Phineas Worrell is a fictional character from the 1991 film Ernest Scared Stupid. He is played by Jim Varney.
In Ernest Scared Stupid, Phineas managed to stop the evil troll Trantor from turning all the children of Briarwood into wooden dolls in the late 19th century. Trantor cursed Phineas' lineage to grow perpetually dumber each generation. Until eventually Ernest P. Worrell was dumb enough to accidentally release Trantor to once again wreak havoc on Briarwood.