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* The episode "Dumbbell Curve" teaches the moral that in order to get good grades and be successful in life, kids need to put in their best effort in their homework, studying, and tests. However, the moral fails to adhere to the episode as the episode's conflict is not caused by Timmy's effort or lack thereof in his studies but by the implementation of a new grading system by Crocker at the last minute. Before this, Timmy does place in his best effort in an assignment of his and getting a high grade for once (a 92/100), but since Timmy got the lowest score in his class as everyone else got a 93 and above, he gets flunked in his assignment anyway.
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* The episode "Dumbbell Curve" teaches the moral that in order to get good grades and be successful in life, kids need to put in their best effort in their homework, studying, and tests. However, the moral fails to adhere to the episode as the episode's conflict is not caused by Timmy's effort or lack thereof in his studies but by the implementation of a new grading system by Crocker at the last minute. Before this, Timmy does place do put in his best the effort in an assignment of his and getting gets a high grade for once (a 92/100), but since Timmy he got the lowest score in his class as (as everyone else got a 93 and above, above), he gets flunked in his assignment anyway.
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* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS5E10ItsAWishfulLife It's a Wishful Life]]":
** The episode has the lesson that you should do good deeds regardless of whether the person you serve expresses gratitude. The problem is that Timmy wasn't simply not getting any thanks but was always ''[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished punished]]'' for arbitrary complaints the servees had with his good deeds. Such as cleaning his father's yard not realizing that it was "[[FictionalHoliday Worst Yard Day]]" or his friend throwing away the state of the art computer said friend wanted because it just became obsolete.
** And to go with the "[[BetterIfNotBornPlot everyone's lives would be better without Timmy]]" lesson, Timmy sees that everyone is living amazing lives if he'd never existed and decides to let that continue by allowing himself to be removed from reality. It turns out this was a test and by accepting that he passed. However they never explicitly say that what he saw wasn't true, the only clear thing is that he was under observation while being non-existent. Which makes it look like his reward for choosing non-existence is to then choose to exist.
* The TV Movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' and other episodes, have the moral that Timmy's parents love him and do a lot for him, and he should show respect to that. Yet, when his parents aren't [[ParentalNeglect forgetting Timmy exists or going on frivolous nights out using his college fund]], they're making not-so-subtle implications that he has nothing going for him and is weighing them down or [[WantedASonInstead should have been a girl]] (what's worse, the show implies at times that their asinine assessments aren't that off the mark). Heck, Timmy having a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood is baked into the premise of the show, as their neglect is the main reason that he was assigned Cosmo and Wanda.
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E21FoolsDayOut Fool's Day Out]]" tries to convey the message that pranks should always be harmless, and one should never go too far with them. However, while Timmy and the Fool's pranks are rather mean-spirited, they never actually cause any physical harm (and the moment the Fool tries to harm someone, Timmy calls off both the prank and the deal). The reason Timmy's revenge-pranking everyone in the first place, meanwhile, is that they ''sicced an angry groundhog on him and laughed as it mauled him'', something the narrative treats as being perfectly okay. In fact, the episode ends with Cosmo and Wanda - the latter of whom was the Fool's main critic - ''pulling that exact same prank on Timmy''.
** The episode has the lesson that you should do good deeds regardless of whether the person you serve expresses gratitude. The problem is that Timmy wasn't simply not getting any thanks but was always ''[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished punished]]'' for arbitrary complaints the servees had with his good deeds. Such as cleaning his father's yard not realizing that it was "[[FictionalHoliday Worst Yard Day]]" or his friend throwing away the state of the art computer said friend wanted because it just became obsolete.
** And to go with the "[[BetterIfNotBornPlot everyone's lives would be better without Timmy]]" lesson, Timmy sees that everyone is living amazing lives if he'd never existed and decides to let that continue by allowing himself to be removed from reality. It turns out this was a test and by accepting that he passed. However they never explicitly say that what he saw wasn't true, the only clear thing is that he was under observation while being non-existent. Which makes it look like his reward for choosing non-existence is to then choose to exist.
* The TV Movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' and other episodes, have the moral that Timmy's parents love him and do a lot for him, and he should show respect to that. Yet, when his parents aren't [[ParentalNeglect forgetting Timmy exists or going on frivolous nights out using his college fund]], they're making not-so-subtle implications that he has nothing going for him and is weighing them down or [[WantedASonInstead should have been a girl]] (what's worse, the show implies at times that their asinine assessments aren't that off the mark). Heck, Timmy having a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood is baked into the premise of the show, as their neglect is the main reason that he was assigned Cosmo and Wanda.
