Chapter 1: Rollercoaster
Notes:
I started this on fanfiction.net back in June. It's not finished yet. Far from it. That means after chapter 4, I'll be updating this story on both this platform and fanfiction.net.
I wasn't sure I wanted to do a Phineas and Ferb fic. However, over the course of a vacation back in June, I came up with ideas for a Phineas and Ferb rewrite.
This might be the biggest fanfiction I will ever write. There will be 104 chapters, one chapter for each day of the boys' summer. Since there are more than 104 episodes in the actual show, a lot are going to be adapted out, including the holiday specials and the episodes that take place in alternate universes, like The Temple of Juatchadoon and that one Chinese one where Perry's a martial arts master.
I have already picked out which episodes I wanna do, so if I happen to not cover an episode that you wanted me to, I apologize in advance.
All songs are from Phineas and Ferb.
Phineas and Ferb belongs to Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 1
Rollercoaster
Step-brothers Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher sat under the tree in their backyard. They were both bored out of their minds.
Phineas had a triangle for a head. He had orange hair and blue eyes. He wore a white and orange striped shirt, and blue shorts.
Ferb had a rectangle for a head. He had green hair and brown eyes. He wore a yellow shirt and purple pants with suspenders.
"So, Ferb, what do you wanna do today?" Phineas asked.
Ferb shrugged his shoulders.
"What about Perry? What does he want to do?" Phineas wondered.
The two turned towards their pet platypus, Perry. Perry did his signature chatter.
Phineas sighed. "Well, he's a platypus. They don't do much. I, for one, am starting to get bored, and boredom is something I will not put up with. The first thing they'll ask us when we get back to school is what we did over the summer. I mean, no school for three months, our life should be a rollercoaster, and I mean a good one, not like the one we rode at the state fair. That was lame. If I built a rollercoaster, I would… wait, that's it!"
Play "Hey Ferb"
Phineas:
I know what we're gonna do today
Though it might sound just a bit cliché
We can build a rollercoaster
It will come with songs and dancing!
'Cause when we're back in school come next September
And they ask us, we can both remember
Every cool and clever thing we did all summer long, and glancing
Back we're gonna be so glad that we
Didn't sit all day and watch TV
I don't think anyone can disagree
The world is possibilities
And that's what makes me say
Hey Ferb
Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today
Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today
Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today
Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today
Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today
Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today
Hey Ferb
End "Hey Ferb"
"Boys, I'm gonna pick up a few things," came the voice of their mother, Linda. "You boys stay out of trouble, okay?"
"Okay, Mom," Phineas replied. When she was out of earshot, he said to his brother, "We're gonna build a rollercoaster!"
The boys' sister, Candace, saw Linda get in the car. She came out for some "clarification".
"I'm in charge, right?" she asked. "You did tell them I'm in charge?"
"Relax, Candace," said Linda. "No one has to be in charge."
"What if there's an emergency? What if a satellite falls out of orbit and crashes into the house?"
"If that happens, you're in charge."
"Yes!" Candace went to the backyard to tell her brothers the news. "Mom says I'm in charge conditionally."
"Whatever," said Phineas.
Candace started to feel suspicious. The desks and blueprints in the middle of the backyard did not sit right for her.
"Wait a minute, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Homework," Phineas lied.
"It's summer."
"That's fine. You wait until the last minute, then."
"I'm watching you." Candace headed to the door. "And I'm in charge, conditionally!"
With that, Candace slammed the door.
Candace was about to head up to her room when the phone rang. She answered. "Hello? Oh, hi Stacy. No, I can't go to the mall right now. Mom just went to the store. She left me in charge, well, you know, conditionally. It's all about the varying degrees of authority. What are my brothers doing right now? What do you mean you can see it from your house? See what?"
Candace ran outside to see her brothers building a track.
"Phineas, Ferb, what is this?" she asked.
"Do you like it?" asked Phineas.
"Oh, I'm gonna tell Mom, and when she sees what you're doing, you're going down."
Candace's friends, Stacy and Jenny, popped up wearing pink and purple dresses.
Play "You're Going Down"
Candace (Stacy and Jenny):
(You're going down) You're going down when I get mom to see
(Down to the ground) This ridiculous monstrosity
(You're going down) You'll never get away with this again
(You're going down) You're G-O-I-N-G D-O-W-N
(You're going down) Spread the news from coast to coast
(Down to the ground) You're going down, your operation exposed
(You're going down) I could say more, but I don't wanna boast
(You're going down) Get used to butter, cause you both are toast!
If a certain condition arises
I'm the one to avert the crisis
You think you're living large, but you forgot that I'm the one in charge... conditionally!
(You're going down) So listen up, all your dreams are done
(Down to the ground) This is the end of all your so-called fun
(You're going down) Gather up your girders and your rivet guns
(You're going down) You're going down and I finally won!
You're going down
Down, down, down, down...
You're going down!
End "You're Going Down"
With the song over, Candace, Stacy, and Jenny left.
Phineas turned to Ferb. "We're going to need some peanut butter and a blowtorch."
"Candace, are you gonna come to the mall with us later?" Stacy asked.
"Probably," Candace replied. "If things don't work out, tell Jeremy I said hi."
With that, the girls got on their bikes and biked away. They passed by the girl across the street.
She was a Mexican-Jewish girl with long black hair. She wore pink clothes and a bow.
"Hey girls," she greeted. "Is Phineas home?"
All three girls ignored her.
The girl entered the backyard. She smiled at Phineas with hearts in her eyes.
"Hey, Phineas," she greeted.
Phineas turned around. He wasn't pleased to see her. "Oh, hey Isabella."
Play "Whatcha Doin"
Isabella:
I'm just the curious girl across the way
Every day I come over and here's what I say
"Whatcha doin', whatcha doin'?
What's the day's activity?
"Whatcha doin', whatcha doin'?"
By any chance could it include me?
Whatcha doin', whatcha doin'? (Whatcha doin'?)
I don't mean to disturb
Whatcha doin', whatcha doin'? (Whatcha doin'?)
You know it's not really directed at Ferb
When I say "Whatcha doin'?"
Don't you know, Phineas? You have no idea
That every day I'm just dying' to see ya and say
"Whatcha doin', whatcha doin'? (Whatcha doin'?)
I really wanna know
Whatcha doin', whatcha doin'? (Whatcha doin'?)
Can I be part of the show?
When I say, "Whatcha doin'?"
End "Whatcha Doin"
"To answer your question, Ferb and I are building a rollercoaster," Phineas replied frustratedly.
"In your backyard?" asked Isabella.
"Some of it."
"Wow. Isn't that kinda impossible?"
Phineas was running out of patience. "Can I help you?"
"I was gonna go to the pool. You wanna go swimming with me?"
"I'm kind of in the middle of something here."
"Oh, right. I'll see you later then."
Isabella walked out of the backyard. Phineas felt relieved.
That's when he realized something was… off. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry wandered to another area of the house.
Except he didn't wander.
When the time was right, Perry stood on his hind legs, put on a fedora, and opened a secret door. He went through the door, which was an elevator to a secret base under the house.
Perry sat down and logged on to his computer. He had just received a message from his boss, Major Monogram.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "The evil Doctor Doofenshmirtz is up to his old tricks. For reasons unknown to us, he bought up 80% of the country's tinfoil. I want you to get over to his hideout, find out what he's up to, and put a stop to it. As always, Agent P, it is imperative that your cover identity as a mindless domestic pet remains intact. Now, get out there. We're all counting on you."
Play "Perry the Platypus Theme Song"
Perry got onto his flying car, flew out of the base, and away from the house.
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bah
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bah
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bah
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bah
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bah
Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bah
Perry
He's a semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal of action!
He's a furry little flatfoot, who'll never flinch from a fray-ee-ay-ee-ay!
He's got more than just mad skill,
He's got a beaver tail and a bill
And the women swoon whenever they hear him say:
Perry stopped to chatter for a few fangirls. They all sighed and fainted happily.
He's Perry
Perry the Platypus! (Monogram: "Yeah, but you can call him Agent P.")
Perry (Monogram: "I said you can call him Agent P!")
Agent P
End Theme Song
Candace made it to the store Linda was at. It didn't take long to find her.
"Mom, you have to come home now!" she screamed.
"Did a satellite crash into the house?" asked Linda.
"Phineas and Ferb are doing something crazier than that."
"What's the emergency?"
"They're building a rollercoaster!"
"Seriously? Aren't they too young to be rollercoaster engineers?"
"Yes, yes they are."
Meanwhile, Phineas was getting the parts needed for the rollercoaster. The man they were getting the parts from was suspicious.
Play "Aren't You a Little Young?"
Construction Guy:
Aren't you a little young to build a rollercoaster?
Phineas:
Yes, yes I am
Construction Guy:
Well, I must say I'm really quite impressed
But all of your permits are in order
Don't forget the bricks and mortar
And if you need a power loader, be my guest.
But if I'm pressed, I'd say you look a little young to drive a forklift.
It's good to see a younger guy like you
Who's creative and ambitious.
A little bigger than his britches.
And who's got a fresh, exciting point of view.
Yes it's true!
That you seem a little young to do the things that you do,
Even with all that moxie you've got.
Yes, you seem a little green
To be controlling this machinery.
Phineas:
Yeah, I get that a lot
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry made it to Doofenshmirtz' not-so-secret hideout. He stared down, well, up, at his nemesis.
Heinz Doofenshmirtz was not like most humans. His head was more triangular-shaped than circular, his neck was facing forward instead of upward, and he had a pointy nose. He wore a black shirt under a white lab coat, as well as gray pants.
"Perry the Platypus," he smiled. "What an unexpected surprise, and by expected, I mean completely expected."
Doofenshmirtz pushed a button that released a bunch of arms. They grabbed Perry's arms and legs, holding him in the air.
"I, Doctor Doofenshmirtz, have covered the entire eastern seaboard in tinfoil," he monologued. "And when I put my giant magnet next to my ingenious Magnetism Magnifinator, I will pull the East in a westerly direction, thereby reversing the rotation of the Earth. I know you're gonna expect me to give you a big tragic backstory to explain why I want to do that, but I'm not going there. You know why? I'll tell you."
Play "Back in Gimmelshtump"
Doofenshmirtz:
Back in Gimmelshtump
I always had to keep it real
'Cause when you grow up in Gimmelshtump
Your childhood is less than ideal
So, I don't dwell on how I crawled my way out of the gutter
No, I don't
When people ask me what I mean, I say,
"D-D-D-Do I stutter?"
Doofenshmirtz quickly changed the flow of the song, much to Perry's surprise. A few women even showed up to dance along to the song.
But I'm no longer a hater
'Cause I got an Inator
And an over-complicated scheme
I get a couple of checks
Every month from my ex
So I can finance my coming regime
And though my past was a wreck
I won't let it affect
My aspirations to cause mass hysteria
'Cause I'm as sure as can be
That it's my destiny
To be the ruler of the Tri-State Area
Yeah
End "Back in Gimmelshtump"
"Are we done here?" one of the backups asked once the song was done. "Because I gotta pick up my daughter from dance class."
"Hold on," Doofenshmirtz replied. "Just wait for the scene to change."
"But Mom, I'm telling you," said Candace. "They're building it, and it's huge."
Candace turned around to notice a new poster on the wall.
Phineas & Ferb Present…
THE COOLEST COASTER EVER!
Now open
Candace ran to get Linda.
While she wasn't looking, a few boys around Phineas and Ferb's age saw the flier.
"Phineas and Ferb made a rollercoaster?" one asked. "Do you think we'll get a discount if we take the flier?"
"Maybe we better take it," said another.
The boys took the flier and ran off. They were blocked by a bigger boy wearing brown shorts and a black shirt with a skull on it.
"If anyone's riding this thing, it's gonna be me," he said in a raspy voice. "Not one of you lousy extras."
The boy took the flier and ran away with it.
Candace finally returned with Linda.
"See, I told you I wasn't crazy," she said.
"And you're not crazy, how?" asked Linda.
Candace turned to the wall. The flier was gone. She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"You're right, Candace," Linda sarcastically remarked. "A crazy person wouldn't yell at a wall like that. I'll be in the dairy section if you want to yell at some cheese. Would you like that?"
Candace thought for a second before making her decision. "A little."
Once there were enough kids in line, Ferb checked on the microphone. It was working just fine.
Phineas ascended on a stage lift, and took the microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages!" he announced. "May I present to you a spectacle most of the morning in the making. THE COOLEST COASTER EVER!"
Ferb removed the curtain. Everyone stared at the coaster in awe. Some even fainted seeing how high it was. One even noticed a bird crashing onto the track.
"So, who wants to go first?" Phineas asked.
Everyone in the crowd raised their hands.
As the coaster went higher and higher into the air, Phineas was showing the kids how to buckle their seatbelts. They slipped off of his fingers, but the kids got the gist of it.
"Phineas, are you sure this is safe?" asked Isabella.
"Of course," Phineas replied. Once they reached the top of the hill, the coaster paused. "You all signed the waivers, right?"
The coaster dropped at a ninety degree incline. All the kids screamed in both terror and excitement. Phineas and Ferb both kept their cool.
Play "Rollercoaster"
Phineas:
It's like a leisurely drive around downtown
But it starts with a 3-mile drop straight down
Yeah, now keep your head and hands and feet inside the ride
Not a written rule, but it's strongly implied (Rollercoaster, roll, rollercoaster)
Permanecer sentados, por favor
Scream if you want more!
That's right!
Corkscrewin' 'round the interstate
With peanut butter and rubber snakes
Rubber snakes were released and covered all the passengers.
Clear the way, move over,
Look out, Bud!
A dog somehow got on the tracks. It noticed the coaster and barely got out of the way in time.
Here comes the mud!
The kids got dipped in mud. The coaster paid a quick stop to the car wash to wash all the mud off. It was lucky the man running the car wash allowed this to happen.
After that, they then went up and down on multiple inclines, making the kids go "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah".
(Rollercoaster, roll, rollercoaster, rollercoaster, roll, rollercoaster) Look out!
We're right-side up and upside down!
Don't ask me to talk,
Can't tell a verb from a noun!
And I'm screaming like a baby
Who's afraid of a clown!
Raspy Boy:
I'm glad I'm wearing trousers
That are already brown!
Phineas:
It'll twist your melon,
It'll turn your gut.
Man, is this ride sweet or what?
We go...
Passengers:
Ah, ah, ah!
Ferb:
We go...
Passengers:
Aah, aah, aah!
Ferb:
We go...
Passengers:
AHH, AHHH, AHHHHHHH!
Rollercoaster
End "Rollercoaster"
Perry waited for the right time. When the time came, he used his tail to fire a nearby screw in Doofenshmirtz' direction. Doofenshmirtz noticed this and dodged.
"You missed," he teased.
Except Perry expected him to do that. The screw ricocheted off a wall, and the lights, before stabbing Doofenshmirtz in the foot.
Doofenshmirtz accidentally pushed a button, releasing Perry from his restraints.
Perry leaped and punched Doofenshmirtz in the face. Doof quickly recovered and grabbed a wrench. Perry grabbed another wrench and the two clashed. After a bit, Perry hit his wrench against the screw, worsening Doof's pain. Doof retaliated by throwing his battery cart at Perry.
Perry jumped off the cart, making it fall out of the window.
Outside, a farmer and his wife were on the side of the road. Their car just broke down.
"I can't believe you walked all the way to the service station to get jumper cables but didn't get the battery cart!" the wife chastised. "What, did you think it was gonna fall out of the sky?"
Right as she said that, a battery cart landed right in front of her.
"Well, do you think a million dollars are gonna fall out of the sky?" the wife asked, hopeful. Sadly, nothing happened.
"It doesn't work that way," said the farmer.
"Well, how does it work, then?"
While Perry recovered quickly, this still bought Doof the time he needed to open the roof.
"Now you're too late," he laughed. The Magnifinator activated, sending an energy beam towards the Eastern seaboard. "Quake in your boots and watch helplessly as the unimaginable electromagnetic forces pull the eastern seaboard, thereby reversing the rotation of the…"
Unfortunately, the magnet didn't pull the seaboard. It just pulled the tinfoil off the seaboard. The tinfoil curled into a two-ton ball, and it was traveling two-hundred miles an hour directly towards Doof and Perry.
Doof and Perry worked together to try and separate the magnet from the Magnifinator.
Back at the store, Candace was screaming at a container of cheese. This had gone for five minutes.
Other customers stared at Candace like she was the weirdest girl in the world.
"Wow, she is mad at that cheese," one remarked.
That's when Candace heard screaming coming from outside.
She ran outside to see the rollercoaster. Phineas, Ferb, and other kids rode by.
"Oh, oh, Mom!" she called.
It was no use. They were doomed…
Until Perry noticed a helicopter. He used a grapple gun to attach the magnet to the helicopter. When the helicopter ascended, it carried the magnet into the air with it.
"You did it!" Doof yelled. "You saved us, Perry the Platypus!" Sadly, Doof got hit by the tinfoil ball. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Agent P
The Magnifinator reattached itself to the magnet. It lifted a nearby rollercoaster into the air.
Candace just got out of the store with her mom.
"Look, see?" she asked.
Linda looked and saw nothing.
"Okay, I give up," she said. "What am I supposed to be looking at?"
Candace turned to see the coaster was gone.
"No, it's not possible!" Candace shouted. Linda left to get the cart. "No, it was here and it was huge!" Candace turned around to see the rollercoaster flying away. "Mom!"
Linda came back with the cart. "Time to go. I have frozens."
Candace came up with another idea. "You think Phineas and Ferb are still sitting under that stupid tree in the backyard, right?"
"Well, yes, that would be my guess," Linda replied.
"Good, then let's go home, now!"
Candace quickly grabbed the cart and ran to the van.
When the time was right, Perry cut the rope. The coaster landed on the other side of town.
Perry noticed his owners on the coaster. He quickly jumped onto the nearest empty seat and resumed his normal form.
Phineas heard a small thud. He turned around to see Perry sitting there.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," he said. He then turned to Isabella. "Nice hat, Isabella."
Isabella noticed she was wearing a small hat for some reason. She took it off. She noticed it was way too small for her, but it seemed around the right size for Perry. She put the hat back on Perry's head.
That's when the coaster derailed. The coaster flew onto a crane, which then catapulted it high in the air.
"Funny," Phineas remarked calmly. "I don't remember this being in the blueprints."
The coaster then got caught on the rear of a plane.
Candace could see the coaster on the plane from where she was at. She giggled excitedly.
"I worry about you sometimes, Candace," Linda remarked.
The coaster eventually fell off the plane. By then, they were already in Paris. They landed on the Eiffel Tower. It leaned forwards until they were in front of a croissant stand.
"Croissants?" the runner asked.
"Anyone want a croissant?" Phineas asked the passengers.
Before anyone could get any croissants, the tower catapulted the coaster up into space.
The raspy bully held his breath.
The kid next to him, an Indian wearing blue overalls and a white shirt, glared at the bully.
"Do not hold your breath," he scolded. "You'll destroy your lungs."
The coaster floated past a satellite.
"If that falls to Earth, Candace is in charge," Phineas remarked.
After a while, gravity took a hold of the coaster. They were coming down to Earth.
"We should've charged more," Phineas sighed.
Linda and Candace made it back to the house.
Candace quickly checked the backyard. The boys weren't under the tree, just like she expected.
"Yes!" she yelled. "See, Mom? I told you they weren't there."
Candace closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable.
"Hi boys," she heard Linda say.
Candace opened her eyes. Her brothers were sitting under the tree. It was like nothing happened.
"But but but," she stuttered.
"Come on, Candace," said Linda as she carried Candace back to the car. "Help me with the groceries."
Once they were gone, the other kids started climbing out of the tree.
"Phineas, that was great," said the Indian nerd.
"Way too cool," the raspy bully added.
"That was awesome!" another kid shouted. "Can we do that again?"
"Sorry, only one ride per customer," Phineas replied.
"That was great, Phineas," said Isabella. "So, what are you gonna do tomorrow?"
"Don't know yet."
"Maybe you can teach Perry some tricks."
"Well, he's a platypus. They don't do much."
"They're the only mammals to lay eggs," Ferb remarked.
"Maybe he'll lay an egg," Phineas suggested. "It doesn't matter what we do, as long as we carpe diem."
"Excuse me?" asked Isabella.
"Carpe diem. It's latin for 'seize the day'."
Play "Carpe Diem"
Phineas:
Well we hope you all enjoyed the show
Hope it was not anticlimactic
Now there's something we want you to know
And we don't want to sound didactic
But if there's one thing we can say
I know it sounds a bit cliché
Phineas and Isabella:
There's no such thing
As just an ordinary day
The other rollercoaster passengers gathered to join in the song.
All:
And you don't have to build a rollercoaster
Just find your own way to make the most of
These days of summer
And dance to the beat of a different drummer
Just grab those opportunities when you see 'em
'Cause every day's a brand new day, you gotta Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem!
And you don't have to build a rollercoaster
Just find your own way to make the most of
Every minute
No more waiting for the right time, you're in it!
Just grab those opportunities when you see 'em,
'Cause every day's a brand new day, baby, Carpe Diem
Every day's a brand new day, baby, Carpe Diem
Every day's a brand new day, baby, Carpe Diem
Every day's a brand new day, baby, Carpe Diem
End "Carpe Diem"
Notes:
Overall, the rollercoaster episode isn't my favorite, but I still feel it's a great way to start the series.
I prefer the musical version of this episode. Since it'd be boring to write two versions of the same episode, I took the two episodes and made them one. As a result, we not only get the songs, but also some of the funny moments, like Buford taking the poster from the "lousy extras" and Candace yelling at the cheese. Both of those were really funny moments that were too good to get rid of.
You might've noticed Phineas was a little… impatient towards Isabella. This was inspired by the original pitch. Phineas is gonna start out not liking Isabella, but will slowly grow to see her as a friend. Who knows, he might start to like her more than just a friend.
Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 2
Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror
It was only the second day of the summer, but it was already getting hot. The weatherman advised to take it easy and do nothing unless you live near the beach. Just find a shady tree, and maybe an aquatic mammal of some sort, and blow the whole day off.
Well, if you happened to be Phineas or Ferb, that's no problem.
"Come on, Ferb," said Phineas. "If we let a little heat stop us from having the best day ever, then the morning deejays win."
The boys got up and took off their clothes. Their swim trunks were underneath their clothes.
Ferb grabbed the garden hose and started filling the sandbox with water.
"Woo, it's hot out here," came the voice of Linda. She and Candace just came outside. "So, what are you boys up to?"
"We're making our own backyard beach," Phineas replied.
"How cute. Well, I'm off for my spa day. You boys behave yourselves, and don't bother your father. He's finally cleaning out the basement."
"Bye Mom!" Candace said as her mother left. She then turned to the boys. "You heard that? We can't bug Dad, which makes me in charge… by default." She then waited to see if the boys would do something crazy. When nothing happened, she left. "Carry on."
Once Candace left, Phineas spoke. "We're gonna need more sand. Hey, where's Perry?"
When no one was around, Perry entered his secret hideout. This time, he got in through a fake mushroom in the backyard.
Once Perry landed, he stood under another chute, where his fedora was dropped onto his head.
Afterwards, he sat down to answer the call.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Lawn gnomes across the Tri-State Area are disappearing, leaving thousands of gardens unprotected from the evils of black magic. We suspect Doofenshmirtz. Get right on it."
Perry saluted.
Perry
After a few minutes, a guy came to the house to deliver ten trillion grains of sand.
"Aren't you a little young to be a landscape contractor?" the guy asked.
"Yes, yes I am," Phineas replied.
"Hi, Phineas," came an annoying voice.
Phineas turned around to see Isabella.
"Hi Isabella," he greeted unenthusiastically.
"Whatcha doin?"
"Building a beach. Check it out."
In the backyard, Ferb was launching water from a large hose. The truck started pouring the sand onto the backyard.
"Can me and the other fireside Girls be lifeguards?" Isabella asked. "We need to earn our aquatic safety badges."
"Sure," Phineas replied.
Inside, Candace was on the phone with Stacy.
"I've been friends with Susie a lot longer than Katie," she ranted. "I should've been invited to her party. They may be lab partners, but we're locker buddies."
That's when she heard a noise from outside. She went out to check it out.
In front of her, Phineas, Ferb, and a group of girls were standing in front of the sandbox.
"Welcome to our beach," Phineas said.
"Ha, you call this a beach?" Candace asked as she came out. "This is way below your usual standard. This isn't worth a call from Mom. Well, have fun playing in the sandbox."
When she turned around, the fence was gone. In front of her was a large beach like those you'd see in Hawaii.
"So, Candace, what do you think?" asked Phineas.
"That's it!" Candace snapped. "I'm calling Mom!"
"Hey, Candace," came a voice from behind.
Candace turned around to see Stacy and Jenny in their swim clothes.
"You never told me you had a beach in your backyard," said Jenny. "You're gonna be the most popular girl in the neighborhood."
"I will?" Candace asked.
"I just saw Jeremy and his buddies with their surfboards," Stacy replied.
"Jeremy's here? Gotta go!"
Candace dropped her phone and ran to the beach.
Perry disguised himself as a lawn gnome. After a while, he was sucked under the ground.
He went down a conveyor belt with a bunch of other gnomes. He noticed Doofenshmirtz admiring all the gnomes.
He then picked up Perry.
"This is a strange one," he remarked.
Perry made his move. He punched Doof hard on the face.
"Wait, who are you?" asked Doof. Perry took off his disguise, but his fedora fell off when he took off his gnome hat. "A platypus?" Perry put his fedora back on. "Perry the Platypus?"
Doof quickly regained his senses.
"You are mine now!" Doof pushed a button on his remote.
A door behind Perry opened. Perry turned around and braced himself for whatever was gonna come out. When the door fully opened, it revealed a bunch of boxes and objects.
"Wait, that's the garage door opener," Doof said as he swapped remotes. "Now, you are mine!"
Doof pushed the button. This time, the screen behind him turned from a green screen to static.
"That was the TV remote," Doof sighed. "I've got to start labeling these things." He found the right remote. "NOW, you are mine!"
This time, when Doof pushed the button, a cage dropped, trapping Perry.
"Finally, I will rid myself of you!" Doof laughed. "But first, turn your attention to the giant screen and…" Doof pushed the button, just to shut the garage door. "Maybe I need to turn the cable on first?"
"Let's get this beach party started," Phineas said as he put on his hat.
Cue montage of the kids having fun at the beach.
A couple of girls were burying their friend in the sand. The raspy bully tried to bully them. The kid in the sand got up. The sand made his body look muscular. This scared the bully away.
A teenage boy pushed a button on a fake dolphin. Water sprayed out of its blowhole. The teen held his younger brother in his arms. The brother drank the water.
Ferb drove a boat at a very fast speed. Phineas was riding on a parasail.
"Hey Ferb, I can see our house from up here!" he shouted excitedly, even though his house was right in front of him.
Candace found the pretty blonde boy, Jeremy, shining his board. She nervously walked over to him to offer some coconut milk.
Sadly, fate had other plans.
A coconut fell off a tree and onto Candace's head. She dropped the drinks and fell to the floor. She ended up hitting a poor crab.
The crab carried Candace with it. She was carried under a limbo. The other kids playing limbo were impressed.
"So that's how low you can go," one remarked.
"We've been asking that question for generations," another added.
Candace came to. She stood up, confused.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"For winning the limbo contest, you are now crowned Queen Wahanine of the beach," a man said as he gave Candace a crown. "All hail Queen Wahanine!"
"I can't believe it!" Candace cheered.
Play "Backyard Beach"
Ferb showed up with a microphone.
Ferb:
Listen up people and I'll teach ya
'Bout Phineas and Ferb and a backyard beach, yeah
Every morning, Phineas, he gonna say
"Brother, what'cha gonna do today?"
Everyone gathered around and started dancing.
Now you see we're having fun
Playing' under the sun
And get in line, get in line
'Cause the wet ski's runnin'
A backyard beach, a backyard beach
Nothing's outta reach
We got the backyard beach
You can change in the broken hut
Drink out of a coconut
Three games for a token, but the rest is free
You got skiing', parasailing',
Surfin' and a-flailing',
Your contacts need saline
Or else you can't see.
Jeremy approached Candace and started dancing with her. Candace never felt happier in her life.
Got the backyard beach, a backyard beach
Nothing's out of reach, we got the backyard beach
Got the backyard beach, a backyard beach
Don't fall into the breach, got the backyard beach
End "Backyard Beach"
Meanwhile, Linda tried to have fun at the spa. However, she couldn't. Something was very wrong. This was normally the part where she'd receive a call from Candace, if not show up in person.
"Oga, hold me down," she ordered. "I'm going home."
After skimming through his many remotes, Doof finally found the right one.
"Now, Perry the Platypus, you'll finally learn my plan!" Doof said as he turned on the screen. "Back in Gimmelshtump, in the days of my youth, the Doofenshmirtz's were a proud family, but those were lean times for my father and our beloved lawn gnome was repossessed. Who would protect our zatenfruit garden from witches, spells, and wood trolls? From a tender age, my father decided that it would be me. While the other children played 'Kick the Schtumpel' and ate Doonkleberries, I would stand for hours. All through the cold night, as the spitzenhound howled, my only companion was the moon. Since my lawn gnome was taken from me, I'm going to destroy every lawn gnome in the entire Tri-State Area! " He opened a large purple curtain. "Behold the Destruct-Inator, and now, Perry the Platypus, to activate my creation!"
Doof pushed the button to turn on the machine… only to open Perry's cage.
Perry leaped into the air and whacked Doof with his tail.
Back at the beach, a surfing contest was about to begin.
The raspy bully approached Phineas with his board.
"Hello, dinner bell," he greeted.
Phineas turned around. "Hey, I know you. You're that kid who came to the rollercoaster with the poster."
"I am. The name's Buford Von Stomm and I'm gonna kick everyone's butts in this contest."
"Well, Buford, perhaps you missed the sign."
Buford turned to the sign and read it aloud. "No bullying, no yodeling?"
"I don't like this any more than you do," said a nearby yodeler.
The first competitor was Bobby Nelson. He ate it on a five-footer… because Buford intentionally knocked him off his board.
Next, Buford pummeled Django Brown with a Philadelphia traffic stop. He then caught Django in a Nelson before beating him with Bobby Nelson.
The judges did not like this. They gave Buford zeros. He angrily threw Bobby onto the judge's table.
Then, Phineas stepped in. He was so confident that he tanned while riding the wave.
Buford tried to tackle Phineas. Phineas was one step ahead, and used a holographic projector to trick him.
He then started to hang ten, then twenty, then thirty-two, then just hanging.
The crowd loved it. They did their own wave when Phineas got to the surface. Phineas surfed their wave.
The judges gave Phineas a perfect ten.
Meanwhile, Candace was still dancing with Jeremy.
"Are you having fun?" Jeremy asked.
"Yes!" Candace screamed in excitement.
That's when the music changed. Candace looked around. Couples were dancing a slow dance.
Candace took Jeremy's hand, and the two danced together.
This was it. The moment had arrived.
Candace and Jeremy leaned towards each other. They closed their eyes. They puckered their lips.
Then Candace's phone rang.
"Excuse me," she smiled, embarrassed. Candace answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Candace, is everything okay?" came Linda's voice.
"Oh, everything's just wonderful."
"And Phineas and Ferb? What are they doing?"
"Such wonderful things."
"Candace, honey, I'm coming home."
"Wait, what?"
"I'm right around the corner. I'll be home in two minutes."
"Wait! You can't!" Candace heard a beep. She turned to Jeremy. "Stay right there. I've gotta stop her!"
Candace ran into the yard. She peaked out of the gate. Linda was already there.
"Mom, please go away!" she begged. "Don't come in."
Underground, Perry and Doof were continuing their fight.
Perry hit Doof and caused him to hit the lever. The machine switched from suck to blow.
At the beach, a volcano emerged from the water. Gnomes started to erupt from it.
"Run for your lives!" a surfer shouted. "It's gnome-ageddon!"
Everyone made a run for it.
"Candace, tell me the truth," Linda ordered. "What is going on here?"
Candace sighed. "Phineas and Ferb built a beach in the backyard, but instead of a cute little beach in their sandbox, it turned out to be this huge beach with a coastline, palm trees, a pier, hula dancers, water skiers, and everybody from the neighborhood showed up..."
Perry kicked Doof in the shins. He hit the lever yet again.
The volcano got sucked into the ground.
Water sprayed down into the base. Perry got out of the way in time, but Doof wasn't so lucky.
"And then I was just about to share a smoothie with Jeremy when a coconut dropped on my head and…"
Everyone watched as the ocean started to drain. They were all confused about this.
"And just for a moment, it seemed that the wily Buford would steal away the coveted surfing trophy from under the noses of our heroes…"
A large bubble formed before popping.
"But I can only continue my benign reign and spread love, happiness, and ultimate popularity throughout my kingdom if you just let me have my moment."
Once all the water was drained, Perry climbed out of the massive sinkhole.
Agent P
He reverted back to his normal form and returned to the boys.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," said Phineas.
Perry did his usual chatter.
"Well everybody, looks like that's all for today," Phineas told the crowd.
"Phineas and Ferb!" the crowd cheered as the boys shut the fence.
"That was great," Phineas told Ferb and Isabella.
"If you don't believe me, see for yourself," said Candace.
Linda entered the backyard. As she expected, there was no beach. Just Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella standing near the sandbox.
"Hey boys," she greeted.
"Hey Mom," Phineas replied.
"How was your day at the beach?"
"Wait, my kingdom!" Candace cried. "It was all so beautiful! What have you done to my paradise?"
"Candace, honey, I think you need to be out of the sun for a little while," Linda said as she carried Candace inside.
"I think she had fun," Phineas remarked.
The boys went back to sitting under the tree.
"Shout out to my boys Phineas and Ferb!" the announcer said on the radio. "For hosting a beach party that was hot hot hot! And speaking of hot, slather on the sunscreen, listeners, 'cause tomorrow's weather calls for another scorcher."
"With a slight chance of scattered lawn gnomes," Ferb added.
Phineas laughed at the joke.
Notes:
Not much to say here.
The main thing I want to note is a scrapped idea regarding Doofenshmirtz. Early in the writing phase, I had this plan that Doof wouldn't reveal the details of his bad childhood until later in the story as part of an arc about opening up to Perry. Well, I've gone back and edited those chapters and changed it so that he does reveal the details mainly because by leaving it out now, it just wouldn't make sense for him to bring it up later.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 3
Candace Loses her Head
Phineas woke up more excited than ever. He checked the calendar. It was the day he anticipated for a while now.
He turned to Ferb and threw a pillow at him.
"Hey Ferb, it's Candace's birthday!" he said. "We gotta do better than last year." He thought back to when he trained a gorilla to leap out of the cake and surprise Candace. "That was not our best work. This time, it's gotta be huge."
Candace woke up to the sounds of a chatter. When she looked in front of her, Perry was on her bed. She frustratedly picked him up and carried him out of the room.
She gave Perry to the boys, who were sitting at the dining table.
"This is yours, I believe?" she asked rhetorically.
"Happy birthday, Candace," Linda greeted as she handed her a pancake stack with whipped cream and a candle on top. "I made you a special breakfast, and after that, we have a surprise."
"What is it?" Candace asked excitedly.
"We have to drive to it," said her dad, Lawrence.
Once they finished their breakfast, the family got in the car and were on their way.
"Is it the mall?" Candace asked.
"No," Linda replied, a bit frustratedly. "For the last time, it's not the mall."
Candace looked out the window. She realized they were going to Mount Rushmore.
"Why Mount Rushmore?" she whined.
"Isn't it exciting?" Lawrence asked. "Four presidents carved onto the side of the mountain. It was Phineas and Ferb's idea."
Candace glared at her brothers.
"You're welcome," Phineas smiled.
Lawrence dropped the rest off at the front. He then left to find a parking spot.
"Ferb and I are gonna explore the monument," said Phineas. "Come on Perry."
The boys and their platypus left.
"We'll catch up," said Linda.
Linda led Candace to the gift shop.
"Okay Candace, it's your birthday," she said. "You can pick anything you want. What about these Mount Rushmore bobbleheads?"
Candace wasn't paying attention. Of all things, she had to be here. She'd rather be jumpscared by a gorilla again.
Candace turned towards the nearby 'Mr. Slushy Burger' stand. Working there was none other than Jeremy Johnson.
"Jeremy?" she gasped in excitement. She ran over to him and sat on one of the stools. "Hi, Jeremy."
"Hey, Candace," Jeremy replied.
"Whatcha doin?"
Elsewhere, Isabella felt a small disturbance. She didn't think much of it and got back to doing what she was doing.
"I'm just here on the 'Mr. Slushy Burger worker exchange program'," Jeremy explained.
Candace turned around to see the boys carrying some large tools. She tried not to think much of it and focus on Jeremy.
"Well, it's my birthday today, and I…" she said before hearing a crash. She turned back to see the boys doing another diabolical scheme. "I'll be right back."
Candace ran outside to find the boys.
As she went out, Isabella and her troop came in. They found Linda over at the cash register.
"Hi Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher," she greeted.
"Hey Isabella," Linda replied. "What brings you here?"
"Fireside Girl field trip. Say, is Phineas here?"
"Yeah. He and Ferb are up at the monument."
Up at the monument, Phineas and Ferb got to work. Phineas turned to see if Perry was still there. He wasn't.
"Hey, where's Perry?" he wondered.
When no one was watching Perry put on his hat. He opened a secret door where a nearby trash can was.
Perry entered the chute. He slid down a long, fast tube, only stopping to let a fellow agent pass by. After a while, he reached his lair.
There, Monogram had a message. "Good morning, Agent P. Doctor Doofenshmirtz is up to no good again. We just discovered his new hideout is inside Lincoln's head at Mount Rushmore." He noticed Perry's frustrated face. "I know. You were just there. Poor planning on our part, actually. Sorry."
Perry jumped back into the chute.
Perry
Once he reached the other side, the first thing he noticed was Candace calling for her brothers. He quickly had to step away before he could be seen.
Candace continued her search for her brothers. She overheard someone say, "Hey, what are them kids doing up on the monument?"
Candace turned to the man. "What are you talking about?"
"See for yourself." The man gave Candace the telescope.
She looked through the telescope. That man wasn't seeing things. There were kids on the monument alright, but not just any kids. They were none other than Phineas and Ferb.
She then turned around to find Linda. Thankfully, she wasn't far away.
"Mom!" Candace yelled as she grabbed Linda. "Mom, you gotta see this now!"
Linda looked through the telescope.
"Looks like time ran out," she said.
Candace dug through her pockets for change. She managed to find a quarter. She inserted it into the slot. She checked to see if the boys were still there. They were.
"Look now," she ordered.
Linda looked through the telescope once more.
"Oh, Old Reliable Geyser," she smiled. "How exciting. I'm gonna head back to the gift shop."
Linda walked away. Candace had to keep herself from blurting a curse word.
Perry made it to the top of Lincoln's head. He used a drill machine to drill through it.
He found himself in Doof's new lair. Doofenshmirtz was right there in front of him.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "Your timing is impeccable, and by that I mean COMPLETELY PECCABLE!" Doof pushed a button, causing a large glass door to separate himself and Perry. "You're just in time to witness my latest scheme. Behold, my Drill-Inator! I will bore a tunnel to China, build a toll highway, and make millions! So, as they say in China, arrivederci!"
Doof entered his Drill-Inator and drilled deeper into the mountain.
Perry wasn't gonna stop, though. He used his own drill machine to go after Doof.
Perry caught up with Doof's Inator. He then drilled into it. Before Doof could process, Perry tackled him.
Outside, Phineas and Ferb were still working on their project.
"Hey, Phineas," came the voice of Isabella. "Whatcha doin?"
Phineas lowered his rope so he could see Isabella.
"It's a surprise," he replied.
"Can I help?"
"We could use a lookout."
"You got it."
Isabella climbed onto a nearby tree.
Phineas sighed in relief. He didn't think that would work.
That's when he heard a vehicle pull up. He turned to see a park ranger come out of the vehicle and hold up a megaphone.
"Excuse me!" he said. "Aren't you boys a little young to be restoring a national monument?"
Ferb gave Phineas his own megaphone.
"Yes, yes we are," Phineas replied.
"Well, it's good to see young people taking interest in our national heritage."
Perry continued to beat up Doof. He didn't give him a chance to fight back.
Perry stopped when he heard the computer repeating, "Hull overheating". He realized they were getting too close to the Earth's core. He took over the steering to redirect it.
"The Earth's molten core slipped my mind," Doof remarked.
Perry managed to turn around. Sadly, the lava was following them. Perry tried sending his drill machine to create another path to redivert the lava. Unfortunately, the drill moved on its own, and moved in front of the vehicle, causing the lava to come towards it.
Perry was faster. He took a sharp turn. The lava continued to follow them.
The boys used their multiple drills, hammers, and pickaxes to make something huge.
"She's almost here!" came Isabella's voice.
"We're behind schedule," Phineas realized. "Switch to Plan B."
Isabella's troop placed a large image of Mount Rushmore in front of the actual mountain.
Candace finally brought Linda to the balcony. They both looked at how fake the mountain appeared to be.
"I guess some things look better in photos," Linda remarked. That's when her phone rang. "Oh, it's Dad."
Linda walked away to answer the call.
That's when a bird unknowingly flew into the portrait, knocking it down. Candace noticed a large tarp covering a side of the mountain.
The tarp came down to reveal a fifth face on the mountain. That face was none other than Candace's.
Candace was at first bewildered. She then felt a sense of joy.
"It's beautiful! Mom!" she cried. She found Linda at the bottom of the stairway. "Mom, you gotta come see this!"
"Candace, are you still trying to get the boys in trouble?" Linda asked.
"No! This time's a great thing! The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me!"
Perry managed to drive the drill out of the mountain. He aimed it towards the geyser. He then opened his parachute, allowing the wind to carry him away.
"Wait, where are you going?" Doof asked before hitting the geyser. The drill spun a bit, sending him flying away. "Fie upon you, Perry the Platypus!"
Agent P
"Hurry, Mom," said Candace. "You won't believe it!"
Candace turned around. She noticed something was up.
Molten lava emerged from the mountain, right where Candace's carved head was. The lava melted the head off, before streaming down.
The geyser's water directed towards the lava, turning it solid.
By the time Linda showed up, Mount Rushmore was completely normal.
"You're right," Linda smiled. "It is beautiful. Now let's go find your father."
Linda walked away. Candace just stood there and sulked. The boys approached her.
"Did you like your present?" asked Phineas.
Candace could only barely nod before she walked away, sobbing.
"Well, it was definitely better than the gorilla in the cake," Ferb remarked.
Candace was about to meet up with her parents when she ran into Jeremy.
"Hey, Candace," he greeted. "I had a break and I thought I'd give you this for your birthday." He handed Candace a box. "I saw you looking at it in the gift shop."
He blushed in embarrassment at that last part. He didn't know why.
Candace opened the box to reveal some Mount Rushmore bobbleheads. Jeremy noticed the not-so-happy look on Candace's face.
"You don't like it, don't you?" he asked nervously. "This was a bad idea. I'll take it back…"
"I LOVE IT!" Candace interrupted as she hugged Jeremy, tears in her eyes.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 4
Flop Starz
A little boy was performing on stage.
"I met my love in…" he sang very off-key.
A mechanical boxing glove sent him off stage before he could continue. A blonde man appeared on screen.
"Boy, did that kid suck or what?" he said in a very cruel tone. "But maybe you have what it takes to be the Next Super American Pop Teen Idol Star! Auditions open today at the Googoplex mall in beautiful downtown Danville."
The Flynn-Fletchers had breakfast while the commercial played. That's when Candace heard about the auditions.
"Auditions? Today?" she asked.
"Yes, today," said the host. "At two o'clock sharp."
Candace kissed the guy on the screen. "I gotta tell Stacy!"
She ran to her room, carrying the TV with her. Sadly, it was plugged into the wall, so the force from all the running made her fall.
"That pop star stuff might be fun at first, but then you'd be stuck in a dead-end job," Phineas remarked. "Too bad you can't just do it once and move on."
"You're talking about a one-hit wonder," said Linda.
"What's that?"
"Well, a musical act goes to the top of the charts with a catchy tune and meaningless lyrics, then they throw a big diva tantrum, lose their label, and they fade to obscurity. Before you know it, their song ends up as elevator music. Years later, they have a reunion concert, and after that, they never sing again, and no one remembers them." Linda shed a tear as she recalled her experiences. She quickly wiped the tear away and put on a smile before anyone could notice. "Not that I would know anything about that."
Linda walked out of the room.
Phineas took everything his mother said and put it on a small list.
"A one-hit wonder," he decided. "Ferb, I know what we're going to do today."
He didn't need to say that twice. Ferb grabbed a guitar, stood on the table, and played a riff.
Candace looked through the CDs and records in her room. She had Stacy come over to help her.
"Stacy, what am I going to sing?" Candace panicked.
"The real question is, what are you going to wear?" Stacy replied.
Candace realized Stacy was right.
After skimming through her closet, she found a blue dress. She also used a hair straightener to make her hair look more curly.
"What do you think?" she asked.
"Too much," Stacy replied.
Next, Candace tried on a red bikini with white flowers on it.
"Too little," Stacy criticized.
Then, Candace tried on a different blue dress with white shoulder pads. She used two blue bows to put her hair in a pigtail.
"Ugh, too clean."
Next, Candace straightened her hair again to make it look dirtier. She wore a torn-up gray T-shirt with a yellow circle on it, as well as dark green patched-up pants that were clearly too big for her. The clothes were so dirty they attracted a fly.
"Too dirty."
Then, Candace put on a blue cap, a white shirt, blue pants, and a gold medal.
"Too street."
Then, she put on a black wig, put on some black and red clothes, and applied some dark makeup to her face.
"Too goth."
The next one surprised Stacy.
"Where'd you get that?" she asked.
The outfit in question was heavily detailed. Candace wore an orange wig that was as short as Linda's hair, a silver bow, golden earrings, a purple shirt, a blue jacket underneath, a belt that read 'TOY' on it, a green skirt, leggings, and white boots.
"From my mom's closet," she replied. "You like it?"
"No, too retro."
Candace went through more clothes, all of them rejected. After a while, she was wearing a red T-shirt and a white skirt, her usual outfit.
"It's perfect," said Stacy.
"Yeah," Candace remarked. "I should've tried this one first. Let's go."
The two best friends headed to the mall. They passed by Phineas and Ferb's room.
Phineas just finished writing the meaningless lyrics.
"How's the catchy tune coming along?" he asked Ferb. Ferb played the recording he made. A single piano note. "Excellent. We'll be done by lunch. Hey, where'd Perry go?"
Once no one was around, Perry put on his fedora and entered the bathroom. He flushed himself down the toilet and swam through the pipes.
After a while, he reached the lair. Monogram was already on screen.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "We just received word that Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been buying up construction toys at an alarming rate. We need you to find out what he's up to and put a stop to it."
Perry got on his motorcycle and left the lair.
Perry
He drove down the streets of Danville. After a while, he stopped at a red light. Safety first, as they say.
However, this put Perry in a bad situation. His owners stopped at the same red light. Linda turned towards Perry and looked at him.
Desperate to maintain his cover, Perry put on a very poor disguise. A pair of glasses with a fake nose and mustache.
Luckily for him, Linda was dumber than a bag of rocks, and fell for the disguise very easily.
When the light turned green, Perry sped away.
Linda dropped Candace and Stacy off at the mall.
"Meet me at the entrance in an hour," she ordered.
"Come on, Stacy," Candace led Stacy into the mall. "We've gotta hurry so we can get a spot in line."
Candace looked in front of her and realized there was a very long line. She turned around to see a large crowd behind her, waiting for the show to begin.
"I never sang in front of this many people before," she panicked. "I can't do this."
"Yes you can," Stacy assured. "You're not a quitter, you're a fighter. You're a lean, mean, singing machine." Stacy brought out her bag so Candace could punch it. When she was done, she looked like a crazy person. Her hair was messy, her mouth was drooling, and her skirt was torn a little.
"Hey, Candace," came a familiar voice.
Candace turned around to see Jeremy right there. She quickly changed her hair back and tried to cover up what happened.
"And that is what a gorilla looks like when you try to take away his food," she said nervously. She then turned to Jeremy as if she just noticed him. "Hey Jeremy. Are you auditioning too?"
"Nah, I came to see this hot new band called PFT. I downloaded their song this morning. It's tight. The hundredth contestant gets to sing on stage with the band."
"Really?" Candace asked as she got in line.
That's when she heard a bell ding and a siren blare. She turned to a nearby sign that read, '100th Contestant'.
"Congratulations!" came the voice of the TV host as he led Candace to the stage.
Before Candace knew it, she was on stage in front of a crowd of hundreds, if not thousands.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls," said the announcer. "This young lady has the honor of singing on stage with PFT. So now, the band you've been waiting for, Phineas and the Ferb-Tones."
Candace turned around to see none other than Phineas and Ferb in the spotlight.
"Candace, you're the hundredth contestant?" Phineas asked, genuinely surprised. "How serendipitous. This'll be a brother-sister thing. Now, I'm assuming you've heard our single. I mean, who hasn't, right? It's a big hit."
He gave Candace the lyrics.
"Here are the words," he said. "Don't worry if you get lost. The lyrics are meaningless anyway. I'll point when it's your turn."
Phineas then turned to Ferb and their backup dancers, Isabella and the Fireside Girls.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ferbettes!" he announced. "I'm Phineas, this is Ferb, and we're gonna sing a song."
Play "Gitchee Gitchee Goo"
Phineas:
Bow, chicka, bow-wow
The Ferbettes:
That's what my baby says
Phineas:
Mow, mow, mow
The Ferbettes:
And my heart starts pumping
Phineas:
Chica, chicka, choo wah
All:
Never gonna stop
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Phineas:
I said a bow, chicka, bow-wow
The Ferbettes:
That's what my baby says
Phineas:
Mow, mow, mow
The Ferbettes:
And my heart starts pumping
Phineas:
Chica, chicka, choo wah
All:
Never gonna stop
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Phineas:
I said a bow, chicka, bow-wow
Phineas pointed at Candace, signifying her cue.
The music stopped. Candace wasn't buying this act.
"Wait a minute!" she shouted. "What are you doing?"
"I'm cueing you," Phineas replied, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"How did you get a hit single?"
"It wasn't easy. It took most of the morning and half a dozen phone calls. But if you're willing to put in the work…"
"That's it! I'm telling Mom!"
"Tell her what?"
"I'm just gonna tell."
Candace stormed off the stage.
Phineas was a little heartbroken knowing Candace didn't want to perform. He scolded himself in his head for having faith. In the end, he decided not to let that get in the way. He and the Ferbettes finished the song.
All:
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Pause "Gitchee Gitchee Goo"
Candace found Linda in a clothing store.
"Mom, you gotta come see this!" she shouted.
"Let me guess," Linda said sarcastically. "It's something…"
"Just look!" Candace carried Linda out of the store.
Backstage, Phineas shook hands with a spectator in the audience.
"I'm Ben Baxter, Huge-O-Records," he greeted as he handed Phineas his card. "Why don't you come by my office in an hour and we can talk about your future."
"Future?" said Phineas. "Cool, he must be psychic."
Candace led Linda to the stage. She saw the silhouettes of her brothers and felt relieved.
"See, they're right there on stage!" she shouted.
"Ladies and gentlemen," came the announcer. "Once again, Marty the Rabbit Boy and his Musical Blender!"
The light turned on to reveal it wasn't Phineas and Ferb, but a white rabbit with a similar triangle head, as well as a rectangular blender.
The rabbit turned on his blender. It made music when done right.
"Hon, we're getting you an eye exam," Linda said as she carried her daughter away.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Everything was ready for Doof to enact his plan. That's when his doorbell rang. This frustrated him.
"What is it now?" he asked himself as he opened the door.
In front of him was a tiny man with a little mustache. He wore glasses and a fedora. He had surprisingly teal skin, a tail, and unnatural feet. Doof didn't think much of it and let the guy in.
"Are you my new temp?" he asked. "Let me get you up to speed. I know it's a bit of a mess. I'm just putting the finishing touches on my latest maniacal plan." Doof stood on a large platform as he showcased a map of the world. "You see, in a few minutes, I will unleash an unprecedented reign of terror upon the entire…" He used a magnifying glass to show the Tri-State Area in particular. "Tri-State Area, and Perry the Platypus will be none the wiser."
The man took off his glasses to reveal he was, in fact, Perry the Platypus.
"Perry the Platypus?" Doof said in shock. "You're a temp? Are times that hard?"
Candace returned from the eye doctor with a new pair of glasses. She quickly took them off.
What she saw next shocked her. There was a tour bus for PFT driving away.
"No, wait!" she then groaned in annoyance before noticing a large advertisement for Phineas and the Ferb-Tones on a nearby building. "Mom!"
"Sorry, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "But you're too late."
Doof pulled a lever, causing the entire building to spring to life. It started stomping around and causing chaos.
Candace found Linda trying on a new jacket. She didn't think much of it and led her outside.
"Candace, wait, I haven't paid for this yet!" Linda said, just to fall under deaf ears.
Doof laughed as his monstrosity destroyed everything on site.
"When it comes to havoc, nobody wreaks it like me!" he bragged. That's when Perry found an opening and started messing with the wires. This didn't go unnoticed by Doof. "Wait, you're not supposed to touch that! No fair!"
Doof's building almost crushed the building with the PFT painting.
Meanwhile, Phineas and the Ferb-Tones were riding on their tour bus to Ben's office.
"That's an amazing painting," Isabella remarked. "How'd you get permission for it?"
"They didn't mind," Phineas replied. "The building's scheduled for demolition."
Right as he said that, there was an explosion and the building crumbled.
By the time Candace and Linda got out, the building was gone.
"See?" Candace asked.
When Linda didn't get a reaction, she turned around. The building was gone. She screamed at the top of her lungs.
That's when a security officer approached Linda.
"Excuse me, ma'am," he said. "You're gonna have to pay for that."
"Of course, officer," Linda replied as she left.
Candace continued to scream.
"Hey, weren't you Lindana?" the officer asked.
"Yeah, I was," Linda replied. "I didn't think you'd recognize me."
"Well, I was a huge fan. You still have to pay for the jacket."
"I know."
"Very clever, Perry the Platypus," Doof complimented. "I tried to ignore you, but you forced my hand." He pushed a button, resulting in a bunch of arms grabbing Perry. "Now, I shall relax with a nice, tasty deli platter." He was about to eat, when he stopped himself. "Oh, where are my manners?" He took his plate and offered it to Perry. He then started to add pepper. "Just say when."
Perry just glared at Doof, then he came up with an idea.
At Huge-O-Records, Ben spoke with Phineas and the Ferb-Tones.
"Boys, I must say, I love your act," he said. "And we want to be in the Phineas and Ferb business. By the way, aren't you a little young to be pop stars?"
This was usually the part where Phineas would say, 'Yes, yes we are'. That's not what he did this time. Instead, he replied with a blunt, "No."
"Well, okay then. We're here to offer you a very lucrative contract. If you'll just sign exclusively with us for your follow-up single."
"Follow-up single?" Phineas reacted overdramatically. "Who do you think we are? Two-bit hacks who'll keep writing songs just because you'll pay us obscene amounts of cash?" He took the contract and tore it up. "Phineas and the Ferb-Tones are strictly a one-hit wonder! Good day to you, sir!"
Phineas and Ferb got on the elevator. Ferb checked 'Diva Tantrum' off the list.
Right after, 'Gitchee Gitchee Goo' started playing on the elevator speaker. That's another item off the list.
Ben was at first upset that Phineas and Ferb refused his once in a lifetime offer. That's when he realized, "Who needs them? We still have a video tape of their performance. We can make records, live CDs, and we can even digitally recreate their images to create our own sitcom, 'The Phineas and Ferb Show'. We can squeeze twenty years of entertainment out of this one video tape, and no one can stop us!"
"A giant robot is coming right at us!" an executive panicked.
Ben turned around to see there was a giant robot coming right at them.
Inside the giant robot, Doof was continuing to add pepper.
"You must really like pepper," he remarked.
Little did he know this was part of the plan.
When there was enough pepper, Perry blew it onto Doof, stunning him.
"It'll take more than condiments to foil my brilliant plan!" Doof bragged.
Doof might not have been allergic to pepper, but the building was. It let out a loud sneeze, sending both Doof and Perry flying out of it. They flew right through the Huge-O-Records building, taking a particular video tape.
Perry used the reel to grab onto a nearby pole, saving himself. Unfortunately, he couldn't save Doof.
Fortunately, Doof landed on a mattress.
"Wow, what an unbelievable stroke of luck," he remarked. Then the mattress folded, trapping him. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Agent P
With the mission over, Perry returned to his normal form and met up with his owners.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," said Phineas. "Come on guys, we still have one thing left to do."
The gang got on the tour bus, and headed back to the mall.
"And now, the winner for Next Super American Pop Teen Idol Star is…" the announcer announced. "Marty the Rabbit Boy and his Musical Blender! Give him a hand."
The crowd gave a round of applause.
Nearby, Candace sat on a bench glumly.
"Hey Candace, what's wrong?" came a voice. Candace turned around to see it was Jeremy.
"I'm better than that guy," she said. "I should've taken blender lessons."
"Why did you run off earlier?"
"It's my brothers. They ruin everything."
"Don't you like to sing?"
"Yeah."
"Then don't let your brothers ruin your good time. If you have a chance to sing, then take it. I gotta go. See you later."
Right as Jeremy walked away, familiar music started to play. When Candace turned back to the stage, Phineas and Ferb were back.
"Hey, Candace," Phineas called. "You're still the hundredth contestant. Wanna help us out?"
This time, she didn't hesitate. She took Jeremy's advice and joined her brothers on stage.
Continue "Gitchee Gitchee Goo"
Phineas:
Bow, chicka, bow-wow
Candace:
That's what my baby says
Phineas:
Mow, mow, mow
The Ferbettes:
And my heart starts pumping
Phineas:
Chica, chicka, choo wah
All:
Never gonna stop
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Phineas:
My baby's got her own way of talking
Whenever she says something sweet
And she knows it's my world she's a-rockin'
Though my vocabulary's incomplete
I know it may sound confusing...
Sometimes, I wish she'd give it to me straight
But I never feel like I'm losing
Candace:
Losing
Phineas:
When I take the time to translate
Here's what I'm talking about
Bow, chicka, bow-wow
Candace:
That's what my baby says
Phineas:
Mow, mow, mow
The Ferbettes:
And my heart starts pumping
Phineas:
Chica, chicka, choo wah
All:
Never gonna stop
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Phineas:
Well I don't know what to do
Candace:
I don't know what to do
Phineas:
But I think I'm getting through
The Ferbettes:
I think I'm getting through
Phineas:
'Cause when I say I love you...
Candace and the Ferbettes:
When I say I love you
Phineas:
She says "I gitchee gitchee goo you, too!"
Candace:
Gitchee gitchee goo you too
The Ferbettes:
Gitchee gitchee goo you too
All:
Gitchee gitchee goo you too
Phineas:
Don't need a dictionary
Bow, chicka, bow-wow
Candace:
That's what my baby says
Phineas:
Mow-mow-mow
Candace:
And my heart starts pumping
Phineas:
Chicka-chicka choo wap
All:
Never gonna stop
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Phineas:
I said a bow, chicka, bow-wow
Candace:
That's what my baby says
Phineas:
Mow-mow-mow
The Ferbettes:
And my heart starts pumping
Phineas:
Chicka-chicka choo wap
All:
Never gonna stop
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
Gitchee gitchee goo means...
That I love you
Baby Baby Baby
Ferb:
Baby baby baby baby
All:
Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you
End "Gitchee Gitchee Goo
That was amazing! Candace thought to herself. I've been thinking of my brothers all wrong. They're not a nuisance, they're my ticket to…
Before she could finish that thought, Phineas spoke up. "This was great, but this is gonna be our last performance. We're retiring. Good night, Danville!"
Phineas and the Ferb-Tones left the stage, leaving a bewildered Candace to wallow in self-pity.
Linda sat in the living room and watched TV. A commercial popped up for the hit 80s song, 'I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun'. It was being remixed into multiple different languages.
Linda felt a bunch of nostalgia watching the commercial. A part of her wanted to go back to those good old days, but there was one hindrance.
Speaking of which, Phineas, Ferb, and Candace had just returned home from the mall. They saw Linda watching TV.
"Hey, Mom," Phineas greeted. "Whatcha watching?"
Linda quickly turned off the TV.
"Nothing," she lied.
Notes:
This was a fun write.
The moment I came up with the idea of this fanfiction, I knew I needed to tackle this episode at some point or another.
It gives us Candace's first bit of character development as she joins her brothers and has a great time.
This version also provides a bit of character development for Phineas as well. In the previous chapters, he's been very impatient around Isabella, but now there's no snarky comment or unenthusiastic "Hey, Isabella". Phineas doesn't consider Isabella a friend just yet, but he's gotten to the point of tolerating her presence.
And best of all, there's the hit song, Gitchee Gitchee Goo. I have no intention of doing the Cliptastic Countdowns, so I included the full version of the song here.
Gitchee Gitchee Goo isn't my favorite song, but I understand why it's so popular. It's an earworm, but the good kind.
Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 5
Raging Bully
Candace was busy scrolling through photos of Jeremy when Linda interrupted.
"Candace, my jazz trio has a gig at the Squat and Stitch today," she announced. "Why don't you and the boys hang out at the mall together?"
Candace's eyes lit the moment she heard that. This was an opportunity to see Jeremy, and she wasn't gonna waste it.
Once the family reached the mall, Candace handed Phineas and Ferb five dollars before heading to Mr. Slushy Dawg.
Phineas didn't really care that his sister abandoned him. He had another thing on his mind. "Where's Perry?"
Perry hid behind a vending machine. When no one was around, he put on his fedora and scanned his foot on the machine.
The machine opened, and Perry fell through.
He slid down a small chute… until he stopped midway. He had to get up and walk the rest of the way.
After that embarrassing experience, he sat down to listen to Monogram.
"Sorry about that, Agent P," he apologized. "Our slide waxing guy has jury duty this weekend. Anyhow, Doofenshmirtz has purchased some suspicious items:" The items appeared on screen. "Four helicopter blades, two dozen party balloons, and six thousand light bulbs. He's hiding at the old abandoned cake factory at the edge of…" He realized the items were still on screen. "Carl, the images are still on screen." The items finally disappeared. "Thanks Carl." He then went back to Agent P. "Locate Doofenshmirtz and figure out what he's up to."
Perry stood up and slid down another slide.
At Mr. Slushy Dawg, Candace sat where she could be close to Jeremy. It only took him a second to notice her.
"Hey, Candace" he greeted.
Candace brought out her phone. "My phone seems to be ringing." She pushed the camera button, flashing Jeremy. "Whoops, my camera went off."
Phineas used the five dollars he was given to get an ice cream. He tried to see how fast he could eat it all at once. He managed to eat the ice cream in five minutes, somehow without getting a brain freeze.
"That was an interesting experiment," he remarked.
"Excuse me, but why are you not studying?" asked the kid next to them.
Phineas turned to the kid, who he recognized as the Indian boy that rode the rollercoaster on the first day of Summer.
"Hey," Phineas greeted, completely ignoring what the kid just said. "I haven't seen you around until the rollercoaster. Are you new?"
"As a matter of fact, I am," the kid replied. "The name is Baljeet. As I was saying, why aren't you studying?"
"It's summer vacation," Phineas said bluntly. Baljeet just sat there in confusion. "You know, no school, teachers aren't around, and all you have to worry about are bullies."
As if on cue, a bully came in, shoved Baljeet aside, and took his soda.
"Hey Buford," Phineas smiled. "That seat's taken."
"This table's taken," Buford retorted. "Sit somewhere else."
"What about Baljeet?"
"Please go," Baljeet cried. "I'll be okay."
Right as he said that, some saliva drooled out of his mouth and touched Buford. He didn't like that. He got up and grabbed Baljeet.
"Hey, leave him alone!" Phineas yelled.
Buford just tightened his grip on Baljeet.
"Hold it, hold it," came a voice.
Everyone turned around to see world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield in the house.
"Aren't you a little old to be a professional boxer?" asked Phineas.
"Yes, yes I am," Evander replied.
"Cool."
"If you have to fight, do it the time-honored way, out behind the mall at three o'clock."
Phineas turned to Ferb. "How's our three o'clock?" Ferb gave a thumbs-up. "We'll be there."
Buford let go of Baljeet. "Don't be late. My mom's picking me up at four."
Buford walked away.
"It looks like we have something to do today," said Phineas.
"What we have is a one-way flight to destruction," Baljeet corrected. "Remember the last kid Buford fought?" He thought back to the site of a kid getting his head in a toilet and shuddered. "I do not want that happening to me."
"It won't, 'cause I'm gonna train you," Evander assured.
Play "He's a Bully"
The first thing Baljeet did was run up an escalator going down.
Your opponent is as big as an ape
So if you wanna avoid being mangled
Meanwhile, Buford went to the nearby gym, 'Wedgie's: The Gym for Bullies'
Just like him you've got to get into shape
And by shape, I don't mean a triangle
"Hey," Phineas said, offended by that lyric.
Meanwhile, Buford was dunking a fake head in a toilet as practice.
He's big, he's dumb, he's got the IQ of gum
Baljeet started doing pull-ups at a kid's playground.
He's got the brain about the size of a sourdough crumb
Buford practiced wedgying his opponent with a dummy.
He then started to make a mess in the room.
But he'll beat on your head like a big bass drum
His behavior is truly unruly
Baljeet practiced his moves with a nearby dancing game.
He's a bully
Baljeet successfully made it to the top of the escalator.
Yeah, he's a bully
Yeah, yeah, yeah
End "He's a Bully"
Isabella and the Fireside Girls spread flyers for the upcoming brawl at the mall.
Candace saw one of those fliers. While the fighters on the flier weren't Phineas or Ferb, Candace knew they were involved in this somehow.
She went outside and saw the boys building a huge ring.
"What do you two think you're doing?" she asked. "You can't just go building a boxing ring out here in the mall parking lot. I'm telling Mom right now!"
Candace went to get Linda. She passed by Jeremy and made sure to get a picture.
Thankfully, Linda wasn't performing that far from the Slushy Dawg, so Candace didn't have to walk that far. Candace called out to her.
"Not now, Candace," said Linda. "My solo."
Candace sighed. She knew she needed proof. The flier was the first thing that came to mind.
Meanwhile, Perry made it to the cake factory.
The moment he entered, the floor opened and he fell into a large vat of cake batter.
Doofenshmirtz arrived.
"Perry the Platypus," he laughed. "I've trapped you in a giant bowl filled to the brim with Doonkleberry cake mix. You see, today is my birthday." Perry struggled to free himself, but he couldn't budge. "Struggle all you want, but in thirty to forty minutes, the yeast will rise, and you'll be buried alive. You see, Perry the Platypus, it all began on the day of my actual birth. Neither of my parents showed up. By the age of five, I was forced to throw my own surprise party at Gunter Goat Cheese's, the goat-cheesiest place in all of Drusselstein. Many of my closest friends were there. Count Wolfgang, Betty the She-Boar, Ratputin, and the liceking, Olga and Chicago Joe. One should never walk the path of Drusselstein with uncovered doonkleberry cake, less the doonkleberry bats swarm. Well, this year, I won't be celebrating my birthday alone!"
Doof then pushed a button on his remote, unveiling a large screen.
"Behold, the Slave-Inator!" he announced. "The crowd will do whatever the Slave-Inator tells them to do." To demonstrate, he had the screen say, 'CLAP'. Perry did just that. "It even has a 'Clean Up Party Mess' feature, because the worst part about a party is the cleanup, am I right? Farewell, Perry the Platypus, and happy birthday to me!"
Doof activated the propellers on his inator. It lifted into the air and flew away from the factory, leaving Perry behind.
However, Perry came prepared. He went into his fedora and looked through the whistles he brought with him.
When he found what he thought was the right one, he blew it. It was the wrong one. A large white whale burst through the wall.
Perry found the right whistle and blew it, summoning a swarm of bats. The bats ate the batter.
Perry
The match was about to begin.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!" the announcer announced. "He's from a broken home, he's great at breaking bones, give it up for Buford the Bully!"
Buford emerged from the shadows and made a mischievous smirk.
"In this corner, he's got moves, his grades are great!" the announcer continued. "He just came from another state! It's Baljeet!"
Buford and Baljeet stepped into the ring.
"Alright boys, let's have a fair and square fight," the announcer told them. He then forgot his lines and read them off a flashcard. "'And in no way should the fight contain the image of a potentially harmful, hurtful, or psychologically disturbing physical act that could be found imitable by an impressionable child viewer.'" He then went back to announcing. "Boys and girls, let's get ready to thumb wrestle!"
Buford and Baljeet inserted their thumbs into the little holes of the thumb wrestling ring.
Meanwhile, Candace tried to get another flier from the Fireside Girls.
"Sorry, we're out of fliers," the girls said.
"What about a poster?" asked Candace.
"Sold out?"
"Action figure?"
"No."
"Commemorative coin?"
"All gone."
"Eight-by-ten glossy photo?"
"Those went out like hot cakes."
Candace gasped. A better idea came. "A photo. Yes! Photographic evidence!"
Candace turned around. Behind her, Jeremy was balancing a bunch of corn dogs. She wanted to get a picture, but her phone only had enough room for one more.
Jeremy could wait. Candace needed to bust her brothers.
Perry used the bats to fly onto Doof's inator.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof said. "If you're going to crash my party, you're going to need a party hat. A party hat of doom."
Doof tried to launch a hat, but Perry jumped out of the way. He then grabbed a couple of noise-makers and used them to attack Doof.
"One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war!" the crowd cheered.
And the fighters sprung to life. They squared each other.
Baljeet hit the mat. Buford had him right where he wanted.
This one was gonna be brutal.
Perry used these spinny toys while Doof used paddleballs. Perry could only barely block any attacks.
After a while, Perry was hit. He almost fell off the edge, but he grabbed onto the edge.
"Still hanging around?" Doof asked as he tried to force Perry to let go.
A bunch of zeros appeared on the screen. A small crowd was put in a trance.
It wasn't going well for Baljeet. His thumb was aching. Evander had to hand him his water.
"This is hopeless," Baljeet cried.
"Nonsense," Evander assured. "Go for the gold. Fight fire with fire. Shoot him the stink-eye. Grease the pig. I got nothing."
The second round began. Baljeet did manage to dodge a few attacks, but after a while, he got hit again.
Candace showed up in the nick of time. She pointed her camera at the boys and was about to snap the photo…
Then she realized her thumb was in the way. She quickly moved it aside and snapped the photo.
Buford beat Baljeet once more with the dreaded Boston Belt Sander.
Candace returned to Linda the moment she was on break.
"Mom!" she yelled. "Indisputable, photographic evidence of irresponsible, irrefutable behavior!"
Linda looked at the photo for a second.
"Candace, it's just two kids having a thumb war," she corrected.
Candace was running out of patience. She grabbed Linda's hand and led her outside. "You are coming with me!"
"And now, Perry the Platypus!" Doof shouted. "I will smudge your face with ice cream!"
Perry was faster, though. He used the whale whistle to summon the whale from earlier. It knocked the scoop of ice cream off the cone.
It was pure chaos. Buford grabbed Baljeet's thumb and pulled him right through the thumb ring.
Baljeet was then thrown into the corner. Buford was about to finish the job when…
A scoop of ice cream fell onto his head.
The crowd laughed at the site. It was just pure horror for Buford. He ran away, doing his best to hide his tears.
But Baljeet saw them. He realized Buford was deeply hurt by this, and he wanted to help him.
Doof backed away in fear. He was completely shocked seeing that whale come out of nowhere.
In his panic, he accidentally hit one of the propellers, knocking it to the side.
The propeller broke off. Doof saved his cake and grabbed the propeller.
"Goodbye Perry the Platypus!" he laughed. "At least I still have my cake!" Right as he said that, a swarm of bats surrounded him. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Agent P
The Slave-Inator landed in the ring. The words, 'Clean Up Party Mess' appeared on the screen. This hypnotized the crowd to clean the place up.
Baljeet found Buford crying in a corner. Despite Buford's behavior, Baljeet couldn't help but feel bad. Seeing Buford right now was all he needed to know. He was just a scared child that wanted to look strong in front of everyone.
Baljeet approached Buford and tried to comfort him.
When Buford saw him, he got angry.
"You, you made me look like a fool in front of everyone!" he shouted.
Baljeet wanted to cheer Buford up. It only took him a second to figure out how he would do that.
Baljeet grabbed some of the ice cream on Buford's head, and stuck it onto his own clothes.
"There," he said. "Now we both look stupid. Even Stevens?"
Buford was genuinely shocked. No one had ever acted this way towards him. However, at the end of the day, he felt better knowing his enemy looked stupid too.
"Even Stevens," Buford replied as he shook Baljeet's hand.
After that, Buford and Baljeet met up with Phineas, Ferb, Evander, and the Fireside Girls.
"Thank you, Mr. Holyfield," Baljeet thanked.
"Yeah," Phineas added. "Wouldn't have had this without you."
"No problem," Evander replied. "Happy to help you boys find a slightly less violent way to settle your differences."
Right after Evander left, Candace and Linda came out.
"See?" Candace shouted as if something huge was there.
"Hi boys," Linda greeted before turning to Candace. "If you'll excuse me, I'm heading back for the second set."
Buford turned to Phineas. "Hey Dinner-bell, that was the best battle ever. Same thing tomorrow?"
"Nah," Phineas replied. "I like to keep moving forward."
"Sharks need to move forward, or they will drown," Baljeet remarked.
Buford took offense to that. He got up in Baljeet's face. "You calling me a shark?"
This was way too close for either of their liking. Both Buford and Baljeet felt weird being right at each other's faces, to the point where bright blushes appeared on their faces.
To settle the tension, Ferb pinched Buford in the neck. Buford choked and collapsed.
"Ferb!" Baljeet scolded.
"What?" Ferb reacted as if he did nothing crazy. "He was all up in your face."
Buford sat up. "What happened?"
Notes:
And that was Buford's debut.
The main change was Baljeet being the one to face Buford in place of Phineas. I felt it made more sense. This provides a proper establishment of Buford and Baljeet as frenemies.
The little interaction they had after the match, where Baljeet sees Buford's vulnerable side and cheers him up, was inspired by Luz and Amity's interaction after the witch's duel during the Covention.
And yes, I'm gonna pair Buford and Baljeet. If you don't like it, too bad. I'm gonna do it, and no one can stop me.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 6
Tree to Get Ready
Candace and Stacy were playing their favorite fighting game.
"You're mine," said Stacy.
"You wanna piece of me?" asked Candace.
Stacy's avatar quickly grabbed Candace's avatar and took her down. "Uh-uh. I want the whole thing, baby."
That's when Linda came in.
"What are you ladies doing?" she asked.
"Wrestling, Mom," Candace replied. "Favorite game."
"Well, I'll be running a few errands. Call if there's any trouble."
"With my brothers, might as well call now." Candace realized something was off. "Speaking of, where's Perry?"
Meanwhile, Perry was already in his lair receiving instructions.
"There you are, Agent P," Monogram said. "It's come to our attention that all pigeons have left the downtown area. On the upside, I haven't washed my car in weeks." He quickly cleared his throat. "I mean, we can only assume that Doctor Doofenshmirtz is involved. You know your mission."
Perry left to accomplish his mission.
Perry
In the backyard, Phineas and Ferb just finished their project of the day. That's when Isabella came in.
"Hey guys," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"We remodeled our old treehouse," Phineas replied, gesturing to the large treehouse. "What do you think?"
"Oh my gosh!"
"Come on. Check it out."
The three kids climbed onto a tire swing, which took them up to Phineas & Ferb's Fort.
The fort was much larger on the inside than the outside.
"This is the main crib," Phineas said as he showed the main area.
"Sweet," Isabella said as she looked around.
"Let's hit the tube to the top."
Out back, there was this tube bridge.
"Are you sure this is safe?" Isabella asked.
"Yeah, we never missed yet," Phineas replied.
"Really?"
"Yes. You're our first passenger."
By then, Isabella was already on the first tube being pulled back. She wanted to get off, but it was too late.
Phineas and Ferb let go.
Isabella was sent flying through this tube bridge. She screamed at the top of her lungs. She made it to the other side completely unscathed.
"Awesome," she said, as if what she went through wasn't terrifying.
The boys launched themselves right after. They landed on top of Isabella.
The three just laughed it off. They paused for a second to catch their breaths, then they finished their laughter.
"Check out the view," Phineas said once they stopped laughing. "Pretty sweet, huh?"
Isabella looked around. The view of the neighborhood was very beautiful.
"Yeah," she agreed before she noticed something off. "Hey, what's that?"
The thing she saw was another treehouse that looked like it's seen better days.
"That's Candace's old treehouse," Phineas explained. "She doesn't use it anymore. Hey, how about we give it a makeover?"
"Sure, something more, I don't know, Candace?"
"Yes."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry grappled up to the top of the building. He then used suction cups to stick to the wall. After a bit of climbing, he entered the apartment.
The person he saw wasn't Doofenshmirtz. It was a girl around fifteen years old with long, black hair wearing very dark clothing.
The girl was firing a ray onto a group of pigeons. From the looks of things, the pigeons were being hypnotized.
Perry quickly grabbed a camera from under his hat and snapped a photo.
"Very effective, don't you think, Perry the Platypus?" came a voice.
Perry turned around to see Doof standing right there taking a shot.
Perry made a run for it.
Reality finally hit Doof like a bus. He spit out his coffee.
"Perry the Platypus?" he shouted before turning to the pigeons. "Get him! Stop him! He's headed for that clearly marked exit!"
Perry had no idea there was a marked exit until Doof mentioned that. He headed for the exit…
Only to be blocked by a couple of pigeons.
Candace lost her third round in a row against Stacy. She was about to throw her controller.
"Attention Candace!" came Phineas' voice. "Come out to the backyard! We have a surprise for you!"
Candace came out to the backyard expecting something bust-worthy.
"What is it this time?" she asked.
"Check out your old treehouse," Phineas replied. "You might like it."
Candace turned to her old treehouse. It looked exactly like the treehouse of her dreams.
"No way!" she said excitedly, before snapping back to reality. "I have to call Mom!"
Stacy quickly snatched the phone away. "Don't be such a fuddy-duddy. Let's check it out."
Before Candace had the time to argue, Stacy grabbed her and carried her to the tree. They climbed onto the tire swing which launched them up to the house.
When they entered, they were both surprised by the interior. They were in a large room decorated in Candace's signature color, pink.
Candace couldn't believe this was her old treehouse. It had everything. Carpets, furniture, entertainment center, bells and whistles, there was even a jacuzzi.
"It was like my brothers were replaced by aliens," Candace remarked.
"Yeah, and now they're gonna fatten you up so they can eat you," Stacy added, jokingly.
"I can't believe they did this for me."
The two entered an elevator.
"You may begin bouncing," Phineas' voice came from the speaker.
It took the girls a second to realize they were standing on a trampoline. The two jumped for a bit until they were launched high in the air. Afterwards, they bounced from trampoline to trampoline until they were on an observation deck.
"Woo!" they both cheered.
That's when a tin can phone rang. Candace answered.
"How's the new treehouse?" came Phineas' voice.
"I love it," Candace replied. "You thought of everything."
"It gets better. Try pushing the THF button."
"THF? What's that? Some sort of sound system?"
Stacy pushed the button. The treehouse started to convert.
"Tree House Fight!" Phineas declared.
Both tree houses turned into large mechs.
"Oh snap!" the girls shouted in unison.
"I'm taking you down!" said Phineas.
Candace and Stacy hugged each other and screamed.
Perry couldn't believe it. Out of all the ways he could be trapped today, it had to be by a flight of pigeons.
"You see, Perry the Platypus," Doof said. "You are no match for my pigeons. I have conditioned their tiny bird brains to do exactly as I say by using my brand new, very evil invention, the Poop-Inator." He turned to the goth girl in the room. "Oh, I almost forgot. Let me introduce you to my assistant, Vanessa."
"Whatever," Vanessa said as she started listening to some music on her ipod.
Doof laughed, embarrassed. "She's new." He then got back to business. "Observe! With this, I can implant the target image on their tiny brains in a flash!" Doof fired his ray at the pigeon, getting rid of all its feathers. "It works better from a distance. Anyway, today at Town Hall, they will award the Key to the City to my goody two-shoes brother, Roger. Oh, how I loathe him."
"I like Uncle Roger," said Vanessa.
"Thank you, Vanessa, but I don't think I was talking to you. Is your name Perry the Platypus? I don't think so."
Vanessa sighed. "I should've gone to Summer School."
"I will not be attending the ceremony," Doof continued. "But my pigeons will be there to rain on his parade. You see, Perry the Platypus, my brother is at the top of a very long list of people I despise. Vanessa, music please."
Vanessa begrudgingly cued the music.
Play "My Goody Two-Shoes Brother"
Doof put on a hat, grabbed a stick, and started to dance.
Doof:
I bear lots of animosity to bellhops
They never bring my luggage up on time
Doof tore off the head of a cardboard bellhop.
And taxi drivers really tax my patience
If they vanished, would it really be a crime?
Doof dropped a two-ton weight on a cardboard taxi driver.
I don't like meter maids or underwater welders
Health fanatic cooks or camera crews
Not fond of monks or yoga teachers
Or sports fans in the bleachers
Doof pointed at Perry with a foam finger.
And I'm not sure how I'm feeling about you
The pigeons started to dance as well.
There are lots of horrid people on this planet
That I would like to give a lashing, too
Doof took a portrait of his brother and painted a crossed-out circle on it.
But my goody two-shoes brother
The favorite of my mother
Is the one I want to smother
In a ton of pigeon goo
Yes, my goody two-shoes brother
The favorite of my mother
He's the one I want to smother
Even Vanessa was kicking her legs to the beat, no matter how hard she tried to resist.
Thank you sir, I'll have another
He's the one I want to smother
In a ton of pigeon goo
End "My Goody Two-Shoes Brother"
"You see how I held that last note?" Doof asked. "Good, huh?"
Back to the tree house fight.
"Bring it on, maggots!" Candace and Stacy shouted.
With that, the first round began.
It wasn't hard for the girls to control their mech. The controls were just like the video game.
"Let's show them our mad skills," Stacy said.
The girls' mech grabbed the boys' mech. They started to dance.
"Hey, stop leading!" Phineas shouted.
"You stop leading!" Candace shouted back before turning to Stacy. "Give them the twister!"
The girls' mech grabbed the boys' mech, spun it around, then sent it flying miles away.
"Score!" Stacy cheered.
The boys were about to crash.
"Hit the crash button!" Phineas shouted.
He and Ferb hit the crash button. They both got covered in tires.
When the mech crashed, the two just bounced around the room. The tires protected them from getting hurt.
When the bouncing stopped, the two removed the tires. They saw the girls' mech advancing.
"The enemy's upon us!" Phineas yelled, now dawned in a pirate costume. "Man the cannons!"
Ferb did just that.
Phineas cut the rope. It dropped a weight that landed on the cannon. It launched a bunch of large bouncing balls towards the girls' mech.
"Uh-oh," Candace said before they got hit. "Yow! What now?"
"Try pulling some levers!" Stacy suggested.
Candace pulled a lever. A bunch of water balloons launched from the girls' mech.
"Incoming!" Phineas shouted, now in military gear.
The boys took cover.
The boys' mech got covered in water. Ferb quickly pulled a lever to regurgitate it.
"Ew," the girls said.
"Egad, Ferb!" Phineas said, now in shining armor. "It's an end run around the middle! Sound retreat!"
Ferb played some bagpipes.
At the car wash, Linda was waiting for her car to be cleaned. She felt something off.
"That's funny," she remarked. "This is usually the part where I get a call from Candace."
Linda called Candace to make sure everything was alright.
Candace answered the phone, but she still paid attention to what she was seeing.
"Candace, honey, I'm at the car wash and I'll be heading home very soon," Linda said.
It took Candace a second to realize what she heard. "Oh no."
"Phineas and Ferb to Robo-Girls," came Phineas' voice. "Last one home is a big purple pickled egg."
A chicken noise came from the tin-can phone.
The girls chased the boys home.
"Ah, the award ceremony," Doof said as he watched from his binoculars. "And there's my insipid brother, Roger." The binoculars expired. "Oh, let's see if I have another coin." Doof found and inserted another coin. "Now, what was I saying? Right, I despise him so much. You are about to witness a truly petty act of vengeance, Perry the Platypus, brought on by my own mindless jealousy. Vanessa, fire the harpoon."
Vanessa launched a harpoon, connecting a rope from Doof's apartment to City Hall.
"Perfect," Doof said. "The time has come. Do not fail me, my pigeons!"
The pigeons walked down the line in single file, somehow without being noticed by the crowd.
They got in position. They aimed.
"Watch and learn, Perry the Platypus…" Doof said as he turned around. Perry wasn't there. "Wait, where's Perry the Platypus?"
The pigeons that had Perry tied up quickly pointed at each other.
Perry escaped, and took the Poop-Inator with him. He removed the image of Roger and replaced it with an image of Doof. He then got on top of City Hall. Once he was sure he had good distance, he zapped the pigeons.
Right as the pigeons flew away, two giant treehouse mechs tripped on the line and toppled over each other, taking Perry with them.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof yelled as he watched Perry get away. He then noticed the pigeons coming towards him. "Well, this is not going to end well for me."
"That's what you get for using a bunch of stupid pigeons," Vanessa scolded as she walked away.
Doof ran after her. "Wait for me!"
By then, she had already got in the elevator, and shut it. Another elevator opened, and Doof ran inside. He spammed the button to close the door, but he was too late. The pigeons got in.
Agent P
The treehouse mechs rolled down the streets of Danville at a very fast pace. The kids floated around in their rooms, laughing and having a great time.
After a long time, the treehouses finally stopped right in the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. The two large treehouses merged into one small, connected treehouse.
"We beat you, you big purple pickled eggs," Phineas teased.
"Are you out of your tree?" Candace asked. "We were first."
"We were!"
"We were!"
That's when Linda came back from her errands.
"It looks like you're having fun," Linda remarked.
"Well, Mom, you know what they say," Phineas said.
He was interrupted when the girls launched a water balloon at him.
"Fun never falls too far from the tree house," Ferb finished before he suffered the same fate.
Notes:
Again, not much to say here.
After six chapters/days, we're finally introduced to Vanessa, my favorite character in the entire series.
While Vanessa's debut was in the episode where Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella chased cattle, I have no plan to do that episode. I considered it, but I went against it in favor of better episodes.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 7
It's About Time
The Flynn-Fletchers were visiting the Danville Historical Museum. They were in the fossil exhibit.
"Look, kids," said Lawrence. "These fossils were of creatures that lived here in Danville millions of years ago."
"Luckily these things aren't still here today," Linda remarked.
"No, it would be lucky if we weren't here today," Candace retorted.
Lawrence pointed at multiple different fossils. "This was dug up not even thirty yards from here, and this was dug up in our very neighborhood."
Phineas noticed the collar of a dog-looking dinosaur. It had the name 'Bucky' on it.
"Didn't we have a dog named Bucky who got sick and was moved to that nice old man, Simmons', farm?" he asked.
"Oh, let's move on, shall we," Lawrence led the boys towards a human-looking fossil. "This next man is kindly old man Simmons. Hey, who's up for milkshakes?"
Ferb noticed another exhibit. He got Phineas' attention and showed him the exhibit. Phineas was amazed.
"Gadgets through the ages?" he said. "This exhibit was made for us, Ferb." He noticed a small group of people looking at something. "Hey, what are they looking at?"
A small elderly man was showing a group of kids something in the exhibit. "And this is one of our most curious pieces, a time machine made by a nineteenth-century scientist named Xavier Onassis, but of course we know he never finished it, or else we'd see him here today. Right, anyone?" None of the kids were enjoying this. "Alright, moving on."
The group walked away. Phineas and Ferb stayed put.
"A time machine, huh?" said Phineas. "Ferb, I know what we're going to do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry went to the nearby photo booth. Once no one was around, he put on his hat and jumped into the booth.
This booth was a shortcut to his secret base. Perry sat down and waited for Monogram to give him instructions.
Monogram just stood there in a thinking pose. He didn't say a word.
A late-teen with freckles on his face, red hair, and purple glasses appeared on screen.
"Agent P, it's Carl the Intern," he said. "We have a situation. Major Monogram has been frozen like this pretty much all day. Solid as a rock."
He knocked on Monogram, and he sounded like a metal statue. Monogram fell over. Carl quickly helped him up.
"If he were able, I'm sure he'd say, well, 'ouch' first of all, am I right?" He chuckled. "But seriously, I'm sure he'd say, Doofenshmirtz is up to something and you need to get to the bottom of it. Right sir?" Monogram made some indiscernible noises. "I'm gonna take that as a yes. Good luck, Agent P."
Perry
Candace was bored out of her mind. Her parents were showing her fossils and trying to make it exciting. She walked away to find something more interesting.
Before Candace could finish that thought, she saw the boys working on their next contraption.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Fixing a time machine," Phineas replied.
Candace noticed a purple light bulb on the floor. She picked it up. "You broke the exhibit? I'm telling Mom!"
Candace ran to show Linda the lightbulb.
A second later, Candace and the lightbulb were back.
"What are you doing?" she asked before noticing the bulb. Gasp. "You broke the exhibit? I'm telling Mom!"
Right as Candace left, Isabella and her troop showed up.
"Hey guys," she said. "Whatcha doin?"
"Fixing a time machine," Phineas replied, a bit frustrated.
"Isn't that sorta impossible?"
"It's a possibility."
"Well, good luck. My troop and I are going to the local fossils exhibit. Catch up with you later."
"Bye."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry made it to the roof and looked through the window. He noticed Doof firing a blaster at something.
Perry burst the door open and walked inside.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof said, shocked. "There's no one else here. I mean, what are you doing here?" A sound came from the closet. "I have mice?"
Perry didn't believe that. He opened the closet door. Inside was a panda wearing a fedora similar to his.
"Perry the Platypus, I swear I never saw this panda before," Doof lied. Perry pointed at the panda paw print on Doof's cheek. Doof realized this and quickly wiped it off. "It's not what it looks like. We're not enemies. We're just bad friends."
Candace called for Linda as loudly as she could. She couldn't find her anywhere.
That's when she ran into a security guard.
"Hey, no yelling in the museum!" he scolded.
"Oh yeah, it's a museum!" Candace yelled. "It's not like I'll wake anyone up!"
Before Candace knew it, she was thrown out. She sat and sulked as she waited for her family.
"You got tossed out too, huh?" asked a voice.
Candace turned to her left and saw a goth girl sitting next to her.
"Yeah, for yelling," Candace admitted. "I'm Candace, by the way."
"Vanessa," the girl introduced herself. "And you yelled in the museum? That's hardcore."
"What about you?"
"I vandalized a pterodactyl with some friends. It's not like I yelled."
An idea popped into Candace's head. "You gotta help me sneak back in! Please, please, please!"
"Okay, I have a plan so genius, it involves military-like stealth, precision, and timing."
When the time was right, Vanessa snuck into the museum and screamed at the top of her lungs.
With the security guards distracted, Candace made it back into the museum.
Candace went to find her mom, but she got distracted. She saw Jeremy working at a Slushy Dawg stand.
She decided her mom could wait. She approached Jeremy.
"Hi, Jeremy," she greeted.
"Hey Candace," Jeremy said.
"They have a Slushy Dawg here?"
"Yeah, it's new. It's boring around here. Feels like by the time my shift is over, I'll be part of the fossil exhibit."
Candace laughed. "Part of the fossil exhibit? That's a good one." That's when she noticed a security guard coming her way. "I gotta go."
She made a run for it.
The time machine was almost ready.
"Okay Ferb," said Phineas. "We're ready to test the circuit quanta stabilizers."
Ferb gave Phineas a tool so he could test the stabilizers.
Candace finally found Linda.
"Mom!" she called.
Before Linda could even turn around, the bulb Candace was holding activated, and they both disappeared.
Jeremy was minding his own business when he heard a familiar laugh behind him.
"Part of the fossil exhibit! That's a good one!"
Jeremy turned around to see Candace right there. He laughed, a bit embarrassed.
"Where'd you run off to?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" asked Candace. "I didn't go anywhere."
"Right. So, can I get you something?"
"Ha ha ha! Part of the fossil exhibit! That's a good one!"
"Candace, you're really freaking me out."
A security guard noticed Phineas and Ferb working on the time machine.
"Hey, aren't you a little young to be working at a museum?" he asked.
"Yes, yes I am," Phineas replied.
"Well, it's nice to see young people take interest in history. Anything you boys need?"
"Actually, there seems to be a part missing." Ferb showed a blueprint of a certain purple bulb as Phineas explained the situation. "It looks like this. Have you seen it?"
The guard took a good look. "Looks familiar. I'll keep my eye out."
"Sorry, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "I didn't want you to find out this way, but here it is. Peter the Panda is my new nemesis. We met at an evil genius expo in Seattle, and, well, me and Peter, we just instantly disliked each other, and he foiled a little scheme of mine. Peter the Panda, be a dear and get us a soda."
Peter walked away while Doof kept talking to Perry.
"It's not that I don't hate you anymore," Doof continued. "I do, I just think it's time for us to take a break and start fighting other people. So, where was I? Yes, so Peter the Panda, you think you have outwitted me."
Doof noticed the sad look on Perry's face.
"Don't make this harder than it needs to be, Perry the Platypus," he said. "It's over now." Perry noticed the ray right next to the door. "Oh, that's a Freezeanator ray. I would explain it, but I already gave the whole spiel to Peter. Don't worry, he's stopping me. He's got it well in hand." Doof shut the door. "Goodbye."
The security guard was busy looking for the missing piece.
That's when Candace appeared right in front of him. They both screamed for a second.
"Hey, I thought I tossed you out," the guard said, recognizing Candace. He then took the bulb. "And what's this? Stealing is very serious, like, yelling levels of seriousness."
Before the guard could do any more, he disappeared.
Candace brushed it off and ran to find Linda.
Phineas and Ferb were still working on the time machine.
That's when the security guard from earlier appeared out of nowhere.
"Can I get you boys anything?" he asked.
"Yeah, like I said before we seem to be missing this piece," Phineas replied, feeling a sense of unease given they just had this conversation earlier.
"Well, I'll keep my eye out," the guard said before noticing the piece in his hand. "Oh, there it is."
Fer quickly took the bulb.
Play "When We Didn't Get Along"
Perry walked away from Doof's building. He couldn't help but feel sad knowing what had happened.
Without your schemes my life it seems is empty
I spent all my time keeping you from doing wrong
Perry remembered all the times he fought Doof and foiled his plans.
You were my only nemesis
I'd foil your plans, but still I miss
The moments when we didn't get along
Perry fantasized himself and Doof on a beach running towards each other, as if about to hug.
When they were close, Perry landed a punch, knocking Doof to the ground.
So search your heart, please, Doctor D
And I am sure that you will see
That you were always meant to be
My only life-long enemy
Perry went down to his lair. He sadly set down his fedora.
But now you're doing battle
With a panda from Seattle
I'll miss the moments when we didn't get along
End "When We Didn't Get Along"
"Hey Linda?" Lawrence asked. "Can I have five dollars for the audio tour?"
"Sure," Linda replied as she handed her husband five bucks. "Amateurs."
"Mom!" came Candace's voice. "Phineas and Ferb are in the Gadgets Through the Ages exhibit, and they're doing something to that chair thingy, Ferb's using that hose that makes sparks, and you have to come with me right now! Please please please please!"
"Well, if it's that important to you," Linda relented.
Touched, Candace hugged her mother. "Really? I love you Mom! Now, they're this way! Hurry!"
Meanwhile, Ferb finished installing the bulb to the time machine.
"Ferb, you got the thing working yet?" Phineas asked.
Ferb made an, 'I don't know' gesture.
"Gotcha," Candace said as she ran to the boys. "You guys are so busted?"
However, the bulb flashed a bright light. When the light faded, all three siblings were gone.
"Candace, how am I supposed to keep up with you?" Linda asked as she entered the room. She didn't see anyone. "Candace? Boys?"
When Candace opened her eyes, she and the boys were in the middle of nowhere.
"Well, now it's working," Phineas smiled.
"What's working?" Candace asked angrily.
Candace looked around and saw a bunch of dinosaurs roaming around.
"Take me back, take me back!" Candace demanded.
"Alright," Phineas replied.
Before anyone could do anything, though, a tyrannosaurus rex stomped on the time machine. It then turned and faced the kids.
"This could be a problem," said Ferb.
"Whatever you do, keep your voices low, and no sudden movements," Phineas ordered.
Candace ignored that. She was so terrified of the T-rex, that she screamed and ran in the opposite direction. The dinosaur chased Candace, completely ignoring the boys.
"Wow, it worked," Phineas remarked. "Now let's save Candace." The two got on the scooter they brought with them. They got ready to move before Phineas realized, "We don't have helmets."
That's when some turtles came by.
Candace continued to run from the T-rex. She tripped and fell in some mud. She quickly got up and kept running.
Back at the museum, Lawrence just finished an audio tour. He noticed a certain fossil.
"I swear that wasn't there before," he admitted. He got a closer look at the fossil. It had an implant that looked just like Candace. "Hey, honey, you gotta see this!"
Phineas and Ferb rode across the mud, leaving a straight line in the mud.
"I'm telling you," said Lawrence. "It's the most peculiar thing I've ever seen. It looks just like Candace."
Linda looked at the fossil. It, in fact, didn't look like Candace.
"That's not nice, dear," she scolded.
Candace decided to hide in the brush.
She noticed a dinosaur that looked very similar to her, only it had a horn on its head. She screamed at the sight of it. The dinosaur screamed as well.
This alerted the T-rex to her location. Candace made a run for it.
That's when Phineas and Ferb showed up on their scooter, wearing turtles for helmets.
"Hey Candace," Phineas greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"What does it look like?" Candace snapped. "I'm running for my life!"
"Hop on." Candace hopped on. "Hit it, Ferb."
Ferb sped up. Phineas quickly gave Candace a turtle to wear as a helmet.
"Why am I wearing a turtle?" Candace asked.
The three reached a cliff. They jumped off the scooter and grabbed some vines.
A brachiosaurus grabbed the vines and lifted the trio higher into the air.
"What a stroke of luck," Phineas remarked.
"And how is this better?" Candace asked.
"This one's a vegetarian."
"So it won't eat us?"
"No." He looked up at the dinosaur. "Excuse me, we're made of meat, ma'am!"
The brachiosaurus somehow understood that. She placed the trio down.
The three walked around.
"This place is nice," Phineas remarked.
"Uh, hello, we have to get out of here!" Candace reminded the boys. "That way we can get home, and more importantly, so I can bust you!"
Phineas noticed a certain footprint.
"Hey, this is the same footprint fossilized in the museum," he realized.
"And how will that get us out of here?" Candace asked.
Phineas sighed. He was out of patience. He didn't have time to explain this.
"Just watch and learn," he said, doing his best not to lash out.
Meanwhile, Isabella and her troop were looking around the museum. They came across a certain fossil. There was a text on it.
"Hey look, a message," said Isabella. "'Time Machine destroyed, stuck in 300 million BC. Please help! Phineas, Ferb, and Candace.' Our friends need help. Please turn to the time travel section of your Fireside Girls handbook." The troop was about to start reading when Isabella noticed something was off. "Hey, have you seen Perry?"
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Peter sent Doof flying against the wall. A portrait fell off the wall and landed on Doof's face. Peter didn't stop, and punched a hole through the picture.
"Stop, you're ruining it!" Doof yelled. He looked at the picture. "I remember when this picture was taken. It was the happiest day of my life. It was the day I decided to get my picture taken, but it wasn't until I got outside the photo store that my life changed forever. I had a feeling that there was someone hiding behind the mailbox. I had a nemesis."
A trio of guys entered the apartment and started to play a song.
Play "My Nemesis"
Backups:
My neme neme, oh, my neme neme neme
Doof:
I used to sit alone doing evil all day
But now I think that someone's gonna get in my way
Yeah, there's someone in my life that doesn't want me to exist
Backups:
My neme neme, oh, my neme neme neme
Doof:
And I feel fine because I got a nemesis
Backups:
My neme neme, oh, my neme neme neme
Doof:
I hate him and he hates me
What a wonderful animosity
Besides his hat he wears no clothes
Now I have someone to oppose
Yes, I have a nemesis
Backups:
My neme neme, oh, my neme neme neme
End "My Nemesis"
Doof completely forgot the situation he was in.
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard the sound of something breaking. He turned to see Peter destroying the Freezeanator.
"What, you're disassembling my freezanator ray?" he reacted. "While I'm singing about my feelings? You're dead to me!"
Doof ran away crying.
Isabella and her troop just finished fixing the time machine.
"That should do it," said Isabella. "Let her rip."
They got on the machine and pulled the lever… only for a bunch of ties to be printed out.
Isabella rechecked the blueprint and realized their mistake. "It says tie machine. He left off the M."
"Tonight on 'Doctor Feelbetter, I want to be your nemesis again.' And now, Doctor Feelbetter."
Doof and Perry were in a reality show sitting in front of a live studio audience of evil scientists and their respective animal nemeses.
"You ever wonder what would happen if you lost your nemesis?" asked Doctor Feelbetter, the host of the show. "Well that's precisely what happened to our first guest, Perry the Platypus. Perry the Platypus, share with us your thoughts."
"I'm sorry," said Doof. "He doesn't talk."
"Oh, I see. And this communication issue is what led you to replace Perry the Platypus?"
"No. Peter the Panda doesn't talk either. He's a panda."
"So you have a problem because he's an animal. He doesn't talk."
"No. What kind of an evil scientist are you?"
"Right. Doc, what if I were to tell you that Peter the Panda was backstage right now?"
"What? Peter the Panda is here? Perry the Platypus, I had no idea."
Peter came on stage. He was instantly booed by the crowd.
"I can't believe I'm stuck here," Candace sulked. "I'll never get my driver's license, or wear my dream dress to prom, but most of all, I'll never see Jeremy again." She drew a heart in the mud, then she wrote her's and Jeremy's initials in it. She then turned to her brothers. "How long are we supposed to sit here?"
"I don't know," Phineas replied, doing his best to keep calm. "Ferb and I have decided to use this time as an opportunity to practice patience."
"Lovely. Well, I suppose things can't get any worse." It started to rain, messing up Candace's hair. She was unfazed. "Oh look, the world's first bad hair day." That's when they heard a noise. They turned around to see a T-rex right behind them. This worried Candace. "Phineas, where's that rescue party?"
"It just occurred to me I may have misspelled 'time machine' on the plans," Phineas realized.
"I hope that won't be an issue," said Ferb.
As if to answer his question, a time machine appeared right in front of them. Isabella and her troop were riding it.
"Apparently not," Phineas remarked.
"Hey guys, whatcha doin?" Isabella asked.
"We were waiting for you."
"We're saved!" Candace cheered as she and her brothers got on.
"You know, there's an M in 'time machine'," Isabella chastised.
"Sorry about that," Phineas apologized. "Take it away, Ferb."
Fer pulled the lever. Nothing happened. Candace noticed a plug.
"You mean to tell me you built a time machine that has to be plugged in?" she shouted. The T-rex roared. Candace ran out of patience. "Oh, put a sock in it!"
"Candace, no sudden movements!" Phineas warned.
"Why does it matter? We're doomed anyway! Where are we supposed to find electricity in dinosaur land?!"
Right as she said that, she was struck by lightning. That provided the electricity required to start the time machine.
The group found themselves back in the present. They all felt relieved knowing they were out of there.
"Boy, that was a close one," Candace remarked. "Lucky for them I was there or we'd still be trying to escape that…" That's when Candace realized the T-rex stowed away. She ran in the opposite direction. "T-rex!"
"Doctor Doofenshmirtz, tell Perry the Platypus how you feel," said Doctor Feelbetter.
"Perry the Platypus, I'm sorry I hurt you, when I wasn't trying to," Doof apologized. "If you give me another chance, I promise to hurt you in the right way, with cartoonish physical violence and elaborate traps constructed out of strange things I've purchased over the internet. What do you say?"
Perry shed a tear at Doof's statement. He tipped his hat, signifying he forgives Doof.
"Thank you Perry the Platypus. Now!" Doof pressed a button on his remote, trapping not only Perry, but all of the animals in the room. "I can't believe that worked! You know, Peter the Panda thought he had disassembled my Freezanator ray, but that was just a decoy. Bring in the real one, boys." A techie brought in the real Freezanator while Doof monologued. "You see, my plan was simple. Assemble all the best agents in one room, and then turn them all into statues for my giant chess board! Hit it!"
Meanwhile, Candace was continuing to run from the T-rex.
After a while, she found her parents.
"Mom, don't go in there!" she warned. "There's a live T-rex in there!"
"You and your imagination," Linda rolled her eyes.
Doof was preparing to fire his ray.
"Perry the Platypus, you don't mind if I say goodbye to Peter the Panda, do you?" he asked. "I just feel weird how everything happened." He then turned to Peter. "Peter the Panda, I just wanted to let you know that I feel…"
Before Doof could finish, Peter kicked Doof. Perry used the opportunity to lean his chair down. Once he managed to get on his feet, he dragged his chair to the Freezeanator.
A beam fired into the air, reflected off of a satellite, and hit the T-rex in the museum.
"Maybe we should see what this real dinosaur looks like," Lawrence said, playing along.
Linda and Lawrence entered the room and saw the frozen dinosaur.
"You're right, Candace," Linda admitted. "It is very life-like."
Perry used the chair to destroy Perry's remote. This released him and the other agents from their traps.
The other agents did quick work of the other scientists in the room.
Agent P
Phineas and Ferb found their parents and sister.
"There you are," said Phineas. "You know, history is fun. We really went back in time."
"I know what you mean, Phin," Lawrence said, completely oblivious to what really happened. "It really does feel that way, doesn't it?" That's when Perry showed up. "Oh, there you are, Perry."
With the family together again, they all headed home.
Candace was the only one that felt unsatisfied.
"Hey, Candace," a voice called. Candace turned around to see Jeremy. He was gesturing to a fossil with a heart and both their initials. "This fossil is my favorite in the museum."
Candace definitely needed that. She smiled and hugged Jeremy.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 8
One Good Scare Ought to Do It
Candace sat on her bed, pretending to call someone with a banana.
"Hello, is this the Johnson residence?" she asked. "I'd like to speak to Jeremy Johnson. This is Candace Flynn. Why am I calling, you ask." She looked at her notebook, which had a list of 'Reasons to Call.' "I have a question about our algebra assignment. Okay, I'll hold." She turned to the page for 'Opening Jokes.' "Heya, Jeremy, this is Candace Flynn. What do you get when you cross a yak with a martian?"
"Honey, could I interrupt you for a second?" came a voice.
"Jeremy, did you just call me honey?" Candace asked, completely oblivious.
"No, Candace." Candace snapped back to reality to see Linda at the door. "I just wanted to tell you I'm off to my book club. I left a phone number on the fridge, in case of an emergency. Oh, and Candace, I hope you don't talk to that banana all afternoon."
Phineas and Ferb were in the backyard wearing sombreros.
"Ladies and platypuses," Phineas announced. "Presenting, the Amazing Mariachi Tree."
A bunch of mariachi players played mariachi on top of the tree in the backyard. After a while, they all lost their balance and fell off the tree. Thankfully, they didn't sustain any major injuries and were able to walk it off.
"I guess the lesson today is to not drink so much chocolate milk before planning our day's activity," Phineas remarked. "Bye guys. Sorry. Gracias."
Right as the mariachi band left, Isabella came in.
"Hi Phineas," she greeted. "Whatcha do…" Hiccup.
"Are you okay?" Phineas asked.
"Yeah, I just wanted to ask whatcha do…" Hiccup. "...ing."
"Oh no," Phineas said, a bit annoyed. "That's a bad case of the hiccups you got there."
"I know, they're driving me crazy," Isabella said. Hiccup.
Phineas was getting annoyed. "Ferb and I will help you cure your hiccups," he said. "I do not want to deal with them all day. Hey, where's Perry?"
When no one was looking, Perry put on his fedora and jumped into a trash can… only to find out it was the real trash can. He quickly jumped out of that one and into the one next to it, the real entrance to his lair.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Doctor Doofenshmirtz is on the move. We tracked him to these coordinates when we suddenly lost his signal." He showed a map of the states. He placed a marker somewhere off the coast of Florida. "We have two scenarios to explain his disappearance. First, magical elves have caused Doctor Doofenshmirtz to vanish to the land of angry corn people. Second, he may be hiding on this hideout-shaped island with the letter D carved into it that satellites have found in the exact… spot… he vanished… you know what? Forget the elf thing. I was way off base with that. Anyway, on your way, Agent P."
Perry got in his flying car and flew away.
Perry
"Okay, Isabella," said Phineas. "The best way to cure the hiccups is to scare them away. What scares you?"
"There was this haunted house at the state fair," Isabella replied. Hiccup. "That was pretty scary."
"That's it. Ferb and I are gonna make you the scariest haunted house ever. Vampires, werewolves, witches…" Someone cleared their throat. Phineas turned around to see Candace. He wasn't very happy to see her. "Hey, Candace."
"Phineas!" Candace shouted. "The only way you're building a haunted house is under my dead body!"
"That's the idea."
"That's it you little psycho, I'm calling Mom!" Candace was about to run inside, but she stopped to say one last thing. "And I'm not gonna use the banana this time!"
Phineas was baffled by that last statement. "You heard that too, right?"
Candace found the number Linda left, and she quickly dialed it. It didn't take long for someone to answer.
"Yes, hello," said Candace. "This is an emergency. I would like to speak with Linda Flynn. To whom am I presently speaking to?"
"Jeremy Johnson," said the voice on the other side. "My mom's hosting a book club? Who is this?"
Candace wasn't expecting this. She didn't know what to do now.
After a second, she did the first thing that came to mind. She crumpled up the paper with the Johnson house number to create fake static noises.
"We seem to be breaking up," she lied. "I'm going into a tunnel. Sunspots! I… ¡no habla español!"
Candace quickly hung up the phone.
Doofenshmirtz' Hideout-Shaped Island
Perry jumped out of his car and used a wingsuit to glide to the island. Once he landed, he snuck inside the hideout and hid behind a crate.
This ended up being a big mistake. His arms, legs, and tail got strapped onto the crate. Doofenshmirtz stepped into the light.
"Perry the Platypus, here?" Doof asked in fake shock. "How could this be? I'm shocked. I mean, it would have taken a total evil mastermind to have guessed that you'd track me to this point, find the secret hideout, fly in under the radar, and infiltrate through this access vent, make your way over to this crate, activating my automatic arm and leg restraints. Oh, this is the part where I get all sarcastic and pretend you surprised me. 'Oh, Perry the Platypus? How the, what the, who the, why the? Oh.' Finally ending here where I finish showing you my brilliant plan. You see, Perry the Platypus, this secret hideout actually doesn't belong to me. It belonged to my mentor, Professor Destructicon, Kevin to his friends. Sadly, he was just captured in the midst of his latest plan, to set fire to the sun. Redundant, perhaps, but before they locked him away, Kevin asked for a favor from me, to prevent them from discovering his hidden lair and all its secrets, would I please set fire to the sun? And I was like, 'dude, you gotta let that one go. It's a ball of fire. It makes no sense.' So he asked me instead to simply destroy his hideout, which I will now do, using my Disintevaporator."
Doof removed a tarp to show his Disintevaporator. A timer was counting down from twenty-five minutes. The room grew silent. This wasn't supposed to happen. Doof cleared his throat, and dramatic music started to play.
He then turned to Perry to finish his statement. "And you, Perry the Platypus, will disintevaporate with it! Ha ha ha!"
Candace dialed the number again.
"Let's try this again, just relax," she told herself. It only took a second for someone to answer. "Linda Flynn, please, but if she's too busy, uh, then maybe there's someone else who can deliver her a message."
"Who is this?" asked a high-pitched, obnoxious voice.
"Candace Flynn. Who is this?"
"I'm Suzy, Jeremy's little sister."
"It's a pleasure to meet you…"
"You called for Jeremy, didn't you?"
"No, no, no."
"You say you want your mom, but you really want Jeremy, right?"
"No, that isn't true."
"I'm sorry, we seem to be breaking up."
Candace could hear static coming from the phone. She wasn't falling for it. "Stop crinkling paper, I know that trick."
"Bye-bye."
Candace got desperate. "Wait! It's true, I want to speak to Jeremy."
"I thought so. Jeremy, some girl's on the phone for you! But never forget, I am and always will be Jeremy's favorite girl. Got it?"
Candace was beyond terrified. "I will."
"Jeremy here," came Jeremy's voice.
"Jeremy!" Candace shouted, completely unaware what to say.
"Candace?"
"Yeah, it's me."
"You know, your mom's over here for the book club."
"Yeah, I just have a silly question to ask her."
"Well, they're breaking for coffee. Wanna come over? We can hang out."
Candace covered the phone and screamed in excitement. "I mean, sure."
"Cool. See you in twenty minutes?"
Candace fainted.
"Now, I'm just gonna pick up a few things that Professor Destruction let me store here," Doof said as he packed his things. "If there's one thing Kevin understood, it's closet space. Now, I'll just grab my keys to the escape jet, and, I could've sworn I put them in my lab coat."
Perry noticed the keys on the floor right next to them. He quickly hid them.
oof turned to Perry. "Hey, have you seen my keys?" Perry nodded. "Good, will you show me?" Perry shook his head. "Is this because you can't speak or are you just being a jerk?"
Candace was packing up some clothes.
"I can't believe it," she cheered. "I'm finally going to Jeremy's house. Okay, now, what would the perfect look be? I know, girl next door meets pop diva meets Hollywood bad girl crossed with an old-school glamor goddess. Now, I just gotta find the finishing touch."
Once Candace was done getting dressed, she went to the backyard to tell the boys where she was going.
"Hey boys," she said. "I'm off to the Johnsons' book club. Jeremy invited me."
Phineas smiled. This was perfect. He could get rid of some annoying hiccups, and he wouldn't have to worry about his goody two-shoes sister trying to get in the way.
"Have fun," was all he said.
"See ya," Candace said as she left the house.
Once Candace left, Buford, Baljeet, and the Fireside Girls showed up.
"Glad you could arrive on such short notice," Phineas said.
"This better be good," Buford warned as he punched his palm. "I had to ditch a canasta game for this."
"Isabella has been cursed…" The crowd gasped at Phineas' statement. "With hiccups." The crowd sighed. "We're building a haunted house to scare the hiccups out of her. To do so, we must dig deep into those terrible places any sane person shoves into the darkest, twisted corners of their mind. Each of you must find out what scares you the most. As you can see, today we're building a haunted house electronically controlled by this organ." Phineas showed an organ as well as multiple monitors. "Every room is monitored on these screens, and by playing the keys, I can trigger all sorts of surprises, so with your help, my friends, we can build this house with enough horror to destroy the involuntary contraction of Isabella's diaphragm muscle once and for all. Okay, let's get our scare on."
Doofenshmirtz' Mentor's Hideout
"Am I getting warmer?" Doof asked before noticing the couch. "Right, the sofa. My keys fell between the cushions."
He checked the sofa, but the keys were nowhere to be found.
"No?" Doof reacted. "Come on, Perry the Platypus. I defeated you fair and square. Why can't you accept your dignity and play 'you're getting hot or cold' with me?"
Perry didn't say anything.
"Fine, I'll find them myself and teach you the meaning of grace under fire." Right after saying that, Doof got down on his knees and begged. "Please, for the love of great Caesar's ghost, what would you have me do?"
Perry smiled. He could have some fun with this.
Play "It's Candace"
Candace biked down the street.
Who's that girl going down the street?
It's Candace
She's the girl next door, who's a pop diva by day and a Hollywood bad girl by night
Candace got a bit frustrated with that unnecessarily long line.
I'd like to meet, it's Candace
A flower seller handed Candace some flowers for free. They just flew away as Candace continued biking.
La la la la la la la
End "It's Candace"
Candace made it to the Johnson household. The door opened to reveal Suzy and her black poodle.
The poodle charged towards Candace and bit her leg.
"Get it off me!" Candace begged. "These are vintage jeans!" She noticed Suzy was about to turn on the sprinklers. "Wait, what are you doing?"
Suzy turned on the sprinklers, spraying Candace with water and making her slip onto some mud. Suzy then took control of an RC car and used it to spray mud on Candace's face.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Candace cried.
That's when Jeremy showed up. He noticed Candace covered in mud.
"Candace, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Upsies," Suzy said to cover her tracks.
Jeremy was about to pick up Suzy.
"Jeremy, don't!" Candace screamed. "She's evil!"
"Candace, what are you talking about?" Jeremy asked. "Suzy wouldn't hurt a fly."
"Can't you see? She's trying to get rid of me! I can't take it!" Candace was about to leave.
"Wait!"
"No, I might as well go while I still have a shred of dignity left!"
"Candace, come back!"
By then, Candace was already gone.
After waiting long enough, Isabella returned to the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Hi, Phineas," she said as usual. "Whatcha do…" She noticed the large haunted house. "Phineas, what is this?" Hiccup. She turned around to see a large centipede. It terrified her. Hiccup. "Darn, that didn't work. What else you got?"
Phineas climbed out of the monster costume, revealing himself in a mad scientist costume.
"We got plenty," he assured. "If you're up for it."
"I…" Hiccup. "...guess so."
Play "One Good Scare Oughta Do It"
Phineas led Isabella inside the house.
Phineas:
Come, let's tiptoe into the dark
One good scare oughta do you
When the doors closed, there was nothing left but darkness… until the lights turned out to reveal a bunch of scary monsters.
Phineas then led Isabella down a hallway filled with live wolves.
You'll find our bite much worse than our bark
Phineas then led Isabella into another room. A swarm of ghosts popped out.
One good scare oughta do you some good
Phineas led Isabella up a large stairway.
At the top of the stairway, a large jack-in-the-box popped open.
If you should find the daily grind
A tad bit taxing on the mind
To help unwind, if so inclined
I have a small suggestion
Phineas then led Isabella down a hallway filled with shining armor. One of those armors dropped an ax right in front of them.
That if you dare into my lair
You should prepare for quite a scare
Well, will you share in this nightmare
With me, my only question
In the next room, Baljeet popped out dressed up as a large sheet of paper with the word, 'FAIL' stamped on it.
"Boo, boo I say," he said.
"Baljeet, what is this?" Phineas asked, frustratedly. "What part of scary did you not understand?"
"I am not Baljeet. I'm the scariest thing known to man, a failed exam."
Phineas sighed. "And now I'll spend the rest of my summer having nightmares about school." He led Isabella to the next room. "Let's go."
"You can run, but it will not be to the college of your choice!" Baljeet called.
In the next room, a large robot sprang to life.
The wall spun, leading Phineas and Isabella into a hall filled with zombies.
If your hair lies lifeless and limp
One good scare oughta do you
The two ran down the hall.
Come with me, now, don't be a wimp
A spider hung down from a web. Phineas grabbed the spider, which pulled him and Isabella into the air.
One good scare oughta do you some good
In the next room, Phineas saw someone crying in the corner. It took him a second to realize who they were.
"Buford?" he asked.
"Behold, the face of evil," Buford said.
He came into the light to reveal himself dressed as a little blonde girl holding a puppy.
Phineas recognized the person Buford was pretending to be pretty quickly. "Wait, are you supposed to be Jeremy's little sister? You said you were gonna be something scary."
"She is scary. She gives me the willies."
"Little Suzy Johnson gives you the willies?"
"You don't understand!"
"Uh, we'll catch up with you later."
Buford turned to the little faucet and turned on the water. "Wash away the horror. Wash away the horror."
Phineas and Isabella got back on the spider, which took them higher and higher.
That is quite right, I would delight
In taking flight into the night
If I may give you such a fright
You know I surely would
Once they were at the top, Phineas and Isabella got on a small cart.
But if I seem a bit extreme
In my attempts to make you scream
Remember that this spooky scheme
Will cure your hiccups for good
The two rode this fast rollercoaster. Multiple images popped up around them. They all terrified Isabella.
One little scare oughta do you some good
End "One Good Scare Oughta Do It"
The two reached the end.
Ferb was there playing the organ. He was dressed as Frankenstein's monster. He made a maniacal laugh to top it all off.
"So, did it work?" Phineas asked.
Hiccup!
"I was afraid of that," Phineas sighed. "There's one more thing we can try."
Candace finally made it back home. She noticed the large house in her backyard.
"I don't believe this!" she gasped. "Those two are in such big trouble!"
"Let me get this straight," said Doof. "If I set you free, you'll give me the keys, right?" Perry nodded. "Oh for pete sake! Why didn't you say so an hour ago?"
Doof released Perry. He revealed the keys were under his paddle the whole time.
Doof hurried and finished packing everything. He then took off.
After flying far enough away from the island, he checked to make sure he didn't forget anything in his haste.
"My basketball, my lamp, my Christmas lights," he skimmed through. "Perry the Platypus, the Disintevaporator, my golf club…" He gasped when he realized what he saw. "Perry the Platypus? The Disintevaporator? My golf clubs? I don't even play golf!"
Before he could do anything, Perry tackled him. Perry was relentless, and didn't give Doof a chance to fight back.
Doof quickly got a hair out of his mouth.
He then used the Christmas lights to tie up Perry. Perry was sent flying to the back. He inadvertently opened up an emergency hatch. Everything started to get sucked out.
"Since you spared me the trouble of opening the hatch, let me show you the way out!" Doof shouted.
He got back in the cockpit and tilted the jet, sucking Perry out of the airlock.
Thankfully, Perry managed to grab the lights and use them to grab onto the jet.
"Okay, Ferb, raise the antenna," said Phineas. Ferb turned a crank. "Let's see if we can up the scare factor. You see, our haunted house is powered by static electricity. Maybe we can get a lightning strike to fire things up."
Candace entered the haunted house.
"Phineas, Ferb?" she called. The doors shut behind her. She tried to open them, but they wouldn't budge. "Okay, you guys! Stop fooling around! You better come out now! I'm getting really mad!"
That's when she noticed a large green monster in front of her. It opened its mouth to reveal a small head. It opened its mouth to reveal an even smaller head. So on and so forth.
Candace ran away screaming.
Candace ran around trying to find another way out. No matter where she went, there was always something scary waiting for her.
The antenna got struck by lightning, a little too much lightning. The system started to overload.
Candace ran into another room. She bumped into Buford. His Suzy costume terrified her even more.
At some point, Candace got launched by the jack-in-the box. She rode the coaster cart to the end.
When she saw Phineas and Ferb, she was beyond livid.
"Phineas, Ferb!" she screamed. "When Mom sees you built a haunted house in the backyard with werewolves and vampires, and a giant floating baby head, what's that even about?!" She gestured to the giant floating baby head in the room. "And then there was a giant jack-in-the-box with a suit of armor that almost took my head off, and you, you just drive me crazy! When Mom sees this, you're going down!"
Candace stomped to the elevator. She got in and noticed the giant floating baby head. She quickly shooed it away, making it cry.
When Candace made it out, she saw Linda's car pull up.
"Perfect!" she shouted. "Mom, Mom, Mom! Just wait until you see what Phineas and Ferb have done!"
A string of Christmas lights grabbed the antenna of the haunted house, pulling the house into the air.
Most of the kids made it out in the nick of time. Sadly, Phineas wasn't so lucky.
"What's going on?" he asked. "Help!"
Phineas fell off the edge. He was plummeting down to the ground.
"Phineas!" Isabella screamed, more terrified than ever. "Quick, sashes!"
The Fireside Girls brought out their sashes. They tied the sashes together to form a trampoline.
Phineas landed on the trampoline, and bounced right into Isabella's arms. The two looked at each other and blushed.
Isabella quickly set Phineas down before things could get more awkward.
"Now that was scary," she admitted. She didn't hiccup this time. "Hey, my hiccups are gone."
As the Fireside Girls left the backyard, Candace and Linda came in.
"Phineas and Ferb ruined the backyard and left this ugly mess in its place!" Candace shouted, expecting a haunted house to be behind her.
Little did she know the only one there was Baljeet.
"Hi, Baljeet," Linda greeted before turning to Candace with a disappointed look. "That wasn't very nice, Candace."
Perry landed on the roof of the haunted house.
Doof tossed the Disintevaporator down towards Perry. Perry jumped out of the way.
The Disintevaporator landed on the haunted house with enough force to disconnect the lights from it. The house fell to the ground.
Perry put on his parachute and used it to land on the ground safely.
Agent P
The haunted house landed back in the backyard. Candace saw it.
"Mom, it's back!" she shouted.
By the time Candace came back with Linda, the Disintevaporator eradicated the house.
When Linda came out, she saw Baljeet, now holding a bag.
"I forgot my satchel," he said.
"Goodbye," was all Linda said before she went back inside.
Candace turned around to see that the house was gone again. This infuriated her. Isabella noticed how upset Candace seemed to be.
"What's the problem?" she asked.
"Phineas and Ferb are the problem!" Candace snapped. "My day is ruined, and I never got to hang out with Jeremy!"
"Sorry, but it was the best day for me. Due to my case of the hiccups, I spent my day with undivided attention from Phineas. It was wonderful."
"Hiccups?" Candace got an idea.
"Hey, Candace," came Jeremy's voice. Candace turned around to see Jeremy there. "You ran off so quickly and we never got to…"
Candace pretended to hiccup.
"Sounds like you got a bad case of the hiccups," Jeremy reacted. "Let's see what we can do about that. I got a glass of water with your name on it."
Jeremy led Candace away. She noticed Suzy and made sure to give her a dirty look.
"What did I do?" Suzy asked. She turned to see Buford still dressed up as her. She couldn't help but recognize him. "I'm sorry, but do I know you?"
"Uh… gotta go," Buford said, running away as fast as he could.
Phineas and Ferb sat under the tree.
"That was a great day, Ferb," Phineas remarked. "What did you think the scariest thing was?"
"Definitely the giant floating baby head," Ferb admitted.
"Yeah, where did that come from?"
Ferb made a gesture that signified he didn't know.
Notes:
This was a fun write.
We got a few important developments here. We have our first hint of Phineas gaining a crush on Isabella, we're introduced to Jeremy's evil little sister, and we learn about Buford's fear of Suzy.
While the original show portrays Buford's fear of Suzy as a one-off joke, I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna make it a more serious part of Buford's character arc.
While they didn't truly start to develop Phineas and Isabella's relationship until very late in the show, I'm gonna fix that. Phineas is going to realize his feelings much sooner, and Phinabella will get together much sooner.
Speaking of development for Phineas, I decided to fix his character a bit. In the actual show, he didn't really have any flaws. He does have some humanizing moments here and there, which are usually executed well, but most of the time, he's kinda flat, having no personality outside of his need for inventing. Same goes for Ferb, though he is a little more interesting given he rarely speaks.
I decided to fix that. In this version, I'm gonna flesh out Phineas and Ferb's characters to set them apart from each other and make them feel like actual characters. For starters, they'll start out making things for their own personal enjoyment. Even in this chapter when Phineas helped Isabella get rid of her hiccups, it was mainly because he didn't want to deal with those annoying hiccups all day. However, as the story progresses, they'll start making inventions not just for his own personal enjoyment, but for others as well.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 9
Crack that Whip
"And that is why the eighteenth century sewing thimble is not only a slice of history, but a compelling example of American grit and perseverance," Lawrence finished telling his story to Phineas, Ferb, Grandpa Clyde, and Grandma Betty.
"That was wonder…" Betty was about to say before falling asleep.
"Mom!" Linda scolded.
Betty bolted awake. "Just kidding. Your speech is gonna be a big hit at the antique thimble symposium."
"It's gonna knock them dead," said Lawrence.
"Which we're gonna be late for if we don't get on the road," said Linda. "Thanks for looking after the kids today. Candace is skating at the park. All numbers are on the fridge. Be good, boys."
"Bye!" Phineas waved.
Once Linda and Lawrence left, Betty turned to the boys.
"Wanna embarrass your sister?" she asked.
"Yeah," Phineas and Clyde said in unison.
Ferb remained silent as always.
All four of them headed to the park.
At the park, Candace was trying to skate. Stacy was skating next to her.
"You got it," Stacy assured.
"Yeah," Candace said. "I can't turn around, but I got it."
That's when they noticed Phineas, Ferb, and Betty skating together with no problem.
"Candace, wanna join?" Phineas asked.
Everyone in the area turned towards Candace. She didn't like this.
"I'm so not with them," she said. "Turn me around, Stace."
Stacy turned Candace around, and they both skated away.
"Grandma, where'd you get the moves?" Phineas asked Betty.
"Well, boys, I was quite the skater in my…" Betty was about to explain. That's when she ran into someone, knocking her down. "Watch where you're…" Betty turned and gasped at the woman she bumped into.
"Betty Jo of the Tri-State Bombers?" the second woman asked.
"Hildegard of the Saskatoon Slashers?"
"I thought I smelled the last of you back in '57, when I whipped your sorry behind, took the trophy, and became the rightful Queen of the Derby."
"Whoa, you were in a roller skating derby?" Phineas asked.
"Not only was I in it, I was champ," Betty replied. "It was years ago, the night of the final match between the Bombers and the Slashers. We were on our final lap. What was left of my team used our signature move, 'The Whip', to send me to the finish line. Hildegard's team had the same idea. The trophy was mine until…" Betty got angry and turned to Hildegard. "You only won 'cause you cheated!"
"'Anything goes,' remember?" Hildegard reminded.
"What do you say we try it again, cheater?"
"Anytime, anywhere."
"You skate like a buffalo!"
Candace watched the argument from afar. She was confused.
That's when Jeremy skated right next to her. He completely diverted her attention away.
"Hey, Jeremy," she smiled.
"Candace, why is my grandma yelling at your grandma?" Jeremy asked.
Candace was shocked. "That's your grandma?"
Hildegard skated towards Jeremy. "Come on, Jeremy. You and your little sister are on my team. Suzy!"
Suzy appeared next to Hildegard with an innocent smile. "Yes, Grandma?"
"Me, you, and Jeremy are a team, got it?"
At the same time, Betty rounded up Phineas, Ferb, and Candace.
"I need two of you on my team, okay?" she asked.
"You can have Phineas and Ferb, Grandma," said Candace, wanting nothing to do with this.
"But that's not fair, Candace," said Suzy. "Our team has two girls and one boy, so you need to be on your grandma's team so it's fair."
"Then it can be you, Ferb, and Grandma," Phineas decided.
"It's decided," said Jeremy. "We gotta do it for our grandmas, right Candace?"
Candace couldn't say a word, not when Jeremy was talking to her.
"See you on the track, chum," Suzy said, sneaking an evil grin.
"Wait," said Candace. "We have no derby. It was replaced with that tattoo parlor."
"Leave that to us," said Phineas.
Perry set a package down in front of the house, then jumped into it.
A mailman took the box, loaded it into a truck, and sent it to a post office.
There, it got put on a plane, and sent to a post office across the country.
It was then put on a different plane that flew all the way back to Danville.
There, the mailman put the package in a mail slot.
Perry finally landed in his lair under the Flynn-Fletcher household.
"Nice entrance, Agent P," Monogram said. "But you do know the elevator is right there?" He pointed to an elevator at the edge of the room. "Just pointing it out. Anyway, Doofenshmirtz is up to something. I want you to get out there and put a stop to it."
Candace and Stacy walked to the Flynn-Fletcher house.
"I can't do it, Stace," said Candace. "What if we win? Would Jeremy still like me?"
"All I know for sure is boys hate to be beaten by girls," Stacy replied.
"Hey hon," Clyde called from the backyard. "Do you know where your dad keeps the glue gun?"
"Glue gun?" Candace asked, confused.
It took her a second to realize what was happening. She entered the backyard to see a large derby, one that shouldn't even fit in there.
"I knew it. I just knew you'd be up to something by now!" Candace turned to Clyde. "Et tu, Grandpa?"
"I just had one," Clyde assured, thinking Candace was talking about the donut he was eating. "There are more if you want."
"Just wait until Mom hears about this." Candace was about to call Linda.
"Heads up!" a voice called.
Candace saw a helmet flying towards her face. She just barely caught it. Betty skated to Candace and offered her a pair of skates.
"Lace them up, tight, Dearie," she said. "We've got a score to settle. Win! Win! Win!"
Perry snuck into Doof's building through the window. He jumped on the floor, making a little thud. Sadly, it wasn't quiet enough.
Doof turned around. Perry expected the usual, only to see that Doof looked sad.
"Will you cool it with the noise, Perry the Platypus?" he asked. "I have this splitting headache. I was at this evil mixer until late last night. It was crazy. Can you hang out for just one moment?"
Doof pushed a button on the wall. A cage fell on top of Perry with a loud thud.
"Oh, I need a quieter trap," Doof said to himself. "Now that you're trapped, I'll tell you my plan. I'm miserable because I can't grow facial hair. I've tried everything to grow facial hair, it's so painful, I hate people with beards, etc. Guess who they decided to build a statue of right next door? Rutherford B. Hayes, our nineteenth president. Only the president with the best facial hair of all! Look at that thing. There's nothing like a nineteenth century beard, Perry the Platypus. Anyway, that horrible statue must be destroyed as it's a constant reminder of my follicular failure!" Doof whined in pain. "Give me a minute, this hurts me more than it hurts you, literally."
Back at the stadium, Betty went over the plan. "At the final lap, we'll use The Whip to launch the weak skater…" Betty turned to Candace. "No offense, but that's you, over the finish line to victory!"
Candace remembered what Stacy said. "Boys hate to be beaten by girls."
Candace started to fantasize a reality where her team won.
"Candace, have you no mercy?" Jeremy yelled as he hugged his crying grandmother. "Come on Grandma, let's get you home!"
Jeremy carried Hildegard away.
Candace woke up from her little nightmare.
"What am I gonna do?" she asked herself. "I can't beat Jeremy's grandmother, and I can't let my grandmother lose."
Candace failed to notice that Suzy swapped her skates. She put on these new skates, having no idea what Suzy had in store.
"Hello, everyone!" Phineas greeted the audience. "And welcome to today's main event, the 'anything goes' grudge race of the century between Grandma Betty Jo and Grandma Hildegard. I'm Phineas Flynn and I'll be your announcer for the action along with our color commentator, Grandpa Clyde."
"Yellow, green, blue!" Clyde shouted.
"Excellent color, Grandpa."
"Glad to oblige."
"And now, let's rock and roller skate derby!"
Most of the racers were already at the starting line. Candace needed some time to catch up. When she got to the line, she slipped and fell.
"Remember kids, two words, road kill!" Hildegard told her kids.
"Come on, honey," Betty told Candace. "We have butt to kick."
Clyde fired a gun to start the race. He looked away in fear, but the gun just shot out a flag that said, 'BANG!'
"And, they're off!" Phineas announced.
Play "Ring of Fun"
Most of the racers sped off. Candace got up and struggled to catch up.
Betty and Hildegard were neck-and-neck with each other.
When Betty gets loose, everybody get out of the way
Round and round that ring of fun
Candace and Jeremy skated next to each other. Jeremy was just happy to be here, while Candace struggled to stay on her feet.
'Cause she's lacing her boots up at 4:00 AM today
Round and round that ring of fun
Grudge match grannies you got nothing to lose
Gray-haired lightning wearing knee pads and boots
Cruising for a bruising, and you know they got a real short fuse
Ferb got ahead for a second, only for both grandmas to skate right past him.
Suzy tried to ram into Ferb. Ferb saw this coming and jumped out of the way.
And they go round and round that ring of fun
Round and round that ring of fun
Suzy was surprised that Ferb managed to avoid her attack. However, she noticed Candace and zoomed right past her. Candace almost fell, but she managed to save herself.
Grudge match grannies gonna get things done
The grandmas zoomed past Candace and Jeremy. Candace fell into Jeremy's arms.
Going round and round that ring of fun
End "Ring of Fun"
"And we're back," Phineas said after the song ended. "Grandpa?"
"Orange, purple, chartreuse," Clyde announced.
"So, Perry the Platypus," Doof monologued. "In order to rid myself of that horrid bearded statue, I invented the…"
Doof tried to carry Perry's cage away from the window. He was too tired to do it.
"This cage is too heavy," Doof said. "Do you mind stepping out for a bit?"
Doof unlocked the cage and let Perry out.
"I've invented the Bread-inator!" Doof continued his monologue. "Not only will this machine emit a ray that will turn Mr. President into whole-grain bread, it will also release a flock of hungry magpies that will devour the doughy statue! Beard go bye-bye! Ha ha ha! Ow, my evil head."
The race was about to end. The crowd was going nuts.
Candace fell to the floor. Betty quickly helped her up.
"Come on, Candace," she said. "It's time for The Whip!"
Betty took Candace and Ferb's hands.
At the same time, Hildegard took Jeremy and Suzy's hands.
When the time was right, both Candace and Jeremy were launched ahead. They were neck-and-neck.
"I don't think so," Suzy said before pushing a button on a remote.
The button activated rockets on Candace's skates. They launched Candace backwards and into the air.
Thankfully, she bounced off a blimp. She landed right next to Jeremy.
"Wow," Jeremy said, amazed. "You gotta teach me how to skate like that."
Jeremy took Candace's hand.
Suzy pushed the button again.
Candace was sent back again. This time, she took Jeremy with her. They both flew into the air… right in Suzy's direction. They rammed Suzy, and then Ferb, sending all of them flying in the wrong direction.
"Don't think about doing anything rough this time, sister," Betty yelled at Hildegard. "Or I'll kick your fat…"
Before she could finish, they both saw their grandkids flying right towards them.
Thankfully, both of them managed to jump over. Hildegard ended up landing on Betty's shoulders. Because of this, they both crossed the finish line at the same time.
"It's a tie!" Phineas announced.
Clyde was asleep until Phineas announced the tie.
"A tie?" he reacted. "Oh, Betty Jo ain't gonna like that."
"At least I won this race," said Betty.
"You won?!" Hildegard yelled. "You're crazy! I obviously crossed the finish line first!"
"Wrong, and get off, cheater!" Betty threw Hildegard off her shoulders.
Candace approached and hugged her grandmother. "Hey Grandma, that was fun. I thought this would be lame, but I had fun."
"What about you, Hilda?" Betty asked Hildegard. "Did you have fun?"
"Yeah, I did," Hildegard admitted. "Maybe it ain't so important who won but that we had fun with the kids."
"Yeah, but just for the record, I won."
"You mean, even though you lost, it's having fun that's important."
"Who are you calling a loser, cheater?"
"Who are you calling a cheater, loser?"
"That's it. Race you to the Rutherford B. Hayes statue."
The two grandmas darted away. The crowd followed them.
Doof sighed. "Perry the Platypus, my head is killing me. This is all a wash anyway. I'll turn on the ray, you'll turn off the ray, thwarting my plan. Let's just get it over with, alright?"
Doof pulled the lever, turning on the ray.
Two men were carrying a large mirror past the statue. The ray was reflected off of the mirror.
Perry turned the ray off.
The magpies were released from their cage, and they all flew out the window.
"Good," Doof said. "I'm gonna lie down a bit. I promise I'll be more evil next time."
"Alright, we had our kicks," Candace admitted. "But Mom's still gonna flip when she sees this." She heard the sound of a car door slam. "That's her car. You're so busted!"
Right as Candace left, a beam hit the derby, turning it into a giant loaf of bread.
Candace came out with Linda.
"See, Mom? See?" she asked as she closed her eyes and gestured to where the derby should've been.
Linda gasped at the site of the giant loaf of bread.
"I thought you said it was a roller rink," she told Candace before turning to the boys. "You made a giant loaf of bread?"
"No," Phineas replied. "I have no idea how that got there."
Candace didn't expect to hear that. She opened her eyes and saw the loaf of bread.
"B-b-but," she stuttered.
That's when a swarm of magpies flew by and ate the bread.
"Well, that took care of that," Linda remarked.
That's when Lawrence came out.
"Hey, Dad," Phineas greeted. "How'd your speech go?"
"I have to say it was 'thimbly' wonderful," Lawrence replied.
That's when Phineas noticed a remote on the floor. "What does this do?"
Phineas pushed the button. It activated the rockets on Candace's skates. It sent her backwards.
That's when Jeremy showed up.
"Hey guys," he said. "Is Candace around?"
That's when Candace fell into his arms.
"Good catch, Jeremy," Ferb complimented.
Candace smiled and blushed. "He sure is."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 10: Oil on Candace
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 10
Oil On Candace
The Flynn-Fletchers were visiting the Jefferson County Museum of Contemporary Art.
"Let's continue our tour," the tour guide said as she showed the family a painting of someone. "Over here, we have the work of the great environmental installation artist, Beppo Brown. He's famous for his monumental recreations of everyday objects."
The guide gestured to the nearby exhibits. They were exactly how the guide described them. Large recreations of normal objects.
Phineas looked around, amazed.
"Wow, this place is amazing," he remarked. He noticed a large toothbrush and floss. "Look at that giant toothbrush, and that giant dental floss. It's even been used." He then noticed a large baby near some large baby toys. "And look at that giant baby."
That's when a woman showed up and led the baby away. How she managed to make her baby that big was unknown.
Linda noticed a guy in the crowd that looked exactly like the guy in the painting.
"Hey, isn't that Beppo?" she asked.
Beppo was busy talking to some people in the crowd. "You're taking it too literally. It's the juxtaposition of the donuts and the mountains that…"
That's when a little boy approached Beppo. He was around Phineas and Ferb's age. He had messy brown hair. He wore a yellow shirt, orange shorts, and sandals.
"Hi Dad," the boy greeted.
Beppo kneeled down to the boy's eye level.
"Hi, Django," he said. "How are things going?"
"It's going great. Wanna hang out?"
"Sorry, bud, but I gotta answer a few questions and talk about my new project, but I promise I'll catch up as soon as I can. Have fun."
Django walked away sadly.
"Okay folks," said the tour guide. "Please take some time to look at Beppo's fabulous exhibit. Oh, and don't miss his newest addition, 'Donuts over the Mountain,' which can be seen from this viewing platform."
"Cool, let's check it out," Phineas said as he and Ferb headed to the observation deck.
"I'd like to see the giant mascara brush again," said Linda. "What about you, Candace?"
"Where's the giant exit sign?" Candace sighed. "I'd rather be at home with Perry."
"What do you suppose Perry does when we leave him at home?"
Perry sat on the couch eating a bag of chips. He was watching a sad romcom.
That's when Monogram hijacked the TV.
"Sorry to bother you on your day off, Agent P," he apologized.
Perry wasn't having it. After what happened the day before, he needed this break. He switched the channel back to his show.
Monogram just hijacked the TV again.
"Agent P, you gotta concentrate," he said. "It's Doofenshmirtz again. He's expecting a visit from his old evil science professor, Doctor Gevaarlijk. You must get there pronto. Those two together are a bad combination. Don't worry about your stories. We'll tape them for you."
Perry begrudgingly put on his hat and got off the couch.
Phineas and Ferb were on the observation deck observing the new exhibit.
"Wow, these exhibits are amazing," said Phineas.
"They are, aren't they?" came a voice.
The boys turned to see Django looking at a piece of paper, sadly.
"Whatcha got there?" Phineas asked.
"It's just something I made for my dad," Django replied, showing a picture of himself and his dad. "But it's nothing compared to what he makes."
Phineas looked at the picture and loved it. "Are you kidding? It's a great picture. Your dad would love this."
"But it's so small, and everything he makes is so big."
"Then why not make something bigger?"
"Where will we find a canvas big enough?"
Phineas gestured to the view. "Look out there, Django. Your father's display just happens to be right next to the Unpainted Desert. That gives me an idea. Ferb, we need some really big art supplies."
Django got his own idea. "We can use my dad's old exhibit."
Django led the boys to a room with large paint packets, paintbrushes, and more.
"He called it, 'Really Big Art Supplies,'" he explained.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
The doorbell rang a bit earlier than expected. Doof went to answer it.
"Doctor Gevaarlijk already?" he wondered. He opened the door to reveal Perry. "Oh, it's you, Perry the Platypus. I don't have much time today. You see, my old evil science professor is visiting, and we've always had a strained relationship."
Doof pulled up a chair for Perry to sit on. He pushed a button on a remote to strap Perry to the chair.
"I think it's best expressed through song," Doof said. "Tell me what you think, but no pressure."
Play "Impress my Professor"
Doof grabbed a guitar and started to play.
Doof:
Back in class, Evil 101
I always had so much fun
Though the one who advised me
Openly despised me
Still, I always tried to be number one
Doof threw the guitar aside and started dancing.
Well, I wanted a mentor to share my world view
But I got a tormentor, I was hated, it's true
Now, I have one more chance, and it could mean my advancement
So there's only one thing I must do
Identical blonde ladies in pink dresses stepped into the spotlight and started dancing along to the song.
I must impress my professor
Backups:
He's got to make good
Doof:
I must impress my professor
Backups:
He's misunderstood
He needs validation for his evil creation
Doof (Backups):
Like any good evil scientist would
A stage appeared out of thin air.
I… must… (He… must)
Impress my professor (Impress his professor)
To be a success
Or I will still be a flunky (Or he will still be a flunky)
A diploma-less monkey
In the eyes of this person whose opinion may worsen
If my evil invention's not great
I must impress my professor
I must impress my professor
I must impress my professor before it's too late
End "Impress my Professor"
Perry moved his arms out of the restraint to applaud, then he put them back in.
"So now you know my plan," Doof said. He then noticed the backup dancers getting ready to leave. "Can you give me a second? I gotta go settle up with the dancers."
Doof quickly wrote a check for the dancers before approaching them. Doof handed his check to one of the dancers. She left without saying a word.
Phineas, Ferb, and Django were in the Unpainted Desert.
"So this is the Unpainted Desert," Django remarked.
"Not for long," Phineas replied.
Cue montage of the trio using large paintbrushes, hoses, and water balloons to cover the desert in paint.
Once they were done painting, the three stood to admire their work. It was a larger version of Django's picture.
"Thanks, guys," Django thanked. "I think I can show it to my dad now."
"It's not finished until you sign it," said Phineas.
"You're right. We should all sign it."
After a while of waiting, the doorbell finally rang.
"My professor is here!" Doof cheered. "And now, Perry the Platypus, you will tremble before the mighty Doctor Gevaarlijk."
A small blonde woman wearing a blue skirt, and a white lab coat entered the room.
"Hello, Heinz," she greeted. "My, you've gotten big. Of course you still have that slouch."
"Doctor Gevaarlijk, it's so good to see you," said Doof.
"Oh yeah, I've come all the way from Gimmelshtump for chit-chat. So, show me what you're doing."
"I'm sure you'll be most impressed with my latest evil inventions."
Doof led Gevaarlijk into another room. He showed a very busted-looking machine.
"This is my Deflatinator," he said.
"Did it work?" asked Gevaarlijk.
"Well, not really, but…" Doof showed another machine. "Here, we have the Drillinator."
"Did anyone get hurt with that?"
"No, just me."
"Did any of these actually work?"
"Ha, not really, but I have something more impressive over there." Doof showed a blender. "My brand new Blenderinator, spelling doom for even the toughest of apples." Doof inserted some apples and turned on the blender. "Bow down, Granny Smith!"
Gevaarlijk was running out of patience. "I'm sure if I was a pomaceous fruit, I would be trembling. Where is your Phone-inator? I need to call a Cab-inator."
"Wait, let me show you this."
Doof led Gevaarlijk back to the living room.
"Meet my very own nemesis," Doof introduced.
Gevaarlijk looked at Perry. He looked like any regular old platypus. It didn't help that he removed his hat.
"How can he be your nemesis?" she asked. "He doesn't even have a hat."
Doof had a hard time recognizing Perry without his hat. He tried to deny that this was another platypus. "No, no, I made that mistake a couple times too, but that's him, I swear."
Gevaarlijk pulled out Doof's letter. "In your letter, you said he's a 'suave semi-aquatic personification of unstoppable dynamic fury.'"
"He is. No, you've gotta see him in action. I'll let him go." Doof removed the strap. "Come on, Perry the Platypus. Thwart my plans. Let me have it. Thwart away."
Perry did nothing. This told Gevaarlijk what she needed to know. "Heinz, he's just a platypus. They don't do much, you know."
"Wait, he's about to do something. Wait for it." Perry chattered. This was enough to convince Doof. "I guess you're right. I could've sworn that was him."
"Heinz, this is just sad."
Desperate, Doof tried one last thing. He led her to the balcony. "Come on. This will blow your socks off."
Candace looked around for the boys.
"I know the boys must be around here somewhere," she told herself. She got on the observation deck. "This is a nice view. Well, time to see what all this donut stuff is about."
Candace looked through a telescope to see the large donuts on the mountain.
"Wow, that's actually pretty cool," she admitted. She then looked over to the right. "So this must be the unpainted desert." She noticed the large painting. "Wait a minute, that doesn't look unpainted to me!" She noticed Phineas and Ferb's signatures. "Phineas and Ferb! Busted!"
She ran to find Linda.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!" she called.
Meanwhile, Phineas, Ferb, and Django were looking for Beppo.
"Dad! Dad! Dad!" Django called.
"Doctor! Doctor! Doctor!" Doof called, only to realize that Gevaarlijk was right there. "Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to shout. To honor your visit, I will blow up the moon."
Now Gevaarlijk was intrigued. "Blow up the moon? That would mean…"
"Yes. No more stupid songs about moons."
"I do despise moon-related songs. Continue."
"It takes a lot of power, so I can only fire it once, but don't worry. I have it planned down to the last…" Doof accidentally leaned on the inator. It fired a beam and destroyed a nearby dam. Doof realized his mistake. "Whoops, no more songs about dams I guess?"
"But I love a good toe-tapping dam song."
Water from the dam flooded the area and headed towards the Unpainted Desert.
"Mom, you gotta see this!" Candace yelled.
"At least she's excited about art," Linda remarked.
"Dad, you gotta see this," Django told his dad.
Candace closed her eyes and gestured to where the painting should've been.
"I see it," said Linda. "Donuts over a mountain."
"No, the thing next to it," Candace said.
"Oh, I see. The natural beauty of the Unpainted Desert is like a work of art."
"Mom, there's nothing unnatural about…" Candace turned to the desert. Nothing was there except sand. "B-b-but."
That's when Phineas, Ferb, and Django showed up with Beppo.
"See, Dad?" Django asked.
He gestured to the desert, only to see that the painting was gone. He looked at his original painting sadly.
"Whatcha got there?" Beppo asked.
"I made this for you," Django replied. "But it's so small. It's not real art."
Beppo thought otherwise. "It's beautiful, son. You're a real artist. With your permission, there's a very special place I'd like to put this."
Beppo led Django and the boys to the giant fridge. He hung the portrait onto the fridge.
"Wow, there's no higher place of honor than a fridge," Phineas remarked.
"Especially if it's a giant fridge," Ferb added.
Doof felt really upset at himself for his failure.
"Oh, Doctor Gevaarlijk, today was supposed to be the day that I impressed you with the enormity of my evil schemes and finally earned your respect," he said.
"Oh, Heinz," Gevaarlijk assured. "Evil doesn't always have to be on a big scale. You can spread evil in the little things you do every day."
Doof almost cried. "You're right."
"But sadly you can't even do that. You're a total failure! You sicken me, Heinz Doofenshmirtz! Gevaarlijk out!"
Gevaarlijk left the apartment by jumping off the balcony.
"That could've gone better," Doof sighed. That's when Perry showed up. "Oh, there you are, Perry the Platypus. You saw that, huh? Yes, of course. You think I'm evil, right?"
Perry made a gesture that Doof translated to 'Yes.'
"Thank you, Perry the Platypus," Doof thanked.
Notes:
Now we've been properly introduced to the final member of the Phineas and Ferb Co., Django Brown.
I was originally planning to insert an OC to the group as a sixth member, and then pair that OC with Ferb. I changed my mind because the show did have the potential to have a sixth member, other than that douchebag, Irving, in the form of Django Brown. It sucks that they didn't do much with him.
To be clear, Irving is a decent character. Having a Phineas and Ferb fanboy that randomly shows up uninvited is a cool idea, but I also like the idea of a character like Django. Since I'm gonna give Django a bigger presence in the story, keeping Irving would just cramp it all up. As a result, I'm removing Irving from the story.
And yes, I'm pairing Django with Ferb. I much prefer Vanessa being with Monty, because they have strong chemistry and an amazing dynamic. Povenmire really screwed us over by revealing that Ferb and Vanessa are endgame. People say that Wendy is too old for Dipper, even though Ferb and Vanessa have a bigger age gap than theirs.
Anyway, that's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 11: Dude, We’re Getting the Band Back Together
Notes:
I know this breaks the formula I've had for a while when I update my Gravity Falls story, then this one twice, but I felt this was a necessary break in the formula. You see, today is my parents' anniversary. I felt there was no better way to honor that than rewriting the Phineas and Ferb episode that centers around THEIR parents' anniversary.
Enjoy.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 11
Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together
"So you really don't know what day it is?" Linda asked.
"I told you, it's Thursday," Lawrence replied.
Phineas and Ferb tried to tone out what they were hearing. They didn't enjoy listening to their parents fighting.
"It's more than just another Thursday, Lawrence!" Linda yelled.
"Then it must be… the day I realized how cute you are when you're angry?" Lawrence guessed.
Phineas and Ferb looked at each other. Even they knew what day it was.
"I'm going to get my hair done," Linda sighed. "I'll be back at two. Maybe you can figure it out before I get home."
"I wonder what the fuss is about," Lawrence wondered.
Phineas sighed. He ran out of patience.
"June 14!" he yelled. "It's your wedding anniversary!"
Lawrence panicked. "Egads! I can fix this!"
Candace came out, having just heard the conversation.
"You seriously forgot your anniversary?" she berated. "Anniversaries are very important! Take June, for example. On the third, Jeremy spoke to me for the first time back in seventh grade. May sixth, he brushed up against me in the hall. Oh, and April third, that's the day he laughed so hard milk came out of his nose."
Phineas, Ferb, and Lawrence left the scene. They didn't have time for this.
"Hey Dad, maybe we can help," Phineas suggested as they entered the garage.
"I'm afraid not," Lawrence replied. "Unless you're both miracle workers."
"What's your budget?"
"Tell me, boys. What would you get for a special woman on her anniversary?"
Candace came in. "You're seriously asking two boys for romantic advice? That's pathetic. Don't you and Mom have any cherished memories?"
An idea sparked into Lawrence's mind. "I got just the thing in here!" Lawrence grabbed a toolbox and dug through it.
Candace was baffled. "You keep your treasured memories in a toolbox?"
Lawrence pulled out a cassette tape. "Your mother's favorite band, Love Handel. I bought us tickets to their farewell concert. We were a handsome couple back then. We were lucky to get caught in the band's flamin' hot spotlight of love. The lead singer said, 'Well, don't just stand there. Kiss her.' I'd never so much as held your mother's hand, but that night, I made my move. Truly, that was an evening I'll never forget."
"But you did forget, didn't you?" Phineas reminded.
Lawrence sighed. "And Love Handel broke up years ago. Some things can never be recaptured."
Lawrence left the room to wallow.
"That's it," said Phineas. "I know what we're going to do today. We're gonna make it the best anniversary gift ever. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was already in his lair awaiting instructions.
"There you are, Agent P," said Monogram. "We've learned some alarming information. Several suspicious items have been purchased by the Doofenshmirtz Corporation. They include an industrial-grade air compressor, twenty canisters of helium oxide, and four hundred pounds of fireworks. Get right on it."
Perry put on his jetpack and flew off.
Perry
The kids watched a video about Love Handel.
"For a moment, their ballad, 'Snuck Your Way Into My Heart,' snuck its way to number one and stayed there for eleven consecutive minutes," said the guy in the video. "But whatever happened to Love Handel? The band was riding high, but tastes were changing, and Love Handel found itself playing smaller and smaller venues. Pressures from a dwindling fanbase caused infighting among the band members. Lines were drawn, then lines were crossed. Eventually, the lines were erased, the piece of paper was crumpled up and thrown away, and Love Handel was no more. Years later, Love Handel's music continues to warm the hearts of an appreciative public. Bass Player Bobbi Fabulous now runs a trendy hair salon, drummer Sherman works quietly at the public library, and only lead singer Danny is still a player in the music industry."
The screen showed a sign that read, 'Danny's Music Shop.' Candace recognized it.
"I recognize that sign," she said. "It's down on main street."
"We'll get him to sing for Mom," said Phineas, putting his arm in. "Ready team?"
"Team? Oh no, I am not getting involved in one of your crazy schemes."
"Come on, Candace. For true love."
Candace sighed. She put her arm in. Ferb put his arm in.
Phineas then relayed the plan. "Candace, you keep Mom away from the house. We'll go get Danny." The three saw Lawrence reading something. "Dad, we're gonna throw a rock concert, okay?"
"Yes, just be careful," Lawrence replied.
The trio left the house and got on their bikes. They split up to carry out their parts of the plan.
That's when Candace's phone rang. She answered, knowing Stacy was calling.
"Hey, Stacy," she said. "My brothers and I are reforming Love Handel for a concert in our backyard."
"Love Handel?" Stacy reacted. "That's my mother's favorite band. Hey Mom, did you know Love Handel's reforming?"
Doofenshmirtz Abandoned Self-Storage
Perry entered the storage building expecting something evil. He was shocked to see Doof handing a banner that read, 'Happy Birthday, Vanessa!' in bright blue letters.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof said once he noticed Perry. "Quick, could you hand me that staple gun over there?"
Perry noticed the staple gun in the toolbox next to him. He didn't know Doof's motive, so he gave the gun to Doof. Doof stapled the banner onto the wall.
"What do you think?" he asked. It's for Vanessa's birthday. You remember her, right?"
Perry made a face that signified he vaguely remembered her. Doof showed Perry a set of photos of Vanessa during her birthdays. She didn't look pleased in any of them.
"Well, she's my daughter," he explained. "I try to throw her a party every year. I know we usually go about our daily battle of good vs. evil, but instead, could you maybe help me set up the party for my little girl? Please?"
Perry could tell that Doof was genuinely doing something good here. He decided to go along with it.
Cue montage of the two working together to get the party ready.
First, they made the cake.
Next, they inflated a bunch of balloons.
Then, they prepared the punch.
Finally, they hung a disco ball on the ceiling.
Phineas and Ferb entered Danny's Music Shop.
They saw a man in his forties trying to teach a guy how to play guitar. After a while, the customer got frustrated and left.
"I get it!" said the employee. "Rock n Roll is too scary for you!"
"You must be Danny," said Phineas.
"Yes, yes I am. Always an honor to be recognized by fans. Aren't you a little young to be fans of Love Handel?"
"We are, but our parents aren't. Don't you think you were tough on that guy."
"Oh, he'll be back when the spirit calls him!"
"Wow, you sure are passionate about rock music."
"It's only my life. Sit down and I'll tell you a story."
Danny played his guitar and started to sing.
Play "History of Rock"
Danny:
When I was a boy, down in South Illinois
I heard a man playing blues, what a wonderful noise
He had an old guitar, but not a dollar to his name
Making music so sad, but he was happy just the same
Phineas snapped his fingers to the beat while Ferb played a harmonica.
He gave me a wink and said, son let me share the news
If you want a happy life, you gotta learn to sing the blues
The environment and everyone's outfits changed to fit a more 80s environment. Ferb started to play a drum set while Phineas played a guitar.
I asked my daddy for a guitar, oh I begged and I plead
I said I wanted to play the blues, and he just nodded his head
Daddy said when he was my age, Boogie-Woogie was the thing
Phineas:
Just take the blues, throw out your hip, and add a little swing
Danny:
Oh, music has the power that without it, he'd a-sworn
That he'd a-never met my mom and I'd a-never been born
Danny continued to play the guitar. The background changed to show multiple vibrant colors.
"What's this?" asked Phineas.
"This is Psychedelia," Danny replied, thinking Phineas was talking about his guitar solo. "It's where the guitar solo came from."
"No, I'm talking about the colors."
Danny finally noticed the background. "I have no idea."
The environment and outfits changed once again, this time to a more funky environment. Ferb played the trumpet while Phineas played the keyboard.
Ha, I kept learning all the powers my guitar had
I made it go walka-walka until it was so good it was bad
Phineas:
Just make a face and stomp that bass, you can make that rhythm bump
But this is just the blues, but in a way it'll make you shake your rump
Danny:
I can make you clap your hands, I can make you sing and dance
If you wanna shake your booty, my friend, you gotta give the funk a chance
The environment and outfits changed a fourth time to a more heavy metal background.
Metal, pound your fist in the air
Metal, bang your head full of hair
It's crunchy and it's nasty, full of bad attitude
Phineas:
Your parents will think you're crazy, your neighbors will think you're rude
Danny:
Believe it or not, it's all the blues again
You just add a little fuzz and turn your amp up to ten
Music has the power to change your life forever
Wow!
End "History of Rock"
Phineas and Ferb applauded.
"Thank you, thank you," said Danny.
"You know, our parents fell in love at one of your concerts," Phineas mentioned.
"See? Music does change lives."
"Well, how would you like to sing for our parents' wedding anniversary?"
"That'd be righteous, dude, but good luck getting the other guys."
"Who can resist the power of Rock n Roll?"
Phineas and Ferb left to find the others.
"Rock on, little dudes!" Danny said as he waved goodbye.
The angry customer from earlier came in the moment Phineas and Ferb left.
"The spirit of Rock n Roll has called to me!" he shouted.
"I knew it would," said Danny. "That would be eight hundred dollars."
Perry and Doof finished preparing the party.
"Woo, that was exhausting," Doof remarked. "Ah, I have one last surprise for our lovely guest." Doof opened a curtain to reveal multiple fireworks taped together. "This will be the grand finale of Vanessa's party, the world's largest firecracker! All we need now is a victim to be tied to the rocket so they'll explode up in the sky in a grand display! So, here's the awkward part…"
After a line break, Perry was tied onto the fireworks in a pretty bow.
"And when I say awkward, I mean for you, not so much for me," Doof finished.
Candace found her mother at the hair salon.
"I wonder what new look Bobbi has envisioned for me this time," said Linda. "You know, he was in my favorite band, Love Handel, but he doesn't want anyone to talk about it, so don't bring it up."
Candace's phone rang. She checked her phone to see it was Phineas calling.
"I gotta take this," she said as she left to get some privacy. Once she was away from Linda, she answered. "How's it going?"
"We got Danny," Phineas replied. "Now we're gonna convince Bobbi Fabulous, and if we can't, well, Ferb's got a backup plan."
"Wait, Bobbi Fabulous is Mom's hairdresser. Where are you right now?"
"We're just about to enter." Candace turned to see that Phineas and Ferb just entered. "Oh."
Candace hung up the phone and whispered to the boys. "You idiots, Mom's gonna see you and wonder what you're up to."
"Keep Mom distracted while we talk to Bobbi."
Candace turned to Linda. "Say, Mom, maybe we should get you ready for Bobbi."
Candace turned Linda's chair over so she could lean her head over a sink.
"Candace, what's going on?" Linda asked.
"Uh, you look like you need some conditioner," Candace said as she sprayed conditioner on Linda's hair. She then turned to the boys. "Hurry up!"
"Do you have an appointment?" the receptionist asked.
"No, we're here to see Bobbi, from the band Love Handel," Phineas replied.
That's when a hair comb flew by, narrowly missing Phineas.
Bobbi came in from the backroom. He stared at the boys.
"Fabiana, who are these little people?" he asked.
"I don't know, sir," the receptionist replied.
"You're a mess, and you…" He noticed the medieval armor Ferb was wearing. "Feudal Europe is so last month."
"We're trying to get Love Handel back together," said Phineas.
"Oh for heaven's sake, talk to the hand." Bobbi revealed his hand had two eyes painted on it. He moved his thumb like it was a mouth. "Secretly I'm very lonely."
"You see, the first time my dad kissed my mom was at a Love Handel concert, and it's their anniversary…"
"B to the O-R-I-N-G"
Ferb was about to initiate his backup plan. Phineas grabbed him. "Not yet."
"I just play bass in the background. Nobody even remembers me."
"Are you kidding?"
Play "Fabulous"
Phineas:
I don't need to tell you what you already know
You're the one with style, you're the whole damn show
The other guys play their instruments fine
But next to you, their looks are a crime
Candace finally got the conditioner off of Linda's hair. Linda sat up and was about to scold Candace, but Candace covered her face with a wet towel so she wouldn't see what the boys were doing.
Bobbi:
Well, they say true beauty comes from within
But you have to be comfortable with your own skin
So I exfoliate with this exotic cream
Just look at me, I look like a dream
A photographer started taking pictures of Bobbi in multiple outfits. His hair was the only thing that stayed consistent.
"You have to admit, he looks pretty good," Phineas remarked.
Phineas and Customers:
You're the one, yes you're the star
We need you back on bass guitar
You're fabulous
You're fabulous
You're the one we all can see
It's all about you
Bobbi:
It's all about me
I'm fabulous
I'm fabulous
You know, no two people are like each other
So don't be a lookalike copying another
Unless of course, you're copying me
'Cause that gives you individuality
Phineas:
Nice do, but back to the matter at hand
So what do you say, are you back in the band?
Bobbi:
Well maybe if I can find my old leather
Phineas:
Dude, we're getting the band back together
Bobbi managed to find his old leather and bass guitar. Phineas, Ferb, and some other customers started to dance.
Phineas and Customers:
You're the one who sets the bar
The Hairdo King, the Fashion Czar
You're fabulous
You're fabulous
You're the one we all can see
It's all about you
Bobbi:
It's all about me
I'm fabulous
I'm fabulous
End "Fabulous"
With that out of the way, there was just one last band member to convince. Once they were at the library entrance, Phineas called Isabella.
"Hello, Isabella?" he said once she picked up.
"Hey, Phineas, whatcha doin?" Isabella asked.
"Guess what band is getting back together."
"Love Handel?"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"It was the lead story on the news. Let me guess, you need a stage, right?"
"Yeah, can you help us out?"
"We're already on it."
Phineas hung up.
The boys entered the library.
"Who would have thought that a drummer from a rock n roll band would end up in a place so quiet?" Phineas remarked. He then noticed the drummer, Sherman, stamping books in a certain beat. "Hey, can it be?" Phineas and Ferb approached Sherman. "Pardon me, are you Sherman from the band, Love Handel?"
"That, my friend, was a past life," Sherman replied. "The name's Sherman. Why are you asking?"
"Because they're reforming for one night only. It's a celebration of our parents' anniversary."
"Well, that sounds charming, boys, but I haven't played the drums since the accident. I fell asleep in a metronome factory. When I awoke, I had completely lost my sense of rhythm. I've been hanging out here ever since."
Phineas listened to Sherman stamping books. It sounded like a certain beat.
Play "Ain't Got Rhythm"
Phineas:
So you're saying you don't have rhythm
But listen what you're doing right there
With that stamp and a book, you have a real nice hook
Sounds to me like you have rhythm to spare
Sherman:
I have no idea what you're talking about
I've got as much rhythm as a chair
What happened to me was a tragedy, but I don't have to be a millionaire
Ferb played a tambourine to go with the rhythm.
Look, I got a sweet deal going on here
I got all the books that I can read
All these sweet old ladies and this carpet from the eighties
What more could a librarian need?
Sherman realized he was singing too loud, so he quieted down.
Besides, I ain't got rhythm
No, I ain't got rhythm
Ferb shook a cup of pencils. He got some nearby visitors to slam their books to the beat.
Said I ain't got rhythm
I ain't got rhythm
Sherman left to put some books back on the shelf. He didn't realize he was doing that in a rhythmic way too. Phineas followed him.
Phineas:
You're kidding me, right, you're kidding me
Don't you see what you were doing right then?
That's a wicked groove you were starting to move
Mister, you got rhythm times ten
Sherman:
I think perhaps you're not listening
I find it tedious to repeat
It's no big crime, I just can't keep time
I'm telling you I lost the beat
I don't need my face on T-shirts
Or hit a power chord guitar
They were screaming my name, I guess it's a shame
But I don't need to be a rock star
Once Sherman was done shelving the books, he grabbed a couple of rulers and hit them against the cart like a drum.
Besides, I ain't got rhythm
No, I ain't got rhythm
Said I ain't got rhythm
I ain't got rhythm
I ain't got rhythm
Phineas:
Sounds like rhythm to me
Sherman:
No, I ain't got rhythm
Phineas:
Seems like they all agree
Sherman:
No, I ain't got rhythm
Phineas:
But you're laying down some funky syncopation
Sherman:
No, I ain't got rhythm
Phineas:
But you got that beat
Ferb came in with a drum set. Sherman played with it like he never stopped playing to begin with.
Sherman:
No, I ain't got rhythm
Phineas noticed the visitors stomping their feet.
Phineas:
Look at them, they're stomping their feet
Sherman:
No, I ain't got rhythm
Phineas:
It's time for you to rock a brand new generation
Both:
Gonna rock a brand new generation
Sherman:
Because I ain't got rhythm
End "Ain't Got Rhythm"
"Will you just join the band already?" an old lady asked, tired of the loud song.
Sherman continued to play the drums while Phineas and Ferb carried him out.
"Hey, I got rhythm!" Sherman shouted.
Candace and Linda were at the mall.
"No, that's not it," said Candace.
"I don't know why you're making me do this, Candace," said Linda, who was currently wearing a black dress. "I mean, when do I ever dress this fancy anyway?"
"So, how you ladies doing in here?" asked an employee.
"Great, but we need to keep looking," Candace replied, checking her watch.
"Well, we certainly have plenty of dresses for you to try on."
"And we have plenty of time."
"Candace," Linda groaned.
Phineas and Ferb returned home. They saw Lawrence down in the dumps.
"Great news, Daddy-O," said Phineas. "We got you covered. Hit it, Ferb."
Ferb opened the garage door. Love Handel appeared on the other side, standing in dramatic poses.
Lawrence gasped in excitement.
Vanessa made it to the storage building.
"What is it this time, Dad?" she asked once she got in.
"Surprise!" Doof shouted as he revealed the girly-themed party. "Happy Sweet Sixteenth Birthday my little Vanessa!"
Vanessa sighed and smacked her forehead. "Not again!"
Doof gave Vanessa a party hat. "Well, come on in and check the place out. I decorated it all myself. Well, mostly. Wait until you see this."
"Please stop."
"And now, without further adieu, the grand finale!"
Doof opened the curtain to reveal the fireworks, and Perry strapped onto them. Vanessa wasn't amused. "What, a big firecracker?"
"Oh no. Perry the Platypus TIED to a big firecracker. Together we will launch our nemesis into the sky!"
"You mean YOUR nemesis!"
"I took the liberty of going through your address book and inviting all your friends, including that nice fella, Johnny. He had hearts by his name. I don't know what that means."
Vanessa gasped. "You did what?! I don't want them to see this! I'm a teenager, and this is for a little girl! Don't you know me at all?!"
Love Handel put on their old costumes.
"I must admit, I never thought I'd wear this again," Danny admitted. Sherman ate a slice of cake. Danny was a little disgusted. "Was that the cake from the trash?"
"You can't waste perfectly good cake," Sherman retorted.
"Looks wasted to me," Bobbi joked, noticing Sherman's fat belly.
"Watch it Mr. Tease and Curl."
"This is exactly the kind of behavior that ruined Love Handel."
"No, it was infighting due to pressure from a dwindling fanbase."
"What are you talking about?" asked Danny.
"It was in that special," Sherman replied.
"You saw it too?" asked Bobbi. "Did I look fat?"
"That's it," Danny said. "This is ridiculous. I'm out of here."
"Wait!" Phineas shouted. "You can't go! Mom's not back! What about your fans?"
"Phineas, I admire your optimism, but besides your dad, what fans?"
That's when Danny heard cheering coming from outside. Ferb opened the garage door to see a large audience gathered as if this was a public concert.
"She doesn't like the party," Doof whined. "I can't believe I failed again. Well, at least I can watch you explode." That's when Perry used a laser on his watch to free himself. "Hey, no fair! Well, have a taste of my ray gun!"
Doof brought out a ray gun and tried to shoot Perry. Perry dodged every attack. He then grabbed the banner and swung on it, kicking Doof onto the rocket.
Doof got his hand stuck.
Linda and Candace finally made it back home.
Linda did not expect to see a large crowd gathered.
"What's going on?" she asked.
Candace just smiled.
"Happy anniversary," was all she said.
The two got out of the car to see none other than Love Handel on stage.
"Alright, boys," said Danny. "Let's blow the roof off this place," said Danny.
Doof realized the timer on the rocket was almost up.
"No, it's going to blow the roof off this place!" Doof screamed.
Sherman hit the sticks together. "One, two, three, four!"
The rocket launched out of the warehouse. Doof screamed at the top of his lungs.
Play "You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart"
"Linda!" Lawrence called.
Danny:
I should've known from how I felt when we were together
And even more when we were apart
"Is that Love Handel?" Linda asked.
You tiptoed in and you got under my skin
You snuck your way right into my heart
The crowd moved out of the way so Lawrence and Linda could see each other.
Perry and Vanessa climbed out from under the table. The entire room was a mess. It looked like something you'd see in a low-budget horror movie.
"Wow," said Vanessa.
Vanessa's friends all came in.
"Whoa, this is, like, the coolest-looking party ever," said one friend, Johnny. "Vanessa, did you do all of this yourself?"
"Actually, my dad put it all together, with some help from Perry the Platypus." Everyone turned to see Perry flying away. "Thank you, Perry the Platypus!"
Lawrence handed Linda a flower.
"Did you do all of this for me?" Linda asked.
"Well, I had a lot of help," Lawrence admitted, gesturing to their children.
Phineas started to record his parents. He had Ferb switch the screen to show Phineas' recording.
I've put up barriers to shield my emotions
A wall that you could never break apart
Isabella and the Fireside Girls lowered themselves onto the stage. They were wearing ninja costumes. They all danced along to the song.
But like a ninja of love rappelling down from above
You snuck your way right into my heart
Lawrence and Linda hugged each other. That's when a spotlight shone on them. The two looked up to see Ferb controlling the light.
"Well, don't just stand there man," Ferb told Lawrence through a megaphone. "Kiss her."
"Happy anniversary, darling," Lawrence said before kissing his wife.
The crowd went wild.
Candace hugged Phineas. For once in her life, she was proud of him.
"Come on, everyone, let me hear you!" Danny shouted.
The crowd started singing along to the song.
Na-na... na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na...
You snuck your way right into my heart!
Na-na... na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na...
"Hey, Vanessa," Johnny said, noticing the rocket. "Is that your dad on that rocket?"
"He'll be fine," Vanessa replied. "He's exploded before."
"Well, he did a good job with this party."
"Yeah, I guess he did. Thanks, Dad, you finally got one right."
"Curse you, Perry…" Doof was about to scream, before he noticed the band below. "Wait, is that Love Handel?"
That's when the fireworks exploded. Doof fell to the ground.
"GOODNIGHT TRI-STATE AREA!" Danny shouted.
End "You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart"
The crowd cheered loudly. The band decided to set up an encore.
Play "Music Makes Us Better"
Danny:
If you're feeling lost down in your soul
Linda and Lawrence danced to the song. The people around them cheered for them.
If you need a little something to make you feel whole
Phineas, Ferb, and Candace danced together.
Just remember who you were when you were in control
Just get together with your friends and play some Rock n Roll
Since Doof was here, he decided to join in on the fun.
Music makes us better, brings us together
When Vanessa and her friends learned of the Love Handel reunion concert, they decided to attend.
And it helps me get back that spirit they stole
Music makes us better, brings us together
And I owe my life to Rock n Roll
End "Music Makes Us Better"
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 12: Ready for the Bettys
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 12
Ready for the Bettys
"We're giving away free tickets to see everyone's favorite girl rockers, The Bettys," said the announcer on the radio. Candace and Stacy squealed in excitement. "All you have to do is be the 444 and 4/4 caller…"
"I love fractions," said Candace.
"And you and your Betty buddy will get to ride with the band on the Betty bus to see the show." The two best friends squealed again. "Call now."
Candace dialed the number. "I gotta win! Clearly I'm their biggest fan!" She gestured to all the decor in her room, which was definitely not there before. "See? Even my Betty bomb box which rests on my Betty bedside table next to my Betty bed runs on Betty batteries."
"Obsession rocks," Stacy remarked.
"I know!" Candace heard the sound of the phone ringing. "Shh, it's ringing."
"Congratulations," said the announcer. "You're the winning caller."
The girls squealed once more. They then went to the closet to get changed.
"Imagine, a whole day with Crash and the band," said Candace. "And as an added bonus, a whole day of not thinking about my goofy brothers. Just me, you, and the Bettys."
Once they were done getting dressed, they heard a honk coming from outside. They looked outside to see the tour bus was already there.
The girls left the house. Their families waved goodbye.
"Bye!" said Lawrence. "Enjoy the concert!"
"Be careful!" said Linda.
"I can't believe we're about to board the Betty Bus!" said Candace.
"I bet the driver's gonna be a spaced-out rocker!" said Stacy.
The door opened to reveal that the bus driver was nothing more than an ordinary, albeit small for his age, man. He had short, blonde hair. He wore eyeglasses, a teal suit, a blue tie, and green pants.
"Hello girls," he greeted. "My name is Dennis, and I'm with the radio station." The girls heard an oink. They turned to see a pig hiding behind the seat. "That's Sir Bacon, the band's mascot. According to our focus groups, girls your age overwhelmingly find that cool."
Instead of being disgusted, the girls were chill about it.
They got on the bus and looked around. The bus looked like a complete mess, something you'd expect from a rock band.
"This place is a total pigsty," said Candace.
"WE LOVE IT!" the girls shouted in unison.
The two noticed the Bettys themselves, Crash, Tink, and Missy, sitting together and minding their own business.
"We ride a bus between shows," Crash sang before noticing Candace and Stacy. "Here come two chicks nobody knows."
"We're your biggest fans!" said Candace. "We won the contest, and now we get to hang out with you ALL DAY!"
"Just keep it down," said Crash. "We're trying to write a song."
The girls nodded. The Bettys started to play their instruments.
"This is amazing!" Stacy screamed.
The Bettys sighed. Crash got up and approached them.
"Tell me girls, would you like to be part of the music-making process and help us write a song?" she asked.
"Would we?" the girls replied.
"Right. First off, no one can write a song in this filth, so you girls can start by cleaning up the bus." Crash handed them buckets and mops. "Here you go."
Phineas and Ferb were looking at blueprints they had planned out the day before.
"What should we do today, Ferb?" asked Phineas. "An escalator to the moon, become secret agents, or clone giant hamsters?" That's when Phineas realized Perry was gone. He sighed. "I wonder where Perry goes when we can't find him."
Phineas leaned his head against the tree. He felt himself push a button.
The boys turned to see that a door on the tree opened.
"What the…?" Phineas wondered. "Secret room? Wow."
The boys entered the room. The floor opened and they both started to fall.
When they landed, the boys found themselves in a large lair. There were many scientific devices in it.
"What is this?" Phineas wondered. "A secret underground headquarters with a particle disruptor and a hovercraft. Looks like we're gonna be secret agents." He turned to Ferb. "When did you find the time to build all this, Ferb?"
Ferb had no recollection of being here before. "Actually, I…"
Before he could finish, a screen turned on to reveal a man with white hair and a white mustache. It looked like he was reading something off of a clipboard.
"Hello, Agent P," he said. "Hang on. It's here somewhere on this clipboard from which I have yet to look up."
Phineas had no idea what was going on. "Agent P, short for Phineas. Nice touch, Ferb."
"Actually…" Ferb was about to say.
"Ah, yes, here it is," said the man. "Doctor Doofenshmirtz, what a surprise, building some sort of destructo ray, end of the world, yada yada yada, I'm faxing you the coordinates."
A piece of paper printed out of the chair.
"Cool," said Phineas.
Monogram finally realized Perry wasn't the one in the lair. It was a couple of kids.
"Great googly-moogly!" he shouted. He squatted down so he wasn't in camera view. He turned to the one controlling the camera, Carl the Intern. "Carl, who are those kids?"
"Oh boy, they're Agent P's owners," said Carl. "Looks like they found one of our secret tunnels."
"Sweet!" said Phineas. "We got our mission, Agent F. To the hover jet!"
The boys got on the hover jet and flew off.
Perry just arrived in the lair to see someone flying off on the hover jet. He didn't see who it was.
"Is that the hover jet?" came Monogram's voice. "Oh no, they didn't." Monogram turned to Perry. "There you are, Agent P. Those boys are in jeopardy and not covered under our insurance plan. Stop Doofenshmirtz and protect those boys."
Perry activated the hover feature on his chair and went after his owners.
Perry
Monogram then turned to Carl. "And where are you going Mr. The-Boys-Will-Never-Find-A-Tree-Tunnel?"
Candace and Stacy finally finished cleaning the bus.
"We can't get to our song until we deal with our fan mail," said Crash. "Think you could help?"
"OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!"
"Great," Tink said as she tossed a large sack of fan mail. "You can start with this bag."
"And here's the shredder," Missy said as she brought out the shredder.
While shredding the mail, Candace noticed one letter that looked familiar. It read…
Beloved Bettys,
Your band is the biggest, baddest, most banging buncha babes from Boston to Burbank. I've barely bathed since I began blogging about your banging beats.
Your biggest Betty Band fan,
Candace.
"Hey, this is my letter," she realized. "They didn't even read it."
"Don't forget," Stacy reminded. "We're on a bus helping a band write a song."
"Yeah, I guess you're right, and you know what the best part is? I haven't even thought of my brothers all day."
Perry found Doof's new hideout. Thankfully, Phineas and Ferb weren't around.
That's when Doof came in with a grilled-cheese sandwich and a glass of orange juice.
"Nothing like a nice snack before testing the Destruct-Inator…" he said to himself.
Before he could finish, Perry jumped at him. He grabbed Doof's nose and threw him onto the floor.
Candace and Stacy finally finished shredding all 250,000 letters.
"I just thought of something," said Tink. "The outside of this bus is dirty too."
The girls strapped themselves on some cords and hung off the side of the bus.
"You know, Stacy?" said Candace. "I'm starting to think that the Bettys have just been taking advantage of us this whole time."
"What are you talking about?" asked Stacy. "They've been nothing but… look out!"
The girls almost got hit by a truck. Thankfully, they just narrowly avoided it.
Right after that, Stacy continued to speak like nothing happened. "...nice to us since we got on the bus."
Perry was using a table to block the tennis balls being launched by Doof's automatic tennis ball server. When the time was right, he ran towards the server and aimed it towards the Destruct-Inator. When the ball hit the inator, it started a countdown.
That's when Perry noticed Phineas and Ferb were almost here. He grabbed Doof and carried him into the supply closet.
"Perry the Platypus, what is going on?" Doof asked.
Perry covered Doof's mouth with a mop.
Candace and Stacy finished washing the outside of the bus.
"Great work, girls," said Crash. "You've earned a special 'surprise.' You get to scrub the toilets."
"Yay!" Stacy cheered.
By now, Candace had enough.
"We're done being your tour monkeys!" she snapped. "You've just been using us this whole trip! Is this how you treat your fans? It should be your fans that inspire you to make music. If you can't see that by now, then you can just drop me off at the next stop."
Candace walked away.
The Bettys processed what Candace said. They finally realized their mistake.
"Unfortunately, she's right," Crash admitted.
"I feel like a Betty Butthead," Tink added.
The Bettys approached Candace.
"We're sorry for treating you so badly," Missy apologized. "How can we ever make it up to you? I'll let you play my Betty Bongos."
"Or my Betty Bass Guitar," Tink suggested.
"That's it," Crash said before she started to sing. "You better bang your Betty Bongos and bring your Betty Bass Guitar and with the Betty back-beat…"
Candace rolled her eyes. "You'll go Betty-Betty far?"
"Perfect!"
That cheered Candace up.
That's when Dennis showed up.
"Hey girls, what's going on?" he asked.
"I just helped the Bettys write," Candace replied before she realized, "Wait a second. If you're here then who's driving?"
"Come on. I'll show you."
Dennis led Candace to the driver's seat to reveal the bus was on autopilot.
Phineas and Ferb entered the cave. Phineas looked around and admired the decor.
"I see you carved it out with dynamite," he remarked. "Nice. Cool, you got an automatic tennis ball server. Sweet." He turned to Ferb. "Seriously, when did you make all this?"
"For the last time, I…" Ferb was about to reply.
He was interrupted by the Destruct-Inator going off. It destroyed the nearby bridge.
Candace and Dennis screamed when they realized they were heading towards a broken bridge. To make matters worse, Dennis fainted.
Seeing no other choice, Candace got in the driver's seat and tried to hit the brakes. Nothing happened.
"There's something wrong with the Betty Brakes!" she panicked. "And I can't turn off the autopilot!"
Candace then tried pulling the emergency brake. It just broke off.
"How did you make a working Destructo Ray?" Phineas asked. The boys then noticed a bus heading towards the edge. "Wait, that's Candace's bus! Wait, that's the mission! We gotta save Candace!"
The boys got back on the hover jet. They flew after the bus.
With the boys gone, Perry quickly pushed the Destructo Ray off the edge.
"Curse you Perry the…" Doof was about to say.
That's when the tennis ball launcher launched a mop into his mouth.
Perry then noticed the bus heading towards the edge. He got on his hover-chair and flew after it.
The bus fell off the edge. Phineas and Ferb tried to use the jet's magnet ray to save them. It was too heavy.
Thankfully, Perry got under the bus and used some claws on the hover-chair to pull it up.
Together, the three got the bus back on the road.
"We did it, Candace is safe!" said Phineas. "Agent F, let's head home."
The boys flew home.
"Way to go, Candace!" Crash cheered as she and the Bettys hugged Candace. "Now we're your biggest fans! How can we ever return the favor?"
"You can always come to my house and clean up my room," Candace replied jokingly.
All four laughed.
"How about you sing with us on stage instead?" Crash suggested.
Candace gasped in excitement. "It's a deal!"
Stacy finally returned from cleaning up the bathroom.
"What did I miss?" she asked.
"I can't wait to go home and tell Mom about our secret spy adventure," said Phineas. That's when the hover jet froze. "Hey, what's going on? It's like we're stuck in a tractor beam?"
Neither of the boys noticed that Perry did catch them in a tractor beam. He tipped them over. They fell in a pool.
Agent P
That pool happened to be Isabella's. She was relaxing next to the pool enjoying the summer sun when the boys ruined it for her.
"Hey guys, whatcha doin?" she asked.
"That, my friend, is classified information," Phineas replied, imitating James Bond.
"No, seriously. What are you doing?"
Linda was busy baking a pie.
"What a great day," she said to herself. "Not one phone call from Candace with some crazy unbelievable story…"
That's when Phineas and Ferb came in, soaking wet.
"Mom, guess what Ferb did!" said Phineas. "He made a secret tunnel and a spy headquarters and a villain's lair and a hover jet shaped like Perry! Tell her, Ferb."
"Actually…" Ferb was about to say.
"Hold on, why are you two soaking wet?" asked Linda.
By this point, Ferb had enough. He stormed off to his room. "I give up!"
"We fell in Isabella's pool," Phineas replied.
"Now THAT I believe," said Linda. That's when Perry showed up. "Oh, hi Perry. I wonder how Candace is doing."
That night, the Bettys were beginning their concert.
"We'd like to bring a very special person to the stage!" Crash announced. "She's not only our best fan, but she also saved our lives! Ladies and gentlemen, Candace and her best friend, Stacy!"
Play "Ready for the Bettys"
Crash:
You gotta bang your Betty Bongos
And bring your Betty Bass Guitar
And with the Betty back-beat
You'll go Betty-Betty far
So drop your boring baggage
And come with Missy, Tink, and Crash
There's a Betty Betty Bandwagon
Going to a Betty Bash
Get ready for the Bettys
Ready for the Bettys
Get ready for the Bettys
Ready for the Bettys
Get ready for the Bettys
Ready for the Bettys
It's the best thing you can do
Get ready for the Bettys
'Cause the Bettys are ready for you
"What do you think your brothers are doing right now?" Stacy asked Candace.
"Who cares?" Candace replied.
End "Ready for the Bettys"
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 13: I Scream, You Scream
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 13
I Scream, You Scream
"Okay Isabella, say 'Ah,'" Doctor Hirano ordered.
"Ah," Isabella said as she opened her mouth.
"Good. The swelling has gone down dramatically. I'll be back to check on you soon."
Phineas and Ferb entered the hospital room.
"So, whatcha doin?" Phineas asked.
"Just recovering," Isabella replied. "But I finally got my tonsillectomy patch."
"We just came by to cheer you up and see if you're feeling well enough to go on with our event."
"Sorry. My throat still hurts like crazy."
"That's okay." Phineas turned to the other boys in the room, Buford, Baljeet, and Django. "Sorry boys. We gotta postpone the Trojan War reenactment."
The boys walked out of the room sadly.
Phineas turned back to Isabella. "You know, a cool perk to having your tonsils removed is that you get to eat all the ice cream you want."
"Really?"
"Mountains of it. We could have the biggest ice cream sundae ever made. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today! We just need to draw some plans. Wait, no time for that. You go to Blueprint Heaven, I'll meet the delivery guy." Ferb left to get the blueprints while Phineas made a call. "Hello, Blowtorch City? Yeah, I'll hold." Phineas turned to Isabella. "When are they letting you out?"
"This afternoon," Isabella replied.
"Perfect. We should have just enough time."
Doofenshmirtz's Ex-Wife's House in the Hills Somewhere
"I'm going out, Vanessa," said Doofenshmirtz's ex-wife, Charlene. "Remember, you're at your Dad's this weekend."
"Great, a whole forty-eight hours of evil," Vanessa sarcastically remarked.
"Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, your father isn't evil. We just didn't get along. We wanted different things."
"Was one of those things 'to be evil?'"
"He's not evil. No one's evil."
"Yes, Mom, he is! He has evil schemes, and there's this secret agent that always bursts in, and…"
"I think you're being overdramatic."
"Mom, I'm not! Dad builds evil contraptions every day! Let me check on something!" Vanessa dialed the number. The ringtone went, 'Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.' "Yep, he even has his own evil jingle on his answering machine! Listen!"
Vanessa gave Charlene the phone.
"Oh, hello, Heinz," said Charlene.
Vanessa frustratedly snatched the phone. "Dad, why did you pick up? You always let the machine get it."
"I heard it ring the first time, and I was standing right by the phone," Doof replied. "By the way, could you pick up some blueprints for me on the way over? Thanks, hon."
Vanessa hung up the phone, angrily. "Now he wants me to pick up some evil blueprints for his latest evil contraption." She then got excited. "And once he's finished, I'll have proof! I'll call you so you can see for yourself."
At Blueprint Heaven, Ferb was talking to the woman at the register.
"So you need plans to build a giant ice cream sundae-maker?" she asked. "I'm not sure we sell blueprints for that anymore."
Ferb just blinked, but the woman could tell what he was trying to say.
"Whoa, no need to get angry. I'll check the back." The worker checked the shelf until she found a particular blueprint. "I got a yogurt machine. How's that sound?"
Ferb blinked again.
"Yeah, I don't care for yogurt either. I'll keep looking." After a while, she found what she was looking for. "You're in luck. I found one." She noticed another customer. "Now, what do you need, sweetie?"
"I'm here to pick up an order for Doofenshmirtz," the girl replied.
"Oh yes, your daddy just called." The worker went to get the blueprints.
The girl noticed Ferb just staring at her. He grinned a tiny bit.
"Hey, how's it going?" the girl asked.
Ferb didn't say a word.
"You're not gonna believe this, Stacy," Candace said on the phone. "But when I turned around, Jeremy was standing right behind me. Well, actually he was sitting a couple blocks away, but he was right there." That's when Candace noticed a truck pulling into the backyard. "Stace, I'm gonna have to call you back."
"And that's the last of it," the delivery guy said as he handed Phineas some paperwork. "Just sign here and… say aren't you a little…"
"Young to be using titanium plating and an industrial arc welder?" Phineas interrupted, tired of being asked the same question every day. "Yes, yes I am. I get that a lot."
"Phineas, remember that I'm in charge," Candace said as she came out.
"Isn't that for when a satellite crashes…"
"No! When Mom's at her cooking class, I'm in charge! Now what are you up to?"
"I'd tell you, but then it'd be a surprise. Wait, have you seen Perry?"
Perry was just sleeping elsewhere in the backyard, minding his own business.
Then the floor under him launched him into the air.
Perry woke up and landed on his hovercraft. His hat landed on his head.
"Sorry to wake you, Agent P," Monogram said on the miniscreen. "Looks like Doofenshmirtz is getting sloppy. He sent his daughter right into our sting operation and purchased blueprints for a Space Laser-Inator. We intended to pass him fake plans, but due to a rookie error…"
He turned towards Carl, who was wearing a woman disguise.
"My bad," he apologized.
"The plans he received were terrifyingly real. You better step on it, Agent P, before it's too late."
Perry saluted before flying off.
Perry
"Could you give me a hand unpacking this?" Phineas asked Candace.
"I'm not gonna help you," Candace replied. "As soon as I figure out what you're up to, I'm calling Mom!"
Phineas sighed. "Okay, tell her I said hi."
"Bonjour, classe," said Chef Guilbaud. "Today, we're making crepes Guilbaud."
Linda's phone rang. She answered.
"Candace, is everything alright?" she asked. "Well, if you don't know what he's doing, then how do you know it's a problem?"
"Is there something you'd like to share with the whole class?" asked Guilbaud.
"Sorry, sir," Linda apologized before going back to Candace. "Candace, I'll talk to you later, okay?"
She then hung up.
Candace groaned before turning to Phineas. "I'm keeping my eye on you."
Phineas shrugged it off before turning to Ferb, who just arrived.
"You got the blueprints?" he asked. Ferb nodded. "Excellent. Isabella's gonna love it."
Perry arrived at Doofenshmirtz's door and kicked it open.
"Perry the Platypus, you're early," said Doof. "I haven't even started yet. My daughter should be here any minute with the blueprints, though." That's when Vanessa came in. "Oh, there she is. Good morning, Vanessa. You remember Perry the Platypus."
"Yeah, hi," Vanessa barely acknowledged before walking off.
"Why don't you sit in my waiting area?" said Doof, pointing at the area decorated like the waiting room of a pediatric clinic. "Read some magazines? Sorry they're in Spanish. I steal them from my neighbor. You know, evil never rests."
Perry sat in the waiting area and started reading the magazines. Thankfully, he understood Spanish enough to find them entertaining.
"So, Dad, this plan is evil, right?" Vanessa asked.
"Yes, yes it is," Doof replied. "Nice to see you taking interest in my business."
"That's all I need to know." Vanessa called Charlene.
Charlene arrived at her cooking class.
"I'm in class, Vanessa," she told Vanessa on the phone. "I have to go now. Yes, I'll leave my phone on." Charlene hung up and turned to Linda. "What are we making this week?"
"I think it's crepes," Linda replied. "But you know, I can't understand his accent."
Play "Busted"
Vanessa took notes as she watched Doof start building his inator.
Vanessa:
I can see the things you're doing
And you think that I'm naive
But when I get the goods on you
She'll finally believe
Candace watched as Phineas and Ferb were building their contraption.
Candace:
She says it's all just drama
But every bubble's gotta pop
She'll see just whatcha doin
And then it's finally gonna have to stop
Candace and Vanessa started dancing and singing together.
Both:
Don't think you're gonna win this time
Cause you better believe I'll drop a dime on you
I'll getcha
I'll getcha
And when I do you're gonna be busted (BUSTED)
Candace:
I don't wanna put the hurt on you
But you better believe me
Both:
When I tell you
That I finally got the dirt on you
You're busted (BUSTED)
Vanessa:
Yeah she's finally gonna see the light
Both:
This is how it's gonna be
When she finds out that I was always right
You're BUSTED
The two put on cop hats and grabbed some batons.
There's a new cop on the beat
And I'm bringing down the heat
My eyes are wide to all your lies cause you're not that discreet
And I don't care what you heard
Cause there's one six-letter word
Vanessa:
It's gonna set me free
Candace:
It's gonna set me free
Starts with a B
Vanessa:
Starts with a B
Both:
It goes
B-U-S-T-E-D
You are busted (BUSTED)
I don't wanna put the hurt on you
But you better believe me
When I tell you
That i finally got the dirt on you
You're busted (BUSTED)
Yeah she's finally gonna see the light
This is how it's gonna be
When she finds out that I was always right
You're BUSTED
End "Busted"
"Oh, Perry the Platypus, it's finally ready!" Doof called before pushing a button. Perry's chair flipped over and trapped him in a cage. "Too bad all you can do is watch as I prepare to launch my Space Laser-Inator!"
Vanessa looked at the inator with excitement. "Wow, I bet that thing is really evil, huh?"
"Vanessa, take a look out that window and tell me what you see."
Vanessa looked out the window to see nothing but a view-blocking billboard. "Nothing."
"Exactly. Ever since that stupid billboard went up, my panoramic view has been completely ruined. I used to have this perfect vantage point for enjoying the delicious misery of others, but after I launch this baby into orbit, my problem will be solved, and I can eliminate all the other annoyances that make my skin crawl, like nature, beauty, and morning talk show hosts. Soon, there will be nothing that can withstand the wrath of Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz!"
Vanessa was dumbfounded by that statement. "Doctor? Since when are you a doctor?"
Doof showed his doctorate. "They don't just give these out to anybody, you know."
Vanessa looked at the price tag. "Anybody with ten bucks, they do."
"That's enough looking. I'd love to continue debating, but I have some pressing business to take care of, like remaking the Tri-State Area in my own twisted image."
Vanessa smiled with glee. "Oh my god, this is worse than I thought! Dad, you are so busted!"
Charlene was carefully pouring the batter onto the crepe-maker. Her phone rang, causing her to drop it.
"Oh for pete sake," she said as she answered the phone. "Vanessa!"
At the same time, Linda's phone rang. She quickly answered. "Candace, this better be important!"
"He's what?"
"Honey, are you sure you're not exaggerating just a little bit?"
"It's not that I don't believe you."
"It's just, every time I race home, I find nothing."
"Yes, I'll be right over."
"I'm on my way." Linda hung up before turning to Charlene. "Teenagers."
"Tell me about it."
The two mothers left the classroom, leaving the crepe-maker to catch on fire.
"Now to launch my creation of terror!" Doof shouted as he pushed the button on the remote.
The inator shook for a bit, then created a bowl that trapped Doof, then covered him in ice cream and chocolate chips, with a cherry on top to add insult to injury.
Doof was confused. "This can't be right."
Meanwhile, Phineas and Ferb had just finished building their contraption.
"Get ready for a giant sundae!" Phineas shouted as he pushed the button. The contraption launched into space. "This can't be right. Let me see those blueprints." Phineas looked at the blueprints. "Oh, these were the plans for a Space Laser-Inator. I was wondering what that thing was for." Phineas gestured to the cannon-looking thing. "That must be the laser. It's a good thing we didn't attach it, huh?"
"Mom, hurry!" Candace shouted as Linda came out.
"Hi boys," Linda greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"We're just about to make Isabella a nice handmade sundae," Phineas replied.
"Ah, so sweet. Come to the kitchen. I'll help with it."
The elevator finally finished ascending. Vanessa hurried to the apartment.
"Mom, hurry!" she shouted.
She and Charlene entered the apartment.
"See, evil!" said Vanessa.
"Not evil," Charlene replied, confused at the site. "A bit much, perhaps. Heinz, what's all this? You said you were lactose intolerant."
"I am!" Doof defended.
Charlene noticed the remote and pressed it out of curiosity. That got Doof covered in even more ice cream.
"I'm paying you way too much alimony," she remarked. She then noticed Perry in the cage. "And what's this? That's no way to treat your pet."
"Mom, that's a secret agent!" Vanessa yelled. "See the hat?"
Charlene noticed the hat, but that wasn't enough to convince her. "You think forcing him to wear a hat will make me think he's a secret agent? He's just a little platypus. They don't do much."
Phineas and Ferb went to Isabella's house with a regular-sized sundae.
"Wow, this is amazing," Isabella said. "I was afraid you were gonna go overboard and build a giant sundae contraption or something."
Phineas blushed. "We were gonna do that, but we accidentally built a space laser instead. Ferb, you're usually so focused. How did you get those plans confused?"
Ferb thought back to when he was at Blueprint Heaven. The moment he laid eyes on that beautiful girl, he couldn't concentrate. He felt warm inside when she asked him, "Hey, how's it going?"
"Ferb!" Phineas snapped Ferb out of his daydream. "What happened back there?"
"I was weak," was all Ferb said.
Notes:
We're finally halfway through Season 1. WOO!
Originally, "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together" was gonna be the mid-season 1 finale, but I moved it sooner so I could post it on my parents' anniversary.
As a result, "I Scream, You Scream" is the mid-season finale, mainly because it included my favorite Phineas and Ferb song, "Busted."
You know, "Busted" should've been number one on the Phineas and Ferb Cliptastic Countdown, or at least, it should've passed "Backyard Beach" as second place. I'm starting to think that Dan and Swampy rigged the election on purpose so "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" would be number one.
Yes, Ferb is crushing on Vanessa. I'm gonna reiterate, Vanessa and Monty are endgame, meaning Vanessa is going to reject Ferb similarly to how Wendy rejected Dipper in Gravity Falls, and Ferb will have a bisexual awakening and gain feelings for Django.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 14: The Flying Fishmonger
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 14
The Flying Fishmonger
"That, ladies and gents, is how I defeated the wild tigers in the Amazon," said Grandpa Reggie.
"Awesome story, Granda Reg," said Phineas.
"Well, I'm sure you're going to hear plenty more fantastical stories during Gran and Gramps visit," said Lawrence.
"You know, I was thinking we could all head to the mall," Linda suggested.
"What a splendid idea," said Grandma Winifred. "I'd love to treat Candace to some new clothes."
Candace gasped excitedly. "I'll be in the…" She dashed away at the last part, leaving nothing but a dusty image of herself that quickly faded. "Car."
"Hey Mom, can we stay home and hear more of Grandpa's cool stories?" Phineas asked.
"Sounds good to me," Linda replied. "See you boys later."
Linda, Lawrence, Candace, and Winifred left.
"My boy, what's this behind your ear?" Reggie asked. He pulled out a scrapbook, impressing both boys. "It's me scrapbook."
"How'd you do that?" asked Phineas.
"It's just a little bit of 'How's your father.' I may seem like a barmy ol' git now, but when I wasn't so long in the tooth, I had some grand larks and engaged in a fair amount of daring-do."
Phineas didn't understand a word. "Translate?"
"He did a bunch of cool stuff when he was younger," Ferb explained.
Reggie opened the scrapbook and showed some photos of his younger self. "Here I am as a young lad. I made my living work at the family Fish and Chips shop, but I was destined for bigger things. I was known as the Great Flying Fishmonger."
He turned the page to reveal a picture of him riding on a motorcycle, launching himself off a ramp, and flying over a group of women drinking tea.
"Here's my first jump over my dear Mum's tea society." He showed other pictures of other stunts he pulled. "Me jumping a whale, a ton of crumpets, the Queen Mum, but there was one jump that haunts me to this day, McGregor's Gorge of Doom. People turned out by the thousands to witness me and my trusty motorbike, the Holy Mackerel, make our biggest jump yet. The event was so massive, I hired a local band to write me a theme song, though it wasn't exactly a toe-tapper. Then all of a sudden, it started to rain. I had to postpone my great feat. A second go at it weeks later had the same results, and yet another attempt, nothing but blasted rain again. Over the years, my eyesight went, and with Lumbago, Sciatica, Bursitis, and Trick Knee, jumping McGregor's Gorge is an intention lost to the past."
"Wow," said Phineas. "So whatever happened to the Holy Mackerel?"
"She's right over there," Reggie replied, pointing at the motorcycle. "Although I see your mother turned her into a lamp."
Phineas smiled. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
Meanwhile, Candace and the others made it to the mall.
"Grandma, you're gonna love this!" Candace shouted in excitement. "I'll show you my favorite store…"
She stopped talking. Her busting senses were tingling.
She got on her phone and called Stacy. "Stacy, I have a feeling that ground was just broken in my backyard. I need you to get over there and tell me what's going on."
Phineas was breaking ground in his own backyard to create a replica of McGregor's Gorge, using his grandpa's photo for reference.
"According to this, we are on track," he said.
"Hey Phineas, whatcha doin?" came Isabella.
"Hey Isabella. We're helping Grandpa Reg fulfill his crushed dreams."
"Where's Ferb?"
"He's in the garage restoring the Mackerel."
"Cool. Well, I brought this cute little toy over for Perry." Isabella showed the cute squeaky toy. "Where is he?"
"I don't know."
Perry was in his lair awaiting instructions from Monogram. He wasn't on screen. Carl eventually appeared.
"Hey, Agent P," he said. "Monogram's thrown his back out…"
"I'm on the floor, Agent P," came Monogram's voice as he raised his hand.
"So I'll be giving you your assignment." Carl grabbed a piece of paper.
"Do a closeup."
Carl pushed a button, causing the screen to zoom close to his face. Too close. "Doofenshmirtz has been purchasing some suspicious items, bags of sand, an extra long shoelace, we know he's up to no good. Go get him, Agent P."
Perry left to accomplish his mission.
Perry
Carl turned to Monogram. "How was that?"
"Just give me my pills, Carl," said Monogram.
"What's all the kerfuffle, lads?" Reggie asked as he was being led out.
"You can open your eyes, now," said Phineas.
Reggie opened his eyes. He couldn't believe them. "Blimey! It's McGregor's Gorge and the Holy Mackerel! Ferb, you restored my private joy, but I can't operate a motorbike in my condition."
"No problem," said Phineas. "Ferb's tricked out the entire bike. Lumbar support, padded seating, ergonomic controls, and the best part, sidecars. As much as we want to help you fulfill your dream, we also really want to jump a gorge."
"Then you'll come with me. The Flying Fishmongers shall jump again!"
"Oh my dear, you look like a queen," Winifred cheered as she admired Candace in a blue dress.
"Can we get out of here now before someone I know sees me?" Candace asked.
"Candace?" asked a familiar voice. Candace turned to see Jeremy right there. "I almost didn't recognize you. I gotta meet my mom in the food court, so I'll see you later."
Candace waved goodbye. That's when her phone rang. It was Stacy. She gave her exciting news.
"Mom, Stacy just told me the boys built a huge gorge in the backyard!" she told Linda.
"That hat might be a bit too tight," Linda remarked.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry tried to sneak into the building through the backdoor. That plan failed when Doof peaked out.
"Just come in," he said as he led Perry in. "Into my trap!"
Perry didn't notice the trap until too late.
"Sticky flypaper!" Doof laughed. "Quick story? Back in Drusselstein in the days of my youth, there was a bully named Boris who always wore big black boots. They called him Big Black Boots Boris the Bully. He always kicked sand in my face. When I was in the sandbox, sand. My first date, sand. Balancing my checkbook, sand! The beach, oddly enough, nothing, but I couldn't relax because I kept waiting for it. Now, he will be the one doing the waiting. Behold…"
Doof pushed a button, causing the roof to open and unleash a giant flying boot and bucket.
"The Now-Who's-Blinded-By-Sand-Inator, or the Who's-Crying-Now-Inator, something with the inator suffix!" he showcased. "Either way, it's a giant sand-kicking machine. You see, Perry the Platypus, Boris has moved to the Tri-State Area so now I'm gonna cover his entire house in sand!"
Doof laughed as he directed the inator towards Boris' house.
Baljeet was in the middle of downtown wearing a fish costume.
"Come see the Flying Fishmongers jump McGregor's Gorge!" he said as he passed fliers to passing bystanders. "Tell your friends!"
That's when Buford showed up.
"Do you know how dumb you look?" he asked.
"I thought it would be a good way to get more attention," Baljeet replied.
That's when a nearby girl approached Baljeet. "I like your outfit, it's so cute."
Buford was completely dumbfounded.
A moment later, Buford was wearing a similar fish suit handing fliers right next to Baljeet.
"Gorge jump!" they said together. "Fishmongers fly again!"
Candace and the others were walking downtown. They walked past a TV repair shop.
"Come see the Flying Fishmonger jump the gorge live," an announcer on the window screen said.
Candace turned to see the gorge mentioned. She recognized the place as her backyard.
"That's our yard!" she gasped. "Mom, I need you to see this!"
Candace grabbed Linda and carried her to the screen.
"Sponsored by Gorgeous Cream Pore Paste," said the announcer.
"Honey, your pores aren't that big," Linda assured.
"And now, what you've all come to see," Phineas announced. "The Flying Fishmongers!" The crowd cheered. "And here to play the Fishmonger's Anthem are Isabella and the Fireside Girls! Hit it!"
"He's a fishmonger, and he flies," the girls sang.
Suddenly, it started to rain. All hope was lost.
"Well, me boy, looks like I'll never get to fulfill my dream," said Reggie.
"Guys, you can stop now," Phineas told the girls. The singing stopped, and so did the rain. "Wait, start again." The girls started singing again, and the rain came back. Phineas realized what the problem was. "Grandpa, the song is so dreary, it causes it to rain. Hey, Isabella, crank it up a notch!"
"Okey-dokey," said Isabella. "Are you ready girls?"
Play "The Flying Fishmonger"
Fireside Girls:
Holy, Holy Mackerel
Holy, Holy Mackerel
Holy, Holy Mackerel
Holy, Holy Mackerel
The rain faded away.
Phineas:
He's bald on top, he's got an artificial hip
He's gonna take a hop, he's gonna take a trip
He's weak in the knees and he can't find his keys
But put your hands together 'cause he's here to please
He's a flying fishmonger
He's a flying fishmonger
He's a flying fishmonger with nerves of steel
He's got an old blender motor and a pair of wheels
End "The Flying Fishmonger"
Phineas, Ferb, and Reggie got on the motorcycle. Reggie started the engine. They rode down the ramp and leapt into the air.
Then the cycle started plummeting straight down.
"Maybe we should've let it rain," said Reggie.
"Don't worry, we have a backup plan," said Phineas. "Ferb?"
Ferb pulled a lever. A pair of wings appeared and they started flying back up. Suddenly, one of the wings hit a branch and broke off.
They flew far away from the house. They landed on the roof of a train.
They managed to get off the train before they could hit the low tunnel.
They started plummeting into the river. Ferb used the other wing to make a small boat.
They reached shore and launched higher into the air.
They landed safely back in the backyard.
"Good show, me boy!" Reggie cheered.
Doof reached Boris' house.
"Time to kick a little sand," Doof said. "Don't you think, Perry the Platypus?"
Perry realized right in that moment that he was wearing shoes that looked just like his back feet. He quickly took them off.
"What?" Doof said, paying more attention to the socks. "Tube socks? What is this, 1974? Well, it's too late now."
Doof pushed the button on the remote. Perry jumped onto him.
"Thank you, lads, for helping this old codger fulfill his dream," Reggie thanked.
"Ha, you guys are so busted!" Candace said as she entered the backyard and saw the large gap. "This is better than I thought! There's no way you're gonna get out of this one!"
"Cut it out, Perry the Platypus!" Doof yelled as he kept the remote out of Perry's reach.
Perry managed to smack the remote out of Doof's hands. It just fell out of the vehicle onto the ground below.
That's when the boot kicked the sand-bucket. The wind just blew the sand back towards Doof.
"Ah come on!" he whined.
The boot broke off of the machine. It hit nearby dirt trucks, causing the chasm in the backyard to fill up with dirt.
Perry used his hang glider to fly off while Doof's ship crashed.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof shouted.
Agent P
"I must say, I love the new anthem," Reggie said. "But I do miss the old one. Couldn't I hear it one last time?"
"You got it, Grandpa," Phineas replied as he and the rest grabbed some umbrellas. "Hit it, girls!"
The girls sang the old anthem one last time as they walked out of the backyard. It started to rain once more. The water allowed the lost grass in the yard to regrow.
"These two have really done it this time!" Candace said as she led Linda into the backyard. "Look what they did to the backyard!"
"Wow, you made the lawn look great!" said Linda, leaving Candace confused. "It's weeded and watered, well done. What else did you do today?"
"Well, these two roister-doisters wheeled out me old iron, built a cracking match of McGregor's gorge, and helped this daft ol' git have one last knees-up."
Phineas was confused, so he turned to Ferb for a translation.
"I have absolutely no idea," was all Ferb said.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 15: Mom's Birthday
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 15
Mom's Birthday
Phineas woke up to the sound of singing.
"Ferb, do you hear that?" he asked, causing Ferb to bolt awake. "It sounds like… Candace singing, early in the morning."
The boys followed the sound to the music room. They saw Candace playing the bass.
"Mom, it's your birthday," she sang.
"It's Mom's birthday!" Phineas realized. "How can we forget? Where have all the days gone?"
Flashback
When they were on the rollercoaster, Phineas reminded Ferb, "We can't forget Mom's birthday."
When they were surfing in the backyard beach, Phineas reminded Ferb, "We can't forget Mom's birthday."
When they were carving Candace's head on Mount Rushmore, Phineas reminded Ferb, "We can't forget Mom's birthday."
When they were performing on stage, Phineas reminded Ferb, "We can't forget Mom's birthday."
When they were being chased by a T-rex, Phineas asked Ferb, "Is there something I'm supposed to remember?"
End of Flashback
"We should do something nice for Mom," said Phineas. "With Dad being out of town for business, and all." An idea popped into his head. "I have an idea."
Later, Candace entered Linda's room with a tray of eggs and bacon.
"Mom," she called. "Let me be the first to say…"
Then Phineas and Ferb swung the door open and crushed Candace.
"Happy birthday, Mom!" Phineas said. "We brought you some periodicals, and coffee just the way you like it, half-caff double-frappe mocha choco-latte mezho-expresso."
"Wow, you really outdid yourselves," Linda remarked.
"Au contraire, mon mère. I declare it's our mission to give you the best birthday ever, so relax, enjoy some reading, and no peeking until we come get you."
The boys left the room.
"Those boys are too much," Linda said to herself. "Mmm, I smell eggs and bacon."
She didn't notice Candace against the wall with eggs and bacon on her face.
Downstairs, Ferb was preparing breakfast while Phineas was making calls and emptying his piggybank.
"Thank you Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro," he said. "We appreciate you helping us out."
Phineas heard his vibrator go off.
He pushed a button to answer the new call. "Talk to me. Buford, my man."
The piggybank got plugged.
He turned to Ferb and whispered, "Needs roughage."
Ferb gave Phineas a few dollars. He inserted them to get the coins out.
He then went back to his call. "Thanks, Buford. Glad we can count on you."
Candace cleared her throat, getting the boys' attention.
"Hey Candace," Phineas greeted. "Wanna help Ferb man the omelet station."
"No, I'm doing my own thing," Candace replied.
"What is it?"
"It's a secret."
Candace walked away.
"Hey, where's Perry?" Phineas wondered.
Perry spun a picture of himself to open an entryway.
He entered his lair. Monogram was already waiting for him.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "17 minutes ago, our spy satellites located Doofenshmirtz. He's hiding in his mountaintop castle laboratory where he's purchased some suspicious items over the internet including a giant metal sphere and two animatronic wax bots. Those things give me the creeps, the way they're all robotic and waxy."
Perry converted his chair into a jetpack and flew off.
Perry
Candace was busy working on something.
"The boys may have won breakfast, but wait until Mom sees this homemade birthday card," she said to herself.
"Alright, Mom, almost there," Phineas said as he and Ferb led a blindfolded Linda to the living room. "Okay, you can look."
Linda removed the blindfold. Isabella, the Fireside Girls, Buford, Baljeet, Django, and their families were all gathered.
"Happy birthday!" they said together.
"What a beautiful breakfast," said Linda.
"Made with love," said Phineas.
"And sweat," Buford added.
"And by that, you mean hard work?" Linda asked.
"Uh, sure."
Candace showed up with the birthday card.
"Mom, this might not be a fantastic breakfast, but…" Candace was about to say.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Mom's birthday card!" Phineas interrupted as he and Ferb showed a big card.
Maybe big, but it's boring, Candace thought to herself.
The boys opened the card to reveal it was very detailed, with multiple different pop-ups and sound-effects.
"I can't believe you made this yourselves," said Linda.
Candace's eye twitched. She tore up her card and ate it up.
"Ah, The Unicorn Whisperer," Doof said as he dusted up a DVD case. "The feel-good movie of the year, and soon it will be gone!"
Perry leaped into the castle through a window.
"Oh no, it's Perry the Platypus!" Doof said in fake shock. "I fooled you, I'm not really scared!" Perry was genuinely shocked, but he kept his straight face. "I have a new security system!"
Doof pushed a button, opening a door to reveal wax robots of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. They surrounded Perry and grabbed him by the arms and legs.
"Do you like them?" he said. "I got them very cheap from a wax museum that went bankrupt. I love it when dreams fail. As you know, I've been trying to take over the Tri-State Area for quite some time now, and I realized, this Tri-State Area is filled with things I detest." He gestured to a display of all those things. "Like blinking traffic arrows, ear hair, pelicans, musical instruments that start with B, you get the idea. It's a long list, I've been working on it for a while. Anyway, I realized I should build something that would make all those awful things disappear."
The animatronics carried Perry to the window, revealing Doof's new inator.
"Behold, Perry the Platypus, Shrink-spheria," Doof showcased. "I was going to call it the Shrinkinator, but I've done that whole 'inator' thing before. It's been done to death. Let me show you how it works." Doof went to the nearby computer. He typed in 'Pelican.' The pelican on display started to shrink. "And Shrinkspheria hones in on its molecular structure and then turns all the particles into sparticles, thereby shrinking it into a teeny-tiny spec so small I never have to see it again. So goodbye to you, Perry the Platypus. Enjoy your presidential suite."
Doof left the room, laughing maniacally.
Perry struggled to free himself, to no avail. He was genuinely surprised that Doof was able to come out of a trap that he'd actually have trouble freeing himself from.
"Glad you liked the card, Mom," said Phineas.
"It's a simple postmodern fusion of origami and pop-up," Ferb explained.
"Yeah, and just wait until you see your present. Stay right there."
The boys went to get the present.
"I hope the boys don't go overboard," said Linda. "All I'd really like is that dress from that cute little sundress shop."
"You mean the one with the polka-dots?" Candace asked.
Candace got on her bike and biked to the sundress shop.
"Cute little sundress, cute little sundress," she reminded herself over and over.
"Perry the Platypus, say goodbye to blinking detour signs, forever!" Doof shouted as he pushed the button. The nearby sign shrunk. "Yes, I'm an evil genius! Now I need to wait four minutes for it to recharge, which isn't so bad. I think I'll go for ear hair next."
Perry noticed a nearby candle chandelier and the rope holding it up. He was able to get a dart under his hat into his mouth. He blew the dart towards the rope.
The rope broke and the chandelier came down. The heat from the candles melted the animatronics.
Candace was biking home with the sundress.
Unbeknownst to her, a truck carrying live moths was driving somewhere, when a blinking traffic sign shrunk. The truck went straight ahead and fell into a chasm. The moths flew out of the truck and found the sundress.
Doof tried to shrink the ear hair. Nothing happened.
Doof turned and noticed Perry messing with the antenna. Doof tried to intervene, but Perry jumped and kicked him in the face.
Candace returned to the house to see Isabella showing off a yellow sundress on a stage clearly built by Phineas and Ferb.
Candace was shocked at first, but she brushed it off. "Well, they have the wrong sundress. It's okay, but I have this."
Candace showed off the dress, only to see moths in its place. She ran into the house before the moths could eat her clothes too.
"Candace, where'd you go?" Linda asked, having just heard her screaming.
Doof fell back onto the platform. He accidentally pushed one of the buttons. He looked and saw that it was instruments that start with B.
"Oh well, goodbye to musical instruments that start with B," he said.
Candace made it to the music room. She noticed all the instruments.
"Wait a minute, I can still give Mom the one thing the boys can't," she realized. "The gift of music, played by my friend, the bass." The bass shrunk. "Oh well, it's a good thing I have the banjo." The banjo shrunk as well. "It's a good thing I play the bassoon." Shrunk. "The bugle." Shrunk. "The bongos." Shrunk.
Five minutes later…
"It's a good thing I play the balalaika!" Candace cried as she grabbed the balalaika. It shrunk just like the rest. "The bagpipes!" Shrunk. "I should've manned the omelet station!"
Candace went outside to see everyone sitting in front of a large TV screen.
"Candace, would you like to join us?" Linda asked. "The boys put on a video."
Phineas handed Candace a remote. "Yeah. You can do the honors."
Candace sighed. She knew there was nothing else she could do. She pushed the power button.
The screen played a slideshow of Linda throughout her life.
Phineas got on stage and began speaking. "Happy birthday, Mom. From birth to young adult, from the eighties to the nineties, you enchant everyone you meet."
Perry tripped Doof, causing him to hit the antenna and switch it off.
That's when the Lincoln and Washington bots arrived, now fused together.
"A house divided cannot stand," said Lincoln.
"Yeah, what he said," said Washington.
"Oh, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "You melted their wax, but you can never melt what's inside, pure evil!"
The robots jumped onto the machine, only for their metal weight to fall through it.
The machine exploded, sending Perry and Doof flying.
"I should've seen that coming," Doof said to himself. Perry opened a parachute to land safely, all the while leaving Doof to fall to his demise. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Agent P
Everyone continued to watch the slideshow.
"Isn't this wonderful, Candace?" Linda asked.
"Yeah," Candace said unenthusiastically.
"But a true testament to what a great mom you are, is that your daughter would take your time to write this song," Phineas said.
The screen changed to show a video of Candace playing the bass and singing.
Play "Mom"
Candace (on screen):
Mom, it's your birthday
Thanks for all the care and love you give
"Nice song, sis," Phineas complimented. Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Not to mention the meals
And times I get kinda nervous
And forget to tell you how I feel
Phineas and Ferb led Candace onstage. Candace wasn't sure she was willing to do this.
Phineas and Ferb:
Shoo-be-doo, shoo-be-doo
The boys' support was all Candace needed.
Candace (live):
I'm a little high-strung
It's just because I'm young
Mom, I adore ya
And I'll do anything for ya
Although my brothers make me frantic
With every single crazy antic
And when I'm bouncing off the walls
You're the one who stays calm
Because you love me for who I am
I'll always love you, Mom
End "Mom"
Linda shed a small tear. She ran onstage and hugged Candace.
"What a beautiful song, honey," she said. "I only wish Dad could've heard it."
"I almost forgot," said Phineas. "We set up a satellite uplink with Dad."
Phineas led Linda to a smaller screen nearby.
"Hello, love," Lawrence said on screen. "Happy birthday."
"Hi honey," said Linda. "I miss you, and you missed the festivities. The boys threw me the greatest party, and Candace wrote me this really amazing song. Can you hear me?"
Candace noticed Perry right next to her. Usually, she'd be upset seeing him close to her, but here, she didn't make a big deal.
"Hey Perry," she smiled. "Where have you been? You missed all the fun."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 16: Jerk de Soleil
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 16
Jerk de Soleil
Baljeet was dropped off at the Flynn-Fletcher household.
"We are going to the circus, we are going to the circus," he sang to himself.
He entered the house to see Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django eating breakfast while Buford was standing nearby, minding his own business.
"I am here and ready to go to the world famous Cirque de Lune!" Baljeet shouted excitedly.
"Have a seat," said Phineas. "We're going in a minute."
Baljeet sat down and continued singing, "We are going to the circus, we are going to the circus."
"Hold your horses, kids," Lawrence said as he showed a newspaper. "It says here that the lead of Cirque de Lune has a severe allergy. They're canceling today's performance."
"That's a bummer," said Isabella.
"If it's anything like Candace's parsnip allergy, I don't blame him for wanting to appear in public," said Linda.
"She gets blotchy, red, weird voice thingy," Phineas explained. "Not good."
"Well, honey, it looks like that frees you up to join me at the mall," Linda told Lawrence. "Our trio is recording our first album today, 'Live at the Squat and Stitch.'" She turned to the kids. "Cheer up, guys. I'm sure you'll have a fun day, anyway. Bye kids. Be good. Have fun."
Linda and Lawrence left the house.
Isabella looked at the newspaper. "It must be so good to be in the circus."
"Yeah," Phineas said sadly. An idea popped into his head. "Ferb, let's put on our own cirque. It'll be great. Ferb can set up the tent, I'll be the ringmaster…"
"We can sew up some arty costumes," Isabella added.
"For a trick, I can put my leg over my head," Django suggested. He tried to do just that, but he ended up falling off his chair. "Ow. I'll work on it."
"Even Perry can have an act," said Phineas. "The Amazing Perry."
"I have a mystical magical act I would like to perform," Baljeet said as he pretended to remove his thumb. "It's stupefying."
"I also have an act," said Buford. "It'll bring the house down."
"Ferb, get the tools," said Phineas.
Candace woke up next to a portrait of Jeremy.
"Good morning, Jeremy," she said to it. She then imitated Jeremy talking to her. "Good morning, gorgeous." Candace then grabbed an image of herself and started making the two photos kiss each other. That's when she heard noises coming from outside. "I'll be right back, Jeremy." She went to the window. "What's going on?" She saw the tent being installed. "A circus?! Can't they give me a break for one day?"
Meanwhile, the gang were busy getting the tent ready. They already got their costumes put on.
"Looking great, Ferb," said Phineas. "Hey, have you seen Perry? I put on his costume."
Perry entered his lair through a hidden elevator. He then sat down and awaited instructions.
"Okay, Agent P," said Monogram. "Doctor Doofenshmirtz is buying biomechanical equipment and…" Monogram tried to contain his laughter at Perry in his ridiculous costume. "Elocution tapes. We don't know why."
Perry got tired and left.
"Where are you going, Agent P?" Monogram asked. "Don't go. I'm not laughing at you. I just heard a funny joke earlier this morning. Please, turn around so we can conclude our meeting." Perry turned around to see Monogram taking pictures of him. "Carl, what's your email? I want to send this to you."
Perry rolled his eyes and left to do his mission.
Perry
Buford entered the tent with a cart of supplies.
"Hey twerp," he said. "I brought props for my act."
"What exactly is your act?" asked Phineas.
Buford showed a small drawing to demonstrate his plan. "I fly into mud with a paper bag on my head. The peeps are gonna love it."
Phineas blinked as he thought about it. In the end, he decided to go with it. "Okay."
Candace went outside and saw the tent for herself.
"I'm not gonna call Mom this time," she said to herself. Then she heard the sound of an elephant. "I'm gonna call Mom."
Candace picked up her phone and called Linda.
"Candace, honey, I can't talk," came Linda's voice. "We're recording. Is it life or death?"
"Does a circus in the backyard count?" Candace asked.
"I don't have time for this. Gotta go. Bye."
Linda hung up. Candace groaned.
"Hey, Candace," a voice called.
Candace turned around to see none other than Jeremy.
"Hi, Jeremy," she smiled and blushed.
"My mom told me to bring over these homegrown veggies for your family," Jeremy explained. "You know, she and your mom are doing that jazz thing today."
"Thanks, Jeremy." Candace took the basket.
"So, circus, huh? Cool. I guess it's more of a 'cirque' than a 'circus.' Don't you think?"
Candace was too busy admiring Jeremy's beautiful face that she barely heard the question. "What?"
"Don't you think we should sit together and watch the show? If you want to."
"Yeah, yeah." Candace started coughing as her voice got a bit raspy. "Are there any wild parsnips in here?"
"I think that's all that's in there."
Candace crawled away. "Later."
"Yes, I ate your last nectarine," said a voice on a cassette. "You got a problem with that?"
"Yes, I…" Doof recited in a high voice. He cleared his throat and spoke in a lower voice. "Yes, I ate your last nectarine."
Before he could continue, the ceiling crumbled. Doof coughed out as much dust as he could before noticing Perry.
"Perry the Platypus?" he said. "Can't you at least use the front door?"
He gestured to the front door, which was completely covered in traps. Doof realized he was speaking in his high voice again.
He lowered his pitch. "I mean, yes I ate your last nectarine. You got a problem with that?" He returned to his normal voice. "Tough, huh? Well, not tough enough."
Doof pushed a button, releasing a net that caught Perry.
"You see, ever since I was a child, I had a squeaky voice, but not anymore," he explained. "Behold, the Voiceanator! It biochemically transforms normal air into doofilium, which will make everyone else's voices higher, making mine deeper by comparison. I was going to lower my own voice, but it seemed like too much trouble."
Doof got on his ship and flew out of his base. Sadly, the roof didn't open and he ended up breaking it.
Candace looked in the mirror. Her face was turning red.
"Of course, it had to be wild parsnips," she said to herself.
She checked her drawer for the allergy pills. She found the container.
"Aha! Quick, before my voice goes through the reaction!" she said as she opened the container. It was empty. "No!"
It was too late. Her voice had completely changed. She sounded like a middle-aged man with a frog in his throat.
"I can't have Jeremy seeing me like this," she said to herself.
She noticed a nearby paper bag. She cut some eye holes and a mouth hole then put on the bag like a mask. She then put on a gray hoodie.
She ran outside and ran past Jeremy.
"Excuse me," she said.
"It's good, bro," Jeremy replied.
Perry took off his hat and pulled the string inside. The edges of his hat spun like a buzzsaw. He used it to cut himself free from the net.
He then used his hat like a propeller to fly out of the building.
As he tried to catch up to Doof, he noticed the boys' circus tent down below.
"We're moments away from Ferb and the Amazing Perry!" came Phineas' voice.
Perry didn't like wearing that stupid costume, but he knew how much the performance meant to the boys, so he decided Doof could wait.
"Ferb, it's almost time," Phineas told Ferb. "Where's Perry?" Perry approached them, costume and everything. "Oh, there you are."
"And now, for my final trick!" Baljeet announced. "I will reattach my thumb. Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, come on, thumb, it's healing time."
Baljeet pretended to reattach his thumb. The crowd cheered.
"Let's hear it for Baljeet the Stupefying!" Phineas announced. "But now, prepare to be astounded when the semi-aquatic Perry, aided by Ferb, attempts to jump through that hoop into the shallow pond!"
Ferb dropped Perry onto the trampoline. He bounced through the hoop and into the pond.
The crowd went wild.
"Yeah, let's hear it for the semi-aquatic Perry!" said Phineas.
With his part of the show over, Perry snuck out of the tent. He reactivated his propeller hat and flew after Doofenshmirtz.
Candace made it to the mall and found Linda and her friends performing in front of a small audience. She got on stage and approached Linda.
"Mom!" she said.
"Candace, have you been near wild parsnips again?" Linda asked.
"Yes, but you gotta see what Phineas and Ferb are doing!"
"What is it now?"
Play "E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S"
Candace:
Those boys are always up to something
And it's bringing me to tears
'Cause just before you get home
It always magically disappears
The performers started to play music to accompany Candace's song.
Those boys are evil
But before you get home, they somehow always clean up the mess
"Testify, Candace, testify," said one performer, Vivian.
Those boys are evil
Let me spell it out for you, Mom
E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S
Linda got off the keyboard and started playing electric guitar.
They built a rollercoaster
And a beach in the backyard
They even wrote a one-hit song
That tore up the boulevard
They took me back in time
When we went to that museum
They built fifty-foot treehouse robots
But still you didn't see them
Those boys are evil
Their crazy shenanigans cause me all kinds of distress
Those boys are evil
Sing it with me now
Candace and the Audience:
E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S
Candace:
I know you think they're saints
But Mom, I'm here to tell
Those B-O-Y-S, they're just E-V-I-L
Those boys are evil
They're making me feel like my head's in a hydraulic press
And that don't feel too good
Those boys are evil
Everybody
E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S
That's what I'm talking about
E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S
That's right, those boys are
Evil little boys
End "E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S"
The crowd cheered.
"Okay, Mom, you gonna come home with me?" asked Candace.
"Are you kidding, hon?" Linda replied. "That was amazing. Let's do another."
Perry flew onto Doof's ship.
"Perry the Platypus, you're too late!" Doof declared. He noticed Perry about to switch the device off. "Wait, don't touch that!"
Doof tried to block the switch. Perry tickled Doof's armpits. Doof retaliated by slapping Perry's hands.
"Hey, I got my costume all set," Buford told the boys. He was wearing a gray hoodie and a paper bag. "Be sure to introduce me as the Amazing Bag-O."
"You know, we've been thinking about your act, and we have some suggestions," said Phineas. Ferb showed a board depicting their suggestion. "Modify your torque and reverse the angle of trajectory."
"I still get to land in mud, right? I want the mud."
"Yeah, yeah."
That's when they heard a loud thud.
"Ow, ow, ow…" came Django's voice.
The boys went to investigate to see that Django was on the floor, his arms and legs twisted and disjointed.
Ferb approached Django and lifted him into his arms.
Django couldn't help but feel a warm, happy feeling. It was like all the pain in his arms faded away. His face blushed a tiny bit.
Ferb carried Django out of the room.
"Thank you Django the Human Pretzel!" said Phineas. "That's gotta hurt. And now, our next act will catapult through the heavens and land in a pit filled with the mysterious Aztec Mud of Doom."
Candace ran into the tent and looked for Jeremy. She noticed Jeremy sitting in the crowd. An empty seat was right next to him.
"He did save a spot for me," she smiled.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Amazing Bag-O!" Phineas announced as he and Ferb grabbed Candace and strapped her to the catapult.
Buford left the backstage to see what was happening.
"Hey, he's stealing my act!" he shouted.
"Guys, let go!" Candace demanded.
Ferb pulled the lever. The catapult launched Candace high into the air, right through the roof of the tent.
The audience gasped.
"He must've been lighter than we calculated," said Phineas.
"No, this is Buford's time to shine!" Buford said as he ran into the mud pit. "Hey everybody, over here!"
The crowd saw Buford and cheered for him.
"How'd he get down there?" Phineas wondered.
"Perhaps Buford truly is amazing," Ferb remarked.
Perry pushed Doof against the switch, breaking it.
A small tube landed in the circus tent, filling it with Doofilium.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen," Phineas said as his voice got higher. "I give you our entire cast in our grand finale, featuring The Amazing Perry!"
Perry heard Phineas and quickly flew down to meet up with everyone.
All the kids, including Django, despite his injury, stacked on top of each other. Phineas and Ferb were at the very top of the stack. Perry was right next to them.
The tent was filled with too much Doofilium. It flew high up, hitting Doof's ship.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof shouted in a high voice as his ship crashed.
Agent P
Linda and Lawrence returned home right as everyone left.
"Mom, Dad, you missed our Cirque," said Phineas.
Linda looked at the boys' costumes. "Seems you had fun."
Perry did his chatter.
"Who wants to hear my CD?" asked Linda.
"I do!" Phineas declared.
The family went inside to listen to the CD.
Candace crawled back to the backyard. She laid on the ground, tired.
"At least I'm back to normal," she said in her normal voice.
"Hey, Candace," came Jeremy's voice. "My mom played some of their CD. Your singing is awesome. How'd you get your voice to sound like that?"
Candace got up. "Same as all the great blue singers, wild parsnips."
Notes:
So, this is the last chapter I'm posting of any summer vacation related story during my summer vacation. After today, I'm going back to school. It sucks that Phineas, Ferb, Dipper, and Mabel are gonna have a longer summer than me, but that's just reality for you.
Speaking of school, I'm starting my high school Junior Year. I've been told it's the most stressful of all the High School years, so expect updates to be slower from this point on.
Anyway, this was an episode I was looking forward to. It's the only other episode that features Django in canon (in a speaking role at least), there's a showcase of Perry caring about his owners as he ditches Doofenshmirtz to take part in the boys' performance, and we got another popular song, "E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S".
Here, we also get the first moment between Ferb and Django. I was originally planning to establish Django's crush on Ferb in the "Oil on Candace" chapter, but I scrapped that because I didn't know how to do it without it feeling out of place.
I did take the liberty of changing some of the "E-V-I-L B-O-Y-S" lyrics so I wouldn't end up referencing episodes that I adapted out of this story. This won't be the only time I do that.
Anyway, that's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 17: Are you my Mummy?
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 17
Are you my Mummy?
The Flynn-Fletcher family, except Linda, were in line at an Egyptian movie theater.
"You know, this theater was built over seventy years ago in this Neo-Egyptian style," Lawrence said. "Apparently, there used to be a whole Pharaoh's tomb with a mummy and a sarcophagus. I mean, you couldn't pick a better place to watch a classic, old mummy movie."
As they watched the movie, the boys were intrigued when the explorers in the movie resurrected a dead mummy with an ancient incantation.
"Dad, where do you find a mummy?" Phineas asked.
"Hidden deep in the bowels of the pyramid," Lawrence replied before his phone rang. "Better put this on vibrate."
"It says here that the mummy will obey all your commands," said one explorer in the movie. "Well, beat me with a chicken."
The mummy pulled a chicken out of the tomb and started beating the explorer.
"Dad, is it hard to get into a pyramid?" Phineas asked.
"Yes it is," Lawrence replied. "Often, you had to negotiate booby traps that were set centuries before."
"Ferb, we should get our own mummy," Phineas whispered to Ferb.
Phineas and Ferb fantasized what life like a mummy would be like.
Play "My Undead Mummy and Me"
Let me tell you about my buddy
First, the boys and their mummy shared a smoothie.
He's 3000 years old
Next, the three relaxed under the tree in the backyard.
He's wrapped in bandages
Then, the mummy knitted some sweaters for the boys.
And covered in moldy debris
After that, the mummy pushed Phineas and Ferb on the swingset.
My undead mummy and me
The boys then fantasized about a bigger kid trying to pick on them. The mummy snuck behind the kid and scared him.
If a bully ever tries to poke me in the eye
I'll introduce him to my decomposing guy
And he'll flee from my undead mummy and me
Next, the boys fantasized going back to school at the end of the summer and seeing all the kids admiring them and their mummy.
All the kids at school are gonna have a conniption
When they get a load of my funky Egyptian emcee
My undead mummy and me
Yeah
Undead mummy and me
End "My Undead Mummy and Me"
"That would be awesome," Phineas said. "Dad, can we…"
He turned to see Lawrence asleep. He didn't make a big deal out of it.
"Come on, Ferb," he told Ferb. "We'll be back before he wakes up."
The boys stood up and walked out of the theater. Candace noticed them.
"Those bozos aren't doing anything on my watch," she said as she went after them.
"Hey, where's Perry?" Phineas wondered the moment he and Ferb left the theater.
Perry approached a gorilla statue. Its stomach opened, and he jumped through.
Perry rode this small ride. Monogram appeared on a tiny screen.
"Good morning, Agent P," he said. "Doofenshmirtz is at it again. It appears he's purchased a string of odd items." He pulled up a sheet of paper. "One pound of blood sausage… oh, this is my grocery list. Here it is. One magnet, one map of the city's drainage pipes, and two tons of scrap metal. It's in your hands now, Agent P. Over and out."
Perry jumped into a submarine. He was about to go under the water…
Only to realize that the water was too shallow. He moved forward slowly and awkwardly.
The boys found an employee.
"Excuse me, Mr. Employee?" Phineas asked. "Where's the mummy exhibit?"
"It's in storage, in the basement," the employee replied.
"Guess who's going to the basement?"
The boys headed to the basement. Candace watched them from behind a plant.
"There they go," she whispered.
The boys entered the stairwell. They found a nearby container of Pith helmets. They each grabbed one, brushed off the dust, and put on their hats.
"We must be going the right way," Phineas said. "Say something pithy."
Candace tried to call Lawrence. There was no response.
"Forget it," she said to herself. "I'll do it myself."
Candace ran after the boys, and inadvertently knocked down a set of line ropes, creating a domino effect.
The last one knocked down a large gumball holder.
Candace accidentally stepped on a janitor cart and slid down the stairs. She landed at the bottom relatively unharmed.
"Ew, my shoe is all squishy," she complained.
The gumball holder rolled down the stairs. The boys saw it rolling after them. They tried to outrun it.
Ferb got on Phineas' shoulders. He grabbed a set of bars, launching both of them into the air and on top of the giant ball.
"Who knew looking for mummies would be so much fun?" Phineas remarked. "Watch this."
The boys did handstands and spun their hats all the while staying on top of the ball…
Then they hit the top of a door. They watched the ball roll away.
"Hey, Ferb, that was our first booby trap," Phineas realized before noticing something in front of them. "Hey look, storage. We're here."
Candace was busy searching for the boys when the gumball holder started rolling after her.
Candace made a run for it. She noticed a nearby bar and tried to swing on it. She just bounced into a vent and then right out of it. To make matters worse, her hair and clothes got covered in dirt.
Candace kept running. The ball just kept rolling after her, then it rolled right past her.
Candace sighed in relief.
Unbeknownst to her, the ball rolled up a small set of stairs and into an elevator.
Candace got in the same elevator. It took her a few seconds to realize the ball was right next to her.
The moment they reached their stop, the chase was back on.
Candace ran into a closet.
The big ball finally shattered, and all the gumballs rolled around.
"Bubble gum?" Candace wondered as she put a piece in her mouth. "Oh, really stale bubble gum."
Candace grabbed a shelf to try and help herself up. She pulled a little too hard. Butter and toilet paper fell on top of her.
Perry finally emerged from the water to see Doofenshmirtz painting his inator of the day.
He leaped out of the submarine and kicked the paintbrush out of Doof's hand.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof said. "As usual, your timing is incredible, and by incredible, of course I mean completely credible!"
Doof fired a ray gun that trapped Perry in a bubble.
"No use Perry the Platypus," he said. "I made this out of something that cannot be penetrated. Pure evil, and a blend of space-aged polymers. You see, I'm going to unleash the water being held by this dam into that huge drainage pipe that leads directly to the ocean. The additional water will raise the sea level by two percent, and then my property one block from the shoreline will become beachfront property! To release the water from the dam, I've invented a ray which attracts wood like a magnet attracts metal, the Woodenator, which was almost complete until you rudely interrupted me."
Doof picked up the paintbrush Perry kicked out of his hand earlier and used it to paint glasses around Perry's eyes.
"Goodbye, Perry the Platypus," he laughed as he pushed Perry into the water.
The boys entered the storage room and found the mummy. Phineas remembered the incantation from the movie, and recited it.
Nothing happened.
Phineas tried again. The mummy still didn't budge.
Phineas picked up the mummy. It was surprisingly light.
"There's nothing down here but fake promotional lobby junk," he realized as he and Ferb walked out sadly. "For all we know, there might not even be such thing as a mummy."
That's when they saw, right in front of them, a different mummy staring right at them.
The boys turned the opposite direction and tried to run. The mummy ran after them.
"You know, I didn't expect him to be so scary," Phineas admitted. "Can you imagine the angry, twisted soul hidden under those bandages?"
"Phineas! Ferb!" the mummy screamed.
"Makes me shudder, but you know what? We came down here looking for a mummy, and I'm not leaving without one. Let's get him!"
The boys grabbed a couple nearby nets and tried to catch the mummy. Ferb caught it, but it was too powerful.
Phineas got on Ferb's shoulders and tried fighting the mummy like he did in the theme song.
After a while, Phineas landed a punch, knocking the mummy out.
The boys used the time they had to grab the sarcophagus and trap the mummy inside.
"Hey Ferb, we got our own mummy!" Phineas cheered. "Now how are we gonna get it home?"
Doof finished painting the Woodenator.
Doof activated it. It attracted the wood from the dam to it.
The beavers made a run for it.
One beaver in particular noticed Perry trapped in a bubble. The beaver put on a brown fedora similar to Perry's.
Perry did his chatter. The beaver chattered back.
The beaver grabbed some wood and chewed it up until it was a tiny toothpick. He picked some gunk out of his teeth, then tossed the toothpick aside.
The beaver opened its mouth wide and bit the bubble, popping it.
Perry and the beaver patted each other's tails, then Perry left to continue his mission.
Perry
"It's working, it's actually working!" Doof cheered.
Then he heard a familiar chatter. He turned to see Perry right there.
"Perry the Platypus?" he reacted. "You escaped my bubble of pure evil?"
Doof tried to trap Perry again. This time, Perry was prepared. He jumped towards Doof, that way they'd both be trapped.
As the two fought, they bounced on the dam, completely breaking it.
Perry grabbed Doof's nose and used it to pop the bubble.
"Is my nose really that pointy?" Doof asked himself.
Doof didn't have time to process that. The water was flowing fast. He managed to get out of the way.
The water went through a nearby pipe. It headed for the theater.
The boys were busy carrying their mummy out of the theater when the floor burst open. The hall was flooding quickly.
"This is our second booby trap!" Phineas shouted.
Phineas and Ferb got on the sarcophagus and rode it like a boat. Phineas noticed Perry jump out of the water and get on the sarcophagus.
"There you are, Perry," he said.
The three rode down the halls like they were on an ancient water ride.
"Woo-hoo!" Phineas shouted.
After a while, they launched out of the theater and landed right next to their family car.
The sarcophagus shattered. Candace bolted up and took as many breaths as she could.
"Hey, Candace," Phineas said. "You missed all the fun. Allow me to introduce our mummy." He didn't see the mummy anywhere. "Wait, where's our mummy? Mummy?"
Lawrence came out of the theater.
"Mummy has supper waiting for us at home," he said. "Candace, why are you wet?"
Candace groaned and twitched her eye.
"You know, mummies had their brains pulled out through their nose," Ferb mentioned.
"The lucky ones," Candace retorted, shaking.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 18: Put that Putter Away
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 18
Put That Putter Away
Stacy entered Candace's room. Candace was laying in her bed. Her nose was red, her eyes were barely open, and she was sneezing.
"Hey Candace," Stacy greeted. "When I heard you were sick, I came right over. Today, I'm your servant."
"Gosh, what a good friend," Candace smiled.
"I brought a get-well package. Self-heating miso soup, don't ask, 'Who Wants to be A Total Idiot 3', and Rocky Road ice cream. We wouldn't want everything to be good. Oh, and don't worry about your brothers. Your mom says they're off playing miniature golf. How lame is that?"
Phineas and Ferb made it to the miniature golf. They saw Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django sitting on the sidewalk looking glum.
"Hey guys, what gives?" Phineas asked.
"Little Duffers has closed its doors forever," Isabella replied. "And I was all set to destroy you on the mini links."
"And I was gonna bury you on the fairway," Buford added.
"Metaphorically, right?" Baljeet asked.
"Yeah, right." Buford hid a shovel behind his back.
"But how can they close Little Duffers?" Phineas asked. "Ferb and I have been coming here since we were little, littler anyway."
Ferb pointed at a tiny man who came out of a doggy door at the front.
"Sorry lads," he said in an irish accent. "But Little Duffers is officially out of business."
"But this is the only miniature golf course in Danville," Phineas argued.
"Aye, but people don't respect the game anymore. They think it's just golf in miniature, but it's not! It's miniature golf."
"It's a sad thing when a town loses a major sports franchise."
"But kids today are all for stuff that's shiny and new and high-tech. The Scotsman in me tells me to hold on stubbornly to the bitter end, but then again, I'm half Irish."
The kids biked back home.
"That's too bad," said Phineas. "This was the perfect day for miniature golf." An idea came to his head. "Hey everyone, I know what we're gonna do today."
They headed to the backyard. They saw Linda leaving the house.
"Hi, Mom," said Phineas. "We're gonna build a miniature golf course in the backyard."
"That's fine," said Linda. "It's only golf in miniature."
Candace heard noises coming from outside.
"What's that?" she asked. "Stacy, window report!"
Stacy went to the window.
"Whoa, your brothers own a giant crane?" she asked excitedly. "No way!"
"They are so bu…" Candace tried to say. "Bu… bu…"
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't say the word. She grabbed a notepad to write it down.
"What's this?" Stacy asked. "Dancing weasels?"
Candace flipped the paper upside-down.
"Oh, 'busted'," Stacy realized. "You want me to bust your brothers. You really gotta work on your penmanship."
"Find out what they're up to," Candace ordered.
"No problemo, I'll handle it." Stacy turned towards a certain direction and sighed. "I'm such an enabler."
Phineas looked at Ferb's blueprints.
"Awesome plan," he said. "We should be finished before lunch."
Stacy came out and saw what was happening.
"Listen up, twerps," she said in her best Candace impression. "Just because Candace is sick, doesn't mean you can get away with anything. I'm now her eyes, ears, and mouth. Basically, I'm her everything."
"What a good friend," Phineas sarcastically remarked.
"I know, right? Anyway, what's all this?"
"We're only making the greatest miniature golf course in the whole world, or at least in Danville."
"Isn't it kind of big?"
"Well, you know, it isn't golf in miniature."
When Stacy saw the big course for herself, she was speechless. She was about to break character. She ran inside before she could say something stupid.
"It's miniature golf!" she told Candace. "And it's unbelievably cool, with a windmill, a dinosaur and…"
Candace covered Stacy's mouth. "You must not be seduced by the coolness! Focus!"
"Right. Focus, focus, focus. Wait, where's Perry?"
Perry just woke up and drank his morning coffee. He approached the tree in the backyard and opened the entrance.
He entered his lair and put on his hat.
"Just looking over your request for vacation time," said Monogram on the screen. "We're ready to approve it, but there's one small problem, and my small problem, I mean big problem, and by approve it, I mean deny it. Sorry, Agent P. I know you've been putting in a lot of extra hours, but we've got word that Doofenshmirtz has bought a new house in the suburbs. Three bedrooms, two and a half baths, central air, nice place. We need you to find out what he's up to. Here's his address." A sheet printed out of the desk. "Good luck, Agent P."
Perry got in his hover car and flew out of the base.
Perry
"Okay," Stacy said to herself as she tried to resist the intriguing mini-golf course. "Focus, focus, focus. You can do this, Stacy. Don't get seduced by the coolness."
She noticed a little stand that read, 'Elevator to the Coolness.'
She hesitantly stepped on the platform. It launched into the air.
"This is so cool!" she shouted.
"Okay, Ferb, you're up," Phineas said.
Ferb took a few seconds to determine his approach. After a while, he hit the ball.
"Phineas?" came Stacy's voice.
Phineas turned to see Stacy arriving.
"Oh, hey Stacy," he replied. "What do you think of our mini-golf course?"
"It's so… I mean, I've come to deliver a message with an unimpressed demeanor."
Phineas knew what the message was. "It's from Candace, isn't it?"
"Yes, but…"
"Why don't you come with us? I know you want to."
"Okay, but…"
"Great!"
Phineas pushed Stacy down a large slide. The kids slid down after her.
Stacy couldn't help but admit she was having fun. She couldn't say it aloud, though. She was on a mission.
At the bottom of the slide, the kids found themselves in a large room. Small air vents were blowing small amounts of air that lifted them an inch off the ground.
"What hole is this?" Stacy asked, curious.
"It's the air hockey hole," Phineas replied.
"Wicked. We're gliding on air."
Stacy noticed a golf ball right in front of her. She hit the ball. It got in the goal, right past the cardboard goalies.
"Hole in one!" she cheered. "I mean, goal! I mean…"
"Yeah!" she screamed at Candace. "We all freaked out! Can you believe it?"
"No, no I can't!" Candace replied. "Did you, by any chance, tell them I was gonna call Mom?"
"I was gonna, but the elevator and the slide, and…"
"Focus! We need evidence! Two words, video phone!"
Doofenshmirtz's House in the Suburbs
Doof was relaxing in the backyard, listening to an audio book of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain, translated into evil.
Then Perry burst through the fence and knocked Doof off his hammock.
"Perry the Platypus!" Doof shouted. "You scared the dunkelschtup out of me! Don't you know it's rude to bust into someone's new home unannounced and…"
Perry offered a house plant.
"A housewarming gift?" Doof reacted. "How thoughtful! Thank you. Look, Perry the Platypus, as much as I hate to admit it, I'm not up to anything terribly nasty today, so you're welcome to chill out here for the day. It's nice."
He gestured to the small pool in the backyard, fit with a diving board and water slide.
"If you need, I'll even sign something that says I was up to no good," Doof added.
Perry put on some sunglasses.
Ferb hit his golf ball. It bounced off a windmill.
Elsewhere, Buford tried to roll the ball into a clown's mouth. Ferb's ball hit him in the head and made him lose focus. He accidentally hit the clown's nose. Multiple golf balls came out of its mouth.
Stacy was showing Candace the scene through video call.
"Are you catching this?" she asked Candace.
"Yes, yes," Candace replied. "This time, we got them, but you need to get the boys in the picture."
"There you are," Phineas said as he led Stacy somewhere. "We've been looking all over for you. You gotta play though."
"Hold this," Stacy said as she handed Phineas her phone.
"Stace, what are you doing?" Candace asked. "Focus!"
Stacy hit the ball.
"Nice focus," Phineas complimented.
Candace screamed a very soft scream.
"What was that?" Stacy asked.
"It sounds like the crowd's going wild," Phineas replied.
After that, they played a tilted maze hole. That one was difficult, but they eventually got it in the hole.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Stacy cheered.
"No, no, no!" Candace screamed.
She bit her pillow and started shaking it around like a rabid dog.
"Here we are," Phineas said. "We reached the final hole. You better put on your dancing shoes."
The final hole was staged to look like a disco dance room.
Play "Disco Miniature Golfing Queen"
The kids got on the dance floor wearing disco attire. They all tried to get the ball in the hole. The floor tilted, making it hard.
Phineas handed Stacy a club and an outfit. She gladly took the club and put on the outfit.
Stepping on the greens in her designer jeans
She's the disco miniature golfing queen
Wearing plaid and sequins, she can make the scene
She's the disco miniature golfing queen
Like a vision from a Disco Golf Magazine
With her putter, she's a hole-in-one machine
Stacy hit the ball.
She can dance and sing and really shake her thing
The floor shook back and forth. After a while, it landed in the hole.
She's the disco miniature golfing queen
Everyone danced together as the song came to an end.
She's the disco miniature golfing queen
End "Disco Miniature Golfing Queen"
"Poor Stacy," Candace said as she saw everything from her phone. "What was I thinking? Okay, Candace. It's up to you."
Candace stood up, put on her slippers and robe, and slowly walked out of her room.
"This is nice," Doof said as he and Perry relaxed in the sun. "But I don't think suburban life is for me. I'm thinking of just adding a breakfast nook and flipping the property. The main problem is my neighbor, Phil. He is truly diabolical. His fruit falls into my yard, his dog poops on my lawn, he leaves his trash cans out too long, and the absolute worst thing is his leaf blower."
Right as he said that, Phil blew some leaves into his yard.
"That's it!" he snapped. "I'm ending this once and for all, and no one is stopping me!"
Doof pushed a button, strapping Perry to his lawn chair.
"Behold, Perry the Platypus!" he announced. "The ultimate suburban weapon,the Atomic-Leaf-Blowerinator! This will be the last time his stray leaves blow onto my lawn."
Doof turned on his inator. It released a strong gust of air, sending him flying backwards. He blew all the leaves on his tree off of it.
"Good, just like I planned," he said. "Now, I'll blow every leaf onto his property!"
Doof tried to blow the leaves, but he ended up blowing himself away.
Perry was also sent flying out of the backyard.
Doof flew to a strange windmill and blew air on it, causing it to spin very fast.
"Curse you, Phil the Neighbor!" he screamed as he was sent flying farther away.
"At least the golf course can't vanish if they're still in it," Candace said to herself.
She turned around to see the golf course flying away.
That's when Linda showed up.
"Candace, what are you doing out of bed?" she asked. "I thought Stacy was taking care of you."
Candace got in the car.
"She was seduced by the coolness," she explained. "Follow that miniature golf course!"
Candace pointed behind Linda. She turned around, but by then, it was already gone.
"You know, you should've been setting aside a portion of your profits over the years with the understanding that that money would be used to upgrade your investment," a karen complained to the mini-golf owner. "What did you think, a shiny new golf course would just fall out of the sky?"
Right as she said that, a shiny new golf course fell out of the sky.
"You'd be surprised what falls out of the sky in Danville," the owner remarked.
Candace and Linda reached Little Duffers.
"Isn't that great?" Linda said. "They remodeled Little Duffers."
"I still don't know how we ended up at Little Duffers," Phineas said as he and the gang left the course.
"I don't know why we didn't build it here in the first place," Ferb added.
Phineas turned and noticed Perry walking with them. "Oh, there you are Perry."
Stacy noticed Candace.
"Candace, can you believe it?" she said. "I won at miniature golf! It proves that if you really focus, you can accomplish anything!"
Right after Stacy said that, she sneezed.
A moment later, Candace and Stacy were both laying in bed.
"Sorry I forgot to bust your brothers," said Stacy.
"I'm sorry I got you sick," Candace replied.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 19: Voyage to the Bottom of Buford
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 19
Voyage to the Bottom of Buford
Ferb viewed the area through his binoculars.
"How's the view up there, Ferb?" Phineas asked.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Baljeet, and Django were building a recreation of the eiffel tower in the sand.
"This is the life," Phineas said as he listened to all the ambience. "The sand, the sun, the waves, the crying…"
Phineas stopped at that last part. He turned and noticed Buford sitting on a bench, crying.
"Hey, what's wrong, Buford?" Phineas asked. "Why are you crying?"
"First, let's get one thing straight," said Buford. "I'm not crying. I'm just sweating through my eyes. Second, I lost Biff!"
Buford revealed an empty fish bowl.
"Is he your goldfish?" Phineas asked.
"He's not just a goldfish," Buford retorted. "He changed my life! I used to be a wimp, like you, but then one day at the carnival, I was somehow drawn to this game, and that's how I won my goldfish. I named him Biff after my mother. It was the happiest day of my life, I finally had a friend. Then I met…" He stuttered as he said the next part. "Suzy Johnson. She was only three years old, but the moment I laid eyes on her, I knew she was trouble, so I did what I had to do. After that, I became the bully. I wasn't afraid of anything or anyone, except Suzy, and giant squids, because those are terrifying."
Phineas cleared his throat. "So what happened to Biff?"
"Oh, right," Buford got back on track. "Today, Biff and I went for a swim. After a while, I couldn't hear him anymore. I got worried."
Buford continued to bawl his eyes out. Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django looked at each other, completely speechless. Baljeet was the only one who felt sympathy.
"I think I prefer Buford when he's bullying us," Phineas whispered to Ferb. "We gotta get the old Buford back. Let's find his fish."
Buford bolted up. "Really, you would do that? How about a hug?"
Phineas was disgusted at the idea. "Uh, no. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was surfing a tidal wave in his normal form. He wiped out and fell into a nearby tube.
On the other side, Perry reached his lair. He put on his hat and sat down.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "We intercepted some very surprising footage from a local TV station."
Monogram showed a live recording of a cat stuck on a tree. When the fire department tried to save it, it fell off the tree…
Right into the arms of Doctor Doofenshmirtz.
"You see that?" said Monogram. "Doctor Doofenshmirtz saved a kitten. It looks like he's defecting to the good side. Make contact and present him with our standard welcome package. Monogram out."
Perry opened a nearby chest and took out the welcome package.
Perry
Meanwhile, Candace and Stacy were out shopping for glasses.
"What do you think, Stacy?" Candace asked as she put on some glasses with yellow suns around the lenses. "Do you think Jeremy would like these?"
Stacy was barely paying attention. When she noticed Candace busy trying on another pair, she diverted her attention away. What she saw next was shocking.
"Hey, Candace, is that a submarine?" she asked. "And aren't those your brothers?"
Meanwhile, Phineas and Ferb, now in sailor outfits, were lowering a submarine into the water.
"I can't believe how fast we put this together," Phineas remarked.
"Yes," Ferb agreed. "Usually, it takes us at least a montage."
Candace noticed the submarine from where she was at.
"They're not getting away with this," she said. "I know what I'm getting. A disposable camera, that way I have proof."
Candace was about to walk off with the camera she found.
"Hey, you gotta pay for that!" a worker yelled.
Candace turned around to pay for the camera.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry approached the door to Doof's apartment and rang the doorbell. After a few seconds, Doof answered.
"Oh, Perry the Platypus, what do you want?" he asked before noticing the package. "Ooh, a gift for me? How sweet of you?"
Doof let Perry in and opened the note on the package. It read…
"Congratulations, Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, on defecting to the good side."
"Oh, not you too," he whined. "First of all, I'm not going good. Second, I'm gonna keep this goody basket. Third, let me tell you what really happened. I was out picking up a few things, and as I was walking out, I tripped. As I fell, this kitten landed in my bag. After all my evil attempts to dominate the Tri-State Area, this one accident has ruined my reputation. Worst of all, it happened on the eve of the Evil Scientists' Fraternity Reunion. If they see that broadcast, I'll be a laughingstock. They'll take away my membership and I'll lose all my benefits."
Perry was running out of patience. He was about to walk out the conveniently opened door. Sadly, Doof noticed him.
"Hey," he said as he pushed a button. Perry was trapped in a sphere. "I wasn't done talking. That was rude."
"Alright, Buford, you're up," said Phineas.
Buford tried to climb onto the submarine. He was too big for the tiny hatch.
"I'm stuck," he cried.
Phineas turned to Ferb. "Ferb, you're up."
Ferb cracked his knuckles. He took a breath. He jumped, and landed on Buford's head. They both fell through the hatch.
"Thanks, I needed that," said Buford.
Phineas got ready to climb on. He made one last check to make sure no one was looking. Once he thought the coast was clear, he climbed down.
He thought wrong. Candace managed to sneak onto the submarine before the hatch closed.
"Ready when you are, Captain," said Isabella.
"We're ready," Phineas replied. "How's Buford?"
"Buford is doing great," Buford replied, though he was still crying. "I just hope we'll be able to find Biff."
Phineas rolled his eyes, but he kept his cool. "Don't worry. Ferb can communicate with dolphins."
Ferb showed a small group of dolphins a picture of Biff.
"Alright, everyone, the dolphins are leading the way," said Phineas. "Let's follow those aquatic mammals." He noticed Buford sitting in the corner, still crying. "Buford, you just stay put."
Flashback
Play "Fish Out of Water"
Buford sat in the bathtub and allowed Biff to swim around in it.
When I'm soaking in my bath
I dump you in the tub
Buford imagined himself and Biff swimming under the ocean together.
There's no need to say another word
You had me at "glub"
Another time, Buford was throwing snowballs with Biff. Buford never questioned how Biff was able to throw snowballs from inside his bowl.
Your bowl became my world
So my world is empty now
Buford always took Biff with him to school. He fed him bread crumbs during lunch period.
All my love's caught in your filter
It needs to get to you somehow
They say that there's plenty of fish in the sea
No matter where Buford was at, he'd never let Biff out of his sight. He even had Biff sleep next to him every night.
But you're the only one for me
Without you, I'm a fish out of water
I'm hooked, please throw a line to me
End "Fish Out of Water"
End of Flashback
Buford's cries were only getting louder.
"We gotta find that fish, and fast," Phineas said.
"Yeah," Django agreed. "I don't know how much longer I can handle it."
"Need I remind you that Buford just lost his first friend?" Baljeet scolded. "Show him some respect!"
No one noticed Candace sneaking into the room and snapping a photo.
"Hey, I got something," Isabella said as she looked at the radar.
"Alright," Phineas said. "It's time for a swim."
"You found my friend?" Buford asked. "How about a hug?"
Most of the kids left the room. Baljeet stayed put.
He approached Buford. He hesitated. After a few seconds, Baljeet hugged Buford.
Buford froze. He couldn't cry. He couldn't speak. He felt all warm inside.
After a few seconds, Buford did the first thing he could think of. He hugged Baljeet back.
After that, Phineas, Ferb, and Buford put on some scuba gear, then got out of the submarine.
They grabbed onto the dolphins' fins and they were carried into a cave.
After a while, Buford found Biff.
"Biff!" he called out. "Come to Buford!"
Doof led Perry to the balcony.
"So, Perry the Platypus," he announced. "Allow me to introduce the Media Erasinator, patent pending, Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. It will erase all video signals, print ads, photographs, basically it will erase any image in the entire Tri-State Area, and I will be able to attend my reunion without any embarrassment."
Perry noticed the remote controlling the trap hanging out of Doof's pocket. He swung his hat off, and hit the remote. It fell out of Doof's pocket and onto the floor. It shattered upon impact, releasing Perry.
Before Doof could process what just happened, Perry jump-kicked him.
"Hey guys, he remembers me," Buford smiled.
"It seems so," Phineas sarcastically remarked.
In actuality, Biff looked like he didn't care.
Buford put Biff back in his bowl.
"There you go," he said. "Let's go home."
The three headed back to the submarine.
No one noticed the tentacles emerging from the cave.
The group made it back to the surface.
"I got my Biff back, thanks to you," said Buford. "I'm so happy, I could cry."
Two large tentacles emerged from the water and grabbed Phineas and Ferb.
"Buford, a little help here?" Phineas asked.
Buford screamed and got back on the ship.
"Oh, good, you found Biff," Isabella said before getting grabbed.
"Hey, where are Phineas and Ferb?" Django asked before he was also grabbed.
"What is going…" Baljeet was about to ask before he was grabbed as well.
Buford huddled in the corner. He kept a firm grip on the fish bowl.
"It's all suction cuppy and scary," Buford cried as he tightened his grip.
After a while, he felt the fish bowl slip out of his grasp. When he opened his eyes, it was gone. He watched in horror as Biff was taken away again.
"No!" he screamed.
"Huh, a giant squid," Phineas remarked. "What are the odds?"
"My money is on the squid," said Django.
"Cut me off a slice of that action," said Isabella.
The squid prepared to eat Biff.
"Hey, squid!" a voice shouted. Everyone turned to see it was Buford. "Drop the goldfish! You and me are gonna dance!"
The squid dropped Biff and prepared for an epic duel.
Unfortunately for it, Buford was able to knock it out in just one punch.
"I guess that's that," said Phineas. "Good day for you, huh? You got Biff back and conquered your fear of squids."
"Alright, nothing to see here," said Buford. "Everybody, back inside."
Candace popped out.
"That was amazing," she said. "And the best part is, I got it all on film."
Everyone got back inside.
"I must admit, you were brave out there, Buford," Phineas admitted.
"You saying I wasn't brave before?" Buford reacted.
"Not at all," Baljeet assured. "You were just a lot more sensitive."
"What did you say to me?!"
Buford stuck his finger up Baljeet's ear.
"Buford is back," Phineas smiled.
The submarine sank back under the water. Candace held her camera as high above the water as possible.
"Gotta save the camera," she repeated to herself as she swam back to shore.
The submarine returned to the dock. Baljeet peeked his head out.
"Yay, we're back!" he cheered.
Buford pulled him back down.
"I told you, I'm coming out first," he said as he climbed out. "Biff and I have some catching up to do."
Candace made it back to shore, somehow without dropping the camera. She grabbed a bike from a nearby bike rental place.
"Hey, you gotta pay for that!" a worker called out.
Candace turned around to pay for the bike.
The Media Erasinator started going willy-nilly. It fired beams in all directions. They erased whatever images they hit.
One of those beams hit a stop sign. Multiple cars came in all directions and crashed into each other. One of those was a large truck that tipped over and hit a nearby water tower.
Candace finally made it home.
"Finally," she said. "Those boys are so…"
Before she could finish, she and the camera were drenched.
Perry noticed the machine was about to explode. He grabbed a random piece and used it to glide away.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof shouted.
Agent P
Linda was busy cleaning the house when Candace entered.
"Candace, why are you wet?" she asked.
"Phineas and Ferb… submarine… evidence gone…" Candace muttered.
"I don't have time for this. Dry up before you come in."
Phineas and Ferb entered the house.
"Hey, sis," Phineas greeted. "Have a good swim?"
Candace groaned.
Notes:
After spending three days editing the previous chapters, it's nice to finally get back to updating.
This was one of the more interesting episodes of season one. It showcased Buford's more vulnerable side and even gave him a small bit of character development.
While in the actual episode, everyone was completely apathetic and were only helping Buford so everything can "go back to normal", here, Baljeet does show some sympathy, calls out everyone else's apathy, and gives Buford the hug he was denied in canon.
I was considering having everyone give Buford a group hug, but I scrapped it because I realized that's too much development in too little time. Here, it's just Baljeet that hugs Buford so their particular relationship can develop a little bit.
Also, in this universe, it was Suzy who tried to eat Biff, not that random one-off character. This would explain Buford's fear of Suzy. I wasn't kidding when I said I'd give that plot point a more serious role.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 20: Leave the Busting to Us
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 20
Leave the Busting to Us
Candace was watching the TV trying to find something entertaining. It wasn't working well for her because she couldn't take her mind off of one thing. Her brothers.
Ever since the summer started, every day has played out exactly the same. The boys build something, Perry disappears, Candace tries to bust the boys, the item disappears before Linda comes home, Perry returns, and Ferb says some random one-liner that ties in to whatever conversation he and Phineas are having. Candace's life was just a bad sitcom.
"Do you live in the Danville area and want to bust your brothers?" asked an announcer on a TV commercial.
That peaked Candace's interest.
"Yes yes," she replied excitedly.
"Then call now and you can be on the next episode of… 'Bust 'Em'."
Play "Bust 'Em" Theme Song
When you're bothered by your brothers
And you can't convince your mother
And you don't think you can take another day
Don't swear cause they got your back against the wall
And you think you tried it all
There's a number you should call to throw them underneath the bus
Just leave the busting to us
End Theme Song
Candace dialed the number on screen.
"Hello, Bust 'Em?" she said. "Do I have a show for you?"
Outside, Phineas and Ferb were standing in the backyard.
"Bright, clear, and sunny," Phineas said before he licked his finger. The saliva evaporated in an instant. "Yep, it's gonna be a hot one. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
"Well, I'm off to my cooking class," Linda told the kids. "You kids keep cool today."
Right after Linda drove away, a large truck pulled into the driveway.
"Good, our stuff is here," Phineas said.
"Already?" Candace reacted. She then noticed another vehicle with the 'Bust 'Em' logo on it pull up as well. "You boys keep doing whatever."
Phineas has a bad feeling about this.
"That seemed oddly out of character," he said. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry entered the bathroom and put on his hat.
Perry
Perry turned on the shower. He allowed himself to be sent down the drain.
It led him to his secret lair. He quickly dried up before sitting down.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "It's a beautiful day in the Tri-State Area, just the kind of day that makes Doctor Doofenshmirtz a little verklempt. That's why your mission is…"
The signal faded.
All Perry could hear from there was, "Sky… weather… rain… Doofenshmirtz. Uh, we're breaking up. Let me call you on the landline."
The landline rang. Perry answered.
"So, just to recap," came Monogram's voice. "Sky, weather, rain, Doofenshmirtz."
Perry saluted.
"Are you Candace?" the host asked.
"Yes," Candace replied, a bit nervous.
"Get in. We're from the TV show."
Candace got in the van.
"My name is Lulu Jones and this is my assistant, Fifi," the host introduced.
"So you think you can bust my brothers?" Candace asked.
"She's so cute, isn't she, Fifi?"
"Yes, she is," Fifi replied.
"You see, Candace, busting is my middle name," said Lulu. "It's actually my name, Lulu 'Busting' Jones. I was born for this job."
"You have no idea what my brothers are capable of," Candace warned.
"Believe me, I know. That's why I created this show. My brothers used to drive me crazy. Let me tell you a story, the story of BUST and THEM. BUST fights THEM, THEM fights back, it's the age-old struggle, but in the end, THEM always wins. Oh wait, BUST always wins. Point is, I feel your pain. Mom never believed they were the ones breaking the plates or scratching the records."
"My brothers don't break plates or scratch records."
"Whatever they're doing, we'll get them. Our crew has cameras covering every square inch of your backyard. Basically, if a squirrel breaks wind, we'll have it on tape."
Lulu gestured to the monitors. They were all static.
"Fifi, none of these cameras are working," Lulu scolded.
"Actually, camera eight is working fine," Fifi corrected.
Camera eight showed a squirrel breaking wind.
"Your show must be very popular, huh?" Candace asked.
"I mean, we're having some problems with our ratings right now," said Lulu. "Our station is threatening to pull the plug, but with an episode like this, it'll never happen. Gimme one."
Lulu brought out her fist. Candace didn't know what that meant.
"A what?" she asked.
"A 'Bust 'em'!" Lulu explained.
Candace fist-bumped Lulu.
"Bust 'em, bust 'em, bust 'em!" they both cheered.
"They might be done anyway," Candace said.
"Done with what?" Lulu asked.
"It's different every time. I'll show you."
Lulu didn't know what she was expecting to see in the backyard, but it definitely wasn't what she was seeing at that moment.
"So, what are we supposed to be looking at?" Fifi asked.
Candace pointed at the contraption. The moment Fifi laid eyes on it, she collapsed.
"So, what do you think?" Candace asked.
"I think we have our very special episode!" Lulu shouted.
The thing Phineas and Ferb built was a giant water slide in the backyard.
"Hey, Candace!" Phineas greeted from above. "What do you think of the water slide?"
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry tried to swing in through the open window, which Doofenshmirtz was conveniently standing next to.
Except it wasn't a window. It was just a portrait.
The real Doofenshmirtz appeared at the actual window.
"Ha, Perry the Platypus!" he laughed. "I can't believe you fell for that fake window trick!"
Doof was proven wrong when Perry swung in through the real window and kicked Doof in the nose. He quickly looked out to see that the first Perry was a fake.
"I can't believe I fell for the fake Perry the Platypus bit," he said. "That was pretty good, Perry the Platypus, I'll give you props for that one."
Doof gave Perry another tally mark on the board to add onto his millions of points.
"You might be wondering about that hat," Doof said as he gestured to the hat he was wearing. "It's part of my new magic kit. Ever since the seventh grade, I wanted to be a magician. It was a pretty tough road.
Flashback
Back in the seventh grade, Doof did a magic show in front of a small audience.
His first trick was pulling the rabbit out of the hat. Instead of a rabbit, a skunk came out. The skunk sprayed everyone in the crowd.
The second trick was guessing the card chosen by a lucky contestant. Instead of a card, he grabbed another skunk.
By the time Doof got to the third trick, everyone already left, leaving him tied up.
End of Flashback
"I guess my dreams faded into sepia tone somewhere along the way," Doof said. "Oh, Perry the Platypus, your shoes are untied."
Perry looked down at his feet. The floor around him closed, trapping him in a cube.
"Before you go, I'd like to introduce you to the Gloominator 3000!" Doof announced. Perry's trap shook. "What's that? Is that morse code or, 'Oh, that sounds manly and threatening? What does it do?' I'll tell you if you stop bugging me. With this, I will launch thousands of weather pellets into the atmosphere, thereby plunging the Tri-State Area into a new ice age, but before I do that, I shall finally make Perry the Platypus disappear!"
Doof covered Perry's trap in a tarp, then removed it. Much to his surprise, it actually disappeared.
"Huh," he remarked. "I guess I should've stuck with the magic business after all."
Candace saw Phineas, Ferb, and their friends getting on a large raft.
"Hey, Candace," Phineas said. "Wanna be part of our maiden voyage?"
"There is no way I'm gonna be your guinea pig!" Candace yelled.
"Candace, we need you to get on that ride with this secret camera," Lulu said as she gave Candace a helmet with a not-so-secret camera. "Go get that footage and leave the busting to us."
Candace got on the raft with everyone else.
"Okay, make sure your life vests are safely fastened," Phineas said. "Oh, and in case we capsize, your seat cushions can function as a headstone." Phineas noticed Candace's helmet and took it off. "And it's better you don't have any electronics on the ride."
Before Candace could protest, the raft was launched high into the air. They landed on a small slide that carried them slowly and steadily.
"Come on, that wasn't too bad, was it?" Phineas asked.
"Actually, it kinda was," Candace admitted.
Before she could say anymore, the raft reached the end of the slide, where they fell towards a spiky pit.
Surprisingly, all the sharp objects were fake. They just bounced off of it and landed safely in the backyard.
"It's over, right?" Candace asked.
Everyone laughed at Candace's question, except Ferb, who kept his straight face like always.
Before Candace could ask why the kids were laughing, they were all ejected from the raft.
Play "Gotta Make Summer Last"
The kids flew into a volcano. They all landed on separate slides.
Summer, I love summer
Give me that summer time
Candace managed to stop herself at the edge of the slide. She sighed in relief.
Then the kids hit her from behind.
Summer, every 86,400 seconds that pass
I gotta make summer last
End "Gotta Make Summer Last"
The kids landed in a large pool.
"Wanna go again?" Phineas asked Candace.
"Are you crazy?!" Candace screamed.
Lulu stepped in and covered Candace's mouth.
"She'd love to," she said before turning to Candace. "We need that footage if you want to bust them. We disguised the camera this time. Don't lose it."
Lulu put a cowboy hat on Candace's head. This time, the camera was better hidden, though the lens was still shown.
Doof got on a hot air balloon and took off. He inserted a couple of pellets into the Gloominator and launched them into the air. They formed a small tornado.
"Perfect!" he said. "Now for the real thing."
Doof inserted more pellets into the machine.
Perry climbed out of Doof's hat and jumped onto the pellets.
"Perry the Platypus?" Doof reacted.
Perry launched a rabbit out of the hat. Doof smiled.
"Bobo the Bunny, where have you been?" he asked. "I've been looking for you since the seventh grade."
Perry launched even more rabbits out of the hat. Their weight brought the balloon down.
Meanwhile, a farmer and his wife were at an empty bunny farm.
"I can't believe you bought a bunny farm and didn't buy any bunnies," the wife chastised. "What did you think, a bunch of bunnies would just fall out of the sky?"
Right as she said that, she got buried in bunnies.
"Looks like someone owes me an apology," said the farmer.
"So, Lulu, did we get any footage?" Candace asked.
"Did we?" Lulu replied as she gestured to the monitors. All of them had footage of the water park in all its glory. "Now we need you to call your mom for the big confrontation scene and I'll call the station manager."
Candace called Linda. It only took one ring before Linda answered.
"Hey, Candace, what took you so long?" she asked.
"Let's just say, this time, it's gonna be different," Candace replied.
"Sir, you should come over here right away," Lulu said to her manager on the phone. "This will be our best show ever, I guarantee it!"
Doof was continuing to run from Perry. At some point, Doof found a bike and grabbed it, not caring that it belonged to a kid.
Perry noticed a nearby girl skateboarding. He offered her twenty bucks in exchange for the board. The girl accepted the deal with no hesitation.
"This is great," said Lulu. "I can smell that second season pickup."
They heard the sounds of a biker and skateboarder passing by.
"What was that?" Lulu asked.
When the girls weren't looking, a tornado popped up and destroyed the water park.
Right after that happened, Linda and the station manager arrived.
"Candace, what's going on?" Linda asked. "Who are these people?"
"Mom, we're gonna be on TV!" Candace explained. "I can finally prove everything!"
"I'm talking ratings dynamite, sir," Lulu told her manager as she led him to the backyard. "Tell me that's not ratings dynamite!"
"That's not ratings dynamite," said the manager. "That's a suburban backyard."
"I don't understand!" Lulu shouted. "Where did it go?"
At this point, Candace was unfazed.
"Welcome to my world," was all she said.
"Wait, the tapes!" Lulu shouted. "The evidence is in the van!"
The two fist-bumped each other and cheered, "Bust 'em, bust 'em, bust 'em!"
The two ran to the van.
"Do you get that a lot?" the manager asked Linda.
"Pretty much every day," Linda replied.
"How can you put up with it every day?"
"You get used to it."
Candace and Lulu ran to the curb, only to realize the van wasn't there.
Doof drove the Bust 'Em van to get away from Perry.
"So nice of them to leave the keys inside," Doof said.
Perry continued to chase Doof until he reached a red light. Doof ran the red light, while Perry stopped.
"That's what you get for being a goody two-shoes!" Doof shouted. "Now I can get away!" Doof realized too late that he was driving into a tornado. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Perry skateboarded back home.
Agent P
"Hey, boys," Linda greeted. "Did you stay cool today?"
"Hi, Mom," Candace muttered, knowing what would happen next.
"Hi, Mom," said Phineas.
"Oh, there you are Perry."
"Oh, there you are, Perry."
"And Ferb says…"
"And that is why I'll never wear suspenders in public," Ferb said.
"And now for snacks?" Candace asked.
"Why don't you kids come in for some pie?" Linda asked.
"Sure, I could use some."
Later, Candace and Lulu were sitting in the backyard eating some pie.
"Now welcome to my world," Candace told Lulu. "How's that pie?"
Lulu gave a thumbs-up.
Doof was still flying around the tornado. He was getting dizzy.
"Wait, I think I'm supposed to turn into the skid," he realized.
Doof tried just that. Good news, he was out of the twister. Bad news, he was falling at over a hundred miles an hour.
The same farmer and wife from earlier were now at an empty car store parking lot.
"I can't believe you sold our lucrative bunny farm and bought a van rental place, and you didn't buy a single van!" the wife yelled. Right as she said that, a van was coming down from the sky. "Not one word."
CRASH!
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 21: Traffic Cam Caper
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 21
Traffic Cam Caper
The Flynn-Fletchers were having dinner. They were having one of their normal family discussions.
"But Mom, Phineas and Ferb really built a giant escalator to the moon!" Candace yelled.
"Last I checked, the backyard was completely 'moon-elevator' free," Linda argued calmly.
"It's true," said Phineas. "Ferb really did the whole 'one giant step' thing. Check out this moon stuff we brought back."
Phineas showed some moon rocks while Ferb showed the American flag that was placed on the moon.
"You kids are so adorable," said Lawrence.
Candace groaned. "You don't believe it? I'm so over this."
"Oh, Candace, revel in your brothers' imagination," said Linda. "It makes life so much more fun."
"Pushing the boundaries of time and space can really make a guy tired," Phineas admitted as he and Ferb yawned.
"See? How fun is that?"
The kids headed upstairs to bed.
Lawrence looked through his mail.
"I got a traffic ticket from that camera they installed across the street," he said. "That blasted device picks up everything on the block 24 hours a day."
Candace was intrigued. She peaked downstairs to listen in.
"Doesn't it run out of tape?" Linda asked.
"No, it's on a compressed CD thingamabob," Lawrence replied. "It can store months of digital video."
Candace looked out the window. She saw the camera Lawrence was referring to.
"Gotcha," she smiled.
Perry was asleep in the boys' room.
His peace and quiet was interrupted when he heard his watch vibrate. He covered it so the boys wouldn't hear. He quickly jumped into a magician's hat.
He flew out of another magician's hat in his lair. A woman in a blue dress appeared and pointed at Perry like he was an act in a magic show.
Monogram and Carl watched from the screen and applauded.
"Excellent trick, Agent P," Monogram complimented before getting down to business. "Sorry to interrupt you at this late hour, but we're about to give you the most important mission of your career. Our computer indicates that a city security camera located near your hideout has recorded your comings and goings as a secret agent. It is crucial to the agency's security that you get those recordings and bring them back to HQ for special disposal."
Perry left the base and found the camera. He prepared to climb the lamppost and grab the disc.
He was interrupted when he noticed Candace leaving the house with a ladder in hand.
She set the ladder near the camera, and climbed it. She looked around to make sure no one was looking. Once she confirmed the coast was clear, she ejected the disc.
"I'm just borrowing this," she said.
Perry sighed in exhaustion.
Candace entered her room and turned on her laptop. She inserted the disc. The footage that played was everything she hoped for.
The elevator to the moon.
The backyard beach.
The roller rink.
And that was only the tip of the iceberg.
"Can it be?" she asked herself before noticing Perry right next to her. She was too excited to mind. "Perry, it's so beautiful!"
Phineas and Ferb entered the room.
"Candace, you okay?" Phineas asked. "Your muffled emotion woke us up. Whathca watchin?"
"Just a little summer mini-series called evidence!" Candace replied as she showed the footage.
"Wait, this isn't an attempt to bust us, is it?" Phineas asked, suspicious.
"No," Candace lied.
The boys gave Candace a glare signifying they didn't believe her. She knew she had to think of something. The first thing that came to mind was when the boys themselves tried to prove that the escalator to the moon was real.
"Well, think of it this way," she said. "You can prove to Mom and Dad that those moon rocks you collected were real. Mom would be so impressed knowing what you boys accomplished."
This was enough to convince the boys.
"Alright," said Phineas, though he still sounded a bit skeptical. "Let's show her then."
The boys left the room to find Linda. Candace stayed behind.
"Oh, Perry, Perry, Perry," she said, not noticing Perry getting closer and closer to the computer. "I will remember this night always. Just think, on this very computer are the deliciously incriminating images from the CD I borrowed that will finally bust my brothers."
Candace laughed a maniacal laugh. That's when Linda came in.
"Candace, what's this about?" she asked.
"Mom, I finally have…" Candace was about to say.
"Not this again. Can this wait until morning?" Linda headed to her room.
"How's seven o'clock sound?" Phineas asked.
"And you two, out!" Linda yelled.
Phineas and Ferb entered Candace's room.
"We're gonna pencil her in for 7:30," Phineas said.
"Nine!" Linda said.
"Okay, make that nine."
None of the kids noticed Perry sneak out the window.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated… after hours
Perry knocked on the door to Doof's apartment. After a while, Doof answered.
"Perry the Platypusss, one sec," he said as he removed teeth blockers from his mouth. "What? The pressures of an evil life. I need a grind guard. Wait, why are you here? I don't have an evil plan until tomorrow."
Perry ignored Doof and ran inside. Doof did not take kindly to that.
"Okay, come on in," he said, sarcastically.
Perry pushed a button on the wall. A door opened to reveal a ten-foot tall robot that looked like a normal human man in a suit.
"Hi, I'm Norm," it introduced itself.
"That's it?" Doof asked. "You just want to borrow Norm, my giant robot henchman? Fine, knock yourself out. I'm going back to bed. Just so you know, he's a little low on oil, oh, and I don't want to see one scratch on that machine."
Perry gave Doof a thumbs-up in assurance before climbing into Norm's chest cavity.
"Hey, Candace, Ferb wants to make a full presentation for Mom," Phineas said. "Can we borrow the CD?"
"No way, Phineas!" Candace replied. "There's no way I'm letting this baby out of my sight! This is the happiest moment of my life, and there's nothing you creeps can do to take it away from me!"
Right after she said that, a giant robot opened the roof and took the CD.
"Hello, children," it said. "I'll take that! My name is Norm!"
Norm stomped away from the house.
All three kids were dumbfounded.
"What was that?" Candace asked.
"I don't know," Phineas replied.
"Keep it down!" Linda yelled.
"So, you didn't make that?" Candace asked in a softer voice.
"No, but I want one," Phineas replied.
"But that thing ran off with the disk."
"Don't worry. We'll get it back."
"Wait, you'll willingly help me bust you?"
"Sure, as long as we get something out of it. Plus, battling a giant robot. How cool is that?"
"Excellent."
The kids got on their bikes and biked after the robot. Unfortunately for them, Norm had rocket boots.
Play "That's How The Animals Go"
Meanwhile, at the base of OWCA, the Organization With Cool Animals, Monogram was passing the time by playing guitar.
Monogram:
And the kitty goes
Agent K meowed.
And the owl goes
Agent O hooted.
And the doggy goes
Agent D barked.
And the turkey goes
There was no response.
"Sir, we lost Agent T last November," Carl said.
"Oh, right," Monogram cringed before continuing the song.
And that's how the animals go, go, go
And that's how the animals go
"Okay, everyone," he said. "One more time, with feeling."
Pause "That's How The Animals Go"
Perry just finished refueling Norm. That's when he noticed something in the distance.
He looked through his binoculars to see his owners riding after him on a rocket bike.
He quickly got back in the cockpit and continued driving. He realized too late that he forgot to replace the oil cap.
The rockets broke off. Perry had no choice but to walk Norm the rest of the way.
After a while, he reached a bridge. It started to open up.
Ferb jumped onto Norm and tried to grab him. Norm simply shook him off.
Unfortunately for Norm, the bridge opened too much. He slipped and fell. He hung onto the edges with his toes.
Phineas saw his chance. He got onto the legs and grabbed the CD while it was hanging out.
Sadly, Norm completely fell. Phineas managed to jump onto the bridge, but he was hanging on the edge. To make matters worse, there was oil on the edge, making it more slippery.
"Candace, help!" he shouted.
"I'm coming!" Candace shouted.
Candace noticed that both Phineas and the disc were hanging on the edge. She knew she couldn't save both. Given the choice, she knew which one she had to choose.
Phineas couldn't hold on much longer. He was about to fall.
Thankfully, Candace grabbed him at the last second.
"Candace, you saved me," Phineas smiled. "But, what about the disc?"
"You may be a pain, but you're still my brother," Candace replied as she hugged Phineas. "Besides, we still have the rocket for evidence."
When she turned back, though, the rocket launched into the air and exploded.
That's when Ferb showed up flying on a propeller pack. He had the disc in hand.
"Alright, Ferb!" Phineas and Candace cheered.
To their shock, Ferb just flew away without saying a word.
"Ferb, where are you going?" Phineas asked.
Right after he said that, Ferb slid onto the bridge, covered in oil.
"What did I miss?" he asked.
"That was weirder than the giant robot," Candace remarked.
The Ferb with the disc took off his costume to reveal none other than…
Perry
He made it to headquarters without a scratch. Monogram and Carl were waiting for him.
"Ah, Agent P," Monogram said. "I assume your mission was a complete success?"
Perry showed the disc. He handed it to Monogram.
Monogram put a glove on before picking up the disc. He handed it to Carl, who picked it up using clampers. He threw the disc in the trash can.
Perry glared at Monogram and Carl for their overdramatic act.
"Agent P, you saved this organization," said Monogram. "If there's anything we can do for you in return, don't hesitate."
Perry grinned.
The next morning, Lawrence received a letter in the mail.
"I can't believe it!" he shouted excitedly. "My video traffic ticket has been cleared! I guess there is someone looking out for me!"
Continue "That's How The Animals Go"
Back at OWCA, Monogram was continuing his song.
Monogram:
And the chicken goes
Agent C clucked.
And the dog goes
Agent D barked.
And the worm goes
Agent W remained silent.
"Outstanding, Agent W," Monogram said ironically. Agent C tried to eat Agent W. "Agent C, don't do that."
And the new guy goes
The newly appointed Agent N, better known as Norm, sat down with a small fedora on his head.
"I'm Norm," he said.
"You know, it's weird that he's not an animal," Monogram said. "We should fire him."
"Already on it, sir," Carl said as he took out a pen and paper.
And that's how the animals go, go, go
And that's how the animals go
End "That's How The Animals Go"
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 22: Comet Kermillian
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 22
Comet Kermillian
"Isn't today great?" Candace asked. "It's so great!"
"Candace, what's got you in such a good mood?" Linda asked.
"Jeremy asked me to play croquet with him in the park."
"Well, be sure to be home in time for the barbecue," said Lawrence. "We're gonna watch Kermillian's comet fly past the earth."
"A comet?" Phineas reacted. "Cool."
"It only comes around every 73 years. We'll be barbecuing steaks for the whole neighborhood."
"Be sure to bring Jeremy," Linda teased.
"You had me at Jeremy," Candace said before blushing brightly. "I mean steaks! You had me at steaks!"
"Why's it called Kermillian's Comet?" Phineas asked.
"It was named after an ancient Danville astronomer, Augustus Kermillian," Lawrence explained. "It's been said that if you wish on a comet, your wish will come true."
"Wow, Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," said Phineas.
"By the way, where is Perry?" Lawrence wondered.
"Agent P, sorry to disturb you," Monogram told Perry through the family TV. "But we have an emergency. We've just been informed that all the steaks in the Tri-State Area have disappeared. This has Doofenshmirtz written all over it. Give him the smackdown, Agent P. The fate of the world rests entirely in your hands."
Right as Perry went out, Lawrence came in. He overheard the 'fate of the world' statement.
"The fate of the world?" he asked.
Monogram quickly came up with a cover.
"Uh, welcome to our telethon," he said. "If you're joining us, your dollars are helping us find a cure for… antidisestablishmentarianism."
"Goodness me, that sounds dreadful," Lawrence said as he sat down.
"Oh, it is. It makes you look pale and weak like this young lad." Monogram pulled Carl into the camera view.
"Poor thing, look at that." Lawrence quickly realized something. "Wait a minute. Antidisestablishmentarianism? That's more of an ideological stance than a disease."
"Well look at that." Monogram pushed Carl away. "Seems they just found a cure. Thanks to all the viewers who donated. Bye, now."
The screen went static. That's when Linda arrived.
"Honey, you ready to go?" she asked.
"Yes," Lawrence replied. "Did you know they found a cure for antidisestablishmentarianism?"
"Great. I can finally take off this puce ribbon."
Candace made it to the park. She saw Jeremy waving at her.
"Hey, Candace," he greeted. "You remember my little sister, Suzy?"
Suzy appeared from behind Jeremy. She stared at Candace with an evil grin.
"I thought it was just gonna be us," said Candace
"Well, my folks told me to keep an eye on Suzy for the afternoon," Jeremy explained. "Who's my favorite girl?"
"I am, I am!" Suzy cheered. "Would you show me how to play croquet?"
"Sure thing."
Candace noticed a pie on the picnic basket and picked it up.
"Is this homemade?" she asked.
"It is," Jeremy replied. "My mom made it. I'll get some plates and napkins."
"Well, tell her that it's just…"
Before Candace could finish, Suzy hit the ball with her croquet stick, hitting the pie and causing it to hit Candace in the face.
"So, we meet again, Candace Flynn," she said menacingly. "There's only room for one girl in Jeremy's life, and that's me. Oh, and here he comes now."
Jeremy arrived and saw the mess Candace was in.
"Candace, what happened?" he asked. "Here's a napkin."
"I don't know what happened," Candace quickly lied.
"That's fine. Want a soda?"
"Yeah, that'd be great."
Right as Jeremy turned around, Candace felt herself get sprayed by soda. Once the spraying stopped, she opened her eyes to see it was Suzy's doing.
"Candace, there are some street performers over there that…" Jeremy was about to say before noticing what happened to Candace. "I'll get another napkin."
"These are some great blueprints for our giant observatory, Ferb," Phineas said. "First thing we need is a lens."
They managed to get a lens by taking a giant pair of glasses from the roof of a glasses store.
After that, the boys tested a laser cannon in the observatory. The beam reflected off of the walls until it got a strand of Phineas' hair.
"Cool, new hairdo," he said.
It took a bit longer than usual, but the boys finished building the observatory.
"Hey, Phineas," came Isabella. "Whatcha doin?"
"Ferb and I are building a giant observatory to watch Kermillian's Comet tonight," Phineas replied.
"Sounds like fun."
"We're gonna put on a laser light show, and as a grand finale, we're gonna laser our faces into the comet, that way when it comes back in 73 years, we can all show our grandchildren. Oh, and my parents are cooking steaks for everyone."
"You had me at our grandchildren."
"What?"
"I mean steaks! You had me at steaks!"
Linda and Lawrence headed to the butcher shop. They saw a sign that read, 'WE HAVE NO STEAKS'.
"No steaks?" Linda reacted. "Let's try uptown."
Candace, Jeremy, and Suzy were walking around the park after a game of croquet.
"Want to see those street performers?" Jeremy asked.
"Sure," Candace replied.
"I'm gonna grab some snacks. I'll meet you over there."
"Okay. Come on, Suzy." Candace realized Suzy was missing. "Suzy?"
Elsewhere, an elderly lady was feeding some squirrels. That's when Suzy approached her.
"Hello," she greeted. "Could I have some nuts to feed the squirrels?"
"I'd love to, but I only have one left."
"That's fine." Suzy made a mischievous smile. "I only need one."
The woman was terrified seeing Suzy smile like that. She gave her the nut.
Suzy gladly took the nut and walked away.
She found Candace looking for her. She quickly showed the nut to some nearby squirrels, then used her croquet stick to send the nut into Candace's pants. The squirrels followed the nut.
The squirrels fought for the nut inside Candace's pants. It was the most unpleasant experience for Candace. She rolled around and screamed in pain.
Play "S-I-M-P"
Nearby, some street performers were starting a song.
Now somebody, anybody, everybody scream
Candace screamed louder than she ever screamed before.
"There are squirrels in my pants!" she cried.
To everyone in the area, they saw Candace's moves as just a unique dance.
"That girl has some serious squirrels in her pants," one performer said, assuming the statement was a metaphor.
Tell me what's makin' you jump like that
S-I-M-P, squirrels in my pants
Ain't got no chickens, ain't got no rats
S-I-M-P
, squirrels in my pants!
S to the I to the M to the P
Then maybe you can be moving like me
Step right over and watch me put it down.
S to the I to the M to the P
Step right over and watch me put it
S to the I to M to the P
Jeremy started dancing along. Others followed not long after.
Who you got back and watering your plants?
S-I-M-P, squirrels in my pants
How can I qualify for government grants?
S-I-M-P, squirrels in my pants
Hypnotize me, put me in a trance
S-I-M-P, squirrels in my pants
Got an Aunt Florence living in France
She can't see the squirrels in her pants
Step right over and watch me put it down
S to the I to the M to the P
Step right over and watch me put it
S to the I to M to the P
By this point, the squirrels managed to find their way out of Candace's pants. She didn't realize this, and she still danced around like they were still there.
If you wanna know how I'm doin' this dance
S-I-M-P, squirrels in my pants
There's somethin' in my trousers, you know it ain't ants
S-I-M-P, squirrels in my pants
Yeah, proletariat and bourgeoisie
Baby, you don't need an academic degree
Everybody's smellin' my pot-pourri
S to the I to the M to the P
Step right over and watch me put it down
Squirrels, squirrels (S to the I to the M to the P)
Step right over and watch me put it
Down, down on the ground
'Cause you know I got it goin' on
S to the I to the M to the P
S to the I to the M to the P
If your pockets are empty get a cash advance
S to the I to the M to the P
S to the I to the M to the P
If you're losin' your hair, get yourself implants
If you're wrestlin' a bear, then you ain't got a chance
Old Uncle Freddy just rages and rants
Ain't about love, ain't about romance
I got squirrels in my pants
End "S-I-M-P"
It was right after the song ended that one of the performers realized, "Wait a minute. She had actual squirrels in her pants."
"We just got served," said the other performer.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
"One second please," Doof said before answering the door.
He was wearing a purple and orange bathrobe, as well as glasses with steak lenses.
"What are you looking at?" Doof asked as if nothing was amiss. "Oh, wait, these? These are my latest invention, steak specs. I came up with the idea after your constant visits."
He took off his specs to reveal that his eyes had been getting swollen because he was constantly kicked in them.
"With these on, you don't have to constantly hold a steak to your black eyes," he explained. "I plan on mass-producing these. I'll make millions! Let me show you."
Doof led Perry inside, revealing a large steak containment unit.
"I've stolen all the steaks in the Tri-State Area and I keep them here in my Steak Containment Unit, or SCU for short," he explained before noticing Perry wander off. "Wait, what are you doing?"
Perry removed a tarp to reveal something much bigger than steak-lensed glasses.
"That's just a heat ray in case I want to do something later," he said.
Back at the park, Jeremy noticed an ice cream cart nearby.
"Why don't you stay with Suzy while I buy some ice cream?" he suggested.
Remembering what happened earlier, Candace wasn't gonna take her chances.
"No, you stay with Suzy, I'll buy ice cream," she said.
Unfortunately for Candace, Suzy was expecting that.
When the time was right, Suzy hit the croquet ball once more. Candace stepped on it, slipped, and fell into the cart.
The cart slid down a set of stairs, passed the street performers from earlier, onto a mime, then onto a tree. To make matters worse, the squirrels fell from the tree and crawled right into Candace's pants.
Candace would never learn how she made it out of there alive, but she did, and with a fudgie bar no less. She managed to walk all the way back to Jeremy.
"Here you go," Candace said. "All they had was fudgie bars."
"Candace, what happened?" Jeremy asked.
"There were so many of them. The horror."
"Maybe you should sit down. Now, tell me what happened again."
"I know something that'll make you feel better," said Suzy. "Say hello to Mr. Chipping."
Suzy showed a squirrel that she managed to capture. Candace screamed and tried to back away.
"Get that thing away from me!" she demanded.
"Candace, it's just a squirrel," Jeremy assured.
"That's not the one I'm talking about!" Candace ran away.
This left Jeremy confused and concerned. "What happened to her?"
"I don't know, but these violent moods are probably a sign of deeper emotional imbalance," said Suzy.
"What?" Jeremy asked.
"Ha, bubble!"
"Ladies and gentlemen," Phineas announced to a crowd of kids, including Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django. "Welcome to the Ob-Ferb-atory! Step this way, please. Single file line. The laser show will begin momentarily. Please, no flash photography." Once everyone was inside, Phineas contacted Ferb. "Alright, Ferb. That's everyone. Kill the lights."
In the amphitheater, the lights cut out, and a large screen turned on, depicting outer space.
"Space, it's really big," Phineas said on a speaker. "It's filled with planets of all shapes and sizes, and millions of shiny stars. It also has many comets flying through it, including one named after the ancient Danville astronomer, Kermillian."
Phineas was lowered onto the stage via a rope controlled by Ferb. Django noticed where Ferb was controlling the rope. He couldn't help but find it cute.
Wait, what am I thinking? he thought to himself. Do I…
Outside, Candace returned home to see the large dome.
"What's going on?" she asked herself before realizing exactly what was going on. "Phineas, Ferb!"
"And now, behold…" Phineas said. "Kermillian's Comet!"
The roof opened to reveal the comet. The screen zoomed in so the kids could get a better look.
Ferb pushed a button. A laser fired from the observatory. It carved the boys' faces onto the comet.
That's when Candace came in.
"Phineas, you guys put your face on a comet?" she asked. "I'm telling Mom."
"Good idea, Candace," Phineas said sarcastically. "She's definitely gonna hate it."
Doof noticed Perry typing on his computer.
"You're not trying to hack into the ray-gun system, are you?" he asked. "What am I worried about? You'll never guess my secret password."
"Doofalicious, access granted," said the computer.
"Okay, that's enough," Doof said as he tried to take the computer.
Perry was faster, though. He grabbed Doof's hands and flipped him over.
"System overload," the computer said.
The inator fired lasers everywhere. Doof quickly started running to avoid the beams.
The observatory got hit with multiple lasers. The place shook. The kids thought it was all part of the show.
"Ferb, easy on the lasers!" Phineas yelled. "We still have an 8:30 show!"
Phineas finally felt the shaking. He realized this was something else.
"Can I have everyone's attention?" he said to the crowd. "Please don't panic. We're experiencing technical difficulties. Please head to the nearest exit in a calm, orderly…" Phineas almost got crushed by a giant piece of debris. "Okay, now you can panic."
The kids all hurried to the exit.
Once they all made it out, they noticed one giant laser hit the observatory.
"Ferb, what's happening?" Phineas asked. The observatory exploded. "That was… so cool!"
The kids cheered.
Another one of the inator's lasers hit the SCU.
Perry put on his jetpack and flew away.
"Hey, get back here, Perry the Platypus!" Doof demanded before getting distracted by the smell of steak. "Ooh, something smells delicious."
The SCU exploded, sending steak flying everywhere.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus," Doof muttered.
Linda and Lawrence returned home, frustrated.
"I can't believe there wasn't a single steak," Linda said.
"Mom, Dad, Phineas and Ferb carved their faces on a comet!" Candace shouted.
Linda and Lawrence looked up at the comet. They couldn't see any faces from where they were at.
"Candace, I don't see any faces," said Lawrence.
"You can only see it from the observatory!" Candace explained as she opened the gate. There was no observatory. "B-b-but."
"I'm sorry, kids," said Linda. "We searched the entire town but couldn't find a single steak."
"Ah," the kids whined.
"I even brought my own plate," said Buford.
"At least we can enjoy Kermillian's Comet together," said Lawrence.
"Yeah, before it disappears for another 73 years," Phineas added.
"Well then, when I'm eighty-eight, you two are busted," said Candace.
"Actually, you'd be 88 ," Ferb corrected.
"Whatever!"
"Well, honey, make a wish," Lawrence told Linda.
"I wish we had steak," Linda said.
"Me too," Buford added.
Right after he said that, some steak fell onto his plate.
"I didn't think that would work," Linda admitted.
That's when Jeremy showed up.
"Candace, you okay?" he asked.
Candace smiled and blushed.
"You came to check on me?" she asked.
"Of course," Jeremy replied, blushing a bit. "So, that's Kermillian's Comet. Did you make a wish?"
"Yes." Candace took Jeremy's hand.
"And did it come true?"
"It just did."
Suzy tried to hit Candace with the croquet ball again. This time, though, her efforts were in vain. She got covered in multiple steaks.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 23: Unfair Science Fair - Part 1
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 23
Unfair Science Fair - Part 1
"What should we do today?" Phineas wondered as he and Ferb scrolled through a list of ideas. "Build an underwater skate park? Sounds wicked. Fly with rocket-powered bat wings? Awesome. Teach Perry tricks? He's just a platypus. They don't do much."
Perry chattered.
That's when Isabella came in.
"Hey, Phineas," she said. "You might wanna check on Baljeet. I was walking by his house and heard him scream, 'Aiee! I'm doomed to be an incomplete flunky forever, ever, ever, ever!' I added the echo part."
"It sounds pretty serious," Phineas said.
The boys went to Baljeet's house.
"Baljeet, it's Phineas and Ferb!" Phineas called. He found the door to Baljeet's room. He opened it to reveal it was completely dark. "Why are all the lights off?"
"Darkness is a shroud that hides my shame," Baljeet replied.
Phineas turned on the light. "Hey, why don't you tell us what's going on?"
"Because of the seventeen summer-school classes I am taking, I qualified for the science fair, so I decided to design this."
Baljeet showcased the blueprints. Phineas and Ferb were impressed.
"A portal to Mars?" Phineas reacted. "Cool."
"No, not cool!" Baljeet snapped. "When I showed it to my teacher, he said, 'Well, this is very creative, but unless you can make a working model, the best I can give you is an A-minus.' That would be the worst grade of my life."
"Why don't you just build one?"
"I'm not mechanically inclined like the two of you. To truly understand my predicament, I feel it would be best expressed in a song."
Play "Baliwood"
Baljeet:
From the mountains of the Himalayas
To the valleys of Kashmir
My forefathers and their forefathers
Knew one thing very clear
To be a great success in life
You have to make the grade
But if I cannot build a prototype
My dreams will be pureed
Pureed, pureed
Phineas:
I know what we're gonna do today
Ferb and I are on the case
We'll help you build your prototype
You won't be a disgrace
Baljeet:
Good
With your mechanical inclinations
And my scientific expertise
We're a team that cannot be beaten
Phineas:
Wait, something just occurred to me
Where's Perry, where's Perry?
End "Baliwood"
"Did you have him when you came over?" Baljeet asked.
Perry walked to a bookshelf. He put on his hat and pulled a certain book.
A drawer opened up. Perry jumped into it.
Perry landed in his lair. What he saw next was shocking.
Monogram was putting on his hair.
"Oh, Agent P," he said as he quickly finished putting it on. "It appears that Doofenshmirtz has made some rather unusual purchases of chicken wire, three metric tons of baking soda, and lederhosen. You know, those weird bib-shorts that make you look like a walking cuckoo clock? Man, he is one sick puppy."
Perry left to do his mission.
Meanwhile, Candace was in her room scrolling through her list of contacts.
"Let's see, who should I call first?" she wondered. "How about Jeremy?"
Candace dialed the number. After a ring, she heard Jeremy's voice. "Hey, it's Jeremy. You know what to do after the…"
The phone beeped before the sentence was finished.
"Hey, it's Candace," Candace said. "Just seeing what's going on today. Call me back if you want to. Okay, bye." She hung up. "That never gets easier. That's okay, I can just call Stacy. She's probably been waiting by the phone all morning."
Candace tried calling Stacy. After one ring, Stacy's voice said, "You reached Stacy's mobile. Leave a message, and I'll get back to you."
"Hey, it's Candace. Call me!" Candace hung up again. "That's weird. Who else can I call? I know. Jenny. I haven't seen her since the boys built a beach in the backyard."
Candace dialed the number. Like everyone else before, Jenny's voice said, "Leave a message, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible."
Candace was getting tired. All she said was, "Call me."
Candace laid on her bed and sighed.
"Where is everyone?" she wondered. "Are they all having fun without me?" She sat up. "So, all my friends need time to themselves, huh? Well, not without me, they're not."
Candace went to the Slushy Burger at the mall. She asked the manager about Jeremy's whereabouts.
"I've been looking for Jeremy too," he said. "I need him to work tomorrow. Our fry guy just defected over to Taco Teepee." He shook his fist at the stand across from the Slushy Burger. "You win this one, Cooks With Grease!"
Candace headed back to her neighborhood to search for her other friends. That's when her phone vibrated. She opened it to see she got a text from Stacy.
'CYL BFF S.'
"What is this?" Candace asked, before instantly jumping to conclusions. "'Candace, you loser, bad friendships fail, Stacy.'" Candace sighed. "It feels like I don't exist anymore, like I'm a nobody. I wish I could go to some cool faraway place and start over."
That's when Candace noticed the boys' bikes.
The boys just managed to get the parts for the portal. They started bringing the pieces in.
Baljeet tried to nail two pieces of wood together. He didn't know why, but it wasn't working.
Phineas took Baljeet's hammer and turned it around.
Phineas rolled the circular piece into place. Ferb used a drill to screw it still.
Phineas did a bit of calculations so the portal would aim for Mars.
Baljeet once again struggled with a tool, this time, with a wrench. Once again, Phineas had to turn it around for him.
After a while, the portal was finished.
"You're all set for tomorrow, Baljeet," Phineas said.
"Inside I am thanking you a thousand times," Baljeet said. "Even though on the outside, I remain quite frugal."
That's when Candace came in.
"What are you boys up to?" she asked.
"We just built a portal that will teleport you to a cool, faraway place," Phineas replied.
"That's all I needed to hear. Candace Flynn is out. Peace."
Candace walked through the portal.
"Welcome to Mars," Phineas said.
It took a second for Candace to process that. "Wait, what?"
That's when the portal closed.
"No, the portal is broken," Baljeet cried. "Now I will never get a good grade and…" Baljeet turned to see the boys glaring at him. "There's also your sister who is stranded on a distant barren planet."
"Don't worry, we can fix it," Phineas assured. "Candace is probably screaming our names as we speak."
"Phineas! Ferb!" Candace screamed. "You guys are so busted! Now I truly am alone!"
Candace noticed a Mars rover. That gave her an idea.
Meanwhile, at the NASA base in Houston, a scientist was monitoring everything the rover was recording.
"AAAH! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" he screamed. He didn't notice the teenage human girl waving at the rover's camera. "I HAVE BEEN STARING AT RED ROCKS FOR TWENTY YEARS! THAT'S ALL THERE IS ON THAT STUPID PLANET! THERE IS NO LIFE ON MARS! I'M SHUTTING THIS PLACE DOWN! GAME OVER!"
The scientist shut down everything.
Candace noticed the rover powering down.
"Stupid rover!" she shouted as she kicked the rover. "You're not gonna ignore me, too! Take that, you unmanned exploratory vehicle! That's what I thought!"
That's when this tiny green creature with three eyes stacked on top of each other appeared. Candace backed away in fear.
The creature made weird noises. More creatures exactly like it appeared from behind the rocks. They all surrounded Candace and lifted her into the air.
"What are you doing?" she reacted. "Put me down!"
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry climbed onto the wall. He used a blowtorch he stored in his hat to burn a hole. He then did his usual grand entrance. He saw what looked like Doof drawing a blueprint.
"Perry the Platypus, what's up?" he said. "Oh, are you here to…? No, no, no. I'm running a bit behind. I'm still in the middle of basic plotting and scheming. Plus, I can't give you my evil scheme monologue because I write that last. That's how I roll."
Perry was about to leave. Doof had to think of something.
"Wait, you can help me, that way I can finish faster, and you can defeat me faster," he said. "It's a win-win. Let me grab my coupons. We'll start shopping for supplies."
Meanwhile, Phineas, Ferb, and Baljeet just finished rebuilding the portal. All they had to do now was open it at the right place.
The first place shown was Venus.
The second one was Earth during prehistoric times. Phineas managed to switch it before any dinosaurs could come out.
Then, the boys saw themselves with a portal to Mars.
"Hey, just watch us and you'll fix the portal!" said future Baljeet. "Also, gesundheit."
Present Baljeet sneezed right after his future self said that.
Luckily for the boys, their fourth attempt was a success.
"It worked!" Phineas cheered. "Okay, give us twenty minutes to find Candace, then open up the portal."
The boys walked through the portal.
"Please be careful," said Baljeet. "I still need your help for the science fair tomorrow."
The portal closed right after Baljeet said that.
The boys noticed the broken rover.
"It looks like Candace was here," said Phineas. "Good thing you brought your tools, Ferb. Hey, I have an idea."
The Martians led Candace to their small civilization. They set her down on a chair.
"What's going on?" she asked right before one of the Martians gave her a crown. "Oh, you're making me your ruler?"
Candace's hopes were confirmed when the Martians brought out a table filled with lots of different cuisine.
"Cool," Candace said. "Let's get this party started. Crank the tunes." The Martians stared at her in confusion. "You know, music. You don't know what music is? It's like this."
Play "Queen of Mars"
Candace grabbed one of the Martians' antenna and played it like a guitar string. The others quickly followed suit. They used their teeth like piano keys and their ears like bugle horns.
"Now you're getting it," Candace said.
Candace:
I was just a lonely girl
Looking for a little fun
Thought without a friend in the world
I was forced to find a new one
Now I'm the queen of Mars
I was invisible on Earth
It only took a magic portal to Mars
To give me some self-worth
You put a crown on my head
And you all seem to worship me
Well, you don't understand a word I said
Still you treat me like royalty
'Cause I'm the queen of Mars
I was invisible on Earth
It only took a magic portal to Mars
To give me some self-worth
Phineas and Ferb, now riding a rebuilt rover, heard the song.
"Woo-hoo!" Phineas cheered. "Follow that music, Ferb!"
End "Queen of Mars"
You are much more attentive than my friends on Earth, Candace said. "And better at building statues of me." She gestured to the statue of her face they carved on the surface of Mars. "Come on, let's walk and talk. Of course, I'll do most of the talking."
As Candace and the Martians were walking, they saw another rover. The Martians spoke gibberish, but Candace could tell they were begging her to destroy the rover. She reluctantly obliged, making them all cheer.
That's when Phineas and Ferb arrived on their rover.
"Candace, we're here to rescue you," Phineas said.
"Why would I go back to being a nobody when I can be the queen of here?" Candace asked.
The Martians quickly surrounded the boys.
"Candace, what are they doing?" Phineas asked.
"Ignore them, they're harmless," Candace assured. "Hey, why don't you hang out a while so you can tell everyone how popular I am?"
Meanwhile, Doof and Perry reached the grocery store. Doof pushed a cart while Perry rode on the baby seat.
"Let's see," Doof said as he handed Perry a list. "You take the list and cross things off as we go. Should we get something for later, like one of those big pickles or a three-bean salad?"
Doof hit another cart. When he looked, it was Monogram pushing the other cart and Carl riding in the driver's seat.
Monogram backed away. Perry and Doof looked at each other, confused.
"Well, that was awkward," Doof said.
Candace sat on her throne trying to mind her own business. It was hard to do when the Martians were constantly staring at her with those creepy smiles.
"I'm gonna go for a walk," she said as she tried to walk out. She was stopped when the Martians came to her with another rover to destroy. "Not now, guys. I would just like to go for a walk again."
That's when she heard a car pull up. She turned around to see it was just Phineas and Ferb.
"Guys, what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Ferb just explained to the Martians how we got here," Phineas explained. "He speaks Martian. They're really excited about the idea of a science fair."
Phineas gestured to nearby, where some nearby Martians were setting up a Science Fair stand.
Candace rolled her eyes. "Figures. I'm the queen of little green nerds. Can you tell them I want a little time to myself?"
Ferb spoke in Martian. One of the Martians replied.
Ferb turned to Candace and said, "They say, 'Fine, but not without them.'"
"Okay, just because I need to do things without you sometimes doesn't mean I don't like you," Candace assured the Martians before she realized, "Wait, that's exactly what I assumed about my friends. Oh, I'm an idiot."
The Martians surrounded Phineas and Ferb.
"It appears the Martians are blaming us for you wanting to leave," Phineas assumed.
Candace hurried onto the rover. "Quick, get in!" The boys got onto the rover. Candace turned to the Martians. "Queen Candace is out. Peace."
Candace drove away. The three looked behind them and saw the Martians merging into one.
"Candace, did you know they can do that?" Phineas asked.
"No, but get this," Candace replied. "They're bodies are musical instruments, yet they have never discovered music before. Martians are so lame."
"Candace, do you have your phone with you?"
Candace reluctantly handed the boys her phone. "Yeah, but I don't know what you want to do with it."
Phineas dialed a number on Candace's phone.
"Hello, Baljeet?" he said. "We kinda need you to open the portal now. They're gaining on us."
"How is it we have bars here?" Candace wondered.
The portal opened. The three siblings managed to make it through before the Martians could grab them.
"Thanks for helping me, Perry the Platypus," Doof thanked. "I usually hate shopping, but you make it fun."
Perry pointed at the large machine on the balcony. It took Doof a second to realize what Perry was pointing at.
"Oh, that's my first inator," Doof explained. "Good story. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow. I should probably get back to my latest evil scheme. So long, sucker!"
Doof slammed the door with his foot.
Candace quickly biked home.
"Mom!" she shouted.
"Hey, Candace," Linda greeted. "Where have you been? I want you to see my telescope."
"Telescope? Perfect!"
Doof looked at his inator.
"I don't even remember what this does," he realized. Doof pushed the button. It fired a laser into space. "Oh, that's what it does. No wonder I lost to a baking soda volcano."
Candace looked through the telescope. She could see Mars, and more importantly, her face carved onto the surface.
"Take a look at Mars," Candace said. "Who does that look like?"
Linda looked through the telescope.
Unbeknownst to either of them, the laser from Doof's inator hit Mars, right where Candace's face was carved.
"Hmm, it looks like a Rhesus monkey with a powdered wig," Linda said.
Candace took one last look at the face carved on Mars. It did look like a monkey.
"B-b-but," she stuttered.
Candace sat in front of the house and sighed.
"There you are," she heard a voice say.
Candace turned to see Jeremy, Stacy, and Jenny right there. She smiled and hugged all of them.
"There you are," she smiled. "Where have you been?"
"I was at the dentist," Jenny replied.
"I was taking my sister to the movies," said Jeremy.
"Didn't you get my text?" Stacy asked. "Call you later, best friends forever, Stacy."
Candace giggled in embarrassment. "That's what I thought it said. It's funny, I thought you were all avoiding me."
"Actually, I was avoiding you," said some random guy no one knew.
"Do I know you?" Candace asked.
"That's how great it's been working. Unknown guy is out. Peace."
Candace and her friends stared at the guy in confusion and bewilderment.
To be continued…
Chapter 24: Unfair Science Fair - Part 2
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 24
Unfair Science Fair - Part 2
Phineas and Ferb headed to the mall. They saw Baljeet at the science fair with the portal to Mars.
"Wow, Baljeet, you already set up," Phineas said, impressed.
"I have been here since midnight waiting for everyone," Baljeet said. "I cannot stop smiling. I have cramps in my cheeks."
"Here, let me help you." Phineas shook Baljeet's cheeks until the cramps faded. "There you go, buddy."
Baljeet sighed with relief. "Now I'll just hang out here and 'be cool' until my teacher gets here." Baljeet's wide smile returned. "Oh no, it is happening again."
Meanwhile, Candace was watching Jeremy through her binoculars. He was making a corn dog.
"Oh yeah," she smiled. "No one makes a corn dog like you."
"Hey, Candace," Jeremy said. "Nice binoculars."
Candace laughed nervously. "Yep, these are definitely working. I just bought these from my dad and was, you know, making sure they work. You can see really far away or really up close."
Candace got distracted by the help wanted sign. Jeremy noticed this.
"Hey, you should apply," he suggested. "We could work together."
"You mean side by side?" Candace asked. "I would…"
Before Candace could finish that statement, a girl around Candace's age got in front of her. Her name was Wendy. She had short, black hair with a blue headband over it. She wore a blue shirt, blue overalls, basically everything she wore was blue.
"Hi, I'm really motivated," she said. "Like, really positive, really high energy, and would like to apply for the job."
"Excuse me," Candace said. "I'd also like to apply for the job."
"Well, ladies, I'm afraid I only have one opening," the manager said. "How about a competition to see who gets the job?"
"Sounds great," Wendy said as she offered her fist to Candace. "Good luck." Candace tried to fist-bump, but Wendy moved it away. "Too slow. I think I'll call you Molasses."
"Well, I think I'll call you… slower than molasses," Candace said. "This isn't part of the competition, is it?"
Perry found Doof driving into a parking garage. He quickly flew over to Doof's truck on a jetpack and climbed in through the open window.
"Oh, Perry the Platypus," Doof said. "Welcome to my Truck of Doom." He pushed a button, causing Perry to get trapped in a baby seat. "I suppose you're wondering why I'm wearing lederhosen. I got the legs for it. Anyway, it'll all be come clear soon enough."
"Hey, move it!" a voice from behind shouted.
Doof looked out the window and stared at the driver behind him.
"Look, wise guy!" he shouted before realizing it wasn't a guy. He turned back to Perry, embarrassed. "Her voice was so masculine and growly. I thought she was a man."
Doof turned back to see the woman staring right at him. He tried to shut the window, but she was able to stop it by just grabbing it. She then brought out her fist.
Doof kept driving. Now he had a black eye.
"Not one word," was all he said.
Doof reached his destination, the science fair. Many Elementary School kids were in line with their respective projects.
"Great, a line," he said before noticing the kid in front of him. The kid was holding what looked like a model of a planet. "Brother, what is that? A model of Pluto? You know that planet doesn't exist anymore, right?"
That's when a guy around Doof's age approached him.
"Thanks for holding my model, brother," he said. "Now, what was it you were saying about Pluto?"
"I was saying, uh…" Doof realized he made a huge mistake, but by then it was too late.
Before he knew it, Doof had a second black eye.
"You might be wondering why I'm putting myself through all this," Doof said to Perry. "When I was young, I entered a science fair with my very first inator. I wasn't very clever with names yet, it was just, you know, 'Inator'. Just as I was about to demonstrate my invention to the judges, a kid with a baking soda volcano stole the show. The next year, I tried again with my even bigger Inator, and again, my thunder was stolen by a baking soda volcano. I had enough of science. I decided to devote my life to poetry, yet curiously, I still lost to a baking soda volcano. Never again!" Doof removed a tarp to reveal a big volcano. "Behold, the world's large baking soda volcano! I mean, it's gotta be the biggest one here, right? I'm confident I'm gonna win."
"Next!" the runner of the fair called.
"That's me," Doof said.
Doof approached the runner with his volcano.
"Aren't you a little young to be entering this science fair?" the runner asked.
"No, what makes you think that?" Doof reacted. "Look at me, I'm wearing lederhosen."
The runner looked at Doof skeptically. "Alright, go ahead."
"See, I know what I'm doing," Doof whispered to Perry.
"Hi, Mr. McGillicuddy!" Baljeet greeted his teacher.
"Well, I see you built yourself a prototype," said Mr. McGillicuddy. "But the question still remains? Does it work?"
"Of course it works," Phineas said. "Baljeet, fire it up."
The boys put on some sunglasses as Baljeet pulled the lever. On the other side of the portal, Mr. McGillicuddy saw Martians doing their own science fair.
Needless to say, Mr. McGillicuddy was beyond impressed.
"Baljeet, you just validated my entire career as an educator," he said. "You get an A-plus-plus-plus! I'm gonna get the judges!"
Mr. McGillicuddy gave Baljeet a piece of paper with the A-plus-plus-plus on it.
"Soon, I will show them the havoc created when an acid and a base combine!" Doof said. "But first, I gotta find an outlet. There's a nice little laser show that goes along with it."
Doof found an outlet that was being used. He quickly unplugged the other plug so he could plug his in.
Mr. McGillicuddy returned with the judges. He pulled the lever to activate the portal. Nothing happened.
He noticed the setting was on low. He thought turning it up to high would fix it. It didn't.
"Uno momento," he told the judges before running off.
"Who's up for corn dogs?" one of the judges asked.
The three judges walked off.
"I wonder what's wrong with the portal," Phineas said.
"No matter," said Baljeet. "I never cared about winning. I just wanted a good grade."
"Ah. Well, who's up for corn dogs?"
"Me!"
"Girls, your first job is to cover these dogs with ketchup and mustard," the manager told Candace and Wendy. "I'll be back in a bit to check your work."
The moment the manager was gone, the girls' smiles faded. They stared at each other like it was an old western duel.
They grabbed their containers and aggressively sprayed their dogs with ketchup and mustard.
After a while, it stopped spraying.
"No fair, I'm out of ketchup," Candace said before accidentally spraying Wendy. "Oops. Now I'm out of ketchup."
Wendy decided two could play at that game. She sprayed Candace with her mustard.
"Oops, now I'm out of mustard," she teased.
Candace sprayed Wendy with relish. "Now I'm out of relish."
Wendy grabbed a ranch container and crushed it with a tray. The ranch sprayed all over Candace.
Candace threw pickles in Wendy's eyes.
Mr. McGillicuddy continued trying to turn on the portal. He realized it was unplugged.
Perry managed to get out of the carseat, at the cost of all the hair on his lower half.
Doof slowly poured some vinegar from a large bottle into the volcano.
Unfortunately for him, Perry tackled him, resulting in him spilling Vinegar all over himself.
"Ew, gross," he whined. "I smell like salad."
Mr. McGillicuddy realized the portal wasn't plugged in. He noticed a nearby high voltage outlet. He plugged the portal into that outlet.
Mr. McGillicuddy opened the portal.
Doof slipped and fell into the volcano. It started to shake and swell. Doof knew where this was going.
"Say goodbye to this pair of lederhosen," he said to himself.
The volcano exploded, sending Doof flying.
Fortunately for him, he got caught in a beam that kept him still.
Unfortunately, that beam sucked him into a portal.
The judges returned right as the portal disappeared.
"Now what was it you wanted to show us?" one asked.
"It was just here," said Mr. McGillicuddy.
"Come on, let's find a real winner."
"But it, but it, but it."
A little girl wearing a backpack with four mechanical arms arrived at the scene.
"Excuse me," she said. "Am I too late to enter?"
"Are those mechanical arms?" asked a judge.
"Why yes. I used them to build this baking soda volcano."
"A baking soda volcano? Cool. First prize."
The manager returned to see the mess the girls were in.
"Given how you used most of the condiments to dress yourselves, neither of you get the job," he said.
"Snail, I'll call you snail!" Candace said to Wendy.
"Good one," Wendy admitted.
Meanwhile, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Baljeet were enjoying some corn dogs.
"I can't believe you built a portal to Mars and didn't use it," Isabella said.
"Oh we did," Phineas replied.
"But that's another story," Ferb added.
That's when Perry arrived.
"Oh look," Phineas said before singing aloud, "There's Perry."
Doof found himself on Mars, surrounded by Martians.
"Where am I? What is this?" he wondered. One of the Martians approached him with a crown. "Oh, you're going to make me your king? Okay, if you must."
Unfortunately, the Martians were actually giving the crown to a nearby baking soda volcano. Doof was beyond livid.
"Oh, come on!" he screamed.
Notes:
Two more chapters, and Season 1 will finally be over.
Anyway, this episode was switched up a bit. Mainly, the events of Candace becoming the queen of Mars was the first part, while the science fair was the second part in this version, instead of the other way around, like canon. It's a very simple reason. This story explains the summer in chronological order, or at least my best attempt at one. Since the Mars stuff canonically takes place before the science fair stuff, it made sense to swap them.
This episode also showcases that Phineas and Ferb have grown quite a bit. Helping Baljeet with the portal was the first time they used their inventions for something selfless (One Good Scare, Bottom of Buford, and Traffic Cam Caper don't count because they had selfish reasons behind their selfless actions. In the former's case, Phineas wanted to get rid of Isabella's hiccups just so he wouldn't have to deal with them, in the middle's case, the boys were only helping Buford because they didn't want to put up with him crying, and in the latter's case, they wanted to prove that they weren't lying to their parents even if it was at the cost of helping Candace get them in trouble).
Anyway, not much else to say here, so since I'm here, I might as well mention some stuff from the other chapters I neglected to mention in those episodes.
Yes, I did change the name of the organization Perry works for from "Organization Without a Cool Acronym" to "Organization With Cool Animals". I felt it makes sense since it's an organization with animal agents, and it proves you can make a cool acronym out of OWCA, or at least try to.
And Comet Kermillian is the episode where Django realizes his crush on Ferb. The next chapter will put a bit more focus on that factor.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 25: Out to Launch
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 25
Out To Launch
"It's another gorgeous summer day here in the Tri-State Area," said the announcer on the radio. "Have you asked a date to the Night of the Falling Stars Girls' Choice Dance yet? It seems Danville's gone star crazy waiting for the meteor shower tonight."
"A meteor shower?" Phineas asked. "How cool is that? Just think, somewhere out in space, there's a bunch of asteroids headed right for Earth."
"Hey, boys," Lawrence called as he came out. "There you are. Look what I got for you online."
Lawrence showed the boys a 'star certificate'.
"Cool, you named a star after us," Phineas said.
"You're not the owners of a little piece of the universe," Lawrence remarked.
"Did you get one for Candace, too?"
"I did, although she doesn't really care about this stuff. Anyway, they're practically giving them away online. Do you know it's even more exciting than the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889?"
Linda came out, having heard the conversation.
"Those corny history references made me fall for him in the first place," she said. "Vivian and I are off to her Mah-Jong tournament. Have fun, boys."
Linda left. Lawrence and the boys waved goodbye.
"Well, what am I doing standing here when I could be out buying more stars?" Lawrence said as he went back inside.
"Ferb, now that we own a star, we should check it out," Phineas told Ferb. "How cool is space travel? G-forces, eating dinner out of a tube, going to the bathroom without going to the bathroom, not to mention weightlessness. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
At the mall, Candace saw Jeremy sitting with some friends. She approached him.
"Jeremy, I was wondering…" she said before hesitating. It took a second for her to get her courage back. "Would you like to go to the Night of the Falling Stars Girls' Choice Dance with me?"
"With you?" Jeremy reacted with uncharacteristic malevolence. "You've got to be kidding me."
Jeremy started laughing at Candace. It didn't take long for the boys at his table, as well as everyone else in the mall to laugh as well.
It felt like everyone in the world was laughing at Candace. After a while, everything around her exploded.
"And that is why I can't ask Jeremy to the dance," Candace said to Stacy on the phone.
She was actually in bed imagining that scenario.
"You realize that's a worst-case scenario, right?" Stacy asked.
"But that could happen," Candace retorted. "What if he says no? What if he laughs in my face?"
"You can't let fear ruin your life. Jeremy likes you. He's not gonna say no. Now, I'm gonna hang up, and when I do, I want you to call Jeremy. Don't man the phone, girl. Phone the man."
Stacy hung up right after she said that.
"Yeah, I'm not gonna let fear ruin my life," Candace decided.
She dialed the number. She laid down. She waited for Jeremy to answer.
After a while, Jeremy's voice came. "Hello?"
Candace tried to speak, she really did, but she couldn't figure out the right words to say. After a while, she hung up.
"Yeah, I can't do it," she said to herself.
Play "Let's Take a Rocket Ship to Space"
Ferb ran on a large hamster wheel. The bolts keeping the wheel together came off, and it rolled away.
Let's take a rocket ship to space
I hear it's a real swinging place
Phineas rode on a playground merry-go-round. Buford was there spinning him very quickly. He couldn't keep his grip on the handle for very long. He was sent flying miles away.
There isn't much air or gravity there
The boys enlisted the help of the Fireside Girls to put a rocket together.
The stars will make your heart race
After creating their first rocket, the boys tested it out. The rocket took off, then it swerved, crashed, and exploded.
Let's take a rocket ship to space
The boys tried using a different equation for their second test.
Let's take a saucer to the stars
Look out moon, move over Mars
The second rocket didn't lift into the air at all. It just came tumbling down.
The Martians all rock to Basie and Bach
So bring your maracas and your jazz guitars
Let's take a saucer to the stars
The boys changed the equation once more. The third rocket just exploded.
Let's take a rocket ship
A crazy three-stage rocket ship
The boys finally realized the true mistake of the equation. The result was the square root of a bomb. They changed it so the result was the square root of a smiley face.
Let's take a rocket ship to space
End "Let's Take a Rocket Ship to Space"
Django entered the backyard, having noticed the rocket ship. He saw Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and the Fireside Girls standing in front of a small shed.
"Hey," he greeted. "Whatcha do…"
Isabella elbowed Django.
"Whatcha doin?" she asked the boys.
"Come in here and we'll show you," Phineas replied.
The boys and Isabella's troop entered the shed. Django and Isabella stayed behind.
"Isabella, about the whatcha doin back there…" Django was about to say.
"Up up up," Isabella interrupted. "We'll talk about it later."
The two entered the shed. They were both impressed by how big it appeared on the inside. It looked like a real Mission Control station.
"Wow, those boys really know how to maximize space," Django remarked.
Isabella found Phineas talking to Ferb. She approached him.
"Hey, Phineas, I was wondering…" she was about to say.
"Hey, Phineas," came one Fireside girl, Katie. "Can you sign some liability waivers?"
"Sure thing," Phineas replied. "Hold that thought, Isabella."
"Okay, sure," Isabella said sadly.
When it was go time, Phineas and Ferb came out of the house wearing space suits. Phineas carried Perry in his arms. Perry was wearing his own space suit.
The boys walked across the backyard slowly and dramatically. Isabella and Django were weirded out by it.
"Why are you walking so slow?" Isabella asked.
"Dramatic effect," Phineas replied.
The boys continued their slow and dramatic walk.
After what felt like hours, the boys were finally in the shuttle.
"You guys ready?" Isabella asked from the station.
"The star coordinates are pre-programmed," Phineas replied. "Let's light this candle."
"All systems go. Commence countdown."
An automated voice started to count down from ten. Once the timer hit zero, the shuttle started to shake…
Then it just stopped.
"Looks like we need a jump-start," Phineas said.
Stacy, what if while I'm asking him a satellite falls out of orbit?" Candace asked Stacy over the phone. She then noticed the rocket out the window. "Wait a minute. What's going on out there? I'll call you back, Stacy."
Phineas and Ferb just finished connecting the jumper cables from Linda's car to the rocket ship.
"Positive to positive, negative to ground, right?" Phineas asked.
Ferb nodded.
Candace came out, frustrated at what she was seeing.
"Brothers," she said to herself as she entered the shuttle. "Does every sister have to deal with this? No. Do I have to deal with this? Of course. You'd think I'd have better things to do and other things to worry about. Every single day is one thing after another, but do Mom and Dad see it? No. And another thing…"
Candace stopped herself when she realized the boys weren't in the cockpit. It was just Perry.
"Got the remote?" Phineas asked.
Ferb nodded and pushed the button.
The shuttle launched into the air, taking the car with it.
"Oops," Phineas said.
The boys entered the control station.
"Guys, I think you should see this," Isabella said.
The boys looked at the screen to see Candace being held against the wall, screaming.
"Candace, how'd you get in there?" Phineas asked.
"I can't hear you!" Candace shouted. "My cheeks are covering my ears!"
"We should probably go help her." Phineas snapped his fingers. "Good thing we built a backup rocket."
Phineas and Ferb led Isabella and Django outside to reveal a second shuttle. This one was painted pink, and had flowers all over it.
"Wow, you painted that?" Isabella asked.
"Actually, I did," Django corrected.
Isabella wasn't impressed. "Oh. Either way, it's pretty, I guess."
"We made this one so Candace could see her star," Phineas explained. "Don't know why she didn't choose that one."
Linda's car hit a satellite, causing it to disconnect from the ship.
Nearby, some astronauts were about to land on the International Space Station when the station wagon landed on the runway.
"It's bad enough that this happens on Earth!" one astronaut yelled. "Now space?!"
Phineas and Ferb got on board the second spaceship and took off.
Once they were close enough to the other ship, they could see Candace's face on screen.
"Hey, she's coming in," Phineas said. "Candace, don't worry. It's pre-programmed. As long as you don't start hitting buttons randomly, you'll be okay."
"I can't hear you!" Candace shouted. "I'm too busy hitting buttons randomly!"
Phineas sighed before he realized Perry wasn't on screen. "Candace, where's Perry?"
"I don't know. He must've gotten off before we launched."
Perry managed to sneak out of the cockpit. He put on a fedora over his helmet. He picked up a small tablet, where Monogram was calling him.
"Agent P, I have terrible news," he said. "It's Doofenshmirtz. He's built a space station and, due to budget cuts, we have no way of getting you into space."
Perry turned the tablet around, showing that he was in space.
"Agent P, are you in space?" Monogram reacted. "Nice work. You are always one step ahead. Your mission is to find Doofenshmirtz, and stop him."
Perry flew out of the airlock. He let go of the tablet, causing it to float away.
Perry
Candace looked at the radar. There were multiple red dots coming towards her.
"Guys, what are those things?" Candace asked.
"Yeah, those are asteroids," Phineas said.
"What? AAH!"
"Hold on, Candace, we're coming!"
Phineas and Ferb flew through the asteroid belt. They may have been on a mission, but Phineas couldn't help but feel a rush of excitement.
"This is just like Beggar's Canyon back home," he remarked.
The asteroids hit the engine on Candace's ship. She started plummeting down.
"Let's go get her," Phineas said as he rolled his eyes.
Perry looked around for Doof's station. It didn't take long to find it. The station appeared right behind Perry.
It was shaped like a giant, silver, robotic Doofenshmirtz, but without the legs.
A door on the stomach opened up, and the station scooped Perry inside.
Right after Perry was captured, he was frozen in a block of ice.
"Perry the Platypus, what are you doing here?" Doof asked. "I thought you guys were having budget cuts. Well, it just goes to show you. Hey, let's walk and talk."
Doof walked around the station, using a claw to carry Perry around with him.
"So you may be wondering why my station has two enormous arms," Doof said. "Well, you should be wondering why it has two enormous hands. See, during my teen years, I was very adept at hand shadows. It was great for entertaining at parties, and for meeting Frauleins. Then one day, there was a new puppeteer in town. We called him Huge Hands Hans because his name was Hans and his hands were huge. His puppetry was garbage, but unfortunately for me, it was good enough for my Fraulein. I never did a shadow puppet again, until tonight!"
Doof inserted his hands into two large gauntlets.
"When the sun rises in one hour," he said. "Then everyone in the Tri-State ARea will see my enormous hand shadows from the moon."
"Candace, you're in a decaying orbit," Phineas told Candace. "You just need to get to the spacesuit. It's on the hook behind you."
Candace saw the suit and put it on.
"Now walk over to the door," Phineas said. "And just open it and take a little spacewalk to our ship."
"What?" Candace reacted.
"There's nothing to be scared of."
"Of course there is. There's the never-ending, icy-cold, soul-sucking darkness of space."
"I'm hearing negative."
"There's no way I'm going out there!"
"We're just a few yards away! You can't let fear rule your life!"
"Of course I can! Fear is how we survive!"
"Candace, calm down and take Ferb's hand!"
"What?"
Candace turned to see Ferb was standing right there. She took his hand.
Ferb flew out of the airlock, taking Candace with him.
The two got back on the other ship.
"Thanks guys," Candace thanked.
"Mission Control, come in," Phineas called.
Isabella answered. "Hey, did you find Candace?"
"Yeah, and we're on our way home."
"Speaking of which, Phineas…"
An alarm blared in the shuttle. Phineas turned to see it was out of fuel.
"Hold that thought," he said. "I think we're out of fuel."
"What?" Candace reacted. "Then find some fuel."
"That won't be easy. We're stuck here in the middle of nowhere."
The three noticed that they were flying towards a bright light.
"What is that?" Candace asked.
"No idea," Phineas replied.
When the light faded, they saw a milkshake bar on a large floating rock.
"Wow, that was so bright I thought it was a star," Phineas said. "Maybe we'll find some fuel here."
The boys landed the shuttle. They then prepared to get off.
"Candace, are you coming?" Phineas asked.
"No, I'd rather stay," Candace replied.
"Are you sure? Ferb says the oxygen levels here are just like Earth."
Candace turned and noticed a weird alien creature entering the bar. "Yes, I'm sure. Just find some fuel, and get us out of here."
Django decided he waited long enough. He approached Isabella to confront her.
"Hey, remember when you said we'd talk about earlier 'later'?" he asked. "Well, this is later."
"I don't know what there is to talk about," Isabella said. "I just don't want you asking Phineas, 'whatcha doin?' That's my thing."
Django was starting to get frustrated. "And why is it wrong for someone else to say it?"
"It just is."
Django noticed the blush on Isabella's face. He realized what this meant. "You like him, don't you?"
Isabella finally snapped. "YES! I DO LIKE PHINEAS! HE'S MINE! YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!"
"Isabella, stop!" Django yelled. "I don't like Phineas, not like that. I… I like Ferb."
Isabella calmed down hearing that statement.
"You like Ferb?" she asked. "Sorry, I shouldn't have assumed."
Isabella offered her hand as a sign of wanting to start over. Django took it.
Phineas and Ferb entered the bar.
"Hi, I'm Phineas, and this is Ferb," Phineas introduced himself.
The person working at the bar gasped in excitement.
"Hey everyone!" he shouted. "It's Phineas and Ferb, the new owners!"
"What?" Phineas asked before Ferb showed him the certificate Lawrence got them. "Those coordinates are right here. This is our star. Wow, that sign really is bright."
"So now that you own the joint," the worker said. "What do you think of it?"
The boys looked around. The place was very run down.
"I have a few ideas," Phineas said.
Candace just admitted to Isabella and Django her fear of being rejected by Jeremy.
"You know that's a worst-case scenario, right?" Isabella asked. "But I feel for you. I've been trying to ask Phineas to that same dance all day."
"I wanted to ask Ferb too," Django added. "But I can't because it's a 'girls' choice' dance. Really stupid if you ask me."
Candace wasn't paying attention, though.
"Phineas, Ferb," she said to herself. "What's taking them so long? They were supposed to find fuel ages ago. Later."
Candace ran out of the shuttle. She noticed the boys' names at the bar's entrance. It didn't take long for her to put two and two together.
Candace cut in front of the long line. The guard stopped her.
"Stop, Phineas and Ferb don't take kindly to gate crashers," he warned.
"I'm no gate crasher," Candace replied. "I'm their sister."
"Sorry, honest mistake. You won't tell them that, right?"
The guard allowed Candace inside.
Play "Shooting Star Milkshake Bar"
Candace looked around the bar.
There was a band playing loud music. Patrons were dancing along. Phineas and Ferb themselves were shaking the milkshakes to the beat.
There's a jumping little rock in the outer spiral arm
May not be pretty, but it's got a lot of charm
It's a shooting star milkshake bar, yeah
It's not a nebula, it's not a quasar
It's a shooting star milkshake bar, yeah
At the speed of light, you know you're never too far
From the meatiest meteor you'll ever find in this big galactic void
You gotta shake, shake, shake your asteroid
Shake, shake, shake your asteroid
End "Shooting Star Milkshake Bar"
"Hey, Candace, guess what," Phineas said. "This is our star."
"I thought we were getting out of here," Candace said.
"Ferb and I thought we'd fix up the place. You know, pride of ownership, take a load off. Have a shake."
Candace begrudgingly took the shake Phineas offered her.
"I can't do it," said a voice next to Candace.
She turned around to see a blue alien boy leaning his head down.
"Uh, you okay?" she asked.
"No," the alien cried. "The bicentennial Taming of the Yarks Dance is tonight, and I want to ask the girl of my dreams, but what if she says no? What if she laughs at my face? What if her friends laugh at me?"
"Aren't you being a little over dramatic? I mean, what's the worst that could happen?"
"The entire planet could blow up."
"Please, you should just ask her."
"You do?"
"Really."
"Okay, here goes nothing." The alien turned around to reveal there was another face on the back of his head. "Sylvia, will you go to the dance with me?"
"Well, of course," Sylvia replied. "I've been waiting for you to ask me. I mean, even if you asked someone else, I'd still have to go with you."
"See, that wasn't so hard," Candace said.
"So?" Phineas asked.
Candace realized what Phineas was implying. "Oh, big deal. I learned that it'd be easier to ask Jeremy out if he was on the back of my head. Now, let's find some fuel and get out of here!"
"Wow, I just wanted to know if you liked the shake." Phineas turned to the previous owner of the bar. "You don't know where we could find some rocket fuel, do you?"
"Rocket fuel?" the guy asked. "It's all Ronaldo drinks."
He gestured to a nearby blue alien with three eyes. He wore no shirt, only pants.
"Only imported rocket fuel," Ronaldo corrected.
Meanwhile, the astronauts from earlier finally got the station wagon off of the runway. It was all for naught as an alien landed there on his UFO.
"Oh, come on!" one of the astronauts yelled as he threw off his helmet. He realized his mistake, but by then, it was too late. His face swelled. "Uh oh. I think I should head inside now."
After finally refueling the ship, the three siblings finally headed back to Earth. That's when the shuttle just stopped.
"What?" Phineas reacted. "I don't get it. We have plenty of fuel."
Ferb gestured to a screen that showcased the battery was worn down. Phineas got frustrated.
"Candace, did you use the video phone without the engine running?" he asked, barely keeping it together.
"Yeah," Candace replied. "Is that a bad thing?"
"YES!"
The sudden yell caused Candace, and even Ferb, to flinch. Phineas realized what he did.
"Sorry," he apologized, feeling a bit guilty. "I didn't mean to snap."
"Soon, Perry the Platypus!" Doof said. He didn't realize the sun was melting the ice keeping Perry frozen. "The sun will be at full strength, and my plan will come to fruition, unless it's overcast, in which case…"
Doof was interrupted by his alarm going off. He turned to the radar to see that a shuttle was flying in his direction.
"Why are so many people in space all at once?" he asked himself.
"You need another jump-start?" Isabella asked. "Candace, did you not have the engine on when you were using the video phone?"
"Am I the only one who doesn't know this?" Candace reacted.
"Any suggestions, Isabella?" Phineas asked.
"Sensors are indicating a massive power source in your area," Isabella said.
The trio looked around. They didn't see the massive space station behind them.
"Wait a minute, I see it," Phineas said, noticing Linda's car in front of them. "It's Mom's car! We're saved! Ferb, toss me the starter remote."
Ferb made a gesture that signified he didn't have it.
"Right, we left it at home," Phineas realized.
"What's a starter remote?" Candace asked.
"Well, legally, we're too young to start a car, so we get away with it by using a starter remote." An idea came to Phineas' mind. "Wait a minute. You have a learner's permit, so you can do the jump-starting."
"What? Can't you find some nuts and bolts lying around and rig up some kind of thingamabob?"
"Candace, we're just kids," Ferb said. "There are some things even we can't do."
Candace groaned. "Why am I arguing this? Just give me the suit."
Candace put on the suit. Phineas filled it up with oxygen, a little too much oxygen.
"Does this suit make my butt look big?" Candace asked.
"Yes, yes it does," Phineas replied bluntly.
"Don't worry, I can fix it."
Candace put her butt against the wall. It just moved the air from her butt to her hands.
"This is preferrable," she said to herself.
Candace jumped out of the airlock and floated towards the car.
"How'd it go again?" Candace asked.
"It's positive to positive, negative to ground," Phineas replied.
"What ground? We're in space."
"Ground means any metal."
"Then why do they call it ground?"
Meanwhile, Doof noticed an astronaut with large hands floating in space.
"Wait, why would an astronaut wear such big gloves?" he asked before he realized, "Wait a second, Huge Hands Hans! He found me! You're not gonna steal the show this time!"
Candace just finished connecting the first cable when she saw the space station reaching for her.
"What's wrong, Candace?" Phineas asked before noticing the arms. "Uh oh. Danville, we have a problem."
"Okay, girls, turn to the giant robot section of your Fireside Girls manuals," Isabella ordered her troop.
The girls did as they were told. Django was the only one dumbfounded by this.
"That is an oddly specific page," he remarked.
"Hey, you gotta be ready for anything," Isabella retorted.
The robot grabbed Candace.
"Isabella!" Phineas yelled.
"Got it," Isabella said. "According to this, you should get out of there."
"Great, but we have no power. She didn't connect the… wait. Candace, negative to ground!"
Candace realized what Phineas meant. She attached the negative cable to the metal of the robot.
That managed to jump-start the spaceship. It sped away, taking Candace with it. She quickly got in the car before she could fly away.
"No!" Doof shouted. "Huge Hands Hans is getting away! Not this time, freak fingers!"
Doof flew after the shuttle.
That's when he felt something fly against his face.
He realized it was Perry. His feet were released from the ice. He was using them to control the claw holding him.
Perry hit Doof again. His tongue got caught.
"Hey, that's not fair!" he shouted.
Perry hit Doof a third time. This time, the ice shattered.
"It's on now!" Doof said as he tried to punch Perry.
The space station tried to crush Candace. She narrowly evaded each blow.
"Isabella, I hate to bother you again," Phineas said. "The robot's gaining on us."
"It says they don't corner well," Isabella said.
Phineas realized they were heading for the asteroid belt. "Candace, fasten your seatbelt. We're taking a detour."
The boys swerved through the asteroid belt. The space station didn't. It got hit by all the asteroids.
Perry continued to beat up Doof. He then noticed that asteroids were tearing up the station. He quickly put on his jetpack and flew out.
"That's right!" Doof shouted as he peaked his head out of the hole. "Run away Perry the Scaredy…"
Before he could finish, his face swelled. To make matters worse, he got hit by another one of the asteroids.
A pizza delivery guy delivered a pizza to the Flynn-Fletcher household.
"And now, my good man," Lawrence said. "Your tip. Your very own star."
Lawrence gave the delivery guy a star certificate. He wasn't impressed.
"Uptown, they give quasars," he said.
The guy got back in his car and drove away.
The station wagon landed safely on the driveway. Candace got out of the car and kissed the ground.
"Oh, sweet land," she said. "I missed you."
The boys landed the ship in the backyard. Django, Isabella, and the Fireside Girls surrounded them and cheered.
"You were awesome," Isabella said. "Say, Phineas, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the Night of the Falling Stars Girls' Choice Dance with me."
Django approached Ferb.
"I know it's a 'Girls' Choice' dance, but I was wondering if you wanted to go with me, Ferb," he said.
"Ferb, what's our schedule like?" Phineas asked.
Ferb read through a book, then gave a thumbs-up.
"Okay, we'll both be there," Phineas said. "All four of us can go as friends."
Isabella and Django both looked at each other, mustering up the best smiles they could.
"Sure, no problem," they both said in unison.
Candace saw Linda being dropped off.
"Thanks for the lift, Viv," Linda thanked.
Candace noticed the shuttle was still there.
"Mom!" she called.
"Hey, sweetheart," Linda greeted. "Look at your outfit. Guess what? We won, but our grand prize was a star."
"Mom, that's great, but you gotta see something in the yard. Come on."
Candace ran into the yard. She saw the shuttle was still there.
"Mom!" she called.
"I'll be right with you," Linda said. "I'm just gonna pull the car into the driveway."
Linda turned on the engine. She failed to notice that one of the jumper cables was still connected.
The negative cable was connected to the metal roof of the control station.
When Linda turned on the engine, it jump-started the shuttle.
The shuttle launched into the air, taking the shed with it.
After Linda finally pulled into the garage, she came out.
"Now what was it you wanted to show me?" she asked.
"Just go make some pie," Candace sighed.
"How about a healthy fruit salad?"
Doof tried to get his space station on the move. It wasn't working.
"Curse this tin can," he said. "I'll need a jump-start."
A space shuttle flew through the station. It started plummeting down to Earth.
Phineas and Ferb approached Candace.
"Hey Candace," Phineas said. "We just wanted to thank you. We were in a pretty precarious situation up there. If it wasn't for your bravery, who knows what would've happened?"
"Really?" Candace asked. "You think I'm brave?"
"Are you kidding? Ferb was going on and on about it."
"Yeah, I was brave. I'm not gonna let fear ruin my life anymore. Now I gotta go. I have a mission to accomplish."
Right as Candace left, Perry arrived.
"Hey, Perry," Phineas greeted. "Where have you been?"
Jeremy was just sitting in the living room, minding his own business. That's when he heard a knock on the door.
Jeremy opened the door. All he could see was a silhouette. It startled him.
"Jeremy, will you go to the dance with me?" a deep voice asked.
Jeremy still recognized who it was. "Candace?"
Candace removed her helmet. "Yeah."
"I've been waiting for you to ask me. Only, is that what you're gonna wear?"
"Why? You like it?"
That night, at the dance, Candace and Jeremy were dancing together. They noticed shooting stars in the sky.
What they didn't know was that they weren't shooting stars. It was just parts of the space station plummeting into the water.
Doof managed to swim to the surface.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" he shouted. "And you too, Huge Hands Hans!"
Notes:
This was the penultimate episode of season 1. It was fun.
Firstly, Django was added here. Since it'd be boring to give Django nothing outside of his romantic relationship with Ferb, I decided to give him a bit of a dynamic with Isabella. It starts out as a rivalry as Isabella assumes that Django likes Phineas, and then calms down when she realizes that's not the case.
I would've had the conflict last longer, but in all honesty, love triangles aren't really my thing. I've only done it a couple of times, mainly because love triangles are stupid. They create unnecessary drama. A character can get together with one person, and it'll just be really annoying because you know it's not gonna last as said character gets together with another one.
The most egregious example of this is Star vs. the Forces of Evil. I went into the show knowing about how controversial Starco was. I can understand why. Marco x Jackie and Star x Tom had much more screen time together that it makes Star and Marco getting together in the end feel very forced. That's not even mentioning the whole Blood Moon Curse.
Anyway, what else should I talk about?
I know. One of the most recurring gags in the show is when Isabella asks Phineas, "Whatcha doin?" and gets upset when it's said by someone else, with the exception of Phineas. While it was played for laughs in canon, I decided to give it a more serious role here, as Django calls out Isabella's pettiness.
Also, there was the scene where Phineas yelled at Candace. It was a last minute idea, but I felt it made sense.
In case you haven't noticed, it's become a recurring thing throughout the chapters that Phineas sighs or rolls his eyes at Candace whenever she tries to bust them. It's part of a planned tension I have between them. Phineas resents Candace for constantly trying to bust him and Ferb. That resentment is only gonna get worse, as Phineas starts to lash out more and more until…
I'm getting too ahead of myself. I should stop here before I give anything away. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 26: At Last (End of Season 1)
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 26
At Last
Candace looked out the window. She felt relieved knowing the tower was still there.
"Oh, come on, Mom!" she said desperately. "We're coming down to the wire on this one!"
She heard the sound of a car door being slammed shut. She headed for the door. She then rechecked to see if the tower was still there. It was.
"Oh magical force who makes all things vanish before Mom sees them, knock it off!" she demanded.
Candace ran outside. She saw Linda holding a fishing pole with a live fish still caught in its hook.
"Thanks, Vivian," Linda said to the driver. "See you Tuesday for Totem Pole Carving."
"Mom, quick, look before it disappears!" Candace begged.
"Well, if it isn't the welcoming committee from…"
"No time for dry, witty remarks!" Candace grabbed Linda's hand and carried her to the backyard. "Move, move, move, move!"
Once they were in the backyard, Candace gestured to the tower. Linda didn't look, though.
"Don't you get tired of this?" she asked. "The same old routine every day? Doesn't it get… boring?"
Candace took a moment to process Linda's point.
"You're right," she admitted. "I guess it has gotten a little old. I just get so frustrated. I always come so close to busting Phineas and Ferb, but it ends the same way every single time. I say there's a massive thing Phineas and Ferb built right in front of me, but every time you look, you always say…"
"I… see it," Linda interrupted.
"There it is. 'I see it'... wait, come again?"
"I see it!"
"You mean, you see my point?"
"No! I see that!"
Candace looked and saw the tower was, in fact, still there. She couldn't believe it.
"You do?" she asked.
"How could I miss it?" Linda replied. "But I don't understand…"
Something flew right past Candace and Linda. It caused Linda's hat to fly off of her head and her fishing pole to fly out of her hand.
"Hi, Mom!" came Phineas' voice. "Check it out! The Flying Car of the Future, Today!"
The car landed on top of the tower.
"Is that my car?" Linda asked.
Candace could barely contain her excitement. "She sees the car, too!"
Candace could see Linda's eye twitching. She smiled, knowing what was coming.
"Phineas! Ferb!" Linda screamed. "Get down here this instant!"
"Okay, Mom," Phineas said.
The boys came down via a large elevator. He noticed that Perry was right there.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," he said before turning to Linda. "So, what do you think, Mom?"
"I think this is the most dangerous thing ever!" Linda shouted.
"Don't worry, we were safe. Ferb and I installed a new invisible helmet system." The boys took off their helmets, which looked exactly like their heads. "'When life's never dull, wear a hull for your skull.'"
"How dare you do this without permission?"
"Our building permits are in order." Ferb proved Phineas' point by showing a permit.
"I mean my permission."
"This morning, I asked you if we could modify our car to make it fly."
"I was talking about your toy car! How could you possibly think I meant my station wagon? You two are in so much trouble!"
"But we do this sort of thing every day."
"See, Mom?" Candace said. "I told you, but you never listen."
Candace could see Linda tearing up as she processed everything.
After a while, Linda spoke up. "Oh, Candace. All the times I called you delusional, and mocked you to my friends behind your back, all those journals I've filled with an eye towards stand-up comedy, but you were telling the truth. I'm so sorry. You're the best daughter a mother could dream of having."
Candace took pride in what she just heard. "Finally, you realize that."
That's when Lawrence came out.
"What's going on here?" he asked before he noticed the tower. "My word, that is impressive."
"Did you know about this?" Linda asked.
"Uh, no…?"
"What are you gonna do to them?" Candace asked. "No TV for a month? Or they have to serve me for a year? I know, take away their seats on the city council!"
"Wait, you have seats on the city council?" Linda asked.
"We rotate out with the border selectmen," Phineas replied.
"Well, some punishment may be in order, but there's no harm done really," Lawrence said.
"Hey, here's bolt number 473." Phineas picked up a tiny bolt. "Hope that doesn't mean anything."
Right after he said that, the tower tipped over… right onto the house. The flying car managed to land itself safely in the backyard.
"At least the self-parking works," Phineas remarked.
When he looked back, he saw that Linda and Lawrence were beyond angry at him and Ferb. Candace just giggled excitedly. The boys looked at each other, knowing they messed up.
Before they knew it, Phineas and Ferb were on a bus to a place called 'Smile Away Reform School'.
"I'm sorry, but this is for your own good," Linda said. "We need you both to understand that what you're doing is dangerous. I'd never live with myself if either of you got hurt."
"We were wearing helmets," Phineas retorted.
"Don't worry," the runner of the school assured. "Your boys will be in good hands. As you can see from our realistically illustrated brochure, the Smile Away Reformatory offers a serene, peaceful environment in which safety, discipline, and responsibility is strongly encouraged. Your boys will be whipped into shape in no time."
The sergeant got on the bus, and it drove away.
"Bye boys," Lawrence said. "See you at the end of summer."
"Yes, I actually busted Phineas and Ferb!" Candace cheered. "This is the happiest moment of my life! Woo-hoo! I'm finally free!"
Play "The Good Life"
Candace, Jeremy and Stacy were flying over a grassy field on a hang glider.
The sun is up, the sky is blue
I can do whatever I want to
After that, the trio went horseback riding.
'Cause there's nothing in my way
My new life starts today
Then, Jeremy and Stacy drove a boat while Candace waterskied. They launched her over a row of double-decker buses.
I used to fret and worry
So now I never felt so free
Candace beat Stacy at a game of air-hockey.
'Cause I'm living the good life
'Cause I'm living a good life
Candace and Jeremy went to a dance contest together. They danced better than everyone else.
Yeah, I'm living the good life
The life's for me
Yeah, I'm living the good life
The life's for me
Candace and Jeremy won first place.
End "The Good Life"
Candace set the trophy in front of the window in her room. She looked outside expecting Phineas and Ferb to be building their next contraption. They weren't. She almost felt sad knowing that.
She headed downstairs, where Stacy and Jenny were sitting on the couch.
Candace was about to join them, but she tripped over a toolbox, which was left on the floor.
"Ow!" she shouted.
"You okay?" Stacy asked.
"Yeah, I just tripped over Ferb's toolbox."
"Well, do you wanna go horseback riding?" Jenny asked.
"What's your hurry?" Candace asked. "Let's relax for a little while. You know, with Phineas and Ferb gone, I had a blast doing things I wanted to do, but it's strange. I kinda miss the little guys, like there was a whole other side to our relationship that I never noticed before."
Play "Little Brothers"
Candace remembered the day when Phineas was first born. She felt overwhelming joy seeing him for the first time.
Little brother
I remember when you first came home
A few years later, Linda married Lawrence, and Phineas and Candace met Ferb for the first time.
Then came another
Little brother of our own
One day, when Candace's toys were broken, the boys built her a new, highly advanced dollhouse.
Even when you break my toys
You will always be my little brothers
'Cause you're younger, we're related, and you're boys
Candace remembered previous days of the summer where she genuinely had fun.
The backyard beach where she became queen.
Seeing her head on Mount Rushmore as a birthday present.
Performing on stage as one-hit wonders.
Singing to Linda on her birthday.
And so forth.
Even when you're making too much noise
You will always be my little brothers
'Cause you're younger, we're related, and you're boys
Little brothers
Little brothers
Little brothers
End "Little Brothers"
Candace broke out of her daydream when she realized Stacy and Jenny were singing the song.
"Uh, Stace, Jen, you're kinda bumming me out with the song," she said.
"You know, you have everything you ever wanted," Stacy said.
"Yeah, call us when you get over it," Jenny added.
Stacy and Jenny left the house.
"Okay," Candace said. "Maybe a little TV will take my mind off things."
Candace turned on the TV.
"Today on 'The Morty Williams Show'," the announcer said. "'My Kid is Bad and I Want to Blame Others!' We'll go inside the nation's toughest reformatory school, where free-thinking children undergo complete personality reprogramming and have all the creativity and imagination sucked right out of them. They are forced to think inside the box."
The TV showed footage of kids being moved in and out of their rooms like they were in a prison. Candace recognized Phineas and Ferb in the crowd.
The screen focused on the boys as it showed them strapped to a machine that sucked the creativity out of them, and then they're put in tiny boxes.
"Wait a second, they don't belong there," Candace said before noticing the toolbox. She took out a wrench. "I know what I have to do."
"Hey, Candace." Candace turned around to see that the voice was from Jeremy. "Whatcha doin?"
"Jeremy, how did you get in here?"
"There's a huge gaping hole in the side of your house."
Candace noticed the hole Jeremy was referring to. "Yeah, Phineas and Ferb would've usually fixed that by now."
"Wanna go horseback riding?"
"Would you stop already with the horses? Jeremy, I know what I'm gonna do today! I'm gonna bust my brothers!"
"I thought you already did that."
"Out! Bust my brothers out!"
"Cool. I always liked your brothers. I want to come with you."
"You mean like a date?"
"Yeah, a weird, sort of prison-break date. Ha."
Before either of them knew it, Candace and Jeremy were flying to the reform school on the Flying Car of the Future, Today. Candace was the one driving, though she could barely control it.
"Okay, the Flying Car of the Future, Today is pulling a bit to the right," she said.
"Are you kidding me?" Jeremy asked. "This is the best day ever! WOO-HOO!"
Candace couldn't help but feel happy knowing Jeremy was having a good time.
She didn't notice that she was flying towards a high tree until she was too late. The tree sent them flying in another direction. They ended up teetering off the edge of a cliff.
"Maybe we should walk the rest of the way," Jeremy said.
They both walked down the forest. Candace somehow got herself covered in sticks and dirt, while Jeremy was completely clean.
"You okay, Candace?" Jeremy asked.
"No, I'm trudging," Candace replied. "I didn't know people actually trudged."
"On the bright side, we're here."
In front of them was the Smile Away Reformatory. It looked more like a penitentiary than a reform school. It didn't help that the area was surrounded with dark-gray clouds, while everywhere else was bright and sunny.
The two approached the front door and knocked.
The sergeant opened the door.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"I'm here for my brothers, Phineas and Ferb," Candace replied.
"They don't graduate until the end of the summer. Get lost!"
The sergeant slammed the door.
"So much for the direct approach," Candace said. "Time to try it Phineas and Ferb style."
Candace and Jeremy hid in a wooden statue.
"Are you sure it's gonna work?" Jeremy asked.
"It's just like the Trojan Horse from the Iliad," Candace replied. "They'll accept it as a gift, and once they fall asleep, we'll jump out and rescue Phineas and Ferb."
"You two again?" came the sergeant's voice. "I said get lost!"
The statue was literally just a statue of Candace and Jeremy. In hindsight, that wasn't the best idea.
"We gotta think bigger," Candace said.
They tried making a large statue of the sergeant this time.
"Wow, what a thoughtful gift," the sergeant said. "Too bad I don't have room for you, handsome."
Candace and Jeremy jumped out of the mouth of the statue and landed in the school courtyard.
"We did it!" Jeremy cheered.
Right as he said that, the two fell through a trapdoor. They landed in a dumpster full of hair.
"Gross!" Candace whined. "I bet you regret coming with me."
"Actually, I don't," Jeremy admitted. "I'm having fun, well, crazy prison-break kinda fun."
"Eew, look at this." Candace noticed a wig in the dumpster and pulled it out. She then noticed a billboard for the Morty William Show. The wig matched Morty's hair perfectly. "Wait, I have a plan! It's foolproof!"
Candace put on the wig and used some of the hair to make a fake mustache. Jeremy put on a cap to disguise himself as a cameraman.
They knocked on the door once more. The sergeant answered.
"I'm Morty Williams here to do another segment," Candace said in the best masculine voice she could muster.
"Aren't you a little female to be Morty Williams?" the sergeant asked.
"Well, you know what they say. The camera adds… masculinity."
"Great, come on in, Morty."
"We're doing a follow-up on Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher."
"My biggest success stories, right this way." The sergeant led Candace and Jeremy inside. "Ah, Phineas and Ferb. So curious, self-reliant, fun-loving, imaginative, and creative. Fortunately, we got to them just in time. See for yourself. Flynn, Fletcher, fall in!"
Phineas and Ferb came out of two lockers.
"You see, here at the Smile Away Reformatory, our motto is, 'It's structure, order, and discipline today, so tomorrow it's smile away,'" the sergeant said. "Our methods have been proven one hundred percent effective since…"
While the sergeant was monologuing, Candace leaned towards Phineas and Ferb.
"Guys, it's Phineas," she whispered. "Now's our chance. Run!"
Candace and Jeremy tried to run. They turned around to see the boys weren't moving. The sergeant was glaring at them.
"Just testing," Candace lied. "Wow, you've done a great job of turning them into… that."
"Yes, yes we have," the sergeant replied.
"Uh, I think we should get some more footage of you. You've got… it, mister. Let's see, close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears, then go, 'La la la la'. The lights are all wrong, go inside the janitor's closet."
Surprisingly, the sergeant did everything he was told. Candace slammed the door on him. She then turned to Phineas and Ferb.
"Come on, now we can escape," she said.
"Escaping is wrong, and wrongness is bad," Phineas said in a robotic voice.
"We don't have time for this. Grab them."
Candace and Jeremy grabbed Phineas and Ferb respectively, then they turned for the exit.
Once they left, they heard sirens going off.
"Attention all personnel," said the sergeant. "Two students have escaped with the help of Morty Williams, daytime talk show host!"
Candace and Jeremy ran past the trailer of the real Morty Williams.
Morty came out of the trailer.
"Yep, it's time to go back inside the Smile Away Reformatory School," he said to himself. "Those zombified brats are making me one rich…"
Before he could finish that statement, he was tackled by the school's guards.
Candace and Jeremy noticed the sergeant was ganging up on them with some guards and attack dogs.
"I gotta buy us some time," Candace said.
She noticed the cactus and got an idea.
She took off her wig and mustache, and put them on the cactus. She turned around to see that the guards fell for it easily. They tackled the cactus, pricking themselves in the process.
The group reached what was left of the Flying Car of the Future, Today.
"Guys, this is your department," Candace told the boys. "Fix the car, quick!"
"Age-inappropriate building is unsafe and irresponsible," Phineas said in his robotic voice.
"You don't have to build anything. Just fix it."
Candace got in the car and grabbed the toolbox. Once she got it, she slammed the door shut… a little too hard.
The car fell off the cliff.
Fortunately, another idea came to Candace's mind.
"A bridge," she said. "You can build a bridge across the ravine."
"Good boys do nothing but make their sisters happy," Phineas said.
"Then make me happy!" Candace gave Phineas and Ferb their helmets. "Put on your helmets, use your tools, and do what you do best!"
"Creative acts are imitatible and dangerous."
"Listen to me, guys. Forget everything they told you. Creativity isn't bad. It's the best thing about you." Tears formed as Candace said the next part. "You two can do anything, and that's why I'm secretly proud to be your older sister! What have I done?!"
She stopped crying when she felt Phineas grab the wrench. She opened her eyes to see Phineas smiling at her. He raised his wrench into the air.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!" he said in his normal voice.
"Yes, they're back!" Candace cheered.
"Too late!" came the sergeant. "They're mine!"
Candace got in front of the boys. "If you want them, you'll have to take me too!"
"Gladly." The sergeant grabbed Candace's arm.
That's when the ground started to shake. Two mechanical legs came out of the ground.
Perry the Platypus was fighting an evil pharmacist on a giant robotic spider. Perry quickly turned towards the kids and tipped his hat.
"Wait, Perry has a hat?" Candace reacted, as if there weren't stranger things right in front of her.
Perry pulled a lever. The robot came back down.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" the pharmacist shouted.
One of the legs hit the sergeant, and sent him falling off the cliff.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Candace asked.
When she turned back, Phineas and Ferb were juggling corn dogs.
"Corn dog, corn dog, yummy yummy yummy," Phineas sang.
"Okay, where did you…" Before Candace could finish, she noticed Linda and Lawrence appeared out of nowhere. "Mom, Dad, thank goodness! The strangest thing just happened!"
"Fear not," Linda said in a high voice. "Your parents are here now."
When Candace blinked, her parents turned into puppets controlled by a giant Baljeet.
"The real shock is you are just noticing this now," he said.
Candace blinked again. Baljeet turned into a puppet controlled by an even bigger talking zebra.
"I'm just as confused as you are, Kevin," he said.
"Candace, since I have no idea what'll happen next, I have to tell you something," Jeremy said as he got down on one knee. "I love you, Candace Flynn. Will you marry me?"
"Jeremy, I always dreamt…" Candace was about to say before she realized, "Wait a minute, I'm dreaming!"
"That would explain the talking zebra."
"Nah, I see him all the time. This is actually the freaky part. It's all been one big…"
"Dream!" Candace shouted as she bolted awake. "So none of that really happened. I never actually busted Phineas and Ferb."
She sighed in relief.
That morning, Candace was having breakfast with her family. She was telling everyone about her dream.
"And suddenly, Mom and Dad were controlled by a giant puppet master!" Candace shouted. "Then Jeremy comes over and says… certain things."
"Go grab my journal," Linda whispered to Lawrence. "This is comedy gold."
"Hey, Ferb, we should build a device that projects your dreams like a movie," Phineas said to Ferb. "I'd love to see what Perry dreams about."
"I almost forgot," Candace said. "Perry was in my dream, too. He was like a super secret agent or something."
"Perhaps that's why he disappears every day," Ferb suggested.
The family turned to Perry. He was shaking and sweating.
That's when a bunch of soldiers came in from all sides of the house. They grabbed the family and carried them away.
"Hey!" Linda screamed.
"What's happening?" Candace asked.
"I didn't even finish my cereal!" Phineas yelled.
Perry could only watch in horror as Major Monogram approached him.
"Agent P, your cover's been blown," said Monogram. "We're gonna have to relocate you."
Perry bolted awake, panicking. He couldn't see anything.
He took a deep breath, and remembered he had a cone on his head, blocking some of his vision. Despite that, he could tell he was in Phineas and Ferb's room.
"Perry, are you alright?" came Phineas' voice.
Perry turned to see Phineas looking at him with a concerned look on his face.
"You must've had a bad dream," Phineas assumed. "Well, it's over now. You can go back to sleep."
Phineas then fell back asleep.
Knowing he had nothing to worry about, Perry laid down, closed his eyes, and drifted back to sleep.
Notes:
After three entire months, season 1 is finally over.
From the start, I knew the episode where Phineas and Ferb get busted would be the end of the first quarter of this story.
Since this was Candace's dream, I removed most of the scenes that she's not a part of so this chapter would specifically be from her perspective.
Another thing, Perry was shown to have a cone on his head at the very end. That should be a hint on what the next chapter is gonna be.
Anyway, I'm gonna take a break from this story. I have another project planned, and there are some other things outside of fanfiction that I need to focus on.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 27: Hail Doofania
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 27
Hail Doofania
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof was reading the newspaper when he came across an infuriating article.
"Look at this, Norm," he said to Norm. "My brother, Roger, has been elected mayor, again! Look at him, he's honest, reputable, and, ugh, law-abiding! There isn't room for both of us in the Tri-State Area!" An idea sparked in his head. "Norm, I know what we're going to do today."
Meanwhile, at the Flynn-Fletchers, Phineas put up the cereal box. That's when Isabella came in.
"Hey, Phineas," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"Nothing yet," Phineas replied. "We just finished eating Fruity Rainbow Flakes. You want some?"
"No thanks. I already had breakfast." Isabella took a good look at the box. "You know, I've never seen one of these in real life."
"You haven't?"
"No, but I'd sure like to."
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
That's when Perry walked in, doing his little chatter. Phineas looked at the cone Perry was wearing, and he felt bad.
"Hey, Perry," he said. "Sorry you have to wear that all day."
"Yes, it sucks," Linda admitted as she came in. "But the vet says that Perry needs to wear it for the rest of the day. I still don't know how he scratched himself up that much."
Flashback
The day before, Perry was fighting Doof on the roof of a building when he fell off the roof and landed in a sandpaper factory.
End of Flashback
"Anyway, how did things go at the dry cleaners?" Phineas asked.
"It was a total disaster!" Candace yelled. She walked in wearing dark clothing that covered her entire body, except for her head and hands. "The dry cleaner switched my clothes with some goth chick! I look like a freak!"
"I wonder what happened to your clothes," Phineas wondered.
Meanwhile, Vanessa was in her room wearing a red shirt and white skirt. She was on the phone with her friend.
"I can't believe it, Lacy!" she said. "I look like a walking candy cane. I mean, how many evil scientists' daughters do you know who…" Vanessa stopped herself when she heard the sound of a drill. "Hold on, I can't hear myself gripe."
Doof was busy constructing a metal tower. Norm approached him with a smile on his face.
"Whatcha doin?" he asked.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Doof replied. "I'm building an evil empire! My very own Fortress of Eviltude!"
"Aren't you a little old to be building a fort?"
"No, no I'm not! Shut up!"
Vanessa burst into the room, angrily.
"Dad, I told you a million times…" Vanessa stopped herself when she saw what Doof was doing. She turned back to her phone. "I have to call you back, Lacy."
Vanessa hung up, then approached Doof.
"What on Earth is going on here?" she asked.
"Vanessa, you're looking…" Doof was distracted by Vanessa's clothes. He snapped out of it. "No matter. Where we're going, you can dress up like a clown every day if you want."
"What do you mean 'where we're going'?"
"We're moving… to a golden country on the sea. A country created by the greatest mastermind of our time, me, assisted by Norm. I bring to you, Doofania."
Doof removed a tarp to reveal a small model of what the place would look like. It just looked like a tiny urban city on a large floaty.
"There will be no brothers trying to make me look bad," Doof continued. "I will be the ruler of my very own evil empire."
"You're building your own evil land?" Vanessa asked.
"And you made a plush model?"
"Yeah, you know, I… had a lot of… felt."
"You do know what this means, right?"
"That we'll have that special daddy-daughter bond you always craved?"
"No." Vanessa hugged Doof excitedly. "It means I will finally have proof! You are so busted! I'm gonna tell Mom!"
"Great. Tell her what, exactly?"
"Oh, I'm just gonna tell!"
Vanessa entered her room and called Charlene.
"Mom, you gotta come quick!" she demanded. "There's proof that Dad is evil!"
"Vanessa, honey, I'm having a me-eeee day, remember?" Charlene reminded. "Look, hon, why don't you give your dad a break? Try to make the best of it and I'll pick you up later. Oh, time for my seaweed mud wrap. Gotta go."
Charlene hung up before Vanessa could say anymore.
"Is everything all set, Ferb?" Phineas asked.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
"Great, now we…" Phineas stopped when he realized Perry was missing. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry tried to enter his lair. Unfortunately, his cone kept him from doing that.
In the lair, Monogram was waiting for Perry.
"Agent P? Agent P?" he asked. "Hello? Agent P? Carl, he does know this is scheduled for this morning, doesn't he?"
"It's on his calendar, sir," Carl replied.
"We sent the email, right?"
"Let me check."
Monogram sang to himself to entertain himself.
Isabella entered the backyard.
"Hey, Phineas," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"You know how you said you'd never seen a rainbow in your life?" Phineas asked.
"Actually, I…"
"Behold!" Phineas pushed a button to reveal a generic cannon with a rainbow symbol on it. "The Rainbowinator, made with real crystals and supercharged with Fruity Rainbow Flakes! Soon, there will be a giant rainbow that will sprawl across the entire Tri-State Area!" Phineas stopped, knowing he was being melodramatic. "Or at least, that's the plan."
"Candace, could you hold the door for me?" Linda asked. "I have to return this novelty lawn mower your father got."
Candace begrudgingly got out of the car to hold the door to the shop.
"I just don't want anyone to see me in these clothes," she complained.
"You think you look ridiculous?" Linda retorted. "I'm carrying a jackalope into a lawn mower store."
"Okay, Mom. I'll wait in the car."
Right as she was about to get in the car, she ran into Jenny.
"Candace, when did you go goth?" she asked.
"What? No, I…" Candace was about to say.
Unfortunately, Jenny already took a picture and posted it online.
"Wow, fifty replies already," she remarked.
That's when Candace's phone rang. She answered.
"Candace, I heard you're goth now," came Stacy's voice. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Doof and Norm were standing on a long black floaty in the bay.
"Well, Norm, I gotta give it to you," Doof admitted. "Under my genius supervision, you turned out extremely adequate work."
"We're all very impressed with your numbers, sir," Norm replied.
"Although something seems to be missing." The realization popped into Doof's head. "I know, it's Perry the Platypus. What's keeping him? I hope something horrible happened to him."
Norm noticed a hint of genuine concern on Doof's face. "Does someone need a hug?"
"Of course not, you waffle iron! Just launch it, now!"
Norm pulled a lever. The floaty moved farther away from the dock.
"Mom, I'm at the docks," Vanessa said to Charlene on the phone. "You gotta get down to the docks right away."
"Okay, honey," came a muffled voice that just barely sounded like Charlene. "I'll see you at feh."
"You'll see me at five?"
"No, feh."
"Four?"
"Feh!"
"'Feh?'"
"Yeah, feh."
"Okay, I'll see you at feh."
Right after Vanessa hung up, she heard something getting close.
She turned around to see a small city floating in the water. Doof and Norm were standing in front of the entrance.
"Hi, Vanessa, what do you think?" Doof asked. "My own country, huh?"
"I love what you've done with the place," said Norm.
"Yeah, I think it's nice."
"This time, I'm staying put," Candace decided.
"Alright, suit yourself," Linda said as she got out of the car.
That's when Candace realized that the parking time had expired. She hurried out of the car and inserted a quarter, that way they had more time.
"That would've been embarrassing," she said to herself.
"Whoa, Candace, are you goth now?" came a familiar voice.
Candace turned around to see Jeremy right there. She quickly tried to defuse the situation.
"I'm not wearing this," she said. "I mean, I am wearing this, in that it's actually on my body right now, but I'm not attached to it. I didn't want to put these… I want to put clothes on, but… it was a mix-up at the dry cleaners!"
Candace panted after saying all of that. Jeremy just looked at her, confused.
"Alright, Norm, the anthem please?" Doof requested.
Norm activated a record player, using his finger as the needle.
Play "Hail Doofania"
Doof:
In the bay off the coast of the Tri-State Area
Floats a country for me and me
It's new, it's bright
And it's founded on spite
And it's everything I dreamed it would be
Hail, hail Doofania
The music stopped there. Doof wasn't satisfied.
"The song's too short," he said. "We can do better than that."
Norm retarted the record as Doof sang a new verse he came up with on the spot.
There's a bright, shiny place
It has a flag with my face
And it's floating on an inner tube
Far away from city life
My stupid brother and ex-wife
And it is full of evil attitude
Hail, hail Doofania
The music stopped once again.
"The stopping is still bothering me," Doof said. "We'll work on it."
End "Hail Doofania"
Vanessa heard a car horn honking. She got excited.
"Good, Mom's here," she said.
Vanessa ran to meet up with Charlene.
Vanessa found Charlene in an alleyway.
"Mom, where have you been?" she asked.
"I told you I'd meet you at FEH," Charlene replied, pointing at the nearby sign. "The Freight Emergency Harbor."
Vanessa was dumbfounded for a second. She quickly shook it off. "Never mind that. Dad and Norm built an entire country on the sea. Come on."
"Okay, Isabella," Phineas said. "Ready to meet your first rainbow?"
"But Phineas, I keep telling you," Isabella was about to say.
"Don't thank us yet. I only wish Perry was here to see this."
Perry was getting tired. He was on the brink of giving up.
"Power it up!" Phineas ordered.
Ferb started the machine.
Isabella poured the cereal into the tube.
A gigantic rainbow formed around the entire Tri-State Area.
The rainbow distracted some nearby fishers. One of them casted without noticing.
The hook hit the floaty keeping Doofania afloat. A hole was punctured.
The floaty deflated. The city started sinking.
"That can't be good," Doof said.
The city went all the way under.
That's when Vanessa showed up with Charlene.
"See?" Vanessa asked.
Vanessa was horrified to see that the city was gone.
"I do see," Charlene said, noticing the small model. She picked it up and squeezed it. "It's a cute little city, and it's soft."
Doof climbed out of the water, not knowing what was happening.
"Heinz, you made a plush model?" Charlene asked.
"I had a lot of felt," Doof replied.
"At least it's holding together. Remember that dining set you tried to build for our apartment?"
"It's hard to forget when you keep reminding me."
"But, but, but," Vanessa stuttered.
"Come on, Vanessa," Charlene said as she carried Vanessa away. "I think we should get you out of the sun."
Norm climbed out of the water, somehow undamaged.
"Who's up for a game of lawn darts?" he asked.
"I'd prefer to play hide-and-seek, because I don't want to see you," Doof replied.
Perry sighed. He walked away, as if about to give up…
Then he ran into the secret entrance from a distance. Not only did that fail, but he ended up giving himself a concussion.
Perry moved around uncontrollably and hit the Rainbowinator. He accidentally pushed the self-destruct button, making it poof out of existence.
"You know, in retrospect, I question the inclusion of a self-destruct button in the first place," Ferb remarked.
A butterfly flew onto Perry's face, making him sneeze.
"Bless you, Perry the Platypus!" Phineas shouted in his melodramatic voice.
"Mow mow mow, and my heart starts pumping," Monogram sang to himself. "Chica, chicka, choo wah, never gonna stop."
"Gitchee gitchee goo means that I love you," Carl sang along.
"I work alone Carl," Monogram scolded. "It's a solo."
"So, Isabella," Phineas said. "Whatcha think of your first rainbow?"
"It was pretty, but it's not my first rainbow," Isabella replied.
"I thought you said you'd never seen one in your life."
"I meant that I never saw a unicorn in my life."
Phineas blushed in embarrassment, having realized his mistake.
That's when Perry did his chatter.
"Perry, I almost forgot," he realized as he removed Perry's collar. "It's the end of the day. You don't need to wear that anymore. Enjoy your freedom."
The moment the kids looked away, Perry put on his fedora and headed for his lair.
Meanwhile, Doof was playing hide-and-seek with Norm. It wasn't working the way he'd hoped, because Norm was too dumb to understand the rules.
That's when Perry showed up.
"Oh, there you are, Perry the Platypus," Doof said. "Hey, Norm, look who finally decided to show up."
Perry looked around and realized he missed the evil plan. He felt a little embarrassed knowing that.
Candace and Vanessa went to the dry cleaners to clear things up. They noticed each other wearing each other's clothes.
"Hey," they both said in unison.
Notes:
This is the start of season 2.
I know this is a season 1 episode, but I still chose to go with it. I personally believe it's a better way to start the season than the Lake Nose episode. That one was mid if you ask me.
Phineas wanting to do something for Isabella is a showcase of how much he's grown over the course of the past season. He started out seeing Isabella as a nuisance, and he only allowed her to join so he could use her to his advantage, but over the course of the season, he started to tolerate her and is now viewing her as a friend.
Little does he know that he's starting to like her as more than a friend.
This was also one of the more interesting episodes because of how the roles are reversed, with Phineas' invention destroying Doof's invention, instead of the other way around.
The season 1 finale of my story did provide a small hint to this one if you haven't noticed.
The episodes that follow will be season 2 ones.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 28: Fireside Girl Jamboree
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 28
Fireside Girl Jamboree
"Good morning, Danville!" said the announcer on the radio. "Excitement's in the air today as we await the announcement of the Paisley Sideburn Brothers' first concert visit to the Tri-State Area. Phone lines are clogged and websites are crashing as local music fans try to get first crack at the hottest concert tickets of the decade!"
Candace was on her computer trying to get tickets for the concert. She woke up really early, so she was out of it.
She fell asleep on the keys for a split second. When she bolted awake, some of the keys stuck to her face, then fell off in a certain rhythm.
That's when she heard noises coming from outside. She looked out the window to see Phineas and Ferb carrying pieces of something into the backyard.
"Hey, isn't it a bit early to start building one of your contraptions?" she asked.
"What, this?" Phineas asked as he and Ferb tossed the pieces into a dumpster. "We're still cleaning up from yesterday."
A garbage truck pulled up and picked up the trash.
"That's the last of it, guys, thanks!" Phineas said as the truck left. He then turned to Candace. "It was our biggest project ever. How could you miss it?"
"I was kinda busy," Candace replied. She turned around when she heard the phone ring. She answered, knowing it was Stacy. "Stacy, what's up?"
"My ticket is in Row R!" Stacy squealed. Candace had to move the phone away from her ear. "Close enough to smell them! What did you get?"
"How'd you get a ticket?" Candace asked.
"That's right folks," said the announcer on the radio. "Unless you had your head sticking out of a window, you know those tickets just went on sale and sold out in thirteen seconds flat. That's right, sold out, but you still might be able to catch this special added benefit concert tonight at the Fireside Girls Jamboree."
Candace hurried onto the Fireside Girls website. It read, 'Fireside Girls Only! Please enter your patch #.'
Candace tried to guess the right numbers. None of them were right. She exceeded her log-in attempts.
"Phineas!" she shouted.
Phineas and Ferb came in. Ferb had Perry in his arms. They both looked disappointed.
"What is it, Candace?" Phineas asked.
"Your friend, Isabella," Candace replied. "She's a Fireside Girl, right? What's her patch number?"
"I don't know, but I can ask her when she gets back from her meeting at the lodge."
"Lodge, you're taking me down there, now."
Candace grabbed Phineas and ran out.
Ferb realized he wasn't holding Perry.
"Hey, where's Perry?" he asked.
Perry entered the living room, put on his hat, and jumped. The floorboard opened, and he went under.
He landed in the basement. He realized his mistake and went back upstairs.
He found the correct floorboard and jumped.
This time, he landed in his lair.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "We're not sure what Doofenshmirtz is up to, but we're sending you to his lab, and we're using this new transporter device we've been working on. It's not approved for testing on humans yet, so you get to try it out first. Good luck, Agent P. Carl, fire!"
Perry did not like what Monogram just said. Before he had any time to react, however, he was hit with the device.
Phineas and Ferb brought Candace to the Fireside Girl lodge.
"Yes, it's true that the Paisley Sideburn Brothers tickets can only be ordered by an active-duty Fireside Girl," Isabella confirmed. "But if you just want to..."
"Tell you what, I'm joining up," Candace announced. "Set me up, sister."
"Okay, I hereby nominate Candace Flynn into membership in the Loyal Sisterhood of Fireside Girls."
"I second!" two girls shouted in unison. "Jinx!"
No one noticed Perry appearing in the lodge for a split second.
"Alright, girls, come to order," Isabella told the girls before turning to Candace. "Now, just fill out this application, read through the training manual, sign the insurance waivers, and you can be sworn in at our meeting next week."
"Next week?" Candace reacted. "That's too late."
"I'm sorry, but the traditional procedure comes straight from the Fireside Rules of Order as established by our founder, Eliza M. Fireside."
Isabella gestured to the woman in the picture.
"That's a stupid rule," Candace remarked.
To Candace's surprise, the portrait sprung to life.
"You watch your mouth, young lady!" Eliza scolded.
"Who puts a picture frame on a window?" Candace asked.
"Is there anything Ferb and I can do to help?" Phineas asked. "Candace really wants to go to that concert."
"Candace, if you really don't want to be a Fireside Girl, then…" Isabella was about to say.
"No, I do!" Candace interrupted. "I gotta get to that concert!"
"Candace, you're not listening to me. You don't…"
"Ah, forget it! I thought Fireside Girls were supposed to help people!"
Candace was about to leave. She was blocked by Eliza, who somehow went from her portrait to the front door in a matter of seconds.
"There is another way," she said. "Isabella, please read Article Nine, Section Charlie, Footnote Six."
Isabella turned to that section and read it aloud. "'A troop leader may award full Fireside Girl status to any girl who has earned fifty patches.' But, Ms. Fireside, fifty patches in one day? Is that even possible?"
"It depends on how badly she wants it."
"Bring it on," Candace said.
"Alright, we just need to get you a cadette uniform and we can get started," Isabella said.
"Okay, where can I buy one?"
All the girls laughed.
Before Candace knew it, she was sewing her own uniform. She accidentally pricked her finger on the needle.
"Ouch!" she cried.
Perry teleported once again. It looked like the right place.
That's when Monogram called him on his watch.
"Uh, Agent P," he said. "We've teleported you three feet too far to the right."
Perry started falling to the ground. Thankfully, he had his grappling hook with him. He managed to grapple back up to the top of the building.
Perry
Perry accidentally pushed a button on the floor. He noticed a trap coming down from above. He managed to jump out of the way just in time.
"Perry the Platypus?" Doof said. "Do you realize how much trouble it is to set a trap, and for what, you just jump out of the way?"
Monogram called Perry again. "Ah, here we go. We recalibrated the teleporter."
Perry teleported into the cage.
"I don't know what just happened, but I like it," Doof remarked. "Now, with you safely inside the cave, I can unveil my new device of doom."
Doof pushed a button on his remote to reveal his new inator.
"Behold, the Metal-destruct-inator!" Doof announced.
Candace finally finished sewing her uniform. On the plus side, she got her first patch by doing that, but it was still tiring. It didn't help that she had forty-nine more to go.
"Fifty patches in one day?" Candace asked. "Where do I start?"
"By combining the shortest linear distance with the highest population density, we plotted a course for you that optimized for the greatest number of patch-acquiring opportunities in the shortest period of time," Phineas explained.
Later, the Flynn-Fletcher siblings were on top of a hill as Ferb continued to showcase the plan on a blueprint.
"Then, after you wrestle the crocodile, you'll corkscrew through the overpass and freefall past the flaming high wire to make your last delivery and receive your last patch," Phineas said. "You got it?"
"Is all that really necessary?" Candace asked.
"We're gonna need you to plant one of these markers at the site of each task," Phineas showed Candace the markers. "That way the girls can track your progress. Now, is Candace Gertrude Flynn your full legal name?"
"Yes."
"Great, you just earned your honesty patch," Isabella said as she gave Candace the patch.
"That was easy," Candace remarked as she put down a marker. "Let's do another one."
"Ooh, I think you just earned your enthusiasm patch."
"Wow, three down, forty-eight to go." Candace put down another marker. "Yippee, this is easy!"
"Okay," Phineas said. "Fifteen senior citizens need help crossing a street that's fifty feet across."
"Goody, I'm great at word problems."
"No, there's actually fifteen senior citizens that need help crossing the street. Good luck, Candace, don't forget your helmet."
Before Candace knew it, she was sent down a ramp in roller skates. She barely managed to put on her helmet mid-fall.
Candace picked up a stop sign and skated across the crosswalk. The cars all stopped, allowing the citizens to cross.
Play "Go Candace"
After that, Candace carved a wooden totem pole with herself, Phineas, and Ferb's faces.
Go Candace, go go Candace
Go Candace, go go Candace
Next, Candace juggled ice cream cones.
Go Candace, go go Candace
Go Candace, go go Candace
Then, Candace climbed a steep mountain.
Go Candace, go go Candace
Candace got two patches in a row by being chased by bulls and bullies.
Go Candace, go go Candace
Go Candace, go go Candace
Candace then got three patches in a row by riding a ski lift, falling onto the top of a ferris wheel, and discovering something that doesn't exist (a leprechaun's pot of gold with a unicorn-turtle hybrid inside).
Go
End "Go Candace"
After that montage, Candace was brought into the sewer.
"Here you go, Candace," Phineas said. "Wrestling an alligator in a sewer."
"Alligator, you're going down," Candace said.
Candace jumped and tackled the alligator. The alligator resisted. Candace put up a fight. The fight lasted longer than anyone expected.
"This is putting us way off schedule," Phineas said.
"So, let me explain my new evil scheme," Doof said. "A while back, my doctor put me on a low-carb diet, but I still can't lose those last ten pounds." Doof opened his shirt to reveal his gut, disgusting Perry. "Every time I get close to my goal, there's this knocking at the door."
Flashback
Earlier that day, Doof was running on a treadmill when he heard the doorbell ring. He got off the treadmill to answer.
"Who is it?" he asked.
In front of him were two little girls in girl scout uniforms.
"Fireside Girls," one of them said. "Would you like to buy some of our cupcakes?"
"I really shouldn't," Doof said. "I'm almost at my…"
"We understand."
Doof couldn't resist. He took the cupcakes and gave the girls his money. "Alright, you talked me into it! Shut up and take my money!"
End of Flashback
"So, with my weakness for high-carb sweets, there's really no other choice but to get rid of the bridge to the Fireside cupcake factory," Doof said. "And my Metal-destruct-inator can turn any metal object into broccoli. I know what you're thinking, 'Why broccoli?' It's healthy. It's the opposite of what I'm trying to get… it's poetic justice… no, not justice, evil! It's poetically evil! Now to make some last minute adjustments."
Perry noticed a screw that wasn't fully screwed into the floor. He quickly started to unscrew it.
Candace finally put the gator in its place.
"What's next?" she asked as they climbed out of the sewer.
"We're behind schedule," Phineas said. "You can finish the rest by getting your cupcake-delivery patch."
"Sounds easy enough."
"Well, you have to deliver all these cupcakes." Phineas gestured to a large truck that dumped cupcake containers onto a small tram. "Don't worry. We've built you a rollercoaster delivery system."
They got on the coaster.
"Quédense sentados, por favor," Phineas said.
"Are you speaking Spanish?" Candace asked before the coaster started.
The coaster moved at fast speeds, only slowing down when reaching people's homes. This gave Candace a few seconds to make a delivery and collect some money.
While on a downgrade, some bugs flew onto Candace's face.
"Bug-collecting patch, check," Phineas said.
"I'm gonna hurl!" Candace screamed.
"Motion sickness patch, check!"
Candace noticed the Paisley Sideburn Brothers tour bus.
"We gotta hurry!" she said.
She used a cannon to shoot cupcake boxes towards random people.
Perry finally got the screw removed. He used his tail to catapult the screw into Doof's eye. He inadvertently redirected the cannon and hit the cage.
The metal components of the cage turned into broccoli. Perry leaped into the air and kicked Doof in the face.
Doof grabbed Perry and threw him to the ground.
Unfortunately, Perry teleported behind Doof and grabbed him by the hair.
Doof redirected the cannon again.
The cannon fired, hitting a rollercoaster track.
The coaster turned into broccoli. Candace and the kids fell. Thankfully, they were saved by the long amount of broccoli.
"Woo-hoo, that was fun!" Phineas shouted.
"Fun?" Candace reacted. "Are you crazy? How did a rollercoaster turn into broccoli, and why broccoli? That doesn't make sense!"
Phineas finally ran out of patience.
"Candace, focus!" he yelled. "You still have five minutes, and the last stop is twenty blocks away! Good luck, 'cause we're not helping you this time!"
"I can do this," Candace convinced herself as she ran off.
Despite his frustration, Phineas couldn't help but feel a little proud.
"Now that's persistence," he remarked.
Candace made it to the building with three minutes to spare. She planned to go up to the thirty-eighth floor using the elevator. Unfortunately, it was out of order. Thankfully, the stairway wasn't too far away.
"Alright, step-aerobics," she said to herself. "Don't fail me now."
Candace ran up the stairs as fast as she could.
Perry climbed on top of the inator and turned the cannon towards himself. When it fired, Perry disappeared, resulting in the inator hitting itself. It turned into broccoli.
"Curse you, Perry the…" Doof was about to say before the doorbell rang.
Doof answered the door.
"Fireside Girl," said the girl at the door. "Here's your order of cupcakes."
"Aren't you a little old to be a Fireside Girl?" Doof asked.
"Yes, yes I am."
Candace made it back to the lodge.
"Candace, we're all very impressed," Isabella said. "You earned more patches in one day than anyone in the history of Fireside Girls. Fifty patches, which blows away the previous record of six patches held by our very own Addison Sweetwater."
"Ah, nuts!" Addison yelled.
"Here's your ticket to the Paisley Sideburn Brothers concert," Eliza said as she handed Candace her ticket.
At the concert, Candace was cheering for the band.
"Woo!" Phineas cheered.
Candace just realized Phineas and Ferb were there.
"Wait, how did you get in here?" she asked.
"Isabella invited us," Phineas replied. "She's allowed to bring guests, you know."
"That's what I kept trying to tell you, Candace," Isabella added. "But you were so insistent on becoming a Fireside Girl. Maybe you can start working on your good listener patch next."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 29: Chez Platypus
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 29
Chez Platypus
Phineas and Ferb woke up to the sound of a strange growl.
"Ferb, is that your stomach?" Phineas asked.
Ferb nodded.
"Yeah, I'm hungry too," Phineas admitted. "That trendy restaurant Mom and Dad took us to last night wasn't exactly satisfying."
Flashback
After the Paisley Sideburn Brothers concert, Linda and Lawrence thought it'd be a good idea to take the kids to a fancy restaurant.
They waited a long time for the food to arrive. It didn't even seem to be worth it.
"Dad, can I borrow your glasses?" Phineas asked semi-jokingly. "This entree is so small I can barely see it."
End of Flashback
"How hard is it to have a trendy restaurant that's fun to go to and has great food?" Phineas wondered. "That's it. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
Candace was in her room getting dressed when her phone rang.
She answered. "Hey, Stace."
"Candace, are you sitting down?" came Stacy's voice. "I don't want you to have an aneurysm."
"Why would I have an aneurysm?"
"Because someone just DM'd me that someone else heard someone else overhear that Jeremy's gonna call you and ask you out tonight?"
Both of the girls squealed in excitement before Stacy got serious again.
"Candace, do you need medical attention?" she asked.
"Oh, I do," Candace replied. "I need attention from the doctor of love!"
"Paging Doctor Jeremy."
"Doctor, I got a fever."
"Well, let me take care of that, little lady."
The girls chuckled before Candace spoke again. "Wow, a special evening." She heard a beep. "It's him."
Candace answered excitedly. The voice that came out wasn't Jeremy. It was Linda.
"Honey, I'm just calling to remind you…" she said.
Candace hung up and went back to Stacy.
"It wasn't him," she said.
"Don't worry, he'll call," Stacy assured.
Ferb started building the restaurant while Phineas went over the blueprints.
"Hey Phineas, whatcha doin?" came a familiar voice.
Phineas turned around to see Isabella and the rest already there.
"We're building a restaurant," he replied. "Hey, you could be our hostess." He turned to the rest. "The Fireside Girls can bus tables, Baljeet can be our soda jerk…"
"I make a mean milkshake," Baljeet said.
"Ferb and Django can be our chefs…" Phineas continued.
Django blushed at the idea of working alongside Ferb.
"Hey, I can work the velvet rope," Buford suggested as he brought one out of his pocket. "I never leave home without it."
"Uh, where do you keep that?" Phineas asked.
"I'll never tell."
"So, what's your restaurant called?" Isabella asked.
"Chez Platypus," Phineas replied. "By the way, where's Perry?"
Perry was already in his lair. He sat down to await instructions.
Monogram seemed to be on the phone with someone.
"What?" he asked. "There's nothing available for tonight? Oh, never mind."
Monogram hung up before noticing Perry.
"Sorry, Agent P," he apologized. "It's date night tonight with the wife, and if I don't figure out something special soon, I'm royally in the doghouse."
Carl imitated a meow.
"Carl!" Monogram yelled before turning back to Perry. "Anyway, sources indicate Doctor Doofenshmirtz is up to his schemes again. I need you to get out there and put a stop to it. Good luck."
Perry left the lair.
Candace heard the phone ring. She knew it was Jeremy. She answered.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Candace?" came Jeremy's voice.
"It's Candace."
"I was wondering if you wanted to do something tonight, just the two of us."
Candace could only barely contain her excitement. "Sure, that'd be great."
"Great, so I'll pick you up later?"
"Bye." Candace hung up. "Yes."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof noticed Perry kick a hole in the door.
"Oh, Perry the Platypus," he said. "You must have noticed how I reinforced the locks but not the door." He opened the door to reveal that Perry was stuck. "Let's just get you out of there."
Doof tried to pull Perry free. It didn't work.
"You're really trapped in here," he remarked, before coming up with a lie. "Just like I planned, obviously. So, let me tell you about my evil scheme. I'm so tired of all these happy couples around me, romantic and laughing, mocking me with their happiness. Not anymore! My Deloveinator satellite will eliminate the feeling of love in the entire Tri-State Area!" Doof showed a remote. "All I have to do is push this button. It would be so easy to press it right now. It would be so simple, but I have a date tonight, and I would like to be optimistic, but if we don't hit it off, I'm definitely gonna ruin it for everyone else."
Doof left.
Perry came up with an idea.
Before he knew it, he was walking out of the elevator, while his foot was still trapped in the door.
Jeremy knocked on the front door. Candace answered.
"Hi," she greeted.
"Hi," Jeremy replied, blushing.
"I'm like, so looking forward to tonight. A special evening, just the two of us. So, what do you have planned?"
Candace stopped talking when she noticed Jeremy stop walking.
"Ta-da," he said, gesturing to the restaurant in the backyard. "Your brothers have opened the trendiest restaurant in town, and this is where I'm taking you."
"Great idea, Jeremy!" Candace said. "I practically own the place, so we don't have to worry about waiting in line! Come on!"
Candace grabbed Jeremy's hand and shoved her way to the front of the line. Buford was there guarding the door.
"Alright Buford, let us in," Candace demanded.
"Name?" Buford requested.
"It's me, Candace Flynn."
Buford looked through a list. "You're not on the list. You should've made a reservation an hour ago."
"I didn't know the restaurant existed until just now! I demand to be let in right now!"
Buford turned to an older couple walking in.
The man was around the same height as Candace. His head was more triangular-shaped than circular, his neck was facing forward instead of upward, and he had a pointy nose. He wore a black shirt under a white lab coat, as well as gray pants. Candace assumed he was a pharmacist judging by the lab coat.
The woman next to him had a more natural face. She had slightly long red hair. She wore a blue headband, blue earrings, and a blue shirt and skirt.
"Good evening, sir," Buford greeted.
"I forgot to make a reservation," the pharmacist said, offering Buford some money.
"It's all good," Buford said as he let the couple in.
"Did he just bribe you?" Candace asked.
"No, he just caught my attention in a monetary fashion. Now, back in line."
Doof and his date, Sheena, were led to a table by a little girl dressed in pink.
"Say, aren't you a little young to be a hostess?" Doof asked.
"Yes, yes I am," the girl replied.
Doof stared at the girl suspiciously, before grinning. "Well, nice to see they've gotten rid of child labor laws."
The girl walked away.
Doof turned to Sheena.
"So, I noticed in your online profile that you say you like tall men," he said. "Is that true?"
"That's right," Sheena replied. "And you're not very tall at all."
"Hey, I'm 6 foot 2, I slouch."
"My last date was 6 foot 9. Now, that's a good-looking man."
Doof couldn't take what he was hearing. He was about to push the button.
"Though, I'll be honest," Sheena continued. "I've never been able to resist a man in a lab coat."
Doof smiled. "Really? I'm wearing one right now."
"I'm usually extremely attracted to blonds, but there is something about your windblown style that gives me goosebumps."
"Really? I must say, it's quite a bit of work in the morning, but apparently worth it."
Perry made it to the restaurant. He was about to sneak up on Doof when he noticed Phineas. He quickly took off his hat and froze before he could be seen.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas said as he picked up Perry. "We gotta put you in your place of honor."
Phineas put Perry on a small platform. The platform rose up, allowing Perry to be seen by all the patrons.
Ferb flipped a pancake out of a frying pan. Django barely got it on a plate.
The two high-fived. Django blushed and put his hand in a bag.
Candace watched in confusion as Buford continued letting random patrons in, despite them not having reservations, yet he still wouldn't let her and Jeremy in.
Django tossed an egg into the air, then hit it with a spatula. Ferb caught the yolk in a bowl and tossed it in a grill.
"Hey, Ferb," came Phineas' voice. "We need a chicken special for Table 5."
Ferb tossed the chicken special into a tube.
The chicken landed on Table 5.
Buford let a giant floating baby head in, much to the bewilderment of Candace and Jeremy.
"I can't believe this!" Candace shouted. "You're gonna let strangers in, but not me? I'm the owners' sister! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE!"
"Candace, I don't mind just spending time with you," Jeremy assured.
"Really?" Candace asked. Her happiness faded when she noticed Buford let in another stranger. "Ah, come on!"
"So, how do you feel about evil?" Doof asked.
"That's a weird question," Sheena replied.
"Is it?" Doof prepared to push the button again. "I'm just making conversation."
"But I love it. Look." Sheena showed her evil tattoo.
Doof got excited. "You have an evil tattoo? Look, I do too."
Doof showed his tattoo.
"I can't believe we have so much in common," Sheena remarked. "You know, I don't put 'evil' on my profile anymore because it attracts so many weirdos."
"You know, I'm starting to doubt there even are reservations," Candace said.
"Sure there are," Buford argued. "I have the list right here."
Buford picked up a piece of paper, but he had it facing himself. This made Candace suspicious.
"Let me see that," she demanded as she snatched the sheet.
She looked at the list, only to realize it was not a list. It was a note.
Let everyone in, except for Candace. - Phineas.
Candace tore up the paper out of anger.
"That's it, I'm calling Mom!" she yelled as she called Linda. "Mom, Phineas and Ferb built an expensive restaurant in the backyard, and they won't let me and Jeremy in!"
"Okay, honey," came Linda's voice. "We'll be home in a minute."
Candace groaned. She walked off.
"Jeremy, save our place in line," she said.
"But Candace…" Jeremy said, just to fall under deaf ears.
When no one was looking, Perry got back up and snuck behind Doof. Doof caught him.
"Perry the Platypus?" he reacted. "Looking for my remote?" Doof gave the remote to Perry. "Take it. I don't need it anymore. I'm in love."
Most of the patrons left the restaurant, having finished their meals.
That's when a blond man wearing a brown suit and blue tie approached Phineas and Ferb.
"Excuse me," he said. "I would like to buy your restaurant. I envision a chain of platypus-themed restaurants as far as the Tri-State Area can leave."
"You can have it," Phineas said. "Dinner service is over."
Perry destroyed the remote.
Doof's satellite fell out of orbit.
Candace saw Linda and Lawrence pull up.
"Mom, Dad, the boys have a restaurant in the yard and they're not letting me and Jeremy in!" she shouted. "You gotta put a stop to it! Come on!"
Candace ran back into the backyard. She saw the restaurant get carried away by a helicopter.
She sighed. "Whatever."
Jeremy turned to Isabella. "Excuse me, Miss. Do you have a table for two?"
"Right this way, sir," Isabella replied.
Candace and Jeremy were led to a table.
Phineas and Ferb handed the two some food.
Baljeet handed them some drinks.
Django played a violin to add to the atmosphere.
"You know Candace, I've had a lot of fun in your backyard," Jeremy admitted. "But this is the best time yet."
Linda and Lawrence finally arrived.
"How adorable," Linda said. "Candace, you want me to put a stop to this?"
"No, no, no, no!" Candace yelled. "Keep moving! Nothing to see here!" She turned back to Jeremy. "Now, where were we?"
Play "Evil Love"
Doof and Sheena walked down the streets of Danville. Doof played a ukulele.
Doof:
Love was once a crazy dream
Now it's my new evil scheme
Sheena:
And now I'm happy as can be
Both:
It's the age-old story
How an evil boy meets an evil girl
We got a love strong enough to rule the whole wide world
Sheena popped an Earth-shaped balloon a boy was holding, making him cry.
We both maniacally laugh at all the same stuff
I found my other half
Yes, I got an evil half
The two fantasized sending a robot army to invade the city.
Doof:
When the robot armies march
Sheena:
To the beating of our hearts
I'm as happy as can be
They then fantasized feeding Perry to alligators at the zoo.
Both:
It's the age-old story
How an evil boy meets an evil girl
We got a love strong enough to rule the whole wide world
They threw a water balloon onto a nearby boy.
We both maniacally laugh at all the same stuff
You can't foil a plan that's built upon evil love
End "Evil Love"
Doof and Sheena walked onto a dock.
"I have never been so happy in my entire life," Doof said.
"Oh, Heinz…" Sheena was about to say.
The satellite fell onto the dock and struck Sheena.
"I feel nothing," she finished as she walked away.
"But, but, but…" Doof stuttered.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 30: Vanessasary Roughness
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 30
Vanessassary Roughness
Doof and Vanessa were riding on Doof's electric scooter.
"Dad, I need a car," Vanessa said. "I can't keep riding on the back of your scooter everytime I go some place. It's totally embarrassing."
When the two stopped at a red light, a biker around Vanessa's age stopped next to them on his own scooter.
"How would you take a ride on a real bike?" he offered Vanessa.
"She's sixteen," Doof said as he zapped the boy with his laser, causing him to disappear. "You know, ever since I installed the Away-Inator on my helmet, driving is fun again."
Meanwhile, Stacy and the Flynn-Fletchers were on their way to the store.
"Hey Ferb, check it out," Phineas said. "The Super-Duper Mega Store has a large supply of everything in the Tri-State Area. I know what we're gonna do today."
"I'm gonna buy Jeremy a gift," said Candace. "It's the anniversary of the very first time Jeremy and I went to Slushy Burger. He spilled a cheese dog on me and mustard got all over the place. He was so sweet."
"Tough one," Stacy remarked. "I don't think they make a card for that."
Not wanting to listen to the conversation, Ferb turned to the window. Next to the car, he saw the same girl he ran into at the blueprint store.
Everything around him faded as he admired the girl's pretty face.
"So, Mom," Phineas said, snapping Ferb back to reality. "What are you gonna get at the store?"
"I need a twenty-five-pound tub of mayonnaise, and eighty pounds of potatoes to make potato salad for the bridge club," Linda replied.
"Wow, that's a lot of potato salad."
Linda parked the car once she found a spot. "Remember to meet me back at the car in three hours."
The gang entered the store.
"Wow, think of it, Ferb," Phineas said. "52,637,000 square acres of unbridled consumerism all under one roof."
Ferb whistled.
Linda carried Perry to the pet-sitters' area.
Doof and Vanessa made it to the super store.
"If you want a car, you're gonna have to prove to me that you can do things by yourself," Doof said.
"How can I do that when I'm always on the back of your scooter?" Vanessa asked.
"It's a conundrum, isn't it?"
One of the dogs in the pet zone dropped a bone. Monogram's face appeared on it.
"Agent P, down here," he whispered, getting Perry's attention. "It's the new dog bone communicator. Pretty clever, huh?"
"I thought of it," came Carl's voice.
"Anyway, we learned that Doctor Doofenshmirtz is shopping for parts to build another one of his outlandish devices. Put a tail on him."
Perry snuck out of the pet zone.
That's when he noticed his owners nearby. He quickly grabbed some Platypus-sized clothes, entered a dressing room, and put on the clothes.
"So I have to find a way to prove to you I'm responsible," Vanessa said. "There must be an easier way to earn a car."
"You know what people say about taking the easy way," said Doof.
"What do they say?"
"I'd tell you, but that would be taking the easy way." Doof noticed something in front of them. "Oh, look. Pizzazium Infinionite."
"What's that?"
Doof found an old projector and placed it on an old movie screen.
"You may know Hydrogen," said the voice on screen. "You may know Boron, but of all the elements on the periodic table, none is more fascinating and less abundant than Pizzazium Infinionite. It was first discovered by fortune hunters in the year 1894. No one is sure what it does, but look to the future for hover vehicles powered by Pizzazium Infinionite in the world of tomorrow."
"Where did you get that?" asked Vanessa.
"It's gone!" Doof shouted, ignoring Vanessa's question. He gestured to the case where the Pizzazium Infinionite used to be. "Someone took the last one!"
Nearby, Buford and Baljeet were walking down the store with Pizzazium Infinionite.
"What luck," Baljeet said. "With this Pizzazium Infinionite, that science prize is as good as mine."
"Why am I here again?" Buford asked.
"Because as a person of superior intellect, I require an angry wall of meat to protect my science project."
"Angry wall of meat, huh? Yeah, I can do that."
"Great, now I have to scour the whole store for the Pizzazium Infinionite and probably snatch it from some random shopper…" Doof rambled.
"Wait, Dad, I can do this for you," Vanessa interrupted. "I can go find this thing and prove that I can do things on my own, then I can get my own car, right?"
"Are you sure…"
"I can do it. I'm me."
"I don't know…"
"I'm not hearing a no."
"I'm not saying a yes." Doof handed Vanessa a device. "Here, take this. It'll help."
"How am I gonna find the one perfect gift in this humongous store?" Candace wondered as she and Stacy wandered around the blimp section.
"Doesn't Jeremy like camping?" Stacy asked.
"Yeah."
"So maybe a pocket knife, or a fishing lure, or a compound bow. Take that apple on kid's head."
"He said he needs a lantern."
"Yeah, that's good."
"And then I will start my own foundation to…" Baljeet explained before he noticed Buford wasn't paying attention. "Are you even listening?"
