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“Power Mad”
Written By:
Steve Marmel and Mike Bell
First Draft:
3/27/00
Revised:
4/3/00
Final Draft:
4/5/00
FADE IN:
TIMMY
It’s quiet. Too quiet.
TIMMY
What was that?
The shadowy figures flip over their heads and land all around them! At
first, it looks as though they might be wielding knives. But, they throw
their “knives” which turn out to be deadly RAZOR CARROTS. Cosmo
and Wanda flip out of the way with ninja-like skills as the carrots slice
into the brick walls of the alley!
WANDA
Timmy! Look out! That’s double the daily
recommended supply of Beta Carotin!
COSMO
It’s neither good, nor good for you!
TIMMY
Nooo!!!
SLO-MO-ACTION
Timmy dodges several carrots that move through the air, leaving
“ripples” in their wake, ala the Matrix.
ON COSMO
The carrots that Timmy dodges, shoot right through Cosmo, leaving his
body riddled with holes.
COSMO
I’m hit! A lot!
Cosmo dematerializes.
WANDA
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Look out! They’re coming closer! They’re...
They’re...
TIMMY
Ninja bunnies? (BEAT) Hold it! Stop! Stop!
Stop! Helmets off!
Wanda and Timmy pull off their helmets. The dark alley morphs into
TIMMY’S BEDROOM, where Cosmo waits with holes still in his body.
COSMO
Look at me! I’m cheese!
ANGLE ON TIMMY
WANDA
Something wrong, Timmy?
TIMMY
Fuzzy bunnies? What am I, four?
Suddenly, VICKY kicks the door open. Cosmo and Wanda poof away.
Timmy freaks at the sight of her.
VICKY
Hey! I heard happy! What’s going on in here?
TIMMY
Nothing! Just... uh... playing video games.
VICKY
Well keep it down! You know when I’m
watching you, I’m watching something on TV!
Vicky EXITS. When she shuts the door, we see that the Godparents
were behind the door in their fishbowl, but regular size. They’re
crammed in there.
WANDA
That was close!
COSMO
No, this is close.
WANDA
I’m chafing!
TIMMY
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Look, I’m gonna go to the bathroom. While I’m
gone, please fix this game! No bunnies! No
ponies! Something that’ll scare the pants off
me!
COSMO
But, you’ll be in the can. You’ll already have
your pants...
WANDA
(interrupting)
Why don’t you wish for exactly what you want?
We’ll do our best!
TIMMY
Chester and AJ will be here any minute and I
really wanna impress them. I wish for a video
game that’s challenging. A game that you
can’t wish yourself out of!
COSMO
Hey, that wish is just vague enough to work!
WANDA
Yeah! But we’re gonna need a lot of power to
make it work!
Cosmo and Wanda dramatically pull POWER CORDS out of their wands
and plug them into the wall.
COSMO
One tough game, comin’ up!
CUT TO:
MONTAGE
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He reaches in. The lights go off for a second. When they come back
on, the older Doctor is holding a cartoony beating heart.
STUDENT DOCTOR #1
I’m new here... uh... but isn’t that a very
needed “only heart”?
CUT TO:
MAN
In this light, you’ve never seemed more
beautiful.
WOMAN
Oh, Chet!
MAN
Eugh! In this light, you look like my mom!
The man exits as the woman buries head in her hands, sobbing.
CUT TO:
CHESTER AND AJ WALK INTO FRAME AND see Timmy’s house just as
the windows flash white from the magic blast.
CHESTER
Whoa!
AJ
What was that?
AJ
The power surged.
CHESTER
Every light in the city dimmed...
CHESTER AND AJ
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Timmy’s got a new video game!
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WANDA
Hope Timmy likes his new game.
CHESTER
Hey, where’s the dude?
AJ
It’s 6:13. Timmy always goes to the bathroom
at 6:13.
CHESTER
That’s weird. He always struck me as more of
a 7:43 tinkler...
AJ
(interrupting)
Cool! Virtual Reality helmets!
They put the helmets on and DISAPPEAR! The lights dim as they go
into the game. Cosmo and Wanda pop out of their fishbowl.
