The Best Episodes Directed By Dan Povenmire
Every TV Episode Directed by Dan Povenmire Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Dan Povenmire Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Dan Povenmire is "It's About Time!", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Dan Povenmire". "It's About Time!" aired on 3/1/2008 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - It's About Time!
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/2008
Phineas and Ferb find a time machine at a museum and travel back to the Jurassic Age. Meanwhile, Perry is sad when Doofenshmirtz replaces him with a new nemesis, Peter the Panda, so he confides in a relationship talk-show host.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Dan Povenmire
10.0/10 2 votes#2 - Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/2008
The boys and Candace hatch a plot to reunite their mom and dad's favorite band for a wedding anniversary concert.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Martin Olson
10.0/10 1 votes#3 - Greece Lightning
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/19/2008
The boys stage a chariot race through the town's streets after learning about ancient Greece. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmritz creates a giant robot named Norm to destroy Perry, once and for all.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Martin Olson
10.0/10 1 votes#4 - Traffic Cam Caper
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 7/12/2008
Perry wants to destroy footage from a traffic camera to keep his identity a secret, as Candace tries to use the film in hopes of proving her brothers create unusual stuff. Then, the guys decide to build the largest bowling ball and pins in the world, while Doofenshmirtz wants to rid the world of rainbows.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Kim Roberson
10.0/10 1 votes#5 - Out to Launch
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 12/5/2008
The boys build a rocket ship to get a good look at a star named for them, and Candace accidentally takes a ride with them just as she is trying to find the courage to ask Jeremy to a dance, while Isabella tries her best to do the same with Phineas. Meanwhile, Perry must stop Dr. Doofenshmirtz, who, not only is conveniently in space too, but has created a massive spacestation in an attempt to get revenge on "Huge-Hands-Hans".
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Kim Roberson
10.0/10 1 votes#6 - Phineas and Ferb Get Busted
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 2/16/2009
After taunting the boys for going to search for the "Lake Nose Monster", Candace begins freaking out on her lifeguard job, seeing the monster at every turn. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz tries to remove all the zinc from the lake, though even he's not sure why.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Martin Olson
10.0/10 1 votes#7 - Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 10/16/2009
Perry the Platypus is reassigned and forced to move to the Quad State area with a new family and battle a new villain, the Regurgitator. During his new assignment, Phineas, Ferb, and Candace put in every effort to find him, hoping he'll return to them.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Scott D. Peterson
10.0/10 1 votes#8 - Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
Season 2 Episode 55 - Aired 8/2/2010
It's the summer solstice, so Phineas, Ferb, and their friends decide to travel around the world in one day in an effort to create the "biggest, longest, funnest summer day of all time". But not everyone believes they can actually achieve what they have set out to do, especially Buford. Candace tags along because Jeremy is on a trip to Paris, and she fears that there he may meet other girls. Also, Isabella finds her affections for Phineas sorely tested when his steadfast focus on achieving his goal puts pressure on her. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz takes a father trip to Tokyo, Japan with Vanessa, but sets out with Perry and Major Monogram to find her when she joins Phineas, Ferb and the others.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Kaz
10.0/10 3 votes#9 - Rollercoaster: The Musical!
Season 2 Episode 64 - Aired 1/28/2011
A musical in which Phineas and Ferb revisit the day they built a gigantic roller coaster in their backyard. Doofenshmirtz tries to pull the East Coast to the west using tinfoil and a huge magnet.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Martin Olson
10.0/10 1 votes#10 - A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas
Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 12/2/2011
The boys decide to put on a traditional family Christmas special featuring their family, friends and a few very special guests, including Grammy winning recording artist Kelly Clarkson (playing herself). The episode features three new holiday songs - Isabella's "Let it Snow", a Buford and Baljeet rendition of "Good King Wenscelas" and the whole gang singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Scott D. Peterson
9.0/10 1 votes#11 - Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2007
Phineas and Ferb's newest backyard project is to create a tropical beach paradise. Meanwhile, Perry tries to stop Dr. Doofenshmirtz's plan to steal all the garden lawn gnomes.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Martin Olson
8.0/10 1 votes#12 - Wheezin' Ed
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/23/1996
Arnold and the gang set out on a quest to find the hidden treasure of the mysterious "Wheezin' Ed" on Elk Island.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Craig Bartlett
8.0/10 1 votes#13 - Big Caesar
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1997
Arnold and Gerald do a spot of fishing, determined to catch the pond's biggest fish, the legendary "Big Caesar".
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Craig Bartlett
7.5/10 2 votes#14 - Sally's Comet
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 1/13/1997
Arnold and Gerald must turn off all the lights in the city if they want to see Sally's Comet.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Joe Purdy
7.5/10 31 votes#15 - Road to Rhode Island
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 5/30/2000
Stewie misbehaves while visiting his grandparents.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Gary Janetti
7.3/10 23 votes#16 - Meet the Quagmires
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/20/2007
Death grants Peter's wish to go back in time to 1984 when he was 18, but only for one night. He ends up bailing on a date with Lois to hang out with a movie actress. When he returns to the present, he soon realizes that everything is anything but normal, as he is now married to the former actress, and Lois is with Quagmire. Meanwhile, Stewie, Chris and Meg have also taken on Quagmire's charming characteristics.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.3/10 4 votes#17 - Rollercoaster
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/17/2007
While their mother is out shopping, the boys build a roller coaster. Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Perry battle due to the doctor's evil plan of throwing the earth off its rotation.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh
7.2/10 23 votes#18 - PTV
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 11/6/2005
After a “wardrobe malfunction” occurs during a live broadcast, the FCC begins to censor all of Peter’s favorite shows. As a result, Peter creates his own station, PTV, which broadcasts from the Griffin home. Peter and Brian create their own edgy programming until the FCC shows up to shut down PTV and censor all controversial material in Quahog.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Wellesley Wild
7.1/10 28 votes#19 - To Love and Die in Dixie
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/2001
The Griffins are put into the witness protection program.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Steve Callaghan
7.1/10 24 votes#20 - Brian the Bachelor
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/26/2005
"The Bachelorette" comes to Quahog and Brian is chosen to be a contestant. Brian does not like the show, but participates just to have a vacation only to wind up falling in love with the bachelorette. Meanwhile, Chris gets a nasty pimple on his cheek, which talks to Chris and likes to cause mischief.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Mark Hentemann
7.0/10 1 votes#21 - 6th Grade Girls
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1996
Two girls from the sixth grade who are tired of the way that their boyfriends treat them, decide to take Arnold and Gerald to the school dance, but only to make their boyfriends jealous.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Steve Viksten
7.0/10 1 votes#22 - The Baseball
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1996
Arnold's favorite baseball player is playing his last game, so he decides to go and see his last game. The only problem is that he winds up with terrible seats.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Joe Ansolabehere
7.0/10 1 votes#23 - Magic Show
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 2/3/1997
Arnold has a magic show and he makes a disappearing act and uses Helga as the person disappearing. Helga decides to play a trick and literally disappears. She bumps into a pole and has a dream on how the world would have been if she's gone.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Glen David Gold
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#24 - Save the Tree
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1997
Arnold and the gang must stop Big Bob from chopping down the oldest tree in town.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Joe Purdy
- 7.0/10 1 votes
#25 - New Teacher
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1997
When the kids make their new teacher, Mr. Simmons, quit his job, the replacement makes them realize what they lost.
Director: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Joe Purdy