The Odd Couple/References

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Trivia

• This episode reveals the first name of Denzel Crocker's mother is Dolores-Day.
• Vicky's bank number is 1234567890.
• Apparently once people are in love this distracts their rage against someone temporarily. This was evident when it happened with Timmy's parents as this caused them to be dancing for a while until Mrs. Turner remembers being furious at Timmy for causing trouble. It also worked well on Vicky with Ricky until both decide to babysit Timmy and do double torture on him.
• Irony: Vicky is heartbroken when she finds out Ricky only likes her for her money. However, in Boys in the Band, she tried to marry Chip Skylark thinking he is rich.
• There is a similar Season 10 episode called Married to the Mom.
• According to Da Rules, you can't wish up true love without Cupid's permission. However, Timmy wished that Ricky be Vicky's boyfriend. This rule may have been created after this episode due to what Timmy did here since prior to this episode, he mostly tried to interfere with true love rather than create any.
  • However, Timmy didn't say that Vicky had to be in love with Ricky, just that he would be perfect for her, so perhaps it's alright to wish for someone to have a boyfriend, as long as the wish doesn't include true love, and Vicky's love for Ricky ended up developing on it's own.
• The fourth wall is broken multiple times when someone mentions a type of montage for this episode.

• It's revealed that Crocker's mother uses her money for prune juice and blood transfusions.
  • Also, they are the few times it looks blood in the series.
• This is the only episode Ricky appears in.
  • However, he was referenced by name again in the episode The Masked Magician when Vicky was naming characters who are her enemies.

Allusions

• The Odd Squad - The title is a reference to the PBS Kids show of the same name which later come out in 2014, 6 years after this episode aired.
• The Odd Couple - The title is also a reference to the 1968 film, The Odd Couple.
• The Simpsons - Ricky's hair somewhat resembles Bart Simpson, but with red hair, unlike Bart, who has blond hair.
• Doris Day - The fake name "Dolores Day" is an allusion to one of America's most prolific actresses, Doris Day.
• Steely Dan - When Vicky says, "Ricky! Don't lose my number! You don't want to call nobody else! Send it off in a letter to yourself!" she is quoting part of the chorus from Steely Dan's hit song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number."
• A Taste of Honey - "I wanna boogie oogie oogie til we just can't do it no more!" - This is a reference to the song "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey, which includes the lines "We're gonna boogie oogie oogie til you just can't boogie no more".
• Super Mario Bros. - The Pipe sound can be heard when Timmy is playing his video game.
• Sonic the Hedgehog - The Ring Tally sound effect from Sonic the Hedgehog can be heard when Timmy gets tons of mail.

Running Gags

• A pianist playing a song of doom (from Chopin's 2nd Piano Sonata) appears whenever Vicky (and later Ricky) appears.
• Every time a character gets mad at Timmy someone would say they love her and forgets they got mad at Timmy.
• Characters dancing after they forget they got mad at Timmy.
• Characters breaking the fourth wall by mentioning a type of montage for the episode.

Goofs

• When Ricky asked Vicky for the bank where she keeps her money, he already had her bank card. Why didn't he read the information from the card?
• When Ricky heads upstairs to help Timmy with his "really heavy piggy bank", he steals the money from Vicky's gift bag. When he goes back downstairs, he takes the money in the gift bag a second time.
• The "I Do" button does not appear on Timmy's computer until Ricky needs it.

Quotes

Cosmo: Giant nagging goldfish dead ahead, sir!

Wanda: How many times have I told you, I don't nag!

Cosmo: Nagging!

Timmy: Fire one!

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Mrs. Turner: Timmy? What was that noise?

Timmy Turner: ...it wasn't a torpedo? (pushes torpedo shell behind him)

Mrs. Turner: Timmy Turner, I sent you up here to clean your room, just wait until your father gets...

Mr. Turner: ...home early? Did I hear my name being used threateningly?

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Mr. Turner: (to his wife) Oh man, you're so beautiful when you're angry!

