User blog:Mobo85/"Phineas and Ferb" to end in June, but all is not over...

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and sadly, Phineas and Ferb is one of them. After an unprecedented eight years of adventures, the Disney/ABC Television Group officially announced the series is wrapping up, but also laid the groundwork for the future.

As reported by various outlets, including TVLine, GeekDad, and The Hollywood Reporter, Disney XD is set to run a 73-hour marathon of every Phineas and Ferb episode (which, if you're counting - which apparently Disney/ABC is - is 126 half-hours, five hour-long specials, and the TV movie Across the Second Dimension) starting on June 9 at 8pm Eastern and Pacific. The marathon will cap on both Disney Channel and Disney XD with the final episode - appropriately titled "Last Day of Summer" - on June 12 at 9pm Eastern and Pacific. Touted as "the ultimate story capper", the episode is described thusly: "the summer season is coming to a close and it’s Candace’s last chance to bust her brothers. She is quickly foiled, but is presented with an opportunity to redo the day when she sets off Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s Do-Over-Inator, which results in other consequences like rips in the space-time continuum, the shortening of days and the disappearance of her brothers."

But do not fret, as some of Phineas and Ferb's pals as well as their staff are moving on. In the fall, "The O.W.C.A. Files" special will air, giving us another adventure of that intrepid platypus. And in 2017, Disney XD will debut a new animated series, Mikey Murphy's Law, created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and featuring Ferb staffers Scott Peterson, Robert F. Hughes, Joshua Pruett, Dani Vetere, and Martin Olson, among others. The title character is the great-great-great-great grandson of the mythical coiner of Murphy's Law - that is, "if anything can go wrong, it probably will", which seems to describe how Disney has treated Phineas and Ferb (and is probably Dr. Doofenshmirtz's unofficial family motto), but also seems to be an interesting basis for comedy capers.

On behalf of all the folks that have been involved with Phineas and Ferb over the years, thanks for eight great years. On behalf of everyone at the Wiki, thanks for giving me something to talk about and report on for nearly half of those. Thanks for creating a show that crosses generational gaps and has created friendships and memories not only for me, but tons of others. Like Phineas and Ferb's mythical summer, the show's legacy will hopefully last forever (as will the show itself in reruns) And best wishes to all involved for a future that Phineas and Ferb themselves can be proud of.