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| Genre | Comedy Fantasy[1] |
| Created by | Butch Hartman |
| Showrunner | Butch Hartman |
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| Opening theme | "The Fairly OddParents" |
| Ending theme | "The Fairly OddParents" (instrumental) |
| Composer | Guy Moon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 172 (294 segments)(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 11 minutes (segments) 23–48 minutes (full episodes/specials) 73 minutes ("Abra-Catastrophe!" and "Channel Chasers") |
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| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Release | March 30, 2001 (2001-03-30) – November 25, 2006 (2006-11-25) |
| Release | February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18) – September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) |
| Network | Nicktoons |
| Release | January 18 (2017-01-18) – July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) |
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The Fairly OddParents is an Americananimated television series created byButch Hartman forNickelodeon. The series follows the adventures ofTimmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with twofairy godparents namedCosmo and Wanda who grant him wishes to solve his everyday problems.
The series originated from shorts on Nickelodeon's animation showcaseOh Yeah! Cartoons that aired from 1998 to 2002. Due to their popularity, the shorts were greenlit to become a half-hour series, which premiered on March 30, 2001. Originally, the series ended on November 25, 2006, totaling five seasons and 80 episodes, but it was revived in 2008. Production of the series ceased again after Hartman left Nickelodeon in February 2018.[2]The Fairly OddParents received generally positive reviews and was Nickelodeon's second longest-running animated series, behindSpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present).[3]
On February 24, 2021, it was announced that a spin-off live-action series was in development forParamount+.[4] The seriesThe Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder premiered on March 31, 2022.[5] A sequel series, titledThe Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, premiered on May 20, 2024.[6]
The Fairly OddParents follows Timmy Turner, a 10-year old boy who is neglected by his parents and abused by his teenagebabysitter, Vicky. One day, he is granted two fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, who grant his every wish to improve his miserable life. However, these wishes usually backfire badly and cause a series of problems that Timmy must fix. Earlier episodes of the series tend to revolve around Timmy trying to navigate his everyday life at home, at school and elsewhere in town with his friends, Chester and A.J., and occasionally his parents, while also trying to fix a wish gone awry and ultimately, learning a lesson in the end. Later in the series, Timmy wishes that Cosmo and Wanda would have a baby, whom they named Poof, and much later, Timmy gets a pet fairy dog named Sparky. Even later in the series, a new girl called Chloe Carmichael, who loves sharing, animals, and everything that is ecologically friendly, moves into the neighborhood, and Timmy has to share Cosmo and Wanda with her due to a shortage of available fairies.
At the beginning of the series, Vicky was the main antagonist, but as the series progressed, many more villains were introduced, including Denzel Crocker, Timmy's crazed teacher who wishes to prove to the world that fairies exist; Francis, the school bully; Remy Buxaplenty, a young billionaire child, who is set on getting rid of Timmy's fairy godparents due to his immense jealousy towards him for having two fairy godparents compared to his one, named Juandissimo Magnifico, Wanda's ex; Dark Laser, a parody ofDarth Vader, who wants to destroy Timmy and the Earth; the Pixies, who are known to wield as much power as fairies, but they treat their magical powers like a business. The Pixies' primary goal is to take control of Fairy World and the Earth; the Anti-fairies, who are similar to the actual fairies, but with polar opposite personalities and character traits. Anti-fairies are also known for causing bad luck; and Norm the Genie, who hatches a plan to gain freedom from his lamp and get revenge on Timmy.
The Fairly OddParents is set in the fictional city of Dimmsdale, California. Dimmsdale has a sign on some mountains near the city that is a parody of theHollywood Sign. In the episode "Vicky Loses Her Icky", the Mayor of Dimmsdale unveils the "Welcome to Dimmsdale – Nicest Town on Earth!" sign. However, at the end of the episode, the President of the United States changes the word "Nicest" to "Meanest". Dimmsdale appears to be average-sized, with a downtown containing large buildings, skyscrapers and a city hall, but also containing uptown areas with suburban residences (including the neighborhood where Timmy, his parents and his friends live) and businesses, such as Timmy's school; a hospital; a jail; a sports complex called the Dimmadome, which is named after its founder and owner, Doug Dimmadome, a man who owns a local TV channel and various restaurants and stores, as well as a park in the center of the city. Dimmsdale also appears to have rural farmland located outside of the city. The adults who live in Dimmsdale are notably moronic and often settle situations with things like angry mobs, but they do still manage to form a working and functioning society. In the episode "Which Witch is Which?" it was revealed that Dimmsdale was founded in the 1660s and named after a man called Dale Dimm.
