Parents' Guide to

Phineas and Ferb

By Emily Ashby, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 5+

Duo's over-the-top schemes are fun for kids.

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What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

Community Reviews

age 5+

Based on 150 parent reviews

age 5+

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
Great role models
Too much sex
age 5+

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
Great role models
Too much sex

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (150):
Kids say (376):

This fun-filled cartoon is sure to win over young fans with its exaggerated sense of adventure and the comical pairing of stepbrothers. Boisterous Phineas and his mostly silent partner in crime, Ferb, who nonetheless proves his worth as his stepbrother's go-to engineering guru are an entertaining duo. Kids will enjoy letting their imaginations run wild with the characters' zany schemes almost as much as slightly older viewers (and even parents) will appreciate the show's wit and clever humor.

Add to that the unlikely plot twists -- which ensure that the boys' work remains under wraps -- and Perry's continued ability to outwit the humans around him, and it's easy to like this fast-paced cartoon. Parents can rest assured that while there's little attempt to teach obvious lessons here, Phineas and Ferb is as innocuous as the premise is fun, making it a fine choice for grade-school viewers.

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