History WesternAnimation / TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius

* FreakyFridayFlip: Jimmy and Cindy swap bodies in "Trading Faces". Incidentally, at the end (where they had to manually switch back their memories), they found that one of the two had an extreme dislike of the other one. However, Sheen said that it got too confusing reading the hilariously long name and deleted it, never getting to the end (and thus, figuring out who it belonged to). It is after that one that the two started getting closer.
-->'''Carl:''' "Extreme dislike of girls who dislike boys who dislike girls who dislike show-offy boys who dislike..."\\
'''Sheen:''' TOO CONFUSING! ''Just throw that one away!''
* FreeRangeChildren: The sixth grade cast behaves more like young adults/older teenagers. They run all about Retroville, hang out at the local fast food joints, and that's only what they do when not on an adventure caused by Jimmy's invention.

Based on the 2001 movie ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', this CGI Nickelodeon series continues the adventures of [[ChildProdigy Jimmy]] [[TheHero Neutron]], a preteen genius who builds all sorts of inventions in his underground lab. He, his robot dog [[RobotBuddy Goddard]] and his best friends; [[CowardlySidekick Carl]] [[SicklyNeuroticGeek Wheezer]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Sheen]] [[{{Keet}} Estevez]], Libby Folfax, [[BigManOnCampus Nick]] [[PrettyBoy Dean]] and [[TheLancer Cindy]] [[AttentionWhore Vortex]] save Retroville/the world from invention-induced disasters just about every episode. The show lasted from July 20, 2002 to November 25, 2006. It is the first fully CGI-animated [[Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} Nicktoon]].

** In "Win Lose or Kaboom", Hugh manages to win the game show with a single question, including a car. His voice actor, Mark [=DeCarlo=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhwh3JVo8OQ won a car]] (along with a boatload of other prizes and cash) on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' in 1985; he managed it by tying with his opponent in the SpeedRound and the opponent answered the tiebreaker incorrectly, sealing his win. In the same episode, Meldar Prime (voiced by Creator/TimAllen) briefly does the Tim "The Tool Man" grunt from ''Series/HomeImprovement''.

Of interest is that the film and television series was made from consumer-grade programs. The show strains to compensate for the lack of raw technical power with very clever visuals. As per the very nature of its premise the "science" was either [[HandWave never explained]] or [[{{Technobabble}} clearly made up]].

* LaughOfLove: Cindy sometimes laughs when she's having romantic moments with Jimmy, most notably in the episodes "Love Potion 976/J" and "Stranded".

* LaughOfLove: Cindy sometimes laughs when she's having romantic moments with Jimmy, most notably in the episodes "Love Potion 976/J" and "Stranded".
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** Hugh has his own character theme when ever he has a father-son moment with Jimmy or any scene where he gives a speech.
** Jimmy has a few pop-rock themes whenever he puts his inventions to work. He also has an epic adventure theme during his Brain Blasts.

* AlwaysSecondBest: Jimmy and Cindy's conflict is based on this. Cindy was the smartest kid in her old school, but in Retroville, Jimmy has her beat in terms of raw intelligence. His inventions easily beat her school-level projects, he has a massive underground lab and she doesn't, and Jimmy's robot dog Goddard is far more capable than Cindy's normal dog Humphrey. Naturally, the hyper-competitive Cindy is [[IJustWantToBeSpecial very insecure]] about this and frequently tries to upstage Jimmy.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Jimmy and Cindy's conflict is based on this. Cindy was the smartest kid in her old school, but in Retroville, Jimmy has her beat in terms of raw intelligence. His inventions easily beat her school-level projects, he has a massive underground lab and she doesn't, and Jimmy's robot dog Goddard is far more capable than Cindy's normal dog Humphrey. Naturally, the hyper-competitive Cindy is [[IJustWantToBeSpecial very insecure]] about this and frequently tries to upstage Jimmy.

--> '''Sheen:''' You think everything's cute!
--> '''Carl:''' Well, you think Ultra Lord is cute!
--> '''Sheen:''' I do not!
--> '''Carl:''' Yes you do, you told me!
--> '''Sheen:''' No, let me clarify; I said ''Baby'' Ultra Lord is cute.
--> '''Carl:''' Yeah, he is. Hey, can I borrow your Baby Ultra Lord doll when we get home?
--> '''Sheen:''' He's an action figure! And just for that, you can't borrow him!

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sheen mentions a sister in "I Dream of Jimmy" and his mother in the movie’s PC video game, but the creators have said since to disregard it. Canonically, Sheen is an only child who lives with his father and grandmother (at least until ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'').

** Sheen's father, on the other hand, has a discernibly darker skin tone than Sheen, suggesting that his mother, whom we never see in the show, is of pure European ancestry. Then we have Cindy who didn't even inherit either of her parents' hair color.

[-[[caption-width-right:330:He's gotta save the world and get to school on time.]]-]

Based on the 2001 movie ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', this CGI Nickelodeon series continues the adventures of [[ChildProdigy Jimmy]] [[TheHero Neutron]], a preteen genius who creates inventions in his underground lab. He, his robot dog [[RobotBuddy Goddard]] and his best friends; [[CowardlySidekick Carl]] [[FatIdiot Wheezer]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Sheen]] [[{{Keet}} Estevez]], Libby Folfax, [[BigManOnCampus Nick]] [[PrettyBoy Dean]] and [[TheLancer Cindy]] [[AttentionWhore Vortex]] save Retroville/the world from invention-induced disasters just about every episode. The show lasted from July 20, 2002 to November 25, 2006. It is the first fully CGI-animated [[Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} Nicktoon]].

** Pretty boy, Nick Dean, surrounds himself with many girls but pays no mind to them. He seems to be more comfortable around other boys, including Jimmy.

* RetroUniverse: Retroville.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After being defeated, Evil Jimmy breaks the dark matter chip he used to create his evil copy of Earth, causing the entire planet to be sucked into the the dark matter dimension in an attack to take Jimmy down with him.]]

* PantyShot:
** Cindy gets a few... [[strike:gracious]] JustForFun/{{egregious}} shots (blue thong) in "The N-Men".
** In "When Pants Attack", (the FIRST episode, no less) Cindy loses her pants completely, revealing her light-pink panties with red polka-dots. Needless to say, this did NOT amuse her.
** In a Nicktoons Christmas short "Patrick The Snowman", Libby is seen in a green bra and panties with pink sound waves on them.
** Libby is also subjected to a more subtle one in "Hall Monster." When she curls up into a ball on the floor, you can see she has white panties up her skirt.

** In "Win Lose or Kaboom", Hugh manages to win the game show with a single question, including a car. His voice actor, Mark [=DeCarlo=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhwh3JVo8OQ won a car]] (along with a boatload of other prizes and cash) on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' in 1985; he managed it by tying with his opponent in the SpeedRound and the opponent answered the tiebreaker incorrectly, sealing his win.

* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity: Jimmy's Brain Drain in "Normal Boy" makes him an idiot.

It was a fairly successful show, running for three seasons. Throughout the early run of the series, Jimmy became a mascot for Nickelodeon. It was involved in [[WesternAnimation/TheJimmyTimmyPowerHour a few crossovers with]] ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' and in later {{Massive Multiplayer Crossover}}s in the ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'' series and ''VideoGame/NicktoonsMLB''.

* PunnyName: Ms. Fowl has a few bird-like attributes