History Trivia / TheFairlyOddParents

* Unlike other Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} shows, ''Fairly Oddparents'' is notable for, due to being distributed by Canada's Creator/{{Nelvana}}, having its earlier episodes aired on Creator/DisneyXD or even Creator/DisneyChannel, dating back to the distribution rights for non-English broadcasts to be aired on [[Creator/ToonDisney Jetix]] where available.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Italian dub: Creator/AntonellaBaldini (Timmy) and Creator/AlessandroTiberi (AJ) are also [[Manga/CaptainTsubasa Sanae and Jun Misugi]].

** The series became infamous for this trope in Latin America. When it first arrived on the region on Fox Kids in 2002, it aired a few times a day but wasn't the main focus of the channel. However, when the channel became Jetix in 2004, the show pretty much took over the channel. By 2006, more than half of the day's programming was ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'', it had its own special event during the night called "Noche magica" (Magic Night) that was nothing but more ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' for two hours, and weekend specials dedicated to ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' were the norm by this point, and every new show that arrived to the channel (except Pucca, another show that became a channel favorite) during this time was pretty much doomed from the start. Some series (like ''Anime/SonicX'', ''Anime/MegamanNTWarrior'', ''Anime/BattleBDaman'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'') only lasted for a few years before being removed entirely, while others (like ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'', ''Anime/ShamanKing'' and the ''Transformers Unicron Trilogy'') only survived because they were aired at late hours of the night, where no kid was awake to see them. The show did survive the Jetix to Disney XD transition from 2009, but their airings were greatly reduced, and by 2015 it was moved to the late hours of the night to make room for the new shows that aired on Disney XD, and it was finally removed from the channel in 2018.

* BabyNameTrendKiller: A variation regarding a nickname, but very few people named Victoria willingly go by "Vicky", likely thanks to the popularity of the series. Most people don't want to be associated with a vile, irredeemable BabysitterFromHell. Nowadays, most people with that name will use "Vic" or "Tori" as their nickname, if they have one at all. "Vickie", meanwhile, is similarly tainted by its association with notorious {{Heel}} ProfessionalWrestling personality Wrestling/VickieGuerrero.

* NamesTheSame: Timmy's geeky friend Sanjay shares the same name with [[WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig the co-star of another Nickelodeon animated series]], with both shows airing during the same time period.

** The Crash Nebula pilot, while produced in 2002, was never publicly released (let alone [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot as a Fairly OddParents episode]]) until 2004.

* TalkingToHimself: Timmy, Poof, the second voice of Blonda and Princess Mandie (Tara Strong); Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen, Anti-Cosmo, and The April Fool (Creator/DaranNorris); Wanda, Mrs. Turner and Anti-Wanda (Susan Blakeslee); Vicky, Veronica, Principal Waxeplax, and Tootie (Grey [=DeLisle=]-Griffin); The Mayor and Chompy the Goat (Creator/CarlosAlazraqui); Sanjay, Remy and Elmer (Creator/DeeBradleyBaker); Mark Chang and King Grippulon (Creator/RobPaulsen); Crocker and Juandissimo in [[spoiler:"Teacher's Pet"]] (also Carlos Alazraqui)

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* OldShame: As mentioned above, Creator/ButchHartman, as well as most of the crew, have apologized for the episode "It's a Wishful Life" due to the sadistic treatment of Timmy and its disturbing moral (though despite claims that it has been banned from reruns, it still aired on the Nicktoons channel before the show was removed and can be found through semi-legal downloading)

