Episode Guide - Season 2

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

All episodes are listed in the order that they first aired on
Disney Channel
(see the Episode List for a list of the episodes in chronological order)

All summaries written by *Mel Diffy*

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Versa Day"


U.S. Premiere: June 25, 2005


Writer: Roger S.H. Schulman


Director: Matthew Diamond


Guest Stars:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis)
Cathy Cahn (Mrs. Feinstein)
Spencer Locke (Candida)
Sean Michael (Lyle Snooger)
Donna Pieroni (Henrietta)
Nikki Soohoo (Fiona Lanky)
Kevin West (Mr. Angst)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

Because of Phil & Pim's nonstop bickering, Lloyd decides it's time for them to have a Versa Day - switching their bodies so that they can see what it's like to be each other for a day. At school, Pim does everything in her power to make Phil look bad, but Phil does his best to try to make Pim look good. Instead he only makes her mad, especially when he joins the Junior Science Squad. After a duel in the hallway to see who can make who look the most uncool, Phil ends up helping his sister out by turning the tables on the "Fashion Zombies" after hearing about their plan to pull a prank on Pim @ lunch. Spending a day in each other's shoes helps both of them learn to appreciate each other a little bit more.

Lloyd helps Curtis find a job & ends up working for him.

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"Virtu-Date"


U.S. Premiere: June 26, 2005


Writers: Michael Curtis & Roger S.H. Schulman


Director: Fred Savage


Guest Stars:

Spencer Locke (Candida)
Dossett March (Robby)


Co-Stars:

Kelsie Lynn (Goth Kid)
Jessica Valentino (Head Kid)
Calicia Wilson (Girl #1)


Futuristic Gadgets:

Virtu-Goggles

Summary:

When Keely wonders what people in the future do for fun, Phil decides to take her to a virtual mall via "Virtu-Goggles". They have an awesome time shopping for virtual clothes & eating @ Paradise Cove, a virtual restaurant - until Keely starts flirting w/ Robby, the virtual waiter. Phil becomes majorly jealous, but eventually has to step in & help Keely out when Robby starts moving too fast. Back in the real world, Keely feels stupid for having flirted w/ Robby the way she did, but Phil assures her that she did just fine & that he was the one who overreacted. After a trip to a virtual ice-cream shop (this time w/ no virtual robot creeps), Keely apologizes for making Phil so jealous, but surprises him when she tells him that she actually liked the fact that he was jealous.

When Pim is officially uninvited to the Fashion Zombies' slumber party, she goes in search of her own group to fit in with. Eventually she realizes that her mom was right - you just have to be yourself. Instead of trying to fit in w/ groups in the present, she uses the Virtu-Goggles to gain a virtual futuristic edge over the Fashon Zombies.

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"The Giggle"


U.S. Premiere: July 9, 2005


Writer: Bill Canterbury


Director: David Kendall


Guest-stars:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis)
Joel Brooks (Joel Messerschmitt)
Brittney Powell (2030 Keely)
Laura Harden (Cat Lady)
Brian Evaret Chandler (Anchorman)


Co-stars:

Brandon Novitsky (Ticket Taker)
Joi Stanton (Stacy Pimpkins)


Futuristic Gadget:

The Giggle

Summary:

When Phil tells Keely about "The Giggle" (a futuristic gadget that holds all the world's information up until the year 2121 & constantly updates itself), she begs him to let her use it to see what her future will be like & is ecstatic to discover that her dream of becoming a broadcast journalist comes true. Later, after using the Giggle to find out that they both get A's on an upcoming history test, they skip studying & end up failing the test instead. Phil tries to cheer Keely up by using the Giggle to show her that her future hasn't changed & that she'll still be a broadcast journalist, but instead it only makes her feel worse when she sees that her future has actually taken a turn for the worse. Phil goes to Mr. Messerschmitt & begs him to let them take another test, & he reluctantly agrees to let them take the Omicron Gambit - the toughest test of all. Hours of intense studying pays off when they both get A's. Immediately using the Giggle again to see if her future has changed in any way, Keely's relieved to see that she's a broadcast journalist again - & surprised to find that she's also wearing a wedding ring...

