| "Operation: F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N." | |
| Season 3, Episode 30 | |
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| Mission: | 057 |
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| Production Code: | 304 |
| Airdate: | July 09, 2004 |
| Credits | |
| Writer(s): | Mo Willems Mr. Warburton |
| Storyboards by: | Guy Moore Maurice Fontenot Quack Leard Bob Suarez |
| Episode Guide | |
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Operation: F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N. is the fourth episode of Season 3 of Codename: Kids Next Door. It first aired on July 9, 2004 on Cartoon Network.
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Summary[]
One of the girls' bathrooms at Gallagher Elementary hides a secret: a fountain of eternal youth. The DCFDTL have taken the interest of destroying it to prevent the KND to use it to prevent themselves from reaching adulthood. Now Numbuh 1 and his team must save Leaky Leona and stop the Delightful Children from destroying the fountain.
Plot[]
The story begins when a girl named Leona is using the bathroom at school. She's about to use the sink until a minion of the Delightful Children from Down the Lane grabs her. The DCFDTL demand to know where it is (obviously, we don't know what it is, yet!), but Leona tells them she doesn't know what they're talking about, until the minion, whose name is Lunk (not to be confused with the Six-Gum Gang member Lunk), gives Leona a swirly. Leona tells them it's in the sink. The DCFDTL pull the faucet and a passage opens and they take Leona with them. The Delightfuls order Lunk to make sure uninvited guests do not interfere with their plans.
Lunk looks at one of Leona's bracelets (which was dropped after the DCFDTL dragged Leona with them), and then, Numbuh Five hits him with a stall door and summons 4 more uninvited guests — her teammates: Numbuhs 1, 2, 3, and 4. Nigel, Hoagie and Kuki are busy with their schoolwork, but upon realizing they're being called on a mission, they leave out dummies of themselves (Kuki just leaves a balloon that says "me" on it). Wallabee is busting out of school, but is called on the mission. Abigail tells her friends what happened. Wallabee wonders what the DCFDTL want with Leona, and that he thought they were called for something important. Abigail tells them that operatives of the KND were supposed to save kids. The kids head down the stairs through the secret passage.
The KND end up in a really old school buried beneath theirs. Knowing they can't talk really loud, they learn they're in an old library because the library is quiet. Hoagie and Kuki find one of Leona's bracelets on the ground. Kuki begins to blab about the uses for the bracelet (not to mention, talking really loud!), then Nigel grabs it, and accidentally tosses it at a bookshelf, destroying it, causing the room to shake and the exit starting to seal. The KND make their way to the exit and manage to escape the old library. The KND find another one of Leona's bracelets and continue the trek.
They visit the cafeteria. Abigail tells them not to touch a thing there. Nigel tells Wallabee "Numbuh 5 says 'Don't Touch Anything'!", Wallabee tells Kuki "Numbuh 1 says 'Don't Punch a Thing'.", and Kuki tells Hoagie "Numbuh 4 says 'Try the Onion Rings.'". Hoagie begins to grab the food, and sets off a trap. Milk starts to flood the cafeteria, until it makes a tidal wave. The KND manage to escape the deathtrap, and Wallabee demands to know why they must rescue Leona. Abigail tells him the last time the KND failed to rescue a child kidnapped by the DCFDTL, they did something the KND will never forgive. Wallabee asks them what the DCFDTL did. Nigel tells him the DCFDTL made him bald, causing Wallabee to remark, "Whoa!" in shock.
After the cafeteria mishap, the KND wind up in the gymnasium. Hoagie accidentally activates a booby trap and statues block the exit. Wallabee says that gym is the one thing he can handle. He throws a ball at the statues, and the statues do the same. The KND are about to escape, but a wall of fire blocks the way. Wallabee eventually wins the Dodgeball game and continue on.
The kids find Leona, to find that she's starting to age. Leona tells them to get her to the fountain of youth.
TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED
After the transmission returns, they learn that they must get her to the Fountain of Youth. The Sector V Team realizes if they visit the Fountain of Youth, they could be 10 years old forever. They get Leona untied and are about to get her to the fountain until the Delightfuls appear and tell the KND that every kid's goal in life is to grow up, and that the Delightfuls are intent on destroying the Fountain of Youth. The Deligthfuls bring out their Really Really Incredibly Destructive Machine, and then a battle begins. Abigail distracts them and pillars start to fall on the Really Really Incredibly Destructive Machine. Though it survives, it short-circuits and the DCFDTL turn to babies.
After that, they get Leona to the fountain and Leona turns into a kid. Leona tells the KND she found the fountain 300 years ago. The effects of the fountain are temporary and Leona couldn't go all the way through school, so she repeated the fourth grade over and over again. Leona thanks the KND for rescuing her, but now, she has to destroy them. She starts squirting the KND with the fountain water, turning them into babies. The DCFDTL (still babies) reemerge in their Really Really Incredibly Destructive Machine and cause the bridge to the fountain to be destroyed. The KND are on the other side, and Leona's about to fall from the bridge. Abigail says the mission is over, and that they should leave. Leona wants them to help her, because she should've trusted the KND, but Abigail refuses until Wallabee convinces her to save Leona. The KND save Leona, and the fountain is destroyed.
Returning to the Girl's Bathroom, Leona thanks the KND for saving her. The KND ask Leona what she'll do without the fountain as they resume their normal ages. Leona says it's okay, because she's been a kid longer than most people have been alive. Most of the KND sadly leave and Abigail gives Leona her bracelets back. Leona turns back into her adult self and they leave the bathroom. The DCFDTL exit the Fountain of Youth, too. While walking in a hallway, Leona looks at a really old drinking fountain with green water coming out. She uses it, and then, leaves the school a kid again.
