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The Phineas and Ferb Effect is an effect that can change several probabilities like Murphy's Law. The effect was theorized by Baljeet after Phineas and Ferb researched Milo in "The Phineas and Ferb Effect".
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In order to gain an upper hand at the Pistachions, Phineas and Ferb offered to let Milo go through some lab tests, as Murphy's Law had not been researched before. It turns out from the research that Milo has a natural field of negative probability ions that are surrounding him, and that likewise, Phineas and Ferb have a field of their own as well, but filled with positive probability ions, which may be the reason why Phineas and Ferb never get in trouble by Candace and why Doofenshmirtz's inators always aim at their inventions. This could also be one of the reasons why he failed to take over the Tri-State area in the Phineas and Ferb series, though this is most likely due to his bad planning skills and Perry foiling his plans every time. Baljeet dubs this phenomenon the "Phineas and Ferb Effect". This is also why Phineas and Ferb's big ideas always work out and happen within a day unlike Milo who instead has misfortune always happen around him. It also may have affected Phineas and Ferb's ancestors that looked like them since they're big ideas would also work out. However, it cannot necessarily account for Phineas and Ferb's ability to build such impossible inventions in the first place, as many of their inventions should be impossible even with perfect luck.
According to Baljeet, positive and negative probability ions cannot occupy the same space, so if Milo stood in between Phineas and Ferb, Milo's negative probability ions would travel elsewhere. This would work in Milo, Phineas and Ferb's advantage if they made a device that allowed them to aim the negative probability ions at any desirable target, which became the basis of the Murphy's Law Suit.
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- The Phineas and Ferb Effect is similar to the opposite of Murphy's Law, the Yhprum's law. It states that "Anything that could work, will work".
- This phenomenon gave name to the crossover.
- It should be noted that despite Phineas and Ferb's huge fortune, both have suffered notable misfortune during several of their adventures (e.g. in "Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You!").
- It is a common Fandom misconception that this effect is what allows Phineas and Ferb to build their big ideas in the first place. However, this was never stated in the episode itself.