Phil of the Future

Phil of the Future
Genre	Comedy Science fiction
Created by	Douglas Tuber Tim Maile
Starring	Ricky Ullman Amy Bruckner Craig Anton Lise Simms Alyson Michalka
Theme music composer	John Adair Steve Hampton
Opening theme	"Phil of the Future", performed by Drew Davis Band
Ending theme	"Phil of the Future (instrumental)"
Composers	Christopher Brady (Season 1) Kenneth Burgomaster (Season 2)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	43
Production
Executive producers	Douglas Tuber Tim Maile (both; entire run) Tom Burkhard Matt Dearborn Tim O'Donnell (all; Season 1) Michael Curtis Roger S.H. Schulman (both; Season 2)
Production locations	Occidental Studios Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	2121 Productions
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18) – August 19, 2006 (2006-08-19)

Phil of the Future is an American science fiction comedy television series that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 18, 2004, to August 19, 2006, for two seasons. The series was created by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile and produced by 2121 Productions. It follows a family from the future that gets stranded in the 21st century when their time machine breaks down.

Characters

Main

• Philip "Phil" Rupert Diffy (Ricky Ullman) (born 2107) is the main character in the series. He is a freshman in Season 1 and sophomore in Season 2, at H.G. Wells Junior/Senior High School. He seems to be the most "in tune" with how things work in this century. Phil frequently has to make up excuses to hide the fact that he is from the future. He is the best friend and later boyfriend of Keely Teslow. Phil is two years older than Pim.
• Pimilla "Pim" Nicole Diffy (Amy Bruckner) (born 2109) is Phil's younger sister by two years. She is a 7th (Season 1) / 8th (Season 2) grader at H.G. Wells Junior/Senior High. Pim is a mischievous girl who is constantly up to no good and is even prone to megalomania. Pim is especially known for liking to pull pranks on people, mainly on Phil, Debbie Berwick, and Vice Principal Hackett. In the second season, she hangs out with a young boy named "Li'l Danny" Dawkins. She also tries to avoid Debbie Berwick and Candida. Repeatedly in the show, she looks for ways to dominate the world and universe. Though Pim often causes trouble for Phil and has a tough attitude, she cares about her brother, but keeps it hidden most of the time.
• Lloyd Diffy (Craig Anton) (born 2074) is Phil and Pim's goofy dad, who is working on repairing the time machine. He was an engineer in 2121, and loves "older music." He is paranoid about the government (and Vice Principal Hackett) figuring out that his family and he are from the future. During the Diffys' stay, Lloyd and Curtis get jobs at the Mantis hardware store. Lloyd is two years older than Barb.
• Barbara "Barb" Diffy (Lise Simms) (née Speckle; born 2076) is Phil and Pim's mom. She is very interested in how things work in this century. Unlike other mothers, though, Barbara seems to let her kids figure things out on their own. She loves to cook the old fashioned way; however, her food usually ends up with something being wrong, because in 2121 they spray food out of a can. Promotional material described her as having an artificial body, but this was never seen in the series. She forces Pim to be friends with Debbie, though Pim hates Debbie. Her maiden name is revealed in the episode "Not So Great-Great-Grandpa."
• Keely Teslow (Alyson Michalka) (born March 1990) is Phil's best friend and later girlfriend. She is the only person who knows Phil and his family are from the future. Keely is an energetic and bubbly girl who aspires to be a news reporter. She starts to harbor romantic feelings for Phil during Season 2. She sometimes uses Phil's gadgets as a shortcut for schoolwork. She is notable on the show for her numerous hairstyles and colorful clothes. In the later episodes of the series, she hosts her own daily news program on the school's closed-circuit television broadcasting system. In the episode "The Giggle," she gets to look ahead at her own future and learns that she does, in fact, become a successful news reporter. It is also noted that she is wearing a wedding ring, but turns down the chance to see who her husband is. In the final episode, Phil and Keely finally reveal their feelings for each other and start dating after being voted "Cutest Couple" by their school. However, shortly after they begin dating, Pim helps Lloyd finally repair the time machine, and their relationship comes to an end as Phil returns to 2121.