When Pim is denied permission from her parents to see an 'R'-rated horror flick, she uses Curtis to help her get in to see it, but the movie literally scares her to the point of confession.

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"Dinner Time"


U.S. Premiere: July 24, 2005


Writer: Julie Sherman Wolfe


Director: Henry Chan


Guest-star:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis/Mr. Hackett)


Co-star:

Louisa Abernathy (Mrs. Henderson)


Futuristic Gadgets:

Wizard
Time Crumpler
Yummilizer 5000

Summary:

As if having Vice Principal Hackett as a new neighbor wasn't bad enough, the Diffys have to try to convince him that they're just a normal American family after he sees them using some futuristic gadgets. They decide to invite him over for a dinner party, but when Lloyd & Barb get sucked into a time vortex, Phil & Keely are forced to transform themselves into Phil's parents to try to keep things under control until they get back. Things go from bad to worse when they reappear right in front of Mr. Hackett, & Barb sees no other option than to tell him the truth. They beg him to keep it a secret, but he threatens to tell the authorities. Fortunately, the time donut that Lloyd & Barb were sucked into takes them all back to before Mr. Hackett shows up for dinner & everyone's memories (except for the Diffys) are erased of the night's disastrous events.

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Tia, Via, or Me...Uh"


U.S. Premiere: August 5, 2005


Writer: Ivan Menchell


Director: David Kendall


Guest-stars:

Michael Mitchell (Owen)
Juliet Holland-Rose (Via)
Will Burke (Leprechaun)


Futuristic Gadgets:

Replicator
Skyak

Summary:

Phil isn't too happy about Keely using him as a substitute to do all the girly stuff she used to do w/ Tia until she moved away, so he jumps @ the chance to pair her up w/ the new student, Via - but when Keely starts spending all her time w/ her new friend, Phil starts feeling more than a little jealous. After a suggestion from Lloyd, Phil decides to surprise Keely w/ a Skyak ride up north to see the Northern Lights, but just when he thinks he's finally gotten scored some alone time w/ his best friend, he finds out that Via has something planned, too. Phil comes up w/ a plan to use the replicator & send the replicated Keely along w/ Via while he takes the real Keely on the Skyak ride, but the fun they have together doesn't last for long when Keely finds out what Phil did.

Barb & Pim re-decorate Pim's room & have to try to find a happy medium between Barb's girly, fairy tale decor & Pim's "malevolent dictator" theme.

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Get Ready to Go-Go"


U.S. Premiere: August 5, 2005


Writers: Sharon A. Wong & Masha Tivyan


Director: Jace Alexander


Guest-stars:

Spencer Locke (Candida)
Michael Mitchell (Owen)
Juliet Holland-Rose (Via)
Brandon Smith (Li'l Danny Dawkins)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

Keely finally works up the courage to ask Phil to the Sadie Hawkins dance @ school & they're both really excited about it - until Lloyd announces that he's fixed the time machine & they'd be going home the very next day. When Phil finds out that Lloyd hasn't fixed the time machine after all, he tells Keely the good news, only to discover that she had asked Owen to go w/ her to the dance instead because she had thought that Phil wasn't going to be there to take her. Phil agrees to go w/ Via when she asks him, but when she & Keely show up @ the Diffys' house on the night of the dance to meet him & Owen there, Phil can't take his eyes off Keely. At the dance, it's more than obvious to Owen & Via that Phil & Keely want to be dancing w/ each other, so Via makes up an excuse for her & Owen to leave them alone together. When Keely tells Phil that she isn't sure she can handle the uncertainty of being in a friendship w/ someone who could leave @ any moment, Phil tells her that the one thing he's learned from time travel is that timing really is everything & that you just have to make the most of the time that you do have. And sometimes you just have to create your own timing...


