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The Fairly OddParents is an animated series created by Butch Hartman and was first aired in March 2001. It is produced by the Frederator, whose show; Oh Yeah! Cartoons, showed the pilot episodes.
The show, set in the fictional central northern California town of Dimmsdale, follows the day-to-day life of 10-year-old Timmy Turner. An only child, Timmy was often preyed upon by his mean babysitter Vicky ("Icky with a V"). When his life reached a particularly low point, he was assigned a pair of fairy godparents who had the power to grant his wishes and the mission to make Timmy happy. Unfortunately, Cosmo and Wanda, the godparents, are not the brightest of fairies and, although well meaning, their wishes often go awry. These Fairly Odd Parents (a pun on "fairy godparents"), mindful of their secretive existence, disguise themselves as various animals and objects in public. Always one green (Cosmo), and the other pink (Wanda).
This show was also produced by the Canadian company; Nelvana Enterprises, Inc..
Each episode of the show consists of two 10-minute cartoons.
Timmy Turner is a grade-schooler who makes wishes from his fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, and always wears a pink baseball cap. Somewhat impulsive, he often tends to make wishes without thinking about the possible consequences of his actions, or how to explain his outrageous wished-for stuff to his friends and family ("where'd you get that? Timmy: uh... Internet?"). Voice actor Tara Strong is the voice of this character.
Cosmo and Wanda, (voiced by Daran Norris and Susan Blakeslee), are Timmy's Grey DeLisle) - is a teenage girl who works as a babysitter, and is apparently the only babysitter in Dimmsdale. A sadistic meanie who presents a nice face to Timmy's parents, she enjoys annoying and terrorizing small children for no reason.
Mr. & Mrs. Turner (also voiced respectively by Daran Norris and Susan Blakeslee); appear as the nameless somewhat stereotypical dimwitted comic suburban parents of their only child; Timmy Turner. Their first names are never given and a time-travel episode revealed that somehow they always had the nicknames "mom" & "dad". Mr. Turner is somewhat feminine (likes boy bands, girlish screams, etc.) while Mrs. Turner is more domineering. Both parents are quite clueless and stupid however, in contrast to many other childrens' cartoons which feature "wise" parental figures.
One episode established that they had hoped for a baby girl while Mrs. Turner was expecting, and had bought a large quantity of pink stuff, which explains why Timmy wears a pink hat. Though the Turners love Timmy at heart, they often appear to treat him with indifference, going on frequent trips and abandoning their son with his hated babysitter, Vicky.
Chester (Malcolm in the Middle's Frankie Muniz, subsequently, The Weekenders' Jason Marsden) is a friend of Timmy, a street-savvy schemer and opportunist.
A.J. (Haneef Muhammad; subsequently, Rocket Power's second Sammy voice, Gary LeRoi Gray) is another friend of Timmy, a very intelligent autodidact.
Jorgen Von Strangle is the head of Fairy World, the strongest fairy in the universe and commander in chief of all fairies. He is married to the tooth fairy and hates Timmy Turner. He resembles both Sylvester Stallone in Rambo, as well as Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also worth noting that he is the only male human-sized fairy that is ever seen on the show. He is voiced by Daran Norris.
The Crimson Chin (Jay Leno) is a superhero appearing in comics and televised entertainment enjoyed by Timmy Turner. In this respect, the Crimson Chin, like Captain Proton or Reptar, can be thought of as a meta-fiction character, in that they are fictional within the fiction franchises for which they were designed. In some of the adventures involving the Crimson Chin, Timmy takes the role of Cleft, the Boy Chin Wonder (a tribute to Robin) and acts as his sidekick. Wanda and Cosmo, in turn, act as Timmy's two dog sidekicks, Ace and Clefto (a tribute to Batman's and Superman's respective super-pets).
The Crimson Chin also has a selection of villains in his rogues' gallery, including the Bronze Kneecap, the Iron Lung, and the Nega-Chin.
Denzel Crocker (Carlos Alazraqui), is the school teacher of the class Timmy is in. He is the only person in town who both believes in Fairy Godparents, and is strongly suspicious of amazing things that happen to Timmy. In an episode that dealt with causal loops (The Secret Origin Of Denzel Crocker), it is established that early in Crocker's life he obtained knowledge of the existence of fairy godparents, which cost him professionally when he made public his findings on the matter; however this is due to a time travel accident on Timmy's part. Crocker is a meanie who exhibits behavior consistent with megalomania, delusions, and bipolar disorder; however, he is not really delusional, because he knows that fairy godparents, at least in his experience, actually exist, and the torture this knowledge inflicts on him is further aggravated by the fact that he will never be able to prove it. He takes out much of his rage on the students, delighting in their failure.
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