The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
Genre	Adventure Comedy Science fiction
Created by	John A. Davis
Directed by	Keith Alcorn Mike Gasaway Kirby Atkins
Voices of	Debi Derryberry Rob Paulsen Jeffrey Garcia Frank Welker Carolyn Lawrence Crystal Scales Mark DeCarlo Megan Cavanagh Candi Milo Andrea Martin Tim Curry
Theme music composer	Brian Causey
Composer(s)	Charlie Brissette
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	61 (87 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Steve Oedekerk John A. Davis
Producer(s)	Keith Alcorn John A. Davis Paul Marshal
Editor(s)	Jon Price John Wahba Joe E. Elwood
Running time	11 minutes 22 minutes (general) 45 minutes (TV movies) 73 minutes (Win Lose and Kaboom! only)
Production company(s)	O Entertainment DNA Productions Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Distributor	MTV Networks
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Picture format	NTSC
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

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (sometimes shortened to Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius or commonly Jimmy Neutron) is an American computer-animated television series based on the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius created by John A. Davis. It originally aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons beginning July 20, 2002, and the final episode aired on November 25, 2006. The show follows an 11-year-old genius from Retroville, the eponymous character, as he goes on adventures with his best friends Carl Wheezer and Sheen Estevez. Throughout the show, various mishaps and conflicts occur on these adventures, as Jimmy's various inventions go awry. The series features voices of Debi Derryberry (Jimmy), Jeffrey Garcia (Sheen), and Rob Paulsen (Carl) for the three main characters.

Receiving mostly favorable reviews upon and since its release, the series has been the recipient of various nominations such as the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon in 2006 and 2007, and has also won an Annie Award for "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced for Children" in 2004 as well as a Motion Picture Sound Editors "Golden Reel Award". A spin-off, Planet Sheen, aired from 2010 to 2013.

Summary

The show follows an 11-year-old boy named Jimmy Neutron from Retroville, Texas who is a scientific genius. He frequently goes on adventures with his two best friends Sheen and Carl, usually involving his inventions going awry.

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. It 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, Jimmy did not wear his signature red atom shirt, 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, not dissimilar to all the other Nicktoons.

DVD releases

Production

Writing

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

Animation

DNA Productions retooled their pipeline when moving from the film to the TV series, so they could reuse assets for the episodes. Some of the programming team at the studio programmed a special code that allowed the animators to animate scenes in Maya, which can then be rendered in Lightwave. This helped the team keep up with the deadline and avoid going over budget.

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.

Awards and nominations

Spin-off

A spin-off series, Planet Sheen, aired from 2010 to 2013. The show focuses on Sheen Estevez, who accidentally crash-lands on the planet Zeenu in the pilot episode.

See also

In Spanish: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius para niños