Da Rules
"Da Rules" is a fictional rulebook featured in the Nickelodeon animated television series The Fairly OddParents, although the book was first featured in Oh Yeah! Cartoons episodes.
List of rules in the Da Rules rulebook
There are a set of rules the fairy godparents have to follow, chronicled in what resembles a spell book, titled "Da Rules." Almost all of the rules are restrictions. These rules may preserve traditional magical stereotypes, prevent abuse of power, or keeping the universe intact. They apply only when directly wished for; a wish causing any of these things indirectly is totally okay. (Juandissimo Magnifico's Da Rules' book is titled "El Rules".)
If a rule is broken, the fairy godparent's wand will limp and make a farting sound (effectively making the wish a dud). However, his or her magic will quickly return to normal, and the child may wish any rule-abiding wishes immediately afterward. Any fairy godparent may consult "Da Rules" whenever he or she wants.
As a reward for keeping a fairy godparent for at least one year, the child is given a rule-free muffin. A bite of this muffin allows the consumer (not necessarily the child) to make any wish this person wants, bypassing any and/or all of the rules listed below.
- Neither a child nor his or her fairy godparent(s) may reveal the fairy godparent(s)' existence to other people; breaking this rule will result in permanent separation between them and the erasing of the godchild’s memory.
- Application: "The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker." As a child, Crocker's fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, are revealed. As a result, Crocker permanently loses them and all memories of them, as well as the day his secret was let out.
- Addendum: The erasure of memory only applies when the bridge between Fairy World and Earth still stands.
- Application: "The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe!" Jorgen Von Strangle destroys the bridge and nullifies the above rule.
- Addendum: This rule is exempt if one child with fairies discovers that another child has fairies.
- Application: "Fairy, Fairy, Quite Contrary." When Timmy and Remy Buxaplenty discover that the other has fairy assistance, their fairy godparents remain their partners.
- Addendum: This rule is also exempt when fairy godparents are discovered but not believed to be fairies.
- Application: "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour"; "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide." Jimmy Neutron believes Comso and Wanda to be computer programs and effectively prevents jeopardization of Timmy's fairy godparents.
- Addendum: This rule is also exempt when a fairy is discovered but it is not known who the godchild is.
- Application: "Information Stupor Highway." Mr. Denzel Crocker has video proof that fairies exist, and Wanda states that she and Cosmo don't have to go away forever if Mr. Crocker doesn't find out that they are Timmy's godparents.
- All fairies must grant wishes only to the children of the dominant species on Earth.
- Application: "The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe!" Monkeys become the dominant species due to a rule-free wish from the above-mentioned muffin. Cosmo, Wanda, and all of the other fairy godparents turn into monkeys and assist oppressed monkey children instead.
- Any unwished item appears in the child's personal Unwish file in Fairy World. An exception is Timmy, who has un-wished so many dangerous wishes that he gets his own personal Unwish Island.
- Application: "Escape from Unwish Island." Because of his numerous un-wishes, Timmy has a longer locker than the rest of the godchilds' lockers (on a side note, some of the lockers have interesting names, such as "Vanilla Ice").
- Every child that is too mean or ungrateful could lose his/her Godparents.
- Application: "A Wish Too Far." To gather supplies for a party, Timmy quickly and ruthlessly makes wishes, catching the attention of Jorgen von Strangle and momentarily suspending Cosmo and Wanda's powers.
- Godparents can only grant voice-related wishes made by their kids' voices.
- Application: "Chip off the Old Chip."
- Godparents can only grant wishes to kids.
- Application: "The Big Problem." Timmy wishes to become an adult, which causes him to (temporarily) lose Cosmo and Wanda.
- Addendum: Adults who behave like children may receive fairy godparents.
- Application: "The Big Problem." Timmy is found to have a child-like mental capacity and thus re-earns Cosmo and Wanda.
- Godparents cannot reveal other children's godparents; the godchild must find out on his or her own, unless that godchild wishes for it, in which case the godparent(s) must do so.
- Application: "Fairy, Fairy Quite Contrary." Timmy wishes for Wanda to talk about Juandissimo Magnifico and she has no choice but to confess.
- If a child becomes so happy/old that they don't need fairies, the godparents return to Fairy World. If this occurs with every fairy in the world, the pixies can grant wishes while the fairies are in Fairy World.
- Application: "School's Out! The Musical." The Pixies manipulate Timmy into setting up such a situation.
- If every fairy in the universe wants the same child, the matter can only be settled via a Texas Cagematch.
- Application: "The Most Wanted Wish." This fight occurs over Timmy.
- No granting breakfast wishes after 10:30 AM. This is to keep in line with the time in which fast food restaurants convert their menus from breakfast to lunch/dinner.
- Application: "Genie Meanie Miney Moe."
- Saying the sentence, "I'm happy and I don't need my godparents anymore" under any circumstances will result in the removal of the fairies.
- Application: "Switch Glitch."
- The only rule to the rule-free muffin is a wish for a better-tasting muffin. This is accepted as fact, even though Cosmo said it arbitrarily.
- Application: "The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe!"
