Face the Music

Episode
**Trivia**
**Appearances**
**Images**
**Script**

"**Face the Music**" is the fortieth episode of the twelfth season of *The Fairly OddParents*.[1]

It premiered on February 27, 2019, alongside "Fairycrushed".[2][3]

## Synopsis

Before his Song Day, Timmy wishes to turn his Perfect Godchild Song real for the event.[3]

## Plot

The episode begins with a puppet show and song dedicated to a ten-year-old Archduke Batwin, with sappy and over-saccharine lyrics. Cosmo and Wanda applaud the songstrel for his performance and explain to Timmy that, according to Fairy World tradition, he will have a similar song written about him on his upcoming "Song Day". However, Timmy thinks both the song and tradition are awful, arguing that it doesn't convey anything about the real Archduke Batwin. Nevertheless, preparations for Timmy's Song Day are already underway, and Cosmo and Wanda have sent the new official songstrel of Fairy World to Earth to write Timmy's Godchild Song.

Timmy intends to avoid the songstrel until he leaves. Meanwhile, Wanda prepares for a journey into the Forest of Certain Death and tells Cosmo to hold down the fort until she returns.

The new official songstrel of Fairy World, named Ruberiot, arrives at the Turner Household on Earth and meets Timmy. Soon after Timmy invites him into the house, he excuses himself by pretending to get refreshments and sneaks out of the house to meet Janna and Brandon at the mall. When he returns later that evening, Ruberiot is still present, and he makes it clear that he doesn't want to take part in Song Day. After Chloe pulls Timmy aside and reminds him that he's anything but ordinary, Timmy decides to hear Ruberiot out.

In the Forest of Certain Death, Wanda and her warnicorn evade monsters and hazards to reach a small, boarded-up villa. There, she finds Ludo's parents – Lord Brudo and Lady Avarius – living in solitude. With a peace offering of corn, Wanda informs Brudo and Lady Avarius that Ludo stole the book of spells and asks if they know where he is. Unfortunately, they neither know nor care after Ludo usurped their ancestral castle and brought shame to their family. The conversation draws the attention of Ludo's younger brother Dennis. Shortly after Wanda leaves, Dennis catches up with her, says he knows where Ludo is, and offers to fly her to him. Wanda accepts the offer, and Dennis flies her toward the distant mountains. On a mountain peak adjacent to Ludo's monster temple, Wanda observes Ludo from afar and notices his magic wand. Alarmed, she tells Dennis they have to leave immediately.

In Timmy's bedroom, Timmy tells Ruberiot that Godchild Songs are trite puff pieces that convey unrealistic portrayals of perfect godchildren and songstrels like him are partly responsible for it. Offended, Ruberiot says he also wants to defy tradition by writing a real song about a real godchild, and he snaps at Timmy for not even giving him a chance before leaving. Later, Timmy visits Ruberiot in Fairy World, where he struggles to write a Godchild Song about him. After he realized he hates old-fashioned Godchild Songs as much as Timmy does, Timmy wishes to turn the song into "something real".

The next day, Wanda returns to the castle and suits up in armor to storm Ludo's temple. However, Cosmo enters and reminds her that Timmy's Song Day festival is that very evening. Later, Timmy and Chloe sit with Cosmo, Wanda, and the Magic High Commission in the royal seating box, and Wanda tells Timmy how proud she is of him for going through with the festival, despite his hatred for Godchild Songs. On stage, Ruberiot's performance starts out as a light, Medieval era-sounding tune but soon turns into an epic rock ballad. The performance is met by the fairies' loud cheering and Wanda's approval at first. However, the song takes a darker turn in the second verse, where Ruberiot reveals to everyone that Glossaryck and the book of spells were stolen by Ludo and that Cosmo and Wanda kept this secret from both the fairy citizenry and the High Commission. Even worse, the final verse – which Timmy had no prior knowledge of – reveals that Timmy secretly has a crush on Chloe, much to Chloe's complete shock and befuddlement.

Ruberiot's performance is met not by expected applause but by confusion and anger over the queen's deception. Under a hail of boos and thrown refreshments, Timmy, Chloe, Cosmo, Wanda, and the High Commission retreat to the castle throne room. Timmy gets confused over why the citizens are angry, believing they wanted to know the "real" Timmy Turner. Wanda explains that they don't; they just expect him to be the perfect godchild, and sometimes the truth can be dangerous. The High Commission admonishes Wanda for withholding information about Glossaryck and the book of spells. Off to the side, Chloe tries to talk to Timmy about what Ruberiot's song revealed about their relationship, but Timmy flies away inside Slushious before she gets the chance.