Attack of the Twonkies (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)

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Attack of the Twonkies is an episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and it is the fifth television movie in it. It was the season premiere of the third and final season.

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While searching for the comet Twonkus-3, Jimmy encounters a large red creature. While Jimmy escaped, a much cuter being stows away inside the rocket.

The cute alien kept reproducing by coughing, so everyone in Retroville could have one, but when they heard music, the creatures turn into ugly brown monsters (a parody of the similarly arbitrary rules from the movie Gremlins). Jimmy had to save Retroville from the twonkies before the comet left orbit and the Twonkies would be stuck on Earth for another year.

In the end, all the Twonkies are sent back to Twonkus-3, but Sheen's Twonkie, Liversnap was left behind. It coughed up two more Twonkies, which started their journey around town. This is why Twonkies can be seen in later episodes, even in Mars in the episode King of Mars.

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This episode could be a parody of Gremlins(The Twonkies metamorphose from cute furry animals to reptilian monsters and they multiply asexually.), the Star Trek episode The Trouble With Tribbles, and Critters(The Twonkies roll by curling into balls like Crites.
Ever since this episode, Twonkies have made cameos in several episode of Jimmy Neutron, including King of Mars, Lady Sings the News, The League of Villains, Who Framed Jimmy Neutron?, Flippy, My Big Fat Spy Wedding, and The N-Men.
Oddly enough, the cliffhanger at the end of the episode will not be continued, as all the Jimmy Neutron episodes have been announced and not one of the confirmed will have Twonkies in the plot.
The Twonkies bare an uncanny resemblance to the Protopet from Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (a game that Cindy's voice actress Carolyn Lawrence Starred in), and they both even reproduce the same way (by coughing up a baby Twonkie/Protopet.)
Eustace Strytch makes a cameo as one of the people in the theatre. The movie they are watching is the same movie seen at the beginning of Operation: Jet Fusion.

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Characters: James "Jimmy" Neutron • Cynthia "Cindy" Vortex • Sheen Estevez • Carl Wheezer • Libby Folfax • Judy Neutron • Hugh Neutron • Nick Dean • UltraLord • Professor Finbarr Calamitous • Eustace Strytch • King Goobot . Bolbi Stroganovsky • Jet Fusion & Beautiful Gorgeous • Yolkians
Films: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (feature film) • The Egg-pire Strikes Back • Operation: Jet Fusion • Win, Lose and Kaboom • Attack of the Twonkies • League of Villains • list of episodes
Crossovers with The Fairly OddParents: The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour • When Nerds Collide • The Jerkinators