The Fairly OddParents: Difference between revisions

Needless to say, even Timmy's more sensible wishes are twisted to greater extremes than tooter turtle and backfire horribly, forcing Timmy to hit the [[Reset Button]] and accept his horrible life.

 

 

 

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* [[And I Must Scream]]: Every Unwished Wish is put into storage, even if they're sentient. And they live forever...

* [[And You Were There]]

{{quote| '''Trixie:''' “Because, anonymous voice from nobody, you won [an award] for comedy, and everybody knows that comedy is the lowest form of entertainment... [[Hypocritical Humor|next to animation]].”}}

* [[Animorphism]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Crash Nebula in ''Spaced Out''.

* [[Big Eater]]: Chester, Mark, Grippulon.

* [[Big Never]]

* [[Big No]]: This is, also, frequently used.

* [[Born Lucky]]: Dinkleberg, as often referenced by Timmy's jealous Dad

* [[Braces of Orthodontic Overkill]]: Chester in ''Hex Games''

* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: When asked about his sudden popularity in "A Wish Too Far"

{{quote| Timmy: Inheritance? Internet... I inherited the internet!}}

** Pop Diva Britney Britney: Cosmo has a crush on her.

* [[Celebrity Is Overrated]]: Chip Skylark in ''Boys in the Band''; Timmy in ''Timmy TV''.

{{quote| '''Cosmo''': What? Doctor? I thought she was spelling plumber. It's worse than I thought!}}

* [[Cerebus Retcon]]: {{spoiler|Timmy wished for eternal youth for the entire planet 50 years ago. Suddenly, some of the gags don't seem as funny.}}

* [[Cyberspace]]: Three times: an episode where Timmy wishes for an ultra realistic video game, and an episode where he tries to stop a forged love letter email from reaching its destination, and once in "Channel Chasers" wherein he and Vicky use magical remotes to modify television.

** Furthermore, when [[Jimmy Neutron]] crosses over, he assumes Fairy World is one of these, as he thinks Timmy's fairies are sentient holograms.

* [[The Danza]]: Norm the Genie, played by Norm MacDonald

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Crocker, as seen in a time travel episode

** It's most evident with Veronica after season five and Francis after season six.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "Oh no, it's Chester, the worst player on the team! That's how he got the nickname Chester, the worst player on the team!"

* [[Depraved Dentist]]: Dr. Bender

{{quote| '''A.J.:''' Don't you hear the scary music and the thunder? And see how it's nighttime all of a sudden? [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs|He's mean! He's a dentist!]] ''[[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs|He's a mean dentist!]]''}}

*** Her only fear was for what'd happen to her because of that. To make things clear, the first thing she did upon finding Timmy was exclaiming "I'm saved!".

* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French]]: Parodied with Juandissimo Magnifico, who is never in a scene wthout talking about how ''muy, muy macho'' he is. He also has a habit of tearing shirts to shreds by flexing his muscles. And then magicing a new shirt into existence. And then flexing that one to pieces. The lady fairies love him.

** Timmy finally wisens up enough to make a wish where he and Trixie are the ONLY people on Earth, and thus Trixie will have no choice but to notice him. He quickly discovers Trixie's obsessive NEED for constant attention and [[Be Careful What You Wish For|tries to do everything in his power to get away from her]].

*** With a fantastic moral to go with it.

{{quote| '''Timmy:''' "Note to self: Never break up with a girl in the Violent Gardening Tool section"}}

* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]]: The Easter Bunny

** But not "reindeer chocolate"!

*** Eugh!

* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]

{{quote| '''70s Jorgen von Strangle''': [[It Makes Sense in Context|"Disco..."]]<br />

'''Present-day Jorgen''': [[It Makes Sense in Context|"...with myself?"]]<br />

'''Both''': "OUTRAGEOUS!" [[Crowning Moment of Funny|(They magically conjure up a disco dance floor, complete with mirror ball, and begin to dance.)]] }}

* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Timmy has two and fairies have Anti-Fairies as their evil counterparts

* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Used to varying degrees often enough, but played with most notably in "Grass is Greener" where Timmy's eavesdropping at precisely the wrong moments leads him to run away from home.

