Phineas and Ferb is about two young stepbrothers of those names that work together to create wildly imaginative inventions to pass their time during the summer, occasionally accompanied by Perry, their pet platypus. These inventions, while a major highlight, are definitely not the purpose of the show. I believe that the purpose of the show is to portray accurate representation.
The show is wildly diverse, portraying characters from a variety of home situations, ethnic backgrounds and religions in a wonderful light. For example, the main family in the show is a mixed family, consisting of an American mother, sister and brother and a British father and brother. Rarely is a family like this portrayed on a kids show, and it's done with almost no negative discussion of the previous family situations.
Along with the mixed family, Phineas and Ferb have an enormously diverse friend group. Some of their closest friends are Ballet Tjinder, a young Indian boy, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, a Hispanic girl, and Stacy Hirano, an Asian girl who is a friend of their older sister's. All of these nationalities are represented well, and relatively without stereotype. This kind of representation in children's media is wildly important, and allows children of varying nationalities to find someone that they can identify with in a show that they love.
Isabella is also Jewish, hence the Shapiro. Her mother owns a Mexican-Jewish resaturant
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