60 Fun Facts About Kim Possible

What kind of animal is Ron's pet, Rufus?

Nancy Cartwright researched naked mole rats so thoroughly for the role that she called herself 'a font of useless trivia'.

What is the name of the town where Kim Possible lives?

The town's retro look was modeled on Disneyland attraction posters from the 1950s and 60s.

Who is Kim's best friend and sidekick?

His name is a pun on 'unstoppable', just as hers is a pun on 'impossible'.

What is the name of the device Kim uses to talk to Wade?

It looks like an Apple Newton PDA, and a watch-sized version was introduced for the fourth season.

Which of these is one of Kim's catchphrases?

Christy Carlson Romano suggested it herself when the creators asked how she would say 'Hey, what's up?' in a modern way.

What is Ron's catchphrase?

Ron also has a lifelong fear of monkeys, which is unfortunate given his nemesis has monkey hands and feet.

What color is Dr. Drakken's skin?

A laboratory accident left it that way permanently, and an alien later mistakes him for a prophesied 'Great Blue' leader.

What superpower does Shego have?

She was originally a superhero with her four brothers in Team Go before switching sides.

What is Dr. Drakken's real name?

He was once the college roommate of Kim's father, a friendship the writers modeled on Doctor Doom and Reed Richards.

What jobs do Kim's parents have?

They fully support her crime-fighting, as long as she is home by curfew.

What nickname does Kim use for her twin brothers Jim and Tim?

It combines 'twin' and 'dweebs'; the boys speak their own invented language called Twinnish.

Which classmate is Kim's rival on the cheerleading squad?

The creators describe Bonnie as Kim's polar opposite, the person Kim might have been without her humility.

Which villain is a British nobleman with surgically implanted simian hands and feet?

Lord Monty Fiske got his monkey limbs from the geneticist DNAmy, and he is Ron's personal nemesis.

Which villain calls himself the 'World's Deadliest Golfer'?

The Scot was banned from every golf course on Earth for his temper and lives on 'Killigan's Island'.

Which father-and-son pair take up villainy as a hobby because they are bored billionaires?

Ricardo Montalbán voiced the father, and it was Ron who first suggested they try being evil.

Which German mad scientist is Drakken's more successful rival?

Patton Oswalt voiced him in the cartoon and played him in person in the 2019 live-action movie.

Who voiced Kim Possible in the animated series?

She was 16 and still playing Ren Stevens on Even Stevens when she was cast; she missed her own senior prom for the show.

Will Friedle, the voice of Ron, is best known for playing Eric Matthews on which sitcom?

His Boy Meets World co-star Rider Strong also turned up on the show as Bonnie's boyfriend Brick Flagg.

Rufus is voiced by the same actress who voices which famous cartoon character?

Nancy Cartwright had to produce 18 different mole-rat sounds and called Rufus one of her two hardest roles.

John DiMaggio, the voice of Dr. Drakken, was cast because of his role as which robot?

He borrowed Drakken's mannerisms from Harvey Korman's Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles.

Who voices Kim's best friend Monique?

Monique's fashion sense bridges Kim's school life and her crime-fighting, and she sometimes fills in when Ron is unavailable.

Which future WWE superstar auditioned for the role of Ron before choosing wrestling?

Neil Patrick Harris also auditioned for the part.

Who sings the show's theme song 'Call Me, Beep Me!'?

It stayed at number one on Radio Disney for 12 weeks, and Milian said many people assumed she was Kim herself.

On which network did Kim Possible originally air?

It was only the second original animated series made exclusively for the channel, after The Proud Family.

In which year did Kim Possible premiere?

The first episode, 'Crush', aired on June 7, and the show ran until September 2007.

Who created Kim Possible?

The whole premise came to them in an elevator: 'Kim Possible, she can do anything' and 'Ron Stoppable, he can't'.

How old is Wade, the computer genius who runs Kim's website?

He almost never leaves his bedroom, which BuzzFeed took as proof that sitting at a computer all day is the most powerful position of all.

What is Wade's last name?

Tahj Mowry, T.J. from the sitcom Smart Guy, voices him.

What is the slogan on Kim's website that started her crime-fighting career?

The site was meant to advertise babysitting and lawn mowing until a trapped billionaire contacted her by mistake.

What superhero group did Shego belong to with her four brothers?

The team is a deliberate parody of Marvel's Fantastic Four; her brother Hego runs a Bueno Nacho by day.

What is the name of Kim and Ron's favorite fast-food restaurant?

In So the Drama, Drakken secretly buys the chain and hides robots inside its kiddie-meal toys.

Which secret ninja school in Japan does Ron train at?

