The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
The Series second logo version (With Libby added)
Format	3-D Comedy Science Fiction Adventure
Created by	John A. Davis
Written by	John A. Davis Andrew Nicholls Darrell Vickery
Directed by	Keith Alcorn Mike Gasaway
Starring	Debi Derryberry Frank Welker Rob Paulsen Jeff Garcia Carolyn Lawrence Crystal Scales Candi Milo Mark DeCarlo Megan Cavanaugh Tom Kenny Daran Norris Andrea Martin
Theme music composer	Brian Causey
Opening theme	Theme Song
Ending theme	Theme Song (Instrumental)
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	72 (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	John A. Davis Steve Oedekerk Keith Alcorn
Editor(s)	John Wahba
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	DNA Productions O Entertainment Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	July 20, 2002 – November 25, 2006
Status	Canceled
Chronology
Preceded by	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
Followed by	Planet Sheen

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (often shortened to just Jimmy Neutron) is an American animated television series, and spin-off of the Academy Award nominated computer-animated movie, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It first officially aired on September 6, 2002, and is also the very first computer-animated Nicktoon.

Plot

Jimmy Neutron: Jimmy is a protagonist. He is an 11-year-old American genius with sudden surges of thought which he calls Brain Blasts. He has a growing affection on local genius girl Cindy Vortex. They hate each other at first, but later on, grow to like each other. He is best friends with Carl and Sheen.

Goddard: Jimmy's trusty robotic dog. Considering he's made of sprockets, circuits and widgets Goddard makes one great man's best friend. Plus, unlike his real-life canine cousins, Goddard can transform into a whole slew of useful tools, vehicles and other gadgets for Jimmy—he's like a high-tech, barking toolbox on four legs. Goddard's still got a few kinks to work out, but otherwise, this digital dog is the perfect (cyber) canine companion.

Carl Wheezer: Shy, asthmatic Carl Wheezer is Jimmy's right hand man. Unfortunately, that often means that he's Jimmy's guinea pig. Poor Carl is allergic to pretty much everything, so just breathing is hard enough for him. And yet he still agrees to help Jimmy out with his experiments (even if he usually says "I don't know, Jimmy..." first). Carl may get a little scared—and a little messy—riding shotgun next to Jimmy, but he always comes out glad for the ride.

Sheen Estevez: Sheen is Jimmy's hyperactive but heroic friend. He is either 12 or 13, because in the episode 'Jet Fusion', he remarks that he had already repeated the current school year twice. He is obsessed with Ultra Lord, a popular superhero action figure within the show. Sheen is of Mexican descent and his love interest is Libby. She eventually grows to like Sheen as well, later on becoming his girlfriend. Sheen sometimes fails to grasp the reality of things and is very random at times. He lives with his father and grandmother.

Cindy Vortex: Cindy is Jimmy's sassy, independent, intellectual rival and sometimes-love interest. She has a dog named "Humphrey" who she says is the best dog in Retroville. Her best friend is Libby. Cindy has a crush on her classmate, Nick, but later has a crush on Jimmy. Cindy almost proclaims her love for Jimmy twice. In the episode "Lady Sings the News," Jimmy finally kisses her.

Libby Folfax: Libby is Cindy's best friend and eventually Sheen's girlfriend. She is African-American, loves funk/hip-hop and electronic gadgets. Later on in the show, she received a brand-new hair makeover. Libby is 11, and in the first season she does not appear on the title logo, however when she becomes more involved in the show in the second season, she is added to the logo.

Media

Episodes

Special Marathon
On May 19, 2007, Nickelodeon aired a special marathon called Genius, Sheenius, or In Betweenius? which featured episodes selected by fans of the series, a personality quiz on Nick.com, and a revised version of the movie featuring in-universe commentary from the characters of Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl.

These were a few of the top ten selected episodes:

• "Men At Work"
• "Ultra Sheen"
• "King Of Mars"
• "Who Framed Jimmy Neutron?"
• "Best In Show"
• "The N Men.

There have also been three television movie tie-ins with the Fairly Oddparents, in the Jimmy Timmy Power Hours. In these shows, the five main characters from Jimmy Neutron meet with Timmy, his godparents, and his two best friends, and often cross between each of their worlds of 2D and 3D animation.

Pilots (1998-2001)

The pilot, named Runaway Rocketboy, involves Jimmy testing a rocket ship that he has invented, and later uses it when he inadvertently stumbles upon a Yolkian plot to conquer Earth. The pilot was never aired, but its plot was used for the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The pilot was later included as an extra on the "Confusion Fusion" DVD.

The pilot had a few differences from the main series. Most notably, the clothes were different, Goddard was not voiced by Frank Welker, and Carl Wheezer resembled his father. The title card had a picture in the scene. Also, the DNA Productions mascot was an animated cat.

The second pilot, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, was released on December 21, 2001 as a theatrical film.

DVD releases

• Nickelodeon and Amazon.com later struck a deal to produce DVDs of new and old Nickelodeon shows. Amazon made the discs, cover art, and disc art themselves. The Best of Jimmy Neutron Seasons 1, 2, & 3 were released on Amazon.com on September 5.^[16]

Development

The television series is produced by Thumb Wars creator Steve Oedekerk for the Nickelodeon cable channel, and animated by DNA Productions using messiah:studio and LightWave 3D software as was the movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. A television movie, Attack of the Twonkies, aired on Nickelodeon in mid-June 2005. In 2004, head writer Steven Banks was nominated for a Writer's Guild Club Award for the telefilm Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion. The first Jimmy Neutron mini-episodes aired before the Jimmy Neutron movie and can be seen only on Nicktoons Network, the movie web site, and on later versions of the DVD release of the original movie. Nickelodeon canceled the series in July 2006. After the final 3 episodes aired, the show came to an end on November 25, 2006.

Commercials (2007, 2009)

Jimmy appeared in two commercials.

Spin-off

In June 2009, Nickelodeon announced a spin-off series called Planet Sheen. This is a series about Sheen Estevez, who accidentally landed on the planet Zeenu. Nickelodeon has ordered 26 episodes, which will be produced by O Entertainment.^[17]

See also

Nickelodeon portal

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Jimmy Neutron

• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• The Fairly OddParents
• Lady Sings the News

References

External links

• Nick.com
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius on YTV
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius at the Internet Movie Database
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius at TV.com