"What?" Buford asked. "I'm hungry."
Buford accidentally dropped the Pizzazium Infinionite.
"I really have to rethink having you as my wall of meat," Baljeet said.
Candace and Stacy looked around the lantern section for a good lantern. None of them seemed to work.
"I don't wanna get him any old lantern," Candace said.
"You can't expect the perfect gift to just drop out of the sky," Stacy said.
Right as she said that, a lantern fell out of the sky and into Candace's hands.
"It's perfect," she said. "It's all futuristic, and cool, and it dropped out of the sky."
"I guess I stand corrected," said Stacy.
"When Jeremy looks into its bright glow, he'll think of me…" Candace stopped when she saw the lantern was gone, and a weird box was in its place. "Hey, what's this?"
A clown popped out of the box, scaring the girls.
Perry tried to run off with the Pizzazium Infinionite. He hit a nearby shopping cart, causing the element to fly out of his hand.
"Hey, you gotta watch where you're going!" Doof shouted before noticing Perry in his outfit. "Say, you look fabulous. Have I seen you before?"
Perry did his chatter before running off.
"No need to get huffy," Doof said. "You ran into me."
Phineas and Ferb were sitting on some electrical recliners.
Phineas had the recliner on.
"You know, Ferb," he said. "I think I know what I wanna do every day."
Ferb noticed the girl from earlier about to pick up the Pizzazium Infinionite. Nearby, Buford and Baljeet were racing on a shopping cart.
Ferb quickly pushed the girl out of the way.
"Watch where you're going!" she shouted at the boys before noticing her device was broken. "Great, now this is broken, they got the element, and…" The girl sighed before turning to Ferb. "Thanks for your help, but I can do this on my own."
"That lantern was the perfect gift," Candace complained before noticing Buford and Baljeet riding by with the lantern. "Buford and Baljeet? How did they get it?"
The cart crashed. The lantern rolled away.
Play "I'm Me"
Vanessa saw the Pizzazium Infinionite roll into a stockroom. She entered the room to see it was a lot bigger than she expected.
She wasn't gonna let that stop her, though. She ran deeper into the store.
Vanessa:
I can do it, I can run
I can hunt you down
You can try, but you can't stop me
'Cause I'm gaining ground
I'm light on my feet
And I'm quick to the punch
I had a heavy breakfast
But a real light lunch
Vanessa saw the Pizzazium Infinionite being carried by a claw. She quickly grabbed onto the element and tried to grab it.
I'm a raging bonfire, a cherry bomb
I'm me.
The boy from earlier pulled a lever to make the claw release the element.
Unfortunately, the element was grabbed by a nearby hook.
I'm rough-and-tumble
I'm the one to beat
I'm a fresh coat of blacktop
Burnin' at your feet
I've got a poisonous sting
When I rain I pour
I'm the best of the best
I'm the soup du jour
The Pizzazium Infinionite landed on a high crate.
The boy managed to cut a rope holding a heavy crate in the air. The crate hit a seesaw Vanessa was standing on. It launched her into the air.
Vanessa managed to grab the element, but the crate opened. She fell to the ground.
The boy caught her, and used an umbrella to protect her from the falling canisters.
I'm smooth as glass, and sharp as a tack
I'm me.
I'm the last and best stick of gum in the pack
I'm me.
The two found the Pizzazium Infinionite being moved on a conveyor belt.
I'm a strong woman, fast-talking, big-bad-dog walking,
High falutin', drum-beatin', foot stompin', corn-poppin',
Speeding locomotive that just won't stop
I'm a hot apple pie with a cherry on top
I'm a crowd pleasin', head spinnin',
Winnin' in the ninth inning,
Whip-lashing, record-smashin',
Black-tie party crashing
Cyclone of fun, I'm an army of one
I'm strawberry sprinkles on a hot cross bun
The Pizzazium Infinionite ended up deep behind a shelf. Vanessa struggled to reach for it.
Ferb was able to use a tape measure to grab the element.
I've got you beat by a nose at the finish line
I'm a semi truck trailer with a scent of pine
I'm the cold hard walls of a prison cell
I'm a winter trip to the Wisconsin Dells
I'm a blood-red rose with a string of thorns
I'm me
I'm a heart-shaped locket on a cold steel chain
I'm me
I'm a big haymaker in a title fight.
I'm a cute black kitten with a nasty bite.
I'm an action double-feature on a Friday night
Vanessa finally had the Pizzazium Infinionite. She tried to get away with it.
Unfortunately, a tiny man grabbed the element. He tried to escape with it by jumping over giant boxes. He ended up falling into one of them. The element flew away.
Vanessa managed to catch it before it could hit the ground.
I'm me
I'm me
I'm me
I'm me
I'm me
End "I'm Me"
Right as Vanessa was about to return to Doof, she felt someone grab the Pizzazium Infinionite.
Vanessa ran after the little man. He tripped and dropped the element.
It fell into a vent.
Vanessa followed the Pizzazium Infinionite into a ball pit.
"I hope nobody sees me in here," she said to herself.
That's when she noticed the boy from earlier sucking the balls into a vacuum.
Vanessa went under the ball pit to search for the element.
"Ferb, honey, aren't you a little old to be in the ball pit?" came a voice.
"Yes, yes I am," the boy replied.
Vanessa climbed out.
"Your name is Ferb?" she asked.
"Yes, it's short for…" Ferb was about to reply before he heard a thud. He realized the Pizzazium Infinionite got caught. "Oh, here it is."
Vanessa took the element and left.
"Thanks, Ferb," she said. "See you around."
Doof noticed a lawn mower that activates at the push of a button. He pushed the button to see if it would work. It did.
Buford and Baljeet grabbed the Pizzazium Infinionite.
Candace and Stacy rollerskated after them.
Someone snatched the element from Baljeet.
"Hey!" he said.
Doof looked at a 3d art.
"I don't really understand these things," he said. That's when a little man flew through the paper. "Oh, there it is."
Candace and Vanessa found the lantern on the bottom of the escalator. They tried to skate down it. That was a bad idea.
To make matters worse, Buford and Baljeet slid down the escalator on a shopping cart.
The four of them crashed. They were sent flying into the card aisle.
Stacy noticed one of the cards.
"Check it out," she said. "They do make a card for a spilled cheese dog with mustard."
Vanessa used a rope to lower herself to the bottom floor and get the Pizzazium Infinionite.
That's when the rope got caught on a lawn mower. Vanessa tried to free herself, but the rope was too tight.
Thankfully, Ferb came to the rescue. He skimmed through a multi-purpose tool until he found a small pair of scissors to cut the rope.
He then switched to the screwdriver part and used it to unscrew the bottom of the lawn mower.
"Well, Ferb, you certainly know how to show a girl a good time," Vanessa remarked. "I gotta get this to my dad immediately."
Ferb put the Pizzazium Infinionite in a nearby tennis ball launcher, and launched it towards the check-out area.
Doof found the element rolling by. He quickly grabbed it.
"I got it, I got it!" he cheered.
He unknowingly moved the Pizzazium Infinionite too close to the RFID reader. An alarm went off.
A couple of security guards surrounded Doof.
"Excuse me, sir," said one. "You know you have to pay for this, right?"
"I was going to pay," Doof assured.
"Tell that to the judge."
"Don't worry. We can straighten this out. Vanessa!" The guards grabbed Doof and carried him away. "Wait! I don't even have anyone to curse!"
"Well, time to find out where they dragged Dad off to," said Vanessa. "Guess that car will have to wait." She turned towards Ferb. "Thanks for the help, Ferb."
Vanessa kissed Ferb on the forehead before walking away.
Ferb's eyes widened as he blushed brightly.
Phineas arrived, shaking back and forth at a fast pace.
"Did I miss something?" he asked.
Ferb touched Phineas' nose, causing him to stop.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 31: Perry Lays an Egg
Notes:
Before we begin, there’s something I feel I should mention.
On FFN, I've been getting PMs from users who've been asking if I'll commission them to make artwork for my fanfics. I said no. Well, it seems these people just won’t listen.
There’s especially one user, ZoyeZest, who made the exact same comment word for word on both that platform and here on AO3. I’ve deleted the AO3 comment, but sadly the comment on FFN is there for good unless the higher-ups take it down.
Normally, I’d just bring up a situation like this once and move on, but I recently found out ZoyeZest has also made these comments on other accounts.
It’s that guest who demanded that I give that Sherlock Holmes fic a good review all over again.
Because these users are saying the same thing word for word on multiple different stories on multiple different platforms, I figured it’d make sense for me to inform all of you reading this so hopefully, we can all work together to bring these scammers down before somebody gets hurt.
With that out of the way, please enjoy the newest chapter of 104 Days of Summer Vacation.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 31
Perry Lays an Egg
"Mom, the TV remote isn't working!" Candace whined.
"You know, you can just get up, walk to the TV, and change the channel the old fashioned way," Linda suggested.
"Oh, be real. I'd rather watch this nature show."
"I'll be sure to get some batteries while I'm out." Linda walked out as she said that.
"This week on 'Walking with Nature'," said the narrator on the TV. "One of the world's slowest creatures, chelonia mydas, the sea turtle."
Candace considered walking to the TV. It was only five inches after all. In the end, she decided it wasn't worth it.
Phineas and Ferb watched the sun from the top of the tree. They had a device in hand.
"Well, Ferb," said Phineas. "Time to make the sunniest day ever."
Phineas fired a laser at the sun. Nothing happened.
"Well, I guess it's as sunny as it can get," Phineas decided as he and Ferb climbed down the tree. "Hey, it's not even lunchtime yet and we're already done with our project. That means we have the whole rest of the day to do another project. It's like having two days in one."
As they were climbing, Ferb accidentally hit an egg off of a bird's nest. It rolled next to Perry.
The boys made it all the way down.
"Can't ask for better than that," Phineas said before noticing Perry. "Hey, Perry, do you have any cool ideas for projects?"
Perry chattered.
Phineas then noticed the egg.
"That's an egg," he said, not realizing it was an egg from the tree. "You know what this means, do you? We're gonna have two Perrys. Congratulations, old boy, you're gonna…" Phineas noticed Perry was gone. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry went into the garage and flipped a switch. A tube appeared and sucked all the fur off of his body, before sucking up Perry himself.
Perry was brought to his lair, and the fur was put back on his body.
On screen, Monogram was missing his hair and mustache. It's clear he tried to hide it with a black permanent marker.
You'd think he'd try to hide it with white, but no, Perry thought to himself.
"How did you like the new pneumatic transporter?" Monogram asked. "I used it myself this morning."
Perry gave Monogram a glare.
"Who am I kidding?" Monogram asked as he removed the marker. "The pneumatic transporter sucks. I mean, literally sucked every hair out of my body. Anyway, Doofenshmirtz has bought up the Tri-State's entire supply of krill. Krill?"
"Krill is a small shrimp-like creature that plays an important role in the diet of the humpback whale," Carl explained from the sideline.
The screen went static.
"You know, Ferb," Phineas said, feeling the egg. "Perry's egg is getting kind of cold."
Ferb covered the egg in a small tarp.
"I don't think that's gonna cut it," Phineas said. "This calls for desperate measures. Ferb, I know what else we're gonna do today."
Candace got herself a bowl of popcorn.
A part of her berated herself for wasting her time getting the popcorn, but not changing the channel.
The other part just wanted to keep watching the cute little turtle.
"Without the protection of their mother, they face many predators," said the narrator. "As you can see, they make easy prey, even though the safety of the ocean is a mere five feet away."
What Candace saw next was traumatizing.
The boys just finished building a platypus robot.
Well, the bottom of one.
"Alright, Ferb," Phineas said. "Let's get our nurture on."
They approached the egg, got their robot in position, and activated a warmer for the egg.
"Nothing says 'mother's love' like a giant, robotic platypus butt," Phineas remarked.
Candace was in tears by the time the documentary ended.
"Unlike humans, sea turtles don't have a mother to protect them through these crucial moments of infancy," the narrator concluded.
Candace heard a noise coming from outside.
She went outside to investigate. She was shocked to see what the boys were doing to the egg.
Remembering the documentary, she quickly grabbed the egg.
"It's okay, little guy," she assured. "Candace is here to protect you." She turned to the boys. "What are you doing to this precious gift of life?"
"After Perry left his egg unattended, we decided to take care of it," Phineas explained as Ferb showed a blueprint. "Given the rudimentary needs of the average egg, we calculated the heat transfer due to elemental exposure, plus the positive developing life responses to familiar and expected sound and factored in the obvious visual surroundings. The result was the platy-droid, but since we're pressed for time, we only built the platy-posterior."
Candace took a moment to process what the boys built.
"That's wrong in so many ways, I don't even know where to start," she said. "An egg is like a living baby. It needs a living, breathing mother. Hold on a second."
Candace ran inside.
The boys looked at each other, confused.
"It's better than trying to get us in trouble," Phineas eventually admitted.
Candace came out wearing a platypus costume.
"Let's do this for real," she said.
Doofenshmirtz Holding a Bucket
Doof was on a hovercraft in the middle of the ocean. He poured a bucket of krill into the ocean. That's when Perry showed up.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof said. "You're just in time for my backstory. You see, it all started a lifetime ago. I was young and in love with a beautiful girl. She taught me how to see the beauty of life, and I taught her how to hold a petty grudge. She was very interested in whales for some reason. In retrospect, it was probably more of an unhealthy obsession, but to win her heart, I created the Whale-Translate-inator! I rented the best oceanographic vessel I could afford, and we headed out, but when I turned the Translator-inator on, she left me for that trash-talking, thirty-five-ton pile of blubber, and broke my fragile, ten-ounce utterly too human heart. Unfortunately, my translator only worked in one direction, so I wasn't able to tell the whales what I thought of them, until today. Watch this."
Doof turned to a whale who came to the surface, and started making whale noises.
"See, I taught myself whale song," he told Perry. "I just told him he's fat and has barnacle breath. Come on, who's diabolical?"
Perry just stared in disbelief.
"Okay, first thing, dismantle that weird thing!" Candace ordered, referring to the platy-posterior. "Sometimes I swear I'm the only normal one in this family."
Phineas pushed a button, causing the platy-posterior to fold into a tiny disc. Ferb picked it up and put it in his pocket.
"Like I said, weird," Candace went on. "Now let's get serious. See what I'm wearing? This egg isn't gonna hatch itself. We need a nursery."
"We have this cool blueprint for an incubator," Phineas suggested.
"Too antiseptic. Think warm and loving, not cold and clinical. Hugs and kisses, not hard and mechanical."
Play "Technology vs. Nature"
Candace started a little dance. The boys quickly followed along.
Motherhood's for life, it's not something in which you dabble
A machine's not built to last, I love you's only technobabble
The boys offer all these baby machines that they made themselves. Candace turned them down.
A mother knows what's necessary 'cause she always pays attention
That's why they say necessity's the mother of invention
Candace gave the boys some baby bottles, toys, and blankets.
Now I got you on the run
Technology, zero, Mother Nature, one
Candace cuddled the egg while the boys played instruments in the background.
When a child cries out in the night, it's rarely for the washing machine
The boys make an X-ray. It showed Candace's heart was stronger than ever.
Science can't improve upon a mother's heart, but given time it can trick out her spleen
So if you think you can build a better mother, let it go
'Cause nature already nailed it sixteen million years ago
The boys ride a crib on a hovercraft. Candace grabbed the cord, stopping them dead.
You see, before we'd even begun
Game over, technology lost, Mother Nature won
Game over, technology lost, Mother Nature won
The boys built a giant nursery for the egg. Candace hugged the boys, showing she was proud that they finally did it right.
Mother Nature won
"So how does it feel to have your platy-posterior handed to you on a plate, son?" Candace asked nobody in particular.
End "Technology vs. Nature"
Doof continued to make whale noises.
"I just told him his mac n cheese recipe was too cheesy," he told Perry.
I don't have time for this, Perry thought to himself as he flew away.
"Wait, where are you going?" Doof asked. "My evil plan isn't evil enough for you to foil, is that it? I just insulted the mac n cheese recipe of a whale! What part of that is not evil?" Doof decided to fly after Perry. "Perry the Platypus, you get back here and thwart me this instant!"
Before Perry knew it, he was flying over the streets of downtown as Doof was chasing him. Not even he thought he'd not want to thwart Doof, but here he was.
"Stymie me!" Dood demanded. "Foil me! What about the fact that I held a petty grudge against an inferior mammal all these years, huh?"
Seriously? Perry asked in his head.
Perry hid behind a dumpster. Doof flew right past it.
Phew, glad that's finally over, Perry sighed in relief…
Then Doof popped up right in front of him.
"Thwart me, Perry the Platypus!" he demanded.
Perry jumped back.
How did you… he wondered.
He then flew off again. Doof continued to fly after him.
Candace sat in the nursery, tending the egg like a normal mommy platypus would.
That's when the egg started to hatch. Candace got excited.
It was just a bird that came out of the egg. It chirped and flew away.
"What? It was a bird?" Candace reacted, before the bird started to peck her.
"That's not just any bird," said Ferb. "That's a rare whale-song-singing double-breasted angle hooper, the natural enemy of the platypus in the wild."
"Okay, I have something that's actually evil," Doof swore.
Perry paused for a second.
"Just kidding!" Doof shouted before making whale noises.
Of course, Perry thought to himself.
Perry hit the eject button. Doof was sent flying away.
The bird continued to peck Candace until it heard the sound of someone singing in the sky. It got distracted and flew away.
That's when Linda came out.
"Candace, I have your batteries," she said, before seeing what was happening. "Candace, boys, what is this?"
"It's my… mom suit," Candace replied.
"I'll try not to take that as an insult. What's the rest of this?"
"Candace wanted to show us what motherhood was like," Phineas explained. "So she had us build this."
"What?" Linda reacted.
"No, that's not fair!" Candace whined.
"You know, you're all gonna have to clean this up," Linda ordered. "Mom suit, I'm not even gonna ask."
"Wait, were you trying to get us in trouble?" Phineas asked Candace, a hint of anger in his voice.
"No!" Candace replied. "She saw this one, but none of the others! Why mine? This is so unfair!"
"Hey, Candace," came a familiar, handsome voice.
Candace turned around to see that Jeremy came by.
"I was just stopping by to invite you…" he was about to say before seeing Candace in her outfit. "Nice mom suit."
"See? He gets it!" Candace shouted to Linda.
Doof fell into the blowhole of a whale. Inside it was none other than Doof's ex, Elizabeth.
"Heinz?" she asked.
"Hey, Elizabeth," Doof greeted, blushing in embarrassment.
"Best decision I ever made." Elizabeth went back to cooking mac n cheese.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 32: Thaddeus and Thor
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 32
Thaddeus and Thor
"Alright, Candace," said Linda. "I'm off to the grocery store. You're in charge."
"You mean I'm in control of everything around here while you're gone?" Candace asked for clarification.
"Yes."
"Including Phineas and Ferb?"
"Suddenly, I'm scared, but yes. I'll be back later."
Phineas and Ferb sat under the tree trying to figure out what to do.
"Oh boys!" Candace called.
Oh no, Phineas thought to himself.
Candace approached the two.
"Hear ye, hear ye," she announced. "Mom has left me in charge, so I hereby demand that you do nothing crazy today! No woozy-whatsits or goozy-mahookoffs. In other words, don't be the most annoying brothers in the world!"
"Your brothers are annoying you too?" asked a voice.
The three turned to see a girl around Candace's age enter the backyard. She had long, curly, brown hair. She wore a light blue T-shirt, blue jeans, and gray shoes.
"Hi, I'm Mandy," she introduced herself. "And me and my world's most annoying brothers are visiting our aunt next door for the weekend."
"Oh, you're Mrs. Weaver's niece," Candace realized. "You have annoying brothers?"
"Oh my gosh. My brothers, Thaddeus and Thor, are constantly building the most annoying contraptions on Earth. Soapbox cars with lawn mower engines, tire swings that launch over the roof, a mini-shopping center for the cat…"
Candace didn't know how excited she was, but she definitely was excited. "Finally! Someone who relates! Listen to how annoying Phineas and Ferb are."
While the girls were talking, two boys entered the backyard.
The first boy kinda looked like Phineas, only he was a bit more thin, and his head was a bit less triangular. He had dirty blonde hair in an afro. He wore glasses, a green shirt, brown pants with suspenders, and red shoes.
The second bore a bit of a resemblance to Ferb. He had a rectangular head, but with a rounder nose. He had light blonde hair in a bowl cut. He wore a blue T-shirt, black shorts, and dark gray shoes.
The first boy snapped his fingers.
"Gum me," he demanded.
The second boy gave the first a gumball. He chewed the ball, then blew a big bubble.
"'Sup, chumps?" he greeted, gesturing to himself, then the second boy. "Thaddeus, Thor. Overheard you two like to build stuff. Where we're from, we're known as the best. Jealous?"
Phineas laughed like he heard the craziest thing in the world. After he finished laughing, his face quickly shifted to a serious one.
"No, no I'm not," he replied bluntly.
"Well, you should be," said Thaddeus. "Today, we're building the most awesome fort ever. What do you think of that, suckers?"
Phineas laughed again.
"Well, we can do that too, only better," Phineas argued.
Thaddeus made a wicked grin.
"I accept your challenge," was all he said before he and Thor left.
Once Thaddeus and Thor were gone, Phineas turned to Ferb and snapped his fingers.
"Gum me," he said, imitating Thaddeus.
Ferb rolled his eyes. "Please."
"Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry ran to the nearby garden hose.
The next thing Perry knew, he was in the hose struggling to get out.
"Agent P? Agent P?" Monogram called, seeing that Perry wasn't in his lair like he usually was. "Where is he, Carl?"
"I don't know, sir," Carl replied. "Maybe he decided to quit."
"Quit? Why would he?"
"Well, remember his last mission?"
"Oh, right. Poor Agent P, having to put up with something so petty."
Perry finally reached the lair.
"Agent P, I'm so glad you're…" Monogram said happily before realizing he sounded like an idiot. "Ahem, so, Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been sighted in the Danville Park. We need you to make sure no one is in danger."
Perry saluted and left to do his mission.
"I don't know, Candace," Mandy admitted. "In terms of obnoxiousness, I'm sure my brothers have your brothers beat."
"I beg to differ," Candace retorted. "They may be obnoxious, but my brothers' stuff has a sprinkling of awesomeness, which makes it even more annoying."
"Have you been listening? Today, my brothers have been building a fort and it will probably be the most obnoxiously awesome fort ever built!"
"Not if my brothers are building one!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah! It's on, sister!"
Mandy walked out of the backyard.
Candace approached the boys. She saw they were working on something.
"There you are!" she said. "I order you to drop what you're doing and build a fort!"
"That's what we're doing," Phineas replied before feeling suspicious. "Wait, why do you care? I thought you wanted us to take the day off and not annoy you!"
"Well, the kids next door are building a fort, and I will be even more annoyed if theirs is better than yours!"
Doofenshmirtz Family Reunion
Doof watched with much contempt as his relatives competed in sack races and kickball.
That's when Perry jumped out of a nearby bush.
"Oh, hi, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted unenthusiastically. "Welcome to the Doofenshmirtz Family Reunion. They're about to start the dreaded kickball game that my mother organizes every year. The one my brother's team always wins. You see, I'm not very coordinated with my feet, but with my hands. Watch this."
Doof summoned a table and cups. He stacked the cups with no problem.
"See, I hold the cup-stacking world record," he continued. "But does my mother care? No. You see, Perry the Platypus, throughout my childhood, my mother's love was always inexplicably linked to kickball. I think this is best expressed through song."
Play "I Couldn't Kick my Way Right into her Heart"
Doof:
My mother's love was always inexplicably linked to kickball
And my brother was an expert from the start
But I lacked finesse, so when put to the test
I couldn't kick my way right into her heart
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Doof announced to a non-existent audience. "Love Handel!"
He gestured to a nearby stage, where Love Handel was performing for the Doofenshmirtz family.
Doof got on stage to join the band.
Danny:
He tried playing Rugby, and soccer, and football
He tried kick the can and even martial arts
But even with this dedication
Doof:
I still got no coordination
Danny:
He couldn't kick his way right into her heart
Oh yeah
"Goodnight, Danville!" Danny shouted, ending the concert.
End "I Couldn't Kick my Way Right into her Heart"
"How do you like that, Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked. "I got Love Handel to write and sing a parody of their own song. I know people."
What did I just witness? Perry asked himself, flabbergasted.
"This year, it's gonna be different, I'll show you," Doof went on. He left and came back with a metal contraption on his leg. "Behold, the Kickinator 5000! Could you help me practice? Just take the ball, go over there, then just roll it to me!"
Seeing nothing better to do, Perry decided to play along. He took the ball, walked a good distance, and rolled it.
Doof failed to kick it.
"Hey, you rolled too early!" he yelled. "Can't you see I wasn't ready? Try again, and do it right this time."
Doof tossed the ball back to Perry. Doof tried to kick the ball, but he kicked before Perry even rolled the ball. He ended up kicking his own face.
Isabella arrived at the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Whatcha doin?" she asked like she usually did.
"Building a fort," Phineas replied, not taking his eyes off his work.
Isabella noticed the boys in the backyard next door making something of their own.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Showing two chumps how to build a fort," one of the boys replied.
Isabella felt offended. "Oh no he didn't. Phineas, how can I help?"
Mandy watched Phineas and Ferb with binoculars.
"Stainless steel 18-8 woodscrews, eh?" she scoffed. "The choice of amateurs."
"Why?" asked Candace. "What kind of screws do your brothers use?"
"That's classified."
Candace noticed that Thaddeus and Thor hid their contraption under a tarp. She turned to Isabella.
"Isabella, get a tarp over that thing ASAP!" she demanded.
"What color?" asked Isabella.
"Does it matter?!"
"Hey, where's Harry?" Thaddeus wondered.
"Over here," Harry replied.
Harry was an overweight middle-aged man with hair all over his body. He wore no shirt, but he did wear a hard hat, beige pants, and brown boots.
"Well, he is a contractor," said Thaddeus. "They don't do much."
Since rolling it to him didn't work, Doof told Perry to put the ball in front of the Kickinator.
"That's good," Doof said when he thought it was good. "Step back and get ready to witness some real kicking."
Doof kicked the ball into a tree, accidentally killing a pigeon.
"I did it!" he cheered before accidentally kicking himself in the head again. "I still did it!"
Candace paced around the fort.
"Alright, it's do or die time!" she shouted. "This is the chance to really show your stuff, because there is now way you're going to lose to a couple of lame-os and their loser sister!"
"I can hear you!" Mandy shouted from next door.
"I know!"
That's when Candace heard a car pull up.
"No, Mom!" she shouted to herself. "I can't let her see it!"
Candace ran to the front of the house. She saw Linda getting out of the car.
"Mom, you're home!" she shouted. "But I think you forgot something from the grocery store."
"What?" asked Linda.
"You know, that… stuff!"
Linda looked at the shopping list. "Oh, I guess I did. Throw these in the kitchen and I'll be right back."
Candace took the groceries, threw them in the kitchen, and went straight back to the yard.
"Boy, that was close," she said to herself.
Doof was next on home base. He saw none other than Charlene pitching.
"Alright, easy out," she said. "Everybody move in."
"Hey, you're not even a Doofenshmirtz anymore!" Doof pointed out.
"I kept the name," Charlene retorted.
"You can do it, Dad!" Vanessa cheered from the bleachers. She then turned to the guy sitting next to her. "He can't really do it."
"Welcome, citizens of Danville!" Mandy announced to a small crowd. "I give you the architectural stylings of Thaddeus and Thor!"
The boys removed the tarp to show a castle fort with a slide.
"That's nice," Isabella remarked. "But not as nice as Phineas' fort."
Ferb cleared his throat.
"Sorry, Phineas and Ferb's," Isabella corrected herself.
"What you architectural illiterates see here is a split-level edifice, complete with slide and licorice dispenser," Thaddeus showcased.
"People, I'm not gonna soft-pedal this," Candace said. "That was adequate, but I think we're ready to witness the greatest architectural feat this town has ever seen. I give you Phineas and Ferb."
The boys removed the tarp. Everyone in the crowd laughed.
"You call that an architectural feat?" asked Thaddeus.
Candace turned around to see just a regular old fort.
"What?" she reacted. "Have you lost your minds? You've humiliated me in front of everyone, again! All summer long, you built the most amazing things, and the one time I actually want you to do something, the one time I count on you, you give me this? Just leave me alone!"
Candace ran into the house, crying.
Charlene rolled the ball. Doof braced himself. He moved his foot back, and he kicked.
Phineas chuckled a bit.
"Never judge a book by its cover, Candace," he said before picking up the megaphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, the top floor of our fort is our homage to old-school construction! Now, for the rest of it! Ferb?"
Ferb pushed a button on his remote. The fort rose to reveal many lower floors underneath. It was so high that a flying object just bounced back the way it came.
"Ta-da!" Phineas announced. "Our modern take on a well-known classic!"
The crowd cheered.
Doof was so busy cheering that he finally beat Roger that he failed to notice the ball was coming back. Roger caught it.
"You're out," he said nonchalantly.
Mrs. Doofenshmirtz cheered for Roger, like she always did.
"Well, here's the foyer," Phineas showcased to everyone. "All imported marble, by the way."
The next thing anyone knew, they were in another room.
"Here's the bowling alley," Phineas went on.
"Swimming pool."
"Telescope."
"Terracotta Army room."
"Jet engine wind tunnel!"
Some in the crowd were literally blown away by that one.
"And a scoring stage with a 40-piece orchestra," Phineas finished.
"We don't, however, have a licorice dispenser," Ferb added. "That was a nice touch."
Thaddeus and Thor were beyond shocked.
"Nice going," Mandy sarcastically remarked. "You broke their brains. Come on, boys. I'm taking you home."
Candace sat in front of the house, glum. She just barely noticed Linda came back with the stuff.
"Well, Candace," came Mandy's voice. "As much as I hate to admit this, your brothers are the best." She then turned to Thaddeus and Thor. "A ten-story addition with a swimming pool. Why didn't you think of that?"
"Could it be true?" Candace asked herself.
Candace was about to head to the backyard.
"Candace, kitchen, now!" came Linda's voice.
Candace went to the kitchen. She saw a big mess on the floor.
"When I said 'throw these in the kitchen', I didn't mean it literally," Linda scolded.
Candace realized her mistake, and quickly cleaned up the mess.
"Well, fun's fun, but there are those pesky zoning laws," said Phineas.
Ferb pushed the button, causing the fort to go back down.
Candace stacked all the cans and cups in record time.
Doof was letting Perry comfort him when he felt something wrong.
"I just felt a disturbance in the cup-stacking universe," he said. "I think my record's been broken."
Candace just finished cleaning up.
"See, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Linda asked.
Candace quickly ran to the backyard. The fort was just as normal as when she last saw it.
"That's not the best," she said to herself.
Linda showed up, having heard what Candace said.
"That actually is the best," she said.
"Hey, Mom," Phineas said. "We built a fort."
"It's wonderful. Who wants stuff?"
"We do."
Candace collapsed.
Notes:
This was a fun write.
One thing you might've noticed was that Candace hasn't been trying to bust the boys that much lately. Well, it's part of the planned character development I have for her. This season, and the seasons to come, I plan to slowly decrease how much Candace tries to bust her brothers, until eventually, she gets out of the habit entirely.
Like I said in a previous author's note, I was planning some tension between Phineas and Candace. Phineas refusing to let Candace in the restaurant in Chez Platypus, or the fact he didn't reveal the true fort until Candace was gone, is meant to showcase that his resentment towards her is getting worse, as now he's starting to act spiteful towards her.
The reason why he relented and let Candace and Jeremy have their date at the end of Chez Platypus was because the restaurant itself was gone, so he knew Linda and Lawrence wouldn't make a big deal out of it.
The whole resentment thing is also why I had Phineas challenge Thaddeus at the same time Candace challenged Mandy. There's no way I see my version of Phineas making the fort just because Candace told him to.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 33: The Baljeatles
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 33
The Baljeatles
A loud siren echoed all throughout Maple Drive.
Phineas and Ferb did their best to ignore the noise and come up with something to do. After a while, though, they gave in.
"Alright, what the hell is that sound?" Phineas asked. "Come on, Ferb. I know what we're not gonna do today! We're not gonna figure out what we're gonna do today as long as that noise keeps up."
With that, the boys left the backyard.
Phineas and Ferb weren't the only ones disturbed by the noise. Candace was also annoyed.
"That's it," she said as she went to the window. "If you don't stop that noise, I'm so gonna bust you…"
Candace stopped herself when she realized no one was in the backyard.
"Candace, stop trying to bust your backyard," Stacy scolded.
That's when her phone rang. Candace quickly answered it.
"Jeremy!" she said happily. "Yes. See you in a bit. Thanks. No, you get off the…" Jeremy hung up. "Huh, that actually worked."
"So?" Stacy asked.
"Jeremy just invited us to his friends' concert," Candace replied excitedly.
"Oh, I don't know. Lately, I've been feeling like a third wheel."
"What? No. It's more like, Jeremy and I are two wheels on a bicycle, and you're separate, on a unicycle going 'doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo'…" Candace stopped herself when something popped into her head. "Wait a minute, I just thought of something. Jeremy's never given me a nickname."
Stacy had a bad feeling about this. "Oh no."
"See, Jeremy only calls me 'Candace' and nothing else. When a guy makes you his girlfriend, he comes up with a nickname for you. A pet name like 'baby' or 'honey', his own personal stamp."
"Maybe you should just let whatever happens, you know, happen naturally."
That's when the siren returned.
"Where is that coming from?" Candace wondered.
Phineas, Ferb, and Perry followed the noise to Baljeet's house.
"Huh, for such a mild-mannered kid, we end up here for a lot of reasons," Phineas remarked before noticing Ferb's earplugs. "I wish I had earplugs."
Ferb gave Phineas an extra set of earplugs.
The boys entered Baljeet's room. They saw him holding a guitar and screaming.
"Baljeet, what's going on?" Phineas asked.
Baljeet continued to wail. Phineas was starting to get a little irritated.
"Baljeet!" he said a little louder.
Baljeet still didn't stop. By now, Phineas had enough.
"Baljeet!" he snapped.
Baljeet finally stopped.
"Oh, hello my friends," he greeted as if nothing was wrong. "I did not hear you come in."
"Is everything okay?" Phineas asked, just a little bit calmer.
"If by that, you mean, my life is a meaningless black cauldron of swirling failure, then yes. Everything is groovy."
Phineas felt genuinely concerned. "That is not at all what I meant."
"I signed up for a class called 'Summer Rocks' believing it was a geology course. It turned out to be a Rock n Roll camp. No matter how hard I study, I just do not rock. I could actually get an…" Baljeet couldn't bring himself to say it. "That terrible letter that shall not be named! Ineas, Erb, what am I gonna do?"
"That was an interesting sound that came out of your guitar. I think you'll be just fine."
"That was not my guitar. That was me. That was my fail wail." Baljeet started to scream again.
"Baljeet, we get it!" Phineas yelled. "You can stop!"
Baljeet stopped.
"Thank you," said Phineas. "We can show you how to rock." Phineas noticed Perry was gone. "Hey, I think your fail wail scared Perry off."
Perry slid down the chute. For whatever reason, his lair was dark, and a man in a security uniform was there waiting for him.
"Ticket please," he said.
Perry handed the man a ticket.
"Right this way," the man said as he led Perry to his chair. "Enjoy the show."
The screen showed a mix of black and white visuals.
A ticking clock.
A deserted playground.
Water dripping off of a leaf.
"Evil, wait, you, await," said Monogram's voice.
Monogram appeared on screen. A tear slowly and dramatically dripped down his face.
"Evil awaits," he continued.
"Cut!" came Carl's voice.
"Ah, come on!" Monogram said frustratedly. "Sorry, Agent P. Carl's been taking film classes and now believes I'm 'stifling his creativity as my cameraman'."
"Camera artist," Carl corrected as he appeared on screen.
He quickly fixed Monogram's face and left.
"Seems Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been buying baby supplies all over town," Monogram went on. "One can only imagine what he's doing. Two can discuss it between themselves. More than two is frankly a waste of resources. Good luck, Agent P."
Perry left to do his mission.
"Once more with feeling," Carl ordered.
"The agency isn't paying for these classes, are they?" Monogram asked.
"I have read every book on the history of rock music," Baljeet explained.
"Wow, Baljeet," Phineas remarked. "Rock n Roll isn't about books. It's about letting go and having fun. It's about telling the world how you feel."
"Feel about what?"
"Expressing yourself. I mean, what do you do when you're angry?"
"Math."
"What about when you're sad?"
"Math."
"Happy?"
"Math." Baljeet said that one in a sing-song voice.
"So every feeling you have makes you wanna do math?" Phineas asked.
"I don't know if it's cause and effect. I do a lot of math. The feelings come and go."
Candace and Stacy made it to the concert.
"What kind of concert is this?" Stacy wondered.
"It's the Summer Rocks Graduation Concert," Candace explained. "Jeremy's friend, Coltrane, is the instructor." Candace saw Jeremy and Coltrane close by. "Oh, there they are!"
"That's Coltrane?" Stacy asked, noticing the boy next to Jeremy.
Coltrane was an African-American boy with dark, riled-up hair. He wore a white T-shirt, a gray long-sleeve shirt underneath it, blue jeans, and red shoes.
"He's really cute," Stacy remarked.
"He kinda is," Candace said. "Wait, do you like Coltrane?"
"I mean, we never talked to each other before…"
"What should we do? Hide? No, pretend you're a talent scout. Ooh, I think I have a fake mustache."
"Or we can just say hi."
Stacy took Candace's hand and carried her to the boys.
"Hey guys," Stacy greeted.
"Hey gals," Jeremy replied.
"Ha," Candace laughed, blushing. "Yeah, that's me. 'The gal'. Gosh, when did you start calling me that?"
"Hi, I'm Stacy," Stacy said to Coltrane as she shook his hand.
"How you doing?" Coltrane asked. "I'm Coltrane."
"I like your hair."
"Thanks, I like your bow. Let me show you around."
Coltrane led Stacy away.
"Wow, Coltrane and Stacy," Jeremy remarked. "That was easy."
Jeremy stopped talking when he saw Candace glaring at him as if she was disappointed. He blushed a bit in embarrassment.
"Did I do something wrong?" he asked.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry snuck into the apartment by pretending to be a teddy bear. Once he was brought into the room, he took off the disguise.
That's when a six-armed robot dressed like a mom showed up. Perry tried to escape, but the robot grabbed him.
She strapped Perry, covered his bottom half with powder, then put on a diaper. After that, she put him in a large cage.
"Oh, congratulations," Doof said sarcastically as he entered the room. "It's a platypus. What do you think of my new nanny-inator? Nice, huh? You know what time it is?"
Doof sat on a rocking chair as he took out what looked like a children's picture book.
"Evil story time," he announced. "See, I wrote my new evil scheme in pop-up book format. Once upon a time, yesterday, like a quarter to six, I was watching a nature documentary…"
Doof opened the book to reveal a pop-up of him watching the TV.
"And I learned how before a baby's born, its constant companion is the soothing, steady beat of its mother's heart," he continued. He then turned the page to reveal a pop-up of a mother comforting her baby. "Even after it's born, the sound of the mother's heartbeat continues to be a safe calming beacon to a growing child…"
Doof turned the page again, revealing the baby is all grown up, yet he still hugs his mother and sucks his thumb.
"In some cases, up until their early thirties," Doof went on. He turned the page a third time, showing a pop-up of Doof standing above the Tri-State Area. "Suddenly, I was struck with a brilliant idea to project the sound of my own heartbeat across the city, causing all the babies to believe that I am their leader. Like the Pied Piper except with babies. I will have a mighty baby army and no one will fight back, because you know, babies."
Doof turned the page one final time, revealing a pop-up of the exact same scenario he was in at that moment.
"Then the time came to tell you my evil plan in pop-up book form, which is right now" he finished as he gestured to the giant heart behind him. "Behold, the Bum-Bum-inator."
"Rock's not about getting good grades and following the rules," Phineas explained. "It's about rebellion. It's about using music to express your feelings and emotions. Just play how you feel."
Baljeet played a single cord.
"Baljeet, that's just an A-cord," Phineas berated.
"I feel like I want an A," Baljeet retorted.
Phineas sighed. "This is gonna be harder than we thought."
"Do you think you can teach me how to play the bass?" Stacy asked.
"Let's see if you have big bass-player hands," Coltrane replied.
That's when Candace popped out of the bushes and started making bird noises.
"Excuse me," Stacy told Coltrane. "I have to talk to my friend."
"It's cool," Coltrane assured. "I gotta prepare for the show. Save me a dance?"
Stacy approached Candace.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"How's it going with you and Coltrane?" asked Candace
"It's going really well," Stacy replied. "He asked me to save him a dance."
"He did? What do you think he meant by that?"
"He could just want to dance with me."
"You know men are a lot more complicated than that."
"What about you and Jeremy? Has he given you a nickname yet?"
"No."
"Maybe Jeremy isn't the kinda guy who nicknames people." Stacy noticed Jeremy coming by. "Hey, here he comes now."
Jeremy passed by some people in the crowd.
"Yo T-Bone," he greeted. "Hey, Clamo. What up, Sassy Miss K? Mo-Mo. Binky." Jeremy then approached Candace. "Hey, Candace. Where have you been?"
Feeling awkward, Stacy walked away. "I'll see you later."
"Catch you later, Staceroo," Jeremy said.
Candace glared at Jeremy.
"What?" he asked.
Phineas, Ferb, Baljeet, and Buford came out of a limo wearing Rock n Roll attire.
The quartet saw Django play an electric violin on stage. The crowd was impressed.
"I do not know about this," Baljeet said, wanting to back out.
"Hey, it'll be great," Phineas assured. "Just remember what we practiced. Follow the beat and let your feelings out through the music."
"I'm about to let my feelings out through these pleather pants."
"Okay, I'm almost ready," said Doof, who had a monitor strapped to his arm. "This monitor takes my pulse and transmits it to the Bum-Bum-inator, which will then broadcast my heartbeat to all the babies in the Tri-State Area. See?"
Doof showed the giant heart was starting to pump.
"You might say I'm wearing my sleeve on my…" Doof was about to say before realizing it sounded wrong. "I mean, my heart is wearing… never mind. You get it."
Doof raised the giant heart onto the roof.
"And now, the moment you've all been waiting for," Coltrane announced. "The Baljeatles."
Phineas, Ferb, and Buford got on stage.
"Hey, cool beat, Buford," Phineas complimented.
But Buford wasn't playing the drums.
"Uh, thanks," he said, not wanting to hurt his pride.
Buford started to play the drums for real. Phineas and Ferb started their electric guitars.
Baljeet couldn't bring himself to get on stage. He knew there was a large crowd waiting for him. Many negative thoughts flooded through his mind, as he worried what would happen if he disappointed them.
"What's up, Baljeet?" Coltrane asked. "Your band's waiting for you."
"I cannot do it!" Baljeet panicked. "I just do not know how to rock! I know I am going to get a bad grade!"
"Wait, what are you talking about? This is Summer Rocks. There are no grades?"
"No grades? So, is it pass/fail?"
"No. We use a free-floating curriculum to encourage kids to just have fun."
Baljeet couldn't describe the anger that was flowing out of his system.
"I do not believe this!" he screamed. "I wasted all this time in a class without grades! If only there was some kind of outlet for me to express these feelings to my like-minded peer group!"
The cheers from outside reminded Baljeet where he was at. An idea came to mind.
"Pardon me!" he yelled as he picked up his guitar. "I want to try something!"
Play "Give Me a Grade"
Baljeet got on stage and walked to the microphone.
"Oh, yeah!" he shouted. "I have got something to say!"
Baljeet:
I have been burned by fake lesson plans
And a free-floating curriculum
I like my rules, baby, etched in stone
Because you know I'm gonna stick with them
Can I get a syllabus, a little discipline
Judge me on a scale from A to F?
You wasted all my time learning how to rhyme
And left me hanging from a treble clef
Somebody give me a grade
I need the man keeping me down
Somebody give me a grade
Is there a red band in this town?
Somebody give me a grade
I already said it, I may not get a credit today
Somebody give me a grade
And make it an A
Pause "Give Me a Grade"
Doof rocked back and forth on his rocking chair.
"Okay, now to relax and keep my heart rate slow and steady," he said to himself. "Too much excitement will cause my heart to beat too fast."
Perry felt himself needing to pee. This gave him an idea. He let it all out.
The robot showed up, having sensed the 'accident'.
"Change time, change time," she repeated.
The robot reached out her arm. Perry dodged. He then climbed the arm to get out of the cage.
He then leaped at Doof. Doof ran away, causing his heart rate to go up.
"Perry the Platypus, stop chasing me!" he demanded. "I'm supposed to keep my heart rate down!"
Continue "Give Me a Grade"
"Ooh, I'm so upset!" Baljeet shouted.
Baljeet:
I am stone-cold on a roll
I won't be told how to vent
I won't cry outside, I'm here to testify
But with the establishment
My parents understand me
Even though they aren't hard on me
I felt the need to help the system out
I ain't gonna waste my summer
Being just a total bummer
Put a mike in front of me and I'll shout
Stacy and Coltrane danced to the song.
Next to them, Candace and Jeremy were also dancing together.
Baljeet:
Give me a grade
You know I'm gonna wreck the curve
Somebody give me a grade
The only letter I deserve
Somebody give me a grade
This isn't a request, I demand there be a test today
Give me a grade
End "Give Me a Grade"
Doof heard the monitor beating very fast.
"Not good," he said to himself.
He heard the giant heart pop. The cord carried him into the air with it.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" he shouted as he flew away.
Right as the song ended, Candace fell into Jeremy's arms.
"Just call me 'Can't-Dance' Flynn," she joked.
"Okay, so that's your new nickname?" Jeremy asked.
Candace realized her mistake. "What? No. I wasn't supposed to nickname myself! You were supposed to come up with it! You don't even try!"
Candace calmed down when she felt Jeremy hold her hands.
"Calm down," he said calmly. "I don't not give you a nickname because I don't care enough to come up with one. I just think 'Candace' is a nice name. It's your name."
Candace smiled and blushed.
"Ah," came Stacy's voice.
Candace and Jeremy saw Stacy and Coltrane watching the scene unfold. The latter two were holding hands.
"Well, Baljeet," said Phineas. "If it means anything, I give you an A-plus in rock."
"Thanks, but that means almost nothing to me now," Baljeet assured. "I think I'm done with extra-curricular summer courses. I think I should do what you do, make the most of every day."
"Good," Buford said as he caught Baljeet in a noogie. "It means I can do this more."
Usually, Baljeet didn't like noogies, but for some reason, he didn't mind receiving it from Buford. He realized that could only mean one thing.
Notes:
Now this was an episode I was looking forward to.
One thing I find weird about this show is how Baljeet taking summer courses is just not brought up after this episode. I decided to fix that by having it so he decides to stop doing summer courses and just, as Phineas and Ferb put it, "seize the day".
I did change the lyrics of Give Me a Grade a little. I wanted it to have a bit of progression, as Baljeet goes from venting out his frustration over not being graded to venting out his frustration towards himself for putting pressure on himself. I'm not a songwriter, so I'm sorry if I didn't convey the message the way I wanted to.
Last thing worthy of note, Baljeet has gained a crush on Buford. The next chapter will focus on developing their relationship.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 34: That Sinking Feeling
Notes:
Since the election has passed, I have this to say. If you happen to support Trump, you do not deserve my respect. By putting Trump back in office, you've proven you're just homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, and sexist. You can all piss off.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 34
That Sinking Feeling
Phineas and Ferb were on the front of a giant boat.
"Now this is a ship," Phineas remarked. "My, she's 'yar'. Is she ready to sail?"
"She's ship-shape in Bristol fashion," Ferb replied.
"What does that mean?"
"What does 'yar' mean?"
"Phineas, Ferb, I need your help!" came Baljeet's voice.
The boys looked down to see Baljeet coming in.
"Hey, Baljeet," Phineas greeted as he and Ferb came down. "What's up?"
"It… it is about Buford," Baljeet struggled to say.
"What about him?"
"It is just… I do not know how to put it." The fear on Baljeet's face worsened as he kept speaking. "I think… I think I like him."
Phineas was confused. "I don't see what's wrong with that. I think we've all grown to like him."
"You misunderstand me. I think I… like him, like him. Let me explain. Ever since Buford gave me that noogie last night after the concert, I could not stop thinking about him. I've been bullied by a lot of kids, but Buford feels… special. It is like I am able to look past that side of him and just… like him for it. I do not know how to describe it, but… I think I like him more than just a friend. The moment I realized that, I came over here as quickly as possible. I do not know how to act in a situation like this."
An idea came to Phineas' head. "I think what you're talking about is romance."
"Romance?"
"Yeah. Ferb and I learned all about it in this movie we watched earlier this morning. Dinner, music, candlelight, and all on a romantic cruise over the ocean blue. Lucky for you, we have a ship right here. Ferb, cancel the giant bottle. I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
Monogram and Carl were playing a guitar game when they heard the camera beeping.
"Oh, he's here," Monogram said as he got in front of the camera. Perry was in his spot as usual. "Sorry for the delay, Agent P. Doofenshmirtz is at it again. He's been frequenting hobby shops and, well, Carl's worried sick, aren't you?"
"Not really sick, but…" Carl was about to say.
"What did I say about contradicting me in front of the agents?"
"Sorry, sir."
"So, that's pretty much it, Agent P. You can go now."
Perry left to do his mission.
"Okay, Carl," Monogram said as they went back to the game.
Baljeet made it to Buford's house. He wore a red bow tie over his usual outfit, and he held a small bouquet of flowers.
He took a couple of breaths. He knocked on the front door.
A woman answered the door. She was an average woman with brown hair in a bun. She wore a yellow sundress with green leaves and red flowers on it. Baljeet could only assume she was Buford's mom.
"Oh, are you Baljeet?" she asked. "Buford's told me about you."
"Hello, ma'am," Baljeet greeted. "Is Buford home? There is something I want to say to him."
"Yes, yes he is. I'll tell him you're here."
Buford's mom walked back inside.
Not long after, Buford showed up. He didn't seem too happy.
"What do you want?" he asked before realizing it was Baljeet. "Oh, it's you."
Baljeet cleared his throat. "If you do not already have plans for this upcoming afternoon…"
"I don't." Buford was about to shut the door.
"Wait!"
Buford paused. He looked a little intrigued, but his frown remained.
"Phineas and Ferb have planned…" Baljeet paused as he showed Buford a pamphlet. "An all-inclusive luxury cruise around Danville Harbor. Highlights of the evening will include a romantic candlelit dinner…" Baljeet looked up to see Buford was gone. "Oh, he's gone."
"I just wish Jeremy was more romantic," Candace whined over the phone. "You know, like Romeo and Juliet, but without all the dying."
Candace was interrupted by the sound of a ship horn blowing.
"Ahoy, Candace!" came Phineas' voice.
"Yeah, Stacy, I'm gonna have to call you back," Candace said.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry tried to sneak into the apartment. However, the moment his back touched the door, it flipped over. Before Perry could get up, a rope appeared and tied him to the floor.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "You like my scale model? I even put my own little building here."
Doof gestured to his scale model of the Tri-State Area. His building was in the center of it all.
"Yes, my home," he said. "I can still remember the day I bought it. My real estate agent had already shown me hundreds of other places within my budget, but none of them were acceptable. That is, until he showed me this magnificent building with a view all the way to the ocean, but the first night, I realized why the price was so cheap. All night long, foghorns from passing ships would sound. I couldn't understand why all the ships were there until one night, I turned my neck to the right about forty-five degrees and I saw it. The Danville Lighthouse. It was attracting ships like moths to a flame."
Doof took a model of the lighthouse and moved it to the other side of the model of the city.
"What I'm going to do is I'm gonna move the lighthouse all the way to the other side of town," he explained. "The boats will follow it like moths following a… I already used that metaphor. I know, like bees to a flower."
Phineas and Ferb got their ship on the harbor.
Phineas looked down and saw Isabella and the Fireside Girls were nearby.
"Hey Isabella," Phineas greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"The Fireside Girls and I just got our shrimp net repair patches," Isabella explained. "What are you doing?"
"Romantic cruise. You wanna come?"
Isabella gasped. "You want me to come on a romantic cruise with you?"
"Yeah, it'll be fun."
"Uh, okay."
Isabella and her troop squealed in excitement.
"Forget about it," came Baljeet's voice.
Everyone turned to see Baljeet approaching them glumly.
"He's not coming," Baljeet said. "You can all forget about it."
"Not so fast!" another shouted.
Buford snuck up behind Baljeet and pushed him to the side.
"I thought about it and decided I'll bite," he said before turning to Baljeet. "But if it isn't worth it…"
Buford cracked his knuckles.
Baljeet blushed a bit. "Noted."
Play "Boat of Romance"
Once the boat left the dock, Baljeet got in front of a camera. They were gonna take a picture of him as one of the lovebirds on the cruise.
Unfortunately for him, Buford shoved Baljeet aside and got in the frame as the picture was taken.
Romance
It's not in the air
Phineas monitored as couples of all shapes and sizes got on the boat.
It's not on the breeze, and it's not in the trees
And it's not in your hair
Candace tried to get a better view of the ship by climbing a tree. She just fell off the branch and into the water.
It's in the water, so I'll warn you well in advance
Isabella, the cruise director, made sure everything was sailing smoothly.
Nearby, Django was handing out beverages to guests.
Phineas was in the cabin steering the boat while Ferb was navigating.
If you're not looking for love, don't set foot on our boat of romance
Buford and Baljeet stood at the front of the boat. Buford had his arms stretched out as if he was flying, while Baljeet made sure Buford didn't lose his balance.
On our boat of romance
End "Boat of Romance"
"I knew it," Candace said. "Time to call Mom."
Candace tried to call Linda, but the moment she tried to speak, a nearby seagull squawked.
"Candace, I can't understand what you're saying!" Linda yelled.
Many seagulls swarmed Candace. Knowing this was a bad time, she hung up.
"They'll be back," she assured herself. "And when they do, I'll be standing right here ready to bust them."
A few seagulls flew onto Candace's head and shoulders.
"Will you get off me?" she demanded as she tried to shake them off.
"Wow, Phineas," Isabella remarked. "This is so romantic."
"You think this is romantic?" asked Phineas. "Wait till you see what else I have planned."
Phineas offered his hand. Isabella took it with no hesitation.
Yes, she thought to herself.
For a moment, Phineas just stood there. Isabella's hand felt… comforting.
Phineas quickly snapped out of it, though.
He led Isabella into the next room.
"Behold," he showcased. "A romantic candlelit dinner for two."
"Oh, Phineas," Isabella said happily.
"Ferb, show the happy couple to their table," Phineas ordered.
Isabella was about to sit down when she noticed Buford and Baljeet were the ones being led by Ferb.
"Cue music," Phineas ordered again.
A small band appeared and played some music.
"Classical music," Phineas told Isabella. "Very romantic."
Though, Buford and Baljeet didn't see it that way. They just sat there in awkward silence.
Phineas paid no mind. "Cue rose petals."
Ferb dumped a large bucket of rose petals over Buford, Baljeet, and the band.
"Cue… pid," Phineas finished.
Django was brought down on a rope. He wore nothing except for his underwear and fake wings strapped to his back. He had a bow and love arrow in his hands.
"I did not agree to this," he said.
"So, do I know romance or what?" asked Phineas.
"What," Isabella replied.
"I said…"
"I heard you."
Buford and Baljeet did their best to ignore Django in his underwear and just eat the food provided.
"So, do you like the food?" Baljeet asked.
"Uh, I guess so," Buford replied.
Baljeet wanted to say something else, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything.
That's when the rope holding Django in the air broke. He fell onto the table, breaking it.
"I've attached rockets to the lighthouse," Doof explained. "When I push this button, it'll fly to the other side of town. The ships will follow, then I will finally get some sleep."
Doof pushed the button. He watched as the lighthouse flew away, the ships following it. The lighthouse then flew in the other direction. The ships still followed.
"Should've put a steering mechanism on that," he said to himself. "Oh well, live and learn."
Doof then noticed Perry was free.
"Hey, how did you free yourself?" he asked.
Perry gestured for Doof to lean closer. Doof did so. Perry punched him in the nose.
"I guess I walked into that one," Doof remarked.
Doof fell onto his scale model. It shattered on impact.
"Hey, I worked all morning on that!" he whined.
Flashback
Earlier that morning, Doof was working on his scale model.
"I hope Perry the Platypus will appreciate my hard work," he said to himself.
"He won't," Vanessa said bluntly.
Doof sighed. "I know."
End of Flashback
"Perry the Platypus, I think it's time for you to go," Doof said. "That's right, go home. Your services are no longer required. The lighthouse is gone, and there's nothing you can do about it. You might as well run back to Major Monogram and tell him you lost this one."
Perry walked to the door. He looked back one last time to make sure. Doof continued to glare at him. Seeing no other choice, Perry accepted defeat and left.
Perry
Buford and Baljeet were at the edge of the deck, holding onto the rail.
"Did I mention how nice the weather is?" Baljeet asked.
"Several times," Buford replied, annoyed.
"Well, it is."
"I don't get it," Phineas said to Isabella. "We tried everything in that romantic movie, but nothing seems to work. The orchestra, the petals, the love song, the only other thing that happened in that movie was the ship sinking."
Right as he said that, a lighthouse flew through the bottom of the ship, creating a massive hole. A bunch of ships just sailed through it like nothing.
"Huh, that oughta do it," said Phineas.
Everyone ran to the edge of the ship to avoid drowning.
"I must apologize," Baljeet apologized. "The ship sinking was not in the brochure!"
"Oh, don't apologize!" Buford assured with a wicked grin. "Now things have gotten interesting!"
"Phineas, where are the life preservers?" asked Isabella.
"There aren't any," Phineas replied. "There are fun preservers. Hit it, Ferb."
Ferb pushed a button on a remote. The end of the boat rose high into the air. A large water slide inflated, leading into the ocean below.
"Okay everybody!" Phineas ordered. "To the fun preservers!"
Play "Gotta Make Summer Last"
One or two at a time, everyone on board got on a preserver and slid down the slide.
Summer, I love summer
We really love summertime
Phineas and Isabella got on a preserver and slid down together.
Buford and Baljeet got on another one.
Ferb and Django got on a third one.
They all screamed and cheered in excitement as they went faster and faster down the slope.
Summer, every 86,400 seconds, that's fast
Gotta make summer last
End "Gotta Make Summer Last"
Once the slide ended, Buford and Baljeet just slowly floated to the shore.
"Well, that was… something," Baljeet remarked, blushing. "Wanna never do that again?"
"Yeah, never," Buford replied. "I mean, a nerd and a bully? Who asked for this?"
"Yeah. Go ahead, do your worst."
Beforehand, Buford would've wanted to let Baljeet have it for even suggesting going on this cruise in the first place, but there was another part of him that actually thought it was nice.
In the end, he did push Baljeet off the floaty and into the water. Baljeet just laughed it off.
Once they made it to shore, Phineas and Isabella got off their floaty.
"This romance stuff was fun," Phineas admitted. "We should do it more often."
"Yes, yes we should," Isabella agreed. "And we should do it right next time."
Phineas blushed a little. "You're never gonna live that catastrophe down, aren't you?"
"No, no I'm not."
Phineas noticed Perry next to him on another floaty.
"Hey, there you are, Perry," he smiled.
That's when Candace approached them.
"Alright, you guys better tell me what you were up to on that cruise ship!" she demanded.
"Just whipping up a little romance for Buford and Baljeet," Phineas replied.
"Wait, you created romance?"
"Yeah."
"And did it work?"
"Seems like it."
The group saw Buford and Baljeet watching the sun set. It seemed like Buford was gonna side-hug Baljeet…
But he just wedgied him. Baljeet paid no mind, though.
"Do you think you could do that for me and Jeremy?" Candace requested.
"I don't see why not," Phineas replied.
Later, Candace and Jeremy were sitting at a table in the backyard. A band was playing, rose petals were falling out of the sky, and Django was hanging above the two on a rope.
"Candace, I love seeing a kid's feet in my face as much as the next guy," Jeremy said. "But how about we just get a slushy burger next time?"
Notes:
Sorry this took a day longer than it should have, but I needed some time to let out my frustration knowing Trump won the election again. I guess they just don't want women as president. Well, all we can do now is hope Harris runs again next time and succeeds.
I have heard online that Trump plans to take away rights for gay and trans people. As a bisexual, I'm absolutely disgusted by him, and the fact he has as many supporters as he does. It really shows that we have not come as far as we thought if there are still people out there that think people that aren't straight aren't human.
Well, he can do whatever he wants, but that's not gonna stop me. I'm gonna keep including queer ships and representation in my stories, even if no one reads them. If Trump doesn't like it, he can go suck an egg. Queer people are still people, and it sucks that some people are just too blind to realize that.
Anyway, let's actually talk about said queer ship in this story. I decided to have Buford replace Mishti in this chapter. I figured it'd help develop the relationship between the two.
When I first watched this episode, I didn't mind Mishti. I thought she was alright. Now, I think she was just an unnecessary addition, especially since this is the only time we see her, only ever being mentioned again in a time-jump episode.
Anyway, we also got some scenes between Phineas and Isabella. Those were fun to write.
Also, I got rid of the credit scene where the lighthouse landed in Doof's apartment and all the ships somehow reached the land and parked at the apartment. It was hilarious, don't get me wrong, but I feel Doof deserves a victory now and again. He may be evil, or at least, pretending to be evil, but sometimes his intentions are understandable.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 35: Let's Take a Quiz
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 35
Let's Take a Quiz
"Oh my gosh, Stacy!" Candace shouted over the phone. "Have you heard?"
"About what?" asked Stacy.
"About Jeremy! He's on a TV commercial!"
"Yeah, I know. I heard it from Christina, who heard it from Jenny, who heard it from Jessie, who heard it from you!"
"Well, it's totally true. Do you know what this means?"
"He's out of your league?"
"He's out of my league! What should I do?"
"I don't know about celebrity relationships!"
"That's it! If I can get on TV, then Jeremy will see my star quality and we can be on the same level again!"
"How are you gonna do that?"
Candace realized Stacy had a point. "I guess you're right. Getting on TV might be difficult."
"I guess you forgot about that insignificant little detail."
"Ha, insignificant little detail…" Candace stopped herself when she saw Phineas and Ferb working on something from her window. "Phineas and Ferb. Stacy, you're a genius!"
"Can you tell my mom that?"
Candace ran to the backyard calling for Phineas and Ferb. Unfortunately, she wasn't looking where she was going. She hit the door.
"So you switch the solenoid here with the ganglion there," Phineas explained to Isabella.
That's when Candace came out.
"Phineas, Ferb!" she called.
"Hey Candace, whatcha doin?" Isabella asked.
"Freaking out!" Candace replied. "What are you doing?"
"We're helping the Fireside Girls," Phineas explained.
"We're working on our broadcasting patches," Isabella added. "We're doing a game show. Buford and Baljeet are the contestants."
She gestured to a show stage with Buford and Baljeet standing in front of microphones.
"We're even gonna broadcast it all over the Tri-State Area," Phineas finished.
He gestured to an antenna that Ferb was working on.
"Great, I knew I came to the right place," Candace smiled. "Here's the deal. I want to be the star."
"Why?" Phineas asked, suspicious.
Candace didn't answer him. She just got on stage.
"Okay, one of you, off the stage," she demanded.
Buford quickly shoved Baljeet off the stage.
"Right then, let's get this started," Candace went on.
"You know, we should give Perry a cameo," Phineas said before noticing Perry wasn't next to him. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry went to the TV. He picked up the remote and pushed a button. Nothing happened.
He tried a few more times. Still, nothing happened.
He then noticed another remote. He quickly realized his mistake and pushed the button on that remote.
The screen opened to reveal a secret hatch. Perry climbed inside and shut the door behind him.
Perry
After going down the tunnel a bit, he used the remote to open another hatch, which was behind his computer.
When he got himself situated, the first thing he saw was Monogram giving Carl a back massage.
What am I seeing? he thought to himself.
Monogram noticed Perry and quickly stopped what he was doing.
"Oh, Agent P," he said. "Carl and I made a bet and well, I lost."
Monogram cleared his throat. Carl got up and started moving Monogram's mouth.
"Dozens of delivery trucks have been…" he imitated.
Monogram grabbed Carl's arm.
"This was part of the bet," he explained.
Carl continued to move Monogram's mouth. "...showing up at Doofenshmirtz's, and no good can come from that. Get to the bottom of it."
Carl got back on the massage table. Monogram left the screen and came back in a clown suit.
"This wasn't part of the bet, actually," he told Perry as he continued massaging Carl. "I just think this costume perfectly describes how I feel."
Perry just walked away, confused and embarrassed.
"Do not worry your… pretty little head," Baljeet assured Buford. He blushed when he said 'pretty'. "I have plenty of experience with this sort of thing."
Buford pulled Baljeet close to his face, making him blush even more.
"You better," Buford demanded. "My face is my fortune."
"Of course it is," Baljeet chuckled in embarrassment.
"Yeah Stacy," Candace said over the phone. "The boys are putting on a game show, and I'm the star. This will totally do it."
"I hope that does do it," Stacy replied. "Because Jeremy is getting huger by the minute. I know because Megan's blog says she thinks so."
"No way."
"And how are my contestants today?" Phineas asked. "I just wanted to remind everyone that the physical challenges are a little rigorous, but the rewards are inconsequential. If things get too rough out there, you can drop it whenever you want."
"Don't worry about me," Candace assured. "I can handle anything."
"If the girl's in, I'm in," said Buford.
"Anyway, if you need anything, don't bother to speak up," Phineas said, sneaking a wicked grin at Candace.
"I can't believe my own brother doesn't believe in me," said Candace. "I'll show him that I'm star material. Makeup!"
One of the Fireside Girls literally covered Candace in makeup.
"Let's do this," she said confidently.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry burst the door open… and immediately got trapped in a box.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "How do you like my new Catch-o-Mat? I bought it from the TV."
Next to Doof, a TV was playing a commercial. Doof quickly shut off the TV and put the telephone to his ear.
"I'll take two," he said to it before turning back to Perry. "I seem to have developed an addiction to them. It started with the fruit dehydrator. Here, I've been eating hydrated fruit like a sucker my whole life."
Doof heard the doorbell ring. He quickly went to the door, picked up a package, and signed his name on a slip.
"Ah, my Servomat," he said. "See, this is what I'm talking about. I don't even know what it is, and now I have five. These infomercials are taking time away from my evil. People ask, 'Doof, if you have unwanted infomercials, how do you get rid of them?' My solution is easy, simple, and it starts working the same day."
Doof gestured to a device next to Perry.
"With my Scorch-inator, I will target TV towers and melt, smelt, and render them into their basic components," he explained. "How much would I pay for this? Nothing, it's free. Wait, there's more." Doof paused dramatically. "Actually, there isn't. That's about it."
Play "Let's Take a Quiz"
The first thing the boys did was play the show's intro.
If you think you're some kind of brainiac
A know-it-all, some kind of whiz
Got more answers than an almanac
Let's take a quiz
If you think you're extraordinary
A cut above the best of the rest
If your cranial capacity is something scary
Let's take a quiz
Let's all take a quiz
End "Let's Take a Quiz"
With the theme song over, the Fireside Girls directed their cameras to Candace and Buford. Phineas then popped up in front of the camera.
"Welcome to 'Let's Take a Quiz'," he greeted the audience. "Where the rules are to answer fast and answer often. Let's meet our contestants."
First, he gestured to Candace. She looked like she didn't wanna be here.
"She's allergic to parsnips and dairy," he said. "Say hello to my sister, Candace Flynn."
"Oh, hi," Candace said, waving nervously to the camera.
Phineas then gestured to Buford.
"He's a bully by vocation, but has a soft spot for a goldfish," he went on. "Say hello to Buford Van Stomm."
The crowd booed.
"I see we have no clear fan-favorite tonight," Phineas remarked. "Alright, let's start round one. This is a high-speed round we call our quizzed-off round. As usual, I start you off. Remember, just go as fast as you can, and we'll keep track of the points. Here we go. Prestidigitation!"
Buford pushed the buzzer.
"Bunions!" he guessed.
A loud buzz was made signifying he got it wrong.
"Oh, I'm sorry about that," Phineas replied. "That's gonna be a five-point penalty."
Buford's score went down to negative-five.
"I'm sorry, why does…" Candace asked.
"I'm sorry, all questions must be phrased in the form of an answer," Phineas interrupted. "Okay, we're back in play now, and… passamaquoddy."
Buford pushed the buzzer again. "Nonchalant."
"Form of the word?"
"Uh, 'chalant'?"
A ding was made, signifying he got it right.
"Defenestrate," Phineas went on.
"Defenestration," Buford answered.
"Diphthong."
"Linoleum."
"Ersatz."
"Pencil."
Every answer Buford made was marked correct.
"Nice job," Phineas complimented.
Candace's phone rang. She answered.
"What's wrong with you?" came Stacy's voice. "You're just standing there."
"I don't know what they're talking about," Candace replied.
"You're losing right now, and losers don't have star quality. Say something."
"Like what?"
Candace heard a ding. She noticed Ferb, who was dressed as Cleopatra for some reason, gesturing to a Wheel of Fortune screen that said, 'Like What'.
"Forty-five points for Candace," Phineas said. "Good one."
Buford buzzed. "Pocket lint."
Candace buzzed right after. "Laminate."
"Dolomite."
"Porpoise."
"Tralfazz!"
"'Tralfazz?'"
"That's right! Tralfazz!"
"Fine! Tralfazz!"
Ferb, whose outfit somehow changed to Goldilocks, gestured to the screen. It said 'Fine Tralfazz'.
"Oh, bonus," said Phineas.
"What's the matter, Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked. "You don't like my little plan? Think about it this way. Since infomercials are almost universally hated, I'll be doing a civic good by destroying them."
Perry quickly jumped out of the box and tackled Doof.
"Wait, how did you…" he asked before noticing the tool in Perry's hand. "Ah, yes, the E-Z Automatic Trap Escaper. I must've left it out where you can reach it. Wait, I was able to reach this!" Doof grabbed a hammer from the pile. "It's the Swapotron-Smash-o-Matic. I got it for only nine-ninety-five."
Doof pushed a button, causing a fist to pop out and hit Perry.
Perry quickly regained his bearings. He then picked up a tennis ball launcher.
"Ah, the Labco Pocket Tennis Ball Launcher," Doof remarked. "It provides exquisite…" Doof was hit in the eye before he could finish that sentence. "...accuracy."
Doof then took out a ray gun.
"Face the hideous might of my Burgerizer 2100 hamburger patty air cannon!" he shouted as he fired patties. "Eat patty!"
Perry jumped into the pile of stuff to avoid getting hit.
"Bolshevik!" Buford went on.
"Navi!" Candace guessed.
"Not quite," said Phineas, pointing at Candace.
"Scamper," Candace guessed again.
"Procrastination," said Buford.
"Scrumptuous!"
"Swagger! Tony!"
"Tony?"
"Why not. Tony backwards."
"Judges?" Phineas asked.
Ferb, now dressed as a Mexican woman with a fruit basket as a hat, gestured to the screen. It said, 'Y Not'.
"Thirty points," said Phineas. "Physical challenge."
"What do you mean…" Candace asked before getting pied in the face and covered in a paper bag. "This doesn't even make any sense!"
Ferb, now dressed as a…
You know what? Forget it. I can't keep up with Ferb's constant outfit changes, so I'm not gonna describe each and every one.
Ferb gestured to the screen, which said, 'That Doesn't Even Make Sense'.
"Wow, one-hundred points," Phineas remarked. "Candace is on fire."
"Woo-hoo," Candace cheered before getting concerned. "I'm not actually on fire, am I?"
"No, you're good," Buford replied.
Perry tried to get out of the maze full of stuff. That's when Doof popped up in front of him.
"Ha, found you!" he said. "I used my Platy-Positioner Satellite Global Platypus Locator, patent pending."
Perry whacked Doof with his tail.
"Slippery snagglefoot," Buford guessed.
"That is correct," Phineas said. "Candace, do you want the minus-two-thousand points, or do you want another physical challenge?"
"I'll take another physical challenge," Candace replied, though her eye was twitching and she had a stick in her hair.
Meanwhile, Jeremy and Coltrane were hanging out at Jeremy's place. They were looking through channels to see what was interesting. One channel in particular piqued Coltrane's interest.
"Whoa, is that Candace?" he asked.
On screen, Candace was getting pied in the face multiple times.
"Whoa, she's like a TV star," Jeremy remarked.
"Not only will I defeat you with this Flab Crusher," Doof said. "But I'm simultaneously getting a good burn on my delts. Ten-ninety-nine."
Perry got Doof's face caught on a vacuum cleaner.
"Oh, the tornado vacuum only has one setting because of its high suction power," Doof said.
Perry carried Doof outside and hit him against an inator.
"I've always been reminding myself to turn off the shrink-inator," Doof said to himself. "I keep writing notes but I always forget."
Doof wrote a note and attached it to the inator, next to millions of other notes.
He then sighed. "I'll do it tomorrow."
"This is the final question," Phineas said. "Winner takes all. What is…?"
Candace impulsively hit the buzzer.
"Teddy bear stuffing!" she shouted, before realizing what she did. "Please be correct, please be correct."
"Wow, someone has issues," Buford remarked.
Before Phineas could declare the answer right or wrong, the microphone shrunk.
Then, Candace and Buford's stands shrunk.
The stage was next.
Finally, the camera shrunk.
Doof found a spatula on the ground.
"Ha, I'll crush you with my Burgermatic Hamburger Flipper," he laughed.
Doof activated the flipper, only to see it slowly spinning around.
"Okay, forget that," he said to himself. "Let's see how you fare against my Shrink-inator!"
Before Doof could do that, Perry activated the inator and shrunk Doof instead.
"Curse you…" Doof was about to shout before noticing his right hand didn't shrink with the rest of him. "And you missed my hand! Now I'm freakishly shrunken! Curse you, Perry the…"
The weight of the right hand caused Doof to fall down.
"Hey, the set of our game show instantaneously miniaturized itself," Phineas remarked, holding the tiny set in hand.
"I guess we could call it the home version," said Ferb, who was finally in his normal outfit.
"Well, we are at home. Let's play it."
Phineas and Ferb walked inside. Phineas noticed Perry next to him.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," he said.
"Wait, who won?" Candace asked, only to be ignored. "Oh, I'm so busting you guys."
Phineas made a mischievous smile.
"You mean for this tiny thing?" he asked with a chuckle. "Good luck with that."
Candace sighed, knowing Phineas had a point.
"Hey, Candace," came a familiar voice.
Candace turned around to see Jeremy was there.
"Oh, hi Jeremy," she greeted.
"I saw you on TV and just wanted to congratulate you. I guess you're, like, on a whole new level now."
"What about your commercial?"
"You mean this?"
Jeremy played the commercial on his phone. It only showed his foot wearing a sandal.
"Available only at Devor's," sang a voice on the commercial. "It's the Tri-State Area Flip-Flop store."
"I was a foot model," Jeremy explained.
"You have hunky ankles," Candace said without thinking.
"Thanks. I like your branch."
Candace removed the branch from her hair. "You should've seen me covered in pie."
They both chuckled.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 36: Oh, There You Are, Perry
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 36
Oh, There You Are, Perry
After a long day, Perry decided to finally get some rest. He slept next to Ferb, and allowed himself to be cuddled by him.
Sadly, the peace was interrupted when his watch went off.
Perry covered the watch so Ferb wouldn't hear it. He checked his watch to see it had a red alert icon.
Perry walked out to see what the problem was. He replaced himself with a log so Ferb wouldn't be suspicious.
"Ugh, no more peach and pumpernickel sandwiches before bed," Candace said to herself as she walked to her room.
That's when she tripped and fell. She got up to see it was Perry that tripped her.
"You!" she shouted.
Candace brought Perry outside.
"For an animal that doesn't do much, you sure know how to make a mess of things!" she yelled.
The moment Candace slammed the door, Perry put his hat back on. He took a moment to mimic Candace.
Perry then stepped on the little tiles to the tune of his theme music. Once he was done, the door opened, and he jumped through.
Monogram was already waiting for Perry.
"Good morning, Agent P," he greeted. "I got bad news and good news. Bad news, you're being reassigned to a new, more evil villain, The Regurgitator."
Monogram showed a picture of this new villain on screen. He was a bald man wearing green armor.
"We keep pushing him down, but he keeps coming back up," came Carl's voice.
"That's disgusting, Carl," Monogram scolded.
"You laughed earlier."
"That was a pity laugh. Anyway, Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been downgraded to minor threat status and Agent S has been assigned to his case. The good news is, you're being relocated to this new host family in the Quad-State Area."
Doof showed a picture of this new family, who clearly weren't cut out for taking care of a platypus.
"Pss, it's the other way around, sir," Carl corrected.
"Oh yes," Monogram said. "The bad news is the relocation, the good news is the new villain thing. Just make sure you take your belongings."
Perry left the lair with a sad look on his face.
The next morning, Candace was eating her breakfast and minding her own business.
That's when Phineas and Ferb came in with sad looks on their faces. At least, Phineas looked sad, while Ferb kept his usual ennui face.
"Good morning," Phineas greeted.
"What's so great about it?" Candace asked, barely acknowledging Phineas' sad look.
"Not much. We can't find Perry anywhere. He's never missed breakfast."
Candace started to get worried. "Uh, you don't think he could have argued with someone at, say, 3:38 AM, gotten his feelings hurt, and run away, do you?"
"Nah, he never would…" Phineas stopped himself, having fully processed what Candace said. "Wait, why was that oddly specific?"
Candace's nerves started to grow. "Uh, maybe he just wandered off. You know, he always wanders off, then he comes back and you say, 'Oh, there you are, Perry', and he says…" Candace did her best imitation of Perry's chatter.
"Yeah, but he never disappears first thing in the morning," Phineas retorted.
Candace knew she couldn't lie anymore. She had to admit the truth.
"Okay, I'll admit it!" she shouted, tears forming around her eyes. "Last night I was heading to bed when I tripped over Perry, then I brought him outside and said that all he does is make a mess out of things!"
It took Phineas a second to process what Candace said. When he did process it, though, he was beyond furious.
"So, what you're saying is," he said, barely keeping it cool. "That it's your fault Perry left?"
Candace nodded. "Yes, I confess! It's all my fault! I'm sorry, I really am!"
Phineas shook his head. "Sorry? Sorry?! That's all you have to say, after hurting Perry's feelings and making him feel worthless? No, Candace! Sorry isn't gonna cut it!"
Candace knew that Phineas was right. She stood up and walked away, sadly.
Seeing the sad look on Candace's face, Phineas felt a little bad for lashing out.
What are you sorry for? asked a voice in his head. She got what was coming to her.
Perry saw Phineas and Ferb through the window. He couldn't describe how sad he was knowing he had to leave, but orders were orders. He activated his jetpack and flew away.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
The doorbell rang. Doof answered the door to see a gift basket. There was a note on it.
"We regret to inform you that due to The Regurgitator's recent evil behavior," he read aloud. "You have been downgraded to a minor threat. If you think this is a mistake, please fill out the…" Doof couldn't describe his frustration. "What? A minor threat?"
Doof got on his computer and looked up The Regurgitator. This Regurgitator had an evil blog. In it, he labeled himself as the most evil villain.
"Who does this upstart think he is?" Doof asked himself. "It's time to show him who's boss."
Phineas and Ferb built a Platy-tractor 3000.
"If anything should bring Perry home, it's this," Phineas said to himself.
Ferb started the audio. It played Perry's chatter.
A split second later, many platypi appeared in the backyard.
"I didn't know this many platypi lived in Danville," Phineas remarked.
Doof tracked down The Regurgitator's location to be a tiny motel on the edge of town.
He entered the motel and saw a desk. No one was there.
Doof rang the bell to call a clerk. The desk moved itself out of the way. A large door on the wall opened to reveal an elevator.
Doof went down the elevator and found himself in a huge underground lab.
The first thing he saw was a button that read, 'Do Not Push'. Doof pushed it out of curiosity.
A door on the floor opened. Doof fell through and fell on his heinie.
"Oh, so they could make a trap door but not a throw pillow?" he remarked.
Doof then noticed the menacing figure in front of him. The figure turned around and made a menacing pose.
"I am The Regurgitator!" he introduced himself as evil dramatic music played in the background.
"Well, I'm Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz," Doof introduced himself. There was silence. "Ta-da! How do you do that, those lights?"
"You're that disturbed lunatic from Danville, are you?"
"You've heard of me?"
"Yes, and you heard of me."
The music came back. Doof was even more confused. He quickly brushed it off when he saw something he didn't expect.
Perry was in a glass tube and strapped against the wall.
"You've already captured Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked. "You work fast."
The Regurgitator offered Doof a form.
"If you sign here, I'll consider you for a three-year internship," he said.
"I'm not applying for an internship," Doof said before noticing one term on the form. "Oh, it offers maternity leave…"
"You can start by pouring me a fresh cup of coffee!" The Regurgitator shouted as the music played again.
Ferb showed each platypus one by one. Phineas rejected each one for a different reason.
"This guy's eyes are too close together and his beak is orange. Perry's is more of a tangerine."
"Too fat."
"Too thin."
"Too cartoony."
"Smells like meat loaf."
"Too blue."
"Too angular."
"Too French."
The last one wasn't even a platypus.
"That's just a duck with a beaver tail taped to it," Phineas said. "Well, that was the last of them. Maybe we need to think bigger." An idea popped into Phineas' head. "And with music! Perry loves music! Remember?"
Phineas and Ferb thought back to when they were younger and played the xylophone all the time. Perry always seemed to enjoy it.
"Let's get the guitars," said Phineas. "I've got an idea."
Candace looked around downtown in search of Perry.
"Perry!" she called. "Perry the Platypus!"
Candace noticed a beaver tail and assumed it was Perry. She grabbed the tail and pulled it.
"Come on, let's get you home," she said.
It turned out, it wasn't Perry, but a beaver. The beaver's owner was upset at Candace for grabbing it.
"Wait, you have a pet beaver?" Candace asked, bewildered.
"You have a pet platypus," the woman retorted.
"Touche."
Doof was working at his desk. Perry was just glaring at him.
"What are you looking at, Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked. "This is a great job. Look at what I accomplished. Just today, I organized his evil invoices, swept his evil lair, picked up his evil dry-cleaning, and I even had time to do this."
Doof opened his lab coat to reveal a T-shirt with The Regurgitator's face on it. It said, 'Best Boss'.
"And if I do a good job, I could be promoted to head assistant in just three months," Doof added. "Where are you gonna be in three months?"
"Never mind three months!" said the Regurgitator, who just showed up out of nowhere. "I'll take care of him now!"
The music played again.
"Wait a minute," said Doof. "First of all, he's my nemesis. You can't get rid of him now. There's no fun in that. You need to explain your whole plan to him. Don't you have a nemesis?"
"Me?" The Regurgitator reacted. "The world is my nemesis!" Nothing happened. "Sorry, this doesn't always work."
The Regurgitator pushed a button on his suit, causing the music to play.
"I can't take it anymore," Candace cried. "Perry is gone, and it's all my fault!" She noticed shadows that looked like Phineas and Ferb. "Phineas, Ferb, I…"
The curtain faded to reveal it was actually Marty the Rabbit Boy and his musical blender. Marty played Gitchee Gitchee Goo on his blender. That didn't make Candace feel better.
Doof started cleaning the floor.
"I know what you're thinking," he told Perry. "I'm not some lowly intern! I'm an evil scientist! I'm Heinz Doofenshmirtz!"
Doof got up and stomped to The Regurgitator.
"Hey you!" he shouted. "Let's get things straight!"
"What?" The Regurgitator asked menacingly.
Doof quickly backed away in fear. He then turned to Perry and smiled.
"See, compromise," he said like it was no problem.
Perry wasn't impressed.
"You're right, you're right," Doof said as he approached The Regurgitator again. "Okay, sir, I've done everything for you! You see those hard-to-reach files up there? I invented these rocket shoes just so you can reach them, and I even put in the self-destruct button that you forgot!"
"What?" The Regurgitator reacted. "Why is it counting down?"
Doof smiled nervously. "Well, I may have pressed it by mistake, but at least I didn't push the release button I installed inside Perry the Platypus' cage."
Perry noticed the button Doof mentioned. He quickly pushed it with his foot.
"Look what you've done!" The Regurgitator shouted. "You've pushed my buttons for the last time!"
Perry noticed a lever across from him. He used the food bowl he tucked under his hat to flip it from 'Blow' to 'Suck'.
The Regurgitator got sucked through the tube and sent flying out of the motel.
Perry quickly put on the rocket shoes, grabbed Doof, and flew out of the motel as well before it could explode.
As Perry was flying, Monogram called him.
"Excellent work, Agent P," he said. "You defeated The Regurgitator. As a matter of fact, he just landed in our prison. You can return immediately to your old host family and Doctor Doofenshmirtz is once again your nemesis."
"So, if we're enemies again, does that mean…?" Doof asked before being dropped. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Doof landed on a pillow.
"Ha, at least you do it right!" Doof remarked.
Phineas, Ferb, and co. were on the roof of a building.
"Excellent," said Phineas. "From up here, everyone in the Tri-State Area should be able to hear us."
Play "Come Home Perry"
Phineas and Ferb started playing their guitars. It drew the attention of some nearby bystanders.
Phineas:
Perry
You know you are a boy's best friend
You're more than just a passing trend
You're like a treat from a candy store
Isabella increased the speakers' volumes so more people could hear them. She then plugged in her own guitar.
Buford played the cowbell while Baljeet played the drums. Baljeet noticed Buford glaring at him for not playing the drums right, and he blushed a little.
Django played the tambourine.
Perry
We love you more than ice cream cakes
We love you more than bugs and snakes
We love you more than all things mentioned before
Candace could hear Phineas singing from the park. She followed the sound.
Oh, Perry
You're extraordinary
You're kinda short and hairy
The color of a blueberry
Yes, Perry
All:
So come home, Perry
Come home, Perry
Come home
That's when Candace arrived.
"Hey," she said nervously. "You mind if I sing one?"
Phineas looked away, torn. On one hand, he was still upset at Candace for making Perry leave, but he could also tell she really wanted to make up for it. In the end, he decided to allow it.
"Sure, go ahead," he said begrudgingly.
Candace got in front of the microphone.
Candace:
Oh, Perry
I think it's kinda scary
I can't find you anywhere-y
It fills me with… dispair-y?
Oh, Perry
I'm allergic to dairy
I'm gonna move to the prairie
And change my name to Larry
Everyone turned to Candace, confused.
"Larry?" Phineas asked with a small chuckle.
"I ran out of rhymes, okay?" Candace defended.
"Okay."
Phineas:
She'll change her name to Larry
Isabella:
Larry
All:
Larry
All:
So come home, Perry
Come home, Perry
Come home
So come home, Perry
Come home, Perry
Come home
Phineas, Ferb, and Candace:
Come home, Perry
Come home
End "Come Home Perry"
Perry appeared right next to Candace.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Candace said with a tearful smile.
She, Phineas, and Ferb hugged Perry.
Phineas then turned to Candace.
"Nice job…" he said with a genuine smile, before switching to a mischievous one. "Larry."
Candace didn't mind the insult. She was just happy to know Perry came home.
"Welcome home, Perry," was all she said.
Notes:
The moment I started writing this, I knew this was an episode I wanted to tackle.
For starters, this episode features one of the most wholesome songs in the series, "Come Home, Perry". We get to see the Flynn-Fletcher siblings come together to try to bring Perry home, and they succeed.
We also get to see Perry's soft side, as we get to see how he feels having to leave his owners behind.
One addition I made to this chapter was Phineas blaming Candace for Perry's disappearance. I felt it made sense as it adds onto Phineas' resentment and Candace's guilt. Sure, Phineas does feel bad for lashing out, but I'm not kidding when I say the resentment is gonna get worse. Stay tuned.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 37: Quantum Boogaloo
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 37
Quantum Boogaloo
Baljeet, Phineas, and Ferb were working on another project. It was almost finished.
"Okay, we finished the superstructure," Phineas said. "But what we need now is a tool that will fuse wood and metal at a molecular level."
"Technology like that is twenty years away," Baljeet explained. "You will need a time machine. Luckily, I have been working on a design. I have not figured out all the quantum physics, yet, but if you give me a couple of days…"
"Or we could just use the one at the museum now, and not have to wait a couple of days."
"Wait, there is a time machine in the museum?"
"Yeah. We took it back in time to the Mesazoic Era."
"You gotta hang out with dinosaurs?"
"Yeah."
Ferb showed some pictures they took of that adventure to prove it.
Baljeet walked away, frustrated. "Well, thank you for inviting me."
Phineas turned to Ferb. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. Well, I should say, I know what we're gonna do twenty years from today."
The two high-fived.
That's when Isabella arrived.
"Hey guys," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"We're time traveling," Phineas replied.
"Can I come?"
"Sure, why not?"
"Yeah, Stacy," Candace said over the phone. "They're building something out there, but I've decided the problem is I always jump the gun, so I'm gonna wait till just the right moment to…"
Candace stopped when she saw Phineas and Ferb leaving the backyard. She quickly ran after them.
"They're on the move!" she shouted. "I'll bust them now!"
Candace followed the boys to the museum. She made it just in time to witness the boys and Isabella get on a time machine and time travel away.
"So that's what they're doing," she realized. "They're time traveling again. The best part is, they have to return to this exact spot, and I'll be standing right here with Mom to bust them when they get back."
Candace quickly realized that would be a fatal mistake. She moved a couple inches to the right.
"Actually, I'll be standing right here," she corrected herself. "I'd be crushed by the machine if I was standing there." Candace felt embarrassed. "And I'm talking to nobody."
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella found themselves twenty years in the future.
"Here we are," Phineas said as he and Ferb got off. Isabella was about to follow, but Phineas stopped her. "Isabella, wait. You're the only one we can trust to watch the machine."
Phineas and Ferb walked away, while Isabella sat there, smiling and blushing.
He trusts me, she thought to herself as she leaned forward.
She accidentally hit the lever. She realized her mistake, but by then, it was too late. She and the time machine disappeared.
Phineas and Ferb left to see that a giant wing was on top.
"Hey, I see the museum finally added that new wing," Phineas remarked. "And would you look at how Danville's changed?"
And changed it did. There were mobile homes, flying cars, jetpacks, and so much more.
They then noticed a particular middle-aged woman. She had long, orange hair. She wore a red T-shirt, white pants, and brown shoes. She had a bag of groceries in her hands.
"Hey, that looks like…" Phineas said before realizing who the woman was. "It's Candace, twenty years older. I almost didn't recognize her. She looks so relaxed."
He then noticed three kids in the yard.
The girl bore a striking resemblance to the present Candace, only she wore a purple shirt with a white collar, as well as a white skirt.
The two boys appeared to be twins.
The first had blonde hair and teal eyes. He wore a green and white striped shirt, and green shorts.
The second had brown hair and dark blue eyes. He wore a red vest with white sleeves, white shorts, and brown shoes.
"I can't believe you, Xavier and Fred," the girl whined. "You two are so lazy. It's summer vacation and you're wasting it."
The girl walked away, frustrated.
"No we're not," the first boy, Xavier, retorted. "We're sitting under this digital tree."
"And I'm sitting next to him," the other, Fred, added.
The girl walked inside, where Candace was putting up the groceries.
"Do you see your two sons out there doing nothing?" the girl asked. "They never do anything!"
"Honey, don't exaggerate," Candace said. "I wish you and your brothers would get along. You know, my brothers, your uncles, Phineas and Ferb, used to annoy me too, but in the end, all that mattered was that we were family, and family should always look out for each other."
Phineas and Ferb entered the backyard.
"Hey guys," Phineas greeted the little boys. "Whatcha doin?"
"We're sitting under this digital tree," Xavier replied.
"And I'm sitting next to him," Fred added.
"Stacy, every job has its problems," Candace said over the phone. "There's gotta be an upside to being president of Uruguay. No? Okay. Me? I'm fine, and so are the kids." She looked out the window. "Xavier and Fred are in the backyard with a young Phineas and Ferb."
She quickly stopped herself and fully took in what she was seeing. A bunch of thoughts flooded her mind, ones she never even thought of thinking for the past twenty years.
"Gotta go, Stacy," was all she said before she hung up. "Good luck with that llama registration."
Candace walked outside and snuck behind the tree. She climbed it and watched from above.
"It is them," she realized. "They must've traveled from the past. Look how cute and bustable they look."
Candace then fell off the tree, given it was digital.
"Hey Mom," Xavier greeted.
The boys turned around.
"Hi Candace," Phineas greeted.
Candace ran away screaming, "I'm telling Mom!"
"Nice to know some things never change," Phineas sighed. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Doofenshmirtz … Incorporated
Doof and Perry were playing checkers.
"I finally got you, Perry the Platypus," Doof said cockily. "The end game is finally here."
Doof moved his piece. He instantly regretted it.
He noticed Perry was still asleep. He tried to take back his previous move.
Perry bolted awake, took out his fake teeth, and threw them onto Doof's nose.
"So, what spectacular adventures have you got lined up for the summer?" asked Phineas.
"We're sitting under this digital tree," Xavier replied.
"And I'm standing next to him," Fred added.
"That's it?" Phineas reacted. "But it's summer vacation! You're free to do anything!"
"Yeah, but this is the future," Xavier argued. "Everything's already been done."
"The Stone Age was once the future," Phineas retorted. "As was the Middle Ages. Creativity and invention never end. There's only 104 days of summer before school comes along just to end it, so you need to find the best way to spend it."
Play "Phineas and Ferb Theme Song - Extended Edition (Today's Gonna be a Great Day)"
Danny, Bobbi, and Swampy arrived with their instruments.
All:
Like maybe
Crossing the tundra or building a rollercoaster
Skiing down a mountain of beans
Devising a system for remembering everything
Or synchronizing submarines
Racing chariots, taming tiger sharks
Constructing a portal to Mars
Building a time machine, stretching a rubber tree
Or wailing away on guitar
Danny:
Ah man
All:
This could possibly be the best day ever
And the forecast says that tomorrow will likely be a million and six times better
So make every minute count
Jump up, jump in, and seize the day
And let's make sure that in every single possible way
Today is gonna be a great day
Love Handel:
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Phineas:
Let's put our heads together and design a master plan
Phineas and Ferb:
We may miss dinner, but I know Mom will understand
Phineas:
We've got our mission and some pliers
Yogurt, gumballs and desire
Danny:
And a pocket full of rubber balls
Bobbi:
The manual on handstands
Phineas:
A unicycle, compass, and a camera that won't focus
Sherman:
And a canteen full of soda
Phineas:
Grab a beach towel, here we go
Danny:
This is Ferb-tastic
All:
This could possibly be the best day ever
And the forecast says that tomorrow will likely be a million and six times better
So make every minute count
Jump up, jump in, and seize the day
And let's make sure that in every single possible way
Today is gonna be a great day
End "Today's Gonna be a Great Day"
"Thanks a lot, guys," Phineas thanked.
"No problem," Danny replied. "We appreciate the gig."
Phineas turned to Xavier and Fred. "Love Handel, gentlemen."
The boys just sat there confused.
Phineas sighed. "Right. Before their time. Anyway, what are you gonna make this summer? How about bumper cars that move in five dimensions?"
"Okay, we'll do that," Xavier decided.
"Fun. We'd love to stay, but we gotta find a wood/steel fusing tool."
"Fred's got one."
"I'm sitting on it," Fred said as he showed the tool.
"I'm sitting next to it," Xavier added.
Phineas took the tool.
"Fantastic," he said. "Thanks. Have a good future."
With that, Phineas and Ferb left.
Candace reached the Flynn-Fletcher antique store. Linda was working at the cash register.
"Mom, you gotta come with me right now," Candace demanded.
"I can't right now," Linda replied. "I'm getting ready for my tour. It's my comeback tour. Two more and I get a free pie."
Candace sighed. "Come on."
Phineas and Ferb returned to the museum. They noticed the time machine was gone.
"That's funny," he said. "The time machine's missing." For whatever reason, he was starting to worry about Isabella. "Wait, that means Isabella could be anywhere, anytime. Oh, god."
That's when the time machine popped up. Isabella was there, and it looked like nothing bad happened to her.
"Isabella!" Phineas shouted, happy to see her. He ran to her and hugged her, causing her to blush. "I'm so glad you're okay. When I saw the time machine was gone, I got worried, and…"
Phineas stopped himself, having realized what he was doing. He quickly backed away, blushing a little.
"It was quite the adventure," Isabella explained as she showed some souvenirs. "I brought back a wooly mammoth's tusk, a viking helmet, and smallpox."
Phineas and even Ferb gasped. Phineas especially regretted hugging Isabella even more than he already did.
"And the vaccine," Isabella added.
Phineas sighed in relief.
"Alright," he said. "Let's make like a banana and invert our molecules through the space time continuum."
Candace and Linda were running through the museum.
"They were at my house so they must be here," Candace said.
"Honey, I can't run like I used to," Linda said.
Candace noticed the time machine, but by then, it was too late. It was already gone.
"No, we're too late!" she screamed before turning to Linda. "Mom!"
Linda was admiring an old bone.
"I always loved this old bone," she mentioned.
"Mom, you never saw them, and you still never see them!" Candace whined like she was still the bratty teenager she once was. "It's not fair, it's not fair, it's not fair!"
"Candace, you're a grown woman. I really thought you finally moved past all this nonsense."
Back in the present, the current Candace and Linda were walking through the museum.
"Candace, I have a lot to do today," said Linda.
Candace ignored that. "Here. See? The time machine's gone! Mom?"
That's when the time machine popped up, Phineas and Ferb with it.
"Mom!" Candace called. She found Linda watching as a new bone was installed. "Mom, you missed it again!"
Phineas and Ferb walked by.
"Hi, Mom," Phineas greeted.
"Hi boys," Linda replied.
"Wow, imagine the size of the creature that bone came from."
"I know."
"No, can't you see?" Candace complained. "They were time traveling!"
"This obsession has gone on for longer than it should," Linda scolded. "You need to stop."
"I won't stop! Never!"
Back in the future, Candace was sulking in the corner of the museum.
That's when a time machine popped up. A particular man was on it. He had a more triangular-shaped head, a pointy nose, and a neck pointing in an unnatural direction. He wore what looked to be a fusion of steampunk and futuristic clothes.
"I've done it!" he shouted in a high voice. " I, Professor Time, have invented time travel!" He turned to Candace. "Excuse me, future human, have actual corn dogs been invented yet?"
Candace nodded and pointed the professor in the right direction. He walked away.
Candace quickly called her daughter.
"Amanda, I'm taking a short trip today," she said. "You're in charge."
Candace sat down and pulled down the safety bar.
"Now where do I go?" she asked herself. "And more importantly, when? I know, I'll set it for a date I know I can bust the boys. The first day of that fateful summer. The day they built the rollercoaster."
Candace pulled the lever, and she and the time machine disappeared.
The Day of the Rollercoaster
Candace saw that the rollercoaster was in action. She hurried to the grocery store.
Once there, she saw a few boys around Phineas and Ferb's age standing in front of the flier.
"Phineas and Ferb made a rollercoaster?" one asked. "Do you think we'll get a discount if we take the flier?"
"Maybe we better take it," said another.
The boys took the flier and ran off. They were blocked by a bigger boy who Candace recognized as Buford.
"If anyone's gonna be riding this," he said. "It's gonna be me. Not you lousy extras."
Buford took the flier and ran off.
Past Candace arrived with Past Linda.
"See, I told you I wasn't crazy," she said.
"And you're not crazy, how?" asked Linda.
Past Candace turned to the wall. The flier was gone. She screamed at the top of her lungs.
Future Candace made her move. She approached Linda.
"The poster's missing, right?" she asked. "Follow me."
Future Candace led Linda outside. Luckily for her, the rollercoaster didn't disappear. Linda couldn't describe how horrified she was.
"Oh my stars!" she reacted. "Phineas and Ferb made that? That is horribly unsafe and dangerous!" Linda brought out her phone and dialed 911. "Hello? Police, Fire Department, Army, Air Force, Navy, anyone, SAVE MY SONS!"
Meanwhile, Doof and Perry were trying to separate the magnet from the Magnifinator. It was no use. They were doomed…
Until Perry noticed a police helicopter flying by.
The copter's pilot received a communication.
"This is Base to Chopper One," said the communicator. "Some kids built a rollercoaster through downtown. It's video."
"Roger that," the pilot said as he turned around.
Perry tried to grapple himself onto the copter. He missed.
Perry saw the tin foil ball heading straight for him.
Uh oh, he thought to himself.
Doof was able to jump out of the way. Perry wasn't so lucky.
"I'm alive!" Doof cheered.
The rollercoaster was stopped right where the grocery store was. Some firefighters escorted the kids off the coaster and down on the ground.
"Phineas, Ferb, you two are in so much trouble!" Linda yelled.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" Past Candace cheered.
Linda carried Phineas and Ferb to the car. Phineas managed to sneak an angry glare at Past Candace.
"My job is done," Future Candace said to herself. "Time to go home."
Candace returned to her time.
"Ah, it's good to be back…" she said to herself before noticing something was wrong. "Home?"
But it wasn't home. Well, it wasn't the home she knew. It was dark, cloudy, and filled with factories.
"I can't believe this is Danville," Candace said to herself before noticing someone nearby.
The man wore a mostly gray outfit, though he did wear a white lab coat over it all.
"Hello? What happened here?" Candace asked him.
"Didn't you get the new Shmirtzmail?" the man replied. "It's the new Doofen-law. All museums that aren't about Doofenshmirtz are to be dismantled? Hey, why aren't you wearing your lab coat?"
"Uh, I gotta see my children."
Candace made a run for it.
The man stared at Candace, dumbfounded. "Children? There are no children allowed anymore."
"How long have I been away?" Candace asked herself. She noticed a bunch of signs that said 'Joe's' and 'Joan's'. "That's strange. Joe's, Joan's, Joe's, Joan's. What isn't either of those things?"
Candace noticed a man and a woman greeting each other. The man was called 'Joe' and the woman was called 'Joan'.
One man in particular approached Candace.
"Pardon me, Joan," he said. "Have you seen my husband, Joe, or wife, Joan?"
"Uh, no," Candace replied, not knowing how to react to this.
"Thanks anyway, Joan." The man, presumably Joe, walked away.
"Why is every man Joe and every woman Joan?" Candace asked herself.
"Why else?" asked a tiny man, presumably also named Joe. "So Emperor Doofenshmirtz need not bother remembering names."
"And who is…"
"Oh no. I said too much." Joe ran away, screaming.
"Who the heck is Doofenshmirtz?!" Candace shouted, not noticing the statue right behind her.
Candace reached the library. She looked through the records.
"I gotta know what happened in the last twenty years," she said to herself.
She played a video with the logo, 'A Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated Production'. It played a slideshow depicting the events while a narrator explained what happened.
"Our glorious dystopia began one summer afternoon, when two local boys were caught building and riding a dangerous rollercoaster. The rightful reaction by concerned parents was to stop all creativity in young people before someone got hurt. Everything fun and unique were gleefully banned. Dangerous swing sets were remade into dismal hospital beds. Coloring books were colored ahead of time and inside the lines. Eventually, children themselves were arrested and locked away until adulthood."
What Candace saw next shook her to her core. The images depicted Phineas, Ferb, and their friends, now adults, locked away in a prison, one that looked exactly like the prison from Candace's nightmare all those years ago.
"If they happen to somehow maintain childlike wonder even after adulthood, they'd be sent off to an impenetrable prison camp which won't stop until they're completely stripped of any and all personality," the narrator added.
What have I done? Candace thought to herself.
"Yes, oppressive beauty and happiness were gratefully replaced by the glimmering cesspool we wallow in today," the narrator continued. "A demoralized Tri-State Area cried out to be oppressed, and that cry was answered by one hero. Emperor Doofenshmirtz."
Doofenshmirtz's face appeared on screen.
"Get back to work," he demanded.
"So this is all my fault," Candace said aloud. "I gotta stop this."
A woman approached Candace with a lab coat.
"Excuse me, Joan," she said. "Lab coats must be worn at all times."
Candace took the lab coat and ran off. She ran past a statue of Doof.
This didn't go unnoticed by one of Doof's assistants.
"Excuse me, sir," he told Doof. "A woman just ran past your statue without basking in your awful glory."
"You are such a tattle tale," Doof said.
"That is my job description. Tattle tale."
"Quiet! I need to address the populace." Doof turned to the camera in front of him. "Attention, underlings. People often ask me, 'Doof, how does it feel to wield such absolute power?' Well, I'll tell you."
Play "Charmed Life"
Doof put on a hat and snapped his fingers. A few women appeared behind him to dance along to his song.
Doof:
It's been a charmed life, got all I ever wanted
And I'm not too shy to flaunt it, you see
It's been a sweet ride, everyone is genuflecting
And erecting giant statues of me
It's like a great lunch, with all you can eat
And I can leave my wallet at home
And everyone pays for me because it's compulsory
Or into the stockade, they're thrown
Still, I'm a nice guy
How many emperors will always remember your name?
Doof turned to one of his backup dancers. "How are you doing, Joan?"
I must admit, I may take quite a lot
But I will always give you plenty of blame
It's been a sweet ride, life's a bowl of cherries
And nobody's merrier than me
Because everyone if the proletariat
And baby, I'm the bourgeoisie
"Look it up, Joe!" he shouted.
Baby, I'm the bourgeoisie
Oh yeah
End "Charmed Life"
Perry was in his now damaged lair. Monogram was on screen.
"Agent P, another failed mission," he said. "It's gotten really hard to defeat Doofenshmirtz ever since we made that oath to obey him."
Carl appeared on screen.
"Major Monogram, I've detected a temporal anomaly in quadrant four," he said. "It means a time machine was recently used there."
"That's it!" Monogram shouted. "Agent P, you've got to get to that time machine and go back to the past, right before that tin foil ball put you in a body cast for eighteen months. That's when Doofenshmirtz got the upper hand, and it's been downhill ever since. This is our chance to fix it."
Before Monogram could say anymore, Doof hijacked the screen.
"Here's an idea," he suggested. "Instead of doing that, don't. Remember the oath."
The screen went back to Monogram.
"Curse that oath," he said angrily.
Candace returned to the museum only to see that the time machine was gone. She noticed a couple of men in a truck.
"Excuse me, uh, Joe and Joe," she called. "Where's all the museum stuff?"
"Where do you think?" one of the Joes replied. "They're in the junkyard."
Candace hurried to the junkyard. She looked around for the time machine. It didn't take long to find it.
"Back to the past, back to the past!" she repeated to herself.
She pulled the lever.
Candace reached the grocery store. She saw her other self and tackled her to the ground.
"Wait, are you me?" Good Future Candace asked, confused. "But I have to…"
"Change of plan," said Bad Future Candace. "I'll explain later. We can't let Candace see us."
"But I'm Candace."
"So am I."
The two Candaces hid behind a car. They watched as their past self excitedly ran to get Linda.
"Ah, I was so cute," they both said in unison.
"Why did you stop me?" asked Good Future Candace. "I was just about to bust the boys!"
"That's just it," Bad Future Candace replied. "I'm from a future where we did bust them! It's not good!"
They both noticed the rollercoaster getting carried into the air by a helicopter.
"Oh, that's how it happened," they both realized.
They noticed Past Candace was about to come out again. They both quickly ducked.
Bad Future Candace explained the bad future to her other self.
"Wow, that sounds horrible," said Good Future Candace.
"It was," said Bad Future Candace. "And the worst part is, the nightmare we had where the boys were sent to a reform camp became a reality."
"Okay. Wait a minute. Since you prevented that future, doesn't that mean you shouldn't exist anymore?"
"Oh…"
Bad Future Candace disappeared right then and there. There was not a single trace of her existence.
Candace hurried to the time machine. Before she could reach it, though, a ball of tin foil hit the time machine, shattering it into a million pieces.
"Well, crud," she said before an idea popped into her head. "Wait, Phineas and Ferb would know what to do."
Candace reached the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. Everything was as it should be. Isabella, Phineas, and Ferb were sitting under the tree and the rollercoaster was gone.
The kids noticed Candace.
"Wait, Candace, you're all grown up," said Phineas.
"Phineas, I'm from the future," Candace explained. "The time machine I arrived in is smashed to pieces. I'm stuck here unless you help."
"Ferb, isn't there a time machine in the Museum of Natural History?"
"Yes, that's the one you fix later in the summer. It's the one I took back from the future."
"Okay, if the one in the future is destroyed, the current one is raring to go. We'll fix it and take you home, then come back and unfix it, so it'll be ready to be fixed again when we go to the museum the next time."
Candace barely processed that. "Phineas, I'm a grown woman and I only barely understand any of that."
"Just trust me."
Phineas took Candace's hand and led her away.
"Wow, rollercoaster ride, now this," Isabella remarked. "Bonus."
Past Candace noticed her future self with the boys. She followed them.
"Are you sure you can fix this time machine?" Future Candace asked.
"Don't worry, Candace," Phineas assured. "We're almost done."
Past Candace approached her future self and got a good look at her.
"This is so awesome!" she cheered. "I finally have proof! I'll take my older self, bring her to Mom, Mom will see that the boys built some sort of time machine, and they'll be busted! I love you, me! Let's go!"
Past Candace grabbed Future Candace's hand and tried to carry her away.
"Wow, I forgot how annoying I used to be," Future Candace remarked.
"Welcome to my world," said Phineas.
"Candace, honey, get a hold of yourself," Future Candace said to her past self. "I have no interest in busting the boys anymore."
"What?" Past Candace reacted. "But you're me! You have to want to bust them!"
"Well, sometimes getting what you want isn't what you need. You'll find out as you mature."
"Ready?" Phineas asked.
Future Candace got on the time machine with everyone else.
"'You'll find out as you mature'," Past Candace mocked.
"Candace, relax," said Future Candace. "Everything works out."
"Future, here we come," said Phineas.
Phineas pulled the lever.
Past Candace jumped on at the last second.
The gang reached the future. Everything was as it should be.
"Ha!" Past Candace laughed. "If you won't show my mom, I'll show your mom. I'm all the proof I need."
Past Candace ran out of the museum.
"We should go after her," said Phineas.
Past Candace reached the antique store.
"Yes, it's still here!" she shouted. She noticed the doors opened automatically. "Ooh, future."
Past Candace ran inside and saw Linda stocking some shelves.
"Mom, it's me!" she shouted. "Candace from the past!"
"Honey, what are you…" Linda was about to ask before seeing Past Candace. "Candace, you're so young!"
"Mom, you're so…" Past Candace tried to stop herself, but for whatever reason, it was harder than it should've been.
"You don't have to say it," Linda said. "I mean it."
That's when Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Future Candace came in.
"Mom, you're so old," Phineas said the moment he saw her.
Linda sighed. "Hi boys. Aren't you a little young to be time travelers?"
"Yes, yes we are."
"A time machine," Linda gasped, before turning to both Candaces. "Does this mean that all those times you told me the boys were up to something, they really were?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Past Candace replied. "Now you can finally bust them!"
"Candace, my Phineas and Ferb are in their thirties now. Also, I kinda figured you were telling the truth after a while."
Candace gasped in shock. "What?"
"I mean, you were telling me these things for an entire summer. It took me a while, but I eventually figured you were telling the truth. I still didn't punish them because if everything went back to normal in the end, that meant the boys knew what they were doing and were safe with it."
Candace groaned. "Okay, but officially, on record, they are busted, right?"
"Sure. They're busted."
Everyone returned to the museum.
"Guys, we've seen how time travel can mess things up big time," said Future Candace. "So promise me you'll never go into the future again."
"Yeah, maybe it is a bad idea," Phineas admitted. "Just think, all of this started because we needed a steel/wood fusing tool."
An idea popped into Isabella's head. She ran to the time machine.
"Say, how do Ferb and I turn out?" Phineas asked.
"Fantastic," Future Candace replied. "They've even helped make Danville what it is today. Just keep up the good work, keep your temper under control, and be nice to your sister."
Isabella returned with a soda in hand.
"You coming or what?" she asked.
The past Flynn-Fletchers got on the time machine.
"So those are Uncles Phineas and Ferb as kids?" asked Amanda.
"That's right," Future Candace replied.
"And that girl looks like Aunt Isabella."
Isabella heard that.
"Did you hear that?" she asked Past Candace. "Aunt Isabella. That means I'm gonna marry Phineas."
"Or Ferb," Past Candace mentioned. "Though I'd rather it be Phineas."
Isabella and Ferb looked at each other. They were both visibly disgusted at the idea of getting married.
"Let's go," Phineas said as he pulled the lever.
The time machine disappeared, the past gang with it.
Candace and Amanda left the museum.
"Your brothers are so cool," Amanda remarked. "Meanwhile, I'm stuck with…" Amanda noticed that Xavier and Fred weren't there. "Wait, where are Xavier and Fred?"
Two portals appeared. Xavier and Fred popped out of them riding bumper cars.
"Xavier, Fred, what are you doing?" Amanda asked.
"Nothing," Xavier replied.
"See, Mom? They don't do anything!"
"Give it a rest, Amanda," said Candace.
The present gang returned to their time.
"Oh man," said Candace. "In twenty years, you guys are so busted! I guess that's a hollow victory, but it proves you can be busted, so I'm never gonna stop trying! Never! Never! Never!"
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella all watched as Candace walked away, continuing to chant.
Phineas sighed. "Here we go."
"Well, at least we know she mellows with age," said Ferb.
Flashback
"You got to hang out with dinosaurs?" asked Baljeet.
"Yeah, earlier this summer," Phineas replied.
Ferb showed the pictures to prove it.
Baljeet walked away, frustrated. "Well, thank you for inviting me."
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas said.
That's when Isabella appeared on her time machine.
"No you don't," she said. "Here's the tool you need."
She gave the boys the tool.
"Thanks," Phineas said. "Wanna soda?"
"Sure," Isabella replied as she took the soda.
With that, she was gone.
"I guess we don't need to go to the future," said Phineas.
"Some other time, perhaps," Ferb suggested.
"I'm watching you!" Candace called.
"That's not gonna stop us!" Phineas shouted back.
End of Flashback
Notes:
This was a fun episode. We got the extended version of the theme song, confirmation that Phineas and Isabella are endgame (ignoring the joke that Isabella could marry Ferb), and the boys getting busted without something undoing it (even though it was a hollow victory).
One small change I decided to make was reference Professor Time. If you happen to not know about Milo Murphy's Law, in that show, Doctor Doofenshmirtz is the inventor of time travel, and he changed his name to Professor Time so he can sell merchandise. I decided to reference that here.
I decided to make it more apparent in this version that Phineas and Ferb are the reason why Danville is as technologically advanced as it is in the future. I think it makes sense.
Also in this universe, Linda did eventually figure out on her own that the boys are up to something. This is mainly inspired by a theory made by the youtuber Jegcopo that Linda always knew. I don't believe the stuff he said about Linda using Candace's stories for profit, and working with Phineas to drive Candace insane, because that's just evil, but I also don't believe Linda is that stupid.
I did consider changing events so that Future Candace would have to work alongside Future Perry to save Future Phineas, Ferb, and co. from prison to rebuild a demolished time machine, but I scrapped that whole plot point because it would overcomplicate things and make this chapter a lot longer than it needs to be.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 38: More than Meaps the Eye
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
The Chronicles of Meap
Chapter 38
More than Meaps the Eye
"Bases are loaded and it all comes down to this from Ferb 'The Curve' Fletcher!" Phineas announced.
Ferb took out a gun with a baseball glove on the front. He attached a baseball to it. The ball had a tiny antenna on it.
"And the windup," Phineas continued.
Ferb shot the ball. With the antenna, he was able to use some controls on the gun to direct the ball in the right direction. The ball landed on Phineas' gun.
"And the crowd goes wild!" he finished before imitating a crowd cheering. "It looked way outside, but it's right in the zone. Let that be a lesson, baseball fans, to never judge a book by its cover."
Meanwhile, Candace was examining a bunch of books, more specifically their covers.
"Boring, dull, lame, derivative," she determined.
"Oh, thank you for those insightful reviews of books you haven't read," Linda said sarcastically.
"That's what covers are for. To judge the books. I mean, why did you choose these books anyway?"
"They looked interesting."
"So…?"
Linda sighed. "Point taken. Okay, I'm off to help Dad at the antique store. Oh, and before I forget, here's a package for you."
Linda showed a certain box. Candace bolted up in excitement.
"My Bango-Ru!" she shouted.
"Your what?" Linda asked.
"These are Japanese toys that are so in right now, like in a kitschy way. The guitarist for the Bettys has one on her guitar. Stacy and I designed our own dolls online."
"Well, assuming none of that is teenage code for something I should be worried about, I'm heading out."
"Bye Mom."
Candace shoved the books aside and set the box on the table.
"I gotta call Stacy," she said as she dialed Stacy's number.
"Bango-Ru!" Stacy's voice cheered. "I just got my little bunny-bear! It's a cross between a bunny and a bear! It's the most precious thing!"
"I got mine too. It's a cross between a cow and a frog. I'm calling him Senor Frowg. He's gonna be the cutest thing."
Candace took the toy out of the box. It was nothing like she expected it to be.
"Candace, what's wrong?" Stacy asked.
"I just discovered why cows and frogs don't date," Candace replied.
"Well, we'll still have fun at the convention today, right?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Alright, Ferb," said Phineas. "Let's see what this bad boy can do. Go long."
Phineas launched the ball high into the air.
The ball flew out of Earth's atmosphere and hit a small spaceship. The ship started to fall towards Earth.
Phineas and Ferb saw the spaceship coming down.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas said. "Run for our lives!"
The boys made a run for it. They got behind the tree. The ship crashed in the backyard.
The boys popped out from behind the tree to get a good look at what crashed.
"Wow," Phineas said. "I think we just stopped or started an alien invasion."
The ship hatch opened.
"I hope he's not too angry, or hungry," Phineas added.
The alien revealed itself. It was a tiny creature that was mostly white, but had some pink fur on the back of its head. It has two bright blue eyes.
"Meap," it said.
Phineas gushed at the site of the creature. Even Ferb couldn't help but smile a little.
"That is so cute!" Phineas shouted before cautiously approaching the alien. "Hey, are you okay? We're sorry about your ship. What's your name?"
"Meap," the creature repeated.
"Hi, Meap. I'm Phineas, and this is Ferb."
Meap showed Phineas a photo of a different alien. It had a similar white face and blue eyes, but it had red fur on the back of its head, and it had a black body. It also had a mustache over its mouth.
"What you got there?" Phineas asked as he took the photo. "This must be his father. Don't worry. We'll fix your ship and get you back to your father."
That's when Candace came out.
"Hey, Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," she imitated Phineas. "Let's get ourselves busted by crashing our stupid toy in the backyard."
"It isn't a toy, Candace," Phineas replied, barely keeping his cool. "It's a real alien spaceship."
"Oh, good." Candace took out her phone. "Because this isn't a cell phone. It's an intergalactic little brother busterizor which I'll use on you if you don't clean up this mess. Also, what is with the spaceship anyway? I thought you already did that."
"We weren't planning on going to space, but if we did, I'm sure there's still a ton of cool stuff left to do."
"Well, I am done with space. I'm staying on Earth where I'm the one in charge, conditionally."
That's when Meap approached Candace. Her thought process was interrupted on the spot.
"That is the most adorable thing I've ever seen in my life!" she shouted. "You guys made a Bango-Ru doll?"
"That's actually Meap," Phineas replied.
"Meap," said Meap.
"That's all he says," Phineas explained.
"Well, you and your Bango-Robot better not show up at the convention and make me look bad," said Candace.
Candace accidentally stepped on the baseball gun and launched the ball to who knows where. They heard the sound of glass breaking.
"That's strike one," Candace warned as if that wasn't her fault.
Phineas sighed before getting back on track. "Okay, let's fix an alien spaceship. Where do you want to start? Hey, where's Perry?"
Neither of the boys noticed Meap walking off.
Perry tried to sneak into his base when he saw something unfamiliar to him. He quickly took off his hat and assumed his normal form.
"Meap," was all the creature said before walking away.
Once the creature was out of sight, Perry put his hat back on.
What was that about? he asked himself.
Perry entered his base. Monogram was waiting for him like always.
"Good morning, Agent P," he greeted in an uncharacteristically cheery tone. "I wonder what exciting mission we have for you today."
He started scratching his nose.
"Excuse me," he apologized. "My nose is really itchy. Doofenshmirtz has purchased a lot of carpet. He must be up to something bad because he is a bad, bad man." Monogram laughed. "I can't do this. Carl was doing my arms, see?"
Monogram turned around to show that Carl was standing behind him, acting as Monogram's arms.
"Anyway, stop Doofenshmirtz and his carpet thing," Monogram finished in his usual monotone voice.
The boys had just built a complicated device. There was a screen that showed a blueprint of the design of the ship, inside and out. Phineas was wearing a red metal gauntlet which he used to control a platform Ferb was strapped to.
"It seems to run on a quantum-front loading system," he said as he examined the blueprint. "Can the new frame support that?"
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
"Hang on," Phineas said as he moved his hand upwards. "Let me get you down."
Phineas set Ferb down.
"Hey, guys," came Isabella's voice. "Whatcha doin?"
Phineas turned and saw Isabella.
"Oh, hey Isabella," he said as he waved his gloved hand. "Come over here and we'll show you."
He realized he was shaking Ferb around.
"Whoops, sorry Ferb," he apologized as he set Ferb down again.
Ferb unbuckled himself and narrowly avoided throwing up.
"We're fixing up this spaceship," Phineas explained to Isabella as he inadvertently swatted Ferb away. "That belongs to our new friend, Meap. He's the most adorable thing in the world."
Isabella felt like she was punched in the gut.
"Are you sure there's nothing or no one more adorable?" she asked.
Phineas took a good look at Isabella. For whatever reason, she seemed a lot cuter than he remembered.
"Well, you're cute," he admitted. "But not as cute as Meap. Here, see for yourself. Meap." He realized Meap wasn't there. "Meap?"
Candace met up with Stacy.
"Bango-Ru!" Stacy cheered.
"Bango-Ru," Candace said unenthusiastically.
"Oh, Candace, look at it! It's so cute, I could die!"
Candace noticed that Meap followed her. "What?"
"Meap," Meap said.
"And it speaks!" Stacy squealed. "How did you get it to do that?"
Seeing a chance, Candace took it.
"Phineas and Ferb, you know," she lied.
"Oh, they tricked it out for you," Stacy assumed. "Come on, let's go."
Stacy biked towards the convention.
Candace took Senor Frowg out of her bag and tossed it into the trash can. She put Meap in her bag and biked after Stacy.
She didn't notice Meap barfing a beam of rainbow that destroyed Senor Frowg.
"Okay, I rigged a GPS device to create a cute-tracker," Phineas said as he showed Isabella the device. "It locks onto the cutest thing in the area so it should lead us right to Meap. Let's see if it works."
Phineas turned on the device. It was already beeping.
"Got something," he said.
"That's probably me," Isabella suggested.
"No. It's three miles that way. Ferb, why don't you stay and finish the ship?"
Ferb saluted, and accidentally hit himself in the head with the wrench. He quickly got back up.
"Isabella, wanna come?" Phineas asked.
"Sure," Isabella replied. "I still have to get my 'you wouldn't know cute if it bit your legs off' accomplishment patch."
Phineas needed a moment to process that statement. When he did, all he said was, "Okay."
Isabella groaned in frustration.
Doofenshmirtz Evil is Carpeted
Perry found himself stuck under the carpets. He used a blaster he had tucked under his hat to free himself. Doof was right in front of him.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," he said. "Just in time for your little lesson in static electricity."
A mechanical arm grabbed Perry and rubbed him against the carpet. It caused all of his fur to stand on end, trapping him.
"Looks like I rubbed you the wrong way, Puffy the Fuzzypus," Doof joked. "You might ask, 'What's with the carpet?' Well, I believe the answers are best expressed in backstory form. When I was a boy, the smell of pork emanating from me was so bad because… well, that's unimportant. That's part of a separate backstory. Regardless, the smell was so bad that no one would come near me. One day, the carnival came to town, and I needed money because my parents disowned me and I was raised by ocelots. The point is, I had to get a job at the carnival. The only position available was at the dunking booth, but not as the guy who got dunked. I was what they threw to dunk him. Long story short, I got a balloon at the carnival, I drew a face on it, I sprayed him with a special life-long lasting spray I created, and I named him Balloony. He became my best friend in the world, yada yada yada, then one tragic day, when I was protecting our garden as a lawn gnome, you remember that backstory, Balloony started floating away. I tried to reach out and grab him but, Nicht bewegen! I never saw Balloony again. He's still out there somewhere, I know because I put the life-long lasting spray on him. I plan to bring him to me. Balloons are drawn to static electricity, so I created this."
Doof gestured to the inator in the room.
"Behold, the Static-Electro Amplifinator!" he shouted. "Keep beholding, keep beholding, and scene."
Isabella sang to herself as she walked alongside Phineas. She noticed a butterfly floating towards her. She stopped to admire it.
"Huh, I keep getting this cuteness interference," Phineas said.
Isabella panicked. "It's me. I'm disrupting the mission. I shouldn't have come."
Her screaming scared the butterfly away.
"No, it's gone now," Phineas assured. "I wonder how Ferb's doing."
Ferb just finished redesigning Meap's spaceship. It had fire painted on the sides, and it had a bigger front.
The cockpit was also modified so it could fit more than just Meap.
He started the engine.
Out in space, a particular alien was heading towards Earth. It was the same one from Meap's picture.
"Warpdrive signature detected," said the computer voice.
"I have you now," the alien smiled sinisterly.
Play "My Ride from Outer Space"
Ferb started the engine and took off.
Ferb:
When I light my afterburners
I'm a bullet whizzing by
I do 260 lightyears
In the blink of an alien eye
Ferb forgot to put on his seatbelt. He almost flew out of his seat. He quickly got himself seated right, then buckled up.
We're shaking, baking, staking, smoking
Like a vertical grind
If I was going any faster
I'd be going back in time
Ferb's skin almost flew off of his skull because of how fast he was going. Thankfully, he was able to put it back on.
Leaving nothing but a vapor trace
In my ride from outer space
Ferb paid a quick stop to the Shooting Star Milkshake Bar. He was handed a milkshake on the house.
He then went straight back to Earth.
Buford and Baljeet were about to cross the street when something bolted past them at high speeds. They both hugged each other in fear.
They then realized what they were doing and backed away, blushing.
"Let us never speak of this again," said Buford.
"Agreed," Baljeet agreed.
On the other side of the crosswalk, Django noticed the thing fly by. While he only saw it for a fraction of a second, he could tell who was driving it.
Was that Ferb? he thought to himself, blushing a little.
Ferb flew back into space and around the sun.
I can bang shift through a nebula
And slingshot around the sun
Don't look no further, baby
'Cause you know I'm number one
Ferb returned to Earth and flew down the road again. He passed by a familiar girl.
He quickly stopped and backed up to get a good look at her. She was Vanessa.
I'm chopped and flamed and bobbed and filled
You got to trick it out
When I come to your dimension
You'll know what it's all about
I can tell, girl, from that look there on your face
Ferb turned to Vanessa and gave her a flirtatious grin.
You're digging my ride from outer space
With that, Ferb dashed away.
You know you're digging it, baby
My ride from outer space
My ride from outer space
End "My Ride from Outer Space"
Candace and Stacy looked around the convention.
There were balloons of all these hybrid creatures floating around. There were stores selling merchandise related to these characters. There was an earworm of a song playing on the speakers.
"This is so weird," Stacy admitted.
"I know," Candace replied.
The girls noticed some Bango-Ru purses on sale. They went to buy some.
Neither of them noticed Meap walking off.
Meap noticed someone that looked like the alien from the picture. He approached the man and tapped his leg.
The man turned around to reveal he was just a guy in a costume.
"What?" he reacted. "Hey!"
Another guy wearing the same outfit picked up Meap.
"I got it," he said. "Irresponsible kids."
"Oh, I definitely should buy the shoes to go with this purse," Candace said as she looked through the aisle.
"Hey!" a voice called.
Candace turned around to see a couple of men approaching her with Meap in their hands.
"Is this yours, young lady?" one asked.
"Yeah," Candace replied.
"We found it abandoned on the floor."
"Sorry. It won't happen again."
"It better not! Your irresponsibility makes our jobs as security guards a million times harder! Someone could've stolen it or tripped over it!"
"That's right," the other added. "Injuries, theft, lawsuits, that could've killed me! We're lucky to be alive!"
Meap puked out a rainbow beam. It burned the guards' uniforms to ash, leaving nothing but their socks and boxers.
"The cute signal's getting stronger," Phineas said.
"Phineas?" Isabella asked. "How come you think Meap is so cute? What does that mean anyway?"
"I don't know. I just know it when I see it on this cuteness meter, though I keep getting this weird cute interference from somewhere."
That's when Ferb showed up on the repaired ship.
"Sweet, you tricked it out," Phineas smiled. "Isabella and I are on Meap's trail. Let's bounce."
The two got on the ship.
Candace biked home angrily.
"You can't ban me from Bango-Ru conventions for life!" she shouted in denial. "I BAN MYSELF!" She then turned to Meap. "And what even are you anyway?"
That's when Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella showed up on a spaceship.
"Hey, Candace," Phineas greeted. "Sweet, you found Meap."
"More like he found me," Candace retorted.
"Well, his ship's fixed, so we can get him back home now."
Before they could get Meap on board, though, another ship showed up and caught Meap's ship in a tractor beam.
"What is this?" Phineas asked. "Is it the space authorities? Did we do something wrong?"
"Well, some of the modifications I made aren't technically 'street legal'," Ferb replied.
The ship that captured Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella flew away.
"Wait, what's going on?" Candace asked. "Meap, who was that?"
Meap showed a photo of the red alien.
"Is that your father?" Candace asked.
"Meap!" Meap shouted as he showed a second picture. This one had the same alien facing sideways.
Candace knew what that meant. "It's a mugshot? Oh no! Phineas and Ferb have been abducted by an intergalactic criminal!"
Meap nodded sadly.
"Where is he taking us?" Isabella asked.
Phineas noticed something up ahead. "I think he's taking us to that cloud over there."
"That's no cloud," Ferb realized. "That's a space station."
The three were brought into the station. A particular alien approached them.
"You thought you were clever disguising your ship, but I've got you now," he said as he opened the hatch. He didn't seem to be expecting three human children. "Whoever you are."
"Are you Meap's dad?" Phineas asked.
"What is with that? Is this some kind of sick joke?"
Phineas ignored that question as he got off the ship. "I'm Phineas, and these are my brother, Ferb, and my friend, Isabella. What's your name?"
"I am known by many names throughout the universe," the man replied in a menacing voice before backing down. "Well, I'm only really known by two names. Most call me Mich, but others call me Big Mitch. Anyway, where did you get that ship?"
"It's Meap's ship."
"Meap? Like, yay high, big eyes."
"The biggest."
"That's my mortal enemy."
"Really? He seems like such a nice guy."
"He is. I'm not." Mitch gestured to multiple unique creatures in cages. "You see, I steal rare creatures from their homeworlds and imprison them here on my ship. I'm…"
"A zookeeper?"
"That sorta legitimizes it."
"You're a poacher!" Isabella assumed.
"Yes, I'm a poacher," Mitch nodded.
"That's wrong. These poor creatures shouldn't be locked up here. They should be brought back to their homes and set free."
"Maybe I should keep you here too."
"Nah, we're good," Phineas replied. "It's taco night at home."
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb have been abducted by an evil alien, and I'm here with a good alien, and we're…" Candace practiced before stopping herself. "That sounds crazy, doesn't it?"
Meap nodded. He then grabbed Phineas' baseball gun.
"How is this supposed to help?" Candace asked.
Meap took out the picture of Phineas and Ferb, then the picture of Mitch.
"Phineas and Ferb and the bad guy," Candace guessed before getting curious. "Wait, where do you keep all these pictures?"
Meap threw the photos on the ground, frustrated.
"Right, focus," Candace snapped out of it.
Meap showed another photo of Mitch's space station.
"Okay, they're in a giant spaceship," Candace realized. "But how are we supposed to get up there?"
Mitch took the gun and fired the baseball into the air.
"Oh, I get it, duh," Candace realized. "You're trying to tell me something."
Meap sighed in frustration.
"What?" Candace asked.
"You know how when you put on some socks and rub them on the carpet, you get that static shock?" Doof asked as he popped out wearing socks all over. "Behold, the new uniform of pure evil. I call it the Socky Shocky Suity."
The kids looked at all the exotic creatures.
"Cool," Phineas remarked.
"Would you three sit still?" Mitch demanded. "You don't get it. You're my prisoners. You should be afraid of me." He then noticed Mitch on screen. "Oh, like a moth to a flame."
Outside, Meap was using the remote control baseballs to lift Candace's bike into the air. They both flew up towards the spaceship.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Candace shouted. "I've got this situation under control!"
"You kids might be of some use to me after…" Mitch was about to say before seeing the kids walking into the next room. "Wait, don't go in there! Ugh, I'll deal with them later!"
Candace took a moment to look around the ship.
"Check this place out," she said. "Now I know how to find Phineas and Ferb. They'll be where all the cool stuff is."
The kids were in one of the cages riding one of the creatures.
"Okay, I'll go and get them," Candace told Meap. "You stay here. This could get dangerous."
Candace entered the cage.
She didn't know what she was expecting, but it wasn't what she was seeing. Not only were there exotic animals, but the whole place was like an exotic playground. There were slides, poles, monkey bars, and so much before.
Meap found Mitch in the control room.
"So, we meet again!" said Mitch.
"Meap!" Meap shouted.
"I agree. It ends here. Oh, and by the way, I talked to your little friends, and just so we're clear, I'm not your father!"
Doof was almost finished charging up his Socky Shocky Suity.
"You know, it's the technical side of evil that people never appreciate," he remarked before noticing he was fully charged. "There. Now, watch as every balloon in the entire Tri-State Area is ripped from the hands of children and clowns and clown children."
I don't know why I still put up with this man, Perry thought to himself.
Doof pulled the lever. All the balloons in the Tri-State Area were pulled to the apartment.
"Wow, that's a lot of balloons," he remarked, genuinely surprised.
That's when Both Doof and Perry were pulled onto the balloons. The balloons lifted them and the inator off the ground.
"You know, on paper…" Doof said before stopping himself. "This was a bad idea too."
Meap and Mitch were about to duke it out…
When a bunch of balloons popped out of the ground for some reason. Doof climbed out.
"Oh, hello," Doof greeted.
"Can't you see we're in the middle of a showdown?" Mitch asked. "If you don't mind."
"Oh, I get it," Doof said. "It's one of those 'it ends here' kind of deals."
Perry almost fell out of the ship. Thankfully, he used a grappling hook to save himself.
"Don't mind me," Doof assured. "I'm just 'playing through' as they say. I'll show myself out."
Doof opened the door, planning to leave.
"Wait, no!" Mitch shouted. "That's where I keep…"
Doof gasped. "It's you!"
The thing in the room was none other than Balloony. It looked like it hadn't aged a day.
"Hey, that's the most unique thing in my collection: Colin, my best friend!" Mitch shouted.
"What?" Doof reacted. "That's Balloony, my best friend!"
"No, I found Colin floating all alone in space."
"Well, I actually drew his face! See, I even signed it!" Doof showed his initials on Balloony.
"That's a birthmark!"
"A birthmark? It's a balloon, you idiot! Come on, Balloony! Let's scoot!"
Doof tried to walk away, but Balloony wouldn't follow him.
"See?" Mitch said. "Colin is my best friend!"
"You've changed, Balloony!" Doof shouted. "And I actually thought you were backstory-worthy! It makes me sick! Well, I don't even need you anymore! I got an even better best friend! He's a great listener! He even put up with me going on about how great you were! It's clear to me now that my real best friend is Perry the Platypus!"
Right as he said that, Perry tackled Doof. They both fell down the hole.
With that out of the way, Mitch caged Meap.
"All too easy," he remarked.
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella left the cage.
"I knew there was more to do in space," Phineas smiled.
That's when a bunch of robots surrounded them.
"Hello," he said, a bit nervous. One of the robots fired a laser. Phineas realized they were in danger. "Uh oh."
That's when something caused all the robots to explode. The kids turned around to see it was Candace with the baseball gun.
"Strike three," she said. "They're out."
"That was cool," Phineas admitted. "But whatever happened to strike two?"
Candace realized her mistake, but there was something else worrying her. "Where's Meap? I told him to stay right here."
Phineas checked the cuteness tracker.
"I'm having trouble picking up his cute signal," he said.
"Phineas, since you so obviously won't figure this out on your own," Isabella said, having lost her patience. "I think I'm the one causing the interference."
"Don't be silly." Phineas blushed a little as he continued. "I took your cuteness into account and adjusted the cute meter settings accordingly from the beginning. Look what happens if I change it back to normal."
Phineas changed the setting back to normal. The system fried.
"So much for finding Meap," he said. "Do you think he's okay?"
"I don't think so," a voice replied.
Everyone turned around to see Mitch standing there.
"Get away from him… Mitch!" Candace demanded as she pointed her gun.
Mitch laughed and summoned more robots.
"Foolish children!" he monologued. "Only now do you realize your grave situation. 'Hey, Mitch, look at the cool stuff'."
While he was talking, Candace saw the baseball and started moving it. She managed to hit the cage and open it up.
"Go, hide," she whispered to Meap.
Meap didn't hide though. He jumped out and puked his rainbow fire onto the robots. He then started beating up Mitch.
"I don't believe it," Candace said to herself.
By then, Mitch was on the ground.
"Okay, I surrender," he said. "You can stop behaving in a counterintuitive way to how you superficially appear."
Before Mitch could say anymore, Meap pulled off his mustache and put it on himself
"Meap!" Mitch shouted
"Children, thank you for your help in bringing down this villainous scoundrel," Meap said in a British accent. "You see, I am an intergalactic security agent who roams the universe busting people who do things they aren't supposed to do."
"You're like the me of the galaxy," Candace assumed.
"It's not cool when you put it like that," Phineas remarked.
"Actually, she's right," Meap told Phineas. "I am pleased to have not only made some true friends, but to have met a kindred spirit as well."
"Ha, I guess I learned not to judge a book by its cover," Candace said.
That's when a green, slimy, multi-eyed monster appeared. Candace quickly ran to the ship.
"That's actually my mother-in-law," Meap said with a smile, before quickly running away in fear. "So let's get out of here!"
The others followed suit.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 39: Bubble Boys
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 39
Bubble Boys
"I don't know about you, Ferb," Phineas said as he blew bubbles with Ferb. "But I think bubbles have a great sense of humor. Look what that one's doing to my face."
The bubble he was referring to was reflecting his face in a funny way.
Ferb blew a bubble and looked at his own reflection. That reflection turned to Baljeet for some reason. This caused Ferb to jump back.
The bubble popped to reveal Baljeet was in front of them.
"Hello," Baljeet greeted. "What are you boys doing?"
"We're just blowing bubbles and relaxing," Phineas replied.
"Oh, I remember being relaxed, but that was before I had this." Baljeet showed the sheet of paper he was holding.
Phineas examined it. "That looks like a color-coded schedule."
"That's because it is. Every minute of my entire day is planned out right here. Remember how you told me to seize the day? Well, consider it seized."
"Hey, is it time for me yet?" came another voice.
The boys turned around to see Buford coming in. Baljeet looked at his watch.
"Not quite," he said, then waited a few seconds. "Okay, now."
Buford stuck his finger in his mouth, then he stuffed it in Baljeet's ear.
"Do you have any time for a bubble?" Phineas asked.
Baljeet looked at his schedule.
"I suppose I can stay for one," he decided.
"Oh, can I blow a super huge one?" asked Buford. "So I can crawl inside it and float around like a little woodland pixie?" He quickly realized what he said and blushed brightly. "Did I just say that out loud?"
"Yes, yes you did," Phineas replied. "But that actually sounds like fun, minus the pixie part. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. There's no better way to see Danville than from flying above it. Wanna come, Baljeet?"
"My schedule is extremely tight," Baljeet replied. "I doubt I even have a second to answer your question. Maybe if I move my polka recital back, okay."
"Great, so you're coming?"
"No, I moved polka back so I could answer your question. It will take some rearranging, but I think I can at least come to watch you make the bubble."
"Awesome. Hey, where's Perry?"
Baljeet laughed. "Right on time. I had that on my schedule."
At this point, Phineas was starting to get annoyed. "Of course you did."
Perry got on the elevator to his lair. Next to him was a pink puppy. He recognized her as Isabella's dog, Pinky, who worked at a completely separate division.
The two smiled at each other and tipped hats, before Pinky entered his lair.
Not long after, Perry went into his lair. For whatever reason, the lights were off.
"Quiet, Carl," he heard Monogram say. "He's coming."
That's when the light turned on. Balloons and confetti came down from the ceiling.
"Surprise!" Monogram and Carl shouted. "Happy birthday!"
Monogram blew a party horn.
Perry just glared at Monogram.
"It's not your birthday, is it?" he asked.
Perry shook his head.
"Told you," said Carl.
"Put a sock in it," Monogram said before turning back to Perry. "I was a bit too busy planning your party so I'm not sure what Doofenshmirtz is up to, but I am sure it's no good, so get to the bottom of it."
Perry saluted and left the lair.
Perry
Flashback
A Little Bit Earlier…
Isabella got out of bed and realized her hair was a mess. She just shook it until it was back to normal.
"There you are, Isabella," she said to Pinky before chuckling. "It's always humorous when one refers to themself in the third person. You try it, Pinky."
Pinky just barked.
"Yeah, not a hard-and-fast rule, I guess," Isabella admitted before turning to her sash. "What's that? I hear a sash calling me to earn it some new patches. Come on, Pinky."
Meanwhile, Isabella's troop, 46231, featuring Gretchen, Adyson, Katie, Holly, Milly, and Ginger, were waiting for Isabella.
"Sesquipedalian," Gretchen said randomly.
None of the girls knew that word. Milly handed Gretchen a badge.
"Here's your Saying-a-Word-No-One-Else-in-the-Room-Knows patch," she said. "Does anyone else wanna try?"
Before anyone could do anything else, they heard a rhythmic knock on the door.
"Look alive, people," said Gretchen. "It's our fearless leader."
She unlocked the door and let Isabella and Pinky in.
"Hey guys," Isabella greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"Earning patches," Holly replied.
"So, did you decide which patch to get today? If not, I have a suggestion."
"Let me guess," Adyson teased. "The Let's-Help-Phineas-and-Ferb patch?"
"It's called the Help-thy-Neighbor patch, Adyson," Isabella corrected sassily. "Don't make up patch names."
"I already have fifty-two of those," said Ginger.
"I have fifty-three," Gretchen added. "I went back one afternoon after everyone else went home."
"I know," Isabella sighed. "Don't remind me."
"You just want an excuse to see Phineas, don't you?" Gretchen teased.
"The very thing I live for."
"Alright, then. Let's see what Phineas and Ferb are doing."
That's when Isabella realized, "Hey, where's Pinky?"
Meanwhile, Pinky got on the elevator to her lair. After a moment, Perry got on.
The two simply tipped their hats before Pinky reached his stop.
He got off the elevator and sat down. His boss, Admiral Acronym, was waiting for him.
"Hello, Agent P," she greeted. "Professor Poofenplotz has been making a barrage of inquiries about hair spray of all things. It's all very suspicious. Suss it out and put the kibosh on it."
Pinky barked and saluted.
End of Flashback
"Okay, Candace," said Linda. "Are you ready to do some practice driving for your permit?"
"I'm easing my way into the driver's seat," Candace replied. "I start with what's familiar, then slide into the new."
"Well, start sliding. I got errands to run."
Candace got nervous all of a sudden. "Okay, then you drive."
"Candace, I thought you said you wanted to be the first of your friends to get a license."
That was enough to convince Candace to slide.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry burst in.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "I'm so glad you're here. I did get the invite to your birthday party over the internet. Of course, I couldn't go since it was most likely a trap. Anyway, I got you this. It's just a card."
Perry took the envelope and opened it up. It actually was a card. Perry cautiously opened it…
Only to get tangled in confetti and streamers.
"Surprise!" Doof shouted. "I've finally figured out why my evil schemes always fail. I am completely unlikable."
I mean, you aren't completely wrong, Perry thought to himself.
"So I thought to myself, 'what are the two most popular things on this planet'?" asked Doof. "Country music and western music, so I'm bringing it together for the very first time. I know, I'm brilliant."
The boys were at the park.
"Great bubble design, Ferb," Phineas complimented. "Now all we need is the missing bubble ingredient."
That's when Isabella and her troop arrived.
"Hey guys," Isabella greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"Changing my schedule to…" Baljeet was about to reply.
"Building a machine to make the biggest, strongest bubble ever," Phineas butted in.
Baljeet sighed. "Right, no one ever asks Baljeet what he is doing."
"We have almost everything we need for our durable bubble," Phineas went on. "But if you guys want to help out, we still need some sap from a maraca nut tree."
"Yeah, we can definitely do that," Isabella replied.
"Perfect. While they're getting that, we can finish our designs on the transponder. See you girls back at the field."
When Phineas was saying all of that, Isabella was trapped in her imagination.
When Isabella asked, 'Whatcha doin', Phineas had replied, "Well, to be perfectly honest, I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know what I've been doing, always getting wrapped up in these silly projects that I don't care about." Hearts formed around his eyes as he continued. "It's you I care about, Isabella."
All of a sudden, Phineas grew a set of wings, took Isabella's hand, and flew away.
"Can we be together forever and ever?" he asked.
"Yeah, we can do that," Isabella replied.
And that was when she was snapped out of the fantasy.
"What did he say?" Isabella panicked. "What did he need? I was in Phineas Land again."
"We'll explain on the way, chief," Gretchen replied. "Right now, we have to find the rare maraca nut tree and earn our Sap-Collecting patch."
Poofenplotz's Evil is Crazy
"It's important to look your very best when doing your very worst," Professor Poofenplotz sang to herself as she brushed her hair. "And by that I mean evil."
That's when Pinky burst in, only to instantly get caught in a trap.
"Pinky the Puppy," Poof greeted. "So you thought you could sneak up on me, huh?"
Pinky started to shake in fear. Poof tried to keep him still, but she started shivering too.
"Anyway," Poof went on. "I woke up from my beauty sleep and thought to myself, 'what the heck? Why not try to take over the world again?' As you know, Pinky, I can't very well take over the world until I'm drop-dead gorgeous, but I can't make myself beautiful because I ran out of my favorite hair spray. It went a little something like this."
Flashback
Earlier that day, Poof was at the store looking for her hair spray.
"Can I help you with something?" asked an employee.
"Yes," Poof replied. "Can you tell me where you moved your Stiff Pretty hair spray?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. That product has been discontinued. Only amusement park clowns used it, and ever since the old amusement park shut down, Stiff Beauty hasn't been selling."
"Discontinued? So, what you're saying is, Stiff Beauty is no longer being sold?"
"Right. That's what discontinued means."
The two stared at each other for an awkward amount of time.
"How about I discontinue you instead?" Poof asked as she disintegrated the employee.
End of Flashback
"The only supply of Stiff Beauty left in the world is at the old, abandoned amusement park," Poof went on. "And I intend to use my Me-mobile to get me there."
Poof got on her mobile and headed for the park. On the way, she dropped Pinky in a trash can.
"I know what you're thinking," Doof said. "'But, Doof, you have a terrible singing voice'. Well, feast your eyes on this little baby."
Doof removed a tarp to reveal a hat. He put it on his head.
"I call it the Yodel-Inator," he went on. "Cool, huh?"
Perry didn't seem satisfied.
"Oh, you may think it's just a big cowboy hat, but it's so much more" Doof assumed. He pushed a button to open the top part of the hat, revealing a speaker. "See? It's designed to make my singing sound sweet and mellifluous. My first gig is in an hour. Come on, it'll be fun."
"According to the Fireside Girl book on Dendrology," Gretchen said. "The maraca nut tree is indigenous to mountain valley microclimates. It looks like we're heading in the right direction."
The girls finished climbing a mountain. They saw a man playing a didgeridoo.
"Hello," Isabella greeted, only to be ignored. "Excuse me. Hello, Earth to hippie."
The man still didn't reply. Isabella decided to try something else.
"Excu-u–u-use m-e-e-e," she said, imitating the didgeridoo.
That got the man's attention.
"Whoa, you just harmonized with me," he remarked.
"Would you possibly know where the maraca trees might be?" Isabella asked.
"Indeed I do, my formidable flower. Behold."
The man gestured to all the stumps. There wasn't a single tree in sight.
"What happened?" Isabella asked. "Where did they go?"
"They were all chopped down so their sap could be used for hair spray," the man replied, shedding a tear.
"So there aren't any left?"
"Don't fret, my pet. There happens to be one left. It's over at the old, abandoned amusement park over on the next hill. Step up, little sister. Let me bestow upon you, the key of wisdom. Bask in its glory."
The man handed Isabella a key. The girls took a moment to admire it. When they looked up again, the man disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"He's gone!" the girls shouted.
"Wait, no he's not," Gretchen realized, noticing the man just teleported a few inches away.
"See you on the flip side," he waved as he left.
Meanwhile, Candace was driving pretty fast.
"Mom, am I doing good or what?" she asked.
"What," Linda replied before looking in front of her. "Candace, watch out!"
Candace slammed the brakes, but by then, it was too late. She hit a trash can, causing it to come down.
That trash can had a dog trapped inside. It hurried out and ran off.
Isabella and her troop reached the amusement park.
"Girls, we're going in," said isabella. "We have a tree to find."
The girls split up and searched everywhere they could. They couldn't find the tree anywhere.
"It's gotta be around here somewhere," said Isabella. "Creepy roadside hippie gurus are generally reliable." She then noticed one attraction in particular. "Wait, I think I found it."
The attraction in question was 'The Temple of Sap'. There was a sign at the entrance.
Stickiness is the most underrated of all the -nesses. Of all the stickinesses, the sap of the maraca nut tree is the sticky-nessiest. The Temple of Sap attraction is a monument to the rare and beautiful maraca nut tree, the world's greatest stickerizer.
"Looks like we tracked our quarry to its lair, girls," Isabella said. "Although, if their biggest attraction was a sap-themed ride, I understand why this place closed down. Girls, get your gear. We're climbing."
"Probably not a good idea," said Holly. She punched the wall, and it came apart quickly. "The whole thing's structurally unsound. The whole place will fall."
"Calm down, girls. Have you forgotten who we are? We're Fireside Girl troop 46231, and we never give up."
Play "Fireside Girl Anthem"
All:
We're Fireside Girls one and all
And together we belong
We wear our patches upon our sashes
And stand cute, smart, and strong
This is the Fireside Girls song
And it's not to terribly long
End Anthem
"So let's secure the sap for Phineas… and everyone else!" Isabella finished.
"Yeah!" the girls cheered.
"Well, the old hippie didn't mention how to get to the top of it," Isabella pointed out. "All he gave us was this key of wisdom."
Isabella pushed the button on the key. They heard the sound of a car honking its horn. They turned and saw a van on top of the rollercoaster tracks.
Pinky flew around Danville on his jetpack until he found Poof's vehicle. He flew through it, and landed right behind Poof.
"Pinky the Puppy," Poof reacted. "Well, Mama knows how to deal with bad little doggies."
Poof pushed a button, making a robotic arm whack Pinky with a newspaper. Pinky just grabbed the paper and threw it into Poof's mouth.
He then fired a grapple out of the vehicle, causing it to stick to a nearby building.
The girls somehow got to the top of the tracks.
"Well, there's no engine," said Isabella. "But it looks like gravity should do the trick. Alright girls, ready to get the Reckless-Disregard-For-Life-and-Limb patch?"
"Aye aye, captain!" the girls replied.
Everyone got on the van and buckled up.
"Alright, lean!" Isabella ordered.
Everyone leaned forward.
Their weight was enough to push the van down the slope. They then went up and flew off the edge of the tracks.
"So, how exactly is this gonna work?" asked Gretchen.
Isabella realized she didn't think that far.
"Girls, sashes, now!" she ordered.
The girls readied their sashes. She then climbed onto the roof.
"What are you doing?" asked Gretchen.
"Just trust me!" Isabella yelled.
She jumped off the van and grabbed the tree. The sashes saved her from hitting the ground. The girls pulled her back into the van.
"What a cute little tree," Isabella admired.
"What now, Isabella?" Gretchen asked. "We're gonna crash!"
"Oh no, we're not! Everybody, lean!"
Everyone leaned to the side.
Poof struggled to free herself when a van suddenly flew through the rope, cutting it off.
The van landed safely on the ground. The girls cheered.
"Alright, girls," said Isabella. "It's time to tap that sap."
"I'm on it," said Holly. "Hold it still, Katie."
Katie held the tree still while Holly inserted a device to extract the sap.
Poof's vehicle crashed at the old, abandoned amusement park. It sent her flying out. She found a locker full of hair supplies.
"Yes!" she cheered. "At last, my own lifetime supply of Stiff Beauty!"
By shouting it out loud, the mountain crumbled. It hit the hair supply, spraying Poof. She couldn't move a muscle.
"I may be stiff, but at least I'm beautiful," she assured herself, then some of her hair stood on end. "Curse you, Pinky the Puppy!"
Meanwhile, Candace was struggling to turn. There was a huge buildup of traffic behind her.
"Candace, just look into the turn, and ease your foot off the brake," Linda advised.
Candace looked to where she wanted to turn. She saw Phineas and Ferb working on something.
"Mom, look!" she shouted. "Phineas and Ferb!"
Before Linda could look, a bus stopped next to them with an advertisement on it. Linda was just plain disappointed.
"I don't find that funny, Candace," she said.
Candace realized the bus was there.
"No, they're behind the bus!" Candace yelled. "I'll show you!"
Candace made a sharp left turn.
"Candace, slow down!" Linda screamed.
Ferb finished building the device.
"Nice work as usual, Ferb," Phineas complimented. "Now all we need is the final ingredient."
Right as he said that, a van just appeared out of nowhere. Isabella and her troop came out.
"Hey, Phineas," Isabella greeted. "We got the part you needed."
"Thanks," Phineas said as he poured the sap into the machine. "Now all we need to do is fly away together."
Right as he said that, Isabella once again fantasized Phineas growing a pair of wings, taking her hand, and flying away.
"Isabella?" Gretchen said, snapping Isabella out of it. "He said thanks."
"Aw, he does care about me," Isabella smiled.
That's when Pinky showed up.
"There you are, Pinky," Isabella said, picking him up. "You've arrived just in time."
Phineas turned on the machine. A bubble started to form.
"At this stage, the maraca nut sap isn't fully congealed," he explained. "So we can pass through the semipermeable membrane with ease."
As he said that, they all passed through the membrane.
"Girls, I think we all earned our Passing-Through-a-Semipermeable-Membrane Patches," Isabella said.
Now that they were all in the bubble, the kids slowly floated higher and higher off the ground. They all cheered in excitement.
Candace stopped at another park entrance.
"See, there they…" she was about to say before she noticed the boys weren't there. Their invention seemed to still be there, though. "Okay, the boys aren't there, but there's the thing they made."
Linda saw the device. She was confused.
"What is that?" she asked. "And are you sure the boys made that?"
"I swear, they were right there," Candace said before seeing the kids floating in a bubble. "Hold onto something, Mom."
She hit the gas and sped off.
"That was very entertaining, but that is all I had time scheduled for," Baljeet said before realizing he was floating in the bubble with the others. "Oh, right, we're already airborne, and I'm still with you." He started to sweat. "I cannot believe this! My schedule is totally blown!"
"I've heard you," said Buford. "It's a small loss."
Candace followed the bubble, not looking where she was going. She just barely noticed she was about to hit another set of trash cans when she slammed on the brakes. Thankfully, she didn't knock them this time.
"Candace, I think we've had quite enough of your driving for one day!" Linda panicked.
"Now now, Mom!" Candace snapped. "I need to get this in the sky!"
She quickly drove around the cans and continued following the bubble.
"How long are we gonna be up here?" Baljeet asked.
"A while," Phineas replied, laying down and relaxing.
"And how do we even steer this thing?"
"We're at the mercy of the breeze."
"Ha, sure. When you say it like that, it sounds relaxing."
Suddenly, the bubble got caught in a downdraft. The bubble sped down, causing the kids to bounce a little.
They were about to fly into power lines. Thankfully, the girls leaned against the bubble, sending them in another direction.
They then flew towards a cactus garden. The girls leaned again, making them swerve around it.
They still weren't in the clear. They were about to fly into a bit of public art.
"At this angle, leaning will be ineffective," said Gretchen. "We're gonna crash!"
"Oh, this is all my fault!" Baljeet panicked. "I never should have forsaken the rigid beauty of my candy-colored schedule!"
He started breathing heavily. Phineas noticed that it was expanding the bubble.
"Everyone, breathe like Baljeet!" he ordered.
Everyone breathed heavily. The bubble expanded more, allowing them to float back up.
"Baljeet, you saved us," said Phineas.
"When in danger, I always hyperventilate," Baljeet admitted.
Meanwhile, Doof was about to begin his performance.
"After this concert, I'll be the most well-liked man in the Tri-State Area," he said.
Play "Yodel-Odel Obey Me"
The curtains opened. Doof played his guitar and started singing in a false southern accent.
Doof:
Let me tell you my evil scheme
I'm gonna enslave your minds with a predictable melody
And uncomplicated rhymes, and if I asked you to
You'd even change your name to Amy
Because you're gonna yodel-odel-odel obey me
You'll be my obedient mindless slaves and nobody will blame me
Because you're gonna yodel-odel-odel obey me
"I like him," said one man in the audience. "Let's do whatever he says."
Unfortunately for Doof, Perry used the card to tear himself free. He then used a party blower to knock the hat off Doof's head.
Doof's singing voice returned to normal.
Yodel-odel-odel-odel obey me
The audience quickly turned their backs on Doof.
End "Yodel-Odel Obey Me"
"That wasn't as successful as I hoped," said Doof. "But at least I can make a hasty retreat before I'm too humiliated."
Doof put on a jetpack and tried to fly away. It just caused his clothes to fly off of him, leaving him in his Perry the Platypus boxers.
What the…? Perry asked himself.
"I had these before I met you," Doof lied. "Okay, see you tomorrow."
He made a run for it.
Candace lost sight of the boys. She sped in search of them.
"Candace, watch where you're going!" Linda yelled.
Candace ignored her, though. "They gotta be around her somewhere."
She found the boys floating towards the drawbridge. Candace headed in that direction.
Unbeknownst to either of them, a loose jetpack stuck to the back of the car. It caused it to speed up.
"Candace, slow down!" Linda yelled.
"I'm not doing this!" Candace replied.
She quickly brushed it off when the car was launched into the air. It allowed both of them a better view of the boys in the bubble.
"There they are!" Candace said before she saw Linda was covering your eyes. "Mom, open your eyes!"
"Not until we're back on the ground!" Linda replied.
The boys noticed the car flying by. They could see Candace and Linda in it.
"That was Candace driving," said Phineas.
"Her car control has gotten a lot better," Ferb remarked.
The car landed on the ground.
"Okay, Mom!" Candace yelled. "We're on the ground now!"
"Okay," Linda said as calmly as she could. "Now gently apply the brakes."
"I'm trying!"
Candace applied the brakes, but the car still didn't stop.
After a while, Baljeet laid down and just relaxed.
"You know, this relaxing thing is, well, relaxing," he admitted.
The jetpack finally powered off. It allowed Candace to stop the car, and park right between two vehicles.
"Well, I'll give you one thing," Linda admitted. "That was a smooth parallel park. Definitely better than last time."
Candace saw the kids in the bubble.
"There they are?" she shouted.
"They who?" Linda asked. "I can't see anyone."
"The boys, over there!"
Candace pointed to where she was seeing the boys. Unfortunately, she was too late.
The bubble hit a tree and popped. The kids landed on different areas of the playground.
"Hi boys," Linda greeted.
"Hi Mom," Phineas replied. "Nice parking, Candace"
Candace hit her head on the wheel, activating the horn.
"Well, I guess we can consider this day seized," Phineas said before Perry showed up. "Oh, there you are, Perry."
Perry did his chatter.
Notes:
I'm heavily behind schedule right now. First, I updated Kevin and Gretel, then I did the Wish rewrite, so I should've just went straight back to this and the Gravity Falls fic, but no. I just had to rewrite that Amphibia fic again when I could've just saved it for later.
Sigh. Well, it's too late now. I did it, and wasted precious time. I need to pick up the pace if I want to finish season 2 by Christmas.
Anyway, this was one of the more interesting episodes. It had a second episode showing what Isabella and the Fireside Girls went through to get the sap, while also showing what her dog, Pinky, gets up to. While they were separate episodes in canon, I felt it made sense to fuse them into one since they both took place on the same day. I'll do the same for the bee episode.
That's all I really have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 40: Split Personality
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 40
Split Personality
Candace was working on her scrapbook while talking to Stacy on the phone.
"I don't know, Stacy," she said. "Between busting my brothers and trying to make Jeremy my boyfriend in time for school, I just can't seem to get anything done this summer. It's especially a problem with this scrapbook. I have cute pictures of Jeremy, and I have cute pictures of me, but no pictures of both of us being cute together. It's a real problem, but time to check on Phineas and Ferb."
Candace went to the window and spied on the boys. They weren't doing anything yet. She then went straight back to her scrapbook.
"There's only so much one person can do," she remarked. "If only there were two of me, one to bust my brothers and one to be with Jeremy."
Outside, Buford was holding Baljeet in a chokehold while showing the boys his messed-up candy bar.
"Look at what he did!" he shouted. "He got his peanut butter on my chocolate! Look at this mess! I don't want to taste two things at once! It's unnatural!"
"Well, you're in luck," Phineas assured. "We just finished our Molecular Separator. It's a cool new machine that breaks things down into their component parts. We used it to separate a shampoo/conditioner mixture into just shampoo and conditioner. Ferb?"
Ferb set down the chocolate dipped in peanut butter and activated the device. With one hit, the peanut butter and the chocolate separated.
"Here, try it," Phineas said as he handed Buford the chocolate.
Buford ate it in one bite.
"Singular goodness," he smiled as he released Baljeet. "Why don't you grab your peanut butter and swimsuit and meet me at the flagpole?"
Buford and Baljeet left the backyard.
"Come on," Phineas told Ferb. "Let's see what else we can separate."
The moment the boys looked away, Perry pushed a secret button next to a flower. It opened a door on the floor. Perry jumped in and entered his lair.
"Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Doofenshmirtz has been seen at the Danville public pool, installing some kind of new device. We need you to get there immediately. Good luck, Agent P."
Perry saluted and left to do his mission.
Candace went outside and saw the device.
"Those kids are so busted," she laughed. "All I have to do is bring this to Mom."
Candace tried to carry the machine, but it was a lot heavier than she expected. She accidentally pulled a lever, activating it. The laser hit her.
As a result, Candace split in two.
The first Candace had no physical changes, but she seemed a lot more focused on busting the boys.
The second Candace had a white flower on her head, and she seemed more worried about Jeremy than anything else.
Perry arrived at the pool. He saw Doof was in line for the high dive.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "You arrived just in time. I was about to do the high dive. You see, it reminds me of the high dive I knew as a kid, at the Gimmelshtump Public Wetness Maker. It wasn't so much of a pool, but… well, let's just say it only had water in it on alternating Thursdays and leave it at that. Anyhoo, in Gimmelshtump, jumping on the high dive was an important rite of passage. With all those people looking and laughing at me, I just couldn't do it. After that, my father and I became incredibly distant, even more so than we already were. Now, I will conquer my fear and jump off the high dive, but you know, I don't want people to look at me, so I invented the Look-Away-Inator. You'd think it would attract a lot of attention, but so far, no one's noticed it. It must be leaking or something."
As he said that, people passing the inator got hit by a stray beam. It forced them to turn at a 180-degree angle, causing them to fall into the pool.
"Anyway, when I do my man-making dive, you can bet that nobody in the Tri-State Area will be looking," Doof went on. "Sure, it'll be tough for people who happen to be driving, plus surgeons may have a problem, but it's worth it, right?"
Perry just glared at Doof.
"You're right," Doof admitted. "I gotta trap you."
He pushed a button, causing a bunch of floaties to fall onto Perry, tying him up.
Candace-2 was decorating her room with pictures of Jeremy. Candace-1 couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"OMG!" she shouted before calling Linda. "Mom, Phineas and Ferb made me!"
"I've got some stretch marks that would say otherwise," Linda joked.
"No, I mean they split me in half! I'm not cut in half, but they made another me! Hear for yourself!"
Candace-1 gave the phone to Candace-2. Candace-2 took it with no hesitation.
"Hi, Jeremy!" she greeted.
"It's not Jeremy!" Candace-1 screamed. "It's Mom!"
"Hi Mom, it's Candace."
Candace-1 took the phone back. "See?"
"That was a very nice imitation of yourself, Candace," Linda sarcastically remarked. "Love you. Bye."
Candace-1 heard the line disconnect. She groaned.
"Hey, Candace," came Phineas' voice. "And other Candace."
The Candaces turned and saw the boys passing by. They then came back, as if they just realized what was happening.
"Uh oh, Ferb, change of plans," Phineas said before he and Ferb walked in. "Hey, girls. So it appears that there's been a mishap. What say, we fire up the splitter in reverse and…"
"Forget it!" Candace-1 shouted. "I only have one thing on my mind, and that's busting you! I'm going to the mall to get Mom!"
Candace-2 ran after her. "Wait for me!"
Phineas sighed. "Well, I guess I know what we're gonna do today."
Play "Me, Myself, and I"
The Candaces ran into the mall. The first one was looking for Linda, while the other was looking for Jeremy.
Both:
Me, myself, and I don't see eye to eye
Me, myself, and I don't get along
Me, myself, and I can finally say goodbye
This collaboration always felt so wrong
Candace-1 found Candace-2 staring at a picture frame. She tried to grab her other half, but she left.
Candace-1:
There's two of us on a scene
And I don't wanna sound mean
But I'll tell you that I'm happy without me
I've been holding me back
But now I'm on my own track
We're done, the kids are all free
Candace-2:
From here on out, we can both exist peacefully
Without all of this trouble and internal strife
Now that we're separate, we can do anything
So don't let the door hit you, have a nice life
Phineas and Ferb made it to the mall. They both split up to find the different Candaces.
Both:
I'm through with myself, I'm better off without her
I'm through with myself, I'm better off without her
Me, myself, and I don't get along
End "Me, Myself, and I"
Candace-2 found Linda trying on some specs.
"Hi, Mom," she greeted. "Have you seen Jeremy?"
"Doesn't he work at the hot dog stand?" Linda asked.
Candace-2 blushed in embarrassment. "Oh, right."
Right as Candace-2 left, Linda tried on a different pair of specs. That's when Candace-1 arrived.
"Mom, have you seen the other me?" she asked.
"Weren't you looking for Jeremy?" Linda asked, confused.
Candace-1 ran towards the Slushy Dog.
"Twins, that must be a handful," said the worker, who noticed it all.
"What?" Linda asked, confused.
Doof tried to climb the ladder. For whatever reason, any confidence he had before just faded on the spot.
"Will you go already?" asked the man behind him.
Doof was annoyed by that. "Jeez, if you're in that much of a hurry, why don't you go first?"
Doof let the other guy go ahead.
Candace-1 reached the Slushy Dog.
"Hey, Candace," Jeremy greeted.
"Have you seen Candace?" Candace-1 asked.
"Well, I see you right now."
"No, there's another me."
Jeremy was confused by that statement.
"You know," Candace-1 said. "Bla, bla, bla, Jeremy is so amazing. Hearts, rainbows, and unicorns, bleh!"
Jeremy blushed. "I guess I can say I have."
"Where?!"
Jeremy jumped back. "Nowhere! Well, not today!"
"Well, if I come back, and I have a flower in my hair, you tell me!"
Candace-1 ran off.
That's when Candace-2 showed up.
"Hey, Jeremy," she greeted happily.
"Oh, hey Candace," Jeremy replied. "You have a flower in your hair."
"I know. I could just stare at you all day long"
"You're kinda scaring me. I gotta get back to work, but I can swing by your house when I'm done, if you like."
"I would love that!"
Before the conversation could carry, Candace-1 showed up and carried Candace-2 away.
Jeremy just barely processed that there were two Candaces then and there. A lot of stuff started to make sense.
"Hey, Jeremy," came Phineas' voice.
Jeremy turned and saw Phineas and Ferb were coming by.
"Have you seen Candace?" Phineas asked.
"Yeah, she was just here," Jeremy replied.
"Was she talking about busting or was she ogling over you?"
"Uh, both. She said something about going to find the other Candace and her mom, then she went all wild when I mentioned stopping by tonight."
"Great, so if we find Mom, we'll find both Candaces."
"Tell them I said hi."
Phineas and Ferb carried on.
Doof spent the last while letting people behind him do the high dive first.
"Are you actually gonna go?" asked one kid. "Or are you just some schnitzel?"
The woman behind him covered his mouth, but by then, it was too late. Doof heard it and was beyond furious.
"I'm not a schnitzel!" he yelled. "I am a man! I'll prove it!"
Doof started to climb the ladder.
"I bet he doesn't even know what that means," he remarked.
Doof made it to the top of the diving board. He looked down at the pool below him.
"This isn't as bad as I remember," he said. "It's so much worse!"
Candace-1 found Linda in a dressing room at a clothing store. She knocked on the door.
"Mom, I'm here with the other me!" she shouted. "Come out!"
Linda came out wearing a purple and yellow shirt, with green pants and suspenders.
"Actually, I see four of you," she joked, referring to Candace-1's reflections.
Candace-1 turned and saw her other half was gone.
"That slipper vixen!" she shouted. "Stay right there! I'll be right back!"
Linda sighed. She was used to it at this point.
Candace-2 just bought the frame she saw earlier. She ran into Linda.
"Well, I'm heading out," she said. "Wanna ride?"
"But my sugar boo is…" Candace-2 was about to reply.
That's when Phineas and Ferb showed up.
"Isn't Jeremy coming over?" he reminded.
Candace-2 blushed in embarrassment. "Right. Let's go, Mom."
"How about you kids?" Linda asked.
"Don't worry," Phineas assured. "We'll be home soon."
Right as Linda and Candace-2 left, Candace-1 arrived.
"Phineas, Ferb, have you seen the other me?" she asked.
"We just saw her," Phineas replied. "She's driving away with Mom."
What happened next was beyond anything Phineas or Ferb expected. Candace-1 screeched like a pig for five seconds straight before dashing away.
"If the Molecular Separator doesn't disappear when this is over, we should definitely destroy it," Phineas said.
"Agreed," said Ferb.
Linda spent the entire drive home putting up with Candace singing about Jeremy. She wouldn't admit it out loud, but she wanted the other Candace back.
When they got home, Candace quickly hurried inside the house. Linda followed.
Doof held onto the diving board, not wanting to fall off.
"Well, you made it this far!" said the boy who called Doof a schnitzel. "Do it!"
"Yeah, do it!" came another voice in the crowd.
"Do it! Do it! Do it!" the entire line chanted.
That was enough to motivate Doof to get back on his feet and jump. He started to fall towards the water. It was almost exhilarating.
"This is actually amazing!" he shouted. "I don't know why I was so…"
Before he could finish that thought, he hit the water. It was the most painful thing ever.
He climbed out of the water and screamed at the top of his lungs. It was then that he realized he couldn't swim.
Thankfully, Perry jumped into the water. All the floatees trapping him came off. One of them landed on Doof.
"Thank you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof cheered.
Perry tipped his hat, and destroyed the Look-Away-Inator.
Perry
Phineas and Ferb successfully managed to lure both Candaces into one place. Ferb hit the two Candaces.
Unfortunately, that just split them both into more Candaces. To make matters worse, Linda was about to see it…
Then a beam hit them all, causing them to look away.
"What are we looking at?" asked Phineas.
"I have no idea," Ferb replied.
Ferb hit the Candaces again. This time, they all merged into one.
Candace hit a button on the ground, resulting in a door on the floor opening. The Molecular Separator fell through it.
"I could've sworn there were more people here," Linda remarked. "Now, what did you want, Candace?"
Candace sighed. "Nothing."
Linda left without saying another word.
Candace stood there, sadly.
"I can't do anything right," she said to herself. "Not even when there's two of me. I can't bust my brothers, and I can't even…"
"Candace?" came Jeremy's voice.
Candace turned to see that Jeremy was there.
"Jeremy?" she asked.
"Your mom said you got me this picture frame for me at the mall today," Jeremy said.
"That wasn't me. Well, it wasn't all of me. Sorry, that came out wrong."
"Well, I think it's cool. It just needs a picture. Anybody got a camera?"
"We're on it," Phineas replied. "Say fromage."
"Fromage," Candace and Jeremy said right as Ferb snapped the photo.
Both of them came out ugly.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 41: The Bully Code
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 41
The Bully Code
Baljeet was at the Slushy Dog. Jeremy was working there.
"Do you find it curious that your menu has not changed since you opened in 1929?" Baljeet asked.
"I know," Jeremy replied. "Pretty cool, huh? It's our motto: 'Slushy Dogs will never get any better!'"
"In that case…"
Before Baljeet could say anymore, Buford pushed him aside.
"Step aside, wiener," he said. "One windmill dog, hold the bun."
Jeremy already had one at the ready. He handed it to Buford.
Buford ate the whole thing in one bite. He swallowed a little too early. He started to choke.
Thankfully, Baljeet was able to step in and do a heimlich maneuver. The dog flew out of Buford's pipe, allowing him to breathe again.
"You saved me," Buford said.
"It was nothing," Baljeet assured, blushing.
But Buford didn't see it that way. Despite the fact he spent the entire summer being a jerk, Baljeet never showed any apathy or contempt towards Buford. He was loyal, through and through. Buford felt that he needed to show gratitude in some way, without making him look suspicious.
He did the first thing that came to mind. He got down on his knees.
"What are you doing?" asked Baljeet.
"I am your humble servant," Buford replied. "It's the bully code. I live my life by it. 'If a nerd saves a bully's life, the bully is the nerd's slave for life'."
"You cannot rhyme 'life' with 'life'."
"Duh. It was written by bullies."
Baljeet blushed even more. "I am flattered, but I do not want a slave."
"Too bad. You got one."
"Goodbye."
Baljeet left the restaurant.
"I will empty my mind of all thoughts except for Baljeet," Buford said to himself. Images of Baljeet came to his mind a lot quicker than expected, making him blush. "That was easy."
He started to follow Baljeet at a respectable distance.
Ferb showed Phineas multiple different blueprints. For whatever reason, none of them worked for Phineas. After a while, something else came to mind.
"Hey, where's Perry?" he asked.
Perry was in the bathroom. When no one was around, he put on his hat and stepped on a tile.
The floor lit up like a dance floor. Perry danced for a bit before falling into his lair.
"Ah, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Sorry to disturb you on Canada Day, but the world's top evil scientists have been photographed leaving Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. Something big is going on. Real big. I need you to infiltrate his headquarters."
Carl cleared his throat.
"Sorry, we need you to infiltrate his headquarters," Monogram corrected himself. "Carl wants me to be more 'inclusive'. Find out what he's up to."
Perry activated the propeller on his seat and flew off.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry flew through the wall. He found Doof sitting down with a cast on his leg.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "Have you come to sign my cast? Look, I saved you a spot."
Perry saw the spot. He took the marker.
The marker had a little rocket inside. It launched Perry into the air and hit the ceiling. It then formed into a net and trapped him.
"Ha, you're caught!" Doof laughed. "In exactly thirty minutes, the Tutti McFruttie ice cream man will park his truck in front of my building. I know because I was standing there yesterday when HE RAN OVER MY FOOT! Well, today, I will wreck my horrible vengeance. Behold, my Re-Tire-Inator! You know, he ran over my foot with a tire, so I'm gonna hit him with a giant tire. Get it? 'Re-tire'? Anyway…"
Doof did his usual evil laugh. Perry rolled his eyes.
Baljeet was lying on his bed and reading a math book when Buford came in.
"Little master, I washed all of your dust jackets and dusted all of your knick knacks," he said.
Baljeet turned to the bookshelf, which was covered in food.
"Those aren't knick knacks!" he shouted. "They are food, and they should be in the refrigerator!"
Buford blushed in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, little master. I'll strive to do better."
"Do not strive for anything, and I am not your little master!"
"Okay, then I'll fluff your pillow."
Buford started to do just that. Baljeet had enough and jumped out of the window.
"Stay away from me!" he demanded.
Play "He'll Do Anything But Go Away"
Baljeet headed to the mall. Unfortunately, Buford followed him everywhere he went, including the bathroom.
Buford stood outside of Baljeet's stall with a spare roll of toilet paper.
Baljeet:
He follows me all over town, and every time I turn around
He's standing there at a respectable distance
Later, Buford was helping Baljeet put up his clothes. When it didn't fit, Buford forced it inside.
He's arranging my underwear drawer
By dumping it out on the floor
Later, Baljeet was brushing his teeth. Buford was helping him by moving his arm back and forth.
When I'm brushing my teeth
I don't need his assistance
No, no, no
At the park, Buford saw how the mama bird fed her child and decided to copy her.
Well, the story is old
It's a seventies sitcom cliche
Buford helped Baljeet cross the street by carrying him in his arms.
He says he's in my debt
But I wish he'd forget
While walking down the sidewalk, Buford saw a puddle. He helped Baljeet cross it by lifting him up and lightly throwing him across.
He'll do anything for me
Anything but go away
End "He'll Do Anything But Go Away"
When Baljeet thought he finally had a moment alone, he hurried to the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Phineas, Ferb!" he shouted. "I saved Buford's life, and because of the bully code, he is my personal slave! It is driving me crazy! You got to help me!"
"Okay," said Phineas. "We just need to find a way for him to save your life, and you'll be even. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
Baljeet admired what Phineas and Ferb made.
"Yes, this is definitely the thing," he said, trying to sound positive.
He didn't know exactly what it was, though, because it was needlessly complicated, so it was difficult to sound positive. In the end, he couldn't do it.
"What is this thing again?" he asked.
"This contraption is completely foolproof," Phineas explained. "Let me explain. You'll 'accidentally' step on that platform, which will launch you up and over that flight of stairs, where you'll be kicked and rocketed through a piece of sheet rock onto a trampoline, then conveyor belted up to a rotating system that will drop you onto a spring, bouncing you all the way to that red X, where Buford will be standing, waiting to catch you, saving your life."
Baljeet felt a rush of emotions. He was so terrified at the idea, yet he was tingling with excitement.
That's when an idea came to Phineas' mind. "Though, it just occurred to me that you're giving up something cool here."
"What?" asked Baljeet.
"You're spending all this energy trying to stop Buford from being your personal bodyguard, but having the biggest, toughest kid in town as your personal bodyguard is a sign of supreme coolness." Phineas started to tease at the next bit. "Besides, it also gives you more reason to spend more time with him."
He winked when he finished saying that.
Baljeet started to consider that idea.
Doof heard a familiar ring.
"Hear that, Perry the Platypus?" he asked. "Tootie McFrutti has arrived on time. In a few seconds, he'll be flattened by a speeding tire."
Unfortunately for Doof, Perry found a weak spot in the net. He extended his foot, deepening the hole. He then launched himself towards the inator, causing it to aim in another direction.
The inator then tipped over. Perry could see it was about to crush Doof's other foot.
Perry struggled to choose whether he should save Doof or just leave it.
A demonic version of him appeared on one of his shoulders.
"Leave him," it said. "It serves him right for wasting your time."
Then, an angelic version of Perry appeared on his other shoulder.
"No," it argued. "You leave him and you're no better than him."
Perry realized the angel had a point. He nodded at it before running towards Doof. He pushed him out of the way in the nick of time.
Buford found Baljeet with the boys.
"Little master," he called. "I finished color-coding your overalls. What do you want me to do next?"
Baljeet smiled at Phineas before answering. "Well first, I would like you to iron all of my books, then perhaps polish my retainer, then start my college applications, massage my tootsies, sew my name onto my underwear, organize my book reports by subject…"
Baljeet's constant speaking started to bore Buford out. He looked away from the corner of his eye.
He saw a tire hit the giant hot dog at the top of the Slushy Dog. The dog flew towards Baljeet.
Buford quickly pushed Baljeet out of the way.
"Buford, you saved me," Baljeet smiled.
"So?" Buford asked, trying to hide his blush. "We're even. Now I'm not your servant anymore."
"Well, doesn't you saving me make me your servant?"
"That's not how it works!"
Baljeet got suspicious of that statement. "Why?"
Buford realized he couldn't hide it anymore. "Because the bully code isn't real! I made it up as an excuse because I wanted to thank you for saving me earlier!"
Buford quickly regretted admitting that. He looked away so no one would see him blushing.
Baljeet noticed it, though. He approached Buford and held his hand.
"Hey, I don't see anything wrong with that," he assured. "Also, you're welcome."
Buford felt an overwhelming feeling of positivity inside him. He couldn't describe how it felt. It was almost like he had a…
"Okay," he said, trying to sound normal again. "Anyone want a Slushy Dog before we get home?"
"No," Phineas replied bluntly.
"Slushy Dogs never get any better," Ferb added.
"I wouldn't mind one," Baljeet admitted.
Linda was driving home from shopping when she saw a certain contraption across from the Slushy Dog. She had no idea how to describe it.
"I'll never understand public art," she said to herself.
Notes:
This was an interesting chapter.
First off, I decided to skip over the plot with Candace. It just feels like a rehash of her plotlines from both the Unfair Science Fair and the Split Personality episodes, the latter of which was the very previous chapter, because it involves Candace getting a job where Jeremy works and there's something to do with photos of her coming out wrong. It just felt lazy to include that plot.
There's also the little gag where Perry has the angel and devil on his shoulders, kinda like how Pluto has them in some of the old shorts. It was a gag I came up with while writing this chapter. I plan to include it in other chapters, but I don't plan to do it too much.
The biggest change was easily Buford. In this version, Buford lies about the "bully code" as an excuse to do stuff for Baljeet as a showcase of gratitude for saving his life. I felt it made more sense as it develops Buford's character and crush on Baljeet.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 42: What Do it Do?
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 42
What Do it Do?
Lawrence hung a man-made birdhouse on the tree.
"Look at that, my friends," he said. "Not a bad bit of work, even if I do say so myself. Just wait until you see the hidden surprise."
Lawrence pushed a button. The house opened up to reveal a small slide, a fountain, and even an observatory.
The birds didn't respond at all.
"What, not even a sausage?" Lawrence reacted before brushing it off. "No matter. Wait until Linda and the kids see it."
Inside, the boys were watching 'The Discovery Channel'.
"Many believe that in the 1950s, a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico," said the narrator. "But no one understood what the advanced technology was and how it worked. To find out, they used a process called reverse engineering. By closely examining the individual parts, they were able to create their own craft and figure out what it does, and how it does it. Way to go, reverse engineering."
After showcasing everything that was just told, the show switched to an advertisement about an eighties song based around those events. The boys didn't care about that bit.
Phineas turned and noticed Perry wasn't on his bed.
"Hey, where's Perry?" he asked.
Monogram started the video call. He assumed Perry would already be there, but he wasn't for some reason.
"Hey Carl, where's Agent P?" he asked.
"He came in early today, sir," Carl replied.
"He did? Well, good for him. I guess we're done. I'm going home."
Doofenshmirtz Rocket-Powered Jet Skiff
Perry was already fighting Doof. Doof pushed Perry towards a trap. He narrowly avoided it.
Unfortunately, that was what Doof wanted. Perry got caught in a net.
"Cigar!" Doof cheered. "See, my new rocket jet skiff has more hidden traps than…" He couldn't figure out the correct word. "I felt so confident going into that sentence. Anyway, you may be wondering why I got such an early start to my evil plan. You see, my dating life has been a seemingly endless series of disappointments, and it all started at a drive-in movie."
Flashback
Back in the early 80s, Doof parked at the drive-in. He got out of the car and opened the trunk.
His date, Linda Flynn, was in the trunk.
"Ew," she whined. "It's grody back here."
"Look on the bright side," Doof retorted. "You got in for free so we'll just split the cost of my ticket."
"You know, I could've just gotten in your trunk a block away instead of when you first picked me up."
"Wow, you love to live in the past, huh?"
"Whatever. Let's at least try and enjoy the rest of the evening."
When they got in the car, the radio started playing the song 'What Do it Do' by Zanzibar.
"Turn it up!" Linda shouted excitedly. "I love this song!"
"Meh, for me, it's only in the top ten songs about reverse engineering," Doof admitted.
"Makes me want to be a pop star."
"Yeah, and I'm going to rule the world."
"Well, why not instead of the whole world, you can start small with the Tri-State Area?"
Doof took what Linda said to consideration.
"Hey, the movie's starting," Linda eventually said. "You have to put the speaker thing on the car."
"No, check this out," Doof assured, showing his own speaker device. "I built this awesome device that transmits the movie's sound in a fifth-dimensional stereo. I just plug it in here and bam."
Doof plugged the device into the car.
The device sent an electrical transmission from all the speakers in the theater to the screen. The screen launched into space.
"So… wanna go somewhere else?" Doof asked, trying to brush the situation off.
"Take me home," Linda replied bluntly.
Doof sighed. "Get in the trunk."
End of Flashback
"And I never saw her again," Doof finished. "Oddly enough, she actually did become a pop star later, while I'm still struggling with the whole 'taking over the Tri-State Area' thing. Anyway, they recently reopened that drive-in, dredging up all these unpleasant memories for me, so naturally, I built this."
Before Doof could showcase what he made, he tripped and knocked his device off the ship.
"Really?" he asked whatever higher being made this happen.
Candace was planning to head to Stacy's when she saw something land in the front yard.
"Mom, come quick!" she shouted. "The boys made something drop out of the sky!"
Linda begrudgingly came out of the house. For once, the thing in question didn't disappear. Linda saw it clear as day.
"The boys built that?" she asked in disbelief.
"Yes!" Candace cheered. "They're always making crazy things like this!"
"What is it?"
"Well, obviously, it's a…" Candace realized she didn't know what the thing was. "Why don't you ask/bust them?"
That's when Phineas and Ferb came out.
"'Ask/bust' what?" Phineas asked.
"Do you mind telling me what this is and why you built it in our front yard?" Linda asked angrily.
"We didn't build this, Mom," Phineas replied, confused.
"Ha!" Candace laughed, before realizing she misread the situation. "Wait, you didn't?"
"Not that I'm aware of," Phineas said before turning to Ferb. "Ferb?"
Ferb shook his head.
"No one is going anywhere until we figure out what this is and where it came from," Linda said sternly.
Phineas noticed a big red button.
"I wonder what that red button does," he said, curious.
"Don't touch it!" Linda yelled. "Nobody touches it! I'm calling your father!"
Linda went inside to do just that.
An idea sparked into Phineas' mind.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," he said.
"Mom said don't touch!" Candace reminded.
"We don't need to. We have a portable electronic scanner, gumption, and another portable electronic scanner."
"Well, I'll be watching you closely, so don't think you can get one..."
Before Candace could finish that sentence, Ferb scanned the thing.
"Alright, let's get reverse engineering," said Phineas.
Linda quickly called Lawrence. It only took a moment for him to answer.
"Honey, do you know about the thing in the front yard?" Linda asked.
"Of course I do," Lawrence replied. "I made it myself."
"You made that?"
Lawrence cleared his throat. "Look, darling, I'm in the middle of something right here, so I'll have to call you back."
"But…"
"Okay, but don't push the red button. I want you to be there when you see it."
"Okay, but I'm really uncomfortable with…"
"Cheers, love. Bye."
Lawrence hung up right then and there. Linda's eye twitched.
Both Doof and Perry found themselves caught in different traps.
"Okay, maybe I went a little overboard with the traps," Doof admitted. "Okay, I'm gonna try to reach for the button that will release your trap, then you try to release the steering wheel and change our course away from Mount Kilimanjaro. Interesting trivia, Kilimanjaro is actually composed of three volcanic cones, Kibo, Shira, and the one we're about to crash into, Mawenzi. Cool, huh?"
Perry glared at Doof.
Trivia, now? he thought to himself.
"Right, not the time," Doof realized before pushing the button.
Nothing happened.
Candace guarded the device. It started to smoke for some reason.
That's when Linda showed up.
"Well, it turns out your father is…" she was about to say before seeing the smoke. "Wait, is it smoking?"
"Yes, yes it is," Candace replied bluntly.
"Well, let's step away from that."
Linda carried Candace a good distance away from the thing.
Doof pushed the correct button. That released Perry. He reached the steering wheel and just barely diverted it away from the mountain.
Unfortunately, the sharpness of the turn caused Perry to fly onto another trap.
"You know, Perry the Platypus…" Doof was about to say before an idea came to his mind. "A golf course! That has more traps! I should've said that."
Phineas and Ferb, now joined by Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django, had just finished building a replica of the thing in the backyard.
Now, they were wearing lab coats like they were scientists from the show from earlier.
"Friends, at 0900 hours, a UCO, or 'Unidentified Crashing Object', landed in our front yard," Phineas explained. "We've reverse engineered a piece-by-piece duplicate of the strange object. We have called you here to help us discover what it is and how it works."
Play "What Do it Do?"
What you gonna does
When you don't know what it do?
First, they tried getting the UCO to cook a pizza. It flattened the dough a little too much.
Then, Ferb tried wrapping the UCO's fingers around his waist like a seatbelt. It was too big.
Next, Isabella tried teaching the UCO how to hula dance. The UCO's grass skirt fell off.
It's way too big to be a buckle
And too bland to be a belly dancer
Buford tried to get the UCO to measure him. It just pushed him into the ground.
When you try to guess your height
It's never right unless you're three-foot-two
Baljeet then tried teaching the UCO how to make a paper airplane. It made an airplane, but it crashed and set on fire.
After that, the gang got the UCO to wave its arm. They couldn't tell what it meant.
When you come or go, you can't tell
If it waves goodbye or hello
The Fireside Girls tried to get it to use a stamp on some books. It just stamped everyone's foreheads.
Candace saw what was happening and was furious. The fact the UCO stamped her didn't help.
And in the library it's useless
'Cause it don't care when the books are due
Phineas tried to teach it 'rock-paper-scissors'. It made a shadow puppet of a dog.
It doesn't seem to understand the game
It's not rock-paper-scissors-spaniel
The kids tried to teach the UCO how to clean up litter. It went all the way to New York City and onto the nose of the Statue of Liberty.
Instead of picking up litter
It started picking Lady Liberty's nose
Every attempt from there was just one failed experiment after another.
It makes a lousy baseball umpire
Or brow-wiper for bongo players
And when it walks a dog
It never pays attention where it goes
Do-do-do-do, what do it do?
End "What Do it Do?"
Linda called Lawrence again. Once again, it didn't take long for him to answer.
"Lawrence, you have to come home right now," said Linda. "This thing is freaking me out!"
"Linda, I love you," Lawrence replied. "But you couldn't have chosen a worse moment to go completely bonkers. I'm sorry, but I've got to call you back."
Linda groaned. "He doesn't believe me! He said I sound crazy!"
Candace could barely resist laughing at the irony.
Phineas and Isabella sat at a table. A candle was lit, Django was dangling above the two in his cupid costume, and Ferb was playing music in the background.
"You know, Phineas," Isabella remarked. "I wonder if it is mere coincidence that you and I have been chosen to portray the young, happy couple."
"Isabella, you charged at that empty chair like a crazed bull," Phineas retorted.
That's when Buford and Baljeet arrived with the robot in tow.
The moment the thing saw the candle, it quickly grabbed it and extinguished it.
"Huh, interesting," Phineas remarked.
Linda grabbed a bunch of pillows for cover. She used binoculars to keep an eye on the UCO, even though it wasn't necessary.
"There's been no change in the last ten minutes," she said to herself. "I should call your father."
"You know what I would do at this point?" Candace asked. "I'd stop calling. If I don't convince you to come home to bust the boys after a couple of calls, I would go get you."
"But what if he doesn't want to come with me?"
"Did that ever stop me?"
Lawrence was busy doing his history presentation.
"This statue, which stands outside the Whiskershire Rectory, still holds the Earl's actual spring stick," he explained. "The spring stick is placed in front of you to spring the hidden mouse traps to avoid capture. Some suggest…"
That's when Linda just barged in.
"Move it, Fletcher!" she demanded with no context.
"Any questions?" Lawrence asked the audience before being dragged away.
Everyone raised their hands.
Doof and Perry flew over Whiskershire.
Perry released himself from his trap. He leaped towards the edge of the stick, where he found the spring stick on the statue. He quickly picked it up.
He used the stick to spring any remaining traps. Once that was done, he grabbed the wheel again and diverted it back to Danville.
"Friends, we've reached our conclusion as to the purpose of the UCO," Phineas said. "We believe that it's an anti-romance rocket created to scan for and then eliminate romantic elements from potentially amorous situations."
"Oh," Isabella, Baljeet, and Django said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Buford was just unsatisfied. "So it's not a wedgie machine?"
Candace was on the phone with Stacy.
"This is awesome, Stace!" she shouted in excitement. "When they get home, I'm going to drag both of them into the backyard and it'll be a busting feeding frenzy!" She then started singing to herself, "Busting feeding frenzy, stay out of the water."
Perry dropped the stick and was about to jump off the ship.
"Wait!" Doof called.
Perry turned and saw Doof was still tied up. Perry relented and released Doof.
They then jumped off the rocket. Perry activated his parachute so they'd land safely.
Agent P
Candace was so busy celebrating that she didn't notice the stick fall out of the sky and push the red button.
The UCO activated and flew off. It found another UCO just like it in the backyard.
The UCOs ironically fell in love with each other and flew away together.
That's when Linda and Lawrence arrived.
"There, tell me it's not terrifying!" said Linda.
All Lawrence saw was Candace singing and dancing.
"I'm sorry I doubted you," he said.
"What? No!" Linda reacted.
They both got out of the car.
"Candace, where did it go?" Linda asked.
Candace finally realized it was gone.
"I don't know," she replied.
"But it was right here!" Linda yelled. "Now it's gone! It's…"
At this point, Candace was annoyed.
"Welcome to my world," was all she said.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 43: Finding Mary McGuffin
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 43
Finding Mary McGuffin
The Flynn-Fletchers were holding a yard sale. People came from all around the Tri-State Area to see what was available.
"Whoa, Lindana," said one person who found a Lindana record. "Now that's a blast from the past. I wonder where she is now."
Linda quickly snatched the record and the box it was in.
"Give me that," she demanded.
She then went back into the garage to grab more stuff. When she came out, she saw Phineas and Ferb were taking interest in certain items that were on sale.
"Hey Mom, what are these?" Phineas asked.
"Oh, those are your dad's old black-and-white detective movies," Linda explained.
"Do you mind if we watch them?"
"Not at all, boys. The projector's inside."
Linda set the box down on one of the tables. Someone quickly grabbed one of the things inside, a small doll.
"Oh, you like that doll?" she asked, before recognizing who the person was. "Heinz?"
In front of her was Heinz Doofenshmirtz, one of her many blind dates from her College years. He seemed just as shocked as she was.
"Linda?" he asked. "Never thought I'd see you again. So, how's it been since we… uh, you know?"
"It's been great," Linda replied. "My days of being a pop star are long gone, but I have a husband and three amazing children. What about you, Heinz?"
"It's been… alright. I have a family too. Well, I had one. My wife divorced me, and my daughter doesn't visit me often."
"Well, have you been trying to take over the Tri-State Area?" Linda chuckled at her own joke.
Heinz chuckled too. "Yep, but it hasn't turned out well. I try to do some crazy scheme every day, funded by my ex's alimony checks, but they're always foiled by some agent guy named Perry the Platypus."
Linda didn't think she heard that right. "Did you say, 'Perry the Platypus'?"
"Yeah. He actually is a platypus."
"That's funny. My sons own a platypus named Perry." Linda saw Perry nearby and picked him up to show Heinz. "Look familiar?"
Heinz looked deep into Perry's eyes. Linda could feel Perry shaking and sweating.
"No," Heinz eventually replied. "My Perry the Platypus always wears a fedora."
Linda swore she felt Perry sigh in relief. She didn't make a big deal out of it, though. She set him down and allowed him to wander back inside.
"Anyway, are you interested in that doll?" Linda asked, getting back on the previous subject.
"Yeah," Heinz replied. "How much does it cost?"
"Only fifty cents."
Heinz handed Linda a dollar. "Keep the change."
Phineas and Ferb watched one of the detective movies. They loved every second of it.
That's when Candace got in front of the screen.
"Phineas, Ferb, where's the box that was in my room?!" she asked.
"Well, Mom was taking boxes out to the yard sale," Phineas replied.
Candace ran outside and saw Linda.
"Mom, is this the box of things from my room?" she asked.
"Yes," Linda replied.
Candace quickly looked through it. "I think I put my Mary McGuffin doll in there by mistake. Have you seen her?"
"I just sold her for a whole dollar. Here, you can have it."
Linda was about to offer the dollar, but Candace just screamed.
Doofenshmirtz's Ex-Wife's House in the Hills Somewhere
Doof rang the doorbell. Vanessa answered.
"Dad?" she reacted. "What are you doing here? This isn't your weekend."
"I know," Doof replied. "But I have a surprise for you. It couldn't wait. It's something you've always wanted, something you asked for for a long time. In my hand, I hold the key to…"
Vanessa got excited. "My new car!"
"No, your happiness." Doof revealed the doll he bought from the yard sale. "Remember how you said if I got you a Mary McGuffin doll, I'd be the world's greatest dad?"
Vanessa wasn't very happy about this. "Yeah, when I was seven."
"Well, I finally found one. I have been scouring the internet, and garage sales, trying to find the discontinued doll."
Vanessa would never admit it aloud, but she felt genuinely touched. "Wow, I can't believe you remembered this."
"I may be an evil scientist, but it doesn't take buying a degree off the internet using your ex's money to know how special and important you are to me." Doof hugged Vanessa, but only for a moment. "Well, I better run. I bought a used inator today at the garage sale, and it's missing a part."
"Really? What does it do?"
"I don't know yet, but whatever it is, I'm sure it'll be pure evil."
A long time ago, Vanessa would've just rolled her eyes in annoyance, maybe try to bust him, but now, she could only admire the doll.
At least you're not evil, she thought to herself.
It was a dull, hot day in Danville. Candace swept into the room like a cool, tropical depression. Phineas could tell by the way she walked like she had something on her mind, likely intending to bust the boys for re-enacting the detective movie they saw earlier.
"What's going on here?" Candace asked, her voice flowing soft and smooth like butter on toast. "Why is the room black and white, why is Ferb playing jazz music, and why are you two dressed like detectives from the 20s?"
"We painted everything to look like an old detective movie," Phineas explained. "And we applied makeup so we fit in the scene."
Phineas could see the excitement on Candace's face building. This gave him a bad feeling.
"This is perfect!" she shouted. "I know what you're gonna do today. You're gonna help track down my Mary McGuffin."
"I don't know," Phineas replied, hesitant. "What have you ever done for us?"
Ferb glared at Phineas. Phineas felt a sting.
"Alright," he relented. "We'll find your Mary McGuffin before you can say 'Where's Perry?'"
Perry was already in his lair. Monogram was playing a game on his phone.
"Sir, Agent P is here," came Carl's voice.
"I can see that Carl," Monogram replied. "Now get back in that corner. There's still fifteen minutes left on that timer."
"Okay, sir."
Monogram turned to Perry. "Agent P, we just learned that Doofenshmirtz is scouring the Tri-State Area for some sort of on-off device."
"A switch," Carl corrected.
"Right, but we don't know what it's for, but we need your help. Good luck, Agent P."
A ball formed around Perry's chair. It rolled down a chute.
The sun beat down on the city like a hammer. A relentless hammer that was hot for some reason.
"Stop with the needless descriptions!" Candace yelled at the narrator.
The boys decided to investigate the scene of the crime. They talked to Linda, an average-sized, good-looking Joan who…
Candace glared at the narrator again.
Anyway…
"Is that Lawrence's old black-and-white saxophone?" Linda asked.
"We thought the investigation could use a little ambiance," Phineas explained.
"Delightful. How can I help?"
"We need you to tell us everything about the man who bought the doll."
"Oh, that was… an old friend, Heinz Doofenshmirtz. He had a German accent, and I'm pretty sure he was wearing a lab coat."
For an average Joan, Linda handed the boys an above-average clue. They knew where to look next.
"Who's saying that?" asked Linda.
"Don't get me started," Candace replied.
Play "Not so Bad a Dad"
Vanessa sat in her room, admiring the doll.
Vanessa:
You were a substandard dad, but the only one I had
I grew up hearing your evil scheming down the hall
But when I look at this thing, it makes me wanna sing
Maybe you're not so bad a dad after all
Vanessa thought back to certain embarrassing memories of Doof.
At my first ever swim meet, you stepped on the other team's feet
At my recital, you clapped louder than you should
But when you taught me how to drive, we actually made it home alive
I guess it's possible not every part of you isn't good
I know at times I would cringe, like when you wore all that fringe
And when you went out of that way to catch that foul ball
But this piece of plastic in my hand makes me finally understand
Maybe you're not so bad a dad, not so bad a dad after all
Vanessa put the doll on her shelf. She left the room and slammed the door. The doll fell next to a donation box.
End "Not so Bad a Dad"
Vanessa was talking to her friends on Discord in the living room.
"Vanessa," Charlene called. "Charitable Charities is here. Do you have your box ready?"
"Yeah, Mom," Vanessa replied. "It's on my bookshelf."
She saw Charlene head into her room, come out with the box, and hand it to the man at the door.
"Thanks, Char," the man thanked. "I'll pick you up at eight."
"See you then, Sam," Charlene replied.
The boys figured the best place to find a man in a lab coat was at the Lab Coat Emporium at the mall. They interviewed several suspects.
"Yes, I was at a garage sale," said one man who had a Southern accent. "But as you can hear, I don't have a German accent."
"Yes, I have an accent," said another who did have the right accent. "But I have not been to a garage sale."
"Hey, slow down," said a third. "I can't answer all these questions."
"Well, that wasn't very productive, was it?" Candace remarked.
The boys decided to talk with the owner.
"What do you know about a man in a lab coat with a German accent?" Phineas asked the owner. "Frequents garage sales?"
"That guy?" the owner replied. "I don't know anything about him?"
"Ferb, lean on him."
Ferb leaned on the owner's shoulder.
"Alright, I'll talk!" the owner relented. "There's this guy who comes here every week looking for a lab coat, and he has me put everything on his ex-wife's tab."
The owner handed Phineas the address.
"Thank you for your help," Phineas said, returning to his usual kind demeanor. "You can wrap it up, Ferb."
Ferb started to bring the set down.
"Can I take off this makeup now?" the owner asked.
"I can't believe how lucky I was at that garage sale," Doof remarked. "Someone's personal collection of on-off switches. Score!"
Doof tried to fit different switches into the slot. None of them worked.
That's when he felt something hit him in the back of the head. He turned and saw Perry there.
"Perry the Platypus, how did you get in here?" he asked. "Do you have your own keys now?"
Perry noticed all the random items Doof had.
"Oh, you like those?" Doof asked. "I bought those at garage sales. Wanna know what else I got? This!"
Doof pushed a button, dropping a lobster cage over Perry.
"Anyway, I can't tell you my evil scheme," Doof went on. "I don't know what this does yet. I'm still looking for the right switch."
"Mom!" Vanessa screamed.
"Yes, dear?" Charlene asked.
"Have you seen my Mary McGuffin doll?"
"Could it be the one I put in the box for Charitable Charities?"
"Oh no. Dad gave that to me."
"I'm sorry. I didn't know. I think the truck's still out there."
Vanessa ran out. "Wait, Sam, I wanna retain a portion of my mother's charitable donation!"
The boys arrived at the house in the hills. Ferb saw Vanessa run by, but she was too fast, so he couldn't say hi.
Phineas knocked on the door. A woman answered.
"Excuse me," said Phineas. "We'd like to ask you a few questions."
"Are you with the census?" the woman asked.
"No ma'am. Today, we're detectives."
"Aren't you a little young to be a detective?"
Phineas was starting to lose patience. "If it's all the same to you, we'll ask the questions."
The woman chuckled. "Okay. Would you like some apple juice?"
"That would be nice."
Once they were inside, Phineas repeated the same routine as last time.
"Alright, lady, what do you know about the Mary McGuffin doll?" he asked before sipping some juice.
"You too?" the woman asked. "Like I told my daughter, I donated it to charity."
"And?"
"Well, that's it. The truck just left. They have a few locations in town, so I don't know which ones they're going to."
"Alright, Ferb, pack it up. We got some charities to visit, but we might need to update our approach."
The boys checked each Charitable Charities in Danville using every cop persona they could think of. In every case, it seemed they had the wrong location.
"Aren't you a little young to know about old detective movies?" asked one owner.
"Yes, yes we are," Phineas replied as he and Ferb put on sunglasses.
They both imagined themselves riding a speedboat down the river, all the while standing dramatically in their shades.
DOOFENSHMIRTZ EVIL INCORPORATED
"How many kinds of switches can there be?" Doof asked. "I mean, octagon, statue of liberty, that doesn't even make sense. Oh, here's one." Doof found a perfect fit. "This one fits, but it's upside-down. What kind of dummkopf would invent an upside-down switch…?"
Doof realized his mistake, and simply switched it rightside-up.
I don't know why I put up with this man, Perry thought to himself.
The devil and angel returned.
"Yeah, give up," said the devil.
"No, it's your job," the angel countered.
Perry nodded. You're right.
"Alright, time to find out what this bad boy can do," Doof smiled as he flipped the switch.
It just opened Perry's cage. Doof flipped the switch on and off until he realized it was just controlling the cage.
"Oh, that explains why I got the cage for free," he realized.
Perry grabbed Doof and threw him against some other stuff.
"Hey, I was talking!" he shouted as he grabbed a box of records. "Let's see if you can take a couple of hits… from the seventies!"
Doof threw records at Perry, but he dodged every single one. He then hit behind a clown painting.
"Oh, that takes me back," Doof said as he picked up the painting.
Perry was gone. Doof frantically looked around, then he felt something bite his butt. He turned and realized Perry used a shark's head to bite Doof.
"Seriously, are you trying to make me cry?" Doof asked. "Wait, the machine just opens and closes a lobster cage, so technically, I didn't do anything evil. Also, I've run out of clever fighting puns, so curse you, Perry the Platypus."
Perry gave a thumbs-up and left.
Candace found the doll on a shelf at one of the Charitable Charities. She grabbed it, only to feel someone else grab it as well. She turned and saw Vanessa.
"I'm sorry, but this is my doll," she said.
"Actually, it's mine," Vanessa replied. "It ended up here by mistake."
"You might think that, but it's not. I'm gonna have to ask you to let go."
"No, you let go."
"This is exactly why the doll's been discontinued," Ferb remarked.
Candace and Vanessa fell and dropped the doll. It landed in the hands of a nearby girl. She instantly fell in love with it.
Candace was about to snatch it back, but she noticed how much the girl wanted it.
"Oh, forget it," she decided. "I'm too old for dolls anyway."
"Yeah," Vanessa fake-agreed. "Maybe I don't need the one thing that my dad spent years to find to show me he truly cares. No, actually I do."
