107 Father Time

The Fairly OddParents

“Father Time”

(AN 11 MINUTE SCRIPT)#107

Written By:Steve Marmel and Butch Hartman

First Draft:4/25/00Revised:4/28/00Final Draft:5/9/00

Nickelodeon Animation Studiosc 2000 Viacom International Inc. All rights reserved

The Fairly OddParents: ‘Father Time” by Steve Marmel and Butch Hartman Final Draft 5/9/00 2

FADE IN:

EXT. - TIMMY’S HOUSE - DAY

THE CAMERA PUSHES IN as we...

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. - TIMMY’S BACKYARD - SAME TIME

DAD, dressed in workout gear, does jumping jacks next to Timmy’s exhausted MOM, who jumps rope.

DADCome on, honey!

MOMChest on fire... can’t breathe...

DADFive hundred more and that’s a google!

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. - THE KITCHEN - SAME TIME

ON TIMMY AND THE GODPARENTS

Timmy holds a MOP and BUCKET.

TIMMYIt’s a gorgeous day and I’m stuck in the house doing chores! If there was less stuff in here, I’d be done by now.

COSMOI know! You could melt some of it with heat vision!

WANDAOr you could wish that all the chores were done!

TIMMYThat’s a great idea, Wanda! I wish...

COSMOOr you could melt it!

TIMMY


Right! Gotta go with the super power. I wish I had heat vision!

Wanda glares at Cosmo. The Godparents wave their wands. Timmy’s eyes take on a fiery glow as twin, red LASER BEAMS blast out of them and melt Cosmo’s crown.

TIMMYAwesome!

COSMOHey! That’s not funny!

The laser beams zap Wanda’s crown and melt it.

COSMO Now it’s funny!

TIMMYYahoo!!

FAST MONTAGE: Timmy runs amok through the house with his heat vision. Zap! He melts the TOASTER.

TIMMYToaster’s clean!

He runs into the laundry room and Zap! He disintegrates a PILE OF UNDERWEAR.

TIMMY Laundry’s done!

He runs into Dad’s study and ZAP! Melts a huge TROPHY.

TIMMY Dad’s trophy’s dusted!

CUT TO:

EXT. - TIMMY’S BACKYARD - SAME TIME

Mom and Dad are still exercising when suddenly, Dad cringes with pain.

DADARGH!

MOMIs something wrong with your trophy?

DADTrophy senses...tingling! To the trophy case!


CUT TO:

INT. - DAD’S STUDY - SECONDS LATER

ANGLE ON DOOR

Dad bursts in and does a double take as he sees...

DAD’S POV - CAMERA PANS AROUND THE STUDY

Everything is melted. There are SCORCH MARKS on the walls and SMALL FIRES on the carpet. The CAMERA STOPS on Timmy, who stands in the center of it all.

DADWhat... what happened here?

TIMMYUh… I melted your trophy with heat vision?

DADWHAT?!? Where did you get heat vision?

TIMMYInternet.

ON COSMO AND WANDA

COSMOOh, he’s good.

ON TIMMY AND DAD

Dad sadly looks at his trophy.

DADI won this trophy 30 years ago when I was your age. And you melted it! I’m so mad, I wish beams of HEAT could come out of my eyes right now!

ON COSMO AND WANDA

Cosmo gestures with his wand. Wanda stops him.

WANDANo... no... ours is the one with the silly, pink hat.

ON TIMMY AND DAD

DAD


Go to your room and don’t come out until you learn responsibility for other people’s property... or welding skills! Whatever comes last!

ON TIMMY, depressed, we...

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. - TIMMY’S BEDROOM - LATER

Timmy angrily paces the floor as Cosmo and Wanda float next to him.

TIMMYBoy, I’ve never seen Dad that mad before. All over a dumb trophy he won 30 years ago!

WANDAWell, it wasn’t so dumb to him. Maybe you should apologize.

COSMOOr you could go back in time and stop your Dad from ever winning the thing in the first place!

TIMMYI... uh...

