The Fairly OddParents
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| The Fairly OddParents | |
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 A poster featuring Timmy Turner with Cosmo and Wanda |
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| Genre | Animated television series |
| Creator(s) | Butch Hartman |
| Developer(s) | Nickelodeon Studios Paramount Pictures |
| Starring | Tara Strong Daran Norris Susan Blakeslee Grey DeLisle Carlos Alazraqui Frankie Muniz Jason Marsden Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad Gary LeRoi Gray Jim Ward Faith Abrahams Tom Kenny |
| Opening theme | "The Fairly OddParents" by Butch Hartman and Ron Jones |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English, Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 74 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Butch Hartman Fred Seibert |
| Running time | 22 minutes (11 per episode) (approx.) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Original run | March 30, 2001 – Present |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
| Common rating | |
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| Australia | G |
| Canada | G |
| Great Britain | Uc |
| United States | TV-Y7 (formerly TV-Y) |
The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman. It is shown on the children's television network Nickelodeon, and is currently one of the most popular shows on that network, second only to SpongeBob SquarePants. The television series was produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel, and distributed in Africa and the Middle East by the Canadian animation company Nelvana. Nickelodeon recently ordered 20 more half hour episodes for the show to air in 2007. [4]
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[edit] Plot
The show is set in the fictional town of Dimmsdale, which is generally shown to be in northern California (although in "Fairy Idol", it was shown that Dimmsdale was located in Southern California) but also reflects the creator's hometown in Michigan. It should also be noted that episodes have had time travel to both Wild West and Colonial (East Coast) Dimmsdale. It follows the day-to-day life of 10-year-old Timmy Turner.
An only child, Timmy is often left by his parents to the care of an evil babysitter, Vicky. Just as his situation was particularly grim, he was granted a pair of fairy godparents, named Cosmo and Wanda, who had the power to grant his wishes and were charged by Fairyworld with making Timmy happy. Unfortunately, Cosmo is somewhat slow and dumb, and the two often come up with strange dangerous ideas; although well meaning, their wishes often go awry. Wanda, Cosmo's more sensible (and somewhat sarcastic) wife must devote her time to ensuring both Timmy's and Cosmo's safety, although occasionally out of rage she will create wacky plans. Since Cosmo and Wanda became Timmy's fairy godparents, a new host of characters entered his life: his maniacal fairy-obsessed teacher, Mr. Crocker (always enjoys giving F's, especially to Timmy) and various magical creatures such as Mama Cosma (Cosmo's mother), Jorgen Von Strangle, Mark Chang, Norm the Genie, and The Pixies.
Timmy's fairies are mindful of their secretive existence and disguise themselves as various animals and objects in public. While in disguise, they always have the same colors to identify each of them: Cosmo is always a light green, and Wanda is always a light pink. The only exceptions is when they become goldfish and salt (Cosmo) and pepper shaker (Wanda); only their eyes retain their identifying colors. Other than Timmy, no one seems to notice green and pink talking birds, or notebooks with faces and gold crowns. However, on some occasions, people will note their strange colorings, such as when Timmy wished he had an older brother (in "Oh brother!"). The older brother notes that when saving Cosmo (disguised as a cat) from the tree he says, "Hold on there, weird green cat!". Another time, in "A Bad Case of Diary-uh", Vicky writes in her diary about two squirrels that she had seen Timmy with, saying that the green one (Cosmo) looked kind of cute, and the pink one (Wanda) looked fat (After Wanda saw that bit, she went into a rare personality shift, becoming homicidal, twisted, and bent on getting revenge on Vicky for the insult.).
Timmy's parents also occasionally notice faces on his fairie's disguises. For instance, in "Engine Blocked", when Timmy's dad is pointing out a bunch of signs of him getting old, he says, "Halucinating that my towels have faces?!", and Timmy's mom pointed out in "Abra-Catastrophe!" that Cosmo and Wanda had the same eyes that his notebooks and goldfish had. The only other person who has noted the faces and eyes is Mary Alice Sunshine/Doombringer, a minor villain who has only appeared in No Substitute for Crazy. When she finds Cosmo and Wanda, she makes a comment on how the pink pen (Wanda) looks very annoyed with "him" (Cosmo, who was posing as a pencil).
Unfortunately, the various ways that Cosmo and Wanda choose to hide tend to damage Timmy's school reputation. His unpopularity is apparently caused by his constant chatting with his fairies, which various students seem to notice, as the second Jimmy Timmy Power Hour tells you. A girl in the background says, "Oh my gosh! It's the boy who talks to inanimate objects! Just smile and back away slowly..."
