History Recap / TheFairlyOddParentsS1E12TheSameGame

-->'''Timmy:''' Parents may be gray blobs like everyone else but they're still their goofy selves. Which means... [...] Mom still can't cook! That's why they're still goofy and Bender's still a jerk! I changed their outsides, ''not'' their ''insides!''

* AnAesop:
** Bullies don't need an excuse to be mean or harass others. Stand up to them as opposed to trying to appease them.
** The world would be a boring place if everyone were the same. That, and people would still develop terrible attitudes, think they're better than others, and find ways to subjugate those they deem inferior.
** You can change who you are on the outside, but you can never change what you are on the inside.

''[Chet leaves in a huff]''

* {{Calvinball}}: Timmy, Chester, and AJ play Timmy Ball, where the only rule is that Timmy always wins.

''[Chet leaves in a puff]''

'''Original air date:''' 5/4/2001

* FantasticRacism: Dr. Bender and Wendell after Timmy's wish. Despite everyone in the world becoming a grey blob, they claim they're somehow "the greyest and the blobbiest". That, and the blobs in general apparently despise those who change how they look even a little; Timmy putting on his trademark hat is all they need to try and--as Bender puts it--"grey [Timmy] up".

** If everyone in the world was the same, it would be a boring place. It also won’t stop people from developing terrible attitudes and from thinking that they are better than others.

* FantasticRacism: Dr. Bender and Wendell still act like total pricks after Timmy's wish, claiming that they're the greyest and the blobbiest.

After DepravedDentist Dr. Bender (voiced by Creator/GilbertGottfried) makes funny of Timmy's buck teeth, Timmy wishes everyone were the same, turning everyone into gray blobs and causing all the fairies of the world to return to Fairy World, as they cannot find their kids. Timmy must find a way to identify himself so that Cosmo and Wanda can find him.

* PentUpPowerPeril: When fairies can't grant wishes, they explode in a shower of fairy dust and confetti, also known as magical backup. Since everyone looks the same, none of the fairy godparents can find their kids, and therefore can't grant wishes, and therefore a lot of them suffer from magical backup.

* ExactWords: Timmy's wish was if everything and everybody in the word ''looked'' exactly the same; the wish only changed everyone's ''outer'' appearances, and did not change their personalities or attitudes. As a result, Dr. Bender still refuses to give his ball back and is still a bully.

* ExactWords: Timmy's wish was for everyone to be exactly the same -- yet Dr. Bender still refuses to give his ball back and is still a bully. This is because the wish changed everyone's outer appearances; it did not change their personalities or attitudes. In other words, it changed their outsides, but ''not'' their insides.

* FantasticRacism: Bender still acts like a total prick, claiming he’s the "greatest blob".

''The Same Game'' is the twelfth episode of season one of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', premiering on May 4, 2001.

* MamaBear: Mrs. Turner lets Bender and Wendall have it in the end for bullying Timmy.

** Bullies don't need an excuse. Stand up to them as opposed to trying to appease them.

* HardTruthAesop: Some people are just going to be jerks who harass you no matter what, and trying to appease them doesn't work. Harsh, but true.

* MamaBear: Mrs. Turner lets Bender have it in the end for bullying Timmy.

--> '''Cosmo:''' What's not to get? The silly teeth part or the not having the ball part? (Wanda glares at him) I'm not agreeing with him, I'm just saying it's pretty straight forward.

* AnAesop: Bullies don't need an excuse. Stand up to them as opposed to trying to appease them.

-->'''Timmy:''' So?
-->'''Chester:''' Dude. Didn't you see the lightning and hear the [[OminousPipeOrgan weird music?]]
-->'''A.J.:''' And all of a sudden it's night time?
-->'''Timmy:''' [stares]
-->'''A.J.:''' Don't you understand? [[DepravedDentist He's a dentist! A mean, he's a mean dentist!]]

* LethalChef: Every time Mrs. Turner tries to bake a cake, it collapses and turns grey. After Timmy makes his wish, he finds that his mom's cakes now turn pink instead, and uses this to fashion a replica of his trademark pink hat so Cosmo and Wanda can find him.

* FunHatingConfistatingAdult: Dr. Bender takes any toy that wanders into his yard and gives it to his son Wendell.

* MamaBear: Mrs. Turney lets Bender have it in the end for bullying Timmy.