Matt Reviews:Phineas and Ferb

When I was 8-years-old, my friend told me about a cartoon she likes called Phineas and Ferb. So one hot Summer day, I was REALLY bored so I decided to watch an episode. The first two ones I saw were titled "Mom's Birthday" and "Journey to the Center of Candace". I'm not sure how I can remember that, but I guess it just stuck with me. The Mom's birthday episode was where Phineas, Ferb, and Candace's mom wanted to have the best birthday ever so Phineas and Candace tried to outdo each other. The next episode was where Phineas and Ferb built a shrinking ray and went inside Candace's body. The premise of the show is simple, two stepbrothers build crazy impossible inventions and invite their friends over. Their friends include Isabella, a girl who has a crush on Phineas, Baljeet, an Indian kid who is really smart, Buford, the local bully who has sort of a nice side, and Irving, the nerdy kid who's into video games and sci-fi. Now that I think about it, I can kinda relate to Irving since I'm a huge fan of Smash Bros, Star Wars, Mario, and stuff like that. Then there's another important part of the show, Perry, the boy's pet platypus who has to defeat the not-so-evil villain, Dr. Doofenshmirtz. When it comes down to it, Doofenshmirtz isn't that bad of a guy. There's even an episode where he splits a cheese platter with his nemesis, that's not bad at all if you ask me. I kinda can say I grew up watching this show as I was 16 when it ended and never missed an episode. The day they took off the air I was at my Aunt Shelley's house and I saw a commercial for the final episode of Phineas and Ferb.
"Why, Disney Channel, WHY!? First you cancel Lilo and Stitch:The Series. NOW THIS!?" I shouted at the screen. I then watched the series finale of the show and it hit me, it actually needed to end. The episodes got a tad formulatic and with the exception of a few, mainly were the same reused plot. But all in all, Phineas and Ferb was a good show and I'll always remember it, mostly because of home videos of me playing with a Perry plushie. Matthew E. Neuman signing off!