50 Fun Facts About Jimmy Neutron

In the 2001 film, all the parents in Jimmy's town are abducted by aliens shaped like what?

The Yolkians come from the planet Yolkus and float about in egg-like anti-gravity suits.

Which voice actress has played Jimmy since the 1998 test pilot?

The other three were all considered for the part; the winner had earlier been a body double for Scott Menville in Ernest Goes to Camp.

What is the name of Jimmy's hometown?

The series places it in Texas, the home state of DNA Productions, the studio that animated the show.

Jimmy was originally created under what name?

The name came from a joking nickname John A. Davis's summer co-workers gave him in his youth.

Nickelodeon asked for the character's original name to change because it sounded too much like which cartoon hero?

Davis brainstormed replacements while walking his dog around the block, and Captain Quazar was another name the network wanted to avoid.

Which Star Trek captain voiced King Goobot in the 2001 movie?

S. Scott Bullock took over the Yolkian king for the TV series, and Joe Whyte voiced him in the video game.

Which SCTV and Three Amigos comedian voiced Goobot's bumbling brother Ooblar in the film?

In the series Ooblar is eventually traded to the Bulgosians for sulfur butter.

The Yolkians plan to sacrifice the abducted parents to their god, a giant three-eyed what?

Poultra hatches from a giant egg in the Yolkian colosseum, and her name is a play on 'poultry'.

Carl Wheezer is passionately obsessed with which animal?

He posters his room with them, plays llama-themed video games and belongs to the Llama Love Society, which he probably founded himself.

Which fictional superhero is Sheen unhealthily obsessed with?

He owns the largest collection of the hero's action figures and is offended when anyone calls them dolls.

What is Hugh Neutron's favourite hobby?

Jimmy's dimwitted dad works at an automotive assembly plant, and his voice was partly an impression of one of the show's producers.

What is Jimmy's stated IQ?

He is proficient in everything from aerospace engineering to nanotechnology, but the inventions still go wrong thanks to pride and a lack of common sense.

Jimmy's middle name references which scientist?

His middle name is the giveaway; his robot dog is named after another scientist entirely.

Jimmy's robot dog is named after which pioneer of rocketry?

The dog can fly, store gadgets, display options on a chest monitor and self-destruct and reassemble when told to play dead.

What does Jimmy exclaim once he has worked out a plan?

He usually mutters 'Gotta think...' first, replaying everything he has seen during the dilemma.

Which film beat Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius to the first Best Animated Feature Oscar?

It was the first Nickelodeon Movies release ever nominated for an Oscar.

Roughly how much did the film gross worldwide against a $25–30M budget?

It opened third behind The Fellowship of the Ring and Ocean's Eleven and, unusually, earned more in its second weekend than its first.

The movie was a first for computer animation because it was made entirely with what?

Characters were modelled in LightWave 3D and animated in messiah:studio, with Photoshop handling textures.

How many months did production of the film take, roughly half the time of most CGI features of the era?

To hit the pace, DNA Productions grew from about 30 employees to around 150.

Which pop-punk band performed the film version of the theme song?

The band later sang the Phineas and Ferb theme, 'Today is Gonna Be a Great Day'.

The TV series theme was written by Brian Causey, guitarist of which surf-rock band?

Causey performs as Star Crunch, and his original theme was kept for the show even after the movie's extended version.

Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast was a simulator ride at which theme park from 2003 to 2011?

It replaced The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera and was itself replaced by Despicable Me Minion Mayhem.

In the 2010 spin-off, Sheen crash-lands on which distant planet?

He got there by ignoring a note in Jimmy's lab that read 'Sheen, do not push this button', and he is never shown returning to Earth.

On his new planet, Sheen befriends a green slug-like creature who resembles Carl. What is his name?

Rob Paulsen, Carl's voice, played him; Nesmith is a maths-loving chimp from Earth and Dorkus the sorcerer who wants Sheen gone.

The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour crossed Jimmy over with which Nickelodeon series?

The three specials mixed hand-drawn animation for Dimmsdale with CGI for Jimmy's world, and Timmy ends up smitten with Cindy.

How many seasons did The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius run on Nickelodeon?

It ran from July 2002 to November 2006 for 64 episodes, and was the network's first CGI cartoon and first series based on a film.

Which 2005 video game teamed Jimmy with SpongeBob, Danny Phantom and Timmy Turner?

