Foul Balled/The Boy Who Would Be Queen

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"Foul Balled/The Boy Who Would Be Queen" is episode #2.7 of the Nickelodeon animated television series The Fairly Oddparents, created by Butch Hartman. It originally aired June 7, 2002.

1 Plot

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[edit] "Foul Balled"

Timmy's team keeps using his friend, Chester, as a scapegoat for their losses, because of his terrible ability to play. Feeling sorry for him, Timmy wishes that Chester was the greatest player ever. As a result, Chester becomes famous, and very cocky about his abilities. Meanwhile, nobody on the "Losers" team plays anymore, and Timmy is used as a pack mule.

[edit] "The Boy Who Would Be Queen"

Timmy (accidentally) becomes a girl in order to find out what Trixie wants for her birthday, becoming "Timantha," while Cosmo and Wanda change genders. Chester and A.J. find Timantha doing boy things, such as going to the mall's arcade and the comic book shop. At the end, Trixy and Timantha become friends, and Timmy learns how to impress Trixy with a good present. After leaving the mall, Timmy wishes himself back to a boy, and admits he likes "Kissy-Kissy Goo-Goo AND Skull Squisher!" Trixy is amazed, but to keep from being embarrassed, throws him out of the party, but remembers his name. Timmy is happy anyway, and goes to the hair salon (as a boy) the next day, impressing everyone around him.

[edit] Trivia

Chester is given a great deal of character in this episode. For one thing, McBadbat is used as his last name, and his father (who is introduced here) is named Bucky. The "McBadbat" name refers to a family of pathetic baseball players, which explains why Chester lives in a trailer park with a low income for his family.
The "New York Bankees" are an obvious parody of the New York Yankees, and the pay they receive.
When Chester reverts back to being a lousy player, his clothes get knocked off after he pitches in a fashion like Charlie Brown from Peanuts.
Chet Ubetcha's remark, "mighty Chester has struck out!!", is a reference to the closing lines of the poem Casey at the Bat.
Despite magic being unable to let people cheat, Chester won quite a few baseball games with the help of Cosmo and Wanda.
In Latin America, the episode "The Boy Who Would Be Queen" is named "The Boy That Wanted To Be A Girl".