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E21FoolsDayOut Fool's Day Out]]" tries to convey the message that pranks should always be harmless, and one should never go too far with them. However, while Timmy and the Fool's pranks are rather mean-spirited, they never actually cause any physical harm (and the moment the Fool tries to harm someone, Timmy calls off both the prank and the deal). The reason Timmy's revenge-pranking everyone in the first place, meanwhile, is that they ''sicced an angry groundhog on him and laughed as it mauled him'', something the narrative treats as being perfectly okay. In fact, the episode ends with Cosmo and Wanda - the latter of whom was the Fool's main critic - ''pulling that exact same prank on Timmy''.
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* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS5E10ItsAWishfulLife It's a Wishful Life]]":
**Life]]": The episode has the lesson moral that you should do good deeds regardless of whether the person you serve expresses gratitude. The problem is that Timmy Except what incited the plot wasn't simply that Timmy was annoyed from not getting any thanks for his good deeds, but was always that highly specific scenarios (Timmy just so happened to clean the yard on "[[FictionalHoliday Worst Yard Day]]") or arbitrary complaints (the new computer he bought AJ became obsolete mere seconds before he gave it as a present) caused the servees to ''[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished punished]]'' deride and punish]]'' him for arbitrary complaints the servees had with his good deeds. Such as cleaning his father's yard not realizing that it was "[[FictionalHoliday Worst Yard Day]]" or his friend throwing away the state of the art computer said friend wanted because it just became obsolete.
** And to go with the "[[BetterIfNotBornPlot everyone's lives would be better without Timmy]]" lesson, Timmy sees that everyone is living amazing lives if he'd never existed and decides to let that continue by allowing himself to be removed from reality. It turns out this was a test and by accepting that he passed. However they never explicitly say that what he saw wasn't true, the only clear thing is that he was under observation while being non-existent. Which makes it look like his reward for choosing non-existence is to then choose to exist.actions.
* The TV Movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' and other episodes, have the moral that Timmy's parents love him and do a lot for him, and he should show respectto that. as a result. Yet, when his parents aren't [[ParentalNeglect forgetting Timmy exists or going on frivolous nights out using his college fund]], they're making not-so-subtle implications that he has nothing going for him and is weighing them down or [[WantedASonInstead should have been a girl]] (what's worse, the show implies at times that their asinine assessments aren't that off the mark). girl]]. Heck, these episodes seem to forget that Timmy having a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood is baked into the premise of the show, as their neglect is the main reason that he was assigned Cosmo and Wanda.
Wanda in the pilot episode.
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E21FoolsDayOut Fool's Day Out]]" tries to convey the message that pranks should always be harmless, and one should never go too far with them. However, while Timmy and the Fool's pranks are rather mean-spirited, they never actually cause any physical harm (and the moment the Fool tries to harm someone, Timmy calls off both the prank and the deal). The reason Timmy's revenge-pranking everyone in the first place, meanwhile, is that they ''sicced an angry groundhog on him and laughed as it mauled him'', something the narrative treats as being perfectly okay. In fact, while Timmy and the Fool's pranks are rather mean-spirited, they never actually cause any physical harm, and the moment the Fool does tries to harm someone, it's ''Timmy'' who immediately calls off both the prank and the deal. To add insult, the episode ends with Cosmo and Wanda - the latter of whom was the Fool's main critic - ''pulling that exact same the angry groundhog prank on Timmy''.
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** And to go with the "[[BetterIfNotBornPlot everyone's lives would be better without Timmy]]" lesson, Timmy sees that everyone is living amazing lives if he'd never existed and decides to let that continue by allowing himself to be removed from reality. It turns out this was a test and by accepting that he passed. However they never explicitly say that what he saw wasn't true, the only clear thing is that he was under observation while being non-existent. Which makes it look like his reward for choosing non-existence is to then choose to exist.
* The TV Movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' and other episodes, have the moral that Timmy's parents love him and do a lot for him, and he should show respect
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E21FoolsDayOut Fool's Day Out]]" tries to convey the message that pranks should always be harmless, and one should never go too far with them.
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* "Dream Goat" attempts to teach an HonestyAesop when Timmy wishes for a goat named Chompy to go free, resulting in the blame being pinned on Vicky and as a result she gets hauled off to jail with Timmy [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone living with so much guilt]] that he impulsively wishes for a monster that won't go away until he tells the truth about Chompy. The problem with this moral here are the characters used for the moral to convey itself through in the episode, which are Timmy and Vicky. Here it depicts Timmy's decision to lie about Vicky as wrong and when Timmy tells the truth, he gets [[YouAreGrounded grounded]] severely. However the moral ends up setting a DoubleStandard as episodes before and after this one showed Vicky committing numerous crimes and framing Timmy for them by lying to his parents and Vicky gets away with these crimes and lies most of the time.
