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* A nitpick, but there's one part in "Granny Baby" when upon explaining his predicament to Cindy and Libby, Jimmy says that he as a "loophole" before correcting himself to "explanation". It seems to be a FreudianSlip on Jimmy's part, but what was the reason for it with regard to the plot?
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* In "Birth of a Salesman", Cindy tries to buy Jimmy when the Willy Loman robot auctions him off. I can understand why Sheen would want to own him since he's an idiot, but what exactly was Cindy hoping to accomplish by literally ''buying'' Jimmy?
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** Didn't he use one of Jimmy's inventions in order to steal the money? Like his hypno-ray, or something?
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That would cause a paradox to happen since he removed the reason for him to travel back in time, so he didn't go back in time. Since didn't go back in time to receive it means that it did happen which means he did go back in time. So on and so forth over and over again.

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** That would cause a paradox to happen since he removed the reason for him to travel back in time, so he didn't go back in time. Since didn't go back in time to receive it means that it did happen which means he did go back in time. So on and so forth over and over again.
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That would cause a paradox to happen since he removed the reason for him to travel back in time, so he didn't go back in time. Since didn't go back in time to receive it means that it did happen which means he did go back in time. So on and so forth over and over again.
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** They were too mentally exhausted to think entirely clearly by that point (the montage shows they've been sitting at that desk for hours and taking shifts to sleep).


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** They're kids -- they don't understand their feelings or how relationships work yet. Sometimes they give in to the attraction they have for each other, and other times, they consciously fight it and suppress it. Their ratio of fighting to flirting ''does'' noticeably seem to change as the series progresses; by "Lady Sings the Blues" near the end of Season 3 (the last episode to air but probably not produced), they're no longer in denial with each other at all (although they don't like sharing their private business with everybody else).
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** Well, Retroville itself appears to have a bit of a 1950s-esque aesthetic (hence the name Retroville), probably to act as a tribute to classic sci-fi. 70s aesthetic is a bit of a standard for flashbacks, to the point that it makes them more instantly recognizable. In other words, the aesthetics of the show have more to do with setting atmosphere and tone rather than conforming to a specific time period.
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* Why is Jimmy and Cindy's relationship so inconsistent? In some episodes they're practically dating and in others their rivalry is just as bad as it was at the beginning.
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** That is a parody of TransformersVictory and Anime/BeastWarsII

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** That is a parody of TransformersVictory Anime/TransformersVictory and Anime/BeastWarsII
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** They turn into vicious beasts upon hearing any music, not just good music. The joke is than Sheen's singing is so bad the Twonkies don't even recognize it as music. Carl's singing is bad, just not quite bad enough to count as "anti-music" according to the Twonkies.

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** They turn into vicious beasts upon hearing any music, not just good music. The joke is than that Sheen's singing is so bad the Twonkies don't even recognize it as music. Carl's singing is bad, just not quite bad enough to count as "anti-music" according to the Twonkies.
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*In "Trading Faces", Carl, Sheen and Libby discard the "Dislike of girls who dislike show-offy boys who dislike girls..." thing, because they can't tell who it belongs to. However, based on the wording it's obviously Jimmy, since it clearly represents a dislike of Cindy. Why didn't they just give it to Jimmy like they clearly should've (besides plot reasons)?
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* Exactly what time period is the show set in? In one episode, Jimmy goes back in time to inspire his father to invest in McSpanky's burger restaurant. He only went back in time 15 years earlier, yet the entire atmosphere suggests it's during the 1970s. This would mean that the show has to take place in the late or early 90s. If counting the time when the movie came out (01-02), then it would be around 1985. You would expect an 80s aesthetic, not a 70s. Maybe the writers came of age during that era and felt more comfortable doing it? Still pretty weird for a show that's specific enough to be set in Texas.

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* Exactly what time period is the show set in? In one episode, Jimmy goes back in time to inspire his father to invest in McSpanky's burger restaurant. He only went back in time 15 years earlier, yet the entire atmosphere suggests it's during the 1970s. This would mean that the show has to take place in the late or early to mid 90s. If counting the time when the movie came out (01-02), then it would be around 1985. You would expect an 80s aesthetic, not a 70s. Maybe the writers came of age during that era and felt more comfortable doing it? Still pretty weird for a show that's specific enough to be set in Texas.
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* Exactly what time period is the show set in? In one episode, Jimmy goes back in time to inspire his father to invest in McSpanky's burger restaurant. He only went back in time 15 years earlier, yet the entire atmosphere suggests it's during the 1970s. This would mean that the show has to take place in the late or early 90s. If counting the time when the movie came out (01-02), then it would be around 1985. You would expect an 80s aesthetic, not a 70s. Maybe the writers came of age during that era and felt more comfortable doing it? Still pretty weird for a show that's specific enough to be set in Texas.

