Minor allies in Kim Possible
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This article is for less prominent allies in the fictional universe of Disney's animated television series Kim Possible. These characters are officially stated as allies to Kim Possible.
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[edit] Doctor Betty Director
Betty Director, more commonly known as Dr. Director, is the head of the worldwide espionage organization known as Global Justice (GJ). She is in charge of addressing any threats to the world that fall outside the scope of normal law enforcement groups. However, even an organization with some of the world's finest scientists, weapons and agents requires some help from time to time. And Dr. Director isn't too proud to call in reinforcements if it means the job gets done, which is where Kim Possible comes in. However, being a top secret organization, even asking for help has to be handled in a subversive way, whether it's sucking Kim into a trap door through a series of transport tubes or arranging a phony crime to lure her to a meeting site. She first introduced Kim to Global Justice in a case that led to Kim's first encounter with Duff Killigan. She later called in Kim to assess the phenomenon GJ scientists dubbed "the Ron Factor" (the basic gist being that Ron's chaotic nature was the real reason for Kim's success saving the world and Dr. Director wanted to see if GJ could harness that chaos). She has subsequently stayed behind the scenes for the most part, although Kim has had other dealings with Global Justice, usually in the form of rides to her destinations and backup on missions.
As the head of a global organization, Dr. Director has very little hands-on involvement in GJ's cases, but on the rare occasions when she's had to get her hands dirty (such as when she had to team up with Kim to fight her own twin brother, Gemini), she's proven that she can hold her own in a fight. Dr. Director is bound and determined to bring down Gemini and his organization, WEE (the Worldwide Evil Empire). But rather than a war of two tactical geniuses, their battles are really more reminiscent of a kindergarten slap fight, since their conflict is really nothing more than a case of sibling rivalry run amok. In fact, get the two of them in a room together and even Ron would most likely say that he's more mature than either of them. Dr. Director is instantly recognizable by her eyepatch, reminiscent of the Marvel Comics character, Nick Fury. Gemini wears one too, and his name is another reference to Nick Fury, whose brother became the villain Scorpio. However, it's unclear whether either twin wears it because of an actual eye injury or whether they're just trying to make a fashion statement.
Voiced by Felicity Huffman.
[edit] Felix Renton
More Ron's friend than Kim's, Felix is an easy going boy who enjoys video games and basketball. The fact that he is paralyzed doesn't stop him from enjoying life, especially since his mom, who is a cybertronic genius at the space center, tricked out his wheelchair. Felix often jokes about his situation, much to Kim's discomfort. In fact, when Felix first arrived, Kim was in a way even more paralyzed than Felix, since she kept trying to think of the most "appropriate" way to behave around him. In the beginning, her efforts were repeatedly met with failure. But inspired by Ron's mellow attitude (as well as realizing that he was more than capable of handling life, even from a wheelchair), she relaxed eventually.
While playing basketball with Felix, Ron has shown to understand his lack of focus as what keeps him from excelling at something. Kim told Ron that he can't win (Ron was "two buckets down" against Felix), but Ron replied that focus was all he needed.
Felix is a good friend, supporting Ron in the two episodes he appeared in, Motor Ed and Steal Wheels. He has helped on those two missions and was essential to their success, his wheelchair's abilities coming in handy. Since both missions involved Motor Ed (who claims that he could've handled Kim the first time had Felix not interfered), the argument could be made that Motor Ed and Felix have somehow become personal enemies to each other.
Felix is seen as a fan favorite, despite being a minor character.
As an interesting piece of trivia, Ron's voice actor Will Friedle and Jason Marsden (Felix), aside from playing friends on screen, are best friends in real-life. The pair also played best friends in the early episodes of Boy Meets World.
[edit] Master Sensei
The Headmaster of Yamanouchi, Sensei was the one who initially arranged for Ron to be part of the transfer program to Japan in order to protect the Lotus Blade from Monkey Fist. He was later kidnapped by DNAmy as part of a plot to frame Monkey Fist so Ron and Yori would find him for her (so she could be Monkey Fist's girlfriend). Like Yori, Sensei has an unwavering confidence in Ron and his abilities and sees him as a true warrior, although this is a mindset Ron doesn't always share.
The traditional "wise old master", Sensei possesses a wide range of abilities, a product of his many years of training and experience. As a martial artist, he is quite powerful, regardless of his advanced years and small stature. He demonstrated this handily in Gorilla Fist showing that he could even go toe-to-toe with the raw power of DNAmy's gorilla warriors. He also seems to possess a wide range of spiritual abilities, such as astral projection (which he used to try and warn Ron not to get involved in his kidnapping) and the ability to levitate. But despite these skills, Sensei seems to prefer not involving himself directly in conflicts unless he has to, most likely because he believes such acts are best left to the young, whom he does his best to pass his knowledge on to through the Yamanouchi school.
If Master Sensei is translated to English, it means teacher. So he'd be "Master Teacher". However, Sensei can also be translated as master, making the title redundant.
Voiced by George Takei.
