Planeta Sheen

For the record, I love Jimmy Neutron. It's like one of the best and coolest Nicktoons of the 2000s and one of my favorites. Planet Sheen, on the other hand, is downright pitiful. Why the Sam Hill did Nickelodeon ever come up with a spinoff this lame? It was disappointing when Jimmy Neutron ended in 2006, but I guess it's better off being stayed that way. Planet Sheen has no original Jimmy Neutron characters, except Sheen, but are replaced by freaks. Even the humor sucks. Meh.

I'm probably one of few fans who enjoyed this because I was so attached to Jimmy Neutron, but one thing I'll agree on no matter what is how unnecessary the spin-off was to Jimmy Neutron as it ruined the whole show -- just like what Fairly Odd Parents did, but Nickelodeon tended to ruin a lot of their best shows. They could've either kept Jimmy Neutron running and had this as a special episode for people to enjoy this a lot more. But I kept watching because I was curious about how residents of Retroville wondered what happened to Sheen. I mean whether you like it or not, I was hoping the show would've been wrapped up with Jimmy finding him on this planet, either having him demand he stays or goes home with Jimmy to Earth.

I was about 22 in a bar on a Friday evening and caught the children's program, Planet Sheen, airing on Nickelodeon. I sat at the bar and just mindlessly watched it thinking nothing of the antics Sheen was up to on his planet, but I soon realized the dark message that was hidden within the creases of the show. The whole complex concept of Sheen possessing his own planet symbolizes the desires of mankind, to obtain total dominance of the world. Sheen is ranked top on the social hierarchy of this planets society, and uses his knowledge of earth to trick the inhabitants to thinking he is a god. Here is where the show reaches dark territory, revealing how the white male can manipulate impoverished countries into believing that they are the smartest beings when in reality they are just flawed individuals, no common than the ordinary man. We can see more of Sheen's incompetence by the locals he hangs around. The green slug-like alien Doppy, presumably to be a depiction of Sheen's companion Karl Wheezer, reveals the truth that Sheen is still a child, not experienced enough to rule over an alien race. The next day I had to put my daughter down due to a terminal 8 tumor from birth. I didn't tell her that, I couldn't break her delicate heart. Holding her hand on the bed she leaned over and looked me in the eye asking, "Where do butterflies go during the winter?" Trying not to cry I said, "they go home, they go home."

Planet Sheen has got to be one of the worst shows from Nickelodeon since October 2nd 2010, this show ruined The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genious which is way better than this. Sheen becomes a very annoying character in the show and he was being a dumbass for pressing a button from a rocket that leads him to another planet. Thank god this show got cancelled in February 15th from 2013.

'Planet Sheen' (2010)

Opening thoughts: While 'Jimmy Neutron' is not one of my favourites or one of the best Nickelodeon has ever done, this reviewer has always found it a very enjoyable show. Expectations were mixed hearing there was a spin off, it didn't sound that appetising and has been near-universally poorly reviewed, but still wanted to give it a chance as Nickelodeon did do a lot of wonderful shows in its prime ('Rocko's Modern Life', 'Ren and Stimpy', 'The Angry Beavers' being particularly wonderful).

'Planet Sheen' just didn't work on any level and is a complete waste of a pretty decent premise. It is one of the worst spin off shows to exist and while not quite one of the worst shows Nickelodeon has ever done ('ChalkZone', 'Tak and the Power of Juju', 'Mega Babies', 'Breadwinners', 'Fanboy and Chum Chum') it is very close. Compared to 'Jimmy Neutron', 'Planet Sheen' is an absolute disgrace and shouldn't have any association with it. On its own terms, it is a terrible show with almost nothing to recommend it.

Good things: There are occasions where the colours are vibrant enough.

Bad things: A vast majority of the animation however is very cheap, with very blocky and ugly character designs that can look incomplete. The transitions are never seamless and the backgrounds completely lack imagination and are pretty simplistic. The voice acting is rather generic, didn't get the sense that the voice actors' hearts were in it, hence why the characters felt so vanilla.

Sheen doesn't have anywhere near enough personality to be convincing as a lead character and he is also incredibly irritating, his idiocy constantly overdone. The other characters are also bland and annoying.

Furthermore, there is nothing creative or smart about the writing, which is not funny or has any soul or emotion and any attempts at humour are more childish and juvenile than witty and sharp. The storylines lack energy, are thin and are not just predictable and have no imagination but the show really ran out of ideas in the later episodes and had a repetitive feel. The music is not very well placed and is not that infectious either, not much to be excited by. The theme song is less than infectious and is enough to make the ears bleed.

Closing thoughts: Concluding, terrible.

A generous 2/10.