Just as his situation was particularly grim, he was granted a pair of fairy godparents, named Cosmo and Wanda, who had the power to grant wishes and were charged with making Timmy happy. An only child, Timmy was often preyed upon by such adversaries as his mean babysitter, Vicky, or his maniacal teacher, Mr. The show follows the day-to-day life of 10-year-old Timmy Turner. The Fairly OddParents is set in the fictional town of Dimmsdale, California. To date, it is Nickelodeon's second-longest-running scripted series (behind SpongeBob SquarePants), at 172 episodes spread across ten seasons. and airs on the Disney Channel in certain countries for this reason.Īlthough its creator Butch Hartman cites his other work Danny Phantom to be his most iconic, The Fairly OddParents had a far larger running time and a greater influence, as well temporarily being Nickelodeon's top-rated program. The series was distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company, Nelvana Enterprises, Inc. It was produced by Frederator Studios, whose show Oh Yeah! Cartoons, showed the pilot episodes alongside many other first-run and one-time cartoons. The Fairly OddParents is a Nicktoon created by Butch Hartman that first aired in the United States on March 30, 2001, and ended on July 26, 2017. SeptemMa( Oh Yeah! shorts) March 30, 2001 – J(series) External links page