Father - KND Code Module - Codename Kids Next Door onCartoon Network

Father - KND Code Module - Codename Kids Next Door on Cartoon Network

Father Occupation Archnemesis of the KND, Father of the Delightful Children From Down The LaneVoice Maurice LaMarche Homebase Delightful Mansion From Down The Lane Cameos Operation:S.U.P.P.O.R.T.Operation: K.I.S.S.Operation: M.O.V.I.E.Operation: T.R.I.P.Operation: A.F.L.O.A.T.Operation: P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T.Operation: C.A.N.Y.O.N.Operation: B.R.I.D.G.E."I am... most unsatisfied."

-Father

Benedict Wigglestein ("Father", Ben) Uno, Jr. is a paternal figure who is an ultimate figure ofauthority and the archnemesis of the KND Organization,(and the main antagonist of the series). Hisultimate goal is to destroy the Kids Next Door so that evil adults who punish kids for no reason andwho don't care about kids can rule the world unopposed. Father's body is completely black with ared outline along his body and eyebrows, giving him a silhouette-like appearance with few otherdiscernible features, the most notable among them being his bright yellow eyes.

Father resides at the Delightful Mansion From Down The Lane with his children, the DelightfulChildren From Down the Lane, where he plots to destroy the KND. Father usually sends othervillains to carry out his work and rarely attacks the KND himself, and is thus much less often seenthan the Delightful Children, athough he appears in a few episodes without the Delightful Childrenappearing. He was first seen in Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P., the Season 1 finale and the first 30 minuteepisode of the series.

It is revealed in Operation: Z.E.R.O. that Father's true identity is Benedict Uno (also called Ben forshort), the brother of Monty Uno and thus the uncle of Numbuh 1. The Delightful Children are alsoexplained to be the result of a Delightfulization Chamber that blew a fuse when used on thekidnapped members of Sector Z.

Contents[show]BiographyPre-SeriesAs a child in Great Britain, Benedict Uno was terrified of his own father, being extremely obedientdespite his dislike for the man. When Monty Uno decided to rebel against Grandfather, Benedictinsisted that they would stand no chance against him and as a result of his cowardice did not joinMonty in the uprising, which ultimately did prove successful.

Sometime between this incident and the present day of the series, Benedict took up his father'smantle as the king of evil and ultimate oppressor of children, becoming a demonic being similar toGrandfather and vowing to destroy the Kids Next Door. He also moved to the United States.

Ultimate EvilAt one point, Father created the Delightfulization Chamber, a device designed to turn any kid into amindlessly obedient and perfectly behaved child (most likely as a precaution for what happenedbetween Monty and Grandfather, from happening to him). The first working DelightfulizationChamber was used on Sector Z. During the Delightfulization Process, the machine blew a fuse forreasons unknown, causing it to explode and amplifying its effects "eleventy billion-fold", creating theDelightful Children From Down The Lane, who from then on would be Father's "children" and mostpowerful allies.

Other notable minions of Father include the Ice Cream Men and the Teen Ninjas, including hisapprentice, Cree Lincoln. Father does not directly control the majority of the KND's rogues gallery,but frequently employs the services of other villains who, while otherwise operating independently,are readily willing to serve him. Even the Delightful Children frequently appear without Father.Father is occasionally seen attending the villain meetings of Mr. Boss, who regularly functions as aleader of the series' lesser villains or as a second-in-command. In Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R. andthe comic story Operation: H.I.S.T.O.R.I.E., Father is said to be the head of a company called "EvilAdult Industries Inc." It is also implied that Father employs several children similar to the DCFDTLthroughout the world, as shown in the Interesting Twins From Beneath the Mountain and RowdyHooligans From Across the Square.

Battling the Kids Next DoorFather was first encountered by Sector V in Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P., in which he admonishes theDCFDTL for their repeated failures against the KND. He allows his children to use the "Really ReallyIncredibly Destructive Machine" to destroy the Sector V Treehouse; in the process, the DelightfulChildren also manage to transform Numbuh 1 into an adult with the Age Cigar. The remainingmembers of Sector V infiltrate the Delightful Mansion From Down The Lane to retrieve the cigar,with Numbuh 1 (now "Mr. Uno" the ice cream man) joining them to defeat the Delightful Children.Sarcastically applauding Uno's success at defeating "a bunch of little kids", Father attacked with hisdevastating fire powers, but Sector V was able to triumph by? covering him with all the ice cream inMr. Uno's truck. As Numbuh 1 de-aged himself back to his old self and escaped with his team,Father could only lie on the floor, weakly ordering the DCFDTL to get his sweater.

