Tiny But Mighty

Dan & Swampy are incredibly kind men who wanted to create a show that was easy for kids to recognize and participate in, while having fun antics for anyone of all ages.

It’s not even that ugly, it’s got funny shapes sure, but the colors and character designs are bright and fantastically fun, and the show’s writing was completely clever.

I detailed in a long post once how they left most of the dialogue up to the animators: they had a basic outline of how each episode would go, and as the animators would draw it out (they didn’t use puppets folks, they used cintiq tablets and drew everything, I saw it first-hand) and as they were drawing they’d think “what would this character be saying while making this gesture?” and that’s how the dialogue was created. The animators also worked in pairs, so they always had a companion to talk to, work with, and help with dialogue as they went. This is how most of the jokes were created, and as they had multiple animator teams, they were able to keep jokes and dialogue very fresh so the show never stagnated from using only the same couple of writers like most shows do.

For the songs Dan & Swampy themselves would pull a guitar off wall, go into the meeting room and gather anyone around, and just come up with songs on the spot right there. They would sit for a couple of hours messing around gathering input from anyone and everyone. This kept the songs fun and fresh and also kept them from stagnating or becoming boring.

Phineas and Ferb was made in a very rewarding, fun environment. Everyone who worked in the studio seemed very happy, and they loved having visitors and getting to show off and explain every aspect of the show. Everyone was kind and fun and just loved their job. I genuinely can’t accept seeing anyone saying negative things about a show that was intrinsically meant to be gratifying, fun, and wonderful for kids and adults of all ages, and stuck to that mindset throughout its entire creation process.

cecelia and the satellite by andrew mcmahon in the wilderness

i wanna get better by bleachers

cigarette daydreams by cage the elephant

ways to go by grouplove

girls by the 1975

miracle mile by cold war kids

take a walk by passion pit

little talks by of monsters and men

tongue tied by grouplove

midnight city by m83

undercover martyn by two door cinema club

i can talk by two door cinema club

young blood by the naked and famous

kids by mgmt

1901 by phoenix

young folks by peter bjorn and john

daylight by matt & kim

animal by neon trees

stolen dance by milky chance

out of my league by fitz and the tantrums

talk too much by coin

greek tragedy by the wombats

chocolate by the 1975

anna sun by walk the moon

everybody talks by neon trees

what you know by two door cinema club

dancing on glass by st lucia

“BEHOLD THE PROCRASTINATOR!”

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art by @sakmo_ibm22

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Thanks very much! And yeah, I enjoy Ferbella. I at least enjoy it more so than I enjoy Phinbella for reasons I suppose I'll share again now, although I'm sure that'll get tiring.

I don't see Ferbella as kids or even as teenagers. For me, Ferb and Isabella make sense and are optimally compatible when the gang are grown up - when Isabella has been given a chance to try Phineas on for a stint, and perhaps learned more about herself and what she wants from an adult relationship. We're never given concrete reasons why Isabella crushes on Phineas, but we can glean that she finds him VERY cute and admires him for his intelligence and spontaneity. The big hiccup of course is that Phineas is SO intelligent and spontaneous that he misses her advances at every turn. He doesn't notice feelings like that. It's a skill that he has to work on, not inherent to his nature. Phineas sees the big picture, which is admirable... but it leaves him emotionally UNavailable.

You know who's intelligent, spontaneous AND emotionally available? Yeah, we all know.

I've said before that I don't think Phineas is really designed for a serious relationship, but Ferb is 100% more that kinda speed. He's solemn but flirty, and shows devotion through acts of service and thoughtful gestures. We already know that Ferb is entranced by witty, determined and beautiful girls a la Vanessa, and Isabella fits the bill perfectly. She's badass, and nobody can tell me that Ferb wouldn't be interested. The difference here is that Isabella has less shame than Vanessa by what I'd guess is a wide margin. Isabella isn't one to cringe away from mushy-gushy feelings for fear of appearing less strong - as Vanessa probably would (albeit V probably grows out of that after her teens).

You see what I'm getting at here? Isabella, too, is more emotionally available than Ferb's other romantic interest.

That's why I think they work. Not as a "steal your heart away" romance. Not as a "swept off your feet" fling. Rather, Ferbella works as two strong, supportive and smart individuals who look at each other one day after YEARS of being in the same friend-group and realize, out of the blue: Hey... you might accidentally be what I'm looking for.

Maybe a relationship works out for them, for the long term. Maybe they only date for a few short months, just to realize that they don't have the chemistry they hoped for. I don't know.

Realized the other day we got kinda Neville Longbottomed by Ferb. Couldn't let this thought go without including the entire, wholesome Flynn-Fletcher sibling unit!

Day 3 of drawing Ditto until I give in and nab Pokopia...