When the show needs to, it switches its location to Fairy World, the home of the fairies, which is a floating world located on top of some clouds, colored with an abundance of pink and purple. Fairy World is depicted as a large metropolis with houses, streets, different kinds of buildings, and skyscrapers. Most buildings in Fairy World have crowns and stars above their roofs. The fairies have a civilization like that of humans, but with their primary source of power being magic, which also keeps their world afloat. A large rainbow acts as the bridge between Fairy World and the Earth, although the bridge seems to exist only for decoration since fairies teleport via magic to and from Earth. Fairy World is not actually a part of Earth but is depicted as a separate world in outer space located near Earth's orbit that can only be accessed by magic. Among the most notable landmarks in Fairy World is the glowing entrance sign on the other side of the rainbow bridge and the giant wand located in the center of Fairy World that powers the fairies' magic. Jorgen Von Strangle, an enormous and tough fairy with anAustrian accent (similar to that ofArnold Schwarzenegger), acts as the leader of the fairies and Fairy World. Jorgen personally dislikes Timmy at the beginning of the series but warms up to him over time.
Another location seen in the show is the city of Chincinnati, the home town of Timmy's favorite comic book superhero, the Crimson Chin. Other locations include the dark and twisted Anti-Fairy World, the dark counterpart of Fairy World where the Anti-fairies reside; the dull and gray metropolis of Pixies Inc., home of the Pixies; and Yugopotamia, another planet where Timmy's alien friend Mark Chang lived until the episode "New Squid in Town!" when Timmy invites Mark to live in the Dimmsdale junkyard in order to escape his evil fiancée, Princess Mandie.
Recurring voice actors includeJim Ward,Rob Paulsen,Dee Bradley Baker,Tom Kenny,Jason Marsden,Jeff Bennett,Dionne Quan,Gary LeRoi Gray,Kevin Michael Richardson,Frankie Muniz, and Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad.
Throughout its run, celebrities who have guest starred onThe Fairly OddParents includeAdam West,Jay Leno,Norm Macdonald,Mary Hart,Chris Kirkpatrick,[7]Alec Baldwin,Ben Stein,Jackie Mason,Jason Bateman,Laraine Newman,Gilbert Gottfried,Michael Clarke Duncan,Brendan Fraser,Patrick Warburton,Julie Chen,Gene Simmons,Paul Stanley,Tom Arnold,Dana Carvey, andScott Hamilton.
Prior to the creation ofThe Fairly OddParents,Butch Hartman was working atCartoon Network onDexter's Laboratory andJohnny Bravo. In 1997,Fred Seibert contacted Hartman to come over to his new company,Frederator Incorporated, to help pitch ideas as a part of theirOh Yeah! Cartoons series which the studio was developing forNickelodeon. Hartman initially declined the offer. Several months later,Johnny Bravo finished and Hartman decided to create his own series instead of going back to working for other studios.[citation needed]
"I wanted initially to do a boy version ofCinderella. [...] I wanted to do a show with magic so I wouldn't have to worry about coming up with ideas, and sometimes that's the problem, The show just sort of writes itself, and there's often too much to choose from and too many opportunities." — Butch Hartman[8]
Hartman started developing his own series by drawing a picture of a little boy who would become Timmy Turner. Hartman was originally going to name him Mike, after his brother Mike Hartman, but they had a fight that day, so Hartman named him after his other brother Timmy Hartman instead.[9][10] Hartman wanted Timmy to be able to go anywhere because he never wanted to be stuck for a story transition.[11] Hartman was originally going to give Timmy science powers, but decided against it due toDexter's Laboratory having recently come out. Instead, he decided to give Timmy a magic friend. He drew Venus (later renamed Wanda) first and then decided that, because he had never heard of a fairy godfather before, to draw Cosmo.[12] After coming up with the entire premise for the cartoon in about fifteen minutes, Hartman first pitched the idea toHanna-Barbera and then to Cartoon Network, both of whom turned it down. Hartman then went back to Seibert at Nickelodeon and successfully pitched it to them forOh Yeah! Cartoons.[12]
While in early development, the series was titledThe Fairy GodParents and then it was briefly changed toOh My GodParents.[12]Bill Burnett came up with the titleThe Fairly OddParents, which they ended up sticking with.[12] Hartman originally createdThe Fairly OddParents as a seven-minuteshort film, which was one of the thirty-nine short cartoons created forOh Yeah! Cartoons. Hartman made ten seven-minuteshort films ofThe Fairly OddParents in total forOh Yeah! Cartoons, which aired on Nickelodeon from September 4, 1998, to March 23, 2001.[citation needed] Due to the success of the shorts, Nickelodeon picked upThe Fairly OddParents for a full-length series alongside fellowOh Yeah! Cartoons:ChalkZone andMy Life as a Teenage Robot. In 2000, Nickelodeon ordered seven 23-minute episodes for the series' first season, which premiered on March 30, 2001 (just one week after the final Oh Yeah! short)[citation needed] in the half-hour before fellow NicktoonInvader Zim made its debut.[8]
