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'''Kim Possible''' was an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is fairly action-oriented, but also has a permeating light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons conventions and clichés of the secret-agent and action genres.

Contents

Premise

Production

Characters

Team Possible

Family

Recurring Villains

Other minor characters

Episodes

Every Possible Episode Ever

Movies

Appearances in other media

Television

Video games

Soundtrack

Notes and references

External links

Premise

Kim (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano) often finds herself crossing the globe in an attempt to rescue people, stop crimes, and battle supervillains... all the while being expected to come home and complete her homework in time. Kim Possible attends Middleton High School, and is captain of the school's cheerleading squad. The red-haired crime fighter cannot save the world alone. Assisting her is Wade, a technical genius that she stays in touch with via a her "Kimmunicator" (which has some fantastic abilities of its own), and who rarely shows himself in person. Alongside her is Ron Stoppable, her goofy, wisecracking sidekick and best friend (and, later, boyfriend), and his scene-stealing pet naked mole rat, Rufus (occasionally her friend Monique helps out and more often than not Kim's troublesome but genius twin brothers Jim and Tim Possible will come to her aid in some other way).

Production

According to creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, they created the show in an elevator. As they tell it, McCorkle looked at Schooley and said, "Kim Possible: she can do anything". Schooley at once replied, "Her partner is Ron Stoppable: he can't do anything". The creators also maintain that it was always their intention for Kim and Ron to eventually become involved romantically, instead of remaining best friends. This becomes a reality in the supposed series-ending movie, ''. The romantic theme also continues in season four.
The series premiered on Disney Channel in June 2002, and the first episode to air, ''Crush'', was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award the following year. With the premiere of this episode, ''Kim Possible'' was regarded as the most watched and highest rated television show on Disney Channel at that time. The series as a whole was nominated for the Daytime equivalent in 2004, and again in 2005 (that year saw it receive 5 nominations with 1 win).^[1]. The show has widely been praised for its smart dialogue, fluid animation, and engaging, well-written characters (both heroic and villainous).
On February 22, 2005, after 3 seasons and 65 episodes, the show ended production. Due to the popularity of the series and grassroots operations by dedicated ''KP'' fans, Disney announced on November 29, 2005, that the show would be renewed for a fourth season, which debuted on Disney Channel on February 10, 2007.
The show's title music, "Call Me, Beep Me", is sung by Christina Milian. Much of its artistic style is due to character development by artist Stephen Silver.
''Kim Possible'' also airs on Toon Disney and Family Channel in Canada. Some early episodes have been aired on ABC as part of it's Saturday morning block ABC Kids. A Mandarin version aired on CCTV-12 in China, and an Arabic dub was also made which started airing on Dubai TV in early 2006 and is currently airing on MBC 3 on the network's "Disney morning timeslot", the only thing that was changed were the character's names, for example Kim was called "''Damo staheel''" (Mostaheel is Arabic for Impossible), Ron was called "''Mostah aed''", Wade was called "''Awad''", Shego was called "''Shahira''", and Dr. Drakken was called "''Daraken''". The show aired on the French Disney Channel and then on TF1's Disney show in France. Several changes were made in the names to fit with translated jokes: for example Ron Stoppable is called Robin Trépide ("Intrépide" meaning some kind of a courageous adventurer).

Characters

Team Possible

★ Kim Possible — The team leader, this red-haired crime-fighter who saves the world also tries to live a normal teenage life, dealing with everyday problems. She has been Ron's best friend since Pre-K, and has been his girlfriend since the night of their junior prom (Season 3). Naturally, her name makes reference to the word 'impossible.' Kim's dialogue tends to be peppered with not-so-typical teen slang; for example, "So not the drama" and "No big", as well as the series' catchphrase, "What's the sitch?" (situation).

★ Ron Stoppable — Kim's best friend since Pre-K, partner, and now boyfriend; he also saves the world from time to time. His name is a play on the word 'unstoppable'.

★ Rufus — Ron's pet naked mole rat, considered a member of the team — in fact, he often proves to be more competent than Ron or even Kim on occasions. (When translated into Latin, Rufus means red-haired.)

★ Wade — The twelve-year-old super genius (completed high school and college in 8 months) who spends the majority of his time in his room (until the episode "Team Impossible" and soon after that in ). He runs Kim's website, supplies her with gadgets, assigns her missions, arranges transportation for her, and even goes on missions with Kim on rare occasions.

★ Monique — A close friend of Kim. Although she has no special abilities, she has helped out on missions a few times.

Family

★ Dr. James Timothy Possible — Kim's father, works as a rocket scientist.

★ Dr. Anne Possible — Kim's mother, a brain surgeon.

★ Jim and Tim Possible — Kim's genius but annoying twin brothers, often referred as ''the tweebs'' (twin dweebs) by Kim.

★ The Stoppables — Ron's family, composed of: father, mother, and adopted sister.

