The Fairly OddParents - Hail to the Chief

Okay, folks, my birthday dinner is over, everything's back to normal, I've got my wishes, and I'm ready to go back to doing a regular review. This one is for President's Day which is today, folks. This is a Fairly OddParents episode called, "Hail to the Chief," which was the only episode to be written by Steven Banks.

Timmy competes against the two popular boys, Tad and Chad to be Student Body President. And this is not just to become Student Body President, no no, it's also to gain attention to the one and only Trixie Tang, because apparently, Trixie is the political reporter for the Dimmsdale Elementary School Newspaper. That's something that unfortunately won't be seen again after this episode. And with a little help from William Shakespeare, not even joking, Wanda summoned him, he writes a speech on the fact that it doesn't matter if we're all losers. A day later, there was nobody at school because the kids got sick from Tad and Chad's cake. And since there was nobody else at school, Timmy won the Student Body President duties. How will this go? Well, just watch and find out.

There's a lot of fun facts I got to mention here. First off I will say this is the first appearance of Sanjay, Timmy's other friend and his only appearance in Season 2, here, he invites Timmy into their book club. And I will address the elephant in the room, the controversy of "Twistory!" That episode (and, indirectly, its sister episode) rarely airs in reruns in the United States due to the controversial stereotypes featured in it and the implications that the world would not advanced socially or technologically had the colonists lost the Revolutionary War. However, both episodes are available on the Nick Picks Vol. 3 DVD and on the season 2 DVD. Due to its obscurity, some people mistakenly thought the Founding Fathers from Escape from Unwish Island were new characters. The last known airings of these episodes was on July 4th, 2017 (the Fourth of July, that is) along with its sister episode on Nicktoons. Sheesh, who ever thought Nickelodeon has something against ethnic stereotypes? What is this the Speedy Gonzales trope all over again?

Okay, okay, okay. All nitpicking aside, this is a pretty funny episode, it's got a good plot, good humor, and even some politician jokes. The one thing that grinds my gears is The Future Phlegmers, because for some reason, one of Timmy's friends, Elmer was in that sort of group. Seriously, how did he get that cold to be in that group? And let me tell you, Principal Waxelplax is frost intolerant, let me tell you, I've looked everywhere for an explanation, but I couldn't find one, I guess that means frost intolerant allergies don't exist. Of course, I will agree with Timmy that I want to be or not to be.......that LOSER!

That's all folks!

The Fairly OddParents - "Squirrely Puffs"

Squirrely Puffs are a part of this balance breakfast. But all that aside, Let's go ahead to review The Fairly OddParents episode, "Squirrely Puffs."

Timmy goes on a Squirrely Scouts hike with his Dad, Chester, AJ, and Sanjay. However, Mrs. Turner comes along with one of them being Tootie, obviously, challenges the Squirrel Scouts to a race to the top of the mountain, and all sorts of hijinks ensue. The Cream Puffs get help from some singing and obnoxious singing animals, Sanjay banishes his friends in order to get knee socks mostly due to the fact he got poison ivy on his leg, and Timmy Turner is the only scout who's pretty much behaving here.

How will this end? Watch and find out.

This episode is pretty much a mixed bag, I mean, why would Timmy throw up every time he sees Tootie? Why do the writers think that's funny, it's not! And Cosmo and Wanda, they're barely in this episode. They constantly get captured by a bird as worms, and even gets eaten by a frog while they were flies, all of these causes Poof to cry and something terrible happen, like that thunderstorm, because, we know that every time Poof cries something bad happens. Timmy could've just save them or at least let his fairies stay home or something, and another thing, no magic is used in this episode, I mean, not one single wish. But on the upside, Mrs. Turner finally snaps at the obnoxious animals in the most over the top and funniest manner you could imagine.

So, bottom line, "Squirrely Puffs" has too much of a plot that could've been a lot simpler. Did I mention that Mr. Turner can speak squirrel?


There are some funny moments here and there, but overall, not all that much.

Consider it on the upper side of "meh."

The Fairly OddParents - "Birthday Wish!"

Here's another favorite episode from Season 5, "Birthday Wish!" starring Vicky's little sister, Tootie. This is the second Birthday episode I'm reviewing, so let's uh, let's begin.

