The N-Men
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The N-Men is the name of an episode of the Nickelodeon animated TV series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It first aired on November 27, 2004 in the U.S.
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[edit] Plot
[edit] Summary
Jimmy and friends become superheroes.
[edit] Complete Plot
During a rocket flight into space, Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, Cindy, and Libby are exposed to cosmic radiation. On returning to Earth, they discover that each has gained unusual abilities, and decide to become super-heroes: the N-Men! (actually, Sheen wanted to call them the Fantastic League of Justice-bringing Avenging Men-- And Two Girls.)
Special Girl (Cindy) has super strength. Invisible Sister (Libby) can turn invisible. Vibrating Lad (Sheen) can vibrate or run at super-speed, though his constant vibrating shrinks his bladder. Burp Boy (Carl) can release Sonic Burps that can flip a truck. Jimmy, though, merely turned orange and gained a sweet, citrus scent, much to his chagrin.
The group decide to fight crime; but, since Retroville has little but littering and jaywalking to contend with, they end up causing far more problems than they prevent. The N-Men are still somewhat clumsy with their newfound powers, and wind up causing mass destruction while attempting to do good.
The town turns against them, and the Army captures the N-Men and imprisons them in a dome of pure Kirbonium (named after famed comic book artist Jack Kirby). They don't bother to catch Jimmy, however, feeling that without powers, he's no threat. Jimmy goes to his lab to seek a solution, but discovers that the other N-Men are dying; their powers are burning out their bodies. He starts to find a cure, but just then Jimmy (similar to the Hulk) gets mood swings of anger mostly towards Cindy, who had been making fun him that day, and mutates into a super-strong giant with little intelligence (a parody of The Incredible Hulk, though with the appearance of The Thing). The monstrous Jimmy goes on an angry rampage through town.
Meanwhile, The N-Men have been practicing to learn to control their powers, and develop them further. Special Girl learns she can fly, Invisible Sister can project a force field, and Vibrating Lad overcomes his embarrassing bladder control problems. But Burp Boy is too scared of his powers to practice them, and besides, the Army hasn't let him have any spicy foods. When Special Girl develops telescopic vision, she sees the Jimmy-monster rampaging in Retroville, and they decide to escape and help defend the town. Libby distracts the guards with partial invisibility, and Sheen vibrates Carl's stomach until he produces a super-burp that shatters the Kirbonium dome.
The Army's planes and tanks prove no match for the Jimmy-monster, so they desperately allow the N-Men to confront him. During the bruising battle, Libby turns Cindy invisible, for a while to fight Jimmy. Sheen then gets an idea, and runs to the Candy Bar to get some of Sam's Heavy Seltzer Water, which he uses to make "Atomic Fizzies". Spraying it into Carl's mouth and vibrating his belly. Carl unleashes a burp that blasts Jimmy off his feet; but not for long. Then the N-Men start to weaken; their powers are draining them, and as Jimmy predicted, they will soon die. Jimmy gets on his feet and walks toward Cindy with a giant rock in his hands in an attempt to kill her. In desperation, Cindy apologizes to Jimmy. Jimmy throws the rock away and tells Cindy to repeat herself. Once Cindy has apologized, she almost confesses her true feelings for him, saying, "I luuuh..." just before passing out. Monster Jimmy picks her up and asks the fainted Cindy what was the " L...". He then gently places her back down on the ground. He then turns back into his normal self after he has calmed down. Jimmy spots the bottle of Heavy Seltzer Water and realizes that it drains radiation and caused the N-Men to faint and creates a cure.
Soon the N-Men are being honored by the town for saving the day. Although they plan to use their few remaining days of powers as heroes, another burp from Carl convinces them to, perhaps, just wait it out.
[edit] Trivia
- The N-Men powers would be seen again briefly in The League of Villains.
- Many of the scenes of Jimmy as a monster were taken from Ang Lee's Hulk movie, such as spinning the tank, and Jimmy seeing his reflection as his alter-ego.
- Some of the dialogue and "dramatic poses" were parodies of the early Marvel Comics work of Stan Lee.
- The powers each friend received were based on what they were doing when they went through the radiation. Jimmy drank some orange juice and was angry at Cindy, Carl was burping, Cindy was arm wrestling with Jimmy, Sheen was in the vibrating chair, and Libby was putting on vanishing cream.
- In the desert scene, a Twonkie is seen running from Jimmy .
- When Sheen made a tornado, people are screaming. However, nobody is there.
- The N-Men's Powers are much like The Incredibles- Libby=Violet Sheen=Dash Cindy=Bob
[edit] Irony
- When Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen were imprisoned at the army base, they were guarded by two (seemingly) unarmed soldiers. The general pushed a red button that opened a pair of sliding doors, where the two soldiers were standing, and left. At any given time, the N-Men could have easily knocked out the guards, walked out of the dome, and leave the army base.
