Orrin Scott: Archiving Animation with Home Media - Nickelodeon Physical Home Media Releases

Continuing our analysis of Nicktoon availability on home media, today we’ll check out Nickelodeon's first CGI show which was also the first time a theatrical movie that would spin-off into its own series. A pattern that would prove successful enough to repeat in the future. Let’s jump right in.

The Canadian series, ReBoot (1994), is considered to be the first fully CGI television broadcasted show (Veggie Tales (1993) had been direct to VHS prior). In 2001 it had just wrapped its fourth and final season when the theatrically released Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius hit theatres. The film would see a release on VHS and DVD. A year after the film’s debut, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (2002) began its first of three seasons making it Nickelodeon’s first CGI series. The show would be released in a haphazard mix of episode compilations on VHS and DVD as well as on Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand with “Best of Season...” episode compilations also on DVD. This shotgun approach to episode releases, along with no complete series release, has meant 27 episodes have remained unreleased.

Unreleased Episodes from Season One
Season 1 Episode 12B "Aaughh!! Wilderness!!"
Season 1 Episode 13A "Party at Neutron's"
Season 1 Episode 17A "Maximum Hugh"
Season 1 Episode 17B "Sleepless in Retroville"
Season 1 Episode 18 "Make Room for Daddy-O"
Season 1 Episode 20 "Sorry, Wrong Era"

Season Two
Season 2 Episode 1 "Beach Party Mummy"
Season 2 Episode 6A "Monster Hunt"
Season 2 Episode 6B "Jimmy for President"
Season 2 Episode 8 "Holly Jolly Jimmy"
Season 2 Episode 9 "Love Potion #976/J"
Season 2 Episode 16 "Men at Work"
Season 2 Episode 17A "The Mighty Wheezers"
Season 2 Episode 17B "Billion Dollar Boy"
Season 2 Episode 18/19/20 "Win, Lose and Kaboom!"

Season Three
Season 3 Episode 1/2 "Attack of the Twonkies"
Season 3 Episode 6 "Stranded"
Season 3 Episode 9/10 "The League of Villains"
Season 3 Episode 12 "My Big Fat Spy Wedding"
Season 3 Episode 16 "The Trouble with Clones"
Season 3 Episode 18A "Who Framed Jimmy Neutron?"
Season 3 Episode 18B "Flippy"
Season 3 Episode 19A "How to Sink a Sub"
Season 3 Episode 19B "Lady Sings the News"
Season 3 Episode 20 "King of Mars"
Season 3 Episode 21A "El Magnifico"
Season 3 Episode 21B "Best in Show"

Sources:

Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables by Phil Vischer

https://jimmyneutron.fandom.com/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron:_Boy_Genius_videography

https://jimmyneutron.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron:_Boy_Genius_episodes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron,_Boy_Genius_episodes#Home_media

The Adventure of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron:_Boy_Genius

ChalkZone (2002), another product of the anthology series, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, ran for four seasons. The entire series has been released on a single collection DVD. However, the shorts featured in Oh Yeah! Cartoons as well as the second season, episode eight’s opening cartoon, "The Smooch", featuring The Baha Men, is not included and has never been released.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ChalkZone_episodes

https://chalkzone.fandom.com/wiki/The_Smooch

ChalkZone Logo:

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/ChalkZone

A direct sequel to The Rugrats and a spinoff to the eighth season’s hour long special, All Growed Up!, All Grown Up! (2003) ran for five seasons. Like Jimmy Neutron, only a smattering of episode compilations on DVD and VHS are available. The compilations sporadically jump around in episode order, as such, only 23 of the 55 produced episodes have been released. Though, the entire first season has been released.

The following episodes have been released on DVD and VHS:

Season 1 Episode 1 "Coup DeVille"
Season 1 Episode 2 "Truth or Consequences"
Season 1 Episode 3 "Bad Kimi"
Season 1 Episode 4 "Tweenage Tycoons"
Season 1 Episode 5 "Susie Sings the Blues"
Season 1 Episode 6 "Chuckie's in Love"
Season 1 Episode 7 "Thief Encounter"
Season 1 Episode 8 "River Rats"
Season 1 Episode 9 "Brother, Can You Spare the Time?"
Season 1 Episode 10 "The Old and the Restless"
Season 1 Episode 11 "It's Cupid, Stupid"
Season 1 Episode 12 "Tommy Foolery"
Season 1 Episode 13 "Lucky 13"
Season 1 Episode 14/15 "Interview with a Campfire"

Season 2 Episode 1 "Bad Aptitude"
Season 2 Episode 6 "Saving Cynthia"
Season 2 Episode 7 "The Science Pair"

Season 3 Episode 1 "Fear of Falling"
Season 3 Episode 2 "Blind Man's Bluff"
Season 3 Episode 3 "Yu-Gotta-Go"
Season 3 Episode 5 "It's Karma, Dude"
Season 3 Episode 9/10 "Dude, Where's My Horse?"

Season 4 Episode 1/2 "R.V. Having Fun Yet?"

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_All_Grown_Up!_episodes

https://nickelodeon.fandom.com/wiki/All_Grown_Up!_videography

All Grown Up! Logo

https://rugrats.fandom.com/wiki/All_Grown_Up!

The final product of Oh Yeah! Cartoons, My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003) ran for three seasons. All three seasons have been released on Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand service.

Sources:

https://teenagerobot.fandom.com/wiki/My_Life_as_a_Teenage_Robot#cite_note-8

My Life as a Teenage Robot Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/My_Life_as_a_Teenage_Robot

Cult classic, Danny Phantom (2004), a Butch Hartman creation, ran for three seasons. All three seasons were released on DVD by Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand. These were replaced and re-released by Shout! Factory in addition to a Complete Series set in 2012-2014.