The story is that Timmy Turner feels bad for Tootie because her birthdays are always ruined by her older sister, Vicky. She wants a party where everyone wasn't too scared of her to come. Feeling bad for the child who's been abused by Vicky, he lends his fairies, Cosmo and Wanda to Tootie for the rest of her birthday, and to make up for all the birthday's he's been ignoring from the delivery man. And, amazingly enough, the party is everything that she ever wanted. It isn't until Denzel Crocker comes into the picture and discovers there was real butter creme icing on the giant birthday cake. And, as usual, Mr. Crocker goes for another evil scheme to prove to the world that Timmy (technically Tootie) has fairies.

The thing that surprised me about this episode was that I thought this would be more about Vicky than Tootie, but boy they proved me wrong. It focuses more on Tootie and her birthday wish, Vicky even gets thrown out of the window to give Denzel the villain spotlight. That, and Timmy was really generous to lend his fairies until 9:00 which is her bedtime. I also like Chester and AJ's minor appearances, as well as Chet Ubetcha reporting on Tootie's birthday. With all the presents, on the cake or anywhere in between, you never know who's going to show up. But don't worry, we're giving you enough Mr. Crocker to go around.

The bottom line is that I too felt bad for Tootie in this episode, especially since nobody ever came to her party due to them having Vicky in them.

I even like all the jokes here, like Cosmo saying "Go for the coma!" And of course, we couldn't forget Crocker's "FAIRY GOD PARENTS!" chant.

I even like how they made Denzel Crocker interact with Tootie for a change instead of Vicky.

If you like birthdays as much as I do, please, at least check this one episode out. It really is worth your time.

The Fairly OddParents - "Future Lost"

If SB-129 was in love with The Jetsons, this would probably be the innocent love child. It's called "Future Lost."

While cleaning out stuff in the attic, Timmy Turner comes across a book that takes place in the future of the 21st Century, with futuristic technology. And without any surprises, he wishes that all of Dimmsdale was in the future like in the book he found from Mr. Turner. By the way, the title of the book was called Stevie Sparks. Everything looks so futuristic that even Mark Chang shows off his regular form to the kids. Everything goes fine until the Big Brain takes over the world and brainwashes the robots into making the humans do their bidding. How will Timmy get out of this? Stay tuned to find out.

This episode is pretty cool. It really knows how to portray the future right, like how The Jetsons and SpongeBob did. I even like Denzel Crocker's muscular janitor version of himself. He still does the spasms, but this time he says "ROBOTS ARE EVIL!" Oh, Carlos Alazraqui, never change. I even like the idea of a 5-second school day. I wish my school had something like that, too bad it never works like that, the only upside is that I don't go there anymore because I've retired and went to work at the DAC. I even like the Cosmo and Wanda robots, especially the Cosmo Four Slice, where he can make toast. And the rockets are much better than wings.

Overall, this an episode that is really worth seeing. It is one of the last good ones before Poof came along. It has a lot of goods, a lot of humor, and a lot of action. I just wish that Big Brain guy who was voiced by Jim Ward wound sound more like Orson Welles.

Oh well, I guess we'll never know.

Overall, as of now, you don't have to be a Psychic Pokemon in order to see what's coming up in the future. Isn't that right, Alakazam?

KA-ZAM!

AAGH! That's my cue to say, watch it if you run across it!

By the way, that was a reference to the Professor's intro in Pokemon the First Movie.

The Fairly OddParents - "A Wish Too Far!"

Man, I guess it's been a while since I've reviewed a Fairly OddParents episode. But it doesn't matter, since, Butch Hartman has his own interview channel on YouTube, I thought I would review a few episodes again for him. This one is from the first season, it is called "A Wish Too Far!"

Okay, what's the story? Oh yes. Timmy has a crush on Trixie Tang (as we all should know by now), and he wants so desperately for her to see him and like him, but however, that's impossible because he's not popular like Trixie, Veronica, and Tad and Chad are. In a desperate attempt to get attention, Timmy wishes to look like a popular kid just like the aforementioned four, even going so far as to dumping his friends, and even making so many ridiculous wishes to the fairies, without even a please or a thanks, it goes so far in fact that he ends up being sued by Fairy World and sent to Fairy Court. Will they reach the verdict? Stay tuned to find out.

