"Operation: T.O.M.M.Y." | |
Season 1, Episode 10 | |
Mission: | 020 |
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Production Code: | 10b |
Airdate: | February 07, 2003 |
Credits | |
Writer(s): | Mo Willems Tom Warburton |
Storyboards by: | Karen Disher |
Episode Guide | |
Previous Mission "Operation: C.A.M.P." |
Next Mission "Operation: C.H.A.D." |
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"Operation: T.O.M.M.Y." is the first story in the tenth episode of Season 1 of Codename: Kids Next Door. It aired on February 7, 2003 on Cartoon Network, and was the first appearance of Tommy Gilligan and the Common Cold.
Information[]
Summary[]
Numbuh 2's little brother, Tommy (who is shunned by Sector V), joins forces with a villain, Common Cold.
Plot[]
The story begins when the team is attacked by the Common Cold, a villain who has the ability to spread his sickness to all kids. When Numbuh 2 uses his orange juice attacks, his brother Tommy Gilligan interrupts, who wants to hang out. Numbuh 1 asks him to stop playing. Just before Numbuh 2 attacks, the sickness hits Numbuh 5. When Numbuh 2 is ready for his attack, his brother interrupts again, which he promptly goes into his superhero costume, leaving nothing but his briefs and shoes while adding a cape. While the operatives evaded fire, Numbuh 2 tells Tommy that he and his friends were the Kids Next Door and not superheroes. Common Cold again fires a blast of orange juice at Tommy, but Numbuh 2 decides to protect his brother by redirecting it back at the villain, and the team congratulates Numbuh 2 as the Common Cold sneezed the biggest sneeze and landed out of sight. But poor Sector V was sick. When Numbuh 2 asks Tommy to get his own friends, Tommy exits the park, and went to the bus stop. Tommy began to feel hatred for the KND, because he just wanted to hang out with Numbuh 2 At the bus, Tommy sits with the Common Cold, which they became friends with a sinister laughter.
At the treehouse, the team is sick, which they spend some time of blowing their noses and watching T.V. Suddenly, five flying plungers attack the team. The team is captured except Numbuh 2. When Numbuh 2 went to the rooftop, he saw the Common Cold in his contraption, who re-names himself, The Flu Bug. When Numbuh 2 wonders that how Common Cold gets that machine, Tommy tells him that he builds that contraption for him, which Numbuh 2 tells him that their mom has one rule: They are not allowed to make super weapons for bad guys. When Tommy is happy that the Common Cold/The Flu Bug defeated the KND so that he and Numbuh 2 can hang out together, Common Cold/The Flu Bug double-crosses him by putting him to his machine, who has planed to spread his flu around the world. When Numbuh 2 used orange juice attacks, the machine is protected by that attack because Tommy's machine is designed to protect him from orange juice. When Numbuh 2 fires orange juice that contains Vitamin C, the machine is not defeated. Numbuh 2 runs for his life, the machine in pursuit, shooting at him at every chance it gets. After Numbuh 2 asks his mother for help, she begins making chicken soup. The newly constructed chicken soup cannon then finally destroys the machine for good. After this, the team (all under the weather, even Numbuh 2) have chicken soup at Numbuh 2's house, especially the Common Cold (against his will). Tommy is now happy that he and Numbuh 2 can hang out together.
Featured[]
KND Operatives
Allies
- Betty Gilligan (debut)
Villains
- Tommy Gilligan (debut; only episode as a villain)
- Common Cold/The Flu Bug (debut)
- Phil (bus driver)
Locations
- Sector V's Neighborhood
- Sector V Treehouse
- Gilligan Residence (debut)
2x4 Technology
- B.A.J.O.O.K.A. (debut)
- M.E.N.T.H.O.L.A.T.U.H. (only appearance)
- P.U.T.T.P.U.T.T. (debut)
- T.O.A.S.T.I.E.
- Flu Bug Machine (debut)
Villain Technology
- Double Barreled Snotgun (debut)
- Common Cold's jet-pack (debut)
Ally Technology
- Chicken soup cannon (only appearance)
Quotes[]
Transcript[]
Operation: T.O.M.M.Y./Transcript
Trivia[]
- When Tommy boards the bus, no-one seems to notice that he's still in his underwear. In fact, the bus driver is one of the Ice Cream Men.
- In this episode, we find out that Numbuh 2's real first name is "Hoagie."
- Despite Vitamin C being one of the Common Cold's weaknesses, Vitamin C does not treat the Common Cold. Vitamin C will only help an individual's immune system to fend off the Common Cold if consumed regularly even when the individual is not sick.
- The Flu Bug Machine is later used in the game, "Operation S.T.A.R.T.U.P.".
- Cree Summer voices Betty Gilligan in this episode, while Candi Milo voices her in all later appearances.
Series Continuity[]
- This is the only episode where Tommy has a villainous role.
- Numbuh 2 runs up the same staircase as in Operation: L.I.C.E..
- This is one of the episodes (or maybe the only episode) where one of Sector V's parents help fight off a villain.
- This is the only episode where Common Cold has a major role. He would not appear as major as again after this episode although he would make several cameos throughout the rest of the series.
- One of the Ice Cream Men, Phil, appears as a bus driver.
- Numbuh 4 says; "Why can't we fight bad guys like the ice cream sandwich monster...". They did fight the big Ice Cream Monster in Operation: I.-S.C.R.E.A.M..
- While Betty is shown to be an expert with technology in this episode, it's never shown again in the series. In fact, Numbuh 2's affinity for 2x4 technology is later attributed to his father instead.
Pop Culture References[]
- Tommy wearing a cape while likely in his underwear could likely be a parody of Captain Underpants.
- One of the plushies that Numbuh 3 throws at the Common Cold's plunger-tentacles is modeled after Sheep in the Big City.
- Sheep in the Big City was created by Mo Willems, the main writer (apart from Tom Warburton) for Kids Next Door.
Errors/Goofs[]
- Even though Numbuh 1 ran past Numbuh 2 at the seesaws, he is standing next to the swings in the next shot.
- There is no snot at the playground when Common Cold looks down on Numbuh 4 after loading his snotgun, even though the playground is covered in snot in all other shots before and after.
- The layout of the playground was also changed in that shot.
Voice Credits[]
- Benjamin Diskin: Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2
- Lauren Tom: Numbuh 3
- Dee Bradley Baker: Numbuh 4 and Tommy
- Cree Summer: Numbuh 5 and Betty Gilligan
- Tom Kenny: Common Cold/The Flu Bug