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===End and resumption of production (2005-2007)===
===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 5th season finale. Butch Hartman made the official announcement on his forum<!--<ref>{{cite web|url=http://butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=7072|title=butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=7072}}</ref>--> on January 24, 2006. However, Butch announced on February 2, 2007 on his forum<!--<ref>{{cite web|url=http://butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=12732|title=butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=12732}}</ref>--> that Nick has granted ''Fairly OddParents'' twenty more episode slots and that the show had resumed production.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Cosmo and Wanda also appeared in [[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
[[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<!--<ref>{{cite web|url=http://butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=7072|title=butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=7072}}</ref>--> on January 24, 2006. However, Butch announced on February 2, 2007 on his forum<!--<ref>{{cite web|url=http://butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=12732|title=butchhartman.com/forumIII/index.php?showtopic=12732}}</ref>--> that Nick has granted ''Fairly OddParents'' twenty more episode slots and that the show had resumed production.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Cosmo and Wanda also appeared in [[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}


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<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.butchhartman.com|title=Butch Hartman website}}</ref> that he would like to release the movie to DVD one day, but did not have any definitive plans to do so.<ref name=official/> This movie possibly became Wishology.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} The Fairly OddParents have appeared in a $50 [[Best Western]] travel card over the 2006 summer period and again over the 2007 summer period.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
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<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.butchhartman.com|title=Butch Hartman website}}</ref> that he would like to release the movie to DVD one day, but did not have any definitive plans to do so.<ref name=official/> This movie possibly became Wishology.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} The Fairly OddParents have appeared in a $50 [[Best Western]] travel card over the 2006 summer period and again over the 2007 summer period.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

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The Fairly OddParents
File:FairlyOddParents.jpg
Logo (2008-present)
Created byButch Hartman
Developed byNickelodeon Studios
Voices ofTara Strong
Daran Norris
Susanne Blakeslee
Carlos Alazraqui
Grey DeLisle
Frankie Muniz
Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad
Jay Leno
Dionne Quan
Faith Abrahams
Kevin Michael Richardson
Opening theme"The Fairly OddParents" by Butch Hartman and Ron Jones
Ending theme"The Fairly OddParents" (instrumental)
Country of originUnited States
Canada
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes130 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersButch Hartman
Fred Seibert
Scott Fellows (Season 6 only)
ProducersFrederator Studios (2001-present)
Billionfold Studios (2008-present)
Running time23 minutes (approx.)
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
YTV
ReleaseMarch 30, 2001 (2001-03-30) – November 25, 2006 (2006-11-25)
February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18) –
present

The Fairly OddParents is an American 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 for the cable network Nickelodeon, where it remains a popular show.[citation needed] The television series was also distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company Nelvana. It is also the third longest-running Nicktoon, behind Rugrats and SpongeBob SquarePants.

Plot

Timmy Turner is a 10-year-old boy who lives in the fictional town of Dimmsdale, with his dim-witted parents. His life is constantly miserable, due to the fact that his parents are rarely home and he is babysat by Vicky, a 16 year old torturous babysitter. But everything changes when he receives two fairy godparents: Cosmo and his wife, Wanda and later, their son Poof. Timmy learns that his fairy godparents are capable of granting him any wish he wants within certain limits. However, Timmy's immature nature causes him to sometimes ask for wishes that unintentionally result in disaster, and he and his fairy godparents and fairy godbrother must find a way to "unwish" the wish.

Over the course of the series, Timmy also makes many enemies. For example, his teacher, Mr. Crocker, firmly believes in fairy godparents and has been searching for them for 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 has fairies, or if someone discovers their fairies, he will lose his fairies forever. Jorgen Von Strangle, an enormous and tough fairy with a German 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. Crocker is also mean because he gives all the students in his class an F in their tests, except for the very smart kid, AJ, who is one of Timmy's best friends. In many ways, his 10-year old life with Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof, results in both misery and hilarious adventures. At his school, he is often bullied by Francis, a miserable kid who claims to be the toughest kid in school.