This episode is pretty funny, even if Timmy did indeed act out of character in this one, I like how Timmy pushes away Chester and AJ as well as Veronica suspecting that all this was just a trap which sadly is kind of true. I even like Cosmo's attempt at a laser targeted defense, by acting as a fireman? Don't ask me, they're just showing! If there's one thing I didn't like, it has to be Jorgen Von Strangle in his first appearance here. He sounds too much like Arnold Schwarzenegger, and not too raspy, like how his voice would be later on. And he made the Judge change is mind even though Timmy said he was sorry to the entire court! Only a fire-burning Wanda would stop him, only on one conclusion.

Have we reached the verdict? Guilty or not guilty? Not guilty! This episode is very good. And it also had a good moral, just be yourself. Let's just say Timmy Turner had to learn that out the hard way.

Also, bet you didn't know that SpongeBob storyboard artist, Erik Wiese storyboarded this episode? His only other episode he storyboarded for this show was "Beddy Bye."

Go ahead and give this episode a watch if you haven't already.

ChalkZone - "Chocolate Brunch" Review

Now, let's review the 3-minute short episode of ChalkZone starring Snap. It's called, Chocolate Brunch.

Around breakfast time, while looking for food, Blocky finds some eggs and he and Snap bring them back home. By the time Snap finishes cooking the eggs, they hatch and they reveal to be chocolate bunny rabbits. Snap, being a carnivore that he is, wants to eat the bunnies, but Blocky won't let him, slapstick ensues! Pat Ventura was pretty good at writing this stuff more than those Jamal the Funny Frog shorts on Oh Yeah! Cartoons. No wait, he storyboarded this, not wrote it, Jenny Nissenson wrote this episode. Sorry about the incident.

This short is REALLY FUNNY! I couldn't stop laughing at all the slapstick in this episode. Snap never feels out of character, it's just that he feels hungry, why couldn't they go for the waffle fly they were chasing at the beginning? And I like that after the bunnies pop out of the buns and say to Snap, "Daddy!" causing a boing sound effect and Snap cries in a comedic fashion and ultimately gives in simply by saying, "Oh, I just can't do it!" The one thing that still bugs me is that they had to pitch shift Blocky's voice despite the fact that he's voiced by Robert Cait. What was wrong with his natural voice, and another thing, I like Candi Milo as Blocky more than Robert. However, I have nothing against Robert Cait.

What's the verdict? It's a genuinely funny episode! At least Snap and Blcoky's hunger were satisfied when the mother bunny gave them chocolate milk. All I can say is that that's a nice turn around from being an angry monster trying to kill Snap and Blcoky to an actual mother figure for those bunnies. All I can say is that don't do any of this stuff, especially steal her eggs, if you mess with the mother bunny, she'll mess with you.

Peace.

ChalkZone - "Chip of Fools"

Whoa, I guess it's been a while since I've talked about my last time I've reviewed a ChalkZone episode. Now, I'm going to get back on track. Today, I'm reviewing, "Chip of Fools."

While exploring ChalkZone, Penny, Snap, and Rudy come across the Chocolate Chip Cookie Tree, I can say that that's the kind of tree that Cookie Monster would go do. While collecting a lot of cookies, Rudy and Penny see the bubble forest and leave Snap into keeping an eye on it. But Snap eats all the cookies before they could come back to inspect the chip to crumb aspect ratio. Snap becomes tired and falls asleep and gets a very eerie nightmare about talking cookies kidnapping Snap and turning him into a chocolate chip cookie too.

I know a lot of people have not followed ChalkZone, but I have. I like ChalkZone. I especially like this episode. I like how Snap is so cookie hungry and the nightmare he had is just visually interesting. I can understand to Rudy and Penny that chalk food would still taste like chalk. And I understand. The thing that kind of bugs me is the cookie snorfeler, if that's how you spell its name. It's like a vacuum cleaner, a vacuum that only like cookies. It's easily frightened though whenever people come across the tree. That's a good sign.