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* "Dream Goat" attempts to teach an HonestyAesop when Timmy wishes for a goat named Chompy to go free, resulting in the blame being pinned on Vicky and as a result she gets hauled off to jail with Timmy [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone living with so much guilt]] that he impulsively wishes for a monster that won't go away until he tells the truth about Chompy. The problem with this moral here are the characters used for the moral to convey itself through in the episode, which are Timmy and Vicky. Here it depicts Timmy's decision to lie about Vicky as wrong and when Timmy tells the truth, he gets [[YouAreGrounded grounded]] severely. However However, the moral ends up setting a DoubleStandard as episodes before and after this one showed Vicky committing numerous crimes and framing Timmy for them by lying to his parents and Vicky gets away with these crimes and lies most of the time.time, a fact which also means viewers who regularly watch the show would probably view Vicky's treatment here as deserved payback and karmic punishment.
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** The episode tries to present the moral "Instead of being angry about what you didn't get, you should be thankful for what you already have." However, this is thrown out the window from the very beginning because not only did Timmy not get a single toy, regardless of whether if it was on his list or not, but he was given [[MyNewGiftIsLame snow shovels, rock salt, and other gifts]] that allowed [[AbusiveParents his parents]] to be able to use him as their personal indentured servant while they relax on Christmas, [[CrappyHolidays which they don't hesitate to do]], so Timmy's anger was justified, and had nothing to do with being ungrateful.
** What makes the episode even more confusing is that it's not clear on who exactly is supposed to be sympathized with. "Not on the List," in particular, goes back and forth between genuinely sympathetic and {{Unintentionally Unsympathetic}} characters; some characters' complaints seem valid (such as the little girl who wanted a cute dress, but instead got a football and a G.I. Joe {{Expy}}), while others just come off as {{Spoiled Brat}}s (such as A.J. [[LudicrousGiftRequest wanting a trip to]] the ''International Space Station''). SantaClaus tries to claim that he was trying to teach a lesson about [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas giving instead of receiving on Christmas]]... but he only admits this after having spent an entire year freeloading at Timmy's house, driving him and his parents nuts, and blatantly dodging Timmy's question about why he didn't just give Timmy a sled in the first place. Santa's attempt to teach Timmy and everyone else a lesson about giving also does not apply on Timmy's end as Timmy was being kind and giving to others when he made his wish to give everyone wish coupons so they could get the stuff they wanted, which was supposed to go well until Vicky ruined everything with her wish to receive a million wishes. Also, thanks to the point listed above, Timmy learning this lesson doesn't work because, once again, the problem isn't that Timmy was being ungrateful.
* "Beddy Bye" tries to teach a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor message... the one time Timmy ''didn't'' get what he wished for. His actual wish was that [[TheSleepless everybody didn't have to sleep]]. What happened was that people still ''[[SleepDeprivation needed]]'' to sleep, they just weren't ''[[InsomniaEpisode able]]'' to -- which is completely different from his wish.
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddparentsS4E16EmotionCommotion Emotion Commotion!]]": Wanda claims that the moral of the story is that "it's better to live with your emotions than without them". However, Timmy was actually doing very well ''without'' his emotions. People were either too amazed by, or too afraid of, a Timmy who didn't show any emotions. And because he was [[StrawVulcan more rational and logical]], and [[NervesOfSteel showed no fear]], he could pull off death-defying stunts, with none of the [[FearlessFool negative consequences you'd expect from such a scenario]]. Timmy ''does'' request his emotions back after he realizes that he can't actually enjoy his newfound respect without emotions, but this too is shown to be simply the result of him reasoning through it. In fact, things only started to go wrong ''after Cosmo gave him back his emotions'', ''in the middle of rescuing his friends'' no less, something that Timmy [[WhatTheHellHero called attention to and didn't forgive him over]]. There's potentially a moral here about emotions being best used in the proper context, but it's entirely botched by its delivery.
* The episode "Dumbbell Curve" teaches the moral that in order to get good grades and be successful in life, kids need to put in their best effort in their homework, studying, and tests. However, the moral fails to adhere to the episode as the episode's conflict is not caused by Timmy's effort or lack thereof in his studies but by the implementation of a new grading system by Crocker at the last minute. Before this, Timmy does place in his best effort in an assignment of his and gets a 92 on it but as Timmy got the lowest score in his class as everyone else got a 93 and above, he gets flunked in his assignment anyway.
