Oh yeah, I forgot, this season.
Well, when I first heard that the OddParents was renewed for a tenth season--actually, I never really noticed it was still on the air; I was watching other, better cartoons. But when I first heard that it was renewed, it was what everyone else's reaction was. But to paraphrase: "WHAT!?! Why the hell is this still on the air!?! Why would Nick still cling onto this??" And the answer was the same with SpongeBob: MONEY.
But the fact the Nick won't let it end already--or even years ago, it just baffles me. Even if I know that Nick can and will keep it's most popular shows on the air for financial purposes, and neglect it's more better shows, it shows how money-hungry and pathetic in business-ethics it is like it always was for years.
See the video by psychobabbles parodying theFineBros in my rant on them and you'll exactly see what I mean.
There some tidbits of Season 10 that I shall address here that shows the continued downfall of the once-beloved animated series:
-THE THEME SONG HAS CHANGED.
For the previous nine seasons, the theme was very memorable, very catchy and very awesome. Orchestra instrumentation; a choir singing the lyrics; a quick, fun, whimsical and goofy tone. it was just a perfect piece of music with lyrics to match that tells what the series is all about perfectly.And you WILL sing to it at least every other time it comes on.
That is, until this season. And...Out of the blue, without warning, we get this.
This...isso wrong...on so many levels.
First off, taking the choir away and replacing them with two singers who have to explain this garbage sludge of a story arc (Then, the garbage sludge of a story arc itself, which I'll get too later). And they don't sound right. They're trying their darndest to sing like the choir, but to me, they're failing. Nothing about this sounds right. The addition of Chloe; Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda saying different lyrics; the line about Jorgen; the randomness of all this is terrible (at least in the original, the random wording and lyrics work in that case); the questionable nature of it all; and the biggest offence of it all, the fact that the title sequence looks and feels more like a "clip show" episode than an actual title sequence (This element is so many kinds of messed up, I can't even count). This entire sequence feels like an insult. An insult to the fans, casual viewers, critics and even the producers/writers/directors of previous seasons (even if Butch Hartman is still working on it, it still stands).
The only good thing about this is Timmy's lyrics, which are really funny with each passing listen.
Every time I hear this even once, I feel the need to listen to the original 10 times to cleanse my brain from all the terrible and
-There is yet another new character added to the main group: Chloe Carmichael.
She's an enthusiastic blue-eyed blonde overachiever who excels in everything. She and her parents left the big city and moved to Dimmsdale, hitting it off with everyone. And Timmy doesn't like this. But it gets even worse for him when Chloe becomes Timmy's new neighbor.
Now...I'll be honest. I don't hate Chloe. I thinks She's a very adorable and likable girl, and can be a great character when played well here. But...
I just hate the situation surrounding her. She's a new character created by the producers to try to make the show interesting. And it worked...just not in the way they intended.
She's so...perfect. Disgustingly perfect. (And by way of one of the truly treasured gags that I love), she's disgurfect! Right from the very start when Crocker introduced her (while being an ugly dollar-store Dick Cavett), she's revealed to very smart, very charitable, and very heroic. Literally every inch of her personality and life are so perfect. (Just look at her house!) So much so it makes me nauseous! And all of this makes Timmy look even more like an average kid no one understands. And a loser. And the writers are trying so damn hard to make her likable with us! And that's...not...right!
And that's not counting the garbage sludge plot yet.
Huh. I guess I do hate her. Forget what I said about her being a great character. She does not have any flaws and has too much humanity. And that makes her an unlikable character. But to be more honest, there are some things I like about her. She does have a great voice actress behind her (she's voiced by Kari Wahlgren) and none of the obnoxious likeness to her isn't all her fault.
Which leads me to the other big problem with is episode.
-The fact that from now on, this will be the series' main plot.
After Chloe meets new neighbor Timmy, he has a huge problem. And no, it's not her...only.
Later in the day, Jorgen fires in to reveal a shocking (and stupid) revelation: There is a shortage at Fairy World, and because of that, many fairies have to partake in a sharing program. As in they have to be shared with more than one kid.
This negates everything this show has gone for throughout its history.
