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It Just Bugs Me ([[Fridge Logic]]):
It Just Bugs Me ([[Fridge Logic]]):
* The [[Halloween Episode]] "Scary Godparents", isn't really odd that while, Mummy!Timmy just looked like a rotten version of himself, while everyone else looked exactly like vampires, superheroes, and frankenstines and nothing like how they usually look? True, this affected Timmy later in the episode, but still...
* The [[Halloween Episode]] "Scary Godparents", isn't really odd that while, Mummy!Timmy just looked like a rotten version of himself, while everyone else looked exactly like vampires, superheroes, and frankenstines and nothing like how they usually look? True, this affected Timmy later in the episode, but still...
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** Maybe their world HAS no third world/starving children? Either they made them all rich and happy... or killed them off with a wish gone wrong.
** Maybe their world HAS no third world/starving children? Either they made them all rich and happy... or killed them off with a wish gone wrong.
*** Considering fairies have been granting wishes for millenia, its arguable their infulence prevented the third world and terminal illness [[Ret-Gone|from ever existing.]]
*** Considering fairies have been granting wishes for millenia, its arguable their infulence prevented the third world and terminal illness [[Ret-Gone|from ever existing.]]
** Maybe it is the same reasoning for why myths about Santa Claus are told to just about every child, but somehow, average kid Billy gets his Xbox for being good whereas a poor kid dies impoverished--because they don't think that kids are fully cognizant of unfairness in the world and that it would be the last thing that a priveledged child would think of when watching/listening to stories about a magical being.
** Maybe it is the same reasoning for why myths about Santa Claus are told to just about every child, but somehow, average kid Billy gets his Xbox for being good whereas a poor kid dies impoverished—because they don't think that kids are fully cognizant of unfairness in the world and that it would be the last thing that a priveledged child would think of when watching/listening to stories about a magical being.
** In one episode Cosmo and Wanda showed Timmy that they couldn´t give him tickets to a rock concert (or something like that) because other people already had them. That means that the Fairies powers actually are only teleport (and for weird stuff that didn´t exist before like printers that make picture real people they can engineer this with the materials) and all the materials are from this third world regions because otherwise they would have no power.
** In one episode Cosmo and Wanda showed Timmy that they couldn´t give him tickets to a rock concert (or something like that) because other people already had them. That means that the Fairies powers actually are only teleport (and for weird stuff that didn´t exist before like printers that make picture real people they can engineer this with the materials) and all the materials are from this third world regions because otherwise they would have no power.
*** They couldn't get him the tickets because even if they made new ones for him, there was a limited number of seats in the audience so even with magically created tickets Timmy and friends would have to steal seats from people who actually bought their tickets. And they couldn't add new seats to the stadium becasue it would violate to fire safety code.
*** They couldn't get him the tickets because even if they made new ones for him, there was a limited number of seats in the audience so even with magically created tickets Timmy and friends would have to steal seats from people who actually bought their tickets. And they couldn't add new seats to the stadium becasue it would violate to fire safety code.
** Another, highly depressing theory: perhaps those children were just so happy to have a fairy that could make their lives better that they slipped up and revealed they had a fairy godparent--perhaps right away, even. Canon reveals that if you ever tell/show someone you have fairy godparents, they're taken away from you, you lose your memories of them, and judging from most examples in canon, you can never get another one. (Remy was a special case--his loss of Wandissimo just made Jorgen angry.) So, all those miserable children were so happy, they revealed the fairy's existence, and then were promptly put back in their miserable state.
** Another, highly depressing theory: perhaps those children were just so happy to have a fairy that could make their lives better that they slipped up and revealed they had a fairy godparent—perhaps right away, even. Canon reveals that if you ever tell/show someone you have fairy godparents, they're taken away from you, you lose your memories of them, and judging from most examples in canon, you can never get another one. (Remy was a special case—his loss of Wandissimo just made Jorgen angry.) So, all those miserable children were so happy, they revealed the fairy's existence, and then were promptly put back in their miserable state.
** One more depressing theory: those children on the brink of starvation and with terminal illnesses, if they got fairies, probably wouldn't have had much longer to live anyways. They could even be beyond the help that the fairies' magic could provide. With all the sadness a fairy would have to deal with when losing a godchild through their death, it may have become forbidden to help these children because it was pretty much a lost cause.
** One more depressing theory: those children on the brink of starvation and with terminal illnesses, if they got fairies, probably wouldn't have had much longer to live anyways. They could even be beyond the help that the fairies' magic could provide. With all the sadness a fairy would have to deal with when losing a godchild through their death, it may have become forbidden to help these children because it was pretty much a lost cause.
** But you see, all of those explanations really only answers things in a [[Watsonian Versus Doylist|Doylist context]]. What bugs me more than anything else is that like the above stated, the creator seems to completely ignore this fact as it is never brought up anywhere in the series. In addition, it was stated in "It's A Wonderful Life" that Chester (who is slightly lower class) got Cosmo and Wanda, while children in the local orphanage didn't.
