Foul Balled

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"Foul Balled"
Season	2
Episode	6A
Production code	214
Copyright year	2002
Airdate	June 7, 2002 February 12, 2003 March 5, 2003 April 17, 2003 December 15, 2006
Wish	Chester to become the best baseball player
Headgag	Baseball
Credits
Written by	Butch Hartman Steve Marmel
Storyboard by	Chris Robertson John Fountain
Director(s)	John Fountain Butch Hartman
Art Director	Bob Boyle
Merchandise
DVD Release(s)	Season 2
iTunes	Buy Here
Episode Chronology
Previous	That Old Black Magic
Next	The Boy Who Would be Queen

"Foul Balled" is the eleventh episode of Season 2.

Plot

When Timmy asks Cosmo and Wanda to use their magic to make Chester the "best baseball player" ever, things go from bad, to great, to worse. Their little league team is unstoppable, and Chester's finally the apple of his dad's eye…but the quick rise to fame causes he and Timmy to have a fight that breaks both their bonds of their friendship AND Cosmo and Wanda's wish……just in time for their little league team to have to play the New York Bankees in the World Series.

Synopsis

Timmy's little league team, the Dimmsdale Losers, is having a game with the Burlingville Overactive Thyroids. The unusually pubescent ten-year-olds on the other team are not too engaged in the game, so it looks like the Losers have a good chance to win—until Chester, "the worst player on the team", comes to bat. When he hits the first pitch, the ball grinds against his teeth and gets shredded into so many pieces that when the Thyroids catch them all, they account for enough outs to end the game. The audience boos at Chester and heaps trash on him. Timmy returns at night to take Chester out of the trash pile and tries to cheer him up, telling him that baseball is "just a game". Chester feels differently; his father is Bucky McBadbat, a disgraced former baseball player who wears a bag on his head, and he wants to be a good player to return honor to their family name.

Chester hits a home run.

The Losers play their next game against a team of three-year-olds. While Chester continues to flounder at bat, Timmy gets an idea to help him and shouts: "I wish my friend was the best baseball player ever!" Cosmo and Wanda grant the wish just in time for Chester to hit the third pitch out of the ballpark and into a satellite. In following games, Chester uses his newfound prowess to effectively take over the roles of every other Loser, and makes Timmy carry his gear like a pack mule. Timmy eventually grows sick of doing this and decides to undo his wish, but gets second thoughts after seeing how proud Chester has made his father.

With no little league teams to possibly defeat them, the Losers go to play against the major-league New York Bankees in the World Series. Chester starts out the game trouncing the Bankees, but notices that his teammates are glum. They complain they never get to play because of him, and Timmy accuses him of being a "hog" and a "lousy friend". Chester thinks Timmy is being ungrateful and says they are no longer friends, then on his way to the field, he trips and bumps into the rest of the team. Cosmo and Wanda explain to Timmy that since he and Chester are not friends and he wished his "friend" were good at baseball, the wish has stopped working. Chester shocks the audience by striking out at the plate, and his following performance is just as poor as it used to be. He is disappointed that he came only so close to redeeming the McBadbat legacy, but Timmy encourages him to keep going, reminding him that he still gets to "stink" as a team with his friends.

The Losers are ahead by only one run at the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Bankees have already gotten two outs. Timmy distracts the last batter with infield chatter before Chester throws the pitch. When the Bankee hits it, it flies upward and hits Chester on the head, and Timmy wins the game for the Losers by catching it in his hat. Dizzy from the blow, Chester stumbles on bats on the ground, and they go flying into the Bankees and knock them all unconscious. Bucky comes to Chester, proud that his son could knock out a baseball team faster than he ever did, and lets Chester have a bag to put on his own head.

Additional Information

Cast

• Tara Strong as Timmy Turner / Baseball Kid / Long Face Kid
• Daran Norris as Cosmo / Dad / Umpire
• Susanne Blakeslee as Wanda / Mom / Fan #2
• Frankie Muniz as Chester McBadbat
• Ibrahim Haneef Muhammad as A.J.
• Jim Ward as Chet Ubetcha / Fan #1 / Bankee #1
• Rob Paulsen as Bucky McBadbat / Bankee Coach

External links

• "Foul Balled / The Boy Who Would be Queen" at TV.com
• "Foul Balled" teleplay on Scribd

Video

The Fairly OddParents - Foul Balled - The Boy Who Would be Queen - Ep.13

Because this video is from Nelvana, it is blocked in the United States, where their distribution rights to the series do not apply.

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