YMMV / Jimmy Two-Shoes

• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • Is Jimmy really as nice as he seems? He is in what is essentially a cartoon version of Hell, and he can be a bit crazy sometimes. Could he really just be a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing using Obfuscating Stupidity?
  • Is Beezy really such a nice guy either? Sure, he's not actively malicious like his dad, but he carries the Jerkass Ball an awful lot and is often a Toxic Friend Influence to Jimmy. Maybe he isn't quite the failure of a Heinous that Lucius takes him as.
  • Does Heloise have a secret sweet side? Despite being extremely callous and cruel to pretty much everyone, Heloise's crush on Jimmy seems to say otherwise.
  • Is Lucius a Jerk with a Heart of Gold or Jerk with a Heart of Jerk? He usually sees his son, minions, and girlfriend, as merely extensions of his power he could do away with easily if he so desired, but he does seem to care for them sometimes, and there are indications here and there that he's really just a sad little man lashing out at the world (even his voice actor Seán Cullen remarked that he seems like an unhappy guy).
• Awesome Art: While there are moments where its age shows, Season 1's animation has managed to hold up extremely well overall, even despite the numerous advancements made in rig-based Flash and Toonboom animation since 2009, allowing the show to flawlessly execute the comedic timing needed for its wacky, slapstick-driven humor. Probably not that much of a surprise, given that it was done by the legendary Mercury Filmworks.
• Badass Decay: Heloise. How else would a Tiny Tyrannical Girl and Enfante Terrible like her end becoming one of the show's biggest Butt Monkeys in Season 2?
• Base-Breaking Character: Beezy is a Creator's Pet to some fans (due to his frequency of carrying the Jerkass Ball and getting away with it, not to mention his stupidity is aggravating to some), while other fans like him just as much as the other characters (just as many fans find him to be actually quite funny and he can be a pretty nice guy at times).
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: "Ghostsmackers" features a Misery Inc commercial with no effect on the plot.
• Bizarro Episode: The series was always more than a little Bizarro, but Season 2's 20th episode "Going Green/My So-Called Loaf" were bizarre even by the show's standards. To wit, the former is a spoof of Green Aesops in which an Identical Stranger to Beezy impersonates him to get Miseryville to become more environmentally-friendly, while the latter involves a giant talking sandwich cowboy falling in love with an ordinary sandwich made by Jimmy.
• Broken Base: It is heavily contested whether the infamously Darker and Edgier pilot concept was wasted potential or not. Some like the silly kid-friendly final results for what they are and feel it was executed well, but others contend that the pilot concept was far better than the actual show and wish the show had stuck with its darker, more adult premise. Not helping is that some of the staff, like the pilot's concept artist Phil Postma, have voiced their opinions on this matter too.
• Common Knowledge: Due to its notoriety, there are numerous rumors about the series pilot that have developed into commonly stated "truths" about it, often exaggerating its tone and production values.
  • The existence of the pilot. People talk about it as if it were some full-blown 10-minute short that will be found one day, but Word of God is that said "pilot" was nothing more than a series of animation tests.
  • Another is that Charlie Schlatter was the original voice of Jimmy, a story that's even repeated by Wikipedia, despite Word of God confirming Cory Doran was cast from the start.
  • That the series was originally for adults is another one. Most of the mature and disturbing concept art used to prove this (such as a doodle of Adolf Hitler from pilot artist Phil Postma) was never actually meant to be on the show, with Word of God saying that Teletoon originally intended the series for 11-15 year olds (i.e. a similar audience to Total Drama).
  • Due to the scarcity of images related to him, it's popularly claimed that Beezy did not exist in the original concept and was only added after Executive Meddling made the series Lighter and Softer when in reality he was there with the other main characters (all of whom were nearly identical in personality to the characters seen in the final product) from the start.
• Crack Pairing:
  • The most popular is Heloise/Lucius. In fact, one of the most well-known and well-written fanfics of the show is based on this premise.
  • A hilarious In-Universe example — Samy and a Grugly Beast^note think polar bear/gorilla hybrid in "Jimmy, Don't be a Hero"
  Samy: Call me! We'll do dinner! *sigh* He's never gonna call...
• Crazy Is Cool:
  • Saffi. Think Izzy as an orange, one-eyed demon — energetic, unpredictable, hilarious, and constantly off the rails.
  • Heloise too. Her sadistic psychopathy is the main reason she's such an Ensemble Dark Horse.
• Creepy Awesome: Heloise can be pretty scary sometimes, given she's an Ax-Crazy Enfant Terrible who enjoys torturing people for fun. But it's also why she's awesome.
• Crosses the Line Twice: The best way to describe this show's slapstick humour. Some of the physical comedy that happens to both major characters and background characters is just so cruel that it becomes hilarious.
• Crossover Ship: There's a small fanbase for Heloise/Kick Buttowski.
• Cult Classic: Although nowhere near as popular or well-known as Total Drama, Jimmy Two-Shoes is (for the most part) one of the more well-regarded modern Canadian cartoons on the Internet with a small but dedicated fanbase that still carries fond memories of the show to this day. The troperiffic nature of the show on this website is proof enough of its fans' love for the show.
