The Fairly OddParents

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The Fairly OddParents
Image:Tv hi fairlyoddparents 01.jpg A poster featuring Timmy Turner (foreground) with Cosmo and Wanda
Format	Animated television series
Created by	Butch Hartman
Developed by	Nickelodeon Studios
Starring	Tara Strong Daran Norris Susan Blakeslee Charlie Rosser Grey DeLisle Frankie Muniz Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad Gary LeRoi Gray Jim Ward Faith Abrahams Tom Kenny
Opening theme	"The Fairly OddParents" by Butch Hartman and Ron Jones
Country of origin	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	74 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Butch Hartman Fred Seibert
Running time	22 minutes (11 per episode) (approx.)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	March 30, 2001 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of a boy who has two fairy godparents. It is produced by Frederator Studios for the cable network Nickelodeon, where it is currently one of the most popular shows (second only to SpongeBob SquarePants). The television series is also distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company Nelvana, the same as Danny Phantom (also created by Hartman). The show makes heavy use of satire and slapstick, and is full of pop culture references. It is created by Butch Hartman who also created Danny Phantom and wrote and directed Doogal, the United States cut of the British film The Magic Roundabout. The 7th season is aimed to begin on February 18, 2008

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters and cast 3 Production 3.1 Origins 3.2 Popularity 3.3 End and resume of production 4 Episodes 4.1 TV Movies 4.2 Shorts 4.2.1 Oh Yeah! Cartoons 4.2.2 Crimson Chin 5 Lucky 7 marathon 6 DVD and VHS 6.1 Upcoming 7 References 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Plot

A ten-year-old boy named Timmy Turner was granted fairy godparents because his evil baby sitter Vicky made him miserable. His teacher, Mr. Crocker, who in contrast to other adults in the series believes firmly in fairy godparents, has been searching for them for a very long time. Mr. Crocker is dangerous to Timmy because it says in 'Da Rules', the rule book of any kid who has fairies, if anyone sees Cosmo and Wanda (his fairy godparents) they will have to go away forever.

[edit] Characters and cast

Timmy Turner (Tara Strong) and his fairy god parents, Cosmo and Wanda (Daran Norris and Susan Blakeslee) have various adventures revolving around Timmy's use of magical wishes and his efforts to resolve the problems they inevitably cause. They are antagonized by many other characters, such as his parents, his babysitter, Vicky (Grey DeLisle), his fairy-obsessed teacher, Denzel Q. Crocker (Carlos Alazraqui), and others. He has several friends that are unaware of the fairies, but still end up becoming involved in the mishaps involving them. They include A.J. (Gary LeRoi Gray), a genius, Chester McBadbat (Frankie Muniz; Jason Marsden), a boy that lives in a trailer park, and many others.

[edit] Production

[edit] Origins

The Fairly OddParents first aired as a short film on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, and then Butch Hartman made nine more short films for the show. Oh Yeah! Cartoons was cancelled in 2001, but Nickelodeon offered to pick up the franchise. This offer was accepted by creator Butch Hartman. The show began airing its own full-length episodes as its own series on March 30, 2001, alongside Invader Zim. On April 11, 2006, Nickelodeon UK aired nine Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts in three episodes. These stories include "Where's the Wand", in which Vicky uses Wanda's wand, and "Too Many Timmys", in which Timmy makes copies of himself. Each pilot episode lasts for about 7 minutes. Unlike the half-hour series, the animation in the shorts is not as smooth, and the designs are notably different (including Timmy's parents Mr. and Mrs. Turner, who were partially "unseen" in the pilot episodes). Other notable differences include voices like Timmy Turner, who was voiced by another actor (Mary Kay Bergman), instead of Tara Strong (Timmy's voice was dubbed by Tara for re-running of the shorts on the show), and Cosmo, who sounds incredibly different even though he was still voiced by Daran Norris. Also Cosmo and Wanda had different personalities. Both Godparents were originally dimwitted, but in the half-hour episodes Cosmo has gotten even dumber and Wanda has become the much smarter spouse. In the Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Trixie Tang had short blonde hair and big eyes and was very short. In the half-hour episodes, her hair became long and black, her eyes became smaller and she had become taller.