Timmy looks at Wanda, confused, and points to Cosmo.

TIMMY What he said.

COSMOAwright! That’s two wishes for Cosmo, zip for Wanda! I’m on fire!

Cosmo blows a raspberry at Wanda. Wanda waves her wand and POOF! A MAGIC TIME SCOOTER appears in Timmy’s bedroom.

WANDAThere you go! One magic time scooter to take you anywhen you want to go!

TIMMYExcellent!

Timmy kick starts the engine and disappears with the Godparents.

CUT TO:


INT. - THE TIME STREAM - SOMEWHEN

Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda are in center frame as distorted, pop-culture and historical images, from the last 30 years, zip past them in the BG.

TIMMYWow! The time stream! We’re travelling 30 years into the past!

WANDAYou know, you could have just wished yourself 10 minutes into the past and stopped yourself from melting the trophy in the first place!

TIMMYI could have what?

With a POOF! They disappear.

SMASH CUT TO:

A GIANT PEACE SIGN. YOU KNOW, FROM THE 1970S.

WE PULL BACK to see that we are in DIMMSDALE CITY PARK. The peace sign is painted on a gigantic bed SHEET, held by two scraggly PROTESTERS. Each yells into a BULLHORN.

PROTESTER #1What do we want?

PROTESTER #2Day jobs!

PROTESTER #1When do we want them?

PROTESTER #2Now!

BLAM! Timmy and the Time Scooter blast through the peace sign flag and fly OS.

PROTESTER #1What do we want?

PROTESTER #2A new flag!

ANGLE ON: ANOTHER PART OF THE PARK


Timmy and the Time Scooter land and screech to a halt. Cosmo and Wanda fly in and float next to him.

TIMMYAwesome! What a totally wicked trip!

WANDAYou mean, “Groovy, what a totally far out trip!” We’re in the 1970s now!

COSMOBut we were in the 1970s in the 1970s!

Suddenly, a TRICYCLE pops into frame with A 70’S KID riding it. By his side are 1970’s VERSIONS OF COSMO AND WANDA.

‘70S KID ON TRICYCLEGroovy! We’re back from the 1940s!

‘70S WANDAAnd, like, best of all, Billy, you stopped your dad from winning that medal! Now you won’t have the chance to, like, melt it with heat vision!

70’S COSMOLike, I’m never gonna suggest heat vision again, man.

CURRENT COSMO smiles sheepishly at Current Wanda and Timmy as they glare at him.

COSMOOh yeah. I remember that now.

The kid on the tricycle exits. The ‘70s Cosmo and Wanda turn to see their current selves floating next to Timmy.

‘70S COSMOWow, like, you’re us, but, like...

WANDA...more mature and concerned about websites and the global warming!

The ‘70s C&W stare blankly. Timmy hops on the scooter.

TIMMY


Guys, I’m gonna go find my future Dad.

COSMOWe’re gonna stay here and find ourselves.

WANDAHey, there we are! Let’s dance!

The four godparents disco dance as Timmy rides off.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. - DIMMSDALE IN THE ‘70S / A STREET - DAY

Timmy rides down the street and sees his FUTURE DAD. (A ‘70s kid who looks a lot like Timmy) Sure enough, he’s doing jumping jacks.

TIMMYWow, there he is! That’s my dad as a kid!

Timmy hops off the scooter and walks over to his dad.

TIMMYHey, Dad!

‘70S DAD AS A KIDHeh! Well, that’s my nickname, stranger! My real name is...

A huge TRUCK rolls by, drowning out Dad’s voice so we can’t hear his name.

‘70S DAD AS A KID ...but everyone calls me Dad! Now if you’ll excuse me, I gotta finish training for the big race tomorrow! I’m gonna win and give the trophy to that groovy chick over there!

Timmy looks and sees his FUTURE MOM as a young girl, jumping rope, exhausted.

‘70S MOM AS A GIRLChest on fire... can’t breathe...

TIMMY(to self)

Wow! My mom as a kid!