His second major appearance was in Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S., the culmination of a story arcconsisting of several loosely-related episodes. Here, he activates a device which creates a rapidly-expanding energy field that turns all KND operatives caught in it into animals. However, the field'sreliance on the KND Code Module for its targets backfires when Tommy Gilligan decommissionshimself, gaining immunity to the energy field. He proceeds to upload the DNA of the DCFDTL - andFather himself - into the KND Code Module, making them viable targets for their own weapon.Transformed into a panther, Father was locked in his own mansion's cages, allowing Tommy to free

his trapped comrades and destroy the device producing the energy field. With the energy field gone,Father returned to normal, but the KND were long gone by the time he escaped his own prison.

Although Tommy's actions defeated him at the time, Father's failed scheme would bear surprisingfruit in Operation: I.T. With his DNA in the Code Module, he was technically a KND operative; thus,he was able to infiltrate their Moon Base. Coincidentally, he arrived during the annual competitionfor leadership (a worldwide game of Tag, since nobody actually wanted the job), and Numbuh 2 wasusing the Code Module to track his fellow operatives. Currently "It", with ten seconds left to get ridof the status, Numbuh 2 threw open a door and blindly tagged the person behind it - unfortunatelyfor him, Father was that person. As the villain gloated, the clock struck noon, officially makingFather the Supreme Leader of the KND.

Convening the irate Operatives in the KND Super Convention Center, Father explained how his DNAwas loaded into the Code Module by Tommy, thereby making him a member despite his age anddecidedly anti-kid sympathies. Numbuh 86 and her team attempted to decommission him on thespot, but Father invented a new rule on the spot that prevented her from doing so. After theDecommissioning Squad stood down, Father claimed that he had turned over a new leaf; thus, hedeclared his intent to destroy all broccoli in the world. This action won most of the Operatives' trust,allowing him to dismiss them to their treehouses with minimal resistance. However, it was a ploy toput his foes in the way of his real aim: by infecting the KND Treehouse Central Root System with a"patent pending broccoli virus", Father planned to transform all treehouses into broccoli farms,thereby weakening the KND Operatives and providing enough broccoli to feed every kid in theworld.

Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 362 attempted to trick Father into making them Supreme Leader - bycomplimenting him and offering advice on being Supreme Leader, respectively - but the villain wasnot fooled, creating an army of clones to attack and confuse them until his status became permanentat noon. However, his statement that no one liked broccoli proved to be his undoing; no happierabout Father's plan than the KND, the Delightful Children returned the Code Module to theOperatives, who used it to track the real Father and eliminate his clones. For his last defense, Fatherattempted to protect himself with a solid wall of broccoli, only for Numbuh 362 to heroically chewthrough the mass, pin down Father, and threaten him with a piece of broccoli unless he relinquishedhis authority by tagging her. After Father and the Delightful Children were removed from the base,their DNA was extracted from the Code Module to prevent a repeat of the incident.

Grandfather Reborn Father at the supervillainsmarket Added by FairlyAs the secondary antagonist in Operation: Z.E.R.O., Father employs thehelp of nearly every villain in the universe and organizes a massive attack on the Kids Next DoorSeriously Cool Museum of Artifacts and Stuff, which appears to be a diversion for Stickybeard'sarmada to attack the Moon Base. However, the museum is Father's true target; more specifically,the seemingly-broken Recommissioning Module.Back at the Convention Center, Father reveals that the Module is actually fully functional (havingbeen repaired by Numbuh 86 to restore the memories of Sector V in the aftermath of Operation:E.N.D.), but requires the DNA of a current KND Operative to activate. Fortunately, Numbuh 1arrives to reclaim the device, allowing Father to extract one of his boogers after Cree immobilizes

him. As another Teen Ninja traps the rest of Sector V, Father taunts Numbuh 1 with the fact that hewas counting on his attempt to retrieve the module, gleefully declaring that his failure will spell theend of the Kids Next Door.

With the Recommissioning Module activated, Father uses it to restore the Grandfather's memories,intending to rule the world alongside him. Instead, Grandfather calls his son a failure and orders himto leave, correctly pointing out that Father only restored him because he couldn't beat the KNDhimself. Dejected, Father tosses the Recommissioning Module in the trash and heads back home towallow in self-loathing. Consequently, he is not transformed into a Senior Citizombie, and his homebecomes one of the only places in the world left unchanged by Grandfather's powers.

