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| Battle of the Band | |
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| Episode | 6b |
| Season | 1 |
| Airdate (US) | October 4, 2002 |
| Airdate (CA) | October 3, 2002 |
| Invention(s) | Neutronic Synchronous Mind Instruments |
| Previous | Jimmy on Ice |
| Next | See Jimmy Run |
"Battle of the Band" is the second segment of the sixth episode of season 1.
Plot[]
The episode starts with Ms. Fowl reminding everyone about the talent show coming up on Friday. Meanwhile at lunch, Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen discuss their performance plans for the talent show. Carl wants to blow nose bubbles, Sheen wants to spit water, and Jimmy wants to do Algebra in Latin. Cindy tells Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen about the act she and Libby are going to do. They're doing a river stomp dance (which they demonstrate in front of the lunchroom kids.) Jimmy sees a poster for the boy band Outta Sync on the wall and says that his "band" is going to play at the talent show.
The next day, Jimmy forms a rock band with Carl and Sheen, using some instruments that Jimmy recently invented, which plays the music that whoever's players are thinking of. Sheen tells the others to decide to come up with a name. He wants the band to be called "the Mighty Disciples of Ultra Lord", Jimmy wants to do "The Science Kings" and Carl wants to do one that has the word "Llama" in it. Jimmy decides to mix those names together, and so the band gets to be called "The Llama Lords of Science". Then they perform a song, which summons every girl at Lindbergh Elementary School to cheer and scream for them, except for Cindy and Libby. After they leave, Jimmy decides he wants to change the band's name. He wants to rename it "the Jimmy Neutron Experience", Carl wants to change it to "The Carl Wheezer Project" and Sheen wants to change it to "Sheen and the Sheenettes". Soon, Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen start arguing over who gets to do a solo at the show. Sheen wants to do a bass solo, Carl wants to do a drum solo, but Jimmy says that if anyone's going to do a solo, it's going to be him. This results in a big fight.
On the night of the talent show, the fight continues. Soon, Sheen and Carl throw the instruments out the window, destroying them. On the verge of strangling each other, Hugh arrives to remind them to have fun; this then causes the three to realize how mean they've been treating each other, and they forgot the most important part of their act to just enjoy it, as well as the reason Jimmy formed the band in the first place: To beat Cindy and Libby! When Ms. Fowl tells them that they are next in the show, they decide to something else, now that their instruments have been destroyed. At the talent show, they improvise a new act: Carl uses his inhaler to blow a huge snot bubble, with Jimmy and Sheen grabbing onto his ankles as he levitates, much to the audience's disgust. With the trio close to winning, the bubble suddenly bursts, leaving the audience covered in snot. Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen end up coming in 8th place (but there were 7 other acts, which means they actually got last place), while Cindy and Libby end up in 1st place. Unwilling to give up hope, Jimmy declares next year, The Llama Lords of Science will reunite, then Carl and Sheen started bringing up the solo debate again, while Jimmy tries to stop them.
Home Media[]
VHS[]
- Time Warp
DVD[]
iTunes[]
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - Season 1
- Nickelodeon Hot Picks!
- Sheen Estevez Is Here!
- Music Festival - Nickelodeon Junior
- Paramount +
Quotes[]
- Carl: I wrote a love song.
- Jimmy: Is it about llamas?!
- Carl: NO! (gets quiet) Yes.
- Hugh: [repeated line] You kids! Good luck tonight and remember: Have fun with it!
- Sheen: Oh, man! Did they ever make a mistake! With our power chords and phat beats, they're going to wish they never-I mean ... hey, wait a minute! We don't have a rock band!
- Carl: Yeah, we don't even play any instruments.
- Sheen: Or have any discernible abilities.
- Sheen: I want a documentary tracing my amazing rise to fame while revealing several humiliating skeletons in my closet!
- Judy: Oh, that was nice, but I think Jimmy and his friends will be even better.
- Hugh: They better be. I paid $125 for these tickets!
- Judy: Hugh, this is a free school function.
- Hugh: Oohhhh! Darn scalpers!
- Ms. Fowl: [later] Oh, there's been a slight change. The Llama Lords of Science will not be performing. (The audience groans)
- Hugh: I want my money back! Uh, not that I paid, or anything.
- Sheen: Hey, hey! What is this! I specifically requested Dolphin-safe donuts! I refuse to perform until all my ridiculous demands are satisfied!
- Cindy: Hey, guys! We're signing up for the talent contest. You should sign up! Oops, I forgot. You have no talent! (She and Libby laugh) We're doing River Stomp!
- Carl: Aw, cheer up guys. Eighth place isn't so bad.
- Sheen: Carl, there were only seven acts.
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Trivia[]
- This episode takes place in 2001 that can be seen in the Outta Sync poster which is a parody of the real-life boy band *NSYNC.
- Running gag: Hugh appearing at random times and saying, "You kids, good luck tonight and remember, have fun with it!"
- Starting this episode, the walls of Jimmy’s classroom are lime green.
- On DirecTV, along with other cable systems and websites, the title reads "Battle of the Bands". This is also the title of the storybook version.
- This and "Jimmy on Ice" were produced after "Granny Baby"/"Time is Money" and produced before "Raise the Oozy Scab"/"I Dream of Jimmy".
- This technically means this is the first episode where Goddard doesn't appear.
- Sheen's ADHD is shown clearly in this episode. When Jimmy announces that the gang has a band, Sheen comments on their "power cords and phat beats" knocking out the competition. He then comes to realize he is not involved in a band. His ADHD distraction is seen again in "The Phantom of Retroland".
- This is the first episode where Carl calls Jimmy "Neutron".
- "The Jimmy Neutron Experience" is a parody of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
- In the scene where Jimmy says, "If anyone's going to have a solo, it's going to be me.", he is referring to a song by *NSYNC called "It's Gonna Be Me".
- The band poster in the cafeteria that inspires Jimmy to start a band is a parody of *NSYNC (who recorded a song for the movie's soundtrack) considering the band on the poster is called "Outta Sync". This is because *NSYNC is pronounced "in sink". This poster also appears on Cindy's wall in her bedroom from time to time.
- The title card of this episode is in the style of the Beatles logo, with its characteristic hanging T. When Carl shows up with a bowl-cut, glasses, and a Scouse accent, he resembles Ringo Starr, the former drummer of The Beatles. The boys arguing over their creative differences just like how the Beatles did in real life which is what lead to the band ultimately breaking up.
- Sheen's desire to known as the Artist Formerly Known as Sheen is a reference to Prince, who was, for a time, known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
- The melody and tune of the music that the Llama Lords of Science play is similar to that of "Warning" by Green Day.
- Sheen's comment on not performing until all his ridiculous needs are met is possibly a reference to Van Halen. The band would always have M&Ms in their dressing room and would not perform if they found any brown ones. This was specified as a way of verifying the terms of their contract had been fully read.
- Riverstomp is a parody of Riverdance.
- In some sense, Jimmy’s band was cheating as they really didn’t practice playing the instruments played for them and apparently never played those instruments before (similar to "Maximum Hugh" and in "The Retroville 9") by using technology instead of hard work and practice. Some could say this could be for his talent of inventing.
- Moral: Friends are more important than winning 1st place.