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  Episode Information  
Title: The Big Problem / Power Mad
Episode Number: 1
Season: 1
Season Episode #.: 1
Production Number: 1
Original Airdate: Friday March 30th, 2001
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Episode Crew
Director: Butch Hartman
Writer: Steve Marmel
Jaime Diaz
Story: Michael Bell (1)
  Episode Summary  
The Big Problem: Timmy is tired of being a kid and wishes that he was older so he could do adult things. But now that he's an adult, Cosmo and Wanda can't turn him back into a kid or grant him any wishes. What will happen?


Power Mad: Timmy wishes for a game that you can't wish yourself out of. Timmy goes to the bathroom and leaves it unattended. While he's there, Chester and AJ see the game and they decide to play. Timmy then must go inside the game to save them, but will he do it in time?
 
Summary Available In: English | Dutch | German
 
  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Carlos AlazraquivoicedWaiterRecurring (first appearance)
Susan Blakeslee (1)voicedLobster in Video GameRecurring (first appearance)
  Episode Notes  
This episode shows the first apperances of: Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda, Vicky, Mom and Dad.
 
Vicky's Head Gag: Toilet.
 
Coincidentally, this episode was once shown on Wednesday March 22, which is when Wanda said Cosmo had an idea.
 
Running Gag (of the series): Timmy saying he got all his wishes from the Internet.
 
Running Gag: Requests for wishes being responded to with a varient of "That's just vague enough to work!"
 
  Episode Quotes  
Timmy: I hope she means my face!
 
Cosmo: Phew, that was close.
Wanda: No, this is close.
 
AJ: Timmy always goes to the bathroom at 6:13
 
Vicky: I sense happy!
 
Cosmo: No! That's the overecommended usage of quarantine!
Timmy: Nooo!
 
Vicky: Have you seen this twerp?
 
Vicky: He's this tall, wears a pink hat and has a horrible screeching voice like--
Timmy: Hi Vicky!
(Picture on the wall breaks)
 
Wanda: I hope you mean your face...
Timmy: I do!
 
Chester: Besides, I have 3 lives.
(AJ pushes Chester off of the platform)
 
Timmy: Wow, this looks like an underwater version of my aunt Gertrude's house...
Aunt Gertrude: (Like a lobster) Hi Timmy! Let Aunt Gertrude pinch those chubby cheeks of yours!
 
Timmy: Ow! They call this 'soothing'?
 
Timmy: Shaving will be fun!
 
Francis: (Like Timmy) Hey, shaving will be fun!
 
Waiter: You should've finished college...
Timmy: Did you finish college?
Waiter: (gets emotional) No! Why do you think i'm a waiter?
 
Wanda: Can we have another 2 hours with Timmy?
Scam-like fairy: Can i have 5 more dollars?
(Timmy gives the fairy 5 dollars, fairy poofs off)
Timmy: We've got to get me back to a child! I'm running out of fives.
 
Dad: Ain't pronouns a kick?
 
Dad: Hey! Pronouns again!
 
Dad: Hey, Timmy, we're going to the movies!
Timmy: Alright!
Dad: Not 'we' as in all of us, 'we' as in your mom and I.
Timmy: What?
Dad: You're not old enough for this movie, so we're not taking you!
 
Wanda: You can't spell 'Vicky' without 'icky'...
 
Dad: You know, Timmy would think this was gross. (Dad and Mom start kissing)
 
  Episode Goofs  
Vicky lost all her lifes in the game but she didn't dissapear.
 
At the end of "Power Mad" all the electricity was out, but Vicky was still inside the game and she didn't die nor disappear.
 
  Cultural References  
Episode Title: Power mad
"Power Mad" is based on the game Power Surge.
 
Cosmo: It's a show about nothing... and... what's next?

This is a reference to the popular sitcom Seinfield, a show considered "about nothing" by some people.
 
Visual: Carrot dodging

When Timmy dodges the carrots in bullet-time is a reference to the popular film The Matrix
 
  Analysis  
The Vicky's head gag of this episode (toilet), which seems a bit random at a first glance, is related to the episode "Power Mad". AJ clearly stated in that episode that Timmy goes to the bathroom every day at 6:15 PM, and this episode wasn't the exception.
 
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