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{{Short description|Animated titular character}}
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{{Infobox character
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| name = Jimmy Neutron
| franchise = ''[[Jimmy Neutron (franchise)|Jimmy Neutron]]''
| image = Jimmy_Neutron.png
| image_size = 125px
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| first = ''Runaway Rocketboy!'' (1998)
| creator = [[John A. Davis]]
| based_on = <!-- if not an original creation, use {{based on|character|author}} -->
| adapted_by = <!-- for character adaption articles -->
| designer =
| portrayer =
| voice = [[Debi Derryberry]]<br/>[[Lara Jill Miller]] (''[[Nickelodeon Party Blast]]'')
| motion_actor =
| full_name = James Isaac Neutron
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| species = Human
| gender = Male
| title =
| occupation = Inventor<br/>Student
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| family = Hugh Neutron (father)<br /> Judy Neutron (mother)
| significant_other = [[Cindy Vortex]]
| home = Retroville
| nationality = American
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'''James Isaac Neutron''', commonly known as '''Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius''', is the protagonist and title character from the 2001 animated film ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' and its [[Nickelodeon]] television series adaptation ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius]]''. Created by showrunner [[John A. Davis]], he has been voiced by [[Debi Derryberry]] since the [[List of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius episodes#Pilots (1998 and 2001)§Runaway Rocketboy|test pilot]] premiered in 1998.


The character originated in the 1980s, created by Davis and series co-creator Keith Alcorn under the name of Johnny Quasar, and was developed in a 13-minute long short film pitched to [[SIGGRAPH]] sometime in 1997, and with production beginning in that year. However, since the name sounded similar to ''[[Jonny Quest]]'', Davis brain-stormed various other monikers before coming up with the current name. Characterized by his distinctive gravity-defying hairstyle and ridiculously high [[IQ]] of 210, Neutron is an [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace engineer]], [[physicist]], [[astronaut]]/[[astronomer]], [[biochemist]], [[Programmer|computer programmer]] and [[architect]]. He is considered one of the most intelligent people in Retroville and possibly the show's universe. Throughout the series, he is often seen with his companion, a silver-gray robot dog named Goddard and a rocket ship nicknamed the Strato XL which he uses in the opening sequence, both of which he invented. Furthermore, Neutron has a perennial rivalry with [[Cindy Vortex]], who calls him "[[Nerd]]-tron" throughout the show.
'''Jimmy Neutron'''. He lives in Retroville with his robotic dog, [[Goddard]] (named after [[Robert H. Goddard]], a pioneer in modern rocketry), his father, bumbling duck-lover [[Hugh Neutron|Hugh]] and his mother, neat freak [[Judy Neutron]].[[Image:http://www.cartooncritters.com/clipartpics/cliparta149.gif]]


== Role in ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius'' ==
Jimmy's full name is '''James Isaac Neutron''', but only his mother calls him that. His father calls him "Jimbo" and Cindy Vortex, an extraordinarily intelligent girl from Jimmy's class (who is secretly in love with him), often refers to him as Nerdtron, Spewtron, King Cranium and other such names. Cindy's best friend is Libby, while Jimmy has two best friends, [[Carl Wheezer]] and [[Sheen Estevez]].
Jimmy Neutron is an intelligent 11-year-old boy who lives in Retroville with his parents, Judy and Hugh, and his robot dog, Goddard. Jimmy's friends are overweight Carl Wheezer and hyperactive Sheen Estevez, and he has a long-standing rivalry with his intelligent classmate, Cindy Vortex. Though Vortex teases him, she often acts as a voice of reason when his inventions become too immoral or dangerous.


== Character ==
He has a huge [[IQ]] (210), however he is not always very smart and, no matter how noble his intentions, almost all of his inventions lead to mishaps. One of his most captivating features is the fact that his cranium projects farther than normal in order to house his large brain, something which almost everyone comments on--particularly Cindy. Whenever he needs to come up with an idea, he will urge his brain on, saying "Think, think, think!", whereafter there will be a short clip that shows Jimmy's brain and an image of a scene that happened earlier in the episode. Then Jimmy will shout, "Brain Blast!", and then give the solution that saves the day.
===Conception and creation===
[[File:Johnny_Quasar_Artwork.png|thumb|left|An early drawing of the character by Paul Claerhout with the original name]]