Recurring

• Curtis (J. P. Manoux) (born around 30,000 BC) is a caveman (Cro-Magnon, as mentioned in the episode "Dinner Time") who stowed away in the Diffys' time machine when they went back to visit the Stone Age. The Diffys struggle to make Curtis seem like a normal person, and often pretends that he is Phil's uncle. Throughout the series, he learns more English.
• Vice Principal Neil Hackett (J.P. Manoux) (born 1969) is the Vice Principal at Phil, Keely, and Pim's school, H.G. Wells Junior/Senior High School. In the school, he is also Phil's teacher in science and Pim's teacher in history. He is often found snooping around the Diffys' house as he tries to figure out where they are really from, though he believes they are aliens. He is the main antagonist of the series. Other than Keely, he is the only person to find out that Phil and his family are from the future. This is short lived however as The Diffys travel back in time before they ever told him.

Season 1

• Deborah Hortence "Debbie" Berwick (Kay Panabaker) (born 1990) is the complete opposite of Pim and she has a very happy attitude towards life. She hardly ever gets mad and is very nice. Debbie also considers Pim to be her best friend. Because of this, Pim likes to take advantage of Debbie's good-natured personality. She lives with her grandma and teaches a yoga class. Her other friends are Neckbrace Lana and Silent Judy. Debbie used to date Bradley until Pim broke them up by changing Debbie's personality but Debbie went back to normal. Debbie enjoys singing and is in the school band. She was written out of the show after Season 1. It was revealed in the Halloween special that she was a "happy" cyborg made by a cyborg-making company. She was intended to only do good and be always happy, until finally having a malfunction and turning evil and attempting to "nicely" enslave the world (starting from her schoolmates) into baking cupcakes for charity. At the episode's conclusion, Phil was forced to melt her. She appeared afterwards in the episode "Neander-Phil".
• Bradley Benjamin Farmer (Rory Thost) is Pim's rival in Season 1. He is made fun of his short height (constantly being called a munchkin by Pim). He dated Debbie but Pim broke them up and he became infatuated with Pim.
• Neckbrace Lana (Carlie Westerman) is a girl who did the school news and was in Pim's grade. She and Pim hated each other. She always wears a neckbrace, as she had pinched a nerve at some time in the past.
• Tia Deanna Fedichelli (Brenda Song) is Keely's best friend. She is popular and friendly. She also seems to be rich. Though she can be spoiled and snobby sometimes, she is friendly and described as the girl next door by Phil; replaced by Via in Season 2, due to Brenda Song leaving the show to star in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
• Seth Wosmer (Evan Peters) is the nerdy friend of Phil, Keely, and Tia. He is a member of the H.G. Wells billiards team, and the first student at the school to befriend Phil. His role was replaced by the more suave Owen in Season 2.
• Ms. Guinevere Winston (Suzanne Krull) is a second-grade teacher in Season 1 (whose writing class Phil had to attend in the episode "Tanner"), as well as Pim's teacher.
• Tanner Kirkpatrick (Chris Hunter) is a crush of Keely's in the episode "Your Cheatin' Heart" and was in the show most of the season. Phil seems to dislike him and sometimes cracks jokes about him and vice-versa, especially after Phil caught him cheating on Keely.

Season 2

• Candida (Spencer Locke) is the "mean" girl that excludes Pim and insults her by frequently referring to her as "Pim-ple." She is referred to as one of the "fashion zombies" by Pim.
• Li'l Danny Dawkins (Brandon Smith) has a crush on Pim and always gets involved with her antics. Pim does not seem to show affection for him, with the exception of when they danced at the dance in the episode "Get Ready to Go-Go."
• Joel Messerschmitt (Joel Brooks) is Phil and Keely's teacher who takes pleasure in giving extremely difficult assignments that most of his students will fail. He has a sister named Bettina (also played by Brooks) and a nephew, Nathan (Josh Flitter), who both shockingly carry the same family trait of having a mustache. He reveals in the episode "The Gile" that his parents were acrobats.
• Owen (Michael Mitchell) is Phil's friend who replaced Seth. He is not that smart and is laid-back, also constantly trying to hit on girls (though he never succeeds).
• Olivia ("Via") (Juliet Holland-Rose) is a girl from England who transferred because her father is in the military. She became friends with Keely after Tia moved. In the episode "Get Ready to Go-Go," Phil went to a Sadie Hawkins dance with her, after a near-miss in returning to the future ruined his plans to go with Keely.