[edit] Popularity

Although The OddParents was not very popular in its first year, it began to catch on later, attracting both a child and adult fan base. Other than SpongeBob SquarePants, it was later Nickelodeon's most highly rated show.

Early 2002 and 2003 was the peak of popularity for The Fairly OddParents. Its ratings were extremely high, and it very briefly passed SpongeBob SquarePants. The show saw its very quick rise to the top and fall in Australia and United States in summer of 2002 and 2003 when the show's first TV special, Abra-Catastrophe!, was aired. The film was a success and many products were merchandised.

After Abra-Catastrophe!, creator Butch Hartman created a new project for Nickelodeon called Danny Phantom.

A second Fairly OddParents TV special was made, titled Channel Chasers. Since then, there have been other specials, like The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Crash Nebula, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide, School's Out: The Musical, Fairy Idol, and The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators.

[edit] End and resume of production

Nickelodeon ceased the production of the show late in 2005, with The Jerkinators as the True Finale of the Season 6, though in the U.S the episode "Timmy the Barbarian/No Substitute for Crazy" was shown after The Jerkinators as the 6th Season finale. Butch Hartman made the official announcement on his forum [1] on January 24, 2006. However, Butch announced on February 2, 2007 on his forum [2] that Nick has granted Fairly OddParents twenty more episode slots and that the show has resumed production.

A theatrical movie was planned for release by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, but was eventually dropped due to a regime change by Paramount, though the script was written. Hartman stated on his website that he would like to release the movie to DVD one day, but did not have any definitive plans to do so.^[1] The Fairly OddParents have appeared in a $50 Best Western travel card over the 2006 summer period and again over the 2007 summer period.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of The Fairly OddParents episodes

Common rating
Australia	C8
Canada	G
Great Britain	U
United States	TV-Y7

[edit] TV Movies

• Abra-Catastrophe! (three-parts)
• Channel Chasers (three-parts)
• School's Out! The Musical (two-parts)
• Fairy Idol (two-Parts)

The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour Trilogy

• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (2004)
• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide (2006)
• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators (2006)

[edit] Shorts

[edit] Oh Yeah! Cartoons

The Fairly OddParents originally premiered as a set of 10 short films on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, a show featuring random cartoons. Some of them are available on The Fairly OddParents DVD releases, including the first pilot episode that was featured on the School's Out!: The Musical DVD release.

[edit] Crimson Chin

There were six shorts featuring the Crimson Chin, Timmy's favorite action hero that were made for Nickelodeon's website. They are now available exclusively on the Superhero Spectacle DVD release, although they occasionally air on Nicktoons Network.

[edit] Lucky 7 marathon

On July 7, 2007, from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Nickelodeon showed viewers' favorite Fairly OddParents episodes, voted for on TurboNick. This was the third time Nickelodeon allowed viewers to vote for their favorite episodes; the first occasion was SpongeBob SquarePants' Best Day Ever event and the other time was Jimmy Neutron's "Genius, Sheenius or Imbetweenius" event. However, unlike the previous two, no new episode was aired. Instead, 77 secrets were revealed. The 77th secret stated that a new character is joining the Fairly Oddparents cast and gave hints such as showing Cosmo in a diaper, 'pooing' himself and then people going "Aww". This implied that either Timmy's parents or Cosmo and Wanda were going to have a baby. But, then there was a clip promoting the 2008 year for Nickelodeon, that said it would be Cosmo and Wanda having the baby, for it shows Wanda and Cosmo holding a bundle containing a baby. This is one of the only Fairly Odd Parents marathons.

