the rest is commercials)

So CAKED aired with 

NO P IN THE OOL

and my other pilot

KENNY AND THE CHIMP

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2A: Operation: NO-POWUH

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

First appearance of 

THE TOILETNATOR,

GRAMMA STUFFUM

and

TREEHOUSE HAMSTERS

Fun Fact:

Animator Pat Smith

told me that I should hire Kim Arndt 

or die trying.

Now I tell everyone else the same thing.

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2B: Operation: TEETH

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Joe St. Pierre

First appearance of 

KNIGHTBRACE

Fun Fact:

To give Knightbrace extra nightbracey effects

voice actor Tom Kenny hooked one finger into his mouth while

recording his lines.

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3A: Operation: CANNON

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Bob Suarez

First appearance of 

Count Spankulot

and the

Proper Patrol

Fun Fact:

This episode was originally called BIG-ELBOW

and was based on how my brothers and I would 

drop elbows on whoever happened to be sleeping late.

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3B: Operation: I-SCREAM

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: Matt Peters

First appearance of 

The Ice Cream Men

Fun Fact:

This was the first episode of the 

series to hit the airwaves

(along with CANNON)
I still get chills when that ice cream cone drill comes
thisclose
to Numbuh One's head.
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4A: Operation: TURNIP

Writer: Rob Leighton

Storyboard: Guy Moore

Fun Fact:

After seeing a sooper cinematic 

gag storyboard Mr. Moore 

had drawn of the cast of Sheep In The Big City 

dying in a horrible plane accident

I knew he'd be perfect for KND.

He later became a director and was responsible for 

pre-boarding ALL of Operation: ZERO!

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4B: Operation: PIRATE

Writer: Rob Leighton

Storyboard: Tom Connor

First appearance of 

Stickybeard

Fun Fact:

Mark Hamill once told me that while 

visiting his sister for the holidays

he found his nieces and nephews watching KND.

When he told them he was Stickybeard they made him

speak in that voice for the entire weekend.

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5A: Operation: MINIGOLF

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Maurice Fontenot

First appearance of 

The Great Puttinski

Fun Fact: 

Perhaps you caught the references to 

The King of Comedy

in this episode?

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5B: Operation: COWGIRL

Writer: Tom Eaton

Storyboard: Tony Eastman

First appearance of 

Lasso Lass

and

first series appearance of 

Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb

Fun Fact: 

There's a slight resemblance between

Wink and Fibb

and 

these guys.

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6A: Operation: OFFICE

Writer: Mo Willems

Storyboard: Kim Arndt

First appearance of 

Mr. Boss,

Rainbow Monkeys

and

Numbuh Four's Dad

Fun Fact:

The first draft of the script had toys called

Rainbow Puppies.

But the legal dept told us that name was already taken.

So was Rainbow Kitties

and a bunch of others.

But somehow

Rainbow Monkeys 

was free.

The rest is rainbow history!
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6B: Operation: ARCTIC

Writer: Mr. Warburton

Storyboard: David Wachtenheim

First appearance of 

Professor Triple Extra Large

(actually, he was in Kenny and the Chimp first)

and

Numbuh 30C

Fun Fact:

During the storyboard pitch I was politely informed that 

Arctic Operative Numbuh 30C's name

didn't make sense since 30 Celsius is actually rather warm.

I felt dumb until I informed them that

OF COURSE it didn't work--

because Numbuh 30C

is an 

IMPOSTER.

Duh!

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7A: Operation: LICE

Writer: Rob Leighton

Storyboard: Matt Peters

First 

(and only) 

appearance of

Sir Toasty

Fun Fact:

This was the first episode where we got to see just

how vast the Treehouse is.

I mean, there's a Nacho Cheese Repository.

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And that's it for 

the first half!

Keep it locked here

for the second half of

Season One

next week!