[edit] Nakasumi and Miss Kyoko
Nakasumi is the top toy developer in the world. He was the victim of theft by Drakken and Shego in Crush. Fortunately, Kim recovered what was stolen; and, in return, Nakasumi gave her a ride in A Very Possible Christmas. Nakasumi made another appearance in So the Drama, as a major part of the plot.
At first, it seemed that Nakasumi couldn't speak, but understood, English. To avoid using Japanese, the series crew had Nakasumi whisper to Miss Kyoko and she'd translate. In So the Drama it was revealed that he could speak English, and just liked whispering to Kyoko.
One of Nakasumi's characters, Z-Boy, has made several cameos as toys and posters.
So far, Nakasumi and Miss Kyoko have appeared once in each of the three previous seasons.
Nakasumi is voiced by Clyde Kusatsu and Miss Kyoko is voiced by Lauren Tom.
[edit] Team Go
A family/team of super-heroes who protect Go City. Their names are a pun on their significance in the family e.g. Shego was the only girl and the first part of her name is "She" and her twin brothers are called "Wego". They appeared in the episode Go, Team Go. The siblings got their powers after a multi-hued meteorite crashed into their tree house.
They reside in Go Tower, a building that is rather similar in appearance to the one that the Teen Titans (DC Comics) live in.
The team's origins are also similar to Marvel Comics' The Power Pack: a team of adolescent superheroes who gained superpowers from a dying alien who crash landed in their backyard
Their arch-foe is Aviarius, a bird-obsessed man who has his lair on the nearby mountain range. Some of their other foes (who will be introduced in season four) include The Mathter, a numbers obsessed villain, and the short circuited villainess Electronique who will appear in Season 4.
The leader (of sorts) is Hego, with the "blue glow" and super strength. He is the only one of the team with a normal skin tone (besides Wego),but when he isn't disguised as his alter ego (a Bueno Nacho manager with black hair and Clark Kent style glasses), his hair is dark blue, like his suit. His personality is somewhat a parody of Superman's, being the most overtly "superheroic" but also childishly bossy and take-charge. Has a tendency to make horrible jokes and puns (Calling Team Go's team work "Go-operation" and saying "Looks like this bird is ready for his cage" every time he captures Aviarius, for example) and appears quite unable to tell when they fall flat. He sincerely believed that despite her actions, Shego was still a good person, only to be proven wrong when she betrayed and blasted him. It's actually Hego's behavior that seems to make him the one brother that Shego is most annoyed by. In fact, in only five minutes in Hego's presence, Ron was quoted as saying "I'm starting to see why Shego split."
Next is Mego, with the purple suit, skin, hair, and glow power which gives him the ability to shrink at will. This is evidently based off of Legion of Super Heroes member, Shrinking Violet. It has also been shown that he can grow at will, as well. He possesses a large and easily wounded ego, and is rather defensive of his seemingly-useless power. After the team reunites, he expresses a desire to be the leader. Because of his self-absorbed nature, he seems to have an attitude very similar to Shego's. However, Shego still gets annoyed with his inability to see past his own nose.
Rounding out the team are Wego, twins and the youngest of the group.The twins are the only ones besides Hego with a normal skin tone. Rather happy-go-lucky, they seemingly take every twist and turn in stride. Because of this (and the way they each finish each other's sentences), they could be looked at as a slightly more mature version of Kim's own brothers, Jim and Tim. They have the red power, and all the color coordination that goes with it, along with the ability to duplicate themselves. Similar to Triplacate Girl of The Legion.
No longer a member of Team Go is Shego, Dr. Drakken's henchwoman/bodyguard. She once fought crime with her brothers, but quit and became a criminal partly because she was thoroughly sick of them, and partly because of a growing fascination with villainy. According to Hego, "The more we fought evil, the more she came to like it." As mentioned above, Hego never truly believed she turned to the dark side, but her willingness to keep all her siblings' powers after they were stolen and use them to her own ends would seem to prove him wrong. However, Kim snatched the sceptre that held their powers out of Shego's hands and broke it, restoring each member's powers. Afterward, the teen hero reflected that it seemed a little too easy to do so, implying that perhaps Shego cares more about her family than she admits. When Drakken pointed this out and suggested that she deliberately let Kim defeat her (Shego: "You think I'm going soft?" Drakken: "As a marshmallow."), Shego reacted violently by hanging Drakken outside of the jet.
The names of the characters fit their attributes, as well - "Hego" being the "he-man" of the group and "Shego" being the only "she" - "Mego", of course, fitting the character's "me-first" attitude, and "Wego", the plural being used for the twins.
Team Go will be returning in two episodes of season 4, one with the whole team and one with Hego appearing solo.
Trivia: Go is the Japanese word for 5, which was the original number of team members. It could be another reason the team broke up, as their name didn't fit their number of members anymore.
Hego is voiced by Christopher McDonald.
Mego is voiced by Jere Burns.
Wego #1 and Wego #2 are both voiced by Fred Savage.