First off, there can't be a shortage at Fairy World. There has to be as many fairies as there are people on Earth. And any one can be chose as the godparent of one child. And there'd still be enough in Fairy World to go around. This makes me FURIOUS!!
Also, one kid being given two fairies and go on many amazing adventures together, where good and bad moments come in, along with teaching moments to show that not everything you want can be that easy to have or spend life with. It's best to stick with whatever life you have.
Chloe, meanwhile, is smart and obedient enough to live a great life with whatever she wants at her disposal. And she doesn't even need fairies!! She clearly has a great life without any, and can have whatever she wants does whatever she wants without any! So why does she have some?! Why should she have some?!
And even if she gets fairies, she might as well be given either Cosmo or Wanda, instead of both given passed around with Timmy like a joint at a Greg Cipes concert. Hell, she might as well have been given Cosmo, to balance intelligence and become Devil's Advocate.
But no, we get this crap.
Now onto some thoughts and problems I have about the season 10 premiere itself.
It's best to watch the episode from this link highlighted here.
--Yeah. Chloe doesn't wear sleeves. Nice screw-up, producers.
--Smart idea using the Crimson Chin episode leitmotif for a superhero TV show that's NOT the Crimson Chin!!
--Crocker continues to be a more bigger character than need be. It's happened for the last few seasons, and it's annoying. I really like Denzel, and I really enjoy some of the plots he's taken part in (the best being The Timmy/Jimmy Power Hour 3 crossover with The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron). The fact that the producers keep throwing him in episodes
--Chester and AJ are no longer main characters. Sure, it's been made clear for years, but now they're just background characters with little to no lines. And damn, it's a shame. Also, more of a shame, Timmy's other friends Sanjay and Elmer are nowhere to be seen (as of here). I know they were his "back-up" friends--and didn't appear much, but this is just sad.
--Everyone is so willing to make Chloe out to be God's gift to the world. Sure, she's likable, but I really wouldn't think people would be this welcome to a kid like her in real. Sure, I'd love to meet someone her and be her friend, but I don't think I'd want to kiss her feet every time she walks by me.
So I don't blame Timmy for having a cold shoulder.
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--The "Fairy Share"? Worst...cartoon idea...ever.
since "the Timmy Suit".
--This episode is so grossly thrown into the trends of today.
Selfies?! Duck faces?! CRAY-CRAY?!!
LUNACY!!
ABSURDITY!!
FALLACY!!
WHAT THE HECK IS A POLAR BEAR?!?!?
(Oop. ...Sorry.)It's just like the YouTube copy from "Video Vidiots". There is no reason these fads should be shown or mentioned on this show, continuity be damned. And it makes this episode (and possibly the series as a whole) super dated.
And then there's the episode's plot.
Thanks to Timmy wishing away Friday so Chloe won't take his--their fairies away for a DAY and causing Foop to return and cause worldwide domination, we get what would've been a nice start to a new kinship between the four (two kids and two fairies). But thanks to the hot seeping crap before it, along with the dwindling of quality like Cosmo's IQ (which is also dwindling), this episode went the way we thought it did.
Oh no, I'm sorry, continued the way it did. Because Jorgen came in already, Foop's plan was stopped and all is back to normal. WHAT!? If this happened in an earlier season, Jorgen would be there just to serve as comedy fodder, and it would've been back to Timmy and Wanda (Cosmo is off being an idiot) facing off against Foop, and then everything is back to normal.
This is a freaking cop-out! And just another example of this once beloved and revered series going down the drain in quality.
This series followed the genius and creative plot to the letter during the previous seasons. Even the worst seasons had some real good moments. It's just sad to see it end up this way.
This episode was really questionable and swerved in morals and clarity that I'd get tongue-tied and confused even if I've only heard about the episode in word-of-mouth.
I kinda really like Chloe Carmichael--and I kinda don't, but we have to get used to her from now on. She's now a godchild to Cosmo and Wanda (even though she doesn't really need them).
It's clear years ago that the writers have ran out of ideas and that now they're just waterboarding the dead horse to keep it going. And now that this series is at ten seasons, it clear that no matter how much they try, there is nothing worth watching or getting excited or waking up on Saturday mornings for anymore.
Fairly OddParents, goodbye. For now.
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