* [[Exact Progress Bar]]: Parodied in "Information Stupor Highway". "-1%" anyone?

* [[Expository Theme Tune]]

* [[Eye Beams]]: Timmy wishes for this in ''Father Time'', and gives it to his parents when they become the super heroes ''Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad''

* [[Fake Shemp]]: Chip Skylark in ''Mind Over Magic''

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: {{spoiler|Turbo Thunder}}

* [[Fangs Are Evil]]: The Anti-Fairies, Timmy as ''Nega Timmy''

* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: There are several that fairies use

* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: A lot of things Timmy wishes for.

** Arguably, Cosmo and Wanda themseves at times. Justified by Timmy being... not very bright. The show would be much shorter if Timmy made intelligent use of his wishes.

* [[For the Evulz]]: The anti-fairies

* [[For Want of a Nail]]: According to Jorgen Von Strangle, a lot of bad things in the world are Timmy's fault.

* [[Gender Bender Friendship]]: Timmy and Trixie in that same episode

* [[Generation Xerox]]: At the end of the special "Channel Chasers", the future in twenty years is shown along with Timmy {{spoiler|and Tootie}}'s kids. Not only do they closely resemble their parents (aside from swapped hair color), but also, like Timmy, they were tormented by their babysitter enough to receive Cosmo and Wanda as their fairy godparents.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Crocker. He may be weird and outcast. But all his theories are correct and his [[Gadgeteer Genius|inventions actually work]], even when [[Bamboo Technology|he was in the Chimp-dominated World.]]

* [[Genre Blindness]]: Timmy, often

*** The southwestern extremes of the Great Basin Desert are within easy driving distance, but it doesn't resemble the deserts seen on the show. There are plenty of cattle sculls, but no [[Misplaced Vegetation|saguaros]].

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In one episode, while Timmy's parents are watching the "Dr. Bill" show, trying to learn how to be better parents, he says "Does your child take toilet paper up to his room and tell you not to bother him?"

** The most blatant example might be the ''Cosmo-Con'' episode, where Britney Britney (the fictional celebrity parodying [[Britney Spears]]) introduces herself to the Turner family... alongside her "boys". Then, said "boys" (actually her own dancers) introduce themselves by doing what they do best: ''suggestive '''pelvic thrusts.''''' Come on.

** Another big example comes from Crocker "Ooh, the slap tango! Mother and I haven't done that in years!"

* [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Subverted

* [[Glasses Pull]]: Dr. Rip Studwell

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Jorgen Von Stangle. Even though he is usually a good guy and enforces Da Rulez (the fairy laws) to the letter, he still gets kicks out of causing people, usually Binkie, pain and threatening violence following his [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] stereotype. He has backed off from it somewhat in recent seasons after marrying the Toothfairy.

* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: You can't curse on Nickelodeon

* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Jorgen

* [[Hero Insurance]]: subverted in Catman's case

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Timmy and Jorgen in Wishology.}}

** Timmy also wishes for this in ''It's a Wishful Life'' {{spoiler|(which was fortunately a [[Secret Test of Character]])}}

* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Timmy Turner's childhood '''IS THIS'''.

* [[Historical In-Joke]]: One of Cosmo and Wanda's previous godchildren used their magic to [[World War One|kill Archduke Ferdinand]].

** A brilliant one is seen in 'School's Out: The Musical'. The pixies had a 36 year plan involving Flappy Bob to become a laywer and signing a contract to make the world as fun as he was as a boring adult lawyer overly concerned with education and safety. Unfortunately, this is backfired on them because Flappy Bob--having the skills of a brilliant lawyer--found a loophole in the contract to make the world defined 'as defined by him'. Now tell me, who raised Flappy Bob to become a lawyer?

