Kim Possible is an Emmy Award winning[1] American animated TV show about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a lighthearted and comedic atmosphere and often lampoons the convention and clichés of the secret-agent and action genres. It is marked as the second animated Disney Channel Original Series, after The Proud Family, and was the first series to be produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, in association with the Disney Channel.
Kim Possible is Disney Channel's highest-rated show of all-time. It also holds the record for being the third-longest running Disney Channel animated series (following behind Big City Greens & Phineas and Ferb), airing for a total of five years and three months (or sixty-three months) between its first episode and the series finale.
Premise[]
Promotional image for the first episode to air on TV, Crush. Featuring (anti-clockwise) Shego, Ron, Kim, Rufus, Dr. Drakken's Henchmen and Dr. Drakken.
The show revolves around Kim Possible and takes place primarily within the town of Middleton, USA, Kim constantly saves the world alongside her bestfriend and later boyfriend Ron Stoppable aided by his pet naked mole-rat Rufus and their computer genius Wade, Kim is tasked with saving the world while going through everyday teenage problems and dealing with high-school. The majority of Kim's missions involve her traveling to various destinations around the world to rescue citizens from harm and fight a variety of villains, their most common fought adversaries are Dr. Drakken a mad scientist constantly plotting world domination, and his superpowered sidekick Shego, who possesses the ability to generate powerful energy blasts and emit them from her hands.
Production[]
Creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley claim they came up with the show's premise in an elevator. As they tell it, McCorkle looked at Schooley and said, "Kim Possible: she can do anything". Schooley at once replied, "Ron Stoppable: he can't do anything". The creators also maintain that it was always their intention for Kim and Ron to eventually become a couple rather than stay just friends for the entire series. This becomes a reality in the movie at the end of the third season, Kim Possible: So the Drama, which was initially meant to be the series finale. The romantic theme continues into season four.
The series premiered on Disney Channel in June 2002. The first episode to air, Crush, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award the following year. After the premiere of this episode, Kim Possible was the most-watched and highest-rated television show on Disney Channel at that time. The series as a whole was nominated for the Daytime Emmy in 2004 and again in 2005, that year it received five nominations and won one[1]. The show has been widely praised for its dialogue, animation, and characters both heroic and villainous.
On February 22, 2005, after three 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 series finale aired on September 7, 2007, with the an hour-long concluding episode Graduation.
Steve Loter documented the production of the final episode of season four, and thus the completion of the Kim Possible franchise, in a blog titled "So the Finale" hosted on Blogger[2]. It included behind-the-scenes and production information from the perspective of the crew as well as production sketches from one of several alternative endings that had been scripted. "So the Finale" maintained an open comment system allowing fans to express their views on the franchise and its closure.
The show's title music, Call Me, Beep Me is sung by Christina Milian. While artist Stephen Silver was the lead character designer.
The series is currently the longest running Disney Channel Original Series in terms of duration, running for five years and three months. At 87 episodes it currently fourth for most number of episodes produced by Walt Disney Television Animation with only Darkwing Duck (91), Gummi Bears (94), and DuckTales (100) having more produced.
Main Characters[]
- Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible - The Titular Protagonist of the show, Kim is tasked with saving the world while dealing with everyday issues.
- Ronald "Ron" Stoppable - The Deuteragonist of the show Ron often serves as the goofy and provides much of the shows comic relief.
- Rufus - The Tritagonist of the show and Ron's pet naked mole rat, who serves in helping saving the world.
- Wade - The kid super genius who provides information, gadgets and other technical support for Kim and Ron's fighting lives.
- Dr. Drakken -The main Antagonist of the show The villain constantly trying to take over the world, only to be constantly foiled by Kim Possible
- Shego - The secondary Antagonist of the show and Dr. Drakken's sassy, and sarcastic sidekick who is more evil than he and does most of his dirty work.
