New Phineas and Ferb episodes on Disney+ to be ‘just like old times’, but with tiny change
Ahead of the hit cartoon’s first new episodes since 2015, its creators share why it’s still something ‘the whole family can enjoy together’
The beloved cartoon duo Phineas and Ferb are returning for new episodes this summer after a decade away and pretty much nothing has changed. Except maybe one thing.
“The more observant of you will notice Phineas’ shirt has one extra stripe,” says co-creator Jeff “Swampy” Marsh. Dan Povenmire, Marsh’s creative partner, adds: “He hasn’t actually gotten any taller, but we’re giving him the illusion of getting taller.”
IONAL CUT STARTOther than a fourth stripe on Phineas’ orange-and-white T-shirt, OPTIONAL CUT ENDPhineas and Ferb returns with all the characters that Gen Z viewers so adored, including Perry the Platypus, the mad scientist Dr Doofenshmirtz, the easily excitable older sister Candace and the bully Buford.
“We were a little worried at first, like are we going to get in the writers’ room and just get a lot of ‘No, did that.’ ‘Did that.’ ‘Did that’,” Povenmire says. “But it hasn’t been like that at all. It’s been great, fresh, new stories with these characters that we’re just thrilled with.”
The series restarts with Phineas and Ferb enjoying summer holiday, Doofenshmirtz back to his evil ways – he updates his social media status to “Evil Again” – and Candace on her everlasting quest to get her brothers in trouble.