The BEST episodes of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Every episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius!

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius follows Jimmy Neutron, his faithful robotic dog, Goddard, and his eclectic friends and family as they experience life in Retroville. Jimmy is a typical kid, who just happens to be a genius. He creates gadgets to improve his everyday life, but his inventions go awry more often than not, and hilarious trouble ensues.

Last Updated: 12/31/2023Network: NickelodeonStatus: Ended
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Nightmare in Retroville
star
8.31
13 votes

#1 - Nightmare in Retroville

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2003

Jimmy's Neutronic Monster-Maker transforms Sheen into a werewolf, Carl into a vampire, and Hugh into Frankenstein's monster. However, Jimmy's invention works too well, making those three real monsters! The little genius's Halloween is complicated when Carl and Sheen bite Cindy and Libby - now there are five monsters chasing him! Invention: Neutronic Monster-Maker.

Writer: Steven Banks
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Journey to the Center of Carl
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8.00
38 votes

#2 - Journey to the Center of Carl

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/31/2003

Jimmy creates a Sick Patch to make him and his classmates get sick and stay out of school. But when the Sick Patch dissolves into the kids' skin, Jimmy has to go inside Carl to track down the germ and make a vaccine. Invention: Neutronic Sick Patch

Directors: Keith Alcorn
Writer: Steven Banks
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Party at Neutron's
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7.77
35 votes

#3 - Party at Neutron's

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/17/2003

Party at Neutron's Sheen and Carl convince Jimmy to throw a party when his parents go out to watch Ducks. But when Hugh and Judy come home early, how can Jimmy convince his guests to leave? Invention: Time Accelerator.

Directors: Keith Alcorn
Writer: Steven Banks
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Love Potion #976/J
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7.77
39 votes

#4 - Love Potion #976/J

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/13/2004

Jimmy shows off his latest invention – a love pheromone – to Carl and Sheen. Anyone exposed to it will fall in love with the first person he or she sees. Jimmy thinks his potion is stored safely in the containment chamber, but Carl accidentally opens it – and love is literally in the air, exposing them all! And Cindy Vortex is the first girl Jimmy sees! Will Jimmy be able to reverse the effects of his latest invention, or will love conquer all? Inventions: Phermone Number 976/J

Writer: Gene Grillo
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Beach Party Mummy
star
7.65
43 votes

#5 - Beach Party Mummy

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2003

Bored by a class documentary on mummies, Jimmy decides to take Carl, Sheen, Libby, and Cindy along with him to see the real deal. But when his Electro-Life gizmo accidentally brings the mummies to life, Jimmy's got to keep himself and his friends from becoming the latest addition to Queen Hazabataslapya's Tomb. Invention: the Electro-Life.

Directors: Keith Alcorn
Writer: Steven Banks
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The Retroville 9
star
7.62
42 votes

#6 - The Retroville 9

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2003

Jimmy's determination to captain a winning baseball team leads him to rev up the equipment with Neutronic technology. When the team unexpectedly reaches the World Championship, Jimmy has a crisis of conscience. Inventions: Hydraulic-force amplifying bat, Sphere-seeking gloves.

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The Tomorrow Boys
star
7.58
12 votes

#7 - The Tomorrow Boys

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2005

Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl travel 15 years into the future, only to find that some things have gone wrong. Can they right the past to save their future?

Directors: Keith Alcorn
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Lights! Camera! Danger!
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7.46
41 votes

#8 - Lights! Camera! Danger!

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/27/2004

The gang enters a script-writing competition, where the winning script will get turned into a movie! The director, Quentin Smithee, chooses Jimmy, Cindy, Libby, Sheen, and Carl (much to Hugh's disappointment) to star in Jimmy's movie, which will be shot entirely in Retroville. During the filming, however, dangerous on-set "accidents" start to happen, and the rest of the kids start to doubt starry-eyed Jimmy and inexperienced Smithee.

Directors: Keith Alcorn
Writer: Steven Banks
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Ultra Sheen
star
7.43
7 votes

#9 - Ultra Sheen

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/17/2003

Jimmy's new invention lets you actually be a player in your favorite video game! Sheen enters UltraLord Versus Robo-Fiend and is later joined by Jimmy. But when Carl enters in Llamapalooza, Jimmy's faced with the problem of getting them all back into the real world. Invention: Neutronic Game Pyramid.

Directors: Keith Alcorn
Writer: Gene Grillo
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Grumpy Young Men
star
7.42
40 votes

#10 - Grumpy Young Men

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2003

Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen use Jimmy's Metabolic Accelerator so they can be old enough to buy a violent video game. The machine works a little too well, and the boys end up as senior citizens. Inventions: Metabolic Accelerator, Experimental Truth Serum

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Make Room for Daddy-O
star
7.38
8 votes

#11 - Make Room for Daddy-O

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 6/6/2003

The Father's Day talent show is only a few days away, and Jimmy has to perform with his Dad. Hugh can't wait for the big night. Jimmy, on the other hand, is afraid of being disgraced in front of the entire school. Sure he loves his dad, but why must Hugh be so dorky and un-cool? So Jimmy invents a device that will alter Hugh's personality, making him the coolest dad in Retroville. The invention's a success. Hugh is so cool he becomes a huge celebrity. But now this new-and-improved Hugh is too cool to spend time with his son. Jimmy must now come up with a last minute solution that will turn Hugh back into the dad he loves. Inventions: Neutronic De-dorkenator, mirco-fiber-optic tether net.