** What makes the episode even more confusing is that it's not clear on who exactly is supposed to be sympathized with. "Not on the List," in particular, goes back and forth between genuinely sympathetic and {{Unintentionally Unsympathetic}} characters; some characters' complaints seem valid (such as the little girl who wanted a cute dress, but instead got a football and a G.I. Joe {{Expy}}), while others just come off as {{Spoiled Brat}}s (such as A.J. [[LudicrousGiftRequest wanting a trip to]] the ''International Space Station''). SantaClaus tries to claim that he was trying to teach a lesson about [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas giving instead of receiving on Christmas]]... but he only admits this after having spent an entire year freeloading at Timmy's house, driving him and his parents nuts, and blatantly dodging Timmy's question about why he didn't just give Timmy a sled in the first place. Santa's attempt to teach Timmy and everyone else a lesson about giving also does not apply on Timmy's end as Timmy was being kind and giving to others when he made his wish to give everyone wish coupons so they could get the stuff they wanted, which was supposed to go well until Vicky ruined everything with her wish to receive a million wishes. Also, thanks to the point listed above, Timmy learning this lesson doesn't work because, once again, the problem isn't that Timmy was being ungrateful.
* "Beddy Bye" tries to teach a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor message... the one time Timmy ''didn't'' get what he wished for. His actual wish was that [[TheSleepless everybody didn't have to sleep]]. What happened was that people still ''[[SleepDeprivation needed]]'' to sleep, they just weren't ''[[InsomniaEpisode able]]'' to -- which is completely different from his wish.
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddparentsS4E16EmotionCommotion Emotion Commotion!]]": Wanda claims that the moral of the story is that "it's better to live with your emotions than without them". However, Timmy was actually doing very well ''without'' his emotions. People were either too amazed by, or too afraid of, a Timmy who didn't show any emotions. And because he was [[StrawVulcan more rational and logical]], and [[NervesOfSteel showed no fear]], he could pull off death-defying stunts, with none of the [[FearlessFool negative consequences you'd expect from such a scenario]]. Timmy ''does'' request his emotions back after he realizes that he can't actually enjoy his newfound respect without emotions, but this too is shown to be simply the result of him reasoning through it. In fact, things only started to go wrong ''after Cosmo gave him back his emotions'', ''in the middle of rescuing his friends'' no less, something that Timmy [[WhatTheHellHero called attention to and didn't forgive him over]]. There's potentially a moral here about emotions being best used in the proper context, but it's entirely botched by its delivery.
* The episode "Dumbbell Curve" teaches the moral that in order to get good grades and be successful in life, kids need to put in their best effort in their homework, studying, and tests. However, the moral fails to adhere to the episode as the episode's conflict is not caused by Timmy's effort or lack thereof in his studies but by the implementation of a new grading system by Crocker at the last minute. Before this, Timmy does place in his best effort in an assignment of his and gets a 92 on it but as Timmy got the lowest score in his class as everyone else got a 93 and above, he gets flunked in his assignment anyway.
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** The episode tries to present the moral "Instead of being angry about what you didn't get, you should be thankful for what you already have." However, this is thrown out the window from the very beginning because not only did Timmy not get a single toy, regardless of whether if it was on his list or not, but he was given [[MyNewGiftIsLame snow shovels, rock salt, and other gifts]] that allowed [[AbusiveParents his parents]] to be able to use him as their personal indentured servant while they relax on Christmas, [[CrappyHolidays which they don't hesitate to do]], so do]]. As such, Timmy's anger was justified, justified and had nothing to do with being ungrateful.
** What makes the episode even more confusing is that it's not clear on who exactly is supposed to be sympathized with. "Not on the List," in particular, goes back and forth between genuinely sympathetic and {{Unintentionally Unsympathetic}} characters; some characters' complaints seem valid (such as the little girl who wanted a cute dress, but instead got a football and a G.I. Joe {{Expy}}), while others just come off as {{Spoiled Brat}}s (such as A.J. [[LudicrousGiftRequest wanting a trip to]] the ''International Space Station''). SantaClaus tries to claim that he was trying to teach a lesson about [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas giving instead of receiving on Christmas]]... but he only admits this after having spent an entire year freeloading at Timmy's house, driving him and his parents nuts, and blatantly dodging Timmy's question about why he didn't just give Timmy a sled in the first place. Santa's attempt to teach Timmy and everyone else a lesson about giving also does not apply on Timmy's end as Timmywas ''was'' being kind and giving to others when he made his wish to give everyone wish coupons so they could get the stuff they wanted, which was supposed to go well until Vicky ruined everything with her wish to receive a million wishes. Also, thanks to the point listed above, Timmy learning this lesson doesn't work because, once again, the problem isn't that this was an episode where Timmy was being ungrateful.
actually unselfish and well-meaning.
