| The Fairly OddParents | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, adventure, fantasy |
| Format | Animated television series |
| Created by | Butch Hartman |
| Voices of | Tara Strong Daran Norris Susanne Blakeslee Grey DeLisle Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad Frankie Muniz |
| Opening theme | "The Fairly OddParents" by Butch Hartman and Ron Jones |
| Ending theme | "The Fairly OddParents" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (shorts) (aired) 157 1/2 (full) (aired) 128 1/2 (total) (aired) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Butch Hartman Fred Seibert Scott Fellows (season 6) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company(s) | Frederator Studios Billionfold, Inc. (season 6–present) Nickelodeon Animation Studios |
| Distributor | MTV Networks International (USA) Nelvana (Canada) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Picture format | SDTV 480i (2001–2010) HDTV 720p (2009–present) |
| Audio format | Stereo, Dual Audio Mandarin (In Asia Only) |
| First shown in | Oh Yeah! Cartoons September 4, 1998 - March 23, 2001 |
| Original run | Original Series March 30, 2001 – November 25, 2006 Revived Series February 18, 2008 - Present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Danny Phantom T.U.F.F. Puppy |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Fairly OddParents (sometimes abbreviated FOP) is an American-Canadian animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of Timmy Turner, who is granted fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda. The series started out as cartoon segments that ran from September 4, 1998 to March 23, 2001 on Oh Yeah! Cartoons and was later picked up as an actual series. It is produced by Frederator Studios and Billionfold Studios (Season 6- present) for the cable network Nickelodeon. It is also the third longest-running Nicktoon, behind Rugrats and SpongeBob SquarePants, as well as Nickelodeon's second highest rated show, behind SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Over the course of the series, Timmy makes many enemies. At the beginning, Vicky was the main, and apparently only, antagonist. As the series progressed, however, more villains were added. For example, his teacher, Mr. Crocker, firmly believes in fairy godparents and has been searching for them a very long time, suspecting that Timmy has fairy godparents. He is dangerous to Timmy because, according to "Da Rules", a large rulebook that defines what children can and cannot wish for and how fairy godparents must behave, if the child reveals that he or she has fairies, or if someone discovers their fairies, he will lose his fairies forever. At his school, he is often bullied by Francis, a vicious boy who claims to be the toughest student in school, but reveals to Timmy that he only takes out his anger on him because of his rough home life and abusive parents, proving he is somewhere in-between as a protagonist and an antagonist. Jorgen Von Strangle, an enormous and tough fairy with an Austrian accent, often described like Arnold Schwarzenegger, personally dislikes Timmy and his fairies (although in "Teeth for Two" he states Cosmo and Wanda are his closest friends, claiming he punches many others). Timmy is also loathed by his unwished wishes, for wishing them out of existence. Well into the series, Timmy is introduced to his archenemy, Remy Buxaplenty. He is joined by his fairy and ex-boyfriend of Wanda, Juandissimo Maqnifico. Remy is very jealous of Timmy for having two fairies while he only has one. He is also jealous of his loving parents. Remy's parents are constantly ignoring him, which led to him getting fairies. Juandissimo is constantly trying to woo Wanda, much to Cosmo's annoyance.
Throughout the course of the show, many celebrities have guest starred on The Fairly OddParents. Some of the most notable are recurring characters Adam West (Catman) and Jay Leno (The Crimson Chin and a parody of himself in one episode). Some other famous stars were Norm Macdonald (Norm the Genie), Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC (Chip Skylark), Alec Baldwin (Older Timmy), Ben Stein (The Pixies), Gilbert Gottfried (Dr. Bender and Wendell), Brendan Fraser (Turbo Thunder), Patrick Warburton (M.E.R.F. agents), Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley (themselves), Steve Irwin (the Bad Parent Hunter, a self parody of "The Crocodile Hunter"), and Tom Arnold (Santa).