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	21		June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	October 28, 2005 (2005-10-28)
2	22		June 25, 2005 (2005-06-25)	August 19, 2006 (2006-08-19)

Season 1 (2004–05)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	1	"Your Cheatin' Heart"	David Kendall	Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile	June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	111
Keely's crush, Tanner, is cheating on her. When Darcy, the other girl, asks about Tanner, Phil morphs into Tanner and kisses her privately. Phil tries to tell Keely but she thinks that he's just trying to break them up. After seeing Darcy return to kiss Tanner, Keely learns the truth and apologizes to Phil. Meanwhile, Pim tries to break up Debbie and Bradley because they annoy her with their love talk. She tricks Debbie into thinking that Bradley hit on her causing Debbie to throw a pie in his face. Debbie then wants Bradley back and asks Pim to train her to be just like Pim. In the end, Bradley ends up really liking Pim.
2	2	"Unification Day"	Tim O'Donnell	Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi	June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	110
Phil's family decides to celebrate Unification Day, the time in the future when world peace began, but Phil and the crew get invited to an 11th grade party. Debbie helps Pim in cooking after she continually uses takeout food as her assignment.
3	3	"Meet the Curtis"	Neal Israel	Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi	June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	105
The Diffy family find out that a caveman stowed away on their time machine, and Lloyd tries to get rid of him, but Phil wants to keep "Curtis".
4	4	"Phillin' In"	David Kendall	Ellen Guylas	June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	113
To get the afterburner card for his skyak, Phil has to watch Pim while their parents are gone for the weekend; Pim tries to sabotage the weekend. Lloyd and Barbara have unknown mishaps on their road trip, including not realizing they have to pull over for a police car that is following them.
5	5	"Tanner"	Joanna Kerns	Rachelle Romberg	June 25, 2004 (2004-06-25)	118
Phil gets sent back to the 2nd grade to improve his penmanship. He then meets Tanner's little brother who has a camera taped onto his helmet. After his embarrassing moments in the 2nd grade he finds out that Tanner's little brother's camera that was taped onto his helmet taped all the things he did in 2nd grade, so he goes to Tanner's house and climbs to his room to try to get the tape back. He fails. The next morning, Tanner reveals to the whole student body that Phil Diffy went back to the 2nd grade. And he shows all the things Phil did. Phil admits that he went to the 2nd grade, but as he was saying this Tanner's little brother comes and tells of all the embarrassing things Tanner did such as he was crying at the petting zoo last week because the goat touched him and his mom had to buy him an ice cream to make him stop crying.
6	6	"Raging Bull"	Tim O'Donnell	Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile	July 2, 2004 (2004-07-02)	120
Phil uses his Wizard gadget to save a classmate; Pim pretends Curtis is her dad for a parent conference.
7	7	"My Way"	Savage Steve Holland	Story by : Tim Maile Teleplay by : Rachelle Romberg	July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)	115
Phil tries to help Keely overcome her stage fright so she can perform in front of the school. But that plan backfires when Phil notices that Keely can only sing in front of him. To end the problem, Phil shrinks himself and climbs up the mike stand to help to Keely sing "Protecting Me". She then forgets about Phil and begins to swing the mike stand as she sings confidently as she swings the mike stand Phil flies off. She does not win first place, but in fact Tara did. She then thanks Phil for his help.
8	8	"Daddy Dearest"	Tim O'Donnell	Adam Lapidus	July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23)	114
Lloyd plans to play American folk music at Phil's school assembly when Lloyd soon finds out that Phil and Pim are embarrassed by him; Curtis visits the dentist with caveman cavities.
9	9	"Pheremonally Yours"	Tim O'Donnell	Danny Kallis	August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	106
Phil draws the affections of a Southern girl named Marla, but her feelings are unrequited. Pim joins the orchestra directed by Bradley but Debbie wants him to take Pim out of the show. Pim finds out and tries to sabotage Debbie's solo.
10	10	"Future Tutor"	Neal Israel	Tim O'Donnell	August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)	101
Phil and his family are stuck in the 21st century. Not knowing when they'll return to their homes, Pim and Phil go to school. Pim becomes her class' chalk monitor, while Phil tutors Keely in algebra and teaches her to be accepting of people outside her clique; Pim runs against Debbie in an election for chalk monitor. Note: This is the pilot episode of the series. This episode, "Future Jock" and "You Say Toe-Mato" aired as a three-episode event on August 13, 2004.