* "Beddy Bye" tries to teach a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor message... the one time Timmy ''didn't'' get what he wished for. His actual wish was that [[TheSleepless everybody didn't have to sleep]]. What happened was that people still ''[[SleepDeprivation needed]]'' to sleep, they just weren't ''[[InsomniaEpisode able]]'' to -- which iscompletely different from his wish.
a blatant misinterpretation of what he actually wished for.
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddparentsS4E16EmotionCommotion Emotion Commotion!]]": Wanda claims that the moral of the story is that "it's better to live with your emotions than without them". However, Timmy was actually doingvery well perfectly fine ''without'' his emotions. People were either too amazed by, or too afraid of, a Timmy who didn't show any emotions. And because he was [[StrawVulcan more rational and logical]], and [[NervesOfSteel showed no fear]], he could pull off death-defying stunts, with none of the [[FearlessFool negative consequences you'd expect from such a scenario]]. Timmy ''does'' request his emotions back after he realizes that he can't actually enjoy his newfound respect without emotions, but this too is shown to be simply the result of him reasoning through it. In fact, things only started to go wrong ''after Cosmo gave him back his emotions'', ''in the middle of rescuing his friends'' no less, something that Timmy [[WhatTheHellHero called attention to and didn't forgive him over]]. There's potentially a moral here about emotions being best used in the proper context, but it's entirely botched by its delivery.
* The episode "Dumbbell Curve" teaches the moral that in order to get good grades and be successful in life, kids need to put in their best effort in their homework, studying, and tests. However, the moral fails to adhere to the episode as the episode's conflict is not caused by Timmy's effort or lack thereof in his studies but by the implementation of a new grading system by Crocker at the last minute. Before this, Timmy does place in his best effort in an assignment of his andgets getting a 92 on it high grade for once (a 92/100), but as since Timmy got the lowest score in his class as everyone else got a 93 and above, he gets flunked in his assignment anyway.
** What makes the episode even more confusing is that it's not clear on who exactly is supposed to be sympathized with. "Not on the List," in particular, goes back and forth between genuinely sympathetic and {{Unintentionally Unsympathetic}} characters; some characters' complaints seem valid (such as the little girl who wanted a cute dress, but instead got a football and a G.I. Joe {{Expy}}), while others just come off as {{Spoiled Brat}}s (such as A.J. [[LudicrousGiftRequest wanting a trip to]] the ''International Space Station''). SantaClaus tries to claim that he was trying to teach a lesson about [[TrueMeaningOfChristmas giving instead of receiving on Christmas]]... but he only admits this after having spent an entire year freeloading at Timmy's house, driving him and his parents nuts, and blatantly dodging Timmy's question about why he didn't just give Timmy a sled in the first place. Santa's attempt to teach Timmy and everyone else a lesson about giving also does not apply on Timmy's end as Timmy
* "Beddy Bye" tries to teach a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor message... the one time Timmy ''didn't'' get what he wished for. His actual wish was that [[TheSleepless everybody didn't have to sleep]]. What happened was that people still ''[[SleepDeprivation needed]]'' to sleep, they just weren't ''[[InsomniaEpisode able]]'' to -- which is
* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddparentsS4E16EmotionCommotion Emotion Commotion!]]": Wanda claims that the moral of the story is that "it's better to live with your emotions than without them". However, Timmy was actually doing
* The episode "Dumbbell Curve" teaches the moral that in order to get good grades and be successful in life, kids need to put in their best effort in their homework, studying, and tests. However, the moral fails to adhere to the episode as the episode's conflict is not caused by Timmy's effort or lack thereof in his studies but by the implementation of a new grading system by Crocker at the last minute. Before this, Timmy does place in his best effort in an assignment of his and
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* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E21FoolsDayOut Fool's Day Out]]" tries to convey the message that pranks should always be harmless, and one should never go too far with them. However, while Timmy and the Fool's pranks are rather mean-spirited, they never actually cause any physical harm (and the moment the Fool tries to harm someone, Timmy calls off both the prank and the deal). The reason Timmy's revenge-pranking everyone in the first place, meanwhile, is that they ''sicced an angry groundhog on him and laughed as it mauled him'', something the narrative treats as being perfectly okay. In fact, the episode ends with Cosmo and Wanda - the latter of whom was the Fool's main critic - ''pulling that exact same prank on Timmy''.
