Random P&F Trivia

According to creator Dan Povenmire, Phineas and Ferb's humor style is sort of a hybrid between 'Family Guy' and 'Spongebob Squarepants', two shows that he had worked on. The first drawing of Phineas was on a piece of butcher's paper, drawn with crayon in a restaurant. It took creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh 16 years to get "Phineas and Ferb" on television. Each episode contains at least one original song except for Candace, Lights, Action! The writing staff sings the song into the answering machine of Danny Jacob on Fridays to have it be magically written each Monday.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz's name was originally Dr. Meddleshmirtz.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz's inventions usually end with "-inator".

Ferb rarely talks; in fact there are many episodes in which he has no lines at all. (According to Phineas, "Ferb's more of a man of action". This is proved in the story where Phineas and Isabella find their dads. Phineas' IM nickname is KeepMovingForwards and ferb's is ManOfAction.)

Director/creator Dan Povenmire and director Zac Moncrief both left "Family Guy" (1999), to work on this show.

Sometimes Jeremy works at "Mr. Slushy Burger", and sometimes he works at "Mr. Slushy Dog". The family's last names are Flynn and Fletcher. The show takes place in Danville, which is in Jefferson County which is in the Tri-State Area. Danville is named after co-creator Dan Povenmire and Jefferson County is named after co-creator Jeff Swampy Marsh. It is hinted in the series that Dr. Doofenshmirtz's could be German, the word "Doof" his name is German for stupid or idiot. Although Ferb rarely speaks, he has been shown to have a great singing voice. Dr. Doofenshmirtz often refers to previous episodes. It has been seen in several episodes that Ferb has a crush on Dr. Doofenshmirtz's daughter Vanessa. The giant floating baby head, which was first featured in "Phineas and Ferb: One Good Scare Ought to Do It! (#1.33)" (2008), has since become a running gag in the series. According to Dan Povenmire, the baby head came from "one board panel drawn by Michael Diederich and one of our directors, Robert Hughes thought it was hilarious and made a whole bit about it. Now it shows up all the time." It has been shown is Phintastic Ferbulous Carwash too, and a few others. While other characters simply call him Perry, Dr. Doofenshmirtz always refers to Perry by his full name (Perry the Platypus). He doesn't abbreviate the names of his other nemeses either (Peter the Panda, Planty the Potted Plant, etc.).

There have been 3 times that Phineas and Ferb have seen Perry as an agent: 1) In Toy to the Wolrd, they automatically think though he is a plush toy. 2) In At Last (Phineas and Ferb get Busted) they see him (or hear of him) battling Doofy. 3) is yet uncomfirmed.