Nicktoons Cinematic Series/Tropes

The Nicktoons Cinematic Series is a franchise of films based on Nicktoons franchises produced by Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures, with Karen Malach, producer at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, serving as the sole producer of every single film of the NCS.note
Starting off with Danny Phantom Returns, the franchise's films have focused on computer-animation as opposed to the traditional and flash animation used ever since the network's run. The films also include new characters, as any typical film adaptation would, and tend to include an antagonist for great measure.
== Films ==
* Danny Phantom Returns — Amity Park's savior Danny Phantom retires while a new enemy was coming.
* Jimmy Neutron 2.0 — An alien race invades and enslaves Retrovile and Jimmy and company must take back their town.
* Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton — Jenny's mother Nora gets kidnapped by a race called the Contraxians and she and her friends go to their planet to rescue her.
* The Fairly Odd Movie — When Timmy's godparents are exposed, he goes to find the missing fairy to help him get them back.
*SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters — A feline alien race abducts Patrick on his wedding day, as they believe him to be the star child "Patricus".
*The Rugrats — Suzie and Angelica are forced to butt heads during the family road trip.
* Barnyard Moo — Having not seen Daisy in years, Otis and company go out of the barnyard and into the city.
* The Rise of El Tigre — An outlaw roams the streets of Miracle City and challenges El Tigre.
* Dougnote — A new family moves in and Doug is eager to get acquainted with them.
* Zim — Before his days on Earth, Zim was a worker but a runt of his race in his early days.
*The Patrick Star Movie — After the wedding, newlyweds Patrick and Mindy go on their honeymoon in hopes of no surprises, which happen.
* T.U.F.F. — With Dudley Puppy now a top agent of T.U.F.F., he and his partner Kitty Katswell are tasked to train a new rookie called Randall Rottwilder.
* The X's Rise Againnote — The X's go up against a new group of spies called the Double-A's.
* Taknote — With Pupununu on the verge of destruction, Tak and the clan search for an artifact to shield their village from harm.
== Television series and specials ==
Following production on Jimmy Neutron 2.0, the NCS had jumped on to develop television projects Three television series (Team Rocket Power, Back in the Chalk Zone, and B Mighty) were broadcast on Nickelodeon while two television specials (Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron and Captain Sheen and His Last Mission) were broadcast exclusively on CBS. The NCS later moved its television projects to the Paramount Prime streaming service.
Nickelodeon series:
* Team Rocket Power
* Back in the Chalk Zone
* B Mighty
Paramount Prime series:
* Tails from Princess Mindy
* Cluster Prime
* Nigel Thornberry's Tales of Wildlife
* Professor Neutron
* The Double-A's
* Team Phantom
Television specials:
* Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron (aired on CBS)
* Captain Sheen and His Last Mission (aired on CBS)
* Doug's Marvel-ous Superhero Story (released on Disney+)note
* Nicktoons Alliance (released on Paramount Prime)
*Glitch Techs: Final Boss (released on Paramount Prime)
== Tropes present: ==
* Advertising by Association: In most promotional material in the NCS films, they'll have the tagline, "From the studio that brought you Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" up until The Rise of El Tigre.
**The Patrick Star Movie has the tagline "From the creators of SpongeBob SquarePants and the director of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish".
* All-CGI Cartoon: As opposed to the signature hand-drawn or flash animation for the 2D-animated shows, the NCS uses computer-animation to be true to the "cinematic" part of its name.
*Art Evolution: Danny Phantom Returns and Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton have recreations of the opening sequences to their preceded series in CG-form.
* Ascended Extra: The NCS tends to have supporting characters from the Nicktoons shows in the main cast. One example is Trixie Tang given a spot as the deuteragonist in The Fairly Odd Movie after serving as a supporting character during the previous seasons of The Fairly OddParents before she was Demoted to Extra.
* Big Bad: The NCS has an antagonist here and there.
