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Recording Script
“The Boys And The Band”
Written By:
Butch Hartman and Steve Marmel
Final Draft:
2/7/01
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FADE IN:
DISSOLVE TO:
1 TIMMY
(snores)
3 TIMMY
Because today’s my birthday! Right?
5 WANDA
(Gleeful squeal) Chip Skylark!
6 TIMMY
Chip Skylark? That lame, pretty boy dork
singer? He stinks!
7 COSMO
Does not! I wish Chip Skylark was around when
I had a band! We’d have rocked out loud! Did
you know I used to play the electric triangle?
8 WANDA
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9 COSMO
But with Chip we wouldn’t have!
10 TIMMY
AHEM! Isn’t there something special you want
to say to me? Considering what day today is?
LONG BEAT.
11 COSMO
Yeah! Pipe down so I can jam to this awesome
Chip song!
Cosmo and Wanda begin dancing to the Chip Skylark tune. Cosmo
pulls out an ELECTRIC TRIANGLE and plugs it into an OUTLET on the
fish castle. He’s instantly fried.
12 TIMMY
Thank you, karma!
DISSOLVE TO:
13 TIMMY
Oh, boy! I can’t wait to see what Mom made
for my special birthday breakfast!
14 TIMMY
Yay! Cookies for breakfast!
(quizzically)
With our phone number on them?
Timmy reaches for the cookies. A SPATULA comes down and smacks
his hand. Widen to reveal MOM, dressed in an “I Love Chip Skylark” T-
SHIRT.
15 MOM
Sure! Tonight’s the night of the Chip Skylark
concert!
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DAD enters wearing the same “I Love Chip” shirt. Timmy reaches for
another cookie. Dad slaps it out of his hand.
16 DAD
Your Mom and I are gonna throw these to Chip
while he’s on stage!
17 MOM
And maybe he’ll call us and offer to be your big
brother!
18 TIMMY
What?! You guys are going to the concert?
Tonight of all nights? What’s so special about
Chip Skylark?
19 DAD
Open your eyes, Son, that teen’s delicious!
DISSOLVE TO:
20 TIMMY
Stupid Chip Skylark making everyone forget my
birthday. Well, if nobody remembered, then I’m
not gonna tell ‘em. If they love me, they’ll
remember on their own.
21 DAD
Good gosh, Son! We forgot to tell you
something! We have a special surprise for you
behind this very door!
22 TIMMY
A surprise?!? What it is it? WHAT?!
23 DAD
It’s Vicky! And she’s early!
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24 VICKY
Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Turner! Hello, kid who’s not
Chip Skylark!
Dad pulls out a TREASURE CHEST, bulging with CASH and hands it to
Vicky.
25 MOM
She’s being paid quadruple to baby-sit so we
can go to the Chip Skylark concert tonight!
26 DAD
And there’s extra money in there so you kids
can watch the concert on pay- per-view! Have
a fun, Chip-filled night!
Mom and Dad exit. Vicky hits the REMOTE CONTROL and PRESTO! We
see a NEWSCASTER - CHET UBETCHA - on TV talking about, you
guessed it, not Timmy’s birthday.
27 CHET UBETCHA
Welcome to Chip-watch Tonight! I’m your host,
Chet Ubetcha, and we’re mere hours away
from the live broadcast of the big Chip Skylark
concert! But first, birthday announcements!
28 CHET UBETCHA
Ha! Just kidding! With Chip Skylark on this
planet, who cares when you were born?
29 VICKY
Move it, Twerp!
Vicky plunks down on the couch, sending Timmy flying to the floor near
his Godparents, who are still lamps.
30 WANDA
Are you okay, not Chip?
Timmy stands up. He’s right in front of the poster. The teeth flash on
and off in front of him.
31 TIMMY
Everybody forgot about my birthday because
of Chip stinkin’ Skylark!
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32 COSMO
Hey! It’s not his fault he turned out so
delicious!
33 TIMMY
Yeah, well it’s HIS fault my birthday stinks! You
know what I wish? I wish something bad would
happen to him!
34 WANDA
Well, you just can’t wish him maimed.