[edit] Team Impossible
Dash Demond, Crash Cranstin, and Burn Burmin are the three huge and fearsome members of Team Impossible. They were mentioned in A Sitch in Time by Mr. McHenry, but a typo got him Kim Possible instead. They charge anyone they save a lot of money. Eventually, the team tried to stop Kim from saving the world by removing all of Kim's transportation. Wade managed to convince them to join Global Justice and become non-profit (after a strong threat).
Dash (voiced by Gary Dourdan) appears to be the team leader. He's a survival specialist and is multilingual.
Crash is the team's driver. He's also skilled in emergency medicine.
Burn is the team's accountant. He claims that he crunches a lot more than numbers. After the team became non-profit, Burn aided James Possible in doing his taxes.
[edit] Will Du
The #1 agent of Global Justice, Will Du was brought on by Dr. Director to work alongside Kim when she was recruited to rescue a former weapons researcher from Duff Killigan. This was an assignment that Will particularly resented, since he sees world saving as a "professional's" job and didn't appreciate an "amateur" like Kim horning in on what he felt was his racket. This caused Kim no end of grief, since she spent more time fighting with Will than with Killigan himself. However, they eventually managed to find a small amount of synergy and in the end, were able to stop Killigan from turning the entire world into his own private golf course.
A consummate professional, Will takes his job as an agent of Global Justice very seriously. So seriously in fact, that he doesn't seem to realize it's a job he's not particularly good at. While he is well educated and academically competent (as well as having access to all of GJ's best equipment and resources), Will has a bad habit of rushing headlong into every situation, thinking he has everything under control when he really doesn't. This usually results in him tripping himself up and getting him and anyone he's working with in trouble. In fact, there were times in his mission with Kim, when his bumbling almost made Ron look like a super agent by comparison. Not only that, Ron saved both him and Kim while they were fighting. Will also tends to be a little too "by the book" and isn't very good at adapting to unforseen complications (unlike Kim and Ron, who specialize in thinking outside the box). He is quick to electrocute anyone who comes too close to him using his watch.
His name is a pun on the phrase "Will do", which reflects his personality.
Voiced by B. D. Wong.
[edit] Yori
A classmate from Ron's trip to the secret ninja school in Yamanouchi (presumably 山ノ内, which roughly translates to "Mountain Agricultural-Land" in Japanese), Japan during the episode Exchange. She is highly skilled in martial arts, but still manages to get captured by Monkey Fist, allowing Ron to save the day for once. This is one of the few times Ron successfully employs his Monkey Kung Fu. She does have a crush on Ron (Ron: "You mean Yori *liked* me, liked me?!?"), which coincidentally caused Kim no end of grief, as seen in the episode Gorilla Fist, when she subtly tried to steal him from her. At least, that's how Kim saw it.
Yori is unwaveringly supportive of Ron and has the utmost confidence in his abilities, both coming from his Mystical Monkey Power and what he has shown during his training. Even during Ron's clumsier moments, her opinion of him has never changed. In fact, while others are put off, Yori actually seems to welcome Ron's clumsy moments, seeing them as a good tension breaker in a stressful situation. It's unclear how advanced Yori's skills are, but in Gorilla Fist she was at least able to keep up with Kim in the fight against DNAmy's gorilla warriors. Yori has even beaten Kim in some more competitive situations while only using weapons that are more difficult to deploy. Her weapon of choice seems to be two blade-edged fans, which she can wield with impressive cutting force.
When Yori comes to the United States to enlist Ron's help in finding Master Sensei, Kim is surprised that Ron has never told her about Yori, nor any of his adventures at Yamanouchi. Monique accused Kim of being jealous, and although Kim denies it, her feelings toward Yori are quite plain.
Yori will be making an appearance in Season 4. This has something to do with Ron's sister, Hana. There possibly might still be some tension between Kim and Yori, seeing as Yori might still like Ron and not know that Kim and Ron are dating.
Voiced by Keiko Agena
| Kim Possible | |
| Team Possible: | Kim Possible | Ron Stoppable | Rufus | Wade | Monique |
| Villains: | Dr. Drakken | Shego | Monkey Fist | Duff Killigan | The Seniors | Dementor | DNAmy | Bebes | Gill | Motor Ed | Camille Leon | Adrena Lynn | Warmonga | Zorpox | Other minor villains |
| Family: | Mr. Dr. P. | Mrs. Dr. P. | Jim and Tim | Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable | Joss Possible | Slim Possible | Other family members |
| Supporting: | Bonnie Rockwaller | Steve Barkin | Bobo | Other minor allies | Other supporting characters |
| Locations: | Middleton | Bueno Nacho | Club Banana | Smarty Mart | Camp Wannaweep |
| Other: | Cuddle Buddies |
| Episodes & films: | List of episodes | A Sitch In Time | So The Drama |
| Other Media | |
| Soundtrack | Kim Possible soundtrack |
| Video games: | Revenge of Monkey Fist | Drakken's Demise | Team Possible | Kimmunicator | What's The Switch | Global Gemini |