[edit] Settings
In the show it is not revealed where Timmy lives but in some episodes they give you evidence that Timmy lives in Northern California. The first clue in the Christmas episode when Timmy takes off to the North Pole they show an overview map of the western U.S. and they show Timmy start at Northern California. And on the episode Fairy Idol near the end Jorgen says, "We shall find the most miserable kid in the world" They show the entire world and zoom in on America and then Northern California and show Chester, which shows that they live in California. Also in the episode where they go to Niagara Falls, they are in northern California (but Timmy complains they've only traveled 200 miles, which isn't far) and then when Cosmo folds the United States so they can get to Canada faster, they're still in California. But something that makes you think that they don't live in California is that they get snow and in the episode Snow Bound Timmy, Vicky and Dad ride to a ski resort. There aren't any ski resorts in that area, though there are several ski resorts in the state of California, most notably, Lake Tahoe. Another episode that proves they might or might not live in California is in the episode, "Lights, camera, ADAM" as it shows that Timmy wishes that he was in Hollywood, California. Adam West also makes often appearances in the show and Adam West is an actor in California and it seems that Adam West lives near Timmy in Dimmsdale because Timmy goes there often.
[edit] Characters and Cast
- Tara Strong: Timmy Turner
- Daran Norris: Cosmo/Mr. Turner/Jorgen Von Strangle
- Susan Blakeslee: Mrs. Turner/Wanda/Spanish Teacher
- Grey DeLisle: Vicky/Tootie/Principal Waxelplax
- Carlos Alazraqui: Denzel Q. Crocker/Juandissimo Magnifico
- Frankie Muniz: Chester McBadbat (2001-2003)
- Jason Marsden: Chester McBadbat/Imaginary Gary (2003-present)
- Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad: A.J. (2001-2003)
- Gary LeRoi Gray: A.J. (2003-present)
- Faith Abrahams: Francis
- Jim Ward: Chet Ubetcha
- Dionne Quan: Trixie Tang
- Dee Bradley Baker: Elmer/Sanjay
- Jay Leno: The Crimson Chin/The Nega Chin
- Tony Sirico: Big Daddy
- Rob Paulsen: Mark Chang
- Butch Hartman: Bouncer
- Tom Kenny: Cupid
- Chris Kirkpatrick: Chip Skylark
- Norm MacDonald: Norm the Genie
- Robert Cait: Norm the Genie (Fairy Idol)
- Karey Kirkpatrick: Damiet the Druid
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Television Movies
- Abra-Catastrophe! (July 12, 2003)
- Channel Chasers (July 23, 2004)
- School's Out! The Musical (June 10, 2005)
- Fairy Idol (May 19, 2006)
[edit] Jimmy Timmy Trilogy
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (May 7, 2004)
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide (January 16, 2006)
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators (July 21, 2006)
[edit] Miscellaneous
- The Fairly OddParents Movie (script written, film yet to be produced)
[edit] Crimson Chin "webisodes"
There were approximately 10 or 11 short Macromedia Flash cartoons featuring the Crimson Chin made for Nickelodeon's website in 2001. Some of the segments aired on the first season episodes of The Fairly OddParents that were compiled from the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts, were included on The Fairly OddParents: Superhero Spectacle DVD and sometimes are seen on Nicktoons Network (but all versions of the cartoons besides the internet versions are somewhat edited).
