| Kim Possible | |
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| Kim Possible character | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Kim_Possible_(character_design).png) Kim Possible, as depicted by the series' character designer Stephen Silver with his signature. | |
| First appearance | "Crush" (2002) |
| Created by | Bob Schooley Mark McCorkle |
| Portrayed by | Sadie Stanley |
| Voiced by | Christy Carlson Romano |
| Enemies | Dr. Drakken, Shego (both formerly) |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1] |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Kimberly Ann Possible |
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| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | High school student Crime-fighter Cheerleader Clothing store sales associate |
| Family | James Possible (father) Ann Possible (mother) Jim and Tim Possible (brothers) |
| Significant other | Ron Stoppable (boyfriend) |
| Relatives | "Nana" Possible (paternal grandmother) "Slim" Possible (paternal uncle) Joss Possible and Larry (cousins) |
| Nationality | American |
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Kimberly Ann Possible[2][3][4] is a fictional character from the Disney Channel animated television series Kim Possible (2002–2007). She was created by series creators Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, and appears in all 87 of the show's episodes, from its pilot, "Crush", to its finale, "Graduation". Kim is an ambitious high school student who freelances as a world-renowned crime-fighter by thwarting the schemes of a range of villains, while balancing her personal life, schoolwork, and complications associated with adolescence. She was voiced by actress Christy Carlson Romano who, having been a teenager herself at the time, related to her character.
Inspired by the lack of strong female leads in children's animation, Schooley and McCorkle conceived Kim as a teenage girl who can achieve anything, wanting their daughters to have their own childhood hero reminiscent of James Bond. To have the character appeal to both girls and boys, they decided to reverse traditional gender roles by making Kim a capable action hero and her male best friend, Ron Stoppable, her comedic sidekick, but humanized her by keeping her non-superpowered, making her identify public, and having her struggle in her personal life. Instead of superhuman powers, her crime-fighting prowess is rooted in years of cheerleading experience to make her more relatable to young viewers. The character's design evolved during early development of the series, originally resembling a video game heroine or bombshell until the creators de-aged her to opt for a more realistic version a teenage girl.
Kim has been positively received by critics as a strong role model for young women. They compared her to previous crime-fighting television heroines, such as Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sydney Bristow from Alias. She has also earned the respect of feminist critics, who appreciated that she defied gender norms and challenged negative stereotypes associated with cheerleaders and teenage girls. The success of the show inspired the release of two television films, Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003) and Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama (2005), as well as a video game series, which Kim also starred in. Actress Sadie Stanley played the character in the 2019 live-action film adaptation of the series.
- ^ "A Sitch in Time"
- ^ Ortiz, Danielle (June 13, 2017). "15 Things You Didn't Know About Kim Possible". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2020). Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019, 2d Ed. United States: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 130. ISBN 9781476638102 – via Google Books.
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