11	11	"Future Jock"	David Kendall	Adam Lapidus & Steve Luchsinger	August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)	102
Phil uses a futuristic gadget to join the gymnastic team and competes in the gymnastics tournament to impress Keely; Pim tries to get Phil in trouble.
12	12	"You Say Toe-Mato"	Tim O'Donnell	Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile	August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)	104
Phil's class takes a field trip to a local tomato farm, where one of the activities is to go barefoot in a vat of tomatoes. Phil is self-conscious about his feet he, like the rest of the family, only has four toes on each foot. Lloyd makes him prosthetic toes, which are then lost in the tomatoes but quickly found by Keely. They have a discussion about being honest, and Phil tells her he's from the future.
13	13	"Doggie Daycare"	Rich Correll	Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi	August 27, 2004 (2004-08-27)	117
Phil and Keely take care of dogs to earn money for the Festapalooza Concert. They generate a bond with a dog named Max (voiced by Rodney Dangerfield, in one of his last acting performances before his death later that year). Pim pretends to be injured to make Debbie serve her.
14	14	"We'll Fix It in Editing"	Brian Roberts	Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile	October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01)	108
A school video project causes Phil to overlook his friends' feelings while Pim is a fast walker in a track meet. Phil apologizes in a video, and Pim uses Debbie's kiss as weapon to defeat her opponent. The reigning champion fast walker is afraid of girls.
15	15	"Halloween"	Fred Savage	Story by : Rachelle Romberg Teleplay by : Michael Caine & Jason Cox	October 8, 2004 (2004-10-08)	119
Debbie is revealed to be an evil cyborg who terrorizes Pickford, leaving Phil and Keely to save Halloween. Upon finding the room where Debbie's slaves are making cupcakes for charity, Phil convinces them to eat the cupcakes, causing Debbie to overheat and melt into black goo. (The canonicity of the episode is called into question by the fact that the character of Debbie appears in the episode "Neander-Phil", which both aired and was produced after this episode. Kay Panabaker did not appear as Debbie in season two.)
16	16	"Age Before Beauty"	Tim O'Donnell	Tom Burkhard & Matt Dearborn	November 12, 2004 (2004-11-12)	112
Keely takes Phil's New-Ager and makes herself older as a 25 years old (Brittney Powell) to see what she'll look like, but Mr. Hackett asks her out. Mr. Hackett is feeling depressed about his dating problems, and Phil and Keely help him gain the confidence to impress his ex-girlfriend. Pim and Bradley get bribes from a chef.
17	17	"Neander-Phil"	Matt Dearborn	Tom Burkhard & Matt Dearborn	December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10)	121
A malfunctioning gadget switches Phil's and Curtis' personalities once in a while, Phil tries to impress a girl named Alice Da Luca (Alice Greczyn), Pim gets stressed out by her "not so best friend" Debbie (who previously died in “Halloween”) and she takes a yoga class that Debbie teaches. Keely gets jealous of Phil's love interest to Alice and in the end of the episode Alice finds out that Phil was trying to impress her and she breaks up with him, Keely and Phil dance to the last song at the Ball.
18	18	"Double Trouble"	Joanna Kerns	Tom Burkhard & Matt Dearborn	January 1, 2005 (2005-01-01)	109
Pim and Phil have problems with school bullies; Curtis adopts the neighbor's lawn ornaments. A bully's older brother wants to fight Phil, after Phil helps Pim stand up to the bully. Phil learns the older brother likes rabbits and gives him one, defusing the situation.
19	19	"Milkin' It"	Savage Steve Holland	Rachelle Romberg	March 25, 2005 (2005-03-25)	107
Lloyd thinks that Phil's science project will lead to their discovery, and decides they must move. To prevent this, Phil and Keely disguise themselves to fool the science fair security guard. Things are not going well, but Lloyd shows up and saves the situation. Meanwhile, Pim misuses her cinespecs for a school writing assignment.
20	20	"Corner Pocket"	Savage Steve Holland	Tom Burkhard & Matt Dearborn	April 8, 2005 (2005-04-08)	103
Keely lies and tells her mom Mandy (Yeardley Smith) that she made the cheerleading squad. Phil, Keely, and Tia stage a cheerleading event to continue the deception, but Keely ends up telling her mom the truth. Meanwhile, Pim discovers Debbie's single dislike, raisins, and uses it against her.
21	21	"Team Diffy"	Tim O'Donnell	James Kramer	October 28, 2005 (2005-10-28)	116
Phil is blackmailed by Andy Baxley (Orlando Brown), a rival from 2121, when Phil refuses to pull a prank on Mayor Da Luca (Terry Rhoads) jeopardizing his family's chance of returning back to their own time. Note: This episode was first included in the Gizmo & Gadgets DVD, released on August 16, 2005, prior to premiering on Disney Channel. Although this is a season one episode, Disney Channel premiered this episode once they had already begun airing season two episodes.

