A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

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Genre Comedy
Fantasy
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Directed by Savage Steve Holland
Produced by Scott McAboy
Fred Seibert
Marjorn Cohn
Lauren Levine
Butch Hartman
Written by Butch Hartman
Scott Fellows
Starring Drake Bell
Steven Weber
Daniella Monet
Jason Alexander
Cheryl Hines
Teryl Rothery
Daran Norris
Tara Strong
David Lewis
Randy Jackson
Music by Guy Moon
Cinematography Jon Joffin
Editing by Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
Damon Fecht
Production company Billionfold, Inc.
Frederator Studios
Pacific Bay Entertainment
Paramount Pictures
Country United States
Canada
Language English
Original channel Nickelodeon
Nicktoons
Release date
  • July 9, 2011
Running time

61 minutes

75 Minutes (Extended Edition)

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (or simply known as A Fairly Odd Movie) is a live action television film based on the animated series The Fairly OddParents. It first aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 9, 2011 to celebrate the series's tenth anniversary. Unlike the previous animated films of the series, this film was presented in live-action mixed with CGI animation. This is the first Nicktoon to be shown in live-action (excluding SpongeBob SquarePants). The television film was viewed by 5.8 million viewers during its original airing.

The television movie is set in the city of Dimmsdale and centers on Timmy Turner, his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda, and his fairy godbrother Poof. Timmy is now twenty-three years old, but is still in fifth grade with his fairy-obsessed fifth grade teacher Mr. Crocker. Timmy finds a loophole in the fairy rulebook: if he continues to act like a child, he will get to keep his fairies. A dilemma arises when Tootie, who was an awkward girl when she was ten years old, returns to Dimmsdale as an attractive woman. Timmy falls in love with her, a sign that he is becoming an adult, which means he is closer to losing his fairies. Meanwhile, an oil tycoon named Hugh J. Magnate, Jr., teams up with Mr. Crocker and plans to use Timmy's fairies' magic to promote his oil business.

The television film was released on Region 1 DVD by Nickelodeon Studios on July 11, 2011.[1]

On March 14, 2012, Nickelodeon announced a sequel to the film, A Fairly Odd Christmas, which premiered during 2012's holiday season.[2] A third film, A Fairly Odd Summer, premiered August 2, 2014 with Drake Bell, Daniella Monet, and other cast members reprising their roles.[3][4]

Plot

Thirteen years after the timeline and finale of the original series, Timmy Turner (Drake Bell) has grown into a twenty-three-year-old man, but by maintaining a lifestyle considered immature for his age he has managed to keep his fairy godparents. Timmy's refusal to mature greatly irritates his parents (who desperately encourage him to leave home) and Jorgen von Strangle (Mark Gibbon), who is constantly scheming to entice Timmy into giving up his fairies.

One day, Timmy reunites with a girl from his childhood named Tootie (Daniella Monet), who had a huge crush on him for years. She has grown into a beautiful activist. Timmy falls in love with Tootie. His fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, scheme to repel Tootie, afraid that he is finally growing up and may no longer need them. Timmy is torn between his love for Tootie and his desire to keep his fairy godparents.

Meanwhile, Timmy's schoolteacher, Denzel Crocker, teams up with an oil tycoon by the name of Hugh Magnate in order to kidnap Timmy's fairies and use their magic for their own purposes. Magnate deceives and kidnaps Tootie while Crocker captures Cosmo, Wanda and Poof, imprisoning them in a device programmed to use their magic to grant anybody's wishes. However, Magnate betrays Crocker, pushing him in a bottomless ballpit, and tortures the fairies by adjusting the wish-granting machine to electrocute them each time a wish is made. Fortunately, Timmy comes to the rescue of both the fairies and Tootie and battles with both his enemy and a toy robot that Magnate brought to life with the fairies' magic. Timmy successfully frees everyone, but is forced to give up his fairy godparents, who vanish the moment he kisses Tootie.

Although Timmy is saddened deeply by the departure of Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof, he is happy to be free to finally pursue more mature behaviors, as he had longed to do. However, he learns from Jorgen von Strangle that because of his courage, a new law was passed in Fairy World that will now permit him to keep his fairy godparents forever, as long as he makes charitable wishes, and not just ones for himself. Because of this, Tootie and Timmy plan to start a charity organization in which they will make wishes that will mend all of the world's problems or travesties, flying away in a magical van. Magnate was sent to a mental hospital after claiming that fairies exist, and his secretary became CEO of the company turning it to environmental friendly enterprise. The film ends with Crocker finally falling out of the ball pit, landing in front of the Turners' house, and walking away.

Cast

Live Actors:

Voices:

Ratings

The movie attracted 5.8 million viewers on its premiere night. It was also the top-rated broadcast on cable networks for the week ending on July 10, 2011. The film's ratings were highest for The Fairly OddParents movies since its preceding special Wishology, a trilogy film which attained 4.0 million, 3.6 million, and 4.1 million viewers for its three parts "The Big Beginning", "The Exciting Middle Part", and "The Final Ending", respectively, during its premiere broadcast during May 1–3, 2009.[8][9]

Sequels

Twenty days after the movie premiere on Nickelodeon, The Fairly OddParents creator and movie writer Butch Hartman tweeted that he was working on ideas for a sequel to Grow Up, Timmy Turner!.[10] On March 14, 2012, during Nickelodeon's 2012-2013 Upfront, a sequel to 2011′s first live-action TV movie was announced. The sequel, entitled A Fairly Odd Christmas, aired on November 29, 2012.[2] In 2013 it was announced there would be a third installment titled A Fairly Odd Summer with Drake Bell and Daniella Monet reprising their roles. The movie aired on August 2, 2014.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Fairly-Odd-Movie-Timmy-Turner/dp/B0057OPOZA/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nickelodeon Upfront 2012" (PDF). Nickelodeon Press. 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  3. ↑ http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/database/files/library/September_3_2013(4).pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.ubcp.com/wp-content/uploads/Sept-12-2013.pdf
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Fairly Oddparents Movie Ordered by Nickelodeon - Today's News: Our Take". TVGuide.com. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  6. ↑ "Twitter - Butch Hartman". Twitter. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  7. ↑ Caitlin, Roger (2011-07-09). "Saturday TV: 'Fairly Odd' Gets Real for 10th Anniversary". Courant.com. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  8. ↑ Seidelman, Robert (2009-05-06). "Bulls vs. Celtics, WWE RAW and NCIS lead cable shows". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  9. ↑ Seidelman, Robert (2009-05-04). "Jonas averages 4 million viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  10. ↑ "Twitter/@realhartman: Working on ideas for a sequel to 'GROW UP TIMMY TURNER!'". Butch Hartman. 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  11. ↑ http://www.ubcp.com/wp-content/uploads/Sept-12-2013.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3149536/

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