WANDA
Well, that’s not good.
TIMMY
What’s up with the power surge?
COSMO
Shh! Chester and AJ are on TV!
TIMMY
What?
ON THE TV
AJ (ON TV)
I know! What is he, four?
CUT TO:
TIMMY
Those creeps! Wait’ll I reset them...
COSMO
No!
WANDA
Wait! If you turn the game off while they’re in
there, or if they lose their three lives... they’ll
be gone forever.
TIMMY
What? Then I wish ‘em out of the game!
COSMO
You can’t!
COSMO
“I wish for a video game that’s challenging. A
game that you can’t wish yourself out of!”
WANDA
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You either win the game, or take off the
helmet.
TIMMY
You guys don’t do anything halfway, do you?
COSMO
Nope! We’re two halves of a whole idiot!
Suddenly, the lights dim.
TIMMY
What the...
CUT TO:
Timmy peers over the banister and sees Vicky turn on the living room
LAMP.
TIMMY
(to himself)
Oh great. This game is using so much energy,
that anything Vicky plugs in could short out the
power and turn the game off!
CUT TO:
Timmy enters and grabs the VR helmet. Cosmo and Wanda follow.
TIMMY
Those guys are goners, unless I get ‘em out of
there. You guys keep Vicky from using up
anymore power.
Timmy puts the helmet on and disappears into the game. The lights
dim as he enters.
COSMO
He’s being vague again.
CUT TO:
VICKY
And this is the TV. This is VCR. This is the
DVD. This is surround sound. This is the
combination microwave popcorn maker and
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neck massager... And I don’t know what this
plug does, but I ain’t paying for the electricity!
WANDA
We can’t let her plug all those things in! She’ll
blow the power!
COSMO
Hey! Follow me into the TV! I’ve got an idea!
Cosmo unplugs all of the cords and leaves them in a pile by the wall.
Then he jumps into the back of the television. Wanda pulls out a DAY
RUNNER and writes a note to herself.
WANDA
Wednesday, March 22nd. Cosmo had an idea!
She tucks her day runner away and follows Cosmo into the television.
ANGLE ON VICKY
ANGLE ON TV
We see a logo that reads “I LOVE WANDA” We hear “I Love Lucy” like
music. The screen fades into a set that looks like the black and white
version of “I Love Lucy.” Wanda, dressed as Lucy, is holding a BABY.
Cosmo, dressed like Desi Arnez, steps into frame.
COSMO
Wanda! You got some ‘splainin’ to do!
WANDA
It’s called “Explaining.”
COSMO
WAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
VICKY
Boring!
WANDA
...and now, here’s Cosmo with the weather.
CUT TO:
TIMMY
Cool! Tether balls!
(beat)
Wow... Cosmo and Wanda really made this
game...
TIMMY
...tougher.
TIMMY
I lost a life on level one! What am I, four?
CUT TO:
Vicky is channel surfing. She hits the remote. The Channel “changes”
to a Jerry Springer type talk show. Wanda is the host, Cosmo is the
guest on the chair.
WANDA
Wait. You married your car?
COSMO
Yep. And now my kids get seventeen miles to
the gallon!
A CHAIR flies into frame knocking Cosmo over. Wanda stares at the
screen.
WANDA
...and we’ll be right back.
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VICKY
Yawn!
CUT TO:
Timmy is dodging tether balls when he and the game start to flicker
like TV static.
TIMMY
Oh no!!! Another power surge!
AJ
Aaaaaaaaa!!!!!
CHESTER
Cool.
CUT TO:
Timmy enters the level and looks around -- it looks like a coral reef
version of a 1950s living room.
TIMMY
Hey. This looks like my Aunt Gertrude’s house.
TIMMY
I hope she means my face...
Timmy swims for his life with Aunt Gertrude in hot pursuit. He finds a
WANDA COIN. Wanda appears.
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WANDA
I’m a Wanda coin! You may wish for one thing
to help you on this level.
TIMMY
I wish I had cheeks of steel!
WANDA
I hope you mean your face!
TIMMY
I do!
