History Fanfic / NeverHadAFriendLikeMe

* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Norm has this reaction when he learns the Adams are moving to Dimmsdale.
** He says this word-for-word when he sees Amanda with Timmy.

YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Norm has this reaction when he learns the Adams are moving to Dimmsdale.

* CanadaEh: Norm still hates Canada and, when he's angry or stressed, he isn't above going there to torment the residents in some new fashion.

* {{Irony}}: Norm's FantasticRacism towards fairies and the children they watch over becomes this when his behaviour towards Amanda is examined: he's a magical being who stumbled into her life when she was unhappy, he uses his powers to make her happy, he cares for her and protects her from supernatural hostile entities - he's basically ''Amanda's magical godfather''.

** As it turns out, Jorgen considers this DirtyBusiness: [[spoiler:Fairies grow to outlive their godchildren. So to Jorgen, [[MayflyDecemberFriendship separating them at a young age will prevent the pain that would endure if fairies were to watch their godchildren grow old and die]].]]

* MayflyDecemberFriendship: Comes up as an issue near the end, [[spoiler:when Amanda is dying of old age while her lifespan was relatively short by Norm's standards. But Norm solves it by transforming Amanda and Timmy into a genie and fairy respectively]].

* SelflessWish: That's the only type of wish Amanda's used so far. They are all intended to protect or help someone else or to stop someone from hurting people.

* ThemeNaming: Following the pattern from the show with the towns of Dimmsdale and Brightburg, Amanda's original hometown is called Shadowville

** [[spoiler: And as mentioned in the show, it ''is'' possible to [[WishingForMoreWishes wish for more wishes]]. Norm encourages Amanda to do this after her second wish]]
* TraumaSwing: [[spoiler: After learning about Norm's past from Timmy]], Amanda runs off and ends up sitting on a swing at the school playground.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Timmy, even considering his fairies, is such a magnet for supernatural drama and weirdness that [[spoiler: Jorgen immediately assumes that whatever happened with the Pixies and Anti-fairies is somehow his doing]].

* WhatTheHellHero: Timmy eventually calls out the Fairy Council about their FantasticRacism after [[spoiler:Bob was defeated by a variety of magical creatures rather than just fairies]].

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Amanda often cleans the house while her parents are away and can prepare basic meals for herself despite only being 8. She also figures out that Timmy has Fairy Godparents after less than two days of knowing him (though to be fair, she had the advantage of actually knowing that Fairies do exist) and has the self-restraint and responsibility not to make a wish for two months when most adults immediately start recklessly making wishes as well as recognizing that magic is not a cure-all solution (pointing out that she doesn't want friends who only put with her because she used magic). Norm even remarks that Amanda is smarter and more mature then most adults he's met. This is something of a deconstruction however as the reason she's so responsible is because of the severe [[ParentalNeglect neglect her parents treat her with]], meaning she had to grow up early to cope with her family life.

--> You, Amanda, are different. You're smarter than most people would give you credit for, you are thoughtful about your actions so that you don't make spontaneous decisions that cause trouble for you or others, and you care way too much about other people even when you're ignoring how unfair your life is. Honestly, you should have either been awarded a fairy godparent years ago or made a saint. Those morons you call parents don't even realize what they have right in front of them.
--> Any other human who stumbled onto the lava lamp would have wasted all the wishes a long time ago. You're not like them. You're better than that.

* JerkassGenie: When Norm meets Remy Buxaplenty, and when Remy learns he can't get any wishes from Norm because he's free, he wishes from Juandissimo for another genie's lamp. Enter Cal, as much a jerk as Norm was at the start. Remy's first wish? For Timmy Turner to lose his fairies. Cal teleports Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof to Norway, so they're lost for about a minute before they reappear. Remy is more careful with his second wish: unconditional, unwavering, unquestioning, intense, and unending love and attention from parents who love and adore him. Cal teleports in a pair of dog parents with their litter of puppies. Having learned from his mistakes, Remy simply wishes the dogs back to where they came from with his final wish.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all that Remy is a jealous jerk who treats everyone pretty badly, he mostly just wants his parents' love, and he does care about Juandissimo enough to listen at the very end.

