Despite revolving around a certain formula and similar basic structure, 'Phineas and Ferb' is still to me a great show and had enough variety to stop it from being repetitive. The earlier seasons are better, funnier and more creative than the later ones, but even when the show was not at its very best it was so much better than most shows airing on the Disney Channel. During its entire run, 'Phineas and Ferb' was one of the channel's few winners in a period where it was going downhill.
The show has had better episodes than "Lets Take a Quiz" and "At the Car Wash". They are still very well done indeed, both of them, and always have been on all my viewings of them. Always done back to back, have always viewed 'Phineas and Ferb' as two episodes per sitting as that how when the show was first airing and when it grew in popularity and always paired as listed here. Often there are instances where one episode is better than the other, in this case there is a preference for "Lets Take a Quiz."
Very little wrong here. The weak link when seeing "Lets Take a Quiz" and "At the Car Wash" back to back has always been Candace's subplot in "At the Car Wash". For my tastes it has always slowed the episode down a little too much and is not much different from other Candace/Jeremy subplots.
Luckily, the main plot and Doofenschmirtz's subplot work much better. The main plot sounds reasonably mundane on paper but it is executed with enough variety to stop it from being formulaic, it is very entertaining and the setting is made great use of. Has always made me wishing for an automatic car wash. Doofenschmirtz's is typically wonderfully nuts and just love how his problem is so literal, Doofenschmirtz has some very funny lines and his chemistry with Perry is always fun.
Although the concept of quizzes in animation is not novel, it does not feel predictable or tired here in "Lets Take a Quiz". Thanks to the content of the quiz (educational and hilarious), the witty and sometimes unexpected character interaction and the intelligent and self-referential humour. Can't say anything bad about Doofenschmirtz's subplot, for reasons that are the same as "At the Car Wash."
The animation is still wonderfully vibrant with very rich attention to detail. The music is dynamic with the action and the theme song is insanely catchy with very clever and quotable lyrics that anybody still in school fishing for how to spend their vacation will relate to. The characters and voice acting are on point, as is much of the writing. Storytelling-wise, only the Candace subplot in "At the Car Wash" doesn't quite work.
Concluding, very nicely done. Especially "Lets Take a Quiz". 8/10.
The show has had better episodes than "Lets Take a Quiz" and "At the Car Wash". They are still very well done indeed, both of them, and always have been on all my viewings of them. Always done back to back, have always viewed 'Phineas and Ferb' as two episodes per sitting as that how when the show was first airing and when it grew in popularity and always paired as listed here. Often there are instances where one episode is better than the other, in this case there is a preference for "Lets Take a Quiz."
Very little wrong here. The weak link when seeing "Lets Take a Quiz" and "At the Car Wash" back to back has always been Candace's subplot in "At the Car Wash". For my tastes it has always slowed the episode down a little too much and is not much different from other Candace/Jeremy subplots.
Luckily, the main plot and Doofenschmirtz's subplot work much better. The main plot sounds reasonably mundane on paper but it is executed with enough variety to stop it from being formulaic, it is very entertaining and the setting is made great use of. Has always made me wishing for an automatic car wash. Doofenschmirtz's is typically wonderfully nuts and just love how his problem is so literal, Doofenschmirtz has some very funny lines and his chemistry with Perry is always fun.
Although the concept of quizzes in animation is not novel, it does not feel predictable or tired here in "Lets Take a Quiz". Thanks to the content of the quiz (educational and hilarious), the witty and sometimes unexpected character interaction and the intelligent and self-referential humour. Can't say anything bad about Doofenschmirtz's subplot, for reasons that are the same as "At the Car Wash."
The animation is still wonderfully vibrant with very rich attention to detail. The music is dynamic with the action and the theme song is insanely catchy with very clever and quotable lyrics that anybody still in school fishing for how to spend their vacation will relate to. The characters and voice acting are on point, as is much of the writing. Storytelling-wise, only the Candace subplot in "At the Car Wash" doesn't quite work.
Concluding, very nicely done. Especially "Lets Take a Quiz". 8/10.
