Phineas and Ferb
Ask a Foolish Question
TV Flash files “Ask a Foolish Question” as hour 120 of 260 in the TV Flash guide — Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015) on Disney Channel, season 3, episode 8, aired 2011-05-13, 15 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E08: listed hour 120 of 260 in the Phineas and Ferb guide, hour 8 of 62 in season 3. It aired 2011-05-13 (15 min). The listed hour before it is “Moon Farm” (S03E07). Next is “Misperceived Monotreme” (S03E09).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Candace discovers that Phineas and Ferb have invented a computer that can answer anything, she asks it how she can finally bust her brothers once and for all. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz loses the key to his latest invention, the "All Purpose-inator," and Agent P must find it before he does.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ask a Foolish Question sit in the Phineas and Ferb guide?
S03E08 is listed hour 120 of 260 — hour 8 of 62 in season 3, season 3 episode 8.
When did Phineas and Ferb S03E08 air?
Ask a Foolish Question aired 2011-05-13 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
Thomas Brodie-Sangster’s Benny Watts gives The Queen’s Gambit its New York hustle — chess as a fashion event, Anya Taylor-Joy as a silhouette the room could not look away from, seven complete hours. On TV Flash he is the board as…
- 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…