35 TIMMY
Okay. Then I wish...
36 COSMO
Or injured.
37 TIMMY
Then...
38 WANDA
Or beaten.
39 TIMMY
Uh...
40 COSMO
Or dead.
41 TIMMY
FINE! I wish the worst possible, non-lethal
thing could happen to Chip Skylark right now!
42 VICKY
OHMYGOSH! IT’S CHIP SKYLARK!
AAAAAAAAAAAA!
43 CHIP SKYLARK
Hi! I was just in a non-lethal accident in my
record company’s car, and all my record
company’s cell phones, pagers, and two way
radios went out! May I use your phone?
44 TIMMY
(to Godparents)
What is he doing HERE? I wished for something
bad to happen to him! Where’s the bad?
45 VICKY
Here, Chip! Use my special phone!
Chip hits a button on the phone. <PSSST!> -- KNOCK OUT GAS squirts
out of the receiver into his face.
46 CHIP SKYLARK
(woozily)
Tuesday is applesauce day...
Chip falls to the ground, fast asleep. Vicky instantly wraps him from
head to toe in CHAINS and drags him OS.
47 TIMMY
HA! The worst possible thing that could happen
to Chip is to be stuck here with Vicky! Like me!
48 WANDA
You know, Timmy, that’s wasn’t a very nice
wish.
49 TIMMY
(More fun than mean)
Hey, you’re sharp. You think everybody will be
“nice” when they find out Chip isn’t making it
to the concert tonight?
50 COSMO
Oh, was I supposed to think?
DISSOLVE TO:
51 CHET UBETCHA
We’re here LIVE at the Dimmsdale Ultradome,
where there is still no sign of teen singing
sensation, Chip Skylark.
52 CHET UBETCHA
Sir? You seem to be the only man here at the
Chip Skylark concert!
53 DAD
Well, of course! That teen’s delicious!
54 CHET U BETCHA
That he is, Sir. That he is.
(to Camera)
We’ll be back with more Chip updates, after
this message... about Chip!
CUT TO:
55 VICKY
Do you like this one that makes me look like
Mrs. Chip Skylark? Or this one that makes me
look like Mrs. Chip Skylark.
56 CHIP SKYLARK
I don’t think it matters. I think you’ll make a
great Mrs. Skylark... Mrs. Skylark.
57 VICKY
(SQUEALS W/GLEE) I LOVE YOU CHIP SKYLARK!
I’m gonna call all my friends and invite ‘em to
the wedding!
(beat)
First I’m gonna find some friends!
58 CHIP SKYLARK
(sighs) Another day, another whackadoo
holding me against my will.
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59 TIMMY
Wow. For a guy being held against his will, he
sure seems nice.
60 COSMO
Seems shmeems! He is nice! Just like he sings
in his hit song, “I’m so nice!”
Cosmo and Wanda wave their wands and their fishbowl turns into a
DANCE CLUB, complete with Disco ball and flashing lights. They begin
to dance.
62 TIMMY
You guys sing. I’m gonna go gloat.
63 WANDA
If you free his hands, get me an autograph!
64 TIMMY
Hi, Chip! I’m Timmy! Having a cruddy day?
Like me?
65 CHIP SKYLARK
Aw, the only cruddy day I ever have, is a day
when I disappoint my fans.
(beat; then panicked)
67 TIMMY
Yeah! Because of you, your fame, and your
stupid concert, everyone forgot today was my
birthday!
68 CHIP SKYLARK
Aw... I’m sorry to hear that, little guy. Reach
into my coat pocket.
69 TIMMY
Okay....
Timmy reaches inside Chip’s jacket and pulls out a fully wrapped
BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
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70 CHIP SKYLARK
There you go! Happy Birthday, Timmy!
Timmy opens the present and it’s a brand new CRASH NEBULA ACTION
FIGURE.
71 TIMMY
Ohmygosh! It’s the brand new, Crash Nebula
action figure! This hasn’t even been released
yet! How’d you get it?
72 CHIP SKYLARK
I got it for my birthday from the record
company. Today’s my birthday, too.
73 TIMMY
Really?
