1. Summary

2. Media
    Episodes  The Fairly OddParents crossover episodes  Pilot (1998–2001)  DVD releases 

3. Production
    Development  Writing  Animation 

4. Theme

5. Awards and Accolades

6. Cancellation

7. Spin-off

8. See also

9. References

10. External links

• Comedy
• Science fiction
• Action/Adventure

• Keith Alcorn
• Mike Gasaway
• Kirby Atkins

• Debi Derryberry
• Rob Paulsen
• Jeffrey Garcia
• Frank Welker
• Carolyn Lawrence
• Crystal Scales
• Mark DeCarlo
• Megan Cavanagh

• Keith Alcorn
• John A. Davis
• Paul Marshal

• Jon Price
• John Wahba
• Joe E. Elwood

• O Entertainment
• DNA Productions
• Nickelodeon Animation Studio

The series has been the recipient of various nominations such as Kid's Choice "Favorite Cartoon" in 2006 and 2007, and has won an Annie award for "outstanding achievement in animated television production produced for children" as well as a Motion Picture Sound Editors "Golden Reel award".^[2][3][4] A spin-off of the show was produced in 2010 known as Planet Sheen, and premiered in October of that year, ending in February 2013. Reruns premiered on NickSplat on January 9, 2019.

Summary

The show follows an eleven year old boy named Jimmy Neutron from Retroville, who is a scientific genius. He frequently goes on adventures with his two best friends Sheen and Carl, usually involving his inventions going awry.

Media

Episodes

The Fairly OddParents crossover episodes

There have also been three tie-ins with special episode crossovers involving the Nickelodeon hand-drawn style series The Fairly OddParents under the title "The Jimmy-Timmy Power Hour" (the first alone, the second and third with the subtitles "When Nerds Collide!" and "The Jerkinators!," respectively); the five main characters from Jimmy Neutron meet with the main characters from The Fairly OddParents, Timmy, his godparents, and his two best friends Chester, and AJ, and often cross between each of their worlds of 2D and 3D animation.

Pilot (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 aired in short mini episodes on Nickelodeon before the film's release, and its plot was used for the film Boy Genius. The pilot was later included as an extra on the "Confusion Fusion" DVD. It was originally supposed to air as a short on KaBlam!, but the show got cancelled before the episode aired.

The pilot had a few differences from the main series. In it, the clothes were different, Judy's hair was darker, the Yolkians all wore grey suits and King Goobot's crown was a different color, the theme song was longer with a few lines that were cut later, Goddard was voiced by Kim Saxon, in lieu of Frank Welker, Carl Wheezer resembled his father, Sheen Estevez was absent and the title card had a picture in the scene, like all the other Nicktoons at the time. Also, the DNA Productions logo with their original mascot, Helix the purple cat-like creature wearing a lab coat and a bow tie, was shown.

DVD releases

Production

Development

Writing

Victor Wilson was hired as the Story Editor. The main writers when the show was greenlit were Steven Banks and Jed Spingarn.

Animation

Theme

The theme song was originally written by Brian Causey for the pilot episode. Pop-punk band Bowling for Soup later revamped and extended Causey's theme for the film version theme. Ultimately, the original theme was kept for the TV series intro and outro.^[10][11]

Awards and Accolades

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius has been the recipient of various nominations and awards. The show received nominations for several Annie awards in 2004, 2005, and 2006 (Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production, Carolyn Lawrence for best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production,^[10] Keith Alcorn for Best Directing in an Animated Television Production,^[11] and Christopher Painter for Best Writing in an Animated Television Production^[12]). In 2004, the awards were given to Jeffrey Garcia (Voice of Sheen) for Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production, and to the show for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced for Children. The BMI Cable Award was given to Charlie Brissette and Brian Causey for their work on the show in 2003 and 2004.^[13][14]

The show was nominated as "Favorite Cartoon" by the Kid's Choice Awards, USA in 2006 and 2007.^[15][16] Further accolades of the show include a Golden Reel Award for "Best Sound Editing in Television Animation" in 2004 and 2005 by Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA.^[17][17] Nickelodeon and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius was also nominated for the Vision Award in the Children's category in 2004 by NAMIC.^[18]

Cancellation

Although the producers originally wanted to make a fourth season, all plans for this season were scrapped due to DNA Productions' closing as the result of the lackluster performance of The Ant Bully. Four scripts were written for the season, but two of these scripts were not revealed. The new season was planned to be more serious and darker than the previous. The premiere of the season, entitled "Deep Impacts", would be the return of Evil Jimmy, who would have struggled with Jimmy in their definitive last encounter during a battle on the moon. Another episode entitled "Three's a Crowd" was planned to be part of this season to explore the relationship of Cindy and Betty. Nick Dean was also set to return as part of the main cast, Cindy and Jimmy would have become an official couple, new and old villains would have returned and appeared, and the League of Villains would have made more appearances. It was thought of that the series, in terms of year runs, would have been the third longest running Nicktoon series behind SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly OddParents, but such a production and assets to O Entertainment and DNA Productions would have been too costly.^[19]

Spin-off

Eight years later, a second spin-off series, Planet Sheen premiered. The show focused on Sheen Estevez, who accidentally landed on the planet Zeenu in Planet Sheen's pilot episode. 26 episodes were produced by O Entertainment but further episodes were not being released due to DNA Productions' going bankrupt.^[20] Along with fellow Nicktoon T.U.F.F. Puppy, Planet Sheen debuted on October 2, 2010. As of 2013, the spin-off has been cancelled due to low ratings, production costs and several writers moving on; with the final episode having aired on February 15, 2013.

See also

• Boy Genius

References

External links

• {{IMDb title|0320808}}
• {{tv.com show|the-adventures-of-jimmy-neutron-boy-genius}}
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. [https://www.webcitation.org/6bCQBshcL?url=http://toonopedia.com/neutron.htm Archived] from the original on August 31, 2015.

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