I was 10 when the first episode came out. I was interested by the ads. Not sure what happened, I was watching Kim Possible and then the ads came. Back in 2007, there was just a small group of shows in Disney Channel that I liked. I also had a small time available alone at home, with my 5-year-old sister and repetitive kids show that are now forgotten in the depths of the void. After that, I had my older brother and his police shows - preety enjoyable, though, I still like police and detective shows a lot - he was a great influence to me, mainly in my tastes for several things, such as One Piece, The Beatles, Muse, CSI and VAL Ve games in general. After that, he told me that when he was my age (read - 2004) there were actually good shows on Disney Channel, and the only one he was interested was Kim Possible, which he had started seeing. Then we watched Kim Possible. Duh.
After this kind of unecessary(and kind of Doofersmith's style) childhood story, I asked him if, when Phineas and Ferb came out with the Pilot Episode, we could watch it.
By the second episode, you already see that are three subplots all interconnected (something quite interesting), a song per episode and running gags. And, despite knowing what would happen, given a certain point, it was still funny.
Running gags, as time passed by, showed to be one of the main things in the show. Then lampshade hanging was possible and the plot was still full of tropes that were all being played with.
But it doesn't end there.
I grew up to be the one that disliked shows like Hannah Montana and watch Seinfeld and Friends. I quickly recognized people from the cast - from High School Musical, (which was a fever in my school, and I also disliked), Everybody Hates Chris and Nanny Mc Phee - and thus I realized that it was one of the few Disney shows that didn't need Disney actors.
With no bathroom jokes and unecessary and repetitive gags, I realized how different the show was. Now today, I still watch the series and finds it even more enjoyable with several pop references and TONS of lampshade hanging, the creators always play with some trope in some episode, and for example, "Unfair Science Fair", where Doof somehow loses EVERY SINGLE THING HE TRIES to a FREAKING BAKING SODA VOLCANO. Even POETRY! And the trope gets double subverted.
What happens when you set a plot in stone and slap some lampshade hanging and running gags.
By my title, you would think it's bad.
It's not.
I was 10 when the first episode came out. I was interested by the ads. Not sure what happened, I was watching Kim Possible and then the ads came. Back in 2007, there was just a small group of shows in Disney Channel that I liked. I also had a small time available alone at home, with my 5-year-old sister and repetitive kids show that are now forgotten in the depths of the void. After that, I had my older brother and his police shows - preety enjoyable, though, I still like police and detective shows a lot - he was a great influence to me, mainly in my tastes for several things, such as One Piece, The Beatles, Muse, CSI and VAL Ve games in general. After that, he told me that when he was my age (read - 2004) there were actually good shows on Disney Channel, and the only one he was interested was Kim Possible, which he had started seeing. Then we watched Kim Possible. Duh.
After this kind of unecessary(and kind of Doofersmith's style) childhood story, I asked him if, when Phineas and Ferb came out with the Pilot Episode, we could watch it. By the second episode, you already see that are three subplots all interconnected (something quite interesting), a song per episode and running gags. And, despite knowing what would happen, given a certain point, it was still funny. Running gags, as time passed by, showed to be one of the main things in the show. Then lampshade hanging was possible and the plot was still full of tropes that were all being played with.
But it doesn't end there.
I grew up to be the one that disliked shows like Hannah Montana and watch Seinfeld and Friends. I quickly recognized people from the cast - from High School Musical, (which was a fever in my school, and I also disliked), Everybody Hates Chris and Nanny Mc Phee - and thus I realized that it was one of the few Disney shows that didn't need Disney actors.
With no bathroom jokes and unecessary and repetitive gags, I realized how different the show was. Now today, I still watch the series and finds it even more enjoyable with several pop references and TONS of lampshade hanging, the creators always play with some trope in some episode, and for example, "Unfair Science Fair", where Doof somehow loses EVERY SINGLE THING HE TRIES to a FREAKING BAKING SODA VOLCANO. Even POETRY! And the trope gets double subverted.