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 - "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.

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.