Directors: Keith Alcorn
Writer: Steven Banks
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Men At Work
star
7.33
9 votes

#12 - Men At Work

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/2/2004

To raise money for his inventions, Jimmy decides that he, Sheen, and Carl should get jobs. Skeet, employee of the month at McSpanky's, hires Sheen and Carl, but doesn't think Jimmy's the "McSpanky type," though he agrees to try Jimmy out. Jimmy, however, is not pleased with the brainless (and humiliating) work he has to do, so he takes it upon himself to show everyone what he's capable of - by bringing McSpanky's into the 21st century. Inventions: Hover Hats, Bee-Be-Gone, McSpanky's improvements (including a tongue scanner and Customer Satisfaction).

Directors: Mike Gasaway
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Krunch Time
star
7.15
39 votes

#13 - Krunch Time

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/15/2002

Jimmy determines to create a perfect snack: sour, creamy, sweet, chewy, etc. - all at once! When he finally gets the formula right, the snack turns out to be too perfect ... and everyone in Retroville becomes hopelessly addicted to it!

Directors: Keith Alcorn
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Sleepless in Retroville
star
7.11
35 votes

#14 - Sleepless in Retroville

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/17/2003

Jimmy is hosting a sleepover with Carl and Sheen! To make it the best slumber party in history, Jimmy invents a machine to make perfect pillows for pillow fights, create made-to-order pizzas, and tell scream-your-head-off scary stories. But what happens if the invention is overloaded and the programs mix up? Invention: Slumbertron 9000.

Directors: Mike Gasaway
Writer: Steven Banks
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Jimmy For President
star
7.10
40 votes

#15 - Jimmy For President

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2003

Jimmy runs for class president against Libby, Sheen and foreign exchange student Bolbi, and Carl ends up being forced by each of them to vote for them.

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Crime Sheen Investigation
star
7.08
36 votes

#16 - Crime Sheen Investigation

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/30/2002

Sheen's oldest and most prized UltraLord is missing! It's up to Jimmy, playing a high-tech Sherlock Holmes, to find it. Inventions: UltraShock Dance Teacher 8000, Neutra-Scope.

Directors: Keith Alcorn
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Sheen's Brain
star
7.08
12 votes

#17 - Sheen's Brain

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2004

Jimmy tries to stop Sheen from getting left back in school by turing his Brain Drain Helmet into a Brain Gain Helmet. However, his plan backfires when Sheen's I.Q. – as well as his head – inflates to a destructive degree. Invention: Brain Gain Helmet

Writer: Jed Spingarn
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Maximum Hugh
star
7.06
36 votes

#18 - Maximum Hugh

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/17/2003

It's time for the Parent-Child Picnic Games at Lindbergh Elementary - and the Vortexes always win. Since Jimmy doesn't think Hugh has what it takes to beat Cindy and her mom, he invents a headband to scientifically bring his dad's performance levels up past human standards. Invention: "...corrective electromagnetic cranial band." (Hugh's headband)

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Aaughh!! Wilderness!!
star
7.05
37 votes

#19 - Aaughh!! Wilderness!!

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 1/31/2003

Hugh takes Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl on a camping trip into the wilderness, allowing no technology whatsoever. So what will save them when a big problem comes along? Invention: Neutron Camp-In-A-Box.

Directors: Mike Gasaway
Writer: Gene Grillo
When Pants Attack
star
7.02
106 votes

#20 - When Pants Attack

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/2002

Since Jimmy's a scientist, he has more important things to do than pick up his pants - like invent a device that'll do that chore for him. But when the nanochip develops advanced brainial capacity, Jimmy's pants lead an attack on the city of Retroville! Inventions: MircoViewer 3000, Neutronic Eye in the Sky, Pant Eliminator, Smart Pants (nanochip), Laundroton, Neutron Catastrophic Simulation Escape System (Robo-Walker).

Directors: Keith Alcorn
Writer: Steven Banks
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Billion Dollar Boy
star
7.00
36 votes

#21 - Billion Dollar Boy

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/7/2004

After Jimmy beats the richest kid in Retroville, Eustace Strych, in the Battlekite Flyoffs, Eustace's pride is wounded. He sets up a trap for Jimmy by inviting Jimmy, Sheen, Carl, Cindy, Libby, Hugh, and - most importantly - Goddard over to his mansion. There, Hugh befriends Eustace's dad while the kids enjoy an ice cream banquet. Things turn dangerous, however, when Eustace engages Jimmy in a bet - Goddard against one of Eustace's RA units.

Writer: Gene Grillo
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Safety First
star
6.95
40 votes

#22 - Safety First

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/30/2002

A bully has been giving Jimmy a rough time recently, and he's had it. Rather than go to the proper authorities, Jimmy creates an electronic bodyguard piloted by Nanobots. The Nanobots get a little overzealous, though, and the Jim-Tech doesn't help Jimmy's situation much. Inventions: the Jim-Tech & Nanobots.

Directors: Mike Gasaway
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My Big Fat Spy Wedding
star
6.91
11 votes

#23 - My Big Fat Spy Wedding

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/22/2005

Jimmy's new mission from the BTSO is to follow Beautiful Gorgeous. He takes the job and he discovers that she and Jet Fusion are getting married!

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El Magnifico
star
6.83
6 votes

#24 - El Magnifico

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/25/2006

Mr. Estevez wants to impress his son, so he asks for Jimmy's help.

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Stranded
star
6.83
12 votes

#25 - Stranded

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/26/2005

A trip gone wrong ends up turning even worse when Jimmy and Cindy get into an argument that winds up getting them stranded together.

Writer: Jed Spingarn
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