74 CHIP SKYLARK
Yeah. But they scheduled my concert on my
birthday, so I haven’t even had a chance to
celebrate it.
(sighs)
Sometimes it’s hard to be famous.
(pause)
And talented.
75 TIMMY
And delicious!
76 CHIP SKYLARK
What?
77 TIMMY
My Dad said that.
78 CHIP SKYLARK
Heh. Dads say weird things! Mine once
described President Eisenhower as
scrumptious.
79 TIMMY
Wow! Both our Dads are dorks!
80 CHIP SKYLARK
...Ow! Sorry. I’d have laughed harder, but these
chains are crushing my lungs.
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81 TIMMY
I’m Sorry.
82 CHIP SKYLARK
Well, (cough) it’s not like you wished for this to
happen. (cough)
83 TIMMY
Right... (beat)
84 TIMMY
Wow. I thought Chip would be a big jerk
because he’s a big star. He isn’t such a bad guy
after all.
85 WANDA
We told you!
86 TIMMY
I wish Chip was free and out of Vicky’s
clutches!
87 TIMMY
Oh, great. The “wand-not-working” <<fart
noise>> noise. What’s wrong?
88 WANDA
Well, you know how the rules say we can’t use
our magic to destroy true love?
89 VICKY
Hello, my love who I truly love with all the love
in my heart! Love!
90 COSMO
Well, there ya go!
91 VICKY
You can watch this while I find someone who
will perform a marriage ceremony between a
crazed fan and a celebrity teen hostage.
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(beat)
To the internet!
Vicky exits.
92 CHET U BETCHA
It’s a scene of mass chaos here at the
Dimmsdale Ultradome, where everyone is
angrily asking the same question? Where is
Chip Skylark?
ON TV: GIRL FAN #1 holds a baseball BAT and GARBAGE CAN LID.
93 GIRL FAN #1
If Chip doesn’t show up, I’m going cause a
major public disturbance!
94 MOM
If Chip doesn’t show up, I’m going to punish
our child for no reason!
95 DAD
Timmy, if you’re watching this, run!
96 CHIP SKYLARK
Oh no! Fans! Hundreds of ‘em! Disappointed!
My fault!! Guilt growing! Teeth becoming less
shiny!
97 WANDA
AAAAAGGGHHH!!!!!!
98 COSMO
Oh no! Chip’s losing his boyish charm ‘cuz he
thinks he disappointed his fans!
99 TIMMY
Oh, man. I’ve gotta get Chip to the concert
before all those women and my Dad tear the
town apart!
(to Wanda)
You and I have get Chip out of here!
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(to Cosmo)
101 COSMO
Cool! I’m gonna get my old band back
together!
CUT TO:
103 CROWD
We want Chip!
104 DAD
Or else!
105 CROWD
We want Chip!
106 DAD
Or else!
107 COSMO
(deep announcer voice)
Hello Dimmsdale! Are you ready for Chip
Skylark?!
108 CROWD
(CHEERS HAPPILY)
109 COSMO
Well he’s not here yet!
110 COSMO
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111 COSMO
On the Pan flute... Pan!
112 COSMO
On drums... Santa!
113 SANTA
You’re getting coal this year.
114 COSMO
And on guitar, blues great Eric Clapton!
We see an animated version of the real ERIC CLAPTON (or any other
classic, immortal rock star that would agree to do this)on the stage
with Cosmo, Pan and Santa.
116 COSMO
And I’m Cosmo! And together... we’re “The
Fairies!”
They launch into one of their big hits. (A song to be written especially
for this episode.)
DISSOLVE TO:
120 TIMMY
Feel better?
Chip leans back and the bed plops back onto the floor. Timmy tries to
undo the chains by hand.
122 TIMMY
I’m sorry you have to spend your birthday with
Vicky.
124 TIMMY
That’s Vicky for ya! Icky with a “V!”
126 TIMMY
(struggling to undo the chains)
Ugh! Urgh! This is no good!
(to Wanda, hidden under the bed)
I wish I had bolt cutters.
POOF! Timmy reaches under his bed and finds BOLT CUTTERS. He
starts trying to free Chip.
