Phineas and Ferb
Tri-Stone Area
TV Flash files “Tri-Stone Area” as hour 140 of 260 in the TV Flash guide — Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015) on Disney Channel, season 3, episode 28, aired 2012-01-13, 15 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E28: listed hour 140 of 260 in the Phineas and Ferb guide, hour 28 of 62 in season 3. It aired 2012-01-13 (15 min). The listed hour before it is “A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas” (S03E27). Next is “Doof Dynasty” (S03E29).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It's the Stone Age and Phineas and Ferb are cavemen who decide to invent something new, fun and useful…the wheel! Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz attempts to make his digs more upscale by using the precursor to the Inator device... a plain old stick.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Tri-Stone Area sit in the Phineas and Ferb guide?
S03E28 is listed hour 140 of 260 — hour 28 of 62 in season 3, season 3 episode 28.
When did Phineas and Ferb S03E28 air?
Tri-Stone Area aired 2012-01-13 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
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- 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
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