Old Earth

Old Earth is the name given to an extremely broad time period taking place between the creation of the universe some 14~ billion years ago and the year 2006. The events of Old Earth, generally from the years 2001-2006, are displayed in a dramatization on the show Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius. The show, although a main piece of holy entertainment for many Hughists, is considered somewhat innacurate because of Hugh Neutron's foolish appearance. More recently, however, it has been argued that Neutron was merely putting on a facade in order to mask his great intelligence and thought.

Causes of Old Earth's Destruction
Hugh, although a near-perfect deity, could not have foreseen the evil that began lurking in Old Earth around the early 2000s. The antagonistic figure of Hughism, known merely as Shrek, invaded Hugh's peaceful paradise of Retroville in 2006. By the summer of 2006, the omnipresent, angry and benevolent "Ogrelord" had completely gained control of Old Earth. Hugh, in a final and desperate last measure known as The Great Cleansing, destroyed Old Earth, removing it of evils and casting Shrek back to his native dark realm, the swamplands of Duloc. New Earth was then created, serving as the current world. Hugh, upon Old Earth's destruction, left from his human form and body and his soul began to float through the heavens and spacetime, as seen in the video Hugh Rotation.

Non-Hughists have argued the destruction of Old Earth and creation of New Earth was impossible due to it being so recent, yet it is foretold in the Book of Neutron (Book of Hugh) that when Old Earth was destroyed, all clean, pure, and non-Shrekist souls were transferred over to New Earth seemingly overnight. Nobody, except for the few Hughists that remain, have a recollection of their souls and bodies being transferred over to New Earth in late 2006.