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

• Fridge Brilliance: In this episode, when Timmy becomes older, he's a fat balding man, yet when he becomes older in Channel Chasers, he's a tall handsome man. While this could be boiled to Early-Installment Weirdness (or Cosmo and Wanda messing up Timmy's wish due to him being vague), it's important to remember that Timmy made this wish in Season 1, when he was still new to having Cosmo and Wanda. Meaning that he didn't learn any of the lessons Cosmo and Wanda taught him. Whereas in Channel Chasers, it's after he had all taught lessons that made him into a better person. With that in mind, it's clear that Timmy's wish was not botched from a vague wish, but showing how Timmy would be if he didn't get the life lessons from Cosmo and Wanda.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • Vicky worries about getting into trouble for Timmy seemingly disappearing. Later episodes would show Vicky having no qualms about harming Timmy, even going as far as attempting to murder him in some cases.
  • Near the end of the episode, Timmy gets mistaken for a pervert by Vicky and arrested and thrown in jail by the police. In 2021, Drake Bell, who played Timmy in the Fairly OddParents live-action movie trilogy, was arrested on charges of attempted endangering children and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.
• Values Resonance: This episode can hit hard for an adult, who watched the show as a child, since the episode shows the hardships of adulthood, and many millennials could not help but relate to this message.

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