Vicky (The Fairly OddParents) - Definition and Overview

Vicky (Icky with a "V") is the babysitter of Timmy Turner, the central character on animated series The Fairly OddParents. She has a reputation for being mean and making things tough for Timmy.

She is apparently the only babysitter in Dimmsdale, although her particularly hard-handed intimidation tactics, as seen in some episodes, may explain the lack of competition. A sadistic meanie who presents a nice face to Timmy's parents, she enjoys annoying and terrorizing small children for no particular reason.

Butch Hartman, creator of "The Fairly OddParents" said that she was probably based on a horrible nightmare of a babysitter everyone has had, and this show needed an adversary who was in the house all the time.

Ironically, in the very first episode of the series (originally seen on Oh Yeah! Cartoons), Vicky seems to become the sympathetic character halfway through the story.

Vicky's HooZoo Profile

Species: Human.

Known Aliases: Icky Vicky; Icky With a V; Bubble Butt; Vicki (misspelling of name); Vickfoot; the Baby Shredder.

Known Relatives: Tootie (sister); an unknown little brother [*]; Timmy Turner (future brother-in-law); Vicky Khan (ancestor); Vicky the Kid (ancestor); "Vic" (father); "Nicky" (mother); Lady Vicky (ancestor).

Known Pets: Doidle the Dog; Happy the Goldfish; Chipper the Cat; Ginny the Parrot; Spunky the Hamster.

Citizenship: Dimmsdale, California.

Known Confidants: The NegaChin; Dr. Crocktopus (Denzel Q. Crocker); the Bull-E (Francis); Ricky (boyfriend).

Known Rivals: Timmy Turner; Chester McBadbat; A.J. Ibrahim; Elmer the Boil Kid; Sanjay; Tootie; Chip Skylark.

Paraphernalia: Pornographic magazines; "Mr. Hammer"; "Mrs. Saw"; "Mr. Fire" (blowtorch); large axe.

1st Film Appearance: Regular on "The Fairly OddParents!" since the "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" short of the same name (Dec. 4, 1998).

1st Comic Appearance: "The Fairly OddParents: The Big Surprise!" ("Nickelodeon Magazine Presents Maximum Rocket Power" - spring 2002; later reprinted in "Nickelodeon Magazine Presents the Best of Nicktoons" - winter 2003)

Voice Actor: Grey Delisle.

Signature: "Twerp" (which she often calls Timmy); "Drat!"

Biographical Details: To the unsuspecting parents in Dimmsdale, 16-year-old babysitter Vicky can do no harm, but to the kids she babysits, especially Timmy Turner, she's evil personified! The real reason for "Icky" Vicky's evilness is never fully explained, although she seems to get it from such ancestors as Vicky Khan (who was Genghis Khan's babysitter) and Vicky the Kid (who temporarily had possession of the deed to Dimmsdale Flats). According to the episode "Tiny Timmy!", her niceness never came. Another explanation was given in the episode "Vicky Lose Her Icky", where it is shown that she is the victim of an evil parasite residing in her derriere. (Perhpas this parasite ate Vicky's niceness?) Her main hobbies (besides watching television) include torturing kids and making them do her chores by threatening to show their parents bad things about them, including her Timmy-worshipping sister, Tootie, and even her parents. She also tends to put up an incredibly fake act of being nice to the kids in order to make the parents believe that they've made the right choice. Either way, she's always in a bad mood, except when it comes to her pets, especially Doidle the Dog (whom she treats a lot better than her "prisoners"). It's apparent that Vicky is intent on earning money, but not just from babysitting. She also tried to bring a car to Doug Dimmadome, who was willing to pay 10,000 Dimmadollars for it (even though she already sold it to Dad Turner for $100). She also seems intent on world domination, as shown in the telefilm "Channel Chasers". Also notable is Vicky's peculiar taste in men - she wants a man who's rich, handsome and famous. She once tried to marry singing sensation Chip Skylark, but called it off when she found out he wasn't rich. Vicky is sometimes bothered by alien prince Mark Chang, who fell for her meanness in the episode "Spaced Out!" Vicky doesn't know that Timmy's pet goldfish are actually his fairy godparents, Cosmo & Wanda, who started caring for him about a year after Vicky first babysat him. However, Vicky's had a few incidents caused by Cosmo & Wanda's magic. For example, in the comic story "Power Play" (printed in "Nick Mag Presents The Fairly OddParents!"), she got a taste of having limitless power as a result of one of Timmy's errant wishes, but her powers were eventually removed when Timmy tricked her into turning back time to before he made the wish. She almost did find out of Cosmo & Wanda's existence when Timmy wished she could shrink down to a five-year-old and he could torture her the way she was doing to him (in the episode "The Switch Glitch"). Because of this victim-villain relationship change, Cosmo & Wanda were reassigned to Vicky, who then used them to get back at Timmy. Fortunately, Timmy saved his godparents by tricking Vicky into saying she didn't want them anymore, and Vicky's memory of ever knowing Cosmo & Wanda was erased. More recently, in "The Big Superhero Wish", Vicky was transformed into a supervillain known as the Baby Shredder, and was employed alongside Dr. Crocktopus (Denzel Crocker) and the Bull-E (Francis) by the NegaChin to help take over the world. But their plans were foiled, and Vicky ended up being turned back to her normal self.

Historical Facts: Butch Hartman has said that "Vicky is probably based on the horrible nightmare of a babysitter everyone has had. The show needed an adversary who was in the house all the time." Vicky unknowingly stole Wanda's wand in the "Oh Yeah!" short "Where's the Wand?" (which hasn't been incorporated into an episode of the regular series). Vicky was once arrested for saying "dorks" on the radio (it could only be said on TV), yet was somehow bailed out. She also once found love with a male counterpart named Ricky who was just as mean as she was, but she lost him when he wound up marrying Mr. Crocker's mom. She has also had a crush on a boy called Winston Dunnsworth.

Little Known Secrets: [*] In the very first "Fairly OddParents!" short featured in "Oh Yeah! Cartoons", Vicky mentions having a little brother. He was heard screaming on the phone after Vicky had called him. After that, he's never mentioned again in the series.
Also, the half-hour episode "The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker" features a character named Vic, who acts like, looks like, and very well may be the father of Vicky. But the PC game "Breakin' Da Rules!" features an appearance of Vicky's mother as a kid, who is named Nicky and also looks like Vicky. Later, the telefilm "Channel Chasers" features Vicky's dad, who looks like Vic (aside from a different eye color; maybe he has contact lenses). Perhaps Vic and Nicky divorced after Vicky was born, and later Vic married another woman, who had Tootie.

Working Theories: Some fans estimate that Vicky is not evil at all, but had a really rough childhood, and she's angry at the world for it. Another theory is that she's just prejudiced against brunettes. (Note that Chester is the only one of Vicky's adversaries to not be a brunette.)