Kim Possible

About

Kim Possible is an American animated Disney series created by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, about the adventures of Kim Possible, a teenage crime fighter who has to deal with worldwide, family, and school issues every day.

Premise

The show follows Kimberly Ann “Kim” Possible (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano), a a fiery and demanding teenager who saves the world on a regular basis while dealing with the normal challenges of a teenager, along with her sidekick Ron Stoppable (voiced by Will Friedle), a clumsy, goofball teenager who owns a naked mole-rat named Rufus (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) and the help from Wade (voiced by Tahj Mowry), who often supplies her with gadgets and relies information to her. Together, they fight against villains, mainly Doctor Drakken (voiced by John DiMaggio) and his sidekick Shego (voiced by Nicole Sullivan), who often try to dominate the world.

History

According to the show creators, the original idea for the series came on a elevator conversation, where McCorkle looked at Schooley and said, “Kim Possible: she can do anything”. Schooley at once replied, “Her partner is Ron Stoppable: he can’t do anything”.^[1] The series official premiered on June 7, 2002 and ended production on February 22, 2005, after three seasons and 65 episodes, but due show’s popularity Disney announced the production of a fourth season on November, 2005. This season debuted on February 10, 2007 and ended on September 7, 2007,^[2] being the second longest running Disney Channel series in terms of duration, only after Phineas and Ferb.

Reception

Kim Possible’s first episode, Crush, was nominated to a Primetime Emmy Award on 2003. The years 2004 and 2005 the series was nominated for the Daytime Emmy, winning the Outstanding Sound Mixing -- Live Action and Animation award on 2005. Since its premiere, Kim Possible became one of the most watched and high-rated on Disney channel, earning a rating of 7,1 on IMDb.^[3]

Fandom

The series gained some follow on websites like Tumblr,^[5] Reddit^[8], Fanfiction.com^[7] or 4chan’s board /co/.^[9] There’s also an official wikia about the series.^[6] As April 10th, the online artist community DeviantART has over 25,700 submissions submitted under the keywords “kim possible”.^[4]