Vanessa took the doll and ran off, not caring that the girl was bawling her eyes out.
Doof was chopping up carrots for his dinner while talking to Vanessa on the phone. She just told him what happened earlier.
"So you just took it from a little girl and left her there crying?" he asked. "That's evil." A tear dropped as he continued. "I'm so proud."
Notes:
This was an episode I was looking forward to.
First off, it provides some character development for Vanessa, as she starts to see the good in her dad, and awakens the bad in herself. It also provides the second best Vanessa song, "Not so Bad a Dad".
I actually started writing this chapter before I switched it to "What Do it Do". The main reason for this is because that episode reveals that Doof dated Phineas and Candace's mother (causing many to believe Doof is their real dad until Povenmire personally jossed that theory). I wanted to include a scene in this chapter that shows Doof and Linda reuniting and catching up as a way of showing they both moved on from that part of their lives. As a result, I swapped the episodes, because I figured I needed to do "What Do it Do" first to provide proper context.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 44: The Lemonade Stand
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 44
Lemonade Stand
Phineas and Ferb were looking through some blueprints and debating what they should do. Candace was about to walk past them when she saw what they were doing.
"Why can't you boys do something normal for once?" she asked. "Like running a lemonade stand or picking your nose or something?"
Ferb brought out a little machine with an automatic finger. He aimed it towards his nose.
"I mean with your actual fingers!" Candace yelled, making Ferb stop. "That's right. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was already in his lair.
"Agent P, I'm glad you're here," said Monogram. "Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been hoarding all the paper in the Tri-State Area. Find out what he's up to."
Perry saluted and left the lair.
The doorbell rang. Candace went to answer.
"So you boys just try to pull one over on me," she told the boys as she opened the door. She wasn't looking at who was there. "'Cause I'm gonna be on you all day like a book on a shelf!"
"Candace?" a voice said.
Candace wasn't paying attention. "No, that's stupid. Like a beard on a face! No, that one's disgusting. Like a light switch on a wall, that's on!"
"Candace!" the voice yelled.
Candace turned and realized Stacy was there.
"You ready to go to the mall?" Stacy asked.
Candace turned and saw the boys were making another blueprint.
"Don't mind us, ladies," said Phineas. "We're just making every day of our summer count."
"You know, I can't really leave right now," Candace said. "I clearly have some serious busting to do. You understand, right?"
"No, I don't!" Stacy replied angrily. "We've been planning this for three weeks! That's four months in teenage years!"
"They're using protractors!"
"Candace, I'm tired of taking a backseat to the totally unlikely chance that you'll bust your brothers! I want a best friend I can count on, so you have to choose! It's either me or busting!"
"You wouldn't dare! A real best friend wouldn't do that to me!"
"A real best friend wouldn't make me do that to her!"
"Then I guess you're not my best friend anymore!" Candace slammed the door on Stacy's face.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Finally, the plumber!" Doof said as he let the plumber in. "The garbage disposal is stuck again, the same one you fixed last week, by the way. While you're at it…"
Before Doof could finish that, the plumber came out with a sheet of paper.
"What, you're done already?" Doof asked. "You were only in there for fifteen seconds, and I was talking for half of that. What kind of a plumber are you?"
The plumber chattered, then took off his plumber hat.
"A platypus plumber?" Doof asked, confused.
The platypus put on a fedora.
"Perry the Platypus Plumber?" Doof asked, still not convinced.
Perry sighed, then took off his plumber belt.
Perry
Doof gasped. "Perry the Platypus?"
Doof pushed a button, trapping Perry in a roll of toilet paper.
"It's amazing what you can do with paper, which you would know if you were actually a plumber," Doof remarked. "In fact, it's amazing what you can do with all kinds of paper. No, I'm not a hoarder."
Candace ran out of the house the moment she saw the boys doing something.
"It's a good thing I threw away a lifelong friendship to keep an eye on you two and you're ridiculous…" she was about to say before seeing it was just a lemonade stand.
"Lemonade stand," Phineas finished. "We liked your idea so much, we decided to go for it. It's turning out to be a big hit." Phineas winked. "You know what that means."
Candace got excited. "I have a free day! I gotta hand it to you two, you're finally acting like normal, mediocre kids doing normal, mediocre stuff. Thanks for giving me the day off."
Candace ran off, not noticing Phineas mischievous smirk.
In the backyard, the boys built a giant machine for the purpose of making the lemonade.
"Yeah, that's a lot of paper," Doof admitted. "Would you like to know what I'm gonna do with it all? I'll tell you."
Doof played a film styled like an old movie.
"Birth of an inator," said the announcer on screen. "The wheel, the light bulb, the frozen pop with two sticks, all profound inventions in their time, but they're pale in comparison to the Papercut-Inator, brainchild of the world-renowned evil genius, Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz…"
When Doof's image popped up on screen, he looked… wrong.
"I was sick that day," Doof explained. "That picture's gonna haunt me for life."
"This new and exciting inator turns any kind of paper into razor-sharp slicing missiles," the announcer continued. "And hurls them towards an unsuspecting stranger in the Tri-State Area. Watch out Danville ouch. Good thing the local pharmacy is stocked with new Doofenshmirtz-brand adhesive bandages. They're terrific, expensive, and brought to you by Danville's newest soon-to-be trillionaire, Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Thanks Heinz and happy evil."
With that, the movie ended.
"Did you like that?" Doof asked. "I'm gonna do all my inator presentations like that from now on. It's just so professional looking."
The look on Perry's face told Doof he didn't agree.
"I'm going to the mall, I'll call Stacy!" Candace cheered before remembering their argument earlier. "Wait, Stacy's mad at me, but I can't go by myself. I'll look like a dork. Oh, I haven't spoken to Jenny in a while. Maybe she's interested."
As if by sheer luck, Candace was about to pass Jenny's house. She quickly stopped and knocked on the front door. Jenny answered.
"Hey, Candace," she greeted.
"Hey, Jenny," Candace replied. "As you no doubt heard, Stacy has decided to renew her option on being my best friend, so I thought you might want to avail yourself of this exciting opportunity."
"Come on, Candace. We both know you just want someone to go to the mall with you."
Candace sighed. "You got me. Well, can you come with me?"
"Sorry, but I can't. I've gotta get to the 'Save the Pigeons' rally." Jenny showed a 'Save the Pigeons' sign she made herself. "Save the pigeons!"
Jenny shut the door. Candace walked away.
"Gotta cast that net a little wider," she said to herself as she checked her contact list. "Jeremy? No, I'd likely want to talk about Jeremy, and he'll find that creepy. Stacy? No, she's still mad at me. Jenny? No, she got her pigeon thing. Mom? No way. Phineas and Ferb? Double no."
Candace realized she was at the end of her list.
"How come I only have six friends?!" she shouted. "And half of them are my family?!"
Phineas and Ferb noticed that the line for their stand was taking up the whole neighborhood.
"I'm glad people are enjoying our lemonade," said Phineas. "But it's getting hard to keep up. We better check in with Isabella." He turned on his communicator. "Isabella, how's phase two coming along?"
"Just a moment, Phineas," Isabella replied. After a moment, she spoke again. "Franchise locations are a go."
"Easy folks!" Phineas said to the customers. "Relief is on the way."
Ginger showed up with advertisements for the new locations. Some people in the line ran to those locations, while others stayed where they were.
One person in particular was so excited that they tore their shirt off to reveal a lemon tattoo covering their entire chest, including their nipples.
"Okay, no more for that person," said Phineas.
"Let me show you my Papercut-Inator in action," Doof said as he inserted some paper into the inator. "Okay Danville, get ready for some serious minor cuts and abrasions! I wouldn't want to be getting one of those rejuvenating rubbing sea salts right now. The stinging would be unbearable."
Doof didn't realize he accidentally inserted some of Perry's toilet paper roll into the machine. Perry was slowly being released.
Play "You're My Better Best Friend"
"Wow, finding a new best friend is harder than I thought," Candace admitted. "I kinda miss Stacy. Why did I ever let our friendship go?"
Candace noticed a mannequin in a store window. The outfit it was wearing reminded her of Stacy.
Candace:
Today I've learnt a lesson, what a best friend shouldn't do
I put busting my brothers ahead of you
Candace didn't notice the advertisements and stands that were spread throughout Danville to promote the boys' new chain. She was too sad about Stacy to think about anything else, including busting Phineas and Ferb.
You were always there for me, on you I could depend
And now, too late, I realize I should've been a better best friend
I said things I shouldn't have, did things I shouldn't do
Guess I forgot that you can't spell "us" without "u"
End "You're My Better Best Friend"
Candace went to one of the boys' locations, not caring that it was a Phineas and Ferb product. Buford was there, running the stand.
"So you lost your best friend, huh?" he asked. "I know how you feel. I lost a best friend once. His name was Biff. It was a big bru ha ha, had to fight a squid…"
"Wait, so what you're saying is, I should just apologize to her?" Candace asked.
Candace ran out.
"Oh sure, it's always about you!" Buford yelled.
Candace ran down the street.
"I can still have a best friend!" she cheered. "And there she is now!"
Candace noticed Stacy walking down the street, right next to a Phineas and Ferb lemonade stand billboard.
She looked around, finally noticing all the ads and merchandise throughout downtown. She also saw Linda at a hair salon.
Candace realized she once again had to make a choice. Either go to Stacy, or go to Linda.
"It's almost ready," Doof said. "Are you watching…?"
Doof noticed Perry was free.
"How'd you get out of that?" he asked. "It's two-ply!"
Perry didn't answer. He just blew spitballs at Doof.
Doof retaliated by throwing a paper football. Perry just made a goal with his arms.
He then used a fortune-teller on Doof. It read, 'I am in love with Sophie'.
"No I'm not!" Doof defended. "Now you're gonna get it!"
Doof made a paper hat. That did nothing.
"Well, it's too late now!" Doof shouted. "The Papercut-Inator is ready!"
Only one piece shot out of the inator.
Perry couldn't help but snicker. He then used a plunger to clog the inator.
The inator exploded, causing multiple bits of paper to fly onto Doof. It gave him multiple paper cuts.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof yelled.
Perry flew away on an origami swan.
The tiny bit of paper gave Phineas and Ferb's machine a paper cut. When it squeezed the next lemon, the juice dripped into the cut, short-circuiting the system.
Ferb tried to fill another cup of lemonade, but nothing came out.
"Sorry folks," Phineas apologized. "We're dry."
The customers walked away sadly.
Linda finally left the salon. She saw Candace and walked over to her.
"Hey Candace," she greeted. "Isn't that Stacy? Hi, Stacy."
Stacy was about to get on a shuttle to the mall. She stopped and noticed Candace.
Candace looked back and forth between Stacy and Linda. After a moment, she made her choice.
"Mom, there's something I need to tell you!" she shouted. "If you want me, I'll be at the mall with Stacy!"
Candace got on the bus with Stacy.
"Welcome back, best friend," Stacy smiled.
"Thanks," Candace replied.
"I had my eye on the best dress for you."
Right as the bus left, all the lemonade stands shut down. Linda didn't notice.
"Aw, it's nice seeing Candace enjoy herself for a chance," she smiled. "Now where are those lemonade stands I keep hearing about?"
"Well, Ferb, I think it's time to shut her down," said Phineas.
Ferb clapped his hands, causing the backyard to flip over. The robot was gone like it was never there to begin with. Linda came home right after.
"Hey boys," she greeted. "What did you do today?"
"Just normal, mediocre kid stuff," Ferb replied.
That's when Perry showed up.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," said Phineas.
Vanessa arrived at Doof's apartment.
"Hey dad, I just got some lemonade from the new stand," she said before slipping on some leftover paper.
The lemonade fell all over Doof's body, burning his paper cuts.
"AH, CURSE YOU, PERRY THE PLATYPUS!" Doof screamed.
"You know he's not here, right?" asked Vanessa.
"I know, but I'm sure it's his fault."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 45: Nerdy Dancin
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 45
Nerdy Dancin'
Candace, Stacy, and Jeremy were hanging out at Candace's house.
"It's totally time for our totally favorite TV show!" Candace cheered. "Care to have a seat, Jeremy? I have something to show you! It's impossibly important!"
Jeremy got all nervous when Candace literally got in his face about it.
Candace and Stacy squealed in excitement as the show's intro played. It depicted a bunch of people dancing together.
Play "Let's All Dance Until We're Sick" Theme Song
Everybody get up, time to shimmy and shake
Stomp and twist till your ankles break
Jumping all around like a pogo stick
Let's all dance until we're sick
Let's all dance until we're sick
End Theme Song
"Hiya, Nikki Stars here," said the announcer of the show. "Get ready, Danville. This week, the world's most popular dance contest is coming to you!"
"See, that's my surprise," Candace told Jeremy. "They're taping here in Danville and I already entered us."
"You two are so gonna win," said Stacy.
Jeremy couldn't describe how nervous he was at that moment.
"Me and you, dancing on a floor with so many others, sweating?" he asked, already sweating and blushing brightly. "I gotta go get some fresh air."
Jeremy ran outside.
"He's so excited he can't breathe!" Candace assumed.
She and Stacy squealed once more.
"So, brother of mine, what endeavor shall we engage in today?" Phineas asked Ferb as they sat under the tree.
That's when Jeremy came in.
"Hey, Jeremy," Phineas greeted. "What's the haps, big guy?"
"Your sister got us into this dance show, and I don't wanna let her down," Jeremy explained, blushing a little.
"So, what's the problem?"
"Have you seen the fancy dancing on the show? I can fake it in the school auditorium, but not in a nationally syndicated dance show."
"Well, maybe Ferb can teach you."
Ferb got up and started doing multiple convoluted dances. Phineas just smiled and enjoyed the show, while Jeremy stood there, confused. Ferb even walked up the tree, got on a branch, jumped down, and did a split.
"There's no way I can learn that by tonight," said Jeremy.
An idea came to Phineas' mind. "Maybe you don't have to. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
Ferb just stared at Phineas. Phineas realized Ferb was stuck in his pose, so he grabbed Ferb's hand and pulled him up.
"Hey, I wonder where Perry is," Jeremy wondered, causing both the boys to stare at him. "What? I'm like, the only person who hasn't said it yet."
Perry was already in his lair.
"Ah, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "It seems Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been buying up the entire Tri-State Area's supply of potatoes, bacon, and whole boatloads of chopped green onions. It sounds like a recipe for evil, literally. Get cooking, Agent P. Monogram out."
Perry converted his chair into a mini-helicopter and flew out of the lair.
"So here it is," Phineas said as he removed a tarp to reveal an exoskeleton. "The Ferbulistic Groove-a-Tron 9000."
"How's that supposed to help me?" asked Jeremy.
"You put it under your clothes and nobody will see this electronic exoskeleton helping you with dancing. When Ferb dances, you'll dance too."
Jeremy put on the exoskeleton. Ferb, who was wearing his own suit, started to dance. Jeremy made the exact same moves, though he wasn't even trying.
Doofenshmirtz Evil In…
Before the jingle could even finish, a claw came out of the building, grabbed Perry, and pulled him inside.
Perry got strapped to a table. He saw Norm cooking something, while Doof monitored.
"Well, well, well," said Doof. "Look who's here, Perry the Platypus, all shackled up and nowhere to go." He turned to Norm. "I think we made too much potato salad, Norm. We might need to give everyone a two-ton take-home container, and I still think you should've added more green onions."
"Well, next time, you can do all the cooking, and I'll stand around coming up with evil plans that ultimately fail," Norm retorted.
Both Doof and Perry stood in silence at that snarky remark.
"Wow, cutting deep, man," Doof admitted. "Well, I'm off to our annual evil potluck and press conference. I'll leave you here to, you know, meet your doom." Doof pulled a lever, activating a laser meant to slowly cut Perry in half. "I saw this in a movie once. I didn't catch the ending, 'cause I had other things to do, but it seemed pretty foolproof. Well, I gotta run. Can't be in two places at once, but of course, soon you'll be able to."
Doof sat on a seat on Norm's back.
"Norm, let's go," he demanded.
"Would it kill you to say please once in a while?" Norm asked.
"Are you gonna be like this all day?"
"Yes, yes I am."
With that, Norm flew away.
Perry just slipped his hands and feet out of the restraints, and got out of the way of the laser.
"We're so gonna win this, Jeremy," Candace said as she and Jeremy got in line. "We are going to win!"
Once they were let inside, every contestant got on the dance floor.
"Our dancers will boogie until they get axed by the judges," Nikki Stars explained. "If your light goes out, your time's up. Now, let the dancing begin."
Phineas and Ferb were watching from behind the curtain.
"You ready, Ferb?" asked Phineas.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Doof was at the pot luck with multiple other evil scientists.
"Alright, Heinz, where's the press?" asked one, a scientist with spiky red hair and a similarly spiky mustache.
"Patience, Doctor Blood Pudding," Doof replied. "They'll be here. When have I ever let you down?"
"Far too often, Doofenshmirtz," another replied, this one old, wrinkly, pointy-eared, and with a long, bald head.
"Rodney, I don't remember inviting you," said Doof.
"I told you, I prefer you use my full name, Alois Everard Elisabeth Otto Wolfgang Hypatia Gunter Geilen Gary Cooper von Rodenstein."
As if anyone is going to remember all that, Doof thought before getting back to business. "Anyway, today is the day we reveal to the Tri-State Area the existence of the League Of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments in Nautiness."
"You want us to be called, 'LOVE MUFFIN'?" asked Blood Pudding.
Doof realized how stupid that sounded, but he brushed it off. "Oh, good grief! It doesn't matter what we're called! What's important is we get our message out to the people of the Tri-State Area!"
"And how are we gonna do that without any kind of press?" asked Rodney.
"They'll be here. Clearly the buffet alone will bring them."
He gestured to the table of food, where Norm was still stirring the potato salad.
"And you seem to have a surplus of that," Rodney remarked. "Did you expect everyone to lug home two-ton take-home bags?"
"No," Doof replied.
"Yes," Norm said at the same time.
"Oh, shut it, Norm! Whose side are you on, anyway?" Doof turned back to Rodney. "And the press will be here, Rodney."
"I don't think so, Heinz," said a scientist smaller than the rest.
"Doctor Diminutive?" Doof asked.
Diminutive showed a small TV.
"Look at this," he said. "All the press in town is covering this."
The TV showed the 'Let's Dance Until We're Sick' show happening then and there.
"Well, if the press won't come to us, we'll go to the press," Doof said. "To the dance floor!"
The scientists headed to the studio.
Perry arrived right as everyone left. He sighed, and continued to look for them.
LOVE MUFFIN burst into the studio.
"Attention Danville!" Doof shouted, only to fall under deaf ears. "Hello? Evil scientist speaking. Can I get a camera over here? Why are they so focused on these dancers?"
"Because it's a dance contest, Heinz," Rodney replied bluntly. "Clearly they're only filming the best dancers."
"That's it! Split up and dance like you never danced before! Whoever gets on camera first can deliver the message."
All the other scientists got on the dance floor. They all tried to dance, but they all sucked.
"Oh, the humanity!" said Rodney. "This looks like a job for Alois Everard Elizabeth…"
"Can it, Rodney!" Doof interrupted. "We both know I'm a better dancer!"
"See this?" Rodney showed his hand. "You can talk to it."
Doof decided to play along. "Alright, hey hand! My evil dancing's better than yours! It's like you're stuck in a canoe but you got no oars! See you on the dance floor."
Rodney took great offense to that. "Nobody talks to my hand that way!"
Perry arrived at the studio. He peaked in through the window.
That's when his watch beeped. He answered to see it was Monogram calling.
"Agent P," he said. "You need to stop Doofenshmirtz and his gang of unnamed scientists before they broadcast their message and interrupt what has become mine and Carl's favorite TV show."
Perry nodded and went inside.
The judges started to eliminate their dancers.
Candace saw other couples getting the ax.
"Let's kick it up a notch," she told Jeremy.
Jeremy saw Phineas and Ferb behind the curtain. Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Ferb started dancing his convoluted dance. Thanks to the exo-suit, Jeremy did the dance as well.
Doof swayed his arms and legs back and forth.
"People of the Tri-State Area," he said to the camera. "You may begin quaking in fear at your earliest possible convenience…"
The light above him turned off.
"Really," Doof reacted, offended. "Were you even watching that move?"
Meanwhile, Rodney was doing a ballet dance.
"Hello, my future subjects," he said. "It is I, Alois Evarard…"
The light turned off.
"Pearls before swine," he said.
Doof shoved another dancer out of the spotlight so he could steal it.
"So, I represent the League Of Villainous Evildoers…" he said, copying the other guy's dance.
The light turned off.
"You philistine!" Doof yelled. "That's a perfectly good Charleston!"
Stacy watched Candace and Jeremy dancing together.
"WOO!" she cheered. "Go Candace!"
She threw some flowers into the audience.
What she didn't know was that one of the flowers had a bee in it. That bee flew towards Ferb.
In his attempt to swat it away, Ferb unintentionally made Jeremy copy his movements.
Thinking it was an intended dance, people in the audience started copying it.
"Looks like someone's a favorite," Nikki remarked.
Perry got on the catwalk. He used some knives to cut the cords, causing a bit of the catwalk to fall on top of a scientist.
He then dropped a light onto another scientist.
Next, he jumped on the show's logo and dropped a letter onto a third scientist.
After that, he threw his hat like a boomerang, knocking some paint cans over three more scientists.
Both Doof and Rodney tried to push someone out of the spotlight and take it for themselves.
"This is my spotlight, Rodney!" said Doof. "If anyone's pushing this dancer out of the way, it's me."
"No, Doofenshmirtz," Rodney argued. "I was here, first."
"Am I gonna have to talk to your hand again?"
"Maybe in your own mind!"
They unknowingly pushed the kid onto the end of a board. The other end launched a reel of film high into the air.
The reel cut some ropes off the catwalk Perry was standing on. He managed to slide off the edge and swing onto the crystal ball. He cut the chain hanging it in the air.
Doof and Rodney realized their fighting made them look like a dancing couple.
"This is awkward," Doof remarked.
Then the crystal ball crushed both of them.
After a while, Jeremy was the last person standing.
"Say, that was some fabulicious dancing out there," said Nikki. "I see quite a future for someone with moves like that. How'd you like to dance till you're sick every week?"
Jeremy sighed. "Sorry, but I can't. All those moves I've been doing today, it was actually…"
Jeremy pulled the exoskeleton out of him. Candace, and everyone in the crowd, gasped.
"If you wanna see what a real dancer looks like, here you go," Jeremy said, removing the curtain to reveal Ferb.
Ferb realized he was caught. He felt a bit embarrassed.
"Well, it looks like my work here is done," he said.
Ferb moonwalked up the wall.
Everyone in the crowd cheered. The cameraman shed a tear. The judges gave Ferb a ten.
"I'm sorry about this, Candace," Jeremy apologized. "I didn't wanna let you down."
"Oh, you didn't let me down," Candace assured. "I just wanted you to come out with me and have a good time, and you know, dance until we're sick."
"Well, I am feeling a little dizzy."
"I got you, big guy."
Candace held Jeremy and helped him walk outside.
Phineas and Ferb saw it from backstage. They both smiled for her.
Meanwhile, both Doof and Rodney were in the hospital.
"They should call it 'Let's All Dance Until We're in the Hospital'," Doof remarked.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 46: Suddenly Suzy
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 46
Suddenly Suzy
"Oh, Jeremy, I didn't know you felt that way about me," Candace said to a statue of Jeremy. "But I still have a lot to accomplish before I get married."
That's when her phone rang. When she saw it was Jeremy calling, she got excited and answered.
"Hi, Jeremy," she greeted.
"Hey, Candace," Jeremy replied. "I was wondering if you could do me a favor."
"Yeah."
"Listen, I got called into work, and my parents aren't home. You think you could look after Suzy for a few hours?"
Candace was too busy fantasizing about Jeremy to process what he just said. "Yeah."
"I'll be right over. Thanks."
Candace finally realized what she just signed up for. She quickly ran out of her room.
Candace found Linda about to head out.
"Mom, Jeremy's dropping off his little sister and I unintentionally agreed to…" she tried to explain.
"How nice," Linda interrupted. "A babysitting job."
"No, you don't understand. She's evil."
"Don't be silly, Candace. She's just a little girl. How silly can she be?"
Linda walked outside and saw the boys laying under a stream from a sprinkler.
"I see you've discovered the broken sprinkler," she remarked. "I'd better get to the hardware store. It's beginning to look like Niagara Falls out here."
That statement made Phineas curious. "Niagara Falls? Know anything about that, Ferbmeister?"
"It's over 167 feet high," Ferb replied. "It's also tremendously popular with daredevils."
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
"I can't believe you forgot to buy new razors, Carl!" Monogram berated. "Now I have to go on camera without a clean shave!"
"Well, if it makes you feel better, you're not the only one," Carl said as he showed his single strand of hair.
That's when Perry came into the lair.
"Agent P, you're here," said Monogram. "We've been getting very suspicious about Doofenshmirtz. He hasn't ordered anything on the internet in days. Get over there and put a start to it."
Right as Perry left, Carl started to play Perry's theme song on his single strand.
"Carl, you disgust and amaze me," Monogram remarked.
Candace quickly hid anything Suzy could use against her. She also put on armor so Suzy couldn't hurt her.
That's when the doorbell rang.
When she answered, she saw Jeremy and Suzy.
"Hey," she greeted.
"Candace, what's with that outfit?" asked Jeremy.
"I get… cold."
"Uh-huh. That's a statement. You girls have fun."
With that, Suzy went inside and Jeremy left the house.
Suzy cackled, making Candace nervous.
Ferb launched a rock on top of the 167-foor recreation of Niagara Falls.
"I know that was papier-mache, but that was still an impressive throw," Phineas remarked.
"Hey guys, whatcha doin?" came Isabella's voice.
The boys turned to see Isabella had just arrived, as well as Buford, Baljeet, and Django.
"Hey guys," Phineas replied, before noticing Baljeet was strapped onto Buford. "What's with the baby carrier?"
"My chiropractor recommended it," Buford explained. "It's just as humiliating as half-nelson, and easier on my tennis elbow."
Phineas heard what sounded like Buford chewing something hard.
"What's that grinding sound?" he asked.
"Tuff Gum," Buford replied, showing a packet of the gum. "Like the song says…"
Play "Tuff Gum" Jingle
Buford:
Pound nerds like a drum
Stop a train with your thumb
It's Tuff Gum
End Jingle
"Wow, can I have some?" Phineas asked.
"No," Buford answered. "It's for bullies only."
"Well then," Phineas turned to Ferb. "Can I have some regular gum?"
Ferb nodded, and handed Phineas a packet.
"Alright, Ferb and I built a giant waterfall ride," said Phineas. "Who wants to test it?"
"Me!" everyone shouted, raising their hands.
"Can I go?" Baljeet asked Buford.
Buford released Baljeet from the baby carrier.
"Be careful," he said, blushing. "I worry about you."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry used a rocket skateboard to climb the wall. The moment he reached the apartment, though, these mechanical hands tied him up with shoelaces.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "How do you like my new Shoelace-Inator? It's the perfect match for my new Carbon-Footprint-Inator."
What the hell? Perry asked himself.
"I made it entirely out of carbon paper I kept from the seventies," Doof explained. "I always thought that was gonna come back. You know, people are always talking about 'reducing their carbon footprint'. I don't know what that means, but it sounds evil, so my plan is to release GIANT CARBON FOOTPRINTS ALL OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA!"
Perry tried chewing the laces.
"Don't bother," said Doof. "They're double-knotted."
"So, Candace," said Suzy. "Ready to have some fun?"
"No, I'm good," Candace said, backing to the wall. "I hate fun."
"I know a good game we can play." Suzy took some paper and scissors out of her backpack, making Candace even more nervous. "It's called making… paper…"
Candace closed her eyes.
"Dolls," Suzy finished.
"Paper dolls?" Candace panicked.
She fully processed what she heard. She opened her eyes to see Suzy made tiny paper girls all spread in a line.
"Aren't you gonna try and do something horrible to me?" Candace asked, still suspicious.
"No," Suzy replied. "Making you look bad is just one of the ways I control Jeremy. When he's not here, I'm off the clock."
"Wait, you can control your brother?"
"Can't you get your brothers to do anything you want?"
"No. I can't get them to do anything."
"Unacceptable. To the backyard."
The two headed outside and saw the kids were working on something.
"Whatcha doin?" Suzy asked in a similar manner to Isabella.
Isabella noticed that. "Um, hello?"
The moment he noticed Suzy, Buford started panting and sweating. Baljeet held Buford's shoulder to comfort him.
"Hey, Suzy," Phineas greeted. "We were just adding the finishing touches to our water ride."
"Ooh, just watching all this work makes me thirsty," said Suzy. "What I wouldn't do for a glass of cool lemonade."
"Lemonade? Whatever you like."
Ferb handed Suzy a glass of lemonade. Candace was dumbfounded by what she just witnessed.
I have so much to learn, she thought to herself.
"Well, now that you've watched the master at work, it's time for you to get yours," said Suzy. "What do you want?"
"To bust my brothers," Candace replied.
"Mean it."
"I want to bust my brothers!"
"Own it!"
"I WANT TO BUST MY BROTHERS!"
"Even better, get them to bust themselves."
Candace fell in love with that idea. She approached the boys, right as they were about to climb on top of the ride.
"Hey boys," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
Isabella was about to snap. Thankfully, Django held her shoulder and shook his head. She took a breath and calmed down.
"We're going over Niagara Falls in a barrel," Phineas replied. "It's gonna be sweet, not like you would understand."
"Alright, Candace," Suzy whispered. "Time to bring it home."
Candace stared at the boys, sternly. "Phineas and Ferb, I want you to pick up the phone right now and…"
"Pss," Suzy interrupted.
Candace realized she almost made a mistake. She tried smiling at the boys the way Suzy would.
Phineas was genuinely concerned by this sudden shift in behavior.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
"Oh, could you just help me out and call Mom?" Candace asked, dropping the act.
"Why? So she could see this gigantic, insanely high waterfall we built in the backyard?"
"Yes. She would love it."
Phineas wasn't having it. "Candace, that is…"
"A great idea," Ferb butted in.
Phineas was dumbfounded by that statement. "Ferb, what are you…?"
Ferb led Phineas away from the rest.
"Ferb, what are you thinking?" asked Phineas. "You're going to get us in trouble."
"How do you know that?" Ferb retorted. "We don't know how Mum would react. Maybe she'd actually be proud of what we can do."
Phineas took a moment to consider Ferb's reasoning. In the end, he realized Ferb had a point.
Phineas turned to Candace. "Alright, Candace. I'll bite."
Candace got excited, and lended Phineas her phone.
Linda was looking through the store when she heard her phone ring.
"Right on schedule," she remarked as she answered the phone. "So, what kind of unbelievable contraption have Phineas and Ferb built that requires me to come home immediately?"
"An awesome waterfall ride in our backyard," came Phineas' voice. "You've gotta come home right away."
Linda was not expecting that. "Phineas, is that you? You sound like Candace. I mean, you sound like you, just…"
"Hurry up, you gotta see it."
"Alright, just as soon as I find the sprinkler part." Linda hung up the phone. "I curse the day these things were invented."
Doofenshmirtz's Carbon Footprint
Doof was flying a blimp over the Tri-State Area. The Carbon-Footprint-Inator was hanging below it.
"Everything is going according to plan," he smiled. "Soon, Danville will know what it is to be trodden upon by true genius! I think I'll start with a pond or some bushes or something. You know, to beef up the anti-environmental theme I've been dancing around."
Unbeknownst to Doof, Perry found a way to untie the double-knot. He quickly leaped towards Doof and kicked him off his chair.
"What?" Doof reacted. "How did you get out of that double-knot?"
Perry tried to jump at Doof again, but this time, he was one step ahead. He opened the window, causing Perry to fly out of it.
"How do you like my new window?" he asked. "I just had it installed! Sayonara, Perry the Platypus!"
The kids, except Buford, were in the barrel.
"Alright, we're ready, Buford!" said Phineas. "You can let her rip!"
Baljeet got concerned when he heard Buford's chewing.
"You might want to eighty-six the gum," he warned. "It's a choking hazard."
Buford reluctantly took the gum out, and attached it to the pipe.
"I'll be back for that bad boy," he said.
He turned the knob. Water sprayed out. Buford jumped into the barrel before it went down. The kids screamed in excitement as they plummeted down.
They all landed in a small pool, sopping wet.
"Whoa, that was great!" Phineas cheered. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope Mom sees this!"
"Me too," Candace said before she heard Linda pulling up. "She's here! Come on!"
She grabbed the boys' collars and dragged them out of the backyard.
Perry landed safely using a parachute. He ended up at a Mr. Banana store. He quickly convinced the boss to train him to become a delivery man, mainly so he could use the truck.
"This is so funny," the boss remarked once Perry drove away. "I literally just wrote a song about a platypus driving a banana truck."
He checked his pocket, only to learn the demo was missing.
Perry inserted the demo to the CD player.
Play "Alabama Bound"
He's Alabama bound with a load of bananas
Heading south across the Mason-Dixon Line
Then he's selling pineapples to Gary, Indiana
Gotta burn some rubber, make that highway unwind
To add on to the country aesthetic, Perry put a toothpick in his mouth. He then replaced his fedora with a delivery hat to maintain his cover.
He's a mobile mammal, and I'll be you a fiver
He's eating hush puppies and corn on the cob
Perry held his arm out the window. The sun burned it, but he was too focused on catching up to Doof.
He's a semi-aquatic semi driver
A full-time agent with a part-time job
Perry realized he was heading towards a T-intersection. He quickly slammed the brakes and turned right.
Aw yeah
I'll bet you a fiver
That there's a mobile mammal
End "Alabama Bound"
"Mom, Ferb and I built Niagara Falls in the backyard!" Phineas said with a bit of Candace-level excitement. "Wanna see it?"
"I'd love to, honey," Linda replied.
Candace could only barely keep her excitement contained.
"Alright, Danville," said Doof. "Get ready for a carbon footprint you'll never forget."
Doof released the Carbon-Footprint-Inator onto a waterfall. It stuck to the foot.
"This is why I hate nature," said Doof. "It gets stuck to your foot!"
Doof managed to shake it off.
"I can't believe it," said the farmer's wife. "I can't believe you walked away from a profitable miniature golf franchise and opened up a spring water bottling plant right in the middle of town. What? Did you think a mountain spring was just gonna fall out of the sky?"
Right as she said that, a mountain spring fell out of the sky.
"You never believe in me," said the farmer.
Perry saw Doof about to drop the Carbon-Footprint-Inator again. He quickly released the giant banana on the back of the truck. The footprint slipped, and destroyed the blimp.
"I suppose this was inevitable," Doof said as he plummeted to the ground. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
The moment Linda entered the backyard, all she saw was Perry laying under the leaking sprinkler.
"You're right," she remarked. "It does look like Niagara Falls, but I can fix that."
Linda added the part to the sprinkler, fixing it up.
"B-b-but…" Phineas stammered. "It was right there, and it… it was huge!"
Candace sighed. "Welcome to my world."
"Who wants pie?" Linda asked.
"Me!" all the kids, including Suzy, replied.
The moment Buford noticed Suzy, he ran away.
"What?" she asked, confused.
"Oh, I'll tell you 'what'," Baljeet replied. "You tried to kill Buford's pet goldfish, and you traumatized him for life. You're just a sick girl who acts superior towards others just so you can get what you want. If I were you, I'd stay away from Buford."
For the first time ever, Suzy felt genuine guilt. She realized then and there that Baljeet was right. She was selfish and clingy, and she bullied so many people. She realized it was time to change that.
That's when Jeremy showed up.
Suzy picked some flowers from the garden and gave them to Candace. Before she could react, Jeremy approached her.
"Hey, Candace," he said. "How's it going?"
"Perfect," Candace replied. "Everything is…"
Jeremy noticed the flowers. "Are those for me?"
"I, uh…"
Before Candace could say anything, Jeremy took the flowers. "Thanks, Candace. I appreciate it."
Candace turned to Suzy. She just smiled and winked.
Notes:
This was a fun write.
First off, we got our first argument between Phineas and Ferb. It was set up in the "Finding Mary McGuffin" episode when Ferb was the one who convinced Phineas to help Candace, but this one's a little more serious. Either way, Ferb is the one that convinces Phineas to go with Candace's plan, suggesting that maybe Linda won't be mad at them like Candace wants.
Another scene was Baljeet confronting Suzy for the things she did to Buford. It was something I had planned for a while. I thought it was fitting.
I've said this before, but Buford's fear of Suzy was a heavily missed opportunity. I figured it'd be fitting to address that plot point here since Buford and Suzy are in the same room again.
And the last change, we get some character development for Suzy. After Baljeet's little Reason you Suck Speech, she realizes that she's being selfish, so when Jeremy returns, instead of going back to her usual mischief, she instead gives Candace some flowers to give to Jeremy. It was something I wanted to do from the beginning. It's nice to see it finally happen.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 47: Swiss Family Phineas
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 47
Swiss Family Phineas
Phineas was fantasizing himself driving a boat.
"Alright, crew," he said. "Prepare for the hunt of a lifetime. Isabella, raise the jib."
"Aye-aye, captain," Isabella replied as she raised the sail.
"Ahoy, Ferb!" Phineas called Ferb, who was on the upper deck. "Any sign of the great white whale?"
"You better not be talking about me!" a voice yelled.
That snapped Phineas out of her trance.
"Boys, can't you wait until we get the boat in the water?" Linda asked.
Right as she said that, Lawrence got the boat in the water.
"It's not actually called a boat, darling," he corrected as he got on the boat. "It's called a sloop, and when we're at sea, there is no right or left, only port and starboard."
"So, uh, where's the bathroom?" asked Isabella.
"It's not a restroom, it's…"
"A poop deck," Phineas butted in.
"It's actually called the head," said Lawrence. "But 'poop deck' does make a lot more sense."
"Can we just get this over with?" Candace asked. "Jeremy's throwing a romantic soiree at sunset tonight. I'm kinda on a deadline here."
"Don't worry, darling. It's only gonna be a three-hour tour?"
"'A three-hour tour'?"
"You can use the time to soak up the Vitamin D."
"Fine."
Lawrence checked 'Candace Distracted' off the list. He then checked to make sure the kids had their lifejackets on. He then realized something was missing.
"Hey, where's Perry?" he asked.
"Oh, he stayed at home," Phineas replied. "Baljeet's watching him."
Baljeet was watching Perry. He was just standing there and doing nothing.
"Hey Baljeet, whatcha doin?" came a voice.
Baljeet turned and saw Buford arrived with a baseball bat and glove.
"I am watching Perry the Platypus," he replied. "I promised to not take my eyes off of him all day."
"That's lame," Buford remarked.
"He is a platypus. They do not do much."
"Maybe he needs some motivation." Buford held his bat out, threateningly.
Baljeet grabbed Buford's arm. "No! I have given my solemn oath to protect this little monotreme until the Flynn-Fletcher family comes home!"
That's when they both heard a beep.
"What is that noise?" Baljeet asked.
"I don't know," Buford replied. "Maybe a car alarm?"
Unbeknownst to either of them, Perry grabbed a tiny watch and put it in his mouth.
Meanwhile, the ship left the shore. Phineas was standing at the front of the ship with his arms spread out, kinda like he was flying.
"Hey Phineas, whatcha doin?" came Isabella.
"I'm practicing my 'king of the world' pose," Phineas replied. "Hey, check that out."
They both saw Ferb swimming with the dolphins.
Phineas then noticed three flags.
"According to my Fireside Girls manual, each one of those flags has a meaning," Isabella explained. "The blue flag means it's crab season, the yellow flag means hold the mustard, and the last one… I'm actually not sure what that one means."
That's when dark storm clouds covered the sky.
"Oh, here it is," Isabella said as she turned the page. "The red flag with the black box means…"
As if to finish her sentence, there was a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder. Rain started to pour down.
"Get below deck, kids!" Lawrence ordered. "I'll steer us back to shore!"
The kids did as they were told.
Unfortunately the waves had other plans. They directed the ship towards a whirlpool.
"Don't worry, everyone!" Lawrence tried to assure everyone. "I have it all under control!"
Sadly, the ship got caught in the whirlpool.
"Agent P, are you there?" asked Monogram's voice.
Perry thought eating his watch would cover it up, but he was wrong.
"It's coming from his stomach," said Baljeet. "Maybe he's hungry."
Baljeet left to find something to feed Perry.
"Don't worry little duck thing," Buford assured as he hugged Perry. "We'll take good care of you."
Perry was able to stick his tongue out, releasing his watch and revealing himself to Monogram without revealing himself to Buford.
"There you are, Agent P," said Monogram. "I can see you're in a bit of a jam. Can you get us a better view of the situation?"
Perry picked up his watch and stretched it so Monogram could see Buford on screen.
"Looks like we picked a bad day to send all of our agents to sensitivity training," Monogram remarked. "We're all out of options. I was hoping this day would never come, but Carl, this is your big chance."
Play "Carl the Intern"
Carl couldn't describe the excitement he felt when Monogram had him sit in a chair which launched him high into the air.
Carl, he works a camera
Carl, he knows what all those buttons do
Carl, he clears the paper jam
Carl, and he'll pick up the laundry, too
He knows how to format, spell check, and text edit
He's working this job just for college credit
He's Carl the Intern
Carl landed in a big garage. Around him, mechanical arms quickly assembled a fake ice cream truck. Monogram appeared on a little screen.
"Good luck, Carl," was all he said.
Carl
End "Carl the Intern"
Before anyone knew it, the rain finally cleared.
"Well, the ship stayed together, didn't it?" Lawrence sarcastically remarked. "Of course, we'll have to reattach the wheel."
But it was more than the wheel that needed reattaching. The ship was stuck on a rock, and it punctured a big hole.
"Kids, are you alright?" Lawrence asked.
Phineas and Isabella both got up.
"We're fine," Phineas said before realizing, "Hey, where's Ferb?"
He found what looked like Ferb buried head-first in the sand. He pulled his legs, only to find out it was just Ferb's pants.
The real Ferb showed up covering his body in a huge leaf. Phineas handed Ferb his pants, and he quickly put them on.
They then found Candace with her head stuck in a barrel. She quickly pulled it off of herself.
"Ooh, this doesn't look good at all," Lawrence said after inspecting the damage. "Kids, don't come up here, it's far too dangerous. Candace, why don't you look for food while we fix the boat? Kids, you can look for some shelter if you like. We may be here a while."
The moment Candace heard that, she panicked. "A while? You mean we're stranded? That means I won't get to Jeremy's party before the sun sets! We'll be stuck here forever eating bugs and rocks, then I'll have to marry a monkey and have monkey kids, then name them Xavier, Fred, and Amanda!"
"And we'll love them either way. Candace, the sooner we get started, the sooner we all get to go home."
Candace sighed and relented.
With that, the kids walked into the forest.
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella looked around for anything useful. After a bit, Phineas found an area full of bent trees.
"This spot has potential," he said.
"Great, we can use these to repair the boat," Isabella suggested.
Phineas remembered Candace's hissy fit earlier. He smiled mischievously. "No, I think we can do better."
With that, the trio built a treehouse with the materials they had. They even enlisted the help of nearby crabs and birds.
"Remember, Carl," Monogram reminded. "Nothing distracts kids like ice cream. You need to get rid of those boys so Agent P can do his mission."
"Aye-aye, sir," Carl saluted.
"Both hands on the wheel, Carl."
Carl got his hand back on the wheel. "Sorry."
Baljeet returned empty-handed.
"Sorry, Perry," he apologized. "I could not find the platypus food."
That's when he and Buford heard the ice cream truck. They both ran to get their ice cream, but Baljeet realized he almost forgot Perry. He went back to pick him up.
While the boys were busy ordering their ice cream, neither of them noticed Perry sneak into the truck through a small hatch.
The truck drove away right after the man handed the boys their ice cream.
"Hey, they didn't charge us," Buford remarked. "Rookie mistake."
Baljeet turned only to see Perry was missing.
"Wait, where is Perry?" he asked.
"Glad to have you back, Agent P," said Carl. "You lost some time, but I brought along the escape cone."
Perry got on the escape cone and flew off. Monogram appeared on a tiny screen.
"Agent P, we just received reports that Doofenshmirtz has been buying up all the laundry detergent in the Tri-State Area," he explained. "We want you to find out what he's up to and stop him. You'll need to use your tracking device before your delicious ice cream cone melts."
Right as he said that, the cone melted. Perry started plummeting to the ground. Thankfully, the fake cherry had a parachute.
He landed inside a volcano. Inside the volcano was Doof and a huge pile of laundry.
"Where's Perry the Platypus?" he asked. "He should've been here hours ago."
Perry revealed himself then and there.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof smiled. "I had a trap for you, but no time. This is a little complicated."
Doof grabbed Perry and had him sit in front of an old movie screen, he didn't even waste time strapping him to the chair.
"Just recently, I learned the meaning of big laundry," he explained. "I am nefariously planning to provide the entire population of the Tri-State Area with free laundry, which will drive all the big laundromats out of business, freeing up prime real estate locations for my newest franchise, the Doofenshmirtz Institute of Evilology, where in only six weeks, students can earn a certificate of mayhem, larceny, or ponzi schemes. I'm here in this volcano on this deserted island 'cause I get all this free monkey labor. I control them all with my Monkey-Enslaveinator Helmet. All I had to do was build one of them because you know, 'monkey see, monkey do'."
Doof got distracted when he noticed a monkey was about to put the red clothes with the white ones.
"Don't do that!" he yelled. "You'll turn the whole batch into a pink mess! Bright colors over there you literal incompetent baboon!" He pointed the monkey in the right direction. "Now, what was I talking about?"
Perry used the same cart of clothes to ram over Doof.
Buford and Baljeet were hanging missing posters for Perry all throughout Danville.
"Why don't we just buy them a new one?" asked Buford.
"You can't just buy a…!" Baljeet was about to yell. "Wait, I think you're onto something."
Candace collected some coconuts.
"We don't need to eat," she complained. "We need to get out of here. I swear, if I don't get to Jeremy's party…"
Before she could finish that thought, a monkey grabbed her and tossed her into the air. She landed in a huge treehouse.
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella were there.
"So, what do you think of our shelter?" asked Phineas.
Candace took a moment to really process the luxurious treehouse the boys built.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" she yelled. "YOU HAD PARTS, BUT INSTEAD OF USING THEM TO FIX THE BOAT, YOU WASTE THEM ON A TREEHOUSE?!"
"Why should we?" Phineas asked, barely keeping his cool. "Mom and Dad are already working on that. I figured we'd use the time to make this maritime mishap as enjoyable as possible. Come on, let's give you the grand tour."
Phineas led Candace inside the main area.
"Here's our warm and cozy family room, a fully-stocked kitchen, and even indoor plumbing," Phineas showcased.
Candace noticed Ferb was giving a monkey a shower. The very site of it disgusted her.
"Hey, it's in the theme song," Ferb said, clearly just as disgusted as Candace was. "It had to be done."
Candace was beyond furious. "Don't either of you realize that I have a very important party to go to?!"
At this point, Phineas had had enough.
"Ah yes, because all that matters is that Candace goes to some stupid party!" he snapped.
"Hey, it isn't stupid!" Candace argued. "Jeremy's gonna be there!"
"You're just proving my point, Candace! All summer, you've only ever cared about getting what you want, whether it's impressing Jeremy, or getting me and Ferb in trouble for JUST TRYING TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN!"
"Oh, I'm sorry that you're 'fun' is HIGHLY UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS!"
"Both of you, BE QUIET!" Ferb suddenly snapped.
That shut both Phineas and Candace up. They turned towards Ferb, who was staring at both of them, angrily. Never had they ever seen him angry before, and this terrified both of them.
"Phineas," Ferb started. "Instead of doing the logical thing and helping Mum and Dad fix the boat, you instead decided it was more important to be spiteful towards Candace, all because of a hissy fit?!"
"Yeah!" Candace butted in.
Ferb turned towards Candace. "But Phineas is right about one thing, Candace! All summer, you only cared about getting what you wanted, and you rarely think about other people!"
Phineas and Candace looked at each other guiltily. They realized that Ferb was right. They were both blinded by selfish desires, and they both made things worse for everyone.
Perry rolled a towel into a whip, and he whipped Doof's butt.
"Ow, that smarts!" he yelled.
Doof tossed one of his shoes at Perry. He missed and hit the monkey wearing the mind-control helmet. The helmet shattered, freeing the monkeys from the brainwashing.
Perry then ziplined down a cord of clothes. When he reached the bottom, he kicked Doof onto a conveyor belt.
The belt carried Doof into a giant washer. The monkeys poured soap into the water, then they hit the start button.
Doof spun in the water at a fast speed.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" he shouted.
The monkeys applied too much soap. The washer overflowed.
Fortunately for Perry, he was able to use an ironing table as a surfboard. He surfed on the wave of pink lava out of the volcano.
Isabella noticed the volcano was about to erupt. She quickly found the others.
"Guys, we gotta go!" she shouted.
The Flynn-Fletcher siblings saw the pink lava flowing out of the volcano.
"Quickly, to the emergency exit!" he shouted.
The quartet ran to the emergency exit. They went down this water slide and landed in a small pool.
They quickly swam out of the pool and ran back to the beach.
Lawrence just finished fixing the boat.
"Nice job, hon," said Linda. "But how are we gonna get the boat off the rock?"
That's when the kids arrived.
"Dad, we gotta get out of here!" Candace yelled.
Everyone got on the boat. Luckily for them, the pink lava got them off the rock. They were now on their way home.
Buford and Baljeet finished making a fake replica of Perry. It wasn't that convincing.
"It's no use," said Baljeet. "We have to tell them the truth!"
That's when the Flynn-Fletcher family returned home.
The moment Candace got out of the car, she ran off screaming, "Hold on Jeremy, I'm coming!"
"Baljeet, you will not believe what we did today," said Phineas.
"There's something I have to tell you first," said Baljeet.
Before he could say anything, though, Perry passed by.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas said before noticing the fake Perry. "Aw, you made him a little friend. I knew we could count on you, Baljeet."
Baljeet just passed out.
Notes:
Now this was a chapter I didn't think I'd enjoy writing as much as I did.
I initially only went with this episode because it had Carl's theme song, which is heavily underrated if you ask me.
The only real change was a last minute idea. Phineas and Candace's argument, and Ferb getting between them. While they both may have realized their respective mistakes at the moment, this isn't gonna resolve the tension.
I know people out there find it annoying when characters repeat mistakes, but those people fail to understand that it's in human nature to repeat mistakes. I should know that, because I have done that before, and I still do it to this day.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 48: Undercover Carl
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 48
Undercover Carl
Phineas and Ferb were sitting under the tree, minding their own business, when an apple fell on both of their heads.
"Gravity," Phineas remarked. "I wonder if there's any way around that."
That's when Candace came in.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"We're only thinking about defying gravity," Phineas replied.
Candace laughed. "Please, not even you can do that. It's a universal law!"
"An absolute law without hope of appeal? That's despotism! Somebody ought to…" An idea popped into Phineas' mind. "That's it! I know what we're gonna do today! Hey, where's Perry?"
"He's right there."
Phineas and Ferb noticed Perry was right next to them.
"Oh, I didn't see him there," Phineas laughed at himself.
Carl was updating his social media. Once he was done, Monogram handed him a sheet.
"Carl, I've just completed your interning report," he said. "You've earned a gold star in every category except one. You need to show more initiative."
Carl was flabbergasted. "Sir, I've never received less than a gold star in my life!"
"You still have 24 hours before I have to submit my evaluation. Prove you can show initiative and that gold star is yours."
"I'll start right now by triple-checking the chattersphere for suspicious activities."
Carl started doing just that.
"Nice blueprint, Ferb," Phineas complimented. "I'm gonna post it on our website so Baljeet can check the math."
Right as Phineas posted the blueprint, the phone rang. Knowing it was Baljeet, he answered.
"Your blueprints are 97 percent sound," Baljeet said. "But you accidentally placed a cosine where you needed a quadratic differential." He laughed for an unnecessarily long time. "Don't worry, I fixed it. I sent an attachment."
"Excellent," Phineas smiled.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof was bored out of his mind. He just finished his third jigsaw puzzle that morning, but he still wasn't satisfied.
"There's absolutely nothing going on today," he sighed.
"Maybe you could finish building me a wife out of popsicle sticks like you promised," Norm suggested.
"I'd like to help you out, but look at my tongue." Doof stuck out his tongue to reveal it was completely purple. "My doctor said no more raspberry icicle-pops until the blue dye flushes completely out of my system."
"Why must I be alone?"
"I don't know. Why are raspberry icicle-pops blue?" Doof went to the computer. "I need a really evil scheme, but it's so hard to create when I'm in one of my moods. Maybe I can borrow someone else's plans from the internet."
Doof looked up blueprints, and the first thing he found was an Anti-Gravity Fun Launcher. Doof printed the blueprint.
"How about the Anti-Gravity Evil Launchinator?" he suggested. "There, I changed it, which makes it mine. This could be the greatest scheme ever, though I'm not quite sure of the evil applications. Something will come to me."
Carl just received a notification of Doof printing a blueprint. He checked what it said, and it said 'Anti-Gravity Fun Launcher'. When he ran it through an anagram decoder, the results terrified him.
"Major Monogram!" he shouted.
"You don't have to yell," Monogram scolded. "I'm right here."
"Sorry, but Doofenshmirtz just downloaded plans for an anti-gravity fun launcher, but when I run that through the anagram decoder, the letters form 'evil fanatic hunt r raygun'."
"Looks like you're missing an E."
"They could be doing that to mislead us. Let's check the source." Carl checked the source, and the results terrified him even more. "Agent P's owners! They must be in league with Doofenshmirtz."
Monogram was skeptical. "I don't know. This seems a little far-fetched."
"But look at this. It's a seemingly innocent voice recording of Phineas."
Carl played the recording. It said, 'Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today', but by playing those syllables backwards in a random order, Carl got, 'Let's help Doofenshmirtz destroy the Tri-State Area'.
Now Monogram was convinced.
"Keep an eye on those boys and see what else you can find out," he ordered.
Perry
Perry was in his lair, awaiting orders.
"Agent P," said Monogram. "We need you to track down a missing agent. Code name, Agent G. We aren't sure of his location, but we have a few leads placing him in Iceland, Monte Carlo, Burbank California, and the moon. It's up to you to chase that goose and bring him back to the agency. Good luck, Agent P."
Perry left to do his mission.
Carl cut the camera feed.
"Who is Agent G again?" he asked.
"Gary the Gander?" Monogram guessed. "I don't know, that's just a wild goose chase. Get it? Goose, gander? We had to distract Perry so he isn't close to Phineas and Ferb."
"Then who will investigate the boys?"
Monogram needed a moment to think about that. "We need to send someone undercover. All the agents are out on their missions."
Monogram gave Carl a knowing look. He got excited.
Play "Carl: Incognito"
Carl tried on different disguises.
Carl, dressed as a cheerleader
Carl, now he's wearing a pinafore
Carl in his pajamas
Carl, now he's a guy from the Civil War
Dressed as a cowboy or an old steelworker
And now he's the lead in a '40s tearjerker
He's Carl: Incognito
Carl settled for a white T-shirt, orange pants with suspenders, and a blue cap.
"Good luck, Agent Carl," Monogram said.
"You can count on me, sir," Carl saluted as he left the building.
End "Carl: Incognito"
Carl reached the Flynn-Fletcher household. He saw Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet working on something, likely Doof's raygun.
"Alright guys, chop chop," Phineas ordered everyone. "It's time to prove Sir Issac Newton wrong."
"Sir, I've reached the target," Carl whispered to his watch. "Over."
"Roger that, Carl," Monogram replied. "Now observe, then infiltrate."
Carl started watching with binoculars. Unfortunately, he wasn't subtle enough.
"Hey, who's that over there?" Isabella asked Phineas.
Phineas saw Carl.
"Hey, kid," he greeted. "Wanna help?"
Seeing no way out of this, Carl said, "Sure." He then turned to his watch and whispered, "Sir, I made contact."
Carl entered the backyard.
"Hey, thanks," said Phineas. "What's your name?"
Say a cool name, like Nitro, Dax, or Steel, Carl thought to himself. "My name is Carl."
This memory would haunt Carl forever.
"Nice to meet you, Carl," Phineas said as he shook Carl's hand. "Come and join us."
Carl helped Phineas carry a heavy part.
"So, what's your little scheme?" Carl asked, fighting hard not to say anything about it being 'evil'.
"We're just challenging universal laws," Phineas replied excitedly.
Once they set the part down, Carl went to help Baljeet chop a piece of wood.
"I hear you're the math genius behind this operation," he said.
"No, Phineas and Ferb made the blueprint," Baljeet corrected. "I just fixed some minor mistakes."
"Interesting. What exactly is this gonna do?"
"The scientific explanation is difficult even for me to understand, but to put it lightly, once this is over…" Baljeet turned towards Buford with a teasing look on his face. "We're going to float around like tiny woodland pixies."
Buford blushed, then he gave Baljeet a wedgie in retaliation.
Not wanting any part in that fight, Carl moved on. He saw Ferb building the machine itself.
"Hey, Ferb," he said. "I hear you don't talk much."
"Actually, I only have one line per day," Ferb replied.
"That's interesting. Why is that?"
Ferb didn't say anything.
After a while, they finished building the device.
"Nice job everyone," Phineas complimented. "It came out perfectly. Who wants to go first?"
"I think our guest should go first," Isabella suggested.
Carl was shocked by that suggestion. He wanted to say no, but he didn't want to look suspicious. He stepped into the tiny capsule.
Carl did his best to keep still, but he was so nervous that he was shaking and shivering.
"Okay, Ferb, let's see what we can do about that pesky gravitational pull," he heard Phineas say.
Carl heard the machine boot up. He shook even more as he felt an electrical shock spread throughout his body.
He was then launched out of a small hatch. He flew a few feet into the air. He expected himself to fall to the ground, but he didn't. He just floated there.
"Whoa, whoa, what's happening?!" he shouted.
"Don't worry," Phineas assured. "It only lasts fifteen minutes. Looks fun, though, doesn't it?"
One at a time, the other kids entered the capsule. They were all launched into the air. They all laughed and cheered in excitement, then they all flew around like they were superheroes.
"So what exactly is the ulterior motive behind all this?" Carl asked.
"'Ulterior'?" Phineas reacted, as if Carl asked if he robbed a bank. "This is just for fun."
Phineas threw a frisbee towards Carl. He caught it, though it did send him flying back a bit.
Carl took a moment to truly process what was happening. He looked down at the ground below him. He realized that all summer, he only focused on getting his work done, that he never really took a moment to have a little fun.
Well, since he was here, he was gonna make the most of it.
"Guys, wait for me!" he shouted as he tossed the frisbee.
Play "When You Levitate"
Ferb filled a bucket with water and released it. Carl took cover, expecting to be sprayed.
But the water didn't spray him. It just floated there, just like he did.
Ferb handed Carl a straw so he could drink it.
Gravity's not so much a law, as just a mere suggestion
Whether or not you're gonna follow it is up to your discretion
The kids held hands and formed a circle. Carl flew through it. The kids then curled into fetal positions and did backflips.
So if you wanna get above the trees
Get ready for some Zero-Gs
Phineas and Ferb formed a ring. Isabella, Buford and Baljeet all flew through it.
Get in line because you know that there's no way
When you levitate
Ferb sat on a unicycle and held a balance beam. Phineas and Isabella balanced themselves on the beam. Carl, Buford, and Baljeet applauded.
When you levitate
Phineas tried to spray some cheddar into his mouth. The spray just caused him to fly a few feet away. Ferb swam and got the cheese in his mouth before Phineas had the chance.
I said when you levitate
The kids then balanced on top of each other.
When you levitate
End "When You Levitate"
Having not heard from him in a while, Monogram tried to call Carl.
"Carl, status update?" he said.
"Sir, I…" Carl was about to say.
Before Carl could say anymore, something cut him off. Monogram could hear Carl screaming.
"Oh no, they must be torturing that poor kid," he assumed. "Don't worry, unpaid intern. Help is on the way."
Monogram pushed the emergency button to call in the FBI.
Doof just finished building his Anti-Gravity Evil Launchinator. Norm helped him move it outside so the sun could power it up.
That's when a cop showed up.
"How many times do I have to tell you, no parking in a loading zone?" he asked.
"This isn't a vehicle," Doof argued. "It's an evil device."
"Yeah, I get that a lot."
The cop gave Doof a ticket.
Before Doof knew it, his evil inator was being towed.
Carl wished he could fly a little longer, but the zero-gravity effect finally wore off. He slowly floated down to the ground. The others came down not long after.
"That was so much fun!" Carl shouted. "I wish we could've flown a little longer!"
That's when someone cleared their throat. Carl turned and saw Monogram dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, brown pants, and black boots.
"Who's that?" Phineas asked.
"Hello… son," Monogram greeted.
"Hey, Carl's dad," the kids replied.
"Hello, children. Carl, your mother and I were worried when you didn't come home. Are you in trouble?"
"No… Dad, I was just playing with my new friends," Carl replied, before whispering so only Monogram could hear. "Sir, situation neutralized."
Monogram quickly picked up his phone and dialed a number.
"Abort mission," he whispered.
The FBI vans and helicopters that were surrounding the house quickly scattered.
"Well… son, it's time to go home," Monogram said.
"No, please sir," Carl genuinely pleaded. "Can't I stay for five more minutes?"
"No, no. Your… mom is making dinner."
With that Monogram took Carl 'home'.
"Bye, Carl," said Phineas. "Hope to see you again."
Doof was still running after the tow truck. He was running out of breath.
That's when he noticed something in a backyard which looked exactly like his Evil Launchinator.
"What are the odds?" he remarked before calling Norm. "Norm, come here immediately!"
It didn't take long for Norm to show up. He used his retractable arms to reach out and grab the device.
"Wow, I never knew you could do that," said Doof.
"Did you know I could also do this?" Norm asked as he converted into a truck.
"Wow, I should really read your instruction book."
"Yes, yes you should."
Doof got in the driver's seat and drove off.
Unfortunately, he didn't make it very far. A cop pulled him over for driving a robot with more than two axles without a license.
"Curse you, motor vehicle laws!" Doof yelled as Norm was towed away.
"I'm really proud of you, Carl," said Monogram. "But my feelings for you can best be expressed in your evaluation."
Monogram showed Carl an updated evaluation. Now, Carl had gold stars for everything, including initiative.
That's when Perry burst in wearing a spacesuit.
"Oh, there you are, Agent P," said Monogram. "Sorry about that wild goose chase. You were just too close to this case, but don't feel bad. No one could ever find Agent G. He's been missing for far too long."
Perry revealed Agent G wearing a flower necklace. He seemed just as disappointed as Perry was.
"What?" Monogram reacted, shocked. "Agent G, on an extremely extended vacation? Well, Agent P deserves a vacation more than you do, but evil never rests, so we'll see you tomorrow."
Perry just stood there, beyond disappointed.
Why am I still here? he asked himself.
The devil and angel appeared on his shoulders.
"Yeah, why are you still here?" asked the devil.
"You heard what Monogram said, Perry," the angel argued. "Evil never rests."
Perry sighed. I hate it when you're right.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 49: Brain Drain
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 49
Brain Drain
Phineas and Ferb got a surprise case of the cold.
"Okay, boys," said Linda. "I'm off to the store to get as much 'Mucus Be Gone' as I can. Are you sure you'll be okay?"
"No worries, Mom," Phineas assured. "We'll be perfectly fine."
"Alright, bye."
The moment Linda left the room, Candace came in.
"Oh, you guys really are sick," she realized, a bit concerned.
"You know us," Phineas replied before sneezing. "Nothing can keep us down."
Candace suddenly got excited. "That's great! You guys are completely incapacitated! I have the whole day to myself! I could spend all day on my scrapbook, or I can go to the mall and watch Jeremy working from my hiding place! This is gonna be the best sick day ever, for me!"
Candace slammed the door.
"Best sick day ever, huh?" Phineas thought before coughing. "Alright, Ferb, implement our sick day video game backup system."
Ferb pushed a button, bringing down a large screen. They started an online call with the gang.
Isabella showed up first.
"Hey guys," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"You too, huh?" Phineas remarked.
"Where's everybody else?"
As if to answer her question, Buford, Baljeet, and Django all appeared.
"Here we are," they all said in unison.
Everyone except Buford started coughing and sneezing.
"So everyone's sick in bed today?" asked Phineas.
"Nah, I'm just lazy," Buford replied.
"Cool… I think. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry put on a face mask before walking past the door to Phineas and Ferb's room.
He then entered his lair through the nearby hatch.
"Agent P, I didn't know you were a germaphobe," Monogram remarked. "Carl is afraid of germs too."
"It's not the germs, sir," Carl corrected. "It's the garlic smell."
Perry took off his mask.
"Anyway, Doofenshmirtz has been seen racking up huge bills in Brain Bath & Beyond, the area's largest big-box mind-control store," Monogram explained. "Get to the bottom of it. Monogram out."
Perry saluted, got in his car, and flew off.
It didn't take long for Perry to enter Doof's apartment.
"Perry the Platypus, I've been expecting you," came Doof's voice. "Go ahead, sit down."
Perry found a nearby chair and sat down. He knew he was gonna be strapped, but he was used to it.
Doof swung by and put a helmet on Perry. Before he knew it, he was sitting completely still.
Okay, didn't see that coming, he thought.
"So, what do you think of my Devolitionator?" Doof asked before showing a remote. "You see, volition is our ability to choose what you're gonna do, but this allows me to take over your volition and control what you do. Watch."
Doof pushed a button, and Perry stood up. He then had Perry walk out of the apartment.
"Let's see what this baby can do," said Doof. "And let's make it snappy. I gotta pick up my daughter by five. You remember Vanessa, right? You blew me up at her birthday party."
"Alright, who wants to go first?" Phineas asked.
Everyone raised their hands.
"Well, let's let the computer decide," said Phineas.
The computer chose Buford and Baljeet.
"I'm fighting a nerd?" said Buford. "This will be easy."
Buford and Baljeet's avatars appeared on screen. Buford gave Baljeet a wedgie, draining most of his health. Unfortunately for Buford, Baljeet made an algebra equation appear on screen. Baljeet solved the equation with no problem. The resulting number just so happened to be Buford's amount of HP, causing his health to drain all the way to zero.
"Baljeet wins!" the announcer shouted.
"In your face, Buford," Isabella teased.
Doofenshmirtz's Ex-Wife's Sports Sedan
"Thanks for driving me to the scrapyard invasion party, Mom," Vanessa thanked.
"Remember, I won't be able to pick you up afterwards 'cause I'm gonna be getting my nails done," Charlene reminded. "So, I have your dad picking you up."
"Oh, that's cool, if by that you mean completely embarrassing me in front of the only people whose opinions matter to me."
"At least he's trying."
"Yes. Do you remember the last time he picked me up?"
Flashback
Last time Vanessa was picked up from a party, Doof appeared in his underwear riding a tricycle pulling a baby wagon. Clearly Vanessa was supposed to ride the wagon.
Before Vanessa could ask what happened, Doof just said, "Don't ask."
End of Flashback
"Maybe you should let me off here," said Vanessa. "At least I can start the party off with my dignity intact."
"Whoops, too late," Charlene said as she pulled over. "Look, it's those 'only people whose opinions matter'."
Vanessa got out of the car.
"Hey Vanessa," Johnny greeted. "Nice ride."
"Hey Johnny," Vanessa replied, blushing. "Hold onto that thought. My dad's picking me up."
"Have fun at the dump," Charlene said as she drove away. "Watch out for nuclear waste."
The next round was Django vs. Ferb.
"Good luck, Django," said Phineas. "Ferb is an internationally ranked video game wizard."
"Don't listen to him," Ferb said as if he didn't have a 'world champion' trophy right next to him.
The round began. Ferb and Django's avatars appeared on screen.
Django summoned a paintbrush and fired thinner in Ferb's direction. Ferb melted on the spot.
"Django wins!" said the announcer.
"Ferb, did you let yourself lose to spite Phineas?" asked Django.
"I would never do that," Ferb lied.
Phineas saw Ferb was reading a book while letting this little bird toy peck at the controller.
Vanessa looked around the junkyard. Multiple goth guys, gals, and non-binary pals around her age were partying like there was no tomorrow.
"Look at all the freaks," she remarked.
"Yep, these people are our type," Johnny added. "And we're even on the internet."
Johnny showed Vanessa his phone. There were recordings showcasing every angle of the place, including the bathroom.
"Baljeet and Django won their matches," said Phineas. "Who am I gonna fight?"
As if to answer, the game pitted Phineas against Isabella.
"I'm warning you, Isabella," Phineas teased. "I'm not gonna go easy on you just because you're a girl."
Isabella chuckled. "I wasn't expecting you to."
The battle began. The avatars appeared on screen.
Isabella summoned her sash and tried to whip Phineas. He summoned a shield and blocked the attack. He then fired a raygun, only for Isabella to dodge it.
Everyone else was on the edge of their beds as they anticipated who would win.
Once they were outside, Doof started making Perry skip, then slap himself. He took great pride knowing he finally took control of Perry.
"I can make you do anything!" he cheered.
He then noticed a piece of gum on the sidewalk. This gave him an idea. He made Perry pick up the gum, then move it towards his mouth.
Right as Perry was about to eat the gum, Doof stopped him.
"You were so close," he teased. "Now put that down and do it again."
Vanessa was enjoying herself when her phone rang. She answered.
"Hey, Dad," she greeted.
"Vanessa, Perry the Platypus ate gum off the sidewalk!" Doof yelled.
Vanessa sighed. "Did you call me just to tell me that?"
"No, I also wanted to remind you that I'll be picking you and your Visigoth friends up after the party."
"Dad, it's goths, not Visigoths, and they're punks! Get it right for once!"
Vanessa hung up.
Doof turned to the Visigoth he hired.
"Sorry," he apologized. "Apparently they're goths, not Visigoths, and you're not gonna impress the punks."
The Visigoth walked away, upset.
Doof then turned to Perry. "You see, this is what it's like having a teenage daughter. You're never cool enough. Anyway…"
Doof went back to making Perry hit himself.
Later, Doof was riding a shopping cart, and making Perry push it.
"I bet you're feeling so evil right now, aren't you?" he teased.
Worst, day, EVER! Perry thought.
Doof checked his watch. It was almost five. He had Perry direct him to the scrapyard, which luckily wasn't very far away
Perry carried Doof into the junkyard. One of the goths saw them.
"Sweet ride, dude," they complimented.
"Thanks," Doof replied.
He then realized that the remote was almost out of battery. He had Perry pause the cart, then he found a nearby TV screen. He plugged one of the cables into the remote to charge it. An electric shock made him drop the remote.
Doof noticed that a signal was being sent somewhere. He didn't know where, but he didn't care.
It's been hours, but neither Phineas or Isabella managed to land a single hit on each other. The others were starting to get bored.
That's when the screen went static.
"Aw man," everyone whined.
The static then faded to show Perry on screen wearing a strange helmet.
"Oh, a secret Perry level," said Phineas. "Nice graphics."
"Okay, Perry the Platypus, all charged up and ready to go," came a man in a lab coat. He pushed a button, but nothing happened. "What's wrong with this thing now?"
Phineas pushed a button on his controller. Perry's arm moved.
"I didn't do that," said the pharmacist.
It took Phineas a second to realize that he did that. He pushed another button, and Perry's arm moved again.
"Hmm, it seems I can only control Perry's left arm," he said.
"Let me try," said Isabella.
Perry's left leg started moving.
Buford controlled Perry's right arm.
Baljeet controlled Perry's right leg.
Ferb could move Perry back and forth.
Django could make Perry jump.
"What is the goal of this game?" asked Baljeet.
"Maybe it's to beat that old pharmacist," Buford said, noticing the pharmacist attacking Perry.
"Cool, this must be the boss level," said Phineas. "Alright, we'll work as a team on this one."
Together, the kids made Perry jump and kick the pharmacist.
"Perry the Platypus, what's gotten into you?" asked Doof.
Doof ran off. Perry went after him.
They both climbed on top of a mountain of scrap metal.
Doof tried to hit Perry with an umbrella. Perry grabbed the umbrella, and hit Doof in the head.
He tumbled down the mountain.
"We won, gang!" Phineas cheered. "And if I may be so bold, I claim the right to throw Perry's hat in the air."
Phineas made Perry throw off his helmet. It hit the screen. It went static.
"Huh, game over I guess," Phineas assumed.
Doof plummeted down the hill. His hands ended up in a bucket full of glue. He ended up at the DJ table.
Doof tried to get up. Because of the glue, his hands stuck to the records.
Doof saw Vanessa in the crowd. She was shocked to see him there.
"Hey," he greeted nervously.
Perry saw it all from the top of the hill. He felt a sense of satisfaction seeing Doof get his just desserts.
Well, see you tomorrow, Doofus, he thought as he was about to leave.
The angel appeared on his shoulder.
"But what about Vanessa?" he asked.
Perry turned back and saw how embarrassed Vanessa was. He felt guilty and decided to do something about it.
"Dad, why?" Vanessa sighed.
Doof noticed Perry sitting under the table. He leaned down.
"Perry the Platypus, what are you…?" he was about to ask.
Before he could finish, Perry put the helmet on Doof's head. Before he knew it, he was turning the tables.
"Dad, what are you doing?" asked Vanessa.
Play "There's A Platypus Controlling Me"
Doof:
Well I'll be honest, I don't really understand
But I fell down this hill, now I got glue on my hands
And I got records on my fingers
Crowd:
What?
Doof:
Records on my fingers
I got records on my fingers and I just can't stop
Crowd:
Don't stop, don't stop
Doof:
Well, I would if I was able
There's a platypus controlling me
Crowd:
What?
Doof:
Now let me sum it up
It was a strange set of circumstances
Crowd:
Strange set of circumstances
Doof:
I fell down the hill and I got clue on my hands
Now I've got records on my fingers and I just can't stop
Crowd:
Don't stop, don't stop
Doof:
Well, I would if I was able
There's a platypus controlling me
He's underneath the table
Crowd:
There's a platypus controlling him
"Oh, I get it," said one person. "Platypus is a metaphor for what's keeping you down."
Like corporations are a platypus
The government's a platypus
Your teacher is a platypus
"My teacher is a panda," another butted in.
The society's a platypus
My parents are a platypus
The media is a platypus
It's all just propaganda
We all got a platypus controlling us
Vanessa noticed that the crowd was having a good time.
Doof:
I'm not speaking metaphorically
He's underneath the table
Doof looked down to see Perry wasn't there controlling the remote, meaning he was controlling the records on his own.
Hey, there's no platypus controlling me
There's no platypus controlling me
End "There's A Platypus Controlling Me"
"Wow, your dad's kinda cool," Johnny complimented.
"You're my punk-rock boyfriend," Vanessa retorted. "It doesn't matter that you think he's cool. It only matters that I think he's cool."
Vanessa approached Doof and kissed him on the cheek.
"She thinks I'm cool!" Doof cheered.
"Well, it looks like all our fevers are broken," Phineas said before he heard Buford groaning. "Well, except for Buford. How ironic."
That's when Perry showed up.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," he said. "Just in time for your walk."
Perry chattered.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 50: Across the Second Dimension (50th-Episode Special)
Notes:
Well, after half-a-year, we're three chapters away from the halfway point of what may just be my biggest fanfiction ever.
Like I promised Kilonicycle68 over on FFN all the way back in the Chapter 5 notes, I am adapting the first Phineas and Ferb movie, Across the Second Dimension.
I know that canonically, Second Dimension takes place sometime around Season 3, or at least, that's what I assume because it was made around the time Season 3 was being aired, but I think this movie fits more as a 50th-episode special.
Enjoy.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play "Kick it Up a Notch"
Slash plugs in his electric guitar and starts playing music. Phineas, Ferb, Perry, and the gang are all on stage with him, playing in front of a live audience.
Phineas:
If you're looking for fun, baby we're a shoo-in
But we're a little young to be doing what we're doin', yeah
We can do anything, we can go anywhere
We've got our pockets full of rockets, and we're loaded for bear, oh yeah
Not talking about a mundane day of the week
This ain't double dutch, kick the can, hide and seek, or hopscotch
So get yourself a platypus and a dean guitar
'Cause if you think this summer's been great so far, just watch
We'll kick it up a notch
It's just what we're gonna do
Take it up a level or two
Yeah, I know where we're gonna go
'Cause everybody knows summer rocks, but now we're ready to roll
Summertime and the sky is blue
We can do anything we set our minds to
We've got heads full of dreams and sneakers full of feet
The world is our oyster and life is tasting sweet
We're taking off like we're in a supersonic jet
But if you think we've gone about as high as we cna get, just watch
We're gonna kick it up a notch
Oh man, you know it's true
We're gonna push on through
We're not content to go with the flow
'Cause everybody knows summer rocks, but now we're ready to roll
"Alright, Slash, let's roll!" Phineas shouted.
Slash does a big guitar solo.
Doof (Phineas):
(Kick it up a notch) Yeah, cranking up the evil
(Kick it up a notch) I'll cause political upheaval
(Kick it up a notch) Yeah, I'm gonna get medieval on you
Phineas:
Yeah, this is our debut
Can't wait to read the review
Yeah, I can feel it down in my soul
'Cause everybody knows summer rocks, but now we're ready to roll
It's just what we're gonna do
Take it up a level or two
Yeah, I know where we're gonna go
'Cause everybody knows summer rocks, but now we're ready to roll
Oh man, you know it's true
We're gonna push on through
Not gonna go with the flow
'Cause everybody knows summer rocks, but now we're ready to roll
Candace steps on stage.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making an epic 50th-episode special!" she shouts.
"Yeah we are!" Phineas replies. "And what are you gonna do about it?"
Phineas makes one final swish on the guitar, ending the song.
End "Kick it Up a Notch"
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 50
Across the Second Dimension
Phineas and Ferb were asleep in their beds.
The clock struck 7:00. A mechanical hand stretched out of the clock and tapped Perry's back. He woke up with a chatter.
That chatter woke up Phineas and Ferb.
"Good morning, Perry," Phineas smiled. "Now that's a way to wake up. This is gonna be the best day ever."
Play "Everything's Better With Perry"
Phineas and Ferb jumped on the bed, making Perry bounce with them.
We consider every day a plus to spend it with a platypus
We're always so ecstatic 'cause he's semi-aquatic
The boys got out of their pajamas and put on their regular clothes.
Our ornithorhynchus anatinus brings smiles to the both of us
Life's never fuddy-duddy with our web-footed buddy
The boys did every one of their morning tasks, and they made sure Perry didn't miss any of them.
When we're brushing our teeth, it's better
Tying our shoes, it's better
Combing our hair, it's better
Like we're a cheese sandwich and he's the cheddar
Blinking our eyes, it's better
Breathing in and out, it's better
Sitting in a chair, it's better
And taking a bath, just a little bit wetter
Every day is such a dream when it's started with a monotreme
He's duck-billed and he's beaver-tailed and hairy
You know that he's hairy
Perry did his signature chatter. Phineas and Ferb did their best to copy it.
Everything's better with Perry
Phineas and Ferb tossed popcorn into each other's mouths. They then tried to toss popcorn into Perry's mouth, but he wouldn't open it.
Everything's better with Perry
Ferb used Perry as a golf club. He hit the ball, and it landed in the cup.
It's better and we just want to tell you, Perry
Ferb slid down the stairs. Phineas let Perry slide down before he slid himself.
Everything's better with you
End "Everything's Better With Perry"
Phineas and Ferb let Perry lay on top of them.
"Good morning, boys," said Lawrence. "And happy anniversary, Perry."
"Oh, that's right," Phineas realized. "I can't believe it's already been five years. I remember the day we first got you."
Flashback
Five years ago, the Flynn-Fletcher family went to the local pet store.
"Pick out whichever one you want," said Lawrence.
Phineas saw a cat looking at him.
Ferb saw a dog looking at him.
Candace looked at some of the fish. The moment she got close, they swam the other way.
"Why won't any of them look at me?" she asked.
Phineas and Ferb noticed one animal that stood out from the rest. Not only did it have a beaver tail and a duck bill, but it had teal fur, and its eyes were positioned in a way where it could look at Phineas and Ferb at the same time.
"That thing?" Candace reacted. "You're kidding, right?"
The runner of the shop approached the family.
"Is there something I can do for you?" she asked.
"Yes, we'd like that one please," Lawrence replied, pointing at Perry.
"You'd like to adopt a platypus?"
"Is that what it is? Well, yes."
"What would you even name a platypus?" asked Candace.
Of course, the boys knew the perfect name for a platypus. "Perry."
End of Flashback
"And when we got home, we made you this locket," Phineas finished.
He showed the locket, which was buried deep in Perry's fur. The locket opened to reveal three pictures. One of Perry, one of Phineas, and one of Ferb.
Candace was in her room talking to Jeremy on the phone.
"Hey Jeremy, wanna go to the mall with me?" she asked.
"I'd love to," Jeremy replied. "But my dad is taking me to his old college. He's already set up an interview with an academic advisor. Can you believe that?"
Candace blushed in embarrassment. "Gee, I forgot you're a whole year older than me. A trip to college? Sounds great. Talk to you later. Bye."
Candace hung up. She picked up a teddy bear with a picture of Jeremy taped onto it.
"Oh, Jeremy, in the blink of an eye, you'll be moving onto the next phase of your life," she said to it. "You'll be going to college, and wearing tweed jackets with patches on the elbows. You'll be so mature, and look at me, I'm a child. Jeremy, you'll see, I can mature."
She started by taking the photo off, revealing the torn-up face of her teddy bear, Mr. Miggins.
Ferb made sure Perry was in the proper position. He then set a ball on Perry's tail.
Phineas was at home base, bat in hand.
"Alright, looks like the pitcher's ready, and batter up!" he announced.
Ferb tickled Perry. His tail flicked like a catapult, launching the ball towards Phineas. Phineas prepared himself, swung the bat, and hit the ball.
"Yes, sports fans!" he went on. "That may be the best hit ever in the history of platypult baseball, and the crowd exhales loudly through their mouths!"
Phineas started imitating a crowd cheering.
Ferb used his baseball gun to summon the ball back to him.
"And Fletcher snags the pop fly," Phineas continued. "He's out!"
That's when Isabella came in.
"Hey Phineas, whatcha doin?" she greeted.
"Turning Perry's involuntary reflex into a sporting event," Phineas replied.
"Cool. Can I try?"
Isabella tickled Perry, making him flick his tail and sent the ball flying over the fence.
"Nice shot, Isabella," Phineas complimented, trying and failing to not blush.
Then Buford, Baljeet, and Django came in with the ball.
"Did someone lose a ball?" Baljeet asked.
"Yeah, we were just playing platypult," Phineas replied.
"Oh, I love platypus-themed sports."
"You know, if we had two Perrys, we could put a net between them and play platypult badminton." Phineas got excited about that idea. "That's it! I know what we're gonna do today!"
It didn't take long for the gang to build two giant Perrys.
"Let's check with the foreman," Phineas said
He turned to where Perry should've been. He was gone.
A long time ago, Phineas would've brushed it off, knowing Perry always came back, but there was always the tiny little thought in his head that feared Perry would never return. It got a bit bigger every day, especially the day Perry disappeared a lot sooner than he should've, and didn't come home until they sang about how much they loved him.
"So, he really slipped away, on his anniversary?" he asked, fighting tears. "Sometimes it seems Perry's missed every single cool thing we've done all summer long. I mean, if I didn't know better, I'd assume he…"
Before Phineas could finish that thought, he heard a small noise. He snapped out of his thoughts to inspect what could've caused it.
Once Perry was sure no one would see him, he snuck inside the house. He went to the living room and pushed a button.
The mirror above the couch raised to reveal a small hatch. Perry jumped inside and slid down the chute.
He passed by Pinky the Puppy along the way. Perry saluted him before he finished his descent.
With that, Perry reached his lair.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Quick word, recently you've been having some close calls and your host family has almost caught you sneaking into your lair several times. There's no need to remind you, but I'll do it anyway, that if your cover is blown, you'll have to be transferred to another city with another host family, and we both know you wouldn't like that. I remember the day you were first assigned."
Flashback
The moment the Flynn-Fletcher family left the store, the woman took off her mask to reveal she was actually a thirteen-year-old Carl.
"Agent assignment complete, sir," he said.
"Good job, Carl," Monogram complimented. "If you keep up the good work, you'll make unpaid intern in no time."
End of Flashback
"And I did," Carl butted in.
"Don't get cocky, Carl," Monogram warned before turning back to Perry. "Agent P, as you know, every operative is equipped with an autoscan replication device just like the one in your hat. We've been using this information to replicate each and every one of Doctor Doofenshmirtz's inators. Our top men have been analyzing them to determine if they've been getting smarter or dumber, and to be honest, the jury's still out. Now we find out he's in the process of building an alternate-dimension-related inator. Your assignment is to stop him before he can finish it. Behind you, rising dramatically from the floor, is Carl with some high-tech gadgets that you might find useful."
Perry turned around. The floor opened. Out came a bunch of gadgets, but no Carl.
"Uh, sir, I didn't step onto the platform on time," came Carl's voice.
"Great, let me cue the music again," Monogram said as he lowered the platform.
When the platform came up again, Carl was there. He showed off each and every gadget.
"Well, obviously, this first item is our new wrist communicator," he started, showing the watch. "It has many applications that will help you in the field. For example, a powerful directional electromagnet. It will draw any metal object to you."
To prove his point, Carl activated the device. His glasses stuck to it, and they weren't even metal. They were aluminum.
"Quit goofing around, Carl," said Monogram. "Show him the hologram."
Once Carl got his glasses back on, he pushed another button. A hologram of Doof appeared.
"With this device, you can contact me anywhere at any time," Monogram explained. "But don't call between 3:30 and 4:00. That's when I take a shower."
Carl shut off the hologram before Monogram could be mesmerized by his digital image that was still on the big screen. He then finished by showing off a button that can give enemies an ice cream headache.
Stacy went into Candace's room to see she was emptying her shelves.
"What are you doing?" she asked, confused and concerned.
"Stacy, Jeremy's going to college soon, and here I am, concerned with busting my brother's to my mommy and living in this nursery," Candace explained. "I have a unicorn in my room! A unicorn! It's like I'm still six, when I'm a year away from turning sixteen."
"Wow, bold move."
"Yep. Goodbye childhood folly, hello carefree undemanding adult life."
That's when Linda came in.
"Yeah, good luck with that," she teased before getting serious. "Your father and I are going to the movies. You're in charge while we're gone."
"Okay," Candace replied before turning to Stacy. "And you know, I'm also thinking about giving up on busting my brothers."
"The irony is," Stacy pointed out. "As a grown-up, you don't need to tell your mom. You can just bust them yourself."
Candace really liked that idea, and she berated herself in her head for not coming up with that idea on her own.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
"Now, Perry the Platypus," Doof said to a fake Perry. "Quake in terror as I punch a hole to another dimension. Behold, the Other-Dimensionator!"
"Sir, I finished the buffet," Norm interrupted.
Doof sighed in disappointment. "For crying out loud, Norm, I was in the zone!"
That's when Vanessa came in.
"Yeah, Norm," she said sarcastically. "Don't interrupt Dad when he's playing with his doll."
"It's not a doll, it's a stand-in," Doof corrected. "Pretendy the Practicepus."
"You're not normal, Dad."
"Thank you, Vanessa. You're so sweet. See what I did there? I twisted your insult and took it as a compliment. Maddening, isn't it?"
Vanessa walked out. "I'm out of here."
"Tell your mother you had fun today!"
Phineas and Ferb buckled themselves into the giant shuttlecock.
"Alright, we're ready!" Phineas told Isabella and Django. "Prepare to launch on my mark! T-minus 30 and counting!"
As Phineas counted down, Isabella turned the crank while Django made sure everything was steady.
Carl showed the last of the new gadgets. A brand new rocket car.
"Good luck, Agent P," he said as Perry got in the cockpit.
"Carl, did you tell him the accelerator's a little touchy?" Monogram asked.
The car launched into the air at a very fast speed.
"I think he knows, sir," Carl replied.
Phineas finished the countdown. Isabella pushed the 'involuntary reflex' button.
The shuttlecock launched into the air. The platypult rolled out of the backyard.
That's when Candace and Stacy came out.
"Phineas and Ferb, you are so busted!" Candace shouted, only to see there were no boys or invention. "Oh my gosh, where'd it go?" She noticed Isabella and Django were still there. "You there, small children, where's the big contraption?!"
"I don't know," Isabella replied. "It was here just a moment ago."
"It disappeared?" Candace turned to Stacy. "Stacy, do you realize what this means?"
"We're done?" Stacy guessed, hoping it'd be true.
"No, some kind of mysterious force always takes away Phineas and Ferb's inventions before Mom shows up. This time, it took away their invention before I showed up! The mysterious force recognizes that I'm now grown up!"
Stacy was dumbfounded by the very idea. "Mysterious force, really?"
Play "Mysterious Force"
Candace:
Let me explain, though it might seem strange to you
So please refrain from thinking that of me
It gives me pain when I see what my brothers do
But no one else can ever see
I just want the truth known, so I call Mom on the phone
But by the time she gets here, the whole thing disappears
Whatever they build every day, it gets taken away
No one sees it of course, it's a mysterious force
To my mother, every story's preposterous
Never believes no matter what I do
But though I'm right and she's wrong, I must confess
I probably think I'm crazy too
Stacy didn't want to admit it at first, but Candace's song was catchy.
Candace and Stacy:
I just want the truth known, so I call Mom on the phone
But by the time she gets here, the whole thing disappears
Whatever they build every day, it gets taken away
By some mysterious force, no one sees it of course
It's a mysterious force
It's a mysterious force
It's a mysterious force
It's a mysterious force
End "Mysterious Force"
"As much as I love the song, I'm still not buying it," Stacy said bluntly. "I am a woman of science, at least that's what my horoscope said."
"Well, I'm gonna prove it to you and bust my brothers at the same time," Candace said before turning to the kids. "Where are my brothers?"
"We just launched them towards the park," Django explained. "Buford and Baljeet are there with the other platypult."
"Well, as the adult, I decree we're going to the park. Anyone need to go potty first?"
Stacy raised her hand.
Phineas and Ferb were heading towards the park, but something hit their shuttlecock. They ended up flying towards a strange building which looked vaguely like Ferb's head.
Doof tested the Other Dimensionator. Nothing happened.
"Wait, I just built it," he said. "It can't already be broken."
That's when something crashed into the inator, shattering it.
Doof sighed. "I stand corrected. Alright, what's with the giant shuttlecock?"
Two boys climbed out of the shuttlecock. One had a triangle head, and the other had a rectangle head.
"We're sorry, sir," said the first boy. "We didn't mean for this to happen. One minute we were innocently launching ourselves across the Tri-State Area, the next, we're knocked off course into your deluxe apartment in the sky."
"Well, you completely totaled my Other-Dimensionator," said Doof.
"An Other-Dimensionator? What does it do?"
"Well, at the moment, it apparently just stops giant shuttlecocks, but it's supposed to let me travel to other dimensions."
"That's cool. I'm Phineas and this is my brother, Ferb."
"I'm Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, but my friends call me…" Doof sighed. "I just got in such a funk."
"Ferb is naturally handy with tools. I bet we could put this thing back together in no time."
"What the heck. Before we start, I have this whole buffet set up. I was expecting someone else, but they seem to be running late."
Meanwhile, Perry crashed into the park. He didn't see what hit him, but whatever it was, it resulted in him landing in the park.
Luckily, he was able to call in a tow truck with a rocket car winch.
Phineas and Ferb were almost done rebuilding the inator.
"Was this working before?" asked Phineas.
"Well, if by working you mean functioning properly, then no," Doof replied.
"Well, I think I see your problem. Everything's wired through this self-destruct button. Do you even need that?"
"Well, of course I…" Doof quickly realized Phineas had a point. "Wait, you're right. I don't need that."
"So Ferb has rigged up this remote control, so if we get separated from the portal, we can open another one."
Ferb showed the remote.
"Alright, we just need to add one more part," said Phineas. "Alright, Ferb, boost me up."
Perry flew into the apartment.
Perry
He was about to attack Doof, but he saw that Phineas and Ferb were there.
Oh no, it's Phineas and Ferb
He quickly took off his hat and assumed his regular position before Phineas could see him.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," he said.
"Perry?" Doof reacted.
"Yeah, he's our pet platypus."
Doof remembered when he was at the yard sale with Linda, and she mentioned having a pet platypus named Perry, which happened to be the name of his own nemesis, and now this platypus happens to be named Perry as well.
"Is every platypus named Perry?" he asked.
"In a perfect world, yes," Phineas replied.
"Well, he's a cute little fellow."
Doof tried to pet Perry, but Perry bit him.
"Perry no," Phineas scolded, pulling Perry away. "Sorry, Doctor D."
"It's alright," Doof replied. "Platypuses don't typically like me."
Phineas turned back to Perry. "Well, Perry, you're just in time to see us open a portal to another dimension."
Once again, Phineas tried to insert the part, but Perry grabbed it. He then ran under the buffet table.
Phineas pulled Perry out from under the table and forced him to let go of the part.
"Perry, this is not Tug-of-War," he said. "What's gotten into you?"
Perry hallucinated Monogram's floating head reminding him, "Remember, if your cover is blown, you'll never see the boys again."
"Hey, does anyone hear someone talking?" asked Doof.
Perry realized it wasn't a hallucination, but a hologram from his watch. He covered it before anyone could realize where the voice was coming from.
Desperate, Perry noticed the couch. He knew what he was about to do was really stupid, but he couldn't think of anything better to come up with.
He got on the couch, braced himself, and let it all out.
Phineas and Ferb saw what he was doing.
"Perry, no!" Phineas yelled. "Not on the sofa!"
Ferb picked up Perry.
"I'm sorry, Doctor D," Phineas apologized. "We should've taken him out."
"No, it's okay," Doof said, flipping the cushion over. "I was planning to replace this couch anyway. Now, come on. Let's light this pop stand, or however it goes."
Doof picked up Phineas so he could insert the part. Ferb held Perry to make sure he couldn't do anything.
Once the part was inserted, Doof started to feel weird.
"This is usually the part where I'm thwarted," he said before brushing it off. "Well, I guess he's not coming." Doof pushed a button, activating the inator. "Behold, the mind-blowing first images from beyond our dimensional reality!"
It took a few seconds, but the portal opened to reveal…
A fancy red and black couch.
"That's a bit anticlimactic," he remarked, before remembering his own old, pee-stained couch. "Hey, I got an idea. Let's swap my couch for that one."
Doof walked through the portal. He grabbed one end of the couch and dragged it.
"Are you boys gonna help me or what?" he asked.
He noticed that the boys seemed fixated on something else. They walked through the portal and walked towards whatever they were fixated on.
Doof went back to carrying the couch through the portal when he heard someone clear their throat. He turned and saw a man that bore a striking resemblance to Monogram sitting at a desk, glaring at him.
Before either of them could say anything, Phineas called, "Doctor D, come look at this!"
Doof found the boys standing on a balcony. They were both looking at something.
"You're famous here," said Phineas.
Doof looked around. Phineas wasn't kidding. At every corner, there were pictures and statues of him, and signs with his name on them. There were even public transportation vehicles with his face on the front.
There was a blimp that read, 'Heinz Doofenshmirtz: Your Leader'.
"This is amazing!" Doof cheered. "A world where I'm already in charge! Hold on, I gotta go check something out."
Doof returned to the man that looked like Monogram.
"Yoo-hoo!" he called.
"Is this some kind of test?" the man asked in Monogram's voice. "Is that really you, sir?"
Doof laughed. "Holy boy! Even the great Francis Monogram is my slave in this universe!"
"I'd prefer the term, 'indentured executive assistant'."
"Well, I want to meet this other me."
"Oh, you're from another dimension? Well, he'll probably want to see you then. He's into all that freaky stuff. Have a seat and let him know you're on your way up."
A small seat appeared. Doof sat in it and grabbed onto the handles. The seat moved forward very quickly.
The ride wasn't very long. Doof reached the end in less than five seconds.
"That was fun!" he cheered.
Doof found himself sitting in front of a desk. The man sitting in front of it turned around to reveal a man who looked just like Doof. The only differences were he wore a black suit with gray gloves, he had an eyepatch (and a scar that went over it), and a goatee.
The moment the two laid eyes on each other, they looked at each other suspiciously.
"Do I know you?" asked the second Doof.
"Yeah, I'm you from another dimension," the first Doof replied.
"Well, that would explain the handsomeness."
"Right back at you, big guy."
"Does this mean you and I are exactly alike?"
"I suppose so."
Play "Brand New Best Friend"
Doof-2 offered a bowl of pudding.
Doof-2:
Do you want some rice pudding?
Doof:
No, that's gross
Doof-2:
That was a test
Doof-2 smacked the bowl of pudding off the desk, before replacing it with something better.
Almond brittle?
Doof:
Ooh, I love it the most
Do you collect coins?
Doof-2 showed a jar full of coins.
Doof-2:
Yeah, just in case
Both:
Vending machines become the dominant race
I've been alone all these years, with my irrational fears
Doof-2:
But not the vending machine thing, that's gonna happen
Both:
But now before me I see, someone with whom I agree
I've found a brand new best friend and it's me
I've found a brand new best friend and it's me
Doof:
Hm, I thought I'd be taller
Doof-2:
I've been told I slouch
Doof:
I thought I'd have both my eyes, y'know
Doof-2 showed a small bag.
Doof-2:
It's in this pouch
Doof was grossed out by what he saw, but he brushed it off.
"You know, it's cool that your scar goes over your eyepatch," he remarked.
"That's what I was intending," said Doof-2.
Doof:
Do Lamas weird you out?
Doof-2:
Yeah, are they camels or sheep?
Doof:
No, no, I meant Lorenzo
He pulled out a picture of Lorenzo Lamas and flipped it around to show Meap.
Both:
He played Meap
Now I know all about you, and you know all about me
Doof-2:
Ooh-wee-ooh
Both:
And now before me I see, someone with whom I agree
I've found a brand new best friend and it's me
I've found a brand new best friend and it's me
Now that I've found you, we can be a duo
Twice the evil, double Doofenshmirtz
Doof:
Coming to you on Fridays
"What's that, are we doing a TV show together?" asked Doof-2.
"It just sort of sounded like that," Doof replied. "Well, I mean, we could. We should!"
"Hmm, maybe we're not so much alike."
"That can be your catchphrase! You're the grumpy one."
"Huh?"
End "Brand New Best Friend"
"Wow, he's done very well for himself," Phineas remarked. "What do you think, Perry?"
Phineas lifted Perry up to show him everything. He didn't show it, but Perry was terrified.
"Hey," Phineas realized. "Where is Doctor D?"
"So, what you're telling me is you're still not the ruler of the Tri-State Area?" asked Doof-2.
"Well, obviously you didn't have to deal with my nemesis, Perry the Platypus," Doof retorted.
"Didn't I? Observe."
Doof-2 opened a hatch to reveal another version of Perry. This Perry was missing a lot of platypus parts, and instead, they were replaced with mechanical parts.
"This is Perry the Platyborg," Doof-2 explained. "He was once my nemesis, but now, he's general of my army!"
"Wow, you're good," Doof remarked.
"Dismissed."
Perry-2 saluted and flew away.
That's when a girl burst into the room. She had long, black hair, and she wore a black dress. Doof could only assume she was this dimension's version of Vanessa.
"Dad, did you outlaw Tony Marzullo?" she asked Doof-2 angrily. "If you keep banishing every boy who shows an interest in me, I'll never have a social life!"
"Done and done," Doof-2 replied nonchalantly.
Vanessa-2 finally noticed the other Doof in the room. "Who are you?"
"Don't mind him. He's just another version of me."
Vanessa-2 rolled her eyes before walking away. "Whatever! I'm heading back to Mom's, and I'm taking the blimp!"
"Okay, tell your mother you had fun!"
That's when Phineas, Perry, and Ferb came in through the same ride Doof went on earlier.
"That was awesome!" Phineas cheered.
"Who is it now?" asked Doof-2. "Remind me to berate my indentured executive assistant."
"It's cool," Doof assured. "They're with me."
Doof-2 aggressively grabbed Doof by the shoulder. "Are you crazy?! That guys a secret agent!"
He pointed at Perry.
"No, he's a platypus," Phineas assured. "They don't do much. I mean, yeah, he does wander off every day, but he always comes back without any injuries, except the one time he did get injured and had to wear a cone for a day, but that's besides the point."
"Do you ever stop to think why he disappears every day? Maybe it's because he doesn't care about you, and is only using you so he has a roof over his head and food on the table when he's not doing his secret agent work."
"Whoa, Perry's not like that!"
Doof-2 could see Phineas sweating a bit. "Well, if you're really THAT sure, let me prove it to you. General Platyborg, come down here at once!"
Perry-2 landed, just barely missing Doof-2's foot.
"See that platypus?" Doof-2 pointed at Perry. "You know what to do."
Perry-2 attacked Perry, sending him flying across the room. Perry just shook it off.
"Perry!" Phineas shouted before angrily turning to the other Perry. "What the hell was that for?!"
Phineas and Ferb quickly made sure Perry wasn't injured in any way.
"Ha, I knew it wasn't that Perry!" Doof laughed.
Doof-2 wasn't convinced, though. "Platyborg, do the same thing to those two boys."
"What?" Phineas and Doof reacted.
Perry-2 tried to attack the boys. Before anyone could react, though, Perry stood up and punched his other self.
Perry
Phineas had no idea how to react to the situation. "Perry?"
"Yes, I knew it!" Doof-2 cheered.
"Wait a minute, I'm confused," said Doof. "Why does their platypus fight so good?"
Perry put on his fedora.
Doof gasped. "Perry the Platypus?"
Doof-2 was just plain disappointed. "Really?"
"What?"
Doof-2 sighed, then he ordered his robots to attack the boys.
Perry grabbed Phineas and Ferb's hands and ran in the opposite direction.
Phineas was still trying to process this new information. A part of him was mad at himself for not figuring that out on his own, as it would've explained a lot, but he was a lot more angry at Perry for hiding this fact.
One of the robots stopped them from reaching the exit. The three ran to find another way out.
One of the robots punched a fossil on display, causing the head to fall off. It slid towards the window.
"Hey, be careful with that!" Doof-2 berated the robot.
Before anyone knew it, Perry and the boys were cornered.
"So this is where you disappear to every day?!" Phineas asked Perry, furious. "You come here and fight this guy?!"
"No, he fights me," Doof corrected. "He doesn't really know this guy."
That just angered Phineas even more. "You fight a pharmacist?! Why would you even do that?!"
"Actually I'm an evil scientist. People get confused by the lab coat."
The trio backed towards the window. Their weight was causing it to crack, but Phineas was too mad at Perry to care.
"So not only have you been leading a double life this whole time, but you sat there and let us help an evil scientist OPEN AN EVIL PORTAL INTO AN EVIL DIMENSION, and you did nothing to stop us?!" he yelled.
"Well, he did pee on the couch," Ferb pointed out.
"No, that wasn't enough! That's when you should've put on your hat and started fighting, not now after we've gone through this whole mess!"
"Oh, for badness sake, you can hash all this out in prison!" Doof-2 yelled. "Guards!"
Perry pushed a button on his watch, making Doof-2 brainfreeze.
That's when the glass finally gave in, causing Perry, the boys, and the fossil head to plummet to the ground.
Luckily, Perry was prepared. He attached his feet to the fossil's eyeholes, then he made Phineas and Ferb hold onto the horns, and then he opened a parachute.
Agent P
"Okay, I'm just having trouble processing this right now," said Phineas.
Perry handed Phineas a pamphlet. He looked at the cover. It read, 'So you discovered your pet is a secret agent'.
Phineas just threw the pamphlet to the ground. "I don't want your stupid pamphlet!"
That's when they saw Perry-2 was flying after them. Perry redirected the parachute so he and the boys would land on the roof of a small building. When Perry-2 cut the parachute, the three were able to land safely.
He then tried to free himself from the fossil. Unfortunately, his feet were too deep in there.
Phineas saw Perry was taking too long, and Perry-2 was gaining on them.
"Of for God's sake!" he shouted before trying to pull Perry out of the trap. "Did they not teach you how to get out of this in spy school?!"
Unfortunately, his and Ferb's attempts to free Perry inadvertently launched him across the roof. Perry-2 landed in front of him.
Before Phineas or Ferb could watch the fight, Perry's parachute landed on top of them. Phineas saw the parachute had a logo on it.
"Wait, he has his own logo too?!" he yelled.
The two Perrys fought in hand-to-hand combat. Perry-2 was much stronger, and he got the upper hand.
Phineas and Ferb covered Perry-2 in the parachute before he could finish Perry off. He fell off the edge and plummeted to the ground.
Unfortunately, Perry's trap got caught in the ropes, making him plummet to the ground too. Phineas and Ferb tried to save him, but they also fell off the roof.
The three were saved by unconventional architecture. Sadly, their worries were still far from over.
Perry-2 managed to free himself from the parachute. He was about to keep fighting…
Then a bus ran him over.
The trio took this opportunity to get as far away from Doof as possible.
Both Doofs saw everything from above.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" they both shouted in unison.
Taking the opportunity, Doof said, "Jinx, you owe me a soda."
Phineas, Ferb, and Perry hid in an alleyway.
Once they knew the coast was clear, Phineas continued letting out his frustration. "You're a secret agent?! Was that evil guy right?! Are we just a cover for you?! I mean, were you ever our pet or part of our family?!" Tears formed around Phineas' eyes. "Well, apparently not, because you don't trust us enough to tell us! Anyone else around here leading a bizarre double life?"
Ferb raised his hand.
"Put your hand down, Ferb," Phineas said, without even taking his eyes off of Perry. "Oh, and I just realized, you could've always cleaned your own litter box, but you chose not to!"
Ferb put a hand on Phineas' shoulder, getting him to stop.
"You're right," Phineas realized. "We've gotta get back to our dimension, and I don't even know where to start."
Ferb showed he still had the portal remote. He pushed the button, opening a portal.
Unfortunately, the portal didn't lead to their dimension. It led to some completely different dimension entirely.
Ferb closed the portal and tried again. It still led to the wrong dimension.
"Ugh, this thing's broken!" Phineas shouted before getting an idea. "I know what we can do! Let's find us!"
The trio left to find this dimension's Phineas and Ferb.
Meanwhile, Doof-2 had Doof sit at a desk that was way too small for him.
"So tell me, other me," he said. "What do you see here?"
Doof-2 pointed at the easel. It showed a picture of a platypus. Just a regular old platypus that wore nothing but its own fur.
"A regular platypus," Doof answered.
"And this?" Doof-2 flipped the page to show a picture of a platypus in a fedora.
"Perry the Platypus?"
"I'm starting to see why you never succeeded in your dimension."
"Alright, Mister 'Eviler-Than-Thou', how did you take over the Tri-State Area anyway?"
"Simple. I used an army of big scary robots."
Doof-2 showcased his army of robots and their two sides. There was the good side, where they had Norm-heads and were just sassy at worst, then there was their evil side, where they had the Darth-Vader-like heads and spoke threateningly.
"Wow, that is scary," Doof remarked. "I tried the scary robot thing once, too. I hid the self-destruct button under their feet so no one could reach them."
"Well, there's your other problem," said Doof-2. "You put self-destruct buttons on all of your inators. I mean, why do you think that's a good idea?"
Doof sighed. "I don't know. Another thing I don't get is how you're so much better at being eviler than me."
"True evil is born through pain and loss." Doof-2 had one of his robots project his memories onto an old movie screen. "You see, I was born with a rare disorder where I had one eye that was one color, and another eye that was a different color. My parents wouldn't dare look at me until the nurses agreed to amputate one of my eyes. After that, my parents forced me into so many things. They made me follow what they wanted me to follow, go to whatever school they wanted me to go to, so on and so forth. The only real comfort I had was a toy choo-choo that my brother gave to me when I was four, but when my parents found out about it, they took it away. That was the day I finally decided I had enough of them. I ran away from home and I spent the rest of my childhood living in the streets working odd jobs until I could buy my ticket to freedom. What about you? What is your backstory?"
Doof didn't know where to begin. "Well, I definitely had it worse than you. I was literally raised by ocelots. I was disowned by my parents and raised by Mesoamerican wildcats. I was forced to work as a lawn gnome! I was looked down upon all because I was too scared to jump off the diving board! My brother got all the attention while I was just put to the side!"
"Well, how did you feel when you lost your toy train?"
"I never lost a toy train, but…"
"Well, maybe if you had lost your toy train, or your eye, you'd have done better. Since you've constantly failed at taking over your Tri-State Area, I think I'll go over there and give it a shot myself."
"Great, we can be a team."
Doof-2 didn't really like that idea. "Yeah, right, a team."
Back in the first dimension, Candace, Stacy, Isabella, and Django reached the park. Buford and Baljeet were just sitting on the bench, minding their own businesses.
"Okay you two, where are Phineas and Ferb?" asked Candace.
"How should we know?" asked Buford. "They never showed up for me to return the serve! That's considered a forfeit in platypult badminton, so I went to get some Victory Gum."
Victory Gum
"Don't play with me, young man," Candace warned. "Where's the platypult they built?"
"I don't know," Buford replied. "It seems to have vanished."
All that did was boost Candace's ego. "Did you hear that, Stacy? The mysterious force took away the platypult before we could show up."
"I'm sure there's a perfectly logical explanation for this," said Stacy.
Meanwhile, a tow truck driver, the same one that towed Perry's rocket car, was towing a platypult away.
"And they all laughed at me for installing that," he said to himself. "Who's laughing now, Wayne?"
"The logical explanation is the mysterious force," Candace argued. "The real question is why it cares about my little brothers so much. Why doesn't it want them to get busted?"
"Well, why don't you ask it?" Stacy suggested jokingly.
"Wait, you're right! I can just ask it! Maybe I can reason with it!"
"Candace, I was joking! It's a force, one that you made up!"
"I know what I'm talking about, Stacy! Let's go!"
Candace grabbed Stacy's hand and ran out of the park.
"Where are we going?" Stacy asked.
"To the backyard!" Candace replied. "The heart of the mysterious force!"
The kids just stood there, having no idea what was going on.
Phineas, Ferb, and Perry reached the second dimension's equivalent to Maple Street. They couldn't tell which house was the Flynn-Fletcher house since they all looked the same.
Fortunately, it didn't take too long to find out. They saw a man that looked exactly like Lawrence coming out of one of the houses.
"Dad?" asked Phineas.
Lawrence-2 saw the boys. He seemed worried.
"Boys, what are you doing out here?" he asked. "You gotta get inside before the Normbot sees you. I'm heading to the factory. I'll be back next week."
Lawrence-2 let out some sort of hook. A speeding bus passed by and caught the hook, carrying Lawrence-2 away.
"Wow," Phineas reacted. "I guess we better get inside."
Phineas realized Perry was still wearing his hat.
"You might wanna…" he tried to say, but couldn't come up with the right words. "These people might not know that… you know."
It seemed Perry understood what Phineas was trying to say, as he took off his fedora and assumed his regular position.
Phineas rang the doorbell. A woman, one who looked exactly like Linda, answered.
"What are you boys doing out here?" she asked as she pulled the boys inside. "Get inside and put on your Dooferalls before someone sees you. If any of you need me, I'll be in the panic room."
Linda-2 walked towards the basement.
"That was weird," Phineas remarked. "Let's find the other us's."
The trio found two boys in the living room. They both bore striking resemblances to Phineas and Ferb, the only differences being their haircuts and their outfits, likely the 'Dooferalls' Linda-2 was referring to. It seemed they were playing a board game.
Phineas-2 spun a spinner.
"Hey, a one," he said. "Pick a Doofopoly instruction card!" Phineas-2 picked up a card. "'Conform', I can do that."
"Hey guys," Phineas greeted. "What's this?"
Phineas-2 jumped behind the couch.
"Oh no, they're replacing us!" he panicked. "I must not have conformed quick enough!"
"No, it's not like that," Phineas assured. "We're you from another dimension."
"Another dimension? Is that allowed?"
"Apparently."
Phineas-2 got distracted when he saw Perry. "Oh look, Perry's back!"
Phineas-2 hugged Perry and started crying.
"Uh, I don't mean to interrupt a touching moment," Phineas said. "But that one's mine, or at least, he was."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Phineas-2 tried to set Perry down, but he couldn't do it. "But can I hold him a little longer?"
Phineas let it happen.
Both Ferbs started crying. They quickly offered each other tissues.
Phineas-2 set Perry down.
"It's just that, well, he left one day and never came back," he explained. "He's been gone for a long time and I'm really worried."
That's when a teenage girl, who Phineas automatically assumed was Candace-2, entered the room.
"Boys, you know we're only allowed to make noise on Doofens-day, so keep it…" she berated before noticing there were two Phineases and Ferbs. "Are there four of you in this room?"
"Five counting Perry," Phineas-2 replied.
"I see nothing. I have plausible deniability."
Candace-2 left the room.
"Boy, your Candace is much less curious about what you're up to," Phineas remarked.
"What do you mean?" asked Phineas-2.
"Well, all summer, my Candace has been focused on what me and Ferb are doing. It's like she's made it her goal for the summer to get us in trouble for just having a little fun. It's kinda infuriating."
"Summer? I think that was outlawed a long time ago."
"You guys don't have summer? That's terrible."
"Summer. It sounds dangerous, but also compelling. What is summer?"
"Where do we even begin?"
Play "Summer: Where Do We Begin?"
Phineas:
Summer is running through the sprinklers in your T-shirt, shoes and jeans
Rolling down a grassy hill, yeah, that's what summer means to me
It's true, there's so much more to do
The days are longer
The nights are shorter
The sun is shining
Ferb:
It's noticeably warmer
Phineas:
Summer, every single moment is worth its weight in gold
Summer, it's like the world's best story and it's waiting to be told
It's ice cream cones and cherry soda dripping down your chin
It's summer, man where do we begin?
Summer is ponds and pools and garden hoses, trying to beat the heat
Summer, bicycles and roller skates and even just bare feet
It's also…
Ferb started hitting the table like it was a drum.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Phineas noticed that his and Ferb's other selves were starting to shake and shiver in fear.
"Wait, maybe we're going too fast," he realized. "Let's try something else."
Phineas and Ferb started snapping their fingers in a slower beat.
Summer, it's crickets and cicadas and a glass of lemonade
Summer, it's sitting with your brother in the backyard under the shade of a big tree
That's what it means to me
The days are longer
Phineas-2:
The nights are shorter
Both:
The sun is shining
Ferb and Ferb-2:
It's noticeably warmer
All:
Summer, every single moment is worth its weight in gold
Summer, it's like the world's best story and it's waiting to be told
It's ice cream cones and cherry soda dripping down your chin
It's summer, man where do we begin?
Phineas:
It's summer, man where do we begin?
End "Summer: Where Do We Begin?"
"Wow, summer sounds like a blast," said Phineas-2.
"That's just the tip of the iceberg," said Phineas. "This summer, Ferb and I built a rollercoaster, became one-hit wonders, gave a monkey a shower, and even defied gravity."
Perry was watching everything from the edge of the room. That's when he heard some voices sing, 'Doofenshmirtz Evil News Update'.
Perry got a bad feeling, so he went to the TV to see what was going on.
"This is a message for Perry the Platypus from the other dimension," said Doof-2. "If you turn yourself in, I promise not to hurt your little friends. If you don't, all bets are off."
Perry saw Phineas and Ferb were still talking with their other selves. He tried to sneak off while he had the chance.
Unfortunately, Phineas saw him. He approached him, even angrier than before.
"Are you kidding me?!" he yelled. "You're seriously sneaking away again?! So, nothing's changed! Did it ever occur to you that we could help you, that we could've made a great team?! Well, teamwork requires trust, and you seem to have none! You can just go, and don't even think about coming back to us this time!"
Perry sadly walked out of the house.
Play "I Walk Away"
I walk away from you, my friend
I hope that this is not the end
Of all the times we figured out how to seize the day
As I walk away
End "I Walk Away"
"You know, I used to think you couldn't spell 'platypus' without 'us'," Phineas sighed, letting out a few tears.
The boys approached their other selves.
"So you can't fix the remote, huh?" asked Phineas. "Well, maybe we can check with Isabella."
"Who's Isabella?" asked Phineas-2.
"The girl who lives across the street."
"Mom says talking to neighbors is dangerous."
"Well, it's time you met her. Come on, you'll like her." Phineas blushed a bit, then added, "Maybe even love her."
"But what about the Normbots?"
The four boys walked outside.
"Relax," Phineas assured. "We've been avoiding them all day. If you're really careful then…"
Before he could finish that, a Normbot appeared in front of them.
"May I please see your identifications?" it asked.
"Uh…" Phineas didn't know what to say.
The bot switched to evil mode. "Show me your travel papers or else…"
That's when the robot collapsed. The boys realized it was the work of a slightly older boy with a mohawk and a skull shirt.
"These things drive me insane," he said.
"It's Buford," Phineas realized.
"Wow, are you part of the resistance?" asked Phineas-2.
"I was," Buford-2 replied. "But I got so good at it that I started resisting them."
"Behold, the Other-Dimensionator!" Doof showcased. "Actually it's the other Other-Dimensionator. The original is back in my dimension. Step one, push this button, step two, stand back in awe."
Unfortunately, nothing happened.
"Really?" Doof-2 asked, unsatisfied.
Doof remembered how Phineas and Ferb got his inator to work. "Oh, the boys made some modifications to my design."
"So I need those boys too?"
That's when one of the Normbots showed up with Perry in a cage.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," the two Doofs said.
"Jinx!" Doof shouted. "You owe me two sodas, now!"
Doof-2 shrugged it off before turning to Perry. "Listen, Perry the Platypus, I know I told you if you turned yourself in, I wouldn't hurt your friends, but change of plans. Now I need to hunt them down. I know that makes me a liar, but you know, evil!"
Buford-2 led the boys into Isabella's house. Unfortunately for them, a trap door opened under their feet, causing them all to fall.
When they hit the floor, they were all instantly tied up.
When the lights came on, the boys saw none other than this dimension's equivalent to Isabella and the Fireside Girls.
"Whatcha doin?" Isabella-2 said menacingly.
"So you're Isabella?" Phineas-2 asked, blushing a little.
Isabella-2 examined Phineas-2. "Do I know you?"
"Hey, Isabella," said Buford-2.
Isabella-2 groaned. "Him, I know. What do you want, Buford? I thought you left us."
"I was helping Candace's brothers cross the street."
"Wait, Candace has two sets of twin brothers?"
"No," Phineas replied. "Two of us are from another dimension. We're trying to get back."
"Alright, girls, release them," Isabella-2 ordered.
The girls untied the boys in a way where they all formed a pyramid.
"Why did you come here anyway?" asked Isabella-2.
"We didn't mean to," Phineas replied before showing the remote. "We ended up here by mistake, and now we can't go back unless we fix this device."
"Well, we may have someone who can help you, Doctor Baljeet."
Isabella-2 led the boys into the next room, revealing Baljeet-2 sitting in front of a computer.
"Baljeet," Phineas said excitedly.
"That's Doctor Baljeet to you," Baljeet-2 corrected. "Were you not listening? Here's the crux of your problem. Think of the universe and all of the many dimensions as circular. The energy flows the dimensions clockwise." Baljeet used a diagram to showcase his point. "Say this is your dimension and this is ours…"
The dimensions appeared right next to each other.
"I feel it's best if I sing this next part to help you memorize," Baljeet went on.
Play "Baljeet's Explanation"
Baljeet played an accordion to accompany his song.
Baljeet-2:
If you travel through dimensions, going clockwise makes it easy
Going counter-clockwise will take 8-million gigawatts of energy, overloading the local power grid
End "Baljeet's Explanation"
Baljeet-2 received no applause.
He sighed. "I know, it needs more repetition. Anyway, without the 8-million gigawatts, you have to go clockwise, the long way around. Theoretically, you'd get home, but there is no telling how many dimensions you have to go through."
"Well, do you think you can help us get enough power to open the window backwards so we can get home?" asked Phineas.
"Well, we should probably ask our leader."
"Ask your leader what?" asked a deep, menacing voice.
The group turned to see a silhouette of a tough man. He started coughing.
The lights turned on to reveal the man was actually a topiary. Next to them was a teenage girl wearing a black outfit and sunglasses. Phineas realized she was Candace-2.
"Who made the topiary out of wild parsnips?" she asked in a raspy voice. "I'm allergic and it's messing up my voice."
That's when a boy with brown, messy hair came in, obviously this dimension's Django.
"My bad," he apologized. "I didn't know they were parsnips."
He quickly got rid of the topiary.
"Candace, you're the leader of the resistance?" asked Phineas-2.
"What are you two doing here?" Candace-2 cleared her throat, and her voice turned back to normal. "Never mind, I'll deal with you later." She turned to the other Phineas and Ferb. "You two, I've spent five years trying to keep my brothers safe, and suddenly their faces are all over the news!"
"We're just trying to get home," Phineas explained.
"Well, then what's stopping you?"
"Quantum physics."
Candace-2 turned to Baljeet-2 for a better explanation.
"We need to generate 8-million gigawatts for inter-dimensional travel," he explained.
"Then we got work to do," said Candace-2. "Isabella, redirect the power. Gretchen, monitor the Doofen-channel and make sure we're not raising any alarms. Buford, keep resisting."
"No," Buford-2 replied.
"Awesome."
Candace and Stacy stood in the middle of the backyard.
"Oh great and powerful mysterious force!" Candace called. "I know you are just trying to protect my brothers, but I am, too, simply trying to protect them from their dangerous inventions. Show yourself so I may reason with you."
Nothing happened. Stacy rolled her eyes.
"Maybe we should build a shrine around it," Candace suggested.
That's when a portal appeared right in front of the two girls.
"It's the mysterious force!" they screamed as they hid behind the tree.
"What do we do now?" asked Stacy.
"I don't know," Candace replied. "I can't believe that actually worked!"
Doofenshmirtz Evil News Update
"This just in," said a Normbot on screen. "Our supreme leader has announced the imprisonment of public enemy number one, alternate dimension Perry the Platypus. I guess we won't be seeing him anymore, except as a platyborg. It's 3:30. We now conclude our broadcast day." The Normbot switched to evil mode. "Now go to bed, now!"
Phineas saw the look on Ferb's face. He knew Ferb wanted to save Perry.
"You're kidding, right?" he reacted. "You still want to save him after he abandoned us?!"
Ferb slapped Phineas, hard.
"Ow!" Phineas shouted. "What's wrong with you?!"
"What's wrong with me?" Ferb reacted. "What's wrong with you?! Perry wasn't the one that abandoned us! You abandoned him! What, you thought I didn't hear all those things you said to him earlier?!"
"Are you hearing yourself, Ferb?! Perry sneaks away every day to do his secret agent stuff, and he didn't even consider telling us! Aren't you mad at him?!"
"I am mad, but have you ever stopped to think why he never told us about his secret identity?"
Phineas realized that Ferb had a point. "I… didn't."
"Exactly! You're impatient and temperamental, and you don't consider other people!"
Phineas froze. He processed what Ferb said, and realized it matched all his behavior towards Perry that day.
"Oh, this is all my fault," he cried. "If I didn't say all those things, Perry wouldn't be in this mess."
Ferb held Phineas' shoulder. "It's not too late. We can still save him."
"I don't think I can hold the portal for very long," said Baljeet-2.
"That doesn't matter," said Phineas. "We gotta save him. I gotta save him."
"Well, you're on your own," said Candace-2. "It's too risky for us."
"Fine, just tell us where Doofenshmirtz keeps his prisoners."
"We have to help them," said Phineas-2.
"No we don't!" Candace-2 yelled.
"Candace, remember how you felt when our Perry disappeared?"
Candace-2 did, in fact, remember how she felt. It was the worst day of her life, and it was the reason why she was doing any of this in the first place.
"You're right," she relented. "I'm totally crazy. We can get there through the tunnels. Let's suit up, people!"
"You know what, Stacy?" Candace decided. "I'm tired of letting the mysterious force push me around. I'm gonna show it who's boss."
Candace ran towards the portal.
"Candace, wait!" Stacy yelled, running after Candace.
"I'll try to keep it open," said Baljeet-2. "But the window is very unstable. Even the slightest disturbance will cause it to collapse."
That's when something came through the portal, causing it to close.
Phineas sighed. "Hey, Candace."
"You two are so…" Candace took a moment to take in her surroundings. "Why are there four of you? Are we inside the mysterious force?"
Phineas wasn't expecting that. "What happened to you while we were gone?"
"And why is everyone suddenly fashionable?"
"What do you mean, 'suddenly'?" asked Isabella-2.
"Seriously, what is this place?" asked Candace.
"Candace, I'm sure you have a lot of questions, but for now, all you need to know is that we need to save Perry," said Phineas. "We'll explain on the way."
Candace noticed her other self.
"Is that me?" she asked. "Damn, I look good."
Everyone prepared to leave, including Phineas-2 and Ferb-2.
"Oh no, you stay here," said Candace-2.
"But we want to help," Phineas-2 argued.
"That's an order!"
Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Candace-2, and the resistance were all on a mine tram heading towards Doof-2's headquarters. Phineas just finished explaining everything to Candace. She needed a moment to process it all.
"So, in this dimension, Perry is a secret agent?" Candace asked.
"No, he's a cyborg in this dimension, he's an agent in our dimension," Phineas corrected, snapping his fingers. "Pay attention."
"I'm sorry that this isn't as easy to follow as you're making it out to be," Candace sarcastically remarked. "And why are we in mine cars again?"
"This is the quickest and safest route to Doof's headquarters," Candace-2 explained. "From there, we go up the ventilation shaft. The detainment center is on level 4."
"And the snack bar's on level 5," Buford-2 added, earning a glare from Candace-2. "If there's time."
Candace-2 sighed. "Typical Buford."
She brought out a staff and hit a nearby lever with it, redirecting the track so they were going in the right direction.
"So if there's another me and another them, there must also be a Jeremy Johnson here too, right?" asked Candace
Candace-2 nodded. "Johnson, Jeremy. Leads a three-man strike team on the north side. Good soldier."
"Good soldier? Is that all you think of him? Don't you think he's cool or…" Candace blushed. "Cute?"
"'Cute' doesn't win the war, kid."
"Oh, but what do you guys do here for fun?"
"Look, 'fun' isn't really on my agenda. You know, since Doofenshmirtz took over the Tri-State Area, even though I was a little girl, I've been focused on one thing only, that he's busted, for good."
"I know, but what about BFF's, or slumber parties, or busting your brothers?"
Candace-2 seemed genuinely offended by that statement. "'Busting my brothers'? I spent every day of my life trying to protect my little brothers. I had to grow up pretty quickly so they wouldn't have to."
"Gee, you make growing up sound like a bad thing."
"It is what it is. I'll do whatever it takes to protect the ones I love."
Right after Candace-2 said that, Phineas-2 and Ferb-2 popped out from under a tarp.
"Aw, thanks sis," Phineas-2 smiled.
"What are you doing here?" Candace-2 asked angrily.
"We're here to help."
"Sir, we're nearing the target," said Isabella-2.
Candace-2 groaned before turning to the boys. "Don't move."
She stuck her staff between the wheels of the cart, making it stop.
"Alright, change of plans," she said as everyone got off. "This is as far as we go."
"We're not gonna help them?" asked Phineas-2.
"No, we're gonna get you two home where it's safe. This isn't our fight, it's theirs, and you two shouldn't have gotten involved. Maybe none of us should've." Candace-2 pushed a button, opening the door. "We're out of here."
Candace-2 had her brothers get back on the cart before pushing it back.
The rest of the gang entered the room.
"I don't remember it being so dark around here," Buford-2 remarked.
That's when a light shone above them all. Robots were surrounding all of them.
"That's because it's a trap," Doof said as he and his other self appeared with Perry on a leash.
"Perry," Phineas said, feeling a wave of guilt flooding him. "We… uh, came to rescue you. So far it's not going as well as we hoped. We didn't have a lot of time to plan something elaborate, but in hindsight, we could've created some sort of diversion at least." He sighed. "Yeah, we could've thought this out more."
Doof-2 laughed. "I got you and your little friends too. Game over, you lose, I win. Mark this the hour of your doom, Perry the Platypus, three…" Doof-2 checked his watch, before stopping himself. "I got one of these watches with just the little hash marks. It doesn't even have the number on it. Let's say it's between 3:30 and 4:00."
Perry remembered what Monogram said earlier about that time period. He pushed a button on his watch, revealing a hologram of Monogram taking a shower.
Everyone covered their eyes so they wouldn't have to see such a disgusting site.
Perry used this distraction to get himself and the rest of the gang out of the room.
Luckily, Candace-2 shut the door before any of the robots could chase after them. They all got in the carts.
"Isabella, start the motor!" Candace-2 ordered.
Isabella-2 did as she was told. The tram sped up.
Unfortunately, the robots were able to burn the door down and fly after them.
"You two, keep your heads down!" Candace-2 ordered her brothers. "This is gonna be close. Alright, let's dance."
She used her staff to take down all the robots.
"Isabella, full throttle!" she ordered.
"It's as far as I can make it," Isabella-2 replied.
Candace-2 saw they were reaching a turn. She got an idea. She switched the track, causing the tram to swerve left. It almost tipped over, but they all managed to keep themselves from falling.
Perry was able to free himself from his leash. He used the leash to grab one of the robots and yank its arm off. Unfortunately, the arm fired a laser on one of the carts, setting it on fire.
To make matters worse, Perry-2 showed up and shot one of the wheels off, making the back cart lean a little.
"We're slowing down, sir!" Isabella-2 shouted.
"Keep it on the floor," Candace-2 ordered.
"It's on the floor! There's too much track! I don't think we're gonna make it!"
Candace-2 realized Isabella-2 was right. "Everybody, get to the front! We need to cut back these…"
Before she could finish, she realized the middle cart had too much fire for the other Flynn-Fletchers to cross. Seeing no other choice, Candace-2 decided to prioritize her own brothers' safety over the others', and disconnected the cart.
"Sorry, you're on your own," she said.
With that, the cart disconnected. Candace-2 and her group made it to the exit, while the rest stayed behind.
"Candace, what are you doing?" Phineas-2 berated.
"My job," Candace-2 replied. "Protecting you two."
"But you just abandoned them."
"That's not our fight."
"We could've all made it."
"Or we could've all been captured, and I wasn't gonna take that chance. These are the tough choices, people. Someone's gotta be the adult here. You two are safe and that's what's important."
"But…"
"End, of, discussion."
No one really agreed with what Candace-2 said. She didn't even agree with herself, but the choice had already been made.
Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Perry were all captured.
"Now you have no choice but to fix my machine," said Doof-2.
"No," Phineas replied bluntly.
"That's not a choice."
"Excuse me," Candace butted in. "If I may, I'm sorta caught up on the 'Perry's an agent' thing, that's kinda the most normal thing that's happened to me all afternoon, but who exactly are ouy?"
Doof-2 ignored that question and turned back to Phineas. "Fix it!"
Phineas kept his straight face. "NO!"
"Look, I would make myself do it but apparently he's an idiot." Doof-2 gestured to his other self, greatly offending him. "Fix the machine!"
"NO!"
"Fine then! You've forced my hand." Doof-2 brought out a sock-puppet and altered his voice to sound like the puppet was speaking. "Fix the machine!"
Phineas still wouldn't budge.
"Wow, when I was your age, I did anything a puppet told me to," Doof-2 replied.
"How old do you think we are?" Phineas asked.
"I don't know. It's hard to tell with one eye. Anyway, I don't get why you're being so uncooperative. All I want is for you to fix this machine so I can invade and conquer your world and enslave your loved ones."
"That's just it! Why would we do something that would lead to our own self-destruction?"
An idea popped into Doof's head. "Wait, self-destruction. They removed the self-destruct button. I don't know why I put it back in, but…"
Doof quickly rewired the machine, making it work.
"Well, look who became redundant," Doof-2 remarked before turning to Perry-2. "Send them to their doom!"
Perry-2 pointed at Candace, questioningly.
"Yes, even her," Doof-2 replied. "Doom, doom, doom!"
Doof stepped in at the last 'Doom', then said, "Jinx, you owe me three sodas now!"
"Okay, doom for him too," Doof-2 decided.
"But I'm you!" Doof argued.
Doof-2 brought out the sock puppet. "Doom!"
"Wow. If I had a nickel for every time I was doomed by a puppet, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice."
Before anyone knew it, Perry, Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Doof were carried into a room with a pit of boiling lava at the bottom.
"Welcome, doomed guests!" came Doof-2's voice. "Come on, keep trudging. Doom is that way."
"I would say so far, adulthood gets about a three… out of a hundred," said Candace.
"You know, this may be as good as it gets," said Doof.
The pentet were brought in front of a giant cage.
"Now, for my all-time favorite game," said Doof-2. "Poke the Goozim with a stick surrounded by lava."
A claw removed the tarp covering the cage, revealing the monster trapped inside. The robots poked the monster, angering it. Another robot then dramatically turned the crank, slowly opening the cage.
"Well, I'll be honest, Ferb," said Phineas. "I'm having a hard time putting a positive spin on this. One minute, we're having the best day ever, the next, we're being fed to a monster the size of a two-car garage."
"Well, welcome to my life!" said Doof.
Phineas noticed one of the robot's was carrying keys. He lightly kicked Perry to get his attention. He pointed at the keys.
Perry saw the keys, and used the magnet on his watch to pull the keys towards him. Unfortunately, it pulled the robot towards them too.
The robot grabbed everyone. Ferb managed to climb onto the back and hack its systems. They flew around for a bit until the robot crashed and they fell on top of the cage.
Perry tried to use the keys to unlock his restraints. Sadly, the monster was fully let out of the cage. It let out a roar, causing Perry to drop the keys down to the bottom of the cage.
Perry turned towards the boys and gestured to the keys. They figured out what he was trying to say, so the group climbed down the back of the cage.
"Okay, I personally prefer our dimension," said Candace.
"For once, I can agree with you," Phineas remarked.
The pentet managed to climb to the bottom of the cage. Unfortunately, Doof slipped and started falling towards the lava. Everyone else fell too, until Perry was the only one still holding onto the cage. He accidentally let go of the keys.
The keys landed in Candace's hands.
"Great, now you can free me!" Doof cheered.
Candace glared at Doof. "Are you even paying attention right now?"
Doof realized he was still dangling over the lava. "Right. It can wait."
That's when Phineas heard a noise. He turned and saw it was coming from one of the giant gnome statues.
It was Candace-2. She fired a grappling hook and swung across the lava pit.
"Phineas, catch!" she yelled.
Candace-2 tossed Phineas a remote. He caught it, and realized it was the portal remote.
"Yes!" he cheered before turning to Perry. "Perry, let go."
Perry looked at Phineas like he was crazy.
"Trust me!" Phineas yelled. "Let go!"
Perry seemed reluctant, but he did as he was told. They all started plummeting towards the pit.
Phineas closed his eyes, braced himself, then pushed the button.
Phineas felt himself hit the ground. When he opened his eyes, he saw that he and everyone else were in another dimension. It wasn't their dimension, but it wasn't the second dimension either.
They saw that the monster went through the portal as well, but now it was completely cylindrical. It wriggled away like a worm.
Candace used the keys to unlock her restraints, as well as everyone else's.
They all realized too late that Doof-2's robots were able to follow them through the portal. Phineas shut the portal, but it was too late. Some robots already got in.
Seeing no other choice, the gang made a run for it.
"Guys, follow me!" Phineas yelled. "We're going clockwise!"
Play "Brand New Reality"
The gang went through another portal. This time, Phineas made sure to close the portal before the robots could follow them. Now, their only problem was getting back home.
They realized they were in a dimension where everything was gigantic and they were tiny. Phineas opened a portal, leading them into the next dimension.
If there's no hospitality, just get out of town
You can't be lying on formality and saying, "I guess I'll see you around"
Next, they found themselves in a bubble bath dimension. A child in the bath made a splash, causing them all to fly in the air. Phineas opened another portal in the water, creating a whirlpool that sucked them all in.
You've got no obligations, nothing holding you down
Find a new situation, and say, "I guess I'll see you around"
Then, the group found themselves in space. The only difference was, the planets weren't actual planets. They were just tiny little balls they could balance themselves on.
You've got no time to waste on sentimentality
Get out and find yourself a brand new reality
The next dimension was just like any other dimension, only there was a talking zebra. Candace was the only one to take notice of that.
You need to find yourself a brand new reality
Yeah, I guess I'll see you around
The one after that was a world full of giant floating baby heads.
Sometimes it's appropriate to stop for a snack
If you do, then I hope you get back
I guess I'll see you around
After that, the gang found themselves on top of a crystal chandelier in a fancy restaurant.
Hopping clockwise through dimensions is a dangerous thing
But it seems to help a lot if we sing
And we can sing about a brand new reality
Each dimension they went through was weirder than the last. I can't even describe each and every one.
A brand new reality
Brand new reality
I guess I'll see you around
A brand new reality
Brand new reality
Brand-brand-brand-brand-brand-brand
I guess I'll see you around
End "Brand New Reality"
Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django were just sitting in the park trying to entertain themselves. Django happened to bring his paint set with him, so he suggested they could play a game of 'Guess the Painting'.
That's when a portal appeared and Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Perry, and some pharmacist they didn't know came out.
"Wait, I think this is it!" said Phineas.
"Where have you guys been?" asked Isabella.
"Oh, it's a long story."
Before Phineas could explain, though, they heard something coming from the roof of the 'Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated' building. They turned and saw the roof was opening up.
A huge portal opened, and a whole army of robots flew out of it.
"Why's there a portal in the sky?" asked Isabella.
"What's with the robot army?" Buford added.
"Why is Perry wearing a hat?" Baljeet mentioned.
"And who is the pharmacist?" Django finished.
"Scientist!" Doof corrected.
"We don't have time to explain," said Phineas. "But we need to stop that robot army before they take over the Tri-State Area!"
That's when Monogram called Perry.
"Agent P," he said. "All of our agents are currently being overwhelmed by the sheer number of robots coming into our dimension. You must get to Doof's headquarters and stop him."
"Aye-aye, sir," Phineas said, having heard Monogram.
"Oh no, you need to go home where it's safe."
"With all due respect, we've been through a lot together. We're basically a team now."
"Nope, too dangerous, and our insurance won't cover it. Tell them, Agent P."
Perry sadly took off his locket, gave it to Phineas, saluted, then left.
Phineas sighed sadly. "I guess this is what I get for snapping at him. Hey, where's Doctor D?"
Doof ran to his apartment building. He realized he forgot his keys, so he called one of his neighbors.
"Hello, Mrs. Thompson?" he said. "It's your neighbor, Heinz. I lost my keys. Can you buzz me in?"
"Who?"
Doof realized this was gonna take a while.
Candace-2 found herself locked in a cell.
"This is just beautiful," she said to herself. "I decide to do the right thing, and I end up in a cell. Well, at least my brothers are safe. What lesson am I supposed to be learning here?"
That's when someone or something broke down the door. A figure entered, revealing himself to be a blonde boy about a year older than Candace-2.
"I'm Jeremy Johnson, and I'm here to rescue you," he said.
"Johnson, Jeremy?" Candace-2 asked.
"Yes sir, and I picked up a couple of new recruits."
The recruits in question were none other than Phineas-2 and Ferb-2.
"We found a way to bypass the entire security grid," Phineas-2 explained. "It was cool."
"You brought my little brothers?!" Candace-2 yelled. "You should be ashamed of yourself, soldier!"
"I didn't know they were your brothers!" Jeremy-2 defended. "But I should have. They're smart and courageous, like you."
Candace-2 blushed at that statement. "You think I'm smart and courageous."
Jeremy-2 blushed as well. "Well, yeah, uh, sir." He quickly got serious. "We should really get out of here while we can. Most of the Normbots are in the other dimension. We can slip away pretty easily."
"The Normbots are in the other dimension? This isn't the time to escape, this is the time to move!"
"Yes sir," the boys replied.
"And boys," Candace-2 addressed her brothers specifically. "Thanks for rescuing me. I'm really proud of both of you."
The three hugged each other.
Stacy had just finished constructing a shrine for the mysterious force.
"Oh, mysterious force, I'm really sorry for not believing in you," she cried. "Please bring back Candace."
"Oh, hi Stacy," said a voice.
Stacy turned and saw Candace was back. She got a little cocky. "I also want a car!"
Phineas and Ferb were sulking in the kitchen.
"I really want to help Perry," said Phineas. "But then again, I understand why he wants me out of it. It's what I get for yelling at him."
That's when he felt a vibration coming from his pocket. He took out the locket to reveal that's what was vibrating.
He walked into the living room. The locket vibrated faster.
"It's a homing device," Phineas realized.
The vibration was strongest when the locket was close to the mirror. Ferb removed the mirror to reveal a hatch.
"Shall we?" he asked.
The boys let the current suck them in.
They found themselves in a lair under the house. Phineas remembered it as the lair he and Ferb stumbled across earlier in the summer.
"So this is Perry's lair," he assumed. "That explains a lot of things, like how small that flying car was."
"Welcome, Phineas and Ferb," said a voice on the computer. "Please insert the key."
The computer pointed to where the key needed to be inserted. The keyhole was oddly-shaped.
"Wait a minute," Phineas realized.
Phineas took out the locket and inserted it into the keyhole. It fit perfectly.
"Phineas and Ferb, this message is top secret for your ears only," said the computer. "If you are hearing this, the Tri-State Area is at emergency alert level Alpha Red. Agent P needs your help. He knows you two are the only ones capable of helping him because you two are the only ones capable of creating these."
A large door behind them opened. Lasers fired in all directions, 3D-printing every little thing they did that summer.
The rollercoaster.
The treehouse robots.
Even the anti-gravity machine.
"Wait, Perry replicated everything we did this summer?" Phineas asked. "That means he didn't miss out on everything." He cried a little bit as he continued. "He trusted us after all. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. We're gonna save the Tri-State Area."
Some of the OWCA agents managed to hide. They waited for the right moment, and they ambushed the robots.
Unfortunately, the robots were stronger than they expected. They all got the upper hand pretty quickly.
Luckily, Perry stepped in. One of the robots tried to shoot him, but he dodged every attack, making the robot shoot its comrades instead.
Then another robot grabbed Perry by the neck and pinned him to the wall. It was about to finish the job when…
A baseball flew towards the robot. It hit the robot's head several times until it was completely bashed.
Phineas appeared with his baseball gun in hand. He summoned the ball back to him.
Perry ran towards Phineas and hugged him tightly.
"Perry, I'm sorry for what I said earlier," Phineas apologized. "I was angry and I acted rashly, and I shouldn't have…"
Perry held Phineas' hand, assuring that he wasn't gonna hold it against him.
That's when Ferb showed up in roller skates. He fired his own baseball gun, taking down some more robots.
Isabella came next, flying like she was Supergirl. She got the robots to fly towards her, then she flew out of the way at the last second, making them hit each other.
Buford and Baljeet then came riding a platy-posterior.
"Heads up!" Buford shouted. "Platy-posterior coming through!"
After that, Django appeared and sprayed more robots with a big bucket of paint. The paint short-circuited them.
Then, Candace and Stacy showed up in giant treehouse mechs.
"Now this is what I call busting!" Candace cheered.
Candace and Stacy made their robots fist-bump.
Other kids from throughout the Tri-State Area showed up controlling other inventions of the boys.
"Alright, everyone, let's kick some robot chassi!" said Phineas.
That's when Love Handel showed up.
"Hey Phineas, is there anything we can do?" asked Danny.
"Yeah," Phineas replied. "Musical accompaniment!"
"You got it."
Play "Robot Riot"
The heroes charged into battle.
Love Handel:
We're gonna kick some robot chassis
So you better tell your robot nation
To say a robot prayer, 'cause you better prepare
For an automaton annihilation
Isabella flew towards city hall. One of the robots already hung a flag of Doof-2 on top of it, so she simply pulled it off and dropped the flag on some robots.
You think you're gonna take us down?
Well, mechanical man, you just try it
You're gonna ride that rail out of town
This is a robot riot
I think I know what you mean
This is a robot riot
Buford used the platy-posterior tail to whack some robots down.
I'm gonna break you down and sell you for metal
But I'll keep enough to build myself a trampoline
'Cause your mama was a blender and your dad was just a washing machine
This is a robot riot
Perry, Phineas, and Ferb both fired their baseball guns. They took down plenty of robots, then they high-fived.
I'm gonna break you up, I'm gonna break you down
I'm gonna take you to a chop shop downtown
You know that you'll be dreading this android armageddon
I think you better check your fluids 'cause I know you're sweating
Candace and Stacy rammed their robots against each other, sandwiching some robots.
You know you're gonna lose and sing the robot blues
You'll blow a fuse and take a robot snooze
I will deactivate you because I kinda hate you
Don't want to beat around the bush
We're gonna decimate you, this is a robot riot
Django created a painting to distract some robots. They were so confused trying to figure out what it was that their brains literally went dead.
And the painting was just a grassy hill on a sunny day.
Oh man, it's on
I'm gonna rip you up and put you back together
In a new configuration just to mow my lawn
'Cause your sister is a fridge and you know your light is always on
This is a robot riot
End "Robot Riot"
No matter how many the heroes destroyed, the robots just kept coming.
"We gotta do something about that portal," said Phineas.
Perry fired his grapple to the roof of the building. Phineas took his hand, and they both flew to the top.
They both hid to make sure Doof-2 wouldn't see them. They tried to sneak attack him, but Perry-2 got in the way. He grabbed both of them and threw them to the ground, making Phineas drop his baseball gun.
Perry handed Phineas his grapple gun, and gestured that he deal with the portal. Phineas nodded and headed towards the portal. Perry stayed behind to hold off his other self.
Phineas tried to grapple towards the portal. Unfortunately, Doof-2 saw him and threw a disc, cutting the rope.
Phineas safely landed on the couch. Doof-2 approached him.
"I just about had enough of you," he said.
Phineas remembered Perry peed on this couch earlier. He grabbed the pee-stained cushion and hit Doof in the face with it.
The two Perrys fought each other. They were both evenly matched, though each punch Perry landed did hurt his fist a little.
After a while, Perry-2 shoved Perry into the closet. He came out wearing his own metal armor. He shoved his other self against the wall. Perry-2 landed another punch, but this time, it actually hurt his fist instead.
When Candace and Stacy crashed their mechs, they realized all they could do now was run.
"I was wrong, Stacy, about everything," Candace admitted. "I'm not a grown-up. I can't control mysterious forces, and I can't even get my mom to see what my brothers are doing." An idea popped into her head. "That's it! I can't get my mom to see what my brothers are doing!"
Candace ran off. Stacy just stood there, confused.
"Candace, where are you going?" she asked.
"I'm gonna 'try' and bust my brothers to my Mom!" Candace explained. "And I am gonna fail!"
Candace reached the movie theater. She saw her parents were the only ones in the theater. A bunch of robots were flying around them, but neither of them were paying attention.
"Pss, Mom," she whispered.
"Candace, what are you doing here?" asked Linda.
"You gotta come outside and see what the boys are doing!"
"I can't leave now. The girl is about to forgive the guy for the cliche misunderstanding. Well, after she battles these robots."
"This 3D is amazing," Lawrence remarked.
Ferb took down another robot.
"Ferb, we'll keep the fight going," Isabella said. The anti-gravity allowing her to fly had worn off by this point, but that didn't mean she was backing down. "Go help Phineas!"
Ferb nodded. He grabbed a couple of plungers, found one of the platypults, and launched himself. He didn't reach the roof, but that's what the plungers were for. He used them to climb the rest of the way up.
Phineas threw the food from the buffet table towards Doof-2. When he ran out of food, he ran off.
Doof-2 tried to whack Phineas with a lamp. Phineas dodged each attack. Doof-2 inadvertently hit a control panel.
The robots froze in place. Doof-2 hit the panel again, making the robots start moving again.
"Wait, that's what's controlling the robots," Phineas realized. "I don't need to close the portal. I just need to destroy the dish, but how?"
Phineas realized his baseball gun was still on the floor. He tried to grab it.
Unfortunately, Doof-2 beat him to it.
"Not so fast," he laughed, pointing the gun at Phineas. "You know, all that's going to happen from you guys coming up here is that I get to have a second platyborg, and maybe even a boyborg. Try saying that five times fast."
Perry-2 swung his tail. The spiky end damaged Perry's armor. He realized it was useless now, so he took it off.
Perry then shoved his other self, making his tail grab onto a turkey from the buffet table. Perry-2 tried and failed to get it off. Perry couldn't help but chuckle.
Perry-2 did not take kindly to that. He shoved Perry to the ground and pinned him there. Unfortunately for him, Perry tickled his other self's weak spot, causing his tail to jolt and for the turkey to cover his face.
Perry then shoved his other self. Perry-2's tail hit a socket, causing him to get electrocuted.
Perry put on his hat, then he noticed Phineas was cornered.
"You know," said Doof-2. "You've been a thorn on my side all day long. Well, that's gonna end right now."
Perry noticed a baseball bat on the floor. He grabbed it and tossed it to Phineas.
Phineas caught the bat. When Doof fired the baseball, Phineas swung the bat. He hit the ball and sent it flying towards the panel. The ball destroyed the panel, making all the robots collapse.
"Mom, if you care one iota about me, your family, and your home, you'll come outside right now!" Candace demanded.
"Well, I guess I could use some more popcorn," Linda relented.
"Awesome, come on!"
Candace grabbed Linda's hand and carried her out of the theater.
Ferb just made it to the roof.
"Ferb, I just hit the best home run ever!" Phineas said.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
That's when the ground shook. A platform rose to reveal a large Doof-mech.
"Tremble before me!" Doof-2 shouted. "I have one last trick up my sleeve!"
He revealed that he was actually on the arm of the robot.
"I hope you have your 3D glasses, 'cause I'm coming at you!" he shouted.
He prepared to punch the boys and send them flying across the Tri-State Area.
"Hey!" a voice shouted.
Doof-2 stopped himself right before he could punch anyone. Everyone turned to see the other Doof had just arrived.
"Do you mind?" asked Doof-2. "Can't you see I'm busy?"
"I have something for you," Doof replied. He went into his pocket to reveal a toy train. "I told you I never lost it."
Doof-2 got off of his mech and took the toy.
"Choo-choo, it is you!" he cried. "Heart melting, backstory resolving, evil diminishing. You know, I don't know what I was thinking with the whole 'evil robot' thing. Actually, it's embarrassing. Let me clean this up."
Doof-2 revealed he did have a self-destruct button, only it was a remote, and not on the robots themselves.
"Ah, you," Doof teased.
Doof-2 pushed the button. All the robots disappeared right then and there.
Candace and Linda came out of the theater.
"Do I even need to say 'there's nothing there' anymore?" asked Linda.
"Mom, you can say it all you want!" Candace replied. "There's nothing there! Woo! I saved the world! You can go back to your movie now."
Linda just sighed and went back inside the theater.
"You know, we're totally cool now," said Doof-2. "I'm just gonna return home and live out the rest of my days with my choo-choo."
He walked through the portal and found himself back home…
Only to be welcomed back by the entire resistance. They all surrounded him and carried him away.
"You know, my crimes against humanity had completely slipped my mind," he realized.
Candace met up with the boys.
"Hey, did you guys just see that?" she asked. "I saved Danville!"
Candace-2 and the resistance came through the portal.
"Good job, soldier," Candace-2 complimented.
"So, what are you gonna do now?" asked Candace.
"Wow, I haven't thought about anything but busting Doofenshmirtz for years. I don't know."
"Well, I know what interests I'd pursue." Candace pointed at Jeremy-2.
Candace-2 smiled. "I'll take that into consideration. What about you, Candace?"
"After all of this, I'm gonna give myself a little more time to be young. It's not a bad place to be."
"You know what? Me too."
The two Candaces hugged each other.
"Hey, I just wanted to thank you for telling us all about summer," Phineas-2 told his other self. "You know, opening our horizons, and teaching Ferb how to play guitar."
Ferb-2 showed he was already a pro at guitar.
That's when Perry-2 finally recovered from his electric shock. While it helped, it wasn't until he saw his owners for the first time in forever when he was finally broken out of his evil programming. He assumed his normal pose and chattered.
"Hey, it's our Perry!" Phineas-2 smiled.
He and Ferb-2 hugged Perry-2, crying their eyes out.
"Is there room for one more?" Candace-2 asked.
The boys allowed her to join the group hug.
Everyone else watched and cried themselves.
"Hey, uh, sorry that he's mostly metal now," Phineas apologized, ruining the moment.
"Are you kidding?" Phineas-2 reacted. "That makes him even cooler! Thanks guys."
With that, the second dimension gang walked back through the portal. Perry-2 stopped to salute his other self before joining the rest.
Once everyone was back in their dimension, Ferb shut the portal.
"Man, this has been the greatest day ever," said Phineas. "Imagine how much more fun we can have knowing you're a secret agent."
That's when Monogram and Carl showed up.
"Yes, the next fifteen minutes should be a real hoot," said Monogram. "Of course, Agent P will be sent away forever."
"What?" Phineas reacted.
"Didn't he give you a pamphlet?"
"We threw it away."
Monogram turned towards Carl. "Does anyone read those things?"
"I tried to warn you, sir," Carl replied bluntly.
"Kids, I'm sorry, but now that Agent P's cover has been blown, you'll never be allowed to see him again," Monogram told the kids.
"Oh, that's why you didn't tell us," Phineas realized. "God, I feel like a moron for lashing out at you. So, we'll never see Perry again? There has to be another way."
"Sorry, Phineas, but it isn't safe. You know too much."
"Wait, maybe there is another way," Carl suggested. "What about Doctor Doofenshmirtz's Amnesianator?"
"I never built an Amnesianator," said Doof. "I think I'd remember building something like that."
"That could work," said Monogram. "But you'd all have to agree with it."
"So our choice is to forget the best day ever, forget the biggest adventure we ever had, and forget meeting Agent P, or keep our memories and never see Perry again?" Phineas asked.
Ferb comfortingly held Phineas' shoulder. "Well, we've had a lot of great days, and we'll have even more great days in the future, but we only have one Perry."
Everyone else agreed.
With that, Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, Django, Stacy, Doof, and the Fireside Girls were all rallied together at the OWCA organization. They needed to wait a bit for Carl to get things ready.
Phineas and Ferb decided to take the time to have one last moment with Perry.
"Hey buddy," said Phineas. "Ferb and I wanted to say our goodbyes. You know, we thought we'd finally met the real you when we found out you were a secret agent, but the fact is, you were always the real you. You are now, and always have been, a great pet and an amazing friend, and I can't believe it took me this long to fully realize that. We love you, pal."
Phineas and Ferb both hugged Perry.
Candace approached them.
"Is there room for one more?" she asked.
The boys allowed her to join the group hug.
Carl noticed tears forming around Monogram's eyes. "Sir, are you crying?"
"No, I'm sweating through my eyes," Monogram lied.
"Alright sir, we're ready," Phineas said.
Phineas, Ferb, and Candace rejoined the others. Perry assumed his platypus position and walked out of everyone's sight.
An idea randomly came to Isabella's mind. "Major Monogram, we're gonna forget all of today, right?"
"Yes, that's the plan," Monogram replied.
"Good."
Isabella pulled Phineas close and kissed him on the lips.
"Isabella, what…?" Phineas reacted.
At that moment, he felt confused, angry, nervous, but at the same time, he enjoyed the kiss.
"Hit it, Carl!" Isabella shouted.
"Wait, wait!" Phineas yelled.
But by then, it was too late. The inator already went off. It hit Phineas, Isabella, and everyone that witnessed the event, except for Monogram, Carl, and Perry.
Later that night, Perry went into his lair. He made sure the coast was clear. Once he was sure, he took the camera out of his hat and connected it to his computer.
A pop up appeared which read, 'Import Photos?' Perry selected 'Yes'.
Play "Taking Care of Things"
The first photo that appeared was one of Phineas and Ferb trapping Perry-2 in a parachute.
Now me and my bro, we're taking care of things
We're from a pair of jokers to a couple of kings
The second picture showed him and the boys sneaking a 'Reboot Me' sign onto a Normbot on the way to the house of the other Phineas and Ferb.
It goes to show you never know just what a shuffle brings
Me and my bro, we're taking care of things
The third picture was one of the boys singing to their alternate selves what summer was all about.
That's right, we're bros, we're brothers, different father and mother
But don't you diss or slam or slight us, we look after one another
The fourth picture showed the cart chase, and Candace-2 fighting off the Normbots.
'Cause we're thicker than thieves and we're cooler than kings
Yeah you better believe we're taking care of things
The fifth picture was of when the gang was about to be fed to the two-car-garage-sized monster.
I'll tell you up front that I've got your back
And I know that you've got mine
The sixth picture was of the robot riot.
As long as we stick together side by side
Yo, bro, it's gonna turn out fine
Yo, bro, it's gonna turn out fine
The seventh picture showed the group hug he shared with Phineas, Ferb, and Candace before the memory wipe.
Now me and my bro, we're taking care of things
We're from a pair of jokers to a couple of kings
The last picture showed the kiss Isabella was able to sneak in before Carl activated the Anesianator.
It goes to show you never know just what a shuffle brings
Me and my bro, we're taking care of things
When the computer asked if he wanted to save the photos, Perry selected 'Yes'.
End "Taking Care of Things"
Notes:
This took me quite a while to write. I literally skipped two meals so this wouldn't take me two days to write. I know it isn't healthy for me, but hey, at least I can say I (hopefully) lost a few pounds by doing that.
So, like I said at the top, I felt Across the Second Dimension would make a fitting 50th-episode special. I hope y'all can agree with me on that front.
Since I made Django a member of the main gang in this version, I felt it was only fitting to show what the second-dimension version of Django would've been like. I never really planned what to do with him until I started writing this chapter, so I decided to make Django be kind of an artist in the resistance. For example, he's the one that makes the wild parsnip topiary. Recently, I realized I haven't really explored that bit about Django's character in this story outside of his debut episode. I plan to do that in at least one more episode down the line.
One main gripe I had with this movie was the fact Dan and Swampy felt the need to cut out a lot of good moments, mainly the Mysterious Force song and the scenes with Vanessa. To fix that, I decided to put those scenes back in there.
Another thing I didn't really like was Doof-2's backstory. I mean, he only turns evil because he lost his favorite toy one day? It's clear this backstory was only intended as a funny gag. I like funny gags as much as the next guy (if I didn't, I would've gotten rid of every running gag in the show, but I didn't), but this isn't the place for one of those. Doof-2 is supposed to be a worse version of our Doof, but I personally can't believe he got THAT evil because he just lost a toy. To fix that, I made it so Doof-2's parents were even worse than our Doof's parents, having the nurses cut out one of his eyes just because he has heterochromia (which would also explain why he's missing an eye), and straight-up confiscating his toy train for no reason other than they don't want him to have nice things.
The main thing I wanted to change was Phineas' behavior towards Perry. While I wasn't a fan of how Phineas acted when I watched the movie for the first time, looking back, Phineas' behavior was completely understandable, even if he was in the wrong. I decided to explore that conflict a little more by having Phineas completely snap at Perry and wanting to leave him for dead, only for Ferb to step in and call out his idiocy, leading to an argument between them.
Sadly, the gang did lose their memories in the end. I know a lot of people didn't like that aspect, but I personally believe it makes sense. If they kept their memories of the events, it would've changed a lot of things about the story. I felt the memory wipe needed to happen so the story can keep going without any major disruptions.
Sure, it does get rid of any and all character development that could've been gained from this episode (except maybe for Perry), but hey, there's still plenty of summer for our characters to relearn their lessons, and ACTUALLY remember them.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 51: The Beak
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 51
The Beak
Phineas and Ferb were standing on top of a huge track with multiple twists, turns, and loops.
"Here it is," said Phineas. "The Phineas and Ferb Edge-of-Insanity-Kiss-Your-Butt-Goodbye-Gravity's-a-Stone-Cold-Sucker-Nightmare-Rail-Skate-Track Obstacle Course of Doom. You ready, Ferb?"
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Phineas prepared to get on his skateboard, but he dropped it. The skateboard rolled down the ramp, narrowly missed getting crushed by some mallets, got torn up by a jaguar, and set on fire.
"It just now occurred to me that we could get hurt," Phineas realized. "I guess the 'of doom' bit should've tipped us off. Well, Ferb, unfortunately, there's only one way down, the stairs."
Linda was at the dentist getting a root canal surgery when Candace burst into the room.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb have built a dangerous skateboarding ramp!" she shouted.
"You've gotta be kidding me," Linda sighed. "Can't you see I'm in the middle of something here?"
"Alright, alright!" Candace started backing out. "Don't take it out on me! I'm the good guy here!"
The boys just got down from their obstacle course when they saw Isabella dressed as a gossiper.
"Hey Isabella, what's with the getup?" asked Phineas.
"I'm going for my Intrepid Reporter patch," Isabella explained. "Can I report on what you guys are doing?"
"Sure."
"Cool. Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, Fireside Girl gazette, whatcha doin?"
"Ferb and I have built the ultimate extreme skate-track obstacle course."
"Awesome. I knew I could count on you for the coolest story ever! Have you tested it yet?"
"Well, we decided we still needed to make a few tweaks and adjustments so we can, you know, survive and stuff."
"Okay, I'll be back in an hour. Hopefully, I can make the early mid-morning edition. See you."
Isabella left the backyard.
An idea popped into Phineas' head. "Instead of modifying the track, maybe we should modify ourselves. Together, we could be the most ultimate skateboarder ever. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry entered his lair. On screen, he saw red lights blaring, Carl shredding papers, and Monogram looking panicked.
"Agent P, we've begun emergency evacuation plan 'Zed Omega'," said Monogram. "We just received this tape from Doofenshmirtz. Watch closely, Agent P, and join us in girly panic if you're into it."
The tape showed Doof standing in front of a greenscreen depicting multiple pictures of himself shaking hands with all kinds of living creatures, including plants.
"Hey guess what, Tri-State Area," he said. "I, Heinz Doofenshmirtz have seized control and am now your supreme leader. Seriously, life as you know it is over, and remember, Doof you, Doof me, Doof us. I'm Heinz Doofenshmirtz and I approve of this evil message."
When the scene cut back to Monogram, he was dressing up as a mother. Carl shaved his hair off, put on a diaper, and jumped into a stroller.
"With Doof in charge, no man, woman, child, or hat-wearing mammal is safe," said Monogram. "You must find out how this happened and stop it. Until then, Carl and I will be on the lam, incognito. Good luck, Agent P."
Perry saluted.
Phineas was working on a blueprint.
"Okay, we have to blur the line between skateboard and skateboarder," he said. "We can combine dirt-biking, ATV-racing, in-line skating, street-luge, motorized scooters, and Bulgarian folk-dancing. Of course, all this extreme fun requires extreme safety. Shoulder-pads, goggles, gloves, Bulgarian folk athletic supporters, rocket boosters, grappling hooks, and laser blasters. Then, we lock it all together with an indestructible titanium exoskeleton that increases strength, jumping ability, and other physical attributes 100 times, including the senses and folk-dancing elements."
For the first time ever, Ferb thought this was a bit much. He glared at Phineas.
"What?" Phineas asked. "Do you want more Bulgarian folk-related elements?"
Ferb's glare tightened.
"Oh, less," Phineas assumed. "I thought we were on the same page, but no. It's cool. Time to suit up."
Ferb smacked his forehead.
The boys put on their ten-foot exosuit. Since they were both too small to control the robot on their own, Phineas controlled the top half while Ferb controlled the bottom half.
After they both got the hang of their controls, which didn't take too long, Phineas put on the helmet.
"Okay, video link active," he said, his voice now robotic. "How you doing, Ferb?"
Phineas could see Ferb's cockpit from the bottom-right corner of his screen. Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Phineas finally realized his voice was modified. "Cool, look what it does to my voice. Oh yeah. How about a little test drive?"
Play "Yippee-Ya-Ya-Yay"
The boys rode down their obstacle course with the suit. Using their suit, they overcome each obstacle with ease.
Catch me if you can
I'm like a bullet, man
On the edge of my seat
By the skin of my teeth
Woo, yippee-ya-ya-yay
Woo, yippee-ya-ya-yay
When they reached the bottom of the ramp, Phineas heard what sounded like someone calling for help.
"Hey, what's that?" he asked. "Stop the music."
End "Yippee-Ya-Ya-Yay"
"He's stuck in the tree and I can't get him down!" came the voice of Buford.
"It sounds like Buford's in trouble," Phineas realized. "Maybe we can use the suit to help him."
They skated up a ramp and launched into the air. Ferb activated some rocket boosters so they could fly over to Buford's location.
Right as they left, Isabella returned.
"Phineas, I'm back," she called, only to see no one. She sighed. "I guess there goes my early mid-morning edition story."
"Help!" Buford called. "My nerd is stuck in a tree!"
Baljeet was sitting on a branch, curled in a fetal position. Buford tried to lure him down with a calculator and some math problems.
Baljeet was intrigued, and he tried to climb down. Unfortunately, he slipped and fell.
Before he could hit the ground, though, something grabbed him. It took him a moment to realize a man in an iron suit was flying him around the neighborhood.
"This is so much worse than hitting the ground!" he screamed.
The man set Baljeet down next to Buford. Buford hugged him, causing them both to blush.
Isabella arrived in the nick of time to get pictures of the mysterious superhero.
"That was amazing," she said to herself. "I can't believe Phineas and Ferb missed it."
Candace was biking home.
"It's not fair," she said to herself. "Every time I try to bust Phineas and Ferb, it's always, 'Candace, I'm shopping', 'Candace, I'm getting a root canal surgery,' 'Candace, I'm taking a cooking class'. It's like she always has a reason to be out of the house. It's almost as if…"
She got distracted when she saw a man flying by. She could only assume it was Phineas and Ferb's doing, so she biked after them.
Phineas and Ferb finally got the hang of flying. Now, their problem was figuring out how to stop flying.
Phineas tried firing his grappling hook. He hit the obstacle course and flew around it a few times before finally landing. Unfortunately, by grappling the obstacle course, it all came apart.
"Well, at least we stuck the landing," Phineas remarked.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof had the mayor, a plumber, and a crossing guard all gathered together.
"Ex-leaders of the Tri-State Area," he said. "I have called you here to help ease the people through this transition of power."
"I thought you called me here to recaulk your tub," said the plumber.
"I'm only the crossing guard at Fourth Street and Maple," said the crossing guard. "I'm not sure I have much authority…"
"Silence!" Doof yelled. "Are you suggesting I attempted to gather the leaders of the Tri-State Area, but the best I could do is a crossing guard and my building stupor?"
"Uh, no, but now that you mention it…"
"Silence!" Doof gestured to the mayor. "You know who that is? It's only Roger Doofenshmirtz, the mayor of Danville, so shut up!"
"I'm sorry," said Roger. "But if we're not planning Mom's birthday party, I gotta jet."
The three left the room, ignoring Doof's pleas to come back. Once they went out, Perry came in.
"Oh great, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
Perry didn't even give Doof a chance to explain his plan. He just went straight to attacking him.
"Whoa, whoa, what is going on?" Doof asked.
Perry just cornered Doof, while the devil on his shoulder laughed.
Phineas and Ferb just finished cleaning up the mess.
"Wow, the suit makes cleaning up fast, fun, and 'fficient," Phineas remarked, before remembering Isabella. "Though, I do feel bad about missing Isabella. I hope she found a better story."
That's when a Fireside Girl biked past the house and tossed a newspaper.
"Early mid-morning edition!" she shouted. "'The Beak saved the geek!'"
Phineas picked up the paper. The front page picture showed him and Ferb in their suit flying with a terrified Baljeet in their arms.
"'Superhero comes to Danville, by Isabella Garcia-Shapiro'," Phineas read. "'I call him "The Beak"'." He paused for a second. "Hey, I like that name." He then went back to reading. "'With The Beak watching over us, everyone in Danville is free to have the best day ever'. Wait, a superhero? That's not at all what we planned today."
That's when Phineas' phone rang. He checked and saw it was Isabella calling him.
"Oh, hey Isabella," he answered.
"Phineas, where'd you go?" asked Isabella. "You really let me down."
"Yeah, sorry about that."
"It's a good thing I found something else to report on."
"I know, but hey…" Phineas paused, blushing a little. "Maybe we can make it up to you? How would you like an exclusive?"
"Great, meet me downtown in five minutes."
"Will do." Phineas hung up. "Come on, we're gonna tell Isabella we're the beak."
The boys got in their suit and flew downtown.
Candace saw the same flying man fly away from the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. That just increased her suspicions.
"I knew it!" she cheered. "Well, this 'superhero' is gonna get super busted!"
The boys flew around Danville. They found Isabella at a nearby food stand. They tried to get her attention...
Then something sent them flying into a building.
When they got their bearings, they saw a man in a bug-themed costume driving a giant mechanical insect.
"Take that, birdbrain!" he shouted. "Behold, the Khaka Crawler. I built it in my basement out of discarded washers and dryers, thank you very much, and I'm gonna make sure no one has the best day ever."
Isabella tried calling Phineas. She was sent to voicemail.
"Phineas, where are you?" she asked. "There's a giant robot attacking Downtown Danville, and I'm all alone here. Call me as soon as you get this message."
She hung up, then brought out her camera.
Come on, Isabella, she said to herself. This is what being an intrepid reporter is all about.
Roger Doofenshmirtz saw all the chaos from his office.
"This is bad, Melanie," he told his secretary. "They'll somehow pin this all on me."
"It's not like you're the one who used the unsigned proposal for defending Danville from giant robot attacks as a coaster," Melanie retorted. "Oh wait, you were."
"Yes, it's so easy to blame the guy in charge. Wait, 'the guy in charge'. That's it."
Roger took out his phone and dialed a number.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Doof repeated until Perry finally backed down. "You know that whole 'taking over the Tri-State Area' thing? I was just bluffing. I was hoping if I just told everyone I was in charge, they'd be too lazy to actually check."
That's when Doof got a phone call. He checked to see it was none other than Roger.
"Hey, Roger," he answered bitterly. "Wait, what? You are? Me, in charge? Are you kidding? No?"
Oh no, Perry thought to himself.
Isabella got some pictures of the mechanical monster.
"Where's Phineas?" she asked. "He'd know what to do."
"Hey you!" a voice shouted.
Isabella turned and saw The Beak flying out of a building.
"Oh, you're back for more?" asked the villain.
The Beak and the bad guy charged towards each other. They hit each other at the same time and hit the ground. They both recovered quickly and continued fighting.
The Beak flew onto one of the high voltage wires. When the bad guy tried to grab him, the Beak flew out of the way. The mechanical monster hit the wires, electrocuting itself.
"Oh great!" the villain shouted. "Now I have to restart, thank you very much."
"Dude, who are you, anyway?" asked the Beak.
"If you are here to give Danville the best day ever, then I'm here to give Danville the worst day ever. You can call me… Khaka Peu Peu!"
Everyone in the crowd laughed at the silly name.
"Come on!" Khaka said. "It's a family name, loosely translated as 'The Strong Fist', thank you very much!"
"Alright, let's wrap this up, thank you very much," the beak teased.
The Beak fired a grappling hook and wrapped it around the mechanical beast's legs.
"Oh, why don't you go back to your day job, Mr. Comedian?" asked Khaka.
The legs of the beast came off. Khaka still tried to fly away, but the Beak grabbed one of the legs and sent Khaka flying.
"If you didn't like that one, maybe this will be a hit," he joked.
"This isn't over!" Khaka yelled. "You haven't seen the last of me! I'll come at you through what's most important to you, thank you very much!"
With that Khaka flew away.
Isabella approached the Beak.
"You were amazing!" she cheered.
The Beak turned towards Isabella. "Huh?"
"Isabella Garcia-Shaprio of the Fireside Girl Gazette. Would it be okay if I asked you a few questions?"
"Uh, I can't talk right now. Gotta go, bye."
With that, the Beak flew off.
"We can't tell Isabella now," Phineas said, failing to hide his blush. "That would put her in danger. The life of a superhero is a lonely one, even after eleven minutes."
Stacy read through the newspaper.
"Are you sure Phineas and Ferb are the beak?" she asked. "He's so hunky and adorable."
Candace groaned. "Stacy, please. Phineas and Ferb are doing something totally bustable and mobile. We can lure them right to Mom to bust themselves."
"And how exactly will we do this?"
"Well, if they're gonna play superhero, then we're gonna play supervillain." Candace put on a giraffe mask she stitched herself. "Call me the Dangeraffe."
"Right, and where do I fit in?"
"You'll be my henchman."
"Okay, although it looks like they got their hands full with Khaka Peu Peu."
"That's obviously some big, stupid dress-up game they're playing with their friends. Now, if my research is correct, the way to defeat a superhero is to come at them through what's important to them."
Candace laughed maniacally, concerning Stacy.
Doof looked around city hall. Perry was with him, carrying a box of stuff.
"Check this place out," he said. "So wanky. I see Roger left me a note."
Doof took the note and skimmed through it.
Bro,
Thanks for filling in for me!
You're gonna make a great fall guyI mean, mayor.
-Roger
"Aw, that's so sweet," Doof remarked. He opened the door and turned towards Perry. "Go ahead and put that on my desk."
Perry set the box down, only for it to open up and trap Perry.
"Ha, made you carry your own trap!" Doof laughed. "Now, my first order of business is to make all the citizens of Danville bow down…"
"No you're not," Melanie replied bluntly, setting down a bunch of paper. "Here's your paperwork and missed phone calls, and in case you haven't noticed, the city is in the grip of fear and panic caused by an evil supervillain intent on destroying our way of life."
"What? That's my job!"
The boys just finished building a well-hidden secret base up in the tree.
"Hey guys," came Isabella.
Phineas jumped back in fear. "Nothing!" He realized it was just Isabella and blushed in embarrassment. "I mean, hi Isabella. We're doing nothing."
"Where have you been?"
"Uh, you know, busy busy busy."
"Well, while you two were making sure your summer day was fun, other people were busy saving Danville." Isabella showed the newspaper of the Beak.
"Oh, the Beak, huh? A real superhero?"
"And I need your help to find him. I thought there might be some clues from the photos I took of him stopping Khaka Peu Peu."
The boys couldn't help but snicker at that name.
Isabella got angry. "Fine, if you guys aren't gonna take this seriously, I'll do it myself!"
"Wait, I wasn't…" Phineas tried to say.
"I gotta go. Bye."
With that, Isabella walked out of the backyard.
Phineas sighed. "Ferb, to the nest."
Ferb pushed a button, opening a secret door in the tree. A fake egg popped out, and the boys sat in it.
The egg took the boys to their secret lair. They hatched out of the egg.
"Alright, Ferb," said Phineas. "Let's wing it."
The boys quickly put on their suit and flew off.
Play "The Beak"
The Beak, the Beak
Flies as fast as a supersonic jet
The Beak, the Beak
You can't fly, be honest, you can't
Khaka Peu Peu tried to dump a bunch of worms over the city. The boys used a giant vacuum to suck up the worms before they could get anyone. Isabella got a picture of the scene. The boys' heroics got in the newspaper.
The Beak, the Beak
He's strong enough to move a mountain
You're pretty weak
Seriously, what do you bench?
Khaka tried to release a swarm of crows upon the town. The boys caught all the birds in a net. Once again, Isabella managed to get a picture. Again, her story got on the paper.
You really are pretty lame compared to the Beak
The Beak, the Beak, the Beak, the Beak
End "The Beak"
Candace called Phineas on the phone.
"Phineas, Mom is in danger!" she screamed. She snickered a little bit before continuing. "She's on the corner of Fourth and Maple Drive!"
Candace hung up.
"So what does the Dangerbil do?" asked Stacy, who was now wearing a gerbil mask and trapped in a human-sized hamster ball.
"Again, you're my henchman," Candace reminded. "Hench or something."
"Oh, you did not just tell me to hench."
"Okay, just watch my bike."
Candace found Linda coming out of a store. She tried to steal her purse, but Linda was stronger than Candace expected.
That's when Phineas and Ferb showed up.
"Hey Mom, hey Candace," Phineas greeted. "Everything okay?"
"What, where's the Beak?" asked Candace. "Mom's being robbed!"
"Apparently Giraffe Girl is stealing from me," Linda joked.
Candace was running out of patience. "Oh come on, admit that you two are superheroes!"
"Well, Ferb has been working out," Phineas pointed out. "Thanks for noticing."
"Just tell her the truth! You're making me look ridiculous!"
"Oh, I don't have to! You already did that yourself!"
That's when Stacy rolled by on her hamster wheel. "I lost your bike."
Perry was now being hung against the wall like he was a severed animal head.
"Well, as much as I don't want to join the forces of good," said Doof. "I need to take my responsibilities as a mayor very seriously if I want to abuse the position later."
Doof tried to push the intercom button and call Melanie.
"Melanie, can you give me the phone number of…?" he was about to ask.
"That's your stapler!" Melanie yelled.
Candace was walking home.
"'Apparently Giraffe Girl is stealing from me'," Candace imitated. "'Ferb has been working out.' Oh, I'll show them all."
"Hello there!" a voice shouted.
Candace jumped back before realizing it was just the villain from the papers.
"Oh, you're Khaka Peu Peu, aren't you?" she asked. "No offense."
"None taken, thank you very much," Khaka replied. "I had no idea we had another player in this game."
"I knew it. It's all some stupid game. I'm the Dangeraffe."
"Right. What do you say we join forces to defeat the Beak?"
"Fine, but if my friends see us, I don't know you."
"Deal."
Phineas and Ferb were on their way back to the house when they ran into Isabella.
"Oh, hey Phineas, Ferb," she said, a hint of disappointment in her voice.
"Oh hey Isabella," Phineas replied, blushing a little. "Sorry we ducked out on you earlier."
"That's fine. I guess it's just weird for me to not know where you are and what you're doing."
"Fair enough."
That's when Khaka flew above them.
"Ms. Garcia-Shapiro," he said. "I have your next headline. 'Everybody's Day is Ruined and The Beak Powerless to Save It!'"
"It's a little wordy for a headline," said Isabella.
"Enough! Okay, Danville, nothing ruins a day faster than unexpected rain!"
Khaka started spraying nearby citizens with water.
"Oh no, this is terrible," Isabella panicked. "I'm so glad you're here with me, Phineas. Come on, we can get a better scope on top of city hall."
Isabella was about to bike away, but the boys didn't follow her.
"I'm sorry, Isabella," Phineas apologized. "But I can't come with you."
"So you're ditching me, again?" Isabella asked angrily.
"You have to trust me. Have I ever let you down?"
"Yes, four times today alone!"
"I'm sorry. Maybe one day you'll understand."
Phineas and Ferb went the opposite direction, leaving Isabella behind.
"I guess your superhero turned out to be a chicken beak," Khaka laughed.
That's when the Beak showed up. "But which came first? The chicken, or the egg?"
The Beak fired Eggs at Khaka, getting his face covered in yolk.
"Well, I have a surprise for you too!" Khaka said. "I'm not alone this time. May I introduce… the Dangeraffe!"
The 'Dangeraffe' was just Candace wearing the same poor giraffe mask from earlier.
"Ugh, of course Candace is working for him," Phineas groaned.
He prepared to attack Khaka, but he realized he would likely hurt Candace too. As much as he hated how she always tried to get them busted, at the end of the day, she was still his sister.
"Fine," he relented. "You win."
Khaka did not expect that. "Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, you have her." Phineas pointed at Candace.
"You mean my henchman?"
Candace took great offense to that statement. "I do not hench! The Dangeraffe is out! Peace!"
She got off the vehicle and left.
With Candace gone, Phineas attacked Khaka. They ended up hitting city hall.
The force of the impact released Perry from his trap. Unfortunately, it also knocked him out.
Isabella was on the roof of city hall trying to get footage. The crash caused the building to shake and her to fall off. She hung on for dear life.
"Help!" she screamed.
Phineas saw Isabella was falling.
"No!" he shouted.
"And that's not all, do-gooder," said Khaka. "Watch as I destroy the very symbol of good days everywhere!"
Khaka fired a laser, knocking down a Bango-Ru billboard. Some nearby citizens were panicking at the site.
Given the choice between saving Isabella and saving the billboard, Phineas knew what he needed to do.
Isabella couldn't hold on much longer. She let go.
That's when she felt someone grab her hand. It was Phineas.
"Phineas?" she asked. "But what happened to the Beak?"
Meanwhile, Ferb was controlling the bottom half of the suit, all the while the top half just flailed around.
He tried to grab the billboard and put it back in its place. Since he couldn't control the arms, that was easier said than done.
As Candace was walking home, she realized that she was a complete hypocrite. She didn't like being a measly henchman even though that was exactly how she treated Stacy.
She found Stacy still rolling around in her hamster ball, unable to get out of it.
"Hey, Stacy!" she called, getting her attention. "Let me help you out of there."
Candace found the hatch and opened it up. This allowed Stacy to climb out.
"Stace, I'm sorry for how I treated you earlier," Candace said. "It was wrong of me. I hope I can make it up to you."
Stacy smiled, touched by the apology.
That's when they heard citizens screaming. They turned and saw that the Beak was struggling to hold up the billboard, and citizens were standing there in fear.
The two turned to each other, smiled, and nodded.
They ran towards the citizens and made them move out of the way. The Beak gave in and dropped the billboard. It shattered upon impact.
"Thanks for coming back, Phineas," Isabella thanked.
"No problem," Phineas replied. "Gotta go."
Phineas jumped off the roof. Isabella gasped.
That's when the Beak appeared.
"Don't worry, your friend's safe," he assured. "He landed in a… ledge."
The Beak flew off. Isabella just eyed him suspiciously.
Phineas and Ferb continued to fight Khaka Peu Peu.
"Admit it, you're having a bad day!" Khaka demanded.
"Nothing will stop me from having the best day ever!" Phineas replied.
"Well, I never had a good day, thank you very much!"
"Wait, you haven't?"
"Now, Beak, we finish this!"
"I couldn't agree more."
Phineas and Ferb took off their costume, revealing their true selves.
Everyone in the crowd gasped.
"You're just a couple of kids?" asked Khaka.
"Yep," Phineas replied. "I'm Phineas and this is my brother, Ferb."
"But there's no point in being a supervillain if there's no hero to fight with."
"Exactly. Wanna help us rebuild our skateboarding ramp? It'll be fun."
"Really? You want me to help?" Khaka considered that offer, but he quickly got suspicious. "Wait, how is that fun? It's like 85 degrees out here. That sounds dreadful."
"What?"
"Forget it."
That's when a chair flew onto Khaka, making him fall out of his vehicle.
A middle-aged woman approached Khaka angrily.
"Where have you been?" she asked.
"Oh, hey honey," Khaka said nervously.
"Shush, you! You were supposed to take me shopping! I need me some more throwing chairs!"
"Yes, dear." Khaka walked away sadly. "There goes my day, thank you very much."
"Well, it looks like he's gonna get his karma after all," Phineas remarked.
The moment everyone was gone, Doof got in Khaka's vehicle.
"It's finally my turn!" he cheered. "Now, let the master show you how evil is done!"
Doof flew off. Perry got in the beak suit and flew after Doof.
Perry
Perry rammed the suit into Doof's vehicle. He then jumped off, leaving Doof to swirl out of control.
"Curse you, Perry the Beakapus!" Doof yelled.
"Phineas, I'm sorry I doubted you," Isabella apologized. "I should've known you were the Beak all along."
"That's alright, Isabella," Phineas assured. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you."
"I know you were just trying to protect me. By the way, you were really brave."
"Uh, hello," Ferb called. "Other half here."
"Yes, Ferb," Isabella smiled. "You were brave too."
Phineas heard a thud. "What was that?"
Perry landed in Carl's stroller.
"Great work, Agent P," said Monogram.
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella headed to the Flynn-Fletcher house to have a snack.
"You know, that superheroing thing was fun," Phineas admitted. "But in hindsight, it was really dangerous, even for us. We should do something a lot safer next time."
"I couldn't agree more," Ferb replied.
Notes:
Just one chapter away from the end of the first half! WOO!
This was an episode I knew I wanted to do from the start. It would've developed Phineas' crush on Isabella, as well as his and Ferb's characters. From this point on, they're both gonna be a lot more careful when it comes to the things they do.
One gripe I have with this episode is Candace. This might just be her at her absolute worst. She tried to steal from HER OWN MOTHER to trick the boys into busting themselves, she dragged Stacy into her scheme, she joined Khaka Peu Peu when that plan failed, and only left because she was a henchman in HIS scheme. I mean, Candace was a complete hypocrite, and she didn't even apologize to Stacy!
Well, I decided to fix that by having Candace apologize, then have her and Stacy work together to help in the climax, even if they only helped a tiny bit.
Anyway, the Season 2 finale is gonna be an episode I have been looking forward to writing since the very beginning. Summer Belongs to You.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 52: Summer Belongs to You (End of Season 2)
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 52
Summer Belongs to You
The moment Candace woke up, she called Jeremy on the phone.
It didn't take long for him to answer. "Hello?"
"Hey Jeremy, it's Candace," Candace smiled.
"Hey Candace. You realize it's like, 2:00 AM in Paris, right?"
"Oops. Sorry, I was just wondering how your vacation's going."
"Actually, I'm surprised you called. You were in my dream just now. It was weird. You and I were in this Dixieland band, and there was an iguana playing an oboe…"
Candace heard a loud crash coming from outside. "Jeremy, I gotta go."
"Okay, bye."
When Candace came out, she saw a robot jumping rope.
That's when she heard the sound of a car pulling up. She knew it was Linda, so she ran to the front of the house to get her.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!" she called.
"Let me guess," Linda said, used to it. "The boys built some crazy contraption in the backyard?"
"Yes, and you gotta see it to believe it!"
Candace grabbed Linda's hand and carried her back to the backyard.
As always, the contraption was gone.
"Hi kids," Linda greeted. "Did you have fun today?"
"Yes, yes we did," Phineas replied.
"Good for you. I would've been home sooner, but it took me an hour to drive around the road construction in the neighborhood. It sure would be helpful if they could just make the days a little longer." Linda chuckled at her own joke. "Who do you call about that?"
Linda walked back inside the house. Candace sighed and went back to her room.
Phineas and Ferb stayed in the backyard, thinking about what Linda said.
"She's right," Phineas realized. "Our vacation is officially halfway over, and what have we accomplished?"
Ferb showed their entire list of accomplishments. The rollercoaster, the time machine, the superhero costume they made just the day before, but Phineas wasn't satisfied.
"See, we hardly did anything," he said. "We need a real challenge. We need to create the biggest, longest, funnest summer day of all time. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
Doofenshmirtz In a Jet Airplane
Doof and Vanessa were on a plane to Tokyo, Japan.
"Well, Vanessa, are you looking forward to seeing Tokyo on our trip?" asked Doof.
"Yeah," Vanessa replied. "I was hoping for Paris. I mean, I did drop all those hints, but I guess Tokyo's more exotic."
Doof sweated a little bit. "Yes. That's exactly why I chose Japan over France at the last second. That makes perfect sense."
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking," said a voice on the intercom. "We're expecting a slight delay for our arrival in Tokyo."
Doof sighed. "It's always something. Turbulence, headwinds, giant jump-roping robots…"
He wasn't kidding, though. There was a giant jump-roping robot dangling on the end of the plane.
Linda and Lawrence were packing when Candace came in.
"So while you two are away, I'm in charge, right?" she asked. "For two whole days?"
"That's right," Linda replied. "Remember, no boys over, and call if you need anything."
"Of course, Mom. Jeremy's in Paris anyway. So, when you say I'm 'in charge', what exactly do you mean like that?"
"Well, to put it lightly, I mean you're in charge."
"So, if Phineas and Ferb are doing something bust worthy, I have every right to call you?"
"Quite the contrary. Being in charge means you handle things yourself. Basically, you don't need to call at all. If the boys are doing something 'bust worthy', that means you aren't doing your job and you would be in trouble too."
"Oh, I never thought of it like that."
Later, Phineas and Ferb gathered Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, Django, and a few other kids in the backyard.
"Whatcha doin?" asked Isabella.
Phineas gestured to the sun. "See that the sun is setting in the west? Well, we're going to follow it and make today the longest day ever."
"So you built the Statue of Liberty?"
Phineas saw that the tarp did look like it was covering the Statue of Liberty. He chuckled and blushed in embarrassment before removing the tarp. It was actually covering a jet.
"Behold, the amazing Sun Beater 3000!" he showcased. "It's fast and runs on vegetable oil so it's environmentally friendly. In this ship, we will travel around the world as the sun does, making this day longer than the Summer Solstice. That will give us a full 24 hours of continuous daylight, add to that the extra 15 hours we would have had anyway… that's almost a 40-hour day!"
Candace came out, having heard the commotion.
"Well, I don't believe it!" she yelled. "There's only 24 hours in a day, and that's that!"
"Well, yes and no," Phineas replied. "You see, Candace, if you define the day by the passage of the sun, and we follow the sun by traveling around the world…"
"Nah, don't try and confuse me with your sorcerer's ways. There's nothing I've ever seen that can make me believe you can pull this off… except maybe that time machine, and the roller coaster, but other than that, nothing! Oh, and the song we sang to make Perry come back. Man, nature just bends to your will, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, nothing's impossible if you believe you can do it."
"Well, I don't believe it, and therefore, it's impossible, and what's more, I'll bet on it. If you lose, you're gonna have to stand in front of everyone and say that you are governed by the laws of physics, and summer's not what you want to make of it, and what's more, you gotta spend the rest of your summer doing nothing!"
"And what will happen when we win?"
Candace never considered that scenario, so she just blurted the first thing that came to mind. "I'll eat a bug!"
Phineas wasn't satisfied. "No, that won't do it. How about when Ferb and I win, we keep doing what we've always been doing, and you never try to bust us to Mom or Dad again!"
Candace sighed. "Alright, deal!"
"Phineas, what are you doing?" asked Isabella. "You're putting your entire worldview on the line!"
"Isabella, this is all about my worldview," Phineas replied as he climbed onto the top of the plane. "You see, we've all gotta ask ourselves just one question…"
Play "I Believe We Can"
Phineas (Ferb):
What is summer really, but a tepid month or three?
And if you agree with Candace, that's all it will ever be
And we don't need to break the laws of physics
To make a day that's longer than a day
We can follow that old sun around the circumference of the globe
And stop all the naysayers from naysay…ing
'Cause I believe we can
And that's the measure, the measure of a man
It may sound far-fetched, this thing we got planned
But I believe we can
I believe we can (Ooh, I believe)
And that's the measure, the measure of a man (The measure of man)
We'll make it back here to where we began (Oh)
The wing broke off.
Or at least, that's the plan
Ferb:
Of course, first we're gonna have to fix this wing
End "I Believe We Can"
"Hey, where's Perry?" asked Phineas.
Perry entered his lair through a secret door under his bed. When he answered the call, he saw Carl and not Monogram, surprising him.
"Uh, hi, Agent P," Carl greeted. "Major Monogram isn't here right now, but he left this note. 'Dear Carl, I haven't been kidnapped so don't come looking for him… I mean me! You can presume I'm on vacation and undercover.' Weird that he took the time to cut each letter out of a magazine. Anywhos, Doof is on vacation with his daughter in Tokyo right now, which is where the Annual World Good Guy Convention is being held and Major Monogram is the keynote speaker. Coincidence, I think not! Go out there and see what's up."
Perry saluted and flew out of the lair.
Doof and Vanessa were in the airport picking up their stuff.
"Look at this," Vanessa said as she read a pamphlet. "It says that the tallest structure in Tokyo is the 'Tokyo Tower'. It even looks like the Eiffel Tower."
"See, it's just like France," Doof remarked.
That's when Doof's 'luggage' finally showed up. It was just Major Monogram tied to a dolly. Vanessa was beyond furious.
"I can't believe you brought work with you!" she yelled.
"What do you mean?" Doof asked.
"Dad, you literally got someone tied up here!"
"No, we've got a person tied up here."
"I have a name, you know," Monogram chastised.
"Alright," Doof sighed. "Vanessa, Major Monogram. Major Monogram, Vanessa. There, you happy now?"
"I've never been happy."
"Come on, let's find a taxi."
"I'd prefer a town car."
"Quiet!"
After fixing the wing, Phineas and Ferb covered the house in a giant world map.
"Okay, we got a late start thanks to the broken wing," said Phineas. "But here's the whole route. We'll stop in Tokyo and Paris to refuel."
"You're going to Paris?" asked Isabella.
"Yeah, wanna come?"
"To the City of Love?"
"Yeah. It'll be fun."
"Uh, it actually isn't called the City of Love," Baljeet pointed out. "It's…"
"Quiet you!" Buford gave Baljeet a wedgie. "Let her have this!"
"Hey Phineas, I'm coming with you to make sure you don't cheat!" Candace declared. "And if we're stopping at Paris, I might as well pay Jeremy a visit."
With that, Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django got on the plane.
"You got the map with you?" Phineas asked Ferb.
Ferb tapped his shirt pocket, revealing the map was in there.
"Wow, mad folding skills," Phineas remarked before turning to the rest. "You guys ready?"
"Ready for you to lose!" Candace replied.
Ferb prepared to take off. Phineas realized the house was still in front of them. He nudged Ferb, reminding him the house was there. Ferb just pressed a button, lowering the house into the ground, then they took off.
"Alright girls," Adyson told the other Fireside Girls. "We got roughly forty hours to get this backyard cleaned up in time for the party. Let's move, move, MOVE!"
With that, the girls got to work.
It didn't take long for the gang to fly over the Pacific Ocean.
"What did you think of the Pacific Ocean?" Phineas asked.
"Probably my fifth favorite ocean," Buford replied.
"So, you're least favorite?" asked Baljeet.
"No. My fifth."
Baljeet smacked his forehead.
"Alright, next stop, Tokyo," said Phineas.
Doof and Vanessa were on top of the Tokyo Tower.
"It says here that the Tokyo Tower is the tallest self-supporting steel structure in the world," said Vanessa. She looked up and saw a giant water balloon being hung in the air. "But it says nothing about a giant water balloon." She quickly assumed it was Doof's work. "Dad?"
"Do you like it?" asked Doof.
"We're supposed to be on vacation."
"Uh, we'll be on our way once Major Monogram drops this water balloon on top of the entire International Good Guy Convention!"
"I would never do something as childish as that," said Monogram. "It would ruin my reputation, destroy my credit… oh, I see where you're going with this."
"Exactly," Doof smiled. "And best of all, without your leadership, it will totally put an end to your… what do you call it again?"
"The OWCA, Organization With Cool Animals."
"Okay, I'm gonna put an end to this… OWCA? That's not a cool acronym."
Monogram sighed. "I know."
"Ladies and gentlemen," Phineas announced. "Tokyo, Japan."
The kids took a moment to admire the view of the gorgeous city.
"Stacy has relatives here," said Candace. "We should visit them."
"We're one step ahead of you, Candace," Phineas replied.
Phineas landed the plane a bit harder than he intended. It sounded grindy and sparky. It took a moment for him to realize he forgot to bring out the wheels.
"Ha, my mistake," he chuckled in embarrassment.
Ferb climbed out of the plane and met an elderly woman sitting nearby.
"Kon'nichiwa (Hello)," he greeted. "Watashitachiha suteishī no tomodachidesu (We are friends of Stacy)."
"Hey everybody!" the woman called in English. "Phineas and Ferb are here!"
A man hit a gong. Women of all ages came out of the temple and surrounded the gang.
"Wow, Stacy sure has a lot of relatives," Phineas remarked.
Play "Welcome to Tokyo"
Somehow, someway, the environment shifted to look like that of a Japanese anime. The girls started dancing, and everyone started dancing with them.
Girls:
Welcome to Tokyo
Being glad that you are here
We came visiting delightful
Us welcome to Tokyo
There is a zone of subtropic
You'll find it here in Tokyo
With only 63 inches
Of rainfall every year
"Hey, do you guys have any vegetable oil?" Phineas asked. "We need to refuel."
"Oh sure," one of the girls replied. "Bachan owns a tempura restaurant."
As for a list of exotic amusements
Which makes between the summer there
Is here we look at baseball
Like the fact that it does
Our some people the fact
That volleyball is done and is enjoyed
When it's hot, we spin in water
Like the fact that it goes
End "Welcome to Tokyo"
By this point, the plane was refueled and the environment was back to normal. Everyone was still doing the dance
"Bye guys," said Phineas. "We'll say hi to Stacy for you."
With that, the plane took off.
"Man, Tokyo is a fun town," Phineas remarked.
"I have no idea what just happened," said Candace.
Doof had Vanessa carry Monogram to the top of the tower.
"No one's gonna believe that I dropped that water balloon," said Monogram.
"Oh, but they will," said Doof. "Because you are going to confess that you did it on camera for the whole world to see."
"You can't make me talk. I have nerves of steel and an iron will and gold teeth and a copper spleen. Basically I'm 35% metal."
"Oh man, it must be hard getting through airport security."
"Don't get me started. Anyway, you can't make me talk."
"Oh yeah?" Doof started moving Monogram's mouth and imitating him. "I am Major Monogram. I dropped that water balloon. I pooped my pants."
Monogram sighed. "I stand corrected. That was actually very convincing."
"Dad, this entire trip has been about your work?!" Vanessa snapped. "That's it! If you don't wanna spend time with me, then I don't want to spend time with you!" She walked away. "I'm going back to the airport, alone if I have to!"
That's when Perry showed up. Vanessa barely noticed him.
"Vanessa, wait!" Doof yelled. "I do want to spend time with you! I'll drop the water balloon right now, and we'll get go…"
Before Doof could do anything, Perry tackled Doof and made him drop the remote. The remote fell to the ground and shattered.
Monogram noticed the button was blinking. "Is that supposed to do that?"
"Yes," Doof replied. "That means it's working."
The crane holding the water balloon started spinning around.
"This can't be good," Vanessa sarcastically remarked.
Then the balloon hit Vanessa, making her fall off the edge.
"Vanessa!" Doof yelled in fear.
Luckily, a plane passed by and picked up Vanessa. It took her a moment to realize Ferb was the one flying it.
"Ferb?" she asked.
"Vanessa?" Ferb reacted, blushing a little bit.
Phineas sighed. "No matter where we go, Ferb seems to know everybody."
Ferb opened the hatch and let Vanessa on board.
"Thanks guys," she said.
"It's a good thing we came along when we did," said Phineas. "Where can we drop you?"
"I don't know. Where are you going?"
"Well, we're off to Paris to refuel, then back to Danville."
"Can I just come with you?"
"Sure."
Doof saw the plane flying away with Vanessa.
"Oh, so you save her but you don't bring her back?!" Doof reacted. "I have very mixed feelings about you!"
Perry untied Monogram.
"Perry the Platypus, how did you get here?" Doof asked. "I need a ride."
"Are you kidding?" Monogram asked.
"No! I have to save my daughter! This is a big deal!"
Doof kneeled down, put his hands together, and started pleading.
"Fine!" Monogram relented. "But after we get her back, you're going to have to answer for what you've done!"
"What? You were coming here anyway!" Doof accidentally stepped on the remote, flinging the water balloon into the air. "Oh, and as far as flinging the water balloon into orbit…" He grabbed Monogram's mouth and imitated him again. "I did that!"
"Seriously, when was the last time you washed your hands?"
The gang reached the Himalayan mountains.
"Okay everybody," said Phineas. "Keep an eye out for Klimpaloon."
"Who?" asked Candace.
"The magical old-timey bathing suit that lives in the Himalayas."
"Are you making that up?"
"Does this sound like something someone would make up?"
"Yes!" Candace then heard something beeping. "What's that?"
Phineas realized they were losing altitude. "Uh-oh. We didn't calculate for the weight of an extra body."
"Will this affect our arrival in Paris?"
As if to answer her question, the plane hit one of the mountains, causing both wings to break off. The plane crashed.
That's when they noticed a living green-and-white bathing suit with a face on it passing by repeating "Nyang nyang nyang nyang!"
"And you thought I made it up," Phineas remarked.
"Hey," Baljeet realized. "I believe my uncle, Sabu, lives not far from here. Perhaps he can help."
"Well, I'm staying here where it's warm," Candace decided.
"Me too," said Vanessa.
"Alright, be back in a few," Phineas said as he and the rest got off the plane.
It took a bit of climbing, but the group eventually found Sabu.
"He is home!" Baljeet cheered.
"Ah, Baljeet and friends," Sabu said without even opening his eyes. "I was expecting you."
"Really?"
"No, we just say that to freak out the tourists."
"Do you actually live up here?" asked Phineas.
"Yes," Sabu replied. "It's quite a trek, isn't it? It used to be very inconvenient for me, but then I built this factory, and now it's inconvenient for everyone else."
"What do you make here?"
"Oh, wait for it. There's a whole musical number."
Play "Rubber Bands, Rubber Balls"
Sabu led the gang into the factory. There was already a group of dancers in the main room dancing to the song.
Sabu:
Rubber bands, rubber balls
Made with super-special density
Rubber bands, rubber balls
They can bounce in such intensity
Sabu started showing different areas of the factory.
This is the room where we test the stretching
This is the room where we test the bounce
Here we add the long-chain Hydrocarbons
The names of which I cannot pronounce
This is the room where we test compression
This is the room where we test recoil
This is a break room for all these dancers
And here's a little fridge so the food won't spoil
Rubber bands, rubber balls
Made with super-special density
Rubber bands, rubber balls
They can bounce with such intensity
Sabu started showing off the things the factory doesn't make.
Basically what we make here is rubber
We're not trying to diversify
We don't make knicknacks, we don't make tchotchkes
Or really anything that's gonna catch your eye
We don't make pianos, we don't make cream sodas
We don't make the zippers for your parachute pants
We don't make ice cube trays or ceiling fans
We make rubber bands, rubber balls
Made with super-special density
Rubber bands, rubber balls
They can bounce in such intensity
"Hey, could we borrow one of these?" Phineas asked, gesturing to one of the giant rubber balls.
End "Rubber Bands, Rubber Balls"
It took a while, but the gang managed to carry the rubber ball back to the plane. Thankfully, nothing seemed to happen to Candace or Vanessa.
"It took you long enough," Candace sarcastically remarked.
"Yes, yes it did," Phineas bluntly retorted.
The gang started applying the ball to the bottom of the jet. While they were working on it, Vanessa had one glaring thought she needed to get off her chest.
"Ferb, remember when you said your name was short for something?" she asked.
"Yes," Ferb replied.
"Well, what is your real name?"
"Ferbs."
Vanessa did not expect that name. "'Ferbs'?"
"Yes. What? I didn't say it was that short. It's twenty percent off. If it was a sale, you would buy it."
After that conversation, the gang finished installing the ball. They all got back in their seats.
"Alright, hold onto something," said Phineas.
Phineas pushed a button, and the jet launched into the air.
Play "All Around the World"
They bounced across many areas of the world, like Indonesia and China.
Jump on along with me
So many sights to see
But not a whole lot of time
We're in a hurry
We're bouncing around the world
I think we all can agree
That was the Baltic Sea.
I checked my GPS time
I'm pretty sure that we're bouncing around the world
We'll bounce across the Great Wall
And past the Taj Mahal
We'll go to Rome and see the Coliseum
When they passed Rome, the gang managed to gain some souvenirs, like ancient Roman weapons and armor.
It's a real whirlwind tour
So if you wanna be sure
Don't you blink or you won't see 'em
I wish that we could stay and have some fun
But we gotta keep chasing the sun
When they reached Italy, they paid a very quick stop to get some Italian food like pizza, garlic bread, and spaghetti.
Buford and Baljeet both dug into the spaghetti. They accidentally grabbed both ends of a noodle and pulled themselves closer and closer to each other's lips.
They realized what they were about to do and stopped themselves at the last second. They backed away, blushing.
With a little compression
And a little recoil
And a big jet engine
We're gonna be bouncing around the world
And baby that ain't all
We got a big rubber ball
Did I forget to mention that we're gonna be
Bouncing, bouncing, bouncing, bouncing, bouncing
Bouncing, bouncing, bouncing, bouncing, bouncing
Bouncing around the world
Bouncing all over the world
Bouncing around the world
End "Bouncing Around the World"
After a while, the ball finally broke.
"Well, we're out of rubber bands," said Phineas. "But on the bright side, we're gonna land in Paris."
"How is that good news?" asked Candace.
"Because you wanted to go to Paris."
"Oh, right." Candace looked away, embarrassed. "I feel very conflicted about this."
The plane crashed into a river.
"Alright, gang," Phineas said, opening the hatch. "We made it to Paris. We need fuel and parts, so we better split up."
"My pants are way ahead of you," Buford replied.
Everyone got off the plane.
"Here's the plan," said Phineas. "Candace, you go see Jeremy."
"Way ahead of you," Candace replied, running off.
"Buford and Baljeet, you guys scare up the fuel we need," Phineas continued.
"I like scaring things," Buford remarked.
He picked up Baljeet and walked off.
"Ferb, why don't you go to the Eiffel Tower and get a reading on the trade winds?" Phineas went on.
Vanessa showed up with a scooter.
"Hop on," she offered Ferb a helmet.
"Vanessa, you rented a scooter?" Phineas asked.
Vanessa looked away. "Uh, yeah, rented."
Ferb got on the scooter. Vanessa drove off.
"Django, you stay and watch the plane while I go look for parts," Phineas ordered Django.
Django saluted and started pacing around the vehicle.
"Isabella, do you wanna come with me?" Phineas asked Isabella.
"Yes!" Isabella replied excitedly before quickly calming down. "I mean, yeah, sure, whatever."
"Awesome."
Candace looked for the hotel Jeremy was staying in. If she remembered correctly, it was called 'La Poubelle'.
That's when she noticed a woman walking nearby.
"Ooh, uh, pardonnez-moi, madame," she struggled to say.
"Oui?" the woman replied.
"Uh… un moment." Candace looked through a book that translated English to French. "Pouvez-vous me dire…"
"Can I tell you directions? It's okay, I speak English."
"Awesome. Do you know the way to the hotel La Poubelle?"
"It's just around the corner."
"Cool. Merci."
Candace ran around the corner. She saw Jeremy exiting the hotel. She was about to call him when she saw Jeremy talking to another girl.
Candace was quick to assume the worst. She walked away before she could be seen.
Phineas and Isabella walked down the streets.
"So, Phineas, what do you think of the city of love?" asked Isabella.
"Uh, not what I was expecting," Phineas replied. "The place smells, there aren't as many baguettes as I was expecting, and the place just doesn't feel like a 'City of Love'."
"Oh, that's just stress talking. You should take a moment to relax and truly enjoy the city for what it is."
Play "City of Love"
Isabella:
We could share a crepe sucree at this Parisian cafe
Phineas admired the awning above the front door of the cafe. "We could use that as a sail, or maybe a parachute depending on how things go."
Take a break and smell these flowers underneath the Eiffel Tower
Phineas admired the tower for a moment. "I wonder if they still got pieces of that hanging around. The rivets will come in handy."
"Oh, Phineas," Isabella sighed.
Won't you share a creme brulee with me?
The two looked through the window of a restaurant as a waiter used a blowtorch to heat a creme brulee.
"Check out that awesome blowtorch," Phineas smiled.
Isabella just looked away sadly.
How perfect could this be in the City of Love?
Phineas and Isabella looked around an art gallery. Nearby, there was also a cheese store.
We can try some fancy cheese or pursue the galleries.
"I wonder if oil-based paint is combustible," Phineas wondered. "You know, as a rocket fuel."
Isn't this a perfect day? How do I look in this beret?
Isabella bought a beret to show Phineas.