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* The TV Movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' and other episodes, have the moral that Timmy's parents love him and do a lot for him, and he should show respect to that. Yet, when his parents aren't [[ParentalNeglect forgetting Timmy exists or going on frivolous nights out using his college fund]], they're making not-so-subtle implications that he has nothing going for him and is weighing them down or should have been a girl (what's worse, the show implies at times that their asinine assessments aren't that off the mark). Heck, Timmy having a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood is baked into the premise of the show, as their neglect is the main reason that he was assigned Cosmo and Wanda.
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* The TV Movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' and other episodes, have the moral that Timmy's parents love him and do a lot for him, and he should show respect to that. Yet, when his parents aren't [[ParentalNeglect forgetting Timmy exists or going on frivolous nights out using his college fund]], they're making not-so-subtle implications that he has nothing going for him and is weighing them down or [[WantedASonInstead should have been a girl girl]] (what's worse, the show implies at times that their asinine assessments aren't that off the mark). Heck, Timmy having a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood is baked into the premise of the show, as their neglect is the main reason that he was assigned Cosmo and Wanda.
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* In "The Switch Glitch", Timmy wishes to turn the tables on Vicky and become ''her'' BabysitterFromHell for a change, only to learn the lesson that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just because someone picks on you, it's not okay to pick on them in return]]. However, the show ignores one crucial detail: [[ChildrenAreInnocent five-year-old Vicky]] completely lacks the malice and memories of [[TeensAreMonsters sixteen-year-old Vicky]] (who deserves a lesson along these lines more than Timmy does) and is, essentially, a completely different character. While there is potential for another moral on not perpetuating TheChainOfHarm, the fact that Timmy's original goal of giving Vicky a taste of her own medicine technically went unfulfilled makes the moral fall flat either way.
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* In "The Switch Glitch", Timmy wishes to turn the tables on Vicky and become ''her'' BabysitterFromHell for a change, only to learn the lesson that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just because someone picks on you, it's not okay to pick on them in return]]. However, the show ignores one crucial detail: [[ChildrenAreInnocent five-year-old Vicky]] completely lacks the malice and memories of [[TeensAreMonsters sixteen-year-old Vicky]] (who deserves a lesson along these lines more than Timmy does) and is, essentially, a completely different character. While there is potential for another moral on not perpetuating TheChainOfHarm, the fact that Timmy's original goal of giving Vicky [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of her own medicine medicine]] technically went unfulfilled makes the moral fall flat either way.
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* "Dream Goat" attempts to teach an HonestyAesop when Timmy wishes for a goat named Chompy to go free, resulting in the blame being pinned on Vicky and as a result she gets hauled off to jail with Timmy living with so much guilt that he impulsively wishes for a monster that won't go away until he tells the truth about Chompy. The problem with this moral here are the characters used for the moral to convey itself through in the episode, which are Timmy and Vicky. Here it depicts Timmy's decision to lie about Vicky as wrong and when Timmy tells the truth, he gets grounded severely. However the moral ends up setting a DoubleStandard as episodes before and after this one showed Vicky committing numerous crimes and framing Timmy for them by lying to his parents and Vicky gets away with these crimes and lies most of the time.
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* "Dream Goat" attempts to teach an HonestyAesop when Timmy wishes for a goat named Chompy to go free, resulting in the blame being pinned on Vicky and as a result she gets hauled off to jail with Timmy [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone living with so much guilt guilt]] that he impulsively wishes for a monster that won't go away until he tells the truth about Chompy. The problem with this moral here are the characters used for the moral to convey itself through in the episode, which are Timmy and Vicky. Here it depicts Timmy's decision to lie about Vicky as wrong and when Timmy tells the truth, he gets grounded [[YouAreGrounded grounded]] severely. However the moral ends up setting a DoubleStandard as episodes before and after this one showed Vicky committing numerous crimes and framing Timmy for them by lying to his parents and Vicky gets away with these crimes and lies most of the time.
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* The [[MadeForTVMovie Made-For-TV Live-Action Movie]] ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' sees Timmy, now 23 years old pretending to still be [[LoopholeAbuse technically a child to be able to keep his fairly godparents]] he has to abandon when he's grown up. The movie has Timmy to realize he finally has to act his age and has to have let his childhood - including his godparents - go. However, while he seemingly learns that lesson, in the end he is able to still keep his godparents as part of the fairy world thanking him for saving them multiple times. While this is true, it goes against the point of having to let go.
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* The [[MadeForTVMovie Made-For-TV Live-Action Movie]] ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' sees Timmy, now 23 years old pretending [[{{Manchild}} pretending]] to still be [[LoopholeAbuse technically a child to be able to keep his fairly godparents]] he has to abandon when he's grown up. The movie has Timmy to realize he finally has to act his age and has to have let his childhood - including his godparents - go. However, while he seemingly learns that lesson, in the end he is able to still keep his godparents as part of the fairy world thanking him for saving them multiple times. While this is true, it goes against the point of having to let go.
