Operation: S.A.F.A.R.I.

"Operation: S.A.F.A.R.I."
Season 5, Episode 57
Mission:	104
Production Code:	57b
Airdate:	October 21, 2005
Credits
Writer(s):	Tom Warburton
Storyboards by:	Danielle Perkins Maurice Fontenot
Episode Guide
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Shots Are Fired At Rear Incessantly

Operation: S.A.F.A.R.I. is the second story in the fifth episode of Season 5 of Codename: Kids Next Door. It first aired on October 21, 2005 on Cartoon Network.

Information

Summary

Numbuh 1 goes to the doctor to get moosebump shots, and the doctor turns out to be Chester who turns him into a moose. Chester then chases him around his jungle office using various weapons to shoot shots at him including a cross bow and a rifle until he finally hits Numbuh 1. Chester then reveals that he was really creating moosebumps to turn kids into mooses and ground up their antlers to make moosicles, which are ice creams with mooses' antlers coming out of them. It is then revealed that the events of the episode was just a pathetic attempt by Numbuh 1 to change his mother's mind about giving him his moosebump shots. Afterwards, Chester is shown to be the receptionist at the doctor's office Numbuh 1 goes to. The end credits is a moosicle ad.

Plot

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Featured

KND Operatives

• Numbuh 1

Allies

• Mrs. Uno

Villains

• Nurse Jumbo (debut)
• Chester

Location

• Doctor's Office
• The Jungle

2x4 Technology

• S.P.I.C.E.R.

Villain Technology

• Nurse Jumbo
• Syringes
• Armor and weapons
• Moosebumps
• Moosicle

Gallery

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Transcript

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Trivia

• Numbuh 1 is revealed to be afraid of getting shots.
• Similar to Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Uno's face is never fully seen, although this would change in Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.
• The KND S.P.I.C.E.R. was used by Numbuh 1 at the opening scene but his mother angrily grabs it from him almost as soon as he gets it out.
• Numbuh 1 is the only member of Sector V to appear in this episode.
  • This is also the only episode in the history of KND in which Hoagie, Kuki, and Abigail do not appear in both two stories of an episode.
• It's mentioned that Numbuh 1 recently had to change doctors due to the extensive surveillance and brain-scan he performed at his last doctor, resulting in a court order to stay away.
• Moosebumps is a childhood disease.
• Dr. Sharp had four hunting trophies on his wall, but instead of animals heads, they were torn pants with syringes stabbed through.

Continuity

• When Numbuh 1 says that having no weapons, no way to contact the others, and no pants as "nothing he hasn't been through before", this may be a reference to Operation: B.U.T.T..
• The jungle in Dr. Sharp's office looks a lot like the fake jungle Chester created in Operation: U.T.O.P.I.A., which also was his last major appearance in the series.
• Nurse Claiborne's evil plan in Operation: P.I.N.K.E.Y.E. was also to use parts of kids to create food.
• Other episodes where most of the plot was a dream/fantasy include Operation: U.T.O.P.I.A., Operation: N.U.G.G.E.T., Operation: S.I.T.T.E.R. and Operation: W.H.I.T.E.H.O.U.S.E..

Cultural references

• This episode parodies the well-known short story The Most Dangerous Game in which a human is hunted by a man (similar to how humans hunt animals) because of the increased challenge he would present to said hunter.
  • It could also be seen as similar to Pinocchio in which children are lured away from their parents and transformed into animals for the villain's own monetary gains.
• Numbuh 1 leaning against a tree and eating a cookie while Dr. Sharp walks into a trap is reminiscent of classic Loony Tunes moments with Bugs Bunny.
• When transforming into a moose, Numbuh 1's voice resembles the cartoon character, Bullwinkle.

Goofs

• When Numbuh 1 first enters Dr. Sharp's room, there is only a plate of cookies and a half-full glass with a straw on the table. After Sharp gets on his feet, there are two additional bottles on the same table. They quickly disappear when Nigel appraches the chair.
• The angle of the arm chairs change between shots, from both facing the fireplace, to facing each other.
• The clock on top of the fireplace switches between showing 3 and 4 pm.
• When the elephant Nurse Jumbo breaks through a wall, you can see Dr. Sharp's cabinet and his office. That cabinet was actually next to the door on the left, and should not be visible through that hole.

Voice Credits

• Benjamin Diskin: Numbuh 1
• Jennifer Hale: Mrs. Uno
• Jess Harnell: Dr. Phineas B. Sharp
• Tom Kenny: Chester
• Candi Milo: Nurse Jumbo