"That reminds me," said Phineas. "We might need helmets."
The two continued walking down the streets.
Oh, how can he not feel the same way
When we're strolling down the Champs-Elysees in the City of Love?
Isabella looked around and saw many couples, gay, straight, and even polyamorous, walking by. This just made her feel worse.
Later, Isabella took Phineas to get a painting of themselves. When the painting was finished, it depicted Phineas looking away.
When Isabella turned around, she saw Phineas was examining a windmill.
I wish that he would whisper, "Ma cherie, je t'aime"
But all he wants to do is try to fix that plane in the City of Love
The two passed by a flower seller. They both ignored him, Phineas because he was focused on fixing the plane, and Isabella because she was sad that Phineas was ignoring her.
In the City of Love
End "City of Love"
Buford and Baljeet were looking for parts.
"Now Buford, your mindless bullying may have a rustic charm where we're from," Baljeet warned. "But now we are in Europe, a place of high refinement, so let me do all the talking."
The two entered a nearby diner.
"Excuse me," Baljeet told the employee as clearly and kindly as he could. "But can you spare some cooking oil?"
"No," the employee replied bluntly.
"Let me try," Buford suggested, shoving Baljeet aside.
"Wait, don't do anything crazy!" Baljeet yelled, only to fall under deaf ears.
Buford started speaking in very fluent French, surprising Baljeet. He felt himself blush as Buford somehow managed to convince the employee to let them have some oil.
The moment the employee turned away, Buford looked at Baljeet warningly. "Not one word about this to the others."
Baljeet nodded, blushing even more.
Ferb and Vanessa were on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Ferb was reading the tradewinds.
Vanessa was standing at the edge of the tower, looking down at everything around her. She just told Ferb about what happened before he picked her up.
"I don't know, Ferb," she said. "I know he's my dad and I shouldn't blame him for being busy. It's just that he always seems to put his work ahead of me. I just don't know what to do."
"Well, sometimes if you love somebody, you have to meet them halfway," Ferb suggested.
Ferb noticed that some flowers were being sold nearby. He quickly used some euro he brought with him to buy some of the flowers.
He then went back to Vanessa and offered the flowers to her. She looked at them for a moment, and pieced it all together.
"Ferb, do you…?" she asked.
Ferb blushed brightly.
That was all Vanessa needed to know. "Ferb, I'm… I'm flattered, but…" She struggled to figure out the best way to word what she wanted to say. "I like you, but I don't like-like you. I'm too old for you anyway. You know that, right?"
Ferb looked away, realizing Vanessa was right.
"But I don't mind us being friends," Vanessa went on. "It's like you said, Ferb. Sometimes if you love someone, you'll just have to meet them halfway."
"Yeah, halfway," Ferb agreed, fighting his own tears.
That's when a man appeared floating right in front of them. It took Vanessa a moment to realize it was Doof.
"Vanessa, we just came to rescue you!" Doof said.
"Dad?" Vanessa reacted. "How did you get here? And what do you mean 'we'?"
"I hitched a ride with…"
Perry and Monogram saw that Ferb was there. They both nudged Doof, telling him not to reveal their presence.
"Dad, how did you find me?" asked Vanessa.
"We followed the plane that picked you up, and it led us here," Doof explained. "We traveled halfway around the world, but it was worth it."
"Wait, you met me halfway."
"I suppose you could put it that way."
Vanessa almost cried knowing that Doof actually cared about her.
Before she left, she turned towards Ferb and hugged him. "Bye Ferb. Thanks for everything."
She then joined Doof on the hover car, and they flew away.
Django had just finished re-painting the jet when Phineas, Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet returned.
Phineas and Isabella had two big plastic baguettes.
Buford and Baljeet had a can of snail grease.
"Nice job, Django," Phineas complimented, admiring the new design.
The group made quick work refueling the jet and rubber-banding the baguettes to convert the jet into a boat.
"Well, that should get us across the Atlantic," said Phineas. "Why didn't we think of that in the first place?"
"Gee, I don't know," Isabella sarcastically replied.
That's when Ferb returned. While he still had his straight face, Phineas could tell something was wrong.
"Ferb, are you okay?" he asked.
Ferb couldn't hold it in anymore. He fell to his knees and started crying.
"Ferb, did something happen?" Phineas asked, panicked. "Where's Vanessa?"
"She…" Ferb sniffed. "She's gone. I offered her a flower, she rejected me, then she left with her dad."
Phineas hugged Ferb to comfort him. "I'm sorry, Ferb."
Ferb cried for another moment. After he calmed down, he stood up and Phineas pulled away from him.
Then Candace showed up.
"Hey Candace," said Phineas. "Did you see Jeremy?"
"Yeah, but I didn't talk to him," Candace replied.
"Why? What happened?"
"Well, you know when you know someone, and you see they have a life away from you, and it's weird?"
"Like when you see your teacher at the grocery store?"
"Yes, exactly. It's just, Jeremy looked like he was having a good time here, and suddenly it seemed creepy and obsessive that I came all this way. What if he doesn't want to see me, or he went to Paris to get away from me?"
"Candace, don't you remember the song I sang earlier? You gotta believe in yourself."
"That's easy for you. Look at all the things you've done." Candace sighed. "You wanna know why I've spent the whole summer obsessed with busting you and Ferb? If I'm being honest, the things you do are beyond cool. You are beyond cool, and I guess I'm just… jealous. I mean, if I so much as throw a party in the house, I face consequences, but you guys are outside building the most impossible things and having the time of your lives. I mean, you built a rocket, fought a mummy, climbed up the Eiffel Tower, discovered things that don't exist, and even gave a monkey a shower! I can go on and on about the accomplishments you did this summer alone and we'd be here all day!"
Phineas felt a twinge of guilt as Candace said all of that. He spent most of the summer finding Candace annoying and something that just got in his way. He never stopped to consider her perspective, and it made him feel awful.
"Candace, I get it," he said. "Every now and then, I get this feeling that I haven't done enough that I overlook the things I have done." Phineas laughed a little bit. "All I can tell you is to not make the same mistake I did. Think about everything you accomplished this summer. You helped reunite our parents' favorite band for their anniversary. You got to join your own favorite band in a concert. You became the queen of Mars!"
Candace thought back to all of those moments. In hindsight, she really had done a lot of amazing things, even if they weren't to the same extent as Phineas and Ferb.
"You're right," she said. "I guess I have done a lot more than I thought."
"Candace, you don't have to do the things that Ferb and I do to have a good time," Phineas went on. "You can find your own way to make the most of your day and see it through. Summer belongs to you."
"Summer belongs to me?"
Phineas realized that could've come out wrong. "Sorry, I should clarify. Summer belongs to you and me, and Ferb, and Isabella, and everyone. All you have to do is believe."
Candace didn't know what to say, so instead, she decided to show how she felt by hugging Phineas. Ferb decided to join in.
With that out of the way, everyone got back in their seats and prepared to head off.
That's when Candace heard a voice call her name. She turned and saw that Jeremy was on the bridge.
"Jeremy?" she reacted.
"It is you," Jeremy realized. "But… how?"
"It was my brothers' idea to…"
"Your brothers? Say no more."
Candace started to climb on top of the engine.
"Candace, be careful!" Phineas yelled.
Candace carefully made it to the top of the engine.
"Jeremy, there's something I want to tell you," she said.
"Really, what is it?" asked Jeremy.
"I wanted to tell you earlier, but then I saw you with another girl and I didn't want to make things awkward."
At this point, the boat was under the bridge. Jeremy leaned his head down so he could see Candace.
"I would hope my girlfriend would have a little trust in me," he remarked.
Candace took a moment to process what she just heard. "Jeremy, you said the G-word."
"Yeah, I…" Because Candace was getting too far away, Jeremy ran to the other side of the bridge to catch up with her. "Yeah, I used the G-word. That doesn't freak you out, does it?"
"No, because I think of you as my B-word."
"In that case, wanna K-word?"
"Maybe."
The two tried to lean towards each other, but by then, they were too far away from each other.
"You can't leave now!" Jeremy shouted. "Just get off at the next bridge!"
"I can't," Candace replied. "I'm in charge of these guys. I gotta be responsible. I'll see you in a week!"
"Candace, you might wanna take your seat," Phineas warned.
Candace did as she was told.
"Don't worry Candace," Isabella assured. "The week will be over before you know it." There was a hint of snark in her voice. "And at least you got a love scene on a bridge!"
"It's 4:00 PM in Danville, we're in a baguette boat, and we got plenty of snail grease," said Phineas. "I got a good feeling about this. Alright everyone, you might wanna hold onto something."
With that, the boat sped away.
A giant water balloon landed in the water. It created a wave that moved the boat ever forward.
"That wave really put us ahead of schedule," Phineas remarked. "At this rate, we'll definitely get back to Danville on time."
Right after he said that, the wheel broke off. So did the engine, and the tail, and the rest of the vehicle until the seats were the only thing left.
The group landed on a small remote island. There was nothing but the gang, a couple of trees, and a big fat ox.
"Hey!" Buford yelled at the narrator.
I meant an actual big fat ox.
"That might be our worst landing yet," said Phineas. "I'm beginning to detect a pattern here."
"Phineas, how are we gonna get off the island?" asked Baljeet.
"We just have to fix the boat."
"With what?"
"There's plenty of stuff here. We just need a little imagination. For instance, we could tie those two palm trees into a raft and add a supersonic outboard motor." Phineas realized the flaw in that plan. "Oh, we don't have anything to cut the trees with, or an outboard motor. Wait, maybe we can soup up this ox so he can run on a conveyor belt that would charge a… oh, we don't have a conveyor belt or any soup."
"Well, thanks for the lift," Doof thanked as he and Vanessa got out of the car.
"Before you leave, we have one more thing for you," said Monogram.
"What?"
Perry cuffed Doof.
"There's a list of outstanding violations as long as your arm," Monogram said.
"But we're on vacation," said Vanessa.
"Don't worry young lady. You'll be able to continue your vacation in ten-to-twenty years."
"Hold it right there!" Vanessa took out a gun. "Step away from the evil scientist!"
Doof smiled. "Vanessa, you're actually evil! I'm so proud of you!"
Vanessa grabbed Doof and carried him to the car. "I'm not evil. Just get in the car before they find out this is only a hair dryer."
Vanessa and Doof got in the hover car and flew off.
"Wait, this is a hair dryer?" Doof asked.
"Yeah, I got it in Tokyo," Vanessa replied.
"Well, they didn't know that when you pointed it at them, so that means you're a little evil."
Vanessa smirked. "Okay, maybe."
"I knew it!" Doof started to sob.
At this point, Phineas was digging through the sand to find something useful.
"Look, a sponge and a starfish!" he showcased. "There's gotta be something we can make out of this!" He sighed and threw them away. "Oh no, that's ridiculous!"
Isabella looked away sadly. She thought back to how she and Phineas were in Paris, the fabled City of Love, and he didn't even notice her. She started to cry.
Ferb offered Isabella a hankie so she could blow her nose. She gladly took it.
"Thanks Ferb," she sniffed. "I don't know what to do. I wish he'd at least sit down with me and enjoy this beautiful sunset."
Phineas appeared next to Isabella in an even worse state than he already was. He had sand all over him, his eyes were bloodshot, and he seemed to be on the verge of tears.
"Maybe we can dig a tunnel under the ocean!" he suggested. "We could… we could…" Phineas sat down, shedding a few tears. "We can't. I guess we can at least sit and watch this beautiful sunset."
Isabella got what she wanted, but she realized then and there it wasn't what she, or anyone, needed. She didn't like it, but she knew what she needed to do.
"No," she said.
"What?" Phineas asked, having barely heard her.
"No! You're not gonna enjoy this beautiful sunset! You built a giant rollercoaster downtown, you built treehouse robots, you traveled through time twice!"
"Isabella, there's nothing here to work with."
"Well, that's not the Phineas Flynn I fell in…to this situation with! You showed us all on Ferb's map how all of this is possible, and I'm not gonna let you sit there and…"
An idea sparked into Phineas' head. "Ferb's map! That's it! Isabella, you're the best!"
Phineas gave Isabella a tight squeeze. As he hugged her, he felt all warm inside. He wanted to hug her a moment longer, but he knew he had a job to do.
"Ferb, let's see that map," he said.
Ferb pulled the map out of his pocket. It quickly unfurled, covering up the entire island.
"Okay, we're here and need to go there," Phineas said, pointing at what was roughly the island and Danville. "And we have roughly eleven minutes. Isabella, take Madagascar and move it to Ohio. Candace, grab the Andes and fold it over so that it meets Greenland."
"You know, folding this won't actually bring those places together!" Candace mentioned.
"I know. That's not the point. Buford, Australia over to Africa. Baljeet, LA to Japan."
Baljeet tried to pull the map left.
"No, East, not West," Phineas corrected. "You'll rip it. Alright, Django, fold it here. One long crease down this line."
At this point, the map was folded like a unicorn.
"Phineas, I don't see how an origami unicorn is gonna get us out of here!" Candace yelled.
"It's not done yet," Phineas replied. "It just needs one more fold."
Phineas folded the paper one last time. It took the form of a monster, then a ferris wheel, then finally, a paper airplane.
"That's still not gonna help!" said Candace. "It's paper! We don't even have an engine!"
"True, but we do have," Phineas sang the next part. "This rubber band of super-special density."
Phineas and Ferb attached the rubber band to the two trees.
"Candace, you gotta believe," said Isabella. "Like Phineas and Ferb's song said."
"You really expect me to do what a song tells me to?!" Candace yelled.
Isabella rolled her eyes. "I guess it's not inspirational for some people."
"How about this?" Phineas suggested. "If you don't try anything, you won't get off this island, and you won't see Jeremy again."
That gave Candace the push she needed. She helped the other kids pull the paper airplane back. Buford used the ox to do most of the work.
"My horoscope said I would be riding an ox today," Buford remarked. "But I thought it was a figure of speech."
When the time was right, the gang got on the paper airplane.
"Candace, pull the release!" Phineas ordered.
"Whatever," Candace said as she pulled the release. "It's not gonna…"
The paper airplane launched into the air.
It didn't take long for the gang to reach the Tri-State Area. They landed in the middle of the street.
"That might just be our best landing," Phineas remarked. "Hey, the sun's still down and the house is only five blocks away! Let's go!"
The group made a run for it. Unfortunately, they were blocked by road construction.
"No, it took Mom an hour to get around that ditch!" said Phineas.
Isabella checked her watch. "And we only have a minute till sunset!"
"What kind of watch is that?" asked Baljeet.
"No, we're not gonna make it!" Candace panicked. "I thought we were gonna do the impossible! For one shining moment, summer was what I wanted to make of it!"
"Hold on a minute," Buford realized. "We're at my house. Hold on, I'm giving everyone back their bikes!"
"Hold on, I don't recall you stealing any bikes," said Phineas.
He brushed it off when he realized they could bike up a ramp and over the ditch.
Buford handed back all the bikes.
"Wait, Buford never took my bike," Candace realized.
"There's one right there," Phineas said, pointing at a small, green tricycle.
"Phineas, I'm not gonna get on this silly little tricycle."
Phineas was starting to run out of patience. "Candace, we're in a hurry. Just…"
"There's no way I'm gonna…"
"GET ON THE TRIKE!"
Candace finally relented and got on the trike.
Ferb gave Phineas a stern glare. Phineas realized what he did and felt a bit guilty.
The gang biked out of the garage and towards the ditch.
"Phineas, we're not gonna make it!" Candace shouted.
"Candace, you have to believe!" Phineas replied.
"Is this another song reference?!"
"You don't have to listen to the song! You just have to believe!"
"I believe!" Isabella cheered.
"I believe!" Buford yelled.
"I believe!" Baljeet shouted.
"I believe!" Django hollered.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Candace sighed. "Fine, I believe!"
Everyone rode up the ramp and flew into the air.
The Fireside Girls just finished cleaning up.
"Where are they?" asked Gretchen. "It's only ten seconds until sunset!"
"Maybe it'll help if we count," Holly suggested.
The girls started counting down. Right before they got to one, Phineas, Ferb, and the gang landed right in the backyard.
"One!" Phineas finished.
With that, the sun started to rise.
Everyone started celebrating.
"Well, a deal's a deal," Candace said. "You can keep doing what you do, and I'll stay out of it."
"Candace, I'm calling off the deal," Phineas decided. "If you really want to show Mom and Dad what we do, then I'm not gonna stop you."
Candace was surprised by that statement. "So, you're just gonna let me try and get you in trouble? That doesn't make any sense!"
Phineas sighed. "I'm not gonna like it, but if it's really what you enjoy doing, then I shouldn't stop you. It's like I said, summer belongs to you, so you should do whatever you want to do."
Candace smiled. "Thanks, Phineas."
The two hugged each other.
When he pulled away, Phineas saw Isabella dancing with such glee. He couldn't help but smile at her.
Ferb gave Phineas a teasing smile. Phineas noticed it.
"What is it, Ferb?" he asked.
Ferb pointed at Isabella.
Phineas was confused. "What about her?"
Ferb then pointed at Phineas' cheeks. He realized they were a bright red.
"I'm not blushing," Phineas said defensively. "They're just red!"
Ferb glared at Phineas suspiciously.
"Okay, maybe I do blush around Isabella," Phineas admitted. "And I do feel all warm inside whenever we talk, and I think she's my best friend… other than you, of course."
Ferb was not convinced.
Phineas thought back to every moment he had with Isabella throughout the summer. Sure, he didn't like her at first, and he only allowed her to stay if he could get something out of it, but over time, he started to see her as a friend, and he did nice things for her just for the sake of being kind. In the end, he realized he had to face the facts.
"Ferb, I think I have a crush on Isabella," he admitted.
"It took you long enough," Ferb remarked.
"Yeah yeah."
That's when Linda and Lawrence came into the backyard. They saw how well-decorated it was.
"Aw, for us?" Linda assumed. "That is so nice." She turned to Candace. "And Candace, you've been so responsible. Not a single phone call."
"Thanks," Candace replied. "I was too busy watching over the kids."
"That's great." Linda turned to the rest. "Anyway, the party looks great, but you won't believe the day we've had, so I think we'll turn in early. You guys enjoy the party, okay?"
"Alright, you heard her," said Phineas. "Let's enjoy this party."
Play "Summer Belongs to You"
The Fireside Girls started the music.
Phineas:
It's been a long, long day, and there were moments when I doubted
Isabella:
That we'd ever reach the point where we could laugh and sing about it
Both:
Now the sun has set on this, another extraordinary day
And when it comes around again, you know I'll say
Tell me what you wanna do today, all we need is a place to start
If we have heart, we'll make it, 'cause we're not messin' around
Yes we can dream it, do it, build it, make it
I know we can really take it
To the limit before the sun goes down
Phineas:
As soon as you wake up you gotta make your move
Isabella:
Don't miss the beat, just get into the groove
Both:
The sun is shining', there's a lot that you can do
There's a world of possibilities outside your door
Why settle for a little? You can get much more
Don't need an invitation, every day is new
Yes, it's true
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Summer belongs to everyone, so have some fun
There's nothing better to do, summer belongs to you
"Alright, I'm taking a verse," Candace decided.
"Be my guest," Phineas handed Candace the remote.
Candace:
I was so determined with one goal, my summer slipped away
But you helped me see what matters most, so now I've got to say
That though I often thought of you as just a nuisance and a bother
Today I can't imagine having better little brothers
And you gotta believe in something, so today I believed in you
And you came through, we made it, I've never been so proud
I know at first I led myself astray
But for now I'm gonna cease the day
Now there's something that I've got to say out loud
Time is what you make of it, so take a chance
Life is full of music so you ought to dance
The world's a stage and it is time for your debut
"By Jove, I think she's got it!" Phineas shouted.
Don't waste a minute sitting on that chair
The world is calling' to you, just get out there
You can see forever so your dreams are all in view
Phineas:
Yes, it's true
All:
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Summer belongs to everyone, so have some fun
There's nothing better to do, summer belongs to you
"Hey, Candace!" a voice called.
Candace turned and saw it was Jeremy.
"You came back early!" she smiled.
"Well, I missed my girlfriend," Jeremy responded.
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Summer belongs to boys and girls all around the world
We wouldn't say it if it wasn't true
"Ooh, I like the sound of that."
"Besides, you forgot something in Paris."
"Oh? What's that?"
"This."
Jeremy pulled Candace in for a kiss.
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Ferb:
Baby, baby, baby, baby
All:
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Everyone started dancing on the floor.
Phineas danced with Isabella.
Candace danced with Jeremy.
Buford danced with Baljeet.
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Whatever you want to do, you make the rules
You got the tools to see it through
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Summer belongs to you (summer belongs to you)
Just remember that you can do it and when you're through
It will change your point of view, summer belongs to you
End "Summer Belongs to You"
Everyone stopped what they were doing when they heard a chatter. They turned and saw Perry was there.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas smiled.
Notes:
"Whoa, we're halfway there! Whoa, living on a prayer!"
From the very beginning, I knew that Summer Belongs to You would mark the half-point for the story. It was filled with action, thrills, romance, and character development.
First off, I'd like to give a shout-out to a guest here on AO3, Miss Missy. She's been commenting on my story every now and again sending me kudos and support, and I can't thank her enough. She even made some suggestions on what I should do regarding the French side of things, so I made sure to utilize as much of her suggestions as I could.
As for changes story-wise, there's a lot to unpack here. Where do I even begin?
Oh, I know. Ferb's real name. It was kind of a gag that we never learn what Ferb's real name is. I decided to change that by having Ferb reveal his real name is "Ferbs". It was mainly inspired by the TikTok Povenmire made in response to the question. I know it was clearly something he came up with on the spot, but I thought it was funny anyway.
Upon rewatching the episode, I realized that Buford doubting the boys was kinda forced and out of character, and only served as buildup to when Buford gives back everyone's bikes for the climax. In this version, it's Candace that makes the bet, simply because I feel it makes more sense.
This leads to what may just be the most wholesome moment between Phineas and Candace, when the latter admits her jealousy in a scene inspired by the Musical Without a Cool Acronym. It was a scene I knew had to be included, as it showcases both Phineas and Candace are starting to come to an understanding of each other. It won't fully resolve the tension between them, but it's a start.
Speaking of wholesome moments between the Flynn-Fletcher siblings, I included two of these between the titular bitchulars.
First, there was the scene where Phineas comforts a crying Ferb after Vanessa rejected him. I came across an artwork with that exact scenario on DeviantArt, and I wanted to incorporate it somehow, as it provides a vulnerable and humanizing moment for Ferb. I figured it'd work here because it happened right after Vanessa rejected him. She was his first crush, so of course the rejection will hit hard. It'll be a while before he fully moves on from her.
The other scene was when Ferb helped Phineas realize his own crush on Isabella. From the very beginning, I knew this would be the episode where that happens. This and the scene where Isabella motivates Phineas to get them all off the island sets a precedent for what's to come between these two lovebirds in Season 3. Phineas' feelings are only going to grow stronger, while Isabella's confidence is starting to wane.
Anyway, I only plan to do one final episode for 2024. The Christmas special. After that, I'm gonna prioritize finishing my Gravity Falls fic, and hopefully updating my Hamster and Gretel fic, by New Year's.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 53: Family Christmas
Notes:
I know that I said in the very first chapter that every song included in this story would be from Phineas and Ferb.
Well, since this is the Christmas special, it's gonna be the exception, as they sing a lot of public domain Christmas songs. I've even decided to include some of the versions from the MWCA Christmas album.
Enjoy.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Theme"
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting with December 16. The pages convert into snowflakes as they slowly fall from the sky.
There are two wondrous weeks for our winter vacation
Before New Year's and School come to end it
Phineas and Ferb stand under the tree. They have multiple snowballs at the ready. They throw their snowballs at the camera.
So the holiday challenge for kids of all nations
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple winter-themed activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys sled down a ski ramp on a bed toboggan.
Turning our beds into dual toboggans
And sliding down a ski drop tower
Second, they build a giant snowman.
Third, they force the yeti into a shower. Neither of them enjoy that one.
Building a snowman the size of colossus
Or giving a yeti a shower
The boys then have a snowball fight against their friends. Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella are on one team. Buford, Baljeet, and Django are on the other. Isabella makes a snow angel in one of those snowballs.
After that, the gang go caroling around the neighborhood.
Then, Isabella wraps a present for Phineas.
Later, the boys just shovel the snow.
Staging a snowball fight with giant catapults and snow angels that really fly
Rocking a Christmas carol, wrapping a present, or just shovelling snow off the drive
"Hey, they can't all be fun," says Phineas.
The gang do multiple things, while Candace just watches them angrily.
Decorating a Christmas tree, with help from the yeti they gave a shower to.
Decorating a house for a neighbor.
Asking for money donations for charity.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do, and we're not gonna stall
Phineas, Ferb, and Perry pop out behind holes in a snowball-toss game. Candace tries to hit them with the snowballs.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities pass by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they strike a pose. Candace approaches them.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a Christmas special!" she shouts.
The boys brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 53
Family Christmas
"Ah, summer," Phineas admired. "Sunny, warm, some might say hot. It sure would be nice to cool off for a bit. Any ideas?"
Ferb showed a map of Antarctica.
"Well, a visit to Antarctica does sound cool," Phineas admitted. "I was thinking of a traditional family Christmas special."
Right as he said that, a group of men came into the backyard and created a set for a Christmas episode. They even gave Phineas and Ferb sweaters.
"That's more like it," Phineas smiled. "Hit it, fellas."
"Ladies and gentlemen," the announcer announced. "The first annual Phineas and Ferb family Christmas, brought to you by Wintobreath Toothpaste. Tonight, celebrate the holidays with Phineas and Ferb and the whole Flynn-Fletcher family, with Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, Django, and special guest, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz. Now, your hosts, Phineas and Ferb."
Phineas and Ferb started decorating the room to make it look all Christmas-y.
Play "Christmas is Starting Now"
Announcer:
Grab some holly and mistletoe
'Cause we're gonna go out tonight
We're gonna bask in the electric glow
Of a million little colored lights
Got a lot to do before the dawn
So with a minimum of introspection
I think you've better put your mittens on
Shake your jingle bell in my direction
Sometimes I feel like a big snowman
That's fallen under a plow
But tonight I'm on top of the world
We're gonna bring it around somehow
Christmas is starting now
Oh yeah, Christmas is starting now
That's right, Christmas is starting now
Oh yeah
You better hang those stockings on the wall
This is no time for procrastination
We gotta trim the tree and deck the hall
That's gonna be a celebration
Just a few short hours till Santa comes
So get ready for the big finale
We're going use night visions of sugar plums
And shake it like a bowl full of jelly
Sometimes I feel like a big snowman
That's fallen under a plow
But tonight I'm on top of the world
We're gonna bring it around somehow
Christmas is starting now
Oh yeah, Christmas is starting now
That's right, Christmas is starting now
Oh yeah, Christmas is starting now
That's right
Sometimes I feel like a big snowman
That's fallen under a plow
But tonight I'm on top of the world
We're gonna bring it around somehow
Christmas is starting now
Oh yeah, Christmas is starting now
That's right, Christmas is starting now
Oh yeah, Christmas is starting now
That's right, Christmas is starting now
Oh yeah, Christmas is starting now
Right now, yeah
End "Christmas is Starting Now"
Once the song was over, the boys were done decorating.
"Happy Holidays, everyone," Phineas waved at the camera. "Welcome to our family Christmas special. Come on in and put on a sweater, grab a hot cup of cocoa, and have a seat by one of those extras as we celebrate the holidays."
There was a knock on the door.
Ferb opened the door to reveal none other than Isabella.
"Whatcha doin?" she asked.
"Hey, Isabella," Phineas replied, blushing. "We were just preparing for Christmas.
"You know what I love most about this time of year?"
"No, tell us."
"It's the music, like this little number, 'Let it Snow'."
Play "Let it Snow"
Isabella:
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
The moment Isabella started singing, it was like Phineas was caught in a trance. Anything he was thinking about in that moment quickly faded away as he focused on listening to her sweet voice.
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let is snow
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I brought some corn for popping
The lights have turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let is snow
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I hate going out in the storm
But if you really hold me tight
All the way home, I'll be warm
Well, the fire is slowly dying
And my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as you love me so
Let it snow, let it snow, let is snow
Let it snow, let it snow, let is snow
Let it snow
End "Let it Snow"
The moment the song was over, Phineas applauded.
That's when Candace burst in.
"What is all this?" she asked. "Fake snow, fake house, and who are these people?"
She gestured to the few people in the corner.
"They're extras," Isabella replied.
"Not me," one of the extras, Carl, argued. "I've got a speaking part, but it's just this line, so it's pretty much over now."
"Appreciate it, Carl," Phineas smiled.
Candace noticed the kids' sweaters.
"Where'd you get those ugly sweaters?" she asked.
Nearby, the woman that stitched the sweaters was offended. "Hey!"
"It's Christmas, Candace," Phineas explained.
"Christmas in July?" Candace asked, dumbfounded.
"Why wait until the last minute?"
Candace finally noticed the camera. "Wait, are you filming this?"
"Actually, we're live."
"It's on TV right now?"
Candace turned on the nearby TV. The screen showed herself looking at a TV screen, which also showed Candace looking at a TV screen, creating an endless loop.
"I have to make a phone call," Candace smiled before running out.
"Candace Flynn, everyone," Phineas said to the audience. "Now for our next guess, a special friend… hey, where is Perry?"
Perry entered his lair.
"I'm sorry, Agent P," said Monogram. "Carl's an extra in some Christmas show, and I don't know what Doof is doing today. You know what? I'm just gonna send you over there blind. Good luck."
Perry saluted then left the lair.
Perry
"Mom!" Candace called Linda on the phone. "Phineas and Ferb are making Christmas in July!"
"Isn't that cute?" Linda remarked.
"Do you happen to be standing near a television?"
"I think there's a whole wall behind me."
"Would you please turn around and look at them for me?"
It took a moment for Linda to respond again. "You're right, I do need more toothpaste. Thanks for reminding me."
"No, wait!"
Linda hung up.
The boys brought Lawrence onto the set.
"Oh, how nice," Lawrence smiled. "A traditional Christmas special. As my granddad used to say, 'Lang may yer lum reek and whit's fur ye'll no go by ye'."
"What does that mean?" asked Isabella.
"I don't know, but it sounds festive."
That's when Candace came in. "You too, Dad?"
"Oh, hey," Phineas told Candace. "Since you're here, why don't you tell us what you want for Christmas?"
"You wanna know what I want? Well, I'll tell you."
Play "All I Want for Christmas is The Truth" - Parody of "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey
Candace (Stacy and Jenny):
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just wanna bust my bros
More than you could ever know
Give it to me soon
All I want for Christmas is…
For my mom to see the truth
Stacy and Jenny appeared on set as Candace continued the song.
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's one thing I'm wishing for (Just one)
A holiday that's free of chaos
Robot dogs and dinosaurs
I don't want to see their faces
On a comet up in space
I can't even see shoelaces
Without visceral disgrace
I just want a new regime
Free of all their harebrained schemes
I'm long overdue
All:
All I want for Christmas is the truth
Ooh, baby
Candace (Stacy and Jenny):
I won't ask for much this Christmas
Just one thing to seal my fate (Just one)
I'd take it over Bettys tickets
Or misprint Ducky Momo plates
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
"Ha ha ha!" Candace laughed at herself. "Letters to Santa?!"
I'll just spend every waking minute
Watching them till it does the trick
I just want my mom to see
The root of my absurdity
I'll prove I'm not a loon
All:
All I want for Christmas is the truth
Ooh, baby
Jenny:
All the lights are shining so brightly everywhere
Candace:
And the smell of revelation fills the air
Stacy:
And everyone is singing
Candace:
My busting sense is tingling
Santa, if you're there
Won't you give a girl a chance?
'Cause I'm just so over this song and dance
Oh, I don't think it's too self-centered
Really, it's a mutual gain
Mom will save so much on her phone bill
Without getting calls all day
I just want to end this reign
The four seasons of emotional pain
Maybe in the reboot
All:
All I want for Christmas is…
Truth
"Also, maybe that rare misprinted Ducky Momo commemorative plate," Candace interrupted herself. "I know I said I want my brothers busted, but if I can't have that, the plate will suffice." Another idea popped into her head. "Or the extremely rare Ducky Momo First Edition green-pupil variant with a left-handed pull-cord? That'll do too. Also, I saw these super cute earrings in the mall, the purple ones with the white tips, that'll work."
End "All I Want for Christmas is The Truth"
"Okay, I think we all got the gist of that," Phineas butted in. "Anyone else wanna go?"
Doof was watching the Christmas special on TV. He felt a huge mix of emotions.
"Wait, what's going on here?" he reacted. "Is it Christmas already? What happened to Fall? I gotta get my Yuletide on, and fast!"
Doof got up and got to work.
Isabella saw that Phineas was sitting by the window, sadly.
"What's wrong, Phineas?" she asked.
"Everyone's gathered for Christmas, but Perry's not here," Phineas replied.
Isabella got concerned and turned to Ferb. "He knows it's not actually Christmas, right?"
"Every Christmas special needs a bit of forced drama," Ferb replied.
"Oh."
That's when they heard a knock on the door. Phineas answered. It was none other than the special guest, Vanessa.
"Happy Holidays, everyone," she smiled.
"Vanessa, could you sing us a song?" asked Isabella.
"Oh, you guys don't want to hear me sing."
"Yeah we do!" the crowd cheered.
"Well, I wasn't prepared for this," Vanessa said nervously. "But if you really want me to, then I guess I can sing."
Ferb offered Vanessa a microphone. She gladly took it and began the song.
Play "The Christmas Song"
Vanessa:
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and a mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa's on his way
And he's got lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you
There was a short instrumental break. Vanessa noticed one of the extras yawning during that time.
"What?" she asked. "Do you not like instrumental breaks, or do you not like me?"
They know that Santa's on his way
And he's got lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you
End "The Christmas Song"
Ferb was the first to start applauding. Others followed soon after. Vanessa bowed.
"Oh, Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated," Doof sang to the tune of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'. "Oh, righty-tighty, lefty-loosey. My decorations are almost done."
Perry burst in. He saw the mistletoe and cautiously walked around it.
That's when Doof noticed Perry. "Oh, Perry the Platypus. How Noely of you." He trapped Perry in wrapping paper and garland. "For some reason, Christmas seems to have snuck up on me this year, and I'm a bit behind on my shopping, but I have a solution. Behold, the Transportinator, meant to instantly transport me to the stores while everyone else is circling around looking for a parking spot. It's not exactly evil, but slightly unfair. Let the last-minute shopping begin!"
Doof hit himself with the inator, transporting himself to a store.
A noise came from the chimney.
"Hey, who's that coming down the chimney?" asked Phineas.
The people that came down were Buford in a Santa costume and Baljeet in an elf costume. The little cardboard fire broke off.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Phineas," Baljeet apologized. "We seem to have broken your fire."
"That's alright," Phineas replied. "As long as you're here, how about a song?"
"Nah, one cameo appearance is enough for me," Buford replied, taking off his Santa costume. "I gotta get the nerd off of me."
"What? No," Baljeet said. "It has started snowing."
"Us Van Stomms aren't afraid of a little snow. In fact, this reminds me of a song."
Play "Buford, it is Cold Outside" - Parody of "Baby, it's Cold Outside"
Buford:
I really can't stay
Baljeet:
Buford, it is cold outside
Buford:
I gotta go away
Baljeet:
Buford, it is cold outside
Buford:
This evening has been
Baljeet:
I was hoping that you would drop in
Buford:
So very nice
Baljeet:
I will hold your hands, they are just like ice
Buford:
My mother will start to worry
Baljeet held Buford's hands. He shivered the moment he touched them.
"No, wait, your hands are actually cold," he said.
My father will be pacing the floor
'Why are your hands so cold?" Baljeet asked worriedly.
So really, I'd better scurry
"You better not, not like this," Baljeet demanded.
Well, maybe just a half-a-drink more.
Baljeet:
You might have frostbite, I am not sure
Buford:
The neighbors might think
"You mean Phineas and Ferb?" asked Baljeet.
Buford took a drink.
Say, what's in this drink?
"Hot chocolate," Baljeet replied. "We are children."
I wish I knew how
"Where is your jacket?" asked Baljeet.
To break this spell
Baljeet:
You need a coat and hat as well
Buford:
I oughta say no, no, no
"I agree," Baljeet said bluntly.
At least I'm gonna say that I tried
Baljeet:
What is the sense of going outside?
Buford:
I really can't stay
Baljeet:
Buford, just listen
Both:
Ah, but it's/Buford it is cold outside
Buford:
I simply must go
Baljeet:
Buford, it is cold outside
Buford:
The answer is no
Baljeet:
The temperature is dropping rapidly outside
Buford:
The welcome has been
Baljeet:
You are lucky that I am your friend
Buford:
So nice and warm
Baljeet:
Look out the window at that storm
Buford:
My sister will be suspicious
"I thought you did not have a sister," said Baljeet.
My brother will be there at the door
"I thought you were an only child!" Baljeet yelled.
I gotta see how my fish is
"Biff will be alright," Baljeet assured.
Well, maybe just a stick of gum more
Buford spit some gum in the trash can and replaced it with a new stick.
Baljeet was even more worried now. "You've been singing with gum in your mouth this whole time?! That's a choking hazard!"
I gotta get home
Baljeet was starting to lose patience. "Buford, you will freeze out there!"
Say lend me your comb
"Why, so you can break it?" Baljeet asked.
You've really been grand
"And you are insufferable!" Baljeet shouted.
Why don't you see?
Baljeet:
Why will you not listen to me?
Buford:
There's bound to be talk tomorrow
"Yes, about how foolish you are!" Baljeet retorted.
At least there will be plenty implied
Baljeet:
You can get pneumonia and die
Buford:
I really can't stay
Baljeet:
Yes you can
Both:
Baby, it's/Buford, it is cold
Baby, it's/Buford, it is cold outside
End "Buford, it is Cold Outside"
The two finally noticed the mistletoe hanging over their heads.
"Oh look, mistletoe," Buford remarked.
Baljeet blushed brightly and gave Baljeet his coat. "On second thought, you can take my coat. Goodbye."
With that, Baljeet left the room.
Doof finally reached the checkout with some presents in hand.
"Hey, what's with the total lack of Christmas decorations this year?" he asked. "Are you just being lazy or what?"
Before Doof could pay for his things, Doof felt himself getting transported back home.
When he opened his eyes, Doof found himself back in his apartment. He could only assume it was Perry's doing.
"The reverse button, really?" he asked, disappointed.
Before he could say anymore, Perry tackled Doof to the ground. Doof got up and tried to use the trap again. Perry dodged this time. He then grabbed some fruitcake and threw it at Doof.
Doof got out of the way, but the fruitcake hit the machine. It started to malfunction. Perry jumped in the teleporter beam at the nick of time.
"There's still no sign of Perry," Phineas said. "Perhaps we should open our presents."
Everyone opened their presents, all feeling their own varying levels of happiness.
"I got candy!" Isabella cheered.
"I got a math book!" Baljeet hugged his new present.
"I got a new paint set!" Django cried.
Buford wasn't very satisfied with his gift. "I got a rock."
Phineas offered a present to Candace. She cautiously took the present and opened it up.
The present was a pair of purple earrings with white tips. She smiled at them.
"How did you know I wanted these?" she asked.
"You said you wanted them during your song," Phineas replied.
Candace teared up a bit and hugged Phineas. "Thanks, bro."
All that was left was the gift for Phineas and Ferb. They opened it to reveal none other than Perry the Platypus.
"Hey look everyone, it's Perry!" Phineas smiled. "We're all together after all. This is the best Christmas ever."
Play "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Everyone gathered together for one final song.
All:
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Phineas:
We wish you the best day ever
And hope all your Christmas endeavors
Are super fun, amazing, and clever
And that your New Year's rocks too
Ferb blew a party favor. Isabella stepped in right after.
Isabella:
Oh, come tell me whatcha doin
All my relatives just flew in
From Mexico and Jerusalem
For the holidays
Isabella lit a menorah.
Both Christmas trees and menorahs
It can be confusing for us
When we break into a chorus
Of ole…
"Ole!" Isabella's Mexican relatives cheered.
And oy vey
"Oy vey," the Jewish relatives sighed.
Django:
Glad tidings we bring to you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas and a happy New Year
All:
We wish you a Perry Christmas
We wish you a Perry Christmas
We wish you a Perry Christmas
And a…
Perry chattered.
New Year
Candace stepped in next.
Candace:
This year seemed like it could not get worse
It's like I'm hated by the universe
But times with family were interspersed
Let's see what else comes
Then, it was Baljeet's turn to take a verse.
Baljeet:
I wish for a calculator
Slash Hindi-English translator
To find the common denominator
In both of my tongues
Buford butted in and gave Baljeet a wedgie.
Buford:
Good wedgies I'll give to all of you nerds
That's how I say Merry Christmas, I ain't good with words
Doof hacked the video feed so he would appear on screen.
Doof:
I wish you would let me rule you
In evil, I'm gonna school you
I won't sugarcoat or fool you
Your New Year's looks grim
I warn you, my new inator
Will force you to serve me later
So why not just choose to cater
To my every whim?
Phineas and Ferb regained control of the feed.
All:
We wish your every endeavor
Makes this the best Christmas ever
And we're also glad that we have never
Mentioned figgy pudding
End "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
The moment the song ended, the set and the extras disappeared.
All of a sudden, a bunch of people teleported into Doof's apartment. A Christmas tree also appeared right on top of him.
"Oh, so the reverse switch works for Perry the Platypus and not me?" he asked.
That's when the Transportinator started to spark.
"What's going on?" asked one of the guys in the room.
"It's just my inator," Doof replied. "It'll likely blow up at any second."
Everyone hurried out before the inator exploded, not even thinking to help Doof get out. The inator exploded, covering Doof in soot.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" he shouted. "And by extension, you lousy extras!"
Linda returned home.
"Hey boys," she greeted. "I heard you were doing Christmas in July."
"Yes, yes they were," Candace replied. "And it was actually really sweet."
"Aw," everyone smiled.
After a while, everyone went back inside.
That is, everyone except Holly.
"Oh, you thought it was over?" she asked the reader. "No. We're a bit excessive, so we decided to add another one."
Play "Holly Jolly Christmas"
Holly:
Have a holly jolly Christmas
It's the best time of the year
I don't know if there'll be snow
But have a cup of cheer
Have a holly jolly Christmas
I'm the Fireside Girl, Holly
Earn a patch to fill your sash
Or maybe plant a tree
Having heard the song, Baljeet came outside to investigate. He noticed a mistletoe hanging over him.
Oh ho, the mistletoe
Hung above Baljeet
Buford came out too. He also stood under the mistletoe. A part of him wanted to leave, but the other part of him didn't want to leave Baljeet hanging. He reluctantly gave Baljeet a light peck on the cheek, then quickly ran back inside.
Buford gives a Christmas kiss
No one dare compete
Have a holly jolly Christmas
It's the mandatory bonus song
Oh by golly, it's holly
And it's not too terribly long
End "Holly Jolly Christmas"
Notes:
Merry Christmas, everyone (or Merry late Christmas if Christmas has already passed where you live (or Happy Hanukkah/Kwanzaa if you celebrate either of those holidays)).
Given the options regarding which Christmas special I should do, I knew it had to be the Season 3 one. While the other special actually took place during Christmas, this one was a Christmas in July scenario, so it better fits into the story.
Despite that, since this is a Christmas episode, I felt it only made sense to include a Christmas-themed intro. It's a fusion of both versions of the winter variation of the theme song. Hope you like it.
Upon rewatching the episode and learning the bit where Carl became an extra in the boys' show, I knew I wanted to include an interaction between him and the boys, even if it was a small one, to signify that they remember him from their last meeting in the "Undercover Carl" episode.
Like I said, I did incorporate some of the songs from the MWCA Christmas Album, mainly because I really liked those songs and wanted them to be included.
First, there was Candace singing about how all she wants for Christmas is to bust her brothers, before interjecting saying she wouldn't mind the purple earrings as an alternative. I especially enjoyed including the bit where Phineas gave Candace the earrings as a Christmas present, showing that he is genuinely making an effort to grow out of his resentment towards her.
Next, there was Vanessa singing "Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire" to replace Kelly Clarkson only showing up as a gag. I initially did want to include Kelly Clarkson, and have her and Vanessa sing a duet of the song "That Christmas Feeling" together (especially since that song does feel like a Kelly Clarkson song), but I didn't go with it because there wasn't really much time. I needed to remove a few ideas that I wanted to do (like this whole thing with Doof prioritizing his evil over everything else and learning the true meaning of Christmas is family and all that) in order to get this posted on Christmas Day (even though I know I failed in some parts of the world).
And there was Buford and Baljeet's duet of "Baby, it's Cold Outside". I especially wanted to show Baljeet getting frustrated with Buford to start building up tension between them. It was an idea I just came up with while writing that bit. I want to include some buildup to the events of the "Bully Bromance Breakup" episode, that way when Baljeet breaks off his friendship with Buford, there can be a bigger impact.
Of course, there were other additions, like Candace's added verse in "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and Fireside Girl Holly singing "Holly Jolly Christmas" at the very end, but those had no reason for their inclusion other than I wanted to.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 54: The Great Indoors
Notes:
Today marks the two-year anniversary of when the Phineas and Ferb Revival was first announced. Perfect time to end the hiatus for this story if you ask me.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 54
The Great Indoors
Phineas and Ferb were bored out of their minds. It was raining outside, so they couldn't go outside and build something. They could build something inside, but neither of them could come up with a good idea.
That's when Isabella and the Fireside Girls came in. None of them were happy.
"Hey Phineas, whatcha doin?" Isabella asked sadly.
The moment Phineas saw the sad look on Isabella's face, he bolted up and approached her.
"Isabella, what's the matter?" he asked.
"We were going to get our dessert-trekking patches today, but now it's raining," Isabella explained.
An idea instantly popped into Phineas' head. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
"You see, I know Jeremy likes me," Candace vented. "But I don't know why, and if I find out what it is he likes about me, I can make sure I don't change that about myself."
"Well, maybe he likes hearing you talk," Linda suggested.
"Huh?"
"Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was out in the rain. He opened the tree hatch, only for water to pour out. He quickly squeezed the water out of his hat before jumping into the hatch.
He landed in his lair. Sadly, he slid off his chair and hit the screen.
Monogram and Carl laughed hysterically.
"Play that back, Carl," Monogram ordered.
Carl played a recording of when Perry hit the screen. He and Monogram laughed even harder.
Perry just glared at the both of them.
Monogram sweated a bit. "Uh, grow up, Carl."
Carl walked out of camera range.
Monogram turned back to Perry. "Anywho, as you apparently noticed, there's been an unusual amount of rain in the Tri-State Area. Call us crazy, but we suspect Doofenshmirtz. Investigate and stop him at all costs. Well, at a reasonable cost. We don't wanna blow the budget."
Perry put on his jetpack and flew off.
"Run it again, sir?" Carl asked once Perry was gone.
"I'll get the popcorn," Monogram replied.
Phineas and Ferb just finished building a dome in the backyard.
"Wow, that was fast," Isabella remarked.
"Well, nobody likes working in the rain," Phineas replied. "Let's get dry, ladies."
He and Ferb led the girls inside.
"This biosphere can simulate any environment," Phineas explained.
Ferb pulled a lever, and the room filled with sand. The ceiling changed to simulate a bright blue sky. A small light appeared as a substitute for the hot sun.
"Can we cook, or can't we?" Phineas asked.
"You guys are the greatest!" Isabella smiled. "Now, according to the Fireside Girl handbook, we can find water in cacti."
She found a cactus nearby. Upon further inspection, though, she noticed a zipper. She pulled the zipper to reveal the cactus was actually a cover for a water dispenser.
"Don't make it too easy," she told Phineas.
Candace heard a knock on the door. Knowing it was Jeremy, she let him in.
"Hi, Candace," Jeremy greeted. "What do you say to a little picnic indoors? We can't let a little rain damper on our…" Jeremy trailed off when he saw the dome outside. "Wow, I guess your brothers have been busy. We should have our picnic there."
"Uh, one sec," Candace said before walking off. "Urge to bust so strong, but I need time with Jeremy to find out why he likes me. Gotta resist urge to bust. Must not ruin chance at quality time with boyfriend." Candace went back to Jeremy. "A picnic in the highly dangerous and unauthorized biosphere? Sounds great."
Phineas, Ferb, and the Fireside Girls, now dressed as Egyptians, were walking through the fake dessert.
"So, we've gotten water from a cactus," Isabella reviewed. "Witnessed a mirage, and learned the difference between sunstroke and heat stroke. Thanks for that, Adyson."
"Hey, the salamanders quit singing," said Adyson, who was being carried by Ginger and Katie.
"Now, we just need to either collect a sand sample, measure the temperature, or milk a camel."
A camel appeared out of the ground.
Isabella narrowed her eyes at Phineas and Ferb. "You guys?"
Perry reached Doof's lair. He jumped in through the window and landed on a chair. Like last time, he slipped off the chair and flew across the room. He landed in a green tube.
"Wow," Doof remarked, gesturing to a whole obstacle course. "I set up this whole thing with lasers and flypaper, falling cages and spinning platforms, and you just had to slip on a chair and waste a day's work. Well, at least it'll look great on the Christmas gag reel. Of course, it'll just be me at the party." He sighed. "I really need a laugh during the holidays. Anyway, you're trapped. Try to climb out of it."
Perry tried to climb out of the tube, but he just slipped and fell back down.
"It's grease," Doof explained. "Now that you're comfy and cozy, I can introduce you to my Raininator." He gestured to the inator in question. "I've been using it to pour millions of gallons of water into the clouds, causing it to rain all over the Tri-State Area! I can't believe nobody's noticed. It's kinda obvious."
The Fireside Girls finally finished their trek. Isabella placed a flag at the spot.
"Say Phineas, I don't suppose you could help us with our rainforest navigation patch?" Isabella suggested.
"No problem, ladies," Phineas replied. "Ferb?"
Ferb pulled another lever.
Candace and Jeremy sat under an umbrella. It wasn't enough to block the heat.
"This sure beats the rain," Jeremy said, trying to lighten the mood. "Not too hot, are you?"
"No, not at all," Candace assured, as if she wasn't fanning herself at a fast pace. "Isn't that what you said you liked about me? That I don't overheat?"
Jeremy chuckled. "No. The thing I really like about you is…"
All of a sudden, the environment changed. They were no longer in a hot dessert, but they were in a cool rainforest.
"This is cool," said Jeremy.
"Uh, what was that you were trying to say about me?" Candace asked, trying to get back on topic.
"I said, 'wow'..."
Candace groaned. "Pardon."
She walked off.
Jeremy noticed a nearby river flowing. This gave him an idea.
Meanwhile, the Fireside Girls were looking around.
"Hey, look," said Adyson. "I think I found a new…"
The river started flowing in Adyson's direction. It took her before she could do anything.
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella got on a log and raced after Adyson.
"Don't worry, Adyson!" Isabella shouted as she used a lasso to grab Adyson. "Water rescue patch, bonus."
"Candace!" Jeremy called.
Candace came out of a nearby bush. "Yes?"
"Check it out. This umbrella makes a sweet raft. Wanna float down the river with me?"
Busting or boyfriend? Busting or boyfriend? Candace thought before coming to a decision. "Coming!"
"You might be wondering why I caused all this rain," Doof monologued. "You see, while pursuing local garage sales, I came upon a big-screen TV from 1985, but when I turned it on, it was stuck on the Spanish channel. All it played was crazy variety shows and Mexican soap operas. I really got hooked on one of them, 'El Matador de Amor'. It's about three different storylines that interconnect. Genius. Anyway, the last episode is a cliffhanger in which Esmeralda is about to learn why Juan loves her, at least I think, but the show got preempted by a soccer game. I hate soccer, it makes no sense! With the help of my Raininator, the game cancels out, and now, back to our regularly scheduled programming."
Doof turned on the TV and got ready to watch the next episode.
Perry questioned if he should stop Doof. He recognized the show Doof was talking about, for he had been watching it in his spare time. He was also frustrated that the channel prioritized soccer games.
The little devil appeared on Perry's shoulder.
"Why don't you just sit back and enjoy the show?" he suggested.
Then the angel appeared. "Perry, you're only thinking about yourself. Think of the people who want the game to go on."
Perry sighed. I hate my job.
He noticed there was a water spout pouring out rain water. He started moving his trap towards the running water. The tube filled up with water pretty quickly.
Candace and Jeremy floated down the river on the umbrella boat.
"I mean, it's like your hair was genetically engineered to ensnare those giant fruit bats," Jeremy remarked.
"You like that about me?" Candace asked.
"It's interesting, but it's not what I like about you."
"What then?"
"Well, let me put it into song."
Play "Set The Record Straight"
Jeremy:
All throughout history, men fall in love with women
You wanna know why, well, let's start from the beginning
I've come to set the record straight
I've come to set the record straight
All of a sudden, frogs, flamingos, and other creatures appeared and danced to the song. Candace couldn't help but find it beautiful.
From scientific propagation of the species
To poets and philosophers, your Baudelaires and Nietzsches
I've come to set the record straight
I've come to set the record straight
But if you're asking for specifics
Well this isn't hieroglyphics
If you want to know sincerely
Listen up, I'll tell you clearly
What I like about you is…
Before Jeremy could finish that statement, a few hippos popped up out of nowhere, scaring Candace.
Thankfully, the hippos were harmless. The duo floated into a tunnel.
"So, you were saying?" Candace asked.
I've come to set the record straight
I see you still don't get it
But you really shouldn't sweat it
I'll say it one more time with feeling
Here's the reason you're appealing
What I like about you is…
They floated past some flamingos. They all flew away, splashing Candace.
What I like about you is…
Some parrots surrounded the two.
"Not again!" Candace shouted, scaring them all off.
What I like about you is…
Some crocodiles appeared out of nowhere. Jeremy was able to steer them away…
Right towards a waterfall.
"Here comes the fun part," said Jeremy.
"Fun part, seriously?" Candace asked angrily.
The two flew over the waterfall.
End "Set The Record Straight"
"Jungle navigation patch complete," said Isabella. "Anyone up for rock-climbing?"
Ferb quickly turned a hand crank. The rainforest disappeared, and a snowy mountain appeared in its place.
"Welcome to Mount Ferbious," Phineas said dramatically.
A small pebble hit Adyson in the head.
"Sorry, Adyson," Ferb apologized.
"The salamanders are back," Adyson groaned.
"Who wants a concussion first-aid patch?" Isabella asked the other girls.
Candace and Jeremy landed in the snow. Jeremy quickly started making snow angels, while Candace just sat up and groaned.
"I'm wet and freezing," she whined.
"Well, we are together, aren't we?" Jeremy retorted.
Candace realized Jeremy was right. "I mean, yeah."
The girls climbed the mountain. Adyson slipped, causing a big rock to come down.
"Whoops," she said.
"And being together like this makes me realize what I like about you," Jeremy added.
"What? What?" Candace asked excitedly.
A big rock landed on the ground, just barely missing them.
"That's it!" Candace shouted. "I'm gonna bust them!"
Jeremy saw something off about the rock. He tried to lift up the rock, and he succeeded with no effort.
"Candace, wait," he called. "It's papier-mache."
Unfortunately, Candace was too far gone.
The Fireside Girls just finished climbing the mountain.
"Good job, everyone," Isabella complimented. "I think we've earned our rock-climbing patches."
"Congratulations," said Phineas. "How do you feel about non-powered flight patches?"
He gestured to all the hang gliders Ferb summoned.
The girls didn't need to be asked twice. They put on their helmets, readied their gliders, and took off.
Candace just barely missed the boys.
"Wait!" she shouted. "Come back here so I can bust you!"
She accidentally fell off the cliff. She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Don't worry, Candace!" came Jeremy's voice. "I'll save you!"
Jeremy jumped off the edge and grabbed Candace. He opened the umbrella, and they both gently floated out of the dome.
"Man, I love this umbrella," Jeremy remarked. "You know, Candace, I tried to tell you earlier…"
Before he could finish that statement, Linda drove past them. "Hey, kids!"
"Hold that thought, Jeremy," Candace said, before running to Linda. "Mom, backyard, now! No time to explain!"
The show finally started.
"It's finally starting!" Doof cheered. "Perry the Platypus, shh. I don't want to miss anything."
By then, Perry managed to get out of his trap.
"He's getting closer," said Doof. "He's looking into her eyes. He's folding his mouth."
Hearing Doof describe each and every detail made Perry want to watch the show for himself. Sadly, he had a job to do.
He fired a grappling gun into the sky, attaching it to a plane that was passing by. He then tied the rope to the Raininator. The plane took the inator, stopping the rain.
Perry turned back to the TV. It was playing a soccer game.
"What?! No!" Doof screamed.
The kids got out of the dome once they learned the rain stopped. That was a good call, as some giant thing they couldn't make out grabbed the dome and took it away.
Candace and Linda entered the backyard, only to find nothing amiss.
"Um," Linda said bluntly.
Candace smacked her forehead.
"How is this possible?" Doof asked. "I took every precaution! I made the Raininator, I trapped Perry the…" He turned around to see that both Perry and the Raininator were gone. "¡Maldito seas, Perry el Ornitorrinco (Curse you, Perry the Platypus)!"
Meanwhile, Phineas, Ferb, and the girls were having a snack.
"Hey Phineas, thanks for helping us get our patches," Isabella said to Phineas. "It was really sweet of you."
Phineas smiled and blushed. "No problem. It was our pleasure."
"So, did you ever find out why Jeremy likes you?" Linda asked Candace.
Candace immediately felt bad for leaving Jeremy. She hurried back to the front to find Jeremy was still there.
"Please continue your thought," she said. "Tell me what you like about me."
"You bet," Jeremy replied. "What I like about you is…"
Candace couldn't wait. So much excitement bubbled up inside of her that she thought she would scream.
"Everything," Jeremy finished.
Candace felt unsatisfied.
"What?" she asked.
"There isn't just one thing I like about you," Jeremy explained, blushing. "I like your voice, your looks, and your outfit, but most importantly, I like that you're determined. You always try to accomplish your goals. It doesn't matter if the odds are stacked against you, or that you fail more often than you succeed. You always get back up, and you always keep trying. That's why I like you, Candace."
Candace teared up a little. "Aw, Jeremy."
The two hugged each other.
Notes:
The hiatus did not last as long as I wanted it to. I wanted to start writing season 3 in February thinking it was when the revival was first announced, but then I looked it up and learned it was announced sooner than I remembered. Don't know if I'll update that frequently, though. I'm busy with school and I still need to get my driver's permit, so expect updates for this and all other fics to be slow.
Anyway, there's not much to really mention about this episode.
First off, there is a small scene between Phineas and Isabella, which is always nice to see.
One thing that bugs me, and so many others, is how Jeremy is cut off before we can learn what he likes about Candace. Well, I decided to fix that. I know it was corny, but I felt it aligns with Jeremy's character.
And lastly, Perry's little internal conflict. I felt it added a bit of depth to his character, as there are points where he genuinely doesn't want to thwart Doof, whether it's for selfish reasons or just because it's genuinely annoying. This is explored a little bit in canon (like in the episode, "Perry Lays an Egg"), but I plan to go a bit more into detail with that aspect.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 55: Run, Candace, Run
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 55
Run, Candace, Run
Phineas and Ferb were watching TV. Candace was watching them.
"Today on the Uncovery Channel," said the announcer. "We'll talk about the fastest land animal in the world. Possessed of incredible speed, the cheetah can outrun almost anything alive."
Candace checked her watch. She counted down in her head from three to one.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas said right on cue. "We're gonna build fast shoes so we can run like a cheetah."
"And I don't care," said Candace. "Because today, I am going to Jeremy's family's picnic in the park. I will spend the whole day with Jeremy, and his extended family, and they're all going to love me, because today, I am Composed Candace, confident, cool, and chillaxed."
"Candace?" a voice called.
Candace jumped back, only to realize it was just Linda.
"Ready to head to the library?" Linda asked.
"Huh?" Candace asked.
"You volunteered to run the kids' book club today while I help reorganize cookbooks."
"Oh yeah, I did promise that. How can I forget? That's so unlike me."
Linda chuckled. "Well, we're leaving in fifteen."
"Alright. Not like I have anything better to do."
"What about your thing with Jeremy?" Phineas asked.
"Oh, don't judge me!" Candace snapped. "Don't you have a catchphrase or something?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about. Hey, where's Perry?"
Candace smacked her forehead.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "It's come to our attention that Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been missing a lot of his mortgage payments. He must be funneling all that money into something really evil. Otherwise, he'd ask his ex-wife for a loan. She's loaded, you know. So, get out there and find out what's happening."
Perry saluted and left the lair.
If that show taught the boys anything about cheetahs, it's that they're built to run at amazing speeds.
By carefully analyzing their own bodies' running mechanics, the boys were able to design and build their own super shoes.
Based on the pseudoscience of reflexology, these shoes would trigger pressure points in their feet, making them exponentially faster.
"Great, I'm double-booked," Candace said to herself. "Oh, darn my endlessly giving nature."
When Candace headed outside, she felt something dash right past her.
When she got her bearings, she saw that Phineas was dashing around that backyard. If it wasn't for his triangle head, Candace would not have recognized him.
Phineas stopped right in front of Ferb.
"You know, with these super shoes, we can almost be in two places at once," he suggested.
He demonstrated by running back and forth in a way where it looked like he was in both places at once. Ferb had to grab Phineas' shoulder to get him to stop.
"Come on, Ferb," said Phineas. "Let's see what these babies can really do."
Candace noticed there was another pair of shoes just sitting next to her. Normally, she would've tried to show them to Linda, but she was desperate.
"Candace, ready to head to the library?" Linda called.
"That's okay, Mom," Candace assured. "I think I'll walk."
"Alright, meet you there."
Candace put on the shoes. "Or maybe, I'll run."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry entered Doof's apartment, only to see a blonde woman wearing a gray flannel shirt, a black skirt, and white heels.
"Chocolate chip cookie?" she asked, offering Perry a plate of cookies. "They're freshly baked."
Perry took one of the cookies and ate it. He looked around the apartment to see a lot of people he didn't know.
It took a while for Perry to find Doof.
"So, just because I missed a few payments, you're selling my building?" Doof asked a man in the room. "Where am I even supposed to get that money on such short notice?"
The man in question was a tiny man with short, brown hair and glasses. He wore a green suit, a yellow tie, gray pants, and black shoes.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Doof-Schmidt," he said. "Those are the terms of your loan."
"It's Doofenshmirtz!" Doof corrected.
Perry approached Doof and yanked his coat.
"Now what?" Doof asked before realizing it was just Perry. "Oh, it's you. I'm sorry, Perry the Platypus, but I'm going to have to take a rain check. You see, I'm having a bit of a financial crisis, and I won't have time for our evil scheme today."
Perry tipped his hat and prepared to walk out.
"Next time we fight, it'll be in a cardboard box," Doof went on. "Because that's where I'll be living."
Perry stopped. The image of Doof out on the streets appeared in his mind. He was very conflicted about it.
The devil appeared on Perry's shoulder.
"Serves that man right," it said. "Every day, he wastes your time with the most brainless schemes that were never going to work out anyway. He deserves to suffer."
Then the angel appeared on Perry's other shoulder.
"Does he, though?" it asked. "Sure, he's petty and vengeful, but not even he deserves to suffer."
Perry just glared at his angel.
"Uh, what about Vanessa?" the angel pointed out. "How will this affect her?"
That was a good point.
Perry approached Doof and yanked his coat again.
"Can't you see I'm trying to wallow?" Doof asked.
Perry pointed at a picture of Charlene.
"That?" Doof asked. "It's a nice picture, but I don't think I can get much cash for it. Who wants a picture of…?"
Perry took out Doof's phone.
"Oh, you mean call her and ask her for money?" Doof realized. "Never. You know what she'll say? She'll say, 'I told you so'. You know why? Because she did tell me so. She said, 'Don't get the gargoyles, Heinz', but what does she know? Gargoyles are a good investment. Name a cheap building with gargoyles."
He gestured to the balcony. A father and his son took great intrigue in the gargoyles.
"No way am I asking her for money," Doof concluded. "I'll just find a way to make this place unsellable, so they'll have to let me stay, no matter how broke I am." He turned to a nearby middle-aged man looking around. "Psst, Indian burial ground here. True story."
Phineas raced against a professional racecar driver. He went from the starting line to the finish line in three seconds flat.
"Wow, these things are great," he remarked. "Much better than those completely unstable prototypes we made earlier."
Candace just put on the pair of shoes. She didn't notice that the bottom of one said, 'unstable', while the bottom of the other said, 'prototype'.
She tried to run, but she didn't get very far.
"What a ripoff!" she shouted. "It doesn't even…"
Then her speed increased by a lot.
At the library, Linda approached the impatient children.
"Kids, my daughter was supposed to be here, but…" she tried to explain.
Then Candace appeared out of nowhere. She sat in her chair like nothing was wrong.
"Kids, this is Candace," Linda introduced, trying to pretend nothing was amiss. "Good luck. I'm off to file some cookbooks."
Candace picked up the book and took a look at the cover.
"Today's story is 'Smorky the Giant Rabbit's Family Picnic'," she said before almost jumping out of her seat. She chuckled in embarrassment. "I'm a little fidgety."
A kid raised her hand.
"Something you want to share?" Candace called.
"Why is your neck so long?" the girl asked.
"Good question. You can be today's first reader. I'll be right back."
Once Candace made sure the girl was settled, she ran out of the library.
Candace arrived at the park. She saw many people gathered together. Some were talking, others were getting snacks and drinks, and some kids flew kites.
"There it is!" Candace cheered before she realized she didn't know how to stop running. "Please stop!"
Candace managed to stop… right in front of Jeremy. She smiled awkwardly and leaned on the lemonade dispenser.
"Hey, Candace," Jeremy greeted nervously. "You came out of nowhere."
"Yeah, I did," Candace chuckled.
Her foot kicked the cup out of Jeremy's hand. Jeremy did not know how to react to that.
"Uh, why don't I introduce you to everyone?" he suggested, leading Candace to the other family members. "You already know my folks, and of course you know Suzie."
"Hello there, darling," Mrs. Johnson greeted.
"Nice to see you," said Mr. Johnson.
"Hey, Candace," Suzy smiled.
"And I bet you remember the birthday girl," Jeremy went on, gesturing to Grandma Hildegard.
"Of course," Candace remembered. "Grandma Hilda from the…"
"I never liked you," Hilda interrupted.
Sensing tension, Mrs. Johnson tried to lighten the mood.
"Hey, those potato sacks aren't gonna run themselves," she said. "Let's get the lead out, kiddies."
"Oh, gosh, the kids," Candace replied before turning to Jeremy. "I'm gonna get you a refill. I'll catch up with you in a bit."
"Okay, but hurry," said Jeremy. "The games are the best part of the picnic."
Candace filled a cup with lemonade to energize herself, then ran straight to the library.
She saw the girl was still reading the same book. She quickly got the girl out of the seat and sat down.
"Good," she complimented.
Linda came in, having heard the noise.
"Everything okay, Candace?" she asked before noticing Candace's drink. "You know, you really shouldn't have drinks in the library."
"I know, but it's all this reading," Candace lied. "It makes my throat dry."
"Aw, that's sweet. I might sit and listen for a bit."
"Mom, you really don't have to."
But Linda had already sat down. Candace knew there was nothing she could do. She found where the girl stopped and started reading.
As she read, time seemed to slow down for her. She watched as the clock slowed down, and everyone in the room just froze. She felt like she could head out, run back to the park, take part in the games, and come back, and no one would notice.
"Excuse me," the same girl from earlier eventually said. "I have to go to the bathroom."
"Yes!" Candace shouted. "Mom, you can take her!"
Candace got up, grabbed Linda and the girl, and brought them to the bathroom. She then headed out.
A young woman named Annabelle looked around the apartment with her boyfriend, Marty. She had short, brown hair, glasses, and a blue dress.
"I think this is the place we've been looking for," she said. "I mean, high ceilings, open floor plan, purple and green. We won't even have to repaint."
Doof could only watch the site in horror. Once again, Perry offered Doof his phone.
"I'm not calling Charlene," Doof insisted.
"Go!" Phineas shouted into a megaphone.
He and Ferb then ran a short distance. When they stopped, they heard Phineas' voice echo. There was a small boom, and they both bounced.
"Sonic boom," Phineas smiled. "Check sound off the list."
Ferb did just that.
Candace returned to the park. Unfortunately, she couldn't stop running in time. She unintentionally hit a small stand.
Everyone gasped.
"She knocked over the Annabelle shrine," said one. "How rude."
Jeremy helped Candace up.
"Who's Annabelle?" asked Candace.
"She sort of… wandered off about twenty years ago," Jeremy explained, a hint of sadness in his voice. "We kinda don't talk about it."
Jeremy led Candace away.
Once the stand was fixed, it was finally time for the games to begin. Candace stood in front of the starting line holding Jeremy by the ankles. Jeremy stood on his hands.
"Wheelbarrows at the ready!" Mrs. Johnson shouted.
Candace worried she'd lose control again.
"Are you sure you don't want to be the legs?" she asked Jeremy.
"You'll be surprised how strong my arms are," Jeremy assured. "Don't hold back."
"I don't think they…"
Before Candace could say any more, she started running. Jeremy's face got buried in the ground. Candace tripped and started rolling in the ground with Jeremy.
They both crossed the finish line covered in mud.
"Hey, we won," Jeremy grinned.
"You two might want to go to the washroom," Mrs. Johnson suggested.
"The washroom," Candace realized.
She ran away at a speed where the mud just came off of her and turned solid.
Candace returned to the library just in time. The girl just got back from the bathroom.
"I think I'll leave these adorable little ragamuffins in your capable hands," said Linda. "I'm afraid I have to be elsewhere."
Candace gulped. "Yeah, me too."
Play "Run, Candace, Run"
When she got a chance, Candace ran out of the library. On the way to the park, she ran past a dog show, inadvertently taking all the dogs with her.
She then fell down a sewer hole.
Run, Candace, run
Run, Candace, run
Candace found her way out of the sewers, leaving the dogs to find their own way back to their owners. Luckily for her, the park wasn't too far away.
Run, Candace, run
Faster, faster
Unfortunately, Candace ran right past Jeremy. Her speed generated a gust of wind strong enough to blow Jeremy's burger out of his hands.
Run, Candace, run
Run, Candace, run
While heading back to the library, Candace ran so fast she made someone's clothes fly off of them.
Run, Candace, run
Faster, faster
Whenever Candace participated in a game, her speed allowed her to win easily.
Come on, girl gotta move, gotta run
Gotta feel the road burning from the heat of the sun
On your feet as you flow through the streets and the hills
Passing dogs, passing cars, passing old rock stars
Whenever Candace ran in and out of the library, she knocked books off the shelves. She even got some books in her mouth at one point.
You can feel all the power of the earth as you ride
As it pushes up and down, side to the side
You can show, they can see, there's the proof on your feet
You're a blur in the air, you've got style, you've got flair
While running from the park to the library, Candace noticed someone pointing finger-guns at her.
Run, Candace, run
Run, Candace, run
Run, Candace, run
Run, Candace, run
Faster, faster
You're light on your feet, you're almost home free
Nothing can stop you, look out for that tree
Candace finally stopped running when she hit a tree.
End "Run, Candace, Run"
Phineas and Ferb were in a warehouse.
"Alright, Ferb, light it up," Phineas ordered.
Ferb turned on a spotlight. Phineas ran across the room. He tried to get to the other side of the room before the light could, but the light was just too fast.
Ferb crossed light out of the list.
"Oh, honey, it looks like 1973 in here," Annabelle said, seeming disappointed. That frown quickly turned upside-down. "My favorite year! Where did they ever find such rare furnishings?"
"Oh, it's all made of cardboard," Doof lied.
That just made Annabelle happier. "Cardboard? How wonderfully impermanent."
"Wait, what about the neighbors? They're really crazy." Doof left the room, and came back with pants on his head, a comb for a mustache, and a fake Italian accent. "Look, I live next door and I wear pants on my head, and I'm Italian!"
"With neighbors like that, our lives will be interesting! I can't think of anything that would make this place more attractive."
Perry once again offered the phone to Doof.
"No," Doof said.
Annabelle screamed. Doof had his hopes, but Annabelle was just gushing over the gargoyles.
"This is the place!" she declared. "We'll take it!"
"I'll bring out the papers," said the landlord.
Candace found herself at another point where she just couldn't stop running. Now, she was running up and down skyscrapers.
"I'm really hoping for…" Annabelle was about to say.
Then some mysterious force grabbed her and swooped her away.
"Uh, we're gonna check out some other neighborhoods," said Marty.
The family gathered around front and center.
"Now, before we pass out the awards for the games," said Mrs. Johnson. "Let's take a moment to remember the real reason we're here. It's Grandma Hilda's who-would-have-guessed-she'd live-this-long 85th birthday!"
Everyone applauded.
"Now, let's have a moment of silence to reflect on all she's meant to us," Mrs. Johnson continued.
That's when a force ran all around the park, knocking down everything in its path. It eventually stopped and revealed itself to be Candace, with a woman in her arms.
Candace saw everyone staring at her and assumed she messed up again.
"No!" she cried.
"Uh, can I get down now?" the woman asked.
Hilda gasped. "That voice. Can it be?"
She examined every little bit about the woman. She found a mark with the letter J on it.
"She's got the birthmark!" Hilda cheered. "My little Annabelle!"
Everyone hugged Annabelle.
"It's all coming back," Annabelle smiled. "Nana, Uncle Jack, you were right. I never should've taken that job hanging anvils."
Hilda pulled away from Annabelle and turned to Candace and Jeremy. "Candace, you made our family whole again. Be good to her, Jeremy. This one's a keeper."
With the couple gone, Doof assumed he won.
"I get to stay forever, I get to stay forever," he sang to himself.
"It's a shame I didn't make that sale," said the landlord. "Now the bank will have no choice but to tear this place down and build a greeting card factory."
Doof took a second to process that statement. For the fourth time that day, Perry offered Doof his phone.
Seeing no other choice, Doof finally relented. He took the phone and dialed Charlene's number.
"Don't gloat, Perry the Platypus," he said. "It's not becoming."
It only took a second for Charlene to answer.
"Hello, Charlene?" Doof sighed. "Yeah, you told me so."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 56: Canderemy
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 56
Canderemy
Candace was talking to Stacy on the phone.
"Oh Stacy, isn't Jeremy's hair the perfect shade of gold?" she asked.
"Uh-huh," Stacy replied.
"And isn't it cute when he has the little wrinkle on the end of his nose?"
"Uh-huh."
"And you know when…"
"Uh-huh."
Candace was starting to get suspicious. "Stacy, did you make a digital sound file of yourself saying 'uh-huh' to fool me into thinking you're listening again?"
"Uh-huh."
That just confirmed it for Candace. "Stacy, pick up!"
After a moment, the real Stacy picked up. "Well, can you blame me? 'Oh, Jeremy and I went to the movies.' 'Jeremy's house smells like gingerbread.' 'Ever notice Jeremy's mole is shaped like an adorable puppy?' I'm starting to feel like the only reason you hang out with me is to talk about Jeremy."
"Stacy, I…"
"And what about Jenny? How long has it been since it was just the three of us hanging out, no Jeremy, no boys, no nothing? I bet you didn't remember that today is the Danville street fair."
As Candace took in what Stacy said, she realized Stacy had a point. It's been a while since either of them hung out with each other, or with Jenny.
"I'm so sorry, Stacy," she said. "I'll cancel with Jeremy today. Tell Jenny to meet me at the cafe in half an hour, and we'll all hit the street fair afterwards. It'll be just the three of us, I promise."
"Great," Stacy smiled. "But no Jeremy anything, okay? If I even hear his name…"
"I promise I won't break this promise. See you in a bit." Candace hung up. She was about to call Jeremy, but she stopped herself. "Wait a minute, why call him when I can tell him I can't see him today in person?"
Candace ran out of the house towards Jeremy's.
"This is it, Isabella," Isabella told herself. "The day you're going to insist on spending time alone with Phineas. You got this." Isabella opened the gate. "Whatcha doin?"
In the backyard, the boys were already working on their project of the day.
"Hey Isabella," Phineas greeted. "We're building a giant robot dog."
"Like when we made that title sequence," Baljeet remarked.
"Uh, I'd rather give a monkey a shower," said Buford.
Isabella approached Phineas nervously. "So, uh, I was wondering if you'd like to go to the premiere of the new Stumbleberry Finkbat movie?"
"Yeah, sounds fun," Phineas replied. "I can go after we finish up here. Done with the wiring, Ferb?"
Ferb scratched the robot dog's back with a backscratcher. The dog's back-left leg twitched.
"Looking good," said Phineas. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was already in Doof's lair, and already trapped.
"Comfortable, Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked. "I made that platy-rack so that every limb is accounted for. So, what's it all about? See, there are only two things that made my miserable childhood bearable, my pet cockroach, Hoarfrost, and garlic-flavored ice cream. I loved these two things so much that I wondered if combining them would exponentially increase my enjoyment. So, introducing my Combineinator! With this, I was finally able to make the triple-scoop garlic roach cone!"
Doof showed off his new abomination. Perry couldn't watch without having to fight his gag reflex.
Doof realized that this fusion wasn't really a good idea in hindsight. He threw the roach cone away.
"Anyway," he said. "I remembered this little island time-share that I bought on a free trip to Vegas. I realized that if I were to combine this island with the Capital of the Tri-State Area…" Doof showed pictures of the island, the Capital, and a fusion of them on a little slide show. "Ta-da! Then legally, under our local property laws, I will be sovereign ruler of the Tri-State Area, as long as I file the appropriate paperwork and get it in by the end of the day so I can declare eminent domain before the time-share reverts to the co-owners…"
While Doof was busy monologuing, Perry noticed a major flaw in his trap. While his hat was tied up, keeping him from accessing his tools, one thing Doof didn't think about was Perry's actual head.
Perry was able to take off the hat and use his fur to pick the locks of his restraints. Once he was free, he jump-kicked Doof.
Candace made it to Jeremy's house and rang the doorbell. Mrs. Johnson answered.
"Oh, hello Candace," she greeted.
"Hey, is Jeremy in?" Candace asked.
Mrs. Johnson let Candace inside. "He's right over there."
Jeremy was sitting on the couch, sound asleep. He had a half-eaten turkey leg in one hand, and a half-empty gallon of milk in the other.
"He was up all night working the graveyard shift at Slushy Dawg after a full-day shift," Mrs. Johnson explained. "Then, when he came home, he ate an entire turkey, drank a gallon of warm milk, and just passed out on the sofa. Bless him. I'd be surprised if he woke up before Thursday. Good luck getting any conversation out of him, sweety."
Mrs. Johnson walked away, leaving Candace and Jeremy alone.
Candace sat next to Jeremy and leaned on him.
"He looks so cute when he sleeps," she remarked.
Doof fell to the ground.
"Alright, you asked for it!" he shouted.
He tackled Perry, inadvertently knocking the Combineinator to the ground. It fired a beam towards who-knows-where.
At the park, a man was presenting a giant prism to a bunch of tourists. A weird beam of light hit the prism. The beam split into two, one going up into the earth's atmosphere, and one heading towards the suburbs.
"So, you'll have to take a raincheck, okay?" Candace told Jeremy.
Suddenly, a green light surrounded her and Jeremy. Candace closed her eyes, expecting the worst. When the light dissipated, though, everything seemed fine.
"Okay, that was weird," Candace remarked.
She tried to get up, but something caused her to sit back down. She assumed Jeremy woke up and was cuddling her, but when she turned to Jeremy, he was still asleep.
Instead, they were both attached at the hip.
"Ah, Stacy and Jenny are gonna kill me!" Candace panicked.
She once again tried to get up, but Jeremy fell off the couch and pulled her down with him.
Candace knew exactly who could help her. "Phineas and Ferb."
Phineas was checking things off his list. Isabella was starting to run out of patience.
"Hey Phineas," she said. "Whatcha still doin?"
"Just going through a last-minute checklist now that our dog is done," Phineas replied.
"Oh, does that mean we can go to the movies?"
"I don't see why not." Phineas turned to Ferb. "Hey Ferb, let's fire this puppy up!"
Ferb gave a thumbs-up, then turned on the dog.
That's when Candace came into the backyard, carrying a sleeping Jeremy with her.
"Phineas, Ferb, I need your help!" she shouted.
"Candace, we're in the…" Phineas tried to say.
"I don't care what kind of freaky project you guys are doing! Just look at us!"
At first, Phineas saw nothing wrong with Candace or Jeremy, but upon a closer look, he realized what the problem was. They were both fused together.
"We could move you to a sterile environment and get a board-certified surgeon to cleanly and safely perform a Jerebotomy," Baljeet suggested.
"We could tie each of you to a monster truck and drive in opposite directions," said Buford. "Worst case scenario, one of you loses a torso."
Everyone glared at Buford like he just suggested first-degree murder.
Buford didn't know what the problem was. "What?"
"Or we can use the molecular separator," said Phineas.
"That thing you used to separate me from me?" Candace asked.
"Yeah, it worked before. You know, in a completely different set of circumstances."
"Great. You guys get on it."
Candace's phone rang.
Knowing it was Stacy, she answered. "Hey Stacy."
"Hey, BFF," said Stacy. "Just checking on your GTA."
"About that…"
"Oh no, you better not be ditching me and Jenny for Jeremy again."
Candace chuckled in embarrassment. "On Street Fair Day? No way, sister. I'll be there, and I'll be there early."
She hung up and turned to the boys.
"Build that molecular whatever and meet me at the coffee shop!" she demanded as she walked out.
"But the movie starts at…" Isabella tried to argue.
"Well, Ferb, I know the next thing we're gonna do today," Phineas told Ferb. "Let's get started on that separator."
Isabella sighed.
"Here we are, just the two of us at a stalemate," Doof said as he and Perry circled around the room. "Each looking for something to turn the tide. What will it be?"
"Cupcakes?" Norm asked, carrying a tray of cupcakes.
Norm's presence gave Doof an idea. He aimed the Combineinator at Norm, fired, then jumped onto Norm. The beam hit the two of them, fusing them both into one.
"Prepare to face the wrath of Norminshmirtz!" Doof shouted.
The two fired lasers towards Perry. Perry jumped out of the way.
"Ha, no more getting away from me now!" Doof laughed.
"You mean 'us'?" Norm asked.
Doof used his arm to punch Norm's face. "Quiet you! Don't step on my moment!"
Candace made it to the coffee shop. Since Jeremy was still asleep, she had him stand on a skateboard so she could carry him.
"Phineas and Ferb better find a fix for this…" she said to herself.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw Stacy and Jenny crossing the street.
Out of impulse, Candace grabbed a chair and tablecloth, made Jeremy lean down, and covered him in the cloth.
"Hey Candace," Stacy and Jenny greeted.
"Hey girlfriends," Candace replied.
Stacy turned to the nearby waiter. "Three iced teas, please."
The waiter went inside. Stacy and Jenny sat with Candace.
"Sorry for being so hard on you earlier," Stacy apologized. "I know you and Jeremy aren't together all the time."
"It's okay," Candace assured. "It's nice to have a little space from him."
Candace noticed that Jeremy was rocking back and forth. She patted his back to make it look like she was just rocking the table.
The waiter came back with three glasses of iced tea. The girls drank their tea.
Jeremy started to snore. Candace slurped her tea, hoping it would block out the snores. She then reached under the cloth and covered Jeremy's mouth.
"So, I hear there's a ton of vintage clothing stalls at the street fair this year," she said, trying to make small talk.
"Yeah, I'm looking for some really cool outfits," Stacy replied.
"Wow, this table is really lumpy," Jenny remarked.
"Oh yeah, lumpy tables," Candace laughed. "It's the new hip thing."
Jeremy started to groan. Candace faked her own groan to block out Jeremy's.
"Do the moan, yeah, do the moan," she sang, making the girls look at her suspiciously. "Come on, don't you girls love that song?"
Neither Stacy or Jenny were convinced.
Candace got desperate. "Hey, isn't it that guy from the movie you like?"
The moment Stacy and Jenny's backs were turned, Candace checked on Jeremy. He was about to wake up.
"Lullaby, and good night, la la la la la," she sang until Jeremy fell asleep again.
"I don't see anyone," said Jenny.
"That's because they're gone!" Candace shouted with a nervous chuckle.
"Why do you sound so nervous?" asked Stacy. "I'm not mad anymore. We're gonna pay for our drinks."
Jenny and Stacy got up and went inside to pay. Knowing she couldn't get up herself without exposing Jeremy, Candace knew she had to act quickly. Luckily, someone left their coat on one of the other chairs.
Candace quickly set the cups down, removed the table cloth, grabbed the coat, and put it on herself to hide Jeremy.
That's when Stacy and Jenny came out.
"Ready?" Candace asked them.
"Candace, why are you wearing that coat?" asked Jenny.
"Uh, the tea gave me a chill," Candace lied, faking a shiver.
Stacy glared at Candace. "Okay, let's go. You're walking behind us."
"That's fine."
Once Stacy and Jenny are out of earshot, Candace called Phineas.
"Phineas, will you hurry?" she asked. "We're headed for the street fair already."
She hung up, and ran to catch up with the others.
Perry dodged every single laser. He noticed the Combineinator, and a nearby toolbox on the floor, and got an idea.
He jumped onto the inator, activating it. He then jumped next to the toolbox. The beam hit them and fused them together.
"I think we're in trouble," Doof worried.
"So now it's 'we'?" Norm remarked.
The gang just finished rebuilding the Molecular Separator.
"I can't believe how fast we built this thing, Ferb," Phineas remarked. "Of course, breaking the immutable laws of physics is always easier the second time around."
"Great," said Isabella. "Does this mean we can go to the movies now?"
"We sure can. The theater is right next to the street fair. All we gotta do now is get this to Candace and separate her from Jeremy."
"Well, what are we waiting for?"
"I believe we're waiting for Rover to put the separator down," Ferb replied bluntly.
Phineas and Isabella turned and saw that the robot dog was holding the separator in its mouth.
"Hey, drop it, boy!" Isabella ordered.
Rover just ran away, taking the separator with him. Everyone ran after Rover.
"For the record, none of this would've happened if we just gave a monkey a shower," Buford remarked. "Just putting that out there."
Play "Just the Three of Us" - Parody of "Just the Two of Us"
The girls rode the carousel together. Candace had to have Jeremy dangle next to her so the others wouldn't see him.
I'm so happy whenever you and I are together
After the carousel, the girls went to get pictures. Candace hid Jeremy behind the curtain.
When it's just the three of us hanging around
Later, the girls played music for a small crowd. Stacy played the violin. Jenny played the fiddle. Candace played the cello so she could hide Jeremy with it.
We don't need a string quartet or a jazz duo
After that, the girls went down a tube slide. Candace brought two tubes, one to cover Jeremy with.
'Cause you and I are the perfect trio
At a petting zoo, Candace grabbed a bag of food to feed the animals. With all the animals surrounding her, neither Stacy nor Jenny could see Jeremy.
When we get together, we make such a beautiful sound
Then, the girls went to buy purses. Candace bought a large bag so she could hide Jeremy inside. She failed to notice that some of Jeremy's fingers and hairs were hiding.
We don't need nobody else
'Cause we can have fun all by ourselves
After that, the girls tried on different costumes. Candace always chose big outfits so she could hide Jeremy.
It's just the three, it's just the three of us today
It's just the three, it's just the three of us today
It's just the three of us
End "Just the Three of Us"
Perry jumped onto Norminshmirtz. He used his screwdriver leg to unscrew one of Norm's arms off.
"Ow, that hurt!" Norm fake-cried.
"He's armed!" Doof panicked.
"With my arm."
Perry threw Norm's arm onto Norminshmirtz, making them fall onto the Combineinator. Another beam hit Perry, fusing him with his trap.
Norm tried to pull the lever, but it broke off.
"Balsa wood?" he asked.
"It was on sale!" Doof argued.
The inator locked into overload. Beams fired in all directions.
Norminshmirtz flew onto the fridge. One of the beams hit them, fusing them with the fridge.
Norm opened one of the doors.
"Would you like a hot beverage, sir?" he offered.
"Hey, that's private!" Doof shouted, shutting the door.
The gang followed Rover all the way to the fair.
"Split up, guys," Phineas ordered. "Maybe we can corner him."
Phineas and Isabella went one direction. Ferb and Django went another direction. That left Buford and Baljeet continued to follow Rover so he couldn't turn back.
The gang successfully cornered Rover… for a split second. There was one area that they didn't consider. Rover just went that way.
Candace was running out of places to hide Jeremy. Luckily, she found one more spot in the form of a dressing room.
Stacy and Jenny arrived with a few clothes.
"We found all kinds of cute things," said Jenny. "We gotta try them on."
Jenny got in the other dressing room. Stacy tried to enter the one Jeremy was occupying.
"No!" Candace shouted before realizing she was making herself look stupid. "Uh, I can see they fit you perfectly."
Stacy once again tried to open the curtain, but Candace karate-chopped her.
"Candace, are you karate-chopping me?" Stacy asked angrily.
Phineas was once again able to block Rover.
"Ferb, now!" he shouted.
Before Rover could turn around, Ferb opened the hatch of one of Rover's legs, and pulled out his wiring.
Rover powered down and dropped the Molecular Separator.
"No!" Phineas shouted dramatically.
"No!" Candace shouted as she slowly karate-chopped Stacy.
Ferb blinked in a dramatic way.
"No!" the kids shouted as they tried to catch the separator.
Baljeet noticed how everyone was moving in a slow and dramatic way.
"How is everyone doing that?" he asked.
The separator hit the ground.
Perry and Doof reverted back to normal.
"Hey, I can feel my knees again," said Doof.
It was only then that he realized that Norm was standing on top of him. Norm came down and crushed Doof.
Knowing there was no other way out of this, Candace decided to confess.
"Listen, Stacy, this morning I went to Jeremy's to tell him that we couldn't spend the day together…" she tried to explain.
"Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy!" Stacy interrupted. "Tell me later! I want to try this on!"
Stacy opened the curtain.
Candace closed her eyes. "Stacy, I swear I wanted to spend the day with you and Jenny…"
When she opened her eyes, she saw that the dressing room was empty.
This was just like all those times Phineas and Ferb's inventions disappeared, only this time, it worked out in Candace's favor.
"Uh, never mind," she said as Stacy got in the dressing room.
That's when Jeremy appeared behind the dressing rooms.
"Candace?" he asked. "I know this is a weird question, but do you have any idea how I got here?"
"Jeremy, don't worry," Candace assured. "I promise I'll explain everything later, but right now, you gotta get out of here. I'll call you later… I mean tomorrow."
The moment Jeremy was gone, Candace sighed in relief.
That's when Stacy and Jenny came out of their dressing rooms. They both gave Candace teasing smiles.
"By the way, the best part was when you used him as a table," said Stacy.
"You are so busted," Jenny laughed, using Candace's catchphrase against her.
Out in space, a green beam of light reflected off of a satellite.
"We got everything sorted out now," said Isabella.
"Yeah," Phineas smiled. "Wanna catch that movie?"
"You bet."
Isabella went into her pocket and took out two movie tickets.
Then the tickets were struck by a beam of light, fusing the two tickets into one.
Isabella sighed and tore the ticket in half. "Well, that's a bummer."
"Yes, yes it is," Phineas said empathetically.
Notes:
First off, I apologize for not updating much this month. I just haven't been feeling that motivated lately, especially given 2025 is not off to a good start, with the LA wildfires and ICE arresting innocents in Chicago.
Anyway, not much changes in this episode. I did change the ending so instead of Phineas and Ferb fusing into an unholy abomination, Isabella's theater tickets just fuse into one, meaning they both can't go to the movie together.
The main change to this episode was having Jenny come along. Like Django, Jenny was one of those underutilized characters. (It's no wonder that Povenmire just decided to make them related). Well, I decided to give Jenny's lack of presence in the first two seasons a bit of a serious plotline, as Stacy points out how neither she or Candace hung out with Jenny that much during the summer, which gives her more want to have a Jeremy-free day. Just the three girls hanging out and having fun.
I do plan to give Jenny a bit more of a presence for the rest of the storyline. From this point on, whenever Candace is hanging out with Stacy, Jenny will be there too. I'm also hoping to give Stacy and Jenny their own moments and flesh out their dynamic a bit, but I can't make any promises.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 57: Phineas' Birthday Clip O'Rama
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 57
Phineas' Birthday Clip O'Rama
The moment his alarm went off, Phineas bolted awake with a smile on his face.
"Another fantastic year older," he declared. "And this is gonna be the best birthday ever. So, what are we gonna do, Ferb?"
He turned to Ferb's bed, only to see that Ferb wasn't there. Instead, there was a card with a well-drawn picture of Phineas on it.
Out of curiosity, Phineas picked up and opened the card.
'To celebrate your birthday,' it read. 'Just follow these clues to show you the way.'
"Cool, it's like a birthday adventure," Phineas remarked. "But where's Ferb?"
Meanwhile, Ferb put on a fedora and snuck out of the backyard.
Ferb
"I can't believe it," Candace said over the phone. "It's Phineas' birthday and I still don't know what to get him. What do you get for the boy who can make anything? It's my fault. I've been so focused on busting Phineas and Ferb that I…" She stopped herself when she noticed Ferb sneaking into a garage with a fedora on his head. "Wait, what is he up to? TTYL, Stace!"
Ferb met up with Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django in Django's garage.
"Hey Ferb," Isabella greeted. "We were just discussing our plans for Phineas' birthday. The circus we ordered won't arrive until later in the day, but Django had a great idea for a warm-up."
"We should make a video compilation of all of Phineas' greatest moments," said Django.
"You mean like a clip show?" asked Buford. "Lame."
"Not where a genius like Phineas is concerned. Watch this."
Django turned on the TV. The screen depicted multiple parts of the summer.
The anti-gravity machine.
The contraption that helped Candace earn fifty patches in one day.
The rocket engine that was used to speed up Candace's bicycle.
The romantic cruise.
The Phineas and Ferb Edge-of-Insanity-Kiss-Your-Butt-Goodbye-Gravity's-a-Stone-Cold-Sucker-Nightmare-Rail-Skate-Track Obstacle Course of Doom.
And, of course, there was the rollercoaster the boys built during the very first day of the summer.
That's where the footage ended.
"Wait, where did you get all that footage?" asked Baljeet. "I swear you were not there for half of that."
"Oh, Danville has a lot of hidden cameras," Django explained. "I found the cameras, extracted their footage, and edited it all into one video."
Impressed, everyone applauded Django's work. Even Buford applauded, despite his skepticism two minutes earlier.
Candace peaked through the window to see that the gang, minus Phineas, were conversing.
"Of course, what I just showed you isn't even the tip of the iceberg," Django rambled. "There's so much footage that there's no way I'll be able to do it all on my own. That's why I divided the video into three parts." Django showed the kids a set of discs. "Each of you, take a section, edit your tribute, and we'll meet at the party later."
Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet each took a disc and left.
Seeing an opportunity to bust, Candace followed the kids.
Phineas found another card in the dining room.
"'This birthday excursion will take you afar,'" he read aloud. "'You'll find your next clue where the two-by-fours are.' Two-by-fours, huh? Perry, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Phineas turned to Perry's bed, only to see Perry wasn't there. "Hey, where's Perry?"
"Okay, let me do the talking," Monogram ordered Carl.
Perry walked into the lair with a bored look on his face.
"Oh, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "There's something we've been meaning to discuss with you for a while, and, well, you see, Perry…"
Perry jumped back. He was only ever referred to as 'Perry' when it was that serious.
"Some job-performance issues have come up, eh…" Monogram continued. "Don't get me wrong, you're doing fine work, but your entrances have been getting a little… lackluster, lately. We've been expecting more from you. Roll the footage, Carl."
"Right away, sir," Carl replied as he pushed a button.
The screen showed a compilation of Perry's best entrances.
The time he slid into a vending machine and had to drag himself most of the way.
When he tried to enter his lair but couldn't because of the cone on his head.
And, of course, there was the time just a few days prior when he slid off his chair and hit the screen.
"What happened to that guy?" Monogram asked. "No pressure, but style counts."
Perry saluted Monogram and walked out with the same bored expression.
"Let's give him a few days, and we'll talk to him about his exits," Monogram told Carl.
Candace entered Isabella's room.
"Hey Isabella," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
Isabella turned towards Candace angrily. "Can you not say that?!"
Candace jumped back. "Whoa, I thought you loved that phrase."
"Only when I'm the one using it. Anyway, what are you doing in my house?"
"Oh, just barging around. You know me, big barger. So, what's that?"
Isabella blushed a bit. "Oh, just a little birthday video I'm editing for Phineas."
"Then let's see."
Candace started the video. It was just taking one word from many of Phineas' dialogue edited into a new sentence. 'We'll… be… together… forever… Isabella.'
Isabella chuckled in embarrassment.
"But don't you have anything more, you know, unusual?" Candace asked.
"Of course," Isabella replied. "Watch this."
The next scene showed Isabella, Ginger, Gretchen, and Holly in a dark room. They were all dressed in black and very, very dark gray. Some lights shone above them like this was a narration scene in a noir film.
"I saw the best girls of my troop, hungry, patchless, out of uniform," Isabella narrated.
"No, I mean Phineas' inventions," Candace corrected, trying to force what she just saw out of her mind.
"I didn't get any of that footage, unfortunately," said Isabella.
"Well, then you're useless to me. Candace out. Peace."
Candace walked out of the room.
Isabella went back to edit her video.
"Isabella… will… you… marry… me?" Phineas asked on the video.
Isabella sighed happily. "The magic of digital editing."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof saw Perry heading towards the door via security camera. As predicted, Perry kicked the door open and ran inside.
This was what Doof wanted. When the time was right, a TV cage dropped right above Perry, trapping him.
"Gotcha, Perry the Platypus," Doof laughed. "I saw you coming on my video surveillance system. If I had a nickel for every time I trapped you."
Doof pushed a button, playing a compilation of the best traps. There was also a nickel-counter.
There was the time Perry got trapped in a bubble.
The time Perry got strapped to a box he was hiding behind.
That time he got caged while sitting in the waiting area.
The time Perry got trapped on the ceiling with a pen magnet/net.
And, of course, that time Doof made Perry carry his own trap.
The counter totaled a good 30 nickels.
"I could've sworn there'd be more than that," Doof remarked. "I guess I could get a candy bar or something. Anyway, I've been studying all my previous schemes and I figured out why they always seem to fail. Try and figure out what they have in common."
Doof played another compilation of each time he showed off an invention of his.
The Metal-Destruct-Inator.
The Gloominator 3000.
The Atomic-Leaf-Blowerinator.
"See?" Doof asked. "They all have 'inator' in their name. That is why they fail. That is why I named my latest creation, the Video-Beam-Hijacker!" He gestured to the not-inator over on the balcony. "You see, I didn't put 'inator' in it this time, therefore, it can't fail."
Perry checked his watch, waiting for the time to strike.
Candace was on her way to Baljeet's house when her phone rang.
"Hey Mom," she answered.
"Candace, where are you?" asked Linda. "I thought you were gonna help me ice the cake after you got something for Phineas."
"Well, I got a little sidetracked. Later today, I'm gonna show you something you won't believe."
"If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that."
There was a long pause. Candace swore she heard the ding of a cash register every few seconds.
"I might buy a candy bar," Linda eventually said.
Phineas reached the Tri-State Plank and Board.
"Huh, some of our best structures were born here," Phineas remarked.
"Phineas Flynn," a voice said.
Phineas turned around and saw a woman wearing a hard hat, likely a worker.
"Is that the birthday boy I hear?" she asked.
"Yep, in the flesh," Phineas replied. "Have you seen Ferb today?"
"No, but I did see a guy in a robotic bird-themed super suit shooting eggs out of his wrist." Her eyes widened, as if the realization just dawned on her. "And that was Ferb, wasn't it?"
"It's a safe bet. We used a robotic bird-themed super suit to save City Hall this summer."
"Aren't you a little young to…"
Phineas chuckled. "If I had a nickel for every time I heard that…"
Phineas played a small compilation in his head of when an adult asked him if he and Fer were a 'little young' to do what they do.
When they made the backyard beach.
When they became pop stars.
When they became detectives.
When they fixed the time machine.
When they reunited Love Handel.
When they carved Candace's head onto Mount Rushmore.
And, of course, there was the first day of summer, when they literally sang it.
"Was I supposed to see something just now?" the worker asked.
"No, I was just thinking to myself," Phineas replied. "It's a clip show. Where'd you see Ferb?"
The worker gestured nearby. The wall was practically covered in egg yolk.
Phineas noticed that the yolks made a certain shape. "A visual clue."
"Is that a slushy dawg?" the woman asked.
"Yep, and a fine example of the lost art of egg rendering."
Baljeet was almost done editing his portion of the video when Candace burst into the room.
"Step away from the computer!" she demanded. "I need to watch that video!"
"But…"
"Play it!"
"Okay, fine!"
Candace grinned. "Phineas and Ferb, I got you now."
Baljeet played the video, showing a very weird compilation.
Jeremy balancing slushy dogs.
A giant baby in an art museum exhibit with giant baby toys.
A spider robot getting stuck on the wall of a building.
Ferb sliding onto a bridge covered in tar.
An evil scientist zapping away a boy trying to flirt with his daughter.
The same scientist idiotically pushing a button that said, 'Do NOT Push'.
A man in a clown costume giving a young boy a back massage.
Candace screaming at a piece of cheese, much to the bewilderment of other customers.
Baljeet grinning wide.
Ferb (in a frankenstein costume) laughing a maniacal laugh.
Candace showing off her goth clothing to Jeremy.
A giant robot stealing a disc from Candace.
Candace punching a bag like an ape.
Buford fighting a squid.
Candace wrestling an alligator.
Phineas growing a pair of wings, taking Isabella's hand, and flying away.
Lots and lots of screaming.
Buford saying, "I'll empty my mind of all thoughts except for Baljeet." A pause. "There, that was easy."
That last one made Baljeet blush a little.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Candace asked.
"That is what I said!" said Baljeet. "Sure, give all the weird stuff to Baljeet! Who cares if it does not work without the context?!"
"Where's the rest?"
"This is all they gave me."
Candace groaned and walked out. "That leaves Buford."
Baljeet sighed. "I need better clips."
"It's my favorite show," Doof monologued. "But my least-favorite show is this."
He turned on the TV to show footage of Roger chopping wood, kissing babies, and even flying.
"It's a twelve-part miniseries running all day long," Doof explained. "Nothing but propaganda. He can't really fly. They did that with wires."
Perry chuckled. Obviously.
"That's why I invented the Video-Beam-Hijacker. With this, I will preempt the biography of my brother, so he can't rely on that 14-karat smile, and his freakish ability to not be despised. I mean, look at this city, with all its urban blight that's… not there anymore." Doof trailed off as he realized he wasn't really doing himself any favors here. "Let's just say I'm gonna let Roger warm up the room a little, then I'll preempt his ridiculous documentary with a live video of me announcing my takeover of the Tri-State Area. What, am I gonna throw away my best stuff on a clip show? Now, let's blow this popsicle stand."
Doof activated the Hijacker. It started to boot up.
Candace made it to Buford's house. She knew that Buford wasn't likely to be intimidated by her, so she planned to sneak into his room through the window and find a way to lure him away from the computer.
Fortunately, she wouldn't need to do that second part. Once she made it to the window, Buford's mom called him, so he left his room to see what was up.
The moment Candace was sure Buford wasn't in his room anymore, she snuck in and looked through the computer.
The compilation was exactly what Candace was hoping it would be.
The weird game show Candace herself participated in.
The time machine.
The ramp the boys made for Grandpa Reggie.
The Molecular Separator.
The Beak suit.
The treehouse robots.
Every room of the boys' fort.
The moment Candace saw that last one, she berated herself for underestimating the boys that day.
Now that she finally had what she needed, Candace took out the disc, climbed out of the window, and headed home.
"I will bust my brothers!" she declared, raising the disc into the air. "And this time, I mean it!"
There was a moment of awkward silence as she realized she was the only one there.
Phineas reached the Slushy Dawg at the mall. Jeremy was working there, as usual.
"Hey Phineas," he greeted. "Want a slushy dawg?"
"Sure," Phineas replied. "Super-suit egg-renderings always make me a bit peckish."
"I bet that's the first time anyone's said that. By the way, Ferb left this clue for you." Jeremy handed Phineas the clue. "I bet you heard a lot of strange sentences over the course of the summer."
"Boy, I'll say." Phineas started eating a slushy dawg Jeremy handed for free.
"Can you think of anything?"
"Nope, not off hand. See you." Phineas was about to walk off, but then he stopped himself. "Wait, I just remembered some."
"Nothing says 'Mother's love' like a giant, robotic platypus butt."
"If I had a nickel for every time I was doomed by a puppet, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice."
"So, how does it feel to have your platy-posterior handed to you on a plate, son?"
"The Scotsman in me tells me to hold on stubbornly to the bitter end, but then again, I'm half-Irish."
"Why am I wearing a turtle on my head?"
"I wanna float around, like men."
"Gotta go, Stacy. Good luck with that llama legislation."
"Run for your lives! It's gnome-ageddon!"
"Stickiness is the most underrated of all the -nesses…"
"It looks a little like a rhesus monkey wearing a powdered wig."
"Oh, you did not just tell me to hench."
"What? You want more Bulgarian folk-related elements?"
"Definitely the giant floating baby head."
"I just discovered why cows and frogs don't date."
"I'm calling Mom, and I'm not using the banana this time!"
"Did you see any of that?" asked Phineas.
"Not one bit," Jeremy replied.
"It's a clip show thing." Phineas opened the clue and read it aloud. "'I hope you had fun on this scavenger hunt. Now head back to the place where we plan all our stunts.' Home it is."
Now that the time was right, Perry slid his tail through the small gap and pushed a button on the TV trap. The trap rose up, releasing Perry.
"Why did I put that button there?" Doof berated himself before getting punched by Perry. "You may have escaped my trap, Perry the Platypus, but I'm still going to change your channel!"
Doof pushed a button on a TV remote, firing a laser in Perry's direction. Perry dodged, grabbed another remote, and pushed it. That remote fired a laser too.
"Wait, that shoots too?" Doof asked, dumbfounded.
The two fired at each other, causing extensive damage to the apartment.
"Well, all roads lead home, I guess," Phineas remarked. "I can't wait to see what they…"
He opened the gate to reveal all of his friends, as well as some other faces he didn't recognize, gathered together. The backyard was decorated with balloons shaped like Phineas' head, there were triangular-shaped bubbles floating around, and there was a huge screen with Phineas' face on it.
"Happy birthday, Phineas!" the kids cheered.
"Phineas Flynn, welcome to your birthday," said Isabella.
She gestured to the screen, which showed planes and shooting stars flying by.
Doof finally managed to disarm Perry.
"Ha, I gotcha!" he laughed.
He fired another laser at Perry. Perry just dodged, causing the laser to reflect off a mirror and hit the Hijacker. One of the legs came off, making it lean a bit to the right. A beam fired from it, going who-knows-where.
"Great, now it's firing in the wrong direction!" Doof whined.
Candace was almost home. She noticed a twenty-dollar bill on the ground and leaned down to pick it up.
A beam just narrowly missed her and the disc.
A plumber-in-training was watching a training video on a TV screen.
"Make sure the pipes are facing…" the man in the video said.
A beam hit the TV, making it change to depict a pharmacist yelling, "The wrong direction!"
While he was suspicious, the plumber did as he was told.
The water at the start of the pipe built up until it burst.
A piece of the pipe hit a nearby 'One Way' sign, making it face the other direction.
A DVD Recycle truck turned the direction the sign was pointing. He almost drove right into traffic coming the opposite direction.
In an attempt to get out of it, the driver swerved right.
The moment Candace picked up the bill, she saw a truck crash. A huge pile of DVDs came towards her. She raised her disc in the air so she wouldn't lose it in the pile.
"Ha, I made it!" she laughed.
Unfortunately, that was the least of her worries.
The pipe completely burst, startling the plumber. He accidentally tossed his pipe wrench high into the air. A bunch of birds were scared off by it.
Candace continued making her way home when a bunch of birds surrounded her.
"What is happening right now?!" she shouted.
Candace tripped, causing the disc to fly into the air.
That's when she noticed a circus was coming up. At first, she was confused, but then she saw Phineas' name on a banner.
Of course, she thought to herself.
She snapped out of it and focused on the disc. She leaped over the elephants, swung on the banner, landed on a unicycle, and caught the disc.
She then launched over a pile of cement, did a flip, and landed with a split. The disc and a wrench landed on her hands, and a hat landed on her head.
"Can I get an autograph?" asked a random boy who witnessed it all.
"Now look what you made me do," Doof whined. "Now I'll need to even out the legs, but first, I'm going to get even with you!"
Doof pushed the button, but nothing happened. He realized that the batteries went out.
Seeing his chance, Perry fired the laser. Doof ducked, but that was what Perry wanted. The laser hit the Hijacker, blowing it up.
"Okay, maybe the 'inator' name wasn't the problem," Doof realized. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Perry put on his jetpack and flew off.
Linda and Lawrence were enjoying some lemonade while the kids played around.
"I feel bad we missed the video presentation while we were at the bakery," Linda admitted.
"Well, we couldn't very well serve that cake the way those wild penguins tore it all up," Lawrence mentioned. "And to think that they were carried away by a freak tornado!"
That's when Candace showed up.
"Mom, Mom, Mom!" she called. "This is it!"
"What is it?" Linda asked, knowing where this was going.
"The thing I've been wanting all summer long!"
"Oh. That."
"Because today, I have this." Candace showed the disc. "This is only…"
"Thank you, everyone," Phineas interrupted.
"Hold on, hon," said Linda. "I think Phineas is going to speak."
"I just have to say, I'm a lucky guy," said Phineas. "I mean, so far, this has been a rocking great summer. I've sure had plenty of fun, but one thing I've learned over the course of these last 57 days is that it's not about satisfying your personal desires. It's about all of you. Being surrounded by the best family and the best friends anyone could ever hope to have."
Every one of Phineas' friends and family members started to tear up. Even Buford cried, and held Baljeet's shoulders for comfort.
Phineas turned to Isabella specifically as he continued. "All the people I love, and who love me right back."
Isabella teared up even more at that bit.
"Today was a great day," Phineas finished. "The best day ever."
Candace herself teared up at the end of the speech. She looked at the disc, and then back at Phineas.
"What am I doing?" she asked herself. "I can't do this, not on his birthday! What kind of person am I?"
She took out the wrench she got earlier and used it to smash the disc.
"Aw, Candace, you're a great person," Phineas assured her. "If I had a nickel for every time you've put aside trying to get me and Ferb in trouble for one reason or another I'd have more than a dollar, which may not sound like a lot, but if we're talking nickels, it is."
"But I didn't even get you a…"
Phineas noticed the wrench in Candace's hand. "Wait a minute, is that a left-handed flange tuner? I've been looking for one of those forever."
"What?"
"They're hard to find. Custom-made for sewage repair, but they have a thousand uses!" Phineas took the wrench. "I love it! It's just what I've been wanting! Thank you, Candace. You're the best sister ever."
Phineas hugged Candace. She was shocked at first, but she gladly returned it.
"Alright, who wants cake?" Linda asked.
All the kids headed inside for cake.
Phineas finally pulled away from Candace when he heard a familiar chatter. He turned and noticed Perry was there.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," he said. "Some day, huh?"
"Yep," Candace replied. "And I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow."
The two went inside to join everyone else.
That's when a clown showed up.
"Hello?" he called. "Did anyone order a circus?"
No answer.
The clown sighed. "I knew I should've gotten a down payment on those elephants."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 58: Bad Hair Day
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 58
Bad Hair Day
Stacy and Jenny hurried over to the Flynn-Fletcher household.
"We're coming as fast as we can, Candace!" Stacy said over the phone. "We're at your house! What kind of emergency are we dealing with? A parent emergency? A Phineas-and-Ferb emergency?"
When the two entered Candace's room, what they saw was beyond their biggest fears.
Candace's hair was a complete mess.
"A hair emergency," Jenny realized. "The worst kind."
Stacy examined every detail of Candace's messy hair. "What are these four long strands? Look at the shaved area. What's that all about? Wait, is this…" Stacy pulled a sock out of Candace's hair. "Candace, who did this to you?"
"Girls, I did this to myself!" Candace wailed.
"Why?"
"Jeremy's mom is hosting a benefit for endangered animals this evening, and I wanted a new look."
"So you made your hair look like an endangered species?" Jenny remarked half-jokingly.
Stacy elbowed Jenny.
"There are all these hairdo how-to videos online," Candace explained, sniffing. "They make it look so easy."
She played one of the videos. The woman on screen just brushed the front of her hair a bit, tossed it back, and her hair looked perfect.
"Look at me!" Candace whined. "A tragic victim of internet hairstylists!"
"Sorry, I don't think either of us can help," said Stacy. "But there are a couple of boys who…"
Stacy didn't need to finish that statement for Candace to know who she was suggesting. "No way!"
Jenny found a pair of chopsticks in Candace's hair. She gave Candace a glare.
Candace sighed. "Alright. Phineas! Ferb!"
Phineas and Ferb came in drinking glasses of water. They spit the water out of their mouths.
"What do you think?" asked Phineas. "We've been working on our spit takes all morning."
"Yeah, you're hilarious," Candace replied sarcastically. "Listen, I need you to fix this."
"Why? That actually looks cool. Did you try that method of brushing the front of your hair and tossing it back?"
"Look, I don't have time to explain. Just get me back to the way I was."
"Okay, but I think you're making a huge mistake."
"Hey, where's Perry?" asked Jenny.
Perry climbed to the top of the tree in the backyard and sat on a bird's nest. A hatch opened, sucking Perry inside of it.
With the nest, Perry slid down the chute into his office.
"Good afternoon, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "For the past few days, our motion detectors have detected Doofenshmirtz rummaging around his basement. Last night, we had Carl staked out down there behind his water heater."
"It was horrible in there!" Carl butted in. "I saw a rat give birth… to a snail!"
"Carl, just tell him about Doofenshmirtz."
"Doofenshmirtz kept coming down and grabbing pieces of his old inators from cardboard boxes." Carl froze in place. "Oh no. Brown recluse spiders favor dwelling in cardboard. Get it off, get it off!"
He ran out of the camera view, crying.
Perry could see a hint of concern on Monogram's face, but it faded instantly.
"Get out there and find out what Doof is up to," Monogram ordered.
Perry saluted, and left the lair.
The boys quickly built a small contraption. They had Candace sit still as they put a helmet onto her head.
"By combining ultraviolet and infrared waves together with follicle stimulation properties," Phineas explained. "Not only will it style your hair, but it stimulates and accelerates new hair growth. That should take care of the little shaved area. What's that all about?"
"Don't get me started," Stacy replied.
Phineas turned back to Candace. "All you have to do is sit there for thirty minutes on setting five, and you're good to go. Start her up, Ferb."
Ferb set the machine to five, and set a thirty-minute timer. The boys then left the room, leaving the girls alone.
That's when they all heard a weird noise.
"What's that?" Jenny asked, panicked.
"It's my new ringtone," Candace replied, picking up her phone. "That's a tangerine orangutan. Endangered animals. Oh, it's Jeremy."
She answered the phone.
"Hi," she said. You're, uh, picking me up in ten minutes? Great!"
Candace hung up.
"Ten minutes!" she panicked. "Girls, crank this thing up. If this thing takes half-an-hour on five, it should do the trick in ten seconds on 20."
"I don't know about this," Stacy said, hesitantly. "Maybe you shouldn't mess with…"
"Yeah yeah yeah, it'll be fine."
"Okay." Stacy cranked up the machine.
"And besides, why would they have a twenty setting if it wasn't meant to be used?"
"That's a good point," Jenny admitted.
The ten seconds went up. Candace removed the helmet.
"How does it look?" she asked.
Stacy and Jenny both gasped in amazement.
"I can't believe it," said Stacy. "It's perfect."
"I told you it'd be fine," Candace bragged. "Now, help me find something cute to wear."
No one noticed another strand of hair growing on Candace's neck.
Perry entered the apartment to see Doof playing an organ. Perry tried to ambush Doof, but he fell through a trapdoor and ended up in one of the organ's pipes.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof smiled. "I don't like your tone. Behold, I give you…"
He played some keys on his organ. Something dramatically rose from the floor in front of Perry. It was just a jumble of parts.
"The Very-Very-Bad-Inator!" Doof finished. "It's made of only the most evil parts of my old inators, cobbled together without rhyme or reason. My plan is to load it on my floating platform, take it high above the Tri-State Area, and turn it on to see what it does. I don't know what exactly it does, but it has to be very bad, hence the name."
That night was the Endangered Animals Benefit. Candace and Jeremy went inside the foyer of the Natural History Museum.
"Wow, nice turnout," Candace remarked before noticing Mrs. Johnson. "Oh, there's your mom."
"There you two are," Mrs. Johnson smiled. "Don't you look nice, Candace?"
"Oh, thanks."
"Let me show you where we're sitting. We have a very good turnout this year. Many of Danville's top zoologists are here."
Candace felt an itch on her arm. She tried to scratch it, only to realize a strand of hair grew on her arm. She plucked it off, despite how painful it felt.
The three sat down at one of the tables.
"The money that this banquet raises will go a long way to facilitate solutions to the problems these poor animals face."
Candace started paying less and less attention as she felt little itches on her legs.
"Uh, Candace," said Jeremy. "You got a little food or something on your face."
But Candace knew it wasn't food. She covered her mouth so no one would see it.
"Will you excuse me for a second?" she asked. "I need to go to the bathroom."
Jeremy pointed Candace in the right direction. Candace bolted out of her seat and ran to the bathroom.
Once she was in the bathroom, Candace looked at herself in the mirror. She saw a big bushy mustache right in between her nose and mouth.
She screamed at the top of her lungs. She covered her mouth, hoping no one heard that.
She then took out her phone and dialed the boys' number.
Meanwhile, the boys were eating dinner with their parents when Phineas' phone rang. He checked his phone to see it was Candace calling.
He answered. "Hey, Candace. You turned it up to twenty? What happened? No way! We'll see what we can do."
"I said adding a twenty setting was a bad idea," Ferb mentioned.
Phineas rolled his eyes before turning to Linda. "Mom, may we be excused? Candace needs help with her hair."
"So you're hair stylists now?" Linda sarcastically remarked.
"Apparently."
"So what would you do with my hair?"
"Nothing. It's perfect the way it is."
"Wow, you are good."
Doof was flying over the city on his platform. He had the inator and Perry strapped onto it.
"Be careful, Perry the Platypus," Doof warned. "You're awfully close to the edge."
He tilted the platform one way, making Perry roll really close to the edge. At the last second, Doof tilted the other way, making Perry roll in that direction.
Candace headed out of the bathroom and tried to get out of the museum.
Unfortunately, she unintentionally ended up behind the stage curtain. She shoved a random guy aside.
To make matters worse, hair started growing all over Candace's body at an excessive rate.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's lecture," said the announcer. "Won't you all please help welcome Professor Herbert Fonzworth Weatherman Jones?"
The curtain opened, revealing Candace to everyone. To make matters worse, the hair had covered her entire body now, making her look like an ape with unnatural fur.
As if that wasn't bad enough, Candace's phone started ringing, making the sound of an orangutan.
"That's not Professor Herbert Fonzworth Weatherman Jones," said Mrs. Johnson. "That's the tangerine orangutan. We have to capture it and return it to the wild. Stand back everyone. I have an associate's degree in zoology. I got this."
Candace knew she had no other choice but to run. She got off the stage and ran out of the room.
"Come back here," Mrs. Johnson said in an assuring manner. "I'm not going to hurt you."
Candace reached the fossil exhibit. She climbed on top of the T-rex skeleton and jumped out the open window.
Phineas and Ferb saw an orange-furred ape on the roof of the museum. They instantly realized it was Candace.
"And I was worried this function would be dull," Phineas remarked.
He dialed Candace's number on his phone.
"Phineas, help," Candace answered. "Jeremy's mom thinks I'm an orangutan and is trying to send me back to the wild."
"Hang tight," Phineas assured. "We brought the hair remover."
"This looks like a good spot to fire up the inator," said Doof. "I can't wait to see what it does."
He turned on the inator. It started to boot up.
Knowing this would take a while, Doof decided to get a snack. He packed plenty, so he had trouble deciding what to eat.
Perry took this as an opportunity to finally escape his trap.
"Very few people know that Myron's Discus Thrower was built with real ancient disc-throwing action," Phineas explained as he and Ferb climbed on top of the statue. "Hang on, Ferb."
The two grabbed hold of the disc as Phineas pulled the lever. The arm was released, throwing the disc into the air. The boys were launched into the air with it. They landed on the roof safely.
"Candace, Ferb and I made a sonic oscillator," said Phineas. "This baby will blow the fuzz off a peach at 90 yards."
"Great," said Candace. "Get this hair off of me!"
That's when Mrs. Johnson showed up.
"Come on, Ferb," said Phineas.
The two hid from Mrs. Johnson.
An animal control officer came up after Mrs. Johnson.
"Animal control," he said. "You need a monkey that needs tranquilizing?"
"It's not a monkey," Mrs. Johnson corrected. "It's the very rare tangerine orangutan."
"Tomato, pot-ah-to. Just leave it to the professionals."
The officer fired a tranquilizer dart. Candace barely managed to dodge it. The dart bounced around until it landed in the officer's butt.
"Huh, would you look at that," the officer remarked, completely unfazed. "You've probably noticed that I'm, uh, not very good at my job. You can just take this and I'll be right back."
Right after the officer handed Mrs. Johnson the gun, he passed out.
Doof had finally decided on a peanut butter and honey sandwich. As he was applying the honey, though, he heard a metal clunk.
He turned around to see what that was about, only to receive a kick in the face from Perry. The honey flew out of Doof's hands and spilled all over him.
"Oh, great, now I'm sticky!" Doof whined. "And this was my last clean lab coat! Oh, it's on now!"
Perry grabbed hold of the wheel. An idea popped into his mind.
The devil and angel appeared on Perry's shoulders. The former was nodding his head while the latter was shaking his head.
In the end, Perry gave into his temptation. He started tilting the platform back and forth. Doof was only able to save himself because of the honey sticking him to the platform.
"Payback, very funny," he sarcastically remarked. "Very mature."
Mrs. Johnson was reading the manual for the tranquilizer gun.
"Guys, hurry while Mrs. Johnson is distracted!" Candace shouted.
Ferb readied the oscillator, aimed, and fired. A strong gust of air blew all the hair off of Candace's body. Luckily, her natural hair remained just as perfect as usual.
"Hey, it worked!" Candace cheered as she swung off the pole.
"Once I get all this honey off me," Doof monologued.
Then in a gust of wind, a bunch of orange hair stuck to Doof's body. He lost his balance and fell off the platform.
That's when the inator started to go off. Perry knew he had no time to deactivate it. He redirected the platform up to the sky.
He then put on his parachute and glided away.
Mrs. Johnson finally finished reading the manual.
"Fear not, helpless primate," she said. "Bright banquets of the Elysian vale will soon melt every care away, or my name isn't Hawkeye Johnson!"
She loaded the gun, aimed, and fired. The dart hit the orangutan in the butt.
He then started to pass out.
Only then did Mrs. Johnson realize that the orangutan was holding onto the flagpole.
The orangutan let go and started plummeting to his death.
"Thanks guys," Candace thanked the boys. "I could just hug you."
Before she could do that, though, a tangerine orangutan landed in her arms.
Mrs. Johnson found them.
"Candace, you caught him," she smiled. "You saved the orangutan. I knew you were a good catch."
"I'll take it from here," said the animal control officer. "Leave it to the professionals."
The officer took the orangutan and left.
Then Jeremy showed up.
"I didn't know you were helping out my mom," he remarked. "You made quite an impression on her."
"I guess you can say I'm having a good bad hair day," said Candace.
Play "Dart Song"
At the Danville Tangerine Orangutan Preserve, Doof was spinning out of control.
Doof:
I'm blurry and drowsy, but balladry beckons
Though I'll probably lose consciousness in seventeen seconds
Don't know my location, I don't know if I care
Actual tangerine orangutans started dancing along to the song.
But I think I'm in a jungle and I'm covered in hair
If you want to know why, please refer to the chart
I've been shot in the butt with a dart
I've been shot in the butt with a dart
Right when the song ended, Doof passed out.
End "Dart Song"
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 59: The Remains of the Platypus
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 59
The Remains of the Platypus
Linda entered an apartment with a tiny fedora in hand. She could not believe what she was seeing.
Flashing rainbow lights coming from a machine.
A group of men dressed as English guards from the 1700s dancing to modern. They were conducted by a tiny man dressed as a Mexican superhero.
A platypus running on a giant hamster wheel.
A late teen in a squirrel costume trapped in a cage.
And to top it all off, there was a man in his underwear in the center of it all. It didn't take long for Linda to realize it was her ex, Heinz Doofenshmirtz.
"It's not what it looks like," said the caged boy.
Linda gave the boy the hat.
"I think this is yours," she said. "I'll just be leaving now."
She shut the door, and tried to force everything she just witnessed out of her mind.
This day couldn't get any weirder, she thought to herself.
As if the universe was trying to prove her wrong, Linda's phone rang. She begrudgingly answered.
"Mom! Mom!" came Candace's voice. "The cheese mountain remains, but the people have fled en masse."
"What are you talking about?" Linda asked. "What people?"
Five Minutes Earlier…
Everyone ran out of the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. They were chased by a fat man that looked like a giant baby.
"High-five," he said. "Don't leave me hanging."
Candace tried to call Linda, but she was sent to voicemail.
"Mom, cheese, scary, home, now!" she shouted to the phone.
She hung up and noticed the fat manbaby.
The very site concerned her. "What happened to him?"
Fifteen Minutes Earlier…
Carl was trapped in a cage while wearing a squirrel costume. He was lucky his watch wasn't confiscated. He tried to call Monogram.
"Sir," he said. "I think Agent P's being controlled by…"
He stopped himself when he saw Monogram standing in front of a pile of cheese, as if about to eat it.
"Sir, don't do it!" Carl shouted. "DON'T DO IT!"
Then Carl heard the sound of an airhorn. Monogram started scarfing down the cheese. His face started to swell with every bite.
"NO!" Carl screamed.
Then Doof took the watch.
"Well, none of that, Squirrel Man," he said. "Besides, you're too late. Ever since Perry the Platypus quit your agency to become my butler, I have been freed up to create my ultimate inator: the Vaperinator!" Doof showcased the inator in question. "With my mind now clear, I stumbled onto a scientific fact. Every object on Earth, when heated to a certain temperature, evaporates. With this, I'll be able to vaporize things at will that cause all kinds of mayhem. I'm a genius, for realsies this time! Now, to your station, Perry the Butler! When this baby powers up, it's gonna get hot in here!"
He tore off his clothes the moment he finished that statement, leaving him in his underwear and socks.
Carl closed his eyes to avoid having to look at Doof's armpit hair.
"Happy place, happy place," he repeated to himself.
The machine started lighting up, sending rainbow sparks everywhere.
"Now, where to start?" Doof wondered. "How about all the sand at the beach?"
He turned on the computer to look at the beach. For whatever reason, no one was there. There were blankets, umbrellas, and chairs, but no people.
"Where is everyone?" Doof asked.
Twenty-Five Minutes Earlier…
A whole bunch of people were gathered in the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. There were kids, teens, and even adults.
"Wow, I think this is the biggest turnout we've had all summer," said Phineas. "Eh, Buford?"
"Yep," Buford replied. "It couldn't get any cheddar than this."
Everyone applauded the joke.
"How do you keep coming up with them?" asked Baljeet.
"Showtime, Ferb," Phineas said to Ferb.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up, then he pulled a rope. A tarp came down, uncovering a giant cheese-shaped building.
"Cheesetopia is now open!" Phineas declared.
Play "Cheesetopia"
Everyone ran into the large megaplex.
My fever starts to climb above a hundred degrees
When I fly through the breeze with ease upon my cheese trapeze
They looked around and saw just how amazing the place was. There were plenty of cheese-themed rides to go on, arcades to play, and even an all-you-can-eat cheese buffet.
They know the cheese with ease-box squeeze, that is my expertise
Some people peeled a giant piece of string cheese and swung on the strings.
Others bounced on a giant piece of mozzarella.
Cheesetopia
Your cheese in wildest dreams become reality
Your fantasies of melted cheese up to your knees
One kid fired a cheese arrow. It landed right on top of a pile of cubed cheese pieces. His reward was a cheese cube on a stick.
Please try some cheddar peas and taste the gouda cheese
Cheesetopia
End "Cheesetopia"
Monogram looked around in awe.
"Cheese? Cheese?" he asked.
"Our cheese-eating contest is about to begin!" Isabella said on a megaphone.
Monogram found himself drawn towards the cheese.
He didn't notice that Carl was trying to call him.
Twenty Minutes Earlier…
Carl, in his squirrel suit, climbed up onto the balcony of DEI. He had Perry's hat in hand.
Unfortunately, the wind blew the hat away.
Play "Perry's Hat"
The hat flew past a woman hanging her wet clothes out the window.
Perry's hat floats on the wind
It then passed a couple trying to have a date in a French cafe. They just waved at it like it was normal.
I wonder where it is going
The hat then flew across the street. The crossing guard stopped traffic so it could pass.
Is there a head it will anoint?
Is this herring red or a plot point?
End "Perry's Hat"
The hat finally landed in front of Linda. She looked up and saw a squirrel man climbing on top of the ominous building.
"That squirrel man dropped his hat," she realized. "I should return it. I wonder what he's doing up there."
"Oh well," said Carl. "I gotta find out what happened to Agent P."
He snuck into the apartment and tried to hide. Sadly, he didn't hide well enough.
Perry saw Carl and alerted Doof.
Knowing he was caught, Carl made a run for it. Unfortunately, he ran right into a trap.
"Well, now, it appears that fate has dumped our mysterious guest like an immense pile of assorted cheese onto the lawn of my evil lab," Doof remarked.
There was a moment of awkward silence.
"Okay, weird metaphor," Doof admitted. "But I stand by it."
Oh, Agent P, what have you been up to? Carl wondered.
Twenty-Five Minutes Earlier…
Perry washed Doof's truck while he watched how long it took for a cube of ice to melt on the hot road.
Next, Perry baked Doof cookies while he worked on his blueprints.
Then, Perry trimmed Doof's leg hairs while he tried to solve a complicated equation.
After that, Perry fixed Doof a drink while he worked on his inator.
While Perry was taking out the trash, Doof noticed his hat on the ground.
"Look at this thing," he reminisced. "All the adventures, the excitements, the pummeling, he thwarts. I'm feeling rather sentimental."
He then threw the hat aside.
Meanwhile, Carl was at Squirrel-Con with his buddies.
"Man, am I pumped for Squirrel-Con!" said one buddy, Lucas.
"Yeah," Carl agreed. "With everyone in costume, there'll be no baleful looks of judgement."
That's when a hat landed in front of them.
"This is Agent P's hat," Carl realized, before calling Monogram. "Sir, we have a problem. Look."
He showed the hat.
"That doesn't look good," said Monogram. "Maybe you should look into it."
"Me, on a mission, like a secret agent?" Carl asked excitedly. "Yes sir!"
"As for me, I'm off to Cheesetopia! It's utopia, but with cheese!"
"Sir, you know what happens when you eat cheese."
"Uh, I've been cleared by doctors. Good luck, Carl."
"Yes! Squirrel-Con will have to wait!"
Carl ran past his friends and headed off to DEI.
"Poor guy," said Lucas. "I finished my deliveries early so I wouldn't have to miss this."
Six Hours Earlier…
Lucas was delivering loads and loads of cheese to the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Last load of the day," he said to himself.
"Okay, just dump it right there like a caged guy in a squirrel costume," said Phineas.
Ferb gave Phineas a glare.
"I know, it's a weird metaphor, but I stand by it," Phineas said. "Alright, Baljeet, I need you to help Ferb with the foundation."
"I'm on it," Baljeet said.
He started rolling a piece of cheese with Ferb on top of it.
"Isabella, you and the Fireside Girls spread the word," Phineas continued.
Isabella saluted Phineas. "Girls, get ready to get our Flyer Delivery patches."
"Again?" Adyson whined.
"And Buford, keep the cheesy puns coming," Phineas finished.
"Sounds gouda to me," Buford joked, taking a bite of a piece of gouda cheese. He then caught a foul stench. "Hey, who cut the cheese?"
Ferb and Baljeet were cutting a piece of cheese. It let out the stench.
"Sorry," Baljeet apologized.
Two Minutes Earlier…
Candace was talking to her friends on the phone.
"And then I typed 'L-O-L', but it came out 'L-O-P'." she monologued before she caught a bad smell. "What's that smell? I'll call you later, girls."
She hung up and ran to the window. She saw the big piles of cheese being put in the backyard.
"Cheese, huh?" she remarked. "That warrants a call from Mom."
That's when something flew past her. It distracted Candace.
What was that? she asked.
Ten Minutes Earlier…
Perry entered his lair like always. To his surprise, only Monogram's mouth and chin were on screen.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Sorry about the extreme close-up. Carl's off today and for the life of me I can't figure out how to work this thing. Anyway, we have reason to believe Doofenshmirtz is up to no good. Again, since Carl is out, I'll have to do the visual reference myself."
He took out a sharpie and paper and made the best drawings he could.
"He's recently purchased a small tux, a silvery tray, and a pair of white gloves," he went on. "I traced my hand for that last one. Oh, hey, look at this."
Monogram used the hand to draw a turkey.
"Look, it's Agent T," he joked.
Perry jumped back, as horrible memories played in his head.
"Too soon?" Monogram asked.
Perry forced the bad memories to the back of his mind, put on his jetpack, and flew off.
Fifteen Minutes Earlier…
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang were in the backyard. Buford had suggested that cheese be the theme of their project of the day.
"Why cheese?" asked Baljeet.
"Because cheese is cool no matter how you slice it," Buford replied.
No one responded.
"What?" Buford asked. "Am I provolone on this?"
"No," Phineas assured. "I guess it's as good an idea as any. Nice pun by the way."
"That's nothing. I havarti got a whole list of them."
"Besides, with the change in plans, we have nothing else prepared."
"Yeah," said Django. "What did happen to your first invention?"
Five Minutes Earlier…
"Mom, don't leave yet!" Candace shouted, pointing at a silver cardboard box. "Lil Saul and the entire Breakingham Palace Crew are in here! Come on, I know you're in there, Saul!"
"Joy located," said an automated voice on the box.
The box flew away.
"Never mind!" said Candace. "Have fun running errands!"
That's when Phineas, Ferb, and the gang came in.
"But Saul and his crew were unemployed," Phineas explained. "So I found them full-time work in my celebration-seeking rocket. It hones in on joy, activates, and is guaranteed to kick any party up to eleven."
They finally realized the box was gone.
"Where'd it go?" asked Phineas.
"Now you know how I feel," Candace remarked.
"Well, wherever it landed," said Ferb. "I hope they can handle a party of that magnitude."
Back to the Present…
Doofenshmirtz in his Underwear
"I can't believe it," said Doof. "Just moments away from finally achieving full control of the Tri-State Area, and I owe it all to you, Perry the Platypus, my trusted butler!"
Carl's watch was conveniently placed right next to the cage. On the screen, Monogram, who now had a chubby face, was cheering that he won.
"No, why didn't you listen?" Carl cried.
"Quiet you," said Doof. "I will not let you ruin this moment of pure joy!"
That's when a box came down from the sky.
"Joy detected," said an automated voice.
Lil Saul and the Breakingham Palace Crew came out.
"Oy poi poi and a deedle deedle deedle," said Saul.
The Breakingham Palace crew started to dance.
"This party's gonna be off the hook," Doof declared.
Before Doof knew it, everyone that lived in the apartment building came to his apartment for the party, drawn by Lil Saul and the Breakingham Palace Crew.
"I'm not sure I can handle a party of this magnitude," said Doof. "Either way, we've got enough power for the inator, Perry the Butler. You better tend to the guests."
Perry got off the wheel and started providing drinks to the guests. The fact that no one found the platypus butler weird was beyond anyone.
When Perry offered a drink to Carl, he just swatted the glass away.
"Agent P, how could you turn to the dark side?" Carl asked. "How could you have forsaken all that's good and right to be that maniac's butler? You don't belong in that suit, you belong in this hat!"
Carl put the hat on Perry's head.
Doof gasped. "Perry the Platypus! You have grape juice on your shirt. I can't have my manservant looking like a street urchin. You should go clean up before it sets."
Perry took off the hat and left to get clean.
"It's so hard to get good help these days," Doof groaned. "Even when you ride them like a bicycle."
Perry went to the bathroom and tried to remove the stain. He only made it worse. Seeing no other option, he took the suit off.
There was a note on his chest. It read, 'I FIGHT EVIL.'
The memories started to come back.
Flashback
Perry was held in front of a mirror. A bunch of mechanical arms measured him.
"When my Butlerinator is finished with you, not only will you have a perfectly-tailored uniform and wig," Doof explained. "But you will actually think you are my butler. You won't even remember that you fight evil for a living."
Perry saw one of the mechanical arms taking notes. He took the sharpie and wrote a message on his chest.
I hope this works, he hoped.
End of Flashback
In the end, his plan worked.
Perry took off his suit and wig and left the bathroom. He then took back his hat and put it on.
"Man, you really kicked this party up to eleven," Doof told Saul.
Perry jumped and tackled Doof.
"Perry the Platypus, what's gotten into you?" Doof asked.
Perry pointed at the message on his chest. Doof was dumbfounded.
"'Thait I live'?" he read. "What's that? Some new band?"
Perry grabbed a mirror and reflected the message. Doof finally got it.
"Very clever," he remarked. "You wrote a note to yourself in the future. I would not have predicted that."
Perry started to beat up Doof. Doof hit the Vaperinator. It fired.
Linda finally made it home.
"Mom Mom Mom, hurry hurry hurry!" Candace urged.
They entered the backyard. As Linda expected, it was empty except for a single tree.
"Candace, we do have a nice backyard," she said. "But if it makes you feel better, I have seen something weird today."
"Wait, you have?" asked Candace.
"Yeah. It started this afternoon when a tiny hat landed in front of me."
Perry destroyed the inator. Doof was devastated.
"Well, the joy's gone," said Saul. "Let's go."
He and the crew got back in the box and flew off.
"No Saul, no ball," said one of the guests. "Let's go."
Everyone left.
"Wait," Doof begged. "I was just about to break out the bubble machine. Curse you, Perry the Platypus, and you too, Squirrel Man!"
Perry and Carl flew off on Perry's hang glider.
The gang got back in the backyard.
"Who would have thought a high-fiving swollen guy would have scared everyone off like that?" Phineas remarked.
They all noticed that Cheesetopia was gone. They all gasped.
"It's gone?" Buford reacted in fake shock. "That's swiss-spicious!" He smiled. "I did it. A hundred cheesy puns, and look, there's Perry."
Everyone looked and saw that Perry was, in fact, under the tree.
"And scene," Buford bowed.
Notes:
This one was a little hard to pull off.
I initially didn't want to go with the whole "starts with the ending and goes backwards" thing, but in the end, I tried it.
And I'm NOT doing it again.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 60: Skiddley Whiffers
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 60
Skiddley Whiffers
Phineas, Ferb, and Candace were playing a board game, Skiddley Whiffers.
"This is the best game ever!" Candace declared.
She rolled the dice. They both landed on five.
That got Candace's piece out of the mud pit, through the car wash, through the terrible tower, and right next to Phineas and Ferb's pieces.
Candace rolled again. This time, they landed on double kings.
Candace moved her piece so it launched a ball into the air, down a small slide, and onto a button. A bell emerged from the board.
"And victory bell!" Candace cheered, ringing the bell. "Unbroken winning streak! That feels so good, but you wouldn't know about that 'cause you lost. I am the queen of Skiddley Whiffers!"
As annoyed as Phineas was hearing Candace brag like she always did, he also felt a bit happy seeing her happy.
"It sure is nice that the three of us got to spend a bit of time together," he admitted to Ferb. "But don't tell Candace that."
Ferb narrowed his eyes at Phineas.
"It's like Skiddley Whiffers wants me to win!" Candace continued. "And consequently you to lose! Skiddley Whiffers is too easy! I need a bigger challenge!"
An idea popped into Phineas' head. "A bigger challenge, eh?"
Ferb gained a bad feeling about this. "Phineas, need I remind you you promised you'd stop being all spiteful?"
"Oh, I wouldn't call it 'spiteful'. I'm just thinking of giving Candace what she asked for. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry went into the music room and picked up a guitar. He played his theme song, which opened the entryway.
He entered his lair, where Monogram and Carl were waiting for him. The lair was filled with balloons and confetti.
Perry rolled his eyes, knowing where this was going.
"Happy 999th lair entrance, Agent P," said Monogram. "To commemorate this joyous occasion, we'd like to present you with this souvenir T-shirt."
A hatch opened, and a shirt came out. It was a white T-shirt with Carl's face in a pink heart.
"I made it myself," said Carl. "I'm gonna go print some more."
He walked away, giggling in excitement.
"Just wear it for the day," said Monogram. "It's good for his self-esteem."
He opened his jacket to reveal he was wearing one of the T-shirts.
Perry begrudgingly took the shirt and put it on.
"Doofenshmirtz has been spotted on route to Danville National Park," Monogram explained. "So I guess for you, it'll be a walk in the park. Get it?"
Is this guy serious? Perry asked himself.
Doofenshmirtz Mini-Bus Camping Van
Doof, Vanessa, and her friends got out of the van.
"Alright, everyone," said Doof. "We're here. Let's unpack so we can get a head start."
"'We'?" asked Vanessa. "Shouldn't you be off playing with your little platypus friend?"
"And leave my little girl all alone in the wilderness? No way!"
"Dad, I'm not your little girl anymore. I'm sixteen! That's practically an adult, but you still treat me like a little kid! I just need some space, that's all." Vanessa noticed that Doof was making that face again: the face that meant he was seeing her like she was still six. "Are you even listening?!"
"But Vanessa, what if there was a storm or an earthquake and you were left alone with no one to take care of you, not even ocelots like I was?"
"Dad, go home."
Doof sighed and turned back to the truck. He was about to go in, but then he stopped himself.
"But what if…" he was about to say.
"GO!" Vanessa yelled.
Doof finally gave in. He got back in the truck and drove away.
Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django were in the backyard with Phineas and Ferb.
"I suppose you're wondering why we called all of you here today," said Phineas.
"Yeah, actually we were," Buford admitted.
"Feast your eyes on this."
The boys removed the tarp to reveal big board game pieces.
"That's not clearing anything up for me," said Buford.
"I don't care what it is," said Isabella. "That hair-dryer is mine."
That's when Candace came out.
"Alright, nobody move!" she shouted. "You two think you can build giant thingies for the whole world to see?! Well, no sirs! I'm gonna put the bust on you, but good!"
She ran inside to get Linda.
Phineas turned back to the others. "So, in this giant version of the classic board game, Skiddley Whiffers…"
The moment Candace heard that, she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Wait, did you say 'Skiddley Whiffers'?" she asked.
"Giant Skiddley Whiffers, yes," Phineas confirmed.
"That is so bustable, yet so tempting."
"Wanna play?"
Any and all of Candace's braincells stopped once she heard that question. "Yes! I call dibs on the sneaker!"
"I got the truck," Buford declared.
Isabella got the hair-dryer. "Booyah!"
Django chose the kite piece. "Sweet."
Phineas claimed the fedora while Ferb picked the nose.
That left Baljeet with the yellow unicorn piece.
"You know, real unicorns are pink," he mentioned. "I am just saying."
Ferb showed the gang a map of the city.
"Our game board is gonna be Danville itself," Phineas explained. "Her rich architectural heritage and natural wonders will provide the thrills, and the first person home wind. We don't even need to do any work. Just roll a number on this electronic die, and the game piece will automatically move that many spaces."
"Yeah, yeah," said Candace. "Let's get this party started. Lob it over!"
Phineas tossed Candace the die. It landed on six.
"So long, losers," Candace cheered.
Her piece bounced away.
The others took their turns not long after.
Baljeet was the only one left. When he got the die, it landed on one.
He sighed. "It is going to be a long day."
Vanessa and her friends sat around a fire, which was ironic because it was still daytime.
Johnny played his guitar and sang, "Nature is our mother, yeah, the trees are green…"
That's when a blonde man with a mustache approached them. He wore a pink shirt, green shorts, brown boots, and a fanny pack.
"Hey, groovy dudes and dudettes," he said in a horrible Southern accent. How's it hanging? Wanna try my seven-layer bars?"
Vanessa knew who it was, but she decided to play along, for now.
"Hey there, strange man I've never met," she greeted. "What brings you to our campsite, and how soon can you leave?"
"Oh, I was just passing by," the 'stranger' replied. "Communing with nature and all like us hippies do, and I thought a few groovy dudes from you would like some pointers from an old pro."
"Actually, we're doing just fine."
The man poured a bucket of water over their fire. "You know, fire is the leading cause of fire." He turned towards the tent. "Hey, is that a Pupmaster 3000? I love these babies! They're so far out. They almost never collapse and suffocate while you sleep, but you know, the Tri-State Almanac says they should be at least twenty feet from running water, and yours is too close, man."
To prove his point, he took out a tape measure and measured the distance between the tent and the nearby lake.
One of Vanessa's friends, Lacy, picked up the almanac.
"Seriously?" she asked.
"Oh, and you should also tie up your food," the man went on. He took the food and put it all in a bag. "You could attract bears which would make it extremely difficult to hang loose and be groovy. I've got a lot of other righteous camping tips, but first, I need to get some life vests out of my van."
The man ran off.
"Wow, that dudes totally freakstyle," Johnny remarked.
"You have no idea," said Vanessa.
Phineas rolled the die. It landed on five.
"Yeah, my third favorite number!" he smiled.
His piece bounced into a clock tower. It launched out of the clock and bounced on some phone wires.
Phineas then tossed the die to Candace. It landed on twenty-one.
"Seven trey, baby!" Candace cheered. "Feel the breeze!"
She bounced past Baljeet, whose piece was chained to a darby.
"Only because I rolled leg irons!" he shouted.
"Spoken like a true loser!" Candace retorted.
She tossed the die to Ferb. It landed on a hard hat.
Ferb put on a hat as his piece went through a construction site.
He then tossed the piece to Django. It landed on a wind storm.
"Uh-oh," Django said to himself.
The wind blew his piece backwards.
Isabella was next. The die read, 'Share a Turn'.
She pushed a button on her hair-dryer, inflating a bunch of balloons.
Her piece floated towards the park. She landed right next to Phineas.
"Hey, Phineas," Isabella greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"Hey guys, how much longer do I wear the beard?" Buford asked.
"Until you roll 'shave'," Phineas replied.
"Awesome."
"What's with the monocle?"
"It's an affectation. Leave it alone."
Doof opened the back of the truck and looked for the life vests.
That's when Perry arrived.
"Hey man," Doof greeted. "Nice threads. Sorry, no evil scheme today. I'm just here secretly overprotecting my daughter while she's camping with her friends. It's dangerous out here, I should know. When I was camping back in Gimmelshtump, I had this incident with a swarm of bees. I only got one sting, but it did a lot of damage. That kind of thing happens all the time in the woods!"
Perry just glared at Doof, tapping his foot.
"Okay, maybe I'm overreacting," Doof admitted. "Actually, it's really just a beautiful, pastoral setting."
Then a giant sneaker came down from the sky and crushed the truck.
"You see?!" Doof shouted. "You have to help me protect my daughter! Please?"
Perry made a face that said, "Alright."
"Great. I know what you can do."
"Poison sumac, oi, oi, oi!" Johnny sang.
Then the 'stranger' returned.
"Hey, brothers and sisters," he greeted. "I'm back with this industrial-size first-aid kit, and this state-of-the-art security system."
He then scared away a bird Lacy was trying to feed. After that, the man gave Vanessa and Johnny acorn helmets.
"Better safe than sorry," he said.
"That man's a little excitable, isn't he?" Johnny said.
"Yes, yes he is," Vanessa replied, starting to get angry.
The man then put caution tape around the trees.
"You have to leave!" he shouted. "The woods aren't safe for little kids… I mean 'practically adults'! Flee back to the city, where it's safe!"
"Safe from what?" asked Vanessa.
"That!"
Something came out of the bushes and let out a chatter. It didn't even take Vanessa a second to realize it was just Perry in a bear costume.
"Alright, that's enough!" she shouted. "Really, Perry? I expected more from you, and you, Dad!"
"Wait, how did you…?" asked Doof.
"Oh, please! You come out here jumping around with your costume and lame book, and it's humiliating, Dad! I'm not a little girl anymore!"
"You're my little girl!"
"I know, but all I want is to spend some alone time with my friends, but it's like you don't trust me!"
Doof sighed. "You're right. I'm sorry I got in your way. I know you can handle yourself, Vanessa. Come on, Perry the Platypus. Maybe there's still time for a scheme. I won't even trap you."
"Wait, I thought your dad was a pharmacist," Johnny said, ruining the moment.
Doof and Perry went to another part of the woods.
"She's right," Doof admitted. "I've been smothering her. It's just so hard to let go as a parent, but I'm going to turn a new leaf. No more worrying, no more disguises, no more rules!"
As he said that, he tore off his disguise and threw away his almanac.
He failed to notice that the almanac hit a beehive, tearing it in half.
Everyone was close to the finish now.
Well, everyone except one. Candace was still a little behind.
Is this it? she asked herself. Am I really gonna lose? No, I can't give up now. I'm the queen of Skiddley Whiffers, and I'm not gonna let anything break my streak!
"Toss me that dice!" she shouted.
"The singular is 'die'!" Baljeet angrily corrected, tossing the die.
"Now that was uncalled for," Buford scolded.
Candace caught the die. It landed on 'Double Kings'.
"Wow, twice in one day," said Phineas.
"Skiddley Whiffers is a cruel mistress, cold and unforgiving," Ferb remarked.
Candace flew right over everyone.
"Take that, losers!" she shouted, making the shape of an L with her thumb and finger.
Doof sat on a lawn chair while Perry acted as a psychiatrist.
"You know, I try to be a good parent, but sometimes, I…" Doof said.
That's when he heard the sound of screaming.
Vanessa and her friends were surrounded by bees.
"Anyone else allergic to bees?" Vanessa asked.
"Yep," Lacy admitted.
"I am," said the other friend, Dana.
"All of us?" said Johnny. "What are the odds?"
That's when Doof appeared in front of them.
"You leave my baby girl alone!" he shouted.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" asked Vanessa. "It's dangerous!"
Despite the situation, Doof couldn't help but feel annoyed. "Really? I hadn't noticed!" He then turned back to the bees. "Hey bees, you like honey, don't you?"
He grabbed a nearby comb and poured the honey all over himself. The bees flew towards Doof, so he ran in the opposite direction and jumped into the lake.
"Wow, your dad is psychotic," Johnny remarked.
"Yes, yes he is," Vanessa said with a smile.
Candace landed in the backyard. The victory bell was waiting for her. She rang it.
"Yes, thirteen wins in a row!" she cheered.
The others arrived not long after.
"Nice game, Candace," Phineas complimented. "So, uh, I assume you're gonna bust us for it now."
That was Candace's initial idea, but as she thought about it, she realized it would be really stupid. She already boasted about her winning streak to everyone, and beat them. Getting them all in trouble would just be petty.
"No," she declared. "If I had to bust you guys for this, I'd have to bust myself too."
She tossed the dice aside. It landed on 'All Players Move'.
All the pieces left the backyard.
That's when Linda came out.
"Hey kids," she greeted. "What did you do today?"
"We played Skiddley Whiffers," Phineas replied. "And Candace played with us."
"Oh, how sweet. Candace, did you have fun with your brothers today?"
Candace didn't even hesitate to admit, "Yes, yes I did."
That night, Doof, Vanessa, and the gang were roasting marshmallows by the fire.
Doof lost his lab coat in the bee attack, so Perry offered his shirt. Doof took it, but it was too small to cover up the bee stings that were all over his body.
"Thanks for pulling me out of the water," he thanked. "But the shirt's a little snug. Got anything bigger?"
Perry didn't say anything. He just ate his marshmallows.
"Be careful with those marshmallows," Doof warned. "Do you know how many smore-related accidents happen in this country alone? I don't, but I bet it's a lot."
"Dad," Vanessa rolled her eyes.
Notes:
This was a fun write.
The main change I made was having Candace willingly give up her attempt at busting her brothers. The fact she tried to bust them at the last minute feels stupid to me, as it kinda ruins the wholesome moment of the three siblings playing the game together.
That's all I really have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 61: My Fair Goalie
Notes:
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone.
Well, it's not a very happy one for me. I was looking through the review sections of fics on my favorites list on FFN to see if any new reviews have popped up on any of them.
Well, in one particular fic, "The Owl and the Frog" by Championelcid, I came across a few guest reviews that addressed me specifically (apparently they were made TWO WEEKS AGO and I only found out now).
So, for context, back in December, when Champion posted his last chapter, I made a review of it, as one does. Some of the things I said were me admitting that I relate to Luz's struggles in that fic because of my own worries about the future, mainly with Trump and all that, telling Champion not to rush himself and to take all the time he needs, and apologizing for some drama Champion got into with Cowboy Alchemist, specifically his toxic fans.
So, these guests, or possibly one guest just spamming me, got upset that I decided to bring up politics, accused me of demonizing people for having opinions I don't agree with, and accused me of "obsessing over and rushing Champion" because I made frequent reviews on his story (even though so many others also do that like AstroEvada (who also made a WHOLE VIDEO giving the first arc of the fic a perfect 10/10), R-Doll, and CMR Rosa, yet I don't see THEM being attacked for it (before you get the wrong idea, this isn't me saying I want them to be attacked, I'm saying that these guests are hypocrites for getting on my case for praising a fic and not giving other people the same flack when they clearly did the same)).
I already made a comment on Champion's fic replying to these little pricks, but that's not gonna do it for me. Like, I can't tell you how frustrated I am right now. I need to get it all off my chest. Feel free to skip this note if you want.
Like, are people really just THIS upset about Trump winning that they don't want anyone talking about it?! Yes, maybe Trump won't end the world, but have these guys heard about the ICE stuff happening in Chicago? Minorities and LGBTQ people are in danger right now, so yeah, I have every right to be worried about what Trump's gonna do next!
And are people really THAT stupid that they're gonna twist things I say to make it sound like I said THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I ACTUALLY DID SAY?! I never asked Champion when he'll post the next chapter. I was telling him to take his time with it. Idiots, I tell you.
I'll give these guests the benefit of the doubt for not knowing Cowboy Alchemist (if they're telling the truth), but when you think about it, his stories aren't as amazing as some people make them out to be. At best, they're all just mid. I mean, the main reason why people praise his stories is because he creates three-dimensional OCs with their own personalities, backstories, flaws, and growth. Well, Champion is one of few people that are able to see the flaws of the stories. All he did was call out everything wrong with the story, yet the fans acted like he demanded Cowboy Alchemist wipe himself from the face of the earth, which CA himself pointed out was not the case. This isn't me demonizing people for disagreeing with me. I was calling out other people for doing JUST THAT!
And to Championelcid, if you are reading this, if me reviewing your stories every time you update is really bothering you, please tell me, and I'll stop doing it.
Sorry about this long note, but I felt that it needed to be said.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 61
My Fair Goalie
Phineas and Ferb were sitting under the tree in the backyard.
"So, Ferb, your cousins from England are here, visiting," Phineas informed.
Ferb nodded, assuming it was a question.
"No, I mean your cousins are here, visiting," Phineas clarified.
Ferb turned around and realized Phineas was right. His relatives were all right there.
Linda and Lawrence were there too.
"Look, boys, your cousins from England are visiting," said Lawrence. "They're here to see the exhibition football match between Danville and their beloved Sniffleton Nostrils."
"Oh, nose goals!" the cousins cheered as they stuck their fingers up their noses.
Lawrence turned to his brother, Adrian. "So the Nostrils are here in the States?"
"Yes," Adrian replied. "Their plane just landed and they're probably already on the bus as we speak."
That was exactly what was happening. The Nostrils were on the bus.
"Fabulous," Lawrence said before turning to Phineas. "Phineas, this is Uncle Adrian, AD for short, Aunt Lucy, and their kids, youngest to oldest, Beckham, Pele, Lewis, Lynn, Clint, Ricky and Eliza."
"Hi guys," Phineas greeted.
"Good heavens, Ferb," AD said, hugging Ferb. "What a fine young man you've grown into." He then shook Phineas' head. "Good to know you, Phineas. I hear about you all the time."
"So you've been reading my newsletter?" asked Lawrence.
"Oh, heavens no. I read Ferb's blog."
"Well, at least you've learned to read."
"Ouch."
"Why don't we go inside and continue our good-natured sibling rivalry there?"
"Yes, that way you won't be humiliated in front of the children."
"Oh, sibling rivalry is so attractive," Linda said.
"AD has such a healthy competitive spirit," Lucy added.
Linda turned to Eliza. "Eliza, why don't you come along? Candace is probably up in her room."
Eliza followed the parents into the house.
"So, cousin Ferb," said Beckham. "You've lived in America longer than you've lived in England."
"You haven't gone yank on us, have you?" asked Lynn.
"Oh, don't worry, guys," Phineas assured. "Ferb's as British as ever."
That's when Isabella came in.
"Hey guys," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"Oh, hi Isabella," Phineas smiled and blushed.
Django came in not long after.
"Hey everyone," he said. "I was just cleaning my room and I figured I'd return some of the things Ferb lent me."
He took the things out of the bag. They were a cowboy hat, a baseball mitt, banjo CDs, an American flag unitard, and a bald eagle that just flew away.
"Oh yes, very British," Pele sarcastically remarked.
Buford and Baljeet came in right after. The former was carrying the latter in his arms.
"What's going on here?" Buford asked.
"Ferb's cousins think that Ferb lost his Britishness," Phineas explained.
"Wait, Ferb's British?"
"Apparently not," Lewis replied. "I bet he doesn't even play football anymore."
He brought out a soccer ball.
"That's actually a soccer ball," Buford corrected. "This is a football."
He showed an American football.
Ferb tried to speak up, but Phineas stepped in first. "Actually, Ferb loves soccer more than anyone. He actually got us into it. We've all gotten pretty good if I do say so myself, but Ferb is the real master."
"Yeah," Isabella added. "Once, I saw Ferb play soccer with a pumpkin, and he didn't even break it. To this day, his motivation for doing so remains shrouded in mystery."
For a good few seconds, all the cousins were speechless.
"Well, if you're such cracking footballers, we challenge you and your friends to a match," Beckham eventually said, kicking the ball towards Ferb. "So what do you say? Playground rules?"
"How about Football X-7 rules?" Phineas suggested, not noticing the dread on Ferb's face.
All the cousins gasped.
"Football X-7?" Beckham repeated. "But that's only theoretical!"
"Only for another couple hours," Phineas argued.
"Don't say it," Ferb muttered.
But Phineas ignored him. "Because I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, maybe Perry wants to be on our team?"
Phineas turned to where Perry should've been, only to see a marking of him in the grass.
"Who's Perry?" asked Beckham.
Perry was already in his lair. On screen, Monogram was covered in a blanket, and his nose was red.
"Sorry, Agent P," he said in a dry voice. "I'm a little under the weather today. First, I was convinced it was Carl's doing, you know the whole knee-jerk blame Carl thing, but then we received this this morning."
He played an audio recording from Doofenshmirtz.
"Hello, Major Monogram," Doof said in the recording. "This is Heinz. It's 7:45 and I'm really sick today, so I won't be able to do evil today. Anyway…"
Doof started coughing, and the recording ended.
"Can you believe this?" asked Monogram. "He had the nerve to call in sick! I'm here, Carl's here…" He gestured to Carl, who was also wrapped in a blanket and had a sore nose. "Don't you think I'd rather be at home watching Ducky Momo? Agent P, you gotta go in there and, I don't know, make him better, stop him from stopping the things for which you have to stop him for!"
Right after he said all that, Monogram and Carl both collapsed.
Jeremy had just finished playing a song he wrote to Candace and Eliza.
"Brilliant," Eliza complimented.
"Thanks," Jeremy replied. "Most of my favorite bands are British. I guess I'm kind of an anglophile."
"'Anglophile'?" Candace asked. "I thought your family was from Wisconsin."
"Candace, it just means that he likes things that are British," Eliza explained.
"Oh. My bad."
Jeremy checked his watch. "Oh no. I gotta get home and help my mom. I'll be back in a couple hours. It was nice meeting you, Eliza." He was about to walk out, but then he stopped to say one last thing. "Oh, and by the way, cool accent."
Jeremy then walked out of the room.
"Cool accent?" Candace panicked once Jeremy was far enough away. "He's never pointed out my accent. I'm not all British and sophisticated! Eliza, you gotta teach me how to be all lady-like and proper!"
"But Candace…" Eliza tried to say.
"Obviously my relationship with Jeremy depends on it! Will you help me?"
Eliza sighed. "I guess."
Lawrence and AD held their breaths till their faces turned blue. Lawrence was the first to exhale.
"I've given you a sound thrashing, I have," AD remarked.
"Yes, you always did have more wind than I," Lawrence admitted.
"That's my Adrian," said Lucy. "So talented."
"I wouldn't brag about holding my breath for thirteen seconds," Linda retorted.
"At least Lawrence is always so gracious in defeat. Hors d'oeuvres, anyone?"
"I bet I can make myself sick eating prawnie puffs before you can," AD challenged.
"Carnival ride sick or emergency room sick?" asked Lawrence.
Phineas played a video explaining Football X-7.
"Football X-7," said the guy on the video. "Theoretical speculative conjecture or not that… what we just said, with the conjecture thing…? In 1952, a British theoretical physicist and football enthusiast, Professor Ross Eforp, hoped to heighten the football experience by creating the most thrilling and challenging version of football imaginable which still allowed the players to survive. He called it Football X-7. He proposed building an immense gyroscopic gravity well stadium, creating an omnidirectional pitch, allowing teams to play in three dimensions."
The screen showed multiple experiments that ended up failing, from a stadium being knocked down by a bird to sinking under the ground.
"After several attempts to build a Football X-7 stadium ended in disaster, most scientists, engineers, and defensive midfielders agreed that Professor Ross Eforp's ultimate football game could never become a reality. The final nail in the coffin was the discovery that Professor Ross Eforp's name was spelled the same forwards as it was backwards. In the highly-charged anti-palindrome atmosphere of the mid-1950s, Professor Eforp was forced into hiding."
The screen then showed the speaker in question standing in front of a normal soccer field, where a few kids were playing.
"As for Football X-7," he concluded. "Is it possible, perhaps one day, some young dreamer with remarkable and creative skills, might just make Professor Ross Eforp's dream come true? No. Not a chance. Don't be ridiculous. It's impossible."
"Impossible?" Phineas reacted in offense. "The only thing that's impossible is impossibility. Now, Ferb and I believe we figured out where Professor Eforp went wrong."
"Oi, are you actually saying you're gonna build that?" Beckham asked, examining the blueprint.
"Yes, we are gonna do what no one has ever done before! Play the biggest, baddest, onliest game of Football X-7 ever! Now who's with me?"
With no hesitation, Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django raised their hands.
"Completely mad, the lot of them," Beckham remarked.
Phineas turned to Ferb. "Let's get started." He saw that Ferb was just staring off into space. "Ferb, you okay?"
But Ferb didn't respond in any way.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof was laying on the couch, throwing a huge coughing fit.
That's when Perry came in with a bowl of chicken soup in hand.
"Perry the Platypus, what are you doing here?" Doof asked. "Didn't you get my…" He finally noticed the soup. "Oh, is that chicken soup?"
Perry didn't answer. Instead, he pointed towards something nearby.
Doof realized Perry was pointing at the inator. "Oh, that? I planned to do evil today, but look at me. I don't think it's happening." He checked his thermometer, and it said 103 degrees farenheit. "What? If I was a hot tub, people would be getting out of me. Anyway, since you're here, I taped my rehearsal. I'll play it for you. I shot this yesterday, before I got sick."
Doof pushed a button on his remote, playing a VHS. Perry just sat down and watched.
"Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas," Doof repeated in the video before finally getting on with it. "So, Perry the Platypus, you might be wondering why I trapped you in this soundproof capsule. Wait, if it's soundproof, he won't be able to hear me."
The screen went static for a moment, then the recording continued.
"For generations, philosophers have asked, 'If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?' The answer is, yes, obviously. Philosophers, am I right? Get a job, thinky-boy! Now the question they should be asking is 'What sound would a falling tree make?'"
Static.
"Behold, the If-a-Tree-Fell-in-the-Forest-Inator! One blast from this puppy will knock over a tree, or anything, and the sound it'll make will be…" Doof whispered the next bit. "Doofenshmirtz!" He went back to his normal speaking voice. "I will have eternal fame as the answer to that one philosophical question. I'll corner the markets, and speaking of markets, I'm out of vitamins. I should really get some before they close. Oh, I can skip getting Vitamin C for one day. What's the worst that can happen?"
That's where the video ended.
Perry gave Doof a disapproving glare.
"Not one word, Perry the Platypus," Doof warned. "You have to at least give me a chance to do my thing, okay? Cool, here we go."
He pushed another button on the remote, causing a cage to drop a few feet away.
Perry rolled his eyes. I need a break, and clearly so does he.
"Now, to turn on the inator," Doof said as he struggled to get up. "I'll get there. Don't worry."
Candace watched from the window as the boys were working on their contraption of the day.
"Oh man, this is gonna be huge," she said. "I'm gonna go get Mom."
"Candace, I'm afraid tattling isn't very ladylike," Eliza warned. "I have five little brothers myself, so you can imagine the discipline it takes."
"No busting?!"
"I promised I'd teach you how to be proper and sophisticated for Jeremy."
"But, but…" Candace realized Eliza had a point, and took a breath. "I can do this."
"Good girl. The first lesson for a lady-in-training is about posture. Honestly, I'm not quite sure why this is, but from birth, all ladies are warned they must sit and stand completely, vertically straight, and even the tiniest bend or deviation on one's spine will lead directly to a life of horror and destitution."
Candace was completely unfazed by that. "Makes sense."
Play "Lady Song"
Eliza started balancing books on her head. She had no problem.
It's frightfully, terribly hard to be a lady
There's so many Ps and Qs you have to mind
She then put the books on top of Candace's head. Candace lost her balance easily.
But the rewards, I guarantee, are rich and varied
And worth all of the effort, you will find
Eliza quickly sped Candace through other tips and tricks.
Your posture must be perfect, and your diction crisp and clear
Your speaking voice mellifluous and pleasing to the ear
Your legs are cross when seated, your toes are pointed so
Your pinky's raised when drinking, but that's not all you need to know
Suddenly, the room went dark except for a spotlight shining specifically on Eliza.
You mustn't curse or spit or tattle, never gossip
A lady never scratches, sweats, or burps
She knows which knife and fork and spoon to use and when
And if soup is served, it's impolite to slurp
Candace tried balancing books again. Like last time, she lost her balance pretty quickly.
It's always please and thank you, sir or madam
Never brash or loud or putting on a show
A lady's demure, reserved and proper
And that is really all you need to know
End "Lady Song"
By the time the song was over, Candace had gotten better at balancing the books. She still felt weird about it.
"I don't get it," she said. "Do polite people not have bookshelves in your country?"
Everyone stood in front of a large sphere-shaped coliseum.
"Lady and gentlemen, I give you the Football X-7 stadium!" Phineas declared.
The cousins were all amazed at what they were seeing.
"Wow, that's brilliant!" said Clint. "I'm totally gobsmacked."
"Yeah, I guess I could smack a gob myself," Phineas admitted.
"Now it all comes down to the game," said Beckham. "Are you ready?"
"Yeah. How about you, Ferb?"
Phineas turned around, only to see Ferb wasn't there. In his place was an imprint in the grass.
"I was afraid something like this would happen," Phineas said.
"What do we do?" asked Isabella.
Phineas turned to the cousins. "We'll be right back."
Flashback
Ferb's soccer problems started a few months before, right before summer began.
They were having a great game. Ferb, as always, was in top form.
Little did anyone know, it would be Ferb's last game.
Late in the second period, the other team had kicked the ball out of bounds, and Ferb grabbed it. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a herd of emu ran onto the field and carried off the assistant coach. Ferb simply put the ball down and walked off the field.
He never played soccer again.
End of Flashback
"I don't blame the poor fellow," said Ricky. "It's the Emu Curse."
"The what?" Phineas asked.
"It goes like this. If you're holding the ball, and a herd of emus carries off your assistant coach, you're cursed to never play on a winning team again."
"Wow, that's really specific."
"It's no wonder he disappeared," said Django.
"We're gonna have to break that curse," said Phineas.
"Good luck, mate," said Beckham. "To break the Emu Curse, a boy wearing a Sunday bonnet must sing the note E-flat above high C in front of the cursed one."
"E-flat above high C," Phineas repeated. "Does anyone have a piccolo?"
Buford groaned. "The one day somebody asks me for some obscure musical instrument, and I didn't bring one with me."
Doof heard a ringing in his ears.
"Great, it's getting worse," he groaned. "Is that E-flat above high C?"
He got up to see Perry was already pulling the wires of the inator out.
"Really?" Doof asked. "You're thwarting the ill?"
He then threw another coughing fit.
Phineas led the gang into the Football X-7 stadium, complete with hovering goals and an observation deck/high tea room.
"It's designed so that the ground hugs your feet, making it possible to literally walk on walls," he explained as he walked onto the wall. "That way, you can score a goal from any angle."
"Brilliant," said Beckham. "Now, let's play."
"I wish we could, but we don't have a team without Ferb."
"Yeah, he was our quarterback," said Buford, who was now dressed as an American football player.
Baljeet sighed. "You still do not know what game we are playing, do you?"
"You realize without a full team, you forfeit the match?" asked Beckham.
"Don't worry," Phineas assured. "If I know my brother, he'll come through for us."
The door opened, revealing none other than Ferb Fletcher.
"Ferb, you came back!" Phineas cheered, hugging Ferb.
"As long as my team will have me, curse and all," Ferb replied.
"Of course. It's not about winning. It's about the joy of the game."
"Actually, it is about winning," Beckham corrected.
Isabella and Django elbowed him for ruining the moment.
Play "Football X-7"
With the blow of a whistle, the kids started playing. Ferb scored the first goal.
In 1959, soccer was sublime
And one man was looking for someone more nifty
Baljeet got the ball. Unfortunately, he was too distracted cheering for himself that Lynn managed to steal the ball and score a goal.
But Eforp's dream was way too extreme
For the palindrome fearing people of the '50s
Ferb walked on his hands while balancing the ball with his feet. He then passed the ball to Phineas, who caught it with his nose.
A number and a letter, it don't get any better
Than Football X-7, Football X-7
Phineas bounced the ball with his head. It landed in the goal.
Call it soccer or football or the beautiful game
But it just got a brand new name
Ricky got the ball. Buford tackled him, then he just left the ball out in the open.
Yeah, Football X-7, Football X-7
Football X-7
Ferb managed to get the ball and score another goal.
Now, both teams were tied.
End "Football X-7"
Jeremy, dressed in his best outfit, went to the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. In front of him was a large sphere-shaped stadium.
Assuming it was the work of the boys, Jeremy pushed a button, opening the door.
Candace was waiting for him. She was wearing a pink dress and hat, and holding a pink umbrella.
"Why, Jeremy, how delightful it is to see you again," she said in a poor British accent.
"Hey, Candace," Jeremy greeted, feeling a bit uncomfortable. "You look… great."
"Do come in."
"Okay."
Candace led Jeremy inside the tea room.
"So, what do you think?" she asked. "High tea and…"
Jeremy saw that the boys and their friends were playing in what almost looked like a zero-gravity room.
"What are they doing?" he asked.
"Some sort of silly game," said Candace. "As a lady, I'm not terribly interested in such foolishness. I'm much more interested in curtsying and other dainty pursuits."
That's when Eliza came in with a plate of crumpets.
"Hi Jeremy," she greeted. "Doesn't Candace look lovely?"
"Yeah," Jeremy replied. "I can't say I've seen better posture."
"Would you care to stack books on my head?" asked Candace.
Jeremy was weirded out by that idea. "No, I'm cool."
"Well, why don't you two sit and chat while I fetch tea?" Eliza suggested.
"That sounds divine," Candace replied. "Shall we?"
Jeremy smiled and blushed. "Of course."
The two sat down.
"You know, it's very unusual," Jeremy mentioned. "Here we are, sitting in the very heart of a giant soccer stadium YOUR BROTHERS INVENTED IN YOUR YARD, and you haven't once shown any desire to bust them."
"Oh, dear boy, no no," Candace replied. "A lady never tattles."
Lawrence tried to button up a shirt… over a thousand other button-up shirts. He couldn't do it.
"I'm wearing more shirts than you," AD chuckled.
Linda was starting to get annoyed. "Oh brother."
Lucy applauded for AD. "It's hard not to root for him."
"I think I'll manage." Linda approached Lawrence and gave him a stern glare. "Lawrence, what's going on here? I've seen you put on more shirts than that."
"Well, I'll let you in on a little secret," said Lawrence. "I let him win all of these contests and look how happy it makes him."
He wasn't kidding. AD was doing a little victory dance.
"Yeah, that's great," Linda said. "But you know what? As humble and gracious as you are, and I love that about you, next time, destroy him."
"Pardon?" Lawrence asked, not sure he heard that right.
"Smear the punk. Make him cry."
Lawrence reluctantly decided to go along with it.
"Hey AD, how about one last little event?" he suggested. "How about keepy-uppy?"
"Are you mad?" AD replied. "I never lost a game of keepy-uppy in my life."
"Well, you won't mind humoring me, then?"
Despite how tired he felt, Doof somehow got to the controls of the inator. He accidentally pushed a button, causing a beam to knock something down. When it hit the ground, it whispered Doof's name.
"Wow, I'm beating you inadvertently," Doof remarked. "And when I say 'inadvertently', I mean completely advertently." He chuckled. "You know, fighting you makes me feel a little better. It's a good feeling, like a comfy old sweater or something."
He failed to realize that the cannon bit was starting to spin him around.
Beams fired in all directions.
Perry ran into the bathroom to avoid getting hit.
Meanwhile, the Nostrils were still on the bus.
That's when a tree fell over. They swore they heard the tree say "Doofenshmirtz."
"Did that tree really just say 'Doofenshmirtz'?" one Nostril asked.
"I think we've been on this bus for too long," said another.
"Hang on, lads," the driver assured. "We're taking a detour."
They went in another direction.
A small crowd of fans saw the bus changing its course, and they decided to follow it.
Doof couldn't hold on much longer. He let go of the cannon and fell to the floor.
By this point, he was at the point of falling asleep. He didn't know that the cannon was about to shoot him next.
Luckily, Perry came out of the bathroom with a mirror in hand. He used the mirror to reflect the beam back to the inator.
The inator came down, whispering Doof's name in reverse.
Perry then pulled a blanket out of his hat, unfurled it, and covered Doof with it.
Lawrence and AD played their keepy-uppy game outside.
"Give it up, Lawrence," AD taunted. "I've won at everything since we were kids."
"Oh yeah?" Lawrence retorted. "Watch this."
"Lawrence, don't show off or you'll blow it," Linda warned.
"Don't worry, darling. I got the…"
Before he finished that statement, Lawrence kicked the ball high in the air.
AD chuckled. "Seems you lost again."
"Yeah it does look that way, does it?" Lawrence remarked.
Then the ball landed in front of him, and he started kicking the ball again.
"However, looks can be deceiving," he concluded.
One of the Nostrils looked out the window. What he saw amazed him.
"Is it my imagination, or is that a Football X-7 stadium?" he asked.
"That's your imagination," another replied. "But there is one on this side of the bus."
The Nostrils looked out the other window. There was, in fact, a Football X-7 stadium.
"Candace, I can't help but notice your accent there," Jeremy pointed out.
"Do you like it?" asked Candace. "I thought an anglophile like yourself might appreciate the soothing lilt of the queen's English."
"An anglophile such as myself?" It only took a second for Jeremy to realize what Candace was referring to. "Oh, I get it. Well, yes, I could listen to you speak like that forever."
"Really?"
"I like it so much better than how you were before."
"You do?"
"Of course. I'm so glad you finally decided to change everything about yourself."
Candace was starting to tear up. "So you didn't like how I was before?"
"Isn't that why you changed? So I would like you better?"
Candace's accent was starting to falter. "But, this isn't…" Only then did she realize what Jeremy was trying to do. "Oh, you're just messing with me, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am totally messing with you. Now, would you please knock off the phony British stuff and go back to normal?"
"You got it, bub." Candace was speaking in her normal voice again.
Eliza finally arrived with the tea. "So, how are we doing over here?"
"Turns out, Jeremy liked me how I was before," Candace explained.
"Shocker."
"Now, if you two will excuse me, I got some brothers to bust." Candace opened the window. "Phineas, Ferb, you are so busted! Well, I don't need this anymore."
She tossed the hat aside.
"Pass me the ball!" Django waved.
Then a big pink hat landed on his head, blocking his view.
Then, the unthinkable happened.
By the time Django uncovered his eyes, it was too late. The ball went straight towards him…
And hit him in the groin.
Everyone from both teams flinched at that site.
Django fell to his knees and squealed at a very specific pitch.
"E-flat above high C from a boy wearing a Sunday bonnet," Phineas realized. "The curse is broken! Ferb, now's your chance!"
Ferb ran past Django and kicked the ball.
Everyone stood in anticipation as the ball flew closer to the goal…
Then flew right past it.
The game ended in a tie.
Django sighed in frustration.
"I guess the curse wasn't broken," he assumed as he slowly got up. "And that pain I just endured was for nothing."
"No, you broke it," Ferb assured. "Sometimes, you just miss."
"Oh, I guess that makes sense."
Django looked away to hide his blush.
Seeing Django wearing the oversized hat gave Ferb a bit of a weird feeling. He felt all warm inside, and he couldn't concentrate on anything else.
It was almost the same feeling as…
"Hello," came a voice.
That snapped Ferb out of it.
Everyone turned around to see a group of men wearing green sports jerseys come into the stadium.
"It's the Sniffington Nostrils," the cousins said, sticking their fingers up their noses. "Nose goal!"
"That was a nice kick," one Nostril, number eight, complimented.
"But he missed the goal," Phineas pointed out.
"It's not whether you score the goal. It's how good you look while kicking the ball."
"Actually, it is about scoring goals," another Nostril, number seven, argued, only to be elbowed by number eleven.
Lawrence bounced the ball in the air with his rear while chanting, "I'm awesome, you're not."
That's when Candace came out. "Mom! Mom! Mom!"
"Just a second honey," Linda said. "Your father's doing his victory dance."
Candace felt her patience already running out.
"So, you're just gonna give us this X-7 stadium?" asked Eight.
"Sure," Phineas replied. "We do that thing all the time."
"Thank you, Phineas. That's very dangerous." Eight opened the gate, revealing thousands of Nostrils fans were waiting for them. "Hey everyone!"
"Yes?" the crowd asked.
"See this thing?"
"Do you mean the Football X-7 stadium?"
"Would you help us load this on the bus?"
"We would all like that very much, what you just said!"
Professor Ross Eforp was hiding in the bushes.
"Is that a Football X-7 stadium?" he asked. "I knew it could be done. Professor Ross Eforp can finally come out of hiding!"
A random kid in the crowd noticed Ross.
"Mommy, that man's name is a palindrome," he said.
The mother led the boy away. "Look away, Johnny."
The crowd just finished loading the stadium onto the bus.
"Thanks again, Phineas and Ferb," Eight thanked.
The bus drove away. The crowd followed.
Nostrils on the Bus
With the victory dance finally over, Candace finally led Linda to the backyard. As usual, there was nothing there.
"I'm thinking some very unlady-like things right now," Candace said.
Jeremy and Eliza showed up and gave her a thumbs-up.
"That's our girl," they said.
"Oi, Cousin Ferb, we're dreadfully sorry for giving you such a hard time," Beckham apologized. "You're a brilliant footballer, an all-around good chap, and a Brit through and through."
"Actually, I'm not a Brit or a Yank," Ferb corrected. "I'm just Ferb."
Notes:
After a Valentine's Day full of drama and controversy, it's a bit surprising I managed to get this done.
One main change to this episode was giving all of Ferb's cousins their own names. While it may feel kind of redundant given most of them are kinda there and don't really say anything, it still feels stupid that everyone has the same name except for the girl.
I also added a sixth male cousin. Since Django was a part of Phineas and Ferb's team here, I felt it was only fair if the opposing team had a sixth member as well. I couldn't insert Eliza there because she had her own plot of teaching Candace how to be more "proper".
The last notable thing is that this episode contains the first hint of Ferb gaining a crush on Django. I'll admit, it was difficult figuring out where to put it. In the end, I chose this episode because Ferb does get a good amount of focus here.
Just like my Gravity Falls fic regarding Dipper's crushes on Pacifica and Wendy, Ferb isn't gonna realize his crush on Django straight away. He still has to get over Vanessa, and I know for sure which episode I'm gonna do for that plotline. No spoilers.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 62: We Call it Maze
Notes:
Bit of a life update: finally got my driver's permit. I'm gonna start practicing as soon as possible, so expect updates to slow down a little.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 62
We Call it Maze
Phineas and Ferb were eating breakfast. Phineas looked at the activities on the back of the cereal box.
"It says here I have to get Korny the Kornflake through this maze," he said, showing Ferb the maze. It looked like it was torn right down the middle, making a straight line for Korny to get across. "If I was Korny, I'd want more of a challenge. They just don't make good puzzles or mazes anymore. Mazes should be fun and exciting. Ferb…"
Ferb knew where this was going. "You don't need to say it."
That's when Candace rolled in and hit the table.
"Hey Candace," Phineas greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"Well, Jeremy's taking me roller skating tonight," Candace explained. "And I thought I could use a little…" As she spoke, she let go of the table. She slipped and fell. "I'm okay!"
Phineas turned back to Ferb. "Let's get started. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was in the kitchen.
When the time was right, he pushed a button. He was sucked into a tube, and into his lair.
He came out covered in dust.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted before noticing Perry's condition. "Sorry, we haven't cleaned that entrance in a while. Don't worry, we have a moist towelette."
An automatic hand appeared and offered Perry a towelette. He gladly took it and cleaned himself with it.
"Anyhow, Doofenshmirtz has gone missing," Monogram went on. "We've used our Global Location Scout and it can't find him anywhere. Even his answering machine has given no clue as to where he is?"
He played the message from Doof's answering machine.
"Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz," Doof's voice said. "I'm not here right now, or am I?" He laughed. "Oh, and if you're calling about the piano, it's already been sold."
"We need you to find him," Monogram concluded. "Good luck, Agent P. Monogram out."
By then, Perry had just finished cleaning himself. He saluted and left to carry out his mission.
Phineas and Ferb had just finished building a giant maze.
"Everything looks good to go," said Phineas. "Time to test our maze."
That's when Baljeet came in.
"Did someone say 'test'?" he asked excitedly.
"It's not really a test," Phineas corrected. "We're more like lab rats going after cheese."
Buford came in right after.
"Did someone say 'cheese'?" he asked.
Phineas was starting to get tired. "It's a metaphor. We already did a cheese thing a few days ago."
That didn't dissuade Buford, though.
"I am to metaphor cheese as metaphor cheese is to transitive verb crackers," he said as he followed the others onto the started platform.
Isabella came in with a little Fireside Girl, five at the oldest.
"And I want to get the zoo-keeping patch, and the cooking patch, and the astronomy patch," the little girl said.
Everyone just stared at Buford, having no idea what he just said.
"Melissa, you remind me of me when I was a Lil' Spark," said Isabella.
"When I grow up and become a Fireside Girl, do you think I'll earn as many patches as you?"
"With your enthusiasm, you'll probably earn even more."
"You really think so? Because that's my goal. I want to be just like you."
Isabella and Melissa joined the boys on the platform.
"Hey guys," Isabella greeted. "This is Melissa."
The boys waved hello.
"Isabella's my mentor today," Melissa explained. "She's the best Fireside Girl ever."
"Melissa, I'm sure they don't want to hear about…" Isabella tried to say.
Then Candace skated in.
"So, I see you've built another giant whatever in the backyard," she said. "I think you know what I have to do."
She tried to skate away, but she lost control again. She fell onto the platform and pulled the lever.
The platform started to rise.
"Whoa, what is this?" Candace asked.
"It's our elevator to the top of the maze," Phineas explained.
"Then make it go down."
"It doesn't go down. It only goes up."
"Well, then you're going down."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry entered Doof's apartment, only to find a table with a plate of cookies, a glass of water, and a toy Doofenshmirtz.
Perry knew where this was going, but he still took the toy and pulled the string.
"Hello, Perry the Platypus," the toy said. "Sorry I'm not here to greet you myself, but this is…"
It stopped there. Perry pulled the string again.
"A trap!" the toy finished.
Here we go, Perry thought to himself.
Two mechanical arms came out of the floor and trapped Perry in a tiny rocket ship. The ship launched into space.
The elevator stopped.
"Why would you make an elevator that doesn't go down?" Candace asked.
"Because someone might wanna go down and just skip through the maze," Phineas replied.
"What do you…?"
Candace finally realized that she was in a maze.
"We had the computer randomly load puzzles and brain teasers to make getting through this maze more of a challenge," Phineas explained. "First one out is the smartest rat in the lab."
The boys all went their separate ways.
"Melissa, you wanna go through the maze with me?" Isabella asked Melissa.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Melissa cheered.
Isabella turned to Candace. "Wanna join us, Candace?"
"Candace Flynn can find her own way out," Candace declared.
"Wait, Candace Flynn?" Melissa asked. "As in, the girl who won fifty patches in one day? You're on the cover of Lil' Sparks Magazine." She showed Candace the magazine she was talking about. "How did you do it?"
Candace begrudgingly signed the magazine. "Well, it wasn't easy, but I was desperate. With help from some other Forest Fire Girls…"
"Fireside Girls," Isabella corrected.
"Right." Candace turned back to Melissa. "Anyway…"
"Will you mentor me instead?" Melissa interrupted.
"I, uh…" Candace didn't want to at first, but then she realized this was finally her chance in the spotlight after a whole summer of failures. "Yeah. I'll get you kids out of here. Follow me."
"Yay! Candace is gonna lead us to safety!"
Isabella groaned, but followed along.
"Brain teasers, huh?" Buford asked. "Okay, you do the brains and I'll do the teasing. Seems like a fair splitting of tasks."
"I do not think you understand the concept," Baljeet said annoyedly.
"Less talky, more worky."
Buford stepped out of the way so Baljeet could solve the nearby puzzle.
Play "Not Knowing Where You're Going"
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
Take a left or a right and just going without really knowing
The path split into many directions. Candace pondered which way to go. She decided to go one way, only to find herself back where she was before.
Whether marching, floating, crawling, waltzing, or rowing
There's no surprise in life if you know where you're going
Eventually, Candace got herself in the other girls trapped in a ballpit. Luckily, Melissa found a key somewhere in the pit, and inserted it into the nearby keyhole. The bottom of the pit opened, sending the girls plummeting into the next area.
So walk around like a monkey with a blindfold on
Like an Eskimo in six months of darkness who misses the dawn
The boys bounced on tiny little springs.
It led them into a medieval-style room. There, Ferb played a game of chess against an automated suit of armor. He won in five seconds.
So jump in the maze, it's the latest craze
Spend your days going every which way
Isabella picked up Melissa so she could toss a ball into the goal. She missed.
Candace gave Melissa another ball, then lifted her up. Melissa tried again, and this time, she scored.
Isabella's envy towards Candace grew.
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
Ferb, who was now dressed as Indiana Jones, stared at a key just standing on a pedestal. Cautiously, he picked up the key and replaced it with a small sack.
Nothing bad seemed to happen.
Ferb took off his costume and used the key to open the door.
I have no idea where my destination is
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
The girls played a game of Skee-Ball. They all rolled their balls into the center first try.
The floor underneath them opened, sending them all down a big slide.
I'm really enjoying it, though
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
Phineas and Ferb attached a bunch of puzzle pieces onto the door. Once they were done, the door opened.
For whatever reason, a giant floating baby head came out. Neither Phineas or Ferb knew what that was about.
End "Not Knowing Where You're Going"
After a long flight, Perry found himself in a giant space station, shaped just like Doof's building.
As expected, Doof was there, waiting.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," he greeted. "Welcome to my EVIL SPACE STATION!"
"Station! Station! Cookie! Station!" went Doof's echo.
Doof was thrown off by that. "Did you hear that? The 'cookie' part? I think my echo's broken. Anyhoo, have a seat."
A seat just came out of the ground, making Perry sit down.
"I've set up a presentation for you," Doof went on. "Ten years ago, I was backpacking across Europe when I came across a group of Canadian College students. Dylan was the most popular of the group, but I was the oldest, so rivalry was inevitable."
Perry sighed.
The boys found themselves in a room with a jar of jellybeans. There was a sign above the jar.
"'How many jellybeans in the jar?'" Buford read aloud.
"Oh, I am really good at solving these kinds of problems," said Baljeet.
He, Phineas, and Ferb all took out some calculators.
"So, the base of the jar is pi times radius squared," said Phineas.
"You are measuring the radius in centimeters, right?" asked Baljeet.
"No, inches. That way the inch fractions work with pi's twenty-two over seven."
"You don't use 3.14 for pi?"
Ferb tried to say something, but Buford stepped in first. "Oh, for crying out loud!"
He took the jar, scarfed all the jellybeans, put the jar down, then typed '0' into the keypad. Miraculously, that worked.
Baljeet groaned. "Okay, technically that is correct, but you did not show your work!"
"I will in about twenty minutes," Buford retorted.
"Then the ambassador's wife filed a complaint," Doof finished. "Long story short, I am not welcome in Albania ever again. Point is, I was alone in Italy and it was lunchtime, so I went to the Leaning Tower of Pizza, and they don't even make pizza! I was like, 'You're not so great! You're not so special! Just 'cause you're leaning?' Then it hit me. I'll just lean my own building, and then it will become a great tourist attraction, and I can sell all this merchandise." He opened a door, revealing a whole supply of T-shirts, snow globes, and more. "I'll make millions, which I'll use to finance phase two of my maniacal plan: tilting every building in the world, and then the Leaning Tower of Pizza will no longer be special." A new idea came to mind. "Oh, and I can straighten my own building, and it will still be a tourist attraction. I just thought of that one. That's how genius happens. I'm going to use this Tilt-inator and do it all from space!"
"Space! Space! Cookie! Space!" said the echo.
Doof was completely dumbfounded. "There it was again! You heard that? My next-to-last echo is broken. I'm going to have that checked."
The girls found themselves in a huge room. The only way across was by crossing a thin wire.
"Good thing I got my high wire patch, twice," Isabella remarked.
"No need to brag about your accomplishments."
Isabella glared at Candace. That's rich coming from you.
Candace turned to Melissa. "Melissa, the thing to remember about a high wire is…"
She didn't realize she was rolling across the wire while she was speaking.
"Candace, be careful!" Isabella warned.
Only then did Candace realize what was happening. She panicked and almost slipped. Luckily, she just bounced on the rope and made it to the other side safely.
"See, it's that simple," she downplayed. "Just don't panic, focus on keeping your balance, and you're good."
Melissa tried to cross the wire herself. Using Candace's advice, she crossed the wire with no problem.
"Thanks for that, Candace," she thanked.
While Isabella crossed the wire, she could only think about how envious she was of Candace stealing her glory. She almost lost her balance, but she regained her composure and made it to the other side.
"Anyway, the Tilt-inator is set with an automatic timer," Doof said. "Once it's activated, even I can't stop it. All that's left to do is open the bay doors."
He pulled a rope to open the door. The door opened, a lot slower than it should have.
Perry groaned.
The girls were in another high room. This time, there was nothing to cross, not even a wire.
Melissa looked down at the chasm below. She felt nothing but dread.
"How far down is it?" she asked.
"I don't know," Isabella replied. "I can't see the bottom, but it doesn't matter so long as we get across."
"Of course it matters," Candace argued. "We need to know how deep it is so we know how scared we should be."
She noticed the grappling hook hooked onto the nearby wall. She grabbed it and threw it off the edge.
One, two, three… she counted in her head.
THUD!
"You see?" Candace declared. "Now we know that it's three seconds deep."
Doof finally got the door to open. He used a little pin to keep the chain from coming down and shutting the door.
"So, Perry the Platypus," he monologued. "In about fifteen seconds, the Tilt-inator will turn my building into the Leaning Tower of Doofenshmirtz, and you may notice that there are no self-destruct buttons or reverse switches. It's completely Perry the Platy-proof! Nothing can stop me now!"
Perry simply removed the pin, shutting the door.
The inator fired, hitting the door and making the station lean a bit.
"Perry the Platypus, what are you doing?!" Doof yelled. "Now I have to reset the timer and do it all over again."
He got up and started reopening the door.
The platform the girls were standing on started to close into the wall.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Candace panicked.
"Gee, it would be nice to have a grappling hook and some rope," Isabella sarcastically remarked.
Candace was about to point out there was one on the wall, then she remembered she threw it down the chasm. "Whoops."
Isabella sighed. "This is your problem, Candace! You always jump into things without thinking of the consequences, and you have a massive ego!"
Candace scoffed. "I'm not the only one!"
"What?! What are you talking about?!"
"Oh, don't act like I didn't notice the way you glare at me and mutter to yourself whenever I help Melissa solve one of the puzzles!"
"That has nothing to do with our current situation!"
"No, but it does have to do with the fact that you're jealous of me!"
Isabella was offended by the accusation. "Me, JEALOUS?!"
"You heard me! You've spent so long being this perfect Firefighter Girl…"
"Fireside!"
"Whatever! You're so used to being this awesome leader that always gets her troop an accomplishment patch, that you get upset when someone else gets recognized for any reason!"
While Candace and Isabella argued, Melissa looked around for an alternate method of escape. She noticed Candace's skate, and an idea came to mind.
"Candace, I don't understand what…" Isabella said.
"You're right, Isabella!" Candace interrupted. "You don't understand! All summer, I've been nothing but the butt of a big joke! Every time I try to do something, it blows up in my face! I'm finally getting the credit I deserve, and you're just upset that someone other than you is getting some attention!"
"Oh, because you got fifty patches in one day? News flash: you wouldn't have gotten those fifty patches if it weren't for my help!"
"Yeah, you helped set up the journey, but I did all of that on my own, and clearly Melissa is the only one here that realizes that!"
"Girls, I know how we can get out of here!" Melissa yelled, shutting both Candace and Isabella up. "Candace, can I borrow one of your skates?"
Candace was confused, but she took off one of her skates.
Melissa then turned to Isabella. "Isabella, you think you can use this?"
Isabella realized what Melissa was planning. She took the skate, pulled the lace as far as it could go, and used the skate like a grappling hook.
"Grab on!" she told Melissa and Candace.
Once they both had a firm grip on her, Isabella jumped off the edge. The three screamed as they swung across the room.
They all flew through a door on the other side.
The door led the girls down one final slide. They found themselves back in the backyard.
Isabella thought about everything Candace had said to her, about her being jealous and egotistical. The more she thought about it, the more Isabella realized that Candace was right.
"Candace, I'm sorry," she said. "You were right back there. I was so caught up in my jealousy and I took you for granted."
"I'm sorry, too," Candace replied. "For almost screwing us over on that last puzzle, and unintentionally stealing your protege."
The two shook hands.
Isabella then turned to Melissa. "Come on, Melissa. Let's get you home."
Candace and Isabella took Melissa home.
Doof had just finished reopening the door. He turned back to where Perry should've been, only to see he wasn't there.
"Wait, where'd you go?" Doof asked.
He realized too late that Perry plugged the inator with a snow globe.
"No!" Doof shouted.
But by then, the timer had already gone down to zero.
The beam fired and reflected off the snow globe. Multiple beams fired in all directions.
The maze tipped over and rolled out of the backyard.
Perry got back in the tiny rocket.
"Perry the Platypus, wait for me!" Doof begged, even though he wouldn't have fit in the ship.
Perry activated the ship and flew back to Earth.
Agent P
The boys ran down the rolling maze.
"Wow, you really thought of everything," Baljeet remarked.
"We didn't think of this one," said Phineas. "Hey, I see the exit."
There was an exit right on the floor in front of them. When the time was right, the boys stopped.
The maze rolled off a cliff, while the boys were completely fine.
Phineas noticed Candace and Isabella getting Melissa on a bus back home.
"It's a good thing the girls made it out before we did," he said. "Everything worked out just fine."
"Hey, I never got my metaphor cheese!" Buford yelled.
"Cheese! Cheese! Wombat! Cheese!" went his echo.
Buford was put off by that. "Huh, my echo must be broken."
Notes:
I know this is a season 2 episode, but I made it a season 3 episode. Why? Well, I made the season 1 episode "Hail Doofania" a season 2 episode in my rewrite, so it was only fair if I moved a season 2 episode to season 3, and a season 3 episode to season 4.
As for the episode itself, not much changes.
One thing that is worth note, though, is Isabella. This might just be her worst episode. I mean, all episode she acts all petulant and jealous towards Candace, yet for some reason, Candace is the bad guy here. It's just another example of Candace being nothing but a punching bag. Her talent is finally being recognized, but GOD FORBID SOMETHING WORK OUT FOR CANDACE FOR ONCE!
As a result, I changed things so that Isabella is called out, and she doesn't save the day on her own. That way, we not only get character development for Isabella, but we also get set up for a bond between her and Candace down the line.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 63: Escape from Phineas Tower
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 63
Escape from Phineas Tower
Phineas and Ferb were visiting Lawrence at his antique store.
"Nice to see you boys down here at the shop," said Lawrence.
One thing in particular caught Phineas' eye. It looked like an ancient vault of sorts.
"What's that thing?" Phineas asked.
"This?" Lawrence replied. "It's an escape chamber from an old Vaudeville show. In the old days, men would go into this thing and pretend to be locked inside, then they'd 'escape', to the amazement of the crowd."
To prove his point, he locked himself in the vault and tried to get out. It wasn't working as well as he hoped.
"You need help, Dad?" Phineas asked.
"No, no," Lawrence assured. "I just need to…"
The door opened to reveal not only Lawrence, but also Ferb.
Phineas turned to where he thought Ferb was. Ferb wasn't there.
How did he…? Phineas asked himself.
"Well, I have bottle cops to polish," Lawrence said, walking away.
"Dude, I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas told Ferb.
Candace was asleep on a hammock in the backyard.
Linda put a sticky note on her head telling her she was leaving, but Candace didn't notice.
Phineas, Ferb, and an entire construction force came in with loud vehicles, but that didn't deter Candace.
But despite all of that, there was one thing Candace noticed. "Where's Perry?"
Perry was in Phineas and Ferb's room.
He put on his hat, then grabbed a box.
He jumped into the box, and landed in his lair.
On screen, Carl was sitting at a table wearing nice clothes and looking through a menu. Monogram was acting like a waiter.
Then he noticed Perry. The screen zoomed in so it only showed Monogram's face.
"As you may know, this is International Good Manners Day," he explained. "Perhaps, not ironically, Doofenshmirtz has decided to create a device that causes rampant rudeness. Take care of it if you please."
Perry left to do his mission.
"I think he calls it 'the Rudeinator'," Carl theorized.
"What does that make you?" Monogram asked. "Nostradomus?"
Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django all gathered at the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls," Phineas presented. "My brother and I are here today to give you a thrilling display of escapement arts as we attempt to extricate ourselves from this…" He gestured to what he and Ferb just built. "The most complicated trap ever devised by man or child. A computer-controlled tower so fiendishly clever that its blueprints had to be viewed in a smoked mirror to avoid driving its creators insane."
"Wow, he's selling it hard," Isabella remarked.
"But if you designed the tower," said Baljeet. "Will you not know every way to get out?"
"We programmed the computer to learn as we go," Phineas explained. "So it's conceivable we could be trapped in there forever. Coming with?"
"Yes!" Isabella and Django said in unison.
"No!" Baljeet said at the same time.
"It sounds ill-advised," said Buford.
"That's okay," Phineas assured. "You two can stay out here and be the cheering section with Candace."
He gestured to Candace, who was still asleep.
"But what if you do not come out?" asked Baljeet.
"If we aren't out in fifteen minutes, you can smash the machine and rescue us, just like the old days."
"Sounds like a party," Buford smiled, bringing out a mallet.
Phineas turned to Ferb. "Ferb, start the timer please."
Ferb pulled the lever, starting the timer.
Buford and Baljeet synchronized the timer to their watches.
With that, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django got on the lift which would bring them to the start.
"Women and children and the faint of heart may wish to leave now," Phineas said like it was a Vaudeville show. "So we bid you adieu, and we'll see you in a few minutes… or not at all."
Once he was done saying that, the four were brought inside the tower.
"So, legally speaking, what is our liability here?" asked Baljeet.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry entered the apartment.
The first thing he saw was a mat that read, 'Please Wipe Feet'.
Perry knew where this was going, but he went along. He stepped on the mat and wiped his feet on it…
Then the mat opened under him, making him fall through the floor. He came out trapped in a cat statue, with him serving as the head.
Doof showed up and put a leash on the collar.
"A-ha!" he said. "I wanted to say something clever like 'cat got your tongue' but I never figured that out. You see, since we were young, my brother, Roger, was always better at the whole 'manners and etiquette' thing. Anyway, today is International Good Manners Day and we got a visiting dignitary, the Ambassador from England, only the most etiquetty country in the world, and when Roger is introducing her, I'm going to zap him with my Rudeinator. Yes, that's what I'm calling it."
Perry rolled his eyes.
"It makes whoever it zaps intolerably rude," Doof explained. "He'll cause an international incident, and in all the confusion, I'll slip in and take over. How does that explain the catsuit? Well, we're going to be at City Hall, watching the fireworks, you and me, and I figured a platypus in a fedora might attract too much attention. See? I'm always thinking."
Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django found themselves in a large, empty room.
"Good day to you, Tower," Phineas greeted. "We're ready to begin."
"Welcome, children," said the tower's automated voice. "We're going to have so much fun. Put on your coats and stay a while."
Automated hands appeared out of nowhere and tied up all the kids.
"Strait-jackets," Phineas remarked. "Classic. Ready?"
Ferb nodded.
Phineas jumped upside-down, allowing Ferb to grab his feet with his mouth.
"Now shake me out," Phineas ordered.
Ferb shook his head back and forth, releasing Phineas.
Phineas then untied Ferb's jacket, releasing him.
After that, the boys untied Isabella and Django.
Their victory didn't last, though. The second everyone was released, chains came out of nowhere and grabbed the kids.
"This will be fun," Phineas remarked as the chains pulled them into the air.
The kids were brought into another room, this one looking like a dungeon in a medieval castle.
"I don't know, Ferb," Phineas said jokingly. "I think we should file this under 'Dungeon Escape'."
As he said that, he somehow managed to pull a file out from under his shirt. He used the file to release himself, then everyone else.
Once they were all free, they escaped through the vent.
Doof made it to City Hall just in time.
"Here we are," he said, taking one of the front-row seats. He made Perry sit in the seat next to him. "Sit right here, Perry the Catypus. I just came up with that. Totally makes up for earlier."
Roger got on stage.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to City Hall on this fine first day of National Etiquette Week," he greeted.
The crowd applauded.
"I do love proper etiquette," said someone in the crowd.
Perry realized he could move the tail of the cat statue with his own tail. He used it to pick the locks on his suit.
The kids found themselves in a room filled with tiny doors, and multiple keys in front of them.
"We're not fitting through any of those doors," Phineas remarked. "But maybe that one."
He pointed at a big door on the ceiling.
"But how do we get up there?" asked Django.
Ferb took some of the keys and inserted them into keyholes. He climbed the keys like they were rungs of a ladder.
"Ferb, you're a genius," said Phineas.
The others climbed after Ferb. They went through the door on the ceiling.
The kids climbed another ladder into the next room.
"Nice warm-up," the tower remarked. "But can you escape the relentless pull of gravity?"
It felt like the room turned upside-down as the force of gravity started pulling the kids the way they were planning to go. They all held on as tight as they could, but in the end, they let go of the ladder and started plummeting downwards.
Isabella and Django screamed in fear, while Phineas just cheered with excitement. While Ferb didn't show it, he, too, felt excited like Phineas did.
There were eleven minutes left on the timer. Baljeet was entertaining himself by stacking cards onto Candace.
"It would be terrible if they did not come out," he said with worry.
Buford was sharpening his hammer.
"I'm counting on it," he said with a smirk.
"And to speak further on this topic," Roger went on. "It is my great pleasure to introduce the Ambassador from England, the most ettiquetty country in the world…"
"Told you," Doof said to Perry.
"And my personal friend," Roger continued.
Doof pushed a button, activating the Rudeinator.
"This unbelievable windbag right here," Roger added, his smile now turning to a frown.
The crowd gasped.
"Oh, man!" Roger shouted, his demeanor now completely altered. "On and on and on in the limo over here. 'Manners are so important'."
Doof turned to where Perry should've been. "Can you believe this, Perry the…?" He realized Perry was gone. He sighed. "Oh for pete sake, I told you to go before we left. Just bring me some popcorn, that's all I can say."
"What a pompous know-it-all you are!" Roger shouted.
By this point, the crowd was angry.
"That's it, I want a recall!" one demanded.
"Recall! Recall! Recall!" the crowd chanted.
"It's working," Doof said to himself.
Phineas noticed the pit getting more narrow the longer they fell.
"I got it," he said. "Guys, hold hands."
Ferb and Isabella grabbed onto Phineas' hands. Django grabbed Ferb and Isabella's other hands.
They all stuck their feet against the walls. After a moment, they stopped falling.
"Come on, Tower," said Phineas. "Is that the best you can throw at us?"
He used his foot to open the hatch, and they all crawled out.
The quartet crawled through a tunnel to the next room.
"Oh, so special," the tower sarcastically remarked. "I don't give a flying buttress."
Both Isabella and Django started to gain a bad feeling.
"Something is definitely wrong here," Django remarked.
"Yeah," Isabella agreed. "You'd think they'd program this place to be more polite."
The kids made it out of the tunnel. The boys were instantly strapped to a giant log. Isabella and Django were strapped onto another log.
"You think you're so sharp," the tower said, still snarky. "I'm gonna show you something sharper."
The conveyor belt started to carry the log to a buzzsaw.
"Okay, something is seriously wrong with this place," said Django. "How do we get out of this one?"
Isabella took off her shoes and untied the restraints with her toes. She then proceeded to untie Django with her toes.
"Now's not the time to show off!" he shouted.
Once he was free, Django and Isabella quickly released Phineas and Ferb normally.
"Woo, that was a close one," Phineas remarked. "It was almost like the room was trying to kill us."
"Uh, Phineas, I'm starting to think it is," said Isabella. "Did you hear what the tower was saying earlier?"
"Well, now that you mention it, the tower did act a little meaner after the bottomless pit trap."
That's when the tower started to laugh maniacally.
The kids hurried to the next room.
Play "Breaking Out"
I used to get stuck on the simplest of things
The kids ran down a hallway while dodging darts coming from the walls.
I never tried flying or spreading my wings
In the next room, Phineas adjusted a radio frequency while Ferb listened to it with a pair of headphones. When they were at the right frequency, the door opened.
