Fairly Oddparents, about the rules.

A little analysis about the rules of Fairly Oddparents, when the authors forgot them.

Fairly Oddparents is one of my favorite Nickelodeon animated series, yet, rewatching some episodes today, I noticed they forgot the rules in some episodes. I'm not saying those episodes weren't great, but for plot coherence, they shouldn't have existed. As I've already said, I love this show; I don't want to point out its flaws to belittle it, but only as constructive criticism. I won't count the fact that anti-fairies, goblins, genies, and Merlin in the Camelot episode can grant wishes outside the rules; the rules are probably unique to fairies.
Let's analyze it together.

Fairies can grant wishes even when the child is unconscious. In the first episode featuring Chompy, Dream Goat, when he wakes up from nightmares, he finds himself surrounded by monsters, a scene that strikes a certain childishness. An event that won't be revisited in subsequent episodes, is it possible that Timmy only had nightmares once? The writers must have forgotten about it.

Let's not talk about the episode "I Dream of Cosmo," where Timmy's father finds Cosmo, who lies about being a genie, and grants some wishes outside of the rules.

A rule that's constantly reiterated in the episodes is that power can't be used to win competitions. Yet, let's look at some episodes.

Foul Balled: Timmy wishes Chester would become the best baseball player (the first time I rewatched an episode, I noticed this inconsistency; that's where it all started.) The wish is revoked by Chester, who renounces Timmy's friendship, because Timmy wished his FRIEND would be the best baseball player. This is one of those episodes that shouldn't even exist.

Super Bike: Here too, the super bike was wished for to win a competition.

That's Life: Timmy wished his mother's garden would grow, knowing she was working on it following a competition.

Movie Magic: I could turn a blind eye to this; Cosmo and Wanda didn't help him win, they just gave him indirect help that wasn't a guarantee of victory.

Odd Ball: Timmy wishes to grow taller. I don't know if this aligns with the rule that power can't be used to win competitions. After all, height isn't a guarantee of victory or defeat in basketball, even if it helps sometimes, but as demonstrated in the finals, it was enough for them to be a team player, as the title suggests. However, I've seen more rule violations in basketball than in wishful thinking, like when Timmy steals the basket of balls and throws them into the basket one at a time, or when he throws the ball into the basket with the player in his hand. I wonder if that last action is allowed. Not to mention when a guy hit the ball with his butt. Is that a reference to Keijo? LOL

Mind over Magic: Here too, Timmy used telepathy to win competitions, like Battleship. Yet in the Jimmy Neutron crossover, Jorgen explained that you can't even use magic to win at rock-paper-scissors.

Hassle in the Castle: I talked about this when I wrote the first chapter about Maryann; she killed the Archduke.

https://www.writing.com/main/interactive-story/item_id/2141885-Shrunk-Near-Your-...

Before 1914, was it impossible to kill? Or did Maryann use one of the tricks I mentioned in the chapter, like the magic muffin?

Most Wanted Wish: I'd like to compare this episode to Class Clown. In Class Clown, Timmy wished to be the funniest person on planet Earth; in Fairy World, the wish didn't work. Why did it work in Most Wanted Wish and all the fairies wanted to take Cosmo and Wanda's place? (By the way, even the seemingly harmless carnivorous plant was something out of a horror movie.)

Love Struck: It's one of the best episodes of the series, yet there's a huge mistake, impossible to ignore. Timmy wants to divide the world into two halves, males on one side, females on the other, but wasn't there a rule that magic can't interfere with true love?

In that regard, true love can be defined as such when it's reciprocated by both parties.

Spaced Out: Mark was in love with Vicky, but she wasn't even a little bit, so why did Timmy have to talk to Mark's parents to separate them?

The Odd Couple: Here too, after Timmy investigated Ricky and discovered that he doesn't love Vicky, only her money, and therefore wasn't true love, the spell didn't work because Vicky was still in love with him. But if love is only on one side, it's not true love!

Mr. Right: Leaving aside the competition issue, there's another flaw: Timmy denies having fairies, and they disappear. So why wasn't the wish revoked? Actually, here I'd like to express my opinion in favor of the episode. Timmy said he doesn't have fairies, not that he never had them. So grammar forgives this episode.

Shelf Life: Here too, Timmy leaves the changes Tom Sawyer made to the books to get his classmates a bad grade, while he gets an A, ignoring the rules. The question is: what do we want to teach children?

Boys in this Band: The first episode featuring Chip, the singer. And when he's literally chained up by Vicky, the fairies can't free him because the writers forgot that true love must be reciprocated.

Totally Spaced Out: Mark kidnaps Vicky, and Timmy has to defy her to get her back. Rules aside, couldn't Timmy have used sedative gas from the beginning instead of letting Cosmo do one of his stupid things?

Fools Day Out: Towards the end of the episode, the April Fool fairy wants to destroy the planet by unleashing an ice age. Where was the rule about not killing when necessary?

Mother Nature: I can make an exception here. Timmy didn't want his mother to be right so she could win a competition, but only to save her from the angry mob.

A Bad Case of Diary-Uh!: Timmy forces Vicky to reveal the secrets of her diary, ruining her relationship with Winston Dunsworth. This time, magic went against true love, don't you agree?

Just the Two of Us: I don't want to know what happened to all the missing people. Anyway, who said the line: "Not even if I were the last person on the planet"? Here too, I think the rule was against true love. Because of this episode, I can't get Trixie's phrase: "Tell me I'm pretty!" out of my head.

Escape From Unwish Island: Why was the sphinx on the island? She was given life by Crocker, not Timmy, so it shouldn't be her rejected wish.

Perfect Nightmare: Timmy wants his family to become perfect so they can beat the Dinkleburgs in a reality show. Once again, magic is used to win a competition.

Birthday wish: Let's end on a high note. Here I'd like to focus on another rule, that fairies are given to those who truly need them. How is it possible that only Timmy and Remy have fairies? (For those who say Remy didn't need them, remember that money doesn't buy happiness, but parental love does.) Anyway, why don't other characters like Tootie and Chester have fairies?

And with this huge list, I conclude my analysis. Let me know your thoughts with a message or a review.