* FreeingTheGenie: Surprisingly, Norm ''doesn't'' attempt to reach this goal since he is, for all intents and purposes, pretty free while his lava lamp belongs to Amanda. [[spoiler: He even turns down the offer to be freed when she makes it]].
** [[spoiler: Amanda finally makes the wish to free him during the confrontation against Bob in an attempt to save Norm's life]].

** As it turns out, Jorgen considers this DirtyBusiness: [[spoiler: Fairies grow to outlive their godchildren. So to Jorgen, [[MayflyDecemberFriendship separating them at a young age will prevent the pain that would endure if fairies were to watch their godchildren grow old and die]].]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Amanda's parents are [[ParentalNeglect outrageously neglectful]] toward her. Amanda herself claims that [[ParentsAsPeople they are just busy people]] who simply don't have time for her. Over the course of the story, it becomes clear that they do have time and money to spend on Amanda, but they ''choose'' not to. After they coldly reject Amanda's Christmas present and make her cry, and then straight up [[KickTheDog admit that they only kept her to get an inheritance]] does it become clear they have no love for their daughter.

* GreenEyedMonster: Remy's biggest issue is envy. If someone has something he wants and/or has that he likes, he has to make sure they don't have it anymore. Furthermore, he has green eyes.

%%* JerkassGenie: Cal the genie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all that Remy is a jealous jerk who treats everyone pretty badly, he mostly just wants his parents' love and he does care about Juandissimo enough to listen at the very end.

%%* MoralityChain: Apparently, [[spoiler: Poof serves as this for Crocker]].

* RunningGag: Continuing from the [[WesternAnimation/FairlyOddparents main show]] and [[{{Lampshade}} lampshaded]], magically-created signs always have a letter go out and then fall off.

* AdultFear: Poof is the result of a wish... and when a child reaches adulthood, all their wishes are undone. Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda are all ''terrified'' to the point of living in denial about the inevitable cessation of their beloved kid. [[spoiler:It's easily overridden with a genie wish, though, since they don't play by the same rules.]

After the events of WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents episode, ''Fairy Idol,'' [[JackassGenie Norm's]] lava lamp ends up in a [[GrailInTheGarbage second-hand store]]. Eventually it gets purchased as a cheap gift for the eight year-old girl, [[AlliterativeName Amanda Adams]]. Thanks to her [[ParentalNeglect upbringing,]] she possesses a combination of [[ShrinkingViolet shyness]], [[ApologizesALot low self-esteem]], and an unselfish nature. These traits mean she doesn't immediately use any of her [[ThreeWishes three rule-free wishes]] when Norm is summoned. The genie immediately takes advantage of this by leaving to enjoy his freedom (more or less) and to investigate the possibilities of revenge against Timmy Turner. Deciding to postpone his plans after doing some research concerning the boy's more [[{{WesternAnimation/Wishology}} recent activities]], the genie decides to simply enjoy himself until curiosity and mild boredom pulls him back towards the child. Finding her vaguely intriguing due to her behavior not matching those of his past human interactions, Norm continues to visit Amanda off and on for months in his free time until he begins to enjoy her company. Around this time, Amanda's father is transferred and the family moves to Dimmsdale and the girl encounters a certain boy with a pink hat...

* AbusiveParents / ParentalNeglect: Amanda's parents are never going to win a parenting award. They never wanted kids and don't want to waste time, energy, or money on the one they ended up with. They aren't physically abusive towards her. Emotionally and mentally, however... Timmy notes at one point that even a [[JackassGenie Jerkass Genie]] like Norm is an improvement over them.
* AchillesHeel: For genies, it is their lamp or bottle.
* AffablyEvil / FauxAffablyEvil: Anti-Cosmo kind of hovers around the line of this. Perfectly polite, willing to create a robotic double so Timmy's parents don't worry about his disappearance, but also intending to destroy the boy and perfectly willing to add Amanda to the mix [[AndYourLittleDogToo because it would upset the boy.]]

* ApologizesALot: Amanda

* BigBrotherInstinct: Timmy develops this towards Amanda. He starts thinking of horrible things to do to her parents.

