 A third Emmy nomination, for the episode "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" (2008), pitted the show against "SpongeBob SquarePants," although neither nominee received the award due to an unspecific technicality.The distinctive style of Tex Avery influenced the show's artistic look, which includes geometric shapes in both the characters and the background.The style was determined by Povenmire's first sketch of title character Phineas Flynn, who he doodled on the butcher paper covering the table during dinner with his family in a restaurant in South Pasadena, California; he was so taken with the sketch he tore it out, kept it, and used it as the prototype for Phineas and the stylistic blueprint for the whole show.