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The Feldmans is a television program that appeared in The Fairly OddParents television special, "Channel Chasers".
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This show is a parody of the real-life television show The Simpsons, a long-running teen-adult comedy cartoon which has been running on television and producing new episodes since 1989. The Feldman sequence includes references to many different characters and gags from the Simpsons.
Background[]
This show is the eighteenth show visited in "Channel Chasers", after Timmy Turner wished for a Magic TV Remote that allowed him to travel through television as if the programs were real worlds. While chasing Vicky through television channels, Timmy Turner, his future self, Cosmo, and Wanda ended up in this television show while Timmy tells Cosmo and Wanda this show is the longest-running animated show on television.
The show bears many striking resemblances to The Simpsons including character designs, a city with a nuclear power plant, and the introduction sequence featuring a chalk board, with Timmy writing on the chalkboard "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", a message of admiration towards the original Simpsons makers and a reference to a changing gag in the Simpsons title sequence (much like Vicky's headgags). The house Timmy and his future self flee to looks extremely similar to the original Simpsons house.
The Feldmans' house.
Vicky appeared as a flying ladybug, a reference to the Bumblebee Man and her face looks similar to Mr. Burns. Vicky damaged part of the nuclear power plant, causing green sludge to cover the city. While trying to find help, Timmy realized that the adults in the show were even dumber than usual, which also extended to his grown-up self during the short time they were inside this program. Adult Timmy still managed to rescue younger Timmy from the sludge, although had some trouble coordinating his jump into the television to enter the next program.
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Connections with The Simpsons[]
- The name of the town is Wintergreen, a reference to Springfield, the name of the city in The Simpsons. The Simpsons also live on Evergreen Terrace which is a street in Springfield.
- The "El Vicko" graffiti is a parody of the El Barto graffiti used by the said character, Bart's graffiti-tagging alter-ego.
- Timmy's form parodies Bart Simpson (who is the same age as Timmy), Vicky's form parodies a mix of Mr. Burns (Homer's boss and one of the main antagonists of The Simpsons) and Bumblebee Man, and Future Timmy looks similar to Homer Simpson, (the dumb, overweight father and protagonist of The Simpsons). Cosmo is disguised as a skateboard and Wanda is disguised as a helmet (the thing that Bart Simpson doesn't use on The Simpsons until the episode, "The Springfield Connection").
- Some other random characters that appear are parodies of Krusty the Clown, Ned Flanders (the Simpsons' religious next-door neighbor, who is a twice-widower and has two sons) and Barney Gumble (one of Homer's friends), which are the recurring characters of The Simpsons.
- When the green sludge from the nuclear plant covers the Barney Gumble look-a-like, he becomes a superhero from the radioactive material much like Radioactive Man, then promptly flies right into "Mike's Tavern", a reference to Moe's Tavern.
- The Barney Gumble look-a-like flies to Mike's Tavern, despite the TV movie being rated TV-Y7. He is later seen swimming the radioactive sludge as a fish with three eyes called Blinky.
- The Simpsons is actually one of Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman's favorite cartoons, which explains why the shows are very similar, with the Fairly OddParents being like a kid-friendly version.
- The couch gag is very similar to the couch gag in the opening title sequence of The Simpsons and Future Timmy using his skateboard to enter the garage is similar to Homer Simpson trying to park his car in the garage in the opening title sequence of The Simpsons.
- None of the characters of the parody have yellow skin, unlike the real show it's based on, instead they have peach-colored skin (similar to Futurama and Disenchantment, two other cartoons created by The Simpsons creator Matt Groening).
- Tara Strong, the voice of Timmy Turner, guest starred as the voice of Tonya in the season 7 episode of Futurama, "Stench and Stenchibility".
- Kevin Michael Richardson, the voice of A.J.'s Dad and Dark Laser, is the current voice of URL and Barbados Slim in Futurama, replacing John DiMaggio in both roles.
- Timmy writes on the chalkboard with his right hand, unlike Bart, who writes with his left hand.
- The title screen doesn't get parodied.
- In The Simpsons episode "Night of the Living Wage", Marge and the employees of the ghost kitchen are watching an anti-union video, which has a similar animation style to The Fairly OddParents.
- Some of the voice actors on the Fairly Odd Parents were also on The Simpsons.
- Dan Castellaneta, who primarily is known for voicing Homer Simpson, lent his voice to the clown, guy in the sandals and socks and the gassy man in this parody.
- Alec Baldwin, who played Future Timmy, has also been a guest star on The Simpsons two times: He voiced himself in the episode, "When You Dish Upon a Star" and as Caleb Thorn in the episode, "Bonfire of the Manatees".
- Grey Griffin (nee DeLisle), who voiced Vicky and Tootie, is the current voice of Martin Prince and the twins Sherri and Terri, replacing Russi Taylor after her death on July 26, 2019. DeLisle replaces her since the episode "Marge the Lumberjill". She also voiced Leland Huebner III in the episode "The Dad-Feelings Limited".
- Kevin Michael Richardson, who voiced A.J.'s Dad and Dark Laser, is the current voice of Dr. Julius Hibbert, replacing Harry Shearer, who had voiced other characters on the show, like Seymour Skinner, Ned Flanders, Waylon Smithers and Mr. Burns, to name a few. Richardson replaced Shearer as Dr. Hibbert's voice since the episode "Wad Goals" and is also a recurring guest star on the show since season 21.
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