Bottom line, I like the episode and it was much better than the Halloween episode that aired before this one, which although I have nothing against Tim Curry, that Halloween episode was just a weak, weak, episode. But this, this just a better episode! Too bad it only airs on Halloween, kind of like "What is Blue Afraid Of?" and "I Was a Teenage Gary."

Go ahead and watch it online, if you're a true fan of ChalkZone or any of the Frederator stuff.

Magic Trixie Review

No, I don't mean the Great and Powerful Trixie from MLP: Friendship is Magic, but that was a good guess. No, I'm talking about this 1998 short from Oh Yeah! Cartoons. The plot of this story is that a young girl while trying to practice magic, she comes across Migmar Magma, voiced by Bob Joles, and eventually, she outshines him like a real magician would.

This is a pretty interesting short. It doesn't have much dialogue,minus Migmar's lines, but, this short taught me that it didn't need a lot of talking to make it look interesting, it just had to be VISUALLY interesting, it felt like a short from the Disney films Fantasia and Fantasia 2000. I like the clerk, who was voiced by Gregg Berger, who has a deadpanned sounding voice in his system, but the highlight of the short has to go with Migmar Magma, now, he is one magical bad guy, he will stop at nothing to be better than Trixie, but, since it's a magic-related short, fat chance.

This short was a stroke a genius. It was visually interesting, it had humor, it had minimal dialogue, but it didn't bother me much, all it taught me was that sometimes, silence is golden, Samurai Jack and a few Nelvana shows have done that as well, it also taught us that magic doesn't come from a store, but from the heart, all you need is some natural talent, and Trixie had to learn that the hard way. If you haven't seen or heard of this short yet, check it out, in my opinion, it's six minutes of talent you won't soon be forgetting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XJiqxCdTg

Jelly's Day - Uncle Betty's Strange Rash

Here's another cartoon starring the cute Jelly. In this episode, Jelly meets up with his goofy uncle Betty (voiced by Bob Joles) at the Museum of Stuff from Outer Space. The kicker, he gets a rash that grows plants with feet and they pop out of him.

What's weird about this episode is the fact that it was directed by Vincent Waller. not that I have anything against him, I mean, he's a nice guy and he worked on Cow and Chicken and SpongeBob. But what I think he did here was that he put a bit of a Ren and Stimpy feel to the cartoon that was suppose to be innocent looking. No kidding, if you looked on Uncle Betty's backpack, he even has a Stimpy plush toy. It also arranges with the background characters who kind of look like throw away background characters from Ren and Stimpy. Still, it's too safe and polished to be anything like the overly loud insanity that Ren and Stimpy gave us. Vincent Waller, as I've said before also worked on Cow and Chicken which also had a Ren and Stimpy feel but was still unique enough to be called it's own show.

Overall, this episode's really weird. I have a lot of mixed feelings on this. I still like Grey Delisle as the voice of Jelly and I like the character design of the flowers in the following picture here. It's just bizzare and weird. But still, if you wanna see it and let me hear your thoughts, here's the link:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUZE9kersw0

ChalkZone - "Chalk Rain"

Has anyone heard of ChalkZone? I have, well, here's an episode of the series that only aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, "Chalk Rain."

The plot of the story is that during the annual ChalkZone Snap-a-Thon, Chalk Rain comes into town, chalk rain is what happens when the rain of the outside world melts away a chalk drawing from the road, Most drawings are small and they only last a minute, but this one is a very big chalk drawing! It transforms into a dragon like monster simply known as ChalkZilla! Snap and Rudy Tabootie try their best to stop this monster, but to no avail. So, what to do, Rudy goes back to the real world o find his creator. And it turns out that it was a Chinese artist who drew the dragon, he was originally suppose to be the flying dragon of the sky, but the rain wash him away before she had a chance to draw his wings. So, Rudy talks the artist to ChalkZone to help calm down ChalkZilla, and Rudy draws the wings onto ChalkZilla, resulting him into the calmest dragon in all of ChalkZone, creating a chalk rainbow.

