The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of a strange boy with large buck-teeth who has two fairy godparents. It is produced by Frederator Studios, and as of 2008, Billionfold Studios, for the cable network Nickelodeon, where it is currently one of the most popular shows (second only to SpongeBob SquarePants). The television series is also distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company Nelvana, the same as Danny Phantom (also created by Hartman). The show makes heavy use of satire and slapstick, and is full of pop culture references. The show is currently airing its sixth season.

Plot

In some episodes, they show the history of Timmy Turner, a miserable kid because of Vicky, his evil, 16 year old babysitter. After a while, he went to his room and he saw Cosmo and Wanda by surprise, Cosmo and Wanda introduced themselves and Timmy's misery has diminished.

Main cast

• Tara Strong as Timmy Turner, Poof, Tad, Blonda, Princess Mandie, and Britney-Britney
• Daran Norris as Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, Anti-Cosmo, and The April Fool
• Susan Blakeslee as Wanda, Mrs. Turner, Anti-Wanda, and Mrs. Dinkleberg
• Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker, Juandissimo Magnifico, Mayor, Chompy the Goat, and Sheldon Dinkleberg
• Grey DeLisle as Vicky, Tootie, Veronica Star, Chad, Principal Waxelplax, Tooth Fairy, Happy Peppy Betty, Molly and Ms. Doombringer
• Frankie Muniz as Chester McBadbat (2001-2002)
• Jason Marsden as Chester McBadbat (2002-Present), Imaginary Gary
• Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad as A.J. (2001-2002)
• Gary LeRoi Gray as A.J., (2002-Present)
• Dee Bradley Baker as Elmer, Sanjay, Binky Abdul, The Bronze Kneecap, Remy Buxaplenty and Mr. Turner (as a kid)
• Faith Abrahams as Francis
• Dionne Quan as Trixie Tang
• Rob Paulsen as Mark Chang, King Grippulon, Bucky McBadbat and Happy Peppy Gary
• Jim Ward as Mr. Bickles, Doug Dimmadome and Chet Ubetcha
• Jane Carr as Mama Cosma
• Tony Sirico as Big Daddy
• Tom Kenny as Cupid
• Ben Stein as The Pixies
• Chris Kirkpatrick as Chip Skylark
• Adam West as Himself, Catman, Catkid
• Jay Leno as the Crimson Chin and the Nega Chin, and (in one instance) Himself (5 episodes)
• Gilbert Gottfried as Dr. Bender and Wendell
• Robert Cait as Norm the Genie (Fairy Idol)
• Norm Macdonald as Norm the Genie (Other appearances)
• Method Man as Pixie Rapper
• Alec Baldwin as Future Timmy
• Steve Irwin as Bad Parent Hunter
• Daisy Carson as AJ's mom

Production History

Early Origins (1998-2001)

The Fairly OddParents first aired as a short film on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, and then Butch Hartman made nine more short films for the show. Oh Yeah! Cartoons was cancelled in 2001, but Nickelodeon offered to pick up the franchise. This offer was accepted by creator Butch Hartman. The show began airing its own full-length episodes as its own series on March 30, 2001, alongside 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 pilot 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 were partially "unseen" in the pilot episodes). Other notable differences include voices like Timmy Turner, who was voiced by another actor (Mary Kay Bergman), instead of Tara Strong (Timmy's voice was dubbed by Tara for re-running of the shorts on the show). Also Cosmo and Wanda had different personalities. Both Godparents were originally dimwitted, but in the half-hour episodes Cosmo has gotten even dumber and his voice got higher and Wanda has become the much smarter (yet just as silly) spouse.

Popularity (2001-2004)

Although The OddParents was not very popular in its first year, it began to catch on later, attracting both a child and adult fan base, using a mature sense of humour. Other than SpongeBob SquarePants, it was later Nickelodeon's highest rated show.