Though not featured as guests on the show, references have been made to other public figures, including Bill Gates (shown as a child with Cosmo and Wanda as fairy godparents), Tina Turner (also one of their godkids), Billy Crystal (parodied as Billy Crystal Ball), Sylvester Stallone (parodied as Sylvester Calzone), Britney Spears (parodied as Britney Britney), and President George W. Bush (a U.S. president was depicted in one episode, and he bore resemblance to then-president Bush). There is also references to "Jorgen Von Strangle," appearing to be a parodied Arnold Schwarzenegger, due to his large physique and thick accent. However, Arnold was also parodied in the Fairly Odd Parents where he was labelled "Arnold Schwartzen-German". He also quoted, "To be, or not to be, Annihilated!", which is a spoof from the movie "Last Action Hero" and Hamlet.
Producer Butch Hartman originally created The Fairly OddParents as a seven minute short film entitled "Fairy Godparents," one of 39 short cartoons in the first season of Fred Seibert's Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Butch Hartman made six more short films for the show in Season 3. Nickelodeon agreed to a six episode order (consisting of two 11-minute stories) of "The Fairly Oddparents", which began airing on March 30, 2001, in the half hour after 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 episode lasts for about 7 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, who are only seen from the neck down with their faces hidden in the pilot episodes and are not as stupid as they were in the original series, yet still easily duped by Vicky's meanness). Other notable differences include voices like Timmy Turner, who was voiced by another actress (Mary Kay Bergman), instead of Tara Strong and Cosmo's voice is a lot deeper and he is much smarter than in the original series. Originally, Butch wanted Timmy to wear a blue hat, but since he ran out of blue ink, he decided to make it pink. Wanda was originally going to be named "Venus".
The Fairly OddParents was immediately popular around its first year, greatly increasing its lead-in rating from Invader Zim. In fact, no matter what time slot Nickelodeon placed the show in, Nick's ratings soared. The series attracted a wider than anticipated audience, appealing to all ages, a feat only matched by SpongeBob SquarePants. Other than SpongeBob, it was later Nickelodeon's highest rated show. Early 2002 and 2003 was the first peak of popularity for The Fairly OddParents. Ratings sky-rocketed, and it briefly passed SpongeBob SquarePants. However when "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" was released, SpongeBob gained much more popularity than Fairly Oddparents. The show saw its quick rise to the top in Australia and United States in summer of 2002 and 2003 when the show's first TV special, 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 special was made, titled Channel Chasers. Since then, there have been other specials, like The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker, Crash Nebula, School's Out! The Musical, Fairy Idol, the "Jimmy-Timmy" crossovers, Fairly OddBaby, Wishology, "Anti-Poof" and the Live-Action movie- Grow Up Timmy Turner!
Nickelodeon ceased the production of the show late in 2005, with "The Jerkinators (The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3)" 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 5th 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 had 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[1] 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 have appeared in a $50 Best Western travel card over the 2006 summer period and again over the 2007 summer period.
After a one year hiatus, Nickelodeon announced on TV that they would begin the broadcast of a television movie called Fairly OddBaby as the beginning of at least 20 episodes of Season 6, and to carry the show to at least the year 2011.[2] A huge hit, Fairly OddBaby aired on February 18, 2008, becoming the top entertainment program across broadcast and basic cable TV for the year among kids.[3] Also, four new episodes aired each day at 5:00 p.m. EST beginning on Monday, March 10 after a rerun of the Fairly OddBaby special, and ending on Thursday (3–13) of that week. Another new episode week aired from May 12–16, 2008. The Fairly Oddlympics aired on August 1, 2008, as part of the lead-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, which began on August 8, 2008. Another premiere week aired through August 11–15, 2008. Four new episodes of The Fairly OddParents aired during Super Stuffed Nicktoons Weekend. The next three Fairly OddParents movies, Wishology, aired in three one-hour installments during the first weekend of May 2009. This is the first Fairly OddParents movie to be nearly three hours long (or, excluding commercials, 144 minutes) and to be presented in HD and widescreen, and they are the last episodes of the season.
