Throughout its 189 episodes, you can always count on one thing while watching Phineas
and Ferb.
That the brothers will come up with a really cool invention, and that it’ll get broken
by the end of the episode, but enough about that.
I’m Brad with WickedBinge, and this is Phineas and Ferb Inventions: Dumb to Brilliant.
Now before we start, there are a lot of days of summer vacation, and thereby also a lot
of Phineas and Ferb inventions, so this video will only cover some of the most memorable
ones in our opinion.
Let us know if you agree!
We’ll be starting with the dumbest and work our way up to the inventions even Einstein
would be impressed by.
Our first category is the cool, but already invented.
As the name suggests, here we’ll cover some really cool inventions.
Unfortunately though, they’ve already been invented long before Phineas and Ferb got
around to making them.
First off we have s’winter.
This idea came to Phineas when he realized that it would be pretty cool to have snow
in July.
And so, they created a hybrid between the two seasons.
Although fun, s’winter pretty much already exists in the real world.
Lots of places have snow and a warm climate at the same time.
And so, we’ll have to rank this one at the very bottom of our list.
Sorry, boys!
Our next invention on this list is the rollercoaster.
Now, we know that roller coasters were a pretty frequent invention in the show, but for the
sake of simplicity, we’ll only be covering the one from the very first episode of the
series.
Although rollercoasters might sound boring, the boys make this one a little more exciting
by including a pit full of fake snakes and a bucket of mud.
The roller coaster also spans across the entire city and, although not intentional, takes
them up to space where they don't need space helmets for some reason.
Weird.
Phineas and Ferb also show that they know more than just engineering, by marketing their
rollercoaster with posters at the local shop and by getting building permits.
Despite all of this, however, it’s still just a rollercoaster.
After watching a documentary about Howard Hughes and his plane the Spruce Goose, Phineas
and Ferb aim to beat his record of the worlds longest wingspan.
However, the boys decide to make their plane, the paper pelican, out of paper rather than
wood.
With a little help from their friends and the fireside girls, the plane ends up beating
the record by one inch, and that's not the only thing going for the paper pelican.
Unlike its predecessor, the paper pelican also has passengers, a full staff and grub,
even though it’s just insignificant peanuts.
Sorry, Buford.
The reason we can't rank the paper pelican any higher is because it had to do a water
landing, thereby making the plane dissolve and only lasting a single flight.
When Candace asks the boys if they could do something normal for once, like a lemonade
stand, the boys take her idea and run with it.
They don't just set up a lemonade stand, no, they create a giant robot in their backyard
that can make the lemonade for them.
An increase in demand also resulted in Phineas and Ferb creating a franchise of lemonade
stores called P&F Lemonade.
This is very impressive seeing as how hard it is to run a store, nevermind a franchise.
Phineas and Ferb must’ve gone through the trouble of buying locations, hiring employees
and creating a system for getting the lemonade to the stores.
However, we can't rank this invention any higher, as the franchise ran out of lemonade
in a single day when the giant robot malfunctioned due to lemon juice in a paper cut.
I guess robots really can experience pain.
Wanting to see the star their dad bought for them online, Phineas and Ferb build not one,
but two rockets capable of going to space.
Seeing as rockets usually take several years, millions of dollars and sophisticated machines
to build, the boys making two in a day, is impressive, to say the least.
Still, the rockets have several faults.
First of all, one of the rockets can’t launch, resulting in the boys having to jumpstart
it, which can’t be a good sign.
One of the rockets also runs out of fuel in the middle of space, again not great.
Lastly, Candace's rocket gets completely ruined by an asteroid shower, however, that might
just be Candace’s fault.
When Candace asks her brothers to build a backyard fort better than the neighbouring
kids Thaddeus and Thors, she’s disappointed with the quite basic result.
However, we all know that Phineas and Ferb are going to have something else up their
sleeves.
With the press of a button the fort rises to be ten stories high, each with its own
unique design.
The fort also has everything you could ever need, like a main entrance with marble flooring,
a pool with a gigantic slide, a telescope, a terracotta army room, a jet engine wind
tunnel room, an orchestra and a bowling alley.
And who is to say that the fort doesnt include its own rockets, roller coasters or its very
own P&F Lemonade stand.
The possibilities are endless.
Next is the grey area.
This category is reserved for the inventions that are full-worthy of their title, seeing
as they’ve never been done before, but that still aren't brilliant.
Our first entry in this category is the mix and mingle machine that Phineas and Ferb make
to cheer up Candace after Jeremy cancels their date.
The machine might be best described as an in-person dating app.
It quickly spins around and lets you talk to new people for a limited amount of time
before it starts spinning again.
It’s honestly in the name.