* [[Hold Up Your Score]]

{{quote| '''Timmy:''' Let me guess,<br />

'''Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda:''' They've become so powerful that they are now impervious to magic. }}

** Mandie also uses a shrink ray to shrink the fairies so they can't help Timmy when she marries Mark.

* [[Indy Ploy]]

* [[The Jeeves]]: Seen in ''Vicky Gets Fired''

* [[Jerkass]]: Timmy, Cosmo, Jorgen

* [[Jerk Jock]]: Francis

* [[Joker Jury]]: Especially in ''Escape from Unwish Island'', but other episodes have their own fair share.

* [[Just Eat Gilligan]]: Timmy never wishing that his godparents would never be seen, so he could keep them forever.

* [[Keet]]: Cosmo and arguably Timmy.

* [[Karma Meter]]: In "Power Mad," where Timmy wishes up a challenging virtual reality game in which you can die if you lose your three lives and Chester and A.J. get stuck in it, Timmy sacrifices his own last life to save theirs. The game rewards him for his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] with enough points for a 1Up.

** And in Channel Chasers he gets a literal remote control that makes him go into any TV show he wants!

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]

* [[Legion of Doom]]: The Body of Evil

* [[Leitmotif]]: Bunches that show up in the [[Title Card]], most frequently.

** Chip Skylark gets twangy electric guitar.

** Mark Chang gets retro 50s sci-fi music complete with theremin.

* [[Literal Genie]]: Norm uses this to get his way

** This also becomes his undoing when he was in Timmy's possession. Timmy {{spoiler|wished for a lawyer}} and that's what he got.

* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Remy Buxaplenty

* [[Long Runner]]: show started in 2001, after its appearance by a series of shorts from ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons]]''

* [[Masquerade]]: Timmy is required to keep his fairy godparents a secret, or he will lose them

* [[May Contain Evil]]: The evil Gigglepies pretend to be prizes in cereal boxes

* [[McNinja]]: {{spoiler|Poof in Wishology.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Princess Mandie

* [[Me's a Crowd]]: The focus of an ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons]]'' short, due to all the demands of a bedridden Vicky

* [[Mid-Battle Tea Break]]: "Abra-Catastrophe" was the [[Trope Namer]] and provided the image.

* [[Midlife Crisis Car]]: Timmy's dad's cars

* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: While being put through Fairy Academy, Cosmo ended up destroying Pompei, turned Xanadu into Pittsburg, and sank Atlantis... ''NINE TIMES''.

* [[Mordor]]: Dimmsdale under Crocker's rule

* [[The Movie]]: Holds the record at Nick for the most made-for-TV movies with a total of 9 films so far. (11 if you count the Wishology movies as separate films)

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Juandissimo, parodied because he thinks of himself as sexy. Played straight, however, in Fairy Idol.

* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: how Mr. and Mrs. Turner met

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: The pixies

* [[Off the Table]]

** Played by 'TV'S Adam West' no less!

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: The Darkness

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Remy, Tad, and Chad

* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Foop

* [[Second-Person Attack]]: Used several times: at least two in ''Abracatastrophe''; one in the beginning of ''Channel Chasers''; in the episodes "Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad", "Scary Godparents", "Kung Timmy" (and several others), and occasionally in the Crimson Chin bridging sequences in the Season 0 episodes.

* [[Secret Identity]]: Charles Hampton Indigo for the Crimson Chin; Timmy himself for Cleft the Boy Chin Wonder

* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: In the live action TV movie, older Tootie is played by Daniella Monet.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Timmy to Tootie. And Vicky in ''Totally Spaced Out''

** This also happened to Butch Hartman's other show ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' during DP's final season. Apparently Nick likes to screw with Hartman's American fans.

* [[Shotgun Wedding]]: Mark and Mandie

** The most obscure example would be Bubsy, whose catch phrase was "What could possibly go wrong?!"...which became Timmy's catchphrase. Also considered a [[Take That]] since this line is delivered in the most wooden, cliche way possible.

** Another in which Timmy creates a male version of Vicky for her to fall in love with, at the end of the episode Ricky goes off with Crocker's mom (after a dating site mishap) and Vicky exclaims "Ricky, don't lose my number! You don't have to call nobody else!" a line from "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan.