Early 2002 and 2003 was the peak of popularity for The Fairly OddParents. Ratings sky-rocketed, and it briefly passed SpongeBob SquarePants. The show saw its quick rise to the top and fall 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, and the recently released Fairly OddBaby.

End and resumption of production (2005-2007)

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 6th 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 has resumed production. Cosmo and Wanda also appeared in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

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 that he would like to release the movie to DVD one day, but did not have any definitive plans to do so. The Fairly OddParents have appeared in a $50 Best Western travel card over the 2006 summer period and again over the 2007 summer period.

Revival (2008-Present)

After a one year hiatus, Nickelodeon announced on TV that they would begin the broadcast of a television movie called Fairly OddBaby on February 18, 2008 as the beginning of 20 episodes of Season 6, and to carry the show to at least the year 2009. Also, four new episodes aired each day at 5:00pm EST beginning on Monday, March 10 after a rerun of the Fairly OddBaby special, and ending on Thursday (3-13) of that week. It was reported that 8.81 million people watched this movie when it originally aired. Another new episode week aired from May 12-16, 2008. The Fairly Oddlympics aired on August 1, 2008, as part of the 2008 Olympics, which began on August 8, 2008. Another premiere week aired through August 11-15, 2008.

Episodes

Season	Episodes	First Airdate	Last Airdate
Season 0	10	September 4, 1998	March 23, 2001
Season 1	21	March 30, 2001	November 30, 2002
Season 2	20	January 30, 2003	November 21, 2003
Season 3	16	February 16, 2004	November 27, 2004
Season 4	14	January 17, 2005	June 10, 2005
Season 5	12	October 3, 2005	November 25, 2006
Season 6	13	February 18, 2008	TBA, 2009

Fairly OddParents TV Movies

• Abra-Catastrophe! (three parts, 2002/2003)
• Channel Chasers (three parts, 2003/2004)
• School's Out! The Musical (two parts, 2004/2005)
• Fairy Idol (two parts, 2006)
• Fairly OddBaby (two parts, 2008)

Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Trilogy

• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (2004)
• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide (2006)
• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators (2006)

Shorts

Oh Yeah! Cartoons

The Fairly OddParents originally premiered as a set of 10 short films on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, a show featuring random cartoons. Some of them are available on The Fairly OddParents DVD releases, including the first pilot episode that was featured on the School's Out!: The Musical DVD release.

Crimson Chin

There were six shorts featuring the Crimson Chin, Timmy's favorite action hero that were made for Nickelodeon's website. They are now available exclusively on the Superhero Spectacle DVD release, although they occasionally air on Nicktoons Network.

Lucky 7 marathon

On July 7, 2007, from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Nickelodeon showed viewers' favorite Fairly OddParents episodes, voted for on TurboNick. This was the third time Nickelodeon allowed viewers to vote for their favorite episodes; the first occasion was SpongeBob SquarePants' Best Day Ever event and the other time was Jimmy Neutron's "Genius, Sheenius or Imbetweenius" event. However, unlike the previous two, no new episode was aired. Instead, 77 secrets were revealed. The 77th secret stated that a new character is joining the Fairly Oddparents cast and gave hints such as showing Cosmo in a diaper, 'pooing' himself and then people going "Aww". This implied that either Timmy's parents or Cosmo and Wanda were going to have a baby. This is one of the only Fairly OddParents marathons.

Later in December 2007, Nick showed a commercial telling of things that were going to happen in 2008. This commercial had a short preview, of Fairly OddBaby which included Cosmo in a hospital gown holding a baby, aired February 18, 2008.

DVD and VHS

Dubbings

The official dubbings in spanish for the series were made in Miami by The Kitchen Studios. The characters of Mrs. Turner and Chester McBadbat were dubbed in spanish by Venezuelan actress Maria Elena Heredia (seasons 3,4,5,6)

References

See also

• Oh Yeah! Cartoons
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

External links

• Official Site
• The Fairly OddParents at Jumptheshark.com