Towards the end of the movie, the newly-reawakened Numbuh 0 goes to his brother for help andoffers him a second chance to stand up to their father alongside him. Father ultimately accepts theoffer, and during the confrontation with Grandfather, goes into a violent rage against his abusivefather, only to immediately and abruptly abandon the fight due to a lack of willpower, saying that heno longer cares about anyone or anything else in the world at this point. At the end of the film, afterthe Kids Next Door Moonbase is launched at Grandfather, Father is seen in the kitchen of hispartially-destroyed mansion. Looking over his shoulder at the carnage, the villain declares, "I hateeveryone", before returning his attention to his table.

Later ConfrontationsIn Operation: M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S., Father appears as one of the many villains shopping at theSupervillains Supermarket & Deli. He is the first character to claim the last box of RainbowMunchies, only to be interrupted by Mr. Boss, Count Spankulot, and Sector V in rapid succession.This leads to a massive free-for-all as everyone in the store scrambles to buy the cereal, with Fatherbeing taken out early on when the kids trap him in a barbecue. However, Father frees himself intime to cut off the kids' escape, incinerating their ship (stolen from Stickybeard). After being brieflydistracted by a sea of popcorn - popped by proximity to his flames - Father demanded the cerealfrom Numbuh 5, only to realize that Knightbrace had purchased it in the confusion. He insisted thatKnightbrace share the Rainbow Munchies with him, only to learn that the dental-themed fiendactually planned to destroy the cereal. Infuriated at this callous disregard for Rainbow Munchies,Father formed a brief truce with Sector V and the other villains in order to beat up Knightbrace;afterwards, he was seen contentedly eating a bowl of Rainbow Munchies with the other characters.

Father was also involved in some of the later and more elaborate "C.A.K.E.D." episodes, namelyOperation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R. and Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.. In the latter, his ancestors, theAnnoyingly Cute Triplets Who Lived Upon the Hill and their mother who is Father's great-grandmother, are mentioned.

Dragon Father Added byFord1114In Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., the series finale, Father turns into it a Dragon after losing hispipe during the episode's climax. At the end of the story, it is revealed that he is the personinterviewing the now-grown up members of Sector V in the present day, but it is revealed they later

tricked him into thinking that Numbuh 1 was still in the Galactic KND high off in space sinceNumbuh 1 is revealed to have returned to Earth at that point. Most likely doing it to get rid ofFather by having him go into space after his nephew in order to finally retrieve his missing pipeafter all these years.

Other AppearancesFather appears in the now defunct Cartoon Network: Fusionfall as a supporting character.

He was also a playable character in the game, Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion, where heserved as one of the three major villains, alongside Mojo Jojo and Vilgax.

FamilyGrandmother: One of The Annoyingly Cute TripletsFather: Benedict Wigglestein Uno, Sr /GrandfatherOlder Brother: Monty Uno (Seventh Age KND Founder and former member, Numbuh0)Sister-in-law: Mrs. Uno/Numbuh 999Nephew: Nigel UnoAdoptive Children: Delightful ChildrenFrom Down The LaneAppearanceIn most episodes Father appears in, he usually appears in a dark silhouette-like suit with flamesappearing around him when he gets angry. At one time in the climax of Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P.,his face briefly changes to that of a demon before his defeat.

In Operation: Z.E.R.O, however, when he appears without his silhouette suit, he wears normalglasses, black pants, suspenders, and dress shoes, white dress shirt, and a red tie looking similar tohis negative counterpart, Daddy.

In Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., he took the appearance of a huge and powerful dragon with a fewtheropod features (since his wings are small, its unknown if he can fly).

PersonalityIn Operation: Z.E.R.O., Father (as young Benedict Uno) was very cowardly and obedient, scared ofhis father (whom he and Monty called Pappy), Grandfather, refusing to disobey his orders out offear. Following his footsteps, Benedict became Father wearing a silhouette suit and hating allchildren, going as far to delightfulize the members of Sector Z into the Delightful Children FromDown The Lane.

He is, above all else, the cruelest of all the villains throughout the series, attempting to destroy ortake over the Kids Next Door Organization, who they considered him as their greatest enemy they'veever faced (aside from the re-Commissioned Grandfather: Who took over the world in less than a dayand managed to zombify all members of the KND bar Numbuh 1, Numbuh 0 and Sector Z within afew hours). It its shown that if someone gets his pipe, he will get so angry that he will tranform intoa fierce dragon.