** "The Good Ol' Days" is a love letter to the various cartoons from the 1920s/1930s: ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' and various [[Classic Disney Shorts]] are referenced... and even the apparently made-up theme song for the episode is actually a shout-out: namely, it's [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] of the main theme heard at the beginning of ''[[Lady Play Your Mandolin]]'', possibly as an instance of [[Self-Deprecation]] given all the [[Writing Around Trademarks]] and the various [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|lawyer-friendly cameos]] involved.

** The title of ''School's Out!'' may be a refrence to [[Recess|another popular cartoon with a movie with a similar name, but released theatricaly]]

** How can we forget the Giant Fairy Storage in "Escape from Unwish Island?" Just to name a few, some of the people who have lockers are [[Walt Disney]], P. Diddy, [[Duran Duran]], Carrot Top, [[Milli Vanilli|Milli and Vanilli]], not to mention some people working on the show itself just to name a few. It's like a goldmine of Shout Outs.

** A really old one in the second Fairy [[Odd Parents]] Episode "Power Mad". When Cosmo and Wanda are using their magic to act as multiple tv stations as she switches through them, one them goes to "Cosmo!" with a surprisingly similar jingle. "[[Seinfeld|It's a show about nothing!]] ... [[Take That|How do we know when its over?]]"

* [[Sound Effects Bleep]] - The one time anyone actually says the names of Timmy's parents, the words are drowned out.

{{quote| '''Young Timmy's Dad:''' "My real name is * loud truck goes by* but everyone calls me Dad."}}

* [[Spinning Paper]]: [[Lampshaded Trope|Lampshaded]] when Wanda complains it makes her dizzy.

* [[Spit Take]]: Cosmo does these often, even intentionally.

* [[Squashed Flat]]: The show sometimes employs this trope. One prime example is when Timmy's parents charge him with guarding his parents case of glass figurines. [[It Makes Sense in Context|The Greek Gods of Mt. Olympus]] show up. One of them is about to strike the glass case, Timmy steps in front to prevent it's falling and it falls on him. When the case is removed there is a [[Paper People|very, very flat Timmy]] on the floor.

* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Tootie's ''entire room'' is one of these with shrines, pictures, dolls of Timmy. Veronica has something similar...with Trixie. Timmy sometimes has one of these in his bedroom for Trixie Tang as well.

* [[Stand-In Parents]]: Timmy Turner used a wish to try out his friends' dads because his own dad was so lame.

** He also had Cosmo and Wanda stand in as his parents, and hilarity ensued.

* [[Super Human Trafficking]]: Fairies are often hunted, almost always it is Mr. Crocker going after Timmy's fairies. {{spoiler|in [[The Movie]], Abracatastrophe he succeeds}}

* [[Super Strength]]: The Crimson Chin, Francis and Trixie in ''The Big Superhero Wish''

* [[Surfer Dude]]: Mark Chang

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]

* [[Swiss Army Tears]]: {{spoiler|Double subverted in Fairy Idol.}}

* [[Take That Me]]: "Everyone knows that comedy is the lowest form of entertainment! Except animation."

* [[Talking to Himself]]: A lot

* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Vicky. There's even a club for evil teen babysitters!

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Always used on females.

* [[Unsound Effect]]: used all the time when magic occurs, though usually accompanied by sound.

** Parodied to the point where, since the fairies use poof, the [[Evil Counterpart|anti-fairies]] use foop

* [[Useless Spleen]]: In an attempt to beat Timmy up while Timmy blocks his attempts with his newly-gotten attendance award, Francis can be heard shouting "Ow, my hand! Ow, my other hand! Ow, my head! Ow, my spleen!" as he continues to take swings.

* [[Useless Superpowers]]: Whenever a wish would break a rule/Whatever the plot needs.

* [[Wishplosion]]

* [[With This Herring]]: Timmy in Wishology

* [[World of Badass]]: ''Action Packed''

* [[Wrongful Accusation Insurance]]: in ''Inspection Detection''

* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: Played with in "Remy Rides Again".

{{quote| Timmy: So Jorgon plotted to have Wandissimo plot to have Remy plot to have me lose my godparents.<br />