Thinking that she'd be going home & would miss the school dance, Pim tells Candida & the rest of the Fashion Zombies that she has a date, but when she finds out that she won't be going home after all, she has to come up w/ a plan to create the perfect date she had bragged about. Using the wizard, she brings a magazine cover model to life & succeeds in making Candida jealous, but her plan ultimately backfires when the pretty boy starts hanging out w/ Candida instead.

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Phil Without a Future"


U.S. Premiere: August 21, 2005


Writers: Sharon A. Wong & Masha Tivyan


Director: Savage Steve Holland


Guest-stars:

Joel Brooks (Mr. Messerschmitt)
Patricia Forte (Sarge Marge)
Kevin Michael Richardson (Voice of Mr. Littletree)
Brandon Smith (Li'l Danny Dawkins)


Co-star:

Kunal Sharma (Rick Singh)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

It's Career Day @ school & Phil has to try to decide what he wants to do for the rest of his life - easier said than done. Between Mr. Messerschmitt hounding him about choosing a career & his dad pressuring him to think about a career @ Wizard Corp. back home in 2121, Phil realizes that he doesn't know what he wants to do no matter what century he lives in. When Mr. Messerschmitt forces him & other students who haven't chosen a career (including Rick Singh, future inventor of the Wizard) to take the Career Placement Test in order to choose a career for them, Phil refuses when he realizes that plenty of people who don't know what they want to do w/ the rest of their lives go on to achieve great things.

Not wanting to work for "the man" & take orders from someone, Pim chooses a career as a correctional officer so that she can order other people around instead

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"Time Release Capsule"


U.S. Premiere: August 27, 2005


Writer: Michael Curtis


Director: Fred Savage


Guest-stars:

J.P. Manoux (Mr. Hackett)
Ben Savage (Himself)
Michael Mitchell (Owen)
Brandon Smith (Li'l Danny Dawkins)
Kevin West (Mr. Angst)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

When Phil tells Lloyd about the time capsule that H.G. Wells is burying & shows him a picture of it, Lloyd recognizes it as the time capsule that he & Barb dug up in the future during one of their romantic picnics. Realizing that this could be their ticket back home, he starts working on a note to put inside the capsule warning his future self not to rent a time machine. But since leaving the note would immediately send them back to the future w/ no memory @ all of being stuck in the past, Phil isn't too crazy about the idea because that would mean that he & Keely would have no memory of each other whatsoever. The time finally comes to put the note into the time capsule, & Phil reluctantly drops it in - but nothing happens. A flash forward to the future reveals that Owen's can of fake jumping snakes startles Barb & she spills her drink on the inside of the time capsule. Lloyd uses the note to mop up the mess & throws it away, never reading it @ all. Apparently the Diffys getting stuck in the past was just meant to be...

Pim is forced to raise money for a sick rat in the school science lab, but when she discovers that he isn't sick @ all, she keeps the money for herself & even hosts a telethon to raise more money. When the science teacher & science squad demand the money, she runs. Grabbing the bag of money, she races to the time capsule & drops it inside, expecting to immediately be sent back to the future as planned. To her dismay, nothing happens & she ends up having to give back every penny she raised.

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Mummy's Boy"


U.S. Premiere: September 9, 2005


Writers: Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi


Director: Fred Savage


Guest-stars:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis/Mr. Hackett)
Michael Mitchell (Owen)
David Figlioli (Curator)
Dale Raoul (Ms. Mip)
Brandon Smith (Li'l Danny Dawkins)
Sam Zeller (Oog)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

