The document provides an analysis of the TV animation Phineas and Ferb including: the content about two stepbrothers who build inventions each day while their secret agent pet platypus battles a villain; the main cast members; the typical episode structure of the boys building something while their sister tries to bust them and their pet is a secret agent; the comedic language style; and a graph showing the number of episodes in each series along with images and captions of the main characters.

1. Assignment Brief: 2
Production report explaining the: content the cast the
structure the language style a graph of the amount of
episodes in each series. Image with captions of the main
characters.

2. The content
 The TV animation Phineas and Ferb is a family comedy, about two
stepbrothers. Each day during their summer vacation they invent
something for example, they built a rollercoaster .However; unknown
to them Perry (their pet platypus) is a secret agent. Also, each day their
sister Candace tries to ‘bust’ them by telling her parents but they never
seem to get caught because it all disappears.

3. The cast
 The main voices in this animation are:
 Vincent Martella
 Thomas Brodie-Sangster
 Ashley Tisdale
 Dan Povenmire
 Caroline Rhea
 Alyson Stoner
 Richard O'Brien

4. The structure
 The structure of this animation TV show is fairly
always similar.
 It always starts with Phineas and Ferb questioning
their selves ‘what should we do today’. Then they
decide to invent something in the mean time, Perry
pet platypus is off being a secret agent.
 Candace almost always disproves of the boys
inventions and tries to tell her parents of what they are
doing however; she always fails to ‘bust’ them as all
their inventions somehow disappear.

5. The language style
 The language style used in the animation of Phineas
and Ferb is comedy in a comic situation. For example
Candace telling childish tells on her brothers to get
them into trouble.
 Candace: “Mom Mom, look what Phineas and Ferb are
doing.” Then she drags her mum to where Phineas and
Ferb is and nothing is there therefore; making her look
stupid and get in trouble.

6. Examples of speech by some of the
cast
 Isabella: “Whatcha *do*-in'?”
 Phineas: “I know what we're gonna do today”
 Candace: “You guys are so *busted*”
 Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz: “Curse you, Perry the
Platypus!”

7. The amount of episodes in each series
79 Series 3
Series 2
Series 1
65
47
Episodes

8. The main characters
Perry

Candace
Phineas
Isabella Dr. Heinz
Ferb Doofenshmirtz