Channel Chasers
- Episode aired Jul 23, 2004
- Not Rated
- 1h 13m
10 year old Timmy Turner gets punished for destroying Dimmsdale with a machine known as "The Kid Crusher" from his favorite T.V. show, "Maho Mushi". After being humiliated by his dim-witted ... Read all10 year old Timmy Turner gets punished for destroying Dimmsdale with a machine known as "The Kid Crusher" from his favorite T.V. show, "Maho Mushi". After being humiliated by his dim-witted parents one final time for not believing that his babysitter, Vicki is evil, Timmy wishes ... Read all10 year old Timmy Turner gets punished for destroying Dimmsdale with a machine known as "The Kid Crusher" from his favorite T.V. show, "Maho Mushi". After being humiliated by his dim-witted parents one final time for not believing that his babysitter, Vicki is evil, Timmy wishes for a magical T.V. remote control that will transport him into the world of Television and... Read all
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Timmy Turner
- (voice)
- …
- Cosmo
- (voice)
- …
- Wanda
- (voice)
- …
- Vicky
- (voice)
- (as Grey DeLisle)
- …
- Dinkleburg
- (voice)
- …
- Chester McBadbat
- (voice)
- …
- A.J.
- (voice)
- Big Kid
- (voice)
- (as Dee Baker)
- …
- Chet Ubetcha
- (voice)
- …
- T.V. Host
- (voice)
- (as Scott Bullock)
- …
- Race Official
- (voice)
- Future Timmy
- (voice)
- Chip Skylark
- (archive sound)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Bucky McBadbat
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Timmy Turner (18 years old)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCast member Jason Marsden's favorite episode of the series.
- GoofsIn the "Mahô Mushi" sequence, after the announcer's speech, the Japanese katakana that appears on-screen says "Maho Mutsu".
- Quotes
Mr. Denzel Crocker: [coming out of the psychiatric ward] At last, I'm cured! No more fairies! For the first time in my life, I'm able to focus on other things! I've figured out cold fusion! There's no limit to the good I can do for humanity!
[Timmy's wish that no one remember anything from the last few days takes affect on Crocker]
Mr. Denzel Crocker: What the heck is this junk? Was I about to help people? This can only be the work of... FAIRIES!
[laughs madly and runs back inside the hospital]
- Alternate versionsThe DVD release of the movie contains deleted/alternative sequences:
- There was originally a musical number called "If I Lived in TV" sung by Timmy before he ran away. It featured even more TV references, but was omitted for pacing and tone reasons.
- The Poppyseed Avenue scene was re-shot from the original where the Wanda puppet misses the TV and a man (
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Times Shows Made Fun of "The Simpsons" (2020)
- SoundtracksIf I Lived in TV
Tara Strong, Darren Norris & Susanne Blakeslee
My review?
[long, amazed pause]
WOW! This is quite possibly the darkest FOP movie/episode ever! It's also incredibly poignant, especially in the conclusion (which, of course, I won't give away, save that it ambiguously had the feel of a "final episode")! But that doesn't stop the usual FOP wackiness, and there's TONS of references to TV shows, especially tokusatsu and anime (look carefully for an SD version of Masked [Kamen] Rider V3 while Timmy flips channels to scroll through the characters on his favorite program)! Look for hilarious parodies of A CHARLIE BROWN CHIRSTMAS, SESAME STREET, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and SPEED RACER, to name just a few! But this is somewhat different from the average, even the best FOP episode/special!
The plot: 20 years into future, Chester and AJ (now macho grown-ups) are chased through Dimmsdale (now a dystopia) by a ruthless masked ninja spy (volced by Alec Baldwin, who did a good job!), who works for the evil dictator Vicky (yep, Timmy Turner's evil babysitter!). With the two men captured, Vicky sends the spy to the present, using a time-traveling device, to destroy Timmy Turner. But things take a turn for the worst when a popular new anime program called MAHOMUSHI (Japanese for "magic bugs"; Should be "Mahoumushi") influences kids to behave violently (a parody of the infamous POKEMON "epileptic seizure" incident in Japan), especially Timmy, whose reenacting the program with his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda destroy his parents' jobs! They ground him, and leave him with Vicky (as usual), but this is where things really start to go bottom-of-the-barrel for poor Timmy! When he wishes for a TV set in his room, Vicky finds out about this and frames Timmy by destroying much of the house. To get away from his troubles, Timmy wishes for a magic remote control, and he, Cosmo and Wanda have fun actually traveling through the TV universe, living his favorite TV shows! Meanwhile, the spy from the future spies on Timmy as the return of his enraged parents (thanks to Vicky) forces him to return to the real world for a while, and inadvertently takes with him a super-weapon (from a JONNY QUEST-type show), which Timmy accidentally destroys his roof with! With Timmy in serious trouble, his parents snatch his magic remote control from him, and give it to Vicky, who leaves the room. His parents leave also, not believing Timmy that "Vicky is evil!" Timmy becomes bitterly cynical of his parents and all adults (and possibly even of himself, as he, Cosmo and Wanda reflect on the tragic truth about kids forsaking their fairy godparents when they get older), and when wishing for a new magic remote control, the misanthropic Timmy runs away into the TV universe with his fairy godparents, and the mysterious spy follows suit. But while Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda are surfing through their favorite shows trying to evade the spy (who eventually reveals a shocking secret), Vicky begins to discover the power of the other magic remote control in her custody, and all hell breaks loose! Will Timmy avert this ominous crisis, which could affect even the real world?
Overall, this special is just as good as, perhaps even better than the wonderful ABRA-CATASTROPHE. The subplot with the other regular characters is very intriguing, and the chase through the TV universe is a real laugh-riot, as it should be! But you won't come out feeling the same way you do with FOP when this movie is finished. The surprisingly dark & depressing undertones make this special a real standout! Sort of like the mega-depressing A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN (the ultimate of the four Peanuts movies), except with a happy yet poignant ending. This special is still highly recommendable!
- Ryuusei
- Aug 8, 2004
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- Burbank, California, USA(Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
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