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“Father Time”
Written By:
Steve Marmel and Butch Hartman
First Draft:
4/25/00
Revised:
4/28/00
Final Draft:
5/9/00
FADE IN:
DISSOLVE TO:
DAD
Come on, honey!
MOM
Chest on fire... can’t breathe...
DAD
Five hundred more and that’s a google!
DISSOLVE TO:
TIMMY
It’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.
COSMO
I know! You could melt some of it with heat
vision!
WANDA
Or you could wish that all the chores were
done!
TIMMY
That’s a great idea, Wanda! I wish...
COSMO
Or you could melt it!
TIMMY
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Right! Gotta go with the super power. I wish I
had heat vision!
TIMMY
Awesome!
COSMO
Hey! That’s not funny!
COSMO
Now it’s funny!
TIMMY
Yahoo!!
FAST MONTAGE: Timmy runs amok through the house with his heat
vision. Zap! He melts the TOASTER.
TIMMY
Toaster’s clean!
TIMMY
Laundry’s done!
TIMMY
Dad’s trophy’s dusted!
CUT TO:
Mom and Dad are still exercising when suddenly, Dad cringes with
pain.
DAD
ARGH!
MOM
Is something wrong with your trophy?
DAD
Trophy senses...tingling! To the trophy case!
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CUT TO:
ANGLE ON DOOR
DAD
What... what happened here?
TIMMY
Uh… I melted your trophy with heat vision?
DAD
WHAT?!? Where did you get heat vision?
TIMMY
Internet.
COSMO
Oh, he’s good.
DAD
I 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!
WANDA
No... no... ours is the one with the silly, pink
hat.
DAD
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Go to your room and don’t come out until you
learn responsibility for other people’s
property... or welding skills! Whatever comes
last!
DISSOLVE TO:
Timmy angrily paces the floor as Cosmo and Wanda float next to him.
TIMMY
Boy, I’ve never seen Dad that mad before. All
over a dumb trophy he won 30 years ago!
WANDA
Well, it wasn’t so dumb to him. Maybe you
should apologize.
COSMO
Or you could go back in time and stop your
Dad from ever winning the thing in the first
place!
TIMMY
I... uh...
TIMMY
What he said.
COSMO
Awright! That’s two wishes for Cosmo, zip for
Wanda! I’m on fire!
WANDA
There you go! One magic time scooter to take
you anywhen you want to go!
TIMMY
Excellent!
Timmy kick starts the engine and disappears with the Godparents.
CUT TO:
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INT. - THE TIME STREAM - SOMEWHEN
TIMMY
Wow! The time stream! We’re travelling 30
years into the past!
WANDA
You know, you could have just wished yourself
10 minutes into the past and stopped yourself
from melting the trophy in the first place!
TIMMY
I could have what?
PROTESTER #1
What do we want?
PROTESTER #2
Day jobs!
PROTESTER #1
When do we want them?
PROTESTER #2
Now!
BLAM! Timmy and the Time Scooter blast through the peace sign flag
and fly OS.
PROTESTER #1
What do we want?
PROTESTER #2
A new flag!
TIMMY
Awesome! What a totally wicked trip!
WANDA
You mean, “Groovy, what a totally far out trip!”
We’re in the 1970s now!
COSMO
But 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 WANDA
And, 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 COSMO
Like, I’m never gonna suggest heat vision
again, man.
COSMO
Oh 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 COSMO
Wow, like, you’re us, but, like...
WANDA
...more mature and concerned about websites
and the global warming!
TIMMY
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Guys, I’m gonna go find my future Dad.
COSMO
We’re gonna stay here and find ourselves.
WANDA
Hey, there we are! Let’s dance!
DISSOLVE TO:
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.
TIMMY
Wow, there he is! That’s my dad as a kid!
Timmy hops off the scooter and walks over to his dad.
TIMMY
Hey, Dad!
A huge TRUCK rolls by, drowning out Dad’s voice so we can’t hear his
name.
Timmy looks and sees his FUTURE MOM as a young girl, jumping rope,
exhausted.