Its headmaster, Master Sensei, is voiced by George Takei of Star Trek.

What ability does Ron pick up early in the series from a set of ancient totems?

It lets him wield the Lotus Blade and, according to prophecy, become the Ultimate Monkey Master.

What is the name of Ron's adopted baby sister from Japan?

She turns out to be a prophesied weapon called the Han and eventually defeats Yono the Destroyer.

Who is the head of the Global Justice Network?

Felicity Huffman voices her, and the character is modeled on Marvel's Nick Fury; her twin brother Gemini runs the evil WEE.

Which villain, voiced by Melissa McCarthy, splices animals together and collects Cuddle Buddies?

Her favorite Cuddle Buddy is the Otterfly, and she is the one who gave Monkey Fist his monkey limbs.

Which villain is Dr. Drakken's cousin, known for saying 'Seriously!'?

John DiMaggio voices both cousins; Mrs. Lipsky considers Ed the black sheep of the family.

Which High School Musical star voices the shapeshifting heiress Camille Léon?

Her name is a play on 'chameleon', and she commits crimes to fund her lifestyle rather than to rule the world.

Frugal Lucre threatens to destroy the Internet unless everyone in the world pays him how much?

He is a budget-minded villain who works from his mother's basement and threatens people with snapping turtles.

Where does Kim work part-time?

The store was named after Club Monaco, Christy Carlson Romano's favorite shop at the time.

What was the first Kim Possible TV movie, in which Kim visits both the past and the future?

It also reveals how Kim got started, when a billionaire trying to reach Team Impossible dialed her instead.

In So the Drama, what are the Lil' Diablos?

The tiny toys grow into giant robots at Drakken's command, powered by technology stolen from Kim's father's brain.

In So the Drama, what is the truth about Kim's prom date Eric?

Rufus destroys him by biting his foot, and Kim ends the night dancing with Ron instead.

So the Drama was originally meant to be the series finale. What happened instead?

Fans petitioned online, and the 22-episode order made it the first Disney Channel Original Series to pass 65 episodes.

What is the title of the hour-long series finale?

Kim and Ron fight off the alien Lorwardians, and even Drakken picks up a UN medal for helping.

Which show overtook Kim Possible as the network's longest-running original series in 2012?

Its Agent P attraction also replaced the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure at Epcot in 2012.

Which other Disney cartoon did Kim and Ron cross over with in 2005?

In the episode 'Rufus', Drakken and Shego team up with Dr. Hamsterviel to clone Stitch.

Which actress voiced Kim in the original pilot before being replaced?

The network found her take not exaggerated enough for animation; she later played Kim's mother in the live-action film.

Who played Kim in the 2019 live-action Kim Possible movie?

Christy Carlson Romano cameoed as pop star Poppy Blu, and Nancy Cartwright returned as the voice of Rufus.

In the live-action film, what is the secret about new student Athena?

Kim and Ron rescue her anyway and reprogram her to be a hero.

Kim's original mission outfit was a crop top and what?

The look was later swapped for a T-shirt and pants, and a season-four super suit was dropped for undercutting her 'she can do anything' image.

Which video-game heroine briefly inspired Kim's design before Disney asked for something younger?

The first sketches were of a standard athletic blonde before the character evolved over three months.

Which theme park hosted the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure from 2009 to 2012?

Guests used modified cell phones called Kimmunicators to trigger clues around the World Showcase pavilions.

What is the alien Warmonga's home planet, a spoonerism of 'warlord'?

She comes to Earth after seeing a Rappin' Drakken commercial and mistaking him for the prophesied Great Blue.

Which Designing Women actress voiced Kim's mother, Dr. Ann Possible, in the animated series?

Debbie Reynolds voiced Nana Possible, a grandmother trained in kung fu at a Shaolin monastery.

Which actor voices Kim's father, Dr. James Possible?

Warburton voices Mr. Barkin, the substitute teacher who seems to cover every subject at Middleton High.

Where were the creators when they came up with the names Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable?

McCorkle said 'Kim Possible. She can do anything', and Schooley shot back with the sidekick's name on the ride back from lunch.

How many episodes of Kim Possible aired across its four seasons?

The run stretched from June 2002 to September 2007, and it was the first Disney Channel cartoon produced in high definition.

John DiMaggio modelled Dr. Drakken's voice on Harvey Korman's performance in which comedy?

Korman's Hedley Lamarr gave Drakken his fussy, over-the-top mannerisms.

Which actress, best known for Days of Our Lives, voices Kim's cheerleading rival Bonnie?

She played Belle on the soap at the same time and had earlier starred in Disney Channel's Zenon movies.