Several clips from this episode do appear in the Season 1-2 intro, but the episode never appeared in the first season. I often wondered why? Did it have something to do with 9/11? I'm not sure. The highlight is of course the monster terrorizing the city, and not only that, but the artist voiced by none other than the voice of Mulan herself, Ming-Na Wen. Isn't that ironic. Ming-Na Wen voicing two people from China. And don't even get me started on the upcoming live-action rehash of the movie. Anyways, the episode is pretty interesting, it has a good plot, an awesome character design for the monster, and a nice showing of cooperation. And now, here's my parody song of Trogdor.

"CHALKZILLA! CHALKZILLA! ChalkZilla was a man, I mean, he was a dragon-man. Or, maybe he was just a dragon, but he was still CHALKZILLA! CHALKZILLA! Burninating the country side, burninating the citizens, burninating all the people and if thatch-roof COTTAGES! THATCH -ROOF COTTAGES! And the ChalkZilla comes in the NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Oh, oh yeah.

The Kid from SCHOOL

The Kid from SCHOOL was created by Bob Boyle and Bill Riling for Oh Yeah! Cartoons. And this is my review.

This cartoon centered around a spy simply known as Jake Slate (voiced by Jason Marsden) who fights off against the evil genius, who's weakness is macaroni and cheese. I like mac and cheese by the way. Also, Jake Slate gets a date from the head of the student council, Stephanie (voiced by Grey Delisle) who wants him to be his homecoming king at the school dance. Not wanting to be the last boy in the school, the evil genius, tries to get rid of every single male student from the school, but Jake Slate stops his reign of terror. This episode serves as a clever spoof to James Bond, from the name, to the shaken not stirred joke being used. The art style is kind of similar to The Fairly OddParents, since Bob Boyle did work on The Fairly OddParents during its first three seasons.

With all the spy references, including James Bond, the short gets pretty much everything right. It's got a decent parody, it's got great mac and cheese jokes, and it's a pretty good satire of school and spies. It's good. Check it out for yourself if you haven't seen it on TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDpmiTZrA4

Ask Edward: All About Babies

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you put Tom Kenny and Tara Strong as a comedy duo featuring to kid dogs? Well, this is the short for you, "Ask Edward: All About Babies.

The plot of the short is that Emo plays baby with his toy figures, which annoys his big brother, Edward. Emo explains the reason is because their mom and dad were talking about having another baby. since this short is Ask Edward, this episode does what the title predicts. Edward answers the question simply to say that storks bring in their babies, not too dissimilar to Dumbo. After Edward explains, Emo finds an egg outside, and he and Edward mistake it as an egg for a baby brother. And Edward teases Emo that the "baby" could be a problem for him. And Emo tries his best to make sure nothing terrible happens to him, simply by trying to put the egg into the dark, and tries to put the egg in the freezer, but it just falls and cracks. Their mom overhears this and decides to cook them scrambled eggs. When Edward refuses, they confess to their mother what's been happening, and their mom tells them it's just a complete misunderstanding. And Edward gives out a much better explanation. You see, after the stork lays the egg, the bee has to pollinate it, otherwise, there's no baby inside, leaving Emo quite confused, but stung by a bee on the nose in the process.

The short is quite cute. The characters are cute, the animation is cute, heck, the voices are cute, heck, even the plot is cute, almost as cute as Nermal from Garfield and Friends, but don't tell Garfield that. I should of course mention that Emo was voiced the lovable Tara Strong, using a voice that's sort of like a precursor to Timmy Turner whom she also does. She's just one of the best voice actresses out there. But she's not the only star of this cartoon, there;s also Tom Kenny as the voice of Edward (AKA: Eddy), using a voice that is pretty much as precursor to Carl from Johnny Bravo, in which whom Tom Kenny also did about a year later. Enjoy all the cuteness of the cartoon while you still can.

If you wanna see this cute cartoon for yourself, here's the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9p7tISqFdY

Proctecto 5000

This cartoon from Oh Yeah! Cartoons is just so dramatic! Believe me, I've watched it. I mean, the animation is cute I will admit, but the entire short just feels like a dang soap opera.