[edit] Crew
- Directors
- Gary Conrad
- Jamie Diaz
- John Fountain
- Butch Hartman
- Larry Leichliter
- Sarah Frost
- Ken Bruce
- Writing credits
- Stephen Banks: writer
- Tracy Berna
- Scott Fellows: writer
- Spencer Green
- Karin Gutman: writer
- Butch Hartman: creator
- Steve Marmel: writer
- Tim O'Rourke: writer
- Jack Thomas: writer
- Cynthia True: staff writer
- Joel Zimmer: writer (episode NegaTimmy/Love at First Height)
- Producers
- Butch Hartman: executive producer
- Fred Seibert: executive producer
- Alexis Wallrich: line producer
- Original Music
- Butch Hartman: theme
- Ron Jones: theme
- Guy Moon: theme
- Casting
- Margaret Tang
- Design supervisor
- Ernie Gilbert
- Art Direction
- George Goodchild
- Production Management
- Lolee Aries: executive in charge of production
- Art Department
- Dave Cunningham: storyboard artist
- John Fountain: storyboard artist
- Jill Friemark: prop designer
- Butch Hartman: storyboard artist
- Paul McEvoy: storyboard artist
- Bernie Petterson: storyboard artist
- Gabe Swarr: storyboard artist
- Dave Thomas[disambiguation needed]: storyboard artist (episode "Pipe Down")
- Sound Department
- Krandal Crews: sound
- Bill Devine: voice recordist
- Marilyn Graf: foley mixer
- Visual Effects
- Jason Meier: CG supervisor/animator (episode "Information Stupor Highway")
- Tim Pyle: CG visual effects animator (episode "Information Stupor Hightway")
- John Sore: visual effects supervisor/animator: "Power Man"
- Donny Sorvala: CG visual effects animator
[edit] Production
[edit] History
The Fairly OddParents first aired as a short film on Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, which aired some ten episodes of the original show. Oh Yeah! Cartoons was cancelled in 2001, but Nickelodeon offered to pick up the franchise. This offer was accepted by creator Butch Hartman. The show began airing its own full-length episodes as its own series on March 31, 2001, alongside Invader ZIM. On April 11, 2006, Nickelodeon UK aired all nine Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts in three episodes. These stories include "Where's the Wand" in which Vicky uses Wanda's wand, and "Too Many Timmys" in which Timmy makes copies of himself. Each pilot episode lasts for about seven minutes. Unlike the half-hour series, the animation in the shorts is not as smooth and the designs are notably different, including Timmy's parents Mr. and Mrs. Turner, whose faces are unseen. Other notable differences include voices. Timmy Turner, who was voiced by another actor (Mary Kay Bergman), instead of Tara Strong (Timmy's voice was dubbed by Tara for re-running of the shorts on the show), and Cosmo, who sounds incredibly different even though he was still voiced by Daran Norris. Also Cosmo and Wanda had different personalities. Cosmo was the smart spouse, while Wanda was rather dim-witted. In the half-hour series, these roles are switched.
[edit] Popularity
Although The Fairly OddParents was not very popular in its first year, it began to catch on later, attracting both a child and adult fan base. SpongeBob SquarePants was the only thing keeping The Fairly OddParents from becoming Nickelodeon's most highly rated show at this point.
Early 2003 was the peak of popularity for The Fairly OddParents. Its ratings were extremely high, and it very briefly passed SpongeBob SquarePants. The show saw its very quick rise to the top and fall in summer of 2003 when the show's first TV movie, Abra-Catastrophe!, was aired. The film was a success and many products were merchandised.
After Abra-Catastrophe!, creator Butch Hartman created a new project for Nickelodeon called Danny Phantom.
A second Fairly OddParents TV movie was made, titled Channel Chasers. Since then, there have been other specials, like The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Crash Nebula, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide, School's Out: The Musical, Fairy Idol, and The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators.
Nickelodeon ceased the production of the show late in 2005, with The Jerkinators as the final episode, though in the U.S the episode "Timmy the Barbarian/No Substitute for Crazy" was shown after The Jerkinators. Butch Hartman made the official announcement on his forum [5] on January 24, 2006 However, Butch announced on February 2 , 2007 on his forum [6] that Nick has granted Fairly OddParents 20 more episode slots and that the show has resumed production.
A theatrical movie was planned for release by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, but was eventually dropped due to a regime change by Paramount, though the script was written. Hartman stated on his website that he would like to release the movie to DVD one day, but did not have any definitive plans to do so.[1]
The Fairly OddParents appeared in a $50 Best Western travel card over the 2006 summer period.[2]
[edit] Outside the U.S.
- Argentina - Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Jetix
- Australia - ABC Rollercoaster,Nickelodeon
- Belgium - VT4, Nickelodeon
- Brazil - Disney Channel, Jetix Brazil, Nickelodeon,Rede Globo
- Canada - YTV
- Chile - Disney Channel, Jetix, Nickelodeon,TVN.
- Colombia - Canal RCN, Canal Capital, Disney Channel, Jetix, Nickelodeon.
- Denmark - Disney Channel.
- Finland - Nickelodeon, Disney Channel.
- France - Nickelodeon, Télétoon
- Germany - Super RTL, Toon Disney, Nickelodeon
- India - Nickelodeon
- Italy - Cartoon Network, K-2 Italian circuit television
- Japan - Nickelodeon Japan, Cartoon Network
- Malaysia - Nickelodeon via Astro channel 60
- Mexico - Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Jetix México, and Canal 5
- Middle East - MBC3
- The Netherlands - Nickelodeon (in Dutch)
- Norway - Disney Channel.
