Phil of the Future

22min

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Comedy

Family

Kids

Meet the Diffy family, a futuristic family from the year 2121. When the eccentric dad, Lloyd, rents a time machine for their family vacation, everyone is excited. But then something goes wrong. Their time machine malfunctions and they are thrown out of the space/time continuum in the year 2004.

Production Companies

2121 Productions

Walt Disney Television

Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment

Kid Brother Productions

Episodes

Cast

Meet the Curtis

1. Meet the Curtis

22min

18th Jun 2004

The Diffy's discover Curtis the Caveman stowed away in the time machine and now it's up to Lloyd to decide if they should keep him. Pim goes to Debbie's sleepover and tries to find a way out.

Unification Day

2. Unification Day

22min

18th Jun 2004

Phil skips Unification Day to go to a party that he can't even get in to. Pim cheats on a cooking assignent, so she has to bake something homemade.

Your Cheatin' Heart

3. Your Cheatin' Heart

22min

18th Jun 2004

Phil tries to find out if Keely's crush is cheating on her by using his "insta morph" to make himself look like Tanner.

Phillin' In

4. Phillin' In

22min

18th Jun 2004

Lloyd and Barbara decide to go on a weekend road trip for their anniversery. They leave Phil in charge of Pim and if everything goes right then Phil will get an afterburner for his skyak. Once Pim hears this she is not happy and tries everything in her power to make the weekend go bad so Phil won't get the afterburner.

Tanner

5. Tanner

22min

25th Jun 2004

Phil's poor penmanship lands him back in Miss Winston's second grade class. Tanner shows him up in front of the whole school, but Phil learns to laugh at himself.

Raging Bull

6. Raging Bull

22min

2nd Jul 2004

Phil gets detention and goes to the dance with his new "guy friends." But when a bull attacks his new friend, he morphs it into a cat. Pim is tardy too many times, so she dresses Curtis up as her father to get off being punished.

My Way

7. My Way

22min

9th Jul 2004

Phil helps Keely with her stage fright so Phil shrinks himself and sits on her microphone during her performance; Pim and Bradley become co-parents of a bag of flour as part of a class assignment on raising a baby.

Daddy Dearest

8. Daddy Dearest

22min

23rd Jul 2004

Phil and Pim worry that Lloyd will embarrass them when he plans to play American folk music at their school concert; Barbara takes Curtis to a dentist when he gets a toothache.

Phenomonally Yours

9. Phenomonally Yours

22min

6th Aug 2004

Phil tries to dissuade another girl's affections; Pim joins the orchestra to sabotage Debbie's solo; Pim meets Bradley Benjamin Farmer.

Future Tutor

10. Future Tutor

22min

13th Aug 2004

Pim and Phil start school in 2004. Phil meets Keely and offers to tutor her in Algebra. Pim tries to get through her first day of school. 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

Future Jock

11. Future Jock

22min

13th Aug 2004

Phil uses a futuristic gadget to compete in the gymnastics tournament.

You Say Toe-Mato

12. You Say Toe-Mato

22min

13th Aug 2004

Phil and Keely go to the Tomato Ranch. But Phil is worried about going in the tomato mashing tub as he only has 4 toes.

Doggie Daycare

13. Doggie Daycare

22min

27th Aug 2004

Phil and Keely start a day-care service for dogs to earn money for concert tickets. Phil uses a futuristic gadget to understand what a dog is saying.

We'll Fix It in Editing

14. We'll Fix It in Editing

22min

1st Oct 2004

A school video project causes Phil to overlook his friends' feelings; Pim is recruited for a track meet.

Halloween

15. Halloween

22min

8th Oct 2004

Debbie enlists everyone is school to help her bake cupcakes except Pim. But soon enough Pim is forced into giving the drum beat to the bakers. Phil and Keely try to help the helpless bakers.

Age Before Beauty

16. Age Before Beauty

22min

12th Nov 2004

Keely uses the "New-Ager" and pretends to be a substitute teacher, but she then gains the attraction of Mr. Hackett.

Neander-Phil

17. Neander-Phil

22min

10th Dec 2004

Phil tries to impress the mayor's daughter but things get bad when he switches places with Curtis. Pim realizes that she can't stand Debbie and doesn't even want to be her friend.

Double Trouble

18. Double Trouble

22min

1st Jan 2005

Phil defends Pim against a bully and then he gets bullied. Curtis takes the neighbor's lawn ornaments and calls them his "friends."

Milkin' It

19. Milkin' It

22min

25th Mar 2005

Phil and Keely enter a science fair featuring next Century's "milk engine" sending Lloyd into a state of panic that the Diffys will be discovered. Phil and Keely sneak into the fair to retrieve the evidence so the Diffys can remain in Pickford.

Corner Pocket

20. Corner Pocket

22min

8th Apr 2005

Phil and Keely pretend to be in cheerleading to impress Mrs. Teslow. Pim tries to find the one thing that Debbie can't stand.

Team Diffy

21. Team Diffy

22min

28th Oct 2005

Phil's future "friend" comes to 2121. He offers the Diffy's a way to get home. Will Phil choose the right decision?

First air date

18th Jun 2004

Last air date

19th Aug 2006

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks