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The Fairly OddParents
A poster featuring Timmy Turner with Cosmo and Wanda
Genre	Animated series
Running time	22 minutes (11 per episode) (approx.)
Creator(s)	Butch Hartman
Developer(s)	Nickelodeon Studios
Executive producer(s)	Butch Hartman Fred Seibert
Starring	Tara Strong Daran Norris Susan Blakeslee Grey DeLisle Carlos Alazraqui Frankie Muniz Jason Marsden Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad Gary LeRoi Gray Jim Ward Faith Abrahams
Opening theme	"The Fairly OddParents" by Butch Hartman and Ron Jones
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	March 30, 2001–November 25, 2006
No. of episodes	67
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IMDb profile
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The Fairly OddParents's ratings
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The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman. It is shown on the children's television network Nickelodeon, and currently one of the most popular shows on that network, second only to SpongeBob SquarePants, with a TV-Y rating. The television series was produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel, and distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company Nelvana.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Cast 3 Crew 3.1 Directors 3.2 Writing credits 3.3 Producers 3.4 Original Music 3.5 Casting 3.6 Design supervisor 3.7 Art Direction 3.8 Production Management 3.9 Art Department 3.10 Sound Department 3.11 Visual Effects 4 Plot 5 Episodes 6 Production 6.1 History 6.2 Popularity 6.3 Outside the U.S. 6.4 Trivia 6.5 Pop-culture references 6.6 Awards 7 DVD and VHS 8 Notes 9 Upcoming 10 External links

[edit] Characters

Main article: List of The Fairly OddParents characters

[edit] Cast

• Tara Strong: Timmy Turner
• Daran Norris: Cosmo/Mr. Turner/Jorgen Von Strangle
• Susan Blakeslee: Mrs. Turner/Wanda
• Grey DeLisle: Vicky/Principal Waxelplax
• Carlos Alazraqui: Denzel Q. Crocker
• Frankie Muniz: Chester McBadbat (2001-2003)
• Jason Marsden: Chester McBadbat (2003-2006)
• Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad: A.J. (2001-2003)
• Gary LeRoi Gray: A.J. (2003-2006)
• Faith Abrahams: Francis
• Jim Ward: Chet Ubetcha
• Dionne Quan: Trixie Tang
• Dee Bradley Baker: Elmer/Sanjay
• Jay Leno: The Crimson Chin
• Tony Sirico : Big Daddy
• Rob Paulsen: Mark Chang

[edit] Crew

[edit] Directors

• Gary Conrad
• Jamie Diaz
• John Fountain
• Butch Hartman
• Larry Leichliter
• Sarah Frost

[edit] Writing credits

• Stephen Banks: writer
• Tracy Berna
• Scott Fellows: writer
• Spencer Green
• Karin Gutman: writer
• Butch Hartman: creator
• Steve Marmel: writer
• Tim O'Rourke: writer
• Jack Thomas: writer
• Cynthia True: staff writer
• Joel Zimmer: writer (episode)

[edit] Producers

• Butch Hartman: executive producer
• Fred Seibert: executive producer
• Alexis Wallrich: line producer

[edit] Original Music

• Butch Hartman: theme
• Ron Jones: theme
• Guy Moon: theme

[edit] Casting

• Margaret Tang

[edit] Design supervisor

• Ernie Gilbert

[edit] Art Direction

• George Goodchild

[edit] Production Management

• Lolee Aries: executive in charge of production

[edit] Art Department

• Dave Cunningham: storyboard artist
• John Fountain: storyboard artist
• Jill Friemark: prop designer
• Butch Hartman: storyboard artist
• Paul McEvoy: storyboard artist
• Bernie Petterson: storyboard artist
• Gabe Swarr: storyboard artist
• Dave Thomas: storyboard artist (episode "Pipe Down")

[edit] Sound Department

• Krandal Crews: sound
• Bill Devine: voice recordist
• Marilyn Graf: foley mixer

[edit] Visual Effects

• Jason Meier: CG supervisor/animator (episode "Information Stupor Highway")
• Tim Pyle: CG visual effects animator (episode "Information Stupor Hightway")
• John Sore: visual effects supervisor/animator: "Power Man"
• Donny Sorvala: CG visual effects animator

[edit] Plot

The show is set in the fictional town of Dimmsdale, which is generally shown to be in northern California (although in "Fairy Idol", it was shown that Dimmsdale was located in Southern California) but also reflects the creator's hometown in Michigan. It should also be noted that episodes have had time travel to both Wild West and Colonial (East Coast) Dimmsdale. It follows the day-to-day life of 10-year-old Timmy Turner. An only child, Timmy is often preyed upon by such adversaries as his evil babysitter, Vicky, his maniacal fairy-obsessed teacher, Mr. Crocker, the school bully Francis, and various magical creatures: Mama Cosma (Cosmo's mother), Jorgen Von Strangle, Norm the Genie, and The Pixies.

