The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein
| "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" | |
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| Phineas and Ferb episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 22a |
| Directed by | Zac Moncrief |
| Written by | Jon Colton Barry (story, storyboards) Martin Olson (story) Mike Diederich (storyboards) |
| Featured music | "He's Eviler" |
| Production code | 122a |
| Original air date | October 17, 2008 |
| Running time | 10:32 |
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Malcolm McDowell as Grandpa Reg |
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Malcolm McDowell as Grandpa Reg
Jane Carr as Grandma Fletcher
"The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" is the fourteenth broadcast episode of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. The episode revolves around Phineas Flynn and his brother, Ferb Fletcher, being told the story of how their Victorian ancestor helped a scientist create a monster. Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus is told a similar yet connected story concerning Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz's Victorian ancestor, who transformed himself into a monster.
Written by Martin Olson and Jon Colton Barry, "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" was directed by Zac Moncrief. Malcolm McDowell and Jane Carr guest star as Ferb's grandparents, who had appeared earlier in the season in "A Hard Days Knight" and "The Flying Fishmonger." It originally aired on Disney Channel on October 17, 2008. The episode received generally positive reviews and was nominated for the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Animated Programs" in 2008, but the award was never given out.
In a cold opening with the theme music, Phineas (Vincent Martella) and Ferb (Thomas Sangster) warn the audience that the program will be frightening, disturbing, and horrifying. Ferb chokes up a hairball, and Phineas says "You've been warned." When the episode officially starts, Phineas is feeling disappointed by the pouring rain and power outage, canceling his plan to stand in the middle of a field with a metal rod, until his grandfather (Malcolm McDowell) starts to tell the brothers the story of their ancestor, Ferbgor, a hunchback henchman of the Victorian era who assists Dr. Phineastein in gathering platypus body parts to create a monster and enter him in a "monster ball".
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