‘70S DAD AS A KIDYeah. And she’s got a beautiful name. It’s…

Another TRUCK roars by, drowning out his voice again.


‘70S DAD AS A KID...but everybody calls her Mom!

TIMMY(to self)

Man, Dad’s really determined. I gotta make him lose that race so he doesn’t win that dumb trophy...

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. - PARK - SAME TIME

Push in on a VW VAN.

INT. - VW VAN - SAME TIME

CLOSE UP OF LAVA LAMP - The glowing ooze oozes. The Camera pulls back to reveal the 1970s Godparents and Current Godparents floating next to it, just staring.

COSMO(beat) I hate lava lamps.

WANDAI know. They’re really boring.

‘70S COSMOOh, really? Like what do you do for fun?

CUT TO:

CLOSE UP OF A LAVA LAMP - The glowing ooze oozes. Pull back to see that it’s a screen saver on a home COMPUTER.

COSMOAnd, you can download different lava!

The kid on the tricycle rides back into frame and looks at the computer.

‘70S KID ON TRICYCLEHey! That gives me an idea! Someday, I’ll link every computer in the world together! I’ll call it the internet!

COSMOThat’s silly! You should call it the Timmy.

‘70S KID ON TRICYCLEOkay!


The kid rides away.

‘70S WANDAThat Billy Gates with his crazy ideas...

DISSOLVE TO:

MONTAGE: TIMMY “TRAINS” HIS DAD

INT. - MILKY SCARAPELLI’S PIZZA AND ICE CREAM PARLOR

Timmy stands over Dad, who eats a gigantic ice cream SUNDAE and a CHEESE PIZZA. Timmy barks orders through a bullhorn.

TIMMYCome on! Pizza! Ice Cream! Pizza! Ice Cream!

ON DAD

DAD(speaking with a full mouth)

You sure this is some futuristic training program?

TIMMYOf course! I’m a fitness instructor.

DADYou’re too young.

TIMMYNo, actually, I’m forty. I just look ten. That’s how fit I am. Now keep eating!

CUT TO:

EXT. - A STREET - LATER

Timmy rides the scooter confidently.

TIMMYCome on! Sixteen more miles and we’re halfway done!

PAN BACK to see Dad, wearing concrete BLOCKS for shoes and barely moving.

CUT TO:

EXT. - DAD’S BACKYARD - NIGHT

PUSH IN on a kid’s TENT.


DISSOLVE TO:

INT. - TENT - SAME TIME

Dad, exhausted, fights to stay awake. Timmy moves a FLASHLIGHT under his face.

TIMMYNow it’s time for... SCARY STORIES FROM THE FUTURE!

ON TERRIFIED DAD

TIMMYIn the future, there will be 500 TV channels!

DADCool!

TIMMY...but nothing to watch.

DADNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

EXT. - TENT - SAME TIME

DAD(continuing) ...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

EXT. - TENT - NEXT MORNING

The sun is up.

DAD(continuing) ...OOOOOOOOOOO...


Timmy is fast asleep as Dad finishes screaming.

DAD..OOOOOOOO!

Dad, So tired he can barely speak, falls asleep. Suddenly, his ALARM CLOCK rings and wakes him up.

DAD Oh my gosh! It’s time for the race!!!

Dad takes off OS. Timmy wakes up and quickly follows.

CUT TO:


EXT. - PARK - SAME TIME

Both sets of Cosmos and Wanda’s -- as pigeons -- perch on a BANNER that reads “Finish Line.” A crowd of PEOPLE stand at the finish line, awaiting the end of the race.

COSMOI love a good race.

‘70S WANDAWe think all races are good, man.

‘70S COSMOWe don’t judge.

One RACER crosses the finish line, then another, then a PACK OF RACERS. After a beat, Dad sluggishly crosses the finish line and collapses with exhaustion.

ON TIMMY, COSMO AND WANDA hiding in the bushes.

TIMMYAwright! Dad didn’t win the stupid trophy! Mission accomplished!