Just as his situation was particularly grim, he was granted a pair of fairy godparents, named Cosmo and Wanda, who had the power to grant his wishes and were charged with making Timmy happy. Unfortunately, Cosmo is somewhat slow and dumb, and the two often come up with strange dangerous ideas; although well meaning, their wishes often go awry. Wanda, Cosmo's more sensible (and somewhat sarcastic) wife must devote her time to ensuring both Timmy's and Cosmo's safety, although occasionally out of rage she will create wacky plans. These Fairly OddParents (a pun on "fairy godparents"), mindful of their secretive existence, disguise themselves as various animals and objects in public, always with the same peculiar colors to identify the two: Cosmo is always a light green, and Wanda is always a light pink. The only exception is when they become goldfish; only their eyes stay the same. Other than Timmy, no-one seems to notice green and pink talking birds, or pillows with faces and gold crowns.

Most episodes end with a deus ex machina, because Timmy has fairy godparents that grant wishes for him. Many episode plots are resolved by Timmy yelling, "I wish everything was back to normal!" or something very similar, with the occasional tag line, "...and no one remembered any of this."

Most episodes of the show consists of two cartoons (each approximately 11 minutes long). Some of them have one cartoon (22 minutes long). A few episodes that contained a collection of the Oh Yeah! shorts were also aired, containing 3 cartoons. The show's humor features run-on and children's jokes to appeal to the younger audience, but also has sarcastic and word-wise jokes as well as non-explicit sex references or innuendo ("Now it's time to copy Dad's magazines!") to appeal to teens and adults as well.

Dimmsdale Elementary School is the elementary school that the children attend, the only other schools ever shown are Snerd Elementary School and the FUN Academy. This show also makes some references to Canada, some of which include Norm the genie's despise for Canada, saying 'they've had it too good for too long'. Also in one episode, the Turners take a beat up R.V. to Niagara Falls and the "Pencil Pushing Museum" (Timmy's dad's job), both of which are supposed to be in Canada.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of The Fairly OddParents episodes

[edit] Production

[edit] History

The Fairly OddParents first aired as a short film on Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, which aired some ten episodes of the original 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 31, 2001, alongside Invader ZIM. On April 11, 2006, Nickelodeon UK aired all 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 seven 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, whose faces are unseen. Other notable differences include voices. Timmy Turner, who is 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.

[edit] Popularity

Although The Fairly OddParents was not very popular in its first year, it began to catch on later, attracting both a child and adult fan base. SpongeBob SquarePants was the only thing keeping The Fairly OddParents from becoming Nickelodeon's most highly rated show at this point.

Early 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 summer of 2003 when the show's first TV movie, 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 movie 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.

After the lower rated 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, Nickelodeon ceased the production of the show late in 2005, with The Jerkinators as the final episode. Butch Hartman made the official announcement on his forum on January 24, 2006.

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 appeared in a $50 Best Western travel card over the 2006 summer period. ^[2]

[edit] Outside the U.S.

In South Africa and Sweden, Fairly OddParents is aired on the Disney Channel ^[3] In The Netherlands it is aired on the Dutch Nickelodeon Channel.