Unlike the later series, the animation in the original shorts is not as smooth and the designs are notably different (including Timmy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Turner, who are only seen from the neck down with their faces hidden in thepilot episodes and appear to be more intelligent than they appeared to be in the proceeding series, yet still easily duped by Vicky's abhorrent actions). Other notable differences include Timmy Turner, who was voiced byMary Kay Bergman in the Oh Yeah! shorts rather than Tara Strong in the series (Strong would dub over Bergman's dialogue in the Oh Yeah! shorts to establish better continuity). Cosmo is significantly more intelligent than he appears to be in the proceeding series while Wanda is shown to be ditzy. Vicky is also much less evil than in the current series; she has a little brother in the pilot episode before it was changed to a little sister later on in the shorts, and she also calls Timmy by his name as opposed to the more often-used "twerp".
Upon its premiere,The Fairly OddParents was immediately popular and quickly became the second-highest-rated children's program among kids ages 2–11 on both network and cable television, behind Nickelodeon's ownSpongeBob SquarePants.[13][14] The series managed to briefly stealSpongeBob's spot as the number one highest rated children's television program in mid-2003.[13][14]The Fairly OddParents also attracted a wide audience, appealing to kids as well as to teenagers and adults, with 14.2 million kids 2–11 tuning in each week, 10.8 million adult viewers per week and was the number one series on television among tween audiences (9–14).[14][15]
On January 24, 2006, Hartman announced on his forum that Nickelodeon had ceased production of the show. "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!" is the fifth-season finale in production order and was intended to be theseries finale, airing on July 21, 2006. However, Nickelodeon broadcast the episode "Timmy the Barbarian!/No Substitute for Crazy!" after "The Jerkinators!" as the fifth-season finale in airing order, on November 25 of that year.[citation needed]
On February 2, 2007, Hartman announced on his forum that Nick grantedThe Fairly OddParents twenty more episode slots, making sure the show resumed production. Later on July 7, 2007, a special titled77 Secrets of the Fairly OddParents Revealed hinted that a new character would join the series.[citation needed]
"The addition of baby Poof is something I always wanted to do. I wanted Cosmo and Wanda to have their own kid as opposed to just Timmy. So we came up with the episodeFairly OddBaby and it was one of the highest rated episodes we ever did and we were really thrilled about that." — Butch Hartman[16]
After a one-year hiatus,Nickelodeon announced that they would begin thesixth season, which would consist of twelve episodes alongside the broadcast of atelevision film calledFairly OddBaby, which introduced a new character, a baby fairy named Poof, to the main cast of characters.[17] A huge hit,Fairly OddBaby aired on February 18, 2008, and garnered 8.89 million viewers for its premiere; the rebroadcast of the film the following day garnered 4.82 million viewers, making it the number one and ninth most viewed cable broadcast respectively for the week of February 18–24, 2008.[18]
“I wanted to take the series in an unexpected direction by introducing live-action characters while keeping the integrity of the series' trademark magic through CG animation.” — Butch Hartman[19]
To honor the tenth anniversary ofThe Fairly OddParents, a live-action television film titledA Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! premiered on July 9, 2011.[19] The film is set 13 years after the animated series and starsDrake Bell as a 23-year-old Timmy Turner, who is trying his hardest not to grow up in order to prevent losing his fairy godparents, andDaniella Monet as Tootie, who has grown into a mature and beautiful activist with whom Timmy falls in love.[20] The premiere of the movie attracted 5.8 million viewers and it was the top-rated television broadcast on cable networks for the week of July 10–16, 2011, and ranked as "2011's Top Original TV Movie on Basic Cable with Kids and Total Viewers".[21]
The success ofA Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! spawned two sequels:A Fairly Odd Christmas andA Fairly Odd Summer, which premiered on November 29, 2012,[22] and August 2, 2014[23] respectively. Drake Bell and Daniella Monet reprised their respective roles in both of the sequels.[23][24]
Theninth season ofThe Fairly OddParents began with atelevision special titled "Fairly OddPet", which premiered on March 23, 2013, and attracted 3.8 million viewers.[25] The ninth season's official run began on May 4, 2013.[26] Season nine introduced a new character, Timmy's pet fairy dog Sparky, to the show's main cast.[26] Season nine contained twenty-six episodes, making it the longest season in the series. It is also the first season to be formatted in bothhigh definition andwidescreen.
