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"An old-fashioned tire swing, but huge and powered by jet-engines that can flatten a small village."
Phineas[src]

The Giant Tire Swing is a tire swing built by Phineas and Ferb in order to experience the feeling of a traditional summer activity.

History[]

Phineas tells the gang to come up with ideas for projects, since his original plan has become unfeasible. Reacting to his friends' propositions to improve some of their past inventions, he incites them to instead conceive an innovative item, complying with the summer spirit. Seeing Buford hanging on a tire for the short musical demonstration, the boys are motivated to construct a magnified model of a classic swing.

The project is quickly put in motion, with everyone helping in an aspect of the product. Though not free of tangential disturbances, the invention is soon complete. As the kids station themselves inside, the brothers present the finished creation, launching it off to begin the ride. Some time later, the test drive is successfully concluded, to everyone's approval. A problem caused by Buford has to be resolved thereafter, leading him to lift it away into another person's scheme ("Fly On the Wall").

Design[]

The Giant Tire Swing is a giant tire with a dark gray outline, a light gray interior, gray middle aileron pieces, a light blue bottom plate, and two gray side jet engines. It is sustained by a thin cord connected to a light gray post.

Mechanics[]

The Giant Tire Swing is a swing enhanced by rocket boosters. Oriented accordingly, the cabin is correctly adjusted to the ride's properties, allowing the smooth transitory movement. There is a second mode to it, which can be activated by pressing a red button to enable old-fashioned one-person radical swings.

Background Information[]

  • Phineas' initial idea for the day had been to build a zombie-robot pool table, but the parts for it do not arrive.
  • At Phineas' request, Buford suggests a super duper rollercoaster, adding only a prefix, and Isabella proposes a Portal to Venus à la the Mars adventure. To the latter, Baljeet points out that a sunscreen of 12 million protection factor would have to be concocted.
  • Stimulating the others' thought processes, the boys try to remind them of the essence of summer, prompting a quick performance of a particular song. The oddity of them remembering a sequence that they shouldn't causes an awkward pause.
  • According to Phineas, the engines inserted into the tire swing are potent enough to flatten a small village.
  • When the boys introduce the tire swing to the kids, Phineas greets them with "lady and gentlemen", a variation of the traditional "ladies and gentlemen" employed in this case due to there being only one female associated with the project.
  • Two comments are made regarding the ride's modules; Baljeet states that the regular one feels like watching a movie, and Buford remarks on how he had never felt as stomach sick before the singular one.
  • Before finding a transformed Candace, the group had planned to restock the snack bar to then go back for more swings.
  • In the end, Buford presses the "FLY" button in the control panel, which blasts the invention alongside the pedestal into space, where the two parts break apart. The post is seen by astronauts, who realize that the Space Shuttle program had already ended.
  • As claimed by the individual thwarted by the tire swing, his Uncle Boris had a saying that went, "when life's goin' well, a giant tire comes along and smashes your inator", accurately fitting the situation.
  • The Giant Tire Swing appears in one of the scenes of the montage recounting the summer ("Last Day of Summer").

Appearances[]

