Phil of the Future

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""He's a 22nd century man!""

The Diffy family -- Barbara, Lloyd, Phil, and Pim -- are your average 22nd century family. Which is a lot like your normal [[Nuclear Famil], except with aliens. During their vacation through time, their time machine breaks down in the present day. The family must rough it out in the 21st century while trying to get back home -- all the while not telling anyone that they're from the future. (Well, anyone [[Secret Keeper|excep] Keely Teslow, Phil's 21st century love interest.)

This is a Disney Channel show, which of course means one of the girls sings for the Disney Records label. (In this case, [[Alyson Michalk], who plays Keely, teams with her younger sister A.J. to form the pop group Aly & AJ (Now known as 78violet.)

This is the last Disney Channel Original Series to date not to be produced by It's A Laugh Productions, which almost certainly explains why it was Screwed by the Network (in the form of premature cancellation - it didn't even make 65 episodes) in favor of all the other shows that were. It lasted from June, 2004 to August, 2006.

"Keely (about the Christmas tree star): Ooh, that's my favorite part. Phil: I know, you were the Pickford Yuletide Star Princess, after all. Keely: That's right! Wait...we didn't even know each other then. How did you know about that? Phil: Well...you see...I actually met you before you met me. Pim: Met her? You followed her around like a pathetic puppy. Keely: Really? Pim: He was like 'Oh, we have to help the pretty crying girl!'"
 * [[Acting for Tw]: J.P. Manoux as the Vice Principal and [[Team Pet|Curtis The Cavema].
 * [[All Women Love Shoe]: This is how Keely and Via become friends.
 * [[All Girls Want Bad Boy]: Pim finds her soul mate in a classmate who shares her penchant for pranks and loses all interest when he saves her from a humiliating scene instead of making fun of her.
 * Alpha Bitch: Candida.
 * [[Annoying Younger Siblin]: Pim.
 * Badass Beard: Phil Diffy in “Ill of the Future”.
 * [[Badass Teache]: Mr. Joel Messerschmit.
 * [[Because Destiny Says S]: Keely implies in "Christmas Break" that maybe the reason the Diffy's time machine broke down is because it was meant to be.
 * [[Bittersweet Endin]: Series ends on cliffhanger.
 * To add to that, Doug Tuber (one of the creators) confirms that he and his writing partner Tim Maile (The other creator) were hired by Disney to write the Phil of the Future finale movie. Doug say's it was a very detailed and funny and romantic outline. Disney decided not to produce it.
 * [[Big Man on Campu]: Phil Diffy in “It’s a Wonder-Phil Life”.
 * Black Best Friend: Danny Dawkins is Pim's.
 * [[Christmas Episod]: "Christmas Break".
 * [[Dance of Romanc]: Once in "Neander-Phil" and again in "Get Ready to Go-Go"
 * [[Deadpan Snarke]: Pim. Occasionally Phil.
 * Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: A conversation in which Keely calls herself Phil's girlfriend, and Phil says he wants to be her boyfriend.
 * Disappeared Dad: Keely Teslow's father
 * [[Dogged Nice Gu]: Lil Danny Dawkins. He's not always nice though.
 * "Asks Pim".
 * [[Everybody Hates Mathematic]: Keely Teslow in the episode "Good Phil Hunting". At least at the beginning of the episode.
 * [[Everyone Can See I]: Phil and Keely, to the point that they get mistakenly named Cutest Couple by the whole school.
 * Evil Laugh: Pim.
 * "Meet a boy named Phil and his family, on vacation from the 22nd century..."
 * [[Failure Is the Only Optio]: Lloyd
 * [[Fate Drives Us Togethe]: Implied with Phil and Keely at several points, including Keely placing her childhood music box into the school's time capsule that is later found by Phil's mother and used when he was a baby.
 * [[First Kis]: Phil Diffy is Keely Teslows first kiss.
 * [[Flower in Her Hai]: Keely Teslow loves wearing flowers in her hair. As Phil mentions to Keely on their picnic in "Happy Nirday".
