Crimson Chin
The Crimson Chin is a comic-book superhero from the animated series The Fairly OddParents. Timmy Turner, a central character on the show, is a big fan of his. The Chin is voiced by Jay Leno.
The Crimson Chin, like Captain Proton or Reptar, can be thought of as a meta-fiction character, in that they are fictional within the fiction franchises for which they were designed.
History
In reference to his voice actor, the Chin was originally a popular late-night talk show host who gained his powers by being bitten on the chin by a radioactive celebrity; since then, he has taken the responsibility of protecting the city of Chincinatti, taking the secret identity of Charles Hampton Indigo for the local newspaper, The Daily Blabbity. This is an obvious spoof of Spider-Man, as Peter Parker is bitten on the hand by a radioactive spider and he works for the Daily Bugle. Also, his secret identity is a spoof of Clark Kent.
One of the Crimson Chin's idiosyncransies is his tendency to use odd metaphors in his inspirational speeches (e.g. "As long as there is one smoldering ember on the barbecue of justice, you can still cook a mighty steak...of VICTORY!"), which is possibly inspired by another superhero parody, The Tick (coincidentally, his costume design is also similar to The Tick).
In some of the adventures involving the Crimson Chin, Timmy enters the comic books he is reading (thanks to Cosmo and Wanda) and takes the role of Cleft, the Boy Chin Wonder (a tribute to Robin), and acts as his sidekick. Wanda and Cosmo, in turn, act as Timmy's two dog sidekicks, Ace the Chin-Hound and Clefto (a tribute to Batman's and Superman's respective super-pets, Ace the Bat-Hound and Krypto).
The Crimson Chin also has a selection of villains in his rogues gallery, consisting of:
The Body of Evil
- The Bronze Kneecap - This knee-themed badguy became the Crimson Chin's enemy when the Chin injured Ron Handbone's kneecap at a jai-alai game leaving Handbone in 3rd for the upteenth time. The Chin rubbed it in his face, so Handbone melted down all his bronze 3rd-place trophies into a high-tech suit and became: The Bronze Kneecap!!!. Cleft/Masked Magician asked why he didn't move on. He answered that CC didn't apoligize, but the Chin refused to.
- The Iron Lung - This lung-themed villain is a robot that can blow wind out of its mouth or suck in objects like a vacuum cleaner.
- The Copper Cranium - This cranium-themed villain wears a helmet with a large skull on it used to batter down walls.
- The Gilded Arches - A former child star whose feet and legs grew when he hit puberty, while the rest of him stayed small and scrawney, had a promising career as a movie star, but snapped when the theaters stopped showing his movies. But now he shall try to use his gigantic feet to destroy every theater in Chincinatti. But some how the chin keeps getting involved.
- The Brass Knuckles - Coslo Punchloticus is a knuckle-themed villain with powerful punches.
- The Titanium Toenail - A toe-based villain. He wears a costume that looks like a big toe with the toenail part having a compartment holding titanium nail clippers that launch out titanium toenails (hence his name).
- The Giant Doctor Robot - A robotic doctor seen in the Crimson Chin webisode. He later was operated by the Bronze Kneecap, the Iron Lung, the Copper Cranium, the Guilded Arches, and the Brass Knuckles to form the Body of Evil. It had the cranium of Copper Cranium, Iron Lung's torso, Brass Knuckle's arms and hand, Bronze Kneecap's kneecap, and Guilded Arches legs and feet.
- The Golden Gut - A gut-themed villain who can launch out his mechanical gut at his enemies.
Other Villains
- The Nega-Chin - The Crimson Chin's Evil Counterpart from an alternate Chiniverse.
- H2Olga - A water-based villain. In the Fairly OddParents episode "Crime Wave", she uses a megatsunami to flood Chincinatti but the plan was foiled thanks to the Crimson Chin and the baby.
- Short Fuse - A small bomb-based villain that explodes from short puns toward him.
- Spatula Woman - A villainess armed with a large spatula.
- Country Boy - A farm-based villain with a barn mask and deadly pig grenades.