**Danny Phantom Returns' antagonist Nolan Malthone is an occult who is bent on sacking revenge on Amity Park for the town shunning him for his theoretic and supernatural beliefs.
**Jimmy Neutron 2.0's antagonist Vaz is an emperor that once reigned on the planet Coractia who enslaves Retrovile as a start to take over Earth.
**Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton's antagonist Contraxia is a fierce alien who abduct various lifeforms to sacrifice.
**The Fairly Odd Movie retains Denzel Crocker as the antagonist in the film to act as the conflict to Timmy and company.
**SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters features the eponymous alien felines called the Milky Wayfarers, who abduct the duo.
**The Rise of El Tigre's antagonist Le Devil is a Western-themed criminal who has made a living in thievery and overthrowing cities travels to Miracle City to face off against El Tigre for the latter's hometown.
**The X's Rise Again has Glowface return as the antagonist from the predecessor series The X's in taking on the X's and Double-A's.
**Like Glowface, Verminious Snaptrap keeps his antagonist placeholder in T.U.F.F.
*Big Brother Instinct: In Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton, Brad ends up wanting to keep his brother Tuck out of danger for the sake of his father's plea.
* Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Averted with Danny Phantom Returns and The Rise of El Tigre, but Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton plays it straight with Nora Wakeman no longer calling her robot daughter Jenny by "XJ-9".
* Continuity Reboot: Averted. The CGI films share the same continuity of the Nicktoons shows.
* Creator Cameo: A few.
** Butch Hartman, who unfortunately left Nickelodeon in 2018, cameos in Danny Phantom Returns.
** Rob Renzetti cameos as one of the Contraxians in Teenage Robot Reborn.
** Jorge R. Gutierrez has one in The Rise of El Tigre.
** John A. Davis narrates the opening of Jimmy Neutron 2.0.
* Darker and Edgier: Most of its films will come across this.
*Distant Sequel: Keeping in continuity with the shows they're based on, most of the films are set way after said shows.
*Double Meaning Title: Danny Phantom Returns has Danny retiring from his superhero career to get on with his life before getting Back in the Saddle in the climax, while also referring to the return of the character after the series finale.
* The Film of the Series: The NCS has films based on Nicktoons properties, as per usual.
*Genre-Busting: Each movie has its own blend of genres that fit the films' story.
*Happy Ending Override: Danny Phantom Returns has Danny and Sam's Official Couple status in the Grand Finale of Danny Phantom swaying with Danny retiring from his alter-ego and developing stress from people's demands and pleas for their hero to return and Sam developing concern over Danny's demeanor.
* Licensed Game: Danny Phantom Returns, Barnyard Moo and Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton are the only movies to have one.
* Lighter and Softer: Zim is a certain example. Its premise steps out of the show's dark tone in favor of a more light-hearted and serious story.
* Massive Multiplayer Crossover:
**A Crisis Crossover titled Nicktoons Alliance has characters from Danny Phantom Returns, Teenage Robot Reborn, The Rise of El Tigre, Barnyard Moo, Jimmy Neutron 2.0, The Fairly Odd Movie, T.U.F.F., The X's Rise Again, and Tak joining forces.
**Doug gets a special between him crossing over with various Marvel characters titled Doug's Marvel-ous Superhero Story.
*Merchandise-Driven: The franchise has a flowing line of toys and collectables to promote its movies.
* Movie Superheroes Wear Black: Danny Phantom in this case.
* Nothing Is the Same Anymore: Its films will have this in motion. Mostly done with Danny Phantom Returns, Teenage Robot Beyond Tromorton, SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters, and Barnyard Moo.
* One Steve Limit: Averted in a sort. We have Tucker Foley (Danny Phantom Returns) and Tuck Carbunkle (Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton).
* Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: A few films in this franchise have this trope.
**Danny Phantom Returns has Danny and Sam break up over the former's choice of living a normal life.
**SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters has the title characters in a heated argument where Patrick chastises SpongeBob for nearly sabotaging the wedding.