Mrs. Turner: Oh, honey, and you're beautiful when you're telling me I'm beautiful and angry! I've completely forgotten my rage towards Timmy!

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Timmy: Wow, did you see that? When Dad got all mushy, Mom forgot how angry she was!

Wanda: And speaking of angry, which of you idiots fired a torpedo at me?

(Cosmo raises his wand and poofs up gifts and balloons for Wanda)

Wanda: Oh Cosmo, you're so romantic! I've completely forgotten my rage toward Timmy and/or Cosmo!

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(to a pianist that plays dramatic music when she is introduced)

Vicky: STOP FOLLOWING ME!

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Timmy: Don't I have a choice in this?

Vicky: You have two choices.... Clean every toilet in this house, or... DRINK OUT OF THEM!

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(Cosmo and Wanda are toilet cleaning products)

Cosmo: Hey, why am I the cleanser? You're the abrasive one!

(Timmy grabs Wanda and uses her to scrub the toilet)

Cosmo: Oh no, our relationship is in the toilet!

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Vicky: Wow, there is nothing to distract me from my rage! Hahaha!

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Timmy: That's it! I wish Vicky had a boyfriend... but not just any boyfriend, the perfect boyfriend for Vicky, so she'll be too distracted to be mean anymore!

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(Vicky answers the front door)

Vicky: Who are you and what do you want?

Ricky: Hi, I'm Ricky. I'm selling magazines door to door so I can pay my way through medical school, and I saw this sign that said cute girl wants hot fresh magazines.

Vicky: But these are the Turners' magazines! ...Hey, you stole these magazines out of the Turner's mailbox, and are trying to sell them to me to make a quick buck! (hearts form) ...and I thought you were just a pretty face!

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Timmy: Hey, what's going on?

Vicky and Ricky: (simultaneously) Go to bed...

(They look at each other, and then back to Timmy)

Vicky and Ricky: (simultaneously) TWERP!

(They look at each other again)

Vicky and Ricky: (simultaneously) Where have you been all my life?

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Mr. Turner: Sooo, ready for more dancing?

Mrs. Turner: We've danced in every room in this house, and we can't go out and dance unless Vicky babysits. Where could she be?

Timmy: Out having a musical montage with her new boyfriend Ricky?

Mr. Turner: Ooh, I've got an idea! Why don't they montage at our house! We can pay them double!

Timmy: Uh-oh.

Ricky: (at front door with Vicky) Did someone say... double?

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Mr. Turner: Ooh, sweet! With two babysitters we can get down with our bad selves twice as long! CAN I GET A WITNESS?

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Timmy: Man, that was one tough montage. This is not what I wanted to happen. I've doubled the pain!

Cosmo: But now you've got a promising career as a footstool!

Timmy: I wish they would break up!

Wanda: Timmy, you know Da Rules! We can't break up true love, and they're in love now!

Timmy: I didn't want love! I wanted distracting romance!

Cosmo: Ahh! Where's a torpedo when you need one?

Timmy: You don't even know if it is true love! What if this is just fake teen love?

Wanda: Then we can totally rip it apart! But you're going to have to prove it!

Timmy: There's only one thing to do! We've got to prove it's not true love, which means it's time for... a stakeout montage!

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(Ricky and Vicky are arm wrestling)

Ricky: Cupcakeface, you do a lot of babysitting, right?

Vicky: I sure do, sweetheart!

Ricky: So you must have a lot of extra money, right nuzzleneck?

Vicky: I sure do, lovebucket!

Ricky: So, if you were going to, oh, I don't know, pick four consecutive numbers for your secret bank code, what would they be?

Vicky: Something simple like zero, zero, zero, zero, babydoll puppy pie!

Ricky: (throws Vicky to hard to the ground) Well, pudding' arms, I have to run to the bank. But not just any bank. Which bank do you go to?

Vicky: Dimmsdale National!

Ricky: Cool! (steals items from Vicky's house) I'm just gonna borrow this stuff to get into the bank with. See ya!

