Characters
Delightful Children From Down the Lane, The
Alternate Names: Delightful Dorks (most common nickname), Delightful Brats, Delightful Creeps, Delightful Chumps, Delightful Dopes, Defeated Children from Down the Lane, Delightful Children from Down the Block
Appear In: Operation: C.A.K.E.D., Operation: I.-S.C.R.E.A.M., Operation: C.A.N.N.O.N., Operation: N.O.-P.O.W.U.H., Operation: L.I.C.E., Operation: T.H.E.-F.L.Y., Operation: C.A.B.L.E.-T.V., Operation: Z.O.O., Operation: G.R.O.W.-U.P., Operation: D.A.T.E., Operation: S.U.P.P.O.R.T., Operation: F.L.A.V.O.R., Operation: F.U.G.I.T.I.V.E., Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T., Operation: B.R.I.E.F., Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-T.W.O., Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R., Operation: R.O.B.B.E.R.S., Operation: F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N., Operation: B.U.T.T., Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-T.H.R.E.E., Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S., Operation: P.R.E.S.I.D.E.N.T., Operation: N.U.G.G.E.T., Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-F.O.U.R.
Weapons: Laura, hair-eating lice, the fly, Age cigar, Really Really Incredibly Destructive Machine, a ray that delightful-izes kids, a robot they named "Derrick", robotic camera crabs, their birthday cake, their presents
Information: The Delightful Children are the Kids Next Door's greatest nemesis. By making crafty alliances with adults, they almost succeed in finishing off the KND. The DCFDTL are adult-obeying goody-goody little children, but this is what sometimes leads to their defeat. They have to go home in time for their curfew and they have to listen to what adults say, even if the commanding adult is a grown-up Numbuh 1.
They also tend to use other people to do the work for them (such as Laura, Gramma Stuffum, Lunk, and the ice cream men). However, Laura and Gramma Stuffum turn against the DCFDTL and the ice cream men were too silly to realize that there was a heater in their ice cream factory and that Numbuh 3 had gone to turn the said heater on.
Most of the time, the DCFDTL speak in unison. The only thing that can break this habit is fear and the only time the DCFDTL are scared enough to start speaking separately is when their father or the Big Badolescent is angry at them. The DC also sometimes refer to themselves collectively as "I", but most of the time, they use "we".
Every time the DCFDTL show up personally to pick a fight with the KND, they have a different machine that they're riding in. Their machines are interesting but kind of uncomfortable-looking.
It was shown in Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R. that the DC are capable of splitting up, talking individually, and having opinions of each other. However, they still prefer to stay as one person. ^_^
Key Phrase: "Poor, poor, deluded child."
Images:
And now, the answer to a question I bet everybody has been asking (or... maybe not...): Which Delightful Child is the main one? (That was the question, not the answer.) Well, after taking a long long time to painstakingly analyze the episodes they appear in, I present the results.
But first, a note: there are three ways in which I consider people to be important.
1a) Actions - anything that a DC does or has done to. For example, in Operation: F.U.G.I.T.I.V.E., the short Delightful Child holds the toenail jar.
1b) Inverse Actions - when all the DC act, but one of them acts in a different way. For example, in Operation: F.L.A.V.O.R., all the DC hold out their hand, but the blonde-haired girl holds out her hand in a different direction.
2) Visual - when a DC attracts your attention by being in the center of the screen or having all the other Delightful Children look at them. This is kind of hard to analyze because you have to consider a lot of factors, so I mostly WON'T include these.
3) Characteristic - traits that set a Delightful Child off from the rest of the group. However, there are too many ways to distinguish DC in this manner, so these are left out entirely, I think.
So, basically, this guide mostly analyzes actions. By the way, here are the names I use in this list:
Blonde girl
Braid girl
Bang dude
Helmet guy
Short boy
I have no idea why I call them that but... here we go.
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CAKED
-braid girl: catches cake -short boy: takes present and reads card -bang dude: the DC spread into a V formation three times and he's at the center of it I-SCREAM
CANNON
NO-POWUH
LICE
THE-FLY
CABLE-TV
ZOO (there are a lot here because the DC are actually very active)
GROW-UP
DATE
SUPPORT
FLAVOR
FUGITIVE
REPORT
BRIEF
CAKED-TWO
UNDERCOVER
ROBBERS
FOUNTAIN
BUTT
CAKED-THREE
GRADUATES
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So... the results:
1st: short boy (with 31 points [!!])
2nd: braid girl (with 8 points)
2nd: helmet guy (with 8 points)
2nd: blonde girl (with 8 points)
5th: bang dude (with 4 points)