Professor Calamitous is among the villains the four heroes battle, and a planned Xbox version never shipped.

In a THQ video game, our hero battles his evil doppelganger. What is the villain called?

The PC disc also carried a demo of SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month.

Which Rocky Horror star voices Professor Finbarr Calamitous, who can never finish anything?

Calamitous is a former pupil of Ms. Fowl and the franchise's main antagonist.

What is the name of Professor Calamitous's villainous daughter?

Her childhood dream was to put the little plastic tips on shoelaces, but her father forced her into evil.

Carolyn Lawrence, the voice of Cindy Vortex, is also the voice of which SpongeBob SquarePants character?

She also voiced Ashley Graham in the original Resident Evil 4 and the title character of Moral Orel.

Mark DeCarlo, the voice of Hugh, first became famous in 1991 as host of which dating game show?

Hugh became an internet meme in 2021, and DeCarlo campaigned to get Jimmy into the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl game.

Hugh Beaumont Neutron is named after the actor who played the father in which classic sitcom?

Hugh Beaumont played Ward Cleaver; Jimmy's mother Judy, by contrast, addresses her son by his full name whenever an invention misfires.

What is the name of the ice cream shop where Jimmy and his friends hang out?

Its grumpy owner Sam Melvick, voiced by Billy West, ends most sentences with 'Yeah!'

What is the name of the elementary school Jimmy attends?

Its flamboyant, Broadway-loving principal Willoughby has a sister who looks like Albert Einstein.

What insulting nickname does Cindy Vortex use for Jimmy?

She lives across the street, gets the second-best grades in class and, by season 3, admits she has always had a crush on him.

Jimmy's teacher, voiced by Andrea Martin, resembles and squawks like which animal?

Ms. Winifred Fowl's surname is the giveaway, and she was the only adult who escaped the Yolkian abduction in the film, having been shrunk by Jimmy.

Exchange student Bolbi Stroganovsky comes from which fictional country?

Voiced by Phil LaMarr, Bolbi speaks broken English but has a surprisingly good Shakespearean acting voice, and keeps a musical goat named Yurri.

The Twonkies, small puffball aliens, turn into vicious monsters when they hear what?

Their combined giant form can only be subdued by Sheen's terrible singing, and one escaped Twonkie's offspring lurk in the background for the rest of the series.

Which Hollywood star voices Jet Fusion, the tuxedo-wearing spy idolised by Jimmy, Carl and Sheen?

Jet's name plays on James Bond, and he wears his tuxedo with the sleeves torn off.

Which sitcom star voiced Meldar Prime, host of the galactic game show Intergalactic Showdown?

Jess Harnell handled the character's singing voice in the special 'Win, Lose, and Kaboom!'

Which of Jimmy's movie inventions was dreamed up by co-writer Steve Oedekerk's six-year-old daughter?

Oedekerk, of Kung Pow! and Ace Ventura fame, first spotted the character in a still from a CGI magazine and cold-called its creator.

Sheen was originally conceived as Japanese-American. Why was his ethnicity changed?

Other actors had struggled with a Japanese-type accent; his full name nods to Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estévez.

A trailer made from the pre-release shorts was attached to which 2000 Nickelodeon film?

The shorts started airing on Nickelodeon in February 2001, tied to online games, and Jimmy even 'zapped' his way into episodes of SpongeBob and Rugrats.

John A. Davis left the series in 2003 to direct which 2006 animated film for Tom Hanks?

It was the final film from DNA Productions, whose name stood for 'Davis N Alcorn'.

DNA Productions, the studio behind Jimmy Neutron, was based in a suburb of which city?

Davis and Keith Alcorn founded it in 1987 with a $5,000 loan after leaving a local animation company.

Nickelodeon's president Albie Hecht praised the character as half Albert Einstein and half whom?

He called the mix 'the perfect Nick kid', and the network commissioned a 13-minute pilot that was completed in 1998.

How many episodes of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius aired across its three seasons?

The run from July 2002 to November 2006 included three crossovers with The Fairly OddParents.

In which US state is the fictional town of Retroville set?

The show's studio, DNA Productions, was itself based near Dallas.

The pilot Runaway Rocketboy was originally meant to air as a short on which cancelled Nickelodeon show?

It was instead shown as mini-episodes before the film's release and its plot was used for the movie.