A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (or simply known as A Fairly Odd Movie) is a 2011 live-action/animated comedy television film based on the animated series The Fairly OddParents. It first aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 9, 2011, to celebrate the series's tenth anniversary. Unlike the previous animated films of the series, this film is live-action with CGI animation. The television film was viewed by 5.8 million viewers during its original airing.
| A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy Fantasy |
| Based on | The Fairly OddParents by Butch Hartman |
| Written by | Butch Hartman Scott Fellows |
| Directed by | Savage Steve Holland |
| Starring | Drake Bell Daniella Monet Steven Weber Jason Alexander Cheryl Hines Teryl Rothery Daran Norris Susanne Blakeslee Tara Strong David Lewis Mark Gibbon Randy Jackson |
| Music by | Guy Moon |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
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| Producers | Scott McAboy Fred Seibert Marjorn Cohn Lauren Levine Butch Hartman |
| Cinematography | Jon Joffin |
| Editors | Anita Brandt-Burgoyne Damon Fecht |
| Running time | 61 minutes |
| Production companies | Billionfold, Inc. Frederator Studios Pacific Bay Entertainment |
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| Network | Nickelodeon TeenNick YTV (Canada) |
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The film is set in the city of Dimmsdale and centers on Timmy Turner, his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda, and his fairy godbrother Poof. The events of the film take place at the end of the series. Timmy is now 23 years old but is still in fifth grade, with his fairy-obsessed teacher, Mr. Crocker. Timmy finds a loophole in the fairy rulebook: if he continues to act like a child, he will get to keep his fairies. A dilemma arises when Tootie, who was an awkward girl when she was 8 years old, returns to Dimmsdale as an attractive woman. Timmy falls in love with her, a sign that he is becoming an adult, which means that he is closer to losing his fairies. Meanwhile, an oil tycoon, named Hugh J. Magnate, Jr., teams up with Mr. Crocker and plans to use Timmy's fairies' magic to promote his oil business.
The film was released on Region 1 DVD by Nickelodeon Studios on July 11, 2011.[1] The television film was released on Blu-ray on December 4, 2015.[2]
On March 14, 2012, Nickelodeon announced a sequel to the film, A Fairly Odd Christmas, which premiered during 2012's holiday season,[3] while a third film, A Fairly Odd Summer, premiered on August 2, 2014. Drake Bell, Daniella Monet, and other cast members reprised their roles in both.
Plot edit
13 years after the original series, Timmy Turner (Drake Bell) has grown into a 23-year-old man, but maintains a lifestyle of a 10-year-old to keep his fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, and his godbrother, Poof. Timmy's refusal to mature greatly irritates his parents (who desperately encourage him to move out so that they can “sell their house and go on vacation”) and Jorgen von Strangle (Mark Gibbon), who is constantly scheming to entice Timmy into giving up his fairies by shooting an arrow at him to make him fall in love with someone yet fails every time.
One day, Timmy reunites with a girl from his childhood named Tootie (Daniella Monet), who had an obsessive crush on him for years. She has grown into a beautiful activist and Timmy falls for her instantly. Cosmo and Wanda desperately scheme to repel Tootie, afraid that he is finally growing up and may not need them anymore. Timmy is torn between his love for Tootie and his desire to keep his fairies.
Meanwhile, Timmy's schoolteacher, Denzel Crocker, teams up with an oil tycoon by the name of Hugh J. Magnate Jr in order to kidnap Timmy's fairies and use their magic for their own purposes. Magnate deceives and kidnaps Tootie while Crocker captures Cosmo, Wanda and Poof, imprisoning them in a device programmed to use their magic to grant anybody's wishes. However, Magnate betrays Crocker, wishes he falls into a bottomless ballpit, and tortures the fairies by adjusting the wish-granting machine to electrocute them each time a wish is made. Timmy comes to the rescue of both the fairies and Tootie and battles with both his enemy and a toy robot that Magnate brought to life with the fairies' magic. Timmy successfully frees everyone but is forced to give up his fairies, who vanish the moment he kisses Tootie.