"When you make a show like[The] Fairly OddParents for many, many years, you really have to begin to add things to the show to keep the show fresh. I've had a lot of people send me angry emails asking me why did you add Chloe to the show? Or why did you add Sparky? Or why did you add Poof? And as much as I would love to not upset these people, we have to keep the show fresh. Mainly because sometimes the network, Nickelodeon, wants us to add things and so we add things, but we try to add things in a way that makes the show better, not worse." — Butch Hartman[16]
Thetenth season ofThe Fairly OddParents began with a special called "The Big Fairy Share Scare!", which introduced another new main character named Chloe Carmichael, Timmy's neighbor who he is forced to share Cosmo and Wanda with due to a fairy shortage.[27] The tenth season aired from January 15, 2016, to July 26, 2017, on bothNickelodeon andNicktoons. The visuals and lyrics for the theme song were changed for season ten in order to include Chloe; however, it still contained the same rhythm and melody as the original theme song.[16] Also in season 10, the show's animation made the transition fromtraditional animation toFlash animation. The animation for season ten was done by Elliott Animation Studios in Canada, whereas all of the prior seasons were animated by Yeson Animation Studios in South Korea.[16]
| Season | Episodes | Segments | Originally released | |||
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| Shorts | 10 | — | September 6, 1998 (1998-09-06) | March 23, 2001 (2001-03-23) | Nickelodeon | |
| 1 | 7 | 13 | March 30, 2001 (2001-03-30) | December 9, 2001 (2001-12-09) | ||
| 2 | 13 | 24 | March 1, 2002 (2002-03-01) | January 20, 2003 (2003-01-20) | ||
| 3 | 19 | 33 | November 8, 2002 (2002-11-08) | November 21, 2003 (2003-11-21) | ||
| 4 | 20 | 32 | November 7, 2003 (2003-11-07) | June 10, 2005 (2005-06-10) | ||
| 5 | 21 | 37 | July 2, 2004 (2004-07-02) | November 25, 2006 (2006-11-25) | ||
| 6 | 20 | 30 | February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18) | August 12, 2009 (2009-08-12) | ||
| 7 | 20 | 39 | July 6, 2009 (2009-07-06) | August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05) | ||
| 8 | 6 | — | February 12, 2011 (2011-02-12) | December 29, 2011 (2011-12-29) | ||
| 9 | 26 | 43 | March 23, 2013 (2013-03-23) | March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28) | ||
| 10 | 20 | 9 | 15 | January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15) | September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) | |
| 11 | 22 | January 18, 2017 (2017-01-18) | July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26) | Nicktoons | ||
There have also been three tie-ins with special episodecrossovers involving the Nickelodeon computer-animated seriesThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius under the title "The Jimmy-Timmy Power Hour" (the first alone, the second and third with the subtitles "When Nerds Collide!" and "The Jerkinators!", respectively); the three main characters from Fairly OddParents meet with the main characters fromJimmy Neutron, Jimmy, Sheen, Carl, Cindy, and Libby, and often cross between each of their worlds of 2D and 3D animation.
The series aired on the main Nickelodeon channel from March 30, 2001 to November 25, 2006 for its first run and from February 18, 2008 to September 16, 2016 for its second run, later moved toNicktoons from January 18 to July 26, 2017 with new episodes. After it ended, reruns are sometimes shown on Nicktoons until 2023.
