The series is also known for some of its memorable songs, which have appeared in almost every episode since the first-season "Flop Starz". Povenmire and Marsh developed the series concept together and pitched it to networks for 16 years before securing a run on Disney Channel. Phineas and Ferb was conceived after Povenmire sketched a triangular boy – the prototype for Phineas – in a restaurant. The creators also voice two of the main B-plot characters: Major Monogram and Dr. This usually leaves Candace very frustrated.Ĭreators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh had previously worked together on Fox's The Simpsons and Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life. The two plots intersect at the end to erase all traces of the boys' project just before Candace can show it to their mother. Sometimes, other villains scoff at his level of evil.
Heinz Doofenshmirtz, a mad scientist driven largely by a need to assert his evilness. The series follows a standard plot system running gags occur every episode, and the b-plot almost always features Phineas and Ferb's pet platypus Perry the Platypus working as a spy (named "Agent P") for OWCA (the Organization Without a Cool Acronym), to defeat the latest scheme of Dr. Every day, the boys embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who frequently tries to reveal their shenanigans to her and Phineas' mother, Linda Flynn-Fletcher, and less frequently to Ferb's father, Lawrence Fletcher. Originally broadcast as a one-episode preview on Augand again previewed on September 28, 2007, the series officially premiered on Februon Disney Channel, and follows Phineas Flynn and his British stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Phineas and Ferb is an American animated musical comedy television series.