Discussion

Brandon Reed I think the article is overemphasizing Timmy's absence being a "sad reminder of the fleeting nature of childhood," or whatever it was. That was a theme of many episodes of the original series. And the new series' target audience isn't people who grew up watching Timmy Turner. I agree that it might have been better to have new fairy godparents, but they might need the established characters to get people in the door by means of, "Oh, kids, check this out. I watched these guys when I was your age." Also, having them volunteer to help the new protagonist gets around a plot hole of the original series. Timmy was assigned Cosmo and Wanda because he was supposedly the saddest child on earth. Timmy wasn't even the saddest child that Timmy knew, though. That'd be either Chester or Tootie, as far as I know. I might have an overactive imagination, but I've long imagined a kid with real problems watching The Fairly Oddparents and going, "Hey, ummm..." Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the creator of the show did anything wrong, and I'm not saying he's maliciously ignorant of all the suffering in the world or anything like that. He was just trying to make an entertaining kids' show. It's just something I imagine could happen, and not having them be assigned sidesteps the possibility.