Random desire to talk about Codename: Kids Next Door.
The villains...are fucking mad funny. Ima just talk about a few of them, because they're probably my favorite Rogue's Gallery because of how ludicrous they are.
For context, the KND are literal child soldiers fighting against both adults, teachers, and even some old peopld. So lemme just start off with the first villains introduced in the series:
Is there anything else to talk about them? Aight, next one.
What I love about Mr. Boss is that...he's literally just that guy. Before Father was introduced, homie was just strutting his stuff being the leader of the adults. Homie just also has control over this show's version of Storm Troppers - AKA, your local Ice Cream Men. Idk how far this power stems, but in all honesty, Kudos to this guy.
I'll be transparent, here, Crazy Old Catlady was never really my favorite of the mainline villains, but I admire her aesthetic of controlling the universe' cats....and can fucking transform into cat MECHS.
This man? THIS MAN, has grown into one of my most favorite villains in the show. Candy Pirates? Mwah. His dynamic with Numbuh 5? MWAH. Phenomenal villain.
This woman is also one of my favorite villains, solely because I love food. Even as a kid, I thought that her food actually looked kinda good. And the fact that she got a wholeass episode with ROCK OPERA, LIKE KIND? CALM TF DOWN! THEY'RE FIGHTING A GIANT SANDWICH!
Count Spankulot. This man...despite his badass appearance...is a menace to society. His wholeass sthick...is that he's a fucking AND I QUOTE - 'Spank-Happy Vampire. And his entire deal is GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE...TO SPANK NAUGHTY CHILDREN. And can EVEN fucking HYPNOTIZE other children...into being 'Spank-Happy Vampires' to do his weirdass sthick.
I'm pretty sure he's the only adult to actually meet with jailtime. AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE HIS ACTIONS WERE EVEN SHITTY! NAH, IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAS THE WRONG. HOUSE!
So this man? As a kid I loved him, as an adult, homie?
BUT AT LEAST HE AIN’T A WALKING THREAT TO THE GENEVA CONVENTION LIKE THIS DUDE IS!
His ENTIRE deal is GETTING PEOPLE SICK! I remember ClassicmanD saying that KND has a thing with doubling down on gross-out humor...AND THIS GUY'S EXISTENCE IS PROOF OF IT!
Aight we getting to the meat of the villains, because, damn did is she also a great one. Serving as...basically the leader of the teenagers. She's like a wholeass ninja, I love it. And serving as Numbuh 5's foil because of how she's her sister? Mmm. They ate.
I don't even need to talk about how much they ate with these 5, as well. They're like...the perfect foil for the KND. Children, themselves, orchestrating and helping the adults out? Legit the best villains. And god? The reveal in Operation Z.E.R.O? The fact that they were KND, too? Also fucking magnificent. But not as magnificent as the guy who made them this way:
Father. The best all-time antagonist in the show. His reveal? Everything. His voice? Everything. The fact that his father is basically the equivalent of an eldritch abomination? EVERYTHING. And I would go on & on about Father's voice, because...his voice is just...EVERYTHING. He & Mr. Boss share the same VA, and yet Maurice just...fucking ATE with his voice, the inflation when he just randomly raises his voice?
I could gush about both Father for eons, because he's genuinely the best part of this show.