The WEIRD World of Jimmy Neutron 

Thanks so much for watching! If there were a chance that a season 4 of Jimmy Neutron could be a reality, would you be down for it?

I'm slowly beginning to realize that I've seen every single one of these episodes at least once. Every one of them I recognize at least somewhat

The fact Calamitous has a daughter means he did "finish" something.

Jimmy spending multiple days trying to automate a task instead of just doing the task is peak computer science. Truly ahead of his time

I would never have guessed that at some point in my life I'll be watching a 3+ hours documentary on Jimmy Neutron, but here we are

I think the most wholesome moment in “Time is Money” actually comes from Hugh himself. Jimmy: “Hey Dad, if you didn’t use that money to invest in McSpankies, what did you use it for?” Hugh: “Well, son, I spent it on your mom’s wedding ring.” Idk why, that’s just such a sweet moment

I know Jimmy's dad is just the stereotype of "Idiot dad" but I really do love Hugh, he was a special kind of idiot.

The episode with the Junkman actually had some of my favorite ever side gags as they're going back and forth from the moon. Sheen asks Jimmy how they're able to go back and forth between the earth and the moon so fast and why they can breathe in space, Jimmy is about to explain it but it snap-cuts to Carl singing an obnoxiously loud song into the camera while Jimmy is muttering the explanation to Sheen in the background.

Whats crazy is I see often how smart Jimmy's mom is, like I think jimmy was trying to run fast and she came up with scientific theory or something for his shoes. I feel like she had a career going but met Hugh and had jimmy and just settled for being a mother.

What I loved so much about this series, even more now that I'm older and can notice it, is that they have Jimmy a be super genius and still be a kid. Especially in the early series. He can make reality altering inventions, yet he uses them for purely kid stuff. Such as sneaking out at night to go to the park, to cool off on a hot summer day, to win a talent show, or to live out his dream of being a super spy. Pure fun, that most people have at some point wanted to do when they were younger.

I didn't care for the Cindy x Jimmy plotline as a child, but now that you showed it to me again as an adult... Damn, it was so well done.

I like how much the characters change in little ways. Animated characters are often given 1 normal outfit and anything else is for specific gags or scenarios. But in this show, Cindy starts with pigtails and switches to a ponytail, Libby gets locs and her outfit changes, etc. It really helps with immersion for characters to be fluid in style like humans are.

Also the fact that Hugh and Eustis’s dad bonded over their shared love of ducks is one of the the main reasons why Hugh Neutron should have his own show

I remember Bolbi because of the minor controversy over his stereotyping, that quickly went away specifically because he's incredibly positive and nobody actually knows what culture he's stereotyping.

Let's also NEVER forget that Ms. Fowl was also married to a werewolf for a time. She really does have a dark past

Fun fact: Doppy in Planet Sheen replaced Carl because Nickelodeon didn't want Carl in the show. They compromised by replacing him with an alien look and sound alike.

I always liked the Jimmy/Timmy power hour! It was the best thing to watch when it was first out and it became what it is due to Jimmy and Timmy's legendary rivalry, all while showing the massive differences between the 2: whereas Jimmy is smart but acts like a smart butt while Timmy is dumb but is more down to earth. The perfect symbolation of Yin and Yang.

This show just had so much personality. It isn't just Jimmy, it's almost all of Retroville bringing the series together.

It's crazy how many of these I remember. The team behind this show were so motivated to be creative it's insane

I actually think Jimmy solving the simplest problem by the hardest means is a perfect start to the series..... What is an engineer but somebody that solves the easiest problems in the hardest longest most complicated ways :)

It shouldn't be funny every time, but it is. Every "Jimmy's mom" has me giggling. 😂

I didnt realize I was in the mood for a 3 1/2 hour video on Jimmy Neutron, but I sat down and it was over before I knew it. Well done and thanks for the nostalgia trip.

Jimmy Neutron is still one of the best Nickelodeon cartoons of all time! just the character alone played a big part in our childhood!!!

Man, this show is a lot more wholesome than I remembered.

I haven't watched Jimmy Neutron in over a decade and I still remember bits and pieces of basically every episode! You know you made a really creative and special show when you can bring back long forgotten memories ❤ I applaud all the talented people behind this show. Thank you for making my childhood awesome!

I feel like Jimmy Neutron would work so well as a reboot. Rewatching it there were definitely elements that were ahead of its time and worked almost as a proto-type Rick and Morty with the insane creature designs and out of the box concepts. Hope Nickelodeon brings it back someday.

Dug up many fond memories of this show. Thanks for this “brain blast” from the past Fringe.

