# Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
**Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension** is a 2011 American animated television film based on the [Disney Channel](https://www.edgepedia.org/disney-channel) series *Phineas and Ferb*, in which stepbrothers [Phineas and Ferb](https://www.edgepedia.org/phineas-and-ferb) discover that their pet platypus Perry is a secret agent and travel with him to an alternate dimension ruled by a genuinely evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz. It premiered on the Disney Channel on August 5, 2011, was rated TV-G, and is classified by Disney under the genres of animation, comedy, and science fiction.[1](https://movies.disney.com/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-across-the-2nd-dimension)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere | August 5, 2011, Disney Channel; TV-G rating; 1 hour 30 minutes[1](https://movies.disney.com/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-across-the-2nd-dimension) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phineas_and_ferb_the_movie_across_the_2nd_dimension) |
| Premise | The boys learn Perry is a secret agent and join him in another dimension where an evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz has taken over an alternate Tri-state Area[1](https://movies.disney.com/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-across-the-2nd-dimension) |
| Premiere audience | 7.6 million total viewers; cable's No. 1 movie of 2011 in total viewers[3](https://www.awn.com/news/phineas-and-ferb-across-2nd-dimension-tvs-most-watched-friday-telecast-summer-2011) |
| Records | Most-watched basic cable animated telecast of all time among kids 2 to 11; fifth most-watched cable movie of all time across all demographics[4](https://www.wired.com/2011/08/phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension-sets-records/) |
| Critical scores | 100% Tomatometer from 6 reviews and 81% Popcornmeter from more than 1,000 ratings on Rotten Tomatoes[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phineas_and_ferb_the_movie_across_the_2nd_dimension) |
| Music | Seven new songs spaced throughout the film, including "Everything's Better with Perry"[5](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension) • [6](https://www.deseret.com/2011/8/26/20386798/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-enters-a-new-dimension/) |
| Video game | A PlayStation 3 action platformer adaptation rated E10+ by the ESRB for cartoon violence and comic mischief[7](https://www.esrb.org/ratings/31244/disney-phineas-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The film opens with Phineas and Ferb celebrating the anniversary of the adoption of their pet platypus, Perry.[5](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension) While testing a device called the platypult, the boys accidentally end up in Dr. Doofenshmirtz's laboratory, where he is struggling to make an "inator" that opens a cross-dimensional portal; not knowing he is evil, they help him fix it, and the group, along with Candace and Perry, is transported to an alternate dimension.[8](https://www.wired.com/2011/08/review-phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension-is-an-instant-classic/)
There they meet an alternate Tri-state Area ruled by a truly evil and competent Doofenshmirtz, who has an evil beard and wants to conquer the heroes' dimension as well. The alternate world includes a resistance led by an alternate Candace, and the gang, together with their alter-egos, must band together to stop him.[1](https://movies.disney.com/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-across-the-2nd-dimension) • [8](https://www.wired.com/2011/08/review-phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension-is-an-instant-classic/) The Deseret News review notes that the film begins in medias res, with a shackled Phineas and Ferb marching to their doom, before shifting back to the day's start with the opening song "Everything's Better with Perry."[6](https://www.deseret.com/2011/8/26/20386798/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-enters-a-new-dimension/)
## Production and format
The film is a Disney Channel Original Movie produced from the animated series created by [Dan Povenmire](https://www.edgepedia.org/dan-povenmire) and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, who also appear among the cast; the credited voice cast includes [Vincent Martella](https://www.edgepedia.org/vincent-martella) as Phineas, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Ferb, Ashley Tisdale as Candace, Alyson Stoner, Maulik Pancholy, Bobby Gaylor, Olivia Olson, Caroline Rhea, Richard O'Brien, Dee Bradley Baker, Tyler Alexander Mann, and [Kelly Hu](https://www.edgepedia.org/kelly-hu).[1](https://movies.disney.com/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-across-the-2nd-dimension) According to the Phineas and Ferb Wiki, the original title was "Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension In Fabulous 2D," which can still be seen in the opening of the movie.[9](https://phineasandferb.fandom.com/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb_the_Movie%3A_Across_the_2nd_Dimension)