WANDAWow! I wonder how that’ll effect your future!

COSMOYeah! I’ll bet...

Cosmo and Wanda suddenly vanish. ‘70s C&W look at Timmy.

TIMMYThat can’t be good.

‘70S WANDAWow. They split without saying goodbye.

‘70S COSMO30 years from now, we’ll be rude, man.

Timmy looks O.S. at his Dad.

ON RACE REF AND EXHAUSTED DAD

REF...and for coming in last place, you get an all expenses-paid, mandatory, 12-year scholarship to dictator school!


DADWhat?

A PADDY WAGON backs into scene. Three MILITARY MEN toss Dad inside and the truck zips O.S.

TIMMYDad’s never mentioned dictator school.

‘70S COSMOHey, little dude. You’d better get back to your own time and figure out what’s going down.

‘70S WANDAAnd we’ll go too! Time isn’t my master!

‘70S COSMORight on!

Timmy hops on his Time Scooter and the trio vanishes.

CUT TO:

EXT. - DIMMSDALE CITY PARK - NIGHT - THE PRESENT

The town is dim, dark and scary. Thatched HUTS dot the landscape. The PEOPLE, however, seem cheerful and jolly. But while they wear huge smiles on their faces, there is nervousness in their eyes.

Timmy blinks into frame with ‘70s Cosmo and Wanda.

‘70S WANDAWhoa. Like, the future looks bleak.

TIMMYAw man, I changed the future!

A SPOTLIGHT shines on Timmy.

CHESTER (O.S.)HALT!!!

‘70S WANDAIt’s the man!

‘70S COSMOFight the power!

70’s Cosmo and Wanda zip off frame. We reveal CHESTER and AJ, dressed like Timmy’s adult Dad, standing next to the time scooter with giant smiles on their faces.

TIMMY


Chester? AJ? Boy am I glad to see...

Chester and AJ respond in a monotone.

CHESTERWELCOME TO DIMMSDALE, HAPPIEST PLACE ON THE PLANET!

AJOR ELSE! NOW SHOW US YOUR PAPERS!

ANGLE ON 70’s COSMO AND WANDA, disguised as a FIRE HYDRANT and MAILBOX.

‘70S COSMOWhoa, man. The system’s trying to take him prisoner.

‘70S WANDAWe’re all prisoners... on the inside.

‘70S COSMOI love you.

ON TIMMY, CHESTER AND AJ

TIMMYGuys, come on! It’s me! Your best friend!

CHESTERSILENCE! OUR BEST FRIEND IS OUR CHEERFUL LEADER, DAD!

ANGLE ON a gigantic BANNER with Dad’s dorky, smiling face. It’s the only thing lit up in the entire city.

TIMMYIt’s me, Timmy Turner! And that’s my dad!

AJ looks at his WATCH/COMPUTER and hits a few buttons.

AJNegative. Readings indicate that Dad never had any children and that, even if he did, he would never bestow a common name like “Timmy” on any of them.

CHESTERWe are all Dad’s children.


TIMMYOh, man. Dad never met Mom because he never won the trophy! I don’t exist anymore! And since I don’t exist, Cosmo and Wanda aren’t my godparents!

Chester and AJ make a grab for Timmy, who hops on the Time Scooter and rides O.S.

ON TIMMY

TIMMY I gotta find my Dad and get him to fix this mess.

EXT. - DAD’S GIGANTIC CASTLE - A FEW MINUTES LATER

The castle looks like a gigantic version of Timmy’s house, only darker, bigger and scarier. HELICOPTERS swarm, SEARCH LIGHTS shoot smiley faces into the sky and happy GUARDS surround the place.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. - FRONT DOOR OF THE CASTLE - SAME TIME

Timmy pulls up on the scooter and rings the door bell. The door opens, revealing... Timmy’s Adult Dad!

TIMMYDad!

DADHeh. That’s what they call me! Or Else! Come on in! Or else!

They enter the house.

