Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
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A super-genius boy must rescue his parents from a race of egg-like aliens after his attempt to contact extraterrestrial life goes awry.
The story
Ten-year-old boy genius Jimmy Neutron lives in Retroville with his parents and his robot dog, Goddard. When Jimmy launches a communications satellite into space to contact alien life, it is intercepted by the Yolkians, a race of egg-like aliens. The Yolkians abduct all the adults in Retroville, leaving only the children behind. Initially enjoying their freedom, the children soon realize they need their parents and must act quickly. Jimmy enlists his friends to build rocket ships and travel into space to rescue the adults from the alien planet Yolkus.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After Jimmy's satellite is intercepted by the Yolkians, the aliens abduct all the adults in Retroville. Jimmy, his friends Carl and Sheen, and their rival Cindy Vortex discover the abduction and travel to the planet Yolkus. They find the parents under mind control, intended as sacrifices for the alien god Poultra. After a battle in the Yolkians' Colosseum, the children successfully rescue the parents and escape. During the escape, Jimmy faces off against the leader, King Goobot, and uses his shrink ray to enlarge himself to the size of a planet to destroy Goobot's pursuing vessel. The film ends with Jimmy reconciling with his parents, acknowledging his dependence on them, while a shrunken Miss Fowl is seen traveling to her school.
- First release year
- 2001
- Runtime (minutes)
- 83
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- John A. Davis
- Writers
- John A. Davis · screenplay; David N. Weiss · screenplay; J. David Stem · screenplay; Steve Oedekerk · screenplay; John A. Davis · story; Steve Oedekerk · story
- Cast and characters
- Debi Derryberry · James Isaac Neutron; Sir Patrick Stewart · King Goobot V; Martin Short · Ooblar; Rob Paulsen · Carl Wheezer, Ebenezer and Martha Wheezer, Kid in Classroom; Jeffrey Garcia · Sheen Estevez; Carolyn Lawrence · Cindy Vortex
- Genres
- animated; science fiction; comedy
- Themes
- responsibility; dependence; friendship
- Tone and mood
- humorous; adventurous
- Setting
- Retroville and the planet Yolkus.
- Premise and plot tags
- space adventure; alien invasion; super-intelligence
- Source material / true-story basis
- Runaway Rocketboy!
- Franchise connections
- Jimmy Neutron
- Reception
- The film was a critical and commercial success, receiving generally favorable reviews and a high audience rating.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 65 · scale: 100 · review count: 21
- Awards and nominations
- Academy Award · Best Animated Feature · 74th Academy Awards · Nominated
- Production trivia
- First computer-animated film created entirely with off-the-shelf animation programs.; The character's name was changed from Johnny Quasar to avoid confusion with other properties.; The film was completed in 24 months, roughly half the time of most other CGI films.
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