The Fairly OddParents! Season 3

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This episode starts with Timmy and his parents out in the backyard. Timmy is in the pool, and Mr. Turner is mowing the lawn. The lawnmower explodes, while Mr. Dinkleberg mows his lawn on an expensive riding lawn mower. During the cookout, Mr. Turner tries having a barbecue to grill burgers but that explodes. Mr. Dinkleberg has a barbecue that can take a living cow and slaughter it into steaks. Mr. Turner then spies Mr. Dinkleberg having brunch. Timmy sadly walks up into his room while Mr. and Mrs. Turner has a conversation which he hears part of and jumps to the conclusion that they don't want him anymore. Timmy decides to run away from home. So, he packs everything up and leaves the door, but Wanda tells him that he's only 10.

Timmy goes to a desert, but he thinks it's not a good place. So, he goes to the carnival to meet the carnies (as according to Cosmo, carnivals are different from the circus because it has no child labor laws and is more dangerous, He tells the Carny Boss, the Pin Cushion Guy, the Bearded Lady, the Strong Man, and the Juggler about how he ran away from home and has a 5th grade education. Carny Boss decide to hire Timmy (despite being overqualified) and make him do random tasks like gathering money, used during the dunk tank game, comb and shave the bearded lady, etc.

Timmy ends up at ring toss being homesick. Wanda pulls up a magic mirror and shows Timmy what Mr. Turner, and Mrs. Turner is doing which is them throwing all of clothes out prompting Timmy to jump to the conclusion that they definitely don't want him anymore and smashes the mirror with a possum on stick, though the mirror then dimly shows that they are actually just replacing those clothes with lots of brand-new clothes. Timmy wishes to be a carny. So, Cosmo and Wanda give him a nice carny suit.

Timmy goes to Flavvin and the Carny Boss section. He juggles the Carny Boss, Flavin, and the Bear. He even throws Flavin in front of The Juggler, and The Strong Man, then goes to Colon's section and makes his Cosmo and Wanda balloon into a DNA. He ends up at the Bearded Lady's section and grows a beard, and a dinosaur tail (annoying the Alligator Man). He even grows pins all over him (annoying the Pin Cushion Guy.) Timmy and Cosmo decide to stay at the carnival forever. Wanda asks Timmy if he can go back where he belongs, but Timmy tells Cosmo and Wanda that the carnival is where he belongs now that he can take care of himself and this makes Cosmo and Wanda poof away after she told him if he can take care of himself, then he won't need fairies anymore.

The Carnies are jealous of Timmy and The Strong Man picks Timmy up but has trouble finishing his sentences. Timmy runs away from the carnies, and the carnies decide to chase him. Timmy finds something that can take him home. He first finds a conveniently passing train, and hops in it. Timmy wonders if he lost the carnies. The camera zooms out from Timmy and the carnies appear in the train getting more jealous and looking down at Timmy. Then Timmy hops out of the train. The carnies continue chasing him. Timmy discovers a truck, and hops in. The truck has pillows in its trunk. The truck stops, and three trucks drive by with the carnies in them.

Timmy finds a hot air balloon and climbs up its rope and hops in the basket. In the basket, three shots from the Pin Cushion guy try to touch Timmy but can't. The carnies float by and the Pin Cushion Guy hits Timmy's balloon. Timmy lands by his house and discovers that his parents miss him. Timmy looks at the carnies. The carnies aren't jealous anymore. What do you think they're feeling? Happy! You guessed it. Cosmo and Wanda poof back and Wanda tells them what a great a job they did in teaching Timmy a lesson. The carnies are fairies (except for the alligator man as stated by Cosmo), and the truck with pillows and the hot air balloon were actually created by Cosmo and Wanda, in order to keep Timmy out of danger.

Timmy goes into his house to see his parents who are happy to see him again. They then begin rubbing in the fact to Dinkleberg that the latter doesn't have children. Mr. Turner then tells Timmy he is grounded for running away, but Timmy doesn't mind as he is now back with his parents. The episode ends when Mr. Turner picks up Cosmo in a bunny form about to fry him and serve him on a stick with Cosmo telling him to add rabies to make it taste better.