"Operation: N.A.U.G.H.T.Y."
Season 5, Episode 57
Mission:	095
Production Code:	505
Airdate:	Dec 06, 2005
Credits
Writer(s):	Tom Warburton Mo Willems
Storyboards by:	Matt Peters Kim Arndt Abigail Nesbitt Quack Leard
Episode Guide
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Ninnies Almost Undo Greatest Holiday This Year

InformationEdit

Summary: How the Delightfuls stole Christmas. It's a takeoff on How the Grinch Stole Christmas when the Delightful Children From Down The Lane steal Santa's REINDEER machine and frame the Sector V Team for the crime. The DCFDTL plan to use the REINDEER system so they can get all the presents for themselves while kids all over the world get coal! Now, the Sector V Team must fight the Elfa Strike team if they are going to clear their names and prevent the DCFDTL from ruining Christmas.

• Villain Debuts: Edna Jucation and the Faculty 4
• Ally Debuts: Santa Claus and his Elfa Strike Squad
  • Numbuh 1
  • Numbuh 2
  • Numbuh 3
  • Numbuh 4
  • Numbuh 5
  • DCFDTL
  • Narrator
  • Santa Claus and his Elfa Strike Team
  • Edna Jucation and the Faculty 4
• Locations:
  • Sector V Treehouse
  • Santa's Toy Factory
• 2x4 Tech:
  • S.M.E.L.L.M.E.T.
  • S.C.A.M.P.E.R.
  • S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R.
  • S.P.I.C.E.R.
• Ally Technology:
  • REINDEER System

TriviaEdit

• Many of the holiday related characters and overall setting are parodies of the Marvel comics universe. The narrator is even akin to the famous comic creator, Stan Lee.
  • The parodies are as shown:
    • Elfa Strike Team - X-Men
    • Faculty 4 - Fantastic Four
    • The REINDEER System - Cerebro
• The idea of a team of X-Men-like heroes teaming up with a group of younger heroes makes the episode similar to "The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans" comic.
• During the credits, Numbuh 3 clears everything off a table (and puts an orange rainbow monkey on the bed. Orange for Numbuh 4) and puts the fries Wally gave her onto it, and blushes. Then about 4 seconds later Numbuh 4 sneaks in there and eats the fries, blushing.
• When the Faculty Four is defeated, Edna Jucation briefly threatens calling in "the Arbor-Day Avengers" for backup. They would likely be based off of the Marvel Comics team, the Avengers.
• When Wintergreen throws Numbuh One over the rest of Sector V to go stop the Delightful Children, this could be a nod to the classic X-Men move, the "Fastball Special", where Colossus throws Wolverine at an enemy.
• It's revealed that the tree Sector V's treehouse is built in is 560 years old.
• This episode shows that the Delightful Children From Down The Lane and the members of Sector V share similar body structures. David (tall brown-haired boy) is like Numbuh 5, Lenny (football helmet kid) is like Numbuh 1, Ogie (short girl with glasses) is like Numbuh 2, Ashley (girl with the bow) is like Numbuh 3 (also it shold be noted that asleys hair is black), and Bruce (short blond boy) is like Numbuh 4.
• When the DCFDTL and Numbuh 3 are over-powered by the REINDEER, they grew green fur out of their faces which may be a reference to "The Grinch".
• When Sector V is returning home, Numbuh 3 almost looks like she's trying to kiss Numbuh 4 when she's handing him his present.
• When Numbuh 3 finds out that Numbuh 4 hasn't got a Christmas present for her (again), she asks Wally "Don't you like me?", while Numbuh 5 teases him saying "Yes, Numbuh Four, don't you like Numbuh Three?" he spits out his fries.