Another Fairly OddParents special was released on Nickelodeon called Anti-Poof. This was the tenth Fairly OddParents special. It aired on July 10, 2009 and it followed a week of brand new Fairly OddParents episodes airing from July 6 to July 9, 2009. The special followed all of the new episodes aired in succession and was only episode length itself. It premiered on July 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm est. And on August 10–14 there was a premiere of brand new episodes of the Fairly Oddparents at 6:00 P.M. est. On October 19, 2009-October 23, 2009 @ 4/3c. The fairly oddparents aired one new episode February 6 part of Super Secret Crush Weekend. Currently Fairly Odd Parents Episodes air only on Saturday and Sunday mornings. A new episode premiered on September 11 at 11:30 a.m and September 18 at 11:30 EST. In February, Love Triangle premiered on the 12th and "Spellementary School" and "Operation Dinkleberg" premiered on the 26th. More new episodes began airing on February 11, 2011, including a live action TV movie called "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!" that was premiered on July 9, 2011. More episodes are expected to air later this year.[4]
After the airing of "Grow Up, Timmy Turner!" in July, more episodes aired between seasons 7 and 8, throughout the month of July and August 2011. It was also announced that new specials have aired in the Fall of 2011. Starting with the double length episode titled "When L.O.S.E.R.S. Attack" airing in Ocotober. Followed by the recent 1 hour length movie called "Timmy's Secret Wish" that aired in November during the week of Thanksgiving. (The movie aired on different days in November throughout other countries). Finally, the third announced title, "Meet the OddParents", aired in December where Timmy's Godparents are seen by Timmy's parents.
The Fairly OddParents has crossed over with The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius in the Jimmy Timmy Power Hour trilogy. Expanding into three total one-hour specials, the cross over features the mixed adventures with the cast of The Fairly OddParents and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Their first encounter consisted of Jimmy and Timmy ending up in their opposite dimension, and taking on their sudden conflict that the other character would normally face (Where Jimmy Neutron faces Mr. Crocker in Timmy's World, and Timmy Turner would face Evil Goddard in Jimmy's World). When it came to Episodes 2 and 3, more characters were given a significant role as Jimmy and Timmy, and appear in the others' dimension. Where, additionally, Jimmy's Friends also get to appear in 2D animation and Timmy's friends appear in CGI animation. The first production of the trilogy was released in 2004, while the final two productions of the trilogy both aired in 2006 in two respectful different times of the year. In Episode 1, Denzel Crocker from The Fairly OddParents is the main antagonist. In Episode 2, Professor Finbar Calamotus from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius was the main antagonist. In Episode 3, Shirley, a villain created by Jimmy and Timmy to battle because they were bored, is the main antagonist.
| Season | Episodes | First airdate | Last airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | 10 | September 4, 1998 | March 23, 2001 |
| Season 1 | 7 | March 30, 2001 | December 24, 2001 |
| Season 2 | 13 | March 1, 2002 | January 20, 2003 |
| Season 3 | 20 | November 8, 2002 | November 21, 2003 |
| Season 4 | 19 | November 13, 2003 | June 10, 2005 |
| Season 5 | 21 | May 7, 2004 | November 25, 2006 |
| Season 6 | 20 | February 18, 2008 | August 12, 2009 |
| Season 7 | 20 | July 6, 2009 | Present |
| Season 8 | 6 | February 12, 2011 | Present |
| Year | Special |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Christmas Everyday! |
| 2002 | Scary Godparents |
| 2003 | Information Stupor Highway |
| 2003 | Love Struck! |
| 2003 | The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker! |
| 2004 | The Big Superhero Wish! |
| 2004 | Crash Nebula |
| 2004 | Shelf Life |
| 2008 | The Fairly Oddlympics |
| 2008 | Merry Wishmas |
| 2009 | Anti-Poof |
| 2011 | Love Triangle |
| 2011 | Invasion of the Dads |
| 2011 | When Losers Attack |
| Year | TV Movie | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Abra-Catastrophe! | Three parts |
| 2004 | Channel Chasers | Three parts |
| 2005 | School's Out! The Musical | Two parts |
| 2006 | Fairy Idol | Two parts |
| 2008 | Fairly OddBaby | Two parts |
| 2009 | Wishology | Three double-length parts |
| 2011 | A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! | Three parts |
| 2011 | Timmy's Secret Wish | Two parts |
| Year | TV Movie |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Jimmy Timmy Power Hour |
| 2006 | When Nerds Collide |
| 2006 | The Jerkinators |
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