* Prequel:
** Invader Zim's movie Zim serves as a backstory to how Zim became the character we knew today.
** The Fairly OddParents finally gets its theatrical debut with The Fairly Odd Movie, with the story taking place before the show's sixth season (in other words, before Poof, Sparky, and Chloe became part of the show).
**Tails of Princess Mindy is set before Furry Encounters and revolves around Mindy being next in line for the throne.
* Protagonist Title: Danny Phantom Returns, Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton, SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters, The Patrick Star Movie, The Rise of El Tigre, Zim, Jimmy Neutron 2.0, Doug, The X's Rise Again, and Tak.
* Retired Badass: Danny Fenton gives up his alter-ego to focus on his ordinary life in Danny Phantom Returns.
* Secondary Character Title: SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters has Patrick as the lead character with SpongeBob as the Deutragonist this time.
*Sequel: Present, but no sequels are to the films in the NCS.
**Barnyard Moo and Jimmy Neutron 2.0 A sheer great thing for anyone that's waited a while for a sequel to any of these movies.
**SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters counts as well, serving as a Distant Sequel to the very first SpongeBob SquarePants movie.
*Sequel Hook: Danny Phantom Returns has one where Team Phantom has a Lock and Load Montage and the three members suit up in white jumpsuits to go into the Fenton Ghost Portal.
*Sequel Series: Many starting off with Team Rocket Power. There are even sequel series that succeed the movies.
* Soft Reboot: Zim is a visible example. The movie serves as a serious prequel that's Lighter and Softer than Invader Zim.
*Spin-Off: A majority of movies, shows and specials are as such, primarily to the films of the NCS.
**Tails of Princess Mindy and The Patrick Star Movie aren't just this to the SpongeBob SquarePants film series, but to SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters as well.
**Cluster Prime focuses on Vega from My Life as a Teenage Robot's Escape from Cluster Prime.
**Nigel Thornberry's Tales of Wildlife centers on Nigel Thornberry showcasing wildlife on his new revamped series.
**The Double-A's is this to The X's Rise Again.
* The Smurfette Principle: Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton has the eponymous robot Jenny.
* The Stinger: The only one with a post-credits scene is Danny Phantom Returns, with Team Phantom (sans Sam, having been wheelchair bound during the events) going into the Ghost Zone, decked out in the Fenton jumpsuits.
* Team Title:
**Rocket Power's Sequel Series Team Rocket Power.
**Danny Phantom Returns would be followed by a Sequel Series titled Team Phantom.
* Took a Level in Badass: In Teenage Robot Reborn, Tuck receives his overdue Character Development from being the Cowardly Lion he is to being brave and risk taking among the climax.
* Took a Level in Jerkass:
** Danny Phantom Returns has Danny being reluctant about coming out of retirement as Danny Phantom again as he was focused on his own life and hopes the citizens can take care of themselves. Yet, he starts becoming himself again after getting Back in the Saddle to defeat the Destructor.
** In Teenage Robot Beyond Tremorton, Sheldon shows jealousy towards Brad after he and Jenny had gotten together.
* Took a Level in Kindness: In Jimmy Neutron 2.0, pretty much every single student in Jimmy's class shows him the respect and dignity he's always wanted, following the events of the first movie, it's pretty justified.
* Two Girls to a Team:
** Sam and Jazz in Danny Phantom Returns.
** Cindy and Libby in Jimmy Neutron 2.0.
* "Will Return" Caption: Danny Phantom Returns has a caption after the credits saying, "Team Phantom will return."
== Notes ==
# Doug and its stand-alone special Doug's Marvel-ous Superhero Story were distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Disney Platform Distribution while Paramount was only allowed to produce alongside Nickelodeon due to Doug now being part of The Walt Disney Company.
#The X's Rise Again is the first NCS film to be a direct-to-digital release.
#Tak is the second NCS film to be a direct-to-digital release.
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