Although Timmy is saddened deeply by the departure of Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof, he is happy to be free to finally pursue more mature endeavors, as he had longed to do. However, he learns from Jorgen that because of his courage, a new law was passed in Fairy World that will now permit him to keep his fairy godparents as long as he only makes unselfish wishes to help others. Tootie and Timmy then plan to start a charity organization in which they will make wishes that will mend all of the world's problems or travesties, flying away in a magical van, which turns around and flies towards the camera (in a direct parody of Back to the Future). Magnate is sent to a mental hospital after claiming that fairies exist, and his secretary becomes CEO of the company, turning it into an environmentally-friendly enterprise. The film ends with Crocker finally falling out of the ball pit, landing in front of the Turners' house, and walking away.
Cast edit
- Drake Bell as Timmy Turner
- Daniella Monet as Tootie[4]
- Steven Weber as Hugh J. Magnate, Jr.
- Jason Alexander as Live Action Cosmo
- Cheryl Hines as Live Action Wanda
- Daran Norris as Animated Cosmo (voice) and Mr. Turner
- Susanne Blakeslee as Animated Wanda (voice)
- Tara Strong as Poof (voice – baby noises)
- Randy Jackson as Poof (voice – spoken)
- Teryl Rothery as Mrs. Turner
- Mark Gibbon as Jorgen Von Strangle
- David Lewis as Denzel Crocker[4]
- Jesse Reid as A.J.
- Chris Anderson as Chester McBadBat
- Devon Weigel as Vicky
- Christie Laing as Janice
- Olivia Steele-Falconer as Katie
- Darien Provost as Howie
- Qayam Devji as Ravi
- Diego Martinez as Mouse
- Butch Hartman as Maitre D'[5][6]
- Serge Houde as the Mayor of Dimmsdale
- Harrison Houde as Hall Monitor
- Nicola Anderson as Real Estate Agent
- Keith Blackman Dallas as Bulldozer Operator
- Lee Tichon as Magnate Goon #1
- Osmond L. Bramble as Magnate Goon #2
- Judith Maxie as Fairy Council Member #1
- John Innes as Fairy Council Member #2
- Raugi Yu as Asian Waiter
Ratings edit
The film attracted 5.8 million viewers on its premiere night. It was also the top-rated broadcast on cable networks for the week ending on July 10, 2011. The film's ratings were the highest for The Fairly OddParents films since its preceding special, Wishology, a trilogy film which attained 4.0 million, 3.6 million, and 4.1 million viewers for its three parts, "The Big Beginning", "The Exciting Middle Part", and "The Final Ending", respectively, during its premiere broadcast on May 1–3, 2009.[7][8]
Sequels edit
Twenty days after the film's premiere on Nickelodeon, The Fairly OddParents creator and film writer Butch Hartman tweeted that he was working on ideas for a sequel to Grow Up, Timmy Turner![9] On March 14, 2012, during Nickelodeon's 2012-2013 Upfront, a sequel to 2011's first live-action TV film was announced. The sequel, titled A Fairly Odd Christmas, aired on November 29, 2012,[3] and, in 2013, it was announced that there would be a third and final installment, titled A Fairly Odd Summer, which aired on August 2, 2014; Drake Bell and Daniella Monet reprised their roles in both.
References edit
- ^ "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow up, Timmy Turner!". Amazon.
- ^ "A Fairly OddParents Movie: Grow up Timmy Turner". Amazon. 4 December 2015.
- ^ a b . Nickelodeon Press. 2012-03-14. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ a b "The Fairly Oddparents Movie Ordered by Nickelodeon - Today's News: Our Take". TVGuide.com. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ Butch Hartman [@realhartman] (June 16, 2011). "It's official: RANDY JACKSON is the voice of BABY POOF!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Caitlin, Roger (2011-07-09). "Saturday TV: 'Fairly Odd' Gets Real for 10th Anniversary". Courant.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ Seidelman, Robert (2009-05-06). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ^ Seidelman, Robert (2009-05-04). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Butch Hartman [@realhartman] (July 29, 2011). "Working on ideas for a sequel to 'GROW UP TIMMY TURNER!'" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links edit
- A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! at IMDb
- at Nick.com