• It was said that there was a secret so shocking that it could change everything. The secret of Timmy Turner doing something to lose one of his two fairy godparents might be that horrifying secret.

[edit] DVD and VHS

DVD and VHS which have been released include:

• Abra-Catastrophe!
• Superhero Spectacle
  • Chin Up!
  • Boy Toy
  • The Crimson Chin meets Mighty Mom & Dyno Dad
  • Crime Wave
  • Mighty Mom & Dyno Dad
  • Action Packed
  • Totally Spaced Out
  • So Totally Spaced Out
  • Miss Dimmsdale
  • Mind Over Magic
• School's Out! The Musical
  • School's Out! The Musical (TV Movie)
  • The Big Superhero Wish (22-minute Episode)
  • Most Wanted Wish
  • The Fairly OddParents! (Oh Yeah! Cartoons Short)
  • Where's the Wand?
• Channel Chasers
  • Channel Chasers (TV Movie)
  • Spaced Out
  • Microphony
  • This is Your Wish
• Timmy's Top Wishes
  • Knighty Kight
  • Where's Wanda?
  • Power Pals
  • Who's Your Daddy?
  • Boys in the Band
  • Chip Off The Old Chip
  • Pipe Down!
• Scary GodParents
  • Scary GodParents (22-minute Episode)
  • Shiny Teeth
  • Which Witch is Which?
  • Timmy's 2-D House of Horror
  • Catman Meets the Crimson Chin
  • Genie Meanie Minie Moe
• Fairy Idol
  • Fairy Idol (TV Movie)
  • Truth or Cosmoquences
  • Timmy TV
  • Scout's Honor
  • Super Humor
  • The Really Bad Day
• Crossover DVDs
  • Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 1 which includes "The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour", "Cosmo Con", "Timvisible" and "The Switch Glitch"
  • Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2 which includes "When Nerds Collide", "A Mile In My Shoes", "Most Wanted Wish", "Ms. Dimmsdale", and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "Too Many Timmys", "The Fairy Flu" and "The Temp"
  • Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3 which includes "The Jerkinators", "Odd, Odd West", "That's Life", and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "Party of Three" and "The Zappy's"
  • Nickelodeon Nickstravaganza!, including the episode "Boys in the Band"
  • Nickelodeon Nickstravaganza! 2, including the episodes "A Wish Too Far!" and "Tiny Timmy!"
  • Nick Picks Vol. 1, which has seven episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "Information Stupor Highway"
  • Nick Picks Vol. 2, which has eight episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "The Big Superhero Wish"
  • Nick Picks Vol. 3, which has eight episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episodes "Hail to the Chief" and "Twistory"
  • Nick Picks Vol. 4, which has eight episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episodes "Where's Wanda?" and "Imaginary Gary"
  • Nick Picks Holiday, which has seven episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "Christmas Every Day"

[edit] Upcoming

• The Fairly OddParents: The Complete First Season ^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Oh Yeah! Cartoons
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

[edit] External links

• Official website
• The Fairly OddParents at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Fairly OddParents at Jumptheshark.com
• The Fairly OddParents page at Frederator.kz
• The Fairly OddParents Freewebs site timmycosmowanda

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Characters	Timmy Turner • Cosmo and Wanda • Mr. and Mrs. Turner • Denzel Q. Crocker • Vicky • Francis • The Anti-Fairies • Jorgen Von Strangle • Chester McBadbat • A.J. • Tootie • The Popular Kids • Mark Chang
TV Movies	Abra-Catastrophe! • Channel Chasers • School's Out! The Musical • Fairy Idol • The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour
Places	Dimmsdale
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Video Games	Nicktoons Unite! / Battle for Volcano Island / Freeze Frame Frenzy / Attack of the Toybots
Online Games	Power Surge / Cyberspace Chase / The Big Superhero Wish / Rhythm Revolution / Co-Pilot Chaos / Retroville Rescue / Fast Fame

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