The Fairly OddParents

The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon.

## The Fairly OddParents

### Last aired:

2017

The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner,a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda,and a malevolent 16-year-old babysitter named Vicky.

## **Production History:**

Prior to the creation of *The Fairly OddParents*, Butch Hartman was working at Cartoon Network on *Dexter's Laboratory* and *Johnny Bravo*. In 1997, Fred Seibert contacted Hartman about pitching ideas for his *Oh Yeah! Cartoons* series which he was developing for Nickelodeon. Hartman initially declined the offer. Several months later, *Johnny Bravo* finished and Hartman decided to create his own series instead of going back to working for other studios. Hartman started developing his own series by drawing a picture of a little boy who would become Timmy Turner. Hartman was originally going to name him Mike, after his brother Mike Hartman, but they had a fight that day, so Hartman named him after his other brother Timmy Hartman instead. Hartman was originally going to give Timmy science powers, but decided against it due to *Dexter's Laboratory* having recently come out. Instead, he decided to give Timmy a magic friend. He drew Wanda first and then decided that she needs someone to talk to other than Timmy, and that was when he drew Cosmo.  After coming up with the entire premise for *The Fairy OddParents* in about fifteen minutes, Hartman first pitched the idea to Hanna-Barbera and then to Cartoon Network, both of whom turned it down. Hartman then went back to Seibert at Nickelodeon and successfully pitched it to them for *Oh Yeah! Cartoons*.

While in early development, the series was titled *The Fairy GodParents* and then it was briefly changed to *Oh My GodParents*. Bill Burnett came up with the title *The Fairly OddParents*, which they ended up sticking with.  Due to the success of the shorts, Nickelodeon decided to pick up *The Fairly OddParents* for a full-length series alongside fellow *Oh Yeah! Cartoons*: *ChalkZone* and *My Life as a Teenage Robot*. In 2000, Nickelodeon ordered seven twenty-three-minute episodes for the series' first season, which premiered on March 30, 2001.

## **Revival:**

On February 2, 2007, Hartman announced on his forum that Nick granted *The Fairly OddParents* twenty more episode slots, making sure the show resumed production. Later on July 7, 2007, a special titled *77 Secrets of the Fairly OddParents Revealed* hinted that a new character would join the series. After a one-year hiatus, Nickelodeon announced that they would begin the sixth season, which would consist of twelve episodes alongside the broadcast of a television film called *Fairly OddBaby*, which introduced a new character, a baby fairy named Poof, to the main cast of characters. A huge hit, *Fairly OddBaby* aired on February 18, 2008, and garnered 8.89 million viewers for its premiere; the rebroadcast of the film the following day garnered 4.82 million viewers, making it the number one and ninth most viewed cable broadcast respectively for the week of February 18–24, 2008.

The ninth season of *The Fairly OddParents* began with a television special titled "*Fairly OddPet*", which premiered on March 23, 2013 and attracted 3.8 million viewers. Season nine introduced a new character, Timmy's pet fairy dog Sparky, to the show's main cast.

The tenth season of *The Fairly OddParents* began with a special called "*The Big Fairy Share Scare!*", which introduced another new main character named Chloe Carmichael, Timmy's neighbor who he is forced to share Cosmo and Wanda with due to a fairy shortage.

## **Cancellation:**

It is believed the series got cancelled because Butch Hartman quitted and wanted nothing to do with the series anymore. It has also been believed he created the character Chloe and made her dislikable on purpose because he wanted the show to end. In other words,the cancellation has been a result of his own fault.

## **Broadcast:**

The series has broadcast on both Teletoon and its French counterpart in 2001. It later aired reruns on Télétoon in 2015 to 2017. The Fairly OddParents no longer air on the channel.