END TRANSMISSION
Featured[]
KND Operatives
Allies
Cameos
Villains
Locations
- Gallagher Elementary School
- Ancient Long Lost School
- Fountain of Youth
2x4 Technology
- T.O.A.S.T.I.E.
- Alarm Pencils
- Rocket Chair
- Sector V dummies
- Numbuh 4's wristwatch
Villain Technology
- Destructive Machine
- Fountain Gun
Transcript[]
Operation: F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N./Transcript
Trivia[]
- This episode explains why Abigail hates the DCFDTL. She lashes out in anger a couple of times, and there's an explanation to why she refuses to be leader of Sector V.
- When Sector V was changing back to their older forms, it is clear that Nigel's hair color was brown.
- Kuki was the closest to being destroyed by Leona, as she was shot with the water cannon three times versus everyone else, who were shot up to only twice.
- This is the second time Lenny's face is shown.
- At the beginning of the episode, when Sector V are all in the girls bathroom, Numbuh 2 finally told a decent joke to Numbuh 4 about Leaky Leona.
- It is revealed in this episode that the Delightful Children were responsible for Nigel's permanent baldness.
- Prior to this episode, Mr. Warburton had not decided on why Numbuh 1 was bald.[1]
- The statue of the librarian in the ancient library bears a striking resemblance to Madam Margaret (in her robotic form).
- Despite the Delightful Children once being Sector Z, they stayed the same even though they became younger than they had been when they were transformed.
- This is likely due to writers not having come up with the Sector Z story until a later season.
- Despite fighting each other the DCFDTL actually save Sector V
- The same bathroom is later used as the boys bathroom in Operation: C.L.O.W.N..
- Both Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 are shown to write with their left hand in this episode, even though they have been using their right hands previously.
- This is the first time we see Numbuh 4 break out from school, something he is mentioned to often do in the Sooper Secrets and Boomerang Bloopers booklet.
- Numbuh 4 again mentions how he can't swim.
Series Continuity[]
- Leaky Leona has appeared in the background of earlier episodes such as Operation: Z.O.O. and Operation: P.O.P..
- Lunk seems to have undergone a similar delightfulization to the one in Operation: D.A.T.E.. He was last seen working for the Delightful Children in the previous episode.
- The graffiti of "Suzy is stoopid" can later be seen in the boys bathroom in Operation: C.L.O.W.N..
- Numbuh 4's inability to swim was last mentioned in Operation: U.T.O.P.I.A..
- Numbuh 4's dodgeball skills are next brought up in Operation: D.O.D.G.E.B.A.L.L..
- Sector V and the DCFDTL were last transformed into babies back in Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P..
Pop Culture References[]
- This episode is based on the story of the Fountain of Youth, turning it into a water fountain. It also presents the subterranean "other school" into a parody of an ancient temple, with several of the main parts of the school system - i.e. library, lunchroom, and gym - being used as models for the various chambers that heroes have to pass through in archaeology-based movies that are designed to test their worthiness.
- The dodgeball game is likely taken from the chess game challenge in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- This is also similar to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in that there is a series of ancient chambers buried beneath the school only accessible through a girl's bathroom.
- Leona might be named after famous explorer, Juan Ponce de León, who was said to be searching for the Fountain of Youth.
Errors/Goofs[]
- During the whole first scene in the girls' bathroom, the stripe on Lenny's football helmet is red instead of white.
- The DCFDTL's suitcase is missing between their initial entrance and the reveal of the entrance to the underground school.
- The location and design of the "Suzy is stoopid" graffiti changes between shots, and sometimes it disappears all together.
- When Lunk opened a stall to dunk Leona into a toilet bowl, the stall door swung inwards. But Numbuh 5 kicks the door outwards when she attacks Lunk.
- The desk diagonally behind Numbuh 1 is empty when he receives Numbuh 5's signal, but it's then occupied by a kid moments later.
- Numbuh 1 is never seen dropping his pencil, but it somehow ends up in the hand of his dummy.
- Numbuh 1's dummy appears out of nowhere, unlike Numbuh 2 and Numbuh 3's dummies which appear out of a hole in the floor.
- When Numbuh 4 pops out of his hole, we can see the front of the school behind him. But the previous episode clearly showed a street in front of the school, not a large area of grass.
- The amount of sinks in the bathroom switch between four and five.
- When they start running from the milk, Numbuh 4 is somehow at the front of the group, when he was just seen between Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 3.
- All of the giant stone balls in the gymnasium disappear after Sector V win the match.
- When Numbuh 1 tells the team to check out the fountain, they run around the column and stand close to him. But they stand far apart in the shot of the fountain.
- The Delightful Children are not carrying their suitcase when they appear at the fountain.
- Numbuh 3 is holding Leona's arm when Numbuh 5 tells her to keep a look at Leona, and is then not holding her arm in the next closer shot.
- Numbuh 5 is clearly alone by the fountain just before the columns fall down on the DCFDTL, so Numbuh 2 appears out of nowhere.
- The Destructive Machine landed inside of the fountain, but appears just on the edge of it later.
- The fountain is shown to be really deep when Leona is thrown into it, but she can easily stand in it seconds later.
- After Leona thanks Sector V in the girls bathroom, Numbuh 5 can be seen without a nose.
Voice Credits[]
- Ben Diskin: Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2, and DCFDTL
- Lauren Tom: Numbuh 3
- Dee Bradley Baker: Numbuh 4, Lunk, and DCFDTL
- Cree Summer: Numbuh 5 and DCFDTL
- Candi Milo: Leona
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