** But you see, all of those explanations really only answers things in a [[Watsonian Versus Doylist|Doylist context]]. What bugs me more than anything else is that like the above stated, the creator seems to completely ignore this fact as it is never brought up anywhere in the series. In addition, it was stated in "It's A Wonderful Life" that Chester (who is slightly lower class) got Cosmo and Wanda, while children in the local orphanage didn't.
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*** But just because you can't wish yourself out of the game, doesn't mean that you can't wish someone else out of it.
*** But just because you can't wish yourself out of the game, doesn't mean that you can't wish someone else out of it.
** Cosmo and Wanda probably were suffering from an ear problem because of the loudness of the video games so they heard it wrong or [[The Powers That Be]] were [[Seven Deadly Sins|lazy]].
** Cosmo and Wanda probably were suffering from an ear problem because of the loudness of the video games so they heard it wrong or [[The Powers That Be]] were [[Seven Deadly Sins|lazy]].
** He obviously meant the theoretical "you" ("anybody at all, nobody in particular"). For example, "To make an omelet, ''you'' have to break a few eggs" -- that "you." Other languages actually have different words for you (singular), you (plural), and you (theoretical).
** He obviously meant the theoretical "you" ("anybody at all, nobody in particular"). For example, "To make an omelet, ''you'' have to break a few eggs"—that "you." Other languages actually have different words for you (singular), you (plural), and you (theoretical).
*** Regardless of what he meant, he said 'self', even if any player in the game can't wish them'selves' out, there should be nothing keeping anyone from wishing someone 'else' out.
*** Regardless of what he meant, he said 'self', even if any player in the game can't wish them'selves' out, there should be nothing keeping anyone from wishing someone 'else' out.
** If I remember correctly, Timmy's wish was "...a game you can't be wished out of!" Meaning not only is it a theoretical you, it's also worded so no one can wish anyone else out of the game -- which, naturally, brings to miind the question as to why Timmy always seems to word his wishes so terribly.
** If I remember correctly, Timmy's wish was "...a game you can't be wished out of!" Meaning not only is it a theoretical you, it's also worded so no one can wish anyone else out of the game—which, naturally, brings to miind the question as to why Timmy always seems to word his wishes so terribly.
*** Nope, it was "a game you can't wish yourself out of". That doesn't mean wish someone else out of it.
*** Nope, it was "a game you can't wish yourself out of". That doesn't mean wish someone else out of it.
** First isn't there a plural you in our language ,y'all, and I think it's like this "a game you (theoretical) can't wish yourself (the same theoretical person) out of" so there would be nothing stopping Timmy from wishing them out of the game.
** First isn't there a plural you in our language ,y'all, and I think it's like this "a game you (theoretical) can't wish yourself (the same theoretical person) out of" so there would be nothing stopping Timmy from wishing them out of the game.
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** Probably has to do with the clone, which besides being morally ambiguous could be used to trick his parents and other authority figures.
** Probably has to do with the clone, which besides being morally ambiguous could be used to trick his parents and other authority figures.
*** He certainly wasn't trying to keep the clones a secret in the first [[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]], though...
*** He certainly wasn't trying to keep the clones a secret in the first [[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]], though...
* Its more of a minor Headscratcher, but ''why'' [[Always Chaotic Evil|have we seen no "good" Anti-Fairy?]] Yeah, I understand [[For the Evulz|they cause bad luck for kicks]], but we find out [[Balance of Good and Evil|when a Fairy is born, an Anti-Fairy follows suit.]] Shouldn't that mean that there should be good versions of evil fairies? Like a caring Mama Cosma? This implies that the Fairies are [[Always Lawful Good]], even though they have [[Jerkass|jerkasses]] and a mob boss
* Its more of a minor Headscratcher, but ''why'' [[Exclusively Evil|have we seen no "good" Anti-Fairy?]] Yeah, I understand [[For the Evulz|they cause bad luck for kicks]], but we find out [[Balance of Good and Evil|when a Fairy is born, an Anti-Fairy follows suit.]] Shouldn't that mean that there should be good versions of evil fairies? Like a caring Mama Cosma? This implies that the Fairies are [[Always Lawful Good]], even though they have [[jerkass]]es and a mob boss
** Anti-Fairies aren't necessarily evil, they just like to cause mayhem, bad luck, and mischief: basically they are the antithesis of what the Fairies themselves do. Also, although Jorgen's Anti-Fairy has never made an onscreen appearance, it is supposed to be a wimpy ballerina type. Foop has a split personality and one if it is supposed to be good, while the other is evil.