Season 2 (2005–06)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
22	1	"Versa Day"	Matthew Diamond	Roger S. H. Schulman	June 25, 2005 (2005-06-25)	202
Lloyd forces Phil and Pim to switch bodies after their bickering escalates. Meanwhile, Lloyd tries to get Curtis a job.
23	2	"Virtu-Date"	Fred Savage	Michael Curtis & Roger S. H. Schulman	June 26, 2005 (2005-06-26)	201
A fun day with Keely in Phil's future-virtual mall turns sour when Keely forms a crush on a robot.
24	3	"The Giggle"	David Kendall	Bill Canterbury	July 9, 2005 (2005-07-09)	204
When Keely changes her future for the worse by looking at a future internet machine, Phil and Keely must pass an impossible test given by a tough teacher. Pim sneaks into an R-Rated movie with Curtis as her guardian, but is scared stiff by it.
25	4	"Dinner Time"	Henry Chan	Julie Sherman Wolfe	July 24, 2005 (2005-07-24)	203
To thwart his suspicion, Phil invites Vice Principal Hackett to dinner at the Diffys' after Hackett moves in next door, but appearing to be a "normal family" is more difficult than it seems.
26	5	"Tia, Via, or Me... Uh"	David Kendall	Ivan Menchell	August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	206
Tia has moved away, and Keely has enlisted Phil into joining her in feminine activities, such as makeovers and shoe sales. Phil meets a new girl, Via, and makes her hang out with Keely so he can free himself from doing girl stuff with Keely. But Phil soon gets jealous when Keely begins spending more time with Via than him.
27	6	"Get Ready to Go-Go"	Jace Alexander	Sharon A. Wong & Masha Tivyan	August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	207
Phil and Keely are going together to the school dance, which excites them both... until Lloyd tells Phil that he has fixed the time machine and the Diffys are leaving on the day of the dance.
28	7	"Phil Without a Future"	Savage Steve Holland	Sharon A. Wong & Masha Tivyan	August 21, 2005 (2005-08-21)	208
It's career week at H.G. Wells Jr./Sr. High School, but Phil can't find a career that suits him. Pim decides to pursue a career as a corrections officer.
29	8	"Time Release Capsule"	Fred Savage	Michael Curtis	August 27, 2005 (2005-08-27)	210
H.G. Wells Jr./Sr. High School is about to bury a time capsule which Lloyd and Barbara will find in the future. Lloyd tells Phil to place a note in the capsule warning them not to travel into the past, but it means that Keely and Phil's memories of each other will be erased forever.
30	9	"Mummy's Boy"	Fred Savage	Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi	September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)	205
Phil finds a part of the time machine when he goes to a museum; Keely and Owen sneak into the museum basement in order to film material for her project.
31	10	"Maybe-Sitting"	Fred Savage	Ivan Menchell	September 23, 2005 (2005-09-23)	211
When Phil and Keely baby-sit Nathan (Josh Flitter), the trouble-making nephew of Mr. Messerschmitt, they get more than they bargained for, so they use the New-Ager, a device that changes one's behavior. But things go haywire, leaving Nathan to act like an old man, while Phil is acting like a little boy. Now it's up to Keely to solve the problem before Mr. Messerschmitt and Lloyd get home. But her only salvation, Pim, is too busy using the Wizard to mass-produce and then sell model volcanoes for science class.
32	11	"Good Phil Hunting"	Andrew Tsao	Peter Tibbals & Eric Goldberg	September 30, 2005 (2005-09-30)	214
When Phil solves one of Mr. Hackett's difficult math problems, Keely accidentally blurts out the answer and is upgraded to the advanced math class.
33	12	"Pim-Cipal"	David Kendall	Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile	October 21, 2005 (2005-10-21)	217
Pim abuses her power when she becomes school principal for a day and it's to Phil to save the day.
34	13	"Phil of the Garage"	Roger S. H. Schulman	Roger S. H. Schulman	November 11, 2005 (2005-11-11)	220
When Phil feels his family's invasion of his privacy has gone too far, he opts to move into the garage with Curtis, but finds out the responsibility may be more than he can handle.
35	14	"It's a Wonder-Phil Life"	Douglas Tuber	Ivan Menchell	November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27)	218