When Mr. Hackett gets sick w/ a cold, Phil & Keely have to find a replacement chaperone for the school field trip. Since Lloyd is busy w/ the time machine & Barb takes up a sudden interest in trying to heal Mr. Hackett's cold "the old fashioned way", they're forced to turn to Curtis for help - but not w/o some much needed grooming. At the museum, the curator tells the class that the area where the mummies are stored is off-limits - but what better hard-hitting story for a future broadcast journalist like Keely than to sneak into the forbidden area & do a report on the mummies? Phil, meanwhile, has problems of his own. When Curtis spots one of his old cavemen buddies, Oog, in the caveman exhibit wearing a bracelet that he had stolen from him, Phil notices something in Oog's other hand: a part from the time machine that had fallen off during their trip to the prehistoric times. Using the Wizard to get past the glass & security devices in the exhibit, Phil manages to get the part out of Oog's hand w/o a hitch - until he accidentally knocks the caveman over, causing everything else in the exhibit to come crashing down. Ironically, Keely & Owen end up setting off the security alarm down in the storage room & Phil has to warn them before the curator gets there. Keely ends up getting detention for sneaking into the storage room, & is a little upset w/ Phil for ditching her, but all is forgiven when she understands why he did.

Pim meets her match when the substitute teacher, Ms. Mip, foils all her pranks

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"Maybe-Sitting"


U.S. Premiere: September 23, 2005


Writer: Ivan Menchell


Director: Fred Savage


Guest-stars:

Joel Brooks (Mr. Messerschmitt/Battina Messerschmitt)
Josh Flitter (Nathan)
Estelle Harris (Voice of Older Pim)
Jack Carter (Voice of Older Nathan)
Shane Baumel (Voice of 5-year-old Phil
Spencer Locke (Candida)
Brandon Smith (Li'l Danny Dawkins)


Futuristic Gadgets:

New-Ager
Wizard

Summary:

Phil & Keely get stuck baby-sitting Mr. Messerschmitt's nephew & Phil promises his dad not to use the New-Ager (a device that not only ages your appearance, but can also age your behavior) on Nathan to help keep him under control. But desperate times call for desperate measures, & when things get out of hand, Phil takes advantage of the technicality of his promise by having Keely use it on Nathan instead. Unfortunately, she zaps him one too many times & he starts behaving like an old man. Attempting to fix her mistake & bring him back down a few years, she accidentally zaps Phil, causing him to behave like a five-year old. Phil gets a hold of the New-Ager & tries zapping Keely w/ it, causing the battery to run out in the process. Keely's only hope is Pim, who won't give her the extra battery because she just can't pass up an opportunity to see her perfect brother get into major trouble. But when Mr. Messerschmitt returns & Pim is about to get into major trouble herself, Keely comes to her rescue, forcing Pim to give up the battery in exchange for her help. Racing back into the house, Keely zaps Nathan back to normal just in time before his mother wakes him up. Phil isn't so lucky, however, when Lloyd comes home from work early to find his son acting like a little kid.

Pim has to create a volcano for her science project in Mr. Messerschmitt's class & Lloyd makes her promise not to use the Wizard to make her volcano. Taking advantage of the technicality of her promise, she comes up w/ the idea to use the Wizard to create volcanoes for all the other kids in her class & make a profit from it. Just when she thinks she's actually gotten away w/ her plan, Phil zaps her w/ the New-Ager while Lloyd is asking her about it, causing her to behave like an old lady & admit her lie.

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"Good Phil Hunting"


U.S. Premiere: September 30, 2005


Writers: Peter Tibbals & Eric Goldberg


Director: Andrew Tsao


Guest-stars:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis/Mr. Hackett)
Spencer Locke (Candida)
Jason Earles (Grady Spaggett)
Robert Budaska (Einstein)
Rory Knox Johnston (Isaac Newton)
Mary Lou (Alex)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

During math class, Mr. Hackett tells the students that if someone can solve Focault's Last Conundrum (something no student has ever solved before), there would be no math homework for the entire class for the rest of the semester. Since the seemingly impossible math problem is simple 3rd grade material in the future, Phil knows the answer, but doesn't want to risk exposing his secret. Unfortunately, after telling Keely the answer, she accidentally blurts it out & ends up getting transferred to an advanced math class. Phil tries to help her out as much as possible (including doing her homework for her), & Keely loves the feeling of being looked up to by the intellectuals in her class & helping them break out of their shells & become more like normal teenagers. But eventually they both realize that they can't keep it up any longer & try to think of a way to tell Mr. Hackett the truth about Phil telling Keely the answer to the problem w/o letting on how Phil knew the answer in the first place. Just as they're about to confess, Mr. Hackett finds out that Keely has turned his "prized show geeks" into regular teenagers & to their relief, immediately sends her back to regular math class.