TIMMY
(to self)
Wow! My mom as a kid!
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:
Push in on a VW VAN.
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.
WANDA
I know. They’re really boring.
‘70S COSMO
Oh, 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.
COSMO
And, you can download different lava!
The kid on the tricycle rides back into frame and looks at the computer.
COSMO
That’s silly! You should call it the Timmy.
‘70S WANDA
That Billy Gates with his crazy ideas...
DISSOLVE TO:
Timmy stands over Dad, who eats a gigantic ice cream SUNDAE and a
CHEESE PIZZA. Timmy barks orders through a bullhorn.
TIMMY
Come on! Pizza! Ice Cream! Pizza! Ice
Cream!
ON DAD
DAD
(speaking with a full mouth)
You sure this is some futuristic training
program?
TIMMY
Of course! I’m a fitness instructor.
DAD
You’re too young.
TIMMY
No, actually, I’m forty. I just look ten. That’s
how fit I am. Now keep eating!
CUT TO:
TIMMY
Come on! Sixteen more miles and we’re
halfway done!
PAN BACK to see Dad, wearing concrete BLOCKS for shoes and barely
moving.
CUT TO:
TIMMY
Now it’s time for... SCARY STORIES FROM THE
FUTURE!
ON TERRIFIED DAD
TIMMY
In the future, there will be 500 TV channels!
DAD
Cool!
TIMMY
...but nothing to watch.
DAD
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
DAD
(continuing) ...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
DAD
(continuing) ...OOOOOOOOOOO...
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!!!
CUT TO:
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EXT. - PARK - SAME TIME
COSMO
I love a good race.
‘70S WANDA
We think all races are good, man.
‘70S COSMO
We 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.
TIMMY
Awright! Dad didn’t win the stupid trophy!
Mission accomplished!
WANDA
Wow! I wonder how that’ll effect your future!
COSMO
Yeah! I’ll bet...
TIMMY
That can’t be good.
‘70S WANDA
Wow. They split without saying goodbye.
‘70S COSMO
30 years from now, we’ll be rude, man.
REF
...and for coming in last place, you get an all
expenses-paid, mandatory, 12-year scholarship
to dictator school!
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DAD
What?
A PADDY WAGON backs into scene. Three MILITARY MEN toss Dad
inside and the truck zips O.S.
TIMMY
Dad’s never mentioned dictator school.
‘70S COSMO
Hey, little dude. You’d better get back to your
own time and figure out what’s going down.
‘70S WANDA
And we’ll go too! Time isn’t my master!
‘70S COSMO
Right on!
CUT TO:
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.
‘70S WANDA
Whoa. Like, the future looks bleak.
TIMMY
Aw man, I changed the future!
CHESTER (O.S.)
HALT!!!
‘70S WANDA
It’s the man!
‘70S COSMO
Fight 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
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Chester? AJ? Boy am I glad to see...
CHESTER
WELCOME TO DIMMSDALE, HAPPIEST PLACE
ON THE PLANET!
AJ
OR ELSE! NOW SHOW US YOUR PAPERS!
‘70S COSMO
Whoa, man. The system’s trying to take him
prisoner.
‘70S WANDA
We’re all prisoners... on the inside.
‘70S COSMO
I love you.
TIMMY
Guys, come on! It’s me! Your best friend!
CHESTER
SILENCE! 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.
TIMMY
It’s me, Timmy Turner! And that’s my dad!
AJ
Negative. 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.
CHESTER
We are all Dad’s children.
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TIMMY
Oh, 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.
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:
Timmy pulls up on the scooter and rings the door bell. The door opens,
revealing... Timmy’s Adult Dad!
TIMMY
Dad!
DAD
Heh. That’s what they call me! Or Else! Come
on in! Or else!
The place is identical to Timmy’s normal house, only much bigger. They
walk past photos of Dad’s “achievements.”
DAD
Who are you, son?
TIMMY
I’m your son!
DAD
All people are my children... I rule the Earth!
