Product Description

From the hit TV series, it's Kim Possible, just your average teenage girl out to save the world. She foils sinister plots around the globe with her sidekick Ron Stoppable and still makes it home in time for dinner. It's big fun as Kim takes on some seriously wacko bad guys in this way cool series of adventures. Here's the "sitch": Rufus, Ron's pet naked mole rat, goes 3-D and takes control of the "Kimmunicator" to guide you through three awesome Kim Possible missions, including a never-before-seen episode. This is the only place to catch all the thrills as the evil Dr. Drakken feigns love for the villainous DNAmy in order to take advantage of her mutation skills. It's cool. It's hot. It's SO not the drama!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26040 in DVD
• Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
• Released on: 2003-09-02
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 71 minutes

Amazon.com
She's your basic average girl and she's here to save the world. An Alias-type heroine for the tween-age set, the Disney Channel's Kim Possible is a high school cheerleader who doubles as a super agent. Here's the sitch: In "Attack of the Killer BeBes," the first of three episodes, KP (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano, the star of another Disney series Even Stevens), her sidekick, Ron Stoppable (Will Friedle), his naked mole rat, Rufus, and supergenius Wade take on a bunch of evil robots controlled by her arch-enemy, Drakken. "Downhill" introduces DNAmy, the wacko geneticist who creates fearsome hybrid creatures. The title of the never-before-seen episode, "Partners," has two meanings--first, Kim and Ron decide to break up their partnership, sort of, and Drakken teams up with DNAmy to form a mutant army to take over the world. No big. KP and her team have enough smarts, cheerleader moves, and high-tech gadgets to save the day, and the sly wit and Kim's school-girl awkwardness can prove appealing to grown-up kids as well. (Ages 6 to 10; cartoon action, bare midriffs, staying out late on a school night) --David Horiuchi

DVD features
DVD features are pretty good. The three main episodes are presented in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 and look and sound terrific. Comparison with the episodes as they were broadcast shows new detail on the sides, so either they were shot in widescreen then trimmed for broadcast, or art was added to fill out the picture for this DVD release. Bonus features are the first episode, "Crush," biographical capsules of nine villains, and Christy Carlson Romano's high-energy music video, "Say the Word." (Yes, she really can sing; she appeared on Broadway in Parade.) The next obvious step would be KP season sets. That would really be worthy of a "Boo-yah!" --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

So Not the Clutter
How nice to be able to view these episodes without all the distracting visual clutter of broadcast television: no omnipresent logo, no crawling announcements, and of course no loud commercials. There are 4 episodes here, not 3 ("Attack of the Killer Bebes"; "Downhill"; "Partners"; and series premiere "Crush") and the full-length theme song. The previously unseen episode is as good as any of the others (largely because it stars Dr. Drakken and the fabulous Shego). Even if you've been taping the clever show, you'll want this DVD.

Wonderful, entertaining role model.
I'll write this review with the parent in mind, and leave the plots and story lines to someone else.

Kim Possible is an intelligent, science-loving high school student with an adventurous side. If I may be permitted to assert my parental instincts here, I would like to add that I think kids get way too much weird stuff in cartoons. Kim Possible, on the other hand, is a good role model for her studious habits and intelligent interests. My children love watching this cartoon (lots of laughs and bumbling bad guys), but I also enjoy it, and have no problem watching it with them. This would make a good Christmas or birthday present for the cartoon-watchers in your family.

KP: The Anti-Princess
I let my 5-year-old watch Kim Possible, because KP's one of the few strong role models for girls. The animated violence is usually kept to kung-fu style fighting (usually Kim v. Shego). The dialog is often clever and insightful, and it's good to see that the characters often have real world problems (like having your Mom and Dad along for a field trip). If you are a parent, try to catch KP on ABC (Saturday A.M.) to get an idea of what to expect.