Software:The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' da Rules

The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules
North American Windows cover art
Developer(s)	Blitz Games (PS2, GC, Xbox) Helixe (Game Boy Advance) Gorilla (Windows)
Publisher(s)	THQ
Director(s)	Jon Cartwright
Producer(s)	Team Phoenix
Designer(s)	Scott West
Programmer(s)	Claude Dareau Philip Palmer Nigel Higgs
Artist(s)	Marc Buckingham Nadine Mathias
Writer(s)	Chris Bateman Richard Boon
Composer(s)	John Guscott Matt Black
Series	The Fairly OddParents
Platform(s)	Windows, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release	NA: November 10, 2003
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player

The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules is a video game released for the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows in North America in 2003. It is based on the Nickelodeon cartoon The Fairly OddParents. It was developed by Blitz Games and published by THQ.

Its sequel, The Fairly OddParents was released on the same platforms, except the Xbox.

Plot

Timmy Turner's parents have gone on a vacation and left Timmy with evil babysitter Vicky. When Timmy tries to make a wish, his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda tell him that it's against "Da Rules". Outraged, Timmy wishes he didn't have to follow the rules, leading Cosmo to destroy the book. When Vicky arrives, she gains possession of Da Rules. She wishes that Timmy was still sleeping, and since she has possession of a fairy item, her wish is granted. Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda go to Fairy Court, where they're accused of destroying Da Rules, and Jorgen gives the three of them 49½ hours to find the book's missing pages. Timmy must navigate through ten levels and find the pages before Vicky's wishing goes too far. By the end of the game, everything is back to normal and Da Rules has all of its pages back.

The PC version features a different plot. In this version, Juandissimo Magnifico tricks Timmy into wishing the book destroyed so that Cosmo and Wanda will get in trouble for it. It also notably features an appearance by Vicky and Tootie's mother (at Timmy's age, as the level featuring her is set in the past), named Nicky. She is shown behaving a lot like Tootie, and Timmy initially mistakes her for Tootie when he first sees her, although the in-game graphics depict her as resembling a young Vicky.

In the Game Boy Advance version, Anti-Cosmo and Anti-Wanda steal the book, and use Vicky's dreams as a conduit for their magic. As punishment, Cosmo and Wanda are demoted to 3rd-Class Fairies. In response, they arm Timmy with an anti-magic backpack and magic cannon. Eventually, the Anti-Fairies are defeated and Cosmo and Wanda wake Vicky, restoring peace and convincing Jorgen to promote them back to 1st-Class Fairies.

Voice cast

Source: closing credits

• Tara Strong as Timmy Turner
• Daran Norris as Cosmo, Dad, Jorgen von Strangle, Crimson Chin, Comicbook Anchorman; Anti-Cosmo (Game Boy Advance version only)
• Susanne Blakeslee: Wanda, Mom
• Grey DeLisle as Vicky, Tootie (console version only), Nicky (PC version only), Spatula Woman, Créme Puffs
• Gary LeRoi Gray as AJ
• Jason Marsden as Chester, Male Shopper
• Carlos Alazraqui as Crocker, Juandissimo, Le Foot, (PC version only), Mayor of Dimmsdale, Country Boy
• Faith Abrahams as Female Shopper, Franciscus
• Laraine Newman as Alien Queen Jipjorrulac
• Rob Paulsen as King Grippulon, Dog Catcher, Fairy Judge, Guard, Anti-Fairies, Squirrelly Scouts, Arthur, Gilded Arches

Reception

Scores
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings PS2: 73.0% (5 reviews) GBA: 64.0% (1 review) Xbox: 68.4% (5 reviews) GC: 61.5% (10 reviews) PC: 40.0% (1 review) Metacritic PS2: 60% (4 reviews) Review score Publication Score IGN 5/10

Breakin' da Rules received mixed to positive reviews. IGN gave this game 5.0/10. The GameRankings aggregate score was highest for the PlayStation 2 version (73%); the others were slightly negative, as far down as 40% on the PC.