49 Fun Facts About Jimmy Neutron

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

Eggs: the Yolkians are green, yolk-like aliens who float about in egg-shaped anti-gravity suits, and they take the parents to sacrifice them to their god.

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

Debi Derryberry won the part over Nancy Cartwright, E. G. Daily and Pamela Adlon, who were all considered for it, and has voiced Jimmy in the film, the series and the games.

What is the name of Jimmy's hometown?

Retroville is the town that loses its grown-ups: in the film aliens carry off all its parents in a single night, and the children wake to find themselves in charge.

In Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, the children chase the aliens in rocket ships built from what?

Amusement park rides: Jimmy has the town's children turn the rides of the new local park into a space armada, and within days they blast off after their parents.

Jimmy Neutron was first called Johnny Quasar, a name Nickelodeon found too close to which cartoon hero?

Jonny Quest was too close for Nickelodeon, so creator John A. Davis thought up new names while walking his dog round the block; 'Johnny Quasar' had begun as his own nickname at a summer job.

Which Star Trek captain voiced King Goobot in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius?

Patrick Stewart voiced King Goobot only in the film: the king survives its final blast vowing revenge, and comes back for it in the TV series with a new voice, S. Scott Bullock's.

Which SCTV comedian voiced Ooblar, King Goobot's bumbling assistant, in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius?

Martin Short voiced Ooblar in the film; the series later reveals that the hapless sidekick was traded to the Bulgosians for sulfur butter.

In Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, what is the 'shooting star' on which the boys wish their parents away?

The departing alien ships: the parents are already aboard when the boys make their wish, so next morning it seems to have come true, and the town's children throw a wild party.

Carl Wheezer is passionately obsessed with which animal?

Llamas: Carl covers his room in posters of them, plays llama-themed video games and joined a fan club, the Llama Love Society, that he probably founded himself.

Which fictional superhero is Sheen unhealthily obsessed with?

UltraLord: Sheen owns the biggest collection of the hero's action figures and takes offence whenever anyone calls them dolls.

What is Hugh Neutron's favourite hobby?

Duck decoys: Jimmy's duck-obsessed dad collects them, buffs them and displays them all around the house.

Which member of Jimmy Neutron's family does Carl Wheezer have a long-running crush on?

His mother: Carl's crush on Judy Neutron is a running gag, and he has even taped his own face over her husband's in family photos.

Jimmy's middle name references which scientist?

Isaac Newton: the boy genius is James Isaac Neutron in full, a name Judy Neutron is famous for shouting whenever she is about to scold him.

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

Robert Goddard, the rocket pioneer, lends his surname to a dog who can fly and who, told to play dead, blows himself to pieces and then reassembles.

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

Brain blast! comes after a muttered 'Gotta think...', while Jimmy replays everything he has seen during the crisis until the answer clicks.

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

Shrek took the first Best Animated Feature Oscar over Jimmy Neutron and Monsters, Inc.; the ballot held only three films because the new category's rules allowed five nominees only in a year with more eligible entries.

Which film was No. 1 when Jimmy Neutron opened?

The Fellowship of the Ring led that December 2001 weekend, with Ocean's Eleven second, but Jimmy Neutron then did something rare for a wide release: it earned more in its second weekend than in its first.

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius was a first among computer-animated films because it was made entirely with what?

Off-the-shelf software: instead of writing its own tools, the studio used animation programs anyone could buy, and went from script to screen in two years, about half the usual time for an animated feature.

Who is Cindy Vortex's best friend, the cool girl of Jimmy Neutron's class?

Libby Folfax is Cindy's best friend, and in the film it is her cellphone that lets Jimmy call his robot dog to break the children out of the alien dungeon.

Which pop-punk band performed the theme song for the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius?

Bowling for Soup revamped and extended the theme for the film, but the TV series kept the original, written for the pilot by surf-rock guitarist Brian Causey.

Which classmate, the most popular girl at school, is Jimmy Neutron's crush for most of the series?

Betty Quinlan is the school sweetheart: she is usually nice to Jimmy and can get him to do things he never otherwise would, yet she never returns his feelings.

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

Universal Studios Florida opened the ride in 2003 in place of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera: riders chased Ooblar, who had stolen Jimmy's newest rocket, until the Minions took over the site.

Which classmate is the cool, skateboarding, most popular boy at Jimmy Neutron's school?

Nick Dean is the cool kid: in the film it is he who talks Jimmy, Carl and Sheen into sneaking out at night against their parents' orders.