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Timmy: See? Ricky's not really in love with Vicky... just her money! There's no way this is true love! I wish they were apart!

(Wanda raises her wand, but the magic farts out)

Wanda: But Vicky's still in love with him! There's nothing we can do.

Timmy: Then I have to break them up myself. There's got to be something else I can use to break up Vicky and Ricky's relationship. TO THE INTERNET!

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Timmy: (typing Ricky's online dating profile) "Single red-headed teen male seeks RICH mate with TONS of MONEY" ...Now let's sit back and watch the flood of love-starved replies!

Computer: (displaying zero replies) You've got nothing.

Cosmo: So that's what a reply looks like!

Wanda: Timmy, you have to make Ricky sound attractive to somebody other than Vicky! Try this! (types) "SENSITIVE single red-headed teen male seeks RICH MATE with TONS of MONEY WHO LOVES SHOPPING, EMOTION, AND CATS as much as I do."

Timmy: What? That's stupid! That'll never...

Computer: You've got tons of mail. (computer then displays about a million replies)

Cosmo: Woah! Look at all the rich girls! (Wanda angrily glares at Cosmo) Uhhh...you know for Ricky.

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Dolores-Day: (young beautiful blond woman is her profile picture) Hiya, handsome. I've got teen beauty pageant millions, so if you like money, and lots of it, let's get married!

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(Ricky has Vicky with her eyes closed as he steals more of her money)

Vicky: You have a surprise for me, peach pie? What is it?

Ricky: It's something REALLY special!

Timmy: (off-screen) HEY RIICCCCKKKKKY!!!!! I'm having trouble lifting my really heavy piggy bank!

Ricky: (to Vicky) I'll be right back, fudge face!

Vicky: I'll be counting the moments!

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Ricky: Piggy bank, huh?

Timmy: Check this out!

Ricky: (reading computer screen) "Teen beauty pageant millions"? Wow! Suddenly I'm in love all over again! And by all over again, I mean for the first time!

Dolores-Day: Click on the "I DO" button to marry me, and my millions will be yours!

Ricky: Done and done! (presses I DO button on keyboard)

Computer: You've got commitment! I now pronounce you husband and wife!

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Vicky: One kid in pain, two kids in pain, three kids in pain, four kids in pain, five kids in pain, six kids in pain...

(Ricky runs past her)

Vicky: Sugar pants! Feel like another rousing game of "Hide My Cash"?

Ricky: (snatches Vicky's money) ...Yeah, with my new wife, who is way richer than you!

(Ricky leaps over to the front door)

Ricky: So long, Valerie!

Vicky: It's Vicky.

Ricky: Whatever!

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Ricky: Hi Dolores, I'm Ricky, your new rich husband! I'm ready for my money!

Dolores-Day Crocker: And I'm ready for my first married kiss! Bring it on, candy lips!

Ricky: (recoils) Ahh! You're not a teen beauty queen, you're an old hag! ...Well, at least you're rich.

Dolores: Wrong again! I spend my money on prune juice and blood transfusions!

Ricky: What?!

Dolores: ...and, meet your new stepson!

Denzel Crocker: Papa! Can I have my allowance now? (leaps into Ricky's arms) And a horsey ride on your knee?

(Ricky screams)

Dolores: To the blood bank! (drives off)

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Vicky: Ricky! My one true love! Come back! RICKY! DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER! YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL NOBODY ELSE! SEND IT OFF IN A LETTER TO YOURSELF!

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Wanda: Wow! You did it! You broke them up... but the bad news is now there's nothing to distract Vicky's rage!

Timmy: Oh well, it can't be that bad!

Vicky: GET BACK HERE TWERP! (picks up and throws a van)

Cosmo: Don't just sit there like a footstool, RUN!

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Mrs. Turner: Wait a minute, I'm furious at Timmy!

Production Notes

• Although this episode premiered in 2004, it was produced in 2003 according to the credits.
  • This episode completed production in February 2003.

References

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