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Trivia

  • Unusually for a Nickelodeon show, this episode features a small boy around Timmy's age being killed (nearly) onscreen.
  • It is revealed in a later episode, "Fairly Odd Baby", that wishing a person back to life is against Da Rules. However, Timmy does not explicitly wish for the godparents to revive Artie.
  • This episode reveals that Dragons are impervious to magic.
  • This episode is one of Butch Hartman's top picks in the DVD Timmy's Top Wishes.
  • Merlin sounds a lot like Snagglepuss and Top Cat from the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Butch Hartman used to work for Hanna-Barbera before creating The Fairly OddParents. It's unknown whether this was intentional or not.
  • The episode's script features a scene in which Timmy unintentionally stops Attila the Hun from invading England, hence the mention of Attila in the voice credits.

Allusions

  • The episode's title is a pun on the phrase "nighty night".
  • Top Secret! - The running gag of Timmy's parents walking around in a two-person cow costume is very much like a similar gag occurring in this 1980s war/spy parody film, when two members of a resistance team go undercover as a cow to infiltrate an enemy base.
  • King Arthur - The medieval England depicted in this episode is loosely based on the Arthurian legend.
  • He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Arthur becoming a strong man with a deep voice is similar to how Prince Adam became He-Man.
  • Merlin the Magic Mouse - Both the later Looney Tunes character and this episode's Merlin the Magician are seemingly fraudulent magicians with the same names, along with a kid sidekick (although it is not stated how Merlin the Magic Mouse's sidekick, Second Banana, is related to him).

Running Gags

  • Sir Finkleberg injuring his arm when he tries to lift something or raises it.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Turner walking around in a two-person cow costume.
  • Someone asks his magical companion(s) to help him slay the dragon, only for them to tell him dragons are impervious to magic.
  • Merlin throwing magic dust on the ground to fake magically (dis)appearing.
  • Merlin and Arthur find a magical item, but Timmy takes it before they can, and people declare him the new king.
  • A skeleton coming out of the dragon's cave.

Goofs

  • On the title card, the hilt of Timmy's sword changes from dark gray to light gray when the director credit appears.
  • The date of the Dimmsdale Camelot Festival suggests it has been held annually since nearly 600 years ago – before the discovery of America in 1492, let alone the founding of Dimmsdale in 1665 or 1744.
  • The legend of King Arthur takes place in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, a millenium before it happens here.
  • In the shot where a crowd says "All hail King...", the cap of the spectator in the lower left rapidly changes the thickness of its outline from frame to frame.
  • Comcast's summary states that the dragon's master wants to cast a spell on Cosmo, which never happens in the actual episode.
    • A similar thing is written in the Fios description of the episode, saying it was Vicky.
  • The credits refer to Dee Bradley Baker as Dee Barker.

Quotes

Timmy: The knight's short, the wizard is a salesman, the dragon's fake... AND... people are throwing manure at us!
Cosmo: What do you mean "us"?
Sir Finkleburg: (hurts his arm right when he was about to take Excalibur out of the rock) Ow! My arm! My arm that has slain a thousand men!
Jester: A good try! But here is the consolation prize: The Sword In The Stone game [a lady in a princess costume hands Sir Finkleberg the game and turns it on].
Sir Finkleburg: I claim this toy sword as [Sir Finkleberg hurts his hand right when he tries to lift the toy sword up]. Ow!!!
Crowd: All hail King - What was that kid's name again?
Merlin: (coughs) Arthur! (coughs)
Crowd: Arthur!! King Arthur!!
Arthur: (holding Excalibur after Timmy hands it to him) I shall calleth thee... "The Shining Blade of Liebowitz".
Timmy: Uhh, how about Excalibur?
Arthur: That works too.
(As they are being roasted by the dragon)
Mom: This is so realistic!
Dad: I know! It actually looks and feels like I'm getting third degree burns. Ow! I mean... Neat!
Dad: Ow! The blisters! I mean, neat! The blisters!
Arthur: (rather loudly and dramatically) Have at thee, Fire Demon!
(Arthur races in to fight the dragon)
Timmy: Arthur's gonna kick that dragon's--
Arthur: (gets thrown out of the cave as a skeleton)
Timmy: Uh... guys?
Wanda: Well, we can take a crack at it.
(Cosmo and Wanda use their magic to restore Arthur to normal)
Arthur: I can breathe! I can fight!!!
(Arthur then goes back into the cave to fight the Dragon. This time the Dragon gets thrown out of the cave as a skeleton)

Production Notes

  • This episode and "Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad" share their U.S. air date with the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "Graveyard Shift/Krusty Love" and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius episodes "Normal Boy/Birth of a Salesman".


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