[edit] Trivia

• In the first episode, Cosmo's voice is different – he has much more suave and mature voice, similar to that of a traditional radio announcer's, though he was voiced by Daran Norris then too. Timmy's voice was dubbed for re-running on the show (it was originally an Oh Yeah! Cartoons episode), because he was voiced by a different actor ( Mary Kay Bergman )
• Timmy the Barbarian/No Substitute for Crazy and Fairy Idol both aired in the United Kingdom before the United States.
• Originally, the intended show title was The Fairy Godparents, then Oh My Godparents, before Bill Burnett, the creator of ChalkZone, recommended the title The Fairly OddParents.^{[citation needed]}
• In one episode, Timmy is playing a basketball game on his V-cube, the name of which refers to the Xbox and the Nintendo GameCube. The sound made when he scores a point matches the power-up sound made whenever Mario picks up a power-up in Super Mario Bros.
• Some episodes show the names of the series crew, including the episode "The Crimson Chin Meets Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad," in which a street sign bears the names "Hartman" and "Marmel," the surnames of series creator Butch Hartman and writer Steve Marmel.
• One of the episodes Timmy ends up being confused on how he has learned a lesson at the end of the show and blurts out I wish I knew who writes this stuff in which Butch Hartman and Steve Marmell appear in their cartoon form and the show just ends.
• Most Wanted Wish - Timmy gets chased by a tons of screaming girls around the school, which is similar to The Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night, when the band members get chased by their screaming fans several times.
• In the episode Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary, a reference is made to the hit 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong
• In the episode in which Dr. Rip Studwell informs Timmy and Wanda that Cosmo has a fairy disease known as dancer (a man dances inside his head) which makes him stupid. This is also the episode in which Timmy fights Dark Laser (a spoof of Darth Vader)with his space craft (Similar to the Y-Wing from Star Wars). Dr. Rip Studwell is the cartoon version of Butch Hartman. The crew of Fairly Odd Parents added this without his knowledge as an inside joke.

[edit] Pop-culture references

• Every time Timmy Turner wishes himself to Fairy World, he will end up on an intersection named after a pop culture duo, such as Penn & Teller, Hall & Oates, or Siegfried & Roy.
• In the episode "Something's Fishy," Wet Willie is a parody of the DC Comics hero Aquaman. The King of Atlantis also says later that the Atlantians eat "crabs, starfish, and the occasional underwater squirrel," and coughs up a squirrel tail. This is in reference to Spongebob's friends Mr. Krabs, Patrick Star and Sandy Cheeks in Nickelodeon show SpongeBob SquarePants.
• In the episode "Something's Fishy," it was impossible for them to know that Timmy Turner wore a pink shirt and a pink hat.
• In the episode "Power Mad," when Cosmo & Wanda act out T.V. programs, there were many pop-culture references, there is a logo on the bottom left corner of the screen with techno music, and Cosmo is on stage, and says, "It's a show about nothing... how will we know when it's over?", a nod to Seinfeld. Also Cosmo and Wanda star in a fictional series called I Love Wanda, which is obviously a spoof of I Love Lucy. He even quotes Ricky Ricardo, yelling, "Wanda! You got some 'splainin' to do!"
• In the episode "The Good Ol' Days," a parody of Popeye is shown on Timmy's TV. This character is called Pokeye, and he eats beets to make him stronger, similar to Popeye's eating spinach. Also, when Timmy wished that they were in an old cartoon, there are many references to Mickey Mouse: Timmy and Cosmo are wearing the same clothes as Mickey (same gloves, two button shorts, and shoes), and Wanda is wearing the same dress as Minnie. There is also a woman at the hot dog stand who is a reference to Betty Boop. Peg Foot Vicky is a reference to Peg Leg Pete in the old Mickey Mouse cartoons.
• In the episode "It's a Wishful Life," a girl in Mr. Crocker's class blinks to reveal the words "Love You" written on her eyelids. This is a reference to the film Raiders of the Lost Ark in which a girl in Dr. Jones's archaeology class does the same.
• There are also recurring references to Star Wars, Batman, and Spider-Man.
• In the episode "Power Pals," the logo seen on the Power Pals' computer screen is quite similar to the Mac OS logo. Also, the Power Pals reference the Fantastic Four - with the four being parodies of Wonder Woman, Batman, Captain Nemo & Superman.
• In the episode "Odd Jobs," Mr. Turner uses a laptop with a pear logo, resembling the apple logo on the back of every Macintosh laptop.
• In the episode "Odd Ball," one of the players holds up a basketball with a white handprint on it, a reference to the volleyball companion Wilson in the movie Castaway.
• In the episode (Odd Couple) when Vicky has a boyfriend named Ricky, when Ricky leaves, Vicky screams, "Ricky! don't lose my number! You don't have to call no one else!" Which is a reference to the Steely Dan song "Rikki don't lose that number" from the album Pretzel Logic.
• A running gag on the show, when Timmy has an amazing device that he wished for, and someone asks where he got it, he'll answer "Uhhh....the internet?"
• The episode "That's Life" had the same title as Frank Snitera's song "That's Life" which made a refence to Tony Hawk's Underground 2.

