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Old 03-05-2007, 01:44 AM   #1
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Codename: Kids Next Door Ending

[I]Cartoon Network has announced that their hit series Codename: Kids Next Door will air its series finale this November.

This one-hour special event will focus on the last mission of the Kids Next Door, with one member not returning from the mission.

No specific date or time was announced.

Thanks to Chris Wood for on-site reporting from the upfront in New York.


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Too bad, but a CN show going to 78 episodes is of course their own version of Disney's 65 episode rule, with Ed, Edd'N'Eddy presumbly being their exceptions to the rule (it has'nt been renewed yet, but it'll happen, that show ALWAYS cheats death.)

So Grim Adventures...and now KND, it seems CN are intent on force feeding me garbage like Fosters endlessy with no variety. But then, it's had a long run, and quite a good one.

The finale does of course work really well in terms of losing a team member, as people leaving KND amounts only to decommisioning. Not death. My guess is on Abigale, the oldest.
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Old 03-05-2007, 04:43 AM   #2
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It is a shame that disney and Cartoon Network uses this "# of episodes" per show rule but still it keeps the show from going stale.

I really wished that some of the cartoons could contuine. However like all shows, must come to an end.
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Old 03-05-2007, 12:18 PM   #3
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KND is easily one of the best cartoons on the air these days, I must admit. I've seen some really well concieved stuff on that show.
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Old 03-05-2007, 01:08 PM   #4
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While it's a shame to see it end, I'm glad that it's ending with an...ending. You know, instead of just petering out into oblivion with no resolution like so many other cartoons. Especially considering this is Cartoon Network, who unceremoniously canned Samurai Jack and Megas XLR without giving them their finales.

I've enjoyed almost everything about KND and it certainly deserves a grand finale. The whole "one member not coming back" thing intrigues me. I presume one of them turns 13 and is forced to quit. I bet it'll be Number 1.
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Old 03-05-2007, 01:32 PM   #5
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[I]Cartoon Network has announced that their hit series Codename: Kids Next Door will air its series finale this November.

This one-hour special event will focus on the last mission of the Kids Next Door, with one member not returning from the mission.

No specific date or time was announced.

Thanks to Chris Wood for on-site reporting from the upfront in New York.


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Too bad, but a CN show going to 78 episodes is of course their own version of Disney's 65 episode rule, with Ed, Edd'N'Eddy presumbly being their exceptions to the rule (it has'nt been renewed yet, but it'll happen, that show ALWAYS cheats death.)

So Grim Adventures...and now KND, it seems CN are intent on force feeding me garbage like Fosters endlessy with no variety. But then, it's had a long run, and quite a good one.

The finale does of course work really well in terms of losing a team member, as people leaving KND amounts only to decommisioning. Not death. My guess is on Abigale, the oldest.
Which one is Abigale? # 3 or 5?
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Old 03-05-2007, 01:57 PM   #6
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Which one is Abigale? # 3 or 5?
Number 5.

Number 3's real name is "Kuki Sanban" ("Sanban" being Japanese for..."Number 3!").

And I didn't know Number 5 was the oldest (somehow I missed that part of Zarius' post) so yeah, it's likely her.
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Old 03-05-2007, 03:14 PM   #7
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Yeah, season five story "Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E" dealt with the fact Abigale is the next to turn thirteen, and how she could either reunite with her sister or maintain her loyalty to the KND as a teenager, which is what Maurice did.
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Old 03-06-2007, 04:47 PM   #8
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hmm interesting I didn't know billy and mandy was cancled either? that sucks.
I sorta like fosters though I know I know Zarius I like everything everyones hates haha actully I just like it for the style of art it's the same reason I liked Samuri Jack for the art not so much the show.
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Old 03-06-2007, 11:12 PM   #9
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Billy and Mandy was cancelled? e_e

Actually they're showing new episodes fo it like all this month or something.
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Old 03-07-2007, 04:14 AM   #10
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Billy and Mandy was cancelled? e_e

Actually they're showing new episodes fo it like all this month or something.

And there's a Billy & Mandy TV-Movie at the end of the month.
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Old 03-07-2007, 04:22 AM   #11
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And there's a Billy & Mandy TV-Movie at the end of the month.
oh well then with cartoon networks logic it seems correct to take it off the air now hahaha
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Old 03-07-2007, 04:41 AM   #12
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Gah! Two of my favorite shows are being cancelled now! Thanks a lot CN.

It does seem that Numbah 5 is going to go through something for the end of the season. I'm sure the people working on KND are working up a very big plot or a movie or something to go out with a bang on. I'm sure we won't be disappointed with them no matter what they decide to do...
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Nigel already got the spotlight in the movie, so it wouldn't suprise me at all if it was focused on Numbah 5.
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Old 06-02-2007, 07:38 PM   #14
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Just watched the remaining episodes of the final season on Youtube (well, except for the final two specials, one of which is the real series finale), suffice to say, they tie up plotlines in shocking ways

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For example, they reveal Heinrich, Abigale's sweedish nemesis, is in fact a GIRL whose greed took away her most vital attribute (her gender), which is what he also takes from the KND to push that plot point forward later. Kuki is a goth without her charm, quite obvious really. Abigale is a complete nerd but still retains her encouragble tone even without her edgy characteristics and sense of fashion, and Nigel is a posh, long toothed cowardly toff without his confidence

Don't ask me how they got a transexual angle into this show, if GAOBAM can get away with what it does, so can this obviously.

Operation "T.R.EA.T.Y", the season finale, is a more revealing and insightful story, as well as a flashback to Numbah One's recruitment into the KND. Chad, the "greatest KND agent" who turned traitor in season two's finale, is revealed to have always been an undercover teen agent for the group, but still holds a grudge against Nigel because he was picked over Chad by the "Splinter Cell" (revealed to be KND operatives above the command of 362). I should point out the fight between the two is very intense stuff, it's set amidst a devastated KND skyship spilit in half after a bomb is triggered, with dosens of aerial battles between the KND and the trecherous Teens precedding it.

The episode ends with hints of what will happen in the series finale, but otherwise these plot twists certaingly show that this show needs to be watched from the beggining, not something you can stumble on and watch from where it is
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Old 06-03-2007, 11:18 AM   #15
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Here are the episodes

"C.A.R.A.M.E.L"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHHcA...elated&search=

"T.R.E.A.T.Y"

Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7MhEg0tpbQ

Part Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpBhy...elated&search=
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Old 06-03-2007, 12:54 PM   #16
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Sounds great. Heinrich is a....wow...that's...really messed up. I guess they're gonna explain what happened in Guatamala.

I haven't watched the episodes yet. Not sure if I wanna wait for the broadcats or not. I'll probably cave.

The various cameos on Billy & Mandy so far have been neat (the Big Boogie Adventure and their Invaded chapter). Getting me excited for that crossover special.
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