The Trouble with Clones

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The Trouble with Clones

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The Trouble with Clones
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Episode	14
Season	3
Airdate (US)	January 25, 2006
Airdate (CA)	April 12, 2005
Invention(s)	Flux Field Duplicator De-Evilizing Machine Dark Matter Power Chip
Previous	Vanishing Act
Next	The Evil Beneath

"The Trouble with Clones" is the fourteenth episode of Season 3. It is the sequel to "Send in the Clones".

Plot

After Cindy's report at school that Jimmy can't beat the record of the great inventor Leonardo DaVinci, Jimmy decides to look for someone to help him. He finds out that the evil version of himself, the last of his clones who managed to escape, is the one who can help him.

In the Earth's orbit, Evil Jimmy has hijacked a communication satellite and has begun to pull prank calls all over Retroville after he escaped from Jimmy and the other clones. Jimmy is able to stop him after a laser battle and takes him to his lab. Jimmy creates a device that can turn Evil Jimmy nice, so he can fill in for him in the real world while he invents new gadgets. Unfortunately, Evil Jimmy cuts out the De-Evilizer chemical pipe. Jimmy activates the machine, and the evil version of Jimmy pretends to be nice to fool Jimmy.

Evil Jimmy gets the Hypno-Beam, and begins to wreak havoc, which includes making Carl and Sheen think that they're female backup singers, making Cindy and Libby think that they're marines, and making Nick think he's a runway bikini supermodel.

Jimmy is able to free everyone from the trance his clone put them in and finds out that his clone went to his lab, and steals Jimmy's new cloning machine, which creates a perfect copy of something, but destroys the original in the process. Jimmy chases the clone in the lab, who finds out that his rocket's engine was clogged with a watermelon.

Evil Jimmy has used the cloning machine to create a EVIL VERSION OF EARTH. Jimmy finds out that his evil self has planned to suck the real world into oblivion. Jimmy disguises himself as Evil Jimmy to infiltrate the wicked world, where he discovers the whole place is in anarchy, the streets are dangerous, the atmosphere is grim with glowing red skies, and everyone is just as wicked as Evil Jimmy. Jimmy attempts to blend in pretend to be evil he threatens evil Sam on where evil Jimmy's whereabouts are he states he was heading to school, Jimmy attempts to find his clone there only to be confronted by Evil Carl who is the school bully and Evil Sheen who roughly the same, Evil Carl forces Jimmy into class where Evil Cindy and Evil Libby are giving a class presentation on the proper wedgie technique. Evil Cindy's instructions include reaching into his underwear, grabbing it, and pulling it hard at a 90-degree angle, which she demonstrates on Evil Nick. Evil Cindy then proceeds to call Jimmy up to show a much more painful version of a wedgie involving jumper cables, which would deliver a high voltage shock. However, Jimmy revolts, tying Evil Cindy and Evil Libby up and subsequently electrocuting them. Evil Ms. Fowl complimented Real Jimmy when he tied up and electroshocked Evil Cindy and Evil Libby with their own jumper cables, but then he thanked her; which is a sign of major disrespect on the Evil version of Earth, so she sends the malevolent students after Real Jimmy and kill him.

When Jimmy goes to Evil Jimmy's house, he is captured by his evil family (the evil versions of Hugh, Judy, and Goddard respectively). Jimmy is able to keep Evil Jimmy down to stop his plan and save the real Earth. Unfortunately, Evil Jimmy breaks the dark matter power chip from the duplicating machine to prevent the wicked world from fading and to put Jimmy into a void with him and the rest of the horrible planet. As the wicked world is sucked into a void, Jimmy is barely able to escape, but returns to the real world.

Hugh asks about his journey and Jimmy tells him that he has realized that he doesn't need to beat DaVinci's record, as he's saved the world once again and would rather spend extra time with his friends and family. Just then, Sheen and Carl appear still singing while revealing they just like to dance to it. Indeed, their catchy song causes Hugh to join in. Watching, Jimmy expresses joy at this and that his clone is finally gone. Just then, a dark matter cloud comes from where the wicked world had been, and Evil Jimmy's maniacally laughing face appears as he vows to one day return and exact his vengeance.

Home Media

DVD

• Nick Picks 5
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: The Complete Series

iTunes

• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - Season 3

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Trivia

• This episode premiered in the U.S. as the third episode of the 5 New Jimmys marathon event in January 2006.
• Evil Jimmy makes several references to Back to the Future such as calling Real Jimmy "Doc" as Marty McFly calls Doc Brown in all three movies, and mentioning Plutonium when he is talking about the materials needed to make Evil Jimmy normal by using the De-Evilizer. The wicked world even looks like the alternate 1985 from the second movie.
• Had the series continued, there would've been a concluding episode to this cliffhanger where Jimmy took his class on a field trip to the moon and Evil Jimmy and his class would've escaped from the Dark Matter Dimension to attack Jimmy and his class, which would've led to the evil clones' official defeat.
• This is the third time a villain pretends to reform. The first was in "The Eggpire Strikes Back", and the second time was in "My Big Fat Spy Wedding".
  • However, unlike the previous two episodes, Jimmy realizes that the villain is still evil more in the middle of the episode rather than near the end.
• Captain Betty makes a cameo at the Candy Bar on the wicked world. However, this might not count as it's not the actual character because it is just an evil version of him.
• The prank call scene is a reference to The Simpsons where Bart often prank calls Moe at his tavern.
• While not officially confirmed, it's very possible that the scene where the sinister classmates trying to kill Real Jimmy is a reference to Happy Tree Friends.
• In Evil Jimmy's lab, the Hypno Beam has the same design from Season 1 and 2.
• The Dark Matter Power Chip has a devil symbol shaped like Evil Jimmy's head on it.
• This is probably the darkest episode of the series.
• This is the second and final appearance of Evil Jimmy.
• This is the final half-hour episode that all the main characters appeared in. After this, they take turns being absent.
• The last half hour episode to feature the Strato XL rocket.
• Although this episode was released in 2006, you can actually see "Copyright 2003 Viacom International, Inc." at the end of the credits. This means that the episode was produced in 2003.

Goofs

• Evil Sheen should've been wearing a Robo-Fiend shirt instead of an Ultra Lord shirt. It's most likely either because it would have taken too long for the producers to model one or they simply forgot.
• Sheen, despite being referred to as terrible singer multiple times throughout the show, can sing the song "Ain't No Lovin' My Man" just fine.