| "Operation: P.L.A.N.E.T." | |
| Season 6, Episode 74 | |
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| Mission: | 133 |
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| Production Code: | 74a |
| Airdate: | Aug 24, 2007 |
| Credits | |
| Writer(s): | Ben Wilgus Tom Warburton Andy Rheingold |
| Storyboards by: | Kim Arndt Quack Leard |
| Episode Guide | |
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Poor Little Astronauts Never Expected This
Operation: P.L.A.N.E.T. is the second story in the ninth episode of Season 6 of Codename: Kids Next Door. It first aired on August 24, 2007 on Cartoon Network.
Information[]
Summary[]
Numbuhs 3 and 4 are launched into space "Ridiculous" space barrier, but black out in mid-flight and wake in a world ruled by Rainbow Monkeys.
Plot[]
The scene starts in KND Moon Base where Numbuh 74.239 is briefing Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4 on a special trip that is supposed to take them out of the solar system. They pan onto the screen, Numbuh 3 eating popcorn and Numbuh 4 standing there with an annoyed look on his face. They're in a room full of operatives waiting for the historic mission. Before the mission starts, Numbuh 2 takes Numbuh 4 aside to tell him to tell Numbuh 3 his "secret", pointing out that they'd be alone together in the rocket for a buhmillion hours but Numbuh 4 didn’t want to even though Numbuh 2 said that Numbuh 4 could not keep putting it off and that Numbuh 3 had to know about the crush. Numbuh 3 and 4 then enter the rocket, and Numbuh 4 attempts to tell Numbuh 3 his secret, but they take off, and seem to be knocked out by the G-forces.
When Numbuh 4 wakes up, he is sitting next to a lake. The spaceship that brought him there sank into the lake as he wakes up. He notices Numbuh 3 is missing, and follows her footprints to find her. Shadows in the high grass around him start chasing him and attack him. When he wakes up, he is in a room with Professor Snuggles and Mrs. Wubsy Tubsy, a pair of living Rainbow Monkey scientists. They ask Numbuh 4 a series of question to try to understand his psychology, and infer that they have found a boy. General Hugs breaks in on their meeting and tries to take Numbuh 4 away for being a boy, claiming that boys stand for everything that goes against Rainbow Monkeys. General Hugs puts Numbuh 4 on trial, and gets Numbuh 3 to testify against him. Because of her aloofness, she says all the wrong answers, and the court rules that Numbuh 4 needs to be hugged to death. Numbuh 4 distracts the Rainbow Monkeys by throwing a flower the other way. He grabs Numbuh 3 and runs out of the courtroom, with the other Monkeys in-toe.
After running a distance, Professor Snuggles and Mrs. Wubsy Tubsy usher them outside to a Spaceship they have evidently assembled for Numbuh 3 and 4's escape. The mob of monkeys come over the horizon as they ascend into the spaceship. After the blastoff, Numbuh 4 tries to tell his secret again. However, they land again before Numbuh 4 can say anything. When they come out of the rocket, they find that they really did not go anywhere and the mob of monkeys is there. General Hugs starts to approach them, when suddenly, he keels over in some kind of digital meltdown. A teenager guy comes out from behind it and kicks it, saying, "stupid animatronics. Still haven't worked out all the bugs yet." He explains to them that the amusement park is closing for the day and "you two girls should get out of here". Numbuh 4 is mad that he is mistaken for a girl, but doesn't burst out in anger. He simply sighs and starts grumbling to himself.
As they leave the park, Numbuh 4 stops Numbuh 3 and says he has been trying to tell her something all day and it cannot wait any longer. Throughout the entire episode there is an expectation that he is going to tell her his feelings for her. They then both start to blush as Numbuh 4 grabs Numbuh 3's hands. There is a sunset with a gentle breeze and romantic music in the background. He begins his confession with, "I...I...", implying he wants to say, "I like you" or, "I love you." Numbuh 3 had a big smile on her face and she asked him, “Yes?”, which indicated that she hoped they could both finally confess their love for one another. Numbuh 3 waited and hoped and prayed that Numbuh 4 would finally admit that he is in love with her and that Numbuh 3 feels the same because she too is in love with Numbuh 4. And Numbuh 3 even wanted to say that she felt the same about Numbuh 4 and wanted to hug and kiss him as well. However, he says that she has a popcorn kernel stuck in her teeth since that morning, which he was reluctant to point out as she always starts hitting him when he tells her things like that. They walk off, Numbuh 3 complaining that she is embarrassed that all the Rainbow Monkeys saw her like this and that he is mean for not telling her sooner. Numbuh 4 then asks himself: "Why do they always make me tell her?".
