Alexander M

I was seven when Planet Sheen was a thing. Recently I saw a post about how hectic the making of Jimmy Neutron was, and decided I’d make a comment asking if anyone remembered this spin off. And now I sit here, writing this post, wondering if my memories are accurate because if so, what the ever living heck was that show. Don’t get me wrong, I loved it, hence the high rating, but that still doesn’t answer the question. Some weird child from Earth is separated from his genius best friend and his constantly anxious friend and launched into space towards some completely unknown solar system where he is then treated as a god and has a house built to look like his head after “befriending” a talking chimpanzee who’s clearly done with all of Sheen’s nonsense but doesn’t know how to handle the situation at all. I pure befriend in quotes because I’m not sure if what Nesmith have could be called a friendship. They seem to be more two people going through incredibly unlikely circumstances and they’re the only familiar thing they have to rely upon and all that jazz. Nesmith, ever the buzzkill tries to stop Sheen from going through with his amazing ideas because he can actually predict consequences and remember that those are a thing. You’d think Sheen would know that too after spending four years getting into trouble with his friends Jimmy and Karl before he was launched into space, but let’s be honest, he isn’t the brightest bulb. I was seven when Planet Sheen was a thing. I watched every episode as it came out, and even then, I had no clue what I was watching but enjoyed it nonetheless. Now, in 2020, I look back on those entire half hours I spent watching this, and wonder why the heck did I watch it, it didn’t make sense then and it makes less sense now. It was insanity. But that doesn’t stop it from being a fond memory of a year that didn’t feel like it really existed. Do I remember anything that happened in 2010? Absolutely not. Do I remember Planet Sheen? One hundred percent. And yet I still don’t understand, but maybe that’s the point. We’re not supposed to understand because this show HAS NOTHING TO UNDERSTAND IT PROBABLY JUST TOOK WHATEVER REMAINING IDEAS THEY HAD FROM JIMMY NEUTRON FOUND IN THE TRASH CAN AND DECIDED “F@$& IT WE DON’T GET PAID ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH NEW MATERIAL BUT LET’S FOCUS ON SHEEN BECAUSE WHO DOESN’T LOVE THAT IDIOT” AND THEN THEY MADE THE COMMERCIALS BUT IT FREAKIN WORKED BECAUSE THAT SHOW WAS THE BOMB DESPITE NO SENSE BEING MADE WHATSOEVER