Don’t you know anything about history?
ANGLE ON PHOTOS
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DAD
That’s me graduating dictator college.
DAD
This is me taking over the world. With smiles.
DAD
And this is where I’d put a trophy.
IF I HAD ONE! Sorry. Lost the happy. But the
Happy’s back.
TIMMY
Why are you so happy all the time?
DAD
Well, 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!
TIMMY
But you can’t be happy all the time!
DAD
Heh! Rebellion! That is so ‘70s... GUARDS!
Chester and AJ, flanked by four, huge guards, appear out of nowhere
and approach Timmy.
Timmy looks over to see ‘70s Cosmo and Wanda as little ‘70s
cockroaches.
‘70S WANDA
We’ll help you get out of here!
‘70s Cosmo waves his wand and the Lava Lamp appears.
CHESTER AND AJ
OOOOOOOOooo. The colors.
They head back to the past. This time, the background whizzes by too
fast to know what it is.
TIMMY
Come on! I gotta get back to the 70’s and
make sure my Dad wins that race!
‘70S COSMO
You following this?
‘70S WANDA
I’m a leader, not a follower.
CUT TO:
Same shot as before, with Dad screaming “Noooooo. Timmy and the
‘70s Godparents drop into frame next to the tent.
DAD
...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!
CUT TO:
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:
Timmy quickly swaps clothes with his dad and shoves him back in the
tent next to the other sleeping Timmy.
‘70S WANDA
Wow! You look just like your Dad as a kid!
TIMMY
That’s the plan!
Timmy hops on the time scooter and heads for the park.
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‘70S COSMO
Oh, NOW he has a plan!
CUT TO:
REF
On your mark! Get set!
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 COSMO
Was that the plan?
TIMMY
I’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 COSMO
Where’d you get that?
TIMMY
Uh... 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:
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.”
REF
And the first prize is this amazing trophy!
TIMMY
Hi Mom! I’m Dad! Will you take this, go out
with me, marry me and someday have a boy
with a silly, pink hat?
MOM
Okay! Anything to stop jumping this stupid
rope!
MOM
I’ll come by your house later!
TIMMY
Groovy! If I’m asleep in my tent in the
backyard, wake me up and tell me about the
race with precise detail!
MOM
Okay!
DISSOLVE TO:
TIMMY
You’re back! That means everything’s back to
normal!
‘70S WANDA
What is normal, anyway?
BOTH COSMOS
I love you.
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Current Wanda glares at her Cosmo who smiles sheepishly.
COSMO
And I always will!
She smiles.
COSMO
Hey, it worked!
TIMMY
Bye ‘70s Cosmo and Wanda! It’s been...
‘70S WANDA
Out of sight?
TIMMY
Yeah. Whatever.
COSMO
Well, it was nice meeting us.
‘70S COSMO
Solid!
WANDA
If you’re ever in the future...
‘70S WANDA
We will be!
COSMO
Oh, right!
TIMMY
Everything’s back to normal... now all I gotta
do is apologize to my Dad for melting his
trophy...
COSMO
You know, you could just go just forward
enough in time to...
EVERYBODY ELSE
Quiet!!
Everybody disappears.
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CUT TO:
Timmy stands outside Dad’s den as Wanda and Cosmo float nearby.
WANDA
Go on Timmy, you can do it. Just go in and let
your Dad know you’re sorry.
COSMO
Or you could melt him with heat vision!
TIMMY
I wish he had a muzzle.
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!
CUT TO:
TIMMY
Dad? Whatcha doing?
DAD
Trying to locate a new trophy off of the “Timmy
Computer Network!”
TIMMY
Uh.... I just wanted to say I’m sorry about
melting your trophy. I didn’t realize it was so
important to you.
DAD
Apology 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!
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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!
TIMMY
Yes 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 KID
Stupid trophy!
TIMMY
Hey!
FUTURISTIC KID
You’ll thank me for this later.
TIMMY
I’m welcome?
MOM
Internet? Breakfast is ready!
FADE OUT.
THE END