#Fairly oddparents theme series
The show began airing its own full-length episodes as its own series in the same year. This offer was accepted by creator Butch Hartman. Oh Yeah! Cartoons was canceled in 2001, but Nickelodeon offered to make its own show. The Fairly OddParents first aired as a short film on Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, which aired some 10 episodes of the original show. Most episodes of the show consists of two segments that are each approximately 11 minutes long. Later seasons introduced more additions to the show's main cast: Poof, Cosmo and Wanda's son who was born as a result of one of Timmy's wishes in the sixth season Sparky, a talking fairy dog whom Timmy adopted in the ninth season and Chloe Carmichael, a girl whom Timmy would have to share his fairy family with in the show's tenth and final season. These fairy godparents, mindful of their secretive existence, disguise themselves as various animals and objects in public, always with the same peculiar colors to identify the two: Cosmo is always in the light green tint of his hair, and Wanda always remains in the light pink tint of her hair. Unfortunately, Cosmo is a particularly dumb fairy, and Wanda must devote her time to ensuring both Timmy's and Cosmo's safety as such, although well meaning, their wishes sometimes go wrong. Just as his situation was particularly grim, he was granted a pair of fairy godparents, named Cosmo and Wanda, who had the power to grant wishes and were charged with making Timmy happy. An only child, Timmy was often preyed upon by such adversaries as his mean babysitter, Vicky, or his maniacal teacher, Mr. The show follows the day-to-day life of 10-year-old Timmy Turner. The Fairly OddParents is set in the fictional town of Dimmsdale, California. To date, it is Nickelodeon's second-longest-running scripted series (behind SpongeBob SquarePants), at 172 episodes spread across ten seasons. and airs on the Disney Channel in certain countries for this reason.Īlthough its creator Butch Hartman cites his other work Danny Phantom to be his most iconic, The Fairly OddParents had a far larger running time and a greater influence, as well temporarily being Nickelodeon's top-rated program. The series was distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company, Nelvana Enterprises, Inc. It was produced by Frederator Studios, whose show Oh Yeah! Cartoons, showed the pilot episodes alongside many other first-run and one-time cartoons. The Fairly OddParents is a Nicktoon created by Butch Hartman that first aired in the United States on March 30, 2001, and ended on July 26, 2017. SeptemMa( Oh Yeah! shorts) March 30, 2001 – J(series) External links page