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* In "The Switch Glitch", Timmy wishes to turn the tables on Vicky and become ''her'' BabysitterFromHell for a change, only to learn the lesson that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just because someone picks on you, it's not okay to pick on them in return]]. However, the show ignores one crucial detail: [[ChildrenAreInnocent five-year-old Vicky]] completely lacks the malice and memories of [[TeensAreMonsters sixteen-year-old Vicky]] (who arguably deserves a lesson along these lines more than Timmy does) and is, essentially, a completely different character. While there is potential for another moral on not perpetuating TheChainOfHarm, the fact that Timmy's original goal of giving Vicky a taste of her own medicine technically went unfulfilled makes the moral fall flat either way.
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* In "The Switch Glitch", Timmy wishes to turn the tables on Vicky and become ''her'' BabysitterFromHell for a change, only to learn the lesson that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just because someone picks on you, it's not okay to pick on them in return]]. However, the show ignores one crucial detail: [[ChildrenAreInnocent five-year-old Vicky]] completely lacks the malice and memories of [[TeensAreMonsters sixteen-year-old Vicky]] (who arguably deserves a lesson along these lines more than Timmy does) and is, essentially, a completely different character. While there is potential for another moral on not perpetuating TheChainOfHarm, the fact that Timmy's original goal of giving Vicky a taste of her own medicine technically went unfulfilled makes the moral fall flat either way.
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* ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' ends with Timmy keeping his fairy godparents after he agrees to only use them for good... completely destroying the film's lesson of [[SweetAndSourGrapes Timmy needing to learn to grow up]].
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* The [[MadeForTVMovie Made-For-TV Live-Action Movie]] ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' sees Timmy, now 23 years old pretending to still be [[LoopholeAbuse technically a child to be able to keep his fairly godparents]] he has to abandon when he's grown up. The movie has Timmy to realize he finally has to act his age and has to have let his childhood - including his godparents - go. However, while he seemingly learns that lesson, in the end he is able to still keep his godparents as part of the fairy world thanking him for saving them multiple times. While this is true, it goes against the point of having to let go.
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*”Dream Goat” attempts to teach an HonestyAesop when Timmy wishes for a goat named Chompy to go free, resulting in the blame being pinned on Vicky and as a result she gets hauled off to jail with Timmy living with so much guilt that he impulsively wishes for a monster that won’t go away until he tells the truth about Chompy. The problem with this moral here are the characters used for the moral to convey itself through in the episode, which are Timmy and Vicky. Here it depicts Timmy’s decision to lie about Vicky as wrong and when Timmy tells the truth, he gets grounded severely. However the moral ends up setting a DoubleStandard as episodes before and after this one showed Vicky committing numerous crimes and framing Timmy for them by lying to his parents and Vicky gets away with these crimes and lies most of the time.
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* In "Emotion Commotion!", Wanda claims that the moral of the story is that "it's better to live with your emotions than without them". However, Timmy was actually doing very well ''without'' his emotions. People were either too amazed by, or too afraid of, a Timmy who didn't show any emotions. And because he was [[StrawVulcan more rational and logical]], and showed no fear, he could pull off death-defying stunts, with none of the [[FearlessFool negative consequences you'd expect from such a scenario]]. Timmy ''does'' request his emotions back after he realizes that he can't actually enjoy his newfound respect without emotions, but this too is shown to be simply the result of him reasoning through it. In fact, things only started to go wrong ''after Cosmo gave him back his emotions'', ''in the middle of rescuing his friends'' no less, something that Timmy [[WhatTheHellHero called attention to and didn't forgive him over]]. There's potentially a moral here about emotions being best used in the proper context, but it's entirely botched by its delivery.
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* In "Emotion Commotion!", "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddparentsS4E16EmotionCommotion Emotion Commotion!]]": Wanda claims that the moral of the story is that "it's better to live with your emotions than without them". However, Timmy was actually doing very well ''without'' his emotions. People were either too amazed by, or too afraid of, a Timmy who didn't show any emotions. And because he was [[StrawVulcan more rational and logical]], and [[NervesOfSteel showed no fear, fear]], he could pull off death-defying stunts, with none of the [[FearlessFool negative consequences you'd expect from such a scenario]]. Timmy ''does'' request his emotions back after he realizes that he can't actually enjoy his newfound respect without emotions, but this too is shown to be simply the result of him reasoning through it. In fact, things only started to go wrong ''after Cosmo gave him back his emotions'', ''in the middle of rescuing his friends'' no less, something that Timmy [[WhatTheHellHero called attention to and didn't forgive him over]]. There's potentially a moral here about emotions being best used in the proper context, but it's entirely botched by its delivery.
