History WesternAnimation / JimmyNeutronBoyGenius

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Carl [[TheDitz eating toothpaste after launching into space, mistaking it for "space food"]]. Believe it or not, astronauts actually ''do'' eat toothpaste, but not because they like the taste. When brushing their teeth, they can't risk contaminating their airtight space capsules by spitting, so they instead use a special brand of non-toxic toothpaste that's designed to be swallowed after use.

!!This movie provides examples of:

* AnAesop:
** Your parents love you and they always want what's best for you. Listen to them.
** [[SpaceWhaleAesop Don't talk to strangers.]]
** {{Be careful what you wish for}}.

* BigNo: Jimmy when the first rocket's pulse rockets fail and the engine malfunctions.

* BrickJoke: Burping Soda. In the beginning of the film, it's part of Jimmy's invention displays. It comes back in the last scene.

* BumblingDad: Hugh, to an extent.
* BumblingSidekick: Ooblar.

* CatchPhrase: Jimmy - "Gotta blast!"

* ComicTrio: Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl.

* DoAnythingRobot: Goddard.

* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' (Though they didn't compete with each other- ''School's Out'' had already been released on video)

* EverybodyLaughsEnding

* GoToYourRoom: Judy to Jimmy after he accidentally sets fire to the living room curtains with the jetpack rocket in his school bag.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Hugh remarks to Judy that when he was a kid, he was grounded for a week and wasn't allowed to attend his best friend's bachelor party, so he sneaked out so he could attend anyway. At that moment, Jimmy is grounded and in the process of sneaking out so he can go to Retroland despite having been told not to. Judy even asks Hugh if he thinks Jimmy will get the same idea.

* MeaningfulEcho: Two for the price of one.
** "Now, you gotta admit, ''that'' is pretty neat."
** "What would Ultra Lord do?"

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Ooblar.

* NeverTrustATrailer: How the Yolkians got the idea to abduct the parents was entirely different in the trailer. Not only did it show the Yolkians hatching the idea from spying on Hugh and Judy, instead of Jimmy's satellite message, another Yolkian shouts "The search is over!", instead of King Goobot.

* RetroUniverse: Retroville.
* RobotBuddy: Goddard.

* SassyBlackWoman: Libby.
* SchmuckBait: "Hmm, I don't remember buying this brand of soda..."

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* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Nick Dean when he sees the BigBad for the first time.

** Don't harm Jimmy in front of Goddard.

** The teaser trailer contains many scenes not in the final movie, including a couple of clips from the ''Runaway Rocketboy'' pilot and some scenes that would later be remade as part of "Jimmy Neutron" shorts airing on Nickelodeon to promote the movie (most notably Jimmy showing Cindy Goddard at the park with Goddard "playing dead," and a bit where squirrels attack Jimmy.)

* GoneHorriblyRight: All Jimmy wanted to do at the start of the film was to make contact with an advanced alien civilisation. He succeeded, all right. Turns out the aliens picked up the satellite and abducted every parents in Retroville to use them as sacrifices for Poultra. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Oops]].

* TheDitz: Ooblar, very much so. In his first scene he attempts to talk to a piece of toast, asking where it's leader is. Even when he's told he's talking to a piece of toast, he continues doing it, due to not knowing what toast is.

** While Goddard hides under Jimmy's blankets he records Jimmy's parents trying to comfort him when they won't let him go to Retroland, as they close the door they said they'll see him tomorrow. The aliens left a message on each house saying the parents are going to Florida for orange juice. When Goddard played the message to Jimmy, he realizes something's off.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Poultra, the Yolkian god, is a 50-foot, three-eyed, carnivorous ''chicken''. Also, near the end, Jimmy and Goddard grow to planet size to deafeat Goob

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Cindy calls a dinosaur skeleton a ''Plesiosaurus''. A Plesiosaurus is not a dinosaur, it's a marine reptile. And furthermore, the dinosaur skeleton Cindy appears to be standing on two legs with short arms indicating it could be a theropod. A Plesiosaurus lived in the seas and had flippers rather than legs or arms.

* AliensAreBastards: You could say that they're bad eggs.

* WhamLine: InUniverse, due to InternalReveal. "Good night, Jimmy. Sweet dreams. We'll see you in the morning." This is when Jimmy realizes everyone's parents didn't actually go to Florida.

* {{Fainting}}: Sheen at Retroland after Ultra Lord gives him the Ultra Mask. Also, Carl after the JumpScare in Nick's campfire story.

->'''Nick:''' Yeah, I can deal with that. I never got a ninety-five in my life.

* ArtisticLicenseSpace: Oddly, everyone who enters space does not require helmets, and thus cannot suffocate from lack of oxygen whatsoever.

* PullingTheThread: Jimmy's suspicions about the notes supposedly left by the parents are first raised when Goddards record of his parents has Judy promising to 'see [him] in the morning'. Why would she say that if they ''weren't'' going to even ''be'' there?

* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: Oddly, everyone who enters space does not require helmets, and thus cannot suffocate from lack of oxygen whatsoever.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Jimmy, Carl and Sheen suspect that their parents won't allow them to go to Retroland because it's a school night (and probably also because they'll be three preteen boys on their own at night). They turn out to be right.

* RealityEnsues: Jimmy, Carl and Sheen suspect that their parents won't allow them to go to Retroland because it's a school night (and probably also because they'll be three preteen boys on their own at night). They turn out to be right.
** At first, all the kids of Retroville are thrilled that there are no parents around to enforce the rules and party like there was no tomorrow, but by the following day, everyone soon starts to realize just how much they need their parents to support their lives and care for them, when injuries, stomachaches and other problems start to arise, with kids starting to run around crying for their parents.
-->'''Kid:''' ''I don't know how to make lunch!''

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrailerSpoof Trailer Spoof]]: In 2016, Mitchell Movie Productions [[https://youtu.be/paYiF3fZbYI made a fan made trailer]] for the movie and set it to Hans Zimmer's Ideal of Hope from Film/ManOfSteel.

* RealityEnsues: At first, all the kids of Retroville are thrilled that there are no parents around to enforce the rules and party like there was no tomorrow, but by the following day, everyone soon starts to realize just how much they need their parents to support their lives and care for them, when injuries, stomachaches and other problems start to arise, with kids starting to run around crying for their parents.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cindy's first line has her [[MaliciousMisnaming calling Jimmy "Nerdtron"]] and disparaging his bubblegum invention he used to catch up to the school bus, immediately revealing her dislike of him and his inventions.