The names of Timmy's parents are never revealed. Their names are almost revealed in one episode, but the show cuts them off. In the beginning of the series Timmy's parents' faces were not shown, but as the show progressed they were. Also, at the begining, Vicky was a main, and apparently only, antagonists, as the series progressed, more villains were added. Another difference is that in the film Channel Chasers, Timmy was suppose to lose his fairies when he was already a grown-up and forget them, like aLL the kids with fairies. In the season 7 Birhday Bashed, Timmy and all the kids lose them staring their teenage life, and apparently don't forget, In one episode, Mr. Crocker had Cosmo and Wanda as fairies before they had Timmy, and accidentally reveal them and lost them, plus forgot them, this causes his true misery. However, in the same episode of Birthday Bashed, Mr. Crocker had other unknown fairies and lost them because of their adolescent age, and didn't forget them, but still has misery.

Main cast

Main article: List of The Fairly OddParents characters

Guest stars

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 (Batman) 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 (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), and Tom Arnold (Santa).[citation needed]

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), and Sylvester Stallone (parodied as Sylvester Calzone), Billy Crystal (parodied as Billy Crystalball), 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 "Jorgan Bon Strangle" Appearing to be a parodied Arnold Schwartzenegger 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".[citation needed]

Production history

Early origins (1998-2001)

A postcard for The Fairly OddParents segment on Nickelodeon's Oh Yeah! Cartoons

Producer Butch Hartman originally created The Fairly OddParents as a seven minute short film entitled "Fairy Godparents,"[dead link] one of 39 short cartoons in the first season of Fred Seibert's Oh Yeah! Cartoons.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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). Other notable differences include voices like Timmy Turner, who was voiced by another actress (Mary Kay Bergman), instead of Tara Strong.

Early popularity (2001-2004)

File:Tv hi fairlyoddparents 01.jpg
A poster featuring Timmy Turner with Cosmo and Wanda, Timmy's fairy godparents.

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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

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, and recently Anti-Poof.[citation needed]

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 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.[citation needed] Cosmo and Wanda also appeared in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.[citation needed]

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] This movie possibly became Wishology.[citation needed] The Fairly OddParents have appeared in a $50 Best Western travel card over the 2006 summer period and again over the 2007 summer period.[citation needed]

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 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 series, in terms of humor, made a change from the "gag-like" humor of the previous seasons to a "pop-culture" type of humor.

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.[citation needed]

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 Feburary 6th part of Super Secret Crush Weekend. Currently Fairly Odd Parents Episodes air only on Saturday and Sunday mornings,on weekdays at 1 p.m.,and during marathons. The Fairly Oddparents will celebrate their 10th anniversary September 4th possibly with a special. The live action Fairly Odd movie: Grow up Timmy Turner! will be released sometime in 2011.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Fairly OddParents episodes
Season Episodes First airdate Last airdate
Season 0 10 September 4, 1998 March 23, 2001
Season 1 6 March 30, 2001 December 12, 2001
Season 2 14 February 24, 2002 July 27, 2002
Season 3 20 April 27, 2003 November 9, 2003
Season 4 November 16, 2003 November 12, 2004
Season 5 February 6, 2005 November 25, 2006
Season 6 February 18, 2008 August 12, 2009
Season 7 July 6, 2009 September 27, 2010
Season 8 32 TBA, 2010 TBA, 2012

Fairly OddParents TV movies

Jimmy Timmy Power Hour trilogy

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. That 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 indicated that Cosmo and Wanda were going to have a baby. That 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

Main article: List of The Fairly OddParents DVD and VHS

International Broadcast


See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Butch Hartman website".
  2. ^ "The OddParents are coming the OddParents are coming".
  3. ^ "Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis - Cyn Kids 2/21/08".[dead link]
  4. ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nicks-the-fairly-oddparents-comes-to-life-in-first-ever-live-action-tv-movie-adaptation-a-fairly-odd-movie-grow-up-timmy-turner-99123269.html
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