Ending Credits[]
Numbuh 3 is still nagging at Numbuh 4 for not telling her about the popcorn kernel. Numbuh 3 really wanted Numbuh 4 to admit his true feelings for her and Kuki really wanted to say that she felt the same. As they round the corner, Wally sees something horrible and exclaims that they’ve “finally done it!” then breaks down into hysterics. Alarmed, Kuki asks him what is wrong and then looks up to see what he’s referring. Their treehouse is completely covered in Rainbow Monkeys decorations. Wally seems to think the Rainbow Monkey overrule has happened, but Kuki explains that she just redecorated the treehouse and asks “Isn’t it beautiful?”, as Wally goes on crying.
Featured[]
KND Operatives
Allies
Villains
- General Hugs
- Rainbow Monkey Tribunal
Cameos
- Numbuh 2
- Numbuh 71.562 (no lines)
- Numbuh 74.239
- KND Scientists
- Numbuh 3-2-1
Locations
2x4 Technology
- KND Rocket Ship
- Audiomatic Voice Capture Device
- Space suits
Transcript[]
Operation: P.L.A.N.E.T./Transcript
Continuity[]
- Numbuhs 3 and 4's space suits are the same design as Numbuh 1's GKND suit.
- In this episode the guy who works at Rainbow Monkey Happy Sugar Land looks just like teenager from the Operation: P.O.I.N.T..
Pop Culture Reference[]
- This episode is a parody of "Planet of the Apes".
- The way Numbuh 4 is captured by something the Rainbow Monkeys in the long tall grass is an allusion to the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park, where hunters in the tall grass are eaten alive by Velociraptors stalking them in a scene towards the ending.
Trivia[]
- "You've got a popcorn kernel in your teeth" doesn't begin with "I". It's possible Numbuh 4 was going to tell Numbuh 3 something else (most likely that he is in love with her), but saw the kernel and used it as a way to change the subject. However, this wouldn't correspond with Hoagie's earlier speech that Numbuh 3 "deserves to know" or Wally's immediate explanation that Kuki hits him "whenever he does" which she proves to be truthful. Although, being afraid of getting hit by Kuki doesn't explain why he blushed as he was starting to tell her about that kernel. On the other hand, this might have been an example of "the creator trolling the fans" by Mr. Warburton, who knows 3/4 shippers want to see them confess their love for one another.
- It is not made clear if the little girls in the court room were also robots like the monkeys or real and presumably just playing along.
- Nigel and Abby don't appear in this episode, but Hoagie has a small role at the beginning of the episode.
- Numbuh 3 seems to assume that Numbuh 4 is going to confess his feelings for her based on her facial expressions. This hints that she knows about his feelings and is waiting for him to confess. She reacted the same way in Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L.
- Dave Wittenberg voices Professor Snuggles with an impression of 20th-century comedian Ed Wynn, while Jeff Bennett plays General Hugs with the same voice he uses for Commander Hoo-Ha on ''Camp Lazlo'', but it is slightly pitched-up by the sound engineer.
Goofs[]
- When Numbuh 4 was about to "confess" to Numbuh 3, the latter's hair can be seen blowing in the wind. However, the hair on her shadow on the wall is still.
Voice Credits[]
- Lauren Tom: Numbuh 3
- Dee Bradley Baker: Numbuh 4, "Mission has ended, please disembark" recording, Rainbow Monkey Judge
- Ben Diskin: Numbuh 2, Numbuh 3-2-1
- Dave Wittenberg: Numbuh 74.239, Professor Snuggles, Rainbow Monkey Happy Sugarland Employee
- Jennifer Hale: KND Computer, Girls at Park
- Hynden Walch: Mrs. Wubsy Tubsy, Girls at Park
- Jeff Bennett: General Hugs
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