INT. - DAD’S GIGANTIC CASTLE - SIMULTANEOUS

The place is identical to Timmy’s normal house, only much bigger. They walk past photos of Dad’s “achievements.”

DADWho are you, son?

TIMMYI’m your son!

DADAll people are my children... I rule the Earth! Don’t you know anything about history?

ANGLE ON PHOTOS


DADThat’s me graduating dictator college.

ANGLE ON: PHOTO OF DAD GETTING DICTATOR’S DIPLOMA.

DAD This is me taking over the world. With smiles.

ANGLE ON: A PHOTO OF DAD LEADING A FORCE OF SMILING TROOPS AGAINST A FIERY BACKGROUND. Dad gestures towards an empty PEDESTAL.

DAD And this is where I’d put a trophy.IF I HAD ONE! Sorry. Lost the happy. But the Happy’s back.

TIMMYWhy are you so happy all the time?

DADWell, 30 years ago, after losing both my trophy and the love of my life, I dove into denial. And, as ruler, I demand the world do the same! That’s why everyone smiles every waking moment. Or else!

TIMMYBut you can’t be happy all the time!

DADHeh! Rebellion! That is so ‘70s... GUARDS!

Chester and AJ, flanked by four, huge guards, appear out of nowhere and approach Timmy.

‘70S COSMO (O.S.)Pssst! Little freedom fighter!

Timmy looks over to see ‘70s Cosmo and Wanda as little ‘70s cockroaches.

‘70S WANDAWe’ll help you get out of here!

‘70s Cosmo waves his wand and the Lava Lamp appears.

CHESTER AND AJOOOOOOOOooo. The colors.

They become hypnotized. Timmy runs outside, hops on the Time scooter and vanishes.


CUT TO:

INT. - THE TIME STREAM - SOMEWHEN

They head back to the past. This time, the background whizzes by too fast to know what it is.

TIMMYCome on! I gotta get back to the 70’s and make sure my Dad wins that race!

‘70S COSMOYou following this?

‘70S WANDAI’m a leader, not a follower.

CUT TO:

EXT. - ‘70S DAD BACKYARD / THE TENT - EARLY MORNING

Same shot as before, with Dad screaming “Noooooo. Timmy and the ‘70s Godparents drop into frame next to the tent.

DAD...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!

CUT TO:


Dad finishes screaming and passes out, again.

ON ALARM CLOCK

Before the clock rings, Timmy reaches into the tent, OVER HIS SLEEPING SELF (from the previous time travel)and turns it off. He pulls his sleeping Dad out of the tent.

CUT TO:

EXT. - ‘70S DAD BACKYARD / THE TENT - EARLY MORNING

Timmy quickly swaps clothes with his dad and shoves him back in the tent next to the other sleeping Timmy.

‘70S WANDAWow! You look just like your Dad as a kid!

TIMMYThat’s the plan!

Timmy hops on the time scooter and heads for the park.


‘70S COSMOOh, NOW he has a plan!

CUT TO:

EXT. - PARK - A FEW MOMENTS LATER

ANGLE ON THE STARTING LINE

A bunch of 70’s KIDS gear up for “the big race.”

REFOn your mark! Get set!

Timmy, dressed in Dad’s clothing, runs up to the starting line just in time. ‘70s Cosmo and Wanda are pinned to Timmy’s sweat-suit as “Have a nice day” BUTTONS.

REF Go!

We hear a starters pistol fire and all the kids take off. Timmy INSTANTLY falls behind.

TIMMY Oh, man! I forgot! I’m the slowest kid in my class! I’m gonna lose!

‘70S COSMOWas that the plan?

TIMMYI’m so mad I...

Suddenly, Timmy’s eyes fire up and two beams of heat shoot out, melting one kid’s sneakers to the ground.

TIMMY ...I still have heat vision!

‘70S COSMOWhere’d you get that?

TIMMYUh... all kids in the future have it.

Timmy tilts his head down and starts firing heat beams from his eyes, towards the racers.