The four ran out, right before they could get impaled by a bunch of spikes.
What I want to convey is that I'm getting away
The four went down a very narrow tunnel. They had to lay on these carts and push themselves against the walls to advance.
'Cause tonight I'm breaking out
The kids found themselves chained in another dungeon. This time, the chains were file-proof.
Phineas noticed a skeleton and used one of the bones to pick the lock of his chains. He then did the same with everyone else.
I went from park to neutral
Next, they were tied to a train track, and a train was heading straight for them. Luckily, all they had to do was get on their feet and hop away.
Now I'm shifting to drive
Then, they ended up in a maze with giant balls that could crush them if they weren't careful. That was a hard one to navigate.
'Cause you gotta depart if you want to arrive
No more biding my time with these eternal rhymes
After that, the four were locked in a cell with nothing but a baseball to entertain themselves with.
While the boys just bounced the ball onto the wall in front of them, Django noticed the door had a loose hinge.
He took the ball and threw it onto the hinge, breaking it.
'Cause tonight I'm breaking out
From the things that were holding me back
The kids then crossed a lava pit by leaping from rock to rock.
In every wall, if you look, there's a crack
After the lava pit was a shark pit. They used giant stilts to get across that one.
In the end, that's what life's all about
When the wall's closing in
You know it's time to begin
The next thing they knew, they were in a room filled with trash. The walls were closing in.
They used a giant metal bar to hold the walls back.
Breaking out
End "Breaking Out"
There was less than half-a-minute left on the timer, and no one made it out left.
Baljeet's worry started to increase. "What if they don't make it out?"
That's when Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django all came out of the ground.
"Made it," said Phineas. "That was close."
There were fifteen seconds left on the timer, meaning they were just in time.
Buford and Baljeet both cheered and hugged their friends.
"Was it scary?" Baljeet asked.
"Do I still get to smash the tower?" Buford added.
"Oh, go ahead," Django replied. "That was the most stressful thing ever."
"I'm not done with you yet," the tower said.
The walls of the tower opened, revealing a glass dome that trapped Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django.
"Wow," Buford remarked. "I thought I had a bad attitude."
Perry made it to Doof's apartment. He simply plugged the inator, summoned his hang glider, and flew away.
"And so's your sister!" Roger continued, angering the audience even more.
"This is working better than I imagined," Doof remarked.
"Miss High-and-Mighty English Manners Person!" Roger went on. "I've got one thing to say to you, and only one thing!" He pointed at the giant mole on the Ambassador's nose. "That's some…"
Doof smiled. Here it comes.
But it didn't come. Roger and the Ambassador just started laughing.
"Show we just put on," Roger finished.
"You see, your wonderful mayor and I agreed in the limousine to put on this little play for your edification," the Ambassador explained.
"No, no, no!" Doof shouted, pushing the remote over and over.
Thanks to the plug, the Rudeinator exploded.
"Indeed," the Ambassador continued. "For what would be without manners?"
"Four more years! Four more years!" the crowd cheered.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus," Doof muttered to himself before a realization hit him. "Wait, if they were faking it, what did my ray hit?"
"It looks like you losers are still trapped," the tower laughed. "Might as well change your address 'cause you're gonna be receiving your pension here."
The kids could hear the air getting sucked into the tower.
"Oops, activated my vacuum circuits," the tower said sarcastically. "You dummies don't need air, do you?"
"I'm feeling an odd mix of pride and mortal terror," Phineas remarked.
"Don't worry," Buford assured, readying his hammer. "I'll get you out in just a second."
He hit the glass, but it didn't break.
"Well, at least you tried," Phineas assured.
"What are friends for?" Buford asked half-jokingly.
"'Friends'?" the tower reacted. "I've been programmed to trap you and your friends."
The dome expanded a little, trapping Buford and Baljeet as well.
"Do me a favor," said Baljeet. "Next time you want to create a fiendishly clever computer-controlled contraption, call one of your other friends."
An idea popped into Phineas' head. "That's it. Tower, you were programmed to trap me, Ferb, and our friends, but we have friends all over Danville."
"Is that so?" the tower asked, expanding its dome to all of Danville.
"In fact, we have friends all over the Tri-State Area," Phineas added.
"Well, aren't we popular?" the tower remarked, expanding its dome yet again.
"Plus, there was that small matter of circumnavigating the globe," Ferb continued. "Tokyo, Paris, Nepal, we have friends all over the world."
"Alright then," the tower said, its dome now covering the atmosphere.
"In fact, we have an alien friend named Meap," Phineas finished. "He's from another planet. Really, we have friends all over the galaxy."
"A small matter for one such as me," the tower said as it flew off into space. "You will never escape!"
"That works for me," Baljeet said, leaving the backyard.
"They only have mallets so big," Buford remarked.
The gang went inside for a snack.
"So, the entire galaxy," Phineas thought. "That enough elbow room for you?"
"Well, for today at least," Ferb replied.
An alien armada had finally reached the Milky Way Galaxy after two millenia.
"Battle stations, we begin our assault in three, two…" the leader commanded.
Then all the ships hit a dome.
The leader groaned. "Anyone have a mallet?"
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 64: Lotsa Latkes
Notes:
Sorry for the late update. Tech Week for this semester's school play was this past week, and we'll be doing shows in the coming week. I swear once the show's over, I'll speed up updates, even when I finally start driving practice.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 64
Lotsa Latkes
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella were at the Danville Senior Lodge.
"Thanks for helping me set up for the Latke Festival this year, guys," Isabella thanked. "It'll go a long way to helping me get that Golden Years Assistant patch."
The three got distracted by a weird noise coming from the kitchen. They turned to see it was just Isabella's grandma blowing her nose.
"Hi, Nana Shapiro," Phineas greeted.
"Can't wait for the latkes, darling," said Nana. "Nobody's had a bite to eat all day."
"We can start cooking as soon as Baljeet gets back with the potatoes," said Isabella.
That's when Baljeet ran in, Buford and Django in tow.
"No, no we can't!" Baljeet cried. "We looked all over the place, but there are no potatoes in the entire Tri-State Area!"
"And I'm down to my last potato chip," Buford added as he took the last chip out of his bag. "Better make this one last."
"What am I going to do?" Isabella panicked. "Have you ever seen a senior citizens' riot? It's like a slow, gray tornado of canes and false teeth."
An idea popped into Phineas' head.
"Buford, let me snatch that potato chip," he requested, taking the chip. "Guys, I know what we're gonna do today. We're going to use the DNA in this potato chip to clone our own potatoes. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was already in his lair.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "We've recently learned that Doofenshmirtz has fallen behind on his electric bills. This seems odd considering his generous alimony package. His ex-wife is loaded, and, I might add, quite a handsome woman."
Perry gave Monogram a teasing smile.
"No, not that I've given that a great deal of thought," Monogram said, rather defensively. He then cleared his throat and started speaking in his normal, authoritative manner. "Investigate at once. Monogram out."
Perry saluted and pushed a button. His chair converted into a rocket, and he flew out of the lair.
In the living room, Candace was laying on the couch, bored out of her mind.
"I'm soooo bored," she whined.
"Why don't you call Jeremy?" Linda suggested.
"He's working."
"What about Stacy?"
"Grounded."
"Jenny?"
"Protesting."
"What about busting your brothers?"
"It's nice that you take an interest, but they're not even in the backyard."
"Well, you can't sit inside on a gorgeous day like this, so get your bike. We're going out."
"I don't think so."
"Oh, come on, it'll be fun." Linda grabbed Candace's arm and dragged her out the door.
"Woo-hoo. Hooray."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry ejected himself out of his rocket and parachuted onto the balcony. He then ran into the apartment.
There, he slipped on a banana peel and landed in a platypus-sized stockade.
Doof came into the scene, laughing his usual laugh.
"So, Perry the Platypus, do you like your trap?" he asked. "It's called 'the stocks'. I read about it in this book, 'Ten Greatest Historical Traps of All Time'." He took out the book, and opened it to reveal it's a pop-up. "There was also this smaller book that came with it, 'Ten Greatest Historical Armies of All Time'." He took out the smaller book. "And according to this, the Spartan Army was fierce, unstoppable, and followed every order without hesitation, which is why I got this. Be right back."
He left the room. A few minutes later, he came back wearing a suit that consisted only of underwear, boots, a helmet, a cape, wrist pads, a spear, and a shield.
"It's a Spartan Army General uniform," he explained. "It must have been warmer in Ancient Greece. Anyway, once the Spartan army sees me in this, they'll obey my every command and help me take over the Tri-State Area! How will I acquire the Spartan Army, gone lo these many millenia? With my Historical-Army-Retrieverinator! It's potato-powered because I spent this month's alimony check on my last inator. You remember the Rudeinator? You know, I wore out three pairs of shoes buying up all these potatoes, but on the good side, it smells like french fries in here."
To be fair, it did.
Phineas and Ferb had just finished building their new contraption.
"Ladies and gentlemen, behold the wonder that is the Spudsalot," Phineas presented. "Buford, the sample?"
Buford handed Phineas the potato chip. Phineas inserted it into a slot.
"Ferb, start her up," he ordered.
Ferb pushed a button, starting the machine.
The machine fired red lasers into the ground, 3D-printing potatoes.
"Oh, thank goodness, now I can…" Isabella said before noticing something off. "Phineas, those potatoes have eyes."
"All potatoes have eyes," Baljeet pointed out.
"Yeah, but these eyes blink."
Everyone noticed that the eyes were blinking.
"Buford, did you put the chip in your mouth?" Phineas asked Buford.
"If I did, would that be actionable?" Buford replied.
"I think the DNA from your saliva must've combined with the potato DNA to make some sort of hybrid."
The potatoes bursted out of the ground and started running rampant.
The kids made a run for it. They jumped onto the Spudsalot.
"Aw, look at them," Buford admired. "They're like little bullies. I don't know if I should be proud, or if I should soil my pants in terror."
"We should do something about them before they do… whatever mutant Buford-potatoes do," said Phineas.
"But what about the party?" asked Isabella.
"Right. Buford, Baljeet, you guys stall the seniors. The rest of us will simultaneously round up the spud spawn. Wow, I just said a lot of S-words in the same sentence."
Candace and Linda were biking down the street.
"Isn't this fun?" Linda asked.
"Thrilling," Candace replied sarcastically. She then noticed a bunch of gremlin potatoes passing by, Phineas and Ferb chasing after them. "Mom, look!"
Linda turned around, only to see a produce truck passing by.
"Candace, are you okay?" she asked.
"Never better," Candace replied as she biked after the boys. "Come on."
Linda biked after Candace. "Well, at least you're finally getting in the spirit."
Doof activated the inator.
"Now to summon up the Spartan Army," he said.
An army appeared out of thin air. They wore brown armor made of iron and leather.
"Wait, this is the Mongol Army," Doof realized. "I must have had the dial set to 'Hun'. Oh well, you don't look a gift horde in the mouth." He approached the army. "Hello there. Welcome to the future. I realize you can't understand what I'm saying, and you're probably confused by the Spartan General uniform, but together, we will rule the Tri-State…"
Before Doof could finish that statement, the army charged forward like they were about to fight an enemy.
Doof turned around. "What are you…?"
He realized they were just digging into the fridge and pantry, looking for food.
"Well, it has been 1200 years since you've eaten," he relented. "I suppose we could call out…"
Then the army charged out the door, ramming Doof over in the process. The Spartan General armor was ruined.
"Ah man," Doof whined. "Now I gotta get a new costume…" An idea popped into his head. "That's it! All I have to do is hit the costume shop, then round up my Mongols, and the Tri-State Area will be mine!"
He headed to the costume shop, leaving Perry behind.
"We want latkes! We want latkes!" the senior crowd chanted.
"I don't have to put up with this!" one shouted. "I'm part of the greatest generation!"
Buford and Baljeet just stood on the stage, unable to speak.
"Buford, what do we do?" Baljeet asked. "Phineas wants us to stall."
At first, Buford couldn't think of anything, but then the perfect idea popped into his head. "Wait a minute. I know what we can do."
Buford took off one of his socks and used it as a puppet.
"Hey, who turned out the lights?" he asked in the best imitation he could make. He then took a permanent marker and used it to make the puppet a pair of eyes. "Thanks!"
The crowd was silent, until one senior in particular shouted, "Oh brother, this guy stinks!"
"That wasn't very nice!" Buford shouted, still imitating his puppet.
Baljeet made a sock puppet of his own.
"Technically, we are socks," he said, making his own imitation.
"Hey, Mr…. Other Sock," Buford went on. "What are you doing here?"
"Just looking!"
"For what?"
"My sole mate!"
They both laughed and blushed at each other. The crowd just booed them.
"I think we have to take it up a notch," said Baljeet.
Buford closed all the blinds while Baljeet turned out the lights.
Play "Frenemies"
The two then quickly put on black suits, ties, and top hats. They got on stage, picked up some sticks, and started dancing to a beat.
Both:
We look good in hats, long tails and spats
When we hit the town together, baby we know where it's at/s
"You're pluralizing 'at'?" Baljeet asked.
"Work with me, brain boy," Buford said.
Pause "Frenemies"
The potato gremlins caused chaos everywhere they went. They popped balloons, tore off toupees, covered buildings in toilet paper, and made cars crash into each other.
"Well, this is a mess," Phineas remarked.
"How are we gonna round them all up?" asked Isabella.
Ferb took out a couple of hoses.
Phineas knew what Ferb was suggesting. "Yes! If we reverse the backup engine on the Spudsalot, and attach those hoses, we can suck up those potatoes into that soothing hot tub we built into the bulkhead."
"'Hot tub'?" asked Django. "Why would you build a hot tub on this thing?"
"I think the real question is, 'why wouldn't we'?" Phineas retorted as he put the hoses in their spots. "Time to round up some spuds!"
Continue "Frenemies"
Buford and Baljeet continued dancing to the song.
Both:
If I were dangling from a ledge
I/He would save him/me with a wedgie
One of the women started jamming to the song.
Baljeet:
I'm smart, perhaps a bit refined
Buford:
And I'm a bit more edgy
The two hit their sticks together like they were in a sword duel.
Both:
'Cause we're frenemies
We like disliking one another
Yes, we're frenemies
He's like my least favorite brother
Pause "Frenemies"
The Mongol Army stormed out of the DEI building. The first thing they saw was an army of potato gremlins.
There was about three seconds of awkward silence, then the Mongols shouted, "French Fry!"
All the potatoes ran the opposite direction, screaming.
Phineas and the crew saw the Mongols.
"Wow, Buford had Mongolian barbecue for breakfast?" Isabella assumed.
"I don't think those are ours," said Phineas. "Follow that horde!"
They went after the armies.
"Mom, hurry!" Candace shouted. "They're right around the corner!"
She turned around to see that Linda was struggling to keep up.
"Candace, wait," she said, breathing heavily. "I'm not… as young as… I used to be."
Candace groaned. "Fine!"
She grabbed a rope and tied it to her mother's bike. She then sped after the boys.
At the costume store, a clerk had just handed Doof the costume he wanted.
"That's one Genghis Khan costume," she said. "Will you be paying in cash or credit?"
"I'm kinda low on funds right now," Doof replied, offering a few potatoes. "Do you accept potatoes as trade?"
Continue "Frenemies"
Baljeet wrote a hard math problem on a blackboard.
Baljeet:
I like complex calculations
Buford flipped the board over, hitting Baljeet and making him hit the floor.
Buford:
I like physical confrontations
Baljeet showed a drawing of himself as an oxpecker and Buford as a rhino.
Both:
We both have our roles
This is a symbiotic relation…
They both looked away from each other and blushed brightly.
Ship
'Cause we're frenemies
We like disliking one another
Yes, we're frenemies
He's like my least favorite brother
At this point, everyone was bobbing their heads back and forth to the song.
You and I, we're not enemies or friends
We're just frenemies till the end
End "Frenemies"
All of a sudden, the wall burst open, revealing not one, but two armies. One of humans and another of potato gremlins. They all started fighting each other.
Luckily, all the seniors assumed that was part of the show and applauded.
That's when the door burst open, revealing a particular man that looked like Genghis Khan, just with a pointier nose.
"Stop, my brothers!" he shouted, before noticing the senior citizens. "And others. Gaze at last upon my appropriately Mongolian military regalia, and know that you must now obey my every command!"
Then, Phineas and the others came in and saw the chaos.
"Oh no, the festival is ruined!" Isabella shouted.
As if things couldn't possibly get any worse, Candace showed up.
"Mom, look, potato gremlins!" she shouted before noticing the Mongols. "And others!"
But Linda had a bunch of newspapers covering her face. Each time she removed one, it was like two more appeared in its place.
While Perry couldn't find a way to free himself, he managed to stand up while still being held in the tiny stock.
He redirected the inator to where he assumed the army was, and he fired.
With the job done, he jumped off the balcony, activated a parachute, and glided back home.
Right when Linda finally got the newspapers off of her, the armies were gone.
"Now what am I supposed to be looking at?" Linda asked.
"But… but… but…" Candace stuttered.
"I think you've had enough fun for today." Linda took Candace's hand and carried her home.
"NO!"
Isabella approached her grandma, a look of sorrow on her face.
"Nana, I'm sorry for ruining the festival," she apologized.
But Nana just laughed. "'Ruined'? That was the best time we've had since they canceled Three-Bean-Salad Tuesdays! The floor show was fantastic! The ending was a bit out there, but trust me, they had us at sock puppets!"
Buford and Baljeet put on sunglasses and signed autographs for their adoring fans.
"Form a line, people," Buford ordered. "Form a line."
"Well, it sucks we couldn't get the potatoes for the latkes," Phineas said. "But it seems everything worked out fine."
Then Perry showed up, trapped.
"What's Perry doing in a pillory?" Phineas wondered as he worked to release Perry.
"That's actually a stock," Ferb corrected. "A pillory forces the wearer to remain upright, exposing him to poking and prodding from passers-by."
"Wow. I'd expect that kind of knowledge to come from someone a little older, 50 or 60."
Somewhere in Mongolia…
A couple of men entered an ancient underground ruin.
"This is it," said one. "No one has seen this for a thousand years." He examined the mural and did his best to translate the ruins. "The legend tells of an epic battle between the Mongol army and… potato gremlin creatures, while a, uh, pharmacist from the future worked in vain to return to his time, crying out, 'Curse you, Perry the Platypus'?"
The other man left the ruin, unsatisfied.
"I swear, I majored this in College!" the first man assured.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 65: Moon Farm
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 65
Moon Farm
Stacy and Jenny found Candace in the backyard cooking a hot dog with a very small burner.
"Candace, what are you doing out here?" asked Stacy.
"Hey girls," Candace greeted, blowing out the little fire. "I've got a lot that I wanna do today, so I figured I'd bust Phineas and Ferb early just to get it off my plate."
"How long have you been out here?" asked Jenny.
"Since last night."
"Then who are those guys?"
Jenny pointed at the random people sitting in the backyard. Somehow, Candace didn't see them until Jenny pointed them out.
"How long have you been here?" she asked the crowd.
"I thought we were waiting in line for concert tickets," one person replied.
"This is my backyard!"
"There's always some kind of concert going on back here, so I thought…"
"Get out!"
Everyone did as Candace told them to.
"So, what's this big thing you wanted to do?" Stacy asked Candace, getting back on topic.
"Remember when Jeremy made that romantic dinner for me?" Candace replied.
"He microwaved you a pizza."
"Still, I wanna reciprocate him and make a fancy dinner."
"Are you sure?" Jenny asked skeptically. "None of us know much about cooking."
"Well, I figured we'll use what we do know, and between the three of us, we can figure it out, right?"
After a bit of thinking, Stacy decided, "Why not? Where's the kitchen?"
Stacy and Jenny went inside to start cooking.
Candace was going to follow them, but then she felt the ground shake.
She looked behind her to see the ground opening up. A giant rocket ship emerged.
Inside it was none other than Phineas.
"Hi Candace," he greeted. "We're going to the moon."
"Why?" Candace asked. "Kind of a step backwards given you've already been to Mars."
"Do you remember the old nursery rhyme where the cat played the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon…?"
"Yes, I remember. What does that have to do with this?"
"Apparently, there was a last verse that was lost to history until Ferb and I found it in the dead sea."
Ferb stepped in wearing a swimsuit, goggles, and a snorkel. He showed an old piece of paper that looked like it should've disintegrated millenia ago.
"It's a little wet and salty, but we managed to translate it," Phineas went on. "'Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon. The dog laughing at the cow turned out to not be so clever, 'cause due to the moon's low gravity, the moon-jumping cow's milk produced the best-tasting ice cream ever.'"
"I can see why that last verse was cut out," Candace remarked.
"Well, Ferb and I are going to the moon to find out if it's true."
"Don't you need some cows for that?"
Phineas turned to Ferb. "Ferb?"
Ferb took out and blew a cow whistle.
A bunch of cows came into the backyard and boarded the ship. Candace jumped out of the way before they could run her over.
"Phineas and Ferb, I'm going to count backwards from ten!" she shouted. "And when I'm done, you better come down so I can bust you!"
Candace started counting down. The kids mistook this as the countdown to take off, so they put on their helmets and hurried to their stations.
The ship took off before Candace even got to one.
She brushed it off, deciding to focus more on her other task, that being making a meal for Jeremy.
Then she realized, "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry entered his lair through the fireplace.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Our sources tell us that Doof is up to something. We need you to infiltrate Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, and have a little look-see. To make things a little easier for you, we had one of our operatives install a Central Access Threshold, or CAT, door. So, let's get out there and good luck."
Perry wrote all that down, then left to accomplish his mission.
"So now I'm an operative?" asked Carl.
"We're still not paying you, Carl," Monogram replied.
The ship landed on the moon.
"Remember," Phineas reminded. "Gravity on the moon is 83.3% less than gravity on Earth."
"So what?" asked Buford.
"So let's bounce." Phineas jumped out of the rocket and gently floated onto the moon's surface. "Whee!"
Ferb jumped out not long after Phineas. He also landed on the ground softly.
Getting an idea, Buford grabbed Baljeet by the ankle and held him over the edge.
"Oh, Buford, please do not drop me," Baljeet begged.
But Buford dropped him. Baljeet just floated down like everyone else.
"Oh, this is not so bad," Baljeet admitted.
"Just give it a sec," Buford chuckled.
He jumped out of the ship and landed on top of Baljeet.
"Ow!" Baljeet cried. "How are you heavier than the moon?"
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry saw the 'Secret CAT Door' on the door to Doof's apartment.
Really? he thought to himself. Why do I put up with this?
He went through the cat door, and he was instantly tied up.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted.
Perry was admittedly surprised by the fact Doof's skin was unnaturally green.
"You might be wondering why I'm green," Doof said. "Well, I can explain. It started two days ago when I was watering my plant. I noticed a beautiful garden on my neighbor's balcony. I got so jealous. The guy at the store told me, among other things, that my plant wouldn't grow because I didn't have a green thumb. So, I got a big bucket of green paint and I poured it on myself, then I was green everywhere, except, strangely, my thumbs. I think it was the way I was holding the bucket. Anyway, I came up with another great idea. I created the Moisture-Suckinator!" He showed the inator, which was on the balcony. "It will suck the moisture out of my neighbor's plants, turning them brown, which will make my plants look greener by comparison, and I will have a green thumb, metaphorically." He instantly regretted covering himself in paint. "Oh, it's a metaphor, and I wasted all that green paint!"
The gang just finished installing an inflatable farm for the cows.
"Nice job, everyone," Phineas complimented. "Now the cows will have a safe place to live."
"But what will they eat?" asked Baljeet.
"Not to worry. After scientists discovered the existence of frozen water on the moon, Ferb and I began shooting seeds up here, then we added these pocket warmers to melt the ice on the ground."
"But there's no oxygen here."
"That's alright. The grass will create its own oxygen through photosynthesis."
"Yes, but you would still need to…" Before Baljeet could finish that statement, a bunch of green grass grew all around them. "...or not."
Phineas turned to Ferb. "We've got our grass, Ferb. Let's feed the herd."
Ferb blew the cow whistle again.
The cows came out of the ship. Though it took a while for them to adjust to the low gravity, they eventually got to the grass. They used these vacuum tubes to suck it up and eat it.
Candace and her friends had just put on some chef's clothing.
"Your chef hats look so cute," Jenny complimented.
"Yours, too," Stacy replied.
"Mission Control to Moon Farm," said a voice from outside.
"What's that?" Candace asked curiously.
The three went outside to see Django sitting on a small table with a microphone and speaker.
"Come in, Moon Farm," he said.
"This is Moon Farm," came Phineas' distorted voice. "Come back."
"This is Mission Control. Your transmission is a little garbled, but still understandable."
"Hey, Django," Jenny greeted. "What are you doing?"
"Who is that?" asked Phineas.
Before Django could reply, Candace snatched the microphone. "Phineas, you are so busted!"
"Hey, Candace. How's the cooking going?"
"Hey, ask him what we should cook," Stacy suggested.
But Candace didn't need to ask. Phineas heard Stacy.
"Roger that, Stacy," he replied. "Ferb suggests lamb cobbler on account of Jeremy's British background."
"But we don't have that recipe," Candace argued.
"That's okay. Ferb knows it by heart. You girls go to the kitchen and we'll relay the recipe step-by-step through Mission Control."
Seeing no other options, Candace agreed to it.
Doof fired the inator onto his neighbor's garden. For whatever reason, it didn't work.
"Hmm, let me try it on something else," Doof said to himself as he redirected the inator towards Perry. It took a while because of how heavy it was. "Why didn't I put wheels on this thing?"
In the end, it was worth it. He fired the inator, and hit Perry.
That worked. Perry's skin turned dry and wrinkly, and he almost collapsed.
"Now you're Pruny the Dehydrapus," Doof joked. "I wonder why it didn't do that to my neighbor's plants. It must be the distance. I'm not gonna let that guy make me look like a nincom…" He turned to redirect the inator back to his neighbor's garden, only to see it was already turned around… and aimed at him. "Poop."
The inator fired, and Doof became just as dry and wrinkly as Perry.
"I'm gonna go get a glass of water," he said as he walked inside. "Do you want one?"
Perry nodded.
The girls looked at the complete mess that they made.
"This doesn't seem right, Candace," said Stacy. "I mean, four eggs bleeded, one pound of lamp? This isn't even food."
"Trust me," Candace assured. "As annoying as Phineas and Ferb are, they're usually right."
"Phineas and Ferb say, 'three cups of self-righteous flowers'," Django told them from the doorway.
"See, that's what I'm talking about," said Stacy. "What are 'self-righteous flowers'?"
"Roses always seem stuck-up to me," Candace replied.
Stacy was still not convinced. Neither was Jenny.
Doof and Perry had to drink entire gallons of water to restore their bodily fluids.
"That's much better," Doof said. "I was parched. How about you? We should do this more often. This was nice." He then put on a jetpack. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna jetpack over to my neighbor's balcony and see what's going on with those plants..."
He tried to activate his jetpack, only for the exhaust to burn his pants off.
"Right after I change my pants," he finished.
The girls just finished adding roses to the unholy concoction.
"What's next, Django?" asked Candace.
"Phineas and Ferb say bake at 350 for one hour," Django replied.
"Oh no," Candace panicked. "Jeremy arrives in five minutes. What do we do?"
"Relax, Candace," Jenny assured. "It's simple math. Instead of 350 for one hour, we'll cook this for five minutes at…" She used a calculator to check her math. "9,000 degrees. What could go wrong?"
Stacy glared at Jenny. "You know it's an unspoken rule to not say that, ever, right?"
The kids applied these tubes to where the cows' utters were. Milk came out and went through the tubes into a machine. After a few minutes, ice cream of many forms and flavors came out onto the kids' cones.
"Alright, everyone," said Phineas. "Let's dig in."
They used special contraptions to get the ice cream into their suits, that way they could lick the ice cream without removing their helmets.
With one lick, all of them froze with a feeling of delight.
"This is the best ice cream I've ever had," Phineas declared.
Play "Moon Farm"
Oh, that's right
The kids floated in the vacuum of space as they enjoyed their ice cream.
Houston, we've got a situation
Better stay by the phone
It's a brand new lunar taste sensation
Served on a waffle cone
After a while, they all started to hallucinate giant, living ice cream dancing to the beat of the song.
We've got chocolate, vanilla
But we don't have rocky road
It's not that we don't like it
We left the marshmallows at home
I blame Baljeet
Baljeet heard that last bit.
"Hey, what do you mean you 'blame Baljeet'?" he asked, offended.
Well, it was clearly your responsibility
"Where are you getting your information from, Disembodied Reggae Space Voice?"
I have a name you know
"Oh yeah? What is it?"
It's… Disembodied Reggae Space Voice, but you didn't know that, so…
"Oh, look who's sensitive! Besides, Buford could've brought the marshmallows!"
"Hey, leave me out of this!" Buford demanded.
"Guys, we have a limited time here," said Phineas. "Baljeet, could you please stop arguing with the soundtrack?"
"He started it!" Baljeet argued.
It's in the lyrics, man!
End "Moon Farm"
Perry took the opportunity to hit the self-destruct button, destroying the inator. With the job done, he put on his own jetpack and flew back home.
Doof landed on his neighbor's balcony.
"Hey, I've got a question for you," he said. "How do you get your plants so…?"
He touched one of the plants, but it felt weird. It took him a second to realize it was plastic.
Doof then noticed that the man didn't even look away from the plants he was 'watering'.
With one tap, the man fell over, but he didn't react at all.
"Is there something I can help you with, Rocket Man?" asked a voice from behind.
Doof turned around to see his real neighbor staring at him, angrily.
"What's with all the plastic plants and the plastic man?" Doof asked.
"I like plastic," the neighbor replied.
"Oh, so you're just trying to make me look like a fool? Well, I don't need you…"
Before Doof could finish that statement, the jetpack activated on its own, making him fly away.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" he shouted out of habit.
Candace took the concoction out of the oven.
"I've got a bad feeling about this, girls," she said. "What am I gonna do if it isn't even edible?"
Before she could open the pot, she heard a noise outside.
What is it now? she asked herself.
The girls went outside to see that the rocket had landed.
"What's going on here?" Candace asked.
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang, now in their regular clothes, got out of the ship.
"Hi Candace," Phineas greeted. "We brought you some moon cow ice cream."
"I don't care if you brought me ice cream from the moon!" Candace yelled. "When Mom sees the spaceship in the yard, you two will be so busted!"
Inside the ship, one of the cows hit the control button with her butt.
The rocket took off once more.
"So, how do you think our cows will do on the moon?" Phineas asked Ferb.
"Well, photosynthesis will start creating oxygen, and then an atmosphere," Ferb replied. "Our bovine friends will be fine."
"Cool. We know where to go for ice cream." Phineas turned to Candace. "Anyway, how did your cooking thing go, Candace?"
Candace remembered she still had the pot in her hands. She opened the lid, and a bunch of smoke came out. Everyone coughed.
They all looked inside the pot, and they did not like what they were seeing.
Flowers were disintegrated.
The eggs were spoiled.
Worst of all, there was fire coming out.
Candace quickly shut the lid to keep the fire contained.
"Candace, what is this?" Phineas asked, fighting the urge to puke.
"I don't understand," Candace replied. "We followed all your instructions." She flinched as she remembered the one instruction they didn't follow. "Except for the temperature of the oven."
Django glared at Jenny.
"Did you increase the temperature and decrease the timer again?" he asked.
Jenny chuckled in embarrassment.
That told Django what he needed to know. He just smacked his forehead and groaned.
"Wait, there's gotta be more to it than that," Phineas said as he snatched Django's list of notes. He read through it and realized what the real problem was. "None of this is what we told you to do. We said 'four eggs beated, one pound of lamb, and self-rising flour'."
"Oh," the girls said.
That's when Jeremy came in.
"Hey everybody," he greeted.
"Jeremy!" Candace quickly hid the pot. "I… uh, you're here."
"Hey, it's nice you wanted to make something for me. I can't wait to see what you came up with."
While no one was looking, Phineas and Ferb took the pot and replaced it with a container of moon ice cream.
"Here's the thing," Candace said, not knowing what the boys had done. "I'm not sure you'll like it."
She showed Jeremy the ice cream, still thinking it was the unholy amalgamation.
She was shocked to see it was a container of ice cream. She turned to Phineas, who just gave her a thumbs-up.
Candace regained her composure. "Um, ice cream for two."
"Candace, it's perfect," Jeremy assured before he kissed Candace on the cheek.
The two went inside to enjoy their ice cream.
Notes:
This was definitely one of the funnier episodes.
I mainly wanted to do this episode because of the scene where Baljeet argues with the soundtrack. I just wanted to face the challenge of putting that kind of scene into writing. I hope I did okay with that.
Another notable change was the disastrous cooking being more realistic. I know that Phineas and Ferb is supposed to be a highly unrealistic show, it's what makes it unique, but I feel it could use some realism now and again.
And there was the scene with Django and Jenny. I know I say this a lot, but Django and Jenny deserve a lot more than what they got in the show. I hope the revival has at least one episode dedicated to them.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 66: Minor Monogram
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 66
Minor Monogram
Once the alarm went off, Ferb woke up like he always did. He turned to the portrait of Vanessa he had taped to his wall, and he kissed it.
Phineas tried covering his ears with his pillow so he wouldn't have to hear the kissing. The sound went through loud and clear.
Phineas didn't know how he was able to put up with it for so long. Either way, he decided he wasn't gonna put up with it anymore.
Once Ferb was done kissing the portrait of Vanessa, he climbed out of bed to do his usual morning routine.
But Phineas got in the way.
"Ferb, we need to talk," he said, gesturing to the portrait. "You still like her, don't you?"
Ferb nodded, blushing a little bit.
Phineas groaned. "Ferb, this isn't healthy. She rejected you ages ago. Besides, isn't she, like, way older than you?"
Ferb didn't say a thing. He just looked away.
Phineas sighed. "I can't really say anything other than you have to let her go."
After a moment, Ferb finally spoke. "That's not as easy as you think, Phineas."
An idea popped into Phineas' head. "Hey, I know how you can take your mind off of her."
The boys, now joined by Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django, relaxed on top of the tree in their backyard. Phineas noticed some of the leaves were already starting to change color.
"Boy, it seems like summer flies by so fast sometimes," he remarked.
"Yeah," Isabella agreed. "In a matter of time, it'll be autumn."
"Yeah, back to school, baby!" Baljeet cheered, only to earn glares from everyone else. "Oh, you meant that like a bad thing."
"There are a lot of great things about fall," Phineas said, getting back on topic. "Jumping in giant leaf piles, for one."
"Yeah," said Isabella. "They turn such pretty colors in the fall. I love it."
"There's also pumpkin carving," Django added.
Buford nodded. "Yeah, gourds are great."
"I know what we should do today," Phineas decided. "Remember how we did Christmas in July? Well, let's do Autumn in August. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was in his lair, awaiting instructions. However, Monogram was occupied.
"Carl," he called.
Carl appeared on screen. "Yes?"
"Did I ever tell you you're like the son I never had?"
"Really?"
"Yes, because you're so unlike the son I did have. Here he is. Come on over here, Monty."
Monogram's son, Monty, appeared on screen. He was a seventeen-year-old boy that bore a striking resemblance to his father. He had the face, the large nose, and the unibrow. What set him apart, though, was his brown hair and gray hoodie.
"Dad, you know it's embarrassing when you brag about me by belittling others," he said with an embarrassed smile.
"Right." Monogram cleared his throat. "Agent P, you remember my son?"
Monty waved. "Good to see you Agent P."
"Monty just graduated from high school."
"Yes. I've been hoping to follow my father's footsteps and join you in the battle against evil."
Monogram frowned a bit. "You know, son, I've been meaning to tell you something."
"Okay, shoot."
"As you know, my dad was in the agency, but what you don't know is that he pressured me into following his footsteps. I don't want to make the same mistake he did. Monty, you don't have to be an agent. You can be anything you want to be."
Monty rolled his eyes. "But Dad, I do want to fight evil."
"No. I don't want you thinking you have to follow in my footsteps to make me proud."
"Dad, I'm not doing it for that reason. It's just what I want to do."
Carl, having overheard the conversation, decided to step in.
"Sir, if it makes you happy, I can always not be an agent," he said.
"Carl, you're already not an agent," Monogram reminded. "You're an intern."
"Oh."
Perry chattered, reminding everyone he was still there.
"Oh, uh…" Monogram cringed. "Stop Doofenshmirtz."
Vanessa was on the phone with Johnny. He just canceled their date because he decided he'd rather play some video game today.
Obviously, Vanessa was angered by this. "Seriously, Johnny? A video game is more important than me?! That's it! We're done!"
She hung up before Johnny could say anything else.
Vanessa then saw Doof with some guy she didn't know.
The new guy seemed to be of Latino origin. He had short, black hair. He wore a dark gray shirt with a lab coat over it, and beige pants.
"Hello, Vanessa," Doof greeted. "Let me introduce Rodrigo to you. He's starting evil science school in the fall and I'm mentoring him. I'm in mid-ment."
"Call me Rod," said Rodrigo.
"Is that what your friends call you?" asked Vanessa.
"No one calls me that. It's just that you seem rather… unique."
Vanessa rolled her eyes. Expect some random guy to try and flirt with her right after her breakup.
Doof noticed Vanessa's troubled look. "Vanessa, what's wrong?"
Vanessa sighed. "Nothing. It's just… Johnny's such a boy. He has no ambitions, no depth…"
"You always go for the wrong type of guy, those bad-boy types."
"Dad, perhaps you haven't noticed, but you're evil." Vanessa hugged Doof. "But there's good evil and bad evil."
"Exactly."
"So, how do we get all the leaves down anyway?" asked Baljeet.
"Way ahead of you," Buford replied. "Grab an end."
He handed Baljeet one end of a crosscut saw, then he grabbed onto the other end.
"Buford, no!" Isabella shouted. "That's Phineas' tree! That's the tree!"
"Sentimentality or leaves," Buford argued. "You can't have both."
"Au contraire," Phineas retorted. "If you would kindly direct your attention to Ferb…"
Everyone turned to Ferb. With a special machine, Ferb managed to make a bunch of leaves grow on a tiny plant, then change color and fall off, in just one second.
"Anyway, Jenny," Candace said over the phone. "I decided that from now on, I'm going to stop interrupting my life with all these…"
She stopped herself when she saw that the door to the backyard was covered in autumn leaves.
"I'm gonna have to call you back, Jenny," was all Candace said before she hung up.
She walked to the door and tried to look through it. All she could see were leaves.
"Oh, so you think a pile of leaves will stop me from seeing your big project?" she assumed. I thought you were past that.
She opened the door, but the leaves didn't come down.
Seeing no other choice, Candace tried to dig her way through the wall.
The kids stood outside the backyard to admire the big pile of leaves they created.
"Now that's a leaf pile," Phineas remarked.
Doof wrote the word 'backstory' on a blackboard.
"Backstory, backstory, backstory!" he repeated as he tapped the board with a stick. "The backstory is what drives an evil scientist. It is the 'why do they do what they do?'" He tossed the stick on the ground, scaring off some random cat. "My point is, at its best, evil science is like undergoing a deep Freudian analysis."
"Hey guys," Vanessa called. "It's such a beautiful day. I thought maybe we could put the top down?"
"Oh, okay," Doof relented.
"See? You are the best…"
"No tattoo."
"Shoot."
Doof pushed the button, opening the roof.
Then Perry flew in.
Perry
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof smiled. "You've arrived just in time… to be trapped!"
With a push of a button, Perry was trapped in a shoebox. The box opened up to reveal Perry was trapped in a boot.
"Now that's what I call 'getting the boot'," Doof laughed.
"Wow, a real agent," Rodrigo admired.
"See, now that's a trap," Doof said to Rodrigo. "I even made it based on my own daughter's fashion style. Vampire-pilgrim scuba diver."
Vanessa was offended by that statement. "Wait, is that what you think I look…" She stopped when she saw how the boot trap looked almost exactly like her actual boots. "Wait, you made this? What size is it?"
"Excuse the interrupting," said Rodrigo. "But it looks like he can get out pretty easily."
"Duh," Doof replied. "It just needs to hold him long enough for you to get through your evil scheme monologue. At that point, the race is on. Who will win, good or evil? No one can say, except of course, if you go by recent statistics, which, it's pretty much good who wins every time no matter what. Though, if it was that easy, everyone would take over the Tri-State Area, and we'd be forced to, I don't know, decide the rules together by voting or something."
"I see. It's just that I took a few advanced trapping classes, and I was hoping to show you, the master, a few of my little ideas in the hopes that you could critique them."
"Alright, knock yourself out."
Rodrigo took a few tools out of his backpack, then approached Perry.
"Don't worry, little platypus," he said. "When I'm through here, you'll never have to battle this inept loser anymore. You see, I plan to get rid of both of you."
Perry was genuinely horrified.
The kids used a giant balloon to float to the top of the pile.
"Now we've determined that the sweet spot is at the top of the pile," Phineas said.
"Oh, I made gourd helmets, by the way," Buford mentioned. He gave each of them a helmet, each one made from a different type of gourd. "I like to think each individual's gourd helmet captures the unique essence in some way."
Isabella looked at her helmet, disgusted. "Exactly how does this capture my essence?"
Phineas blushed at how beautiful Isabella looked with the helmet on. "Like that's not obvious."
The little door on their platform opened, signifying they were over the drop zone.
"Lady and gentlemen, welcome to 'S'Fall'," Phineas said as they all took hands.
Play "S'Fall"
The kids jumped and landed in the leaf pile.
"Woo-hoo!" they all cheered.
All the trees are ready for shaking
Grab a rake if you're into raking
They landed on a large leaf slide.
Come along, it's ours for the taking
There's a brand new season we're making
As they slid down, Phineas and Isabella held hands with each other. So did Buford and Baljeet.
All the leaves are gold and red
And the sun's still on our head
Once they reached the end of the slide, they plummeted down a leaf-waterfall.
Ferb noticed Django laughing and whooping, and he found it kinda cute.
That feeling pained him. Was it just his mind's way of coping with Vanessa?
Oh, we can have it all
When summer turns to S'Fall
End "S'Fall"
Candace finally made it out of the leaves, only to realize she was on top of a giant pile.
"What are they up to today?" she wondered. "Do they really think they can escape my wrath by hiding in this fun, massive, autumnal leaf pile? Well, not if I can help it."
She went back into the pile to keep looking.
Doof examined the new trap Rodrigo had installed. It was a metallic trap that kept Perry from moving all parts of his body.
"So, how do you feel, Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked.
Perry replied with a painful chatter.
Doof nodded. "Yeah, I thought so."
Rodrigo was taken aback. "Wait, you can understand him?"
"Yeah. You saying you don't?"
Vanessa put on the boot trap.
"So, you didn't by any chance make a left-boot trap, did you?" she asked.
Doof scoffed. "A left-boot trap? Whoever heard of such a thing?"
While no one was looking, Perry managed to activate his watch by pressing it against his restraint.
Monty was just minding his own business when an alarm went off. He turned to the computer to see that it was a distress call from Perry.
"Dad?" he called.
"Yes?" Monogram replied before realizing what this was about. "Uh-oh. Carl, send in Agent H."
"I can't, sir," Carl replied. "You already sent him after Doctor Wexler."
"Oh. What about Agent R?"
"Also gone."
"Agent S?"
"Gone."
"What about…?"
"Every agent has already been sent on a mission!"
Monogram started to worry. "Oh, this is bad."
"I can go," Monty suggested.
"No! I can't have you getting hurt on my watch!"
Monty put a hand on Monogram's shoulder. "Dad, I'll be fine. I know what I'm doing. Trust me."
Monogram still didn't want this, but what other choice did he have? "Fine, you can go. Just be careful. I worry about you."
Monty saluted and ran out to save Perry.
"Using my intimate knowledge of the Tri-State Area," Doof explained. "I have installed, in two precise locations, these."
He pulled a lever, causing two giant towers to emerge in two different areas of Downtown Danville.
"Cool," Vanessa sarcastically remarked.
"I know, right?" Doof replied. "These massive propellers will physically dislodge the entire Tri-State Area from the Earth, and raise it into the air, then refuse to return it until they make me their leader."
Doof pulled the lever again, activating the propellers. The city rose into the air pretty quickly.
"Huh, that went well," Doof remarked.
"Extremely well," Rodrigo agreed.
He pushed a button on his remote. Two tentacles emerged from Perry's trap, and they wrapped around Doof's legs.
"What is this?" Doof asked.
"It's a trap," Rodrigo replied bluntly. "What else would it be? I am taking over your evil scheme, you fool!"
He pushed the button again, pulling Doof closer to him.
Vanessa tried to save her dad, but she couldn't move. She remembered she deliberately put on the boot that was stuck to the floor.
What was I thinking? she asked herself.
"You see, Doctor Doofenshmirtz," Rodrigo explained. "I'm going to manipulate your propellers at precise angles and literally tear the Tri-State Area apart!"
"Hey dummy," said Doof. "If you tear apart the Tri-State Area, what exactly do you have left to take over?"
Rodrigo just laughed. "The world!"
"That's crazy! Like, left-boot trap crazy!"
"Would you get off that?" Vanessa asked, still struggling to get the boot trap off of her. "Making matching boots is normal! You with the one boot? That's crazy!"
"Join me, Vanessa," Rodrigo offered. "And together, we will take over the world. I'll let you get a tattoo. I think boots should go in pairs, like normal people."
Vanessa was absolutely disgusted. "Join you? I don't work for that guy! He's my father, you dweeb!"
"I… thought we had a moment."
"A moment?"
Perry chattered and gave a thumbs-down.
"I know," said Vanessa. "What a dip."
Rodrigo was heartbroken by the rejection, but he brushed it off.
"No matter," he said. "Now, it's time to say goodbye to your beloved Tri-State Area!"
He grabbed the controls and used them to redirect the propellers.
Then, someone flew in and kicked Rodrigo to the ground.
That's when Vanessa finally freed herself from the trap of her own making. The first thing she did was try to release Perry from his trap.
The kids were just enjoying some candy apples when Candace slid into the scene.
Buford quickly gave her a gourd helmet before she could hit her head.
Candace got up and laughed. "I finally caught you! I can see you're…" She trailed off when she realized the kids weren't doing anything crazy. "Eating candy apples. Not something I can bust you for."
"Do you want one, Candace?" Phineas offered.
Since she had nothing better to do, and the search left her hungry, Candace decided she might as well have an apple.
With Rodrigo occupied, Doof managed to grab Rodrigo's remote and release himself.
"At least I can still go on with my plan," he said.
He took control of the levers again, making the propeller towers completely vertical again.
By then, Vanessa finished releasing Perry.
Perry tackled Doof, then he disabled the controls. The Tri-State Area plummeted to the ground.
One of the propeller towers tipped over.
The kids were enjoying their candy apples when a sudden gust of wind blew all the leaves away.
As if on cue, Linda came in and saw a completely normal backyard.
"So it seems you already have snacks," she remarked. "Well, I'll be inside if you need anything. Nice gourd helmets by the way."
Monty finished tying up Rodrigo.
"You got it from here, Agent P," he said.
Perry tied up Doof, then gave Monty a thumbs-up.
"But Vanessa, I thought you liked bad boys," Rodrigo told Vanessa.
"Meh, I'm over it," Vanessa replied. "I think it's time I tried…"
She paused when she saw Monty preparing to leave. He turned towards Vanessa, grinned at her, then flew off.
"A good guy," Vanessa finished, blushing.
Perry saw how Vanessa smiled watching Monty fly away. He put two and two together, and he gasped.
The kids got ready to head home for the night.
"Today was fun," Django admitted, before turning to Ferb specifically. "See you later."
All Ferb could do was watch as Django left the backyard. He smiled and felt all warm inside.
Exactly how he felt around Vanessa.
Ferb went into his pocket and took out a picture of Vanessa.
It felt rough that Ferb was already gaining feelings for someone else, but in the end, Phineas was right. He had to move on.
Ferb tore up the image and threw it away.
Notes:
After so long, we're finally introduced to our final main character, Monty Monogram.
Like I said very early on, I think Vanessa x Monty is better than Vanessa x Ferb, not just because the latter has a big age gap, but because Monty and Vanessa have a lot more chemistry and things in common.
Well, you can bet that I'm gonna do Monty justice. Him and Vanessa are endgame in my version of events.
Since this episode was the first bit of setup for Vanessa and Monty, I figured this would be the perfect episode to have Ferb get over Vanessa.
And to add onto that, Ferb has also realized his crush on Django. I know it's quick, but I honestly don't know a better place to have it happen.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 67: Candace Disconnected
Notes:
So, someone named BoomerGod69 made a review on this story discussing some bad tornado outbreak in 1925. I checked his profile, as one does, and this person makes some pretty weird reviews on stories. Most of the time, they say, "Siri, subscribe to this" or something like this. I honestly get a weird vibe from this guy.
Well, I blocked the guy, as one does.
The thing is, out of all the reviews this story has received on FFN, only TWO of them were ACTUAL reviews, and it frustrates me.
The first one was someone bringing up wikis and TV Tropes, like, it was a THESIS! They didn't ONCE bring up ANYTHING about this story. I kept it at first, but I eventually decided to delete it.
Then there was that guest who wanted me to review that Sherlock Holmes fic. I already mentioned how angry I am at that guy.
Then there was a guest whose review was aimed at an ACTUAL reviewer of this story, Zoryan el Muerto, saying something about how Phineas and Ferb is a bland show. I mean, if you don't like Phineas and Ferb, that's fine, but don't harass other people for liking something you don't.
Then there was Zoyezest, the guy who commented on both on FFN AND here on AO3, saying the EXACT SAME THING, WORD FOR WORD!
Now there's BoomerGod69.
Seriously, do I really need to remind you guys that reviews are all about discussing how you feel about a fanfic, whether you find it great, or think it needs improving in some areas? The fact that people use the reviews to do things like spout hate towards people they don't agree with or just spout random nonsense just baffles me.
So if you can't say anything about my story, not even a "Cool story, keep it up", then just don't say anything, or I won't even bother to read your review.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 67
Candace Disconnected
Candace was on the phone with Stacy.
"I can't believe I lost another one!" she rambled. "I'm gonna go out of mind without it!"
She was interrupted when she heard a knock on the door. Linda came in, phone in hand.
"Candace, I got you something," she said.
"Stacy, I'm gonna have to call you back," Candace said to Stacy, even though she was really just pretending to be using a phone. "My new phone is here." She then jumped out of the bed and grabbed her new phone. "Whee! Gimme gimme gimme! What can it do? Can it play an MP3 and text at the same time?"
As she scrolled through the phone, she realized all it could do was make phone calls. She felt nothing disappointment.
"Candace, you lost four phones in four months," Linda explained. "So I got the cheapest phone I could find. If you lose this one, it's life without a phone for Candace Flynn."
She left the room, leaving Candace to process what was just said.
"Fire in the hole!" came Phineas' voice.
Candace forgot about her phone situation as she went to the window to see what was up. She tripped on her rug and dropped her phone. It flew out of the window.
"No!" Candace shouted.
She got up and looked outside to see her phone had safely landed on a small pile of leaves.
Then a guy in a forklift came into the backyard.
"Hey kid, where do you want these ridiculously heavy lead bars?" he asked.
"Just set them down over there somewhere," Phineas replied.
The man set the bars down right where Candace's phone was.
"On second thought, move it over here somewhere," Phineas corrected.
The man raised the bars. The phone seemed okay, just a small crack.
But then the man ran over the phone, breaking it into a million pieces.
Then, once Phineas was done signing the paperwork, the man backed out of the backyard, running over the phone a second time.
Candace ran down into the backyard. She hoped she was just seeing things and her phone was fine, but that wasn't the case. Her phone was shattered beyond repair.
Phineas and Ferb approached her, having just realized what happened.
"Candace, is that your new phone?" Phineas asked.
Candace nodded glumly.
"Don't worry, Ferb and I can fix it," Phineas assured, taking the phone's remnants. "Give us, say, 38 minutes." He then turned to Ferb. "Ferb, I know what we're going to do before we do the other thing we were gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
"Carl!" Monogram called.
Carl came in. "What?"
"Look, I'm getting messages from some diabolically clever hacker who goes by the sinister initials, 'TTYL'."
Carl rolled his eyes. "That means, 'Talk To You Later'. If you scroll down, you can see that message was from me."
Monogram's eyes widened in realization. "Oh, I see. That's… clever."
That's when Perry entered his lair. Carl got out of the camera view so Monogram could do his thing.
"Sources tell us that Doofenshmirtz is 'ROTFL'," Monogram briefed. "We don't know what that means, but it sounds dangerous."
"Sir, that means…" Carl tried to explain.
"Quiet, Carl. I'm briefing." Monogram turned back to Perry. "You know what to do."
Perry saluted and left the lair.
Monogram checked his phone.
"Now it says, 'Q-Q-Q-Q'..." he said.
"That just means you're on the Q-key sir," Carl explained.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
"But Charlene, I'm waiting for my exercise show to start," Doof argued over the phone. "So I can't pick up Vanessa from class. Why can't you do that?" He sighed. "Fine. I'll do it."
He hung up the phone.
Maybe I can make an inator that'll pick her up for me, he thought to himself.
The boys had just finished building the new phone. Phineas hid it under a tarp in the garage to surprise Candace with it.
"So, it seems you've been a lot nicer towards Candace lately," Ferb remarked.
"What? This?" asked Phineas. "It's nothing. Her phone broke because I wasn't looking, and now I'm fixing my mistake. I don't see what the problem is."
"It's not a problem. Why would you even think that? It's just… surprising, that's all."
That's when Isabella came in.
"Hey Phineas," she greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"We made Candace the best phone ever," Phineas explained, uncovering the tarp to reveal the new phone. "We've revolutionized modern technology. We put all kinds of cool features on it. My favorite is the voice-activated transporter app. Show her, Ferb."
Ferb activated a small movie screen.
"You say 'go to' then specify the name or place you're trying to reach," Phineas went on. "And the phone will take you there. Allow me to demonstrate. Isabella, would you kindly stand over in the driveway?"
"Sure thing, Phineas," Isabella replied.
She backed up as far as she could. Once she signaled she was ready, Phineas activated the teleporter.
"Go to Isabella," he said.
In only a second, Phineas was teleported closer to Isabella.
A little too close. Like, they were right in each other's faces.
"Hey, Phineas, whatcha doin?" Isabella said the second time in a row.
"I'm transporting," Phineas replied, trying hard not to stutter. "Go to the garage."
A second later, he was back in the garage.
"Aw man," Isabella sighed dejectedly.
Then Candace came in.
"Alright, time's up," she said, snatching the phone.
"But Candace, you should really see our interactive tutorial," said Phineas.
"The only thing I wanna see is you, later." Candace heard the sound of a drum, knocking her off guard. "What was that?"
"That was the rimshot app. Are you sure you don't want the tutorial?"
"I'm a teenage girl. I don't need to learn how to use a cellphone. Now, if you'll excuse me, me and my little phonsie-whosie need to make up for lost time."
She went back inside.
"What is this world becoming?" Ferb wondered.
Doofenshmirtz… basement
Doof entered the dark and dusty basement. He stubbed his toe on something, making him flinch.
"Turn on the light, Heinz," he berated himself as he reached for the light switch. "You're not a bat."
The first thing he saw was a robotic head that kinda looked like Norm, only it had a larger unibrow and greasier hair.
"Oh, it's Norm's old head," Doof realized. "I wonder if it still works."
He found the Norm head's switch and turned it on.
"Oh, look who it is," it sarcastically remarked. "It's Dr. Heinz Degree-Purchased-On-the-Internet-With-My-Wife's-money Doofenshmirtz."
"Well, I must say it's good to hear your voice again, too, after so long," Doof snarked back. "I just came down here to get some parts for a new inator."
"Hey, take me with you. I haven't seen you blow yourself up in a long time."
Doof reluctantly grabbed the head. "Alright, Mr. Smarty Pants, let's go."
"Hey, on the way, how about you put on some deodorant?"
"Quiet, you!"
"And I went a whole thirty-eight minutes without a phone," Candace monologued to Stacy over the phone. "Luckily, Phineas and Ferb saved the day by building me this new phone with all these cool new things. I know I'm not letting this thing out of my site."
"Candace, I'd love to hear you finish this, and I'm sure you will," Stacy assured. "But right now, I want to finish this documentary on Easter Island."
Candace chuckled. "Who would ever wanna go to Easter Island?"
Candace blinked, and found herself on Easter Island.
"Wait, how did I get here?" she wondered before she realized the only possible explanation. "Phineas and Ferb!"
Doof had just finished building his newest inator.
"I gotta hand it to myself," he remarked. "I'm a genius."
"Oh, is that what you see?" the Norm head remarked. "Because I'm looking at a lab coat filled with dunkleberries, on top of which, someone has strategically placed a cabbage."
"This is my new inator. I call it the Pick-Em-Up-inator."
"So what's this one do, and where can I hide when it doesn't do it and blows up?"
"All I have to do is enter the coordinates, and launch…"
The inator launched, covering the room with smoke.
"I should've known my dad would be late," Vanessa berated herself.
That's when some weird helmet put itself on her head.
Before Vanessa knew it, she was flying high over the city of Danville.
"Curse you, unknown rocket transportation thing!" she shouted.
Then she landed in front of her house.
"Oh, never mind!" she retracted.
The inator returned to its spot.
"There, it worked," Doof cheered. "Vanessa's been taken home with three minutes to spare."
"That's great," the old Norm snarked. "We can use that time to work on your personality. This time, let's try to bump it up to a C-minus."
"You know, I'm starting to remember why I put you in storage."
That's when Perry burst into the scene.
"Perry the Platypus?" Doof reacted. "What? I didn't do anything wrong today. I just built an inator to pick up my daughter, but hey, since you're here, why don't you join me for today's exercise show? I have a spare headband."
Play "Dance Baby"
Perry and Doof, now sporting headbands and exercise gear, followed the moves of the person on the show.
Dance baby, dance baby, hands in the air
Get down to the store, buy a wicker chair
Sweat baby, sweat baby, wave your feet
Throw off your shoes and dance to the beat
Just dance, baby
Dance, baby
Even Norm 1.0 danced along to the song, and he was just a head.
Wave your arms in the air
Wear sunglasses for the glare
Shake your feet to the beat
Make sure you get a window seat
Sweat baby, sweat baby, soak your hat
Wring it out, take it to the laundromat
Dance baby, dance baby, wave your feet
Throw off your shoes and dance to the beat
Just dance, baby
Dance, baby
Dance baby, dance baby, shake your hips
Go down to the pier and get some fish and chips
Groove baby, groove baby, motivate your limbs
Never eat a cactus if you're out of practice
Doof grabbed a jump rope for the next part of the dance. The dance was one person tie a rope around another.
Shake your feet to the beat, get a window seat
You can feel the heat, and you feel complete
You're popping it, round the clocking it
Everybody talking 'cause you're rocking it
Dance baby
By the end of the song, Perry was tied up.
Why did I get sucked into this? he asked himself.
End "Dance Baby"
"Wait, if my phone sent me here, it could send me back," Candace assumed.
Then a bird grabbed her phone.
Candace ran after the bird. She realized too late that she was heading right for a cliff.
She grabbed onto the edge, just in the nick of time. Now, she was just hanging there.
"Talk about a cliffhanger," she remarked.
Then her phone's rimshot app went off.
Doof offered Perry a sports drink. Perry angrily shook his head.
"Well, since you're tied up, I'll tell you the evil plan I thought of while we were working out," Doof decided. "See, I figured my Pick-Em-Up-inator worked so well, I can mass produce them and pick up everyone in the Tri-State Area." He took a quick drink, then continued. "Then they would have to do what I tell them."
At the OWCA headquarters, Carl was just doing his usual unpaid intern duties when he received a call from Agent T.
"Yes?" he answered.
Agent T showed Candace hanging off the edge of a cliff, screaming.
"Oh no, that's Candace Flynn of the Flynn-Fletcher family," Carl realized. "I gotta inform Agent P. Great work, Agent T."
Perry received an alert on his watch informing him that Candace was in danger. He used his tail to lift a dumbbell and crush Doof's foot with it.
With Doof distracted, Perry untied himself, grabbed the remote controlling the inator, and sent it off to Easter Island.
"Hey, Perry the Platypus?" Norm 1.0 called. "Can you do me a favor and leave the remote here?"
By the time Doof recovered, Perry was already making his leave.
"So that's it, then?" asked Doof. "You're gonna thwart and run?"
Perry tipped his hat and ran out the door.
"Curse you, Perry the…" Doof shouted before his phone rang. He answered. "Hello? Hi Vanessa. Yes, that was me. Listen, I'm in the middle of a second." He set the phone down to finish his curse. "Platypus!" He then went back to the call. "So, how was class?"
Candace couldn't hold on much longer. She let go and plummeted to the ground.
Then this helmet latched itself onto her and lifted her high into the air.
"Well, you were right, Ferb," Phineas remarked. "The most interesting thing we ever built was very tall and very heavy, and that guy from the museum seemed very appreciative."
"I still can't believe it fit in his truck," Ferb admitted.
That's when Candace landed in the backyard.
"Hey Candace," Phineas greeted. "How's your new phone?"
"Gone," Candace replied. "Some bird owns it now."
"I was afraid that would happen. That's why we made a backup."
Phineas handed Candace a second phone.
"You did this for me?" Candace asked.
"Sure," Phineas tried to downplay. "I know how much this stuff means to you."
Candace wrapped Phineas in a tight hug. "I appreciate it."
Ferb shed a single tear watching the wholesome moment. He wiped it away before anyone would notice.
The Pick-Em-Up-inator dropped off Norm 1.0 on Easter Island.
"Finally," said Norm. "A place where a head can be a head. Easter Island, huh? When do the eggs get here?"
Nothing.
Norm groaned. "Where's that bird with the rimshot app when you need him?"
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 68: Delivery of Destiny
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 68
Delivery of Destiny
Paul was just an ordinary man living his ordinary life as a delivery boy in Danville. He had short, brown hair and a small goatee. He wore a red cap, a white shirt, brown shorts, and red shoes.
His first stop, as usual, was the backyard of the Flynn-Fletcher family.
Like always, the youngest members, Phineas and Ferb, were sitting under the tree.
"Hi Paul," Phineas greeted.
"Hey boys," Paul replied. "You ordered 20 tons of building material?"
"We sure did."
"Okay, sign here." Paul tried to hand the boys the pen and paper, but he couldn't feel his pen in his pocket. "Huh, I can't find my pen."
"It's cool. We'll just use the pen you left here yesterday." Phineas took out a pen and used it to sign the paper. "Ferb and I modified it so you won't lose it again."
Paul took the pen and examined it. "What'd you do? Install a homing sensor?"
"Actually, we just put a clip on it," Ferb replied.
"Cool." Paul handed the boys a blue receipt. "Say, aren't you a little young to be building a…" He checked his notes to make sure. "...A city-wide amusement park on a single track?"
"Yes, yes we are," Phineas replied.
Paul didn't know why, but Paul didn't make a big deal out of the fact that two kids were building something as complex as a one-track amusement park.
After all, this wasn't his first rodeo with Phineas and Ferb.
With all that in order, Paul was driving to his next stop.
"Hey, Dad," he said over his headset. "Yes, I just delivered to Phineas and Ferb. Yes, yes they are. No, I left them the blue copy. Dad, I'm not sure I wanna be a delivery guy." He sighed. "Alright, Dad. Talk to you later."
Paul tried turning on the radio to cheer himself up.
"Hey listeners," said the announcer. "The WJOP Party Van is out there somewhere in the Tri-State Area. The first lucky listener to spot the Party Van and say the phrase that pays wins a special prize."
Once the announcement stopped, Paul reached the location.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Paul put the big package on a dolly and carried it inside the building.
"What a weird-looking building," he remarked as he headed for the elevator.
The elevator was out of order. Paul had to take the long way up.
It took hours, but Paul eventually made it all the way up the stairs, all the while without dropping the heavy package.
It didn't take long for him to find his destination. The door to the apartment had the name 'Doofenshmirtz' in bright letters.
Paul knocked on the door.
"It's open!" a voice called.
Paul opened the door…
Only for a tiny cage to drop right above him, trapping him.
Then Doctor Doofenshmirtz showed up.
"Hey, you're not Perry the…" he said to himself before cutting himself off at the last second. "Sorry about that. I was expecting someone else."
Doof pushed a button on a remote, causing the cage to rise up and release Paul.
"It's fine," Paul brushed off. "Happens all the time."
He gave Doof the pen and paper to sign.
"Really?" Doof asked.
"Nope, just kidding," Paul replied.
"Ah. Hey, nice clip."
"Thanks. Nice place. What do you do here?"
"You know, different things, but today, I'm building a Juiceinator." Doof gestured to the large machine at the edge of the balcony. "It's going to turn City Hall into juice."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah. Then, I'm going to take over the Tri-State Area, like you do."
"Well, at least you got a plan. I haven't figured out what I wanna do with my life."
"Don't sell yourself short. Perhaps you could be one of my minions. Not an indoor minion, but one that keeps the coal fires burning."
"I'm not sure that's a step up. Here you go."
Paul remembered what his father told him earlier, and made sure to give Doof a pink receipt, not the blue one.
With that, he left the apartment.
"You should think about that offer," Doof called.
Paul got back in the truck, buckled up, and started the engine.
"'Juice City Hall'," he laughed. "What a character."
He switched to 'drive' and drove away from the building.
He noticed Phineas and Ferb, as well as four other kids that always hung out with the boys, riding some complex ride.
Paul didn't know what it was, but it looked so fun.
And here he was, stuck with his boring delivery job.
"We're still looking for that first listener to spot the WJOP Party Van and say the phrase that pays," said the announcer.
Then Paul felt something hit the back of his truck. He stopped the truck and went out to investigate.
Behind him was none other than the WJOP Party Van. Paul could tell because of the very obvious logo.
"Hey, you're the first listener to find us," said the driver of the Party Van.
"Wow," Paul remarked. "If only I knew the phrase that pays."
The driver rang a cowbell. "Ding ding ding! You said, 'the phrase that pays'. You win the grand prize."
Paul got all excited. "I won! What did I win? What did I win?"
"The band Love Handel will play at your job."
The side door opened to reveal the band, still kicking after all these years.
"You snuck your way right into my heart," they sang in perfect harmony.
"But that's impossible," Paul panicked. "I work on a truck."
Play "He's Driving Safe"
Paul drove to his next destination, while Love Handel played their music in the back.
To put it simply, they just described everything Paul did in song.
Danny:
He keeps his hands firmly on the wheel
A ten and two or nine and three
He signals when he's changing lanes
He's adjusting mirrors so he can see
He's driving safe
Bobbi and Swampy:
He's a safe driver
Paul got a call from his dad.
"We received a complaint from City Hall," the dad informed him. "They haven't received their package."
"Sorry, Dad," Paul apologized. "I had a small delay, but I'm on my way."
Love Handel:
He's on his way
End "He's Driving Safe"
Play "Sci-Fi Speculative"
Unfortunately, Love Handel was the least of Paul's concerns. He had to stop for some random kid crossing the street, and taking his sweet time too.
Danny:
There's a dweeb in the crosswalk, good thing we stopped in time
He's into his computers, yeah, he's into sci-fi
"For your information, it's not 'sci-fi'," the kid corrected. "It's 'speculative fiction'."
Love Handel changed the tune of their song, making it a bit heavier.
Love Handel:
Speculative fiction is such an addiction
Speculative fiction
The boy just narrowed his eyes at Paul. Paul responded with an 'I'm sorry' gesture.
Speculative fiction is such an addiction
Speculative fiction
The kid realized his time was running out and hurried to the other side of the road.
Speculative fiction is such an addiction
Speculative fiction
End "Sci-Fi Speculative"
Play "We're Going to City Hall"
Paul finally reached City Hall.
Love Handel:
We're going to City Hall
Next to the Danville Mall
End "We're Going to City Hall"
Paul hurried out of the truck and gave the package to the mayor.
"You know, Mayor Doofenshmirtz, I just delivered a package to a Heinz Doofenshmirtz," he remarked.
"That's my brother," Mayor Doofenshmirtz explained, sounding like he was anticipating a surprise attack. "Charming man."
"Your box is surprisingly light."
"That's because I just need a box. My cat loves to play with them."
Play "Kitty in a Box"
Love Handel snuck behind the two and played their music.
Love Handel:
Kitty in a box, kitty in a box
Almost as funny as a kitty in socks
"Are they with you?" asked Mayor Doofenshmirtz.
Paul groaned. "Yes, yes they are."
End "Kitty in a Box"
Play "He's Not Sure"
With that out of the way, Paul drove to the next destination.
"So, guys, like I was saying," he said. "I'm not sure if I'm totally fulfilled as a delivery guy."
Danny:
He's not sure that he's totally fulfilled as a delivery guy
He's not sure
"I mean, there's a whole world of things to do out there," Paul went on.
Love Handel:
There's a whole world of things to do out there
Paul looked to his left and saw Phineas and Ferb's attraction was still up and running.
Oh, how he wanted to trade places with them.
Look at those kids
End "He's Not Sure"
"And you guys, what is it you really want?" Paul asked the band.
"We're hungry, and we wanna eat," Love Handel sang, still as perfect as always.
"Fine."
Paul drove off to the nearest eatery.
The nearest eatery happened to be Slushy Dawg. Paul hated this place, but they didn't call it fast food for nothing.
And it wasn't like Love Handel were picky eaters. Paul could just get them their food, and they'd be back on the road in thirty seconds at most.
Or at least, that's what he hoped.
Instead, some random redheaded teenager was in a deep conversation with the employee working there. Something about exposing Phineas and Ferb's big attraction to their mom.
Paul honestly didn't understand what was going on, nor did he want to.
"Candace, I'd really love to help you with your latest endeavor," the employee eventually spoke up. "But I have customers waiting."
Play "We Wanna Eat"
Love Handel:
We're hungry, and we wanna eat
Paul received another call.
"Hey, Dad," he answered. "I'm just stopping for lunch."
His dad told him his next assignment.
"He says we have another delivery for Heinz Doofenshmirtz," Paul informed the band. "We gotta go back to headquarters and pick it up."
We'll take that to go with extra dipping sauce
"Honey barbeque," Swampy specified.
End "We Wanna Eat"
After getting the new package, Paul returned to Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated and went up the stairs again.
By the time he was at the top, he passed out and hit the floor.
Then some woman came out of the elevator.
"They fixed the elevator, you know," she said bluntly.
Paul groaned.
He forced himself off the floor and headed for Doof's apartment.
The first thing he noticed was the hat-wearing-platypus-shaped hole on the front door.
Paul nervously opened the door and looked around.
"Delivery, again!" he called.
"Oh goody, it arrived," Doof clapped his hands. "One last part for my Juiceinator."
Paul handed Doof the pen and paper. "Oh, you're still on the juice thing?"
"Yeah, my giant, menacing machine that I built that will turn City Hall into juice, completely discrediting and embarrassing my brother, the mayor, at his 5:00 PM media event. Step one in my evil scheme to take over the Tri-State Area."
"Wow. You've got a rich fantasy life, don't you?"
"I've been told so. Do you have a pen?"
Paul handed Doof the pen. "Yes, I do."
Doof took the pen and signed the paper. "Wow, if my pen had a clip like this, I'd never lose it."
Paul finally noticed the hat-wearing platypus in the cage he was trapped in earlier. The platypus was digging through his hat for something.
Then, the platypus grabbed the cage bars and shook them aggressively.
"I think your little platypus doesn't wanna be in that cage," he remarked.
"No, he likes it," Doof assured, giving back the pen and taking the package. "Thanks for everything. See you."
Paul was escorted out of the apartment.
He was a little off put by what happened, but he decided not to dwell on it.
That's when Love Handel finally came up from the sixty-five flights of stairs.
"You could've just taken the elevator," Paul joked, getting on the elevator. "You got a song for that?"
"Actually, we do," Danny replied.
"We just climbed up sixty-five flights," the band sang together.
Paul and the band reached their last destination of the day, the OWCA headquarters.
"OWCA," Paul remarked. "That is not a cool acronym."
He found the doorbell and rang it.
The floor under them opened, sending them all plummeting down a chute.
Play "Sliding Down a Tube"
Love Handel:
Sliding down a tube, yeah, sliding down a tube
Sliding, sliding down a tube
End "Sliding Down a Tube"
Once the gang reached the bottom of the slide, Paul found two people working at a station. One appeared to be the head, while the other looked like some regular old intern.
"Uh, delivery," he called.
The intern approached Paul, nervous for some reason.
"Where do I sign?" he asked in a squeaky voice.
"Carl, I know that squeak," asked the boss. "What are you not telling me?"
"Major Monogram, Agent P doesn't have his hat tools. I took them out to clean and repair them." He pulled the tools out of his pocket. "I have them right here."
The boss, presumably Monogram, got stern. "What good are they here? Poor Agent P. He's just a platypus trapped in a cage wearing a tiny little fedora..."
Play "Paul's Revelation Operetta"
Danny played a small tune to go with the tone of the scene.
Love Handel:
A platypus in a fedora in a weird looking building
"Trapped by an evil scientist bent on destroying City Hall," Monogram went on.
Hey, you know that guy
"Wait, I know that guy," Paul realized. "I've seen your friend."
It took you long enough
"All of our other agents are busy out in the field," said Monogram. "If only there was a way to get these tools to Agent P before Doofenshmirtz juices City Hall in seven minutes."
Seven minutes
"Hightail just happens to have a seven-minute delivery," said Paul. "I can get those tools to your friend. I've never used it, but here's the 237 form." He handed Monogram the form. "Sign at the bottom, here's a pen, initial this on page two."
Sign on the bottom
Paul took out a box and had Carl put the tools in it.
It's a regulation box
"And you keep the pink copy," Paul finished. "The blue one's mine."
"Good luck, young man," said Monogram. "We could use someone like you." Monogram turned to Carl. "Carl, why don't we have a soundtrack band?"
Danny handed Monogram a card.
Here's our card
With that, Paul and the band left the headquarters.
Paul drove through the streets of Danville to get to DEI.
"Schedule's gotta wait, Dad," he said over the mic. "I got a special delivery to make."
Love Handel:
Paul's on his way to deliver some tools
To a platypus in a fedora
He's on his way, he's gotta save the day
He's only got seven minutes, wishes he had more-ah
He's on his way, and we're singing what he's doing
So it looks like we might have a new career before us
He's on his way, I guess we are too
From a pop-metal band to a rocking Greek chorus
End "Paul's Revelation Operetta"
Unfortunately, Paul got stuck in traffic.
Right when hope seemed lost, Paul remembered Phineas and Ferb's track. He saw Phineas, Ferb, and their friends were about to pass by.
Paul grabbed a rope, tied the band together, then opened the sunroof. When the time was right, he grappled himself and Love Handel onto the kids' vehicle.
"Hi, Paul," Phineas greeted.
"Don't mind me," Paul assured. "Just hitching a ride."
When the time was right, Paul cut the rope and landed on the balcony of DEI.
"See you, Paul!" Phineas shouted.
Paul rolled right in front of Perry's cage. He gave Perry the package, the form to sign, and the package.
Perry tore open the package and used the tool inside to pick the lock of the cage. He then used Paul's clipboard to hit Doof in the head.
Unfortunately, Doof landed right next to a lever. He pulled the lever, opening a trap door right under Perry's feet.
Luckily, Paul stepped in and wrapped the entire Juiceinator in duct tape.
"What are you doing?" Doof asked.
"Just tying up some loose ends," Paul joked.
"Whoa. Metaphorically and literally."
Perry climbed out of the trap door. He jumped off the roof and activated a hang glider. Paul grabbed onto Perry's feet, and they both flew away.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus and Paul the Delivery Guy!" Doof cursed.
"Paul the Mobile Logistics Technician," Paul corrected.
Doof's building exploded, spreading juice everywhere. That juice melted everything in Downtown Danville, including Phineas and Ferb's track.
Perry and Paul landed right outside OWCA headquarters.
"Excellent work, young man," Monogram complimented. "I know it's unprecedented, given you're human, but how about a job at the agency? What do you say, son? You wanna fight evil?"
"Thanks, but no thanks," Paul replied. "I found out how I can contribute to the world: by being a mobile logistics technician!"
"That's a delivery guy, sir," Carl explained to Monogram.
"I know what it is," Monogram assured.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 69: Sleepwalk Surprise
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 69
Sleepwalk Surprise
How has it come to this? Candace asked herself as she saw Phineas and Ferb just sitting under the tree. Standing here in the backyard, staring at your brothers, waiting? They're gonna do something bustable, I know it.
Her thoughts were cut off when she heard her phone ring. She checked and saw it was Jeremy calling.
It's Jeremy, she thought to herself.
"I know who it is," she berated her inner voice out loud. She then answered the phone. "Hey Jeremy. Yeah, I'm just checking out the situation around here." She covered her phone and turned to Phineas. "Phineas, you got any plans today?"
"Nope," Phineas replied.
"No jetpacks, no volleyball, no 'Where's Perry'?"
"No, nothing yet."
Candace got back to her call with Jeremy. "Yep, I think I'm free. I'll be right over."
She hung up the call and prepared to head for Jeremy's house.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas said, making Candace falter. "Let's build jetpacks and play volleyball."
Candace called Jeremy again. "Jeremy, how about you come over here?"
"Hey, Candace, have you seen Perry?" Phineas asked Candace.
Candace felt as if she was punched in the gut.
Perry sat on the lazyboy and pulled the lever. The cushion below him flipped over, sending him down into his lair. Some change that fell under the seat came down with him, so he made note to return that money to his owners after his mission.
On screen, Monogram seemed to be barely awake. His mustache was a mess, and it seemed he was growing a tiny beard.
"Agent P, I wanna apologize for my appearance," he apologized. "You see, I was up all night monitoring Doofenshmirtz…"
He then fell asleep.
"Sir," said Carl.
Monogram bolted awake. "Building inators. See what he's…"
Then he fell asleep again.
"Uh, I think you can go, Agent P," said Carl.
Perry pushed the eject button. He was launched out of his seat and out of the lair.
Agent P
Candace watched as Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and the Fireside Girls put on their jetpacks and took off.
Ah yes, that's bustable behavior, she thought to herself. You should tell Mom.
"Stop telling me what to do," she ordered her inner voice.
"So, Jetpack Volleyball, huh?" said a voice.
Candace turned around to see that Jeremy had already arrived.
"Looks fun," he said. "You sure you wanna bust your brothers for that?"
Candace's inner voice returned. Mom can't see this if Jeremy is gonna join them. We'll get him in trouble. Let's just not tell her this time.
"Sure," Candace agreed, sweating and laughing nervously.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
"You really think I need aluminum siding?" Doof asked someone on the phone.
Then Perry burst in through the roof.
"Sorry, I have a guest," Doof said before hanging up and turning to Perry. "Well, Perry the Platypus, nice landing. That would kill my knees."
He pushed a button, trapping causing the floorboards to fold and trap Perry.
"Let's talk about what you've been up to, Perry the Platypus," Doof monologued. "You've been sneaking into my lair and building inators in the middle of the night."
Perry was genuinely taken aback by that accusation.
But Doof wasn't buying it. "Don't act all innocent. When I woke up this morning, there was not one, not two, but three inators."
He gestured to the three inators in question.
"If it wasn't you, then who was it?" Doof wondered. "I mean, you and I are the only ones here, which is sad in and of itself, but I didn't build them unless…" He stopped himself as an idea came to mind. "I built them in my sleep. That's fabulous!"
He looked at all the inators to see what they could do.
The first one turned a table into confetti.
"How is confetti evil?" Doof asked himself. "It makes a mess, sure, but it isn't evil."
The second inator turned a chair into a giant cupcake.
"Maybe it's an evil cupcake?" Doof assumed as he licked the frosting. "Yes, chocolate, the most evil flavor in the…" He stopped himself, knowing he couldn't fake it. "Who am I kidding? It's delicious."
Doof was losing hope, but he decided to try the third inator anyway.
"Oh, Norm?" he called.
"Does someone need their spelling checked?" asked Norm.
"No, I just wanted to do this!"
He struck Norm with the inator.
"Who wants a hug?" said Norm.
"Wait, a Huginator?" Doof realized.
"Can't resist impulse."
"No! No!"
Norm wrapped Doof in a tight hug, unintentionally breaking the wall to the bathroom in the process.
Play "Jetpack Volleyball"
The kids took to the skies and prepared the volleyball net.
Just strap on a jetpack, and string up the net, Jack
Gonna serve it to you, so get ready to set back
Candace served the ball, and the game began. The two teams took turns sending the ball back to each other.
Whack, smack, thunder crack
Try to hit the ball back
Dig it, bump it, set it, smack it
That's the way I like it
During break time, Buford decided to use the exhaust of Baljeet's jetpack to roast a marshmallow. Baljeet just crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at Buford.
So, you ain't gonna fall
We're playing Jet, Jetpack Volleyball
The game continued for another round. Jeremy served the ball, but he hit his head against it a little too hard, temporarily making him dizzy.
We're playing Jetpack Volleyball
Jetpack, Jetpack Volleyball
We're playing Jetpack Volleyball
At one point, Buford grabbed Baljeet and used him to hit the ball. This infuriated Baljeet.
The ball flew high into the air.
Candace and Jeremy took hands and flew after the ball. They danced a little and hit the ball hard.
Don't need to be a giant over six feet tall
We're playing Jet, Jetpack Volleyball
The ball plummeted down at a fast speed. None of the kids were ready. When the ball hit the ground, it brought everyone down with it.
End "Jetpack Volleyball"
Doof tried and failed to free himself from Norm's grasp.
"What does this mean?" he wondered. "When I'm awake, I build evil inators that fail, and when I'm asleep, I build nice inators that work? What is my subconscious telling me? It's just so exhausting. I feel like I've been up all night. I guess I have, building nice inators. I'm just… I'm getting sleepy. Dream imminent."
With that, he drifted to sleep.
In his dream, Doof found himself in a weird environment. It was red, and lawn gnomes were scattered everywhere.
Even weirder was the fact that he wore a brown fedora and a tail just like Perry the Platypus'.
"This had better be a dream, 'cause I don't like where this is going," he said to himself.
Linda sat in the living room and read a good novel.
She tried to enjoy it, but she just couldn't.
There was just something itching in the back of her head: the fact Candace hadn't told her an outlandish story about Phineas and Ferb.
That made her suspicious. She shut the book, not caring to mark where she stopped, and headed for the backyard.
"Everything here in Dreamland is so distorted and ugly," Doof remarked before seeing a tiny green gargoyle that looked exactly like him. "Hey, you look familiar."
"I should," said the gargoyle. "I'm the inner you."
"Inner me? Were you the one that made all those good inators?"
"I was trying to help you, you nincompoop! Late at night, I was instructing you how to make the ultimate inator!"
The inner Doof created a vision of the three inators being fused into one.
The inator fired, trapping everyone in Danville park in a giant cake.
The inator fired a second time, and the cake hugged the citizens, trapping them even more.
"Hey, it's just cake," one person pointed out. "We can eat our way out."
But the inator fired for the third and final time, covering the cake in confetti.
"Forget about eating it now," said the citizen. "It's covered in paper."
"Wait, is this a fantasy inside of a dream?" asked Doof.
"Let's put it this way," Inner Doof said before slapping the real Doof hard.
Doof bolted awake.
"Norm, let go of me!" he demanded.
"You're the boss," Norm replied as he released Doof.
"You know, I'm gonna make a plug for you so I can unplug you." Doof turned to Perry. "Perry the Platypus, I just had the freakiest dream. You know those dreams that seem logical while you're having them, but then you wake up and it's like, 'what the heck just happened'? I think I was some kind of 1940s business beaver, and…" He grabbed the three inators and pushed them onto the balcony. "I might as well get these out of my lab and…"
The moment he got them all onto the balcony, he realized this was exactly what his dream showed him.
Before he could act on that, though, Perry finally freed himself and kicked Doof in the face.
With the game over, everyone returned to the ground.
"Wow, this was amazing," said Jeremy. "Is this why you asked me to come over, Candace?"
Candace looked away, blushing and sweating. "Yeah, that's exactly why I invited you."
"I dare you to try that again!" Doof shouted.
And Perry did it again. He kicked Doof and made him hit the machine.
"Well, I did dare him," Doof admitted.
Then a third of the inator fell off the edge.
Candace picked up the volleyball, planning to put it away,
It turned into a cake.
"Okay…" Candace said, feeling a little uneasy.
"Norm, a little help please!" Doof requested.
Norm got onto the balcony. "Who needs a hug?"
Perry jumped off of Doof, tripped Norm, and made him hit the inator. The second part of the inator fell off.
The volleyball net wrapped itself around all the jetpacks, and they flew away.
"What did you do, you big garbage disposal?" Doof asked Norm. "Now two of them are ruined! Might as well just throw the third one off!"
"If you insist," Norm said, not catching Doof's sarcasm.
Norm tossed the last part of the inator away.
"No!" Doof cried.
The jetpacks and volleyball net exploded into confetti.
"This has been a weird afternoon," Candace remarked.
"Candace, what's all this?" Jeremy asked, admiring the scene.
"Uh, it's our…" Candace counted the days it's been since she and Jeremy became official. "Two-week, five-day anniversary."
"Uh, great." Jeremy turned to Phineas and Ferb. "Was I supposed to get her a present?"
The boys were ready for a moment like this. They gave Jeremy some flowers to give to Candace.
That's when Linda came out and saw what was going on.
"So this is what you've been doing?" she asked. "No wonder you didn't call me. You are going to clean this up, though, right?"
Nice going, genius, Candace's inner voice berated. You just busted yourself.
Doof watched as Perry flew away.
"So much for that inator," he thought.
"Tell me about it," said a voice.
Doof turned to see that his inner self was right next to him.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" he asked. "This isn't a dream!"
"Oh, isn't it?" the inner self questioned.
Doof almost questioned himself, but he pinched himself and it hurt. "No, no it isn't."
"Oh, sh…"
The inner self disappeared before it could finish.
What is this life I'm living? Doof asked himself.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 70: Bully Bromance Breakup
Notes:
So, vacation's going great. Sure, I have less time to write and update, but I'm having fun with my family nonetheless.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 70
Bully Bromance Breakup
Baljeet was at the store buying new pairs of underwear.
"Another weekly allowance spent replacing wedgied underwear," he said to himself. "If I had anything left, I would invest in this company."
As if out of nowhere, Buford snuck up behind Baljeet and gave him yet another wedgie. Then, Buford shoved Baljeet behind him.
"Thanks for saving my place in line, nerd," he joked.
"Buford, how did you find me?" Baljeet asked, trying to readjust himself.
"Let's just say the initials are G, P, and S."
"Next!" the cashier called.
Buford went to pay for his stuff. "Just this cheese grater and pack of Tuff Gum."
"What is the cheese grater for?" Baljeet asked.
"You'll see."
"That'll be $4.86," said the cashier. "Do you want it in a paper or plastic bag?"
"Plastic," Buford replied before turning to Baljeet. "Pay the man, propeller head."
By this point, Baljeet was fed up. He tried tolerating Buford's behavior out of love for him, but Baljeet couldn't keep it in any longer.
"That is it!" he snapped. "I can put up with noogies, wet willies, and wedgies, and even the fact that you apparently placed a TRACKING DEVICE on my person but I will not tolerate your ignorant decision to make me pay for your stuff! From this moment on, I am no longer your nerd!"
He then stormed out of the store.
As much as Buford didn't want to admit it, he was stung hard by that statement.
"Fine!" he shouted, fighting back tears. "I was getting creatively stifled with you anyway!" He then turned to the cashier. "And you cost me my nerd! Maybe I'll make you my new nerd!"
Despite the fact the cashier was a thirty-year-old, already balding man, he was genuinely frightened by this ten-year-old taking his anger out on him of all people.
"Wow, you're pressure tactics are quite developed for a youngster," he remarked.
"Yes, yes they are," Buford said bluntly. "But some people don't appreciate that."
"You must be the most intimidating person I've ever met."
Buford felt a boost in pride hearing that.
Nearby, Doof was restocking on food when he overheard a conversation between a kid and a cashier.
"You better believe it!"
"You could probably bully the entire Tri-State Area."
Doof got a little tingly hearing that.
Baljeet entered the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. There, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django were discussing.
"Oh, free!" he cheered. "I am so free! Free to be me, it is me that is free!"
"Hey, Baljeet," Phineas greeted. "You're just in time for what we wanna do today. Where's Buford?"
"Who cares? I am finally free to live my own life. I feel like I can do anything, like, climb a MOUNTAIN!"
"Great. Let's put that energy to work building our next…"
"No, I mean actually climb a mountain. Danville Mountain."
Phineas liked that idea. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry turned on the garden hose. He took a small drink, then stepped in the puddle he created.
He sank through it and landed in his lair. He took off his hat and squeezed it dry.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "We just received intel that Doof has hired an assistant, some muscle if you will. You might say it's something big." He laughed at his own joke, only to realize no one else was laughing. "You know, I once put in a request for some muscle. Got Carl."
"And how many attacks have you had since I came on board?" Carl retorted.
"Well, none, but would it kill you to at least look the part? You look like a preschool crossing guard."
"No need to be hurtful, sir."
Monogram rolled his eyes and got back to Perry. "Good luck, Agent P."
Perry saluted, put on his jetpack, and flew out of the lair.
Agent P
Buford was trying to walk home, but his bully senses were tingling. He looked around for whatever might be the source of his unease, but he didn't see anyone.
He shrugged it off and continued his walk home…
Only to see some pharmacist standing in front of him.
"Hello," said the pharmacist.
Buford jumped and prepared to fight.
"Whoa, easy boy," the pharmacist raised his hands, revealing they were empty. "I'm not here to hurt you. In fact, I wanna help you."
Buford wasn't convinced. "How so?"
"I overheard what that cashier said, about how you could bully the entire Tri-State Area."
Buford was starting to worry, but he hid it with a straight face. "Oh yeah? What about it?"
"What if I told you that you could? All you have to do is join me."
Buford still wasn't convinced. "What's in it for you?"
The pharmacist paused, but only for a moment. "You and I will… have a… new buddy?"
That was all that was needed to convince Buford. "Alright, I'm in."
The pharmacist let out a small sigh of relief, though Buford didn't notice it.
"I'm Buford, by the way," Buford said, offering his hand.
"Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz," the pharmacist replied, shaking Buford's hand.
"Oh, so that's how we're doing it? In that case, I'm Buford Van Stomm, the Bully."
The two headed to a lab coat cleaner shop. Doof had just told Buford why he wanted to dominate the Tri-State.
"I can see how helping you take over the Tri-State Area would afford me many opportunities," Buford said. "But what's with the backstory, dude? I mean, who needs a special reason to boss people around?"
"I never thought about that," Doof admitted. "We'll get started on that as soon as I pick up some fresh lab coats. These have some scorch marks on them."
Buford finally noticed the long line ahead of them. He shoved everyone aside.
"Out of the way, mallet heads," he demanded. "Move it or lose it!"
Doof was impressed by that stunt. "Wow. This kid's always on the clock."
Perry burst into the dry cleaners, only to realize that the 'muscle' Doof hired was Buford.
Perry recognized Buford as a friend of Phineas and Ferb's.
Why Buford would want to work with Doof of all people, Perry didn't know, but he did know he needed to stay out of Buford's site.
"Give Doctor Toothenhurtz his lab coat, bright eyes!" Buford ordered the employee.
"I'm sorry, but we have a line here," the employee argued. "You might wanna use it."
"And you might wanna rethink that." Buford pointed at the employee's cup of coffee. "I mean, it would be a shame if this Double-Dutch chocolate mocha espresso you've been drinking were to, say, I don't know, splishy-splash on those pristeen white lab coats you got there?"
Everyone in the crowd gasped. Even Doof was intimidated.
The employee tried to maintain his stern look, but even he couldn't keep it together. "Fine! Take it and go!"
The employee gave Doof his lab lab coat.
Perry watched from the sidelines as Doof and Buford left the store.
"Who knew after all these years, all I needed to take over the Tri-State Area was some grammar school goon," Doof remarked. "A ham-handed half-pint, a knee-high ne'er-do-well, a pint-sized palooka, a pushy prepubescent."
"Are you done?" asked Buford.
"No, I got one more: a pipsqueak pigilist. Now, I'm done."
"There it is," said Baljeet. "Danville Mountain. My quest lies ahead of me like an unpeeled potato."
"We can help you spin that adventure spud," said Phineas. "May we present, the MegaPants."
Ferb showed off a blueprint.
"No!" Baljeet insisted. "I need to do this myself. That means no inventions."
Phineas felt like he was shot in the brain. Even Ferb was taken aback, dropping the blueprints.
"No gadgtes, no gimmicks," Baljeet went on. "Just pure achievement. It will be great! Let us get going."
Baljeet started running up the hill, but the others stayed there.
"No inventions," Isabella thought. "You gonna be okay, Phineas?"
"Sure," Phineas assured, sweating. "Why wouldn't it be?"
Doof found an empty parking spot, but someone else beat him to it. Buford gave the other driver a menacing glare, scaring him into backing away.
The two ate lunch at a restaurant. When the waiter added an unsatisfactory amount of spice to Doof's food, Buford slammed his fist on the table, making the waiter add more.
After lunch, Doof went to the park to get tanned. When the silhouette of a bird covered Doof's tan, Buford scared it away with a water pistol.
Once the tanning session was done, Doof and Buford headed home. Some gardener was spraying water from a hose onto their path. Buford snapped his fingers, making the water go up.
Baljeet and the gang came across a rickety bridge.
"I don't know," Phineas said desperately. "A couple of hydrofoil unicycles will…"
"Not necessary!" Baljeet interrupted. "Fear is for yesterday. Today, we live!"
Baljeet started running across the bridge…
Then it broke.
Phineas turned to Ferb. Ferb just nodded, knowing what Phineas was going to say.
But Baljeet grabbed the end of the bridge and swung to the other side like he was Tarzan swinging on a vine.
"Well, the bridge is still gone," Phineas pointed out. "Maybe we can use spring-loaded boots, or a drilling machine, or…"
"I'll save you!" Baljeet shouted.
Before anyone could react, Baljeet grabbed them all and swung them across the canyon.
"Who's ready for some free-climbing?" Baljeet asked excitedly.
Baljeet started climbing up the mountain.
Isabella turned towards Phineas and saw him sweating and panting heavily.
"Phineas, are you okay?" she asked him.
Phineas jumped back, screaming. When he realized it was Isabella, he blushed and berated himself in his head for reacting the way he did.
"I'm fine," he said, a bit more angrily than intended. "Let's go."
Phineas followed Baljeet up the mountain. The others just watched Phineas worriedly.
Phineas turned around and saw none of them were following.
"What are you waiting for?!" he shouted, eye twitching. "Let's go!"
The others started to follow. Django noticed that Ferb's eye was twitching as well.
Doof led Buford into his apartment. The first thing Buford noticed was the miniature version of Danville.
"What's with the play set?" he asked, curiously.
"Play set?" Doof reacted. "This is a non-scale model of the Tri-State Area."
"So you play with dolls?"
Doof looked away, sweating. "Maybe, but it also helps me visualize my schemes. It doesn't have to be used with dolls… all the time. Anyway…" He gestured to the building on the model that stood out from everything else. "This is our headquarters, larger for the sake of clarity, and this..." He pointed at the little device on the balcony. "This is my Sculpt-inator. This will scan me and then shoot a beam, which will then care Danville Mountain into a life-like statue of me. Visible for literally miles in every direction. Not scale miles, real miles." He put a statue of a muscular version of him onto the model. "Then, people will see this splendid tower of manliness, they will just assume that I should be their leader. Look how it catches the manly thickness of my neck."
Buford couldn't believe what he was seeing. "That's you?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"I think the cut of your lab coat is working against you."
"I know, right? I've got to talk to my tailor about that."
Buford noticed the model of Baljeet's house. He decided to spit on it out of spite.
"You know, I'm surprised we haven't had a visit from my nemesis yet," Doof remarked. "I'm sure he'll be along. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he gets a load of you."
What Doof didn't realize was that Perry was there. He was just hiding on the catwalk above so Buford wouldn't see him.
The kids, now connected with an anchor, were climbing the steep part of the mountain.
At least, most of them were climbing. Phineas was just curled in a fetal position while the anchor carried him up.
"Hey, Baljeet," he said, on the verge of losing it. "Are you sure you don't need any robotic suction spikes up there?"
"Nope," Baljeet replied.
"What about mechanical lobster claws?"
"Nope."
"Or maybe gas-propelled pinecone grappling hooks, or cybernetically-controlled towing spiders?"
"I'm good."
Buford took a moment to admire Doof's invention.
It made him think of Phineas and Ferb.
Then Baljeet came to mind.
"Surprise!" Doof shouted, snapping Buford out of it.
Buford turned around to see Doof was now wearing a gray jacket and holding a similar jacket that matched Buford's size.
"I got us matching jackets," Doof explained. "It's John Phillips of London Bullywear." He gestured to a case nearby showing highly advanced jetpacks. "Plus, monogrammed jetpacks, Doof and Byoof. We rhyme."
Buford's thoughts faded for a moment as he took the jacket. "Gee, thanks a lot. Wait till my friends get a load of me"
"You won't need friends. You'll be at the top of the heap. It's lonely up there, but it's the top, so it dulls the ache."
But Buford didn't think so.
In the end, he had to realize that he didn't really want to bully the Tri-State Area.
There was only one person he wanted to bully: Baljeet Tjinder.
Not because Baljeet was an easy target, but because of something else.
Baljeet was the first person to look past Buford's act and see him for who he really was: an insecure, troubled boy who wanted to be seen. Buford respected Baljeet for that.
No, this wasn't just respect. This was appreciation.
Baljeet finally made it to the top of the mountain.
"YES!" he cheered. "I beat Danville Mountain! In your cliff face! I cannot wait to tell Buford…"
Then he remembered Buford wasn't there. Baljeet didn't want to admit it, but he felt dejected.
Then the other kids made it.
Isabella noticed Phineas sweating bullets. Django noticed Ferb was sweating too, even if it wasn't as much.
"Okay," she said to Baljeet. "That's enough triumph for one day."
"Yeah, what she said," Django agreed. "Are we done here?"
Baljeet sighed. "Yes."
"Phineas, go!" Isabella yelled.
Phineas ran straight into action. "Ice chalet!"
"If we hadn't been able to invent something soon, I was going to scream," Ferb admitted, joining Phineas.
Isabella and Django followed.
But Baljeet stayed put. He couldn't stop thinking about Buford. All the teasing, wedgies, and noogies, but also the moments of kindness, gratitude, and loyalty.
Play "Hole in my Heart"
Baljeet:
Somewhere out across the skyline
Maybe down some lonely street
There is a boy with anger issues
Without whom I am incomplete
Who will give me wedgies now
Now that we are so far apart?
I have got to get him back somehow
There is a bully-sized hole…
A bully-sized hole…
A bully-sized hole in my heart
Meanwhile, Buford was on the balcony, looking down at the city below. He was also thinking about Baljeet.
Buford:
Who will I give noogies to
And tease for being so smart?
I just don't know what to do
There's a nerd-shaped hole in my heart
There's a nerd-shaped hole…
Baljeet:
A bully-sized hole
Both:
A big, honkin' hole in my heart
End "Hole in my Heart"
"Wait, you're singing?" Doof asked. "I know what that means! You're leaving, aren't you?"
"Sorry, Doothenasia," Buford fake-apologized. "But there comes a time where you don't wanna bully everyone. You just wanna bully someone you love."
He put on his jetpack and flew away.
Doof couldn't help but smile. "Nice kid. Anyways, back to the…"
Then Perry ambushed him.
"You're too late, Perry the Platypus," Doof laughed as he pushed the button. "Make sure to get my good side."
But Perry punched Doof's face right as the inator took his picture.
The inator fired a beam, carving Danville's mountain with Doof's messed-up face.
"No, you ruined it!" Doof cried. "Where am I gonna get another mountain now?"
Phineas and Ferb just finished the ice chalet. Everyone was just sitting in a lounge (which somehow had a fire going without melting all the ice) and drinking hot chocolate in ice cups.
"Nice work," Django complimented, mostly to Ferb. "It's amazing how the cocoa stays hot in these double-walled ice cups."
Ferb looked away. "It was nothing."
"What about you, Phineas?" Isabella asked Phineas.
Phineas was relaxing in a hot tub. "Coming down now. Coming down."
"I myself am so down," Baljeet admitted. "I am in the basement."
That's when the GPS on his person went off.
The door opened, and in stepped Buford.
"Buford!" Baljeet cried, about to hug Buford.
"As much as I'd love a tearful reunion, we gotta get out of here, pronto!" Buford shouted.
"Why?"
"Let's just say, if you want a neck like mine, you gotta start lifting young."
"Before any of us move, I've got one last thing to do."
Baljeet kissed Buford on the cheek. Buford was taken aback by the sudden move.
But what was even more shocking was Baljeet sneaking behind Buford and yanking the back of his underwear. It was the most painful thing ever.
"So this is how it feels," Buford realized. "I am so sorry. Oh, and by the way…" He kissed Baljeet's forehead. "I love you too."
Suddenly, the ground shook and the place started to crumble.
"It's been great sharing this bonding moment with you two, but we need to get off this mountain now!" Isabella shouted.
"Grab a hold of something!" Phineas ordered.
Then the place came apart.
Luckily, the kids grabbed the ends of Buford's underwear and used it as a parachute to land safely.
"Do you ever get used to this?" asked Buford.
"Nope," Baljeet replied.
"I am totally washing my hands after this," said Isabella.
"Twice," Django added.
Perry activated the inator again. This time, he held up a small model of a mountain. The inator took its picture, then struck the mountain, turning it back to normal.
"Whoever would've guessed it," Doof sarcastically remarked. "It's back to normal. Explosion, now."
The inator exploded.
"Yep," Doof said, unfazed. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus. Whatever."
With that, Perry flew home.
Perry
The kids landed in the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Buford, I'm sorry for my outburst earlier," Baljeet apologized.
"And I'm sorry for putting the GPS on you," Buford replied. "Consider it gone."
He tore the GPS off of Baljeet's button. Baljeet's pants came down.
"Yes, this is much less humiliating," Baljeet said sarcastically.
"Don't worry, I'll get the duct tape."
"You mean for my pants, right?"
Notes:
This is it, folks. Buford and Baljeet are officially a couple. I know I didn't make them do a big epic confession, but not all love confessions have to be that way.
I knew this would be the episode where they confess. I mean, the episode is styled like a break-up/make-up scenario.
Another thing worth noting is how Phineas and Ferb acted in this episode. The episode already makes it clear that inventions were like an addiction to them, so I figured I'd make some of my own additions to that.
Last notable thing was including a scene where Doof and Buford actually meet. It just feels weird that we see Doof overhear the conversation between Buford and the clerk, and the next time we see them, they're already friends. I felt it made sense including their actual meeting.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 71: The Doonkleberry Imperative
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 71
The Doonkelberry Imperative
Candace sat in her room in a meditating position. She wore a pyramid-shaped hat, and had plenty of fruit around her.
"Oh, strange phenomenon," she said. "Tell me why you keep making my brothers' inventions disappear. Give me a sign."
There was no response, mystical or other.
Candace groaned as she slammed her fists on the wall. "Why do you toy with me?"
Then a book fell off her shelf. She picked it up to see it was just some science book she was forced to read back in the fourth grade.
If Candace were any other teen, she would've just discarded the book.
But she wasn't any other teen. She assumed this was a sign, so she opened it up to a random page.
'The scientific method has proven to be mankind's most useful tool for understanding the truth behind formerly strange phenomena,' it read.
Ideas started sparking into Candace's head.
Speaking of ideas, Phineas and Ferb were brainstorming ideas in the dining room.
That's when Linda came in with bags of groceries.
"Who's ready for pie?" she asked enthusiastically.
"Doonkelberry pie!" Phineas cheered. "Our favorite!"
Linda sighed. "No, not doonkelberry pie. Everybody's out of doonkelberries. I can't find them anywhere lately."
"Really? Let me check."
"I'll be berry interested to see what you find."
Phineas made the best fake laugh he could. "Good one, Mom." He got on his computer and looked up what he could find. "It seems there are some doonkelberries in… 'Drusselstein'?"
"Drusselstein is a rustic Eastern European country whose primary expert is doonkelberries," Ferb explained.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry went to the front door. A package from OWCA was waiting for him.
With the package was an envelope addressed to Perry. He opened it to reveal a letter written in a language he didn't understand.
What shocked Perry even more, though, was the tiny screen showing Monogram.
"Good morning, Agent P," said Monogram. "And welcome to the field test of our new talking letter. As you can see, it looks like a normal letter except for this strange gibberish text that no one can read, and the obvious fact it's got a talking photo of..." Monogram started to trail off, as if he only then realized how stupid this was. "In hindsight, this was a stupid idea. I mean, we had to mail it last Tuesday, plus, it's really just dumb luck that nobody else picked up this mail first. Well, whatever. Open the box, Agent P."
Perry tossed the letter aside, hoping he could forget what he just saw.
He then got to opening the package. Inside it was a new fedora with a gamsbart on it, as well as platypus-sized pants and suspenders.
"We're sending you to Drusselstein," Monogram explained. "Doofenshmirtz will arrive there this morning and we must know what he's up to. Now this letter will self-destruct."
The letter exploded into tiny bits of confetti.
But Perry could still somehow hear Monogram's voice speaking. "Ow! Oh, and the box as well."
Perry quickly threw the box through the platy-door before it could explode.
What were they thinking with this one? he asked himself.
He brushed it off, put on his outfit and jetpack, and flew off.
Isabella and Django arrived in the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Hey Phineas," Isabella greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"We're gonna build a trebuchet to shoot ourselves to Europe," Phineas explained.
"Cool. Gravity or tension spring?"
"Gravity, prob…" Phineas stopped himself. "Wait, when did you learn trebuchet mechanics?"
"Medieval Siege Engine patch. It was my first one."
Phineas looked away, blushing. "Wow, that's awesome."
Candace went to the public library and found a woman at the front desk.
"Ahem," she cleared her throat. "I'm looking for something on scientific investigation and disappearing objects. Got anything?"
The woman looked through the database. "Let's see. I have, 'Disappearing Objects: A Scientific Investigation'. Sound good?"
"Yep."
"Oh, it's checked out to a… Heinz Doofenshmirtz."
"Yes?" said a voice.
Candace turned around to see Vanessa was there. "Vanessa?"
"Doofenshmirtz, it's my last name," Vanessa explained. "Heinz is my dad."
"Doofenshmirtz? What's that?"
"It's Drusselsteinian."
"Right…" Candace felt stupid trying to pretend she understood what she was told. "I don't know what that is."
"I'm headed over to my dad's house if you wanna look for it."
"Cool."
Drusselstein Department of Motor Vehicles and Goat Registration
When he reached the location, Doof jumped off the ostrich-drawn carriage he was riding.
"Thanks for the ride," he thanked the driver. "Keep the change."
"What change?" asked the driver. "You were hitchhiking."
"It's an expression!"
That's when Perry landed right next to Doof.
"Oh, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted, taking a moment to admire Perry's outfit. "Wow, five seconds and you've already gone native. Well, don't worry. I'm not doing anything evil today. I'm just here to renew my driver's license." He revealed his license, which had a very hideous picture of him on it. "Say, as long as you're here, why don't you stay and keep me company?"
Perry just stared at Doof, clearly not trusting him.
Doof got on his knees and put his hands together. "Please? It's so boring."
Perry smacked his forehead.
Phineas and Ferb got the trebuchet ready.
"You know, traditionally, these things don't have much range," Isabella pointed out.
"Yeah, it's a bit of a cheat to use a warp generator to bend the fabric of space," Phineas admitted. "But I'm sure they would've done it in olden times if the technology were available."
Isabella got what Phineas was saying. "If the trebuchet can't go to Drusselstein, bring Drusselstein to the trebuchet."
With one push of a button, the warp generator behind the kids turned on. The earth bended so that Drusselstein was right above the Tri-State Area.
Phineas released the rope, and the trebuchet launched the kids into the air.
They landed safely on a tree in Drusselstein. They got down from the tree and ignored the woman that was staring at them with a mix of shock, horror, and confusion.
Django felt his leg wobble as he tried to walk.
"That was quite a ride," he remarked.
Then he passed out… right into Ferb's arms.
Ferb felt very conflicted at that moment.
On one hand, he had only recently realized his feelings for Django, and it made this moment really awkward for him.
On the other hand, he couldn't just do nothing.
So, he decided to carry Django in his arms until he woke up.
Phineas noticed Ferb's predicament and gave him a teasing smile.
"Not one word," Ferb warned.
It was a bit of a walk, but the kids found a stand that sold what looked like doonkelberries.
"Here it is," said Phineas. "This may be the only place in the world to get doonkelberries right now."
"That's because I have my own doonkelberry field," the guy working the stand explained. "So when I need more, I pick more."
"What about exports?"
"Well, the canning facilities shut down after the shaft stopped working."
"Shaft?"
"All of Drusselstein runs off of the central shaft." The man pointed at the shaft that was right above them. "Or at least, it used to. Drusselstein's a long, narrow land, the only country in the world where a central shaft makes any sense, except maybe Chile. At the end of the shaft was an exercise wheel powered by thousands of rabbits. The rabbits turned the wheel, the wheel turned the shaft, and the shaft turned everything else. It was a miracle of 16th-century science, today. It powered our washing machines, our blenders, our schwingel presses, and of course, it ran all the country's doonkelberry processing plants. The rabbits couldn't keep up, so we decided to upgrade from rabbits to a more powerful source of energy: goats. We set them up a differential on each side of the shaft that the goats might walk upon the ground, but the Leftsiders set their goats walking clockwise, and the Rightsiders set their goats walking counter-clockwise, so the shaft couldn't turn."
Phineas processed the entire story, and an answer to the problem hit him like a bus going 400 miles an hour. "But the solution is so obvious. Just have one side turn their goats around."
"Yes, but we are a proud people. In our culture, turning our goats around is the mark of a coward. Neither side will back down, so it is, never has it been in Drusselstein…" The man stood dramatically as he finished his statement. "Land of the Shaft!" He then calmed down. "I'm done now."
Then came the sounds of constant shouting and gibberish.
That was enough to wake Django up.
"What's happening?" he wondered.
"The five o'clock demonstration has begun!" the man panicked.
The kids walked farther along to see a bunch of civilians gathered in two separate crowds. They were all throwing tomatoes and insults at each other.
"Isabella, how would you like a conflict resolution patch?" Phineas asked Isabella.
Isabella responded with a smile.
After what felt like hours, Doof finally made it to the front desk.
"Yes?" the receptionist asked.
"I want to renew my driver's license, please," said Doof.
The receptionist examined the license. Doof noticed the skepticism on her face.
"What's with the look?" he asked suspiciously.
"I'm afraid you'll have to be…" the receptionist replied before taking a breath. "Recertified!"
Doof gasped. "No, that means…"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"You will have to take the…"
"Don't say it!"
The receptionist flashed a light on herself for dramatic effect. "The driving test!"
"There must be some mistake."
"Your instructor will meet you out back. Next!"
Doof headed to the door with a sense of dread.
"Hold my hand, Perry the Platypus," he requested. "I'm scared."
Perry could tell by the way Doof reacted that he didn't want to do this. He didn't know what the problem was, but Perry could tell it was bad.
"Looking for books at my dad's place," Vanessa sang to the tune of the DEI jingle.
"Why are you singing that?" Candace asked, confused.
"It's just something we do."
Candace looked around the place. "Ooh, swanky. It's all science-y here. I know my brothers would love this."
"Yeah, my dad's kind of an amateur inventor. I think I saw some books over here."
On the table in the middle of the room was a pile of random books and parts.
"Here we go," Vanessa said as she picked up the machine parts. "We can just scatter the rest of these anywhere. What was that book called again?"
"Uh, 'Disappearing Objects: A Scientific Investigation," Candace replied, also putting away parts.
Neither of them noticed the parts activated. They fired lasers everywhere, making certain objects disappear.
"'Disappearing objects'?" Vanessa wondered. "You mean like socks?"
"More like…" Candace corrected. "Roller coasters, escalators to the moon, giant mini-golf, stuff like that just disappears."
"Does that happen often?"
"You would not believe."
Vanessa laughed. "Try me."
Isabella picked out a representative from each side, and had them both sit at a table.
"So let's recap," she said. "You Leftsiders don't wanna turn your goats around?"
"I believe we made our position clear," the left representative said, clearly annoyed.
"And you Rightsiders won't turn your goats around either?"
"This point is non-negotiable," said the right representative.
The screaming and name-calling started again.
"Wait, wait!" Isabella raised her voice. "I think we can solve this, but we're gonna need a certain tool."
Candace went to the balcony of the apartment.
"Wow, this place is just made for scientific inquiry," she remarked. "Hey, cool telescope. I bet I can see my house from here."
She looked through the telescope to see her house front and center.
And, as always, there was something weird in the backyard.
"It's another stupid invention," Candace realized. "Thank you, Mr. Scientific Instrument."
Doof and Perry got in the car that was on top of the highest hill in the area.
"Thanks for coming along, Perry the Platypus," Doof thanked. "You know, having me around makes me feel safer. You know, in this circumstance."
"Heinz Doofenshmirtz," said the instructor. "Do you attest that you take this driving test of your own free will?"
"Yes."
"Then you may go."
"Wait, I'm not ready. Let me psych myself up. Just a few breathing exercises."
Doof started breathing, a bit heavier than intended.
"We have a choker!" the instructor shouted.
Some nearby goat bumped the back of the car, sending it plummeting down the hill.
Play "Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz"
Doof tried and failed to swerve past the coming traffic signs.
Turn, yield, halt
If you fail, you'll know who's at fault
When the car reached the bottom of the slope, it hit the ground and bounced into the air.
Of a vehicular assault
As you're doing the Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz
When the car landed, it started going on slightly better roads. It didn't mean the car was easier to control, though.
Doof tried using the pedals and the gear shift, but in his panic, he only made things worse.
He tried drinking coffee to feel better, but because of the swerving, none of the coffee landed in his mouth. Instead, it got all over Perry.
Gas, shift, brake
Drinking coffee's a big mistake
Then, the car went across a lake, splashing some nearby fishermen.
Try not to plunge into the lake
When you're doing the Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz
When they got into the neighborhood, Doof decided it would be a great idea to call his family and tell them it'll be a while before he gets home.
At the same time, he checked the rear-view mirror to see a large truck a short distance away from him.
Use two hands when you steer her
Then check in the mirror
He turned behind him to see the distance was a lot shorter than he thought. He decided it would be a great idea to activate his horn to get the truck to slow down.
What you see may be nearer
Don't lay down the horn
After evading the big truck, Doof noticed a bit of food was stuck between his teeth. He started to floss, then he looked in front of him and saw a crossing guard directing people trying to cross the street.
See the traffic cop bossing
Pedestrians crossing
Never drive when you're flossing
You'll wish you weren't born
It was a mystery how Doof managed to avoid running over a single civilian.
That dumb luck didn't comfort Perry, though. He applied extra safety belts for protection.
Belt yourself
Only way to protect your health
Even then, Perry still didn't feel safe. He felt the need to start writing down his will, even though he had nothing for his host family to inherit from him.
Leave your friends all your hard-earned wealth
If you croak when you're boldly embarking
Doof attempted a parallel park and crashed into a wall. He then ran over a kitten, fell off a cliff, bounced some more, and landed right next to the finish line.
And parallel parking
And passing the written
Look out for that kitten
No time for high-fiving
You're barely surviving
The dangerous Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz
End "Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz"
"I think I did okay," Doof said, though not even he was convinced.
It didn't help that Perry was shivering right next to him.
The kids stood on a high platform while the crowds kept fighting.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Phineas shouted over a megaphone, getting their attention. "After careful consideration, we believe we have come up with a solution that will satisfy everyone."
"We will not be satisfied!" a Leftsider yelled.
"No compromises!" a Rightsider shouted.
Phineas smiled and gave Ferb a thumbs-up.
Ferb grabbed a giant saw and cut the shaft in half. Both sides started going in opposite directions.
All the citizens started to cheer.
"You have brought peace to our land," one person declared. "Surely there's something we can do for you."
Phineas and Ferb looked at each other, smiling and nodding.
"Yes, yes we would," Phineas said.
The kids got on a trebuchet and prepared for the journey home. The man from the stand provided them with doonkelberries free of charge.
Phineas activated the generator, bending the earth once more.
"You know, it's lucky they had a trebuchet provided for us," Isabella remarked.
"Yes, yes it is," Phineas agreed.
Ferb noticed Django curled in a ball and shivering, clearly still traumatized from the last ride.
Ferb held onto Django and allowed him to lean on his shoulder.
Phineas saw what was happening and smiled, this time being genuine about it.
Candace called Linda like always.
"Hello, Mom," she said. "I bet you can't guess why I'm calling."
"I don't know," Linda replied sarcastically. "Did the boys build a giant amusement park for leprechauns?"
"I don't know what it is, but if you simply look in the backyard, you'll see it."
She didn't notice that she leaned her arm against the machine's 'fire' button.
"Okay, Candace, I'm looking," said Linda. "And..."
What she saw in the backyard was something she wasn't expecting.
Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and Django were standing there with a box of doonkelberries.
"I do see it, Candace," Linda said over the phone. "And it's actually amazing."
Candace almost fell off the balcony. "What?"
She looked through the telescope again. As always, the thing in the backyard was gone. Instead, Phineas, Ferb, and their friends were handing doonkelberries to Linda.
Candace somberly walked out of the apartment.
"Thanks, Vanessa," was all she said.
"Wait, what about the scientific method?" asked Vanessa.
"It's flawed."
Doof somehow managed to get his new car onto the trebuchet.
"Thanks for everything, Perry the Platypus," he thanked. "And don't worry, I'll pay for the dry-cleaning of your clothes. See you back home. I'm taking the trebuchet."
Perry gave Doof a 'thank you' grin, then flew off on his jetpack.
Doof got in the car and activated the trebuchet.
He landed right in front of his apartment in a matter of seconds.
Doof didn't know how he got there, but either way, he was grateful something good happened to him for once.
"Thank you, conceptual elasticity of space-time," he said.
The kids had just finished eating their pie.
"Anyone want more?" Linda asked.
"No thanks," Phineas replied. "It's delicious, but I'm stuffed."
"Me too," Isabella agreed.
"I think it's gonna rain," said Linda. "It's really overcast out there."
Phineas realized he forgot to put the earth back the way it should be. He grabbed the remote and pushed the button, and everything was as it should be.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 72: Meapless in Seattle
Notes:
I just saw the trailer for the new season of Phineas and Ferb. BEST thing to come out of 2025 so far!
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Chapter Text
The Chronicles of Meap
Chapter 72
Meapless in Seattle
"Ready to go?" Candace asked Stacy and Jenny.
"Sure," Jenny replied.
"Are you sure you don't wanna, you know, bust your brothers, first?" Stacy questioned.
"Yeah, I've been spending all my time worrying about Phineas and Ferb. I used to have other things to worry about, like, 'What? Jeremy's going to be there?' I just need to broaden my anxieties."
Stacy chuckled. "Yeah, I guess if you're gonna have an unhealthy mind frame, it might as well benefit me and Jenny."
"Now, the mall is waiting," said Jenny.
"And no more worrying about Phineas and Ferb," said Candace. "I mean, if I did half the things they do, I'd get so busted."
She stopped herself once she finished that statement, a brand new idea coming to mind.
Stacy opened the door, then noticed Candace just standing there.
"I lost you, didn't I?" she assumed.
"Girls, if I do what Phineas and Ferb are doing, I would get busted, and them along with me!" Candace explained. "A sacrificial bust!"
"We almost got you…"
"I can take the hit…"
"Out the door…"
"But they'll never see it coming."
"To the mall."
Candace laughed like a cartoon villain.
She then headed to the backyard. She passed by Linda, who was practicing French.
"Mom, if you need me, I'll be outside with Phineas and Ferb!" Candace said, dragging her sentence to get the point across. "If you have time, feel free to pop outside and check out what we're doing, okay?"
"Okay, honey," said Linda. "Oh, and could you take out the trash while you're at it? It's over by the door."
"Sure thing, Mom."
Candace grabbed the trash bag and walked outside.
"Okay, Phineas and Ferb," she said. "What are we gonna do today?"
Candace's answer came in the form of two giant pillows squishing her.
"Oh, sorry Candace," Phineas apologized. "We're having a giant pillow fight."
Candace freed herself and saw that the pillows were held by two cranes attached to little cars controlled by Phineas and Ferb.
"Perfect," she said. "Move over, Phineas. I want a try."
Phineas got a little suspicious. "Why?"
"Oh, come on, Phineas," said Ferb. "Candace hasn't been busting us as much lately, and she has joined us quite a few times."
Phineas tried to speak again, but then he realized Ferb had a point. He got up and let Candace take the wheel.
"You know who would love this?" he asked in an attempt to change the subject.
"Yeah yeah yeah," Candace interrupted. "Say, 'Where's Perry?'"
Phineas blushed a little bit. "That wasn't what I was gonna say, but yeah. Where is Perry?"
Perry was in his lair as usual.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Doctor Doofenshmirtz is on the move. We've tracked him to Northwestern Washington. We need you to get up there and see what he's up to…" Monogram suddenly jolted in pain. "Ow, my back! Carl!"
Carl got behind Monogram and cracked his back.
"By the way," Monogram said. "I want your hat on my desk!"
Carl cracked Monogram's back again.
"Because it rains a lot in Seattle, and I'd like to spray it with this new water-proofing treatment," Monogram continued. "Which reminds me, we've installed new unbreakable glass on your lair monitor. Go ahead, try it out."
Perry begrudgingly grabbed the chair and threw it on the monitor. The chair shattered on impact, but not the monitor.
"Hmm, better order that unbreakable chair too, Carl," said Monogram.
With that, Perry left to do his mission.
Perry
Ferb and Candace played against each other while Phineas watched.
That's when a spaceship came down from the sky and landed right in the backyard.
Phineas recognized that ship in an instant. "It's Meap."
Meap jumped out of the airlock.
"Meap!" he shouted in a panicked voice.
Phineas could tell something was wrong. "What is it?"
As if to answer that question, something else started to plummet into the backyard. Luckily, everyone got out of the way just in time.
The thing that came down turned out to be a giant robot.
"What is that thing?" Phineas asked.
"Meap!" Meap replied before putting on his translator mustache. "RUN!"
Phineas and Ferb didn't need to be told that twice. They made a run for the exit, right as Isabella came in.
"Hey Phineas," she greeted as usual.
But Phineas grabbed her before she could say, 'Whatcha doin?'
Candace was too focused on her plight to see what was happening.
"Mom, check out all the fun we're having!" she called.
But the robot stepped over the house, getting its foot caught on the cords holding the pillows. Candace was swept away before Linda came out.
Luckily, the giant pillows ensured Candace a safe landing at the front of the house.
"What's going on?" she asked the others.
"Run!" was all Phineas said.
Candace finally noticed the robot, and she screamed.
They all made a run for it. Meap dropped his translation mustache in all the chaos.
Luckily for the kids, the robot got tangled in the boys' invention. It fell to the floor and exploded.
Linda went out to the backyard to see nothing there.
Not even Candace.
Linda brushed it off and got back to her French lesson.
"The spaceship is right behind you," the guide said, before repeating it in French.
Unbeknownst to Linda, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Candace, and Meap were all climbing onto the spaceship, which was right behind Linda.
"Hey look, there's Mom," said Phineas. "Bye Mom, we're going to outer space."
"Your children are climbing in the spaceship, now," the guide said, before once again repeating it in French.
"Oh, for the love of…" the guide said, now starting to sound frustrated. "Would you turn around?!"
The translation into French sped up a little.
"When is that even gonna come up in a conversation?" Linda wondered.
Candace recorded a video on her phone.
"Hey, Mom!" she said. "I am flying away on an alien spaceship with Phineas and Ferb!" She turned the camera so that it was facing the boys. "I am so busted!"
Phineas was shocked to see what Candace was doing.
No, 'shocked' wasn't the right word. He was flabbergasted.
"Candace, did you just say that you were busted?" he asked.
"Yes, yes I did," Candace said nonchalantly.
Phineas' jaw dropped.
Meap put on a new translation mustache, this one being a light brown mustache with a goatee to boot.
"I beg your pardon for all the hustle and bustle, kids," he apologized in a Southern accent. "It's just that my planet needs your help."
"We'd do anything for you, Meap," Phineas assured.
"In a rather large nutshell, here is my problem. You see, where I come from, cuteness is valued above all else, and the source of our planet's cuteness is a very rare element called Cutonium. A very long time ago, back in the days of Yore, a gentleman by the name of Zachariah Yore, discovered a hidden underground vein of pure Cutonium. Yore used this highly concentrated Cutonium to turn himself into a being so dadgum cute, that no one could refuse him anything he desired. As we all know, absolute cuteness corrupts absolutely. Yore quickly became a greedy, evil tyrant, who, after a great war, was eventually removed. After the war, pure Cutonium was deemed too dangerous, and the last of it was gathered up in a special container and blasted off the planet into deep space. However, a week ago, our scientists discovered a long, long dormant trail of cuteness leading away from our planet into the direction of Earth. Children… and Candace, I need your help. Someone else wants to lay his hands on the Cutonium, and we have to find it first."
"No problem. Ferb and I can build another cute-tracker with these parts. Of course, this time, we'll have to adjust the settings to ignore your cuteness."
Isabella just glared at Phineas.
"Oh, and yours too, Isabella," Phineas assured, blushing brightly.
"I don't need your charity," Isabella said before turning to Meap. "So, how bad is this guy we're up against?"
"I think you're already acquainted with the scoundrel in question."
Mitch had his robots pick up the dropped translation mustache and put it on him.
"Ha!" he laughed. "Those kids will lead me right to it, just as I planned!"
The robots gave Mitch a look signifying they didn't believe him.
"What?" Mitch asked. "That was my plan!"
The robots gestured to the destroyed robot.
"Yes, even that was part of the plan!" Mitch shouted defensively. "You know, I can deactivate the both of you and two more just like you will take your place."
The robots backed down and applauded.
Mitch smirked. "That's better. Now, let's go after those kids before they get too far ahead of us."
Play "Big Mitch"
Mitch summoned his spaceship and got on.
He's Mitch
But some people call him Big Mitch
The robots followed Mitch onto the ship, and they flew off.
End "Big Mitch"
"I don't get it, Meap," said Phineas. "Did Mitch escape from prison?"
"Well, we come from a cute-based society," Meap explained. "By law, the hardest judicial sentence we can pass down is a timeout."
Phineas and Isabella just looked at each other.
Then Phineas saw that Ferb finished building the tracker.
"Nice work, Ferb," he complimented. "The Cute-Tracker 2.0 is up and running."
"So where are we headed?" asked Candace.
Phineas looked at the map. "It says that the Cutonium is somewhere in… Seattle."
"How will we know when we get to Seattle?"
The answer to Candace's question came in the form of the bright sunny sky turning dark and stormy.
The gang landed somewhere in the middle of the city.
"According to this," said Phineas. "The Cutonium is buried somewhere around these abandoned coffee houses."
"Well, it feels like the Unearthing Ancient Material patch I earned is finally gonna pay off," Isabella remarked.
"Great. Let's find us some Cutonium."
Phineas and Ferb quickly constructed bulldozers, drills, and other devices to dig holes in the earth around them.
In a matter of seconds, the entire area became an excavation site.
Candace took a moment to record everything.
"Look, Mom!" she said. "We're digging up the entire Northwestern United States! You okay with that?"
On the other side of Seattle, Doof was sitting in a cafe and reading the newspaper.
"Ah, Seattle, my home away from home," he remarked. "And to think Perry the Platypus has no idea."
He looked out the window to see that Perry was right there.
Doof jumped back, screaming. He then ran to the bathroom and tried to sneak out through the window.
Unfortunately, Perry somehow beat Doof to the back alley.
Doof tried to run, but he tripped and fell into a small pit.
He turned around to see that Perry was just standing there, menacingly.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof said, trying and failing to act normal. "How long have you been…?" He then noticed a familiar panda show up with two small cups of coffee. "And look at that, it's Peter the Panda. What a coincidence. It's Seattle… his hometown."
Perry tightened his glare.
"And look at that," Doof went on. "He's got two coffees, one of which is definitely not for me because…"
He accidentally hit the dirt, revealing a strange metal cup.
Doof picked up the cup without hesitating. "Mine is right here."
He opened the lid and chugged the cup's contents. He couldn't describe how it tasted, but it definitely wasn't coffee.
A second later, Doof started to scream in pain as his body glowed a bright purple.
Perry and Peter covered their eyes to avoid getting blinded.
When the light faded, they saw Doof was now the size of a baby. His eyes were exaggerated, and his voice was even higher than it already was.
"That's just great!" Doof shouted. "What kind of world are we living in, where a guy can't down the contents of a mysterious urn found in a trench without undergoing major physical transmogrification, really?"
That's when some giant alien dropped down from the sky and grabbed the cup.
"At last, my Cutonium is…" he said before realizing the cup was empty. "Empty?"
"Hey, you're standing on my lab coat!" Doof yelled as he forced himself free.
The alien turned towards Doof and picked him up. "Oh no. Did you actually drink the Cutonium?"
"Oh, that's what it was? I totally cannot recommend it."
"Well, you're cute alright, but you should have become completely irresistible. How homely were you before?"
Only then did Doof finally recognize who this guy was. "Hey, you're that Mitch guy from space! Put me down, you best-friend stealer!"
"Well, I suppose one container of Cutonium is as good as any other. Wanna go for a ride? That will be fun, yes it will."
Mitch was about to carry Doof away, then he noticed Perry and Peter were still there.
"Dispose of them," he ordered his robots.
"Wow, you're strict," Doof remarked.
The robots went to deal with Perry and Peter, while Mitch carried Doof to his ship.
The tracker went off.
"The cuteness is coming from over there," Phineas said, pointing to somewhere close by. "And Mitch has it!"
"My word!" Mitch shouted. "Something must be done, y'all!"
"Soon, the world will be mine!" Mitch declared.
"If you don't put me down…" Doof warned before some crane scooped him up.
The kids carried the source of the cuteness to them. What they saw was a baby in a lab coat.
"Aw, he's so cute," Isabella remarked.
"Definitely the source of the cuteness," said Phineas. "Let's take him back to the ship."
The kids grabbed the baby and brought him onto the ship.
"Come on, punch it, Meap!" Phineas ordered. "Let's get out of here!"
They flew out of Seattle, but Mitch just followed them. He rammed his ship onto Meap's ship.
Candace fell out of the open airlock. Luckily, Ferb grabbed onto her.
Candace decided to take the opportunity to record again.
"Hi, Mom!" she shouted. "Look, I'm in mortal danger! Say hi, Ferb!"
She turned the camera so it was facing Ferb. He stared at her with a deadpan expression, but he waved anyway. He then pulled Candace back onto the ship.
"Whoo, that was close," she sighed with relief.
Phineas cleared his throat, getting Candace's attention.
"What were you thinking back there?" he asked. "In what world would it be a good idea to record yourself getting into a life-threatening situation?! Also, why are you emphasizing yourself and not me and Ferb?"
"What do you think?" Candace replied. "I'm busting myself."
Phineas' eye twitched. "So you're willing to get yourself in trouble so long as it gets me and Ferb in trouble too?"
Candace started to feel hesitant. "Yeah?"
Phineas' anger started to go up. "This is really disappointing, Candace! I've come to expect a lot more from you! I guess this is what I get for getting my hopes up!"
Ferb and Isabella grabbed onto Phineas' shoulders. Phineas realized what he was doing and took some breaths to calm down.
"Sorry," he apologized. "I did it again."
"No, it's fine," Candace assured, feeling guilty. "You're right, that was dumb. No, dumber than dumb."
That's when the ship got caught in a tractor beam.
"Hold on, children!" Meap ordered. "This ship is jumping like a junebug on a hot chicken."
Doof didn't know what was happening. He just laughed and cheered like any baby would if they were on what felt like a fun carnival ride.
Then he and Meap flew out of the airlock.
"Well, my little friend, it looks like we're about to meet our untimely demise," said Meap.
"Speak for yourself!" Doof retorted. "I'm gonna try to land on you so you can break my fall!"
After what felt like a whole day, Doof and Meap were still falling.
"My word, we've been falling for a long time," Meap remarked.
"Oh, a joke about the line break," Doof said frustratedly. "Yeah, that's how I would like to spend my last few seconds."
Meap fell through the roof of the space needle. His mustache came off.
"Oh, his mustache fell off," Doof laughed. "That's definitely weird."
Then he was grabbed by the mechanical arm of a ship piloted by none other than…
Peter and Perry
"Oh, nice try," said Doof. "But the mustache thing was still weirder."
Unfortunately, Mitch returned and caught Doof in a tractor beam.
"I'll be taking that," he said. "Thank you very much."
Meap landed on the roof of the tower. He saw the kids on his ship, clearly looking for him.
"Meap!" he called.
The kids saw Meap and picked him up.
"Meap, we lost him," Phineas explained. "Mitch grabbed the Cutonium. Do you know where he's going?"
Meap shattered an emergency glass case, revealing yet another translation mustache.
He put it on and spoke in a British accent, "He's heading back to my home planet. I must warn them." He picked up a communicator and spoke into it. "Red alert! Red alert! Mitch has the Cutonium and he's on his way there. You must rally the troops and head him off at the Evil Fortress. This is war!"
"Meap?" came a voice on the other end.
Meap chuckled in embarrassment. "Whoops. Forgot I had this thing on." He took off his mustache. "Meap!"
Perry and Peter followed Mitch's ship to a planet on the other side of the galaxy.
Peter used his ship's extendable arm to grab onto the wall of Mitch's hideout. Perry them used a device to melt a hole in the wall so they could get inside.
The gang reached Meap's home planet. They admired how colorful and beautiful the place looked.
"Meap, your planet is so cute," Isabella remarked, before she noticed the one spot that was dark and devoid of color. "Except, I guess, that evil looking fortress under an ominous cloud."
"Unfortunately, that's where we're going," said Meap.
"So, uh, do we have a plan or are we just gonna go willy-nilly and barge into that scary place?" asked Candace.
"You know, willy-nilly barging is a plan of sorts," Phineas pointed out.
Mitch brought Doof to one room in particular.
"Here we are," he said. "The extraction chamber."
"Wow, you have a room reserved for extracting things?" Doof sarcastically remarked. "That… really comes up often in your life, doesn't it?"
Mitch had his robots strap Doof onto the extraction table. "Look, I don't have to justify my life choices. Do you?"
"You know, you can drop the whole 'bad guy' spiel. I'm actually willingly going along with this, in case you haven't noticed."
Mitch laughed as he formed balls of energy with his hands. "When the extraction is over, then you will see just how bad I can…" Then his hands caught fire. "AAH! Put it out!"
One of the robots quickly grabbed the fire extinguisher and put out the fire.
"Okay, that was embarrassing," Mitch admitted. "I'm going up to prepare the machine while you two finish up here. Personally, I hate the smell of extraction."
Doof heard that and started to worry. "Wait, what does it smell like?"
The kids got ready for the coming battle.
"Meap, why are you taking the mirrors?" asked Isabella.
"Better safe than sorry," was all Meap said in response.
"Okay."
"I don't know, Phineas," Candace said hesitantly. "That door looks pretty solid. Are you gonna try to hack the locking mechanism or crack the code sequence?"
"Yes, yes I am," Phineas replied. "I think the sequence is, 'push the big red button'."
He pushed the button, and, like he predicted, the door opened.
The Cutonium was completely removed from Doof's system. His body was as it should be.
"You know, that wasn't so bad," he admitted. "In fact, I rather enjoyed long portions of that process. Extraction, who knew?"
That's when Peter and Perry appeared.
"Wait, Peter the Panda and Perry the Platypus?" Doof reacted. "You came here to rescue me? How nice of you."
Then Mitch's two robots showed up.
Perry and Peter flipped the table, sending the robots back and releasing Doof at the same time.
"Wow, this is some rescue," Doof remarked.
The three made a run for the exit right as more robots came in.
"Yes, my machine is fully charged with Cutonium!" Mitch smiled.
"Hold it right there, Mitch!" came a voice.
Mitch turned around to see Meap and the kids standing on a high balcony. "Meap, how did you get there?"
"With the help of Team Phineas."
"I never agreed to that name," said Candace.
"You're too late!" Mitch declared. He took off his armor to reveal his tiny, yet still menacing body. "Not even you can stop me from becoming the cutest being in the universe."
"I didn't know you could do that," Phineas remarked.
"Neither did I," Meap agreed.
Mitch turned to his armor. "Don't just stand there! Get them!"
The armor, as if it had a mind of its own, went to do as it was told.
And it went the wrong way.
Mitch brushed it off. "Well, when he eventually arrives up there, you are in big trouble. In the meantime, behold the creation of the most adorable creature in the universe: me!"
He pulled a lever, activating a cannon. He was struck with a bright purple beam.
"Oh no, he's done it!" Meap realized. "Whatever you do, don't look at him!"
Everyone covered their eyes.
Well, everyone except Phineas.
What he saw was cuter than anything he could imagine.
Doof, Peter, and Perry ran down the hallway. Doof noticed that he was running in between Perry and Peter.
"Hey, I just realized something about myself," said Doof. "Apparently I can run faster than a panda bear, but not as fast as a platypus. Who knew? You really do learn things about yourself in times of crisis."
It seemed like they would finally make it out…
Then the door opened to reveal a robot holding two energy scythes.
The thing that piloted the robot was a certain balloon with a face on it.
"Balloony!" Doof realized. "Chill, guys, Balloony and I go way back."
Balloony swung his weapon at Doof.
"Uh, it's been nice catching up, but…" Doof said before making a run for it. "Run! I think I misjudged his devotion!"
The door burst open to reveal an entire army of Meaps.
The moment they laid eyes on Mitch in his current form, they all froze and stared in awe.
"Aw, look at the little guy," said Phineas. "What's the fastest way I can transfer all my assets into his name?"
Meap swung into action. He used a mirror so he could look at Mitch's reflection and not be affected.
Mitch saw Meap and fired a blast from his mouth. Meap closed his eyes and fired his own beam. Both of their lasers clashed together.
Phineas couldn't help but find that cute. "Aw, they're blasting each other with cute death rays."
He didn't notice that Mitch's armor was currently chasing everyone else.
The robots had grabbed Perry and Peter. Doof was in a corner using a shield to block rays from other robots.
"Balloony, don't let me go like I did with you!" he pleaded.
The shield shattered, leaving Doof defenseless.
"Balloony!" he cried. "Whatever happened to us?"
He closed his eyes and braced himself…
But nothing bad came of him.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Balloony was fighting off all the robots.
"Balloony!" Doof smiled. "I knew deep down you were still my best friend! Think of all the good times we could have now that we…"
One of the robots recovered and fired a laser right at Balloony's head.
The armor powered down and fell to the floor.
"Balloony, no!" Doof screamed as he held Balloony's deflated head. "Balloony, stay with me! I'm not gonna let you go this time!" He started to cry. "I can feel my heart popping."
Perry and Peter just stood there and watched. Peter had no idea what was going on, but Perry felt a bit of sympathy given everything Doof had been through.
Isabella watched through the reflection of a mirror as Mitch managed to corner Meap.
"Oh no, Meap needs us!" she panicked before finally noticing Phineas' current condition. "Phineas, snap out of it! Meap is down! He's been out-cuted! What are we gonna do?"
The moment Phineas laid eyes on Isabella, he felt this warm sensation cover his entire body. It was enough to free him from Mitch's control.
"Isabella," he said. "Wait a minute. We've had a secret cute weapon all this time: you. How could I not have figured this out sooner? Mitch is only cute on the outside, but your cuteness goes right down to your core."
Isabella couldn't help but smile at the sentiment. "Phineas, do you really think I'm cute?"
"It's a scientific fact." Phineas kissed Isabella's cheek. "You can do it, Isabella. Just be yourself."
Isabella wanted to squeal and return Phineas' kiss, but she knew there were more pressing matters at hand. She went to confront Mitch.
Ferb and Candace, who just dealt with Mitch's armor, teasingly smiled at Phineas.
Phineas realized what he did, and his face turned as red as a tomato.
Isabella grabbed the rope and swung towards Mitch. She landed with a dramatic pose.
"Hey Mitch!" she called, getting Mitch's attention. She gave him an overwhelmingly cute smile. "Whatcha doin?"
Meap was pushed back with so much force that he coughed the Cutonium out of his system, reverting himself back to normal.
The army was free from Mitch's control. They all cheered.
Meap took Mitch's translator mustache and put it on himself.
"Children, you did it," he said in his normal voice. "You saved not only my planet, but the entire galaxy from Mitch's adorable, yet evil, plan. On behalf of my people, I thank you."
"It was our pleasure, Meap," Phineas assured.
Candace saw Mitch try to sneak out.
"Oh no you don't!" she shouted.
She grabbed Phineas' blaster and shot the big red button. It shattered, shutting the door on Mitch.
"Great work, Candace," Meap complimented. "He's going to get a serious timeout now. Fifteen… no, sixteen minutes."
Meap took the kids back home.
"Well, it sure is great to be home," Phineas said as they all got off the ship. "Thanks for the ride, Meap."
"Friends, I can never thank you enough for helping me save my planet," said Meap.
"Our pleasure. I think we all learned a valuable lesson today…" Phineas turned towards Isabella, blushing. "But we all know what it is, so why waste our time restating it?"
"Yeah, yeah we did," Candace agreed as she deleted all the footage off of her phone. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Doof just sat in his apartment, sulking, when Perry came in.
"Oh, Perry the Platypus," he said. "There's nothing to foil. I'm still down about…" Just then did he realize that Perry was holding a patched up Balloony. "Balloony!"
Doof teared up as he hugged Perry and Balloony.
Perry shed a small tear of his own, but he wiped it away before Doof could see it.
Notes:
Bet you weren't expecting Phineas to make the first move, were you? The kiss in Second Dimension doesn't count because of the memory wipe.
I knew from the moment I started writing this fic that this would be the episode where Phineas would sorta confess to Isabella. It's just that, it feels like in every teen drama or will they/won't they, it's always the girl that makes the first move, rarely the boy. I decided to change that.
I'm sure some of you were expecting, maybe even hoping, it would happen, but Phineas did show frustration towards Candace for not really taking anything seriously. I haven't really had Phineas lash out at Candace since the "GET ON THE TRIKE" scene back in the "Summer Belongs to You" episode, because I wanted this season to be all about the relationship between the two improving. Well, this episode proves that while things have definitely improved, there will always be bumps in the road.
And there will be even more bumps from here.
A part of me wanted to do a sequel to this fic to tackle the new seasons, as well as episodes of the OG seasons that I wanted to do in this fic but ended up swapping out for other episodes, but I decided against it. This has been a very big fic, featuring 104 chapters, so the sequel would also have to be 104 chapters to fit with the "104 Days of Summer Vacation".
The thing is, I want to do more than just rewrite Phineas and Ferb episodes. Hell, I want to do more than just rewrites, because that's all I've really been doing as of late. I want to go back to writing "What Ifs" and crossovers like the fics I made back when I first started posting.
Anyway, I better stop now. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 73: Cranius Maximus
Notes:
Sorry for accidentally posting a chapter of my Riverdale fic onto this story. I don't know how I let that happen.
I hope this makes up for it.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 73
Cranius Maximus
"I've got a feeling that today is the day," Candace said over the phone. "Even as we speak, my brothers are planning something dangerous, disguised as playing cards!"
Outside, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Django, and Buford were just playing cards. There was nothing else to it.
That's when Baljeet showed up.
"Sorry I'm late," he apologized.
"That's okay," Phineas assured. "Deal him in, Ferb."
"Who came up with cards anyway?" asked Buford.
"They were invented by ancient Babylonian traders and merchants," Baljeet explained.
"Actually, the Babylonians had been defunct as a distinct culture for millennium, prior to the introduction of trading cards in India," Ferb corrected.
Baljeet jumped up, screaming, "That is right! Three months of summer vacation, and I am losing my edge!"
"Has it really been three months?" asked Buford. "'Cause it feels like it's been triple that amount."
Baljeet didn't pay attention to that remark. "My brain is atrophied! It needs exercise!"
He walked out with a sad look on his face.
"Gang, I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas decided.
"And Perry?" asked Buford.
"Who knows?"
Perry was at the Flynn-Fletcher antique store.
"Here we have a marvelous 16th-century wardrobe," Lawrence showcased to a random visitor. "We had one just like this when I was a schoolboy, and inside it was a strange land with wonderful woodland creatures."
The guest just laughed it off. "You English and your fantasy worlds."
Lawrence chuckled. "Can I show you some end tables?"
The moment no one was looking, Perry put on his hat and went into the wardrobe.
The wardrobe revealed what seemed to be a snowy forest in another world…
But it was just his lair covered in snow and Christmas trees.
"Hello, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Sorry about the trees. They were leftovers from Christmas and we didn't have anywhere else to store them. Oh, and also, the AC is on the fritz, so pardon all the frost. Anyway, all over the Tri-State Area, keys are disappearing. Businesses can't open, freeways are ground to a halt, citizens can't get into their homes, and I for one would really like to get into the executive washroom. It's got a waterfall. You wave your hand and the water just sort of… well, it's cool." He forced himself back on track. "Stop Doofenshmirtz, quickly!"
Perry saluted and left to do his mission.
Baljeet returned to the backyard with two printed sheets in hand.
"Look at this!" he demanded as he showed one picture. "This is my brain during the school year…" He then showed the other picture. "And this is my brain now."
"Uh, they look the same," said Isabella.
"I know, but it took me three minutes to remember how to give myself a CAT scan. I am flipping."
"Not to worry, Baljeet," Phineas assured. "We've done a bit of cerebro-stimulatory haberdashery since you left."
For once, Baljeet didn't understand what Phineas just said. "Huh?"
"We made a hat for your brain," Buford explained, a little annoyed, yet also concerned. "Boy, he is slipping."
Phineas tossed Baljeet a helmet. "Try this."
Baljeet barely caught the helmet, and he put it on.
"What does it do?" he wondered.
"It stimulates your brain," Phineas replied.
Ferb flipped a switch, activating the helmet.
Baljeet could already feel his brain cells springing back to life. "Oh my."
Candace saw it all from her bedroom window.
"An electric bike helmet?" she assumed. "Lame." She then called Stacy. "Hey Stacy, you and Jenny still want to go to the pool?"
"So, Baljeet, how many subatomic particles do you suppose are in that dandelion?" Phineas asked, pointing at a random dandelion.
Baljeet picked the dandelion, examined it for a few seconds…
Then he wrote a very complicated geometric equation on the fence.
"Two-point-seven-three-two times ten to the 26th power of particles," he answered. "But I could not tell you the exact location of any of them because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle."
"Wow, I guess it works," Phineas remarked.
Doof went to his closet to grab a lab coat.
Then Perry leaped out of said closet and kicked Doof to the door.
"Perry the Platypus?" Doof reacted. "You could've at least waited for me to put my pants on. That would've been polite."
Perry looked away, guiltily.
"And do you know what we do to rude people around here?" Doof went on as he pushed a button.
Perry got trapped in a water-soluble capsule.
Doof finally put on his pants. "And there's not enough platypus spit in the world to get you out of it. Hop this way. Let me show you what I'm up to."
Only then did Perry realize he could bounce in his trap.
Well, this is… something, he thought to himself.
Doof led Perry into a closet filled with nothing but keys.
"Keys, keys, keys!" he rambled. "Master keys, skeleton keys, latch keys, skate keys, I love keys! You know, take it from me, once you've accidentally locked yourself in a milk can filled with cockroaches for a couple of hours, you'll… develop a real appreciation."
They got on an elevator which brought them up to the roof.
"However, collecting keys takes forever, so I've invented the Key-Findinator!" Doof showcased. "Cool, huh? Soon, I will be able to open any door in the Tri-State Area, but my keychain is enormous." He somehow managed to pull a giant keychain out of his pocket. "It weighs a ton, and anyone could hear me coming. What I need is one key that opens everything: the Key to the City. My pompous brother is always handing it out to some yokel of dubious qualifications. Well, today, it's going to be this yokel of dubious qualifications."
He pointed at himself for clarity.
Baljeet was still at it, coming up with new complicated problems to solve. Not even Phineas and Ferb could top him.
"This is great!" Baljeet cheered. "With my stimulated brain, I am dreaming up all sorts of projects!"
"Great," said Phineas. "Picked out a favorite?"
"I have. You see, the greatest impediment to making astronomical observations is our atmosphere. It's like looking through pea soup, so to make our terrestrial telescopes more effective, I'm going to take all of Earth's atmosphere, and place it on the moon!"
"Um…" most of the kids hesitated.
"Sounds… suffocate-y," Buford said bluntly.
"Oh, I will disintegrate that bridge when I come to it," said Baljeet.
"But Baljeet, if the atmosphere is gone…" Isabella tried to say.
But Baljeet wasn't listening anymore. "And it is so simple! I can use an ion coupling device to attract each atmospheric molecule to the second greatest gravity source, which, in this case, is the moon, and after the initial impact, the particles will bounce up into lunar orbit."
Despite everything, Buford was enamored by Baljeet's ramblings.
He is so hardcore, he thought. I am so in love with him right now.
By this point, Baljeet was already more than halfway done with his big contraption.
"Hey, Baljeet, can I talk to you for a second?" asked Phineas.
"Of course," Baljeet replied. "I will use small words."
"So, we were hoping that we could talk you out of transferring the earth's atmosphere to the moon!"
"On the day of my greatest triumph?"
Phineas noticed Baljeet's eyes were starting to act weird. "Well, we were thinking it would be sort of a hollow victory, you know, with everybody not being able to breathe anymore!"
"Science marches on."
"Okay, thanks." Phineas turned to the rest. "Brain booster. In retrospect, not a good idea."
"Yeah, brain boy has had enough stimulation for one day," Buford agreed.
He tried to disable the helmet, but the generator that controlled it was surrounded by a tiny barrier.
"Hey, what gives?" asked Buford.
"That is to make sure my work will not be interrupted by creatures who cannot understand it," Baljeet explained.
"Aw, I was so looking forward to art school," Django admitted.
"We're going to have to get into that tower," said Phineas. "Any ideas?"
After a while, things at DEI started to get boring.
"So, uh, the Key to the City's ceremony's not starting for a while," said Doof. "So we got time. Oh, and I just realized I'm wearing a white lab coat and I'm leaning back against a black tire. That's… I might have to change."
Doof got up to reveal a black mark on the back of his lab coat.
Perry was absolutely speechless.
Baljeet finally got his little HQ set up. It was shaped like a giant pair of underpants.
With the advanced technology he installed, he was able to listen in on the kids' conversation.
"How about we each get a weapon and attack him from all sides?" Phineas suggested.
"Baljeet is way too smart to fall for a trick like that," Isabella argued.
"Plot all you want," said Baljeet. "I have my eye on you. None of you can stop me from stripping away the earth's atmosphere. Oh, the thing I will be able to see."
The kids had placed cutouts of themselves and hid a cassette tape behind them to distract Baljeet.
They were actually going through an underground tunnel.
"Alright, gang," said Phineas. "This is our chance to attack the Atmospheric Device."
"He's bound to notice that," said Isabella.
"Exactly."
"This is just busy work, isn't it?" asked Buford.
The kids put on some jetpacks and flew out of a sewer hole.
This didn't go unnoticed by Baljeet.
"Jetpacks?" he asked. "I thought you were…"
He finally figured out that the kids he was seeing in the backyard were just wood pulp effigies.
"Clever," Baljeet remarked. "But not clever enough."
He then started to dance around as a song began.
Play "Big Brain"
Be careful where you tread
You got me seeing red
I'm a mental thoroughbred
All the secrets of the universe are in my head
When the kids were close enough, Baljeet pushed a button. It activated a cannon that trapped all the kids in bubbles.
You won't get very far, I want to see the stars
Maybe later on, I'll build a rocket to Mars
Now you're gonna feel the pain
'Cause you're taking on the big brain
Somehow, the kids managed to escape the bubble trap. Baljeet was confused, but he just brushed it off and continued his dance. He even created holographic backup dancers to dance along.
You're looking like you're dragging your cerebral feet
I know that you're all mental midgets, so I'm gonna repeat
I'm using little words to make it plain
Ain't no taking on the big brain
Baljeet tried to net the kids, but they all narrowly avoided it.
No hope of taking on the big brain
There's no use taking on the big brain, yeah
I said you're taking on the big brain
He's a big brain
End "Big Brain"
Baljeet finally trapped the kids in a tractor beam.
"Time to strip the atmosphere from our planet, and allow an unobstructed view of the cosmos," he said.
He activated his device. Dark storm clouds gathered above, blocking out any and all sunlight.
Doof noticed the storm coming.
"Wow, great evil weather, isn't it, Perry the Platypus?" he remarked. "It's so dramatic. Ooh, the ceremony should be starting now."
He redirected his Key-Findinator so it would grab the Key to the City.
Then it started to rain. The water melted Perry's trap.
"See, I told you it was water soluble," Doof said.
Perry went straight to attacking Doof.
"Only a few more seconds to my greatest triumph," Baljeet said with excitement. "Wonder what I will do tomorrow?"
"Attention Baljeet!" came Phineas' voice. "Prepare to surrender!"
"Surrender to whom, exactly? You are frozen!"
"Are we?"
Upon closer inspection, Baljeet realized it wasn't the kids he caught in his tractor beam. Instead, they were life-sized models of the kids.
"That's not possible!" Baljeet panicked. "I mean, clearly it is possible, but highly unlikely!"
That's when he felt someone kiss his forehead. He turned around a second too late.
Buford managed to remove the helmet from Baljeet's head, exposing his over-expanded brain.
"Oh, that's so gross," Buford said in disgust, but also a little intrigue. "But it's kinda awesome."
Baljeet's brain shrunk back to normal size.
"Something is different," he said. "How did you get in here?"
"We dug in from under the base while you were busy with our jetpack decoys," Phineas explained.
"I do not understand."
"Well, remember when we made life-sized models of ourselves this morning?"
"No."
"It pays to show up on time," Ferb remarked.
"I will get an alarm clock," said Baljeet.
"Two minutes to atmospheric transfer," said the computer.
"Oh, it is too late!" Baljeet panicked. "I do not know the controls anymore."
"Didn't you build a failsafe or something?" asked Django.
"Yes, of course! The key is right on that…"
Baljeet gestured to where the key should've been, only to realize it wasn't there.
"Here it comes!" Doof smiled as the Key to the City landed in his hand. "At last, I, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, can open any door with…" He finally noticed the key's unusual size. "You know, I can't believe it's so cartoonishly big. It's almost like it's not a real key."
Perry reactivated the Key-Findinator to send all the keys back. He then hit the self-destruct button, blowing it up.
"Well, it doesn't matter, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "I got what I wanted: this giant key… which, now that I think about it, is too big to fit through any door."
Perry let out a small chuckle, tipped his hat, jumped off the balcony, and activated a parachute.
Baljeet paced back and forth, screaming and flailing his arms.
Isabella rechecked the hook to see the key was right there.
"Baljeet, is this it?" she asked.
Baljeet noticed the key and sighed with relief. He then took it and inserted it into the keyhole, disabling the device.
With the device depowered, the clouds went away and the sky turned back to normal.
The kids got out of the device.
"We gotta do something about that helmet," said Isabella.
"No, no we should not," said Buford.
Everyone turned and saw Buford was wearing the helmet. He already constructed a giant metal arm.
"Behold, the Ultimate Wedgie Machine!" he shouted.
The other kids slowly backed away.
Baljeet groaned. "I almost end the world one time…"
Buford used his wedgie machine to grab Baljeet's underwear-shaped lair. Both machines launched into the air, taking the helmet with them.
Candace, now dressed in a bathing suit, came out just in time to see what was happening.
"I'm not even gonna ask," she said.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 74: Sipping with the Enemy
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 74
Sipping with the Enemy
Lawrence entered the backyard to see Phineas, Ferb, and Buford discussing something.
"Hello boys," he greeted. "What are you doing?"
"Hey Dad," said Phineas. "We're telling Buford about phone booths."
"And I'm not buying it," said Buford.
"Oh no, they're real," said Lawrence. "They were tiny rooms where you could talk on the phone in private."
"Yeah, and you have to put coins in them to use them," Phineas added.
"Speaking of coins, what's this here?" Lawrence reached behind Phineas' ear and pulled out a coin. "It's a quarter."
"How did you do that?" Buford asked, surprised.
Lawrence smirked. "A magician never reveals his secrets."
He then left the boys alone.
"Your dad has some neat tricks," Buford remarked.
"Nah, I just keep a bunch of coins stashed behind my ear because he likes it so much," Phineas said, pulling a few more coins out from behind his ear.
"Hey, I can do it too."
Buford reached behind his own ear and pulled out a plastic ear.
Then Baljeet appeared from behind Buford.
"Mind flip," he said, flailing his fingers around.
"What are you doing, Baljeet?" asked Phineas.
"I'm his hype man. Check him out!"
Buford smiled.
"That's great," said Phineas. "You can be a hype man for all of us, because I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Ferb?"
Buford's mouth opened up to reveal he was actually a suit Ferb was wearing.
The real Buford was standing behind Phineas.
"Ta-da!" he said. "I switched my body for a dummy of myself that Ferb climbed into when you looked away."
"Mind flip!" Baljeet repeated.
Vanessa was in line for coffee when she noticed a familiar boy standing behind her.
"I know you," she said with a grin. "Didn't you fly off of my dad's roof?"
"You're gonna have to be specific," the boy said smugly. "I fly off of so many roofs."
"Really?"
"No, just the one. Of course I remember you. You're Vanessa Doofenshmirtz."
"And you're Monty Monogram."
"Yep."
"Should we even be seen in the same room? I mean, our dads being sworn enemies and all."
"What can I get for you two?" asked the guy at the front desk.
"Cappuccino with chocolate powder and a ginger scone, please," Monty and Vanessa said together.
They then smiled at each other, blushing.
The employee saw this and grinned. "And two straws, no doubt."
"Putting aside the fact that our fathers are sworn enemies," said Monty. "Wanna have those cappuccinos together?"
"Sure, sounds cool," Vanessa replied.
Perry was in his lair.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "I guess we're getting a bit of a late start. Our sources say that Doofenshmirtz is on his way to Steam Noir, the hippest coffee house in town. We need you to get there before he arrives, and stop him from doing anything, you know, nefarious. I've got a word-a-day calendar."
Perry put on his jetpack and flew away.
Vanessa and Monty were now sitting with each other.
"It's awesome that we ran into each other," Monty remarked. "Can you imagine the look on both our dad's faces if they saw us together?"
Vanessa chuckled. "I'm surprised your dad hasn't put some kind of spy camera on you."
"Yeah. Where's your dad's Date-Ruinator?"
"So this is a date?"
"Well, isn't it?"
"Maybe. Do you usually have coffee with the daughter of your dad's sworn enemy?"
"No, just girls whose roofs I've flown off of."
"Oh, so now I feel special."
"Yeah, I don't just fly off any roof, you know. I've got standards."
"Of course you do."
"It's gotta be a building shaped like a… um…"
"An Easter Island head?"
"Exactly. What's that all about?"
Perry entered the coffee shop, and he found what he least expected.
Vanessa and Monty were sitting together, and hitting it off.
Perry knew he couldn't strike now, so he sat on one of the waiting benches. He stole the hat and fake beard of the sleeping person next to him so no one would notice him.
"I'll be right back," said Vanessa. "This needs more milk."
She got up, found a milk carton, and started pouring milk into her coffee.
Then she finally noticed Perry was sitting there, trying and failing to blend in.
"Perry, is that you?" asked Vanessa.
Perry made a guilty expression.
"Listen," Vanessa sighed. "I'd really appreciate it if you didn't let my dad know I was with the son of his sworn enemy. This date is going great, and I don't want him to spoil it. Can you help me?"
Perry gave Vanessa a face that said, 'Alright.'
Doof arrived at Steam Noir. Vanessa had told him the coolest people in town hung out in this place.
He entered the shop, expecting Perry to ambush him. He didn't.
"Hey waiter," he asked the employee. "Mind if I tell you my evil plan? My nemesis didn't show up today and I still have to get it out. I figured, since I'm getting nowhere with the older Tri-State population, maybe I should go for the younger demographic. Behold, the Coolinator!" He felt a little awkward after saying that. "Well, you can't really 'behold' it. It's out in the car, but trust me, it's behold worthy. First, I will suck all the cool out of this place, it being the hippest coffee shop in town and all, then I will blast myself with this cool concentration, transforming into such an 'awesome dude' that you, disaffected youth, will have no choice but to follow me blindly and help me, you know, take over the Tri-State Area! Anyway, the Coolinator's so hip, it only runs on espresso, so let's fill her up."
The employee removed their earplugs. "What'd you say, do?"
Doof groaned. "I need ten gallons of espresso."
"We only serve it in this cup, man."
Doof took the very small cup. "Whoa, really?"
"It's espresso, man."
"Fine. Let's see, this is about a quarter a cup, two cups in a pint, so…" Doof quickly did the math in his head. "I'll have 999 more of those, please."
"There are 640 cups in ten gallons, man."
Doof added the quarter-cup of espresso to the Coolinator.
"This is gonna take a lot of trips," he sighed.
Phineas and Ferb used wires to lower themselves onto the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls," Phineas announced to the crowd. "Get ready for the Mind Flip. For centuries, Shamans conjured magic for their tribes, and countless magicians practiced hocus pocus for their audiences."
The two pulled a string, unraveling two giant roll-up dragons with their heads.
The crowd gasped.
Isabella used a water hose to melt the paper. The water filled up the stage, creating a small pool.
"How do we do it?" Phineas went on as a ship rose out of the water with him and Ferb on it. "I'll tell you if you can keep it a secret. It's, a, trick!"
The crowd went wild.
Monty and Vanessa continued their conversation.
"Carl's in college, right?" Monogram said. "He can program the most sophisticated satellite tracking computers in the world, but every time I try to call my dad, he cuts me off. Can't even call a landline."
"You think that's bad?" asked Vanessa. "Every time I use the microwave, Norm starts involuntarily rapping."
Play "Won't Keep us Apart"
I know that you and I, we come from different places
There's no telling why or who your heart embraces
The next time Doof came in, Perry blocked his site of Monty and Vanessa with a newspaper.
When Doof turned back around, Perry used a seat cushion to cover Vanessa. Sadly, he couldn't get Monty.
These feelings that we share, there's a reason they're inside us
They're both aware of the list of things that won't divide us
Doof came back and forth a lot faster than Perry anticipated. He used the most random items to cover Vanessa and Monty, from magazines to coffee machines to paintings.
The sun and the stars and the moon and the planets won't keep us apart
A herd of wild wildebeests, a gaggle of flaming geese won't keep us apart
Perry grabbed a trash can from the bathroom and tried using that to hide Vanessa.
Then the employee just grabbed the can and put it back.
Ugh, good lord, Perry groaned in his head.
Duct tape, bungee cords, fiberglass diving boards won't keep us apart
A device designed specifically to keep us apart won't keep us apart
End "Won't Keep us Apart"
By the time the song ended, Perry was out of things he could use.
"Hey, do you mind if I use your bathroom?" Doof asked. "I know I haven't had any coffee, but I have bought, so I'm sure that counts."
Perry realized the bathroom door was right next to where Vanessa and Monty were sitting.
All Perry could find was a couple of tortilla wraps with cream in them.
He took a moment to determine his approach, then he sprayed the cream around certain parts of the floor.
When Doof went to use the bathroom, he slipped, slid forward, hit the plant, turned left, and slid right into the bathroom.
"So I look up," Vanessa said. "And there he is, cheering me on, 'blindly' stepping on the other team's feet as he walks."
"At least he showed up," Monty remarked. "I mean, if I had a nickel for every time I got the 'your dad can't come because he's working' call… but I guess that's really your dad's fault."
"What exactly do you mean by that?"
Neither of them noticed Doof sliding out of the bathroom, screaming.
Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django soared over the stage using trapeze swings and ropes.
The Fireside Girls danced as a fire formed behind them.
Ferb strapped himself onto a wheel and rose high into the air.
"Through the power of enchantment," said Phineas. "And a few nifty dance moves…"
Ferb's wheel spun fast, and it transformed into a bubble that projected Phineas' face for the crowd to see.
"Ferb and I have conjured the glitter demons, and are ready to pull off…" Phineas continued.
After so many hours, Doof finally filled the Coolinator to the brim.
He carried the inator into the coffee shop.
"Alright, heads up, hipsters!" he said to all the Gen Z members in the shop. "Get ready to lose your cool."
"What I meant is that my dad spends all his time dealing with your father's schemes," Monogram explained.
"I'll have you know that my dad is a misunderstood genius!" Vanessa argued.
"Genius? I have three words for you: self, destruct, buttons."
"Yet, in spite of all that, my dad's still free to do it all the next day. Whoa, really effective bunch of spies there, Major."
They were so caught up in their argument that they didn't notice Perry dragging them to the back alley.
"At least my dad's spy network isn't funded by monthly alimony checks," Monogram pointed out.
"You do know that what he calls a 'spy network' is actually just a petting zoo with hats?" Vanessa retorted.
"Say goodbye to your street cred, hipcats!" Doof shouted as he turned on the Coolinator.
The inator struck every Gen Z person in the shop. Their clothes, personalities, and even voices changed to sound more like how Gen X members acted back when they were teens and young adults.
Seeing what was happening, Perry put on his fedora and sprang into action.
"Now to set the inator in reverse and blast myself with all the cool!" Doof shouted.
Before he could do that, though, Perry flipped the inator over. The inator blew up, striking everyone once again. They all turned back to normal.
"You know, Perry the Platypus, that is so uncool of you," Doof remarked.
Perry smirked and removed his fedora, revealing he hid a propeller hat under it. He used the propeller to fly away.
"Okay, that's actually cool," Doof admitted.
"You know, our fathers are probably right," Monty decided. "We shouldn't even be talking to each other."
"This was a mistake," Vanessa agreed.
"Fine."
"Fine!"
After a moment, Monty's frown turned upside-down. "Wanna do this again?"
Vanessa handed Monty a card containing her number. "Call me."
Monty took the card, and the two went their separate ways.
For the show's grand finale, the kids all got on stage and danced to epic music, all the while a bunch of fireworks went off.
Once the music was over, the kids took their final bows, and the stage vanished into thin air.
The crowd applauded one final time.
While most of the audience left the backyard, one curious child stayed put.
"Um, excuse me," they said. "How did you do that?"
"A real magician never reveals their secrets," Ferb replied.
The child sulked. "That's kinda cliche."
Then Ferb's head opened to reveal it was actually Baljeet pretending to be Ferb.
"Mind flip!" he said one final time.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 75: Doofapus
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 75
Doofapus
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang had just gotten smoothies from the smoothie truck.
"I'm just saying, as a non-sequitur," said Phineas. "A talking zebra feels kinda…"
"Forced?" asked Isabella.
"Yeah, exactly."
Baljeet took a sip of his smoothie.
"Mmm, unusual and exotic," he declared.
"You know, there's nothing unusual or exotic about this smoothie," Buford remarked. "It's about as exotic as a staycation with Aunt Merrill."
"But Buford, your postcard said she had a pool."
"She has a patio."
"Tomorrow, we should work on Buford's penmanship," Isabella whispered into Phineas' ear.
Phineas nodded in agreement.
"Actually, most would consider dragon fruit to be rather exotic indeed," Baljeet said, continuing the earlier argument. "Known for its dazzling flowers, it is actually the fruit of several…" Baljeet noticed Buford was using his hand to mimic Baljeet's mouth. "What are you doing? Stop that!"
But Buford kept doing it. The moment Baljeet opened his mouth, Buford opened his hand in advance.
Baljeet groaned, and got back to drinking his smoothie. Buford just put his fingers over his own straw.
"You know, Buford's kinda right," Isabella agreed. "These smoothies are sorta exotic, but I think we can do better. What do you think, Phineas?"
"'What do I think?'" Phineas asked with a smile. "Guys, I know what we're gonna do today. I wonder what kinda smoothie Perry would like."
Perry put on his hat, and he put on a bike helmet over his hat.
Then, he got on a little tricycle and triked down the backyard. He rang a bell, opening an entrance.
The entrance led him into a parking garage. He checked his surroundings before crossing an intersection, slowed down to go over a speed bump, then he finally reached the elevator that led to his lair.
That took way too long, Perry thought to himself as he sat down for his briefing.
"We have a serious problem," Monogram informed. "It seems someone, I'm not saying who, someone has spilled coffee all over the couch in the lobby."
"Sir, I…" came Carl's voice.
"A very expensive couch when we bought it in 1985."
Carl appeared on screen carrying a box of files and other stuff. "Sir, I turned the cushion around. It's…"
Monogram held up a finger as he glared at Carl. "If the responsible party is present…"
"Sir, it was Agent M. He spilled a latte in 1990."
Monogram sighed. "I was hoping to get another couple years out of that couch."
Why I am I here again? Perry asked himself. He then saw the devil and angel were back after so long. Oh, it's you two.
"Yeah, why do you even bother?" asked the devil. "I mean, it's basically the same briefing, only you're forced to put up with some dumb beef between your boss and his unpaid intern, and you have to go through those long, boring entrances. I mean, you already know that he has something to do with this, so just get to it."
"But what if it isn't him?" the angel suggested.
Perry groaned, but stayed put.
"Anyhoo…?" Carl said, getting Monogram back on track.
"Right," said Monogram. "Our… surveillance operatives have been getting some mixed signals from Doofenshmirtz. He was observed at the Danville Library checking out books on Eastern Australia and hydrostatic cell fusion. We haven't yet come up with any ideas about what he's up to…"
"Maybe he's trying to recreate Pangea, sir."
"Like I said, we haven't come up with anything yet." Monogram turned back to Perry. "So we need you to get in there and find out. Good luck and be careful out there."
Perry saluted and left to do his mission.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry entered the apartment only to be immediately strapped to a chair.
"Well, hello, Perry the Platypus," came Doof's voice.
Perry looked up, only to see Doof wasn't towering above him like usual.
"Over here," said Doof's voice.
Perry followed the voice until he found the exact spot it was coming from.
In front of him was another platypus, only its head was shaped sorta like Doofenshmirtz.
Perry gasped. What in the…?
"What do you think?" it asked in Doof's voice. "I've joined you in the genus ornithorhynchus. That's right, I am a platypus!"
Some dramatic music played in the background, though it did nothing to add onto the scene.
"Okay, let me turn off this dramatic lighting," Doof said as he enabled all the lights. "Well, I'll tell you, since you didn't ask. After years of being bested by you in battle, I decided to fight fire with fire, fire in this case being platypus. It was simple. The best way to beat a platypus is to become a platypus, that way our skills would be evenly matched. So, after a couple of promising experiments, and some intricate designs, I finally created the Platypinator! Pretty cool, huh?"
At this point, Doof was right in Perry's face. Perry felt more uncomfortable than ever.
"Now, before I defeat you," Doof continued. "I figured I should further level the playing field."
He then strapped himself to a chair the exact same way he trapped Perry.
"Okay, go!" he shouted.
They both struggled to free themselves from their traps.
Play "When Platypi Fight"
It took several minutes, but the two platypi managed to break out of their restraints.
They both danced and struck a 'Come at me, bro' pose. They then went straight to their fight.
The time is now, they're gonna do their dance
No room for negotiation
One's got a hat, neither has pants
But that bears no further explanation
The two were perfectly in sync with each other. Neither one could land a single hit on the other.
I think you know what's gonna go down
Yeah, there's gonna be a platypus throwdown
They backed away from each other, then they charged. They ran on each other's feet, rising a few feet into the air. Then, they jumped off of each other and hit the ground.
Fight, fight, there's a platypus fight
It's a fracas, it's a fray, it's a monotreme melee
After that, Perry and Doof tried throwing their chairs at each other. They both dodged out of the way in the nick of time.
Fight, fight, there's a platypus fight
If you're reading at home, there's a seven-second delay
They decided to switch from a physical fight to a cards game. Still, neither could beat the other.
Fight, fight, there's a platypus fight
It's a duck-billed duel, it's a beaver-tailed battle
From tic-tac-toe to rock-paper-scissors to a foot race, Perry and Doof always tied.
Fight, fight, there's a platypus fight
Gonna smack you so hard that your teeth are gonna rattle
They then went back to a physical fight. This time, they both finally landed a hit on each other, by punching each other's fists.
That didn't come without recoil damage.
It's a platypus fight
End "When Platypi Fight"
Perry and Doof decided to take a short break from fighting. They sat down and drank some tea.
"Do you ever get tired of lugging this big tail around?" Doof wondered. "I mean, sure, it works for fighting, but it's weird for sitting and stuff. I figured I'd ask you because, well, you'd know. Uh, sugar or agave syrup?"
Perry pointed at the syrup. Doof poured it into Perry's cup.
"Also, I can't tell if this is fur or really tiny feathers," Doof continued, examining his body. "It's warm, but it breathes." He then checked his watch. "Well, back at it, I guess."
Doof tackled Perry, knocking over the table and making a small mess.
The fight carried on for quite a while. It got to the point where both Perry and Doof were on the verge of passing out.
"Okay, this isn't working," said Doof. "I need to become stronger than a platypus. Let's see, what's stronger than a platypus?" He then gasped as the idea popped into his head. "Two platypuses. Wait right there, I've got just the thing."
He went to the balcony and uncovered his newest thing.
"Behold, my Doubleinator!" he showcased. "I'll just shoot myself with this baby, then I will have the advantage because there'll be two of me."
Perry pushed Doof against the inator, activating it. It fired in some unknown direction.
"Whatever that hit, there's two of them now," Doof remarked. "Soon, there'll be two of me, then nothing can defeat me… except maybe a giant metal platypus."
Speaking of which, Perry pushed the Platypinator onto the balcony. It and the Doubleinator sandwiched Doof, crushing each other in the process.
With the job done, Perry fired his grappling hook and ziplined across Danville.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus…" Doof shouted. "Even though I'm also a platypus, and… I hope this wears off soon. The novelty has worn thin."
"But Mom!" Candace insisted. "Phineas and Ferb made something that would turn things into smoothies, and Buford has a mold of me!"
"Buford has molds of all of us, Candace," Linda retorted as she brought Candace inside.
That's when Perry returned, as usual.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas smiled as he petted Perry.
Notes:
Pretty short chapter, all things considered.
This is the first of what I'd like to consider the Perry-centric episodes. They're the episodes where Perry takes center stage and we only get brief glimpses of what Phineas and Ferb are up to.
I know Phineas and Ferb's plot in this episode took an even amount of time as Perry's did in canon, but I skipped over most of it, mainly to get this done quicker.
Also, the "Buford has molds of everyone" joke works better without context. Just saying.
I bet you forgot about the "Perry's Conscience" plotline. I'll admit, I did too. Well, they're back, for now.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 76: Road to Danville
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 76
Road to Danville
"I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas declared as always.
"A quilt?" Buford reacted. "No way! I mean, I know it's been a long summer, and you guys are running out of ideas, and…"
"It's okay, Buford," Django assured. "They're doing this for me. You don't have to take part in this if you don't want to."
Buford raised his hands up defensively. "No no, I'm in! I don't want to play alone! I'll turn into a cat kid!"
"A what?" asked Phineas.
"It's the kid equivalent to a cat lady," Buford explained.
There was a moment of awkward silence.
"Uh, where is Perry?" Baljeet asked, breaking the tension.
Buford gave Baljeet a side hug. "You're always there for me."
Baljeet smiled and blushed at the compliment.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry entered the apartment to see Doof was still working on his inator of the day.
When Doof noticed Perry, all he said was, "Oh, it's you."
That's it? Perry wondered.
Then the devil appeared on his shoulder. "It's a trap!"
Perry looked up, down, left, and right for a trap, but nothing happened.
"Sorry, no time for a trap," said Doof. "It's nothing personal. You see, today is the annual LOVE MUFFIN Summer Stock Festival, and I got the title role, so I have to take over the Tri-State Area by 3:30 if I want to make curtain. That doesn't leave me much time for the trapping and fighting, so instead, I built the Trip-to-the-Desert-inator! It is what it sounds like."
Doof activated the inator.
Perry tried to jump out of the way, but the inator followed him. Seeing no other choice, he grabbed onto Doof.
The inator struck both of them.
Perry and Doof found themselves in the middle of a dessert.
"Great," Doof whined. "Now I'll never take over the Tri-State Area before…"
Perry smirked. Serves him right.
He put on his jetpack and was about to fly off.
"Wait!" Doof called. "Don't leave me here! Please, it's important to me, and if this works, I'll give up evil for acting! Please, give me this chance to succeed at something that could turn my life around?"
The angel appeared on Perry's shoulder, simply giving him a look.
Fine, Perry relented.
Doof rode on Perry's back as he flew back to Danville. Unfortunately, because of how heavy Doof was, Perry was going pretty slow.
"I don't mean to rush you, but can't this thing go faster?" Doof asked, eying the 'turbo' switch. "Like, what if I flip this switch?"
He flipped the switch, and the jetpack sped up.
So much so that the jetpack flew off of Perry's back, sending both him and Doof plummeting to the ground.
"Some pilot you are," Doof remarked.
Perry angrily pointed at Doof.
"Oh, sure, blame the victim!" Doof yelled. "Like you didn't know about my switch-flipping compulsion!"
Perry stomped away.
"Oh, you're mad?" Doof asked. "You know what, I should've trapped you. I would've been out of the hospital and on my way to the theater by now. Instead, they'll use my understudy. I hate that guy!"
At the theater, Rodney was clearing things up with the director.
"So, if Doofenshmirtz is late, I get to go on?" he asked.
"If he's not back in time for his entrance, you get the part," the director assured.
Rodney laughed his annoying laugh.
"I know it's summer in the middle of the desert," Doof rambled. "But I feel like it's unreasonably warm out here. Do you feel warm?" He then noticed what looked like the skull of a cow. "Why are there cow skulls in the middle of the desert, and why is it only the skull? Did the body die somewhere else? It makes no sense!"
Perry groaned and kept walking.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Doof said sarcastically. "Am I talking too much? Fine, I can shut up! It's not like I have to fill the space! If you want silence, I can give you silence, and it will be deafening! Mark my words!" He cringed at that last statement. "Why did I say that? I might as well have just said, 'listen to my words'."
Play "Heck of a Day"
Nowhere to go, nothing to see
Except sand, and sand, and sand, and you and me
Since he was bored, Doof decided to look around with his magnifying glass.
"Look how big the sun is through this magnifying glass," he remarked as he stared directly at the sun.
That was a mistake.
Perry couldn't help but chuckle at Doof's misfortune.
Baked from the heat, we've got sun on all sides
Getting tanned, and tanned like we're a couple of hides
"I mean, he drives a taxi for heaven's sake!" Doof rambled. "He could work anywhere, but he expects her to just pack up and move to Vegas! Seriously!"
Two lost nomads who will never be missed
Some might interpret this as just a karmic slap on the wrist
But I've just gotta say it's a heck of a day to be us
"I'm sure my arm would grow back," Doof ranted. "But it never did." He tapped his arm, making a loud metal clunk. "See, pure titanium."
It's a heck of a day to not have a car
And just walk, and walk and not know where you are
"You don't communicate," Doof pointed out. "You don't share. I know nothing about your private life. You're very closed off."
We got no kind of map, nothing to show us the way
And it's just talk, and talk, and talk with nothing to say
It's a heck of a day, a heck of a day to be us
It's a heck of a day to be us
End "Heck of a Day"
"So I never touched an iguana again," Doof finished, but not really. "Except the one time where…"
He stopped himself when he noticed they were passing by the junkyard. One particular thing caught his eye.
"Look over there!" he pointed. "Two tires and an axle. Pretty soon, we'll be rolling out of here. We just gotta climb over the fence."
Perry shook his head.
"What do you mean, 'no'?" Doof asked.
Perry pointed at the 'No Trespassing' sign.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Doof snapped. "You know what, Perry the Platypus? I just had my third realization of the day. I had two earlier, but I didn't share them with you. I've realized that the thing that's kept me from succeeding isn't my good-for-nothing parents, it isn't my goody-two-shoes brother, it isn't my titanium arm, or the fact that I always put 'inator' on the things I make! You know what it is? It's you!"
Perry rolled his eyes. Here we go.
"You are what's been holding me back all these years!" Doof went on as he pointed at Perry.
Perry grabbed Doof's finger and redirected it towards himself.
"Very clever," Doof sarcastically remarked. "Take my accusing finger and point it back at me. You think I'm responsible for my failures?"
Perry bluntly nodded.
"Well, I'll prove you wrong!" Doof argued. "If you just let me try my junkyard scheme without interfering, it will prove to you that you are the source of my failures."
The devil appeared on Perry's shoulder and nodded. Perry nodded back.
He let Doof try to climb the fence. While it took a while, Doof made it to the other side.
But the worst was yet to come.
Electric wires.
Guard dogs.
Bear traps.
After Doof somehow made it out of the junkyard, he and Perry got back to walking.
"Okay, okay," Doof relented. "Just this once, I failed and you had nothing to do with it, but did you have to let me trip all three of those bear traps? At least I've been working on ways to get us back home, and you've never so much as offered me a glass of water or a tetanus shot."
As much as Perry tried to deny it in his head, that stung.
It didn't help that the angel returned and said, "He's got a point, you know."
"As a matter of fact, I'm sick of you and your smug face! I don't want to see it anymore! I'm gonna close my eyes and count to three, and you better be gone by then!"
Once Doof had finished counting, he opened his eyes to see Perry was gone.
"Oh, he actually…" he quickly brushed it off. "Fine! I can find the bus station on my own!"
He walked off, only to see Perry only left to get him a glass of water.
It didn't take long for Doof to finally give in to the sunlight. He was on all fours, barely crawling.
Right when all hope seemed lost, Doof saw a bus station wasn't too far from where he was at.
Doof crawled over to the station to see that a bus to Danville was about to leave. He tried to get on.
"Ticket please," the driver requested.
"I don't have a ticket," said Doof. "But I gotta get to Danville to be in a play. I just gotta. I don't have any money. I'm tired and dirty and it's all my fault! I'm a failure!"
He fell to his knees and started crying.
"So, no ticket?" the driver said apathetically.
Doof opened his eyes and saw Perry was right there with two tickets in hand.
"Perry the Platypus, you're a mensch!" Doof cried. "I know I can be testy and unpleasant, and I ramble on and on, and I get onto you for not contributing to the conversation when you physically can't, and I know that I haven't always given you the respect you deserve. Anyway, I want you to know that you are appreciated."
Perry felt a mix of both pride and gratitude hearing that.
"Here, I'll even save you a window seat," Doof offered.
But the bus driver got in front of them.
"Sorry," he apologized. "No animals allowed."
"Can it!" Doof snapped. "It's not like he's gonna make a mess of things!"
"Hey, I don't make the rules here."
Doof punched the wall with his titanium arm, leaving a dent.
That convinced the bus driver to let Perry on.
Perry tipped his hat as a thank-you to Doof.
It was almost Doof's part of the show, yet he still hadn't shown up.
"Oh well, Doofenshmirtz," said Rodney. "The show must go on."
Rodney was about to get on stage for his part, but Doof shoved right past him and got on stage.
"Pizza delivery!" he shouted.
The audience cheered as the curtain closed.
"Ha, we got him good," Doof smiled at Perry. "And I couldn't have done it without you."
Like before, Perry took Doof's pointer finger and redirected it towards himself.
Doof smiled and shed a small tear.
"That was amazing!" Buford declared. "I never thought quilting could be so much fun! Think of the possibilities! Needlepoint, embroidery, tapestry!" He patted Django's back. "Thanks for the suggestion, Django. You truly are an artist. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm on my way to the fabric store."
The moment Buford was gone, Django said, "That actually wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be."
"I agree," Ferb agreed. "Never getting that day back."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 77: Where's Perry?
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 77
Where's Perry?
The Flynn-Fletchers and co. were at the airport about to board their plane.
"Don't forget to water the plants," Linda reminded Betty Jo and Clyde. "We'll be back before you know it."
"It's so exciting," said Betty Jo. "I remember our first trip to Africa."
"That was Arkansas," Clyde corrected.
"Right, but you have fun."
"My university chum, Ignatius, has been trying to get us to visit his animal research station for years now," Lawrence remarked as he handed all the kids their tickets.
"I bet Perry's looking forward to meeting all the wild animals," Phineas said before he heard beeping. "Hey, what's that noise?"
The beeping was coming from inside Perry's cage. Specifically, it was his watch going off.
Perry covered his watch before Phineas could track down the noise, then he answered the call.
"There you are, Agent P," said Monogram. "We've intercepted a text from Doofenshmirtz and we need you. I'm sorry, Agent P. You know we wouldn't do this if it weren't an emergency. I'm afraid you're going to have to miss your family vacation. Use Host Escape Diversion Technique B-17."
Once again, the devil and angel appeared.
"Don't listen to him," said the devil. "You deserve a break."
"But you heard him," the angel argued. "This might be something serious."
Perry groaned, but he knew his angel was right.
Phineas heard coughing from Perry's cage. It worried him.
"Hey, you okay boy?" he asked.
He put the cage down and let Perry out. Perry's face looked incredibly dry, and he coughed so violently he would likely throw up soon.
"He doesn't look well enough to travel, boys," Linda said sympathetically. "Maybe we should leave him at home."
"Sorry kids, your mom's right," said a security guard. "The airline forbids transporting animals that are ill."
"Well, if Perry can't go," said Phineas. "Then Ferb and I can stay home with him."
"Oh, don't be silly, sweetie," said Betty Jo. "Enjoy your trip. Grandpa and I will take care of him."
"Flight 4133, now boarding," said the PA.
Phineas looked at Ferb. Ferb just nodded.
Phineas put Perry back in his cage. "We're gonna miss you, little fella. Eat plenty of food and get lots of rest. Ferb and I will be home in no time."
"Flight 4133, now boarding," the PA repeated.
"Yeah yeah, we heard you the first time," Phineas said impatiently.
It turns out, the person wasn't actually a PA. They were standing right next to Phineas and Ferb, speaking into a megaphone.
"Well," they said frustratedly.
The family and co. got on the plane and took their seats.
"I still can't believe we got dinner reservations at Chez Afrique," said Linda. "The travel guide says it's the top romantic destination restaurant. Five star service, panoramic views…"
"Well, I'm looking at the best view right now," Lawrence interrupted.
"Aw."
"Move over," Buford demanded.
"Why?" asked Baljeet. "I was here first. Why should I have to move over?"
Buford grabbed Baljeet and moved him to the window seat so they could sit with each other. "There. That's your reason."
"You know, you cannot solve every problem with muscles. Sometimes, you need brains."
"Yeah, which is why I have you in my life."
Buford gave Baljeet a peck on the cheek.
Baljeet blushed. "Buford, I am flattered, but that is not what I meant."
Django tried to relax, but the seat he was sitting in was just too uncomfortable.
That's when Ferb, who was sitting next to Django, offered him one of his many neck pillows.
Django took the pillow and smiled. "Thanks."
He put on the pillow, leaned back, and dosed off.
Isabella was reading her copy of the Fireside Girl guide book when a flight attendant approached her.
"Is that a sash?" the attendant asked. "I was a Fireside Girl myself when I was your age. Enjoy your complimentary orange juice."
Isabella gladly took the glass. "Thanks."
She then noticed Phineas looking out the window with a sad look on his face.
"It'll be okay," she assured him. "Perry will be okay."
"I know," said Phineas. "I just… you know how Perry disappears every day? Well, I feel terrible knowing that he misses out on the things we've done, and I saw this trip as a perfect opportunity for Perry to actually do something with us, and…"
Isabella held Phineas' hand. "Phineas, please. I know how you feel, but you can't let Perry's absence weigh you down, or you're gonna miss out on something fun this trip. I mean, take a look at this." She turned to a certain page in her handbook. "Did you know the African chapter of the Fireside Girls has its own special edition of survival patches?" She looked through the list, and one patch in particular disgusted her. "Eat grubs? Who would do that?"
While it wasn't enough to make him forget about Perry, Phineas felt that Isabella getting all geeky about patches cheered him up a little bit.
Candace took out her phone, planning to text Jeremy that the plane was about to take off.
"Miss, please hang up your phone," the flight attendant requested.
"But I gotta text my boyfriend!" Candace argued. "It's important!"
"Not until we land, I'm afraid."
"How long until then?"
"Eighteen hours."
Candace felt as if the world was ending. "Eighteen hours?"
Clyde and Betty Jo tucked Perry in.
"Make sure he's nice and comfortable," said Betty Jo.
Perry sneezed.
"What do you say when a platypus sneezes?" Betty Jo wondered.
"I'll check my monotreme manners book," said Clyde.
"Wait, you have a book on monotreme manners?"
"You don't know everything about me."
The moment the grandparents weren't looking, Perry took the teal tissue box, inserted a tissue that was painted orange, and glued fake eyes onto the box.
He set his fake self on the bed and got in his lair through the nearby air vent.
"Ah, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "It turns out the text we intercepted from Doofenshmirtz didn't actually warrant you missing your family vacation. My bad. In my defense, his text was written in all caps, but upon further investigation, it looks like he just hit the caps lock by mistake. Anyway, he's up to something. Go check it out."
A propeller landed above Perry. Perry grabbed it, and the propeller carried him away.
After eighteen long hours, the plane finally landed.
"Jambo," the PA greeted. "And welcome to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport."
The moment Candace got off the plane, the first thing she did was try to call her friends and tell them she was safe in Africa.
"We're sorry," said an automated voice on the phone. "Your call could not be completed."
"'Not be completed'?" Candace asked. "What's that?"
"Do you not have an international calling card?" asked Baljeet.
"No, I do not. Give me yours."
"I do not have one."
"I got a card," Buford said as he took out a whole deck of cards. "Pick a card, any card."
"Don't magic me," Candace warned. "This is serious."
"Who's magicking? I'm just giving away cards."
"May I have one," Baljeet requested.
Buford handed Baljeet a card.
An African man in a safari uniform approached the family.
"Hairy Larry," he greeted Lawrence. "Hello, old friend. How's it been?"
"'Hairy Larry'?" asked Linda.
"You know how there are no photographs of me from 1976 to 1979?" Lawrence explained. "Well, there you are." He turned to his old friend. "I'd like you to meet my wife, Linda, and our kids, their friends. Everyone, this is Ignatius Ukarimu, my old college chum."
Candace shook Ignatius' hands. "Hey, Iggy. How are you?"
"I'm good," Ignatius replied. "How are…?"
"So you got a phone I can use at that research station of yours?"
"Candace," Linda scolded.
Ignatius chuckled. "Teenagers are teenagers anywhere in the world."
"Of course they have a phone, Candace," Lawrence assured. "Africa isn't as primitive as you think."
"Your father's right," said Ignatius. "Now come on. The giraffe is waiting outside."
The kids gasped in excitement.
"I kid you," said Ignatius.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry landed on the balcony.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "Come in, get trapped, listen to my backstory."
As he said that, these chains came out of the ground and grabbed Perry.
"When I was a child, I grew flabby, which made me want to create the Fitness-Equipment-Lockinator." Doof explained quickly. "I just run on this treadmill and it fires a beam that locks every other piece of fitness equipment in the Tri-State Area. Bla bla bla, everyone's fat and tired, I sprint into City Hall and take over."
Perry noticed that this trap was a lot easier to escape than usual.
That's odd, he thought.
"No, Perry the Platypus!" Doof shouted, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Don't push the self-destruct button! This one right here!" He pushed the button in question, and the inator blew up. "Whoops, pushed it myself. Grr, boo, hiss. That's right, I'm a loser. Go on, you won fair and square."
Any other day, Perry would be suspicious, but this wasn't any other day. Now, he had an excuse to get back to his family for the trip.
If the plane hadn't left already.
He grabbed the propeller and flew away.
"Ha, I can't believe he fell for that decoy!" Doof laughed. "Norm?"
"Always good to see your city face, sir," Norm remarked.
"Perry the Platypus fell for my trick. I'm Perry-free for the rest of the day. I'm sans Perry. I'm platypus-less. Now, because I still need to get it out of my system, behold!" He opened a door, revealing the real thing. "The Ultimate-Evilinator! You see, Norm, it occurred to me that fighting underlings like Perry the Platypus is a waste of time. Why not go straight to the top? Why not take out the big boss? Why not choke out the wellspring from which all OWCA goodness…"
"You mean major Monogram?"
"Let me just say it, will you? You know, Perry the Platypus never interrupts like this, I'm just saying." Doof got back to his monologue. "From which all OWCA goodness flows: Major Monogram… see, you ruin everything. Anyway, I'll blast Major Monogram, turning him evil, and then he'll, you know, join me as my sidekick, and give me access to the OWCA's vast computer network, thus assuring my total Tri-State Area domination. Every afternoon, Major Monogram goes up to OWCA's roof to sunbathe."
Doof carried the inator onto the balcony, then he pushed the button. The inator fired a laser towards OWCA headquarters.
Monogram looked at himself in the mirror.
"Hey Carl," he called. "Does my uvula look unusually large to you?"
Monogram turned the mirror around.
A beam reflected off the mirror and struck Carl, who was grilling hamburgers.
"Meap," was all Carl could say before he collapsed.
Doof looked through his binoculars and laughed at what he was seeing.
"My neighbor's cat's shedding her drapes again," he said. "Too bad I can't see OWCA from here. Well, it should be over by now. Pack up the inators, Norm. Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated has a new headquarters!"
"Packing, sir," said Norm.
"Remember, lift with your legs."
The gang arrived at the research station.
"Welcome to the research station," said Ignatius.
One tent in particular caught Phineas' eye.
"Hey Mr. Ukarimu, what's over there?" he asked.
"That's just scrap metal, power tools, and spare parts left over from building this station," Ignatius explained.
"You had me at 'scrap'."
Phineas and Ferb went inside the scrap metal tent.
"So when are we going on the safari?" Buford asked impatiently.
"We just need to refuel the truck and we will be on our way," Ignatius replied.
"Sir, is there a bathroom I can use?" asked Baljeet.
"There's a bush over there with your name on it." Ignatius pointed Baljeet in the right direction.
Candace approached a worker handling a monkey.
"Phone, phone!" she demanded.
"I have a phone," the worker said. "But the cell towers are currently under maintenance."
The monkey in the cage screamed into a banana like it was a phone.
"Does that have international coverage?" Candace asked curiously.
"Alright, everyone load up!" Ignatius called. "We are going on a safari!"
Everyone got in the van and they drove off.
Play "On the Savanna"
Ignatius drove the gang all around the African wilderness. There were many cool animals to see, like elephants, antelopes, and monkeys.
Happy campers on the savanna
Across the East African rift
When they stopped, Isabella offered one of the monkeys a banana. Then other monkeys surrounded Isabella.
Candace saw a couple of baby cheetahs. She tried to pet them, but an angry mother cheetah scared her away.
Give the baboon a big banana
And don't cheat the cheetah, if you get my drift
Lawrence took pictures of some sleeping aardvarks.
Some sleep in the daylight
And then they hunt by night
Ferb dressed up as an African tribesman. He posed so Phineas and Django could take pictures of him.
Not a single traffic light
Not a fence in sight, and I'm feeling alright
Isabella stood in the middle of the field, just taking in all the natural beauty.
On the savanna
The gang got back in the van. They waved goodbye to all the animals they met as they left.
They then saw a baby hippo bouncing on the backs of other hippos. One of said hippos was late, and the baby fell into the water.
Sailing through the seas of velvety pelt
There's a funky little hippo on the prowl
The kids put on their seatbelts, then they caught a foul stench. They all glared at Buford, but he pointed in the direction of some nearby warthogs.
Click on your safety belt and block your nose
That's how we roll
When they reached their next stop, Phineas and Ferb relaxed on the branch of a tree, the same way a leopard would.
Buford saw a water buck and grabbed onto its leg, begging it to take him with it.
Baljeet paid more attention to a group of gazelles.
Later, the kids had a picnic with some wildebeests.
I'm most struck by the water buck
You're compelled by the gazelle
Let's have a feast with the wildebeest
After the picnic, the group tried to gaze upon a pride of sleeping lions.
Unfortunately, they were given away when Buford decided to troll Candace with the water buck from earlier.
The rest of the group made a run for the van, but not before Lawrence stopped to take a picture.
Better keep your eye on the sleeping lion
Better be polite, or they just might bite
Still, we're feeling alright
On the savanna
On the savanna
End "On the Savanna"
The next stop was a grand canyon.
"This, everyone, is the uncharted gorge," said Ignatius. "They call it Haijulikani Wadi."
"That's beautiful," said Phineas. "What's it mean?"
"Uncharted gorge."
"Wow, they really nailed that name," Ferb sarcastically remarked.
"In order to get down there, you would need a highly unconventional vehicle," said Ignatius.
Phineas smiled. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today."
"Alright, back in the truck," Ignatius ordered everyone.
The gang returned to the research center.
"And that is why there are no kangaroos in Africa," Ignatius finished explaining to Buford.
"Aw man," Buford whined.
"Let's give Iggy a big hand for this marvelous tour," said Linda.
Everyone cheered, even Candace.
"You folks relax and enjoy the camp," said Ignatius. "I have to muck out Kamala's pen. It's not all glamour."
"Mr. Ukarimu?" Phineas asked. "Ferb and I were wondering if we could use all your scrap metal to build a highly unconventional vehicle."
"Help yourselves, boys."
"Thanks."
The boys walked away.
Such imagination, Ignatius thought.
"It seems everyone has something to do," Lawrence told Linda. "And our Chez Afrique reservation's in an hour."
"I can't wait," Linda said excitedly. "I'm Chez Ah-freaking out!"
Lawrence chuckled. "Good one."
Doof had just arrived at the OWCA headquarters.
"Doofenshmirtz, what are you doing here?" asked Monogram. "Did you finally come to surrender?"
"Ha ha, Francis," Doof fake-laughed before offering a box of dishes. "Say, will you help me with these boxes?"
"I will do no such thing."
"Feels good being evil, doesn't it?"
"What are you talking about? I'm good."
"Good and evil." Doof winked.
"Why are you winking?"
"Oh, come on, Francis, you've been zapped by my Ultimate-Evilinator. I mean, if it didn't hit you, then who did."
That's when a giant barrel came down, trapping both of them.
A shadowy figure laughed evilly before stepping into the light, revealing themself as none other than Carl the Intern.
"Seems I got two for the price of one," he remarked. "I'm going to take over the Tri-State Area. With my administrator's access to OWCA's supercomputer, and my intimate knowledge of proper photocopying techniques, I'm just the unpaid stooge to do it."
"Oh, I think it might be him," Doof realized.
"You think?" Monogram asked, annoyed.
Isabella watched as some African tribesmen danced to the beat of a song.
"That was fun," she said. "Thank you so much for teaching me the 'Adumu'."
"And thank you for teaching us the 'Izzy's Got the Frizzies'," one tribesman, Sankei, replied.
"My pleasure. Well, I should get back to the research center."
"Goodbye, and good luck with the grub thing."
Isabella walked off.
"Eat grubs?" Sankei said, disgusted. "Who would ever do that?"
"I don't remember having to do that when I was a Fireside Girl," said a tribe woman.
Isabella met up with the others.
"Whatcha doin?" she asked.
"Figuring out which animal attributes to give to our highly unconventional vehicle," Phineas explained.
"Sounds cool. What'd you have in mind?"
Play "Highly Unconventional Vehicle"
Phineas:
We need a cheetah's muscles so we can hustle
And a couple big gorilla hands
Hope your seatbelts fastened, 'cause the motor's been fashioned
After baboon adrenal glands
We got a rhino's horn in case we run into trouble
A big giraffe neck so our reach can double
The tail was gonna be a snake, I'm glad we used pencil
Because a monkey's tail will give us something more prehensile
It's a highly unconventional vehicle
It doesn't have wheels or a carburetor
It doesn't have a windshield, it doesn't have wings
It doesn't have a heater, but we're at the equator
So I guess that's not so apropos, 'cause we wouldn't need a heater
Even if it wasn't such a highly unconventional vehicle
Highly unconventional vehicle
It's a highly unconventional vehicle
Highly unconventional vehicle
It's a highly unconventional vehicle
End "Highly Unconventional Vehicle"
Given the plane already left, and he had a cover to keep, Perry went back home and started acting sick again.
"Oh, Perry, it's a shame you couldn't go to Arkansas with the boys," said Betty Jo. "Lucky for you, you don't know what you're missing."
If only she knew that a platypus could feel, too.
Doof and Monogram were locked in a cell.
"My intelligence told me you would be sunbathing," Doof said. "It never mentioned an intern."
"That's because he's not an official employee," Monogram explained. "He's unpaid."
"You don't pay him?"
"He gets college credit."
"Are you sure you're not evil?"
Monogram brushed the comment aside. "Carl, you can't keep us here forever, though the self-serve smoothie machine is a welcome diversion."
"I'm evil," said Carl. "Not uncivilized. Did you try the Madagascar chocolate?"
Doof tried the flavor in question. "You can really taste the Madagascar."
"Carl, you're a solid B-plus student with a promising future," said Monogram. "What could you possibly gain from all this?"
"What can I gain? Let me tell you, old man."
Play "Evil for Extra Credit"
Carl:
I used to put up with too much aggravation
But take a look at me now, I got a new vocation
Despite the circumstances, Doof danced along to the song.
You heard it hear first, 'cause I'm the one who said it
'Cause I'm evil…
Doof:
He's evil
Carl tore off his usual white uniform to reveal a black leather outfit. He then put on a pair of shades over his glasses.
Carl:
I'm evil for extra credit
If you're looking for trouble, well I think you've found it
I park wherever I want, I dare you to impound it
If I'm losing a video game, I just reset it
'Cause I'm evil…
Doof:
He's evil
Carl:
I'm evil for extra credit
"That's right," Carl said. "Tell them all about it, girls."
A group of backup dancers came into the room and danced along to the song.
Backups:
He'll do anything for good grades
He's an evil jack of all trades
You want badness, then he's got it in spades
Looks so good in leather and shades
Carl:
You heard it here first, 'cause I'm the one who said it
I'm evil…
Doof:
He's evil
Carl:
I'm evil for extra credit
I'm evil for extra credit
End "Evil for Extra Credit"
"You may have some cleverly concealed singing chops," Monogram remarked. "But to me, you'll always be an unpaid intern."
"Drink your smoothie, mustache man," Carl said as he released Doof. "And you, go unload my inators."
"Actually, I think those inators kind of…" Doof tried to say.
"QUIET, INTERN!"
"Uh, paid intern?"
"No, that's not how we do things here."
The moment Carl and Doof were gone, Monogram noticed something about the smoothie machine, specifically the straws. It gave him an idea.
And this time, a good idea. Not the one he had about the…
"Wow, this restaurant is really out of the way," Linda remarked. "I bet you could see the entire savanna from up here."
She and Lawrence entered the restaurant and got in line.
"And tonight, our chef is making his signature dish," said the host. "Which the Culinary League of France calls, 'Wildebeest Under Glass'."
Linda and Lawrence could barely contain their excitement.
Candace desperately searched the camp for a phone she could use.
She couldn't find one.
"This whole continent hates me," she whined. "That lion, the two circus clowns in the ultralight, the mysterious object under this tarp."
Candace removed the tarp to see it was covering a telephone.
Her hopes went up, but then she noticed the disclaimer.
For Best Reception:
Place Unit in High Location w/ Unobstructed View
That wasn't gonna deter Candace. She dragged the phone all the way to the highest tree she could find.
Doof finally finished moving his inators to the main room.
"You know, I built a Move-A-Bunch-of-Inators-inator at one point," he remarked. "This would've been a good time to use it. I don't know how that slipped my…"
"Enough mindless prattle, minion!" Carl snapped. "Show me my inators!"
"Okay, sheesh, testy." Doof pointed at the first inator. "First we have the Disintegrator-inator…"
"Weak."
"Okay, there's also the Galaxyinator, which…"
"Weak!"
"The Drezzinator…"
"Weak!"
"What about…"
"WEAK!"
"Oh, come on! I didn't even tell you the name of that one yet!"
Perry woke up to the sound of his watch going off.
"Agent P, you have to pick up," came Monogram's voice.
Perry bolted awake and picked up.
Monogram was using the straws to speak into a telephone that was a good distance away from him.
"Listen carefully," he said. "These straws are about to collapse like a flimsy…"
Then the straws collapsed.
Candace finally reached the top of the tree and dialed Jeremy's number.
But the phone diverted her to some phone station in Africa.
"I'd like to call someone in Danville!" she told the operator. "Yes, Danville, D-A-N-V…" She stopped when she saw a monkey reaching for the phone. "Just a minute."
Perry snuck into the headquarters through a vent. He reached the door to the cell room. He scanned his hand, and the system granted him access.
"Agent P, over here," Monogram called. "Good, you got my message. There's no time to lose."
But before Perry could do anything, he was trapped.
Carl came into the light, slow-clapping. "Very nice. Very nice."
"Carl, you fiend!" Monogram shouted.
"I needed Agent P out of the way, so I left you those drinking straws."
"You know you could've just called him yourself. You do work here."
"I'm over my minutes, but now, with the boundless power of the mighty OWCA computer, I will bring the Tri-State Area to its knees. I will stop power stations, de-synchronize traffic lights, and yeah, I'll have a vast army of interns do all my bidding, each one of them paid."
"You're mad!"
"Cool it, I might be getting a raise," Doof whispered before turning to Carl. "Ooh, you should give it a name, like, Operation Shared Evil."
Carl pointed towards the door. "Out!"
Doof walked out. "How about Operation Big Old Grouch?"
"I heard that!"
"I hope so, 'cause I said it!"
Doof accidentally leaned against a button on the wall, releasing Perry.
"You fool, what have you done?!" Carl shouted. He ran to the other side of the room and told Perry, "You may have escaped my trap, but you cannot escape this!"
He pushed a button, opening a door to reveal robotic duplicates of the Flynn-Fletcher family.
The kids rode their highly unconventional vehicle all the way back to Haijulikani Wadi.
Phineas sang dramatically as he punched the air.
When he was done, the others cheered.
"Well, now that the fanfare's over," said Phineas. "What say we go down into Haijulikani Wadi?"
"Where should we start?" asked Phineas.
"Well, first, we'll fly down like a graceful condor landing on that rock outcropping. Then, we'll jump over those vines and brachiate like a monkey with our ape-like arms. Finally, we'll land on the slope with our cheetah-like grace. Of course, any other path down would be instant death."
"That's not very encouraging," Django said nervously.
"That totally sounds doable," said Buford.
"Get that monotreme!" Carl ordered the robots.
Perry easily dodged each robot and got on the computer. He locked Carl out of the mainframe.
"No!" Carl shouted. "If he gets away, I'll never be able to take over!" He turned to Doof. "Don't just stand there, you fool! Get him!"
Doof flipped all of his inators on.
"I'm sorry," the operator apologized. "But Danville is not within our reach."
"What?!" Candace reacted.
"Alright, everyone," said Phineas. "Buford, Baljeet, you have the legs."
"Now you will see how brains are used to…" Baljeet tried to say.
But Buford shoved Baljeet aside. "Move over, nerd! This is the job for rash, unthinking muscle!"
He pulled the lever a little too hard, breaking it.
The unconventional vehicle started plummeting down.
"Wait, no, not at once!" Carl shouted.
