Original air date: 1/20/2003 (produced in 2001)
Episode number: 19
Timmy writes an email inviting Trixie to the school dance, but Timmy's parents turn it into a mushy, yet threatening, love letter and send it on his behalf. Not wanting Trixie to get ahold of the letter, Timmy wishes himself into the internet to retrieve the letter. Meanwhile, when Mr. Crocker catches video footage of Cosmo and Wanda, he plans to upload it for the entire world to see, so Timmy finds himself having to deal with a much larger problem as well.
"Information Stupor Highway" contains examples of:
- An Aesop: Always be careful what you put on the internet.
- At Arm's Length: Trixie does this to Timmy as she reads his letter.
- Battering Ram: Becomes a Running Gag throughout the episode.
- Bittersweet Ending: Timmy's attempts to keep Trixie from reading his love letter end up being All for Nothing when she ends up receiving it in person, and while she ends up kicking him out of the school dance because of the comparison between her and Timmy's mom, Trixie ends up being overall flattered by the letter, with Timmy ultimately happy with the result.
- Brick Joke: Timmy attempts to write a letter inviting Trixie to a school dance, but his parents and fairies all take turns changing it to the point of it becoming both romantic and threatening (or "threat-mantic"). Timmy doesn't want to send it in this embarrassing state and tries to retrieve it when his dad sends it anyway. By the time it finally reaches Trixie, she is actually flattered by the context and would happily date him... if not for the comparison between her and Timmy's mom.
- Cyber Green: Played with. The episode's depiction of cyberspace mostly averts this by appearing as a series of dark blue tunnels with light blue vector lines. However, the tunnels that correspond to Crocker's computer feature a vivid green tint, and the Crocker Viruses feature bright green skin.
- Did Not Get the Girl: Trixie reads Timmy's letter and loves it, but she turns him down because she assumes he only likes her because she's prettier than his mom, and Timmy rejected the other girl, Veronica, when she flips out in front of him.
- Exact Progress Bar: Parodied. When Mr. Crocker prepares to download the footage of Cosmo and Wanda with his 1-month-old computer, the progress bar goes from 1% to 0%, and after a frustrated bang, it goes to -1%.
- Gasshole: To stop Mr. Turner from coming into the bathroom, Cosmo asks Wanda, "Pull my wand." She does so, causing a humongous pass of gas.
- I Just Want to Be You: Veronica just simply can't help wishing she were like Trixie.
- Ironic Echo: Timmy describes his love for Trixie having "the white hot intensity of a thousand suns." He later overhears in the superhighway that Trixie's friend Veronica expressing her crush for Timmy with that very same intensity.
- MacGuffin: Timmy's love letter to Trixie.
- Never My Fault: Timmy's dad sends the email because "if I have to be miserable because of your email so do you" even though Timmy never asked for their help and actively tried to stop them from helping by pulling the plug, only for it to get stuck.
- Not So Remote: When Timmy travels through the Internet, he marvels that he's on a computer in China. Turns out it's the computer to a Chinese take-out restaurant that's only blocks from the Turners' house.
- Punctuated Pounding: In Veronica's first scene after she types her message to Trixie, she jealously grabs a Trixie bobblehead and slams it on the desk while screaming, "WHY! CAN'T! I! BE! YOU!!??!!"
- Running Gag: "[Child's name]! I'm both respecting your privacy by knocking, but asserting my authority as your mother/father by coming in anyway!" [destroys the wall with a Battering Ram]
- Stalker with a Crush: Turns out that Veronica has a massive crush on Timmynote . Unfortunately, she's such a Yandere that Timmy's not interested.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Timmy's dad realizes he is in trouble when his piece of the "threat-mantic" letter includes comparing Trixie's looks with his wife's.
- Totem Pole Trench: Cosmo and Wanda try to pass themselves off as Timmy when asking Mr. Turner to fix the computer this way, stacked up and wearing a Timmy Turner Full-Body Disguise that is not a very convincing likeness, apparently forgetting they can shapeshift, and it only takes one of them to do so.
- Voice Changeling: Cosmo does a perfect imitation of Timmy's voice when hiding in the bathroom. Though it's justified in that Cosmo is a fairy and presumably changed his vocal cords with magic.
- Wait Here: Timmy orders Cosmo and Wanda to stay in his room and guard the computer so it's not vulnerable to Dad using it to send more embarrassing letters.
- Wham Line:
- While Trixie ultimately rejects Timmy, she still remembers his name and pronounces it correctly.Timmy: Wow, she likes me, and I freaked her out. Awesome!
- While traveling the internet, Timmy overhears that Trixie's friend, Veronica, has a crush on him.
- While Trixie ultimately rejects Timmy, she still remembers his name and pronounces it correctly.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Trixie ends up reading Timmy's letter and is flattered by it to his surprise, only to reject him because she assumes he only likes her because she's prettier than his mother.
