Odd Jobs/References

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Trivia

• The jobs Mr. Turner had been the same ones the other parents from the beginning of the episode had.
• Apparently the Dimmsdale Space Station loses a lot of cool dads when they choose to stay with their family over going on a space trip after the dads learn that their children are happy with what their fathers are even if they don't have a cool job.
• Crusher returns in Mr. Right.
• Mr. Turner screaming like a girl has one of its biggest roles yet.
• People actually looked up Cooljobs.wand, actually believing it to be a real website.
• Mr. Turner screamed like a girl at the beginning of this episode, and he screamed in a similar way to how he screamed in Dream Goat.
• After almost 13 years, this was the final ever regular episode to be aired on Super RTL in Germany at 11:35 am on January 24, 2016, although TV movies continued to air occasionally until May 5.
  • Coincidentally, this episode premiered in the US on January 27, 2003, the same day Super RTL originally began airing the series.
  • Super RTL ceasing to air the series led to Nickelodeon Germany starting to air the Nelvana episodes in 2017, as no other free TV-channels aired them anymore.
• Timmy's dad must be at least 42-years-old because he said he be 65 once he returned from his would-be space expedition.
  • If Mr. Turner is 42, this also means that he must've been around 32 when Timmy was born.
• Moral: Your parents don't need an awesome job just to be cool.
• Innuendo: Mr. Turner and Chet Ubetcha realizing that Uranus is a planet.

Allusions

• Apple Inc. - Mr. Turner's laptop has a pear symbol on it, which is a parody of that multinational corporation.
• Looney Tunes - Crusher McPerson is a parody of The Crusher from the Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show.

Running Gags

• Timmy's friends laughing at Mr. Turner.
• Whenever Mr. Turner gets hurt, he is seen with casts or bandages.
• Every time someone uses the built-in toilet in the astronaut suit, it beeps like a ringtone.
• Cosmo getting hurt everytime Mr. Turner clicks on him.
• Characters using a joke by talking about Uranus being an actual planet. This may also be treated as a double entendre.
• Crusher breaking pencils in the flashback.
• Mr. Turner screaming like a girl.

Goofs

• As soon as Timmy's dad was about to touch the finish line then stopped, the next scene he was much further away.
• If you look closely at the student to Crusher's right, the student didn't pick up his/her pencil at all in the flashback of Crusher.

Quotes

Wanda: Oh no! those kids made your dad cry!

Cosmo: Yeah. Usually, it takes a monkey or a bowl of pudding to do that!

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Mr. Turner: I'm going to Uranus. It's a planet, who knew?

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Mr. Turner: Besides, it's not like they were laughing at me.

Kids: [outside the window, laughing at Dad]

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Mr. Turner: [to kids in the audience] Hi kids! My name is Timmy's dad.

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Wanda: [in computer] You have chosen (voice changes to male announcer voice) "racecar driver" (voice reverts back to normal) as your next cool job!

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Mr. Turner: Pencils, why have you betrayed me?!

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Mr. Turner: [screams like a little girl]

Production Notes

• Although this episode premiered in 2003, it was produced in 2002 according to the credits.

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