the-cardboard-constructionist:

things I love about phineas and ferb

  • main stream representation of a blended family that all loves each other very much with no drama over the fact that technically, they are step-siblings
  • Ferb is largely non-verbal and does a lot of his communication through non-verbal means and literally no one ever makes fun of him for that, like it’s acknowledged but not shamed
  • Perry also does a lot of non-verbal communication, but he is a platypus
  • the use of Doof’s tragic backstories to highlight the fact that they explain but not excuse his actions. they are told in a way that you feel bad for Kid Doof, but that doesn’t make it okay to try to mind control the entire tri-state area
  • the play on all of the repeative actions, there’s a formula to the show and by the later seasons, the characters have acknowledged that and a lot of the humor comes from that
  • almost all of the main characters (minus I think Phineas and Candace) have a cultural background that is acknowledged and explored, and even shared among the group. 
  • the acknowledgement that Isabella is Jewish during the Christmas episodes, but also that she doesn’t celebrate Christmas and still wants to help her friends save something that is important to them 
  • Buford and Baljeet seem to have some sort of understand and boundaries that only they understand which is like vaguely problematic, but obviously they care about each other
  • there is a crime fighting platypus
  • that even though it’s a kid’s show, it demonstrates a lot of common frustrations that kids have. Candace is always frustrated that her mother doesn’t believe her. Carl is upset with Major Monogram for never thanking him.
  • Candance and Jermey’s relationship ends up being a really awesome one, because he knows exactly what she’s like, and unlike some of the other people in her life (her mother, Stacy and Jenny), he doesn’t mind at all. in fact, he plans for her running off to bust her brothers. almost always. he’s just 100% okay with it and content to bring thier date along on her busting plans. 
  • just the can do spirit that Phineas and Ferb have. almost nothing ever stops them. and like… they obviously put a lot of thought into how things work but like they just wanna have fun 
  • the giant floating baby head
  • Vanessa and everything about her 
  • actually, the friendship between Vanessa and Candace that we watch as they meet and it ends up growing until eventually they are actually friends who hang out even tough they are drastically different people from drastically different friend groups with so many different interests 
  • that they have an episode entirely devoted to aglets. I fucking love aglets man. 
  • the fact that Phineas and Ferb meet aliens and immediately make friends with them. because that’s just who they are
  • that Lawrence 100% knows that the boys do all this crazy shit every day and has absolutely no objects and literally never says anything despite the fact that he could easily tell his wife that Candace is right

the greatest moments from Phineas and Ferb:

saramurphy:

  • BOW CHICKA BOW WOW, THAT’S WHAT MY BABY SAYS
  • ”I call it the Buoyancy Operated Aquatic Transporter, or Bo-At for short.”
  • ”I’m not crying, I’m just sweating through my eyes”
  • when they all shrunk themselves and Baljeet got stuck on top of the lamp with the dead flies
  • “My name is Doof, and you’ll do what I say, whoop whoop!”
  • Candace’s voice when she had an allergic reaction to wild parsnips
  • “Ah, Perry The Platypus, your timing is incredible.  And by incredible, I mean comPLETELY CREDIBLE!!!”
  • Buford’s cupid costume
  • ”I never leave home without my velvet rope!” “Where do you keep that?” “I’ll never tell.”
  • ”So, do I know romance or what?”  “What.”  “I said, do I know romanc–” “I heard you”
  • Phineas’s dAMN OBLIVIOUSNESS.  LIKE, ISABELLA MAKES IT SO CLEAR THAT SHE LIKES HIM BUT THE BOY CAN’T TAKE A HINT
  • Marty the rabbit boy and his musical blender
  • ”We small band of brothers…and girl from across the street”
  • ”What did you think? A (insert name of object) was just going to fall out of the sky?” *said object falls out of the sky*
  • STAR WARS CROSSOVER
  • MARVEL CROSSOVER
  • when Doofenshmirtz gets glue all over his hands and they get stuck to records, and Perry uses the body control helmet to make Doof create what’s arguably the greatest song ever
  • Running from love in a bear suit
  • that one time Alex Hirsch guest starred as a talking juice box
  • “Paulllll Bunyan’s!  Where the food is good (but not too good, eh?)”
  • “Mom!  Phineas and Ferb made me!”  “I have some stretch marks that would suggest otherwise.”
  • Baljeet and Buford’s bromance
  • the episode when they got the band back together.  Just…that episode in its entirety.
  • “Hit it Carl!”  “WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!”  *Carl pulls lever anyway*
  • when Isabella out-cuted the Meaps with her own natural cuteness
  • “It’s a scientific fact!”
  • “I’m you from the future!”  “Wait, I am not Indian in the future?”
  • “I feel reasonably sure it’s over this time.  No, wait, he’s up AGAIIIIN”
  • when Perry bit Doofenshmirtz’s finger and Phineas says “Perry, no!  We do not bite the elderly!”
  • Ferb’s adorable crush on Vanessa
  • when Baljeet accidentally takes a rock and roll summer class and gets mad because it’s not graded, and performs one hell of a song
  • Planty the Potted Plant
  • “GET ON THE TRIKE!!!”
  • Carl’s “Dr. Coconut” dance
  • Tuff Shoo Laysizz
  • “TREES ARE MADE OF WOOD”
  • O.W.C.A. Secret Headquarters (pay no attention to this sign)
  • “My watermelon!”
  • the giant floating baby head
  • Lots of me
  • when Doof got zapped with the ugly-inator and nothing changed
  • when Monogram kept laughing about Doofenshmirtz being abbreviated as Doof