However, he's shown to have a humorous side as shown in many episodes such as Operation:A.W.A.R.D.S.? and Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.? but is still ill-tempered and impatient, burstinginto flames when angered. He's also? rather sarcastic as shown in Operation: T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G. and inOperation: I.T.

Ironically, despite being an adult, he still possess a few childlike features as shown in Operation: I.T.like when he curled up into a? fetal position, rocking back and forth,? when Numbuh 362 threatenedto feed him broccoli, which everyone -? even him -? hates. He has also shown a kiddish personality inOperation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.? in which? no one invited him to a "party" down at cell block, so? hesays, "What, no one invites me? I may be evil, but I still like to party down once in a while..."

On a few occasions, he has willingly teamed up with the Numbuh 1 for a common goal such as inOperation: M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S. and in Operation: Z.E.R.O.? In Operation M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S. it is alsodiscovered that he is in touch with his feminine side because as he strolls down the aisle, beforefinding the last box of Rainbow Munchies, he reminds himself of some coupons for dishwashinggloves, stating, "My dishpan hands are killing me."

This side is also present in Operation: Z.E.R.O. when he is greeted by Monty and Nigel Uno where?he? answers the door in a pink and yellow bath robe, a tub of ice cream with a scoop in said tub,fuzzy slippers, and a dismal attitude.? This suggests he was displaying the hurt feelings he felt overGrandfather publicly shaming him after he was returned to his villanous form, and while? Fatherwas depressed by this, he also expressed jealousy over his older brother, who Grandfather claimedwas his "favorite" son.

PowersFather possesses several superpowers, most notably an array of fire-based abilities such as shootingfireballs and creating a wall of flame around himself. His offensive powers tend to become moreactive when he is angered, and could even overpower the likes of his own father if enraged enough(though he has never tried). In addition, Father possesses levitation (seen in Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E., Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S., and other episodes), telekinesis (seen in Operation:C.A.K.E.D.-F.I.V.E.), self-replicating (seen in Operation: I.T.), and even shape-shifting (seen inOperation: T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G., Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S. and Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.).

TriviaDespite having blue eyes as a child, he retains the yellow eyes in his adult human form.InOperation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E., Father is said to have been an adult created by children named "Mr.Wigglestein" who one day refused to obey his child's commands and led an uprising of adults. Thismay have been Grandfather, as Father's origins are shown in Operation: Z.E.R.O., however it isrevealed that Grandfather is actually the son of one of the Annoyingly Cute Triplets Who Lived Uponthe Hill, as such this either implies that A.R.C.H.I.V.E. is not canon or that the Mr. Wigglestein seenin the story was actually Grandfather's ancestor.In the mirror universe from Operation: P.O.O.L.,Father's negative counterpart is the benevolent Daddy, who leads the Little Traitor Dudes ForChildren's Defense from inside the closet of their "Mansion" (technically a run-down trailer)AlthoughFather was not seen until Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P., he was mentioned by The Delightful Children.He is also mentioned in The Grim Adventures of the KND, which was surprisingly enough releasedone year after Operation: Z.E.R.O.It's possible that if Father became a Senior-Citizombie he wouldlook just like (or very similar to) Grandfather, it's possible that as a Senior-Citizombie that Fathermight have the power to challenge Grandfather (if he already didn't), although he won't have the

free will to do so.Father's hatred for Number one is similar to Slade's hatred for the superhero Robinin the show Teen Titans.For several episodes, Father wasn't noticed as the only adult as a KNDoperative, as Tommy Gilligan put his DNA in KND's Code Module so he would be considered part ofKND, and thus, turned to an animal by his own contraption in Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S., makinghim the first and only adult officially in KND, though later his DNA was removed in Operation:I.T..Despite being from Great Britain (like his brother Monty and his nephew Nigel), Father does nottalk with a British accent, but an American one.He has the same voice as Perry from Robot andMonster, Michaelangelo from the Animaniacs episode, "Hooked on a Ceiling", since all three of themare voiced by Maurice LaMarche.His first name 'Benedict' is a reference to Benedict Arnold, atraitor from the American Revolution who betrayed America just like when Father betrayed hisbrother.

Gallery From Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion

From Operation: I.T. Father the director

as numbuh 86 Father angry at Numbuh

19th Century Father in a 3D scene in Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.

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