User blog comment:EpsilonMk46/Lincoln the Butt Monkey?/@comment-31563773-20170902143852/@comment-32202721-20170902144829

It's been a long time since I watched The Fairly Oddparents regularly, but from what I remember, Timmy kind of has to be miserable in order for the show to go on. If his life was good, he wouldn't need fairy godparents, thus negating the show's whole premise.