The first eight seasons have been released on DVD-R format exclusively through Amazon, starting with the first season in 2009. The TV movie Wishology has its own release on the format, separate from the sixth season's set.
The complete series was released by Paramount Pictures in a 35-disc set on December 10, 2024 (originally scheduled for November 26, 2024).[28] Seasons 9 and 10 also received separate sets to compliment the already-existing Amazon releases.[29]
In June 2019, The Fairly OddParents was added toPluto TV alongside other Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. shows.[30]
As of July 30, 2020, all seasons are available onParamount+. Seasons four and five of the show are currently streaming onNetflix in the United States, as of May 2024.
In 2004, Hartman revealed his intentions to make aCrash Nebulaspin-off series. Thepilot episode "Crash Nebula" was aired as part of the show'sfifth season, with the pilot focusing on a young boy named Sprig Speevak (voiced byJames Arnold Taylor), who meets various types of strange aliens as he attends a school in outer space, making a few friends and enemies.Nickelodeon decided not to pick up the series.[31]
In 2006, Hartman stated that he was still confident and would try to get the spin-off greenlit in the future. He also wrote a script entitledCrash Nebula: The Movie forParamount Pictures, but the film was canceled due to its similarities toDisney'sSky High.[citation needed] However, no other news for theCrash Nebula IP has been announced since then, with it remaining as a fictitious television series inThe Fairly OddParents that Timmy Turner is a fan of. The episode in the fifth season adds an introduction where Timmy is excited for Sprig's origin story, with Cosmo and Wanda making wild guesses.
On February 24, 2021, it was announced that a live-action sequel series was in development and debut onParamount+.[32] Hartman and Seibert return as producers, while Christopher J. Nowak serve as both executive producer and showrunner.[33] The series started production in July 2021[34] and premiered on March 31, 2022, with one season.[5]
In 2023, Nickelodeon &Paramount Global applied to register "The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish" with theUSPTO under severalNICE classes. A screenwriter from Season 9 of the original series confirmed a new project was in development.[35] On February 23, 2024, further details about the series were revealed, including an impendingNetflix debut, the return ofDaran Norris andSusanne Blakeslee as Cosmo and Wanda respectively, and the focus on a new main character, Hazel Wells.[36] It premiered on May 20, 2024 onNickelodeon.[6]
Betsy Wallace fromCommon Sense Media gave the series 3 of 5 stars saying, “Nickelodeon airs some of the most creative and expertly animated cartoons on television, and it has another winner withThe Fairly OddParents.”[37]
Dennis Cass fromSlate Magazine favorably compared the series' writing to that ofAnimaniacs and praised the series' broad appeal.[14]
Some critics have criticized Nickelodeon's decision to continue production of the show with numerous revivals and spinoffs, and have suggested that what they perceive to be the show's subsequent decline in quality may have hindered the show's lasting legacy. Spencer Bollettieri ofComic Book Resources assessed in 2024: "As the series dragged on and Nickelodeon kept trying to revive it, the quality started to slip, with an overstuffed cast and a string of failed spinoffs, includingThe Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder. [...] In the end,The Fairly OddParents proves it's better to leave the party early than be wished to leave."[38]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | 29th Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement for an Animated Production Produced for the Internet | "The Crimson Chin" webisodes | Nominated | [39] |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Special Project | Main title sequence | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime or Late Night Animated Television Production | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production | Butch Hartman for episode "Chin Up" | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Television Production | Guy Moon | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production | Tara Strong as Timmy Turner | Nominated | |||
| 2002 | 2002BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Cable Award | Butch Hartman,Ron Jones, andGuy Moon | Won | [40] |
| 54th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music and Lyrics | Butch Hartman,Steve Marmel, andGuy Moon for song "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas" from "Christmas Every Day" | Nominated | [41] | |
| 2003 | 30th Annie Awards | Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production | Guy Moon,Butch Hartman, andSteve Marmel | Nominated | [42] |
| 2003BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Cable Award | Butch Hartman,Ron Jones, andGuy Moon | Won | ||
| 2003Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing in Television Animation | Michael Warner, Mary Erstad, Matt Corey, and Michael Petak for "Action Packed" and "Smarty Pants" | Nominated | ||
