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{{Episode
|image = LovePotion-976-J-TitleCard.jpg
|season = 2
|airdate = February 13, 2004
|airdate_CA=February 8, 2004
|previous = Holly Jolly Jimmy
|next = Sheen's Brain
|invention = [[Pheromone #976/J]]
|episode = 10
}}
'''"Love Potion 976/J"''' is the Valentine's Day special in Season 2 of ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]''.

==Synopsis==
The episode begins with Jimmy's homeroom making Valentine's gifts. Jimmy notices Oleander is being controlled by his girlfriend and wonders how Oleander could stoop so low. Ms. Fowl says that it is only a matter of time until Jimmy is falling in love. Jimmy then begins to contemplate what Ms. Fowl said.

The scene cuts off to Jimmy working in his lab, Carl and Sheen arriving shortly after. Jimmy presents his latest experiment: [[Pheromone #976/J]], a hormone that causes any boy under its influence to fall in love with the first girl he sees and vice versa. Once Jimmy explains what a pheromone is, Sheen tries to destroy it with an axe. Jimmy stops him and explains that he is going to use the love potion to make an anti-love vaccine instead. Jimmy then continues to store the hormone in an air-sealed vacuum storage space. Carl asks Jimmy to use the computer to check his email for cheese. Not knowing which monitor to use, Carl accidentally unleashes the experiment leaving himself, Jimmy, and Sheen to be exposed to it without noticing.

Jimmy and Sheen leave the lab and encounter Libby and Cindy. After receiving a snarky remark from Cindy, Jimmy turns toward Cindy and instantly falls in love with her upon seeing her. Sheen turns toward Libby and instantly falls in love with her upon seeing her as well. Libby leaves, and Sheen follows right behind her. Cindy stays for about a minute wondering why Neutron was acting like a dolt. Jimmy decides to head back to the lab and is crushed by the door when Carl leaves the lab and goes into the house. Carl enters Jimmy's house to find Judy making cookies and becomes utterly obsessed with her upon seeing her face. He leaves Jimmy's parents confused, yet curious.

Jimmy is cruising in the hovercraft, unsuccessfully trying to get Cindy off his mind. He begins to imagine Cindy's face everywhere and decides that he has to face the truth; he's fallen in love with Cindy.

Sheen is happily dancing outside of Libby's house to prove his love. Embarrassed, Libby asks him to leave. He then gives [[Meltyface]], his favorite Ultra Lord action figure, to Libby and asks her to go on a date with him the next day. She accepts.

Carl serenades Judy with a triangle. When [[Hugh Neutron|Hugh]] appears, he becomes jealous and tells him that what he has with Judy is special, and no one can ruin it. Hugh casually brushes this off.

Jimmy spots Cindy at the [[Candy Bar]]. Inside, Cindy, Brittany, and Libby are gossiping and discussing their ideas of the perfect Valentine. They start singing about what Cindy hopes to be the perfect Valentine. Jimmy crashes into the building and runs into the Candy Bar. He tells Cindy that everywhere he goes, when he thinks about her and sees her, he gets on his knees and exclaims, "I love you, Cindy Vortex!" Everyone gasps and then starts pointing at him, laughing, and Cindy throws her ice cream in Jimmy's face, making everyone laugh even more. Jimmy is kicked out of the Candy Bar by Sam, and Cindy wonders aloud to her friends why Jimmy would purposely embarrass himself. Libby brings up the possibility that he might actually like her. Cindy believes that it can't be, but it is the only logical explanation. Jimmy is sadly walking down the street, ashamed of himself when Cindy catches up to him. He then asks her to watch a movie at his lab to which she agrees and walks off. Jimmy celebrates and says, "I did it! I got a date with Cindy...!" He then realizes what he has done, goes on his knees, and screams "NOOO!!!" dramatically.

Jimmy goes into his lab to find it a mess and cleans it up before his date with Cindy. He changes his clothes and the appearance of the lab and is ready for his date.

Sheen is leading a blindfolded Libby down the street, barely avoiding being run over. As she takes of the blindfolds, she sees the throne he made out of his action figure boxes and says that it is cute in a geeky way. He asks her to be his Valentine, and she accepts; he sits down beside her, and they gaze into each other's eyes.

Hugh and Judy are enjoying a nice picnic when a poorly disguised Carl appears with a dancing monkey and a music box. The monkey attacks Hugh and Carl takes off his disguise and blindly walks over to what he believes to be Jimmy's mom.

Cindy arrives at Neutron's place, thinking that she is nuts for even showing up. She falls into the lab to find Jimmy and compliments him. Jimmy is acting nervous, and Cindy asks him if he is. Cindy then confronts him about him saying that he loves her, and he replies that he has never felt this way before, but likes the feelings that he is having, and they gaze at each other for a moment.

Sheen tells Libby that she must confront her enemies in combat, and only then can they make their vows. Seeing as she had no rivals, Sheen acts as her rival and is quickly knocked down by Libby. Libby is very weirded out by Sheen and tells him that maybe they need more time to work on their friendship and asks to go slowly. She kisses him on the cheek, and he prances around.

Carl gives Judy a suggestive card, with a picture of himself shirtless in a sexy position. Judy tries to explain that she is with Hugh and that she and he would like to be alone, then Hugh appears, and Carl leaves. Hugh gives her a card in the shape of a duck. She accepts and kisses him on the nose.