Wanda waves her wand and Timmy’s cheeks becomes metallic, just as
the Crab’s claws come in for the “kill.” The claws crack against his
face, revealing tasty white crab meat. A REDNECK family enters
carrying knives and forks.
REDNECK DAD
Suppertime!
CUT TO:
Vicky changes the channel again. We see a Seinfeld like logo which
reads “Cosmo” and hear a Seinfeld-esque musical sting. Cosmo stands
in front of a MICROPHONE on a comedy stage.
COSMO
It’s a show about nothing!
(beat; he looks around)
How do we know when it’s done?
VICKY
I do!
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
His velvety voice and beautiful lyrics have
moved generations.
COSMO
(singing)
The wheels on the bus go round and round!
COSMO
(singing)
There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was
his...
VICKY
Man! There’s nothing on today!
CUT TO:
CHESTER
Cool! Look!
The pointy sticks are actually the tops of BROOMS being pushed by
VIDEO JANITORS.
CHESTER
Apparently if you don’t get through this class,
you spend the rest of your life as a janitor!
AJ
There’s a lesson in that.
ON CHESTER AND AJ
TIMMY
Guys! I found you!
CHESTER
Hey Timmy, great game dude!
TIMMY
We’ve got to get out of here!
AJ
No way! This is the greatest video game ever!
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TIMMY
Guys, we only have two lives left.
AJ
So? It’s not like if we get wasted in here, we
disappear forever, right?
TIMMY
Uh...
CHESTER
Besides, I have three lives!
CHESTER
AAAAAA!
TIMMY
Stop it! Guys, The three of us have to stick
together! Only together, through the power of
teamwork can we...
TIMMY’S POV
Chester and AJ have begun jumping on class desks to get to the front
of the room.
CHESTER AND AJ
(laughing as they run)
CUT TO:
Vicky changes the channel again. This time, nothing comes on.
VICKY
What the?
INSIDE THE TV
COSMO
I’m all out of ideas!
Wanda pulls out her day runner and scratches off her previous note.
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WANDA
Well, easy come easy go.
VICKY (O.S.)
Hey! The plugs came out!
Vicky plugs all the plugs into the wall and hits the remote, turning
everything on at the same time.
CUT TO:
Every light in the house flashes white. Then everything goes black.
CUT TO:
WANDA
Oh no! The power’s out! Timmy!
WANDA
Cosmo?
Wanda appears in Timmy’s room. She sees that Cosmo, still a mouse,
is running on a TREADMILL that powers the video game. He’s trying to
catch a T-BONE STEAK that is just out of his reach.
COSMO
I had another idea!
WANDA
Way to keep the power going, Sweetie.
WANDA
(writing)
This was a magnificent day for Cosmo.
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COSMO
Good thing I’m more hungry than tired!
CUT TO:
The three of them stand near a portal, under a sign that reads “To Last
Level.”
TIMMY
Guys, we really need to stop playing! I have to
go.
AJ
No you don’t. You just went at 6:13.
CHESTER
Besides -- we only have one level left!
Chester and AJ high-five each other and run into the next room/level.
Timmy chases after them.
CUT TO:
Timmy and his friends enter Timmy’s living room. Everything seems
normal.
TIMMY
Whew! We’re out of the game!
AJ
How anti-climatic.
CHESTER
Yeah, what a gyp!
TIMMY
Hey, I don’t have floating coins in my living
room...
He feels his head and realizes he still has his helmet on.
TIMMY
My helmet! We’re still in the game!!!
The room darkens. The floor shakes, then cracks open revealing... the
VICKY VIPER-BOT.
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VICKY VIPER-BOT
(Sinister laughter)
Well, well, looks like I’m having three helpings
of twerp for dinner!
TIMMY
Take off the helmets!!!
CHESTER
Don’t freak dude, we still have two lives left.
CHESTER
Freak! We’re down to our last lives!
The Vicky Viper-bot spins around revealing large SPIKES on her butt.
She tries to sit them to death.
VICKY VIPER-BOT
Time to baby sit!
Her Butt comes down as the trio leaps away in different directions.
