Channel Chasers

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Channel Chasers was an animated film made by Nickelodeon, featuring characters from The Fairly OddParents television series. In production order, the movie is divided into 3 parts: Part I (the first 22 minutes), Part II (the middle 22 minutes), and Part III (the last 22 minutes). Alec Baldwin makes a voice cameo as the voice of the older Timmy.

[edit] Plot

The story starts twenty years into the future, where Vicky has taken over and become dictator. There is a chase scene, with the future Chester and A.J. being pursued (and caught) by one of Vicky's henchmen. It then goes back to the present, where Timmy's parents refuse to allow him to watch TV after he wished for a real version of a destructive vehicle known only as the "Kid Crusher" from his favorite TV show, Maho Mushi (parodies from Dragon Ball) and things went horribly wrong. He then wishes for a magical remote control so that he can go inside the "TV universe," where all the shows seem to be parodies of real TV shows, such as Heavy Hal (Fat Albert), Jonny Hunt (Jonny Quest), Space Spectre (Space Ghost), Go Go Racer (Speed Racer), Carpet Critters (Rugrats), Poppyseed Avenue (Sesame Street), Blackbird (Batman), and Clint's Hints (Blue's Clues). There was also a spoof of The Jetsons(the Furtureellis) and The Simpsons. However, Vicky also gets a hold of a remote control, and Timmy has to stop Vicky from taking over the entire world through the TV, although he is aided by his future self, who came back from the Vicky-controlled future to stop her once and for all.

Meanwhile, Timmy's parents have noticed he has disappeared and are searching for him. First, they received information at a parking garage from a shadowy person known as "Deep Toot" (Actually, it was Tootie in disguise; an obvious spoof of Watergate spy Deep Throat) and for the first time the parents learn that Vicky is actually evil (Timmy's Dad thinks that the name "Deep Toot" is hilarious). They then ask at "Dimmadelphia Cable," the local cable TV provider (spoof of Adelphia Cable), where they sneak into the broadcast room and send a message out to Timmy (which ends the message with his father saying he loves him more) without the permission of the manager, Doug Dimmadome, who calls the police.

During a showdown with Vicky, his future self is forced to return to the future, leaving Timmy determined to defeat Vicky. Realising that magic is the only reason she had the advantage, Timmy uses the remote to age himself so that he becomes too old for Cosmo and Wanda, resulting in all residual effects of their magic- including the remotes- being erased. With Timmy's proper age restored, he then comes out of the TV. His parents apologize for never believing him about Vicky and tell Vicky off for being so evil to Timmy. Because his parents now know the truth about her Timmy will never have to be babysit by her again. However, Timmy realizes that it's because of Vicky he got fairy godparents so rather than get rid of Vicky, he wishes that nobody would remember this, as with Vicky gone he might lose Cosmo and Wanda.

The movie ends soon afterwards with a scene that flash-forwards to 20 years into the future - Timmy has two children named Tommy and Tammy. The adult Timmy was shown leaving for work, and hired a babysitting robot, which is built and acts like Vicky, to baby-sit his children, who have become scared of it/her. Before Timmy leaves for work, he looks at the photograph that Vicky took at the beginning of the movie, but the goldfish have normal eyes and shape, leaving no memory of his childhood fairies. It is noted that they looked oddly familiar. Then we find out that Timmy's kids also have Cosmo and Wanda as fairy godparents.

