Bad Hair Day
🎞️ S3 E12 ✅ Mild

Phineas and Ferb

Is Phineas and Ferb S3 E12 OK for kids?

Bad Hair Day

Candace gets a bad haircut and must rely on Phineas and Ferb's hair growing machine to correct it before she attends the Endangered Animal Benefit with Jeremy and his mom. However, when Candace turns up the power, her hair grows much more than expected and she is mistaken for a rare tangerine orangutan. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz is developing his Very, Very 'Bad-inator.'

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Mild — okay from about 8+

Phineas and Ferb S3 E12, “Bad Hair Day”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 8+. Candace gets a bad haircut and must rely on Phineas and Ferb's hair growing machine to correct it before she attends the Endangered Animal Benefit with Jeremy and his mom. However, when Candace turns up the power, her hair grows much more than expected and she is mistaken for a rare tangerine orangutan. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz is developing his Very, Very 'Bad-inator.'

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 2 themes: Violence & injury (4); Swearing (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Parents need to know

Age 8+

Violence, language, mild violence in kids animation.

Parents need to know that Phineas and Ferb S3 E12, "Bad Hair Day", is a kids animation episode. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes Doofenshmirtz says, "Ow! Shot in the butt while covered in honey and hair? What do you know, my horoscope was…". Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Violence & injury 4 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Phineas and Ferb S3 E12:

  • Too much
    Doofenshmirtz Ow! Shot in the butt while covered in honey and hair? What do you know, my horoscope was right. (hugging pole) My beautiful, beautiful horoscope.
  • Too much
    ♪ I've been shot in the butt with a dart ♪
  • Mild
    Animal Control Guy (loading the darts into the tranquilizer gun) Yeah, tomato potato. Just leave it to the professionals. (he cocks the tranquilizer gun and fires at Candace)
  • Mild
    Mrs. Johnson (reading the instruction manual for the tranquilizer gun) Thank you for purchasing the Hanson 3000 Family Friendly Tranquidart Air-contrast delivery system.

Swearing 2 moments

How Swearing shows up in Phineas and Ferb S3 E12:

  • Caution
    Animal Control Guy (loading the darts into the tranquilizer gun) Yeah, tomato potato. Just leave it to the professionals. (he cocks the tranquilizer gun and fires at Candace)
  • Caution
    Mrs. Johnson Fear not, helpless primate! Bright banquets of the Elysian vale will soon melt every care away, or my name isn't Hawk-eye Johnson! (aims; tranquilizer gun cocks; shoots)

What to watch in Phineas and Ferb · Season 3 guide

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