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* [[TheOtherDarrin/TheFairlyOddParents The Other Darrin]]
* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheFairlyOddParents What Could Have Been]]
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* AbusiveOffspring
* AmateurFilmMakingPlot ("Movie Magic")
* AprilFoolsPlot
* BarbaricBully
* BlackAndNerdy ("Information Stupor Highway")
* BookSmart
* BootsOfToughness
* ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam ("Odd, Odd West")
* FencePainting ("Shelf Life")
* FMinusMinus ("Mind Over Magic")
* GenderBenderFriendship
* GenieInABottle ("Genie Meenie Miney Mo")
* GiantMedicalSyringe ("Chicken Poofs")
* GirlsVsBoysPlot ("Love Struck")
* GoodLuckCharm ("That Old Black Magic")
* HairyGirl ("Ruled Out")
* IJustWantToBeYou ("Information Stupor Highway")
* IncrediblyLameFun ("That Old Black Magic")
* IndividualityIsIllegal
* ImprovisedJetPack ("It's a Wishful Life")
* KnockoutGas
* LanternJawOfJustice
* LastDayOfSchoolPlot ("School's Out: The Musical")
* MailmanVsDog
* MidBattleTeaBreak ("Abra Catastrophe")
* NerdyBully ("Truth or Cosmoquences")
* NewBabyEpisode ("Fairly Odd Baby")
* OnIce
* OverNightAgeUp
* PintSizedKid ("Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary")
* APlotInDeed
* RageAgainstTheAuthor ("The Big Superhero Wish")
* ReadTheFinePrint
* [[ReferencedBy/{{Saw}} Referenced By.Saw]]
* SafetyWorst ("School's Out: The Musical")
* SeeThruSpecs ("That Old Black Magic")
* SuperheroSchool ("The Big Superhero Wish")
* {{Swirlie}} ("Birthday Wish")
* ThickLineAnimation (top-left)
* TheTropeWithoutATitle
* TwitchyEye ("Just the Two of Us")
* WolverineWannabe (bottom-left)
* YouWillBeSpared (comic book; "Literally")
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** Though not that blatant as ''[=SpongeBob=]'', the show has four, count them, '''FOUR''' [[UnCancelled uncancellations]] (instead of two, like most people who watched and remember this show think). The reason why it was cancelled each time was because it wasn't doing as good as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' in the ratings. In reality, it was only doing marginally worse than ''[=SpongeBob=]'', which happens to be the reason why it continued getting revived at the last second; it was still the second-highest rated show on network.[[note]]At least when it came to animation. Their live-action shows like ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' vastly surpassed it in the ratings.[[/note]] It took Creator/ButchHartman deciding to retire from animation and leaving Nickelodeon Animation Studios and ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' surpassing the show in the ratings for ''The Fairly [=OddParents=]'' to finally end production.

** The series became infamous for this trope in Latin America. When it first arrived on the region on Fox Kids in 2002, it did air a few times a day but it wasn't the main focus of the channel. However, when the channel became Jetix in 2004, the show pretty much took over the channel in record time. By 2006, more than half of the day's programming was ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'', it had its own special event during the night called "Noche magica" (Magic Night) that was nothing but more ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' for two hours, and weekend specials dedicated to ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' were the norm by this point, and every new show that arrived to the channel (except Pucca, another show that became a channel favorite) during this time was pretty much doomed from the start. Some series (like ''Anime/SonicX'', ''Anime/MegamanNTWarrior'', ''Anime/BattleBDaman'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'') only lasted for a few years before being removed entirely, while others (like ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'', ''Anime/ShamanKing'' and the ''Transformers Unicron Trilogy'') only survived because they were aired at late hours of the night, were no kid was awake to see them. The show did survive the Jetix to Disney XD transition from 2009, but their airings were greatly reduced, and by 2015 it was moved to the late hours of the night to make room for the new shows that aired on Disney XD, and it was finally removed from the channel in 2018.

* [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment The Shelf of TV Languishment]]: All of the second season episodes were produced in 2001 and were planned to start airing in the United States during that autumn, but the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks caused them to be delayed well until early spring of 2002 (though in Australia they aired in the original timeframe as planned.) This also led to Seasons 3 and 4, and the TV movies ''WesternAnimation/AbraCatastrophe'' (produced in 2002) and ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' (produced in 2003) to air ''a whole year'' after being produced in its' own country!

** {{Creator/Nicktoons}} has been airing the show since its inception on May 1, 2002. Unlike [=SpongeBob=], Nick's other flagship show[[note]]However, in recent years, that hasn't been true for ''the Fairly [=OddParents=]'' making it more of Nicktoons's flagship show. More on that below[[/note]], it airs at a time when kids are still awake as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' mostly airs late at night on Nicktoons [[note]] aside from the occasional 10-11:30 AM and 9- 10 PM timeslots[[/note]] It also held the honor of being the only Nicktoon, let alone the only show, to air on Nicktoons continuously since May 1, 2002, as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' got removed briefly in 2018 before returning - at least until it was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork mysteriously removed from reruns]].

** {{Creator/Nicktoons}} has been airing the show since its inception on May 1, 2002. Unlike [=SpongeBob=], Nick's other flagship show[[note]]However, in recent years, that hasn't been true for ''the Fairly [=OddParents=]'' making it more of Nicktoons's flagship show. More on that below[[/note]], it airs at a time when kids are still awake as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' mostly airs late at night on Nicktoons [[note]] aside from the occasional 10-11:30 AM and 9- 10 PM timeslots[[/note]] It also holds the honor of being the only Nicktoon, let alone the only show, to air on Nicktoons continuously since May 1, 2002, as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' got removed briefly in 2018 before returning.

