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Jimmy Neutron- The Best of Season 1 (2 Disc Set)

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75 Snazzes on the 100 Point Snazz-o-Scale.

This is a very good Jimmy Neutron DVD Collection.
-First, about Jimmy Neutron, in case you don't know: Jimmy is a Boy Genius, a cartoon from Nickelodeon. He invents all kinds of wonderful devices; from a simple Hovercar, to a Shrink Ray to Books On Gum (Something Amazon should explore.) Adventures and silliness always follow! Jimmy is often accompanied by his best friends, Sheen and Carl; his robotic pet dog, Goddard; and two girls named Cindy and Libby. The animation is simply superb; three dimensional computer graphics with astonishing attention to detail, reflections, shadows, mirrors, and moving backgrounds. It's not Pixar, but it sure isn't the Fairly Oddparents either. Better still, every episode is at least very funny, and at most fall-on-the-floor hilarious.
-The Collection is very good. Though I know many Neutron fans were disappointed Nick didn't just release the entire series. Some Jimmy is better than no Jimmy though. Still, for Season One, almost everything available in this collection has already been released on DVD before.
-What's more, there are no DVD special add-ons at all, which is disappointing. No behind-the-scenes, storyboards, commentary, or anything. Just the shows. It also should be noted that in the first season, an average show was only about fifteen minutes long. The following seasons Jimmy started having many more adventures that lasted a full half hour. It ALSO should be noted that the DVDs are formatted DVD-R so they will probably not work on older DVD players.
-But the shows are definitely worth having. And this collection is worth having for The Eggpire Strikes Back alone, a brilliant mini-movie.

The selections from Season One are:
Disc 1:
Brobot
The Big Pinch
Normal Boy
Birth of Salesman
Raise the Oozy Scab
I Dream of Jimmy
The Egg-Pire Strikes Back (A Mini-Movie.)

Disc 2:
Broadcast Blues
Professor Calimitous, I Presume
Hall Monster
Hypno-Birthday to You
The Phantom of Retroland
My Son, the Hamster
Granny Baby
Time is Money
Krunch Time
Substitute Creature

You should like this if you liked "Toy Story" or "Bugs Life".

Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius, and fulfills every boy's dream of building his own space-ship, as well as a jet-pack, hovercraft, submarine, and a list of neat inventions, like a shrinking-ray-gun.

Jimmy's parents and school friends all have unique personalities. Character-acting in cartoons. Lots of clever humor. Always a story.

Lots of adventures in town and in outer-space, sometimes with villains. Fast-pace. High quality art, detail, and effort in every way.

16-episodes per-season. All three seasons are good.

There are cheaper ways to see if you like Jimmy Neutron.
"Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius", $4 one, long, separate, episode.
"Jet Fusion" $3, a different episode, and 6 episodes found within seasons-1-3.
"Attack of Twonkies" $4, a different episode, and 3 episodes found in seasons 1-3.
"Sea of Trouble" is $5, 6-episodes all found within seasons 1-3.
"Confusion Fusion" $4, 9-episodes found within seasons 1-3. Used $2.
Available to rent at your local Blockbuster.

An extreme example of humor targeted to adults: Jimmy uses a time-machine to bring Thomas Edison for his school, presentation. The school principal has an argument with Edison, and says, "... and call me Tesla", which relies on the viewer knowing Thomas Edison had a bitter rivalry with Nicolai Tesla. Tesla invented DC-current and won the contract for the world's fair over Edison's AC-current.

I also recommend the animated films of imagination and story: "Incredibles", "Iron Giant", "Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels", "Great Mouse Detective", "Antz", "Secret of Nimh".

I really enjoy watching and quoting Jimmy Neutron's words from time to time, to get a good laugh. I am a cartoon person but I really only like good cartoons. Jimmy doesn't have the violence that is through todays cartoons. Though sometimes I'd like to smack his Dad...if you watch this you'll know why...lol

This is a good DVD even though it has many repeating episodes.
I'll list the episode summaries on each disc:

Disc 1:
Brobot/The Big Pinch: Jimmy invents a little brother robot./In order to prove Cindy wrong, Jimmy brings Thomas Edison to the present using his Time Pincher, and ends up not being able to pry him away from Miss Fowl and Thomas Edison refuses to return to his own time.
Normal Boy/Birth of Salesman: Jimmy wants to be normal so he can fit in./Jimmy invents a salesman robot to win in a contest against Cindy.
Raise the Oozy Scab/I Dream of Jimmy: Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen go underwater in a submarine and look for treasure./Carl has Jimmy stuck in a dream and Jimmy has to find his way out.
The Egg-Pire Strikes Back: The evil Eggpire returns to Retroville and at first they claim that they come in peace, but they really want to use Jimmy's DNA Cloner/Scanner to create a new Poultra and exact revenge.

Disc 2:
Broadcast Blues/Professor Calimitous, I Presume: Jimmy creates his own science TV show that gets by replaced by a dance show with Cindy and Libby./Jimmy's rival, Professor Calatimous, tries to take over Retroville.
Hall Monster/Hypno Birthday To You: Jimmy becomes hall monitor and takes it too far./Jimmy makes his birthday every day, but soon get sick of it.
The Phantom of Retroland/My Son, the Hamster: Jimmy,Carl and Sheen they went to a place to find some monster but they thought there was not a monster in last they find a real one but that was Jimmy's mom./The face of Jimmy turns to a hamster and the hamster face to a Jimmy face.
Granny Baby/Time is Money: Jimmy accidentally turns his grandma into a baby./The Neutrons get rich after Jimmy goes back in time to convince his dad to invest in McSpankey's.
Krunch Time/Substitute Creature: Jimmy invents a candy everyone is addicted to./ Jimmy makes Mrs. Fowl into a 50-foot tall creature who everyone is scared of.

Great DVD for JN fans.

Sorry,this is a great show and I would have enjoyed it,if the DVD's worked.For some unknown reason these discs do not play on any of MY DVD players and I tried several including my PC.Amazon was great about sending me new copies but unfortunately these did'nt work either.I also had the same problem with Best of Seasons 2 & 3.I would'nt recommend buying these until the manufacturer solves this problem.I've also bought other Nickleodeon DVD's,Hey Arnold Seasons 1 & 2,The Rugrats Seasons 1& 2,The FairlyOddparents Season 1 and The Mighty B,all these work fine!I do Thank Amazon though,I won't let this bad experience deter me from purchasing other items in the future!R.Dube.