Mr. Denzel Crocker
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| Denzel Crocker | |
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| First appearance | "TransParents!" |
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| Aliases | Dr. Crocktopus |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 40 |
| Year of birth | March 15, 1962 |
| Occupation | Fourth grade and Fifth grade teacher (depends on which period) |
| Title | Mr. |
| Family | Dolores Crocker (mother) Albert (uncle) |
| Portrayed by | Carlos Alazraqui |
| Created by | Butch Hartman |
Denzel Q. Crocker is Timmy Turner's crazy and fairy godparent-obsessed teacher and a villain in The Fairly OddParents.
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[edit] Reputation
In an episode that dealt with causal loops (The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker), it is established that early in Crocker's life that he obtained knowledge of the existence of fairy godparents, which cost him professionally when he made public his findings on the matter; however, this is due to a time travel accident on Timmy's part.
Crocker is a "meanie" who exhibits behavior consistent with megalomania and experiences delusions and tourettes, as seen in his short fits of shouting "FAIRY GODPARENTS!" while making jerky, extreme twitches; however, he is not technically delusional, because he knows that fairy godparents actually exist, and the torture this knowledge inflicts on him is further aggravated by the fact that he will never be able to prove it. He takes out much of his rage on the students by delighting in their failure. Crocker lives with his mother, and used to date Geraldine Waxelplax, Timmy's school principal and Crocker's boss, who is now embarrassed at her former relationship with him.
Crocker's character was said[citation needed] to be inspired by Walter Cornbluth, as played by Eugene Levy in Splash (1984), which was the first movie Disney released under its then-brand new Touchstone Pictures brand. In both cases, the characters are obsessed with proving that a certain mythical creature exists. Splash was about a mermaid who was able to gain a pair of legs and walk on land. The mermaid was the chief obsession of Levy's Cornbluth character, as he was trying to prove that such creatures existed all his life. Crocker is just about the same way with fairy godparents. And both characters have a weak social life and a multitude of enemies because of their obsessions.
For reasons unknown, Crocker's ears are located on the back of his neck. This was first commented on by Norm the Genie. Norm said, "That thing on your neck. Is that your ear?" (Note, his ears might not be located on the head as many of the characters in the Fairly Oddparents lack necks due to the art style, so what looks like Crocker's neck may in fact be a part of his head that just looks like a neck) Crocker hasn't captured Cosmo & Wanda until "Abra-Catastrophe!".
[edit] Profile
[edit] Biographical details
Denzel Crocker is a maniacal teacher who gives out a lot of Fs, though he was once a plucky little boy. Though he has been living with his mother all his life, "The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker" shows she wasn't caring enough for him, as she was often leaving him with an evil babysitter named Vic (who could possibly be a relative of Vicky). Denzel's only escape from these doldrums was the help of his fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda. But his life changed for the worst on March 15, 1972, when a boy with a silly pink hat and his fairy godparents dropped in from thirty years later because, apparently, something bad would happen to Denzel that very day. That something occurred when the boy's fairy godfather blew the cover off of Cosmo. Because of this, poor Denzel lost Cosmo and Wanda who were previously assigned to Billy Gates (a young Bill Gates) and all memory of them, although he was able to write a memo to himself ("Fairy Godparents Exist") on a DNA tracker that the pink-hatted boy had left behind. In addition, an overdose of the magical device used to erase memories caused as side effects a hunch back, a perpetually pale and frightening look, (Which Timmy briefly adopted when hit by the same ray in another episode) and because the town had forgotten all the good things he'd done for them with his fairy godparents, they turned against him and chased him as an angry mob (which is still after him today, although the mob is well into old age).
