Grandfather

"Thank you, son! Thank you for reawakening the pure evil that lay dormant within me for these many years...And now, get out of my sight!!"

------- Grandfather

Benedict Wigglestein ("Grandfather") Uno, Sr. is the main antagonist of Operation: Z.E.R.O.. He is a demonic being who ruled the world before being overthrown by his son Monty Uno aka Numbuh 0. Many years later, he is revived by his other son and successor Father and begins transforming the people of the world into Senior Citizombies. Grandfather is very tall and lanky, and significantly taller than a normal person. He has a bald head and a large beard with long, scraggly strands of hair. Despite making only one appearance, Grandfather is the most powerful villain in the series.

History

Long ago, Grandfather ruled the world and forced all children to work in his tapioca factories. One day, his son Monty Uno discovered the Book of KND

and led an uprising of children, defeating his evil father, erasing his powers and memories.

Years later, Grandfather's younger son, Benedict Uno aka Father, used the Recommissioning Module on Grandfather, now a decrepit old man, to restore his former self, expecting to work together with him to destroy the Kids Next Door and rule the world alongside him. Instead, Grandfather shuns his son and orders him to leave, calling him a failure, and only awakened him just because that the fact that Father could not destroy the "irksome" Kids Next Door by himself. He then said that he liked his other son more anyways even if he had destroyed his powers, making his only loyal younger son leave his side.

He then revealed his plan: To turn all the kids in the world into Senior Citi-Zombies, as well as everyone who has ever been a kid. The villains cheer, until they realize that they all used to be children and that this amounts to every person in the world. They try to flee, but in vain; Grandfather turns all of them into his zombie minions and orders them to invade the Kids Next Door's treehouses throughout the world, turning them into zombies as well and turning the treehouses into tapioca factories. Soon, nearly every KND operative (every kid in town and Gallagher Elementary School and presumably every person) on the planet has been transformed, save for Numbuh 1, who would soon re-commission his father, Numbuh 0.

After establishing his rule over the world, Grandfather turns his efforts to finding and destroying the Book of KND, as it could provide children with hope; the only thing that could defeat him. He arrives near its location just in time to be confronted by his son Monty, who is carrying the book in his back pocket. Monty by wrestling with him until he found the Book of KND. He is able to resist Grandfather's power, but soon begins to succumb to it.

He is able to fight off Grandfather long enough for Sector V to launch the KND Moonbase at him, seemingly destroying him. However, Grandfather survives this relatively unscathed and emerges from the wreckage, only to find out that he is standing in a Decommissioning Chamber from the moon base. Grandfather and Numbuh 0 are then both decommissioned once again, turning them back into their harmless, clueless adult selves.

Family

Monty Uno A.K.A. Numbuh 0 (elder son)

Benedict Uno/Father (younger son)

Mrs. Uno A.K.A. Numbuh 999 (daughter In-Law)

Numbuh 1/ Nigel Uno (grandson)

DCFDTL (adoptive grandchildren)

One of the ACTWLUTH is possibly to be his mother

Personality

Grandfather is pure evil, with no remorse for any of his actions. He betrayed all of the other villains, who were willing to help him, without a second thought and turned them into Senior Citizombies along with the KND. He is also shown to be extremely selfish, wanting the entire world for himself and making the citizombies loyal only to him.

Despite his evil intensions, however, he is shown to be fond of his elder son, Monty (when he's not directly opposing him). Grandfather showed sad disappointment towards the non-evil life his son chose to have. Before Grandfather's decommissioning at the end of Operation Z.E.R.O., it was revealed that despite Monty's rebellion years ago, he was still in Grandfather's will.

Compared to his younger son, however, Grandfather was extremely disappointed with Benedict Jr. and viewed him as a disgrace and a coward. He was not pleased nor excited to see him again after his recommissioning.

Technically his whole family seems to hate him. although he likes his son Monty seems to hate him do to him do to begging him for Book of KND and constantly punishing him while Benedict (Father) has a dislike on him for not sharing control of the world with him and calling him a failure, Nigel Uno has a dislike for him as well for basically zombifing his friends. While the Delightful Children as Sector Z Also have dislike for him just like ever KND Operative dislikes villains.

Powers

Grandfather has the ability to turn people into Senior Citizombies, monstrous, geriatric undead who can turn others into zombies as well, through touch. Although people turned into Senior Citizombies do retain a semblance of their personality, they invariably become the obedient minions of Grandfather and attempt to transform anyone they come in contact with. Grandfather's power also affects inanimate objects, making them green-tinted and Victorian in appearance. He can use telekinesis and even limited shapeshifting.

In addition, Grandfather possesses several other superpowers similar to his son, Father, such as control over fire, levitation and physical invulnerability. He also appears to be immortal while he has his powers, since not even being crushed by "39 gazillion tons of red hot metal and duct tape" damaged him visibly.

Trivia

Grandfather was reawakened using the Recommissioning Module, despite not being a member of the Kids Next Door. This implies that he was defeated in the past by a decommissioning device, despite the KND (7th Age/Futuristic that is) not even existing prior to his defeat.
- One possibility is that the weapon Monty used on him was based on information about decommissioning technology within the Book of KND. Another explanation is that Grandfather was once a KND operative (possibly in the sixth age) that turned traitor or gained his dark powers after being decommissioned.
Operation: C.A.K.E.D.F.I.V.E. involves the Annoyingly Cute Triplets Who Lived Upon the Hill, who were enemies of the KND during the nineteenth century. Father refers to the mother of the ACTWLUH as his great grandmother, which would make her Grandfather's Grandmother and one of the triplets his mother. It is shown in Z.E.R.O. that Numbuh 0 was the founder of the 7th age of the KND and the 19th century was a totally different age.
Grandfather's overall design resembles that of Aku from Samurai Jack.
Grandfather's large, beaky nose is not visible when his face is shown from the front.
Grandfather's second rise and fall were both made possible by his sons; Father (Benedict Uno) recommissioned him and Numbuh Zero (Monty Uno) decommissioned him.
Unlike Father, Grandfather can fly, and his mouth is visible at all times.
Grandfather's sons and grandson were among the only characters to never be turned into Senior Citizombies.
Numbuh 1 and Sector Z are the only people to be seen to be totally immune to Senior CitiZombification, as they were seen touching the zombies and remaining normal. This implies that they will be the future heirs to Grandfather's powers. Though it's possible that the process is triggered by the Citizombies actively grasping their victims, so direct physical contact alone is insufficient. (Though the hamsters being infected after attacking a senior-citizombified Numbuh 5 make this unlikely)
It is unknown if Count Spankulot or Chad Dickson are affected by Senior Citizombification. Since Count Spankulot seemed to be fleeing from the zombies and/or Grandfather, it's possible that he could be affected too. (Or Spankulot may have been just fleeing in panic.) Chad could probably be turned into one, but he was seen escaping the covention center - he is not seen for the rest of the movie, but it is highly likely he was caught and turned at some point. Considering that Chad is one of the best operatives in the KND, it is unlikely he would have been turned without a massive fight.
Grandfather is the only villain that has not engaged a member of Sector V (Numbuhs 1-5) personally. He is also the only villain to be decommissioned. Furthermore, he is the only villain to actually defeat the KND organization (a Senior Citizombified Numbuh 362 personally declares the end of the KND to Grandfather), albeit temporarily.
Judging by Father's words during Operation: I.T., it is likely that Grandfather forced his sons to eat broccoli at some point in the past.