In the 1980s, Keith Alcorn and John A. Davis created the character, originally named Johnny Quasar (inspired by a facetious nickname that his Summer co-workers had coined for him in his youth),<ref name="NAP">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPfSw2W_jEE |title=Nick Animation Podcast: John Davis |website=youtube.com |publisher=Nicktooons|host=[[Hector Navarro]] |date=September 2, 2016 |access-date=June 18, 2024}}</ref> who builds a rocket ship and runs away from his parents.<ref name="awn">{{cite web |last=DeMott |first=Rick |date=2001-12-19 |title=The Rise of Jimmy Neutron |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/rise-jimmy-neutron |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404032234/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/rise-jimmy-neutron |archive-date=2023-04-04 |access-date=2018-12-30 |work=Awn.com}}</ref> He later stumbled across the idea while moving into a new house in the early 1990s. He re-worked it as a short film titled ''Johnny Quasar'' and presented it at [[SIGGRAPH]], where he met [[Steve Oedekerk]] and worked on a television series of the short as well as the movie. In fall 1995, the idea was pitched to [[Nickelodeon]], who expressed immediate interest. [[Albie Hecht]], the then-president of Nick, was particularly impressed- coining him to be "half [[Bart Simpson]] and half [[Albert Einstein]]," he strongly praised Johnny's blended personality as an adventurous and intelligent character and one grounded in the reality of childhood, which, according to him, made him "the perfect Nick kid."<ref name="CGW">{{Cite journal |last=Robertson |first=Barbara |title=Neu Kid on the Block |url=https://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2002/Volume-25-Issue-1-January-2002-/Neu-Kid-on-the-Block.aspx |journal=Computer Graphics World |volume=25 |issue=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512155504/https://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2002/Volume-25-Issue-1-January-2002-/Neu-Kid-on-the-Block.aspx |archive-date=2023-05-12}}</ref> Following positive reception, Nickelodeon commissioned for a 13-minute pilot episode to be created.<ref name="awn"/> After several years of going through the review process, the episode began production in late 1997, and was completed in 1998. The name "Johnny Quasar" was changed at the request of Nickelodeon, who did not want the character to be confused with similarly-named ones such as ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' and ''[[Captain Quazar]]'', so Davis brainstormed other character names while walking his dog around the neighborhood block, eventually coming up with the final name, "Jimmy Neutron."<ref>{{cite web |title=DNA Productions 3D Character Animation |url=http://www.dnahelix.com/threed.html |date=24 June 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980624061103/http://www.dnahelix.com/threed.html |archive-date=1998-06-24 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=John A. Davis - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - Nickelodeon Animation |url=https://www.nickanimation.com/john-a.-davis-the-adventures-of-jimmy-neutron-boy-genius |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=www.nickanimation.com |language=en |archive-date=2020-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627033708/https://www.nickanimation.com/john-a.-davis-the-adventures-of-jimmy-neutron-boy-genius |url-status=dead }}</ref>
His birthday is March 14th - PI Day.
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=== Personality and abilities ===
<!--Merge this (text from "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" article): '''James "Jimmy" Isaac Neutron''' is the main character and the show's title character. He is a ten year old genius inventor whose inventions tend to cause more destruction than help, and its always up to Jimmy to save the day against his own creations. His name is a spoof of the scientist [[Isaac Newton]]. His amazing inventions include self-folding pants that put themselves away, hi-tech binoculars (called Neutrascopes), his robotic dog Goddard, a Cheese Ray that can transform things into cheese, a time booth for traveling to the past (constructed from a phone booth), tiny talking robots called Nanobots invented from the same chip used to make the self-folding pants, a translator that can be used to communicate with fish, Neutronic air gum that allows one to breathe underwater, gum that allows one to memorize an entire book by chewing it, candy that uses every possible pleasure taste bud, a flying rocket as well as a flying hover-car, and a giant machine known as the Neutronic Game Pyramid that can insert people into their favorite video games. He has an extensive laboratory below his clubhouse which is accessed via hair DNA scan. [[Carl Wheezer]] and [[Sheen Estevez]] are his best friends. Although he isn't an Ultra Lord fan, like Sheen, Jimmy has his own action-hero that he looks up to, the super-spy guy named Jet Fusion, who stars in many movies shown in the Retroville Theater, and actually is a real spy whose movie titles are arguably spoofs of 007 fame. Jimmy has a crush on Betty Quinlan and [[Cindy Vortex]], the latter of which he denies.
As explained in the theme song to the series, he is described as "a kid with a knack for invention". Despite this quote, his inventions tend to go haywire throughout the series, often because of both his pride and his lack of common sense. In difficult situations, he experiences extreme brainstorms that he terms as "brain blasts".
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Jimmy Neutron is portrayed by voice actor [[Debi Derryberry]], in TV series and film. Neutron was Derryberry's largest acting role at the time, as previously she had provided minor roles in films and TV shows. This is the second Nickelodeon character she voiced after Weenie from [[Oswald (TV series)|''Oswald'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Debi Derryberry |url=https://behindthevoiceactors.com/Debi-Derryberry/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430064426/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Debi-Derryberry/ |archive-date=2017-04-30 |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130827192932/http://www.nick.com/shows/jimmy-neutron/characters/jimmy-neutron.html Jimmy’s profile] at [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)#Nick.com|Nick.com]]

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Revision as of 13:50, 6 December 2024

This article is about the character. For the franchise, see Jimmy Neutron (franchise). For other uses, see Jimmy Neutron (disambiguation).