* MissingEpisode: ''Hail to the Chief'' and ''Twistory'' have not been seen much in reruns, due to allegations of offensively portraying the Founding Fathers and the U.S. Secret Service (though there are some people who claim that the episodes were pulled because they weren't that funny). The episode is still shown in other countries, is available over Netflix in America as a part of the first season collection (and is part of the season two collection) before its removal in 2013, still airs time-to-time on Nicktoons (usually around Election Day, but there are times when it airs regardless of what time of the year it is) and is on the season 2 VanillaEdition DVD of the show and on Creator/ParamountPlus and digital download.

* OldShame: As mentioned above, Creator/ButchHartman, as well as most of the crew, have apologized for the episode "It's a Wishful Life" due to the sadistic treatment of Timmy and its disturbing moral (though despite claims that it has been banned from reruns, it does air on the Nicktoons channel and can be found through semi-legal downloading)

** As of the premier of season 10 in 2016, big cathode ray television sets are still in Timmy's bedroom and living room, as well as nearly everywhere else despite having been phased out with flat-screen television sets. A number of other technological equipment useful during the late 1990s/early 2000s when the show originally started are still present throughout. This also includes the cartoonish sound effects reminiscent of the AnimationAgeGhetto, which are rarely utilized anymore in the 2010s.
** When the original show began, it heavily emphasized the latest technology, such as cell phones, the Internet, and GPS-equipped vehicles. There was even a whole episode devoted to Internet technology and jokes ("Information Stupor Highway.") This also included Timmy's WildcardExcuse ( "Uh... Internet?"), which has now become an outdated gag in TheNewTens.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Polish dub: Creator/AnnaApostolakisGluzinska (Wanda) and Creator/BeataWyrabkiewicz (Tootie/Trixie) have also worked together on the Polish dubs of ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The character names were never listed in the French credits (just the actors of Timmy, his parents, Cosmo (and Season 10 Mark Chang), Wanda, Paris!Jorgen, Chloe, her parents, Crocker, Belgian!Trixie, Belgian!AJ, Mark Chang, Stuart, Dark Laser, and Foop). Nobody seems to agree on Sparky's French voice actor. Various sources say he was voiced by either Boris Rehlinger, Axel Kiener, Martial Leminoux, or Donald Reignoux.

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* QuietlyCancelled: Despite once being AdoredByTheNetwork, the show ended its tenth season with no fanfare. New episodes aired on Nicktoons instead of Nickelodeon, and the final episode was just a normal fifteen-minute episode.

** Though not that blatant as ''[=SpongeBob=]'', the show has four, count them, '''FOUR''' [[UnCancelled uncancellations]] (instead of two, like most people who watched and remember this show think). The reason why it was cancelled each time was because it wasn't doing as good as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' in the ratings. In reality, it was only doing marginally worse than ''[=SpongeBob=]'', which happens to be the reason why it continued getting revived at the last second; it was still the second-highest rated show on network. It took Creator/ButchHartman deciding to retire from animation and leaving Nickelodeon Animation Studios and ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' surpassing the show in the ratings for ''The Fairly [=OddParents=]'' to finally end production.

* UnCanceled: It was assumed by fans to only be subject to this trope twice, before [[WordOfGod Butch Hartman]] [[https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/3/1/17067542/fairly-oddparents-nickelodeon-butch-hartman-spongebob-squarepants revealed]] following his departure from Nickelodeon that the series got cancelled and renewed by the network ''four times''. The reason for cancellation each time? It never reached the [[CashCowFranchise massive success]] of ''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]'' like every other cartoon on the network. The reason it got a last-second renewal each time? It was still the most successful animated series on the network after ''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]'' until ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' came along.

* The series may be one of the few cartoons to actually give a type of explanation of its FloatingTimeline due to the fact that it's revealed Timmy [[spoiler: wished for no one to age in the episode "Timmy's Secret Wish".]]

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Though not that blatant as ''[=SpongeBob=]'', the show has four, count 'em, '''FOUR''' [[UnCancelled Uncancellations]] (instead of two, like most people who watched and remember this show think). The reason why it was cancelled each time was because it wasn't doing as good as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' in the ratings. In reality, it was only doing marginally worse than ''[=SpongeBob=]'', which happens to be the reason why it continued getting revived at the last second; it was still the second-highest rated show on network. It took Creator/ButchHartman deciding to retire from animation and leaving Nickelodeon Animation Studios and ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' surpassing ''FOP'' in the ratings for the show to finally end production.

* AscendedFanon: Many fans have wondered why Tootie has never gotten a fairy, or speculated that she may have [[SheIsAllGrownUp became beautiful]] later on. The live action movie shows that [[spoiler:not only does she become a beauty, but she also meets Timmy's fairy family (with Timmy this time, and no mention of her "[[HandWave big mouth]]" being a problem)]].