Phineas and Ferb/iCarly

Phineas and Ferb:
  • Phineas and Ferb started as a sketch in butcher paper by co-creator Dan Povenmire in 1994 while eating at a restaurant.
  • The show was aired as a pilot in August 8, 2007. The pilot became a success.
  •  The show has been popular since the launch.
Phineas’ busting sister Candace is voiced by Ashley Tisdale of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and High School Musical fame. Tisdale extended her contract with Disney in order to voice the character in 2006.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz is voiced by co-creator Dan Povenmire. The character is a mad scientist and a villain in the subplot. He is of German and Russian descent.

Phineas is voiced by Vincent Martella of Everybody Hates Chris and Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide fame.
Phineas’ step-brother Ferb is voiced by Thomas Sangster of Nanny McPhee fame. He doesn’t talk much.

The show is set to reach its goal – air more than 65 episodes – in August 2010.
Phineas’ friend Isabella Garcia-Shapiro is voiced by Alyson Stoner of Cheaper by the Dozen and Camp Rock fame

Phineas’ mother Linda is voiced by Caroline Rhea of Sabrina the Teenage Witch fame.

Phineas’ step-father Lawrence is voiced by Richard O’Brien of The Rocky Horror Picture Show fame.

Phineas’ pet platypus Perry is voiced by veteran voice actor Dee Bradley Baker.

The show has been Disney Channel’s second highest-rated animated series, the first was Kim Possible.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s daughter Vanessa is voiced by Olivia Olson, a daughter of one of the producers.

Perry’s mentor Major Monogram is voiced by co-creator Jeff “Swampy” Marsh. He is based on former news reader Walter Cronkite.

Povenmire and Marsh have worked together since they met while working as animators in The Simpsons.

The show’s soundtrack is produced by singer Randy Jacob. A song always appear in one episode as a musical routine. All the songs have been in all the episodes so far.


iCarly:
  •  iCarly started airing on September 8, 2007.
  • The main characters are Carly, Sam, Freddie and Spencer.
  • Carly is a webshow host who hosts iCarly.
  •  Gibby takes off his shirt for no reason.
iCarly started out as a proposed TV series by Drake & Josh creator Dan Schneider under the name Carly Knows Best.
Carly is played by Schneider collaborator Miranda Cosgrove. She is based on Josh Nichols from Drake & Josh and Zoey Brooks from Zoey 101.
Freddie’s mum is played by ex-MadTV cast member Mary Scheer. She is a soccer mum.

The character Gibby Gibson was originally going to be played by ex-Hope & Faith actor Paulie Litt, but Litt didn’t show up for filming and was replaced by then-unknown actor Noah Munck.
iCarly is aired in the USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Middle East, Japan, Netherlands and more.

"iGo Nuclear” is the rarely shown episode in the UK and “iWant More Viewers” is the rarely shown episode in the US.

The soundtrack which features 4 songs by Miranda Cosgrove and the songs launched Cosgrove’s career.

Spencer’s hair changed in midway Season 1, 2 & 3.

The relationship between Carly and Freddie has an official fanbase.

Ms. Briggs was played by Austin Powers actress Mindy Sterling.

There are parodies of companies in iCarly: Pear (Apple), Peppy Cola (Pepsi), Blix (Powerade), Dingo (Disney), Zaplook (Google) and SplashFace (YouTube).

The fourth season is set to air in September 2010.

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