But it was too late. Doof had already activated all the inators.
A whole bunch of beams fired at once. It was hard to say for certain which one hit Perry.
What they could tell, though, was that Perry was gone without a trace.
"Agent P!" Monogram shouted.
"You fool!" Carl screamed. "Without Agent P's paw print, I can't unlock the computer, and without the computer, I can't take over the Tri-State Area!"
"Nice recap," Monogram remarked. "What, do you think the person reading his is a goldfish or something?"
"What? No! Shut up!" Carl went back to Doof. "Which inator zapped him?!"
"You know, I'm kinda clueless about this," Doof replied.
"About the inator, or just in general?"
"I don't know what that means."
Carl groaned. "I'll have to untangle this mess myself." He started to analyze each and every inator. "The heat signature is wrong for the Disintegrat-inator, the angle is too obtuse for the Derezzinator, the Julienator isn't plugged in, and the Overhanginator is just plain dumb."
"Sure, until you want to hang under something, then what are you gonna do, smart guy?"
Carl brushed off the remark. "Continuing, the Smells-Like-Hay-inator, no, the Universinator just hit the trash can…"
All that left Carl with was a smudge on the floor. Carl took some of the smudge and sniffed it.
"That means it can only be…" he decided.
"The Smudginator!" Doof assumed.
"Did you make a Smudginator?"
Doof realized he didn't, in fact, make one. "Uh… continuing?"
Carl grabbed Doof's nose and carried him to the smudge.
"The only inator we haven't ruled out, that we actually have, is the Go-Home-inator," he explained. "Meaning Perry the Platypus is home!" He shoved Doof into a supply closet. "Evil Flynn-Fletcher robots, let's drop by the Flynn-Fletcher house."
Carl pushed a button. The floor opened up, and a highly advanced jet emerged from under the ground.
He then scanned each robot to make sure they were good to go. The Lawrence robot tried to bring a pineapple with it, but Carl didn't allow it.
"Carl, you can't do this!" Monogram pleaded. "You're part of the OWCA!"
"Not anymore, Mono-grampa!" Carl retorted.
With that, Carl got in the jet, and the jet took off.
"Ha, Mono-GRAMPA!" Doof laughed. "Why didn't I think of that?"
"You really think you'll be a part of all this?" asked Monogram. "He's playing you like a piano, without even using his hands!"
"No, I'm part of the team!" Doof didn't sound too sure. "I am!"
"Well, then why did he leave you behind?"
That finally brought Doof to his senses.
Candace rocked back and forth on her tree, panting, sweating, and crying.
"So long… without texting… or calling my friends…" she muttered.
Then the branch broke and she plummeted to the ground.
Candace didn't want to get up. She just wanted to lay there and die.
Then a bunch of monkeys surrounded her.
Uh oh, Candace thought to herself.
The kids barely managed to save themselves by grabbing onto the nearby vines.
They knew that the vines wouldn't hold them for long.
But for whatever reason, Phineas couldn't think. All he could do was stare at the highly unconventional vehicle.
Or at least, what was left of it.
Though, something else caught his eye. It darted into the bushes before Phineas could get a good look, but it almost looked like…
"Phineas, you gotta do something!" Isabella pleaded, only to fall under deaf ears. "Please help us!"
"What's wrong with him?" Buford asked. "I feel like we've been hanging here for a whole day. I mean, I got the brawn for it, but it's not like I have better things to do."
"Your freakish weight will only pull you down faster!" Baljeet pointed out.
"Why does he just stare off into space like that?" Django asked, unintentionally loosening his grip a little.
He managed to tighten his grip, but it wasn't enough. The vines were finally starting to give in to the kids' weight.
"We have to get down there!" Phineas declared.
"What?!" everyone reacted.
"Just trust me! Hold on!"
Phineas started swinging. As he passed each kid, they grabbed onto his vine.
Unfortunately, Buford was just a little off. Not only did he miss, but his vine broke. He started plummeting to the ground.
Baljeet realized he was still holding a bit of his broken vine. Seeing Buford falling, he knew he had no time to think.
He threw one end of the vine, and managed to grab Buford's ankle.
Buford was heavy, but Baljeet managed to keep a firm hold of him.
The group landed safely in the middle of the canyon.
Buford sighed in relief. "That was close."
Baljeet cleared his throat.
"That was awesome, 'Jeet," Buford admitted with a hint of pride. "That was a nice use of brawns."
"That…" Baljeet tried to argue, then he realized Buford was sorta right. "Okay, you win."
"Come on, guys," said Phineas. "Perry needs our help."
"Didn't we leave Perry at home?" Isabella pointed out.
But Phineas didn't listen. He just trekked further down the canyon.
The Flynn-Fletcher robots barged into the Flynn-Fletcher household.
Thankfully, the grandparents were asleep, so Carl didn't need to worry about them.
The robots searched every nook and cranny of the house. Perry was nowhere to be found.
Carl screamed. "WHERE IS HE?!"
"How could Perry be in Africa?" asked Baljeet.
"Maybe you heard a different platypus," Isabella suggested.
"Yeah," Buford agreed. "Australia's probably full of them!"
"I know it doesn't make any sense," said Phineas. "But I swear I saw him, and I'm gonna find him."
Phineas went deeper into the canyon.
The others looked at each other worriedly, but they reluctantly followed him.
None of them noticed the platypus-shaped shadow hiding in the bushes behind them.
Perry got what he wanted, but not in the way he should have.
He didn't know how, but whatever inator struck him transported him to Africa.
Now, he had the chance to finally have that break he deserved, and he could finally have some bonding time with his family.
But as his angel constantly reminded him, if he just showed up, everyone would start asking questions.
Then history would repeat itself.
He snapped out of his thoughts when his watch went off.
"Why hello, Agent P," Carl greeted menacingly. "Just wanted to catch up a bit. We never get any time to talk. In fact, we should totally get together, in person, considering you're in… such a lovely region with one-of-a-kind flowers."
Perry grabbed the watch and destroyed it.
But it was pointless. Carl looked up whatever flowers have red petals and three golden pistils, and he discovered they were Dendrobium Uncharticum, a special flower only grown in certain uncharted regions in Africa.
Carl was genuinely surprised. "I was sure he was struck with the Go-Home-inator. We don't even have a Go-to-Africa-inator. No matter, soon his tiny handprint will be mine, for reasons that I do not need to repeat because I do not think the person reading this is a goldfish."
He got back on the jet and prepared for the journey to Africa.
"I didn't know how I didn't see it before!" Doof contemplated. "He was using me! I trusted him, but he cast me aside like an old newspaper!"
"Oh for Pete's sake, Heinz!" Monogram snapped. "Evil Carl must be stopped! We need to work together!"
It took Doof a second to process that. "Wait, what do you mean 'we'?"
"We have to work together to save Agent P!"
"Oh, no way, Jose! With Perry the Platypus out of the way, I can finally take over the Tri-State Area!"
"Not if Carl does that first!"
Doof froze. Monogram counted to three in his head, then Doof finally let the realization punch him in the gut.
"Now come on and let me out," said Monogram. "We have to follow him."
"But how? He took your jet."
Once Monogram was let out, he led Doof to the room where a spare jet was kept.
"Carl always changes the radio whenever we fly together," he explained. "So I had this jet built just for me. That's… partly why our budget is tight now. We can track him through the onboard GPS. Now, let's go." He put on a pair of shades. "We've got a world to save."
"Wait a minute," Doof realized. "How did you make these sunglasses fit on only one side of your face? Who made these?" He read the name carved onto the shades. "M.C Escher?"
Monogram slapped Doof's hand away. "It was a family friend. Now get on the plane. We've got a Tri-State Area to save."
To Candace's surprise, the monkeys she came across had no intention of harming her. If anything, they took her in as one of their own.
It was strange, but Candace actually found some enjoyment in it.
Play "Living with Monkeys"
Candace:
Tired of all the games, people play with your emotions
Tired of all the pressures of society
Tired of always feeling like I'm going through the motions
Fed up with all the fretting and anxiety
She bathed in a small pond. It was cold, but better than using a shower back home.
Any and all food she needed to survive was provided to her by the trees.
Speaking of trees, the best part of this new lifestyle was climbing the trees and seeing Africa in all its glory.
So I'm leaving it all behind
The house, the car, running water, electricity
Yes, I'm leaving it all behind
No more heartache, pain, and sorrow
No more stressing about tomorrow
'Cause here in my new life, I'm feeling free
And I'm living with monkeys
Yeah, I'm living with monkeys
The longer Candace lived with the monkeys, she learned how to swing on vines and hang upside-down on a tree branch.
They accepted me as one of their own
At least, that's what I'm assuming
Yeah, I'm living with monkeys
It's not really all that bad
Once you get used to all the grooming
'Cause I'm living with monkeys
End "Living with Monkeys"
Candace and the monkeys watched the sun set.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Candace said in monkey tongue.
"I've seen better," one monkey replied.
"Platypuses always head west when they're lost," said Phineas. "At least, I think they do."
"Uh, Phineas," Isabella finally spoke up. "We've been thinking too. Isn't it time we, you know, found our way back?"
"And stop looking for Perry? He's our pet! No, he's more than that! He's our friend, and I know he's out there!"
There was a moment of silence, but Baljeet broke it by bluntly stating, "We are in Africa!"
"Well, has he been wrong before?" Ferb pointed out.
"How wide are we willing to open this up?" asked Buford.
"Wait, look," said Django.
Everyone looked and saw platypus-shaped footprints.
This just reinforced Phineas' desire to keep going.
"That could just be a duck," Buford said.
But Phineas was already gone.
The jet landed in an African field.
The moment Carl saw the Dendrobium Uncharticum, he knew they were in the right place.
"Fan out and find that platypus!" he ordered the robots.
The robots split up in search for Perry. They lasered everything in their path.
Carl then noticed, in the distance, Phineas and Ferb themselves walking through the jungle.
He laughed. "This just got a whole lot easier. Candy corn."
The Lawrence robot handed Carl a candy corn.
"We should be in Africa soon," Monogram ordered.
"Just so you know, we're running out of materials," said Doof. "So I'll need to get creative."
He opened a hatch and pulled some parts out of the interior.
Then he heard the sound of the engine stopping.
"Uh, just out of curiosity," said Doof. "Does this thing have a lifeboat?"
"Uh, we're on a plane," Monogram replied.
"I knew that."
The kids kept going until the tracks just stopped.
"Oh no!" Phineas panicked.
Isabella noticed some nearby grubs. "Hey, maybe he came here for food." She picked up one of the grubs, and felt disgusted. "How will I ever get that grub-eating patch?"
Phineas then noticed a strand of Perry's fur. "He went that way!"
The gang kept going.
"That thing won't do you any good if we don't survive the flight!" Monogram shouted.
"I'm building a Re-Goodinator, solely from parts of this plane!" Doof yelled. "Do you know how many evil scientists could actually accomplish this?"
"I'll be impressed if we don't hit the earth on fire."
"Oh, stop panicking, Francis! I haven't even touched the main stabilizers… yet!"
The kids came across a raging river. The only way to cross it was a knocked-down tree.
"Perry must've crossed here," Phineas assumed.
"Maybe there is another way over," said Baljeet. "This looks pretty rickety."
Phineas saw a certain teal monotreme on the other side of the river. He knew in his heart it was Perry.
"Perry!" he called. "Over here!"
But Perry ran in the opposite direction.
"He must be scared," Phineas realized. "We're coming for you, buddy!"
The kids started to cross the tree.
Then the tree shattered, and they all fell into the river.
The moment Perry heard his owners screaming, he turned back to try and save them.
But he was met by Carl and a whole army of robotic duplicates.
"Sorry about the trouble, Agent P," Carl fake-apologized. "I'm evil. What can I say?"
Perry gestured to all the robots.
"Oh yeah. I had some free time, and now you're gonna give me a hand, literally."
Perry blew a whistle, and a big group of fedora-wearing African animals came to his aid.
"New recruits, huh?" Carl remarked. "I see you wanna do this the hard way. Charge!"
The animals and the robots charged into battle.
The kids plummeted down a steep slope.
"This would be fun if it wasn't terrifying!" Baljeet screamed.
Phineas noticed they were heading towards a branch.
"Everyone, get behind me!" he ordered.
The kids formed a straight line. The branch saved them.
And then it launched them into the air.
Luckily, a pit of quicksand broke their fall.
.The jet was about to crash. Monogram tried to gain control, but all he did was activate a horn.
"Did you modify the horn?" he asked.
"Yeah," Doof replied. "It's what I needed the stabilizers for."
The jet hit the ground. Luckily, no one was injured, and the Re-Goodinator was completely intact.
"See, one day you're gonna look back on this and laugh," Doof remarked.
"I swear on my life," Monogram said. "Every time I look back on this, I will personally drive over to your place and smack you."
Candace, now with messy hair and a furry dress, was just going about her day when she saw a lemur being attacked by a robot duplicate of Buford.
She swung into action. She kicked the robot down and got the lemur to safety.
She then jumped back into battle.
"Is it done?" Monogram asked.
"Almost," Doof replied. "I just need a few more parts."
"No problem." Monogram tore off his uniform, revealing a leotard. "We're surrounded by parts."
He then jumped into action, taking down whatever robots he could find.
"If you can manage it," said Doof. "I need a ball-joint compressor."
Monogram tore off the leg of the Lawrence bot, and tossed it to Doof.
"Put 'em up, handsome," said the robot Monogram.
"Isabella, anything in the Fireside manual about escaping quicksand?" asked Phineas.
"I'll bring it up at the next meeting," Isabella replied.
"Hey guys!" came Buford's voice. "I landed up here!"
Everyone looked up and saw Buford was on the edge.
"Should I jump down?" he asked.
"No!" Baljeet shouted. "Find something to get us out of here!"
Buford desperately looked around for something he could use.
All he could find was a vine. He almost tossed it aside, but then he remembered how Baljeet used a vine to save him earlier.
Buford took the vine, took the environment into account, then released one end.
Once the kids had a good hold of the vine, Buford pulled as hard as he could.
Once they were back on land, Baljeet noticed that his pants fell down.
"I have never been pantsed by a continent before," he remarked.
"Don't feel bad," Buford assured as he pulled Baljeet's pants back up. "When we got out of here, I would've done that to you anyway."
Baljeet grinned at both Buford's gesture and actions. "Hey, you did good using your brain back there."
He then kissed Buford's cheek.
Buford looked away, blushing.
Monogram was stuck in a fight between a duplicate of himself.
"Hurry, Heinz!" he shouted.
"I'm almost done!" Doof assured. "All I need now is tape!"
"Tape?"
"Yeah, any adhesive. A sticker, adhesive bandage…" Doof unintentionally tore off the fake mustache of the Monogram robot. "Oh, this'll do."
He applied the tape, finishing the inator.
"Behold, the Re-Goodinator!" he presented.
"Heinz, just shoot Carl!" Monogram ordered.
"Yeah, that's the problem. I sorta pinned it to the floor so it wouldn't move with the plane, so now I can't move it."
"Where's it pointed?"
"It's pointed at that rock over there." Doof pointed at the rock, which was shaped like an X. "Wow, that's serendipitous."
"Great googly moogly! Heinz, hold down the fort!"
"We have a fort? What am I even doing out here?"
Perry had just punched down Robot Django when Monogram got next to him.
"Agent P, I need you to get Evil Carl in front of that X!" Monogram said. "And yes, I wear a leotard under my uniform. Quickly! We only have one shot!"
Perry jumped towards Carl and showed off his hand, tauntingly.
"I will have that paw print!" Carl declared.
Perry chattered. Come and get me.
Perry climbed up to where the X was. Carl followed him.
Once they reached the X, Perry realized he had nowhere else to run.
Carl grabbed his hand and tried to scan it on his tablet.
Perry grabbed onto the X with his tail.
"Your prehensile tail won't save you now," Carl warned.
"He's coming into range!" Doof shouted.
"Take the shot!" Monogram ordered.
But Carl heard them. He backed away just a little bit.
"Oh no, he's out of range!" Doof panicked.
"All is lost!" Monogram cried.
Perry pointed at his hand, which was still firmly in Carl's grip.
"He wants me to take the shot!" Doof realized.
"What's the point?" asked Monogram.
"I'm gonna take it."
"Game over!"
Doof took the shot.
Perry took out a picture of Phineas and Ferb.
Before Carl could figure out how Perry summoned it without any pockets, the beam reflected off of the glass frame and struck Carl.
Doof and Monogram cheered.
"What a marksman," Doof remarked.
"You can only point at one place," Monogram pointed out.
"You can't give me anything, can you?"
Monogram checked to make sure Carl was okay. "Carl, how you feeling?"
"I feel… good," Carl replied.
"I'm glad. Now clean up the mess you made."
"Yes sir."
Carl got straight to work.
As Monogram watched Carl clean up, he thought about how much work Carl had done for the agency, yet he didn't get any recognition for it.
"Carl," he said. "Recent events have brought it to my attention that you're a great help to me, and I'm not quite sure what I'd do without you, in fact."
"Really?" Carl asked excitedly.
"Really, and as of this moment, I'm officially promoting you to the title of 'Paid Intern'."
Carl saluted. "Thank you, sir! Woo-hoo!"
Monogram turned to Perry. "Good work, Agent P. You'll come back on the jet with us. Obviously, we can't have you…"
"Perry!" came Phineas' voice.
Monogram saw the pleading look on Perry's face, and he relented. "Go on. You earned it."
Perry gave a smile almost as big as Carl's. He saluted Monogram and left to reunite with his family.
Monogram and Carl got back on Carl's jet.
"We'll just use the magnet to clean everything up," Monogram decided.
"Wait, you'll bring me home too, right?" asked Doof.
"Of course. After all, home is where the prisons are."
"You're kidding, right?"
"Do you want a ride or not?"
Doof groaned, but begrudgingly got on the jet.
Candace returned to the battlefield and looked around. All the robots were gone.
There was only one thing in the area other than her: Perry.
"Perry?" she asked in disbelief. "How did you get here?"
Not that she wasn't happy to see him, of course.
That's when Phineas, Ferb, and the rest showed up.
"He's here, guys, he's really here!" Phineas cried before noticing Candace. "Candace, did you find him?"
All that came out of Candace's mouth was an, "Uhhh…"
Phineas took that as a yes and he hugged Candace. "Did I ever tell you you're the best sister ever?"
"This is actually the first time I remember you saying that."
"Oh." Phineas felt a little bad knowing that. "Well, that says a lot more about me than it does about you."
"Now that this conflict has been resolved," said Baljeet. "How do we get out of this gorge?"
"Chill, guys," Candace assured. "I got this."
She then screamed like Tarzan.
A couple of elephants appeared.
"Great idea, Candace," Phineas said as they all got on the elephants' backs. "It's like you embraced Africa."
"Yes, yes I did," Candace admitted.
During the flight home, Carl had one thing on his mind.
"I'm positive Agent P got hit with the Go-Homeinator," he said. "So why did he end up in Africa of all places?"
"His family," Monogram explained.
"Huh?"
"Home is where the heart is. His family was in Africa."
Carl realized Monogram was right. "True, sir."
The kids returned to the camp just in time for s'mores and the sunset.
"Look at that," said Linda. "I gotta say, Africa is unbelievable."
"So how was the restaurant?" asked Phineas.
"Eh, nothing to write home about."
"I guess it takes both brains and brawn to survive out in the wild," Baljeet remarked.
"Mm-hmm," Buford agreed. "That's why we work so well together."
"Hey Iggy, these s'mores are great," said Isabella.
"They have my secret ingredient," Ignatius revealed. "Grubs."
"Really? Thank you, Africa."
"Hey, could I get one of those for Perry?" Phineas requested.
"I'll admit," Ignatius admitted as he examined Perry. "I never really studied the platypus, but I am shocked that this one somehow followed you all the way here. It seems impossible."
"Well, ever since George Shaw wrote the first description of the platypus for highly skeptical European scientists in 1798," said Ferb. "This unique creature has become synonymous with the word impossible."
"You know, Ferb's right," said Phineas.
"Yeah," everyone else except Candace agreed.
"Really?" Candace asked. "You're all satisfied with that answer!"
"Well, I'm tuckered out," said Lawrence. "Good night."
Everyone else went to bed, but Candace just stood there.
"Seriously!" she insisted. "A platypus crosses the Atlantic Ocean and somehow finds its way here in the middle of Africa, and you think this isn't worthy of longer discussion?!"
"It's been a long day, Candace," Phineas reasoned. "It'll all probably make sense in the morning. For now, it's better to sleep on it."
"Alright."
Notes:
One chapter left, let's go.
Looking back, "Where's Perry?" was the walking definition of wasted potential. There was a lot that needed fixing.
Starting with the obvious factor, Carl the Intern. Monogram promoting Carl to Paid Intern could've provided some development in their relationship, but then Monogram reveals that "Paid Intern" is only a title, and Carl isn't actually gonna be paid. Why? BECAUSE THE STATUS QUO IS GOD! Well, in my universe, change and growth is God, so Carl is an actual paid intern from this point on.
Another thing I changed was Candace's plotline. I mean, in the actual episode, the only reason why Candace goes native was because she thought Jeremy was breaking up with her. It's just a bland repeat of plenty of other episodes where Candace overreacts over a misunderstanding with Jeremy. I get it, I really do. I myself reacted in a similar way when I was rejected by my first crush, but seeing the same plot over and over gets boring after a while.
To fix that, I changed it so Candace's conflict is just being unable to use her phone. Hell, that conflict was kinda built up in the "Candace Disconnected" episode when you think about it. Candace then learns to appreciate the scenic beauty of Africa, and THAT'S why she temporarily goes native.
Obviously, she'll go back to using her phone when she can use it again, but now she won't be as reliant on it.
The last thing I changed was Buford and Baljeet's "Brains vs. Brawns" debate. The idea is that they learn they need a bit of both to survive in the wild. It's a great idea that could've been executed a little better, so I changed the scenes so we actually see Buford and Baljeet use each other's methods to save the day at certain points.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 78: This is Your Backstory (End of Season 3)
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 78
This is Your Backstory
Candace went out to see what the boys were doing.
From the look of it, Phineas and Ferb were just playing a game of Ping-Pong against each other.
But Candace knew better.
"Alright, what is this?" she asked.
"Table Tennis," Phineas replied bluntly.
"Ping-Pong for the Layman," Ferb added.
"Yeah," said Candace. "But is it, like, some way to build up kinetic energy to open a wormhole, or something like that?"
"No, it's just a regular game of Ping-Pong," said Phineas. "Wanna join?"
Seeing she had nothing better to do, Candace decided to go along with it. "Alright, I'll bite. Anyway, where's Perry?"
Perry was already flying into action. That's when his watch went off.
"Monogram to Agent P," Monogram called. "Already airborne, I see. I like that. Doofenshmirtz has recently purchased an inordinate number of chairs. Hundreds of them. Far more than necessary for a person with no friends and one tushie. Take a look, okay? Monogram out."
The moment Perry landed on the balcony, the roof closed.
"Perry the Platypus, over here," came Doof's voice.
Perry saw Doof sitting in one of the many seats in the room.
"Hurry, hurry," Doof urged. "The show's about to start."
Perry sat next to Doof.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Norm announced on stage. "Someone in our studio audience has a date with history!" He shined a light on all the empty seats. "So, come on up, because this is your backstory, Heinz Doofenshmirtz!"
The light shone on Doof.
"It's me!" Doof cheered as he got on stage.
"Let's give him a big round of applause," Norm said as he pulled a lever.
Mechanical arms grabbed Perry's wrists and forced him to clap.
"Tonight, we explore the life of a true evil genius," Norm went on. "And find out just what makes him kick."
"How?" asked Doof.
"I'll show you."
Norm had Doof sit on a special chair. A helmet was strapped onto Doof's head.
"With the help of our exciting, possibly lethal, memory extraction technology," Doof explained. "All of your most deeply repressed memories would appear right on screen. It's like a TV clip show fueled by your own brain. Now, let's start our trip down Memory Strasse on the day of your birth in beautiful Drusselstein."
"I don't really remember much about that time," said Doof. "I was really young and… ooh, I can feel a tingle. Something's coming out."
The screen showed an image of Doof when he was a baby. He was crying while a nurse comforted him.
Neither of the parents were there.
"How cute," Norm remarked. "But where's Mom?"
"She didn't show up for the birth," Doof explained. "How that's possible, I'll never know, but I was somehow born in the hospital even though she wasn't there to give birth."
"Remember this voice?"
"When they are born," said a thick German voice. "We slap their bottoms to start them breathing."
"Here he is," said Norm. "All the way from Gimmelshtump Memorial Hospital, Doctor Mortimer Schlussel."
The curtain opened to reveal the doctor in question.
"Hey, Doctor…" Doof tried to greet.
But Doctor Schlussel just pulled Doof up by his leg, smacked his butt, and left.
"And I'm sure you can guess who this next voice belongs to," Norm continued.
"Heinz, my little habengoosher," said a new voice.
"Aw, when she says it like that, it's easy to forget that it means…" Doof tried to say.
Then his mother came in, smacked his butt, and walked out.
"Yes, your relationship with your mother left something to be desired," Norm said, maintaining his enthusiasm. "But what about Dad?"
"Well, you know, those were hard times," Doof replied, getting back in his chair. "The stress of running a family weighed heavily on him."
The screen showed Doof's parents losing their lawn gnome and forcing him to act as the lawn gnome to protect the garden from witches and whatnot.
Every time Doof tried to move, his father would shout, "Nicht bewegen!"
Doof had spent many days and nights standing in the garden. He couldn't eat, drink, or even move one muscle.
"What a fascinating life!" Norm remarked. "We'll keep track of the level of emotional pain each backstory causes on this colorful Gnome-o-Meter."
The meter in question showed a tiny little gnome steadily rising to the top of a slope.
"Scale those heights, you bearded, Scandinavian cutie!" Norm cheered.
The mechanical arms removed Perry's fedora and scratched his head in a curious way.
"Let me tell you," said Doof. "Transitioning to adulthood was painful, but I guess it is a good indicator of things to come."
The next memory that played was of the time Doof was forced to do the high dive, and never did.
"Whatever," said Doof. "I'm so over it."
Then his father came in and shouted, "Nicht bewegen!"
Doof bolted up and stood straight.
Then Mr. Doof left without saying a word.
"And here's another voice you might recognize," said Norm.
"What exactly am I here for again?" asked the voice.
The curtain opened to reveal none other than the mayor himself, Roger.
The mechanical arms made Perry whistle.
"Alright, enough with the cheering!" Doof snapped. "It's my show, not his!"
"Can I help it if Mommy liked me best?" asked Roger.
"Look at all those burbling memory bubbles," Norm said.
He pointed at the cord on Doof's helmet, which had bubbles emitting out of the brain.
"Tell us all about it, Doctor D!" Norm requested.
"For a time, I was happy," Doof rambled. "It was a short time. A very short time."
The screen showed one memory of Doof playing with a toy carriage.
Then Roger was born, and he became the favorite child for one reason, and one reason only: Kickball.
Play "I Couldn't Kick my Way Right into her Heart"
Doof:
My mother's love was always inexplicably linked to kickball
And my brother was an expert from the start
But I lacked finesse, so when put to the test
I couldn't kick my way right into her heart
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Doof announced. "Love Handel!"
Love Handel came out from backstage and performed with Doof.
Danny:
He tried playing Rugby, and soccer, and football
He tried kick the can and even martial arts
But even with this dedication
Doof:
I still got no coordination
Danny:
He couldn't kick his way right into her heart
Oh yeah
"Goodnight, Danville!" Danny shouted, ending the concert.
With that, Love Handel left the building.
End "I Couldn't Kick my Way Right into her Heart"
"Wow, you got Love Handel to be a part of this?" Roger asked, genuinely amazed.
"I know people," Doof replied.
Roger made his leave. "Well, I got a city to govern."
"Don't let your ego hit you on the way out!"
Perry was forced to applaud again.
"Although your family life was tough," said Norm. "Your social life was, how should we say, a soul-shattering void."
"A painful but accurate choice of words, Norm," Doof agreed.
The screen changed to depict a five-year-old Doof at the local animatronic pizzeria. No one came to the party.
And, on the way back home, Doof ended up losing the cake to a bunch of Doonkelberry bats.
"Oh, that stings," Norm remarked. "Now, do you recall a young lad named Boris?"
"Oh sure," Doof replied. "Big Black Boots Boris the Bully."
On screen, Boris always kicked sand in Doof's face no matter where he was at.
In the sandbox.
His first date.
Balancing the checkbook.
At the beach… surprisingly Boris didn't show up then, but there was always that feeling of dread.
"Well, Boris owns a car dealership now, and declined to appear on the show," Norm revealed.
"Good, because he'd likely kick sand in my eyes again," Doof said with relief.
"Well, there was one friend."
Doof perked up. "Balloony!"
The next thing the screen showed was kids being scared off by Doof's odor.
Why did he smell like pork of all things? Well, that's another story for another day.
One day, the carnival came to town and Doof needed money because…
Basically his parents disowned him and he was raised by ocelots.
The point is, Doof had to get a job at the carnival, but the only job was the Dunking Booth, as the person that's thrown against the target.
Which is yet another separate story, but either way, Doof got himself a balloon. He drew a face on it, sprayed it with long-lasting spray, and named him Balloony.
Balloony became Doof's best friend, but one night, while he was protecting the garden, Balloony floated away, never to be seen again.
Until the Chronicles of Meap, that is.
And now, Doof and Balloony were finally back together…
POP!
"Balloony!" Doof cried.
The Gnome-o-Meter started to increase at a faster speed.
"Now, if you've finished weeping," said Norm. "Let's continue. In another misguided attempt to engage in life, you entered one of your inventions in the science fair."
"You're right," said Doof. "It was my first inator."
Just as he was about to demonstrate his invention to the judges, a kid with a baking soda volcano stole the show.
The next year, Doof tried again, only to lose his thunder to a baking soda volcano again.
He then decided to devote his life to poetry, yet he still lost to a baking soda volcano.
"The worst part is, its poetry lacked any subtext!" Doof ranted before he noticed Perry was out of his seat. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry got on stage and peaked behind the curtain.
"Okay, playtime's over," Doof declared. "Norm?"
Norm opened the curtain to reveal a container filled with a strange bubbly liquid.
The tentacles grabbed Perry and hung him in the air.
"Behold, the Backstoryinator!" Doof presented. "You see, evil is born from pain and loss, but reliving one story at a time was getting me nowhere. Now, with this, I can collect the liquid essence of all my pain and suffering. Once it's full, I can reinject it into myself, making me the most evil person that has ever lived, thus nothing will stop me from taking over the Tri-State Area!"
Then an ocelot pounced on Doof.
"Oh, there's Mama Ocelot," said Norm.
"Ironically, she's still more nurturing than my own mother," Doof remarked.
Once the ocelot was gone, Doof got back in his chair and the show continued like normal.
The Gnome-o-Meter was almost at the top.
"Let's see, what should my last backstory be?" Doof pondered.
That's when Vanessa came in.
"Hey Dad, can I have the keys to the car?" she asked.
"Oh sure, they're in the…" Doof replied before he realized what he was doing. "No, good memories! Can't stop pleasant reminisces!"
The screen showed plenty of moments between Doof and Vanessa.
Play "Not so Bad a Dad" (Shortened Version)
The recital where Doof cheered way too loud.
Vanessa's flawless first attempt at driving.
Well, almost flawless.
Vanessa:
You were a substandard dad, but the only one I had
I grew up hearing your evil scheming down the hall
And of course, the day Doof finally got Vanessa the Mary McGuffin doll she wanted when she was seven.
But this piece of plastic in my hand makes me finally understand
Maybe you're not so bad a dad, not so bad a dad after all
End "Not so Bad a Dad"
The Gnome-o-Meter plummeted all the way down to the bottom.
"Okay, Dad," said Vanessa. "If you want to hold your head and quiver some more, that's fine with me, but can I have the keys?"
"Oh right," Doof got the keys out of his pocket. "Here you go."
Doof tossed the keys to Vanessa, and she left without saying another word.
"Ah, look at the Gnome-o-Meter," Doof whined. "We've practically started over."
"That's okay, sir," Norm assured. "You have lots of painful history to explore. Tell us, how did you come to America?"
"Well, it was when I was sixteen, or thereabouts. I had stopped celebrating my birthday by that point for, you know, obvious reasons."
The screen showed Doof going to the schtor to get some doozenkraut for his parents.
He always had trouble telling the difference between an actual schtor and a painting of a schtor.
Either way, it started him off on the greatest adventure of his life. He decided to seize the day with both hands… and a mop.
He was taken to a golden land of opportunity. A land with a pioneering spirit which welcomed misfits like him.
But he ended up in America instead.
He knew it was home, mainly because it was familiar.
Once he was in America, he began the human rite of passage known as high school.
And despite his serious lack of coolness, he still managed to date a future pop star.
Though it was only one date.
As Perry watched the scene play out in full, one glaring detail caught his eye.
The date in question was strangely familiar. The long, orange hair was the biggest giveaway.
No way, he thought to himself. Is that… Mom?
Doof and Mom had their back-and-forth, which ended with Mom suggesting Doof not go straight to taking over the whole world, but instead starting out small with the Tri-State Area.
That date ended poorly, but it was only the beginning of Doof's love life.
There was Elizabeth, who ditched Doof for a whale.
And there was also Sheena, who initially returned Doof's feelings before she was struck by Doof's own inator.
"And do you remember this voice?" asked Norm.
Charlene entered the apartment through the main door.
"Hello, Heinz," she greeted. "I have your alimony check."
Doof chuckled nervously. "Charlene."
"Delivered in person, like you asked." Charlene gave Doof the check, then she finally saw the whole set. "What is this? A game show? Is this what you spend the money on?"
"Well, also groceries."
"Well, at least it's not in my garage." Charlene left, but not before saying one last thing. "Nice tux, Norm."
"She's fantastic!" Norm yelled.
"Norm, let's bring out the big guns," Doof requested. "Failed inators!"
The screen depicted a montage of all of Doof's inators blowing up in his face.
Figuratively and literally.
"Well, it's a good thing they have blowing-up insurance," Doof remarked. "Otherwise, I wouldn't even be here right now."
Perry noticed that the ceiling fan was on. This gave him an idea.
"One more good trauma should send Arthur over the top," said Norm.
"Hit me with your best shot," Doof ordered.
"That's just it, sir. The rest are more comical than tragic."
"What? How are we supposed to…?"
Perry swung himself towards the fan. The fan cut the tentacles, releasing him.
That's when the devil appeared on his shoulder.
"Now's your chance," it told him. "Get him while you can."
Perry kicked Doof off his chair.
"Oh, curse you, Perry the Platypus," Doof cursed. "And by that I mean thank you. By tackling me, you've provided me with the last tragic backstory I need to put this baby over the top."
Doof put the helmet back on and replayed the memory of when Perry 'foiled' him. That was just the push needed to get the Gnome-o-Meter over the top.
What have I done? Perry asked himself.
"See, this is why you shouldn't just jump into action," his angel scolded.
Oh, shut it!
Doof pulled a lever, and all the bad memories went back into his brain at lightning speed.
"I can feel myself getting more evil!" he declared as his teeth sharpened and his voice distorted.
Doof laughed as he transformed into a giant demon. He grabbed Perry and pulled him closer.
Perry reached into his pocket and pulled out a collection of photos. They all depicted him and Doof just being happy together.
"NO!" Doof screamed.
Play "My Nemesis" (Short Version)
The screen changed to show all of Doof and Perry's happy moments.
My neme neme, oh, my neme neme neme
When the two had tea the day Doof turned himself into a platypus.
I used to sit alone doing evil all day
But now I think that someone's gonna get in my way
Yeah, there's someone in my life that doesn't want me to exist
Then there was the time Perry joined Doof for his little exercise routine.
Now, I hate him and he hates me
What a wonderful animosity
Besides his hat he wears no clothes
Now I have someone to oppose
Yes, I have a nemesis
And, of course, there was the day the two were lost in the desert and worked together to get back home.
End "My Nemesis"
Doof screamed as he tried to resist the joy. He unintentionally hit the inator, breaking it.
He then reverted back to normal.
Unfortunately, his shirt was torn, exposing his… not-so-good-to-look-at parts.
Perry looked away in disgust.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus," Doof said before hugging Perry. "And again, by that I mean thank you for reminding me my life isn't all doom and gloom."
Perry gladly returned the hug.
He then jumped off the balcony and flew away on his hang glider.
Phineas and Candace were neck and neck with each other. Each time one hit the ball, the other was already two steps ahead.
Ferb could only watch with anticipation as the ball bounced back and forth between them.
Eventually, though, Phineas swung his paddle, and missed by an inch. It was still enough for him to miss the ball and lose the game.
"Whoo!" Phineas said, panting a little. "That was fun, but also tiring."
"Same here," Candace agreed. "Want to get a snack?"
"Sure."
With that, Phineas, Ferb, and Candace walked inside, just three siblings that enjoyed each other's company.
Notes:
WHOO! WE'RE ALMOST DONE!
From the start, I knew "This is Your Backstory" would be the Season 3 finale. It's the point where Doof finally reveals his entire past in chronological order, while also showcasing how much his and Perry's relationship has grown over the course of the story.
Speaking of relationship growth, I changed the Phineas and Ferb part of the story. Instead of it being a gag where Candace waits for the boys to do something bust-worthy, only to give up right when their true plan is revealed, here, it's just Phineas, Ferb, and Candace playing Ping-Pong together, truly showing that things are starting to mend between them.
When you think about it, Season 3's main theme in my fic was growth. Signs of character development were always present, but this is where it REALLY shows. Aside from what's shown in this chapter, there's Ferb getting over Vanessa, Buford and Baljeet becoming official, Candace hanging out with Stacy and Jenny more (while also becoming less technologically dependent), and all the setup needed for the titular bitchulars to finally get with their respective love interests in Season 4.
Anyway, I'm putting this fic on a brief hiatus. My Document Manager on FFN is getting full again, so I need to look through some fics and give them some final edits before I delete the documents.
Also, this fic has officially surpassed my Gravity Falls fic as my most popular story, at least here on AO3. On FFN, the Gravity Falls fic still holds that title, while this fic is A LONG WAYS away from even TIEING with it. Still figured it was something I should celebrate.
If this story gets to 100 kudos by the time it's over, I'll personally thank each and every one of you that made that possible.
I'll also be sure to update my Riverdale fic while at it, so if you want to, be sure to check that out.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 79: My Sweet Ride
Notes:
The hiatus is finally over, and just in time too. The second half of Hamster and Gretel's second season is finally out on Disney. Should make a nice warmup before Phineas and Ferb finally return in June.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 79
My Sweet Ride
Candace and Jeremy entered the Flynn-Fletcher household.
"Hey Mom?" Candace called. "When can I get a car?"
Linda, who was dressed in 1950s getup, skated in and set down a tray of cookies. "Candace, you only have a learner's permit."
"Yeah, but I'll eventually get my license. It's good to be ready."
Linda tossed Candace a cookie. "Right, but in the meantime, have a cookie."
"That's hardly the same thing," Candace took a bite out of the cookie. "Also, why are you dressed like that?"
"Don't you remember? The Doo Wop Hop is tonight. All the neighborhood moms agreed to be carhops."
"Well, that is a nice wig helmet," Jeremy complimented.
"Why, thank you, Jeremy," Linda replied. "Safety first, you know."
With that, Linda left the room.
"I'm gonna have one of those cookies," Jeremy decided as he grabbed one of the cookies.
"Aloha, cats," came the voice of Phineas.
Candace and Jeremy turned to see Phineas and Ferb. Their hair was straightened, and they wore dark jeans and leather jackets.
"Hey guys," Jeremy smiled. "How you doing?"
"Mellow like a cello and solid to boot, Daddy-o," Phineas replied. "We're going to the Doo Wop Hop tonight, so we're dressed like they did in the fifties. You know, when everyone dressed like a sitcom from the seventies. Right, Ferb?"
Ferb clapped his hands together, then snapped his fingers.
"Boys, have you seen my welder?" asked Lawrence.
"Ferb and I were using it to put the finishing touches on Ferb's shades," Phineas replied. "Right Ferb?"
Ferb responded by doing the exact same thing he did a second ago.
"Yes, those are very hip," Lawrence complimented.
"What have you been working on all night out there, Dad?" asked Phineas.
"It's a surprise for Candace." Lawrence covered his mouth. "Oops."
"Wait, this conversation suddenly interests me," said Candace. "What are you making me?"
"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise, but I bought you a car."
Candace beamed in excitement. "Really?"
"No way," Jeremy said.
Lawrence led everyone to the garage.
"It's the same car I had when I was a lad," he said. "I figured it'd be ready when you were old enough."
"What do you mean 'ready'?" asked Candace.
Lawrence removed the tarp to reveal the car was in pieces.
"It's not quite ready yet," Lawrence tried to downplay.
But Candace wasn't satisfied. "You think?"
"Mr. Fletcher, is that a Nedlington Nymph?" asked Jeremy.
"Yes, yes it is," Lawrence replied. "Hey, you have your license. You can take Candace for a ride when it's finished."
"Awesome."
"Ferb and I think it's cool too," said Phineas. "Ferb, tell them what you told me."
Ferb made a bunch of motions with his hands.
"I'm living in Crazy Town," said Candace. "And Phineas and Ferb are the Council."
Phineas heard that. "Hey!" Then another thought came to mind. "Where's Perry?"
Perry was already in his lair. On screen, Monogram was shown with his hair dyed black, and he wore black leather clothing.
What am I looking at? Perry asked himself.
"What's shakin', bacon?" asked Monogram. "Like the threads? Carl and I are going to cruise over to the Doo Wop Hop tonight. We're going incognito, maybe do a little reconnaissance while I take in the car show."
Carl appeared on screen combing his hair. "And he wants to spy on Monty to figure out what kind of girl he's dating."
"Wrong! We happen to know that Doofenshmirtz has entered a car in the competition. He must be up to something, and if I should happen to see who my son is dating, well… where's the harm in that? Meanwhile, we need you to find out what the heck Doof is building, validate its evilness, and destroy. Good luck, Agent P, and, see you later, Alligator."
Perry saluted and left to do his mission.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof laughed maniacally while working on his project. "Sometimes, evil just cracks me up. Say, where's that humming coming from?"
He followed the humming to Vanessa's room. She was wearing a pink outfit and hat, applying makeup to her face, and humming to herself.
"Vanessa, is that you?" Doof asked. "Are you okay?"
"What do you mean, Dad?" Vanessa asked.
"Something's not right. The corners of your mouth are pointing up, you're wearing the complete opposite of what you normally wear, and you've straightened your hair."
"Relax, will you? I'm just getting ready for the Doo Wop Hop tonight."
"So, who are you going with?"
"You know, just a friend."
That's when the intruder alarm went off.
"Speaking of friends…" Vanessa smiled.
"He can wait," said Doof. "Who's this friend you're going out with? Is it one of your goth friends?"
Vanessa headed towards the door. "No, this is a different friend."
"No, don't open the door! You'll let in Perry the Platypus."
"You know he'll just blow the door down if you don't open it." Vanessa opened the door and left. "Toodles."
Perry entered the room with an oversized bazooka in hand.
"I'm worried about her, Perry the Platypus," Doof admitted before noticing the bazooka. "Hey, you were going to blow down my door!"
Perry set down the bazooka and raised his hands in the air.
Doof quickly brushed it off. "Come on, let me show you what I've been working on. You see, it all started when I was just a small boy back in Gimmelshtump. Friday was always Cruise Night, and everybody would come out to see the hipsters and their cool cars made from cannibalized parts left over from Drusselstein's many foreign occupations. For me, the coolest car of all was the Buhmshlaka 320-I, owned by my uncle, Simpkin. To me, he was the coolest guy on Earth. Unfortunately, the car had one major design flaw: the back bumper was a surplus dynamite plunger and the gas tank sat directly under the driver's seat. I never saw him again, but I have been able to restore his car."
Doof removed a tarp to showcase the new and improved Buhmshlaka 320-I.
"I'm sure to win first prize with this," Doof said. "And you know what the best part is?"
Doof pushed a button. Two tentacles came out from the front of the vehicle, grabbed Perry, and held him in the area.
"I needed to restrain you for this next part because it does get a little bit evil," Doof explained. "Just to ensure there's no real competition, I built a little gadget called the Rustinator. At the push of a button, it will reduce every other car into red dust, or rust for short. Wait, red dust, rust… I wonder if that's where the word came from. I'm gonna go look up its entomology."
Doof walked away to double check. Perry took a moment to laugh at Doof's stupidity.
"It turns out entomology is the study of insects," Doof said when he got back. "Go figure. Anyway, in you go."
Doof had the tentacles force Perry into a tube that just barely fit him. Doof had to get in the normal way, which was a little more difficult. Either way, he got into the vehicle and buckled up.
"How's it going down there?" he asked Perry. "Cozy in your steel cables?" He then turned to Norm, who was sitting in the backseat. "Careful with the Rustinator, Norm. We wouldn't want it to go off inadvertently."
"No problemo," Norm assured.
Doof started the engine and drove out of the building.
Phineas heard a strange noise coming from under the car.
"Boy Ferb, Dad was right," he remarked. "That muffler sure is making some weird noises."
He looked under the car to see it wasn't the muffler. It was just Lawrence snoring.
"It's best to leave him be," said Phineas. "Ferb, show me the model you've been working on. Were you able to add any extras?"
Ferb pushed a button on the car model. The car launched out of the garage, into the air, and exploded.
The explosion shook the ground, causing the platform Lawrence was laying on to roll away.
"How about we don't make it explode?" Phineas suggested.
Ferb nodded.
Candace, who was now in fifties getup, was waiting outside the house when Vivian drove by with Mrs. Johnson and another woman Candace didn't recognize.
"Hola Candace," Vivian greeted. "Don't you look lovely."
"Thanks," Candace replied.
"Jeremy will be here in a minute," Mrs. Johnson assured. "Is your mother ready?"
"She'll be right out."
As if on cue, Linda skated into the scene with a burger tray in hand.
"Okay ladies, here I come," Linda said, right before skating right past them. "And there I go. Sorry, can't stop. Follow me!"
"Step on it, Vivian!" Mrs. Johnson ordered. She's getting away!
Right after Vivian drove away, Jeremy showed up on his bike.
"Jeremy?" Candace asked, taking a moment to admire Jeremy's outfit.
"My car broke down," Jeremy said.
"Well, I guess we'll have to ride our bikes to the car show."
Candace opened the garage to retrieve her bike…
Only to see a fancy blue car. Phineas was blowing a horn for dramatic effect.
"You are so…" Candace was about to say before she stopped herself. "Awesome! I never thought it'd turn out so beautiful."
"How's the engine sound?" asked Jeremy.
"You tell me," Phineas replied, tossing Jeremy the keys. "Dad did say you could drive it when it was finished."
"Where is Dad anyway?" Candace wondered.
Ferb made an 'I don't know' gesture.
"Maybe he's already at the Hop," Phineas suggested.
"Well, we should head there too," said Jeremy. "Hop in, everyone. We're going cruisin'."
Play "My Cruisin' Sweet Ride"
Candace, Jeremy, Phineas, and Ferb got in the car and headed for the Doo Wop Hop.
Ferb:
You're gonna love
Phineas:
You're gonna love just what this car can do
Ferb:
We tricked it out
Phineas:
We worked really hard just to trick it out for you
Phineas pushed a button, and the whole layout of the car changed.
A simple push of a button changes the pattern and the hue
On your sweet ride
Candace:
My sweet ride
Candace opened the mirror and saw the variety of makeup she could apply to herself.
Look, the visor's a vanity
Jeremy:
And the glove box has real hands
Automatic hands popped out and applied Candace's makeup for her. It then took control of the steering so Jeremy could give his hands a break.
Phineas also showed off some of the other cool parts of the car.
Phineas:
It steers itself, there's a trophy shelf, and it opens up your cans
And if you use the rocket engine, you'll be the envy of the whole gang
Doof started to show off some aspects of his car to nearby citizens.
Doof:
My car has a turret that goes ba-ba-boom ba-bang-a-bang-bang
Vivian and her friends continued following Linda.
Vivian:
Cruising with our friends
Linda:
Follow me, we're almost there
Ferb:
Open the chutes
Phineas:
Let's deploy the chutes, Ferb, there's romance in the air
Ferb opened up a parachute which carried his and Phineas' seat into the air.
Jeremy:
There's nothing I'd rather do than take a moonlight drive with you
On your sweet ride
Candace:
My sweet ride
End "My Cruisin' Sweet Ride"
Doof was the first to arrive at the Hop. He showed his car off for all to see.
"I rule!" he declared.
But everyone in the crowd laughed at him.
"I don't get it," said Doof. "What's the joke?"
Monogram looked through his binoculars, but he couldn't see anything.
"Get up on my shoulders, Carl," he ordered. "See if you can see him."
"You're not gonna drop me again, are you?" Carl asked worriedly.
"Just do it, Carl, and watch the hair."
Carl did as he was told and took the binoculars. He looked around, and he found Monty pretty easily.
"There he is!" he told Monogram. "And he's with…"
He stopped himself as he fully processed what he was seeing. Monty was next to Vanessa of all people.
Monty saw Carl and quickly urged him to stay quiet.
"Carl, what do you see?" asked Monogram.
Carl made a mischievous smirk. "Someone who owes me big time."
"They dare to laugh at the Drusselstein Buhmshlaka 320-I?" Doof asked. "Well, we'll see who has the last laugh. Norm, fire up the Rustinator."
"Right away sir," Norm saluted. "Now, how do I set the coordinates?"
Perry got up and pushed the button for Doof's car with his bill.
"Thank you, Perry the Platypus," Norm thanked as he activated the inator. "Very sporting of you."
The car evaporated into red dust. If it weren't for the plastic gas tank Doof would've fallen and gotten the dust all over him.
"Dad?" came a voice.
Doof noticed Vanessa and waved at her. He then noticed that Vanessa was standing next to a guy. While the guy hid his face for some reason, he didn't hide the obvious unibrow.
"Wait, is that…?" Doof wondered.
But before he could finish that thought, Perry pushed the self-destruct button and blew up the gas tank, launching Doof into the air.
Candace and Jeremy were the last to show up.
Candace's seat turned ninety degrees, and the door opened itself. A mechanical hand helped Candace get up.
"Whoa," said the announcer. "Is that a Nedlington Nymph?"
"Yes, yes it is," Candace replied.
Lawrence, still asleep on his platform, rolled down a steep hill, through a barn, and into a construction site. There, he rolled onto a truck dropping off dirt, where he was launched into the air and towards the Doo Wop Hop.
"And who did this amazing restoration?" asked the announcer.
"Well, my dad's been working on it for a while, and…" Candace said, right before Lawrence came out from under the car. "Oh, here he is."
The three judges held up their scores. Two of them gave the car a ten, while the third gave it an eleven.
"Look at that folks," said the announcer. "Working on it up to the last second."
"I was?" asked Lawrence.
The announcer grabbed a big trophy and gave it to Lawrence. "I think I speak for all the judges when I say the Nedlington Nymph wins best in the show."
Lawrence gave the trophy to Candace. "I think this belongs to you."
"A one-of-a-kind car for our one-of-a-kind girl," said Linda, who just arrived at the scene.
She then skated away again. Lawrence ran after her.
Candace gave the trophy to Phineas and Ferb. "This really goes to you."
"Cool," said Phineas. "You were right, Ferb. We did need a trophy shelf."
That's when Perry popped out of the trophy and did his chatter.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas smiled.
Ferb snapped his fingers.
Notes:
After almost three weeks, it's nice to finally get back into it.
Not much changes here. Doof does recognize Monty. I don't wanna give too much away, but there's gonna be quite a bit in store for Vanessa and Monty's relationship, especially when their respective dads find out about it.
Phineas, Ferb, and their friends are down to their last twenty-five days of summer. To those of you who have been here since the beginning, you might wanna buckle up for this one. Relationships will be tested and morals will be challenged.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 80: Fly On the Wall
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 80
Fly on the Wall
Candace was in her room, straightening her hair.
"You'll never guess what I'm doing today!" she said to Stacy over the phone.
"You're…" Stacy tried to say.
"Going on a date, yes, but with who?"
"It's…"
"Jeremy, but where?"
"That I don't know."
"Neither do I! He says it's a surprise."
"Ooh, lucky."
"The problem is, if I don't know where I'm going, I don't know what to wear."
"I know: hair bows. They're all the rage these days. Just don't wear feather earrings, those are so last Tuesday."
Candace was already putting on feather earrings when Stacy said that. She chuckled in embarrassment and took the earrings off.
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang were all gathered under the tree in the backyard.
"Well, since the parts didn't arrive for our zombie-robot pool table," said Phineas. "Anybody have any other suggestions?"
"Hey, how about we do a bread bowl hot tub?" asked Buford.
"We made a portal to Mars," said Isabella. "Why not a portal to Venus?"
"Only if they make SPF 12 million," said Baljeet.
"Oh, I know," Django suggested. "Why don't we make our own cartoons? I was thinking of a show about two brothers who try to make the most of every day of their summer, while their annoying older sister tries to bust them, and their pet platypus is a secret spy who has to stop an evil scientist from taking over the town."
Everyone laughed their butts off at the suggestion, even Ferb.
It took a moment for Django to realize what they were laughing at. "Right, I basically just described what we do every day."
Ferb put a hand on Django's shoulder.
"No, no," he assured. "It was a good idea. The 'pet spy' thing was just a bit much."
Django chuckled. "Yeah, it kinda was."
"We'll take your idea into consideration, Django," said Phineas. "But I say we do something simple today."
"What do you mean?" asked Isabella.
"Well, what is summer all about?"
"That's simple."
Play "Summer: Where Do We Begin?" (MWCA Version)
Isabella:
The days are longer
Isabella and Buford:
The nights are shorter
Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet:
The sun is shining
Django:
Django's singing this line
Buford jumped on the tire swing and started swinging back and forth while everyone else danced to the song.
All:
Summer, every day we build upon the greatness of the last
Summer, savor every second that's quickly flying past
Don't let a single moment slip into the garbage bin
It's Summer, man, where do we begin?
End "Summer: Where Do We Begin?"
"Yeah, we all know the song," Phineas said before he realized something. "But I'm not exactly sure how."
Everyone else stopped and realized Phineas had a point.
"Well, hurry up and think of something," Buford eventually said. "I can't hang here forever."
An idea sparked into Phineas' head. "That's it. You can't get more summer than a tire swing. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry went down into the basement and opened the bottom step. He jumped into the chute, but his hat fell off.
He forced himself back up to recover his hat, then he slid down to his lair.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "We have a report that Doofenshmirtz is at 'The Shark'. We don't know which shark, but it sounds bad. Gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it."
That's when Carl appeared.
"Sir, it was a typo," he said. "He's at the park."
"Well, that's a lot lower on my heebie-jeebies scale." Monogram turned back to Perry. "So, Agent P, change of plans. Head over to the park and stop Doof from doing the doings that Doof does… do."
Perry saluted and left to do his mission.
The gang were already close to finishing their giant tire swing.
"An old-fashioned tire swing," Phineas explained. "But huge and powered by jet engines that could flatten a small village."
Buford decided to mess around with the control panel to make himself look busy. He unintentionally pulled one of the parts out. A beam fired in the direction of Candace's bedroom, but Buford quickly put the part back in, stopping the beam.
"Hey Buford," Phineas called.
"What?" Buford reacted defensively. "I didn't mess with no parts, but, hypothetically, what do you think would happen if, say, you took that goofy doohickey thing out of the thingama-whatsit?"
"Hmm, good question. Ferb?"
Ferb revealed a set of blueprints.
"Well, if we account for the coolness of the jet-propulsion circuits this early in the day, and the increased internal humidity while that access port is open, removing the part in question would cause the machine to emit a ray that turns a human into a fly."
Buford couldn't believe anything he heard. "Really?"
"You'd be surprised how often removing a single component can make a big difference. For instance, if we remove this part…" Phineas pointed at the object in particular. "It would become a sorbet machine."
By this point, Buford was speechless.
Candace looked at herself in the mirror, specifically the hairbow she put on.
"A hairbow, really?" she asked herself, unsatisfied. "Only Stacy can pull this off."
She tried to take off her bow, only to realize she couldn't feel her fingers.
She looked at her hands, only to see they were tiny black nubs.
She then took a better look at her reflection and realized she had turned into a tiny fly, with only her head remaining the same.
Candace screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Phineas and Ferb!" she realized. "You are so buzzted! Mom!"
Candace flew downstairs and found Linda getting ready to leave the house.
"Mom, you gotta help me!" she screamed.
When Linda noticed Candace, her first instinct was to swat her away.
Candace followed Linda into the car. By the time she realized what she did, it was too late.
Linda started the car and drove off. Candace was sent flying against the back windshield.
At the park, Perry found Doof having a picnic by himself.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "Won't you join me for a picnic?"
Perry hesitantly stepped on the blanket, and the next thing he knew, he was trapped in it.
Doof only laughed for a moment before he felt a sharp pain in his chest. "Oh, my duodenum. Did you see your face? You were like, 'Maybe I shouldn't, but I am hungry' then boom, you're trapped!"
Perry just glared at Doof.
"Are you hungry, Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked. "Well, too bad. It's not for you, it's for them." He pointed at some nearby pigeons. "Behold, my Feed-the-Pigeons-inator!"
Perry rolled his eyes. Pigeons, again?
"Ok, Snobby the Snobapuss. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it is evil. Look." Doof pointed at a sign that read, 'DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS!' "And I am going to feed the pigeons, therefore, I am breaking the law. It's a sign in big red letters, which makes it legally binding…" He realized how stupid he was sounding. "Okay, here's the truth: I've got evil scientist block, alright? I have nothing. I was going to make a Good-Ideanator, but I thought that would be counterproductive as it has 'good' in the title. Then I invented a Bad-Ideanator, which gave me this."
Perry didn't know whether he should laugh at or feel sympathy for Doof.
"I'm dry," Doof went on. "This summer's been going on and on and it feels like it's been going on for, like, almost a year. I'm asking you, man to monotreme, can you help me?"
Perry easily freed himself, took Doof's hand, and led him away.
"See, even my trap has become lackluster," Doof whined.
With the swing finished, everyone took their seats and buckled up.
"Lady and gentlemen," Phineas said. "May we present to you, a good old-fashioned, new-fashioned tire swing. Prepare to engage thrusters."
The swing launched high into the air.
"Your fully pressurized cabin is gyroscopically balanced for a perfectly smooth ride," Phineas continued.
As they swung back and forth, Baljeet realized he couldn't feel any motion at all.
"It feels like we're just watching a movie," he said.
"True," Phineas agreed. "But we can also go old-school. Hang on, everybody."
He pushed a button, and the floor underneath them opened. Their seats converted into tire swings. The kids laughed and screamed as they swung back and forth and felt the wind against their bodies.
"I've never been so sick to my stomach!" Buford cheered.
"Okay, I think I've gleaned from your expression that you are going to lead me through a series of bizarre and seemingly unrelated exercises that will help me get my groove back," said Doof. "Does that sum it up?"
Perry made a so-so gesture.
"I'll take it! Let's do this!"
First, they did the trust fall exercise. Doof didn't know how it was possible, but Perry somehow managed to sustain his weight.
Next, Doof tried to paint a smiley face. Perry took one look at it and shook his head.
Then, Doof did some push-ups while Perry sat on his back and ate a sandwich.
After that, Doof tried to paint a design for an inator. Perry gave Doof a thumbs-up.
Before they knew it, Doof and Perry made an actual inator based on the design.
Candace tried to get Linda's attention again.
"You again?" Linda said. "Looks I took you on a little trip. Go on back to your family, little fella."
"What about me looks like a 'little fella'?" Candace wondered before she was sucked out of the window.
Play "Fly On the Wall"
I don't have to tell you it's a negative situation once you're in it
Candace narrowly avoided getting hit by other cars and eaten by baby birds.
I mean, you have to beat your wings twelve-thousand times a minute
Candace flew into a dumpster and noticed an apple core. She tried to bite it, but it hurt her teeth. She spit on the apple, melting it and making it more edible.
You spit acid on your food 'cause you can't chew
Candace then tried to grab the menu, but the wind blew it away, taking her with it.
And when you order from the menu, it's always number two
Candace jumped off the menu and flew through an open window.
But baby, you can see it all
Baby, you can see it all
Baby, you can see it all
When you're a fly on the wall
Candace saw Bobbi from Love Handel putting on a wig.
Wait, he's bald? she asked herself.
She brushed it off and flew out before Bobbi could see her.
Candace then looked at herself through the reflection of the window. She took a moment to truly process what she looked like.
You got compound eyes and hairy thighs
Yeah, life ain't easy for common house flies
She found herself attracted to different things, but when she saw what it did to other flies, she quickly flew away.
Then a bunch of humans tried to crush her and spray her. How she evaded them, she'd never know.
Flypaper, bug zapper, swatters, and sprays
And if you make it through that, you live all of seven days
While Candace did manage to avoid everyone and everything that tried to kill her, she lost control of herself and flew through an open window.
But baby, you can see it all
Baby, you can see it all
Baby, you can see it all
When you're a fly on the wall
End "Fly On the Wall"
When Candace finally got her bearings, she realized she was in Jeremy's room. Even better, Jeremy was there, on the phone with someone.
"At last, a silver lining," Candace said to herself. "I can find out where we're going tonight. A girl's gotta know what a girl's gotta wear."
"Yeah, it's a total surprise," Jeremy said to whoever was on the other line. "I'm taking her to a rodeo."
"Yes, I love rodeos!" Candace cheered. "Wait, do I love rodeos, or is it just because I'm a fly?"
"Oh, hang on, Coltrane," said Jeremy. "There's a fly in here. Let me get it."
Before Candace knew it, Jeremy grabbed a newspaper and tried to flatten her. Candace got out of the way just in time, and she flew out the window.
Candace flew onto the roof and sighed. "Can this day get any weirder?"
As if to answer her question, another fly with a human head on it appeared.
"Oh my gosh, were you turned into a fly too?" Candace asked.
"No, I was always a fly," the other fly replied. "I just got shot with a 'Human-Head-inator', and… now I have this thing. It's really uncomfortable. How do you walk with these?"
"Tell me about it. Be glad you don't have a freakishly long neck."
The kids climbed out of the ride, still recovering from the thrill.
"That was the most fun ever!" said Isabella.
"Yeah," Phineas agreed. "Let's refill the snack bar and go again."
"Now there is something you do not see every day," Baljeet remarked, gazing at a fly passing by. "A fly with orange hair."
Phineas' eyes widened at that description. Upon taking a closer look at the fly, he realized it was Candace.
"Uh-oh," he said before glaring at Buford. "Buford, did you take the doohickey out of the thingama-whatsit?"
"Uh…" Buford stuttered. "Oh no! If I find the mugshot who did this…"
Phineas tightened his glare.
"Okay, fine, it was me!" Buford relented.
He started grabbing parts from the control panel. The beams turned Candace into a variety of things.
A crocodile.
A baby.
A giant baby head.
A squirrel.
A gorilla.
A praying mantis.
Back to normal.
A piece of cheese.
A traffic cone.
"Wait, go back two," said Phineas.
Buford reattached the last two parts he removed. Candace turned back to normal.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Candace cried, hugging the boys. "Uh, I mean, you're so busted!"
Candace ran inside.
"It took a few tries," Buford remarked. "I mean, I should've just pushed the fly button."
Buford pushed the button labeled 'Fly'. The giant tire swing launched into space.
"Oh, it's that kinda fly," Buford realized.
"Well, there goes our fun," said Isabella.
"Au contraire," Phineas retorted.
He removed a piece from the control panel, causing it to convert into a sorbet machine.
"This is great!" Doof cheered. "The best inator I ever made, and there's no self-destruct button so you can't stop me from taking over the entire Tri-State Area!"
Then a giant tire came along and smashed the inator.
Doof sighed. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus."
The kids sat under the tree and ate their sorbets.
"I don't get why these are called sorbets," said Buford. "It's just a fancy word for ice cream."
"Where ice cream is made from dairy products and turned vigorously with air, sorbet is made entirely out of fancy people," Ferb explained.
"Really?"
"No."
That's when Jeremy came in wearing a fancy suit.
"Hey guys," he greeted. "Is Candace around?"
Candace came out wearing cowgirl getup.
"Howdy," she greeted in a country accent. "A little bird told me we were going to the rodeo."
Candace and Jeremy arrived at the restaurant. It was just the typical expensive place that required customers to wear expensive clothing.
"It's pronounced, 'Ro-day-o," the server explained.
"My mistake," Jeremy said sincerely.
The server turned to Candace. "May I take your order, partner?"
"I suppose it's not 'dress like a cowgirl and get your dinner free' night?" Candace assumed.
"No, madam. That's on Tuesdays."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 81: Thanks, but No Thanks
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 81
Thanks, but No Thanks
Vanessa and Monty were hanging out at Steam Noir.
"This was nice," said Monty.
"Yeah," Vanessa agreed. "I'm so glad we ran into each other."
"Almost literally. You barely missed me with your scooter."
Vanessa chuckled. "What can I say? You walk slow. So, what are you doing tonight?"
"I'm going to see Love Sandal. It's a Love Handel cover band, but, you know, they wear sandals. My cousin plays bass. He can get us backstage. It'll be fun. Wanna come?"
"Um, no. I'll catch you later."
The two shared a kiss, then Vanessa left.
The moment Vanessa was gone, Carl showed up.
"Monty and Vanessa sittin' in a tree," he teased.
Monty groaned. "Carl…"
"Let me finish. K-I-S-S-I-N-G."
Monty rolled his eyes. "Go ahead."
"You mean there's more?"
"Look, you don't have to tell my dad about this, do you?"
"Monty, walk with me."
Carl took a coffee to go, and he and Monty walked down the street.
"You know, your dad is my superior," Carl said slyly. "I'm obliged to tell him things. I can't imagine what could possibly sway me to consider such a dereliction of duty."
Monty was running out of patience. "Alright, Carl, what do you want?"
Carl got down on his knees and put his hands together in a praying position. "I want your father to disown you and adopt me."
Monty didn't expect that. "Okay, what do you want within reason?"
"You don't understand. I do all the work in the agency, and he barely acknowledges me. I mean, all I want is a 'thank you'. Is that too much to ask?"
"Isn't he paying you now?"
Carl stood up. "Yeah, but it's not enough. I want him to truly recognize what I do for him."
Monty put a hand on Carl's shoulder. "Carl, if all you want is for him to express gratitude, I'm sure I can Dad to say 'thank you'."
"Well, if you do that, then maybe I can forget to mention the whole 'dating a sworn enemy's daughter' thing."
Monty shook Carl's hand. "Deal."
"Ferb, check this out," Phineas said as he showed Ferb a picture.
The picture depicted Grandpa Clyde and Grandma Betty Jo on a human pyramid and water-skiing at the same time.
"It's all the fun of water-skiing times ten," Phineas remarked. "You know, I bet pyramids would make any sport better. Ferb..."
Ferb pulled a rope, and a microphone appeared out of nowhere.
"I KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY!" Phineas shouted into it for the whole neighborhood to hear.
Candace came out and confronted the boys. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, you know," Phineas replied. "The usual. We'll be at the park when you're ready."
With that, Phineas and Ferb left.
"Oh, I am ready," Candace declared.
Then she heard someone laugh. It was coming from the house next door. She turned around and saw an elderly woman watching her from the window of said house.
"Hello, Candace," the woman greeted. "Right on schedule."
"Hi," Candace greeted. "I don't think I've seen you before. Are you new?"
"Heavens no, I've been here all summer. I've enjoyed watching your brothers build so many amazing things every day."
Candace beamed with excitement. "This is perfect! You gotta tell my mom about it!"
"Sorry, dear, but I just don't feel up to leaving the house."
"No problem. Stay where you are, and I'll bring my mom over."
She then ran inside.
"Hey, where's Perry?" the woman wondered.
Perry
Perry was in his lair. For whatever reason, Monogram wasn't on screen like he usually was.
Perry
Still, nothing. Perry checked his watch. He wasn't early or late.
What's taking so long? he wondered.
Monty and Carl approached Monogram.
"Hey Dad," Monty greeted.
"Monty, it's always wonderful to see you," Monogram smiled.
"Hey, sir…" Carl tried to say.
"Carl, fetch me that report."
Carl groaned, but complied. He had Monty hold his coffee so he could grab the report off the table.
Then Monogram snatched the cup. "My coffee. Thanks Monty."
"Actually…" Monty tried to say.
But Monogram wasn't listening. "Carl, the trash chute is clogged again. Do you mind?"
By this point, Carl was just barely keeping it together. "Of course not, sir."
He angrily shoved past Monty and went to clean the chute.
Monty noticed the camera was rolling.
"Dad, Agent P is here," he said.
"Oh, so he is," Monogram realized, chuckling in embarrassment.
Monogram finally appeared on screen.
Perry rolled his eyes. Finally.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been spotted on his balcony repeatedly shaking his fist then running back into his building, which is obviously evil."
Perry raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, not evil, but definitely cliche," Monogram corrected himself. "So, go and stop him from his cartoon conventions."
Perry saluted, put on his jetpack, and flew out.
Play "Pyramid Sports"
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang met up at the park. They gathered any and all sports stuff they could find.
Pyramid sports, pyramid sports
Pyramid, pyramid sports
Phineas and Ferb showed the others a blueprint depicting what exactly the plan was.
If you want something new
We got the game for you
It's a sport of a different sort
You can do what the pharaohs do
Pyramid Sports became an instant hit among children.
The new recreation that is sweeping the nation
With pyramid formation
Pyramid sports, pyramid sports
Pyramid, pyramid sports
Here's how you play
Kids formed human pyramids by launching themselves off a seesaw and landing on their peers' shoulders. They then went to the newly established 'Sports Pyramid' store to buy what they needed.
Form yourselves into a pyramid
I guess that's step number one
Try any sport, now experiment
Just go and have some fun
You can do any sport you wish
Archery, bowling, you can even pyramid fish
I don't even cared if it's played in a field or on a court
'Cause everyone here is into Pyramid Sports
The sports ranged from croquet to soccer to skateboarding.
Baljeet pulled his sigmoid colon during that last one.
End "Pyramid Sports"
Doof directed his inator towards his new neighbor, who was playing bagpipes nonstop.
Then something that looked like a waffle covered the lens.
Doof looked up to see it was just Perry using his tail.
"Oh, very funny," he said. "If you'll just be so kind as to move your tail out of the way."
Perry did as he was told… for a split second.
Doof rolled his eyes. "Now you're just being childish. Look, I'm not even being marginally evil. I just wanna stop that guy from playing his bagpipes every day, twenty-four hours. I mean, look at him."
The neighbor just waved at Doof, then went straight back to his music.
"On what planet is that racket considered music?" Doof asked. "I can't take it anymore, so I'm gonna hit his bagpipe with my Inflatinator. I know, it's basically the opposite of my old Deflatinator, but come on. I can't concentrate! I was lucky to come up with that! Well, when that bagpipe blows up, I will once again be able to hear the usual din ringing through city streets, like car alarms and babies crying, and inators blowing up."
Perry just tackled Doof.
Candace finally came out with Linda in tow.
"This time, I have an eyewitness," she swore as she gestured to the window.
No one was there.
"Well, let me know when the empty window feels like talking," Linda remarked.
The moment Linda went back inside, the woman returned. She just leaned down to retrieve a penny.
Candace smacked her forehead.
Monogram, Monty, and Carl just finished eating lunch at a fancy restaurant.
"How was your meal, Dad?" asked Monty.
"Delicious," Monogram replied. "What a fabulous new place."
"I know, right? Carl found it…"
"Well, then I know exactly who to thank." Monogram turned to the chef. "Thank you for that delicious meal."
"You're welcome," the chef replied. "I'm glad you enjoyed it."
Carl covered his face in frustration.
Even Monty was starting to get annoyed. "Dad, isn't there something you want to say to Carl as well?"
"Of course," said Monogram. "What was I thinking? Carl, thank the chef."
Carl barely suppressed a groan. "Thank you."
"I like this table," the chef remarked. "And to show my gratitude, dessert is on the house. Now, if you excuse me, I gotta fire a member of staff." The chef walked off. "Luchenzo, come here!"
"You see?" Monogram remarked. "A little gratitude goes a long way."
Both Monty and Carl gave Monogram disapproving glares.
"What?" Monogram asked.
Perry pushed Doof against the inator. It hit the ground and struck both of them, inflating them like balloons.
"Well, this is awkward," Doof remarked.
Perry shoved Doof to the ground. Doof bounced back up and pushed Perry in retaliation.
"I swear, the old lady is there in the window," Candace urged as she led Linda outside again.
"You don't have to swear," Linda assured.
Candace pointed to the window. "There she is!"
Linda chuckled. "Candace, I swear your 'old lady' looks like a houseplant."
Candace turned around and saw the old lady was watering a plant.
She passed out in exhaustion.
Doof and Perry were getting nowhere. They just bounced off of each other every time they tried to attack.
"How about we take a break?" Doof suggested.
Perry revealed his hat had a release valve in it. He opened the valve to let out all the air in his body.
Doof was taken aback by the scent. "Wow, so that's what the inside of a platypus smells like. I could've gone my whole life without knowing that."
Perry grabbed the inator and threw it off the edge.
"And another one bites the dust," Doof whined. "And I'm stuck listening to Jerky McIrritating across the street now."
Seeing the look on Doof's face, Perry felt a little bad. He whistled at the neighbor and shushed him.
"What's that?" the neighbor asked. "I'm sorry, I'll stop. I didn't realize I was disturbing you."
"Oh, it was that easy, huh?" Doof realized. "I guess I overthought that solution a little…" Then he fell off the balcony. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
Perry waved goodbye and headed home.
"This better work," said Carl.
"Don't worry, Carl," Monty assured. "After you save my dad's life, there's no way he could avoid thanking you for it."
"For your sake, you better be right." Carl looked up at the grand piano dangling over their heads. "You know, I'm surprised no one's already noticed that."
"Oh, I also tied a few violins over there…" He pointed at another table nearby. "So it would seem like a theme. Alright, listen, when my dad returns, I'll excuse myself and cut the rope, and you push my dad out of the way of the falling piano. Got it?"
Monogram returned right on time. "Let's get to that dessert menu."
"Excuse me, Dad." Monty got up. "It's my turn. I'll be back. You guys start."
"Thanks for not making us wait." Monogram turned to Carl. "That bathroom attendant was lovely. He gave me mints and floss. I couldn't thank him enough."
Carl looked at Monty, who gave him the signal and cut the rope.
"Watch out, sir!" Carl yelled as he pushed Monogram out of the way.
The piano hit the floor, narrowly missing them both.
"Dad, are you okay?" Monty asked.
"I'm fine," Monogram assured.
Carl got up, pretending to be dizzy. "I'm alright too."
"Wow, Carl," Monty acted. "You saved my dad's life."
"Yeah, it's a shame he couldn't save the table too," Monogram remarked.
Carl put his hands over his face to muffle his screams.
"Seriously?!" Monty snapped. "Are you not going to thank him?"
The realization finally dawned on Monogram. "You're right. Thanks for pointing that out, Monty."
"Dad!"
"Oh, right." Monogram turned to Carl. "Thank you, Carl, for saving my life and finding this place for us."
Monogram was about to stop there, but Monty urged him to continue.
"And thank you for everything you've done for me and the agency," Monogram continued. "I know I don't acknowledge it as much as I should, but I am grateful."
Carl wrapped Monogram in a tight hug. Monogram was shocked at first, but he gladly returned it.
"It's different this time," Candace assured as she led Linda to the woman's house. "She promised to come down and meet us."
"Right," Linda said sarcastically. "My expectations have been completely reversed."
The front door opened before Candace even knocked. The woman came out, alright…
In cuffs. A policeman was carrying her out of the house and to his car.
"You have the right to remain silent," he said. "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law."
"Take your hands off me, Copper!" the woman demanded. "I know my rights. Sorry, Candace, water the plants for me."
Another cop came out with a box.
"I don't understand," said Candace. "What could that sweet old lady have possibly done?"
"That 'sweet' old lady is Peggy 'The Pyramid' McGee," the cop explained. "The notorious ringleader of Danville's biggest pyramid scheme."
"Pyramid scheme?"
"That's right." The cop opened a box to reveal a bunch of two-dimensional pyramids. "She's been selling these all over town."
"I can't believe it," said Linda. "A pyramid scheme right under our noses."
"Yeah, imagine that," Candace said sarcastically.
Nobody noticed Phineas, Ferb, and a bunch of other kids biking past while forming a human pyramid.
That night, Monty went to the Love Sandal concert. To his surprise, Vanessa was there too.
"Hey," he greeted.
"Hey yourself," Vanessa replied.
"I thought you said that…"
"Yeah, so did I, but then I figured I couldn't leave you to suffer alone."
"That's what I like. Thoughtful and dismissive simultaneously."
They both sat back and enjoyed the concert, paying no mind to the fact Doof was bouncing around the audience.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 82: Backyard Hodge Podge
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 82
Backyard Hodge Podge
Phineas and Ferb were going through leftover parts from previous inventions when they were approached by Buford and Baljeet.
"Hey guys, can you settle an argument for us?" asked Buford. "If a vegetarian becomes a zombie, would they start eating people? Mr. Smarty-Underpants…" He gestured to Baljeet. "...thinks they'd just keep eating vegetables."
"They are vegetarian," Baljeet reasoned.
"Well, I guess they'd start eating heads of lettuce," Phineas joked. "Maybe, ears of corn, eyes of potatoes, legs of carrots… wait, do carrots have legs?"
Then Isabella and Django finally arrived.
"Hey guys," Isabella greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"We're just solving the world's problems," Phineas replied.
"Zombie vegetarianism is a world problem?" Django asked.
"Not yet, but recycling is. We have a lot of leftover material from past inventions, and we need to figure out what to do with it."
"My mom throws all our leftovers into a pot, and makes a giant casserole," Buford mentioned. "It's best to eat first and ask questions later."
Baljeet's stomach ached a little at the idea.
"That's it," said Phineas. "We'll use all our leftovers and make an invention casserole. Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
"I'm right here, guys," came a voice.
Everyone turned around to see none other than internet sensation Parry Gripp.
"How's it going?" he asked.
"Great," Phineas replied. "But we were looking for Perry the Platypus."
Parry felt a little embarrassed. "Whoops. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
He then walked out.
"Anyway, where's our Perry?" Phineas repeated.
Linda fed Perry a burnt pie.
"Here you go, Perry," she said. "I guess this is what I get for staying up all night. Unless I get my act together, that means plenty more for you, Perry."
That's when Lawrence came in repeating, "Red leather, yellow leather."
"Lawrence, what are you doing?"
"Oh, just a few vocal exercises before my big speech for the committee at the Danville Museum. Would you like to hear it?"
"I'd love to, honey, but I've got quite a lot of baking to do if I want to make my quota for the 'Live and Let Pie' charity event. Why don't you practice in front of Candace?"
"Fine idea. There's nothing teenagers love more than listening to speeches."
The moment Lawrence was gone, Linda smelled smoke coming from the oven.
"Oh no," she said as she took out another burnt pie. "Alright, Perry, here's another…" She realized Perry was missing. "Uh, where's Perry?"
Parry Gripp appeared at the window. "I'm right here."
"Platypus."
"Oops. Didn't mean to intrude."
Perry entered his lair in spite of how sick and tired he felt.
Why did I eat all those pies? he asked himself.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Guess whose birthday it is. It's not Carl's, it's not yours… okay, okay, it's mine. Help yourself."
The floor opened and a small slice of cake popped up. Perry had to fight the urge to throw up.
"Not a cake person?" Monogram assumed, even though Perry ate the cake just fine the year before. "Oh well. We've noticed a surge of revenue going to Doofenshmirtz's bank accounts recently. Get to the bottom of it." Monogram turned away. "Are we ready to sing, Carl?"
Carl appeared on screen. "I'm patching in all the agents now, sir. We couldn't afford the rights to the famous birthday song, so the agents and I came up with this."
Carl enabled the group chat so other agents could appear on screen. They all sang their version of the 'Happy Birthday' song, which was just them all making their respective animal sound at the same time. It wasn't even in sync.
Perry awkwardly left the lair.
"Thank you for coming here today to hear my speech on the history of the ancient Ornithorhynchus Tribe," Lawrence recited to Candace. "The Ornithorhynchans were a platypus-worshipping society known for painting themselves teal blue and wearing elaborate platypus-themed costumes for their various dances and rituals."
Candace was already getting bored. She checked her watch.
"Oh, you know what?" she asked. "I just remembered some friends asked me to help them build a giant human pyramid, and I told them that was the last thing I wanted to do today, but it turns out I was wrong, so I gotta go. The speech is great, you just might wanna add some visual aids. It's a little dry."
With that, Candace left.
Lawrence looked through his speech and considered Candace's advice. "Hmm, visual aids? That might spruce it up a little." He flexed his arm. "Spruce!" He chuckled. "I'm a very good man."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry flew into the lair, where he was unsurprisingly strapped to a chair. This chair came with what appeared to be visors.
"Good to see you, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "But you'll be lucky to… oh, I almost used my final zinger before I even told you my evil plan. Just put it out of your mom, it's gone. Anyway, you may be wondering why you're in an opthamologist's chair. Well, it seems that I've come into a bit of good fortune. Some technology of mine is being used in eye-examination equipment, and I've been getting royalty checks. The extra money's fine and all, but it really chafes my hide that something I invented is being used for good! So, I invented the Eye-Foginator. It temporarily blurs the vision of whomever it hits. It will then force people to get their eyes checked, and I will make even more money, which I can then spend on evil, so it all evens out. As for you, Perry the Platypus, you will be my first test subject."
He put the visor in front of Perry's eyes, then he got the inator ready.
"Now, you'll be lucky to see…" Doof tried to say before realizing it didn't work anymore. "You know, it worked before in context, but it sounds silly now."
He activated the inator. Perry's eye was hit by a laser beam.
"Okay, let's see if it worked," Doof said as he removed Perry's visors.
Perry gave no sign that he was affected by the ray.
Doof groaned. "I guess I'll have to test it on myself."
He aimed the inator towards himself, took a few steps back, and let the beam strike him.
It worked alright. He could see nothing but white in front of him.
He didn't notice that Perry had already freed himself and struck, only to barely miss.
Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django showed Phineas and Ferb all the random stuff they could find in the garage.
"All this stuff will work out great," said Phineas. "It's a shame Perry isn't here to see it."
"Here I am," came Parry Gripp. "And I brought some guitar strings to recycle."
"Thanks, but…"
Parry hung his head. "You meant Perry the Platypus, didn't you?"
An idea sparked into Phineas' head. "Actually, your timing is perfect. We were just about to start the song."
"Okay, try this on for size."
Play "Backyard Hodge Podge"
Parry Gripp:
You take a bucket full of forks and a rusted oil drum
And a broken carburetor stuck together with some gum
Got a motor and a floater and a giant can of soda
Uncle's college sweatshirt, but it's got a funny odor
The kids took all the stuff Parry Gripp mentioned and started putting it all together.
You can take it over here, you can put it over there
You can tie it all together with some fake gorilla hair
And then, you got a Backyard Hodge Podge
Kids:
It's a Backyard Hodge Podge
Parry Gripp:
It's a Backyard Hodge Podge
Kids:
It's a Backyard Hodge Podge
Parry Gripp:
Well, we've got a motorized spatula, a rubberized tarantula
A weird potato chip that kinda looks like Dracula
A locket and a socket and a shiny metal sprocket
A slide without a ladder and a Saturn V rocket
Ferb started welding some stuff together while Django smiled and watched.
You oggle with your goggles as you weld another toggle
And your mind'll surely boggle when it starts to wiggle-woggle
And ooh, you got a Backyard Hodge Podge
Kids:
It's a Backyard Hodge Podge
Parry Gripp:
It's a Backyard Hodge Podge
Kids:
It's a Backyard Hodge Podge
By now, the crazy contraption was finished. The kids took a moment to admire their work.
All:
It's a Backyard Hodge Podge
End "Backyard Hodge Podge"
"I've got you now, Perry the Platypus," Doof declared as he swung his arm.
He just hit a nearby chair.
The kids slid down a vibrating slide.
They then went on a loop, but were stopped midway by some gum. The gum softly set them down on the other end of the loop, and they kept going.
When they reached the end, a giant can of soda opened, spraying a large amount of soda. It launched the boys into the air, and they landed safely on a cushion.
"That was fun," Phineas said before his smile changed to a frown. "Though I wish Perry was here. He would love it."
Parry Gripp landed right next to the boys. "I do love it. Anyways, I'm gonna hit the road. See you."
With that, Parry Gripp left.
"He's no platypus, but he's a lovely fellow," said Ferb.
"You know, maybe I should've thought before blurring my own vision," Doof finally realized. "It was very short-sighted of me, no pun intended. Hey, can you make that digga-digga-digga sound for me?"
Then Perry kicked Doof.
"That was a lucky shot!" Doof yelled.
But Perry got him again.
"Wait, all I gotta do is strike myself again to clear my vision, then I can get the jump on him," Doof thought.
Then Perry jumped on his head.
Then Doof bumped into a bunch of buckets he had stacked in the middle of the room.
Linda took yet another burnt pie out of the oven. She saw Perry on the counter and handed him the pie.
Upon closer inspection, though, it was just a bag of bread that had the same color scheme as Perry.
A face appeared on said bag, making Linda jump. It sprouted arms and legs, jumped onto its feet, and started dancing.
What the… Linda thought to herself.
Then the three good pies Linda made sprang to life as well and started singing pi as in the number.
"Okay, that's it," Linda decided. "I can't believe I'm doing this."
She picked up her phone and called Candace.
Meanwhile, Candace was on the top of a human pyramid when her phone rang.
"Hello?" she answered.
"I hate to interrupt your day, honey," came Linda's voice. "But I need your help with these pies. I'm so tired I'm starting to see the weirdest things."
The ideas of whatever Phineas and Ferb were doing started to flood Candace's mind. "Weird? Yes, I'll be right home." She hung up and slowly climbed down. "Sorry, but I gotta go."
The moment she was back on the ground, she bolted.
Linda started sweating bullets.
"The pies aren't the only thing burning," she remarked.
She then saw Lawrence standing in front of her, spouting nonsense. He wore nothing except a towel around his bottom area and a hat on his head. Even weirder than that was that he looked exactly like Perry.
"I gotta get out of here," Linda said to herself.
"Well that didn't go as well as I hoped," Lawrence thought to himself. "Perhaps I need to spruce it up a little more."
He then started repeating 'spruce' in multiple accents while flexing his arm until he sprained his elbow.
Linda went outside for some fresh air…
And she saw the most nonsensical thing in the backyard. The only thing she could make out was Phineas and Ferb going down a weird slide.
"Hi Mom," Phineas greeted. "Wait, Mom?"
Linda almost screamed at the site.
Doof finally found the inator. Like last time, he took a few steps back…
Then he tripped on a bucket and fell off the edge. The inator fired and just missed him.
"Why do I keep stacking buckets?!" Doof shouted as he plummeted to the ground.
Perry reached the inator and struck himself, restoring his site. He then used one of the mechanical arms of the trap to destroy the inator.
Candace returned to the backyard, giggling. "This is gonna be epic."
When she opened the gate, though, she felt something hit her eyes. All she could see was white.
"Candace, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" she heard Linda ask.
"I don't see anything," Candace replied, panicking a little.
"That's it. I'm lying down."
Candace heard Linda walk back inside.
I guess I better lay down too, she thought.
Doof's fall was just barely broken by the giant pair of glasses at the nearby opthalmologist's office.
"I can see so clearly now," he heard a little boy say.
"Yes," said another voice. "Whoever invented those gizmos in that machine must've devoted their life to good."
"Aw man," Doof whined.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our keynote speaker on the Ornithorhynchus Tribe, Lawrence Fletcher," the announcer said as the curtains opened.
On stage, Lawrence Fletcher appeared dressed like some crazy platypus tribesman with a cast on his right arm. He read his speech as if nothing was amiss.
"Why is his arm in a sling?" one spectator wondered.
"That's what bothers you about this?" the other asked.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 83: Knot My Problem
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 83
Knot my Problem
The gang all stood in the backyard and stared at the big mountain of rope in front of them.
"Okay, gang," said Phineas. "Today, we're going to tie a legendary knot."
"Whoa, we're already starting?" Buford asked. "No intro, nothing? Just getting right into it."
"Yep, we're doing the knot."
"How can you do something not?"
"No, it's 'knot', with a K."
"I didn't think it was spelled with a K."
Phineas realized how stupid he was sounding. "Let me start over. Today, we're going to reproduce the Gordian Knot."
"Why didn't you say that the first time?"
"I've heard of that," Isabella mentioned. "But I can't remember the story."
"I got this," said Buford. "Back in the day, when men wore miniskirts, Alexander the Great was vacationing in Gordium when he came upon a celebrated Ox-cart that was tied to a post using a knot that was so complicated, it was impossible to untie. He just sliced it in half in one bold stroke. A simple solution to a complicated problem, hence the phrase, 'Cutting the Gordian Knot'."
"So, we'll tie these ropes around our waist, follow this blueprint to recreate it, then it's up to us to figure out how to get loose," Phineas explained while Ferb showed the blueprint. "That'll make us the first people to untie the Gordian Knot."
"What if we can't untie it?" asked Django.
"No problem. Our mom was always good with knots. There was one time when Candace…"
Candace came out just in time to hear Phineas start to tell the story.
"Hey, I thought we agreed to never bring that up again," she said.
"Right," Phineas stopped himself. "Anyway, would you mind getting Mom if we get stuck in the ginormous Gordian Knot we're making?"
"You didn't even have to ask."
"Excellent! Does everyone have their ropes tied? Alright, let's see." Phineas started reading the blueprints. "Isabella, Django, make two loops where you're standing."
Isabella and Django did as they were told, then they started climbing the mountain.
"Baljeet, Buford, turn twice counterclockwise and dive in five loops from the bottom," Phineas continued. "Then Ferb and I will do this and this and this…" He and Ferb formed a triple knot with each other. "And we'll join you inside."
"Shall we?" Ferb asked once they were done.
"Yeah. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry put on his hat and waited for the floor to open underneath him.
It didn't.
Perry found a nearby shovel that read, 'Analog Lair Entrance'.
Perry took the shovel and dug a tunnel into the lair.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Seems that Doctor Doofenshmirtz has been eating every all you can eat buffet in town, which can't be good. I mean, if anything were to happen to him, we would have to make some drastic cuts over here. Good luck, Agent P."
Perry was only half-listening because he was more focused on cleaning up all the dirt on his chair.
"Don't worry about the mess," said Monogram. "Carl will take care of it."
Perry put down the vacuum and left.
Candace answered the door to see Jeremy was there.
"Hey Jeremy, what a nice surprise," she said before noticing the tiny safe in Jeremy's hand. "Ooh, what's that?"
"It's an old mini-safe of mine I found in the back of my closet," Jeremy explained. "I've had it for ages, but I haven't used it in so long that I forgot the combination. I thought your brothers could open it, though that's a safe bet."
"So what's in it?"
"That's the thing, I don't remember."
"Maybe it's a rare baseball card."
"No. Sold all mine a long time ago."
"Um, it could be your favorite toy from when you were a kid."
"No. I traded that for this safe."
"Maybe it's something cute, like your baby teeth."
"Nope, still have those."
Jeremy pulled his lip back to reveal his baby teeth were stuck on his gums. As disgusting as it was, Candace found it cute.
"Yeah, the Tooth Fairy never visited me when I was a kid," Jeremy admitted. "Anyway, could you give this to your brothers? I gotta rush to work."
"Sure," Candace replied as she took the safe. "I'll give it to them as soon as they finish their Ferbian Knot. Don't ask."
"I wasn't going to. See you later, alligator."
"In a while, crocodile."
Right as Jeremy left, Stacy and Jenny came in.
"You two gotta work on your names for each other," Jenny remarked.
"So, what's in the safe?" asked Stacy.
"I don't know," Candace replied. "But it's not baby teeth."
"Eww," Jenny flinched.
"Okay everybody," said Phineas. "Two twists to the left and we should all see daylight."
Isabella made it out of the knot. "I think I just earned my 'Overcoming Claustrophobia' patch."
Buford came out next and smiled. "Daylight, how I missed you!"
When Django came out, he slipped and fell. The rope he was tied to kept him dangling an inch above the ground.
Baljeet, Phineas, and Ferb came out not long after.
"Okay, now what?" asked Baljeet.
"Now we burrow back in and untie ourselves," Phineas replied.
"You gotta be kidding me," said Buford. "Who looked at this and said, 'yeah, that'll be fun'? This is what happens when you have no intro."
"I have been making mental notes of the paths and probabilities as I have gone along," Baljeet said as he started going back. "It will be a piece of cake."
"If I just walk backwards, it should work," Isabella assumed.
"I'm done with this game," Buford declared. "I'm just gonna sit here and relax." Then he was pulled back in. "Hey, who's pulling on my rope?!"
"Uh, can someone help me?" asked Django.
Someone grabbed his rope and pulled him back in.
Perry arrived at 'Jerry's All-You-Can-Eat Buffet' and kicked the door open. He found Doof with a large stack of random food on his plate.
"I'm over here, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "I'm just having lunch. Why don't you join me and pull up a chair?"
Perry sat on the baby seat provided, and was immediately strapped to it.
Doof then started spoon-feeding Perry until he begged to stop.
"What, you're already full?" Doof asked. "Me too, and I barely touched my plate. That's how these all-you-can-eat places make their money. They charge you like you'll eat a week's worth, but then, when you fill up after, like, two plates, then they've really made a profit. That's why I'm opening my own all-you-can-eat Drusselsteinian buffet. Look, I already made a commercial for it."
Doof pulled out his phone and played Perry the video.
"Doof's All-You-Can-Eat Drusselsteinian Buffet," said Doof's voice in the commercial. "It's food the way your mother never made. We've got Hassenfloffer Entrail Waterzooi with Gopher Gut Au Gratin, Fuzzy Fungus Flugelbrotchen, and an assortment of tripe-based desserts. Those brave enough can try out the new Mystery Lump. Remember, Doof spelled backwards is food!"
"You know, come to think of it, it really should be called 'all-you-can-stand'," Doof remarked. "Because Drusselsteinian food is terrible. That's the beauty of it. No one will be able to finish one plate's worth. My profit margin will be huge, but first I have to eliminate the competition with this!" He took out a tiny hand gun. "The Eat-It-All-inator! You see, it gives people a huge appetite that they'll eat so much that all of these all-you-can-eat places will go out of business, then my restaurant will be packed."
Doof laughed maniacally while Perry just stared at him in disbelief.
"What do you think it is?" asked Candace.
"It's probably some dumb boy stuff, like firecrackers or turtle shells," Stacy suggested.
"Or maybe, it's his secret inner thoughts written as a sonnet," Jenny added.
"No, that can't be it," said Candace. "I gotta think more like my brothers. I need to use my imagination. Maybe it's a secret spy plan, or glass eye, or Abraham Lincoln's beard."
"Now just watch what happens when I zap those people over there," Doof said as he tried to shoot some random person.
Perry kicked Doof's chair just in time, making Doof misfire. The beam reflected off of a mirror, then on a lightbulb, then it hit Doof.
Doof scarfed through everything on his plate, much to Perry's disgust.
"That was great," Doof smiled. "I can cut out the middleman and do all the eating myself. I'm going back for seconds."
What have I done? Perry asked himself.
Doof ran to the buffet table and gobbled everything up in just a few bites.
"Whoa, how can you eat all that so fast and stay thin?" one worker wondered.
"I created an inator that speeds up your metabolism so no matter how much you eat, you won't gain any weight, ever," Doof explained.
"You should mass-produce that and sell it. You'd be a millionaire."
"Thanks, but I already cooked up an overly-convoluted scheme and I can't back out of it now."
"Okay, man."
Doof left for the next buffet, Perry hot on his trail.
Play "Gordian Knot"
The kids did their best to navigate the giant maze that was their Gordian Knot.
Kids:
There's a legend I've heard, or so it's been taught
'Bout Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot
Looked it up on the net, so that we could recreate it
Now the net we have here is quite complicated
Isabella showed Phineas a book about different knots. They used the guide to untie certain parts of the knot.
It's got closed bends, loop splices, bowlines and lashings
Maybe we can loosen it with just a little thrashing
Baljeet found himself tied up by some of the rope. Buford just grabbed the rope and shook it to free Baljeet.
Square knots, sheepshanks, and all kinds of hitches
When it comes to good strength, there's an embarrassment of riches
The kids swung and bounced around one area to untie a big knot.
It's already a knot, so ready or not
We're gonna try to untie it, though it's terribly taut
So it won't be for naught, we'll give it all that we've got
To untie the un-untieable knot
Candace tried shaking the safe to get a guess at what was inside of it.
Candace:
We don't know what it is, but we know what it's not
It's not a Gutenburg press or coffee pot
It's not a car or a tractor 'cause the safe's too small
And a fish or a piano wouldn't make sense at all
Kids:
It's already a knot, so ready or not
We're gonna try to untie it, though it's terribly taut
So it won't be for naught, we'll give it all that we've got
To untie the un-untieable knot
To untie the un-untieable knot
To untie the un-untiable…
End "Gordian Knot"
"NOT even close!" Candace yelled. "That's it, I'm getting the boys."
Perry, still stuck in his chair, hopped after Doof.
He ran into some kid with a pogo stick who challenged Perry to a jumping contest.
Perry won easily.
Perry
The kids finally made it out of the maze.
"Looks like we've got just a few more moves to get untied," said Phineas. "Except for Buford, who managed to tie himself into a knot."
"I'm a victim of circumstance," said Buford.
That's when Candace came out with a safe in hand.
"Phineas and Ferb, you've gotta open this safe and tell me what's inside!" she screamed. "It's driving me crazy!"
"We'd love to…" said Phineas. "But we're kinda stuck here."
"Got it. Mom!"
Perry finally reached the next buffet spot. Doof had just finished eating the food on his plate.
"You're too late, Perry the Platypus," he declared. "Buffet 2 is history! I am starting to feel a little full, though." He struck himself with the inator again. "That's better."
Perry blocked the door with his chair.
"Give it up," said Doof. "Those chairs are…"
Perry jumped, did a front flip, and tackled Doof with the chair, breaking it in the process.
The inator fell into Doof's mouth.
"Well, I swallowed it," Doof smiled. "So now you can't break it. I win!"
Perry punched Doof in the stomach. A beam fired out of his mouth.
"Okay, you broke it," Doof relented. "I can feel all the pieces rumbling in there."
Perry then headed home.
Candace suddenly felt more hungry than she ever had in her life. She then caught a smell she didn't before.
"What's that sweet smell?" she asked.
"Probably licorice," Phineas replied. "We used it to make the ropes as a failsafe in case Mom wasn't around."
"Perfect!"
Candace started munching on the ropes. Ferb had to take out an umbrella so the kids wouldn't get hit by the raining crumbs.
"I had no idea Candace was a fan of licorice," said Phineas.
"Now that's a solution that even Alexander the Great couldn't come up with," Ferb remarked.
Before anyone knew it, Candace had already eaten the whole thing by herself.
That's when Linda came out. "Now, what am I looking at?"
"I ate it," Candace said, starting to feel sick. "I know, I don't believe it either."
Linda noticed the safe Candace dropped. "What's that?"
"It's a safe. I can't open it."
"Leave that to me," Buford said as he took the safe and bashed his head against it. "Para usted, señorita."
Candace looked in the safe to see…
An old pencil with teeth marks on it.
"Oh, I remember that," said Jeremy, who just came in. "In grade school, a pretty girl loaned me that pencil and I kept it ever since."
The memory popped into Candace's head. "Oh, now I remember."
"Well, Candace, you can eat the rest of that pencil," Linda joked. "Unless you wanna join us for triple-layered chocolate cake."
Everyone else went inside, but Candace was too full to even think about food.
That's when Perry showed up.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," said Candace.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 84: Imperfect Storm
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 84
Imperfect Storm
"Hey Mom," Candace said over the phone. "Jenny and I will be having lunch at the mall today, so we'll be here a little longer."
"Yeah, I thought you would," Linda said.
"Are the boys doing anything bustable yet?"
"Not yet, though they are figuring out how to use the push broom at the same time."
"Okay, keep me posted."
Once Linda hung up, Phineas passed by. He carried the push broom while Ferb rode on it.
"Hey Mom," said Phineas. "We're going down to the park to fly our kites."
"You want a ride?" asked Linda.
"I thought you had to meet with those landscaper guys."
"Right, I forgot. Du Bois Landscape Artists."
Du Bois Landscape Artists
"Also, that's yesterday's paper," Phineas pointed out.
"I thought the City Council was getting a little redundant," Linda admitted.
Not long after Phineas and Ferb left, a truck pulled into the driveway.
"Hello," one of the men greeted as he climbed out of the truck. "I'm Pierre Du Bois, (pronounced, 'da boys'), one-day landscape artist."
"Oh, so it's not 'Du Bois'?" Linda asked, shaking Pierre's hand.
"No, it's just like it's spelled. It's French."
Du Bois Landscape Artists
It's just like it's spelled, it's French
"Though Floraine here is Dutch," Pierre added.
Floraine tipped his hat and said something in Dutch.
"He says, 'it's nice to meet you'," Pierre translated.
"To my American ears, it almost sounded like, 'where's Perry?'" Linda remarked.
Perry entered the arcade and inserted a coin into a machine. The hatch opened, and Perry jumped through.
Perry
Perry found himself inside the machine. He jumped over a few small obstacles, then he tried to jump over a banana tree. His foot got stuck, and he fell down a chasm. A few of the bananas came down with him.
Perry landed in his lair, and a bunch of pixelated bananas fell onto the floor.
"Ah, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Special surveillance photos tell us that Doof has been outfitting his skiff with something large."
While Monogram monologued, Perry examined the bananas.
How does he…? he wondered.
"It's hard to tell what it is," Monogram continued, snapping Perry out of it.
"Sir, I looked out the window at his building just now," Carl butted in. "And I saw the mysterious object was actually a bucket."
"Seriously, Carl? Why didn't you do that in the first place? We can't keep wasting our money like this." Monogram turned back to Perry. "Anyway, Agent P, I guess you can go over there and see what he's gonna do."
Perry saluted and left to do his mission.
"Is he gone?" asked Carl.
"He is," Monogram replied with a grin. "Now, let's go to Vegas."
Django had just finished stitching his kite together, and he showed it to Ferb.
"Thanks for inviting me, Ferb," he thanked. "I've always wanted to fly a kite, but never found the time."
Ferb smiled and looked away. "It's nothing, really."
Phineas showed Isabella the wind amplification device he built.
"How exactly does this work again?" asked Isabella.
"The machine sucks up outside air," Phineas explained. "The warm air is cooled down by liquid nitrogen. Cold air sinks until it starts to warm back up again, and that's when we heat it up with a giant blowtorch. As it accelerates, it sucks up more air volume and eventually blows out of the acceleration cone."
The acceleration cone opened and let out a big gust of wind that blew the feathers off of a poor bird.
Linda showed Du Bois the yard.
"I want something nice out here," she told them. "I think you know what to do. You are landscapers after all."
"We're landscape artists," Pierre corrected. "Do I need to show you the car again?"
He revealed that he took off the car door and carried it with him for this moment.
Du Bois Landsca…
"No, no, it's fine," Linda assured. "I'll be inside if you need me."
With that, she left Du Bois alone to do their thing.
Everyone had just finished strapping themselves onto their kites. Most of the kids had their own kites, though Buford and Baljeet shared one.
"Is everybody ready?" asked Phineas.
"Ready!" everyone declared.
Ferb just nodded.
"Alright," said Phineas. "Let her rip!"
The wind amplification device released big gusts of wind. The kites were lifted into the air, taking the kids with them.
It took Django a second to get his bearings, but once he got them, a feeling of exhilaration flooded his senses.
"We're flying!" he shouted. "This is… amazing! Woo-hoo-hoo!"
Ferb watched Django's laughing and cheering with a small smile.
"Hey, look at me, Phineas!" Isabella called Phineas as she flew over some clouds. "I'm a unicorn!"
Phineas chuckled. "That's cute." He realized what he said and blushed brightly. "I MEAN COOL!"
From his balcony, Doof watched the group of women gathered for a party at the park.
Specifically, he was watching one woman, a woman with short, curly hair, freckles, and glasses.
"Enjoy your Welcome to Danville luncheon, ladies," he said. "For soon, Grulinda, you shall taste the wrath of my…"
Then Perry jumped in front of his view.
"Perry the Platypus?!" Doof reacted in fake surprise. "Oh, before I forget, I got you a little lair-warming gift."
He gave Perry a tiny box. Perry opened the box, and a bunch of ropes came out and tied him up.
"I bet you're wondering why I'm spying on a garden party," said Doof. "Maybe not, but I'll tell you anyway. Back when I was a child in Drusselstein, there was this mean girl named Grulinda. Every day, she would pour water on my head. It doesn't matter whether he was taking a bath or working as a lawn gnome, Grulinda would always sneak up on him with a bucket of water. The worst part was, I couldn't do anything about it, but by some wonderful twist of fate, she has moved here to Danville, and the party just started. Now, I can finally have my revenge with this…" He gestured to the big bucket of water on the hovercraft. "The Soginator! Now, I will fly over the party and douse her with a lifetime of soggy humiliation!"
Perry just rolled his eyes.
"I get it, you think it's petty," Doof said. "That's… not too far off."
Linda came out and offered Du Bois iced tea, only to see her flowers, plants, and bushes were trimmed into sculptures like those you'd see at a botanical garden.
"What is that?" she asked.
"It's not finished yet," said Pierre. "But it's a juxtaposition of the irrigated world of the suburban lawn and the dryness of the natural summer environment." He gestured to what every part was supposed to be. "There's a water bucket dumping desert cacti, honeysuckle basket, wheat grass handle, extra spikey barrel cacti in place of the water."
"That's… that's…" Linda struggled to say.
She then groaned and walked away.
"Don't worry," said Pierre. "You'll love the finished product. Great art always takes time, as they say."
The house phone rang. As tired as she was, Linda answered.
"Mom, I need you to go into my closet and tell me whether…" Candace requested.
Linda tried her very hardest not to snap. "Candace, just, call me back in a few minutes. I'm a little ticked off right now."
"What happened?"
"Du Bois made a huge mess in the yard. They've ripped up the lawn, there's a giant bucket, and a bunch of cactuses." Linda took a breath. "I'm so mad. I gotta go."
Jenny waved her hand in front of Candace's expressionless face. "Candace, is something wrong?"
"It's the boys, they're busted," Candace replied before she collapsed on the floor.
Play "Straight-Up Bust"
Candace:
I don't believe it, Jenny, the moment is here
My brothers are busted, put it on the blogosphere
I've been vindicated, there's no more to discuss
I did not anticipate it, it's a straight-up bust
It's a straight-up bust, say it all over town
Things are looking up, because my brothers went down
It's a brand new day, may take a while to adjust
And it makes me wanna say, "Everybody, it's a straight-up bust"
Pause "Straight-Up Bust"
"We should be over Grulinda's party any minute," said Doof. "Then it's soggy revenge time."
A sudden gust of wind blew some of the water out of the bucket.
"Whoa, if that keeps up, I'll run out of water," Doof remarked.
That gave Perry an idea. He started hitting the bucket to dump out as much water as possible.
Some of the drops of water got sucked into the wind amplification machine.
Storm clouds gathered above, and heavy rain flew in the gang's direction.
"Uh-oh," said Django.
"Don't panic," said Phineas. "Ferb and I were prepared for this."
The two detached their straps from the kite and reattached them to the strings. They then slid down said strings like they were ziplines. The others followed suit.
Doof noticed the place suddenly got cloudy. He then got sprayed with a large dose of water.
"Wait, have you been dumping out my water?" he realized. "It better not be empty."
"Okay, Linda, I know you'll love this," said Pierre, gesturing to the large wheel he and Floraine had put in place. "This is the irrigation wheel. Each section represents a different part of the garden. It's a comment on the capricious nature of our existence. Some get water and live, others go dry and die."
Linda smacked her forehead. "This is ridiculous. I don't want to end up with a yard full of dead plants!"
Floraine yelled something in Dutch.
"He said, 'Great art takes time!'" Pierre translated.
Once Doof climbed to the top of the bucket, Perry took over the steering and made Doof fall into the water.
Doof climbed out just in time before Perry sent the bucket off the hovercraft.
He then looked down to see where the bucket landed. He was met with a bunch of water to his face.
He was sent flying in the air, then he plummeted to the ground.
Perry jumped off the platform, grabbed Doof, and activated his parachute. Because Doof was wet, his shoe slipped off and he hit the ground anyway.
He landed right in front of Grulinda.
"You!" he shouted as he got up. "I almost dumped a whole bucket of water on your party, but some platypus got in the way! Anyway, I'll get you next time, Grulinda! Revenge is a dish best served soggy!"
"Uh, Grulinda's over there, bub," the woman said.
Doof turned around to the real Grulinda, who looked much different than she did all those years ago. Her hair was long and straight, she wasn't wearing glasses anymore, and her freckles were gone.
"Alright, Gru…" Doof tried to repeat before he finally processed the new getup.
"Wait, hold on a sec…" Grulinda said as she put on her glasses. "Soggybottom Heinz Doofenshmirtz?"
"Wow, you changed. You used to be so… what's the polite way to say this?" He pointed at the other woman. "You used to look exactly like her."
"I'll pretend that was a compliment," said the woman.
"So, why are you being so nice all of a sudden?" Doof asked. "After picking on me all those years ago!"
Grulinda chuckled. "I sprayed all that water because I liked you."
Doof blushed in embarrassment. "You must've liked me a lot, because that was a lot of water."
Continue "Straight-Up Bust"
Candace continued celebrating her victory throughout the mall, while the crowd joined in.
Candace:
It's a straight up bust, say it all over town
Things are looking up because my brothers went down
It's a brand new day, and we'll repeat if we must
'Cause what we're trying to convey is this is totally a straight up bust
Candace slid down a slide at a kid's play area.
I've got more time to play
Kids:
And it's totally a straight-up…
She then danced on top of a buffet table.
Candace:
My life's a big buffet
Customers:
And this is totally a straight-up…
Candace:
I know this sounds cliche
Finally, she got on a crane platform and ascended it as she concluded her song.
But this is totally a straight-up bust
End "Straight-Up Bust"
"Wait, what am I doing?" Candace asked herself. "Jenny, get me down from here! I need to see what the boys have done!"
After the storm cleared, Django found his kite torn in pieces. He was devastated.
Ferb approached Django and held his shoulder. "I'm sorry things didn't turn out so well."
Django took a breath as he turned towards Ferb. "I'll live. This was still a fun day." He smiled and blushed a little bit. "Thanks again for inviting me, Ferb. It means a lot to me."
Ferb looked away with his own smile and blush. "Cool."
They hooked each other's pinkies together.
The next time Linda went out, Du Bois showed her a trimmed hedge depicting herself holding a baby.
"She holds the thorns, which symbolize the hardships of being a mom," Pierre explained. "And she holds the pink jasmine, which symbolizes the joy of children."
While Linda was hesitant at first, the more she looked at it, the more she realized that this was just like her life, in a way.
"This is the most sweet and adorable thing I've ever seen," she declared before walking back inside.
"'Sweet and adorable'?" Pierre reacted as if she just criticized him. "She's mocking us!"
"It's so good to see you after all these years," said Grulinda. "Tell me, how's it going?"
"It's going, alright," Doof replied bashfully. "I live in a penthouse not too far from here. You can't miss it. It's on top of the big building with the 'Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated' sign. I even have a jingle that goes with it."
"Oh, that's you? That's… interesting."
"Yeah. I also have a daughter, and she's my pride and joy."
"That's awesome. How old is she?"
"She's sixteen." Doof felt a bit of sadness knowing that. "Yeah, she's already in that phase of her life."
Grulinda gave Doof a knowing look. "I see. Well, it seems you have a pretty good life here."
"Not really. I live off of alimony checks from my ex-wife, and I use that money to fund get-rich-quick schemes that never work, no thanks to Perry the Platypus."
"Wait, a platypus foils your schemes?"
"Yeah. This isn't some regular old platypus. He's skilled in hand-to-hand combat, he's agile, and he wears a fedora."
Grulinda barely suppressed a chuckle. "That's cool. Well, it was nice running into you, Heinz. Hope we meet again sometime."
"Yeah, me too."
Eurydice walked off to join her friends while Doof watched her and smiled.
Perry approached Doof and gave him a teasing smile.
"Yeah yeah," Doof rolled his eyes. "Communication is better than revenge, bla bla bla. I've learned my lesson. Don't you have somewhere to be right now?"
Perry checked his watch and realized Doof was right. He tipped his hat, put on his jetpack, and flew off.
Candace rushed home and found Linda sitting on the couch.
"What did the boys do to the backyard?" she asked. "How much trouble are they in?"
"Well, at first I thought they were the world's worst landscapers," Linda replied. "But they're growing on me."
"Landscapers?"
"Here, let me show you."
Linda led Candace outside. Other than Phineas and Ferb sitting under the tree with their friends, the backyard was bare.
"Wait, where'd it all go?" asked Linda. "It was all here a second ago."
"Ha ha, very funny," Candace said sarcastically.
"I have never been so insulted in my life!" Pierre ranted as he drove out of the neighborhood. "She called it sweet and adorable."
Floraine said something in Dutch.
"By the way, I have no idea what you're saying," Pierre finally admitted.
"Would you mind if I spoke in English?" asked Floraine.
"Well, now that you mention it, yes."
Notes:
So, this was definitely something.
Pretty early on, I decided this would be the episode where Ferb and Django become official. I've debated it for a long time, and even now, I'm still not sure I made the right choice here, but in the end, I went with it.
I figured this would be a good place to show off Django's artistic skill, as he crafts his kite himself.
Anyway, another notable thing about this rewrite is the interaction between Doof and Grulinda plays out a lot better. I was considering the idea of pairing them together, but there's already enough romance in this story as is. If I wanted to give Doof a love interest, I might as well have just made him and Sheena endgame.
Well, now, there's only one main couple that still hasn't become official yet. Well, the next five chapters will focus on Phineas and Isabella as we build up to their confession. If you weren't satisfied by how short and simple the Balford and Fango confessions were, just know I'm going all in on the Phinabella confession. Just you wait.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 85: Happy Birthday, Isabella
Notes:
Welp, it's finally happened. My seventeenth birthday. What better way to celebrate the last year of my childhood than by doing the best Phineas and Ferb birthday episode?
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 85
Happy Birthday, Isabella
Candace and Jenny searched the house for snacks. Candace found a bunch of sodas while Jenny found dry potato chips.
"What else do we wanna bring over to your house?" asked Candace.
"It doesn't matter," Jenny assured. "I doubt we'll even be able to eat while watching 'The Grievance'. It's so scary that no one under the age of forty-five would dare watch it."
The two prepared to go to Stacy's when Candace saw Phineas and Ferb working on their daily scheme.
Oh no, Jenny thought to herself.
Candace approached the boys. "What are you doing?"
"It's a surprise," Phineas explained.
Candace gave the boys a suspicious glare.
Jenny took Candace's sodas and prepared to leave by herself.
Phineas took a breath. "It's for Isabella's birthday."
Candace rolled her eyes. "Let me guess. You're gonna throw this ultra surprise party for her with flashing lights, an explosion of confetti, and a ginormous cake that'll last for weeks?"
"That's… surprisingly accurate." Phineas shook his head. "I want to give her the best birthday ever, so can you please, just this once, not try to bust us this time?"
Candace thought it over for a moment. As much as she wanted to get the boys busted for their antics, she could tell that Phineas was doing this out of love for Isabella.
And no one understood that feeling more than Candace.
"Alright, I won't try to bust you for this," she relented. "Better yet, I'll help you get everything ready."
Phineas smiled. "Thanks, sis." He then started checking off the to-do list. "Building supplies, check. Guest list, check. Perry…"
As always, Perry was missing.
"Where does that platypus go every day?" Jenny wondered.
Perry entered his lair to see it was completely dark. After a few seconds, though, the lights came back on.
"Ah, there you are," said Monogram. "What do you think of the new energy-saving motion-sensor lights we've installed in your lair?"
The lights went out.
"Um, try flailing your arms about," said Monogram.
Perry did as he was told. Low and behold, the light came back.
"Now, Doofenshmirtz has been driving around town in some sort of truck that turns inanimate objects into bugs," Monogram explained, visibly disgusted at the mention of bugs. "I want you to…"
The lights cut out again, only this time, it was on Monogram's side.
"Carl, I'm flailing my arms," Monogram said. "Why isn't this working?"
Perry chuckled at the misfortune before leaving the lair.
A little later, Buford, Baljeet, and the Fireside Girls arrived in the backyard. They set boxes of party decorations and supplies onto the ground.
"Okay, time to commence Operation INAP," said Phineas.
"That stands for Isabella's Natal Anniversary Party," Adyson explained.
"Yes, I know," Candace said. "Phineas already explained it earlier."
"Well, the reader wasn't here for it."
Candace rolled her eyes. "Well, it sucks to be them. Anyway, get to the actual plan!"
"We need to carry all this stuff over to Isabella's backyard, so we can…" Phineas said.
"Hi, Phineas," said that all-too-familiar voice. "Whatcha doin?"
Phineas, sweating, turned around to see Isabella had already come into the backyard.
"You're not planning something for my birthday, are you?" she asked, a hint of dread in her voice.
"Don't look, don't look!" Phineas urged, doing his best to hide the supplies from Isabella's view. "There's nothing to see here!"
"But, Phineas…"
"Don't ruin the surprise!" Phineas chuckled in embarrassment. "Buford, get her out of here!"
"You got it," Buford said, trapping Isabella in a body bag.
Buford carried Isabella out of the backyard and let her out of the bag.
"I carried a lot of squirming bags in my time," he remarked. "But this is the first time I knew who was in it."
Isabella screamed and turned towards Django, who had just arrived. "What I was going to say was, all I want is some alone time with…"
She didn't even finish that statement. She just groaned and left the house.
Play "Isabella's Birthday Song"
Isabella:
Today is my birthday, and there's just one thing I'm wishing for
To spend some time alone with a certain someone I adore
While she was busy venting, Isabella didn't notice the others sneak past her and head to her house with supplies and decorations.
It doesn't have to be formal or fancy
It's not a deal-breaker if it's not romancey
After all of this time, I've lowered my expectations
Buford and Baljeet overheard her singing and decided to back her up.
Buford and Baljeet:
Expectations
Isabella:
Don't need a limo or a corsage
Just him and me without the entourage
And I won't be upset, at this emotional roulette
I'll take any little thing that I can get
Isabella danced around the neighborhood as she fantasized different scenarios of herself and Phineas together.
Like eating some french fries, I'll take it
Stuck on a tarmac, all good
Trapped under rubble, that's awesome
Moving a piano if we only could
Getting orthodontia, sign me up
In a smelly subway car, I'm in
We could be reupholstering a loveseat, I'd call that a win-win
'Cause that's all I really want
Just time alone with my triangular savant
I'm not asking for the world
I'm just a simple girl
And I would change my mournful tone
If we could just be alone
And just be alone
End "Isabella's Birthday Song"
When Isabella returned home, she saw a huge banner that read, 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ISABELLA' in the backyard.
She went outside to see a bunch of kids gathered together. It wasn't just her friends, but the entire neighborhood.
"Surprise!" they all cheered.
"Guys, you shouldn't have," Isabella said through gritted teeth. "You really shouldn't have."
Riding his electric scooter, Perry caught up to Doof's bug vehicle. He summoned a tiny ramp and used it to launch himself onto the roof.
Unfortunately, Doof was protected by a glass dome.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof said. "It's no use trying to break through the dome. It's platy-proof. Anyway, you're probably wondering why I am driving this evil bug bus around town. Well, I was thinking about the things that bugged me: public outhouses, high-voltage signs, you get it. That's why I created the 'Bugs-Me-inator! It turns things that bug me into bugs. Since I can't stand bugs, I'm protected from them inside this bubble."
Perry noticed what looked like a tiny bug floating around inside Doof's dome.
"Oh, that's outside the dome," Doof assured.
He was proven wrong when the bug landed on his nose. Doof opened the dome to let the bug out.
Perry took this as an opportunity to punch Doof in the face. Doof spun around the dome for a few seconds.
"Wow, just like that, huh?" Doof remarked. "You know, Perry the Platypus? The one thing that bugs me more than anything is you!"
Doof activated the inator to strike Perry. Perry dodged, and the inator struck Doof's shoe instead.
While Doof was busy shaking the newly-formed bugs off his foot, Perry took the opportunity to strike again.
"By the way, we're on a runaway bus careening at high speed with no one at the wheel, right?" Doof mentioned.
Only then did Perry realize all the car crashes and traffic jams that they were unintentionally causing.
Meanwhile, Stacy was at the climax of 'The Grievance'. She curled into a ball and shivered as the main character entered the basement despite all the obvious warnings telling them not to.
And they were met with a disgusting humanoid figure with greasy hair that covered its face, a bedsheet for a dress, and a bunch of bugs crawling out of its skin.
Even creepier was how the creature teleported from one side of the room to the other in a single frame.
Then a big bug appeared right in front of Stacy. She screamed at the top of her lungs and hid behind the couch.
When Stacy got back up, she saw none other than Perry on the couch standing on its back legs and wearing a fedora.
"Perry, what are you doing here?" Stacy asked. "And what's with the hat?"
Then some man in a lab coat flew onto the couch.
"And who's this pharmacist?" Stacy added.
"Why does everyone stampede to that conclusion?" the pharmacist asked. "Other people wear lab coats, you know."
Katie and Gretchen pushed a ginormous cake into the backyard.
"Check it out," said Phineas. "We made your favorite: a red velvet cake… with a little surprise."
"I hope it's not a male dancer or something," said Baljeet.
"They asked, but they couldn't afford me," Buford replied.
"Will you do the honors, Ferb?" Phineas asked Ferb.
Ferb pushed a button, and all the candles lit themselves.
Isabella climbed the staircase provided to reach the top of the cake.
"Make a wish," said Phineas.
I wish for some alone time with Phineas, Isabella wished.
She then blew out the candles. A bunch of confetti and streamers launched into the sky.
Everyone in the backyard applauded.
"So, did you get what you wished for?" asked Phineas.
"Yeah, it's everyone's wish to have their backyard covered in litter," Buford said sarcastically. "Come on, next event."
"You're gonna love this," Phineas assured Isabella.
"Is this where you go every day, Perry?" asked Stacy.
"Pretty much," Doof replied. "I create inators and he breaks in and thwarts my scheme. It's kind of our thing."
Perry tackled the Doof to the ground. Doof noticed the DVD case and picked it up.
"Ooh, 'The Grievance'," he said. "I saw this at the theaters. I still have nightmares about the girl with the…"
"No, don't tell me how it ends!" Stacy yelled.
"And now, what's a birthday party without a pinata the size of your house?" Phineas showcased the pinata. "Hit it, Ferb."
Ferb grabbed an oversized bat and hit the pinata with it. The pinata broke into multiple tinier pinatas that scattered throughout the backyard.
Other kids put on their blindfolds and tried to whack the pinatas.
While all the other kids were occupied, Django approached Isabella.
"I'm sorry things aren't turning out the way you want, Isabella," he apologized. "But don't worry. Ferb and I have a plan."
He whispered the plan into Isabella's ear.
"Alright everybody, gather around!" Phineas called. "Keep your eyes on the pool! Isabella, it's time for the grand finale."
Phineas pulled a lever, and the ground started to shake. Everyone watched in awe as a massive and totally bustable thing emerged from the pool.
Stacy finally realized the severity of the situation. She didn't know what exactly she could do to help out, but she got up anyway.
She then tripped and landed face-first in the oil that leaked out of the bug.
When she got up, her now-greasy hair covered her entire face, making her look like the monster from the movie.
By the time she managed to uncover herself, the man had ran out of the house, screaming.
"Whoa, what was that about?" Stacy asked Perry. "Do the Flynn-Fletchers know you fight bad guys?"
She unintentionally stepped on a button. The cannon from the bug vehicle fired right before Perry could destroy it.
All of a sudden, the big thing transformed into a bunch of butterflies.
"I love butterflies!" Isabella cheered, hugging Phineas. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"Uh, y-you're welcome," Phineas stammered.
He turned to Ferb for answers. Ferb just shook his head.
Perry watched as Monogram, Carl, and a bunch of others arrived at the house disguised as members of Danville Water and Power.
Perry led Stacy to the backyard and gave her a pamphlet.
"What is all this?" Stacy asked as she skimmed through the pamphlet. "'Host family'? 'Mind-erasing'? I mean, is all this necessary?"
Perry made an 'I don't know' gesture.
"Wait a minute," Stacy realized. "It says here that if your host family finds out about your agent status, then everyone who's seen you has to have their memory erased, or you get relocated. Perry, I'm not part of your host family. I know it's a technicality, but look. I don't want Candace and the boys to lose you, but I also don't want my mind erased. I'm on the last ten minutes of that movie and I don't wanna watch that scary mess again, so, can we keep this a secret?"
Perry thought about it for a moment, then nodded.
After going over the plan, Stacy walked to the front door.
Stacy nervously walked inside and cleared her throat. "Hello? Anybody there?"
The man running the operation approached her. "Hello there, young lady. Do you live here?"
"Yes. I walked home from the mall to find this. What is happening here?"
"Oh, you didn't see it? There was a…" The man looked through his notes. "A swamp gas incident. We'll just get it cleaned up and out of your hair."
Stacy turned to Perry, who was hiding behind the corner. Perry gave a thumbs-up.
With the party over, all the kids headed home, but not before wishing Isabella a happy birthday one last time.
"I still can't figure out what went wrong with our grand finale," Phineas admitted. "After the laser light show and the fireballs, this one should've…"
"Phineas, I liked the butterflies," Isabella assured. "Thank you."
Phineas looked away, feeling dumb for even thinking what he was going to say. "Well, to make it up to you, I know it's lame, but I was thinking Ferb and I can take you out for some ice cream?"
"Uh, actually," Ferb interjected. "I was planning on taking Django out for creme brulees."
"Yeah," Django added. "It's kinda, sorta, a first date for the two of us. You two go on without us."
"Is that cool?" Phineas asked Isabella.
"Yes!" Isabella said, a bit more excited than intended.
Before Phineas and Isabella left, Isabella gave Ferb and Django some fist bumps.
Phineas and Isabella ate their ice cream at the Soda Fountain. It was just the two of them, sitting together in awkward silence.
"So, did you get what you wished for?" Phineas eventually asked. "Oh, wait, I already asked you that. Confetti and streamers."
"And butterflies," Isabella added. "You always give me butterflies."
She gave Phineas a peck on the cheek.
Phineas couldn't describe the sense of nervousness and excitement he felt in that moment. It overwhelmed him to the point that he just collapsed.
Notes:
Well, happy birthday to me, I guess, and happy birthday to anyone who was born on the same day as me.
I initially thought this would be the last of the birthday episodes I'd ever do. Well, I was wrong. There's still Jeremy's birthday coming up.
Despite that, I figured this would be the perfect chapter to post on my birthday. Out of all the birthday episodes, the Isabella one might be my favorite. That's mainly because of the Phinabella fluff.
Another notable thing this episode includes is Stacy learning Perry's secret. Sadly, it was never brought up again. Hopefully the revival fixes that.
Well, I do plan to include at least a callback or two to this plotline later down the line. Stay tuned.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 86: Where's Pinky?
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 86
Where's Pinky?
Gretchen was showing off a design of a zombie shelter to the boys.
"We all need to be prepared," she said. "You want to find a safe place and establish a defensive perimeter."
"You mean like the basement?" Baljeet suggested.
"No. Never go in the basement!"
Candace came out to see the commotion. "What's going on here?"
"It's just our bi-monthly Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness lecture," Gretchen explained.
"You're welcome to join us," Phineas invited. "You might learn something."
"Please," said Candace. "There's nothing about zombies that I don't know."
"Did you know there's one standing behind you?"
Candace turned around, screaming. There was nothing there. Candace angrily glared at Phineas.
Phineas chuckled, earning a glare from Ferb.
That's when Isabella came in.
"Phineas, Pinky's missing!" she cried.
"Aw, that's too bad," Phineas said sympathetically.
"Chihuahuas are always the first thing zombies go for," Buford remarked.
"Uh, we're past that point now."
"He's been gone all morning," Isabella explained. "He didn't even eat his breakfast burrito. What should we do?"
"We could put up missing posters," Gretchen suggested.
"We could just sit and wait," said Buford. "If this is anything like Perry, your dog will be back before you even know it."
"Or we could make a portable positronic canine detector using the olfactory receptors that Ferb and I were gonna use for our milligram-scale purification study," said Phineas.
Isabella smiled. "Let's do that one."
"You kids have fun," said Candace. "I would stay and help out, but I have a lunch date with Jeremy at City Hall."
"City Hall serves lunch?" asked Baljeet.
"I thought they only served subpoenas," Buford remarked.
There was a moment of silence.
"Come on," Buford whined. "What's a guy gotta do to get a rimshot around here?"
"Well, to answer your question," said Candace. "Jeremy is working at the Slushy Dawg stand at the City Hall food court, and we're gonna have lunch together." She then turned to Isabella. "Don't worry, Isabella. I'm sure Pinky will show up eventually. Perry always does. Speaking of which, where is Perry?"
"And where's Pinky?" asked Isabella.
"And where's my breakfast burrito?" Buford added.
Baljeet played a rimshot on his drum set.
"Ha, there's my guy," Buford smiled.
When Perry arrived in his lair, he was surprised to see Pinky sitting right next to him.
"Ah, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "I believe you know Agent Pinky. Agent Pinky informs us that Doof intends to steal the deed to the Tri-State Area from the City Hall Archives. It seems he's discovered that whoever has the deed automatically becomes the ruler. It's an old law from simpler times. You'll find that Agent Pinky is quite an asset, Agent P. He's good with computers, covert op, and quite frankly, he needs the hours, so get out there and stop Doofenshmirtz. Good luck Agent P… and P. I guess you're just two peas in a pod."
There was a moment of awkward silence. Perry and Pinky took that moment to leave and carry on with the mission.
"Carl, where's my rimshot?" asked Monogram.
"It's right in front of you," Carl replied.
Monogram realized he had a piece of paper in his hands. He looked at it, and saw it was a picture of a drum with the caption, 'Ba-Dum, CRASH!'
"How did you do that?" Monogram asked, amazed.
Candace looked at the map of City Hall.
"I'm right here," she said. "And the best way to the food court is…"
"By taking the mandatory City Hall tour!" an enthusiastic tour guide interrupted.
"But…"
"Wouldn't want a bunch of uninformed people wandering around City Hall."
"But…"
"You can't fight it," one woman in the group warned. "I've been here since this morning, and I've been caught trying to escape twice."
"No talking back there!" the tour guide said sternly before going back to his cheerful demeanor. "Now, follow me to a world of bureaucratic action and adventure."
The guide led the crowd deeper into City Hall. As much as Candace tried to fight it, she followed.
Perry and Pinky parachuted into City Hall and burst through the front doors.
There was a whole crowd of people in line. Perry managed to find Doof in said crowd.
"Perry the Platypus, no way!" Doof yelled, somehow not gaining anyone's attention. He shoved his way past a couple people and approached Perry. "Oh, look, you brought your little dog, too. How cute. Oh, FYI, I don't think they allow dogs here, so you might wanna watch out. Anyway, I bet you're wondering why I'm here, right? Well, I plan to sneak in and steal the…"
Perry made a face telling Doof he already knew that.
"Right, of course," Doof realized. "That's probably why you're here, to stop me, right?"
Perry nodded.
Doof slowly opened the box he was holding. "What you probably don't know is how I will get into the vault without being noticed. Behold!" He took a helmet out of the box. "My Blend-Into-The-Background-inator! I will be able to search out and steal the hidden deed because, like they say, it's easier to find a hidden object when you're hidden as well."
Perry and Pinky looked at each other, then back at Doof.
"It's a saying," Doof insisted. "Anyway, I place this on my head like so…" He put the helmet on. "I press this button and now…" He pushed the button, and he disappeared, except not really because Doof's shape was still slightly visible. "I'm gone." He pushed the button again, becoming visible again. "Anyway, I'll bet you think I forgot to trap you, well, surprise! You're already trapped…"
Perry and Pinky looked around for any traps, but nothing happened.
"By bureaucracy," Doof clarified. "You see, you don't have a number, Perry the Platypus, so by the time you and your little dog get into the archives, I will already be ruler of the Tri-State Area!"
Doof enabled the inator again and snuck off.
Perry watched as Doof managed to sneak past the crowd and the receptionist, and headed towards the vault.
Perry tried to follow, but the receptionist stopped him.
"I'm sorry," she apologized. "But you cannot go in there without a number, sir."
Pinky slid into the scene.
"Oh, don't tell me you brought your dog," the receptionist groaned.
"Behold!" Phineas showcased. "The Dog Sensomatic Helmet! It'll amplify Buford's senses to those of a dog."
Ferb slowly lowered the helmet onto Buford's head with a crane. Unfortunately, the rope broke and the helmet fell onto Buford's head.
"Okay, what do you smell now?" Phineas asked.
"I think I can smell the future," said Buford.
"That means it's working."
"Do you smell Pinky yet?" asked Isabella.
"I smell something." Buford sniffed. "I smell bacon!"
Buford ran off in the direction the smell was coming from. The others ran after him.
"This is a painting depicting John P. Tristate and Otto H. Adjacent…" the guide said as he gestured to the painting in question.
"Uh, excuse me?" asked Candace. "I just need to get to the…"
"Please hold all questions until the end of the tour. Those are the rules." The guide backed Candace into the crowd. "Please refrain from gum-chewing and there are no pets allowed."
Candace noticed a stanchion right next to her. She tried to unhook it and walk by while the guide wasn't watching.
But the guide teleported right in front of her. "And absolutely no crossing the stanchions, please."
Doof reached the elevator and pushed the down button.
He stood away from the door in case someone would come out when it opened.
Someone tried to push one of the buttons, but unintentionally poked Doof's belly.
"Hey, quit it, freak!" Doof yelled, scaring the person off.
The elevator door finally opened, and Doof walked inside.
He looked through the button list until he found the one that said 'Secret Vault'. He pushed that button, and the elevator began its very fast descent.
Isabella tickled Buford's belly like he was a dog.
"Who's a good boy?" she asked.
"It's me, right?" Buford replied.
"Yes, you are!"
"Isabella, how does this help us with Pinky?" asked Django.
"Easy," Isabella replied. "I've rubbed Buford's belly with Pinky's squeak toy. Now he's got the scent."
"He's this way," Buford said as he led the way.
"Good boy!"
The elevator finally landed. Doof hit the floor.
"What kind of elevator falls at the speed of gravity?" he wondered. "Why did they even put an elevator there? I could just jump down the shaft then…"
He stopped himself when he saw the deed in a glass case. Doof opened the case and grabbed the deed.
Then Perry and Pinky came out of the elevator.
Doof gasped. "Perry the Platypus… and your dog? How did you escape the clutches of bureaucracy?"
Perry revealed he had a card with the number seven on it.
"Oh," Doof realized, feeling awkward for asking that. "I guess the line wasn't as long as I thought, but you're too late! Once I get outside, I will own the Tri-State Area!"
Before Doof could enable his inator again, Pinky kicked him to the ground. Doof fell and hit a container which held multiple rolled-up sheets of paper.
"This is just great!" Doof whined.
"And over here are the spontaneous musical number dioramas," the guide went on.
"Uh-huh," Candace said, rolling her eyes.
"Danville is known for its spontaneous musical numbers. For instance…"
Play "History of the Tri-State Area"
Tour Guide:
A lot of people know that the Tri-State Area used to be the Bi-State Area
With an adjacent area over there
What people don't know is that originally it was three Single-State Areas
But people don't care
Now, Candace was starting to get invested. Just a little, though.
The founders of the area were independent thinkers
Completely unaffected by bureaucratic hurdles
And that's why the Capitol Building was moved here from Sri Lanka
On the backs of seven giant sea turtles
It's the history of an area, the Tri-State Area
Formed mostly from adobe and seaweed
Candace skimmed through a pamphlet to fact check. The guide just took the pamphlet and tore it up.
If you've heard it different elsewhere, it's historical hysteria
So stop believing everything you read
The guide then gestured to some other dioramas in the room.
Over here's a diorama of the first diorama
Of Vincent Diorama who lived right here
When I say right here, I mean this very room
'Till we moved him to a studio apartment last year
The people in the crowd danced along to the song. Even Candace found herself pulled in by the catchy beat.
It's the history of an area, the Tri-State Area
Don't mean to cause a ruckus or a fuss
It's the purpose of the onion and the Danville Cafeteria
And home of Bigfoot's hairless cousin, Uzz
It's the history of an area, the Tri-State Area
Where planet Venus holds an office space
Try to think of someplace better, well, I double-dog dare ya
But if you can't, then get out of my face
Candace and the Crowd:
It's the history of the Tri-State Area
End "History of the Tri-State Area"
"And now, step this way for the history of accounting," the guide said.
Everyone sighed.
Doof looked through all the papers. He almost missed it, but he found the deed.
He then enabled his camouflage and snuck into the elevator.
Unfortunately for him, Perry caught him at the last second. He grappled himself and Pinky into the elevator before the doors closed.
Everyone followed Buford to City Hall. They all went inside through the doggy-door.
"Wait, there is a doggy-door in a municipal building that doesn't allow dogs?" Baljeet asked.
Perry saw Doof was almost out the door. He found a button to initiate the door's security lock, but he knew it wouldn't hold.
Then, he saw Buford, wearing an oversized dog helmet, heading straight to where Pinky was.
Perry struggled to figure out who to prioritize, then he realized he didn't have to choose. He fired his grapple, swung in the air, grabbed Doof's helmet, landed where Pinky was, and covered them both with the helmet.
Buford reached them, but he couldn't see them.
"I swear it was right here!" Buford swore to the others.
"Maybe the helmet needs to be fine-tuned," Phineas theorized.
"Yeah, you do that. I'm going to get a slushy dawg."
The moment the kids were out of site, Perry removed the helmet.
Doof managed to override the security door, and he was about to walk out.
Perry and Pinky jumped in the way.
"You're both persistent, I'll give you that," Doof remarked. "But the security system is offline, and there's nothing you can do about it, unless one of you is good with computers."
Perry remembered that Monogram mentioned Pinky being good with that.
Wow, how convenient, he thought.
Perry whistled. Pinky grabbed the computer and knocked Doof out with it.
After what felt like hours, the tour finally ended.
"Now, who wants to do it again?" asked the guide.
Everyone except Candace made a run for it.
"Well, the song was nice," Candace admitted.
"Well then…" The guide prepared to sing again, but a dog appeared out of nowhere. "Wait, is that a dog?"
Candace noticed the dog and smiled. "Hey, it's Pinky."
"I'm sorry, no dogs allowed. This tour is officially over."
That's when Isabella arrived. "Candace, you found Pinky! You were right! He did show up!"
Then Perry arrived too.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Candace said.
"Way to go, Candace," Phineas complimented before turning to the pets. "Come on, who wants a breakfast burrito?"
"How long have you been working here?" Candace asked the guide.
"I don't work here," the guide replied. "I was sent by Yarnak to help uninformed citizens in need. Now, if you'll excuse me, I am needed elsewhere."
The guide ran off with a whoosh.
"Hey, Candace," came Jeremy. "Where were you?"
"I'm sorry I missed lunch," Candace apologized. "But this weird guy made me go on a tour."
"That's Don. He's kind of a fixture around here."
Don, now wearing an oversized dog helmet and holding a rolled-up piece of paper, ran by shouting, "I am the ruler of the Tri-State Area!"
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 87: Operation Crumb Cake
Notes:
I never thought it would happen, but this story had received SEVENTY kudos here on AO3. I only have 24 favorites on FFN, but I am still very grateful.
On another note, I watched the sneak peek for the revival. I'll admit, the new animation is a little off putting, and it REALLY shows how much the actors have aged since the original finale TEN YEARS AGO, but overall, I'm excited for what's in store for our gang.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 87
Operation Crumb Cake
Isabella was visiting her nana at the Senior Lodge.
"Thanks for showing me your old scrapbooks, Nana," she thanked. "I love hearing about the old days. Tell me again about string art, and what it was like to get up and manually change the channel on the TV."
"That's so sweet, honey," said one of the other seniors. "Look how old-fashioned I still am. I'm writing letters by hand."
"Why not call or text?" Isabella wondered.
"You kids know nothing of the lost art of letter writing," Nana said. "Back when we were young, we expressed our truest feelings through letters."
"Yeah," the other woman agreed. "You can express how you feel about someone without worrying about getting interrupted, or losing your nerve."
"Or hiccupping. That was my problem. When I was young, I had a crush on a certain boy and I wrote a letter telling him how I truly felt. That boy ended up being your grandfather."
Isabella's excitement bubbled. "Wow. I've been trying to tell someone how I feel about them for a long time now."
"Really?" the other woman asked as she handed Isabella a sheet of paper. "I got extra paper."
"Take your time," Nana advised. "Deeply search your feelings and express your…"
But Isabella was already finished. "I've been scripting this thing out in my head for years."
"Perfect timing, the postman's here."
Isabella put her letter in an envelope and sealed it shut. She gave the letter to the postman.
"So, Nana, when Grandpa got your letter, did he come running into you and sweeping into your arms?" she asked Nana once the postman left.
"Oh, I never mailed it," Nana revealed. "I'm not brave like you. I mean, what if he had laughed at me or showed it to his friends? That would be embarrassing."
Isabella started to see visions of that exact scenario. "Oh boy."
"Hon, why do you have all these boxes of take-out food thingies?" Linda asked Lawrence in the garage.
"It's a waste to get rid of them," Lawrence explained. "I mean, look at this."
He showed a packet of Ponzu sauce on chopsticks, with a fortune cookie on the back.
"Well, now I'm hungry," said Linda.
"Then let's get some food," Lawrence said once Phineas, Ferb, and their friends came in. "Would you kids like to come along?"
"No thanks, Dad," said Phineas. "We had fusion for breakfast."
"Alright, then. I'll clear these out later. Bye, boys."
With that, Linda and Lawrence were gone.
"Hey Ferb," Phineas decided. "Let's do Dad a favor and clear these drawers and boxes out for him."
Ferb showed Phineas a certain utensil.
"Wow," Phineas admired. "It looks like a fork and a spoon combined. What would you call that?"
"In the UK, they call it a 'foon'," said Ferb.
"It's a perfect fusion of aesthetic and utility. It's like a little work of art. Ferb I know what we're…"
Before he could even finish that statement, Candace came in.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"We're clearing Dad's stuff," Phineas replied.
"You're doing a chore? No way are you getting the parent points. I'm gonna do chores too. Carry on."
Candace went out as quickly as she came in.
"You know, the drawer in my kitchen is full of ketchup and gravy," Baljeet mentioned.
"Mine has red pepper flakes and little tubs of grated cheese," Buford added.
"And mine has a honey-mustard mixture."
"Well, go home and grab it, guys," said Phineas. "We're gonna make some art. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry got into his lair through the sprinkler pipes.
"Agent P, it seems that Doofenshmirtz is into astrology now," Monogram explained. "And that makes him very dangerous to us. I know what you're thinking. Like you, I once thought horoscopes were a bunch of hooey, but then I read my own horoscope. I'm a Sagittarius. It said, 'it's a bad day to get a haircut'. How spooky is that? I had my hair cut yesterday. Today would be a bad day. How did they know that stuff?"
Perry raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"If Doof figured out the astrological signs of our agents," Monogram said, getting back on topic. "He could predict our every move."
"I think horoscopes are meant for entertainment, and not to be taken as fact," Carl butted in.
"Of course you'd think that. You're a Capricorn." Monogram turned back to Perry. "You know what to do, Agent P."
Perry ejected out of his chair and flew out of the lair.
Oh come on, Isabella, Isabella tried to reassure herself. What's so bad about writing a letter and expressing my feelings? Feelings are natural. Phineas is natural. We are both natural beings in the world, with feelings… She then stopped when she remembered what exactly she wrote in the letter. Did I call him 'my little crumb cake'? Who does that?
She grabbed her phone and dialed her troop.
"Come in, Fireside Girls," she said aloud.
"Go ahead, chief," the girls answered.
"I just mailed a letter stating my true feelings for Phineas, and we need to stop it before he reads it. This mission is top priority. I call it 'Operation Crumb Cake'."
"'Crumb Cake'?" Ginger asked teasingly. "Is that what you called him?"
The other girls laughed.
Isabella sighed. "It's worse than I thought."
Django arrived with his box of things. He saw the model the boys were making with the packets and sporks.
"Wow, artsy," he smiled.
"Yeah," Phineas agreed. "Who knew that making an art piece out of old take-out stuff would be so fun?"
"It's almost like Tadashi Kawamata's massive chair sculpture in Abu Dhabi."
"Or the Caldera in Salzburg, Austria," Ferb added.
"That's a thing?" Django asked.
"Yeah. Look it up."
Django looked it up and was amazed to know that Ferb was right. "Wow."
Ferb looked away to hide his small grin. "What can I say? I'm a bit of an artist myself."
Django pecked Ferb on the cheek. Ferb blushed.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry burst through the door to see Doof working at a desk.
"Oh, hey, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted, unfazed. "Could you be a sport and shut the door? It gets drafty in here. Give it a good slam, it sticks."
Perry slammed the door shut. A dream catcher fell from on top of the door and trapped Perry.
"Ha," Doof laughed. "Bet you never dreamt you'd get caught on a dream catcher. Norm made that this morning. Who knew he was so crafty?"
Wait, a robot made this? Perry thought to himself. That's impossible.
"Anyway, my astrologer believes that when Mercury is in retrograde, anything can go wrong and usually does. You know, she's always right, has dark hair and bangs. Anyway, as it turns out, Mercury has been in retrograde all summer. No wonder my evil schemes keep failing. That is why I invented the Unretrogradinator to reverse my bad luck. I know 'unretrograde' is a double negative, sounds like I'm making Mercury go forwards, but I'm sending it backwards from going backwards. I know, it's basically a 'Reversinator', but 'Unretrogradinator' sounds more astrology-esque. Here, I'll show you how it works. Oh, Norm?"
"I'm almost done cleaning up your mid-morning pinata, sir," Norm replied right as he finished sweeping the remnants into a dustpan.
"Yeah yeah, just stand right there."
"Okey-dokey."
Doof struck Norm with the inator. Norm dumped the pinata pieces in the dustpan back onto the floor.
"It works!" Doof cheered.
Play "I Need My Letter Back"
Isabella skateboarded after the mailman.
Isabella:
Postmaster general, please help me out
I wrote a boy a letter, now I'm filled with doubt
Adyson popped out of a mailbox, Katie appeared from behind a pole, and Milly slid down said pole. They both joined Isabella.
It was a sentimental notion
To spell out my emotion that way
Gretchen climbed down from the roof of a nearby building. Ginger jumped out of the dumpster. Holly came out of the cardboard box next to it.
Before I have a heart attack
I need my letter back
The girls reached the post office. They launched their skateboard off a ramp and hit the wall. Their skateboards created a set of stairs, so they all climbed onto the roof one by one.
I need a retraction, a full-scale rejection
At least if I could edit it and soften the tone
The girls entered the office and looked around for the letter. Adyson found the pink envelope on a conveyor belt and tried to grab it. She got sucked into a tube.
Please, just believe it, I have to retrieve it
Don't say my opportunity has already flown
Adyson ended up stuck in a sack full of letters, none of them being Isabella's. She was dumped in a silo and placed on another belt separate from Isabella's letter.
Oh, why did I ever sign my name?
I don't want to be forever stamped in shame
I'd have to move to Belgium and wear a really bad toupee
So before I have a heart attack
Troop:
She needs her letter back
Isabella saw the letter get taken by a mail person and put in another sack.
Isabella:
It could be in this very stash
Troop:
She needs her letter back
Isabella:
It's hard to overstate this fact
I need my letter back
End "I Need My Letter Back"
The girls were too late. The mail person put the sack in a truck and drove off.
"We'll never catch them this way," Isabella realized. "But we will get that letter back, no matter how politely we have to ask. We can cut them off at Phineas' house. Let's go!"
The girls headed to Phineas' place.
"Now, I'm gonna dirty the dishes," Norm declared.
"Yeah, yeah," Doof waved off before noticing something in the newspaper. "Perry the Platypus, take a look at this. 'Someone is secretly speaking on your behalf.' It sounds positive for me, but who would… wait, Perry the Platypus, was it you?"
Then Norm un-made his own dream catcher. Perry took the moment to strike.
The Fireside Girls reached Phineas' house.
"We've arrived just in time," said Isabella. "The mail isn't here yet. Okay, girls, let's seal up this area. Holly, you go take up a scanning position one half-click to the north. Ginger, you got the south. The rest of you, fan out. We've got to intercept that letter. I'm going in the back to keep Phineas distracted. Any questions."
"Yeah," said Gretchen. "How long has that mailbox been here?"
Isabella groaned and headed to the backyard without answering the question.
Norm tried to un-brush his teeth before he realized he doesn't have teeth.
"Sir," he told Doof. "The effects of the ray have worn off."
"Good for you," said Doof. "Now, can you get this platypus off me?"
Norm tried to grab Perry, but Perry jumped out of the way.
Isabella entered the backyard.
"Heya," she greeted, laughing nervously. "So, whatcha doin'?"
"What do you think?" asked Phineas. "The world's largest art piece, made entirely out of take-out food packets and utensils."
"Wow, artsy."
"Right? Can I show you around?"
"Sure."
Phineas gestured to one part of the art piece. "Here, Baljeet thoughtfully recreated Gainsborough's 'The Blue Boy' completely in red pepper flakes."
Baljeet turned around to reveal bloodshot eyes.
"I wish I would have thoughtfully created an eyewash station," he said.
Phineas led Isabella away from the horrific site and up a ladder.
"Watch your step up the chopstick ladder," he said. "From here, you can see the whole neighborhood."
He wasn't kidding. Isabella saw everyone and everything in the neighborhood, including the mail person carrying her letter.
"Uh, let's switch places," she said urgently. "The light catches the foons so beautifully from this angle."
That's when Ferb whistled at Phineas. Phineas looked up to see Ferb holding a sign with an envelope on it.
"Awesome, the mail's here," he realized as he started climbing down. "Wonder if that comic book I ordered arrived?"
"Phineas, wait!" Isabella begged.
Ginger, Katie, and Milly got in front of the mail person right as they were about to mail the letter.
"Excuse me," Ginger said, holding up one of her many patches. "But do you have a letter in your bag addressed to Phineas Flynn?"
The person skimmed through their bag until they found the letter. "Looks like I do."
"We ask you to hand it over to us, please."
"I'm sorry, but it is unlawful for a postal carrier to deliver any envelope or parcel to anyone except the intended recipient, as indicated in the address column of said envelope or parcel."
"What about afterwards?" asked Holly. "Can we jump him and wrestle it out of his hands?"
"Honey, what you do with your afternoon is none of my business," the mail person replied.
That's when Phineas came out.
"Hey, Mx. Ferguson," he greeted. "Did my comic book arrive today?"
"Nope," the mail person, Ferguson, replied. "Just this letter."
Phineas took the letter and opened it. The moment he saw Isabella's name, he smiled and fought the urge to shout in excitement.
Here it is, Isabella thought to herself. He's finally gonna know how you feel. At least you told the truth and spoke from your heart.
Perry pulled a lever on the inator. It spun around and hit Norm in the head.
Norm collapsed and hit the inator. A beam fired.
"'Dear Phineas,'" Phineas read aloud before stopping himself. "Aw, there's a little heart."
That's when Phineas and Ferguson were struck by a beam.
Phineas put the letter back in the envelope and gave it back to Ferguson. They both went their separate ways, but they were walking backwards for some reason.
Phineas went into the backyard and took everything apart.
Perry tried to push the self-destruct button. Nothing happened.
Perry tried again. Still nothing.
Only then, did he notice the coin slot.
"Gotcha," Doof laughed. "You see, I was thinking, if I had a nickel for every time you pushed the self-destruct button, then it hit me, you wouldn't have a nickel either, because you wouldn't have any pockets."
Perry revealed he had a nickel under his hat. He inserted the nickel to the coin slot and pushed the button, blowing up the inator.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof yelled as Perry parachuted away.
Django sadly stared at the remains of the big art piece.
"What are you sad about?" asked Buford. "It was going to happen in some way."
That stung Django hard.
Ferb and Baljeet gave Buford disapproving glares.
"What?" Buford asked. "I'm just stating facts."
"But it was still insensitive," Baljeet argued. "How did you feel when he and the others did not care about Biff?"
Buford considered Baljeet's reasoning and felt bad. "That's a good point."
Ferb approached Django and hugged him. Django was surprised at first, but he was grateful. He leaned towards Ferb and hugged him back.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 88: Bee Day
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 88
Bee Day
Play "Bee Song"
The streets of Danville were covered in bee-themed banners, balloons, and other forms of decoration.
Man:
What's that swarm, what's that drone?
Something's buzzing close to home
Man and Woman:
It's Bee Day and I'm feeling fine
The duo walked down the street. There were children throwing flower petals or carrying balloons, enthusiastic adults watching the parade, and bees flying around to get nectar.
They look for pollen wherever they rome
Then regurgitate honey in a honeycomb
It's Bee Day, come on, get in line
All the goers gathered around for the grand finale.
It's time to celebrate Bee Day
They pollinate the flowers, Bee Day
Make honey in the hives, Bee Day
From time to time, they sting us and they pay for it with their lives
Because it's Bee Day
End "Bee Song"
"Why do we always end the song on that weird B-flat instead of an F-sharp bass?" one boy wondered.
"It's tradition," his mother answered. "We don't question it."
After the song, the Flynn-Fletchers headed home.
"So, did you have fun at the opening ceremony?" Linda asked.
"It was beewildering," Lawrence answered.
"Beeutiful!" Phineas added.
"Beedazzling!"
"Beeyond!"
"Beeguiling!"
"Just 'bee' quiet!" Candace demanded.
"Candace, beehave," Linda requested before laughing at her own joke. "What's so important, anyway?"
"Nothing, I'm just trying to take this test to unlock my true teen identity!"
"Well, I'll just leave that to the professionals at the magazine." Linda then noticed a couple little kids playing around in a small pool. "Oh, look at that. An inflatable wading pool, just like the one I used to play in with Candace when she was little. Remember, hon?"
Candace nodded, though she didn't look back at those memories fondly.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," Phineas told Ferb. "And I'll tell you after the wipe."
After the wipe, Phineas and Ferb were in the backyard with an air compressor and multiple inflatables.
"We're making the ultimate inflatable wading pool for Mom," Phineas explained. "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry entered his lair like always.
Agent Bee
Only then did Perry realize he was still wearing his bee headband from the festival. He took it off and replaced it with his fedora.
P
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted before he sneezed. "Sorry, my allergies are acting up. This whole 'Bee Day' thing is stirring up all the pollen in Danville. Anyway, Doof's been spotted gathering bee pheromones, which is not only disgusting, but probably evil. To send you on your way, Carl's actually come up with a bee-themed jetpack that's right behind you."
Perry turned around just in time to see the jetpack rise from a platform under the floor.
"Carl, where are those tissues?" Monogram asked.
Carl handed Monogram the tissues.
"Single ply, seriously?" Monogram whined.
"We're on a budget, sir," Carl reminded.
Perry put on his jetpack, despite how embarrassed he felt, and he flew off.
Isabella and her troop returned to the Fireside Girl lodge after the ceremony.
"That ceremony was awesome," said Holly. "It's my favorite part of Bee Awareness Day."
"My favorite part is the B-flat with an F-sharp bass at the end of the song," Katie added, earning glares from everyone else. "What? It's tradition."
"Okay girls, festivities are over," said Isabella. "Let's focus on getting our Beekeeping Patches. It's the only patch that we've ever tried to get and failed. Remember last year?"
"You promised to never bring that up again!" Gretchen reminded.
"Right, but still. If we don't get this today, the 'two strikes and you're out' rule kicks in."
"Chill out, Isabella. We got this. Ready, girls?"
The girls put on their bee-protection hats. Gretchen opened their beehive.
There were no bees, not even one.
Isabella gasped. "No! They're gone! Fighting flash-forward to potential catastrophe…" She snapped out of it when something else caught her mind. "Hey, where's Pinky?"
Pinky ran to the nearby store and jumped into a mannequin's purse. That purse was actually an entry into his lair.
"Good afternoon, Agent Pinky," Acronym greeted. "I see you've taken our new handbag conveyor system. Carla here has intel that Poofenplotz has been hatching up some sort of bee-related evil scheme. Carla?"
"Yes," Carla confirmed. "It seems that Poofenplotz has been researching the use of royal jelly in the bee community." That's when she heard a beep. "Oh, there's your coffee."
"Isn't she a find?" Acronym remarked. "She comes from an entire family of unpaid interns." She turned back to Pinky. "Anyway, to Carla's research, Agent Pinky. Admiral Acronym out."
Pinky saluted and pushed a button on the purse, activating its rocket. With that, he flew out of the lair.
"We've gotta find those bees before the sun goes down," said Isabella. "But how?"
"In the beekeeping guide, it says that a good beekeeper tries to think like a bee," said Gretchen.
Katie started making buzzing noises while shaking her body. The dance was familiar to Ginger, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"I'm sorry, what are you doing?" asked Milly.
"I'm thinking like a bee," Katie replied.
"I know," Adyson suggested. "We could get stung by radioactive bees and gain bee-themed superpowers!"
"But we don't have radioactive bees," Holly argued.
"Yeah, that's what's wrong with that plan," Ginger sarcastically remarked.
"But we do have Phineas and Ferb," Isabella realized. "And they have access to a sorbet machine that turned Candace into a fly. They gotta modify it to turn us into bees."
"Wait, Phineas and Ferb have a sorbet machine that turns people into FLIES?" Katie asked.
"Just look it up on the internet, Katie."
Candace finally finished her personality test. She tallied up her scores and screamed at the result.
"Candace, what…?" Stacy tried to ask over the phone.
But Candace just kept screaming.
"Just tell me when you're done."
Candace finished screaming. "Heather Magazine says I'm an emo! I don't even know what that is, but it sounds bad!"
"Okay, to the internet."
Candace heard the sounds of Stacy typing on her computer.
After a moment, Stacy spoke again. "According to Wikipedia, emos believe everyone's against them."
"How can you say that to me?" Candace asked.
"They are highly sensitive, and drama queens."
"No I'm not!"
"You know, as far as teenage subcultures go, it's not so bad. You just need a new look to match your true teen identity. I'll be right over."
Phineas finished applying a large container of water for the pool.
"Ferb, how's the inflation coming?" he asked Ferb.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
That's when Isabella came in with her usual, "Hey Phineas. Whatcha doin?"
Phineas smiled. "Hey Isabella. Ferb and I are building a super-inflatable wading pool. You wanna help?"
"I'd love to, but actually, I need your help."
"Anything for you, Isabella."
"Really?"
"Of course, your word is my humble command. I would travel the four corners of the globe, which I have done, by the way, but this time, it would be all for YOU!"
When Phineas finished that statement, he realized he was right in Isabella's face. He backed away, blushing in embarrassment.
"W-well," Isabella stammered. "The Fireside Girls are going for our Beekeeping Patches, and we need to borrow something."
"Of course, but I'll need some collateral if you wanna borrow me."
They both chuckled at the joke.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry landed on Doof's balcony.
"Hello, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "Nice costume. It's truly the bee's knees or, you know, wings in this case."
Perry got trapped in a giant flyswatter.
"Swat's happening, Perry the Platypus?" Doof asked. "Get it?"
Perry punched Doof in the nose with his one free arm.
"Sorry, can't help it," Doof apologized. "I got bees on the brain, especially the queen bee. She's all you hear about. You never hear about the king. That means there's a power vacuum that I need to exploit. Beehold, the Aromainator! Like the queen bee, I have acquired mass quantities of pheromones right here in this tank. Once I spray myself, the bees will be attracted to me, and I will be crowned King Bee. After that, it's just a hop, skip, and jump to ruling the Tri-State Area."
Poofenplotz Reading her Junk Mail
Poof threw aside the usual bills and flyers until she found what she was looking for.
"This must be my acceptance letter into LOVE MUFFIN," she hoped as she opened it and read it. "'Dead Esmerelda Poofenplotz, we regret to inform you that…'" Her eyes widened. "Oh, they want to reject me? My newest evil scheme is sure to catch the attention of that silly boys' club."
Only then did she notice the fancy bag on her couch she didn't recall buying. She opened it to see what was in it.
Pinky popped out.
"Pinky the Puppy!" Poof shouted. "Well, I was expecting you." She pushed a button, trapping Pinky in a dog bag. "My makeup case doubles as a trap. Can you pass me the lipstick?"
Pinky begrudgingly did as requested.
"Thank you," Poof thanked.
Candace came out of the closet wearing all-black clothing. Her hair was straightened and dyed black, except for a single purple strand.
"Not bad," Stacy complimented.
Candace rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
"Well, you've got the look, and the attitude. Now, there's just one last test to see if you're a true emo. Do you have enough ennui to resist the urge to bust your brothers? I doubt your mom would approve of that."
Candace looked out the window and saw the giant inflatable water park in the backyard.
"Of course not," she said. "But it's not like she's gonna see it. Every time I try to get her to look, the thing disappears. Why bother?"
"Wow, Heather Magazine is good," Stacy remarked, a little concerned.
Phineas handed Isabella a box containing the sorbet machine.
"What are friends for if not reconverting a sorbet machine that turns people into flies into a sorbet machine that turns people into bees?" he asked. "Just remember the effect wears off after a couple hours. Why don't you come back for our wading pool party after the ceremony?"
"Of course," Isabella assured. "Wouldn't miss it."
"See you later, then."
Isabella set the box down and took out the machine. She typed 'Fireside Girls' into the keypad.
"That should do it," she said to herself. "Here we go."
She pushed the button, activating the machine. All the girls were struck by a beam. They all turned into bees, all the while keeping their heads, hats, and sashes.
"Fireside Bees, follow your noses," Isabella ordered.
They all flew in the direction their noses led them.
Candace walked into the kitchen.
"Hi honey," Linda greeted. "What's with the new look?"
"You obviously don't know me!" Candace yelled. "No one does, and if they did, I would deny it!"
"Sweety, I went through a similar age when I was your age. Try writing some poems."
Candace groaned. "Whatever. No one gets me, except my hair."
The moment Candace was gone, Linda sighed to herself. I want the old Candace back.
Poof finished applying her lipstick.
"Now that that's been taken care of, I can tell you about my beautifully evil plan," she said.
Pinky growled.
Poof sprayed him. "Bad doggie. Sit."
Pinky sat.
"Now, behold, the beehive," Poof monologued as she showed a picture of a beehive. "A massively ordered society, just like our own." She changed the slide to reveal footage of a queen bee's lifestyle. "Observe, a young grub being fed mass quantities of royal jelly, which will make her larger and, eventually, she will become their queen. So, logic dictates that if I were to consume massive amounts of royal jelly, then I will grow forty times bigger and live forty times longer and eventually be crowned queen of the world! I shall not be dark, but beautiful like night and day, all shall love me and despair, and I might have a grotesquely large abdomen for laying eggs, but I could live with that."
Pinky squeaked in disgust.
"Come, Pinky the Puppy, to the Myselficopter!" Poof said as she took Pinky to said copter.
She got on the copter and flew off.
The Fireside Girls were led to the top of a weirdly-shaped building. There, they saw their swarm.
"What is that heavenly scent?" Milly wondered. "It seems to be coming from that gigantic perfume sprayer. Let's check it out."
"Okay, time to fill the void in the power vacuum," Doof said as he started vacuuming up all the bees. "Sucks to 'bee' you. Now, let me shut this baby off."
He almost hit the self-destruct button by accident, but he stopped himself and flipped the off switch.
Doof saw Perry staring at the button. "Hey, I know it's unconventional, but I put a self-destruct button on everything. It's my thing. I have one on my coffee machine, my TV, my toilet, even my underwear."
To prove his point, he pushed the self-destruct button on his underwear. His underwear exploded and burned his bottom area.
Phineas, Ferb, Django, Buford, and Baljeet climbed to the very top of the water slide.
"Alright, let's get this pool party started," said Buford.
"Sorry, Buford," Phineas apologized. "But I promised Isabella and the Fireside Girls I'd wait for them."
"'Ooh, I promised Isabella.'"
Phineas' entire face turned red. "Is that how I sound?"
"Yes, yes it does," Django said bluntly.
"He really nailed you," Baljeet added.
Even Ferb agreed. "It is uncanny."
"Well, I guess we can test the pools out to make sure they're up to our usual standard," Phineas relented.
The five slid down the first slide and landed in a pit of mud.
They then jumped into the next pool, this one being warm and bubbly. It washed all the mud off of their bodies.
Then they went down another slide. They landed in a pool made of ice. They slid around the ice for a bit.
After that, they got on these tubes and went down yet another slide.
The girls found themselves stuck in a vacuum cleaner.
"So that's what getting sucked into a vacuum cleaner feels like," Isabella remarked. "Humans really take that for granted. I'm gonna see if the queen knows anything."
She flew towards the queen bee. She could tell because of its narrow abdomen, shorter wings, and splayed legs.
"Excuse me, Your Majesty," she called. "Do you have any idea how to get out?"
"Not a clue," the queen replied. "Without my jelly, I'm too weak to fly."
"But we need to get out of here. Fireside Girls, what do you think?"
"What are we supposed to do?" asked Gretchen. "Bee Day's almost over, and we're stuck inside a pharmacist's power vac."
Isabella couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Over? Nothing is 'over' until we decide it is! Was it over when we helped Candace get fifty patches in one day? No!"
"I thought it was only forty-nine," Holly said.
"Forget it," said Ginger. "She's rolling."
"And it's not over now!" Isabella went on. "'Cause when the going gets tough…"
The girls, newly motivated, got up.
"The tough gets going!" they all cheered.
"Come on, girls!" Isabella continued. "We all have more than enough patches to make this work. Gretchen, Milly, Katie, you all got your Exploring Patches, right?"
"Yeah, so we can look for the way out of here," said Milly.
Isabella examined some hair strands. "These pieces of hair and dust are like rope. Holly, Ginger, you have the Advanced Knot-Tying Patches. What do you think?"
"We can make that work," said Holly.
"And make a sling for the queen," Ginger added.
"And Adyson, you and I have the Appliance Repair Patch," Isabella finished.
"Let's hotwire the vacuum and reverse the motor so that it blows us all out again," said Adyson.
"That's what I'm talking about."
It didn't take long for them to find the wires.
"There they are, said Adyson. "All we need to do is swap those leads."
"Great," said Isabella. "How's the sling coming?"
Nearby, Holly and Ginger, as well as some other bees, got the queen on a sling.
"All good to go!" they replied.
"Great," said Isabella. "Recon team, has a way out been located?"
"Yes ma'am," Gretchen, Katie, and Milly replied. "Power Vac hose located."
"Beeutiful! Prepare for exit, everyone."
"Now that the bees are out of the way, let's try this baby out," Doof said. "Just a little spritz."
He hit the wrong button. His face got covered in perfume.
That's when the doorbell rang.
"Oh, Charlene's coming over to get Vanessa's headphones for her," Doof realized as he answered the door.
"Hello Heinz," Charlene greeted.
"Hey Charlene, here you go." Doof handed over the headphones.
"Thanks…" Charlene took the headphones, then noticed how messy Doof's face was. "Wait, are you more attractive all of a sudden?"
"Oh, thank you, I have been trying to… oh, it's just the pheromones."
"Well, it's working, because suddenly I can't remember why we split."
Doof took out a poorly-made hand puppet. "You said you hated Mr. Tomato."
Charlene looked at the puppet with disgust. "Thanks for the reminder. I'm out of here."
"You know, it wasn't me she didn't like," said Mr. Tomato.
"Shut up!" Doof snapped.
One at a time, the boys landed in the wading pool and climbed out.
Ferb was the last one. He stayed put for a moment and waded around.
"Man, he can wade," Django remarked, watching the site in awe.
Nearby, Candace was sitting under the tree, writing a poem. "Sibling unit, wading, wading. I sit here, not relating."
Why am I starting to dread becoming a teenager? Phineas asked himself.
Once Perry saw his chance, he took off his hat and threw it onto the vacuum. He hit the on and reverse switches, releasing the bees from the vacuum.
All the bees surrounded Doof and lifted him a few inches above the ground.
Perry used his tail as a saw to cut himself free. He then sprayed all the perfume away from the building, luring the bees away from Doof.
"Thank you for saving me, Perry the Platypus," Doof thanked. "And on the bright side, with all those bees, not one sting."
Then he felt a sting on his tongue. Doof opened his mouth to see one particular bee fly out.
"At leath you didn't dethroy my inator," Doof assumed.
Then Perry hit the self-destruct button on the remote.
"Curth you, Perry the Platyputh!" Doof cursed before realizing it sounded wrong with his tongue stuck out. "Well, you thould be able to get it from context."
The giant wading pool got covered in a weird substance.
"What the heck is that?" Buford wondered.
That's when a bunch of bees surrounded the wading pool and lifted it up.
"I don't know, but the bees seem to like it," Phineas replied.
"And so continues the inevitability of my mundane existence," said Candace.
The wading pool popped, spreading water everywhere. Candace got hit more than the rest.
"Once again, I'm humiliated by the universe," Candace sighed.
A normal Ducky Momo-themed wading pool landed in the pool and filled itself with water.
"What just happened?" asked Buford.
That's when Linda came out with cups of iced tea. The boys all went to get a cup right as Perry arrived.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," said Phineas.
Linda then noticed the wading pool. "Aw, you found Candace's old wading pool, how sweet."
Then Stacy came out.
"Hey Candace," she called. "I just realized you added your score wrong. Your true teen identity is actually the 'Busting and Crush Obsessed Older Sister' type, who can't do math."
Candace was shocked at first, but that feeling faded as quickly as it came. "Whatever."
The Fireside Girls flew back to lodge right as the effects of the sorbet machine wore off.
"Yay, the bees are back!" Isabella cheered. "Alright, bees, get back into your hive."
The bees just sat there.
"We aren't bees anymore," Holly realized. "They don't understand us."
"I have my Semaphore Patch," Katie said. "Would that work?"
"Only if they were on a boat," said Gretchen.
Ginger finally remembered why Katie's dance was so familiar to her.
"Wait, I know," she said. "Katie, remember earlier when you tried thinking like a bee and did that crazy dance?"
"Yeah," Katie replied.
"Well, last year, Ms. Fireside mentioned a special dance bees do to alert each other to a source of food or shelter."
"Like the rumba?"
"More like a waggle dance."
"Dance Patches, we got," said Isabella.
Play "Waggle Dance"
Ginger:
Well, I don't think I can really overstate it
But bee communication is quite complicated
What seems at first like a simple figure-eight
Is packed with meaning when their butts gyrate
See, the waggle explains the angle
From the sun to the door of the hive
We shake it to and fro to let everybody know
That the angle is seventy-five
"Oh, it says that seventy-five is the angle from the hive to the sun," Gretchen realized.
"Yeah, but it also tells the bees the distance they'll have to go to get there," said Ginger.
The girls started shaking their butts.
All:
It's a waggle dance, waggle dance
Show them where they got to go
It's a waggle dance, waggle dance
Take 'em to the bee chateau
Ginger:
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, stop
All:
Figure-eight and shake it again
Ginger:
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, stop
All:
Everybody, shake your rear end
Ginger:
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, stop
All:
Come on and swing those skirts
Ginger:
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, stop
All:
Try to hit it on 13 hertz
By this point in the song, the girls successfully led the bees to the back of the lodge.
It's a waggle dance, waggle dance
Show them where they got to go
It's a waggle dance, waggle dance
Take 'em to the bee chateau
With one last shake, the bees were directed back into their hive.
End "Waggle Dance"
Poof laughed as her tracker went off. "My Locatificator has led me to the mother lode: the royal jelly room at the Moist Beauty Works factory. It won't be long now, Pinky. Soon, I'll be able to carry out my most beautifully evil plan yet."
Pinky noticed the loose thread on one end of the bag. She pulled the thread, tearing the bag open.
She leapt into the air and tackled Poof. They both crashed into the factory.
"That's the last time I buy a cheap designer knock-off trap from downtown," Poof decided before she found what she was looking for. "I can't believe it. Fortune is smiling upon me like the creepy guy on the corner of Third and Main. We're in the royal jelly chamber. How coincidental. I mean, I couldn't have asked for a better place to crash. Anyway, you have failed, Pinky the Puppy."
Pinky pushed Poof against one of the tanks. It left a dent so big that it released the royal jelly all over her.
"I can't move," Poof realized. "Well, I'm not much larger and I'm not really feeling royal at all. I suppose my plan was predicated on a faulty hypothesis, now. I guess there's only one thing to say now, and that's, 'Curse you, Pinky the Puppy'!"
Pinky took control of the helicopter, fired a cord to grab Poof, and flew off.
Now that the girls finally had their Beekeeping Patches, they put on their swimsuits and returned to the Flynn-Fletchers to party.
"Sorry we're late, Phineas," Isabella apologized. "Our ceremony ran long."
"No worries, Isabella," Phineas assured. "You can go join Mom over there in the pond."
Without any hesitation, the girls jumped in the pool and waded around, despite the fact they were a little too big for it.
"Aw, it's just like old times," Linda admired.
"Hey Isabella," Phineas called. "We're having iced tea. Do you want some, honey?"
Isabella was taken aback by the question. "What did you say?"
Phineas realized what he said and blushed brightly. "Uh, I said we were having iced tea." He showed Isabella a container of honey. "Do you want some honey?"
"Oh." Isabella chuckled in embarrassment. "Sure."
Notes:
Quite a bit to unpack here.
Like the Bubble Boys episode back in Season 2, "Bee Day" was an episode that got a second part focusing on an Isabella-centered side quest. Like before, I fused the two episodes into one.
I know Candace's emo phase was intended as a joke in canon, but while she may drop the dark clothing and hair by the next chapter, her whole "universe is against me" mentality will remain, hint hint.
And, of course, there's the Phinabella fluff. You know I had to do it.
This should go without saying, but the next chapter is gonna be the big one, the one where Phineas and Isabella finally confess their feelings for each other. I've been hyping it up for almost a year now. It's time for them to finally become a couple.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 89: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Notes:
Summer vacation has officially started for me. Don't expect it to equal faster updates. Me and my family will be on a two-week vacation in June, then I have this volunteer thing ending in early August, and then I'll start looking for a paid job that'll carry into my Senior Year. I'll still update wherever I can, but I can't promise consistency.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 89
Night of the Living Pharmacists
The sun was setting in Danville. Phineas didn't know why it was taking so long, but only now was he working on the invention of the day.
That's when he heard the gate open. He turned around and gasped.
It was just Isabella with her usual, "Whatcha doin'?"
"Oh, hi Isabella," Phineas greeted, blushing in embarrassment. "We were just building a new polymer destabilizer for the binding catalyst of…"
"That's great, Phineas, but there's something I wanna tell you."
"Uh, okay."
Isabella showed a certain patch. "It's about this patch."
"Oh, it's one of your accomplishment patches."
"Yeah, but this is a special one: the Emotional Bravery Patch. I can only earn it by…"
Ferb cleared his throat and showed Phineas a glowing piece.
"Nice, Ferb," Phineas complimented. "You found the new power supply."
"Phineas, I…" Isabella tried to say.
Then Buford, Baljeet, and Django came in.
"Hey, what's shakin', bacon?" Buford asked.
"You do realize bacon does not shake, right?" Baljeet pointed out.
"Sir Francis Bacon?"
Baljeet sighed. "I stand corrected."
"We're building a ray to give our skin rubber-like qualities," Phineas explained. "Come on, we'll show you."
Phineas and Ferb led the rest to the ray in question, a device mostly built out of rubber items like tires and balls.
"Remember how fun it was to bounce around the world on a rubber ball?" Phineas asked.
"If not a bit nauseating," Baljeet remarked.
"That was the fun part," Buford argued.
"So, how awesome would it be to be a rubber ball?" Phineas said.
"I'm in," Buford replied. "Can we shoot Perry and bounce him around the backyard like a plat-a-ball?"
"Uh, no, but now that you mention him, where is Perry?"
Perry climbed out of a freezing cold vent wearing a parka. He shook the snow off of him, took off his coat, and sat down.
On screen, Monogram was relaxing in a jacuzzi.
"Ah, Agent P," he greeted. "I see you found the new central air-conditioning entrance."
Perry chattered.
"What?" asked Monogram. "Oh, the hot tub? Purely therapeutic. The bubbles work wonders on a bad back. Carl!"
The screen zoomed out to reveal Carl blowing air into a tube.
"I'm a little light-headed, sir," he said. "Can I take a break?"
"Alright, fine," Monogram relented. "You've got ten minutes."
"Thank you, sir."
Carl walked away.
"Anyhoo," Monogram said. "Today is the unveiling of Danville's new water tower. Mayor Doofenshmirtz is going to be dedicating it tonight at his press conference. We're fairly certain that Doof will attempt to disrupt the event in some way. Not only is it high-profile, but it's right next to Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, so it's extremely convenient for him. Get out there and stop him from doing whatever it is he's going to do."
Perry saluted and left the lair.
Candace was shopping at the Super-Duper Mega Superstore.
"Girls, the new issue of Blase Teen is out," Candace said over the phone. "You should see the models in these spreads. So indifferent, so uninterested, so cool. I wonder if you and I will ever be this cool. What are you doing, Stacy?"
"I'm trying to hook up this new super-hi-def, intelligent, multi-format, home entertainment DVR system," Stacy replied. "I want to keep the DVD and VCR, but I don't think there are enough holes. There's also a serious clicker situation."
"Well, I'm no help to you there. Talk to you later, Stacy. Good luck." Candace hung up and looked at the magazine. "I wish there was a cool girl I could hang out with so I can absorb her coolness." She lowered the magazine and saw none other than Vanessa in front of her. "Hey, Vanessa!"
"Oh, hey Candace," Vanessa replied.
"So, doing some shopping? I mean, of course you're shopping. You got the items in the bag and… stop, Candace."
"Yeah, just buying some snacks. Some of the girls are coming over later for a movie night. Should be cool." Vanessa finally noticed Candace's darker hair. "Oh, you dyed your hair?"
"Oh, yeah. I was going through a bit of a phase yesterday. It's over now, but it'll take a while for my hair to turn back."
"Anyways, wanna join me? All you need is darker clothing, and you'd fit right in."
"Let me just call my mom. I told her I'd get the squirrels out of the…"
Vanessa walked away before Candace could say anything else.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry landed on the balcony, just to be trapped in a disco ball. Norm picked Perry up and hung him on the ceiling.
The ball spun around, covering the whole room in lights. Doof and Norm danced to the music.
"Time to boogie, baby!" Doof cheered. "Woo-hoo! My hustle's out of muscle, but I can still shake my brick house or whatever the kids call it these days. Norm, get the doonkelberry pie, would you?"
"You got it, sir," Norm replied as he headed to the kitchen.
Doof turned off the music and turned on the lights. "Vanessa's having some friends over for a little get-together, but I digress. Behold, the Repulsinator! Whoever I hit with this inator will automatically become repulsive! Wouldn't you know it, my brother, Roger, is dedicating a new Danville water tower right below my ledge! Once he's hit by this baby, he'll become so abominable, so hideous…" He looked through a thesaurus for more synonyms. "Noxious, grotesque, ghastly… anyway, Roger will become so repulsive that his popularity will plunge and mine will skyrocket by comparison, facilitating moi to take over the entire Tri-State Area!"
Perry gave Doof a deadpan expression.
"Don't look at me like that," said Doof. "I got a good feeling about today. It's gonna happen. The only trouble with it is that this particular inator requires a lot more power than any other inator I've created for some bizarre reason, and I only have one functioning wall outlet in the lab."
Doof gestured to said outlet. Doof had installed plenty of extensions to plug in as many cords as possible. Sparks were emanating out of it.
That's concerning, Perry thought to himself.
"I'm gonna put a lot of strain on that," Doof said.
That's when Norm came back with the pie. Doof grabbed the tin, only to feel burning hot metal on his hands.
"OW!" he screamed.
"Oops, sorry, sir," Norm apologized.
"Did that just come right out of the oven?!"
"Well, my hands are metal."
"Well, mine are now bacon apparently." Doof shook his hands. "Look, I'm shakin' bacon. You like that? It's a callback to something I didn't even hear! In your face, logic!"
Norm gave Doof a potholder to hold the pie.
"Thank you," Doof thanked. "I'm gonna take this downstairs to Vanessa. Party on, Perry the Platypus."
He turned off the lights and turned the music back on. He then left to deliver the pie.
"Ready, Baljeet?" Phineas asked.
Baljeet nodded.
Ferb activated the machine. Baljeet got struck with a beam.
Baljeet examined himself. "I feel the same."
"Try jumping up and down a little," Phineas suggested.
Baljeet jumped a little, and he bounced around the backyard. He hit his head against the tree branch, but he had fun nonetheless.
"Me next!" Buford begged.
Buford got struck with the beam, and he, too, started bouncing.
Django was next, then Phineas, then Ferb, then Isabella.
They all bounced out of the backyard and out of the neighborhood.
The kids jumped over the mall and landed in a kangaroo ranch. They hopped with the kangaroos for a bit, then they carried on.
They reached downtown. There, they bounced off of the skyscrapers. They flew so high they touched the clouds.
Phineas saw Isabella laughing and cheering and felt happy for her. He reached out his hand to hold hers.
Then he hesitated.
Isabella bounced in another direction.
Phineas stopped bouncing and sulked in a corner.
Ferb and the others noticed him and approached him.
"Phineas, what's wrong?" Ferb asked.
Phineas finally noticed them and was taken aback. He quickly got his composure.
"It's nothing," he assured. "I just… tried to hold hands with Isabella, then I chickened out."
The Fireside Girls were in a room at the Fireside Girl Annex building, waiting for Isabella.
"Isabella said she'd be here, so she'll be here," said Gretchen.
"I'll bet you all the muffins that wherever she is, it has something to do with Phineas."
That's when they heard a knock on the window. Gretchen opened the window, and Isabella bounced in.
"Hey girls," Isabella greeted.
"Where have you been?" asked Gretchen.
"I was at Phineas' house and was rubberized by a machine they built."
Gretchen turned to Holly. "Get the muffins."
"Look, you know that Emotional Bravery Patch I was all set to earn?"
"Yeah."
"I feel strong when I walk up to Phineas, but the moment I open my mouth, I choke."
"Isabella, you're overthinking it."
Play "Jump Right To It"
Gretchen:
You better jump right to it, tell that boy how you feel
Just get out there and do it, it's not such a big deal
Girls:
You've been waiting all summer, now it's time to reveal
You better jump, jump, jump right to it
Meanwhile, the boys were giving Phineas a similar motivational song.
Ferb:
You've gotta step right up, she knows you think that she's cute
Come on and bounce right up, get off your patoot
Boys:
This isn't the time to be shy, coy, or cute
You better jump, jump, jump right to it
Gretchen:
Why are you waiting, Isabella?
Why hesitate when he could be your fella?
Ferb:
It's been your predilection to move in the direction
Away from the romantic and into the semantic
All:
So it makes us somewhat frantic
Ferb:
Go on and get it, 'cause you're a real catch
Gretchen:
Hold your head high, you could earn a new patch
All:
All summer long, we've sang the same tired song
You better jump, jump, jump right to it
You better jump, jump, jump right to it
End "Jump Right To It"
"You're right," Isabella realized. "I should just tell him how I feel. Later girls. Gonna bounce, literally."
She jumped out the window and bounced out.
"I appreciate you trying to help," Phineas told the other boys. "But I'm still not convinced."
Ferb put a hand on Phineas' shoulder. "I get it, Phineas, I do, but you can't let your fear get the better of you."
"But what if I do confess and she doesn't like me?"
Ferb glared at Phineas. "You seriously don't remember? You kissed her, yet she still comes to the backyard."
Phineas' eyes widened as he remembered that moment. "Oh, right."
Doofenshmirtz Teenage-Girl Movie Night
Candace, now dressed in her emo clothes from the day before, sat with Vanessa and her equally gothic friends in the TV room.
Vanessa had just introduced each one. There was Lacy, the pink-haired one, Tracey, a girl in all black, Lisa, a girl in light gray, and Lana, a girl wearing a red half-shirt, a black jacket, and dark blue jeans.
"So, I thought we could watch this foreign art film, 'Le Coeur De Douleur et de la Tristesse Douce'," Vanessa said.
"Is that the one that's the neo-realistic portrayal of women's angst?" asked Lisa.
"No, that's the other one," Lana replied. "This one is about ennui."
"Don't know if I've seen that one," said Candace. "Is it animated?"
"So, Janice…" said Lacy.
"Candace."
"Nice black nail polish, and only on one finger? Rad."
"That's actually a bruise. I slammed it into a drawer. I think it's gonna fall off soon."
"Did you download the new Young Apparatus album?" asked Tracey.
"No, those are sellouts," Lacy replied. "I'm only listening to Coffin Shadows now. They're so independent, they pay you to download their songs."
"Coffin Shadows?" asked Candace. "I never heard of that."
Lacy noticed Tracey's outfit. "Is that a new skirt?"
"No," Tracey replied. "I turned it inside-out, ripped it in half, and sewed it back together again."
"Get your brother to drive over it a few times. It really weathers it."
Candace chuckled in embarrassment. "You know everything, don't you?"
Doof brought the pie to Vanessa's room.
"Hello, ladies," he greeted. "I'm here with homemade Doonkelberry pie."
"Dad, I thought you were gonna stay upstairs," Vanessa berated. "I got the snacks covered."
"But, Pookie, I thought you loved the doonkel-boonkle."
"Yes, I love it and appreciate it, but please, Dad."
"Are you watching foreign films?"
"Dad!"
"Maybe I could join you for a lively discussion…"
"Goodbye, Dad!"
"I can't stay anyway. As we speak, my nemesis is upstairs working to free himself from a trap."
Vanessa pushed Doof out the door and closed it.
Stacy had just finished getting the TV ready when her phone rang. As expected, it was Candace calling. She answered.
"Stacy, you won't believe it!" Candace shouted. "I'm at an actual party with cool older girls! They know everything! You gotta get over here!"
"Candace, I am so proud of myself," said Stacy. "I think I totally hooked this thing up. It's incredible. It has picture-in-picture-in-picture-in-picture. I'll be able to watch a show, then another show inside of that show and then the first show again inside that one, and I managed to get it down to one clicker!"
She pushed the button on the remote. Nothing happened. She tried again. Still nothing.
Little did she know that the TV in a house across the street from her was turning itself on and off.
"Alright, party's over…" Doof said as he walked into the room.
He was instantly tackled by Perry.
"Not to be high-maintenance or anything," said Doof. "But do you mind if we could fight a little quieter? The girls are watching a movie, and…"
Perry walked off and returned with four pillows. He gave two of them to Doof and kept the other two for himself.
"A pillow fight," Doof realized. "That's perfect!"
The two carried on with their fight. As always, Perry had the upper hand. He even shoved Doof against the TV.
Doof coughed out a few feathers. "Talk about 'down in the mouth'. Anyway, meet my friends, Poly and Ester."
He grabbed the couch cushions and threw them towards Perry. Perry dodged them.
One of the cushions hit the 'FIRE' button on the inator. It started to emit sparks.
"Uh-oh," Doof panicked. "It's overheating!"
A beam fired from the inator. Doof ran to the balcony and watched as the beam successfully hit Roger.
Before Doof could relish in his glory, the inator started shaking and emitting even more sparks.
"Run, it's gonna blow!" Doof shouted.
Perry jumped out of the way…
Then a plastic box fell on top of him. An anvil fell on top of the box, weighing it down.
"Ha, you'll fall for anything!" Doof laughed. "'It's gonna blow!' As if I would know ahead of time when something's going to…"
Then the inator blew up, burning off Doof's lab coat.
"That was purely coincidental," Doof said. "But at least I hit Roger. He's gonna be so repulsive now."
Doof looked down to see Roger getting up…
And appearing exactly like him.
"Oh, ha ha," Doof fake-laughed. "Just the universe making a joke at my expense."
The now repulsive Mayor Doofenshmirtz had a pointier nose, shorter hair, and he was dressed as, of all things, a pharmacist.
"Lots of me," he said as he touched Melanie.
Melanie twitched and screamed in pain. A moment later, she turned into an exact version of what Mayor Doof turned into.
"Lots of me," they both repeated in extremely high voices.
The citizens tried to run, but one by one, they were grabbed and transformed into these pharmacist zombies.
Isabella met up with Phineas and the others.
"Hey Isabella," Phineas greeted. "Where have you been?"
"You know, I've been bouncing around," Isabella replied. "But that's not important. There's something I need to tell you."
Phineas chuckled and blushed. "That's funny, because I have something to tell you too."
Isabella grabbed Phineas, making him stop bouncing. "Well, I need to speak first."
"Uh, okay."
"The thing about that Emotional Bravery Patch is that I need to tell you…"
That's when she heard screaming coming from the distance.
"Mrs. Fireside!" Isabella realized. "One second."
She ran to where the screaming came from. She pulled a string on her bow, transforming it into her Fireside Girl hat. She then turned her dress inside-out, turning it into her uniform.
She found Mrs. Fireside in the middle of the road, on her knees, screaming at something behind her.
"Good evening, ma'am," Isabella greeted. "Fireside Girl Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, Troop 46231! What's the emergency?"
"Pharmacists," Mrs. Fireside replied. "Pharmacists!"
She got up and started running the other way. A bunch of other citizens ran as well.
What does that even mean? Isabella asked herself.
Phineas and the boys stopped bouncing when they saw all the citizens running and screaming.
"What's everyone running from?" Phineas wondered.
"Uh, perhaps that!" Baljeet screamed, pointing in front of them.
In front of them, zombies dressed as pharmacists walked around the streets, touching everyone on site. Those who were touched joined the ranks of the undead.
Even the giant floating baby head wasn't immune to the effects. It became a giant floating pharmacist head.
"That sure wiggles my biscuits," said Buford.
The boys made a run for it. They turned a corner and hid from the pharmacists.
"This is bad," said Buford. "I can't be a pharmacist. I know nothing about pharmaceuticals."
"Then we just gotta make sure those things don't touch us!" said Django.
Then one of the pharmacists touched him. Django forced the pharmacist off of him, but it was too late.
The boys backed away. Buford got in front of the rest.
"Stay away!" he ordered them. "He's infected!"
Django took a breath and examined himself. He didn't change.
"I'm okay," he realized.
"Wait, how are you not infected?" Buford asked. "Do you have some sort of plot armor or something?"
"Perhaps our rubberized skin might be acting as an insulator," Ferb theorized.
"Of course," Phineas realized. "The contagion must be transmitted by electrostatic charge."
That's when they were all surrounded by pharmacists. The boys just bounced away, literally.
"How long does the rubberization last?" asked Django.
"Not much longer," Phineas replied.
"I want a recharge!" Buford shouted.
"Great idea. Let's get back to the backyard and re-rubberize."
Doof sat on the couch, ate some popcorn, and watched the news.
"Good evening," the reporter greeted. "I'm Gordon Gustofanemu with a special report. The Tri-State Area is in chaos tonight as thousands of repulsive, mindless pharmacists run rampant all over Danville."
"There they go with the whole pharmacist thing again!" Doof whined. "At this point, I should become one! That would show them!"
"We now go live on the scene with our own Action News reporter, Don Adaded," Gordon continued. "Don?"
The screen changed to show Don out on the streets.
"Thanks, Gordon," he said. "I'm standing here in Downtown Danville. It's an unbelievable scene. Pharmacists touching people that turn into pharmacists. Here's one now." He turned to one of the zombies. "Mr. Mindless Repulsive Pharmacist, care to comment?"
"Lots of me!" the pharmacist replied as he touched Don.
"And there you have it, folks. I…"
Don transformed into a zombie.
"Uh, thanks, Don," Gordon said, horrified. "Let's go to the weather."
The screen changed to show a pharmacist in front of the weather screen.
"Lots of me," it said. "Now onto traffic."
The screen then cut to two pharmacists on a helicopter.
"Lots of me," said one.
"Back to you, Gordon," said the other.
The screen cut back to Gordon, only to reveal he became a pharmacist too.
"I don't believe it!" Doof shouted. "A whole army of me! For once, I'll actually be able to take over the Tri-State Area! Ciao, baby!"
With that, he left the apartment.
Play "Army of Me"
When Doof got out of the elevator, he was wearing a hat and sunglasses, and he was holding a cane. Three backup ladies came out as well.
Ladies:
Who's that guy with the lab coat on?
Doof:
I wonder who
Ladies:
Who's that guy with the vacant expression?
Doof:
I'll never tell
Doof walked out of the building and into the crowd of zombie clones.
Ladies:
It's not a conclusion that's so foregone
Doof:
Okay, it's me, and me, and me, and also me
Ladies:
Who's that guy with the jutting jaw?
Who's that guy with the receding forehead?
"Hey!" Doof yelled, offended.
Who's that guy living outside the law?
Doof:
Oh, that's me, and me, and me, and also me
Get out of my way 'cause anyone can see
I'm about to settle down for some serious me time
Ladies:
If you painted his picture, it would have to be a mural
Doof:
'Cause I'm telling you now, I've never been so plural
Look outside, you're bound to see
An army of me
Ladies:
An army of him
Doof:
An army of me
"I'm ubiquitous," he added. "Really, I'm everywhere."
An army of me
A whole army of me
Once the song ended, the backup girls were turned into zombies.
End "Army of Me"
Doof led his army to City Hall.
"Bingo, City Hall!" he said. "The first step of my conquest of the Tri-State Area! No longer will I be made fun of by small children and their silly jokes like 'Knock Knock!' 'Who's there?' 'Doofus in a lab coat.' 'Doofus in a lab coat who?' Then they hold up a mirror. That's not even a punchline! Never mind. They will all soon fear the name Doctor Heinz Doofensh…"
Only then did he realize his army wasn't listening to him. They all just went in different directions.
The boys returned to the backyard right as the effects of the machine wore off.
Unfortunately, some pharmacists had already trashed the machine.
"Oh no," Baljeet panicked.
"Can't we rebuild it?" asked Django.
"We can try," Phineas replied. "But we should do it inside. There's too many pharmacists out here."
Buford tried to jump, but he just hit the floor.
"I got no bounce left!" he cried as he ran inside.
The others followed.
"Alright, let's get to work," said Phineas.
Buford started running around, screaming.
"Right after we calm down Buford," Phineas added.
Stacy finally got the TV working properly. She then went to pop some popcorn…
Not hearing the news reports about zombies.
When Stacy returned, she just switched to the DVD of the Director's Cut of 'The Grievance IV'.
"And so begins the Grievance Movie Marathon, special edition box set," she said to herself.
She didn't notice the screaming citizens outside, or the zombies prowling around.
The girls watched the foreign movie.
"So this is a French movie with Spanish subtitles," Candace said. "Why is that one character wearing a goat head?"
"Art isn't art unless it's difficult," Lana replied.
That's when they heard a bang on the door. The pink-haired girl looked through the eyehole.
"Hey Vanessa, your dad's at the door," she informed.
Vanessa groaned. "It's okay, don't pause it."
She answered the door to see not one, but three versions of her dad.
"Lots of me!" they all repeated.
Vanessa rolled her eyes and shut the door. "Okay, something's weird here, because I know I only have one of those. Let me call him and see what's up."
She dialed Doof's number, only to be sent straight to voicemail.
As if things couldn't possibly get any worse, the clones broke the door down.
All the girls hurried into Vanessa's bedroom.
"Okay, that's really wrong, even by my dad's standards" said Vanessa.
"Check it out," Lisa said as she showed an article on her phone. "This isn't just going on in this building. They're all over town, and according to this, if one touches you, you become one of them."
"EW!" all the girls screamed.
"We're doomed!" Lacy panicked.
"What's the big deal?" Candace asked as she helped Vanessa barricade the door. "I see weird stuff all the time."
The other girls started crying and hugging each other.
What a bunch of babies, Candace thought.
Then the realization finally dawned. "Weird situation plus danger equals Phineas and Ferb. Calm down, I'm on it." She dialed Linda's number on her phone. "Mom, I need you to find out if Phineas and Ferb are creating zombies!"
"Oh, I love it when teenagers get together and do party pranks," came Linda's voice. "Do you win the game if I do as you say?"
The boys finally managed to keep Buford from running. They set him down on the couch, but he was still shaking and crying.
Baljeet wrapped his arm around Buford to comfort him. "Shh, it's okay, Buford. We're okay."
"What do you mean?" Buford asked. "We have no bounce left! We're unprotected!"
"We can build another rubberization ray. It's not like the world's crumbled. The phone network is still up, we still have power, and water is still flowing from the tap."
Right after Baljeet said that, the water stopped running, the power went out, and everyone's phones went dead.
Buford started screaming again, but this time, he wasn't alone. Baljeet and Django started panicking too.
Candace's phone stopped working.
"Okay, something weird is happening," she said. "A different kind of weird."
"This isn't my dad's usual weird either," Vanessa agreed.
The other girls screamed and hugged each other for comfort.
Something tells me I should've hung out with Stacy, Candace thought.
The power went out at Stacy's place.
Stacy groaned. "Talk about 'Grievance Interruptus'."
She got up to reset the breaker.
Linda and Lawrence walked outside.
"I love blackouts," said Linda. "They're kinda amazing in a way."
"Oh yes," Lawrence agreed. "It's one of the few times you get to meet your neighbors, like this fellow here. Hello, pleased to meet you. I'm Lawrence."
He shook the pharmacist's hand, and he turned into a zombie. Because he was holding Linda with his other hand, she was transformed as well.
Phineas saw everything from the window. He could only stand there, horrified.
He turned around and saw Ferb and Django and Buford and Baljeet crying and hugging each other for comfort.
This can't be it, can it? Phineas thought to himself. There has to be something we can do. Isabella always has a plan.
Then he realized Isabella wasn't there. He hadn't seen her since she ran to help Mrs. Fireside.
No, no, no, he tried to deny. She's smarter than this. There's no way she'd be…
But it wasn't enough to convince him. He fell onto his hands and knees and started breathing heavily.
Perry found a giant mechanical arm nearby, and the remote that controlled it. He reached his hand through one of the holes in the box, and he grabbed the remote.
With the remote, he made the mechanical hand remove the anvil and the other stuff weighing the cage down.
He then freed himself and prepared to make his leave.
That's when a bunch of Doof zombies climbed onto the balcony. Many more burst in through the door.
"Lots of me!" they all repeated.
Perry backed away from them and accidentally knocked over a bunch of boxes. In those boxes, he found, of all things, plungers.
He grabbed two of the plungers and used them to fend off the zombies. Then, he tried to run out the door.
Because he was in a rush, he accidentally entered the closet. There, one of the zombies was waiting for him.
"Lots of me!" it shouted as it grabbed Perry.
Perry closed his eyes and readied himself for the pain, but he felt nothing.
When he opened his eyes, he realized he was completely normal.
"I'm just kidding," the Doof in front of him assured. "It's the real me. Those guys are annoying, aren't they? Anyway, welcome to my startle space. I wanted a panic room, but it was prohibitively expensive. I just had to get to a place where I can clear my head. Those other mes, they're really working on my last nerve. 'Lots of me, lots of me!' One of me is fine, but I can be really annoying en masse, I'll admit it. Are you hungry? I got plenty of food."
Perry looked at the food in question. They were all just cans of almond brittle.
"If you're bored, I've got plenty of board games we can play," Doof offered. "Like this one: Kleptocracy. Vanessa loved this game when she was…" He stopped himself as he realized Vanessa was in danger. "Vanessa! We need to stop those mes before they turn her into another me! That's every child's WORST NIGHTMARE! Well, not me specifically, I mean, in general, children fear becoming their parents."
Perry cleared his throat.
Doof got himself back on track. He ran out of the closet and went to find Vanessa.
While Doof got past the other hims just fine, Perry had to sneak his way around.
Phineas hugged Ferb and cried on his shoulder.
"I can't believe I left her," he said. "If she's turned into a pharmacist, it'd be my fault. Why was I so stupid?"
"Phineas, it's okay," Ferb assured. "Just yesterday, she got a patch for beekeeping."
"But that's beekeeping, and if she touches one of them, then…" Phineas' eyes widened as the realization came. "Wait, she might be at Fireside Girl headquarters. We've gotta go there."
"But that is across town!" Baljeet shouted. "We would be sitting ducks out there!"
Phineas got off of Ferb and started pacing around. "Well, since our rubberization machine is toast, we'll need some insulating armor. Hey Ferb, do we have any rubber lying around?"
Ferb gestured to the pile of rubber right next to him.
"Two steps ahead, as always," Phineas remarked.
"Figures," Stacy groaned as she walked outside. "The power goes out right in the middle of the movie. Good thing I got the power generator package option. Let's see…"
She put on some noise-blocking headphones and rubber gloves. She pulled the string to start the generator, not noticing the pharmacist right behind her. Luckily, she punched it and knocked it out without even looking.
Nice, Stacy thought. Hooked up a TV and a generator. I'm good.
Perry pulled a remote out of his hat and pushed the button. He then jumped off the balcony.
His glider came to him. He grabbed the handles and flew away from the building.
That's when his watch went off. He answered.
"Agent P," said Monogram. "Do not come to headquarters! It is a 'life or Doof' situation! OWCA has fallen! Agent P, we need you to find the source of the contagion and stop it from spreading. You are our last hope!"
"You are the Omega platypus," Carl added. "But no pressure."
That's when some pharmacists found Monogram and Carl and grabbed them both.
The screen went static.
The boys, now covered in rubber, ran down the streets of Danville, avoiding any and all pharmacists.
After a while, they saw something in the shadows. Whatever it was, it didn't look like the pharmacists.
"It's a dog," Buford assumed. "Here, boy."
The figure came into the light. It wasn't a dog. It was a goat. Even worse, though, was its pointy nose and lab coat.
Then a bunch of other animals appeared. All of them, while maintaining their usual animal features, still had the same getup as the pharmacists.
"The contagion must have a different effect on other animals!" Phineas realized.
The boys made a run for it.
Baljeet tried to hide in a trash can. A pig just knocked it down and rolled it into the nearby building.
Buford got cornered by a goat and shoved into the same room. There, he fell into a janitor's cart.
Baljeet grabbed said cart and pushed it. Buford grabbed a mop and shoved the animal pharmacists aside.
The boys carried on, but the animals followed.
Perry saw from above that his owners were in danger. He flew after them.
He found a bunch of clothes hung by these ropes. He grabbed the ropes, lowered them, and used them to launch the animal pharmacists away.
"Looks like we lost them," Phineas assumed.
"Yes, and no," Buford replied, pointing ahead.
In front of them were even more zombies. The boys screamed.
"Vanessa! Vanessa!" Doof called, only to fall under deaf ears. "Alright, the party's over! I've had it with you… mes! You know, I'm starting to get sick of the sound of my own voice. Now, I understand where Charlene was coming from."
All the zombies swarmed Doof and threw him out.
"Typical, turn on your creator!" Doof remarked. "You're all cliche, I'm letting you know!"
Candace finished barricading the door. "That should hold them."
"Alright, we need to figure out a plan," said Vanessa.
"We should split up," Tracey suggested.
"I'm gonna hide in the bathroom, where it's safe," said Lacy.
"I'll go investigate the weird noise in the kitchen," said Lisa.
"I'm going to slowly walk backwards into a dimly-lit room," said Lana.
Candace glared at all of the girls. "Seriously? You haven't watched enough domestic horror films."
She was interrupted when she heard Lacy screaming from the bathroom.
"Lacy, you okay in there?" Vanessa asked.
Lacy slowly opened the door. "I'm fine, it's just."
"Wait a minute," Candace realized as she opened the door more.
Three pharmacists were in the bathroom, and they all grabbed Lacy.
Candace and Vanessa ran before they could be touched too. They removed the barricade and ran out the door.
"I knew we should've split up!" Tracey shouted.
Before she or the others could follow, they were all grabbed by the pharmacists.
Gretchen and Ginger, in a horrible pharmacist disguise, entered the Fireside Girl headquarters.
Katie barred the door.
"Is she back yet?" asked Gretchen.
"No sign of her," Holly replied as she helped remove the costume. "We've searched everywhere."
"She's probably still with Phineas and Ferb. She'll make it."
That's when the cans started rattling.
"Stations, everyone!" Gretchen shouted. "Ginger, put out that light!"
Ginger did as she was told.
Katie leaned her ear against the door.
"It's us!" came the voice of Phineas. "Let us in!"
Katie opened the door. Phineas, Ferb, and their friends came in.
"Isabella, are you here?" Phineas called.
"We thought she was with you," said Gretchen.
Phineas' eyes widened as he fought the urge to cry again.
That's when they all heard banging coming from the door on the floor. Everyone stood back and braced themselves.
The door opened, and a figure climbed out.
It was Isabella.
Phineas gasped. "Isabella?"
Isabella smiled. "Phineas!"
The two ran towards each other and hugged, tears streaming out of their eyes.
"I was so worried!" Phineas cried. "I thought I lost you! I'm sorry I lost track of you! I shouldn't have…"
"Phineas, it's okay!" Isabella assured. "I'm here, and I'm safe!"
They leaned towards each other, puckered their lips, and closed their eyes.
"I hate to ruin the moment," said Gretchen. "But there's still a pharmacist apocalypse going on right now!"
"You're right," said Isabella. "We may be the only non-pharmacists left in Danville. I think I figured out where this started, and if we get there, we might be able to figure out how it started and reverse it."
"How did you find out?" asked Phineas.
"Well, I'm glad you asked."
Play "Triangulation"
Isabella took out a marker and started drawing on a tarp.
Isabella:
Roger Doofenshmirtz, we know is six feet and two inches tall
And the beam that hit him left a weird impression on that wall
So I took the angle from the point of where I knew he stood
And I found the building just like that because I understood
Girls:
Triangulation
Isabella:
That's how I figured it out
Girls:
Triangulation
Isabella:
Now I'm left with no doubt
The only geometric process using data I possess
That could pinpoint the conclusion of my scientific quest
Girls:
Triangulation
End "Triangulation"
"You know, that is a mighty upbeat song for a desperate situation," Baljeet remarked.
"Hey, I think she did great!" Phineas defended.
"Phineas, I appreciate the compliment, but you didn't need to do that," said Isabella.
Phineas blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry." He then noticed the drawing. "Wait, that building looks familiar."
Isabella removed the tarp to reveal that exact building out the window.
"Oh, that's why," Phineas realized. "You know, it might be a good idea to board that window."
"Oh, that's why there was so much wood left over," Katie realized.
A pharmacist crawled in through the window.
"And I definitely should've closed it," Katie said aloud.
Everyone ran out through the secret passageway.
Perry watched as the kids climbed out of a hatch in a tree stump and headed for the DEI building.
He got on his glider and followed them. He used his grappling hook to knock over a trash can and carry it down an alley. By doing that, he lured the pharmacists in the kids' path away.
He led the pharmacists into a junkyard, then closed the gate.
Unfortunately, animal pharmacists destroyed his glider.
Candace and Vanessa ran down the halls, only to find themselves surrounded.
