The Fairly OddParents in: Channel Chasers (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Directors:

Butch Hartman
Ken Bruce

Writers:

Butch Hartman (writer)
Steve Marmel (writer)

Release Date:

23 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Timmy wishes for a magic remote control that will allow him to travel inside television, despite being...

Plot Keywords:

Television | Lasersight | Family Relationships | Time Travel | Wish

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tara Strong	...	Young Timmy Turner / Paula Poundcake / Vicky and Tootie's Mom / Others (voice)
Daran Norris	...	Mr. Turner / Cosmo / Others (voice)
Susanne Blakeslee	...	Mrs. Turner / Wanda / Others (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Vicky / Tootie / Others (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Denzel Crocker / Sheldon Dinkleburg / Dinkledog / Tony Futurelli / Man #1 / Additional Voices (voice)
Jason Marsden	...	Chester McBadbat / Jeff / Adult Chester / Johnny Hunt / Additional Voices (voice)
Gary LeRoi Gray	...	A.J. (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Big Kid / Additional Voices (voice) (as Dee Baker)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Adult AJ / Dad's Boss / Snoop / Donnie Donut / Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Ward	...	Chet Ubetcha / Mr. Joel / Doug Dimmadome / Blackbird / Additional Voices (voice)
S. Scott Bullock	...	T.V. Host / Wrestler #1 / Bird / Man#2 / Various (voice) (as Scott Bullock)
Butch Hartman	...	Race Official / Man on Puppet Show (from deleted alternate scene) / Additional Voices (voice)
Adam West	...	Himself (voice)
Cara Newman Ruyle	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Alec Baldwin	...	Adult Timmy Turner (voice)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-Y

Company:

Frederator Incorporated

Trivia:

During the credits of Karate Kows, one of the credits the characters are riding on says Butch Hartmen, the creator of the show.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Timmy runs into his room to escape from Vicky, a TV is clearly visible next to the door, however he then wishes for a TV in his room so that he has one to watch, despite his parents wishes.

Quotes:

Mrs. Turner: Our son ran away because we didn't believe him about Vicky being an evil babysitter!
Doug Dimmadome: What? Didn't you hear that Chip Skylark song "Icky Vicky"? What did you think that song was about, pumpkins?
Mr. Turner: Yes.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Space Ghost" (1966)

Soundtrack:

If I Lived in TV

Two hours of 'Fairly Odd Parents' awesomeness

Having not seen the first 'Fairly Odd Parents' TV movie - 'Abra-Castatrophe - I caught 'Channel Chasers' on Nickelodeon. I really enjoy the 'Fairly Odd Parents' TV series, so I was keen on checking out 'Channel Chasers'. For those who haven't seen 'Fairly Odd Parents': the show is about ten-year old Timmy Turner, and his fairly odd fairy-god parents. Only the word 'awesomeness' can describe this second TV movie.

Twenty years into the 'Fairly Odd Parents' future, Chester and AJ (friends of Timmy) are chased through the streets of Dimmsdale by a masked ninja, an agent of the evil-dictator who now rules the world. In no surprise, the evil-dictator is actually Vicky - Timmy's evil-babysitter from the present. In 'Terminator' style, Vicky sends a ninja back in time to destroy Timmy once he has wished for the magical-TV remote.

Back in the present, Timmy has destroyed a house that his mother was trying to sell, and caused his father to lose his "Cleanest Office Award" to his arch-rival and neighbour, Dinkleburg. Timmy is grounded, and framed by Vicky for trashing the Turner home. With TV banned, Timmy wishes for a magic-remote that allows him to travel through the universe of television. When Vicky gets hold the remote, the race is on to stop Vicky from reaching Channel 298 - the biography channel - and learning how to conquer the world from the Channel's special 'dictator week'.

Two-hours of 'Fairly Odd Parents' is one of the greatest things I've ever experience. The movie is just as funny as the series, with the same sense of humour that should appeal to both adults and kids. In fact, most of the shows Timmy visits in 'Channel Chasers' should be recognizable to most adults, while kids should get more kicks out of the zany humour.

'Channel Chasers' feels like a finale, but I'm holding out for a 'Fairly Odd Parents' movie to hit the cinema - it is just as deserving as Spongebob Squarepants - 8/10