# Phineas and Ferb **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347 "2013-02-25T14:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/1 "2013-02-25T14:13:58Z")
My boys have finally discovered this show on Netflix. I don’t mind. It’s hilarious, as I’m sure everyone here knows. I was idly wondering yesterday in the shower, as they close in on one hundred and four episodes, have they boys managed to: [ul][li]Build a rocket - Check (and launch their Mom’s car into space)[/li][li]Find a Mummy[/li][li]Climb up the Eiffel Tower[/li][li]Discover something that doesn’t exit[/li][li]Give a monkey a shower[/li][li]Surf a title wave[/li][li]Create nanobots[/li][li]Locate Frankenstein’s brain[/li][li]Find a dodo bird[/li][li]Paint a continent[/li][li]Drive their sister insane. - Check… Maybe[/ul][/li]I’m a little stuck on that last one. Their mom clearly thinks Candice is nuts from all the rather fanciful things she keeps on trying to pin on her brothers, but they actually happen, so she’s clearly sane. She just has really bad timing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/2 "2013-02-25T14:44:46Z")
[quote=“Maus\_Magill, post:1, topic:651347”] [li]Find a Mummy[/li][/QUOTE] Are You My Mummy, where they find a mummy after seeing a monster movie. [QUOTE] [li]Climb up the Eiffel Tower[/li][/QUOTE] Summer Belongs To You, where they try to circle the globe in one day. [QUOTE] [li]Discover something that doesn’t exit[/li][/QUOTE] Fireside Girl Jamboree, with the turtle-unicorn. [QUOTE] [li]Give a monkey a shower[/li][/QUOTE] Swiss Family Phineas, where they’re stranded on an island and build the usual tree-branch-and-coconut dwelling complete with indoor plumbing. [QUOTE] [li]Surf a title wave[/li][/QUOTE] Lawn Gnome Beach Party Of Terror, where they build a beach in their backyard. [QUOTE] [li]Create nanobots[/li][/QUOTE] Norm Unleashed, with the insanely upbeat song about WEAPONRY! [QUOTE] [li]Locate Frankenstein’s brain[/li][/QUOTE] Sort of, in The Monster Of Phineas-N-Ferbenstein. (It’s a story about Ferb’s ancestor.) [QUOTE] [li]Find a dodo bird[/li][/QUOTE] Last Train To Bustville. “Check it out! A dodo-bird! What’s next on the list, Ferb?” [QUOTE] [li]Paint a continent[/li][/QUOTE] Oil On Candace, where they’re out to help the kid impress his artist dad. > [@](#): > > Their mom clearly thinks Candice is nuts from all the rather fanciful things she keeps on trying to pin on her brothers, but they actually happen, so she’s clearly sane. So you’re saying she does the same thing over and over again, but expects a different result? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/3 "2013-02-25T14:51:57Z")
Look at how Candace acts when the boys actually don’t do anything one day. She’s all twitchy and paranoid and can’t let it go. Generally she’s obsessed with their activities to the point that it seriously impinges on her enjoyment of life. You could probably scrape together a DSM description that fits her. Am I too involved in this show? Yes. Yes I am. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/4 "2013-02-25T15:16:49Z")
My darker version… \*Like maybe… Building a rocket Or making a mummy \* (the still living Baljeet) _Or blowing up the Eiffel Tower_ (Boom,boom, boom!) \*Discovering something that doesn’t exist \* (Cthulhu, tied in below) \*Or giving the monkeys more power Creating tidal waves Exploding nanobots\* (swarm Buford and explode) _Or locating Frankenstein’s brain (It’s over here! )_ (in a jar marked ‘Abby Normal’) \*Cloning a dodo bird Sinking a continent Or driving your sister insane \* (she’s tied up like the chicken in the Robot Chicken titles. Tentacles come out of Ferb’s eye sockets and mouth) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/5 "2013-02-25T16:40:04Z")
_And run from us because Phineas and Ferb are going to kill you all!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/6 "2013-02-25T16:51:33Z")
As I was typing out the OP, I had another thought. What if none of the events we see on the show are actually happening? That’s why Candice never can prove what her brothers are up to. The evidence doesn’t miraculously disappear in unlikely coincidence after unlikely coincidence. It was never there in the first place. “Phineas and Ferb” is a comedy after all. It’s really a tragic view into a poor girl’s broken mind. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/7 "2013-02-26T13:26:19Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > As I was typing out the OP, I had another thought. > > What if none of the events we see on the show are actually happening? That’s why Candice never can prove what her brothers are up to. The evidence doesn’t miraculously disappear in unlikely coincidence after unlikely coincidence. It was never there in the first place. > > “Phineas and Ferb” is a comedy after all. It’s really a tragic view into a poor girl’s broken mind. . . . In fact, as the series ends with Mom, Dad, and Candace leaving the funeral, we learn that Phineas, Ferb and Perry all died when the rollercoaster they were trying to build in Episode 1 collapsed on them all. Her mind broke after witnessing the carnage of the remains. Hmm . . . not quite a kid’s show anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/8 "2013-02-26T13:36:08Z")
