Thomas Edward "Tom" Warburton, also known as Mr. Warburton, (born July 23, 1968) is an American animator and the creator of Codename: Kids Next Door. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Ambler, Pennsylvania and has done work on various cartoons. His first show was the aborted "Kenny and the Chimp", which was to feature a recurring team of characters that would evolve into the Kids Next Door.
It also featured the character Professor XXXL, who was featured in "Diseasy Does It", the only episode ever produced. Codename: Kids Next Door aired its final episode "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S." on January 21, 2008. His aliases, Numbuh Eleventy Billion (a KND operative) and Nogoodnik (a villain) occasionally appear in Codename: Kids Next Door, according to a Q&A. As of now, he has written one children's book, called 1000 Times No. In 2018, he was executive producer of Disney reboot Muppets Babies.
External Links
- warburtonlabs - Blog
- Sooper Secret KND Production Blog - His Codename: Kids Next Door blog (now retired)