Once I consider summers rising up as a Disney Channel child, Phineas And Ferb completely had quite a bit to do with them, beginning when the sequence premiered in 2007. From then on, the animated present grew to become a type of cartoons I grew up with and would watch after I had time without work from faculty throughout summer season trip, till 2015 when the sequence formally ended after 4 seasons (which really intently coincided with my highschool commencement). So, think about my shock on the cartoon being on the 2025 TV schedule!
I had actually heard in regards to the revival of Phineas and Ferb (which is new on streaming) in some unspecified time in the future, however now that it’s right here, and I’ve been shamelessly watching Season 5 as a full-fledged grownup, I notice that there are a couple of questions in regards to the present that I by no means deeply considered. I took a deep dive into the straightforward, but huge, ones I’ve had.
How Previous Are Phineas And Ferb?
As I sat to look at Phineas and Ferb, I noticed I had no thought how outdated the primary characters are alleged to be. Like, they’re clearly children, however as a result of it’s summer season trip in each episode, we don’t get a lot trace to what actual section of their upbringing they’re in. They’re very clever for his or her age, however I grew so interested in what the intention is right here.
Once I appeared into the reply, I discovered it to be much more sophisticated than I anticipated for a children present. The final consensus appears to be that the step brothers are round 10-12 years outdated, nonetheless two key episodes sort of make this complicated. Within the Season 2 episode “Phineas and Ferb’s Quantum Boogaloo,” their journey is touring 20 years into the longer term the place they meet a 35-year-old Candace, and so they discover out from their mother that they’re 30 years outdated. So that may make them each ten, proper?
Properly, within the Season 4 particular episode “Act Your Age,” Phineas and Ferb are ten years older than they’re within the sequence, nonetheless, they aren’t 20, they’re teen boys… so that may make them nearer to seven or eight years outdated in the primary sequence. To my estimation, it sounds just like the creators aren’t within the characters of the sequence having actual ages since they aren’t talked about or stored constant, however I undoubtedly think about them extra within the fifth or sixth grade ages of 10 to 11 in my thoughts.
How About Candace?
The identical query relating to their sister Candace is much more reduce and dry. She has a birthday episode from Season 1 “Candace Loses Her Head” the place it’s revealed that she turns 15 years outdated. Within the new season, she does her driving check, which is often accomplished in the US beginning on the age of 15 and a half.
With all of the characters’ ages in thoughts, I additionally discover it actually fascinating that the voice actors like Ashley Tisdale and Vincent Martella have been behind the roles for nearly 20 years. Martella (a.okay.a. Phineas) was 15 when the sequence first got here out, Tisdale (Candace) was 22, and Alyson Stoner (Isabella) was 14, so whereas they had been considerably near their characters in age, they’re undoubtedly not anymore. However, they nonetheless sound wonderful, after all!
Are There 104 Days Of Summer time Trip?
The Phineas and Ferb theme music begins with “There’s 104 days of summer season trip…”, main me to simply assume for lots of my life that that’s the period of time summer season lasts, however I not too long ago landed on an interview with the creators that absolutely modified my view on the entire thing. In Dan Povenmire’s phrases:
It’s actually foolish as a result of after we determined to make the present all in the summertime, I used to be like ‘Does anyone know what number of days there are in summer season trip?’ And one of many executives stated ‘Yeah, we simply needed to look that up, there’s 104,’ which we by no means checked in any respect. It’s not true. It’s of their neighborhood, of their little universe, however that was actually me going, ‘Oh, that’s excellent!’
Whereas not too long ago speaking to On The Purple Carpet, the co-creator shared they had been informed a quantity, and easily simply selected to imagine it. Plus, since 52 episodes was a full order on the time, it appeared to work out mathematically. As he continued:
Then we wrote that music, and no one actually introduced it as much as us that it was incorrect till it was already on the air.
In the US, most faculties get out round late Could or early June after which resume in both mid-to-late August or early September. The actual worth of summer season trip is nearer to between 70 to 90 days, so, sorry to any children who’ve began their summers pondering they’d have 100 plus days to play.
Why Is A Platypus Their Pet?
I’ve merely existed for therefore lengthy among the many iconic character of Perry the Platypus, however recently I’ve been interested in how the creators determined to make the boys’ pet one which I do know is completely unlawful to have as a pet in actual life. I discovered an outdated story on Selection the place the creators answered this query, and I’m comfortable I appeared it up.
For one, Povenmire and co-creator Jeff “Swampy” Marsh selected the animal as a result of it is a species individuals don’t know a lot about and hasn’t had different cartoon renditions, so they may make up their very own guidelines about him. Marsh additionally stated this as a father or mother himself:
We wished to choose an animal that youngsters couldn’t go pick at a pet retailer and beg for.
Humorous sufficient, the creators simply selected the colour for the character as a result of it appeared cool (and contemplating platypuses are normally brown I don’t blame them), however again in 2020, it was really discovered by researchers (by way of Science Information) that their fur can really take up ultraviolet mild and “emits a blue-green glow.” It’s a completely insane coincidence for followers of the present!
Should you’re something like me with all these Phineas and Ferb curiosities, maybe I answered a few of our widespread inquiries to the very best of my skill! (Make sure you try our unique on how the creators give you the inators, subsequent). I’m personally so comfortable the present is again, and can, actually, be returning for extra after the preliminary 10-episode drop.