“Girl, Busted” ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/9 "2013-02-26T13:40:01Z")
How do you make so many posts without once mentioning Dr. Doofensmertz(sp)? You clearly need a ‘threaderator’ to write them for you. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/10 "2013-02-26T13:42:19Z")
Curse you, \*\*crucible \*\*the doper! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/11 "2013-02-26T15:12:07Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It’s really a tragic view into a poor girl’s broken mind. I predict the final episode will feature Candace looking into a snowglobe with a rollercoaster in it. Or the dad wakes up next to Suzanne Pleschette. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/12 "2013-02-26T15:17:26Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Am I too involved in this show? Yes. Yes I am. Nicely done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/13 "2013-02-26T15:18:26Z")
The songs from this show constantly get stuck in my head. First there was Ducky Momo (quack quack quack) and then Horse in a bookcase. Help! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/14 "2013-02-26T15:25:18Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > How do you make so many posts without once mentioning Dr. Doofensmertz(sp)? You clearly need a ‘threaderator’ to write them for you. That would be Doofenshmirtz. Scary that [he’s got his own Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz). ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/15 "2013-02-26T17:32:27Z")
> [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](#): > > The songs from this show constantly get stuck in my head. First there was Ducky Momo (quack quack quack) and then Horse in a bookcase. Help! You better hope you never see the “Phineas and Ferb’s Musical Cliptastic Countdown” which has the 10 best songs and includes the extended version of #1, or “Rollercoaster: The Musical!” Of course there are plenty of other catchy songs. _Perry, you know you are a boy’s best friend,_ Uh oh, _You’re more than just a passing trend. You’re like a treat from a candy store._ It’s too late for me! Save yourselves! Ruuuun!!! (I actually do like “Come Home Perry,” it’s one of my favorites). ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/16 "2013-02-26T17:38:41Z")
I absolutely LOVE Perry! ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/17 "2013-02-26T17:41:16Z")
Watched this while I had a 2-year-old in my house over the weekend a few weeks ago. It’s smart and hilarious. I was quite entertained. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/18 "2013-02-28T23:58:55Z")
Is a discussion on one of my favorite animated series (alongside its companion, the just-as-entertaining-if-not-more _Gravity Falls_) enough to bring me back to post after over two years? Yes. Yes it is. If the additional lyrics to the song Jaret Reddick wrote to make it single-length are included, we also have: - Crossing the tundra (hasn’t been done yet, I think) - Building a rollercoaster (the pilot, and a number of times afterwards; including a revisit of the pilot in musical form to make up for the fact that the episode didn’t have the mandatory musical number) - Skiing down a mountain of beans (not yet) - Devising a system for remembering everything (not yet) \*Synchronizing submarines (not yet) - Racing chariots (“Greece Lighting” - though, as Ferb will remind you, gladiators were Roman, not Greek) - Taming tiger sharks (not yet) - Constructing a portal to Mars (“Unfair Science Fair”) - Building a time machine (Sort of - they haven’t _built_ a time machine, but they repaired one in “It’s About Time”, which was also used in “Phineas and Ferb’s Quantum Boogaloo”) - Stretching a rubber tree (not yet) - Wailing away on guitars (a good number of times, usually in one of those musical numbers) I think my addition to this discussion is best capped off by pointing out that a)the third annual Platypus Day is this Saturday and b) [Dr. Doofenshmirtz has a vlog.](http://www.youtube.com/doofdaily) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/19 "2013-03-01T00:08:09Z")
Love this show! I miss when my son was younger and he used to watch it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347/20 "2013-03-01T01:52:52Z")
Perry is the bomb. If he were a person, he’d win an Emmy just for his eye acting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phineas-and-ferb/651347.md?page=2)