You mingle, then you mix.
The mix and mingle machine also gets a few extra points for its emergency ejection option,
which lets everyone in the machine free.
It’s an important detail, and we all know that Phineas and Ferb aren't always great
with the details.
Next on the list we have the anti-gravity fun launcher, a machine that lets whoever
is in it float in zero gravity.
The machine might sound revolutionary, but as the name suggests, it's just for fun.
We’re sure that Phineas and Ferb could’ve done a lot more with this invention, hence
the ranking.
After drinking a couple of boring smoothies with their friends, Phineas and Ferb create
the state-of-the-matter transfer device in order to make more exotic smoothies.
The device simply “smoothiefies” anything in front of it, including chicken, a romantic
dinner for two and Candace.
The device is simple, but it works as intended.
We’ve also ranked it a little higher on our list because of its option to turn things
back to its solid form.
When Baljeet gets concerned that he’s losing his mental edge, Phineas and Ferb construct
the cerebral stumulatory hat, also known as the brain booster, to help him gain it back.
The brain booster is a really cool device, and Phineas and Ferb could probably make even
better inventions than the ones on this list if they were wearing it.
Still, we have to rank the brain booster on the lower part of our list, seeing as it backfires
when Baljeet, who’s wearing the hat, becomes a threat to humanity by bringing earth's atmosphere
to the moon.
We’re sure Phineas and Ferb could make some changes to the hat to make it less detrimental,
but until then, it’s in the grey area.
Next on our list is the molecular separator, a machine that splits something into its component
parts.
The machine could, for example, split a mule into a horse and a donkey, and shampoo-conditioner
into shampoo and conditioner.
The molecular separator could do a lot for mankind, but we had to rank it a little lower
on the list just because we don't know much about it.
Hearing that the famed comet kermillian is going to pass the tri-state area, Phineas
and Ferb create the observa-ferb-atory to watch the comet.
However, as expected, the observa-ferb-atory isn't just an ordinary observatory.
It also includes a laser show, with a grand finale where Phineas and Ferb laser their
faces onto the comet so that they can show their grandchildren one day.
The invention is pretty selfish, but let's be honest, cool nonetheless.
In anticipation of the russian astronaut Sergei Kushnarov’s birthday, Phineas and Ferb create
the stratospheric ionizer in order to wish him a happy birthday.
The stratospheric ionizer is pretty simple.
The boys make a microphone, and whatever you say into that microphone turns into a message
displayed in space.
This machine eventually ends up saving Sergei and everyone else on board his spaceship when
Candace tells her mom to “turn around”.
The message is then displayed in space, warning Sergei of a dangerous obstacle coming their
way.
The stratospheric ionizer is a pretty unique invention, but communication between space
stations and earth already exists, and we don't see how the invention could be used
other than warning- and wishing astronauts happy birthday.
The invention is very selfless, however, and we’ll give it some extra points for that.
After getting ripped-off by the fake x-ray glasses they ordered online, the boys decide
to make their own fully functional ones.
To do this, they dip a pair of glasses into some super-concentrate carrot juice, which
then allows them to see through objects and people, just like an x-ray machine.
Not only do the boys make x-ray glasses, but they also make an ordering system so that
people can get a pair of their own.
Furthermore, Phineas and Ferb use their own glasses to help the people in their neighbourhood.
Again, we appreciate the selflessness.
Our next invention is the shrinking submarine that the boys make to travel inside Isabella's
dog, Pinky, to retrieve Isabella’s sash.
However, the submarine ends up in Candace when she eats the cheese sandwich prepared
for the dog.
Although submarines already exist, shrinking ones do not, hence us ranking it in the grey
area category.
Furthermore, the shrinking submarine is really two inventions in one; the submarine and the
shrink ray, and that has to count for something.
When bad weather prevents Isabella and her troop from earning their achievement patches,
Phineas and Ferb take things into their own hands by creating a biosphere.
Not only can the biosphere change into different climates, it also includes everything you
need to make the climates realistic, like flora and fauna.
The biosphere could have a lot of uses in the real world, and this is also where we
get the iconic “set the record straight” song, so extra points for that.
The next invention on our list is the spring that the boys use to hurl the malemingo planet
away from earth.
The spring might not be as cool looking or sounding as some of our other entries, but
it’s effective at what it's trying to do.
It also saved two planets and the entirety of mankind, and it's probably natural to give
it a few extra points for that.
Finally, we have the brilliant inventions.
Inventions that could change the world if only they didn't get ruined by the end of
the episode.
Our first invention in this category is the interactive video game.
Inspired by one of Buford's video games called “Jump N’ Duck”, the boys make their
own game with multiple levels, enemies, arenas and even a final boss.