CUT TO:

ALL THE RACERS


Quickly, Timmy’s heat beams melt the other racers SHOE SOLES to the pavement. Timmy passes them takes the lead.

ANGLE ON FINISH LINE

Timmy crosses the finish line with ease. The ref, standing next to Timmy’s Future Mom as a girl, (still jumping rope) gives Timmy “The Trophy.”

REFAnd the first prize is this amazing trophy!

Timmy instantly gives the trophy to his future mom.

TIMMYHi Mom! I’m Dad! Will you take this, go out with me, marry me and someday have a boy with a silly, pink hat?

MOMOkay! Anything to stop jumping this stupid rope!

Mom walks off stage with the trophy.

MOM I’ll come by your house later!

TIMMYGroovy! If I’m asleep in my tent in the backyard, wake me up and tell me about the race with precise detail!

MOMOkay!

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. - PARK - A FEW MOMENTS LATER

ANGLE ON: TIMMY, ‘70S COSMO AND WANDA

Suddenly, POOF! Present Day Cosmo and Wanda reappear.

TIMMYYou’re back! That means everything’s back to normal!

‘70S WANDAWhat is normal, anyway?

BOTH COSMOSI love you.


Current Wanda glares at her Cosmo who smiles sheepishly.

COSMOAnd I always will!

She smiles.

COSMO Hey, it worked!

Timmy hops on his scooter.

TIMMYBye ‘70s Cosmo and Wanda! It’s been...

‘70S WANDAOut of sight?

TIMMYYeah. Whatever.

The two sets of Godparents say goodbye.

COSMOWell, it was nice meeting us.

‘70S COSMOSolid!

WANDAIf you’re ever in the future...

‘70S WANDAWe will be!

COSMOOh, right!

TIMMYEverything’s back to normal... now all I gotta do is apologize to my Dad for melting his trophy...

COSMOYou know, you could just go just forward enough in time to...

EVERYBODY ELSEQuiet!!

Everybody disappears.


CUT TO:

INT. - TIMMY’S HOUSE - NEXT MORNING - PRESENT DAY

Timmy stands outside Dad’s den as Wanda and Cosmo float nearby.

WANDAGo on Timmy, you can do it. Just go in and let your Dad know you’re sorry.

COSMOOr you could melt him with heat vision!

TIMMYI wish he had a muzzle.

POOF! A MUZZLE appears over Cosmo’s mouth. Wanda smiles. Timmy pushes open the door and we see...

TIMMY’S P.O.V.

The room is still the way it was when he left, things burnt, melted, etc.

TIMMY Everything’s still melted, which means the time stream’s fixed. And I’m still in trouble! Cool!

Timmy enters the Den.

CUT TO:

INT. - DAD’S DEN - CONTINUOUS

Dad sits at a COMPUTER.

TIMMYDad? Whatcha doing?

DADTrying to locate a new trophy off of the “Timmy Computer Network!”

TIMMYUh.... I just wanted to say I’m sorry about melting your trophy. I didn’t realize it was so important to you.

DADApology accepted, son! You know, I was pretty mad yesterday, but for some reason, now I’m just glad you exist! You know, that whole race is such a blur to me, I barely remember it!


Dad gives Timmy the melted trophy.

DAD In fact, here! Give it to some girl you think is groovy... you never know what’ll happen!

TIMMYYes I do.

Dad lovingly pats him on the head and walks O.S. Suddenly, POOF! A FUTURISTIC KID who resembles Timmy, appears. With him are FUTURISTIC VERSIONS OF COSMO AND WANDA. The kid grabs the trophy from Timmy’s hands, pulls out a HAMMER and smashes it into a million pieces.

FUTURISTIC KIDStupid trophy!

The kid vaporizes the trophy’s remains with heat vision.

TIMMYHey!

FUTURISTIC KIDYou’ll thank me for this later.

TIMMYI’m welcome?

POOF! The trio vanishes. Mom enters and looks at Timmy.

MOM Internet? Breakfast is ready!

On Timmy’s dumbfounded expression, we...

FADE OUT.

THE END

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