Everything about Fairly Oddparents totally explained
The Fairly OddParents is an
Emmy Award-winning
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, and as of 2008, Billionfold Studios, for the cable network
Nickelodeon, where it's 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.
Plot
A ten-year-old boy named Timmy Turner was granted fairy godparents after his evil baby sitter and dimwit parents made him miserable. His teacher, Mr. Crocker, in contrast with other adults in the series, firmly believes in fairy godparents and has been searching for them for a very long time. Mr. Crocker is dangerous to Timmy because according to Da Rules (a large rulebook that contains rules of what children can and can't wish for), if the child reveals that he's fairies, or if someone discovers their fairies, that'll lose the fairies forever.
Main cast
- Tara Strong as Timmy Turner, Poof, Tad, and Britney Britney (a parody of Britney Spears)
- Daran Norris as Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, Anti-Cosmo, and The April Fool
- Susan Blakeslee as Wanda, Mrs. Turner, Anti-Wanda, and Mrs. Dinkleberg
- Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker, Juandissimo Magnifico, Mayor, Chompy the Goat, and Sheldon Dinkleberg
- Grey DeLisle as Vicky, Tootie, Veronica Star, Chad, Principal Waxelplax, Tooth Fairy, Happy Peppy Betty,
- Frankie Muniz as Chester McBadbat (2001-2002)
- Jason Marsden as Chester McBadbat (2002-Present), Imaginary Gary,
- Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad as A.J. (2001-2002),
- Gary Leroi Gray as A.J., (2002-Present)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Elmer, Sanjay, Francis, Binky Abdul, The Bronze Kneecap, Remy Buxaplenty and Mr. Turner (as a kid)
- Dionne Quan as Trixie Tang
- Rob Paulsen as Mark Chang, Bucky McBadbat and Happy Peppy Gary
- Jim Ward as Mr. Bickles, Doug Dimmadome and Chet Ubetcha
- Jane Carr as Mama Cosma
- Tom Kenny as Cupid
- Ben Stein as The Pixies
- Chris Kirkpatrick as Chip Skylark
- Adam West as Himself, Catman, Catkid
- Jay Leno as the Crimson Chin and the Nega Chin, and (in one instance) Himself
- Gilbert Gottfried as Dr. Bender and Wendell
- Robert Cait as Norm the Genie (Fairy Idol)
- Norm Macdonald as Norm the Genie (Other appearances)
- Faith Abrahams as Francis
- Method Man as Pixie Rapper
- Alec Baldwin as Future Timmy
Production
Origins (1998-2001)
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 isn't 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). 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 (yet just as silly) spouse.
Popularity (2001-2004)
Although
The OddParents wasn't very popular in its first year, it began to catch on later, attracting both a child and adult fan base, using a mature sense of humor. 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,, 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,
Crash Nebula,,
Fairy Idol, the "Jimmy Timmy" crossovers, and the recently released
Fairly OddBaby.
End and resume of production (2005-2007)
Nickelodeon ceased the production of the show late in 2005, with
The Jerkinators as the actual
season finale of the sixth season, 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 on
January 24, 2006. However, Butch announced on
February 2,
2007 on his forum 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'd like to release the movie to DVD one day, but didn't have any definitive plans to do so. The Fairly OddParents have appeared in a $50
Best Western travel card over the 2006 summer period and again over the 2007 summer period.
Revival (2008-Present)
After a one year hiatus, Nickelodeon announced on TV that they'd begin the broadcast of a
television movie called
Fairly OddBaby on
February 18,
2008 as the beginning of 20 episodes of Season 7. Also, four new episodes will air each day at 5:00pm
EST beginning on Monday, March 10 after a
rerun of the
Fairly OddBaby special, and ending on Thursday (3-13) of that week. It was reported that 8.81 million people watched this movie when it originally aired.
Episodes
Fairly OddParents TV Movies
Abra-Catastrophe! (three parts, 2003)
Channel Chasers (three parts, 2004)
School's Out! The Musical (two parts, 2005)
Fairy Idol (two parts, 2006)
Fairly OddBaby (two parts, 2008)
Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Trilogy
The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (2004)
(2006)
(2006)
Shorts
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 DVD release.
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.
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. This is one of the only Fairly OddParents marathons.
Later in December 2007, Nick showed a commercial telling of things that were going to happen in 2008. This commercial had a short preview, of Fairly OddBaby which included Cosmo in a hospital gown holding a baby, aired February 18, 2008.
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