A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
A live-action film celebrating ten years of The Fairly OddParents.
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (often shortened to A Fairly Odd Movie) is a 2011 American television film that blends live-action with CGI animation, based on the animated series The Fairly OddParents. It premiered on Nickelodeon in the U.S. on July 9, 2011, marking the series' tenth anniversary. Unlike earlier Fairly OddParents films, this one uses live-action performers alongside computer-generated imagery. The broadcast drew 5.8 million viewers.
The story serves as an epilogue to the series. Timmy Turner, originally a 10-year-old, is now 23 but still acts like a child to keep his fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, along with his godbrother Poof. According to fairy rules, godparents must leave once their charge behaves like an adult. Timmy’s situation grows complicated when he falls for Tootie, an awkward girl who has blossomed into an attractive woman. Meanwhile, oil tycoon Hugh J. Magnate, Jr. teams up with Timmy’s fairy-obsessed teacher, Denzel Crocker, to steal the fairies’ magic for his oil business.
The film was released on Region 1 DVD by Nickelodeon Studios on July 11, 2011, and later on Blu-ray on December 4, 2015. A sequel, A Fairly Odd Christmas, was announced on March 14, 2012, and aired during the 2012 holiday season. A third film, A Fairly Odd Summer, premiered on August 2, 2014. Drake Bell, Daniella Monet, and other cast members returned for both sequels.
**Plot** Thirteen years after the original series, 23-year-old Timmy Turner still lives like a 10-year-old to keep his fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, and his godbrother Poof. His parents are frustrated and want him to move out so they can sell the house and travel. Jorgen von Strangle, head of the Fairy Godparent Academy, also schemes to make Timmy give up his fairies.
Timmy reunites with Tootie, who once had an obsessive crush on him. Now a beautiful activist, she captures his heart. Timmy secretly uses wishes to help her protest the cutting of a historic tree by oil tycoon Hugh J. Magnate, Jr. Cosmo and Wanda try to push Tootie away, fearing Timmy is outgrowing them. Torn between love and keeping his fairies, Timmy hesitates to kiss Tootie, who leaves him, telling him to mature.
Meanwhile, Crocker teams up with Magnate to kidnap the fairies. Magnate captures Tootie, and Crocker traps Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof in a machine that grants wishes by electrocuting them.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Romantic comedy / Fantasy
- Based On
- The Fairly OddParents · Butch Hartman
- Writer
- Butch Hartman / Scott Fellows
- Director
- 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
- Guy Moon
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Scott McAboy / Fred Seibert / Marjorn Cohn / Lauren Levine / Butch Hartman
- Editor
- Anita Brandt-Burgoyne / Damon Fecht
- Cinematography
- Jon Joffin
- Runtime
- 61 minutes
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Lore & Background
The film serves as an epilogue to the series, centering on the originally 10-year-old protagonist Timmy Turner, who is now age 23 but continues living like a child to keep his fairy godparents. Per the fairy rulebook, the fairies must leave when a godchild starts behaving like an adult. When Timmy falls in love with Tootie, an awkward girl who has since grown into an attractive woman, he risks losing his fairies. Meanwhile, oil tycoon Hugh J. Magnate, Jr., teams up with Timmy's fairy-obsessed teacher Denzel Crocker and plans to use Timmy's fairies' magic to promote his oil business.
The plot follows Timmy's struggle between his love for Tootie and his desire to keep his fairies. After a series of events, Timmy saves his fairies and tells Tootie he loves her, but in doing so loses ownership of his fairies. However, a new law is passed in Fairy World allowing him to keep his fairies as long as he only makes unselfish wishes to help others. The film ends with Timmy, Tootie, and his fairies forming a charity organization.
Reader's Guide
The film is notable as the first live-action adaptation of The Fairly OddParents, marking a departure from the series' previous animated films. It attracted 5.8 million viewers on its premiere night and was the top-rated broadcast on cable networks for the week ending July 10, 2011. Its ratings were the highest for The Fairly OddParents films since the preceding special Wishology. Critical response included a 4-out-of-5-star rating from Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media, who stated that the film 'brings fans' favorite characters to life in a truly appealing way.' The film's success led to two sequels: A Fairly Odd Christmas (premiering during the 2012 holiday season) and A Fairly Odd Summer (premiering August 2, 2014), with Drake Bell, Daniella Monet, and other cast members reprising their roles in both.
Did You Know?
- The film first aired on Nickelodeon on July 9, 2011, to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary.
- It was viewed by 5.8 million viewers during its original airing.
- The film was released on Region 1 DVD on July 11, 2011, and on Blu-ray on December 4, 2015.
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