Phineas and Ferb is an original Disney Channel series about two stepbrothers, Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher. Phineas is an 8-year-old boy who is gifted at engineering and intelligent but friendly, while Ferb is a 10-year-old who is skilled with tools and usually does not speak. The series was created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, premiering on September 1, 2008 on Toon Disney.