** Anti-Fairies aren't necessarily evil, they just like to cause mayhem, bad luck, and mischief: basically they are the antithesis of what the Fairies themselves do. Also, although Jorgen's Anti-Fairy has never made an onscreen appearance, it is supposed to be a wimpy ballerina type. Foop has a split personality and one if it is supposed to be good, while the other is evil.
*** Anti-Jorgen actually has appeared onscreen--in the comic ''Will the Real Cosmo Please Stand Up?'' and for a [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]] in ''[[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]] 2: When Nerds Collide!''
*** Anti-Jorgen actually has appeared onscreen—in the comic ''Will the Real Cosmo Please Stand Up?'' and for a [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]] in ''[[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]] 2: When Nerds Collide!''
*** [http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/index.php?title=Anti-Fairiesℑ=AntiJorgenAntiToothFairy-jpg Can you see Anti-Jorgen?] He looks damn good in a tutu. http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-Jorgen His wiki page.
*** [http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/index.php?title=Anti-Fairiesℑ=AntiJorgenAntiToothFairy-jpg Can you see Anti-Jorgen?] He looks damn good in a tutu. http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-Jorgen His wiki page.
* "Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad Meet the Crimson Chin": So...why couldn't Timmy just wish the Nega-Chin back into the comic book instead of wishing him into his treehouse? This is before the Nega-Chin made himself immune to Cosmo and Wanda's magic, so it clearly wouldn't have been a problem and would've made things a hell of a lot easier.
* "Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad Meet the Crimson Chin": So...why couldn't Timmy just wish the Nega-Chin back into the comic book instead of wishing him into his treehouse? This is before the Nega-Chin made himself immune to Cosmo and Wanda's magic, so it clearly wouldn't have been a problem and would've made things a hell of a lot easier.
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***** They made it work.
***** They made it work.
****** [[The Simpsons|Well, then I guess everything's all wrapped up in a neat little package! Really, I mean that. Sorry if it sounded sarcastic.]]
****** [[The Simpsons|Well, then I guess everything's all wrapped up in a neat little package! Really, I mean that. Sorry if it sounded sarcastic.]]
* At the beginning of Wishology (and let me say, before I continue, that any replies along the lines of "Wishology sucked, it doesn't count" will be ignored -- and not just because I couldn't disagree more, but because it ''doesn't answer the freaking question''), Timmy is left with a plate of muffins, and picks up a magic one before putting it back and saying "No way, not that one." Okay, I get that he remembered that the last time he had one of those, it caused a lot of trouble. But wouldn't leaving it with his parents be much worse than, say, downing the whole thing right there and wishing for something pointless like a new toy to ensure it doesn't have the chance to fall into the wrong hands (which would be pretty much anyone's but his, because he at least knows what it is)? One would really expect him to grab it and take it along for an emergency, but then there's the whole matter of accidentally losing it or having it taken from him, so it's understandable why he didn't do that, but the ''real'' [[Genre Savvy]] thing to do would be to get rid of it immediately, not just leave it there (and Timmy definitely Took A Level In Genre Savvy by the events of the special).
* At the beginning of Wishology (and let me say, before I continue, that any replies along the lines of "Wishology sucked, it doesn't count" will be ignored—and not just because I couldn't disagree more, but because it ''doesn't answer the freaking question''), Timmy is left with a plate of muffins, and picks up a magic one before putting it back and saying "No way, not that one." Okay, I get that he remembered that the last time he had one of those, it caused a lot of trouble. But wouldn't leaving it with his parents be much worse than, say, downing the whole thing right there and wishing for something pointless like a new toy to ensure it doesn't have the chance to fall into the wrong hands (which would be pretty much anyone's but his, because he at least knows what it is)? One would really expect him to grab it and take it along for an emergency, but then there's the whole matter of accidentally losing it or having it taken from him, so it's understandable why he didn't do that, but the ''real'' [[Genre Savvy]] thing to do would be to get rid of it immediately, not just leave it there (and Timmy definitely Took A Level In Genre Savvy by the events of the special).
** I haven't seen Wishology in a long time but I'm guessing it was because it was just meant to be a throw away joke. And he probably wasn't thinking about how it could help or how it could fall into the wrong hands, instead he was probably thinking about the last time he used it first apes then Crocker took over the world. I doubt he was very eager to use it after that. Plus the muffin tasted awful so...
** I haven't seen Wishology in a long time but I'm guessing it was because it was just meant to be a throw away joke. And he probably wasn't thinking about how it could help or how it could fall into the wrong hands, instead he was probably thinking about the last time he used it first apes then Crocker took over the world. I doubt he was very eager to use it after that. Plus the muffin tasted awful so...
** That's because Timmy wasn't being genre savvy at all. As per usual here, someone saw a throwaway character gag and took it as a serious development in character, no matter if it was later contradicted.
** That's because Timmy wasn't being genre savvy at all. As per usual here, someone saw a throwaway character gag and took it as a serious development in character, no matter if it was later contradicted.
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