- Mike the Evil Living Building - Used by the Nega-Chin to conquer Dimmsdale
- Craig the Evil Living Trash Can - Only mentioned by the Nega-Chin.
- The Flying Squirrel -
- Iron Maiden -
- Bull-E - Francis' supervillain form with the strength of a bull. Bull-E's name, appearance and attributes are a pun off the word bully, which Francis really is.
- The Baby Shredder - Vicky's supervillain form with super sharp retractable claws and super sharp tounge. Her claws and costume are based off of Wolverine from the X-Men comic series.
- Dr. Crocktopus - Denzel Crocker's supervillain counterpart with tentacles that can shoot out F's. He's the master of mystical arts. He seems to be an amalgam of Dr. Strange and Doctor Octopus; his tentacles and name are based off Doctor Octopus of the Spider-Man comic series, and his mastery over magic and certain elements of his costume are based on Dr. Strange.
- Nega-Cleft the Boy Chin Nightmare - Cleft's evil counterpart
Other Allies
- Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad - The superhero forms of Timmy's parents after he wished they had super powers. They helped the Crimson Chin battle members of the body of evil. So far, they have the powers of super-speed, super-strength, flight, heat vision, meat vision and spider-snot.
- Matter Muncher Lad - Chester's superhero form that can eat through anything. His powers and name are based off of Matter-Eater Lad from the Legion of Super-Heroes comic series.
- The Bouncing Boil - Elmer's superhero form whose boil can bounce him anywhere. His powers and name are based off of The Bouncing Boy from the Legion of Super-Heroes comic series.
- The Sonic Youth - Sanjay's superhero form with sonic voice. His powers and costume are based off of Banshee from the X-Men comic series.
- Professor AJ - A.J.'s superhero form with mind control, teleportation, and force field creating powers. His mind control powers, name and hover chair are based off of Professor X from the X-Men comic series.
- Wonder Gal - Trixie Tang's superhero form that is super fast, super strong and super popular. Her name and outfit based off of Wonder Woman.
- Hawk Gal - Veronica's superhero form with the speed and ability of a hawk. Not much of a superhero. Her name, outfit and mace weapon are based off of Hawkgirl (possibly the version from the 2001 Justice League animated series.
- Crash Nebula - Former mild mannered Sprig Speevak, Received an awesome high-tech battle suit when he was chosen to protect the universe from villains like the Jack-O-Bots and The Klutchulax.
- Catman - Crazy TV's Adam West believes that he is the real Catman: A half cat super hero who protects the streets from Doberman of doom, Ratman, and Dogzilla (whom he's afraid of).
- Frogman -
- Skull Squisher - Comic Book fave of Timmy (and Trixie) seen in "The Boy who would be Queen".
- Naked Lad - A nude muscular superhereo who has Timmy's face and silly pink hat. He's rumored to have "super naked speed".
- Shadow Kahn - A mysterious alien whose planet was destroyed by the Nega-Chin, mistook Crimson Chin for the Nega-Chin. But after the Chin told him what happened, they teamed up to fight The Nega-Chin
Other versions of the Crimson Chin
- The 1930s Pulp Fiction Chin - A version that has a uniform similar to The Rocketeer.
- The 1940s World War II Sargent Chin - A version with an army helmet and pants, a red tank top and a five o'clock shadow.
- The 1950s Square-Jawed Commie Buster Chin - A version that looks like Superman with the American flag on the inside of his cape.
- The 1960s Psychedelic Chin - A hippie version of the chin.
- The 1970s Disco Chin - A version with a blonde afro, medallion and tight polyester bodysuit.
- The 1980s Overly Muscular Weapons-Toting Chin - Also known as The Super Edgy 1985 Crimson Chin, he's a version that has bad teeth and plenty of weapons. His comic book was canceled because he swore in it. He's a parody of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.
- The 1990s Grunge Chin - A grunge rock version of the Chin complete with acoustic guitar.
- The New Millennium Crimson Chin - A silver, metallic version that looks like the traditional version of the chin.
- Danf - The true form of the Crimson Chin