The Grim Adventures of the KND

"The Grim Adventures of The KND" is a half-hour 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, although staff confirmed it on December 8, 2006. The crossover aired on November 11, 2007.
==Plot==
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".
The KND soon arrive (Billy is confused by this, stating that he tried to call the Powerpuff Girls"), and they find they need 2x4 Technology, so Numbuh 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 Numbuh 1 is not Billy. Mandy captures Numbuh 1, and tortures him until Numbuh 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 (who only ran inside the machine to pull Billy out) into a being called the "Delightful Reaper".
Meanwhile, Grim comes to Billy's house, and mistakes Numbuh 1 for Billy. In a sudden show of pain, Grim senses that his scythe has been fused with evil and strangely delightful children, and Numbuh 1 realizes that he is talking about the Delightful Children from Down the Lane. The Delightful Reaper begins fusing kids into it, including Numbuh 2.
Sector V returns to the Moonbase, where they find Mandy disguised as Numbuh 1. Only Numbuh 5 and later, Numbuh 362 knew that she's an impostor, but since nobody else does, Mandy convinces everyone that Numbuh 5 is losing her mind. Soon Mandy becomes ruler of the KND, renaming it the MND (Mandy New Dictator) and told Numbuh 5 that Numbuh 362 caught the same virus she did and had her quarantined (Numbuh 362 was likely unhappy with Mandy's proposed changes to the KND, and when Mandy refused to see reason, she realized Numbuh 5 was telling the truth). On the way to the Moonbase, Numbuh 1 and Grim are attacked by Numbuh 60 in which they are in restricted airspace but doesn't realize its Numbuh 1, Numbuh 1 and Grim arrive at the Moonbase, where Grim finds out that Numbuh 1 isn't Billy, and Mandy imprisons them.
The Delightful Reaper continues fusing with children, so after escaping, Numbuh 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, Numbuh 3, and Numbuh 4, comes into the battle. Mandy's robot begins to lose until Numbuh 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 Numbuh 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, being really, really angry that someone is wearing his pants. 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. Everything goes back to the way it was, except for Numbuh 1, mistaken by Numbuh 3 and Billy's dad for Billy, is taking away by Billy's Dad who plans on to punishing him for taking his lucky pants. Meanwhile, Billy, who is dressed like Numbuh 1, plans to make changes to the KND only for the KND to throw various items at him in response to prevent what happened that day.
== Characters ==
=== The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy ===
* Billy
* Mandy (Main Antagonist)
* Grim (Deuteragonist) 
* Harold (Billy's Dad)
* Fred FredBurger
* Irwin
* Sperg
* Pud'n
* Mindy
* Pandora
=== Codename: Kids Next Door ===
* Numbuh 1 (Main Protagonist)
* Numbuh 2
* Numbuh 3
* Numbuh 4
* Numbuh 5
* The Delightful Children from Down the Lane
* Tommy Gilligan
* Numbuh 13
* Numbuh 14
* Numbuh 15
* Numbuh 16
* Numbuh 60
* Numbuh 362
* Numbuh 20,000
* Numbuh 74.239
* Numbuh 71.562
== Cartoon Network shows references ==
* The Eds appeared at the beginning of the special, where Eddy got a call from Billy.
* When the Kids Next Door arrives at Billy's house, Billy himself said "Hey! You're not The Powerpuff Girls!"
* During the scene where Numbuh 1 was tortured by Mandy, Fred FredBurger said that he likes shows about monkeys, shows about monkeys going to camp, and shows about imaginary friends, referencing My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Camp Lazlo, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
* During the scene where kids were popping out of the Delightful Reaper, characters from different Cartoon Network shows made brief cameos:
** Dexter, Dee Dee, and Mandark (Dexter's Laboratory)
** Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls)
** Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
** Mac and Goo (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
** Adam Lyon (My Gym Partner's a Monkey)
** Andy Johnson (Squirrel Boy)
* When Mandy was being captured, she says "I would have gotten away if it weren't for you meddling Kids Next Door!", referencing Scooby-Doo.
* During the end credits, 5 made up crossovers were shown:
** Ed, Edd 'n Mandy (Ed, Edd n Eddy and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
** Evil Camp Carne (Camp Lazlo and Evil Con Carne)
** Class of Numbuh 3000 (Codename: Kids Next Door and Class of 3000)
** My Gym Partner's a Mandark (Dexter's Laboratory and My Gym Partner's a Monkey)
** Samurai Mac (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Samurai Jack)
== Home media ==
The special is on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and the Boomerang streaming service.
The Grim Adventures of the KND was released on Cartoon Network's Best of the Crossover Episodes YouTube livestream on March 2023.
== Trivia ==
* According to Codename: Kids Next Door's creator, Tom Warbunton, a clip from Sheep in the Big City was meant to be shown during the scene where Mandy tortures Numbuh 1, but the Cartoon Network executives said no to that for two reasons: it would have offended its creator, Mo Willems, and the reference itself would have not made sense due to the series not airing anymore. Evil Con Carne was a backup suggestion, but the execs said no to that as well.
* The special, along with Operation I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S., are the only Codename: Kids Next Door episodes not to be released on HBO Max.
* Despite it being a crossover with Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy already aired it final episodes two days prior to the premiere of this special.
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