When it first came out it was great. There was so much creativity. It was amazing how many possibilities there were with each episode. Timmy Turner (Tara Strong) was a likable protagonist. It was understandable what he was going through even when it was selfish. After getting humiliated by his abusive babysitter Vicky behind his parents back he becomes a fairy godson to a fairy couple Cosmo and Wanda. With magic at his disposal he uses it to make his life better with unexpected disastrous results. In addition to having to fix things he also learns a lesson at the end.
The animation was great. It was bright and colorful but could also be dark and dramatic when it needed to be. The characters are likable and fun to watch. It's fun to see Cosmo's antics as well as Timmy's idiot parents. Many of them have an interesting yet simple design. Even the antagonists are ones you'll love to hate. The jokes are mostly funny. One joke I thought was funny was when Cosmo turns into a woodpecker and even lets out a laugh after getting hurt. One episode I like is the chocolate episode where everything is sugary. It shows how something may be sweet at first yet the more you think about it the more you realize how bad it actually is.
The big problem are the later seasons. When they introduced Poof it took me some time to warm up to him but he was a nice addition. Adding new characters is very risky and more often than not it suffers from "Cousin Oliver Syndrome". That's where Chloe and Sparky come into play. They just don't work. Sparky's too annoying and Chloe's not the worst but she completely changed the dynamic of the show negatively. You see she has to share Cosmo and Wanda with Timmy as part of a new rule from Fairy World. Her backstory's sad but I couldn't really get into it. I'd say watch the first seasons and skip the ones with Sparky and Chloe. This's a good example of a show that started great but went on for too long because of the studio. It's also funny to think that this was cancelled several times before finally being cancelled 2 years ago. For what it's worth it was a good show until the last few seasons.
The animation was great. It was bright and colorful but could also be dark and dramatic when it needed to be. The characters are likable and fun to watch. It's fun to see Cosmo's antics as well as Timmy's idiot parents. Many of them have an interesting yet simple design. Even the antagonists are ones you'll love to hate. The jokes are mostly funny. One joke I thought was funny was when Cosmo turns into a woodpecker and even lets out a laugh after getting hurt. One episode I like is the chocolate episode where everything is sugary. It shows how something may be sweet at first yet the more you think about it the more you realize how bad it actually is.
The big problem are the later seasons. When they introduced Poof it took me some time to warm up to him but he was a nice addition. Adding new characters is very risky and more often than not it suffers from "Cousin Oliver Syndrome". That's where Chloe and Sparky come into play. They just don't work. Sparky's too annoying and Chloe's not the worst but she completely changed the dynamic of the show negatively. You see she has to share Cosmo and Wanda with Timmy as part of a new rule from Fairy World. Her backstory's sad but I couldn't really get into it. I'd say watch the first seasons and skip the ones with Sparky and Chloe. This's a good example of a show that started great but went on for too long because of the studio. It's also funny to think that this was cancelled several times before finally being cancelled 2 years ago. For what it's worth it was a good show until the last few seasons.