The series' regular formula was modified for feature length. The Deseret News observed that the show's usual structure likely would not sustain a feature film, so the creators made changes, including a more action-oriented story.[6](https://www.deseret.com/2011/8/26/20386798/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-enters-a-new-dimension/) [The A.V. Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-a-v-club)'s Noel Murray likewise wrote that the film "turns more action-oriented, in ways that deviate from what the series does best," while still offering plenty for fans.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phineas_and_ferb_the_movie_across_the_2nd_dimension) A WIRED review argued that the alternate-dimension setting, including the resistance-leader Candace, is what makes the film a movie rather than a long episode.[8](https://www.wired.com/2011/08/review-phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension-is-an-instant-classic/)
## Reception and viewership
The Friday-night premiere averaged 7.6 million total viewers, making it the top Friday telecast of summer 2011 in total viewers and cable's No. 1 movie of the year in that measure; it was also TV's No. 1 scripted telecast of 2011 to date among Kids 6-11 (3.4 million viewers, a 13.8 rating) and TV's No. 1 movie among Tweens 9-14 (2.6 million, a 10.8 rating), and it beat all head-to-head broadcast competition among Adults 18-49 with 1.7 million viewers.[3](https://www.awn.com/news/phineas-and-ferb-across-2nd-dimension-tvs-most-watched-friday-telecast-summer-2011) • [10](https://www.nexttv.com/news/phineas-ferb-movie-draws-76-million-viewers-361640) The Disney XD premiere became that network's No. 1 movie telecast on record in Kids 6-11 (698,000 viewers, a 2.8 rating) and Boys 6-11 (407,000, a 3.2 rating).[11](https://www.awn.com/news/phineas-and-ferb-movie-disney-xds-1-movie-telecast-ever)
After a week of viewing including DVR playback, the film stood as the most-watched basic cable animated telecast of all time among kids aged 2 to 11, the second most-watched among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14, the fifth most-watched cable movie of all time, and the most-watched cable entertainment telecast of 2011 to that point across all demographics.[4](https://www.wired.com/2011/08/phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension-sets-records/) On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 100% Tomatometer from six critics and an 81% audience score from more than 1,000 ratings.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phineas_and_ferb_the_movie_across_the_2nd_dimension)
## Related media and later films
A video game adaptation was released for [PlayStation 3](https://www.edgepedia.org/playstation-3), an action platformer in which players use laser blasters and gadgets against cartoony enemies such as gelatin monsters, [garden gnomes](https://www.edgepedia.org/garden-gnome), and robots; the ESRB rated it E10+ for cartoon violence and comic mischief.[7](https://www.esrb.org/ratings/31244/disney-phineas-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension/)
The film was the franchise's first movie. A second television film, *Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe*, debuted on Disney+ in 2020, and in January 2026 Disney Branded Television greenlit a third movie from co-creators Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh, a time-warp adventure in which a failed time-travel experiment by Dr. Doofenshmirtz erases the moment Phineas' mom met Ferb's dad.[12](https://www.detpress.com/disneykidsandfamily/pressrelease/behold-a-new-phineas-and-ferb-movie-has-been-greenlit-for-disney-and-disney-channel/) The film remains available to stream on Disney+.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phineas_and_ferb_the_movie_across_the_2nd_dimension)
## References
1. [Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, Disney Movies](https://movies.disney.com/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-across-the-2nd-dimension)
2. [Phineas and Ferb: The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phineas_and_ferb_the_movie_across_the_2nd_dimension)
3. [Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, TV's Most-Watched Friday Telecast of Summer 2011, Animation World Network](https://www.awn.com/news/phineas-and-ferb-across-2nd-dimension-tvs-most-watched-friday-telecast-summer-2011)
4. [Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension Sets Records!, WIRED](https://www.wired.com/2011/08/phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension-sets-records/)
5. [Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, Parents' Guide & Movie Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension)
6. ['Phineas and Ferb the Movie' enters a new dimension, Deseret News](https://www.deseret.com/2011/8/26/20386798/phineas-and-ferb-the-movie-enters-a-new-dimension/)
7. [Disney Phineas & Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, ESRB rating](https://www.esrb.org/ratings/31244/disney-phineas-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension/)
8. [Review: Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension Is an Instant Classic, WIRED](https://www.wired.com/2011/08/review-phineas-and-ferb-across-the-2nd-dimension-is-an-instant-classic/)
9. [Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, Phineas and Ferb Wiki](https://phineasandferb.fandom.com/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb_the_Movie%3A_Across_the_2nd_Dimension)
10. ['Phineas & Ferb' Movie Draws 7.6 Million Viewers, Next TV / Multichannel News](https://www.nexttv.com/news/phineas-ferb-movie-draws-76-million-viewers-361640)
11. [Phineas and Ferb Movie is Disney XD's #1 Movie Telecast Ever, Animation World Network](https://www.awn.com/news/phineas-and-ferb-movie-disney-xds-1-movie-telecast-ever)
12. [A New 'Phineas and Ferb' Movie Has Been Greenlit for Disney+ and Disney Channel, Disney press release](https://www.detpress.com/disneykidsandfamily/pressrelease/behold-a-new-phineas-and-ferb-movie-has-been-greenlit-for-disney-and-disney-channel/)
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