 * [[Forgotten First Meetin]: Keely doesn't remember meeting Phil in "Christmas Break."
 * Freaky Friday Flip: One of the Wizard's powers;
 * One ep, it switches Curtis and Phil's personalities when it malfunctions.
 * Lloyd makes Phil and Pim switch bodies to give them a "Versa Day".
 * Freudian Slip: Keely Teslow in the episode “Dinner Time” when she said “See you at lunch, Sweetie Pie” to Phil.
 * [[Girl Next Doo]: Keely Teslow
 * The Glomp: Phil and Keely share many hug's of this variety during the series. Sometimes even two in one episode "Good Phil Hunting".
 * [[Grand Romantic Gestur]: Phil creates a picnic of things that remind him of Keely in "Happy Nird-Day".
 * [[Green-Eyed Monste]: Keely Teslow in the episode "Neander-Phil".
 * Phil in "Ill of the Future".
 * [[Green Lantern Rin]: The Wizard.
 * [[Green Rock]: Diffy's gadgets.
 * [[Happy Danc]: Phil and Keely each do one of these after they make plans to go to the dance together in "Get Ready To Go Go".
 * Happily Ever Afte]: Phil Diffy and Keely Teslow get together in the finale episode "Back To The Future (Not The Movie)". [[Word of God also makes this such.
 * Happily Married: Barb and Lloyd.
 * [[Halloween Episod]: "Halloween"
 * [[Hell-Bent for Leathe]: Phil Diffy in "Dinner Time".
 * [[High School Danc]: "Get Ready To Go Go", "Raging Bull", and "Halloween".
 * [[High School Sweetheart]: Phil Diffy and Keely Teslow.
 * [[Hilarious Outtake]: At the end of the episode “Halloween” and “Broadcast Blues”.
 * [[Holding Hand]: Phil Diffy and Keely Teslow in the finale episode "Back To The Future (Not The Movie)". The irony is that they've probably held hands a million times before as friends, but once they decide to become a couple, they can't get the logistics right.
 * [[Idol Singe]: Aly & AJ (Now known as 78violet), one half of which is the show's female lead, Alyson Michalka.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Owen
 * [[Just Friend]: Phil and Keely till the season 2 finale (which ended up being series finale).
 * Killed Off for Real:  No seriously.
 * [[The Lady's Favou]: The salt and pepper shakers from "Back to the Future (Not the Movie)"
 * Lady in Red: Keely Teslow in “Get Ready To Go-Go”.
 * Laugh Track: Notably averted.
 * [[Left Hangin]: So. Many. Things.
 * [[Les Ya]: Pim and Debbie in the first season.
 * Last-Minute Hookup: Phil Diffy and Keely Teslow get together in "Back To The Future (Not The Movie)".
 * [[Love Before First Sigh]: Phil and Keely in "Christmas Break"
 * [[Masquerad]
 * [[May-December Romanc]: Accidentally and played for laughs in "Age Before Beauty". When Keely ages herself with a future device and catches the romantic attention of Vice Principal Hackett, Phil must step in and pretend to be her boyfriend to deter him. Unfortunately, he accidentally ages himself to about 80, to Keely's 20-something.
 * [[Meet Cut]: Phil and Keely, though Keely didn't know. The entire episode "Christmas Break" is devoted to how they met. Keely was the Pickford Yuletide Star Princess in charge of the town's yule star (obviously) to be used in a tree lighting ceremony. Pim breaks the glass Yule star, and Phil, feeling badly about it, goes back in time to fix it. Through a series of unfortunate events, he ends up going back in time several times to save the star, eventually succeeding. Keely finds this sweet, Pim...not so much:
 * [[Meet Cut]: Phil and Keely, though Keely didn't know. The entire episode "Christmas Break" is devoted to how they met. Keely was the Pickford Yuletide Star Princess in charge of the town's yule star (obviously) to be used in a tree lighting ceremony. Pim breaks the glass Yule star, and Phil, feeling badly about it, goes back in time to fix it. Through a series of unfortunate events, he ends up going back in time several times to save the star, eventually succeeding. Keely finds this sweet, Pim...not so much:


