The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door
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The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door is a half-hour TV special featuring a crossover between Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Cartoon Network officially announced it on February 16, 2007[1], although staff confirmed it on December 8, 2006.[2] The crossover aired on November 11, 2007. However, the TV special its considered not canon. [3]
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[edit] Plot/Synopsis
When Billy's dad leaves to buy underwear, Billy wears his dad's "lucky pants" despite being told not to. Billy accidentally gets Grim's scythe stuck in the pants, and he tries to get help fixing them before his dad gets home. He calls "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Pesky Problem Fixers", but Billy doesn't have any money, so Eddy tells him to call the Kids Next Door since "they're cheap."
When the KND arrive to fix the pants, they find they need 2x4 Technology, so Number 1 dresses up as Billy to stall Billy's dad, while the rest of Sector V take Billy to the KND Deep Sea Base to fix the pants. Mandy comes to Billy's house, and knows that Number 1 is not Billy. Mandy captures Number 1, and tortures him by making him watch hours of Fred Fredburger until Number 1 tells Mandy everything about the KND.
Meanwhile, the rest of Sector V are flying Billy to the Deep Sea Base, and they get an urgent message that the Delightful Children from Down the Lane are using a "delightfulization machine" to make more children into their delightful slaves. Sector V reluctantly takes Billy on the mission, where he mistakes the delightful machine for a bathroom, fusing him, the lucky pants, Grim's scythe and the Delightful Children into a being called the "Delightful Reaper".
Meanwhile, Grim comes to Billy's house, and mistakes Number 1 for Billy. Grim then says that his scythe has been fused with evil and strangely delightful children, and Number 1 realizes that he is talking about the Delightful Children from Down the Lane. The Delightful Reaper begins fusing kids into it, including Number Two.
Sector V returns to the moonbase, where they find Mandy disguised as Number 1. Only Number 5 knows that she's an imposter, but since nobody else does, Mandy convinces everyone that Number 5 is losing her mind. Soon Mandy becomes ruler of the KND, renaming it the MND (Mandy New Dictator). Number 1 and Grim arrive at the moonbase, where Grim finds out that Number 1 isn't Billy, and Mandy imprisons them.
The Delightful Reaper continues making children fuse with it, so after escaping thanks to Number 5, Number 1 and Grim fuse together with the Bone of Barnacles to create a Giant Skeleton Samurai to battle the Delightful Reaper. A giant M.A.N.D.R.O.B.O.T., piloted by Mandy, Number 3 and Number 4 comes into the battle. Mandy's robot begins to lose until Number 1 and Grim show up and fight the Delightful Reaper, though they begin to lose as well because Billy's dad's lucky pants are impervious to lasers, supernatural energy, and mustard.
When the Delightful Reaper is distracted by Number 1 and Grim, Mandy purposely fuses herself with the Delightful Reaper, giving her control of it. However, Billy's dad comes, removes the lucky pants and takes them away. Without the lucky pants, the Delightful Reaper is defenseless and the Skeleton Samurai finishes it off, freeing the other kids inside it. Mandy is taken away by the KND, but eventually she escapes, vowing revenge, and everything goes back to the way it was.
[edit] References to other Cartoon Network shows
- Ed, Edd n Eddy make a short cameo when Billy calls them to fix his problem. Their scam was "Ed's Pesky Problem Fixer".[4]
- When the KND arrive at Billy's house, he exclaims, "Hey! You're not The Powerpuff Girls!"
- When Mandy tortures Number 1, Fred Fredburger says "I enjoy shows about monkeys. I also enjoy shows about monkeys going to camp. I also enjoy shows about imaginary friends" this refers to the other Cartoon Network shows My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Camp Lazlo and Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, respectively.
- When the Delightful Reaper is assimalating kids, various KND and Billy & Mandy characters are seen. For example, some girls from both shows are shown arguing over whether Rainbow Monkeys or Sassycat dolls are better. Also, Pud'n is seen being beaten up by Sperg as The Tommy comes to the rescue.
- When the kids forming to create the Delightful Reaper are dissembled, characters from several Cartoon Network shows come flying out:
- Adam Lyon from My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Bloo, Mac, and Goo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Dexter, Dee Dee, and Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory
- Andy Johnson and Rodney (the squirrel) from Squirrel Boy
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Eddy from Ed, Edd and Eddy
- When Mandy gets captured, she says "I would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling Kids Next Door!" parodying a catchphrase from Scooby Doo. It should be noted that the phrase was parodied on Billy and Mandy a few times before.
- In the end credits, 5 made-up crossovers of different shows are pictured, including:
- Ed, Edd n Mandy (crossover of Ed, Edd, n Eddy and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Evil Camp Carne (crossover of Camp Lazlo and Evil Con Carne)
- Class of 3000 (crossover of Class of 3000 and Codename: Kids Next Door)
- My Gym Partner's a Mandark (crossover of My Gym Partner's a Monkey and Dexter's Laboratory)
- Samurai Mac (crossover of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Samurai Jack)
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- It should be noted that Ed, Edd y Eduardo was a short crossing Ed, Edd, and Eddy with Eduardo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
[edit] References
- ^ "CN Upfront: Three "Billy & Mandy" Movies, More Specials & Crossovers Planned-UPDATED", Cartoon Network Upfront 2007 Complete Coverage, Toon Zone, 2007-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ MAN, that nose looks delicious..... Kids Next Blog (2006-12-08). Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
- ^ It's been a long, long wait.... Kids Next Blog (2007-06-08). Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ Animated Shorts: The Grim Adventures Of The Kids Next Door - Newsarama
[edit] External links
- Cartoon Network - We're on it at Cartoon Network (USA)
- Codename: Kids Next Door at Cartoon Network (USA)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy at Cartoon Network (USA)
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