Jimmy gives Cindy a holographic card and asks her to be his Valentine. To which Cindy is flattered and accepts. He picks her up and swings her around, and they lean into kiss. Right as they are about to kiss, he notices that the chamber to contain the potion has been open. Cindy says that she thought he wanted to be his Valentine, and he responds by saying that he does, but only because he is under the influence of the pheromone. Cindy (who looks genuinely hurt, thinking he was playing a cruel prank on her) has then ejected from his lab, and he brainstorms about what to do. He realizes that using Gouda-feta cheese can counteract the pheromone.

The next day, the guys sit down and sigh out of relief that Jimmy figured out how to stop the hormones from making them do "unwanted" things anymore. Libby and Cindy make more snarky comments while Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen begin to walk away. Sheen and Libby turn to each other, and Libby smiles at him as she shows him that she's still carrying [[Meltyface]] with her. Sheen begins to prance around again happily.

==Home Media==
===DVD===
*[[The Complete Series (DVD)|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: The Complete Series]]
===iTunes===
*The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Season 1

==Quotes==
:'''Jimmy:''' ''(to Cindy)'' "I can't talk, I can't think. Everywhere I go, you're there!"
:'''Cindy:''' "What kind of sick joke is this?"
:'''Jimmy:''' "Oh, you're gonna make me say it, aren't ya? Alright then, I'll say it.... I love you, Cindy Vortex!"
:''(Cindy gasps and her jaw drops.)''
:''(Libby and Brittany gasp and their jaws drop as well. Libby's jaw drops literally to the table and Brittany picks it back up.)''
:''(Everyone in the Candy Bar gasps and their jaws drop. Then they start laughing.)''
:''(Cindy is mortified, gets angry at Jimmy, and throws her ice cream in his face.)''
:'''Jimmy:''' ''(after tasting the ice cream)'' "Mmh, Pecan Ripple, your favorite."
:''(Sam comes to the table and grabs Jimmy.)''
:'''[[Sam Melvick]]:''' "You messy little hooligan! I just cleaned that floor eight months ago! You're outta here! Yeah. Yeah!"
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:'''Carl:''' ''(After handing Judy a Valentine's Day Card)'' "I sprayed it with my dad's cologne. It's called ''Bunion-Be-Gone.''"

==Gallery==
Click ''[[Love Potion 976/J Gallery|HERE]]'' to view the gallery.

==Trivia==
*When [[Jimmy Neutron|Jimmy]] first sees [[Cindy Vortex|Cindy]] after accidentally inhaling the pheromone, Cindy's hair is styled similar to how she later wears it as news anchor in "[[Lady Sings the News]]".
*This is the second (and last) episode following "[[Jimmy for President]]" that [[Nick Dean|Nick]] is seen wearing his original blue leather jacket over his white shirt. For the rest of the series, he will be wearing a black leather jacket over it. 
*This was the first episode to air in 2004 in the U.S..
*If you look closely on the board, you can see Cindy's dinosaur chart from the movie. 
*In this episode, Jimmy states that his only love is Marie Curie, and in a platonic way, despite his crush on [[Betty Quinlan]]. This is likely because he wishes to deny having interest in a girl.
*This episode shows that Cindy really does have a crush on Jimmy, albeit vaguely.
*After being hinted at in "[[Party at Neutron's]]", this episode is the first to openly pursue the relationship between Sheen and Libby.
*This episode marks the debut of the running gag that Carl is romantically attracted to Judy.
*Although this takes place after "[[Beach Party Mummy]]", this was produced after "[[Make Room for Daddy-O]]" and before "[[Holly Jolly Jimmy]]".
**This technically means this is the first episode Libby wears her hair in Egyptian dreads and wears a pink shirt, blue collar and flared jeans, and her eyelids are reddish pink, despite taking place after "Beach Party Mummy".
*The episode is ranked #20 during the "Top 100 Greatest Moments In Nicktoon History".
*The love potion was also used in the episode "[[The League of Villains]]" to make [[Beautiful Gorgeous]] and the [[Junkman]] fall in love with each other.
*The logo is a reference to the 1969 ABC TV series ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%2C_American_Style Love, American Style]''.
*The [[Love Potion|book]] based on the episode is somewhat different from the actual episode:
**Jimmy goes to the science store to get more supplies.
**Carl bugs Judy by staying at the house.
**Libby and Sheen hang out inside, where he proposes to her.
**Cindy talks to someone else in the Candy Bar.
**Libby has her season one design.
*Although this episode was released in 2004, you can actually see "Copyright 2003 Viacom International, Inc." at the end of the credits. This means that the episode was produced in 2003.
*The song Cindy sings at the Candy Bar is a parody of the 1964 released pop single "The Shoop Shoop Song" <sup>([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XOVJsJAIW0 youtube], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoop_Shoop_Song_(It%27s_in_His_Kiss) wikipedia])</sup> by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Everett Betty Everett].
*This episode premiered on [[Carolyn Lawrence]]'s 37th birthday.

==Goofs==
*When Sheen discloses to Libby that she has to defeat her rivals in combat, he is holding two of his makeshift weapons. As [[Old Lady Nusbaum]] comes along, Sheen's briefly seen holding only one weapon. But after turning around, he again holds two weapons.
*Sheen claims his jury-rigged weapons are "deadly tonfa[s]", which is incorrect. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonfa Tonfas] usually come in pairs, so that each hand wields one of them. They consist of a long stick and a second, shorter one that is attached perpendicular and used as handle. Based on their appearance, Sheen's weapons are probably supposed to be double-bladed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polearm polearms]. They are vaguely reminiscent of the Chinese [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk%27s_spade Monk's Spade].
*When Jimmy does his Brain Blast, he imagines Sheen wearing his Ultra Lord mask and holding his broomstick-weapon. He hadn't seen Sheen with those items previously, making it impossible for Jimmy to imagine him this way.

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