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** To be fair, Cindy probably wouldn't have been very helpful about it. Also, if Jimmy has time travel, why even bother traveling to ''after'' he'd given Cindy the present? Why not travel to before the day's events, and put his intended gift somewhere away from his experiments so the mixup never happens in the first place?

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** To be fair, Cindy probably wouldn't have been very helpful about it. Also, if Jimmy has time travel, why even bother traveling to ''after'' he'd given Cindy the present? Why not travel to before the day's events, and put his intended gift somewhere away from his experiments so the mixup never happens in the first place?



** Alternatively: Libby, who already knows, specifically sought out and placed that memory when the others weren't looking so they wouldn't see it.

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** Alternatively: Libby, who already knows, specifically may have sought out and placed that memory when the others weren't looking so they wouldn't see it.it.
* In "Send In The Clones", Jimmy collects rare ice crystals forming in space because they supposedly keep ice cream at the perfect eating temperature. If it's just the temperature that's important, why can't he just tinker with a freezer?
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** To be fair, Cindy probably wouldn't have been very helpful about it. Also, if Jimmy has time travel, why even bother traveling to ''after'' he'd given Cindy the present? Why not travel to before the day's events, and put his intended gift somewhere away from his experiments so the mixup never happens in the first place?
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** Alternatively: Libby, who already knows, specifically sought out and placed that memory when the others weren't looking so they wouldn't see it.
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** It's implied that the process of restoring their memories took hours, and a lot of it is skipped for time's sake. It could've been one of the memories that came up near the end when they were too tired to care.
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*** That very episode answers the question--he has, but chooses to stay in elementary school of his own accord.
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** Consider that his unability to finish things is a type of mental constraint. Ejaculation is an inevitable, ''physical'' process during sex. What I'm trying to say is, his tics doesn't have to interfere with his bodily functions.

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** Consider that his unability to finish things is a type of mental constraint. Ejaculation is an inevitable, ''physical'' process during sex. What I'm trying to say is, his tics doesn't have to interfere with his bodily functions. We might as well ask "How does he finish peeing?", even if he doesn't finish, his body will eventually force him to.
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** Consider that his unability to finish things is a type of mental constraint. Ejaculation is an inevitable, ''physical'' process during sex. What I'm trying to say is, his tics doesn't have to interfere with his bodily functions.
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* Cindy once said in "The N-Men" that the reason she kept being mean to Jimmy was [[LovingBully to hide her real feelings for him]]. Then why was in "Trading Faces" Carl, Sheen, or Libby didn't notice or see this memory of "being mean to hide love for Jimmy" or something along the line?
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** It's also plausible that Sheen (who at this point was more-or-less omniscient) had already managed to figure out and avert having his head explode. At that point, the conflict would come not from him being in eminent danger but from his complete and utter insanity.
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*Did Jimmy, Carl & Sheen really have to destroy all of Libby's gifts in "Tomorrow Boys"? Instead of afterwards, why couldn't Jimmy just ask Cindy (since she handled the gifts) where his "gift" was, BEFORE he jumped straight to searching?
* Why would Stormstrucker frame Jimmy out of all people for stealing the dollar bill in "Who Framed Jimmy?"? Did he really need to break into Jimmy's lab?

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** It's either [[Rule of Funny]], a favor to one of his friends or a failed experiment. By the way, a cheese ray? That requires the configuration of atomic bonds, atomic structure and science itself (and could solve world hunger). Now, how is that non-science?

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** It's either [[Rule of Funny]], RuleOfFunny, a favor to one of his friends or a failed experiment. By the way, a cheese ray? That requires the configuration of atomic bonds, atomic structure and science itself (and could solve world hunger). Now, how is that non-science?


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** To help prevent world hunger, possibly: just fly over some starving country and shoot a bunch of non-edible things, and they have food. This would be a fairly quick and easy way to help people who need it. Either cheese was picked at random, cheese was easier to make, he was considering the health benefits cheese had, or it was the first in a future series of food rays.
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*** His disbelief for Santa Claus was due to not receiving something like a dwarf star (it was several years ago). Sheen ribs it was because he was naughty. [[spoiler: Santa reveals it was partially because of that, but mainly because the star took 5 years to cool, something he mentioned in the note.]]
*** Jimmy does admit he doesn't know if he believes in magic when he faced off against Crocker. Probably because he doesn't know what the rules of magic would entail compared to science.
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*** Ah, TVTropes, where else can I learn about the sex lives of children's show villains?

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*** Ah, TVTropes, where else can I learn about the sex lives of children's show villains?Or maybe he donated to a sperm bank.
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** There are glasses in real life that have invisible lenses.
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**Point taken, but other than that, the cheese ray still seems very impractical compared to Neutron's other inventions.

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