"Vicky Gets Fired" is the eighteenth episode in Season 6 of The Fairly OddParents.
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 One might assume that Vicky would eventually be fired for her relentless tormenting of Timmy, but surprisingly, that's not the case!
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Plot
After Vicky gets fired for erasing a videotape that the Turners were saving so that they could use it to get their reality show, she decides to take over Dimmsdale and wage war on Earth. Timmy must now stop her and never return her to babysitting at all costs for life! Unfortunately, every time Timmy wishes she was not the supreme ruler of something, she becomes a supreme ruler of a very powerful position.
Why It Deserves To Get Fired
- It seems to be a rehash of "Party of Three" episode from Oh Yeah! Cartoons, lacking the original episode's charm.
- In this episode, Timmy's parents are portrayed as unsympathetic characters, a stark contrast to their depiction in "Channel Chasers". They appear indifferent to their son's suffering at the hands of Vicky, even when presented with video evidence, showing more concern for their reality show than for their son's wellbeing.
- Admittedly, Timmy's parents may be somewhat naive and easily deceived; however, at their core, they are caring towards their son and have never been neglectful to this extent.
- Compounding the issue, they fail to offer Timmy an apology for their actions.
- The reason for Vicky getting fired is quite absurd, as it's not for the torment she has inflicted on Timmy, but rather for deleting the family's reality show videotape.
- On that topic, Timmy never berates his parents for firing Vicky over a reality show tape.
- This episode is filled to the brim with plot holes:
- After being fired as Timmy's babysitter, Vicky opts to pursue different jobs and even contemplates overthrowing the Dimmsdale government, which is quite illogical. As a babysitter, shouldn't her focus be on childcare? Moreover, Timmy isn't her sole client. Therefore, it stands to reason that she could simply seek another babysitting opportunity with a different family.
- Moreover, with Vicky stepping down from her babysitting role, couldn't Timmy just wish for Vicky to be employed in a position where she wouldn't pose a danger to others?
- Moreover, how did Vicky easily become the mayor of Dimmsdale, and why is she not arrested for overthrowing the government?
- The ending is very cruel as Timmy wishes for Vicky to become his babysitter again, subjecting himself to her torment once more in order to save the world from her clutches.
- The ending also gives off a very bad moral, which states that if you are being bullied and tortured up to the point of attempted murder, you should keep quiet and not tell anyone, especially authority figures. First of all, what if someone kill you for real and they got off scot-free? You should ALWAYS tell on them if you want your lifes saved.
- Broken Moral: The episode’s lesson here is that is is sometimes very important to make sacrifices in order to protect other people especially your loved ones from being harmed. Unfortunately the moral’a delivery is highly botched and makes it sound like it is important to stay in abusive relationships so that no one else will get hurt.
Redeeming Qualities
- The first two minutes were okay.
- The message that sometimes you need to make personal sacrifices to help others is a good one, even if it was executed horribly.
- The idea of Vicky being fired is intriguing, but the execution was subpar.
- The joke of "Vicky, you're fired! Literally!" before she gets shot out of a cannon is pretty decent.
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