History Trivia / PhineasAndFerb

* BannedEpisode: From 2009 to 2015, "Ready for the Bettys" was rarely if ever shown in reruns due to legal issues with a real life band called The Bettys which the writers did not know about at the time. This issue also caused "The Flying Fishmonger" (which was paired with it for syndication) and "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown" (which features the song "Ready for the Bettys") to be pulled as well. All three later returned on Disney+.

** Some time during the fourth season, Disney released an iTunes collection called "104 Days of Summer", that included the first 104 episodes, with two bonus commentary episodes with ''Series/{{MST3K}}''-style character commentaries: "No More Bunny Business" (Buford and Baljeet), "Flop Starz" (Doof and Norm), "Perry Lays an Egg" (Monogram and Carl), and "Ballad of Badbeard" (Linda, Candace, Stacy, Doof, Perry, Norm, Monogram and Carl). Unfortunately, the animation was done in Flash, so it is subpar, but the humor is on par with every other episode.

* ExecutiveMeddling: One of the best positive examples of this trope. The producers of the show asked to have a musical number in every episode. So far, many of them have been ''really'' catchy and memorable.
** Disney also suggested to create characters that would become Isabella and Baljeet, both of which are quite popular.
** One executive suggested that Perry should get a girlfriend, only for the creators to say that he is "married to his job". This was even made fun of in the episode "Nerds of a Feather".

** [[http://thieviusracoonus.deviantart.com/journal/Swampy-Sent-me-Email-305578605#comments Stacy and Ginger are sisters.]]

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Good gravy! During the time it's been running, it has had the full backing of Disney and there isn't a day that it's not airing. It has never left Disney XD in its now-decade since the rebrand, years since ending. Throw in the ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' crossover and the greenlighting of both a second original movie, ''and'' an extra two seasons, the adoration may never go away... which is kinda hypocritical knowing that cartoon fans love it when Disney Channel airs a marathon of this show yet scream in agony whenever Johnny Test gets a marathon on Cartoon Network.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Good gravy! During the time it's been running, it has had the full backing of Disney and there isn't a day that it's not airing. It has never left Disney XD in its now-decade since the rebrand, years since ending. Throw in the ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' crossover and the greenlighting of both a second original movie, ''and'' an extra two seasons, the adoration may never go away.

* DescendedCreator: Creators Don Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh both voice the major characters of the show's recurring B plot; Heinz Doofenshirtz and Major Monogram, respectively.

* FakeBrit: Averted with most British characters.

** Long before Candace and Jeremy were an established couple, Jeremy's voice actor commented that Jeremy liked Candace back. Of course, it really wasn't all that hard to figure out, but still.

* Three different cast members from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' have starred or guest-starred in the series at least once. Creator/RichardOBrien (Riff Raff) plays the father, Lawrence Fletcher. Creator/BarryBostwick (Brad Majors) plays Phineas's grandfather Clyde. And, Creator/TimCurry (Dr. Frank N. Furter) guest-starred in a couple episodes. However, except for one brief moment on the show (see below), none of their voice actors have interacted with each other.
** As of "The Last Train to Bustville", Lawrence and Clyde, the grandfather, have had one, very awkward, conversation on camera.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb_Wiki The Phineas and Ferb Wiki]]. [[JustForFun/OneOfUs Jeff "Swampy" Marsh is a regular contributor]].

* TropeNamer:
** SquirrelsInMyPants

** A running gag in the show whenever it involves a vehicle, It has the boys using an RC remote control in order to drive it legally because they are not old enough to drive. In real life, there are RC cars, Trucks, and other vehicles mainly used for Theme Parks, Showcasing and other purposes but children using them legally is a whole other story.

** In the French dub, Baljeet is voiced by Creator/NathalieBienaime.

* ShrugOfGod: The creators, when asked Phineas and Ferb's age; though the original pitch was to make them nine-year olds. this was retracted so that now they're merely "[[VagueAge less than fifteen]]".

