A high watermark of Asian representation in American kids' TV of the 2000s, the show synthesized Chinese ... and worries of a 13-year-old girl growing into herself. The mission to express ...

"Codename: Kids Next Door" feels like it was made in a lab to be a hit 2000s Cartoon Network ... apart is how grounded it made a show about a 10-year-old transforming into various aliens feel.