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* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E12TheBoyWhoWouldBeQueen The Boy Who Would Be Queen]]" is all about how boys and girls aren't really all that different, and that it's okay for boys to be stereotypically "girly" things and vice versa. However, every gag in the show relies on the opposite assumption, such as the assertion that boys and girls speak mutually unintelligible languages (even at the end, when Timmy is giving the Aesop, Trixie needs a translator to understand what he's saying).
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* "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E12TheBoyWhoWouldBeQueen The Boy Who Would Be Queen]]" is all about how boys and girls aren't really all that different, and that it's okay for [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide boys to be stereotypically "girly" things "girly"]] and [[{{Tomboy}} vice versa.versa]]. However, every gag in the show relies on the opposite assumption, such as the assertion that boys and girls speak mutually unintelligible languages (even at the end, when Timmy is giving the Aesop, Trixie needs a translator to understand what he's saying).
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* "Beach Blanket Bozos" has Timmy wish that his parents were the best surfers ever during their vacation to Hawaii. However, since they both can't be the best, Timmy's parents become locked in a never-ending surfing competition that can't be broken until they find something that's more important than surfing. That something turns out to be Timmy himself, as his parents both go to save him when he gets attacked by a sea monster. Unfortunately, this heartwarming moment is completely cheapened by the episode's opening, which shows that Timmy's parents shipped him to Hawaii in a ''dog crate'' so they could bring their surfboards on the plane with them.
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* "Beach Blanket Bozos" has Timmy wish that his parents were the best surfers ever [[VacationEpisode during their vacation to Hawaii.Hawaii]]. However, since they both can't be the best, Timmy's parents become locked in a never-ending surfing competition that can't be broken until they find something that's more important than surfing. That something turns out to be Timmy himself, as his parents both go to save him when he gets attacked by a sea monster. Unfortunately, this heartwarming moment is completely cheapened by the episode's opening, which shows that Timmy's parents shipped him to Hawaii in a ''dog crate'' so they could bring their surfboards on the plane with them.
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* In "The Switch Glitch", Timmy wishes to turn the tables on Vicky and become ''her'' BabysitterFromHell for a change, only to learn the lesson that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just because someone picks on you, it's not okay to pick on them in return]]. However, the show ignores one crucial detail: [[ChildrenAreInnocent five-year-old!Vicky]] completely lacks the malice and memories of [[TeensAreMonsters sixteen-year-old!Vicky]] (who arguably deserves a lesson along these lines more than Timmy does) and is, essentially, a completely different character. While there is potential for another moral on not perpetuating TheChainOfHarm, the fact that Timmy's original goal of giving Vicky a taste of her own medicine technically went unfulfilled makes the moral fall flat either way.
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* In "The Switch Glitch", Timmy wishes to turn the tables on Vicky and become ''her'' BabysitterFromHell for a change, only to learn the lesson that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just because someone picks on you, it's not okay to pick on them in return]]. However, the show ignores one crucial detail: [[ChildrenAreInnocent five-year-old!Vicky]] five-year-old Vicky]] completely lacks the malice and memories of [[TeensAreMonsters sixteen-year-old!Vicky]] sixteen-year-old Vicky]] (who arguably deserves a lesson along these lines more than Timmy does) and is, essentially, a completely different character. While there is potential for another moral on not perpetuating TheChainOfHarm, the fact that Timmy's original goal of giving Vicky a taste of her own medicine technically went unfulfilled makes the moral fall flat either way.
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** The episode tries to present the moral "Instead of being angry about what you didn't get, you should be thankful for what you already have." However, this is thrown out the window from the very beginning because not only did Timmy not get a single toy, regardless of whether if it was on his list or not, but he was given [[MyNewGiftIsLame snow shovels, rock salt, and other gifts]] that allowed [[AbusiveParents his parents]] to be able to use him as their personal indentured servant while they relax on Christmas, which they don't hesitate to do, so Timmy's anger was justified, and had nothing to do with being ungrateful.
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** The episode tries to present the moral "Instead of being angry about what you didn't get, you should be thankful for what you already have." However, this is thrown out the window from the very beginning because not only did Timmy not get a single toy, regardless of whether if it was on his list or not, but he was given [[MyNewGiftIsLame snow shovels, rock salt, and other gifts]] that allowed [[AbusiveParents his parents]] to be able to use him as their personal indentured servant while they relax on Christmas, [[CrappyHolidays which they don't hesitate to do, do]], so Timmy's anger was justified, and had nothing to do with being ungrateful.
