Trivia / The Fairly OddParents! S1E1 "The Big Problem!"

• First Appearance: Francis, Chester and A.J. all make their debuts in The Fairly OddParents! franchise with this episode. The other major characters featured in this episode (Timmy, his parents, Cosmo, Wanda and Vicky) had all previously appeared in the Fairly OddParents shorts featured in Oh Yeah! Cartoons.
• What Could Have Been: The episode's script contains some scenes that were cut for time, or altered slightly.
  • In the restaurant, Cosmo and Wanda were originally disguised as lobsters in a lobster tank, with a real lobster falling in love with Wanda. A waiter then grabs the real lobster. Also, after Timmy gets the menu card, he originally would list several food items that he wanted.
  • When Timmy is washing dishes, Cosmo was originally the scrub brush, and Wanda the drying rag. Also, after Timmy finished washing the dishes (which he didn't finish in the finished episode), the waiter would hand him another pile of dishes, due to Timmy's mom and dad having finished their meals (Timmy's mom: "Nothing like a bunch of grown up movies to work up a grown up appetite!").
  • After Vicky kicks out Older Timmy from his house, Cosmo originally would say that you'd usually have to tick off your wife to make that happen.
  • When Francis bullies Chester and AJ, AJ originally called Francis a troglodyte. Also, after Francis cries, AJ says that it's okay for a kid to bug a kid, but an adult bugging a kid is creepy (in the same way that Cosmo tells Timmy about adults wanting to help old ladies across the street).
  • When Timmy says "Vicky" in the police station, originally, a cop car was supposed to crash through the wall. (In the finished episode, some lamps break).
  • After Francis realizes that he has hair on his back, Timmy would originally say that it's okay when adults have hair on their back, but creepy when a kid has.

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