A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!



A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! is a Made for TV Movie that is the second Live Action Adaptation of one of Nickelodeon's cartoons - in this case, The Fairly Odd Parents.

The film is set thirteen years following the events depicted in the original series, but nothing has changed for Timmy (played here by Drake Bell) except for his physical age now being 23. He still lives at home with his parents, attends Mr. Crocker's fifth grade class, and rides a tiny children's bicycle to school. Timmy's arrested development stems from his desire to keep his fairy godfamily, Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof, for as long as possible. "Da Rules" state that every child must eventually give up his or her Fairy Godparents when they become an adult, but Timmy has found a loophole around this rule by acting like a child.

But Timmy's carefree life takes an unexpected change when he comes across his former Stalker With a Crush, Tootie (Daniella Monet), who has grown up to become a brave, beautiful nature-loving woman. While seeing Tootie protesting the plans of an evil oil tycoon named Hugh J. Magnate Jr. to tear down the old Dimmsdale Park, Timmy finds himself developing romantic feelings for her, and he has to decide whether he keep being a child to keep the fairy family he has known for so long, or grow up and be with the woman he loves. As if that isn't enough, Magnate joins forces with Mr. Crocker to capture Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof, planning to use them to fuel his maniacal ambition.

The film first aired July 9, 2011. A sequel titled "A Fairly Odd Christmas" is planned for holiday 2012. The movie will feature Drake Bell and Daniella Monet reprising their roles as Timmy and Tootie.

This TV movie includes examples of:
"Tootie: The name's not Saffron Sippin' Grass Gurglin' anything; it's Tootie!"
 * Adult Fear:.
 * All There in The Script: Timmy's classmates who alert him about Tootie being kidnapped are named Mouse, Howie, Katie, and Ravi. Mouse is the only one who is addressed by name onscreen.
 * Arson Murder and Jaywalking: To try and get Tootie to marry Timmy, his parents offer her money, livestock, and raisins.
 * The Artifact: Vicky, Chester, and AJ. None of them are in the original cut. In the extended version, Vicky doesn't even have a minute of screentime, and the latter two have about three minutes.
 * Big Bad: Hugh J. Magnate Jr.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Timmy.
 * The Big Damn Kiss:
 * Big Damn Movie: As per usual with Fairly Oddparents movies.
 * Bottomless Pits:
 * Though it's not truly bottomless-.
 * Brick Joke:
 * Broad Strokes: How the movie approaches most of the series' continuity. The characters and the premise are mostly intact, but the details of particular episodes are often lost.
 * Call Back: The entire premise of Timmy acting like a kid to keep his Fairy God Parents is one to an episode in season two called "The Big Problem!", where Timmy wishes himself to be an adult and nearly loses his fairies since only kids can have them, but exploits a loophole that an adult that is a 'kid at heart' can keep his fairies.
 * Another one comes from the season four episode "Channel Chasers", where at the end
 * Casting Gag: Daran Norris as Timmy's Dad, who voiced him in the series and was modeled after him.
 * Catch Phrase: Chester: "Jealous?"
 * Chekhov's Gun: Timmy's toy yo-yo is later used by Tootie to escape from the cage.
 * Chewing the Scenery: Jorgen, Crocker, and Magnate for sure. Vicky as well. That scenery must be delicious!
 * Childhood Memory Demolition Team: Magnate and his men trying to tear down the Dimmsdale Dogwood, which Tootie chains herself to.
 * Composite Character: Magnate seems to be a combination of Doug Dimmadome (Oil Tycoon) and Flappy Bob (Businessman with Daddy Issues).
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Magnate, the Big Bad.
 * Creator Cameo: Butch Hartman appears as the maitre d'.
 * Distant Finale: The events of the movie take place thirteen years after the cartoon's time frame.
 * Dramatic Curtain Toss: When Hugh J. Magnate Jr. reveals his concepts for the mine.
 * Duet Bonding: Drake Bell (Timmy) and Daniella Monet (Tootie) sing the song "Lookin' Like Magic", which plays during their date montage.
 * Everythings Better With Motorcycles: Timmy "borrows" one in order to get to Magnate's hideout.
 * Eye Pop: Cosmo and Wanda do this in sync with Timmy's Spit Take.
 * Freudian Excuse: In the scene where they first visit Magnate's evil lair, he starts to explain the reason his evil lair is "colorful" because he didn't have a childhood because his father made him work as a kid and didn't allow him to have friends.
 * Friend Versus Lover: The main premise of the movie: Timmy has to choose between keeping his fairies or being with Tootie.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Hearing Tootie mutter "Oh, balls!" in frustration is a little bit jarring, considering it's a Nickelodeon production. Although considering that Daniella is part of the cast of Victorious it's not that much of a stretch. Of course, she's dangling over a bottomless ball pit at the moment, but still it's a little odd.
 * "I got a tooty fruity with fudge on top!"
 * Granola Girl: Tootie has become interested in helping animals and the environment.
 * Growing Up Sucks:
 * Hoist By His Own Petard:
 * Instant Plunder Just Add Pirates: The pirate battle at the beginning.
 * If You Die I Call Your Stuff: During the pirate battle at the beginning, Cosmo asks him "If you die, can I have your bike?"
 * Kissing in A Tree: Timmy and Tootie sit together and nearly kiss in the dogwood tree that Tootie saved earlier, but are interrupted by Wanda. If one looks very closely, they can also see names carved on the tree: Timmy/Tootie and Timmy's Dad/Timmy's Mom, the latter being quite humorous when one considers it was probably written there before Timmy was even born.
 * Fridge Logic: In one episode, it is revealed Timmy's parents had mom and dad as their nicknames, and they liked the name "Timmy".
 * Key Under the Doormat: How Chester opens the door to Magnate's headquarters.
 * Large Ham: Again, Jorgen, Crocker, and Magnate.
 * And when she appears, Vicky.
 * Live Action Adaptation
 * Loophole Abuse: How Timmy manages to keep his fairies for so long since as long as he acts like a kid, hes allowed to keep them (this is also sort of a Call Back to the first episode which also used this.)
 * Magic Skirt: Tootie has one when she flips over the barrier, rushing to the tree.
 * Man Child: Timmy Turner, referenced by name from Crocker. Also
 * Mecha Mooks:
 * Medium Awareness: Twice in the movie, Timmy briefly recalls how Tootie looked as a kid using a thought balloon, and both times, Cosmo, Wanda and Poof see it coming and move out of the camera to give it space.
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Magnate doesn't bother to remember Tootie's name.

