A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

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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 originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers Scott McAboy
Fred Seibert
Marjorn Cohn
Lauren Levine
Butch Hartman
Cinematography Jon Joffin
EditorsAnita Brandt-Burgoyne
Damon Fecht
Running time61 minutes
Production companiesBillionfold, Inc.
Frederator Studios
Pacific Bay Entertainment
Original release
Network Nickelodeon
TeenNick
YTV (Canada)
ReleaseJuly 9, 2011 (2011-07-09)
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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.

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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

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 constantly schemes to entice Timmy into giving up his fairies.

One day, Timmy reunites with a girl from his childhood named Tootie (Daniella Monet), who had an obsessive crush on him for years. Once a socially awkward child, she has grown into a beautiful activist, causing Timmy to fall for her instantly. Cosmo and Wanda desperately try to repel Tootie, afraid that Timmy is growing up and will 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 oil tycoon Hugh J. Magnate, Jr., 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

Ratings

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

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.

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