After embarrassing himself with his knowledge of future-history, Phil gets fed-up with having to be dishonest about where his family is from. Phil comes clean to the world, but his newfound fame destroys his friendship with Keely. After she leaves him, the whole experience is revealed to be a vision Phil has. Meanwhile, Pim goes up against Helka the Hulka at a weightlifting competition.
36	15	"Christmas Break"	Fred Savage	Julie Sherman Wolfe	December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)	213
With Christmas on the way, Phil remembers the first time he came to Pickford and meeting Keely while Lloyd recounts getting their house.
37	16	"Stuck in the Meddle With You"	Fred Savage	Ivan Menchell	January 6, 2006 (2006-01-06)	215
Keely tries to put together two classmates, Grace (Ashley Drane) and Grady (Jason Earles). When she gives Grace a complete physical and confidence makeover, she then tells her to go for the person she likes. To Keely's surprise Grace likes Phil instead of Grady. But Phil doesn't like her back so he pretends to be a low-life so Grace won't like him but it still doesn't work, so they make a double date with Grady and Keely, Phil and Grace. Before the date Keely and Phil transform Grady into something more like Phil. At the end of the date Grady and Grace go to clean the telescope and Phil and Keely enjoy their date.
38	17	"Broadcast Blues"	Fred Savage	David Steven Cohen	March 24, 2006 (2006-03-24)	219
When Keely's undercover news show isn't getting any viewers she teams up with Pim, who advises her to talk about fashion. While Pim's ideas gain Keely a big audience, it turns her show into an infomercial and makes her a trendsetter instead of the investigative reporter she intended to be from the beginning.
39	18	"Happy Nird-day"	Christopher Erskin	Wayne Stamps	March 31, 2006 (2006-03-31)	209
Phil forgot about Keely's birthday his first year in the past. This year, he gives Keely the best birthday present of the century, a skyacking trip. But then, Lloyd takes all the batteries out of their future gadgets. Pim meets her scheming match, fellow student named Simon Buber.
40	19	"Ill of the Future"	Henry Chan	Bill Canterbury	June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	212
The Diffy family gets a future disease called greenmia that turns them green and makes them act the opposite of what they normally do. For example, Phil usually tells the truth, when he got the disease he couldn't stop lying.
41	20	"Where's the Wizard?"	J. P. Manoux	Michelle Wendt & Kimberly Joy Kessler	July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07)	216
Phil, Keely, and Pim lose the Wizard, but find it in Vice-Principal Hackett's hands. But lucky for them, Pim knows that Hackett will have trouble finding out how to use the Wizard.
42	21	"Not-So-Great Great Great Grandpa"	Fred Savage	Ivan Menchell	August 11, 2006 (2006-08-11)	221
Phil finds out that a kid in his school is actually his great-great-grandfather, from Barbara's side of the family. But when Phil accidentally messes up the course of history, he, Pim, and Barbara start to disappear.
43	22	"Back to the Future (Not the Movie)"	Michael Curtis	Michael Curtis & Roger S. H. Schulman	August 19, 2006 (2006-08-19)	222
After being voted Cutest Couple by the school, Phil and Keely decide to become a couple but Phil gets the grim realization that the time machine is fixed. It also revealed that Lloyd was intentionally not repairing the time machine because the whole family is so happy living in this century. Upset that Phil's leaving just as they've admitted they love each other, Keely decides not to be there when the Diffys leave. But she changes her mind and rushes to the time machine... too late. Phil begs his father to go back, so he can truly say goodbye to Keely. Keely is reading the school news when Phil comes back to say goodbye. Phil exclaims "I didn't wanna leave without saying goodbye for real", and gives her a big passionate kiss on the lips in front of the entire school. Keely tells Phil to wait for her and Phil agrees and she gives him one more kiss. Phil leaves and goes back to the time machine, only to realize that they have left their pet caveman Curtis in the present, and start to go back. In the final scene of the series, we see Curtis getting food from the fridge. Curtis notices he's alone and panics.

