The "Good Old Days!"/References

Trivia

• This is one of the few episodes where Vicky isn't the one who babysits Timmy.
• This episode reveals how Timmy got his buck teeth in the first place. It was because Pappy unintentionally let Timmy suck on his pacifier too long as he forgot momentarily where he was.
• This is the only appearance of Pappy Turner.
• Cosmo and Wanda appear in their standard forms in the title card, even though they never assume them in the actual episode.
  • Cosmo and Wanda transform into animal forms resembling the short-lived Merry Melodies characters Foxy and Roxy, who Warner Brothers created as direct knockoffs of Disney's Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
• This episode was ranked #14 in the "100 Greatest Nicktoons Episode" countdown.
• Pappy was born in the 1930s, so that means he's somewhere in his Eighties. Also, he has a vast amount of knowledge on old cartoons, since he tells Timmy about lots of things that normally happened in old cartoons.
• This is the 4th title card to appear in black and white.
• In the 1930s, a dollar would be equivalent to nowadays $10 dollars; meaning that Timmy's $20 bucks are equivalent to nowadays $200 dollars.
• Instead of “The Fairly OddParents in:”, it was “A Fairly OddParents Cartoon” on the title card.
• In the upload on the Fairly Oddparents YouTube channel, the word "stupid" is censored.

Allusions

• The Good Old Days! - The title refers to a cliché in popular culture, meaning that an era of an old character was better than the current one.
  • As well as Pappy's contradiction to everything Timmy does is worse than things he will do in his era.

• Ub Iwerks - In the old cartoon world, an intersection of two streets are named "Ube" and "Iwerks," a reference to the famous animator who spent most of his career working for Walt Disney and developed famous "Disney-style" pictures.

• Steamboat Willie - The 1930s version of Dimmsdale is a reference to the old Mickey Mouse cartoon.

• Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Captain Green and the Eco-Teens is an obvious parody of the 1990s animated series and how many viewers found it lame.

• Lifetime - "The End of Your Lifetime Channel" is a mockery of the Lifetime Network.

• Popeye - Poke Eye the Longshore Man is a direct parody of Popeye.
  • The man Poke Eye was fighting is a parody of Bluto, Popeye's archenemy.

• King Kong - As Cosmo and Wanda chases the wands towards a skyscraper, the panning shot shows a giant gorilla handcuffed with a pilot and a mayor.

• Mickey Mouse's old cartoons - The ending card clearly parodies the ending cards from the Mickey Mouse shorts.
  • Peg-Foot Vicky is a parody of Peg-Leg Pete, an old version of Pete.

• Looney Tunes - Cosmo and Wanda's "old cartoon" appearance is similar to Foxy and Roxy, a pair of cartoon foxes that appeared in the 1930s.
  • When Timmy wished for everything to not be cartoon-related anymore, a POOF! sign appears saying "So Long, Folks". This bears a striking reference of the famous and classic Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes closing slogan, "That's All, Folks!".
• Goofy — The wands faces and the sounds they’re making is similar to Goofy from the Mickey Mouse cartoons.
• Noah's Ark — The band of animals is named "Noah's Ark-estra".

Running Gags

• Timmy and Pappy dancing and wiggling their fingers.
• Cosmo and Wanda chasing their wands.

Goofs

• Vicky could just turn the lever for the buzz saw on fast instead of slow.

Quotes

Singer: Captain Green and the Eco Teens! Picking up trash and recycling things. Doing our chores, hugging the trees, solving problems non-violently!

Pappy: What the?

Timmy Turner: Look, just because it's new doesn't mean it's lame.

Kid: Today we're going to save the rainforests!

Captain Green: With an eco rap!

Timmy Turner: Okay, that's lame.

Captain Green: Ra-ra-rainforest. Ra-ra -- (Pappy turns the TV off with his cane)

Pappy: Timmy's the greatest! He made everything like an old cartoon with some new fangled whosie-whatsit. There were talking foxes with magic wands, a band that beat music out of animals, and then, I was kidnapped! But ooh, Timmy saved me - by eating vegetables!

Mrs. Turner: Okay. Timmy, say goodbye to Pappy - forever.

Pappy: The generation that was on this show started three wars, two police actions, and the National Hockey League!

Cosmo: Come back! Nobody had a chance to say 'what could possibly go wrong' yet!

Pappy: You can't hit girls in old cartoons!

Timmy: I wish Vicky was a boy!

Timmy: Come on Pappy what can possibly go wrong?

Sun: Don't stare at me too long, or you'll go blind!

Peg-Foot Vicky: The Sun! I'm blind!

Sun: I warned ya! [laughs]

Timmy: I wish...

Wanda: Vicky was vanquished?

Cosmo: Pappy was free?

Timmy: Can we try pizza? How about roller skates? Video games? Comic books? Trading cards? Bubble gum? Ice cream? SODA POP?!?! [boom]