- Russia - Nicktoons, Nickelodeon, and Jetix Rusia
- Singapore - Nickelodeon via StarHub channel 32
- South Africa - Disney Channel[3]
- Sweden - Disney Channel[4]
- United Kingdom - CBBC (by BBC), Nickelodeon, Nicktoons
- Venezuela - Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Jetix
- Poland-nicktoons in Polish and Russian
- Portugal - Canal Panda
- Ukraine,Macedonia,Moldova,Romania,Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania,Bulgaria-Nicktoons,Nickelodeon,and jetix
[edit] DVD and VHS
DVD and VHS which have been released include:
- Abra-Catastrophe! (Movie)
- Superhero Spectacle
- Chin Up!
- Boy Toy
- Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad!
- The Crimson Chin Meets Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad!
- Crime Wave
- Action Packed
- Totally Spaced Out
- So Totally Spaced Out
- Ms. Dimmsdale
- Mind Over Magic
- School's Out! The Musical
- School's Out! The Musical (TV Movie)
- The Big Superhero Wish (2-Part Episode)
- Most Wanted Wish
- The Fairly Odd Parents!
- Where's the Wand?
- Channel Chasers
- Channel Chasers (TV Movie)
- Spaced Out
- Microphony
- This is Your Wish
- Timmy's Top Wishes
- Knighty Kight
- Where's Wanda?
- Power Pals
- Who's Your Daddy?
- Boys in the Band
- Chip Off The Old Chip
- Pipe Down!
- Scary GodParents
- Scary GodParents (2-Part Episode)
- Shiny Teeth
- Which Witch is Which?
- Timmy's 2D House of Horror
- Catman Meets the Crimson Chin
- Genie Meanie Minie Moe
- Fairy Idol
- Fairy Idol (TV Movie)
- Truth or Cosmoquences
- Timmy TV
- Scout's Honor
- Super Humor
- The Really Bad Day
- Godparents vs. Crocker
- Cosmo Con
- Apartnership
- Chin Up
- Twistory
- Nectar of the Odds
- The Complete "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" Short Season
- The Fairly OddParents
- Too Many Timmys
- Fairy Flu
- Where's The Wand?
- Party of Three
- The Temp
- The Zappys
- Scouts Honor
- The Really Bad Day
- Super Humor
- The Complete First Season: 2001
- The Big Problem
- Power Mad!
- Spaced Out
- TransParents!
- A Wish Too Far!
- Tiny Timmy!
- Father Time!
- Apartnership!
- Chin Up!
- Dog's Day Afternoon
- Dream Goat!
- The Same Game
- The Complete Second Season: 2001-2002
- Christmas Every Day (2-Part Episode)
- Boys In The Band
- The Hex Games
- Boy Toy
- Inspection Detection
- Action Packed
- Smarty Pants
- Foul Balled
- The Boy Who Would Be Queen
- Totally Spaced Out
- Super Bike
- A Mile in My Shoes
- The Switch Glitch
- Mighty Mom And Dyno Dad
- Knighty Knight
- Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary
- Nectar Of Odds
- Hail Of The Chief
- Twistory
- Fool's Day Out
- Déjà vu
- Scary GodParents (2-Part Episode)
- Ruled Out
- That's Life
- Shiny Teeth
- Odd Odd West
- Cosmo Con
- Wanda's Day Off
- Timvisible
- That Ol´ Black Magic
- The Complete Third Season: 2002
- Microphony
- So Totally Spaced Out
- Information Stupor Highway (2-Part Episode)
- Odd Jobs
- Movie Magic
- Love Struck
- Most Wanted Wish
- This is Your Wish
- Mighty Mom And Dyno Dad Meet The Crimson Chin
- Engine Blocked
- Sleep Over and Over
- Mother Nature
- Beddy Bye
- The Grass is Greener
- The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker (2-Part Episode)
- Abra-Catastrophe! (TV Movie)
- Pipe Down
- The Big Scoop
- Crime Wave
- Odd Ball
- Where's Wanda?
- Imaginary Gary
- Miss Dimmsdale
- Mind Over Magic
- Kung Timmy
- Which Witch Is Which?
- Hard Copy
- Parents Hoods
- Chip off the Old Chip
- Snow Bound
- The Complete Fourth Season: 2003
- Shelf Life (2-Part Episode)
- Vicky Loses Her Icky
- Pixies, Inc.
- Baby Face
- Mr. Right
- The Big Superhero Wish (2-Part Episode)
- Power Pals
- Emotion Commotion
- Lights!, Camera!, Adam!
- A Bad Case of Diary-Uh
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (TV Movie)
- Odd Couple
- Class Clown
- Who's Your Daddy?
- Homewrecker
- Crash Nebula (2-Part Episode)
- Fairy Friends and Neighbors
- Just the Two of Us
- New Squid in Town
- Wish Fixers
- Channel Chasers (TV Movie)
- The Complete Fifth Season: 2004
- Catman Meets The Crimson Chin
- Genie Meanie Miney Mo
- Nega-Timmy
- Love at first height
- Truth or Cosmoquences
- Beach Bummed
- You-doo!