And it gets better, as the game allows whoever is playing to be transported into the game
and experience the challenges for themselves.
However there are still some faults with this invention, making us have to rank it last
in the brilliant category.
When first entered the game, there is no way out, making it so that you have to finish
the entire game before exiting.
Furthermore, the final boss transports to the real world for an extra challenge after
you’ve defeated it.
Not cool.
We also don't know what happens when you lose your five given lives, but no matter what
it is, it can't be good.
Next up is the animal translator.
This one is pretty self-explanatory.
Animals talk into a microphone and the device translates their moos and purrs into common
english.
The device is also seen working on basically every animal in Danville, including squirrels,
birds and even lions.
Why are there lions on the loose in Danville again?
Anyways, Phineas and Ferb use the animal translator to help the animals in Danville understand
the human world and our devices like TVs, and they also help the owners understand their
animals needs.
We do, however, have to rank it a little lower on the list because we never got to hear what
Perry had to say.
Poor guy.
When visiting the museum with their family, Phineas and Ferb spot an unfinished time machine
on display.
Naturally, they decide to fix this machine and get it into working order.
They then travel back to prehistoric times with Candace, where a t-rex steps on the machine,
thereby destroying it.
It’s here that we begin to see some problems with Phineas and Ferbs plans.
First off, they don't have any way to travel back to modern times once the machine gets
ruined, which, honestly, seems like an oversight.
By a strike of sheer luck, however, they’re able to tell Vanessa and the fireside girls
that they’re stuck.
Vanessa and the others then build another time machine according to Phineas and Ferb’s
plans that they just left for some reason.
But, there’s still troubles, as the machine requires electricity, something that obviously
didn't exist in 300 million B.C.
Again, seems like an oversight.
From the time machine, we now have the transporter.
The transporter, though, isn't as self-explanatory.
You see, it doesn't work like the other transporters we see in movies where you step into one of
them and it transports you to another transporter in a different location.
No, it works by putting a picture of something or someone onto a screen, then the something
or someone will zap onto the machine.
The machine is seen to work pretty great too, with it transporting everything from an apple
to grandpa Reg’s feet.
Yikes.
Other than the surgical removal, though, the machine could be really useful in real life.
I mean, it’s a lot better than sitting on a cramped airplane for hours on end.
We’d risk the amputation.
Barely cheated from the bronze medal, we have the portal to mars, similar to the transporter
in that it takes you from one place to another.
The portal to mars doesn't work as flawlessly, however, and the portal somehow breaks down
the second Candace has entered through it.
Phineas and Ferb then have to fix the machine, which shows us that the portal to mars also
can transform itself into a portal to venus, prehistoric times and a portal to the future,
which pretty much makes the time machine useless, by the way.
Anyways, the portal to mars is a brilliant invention and it would save us a lot of time,
money and effort as we get ready to send humans to mars.
However, due to its faults, we can't give it that precious medal.
The invention we can give the bronze medal to, however, is the mind machine.
The mind machine was originally created by Phineas and Ferb to cure Irving’s fear of
the color lavender and Baljeet's fear of contractions.
Nonetheless, the machine can also do a bunch of other stuff, like helping Candace remember
how the gift Jeremy got for her looked.
The mind machine might not sound as cool as some of the other inventions on this list,
but the mind machine could have a lot of uses in real life.
Seeing as it can cure fears, the machine could probably be used in therapy and save us a
lot of hours of talking.
Furthermore, it can also be used for remembering.
And who doesn't need help remembering where they left their keys.
Taking the silver medal we have the supercomputer that Phineas and Ferb build to ask what the
nicest thing they can do for their mother is.
The super computer analyzes data from all events in the tri-state area and comes with
super accurate predictions based on that data.
We don't think we need to tell you that the supercomputer would be really useful in real
life.
For everything from medicine research to telling you the answers to your math homework.
It could probably also tell you where you left those keys without you having to go through
your entire subconsciousness.
After all, it’s data is complete, its logic infallible.
And, taking the gold metal, the very best invention Phineas and Ferb ever created are
the phinedroids and ferbots.
After realizing that summer was beginning to end and that they still had a lot of unfinished
plans, Phineas and Ferb created the phinedroids and ferbots, collectively known as brobots,
to execute all of their plans for them.
This worked great to say the least, and the brobots didn't just finish all of their projects,
they also started new ones and built their own overpriced coffee stand.
So 90s.
And even though the brobots only have two modes, work and dance, they’re still incredibly
effective and could probably finish all of the inventions on this list in a matter of
minutes, and even create their own.
They’d probably make more coffee too.
With our gold, silver, bronze and participation medals handed out, our list is concluded.
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