The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe!

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Abra-Catastrophe! was the first TV movie from the television series The Fairly OddParents. It first aired on July 12, 2003 on Nickelodeon, and was released on DVD & VHS three days later. The special is meant to commemorate Timmy Turner's having his fairy godparents for one year.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The movie begins with "non-copyright-infringing movie parodies", including parodies of Star Wars (with a distinct mockery of Jar Jar Binks), Spiderman, and Jurassic Park, all with the villains of the parodies saying, "Tell me your secret, Timmy Turner!" presumably meaning his fairy godparents' existence. Timmy wakes up, finding it all to be a dream -- enabling Cosmo and Wanda to prepare him for his Fairy-versary party.

Cosmo and Wanda explain that a Fairy-versary is the day that celebrates having kept his fairies a secret for one year. The party is kept uninterrupted by a "Forget-me-Knob" installed in the door, which when touched, immediately causes the person opening the door to forget what they were doing. Among the various magical gifts Timmy receives from the magical friends he has made over the past year, he is given a magical (but bad-tasting) muffin, which can grant a rule-free wish. What Timmy does not realize is that with no rules, anyone can use it. Consequently, when he takes it to school and it falls into the wrong hands, he tries everything to get it back, only to discover at lunchtime that today is "Muffin Day" and loses it among several other muffins.

Elsewhere in the cafeteria, a monkey named Bippy is caged and watching the food-muffin-fight. Timmy feels sorry for him and lets him out. However, as Timmy and now Crocker continue to search for the muffin, Bippy finds the muffin before either one of them, and takes a bite. Suddenly, the whole world is transformed, leaving monkeys the rulers of Earth.

To make matters worse, Timmy loses his Godparents when Jorgen announces to all fairies that Da Rules say they have to be Godparents of the "dominant species" on Earth: monkeys. Bippy ends up getting Cosmo and Wanda as godparents, and for is for a time apparently the subject of his own Fairly Oddparents-esque show (with heavy emphasis on bananas).

Timmy, who still remembers Cosmo and Wanda, follows Bippy to try and get him to unwish everything. Luckily, due to Cosmo's 'paraphrasing' of Bippy's wish, which Cosmo claims could just as easily have been for another banana, Timmy mananges to unwish everything. Unfortunately, immediately afterward, Crocker finds the muffin, takes a bite, and wishes he could catch a fairy. Unfortunately, the closest fairy around is none other than Wanda. With his newfound power, he transforms the world and makes himself the all-powerful magical leader.

Fortunately, Timmy manages to survive unaltered using the presents he got at his Fairy-versary party, which, due to their magical nature, are immune to Crocker's magic. He decides to fight magic with magic, and with Cosmo, Timmy engages Crocker in a battle ranging across the world. Ultimately, however, Cosmo is captured as well, and Timmy's identity (kept secret for most of the conflict) is revealed.

Subsequently, Crocker realizes that although he cannot defeat Timmy with his godparents, he can force Timmy to surrender by holding his real parents at wand-point. Timmy then realizes that there was only one way to fix everything: he yells out loud, with his parents as witnesses, that Cosmo and Wanda are his godparents. As this is the biggest breach of Da Rules, they disappear, and Crocker's power is gone.

Then, Timmy finds only a bit left of the magic muffin, eats it, and wishes for Cosmo and Wanda to be his godparents again. His wish is granted, and as they reappear, Timmy wishes - successfully - that everything be returned to normal and that no one remember any of it.

It all seems to be over until Jorgen Von Strangle shows up in Timmy's room and says that, even though everything is fixed, he still broke Da Rules, told his parents that he had fairy godparents, and has overall caused too much damage. Therefore, he is still going to take Cosmo and Wanda away. Asked for any last words, Timmy yells, "Think fast!" and throws the Forget-me-Knob at Jorgen. Jorgen forgets what he was doing, and turns to Cosmo and Wanda. They say that Jorgen was going to reassign them to Timmy - which Jorgen does, and then leaves (to scramble the fairies).

Timmy reminds them that he "just got fairy godparents", so Cosmo and Wanda set up a huge stage with lights, saying, "I'm Cosmo," "And I'm Wanda," "And we're your fairy godparents!" Timmy hugs them and says "And I wouldn't wish it any other way!" Finally, Crocker is seen locked away in an insane asylum, stunned to sleep by Cosmo.

[edit] Cast

Tara Strong as Timmy Turner
Darran Norris as Cosmo
Susan Blakeslee as Wanda
Carlos Alazraqui as Mr. Crocker
Mr. Fairy Cowlick, Jr.
A.J.
Chester McbadBat
Mrs. Turner
Mr. Turner

[edit] Trivia

The beginning of the movie features parodies of Star Wars, Spider-Man, and Jurassic Park, as Cosmo and Wanda keep Timmy distracted until the party is ready.
This movie marks the first time Chester would be voiced by Jason Marsden. (Prior to this, he had been voiced by Frankie Muniz).
The magical fairy-versary muffin may grant any wish, but with one catch - it tastes horrible. Everyone who takes a bite always spits it out and comments on how disgusting it tastes (The only wish it CANNOT grant is for a better-tasting muffin).
This is the first time Jorgen's hobby of "Scrambling the fairies" is mentioned and entails all the fairies in Fairy World assuming battle stations (And a fair bit of panic as well).
This is the first Fairly OddParents movie (excluding the Crash Nebula special as well as the Jimmy/Timmy crossovers) where Timmy almost lost his godparents for good, we see someone lose their fairies (although a TV special, The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker, which aired just before the movie, also showed this), and where Timmy defeats one of his major/most powerful enemies (Mr. Crocker).
This is considered the favorite Fairly OddParents movie by majority of its fans for the moral, the storyline, Cosmo's showing his love for Wanda, and Timmy's finally coming to terms with his parents.
Timmy's costumed persona is very similar to that of Marvel comic's Moon Knight, though whether this is intentional or coincidental is unknown.
This ending of this episode is similar to the Danny Phantom (also created by Butch Hartman) episode, Reality Trip. The main character's big secret is out, and eventually they wipe everyone's minds.
One of kids that wanted icecream had the same voice of SpongeBob SquarePants from season 4.