 * [[Military Bra]: Via
 * Muggle Best Friend: Keely to Phil
 * [[New Job Episod]: Lloyd and Curtis both get jobs at the local hardware store in the episode "Versa Day".
 * [[Nosy Neighbo]: Vice Principle Neil Hackett.
 * [[Now or Never Kis]: Phil and Keely's first kiss in "Back to the Future (Not the Movie)".
 * [[Official Coupl]: Phil Diffy and Keely Teslow.
 * [[Out of Orde]: The episodes where Phil met Keely and told her his secret were the 10th and 11th episodes that aired, respectively.
 * Plucky Girl: Keely Teslow.
 * [[Plot-Sensitive Item]: Diffy's gadgets about once every 1 1/2 episodes
 * The Power of Friendship: Phil and Keely In "Almost. Every. Single. Episode.''
 * [[The Power of Lov]: Phil and Keely. From two different centuries. Yet they end up together. That's [[The Power of Lov].
 * [[Puppy Dog Eye]: Keely gives these to Phil in episode “Age Before Beauty”, "The Giggle" and "Dinner Time".
 * [[Put on a Bu]: Tia, Bradley Benjamin Farmer, and Seth Wassmer.
 * [[Red String of Fat]: Played with with Phil and Keely. In "Time Release Capsule", Keely puts her own childhood music box in the school's time capsule; Phils mom finds it a century later and plays it for him as a baby. It's revealed in "Christmas Break" that Phil was the one who broke the time machine, but that if he hadn't stopped to help Keely, the family would have been caught in a massive time-storm and gotten lost forever.
 * [[Reed Richards Is Useles] / [[Plot Technolog]: Justified, since they have to maintain the masquerade and minimize their impact on the outcome of history, they can only use the future tech to solve the day's problems.
 * [[Relationship Upgrad]: Phil and Keely in the season 2 finale which ended up being the series finale "Back To the Future (Not The Movie)".
 * The Rival: Bradley Benjamin Farmer and Candida are rivals of Pim.
 * [[Science Fai]: Phil and Keely in the episode “Milkin’ It”.
 * Screwed by the Network (Disney...grr)
 * [[Secret-Chase]: Vice Principle Neil Hackett
 * [[Secret Keepe]: Keely Teslow.
 * [[Ship Teas]: In. Every. Single. Episode.
 * [[Sick Episod]: The Diffy's in "Ill of the Future". Vice Principle Neil Hackett in "Mummy's Boy".
 * [[Sibling Yin-Yan]: Phil and Pim, who are polar opposites.
 * Shipper on Deck: Pretty much everyone for Phil and Keely, but Phil's mom is the most obvious.
 * Show Within a Show: "Who Wants To Marry A Dentist?" in the episode "Future Jock". "The Lost and the Lonely" in the episode "Double Trouble".
 * [[Sleep Cut]: Phil and Keely fall asleep next to each other on the sofa while studying in the episode "The Giggle"
 * [[Sque]: When Phil Diffy and Keely Teslow kiss in "Back To The Future (Not The Movie)".
 * Stalker with a Crush: Lil Danny Dawkins has one on Pim.
 * Hackett's behavior toward Veronica veered into stalker territory when he camped out on her front lawn and was awoken by the sprinklers.
 * [[Sweetie Graffit]: Phil + Keely written on the tree in "Time Release Capsule".
 * Take Over the World: Pim.
 * [[The Big Damn Kis]: Phil and Keely's kiss in "Back to the Future." They kiss on the school's CCTV and get a standing ovation from the entire student body.
 * [[The Matchmake]: Keely in "Stuck in the Meddle with You".
 * This Loser Is You: Phil. A lot.
 * Time Travel: Duh.
 * Timey-Wimey Ball: They play with the concept of [[Temporal Mutabilit] a lot, most notably in "Time Release Capsule" and "My Not-So-Great Great-Great-Grampa".
 * [[Trapped in the Pas]: The Diffy's.
 * [[Tyrant Takes the Hel]: Pim, in the aptly-named "Pim-cipal" episode.
 * Uncanny Valley Girl: Debbie Berwick. We learn later that
 * [[Undercover As Lover]: At one point, Phil and Keely use the Wizard to masquerade as his parents to fool their snooping neighbor, Mr. Hackett.
 * Valley Girl: This is how Keely and Tia are first introduced. Tia stays this way until she leaves the show, though Keely moves away from it a bit as the show goes on.
 * [[Unobtainiu]:
 * [["What Now?" Endin]: Diffys went back for Curtis.....then?
 * [[We Will Not Have Appendixes in the Future|We Will Not Have Pinky Toes In The Futur]: In the episode "You Say Toe-Mato"
 * [[Worthless Yellow Rock]: Diamonds are a waste product in the future, but aluminum foil is apparently invaluable.
 * Very much justified. Aluminum is valuable even today (which is the motive behind pop tab collections), while diamonds are easily manufactured from common carbon.
 * Word of God: Doug Tuber stated that after seeing Ricky Ullman & Alyson Michalka's chemistry on screen he knew Phil and Keely were destined from the start of the series to become more than friends.
 * [[Wrong Genre Savv]: Principal Hackett thinks the Diffy's are aliens.
 * You Are Grounded: Phil at the end of "Maybe Sitting".
 * You Are the New Trend: In the episode "Broadcast Blues" everything Keely wears on her news reports becomes a new trend.
 * [[You No Take Candl]: Curtis, the Diffy's [[Unfortunate Implications|pet cavema].
 * [[Young Future Famous Peopl]: Though the youthful famous person is fictional, Phil runs into the inventor of the Wizard in his high school during a career placement test.
 * [[Your Cheating Hear]: The name and premise of a season one episode.

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