One of my friends dads worked on the movie and we got to go to an early showing! We cheered when it got to his name in the credits. As a kid I was so surprised when the show got made after, so it's cool learning it was always intended this way.

Looking back at it now, all of the STEM related shows i loved as a kid (jimmy neutron, johhny test’s sisters, dexter’s lab) probably played a big role my becoming an engineer, they made it look incredibly fun, and now as an engineer i genuinely have fun doing it, there’s gotta be a connection

The fact that there is little to no content about Jimmy Neutron out there makes this 3-hour long video all that more worth watching ❤

Bolbi, Hugh and Carl are easily some of the best side characters ever made by Nickelodeon

This. Show. Was. My. Childhood. The movie is still beloved in my family. We quote it a lot. “Ultra lord is not afraid of chickens” “…. He might be a little bit afraid of chickens” fucking glorious. We’ve watch it far too much for a 24 year old and 50 year old parents. This video reminds me that I know absolutely no memory of the names of these episodes. I just refer to them as “the Lima bean episode”

Moral of the story its cool to abandon your son

I remember my grandma took me to the Jimmy Neutron movie when I was kid before I got into the show. The show was my first, "Did you like the movie?" Well you get to watch the movie every week now in 30 minute increments!" kind of deal. Loved all the characters growing up, and the "Hi I'm Paul" will always be burned into my memory

Jimmy Neutron, Danny Phantom, Hey Arnold and My life as a teenage robot were the best nicktoons I’d ever seen. So much better than today nicktoons.

My favorite cartoons are the one's where the parents know what's going on with their kids. No idea why but things like phineas and ferb where the parents are always unaware doesn't interest me as much lol. One of the reasons I love troll hunters is that the parents, even the whole town found out about the kids and the trolls and they were all so supportive and protective. Amazing.

Bringing back weird memories for me when I had childhood crushes on both Nick and Libby. Sometimes you forget how much you love a show until you watch 3 and a half hour-long essays on them

This retrospective reminded me of my dad and his best friend discussing the Stranded episode. They were both shocked. The memory of two grown men being reluctantly enthusiastic about the show their kids liked made me smile

I’ve been watching for over a year now , and you best believe every morning during Fringemas I’m excited to see what’s next . 3 hours !? It’s nice to have a community to share nostalgia with , thank you . 🥺💕

i don't know why but i LOVE how the Retroville looks in the afternoon, it looks super comfy especially the suburbs area. how some of my favorite episode ended in the afternoon also helps making it memorable

To my recollection, there was also a series of Jimmy Neutron shorts that would come on during commercial breaks that predated the original movie. There was one about Jimmy using the time remote to eat cookies, one about Jimmy and Cindy putting their dogs against each other, and my favorite, the one where Carl uses the cloning machine.

WOW, that "Miracle of birth" joke flew WAY over my head when I watched this show as a kid. I mean, I DID understand what she was referring to, but back then I had assumed she was referring to the joy of conceiving a child, and that she was crying because of how happy she was. But now I realize she was referring to the _other_ part of giving birth to a child, and that she was crying for the exact _opposite_ reason.

Three hours of Jimbo? Yes please.

The college episode of Jimmy Neutron actually gave me some anxiety about going to college when I watched it for the first time as a kid. I really liked this show back then and occassionally bumped into some of its episodes. It was extremely nostalgic remembering my favourite episodes while watching this vid. I'll probably do a rewatch of the show some time later.

I remember every single one of these episodes very strongly. It's so weird. This wasn't my favorite show growing up but I guess it had a profound effect on me. Also any time I text my brother suggesting we go out to eat together, I say "I want pizza, love carl" which is from that sleepover episode where he tries to get the machine to make a pizza

I loved the part of the “Meternatron” episode where Jimmy’s Mom used one of Jimmy’s rays to save them. Really goes to show, between the two of them, she’s smarter than she lets on. You can really tell Jimmy’s strong morality and heart came from his dad, and his smarts form his mom. It’s no surprise though, how Hugh became such a meme of a character gets later.

For those that don't know, Charlie Sheen was born Charlie Estevez, and he changed his name for showbiz. They parodied this name change in Sheens character. Also, Nick is based on Tom Hanson, Johnny Depps character in 21 Jump Street.

The episode with the duplicate evil Earth was always my favorite. It's such a unique concept, not just for Jimmy Neutron, but for Sci-fi in general. It also ended on a cliff-hanger that was never addressed, with the Evil Clone swearing to return. Which was intended to be a season 4 plot, which is even more disappointing that it never happened. You can tell with season 3 that they focus even more on continuing plot lines and character development. Now we can only imagine what Season 4 would have been...

