The Fairly OddParents

2001 American animated television series

The Fairly OddParents is an American children's television series. It was created by Butch Hartman in 2001 for the Nickelodeon cable television network. The show is about a 10-year-old boy named Timmy Turner who has 2 fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda. He also has a fairy godbrother named Poof. The fairies have the power to grant wishes to Timmy. When granting his wishes, they must still following "Da Rules", the fairy rule book.

The Fairly OddParents
GenreAnimation
Jazz[1]
dance-pop
Created byButch Hartman
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme"The Fairly OddParents"
Ending theme"The Fairly OddParents" (instrumental)
ComposerGuy Moon
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes172 (294 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Bob Boyle (2002–2005)
  • Steve Marmel (2002–2006)
  • Randy Saba
  • Ray DeLaurentis (2009–2017)
  • Karen Malach (2017)
Running time
  • 11 minutes (segments)
  • 23 minutes (full)
  • 44 minutes (TV movies)
  • 72 minutes (Abra-Catastrophe! and Channel Chasers)
  • 135 minutes (Wishology only)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseMarch 30, 2001 (2001-03-30) –
July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)
Related
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
SpongeBob SquarePants

The Fairly OddParents was the fourth longest-running Nicktoons series. In 2017, it ended with the half-hour episode "Hare Raiser / The Kale Patch Caper". The series was originally set to continue, but ended with the tenth season. The series was cancelled by Nickelodeon in 2018. A live-action-animation hybrid reboot by Paramount+ and Nickelodeon Productions was announced to be in development in February 2021.[2] The series The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder premiered on March 31, 2022.[3] and an upcoming untitled computer-animated series by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, this version features an African-American character named Hazel.

Recurring voice actors include Jim Ward, Rob Paulsen, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kenny, Eric Bauza, Jason Marsden, Jeff Bennett, Dionne Quan, Gary LeRoi Gray, Kevin Michael Richardson, Frankie Muniz, and Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad.

Episodes

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TV Movies

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The Fairly OddParents had some Made for TV Movies including Abracatastrophe, Channel Chasers, School’s Out: The Musical, Fairy Idol, A Fairly OddBaby and Wishology. It also had three live action movies with Drake Bell as Timmy Turner.

References

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  1. "The Fairly Odd Parents – Season 1 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  2. Peter White (February 24, 2021). "Nickelodeon's Dora The Explorer & The Fairly OddParents Get Live-Action Series Remakes On Paramount+". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. Romano, Nick (February 23, 2022). "New 'Fairly OddParents' series shows live-action Timmy all grown up". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 23, 2022.