Line #21 WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents


1	[[quoteright:339:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fopdragonwe5.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:339:''"I'm Cosmo!"''\
3	''"And I'm Wanda!"''\
4	''"And weeeeeee're... your fairy godparents!"''[[note]]Clockwise from top-left: [[KidHero Timmy Turner]], [[FairyGodmother his fairy godparents Wanda and Cosmo]], [[BabysitterFromHell his babysitter]] [[BigBad Vicky]], and... a random dragon in a toilet.[[/note]]]]
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6	->''Timmy is an average kid that no one understands\
7	Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands''\
8	('''Vicky:''' BED, TWERP!)\
9	''The doom and gloom up in his room is broken instantly...\
10	By his magic little fish who grant his every wish\
11	'Cause in re-al-ity, they are his...\
12	ODD-PARENTS! Fairly [=OddParents=]!''\
13	('''Wanda:''' Wands and wings!)\
14	('''Cosmo:''' Floaty crown-y things!)\
15	''ODD-PARENTS! Fairly [=OddParents=]!\
16	Really mod, pea pod, buff bod, hot rod!''\
17	('''Timmy Turner:''' Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice!\
18	Giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake!)\
19	''ODD-PARENTS! Fairly [=OddParents=]!\
20	It flips your lid when you are the kid with FAIRLY [=ODDPARENTS=]!''\
21	('''Vicky:''' Yeah, right! Cosmo and Wanda turn her head into something strange OncePerEpisode)
22	-->-- The show's '''ExpositoryThemeTune'''
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24	[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere ...and this is where I'd put my description of The Fairly OddParents!]] ''[[MemeticMutation ...IF I HAD ONE!]]''
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26	''The Fairly [=OddParents=]'' is a hyperactive animated series created by Creator/ButchHartman about a little boy named Timmy Turner and his fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda. Running for ten seasons (from March 30, 2001 to July 26, 2017), it is [[LongRunners the second longest-running scripted series]] in Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s history, behind only ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.[[note]]''[[NewsBroadcast Nick News with Linda Ellerbee]]'' was the longest-running series overall, at 23 years and 7 months until it was surpassed on December 29, 2022. If you include the 2020 reboot that is still airing, ''Nick News'' remains the longest-running series at 27 years not counting the hiatus.[[/note]]
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28	As the ExpositoryThemeTune explains, Timmy Turner is your average, diminuitive, pink-hatted, buck-toothed ten-year-old who unfortunately can't catch a break. Whether it's run-ins with the school bully Francis, failing grades, or his own parents neglecting him and forcing him to deal with the sadistic and manipulative babysitter Vicky, his life...[[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood isn't all that great]]. But one day, that all changes when he meets Cosmo and Wanda, a pair of "Fairy Godparents", magical beings whose purpose in life is to assist miserable kids such as Timmy, through the use of wishes granted by their trusty magical wands. Sounds like a pretty good deal, right? Well, unfortunately for Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda, it turns out that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wish-granting isn't exactly a one-and-done solution]]; In [[OncePerEpisode most]] [[StrictlyFormula episodes]], Timmy [[MakeAWish uses Cosmo and Wanda's magic]] to deal with some mundane problem, but inevitably, things spiral rapidly out of control, either due to Timmy [[DidntThinkThisThrough not fully considering the implications]], the [[ExactWords wording of the wish itself causing unforseen issues]], or sometimes just some other unknown factor rearing its ugly head at ''just'' the wrong moment, such as one of Timmy's many [[ArchEnemy everyday enemies]]. Not only that, but Timmy's SadistTeacher Mr. Crocker has [[SpottingTheThread taken note]] of the weird things that tend to happen around Timmy, and has [[SecretChaser become obsessed]] with proving the existence of Cosmo and Wanda to the rest of humanity, an act which would cause Timmy to lose his fairies forever and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia get his memory wiped]] in order to [[{{Masquerade}} keep the existence of Fairies a secret]]. And then there are the episodes where Timmy somehow gets entangled in Fairy World politics. Needless to say, even Timmy's more sensible wishes can lead to big problems forcing, him, Cosmo, and Wanda to figure out how to hit the ResetButton and get things back to (relatively) normal.
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30	As the series went on, [[CousinOliver additional characters were added to the main trio]] to mixed reception: Cosmo and Wanda's fairy baby Poof in the sixth season, their talking fairy dog Sparky in the ninth, and Timmy's new neighbor Chloe in the tenth season, whom he has to share Cosmo and Wanda with.
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32	In addition to the show's 280+ episode run are multiple [[MadeForTVMovie TV movies]] and special episodes, as well as three live-action television movies starring Creator/DrakeBell as a 23-year-old Timmy who still has Cosmo and Wanda: ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'', ''Film/AFairlyOddChristmas'' and ''Film/AFairlyOddSummer''.
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34	In February 2018, Butch Hartman announced that he was leaving Nickelodeon after being with the company for 20 years, confirming that the show ended production after 16 years.
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36	Several episodes from seasons 3 and 5 are legally available (outside of the US) [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA8OH52te7LLg_O9T7lZFEA/featured on YouTube for free,]] courtesy of Creator/{{Nelvana}}, which owns the international rights to those seasons.
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38	On February 24, 2021, it was announced that the show would be getting what was believed at the time to be a [[LiveActionAdaptation live action]] [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] on Creator/ParamountPlus. However, in July 2021, it was revealed that said live-action adaptation would be a sequel series titled ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'', following Timmy's cousin, Vivian, after she and her father move to Dimmsdale. Cosmo and Wanda return as well. The live-action series premiered on March 31, 2022.
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40	On February 2024, Nickelodeon announced a sequel series titled ''The Fairly [=OddParents=]: A New Wish'' focusing on Hazel Wells as she moves to Dimmadelphia, but her new life changes when Cosmo and Wanda, straight out of retirement, become Hazel's fairy godparents which will premiere during the spring of that year.
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42	For other media related to this show, see [[Franchise/TheFairlyOddParents the franchise page]].
43	----
44	!!Cosmo! Wanda! I wish for Tropes! ([[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed But not all on one page!]])
45	[[index]]
46	* TheFairlyOddParents/TropesAToC
47	* TheFairlyOddParents/TropesDToJ
48	** [[Flanderization/TheFairlyOddParents Flanderization]]
49	* TheFairlyOddParents/TropesKToR
50	* TheFairlyOddParents/TropesSToZ
51	[[/index]]
52	----
53	->...'''''[[VerbalTic FAIRY GOD PARENTS!!!!]]'''''

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