Production

Phil of the Future's working title was The Out of Timers. The theme song for Phil of the Future was written and composed by John Adair and Steve Hampton. The theme song was performed by Drew Davis Band who also performed the theme song of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Awards and nominations

• Directors Guild of America

2007 - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs - Fred Savage for episode "Not So Great Great Great Grandpa" (Nominated)

• Writers Guild of America

2007 - Children's Episodic & Specials - David Steven Cohen for episode "Broadcast Blues" (Nominated)

• Young Artist Awards

2006 - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Leading Young Actress - Amy Bruckner (Nominated)

2005 - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Leading Young Actress - Alyson Michalka (Nominated)

2005 - Best Performance in a Television Series: Recurring Young Actor - Rory Thost (Nominated)

2005 - Best Performance in a Television Series: Recurring Young Actress - Kay Panabaker (Nominated)

Related media

A DVD of the series titled Gadgets & Gizmos was released on August 16, 2005. It contains four episodes: "Double Trouble", "Age Before Beauty", "My Way" and the then-unaired episode "Team Diffy". The episode "Christmas Break" was released as a bonus feature on the Disney Channel Holiday DVD compilation, released November 1, 2005.

A video game based on Phil of the Future was released for the Game Boy Advance on August 22, 2006. In the game, Pim uses a cloning machine to create clones of a pet from the future called "Blahs" and it is up to Phil to stop them.

Book series

Disney Publishing released a variety of Phil of the Future-related books throughout the 2000s, including:

No.	Title	Based on
1	Stuck In Time	Part One: Future Tutor Part Two: Future Jock
Part One: The Diffy family are stranded in the 21st century; Lloyd and Barbara decides for Phil (9th grade) and Pim (7th grade) to attend H.G. Wells Junior/Senior High School. Phil tutors Keely on Algebra; Pim competes with Debbie for chalk-monitor. Part Two: Phil cheats so he can try out for the Gymnastics team to impress Keely, but Pim figures it out.
2	The Great Fake-out	Part One: You Say Toe-Mato Part Two: Corner Pocket
Part One: Four-toed Phil uses fake fifth toes to fit into tomato-stomping, but Keely finds one - and the Diffy secret; Pim and Debbie help Mr. Hackett pay for an operation, until they learn it's for a hairpiece. Part Two: Phil helps Keely convince her mom she's a cheerleader; Pim learns that Debbie's allergic to raisins.
3	Blast from the Past	Part One: Meet the Curtis Part Two: Pheremonally Yours
Part One: The Diffys meet a time-machine stowaway who later saves Mr. Diffy's life; Pim reluctantly attends a sleepover. Part Two: A 9th-grade southern belle takes Phil's politeness the wrong way; Pim worms her way into the junior-high Orchestra.
4	Far-out Phil	Part One: Unification Day Part Two: We'll Fix it In Editing
Part One: Phil must decide between the school's party-of-the-year and his family's Unification Day, for which Pim makes a giant meatloaf. Part Two: Phil is too much the perfectionist in directing a short film that leaves his friends short with him; Pim enters a fast-walk competition - and wins!

Home media

The series became available to stream on Disney+ in the United States when it launched on November 12, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Phil of the Future at IMDb