History WesternAnimation / JimmyNeutronBoyGenius

--> '''Hugh:''' I know, Son, but if all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them?

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Yolkians, who speak SurprisinglyGoodEnglish.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Cindy calls a dinosaur skeleton a ''Plesiosaurus''. A Plesiosaurus is not a dinosaur, it's a marine reptile. And furthermore, the dinosaur skeleton Cindy shows appears to be standing on two legs with short arms, indicating it could be a theropod. A Plesiosaurus lived in the seas and had flippers rather than legs or arms.

* AndIMustScream: The Adults are completely aware of what is going on while under mind control as seen when Hugh is just barely able to speak only for the helmet forcibly activate on him and they all seemingly know what was going on after the helmets are taken off.
* {{Area 51}}: Appeared in the movie.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Jimmy and Cindy.

** Sheen during his show-and-tell when he realises Cindy tricked him into removing the Ultra Lord figure from its unopened box, meaning it's not as valuable any more.

* BumblingSidekick: Ooblar.

** Libby’s Walkman. She is seen using it when she’s first seen on the school bus, then, immediately after the above example with the blast gun, she takes out another alien with it.

* ChildProdigy: Jimmy, being about ten years old and probably the smartest kid in Retroville. He even calls himself a genius.

** Goddard also talks while giving Jimmy options, though his abilities do depend on the writer.
** Several characters behave significantly different than they do in the TV series:

* ExactWords: Jimmy tries to invoke this with Judy when she scolds him for playing with rockets (after one of the ones in his rucksack set fire to the curtains), saying that it's not a rocket, it's more of a jetpack-type thing. It doesn't work.

* GoneHorriblyRight: All Jimmy wanted to do at the start of the film was to make contact with an advanced alien civilisation. He succeeded, all right. Turns out the aliens picked up the satellite and abducted every parent in Retroville to use them as sacrifices for Poultra. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Oops]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: As he and Carl head out of class, Carl tries to reassure Jimmy about his malfunctioning Shrink Ray by telling him, "I like your useless Shrink Ray, Jimmy" and then this on the way home from school, "You know, some of the greatest inventors of all time started as complete hopeless failures too."

* {{Kaiju}}: Poultra

* ParentsAsPeople: Jimmy's parents don't really know how to discipline a child that's basically a MadScientist in elementary school, but Judy reading a book titled "Unwrapping Your Gifted Child" shows that they're at least trying to do it right.

** In the summer of 2007, Nickelodeon aired a special version of the movie, with Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl riffing on the movie as an extended reference to [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]], complete with "Shadowrama" versions of the cast.

The predecessor to Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} [[AllCGICartoon CGI series]] ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', this 2001 movie was originally going to be simply a pilot episode for the series. Instead, the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} executives were so impressed they gave it funding for cinematic release. The film was a financial success; it did well in its domestic box office of United States and Canada but not in international markets, and it earned an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Animated Feature.

* TheSmartGuy: Jimmy is very much this, having created everything in his own underground lab under his house, probably having built the lab himself in the first place, and comes up with many plans in the film himself. However, despite his intelligence, he is still a ten-year-old kid and [[DidntThinkThisThrough sometimes makes]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero bad decisions]].

** During 2007, Nickelodeon aired a special version of the movie, with Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl riffing on the movie as an extended reference to [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]], complete with "Shadowrama" versions of the cast.

%%* AnAesop:
%%** Your parents love you and they always want what's best for you. Listen to them.
%%** [[SpaceWhaleAesop Don't talk to strangers.]]
%%** {{Be careful what you wish for}}.

The predecessor to Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} [[AllCGICartoon CGI series]] ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', this 2001 movie was originally going to be simply a pilot episode for the series. Instead, the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} executives were so impressed they gave it funding for cinematic release. The film was a financial success; it did well in its domestic box office of United States and Canada but not in international markets.