** Seemingly every post-"Busted" Vanessa sighting has resulted in her character gaining a song, apparently due to Disney realizing voice actress Olivia Olson has an excellent voice. She does the singing for a lot of other female characters as well-- for instance, she provides Linda's singing voice in "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun", she provides the singing voices for The Bettys in "Ready for the Bettys", and in "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein", she voices the backup singers. AND according to her Wikipedia page, she's also written songs for the show.\\

** Jeremy and Vanessa were roughly the same age as their voice actors, Mitchel Musso and Olivia Olsen, respectively, during the casting. Even so, however, both Musso (b. 1991) and Olsen (b. 1992) are actually ''younger'' than Thomas Sangster (b. 1990), the voice of Ferb, a preteen.

* NonSingingVoice:
** Played with in "Summer Belongs to You"; when the first song begins, we hear a voice that is obviously not Phineas singing as we pan up a body dressed in Phineas's clothes...and then we find out that it's Clay Aiken, dressed in Phineas's clothes. And then Chaka Khan dressed in Ferb's clothes enters.
** Played straight with Ferb, as Danny Jacob, Dan Povenmire and Aaron Jacob have done his singing voice. Although, Thomas Brodie-Sangster did do his own singing in "The Ballad of Badbeard".
** Played with and lampshaded in "Ladies and Gentlemen: Meet Max Modem!", when Linda mentions that she only lip-synced "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun". The person who actually sings that song isn't the same person who voices Linda. It's Olivia Olson, who voices Vanessa.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Italian dub: Creator/AlessioPuccio (Jeremy) and Creator/GemmaDonati (Candace) have also worked together in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'', and ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''.

* Both Marsh and Povenmire wrote for ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' and ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. Both shows feature multiple minor characters with the name "Ferb."

* Unlike most other shows, the cast does not record the scenes in the same room or even at the same time. Vincent Martella (Phineas) claims to have waited 2 years before meeting Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster (Ferb) in person. Part of the reason is that Thomas Brodie Sangster records his dialogue in England while the rest of the main cast is in America.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Good gravy! During the time it's been running, it has had the full backing of Disney and there isn't a day that it's not airing. It has never left Disney XD in its now-decade since the rebrand, years since ending. Throw in the ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' crossover and the greenlighting of a second original movie, the adoration may never go away.

* NamesTheSame:
** The fact that Vanessa shares her first name with Vanessa Paradis might be why her boyfriend is named Creator/{{Johnny|Depp}}.
** Plus, we're just waiting for Stacy to [[Creator/AyaHirano sing]] "[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Hare Hare Yukai]]".
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' have episodes titled "It's About Time"; all of the episodes save for the ''Noddy Shop'' one deal with time travel in a sense.
** This wouldn't be the last Disney property [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog to star characters named Buford and Lawrence]].
** Nor would it be the last Disney show [[WesternAnimation/TheProudFamilyLouderAndProuder with a first-season episode titled "Raging Bully"]].

** The second, released in 2003 for "Platypus Day", was a set of six reusable lunch bags.
* LiveOnStage: The show had a show called ''The Best LIVE Tour Ever!'', a non-canon story about how the boys spend their final days of summer vacation.

* TalkingToHimself:
** Linda and her mother, Betty Jo, are both voiced by Caroline Rhea.
** Isabella and Jenny (one of Candace's friends) are both voiced by Alyson Stoner. She uses a variant of her natural voice for Jenny and pitches up her voice for Isabella.
** The titular duo have the same voice actors in the Icelandic (all seasons) and Russian (seasons 2–4) dubs.
** In the French dub, Buford and Jeremy are both voiced by Charles Pestel.

** A running gag in the show whenever it involves a vehicle, It has the boys using an RC remote control in order to drive it legally because they are not old enough to drive. In real life, there are RC cars, Trucks, and other vehicles mainly used for Theme Parks, Showcasing and other purposes but children using them legally is a whole nother story.

** This wouldn't be the last Disney property to star characters named [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Buford and Lawrence]].