The "Good Old Days!"/References

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Trivia

• This is one of the few episodes where Vicky isn't the one who babysits Timmy.
• This episode reveals how Timmy got his buck teeth in the first place. It was because Pappy unintentionally let Timmy suck on his pacifier too long as he forgot momentarily where he was.
• This episode was ranked #14 in the "100 Greatest Nicktoons Episode" countdown.
• Pappy was born in the 1930s, so that means he's somewhere in his Eighties. Also, he has a vast amount of knowledge on old cartoons, since he tells Timmy about lots of things that normally happened in old cartoons.
• This is the 4th title card to appear in black and white.
• In 1930s, $1 dollar would be equivalent to nowadays $10 dollars; meaning that Timmy' $20 bucks are equivalent to nowadays $200 dollars.

Allusions

Captain Gren and the Eco-Teens

Poke Eye: The Longshore Man

• The Good Old Days! - The title refers to a cliché in popular culture. It means that an era of an old character was better than the currently one.
  • As well, as Pappy' contradiction to everything Timmy does is worse than things he will do in his era.

• Ub Iwerks - In the old cartoon world, an intersection of two streets are named "Ube" and "Iwerks," a reference to the famous animator who spent of his career working for Walt Disney and developed famous "Disney-style" pictures.

• Steamboat Willie - The 1930s version of Dimmsdale is a reference to the old Mickey Mouse cartoon.

• • Captain Green and the Eco-Teens and Poke Eye the Longshore Man are obvious parodies of Captain Planet and the Planeteers (a cartoon series from the 1990s) and Popeye the Sailor Man respectively.
    • The man Poke Eye was fighting is a parody of Bluto, Popeye's archenemy. Also, Popeye's girlfriend, Olive Oyl, made a cameo appearance in this episode. An interesting fact is that Bluto was also Popeye's biggest love rival for Olive Oyl.
  • The ending title card parodies the ones in old Mickey Mouse cartoons.
  • Peg-Foot Vicky is a parody of the Disney character Peg-Leg Pete, an"old cartoon" version of Pete.
  • Cosmo and Wanda's "old cartoon" appearance is similar to Foxy and Roxy, a pair of cartoon foxes featured in Warner Bros-cartoons from the 1930s.
  • When Timmy wished for everything to not be cartoon-related anymore, a POOF! sign appears saying So Long, Folks. This bears a striking reference of the famous and classic Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes closing slogan, That's All, Folks!, which is also referenced in Channel Chasers.

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