Since then, Denzel Crocker has continually attempted to prove to the whole world that fairy godparents exist. In his college years, at Harvard, New Baltimore Community College (the name is derived from that of Butch Hartman's home town), and Dimmsdale University, Crocker did a lot of research on fairy godparents, and on March 15, 1984, twelve years after his worst day occurred, his second-worst day occurred: In what had been advertised throughout the university as "The Big News", he explained his theory on fairy godparents in front of a packed auditorium, including several important scientists, an Army general and the just-shrunk Chet Ubetcha, only to get nothing but laughter. This same event was also the catalyst for Timmy's parents first meeting, as the military and scientist decided instead to award their grants to Sheldon Dinkleburg, who promptly dumped Timmy's mother, allowing Timmy's father to pick her up on the rebound. Crocker continued his attempt to prove the existence of fairies into his career as a schoolteacher, which began on March 15, 1992. During this whole time, he went power-insane and made a solemn vow that once he had proved that fairies existed, he would harness their power and take over the world. He highly suspects that one of his students, Timmy Turner, has fairy godparents. Crocker obviously doesn't know that Timmy's fairy godparents were the same ones that he himself had - Cosmo & Wanda. In the TV movie, "Abra-Catastrophe!", Crocker, having taken a bite out of Timmy's Fairyversary Muffin, was able to capture Wanda (and later Cosmo), and then took over the world. With the help of some of his other magic gifts, Timmy was able to outwit Crocker by admitting the existence of Cosmo & Wanda, but therefore losing them. Fortunately, while his parents began to beat Crocker to a pulp, Timmy ate the rest of the Muffin and wished for Cosmo & Wanda to be his godparents again. Crocker ended up in the madhouse (temporarily, he's since gone back to teaching), but swore revenge. He is also the star of Fairy World's most popular reality show. Crocker's ancestor was the male witch Alden Bitteroot. Crocker also has an Uncle with an equal obsession with Genies(the irony behind this is that the uncle has countless lamps all with genies within, but his constant ranting about genies have caused him to land in a straightjacket, unable to rub any of the lamps).
Crocker was the main villain in the cross-over story The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Crocker took advantage of Timmy's absence (and a recently acquired teleportation device) to get into Fairy World. After making the fairies powerless, he tried to remake Fairy World in his own image, but was ultimately defeated by a two-dimensional Jimmy Neutron. Jimmy turned Crocker back to normal, and Jorgen harmfully took away Crocker's memory, causing Crocker to be insane upon hearing the word 'schnauzer'. In the other two movies, Crocker appears as a minor character.
In Channel Chasers, Crocker comes out of a mental institution, completely cured, having just invented cold fusion. But when Timmy wished everything back to normal, Crocker became his normal, crazy, self.
[edit] Alter ego
In the later episode, "The Big Superhero Wish", he became Dr. Crocktopus (an obvious reference to Dr. Octopus, with some Dr. Strange thrown in.) and, along with the Baby Shredder (Vicky) and the Bull-E (Francis), was employed to help the Nega-Chin take over the world (Crocker knew him from the many Crimson Chin comic books he had confiscated). But their plans were foiled, and Crocker was turned back to normal along with Vicky and Francis.
[edit] Video games
- Crocker appears as a sub-boss in The Fairly OddParents: Enter the Cleft!
- In Nicktoons Unite!, Professor Finbarr Calamitous recruits Crocker in his team. Crocker uses a suit with magic equipment, the same as in The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour.
[edit] Trivia
- Crocker was once a roommate with Stephen Hawking. This fact is revealed when Hawking demonstrates that Timmy was correct about 2 + 2 = 5. Hawking then gives Crocker an "F". Trying to debunk Hawking at the end of the episode, he chases him with a proof that 2 + 2 equalled six, not five.
- Crocker's Canadian "Uncle Albert" not only looks like his nephew, but he is just as crazy - his obsession is genies. Also, "Uncle Albert" might be connected to Paul McCartney's character in the song Uncle Albert.
- He apparently can predict the exact situation involving Cosmo and Wanda in the current episode, down to the last detail.
- He likes shrimp puffs.
- Crocker was the primary villain in The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, but had cameo appearances in The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide and The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators.
- When Crocker sees or talks about fairies, he jumps around shouting "FAIRY GODPARENTS!".
- For reasons unknown, Crocker has ears on his neck.
- It should also be noted that Crocker made a cameo appearance in Dream Goat, which aired on Nickelodeon quite a few episodes before Transparents.
- In Nega-Timmy, after Evil Timmy kicked Crocker out of the school, Crocker breifly took a job as a door-to-door salesman whose entire wares consisted of ham. Later on in the episode, Crocker inadvertantly crossed paths with Evil Timmy, resulting in Crocker taking a job as a tour guide. This means that, to date, Crocker has had three known jobs so far on the show. This is also a running gag seen only in this one episode.
- One of Crocker's ancestors was, quite possibly, none other than Alden Bitteroot.