Episodes[]
In total the series ended with 87 episodes spanning over 4 seasons. At the time of its finale in September 2007 it was the longest running original series on Disney Channel.
Films[]
- A Sitch in Time (2003)
- So the Drama (2005)
- Kim Possible (live-action movie) (2019)
DVDs[]
Various DVDs were released for the series:
- Kim Possible: The Secret Files
- Kim Possible Movie: A Sitch in Time
- Kim Possible: The Villain Files
- Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
- Kim Possible: Monkey Business (Europe and Australia only)
- Kim Possible: Season 1
- Kim Possible: Season 2
- Kim Possible Movie: Graduation (France only)
| Volume | Release Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Possible: The Secret Files | September 2, 2003 | "Attack of the Killer Bebes" "Downhill" "Partners" "Crush (Bonus Episode)" |
| Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | November 28, 2003 | "Present" "Past" "Future" |
| Kim Possible: The Villain Files | December 7, 2004 | "Blush" "Animal Attraction" "Number One" "Showdown at Crooked D" |
| Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama | May 10, 2005 | "Part 1" "Part 2" "Part 3" "Gorilla Fist (Bonus Episode)" |
|
Kim Possible: Monkey Business (Europe and Australia only) |
November 5, 2007 | "Monkey Fist Strikes" "Monkey Ninjas in Space" "The Full Monkey" "Gorilla Fist" |
| Kim Possible Movie: Graduation | October 4, 2007 | "Part 1" "Part 2" |
| Kim Possible: The Complete First Season | 2010 (USA & Canada) | Features all 21 episodes over 3 discs. |
| Kim Possible: The Complete Second Season | 2010 (USA & Canada) | Features all 30 episodes over 3 discs. |
Soundtrack[]
- Kim Possible Soundtrack (2003)
- Kim Possible Soundtrack "Kim-Proved" (2005)
Video Games[]
- Disney's Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist (GBA) — released November 15, 2002
- Disney's Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise (GBA) — released September 22, 2004
- Disney’s Kim Possible: Robot Frenzy (Sky Gamestar) - released 2004, ceased 2015 (UK only)
- Disney's Kim Possible 3: Team Possible (GBA) — released July 26, 2005
- Disney's Kim Possible: Kimmunicator (DS) — released November 9, 2005
- Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch? (PS2) — released October 19, 2006
- Disney’s Kim Possible: Gone Ron (Sky Gamestar) - released 2006, ceased 2015 (UK only)
- Disney's Kim Possible: Global Gemini (DS) — released February 13, 2007
Trivia[]
- In the American Dragon, Jake Long episode "Halloween Bash" we see two cheerleaders, a blonde and brunette, wearing the same cheer outfit as the Middleton High School Cheer Squad.
- Jake specifically called them "cheerleaders", not girls in costumes, so there is a high chance they are from Middleton, probably Middle School.
- Currently Kim Possible is the 12th most popular cartoon Fan Fiction on FanFiction.net with over 8000 individual stories.
- In the opening credits title screen, the list beside Kim's picture says:
- KIM POSSIBLE
- SHE CAN DO ANYTHING
- AGENT FOR CHANGE TO SAVE THE WORLD
- MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL
- HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE
- JUNIOR VARSITY CHEERLEADER
- WORLD'S LAST HOPE
- FEAR NOT
- READY FOR ACTION
- In Season 4, "Sophomore" changes to "Senior" and "Junior Varsity" to "Varsity".
- Kim Possible is currently Disney Channel's third-longest running original series, only behind Phineas and Ferb and Big City Greens.
References[]
- ↑ a b Kim Possible: Awards. IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278866/awards (Accessed 10/21/2017)
- ↑ Loter, S. 2007. So the Finale. [Blog]. http://sothefinale.blogspot.co.za/ (Accessed 01 August 2017)
External links[]
- Kim Possible: Awards at
- Silver Toons - Stephen Silver's website
- So the Finale. Steve Loter's blog documenting the development of Graduation.