36:08 Funny thing about that! That final trait, the “hates things that hates that that hates this that hates that” winds up being a catalyst for the eventual connection Jimmy and Cindy develop.

I didn’t realize how much of Jimmy Neutron I remembered, but almost every episode I was finding pieces I remembered. This show really was so great for it’s time. Early nickelodeon with having little oversight was really able to get away with a lot that wouldn’t make it on a kids show today

the "i have the ring" song break in the wedding scene still makes me burst out laughing. just well timed and silly yet somehow still makes sense in the context of the episode. it was jokes like that that make me confidently say the show holds up over time both in the writing and also watching as a kid vs adult.

Only 3 seasons? That’s criminal. That show was the chefs kiss on the early 2000s cartoon surge

I liked how you said the Yolkians had to “scramble” to their ship. Eggcellent writing!

Went to an art college and learned from one of the guys that helped animate Jimmy Neutron. Good teacher, spacey as all hell.

It's crazy how vividly I remember every single one of these episodes. Haven't watched in YEARS.

For help on the CGI term talk here (and in your Ben 10 Classic video where you go over "Destroy All Aliens"): - What you call the bodies you see normally on screen: "Models" - For the scene where you see their "digital skins minus the details": Their "wire frames" (basically all the points of articulation of how the face will move, if you've seen behind the scenes stuff where you saw people in black outfits with dots on their costume and face, basically imagine those as the points where each square connects) Also as far as Planet Sheen, I'd like to vote that we as the collective fans of Jimmy Neutron make it canon that the show is the result of either Sheen being stuck in a coma for a few days after crashing Jimmy's ship somewhere in or nearby Retroville, OR it's a case of Sheen making up a story and trying his best to put it together minus all the Ultra Lord aspects because those are the only two available options if we were to keep this show canon at all, which is probably the better solution rather than outright saying it's not connected to Jimmy Neutron at all. I haven't seen much of the show so I can't say much on how the events would play out. Honestly, even the idea of having a movie where Jimmy and the gang come to rescue him feels far fetched with how nonsensical and uncommitted to the original show is. Like they had a perfect opportunity to bring up even more Ultra Lord aspects for Sheen to live out his space hero warrior fantasy, they even had a perfect outfit to sort of base it on with his Ultra Lord Ninja costume in the Jet Fusion games. Again, haven't seen the show much, but the little I've watched barely drew any attention to it so I doubt it was brought up at all (and no, I do not count his shirt he's seen wearing before he gets his space suit because even that feels like lazy window dressing).

This show was literally GOATED. Absolute banger after banger of episodes. I hope they bring it back one day with how great CG has become.

3 hours of content discussing one of my favorite series from Nicktoons... Hell yes!

I never realized Libby's hair was changed for future episodes because of the Egyptian desert episode! Seen the episode so many times too as a child. I guess I would see them out of order though.

Going through this, I definitely remember every single one. It's so weird because I had completely forgotten this show existed. But every time we get into the description of the episode I remember it.

R.I.P. Aaron Carter

it's so cool that they made the POC character who previously had a more "gentrified" haircut find her roots and heritage and embrace it after that! i wonder if it came from someone pointing out that she should be better representation for young kids who look like her? but even with that, they could've just gave her a haircut. having her find her roots is above and beyond!

I like that you mention that certain episodes seem to be played a lot more than others because that’s definitely true. The oozy scab and the camping episode definitely played a lot more.

it's funny because i haven't thought about jimmy neutron in YEARS, yet i still remembered every single one of these episodes as you were describing them and how much fun i had while watching them! i even remembered the movie, which i didn't think i had even watched when you said it came out before the series but apparently i had indeed caught it on television! i never realized it was a movie though, i always thought it was a multi part episode or something since they aired it along-side the show during marathons :) this video brought up many fond memories, thank you!

Fun fact: if I remember correctly, the dub actress who played as Jimmy’s grandma in ‘Granny Baby’ in the Latin American Spanish dub was the same who played Captain Janeway in the dub of Star Trek: Voyager. Seeing excerpts from that episode in this video made me remember that particularly raspy voice which, through the years, I ended up associating with Captain Janeway’s dubbed version.

