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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 30, 2021 9:52:16 GMT -5
Happy 20th to The Fairly OddParents as a series (technically the pilot aired a few years before, but it counts). Butch Hartman's kind of made a shit show of himself in the past few years, and FoP lasted way too long, but still, it's worth celebrating.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Mar 30, 2021 10:13:02 GMT -5
Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands. BED TWERP!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 10:17:24 GMT -5
I find it kind of a difficult show to reconcile my feelings on. For awhile as a kid I was a huge fan of it, but I pretty much fell out of it after Channel Chasers and haven't really seen much of what came after, and by now I don't really look back on it with much regard in large part because of what an asshat Butch Hartman is. And also because I've seen enough of the later stuff to know just how far it went downhill and how much its eventual cancellation was an overdue mercy killing.
It'd probably be a really interesting show for me to revisit honestly. There's a lot of stuff I still look back on fondly from those early episodes and gags I'll still laugh at thinking about them now. I'm sure if I watched it again I'd still find things to enjoy about it.
Also I had no idea that Fairly Oddparents and Zim debuted the same day. Feels like the former would've been around much longer, though that might be from the shorts kind of already making me aware of it before it actually started.
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Post by Wardlow on Wardlow 54 on Mar 30, 2021 10:39:11 GMT -5
Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands. BED TWERP!!! Doom and gloom up in his room, is broken instantly Cause two little fishies grant his ever wish, cause in reality They're his ODD PARENTS, FAIRLY ODD PARENTS!!!
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Mar 30, 2021 11:22:36 GMT -5
Also isn't it Invader Zim's 20th too? I thought they debuted back to back but I could be wrong.
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Post by hassanchop on Mar 30, 2021 12:07:25 GMT -5
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Mar 30, 2021 12:12:38 GMT -5
Huh, I thought that the theme song went something like this: Timmy's still an average kid That no one understands. Chloe's his new neighbour And she's ruining all his plans Timmy: (yelling) All the wishes in the world So why should he care? Jorgen has reported there's a fairy shortage So Timmy has to share! His OddParents, Fairly OddParents! Wanda: More than one? Cosmo: This should be fun! OddParents, Fairly OddParents! Feather suit, nature boots, laser shooting, rescue. Chloe: World peace, kale treats, bunny feet, real neat! Timmy: What? No! Leave me alone! My fairies! Get your own! OddParents, Fairy OddParents! Timmy, beware, you'll have to share Your Fairly OddParents! Vicky: Yeah, right!
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 30, 2021 12:25:16 GMT -5
Great show
Went on a few years too long but overall a show I can most likely sit and watch the old episodes of if I run into it.
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Post by Wardlow on Wardlow 54 on Mar 30, 2021 17:14:46 GMT -5
Huh, I thought that the theme song went something like this: Timmy's still an average kid That no one understands. Chloe's his new neighbour And she's ruining all his plans Timmy: (yelling) All the wishes in the world So why should he care? Jorgen has reported there's a fairy shortage So Timmy has to share! His OddParents, Fairly OddParents! Wanda: More than one? Cosmo: This should be fun! OddParents, Fairly OddParents! Feather suit, nature boots, laser shooting, rescue. Chloe: World peace, kale treats, bunny feet, real neat! Timmy: What? No! Leave me alone! My fairies! Get your own! OddParents, Fairy OddParents! Timmy, beware, you'll have to share Your Fairly OddParents! Vicky: Yeah, right! Curse you for making me aware that they changed the theme song!!
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 30, 2021 17:43:03 GMT -5
A show that somehow managed to jump the shark... like... 3 or 4 times
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Post by chrom on Mar 30, 2021 18:06:39 GMT -5
Like Spongebob the first 4 seasons were good, then it became trash
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Post by Cyno on Mar 30, 2021 18:07:44 GMT -5
I never liked this show, but it's crazy to think that it's that old already. I remember when it was the "new" Nicktoon.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 30, 2021 18:09:25 GMT -5
A show that somehow managed to jump the shark... like... 3 or 4 times The baby, the dog, and then I think they had Timmy share his godparents with another kid All attempts of trying to make the show feel new and it fell off after each attempt heavily
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Post by y4j1981 on Mar 30, 2021 18:10:21 GMT -5
Also isn't it Invader Zim's 20th too? I thought they debuted back to back but I could be wrong. Both listed as debuting on March 30, 2001.i believe the line up was Odd parents then Zim then Rocket Power
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 30, 2021 18:17:28 GMT -5
A show that somehow managed to jump the shark... like... 3 or 4 times The baby, the dog, and then I think they had Timmy share his godparents with another kid All attempts of trying to make the show feel new and it fell off after each attempt heavily I'd probably add the Live action movies, and some of the random crossovers too. But yeah those are the main ones.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 30, 2021 18:19:57 GMT -5
The baby, the dog, and then I think they had Timmy share his godparents with another kid All attempts of trying to make the show feel new and it fell off after each attempt heavily I'd probably add the Live action movies, and some of the random crossovers too. But yeah those are the main ones. I forgot about the live action ones with Drake Bell. Yeah, add that in Only other crossover I remember is with Jimmy Neutron which is probably when I stopped watching. Speaking of something i'm surprised never got a revival, Jimmy Neutron seems like an easy one
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Mar 30, 2021 23:19:04 GMT -5
I wonder currently:
-When I see an episode (usually before I get up, I just turn on the TV for a bit and currently it is FO when I turn on Nick), it is from the later seasons and I ask myself: Was there something that made Cosmo and Timmy's parents bearable in the early seasons? Because those three are so annoyingly stupid and irritable that they make the show unwatchable at that point.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 30, 2021 23:34:50 GMT -5
I wonder currently: -When I see an episode (usually before I get up, I just turn on the TV for a bit and currently it is FO when I turn on Nick), it is from the later seasons and I ask myself: Was there something that made Cosmo and Timmy's parents bearable in the early seasons? Because those three are so annoyingly stupid and irritable that they make the show unwatchable at that point. they got Flanderized HARD. Cosmo especially got tossed the idiot ball and held on to it for life... They also tried to make you wonder if Cosmo and Wanda even liked each other at times with how they snipe at each other.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Mar 31, 2021 6:02:04 GMT -5
In retrospect I don't think the show was as good as I thought it was as a kid. Especially in comparison to some other shows from that era like Spongebob that are comedies foremost and children's shows second - I know people who didn't see Spongebob until recently and still thought it was hilarious.
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Mar 31, 2021 7:40:15 GMT -5
Out of the three Jumping The Sharks moments the show had, personally from the perspective of someone who wasn't that into the show and only watched sporadically, I thought only one was really unnecessary:
-Adding a baby: could have had merit. -Introducing sharing one's fairy godparents and Timmy having to share with a girl who appears to be his total opposite character-wise: could have had merit.
But the dog...dunno if I have only seen his worst episodes but from what I have seen, he was basically Cosmo with fur. And by that time in the show, it really didn't need a double-dose of Cosmo.
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