Candida pranks Pim w/ static electricity & Pim vows to get her back. She builds up enough static electricity on herself to give Candida a totally new 'do, but accidentally ends up getting a new hairstyle herself.

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Pim-cipal"


U.S. Premiere: October 22, 2005


Writers: Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile


Director: David Kendall


Guest-stars:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis/Mr. Hackett)
Brandon Smith (Li'l Danny Dawkins)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

When Keely makes an announcement about a competition to become Principal For a Day during her morning report, Pim immediately jumps @ the opportunity to rule the student body. She does everything in her power to squash the competition, including humiliating her biggest opponent, Vice-Principal Hackett. But once elected, she abuses her power & Phil & Keely form a resistance against her. They convince Hackett & even her right-hand man & faithful follower, Li'l Danny Dawkins, to join them & together come up w/ a plan to overthrow her reign.

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Christmas Break"


U.S. Premiere: Disney Channel Holiday DVD
(November 1, 2005)


Writer: Julia Sherman Wolfe


Director: Fred Savage


Guest-stars:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis/Mr. Hackett)
Geoff Brown (Owner)


Futuristic Gadget:

Wizard

Summary:

While decorating their house for Christmas, the Diffys reminisce about their first Christmas in Pickford as Phil tells Keely the story of how they first met. Finding a coin that the Diffys had dropped, Keely picks it up & Lloyd sends Phil & Pim after her to get it back. Following her to H.G. Wells, they sit @ a table next to her in the cafeteria & wait for just the right moment to get the coin back. As soon as she leaves the table, Phil grabs it off her lunch tray w/o a hitch - that is until Pim decides to take a little souvenir w/ her: the Pickford Yuletide Star that Keely (as Christmas Princess) was supposed to top the town Christmas tree w/ during the ceremony later that night. Phil tries to make her put it back, but as they're fighting over it, they end up dropping the star & crushing it. An equally crushed Keely comes back to find the star in a million pieces, & Phil tries to go back in time & fix things, but each time something else happens to break the star. Finally Phil comes up w/ the idea to go back in time, grab the unboken star before he & Pim drop it, then go forward in time & replace the star after it gets broken. Later that night, the Diffys watch as Keely tops the tree w/ the star & tells everyone about the miracle of the star that one minute was in a million pieces & then the next minute was perfectly whole again, believing that a guardian angel must have been watching over her. Back in the present, Keely realizes that that "guardian angel" was Phil all along.

Meanwhile, Lloyd also tells the story about how he & Barb take a tour of "an authentic 21st century house" that ends up being their new 21st century home.

[♥~Mel Diffy~♥]

"Phil of the Garage"


U.S. Premiere: November 11, 2005


Writer: Roger S.H. Schulman


Director: Roger S.H. Schulman


Guest-stars:

J.P. Manoux (Curtis)
Richard Tillman (Bruno)

Summary:

With Lloyd using Phil's room as a storage place for all his tools to fix the time machine & Barb & Pim barging in on him all the time, Phil barely gets any privacy. To top that off, the floor in his room collapses because of certain things Lloyd stores in it, & Phil is forced to find another place to stay till it's fixed. Both Phil & Pim are ecstatic when Phil finally convinces Barb to let him stay in the garage w/ Curtis, but Curtis isn't so happy when Phil turns out to be a messy & irresponsible roommate. Eventually "fixing" Phil's floor himself, Curtis moves into his room while Phil enjoys his newfound privacy out in the garage. And since Phil wants to be treated like an adult, Lloyd does just that - including turning the power off during Phil's "Garage-Warming Party" because he didn't pay his electric bill. Phil soon learns that living on his own isn't all that it's cracked up to be, & Pim learns that having Phil as a housemate isn't so bad compared to Curtis...