Vicky raises her butt again. She’s about to sit on Chester and AJ. They
don’t have time to move.
TIMMY
NOOOOOOOO!!! They’ll be gone forever!
SLO-MO
Timmy jumps and pushes Chester and AJ out of the way just in time.
Timmy gets sat upon, losing his last life.
CUT TO:
INT-TIMMY’S BEDROOM-DAY
Cosmo and Wanda, terrified, stare at the video screen. All the guy’s
scores are visible next to their video likenesses. Timmy’s video
likeness disappears.
WANDA
Oh no, that was Timmy’s last life!
COSMO
(crying and still running on the
treadmill)
It’s all your fault!
CUT TO:
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INT-VIDEO GAME/VICKY VIPER-BOT LEVEL
There is a long beat. Smoke rises from where Timmy was “destroyed.”
CHESTER
Whoa. He gave his last life for us.
AJ
Even virtually, that was pretty cool.
CHESTER AND AJ
You’re toast!
TIMMY
I’m alive?
AJ
Sacrificing your life for us must have given you
enough points for a free man!
Timmy sees a COSMO COIN at the far end of the room, guarded by
Vicky.
TIMMY
A Cosmo Coin! Guys, we gotta get me to that
coin! Ready?
ALL THREE
GO!
VICKY VIPER-BOT
Fear my sitting butt!
The Viper Bot’s butt moves towards AJ. Chester picks up a couch
cushion and throws it over himself. She sits on the CUSHION, but it
causes no damage.
AJ
Wow! That’s comfy!
She turns her attention to Chester, plunging her open Viper Mouth at
him to gobble him up. Timmy grabs a COAT RACK and throws it into her
jowls, wedging them open.
CHESTER
Beautiful!
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Timmy is now close to the coin. Vicky opens her jowls wide and fires
her two fangs like cruise missiles.
VICKY VIPER-BOT
Bye-bye, twerp!
The missiles close in on Timmy. They’re about to hit him when Chester
jumps into frame and pushes the missiles against each other. They
careen off screen and explode.
CHESTER
Go, Timmy! Go!
Chester clasps his hands together and forms a step for Timmy, who
uses it as a springboard to jump up and grab the Cosmo Coin! Cosmo
poofs into frame.
COSMO
I’m a Cosmo Coin and boy am I glad to see
you!
TIMMY
Ditto!
CUT TO:
WANDA
This’ll be great for my glutes!
CUT TO:
COSMO
Whatcha need, sport?
TIMMY
I wish I had something to stop Vicky!
COSMO
Hey, that’s just vague enough to work!
Cosmo waves his wand and disappears. The front door opens. VIDEO
VERSIONS OF TIMMY’S PARENTS walk in.
DAD
We’re back Vicky, you can go home now.
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VICKY VIPER-BOT
NOOOOOO!!!
The Vicky Viper-bot dissolves into a pile of GOO. Game over! Timmy
and his pals take their helmets off and leave the game.
CUT TO:
INT-TIMMY’S BEDROOM-DAY
CHESTER
Excellent game dude!
VICKY
Alright, game over! You twerps are out of here!
Timmy’s got to rewire the house...
(in Timmy’s face)
Because I can’t watch my shows!!!
CHESTER
We’re gone.
AJ
Bye Timmy! See ya tomorrow!
TIMMY
Why don’t you watch on this?
TIMMY
It’s a virtual television. These helmets put you
right in the middle of your favorite shows!
VICKY
Gimme that!
Vicky grabs the helmet, puts it on and disappears. Her voice is heard
from the TV.
VICKY(O.S.)
Cool! Tether balls!
VICKY VIPER-BOT
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Ow!
(beat)
Hey, is that Timmy’s Aunt Gertrude? Ouch!
Oooch! eech! Hey! Yow!
Timmy starts laughing his ass off. We pan over to reveal Cosmo and
Wanda in their fishbowl.
COSMO
High fin!
Cosmo and Wanda try to high-five, but their fins are too short.
WANDA
How ‘bout a kiss instead?
COSMO
I’m game.
They kiss.
IRIS OUT:
THE END.