• Dark Fic: Lends itself to this rather well. Examples can be found on the show's Fanfic Recommendations page.
• Draco in Leather Pants:
  • Lucius gets this amongst those who think of him as a Jerkass Woobie, despite the fact that he is a tyrant who takes joy in the suffering of others.
  • Heloise even more so, due to her crush on Jimmy frequently showing her (not too well-hidden) sweet side.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Saffi doesn't appear very frequently, but she's easily one of the show's most popular and well-known characters because of her Cute Monster Girl design, Cloud Cuckoolander personality, and well-received relationship with Beezy.
  • Peep doesn't appear super frequently but he's pretty well-liked in the fandom, because his crush on Heloise, his memorable Cockney accent, and his pickpocket/con artist characterization make him one of the primary reasons for many to watch Season 2 episodes.
  • Despite never appearing on-screen and being mentioned only once in the series, Lucius I is quite popular with fans, due to his reputation as The Dreaded and his intimidating appearance being a vast source of Fanfic Fuel.
  • Apple (the Winged Humanoid Recurring Extra) became very popular in the fandom for her Cute Monster Girl design. Her role in "Scent of a Heinous" increased the popularity tenfold.
• Evil Is Cool: Heloise - the most popular character in the show as well as the most sadistic and cruel.
• Fandom Rivalry: With Kid vs. Kat surprisingly. In fact, at one point, rabid fans of Kid vs. Kat review-bombed Jimmy Two-Shoes' IMDb page out of sheer hatred for the latter show, even using sock puppet accounts to do so.
• Fanfic Fuel: The identity of Beezy's mother/Lucius' wife, as well as Jimmy and Heloise's origins.
• Fan Nickname: Before Dr. Scientist's full name was revealed in "Head Will Roll", fans affectionately referred to him as Dr. Hootenstein.
• Fanon:
  • A popular theory is that Beezy's mother and Lucius' possible former wife was an angel, explaining why Beezy isn't quite as evil as the rest of the Heinous family.
  • Due to the common acceptance of the pilot as canon (despite no confirmation of such by Word of God), the series is generally agreed to take place in Hell by another name. Why Jimmy is the only human then is typically explained as that the monsters and demons that populate Miseryville are transformed humans while Jimmy is immune to this due to his Incorruptible Pure Pureness (being The Pollyanna in Hell and all that).
  • In fanfics, the Ambiguously Human Heloise's identity is usually either a human like Jimmy (often with a past connected to Jimmy, although just as many believe she was a Serial Killer as originally intended in the pilot) or a monster that just looks human (usually a snake-like demon, since we never see her feet). However, Word of God is that she's "a bit of a shapeshifter".
• Fanon Discontinuity: Most fans prefer to ignore Beezy's break-up with Saffi in "She Loves Me" and treat the couple like they're still together. ^note  As mentioned on the Trivia tab under Creator Backlash, Brian Froud (Beezy's actor) feels the same.
• Friendly Fandoms: With Spliced, due to both being Teletoon series from the late 2000s that share similarly wacky tones and directions, as well as similar brands of slapstick comedy.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: One of the few Canadian cartoons with a decent-sized American fanbase (by Canadian cartoon standards anyway). Though its short run and harsh treatment by the networks keeps it from being particularly well-known compared to some series.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • One of Heloise's lines in "Jimmy in the Big House" is funnier after the season two episode "Heloise, Schmeloise".
  "If Jimmy were to like a girl, would her name rhyme with Schemloise?"
  • A cartoon about a cheerful and optimistic yellow-haired person in an urban version of Hell trying to make the setting a better place? This show is pretty much just a kid-friendly prototype of Hazbin Hotel!
  • Disney XD would later air and screw over another animated series about a Pollyanna annoying an Evil Overlord themed around negative emotions. Many even acknowledged the similarities when the series was first announced and a number of comparisons were made with their theme songs as well.
  • The episode "Jimmy on the Spot" sees Jimmy making a Game Show Appearance. This ended up becoming a thing in real life when Jimmy himself was featured as a guest character on an episode of the third season of the Canadian version of Skatoony.
• Ho Yay: Tons.
• Humor Dissonance: Some of Jimmy's jokes can be this for some viewers. Lampshaded by Lucius in "The Mysterious Mr. Ten", an episode that provides some examples of this trope at work.
• Jerkass Woobie:
  • He may be the sadistic, tyrannical ruler of Miseryville, but considering his upbringing and the abuse he suffers courtesy of Jimmy, Beezy, and Heloise on a regular basis, it's easy to feel sorry for Lucius.
  • Heloise, particularly in Season 2. She's openly sadistic and insane, but it's hard not to feel bad for her when some episodes, most notably "Panda-Monium" and "Heloise Schmeloise", go out of their way to make her suffer as much as possible.
• Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Heloise. This can be probably attributed to being the only female character in the main cast.
• Mis-blamed: It's not uncommon to hear fans accuse Teletoon as being responsible for the Executive Meddling that got the pilot concept of Hell changed to Miseryville in the final product (among other things), as well as the show's Second Season Downfall. In reality, all this was the work of Disney XD to make the series more marketable to broader audiences; Teletoon approved of everything from the beginning, right down to the Darker and Edgier pilot concept.
