The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Genre
Created by John A. Davis
Directed by
  • Keith Alcorn
  • Mike Gasaway
  • Kirby Atkins
Starring
Theme music composer Brian Causey
Composer(s) Charlie Brissette
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 61 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Steve Oedekerk
Producer(s)
  • Keith Alcorn
  • John A. Davis
  • Paul Marshal
Editor(s)
  • Jon Price
  • John Wahba
  • Joe E. Elwood
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network Nickelodeon
Original release July 20, 2002 (2002-07-20) – November 25, 2006 (2006-11-25)
Chronology
Preceded by Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Followed by Planet Sheen
External links
Website www.nick.com/jimmy-neutron

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is an American computer animated television series created by John A. Davis. It is the first spin-off to the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It originally aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons beginning July 20, 2002, and the final episode aired on November 25, 2006. A second spin-off to the film, Planet Sheen, debuted four years later.

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 Jimmy Neutron: 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

Title Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
The Best of Season 1 September 16, 2008[1] – –
The Best of Season 2 September 16, 2008[2] – –
The Best of Season 3 September 16, 2008[3] – –
Confusion Fusion May 27, 2003[4] February 2, 2004[5] October 8, 2003[6]
Sea of Trouble October 7, 2003[7] May 16, 2005[8] March 24. 2005[9]
Jet Fusion February 3, 2004[10] August 15, 2005[11] July 7, 2005[12]
Attack of the Twonkies November 16, 2004[13] March 27, 2006[14] April 6, 2006[15]
Party at Neutron's – September 4, 2006[16] September 21, 2006[17]
King of Mars – – July 5, 2007[18]

Production

Development

John A. Davis created Jimmy (then named Johnny Quasar) sometime during the 1980s and wrote a script titled Runaway Rocketboy (later the name of the second pilot) which was later abandoned. He later stumbled upon the idea while moving into a new house in the early 1990s. He re-worked it as a short film titled Johnny Quasar and presented it at SIGGRAPH where he met Steve Oedekerk and worked on a television series of the short as well as the movie. Jimmy was still called Johnny Quasar before it was decided to name him Jimmy Neutron because "Johnny Quasar" sounded too similar to Jonny Quest.[19]

Writing

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

Spin-off

A second spin-off series, Planet Sheen, focused on Sheen Estevez, who accidentally landed on the planet Zeenu in Planet Sheen's pilot episode. 26 episodes were produced by O Entertainment.[20] The show debuted on October 2, 2010, along with T.U.F.F. Puppy. As of 2013, the spin-off has been cancelled, with the final episode having aired on February 15, 2013.

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. Carl Wheezer is also very well known for saying, "Croissant," and "Aahh.." through the series; later becoming a meme on popular Internet sites, such as Vine and YouTube. Jimmy's notable quote in the theme, "Gotta blast!" has become a popular meme on YouTube and Vine (as well as the theme itself, particularly the beginning with the countdown and Jimmy's line).

Cancellation

Although the producers originally wanted to make a fourth season, plans for this season were scrapped after DNA Productions' closing as the result of the lacksluster performance of The Ant Bully. Four scripts were written for the season, but two of these scripts weren't 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 in 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've 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.[21]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron- The Best of Season 1 (2 Disc Set): Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  2. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron- The Best of Season 2 (2 Disc Set): Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron- The Best of Season 3 (2 Disc Set): Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  4. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Confusion Fusion: Debi Derryberry, Jeffrey Garcia, Rob Paulsen, Mark DeCarlo, Frank Welker, Carolyn Lawrence, Andrea Martin, Megan Cavanagh, Crystal Scales, Candi Milo, Phil LaMarr, Jeff Bennett, John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn, Steve Oedekerk". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius: Confusion Fusion DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  6. ↑ "Buy The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Confusion Fusion (Kids Video) (DVD Movie ) Online at Bookworld with free shipping". Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Sea of Trouble: Debi Derryberry, Jeffrey Garcia, Rob Paulsen, Mark DeCarlo, Frank Welker, Carolyn Lawrence, Andrea Martin, Megan Cavanagh, Crystal Scales, Candi Milo, Phil LaMarr, Jeff Bennett, John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn, Steve Oedekerk". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  8. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius: Sea Of Trouble DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  9. ↑ Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Jet Fusion: Debi Derryberry, Jeffrey Garcia, Rob Paulsen, Mark DeCarlo, Frank Welker, Carolyn Lawrence, Andrea Martin, Megan Cavanagh, Crystal Scales, Candi Milo, Phil LaMarr, Jeff Bennett, John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn, Steve Oedekerk". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  11. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius: Jet Fusion DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  12. ↑ Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron - Attack of the Twonkies: Debi Derryberry, Jeffrey Garcia, Rob Paulsen, Mark DeCarlo, Frank Welker, Carolyn Lawrence, Andrea Martin, Megan Cavanagh, Crystal Scales, Candi Milo, Phil LaMarr, Jeff Bennett, John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn, Steve Oedekerk". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  14. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius: Attack Of The Twonkies DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Jimmy Neutron: DVD & Blu-ray". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  15. ↑ Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ "Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius: Party At Neutrons DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Jimmy Neutron: DVD & Blu-ray". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  17. ↑ Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ Frank Moldstad. "Making Jimmy Neutron, An interview with John Davis, Director and creator of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius".
  20. ↑ "Nick Orders Neutron Spin-off, T.U.F.F. Puppy Series". Animation Magazine. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  21. ↑ http://thebeanholes.podbean.com/e/a-beanholes-extra-jimmy-neutron-season-4-interview/
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