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August 08, 2007

A Discussion of the Logic Behind the Godchild Hall of Fame and Hall of Infamy in The Fairly Oddparents, and Timmy Turner's Place In These Halls.

So I was watching Fairly Oddparents today, and in the episode Timmy goes into Cosmo and Wanda's house, and sees this Godchild Hall of Fame and Godchild Hall of Infamy and wonders why he isn't in the Hall of Fame. In the end, though, Cosmo and Wanda say "oh, we made a special room just for you and how much fun we've had with you!" and stuff.
In any case, though, I don't really buy it. In the "Hall of Fame" was Denzel Crocker, so this episode obviously takes place after the big episode with Timmy going back to the 70's and ruining Crocker's entire life, basically, with his meddling. Now, granted, up until that point Timmy didn't know that it was him that made Crocker into the bastard he had to deal with on a daily basis, but the fact is, if it wasn't for Timmy and his wishing, Crocker would have had a much, much, much, much better life. Does someone who completely destroys other people's lives, even if it's accidentally, deserve to be rewarded? Probably not.
It's not the only thing Timmy has managed either. His actions nearly put the world into post-apocolyptic dictator Vicky mode in Channel Chasers... hell, he's nearly ruined the entire world countless times. Granted, he always managed to fix them eventually, but there is never much of a mention of any other Godchildren ever doing things on a scale anywhere near what Timmy does. The only other Godchildren we meet personally, from what I can recall, are young Crocker and Remy Buxaplenty. Crocker constantly used his wishing to do small good deeds for the people of Dimmsdale, even to the point that they were having Denzel Crocker day in his honor. Nothing he does is ever world or reality changing in the big picture. Remy Buxaplenty is put forth as a villain, but his wishing is also never on the huge scale that Timmy's is. He wants individuals to be unhappy, but never changes the entire world. Timmy, however, does. All the time. Eventually he changes it back, but not before risking everyone and everything on his whims.
Now, granted, Timmy is a good character. He gets selfish at times, but he's always motivated to do the right thing in the end, as soon as he notices that he might be hurting someone. But is good intentions enough to make him overall good? Nothing he does is permanently bad, but just about every wish he makes is very bad for awhile, even the ones that eventually end in good outcomes. Which of the two halls should he be in?
As I've said, in the episode, the only recognizable character in the Hall of Fame is a young Crocker, so we can use him as a base for who should be rewarded for their good wishing. He constantly did good deeds just to do them. Granted, he got to enjoy being the town hero. This is a benefit. But he could have enjoyed that without actually doing the deeds. Timmy does this in an episode when he frees Chompy the goat and blames it on Vicky. No, he was doing good things constantly. His wishing made things better.
In this episode, he brings three people from the Hall of Infamy to life to talk to them. They list things they've done to get them there, such as wishing all French people being mean to Americans, and starting World War II. These are obviously completely selfish, and don't really help anyone, not even the wishers, really. They're just spiteful. This doesn't fit Timmy either. He's only spiteful to people who wrong him, such as Vicky and the evil Crocker he created. Besides these evil characters, Timmy's wishes aren't about making anyone suffer. If anything, most of his wishes that change the entire world, such as turning the entire world into a world of Superheroes, let everyone else potentially enjoy the benefits of his wish as well. They put the world in danger, sure. Creating a world full of Superheroes means creating a world full of Supervillains as well, for example. But that wasn't the concept. That wasn't why he did it. Timmy isn't spiteful.
So, really, he doesn't belong in either hall. He's not inherently good enough to be in the good place, and he's not bad enough to be in the bad place. So he has a place of his own, I suppose.
Of course, I wouldn't really want Timmy to be completely good or completely evil. Without his reckless wishes nothing would really happen in the show, and the show is great. This is just the sort of retarded crap I think about.
Moral of the story? I think way too in depth about retarded crap.
The end.

Posted by poetfox at August 8, 2007 02:24 AM

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