* ButtMonkey: The entire country of Canada
* CallBack: Several

* ChildrenAreAWaste: Seems to be the viewpoint of Amanda's parents.

* CompanionCube: Amanda's Toys/TeddyBear

* DeadpanSnarker: Norm the genie.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Bob the boil.]]

* FluffyTheTerrible / TomTheDarkLord: [[spoiler: Bob the boil and EldritchAbomination.]]

* GenieInABottle: Or, rather, a lava lamp

* HeelFaceTurn: The story serves as a gradual one for Norm.

* InterspeciesFriendship: Again, Norm the genie and Amanda the human child.
** Also counts for Timmy the human child and Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof the fairies.

* JerkassGenie: Norm in most cases. But…
** BenevolentGenie: …Eventually becomes this for Amanda but ''only'' [[MoralityPet her]].

* MamaBear: Wanda towards her godchild, Timmy, and her son, Poof. She's also developing it towards Amanda, [[spoiler: even before they formally meet]].

* MoralityPet: Amanda serves as one for Norm.
** MoralityChain: Her presence was originally the sole thing that prevented Norm from exacting a horrible (and permanent) revenge against Timmy Turner since he's recognised that he's actually good for her. Likewise it's only for Amanda's sake that he's willing to put up with Timmy in a truce since he's come to value Amanda's happiness and well-being over his vengeance.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination Bob]] the Boil]]

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Fairy Council
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: Norm]]

* PardonMyKlingon: Oh, ''Smoof''.
** "Fez" is also used the same way.

* AlienAmongUs: Mark Chang is still hanging out on Earth.

* FlashbackNightmare: Norm suffers one of his [[spoiler: NearDeathExperience]].
* GratuitousSpanish: Just like the show, Juandissimo does this occasionally.

* JerkassGenie: Cal the genie.

* LonelyRichKid: Regardless of how much of a jerk Remy might be, he's also this.
* LoopholeAbuse: Happens when Remy tries to make wishes from a genie.

* MoralityChain: Apparently, [[spoiler: Poof serves as this for Crocker]].
* NeckLift: Norm ends up doing this to [[spoiler: Amanda's father]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Crocker does this when [[spoiler: he lets Poof, Cosmo, and Wanda go]].

* LastNameBasis: Timmy is referred to as "Turner" by [[EvilTeacher Mr. Crocker]], [[JerkassGenie Norm]], [[LawfulEvil Head Pixie]], and [[LawfulGood Jorgen Von Strangle]].

* HornyVikings: Vaguely referenced. After an unexpected trip to Norway, Poof ends up with a [[CoolHat horned helmet]].

* AdultFear: Poof is the creation of a wish - and will inevitably be undone once Timmy's grown up, just like all his other wishes. Wanda, Cosmo and Timmy are very much aware that their child is living on borrowed time and that there's nothing they can do to go against Da Rules. [[spoiler:Genies don't obey those rules.]]

** [[spoiler: When asked why he saved Timmy from the Pixies and Anti-Fairies, Norm admits that while he still doesn't '''like''' Timmy, [[CharacterDevelopment he doesn't have it in anymore him to want him dead]]. He even admits he was even going to save Timmy even if Amanda wasn't there, since he now recognizes that Timmy is good for Amanda.]]

** The Adams and the Dinklebergs both are couples that are wealthy and decide not to have children. However, the Dinklebergs can still be kind to children like Timmy, while the Adams are plain ChildHater who find any interaction with children repugnant.

** The Adams and the Dinklebergs both are couples that are wealthy and decide not to have children. However, Dinkleberg can still be kind to children like Timmy, while the Adams are plain ChildHater who find any interaction with children repugnant.

** The Adams and the Dinklebergs both are couples that are wealthy and decide not to have children. However, Dinkleberg can still be kind to children like Timmy, while the Adams are plain ChildHaters who find any interaction with children repugnant.