Ten-year-old boy genius Jimmy Neutron has an IQ of 210. He's capable of inventing just about whatever he wants in his spare time, even rockets that can be used for launching satellites to communicate with alien races. (Of course.) Jimmy also has a robotic dog called Goddard that can do [[DoAnythingRobot pretty much anything]], a disproportionately large head and [[AnimeHair a strange hairdo]] - a fact constantly brought to the surface by his rival, Cindy Vortex. He's just living a relatively ordinary life (and by ordinary, we mean waking up and getting a robotic barber to do his hair, traveling to school via gum that turns into a transportation bubble, showing off his shrink ray in Show And Tell, etc.) until the first communication satellite he launched is intercepted by a race of amorphous aliens named the Yolkians, who arrive at Earth and abduct every adult in his hometown. When the gravity of the situation settles in, Jimmy and all the kids in town have to do whatever it takes to get their parents back, even if it means traveling into the farthest reaches of space.

* AdultsAreUseless:
** Jimmy's homeroom teacher doesn't have any way to control the rivalry between Jimmy and Cindy, while his parents don't quite know how to discipline a son who's a precocious MadScientist. There also isn't any response from the government or anyone outside Retroville when an alien fleet comes and abducts all the grownups, leaving the kids to mount the rescue of their parents. Downplayed in how the kids initially celebrate that there are no adults to tell them what to do, but then they realize that they can't take proper care of themselves or function emotionally without their moms and dads.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: During the montage of Jimmy, Carl and Sheen visiting Retroland on opening night, Carl vomits while riding the tilt-a-whirl.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted. Retroville is located in Texas, where co-creator John A. Davis resides.

* AnAesop:
** Your parents love you and they always want what's best for you. Listen to them.
** [[SpaceWhaleAesop Don't talk to strangers.]]
** {{Be careful what you wish for}}.

* MeaningfulEcho: Two for the price of one.
** "Now, you gotta admit, ''that'' is pretty neat."
** "What would Ultra Lord do?"

* VomitIndiscretionShot: During the montage of Jimmy, Carl and Sheen visiting Retroland on opening night, Carl vomits when the gang rides the tilt-a-whirl.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3F5SHvkERQ The second trailer's opening]] is a huge one to ''Film/TopGun'', down to using "Danger Zone".

-->'''Cindy:''' Don't be so hard on yourself. We'll get out of this. ''[Jimmy sniffles]'' O-okay, so you made a mistake. Beating yourself up isn't going to fix anything. You know, I was the smartest kid in school until you came along. And, I admit you know more about ''some'' things than I do. But, I know one thing that you don't seem to get, and that's that we're never getting out of here without you! So why don't you buck up, mister, and put that big brain of yours back to work. Nick can handle this by himself, but first we have to get out of this cell!\\

%%* AnAesop:
%%** Your parents love you and they always want what's best for you. Listen to them.
%%** [[SpaceWhaleAesop Don't talk to strangers.]]
%%** {{Be careful what you wish for}}.

%%* BumblingDad: Hugh, to an extent.
%%* BumblingSidekick: Ooblar.

%%* CatchPhrase: Jimmy - "Gotta blast!"

%%* DoAnythingRobot: Goddard.

%%* EverybodyLaughsEnding

%%* MeaningfulEcho: Two for the price of one.
%%** "Now, you gotta admit, ''that'' is pretty neat."
%%** "What would Ultra Lord do?"

%%* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Ooblar.

%%* RetroUniverse: Retroville.
%%* RobotBuddy: Goddard.

%%* SassyBlackWoman: Libby.
%%* SchmuckBait: "Hmm, I don't remember buying this brand of soda..."

* TrailerSpoof: In 2016, Mitchell Movie Productions [[https://youtu.be/paYiF3fZbYI made a fan made trailer]] for the movie and set it to Hans Zimmer's Ideal of Hope from Film/ManOfSteel.

* NerdsAreInnocent:
** Jimmy is a child prodigy who loves and excels at science... and still believes in cooties.
** Carl fits this too. He's a timid, sensitive SicklyNeuroticGeek.

* BerserkButton: Jimmy doesn't like it when people make fun of his size, but especially when Goobot does it.