128 TIMMY
(to Wanda)
PLASMA TORCH.
(it appears in Timmy’s hand)
I know. And I thought it was funny, because I
thought you were going to be a big, fat
celebrity jerk!
129 WANDA
(whispering)
Vicky loves him! My magic can’t do anything
to help you!
130 TIMMY
I was totally wrong about you, Chip. Just
because you’re rich and famous, doesn’t mean
you’re a jerk.
132 TIMMY
But neither would Vicky!
134 TIMMY
(thinking to self) She wouldn’t love you
anymore... That’s it!!!
135 VICKY
Hi, Chip darling! It’s time for our wedding!
136 VICKY
Look who I found on the internet! The only
Justice of the Peace on Earth who will marry
someone against their will!
Wanda, now full-sized, wingless and crown-less, kicks the door open.
She stands next to a very officious RECORD EXECUTIVE who holds a
STACK OF BILLS.
140 WANDA
He does!
143 WANDA
Don’t mention it!
147 VICKY
What? I thought you were rich!
148 TIMMY
Nope! He’s just pretty and talented!
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149 VICKY
But the Chip-Plane!
151 VICKY
The Chip-copter?
152 TIMMY
Record company’s.
153 VICKY
Not the...the...teeth?
155 VICKY
NOOOOOOOOO! You broke loser creep! I can’t
love you! You can’t afford to move me out of
this rat-hole town!
With the spell broken, the chains instantly break and fall to the floor in
pieces. Chip excitedly jumps to his feet.
156 VICKY
This wedding’s off!
Vicky storms OS. The record executive and computer nerd follow. The
computer nerd waves to Chip as he leaves.
159 VICKY
Jerk!
162 TIMMY
Here ya go, Chip!
163 TIMMY
Use this! Let ‘em know you’re on your way!
Chip hits a button and gets blasted with knockout gas again.
He drops to the ground, out like a light. Wanda poofs into fairy form.
Timmy waves his hand in front of Chip’s face.
165 TIMMY
Out like a light. Which means he can’t see
when I do this...
...I wish we were at the concert!
CUT TO:
Cosmo, Pan, Santa and Eric Clapton are cornered by the angry mob.
Eric swings his guitar like a light-saber, fending off flying tomatoes and
other assorted VEGETABLES.
166 MOB
CHIP! CHIP! WE WANT CHIP!!!
168 COSMO
Hey, I think they really like us!
The mob closes in. From the side of the stage, we see a flash of light
and hear a “POOF!”
170 DAD
Hey, that’s me!
171 TIMMY
Are you ready to rock?
172 CROWD
Yeah!
173 TIMMY
Are you ready to not tear apart the opening
act?
175 TIMMY
Then get ready for...
Timmy pushes the cart, wheeling Chip onto the stage. Chip stops
directly in front of the microphone.
177 TIMMY
CHIP SKYLARK!
The crowd goes wild. A spotlight hits Chip who, like a robot who has
suddenly been plugged in, wakes up. His teeth even go back to their
normal, shiny selves!
177A CROWD
(cheers)
179 TIMMY
Uh...the power of music?
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181 TIMMY
Well, everybody might have forgotten my
birthday, but at least I made a new friend!
Right?
182 TIMMY
(Sighs frustrated)
186 TIMMY
Cool! Let’s get ready to rock!
Timmy holds his hand up. A microphone flies into his hand like a light-
saber.
187 DAD
What? Forgot his birthday?
188 MOM
We’d never forget your birthday, Tommy!
189 TIMMY
TIMMY!
190 DAD
Chippy!
191 TIMMY
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192 MOM
But Timmy, we didn’t forget your birthday!
193 DAD
Your birthday isn’t until tomorrow!
ON TIMMY
194 TIMMY
What?
198 TIMMY
Oh, man! I’m an idiot!
199 COSMO
Isn’t it the greatest!?
Chip starts singing the “Icky Vicky” song. Cosmo, Wanda, and a cake-
covered Timmy all join in. Widen to show Mom and Dad, dancing in the
front row, and on everybody jamming and have a great time... we...
IRIS OUT
THE END
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