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The Fairly Odd Parents - Abra-Catastrophe The Movie

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"Abra-Catastrophe! The Movie" is an entertaining and awesome movie for all ages. It is one of my Fairly OddParents favorites, along with "Channel Chasers" and "School's Out! The Musical."

ABRA-CATASTROPHE! THE MOVIE
It's Timmy Turner's Fairy-Versary, celebrating having fairy godparents for one year. Cosmo and Wanda are throwing a big party for him, with every magical character Timmy's ever met in attendance, including Santa and Mrs. Claus, The Easter Bunny and The Tooth Fairy. Jorgen Von Strangle is there, too, with Timmy's most special gift - a Fairy-Versary muffin, which allows the person who eats it to be granted a rule-free wish!

But while everyone's celebrating inside, something sinister is lurking in the street below. There, inside a van equipped with Fairy Detection Devices, sits Timmy's twisted teacher and fairy hunter, Mr. Crocker. He'll stop at nothing to capture a fairy and become Supreme Magical Ruler of the Universe. And that just might happen when the Fairy-Versary muffin falls into his hands, uh, mouth. It's an "Abra-catastrophe!"

SCENE SELECTION
Chapter 1: It's your Fairy-versary
Chapter 2: Just Another Muffin Monday!
Chapter 3: Goin' Ape!
Chapter 4: Where's Wanda?
Chapter 5: Crocker-doodle- Doom!
Chapter 6: Fairy Freedom!

SPECIAL FEATURES
Audio Commentary
Photo Gallery
Storyboard
Behind the Scenes

2003/COLOR/73 MIN/NOT RATED/FULL SCREEN

Several of the Fairly Oddparents episodes that air on Nickelodeon include gags that are strictly aimed at adults. While that is also the case with Abra Catastrophe, it is not as evident. Add that with the abundance of action sequences, and you have a movie that's more clearly determined to please kids. Certainly there's nothing wrong with that. Abra Catastrophe is still great, in spite of my little objection. Within the first minutes of the movie we're in Timmy's mind and we get to see the terrible nightmare he's having. That section alone, and an unexpected cameo appearance (sorry, I'm giving no spoilers), are worth the money I paid for the DVD. Bear in mind that their unexpected and often shocking humor is more abundant within their regular series (the movie itself, however, is clearly made for TV; there's a brief fade-to-black between chapters, where commercials are commonly placed.)

This is a very good DVD. If you are a fan of the Fairly Odd Parents TV Show or if you just want to see something funny, give this DVD a shot. I thought it was quite funny. You won't completely get it unless you have seen the TV show, but you can still get the idea even if you haven't. All kids should be adding this to thier rental queues and adults might want to give it a shot. Overall, Very Good.

This is about Timmy's 1 year anniversary of having his godparents and he is given lots of gifts. Those gifts will all come in handy, when his magical muffin, which gives him a rule-free wish, is missing.

"Timmy is an average kid
That no one understands"
Begins the upbeat musical opening to the "Fairly OddParents" Movie, "Abracatastrophe," just as all the televised episodes begin on Nickelodeon. The difference with "Abracatastrophe" is about 50 minutes.

There are good points to this movie, such as some of the dead-on parodies of movies such as "Jurassic Park" and "Star Wars" in the beginning (and anyone who doesn't care for Jar-Jar Binks will appreciate that parody even more), along with a funny variation of the "Fairly OddParents" song which ties into the movie's plot.

Timmy Turner's shenanigans take him into a new world when he has completed 365 consecutive days of keeping his secret about his Fairy Godparents. To celebrate, the fairies from Fairy World show up to give him a party--along with gifts which include a glittering muffin that, to the partaker (preferably Timmy), gives the wish-maker one 'Rule-Free' wish--that is, without boundaries instead of the usual restrictions placed on children who have such fairy godparents--such as not being able to grant wishes about someone falling in love with you. Unfortunately, the muffin's owner changes hands several times with disastrous results, and Timmy must get the muffin back before the Universe is changed forever.