| 55th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music and Lyrics | Guy Moon,Butch Hartman, andSteve Marmel for song "It's Great to Be a Guy" from "Love Struck" | Nominated | [41] | |
| Guy Moon,Butch Hartman, andSteve Marmel for song "What Girls Love" from "Love Struck" | Nominated | ||||
| 2004 | 31st Annie Awards | Outstanding Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production | Dave Thomas for "Pipe Down" | Won | [43] |
| Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production | The Fairly OddParents | Won | |||
| 2004BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Cable Award | Butch Hartman,Ron Jones, andGuy Moon | Won | [44] | |
| 2004Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing in Television Animation | Robert Poole II, Mary Erstad, and Matt Corey for "The Crimson Chin Meets Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad" | Nominated | ||
| 2004 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | ||
| 56th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music and Lyrics | Guy Moon,Butch Hartman, andSteve Marmel for song "Wish Come True!" from "Abracatastrophe" | Nominated | [41] | |
| 20th TCA Awards | Outstanding Children's Programming | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [45] | |
| 2005 | 32nd Annie Awards | Character Design in an Animated Television Production | Benjamin Balistreri for "Crash Nebula" | Nominated | [46] |
| Outstanding Writing in a Television Production | Butch Hartman andSteve Marmel for "Channel Chasers" | Nominated | |||
| 2005 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [47] | |
| 57th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Gordon Hammond for "Shelf Life" | Won | [41] | |
| 2006 | 33rd Annie Awards | Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production | Ernie Gilbert for "The Good Old Days" | Won | [48] |
| Best Directing in an Animated Television Production | Gary Conrad for "The Good Old Days" | Nominated | |||
| 2006 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [49] | |
| 2006Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing in Television Animation | Robert Poole II, Mary Erstad, Robbi Smith,Guy Moon, and Craig Ng for "The Good Old Days/Future Lost" | Nominated | [50] | |
| 2006British Academy Children's Awards | International | Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad | Nominated | [51] | |
| 2007 | 34th Annie Awards | Best Animated Television Production | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [52] |
| 2007 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [53] | |
| 2009 | 36th Annie Awards | Best Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form | Butch Hartman for "Mission: Responsible" | Nominated | [54] |
| 2009 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [55] | |
| 2010 | 37th Annie Awards | Music in a Television Production | Guy Moon for "Wishology: The Big Beginning" | Won | [56] |
| Storyboarding in a Television Production | Brandon Kruse for "Fly Boy" | Nominated | |||
| 37th Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Mixing – Live Action and Animation | Michael Beiriger and Ray Leonard | Won | [57] | |
| Outstanding Individual in Animation | Dave Thomas for "Dadbracadbra" | Won | |||
| Outstanding Writing in Animation | William Schifrin, Kevin Sullivan, Ed Valentine,Butch Hartman, Joanna Lewis,Charlotte Fullerton,Amy Keating Rogers,Gary Conrad, Thomas Krajewski,Scott Fellows, and Ray De Laurentis | Nominated | |||
| 2010Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing in Television Animation | Heather Olsen,Roy Braverman, Robbi Smith, J. Lampinen, and Mishelle Fordham for "Wishology: The Big Beginning" | Nominated | [58] | |
| 2011 | 38th Annie Awards | Best Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production | Dave Thomas | Nominated | [59] |
| 2012 | 39th Annie Awards | Voice Acting in a Television Production | Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker | Nominated | [60] |
| Daran Norris as Cosmo | Nominated | ||||
| Tara Strong as Timmy Turner | Nominated | ||||
| Writing in a Television Production | Ray De Laurentis, William Schifrin, and Kevin Sullivan for "Invasion of the Dads" | Nominated | [60] | ||
| 2013 | 40th Annie Awards | Best Animated Television Production for Children | "Farm Pit" | Nominated | [61] |
| 2013 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [62] | |
| Neox Fan Awards | Best Neox Kidz series | Nominated | [63] | ||
| 2014 | 2014Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing in Television Animation | Heather Olsen,Roy Braverman, Robbi Smith and J. Lampinen for "Dumbbell Curve" | Won | [64] |
| 41st Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Eric Bauza | Nominated | [65] | |
| 2014 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick | Sparky | Nominated | [66] | |
| 2015 | 2015 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | The Fairly OddParents | Nominated | [67] |
A slew of products based on the series were created, released, or built. This includes four video games, three attraction rides, and toys.
I wanted to make a show about a boy who could go anywhere, because I never wanted to be stuck for a story transition.—Butch Hartman