• Moe: Heloise. To quote a YouTube comment: "Isn't Heloise the cutest little sadist you've ever seen". Jimmy's adorkable nature makes him one too.
• Nausea Fuel: Lucius forces Samy to eat crud in "Spew-Tube". Thankfully, it's coloured blue to lessen this, but still... ew.
• Nightmare Fuel:
  • Heloise ripping off a waitress skin and wearing it as a disguise.
  • Heloise in general can be pretty scary, considering her sheer sadism especially during her more Ax-Crazy moments. No wonder everyone is Miseryville is so scared of her. See the Slasher Smile she makes in "Spew Tube" for example.
  • Jimmy stalking Lucius in his sleep in "Jimmy, Don't Be a Hero" — "Friends watch friends sleep." Given the nature of the show however, it also doubles as a Funny Moment.
  • The original concept. Children who are fans of the show would definitely freak out if they saw this, now that it's targeted for said audience. One image even involves Jimmy going through multiple sacrifices and being recovered Just for Fun. Two of his deaths include hitting a tree with his eye popped out and also shows him split in two, both involving actual blood!
  • Lucius Heinous I, Lucius' great-great-great-great-grandfather, who is the single most feared member of the Heinous line. He's never seen outside a painting, but not only is his design much scarier than his descendants, even THEY fear him, making him The Dreaded even in the Crapsack World that is Miseryville. Just Jimmy pretending to be him is enough to trick them back into their cryogenic prisons.
• Older Than They Think:
  • The Baskervilles, a show that aired in Canada and the UK during 1999 through 2000, had a remarkably similar plot (Funny enough, it was also shown on Teletoon). To elaborate, both cartoons are about Pollyannas living in a Captain Ersatz of Hell rule by a Captain Ersatz of Satan who finds that he just can't crush the spirits of the protagonists or even get them to understand that the setting isn't meant to be a nice place.
  • This comic◊ from The Far Side pretty much predicted the premise of the series.
• One-Scene Wonder: Lucius Heinous I. All we ever get of him is one portrait and a mention solely in "Pop-Sicles", but his intimidating appearance and reputation are Fanfic Fuel for the ages (especially given Word of God saying he was originally meant to appear in-series, potentially in a movie).
• One True Pairing: Jimmy and Heloise are pretty much universally shipped together by the fanbase. See any episode with Heloise (particularly the later ones) and it'll be easy to see why.
• Periphery Demographic: Not as big as other cartoons, but still notable in comparison to cartoons as obscure as it is, and especially compared with the reputation that most modern digitally-animated Canadian cartoons usually get from Americans, although even it still has some vocal detractors.
• Robo Ship: A canon example occurs with Jimmy and Heloise's Robot Me, Schmeloise.
• Seasonal Rot: Some fans say the second season isn't at good as the first. The animation, the humor, and the way the characters are written (especially with how smart they should be and the handling of fan favorites like Heloise and Saffi) has taken an unfortunate and noticeably negative downturn in Season 2.
• Self-Fanservice:
  • Heloise receives alot of fanart of her as a very sexy full-grown woman.
  • Saffi appears to get it even more so than Heloise (especially when it comes to Saffi's backside).
• Squick: Lucius only has one pair of underpants. And he only washes them once every six months.
• Tear Jerker: The scene in "Heloise, Schmeloise" where Heloise is ripping up her Stalker Shrine to Jimmy.
• They Copied It, So It Sucks!: As well-liked as the show is on some corners of the Internet (eg: this very wiki), it does have a a good-sized hatedom in others, many of whom see it as nothing more than a mediocre Spongebob Squarepants ripoff due to similarities between the main characters.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Saffi. Such an awesome character, became an Ensemble Dark Horse, all happening while having a relationship with Beezy. She should have become a Breakout Character, but the series never used her much, and ultimately Beezy broke up with her in "She Loves Me". We never see her again as a major character.
  • All the Heinouses who aren't Lucius VII and Beezy (particularly Lucius I). They had the potential to become incredibly interesting recurring characters who could have contributed a lot to info on the series' setting and characters. Lucius I in particular could have been great for a movie/special as a Knight of Cerebus Big Bad. However, with the exception of Lucius VI (who was unfortunately underutilized), they were only given mentions and cameos after "Pop-Sicles", and Lucius I was seemingly forgotten by the writers.
• Ugly Cute: Beezy, though many other Miseryvillians could qualify for this due to their simplistic and cartoony designs for demons. Samy and Cerbee are two good examples.
• Unintentional Uncanny Valley: Some of the character's facial expressions in season 2 are quite unsettling due to having excessive amounts of detail, which clashes badly with the simplistic artstyle.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: The show is a Black Comedy cartoon with the implication that its setting, Miseryville, is Hell, as seen through the demonic populace, the heat and lava everywhere, and the usage of misery as a euphemism for eternal damnation. The setting being Hell would have been outright stated, too, had the creators had their way, but you still have to wonder what sort of twisted mind would try to make a show about Hell for a kids channel.

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