Recurring Villains

★ Dr. Drakken — The blue skinned arch-nemesis of Kim; originally "Drew Lipsky", a college classmate of Kim's father. He is obsessed with world domination, and believing and proving that he is a genius.

★ Shego — Drakken's hired henchwoman. She is arguably Kim's most persistent rival and perhaps even more dangerous than her boss. Her weapon of choice is her green glowing gloved hands which shoot a kind of energy beam. Originally, part of a team of superheroes known as "Team Go".

★ Monkey Fist — A man who is obsessed with the fighting style of Monkey Kung-Fu. His hands and feet are genetically altered resembling those of monkeys. Wherever he is, his monkey ninjas are sure to follow.

★ Duff Killigan — The self-proclaimed "World's Deadliest Golfer". His weapons are his golf clubs and exploding golf balls.

★ The Seniors — Señor Senior, Sr. and Señor Senior, Jr. are foes who are incredibly rich. However, Jr. isn't exactly what Kim and Ron would call "dangerous". He doesn't wish to take over the world like his father wants to, Jr. only wants to be an international pop star.

★ Professor Dementor — A mad scientist. While he is a threat to Kim and the world, he is more determined to show up his rival, Dr. Drakken.

★ DNAmy — A breeder of living mutants who has a mild fetish for Cuddle Buddies. Her original aim as an evil geneticist is to make real life versions of her Cuddle Buddies, however hers are often much deadlier.

★ Killer Bebes — A group of hiveminded female killer robots. They were originally built by Drakken, but have since gone rogue.

★ Gill — The genetically-mutated foe of Ron.

★ Motor Ed — Cousin of Doctor Drakken. Notorious for his mullet haircut, and repetitive use of the word "seriously" at the end of his sentences. Also has a crush on Shego.

★ Camille Leon — Former actress and disinherited heiress, she underwent an experimental plastic surgery procedure that granted her shape-shifting powers.

Other minor characters

★ Bonnie Rockwaller — Kim's fellow cheerleader and rival.

★ Steve Barkin — Perpetual teacher of the school. It is revealed in the fourth season that he also works at "Smarty Mart".

★ Yori - Classmate of Ron at the Yamanouchi School and an ally of Team Possible. She has a crush on Ron, but took it well when she found out Ron and Kim were dating.

Episodes

Main articles: List of Kim Possible episodes

Season 4 of Kim Possible aired on 10 February 2007 on the American Disney Channel and started to air on 16 April 2007 on the Disney Channel in The United Kingdom. Season 4 episodes have also aired on Canada's Family Channel since March 19, 2007 and aired on July 14th on Disney Channel Asia. Since June 11th 2007, every Monday in Disney Channel Latin America, for 1 hour.

Season	Ep #	First Airdate	Last Airdate
	21	June 7, 2002	May 16, 2003
	30	July 18, 2003	August 5, 2004
	12	September 25, 2004	June 10, 2006
	23	February 10, 2007	September 7, 2007

Every Possible Episode Ever

From September 5 to September 7, 2007, Disney Channel held an event called "Every Possible Episode Ever" where the network showed every ''Kim Possible'' episode in production order, ending with the new, never-aired series finale, Graduation. The marathon ran 18 hours on each day, 12 noon to 6 a.m., interrupted only by the network's daily pre-school programming. ^{[2] [3]} This is similar to marathons shown on other channels such as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, USA, or Sci-Fi Channel; however, this is the first time where the multi-day marathon ended with the series finale.

Movies

★ '' (2003) — Aired during Season 2

★ '' (2005) — Aired at the end of Season 3

Appearances in other media

Television

Apart from their own series, Kim Possible characters also made a crossover appearance in the episode "Rufus" (2.8) of '', when Stitch is kidnapped by Dr. Drakken and Pleakley calls on the help of Kim Possible to rescue him. Also, Rufus gets mistaken by Jumba as one of his experiments.

Video games

Six video games based on the show were produced, three for Game Boy Advance, two for Nintendo DS and one for the Playstation 2.

★ '' (GBA) — released November 15, 2002

★ '' (GBA) — released September 22, 2004

★ '' (GBA) — released July 26, 2005

★ '' (DS) — released November 9, 2005

★ '' (PS2) — released October 19, 2006

★ '' (DS) — released : February 13, 2007

Soundtrack

★ ''Kim Possible''

Notes and references

1. Awards for "Kim Possible" (2006), retrieved August 4, 2006
2. JPEG image of "Every Episode Possible" Event (2007), retrieved September 6, 2007
3. PNG image of "Every Episode Possible" Event (2007), retrieved September 6, 2007

External links

★ Official Website

★ Kim Possible on IMDB

★ Kim Possible Wiki

★ earlier Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley Interview

★ Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley Interview on Kim Possible Season 4

★ Latest interview with Steve Loter

★ The Background Art of Kim Possible'' Art director Alan Bodner and executive producer/director Chris Bailey discuss the Background Art of Disney's Kim Possible.

★ Save Kim Possible Website

★ Polish Site About KP