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Season 1
Coolest Coaster Ever | Backyard Beach | Phineas and the Ferb-Tones | 42
The Curse of the Princess Monster | Thumb Wrestling Arena | Remodelling Mount Rushmore | Brobots
Chamber of Invisibility | Microscopic Zoo | Robot Bean & Tea Leaf | Summer All The Time Collection
Cattle Drive | S'Winter | Big Top Cirque | Mummy | Secret Spy Adventure | Perry the Inaction Figure | Bigfoot
Candace Crusher | Shrinking Submarine | Time Machine | Tree House Robots | Grandpa's Dinghy | Chariot Race
Giant Ferris Wheel | Backyard Water Slide | Summer Roller Re-Match | Totally Sick Waterslide of Doom
Conk | Beach Submarine | Medieval Tournament | Escalator to the Moon | World's Largest Bowling Ball
F-Games | Kermillian's Comet | Miniature golf | Teleportation Device | Holy Mackerel | Mariachi tree
Haunted House | Platypus monster | Unpainted Desert | Phineas & Ferb Studios | Team Improbable
Rainbow-inator | Shooting Star Milkshake Bar | Flying Car of the Future, Today | Portal to Mars
Season 2
Nosebud | Animal Translator | Aglet Awareness | Growth elixir | Goldie's Aqueous Extravaganza
Gelatin monster | Big Ben Water Slide | Big and Obvious Ride | Chez Platypus | Platy-posterior | Jump N' Duck
Baseball Launcher | Cute-Tracker | Phineas and Ferb's backyard fort | Paper Pelican | Let's Take a Quiz
Phintastic Ferbulous Car Wash | Platy-Attracker 3000 | Tree Shelter | Shrinking Machine | Boat of Romance
The Baljeatles | X-Ray Glasses | Backyard Spa | Bubble Machine | Shlocko | Ha-Ha-Hut | Mix N' Mingler
Patch Chart | Contraption | Photo-transporter | Ferbalistic Groovatron 9000 | Phineas' Anti-Romance Rocket
Molecular Scrambler | Wedding of Bob and Tiana | Floating Pep Squad Mobile | Niagara Falls replica
Anti-Gravity Fun Launcher | Unification Day Parade | Kiddie Rides | Spinning Tops of Doom
Frozen Yogurt Machine | Robot Bull | Phineas and Ferb's Super Skate Course of Doom | The Beak
Pioneer Town | P&F Lemonade | Aqua Primates | Giant Jump-Roping Robot | Sun-Beater 3000
Holo-Projection Device | Spin Washing | Self-Balancing Monster Unicycle | Giant Maze
Max Modem and the Mainframes | All Terrain Vehicle | World's Tallest Building | Molecular Separator
Sick Day Video Game Backup System | Coolest Coaster Ever | Giant Jukebox
Season 3
Biosphere | Rover | Super Shoes | Balloon Race | Robotic Shark | Moon Farm | Super Computer | Funhouse
Best Phone Ever | Magic Carpet | Hair Style Machines | Bounce House | Worksite Slide | Spring Suction Cup
Stratospheric Ionizer | No Stop Truck Stop | Tour de Ferb | Giant Skiddley Whiffers | Football X-7
Giant Darts | The Tower | Spuds-a-lot | Ferb Latin | 12th Annual Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas
Giant Terracotta Warrior | Excaliferb | Mind Machine | Antius Maximus | Cheesetopia | Perrytronic 3000
Totally Tools Sponsor | Positive Reinforcement Machine | Anti-Gravity Maximus | Ninja Outfits
Warp Trebuchet | Giant Pillow Fight | One-Track Amusement Park | Super Sprinkler | Mom Attractor
Brain Booster | S'Fall | Flying Saucer | Jetpack Volleyball | Mind Flip | State-of-the-Matter Transfer Device
Nanobot Programmer | Highly Unconventional Vehicle | Giant Spring | Squirrel Camp | Blackout Invention
Season 4
Hockey Z-9 | New Year's Ball | Sorbet Machine | Giant Tire Swing | Dental Hygienosphere
Nedlington Nymph | Rutabaga Vehicles | Infinite Probability Generator | Mind Share device
Backyard Hodge Podge | Wading Pool | World's Largest Drop of Water | Dog Sensomatic Helmet
Gordian Knot replica | Rock Climbing Wall | Chupa-Copter | P.H.L.A.S.E.R.
Phineas and Ferb Ultimate Obstacle Course | Pyramid Sports | Bubble Washers | Foam Town
Scrapbook-aganza | Sky Tennis | Ultimate Batting Challenge | Ferb-o-graphic technology
Fletcher Family Flying Circus | Wind Amplification Device | Giant Fireside Girl Puppet | Picnicland
World's Largest Art Piece | Scent Diffuser | Galaxy 5000 | Rubberization Ray | Summer Sports
Dinner Date | Everything Ride | The Buford Van Stomm Time Catapult
Others
Platypult | Remote Control | Murphy's Law Suit | Giant Robotic Clown | Carbonator | Idea-Mashup Machine
Ninja Gloves | Anti-Gravity Ray | Digital Hacker | O.W.C.A. agent beacons
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