[edit] Awards

• 2004 Annie Award for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Pipe Down" (Dave Thomas, storyboard artist)

[edit] DVD and VHS

DVD and VHS which have been released include:

• Abra-Catastrophe!
• Channel Chasers, also including the episodes "Spaced Out," "Microphony," and "This is Your Wish"
• School's Out! The Musical, also including the episodes "The Big Superhero Wish" and "Most Wanted Wish" and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "The Fairly OddParents!" and "Where's the Wand?"
• Fairy Idol, also including the episodes "Truth or Cosmoquences" and "Timmy TV" and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "Super Humor," "Scout's Honor," and "The Really Bad Day"
• The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour, also including the episodes "Cosmo Con," "Timvisible," and "The Switch Glitch," and a PC demo of The Fairly OddParents "Breakin' Da Rules" game
• The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide, also including the episodes "A Mile in My Shoes," "Most Wanted Wish," and "Miss Dimmsdale," and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "Too Many Timmys," "The Fairy Flu," and "The Temp"
• The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators, also including the episodes "Odd Odd West" and "That's Life" and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "The Zappys" and "Party of Three"
• Superhero Spectacle, including the episodes "Chin Up!", "Boy Toy," "The Crimson Chin Meets Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad," "Crime Wave," "Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad," "Action Packed," "Totally Spaced Out," "So Totally Spaced Out," and "Miss Dimmsdale/Mind Over Magic," with the bonus feature "Crimson Chin Interstitials"
• Timmy's Top Wishes, including the episodes "Knighty Knight," "Where's Wanda?", "Power Pals", "Who's Your Daddy?", "Boys in the Band," "Chip Off the Old Chip," and "Pipe Down", as well as the bonus feature "Butch's Favorite Fairy Disguises"
• Scary GodParents, also including the episodes "Shiny Teeth," "Which Witch is Which?", "Timmy's 2-D House of Horror," and "Catman Meets the Crimson Chin/Genie Meanie Minie Moe"
• Nickelodeon Nickstravaganza!, which has four episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "Boys in the Band"
• Nickelodeon Nickstravaganza! 2, which has four episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "A Wish Too Far!/Tiny Timmy!"
• Nick Picks Vol. 1, which has seven episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "Information Stupor Highway" and "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour"
• 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 episode "Hail to the Chief/Twistory"
• Nick Picks Vol. 4, which has eight episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "Where's Wanda?/Imaginary Gary"
• Godparents vs. Crocker, which includes "Cosmo Con", "Apartnership" & "Wish Scouts" which includes bounus episodes "Chin Up", "Twistory" & "Nectar of the Odds" plus never before seen outackes of "Cosmo Con", "Nectar of the Odds" & "Apartnership".

[edit] Notes

• Butch Hartman Official Website "And just so you all know, yes, a 'Fairly Oddparents' movie script was written (by myself and Steve Marmel) and Nick Movies had every intention of producing it about 2 years ago, but at the last minute a regime change at Paramount made them re-think their decision for some reason and the FOP movie will NOT be going ahead as originally planned, but I would like to make it as a DVD release if they'll allow me someday."*

[edit] Upcoming

• In June 2007 there is a planned direct-to-video 'Fairly Oddparents' crossover with Danny Phantom. It is about the fairly world being taken over by ghosts. It is called "Fairly OffHaunting:A Fairlyodd Ghost story." Danny Phantom is supposed to be held captive by Vicky, who somehow gets transported to fairy world and gains control of the fairys with Dannys powers.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• The Fairly OddParents at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Fairly OddParents at Jumptheshark.com

The Fairly OddParents edit talk
Main Characters		Timmy Turner | Cosmo and Wanda | Mr. and Mrs. Turner | Vicky | Denzel Q. Crocker | Chester McBadbat | A.J. | Francis | Jorgen Von Strangle
Recurring Residents of Dimmsdale		The Popular Kids | Elmer the Boil Kid | Sanjay | Tootie | Chip Skylark | Remy Buxaplenty
Recurring Fantastical Characters		Mark Chang | Crimson Chin | Juandissimo Magnifico | Binky Abdul | The Pixies | Anti-Fairies | Norm the Genie
Television movies		Abra-Catastrophe! | Channel Chasers | School's Out: The Musical | Fairy Idol | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators
Lists		Episodes | Characters
And...		Da Rules

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