Phineas and Ferb
Interview with a Platypus
TV Flash files “Interview with a Platypus” as hour 49 of 260 in the TV Flash guide — Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015) on Disney Channel, season 2, episode 2, aired 2009-02-20, 15 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E02: listed hour 49 of 260 in the Phineas and Ferb guide, hour 2 of 65 in season 2. It aired 2009-02-20 (15 min). The listed hour before it is “The Lake Nose Monster” (S02E01). Next is “Tip of the Day” (S02E03).
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Curious as to what Perry's chirping sound really means, Phineas and Ferb create a "Perry Translator". But they soon find it's not just bound to translating platypuses, platypi, platypeople? Meanwhile, Perry himself is caught in a plan involving a shark cage that is half off, a remote to open the dam, complicated acronyms and the high tech BO-AT.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Interview with a Platypus sit in the Phineas and Ferb guide?
S02E02 is listed hour 49 of 260 — hour 2 of 65 in season 2, season 2 episode 2.
When did Phineas and Ferb S02E02 air?
Interview with a Platypus aired 2009-02-20 and is listed at 15 minutes.
Is every episode the same on purpose?
Summer as an R&D lab, Candace never quite busts them, a platypus foils Doofenshmirtz — formula as the joke, original songs nearly every episode as the craft.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Two stepbrothers treat summer like an R&D lab; a platypus foils a soft-hearted villain; Candace never quite busts them. Phineas and Ferb is musical comedy animation with adult-level craft — original songs nearly every episode, Doofenshmirtz as sitcom gold, parents who stayed for the hooks.
Once, a kids' timeslot was supposed to be disposable — a vending machine with brighter colors, as the streaming desk might put it — and then Phineas and Ferb treated summer like a repertory company with original songs nearly every episode. Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh's Disney Channel series (2007–2015): Vincent Martella's Phineas, Thomas Brodie-Sangster's Ferb, Ashley Tisdale's Candace, Dee Bradley Baker's Perry, Povenmire as Heinz Doofenshmirtz, Caroline Rhea's Linda. Stepbrothers build impossible…
Filed against
- Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn
Vincent Martella’s Greg survived Everybody Hates Chris as the brother in a Bed-Stuy memoir sitcom — Rock’s narration, Crews pinching dollars, hardness in the joke — then spent endless summer as Phineas on Phineas and Ferb, original songs…
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Ferb Fletcher
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- Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn
Ashley Tisdale’s Candace Flynn never quite busted Phineas and Ferb — two stepbrothers treating summer like an R&D lab, a platypus foiling a soft-hearted villain, musical comedy animation with adult-level craft and original songs nearly…
- Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn-Fletcher
Caroline Rhea’s Hilda Spellman made Sabrina the Teenage Witch an aunt you could hear from the kitchen — 1990s catalog TGIF enchantment, then Phineas and Ferb stretching the voice into a mom who never quite busts the boys. TV Flash files…
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry the Platypus
Dee Bradley Baker’s Perry the Platypus foils Phineas and Ferb without a word — summer as an R&D lab, a secret-agent platypus, Doofenshmirtz as sitcom gold, original songs nearly every episode. Chatter as a martial art. TV Flash files him…
- Dan Povenmire as Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Dan Povenmire’s Heinz Doofenshmirtz made Phineas and Ferb sitcom gold — a soft-hearted villain foiled by a platypus, original songs nearly every episode, summer as an R&D lab. Two stepbrothers invent; Doof monologues. TV Flash files him…