That said, I continue by saying that the movie is just a bigger episode--a few more bigger-budget-looking computer animation sequences, another song or two, and some pretty good stereo sound, but on the whole, really just another episode. I remember an episode where Timmy has changed the world by wishing that everyone was the same. It's been done, although not quite to the scale of the movie. I would have liked to see a movie where Vickie had more of a part and where his friends were with him. The dynamic of Timmy's hatred for his babysitter and her mutual feelings for Timmy is great and are WAY underplayed here. I'm not all that fond of Mr. Crocker, Timmy's crazy school teacher--the episodes without him are far funnier--but he plays an enormous role here. There's not as much dimension to him as with the other characters because he's SO absorbed with proving that fairies really do exist. What's funnier is the fact that everyone is so naively believing of Timmy's lies about why things are the way they are (especially his parents) and the way that his wishes get away from him. That's the primary problem with this movie, I think--not enough wishes from Timmy--who has much more experience in making wishes, so it's fun to see what trouble he gets into by trying to wish even more creatively, having learned from past mistakes (or so we hope).

At least "Abracatastrophe" doesn't try to be more than it really is. Yes, they did something that (they thought) was bigger to make it worthy of a DVD release--unlike many other pretentious animated movies that come directly from drawing board to the small discs.

Bottom line, I would recommend this movie only if you are a real fan of "The Fairly OddParents" and can overlook the movie's shortcomings. If you aren't a fan and/or haven't seen the shows on Nickelodeon, spend your time on those first and then decide (If you start singing the opening song or it gets stuck in your head, you're on your way to becoming a fan). Three stars for an effort "Fairly Oddly" executed.

Ever since "Fairly Oddparents" came out on Nickelodeon, it has been one of the most amusing cartoons for me to watch. Lately, Nickelodeon has shown this movie and it held my attention for the couple of hours that it was on. A cartoon must be funny if a teenager would willingly watch it. I recommend it for times of boredom.

The FOP TV series, like all the best cartoons, occasionally sneaks in something hilariously clever that you know the average child isn't going to "get". Anybody who saw what I call the "Where Is The Government Cheese?" episode knows what I'm talking about!

I'm happy to say, this fine little movie continues the tradition, so if you're "all grown up", and watching it because, oh, let's say, you're stoned, and you want something easy on the mind, you just might find yourself rolling with awed laughter.

Of course, that's occasional -- this IS a thing for kids, and if you can't appreciate it on that level, oh well. Likewise, the movie is every bit as, uh, "dynamic" as the series -- brash, loud, tinny -- you'll probably find yourself changing the volume constantly! (Unless you've got some nice EQ setup. Then, you may as well just turn the treble OFF.)

It ain't The Simpsons . . . It ain't even Spongebob . . . but, I dare say, it's pretty damned good!

Nickelodeon finally makes a good movie. Abra-Catastrophe is the best nicktoons movie yet. Timmy Turner recieves a magic muffin for his 1 year fairy-versery. If a bite is taken from the muffin, that person is granted a rule free wish. Anyone. Timmy loses the muffin and it is obtained by a monkey named Bippy. The monkey wishes for the world to be a big jungle and Timmy's god parents, Cosmo and Wanda, become his. As Timmy tries to get the muffin back, it lands into the hands of the evil Mr. Crocker, who is obsessed on proving the existence of fairy godparents. Crocker tries to take over the world. Can Timmy save the world before Crocker destroys it? A great movie, leaves you at the edge of your seat.

It's a fabulous movie, andjust when you think it's going to end, you find out there's a little more, amazing plot, good twists, exciting, simply amazing! I LOVED IT!!!!
Written BY: Critic $****!

This is fun. Though there's no bonus episodes, the movie's great. Though I'd stick with Fairly OddParents season sets, this DVD is terrific.

This is a good DVD but the bonus episodes are missing. Maybe they didn't have time to put the bonus episodes in. Anyway still a good DVD.