I watched the show since it appeared for the first time, and I liked the basic concept - 5 vigilante kids fighting evil grownups. But that's where the creativity stopped. It was mostly a parody of spy movies. We saw thousands of other spy parodies (Austin Powers, Jonny English, Spy Dogs, Totally spies....) plus, the humor wasn't original at all and therefore it wasn't very good. But it was somehow OK and cute in the 1st season, but then in the 2nd season, things got slightly (or very much) got of hand. I realized that as soon as I saw an angry guy who can throw fire. That's not exactly a proper villain for this kind of cartoon. It appears that the writers after the 1st season already ran out of ideas so they use whatever they came up with just to keep the show float. In other words, the show went way downhill; and one of the reasons is that they changed the concept of 5 vigilante kids into ENTIRE FREAKIN' ARMY and turn it into Star Wars parody. The other thing is #4's little brother Tommy. He appeared in a 1st season episode as that typical "boring little brother" stereotype. Then some "genius" realized that he could be a good recurring character. Big mistake! Anyway, to put this to an end, I'm disappointed with what have they done with this concept which promised a lot, and I hope that they will spare it (and us) troubles and cancel it soon.
Review of Codename: Kids Next Door
Codename: Kids Next Door
(2002–2008)
It was nice idea, but they didn't use it properly
10 October 2006