The WORST episodes of Phil of the Future

Every episode of Phil of the Future ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Phil of the Future!

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.

Last Updated: 9/1/2024Network: Disney ChannelStatus: Ended
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Corner Pocket
star
6.00
9 votes

#1 - Corner Pocket

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/2005

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

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Christmas Break
star
6.17
6 votes

#2 - Christmas Break

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/2/2005

When Christmas Eve rolls around, Phil tells the story of when his family first came to Pickford and how he met Keely. Lloyd also decides to tell the story of how they got the house.

Directors: Fred Savage
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Neander-Phil
star
6.57
7 votes

#3 - Neander-Phil

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/10/2004

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.

Directors: Matt Dearborn
Dinner Time
star
6.63
8 votes

#4 - Dinner Time

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2005

Mr. Hackett moves in next door and the Diffys invite him for dinner. Pim tries to sell the house.

Directors: Henry Chan
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Time Release Capsule
star
6.71
7 votes

#5 - Time Release Capsule

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2005

Lloyd realizes that Pickford High School's time capsule is the key to returning the Diffy's to the future, he tells Phil to warn them from taking their time travel vaction in the year 2121.

Directors: Fred Savage
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You Say Toe-Mato
star
6.77
13 votes

#6 - You Say Toe-Mato

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/13/2004

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.

Directors: Tim O'Donnell
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Tanner
star
6.93
14 votes

#7 - Tanner

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/2004

Phil is sent to second grade to work on his writing after he messes up on his cue cards for the news. Pim cheats on a test and her conscience bothers her.

Directors: Joanna Kerns
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Meet the Curtis
star
6.94
33 votes

#8 - Meet the Curtis

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/2004

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.

Directors: Neal Israel
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Team Diffy
star
7.00
11 votes

#9 - Team Diffy

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/28/2005

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

Directors: Tim O'Donnell
Writer: James Kramer
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We'll Fix It in Editing
star
7.00
8 votes

#10 - We'll Fix It in Editing

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/1/2004

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

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Phenomonally Yours
star
7.13
8 votes

#11 - Phenomonally Yours

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/6/2004

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

Directors: Tim O'Donnell
Writer: Danny Kallis
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Phil of the Garage
star
7.14
7 votes

#12 - Phil of the Garage

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/11/2005

Phil is growing tired of everyone going into his room without his permission. He wants privacy and he isn't getting that from his room. When Lloyd stores tools from the Time Machine in Phil's room that shouldn't be next to each other, it ends up blowing the floor out and Phil has to live somewhere else. He chooses the garage and shares it with Curtis. But when Curtis is sick of Phil he decides to fix Phil's room and live there instead.

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Doggie Daycare
star
7.20
15 votes

#13 - Doggie Daycare

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/27/2004

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.

Directors: Richard Correll
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Daddy Dearest
star
7.23
13 votes

#14 - Daddy Dearest

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/23/2004

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.

Directors: Tim O'Donnell
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Unification Day
star
7.25
16 votes

#15 - Unification Day

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/18/2004

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.

Directors: Tim O'Donnell
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Double Trouble
star
7.29
7 votes

#16 - Double Trouble

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/1/2005

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

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My Way
star
7.33
12 votes

#17 - My Way

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/9/2004

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.

Writer: Tim Maile
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Raging Bull
star
7.36
14 votes

#18 - Raging Bull

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/2/2004

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.

Directors: Tim O'Donnell
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Halloween
star
7.36
11 votes

#19 - Halloween

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/8/2004

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.

Directors: Fred Savage
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Stuck in the Meddle with You
star
7.40
5 votes

#20 - Stuck in the Meddle with You

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/2006

Keely tries to get together two people and it backfires on Phil. Pim becomes a "psychic" and fools Mr. Hackett.

Directors: Fred Savage
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Broadcast Blues
star
7.43
7 votes

#21 - Broadcast Blues

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/24/2006

When no one watches Keely's investigative reports show Pim comes to the resuce by offering to help make her popular amongst her viewers again but Keely realizes that Pim is just abusing her to make money and goes back to making "real news" with Phil.

Directors: Fred Savage
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Where's the Wizard?
star
7.43
7 votes

#22 - Where's the Wizard?

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/7/2006

Phil loses the wizard and to his suprise he finds that Mr. Hackett has it. Now Phil is on a mission to get the wizard back. Will Mr. Hackett find out Phil is from the future?

Directors: J.P. Manoux
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Good Phil Hunting
star
7.43
7 votes

#23 - Good Phil Hunting

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/30/2005

Phil uses future knowledge to solve one of Mr. Hackett's seemingly impossible math problems, but Keely inadvertently blurts out the answer and is promptly upgraded to advanced math class. Rather than have Mr. Hackett even more suspicious of his family, Phil helps Keely continue to look smart among the other genius students - while Keely teaches her new classmates to navigate the shopping mall. After Candida pulls a static electricity trick on her, Pim shuffles her way to find the best method for acquiring energy.

Directors: Andrew Tsao
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Maybe-Sitting
star
7.43
7 votes

#24 - Maybe-Sitting

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/2005

When Phil & Keely baby-sit Nathan, 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 hay-wire, 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 Phil's dad get home. But her only salvation, Pim, is too busy using the Wizrd to create and then sell the latest school project.

Directors: Fred Savage
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Phil without a Future
star
7.43
7 votes

#25 - Phil without a Future

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2005

Mr. Messerschmitt insists his students take the Career Placement Test. However, Phil doesn't know what he wants to do and doesn't want to be trapped in a job for which is not suited.

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