-->'''Norm:''' "That's an understatement. Maybe you and your buddies are starting to think your little magic tricks make you invincible. Maybe you think you're actually powerful enough to withstand any obstacle. I think you're just a bunch of idiots who've forgotten exactly who you're dealing with. There is a reason why genies spend most of the time [[GenieInABottle locked up]]. We're famous for being tricky to deal with, but that because you don't want to deal with us when [[LetsGetDangerous we're done playing around]]. We have no rules or real limitations on what wish we can grant. Do you have any idea what that means? Anything we want to do is possible as long as someone wishes for it. Da Rules, [[ChaoticEvil bad luck]], and [[LawfulEvil trying to achieve perfect order]] limits what you can do. Not a genie. And we have the raw magic power to back up that sort of limitless potential. I want you to imagine for a moment exactly what that means about the kind of wishes I've dealt with in the past. Not every master I've had was a saint. I've dealt with thieves, warriors, spies, murderers, psychopaths, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking politicians]]. I've heard every warped idea they've ever considered to the point where I find any wish practically predictable. Even with the amount of twisting I can do to a wish, I have to grant some rather distasteful desires at times. I can honestly say that I've granted some wishes that would give you nightmares. Me and morality parted ways a long time ago. I need you to consider what this all means for you. I need you to consider exactly what it truly means when you've manage to make a genie, someone with enough magic to make you look like a second-rate stage magician and a history of granting wishes regardless of how unthinkable they might be ethically, completely furious with you."

* [[HighSchoolDance Elementary School Dance]]: The [[{{Pun}} Snow Ball]]

* EnemyMine: The [[LawfulEvil Pixies]] and the [[ChaoticEvil Anti-Fairies]] have mutually exclusive goals for the world. They have, however, teamed up together temporarily in order to remove an obstacle to both their plans: Timmy Turner.

* {{Glomp}}: Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda did this to Amanda [[spoiler: after she makes a wish to protect Poof from disappearing from existence whenever Timmy loses his fairies]].

* BadassMustache: Dave has the classic DastardlyWhiplash mustache

* AchillesHeel: For genies, it is their lamp or bottle

* FluffyTheTerrible / TomTheDarkLord: [[spoiler: Bob the boil and EldritchAbomination]]

* GreenEyedMonster: Tootie gets temporarily jealous when she sees Amanda around Timmy, but they quickly work things out when Amanda assures her that she and Timmy are JustFriends

* ImHavingSoulPains: [[spoiler: This is what happens when a genie's [[AchillesHeel lamp]] breaks (which is their [[PowerSource source of magic]])... right before the genie dies because they ''need'' magic to survive.]] Needless to say, it isn't fun.

* JerkassGenie: Norm in most cases. But...
** BenevolentGenie: ...Eventually becomes this for Amanda but ''only'' [[MoralityPet her]].

* MeaningfulName: While it wasn't intentional, Amanda's name does hold symbolic significance. "Amanda" is a name that means lovable. Adams could be used to refer to Adam, who, in the context of the Bible, was the first human. Going entirely by symbolic meaning, Amanda Adams translates roughly to "first lovable human." And considering how she's the first master Norm has ever really liked...

* PapaWolf: Norm definitely in regards to Amanda. [[spoiler: The anti-fairies and pixies learn this lesson the hard way...]]
* PardonMyKlingon: Oh, ''Smoof.''

** [[spoiler: When the Pixies and Anti-Fairies nearly kill Amanda, which not only [[PapaWolf angers him]], but could have also caused Norm's re-imprisonment within the lamp, he gives a lengthy BadassBoast, and threatens them with unimaginable tortures...but instead leaves their fate to Amanda's whim, since he can only use his full magical potential when granting a wish. Norm then twists that wish so that the Pixies and Anti-Fairies are forever stuck in a pocket dimension, and can only be let out with the help of another, so they can understand what it is like to be trapped.]]

** "Norm, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast I'm afraid I've been thinking" "A dangerous pastime.]]"

* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Amanda is stuck with parents that don't want her and make no secret of their feelings on the matter. In an ideal world, she would be moved out of an emotionally and mentally troubling home like this. On the other hand, this is a world where [[AxCrazy Vicky]] is allowed to babysit. So, yeah...

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Bob the boil]]

* FantasticSlurs: Norm gets referred to as a "filthy genie" by Jorgen again. Meanwhile, he regularly refers to fairies as "wand-wavers."