You see, in this cartoon, in the distant future, Nadya has a lot of trouble making friends at her new school, even goes so far as being bullied by a bully who was voiced by the late Mary Kay Bergman, even going so far as to lock her in a locker overnight, luckily, Kenny the Protecto 5000 comes in to save the day after the bullies go too far with their science experiment. The moral of the story is always make friends even when your too shy to do such a thing, and you should ways try to come out of your shell. An important fact I should point out is that Kenny is voiced by none other than Richard Moll from Night Court. I'd never thought I'd say this, but he was a perfect fit for this drama.

Unfortunately, I don't recommend this cartoon It's just so melodramatic, sad, and even mean-spirited to young little girls like Nadya. BUT, it's not that bad, I'll give it the benefit of a doubt here. And if you are a true fan of dramas and stuff like that, go ahead and check out the link here if you dare! Not that I'm demanding you to, it's just that, it's your choice.

I would like to dedicate this review to the late Joe Alaskey and the late Mary Kay Bergman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyaHHMMLmY0

"Jelly's Day"

Now, let's review my other favorite cartoon from Oh Yeah! Cartoons, "Jelly's Day." The first episode from the first episode of the anthology series. In this installment, Jelly's cousin named Hargus came to visit from Entrancelvanyia, and she takes him to the beach for a good time, and hilarity ensues.

What's nice about this cartoon is that it's cute, but this is not the only Jelly's Day cartoon they've made. There's two other episodes, one of them I'll be reviewing in the mere future. Also, this is one of Grey Delisle's early instances in voice acting. Her voice for Jelly would be the voice she would later use for other characters like Wubbzy, Lizzie, and Emily Elizabeth among others. Also, it has a perfect moral. The moral is the fact it doesn't matter what these cousins look like on the outside, it's what you are on the inside that counts. It did take the other beachgoers a while to figure that out.

I suggest you check this cartoon for yourself if you've never watched Oh Yeah! Cartoons, but if you've already watched the series from the beginning, go ahead and watch it anyway. Just stay away from the giant octopus that would come out of nowhere and trap you in its clutches, or rather, tentacles.

One more thing I should mention is that the other human characters look like characters from the hit Cartoon Network series, "Cow and Chicken."

All I can say is, I knew they would dig the beach.


Here's a link to the cartoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv3OLR_h5XM

The Fairly OddParents - "Power Mad!"

Here's my favorite episode from The Fairly OddParents, and the weird thing is that it was also part of the first episode of the series, not counting the pilots from Oh Yeah! Cartoons. In this episode, Timmy wishes for a video game that's challenging, a game that you can't wish yourself out of! Heck, even Timmy's best friends, Chester and AJ get in onto the game, literally. But this becomes a bad thing because Timmy notices that the video game sucks up a lot of energy that if Vicky used the TV and all those other electricity related stuff, she would blow the power. So, it's up to Timmy to save Chester and AJ and help them win the game before it's too late. Meanwhile, hilarity ensues when Cosmo and Wanda act out TV shows to distract Vicky, obviously Cosmo's idea.

What I like about this episode is that it's fun! It satires video games and television. I especially like the CGI in the episode's video game, which was improvised by Invader Zim animator, John Sore. It comes as no surprise that Invader Zim premiered the exact same day this episode did. March 30, 2001. I like the part where Cosmo and Wanda do a parody of I Love Lucy, with Cosmo doing the "Lucy, you've got some 'splaining to do!" joke, much to Wanda's chagrin.

Also, this episode marks the first time that Chester and AJ are referred to by name after a minor role in the previous episode, "The Big Problem!' Also, according to Wanda's diary, the day Timmy wished for the video game was Wednesday, March 22nd, isn't that ironic? The exact same month the show premiered! Also, I like how Chester survives most of the dangers in the levels with only three lives. However, this gets all screwed up when AJ just pushes Chester off the platform on the Classroom of Doom level. There was computer mini-game on the Nickelodeon website called "Power Surge," and believe me, I've tried to go through that game, but I've never made it through a single level! What am I? Four? But the highlight of the episode is the battle with...

THE GIANT VICKY ROBOT!

I highly recommend this episode to anyone whose ever watched the Fairly OddParents since the very beginning. Just don't play the game version of the episode, it's too difficult.