- Just Desserts!.
- Back to the Norm
- Teeth For Two
- Hassle in the Castle
- Remy Rides Again
- School's Out! The Musical (TV Movie)
- Blondas Have More Fun
- Five Days of F.L.A.R.G.
- Go Young West Man
- Birthday Wish
- Timmy's 2-D House of Horror
- It's a Wishful Life
- Escape from The Unwish Island
- The Gland Plan
- The Masked Magician
- The Big Bash
- Talkin´ Trash
- Timmy TV.
- The Complete Sixth Season: 2005-2006
- Moooving Day
- Big Wanda
- Oh Brother
- What's is Difference?.
- Smart Attack
- Operation F.U.N.
- Something's Fishy
- Presto Change-O
- The Good Ol´ Days
- Future Lost
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide (TV Movie)
- Timmy the Barbarian
- No Substitute For Crazy
- Fairy Idol (TV Movie)
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators (TV Movie)
- Crossover DVDs
- Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 1 which includes "The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour", "Cosmo Con", "Timvisible" and "The Switch Glitch"
- Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2 which includes "When Nerds Collide", "A Mile In My Shoes", "Most Wanted Wish", "Ms. Dimmsdale", and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "Too Many Timmys", "The Fairy Flu" and "The Temp"
- Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3 which includes "The Jerkinators", "Odd, Odd West", "That's Life", and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts "Party of Three" and "The Zappy's"
- Nickelodeon Nickstravaganza!, including the episode "Boys in the Band"
- Nickelodeon Nickstravaganza! 2, including the episodes "A Wish Too Far!" and "Tiny Timmy!"
- Nick Picks Vol. 1, which has seven episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "Information Stupor Highway"
- Nick Picks Vol. 2, which has eight episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episode "The Big Superhero Wish"
- Nick Picks Vol. 3, which has eight episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episodes "Hail to the Chief" and "Twistory"
- Nick Picks Vol. 4, which has eight episodes of Nickelodeon shows, including the episodes "Where's Wanda?" and "Imaginary Gary"
[edit] Upcoming
- The Fairly OddParents: The Complete First Season
[edit] Awards
- 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for the episode "Shelf Life" (Gordon Hammond, character designer)
- 2004 Annie Award for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Pipe Down" (Dave Thomas, storyboard artist)
- 2006 Annie Award for Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production for the episode "The Good Ol' Days" (Ernie Gilbert)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Butch Hartman Official Website "And just so you all know, yes, a 'Fairly Oddparents' movie script was written (by myself and Steve Marmel) and Nick Movies had every intention of producing it about 2 years ago, but at the last minute a regime change at Paramount made them re-think their decision for some reason and the FOP movie will NOT be going ahead as originally planned, but I would like to make it as a DVD release if they'll allow me someday."
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[edit] Broadcast history
- USA
- Nickelodeon (2001-Present)
- Nicktoons Network (2002-Present)
- UK
- Nickelodeon (2002-Present)
- Nicktoons (2002-Present)
- CBBC (2004-Present)
- Australia
- Nickelodeon (2003-Present)
- ABC TV (2005-Present)
- Japan
- Germany
- Super RTL (2003-Present)
- Disney Channel
- Nickelodeon (TBA?)
- Russia
- Nickelodeon (2003-present)
- Nicktoons (2001-present)
- Jetix (2007 present)
- Venezuela
- Jetix
- Disney Channel
- Nickelodeon
- Rctv (2005-present)
- Malaysia
- Nickelodeon(2001-present)
- Cartoon Network
- Brazil
[edit] Running Gags
- When someone tells a person about where did they get the object or how did they know they all answered "Internet?".
- In many episodes Mr. Crocker always give his students F's (but sometimes he gives A.J. and Timmy A's) even though they are not in class.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Online petition to release the complete Fairly OddParents seasons on DVD
- The Fairly OddParents at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Fairly OddParents at Jumptheshark.com
- The Fairly OddParents page at Frederator.kz
| The Fairly OddParents & Crossover Computer and Video Games edit |
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| Video Games: Enter the Cleft! / Breakin' Da Rules / Nicktoons Unite! / Battle for Volcano Island / Freeze Frame Frenzy / Shadow Showdown / Clash With Anti-World / Gary Returns! / Virtual Dimmsdale / The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Computer Games: Power Surge / Cyberspace Chase / The Big Superhero Wish / Rhythm Revolution / Co-Pilot Chaos / Retroville Rescue / Fast Fame |
