Cosmo and Wanda
Cosmo Julius and Wanda Venus Cosma (née Fairywinkle) are fictional characters in the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents. The two are a pair of fairies who raise their godchildren Timmy Turner, and in the 10th season Chloe Carmichael in the fictitious city of Dimmsdale, California.
Cosmo | |
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The Fairly OddParents character | |
First appearance | The Fairly OddParents! (episode) (1998) |
Last appearance | Nickelodeon: Pixel Town (2019) |
Created by | Butch Hartman |
Portrayed by | Jason Alexander (live action) |
Voiced by | Daran Norris |
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Aliases | Clefto Super Not-Cosmo[1] |
Species | Fairy |
Gender | Male |
Family | Mama Cosma (mother) |
Spouse(s) | Wanda (wife) |
Children | Poof (son) |
Relatives | Timmy Turner (godchild) |
Origin | Fairy World |
Wanda | |
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The Fairly OddParents character | |
First appearance | The Fairly OddParents (episode)! (1998) |
Last appearance | Nickelodeon: Pixel Town (2019) |
Created by | Butch Hartman |
Portrayed by | Cheryl Hines (live-action) |
Voiced by | Susanne Blakeslee |
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Species | Fairy |
Gender | Female |
Family | Big Daddy (father) Blonda (sister) |
Spouse(s) | Cosmo (husband) |
Children | Poof (son) |
Relatives | Timmy Turner (godchild) |
Origin | Fairy World |
In contrast to her unintelligent husband Cosmo, as a recurring theme series-wide, Wanda is the smarter of the duo and often grants empty-headed wishes while Cosmo himself is reluctantly one of the most asinine characters featured alongside Mr. Turner.
The characters are voiced by Daran Norris and Susanne Blakeslee respectively. In addition, the pair also voices Timmy’s parents and their Anti-Fairy counterparts while in the first live made for TV film they were portrayed by Jason Alexander and Cheryl Hines, respectively.
Characterizations
Cosmo
In spite of his unusually low IQ, Cosmo loves his wife and godchild deeply, but due to the lack of said intelligence quotient his wishes often cause tremendous harm or hearing a mondegreen creating chaos. When someone else other than him dates Wanda, he becomes green with envy and usually goes along with Timmy’s wishes while she can get a tad stern with these. Prior to Season 6,[2] he was the last infant to be produced in Fairy World. While impregnated in the events of said episode, he experienced severe mood swings so much that is unnatural fury frightened Wanda and Timmy. Having the almost same hairstyle as Timmy, Cosmo has Chelsea Cucumber green hair and matching eyes and a floating golden crown with light blue wings protruding. His apparel consists of a white business shirt with a black tie matching shirts and because of art style, identical loafers connecting his lower extremities. During the show’s early stages, he was initially designed as a Homer Simpson-like character before switching to his current appearance.
Wanda
Intelligent and comforting about her godchild, she is the most responsible out of the quartet. Frequently adopting the blame for chaos, she also overlooks at her husband’s dumbness. Because of those, she has a constant habit of nagging. Despite this, she serves as a sensible somebody whenever Cosmo or Timmy makes a wish asinine enough. Furthermore, she can be guilty of making the aforementioned wishes without reading Da Rules book of laws first. Originally designed as a frumpy fairy with a burly build while nicknamed Venus, Wanda has cerise hair tied in a bun and matching eyes, with her lips of the same color. As with her husband, she has light blue wings protruding from her back and a floating golden crown. Her apparel consists of a yellow T-shirt, black slacks, and once more because of the art style, matching loafers connecting her lower extremities. In very early episodes, her complexion was tinted baby pink later changed to regular skin.
Reception
Accolades
Daran Norris was nominated at the 39th Annie Awards for voice acting in a television program, ultimately losing to Jeff Bennett for his role in Penguins of Madagascar.[3]
References
- Ray, DeLaurentis; Will, Schifrin (October 1, 2009). "Super Zero". The Fairly OddParents. Season 7. Episode 11b. Nickelodeon.
- Ken, Bruce; Michelle, Bryan; Gary, Conrad (February 18, 2008). "Fairly OddBaby". The Fairly OddParents. Nickelodeon.
- "48th Annual Annie Awards". annieawards.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.