- A child's fairy godparent(s) cannot be wished away. Instead, a duel must take place between children. The loser loses his or her magical assistance and memory of them, as if he or she had broken rule #1.
- Application: "Fairy, Fairy, Quite Contrary." This duel was fought between Timmy and Remy. It should be noted that while Remy loses Juandissimo Magnifico, Remy gets him back in later episodes.
- Fairy godparents may only be lent to somebody who's twice as miserable.
- Application: "Birthday Wish." Timmy feels bad for Tootie's abuse from her older sister Vicky; he temporarily lends her Cosmo and Wanda under this condition.
- True love may not be tampered with. However, fake love does not apply to this rule. Also, magic cannot be used to make someone fall in love. Cupid, of course, is an exception to this rule.
- Application: "Odd Couple."
- A wish may not be used to directly inflict pain or death on anyone.
- Application: "Boys in the Band." Similarly in another episode it was revealed to be forbidden to drop large veichles on top of someone.
- (The above two rules may or may not have basis on Genie's three rules in the Disney adaptation of Aladdin. The third rule, "no wishing for more wishes," does not apply to this system, as fairy godparents may grant an unlimited number of wishes.)
- A wish may not be used to put anyone at an advantage in any competition. A non-competitive portion of a competition, such as any sporting event in which there are more than two minutes left, is an exception.
- Application: "Odd Ball." Timmy goes into conflict with this rule when he wishes to be tall and competes in basketball.
- Magic may not be used to falsify documents.
- Application: "Odd, Odd West."
- Magic may not be used to make every day Christmas.
- Application: "A Fairly OddParents Christmas." Timmy's wish to make every day December 25 caused disastrous results, including Santa Claus running out of gifts to give and banks and keeping post offices permanently closed (since they are closed on Christmas). This rule was added after the spectacle to prevent such an event from happening again.
- Magic may not be used to steal or counterfeit, because that would be bad.
- Application: "Nectar of the Odds"; "Genie Meanie Miney Moe."
- All wishes must either make a lot of sense or no sense at all. However, Jorgen von Strangle strongly prefers the former.
- Application: "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide." Sheen wishes for a giant jet-propelled hot dog, which is granted.
- Any wish relating to teeth must be submitted to and approved by the Tooth Fairy before it is granted. Any wish relating to sleep must be submitted to and approved by the Mattress King/Sandman.
- Jorgen von Strangle may substitute any punishment within the rules with another one, usually one more severe.
- Application: "Remy Rides Again": Jorgen von Strangle decides not to take away Remy's fairy. Instead, everything Remy eats must be cooked by Juandissimo, a horrible cook.
- A Fairy can't interfere with true love.
- Application: Any episode involing Timmy and Trixie, Mark Chang and Vicky, or Vicky with some hot guy.
- What ever a child says during a wish must be followed percisly.
- Application:"Odd Balls" Timmy's wish was: "I wish I was freakishly huge and talented at basketball *oww* at least until I make enough money for a new V-cube, then I never want to be this freakishly huge again", so now he can never wish to be tall again.
- You cannot kill or harm your godchild's parents
- Application: "Fairy Friends and Neighbors": Wanda checks the rules to see if there is anything about harming their godchild's parents, and says "darn" when she discovers that you cannot.
- In order to get rid of copies/clones of one person, all clones/copies must be in the same room as the "Wisher"
- Application: Oh Yeah! Cartoon Short "Too Many Timmys" Timmy wants to get rid of all his copies that he origanally wished for.
- "Finders Keepers" law prevents wands from being wished away from other people or fairies, and whoever has the wand or wands is capable of granting wishes for themselves or other people.
- Application: Oh Yeah! Cartoon Short "Where's the wand?" Wanda loses her wand to Vicky, and Timmy can't wish the wand back to her.
- Addendum: If a fictional person obtains a wand, wands may be wished back to their orignal owners. However, they may still use the wand to grant thier own wishes.
- Application: Shelf Life Tom Sawyer cons Cosmo out of his wand, and then uses it to stop Timmy from wishing the wand back.
- Every 1000 years or so, Faires must be evil for 1 whole day. If the day is not used to the most, then the fairy must return to the Fairy Academy for 500 years of re-training.
- Application: Oh Yeah! Cartoon Short "The Really Bad Day" Cosmo becomes evil for a day, but is very bad at it. It is later revealed that Cosmo must be truely evil if he wants to be with Timmy and Wanda.
- Giving introductions to your godkid and saying that you are the child's fairy godparents is completely optional.
- Application: Oh Yeah Cartoon Short "The Fairy Flu" Timmy asks Cosmo and Wanda if they have to introduce themselves everytime, and Cosmo and Wanda reply that it's optional to introduce yourself to your godkid everytime, so they have to do it anyway.
- The Anti-Fairies cannot be seen on Earth
- Ammendment: "Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide" Jorgan Von Strangle changes the rulebook so that the Anti-Faires can be seen on Earth
- If a Fairy God Parent(s) quit, any wish granting magical creature can take his or her place as wish bringer for that child
- Application: Fairy Idol (Future Episode) Norm tries to con Cosmo and Wanda into quitting their jobs.