Jimmy Neutron
Jimmy Neutron character
First appearanceRunaway Rocketboy! (1998)
Created byJohn A. Davis
Voiced byDebi Derryberry
Lara Jill Miller (Nickelodeon Party Blast)
In-universe information
Full nameJames Isaac Neutron
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale
OccupationInventor
Student
FamilyHugh Neutron (father)
Judy Neutron (mother)
Significant otherCindy Vortex
HomeRetroville
NationalityAmerican

James Isaac Neutron, commonly known as Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, is the protagonist and title character from the 2001 animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its Nickelodeon television series adaptation The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. Created by showrunner John A. Davis, he has been voiced by Debi Derryberry since the test pilot premiered in 1998.

The character originated in the 1980s, created by Davis and series co-creator Keith Alcorn under the name of Johnny Quasar, and was developed in a 13-minute long short film pitched to SIGGRAPH sometime in 1997, and with production beginning in that year. However, since the name sounded similar to Jonny Quest, Davis brain-stormed various other monikers before coming up with the current name. Characterized by his distinctive gravity-defying hairstyle and ridiculously high IQ of 210, Neutron is an aerospace engineer, physicist, astronaut/astronomer, biochemist, computer programmer and architect. He is considered one of the most intelligent people in Retroville and possibly the show's universe. Throughout the series, he is often seen with his companion, a silver-gray robot dog named Goddard and a rocket ship nicknamed the Strato XL which he uses in the opening sequence, both of which he invented. Furthermore, Neutron has a perennial rivalry with Cindy Vortex, who calls him "Nerd-tron" throughout the show.

Role in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius

Jimmy Neutron is an intelligent 11-year-old boy who lives in Retroville with his parents, Judy and Hugh, and his robot dog, Goddard. Jimmy's friends are overweight Carl Wheezer and hyperactive Sheen Estevez, and he has a long-standing rivalry with his intelligent classmate, Cindy Vortex. Though Vortex teases him, she often acts as a voice of reason when his inventions become too immoral or dangerous.

Character

Conception and creation

An early drawing of the character by Paul Claerhout with the original name

In the 1980s, Keith Alcorn and John A. Davis created the character, originally named Johnny Quasar (inspired by a facetious nickname that his Summer co-workers had coined for him in his youth),[1] who builds a rocket ship and runs away from his parents.[2] He later stumbled across the idea while moving into a new house in the early 1990s. He re-worked it as a short film titled Johnny Quasar and presented it at SIGGRAPH, where he met Steve Oedekerk and worked on a television series of the short as well as the movie. In fall 1995, the idea was pitched to Nickelodeon, who expressed immediate interest. Albie Hecht, the then-president of Nick, was particularly impressed- coining him to be "half Bart Simpson and half Albert Einstein," he strongly praised Johnny's blended personality as an adventurous and intelligent character and one grounded in the reality of childhood, which, according to him, made him "the perfect Nick kid."[3] Following positive reception, Nickelodeon commissioned for a 13-minute pilot episode to be created.[2] After several years of going through the review process, the episode began production in late 1997, and was completed in 1998. The name "Johnny Quasar" was changed at the request of Nickelodeon, who did not want the character to be confused with similarly-named ones such as Jonny Quest and Captain Quazar, so Davis brainstormed other character names while walking his dog around the neighborhood block, eventually coming up with the final name, "Jimmy Neutron."[4][5]

Personality and abilities

As explained in the theme song to the series, he is described as "a kid with a knack for invention". Despite this quote, his inventions tend to go haywire throughout the series, often because of both his pride and his lack of common sense. In difficult situations, he experiences extreme brainstorms that he terms as "brain blasts".

Portrayal

Debi Derryberry provides the voice of Jimmy Neutron

Jimmy Neutron is portrayed by voice actor Debi Derryberry, in TV series and film. Neutron was Derryberry's largest acting role at the time, as previously she had provided minor roles in films and TV shows. This is the second Nickelodeon character she voiced after Weenie from Oswald.[6]

References

  1. ^ Hector Navarro (September 2, 2016). "Nick Animation Podcast: John Davis". youtube.com. Nicktooons. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b DeMott, Rick (December 19, 2001). "The Rise of Jimmy Neutron". Awn.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Robertson, Barbara. "Neu Kid on the Block". Computer Graphics World. 25 (1). Archived from the original on May 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "DNA Productions 3D Character Animation". June 24, 1998. Archived from the original on June 24, 1998.
  5. ^ "John A. Davis - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - Nickelodeon Animation". www.nickanimation.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Debi Derryberry". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
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