[edit] Trivia

• "Deep Toot" is an obvious reference to Deep Throat, the informant in the Watergate Scandal.
• When the masked man/older Timmy first comes to the past, there is electricity. This was also in "The Terminator" when they go into the past.
• In Maho Mushi's title screen, it is written as "Mutsu" instead of "Mushi". This error is frequent because of the similarity between both Japanese letters. "Mutsu" is Japanese for "diaper".
• During the Maho Mushi fight sequence, one of Timmy's and Vicky's battle cries were "MIYAZAKI!" and "KUROSAWA!", respectively. They were nods to acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki and acclaimed film director Akira Kurosawa.
• Most, if not all, of the Maho Mushi sequence was a parody of both Dragon Ball and Transformers.
• Timmy's use of words near the end of the movie that replace to the phrase "over my dead body" ("Over my cold, unmoving, limited animation body") is a take on two things: the limited animation of most anime and censorship in the translation of anime edited for television broadcast.
• The title of this episode may be a parody of the 1994 film Time Chasers.
• During the giant robot battle, one of the robots beats the other up by punching, slapping, and poking it in the eyes. This is a reference to Goku's "Janken Fist" move in Dragon Ball, which is what Maho Mushi is based off of.
• On the DVD there is a song that was cut out possibly for the reason it was too long to be shown on TV. The song is about Timmy living in TV and there is a parody of American Idol and Simon Cowell within the song. It was called "If I lived in TV" and is Track 17 on the "Timpod".
• On the DVD, the "Sesame Street" parody's original version is in the special features menu. It originally ended with Wanda being picked up by Butch Hartman and put into the TV. For some reason, Nickelodeon remade it.
• This is the second Fairly Oddparents movie (excluding the Crash Nebula special as well as the Timmy/Jimmy crossovers) where Timmy almost lost his godparents for good, and in this movie one witnesses (for the second time during the course of the series) another way someone can lose their fairies (by aging), and Timmy again defeats one of his major/most powerful enemies (Vicky).
• In the beginning of the episode, Mrs. Turner is selling a glass house to a man named Mr. Joel. This is a reference to the Billy Joel album "Glass Houses."
• In the credits of Adolescent Genetically Altered Karate Cows (which is an obvious reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa), Wanda, Cosmo, Timmy, and older version of Timmy are being picked up by Butch Hartman letters.
• All the credits of the Adolescent Genetically Altered Karate Cows say Butch Hartman the creater of the fairly odd parents
• Timmy will have Cosmo and Wanda until he is 18, unless he loses them for good under other circumstances beforehand.
• At the very end older Timmy is seen to have kids and the identity of their mother is kept intentionally vague. They both have characteristics of both Tootie, Vicky's sister, and Trixie Tang, exhibiting evidence such as Tootie's glasses and Trixie's scrunchie, suggesting that Timmy could have married either one.
• Cosmo and Wanda become Timmy's son and daughter's fairy godparents,
• In the future, Vicky is a robot.
• During The Simpsons parody, "The Feldmans," the fourth wall is broken. Timmy is seen writing on the board "This is the sincerest form of flattery," a reference to the phrase "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
• Before Timmy gets his magic remote he watches TV and hears of violent cartoons on TV, as they are discussing it on the news, a cartoon video of Vegeta from Dragonball Z is being played.
• When Vicky ages up, she gets a earing on her left ear and hips as big as Timmy's mom.
• Timmy is babyfied twice in this episode: during the Rugrats parody and during the cab scene in Maho Mushi. Both times he poops his diaper.

[edit] List of TV Show Parodies

It features a number of parodies, including references to 1984 (the beginning scene, and several signs saying "Vicky is Watching"), as well as spoofs of shows such as Sesame Street, Jonny Quest, Blue's Clues, Scooby Doo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons, Charlie Brown, Strawberry Shortcake, Tom and Jerry, Dragon Ball, Rugrats, Transformers, Batman and Robin and WWE Friday Night SmackDown!.

• The Futurellis (parody of The Jetsons and The Sopranos)
• Carpet Critters (Rugrats parody)
• Heavy Hal (Fat Albert parody)
• Jonny Hunt (Jonny Quest parody)
• Paula Poundcake (Strawberry Shortcake/Teletubbies parody; also refers to comedian Paula Poundstone)
• The Walnuts Hanukkah Special (A Charlie Brown Christmas parody, also spoofs It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown)
• Space Spectre (Space Ghost parody)
• Politically Inaccurate (Politically Incorrect/The McLaughlin Group parody)
• Politically Inaccurate Smashdown (Politically Incorrect/The McLaughlin Group/WWE SmackDown! parody)
• The Million Dollar Spin (parody of the California Lottery's The Big Spin and/or Wheel of Fortune)
• The Meatflints/Turnstones (The Flintstones parody)
• Go Go Racer (Speed Racer parody; also featured on Family Guy)
• Snooper Dawg and the Clue Crew (Scooby-Doo/Goober and the Ghost Chasers parody; also, Snooper Dawg is based on rapper Snoop Dogg)
• Black Bird and Sparrow (Batman & Robin parody)
• Clint's Hints (Blue's Clues spoof)
• Ted and Jimmy (Tom and Jerry parody)
• Rabid Rabbit (Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck parody)
• Christmas Special (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer parody, also features a spoof of Frosty the Snowman)
• The Feldmans (The Simpsons parody)
• Poppyseed Avenue (Sesame Street parody)
• Adolescent Genetically Altered Karate Cows (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa parody)
• Maho Mushi (translation: "magic insect") (Dragon Ball, Transformers, and Mucha Lucha) There are also a few references to animator Hayao Miyazaki and director Akira Kurosawa
• Ending Scene (Porky Pig parody)

[edit] Deleted Song Parodies

In the deleted song If I Lived In TV there are parodies of many shows. These include: with reference to the following lines

• Three's Company-"...In the company of three..."
• Barney-"...Everybody would love me..."
• Wheel of Fortune-"...I could buy the letter E..."
• Friends"...My favorite friends would hang with me..."
• American Idol-"...Perhaps I'll be an English talent scout..."
• Survivor-"...I'd make my own reality..."
• The Today Show-"...or with the weatherman on a show that's filmed TODAY..."
• Late Show with David Letterman-"...so here's a list of all the TOP TEN reasons I should go and..."
• Saturday Night Live-"...and do Saturday Night comedy..."
• Diff'rent Strokes-"...or hang with other two-foot kids!" "Hey, what you talkin' about?"