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Vicky ('''Icky with a "V"''' as she's often referred to) is the babysitter of Timmy Turner , the central character on Animated Series '' The Fairly OddParents ''. She has a reputation for being very mean and making things tough for Timmy, who is always nice to people. She is apparently the only babysitter in Dimmsdale, although her particularly hard-handed intimidation tactics, as seen in some episodes, may explain the lack of competition. A sadistic meanie who presents a nice face to Timmy's parents, she enjoys annoying and terrorizing small children for no particular reason. Butch Hartman , creator of "The Fairly OddParents" said that she was probably based on a horrible nightmare of a babysitter everyone has had, and this show needed an adversary who was in the house all the time. Ironically, in the very first episode of the series (originally seen on '' Oh Yeah! Cartoons ''), Vicky seems to become the sympathetic character halfway through the story. Coincidentally, Vicky looks almost exactly like Frances "Frankie" Foster from '' Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends ''. Appropriately, both characters have the same voice actor, Grey DeLisle . Since ''Fairly OddParents'' appeared before ''Foster's'', some fans asked if Craig McCracken got inspiration from the former show for Frankie's design. PERSONALITY To the unsuspecting parents in Dimmsdale, 16-year-old babysitter Vicky can do no harm, but to the kids she babysits, especially Timmy Turner , she's evil personified. The real reason for "Icky" Vicky's evilness is never fully explained, although she seems to get it from such ancestors as Vicky Khan (who was Genghis Khan 's babysitter) and '''Vicky the Kid''' (who temporarily had possession of the deed to Dimmsdale Flats). Some fans speculate that Vicky is not evil at all but instead had a rough childhood, and she's angry at the world for it. Other fans argue against that theory by pointing out that Vicky's parents are afraid of her. Confusingly, in the episode "Home Wreckers", Vicky appears to be secretly afraid of her parents. The episode "Tiny Timmy!" offers another explanation; it is stated that her niceness never showed up for work. Another explanation was given in the episode "Vicky Lose Her Icky", where it is shown that she is the victim of an evil parasite residing in her derriere. Vicky's main hobbies (besides watching television) include torturing people and making them do her chores by threatening to show their parents bad things about them. Her list of victims includes her Timmy-worshipping sister, Tootie , and her aforementioned parents. However, she is almost never mean to her pets, especially Doidle the Dog (whom she treats a lot better than her "prisoners"), except when they cause Accidents . It's apparent that Vicky is mainly intent on earning money, though not just from babysitting. She tried to bring a car to Doug Dimmadome, who was willing to pay 10,000 Dimmadollars for it, even though she already sold it to Dad Turner for $100. She also seems intent on world domination, as shown in the telefilm '' Channel Chasers ''. Vicky is picky in her taste in men - she wants a man who's rich, handsome and famous. She once tried to marry singing sensation Chip Skylark , but she called it off when she found out he wasn't actually rich. Vicky is sometimes pursued by alien prince Mark Chang , who fell for her meanness in the episode "Spaced Out!" Vicky also once found love with a male counterpart named Ricky, who was just as mean as she was, but she lost him when he was tricked into marrying Mr. Crocker 's mom. She has also had a crush on a boy called Winston Dunnsworth. Vicky even once fell for Timmy - when he had been changed into "a 16-year-old Hunky Norwegian Supermodel named 'Gah!'" (Timmy, needless to say, wasn't exactly enamored of her advances). Vicky obviously doesn't know that Timmy's pet goldfish are actually his fairy godparents, Cosmo And Wanda , who started caring for him about a year after Vicky first babysat him. However, Vicky has had a few incidents caused by Cosmo & Wanda's magic. For example, in the comic story "Power Play" (printed in "Nick Mag Presents The Fairly OddParents!"), she got a taste of having limitless power as a result of one of Timmy's errant wishes, but her powers were eventually removed when Timmy tricked her into turning back time to before he made the wish. Vicky unknowingly stole Wanda's wand in the ''Oh Yeah!'' short "Where's the Wand?" (which hasn't been incorporated into an episode of the regular series, but appears as a bonus feature on one of the DVD s). She temporarily ''did'' find out the fairies' existence when Timmy wished she could shrink down to a five-year-old and he could torture her the way she was doing to him (in the episode "The Switch Glitch"). Because of this change in the victim-villain relationship, Cosmo & Wanda were reassigned to Vicky, who then used them to get back at Timmy. Fortunately, Timmy saved his godparents by tricking Vicky into saying she didn't want them anymore, and Vicky's memory of ever knowing Cosmo & Wanda was erased. In "The Big Superhero Wish", Vicky was transformed into a supervillain known as the Baby Shredder, and was employed alongside Dr. Crocktopus (Denzel Crocker) and the Bull-E ( Francis ) by the NegaChin to help take over the world. Their plans were foiled, however, and Vicky ended up being turned back to her normal self. Butch Hartman has said that "Vicky is probably based on the horrible nightmare of a babysitter everyone has had. The show needed an adversary who was in the house all the time." FAMILY In the very first "Fairly OddParents!" short featured in '' Oh Yeah! Cartoons '', Vicky mentions having a little brother, and proves it by calling him. After that, he's never mentioned again in the series. Also, the half-hour episode "The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker" features a character named Vic, who acts like, looks like, and very well may be the father of Vicky. Later, the telefilm '' Channel Chasers '' features Vicky's dad, who, aside from a different eye color, looks somewhat like Vic. However, this character is not evil like the character seen in the previous episode. The PC game "Breakin' Da Rules!" features an appearance of Vicky's mother as a kid, who is named Nicky and also looks like Vicky. However, in ''Channel Chasers'', where Vicky's mom finally officially appears, she is depicted as looking like Tootie . |
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