"Crocker: I didn't plan this to happen."
 * Nice Hat: Timmy loses his trademark pink hat midway through the film, but Tootie gets him a fedora (which is also pink) to replace it.
 * Howie also wears one, as does Ravi.
 * Noodle Incident: Magnate's remark about people like Tootie moving when he tries to tear what they're protecting down...most of the time, implies he's actually gone through with it when they haven't moved... What exactly happened to them and how Magnate wasn't in prison for this has never been explained.
 * Not So Harmless Villain: Mr. Crocker.
 * One Scene Wonder: Jason Alexander and Cheryl Hines as human Cosmo and Wanda, much to the disappointment of many who felt they were much better than the CGI fairies with their TV voices that were used through most of the film.
 * Vicky's scenes.
 * Opt Out:.
 * Potty Emergency: Timmy wishes for Crocker to have "the atomic runs".
 * Psychopathic Manchild:
 * Right Hand Cat: Or in Magnate's case, a bunny
 * Running Gag: Jorgen trying (and failing) to hit Timmy with Cupid's arrows.
 * She Is All Grown Up: Tootie.
 * Shipper On Deck: Mostly inverted - Cosmo & Wanda spend much of the first half of the movie trying to prevent Timmy and Tootie from getting together, as it would make Timmy grow up and lose them.
 * Shout Out:
 * Crocker tells Magnate to meet him at a restaurant at the corner of Hall and Oates.
 * at the end mimics the closing shot from Back to The Future.
 * Spaghetti Kiss: Crocker and Magnate almost share one during their initial meeting.

"Cosmo: Good evening, everyone. We're your perfectly normal not-magic-fairy human waiters with unbelievably super-hairy legs and underarms!"
 * Spit Take: Timmy's reaction when Tootie says the above My Name Is Not Durwood line.
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial: Cosmo does this when posing as Timmy's waiter.

"Mr. Turner: We'll give you money!
 * Throw the Dog A Bone: Mr. Crocker gets taken seriously for a change.
 * Title Drop: Tootie gives one of these after Timmy denies her a kiss after things started to move for them romantically.
 * Trailers Always Spoil: A behind-the-scenes promo posted on Nickelodeon's website shows a brief shot of . Indeed, the trailers shoved so much in - right before the show started - you had to ignore the screen.
 * The Triple: Timmy's parents attempt to offer gifts to Tootie:

Mrs. Turner: Livestock!

Mr. Turner: Raisins!"


 * Villain Team Up: Crocker and Magnate join forces.
 * Vocal Dissonance:
 * Waxing Lyrical: While watching Timmy fight pirates, Cosmo chants, "To the right! To the left! Everything you own is in a box to your left!"
 * What Happened to The Mouse: What happened to that security guard who fell into the ball pit?
 * What the Hell Hero: Poof manages to do this simply by staring at Cosmo and Wanda.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: