The Rise & Fall of Jimmy Neutron: Nickelodeon's First CG Show 

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Yeah that was so cool

Ikr? I always loved that cross over!

That Power Hour speacial had to be seen in both parts lol.

FOR REEEEAAAALLLLL

same here. Also with the tv movies and fairly odd parents cross over i thought there was way more!

that why our parents hated our cartoons we were just watching the same 3seasons reran consecutively for two days straight

Time moves a lot more slowly when you're 10.

I thought it had 4 seasons?

Time goes by slow when you're little. Also most cartoons have like 23 episode seasons

Thank you so much Ryan. There is nothing more gratifying than when I recieve messages like these from the actual creators. And I'm happy to hear my research checks out! Wishing you all the best.

@@slow_start Oh good, I'm glad you found my comment! I watched your video because I'm on an old Facebook group with other Alumni from DNA (it was set up shortly after DNA shut down in 2006), and John A. Davis posted your video to the group. Here's what he said: "I don't know who made this (and I was not involved) but it is well done. I've seen some really laughably inaccurate "story of" accounts online, but this one is actually pretty darn accurate!" So, there you go, from the horse's mouth! As for me, I'm the guy with glasses and longish brown hair sitting at the dual monitors looking at a high resolution render of Jimmy's hair in Photoshop (I made the textures and materials for Jimmy, Goddard, King Goobot, Ooblar, Poultra...and Paul the 3-eyed chimp). It's simplistic stuff, but it fit the shows's aesthetic and the (off-the-shelf, as you know) tools of the time were quite limited. I'm also standing on the right, close to the front in the Jimmy Neutron crew photo. My career turned towards the Lighting side of the industry in more recent years, and I'm currently a Lead and sometime Director of Photography for the Lighting Department at Pixar.

@@RyanMichero “Hi, im Paul” bro that was easily my favorite part of watching cartoons, i still reference Paul all the time! A huge thank you to you and the whole DNA team for making such great memories for me and others from these wonderful shows and movies

I can't believe I almost lost this comment under the recent activity on my channel! Ryan, thank you so much for passing on John's message. That is absolutely incredible to hear, and as a creator it's one of the best kind of compliments you can recieve. I'm so glad I was able to make something that hopefully did the show justice and helped shine light on the incredible work you and your team did throughout the 2000's. I think I can speak on behalf of many people my age when I say thank you for all you and your team accomplished. And congratulations on your continuing work with Pixar!

@@RyanMichero just saw this comment and I’m just an internet random but I have to drop a line saying thank you so much for your contributions to my childhood.

Yep remember going to see it in theaters too. The marketing was massive it was all over Nickelodeon commercials. I remember watching the show premiere right after the kids choice award the following year. I was hyped that it was getting a show. I remember the movie being real enjoyable too

@@KDubb-ws9zc I don't remember the premiere, but I remember the day Phineas and Ferb aired.

It's bizarre to hear this all now and validate my memories... I knew the movie came out before the TV show, but I already knew the character and was SUPER excited to see the movie in theaters as an 8 year old, I'd never looked the timeline up before to make sense of it. Seeing the crossover promotions now suddenly hit me with a wave of nostalgia. Great push from the marketing team.

@@louisinese I remember when Phineas and Ferb aired too lol. It was like right after High School Musical 2 premiered they played like a short where they built a roller coaster in the backyard. Tbh by the time phineas and ferb came out I was approaching that age of growing out Nickelodeon/Disney channel so I don’t have the attachment to that show like a lot of younger people do

@@nogoodnames222 yep I remember during the kids choice awards they had like jimmy interrupting the show as a co host in his lab. Nickelodeon was really pushing the shit out of it

As for Planet Sheen (and most other later CGI Nicktoons)… it’s more than just their animation that didn’t age well (except they still seem to be repeating that schtick to this day where they don’t put as much effort as they could have just to not make their animation either too over-the-top like The Loud House, Bunsen is a Beast and etc or lifeless like Monsters vs. Aliens and Butt-Ugly Martians).

Could you give an example of one of it's contemporaries, the only one I can think of is Veggietales

It's defin9tely a cut above, but my god seeing it in action all this time later has me thinking "IT LOOKED LIKE THAT????"

Like reboot but that was made way earlier so it had an excuse to look dated

Ayo its still better than fanboy and chum chum.

In reality you were witnessing the start of something beautiful

@@exitoemprendedor3094 ain’t that some crazy shit lol

I didn't know either until years later I was shocked. Same for the barnyard movie

That was just the cartoon side! Also had sitcoms like All That Kenan & Kel Amanda Show Drake & Josh Zoey 101 Then iCarly in my opinion was the start of the downward slope.

Teen Titans were cool too and Avatar The Last Airbender was the best show hands down. ❤

@@Sc0rch91 iCarly was the start of Nick's downfall? No, lol. The only show on that list that tops iCarly is Drake and Josh. Victorious and to a lesser extent, Big Time Rush are all in good company for Nick live action. The Cartoon side was on a downfall way before the 2010s

Cartoon Network was better

@@cottonmather8146 Amanda show was better than icarly, it had drake and josh in pretty much every skit

He became too smart

"I can turn the brain drain helmet into a brain *gain* helmet but..."

the episode where carl gets a huge butt and then gives birth to a killer alien

@@myra-yves Super Weird But That's The 2000s Any Strange Crap Can Happen In The 2000s

I was creeped out by slappy, were he becomes sentient and tries to control Jimmy's dad. It's so creepy like he was trying to suck out his soul

Appreciate that Patrick!

​@@slow_startI wish there will be the new jimmy neutron boy genius reboot.

water pack member here

I swear patrick was an og r/waterniggas member

**BREATHE*

@@Herobello7141 Of course, Jimmy transfers the oxygen to them from his forehead, how you may ask? Well, my dear friend, it's pretty gross but- *Gets cut off by Carl Wheezer singing about the moon*

Meat canyon anyone?

Fun Fact: Planet Sheen was were I awaken to my kink as a child.

Roast of the century

Definitely. It immerses you so you see everything through the lens of the world they're portraying, so nothing ever seems weird or uncanny because it's just part of that world's characteristics.

That was the movie-level hype back in the day. As a kid, the crossover episode was amazing. And everyone talked about it at school. Fun times.

The crossovers is the only way I heard about Jimmy, as I never saw his show on tv😅

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I was about 6 when the movie came out. It was great man each episode was different and creative. Looking back it kind of reminds me of the old twilight zone with the outlandish scenarios Jimmy and the town would get into. I might’ve liked this show a tad bit more than odd parents

And how it didn't get one, not two, but three crossovers

I enjoyed the heck out of the Jimmy/Timmy Power Hours. They were all hysterically funny

Check out Nicktendo’s ongoing retrospective of the series it’s really well made and researched

Dude that's the episode I was thinking about during this entire video😂

That was a HUGE deal as a kid. Me and my brother stayed up all night to watch it.

What do you think about Planet Sheen?

I think you're right, even shows like Hey Arnold Jungle Movie and the Invader Zim movie we got a few years ago created much hype, but were appreciated.

As long as the original writers and creators has some say in it I’m sure they’ll make it nice

I think it would be possible, if the show grew with the audience. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it should be "adult" (by which I'm referring to the definition you're thinking of), but has matured in a way of showing that while it is the same Jimmy in essence, it's grown up a bit. A large aspect of the enjoyment with Jimmy is the weird inventions and off-the-walls adventures; going to Egypt, finding a mad scientist in the Bahama Quadrangle, The Junk Man, and many others. Point is, there's a very fine balancing act that would be incredibly difficult to pull off successfully.

Agreed. I really think Jimmy set the standard for a lot of studios. Amazing to see what's being done today because of it.

I would argue that part of the success of the first seasons of rugrats was due to its cheap and archaic looking animation style. Jimmys animation worked because it was a whole new show but when you start a show with the characters looking one way and eventually they look entirely different than they once did it takes a lot of the magic away. I even feel that way about South Park.

Thank you very much Kettei! Especially for the kind words about my writing! So glad you enjoy the channel. Hopefully we'll reach 10k soon :)

An exciting new channel for sure.

@@Pax.RU-vid so glad you like the channel man! thank for taking interest.

@kettei@@Pax.RU-vid absolutely agree with both statements. I hope he makes more of these documentaries. There is a natural feeling to his writing that straddles the line between a professional TV documentary and a conversation with a friend. It's very engaging. I watched the entire Bionical series after the first one was recommended to me and I couldn't have cared less about Bionical at the beginning yet I was rooting for it in the middle and cheering it on by the end.

i kept on being ready to select my skater

Me neither until I started working on the video!

And I can't wait to show you guys! Thanks so much for the kind words, especially about my writing!

That’s funny. As a kid I always had a feeling sheen was Chicano but I didn’t really know

One of, if not THE best soundtrack of any 3d animated movie ever.

Rip Aaron Carter ❤

Its was probably because bug's were easier to animate without them looking weird

​@NJEZ7 exactly. Humans were extremely hard to animate. One of the reasons why Pixars movies focused on non human characters

CGI was rarely new and most animations looked terrible on Human designs

Too bad this show never got the credit it deserved.

It even got its own ride with other nicktoon characters before being replaced by despicable me

I knew that because a lot of Spanish videos that do "Best Nickelodeon Shows" often list this as no. 1 or someplace in the top 5 while lists like these made in the US don't always include this show.

@@josephrowe849 i think it's because of the latin dub, the same thing happened with malcolm in the middle

Thanks so much Alice. These comments keep me going!

Facts

This rebrand is going to keep me up at night. The confusion surrounding what people should call me is painful to watch and for that I apologize... Glad you like the videos though!

That is well said 👍

That is so cool! Watching old footage of animators working with dual crt's side by side was really cool to see as well. Those desks must have been sturdy!

Exactly.

@@KyleEvraseason one intro or season 2

Wow what a compliment! I have no plans on slowing down so thank you!

Fair point! I am working to rely on them less! Very happy to hear you enjoy my videos :)