Middleton

Middleton

Location:	United States of America
First Appearance:	Bueno Nacho

Middleton is the hometown in which Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable live, work, and go to school. Almost every adventure includes at least one scene somewhere in Middleton. Most of the frequently re-visited locations are inside its borders.

Description

It is referred to as one of three cities in the Tri-City area. The other two being Upperton and Lowerton.

Most scenes of Middleton are those of a quiet, suburban town, although other scenes show it to also have an active urban area with a large population base, an extensive infrastructure, and considerable cultural amenities.

In the original Series Bible Middleton is described as being a modern, planned community in the new urban utopian mold. Parkways, porches and picket-fences define the landscape.

Location

The precise geographical location of Middleton is never explicitly stated, but the majority of available canonical evidence points to it being somewhere in Colorado.

Screencap edited to show center of missile targeting screen for Middleton Location.

During Team Possible's second encounter with Senor Senior, Senior he displayed a multi-state map centered on Middleton. The middle of the map is in the general vicinity of the real world location of Denver, Colorado.

When Kim dons the speed shoes to fight the returned Bebes she ends up in San Francisco and notes that she was a thousand miles from Middleton. Which is almost exactly how far it is from San Francisco to Denver, Colorado.

When Kim and Ron accidentally left Rufus in Greece after a mission they state that their commercial flight took twelve hours. Given that the typical transoceanic commercial aircraft travels at an average speed of about 500 to 550 miles per hour, then that means that Middleton is about 6000 to 6600 miles from Athens. Denver, Colorado is about 6200 miles from Athens, Greece.

Geological and meteorological clues, while inconclusive, seem to support the Colorado location. Middleton is shown to be near both arid, desert-like environments [citation needed] as well as greener hill country and snow-covered mountains. A variety of landscapes that are found in and near Colorado.

However, despite all of this canonical evidence pointing toward Middleton being located in Colorado somewhere near Denver, there are a couple pieces of canonical evidence which refute or weaken Middleton being in Colorado.

When Kim and Ron took their ski trip to Mount Middleton a multi-state map showed Mount Middleton to be in or around West Virginia.

Also seemingly contradicting the Colorado location of Middleton is when Ron moves to Norway he states that he is nine hours ahead of Middleton. At the time of the year that this took place, the start of the school year, Norway is nine hours ahead of the Pacific Time Zone not the Mountain Time Zone that most of Colorado is located within.

It is highly likely the ambiguity is intentional. Series director Steve Loter has stated that Middleton "is Anywhere USA. It's not based on a real place" [citation needed] , which allows the city to portray a typical locale anywhere in the majority of the American states. This is also used for Go City.

Points of Interest

• Bueno Nacho #582
• Cow and Chow
• Drakken's Lair (at least one)
• JP Bearymore's Pizza Party-Torium
• Lake Middleton
• Middleton Community College
• Middleton Evening News
• Middleton Geological Center
• Middleton High School
• Middleton Institute of Science and Technologies
• Middleton Landfill
• Middleton Magnetic Institute
• Middleton Mall
  • Club Banana
  • Earring World
  • Hair Salon
  • Men's Suits
  • Pickle on a Pike
  • Steve's Hats
  • Victoria's Circuits
• Middleton Medical Center
• Middleton Motor Lodge
• Middleton Museum
• Middleton Park
• Middleton Space Center
• Middleton Zoo
• Monique's house
• Mount Middleton Observatory
• Mr. Fudgie's Ice Cream-O-Rama
• Possible house
• Felix Renton's house
• Rockwaller house
• Smarty Mart
• Stoppable House
• Wade's House

Events

• Tri-City World Expo
• GWA Tour at Middleton Mall
• More to be added...

Gallery

Downtown Middleton,
Note skyscraper resembling New York's Chrysler Building

Downtown Middleton at night.

Trivia

• Middleton is also a city in DC Comics that was the base of operations for the hero Martian Manhunter. It too is located in Colorado, one of the places Kim's Middleton is believed to be located.
• Nearly every state in the US has at least one Middleton, including one in Colorado. Many fans assume that Middleton is somewhere in Colorado (near either Silverton or Denver). However, the real Middleton in the state of Colorado is virtually uninhabited and nowhere near any sprawling cities or flatland areas.
• There is a building in Middleton's skyline which bears great resemblance to the Chrysler Building in New York City.
  • It is possible Ron was standing on one of the building's eagles in The Fearless Ferret.

Behind the Scenes

Episode Appearances

Season 1

Production Number	US Broadcast Number	Episode
101	6	Bueno Nacho
102	4	Tick-Tick-Tick
103	13	Monkey Fist Strikes
104	9	Attack of the Killer Bebes
105	3	The New Ron
106	8	Mind Games
107	10	Royal Pain
108	17	The Twin Factor
109	18	Animal Attraction
110	15	All the News
111	2	Sink or Swim
112	7	Number One
113	1	Crush
114	19	Monkey Ninjas in Space
115	21	Low Budget
116	5	Downhill
117	11	Coach Possible
118	12	Pain King vs. Cleopatra
119	16	Kimitation Nation
120	20	Ron the Man
121	14	October 31st

Season 2

Production Number	US Broadcast Number	Episode
201	25	The Ron Factor
202	44	Partners
203	23	Grudge Match
204	30	Virtu-Ron
205	24	Two to Tutor
206	22	Naked Genius
207a	27a	Rufus in Show
207b	27b	Adventures in Rufus-Sitting
208	48	Motor Ed
209	31	The Fearless Ferret
210	29	The Golden Years
211	28	Job Unfair
212	38	Queen Bebe
213	26	Car Trouble
214	41	Go Team Go
215	37	A Very Possible Christmas
216	47	Mother's Day
217a	33a	Rufus vs. Commodore Puddles
217b	33b	Day of the Snowmen
218	34	A Sitch in Time: Present
219	35	A Sitch in Time: Past
220	36	A Sitch in Time: Future
221	39	Hidden Talent
222	40	Return to Wannaweep
223	43	Blush
224	42	The Full Monkey
225	32	Exchange
226	45	Oh Boyz
227	50	Triple S
228	49	Ron Millionaire
229	56	Showdown at the Crooked D
230	51	Rewriting History
231a	46a	Sick Day
231b	46b	The Truth Hurts

Season 3

Production Number	US Broadcast Number	Episode
301	52	Steal Wheels
302	53	Emotion Sickness
303	54	Bonding
304	55	Bad Boy
305	63	So the Drama, Part 1
306	64	So the Drama, Part 2
307	65	So the Drama, Part 3
308	57	Dimension Twist
309a	58a	Overdue
309b	58b	Roachie
310	62	And the Mole Rat Will Be CGI
311	59	Rappin' Drakken
312	61	Gorilla Fist
313	60	Team Impossible

Season 4

Production Number	US Broadcast Number	Episode
401	66	Ill Suited
402	70	Car Alarm
403	68	Trading Faces
404	67	The Big Job
405	71	Mad Dogs and Aliens
406	75	Fashion Victim
407	72	Grande Size Me
408	73	Clothes Minded
409	69	The Cupid Effect
410	74	Big Bother
411	76	Odds Man In
412	79	Mathter and Fervent
413	77	Stop Team Go
414a	84a	Chasing Rufus
414b	84b	Nursery Crimes
415	78	Cap'n Drakken
416	80	The Mentor of Our Discontent
417	81	Oh No! Yono!
418	82	Clean Slate
419	83	Homecoming Upset
420	85	Larry's Birthday
421	86	Graduation, Part 1
422	87	Graduation, Part 2