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Monster Hunt | |
The title card for Monster Hunt. | |
Episode | 7a |
Season | 2 |
Airdate (US) | November 11, 2003 |
Airdate (CA) | September 14, 2004 |
Previous | Nightmare in Retroville |
Next | Jimmy for President |
Monster Hunt is the first segment of the 6th episode in second season of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
Plot[]
The episode opens up on Ms. Fowl taking a nice refreshing swim in Lake Retroville accompanied by Sam on a rowboat towards. As she is enjoying herself, something tugs at her and pulls her into the water, and then the beast attacks Sam's boat and then the scene cuts to Carl screaming. Jimmy tells him to calm down, because the town meeting that is being held at the school hasn't started yet. Carl told Jimmy that the idea of a lake monster frightens him greatly. Sheen tells him that monsters are part of life, but Jimmy says there's no such thing, the meeting's probably been called to dispel the rumors. Then the mayor calls the meeting to order and Cindy and Libby provide evidence of the existence of the Lake Monster. They provide photographic slides of giant reptilian footprints that appeared on the shores of Lake Retroville 6 months ago, the story of Ms. Fowl and Sam's rescue, and claims of a huge beast. To seal the deal, they present a supposed genuine photo of the lake monster, but Jimmy disputes their claim because the image is so blurry, it could be anything. Nonetheless, the Mayor offers up a reward of $73.86 to whoever can capture the monster or (as Jimmy proposes) to whoever can prove it doesn't exist.
Once at Lake Retroville, Carl screams again and Sheen ridicules him for being afraid of a lake. When Jimmy asked him what happened at Lake Retroville that made him so afraid of it, he tells Jimmy the sad story of him and his pet turtle Snappy, which he was allergic to and had to let go into the lake. To this day, the thought of this lake fills him nausea, mortal terror, and then more nausea. Captain Betty shows up and Jimmy tells Carl and Sheen that he chartered his boat to scan the lake for the monster. After hours of searching without finding anything, Sheen is kept occupied by Captain Betty, who shows him how to tie knots and gives him a handcrafted pea shooter. When Captain Betty gets annoyed by Jimmy's scans, he destroys his scanner with an axe, calls Jimmy a fancy talking little mud guppy and tells him he's wasting his time this junk. He is then asked by Sheen how he got the name Captain Betty and explains that on June 3, 1999, he was commissioned to ship sea monkeys for a local mail-order company but then was attacked by the lake monster and although Captain Betty survived, the shipment and monkeys did not.
This story explains nothing about how he got his name and Jimmy calls him crazy for destroying his equipment and persistently defending the idea of the monster's existence. Furthermore, he decides to call off the search unless someone can explain in the next ten seconds how a giant reptilian monster could have come to be in a man-made lake. At that moment, Hugh shows up on a rowboat with an oil drum, claiming to be dumping off runoff from Jimmy's lab into the lake. Jimmy explains that the barrel is filled with highly contaminated chemical sludge and starts worrying while he asks him how long he's been doing this for, to which Hugh replies "last few years or so." He then throws the barrel in the water and leaves. Jimmy's only response is "this could be very bad". Suddenly, the monster appears before them, and Carl recognizes it as his former pet turtle Snappy. Jimmy then realizes the contaminates Hugh had been dumping in the water must've mutated him, which not only means there really is a lake monster, but that Snappy IS the lake monster. Snappy then swallows Captain Betty whole and tries to devour Sheen, but only ends up eating his pants. Jimmy tries to use a modified fishing rod to electrocute him, but to no avail. Then he tries freezing him with an ice-ray, again unsuccessfully and then Snappy destroys the boat. Finally, Carl decides to take the de-mutation pellet that Jimmy intended to use on Snappy and shoots it into Snappy's throat, instantly returning him to normal and spewing out Captain Betty. Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, and Captain Betty then a variation of the sea chantey, "Spanish Ladies", as they swim to the horizon after the boat is destroyed.
Home Media[]
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- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Season 2
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Trivia[]
- This is the first appearance of Mayor Quador.
- This episode is ranked #82 during the "Top 100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoon History".
- The episode's plot is a parody of the movie Jaws.
- The episode's title card is an obvious nod to the Jaws poster.
- Miss Fowl parodies Chrissie Watkins at the beginning of the episode.
- Snappy the turtle parodies Jaws the shark.
- The way Hugh was dumping Jimmy's highly contaminated chemical sludge from his lab into the lake was similar to the scene where Brody was chumming the fish chum into the water to attract the shark.
- At the very beginning of the episode, the camera zooms underneath the water just like at the very beginning of the film.
- The town meeting at the beginning of the episode where Cindy and Libby were providing evidence of the Lake Monster's existence is similar to the meeting scene in the film, where Quint explains about the shark.
- Captain Betty's boat is very similar design to the boat Orca in the film.
- When Jimmy is using the radar, Captain Betty destroys the radar similar to when Brody is using the communications radio and Quint destroys the radio with a fish bat.
- Captain Betty's story of the sea monkeys is a parody of Quint's story about the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the film.
- When Snappy is first shown as a monster, Sheen says: "Uh, Jimmy, I think we're going to need a bigger boat." This is a quote from Martin Brody in the original film.
- When Jimmy tries to freeze Snappy with his ice-ray, Snappy drags the boat through the water, just like the shark did in the original film.
- The boat sinks like it did in the original film.
- The way Snappy eats Sheen's pants is similar to the way Quint dies.
- Carl copies Martin Brody by climbing up the sinking boat post and he says "Smile, you son of a sea turtle", before de-mutating snappy. This line that Carl said was similar to the one Brody said before he killed Jaws.
- At the end of the episode, Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, and Cap'n Betty swim back to shore on an inflatable tube just like Brody and Matt Hooper were at the end of the film.
- This is the third time Sheen loses his pants and his underwear is exposed. The first time was in "When Pants Attack" and the second is in "The Eggpire Strikes Back".
- This is the third time Jimmy tries to prove something doesn’t exist. The first time was "I Dream of Jimmy", and second in "The Phantom of Retroland". The next is in "Holly Jolly Jimmy".
- When Cindy was presenting a photographic slideshow to the townspeople in regard to the Lake Monster, one the pictures of the show had her posing in her bikini at the beach, which she quickly changes. This same slideshow goof appears seventeen episodes later when Jimmy is explaining the history of the asteroid to the townspeople via photograph slideshow. During his presentation a picture of Sheen snorkeling in a toilet was one of the slides. Sheen instantly yells, "CARL!!!!" when the embarrassing photo shows. The only other time this gag appears is with a holographic image of Betty Quival when Jimmy is explaining the history of the Jade Egg in "The Great Egg Heist".
- Despite only appearing officially in this episode, Captain Betty will make numerous cameo appearances in several episodes later on in the series.
- Hugh is revealed to have been dumping toxic sludge from Jimmy's lab into Lake Retroville for the last few years.
- Goddard and Judy don’t appear in this episode.