10.023 minSeason 5 • Episode 38
LatestDoof's fear of a vending machine apocalypse comes true while the kids have fun skipping rocks; Doof works to save Norm from the machines while the kids save the people of Danville.
Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Writing
Jokes that land for 5-year-olds AND jaded millennials
Score
Catchier than pop radio — 'Gitchee Gitchee Goo' lives rent-free
Acting
Dee Bradley Baker's Perry noises deserve an Emmy
Creators
Dan Povenmire, Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh
Vincent Martella
Phineas Flynn (voice)
David Errigo Jr.
Ferb Fletcher (voice)
Ashley French
Candace Flynn (voice)
Caroline Rhea
Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
Perry the Platypus (voice)
Alyson Stoner
Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (voice)
Dan Povenmire
Heinz Doofenshmirtz (voice)
Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh
Francis Monogram (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dan Povenmire pitched the show for 16 years before Disney finally greenlit it. His persistence is literally the Phineas spirit.
Perry vs. Doofenshmirtz invented the 'competent villain/incompetent hero' dynamic that 'Archer' and 'Kipo' later perfected.
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