What I liked most about this show is the fact that it made science look cool. Hell, I was (and still am) a dunce when it comes to math, physics and science, but this show made me want to /try/ so I could replicate the gadget that Jimmy used in the show. I also really liked how they made Cindy her rival before developing a crush, because it showed how deep down they saw each other as equal who wanted to be respected by the other, and considering Cindy was the most reasonable of the two (Jimmy went too far with his experiments even if he solved the problems at the end of each episode) they personalities compliment each other very well. Now I want to rewatch this movie and show, dang it!

i love that during Grumpy Young Men, Jimmy and Sheen retain their screen printed t-shirts but just have their trousers hiked up, whereas Carl dresses like an old man in the first place and fits right in 😂

All the Jimmy Neutron movies were great. The first movie was excellent. Really helped by the soundtrack. The specials like Rescue Jet Fusion and "Win, Lose and Kaboom" were really well written. Another good aspect of the show is how Jimmy and Cindy's relationship actually progressed. And then somebody thought giving Sheen his own series was a good idea...

My favorite joke in the show is definitely when Sheen, Carl and Libby accidentally blow up the cruise liner during the Stranded episode

It's really rough for James Cameron that The Way of Water had to open against this.

I was literally think “didn’t he already do this.” But I see it’s covering the whole show. This is gonna be a nice 3 hour watch

Dammit Mumei, I've been watching for 2 hours now

At the 2:16:04 mark when they are looking at the alien ships on screen that's Aurebesh, the Star Wars fictional language also known as Galactic Basic (aka English). Some of the alien identifiers are: USD, HJD and SAJ

I love watching these retrospectives and going into it thinking “ah I probably haven’t seen most of the episodes” but then as they’re explained distinctly remember every single one lol.

I'd like to see you do StormHawks. It's right up your alley of "underrated shows"!

42:00 sorry I might be the only one here, but I’ve never seen a RU-vidr that did the whole ‘ad break gag’ so seamlessly that it feels just like watching cartoons as a kid, didn’t even notice until the TV came back on and I was like “Damn…I’ve never enjoyed an ad so much!” Kudos my man

I can honestly say, for as little as I thought I watched Jimmy Neutron as a kid I remember bascially every episode...

Huh, I didn't even consider as a kid how Libby's hair changed. I like how shows have continuity like that. A character likes their new look so the showrunners stick with it.

"Can I talk to you about something for a few minutes, I mean a few hours..." Me: uuuuhhhhhh I signed on for like a 17 minute video, so maybe at nighttime LOL

2:15:22 _”Dear diary, Jimmy’s mom looked breathtaking today in her green summer dress… oh also Jimmy..” 😂 Carl

One of my absolute favorite episodes (and proceeding canon) is the trip to Egypt…Libby discovers her ancestry and accepts her blackness/roots and goes from pony bang to natural twists. As a little black girl, it was quite a tearjerker because it related so much.

The adding of the old cuts in and out of commercials was a great touch

“I downloaded the Keanu Reeves advanced acting course. ‘Wooaahh, is this a layzur sword I see before me?”

I never got tired of watching Jimmy learn these lessons lol

Gosh, I was a huge Jimmy fan when I was young. It was nice to remember this part of my childhood. Side note: I actively avoided watching "Party at Neutron's" as a kid, namely because I didn't want to see Jimmy with Betty; I wanted to see him with Cindy! I was shipping the two of them before I even knew what shipping was.

A Birb guardian of civilization sent me here

Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, and Jimmy Neutron. The golden age of Nick

Never realized that in the Carl pregnancy episode, the device Jimmy is using to scan Carl throughout the episode is a PKE meter from Ghostbusters

Fun reminder, Jimmy Neutron's VA also voiced Orel Puppington in Moral Oral. They played a role in both my childhood and adolescence/adulthood

*Casually watching over 3 hours of jimmy neutron lore while sitting on the toilet at work*

The Carl Weezer project is such a banger name

I was a young girl completely obsessed with Jimmy Neutron. My favorite shirt in the world was one that said "Boy Genius" and now I wish little me had grabbed literally any other of the dozen Jimmy shirts target had. Lol

I feel like some version of "Kids in America" was always the go-to for "kid-power" scenes in the early 2000s. And if they didn't play it, you were probably singing it in your own head.

20:05 Hey guys I found Spamton's dad lol

Jimmy Neutron gave me a feeling I can't explain. Such a cool show lol

I almost ignored the video thinking it would be a mesh of the others, but now I'm glad I stayed Thanks for the 3 hours of content

This unlocked a lot of really fond memories growing up and watching Jimmy Neutron. Even after not watching it for years, I sat here thinking “oh yeah I remember this” for nearly every episode.

Anyone else notice Cindy's eyes are green in the Jimmy Neutron dimension, but blue in Fairly Odd Parents dimension?

I remember absolutely loving the hell out of the Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour trilogy when they first came out. I haven't watched any of them since then, but I still loved them.

Jimmy, Carl and Sheen were the ultimate geek trio