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

The Fairly OddParents: the three crossover specials drew Dimmsdale in traditional 2D and Jimmy's world in CGI, and Cindy fell for Timmy along the way.

In Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, why is Jimmy's teacher the only adult the aliens fail to abduct?

She had been shrunk by Jimmy's shrink ray without his noticing, so the aliens miss her; the film's last scene finds her still tiny, riding a worm down the school hall.

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

Nicktoons Unite! sends the four heroes after a team-up of villains from each of their shows; an Xbox version was announced as well but never came out.

What is the name of Jimmy Neutron's evil double, the villain of a 2002 video game?

Jimmy Negatron comes from another dimension: he traps Jimmy and his robot dog in cages in his own lair, then crosses over to take the hero's town for himself.

Which Rocky Horror Picture Show star voices Professor Calamitous, the villain who can never finish anything?

Tim Curry voices Professor Calamitous, a brilliant former pupil at Jimmy's own school who always failed because he could never finish anything.

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

Beautiful Gorgeous only ever wanted to be the person who puts the little plastic tips on shoelaces, but her father forced her into villainy.

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

Sandy Cheeks: Carolyn Lawrence voices both the squirrel who spars at karate with SpongeBob and the girl who trades insults with Jimmy from across the street.

At the end of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Jimmy uses one of his inventions to make himself as big as what?

A planet: King Goobot has just mocked Jimmy for being short, so the boy genius grows to planet size and simply blows the king's ship away.

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

Leave It to Beaver: Hugh Beaumont played Ward Cleaver, the archetypal 1950s suburban dad, whereas Jimmy's father is good-natured but clueless.

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

The Candy Bar is run by the short-tempered Sam Melvick, who has a habit of ending his sentences with a barked 'Yeah'.

What is the name of the elementary school Jimmy attends?

Lindbergh Elementary is run by Principal Willoughby, a flamboyant Broadway lover who once wrote the school library's dedication song as a show tune.

What insulting nickname does Cindy Vortex use for Jimmy?

Nerd-tron is Cindy's put-down for the rival who lives across the street, though the two of them end up admitting that they like each other.

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

A chicken: she is Ms. Fowl, a surname chosen for the joke, and she squawks whenever she speaks.

Exchange student Bolbi Stroganovsky comes from which fictional country?

Backhairistan is home to Bolbi, who speaks broken English yet turns out to have a superb Shakespearean acting voice.

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

Music turns the cuddly Twonkies vicious, with one exception: singing as bad as Sheen's is the only thing that subdues them, even when they merge into one giant monster.

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

Christian Slater voices Jet Fusion, a James Bond spoof whose name is itself the joke, since a bond and a fusion mean the same thing.

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

Tim Allen speaks for Meldar Prime, but when the game-show host bursts into song the voice belongs to someone else, Jess Harnell.

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

Burp soda came from Zoe Oedekerk, aged six, and the idea earned her a special thanks in the film's credits.

Why was Sheen's ethnicity changed after he was first conceived as Japanese-American?

Jeff Garcia voiced him that way in auditions, after the filmmakers had struggled to find the right actor for a Japanese Sheen.

In Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, where do the children camp overnight on the way to rescue their parents?

On an asteroid: after flying through a meteor shower the children camp there for the night, and each tearfully remembers what their parents used to do at bedtime.

Jimmy Neutron creator John A. Davis left the series to direct which 2006 animated film for producer Tom Hanks?

The Ant Bully came to Davis from Tom Hanks himself; it turned out to be the last film made by DNA Productions, which shut down the same year.

What is the name of the talking computer that controls Jimmy Neutron's lab?

VOX runs the lab and guards its door: nobody gets in until a strand of Jimmy's hair has passed her DNA scan, a lock King Goobot once beat with a single stolen hair.

Nickelodeon's president Albie Hecht praised Jimmy Neutron as half Albert Einstein and half whom?

Bart Simpson supplied the mischief and Einstein the brains: Hecht called the mix 'the perfect Nick kid', and the network went on to order a 13-minute pilot.

Hugh Neutron once invents a holiday themed entirely around which dessert?

Pie, Hugh's great love: when Christmas is cancelled because Jimmy has injured Santa, he invents 'Pule', a holiday of pie and Yule, and tries to hand out pies to the whole town, without success.

Jimmy Neutron's hometown is set in which US state?

Texas is home on both sides of the screen: the series sets Jimmy's town there, and the studio that animated him was based just outside Dallas.

In Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, how do the children shake off the alien fleet chasing them home?

By skimming the sun's surface: Jimmy steers the children's ship so close that the flares destroy every pursuing ship except King Goobot's own.