FOP Review #7: "A Wish Too Far"

Hey folks it's Turtle again with another FOP review. This time, Timmy tries to get in with the popular kids. Will Timmy be a giant turd in the process? Let's find out in “A Wish Too Far”.

Title card from Fairly Oddparents Wiki

Our story begins on the school bus.

“Hey AJ. Why did the orange go to the doctor?”

“Who cares? It's just gonna end in a pun.”

Starting off strong, I see. Timmy notices his crush, Trixie Tang getting on the bus. Timmy kicks Chester and AJ off the seat to make room for her.

“Hey Trixie”

“Hello, empty bus seat.'

What is she blind? No, wait, that's just her voice actress. Trixie doesn't pay attention to unpopular people. There's apparently a popularity chart for the school and Timmy, AJ, and Chester or in the “other” range. Along with some kid with a huge boil, but more on him later.

In the cafeteria, the popular kids are sitting at their table with some guy playing the violin.

Wow these kids are loaded enough to spring for that. You'd think they'd all go to a private school or something.

Timmy tries talking to them, but they just carry the table away. The violinist serenades Timmy.

Getting “world's smallest violin” flashbacks from Spongebob.

Timmy discovers the popular kids have their own bathrooms. He tries to go in, but is denied by a bouncer.

Okay why do schoolchildren have a bouncer? Loaded or not, that's kinda ridiculous.

Back at home, Timmy complains about being unpopular. Cosmo and Wanda encourage him, saying he's number one as far as they're concerned. Timmy is basically “no shit, you're my godparents”. Do abusive relationships not exist in this universe or.....?

Timmy concludes that if he had cool stuff the right people will like him.

“But you'd be making friends for the wrong reasons.”

“So?”

Timmy with his trademark “not giving a fuck”.

After his parent's leave, Timmy demands his godparents give him cool clothes.

“Timmy, aren't there two words you'd like to say?”

Imaginary Gary? Oh right “thank you” my bad.

Timmy is ungrateful and forces Cosmo and Wanda to go to school with him in case he needs more stuff.

On the bus....

“Where'd you get all this stuff?”

“Ummm internet.....inheritance.......I inherited the internet.”

I hope you're ready for everything to turn into memes in like a decade.

Timmy boots Chester and AJ off the seat to make room for Trixie again. Chester and AJ are forced to sit with Elmer and his boil.

Good luck with your newspaper article, boys.

Trixie notices Timmy, and her friend Veronica notes that it might be a trap due to how suddenly he changed. Timmy wishes for shiny teeth.

Shiny teeth that sparkle, just like the stars in space? That sparkle and add beauty to your face? Oops, a bit early for that.

After school, Tad, Chad and Trixie discuss possible plans for the day. Timmy, not to be one-upped says that his parents are out of town and there will a party that night. Timmy is confronted by Chester and AJ. Afterward, they name Elmer the new Timmy.

“Can my boil have a hat too?”

Bob is just an average boil that no one understands

Back at the house, Timmy wishes for a bunch of stuff for the party. Timmy clearly has a poor attitude about all of this. Before his house becomes a mansion, Timmy is poofed into fairy court. The prosecuting attorney is Rainier Wolfcastle Jorgen Von Strangle. Cosmo volunteers to be the defense attorney to Timmy and Wanda's chagrin.

At least it's not post-Marmel Cosmo, guys.

Timmy is being sued for misusing his fairies.

Was the one girl who started World War I brought to trial too? I'm just going to assume yes.

Cosmo does nothing to help Timmy's case. Timmy realizes that he should've been more grateful.

The judge is willing to let him go, but Jorgen intimidates him resulting in a guilty verdict. Timmy must give up his fairies.

Timmy is poofed back to his house, and the stuff is still there. He is distraught about the loss of Cosmo and Wanda. A crowd gathers outside Timmy's house and he comes out in his regular clothes.

Cue corny speech about being true to yourself. Tad and Chad invite everyone (except Timmy, Chester, AJ, and Elmer) to their yacht. Trixie admires Timmy's decision and kisses him. She refuses an invitation to hang out with Timmy and pals.

You're giving us mixed signals, Trixie.

Timmy is accepted by Chester and AJ again, leaving Elmer to just be the boil kid again. Timmy gives Elmer the title of “1st Runner-up Timmy”

The judge sees this and overturns his decision. Jorgen protests but Wanda intimidates him into obliging. But under one condition.

You'd think they'd have to appeal for a retrial or something. But I guess fairies don't believe in red tape. That's more of a pixie thing.

Timmy get his fairies back and all is right. Well, sort of. Jorgen comes by to put a boil on Timmy's face. Timmy uses the party stuff to throw a party for Cosmo and Wanda as the episode ends.

Man, this episode was cliche to all hell. It had some funny moments, but you knew the status quo wasn't going to be affected. The big trope was Timmy getting too big for his britches, and then there was the lessons about gratitude and being yourself, but as troperific as the episode was, it all works.

“A Wish Too Far” gets a Good rating.