They found a door to the stairwell and went through it. Vanessa grabbed the firehose and tied it around the doorknob.
"What's going on with your dad?" asked Candace.
"I don't know," Vanessa replied. "His schemes aren't usually this successful."
"Wait, Phineas and Ferb!"
"I'm pretty sure this wasn't them."
"I know, but they'll know what to do about it. Come on, let's move."
They both ran down the stairs.
The kids finally made it to their destination.
"And not a pharmacist in sight," Buford remarked. "Now's as good a time as ever to rush in blindly, don't you think?"
Everyone else glared at him.
"What?" Buford asked.
"Alright, let's go, quietly," said Phineas.
The kids headed for the building, but Buford's rubber duck hit a car, letting out a loud squeak.
Pharmacists approached them in all directions.
"Come on, hurry!" Phineas shouted.
The kids hurried inside.
Unfortunately, the Fireside Girls couldn't make it. They tripped over their own disguises and were overwhelmed.
"No!" Isabella screamed. "I'm going back for them!"
Phineas grabbed Isabella's hand. "You can't help them now!"
One of the pharmacists tried to come in through the revolving door. Phineas and Isabella did their best to hold it back.
"We need to find something to block this door!" Phineas shouted.
"It ain't gonna be easy without ruining the feng shui of the lobby," said Buford.
The pharmacist tore a piece of Phineas' armor off.
"Hurry!" Phineas urged. "I'm exposed!"
"Phineas, use this!" Isabella said as she handed him her Emotional Bravery Patch.
Phineas used it to cover up the tear. "Thanks."
Ferb used a nearby plant to block the door.
"Thanks Ferb," Phineas thanked before turning to Isabella. "And thank you too. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Isabella assured. "What about the rest of you?"
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
Django nodded.
"We are okay," Baljeet said.
Then he felt someone grab his shoulder. Whoever it was, it wasn't Buford.
He turned around to see a pharmacist was already inside. It grabbed Baljeet's unguarded face.
"Baljeet!" Buford screamed.
Baljeet fully transformed.
"That's it!" Buford shouted as he pulled off his rubber-chicken mask.
"Buford, what are you doing?" Phineas asked.
"Look, I just lost my nerd! I'm not gonna lose the rest of my friends, too!"
"But Buford…"
Buford already tore off his armor until only his underwear was left. "Come on, you freaks! Fresh meat!" He ran out, luring the pharmacists away. "Yippee-ki-yay, you pharmacist freaks! Yippee-ki-yay!"
Buford was quickly overpowered by the zombies.
"You know, he could've been bait without taking his clothes off," Django pointed out.
"Yeah," Ferb agreed.
Perry found himself unable to escape. He closed his eyes and braced himself.
That's when he felt a sudden gust of wind. He opened his eyes and saw a light shining from above.
He looked up to see Doof on a helicopter.
"Perry the Platypus," Doof called. "Need a lift?"
Perry climbed up the rope ladder and got on the helicopter.
"It's much safer up here, isn't it?" Doof remarked. "Though you might wanna buckle up. It's my first time flying a helicopter."
Perry quickly buckled up.
The kids finished barricading any and all possible entrances.
Unfortunately, the pharmacists pushed the plant out of the way of the revolving door.
"Oh, sh…" Phineas muttered.
Isabella grabbed his arm and carried him away before he could finish that statement.
The kids ran to the other side of the room. Phineas tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge.
"Great, now what?" asked Isabella.
"Does anyone have any ideas?" asked Phineas. "'Cause I don't."
"I've got nothing," said Django.
"I'm petrified beyond all capacity for rational thought," said Ferb.
That's when the door opened from the other side, revealing Candace and Vanessa.
"Candace?" Phineas and Isabella asked.
"Phineas, Isabella!" Candace smiled.
"Ferb!" Vanessa said.
Ferb just smiled and waved awkwardly.
"Candace?"
"Phineas, Isabella!"
"Ferb!"
Again, Ferb said nothing.
"Candace?"
"Phineas, Isabella!"
"Ferb!"
"Guys!" Django shouted. "We have to focus!"
"Right," said Isabella. "We have to get upstairs."
"No way," said Candace. "The whole upstairs is crawling with…" Only then did she notice the pharmacists in the room. "Stairwell it is. What's with the rubber?"
"It insulates against the infection," Phineas explained.
"I don't even wanna know how you figured that out."
Phineas, Isabella, Candace, and Vanessa started running up the stairwell. Ferb was going to follow, but then he noticed Django wasn't.
"Django, what are you doing?" he asked. "Come on."
"If we all go up there, the pharmacists will follow us," Django reasoned. "Someone needs to stay and hold them off."
"Django…"
Django put a hand on Ferb's shoulder. "Hey, I'll be okay. Just go."
As much as Ferb didn't want Django to suffer, he also knew Django had a point. Fighting the urge to cry, he hugged Django goodbye and ran to join the others.
"Alright, pharmacists," said Django. "You want a piece of me?"
He grabbed the nearest weapon he could find and charged into battle.
"I've always had my off days, but this is lulu," Doof remarked. "I never thought I could get so sick of myself. Oh well, at least with a disaster of this proportion, it can't get any worse."
He didn't realize that a bear pharmacist had somehow stowed away. He grabbed Doof and pulled him into the cargo bay.
Perry grabbed onto the controls to prevent a crash.
The gang finally reached the top floor. They entered the penthouse.
"Whoa, this place is crawling with them," said Vanessa.
Isabella noticed a broken machine on the balcony. "That must be where the ray came from."
"If only there was a way to get rid of all those zombies," said Candace.
By some miracle, a helicopter crashed onto the balcony. Its blades got stuck, causing the copter to spin around in a circle and knock out all the pharmacists. The blades then broke off, causing the copter to hit the ground.
"Strange and unusual," Vanessa remarked.
"Same old, same old," said Candace. "Come on!"
Vanessa saw Doof climb out of the helicopter and brush the dust off of himself.
"I sure hope the person who lives here has insurance," he said before he realized he had landed in his own apartment. "Oh crud."
"Dad!" Vanessa called out.
Doof ran to Vanessa and hugged her. "Vanessa, you're okay!"
Vanessa instantly pulled away and got stern. "What did you do?"
"Well, at first it was a simple Repulsinator, you know, to make Roger ugly, then there was a power surge and this happened!"
"That explains the electrostatic charge that's changing everybody," said Phineas. "But we need some sort of conductor that neutralizes it."
"Well, water neutralizes static," said Isabella.
"Yes! That should work!"
"Isn't that a bit of a leap?" asked Vanessa.
"No," Doof replied. "I'm a scientist, so I'll go with him on that. I might have a water pistol lying around. I can get it."
"Yeah, but we gotta get everyone in Danville wet at once, otherwise it'll be pointless," said Phineas. "Unfortunately, the water went out with the power, so we need to find a large supply of water, preferably elevated so gravity can work in our favor."
Ferb pointed at the nearby water tower.
"Yeah, I know," said Phineas. "We just need a pulley system to get us over there with some kind of giant sprinkler to spray the whole city."
"There's always spare parts lying around here," said Doof. "I like to tinker."
"Then let's get to work."
Everyone grabbed as many spare parts as they could and got to work building the sprinkler system and the pulley. Slowly but surely, the pharmacists got up.
"You guys hold them off," Phineas ordered Candace, Vanessa, and Doof. "And don't forget to rubber up!"
Candace and Doof put on some rubber gloves while Vanessa grabbed some plungers.
"Dad, why are you wearing that?" Vanessa asked Doof. "Aren't you immune?"
"Well, everyone else was dressing up," Doof argued. "I wanted to look the part."
The three started fighting off the pharmacists.
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella finished building what they needed.
"Alright, let's go over the plan real quick," Phineas said, using a scale model to visualize the plan. "First, Ferb launched the grappling hook which attaches to the service platform of the water tower. Next, we send the vortex sprayer up the line. After that, we all ride up in the basket lift. Then, once we reach the tower, I'll climb to the top of the tank and open the hatch."
"Talk faster!" Candace urged.
Phineas sped up his speech. "Finally, Isabella will attach the hook to the open hatch, which will move the vortex sprayer into place."
"Phineas, we can't hold them much longer!" Vanessa shouted.
"Whoever makes it to the vortex sprayer first presses the button to activate it. Any questions?"
"Yeah," Candace replied. "Was it worth the time to build that scale model?"
"Totally," Phineas said bluntly. "Anyone else? You in the back?"
The one in the back was a pharmacist. Vanessa quickly knocked it out with her plunger.
Ferb fired the grappling hook.
"Great shot, Ferb," Vanessa complimented.
If this happened sooner, Ferb would have blushed at the compliment, but now, he was completely unfazed.
"Vanessa, behind you!" Candace warned.
But it was too late. Vanessa didn't have time to react.
Luckily, Candace pushed Vanessa out of the way. Unfortunately, she was touched instead.
"Candace, no!" Phineas shouted.
"Come on, we gotta go!" Isabella urged.
Ferb got the sprayer on the line. He then installed the platform for himself, Phineas, and Isabella. They all got on the platform and headed for the water tower.
"Man, what I wouldn't give for that single-minded focus," Doof remarked before getting distracted by something nearby.
He saw Perry climb out of the helicopter, only to be touched by a pharmacist. He fell to the ground and twitched. His beak became pointier and a lab coat formed out of thin air.
"Lots of me," he chattered.
"No, not Perry the Platypus!" Doof cried.
"There's too many of them, Dad!" Vanessa said right before she was grabbed too.
"No, not Vanessa!"
Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella watched as Doof tore off his gloves.
"That's it!" Doof shouted as he took off his other clothes. "I've had enough of you mes! Come on, you freaks! Fresh meat! Yippee-ki-yay, you pharmacist freaks! Yippee-ki-yay! Yet another callback to something I didn't even hear!"
"Again with the clothes," Phineas remarked.
"Yeah," Isabella agreed. "What's that about?" She then looked down and saw all the pharmacists surrounding the water tower. "Look at that. We may be the only ones left."
The pharmacists on the balcony tried to climb the line. Their combined weight caused the line to start breaking.
The sprayer got to the top of the tower in time. Sadly, the same couldn't be said for Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella. The rope broke, and they landed somewhere in the middle of the tower.
"Is everyone alright?" Phineas asked.
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
"I'm good," Isabella assured.
The three ran to the top. Unfortunately, the pharmacists surrounded them.
"We're not gonna make it!" Phineas panicked.
"No, you and Isabella WILL!" Ferb assured.
"Ferb, what are you…?"
Ferb pushed the pharmacists in front of them off the edge. Unfortunately, they grabbed him and pulled him down with them.
"Ferb!" Phineas cried.
"Phineas, we gotta go!" Isabella yelled, grabbing Phineas' arm.
"But, Ferb…"
"I know, but the only way to save him is to keep going."
Phineas nodded. "You're right."
The two continued climbing.
"Phineas…" Isabella tried to say.
"Hang in there, Isabella," Phineas assured. "We're almost there."
"It's just, if this is the end, there's something I have to tell you."
"Uh, okay. Shoot."
"For the longest time…"
Before she could finish, they made it to the top. Phineas got straight to connecting the sprayer to the tower.
"Phineas," Isabella hesitated, but she knew she couldn't hold it in forever. "Phineas, I LIKE YOU!"
Phineas was taken aback by the sudden confession, but at the same time, he felt great hearing that. "I like you too, Isabella."
"No, I like you, like you."
Phineas grabbed Isabella's arms and pulled her closer to him. "Isabella, I…"
Before he could say what he wanted to say, he saw a pharmacist try to grab Isabella. He tackled the pharmacist.
"Get away from her!" he demanded.
The pharmacist pulled off Phineas' mask and grabbed his face.
"Phineas, no!" Isabella screamed.
"GO!" Phineas shouted as he handed Isabella the cord.
Isabella was horrified, but she wiped the tears away. "Get it together, girl. It's up to you now. It's up to you to save Phineas, save Danville. It's up to you to stop talking to yourself."
She opened the hatch at the top of the tower and attached the cord. The cord carried the sprayer to the spot.
Unfortunately, some pharmacists got carried with it. One of them touched Isabella.
Isabella screamed in pain as she reached for the button. She managed to push it right before she lost consciousness.
The sprayer activated and sprayed water all over Danville. All the citizens turned back to normal.
Roger woke up soaking wet, still on his stand. Very few were still around.
"Is the ceremony over?" he wondered.
Monogram and Carl woke up on the roof of headquarters. They had their arms stretched out in front of them, as if about to hug each other.
"Carl, why are our arms like this?" Monogram asked.
Carl made an 'I don't know' gesture.
When Buford woke up, he saw himself in his underwear. His underwear was yanked by Baljeet.
"I don't know what happened," said Buford. "Nor do I want to."
Candace woke up on the balcony. Somehow, someway, her hair was back to normal.
"Hey Candace," Vanessa called. "You okay?"
"Yeah, totally," Candace tried to downplay. "Just rocking the wet look and… who am I kidding? Look at me."
"Well, you're pretty cool under pressure," Vanessa admitted.
"Thanks. You weren't so bad yourself."
"Thanks. It was good hanging out with you. We should do it again sometimes, preferably without the threat of a zombie apocalypse."
"I'm not making any promises!" came Doof's voice.
"Well, the new Ducky Momo movie is premiering tomorrow," Candace said before noticing the sun rising. "Well, technically today, so if you want to, we could see it together."
"I haven't heard of a 'Ducky Momo'," Vanessa admitted.
Candace grabbed her chest like she was stabbed in the heart. "We have so much to discuss."
Vanessa chuckled. "Can we do that another day? I'm not feeling it right now."
"Understandable. Well, see you, 'Nessa."
"Bye."
Candace left the apartment and headed home.
Ferb woke up feeling excruciating pain in the back of his head. He slowly sat up and wondered how he survived the high fall.
He slowly sat up and groaned as he felt the back of his head. As much as it hurt, it seemed completely fine.
Then he finally saw Django in front of him. He tried to get up and run over to Django, but the pain was just too much for him.
Django approached Ferb and helped him up. "You okay?"
Ferb nodded. "Just a little sore." He looked up at the water tower. "Come on. We gotta make sure that Phineas and Isabella are okay."
Django nodded, and the two climbed up the tower.
Isabella bolted awake and looked around. The first person she saw was Phineas, right in front of her.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine," Isabella replied. "Just a little foggy. I remember building the vortex sprayer, but that's it. What about you?"
"I remember us crashing somewhere near the middle of the tower, then Ferb sacrificed himself so you and I could go on, then…" Phineas hesitated, but he knew he wouldn't get the chance to talk about it again. "You said that you liked me."
Isabella gasped as the memory came back to her. "Phineas, I…"
Phineas covered Isabella's mouth. "Isabella, I like you too." He felt embarrassed, but he continued anyway. "If I'm being honest, I didn't realize it until recently. At first, I… didn't like you very much. I found it annoying how you'd come to my backyard every day and ask me, 'whatcha doin'?'. I only ever allowed you to help because I saw you as a means to an end, someone who would help me get the job done faster. It wasn't until this very summer when I realized you're so much more than that. You're nice, helpful, a strong and confident leader, and you're cute, inside and out." Phineas rubbed his arm and blushed in embarrassment. "I honestly don't know why you kept coming all these years despite how snarky and impatient I was."
Isabella held Phineas' hand. "Because I knew you weren't just that. I looked past the snark and anger and saw the real you underneath. As time passed, I saw you come out of your shell and reveal your true colors not just to me, but to your other friends as well. That's why I like you, Phineas. You're cheerful, determined, selfless, and you always find a way out of any situation."
Phineas noticed Isabella's patch still covering the tear on his clothes. He removed the patch and showed it to Isabella.
"Hey, I guess you can say you've earned this now," he pointed out.
Isabella smiled. "Yeah, I guess I can."
"May I?"
Isabella showed Phineas the spot to place the patch. Phineas carefully added the patch to her sash.
"It looks good on you," he complimented.
"Thanks," Isabella replied.
The two leaned towards each other, closed their eyes, puckered their lips, and…
"Isn't this a pretty site?" came the voice of Ferb.
Phineas and Isabella opened their eyes and saw Ferb and Django were watching.
Phineas would've been annoyed had he not felt relieved to know they were okay.
"Ferb, you're okay," he smiled as he hugged Ferb. "So, did it work? Is all of Danville safe?"
Ferb nodded. "Not a single lab coat-wearing person in sight, except for the actual pharmacists."
"That's good to know."
The four turned around and watched the sun rise.
"So, what happens now?" asked Isabella.
"I don't know," Phineas replied. "But no matter what happens, we'll get through it, together."
The two held hands and leaned on each other.
The End
Stacy turned off the TV and got up.
Horror movies, she thought. Scary, yet unbelievable.
Notes:
This was a chapter I've been looking forward to from the start.
This has to be, hands down, the darkest episode in the ENTIRE series, with the whole zombie apocalypse and everyone being scared for their lives.
One small detail I included was calling back to Candace's emo phase in the bee episode. Since in this version, that happened literally the day before, I figured it'd make sense if Candace's hair-dye didn't wear out straight away. Bringing back her emo getup would've also allowed her to fit in more with Vanessa's group.
Speaking of which, I'm gonna get a little geeky here, but Candace and Vanessa's dynamic in the show is so cute. I personally don't ship them, but I completely understand why some people would. Candace inviting Vanessa to the Ducky Momo movie premiere should provide a small hint of what the next chapter is gonna be.
And, of course, PHINABELLA IS FINALLY OFFICIAL!
The fact that the original episode builds up to when Isabella finally confesses, only for said confession to finally happen, then she and Phineas just forget about it once the zombie apocalypse is undone. It's just another example of the writers worshipping the status quo like it's God or something.
Well, like I said before, the god I worship is change, so here, Phineas and Isabella remember the confession, and they become an official couple.
So, we're down to the final fifteen days of summer. I'll be sure to include as many moments as possible for our main couples to make up for how long it took for them all to get together. Trust me, it'll all be worth it.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 90: It's No Picnic
Notes:
I just watched the Season 2 finale of Hamster and Gretel, and, well, let's just say I'm glad I canceled my Kevin and Gretel AU when I did.
Don't get me wrong, it was an okay finale. It's not the best thing to come out of Povenmire, but it's definitely not the worst. It's just that I don't know if I can rework the finale to fit with my AU.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 90
It's No Picnic
Phineas woke up in the middle of the afternoon. He tried to climb out of bed, but Isabella grabbed him and pulled him back into bed with her.
"Not yet," she begged. "Just five more minutes, please?"
Phineas smiled and kissed her forehead. "Alright."
The two laid there for another five minutes, just smiling at and admiring each other. Once those five minutes were up, they got up and got dressed.
Phineas then turned to Ferb, who was still asleep on his bed with a shivering Django in his arms.
Phineas didn't blame either of them for wanting to stay in bed after everything that happened the night before.
"They could use a break today," he decided as he and Isabella walked out of the room. "I guess it's just the two of us, huh?"
Isabella had to slap herself to avoid squealing with delight. "Yeah, we could spend the day together. That'd be fun."
"Let's see, since it's only the two of us, we can…" Phineas stopped himself as he realized he couldn't come up with any ideas. "Huh, I'm blank."
"Well, I could get the Fireside Girl manual for inspiration."
"That sounds great. Thanks."
Isabella headed home to get the manual, leaving Phineas alone to wonder, "Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry jumped into the cereal box and landed in the lair covered in cereal.
Perry
"I see you've taken our new breakfast-themed lair entrance," said Monogram. "It's the most important lair entrance of the day. Anyhoo, OWCA has surveillance footage of Doofenshmirtz rummaging through thrift-store dollar bins. We're not sure if it's evil, but it's… kinda pathetic. Go out there and stop Doof's probably poverty-driven criminal freakout. Also, how about you get a cup of coffee for him on the way over? It's on me. Use some petty cash. I feel bad for the poor guy."
Perry saluted and left the lair.
Isabella dialed Gretchen's number on her phone.
"Gretchen at the ready, ma'am," Gretchen answered. "Commence debriefing."
"Gretchen, we have a Code Pink," Isabella replied. "Romeo is alone. Repeat, Romeo is ALONE!"
"Roger that. Don't panic, we're on our way."
Isabella hung up and turned around to see Gretchen was right there.
Candace walked out of the house.
"I know, right?" she said to Jenny over the phone. "With Phineas and Ferb split up for the day, it's practically a vacation. Yes, I know it's Summer Vacation. I was just…" She stopped when she saw a small inflatable log cabin stationed at Isabella's house. "Wait, a Fireside Girls Mobile Tactical Unit? Sorry, Jenny. Gotta go."
She hung up the phone and burst into the tiny house.
"Okay, what are you doing and what does it have to do with my brothers?" she demanded.
"It's something of a delicate matter," Isabella replied.
"Delicate?"
"Well, you might not know, but…"
"You and Phineas are a thing now? Yeah, I know, and I've got your back, sister. I'll stay out of the yard and keep Mom out of the way, too." Candace scoffed and looked away. "Like that should be difficult."
After getting the coffee, Perry headed to Doof's door and rang the doorbell.
Doof, who had a messy beard, answered. "Oh, it's you, Perry the Platypus."
Perry offered the cup of coffee.
"Wait, for me?" Doof asked as he gladly took the cup. "That's a nice gesture. Thanks. You even used the doorbell this time. I appreciate that, because money's tight lately. I can't even rub two nickels together, though if I had two nickels, I don't think I would sit and rub them together."
As Doof monologued, Perry stepped on the white floor tile and his feet sunk into it. He tried to get his feet out, but they were stuck.
"Oh, you're trapped, by the way," said Doof. "It's quick-hardening, non-dairy creamer. Like I said, I'm on a budget. I know what you're thinking. 'How could this happen to such a with-it guy like Heinz Doofenshmirtz?' Well, my ex-wife's out of the country on one of those extreme eco-cultural exploration vacations. I don't know what they do on those trips, but I imagine it's very expensive. She's got some nerve. That's my alimony she's throwing away, and the worst part is, she keeps texting me these pics."
Right as he said that, he got a text on his phone. He checked his phone, and it was a picture of Charlene hangliding.
Doof rolled his eyes. "Anyway, the problem is, I've already spent this month's alimony on last night's inator, and I can't even send Vanessa to that movie premiere she wants to see. What kind of father am I? The shame is overwhelming. I can't even use my new Teleportinator…"
Nearby, a small group of musicians started playing evil background music.
"I'm not in the mood," said Doof, making the band stop. "And it was such a stellar plan too. I was gonna use it to send City Hall, and consequently, my brother, back to Drusselstein and out of his mayoral jurisdiction. No fuss, no muss, just bzzt and he's gone. If only it were that easy to get Vanessa to the movie theater."
Already knowing where this was going, Perry counted down from three to one with his fingers, then he snapped his fingers.
"Wait a second," Doof realized. "I could just add another setting to my Teleportinator and send Vanessa directly to the theater, and completely bypass those ridiculously inflated theater ticket prices. Man, I'm good. That deserves a victory sip." He took a sip, then instantly spit it out. "What is this, decaf? It's like you don't even know me!"
Perry glared at Doof.
"Alright, Fireside Girls," Gretchen said from the mobile unit. "Initiating 'Operation: Perfect Picnic'."
"Roger that," Isabella replied.
Candace watched from the living room as Isabella entered the backyard and sat under the tree with Phineas.
"Well, it looks like the operation is in Phase 2 and I'm gonna make myself scarce," she said. "Cadet Flynn is out, peace."
With that, she left the house and headed to the theater.
Isabella opened the Fireside Girl manual.
"Alright, let's just take a look…" she said before faking a stomach rumble. "You know, I'm kinda hungry."
"Then why not just have a picnic?" Phineas suggested.
"Wow, what a great idea." Isabella summoned a picnic basket out of nowhere, impressing Phineas. "And I just happen to have a picnic basket right here."
"Wow, way to be prepared, Isabella."
"Just doing my thing. I packed it with some Mexican-Jewish delicacies, like gefilte-flan."
They both stared at the wobbly food with disgust, then they laughed it off.
Doof finished rewiring the inator.
"And now, to send my daughters to the movies!" he shouted.
The band played their evil background music.
"You know what?" Doof decided. "You can take the rest of the day off."
The band left.
"Hey Vanessa, could you come here for a moment?" Doof called.
Vanessa came out of her room.
"Good news, sweetie," Doof announced. "I can send you to the movies after all."
"Dad, it's no big deal…" Vanessa tried to assure.
But by then, Doof already struck her.
Vanessa found herself in a theater sitting next to Candace. Around them were a bunch of excited toddlers and annoyed parents.
The movie had just started. What Vanessa saw was a yellow humanoid duck dancing around while the theme song played in the background.
"Ducky Mo, Ducky Momo," Candace and the kids sang along. "Ducky Mo, Ducky Momo."
"I did it!" Doof cheered. "Now that my Super Dad status is intact, it's time to take care of business."
Perry noticed the coffee cup lying on the table. He jumped, getting his trap out of the hole in the floor. He then hopped to the cup and poured the coffee all over the creamer, melting it.
With that out of the way, Perry leaped into action, kicking Doof against the inator.
The inator activated and fired a beam onto a potted plant.
A couple were exploring an art museum. One particular painting caught the eye of the wife.
"I don't get it," said the husband.
That's when a potted plant appeared in front of the painting.
"Oh, now I get it," said the husband.
The inator started firing in random directions.
"Huh, I didn't count on an oscillate function," Doof said to himself. "Somehow, I don't think this bodes well for my plan."
"That was one of my own creations," Isabella told Phineas. "I call it the enchillatke."
"That was delicious," Phineas complimented before an idea came to mind. "You know, this picnic was fun."
"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it."
Please don't say what I think you're gonna say, Isabella begged in her head.
"I'll get the tools," said Phineas. "We're gonna make this the best picnic EVER!"
Perry got struck with a beam from the inator.
"Well, what do you know?" Doof remarked. "No more Perry the Platypus."
Then Perry appeared on the other side and punched Doof in the nose.
He then disappeared again and reappeared behind Doof. Perry got on Doof's shoulders and covered his eyes.
Candace and Vanessa left the theater.
"Thanks for introducing me to the ironic enjoyment of Ducky Momo," Vanessa thanked.
"Yeah, ironic," Candace chuckled. "So, your dad was really raised by wild ocelots?"
"OMG, I wish that was the weirdest thing about my family."
Candace got distracted when she saw the new carnival in the park. She could make out a slurpee-themed water ride, a hamburger-themed twirly ride, and, for some reason, robotic bees that kids could fly on.
"Candace?" Vanessa called before seeing the carnival. "Oh. You know, amusement parks aren't my thing, but knock yourself out, girl."
She walked away, singing the Ducky Momo theme song to herself.
"Okay, I said I'd give them space for a romantic picnic," Candace said to herself. "That isn't a romantic picnic. That is Bust Town, USA!"
Play "Pic-A-Nic Bust"
Candace walked into the park and looked around.
Candace:
Here's where I'll make my final stand
I'm gonna bust my brothers down in Picnic Land
In Picnic Land
She ran around the park in search of the boys.
It'll be a pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
For whatever reason, the kids in the crowd sang along with Candace.
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
I can bust them at the grill or the hot dog on the hill
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
I can take them at the waffle tram with a side of double ham
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
This is gonna be my finest hour
'Cause now I'm gonna bust the boys with picnic power
It'll be a pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
A pic-a-nic-a-nic-a-nic bust
I am so gonna relish this bust, Candace thought as she called Linda.
End "Pic-A-Nic Bust"
Doof struggled to get Perry off of him. As always, Perry was too strong for him.
He felt himself get struck by a beam from the inator.
"Something just happened," Doof said. "I smell bitterballen. Where are we?"
Perry uncovered Doof's eyes. Doof looked around and realized he was in a food-themed amusement park.
"Not bad," he thought. "I could totally go for a mid-afternoon nosh."
Unfortunately, Perry set the inator to 'Disintegrate' mode, and had it hit the entire carnival. Then, he hit the self-destruct button, destroying the inator.
"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof shouted.
Phineas watched as all the unsatisfied guests left the park.
As upset as he was that everything disappeared sooner than normal, at the same time, he felt… happy.
"You know, it's nice when it's just you and me," he admitted. "Huh, Isabella?"
"Why yes, yes it is," Isabella agreed.
The two leaned towards each other and puckered their lips…
"You're right, Candace," came Linda's voice. "That is just adorable."
Phineas and Isabella quickly turned around to see that both Linda and Candace were there. Linda took a picture, then left.
"B-b-b-but," Candace stammered.
Isabella glared at Candace. "Candace, you promised you wouldn't get in the way of this."
"I promised I'd stay out of the way of a romantic picnic," Candace clarified. "But then you go on and make a romantic picnic-themed amusement park and… I'm not helping my case, am I?"
"No, no you're not," Phineas said bluntly.
Play Ducky Momo Theme Song (Candace and Vanessa Version)
That evening, there was a Ducky Momo-themed concert at the park.
Crowd:
Bring on Ducky, Ducky Momo!
Bring on Ducky, Ducky Momo!
Candace and Vanessa burst through the backdrop and played their electric guitars.
Candace and Vanessa:
Who's the happy-time toy-toy
For every girl and boy-boy?
Who's the fuzzy enjoyment?
Make fun with Ducky Momo
Crowd:
Bring on Ducky, Ducky Momo!
Bring on Ducky, Ducky Momo!
Candace and Vanessa:
Ducky Mo, Ducky Momo
He's your very best friend
Ducky Mo, Ducky Momo
He's your very best friend!
End Theme Song
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 91: Cheers for Fears
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 91
Cheers for Fears
Candace was in her room, working on a scrapbook.
"I'm sunk, Stace," she said over the phone. "I've been working on Jeremy's birthday present for months, but it's not even close to being as good as I want it to be."
She finished the 'First Kiss' page. She pulled the strings, moving her and Jeremy's figures closer together.
"Ugh, lame," she groaned.
"Come on, Candace," said Stacy. "Jeremy will love anything you make. What's your worry?"
"I just want to do something special for Jeremy to show I care. I'm talking something over the top, something that defies the laws of physics and exceeds the boundaries of imagination…" Candace stopped herself as she realized what she was describing. "Oh no."
"Oh, yes."
"No, no, anything but that!"
"You're going to have to ask for help from…"
"Phineas and Ferb. Ugh."
Outside, Phineas, Ferb, and the gang were working on their thing of the day.
"Now that we've ironed out the bugs in our fusion-powered popper," said Phineas. "The popcorn is nice and fluffy, and no longer glowing, so we're good to go."
That's when Candace came out with a nervous look on her face. She mumbled something no one else could hear.
"What's that, Candace?" asked Phineas.
"Let me talk to her," said Buford. "I speak 'sullen'."
He approached Candace, and they both spoke to each other in 'sullen'.
"Candace messed up, and now Jeremy's birthday is ruined," Buford translated.
"Hey, you misinterpreted what I said!" Candace yelled.
"Nuance."
"So, what's going on, Candace?" asked Phineas.
Candace took a breath. "It's Jeremy's birthday, I wanted to do something big to show that I care, and you guys are good at doing, you know, what you do, and all I have is this scrapbook and I don't wanna blow it, so can you help me?"
Candace gave Phineas the scrapbook so he could look through it.
"Wow, this is great," he said. "It's like a blueprint. Ferb, I know what else we are gonna do today."
"Great!" Candace smiled. "Start working your magic, and, no pressure, but it's gotta be perfect!"
"We'll do our best."
Candace hung her head and muttered, "Thank you."
"She said, 'where's Perry?'" said Buford.
"You've got to work on your sullen," said Candace.
Perry entered his lair as always.
"Hello, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "It's Horrific Movie Night at my house, where a bunch of agency guys get together and make fun of bad movies."
"He's always the guy shushing everybody," said Carl.
"Well, there's a time for fun and a time to pay attention."
Carl scoffed.
"Anyway," Monogram continued. "When we went to rent tonight's horrific horror classic, 'Night of the Living Torso', it was already gone. In fact, all the horror movies in Danville have been checked out, which is definitely a bummer and could possibly be evil. Go check on Doof and see if he's bogarting those movies, and get them back by 6:30PM if possible."
Perry put on his jetpack and flew out of the lair.
Candace went downstairs with a box full of stuff.
"Candace, I'm headed out," Linda called.
"Okay Mom," said Candace.
"What's with the box?"
"Oh, uh, nothing. I just wanted to see what this stuff looked like… outside."
"Candace, is this just another ploy to get me to go outside and see what the boys are doing?"
"No! I mean, no need. Just go, and feel free to stay out for a while. Stay out all afternoon, in fact."
"Reverse psychology. Nice try, hon. At least you're switching it up."
With that, Linda left the house.
Candace went outside and met up with the boys, who had already built a gondola.
"Here's all the memorabilia I could find," she said as she handed Phineas the box. "Now what?"
Phineas handed Candace a camera. "Just go out and take pictures of any Jeremy-related thing you can find. The camera will transmit back to us so we can incorporate it into our Mega Interactive Scrapbook-aganza."
"No problemo. Candace is on field duty. Peace."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry broke the door down and was instantly tied up.
"Ugh," Doof groaned. "It's always when I get to the exciting part when the doorbell rings, or, you know, a platypus BREAKS IT DOWN!" He got up and gestured to the big device next to him. "Anyway, behold, the Worst-Fearinator!"
There was a moment of awkward silence.
Doof turned himself upside-down. "Oh, I guess from your point of view, it's a little difficult to see. Let me just get this out of the way for you." He moved the popcorn machine out of the way. "Now, in my never-ending pursuit of domination, I discovered that the best evil rulers used fear to keep people in line, so to get into the right headspace, I did what any evil scientist would do: rented all the scary movies in Danville for research, even the boring ones. Once I was terrified, I was able to analyze the fear-based synapses of the brain, and extrapolate some wonderful data. Basically, I shoot someone with the machine and whatever they're afraid of actually appears in real life. What do you say, Perry the Platypus, do you like being a guinea pig? Wait, actually, you'd look cute as a guinea pig. I wonder if you'd be teal. I bet you would. Something to think about for the future. Anyway, let's fire this baby up and see what scares you."
He activated the inator and struck Perry.
Nothing happened.
"Hey, what gives?" Doof asked.
Perry gave Doof a card. It read…
Perry the Platypus
OWCA Agent
Fearless
Doof rolled his eyes. "Figures. I guess you'll just have to hang around!"
He laughed at his own joke, while Perry just rolled his eyes.
Phineas and Ferb looked through one of the photos Candace sent them. It was the front of a flower shop.
"Perfect," said Phineas. "The awning's the same color as Jeremy's eyes."
The next picture was one of a specific flower.
"I'm drawing a blank," said Phineas.
"Daffodil, Jeremy's favorite," said Ferb.
"Right. Now the machine will take the images and print them into a giant, scaled-up form."
The printer printed out a flower. It then folded, spun around, and unfolded. The front of the flower took the form of a flower pot that let out a nice smell.
"Nice touch," Buford complimented. "Smells like my grandma."
"These should make Jeremy's Birthday Scrapbook-aganza a full sensory experience," said Phineas.
"Great, just what I always wanted, to fully sense Jeremy."
"Get ready, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "The Tri-State Area's about to confront its fears!"
But Perry's card sprang to life and fired a laser, cutting the rope.
Perry then jumped and kicked Doof to the ground.
"Ow!" Doof groaned. "I landed on my jawbone, specifically that weird sticky-outy part under your ear…" He realized he landed right in front of the machine. "Oh, Doof."
He got struck by a laser.
"Okay, nothing bad will happen so long as I don't think of anything scary," Doof tried to reassure himself.
But then… it popped in there.
Something started banging on the door.
"No, it can't be!" Doof panicked.
The door burst open to reveal giant evil vending machines.
Doof tried to make a run for it. The vending machines grabbed him. They took a few quarters from Doof and inserted them into themselves. They then took out bags of old chips and started forcing them into Doof's mouth.
What the heck am I looking at? Perry asked himself.
Candace returned to the backyard.
"Okay Candace," said Phineas. "The Scrapbook-aganza is complete, plus, we brought Love Handel in for a live soundtrack."
He gestured to the other side of the backyard, where Love Handel were getting ready to perform.
"I'm gonna need a test run so I can take notes," said Candace.
"Sure," Phineas relented. "You're the boss."
Play "Giant 3D Scrapbook"
Candace got on the gondola. The scrapbook opened up and revealed plenty of giant 3D visuals.
The first two visuals were one of a guitar and one of Candace and Jeremy scarfing down meatball subs.
Love Handel:
The way you play guitar, that crazy octave reach
Your uncle's meatball sub, we must've eaten two each
The next page showed Candace and Jeremy on a date.
Here's where you ate that soup and got that stomach flu
The third page showed Jeremy's eye, and the one after showed Jeremy being supportive despite Candace sucking at guitar.
Your blue eyes make me melt with a wink
You're always so polite, you never say when I stink
It's a giant 3D scrapbook, and it's all about you
The following page showed Jeremy comforting Candace while she was stressed.
I know that I can be high-strung
Enough to make a lot of boyfriends flee
The other page showed Candace and Jeremy dancing together.
But you're still here with me now
Let's make some more memories
Let's make some more memories
The next two pages turned to reveal a visual of Jeremy's foot in front of a camera and Jeremy tying himself to a tree to protest against cutting it down.
You had hunky ankles in that sandal commercial
The time you saved that tree, it was so controversial
The scrapbook then sped through the last few pages.
The date at Chez Platypus.
The race at the Johnson Family Reunion.
And last, but definitely not least, Candace and Jeremy's first kiss.
It's a giant 3D scrapbook
It's a giant 3D scrapbook
It's a giant 3D scrapbook and it's all about you
And it's all about you
End "Giant 3D Scrapbook"
"That sounded great, guys," Phineas complimented. "But it's a B-natural in the chorus."
"I told ya," Danny told Bobbi.
"That's what I was playing!" Bobbi argued.
Perry jumped on the stacks of rented DVDs and took control of the inator. He fired it at the vending machines.
A giant quarter appeared out of nowhere. The vending machines made a run for it and jumped off the balcony.
"Huh, I guess we now know what scared vending machines," Doof remarked.
"Well, Candace, what do you think?" asked Phineas.
"Well…" Candace said as she showed a drawing of a smiley face. "IT'S PERFECT! I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!"
"Stop. You had me at smiley face."
"Thank you, Perry the Platypus," Doof thanked. "I am never using this thing again."
He accidentally leaned on the activation button. A beam fired who-knows-where.
"I'm glad Mom's gone for the day," Candace said, not noticing the beam that struck her. "Because my biggest fear is that this thing is gonna fly away before Jeremy gets here."
That's when they heard a car honking.
"And there he is," Candace cheered. "Woo-hoo!"
She ran out to meet up with Jeremy.
"Uh, did anyone else see that weird green beam?" asked Django.
For whatever reason, a strong wind came and blew the scrapbook away.
Candace returned with Jeremy in her arms just in time to see what happened.
"No, no, no!" she panicked. "My worst fear has come true. I blew it!"
"Let me guess," said Jeremy. "You had your brothers build me something super cool for my birthday and now it disappeared. I get it."
"We don't have the invention anymore," said Phineas. "But here's what we used as a blueprint. Candace designed it herself."
Ferb gave Jeremy the smaller scrapbook. Jeremy opened it up and looked through it.
Love Handel approached them and played softer music.
Play "Regular-Sized Scrapbook"
Love Handel:
It's a regular-sized scrapbook, and it's all about you
And it's all about you
End "Regular-Sized Scrapbook"
"So?" Candace asked nervously.
"It's perfect," Jeremy replied. "Thank you."
The two shared a passionate kiss.
"I meant to hit the self-destruct button," Doof said as he pushed said button. "So, do you need your parking validated, or…?"
Perry held his hand out in front of him.
"Oh, you found a spot on the street?" Doof asked. "Lucky you. Curse you, Perry the Platypus and all that. You know."
Perry saluted and left.
"You know, Isabella, you've been awfully quiet, lately," said Phineas. "Is there something on your mind?"
Isabella checked her watch, then said, "Done. I just earned my '24 Hours of Silence' patch. I must say, I quite enjoyed it."
"Welcome to Ferb Land," said Ferb.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 92: Mind Share
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 92
Mind Share
Phineas and Ferb were on a video call with Meap.
"It was good getting down around town with my main men, Phineas and Ferb," said Meap.
"I think those translation sideburns look good on you," Phineas complimented.
"Rock and roll!" Meap took off his sideburns. "Meap!"
He then hung up.
That's when the rest of the gang came in.
"Hey Phineas," Isabella greeted as she kissed Phineas' cheek. "Whatcha doin'?"
"You missed it," said Phineas. "We were just talking to Meap on the Galactic Web."
"Wait, what is that flashing on your screen?" asked Baljeet.
Phineas and Ferb turned back to the screen. They saw the word 'DEAL' flashing on screen.
Ferb opened the notification to reveal a video showing a chameleon-looking alien standing in front of a starry background.
"Hi, my name's Morg," he greeted. "Have you ever wished that you could pop off to another planet on the other side of the galaxy for a quick visit? Well, now you can. With Mind Share Vacations, you and your friends can trade places with me and my friends..." The screen showed four other aliens that looked like a frog, a toad, a fly, a newt, and a gargoyle. "For the interplanetary vacation of a lifetime!"
"That sounds fun," said Phineas.
"Imagine, relaxing on a hot rock by the pools of Nin, surrounded by beautiful Newps, or splort through the tube worm forest of Pootwhistle Foomp. Here's how it works." Morg showed a visual of a human and an alien swapping minds. "Your mind goes to lodge in his head, and his mind goes to stay in yours. Only your mind makes the trip. All you have to do is build this highly sophisticated device…" He showed a visual of the device on screen. "And be on your way to pr… I mean the Mind Share Vacation of a LIFETIME!"
A link popped up at the end of the video.
"Ferb, I think I know what we're gonna do today," said Phineas.
"You know, it almost sounded like he said we were going to 'Perry'," Baljeet remarked.
Buford chuckled before wondering, "Hey, where is Perry?"
Perry was already flying into action. Monogram called him on his watch.
"Good morning, Agent P," he greeted. "We have intelligence that Doofenshmirtz may have taken up square-dancing. He cannot be allowed to use a beloved American tradition for evil purposes, so get out there and make sure he do-si-doesn't do that, I guess."
Perry chattered in response, then headed for DEI.
The gang already finished building the device.
"Well, that was easier than I thought," Phineas remarked. "Let's fire this bad boy up."
Ferb entered the code and the kids quickly got in position.
The kids closed their eyes and braced themselves as they were struck with a beam.
When they opened their eyes, the kids found themselves in a new environment, and in new bodies.
Phineas was in the body of Morg.
Isabella was the gargoyle.
Ferb was the frog.
Django was the newt.
Buford was the bug.
Baljeet was the toad.
"I think it worked," said Phineas.
Ferb noticed that right behind them was an image of the gorgeous environment shown in the video. It was just a backdrop.
Ferb raised the backdrop to see prison cell bars.
"Oh, prison!" Baljeet realized. "That's what he almost said!"
Morg and his gang were now in the bodies of Phineas and his friends.
"It worked!" he cheered. "We are now free to ransack this planet! Everyone, celebration noises!"
The gang made their weird celebration noises. The one in Baljeet's body continued cheering when everyone else stopped.
"Okay, that's enough!" Morg snapped.
Phineas looked at the very tiny device in the cell.
"I'm afraid we were duped into helping some rather brilliant intergalactic prisoners escape," Phineas said. "And they did it with this little gadget."
A tiny screen appeared on the device. It showed Morg in Phineas' body.
"That's right, losers," he said. "We pulled the old switcheroo. In case you chumps have any ideas of coming back, we're setting the device on our end to self-destruct in an hour."
The screen showed the rest of Morg's gang putting the bomb in place.
"Why are we waiting an hour to destroy it?" asked the one in Buford's body.
"Have you no sense of drama?" the one in Baljeet's body replied.
"Sayonara suckers!" Morg shouted.
With that, the video ended.
"So we're stuck here?" Django asked, shaking and sweating in fear.
"Hey, look on the bright side," Isabella tried to assure before she realized she had nothing to say. "I got nothing."
"Hey, has anyone noticed that I'm the only fly in a prison full of frogs and lizards?" asked Buford.
"Luckily, I do not think anyone else has noticed," Baljeet assured.
"You're mine, Flyboy!" shouted one prisoner.
"Fresh fly!" another yelled.
"Well, it was nice knowing you," said Baljeet.
"I think I know how to reverse this thing," Phineas said as he analyzed the device. "Barring any unforeseen…"
That's when an alarm went off and all the cell doors vanished.
"Surprise inspection!" a guard announced. "Everyone, out of your cells! Cell Number 12, don't make me come in here!" The guard approached the kids and noticed the device. "What are you up to this time, Morg? What's that?"
"Oh, uh…" Phineas tried to answer.
The guard snatched the device. "Contraband! One more infraction out of you nerds and I will put you all in the hole for good, you got it?!"
The guard left, and all the cell doors closed again.
"Great, now what are we gonna do?" asked Isabella.
"I think we can rebuild it, if we could just get the parts," Phineas replied.
"We need to find the one who knows how to get things," said Buford. "Every prison has one."
"How do you know?" asked Baljeet.
"I watch a lot of prison shows."
The moment Candace saw the thing in the backyard, she ran out to confront the boys. She noticed their strange, inhuman looking eyes.
"Okay, what's going on?" she asked, suspicious.
"We're going to Lotsmo to steal food," Phineas explained, though his voice sounded weird. "Hilarity noises."
The kids started making noises that clearly weren't human, especially 'Baljeet' making honking noises, even when everyone else stopped.
"I'm not gonna tell you again," 'Phineas' warned.
'Baljeet' stopped.
By now, Candace realized something was wrong. She grabbed 'Phineas' and 'Ferb' and held them both against the wall.
"Okay, who are you and what have you done with my brothers?" she demanded. "And their friends?"
Unfortunately, 'Buford' snuck behind her and grabbed her.
Candace tried to free herself, but 'Isabella' and 'Django' grabbed her arms. 'Baljeet' then tackled her to the ground.
The last thing Candace saw was 'Phineas' evilly smiling at her before 'Ferb' covered her head with a sack.
Perry landed at DEI, and was caught in a lasso.
"Gotcha," said Doof, who was wearing snazzy getup. "I know what you're thinking. 'What's with the outfit? Why the boots?' Well, you remember Grulinda?"
Perry nodded.
"Well, I may have led her to believe that I'm an expert at square-dancing," Doof explained.
Perry glared at Doof.
"Don't give me that self-righteous look!" Doof demanded. "It was something I said in the heat of the moment, and now I can't take it back. Anyway, that's why I made these boots, to help me dance." He pointed at the little red dots the boots had. "See? They have these little microphones that hear all the commands of a square-dance caller, and they move exactly to those commands, making me the perfect square-dancer. I really want to make a good impression. Maybe you can come along and make me look good. What do you say? Will you be my wingman?"
Perry sighed, but he hung his head in agreement.
There's always that guy in prisons who knows how to get things, whether it's dragonflies, a warm rock if that's your thing, or maybe a lilypad for your kid's graduation.
So when Phineas and his friends needed parts for a mind-swap device, they came looking for that person.
"I hear you're a guy who knows how to get things," Buford told a red frog.
The frog tongued Buford and pulled him into his mouth.
"Hey, he is not food!" Baljeet yelled. "Spit, him, OUT!"
The frog did as he was told. "I'm sorry, I skipped breakfast. Now, what is it you're looking for?"
Buford handed the frog a list.
"You can find everything you need in the dumpster out back of the Lotsmo on Flyway 61," the frog explained.
"So, then, you can get us the stuff?" asked Buford.
"No. I'm not the guy who gets things. I'm the guy who knows how to get things. You would have to tunnel out of your cell and crawl 500 yards through the prison gunge pipe just to reach the outside. That's the length of five football fields."
"I don't know the length of one."
Later that day, to make their escape, the kids crawled through five-hundred yards of foul-smelling nastiness.
I can't even imagine. FIVE-HUNDRED YARDS! That's the length of eleven baseball banners, one tennis court, a medium-sized male elephant, and a croquet wicket.
It wasn't long before they found what they needed.
"Great, now we can put the stuff together," said Phineas.
"The sooner, the better," said Isabella.
"But if we do it here, those criminals will still be out in the open," said Baljeet.
"You're right," said Phineas. "I hadn't thought about that."
So even later that day, the kids crawled back through five-hundred yards of foul-smelling nastiness that…
"Actually, it is not as bad as you think," Baljeet told the narrator.
"Yeah," Buford agreed. "Gunge is actually quite refreshing."
Oh, well, it was still five-hundred yards. That's the length of two volleyball courts, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, a large three-drawer filing cabinet, three friends…
"We're not listening to you anymore!" Buford snapped.
Oh, okay then.
Doof and Perry arrived at the square-dance ring.
"There's Grulinda," Doof pointed. "How about you sit with the other wingmen, and you can, you know, give me hand signals in case I get stuck?"
He then approached Grulinda.
"Hey Heinz," Grulinda greeted. "Glad you could make it."
"Yeah," Doof replied. "It's no problem. You care to dance?"
"I'd love to."
The two gripped arms and got on the dance floor. Perry gave Doof a thumbs-up.
Play "Square-Dance"
Dance Instructor:
Do-si-do with all your might
Join elbows and circle right
Now join hands with the lady fair
And promenade her way out there
Thanks to the boots, Doof followed each instruction perfectly.
"Wow, Heinz," said Grulinda. "I'm impressed."
"Well, these boots were made for dancing," said Doof. "Literally."
Pick it up, now
You're lookin' good out there
Now promenade your lady fair
She's the gal with bright red hair
Now promenade, promenade
Pause "Square-Dance"
Before she knew it, Candace found herself tied up and gagged in the panic room. She couldn't find anything she could use to free herself.
But that didn't mean she was gonna give up.
She forced herself onto her feet and ran to the door. She tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge.
Candace started slamming her body against the door. It took a while, but she eventually got it open.
Even better, her banging loosened her restraints, causing them to fall off. With her hands free, Candace pulled her gag off and ran out the door.
"Alright, imposters," she called. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Hello, Earth?" came a voice, Phineas' voice.
Candace turned around and saw a chameleon-looking alien on screen.
"Phineas, is that you?" Candace asked.
"Yes, Candace, it's me," Phineas assured. "We swapped bodies with alien super crooks from…"
"Yeah, yeah, I know that. I've had a run-in with them earlier, and they locked me in the panic room. I just got out a few seconds ago."
"Okay. Well, we need you to find the aliens and get them on that platform right next to you. It's the only way to get our brains back into our bodies. Also, the machine is set to self-destruct soon, so you gotta hurry."
"Okay. I'm on it, Phineas."
With that, Candace ran out to find the imposters.
Candace headed to Lotsmo. From the back of the store, she saw the aliens loading up a truck with stolen goods, while the delivery man was tied up and gagged.
That's when they heard music coming from somewhere else.
"That sound…" said 'Phineas'. "I feel compelled to obey its hypnotic quadrilateral voice commands. Must seek out the source."
The aliens headed towards the direction of the music.
Candace planned to follow after them, but then she remembered the tied-up delivery guy. She stopped to untie and ungag him.
"That is some fancy footwork," Grulinda complimented. "What should we do now?"
Doof turned to Perry for advice. Perry made a bunch of motions with his hands.
"Uh, we can rub our bellies and point to our mouths," said Doof. "Then later, we can roll our eyes and put our hands to our faces."
"I thought we could get something to eat," Grulinda suggested.
"Oh, that sounds good too. Let me check." Doof turned to Perry, who gave a thumbs-up. "Alright, let's go."
Continue "Square-Dance"
Candace followed the aliens to the square-dance floor.
"Oh, rhinestone encrusted oracle," said 'Phineas'. "Command us with your quadrilateral right-angle voice commands."
Dance Instructor:
Allemande with the ol' left hand
Partners right and a right-left grand
Hand over hand, heel over heel
The faster you go, the better you feel
The aliens followed every single dance instruction without making any mistakes. Candace noticed this and grinned.
Now allemande right with a two and fro
Duck on under, don't be slow
Two more times then turn around
Lift her up and set her down
Now grab hands and promenade
Candace shoved the instructor out of the way and took control of the megaphone.
Candace:
Listen up, dweebs, and listen good
You're gonna do what I say you should
If you're a reptile, four-by-four
All join hands and head for the door
The aliens all grabbed hands and headed out.
"That's right," said Candace. "Cross on through there."
She followed the aliens and gestured for the musicians to go with her.
Out the door and all turn west
Together now, don't be a pest
Wait right here for all of us
We're about to board the Main Street bus
Pause "Square-Dance"
It was time for the next inspection. This time, even more guards were in the area.
"Candace, please hurry," Phineas pleaded.
Continue "Square-Dance"
The bus dropped everyone off at the Flynn-Fletcher household. Candace led the aliens off the bus and back into the backyard.
Candace:
I'm gonna get my brothers back
You cosmic kleptomaniacs
So get on up with a hop and spring
Climb up on that platform thing
End "Square-Dance"
The aliens did as they were told. They climbed up onto the platform, and the device hit them.
After a few seconds, the kids opened their eyes, and they were back to normal.
"Candace, you did it!" Phineas cheered as he and Ferb hugged Candace.
The timer went out and the device exploded.
"And just in time, too," Phineas added.
Morg and the gang found themselves back in their cell, just in time for the guard to inspect them.
"What have you got to say for yourself this time, Morg?" the guard asked.
"We were framed!" Morg shouted as he raised his hands in the air.
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 93: Primal Perry
Notes:
Phineas and Ferb Season 5 has premiered. I'm waiting for it to drop on Disney tomorrow. Don't post spoilers in the comments, please.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 93
Primal Perry
Perry was just going about his business when…
"Hey, Agent P," a faint voice called.
Perry looked around, but he couldn't find the source.
"I'm in here," the voice said a little louder.
This time, Perry was able to trace the source to a nearby vent.
"Sorry for the break in protocol, but this is urgent," said the voice, which Perry now recognized as Monogram's. "Show him the photo, Carl."
"Yes sir," Carl's voice came from another vent.
Perry turned towards said vent. A piece of paper slid through the gap.
"Notice anything unusual, Agent P?" asked Monogram.
Perry looked at the photo. Needless to say, 'unusual' was an understatement. It was a picture of an alien shaking hands with a sea monster.
"It's very subtle," said Monogram. "Here, use this."
A magnifying glass came out of Monogram's vent. Perry took it and examined the picture with the magnifying glass.
One of the clouds spelled out the name 'DOOF'.
"That cloud is directly above the Danville Botanical Gardens," Monogram explained. "200 acres of ecologically diverse natural area. We need you to get out there and find out what Doof is doofing." A card popped out of the vent. "Here, take my membership card. You get free parking and 15% off at the gift shop…"
"Sir, it says 'non-transferable' right at the bottom," Carl pointed out.
"Carl, they never look at the photo. Anyway, get out there, Agent P, and good luck."
Perry saluted.
"Oh, and be sure to stop and smell the roses!" Monogram shouted.
It was too late. Perry already left.
Monogram sighed. "He never stops to smell the roses."
"I know, sir," said Carl.
"In fact, it was the ancient Tunisians who actually developed many of the techniques we used today," Buford concluded.
"Wow, Buford," said Phineas. "I didn't know the wedgie had such a rich history."
That's when Baljeet ran into the backyard with a troubled look on his face.
"HELP!" he screamed. "I am having an existential emergency! I find myself incapable of making decisions!"
"Is that a fact?" Buford asked. "Maybe you should sit down."
Baljeet did as he was told.
"Come to think of it, maybe your point would be better made standing up," Buford suggested.
"You are right," Baljeet said as he stood up.
"But then again, you look kind of tired."
"You are right. I had better…" Only then did Baljeet realize what Buford was doing. "Hey, cut it out!"
"How did you get into such a state, Baljeet?" asked Phineas.
"Well, I was filling out my college early admissions forms," Baljeet explained. "And I…"
"Whoa, college is, like, ten years away."
"I said early. Anyway, when I was selecting personal preferences, I could not decide between loop and string theory. I was paralyzed!"
"Come on, that's easy. Loop… no, string." Phineas tried to come to a conclusion in his head, but he found nothing. "Oh."
"Right? Then I started thinking how important it is to make a decision on everything! You see, every choice carries with it its own potential timeline, so every decision I make effectively nullifies a possible future. I cannot even choose which ice cream flavor to order. If I choose vanilla, that may set me on the path to presidency, but if I choose strawberry, then I could be hit by a BUS!"
"Then it's simple," Buford decided. "Don't choose strawberry."
"You are missing the point!" Baljeet snapped. "I do not know that choosing strawberry will get me hit by a bus! I am just saying every decision we make could have serious repercussions!"
"Ice cream actually sounds good," said Ferb.
"Yeah it does," Phineas agreed.
"If it helps, I made a little presentation to illustrate my point," Baljeet said as he opened his laptop and played a video.
Play "Improbability Knot"
The video showed three different Baljeets in a generic background.
One Baljeet was dressed as a Native Indian and played the electric piano.
The second was dressed in a more sci-fi getup and playing the keytar.
The third Baljeet was dressed in all green and held a microphone in front of him.
Baljeet:
Do not know which choice to choose when people ask
Not sure which task to take or take to task
I don't know which is best or which is bad
I'm like a question mark of hanging chad
Even doing nothing is still a choice to make
I'm paralyzed by fear that it will all become a big mistake
Three robots appeared on screen and started dancing.
Robots:
Everything is probably, nothing is impossible
Choices left to random chance are highly irresponsible
Baljeet:
March, my little off-the-shelf 3D package robots
I do not know what to choose
I do not want to lose
End "Improbability Knot"
Baljeet noticed the looks on everyone else's faces. The more he thought about it, the more he realized how dumb the video was.
"I am sorry," he apologized as he ended the video early. "It sounded a lot better in my head."
"Exactly what time did you wake up this morning?" asked Buford.
"What if you could choose both?" Phineas suggested. "Would that make you feel better?"
"Yes… and no," Baljeet replied. "I do not know."
"Ferb, I know what we're…"
"Wait, let me interrupt you," said Buford. "Where's Perry?"
Doof was fanning the smoke he was conjuring up to spell out his name. After a while, his arms got tired.
"Whoo," he sighed. "Who knew creating smoke signals was so complicated?"
Luckily, he wouldn't have to do that anymore, as Perry showed up.
"Perry the Platypus, what an…" Doof tried to say.
"Excuse me!" came a voice.
Doof turned around to see two elderly women staring at him, angrily.
"You are in clear violation of the garden rules!" one shouted.
"Docents," Doof rolled his eyes as he leaned on a nearby sign. "So, what's the problem, ladies?"
"You are showing blatant disregard for our signage!" the other woman explained as she pointed at the sign Doof was leaning on.
'KEEP OFF THE GRASS,' it read.
"It's all good, ladies," Doof assured as he got off the grass. "I am a card-carrying Danville Botanical Gardens club member."
He showed his card to prove it. The women took the card and scanned it.
"Then you should know better, Mr. Doofenshmirtz," one of them scolded.
"It's Doctor Doofenshmirtz!" Doof corrected before turning to Perry. "Anyway, I bet you're wondering why I haven't trapped you yet. It's because I hired someone else to do it for me!"
As if on cue, a boomerang came out of nowhere and his Perry. The boomerang then released a ton of ropes, tying Perry to a nearby arch.
"Perry the Platypus, meet platypus hunter Liam O'Cracken!" Doof introduced. "I found him on an evil consultant website."
Out of the shadows came a bulky man in a mustache wearing camo clothing. The boomerang flew back to him, and he caught it.
"Semi-aquatic egg-laying mammals," Liam said. "I can't stand the sight of them, and I'll tell you why. Do you mind?"
"No," Doof assured. "Why don't you do the backstory today?"
"Back in Australia, I had a good life, but platypuses ruined everything."
Flashback
When Liam was just a baby, he was chewing on a boomerang toy while his mother pushed him around on a stroller.
"Aw," his mother said. "Are you liking that boomerang?"
She then got distracted when she noticed a nearby platypus. She let go of the stroller and took out a camera to get a picture…
Not knowing that by doing that, the stroller would plummet down the hill, taking Liam with it.
End of Flashback
"And I never saw me mum again…" Liam finished. "Until the next morning, when she found me and took me home, but I wasn't the same person I was before. It was on that day that I swore revenge on platypuses."
"'Platypuses'?" asked Doof.
"I know it sounds wrong, but it's right."
"I always thought it was 'platypi'."
"That's also acceptable. They're vile creatures, not to be trusted, the only mammal with poisonous ankle barbs."
Doof turned to Perry. "You had a poisonous ankle barb? How come I never knew that?"
"Well, now I'm prepared. I even have my own poisonous ankle barbs." Liam pointed to his boots, which had these little spikes in the ankle part. "And a little something else up my sleeve. I'd like you to meet the ladies."
He opened his coat to reveal a whole stash of boomerangs. Perry squinted his eyes.
"This here is Nancy, Barbara, Jill…" Liam listed off.
"In all fairness, Perry the Platypus," Doof told Perry. "There was nothing in his profile about, you know, naming his boomerangs! Even I find that a little creepy."
Isabella and Django entered the backyard.
"Hey Phineas," Isabelal greeted. "Whatcha doin'?"
"You're just in time," Phineas replied. "To help Baljeet with his decision-making crisis, we've built the Infinite Probability Generator."
He gestured to the machine in question. Baljeet was strapped onto a little swing while Buford was keeping him calm.
"Once Baljeet's been through the machine's infinite imprinter," Phineas explained as he rose Baljeet into the imprinter. "He'll be fundamentally altered at the probable level then any time he's at a point where he'll have to make a choice, he will split into two."
"Allowing him to explore the consequences of both timelines?" Django realized.
"Precisely. Hit it, Ferb."
Ferb pushed the button, activating the machine. Baljeet spun around the tiny compartment at a very fast speed.
"I love it when you tamper with the forces of nature," Isabella complimented.
"I know, right?" Phineas replied.
"Is science happening yet?" asked Buford.
"I am feeling nauseous!" Baljeet cried.
"Yep. Sounds like science to me."
Candace watched what was happening from behind the tree. "Oh, this is so bustable."
"Alright Ferb," said Phineas. "Let's get him out of there."
Ferb stopped the machine. Baljeet was lowered down, then he fell onto his back.
"Now how ya feelin'?" asked Buford.
"Effervescent and frothy," Baljeet replied.
"Just like my ma's homemade toothpaste."
Phineas helped Baljeet up.
"Wait, how come he hasn't split in two yet?" asked Buford.
"Because he hasn't made a choice yet," Phineas explained.
That's when they heard the ice cream truck.
"Come on, Baljeet," said Phineas. "Let's see if it worked."
The kids left the backyard, Candace following close behind.
"Howdy Mike," Phineas greeted the ice cream man. "My good friend Baljeet here would like to sample your fine frozen confections."
"Alright, Baljeet," said Mike. "What flavor do you want, strawberry or vanilla?"
Phineas gave Baljeet a playful nudge. "Carpe diem, Baljeet."
"One vanilla," Baljeet said.
Then he split into two.
"And one strawberry," said the doppelganger.
"Weird," Mike remarked. "Hey, I also have banana splits."
Phineas chuckled. "Good one, Mike."
Candace saw the whole ordeal and hurried inside.
"Now, I am beside myself," said Baljeet-1.
"And I like it," said Baljeet-2. "This is great. Now that I've made both choices, now I will not need to…"
As he said that, he walked onto the street and got hit by a bus.
Everyone was completely shocked by what they just witnessed.
"Wow, tough break," Buford remarked.
"Yes," Baljeet agreed. "But that means I am going to become president!"
Somehow, Monogram and Carl found themselves in separate vents.
"Carl, where are you?" asked Monogram.
"I'm over here, sir," Carl replied.
"How'd you get over there?"
"I was trying to see you. How'd you get over there?"
"I'm trying to get out of here. What are you trying to do?"
"I was looking for you so we could leave together."
"Oh, for Pete's sake."
By the time Liam finished listing off the names of all his boomerangs, Perry had already freed himself.
"What in the blazes?" Liam reacted.
"See, I told you he was good," said Doof. "Now, about your refund policy…"
Liam angrily glared at Perry. "That hat don't make you special. You're still a platypus."
Perry chattered.
"I'm gonna make you eat those words," Liam threatened. "Or that noise. You and your hat are gonna make a fine addition to my trophy room."
"Trophy room?" Doof asked. "I only hired you to trap Perry the Platypus, not…"
Before he could finish that statement, he got trapped in a hammock.
"Consider me off the clock, Doc," Liam said before he threw a boomerang at Perry.
This boomerang released yet another rope that tied Perry up. Liam then caught the boomerang and pulled Perry closer to him. Once Perry was close enough, Liam took his hat and cuffed him.
"Hello?" Doof called as he struggled to free himself. "Mr. McCracken, I think you caught me by mistake."
"No mistake here, Doc," Liam replied as he cuffed Doof. "You're either with me or against me. Come to think of it, I don't have a pharmacist on my trophy wall, yet."
Doof finally freed himself from the hammock. "What do you mean?"
"I'll give you a sixty-second head start before the hunt commences."
"I don't even know what you're talking about. Who's this platypus, why am I handcuffed to him, and where is Perry the Platypus?"
"You're cuffed together to make it easier to hunt both of you. Now, run!"
"Okay, fair enough."
Doof and Perry made a run for it.
"Wow, I should've listened to that 97% customer feedback that says he tends to go rogue," Doof remarked. "I guess we should introduce ourselves. My name is Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and since you're a platypus, you can't talk, so, I'm just gonna call you Steven."
That's when he smelled something pleasant in the air. He traced the source to a nearby piece of bacon. Despite the situation, he gave into the temptation to go over and grab it.
Perry kicked a nearby bench towards the bacon, revealing it was a trap.
"I did not see that coming," Doof admitted.
I cannot believe this guy, Perry thought.
That's when a boomerang flew towards and hit a tree. The two narrowly avoided getting crushed.
"Alright, you two," Buford told the Baljeets. "Let's get something straight here. There'll be no messing with the Buford. It makes no diff how many of you there are."
"Buford, I would never mess with you," said Baljeet-2, whose right arm now had a sling.
"Neither would I," said Baljeet-1.
"That's good, because I still got your number," said Buford. "Or would that be numbers? I don't know."
While he was contemplating that, Buford didn't notice Candace grabbing both Baljeets and taking them inside.
Linda finally got herself to spring cleaning, even though it was summer. She started with cleaning out old, rotten leftovers from the fridge.
"Mom!" Candace called. "Look what Phineas and Ferb did!"
"Hello, Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher," Baljeet greeted.
Linda turned around. "Hey Baljeet. How's your mother doing?"
"She is doing well."
"That's nice. Would you like a snack?"
"Something to drink would be nice."
"Okay, so, do you want grape juice or orange juice?"
"I would like grape juice…" There was a brief pause. "And orange juice."
"My, someone's thirsty." Linda looked through the fridge for the juices. "Oh, there's even more. Pineapple, mango, tomato…"
"Pineapple, mango, tomato," Baljeet said.
Linda was a little put off by that. "Okay. You really are thirsty."
"Okay, I think we lost him," said Doof. "You can slow down now."
Perry stopped when he noticed the nearby stream.
"I said slow down, not stop," Doof said before he saw what Perry was looking at. "Oh no. We are not doing…"
Before he could finish that statement, Perry jumped into the water, carrying Doof with him. He swam down the stream as fast as a motorboat.
Unfortunately, Liam came equipped with a diving mask and platypus fins which he used to swim after them. He tried to grab them with a grappling hook.
Perry noticed this and used some sand to block the attack.
Liam then grabbed Perry by the tail and pulled him closer.
Perry used his ankle barb to tear one of Liam's shoulder pads, forcing Liam to let go. He and Doof then swam up to the surface.
"Wow, Steven," said Doof. "That was sweet. You're really good at that… that barn thing."
Perry started swimming away.
"Wait, don't go that way!" Doof shouted. "The put-me-on-a-trophy-wall guy is still there!"
Only then did he realize they were heading towards a waterfall. Unfortunately, it was too late. He and Perry started plummeting down.
The two landed in the water and swam to dry land.
"I'm tired of running," said Doof. "Not tired as in I need to sit down for a while, though, to be fair, I do, but I mean I'm fed up with that guy. Now, with your animal instincts and my vast knowledge of science, I think we can make a stand. What do you say? Are you with me?"
Perry gave a thumbs-up.
Doof and Perry gathered up some bamboo wood and vines to construct a trap.
Perry stopped to smell the roses. He then noticed the thorns.
He picked the roses and tied the thorny stems around some sharp-ended plants near the water.
Doof used some bark to craft a big glove. With it, he could crush mangos with no problem.
"Groovy," he said.
By now, there were seven Baljeets at least. They were all in the dining room, drinking their juices.
"I wonder if the others would like some juice," one Baljeet wondered.
"We should take some out to them," another decided.
"What about Buford?" asked a third.
"Indeed," a fourth agreed, starting to get angry. "He's supposed to be our boyfriend, but what has he ever done for us?"
"You mean 'to us'," a fifth corrected. "He can get his own juice."
"Yeah!" all the Baljeets agreed.
That's when Lawrence came in.
"Hello boys," he greeted. "Are we having a party, Baljeet, and Baljeet…? Wait a moment, if you're Baljeet, then who are you?"
"Baljeet," all the Baljeets replied.
"Well, alright then. Carry on."
Lawrence left the room.
"So, we agree on no juice for Buford?" the original Baljeet asked.
"Agreed," said Baljeet-2. "Come on!"
The gardens started to fog up.
"Something's wrong," Liam said as he took out one boomerang. "Alright Jill, be a love and have a look around."
He tossed Jill, but she didn't come back.
"Jill, where are ya?" Liam called.
When the fog cleared, Liam found Jill caught in a tree.
"There you are," he smiled. "I thought you'd taken off on me."
He pulled the boomerang, only to see there was a string attached.
That's when a bunch of arrows shot out of the water.
He tried to avoid the arrows, but then he tripped on a wire. Water shot out of a hose and sent him flying into the air. When he hit the ground, he got caught in a net.
"Ha!" Liam laughed. "So you think you got the best of Liam and his ladies? Well, Sue begs to differ."
He took Sue out and used her to cut the net. He then took out another boomerang.
"I call her Sharpay," he said. "Because she's sharp, eh?"
He threw the boomerang towards Doof and Perry. The two spread out, causing Sharpay to cut their bind instead.
"It's okay, Sharpay," Liam assured as he caught her. "I'll give you another chance."
He threw Sharpay again, this time aiming specifically at Doof. Doof tried to run, but Sharpay cut a hedge off an arch. The hedge hit Doof, sending him flying onto a tree.
"That's me girl," Liam smiled before setting his eyes on Perry. "This looks like a job for Natasha."
He took out the biggest boomerang in his array, and he threw her towards Perry.
Perry jumped out of the way. Natasha hit the small hill, causing the top part to break off.
"Okay Mom," said Candace. "I'm gonna replicate the anomaly right in front of you."
"Fine," said Linda. "What is it this time?"
"Look closely. How many Baljeets do you think there are?"
"One. There is only one Baljeet, after all."
"Why thank you," said Baljeet.
"She's talking numbers," said Candace. "Don't let that get into your head. Now, do you want the grapes or the chocolate bar?"
"Grapes, please."
Baljeet took the grapes and started eating them. For whatever reason, he didn't split in two like before.
"That's really great, Candace," Linda said sarcastically. "Now, I'm gonna get back to the fridge."
"I don't get it," said Candace. "Why didn't you split in two?"
"I just really wanted grapes," Baljeet said as he walked off.
Candace groaned.
"There's no sign of him," Liam said after scanning the area. "Well, it looks like it's just you and me, Doc."
That's when he got hit with a disc. He picked it up and saw it was a flying disc with the DBG logo.
Liam and Doof turned around to see Steven with a bunch of flying discs in one hand and a membership card in the other.
"That's right!" Doof cheered. "15% off in the gift shop! Nice going, Steven!"
"Okay then," Liam said as he took out two boomerangs. "Tom and Teresa, let's teach this platypus some manners."
He tossed his boomerangs, but Steven just threw two discs, knocking the boomerangs off course.
"Very clever," said Liam. "But let's see how you do against the seven siblings."
He threw seven boomerangs at once, but Steven just blocked them with his discs.
"Looks like it's time to break out Tony," said Liam.
The Baljeets, who have now tripled, gathered in the backyard.
"He is always giving us a hard time," said one Baljeet.
"But he says he loves us," another argued.
"Would a boyfriend steal a bike?" asked a third.
"To be fair, he stole everyone's bikes," a fourth pointed out.
The others watched with varying levels of discomfort.
"I don't like the sound of that," said Phineas. "Gatherings have a habit of turning into mobs."
"And mobs rarely make good decisions," Ferb added.
"Come on," said Buford. "Can't a gathering turn into something like a hootenanny or a shindig instead?"
"In any other circumstance, I'd say yes," said Isabella. "But this one seems to have a 'Storming of the Bastille' sort of vibe."
"Not to mention, they seem to be talking about you specifically," Django mentioned.
All the Baljeets turned towards Buford. The one in the center turned on their laptop and started playing music.
Play "Buford is in Trouble"
"It is a hootenanny," Buford assumed.
The rest started to back away.
"What?" Buford asked.
Baljeets:
Decisions are much easier when made en masse
No one accountable, no fear of loss
Because there's more of us, you will obey
You do not have a choice, do what we say
The Baljeets all surrounded Buford.
It is only mob mentality, you do not understand it fully
Put together thirty nerds and you can make a giant bully
Buford is in trouble now, see the sweat upon his brow
Our numbers are superior, surrender, we will not allow
The Baljeets all grabbed Buford and started tossing him into the air.
Buford is in trouble now, see the sweat upon his brow
Our numbers are superior, surrender, we will not allow
The Baljeet in the sling kicked the gate open while the others carried Buford out.
Buford is in trouble now, see the sweat upon his brow
Our numbers are superior, surrender, we will not allow
End "Buford is in Trouble"
"So that's what comeuppance looks like," Phineas remarked.
Perry grabbed one of Liam's boomerangs.
"Put her down," Liam demanded. "Platypuses can't throw boomerangs."
Perry smirked. Try me.
He spun around and threw the boomerang as hard as he could. Liam got hit in the head and he fell onto a birdbath. Perry then caught the boomerang with his tail.
Liam got up and threw another boomerang. Perry threw his boomerang again, knocking Liam's off course.
Liam tried to run, but Perry caught up to him with Tom and Teresa in his hands. He threw the boomerangs, tearing off Liam's coat and causing all of his boomerangs to leak out.
Liam reached to grab another boomerang, only to realize they were gone. He then ran into a tree and fell to the ground.
Buford freed himself and ran back into the yard.
"Phineas, Ferb, guys, you gotta save me!" he begged. "They've all gone crazy!"
The Baljeets started coming back in.
"I'm sorry, Buford," Phineas apologized. "It's just mob mentality. Once it starts, nothing can stop it."
"Mom, they're back!" Candace shouted. "All the Baljeets are after Buford!"
"What do you mean by that?" asked Linda.
"I mean they're going to get him!"
"Baljeet picking on Buford? Candace, Buford outweighs Baljeet by ninety hamburgers!"
The Baljeets surrounded Buford.
"Guys, let's be rational here!" Phineas shouted.
But none of them listened. They just grabbed Buford.
Then a giant boomerang came out of nowhere and destroyed the machine. All the Baljeet duplicates disappeared, leaving only one.
That's when Linda came out.
"Alright boys, break it up," she said.
"Mom, you missed it!" Candace cried. "There were, like, twenty of them!"
"It's okay, Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher," Baljeet assured. "We were just talking about how easy it is to make a bad decision."
"That's good, but play nice," said Linda. "Now, who wants pie?"
"Now that's a decision we can all agree on," said Buford.
"Okay, I give up," said Liam. "You got some skills, platypus, but there's one thing you should know about my guys and gals. They always come back."
Natasha returned and cut down a tree, knocking Perry out. Before he could get up, Liam weighed him down with the spike of his ankle.
"My greatest hunt ever ends right here!" he declared.
"Stop what you're doing, McCracken!" came Doof. "Step away from the platypus!"
Liam and Perry turned around to see Doof on the bridge.
"Doofenshmirtz," Liam grunted.
"I'd like you to meet my ladies, Ruth and Esther," said Doof.
"Ugh, docents."
Ruth pointed at the sign that read, 'KEEP OFF THE GRASS'.
"I'll be right back," Liam said as he threw off his hat and let go of Perry. "I know how to handle these ladies. This sign must've just been installed. I've never seen it before."
"Nice try, Liam," said Ruth. "But this is your third infraction in as many weeks! Hand over your membership card!"
"Ladies, there must be some mistake," said Liam.
"All your garden privileges have been revoked for ten days. Esther'll escort you off the grounds."
"But this is my home!"
"Your file says you're from Pittsburgh."
By now, Liam's Australian accent faded, but he didn't notice. "But it's not my fault, it's him you want!"
The women turned towards Perry.
"Aw, what a cute little platypus," said Esther.
Because she let go of the wheelchair, it started rolling down the ramp, taking Liam with it.
"There has gotta be a way out of here," Monogram said to himself.
"Sir, I want you to meet my boyfriend, Larry," Carl introduced.
"Wait a minute, you got out of the vent, found a boyfriend, and brought him back in here?!"
"I didn't have to find him. We had a lunch date. He was waiting for me."
"Why on Earth would you bring him back into the vent?"
"'Cause I wanted you to meet him."
"Plus, I really like vents," Larry added.
"How are you feeling, buddy?" Phineas asked Baljeet.
"Oddly enough, I feel the same," Baljeet replied. "But I am not worried about making choices anymore."
"Well, it's nice to have you back," said Buford. "One of you, back."
"Buford, am I detecting true sentiment in your voice?"
"Well, I am holding a pie here."
"I retract my mocking tone."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 94: Sidetracked
Notes:
We're down to the final ten chapters of this fic. Just in time, too, as the revival has been released on Disney. I just watched the first episode, and I'm hooked. I can't wait to see what's next.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 94
Sidetracked
Flashback
Two months before summer started, Perry was on a mission in Seattle.
He watched from a distance as a couple of robbers loaded a bunch of advanced technological stuff into a getaway van disguised as a donut truck. Once they left, Perry put on his helmet and goggles, got on his motorcycle, and rode after them.
Perry
He chased them onto the highway. The driver saw him and used the truck's mechanical donut arm to knock down a bunch of barrels. Perry narrowly avoided them all.
Perry then fired a laser cannon from the tail of his bike, breaking the back door of the truck open. The robbers used a crowbar to remove the hinge, sending the door flying in Perry's direction. Again, Perry dodged it, but the tail of his bike was destroyed.
The chase carried out of Seattle and towards the border of Canada. The robbers threw random stuff at Perry to no avail.
Perry then summoned his grappling hook and caught the truck's mechanical arm. He swerved and caused the arm to reach under the truck.
Before he could finish the job, though, a slender woman came in her own motorcycle.
"You're out of your jurisdiction, buddy," she said as she showed Perry a badge with the logo 'COWCA' on it. "I'll take it from here, eh?"
She removed her helmet to reveal long, braided hair flowing in the wind. She climbed onto the truck and pulled the mechanical arm off of it.
Unfortunately, when the arm fell off the truck, so did the woman. The truck drove away, out of the sight of either her or Perry.
"Well, there's no catching up to them now," said the woman.
Perry tried to continue chasing the robbers, but he got a call from Monogram.
"Agent P," he said. "We just received word you're on Canadian soil. We don't have jurisdiction there. Stand down, that's an order."
"Sorry, Agent P," said Carl. "Our hands are tied."
"Carl, don't interrupt me!" Monogram turned back to Perry. "Return to headquarters, pronto!"
Perry glared at the woman, chattered at her, then headed back home.
End of Flashback
It was just another day for Perry. He woke up and climbed out of bed.
"Good morning, Perry," Phineas greeted, petting Perry. "Ready for another fun day?"
Perry smiled and crawled out the door, getting petted by Ferb on the way.
He went down the stairs, where he passed by Candace and Linda.
"Hi Perry," Linda greeted. "How are you?"
"Okay Mom," Candace suggested. "If you go out into the yard today, and there's nothing there, I'll… clean the bathroom."
"Candace, you were supposed to do that anyway."
"So, do we have a deal?"
Perry walked out to the backyard, where he passed Buford and Baljeet.
"So, what you're saying is that it advocates a mixed economy where significant roles are played by the private sector and the government?" Buford asked Baljeet.
"No," Baljeet replied. "Wait, actually, yes. That is what I was saying."
Then Isabella and Django came into the backyard.
"Good morning, Perry," Django greeted.
"Whatcha doin'?" asked Isabella.
The moment no one was looking, Perry put on his hat and pushed down a fake tree. In doing so, he unintentionally crushed someone's car.
Perry felt bad for what he did, but he knew he couldn't stay. He jumped into the chute and shut the tree behind him.
He landed in his lair. As always, Monogram was waiting for him.
"Agent P, Doofenshmirtz was last seen boarding a train transporting Precious Albert the Moose," Monogram explained as Carl cued a visual of Albert. "Albert the Moose is Canada's prized animal who represents the unity of the provinces. We need you to make sure that Doof keeps his mitts off that moose. If you fail, Canada will break into civil war."
The visual of Albert faded, but the antlers still appeared on Monogram's head. Perry had to fight the urge to laugh.
"Or, since it's Canada," Monogram went on. "It would be civil conversation where secession would be the topic of discussion and…" Only then did he notice the antlers. "Carl…"
"Sorry sir," Carl apologized as he removed the antlers.
"Now, this train runs along the border between the United States and Canada, so you'll only have jurisdiction on the American side of the train. To help you out on the Canadian side, you'll be teaming up with an agent from COWCA, the Canadian Organization Without a Cool Acronym, Agent Lyla."
A picture of Agent Lyla appeared on screen. Perry immediately recognized her as the same girl that sabotaged him all those months ago. He felt nothing but anger and contempt.
"You may remember her from that special assignment for our Seattle bureau we sent you on a few months ago," said Monogram. "I know that didn't go too well, but I expect you to be a professional and put all that behind you. Get out there and good luck."
Perry pushed a button, causing a wheel to spawn out of the bottom of his chair. He rode it into his aircraft and took off.
"Carl, can I have those antlers back?" Monogram asked once he knew Perry was gone.
"Sure," Carl relented.
He edited the antlers back onto Monogram's face.
"Oh yeah, I'm rocking this look," Monogram smiled.
It didn't take long for Perry to find the train. He put the aircraft on autopilot and slowly lowered himself onto the train with a cord.
That's when Lyle swung into action and tied their cords together. Luckily, they both landed safely on the roof of the train.
"Ah, Agent P," Lyle smiled. "We meet again. Oh, look at that face."
She tried to force a smile on Perry's face, but he smacked her hands.
"I know you work alone," said Lyle. "But you'll see, Mister 'I can do it all by myself', having someone to watch your back can be just what you need."
While she was talking, Perry already burned a hole in the roof with a blowtorch and jumped through it.
He landed on a seat in a dining car, conveniently right across from Doof.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "What an unexpected…"
Perry tried to jump into action.
"No, no, no," Doof warned. "You're trapped by societal convention. We're in a fine-dining environment. Everyone knows not to throw a scene in a fancy restaurant."
Perry sighed and backed down.
Lyle finally came down.
"Shoot," she said. "We're trapped by societal convention."
Took you long enough, Perry thought.
"Wait, Lyle from COWCA?" Doof asked. "Is this an international team-up? You must hate that, Perry the Platypus."
"Oh, come on," Lyle said, wrapping Perry in a side hug. "He's warming up to the idea."
Perry grabbed Lyle's arm and forced her to let go of him.
This didn't go unnoticed by Doof. "Yes, obviously."
"Why are you causing trouble in Canada, Doofenshmirtz?" asked Lyle.
"Well, you see, I'm part of a US-Canada evil scheme exchange program. I do a scheme for some evil Canadian guy, and he does a scheme for me. We switch."
Lyle was already getting bored. "Are you gonna eat those fries?"
Doof smacked Lyle's hand away. "Don't touch! Anyway, I've got a little math quiz for both of you. If a train carrying Precious Albert the Moose left British Columbia at 8:00 in the morning, going 80 miles an hour, what time would it arrive in Canada? Answer: never, because I've tied up the conductor and taken control of the train using my remote controlled Train-Operatinator. Right now, we are all headed to my scheme exchange partner's secret fortress."
Lyle once again tried to reach for the fries.
"Hey, cut it out!" Doof demanded, slapping her hand away. "Seriously, I can get the waiter over here if you want to order your own."
"What about this evil exchange partner of yours?" asked Lyle. "What's his name?"
"I think his name was Sir Railing or Doctor Stairway, or something."
Lyle snapped her fingers. "Professor Bannister, of course. Can I put some gravy on those?"
"Seriously, leave my lunch alone. Anyway, after Professor Bannister gets his moose, it's going to ruin Canada or whatever. Crazy, right?"
"You know what's really crazy?" Lyle took a fry and ate it. "How good these fries are."
"Seriously, leave those alone. Why are you taking my lunch? When you're in the dining car, you can have your own lunch! It makes me crazy when people pick at my food. Seriously, why is your hand out like that? I'm going to lose it!"
Hearing that made Perry smirk. He reached out and grabbed as many fries as his hand could hold. He then ate all those fries in one sitting.
"That's even worse!" Doof whined. "You're gonna risk choking yourself! One at a time!"
But Perry and Lyle continued stealing Doof's fries.
He stood up and slammed his fist on the table. "Get, your own, LUNCH!"
This didn't go unheard by the rest of the passengers.
"That man is speaking in a way that makes me want to break up with you in a VERY LOUD MANNER!" one woman yelled at her partner.
"I can't stand being a waiter!" the waiter shouted.
Everyone started breaking into indiscernible arguments with each other.
Doof saw the smirks on Perry and Lyle's faces. "Very clever."
He made a run for it.
"Let's get that inator," Lyle said as she and Perry ran after him.
"It's pronounced 'inator'," Doof corrected as he ran into the next car.
He tripped over the tied-up conductor.
"You did that on purpose," he accused.
"Alright Doofenshmirtz," said Lyle. "End of the line."
"Oh, train metaphors, that's how…"
Before he could finish that statement, Perry slapped the inator out of his hand. Lyle tried to catch it, but it bounced off of her nose. Perry caught it instead.
"Perry, let me," Lyle begged. "I know how to use it."
Perry and Lyle fought over the remote, causing it to fly out of both their hands and land back into Doof's.
"You know, I think I'm with Perry the Platypus on this," he admitted. "I don't like him being teamed up either."
Perry then tackled him to the ground.
"I think he's warming up to it," Lyle disagreed before noticing Perry's position. "Agent P, wait, that's the Canadian side of the train."
Perry looked up and realized he was on the side of the train where he could see snow out the window. He moved to the other side, where it was bright and sunny. He then punched Doof in the nose.
"Ow!" Doof shouted as he moved back to the Canadian side.
"I got this," said Lyle.
Then Doof moved back to the American side. "Nope, you can't touch me."
Then he moved back to the Canadian side before Perry could get him.
That allowed Lyle to punch him.
"Oh, it's on now," Doof said as he got up.
The three started exchanging punches. They all rolled into the next car.
Perry and Lyle took a couple breaths and got up. They realized they somehow caught the train conductor instead of Doof.
"Oops, sorry," Lyle apologized. "Where is he?"
They saw the bathroom door slam shut.
Lyle ran to the door and started banging on it. "Open up, big guy!"
"Occupied!" said Doof.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't know that…"
"You know what they have in here? They have tiny soaps. They make my hands look big. Okay, all set."
The door unlocked, and Perry burst it open. Unfortunately, the bathroom was empty and the window was open.
"I can't believe it," Lyle whined. "He left the seat up!"
"I'm up here, Perry the Platypus!" came Doof's voice.
Perry looked out the window and saw Doof was on the roof.
He sighed. It was gonna happen eventually.
He and Lyle climbed onto the roof and started chasing Doof.
Unfortunately, the train swerved, causing Lyle to lose her footing and fall off the edge. She hung on for her life, but she knew she couldn't hold on forever.
"Perry, help me!" she cried.
Perry grabbed Lyle's hand, but she was too heavy for him. They both fell off the edge.
Lyle chuckled in embarrassment. "My bad." She then noticed something nearby. "Oh, look, a tiny handcar. I've got an idea, come on."
After getting the handcar onto the track, Perry tried to steer it on his own. It was difficult, but he didn't stop.
"Agent P, what are you doing?" asked Lyle. "It's a handcar. There's a trick to it. Watch, I'll show you."
Play "Handcar"
Lyle took the handle and started moving it up and down.
Lyle:
Yours goes up when mine goes down
Then we do it the other way around
Perry grabbed the other handle properly and sighed.
Don't give me that sigh 'cause if we don't see eye to eye
Then our missions will be always filled with strife
'Cause a handcar is a metaphor for life
For life
The two reached a steep incline. Perry tried moving his handle up and down.
"Don't push up, just down," said Lyle. "I'll push down on my side."
After a while, Perry started to get the hang of it. That's when they started going down.
"Here we go!" Lyle cheered. "I see that smile. That's right. Now, we're cooking with gas!"
We're on a handcar, yeah, we're getting in the groove
We're on a handcar, it's the only way to move
We're on a handcar, we're like a well-oiled machine
We're on a handcar, yeah, we're working like a team
We're on a handcar, we're a real double header
Yeah, that's a heavy-handed metaphor for how we work together
It's a handcar
Yeah, we're on a handcar
We're on a handcar
Yeah, we're on a handcar
End "Handcar"
By the time the song ended, they finally caught up to the train. All the passengers started taking pictures and videos of the site of a woman and a platypus driving a handcar.
Doof was just minding his business when a passenger tapped his shoulder.
"Excuse me, Mr. Conductor," he said. "It seems like we've just passed by all the planned stops."
"Oh?" Doof replied. "What's your stop, then?"
"The next one."
"Oh, don't be concerned. Step right this way." Doof led the passenger to the emergency exit. "So, wife cooking dinner tonight?"
"Why, yes. She's asparagus tips."
"Oh, very classy. Well, here's your station!" Doof opened the exit and kicked the passenger out the door. "Say hi to your wife for me!"
The man rolled down a grassy field, right through a wooden fence, up and down a slide, and into his house.
"Well, someone's home early," his wife remarked.
"Uh, the conductor says hi," said the man.
Doof got a notification on his phone. He checked it and saw a video of Perry and Lyle pushing a handcar.
Before he could finish the video, Perry showed up and kicked Doof to the ground. Doof just spun around on the floor for a moment and got up.
"Bet you can't do that," he remarked. "I learned that in the eighties, and I learned how to back away slowly onto a newly-installed escape platform." Right as he said that, the platform rose up and carried Doof onto the roof. "So long, suckers. Now, time to watch my evil plan play out from the observation…" He stopped when he saw in front of him a bunch of chairs nailed to the roof. "Wait, this is an observation deck?"
"You're blocking my view of Saskatchewan, eh?" said a random birdwatcher sitting in the front-middle chair.
"Saskatchewan is that way, you dolt."
Perry and Lyle climbed onto the roof.
"Stop right there!" Lyle ordered.
"No, you stop right there," Doof retorted as he raised the remote in the air. "Because I still have the Train-Operatinator! Without it, the train would be completely…"
Then they went through a low tunnel. Because Doof's hand was in the air, the remote shattered.
"...out of control," Doof finished. "Alright, so I'm on a runaway train in a dark tunnel. I'm afraid of the dark, and probably afraid of runaway trains. I never really thought of…"
Then they got out of the tunnel. Sunlight got into Doof's eyes. He screamed and covered his eyes.
"Guys, we gotta focus," said Lyle. "There's gotta be an emergency brake in the engine car. Let's go."
Perry and Lyle ran to the front of the train. Seeing no other choice, Doof decided to follow…
Then his shoelace untied. He stopped to retie it, conveniently ducking under a bunch of low branches, bridges, and railroad signs in the process.
He then started following the others.
Perry and Lyle already reached the engine. Lyle tried to pull the emergency brake, but nothing happened.
"Darn it," she whined. "I'm gonna have to jury-rig the controls."
Then Doof finally got in.
"If we weren't in the middle of a train crisis," he said. "I'd totally be giving you a hard time for not waiting for me."
Perry glared at Doof.
"Ha, bingo!" said Lyle.
"We're not slowing down," Doof pointed out.
"That's because I just got the hazard lights working. Safety first. The brakes were too far gone to fix. Now, all we gotta do is get the passengers and Precious Albert into the same car and we can save them."
Perry chattered and pointed towards the back.
"You're right, the caboose," Lyle realized. "Let's go."
The two ran off.
"This is why I'd rather not make friends," Doof remarked. "They find someone else, and bam, you're alone."
Lyle grabbed the PA microphone. "Attention passengers, there's no need to panic, but…"
She heard screaming coming from the other end. She groaned.
All the passengers gathered at the very back of the train.
"Folks, everything is under control," Lyle assured. "We're gonna separate the caboose from the rest of the train."
Right after she said that, Perry pulled the cord that connected the caboose to the car in front of it. Lyle took a picture of it and sent it to headquarters.
The passengers cheered.
Then these metal claws pierced the walls, and the car was carried into the air.
Perry and Lyle stared at Doof.
"I swear, that wasn't me!" Doof assured.
Lyle leaned her head out and looked up. The helicopter lifting them up had the logo, 'Bannister Evil Enterprises'.
"I should've known," she said. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
Perry nodded.
The two climbed onto the roof and grappled onto the helicopter.
"Oh, and I left mine at home," Doof whined. "And I saw it on the dresser, too! I hate it when this happens!"
Perry and Lyle entered the helicopter. In front of them was a man with a pointy chin, glasses, hair styled to look like an asparagus, and he wore the typical evil scientist lab coat.
"Well, well, well," he smiled. "If it isn't COWCA's best agent, the unfortunately named Lyla Lolliberry."
"Listen, you," said Lyle. "I come from a long, alliterative line of Lolliberries."
"And now you're trapped miles above solid ground with nothing but a beaver at your side."
Doof finally made it onto the helicopter by climbing the mechanical arm holding the train car.
"He's a platypus, not a beaver," he corrected. "Hiya, Banni. Back so soon? My evil plan usually takes all day. How did you do it so fast?"
"Well, I'll tell you," Bannister replied.
Flashback
Bannister flipped the on switch to his evil device and then just left it so it could do its thing uninterrupted.
End of Flashback
"Well, I guess if you've got no one to monologue to…" said Doof.
"Enough backstory," said Lyle.
"That wasn't a backstory, though. That was just an expositional flashback. It doesn't have any childhood trauma, doesn't tell us why he does what he does. It's just a flashback. Anyway…" Doof turned to Bannister. "You're not the only one who's been busy. I've taken your moose problem."
"Perfect!" Bannister smiled.
Lyle scoffed. "And you call yourself a Canadian."
"Do I?" Bannister argued. "Just because I'm impolite, smell like pine needles, and over-emphasize my Ts, I'm Canadian? Well, you'd be wrong, because…"
He pulled the Canadian flag off the wall to reveal a Greenland flag hidden behind it.
Everyone gasped.
"Cool flag," Doof complimented.
"Thanks," Bannister smiled. "Wait, no it's not, and that's the problem! We have no national pride! I mean, listen to this!"
He took out his phone and played some generic music.
"Greenland's National Anthem," he explained. "Seriously, does that inspire you to do anything other than ice fish? Well, Canada, they got it all. The maple syrup, the national parks, the medal-winning curling team, and Precious Albert the Moose, the symbol of Canada's national pride. What if he were to disappear? Everyone would lapse into deep malaise, forgetting what it means to be Canadian. I would then annex Canada to Greenland, bring back Precious Albert, and reinvigorate national pride. I've even written a new national anthem."
Play "New Greenland Anthem"
Bannister:
Oh, Greenland
Home of things that aren't so green
Though we call it Greenland
Shining Greenland
People are very short there, in Greenland
End "New Greenland Anthem"
"Wait, you're from Greenland?" Doof finally processed. "Don't you know the punishment for misrepresenting your country of origin to the LOVE MUFFIN organization? Plus, your scheme is so unnecessarily complicated, and doesn't seem like it would work, and that's coming from me!"
"It's the perfect plan," Bannister argued before turning to his shoulder. "Yes it will. See, he agrees. Will you stop it?"
"Who's he talking to?" asked Lyle.
"Oh, I'm sorry, let me introduce to you…" Bannister tore off his lab coat to reveal two robots that looked just like him. One had plus signs in its eyes, while the other had minus signs. "Me-positive and Me-negative. They are two magnetic robots I've created for the purpose of vanquishing my enemies."
"Magnetic robots?" Doof asked.
"Yes, because it's all about polarity. You can't have two positives or two negatives."
"No, you can have two negatives. Just look at my family!"
"Wait, those parts look familiar," Lyle realized.
"Right," said Bannister. "I got them from some friends of mine. I think you may have met them in Seattle."
Lyle, Perry, and Doof turned around. Behind them, the robbers from Seattle were playing cards.
"Wow, those guys were really quiet," Doof remarked.
"I remember them," said Lyle. "But I knew they would lead me to you. That's why I let them escape."
"Never mind them," said Bannister. "Me-positive and Me-negative can take care of you."
"Oh, I get it. We're going to have an old-fashioned helicopter fight."
"Oh, those can get nasty," said Doof. "If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go play cards."
Play "Helicopter Fight"
If you're looking for rapture, better hold on tight
Helicopter fight, helicopter fight
Lookity-looks like we got ourselves a helicopter fight
Everyone stared each other down and balled up their fists.
Do we move any confusion from ambiguous writing?
Helicopter fight, helicopter fight
This is people fighting on a helicopter, not two helicopters fighting
Lyle and Perry got into hand-to-hand combat with Me-positive and Me-negative respectively.
Though that would've been cool
Yeah
It would've been more exciting
You think?
Let's take a look
In this hypothetical literal helicopter fight, two cartoonish helicopters with faces on them flew towards each other and started punching each other. In the end, the one on the right won.
Though that looked better in my head, let's just get back to the action
That was really, pretty lame, I apologize for the distraction
Me-positive pinned Lyle to the wall. Lyle just took her jacket off to free herself. She then grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and used it like a pair of nunchucks.
Doof won his card game against the robbers. The robbers got angry and flipped the chair over, leading to a fight between them.
This is a helicopter fight, people fighting on a helicopter
It's a helicopter fight, not two helicopters fighting, oh no
Perry climbed onto the roof. Me-negative followed him.
Lyle realized what Perry was planning. She grabbed the bar and hung herself up, tricking Me-positive into jumping at her. As a result, they hit the ceiling and got stuck.
It sounded good, but it was only so-so
This is people fighting on a helicopter
Because of Me-positive hanging on the ceiling, the magnetic force pulled Me-negative so they would stick to the roof.
End "Helicopter Fight"
"What?" Bannister reacted.
Perry and Lyle cornered him, but he threw the Greenland flag onto them.
"I have one thing to say to you, Lyla Lolliberry," he said as he opened the hatch. "Farvel!"
He jumped off the helicopter and activated a parachute.
"I'm sorry, what does 'farvel' mean?" asked Lyle.
"It's Danish for goodbye," Bannister explained. "It's one of the languages we use in Green…"
That's when a jet appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Bannister.
"Jinx you, Lyla Lolliberry!" he shouted.
Perry took out his phone and showed Lyla that he texted OWCA headquarters.
"Nice one," she smiled. "Now, we have a guest of honor to deliver."
The two took control of the steering and headed for Canada.
After dropping off Precious Albert, Lyle called in the Canadian police to arrest the robbers.
"Now you know why I had to let them go, P?" she asked Perry.
"But how was he supposed to know you had a tracker on their truck?" Doof pointed out.
"He understands how things are. One minute, you're catching a thief, the next, you get intel that they might be leading you somewhere bigger and better."
Perry gave a thumbs-up.
"By that, you mean me, right?" Doof asked.
"Uh, yeah," Lyle replied. "Anyway, you got some serious skills there, P."
Perry chattered a compliment.
"Stop, you're making me blush."
That's when Monogram and Carl arrived.
"Good work to the both of you," Monogram complimented. "I can see that things went well."
"Well, now that our mission is done," said Doof.
"Our mission?" Lyle questioned.
"Maybe we could drop by Niagara Falls. It's close by, and I always wanted to see it."
"I guess we could swing by on our way back," Monogram relented.
The gang stopped by Niagara Falls and took a long moment to savor the beauty of it all.
Perry was the first one to leave. Lyle left not long after. Monogram gave Doof an 'I'm watching you' gesture before leaving with Carl.
As Doof left, he wondered, "I wonder how my scheme worked out for Professor Bannister. I'm sure that Cloud-Magnetizinator was a winner."
When Perry returned to the backyard, the first thing he heard was Candace calling out, "Mom, Mom, Mom!"
"How was it that a cloud was able to carry our metal superstructure?" Phineas wondered.
Candace came out with Linda and saw nothing. "B-b-but…"
Linda smiled and gave Candace a toilet brush. "Someone's got a bathroom to clean. Everyone else, there's pie if you want it."
Phineas noticed Perry and hugged him. "Oh, there you are, Perry."
"A platypus' life is a life of leisure," Ferb remarked.
"Yes, yes it is."
Perry resisted the urge to snicker.
Notes:
This might just be my favorite Perry-centric episode. Heavily underrated if you ask me.
Not much to say, but I'd like to apologize for poking a little fun at Greenland.
The Greenland flag is actually VERIFIABLY cool. It was designed by Thue Christiansen as part of a flag-designing contest in the '80s.
Don't quote me on that.
Also, I understand that the people of Greenland DO have enormous national pride and are not necessarily short. This was all PURELY in the interest of comedy and not meant to be taken seriously.
Go Greenland, and thanks for reading!
Chapter 95: Love at First Byte
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 95
Love at First Byte
Linda oversaw the construction of the big Summer Block Party.
"Roger," came a voice from her walkie. "We do have confirmation that the fireworks area has been flooded."
"I understand," said Linda.
That's when Phineas and Ferb came out.
"Hi Mom," Phineas greeted. "How's it coming?"
"I'm totally overwhelmed, and now I have no fireworks for the big finale," Linda explained.
"Is there anything we can do to help?"
"That's sweet, boys."
"Uh, Madame Chairwoman," said the voice on the walkie. "We have a Code Blue on the beignet bus."
"Yes, okay, I got it," Linda replied, then sighed. "I'm at my wits' end, and I've got no finale."
"What about a laser light show?" Phineas suggested.
"That's a great idea." Linda wrote a list and gave it to Ferb. "Here's a budget and list of companies. Can you handle it for me? I've gotta run. Thanks so much."
Phineas and Ferb skimmed through the list.
"You know, I think it might be easier if we did the light show ourselves," Phineas suggested. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do tonight."
Lawrence showed up wearing a jester costume.
"Hello, hello, hello!" he greeted. "Can you guess what my DJ costume is for tonight's big Mardi Gras block party?"
"A scary post-apocalyptic hand puppet?" Phineas guessed.
"Why does everyone guess that? I'm a Mardi Gra jester. Speaking of which, where's Perry?"
Perry was already in his lair.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Your assignment concerns tonight's big block party. We've intercepted intel that Doofenshmirtz is planning to attend the festivities 'just for the fun of it'. We need you to attend the block party and confirm that he's not up to no good. I know I just said a double negative, but I think it works. Unfortunately, since your surveillance will take place in close proximity to your house, you will need to be in disguise for the duration of the mission. Carl, activate the Hydraulic Costume Chamber."
The chamber activated, covering Perry up. The disguise in question was just an inflatable costume of himself.
"Aw, you look adorable as a balloon animal," Monogram complimented. "Now, get out there and laissez les bons temps rouler."
Perry saluted and bounced out of the lair.
"This dumb block party's throwing off my entire day," Candace whined to Stacy and Jenny. "Jeremy's stuck working the Slushy Dawg concession, my parents are busy with preparations, and the boys are so preoccupied with the party they haven't done anything bustable all day."
Jenny looked out the window. "Hey, wouldn't a giant robot insect count?"
Candace saw the robot and smiled. "Woo-hoo! I'm back in the game!"
She ran out of her room.
"What horrors did you just unleash?" Stacy asked rhetorically.
Candace ran out into the backyard, Stacy and Jenny following close behind.
"Phineas, Ferb, what is this giant insect robot thingy?" Candace asked.
"It's not a giant insect robot thingy," Phineas explained. "It's part of the light show extravaganza for the big block party finale."
"Huge, impossible, bustable." Candace ran out. "MOM!"
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Norm sat on the stairwell with a frown on his face.
"Okay Norm," said Doof. "You ready to head out to the block party?"
"I'm not going," Norm replied.
"Don't tell me you're still bummed about not having a date."
"Yes, yes I am."
"Quit your whining. Just go stag, like me."
"You mean, dress up like a wild forest creature with antlers?"
"Not quite. I tried that and it did not go well. Come on, Norm, you might find a nice popcorn machine or a blender."
Norm smiled and stood up. "You had me at popcorn machine."
"Mom, Mom, Mom!" Candace called. "Do you know what Phineas and Ferb are doing?"
"They're working on the big finale for the block party tonight," she and Linda said in unison.
"Wait what?" Candace asked.
"I asked the boys to help out for the party," Linda explained.
"On purpose?"
"Yes, on purpose. I need the help. Now, leave them alone so they can get the job done."
"B-b-but…"
Stacy and Jenny overheard everything.
"Ooh, twist," Stacy remarked.
"Come on," Jenny said, grabbing Candace and Stacy's hands. "Let's have some fun."
"No can bust, no have fun," Candace muttered.
"Presenting the Pyrotechnic Holographic Light and Audio Simulator and Electromagnatic Radioscope!" Phineas showed the rest of the gang.
"Or 'PHLASER' for short," Ferb added.
"What about fireworks?" asked Buford. "Isn't that traditional for a finale?"
"It may be tradition," said Phineas. "But the PHLASER is way cooler without the danger of losing a digit."
Ferb did the missing thumb trick.
"Quit it, Ferb!" Buford shouted. "You're creeping me out, man."
"Hey, it's a neat trick," Django argued.
Ferb smiled at the compliment.
"As soon as we polish the lenses, we're good to go," said Phineas. "Let's grab some towels."
Perry bounced off of some porta-potties and landed in a balloon animal stand. From there, he watched Doof and Norm walking around the block.
"Okay, you see that cute popcorn machine over there?" Doof asked Norm, pointing to the nearby machine. "You just gotta walk up to her and say something smooth. You remember your line?"
"'You've got a pretty hot oil pan,'" Norm recited.
"Oh yeah, you got game now."
Unfortunately, some guy approached the popcorn machine with their own cotton candy machine.
"Well, you snooze, you lose" said Doof.
Norm sighed. "I guess I'll have to get used to being alone."
Right after he said that, he saw a beautiful robot with a red suit and blonde hair. His eyes widened, his face turned red, and smoke started to emit out of his body.
"Norm, are you okay?" asked Doof.
"My inner circuitry seems to be overloading," Norm replied.
"Aw man. I left the electrical tape in my other lab coat. Wait, now I get it. You got a thing for that other robot, huh? Not bad. I think you got a chance with them if you play your cards right."
"What do I say? I don't believe they have an oil pan to compliment."
"Just introduce yourself and, you know, ask them what their sign is, then run the other way if they says 'Sagittarius'."
"Thank you, sir."
"Go get 'em, Norm."
Norm approached the other robot and said, "Hi, I'm Norm. What is your sign?"
"I am Charlie," the other robot replied. "I am a Pisces."
There was a moment of silence, then Norm walked away.
"What happened?" asked Doof.
"You didn't tell me what to do if she is a Pisces," Norm explained.
"In my experience, you get married… then subsequently divorce, but we don't have time for that. We gotta get you rolling."
Perry's attention was diverted when a little boy approached him.
"Excuse me, can I…?" he tried to ask.
Perry shushed the boy, then inflated him a balloon fedora. The boy put on his new hat and walked away.
Perry went back to Doof and Norm.
"So, are we clear?" Doof asked.
"Talk about her interest and try to find something in common," Norm replied.
"Yes, but don't be too obvious about it. Stay cool."
"No problem. My compressor is from a refrigeration unit."
"What are you telling me for? I'm the one who installed it."
Perry's watch beeped. He ducked down and answered the call.
"Agent P," said Monogram. "Just checking in to see if you've noticed any evil activity from Doofenshmirtz…"
Monogram's voice sounded much closer than it should've been. He looked up and saw Monogram right in front of him with an ice cream in hand. Carl was behind him carrying a backdrop of Monogram's usual background.
"Uh, Monogram out," Monogram said as he hung up the call. "Carl, why didn't you tell me he was sitting right there?"
Norm approached Charlie again and said. "Hello."
Charlie turned around. "Hello."
"So, what is your prime directive?"
"My core competency is dancing."
"What a coincidence. Me too."
"Well, see you on the dance floor."
"I'll see you there, right after I defrost because I am so cool."
Norm walked back to Doof.
"Well?" Doof asked.
"She wants to dance with me, but now I am nervous," Norm explained.
"Go on, now, you just gotta get out of your own head. Get out there and strut your stuff, Normie G."
"Alright, commencing 'stuff strutting'."
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang were busy polishing the PHLASER.
"Alright everyone," said Lawrence. "I wanna see all of you out on that dance floor, parents, kids, giant robots? Sure, why not? Let's kick this party into second gear."
"That's our cue," said Phineas. "Are the lenses clean?"
"The lenses are good," said Buford, who was upside-down. "But all the blood's gone to my head."
Ferb pushed the button on the remote, activating the PHLASER. It fired beams of multiple colors onto a nearby cloud, and lighting up the whole block.
All the partygoers glowed. They looked at their bodies, amazed.
Tattoos of a buff man were fried off of his skin.
"Hey, I can finally be an accountant!" he cheered.
Alley cats got drawn to the dance floor.
"That's a lot of cats," Stacy remarked.
But Candace was too depressed to notice them.
Play "Robot Love Song"
Norm started strutting his stuff on the dance floor.
Charlie:
I see you there, you're scanning me
My optic relays detect a codified anomaly
Norm:
Well, I'm here, squirrel drive online
There's a diode spike up my metal spine
I can see where you're coming from
When your receptors blink and your servos hum
I'm so overclocked, I don't know my name
There's something wrong in my core mainframe
Don't you know that I'll take you to a higher place
As we meet on the floor and we interface
Charlie:
I sense a change in my info-stream
From your innovative positronic sequencing
You used to have such an eight-bit feel
With your screw-on head and your squirrel wheel
Now, I'm forced to re-evaluate
My old motherboard and data rate
We'll move our chassis to a higher place
As we meet on the floor and we interface
Norm (Charlie):
Well, I'm here, squirrel drive online
There's a diode spike up my metal spine (You want to dance with me)
I can see where you're coming from
When your receptors blink and your servos hum (That's how it's gonna be)
I'm so overclocked, I don't know my name
There's something wrong in my core mainframe (Error, now make your case)...
Both:
Don't you know that I'll take you to a higher place
As we meet on the floor and we interface
End "Robot Love Song"
Right as the song ended, Norm's head exploded and flew into a random backyard.
The PHLASER spun around and launched into the air.
"Looks like the finale's ahead of schedule," said Phineas. "Glasses everyone."
"Already on it," Isabella replied.
She and the Fireside Girls went to give all the partygoers sunglasses.
Everyone watched, with their eye-protection on, as the PHLASER exploded, creating a blinding, yet beautiful, light.
Norm's head landed back on his body, though he was now upside-down.
"Norm, your performance exceeded my previous computations," said Charlie.
"I just had to get out of my own head," Norm replied.
"Well, what a fun little finale to our finale," the DJ said. "Congratulations and kudos to our two winners, and there wasn't even a contest."
"Wow, you were smoothtastic," Doof complimented. "Are you gonna introduce me to your new partner?"
"Of course," Norm replied. "This is…"
That's when Rodney showed up.
"Charlie, what are you doing?" he demanded.
"Rodney," said Doof. "Wait, this is your robot?"
Rodney ignored Doof and carried Charlie away. "Come Charlie, let's get you away from this rusted Romeo."
"Oh yeah, well, I'm too flustered to come up with an insult right now, so I'll call you and give it to you later! Come on Norm."
Doof took Norm's hand, and they walked home.
"Goodbye Charlie," said Norm. "Parting is such a sweet sorrow."
"Was that a Romeo and Juliet reference?" asked Charlie.
"Yes, yes it was."
Linda went into the backyard.
"Boys, are you here?" she asked. "I just wanted to say…" She stopped and gasped when she saw what was in the backyard. "Phineas, Ferb, you are so busted!"
That's when Candace showed up. "Wait, did you say Phineas and Ferb are busted?"
"I certainly did." Linda turned back to the boys. "What are all my good guest towels doing out here, and they're filthy?"
"Wait, towels?!"
"We're sorry, Mom," Phineas apologized. "We'll clean them up."
"You get right on that," said Linda. "And when you're done, we'll have beignets."
"Wait, let me get this straight," Candace processed. "After all they've done this summer, you get onto them for a few dirty towels?!"
"Come on, Candace," said Phineas. "We got in trouble. Isn't that enough for you?"
Candace rolled her eyes. "Way to make a mockery out of my lifetime goal! Towels."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 96: One Good Turn
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 96
One Good Turn
Phineas and Ferb looked at all the scrap scattered throughout the backyard.
"Wow, we've got a lot of leftover parts from the last time we used leftover parts," Phineas remarked. "There's gotta be something we can do other than hodge podges and art pieces."
That's when Buford and Baljeet came out through one of the giant metal pipes.
"Dudes, what's with all this?" asked Buford. "It's like an obstacle course in here."
Phineas smiled. "That's it. I know what we're gonna do today."
"Wait, are you telling me we've never made an obstacle course this entire summer?" asked Baljeet.
Phineas turned to Ferb.
"I'm filled with remorse that we haven't, even thought of building an obstacle course," said Ferb.
"Then let's build one and make it our new tour de force," Phineas rhymed.
"That is a plan I can clearly endorse."
"Of course."
"I'm putting an end to this before it breaks into song," said Buford. "Where's Perry?"
Perry found himself in what looked like an ancient ruin. In front of him was a scale model of Downtown Danville.
He took a mirror out from under his hat, set it on a stick, and set the stick down. Sunlight reflected off of the mirror and hit the OWCA building.
Then the model caught fire. Perry grabbed the fire extinguisher and put out the fire.
He then jumped through the hatch and landed in his lair.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "There are some pretty suspicious goings on going on over the Doofenshmirtz building. We've had reports that the building has been rotating all morning. Either he's got something evil scheme up his sleeve, or he's turning it into an expensive restaurant with an impressive view. If it's the latter, I would like a reservation for 6:00PM. Either way, I'm gonna need you to get over there."
Perry saluted and left the lair.
The moment Perry was gone, Monogram put on a hat and said, "One, a two, a one, two, three."
Then a bunch of animals showed up and started dancing as music played.
"I am the very model of a modern Major Monogram," Monogram sang. "I've information, vegetable, animal and hologram…"
Stacy and Jenny left the movie theater after a showing of 'Gluttony Games'.
"Wow, that was so bloated and mindless," said Jenny. "And those two girls, they were so brave and fearless."
"You know, we should hang out more often," Stacy admitted. "Just the two of us. Hanging out with Candace is fun, you know, when she isn't trying to bust her brothers, but I think you and I make a greater team."
"Agreed."
Stacy and Jenny went over to Candace's house and entered the backyard, and, as always, there was something huge in the backyard.
"Holy cannoli!" the two shouted in unison.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, babies and... slightly smaller babies," came Phineas' voice. "Welcome to the Phineas and Ferb Ultimate Obstacle Course. The first team that makes it all the way to the end, you know, alive, will win this nifty trophy, so are you ready to get muddy?"
"Hey, we should take part in this," Stacy suggested.
"Yeah…" Jenny agreed before she realized what Stacy was saying. "Wait, what? Why?"
Flashback
"Very good, Ginger," Dr. Hirano complimented as she put Ginger's trophy on a shelf with all her other trophies. "I'm still saving a place for your trophies, Stacy, you know, just in case."
Stacy groaned.
End of Flashback
"I totally get it," said Jenny. "Ever since that drawing my brother, Django, made of him and our dad got hung up on his giant refrigerator, I've tried replicating his success to no avail."
Stacy put a hand on Jenny's shoulder. "Jenny, we'd make an awesome team."
Jenny took Stacy's hand. "Alright, let's do it, for the trophy."
Perry stood in front of the DEI building and waited. After a moment, the building turned, allowing him to walk in through the front door.
Unfortunately, the pizza delivery guy didn't make it in time.
Perry got in the elevator and went up to the top floor. Once he got out, the building turned again. He almost lost his footing because of it, but he got his bearings and headed to Doof's door.
He knocked, and Doof answered.
"Perry the Platypus," he greeted. "Come on in. Wipe your feet if you don't mind. I just mopped the floor."
Perry rubbed his feet on the mat and, as expected, it was a trap.
"Gotcha!" Doof laughed. "Now, I bet you're wondering why my building has been turning ninety degrees. That's because I've been testing out my Ninety-Degree-Turninator. You see, back in Drusselstein… you know what? Just watch this documentary."
He turned on a nearby projector and played an old-timey movie.
In 1602, the mayors of Gimmelshtump and Stumblegimp prepared to sign a treaty declaring they are sister cities. However, while reaching for his quill, the mayor of Gimmelshtump accidentally turned ninety degrees.
Since showing your side to another is considered a Stumblegimpian insult, the mayor of Stumblegimp was forced to follow tradition.
Thus, war was declared. Gimmelshtump had no choice but to retaliate.
The war escalated and raged on for fifty years. Finally, the only way to end this senseless feud was for the mayor of Gimmelshtump to perform the most humiliating dance the world had ever seen.
Play "Humiliating Stumblegimp Dance of Contrition"
If you ever insult a Stumblegimpian by turning slightly to the side
You can win back zeir trust in ze end
Now place six chickens on your head
The you try to eat a feather bed
Put a jelly donut into your pants, und dance
Write a letter to a chimpanzee
Paint a portrait underneath the sea
Move to France and refuse to speak French
There was a montage of the mayor doing other stupid things.
Jumping in a lake wearing a dress.
Running around like a chicken.
Eating a cob of corn in a pigsty.
Painting the number nine on a wall and shouting, "Nein!"
Juggle piglets with an angry cook
Split an atom in a breakfast nook
The screen showed a warning that read, "Don't try this at home."
Zen he will know you're a mensch
Now got sit down on zis bench, 'cause you're tired
End "Humiliating Stumblegimp Dance of Contrition"
And once again, all was right between the two cities.
Or was it?
"And that dance is just as much a tradition now as it was in the '40s, when this newsreel was made," said Doof. "You see, Perry the Platypus, my brother is going to meet with the current mayor of Stumblegimp, and I plan to zap Roger with my Ninety-Degree-Turninator to turn him ninety degrees, which will insult Mayor… I don't know what his name is. Something to do with waffles. Anyway, Roger'll have to sing the whole song, and when the people of Danville see him eat a feather bed or put a donut in his pants, he'll be forced to step down as mayor, and I will step in one-hundred percent donut-free."
All the teams ran to the starting line.
The first team, Team Black and Blue, was Buford and Baljeet.
The second team, Team Green and Yellow, was Ginger and Django.
The third and final team, Team Red and Orange, was Stacy and Jenny.
"WHOO! GO GIRLS!" Candace cheered from the audience.
Django and Ginger smiled and waved at their respective sisters.
Stacy and Jenny replied with angry glares and 'I'm watching you' gestures.
Django and Ginger looked at each other worriedly.
"Good luck contestants," said Phineas. "Watch out for giant worms. On your marks, get set…"
"Wait, did he just say giant worms?" Jenny asked.
"GO!" Phineas shouted.
The platforms under the contestants opened, and they fell into their rafts. They slid down a super fast water slide.
A giant worm leapt out of the water and ate Buford and Baljeet.
"Looks like they're out," said Phineas. "Sorry guys. You know what they say. 'Giant worms can do whatever they want.'"
The remaining teams went down a pinball-esque slide and landed in a wad of sand.
"Both remaining teams made it to the beach," said Phineas. "Nice job, but you may want to get to cover."
Water balloons started raining down from the sky. The teams made a run for cover. Unfortunately, Stacy and Jenny slipped on the wet sand and fell on their backs.
Doof watched from his balcony as a horse-drawn coach pulled up to City Hall and Mayor Waffles came out.
"Mayor Chickenen, it's so good to finally meet you," Roger said as he reached out his hand.
"Oh, chicken and waffles," Doof realized. "That's why I had waffles stuck in my head."
He brushed it off and fired the inator. The beam struck Roger and made him turn ninety degrees.
"What is the meaning of this?" asked Mayor Chickenen. "I will have to declare war now!"
"Maybe not," Roger said as he turned to Melanie. "Get the Dance of Contrition team out here, pronto!"
"And now for the humiliation," Doof smiled.
The dance team burst out the doors as the music started. A DJ table spawned out of nowhere and a bunch of citizens gathered to dance to the music.
"Wait, that's not the Humiliating Dance of Contrition," Doof said as he used his hands as binoculars. "One day, I gotta ask Norm what he did with my binoculars."
Ginger and Django made it over the spinning platforms with no problem.
"No, they're getting away!" Jenny shouted.
"Watch out, ladies," Phineas warned. "That's mud down there. Baljeet's suggestion."
Nearby, Buford and Baljeet had made it out of the worm's mouth when they heard what Phineas said.
"Really?" asked Buford.
"I knew we would not make it that far," Baljeet replied.
"Not with an attitude like that."
The worm ate them again.
"We'll see who gets mud in their face, smart guy," Jenny retorted.
She and Stacy started jumping onto the platforms.
Unfortunately, a strong wind started to blow. The girls were blown off the edge, They tried to hold on, then the platform bent down. The girls were catapulted into the air, and they landed safely on the other side of that obstacle.
They started running across a rickety bridge when they saw Django and Ginger fly in the opposite direction.
"I REGRET NOTHING!" they both shouted.
"That puts us in the lead," Stacy cheered. "Woo-hoo!"
Then she got pied in the face.
"Are you kidding me?" Stacy asked.
Then a bunch more pies flew right at her and Jenny, sending them back. This allowed Django and Ginger to get back in the lead.
"Oh come on, Phineas!" Candace shouted from the audience. "BOO!"
"Wonderful!" Mayor Chickenen cheered. "The new and improved Dance of Contrition always makes me want to shake a leg. I'm glad we changed things after we made that newsreel."
"What was the point of all this?" Doof whined.
Both teams made it to the final part of the competition. They had to keep their balance on a giant rolling cob of corn.
Then some heaters activated and popped all the corn.
Django and Ginger lost their balance and fell into the mud below.
"We're the last team standing," Stacy realized.
"Woo-hoo!" the girls cheered.
"Stacy and Jenny win," Phineas declared.
"WHOO!" Candace screamed louder than she ever screamed before.
Then a giant gorilla hand smacked the girls and sent them into the pit.
"Sorry, forgot about that," Phineas apologized. "Remember, everyone's a winner, but only one team gets a trophy."
A trophy lowered down, and Stacy and Jenny took it.
"Congratulations, sis," Django and Ginger said in unison.
"Ha, now I'm like you," Stacy bragged. "I have a trophy."
"I finally found something I'm better at!" Jenny added.
"But Stacy, I got all those trophies to impress you," said Ginger.
"And Jenny, you're the one who convinced me to make art," Django added.
"Really?" Stacy and Jenny asked in unison.
"Yeah, you're the best big sister a girl could ever have," Ginger replied.
"How could we ever compete?" asked Django.
The two sets of siblings hugged each other.
Perry pulled off some of the mat's stitching and freed himself. He pushed the inator's self-destruct button and flew off.
Doof didn't even care to curse Perry as he usually did.
Notes:
This was a fun write.
I said in previous author's notes that I intended to flesh out Jenny's dynamics with Stacy and Django. I figured this was the perfect episode to kill two birds with one stone.
The original episode was about Stacy trying to beat Ginger in the game, so I figured I'll have Jenny be the one to team up with Stacy so they could both best their respective siblings, all the while Candace cheers them on.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 97: Lost in Danville
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 97
Lost in Danville
Phineas and Ferb were sitting under the tree.
"It's a mystery, Ferb," said Phineas. "A riddle whispering to an enigma while driving down a lost highway in an Escher painting. How do they get the toothpaste in the tube?"
"Sometimes, if you're lost, it's best to just go along for the ride," said Ferb.
Candace passed by listening to music on her phone. "New Paisley Sideburn Brothers album. Don't make me bust."
Phineas rolled his eyes before going back to the previous subject. "And how do they get the red and blue toothpaste to swirl?"
The moment Candace went back inside, Phineas and Ferb heard a loud thud right next to them.
They turned around and saw a large capsule had appeared out of nowhere.
"It must've fallen out of the sky," Phineas assumed.
Ferb opened up an umbrella and held it over their heads.
The two waited for a moment for anything else to fall down. Nothing came.
"I guess that's the only one," Phineas concluded. "Let's open it and see what's inside."
Ferb tried to pull the hatch open. It wouldn't budge.
"Wow, today's a day full of questions," Phineas remarked. "First the toothpaste, now this."
"And, of course, where's Perry?" Ferb added.
"Yeah, see what I mean? We're up to our armpits in enigmas."
Perry was already in his lair.
"Ah, Agent P, glad you're here," Monogram greeted. "Doofenshmirtz has been incommunicado for far too long. Either he's up to something big, or he's met with some sort of foul play."
Perry's eyes widened and he rushed out of the lair.
"Well, that was rather abrupt," Monogram remarked. "You know, sometimes I feel like he just comes here to get his assignments."
Phineas and Ferb rounded up Isabella, Baljeet, and Django. They used whatever tools they could to get the capsule opened, but none of them worked.
"Aw, that's the third battle axe I've broken on this thing," Phineas said as he turned to the nearby dwarf. "Sorry Dumpy."
"My name's Dumpanir," the dwarf corrected.
"Wow, the fact we cannot open it makes discovering the contents that much more tantalizing," said Baljeet.
"I know," Phineas agreed. "Ferb's working on a special Z-ray machine that can see through any substance on the periodic table. It's highly experimental, so you might want to encase yourself in this lead body armor."
The kids put on the armor, and Ferb activated the ray. A polaroid picture printed out, and Ferb took it out.
"Well, we can't see into the capsule," he said. "But your second molar has a cavity, and it looks like Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro is making raploch tortillas."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry kicked the door open to see an empty apartment.
The first thing he saw was the desk. The mouse was dangling off of it, and the computer showed a half-finished social media blog.
Then he saw an inator with the self-destruct button dangling on a wire.
As if that wasn't enough evidence, Perry saw a trail of footprints leading out the door.
Next to those footprints was a half-eaten sandwich just laying there.
Perry took out a magnifying glass and started examining the footprints.
Ferb tried dropping a bunch of pianos on the capsule. They didn't even leave a dent.
"I think I'm running out of ideas here," said Phineas.
"And pianos," Isabella added.
"Shall I get a pipe organ?" asked Baljeet.
That's when Buford came in.
"I know how to open that hatch," he declared.
"You do?" asked Baljeet.
"I do. You see, for generations, the Van Stomm family has been the guardians of the secret knowledge and the protectors of the Mystery Capsule. We make the 13th century Templars look like a bunch of wusses, and throughout the ages, our family has pledged to conceal our lives from the unenlightened, and in doing so, we were entrusted with the only key that could unlock the capsule's secrets."
He revealed that he had the key with him. Everyone stared at Buford in awe.
"I'm just kidding," Buford revealed. "I found it on the other side of the fence. I saw it fall out of the lock when the capsule dropped from the sky."
"Well, it's worth a try," said Phineas.
After waiting for a while, Perry got a call from Monogram. He answered.
"Nice work Agent P," said Monogram. "Carl is analyzing the footprint sample as we speak."
Perry got another call on his other watch, this one from Carl.
"We've analyzed the mud and there seems to be a large number of caffeine molecules in there, along with some rain water," Carl explained.
"So, our only leads are coffee and a rainy climate," said Monogram. "That could be anywhere."
But Perry had an idea where Doof was.
Seattle, WA
Doof was tied up and blindfolded.
"Hello?" he called. "Anyone there? Marco…"
No answer.
"You're supposed to say 'polo'."
Still nothing.
"There better be a satisfying explanation for this or I'm gonna be merciless on my blog," Doof said.
Phineas inserted the key into the hole. It fit.
"Yeah, baby," Phineas smiled.
"What mysteries does it contain?" Baljeet asked excitedly. "Perhaps dozens of stray Schrodinger's cats."
"Well, I ain't cleaning their litter box," said Buford.
The hatch opened and smoke emerged from the capsule. The kids stood in anticipation as the smoke cleared.
Out came a bald, wrinkly old man with a long white beard.
"You don't understand what you've done!" he shouted.
"Who are you?" asked Phineas.
"I'm you from the future!"
The kids gasped.
After a long while, the blindfold was finally removed. Doof looked around and saw Peter the Panda in front of him.
"Peter the Panda?" he gasped before noticing all the torn up and crossed out pictures of him. "Aw, those were all good shots of me."
"Hello Doofenshmirtz," came a voice he didn't recognize.
Doof turned around and saw nothing but a silhouette, with only the eyes being visible.
"Hello inky shape hovering in the darkness," said Doof. "What gives?"
"It is I, Professor Mystery," the silhouette replied.
Doof just glared at Professor Mystery. "Okay?"
"Peter the Panda never mentioned me?"
"No, but he doesn't, you know, talk. So, you gonna explain why you kidnapped me?"
Mystery didn't answer.
"Uh, I know you're still there," said Doof. "I can see your eyeballs. What's with the silence? It's off putting."
"Mystery is my allure."
"Oh, this is gonna be a fun conversation."
"Wait, if you're me from the future, what happened to my nose?" asked Phineas.
"Never mind about that!" the man yelled. "Listen to that!"
The kids looked into the capsule. The main things they could make out were a hamster running in a wheel and a black hole in a cosmic container.
"If my hamster stops running, the black hole will break containment," the man explained. "Now, you've exposed my hamster to atmosphere. It's only a matter of time."
"Wait, you have a hamster that's allergic to air?" asked Baljeet.
"You must believe me!" the man begged.
"Why?"
"Because I'm you from the future!"
"Wait, I'm not Indian in the future?"
"Okay." The man pointed at Django. "I'm you from the future!"
"Okay, now you're just desperate," said Django.
"Stop telling people you're them!" came another voice, this one more feminine.
"Who's that?" Phineas asked, turning back to the capsule.
"That's just Denise, ignore her," said the man. "She isn't any of you from the future."
"I heard that!" the woman, Denise, shouted as she peaked her head out of the capsule. "Hi kids, sorry for the intrusion."
"There's no time to lose!" the man urged.
"Settle down, Bernie. Remember your blood pressure."
"What did I tell you? It's happening. He's slowing down."
"Oh, let him. I'm so tired of that hamster running our lives!"
Then an alarm blared.
"That can't be good," said Baljeet.
"Well, we did hit it with a lot of pianos," Buford mentioned.
"Seriously, what's with the kidnapping?" Doof demanded as Mystery carried him to another room. "And what's with your Peter the Panda shrine?"
"Peter the Panda is my nemesis," Mystery explained.
Doof gasped.
"You're surprised?" Mystery asked.
"Well, of course," Doof replied. "Come on, if I knew he has a nemesis, I would never want to be 'the other evil scientist'." He noticed the large device in the room he was brought into. "Ooh, an inator. What does it do?"
"I can't divulge that because mystery…"
"Is your allure, I know. So, do you tell Peter the Panda your plans before or after you trap him? I just… I'm always interested in the process."
"I don't tell him at all, because it ruins the mystery."
"But he's your nemesis! He's got to know what he's thwarting! That's just common courtesy. Do you expect him to infer it just from your complicated backstories?"
Mystery didn't answer.
"Oh, don't tell me you haven't told him your backstory," said Doof. "Well, there's your problem: lack of communication. Give me a beat."
Play "Talk to Him"
A beat started from out of nowhere, much to Mystery's confusion. Even weirder was that a group of women in white dresses just waltzed into the room.
Two of the ladies moved across the room while the rest danced along to the song.
Doof:
You can can it with the mystery
You don't have to be so vague
Backups:
So vague
Doof:
Give your nemesis some history
All the reasons you're a
Doof and Backups:
Rotten egg
Doof:
It's not enough just to show him your device
You got to tell him what it does
I think you'll be surprised at his attention span
He's the only one who's gonna understand
You gotta tell him all of your evil plans because…
You've got to talk to him
Tell him every twisted scheme that's in your head
Talk to him
You've gotta give him some specifics he can dread
Talk to him
Don't just stand there like a rock
He's got two furry ears, so use them
Backups:
Use them
Doof:
I know you really want to bruise him
Backups:
Bruise him
Doof:
But I think you're gonna lose him
If you don't talk
Backups:
If you don't talk
Doof:
Communication is the key
If you'd just open up, you'll see
And maybe he'll stop thwarting me
If you just talk
The women then walked out. The moment the last one shut the door, the music stopped.
End "Talk to Him"
"How did you get chorus girls in here?" asked Mystery.
"They're a union," Doof explained. "They'll travel."
The hamster was on the brink of stopping. A strong gust of wind started to blow.
"There's only one way to stop this!" Bernie shouted when a bird flew out of his beard. "Hey Denise, I found your bird! It was in my beard!" He turned back to Phineas. "Anyway, there's only one way to stop this!"
Before he could explain, though, he got sucked into the black hole.
"NO!" the kids shouted.
"Everyone, grab hold of the tree!" Phineas ordered
The kids climbed onto and kept a firm hold on the tree.
"Now what?" asked Isabella.
"The one time an object has not disappeared from the backyard!" Django shouted.
"Yeah, that's an annoying break in the pattern," Buford remarked.
"Wait a minute," said Baljeet. "That is not the pattern. The pattern is that they disappear after…"
He did not need to finish that sentence as everyone else's eyes widened in realization.
"CANDACE!" they all called.
Candace heard the call from her room. She looked out the window and saw firsthand what was happening.
She didn't need to be told anything else. She ran downstairs to get Linda.
"You're the last person I'm gonna take advice from, you nemesis stealer!" Mystery yelled.
"Even with musical accompaniment, you just don't get it," Doof groaned. "It's not my fault that you and Peter are having problems. It's yours."
"We'll see whose fault it is once I activate my True-Purpose-Shrouded-In-An-Enigma-inator, because in just a few moments, you will be zapped and my vengeance will be complete!"
Doof faked a yawn. "I'd be so much more concerned if I knew what the stakes were!"
That's when a hole burned through the wall, revealing none other than Peter the Panda.
"Wow, I never thought I'd be so glad to see you," Doof smiled.
"Don't act like that!" Mystery snapped. "Peter the Panda is not your nemesis!"
"You're right. He's more of a thwarty call."
"Don't diminish him like that…"
Peter tackled Mystery.
"See, he's thwarting me!" Mystery grinned. "You mean nothing to him, Doofenshmirtz!"
Peter continued punching Mystery.
"See, this is good," said Mystery. "What did he give you that I couldn't?"
"An evil monologue for one thing," Doof mentioned.
"What?"
"COMMUNICATION! For crying out loud, at least tell him what your inator does!"
"Oh yes. It's an un-existinator."
"What? Well, now I'm actually worried! See, communication works!"
That's when Perry showed up and hit the inator, making it fire into the sky.
The kids were on the brink of letting go.
"The one time my Tuff Shoo Laysizz are in the wash," Buford remarked.
Then they all let go of the branch. They closed their eyes and braced themselves…
Then the black hole disappeared. Buford hit the ground, and the rest landed on top of him.
"That did not hurt as much as I expected," said Baljeet.
"Yep, you're welcome," Buford replied.
Right on time, Candace came out with Linda in tow.
"And there's nothing there," Linda said, unfazed.
"Exactly," Candace smirked. "You can go back to what you were doing now."
Linda gave Candace a look, then walked inside.
Peter and Mystery had coffee together.
"So my parents accidentally created the black hole and became obsessed with containing it, eventually firing themselves into orbit for fear that they would jeopardize the planet," Mystery explained to Peter. "But they abandoned me in the process. That is what motivated me to turn evil, and eventually build my un-existinator which you destroyed tonight. Wow, it really feels great to tell someone this."
That's when he felt two hands touch his shoulder. He turned around and saw his parents standing there, smiling at him. Mystery teared up and hugged them.
"I want you to introduce my nemesis, Peter the Panda," he introduced.
"Wait, you have a nemesis?" asked Bernie.
"Our boy's all grown up!" Denise cried.
"Why is he a panda bear?"
Denise elbowed Bernie. "Bernie!"
"What? I was just asking."
Doof and Perry saw the whole ordeal from the window.
"I think it's time to go home," Doof decided. "Perry the Platypus, I talk to you enough, right?"
Perry nodded.
"Yeah, you're right. Maybe too much."
Notes:
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 98: Meap Me in St. Louis
Notes:
I know I said I wouldn't do any revival episodes, but this was an opportunity I couldn't pass up.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The Chronicles of Meap
Chapter 98
Meap Me in St. Louis
Meap was flying through space, being chased by a ship.
"This is the Elias Commander!" came a voice from said ship. "You have been ordered to stand down."
But Meap didn't stand down. He pushed his ship's self-destruct button, put on his helmet, and jumped into the escape pod.
Unfortunately, he didn't launch the pod in time. The ship exploded, and he was sent flying onto an asteroid.
Luckily, a space taxi was passing by when the driver saw Meap.
Candace found herself in the Johnson family backyard, which had Bango-ru-themed decorations.
"Well Candace, you're at a birthday party for a little girl who used to despise you," she said to herself. "I just hope no one objects to a giraffe marrying a lemur."
That's when Jeremy came in through the stained-glass gate. "Well, as a matter of fact, I object to this union, but only 'cause it's cuter than my shark-koala."
"So your wife is still in her stained-glass phase?" Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro asked Mr. Johnson.
"I don't want to talk about it," Mr. Johnson replied.
"Thanks for coming, Candace," Jeremy thanked Candace. "Suzy's been waiting for you all day."
"Oh yeah, she looks psyched," Candace said. "Hey, did I see Perry on the invite?"
"No, she invited Jerry the Platypus."
Jeremy pointed behind him. Nearby was a platypus in a fedora that looked nothing like Perry. He was fat, one of his eyes was bigger than the other, and his beak was crooked.
Jerry gave Candace a party hat and shot confetti in her face.
"I'm sorry, Jerry the Platypus?" Candace asked in disbelief.
"A little further," Baljeet urged as he carried a blindfolded Buford into the backyard. "Okay, remove the blindfold."
Buford removed the blindfold. In front of him, the rest of the gang were standing with bright smiles while gesturing to a mixer, cans of soup, and large sacks of bread in front of him.
"If this is an intervention, I don't think you're doing it right," said Buford.
"No," Phineas replied. "We're gonna build a bread bowl hot tub, just like you suggested earlier this summer."
The moment Buford heard that, he beamed with excitement. He grabbed Baljeet, shook him around, kissed him on the forehead, and ran out of the backyard.
Perry woke up and checked his watch. The floor below him flipped over and brought him straight to his lair. For whatever reason, the lair was upside-down for a moment before it became rightside-up again.
"That sure was trippy," Monogram remarked. "Anyway, good morning Agent P. Doofenshmirtz has been spotted doing a variety of non-evil things, maniacally. We have to assume evil intent though because that's what pays the bills around here. Thwart away, Agent P."
Perry saluted and flipped the floor over again, making his lair upside-down again.
"Here we go," said Monogram. "That doesn't make any sense!"
Perry got in his hover car and flew to Doof's building. However, he noticed his owners and his friends running down the streets of downtown.
He enabled the emergency camouflage, which covered his hover car in a polyurethane-coated fabric.
Phineas saw a small blimp in the air that advertised a store called 'Val's VHS Tapes'.
"Wait, VHS tapes?" he asked. "Aren't those extinct?"
Ferb made an 'I don't know' gesture.
"Well, this is nice," Candace admitted. "Just regular folks having a nice time, and Meap." It was only then that she fully processed Meap's presence. "Meap, what are you doing here?"
"Candace, I've come sixteen million lightyears to find you," Meap explained in John Stamos' voice.
"Wait, how can I understand you without your mustache translator?"
"Oh, we got new translators." Meap took a translator remote out of his pocket. "That's why I sound like John Stamos, have mercy."
"Right, of course."
"Candace, Big Mitch is back with a new convoluted evil scheme, but no one believes me. You gotta come with me."
Then Suzy showed up. "Jeremy, Brayden Number Three is dipping his finger into the cake and denying it. I wish I could bust him."
Candace scoffed. "That's child's play. I could bust him with my hands tied behind my back."
"Well, if it's so easy, why don't you show me? Come on."
"We are on an important mission, young lady," Meap urged. "Let us pass."
"I don't think so, short stuff," said Suzy. "I think you and I are about to have a giant matrix-like battle in front of all these Bango-ru toys!"
The environment shifted to a small room full of giant bango-ru toys.
The two jumped in the air and kicked each other. The kick sent them flying onto the toys.
Meap fired a laser. Suzy jumped out of the way in the nick of time.
"No, no, no," Candace said, breaking up the battle. "I'll just do this."
She took a picture of Brayden Number Three dipping his finger into the cake and sent it to Suzy.
"Oh, thanks Candace," Suzy smiled. "Brayden, you are so busted!"
"That was amazing," Meap complimented. "Exactly why I sought you out. Candace, you are the most focused, determined busting machine I know. Together, we can bring Mitch down."
"Well, it's sorta my wheelhouse," Candace downplayed. "So, you know, sure, I'm in."
"The first thing we gotta do is recruit the rest of the team, the most inventive human minds this side of Nebulous Nebula."
Candace sighed. "You're gonna say Phineas and Ferb, aren't you?"
"Yes, yes I am."
Meap pushed a button, teleporting himself and Candace away.
The kids were still running down the streets of Downtown Danville when Candace appeared out of thin air.
"Oh, hi Candace," Buford said unhappily.
Then Meap appeared right next to Candace.
"Meap!" the kids cheered.
"We need your help with Big Mitch," Meap explained.
"Of course," said Phineas. "We're gonna have to save the bread bowl hot tub for another day."
"NO!" Buford screamed loud enough for the whole world to hear.
"And to make matters worse, my own alliance commandos are after me," Meap added. "I was forced to go rogue in order to prove Mitch is planning to build a vast criminal empire by finding the lost treasure of Zachariah Yore."
"Who?"
"You see, in the times of Yore, there was an intrepid explorer named Zachariah Yore. Young Zachariah was born to AnnaBeth and Isaiah Yore in the outskirts of the small farming settlement called FarmTown…"
"Uh, I don't care that much."
"Well, the treasure's a huge case filled with enough treasure to buy an equally huge case filled with the same amount of treasure."
The kids all smiled with amazement.
"So, where is Mitch, anyway?" asked Candace.
Meap pushed a button on his remote. It projected a large screen playing a video of Mitch.
"Do you need a break from the tedious shame spiral that is your life?" Mitch asked. "I can give it to you at Big Mitch's Ultimate Vacation Destination Tours."
"These fake tours are a ruse to fund Mitch's search for an ancient treasure," Meap explained. "A treasure that I believe is right here."
"Wait, we can set a trap and catch Mitch red-handed trying to steal it," Candace suggested.
"Great idea, but it could put the planet in grave danger. These tourists have trashed every environment they've gone to."
"We can handle a few partying out-of-towners," said Phineas. "Right, Ferb?"
Ferb gave a thumbs-up.
"The question is, how do we turn Earth into the ultimate vacation destination to lure Mitch here?" asked Phineas.
"Wait, I know," said Baljeet. "Stabby Barf Pain."
"I have actually had that before," said Django. "It is the worst!"
"I second that," said Isabella.
"No, not that stabby barf pain," Baljeet clarified. "Stabby Barf Pain is the name of a theoretical fifth season that combines the best aspects of the other four seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, into one. Flowers bloom as golden leaves fall from trees. Warm sun shines as beautiful snowflakes fill the air. A fifth season beyond all expectations."
"That sounds cool," said Candace. "But how did it get the name 'Stabby Barf Pain'?"
"It gets its name from the scientist who theorized it, Doctor Sunny Gloriousweather," Phineas explained. "He was bad at naming things. It's theoretical, but what if we actually made it?"
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof tried walking maniacally with no success.
That's when Perry came in right on cue.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "Look, Balloony's back. Remember him?"
Perry nodded.
"Why is laughing the only thing evil scientists do, you know, maniacally?" Doof asked. "I thought, hey, I should stand out and do something else maniacally. So far, not much luck. Walking maniacally, that ain't happening, you saw."
Perry checked his watch and tapped his foot impatiently.
"Neither is brushing my teeth maniacally, or asking for a shoe in size ten maniacally," Doof went on as he crossed those off of his whiteboard. "Going to the bathroom maniacally, that was a failure of epic proportions. You don't wanna know."
Perry started to walk out.
"Wait, where are you going?" asked Doof. "I could use a non-latex second opinion, please. Please?"
Perry sighed, but relented.
On a planet with raining crustaceans, all the tourists were completely bored.
"It's time to continue our quest for the galaxy's…" Mitch started.
"Ultimate vacation destination," the tourists finished, rolling their eyes.
Mitch then beamed himself onto his ship.
"We need to find a real vacation destination before these losers see through my ruse," Mitch said to his robots. "Keep scanning."
The gang gathered in the backyard and set up a corkboard to go over Operation Snitch on Mitch.
"These weather altering machines will spread Stabby Bard Pain across Danville, attracting anyone out there scanning for vacation destinations," Phineas explained.
"Candace and I will use my intel to locate the treasure," said Meap. "I just wish I had my ship."
"You mean the ride from outer space? Ferb?"
Ferb pushed a button and a spaceship emerged from the ground.
So that was him, Django thought.
"But my ride was destroyed," said Meap. "Did you make this for me?"
"Nah, he made it for us because it was too cool not to have," said Phineas. "But you can have it. We're done."
Ferb tossed Meap the remote.
Meap sighed with relief. "Oh, thank you." He pushed the button on the remote. "There, locked and armed."
Then the ship exploded.
"Oh, whoops," Ferb said, chuckling in embarrassment. "That was the self-destruct button. The alarm is on the other side."
He tossed Meap another remote. The damaged ship was lowered back into the ground while another ship emerged in its place.
"Okay, maybe we made two in case someone accidentally exploded the other one," said Phineas. "I mean, the remote is ambiguous."
"Wait, if the alliance is after you, doesn't that mean they can track you here?" asked Candace.
"Yes, yes they can," Meap replied, staring into the distance.
There was a moment of awkward silence.
"Uh, if you're done staring into space, we've got a lot of work to do," said Buford.
Play "Stabby Barf Pain"
After they finished building the generators, the kids started a concert in the park.
Fireside Girls:
Stabby Barf Pain, it's the best of all four seasons
Stabby Barf Pain, we're gonna tell you all of the reasons
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
All roll together in a big ol' ball
Sunshine, snow, wind, and rain
That's what you call it, Stabby Bard Pain
Phineas pushed a button on his remote, activating the generators. Flowers bloomed all around the park, leaves changed their colors and fell off the trees, and snow fell out of the sky.
Stabby Barf Pain, I never felt so hot and cold
Stabby Bard Pain, this fabulous feeling will never get old
Phineas and Ferb took Baljeet water skiing.
"Pay attention up there!" Baljeet shouted.
It's S'winter and Spr'all, or Wummer and Fring
Whichever combo has a better ring
The kids then sledded down a snowy hill and landed in a warm lake.
It's all of the best parts and none of the bad
It's the best season that you ever had
Buford skied into a pile of leaves while Isabella sledded and tanned at the same time.
Stabby Barf Pain
Ferb and Django flew kites while ice skating.
Stabby Barf Pain
Phineas activated the intergalactic satellite and broadcasted the song to the entire galaxy.
Stabby Barf Pain
End "Stabby Barf Pain"
"We have intercepted a message from Earth," one of Mitch's robots informed.
"Stabby Barf Pain?" Mitch asked. "I thought that was theoretical. I have found the perfect vacation destination."
He looked out the window and saw the tourists were getting riled up. They held up signs and marched around in protest.
He activated the projector so everyone would see his face.
"As promised, I have found the ultimate vacation destination: Stabby Barf Pain," he assured them.
The tourists threw away their signs and cheered.
Mitch turned to his robot. "Set a course for Earth." He then started laughing. "That should take care of these insufferable ingrates."
"You know we can still hear you!" one tourist shouted.
Mitch quickly shut off the projector.
Doof walked down the city, confused at what he was seeing.
Kids played in the snow for a bit. Once they were out of the snow, they tore off their winter clothes to reveal their swimsuits underneath.
One man tanned in a spot where the sun shined more. Some kid threw a snowball at his nose. Instead of getting annoyed, the man felt refreshed.
A girl skated down an icy trail that only took up part of the road.
A man raked up a bunch of autumn leaves into a pile. His kids jumped in said pile, ruining all the hard work.
"Stabby Barf Pain?" Doof realized. "Just when we were sure we only had four seasons, suddenly there's a fifth. Anyway, we'll have to take a bus because maniacal parallel parking turned out pretty much as expected."
Nearby, Norm, who was in his truck form, was being extinguished by some firefighters.
"I made a dinner date with the jaws of life," he said.
Candace and Meap were in the town library.
"We need to hurry before the alliance finds me," Meap urged.
Candace looked up the lost treasure of Zachariah Yore. "Tracking the treasure case's trajectory, it ended up in Missouri sometime around 1933."
"That case is supposed to be huge. How could they keep something like that hidden?"
"Let's see. In 1933, St. Louis created a monument to Western Expansion in America. This thing."
Candace showed Meap a picture of the Gateway Arch.
"Candace, that's it!" Meap smiled.
Mitch reached Earth and scanned the planet.
"Stabby Barf Pain is spreading in this area," he said as he looked through images of Danville. "I'll send our obnoxious tourists down there while we continue our search for the treasure. Colin Junior could head up the landing party. Speaking of which, where is Colin Junior?"
Colin Junior was caught on the ceiling fan. Two robots struggled to get him back down.
Doof and Perry rode the bus home.
"You know, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "Maybe I'm being too narrow with my definition of 'maniacal'. I can just sing maniacally on the bus." He then started to sing. "I'm just a guy who's a sucker for the sounds of mass transit."
"It really is Stabby Barf Pain, I can't believe…" Mitch smiled before noticing a familiar face in one image. "Wait, it's Colin, the real Colin! I don't need you anymore."
He popped Colin Junior.
Doof got off the bus and saw everyone look up at the sky worriedly.
"What's this about?" he asked as he himself looked up.
Up in the sky was an alien ship.
"Oh, that's understandable," Doof admitted.
Then a robot pushed him to the ground and grabbed Balloony.
"Balloony!" Doof shouted.
Perry summoned his hover car and got on it.
"Seriously, you had this the whole time?" Doof asked. "Why were we taking the bus?" He shook his head. "Whatever."
He joined Perry on the hover car, and they flew towards the ship.
The alien tourists landed in Danville. They started trashing up the town.
"We've gotta find a way to wrangle these visitors," Phineas said before seeing Buford joining the aliens in the chaos. "Buford!"
"It's pillaging weather!" Buford argued.
Candace and Meap made it onto Mitch's ship.
"Remember, we gotta get to Mitch before the alliance finds us," Meap reminded as he tried to lock the ship.
Candace snatched the remote. "Uh-uh, remember, it's the other button."
She pushed said button, and the ship beeped.
The two saw some robots go down the hallway. Candace tried to head the other way, but there was one robot falling behind.
"Intruder!" it shouted. "Identify yourself!"
Candace laughed. "Right, come on, come on. You gotta see what the other bots are doing." She grabbed the robot's hand and carried him off. "Come on, hurry!"
Meap grabbed a frying pan and destroyed the robot.
"Nice work, Candace," he complimented.
"That's just busting 101," said Candace. "I got this."
Then a bunch of other robots surrounded them.
"Or maybe I don't," Candace sighed.
The two were cuffed and brought to the cockpit.
"Look who's here, Colin," Mitch smiled. "My old nemesis, Meap." He then noticed Candace. "And, who are you?"
"I'm the person who brought you down twice," Candace replied.
"Me?" Mitch reacted. "But I'm just a totally innocent and legitimate business owner who has already paid his debt to society."
"'Totally innocent and legitimate business owner who has already paid his debt to society' my fuzzy white butt," Meap retorted.
"Yeah," Candace agreed. "You're only here because you know the lost treasure of Zachariah Yore is here."
Meap climbed onto Candace and covered her mouth, but it was too late. Mitch heard it.
He seemed genuinely surprised. "The treasure is on the same planet as Colin and Stabby Barf Pain? What are the odds?"
"Well, you'll never get to St. Louis before…"
Meap shushed Candace.
"I'll stop talking now," said Candace.
Not that that would have mattered, as Mitch's robots had already set a course for St. Louis.
"Okay, Perry the Platypus, I got an idea," Doof said as he and Perry hid behind a corner.
Out came two robots that looked exactly like Doof and Perry.
"Okay, first things first," said Doof. "We have to take down these robots that look like us."
The two made quick work of the robots.
"It's weird they would have robots that look just like us," Doof remarked before brushing it off. "Come on, let's go save Balloony."
The two continued onward.
Phineas, Ferb, and co. got on the stage. Phineas played a riff of his electric guitar, getting all the aliens' attention.
"Hello, alien tourists!" he greeted. "Put down that city property and make your way to the dance floor!"
The aliens cheered and got on the 'dance floor'.
Play "Do The Tidy-Up"
Phineas and Isabella:
You've been partying hard on the ultimate vacation
But there's a new craze that's been sweeping the nation
Phineas:
You think you're bad enough if you want to take a chance
Then get ready for this brand-new dance
Phineas and Isabella:
Everybody just sweep to the left, sweep sweep to the right
Phineas:
Actually pick up a broom and just sweep it out of sight
Pick up that clutter, clear out that gutter
Do the laundry and the dishes or I'm gonna tell your mother
Phineas and Ferb tossed brooms into the audience. The aliens blindly started cleaning up the mess they made.
Phineas and Isabella:
Mop, wipe, wash, and scrub
Do the tidy-up
Buford, Baljeet, and Django got on giant vacuum vehicles and vacuumed up the larger messes.
Buford, Baljeet, and Django:
Do the tidy-up
Do, do the tidy-up
Ferb:
Do the tidy-up
All:
Do the tidy-up
Do, do the tidy-up
Phineas:
Pick up a vacuum, pick up a brush
When you go to the bathroom, please remember to flush
Isabella:
Feed your iguana, hose down your best friend
You've gotta sparkle if you wanna do this hot new trend
All:
Mop, wipe, wash, and scrub
Do the tidy-up
Do the tidy up
Do, do the tidy-up
Ferb:
Do the tidy-up
All:
Do the tidy-up
Do, do the tidy-up
Ferb:
Do the tidy-up
All:
Do the tidy-up
Do, do the tidy-up
"Cleaning is fun!" Baljeet shouted.
"Okay, now you ruined it," said Buford.
End "Do The Tidy-Up"
Mitch arrived at St. Louis.
"So, where could that treasure be?" he wondered before seeing the Gateway Arch. "That's it! Once I get that treasure, I'm gonna use the money to fund my own army to destroy the alliance, or maybe Earth first. I don't know the exact order, but there's going to be a lot of destruction. Ready the wench!"
The ship hovered above the Gateway Arch and released a giant mechanical red hand. It grabbed the Arch and pulled it off of the ground, revealing a giant case that read, 'The Lost Treasure of Zachariah Yore'.
"The lost treasure case!" Mitch declared. "Well, maybe it's more of a valise, but I found… maybe it's more of a briefcase, but it belongs to me!"
Then the alarms blared. Alliance ships surrounded Mitch's.
"This is the Outer Worlds' Commando Alliance," came the voice of the commander.
"Wow, good timing," Candace remarked. "Guess I leaked the St. Louis info at just the right time."
"What are you talking about?" asked Mitch.
"You are so busted."
The commander's face appeared on screen. "Wait a minute, Mitch, have we literally caught you red-handed, stealing the lost treasure of Yore, exactly as Meap warned us?"
"Well, when you say it like that," said Mitch.
"You fell for the oldest trick in the book," Candace smirked.
"Well, well, well, you… Colin, cover my escape!"
Mitch pushed the self-destruct button and made a run for it.
Meap quickly took down the bots holding him and Candace and got his cuffs removed. He then ran after Mitch.
"Wait, I'm still…" Candace tried to say. "UGH!"
She ran after Meap.
Perry and Doof made it into the cockpit. Doof saw Balloony right there, safe and sound.
The reunion was cut short, though, when an automated voice said, "Warning: in case you forgot, self-destruct is still activated."
"Perry the Platypus, the ship is gonna…" Doof tried to say before seeing Perry still in battle with the robots. "Uh, I'll leave you to it. I guess I just have to press this blue button."
Then he saw two robots surround Balloony. Luckily, Balloony got out of the way just in time, making the robots hit each other.
"I know that's just the air currents, but that's still special," Doof said.
Unfortunately, he was swarmed by a bunch of other robots. As he looked around, he saw that Balloony and Perry got surrounded too.
"Okay, clown bots," Doof said. "Let's try fighting to save my friends, maniacally."
He flailed his body around like a crazy person, getting the bots off him. He then took down the bots that surrounded Perry and Balloony.
With that over with, Doof pushed the blue button in the nick of time, canceling the self-destruct.
"I guess in retrospect, I should've done that first," he admitted.
Mitch found Meap's ship.
"I hope he won't mind me borrowing his silly toy ship," he said to himself.
But Meap kicked him in the face. The two engaged in physical combat. Unfortunately, Mitch got the upper hand and pinned Meap to the ground.
"Get away from him, you Mitch!" Candace shouted before he could finish the job.
Mitch rose his hands in the air, only to see Candace standing there with her hands still tied behind her back.
"Oh, hilarious," he remarked. "I truly expected to turn around and see you pointing some huge atomic neuralizer at me or something, but you've got nothing."
"Not nothing. I have the key fob to that ship, so you can't escape."
Mitch just took the remote from behind Candace's back.
"No, Candace!" Meap shouted. "The moment he pushes that red turbo button, we'll never be able to catch him."
"See ya," said Mitch. "Wouldn't wanna be ya."
He took off and pressed the red button.
The ship exploded, and Mitch was sent plummeting to the ground.
Candace laughed. "Red turbo button."
"I learned from the best," Meap replied. "Wanna say it together?"
"Busted!" the two said in unison.
"And with my hands actually tied behind my back," Candace added.
Doof, Perry, and Balloony waited for Perry's hover car to show up. Once it did, the three got on.
"I'm glad to have you back, Balloony," said Doof. "But watch your back, Perry the Platypus. I've got maniacal fighting skills now. You saw."
Perry rolled his eyes and flew off.
"Wait, we're in St. Louis?" asked Doof. "When did that happen?"
The aliens were still in the middle of cleaning up the mess. They tried singing the song to make it more fun, but they were already getting bored.
"You know what?" asked one. "This isn't as much fun anymore. It feels like work."
Nearby, the commander gave Meap a medal of honor.
"You're a true hero, and I should've believed you," she admitted. "Though actual evidence would've helped."
"Thanks," Meap thanked. "But the true hero here is Candace. It was her plan to bust Big Mitch that saved the day."
The commander gave Candace her own medal. "Then I officially make Candace Flynn an unofficial agent of the alliance."
Candace saluted. "Thank you, chief."
The commander turned back to Meap. "So what time you coming home tonight, baby?"
"I don't know, honey," Meap replied. "Six, seven-ish?"
"Cool, just remember that my mama is coming for dinner tonight."
"Oh, so that's your wife?" asked Phineas.
"Yeah," Meap nodded. "No one ruthlessly hunts you across the galaxy like my Brenda."
"Hey, you know, we didn't get to enjoy this fifth season," said Brenda. "So would you mind if we borrowed your Stabby Barf Pain generator?"
"Not at all," Phineas replied. "It's all yours."
Brenda got on her ship, took off, took the generator with her, and left the planet.
"Thank you kids," said Meap. "Especially you, Candace."
"I guess some good has come out of my busting obsession," Candace remarked.
"I don't think it's really a busting obsession. It's a justice obsession, and the day you realize that might be the day your dreams start coming true."
Candace grinned and hugged Meap.
"Nah, it's definitely a busting obsession," said Phineas.
Ferb elbowed him.
Notes:
Like I said in the top notes, after the revival was released, I knew I had to do at least one revival episode.
And that episode obviously had to be Meap Me in St. Louis. Now, the Meap Trilogy is officially complete.
I have gone back and edited some chapters to align more with this one. Specifically, I removed Meap and Suzy's fight in Meapless in Seattle (which was admittedly forced), and I edited the episode where Candace is turned into a fly so Buford asks for a bread bowl hot tub.
Sadly, that's not gonna happen in this story. Sorry Buford.
With this out of the way, it's time to get back on track. The next chapter's gonna be a big one. Stay tuned.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 99: Mission Marvel
Notes:
Spider-Man: Aunt May, Phineas and Ferb are doing a crossover!
Phineas: Yeah we are!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 99
Mission Marvel
Play "Surfin' Asteroids"
Out in space, Phineas, Ferb, and the gang surfed on an asteroid belt.
Grab a space board and catch a wave
The asteroid ocean is quite a rave
We're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom through the stratosphere
There's a reason that they call it the Final Frontier
Shoot the tube into the void
We're surfin' asteroids
Phineas took Isabella's hand and threw her. Isabella spun around and narrowly missed a black hole.
Take my hand, we're gonna rock and roll
Past a little red dwarf and a big black hole
So grab a friend and come right over
Pretty soon, this party's gonna supernova
Ferb meditated while hanging upside-down on his board.
Catch a big blue comet and a purple quasar
Just need a pressure suit and a surf guitar
Phineas brought out his guitar and played a small rift.
Just shoot the tube into the void
We're surfin' asteroids
End "Surfin' Asteroids"
After a while, the kids stopped and watched the asteroids fly away.
"That was fun," said Isabella.
"Yeah," Phineas agreed. "The cosmic rays collected through our satellite dish made a great power source for our surfboards."
"Well, I, for one, need to get back to the space station," said Baljeet.
"Alright," said Phineas.
"You know, we could…" Buford suggested.
"I do not wanna do it in the suit!" Baljeet yelled.
They flew back to the station.
"Hi guys," Django said from his mission control station. "How were the asteroid waves?"
"They were totally crankin', dude," Phineas replied. "We're about to take the module down. Are we clear for landing?"
"One moment." Django checked the landing spot and scared off the dragonfly resting there. "All clear. Hey, where's Perry?"
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry was already trapped. He tried to get out, but this one was a lot more difficult than the others.
"Struggle all you want," said Doof. "You're not getting out of that. It's hydraulic. As you know, my brother, Roger, is the mayor. That job gives him all these cool mayoral powers, so I created the Power-Drainator to drain all of his powers into this canister, then I, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, get to wield them! Just think, I can raise taxes, pass legislations, and even cut the ceremonial ribbon at opening ceremonies, where I'll finally be able to use these!"
Doof took out a giant pair of scissors, and accidentally cut a hydraulic line.
That opened Perry's trap. Perry wasted no time tackling Doof and destroying the inator.
"Aw, come on," Doof whined. "One kick and you already destroyed my inator?"
Perry left.
"Oh, and now you're leaving?" Doof asked. "I thought this was gonna be a special extended episode! Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
A beam from the inator fired into the air.
Uh-oh, Doof thought.
New York
Stan Lee was working the 'Excelsior Hot Dogs' stand.
"Hey Vinnie," he greeted one customer. "The usual?"
"Yeah," Vinnie replied. "Same old, same old."
That's when a sign flew against a building. Citizens ran away in terror.
Play "My Streets"
Alright, smart guy, think you must've made a mistake
But I'm feeling kinda generous, I'll give you a break
Spider-Man swung through the streets, and got sprayed by water from a broken fire hydrant.
"Whoo!" he cheered. "If I knew this was gonna be a pool party, I would've brought my trunks."
Before you get any stains on your argyle sweater
Just take a look around, 'cause I'm telling you you better
He swung to Times Square, where fellow avengers Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor were in battle with villains Whiplash, Venom, and Loki.
Just turn around, this one is dark and murky
You took a wrong turn back there in Albuquerque
Hulk grabbed a nearby lamppost and tried to swing it at Loki. Loki used his staff to send the lamppost flying away.
Whiplash slashed his electric whips at a nearby fire escape. The platforms fell and nearly crushed Captain America. Cap got out of the way just in time. He then threw his shield, but Whiplash just whipped it out of the way.
Just turn around, I think you better reassess
You look a little lost, just check your GPS
Iron Man hit Whiplash with a laser, sending him flying into a taxi cab.
The Hulk grabbed Venom and threw him against a wall.
These are my streets, and this is my city
I'm the king of the hood, don't wanna mess around
Spidey swung into action and webbed Venom to the wall.
"Glad you could make it, kid," said Iron Man.
"I'm just fashionably late," Spidey replied innocently.
With my streets, I don't give no pity
If you don't have a pass, you better get on the ground
Thor struck Loki with his hammer and sent him flying onto a door.
Said door opened to reveal MODOK controlling a giant tank,
"Back off, fellas," Iron Man ordered. "If that thing's firing antimatter blasts, it's gonna pack a punch."
"I pack a bigger punch," Hulk argued.
Then he got struck by MODOK's laser and was knocked out.
These are my streets
These are my streets
The Red Skull appeared next to MODOK.
"MODOK, take them all out," he ordered.
Spidey fired his webs and tied MODOK's hands together.
"Fool, these webs can't stop my mind!" MODOK laughed as he fired his laser.
Spidey dodged.
Iron Man found the tank's weak spot and fired a beam from his chest. The beam hit the spot, causing the tank to tip over.
Thor threw his hammer and did some extra damage.
Hulk grabbed the tank and threw it into the ocean.
These are my streets
These are my streets
End "My Streets"
"That's it for you creeps," said Captain America.
"Ooh, can I web 'em?" Spidey pleaded.
Before he could do that, though, a beam came down from the sky and struck all five of the heroes.
Skull noticed the heroes were gradually getting weaker, especially Hulk, who was turning back into Bruce Banner.
"Let's go!" he ordered. "Move, you big tin schnitzel!"
The villains fled.
The beam faded away.
"What was that?" Thor wondered.
"I don't know," Spidey replied. "But they're getting away!"
He tried to climb the wall, but he just slipped and fell.
"Something's wrong," said Iron Man. "I can't move."
"Sit tight," said Thor. "Mighty Mjolnir will bring them down."
He threw Mjolnir, but it didn't even move an inch before it hit the ground.
Cap tried to pull his shield out of the rubble, but it wouldn't budge. He pulled a little harder, but it only moved a little bit. After a third try, he got the shield out, but it was heavier than before.
"Uh, guys?" Banner called.
Everyone turned around and saw Banner was just standing there, shirtless.
"Do any of you have a shirt I can borrow?" he asked.
"Somehow, our powers had been drained out," Iron Man realized. "I need to get to JARVIS and figure this out. Let's get back to SHIELD."
The rest of the heroes walked off, but Iron Man couldn't move a muscle.
"Guys?" he called out. "Can't one of you carry me?"
Everyone looked at each other, then shook their heads.
"Well, can someone get me a furniture dolly?" asked Iron Man.
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang returned to Earth on a little module.
"That was the best thing we've done this morning," said Buford.
They landed in the backyard, just in time for Candace to come out with Linda in tow.
"B-b-but…" Candace stammered. "Why aren't you in space?"
"We got hungry," Phineas explained.
"That's my cue," said Linda. "I'll make you guys some snacks before I leave."
The heroes got on the SHIELD Helicarrier.
"This stinks," Spidey whined. "Without my spider powers, I'm just a guy in a body stocking."
"And I had to leave Mjolnir in the street," Thor added. "At least the agents were able to bring the Captain's shield."
"At least you guys aren't locked in a metal suit," Iron Man pointed out as Banner carried him into the room with a dolly. "Man, do I regret having that second cup of coffee this morning. Now, we have to find out where that beam came from."
"Danville," came SHIELD Director Nick Fury.
"Have you been standing there this whole time?" asked Spidey.
"Yes, yes I have," Fury replied bluntly. "The beam that hit you originated from the Tri-State Area, bounced off a space station's satellite dish, and hit you in New York City during the fight."
"Is it one of SHIELD's?" asked Iron Man.
"No, it's theirs."
Fury showed a picture of two boys, one with a triangular head, and another with a rectangular one.
"Man, those kids have some weirdly-shaped heads," Spidey remarked.
"Hey, guys, I can't see," Iron Man said as he struggled to move.
In his struggle, he ended up hitting the floor.
Norm was vacuuming the remnants of the inator.
"You know, Norm, the Power-Drainator did get one shot before it died," Doof mentioned. "I wonder if it hit anything."
"Dateline, New York City," came the news anchor. "A mysterious ray has drained the power from five of our beloved superheroes. We now return you to 'Horse in a Bookcase', already in progress."
Doof smiled with pride. "That was me! I drained the power from those superheroes! Winning! I should update the evil blog on the LOVE MUFFIN website." He got onto his computer and updated his blog. "Norm, let's get the powers out of the canister so I can start wielding them. I can't wait to fly, run fast, and carry a big hammer around for no reason."
"Sir, I hate to be the bearer of empty canisters," said Norm. "But this canister is empty."
"What? So I don't have the superpowers?"
"Time to make a retraction blog."
"Uh, you know, I'm not gonna change it. Everyone exaggerates on the internet."
The villains returned to Red Skull's castle.
"There was a slight miscalculation," Skull explained. "Becomes clearer when looking at this footage."
"That makes it more than a slight miscalculation," Loki pointed out. "It's a major mistake."
"We could've destroyed the heroes once and for all," Venom added.
"Enough!" Skull raised his voice. "It doesn't change the fact that the heroes are now powerless."
"But what could've happened to their powers?" Whiplash wondered.
Then MODOK came into the room. "I, MODOK, the perfect combination of human intellect and machine, have interfaced with all of the digital information stored on the vast network of the World Wide Web."
"I could do the same thing with my phone," Whiplash joked. "Plus, I've got free roaming."
"Nice," Venom smiled.
"As I was saying," MODOK continued. "I have found some puny, inferior human known as Doofenshmirtz claiming that he has drained the heroes of all their powers."
"Hmm, sounds Drusselsteinian," said Skull. "I have a cousin who married a Drusselsteinian. She is dead to me! Who is this Doofenshmirtz?"
MODOK projected the image of a man with a triangular-shaped head and pointy nose.
"He is beautifully grotesque," said Whiplash. "All hideous and deformed. He must have some backstory."
"Where is this freak?" asked Skull.
"He's in the Tri-State Area," MODOK explained. "Danville, to be precise."
"Danville, eh? Gentlemen, looks like we're going on an evil road trip."
"Shotgun!"
"YOU DO NOT FIT IN THE SHOTGUN POSITION!"
MODOK hung his head.
"Well, that was fun, and it's only 10:30," said Phineas. "What else should we do today?"
"Hey kids," said Linda. "I'll be taking a walking tour of the Tri-State Area today." That's when she got a call. Already knowing who it was, she answered. "Yes, Candace, you're in charge."
"Whoopee!" Candace cheered from her room.
With that, Linda left.
"Hey, where's Perry?" Phineas wondered before seeing Perry right next to him. "Oh, there he is."
The villains arrived at DEI and stepped out of the ship.
Venom felt his foot get caught on something. He looked down and saw his foot got trapped in a pet cage. He just phased his foot through the gaps and carried on.
They found Doofenshmirtz watching a monitor. It blared an alarm and said 'Platypus trap engaged.'
Doof turned around and smiled. "Ah, Perry the Platy… wait, you're not Perry the Platypus! Who are you guys?"
"This is Whiplash, Venom, Loki, MODOK, and I am Red Skull," Skull introduced everyone.
"Yes, yes you are. You know, you should really use sunblock." Doof reached out to touch Skull's face. "Your face is burned down to the bone."
Skull slapped Doof's hand away.
"You are the one they call Doofenshmirtz, yes?" asked MODOK.
"Yeah," Doof replied. "That's what they sing at the end of the birthday song and… you know, at least they would have if they, you know, sang that song for me. Anyway, hey, the floating head and little arms thing, I tried that back in the nineties."
Flashback
Back in 1999, Doof created the Floating-Head-And-Little-Arms-inator in his first attempt to dominate the Tri-State.
He immediately lost control and flew into the wall.
End of Flashback
"What are you guys doing here?" Doof asked.
"Show us your devices, Doofenshmirtz," Skull requested.
Because of the accent and fast talk, Doof didn't hear that right. "'Sure-so devices'? Is that Latin or something?"
"Show us your devices."
"I still didn't get that. Anyone?"
The other villains made 'I don't know' gestures.
"Show us, your, DEVICES!" Red Skull shouted more clearly.
"Oh," Doof realized. "It's hard to tell with the accent. This is the one I'm working on right now. Behold, the Slothinator! It will give me the powers of a sloth, which are super slowness and super leaf-eating!"
Skull leaned toward MODOK. "Are you sure this is the right guy?"
"MODOK is infallible!" MODOK shouted.
"Then he must be toying us, playing us for fools. He is even more diabolical than I thought."
Phineas and Ferb heard a knock on the door.
"Ferb, are you expecting anyone?" asked Phineas.
Ferb opened the door to see none other than the Avengers. "Definitely not them."
The boys let the heroes into the house and introductions were made.
Afterwards, Cap got straight to the point. "Aren't you a little young to be stealing superpowers?"
"Yes, yes we would be, if we actually did it, but I don't think we did."
"You can't see it," said Iron Man. "But I have a rather severe look of disappointment on my face."
Isabella offered a juice box. "This'll turn that tin frown upside-down."
She shoved the end of the straw through a hole in Iron Man's helmet so he could drink the juice.
"Thanks Isabella," he thanked once he was done drinking. "Well, the power-siphoning ray originated here in the Tri-State Area, and I was thinking you guys would know something about it because it bounced off your space station."
"Are you sure it was ours?" asked Phineas.
"It was shaped like your heads," Banner pointed out.
"That sounds like ours, but we don't know anything about a power-siphoning ray."
"I was afraid of that," said Iron Man. "Well, the first thing we have to do is get our powers back."
Phineas smiled. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna…"
Then Candace came downstairs. "Alright, boys and girls, listen up!"
Phineas groaned. "Oh, hey Candace. Can't you see we're in the middle of something here?"
Only then did Candace notice the Avengers in the room. She froze.
"Greetings, fair young maiden," Thor greeted.
"Superheroes… in our… kitchen," Candace stuttered.
Isabella carried Candace in her room so she could lie down.
"Looks like you guys have a fan," Phineas sarcastically remarked.
Then Iron Man collapsed.
"Then it's probably good she didn't see that," said Thor.
"Hey, where's Perry?" Phineas wondered.
Perry entered his lair and saw Monogram was on an old black-and-white television on his desk instead of the big flatscreen monitor.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "Due to the gravity of your mission today, the gentlemen on the big screen will be addressing you while I use this old TV monitor Carl found in the basement."
"Sorry sir," Carl apologized. "I couldn't get the split-screen to work."
"Anyway, this is Director Nick Fury of SHIELD."
Perry turned to the big screen. Like Monogram said, Nick Fury himself was on that screen.
"So, where's the secret agent, Major?" he asked Monogram.
"He's right there," Monogram replied.
"You mean, behind the platypus?"
"No, he is the platypus."
Fury stared at Perry with disbelief. "Is he some kind of super platypus with super platypus powers?"
"No."
"Does he have some kind of robotic platypus exoskeleton?"
"He, uh, has a fedora."
"Wait a minute, were you wearing that eyepatch when we started?"
Perry turned back to Monogram's screen. Monogram was wearing an eyepatch he definitely wasn't wearing when they started.
"Uh, yeah, doctor's orders," Monogram lied. "I have a sty."
Perry glared at Monogram.
"He thinks it makes him look cool," Carl snitched.
"I'm going to proceed as if this is going well," said Fury. "Agent P, the Avengers have lost their super powers due to a mysterious power-siphoning ray which we believe originated somewhere in the Danville area. We fear a group of supervillains are closing in. We need you to monitor the situation and report back. Francis, I'm gonna need you to… now what are you doing?"
Perry turned back to Monogram. Now, he was wearing two eyepatches.
"He thinks wearing two eyepatches will make him look twice as cool," Carl explained.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Monogram lied.
Perry and Fury both smacked their foreheads and groaned.
Doof led the villains into another room.
"So, this is my lair, and those are my inators," he said as he pointed to a bunch of inators in a row. "There's my Drillinator, my Freezinator, my Make-A-Mountain-Out-Of-A-Molehill-inator, my Amnesianator… funny, I don't remember building that one.
"I do not understand," Skull said to the others. "These machines are useless. What is wrong with this man?"
"Maybe he is a misunderstood genius," Whiplash suggested.
"Or he is a perfectly understood idiot."
"Oh, this one's a goodie," said Doof. "My Disintegrator-inator! Pretty impressive, huh?"
"What about the machine that took the powers of the heroes?" Skull demanded.
"Oh, you mean my Power-Drainator. That was a cool one, but it was destroyed by my nemesis, Perry the Platypus. You just missed him."
"Perry the Platypus? Is he a super soldier platypus?"
"No."
"Is he a human bitten by a radioactive platypus and given platypus-based powers?" asked Venom.
"No," Doof replied. "He's just a regular platypus that happens to know martial arts."
"It is no matter," said Skull. "You will rebuild the machine."
"So we're working together? Great. I've always wanted an evil entourage."
"Let's destroy him," Loki whispered to Skull.
"Nein," Skull refused. "Let him think we're his friends. Once he's outlived his usefulness, we will give him to MODOK to destroy."
"Hey, where is MODOK anyway?"
MODOK was still outside the room, struggling to get through the narrow door.
"Curse you, Danville, town of small doors!" he cursed.
"Listen, before I rebuild the machine, I have some errands to run," said Doof. "You guys should come with."
Skull groaned.
"Is your head gonna burst into flames, or am I thinking of someone else?" asked Doof.
The kids led the Avengers to the backyard. There, they constructed a tiny shed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to unveil our Secret Hideout for Emergency Defence, or SHED for short," said Phineas.
"I think we're gonna need something a little… bigger," said Iron Man.
"Oh, the rustic exterior is a facade. Wait till you see the inside."
He opened the door to reveal a much bigger interior.
"Oh man," Iron Man smiled. "You guys are good."
"Just a little British sci-fi technology," Ferb downplayed.
Thor noticed one armor in particular. "Iron Man, looks like someone raided your inventory."
"Oh, you like that?" asked Phineas. "This is the Beak suit, mark two. We're still working on the waterproofing, so we can't take it out in the rain."
"You know, Stark Industries offers summer internships," said Iron Man.
"Thanks, but this summer's pretty packed."
"Apparently."
Phineas and Ferb started passing cards. "These are your SHED keycard IDs. They'll get you into all areas of the compound."
That's when Candace came in with a poorly-stapled comic book in hand and an excited look on her face.
"Hi," she greeted. "Would you guys read my fanfiction? It's a story where Hulk and Thor learn how to ice skate and…"
"I'm sorry," Spidey interrupted. "But we're not allowed to accept unsolicited material."
"Candace, I didn't know you were a fangirl," Isabella remarked.
"Oh, sure, from way back," said Candace. "It started because I had to do a lot of research to get up to speed for the Ducky Momo-Superhero crossover event."
"Alright, we need to get started working on a device to restore your powers," said Phineas.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today," Candace said with a smile.
"Hey, that's my line," Phineas said frustratedly.
"I know, but…"
"Also, why exactly are you suddenly this excited to help us?"
Candace's smile dropped as she stepped back. "I, uh…"
Then Ferb got in between them and offered Candace a card.
"Don't mind him, Candace," he said. "You're always welcome to help out."
Candace smiled and took the card.
"Ferb, what are you…?" Phineas tried to ask.
Ferb covered Phineas' mouth and led him away from the rest.
"What has gotten into you, Phineas?" Ferb asked before Phineas could say anything. "I thought you and Candace were making progress. Why are you suddenly distrusting her again?"
"Ferb, this is a serious mission!" Phineas argued. "We can't have her screwing us over!"
"And how do you know she will?"
Phineas didn't respond to that.
Ferb rolled his eyes. "Phineas, if you hold onto this stupid grudge, nothing good's gonna come out of it. Just give her a chance, for all our sakes."
Phineas thought about it for a moment, then turned to Candace.
"You can help us," he relented.
Candace barely resisted a squeal. "Thanks!"
Play "My Evil Buddies and Me"
Doof and the villains walked across the street despite the light being red. Drivers had to slam their brakes to avoid ramming into them.
Doof got a parking ticket. He just tore it up. When the cop glared at him, the villains just scared them off.
Stepping out with my brand new crew
Nobody's gonna tell us what we can't do
Or where we can't go, or what we can't see
In this town, everybody will listen to me
Doof took the villains to some children's play place where they played in the ball pit. The villains were bored to death.
On the way out, Doof flicked a little girl's ice cream off her cone.
My evil buddies and me
Me and my evil friends
They then passed by a flower shop and stepped on every single flower.
When we're out together wreaking havoc
The fun just never ends
They then went to the park and stole coins from the water fountains.
Whiplash slingshotted said coins onto the nearby clock tower, breaking the glass.
Venom ding-dong-ditched a random person.
We're stealing coins from wishing wells
We're cleaning clocks, ringing bells
Doof kicked a motorcycle, knocking it down. It hit another bike, and started a domino effect and angering a bunch of bikers. Before said bikers could do anything, though, Doof gestured to the villains behind him, scaring them off.
We're a roving pack of ne'er-do-wells, you see
My evil buddies and me
While walking down the streets, MODOK saw a giant floating baby head just passing by. He was confused at first, but he just brushed it off.
The villains then TP'd some random person's house.
My evil entourage
If you see us out carousing, you better stay in the garage
They then knocked down trash cans and stole hot dogs from Stan Lee's stand.
We're perpetrating misdemeanors
Stealing bags from vacuum cleaner
We're the jerks who stole all those wieners from that guy
Finally, the group went to a fashion photography place and dressed up as cowboys. Skull just groaned and covered his face in embarrassment as the photographer took their picture.
My evil buddies and I
My evil buddies and I
End "My Evil Buddies and Me"
Phineas and Ferb finished putting a machine together.
"Until we find out what took their actual powers, this machine should be able to temporarily replicate them," Phineas explained. "Everyone in position and we'll start calibrating."
"Let's get out hero on!" Candace cheered.
"Just a minute, Candace." Phineas turned to Ferb. "We all set?"
"All set," Ferb replied. "Just as soon as I…"
"Great, all set," Candace said as she pushed the button.
"Lock down the power assignments and reverse polarity," Ferb finished.
"Candace, what did you do?!" Phineas yelled.
Alarms blared as the machine shook and the lights flickered. After a moment, the machine exploded.
The villains went to the mall.
"Oh boy, that was great!" Doof cheered. "I've got an idea. Let's get some ice cream and spoil our dinner. Who's gonna say no to that?"
"That's IT!" Whiplash snapped. "We are wasting our time! We need to bring the heroes to us!"
He brought out his electric whips and destroyed a Ducky Momo stand, scaring off all the nearby citizens.
Banner climbed the walls.
Spidey lifted a giant machine with Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django on top of it.
"Whoo, I can get used to this!" he cheered.
"Please put us down," Baljeet pleaded.
Iron Man was able to move his body around just fine.
Thor looked like he was undergoing a major headache.
"What's all this knowledge?" he asked. "IT'S TOO MUCH!"
"What's going on?" asked Candace.
"Well obviously you swapped their powers!" Phineas said angrily. "Banner and Spider-Man have each other's powers, Iron Man has Captain America's strength, and Thor must have Iron Man's intelligence."
"What about me?" asked Captain America. "I don't feel any different."
"I can only assume you have Thor's powers," Phineas theorized. "Though, without the hammer, I doubt you can do much with that."
"Well, then I'll just summon it to me."
Cap reached out his hand. There was a moment of awkward silence.
"I'm afraid that's not how it works," said Thor.
"What do you mean?" asked Cap. "I have your powers."
"Wielding Mjolnir is about worthiness, not power."
Then Mjolnir flew right through the wall and into Cap's hand.
"Well, I guess I am worthy, here," Cap smiled.
Phineas sighed. "This is a disaster, Candace."
"Look, it was an accident, but I can still help," Candace insisted. "I know that the villains will…"
"NO! You don't know! The entire Tri-State Area, and possibly THE WORLD, is at stake here! Honestly, Candace, if you don't know what you're doing, then keep your hands off the machinery!"
"Well, then maybe I should just leave!"
"Yeah. Maybe you should."
Candace hung her head and walked away.
Ferb glared at Phineas.
"What?" Phineas asked.
Before Ferb could respond, the monitor turned on.
"Alert! Alert!" came the voice on the computer. "Relevant news broadcast intercepted!"
"This just in," said the news reporter. "Disaster in Danville. Horse in a Bookcase is canceled after a nineteen-year run. Also, chaos at the Googoplex Mall. An evil entourage of supervillains and what appears to be a pharmacist are busting up the place, something fierce."
"We need to get out there," said Cap.
"But your powers," Phineas argued. "We need more time."
"I know, but we're heroes," said Iron Man. "This is what we do."
"Can't we do anything?"
"Not unless you can fly."
Phineas noticed the Beak suit and smiled. "Well, it's not raining."
He offered Ferb a fist-bump. Ferb just glared at Phineas.
"This isn't over, Phineas," he warned.
The two got in the suit.
Cap spun Mjolnir around and took off.
Phineas let down a rope for the rest of the heroes to hold on to. With that, they flew out of the SHED and headed to the mall.
It didn't take long to reach the mall. They entered through the large gaping hole in the wall.
"Alright gang, it's showtime," said Iron Man. "Everybody ready?"
"I feel pretty good," Spidey replied.
"I'd feel better with a metal suit," said Thor.
"Sorry, but no time," Phineas apologized.
"Ah, the superheroes are here to save the day," Skull remarked. "But without your powers, this is just a costume party. MODOK, destroy them!"
"Yes," MODOK replied. "I will take great pleasure in destroying these heroes."
"I got him guys," Spidey assured. "Spidey smash!"
He leapt into the air, but MODOK dodged out of the way. Spidey flew through the roof and high into the air.
"Was he making fun of me?" asked Banner.
"A little, yes," Thor replied.
Banner grabbed onto the wall and started climbing.
Captain America spun Mjolnir and threw it towards Loki. Loki dodged.
Cap summoned Mjolnir back to him, generated some lightning, and fired. Loki tried to block the attack, but after a while, the lightning pierced through his forcefield and electrocuted him.
Thor tried to face Venom, but Venom just threw him aside.
Iron Man punched Venom and sent him flying.
"They still have their powers," Whiplash panicked.
"Yes, but they're all mixed up," Skull realized before turning to Doof. "Is this your doing?"
"I don't remember making a Power-Switchinator," said Doof. "But, you know, I make a lot of inators, so…"
Skull just grabbed Doof by the collar and threw him against a table.
Banner grabbed MODOK and tried to throw him aside. Unfortunately, his hands just stuck.
Phineas and Ferb tried to fly into action, but Whiplash just whipped their suit in half.
They didn't give up, though. Ferb shoved Whiplash while Phineas tripped him and made him fall.
Whiplash retaliated by whipping the water fountain. Water flowed out and hit the suit, short-circuiting it.
"Now I wish we'd prioritized the waterproofing," said Phineas.
Then Spidey finally landed.
"Okay, that time, I missed the mark," he remarked. "Hey Venom, what'd I miss?"
Venom grabbed Spidey by the neck.
"Spidey, are you okay?" asked Phineas.
"It could be worse," Spidey replied. "At least the others are…"
He looked around and saw MODOK holding Banner in the air, Whiplash tying up Iron Man with his whips, Cap on his knees while Loki stood above him, and Thor completely immobile.
"Okay, I was wrong," Spidey admitted. "It couldn't be worse."
Skull smiled. "This was all too easy. The time for heroes is over. Now, all will bow to us."
Then, out of nowhere, a small man in a platypus-themed supersuit flew into the scene with a hoverboard. He rammed into MODOK, covered the room in smoke, and grabbed all the heroes with his grappling hooks.
"What is this?" asked Skull. "Stop him!"
But the new hero had already escaped with the rest in tow.
"Hey, thanks, duck guy," Spidey thanked. "Do we tip him?"
"He's not parking our car," Iron Man replied.
"I just don't know the etiquette."
Skull screamed. "Who was that weird beaver-duck?"
"MODOK will exterminate all beaver-ducks!" MODOK declared.
"You know, none of this would've happened had we just gone for ice cream like I suggested," Doof pointed out, earning glares from everyone else.
The new hero dropped off the gang and left without saying a word.
"Thanks, small but mighty friend," Thor thanked.
"You know, he seemed vaguely familiar," Phineas admitted.
"You think that was Howard the Duck?" Spidey suggested.
"Time is of the essence," said Iron Man. "We've got… no, it wasn't Howard the Duck!"
"What? I'm just saying! He did have a bill."
"Anyway, we need to regroup and figure out a plan B."
"Right," Phineas agreed. "Back to SHEDquarters."
The heroes entered the base and saw Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, and Django working on something.
"So, how'd it…?" Django was about to ask before he noticed the Beak suit was damaged. "Oh no, are you guys okay?"
He and Isabella rushed to get the boys out of their suit.
"We're fine," Phineas assured. "But we did get our butts handed to us."
"How was Venom able to overpower you when you had Hulk's strength?" Iron Man asked Spidey.
"I don't know," Spidey replied. "I'm just not feeling it anymore."
"Wait, let me try something," said Banner.
He tried to stick to the wall, but he just slid right off.
"I was afraid of this," said Phineas. "The powers aren't bonding with your cell structures."
"Yeah, my suit is getting heavier again," said Iron Man. "But at least having Cap's strength unlocked the joints, so I can still move."
"Perhaps we can give you a recharge," Baljeet suggested. "Of course, this time with the correct powers. We have been working on rebuilding the machine."
"And I'm helping," Candace added.
"Wait, you are?" Phineas asked suspiciously.
"I'm redeeming myself."
"Really?"
Ferb grabbed Phineas' shoulder. "Oh no, we're not doing this again. She just made a mistake, and she's making up for it. We'll need all the help we can get."
Phineas groaned. "Fine."
"We are almost done with the first component," said Baljeet. "Hulk's gamma ray concentration beam."
"Brawn first, am I right?" Buford remarked.
"So, have you done a base-level particle acceleration, yet?" asked Iron Man.
"I was just about to," Baljeet replied.
Candace noticed the machine was unplugged. "Here, let me get that for you."
She plugged in the machine, activating it. Baljeet got struck with a ray.
His skin turned green and he tripled his size.
"BALJEET SMASH!" he screamed as he destroyed the machine.
He then burst through the wall and ran out onto the streets.
"Wow, there's something you don't see every day," Candace remarked before noticing the angry look on Phineas' face. "What?"
Ferb grabbed Phineas' arm. "Phineas, no, you don't wanna do this."
But Phineas forced Ferb off of him and approached Candace.
"Are you kidding me, Candace?!" he yelled. "Do you have any idea what you just did?!"
"I was just trying to help," Candace argued.
"Well, your 'help' brought us this close to getting our butts handed to us at the mall! I thought you would've learned your lesson, but no! You show up again and now Baljeet has been Hulkified and is rampaging who-knows-where!"
"Phineas, I…"
"I should've known it would come to this! All summer, you've done nothing but try to get me and Ferb in trouble! Of course you'd have no problem putting the world at stake to make that happen! Well, I'm not allowing any more setbacks! I'm revoking your shed card!" Phineas tore up Candace's ID card and pointed to the exit. "You have to go, NOW!"
Candace hung her head and walked to the door. She looked back one more time, then she left.
"Now we gotta worry about finding Baljeet and…" Phineas said.
Buford grabbed Phineas' shoulder.
"I'll take care of him," he said, glaring at Phineas. "I know him better than the rest of you."
He walked out without saying another word.
Phineas just stared at Buford in disbelief. "What?"
Isabella grabbed Phineas by the collar and slapped his face.
"How could you say that, Phineas?!" she asked. "Is that all you think your sister is? Someone who does nothing but try to get you in trouble?"
Phineas struggled to respond.
"You know, Phineas," Isabella continued. "I thought you changed, that you had let go of those bitter, resentful feelings towards Candace, but I was wrong! You're still the same impulsive, easily angry, spiteful boy you were at the start of the summer!"
"She's got a point, you know," Ferb added. "You had a chance to make things right with her, and you threw it away. I hope you're happy."
Phineas sat against the wall and felt nothing but guilt for lashing out the way he did.
What have I done? he asked himself.
Perry flew through the air in his megasuit when he got a call.
"Greetings, Agent P," said Fury. "SHIELD has gotten intel that the supervillains are holed up in Downtown Danville in an oddly-shaped building with its own jingle. We need you to find out what they're up to…"
Perry then got another call from his other watch. He answered that one.
"And neutralize them if possible," Monogram finished.
Now, he was wearing not only an eyepatch, but a fake black beard under his mustache.
"Seriously, Monogram?" Fury asked. "The face, too?"
"You're not the only one who can rock an awesome face mullet, Fury," Monogram retorted.
Perry flew into Doof's apartment and hid on top of a pipe.
"And see, it takes four orbs of Mundanium Finite to power it," Doof presented to the other villains. "It would only take one orb of Pizzazium Infinionite, but I don't have that on hand. Anyway, we just lock the module in here and viola! I know, it's a large violin. I don't know why people say that. Anyhoo, what did you guys need a second Power-Drainator for?"
"So we won't have to deal with your idiocy anymore," Skull answered as he pushed a button on his remote.
A cage formed around Doof and trapped him.
"Hey, that's not nice!" Doof shouted. "I thought we were buds! We had a song and everything!"
"Your little musical interlude was a pleasant diversion at best!" Skull argued. "You see, we're not going to take over the Tri-State Area. We're going to completely destroy it, to show what will happen if anyone attempts to thwart our plans."
"Did you say 'shwart'?"
"No, I said 'thwart' with a TH!"
"Oh, that makes more sense. I think you should see a speech pathologist or dialect coach or something."
"Silence! Once we have made our point, we will use our contraption to dry away the powers of all the superheroes on the planet!"
"Wow, you guys think big."
"But first, Venom, squash our little fly on the ceiling."
Perry's eyes widened as Venom reached out to grab him. While Perry narrowly avoided that, Whiplash whipped the pipe, breaking it. The pipe came down, and Venom grabbed Perry. Skull trapped him in another cage.
"Now, we go and send a little message to our handicapped heroes," he declared. "Schnell!"
The villains left the room, taking the inator with them.
"You know, you're not very good at thwarting," Doof remarked. "I should hook you up with my nemesis, Perry the Platypus, for some pointers. It's like an art form for him."
Isabella entered Candace's room to see her lying on the bed with her face against a pillow.
"Hey Candace, whatcha doin'?" she asked.
"Just laying here, utterly dejected," Candace replied, barely showing her face.
"I hear you. It's like Phineas hasn't changed at all. He's focusing solely on getting the heroes' powers back and stopping the bad guys, and it's like he doesn't care about the rest of us."
Candace sat up. "I was only trying to help, but all I did was mess things up. I'm useless."
"I know how you feel."
Play "Only Trying to Help"
Isabella:
Well, it's all about the boys
Playing with their macho toys
And they're making so much noise
I didn't really want to shout
Candace:
My presence felt like an intrusion
Causing way too much confusion
Now I've been sent into seclusion
I've been banished and cast out
Both:
I'm not trying to place the blame
But I feel it just the same
That we could be
Yes we should be in the game
My spirit's feeling daunted
I'm not sure I'm all that wanted
Though I'm acting nonchalant, it's clear
I'm starting to doubt myself
Don't wanna sound so stoic
I'm not feeling that heroic
No matter what I do, I blow it
And I'm only trying to help
Only trying to help
Only trying to help
Isabella:
I'm only trying to help
Candace:
Only trying to help
Both:
I'm only trying to help
End "Only Trying to Help"
Buford found Baljeet rampaging through downtown, throwing cars and destroying public property.
"Hey, big guy," Buford called calmly.
Baljeet angrily turned around and roared.
Buford was terrified, but he took a breath. "The sun's getting real low."
He reached out his hand. Baljeet looked at the hand hesitantly, but he placed the back of his own hand on Buford's palm.
Buford held onto Baljeet's wrist and gently rubbed it.
Baljeet took a couple breaths and shrunk down to normal size.
"Thanks for that, Buford," he thanked as he hugged Buford. "I did not like being an angry monster."
"Me neither," Buford agreed as he returned the hug. "I thought I lost you."
The two leaned towards each other and kissed on the lips. They quickly pulled away and stared at each other in shock.
"Whoa," said Buford. "That was…"
"Something," Baljeet finished. "Do you want to do it again?"
Buford smirked. "Did you have to ask?"
The two held onto each other and kissed once more.
The moment was ruined, though, when they heard screaming from the distance.
"Baljeet, I adore you," Buford said with sorrow. "But I need the other guy."
He gave Baljeet a wedgie.
Baljeet got angry again and turned back into his Hulk form. He punched Buford and hopped away.
Buford landed safely on a mattress.
"Finish the job!" he shouted with pride.
The villains arrived at City Hall.
"Citizens of Danville and the surrounding Tri-State Area!" Skull announced to everyone present. "Prepare for your imminent end. Unless the Avengers show up to face us, we will unleash a device a thousand times worse than the one that hit them. Thanks to MODOK's modifications, our Power-Drainator doesn't merely drain power, it drains energy, matter, everything the target was. Observe."
Skull activated the inator and struck Stan Lee's hot dog stand, turning it to nothing.
"Aw man," Stan Lee whined. "And I just moved here from New York 'cause I thought it'd be safer!"
Skull laughed. "So, heroes, face us, or we will unleash this weapon on the entire Tri-State Area!"
The Avengers saw the whole thing on TV.
"That fiend!" Cap shouted.
"I actually missed a lot because of that accent," said Spidey. "But I got that it's bad."
"We have to stop them," said Banner.
"But what about your powers?" asked Phineas.
"That doesn't matter," Iron Man replied. "We've gotta fight back with whatever we've got left."
"Being a hero isn't the armor you wear, but the mettle in your spirit and the steel in your resolve," said Thor. "I hope next time you take that into consideration before you let your emotions cloud your judgement."
The heroes left the shed and walked into the sunset.
"Man, we have a lot to do if we're gonna get this suit back online," said Phineas. "I think we can get sixty percent power back if we reroute the power flow through the backup circuits."
Ferb turned to Django. "You stay here and hold down the fort, okay? We'll be back soon."
Django nodded.
Ferb gave Django a peck on the forehead, then he got to work.
The sun started to set, yet the heroes still hadn't arrived.
"I am running out of patience," Loki whined. "When will you start the machine already?"
"Don't worry, they'll come," Skull assured.
"My sensors are telling me the heroes are approaching," said MODOK.
He pointed in a certain direction. A bus pulled up.
The villains surrounded the bus. They waited in anticipation as the door opened.
Out came a short elderly woman with a walker.
"Out of my way, you weirdos!" she demanded. "This is worse than Portland!"
Then the Avengers popped out.
MODOK grabbed Spidey and trapped him in a mind ball.
Whiplash tied up Iron Man with his whips.
Loki used his magic to bind Thor to the bus.
Venom stretched out his arms and grabbed Cap and Banner.
"Excellent," Skull smiled. "We have them now."
"What about the old lady?" asked Whiplash.
"She's not with them."
"So, you're a superhero," said Doof. "Don't you have a way to get us out?"
Perry pulled a set of clampers out of his utility belt and clamped the bars.
"We've only got half the servo motors on the right side online," Phineas sighed. "It'll have to do. Ready Ferb?"
Ferb gave a thumbs-up and initiated the launching sequence.
A single jet came out of one of the suit's buttcheeks. The boys took off, and immediately lost control.
"Pathetic!" Skull rambled. "Look at how you all wasted your lives protecting these humans who are so quick to abandon you in your hour of need!"
Whiplash launched Iron Man into the air.
"Whiplash, I was talking to him!" Skull snapped.
Whiplash hung his head. "Sorry."
Skull rolled his eyes and turned to the other heroes. "Look around you! Now that you have no powers, you have no friends, no allies! You have nothing!"
Then Baljeet, still in his Hulk form, came out of nowhere and saved Iron Man.
"We have a Baljeet!" Iron Man remarked.
"Hulkjeet!" Baljeet corrected.
"My bad."
Hulkjeet landed on the ground and set Iron Man down.
Then Phineas and Ferb showed up in their beak suit and crashed into a tree.
"Oh, and him," Iron Man added. "I think it's a bird, it's with us too."
Then the platypus superhero flew into the scene.
"And the flying duck with a beaver tail, we got him," Iron Man continued.
And then a bunch of waffles came down from the sky and hit all the other villains, releasing the other Avengers.
"But I gotta level with you," Iron Man admitted. "I have no idea who's shooting those waffles."
Doof had taken his Wafflinator from his archive and was firing it from his balcony.
"Woo-hoo!" he cheered. "Top of the world, Ma!"
Spidey took the reactor from the inator.
"Hey Red, is this important?" he asked Skull.
"The Mundanium Finite reactor core!" Skull shouted.
Spidey grinned. "Ha, so it is important."
"Get him!" Skull ordered the others. "I shall guard the inator!"
Then he got buried in waffles.
The other villains chased after Spidey.
Loki fired a beam from his staff, but Spidey dodged just in time.
Whiplash then knocked down a big umbrella. Hulkjeet grabbed the umbrella and held it up so Spidey could slide under it.
Venom got in front of Spidey, but Phineas and Ferb rammed into him.
Django had just finished patching up the hole in the wall with a big sheet of paper. He panted in exhaustion and sat on the floor.
That's when Candace and Isabella came in.
"Hey girls," Django greeted. "Wait, Candace, how did you get in here? Didn't Phineas revoke your ID?"
"Isabella gave me her guest pass," Candace explained. "I came here to apologize for messing things up before. I know Phineas is mad at me, but it's the least I can do to make up for it."
"Well, you just missed him. He and Ferb left to help the Avengers face the villains at City Hall."
"Oh. Well, what can I do in the meantime?"
"Well, you can help me clean up the place. I'll need all the help I can get."
Django and the girls started cleaning up the mess. As they did so, Isabella noticed the look on Candace's face.
"Candace, I get you're upset about…" she tried to say.
"It's not that this time," Candace assured. "It's just, there's something I don't understand about the lost powers. In all the comics I've read, energy can never be destroyed, only morphed into a different form or contained somehow."
Isabella and Django's eyes widened in realization.
"Candace, when we were in the space station, we were collecting and containing data," said Isabella. "Come on."
Candace and Isabella sat in the middle of the backyard.
"Alright, now stay still," Django ordered as he pushed a button on his remote.
The girls were encased in a glass dome, and the floor below them rose into the air.
"Oh, that's where this thing was," Candace realized.
Spidey kept running until Iron Man picked him up with a golf cart.
"Nice cart," Spidey complimented.
"Thanks," Iron Man replied. "I souped it up."
Spidey gave Iron Man the reactor. "Here, hold this. Mind if I play through?"
He grabbed the golf bag and poured all the pegs onto the pathway. Whiplash slipped on them and fell face first into the sand. Spidey then threw the bag onto Venom, knocking him out.
Banner and Thor noticed a couple of kids just standing there and watching.
"Hey, it's not safe here," Thor warned. "Stay back."
They then noticed the girl's bike and the boy's skateboard. They both looked at each other and smiled.
Candace and Isabella reached the space station.
"You don't think it's weird that the space station looks like Phineas?" asked Candace.
"If by that, you mean dreamy," Isabella replied.
"Oh, brother."
The two entered the space station and found the collection tank. It glowed a bright red.
"It's gotta be the powers," Isabella assumed.
Candace activated a monitor and saw the fight happening at the park. "Looks like the fight's begun. Now, make the powers blast down there and stuff."
"I don't know how."
"Didn't Phineas explain how to…?"
"Yeah, but I got distracted. He looks so cute in a spacesuit."
Candace groaned. "Then we'll have to do this the hard way."
The two grabbed opposite ends of the tank, lifted it as much as they could, and carried it onto the platform.
Whiplash destroyed the golf cart. The villains surrounded Iron Man.
Then Banner rode into the scene on a bike and took the reactor. He then tossed the reactor to Thor, who caught it and skateboarded away.
MODOK caught the reactor in a tractor beam, then he got hit by the raining waffles.
Phineas and Skull caught the reactor at the same time. The two fought over it, then the orbs popped out.
Venom pierced through the Beak armor, exposing Ferb's head. Despite that, he, along with everyone else, raced to grab the orbs.
"These waffles aren't enough," Doof sighed. "If only there was a way I could disintegrate them all."
Then he realized he brought the Disintegrator-inator out too. He smacked his forehead and berated himself in his head for not thinking of that first.
He flipped the switch. Nothing happened.
Doof realized the inator was unplugged and groaned.
He tried to plug it in, but the cords couldn't reach each other.
"Okay, I just need an extension cord this long," he said as he measured the distance between the cords.
He then ran inside to find the proper extension.
Candace and Isabella landed in the backyard. Django was there, waiting for them.
"You're back already?" he asked before noticing the tank. "And you brought the collection tank with you? Why?"
"It has the heroes' powers in it," Candace explained. "We're gonna bring this tank to the heroes so they can get their powers back."
"You couldn't have just fired it from the station?"
"We would have if someone…" Candace glared at Isabella. "Actually listened to Phineas explain how that worked!"
"Okay, you have no right to call me out after doing the same thing twice," Isabella retorted.
Candace hung her head. "Fair."
"Okay, now's not the time to argue or ponder what-ifs," said Django. "Right now, we need to worry about how to get this tank to the park."
Candace took out her phone smirked. "I think I have just the thing."
Linda was still in the middle of her tour.
"If you look to your left, you'll see the JP McHenry building built in the Art Deco style," said the automated tour guide.
Linda looked to her left and saw that building in all its glory, not noticing the fight going on right next to her.
"And on your right is Danville's oldest arcade, built in 1982," the guide went on.
By the time Linda looked to her right, she had already passed the park and was now at the arcade.
Spidey and Venom both fought for the first orb. It flew out of both their hands and landed in Phineas'.
Then Whiplash whipped off the right arm of the Beak armor.
"Talk about being disarmed," Phineas joked.
Ferb grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the little fire.
They tried to run after Whiplash, but then the legs broke off.
"Uh-oh," Phineas worried.
Venom then tried to get another orb. Some fish popped out of the bush and grabbed the orb, tripping Venom in the process.
Buford popped out of said bush with the fish in hand. He tossed the orb to Banner, but Venom caught it first.
Thor reached for the third orb, but Loki summoned it to him with his scepter.
The platypus hero grabbed the final orb, but MODOK struck him with a laser, sending the orb flying out of his hand. MODOK then took the orb.
The villains reattached the orbs to the reactor.
"Enough of this foolishness!" Skull declared as he reinserted the reactor. "Our triumph is at hand! Behold, the destruction of the entire Tri-State…"
Then Candace, Isabella, and Django appeared out of thin air with a glowing red tank.
"Yo heroes, I got a little something for ya!" Candace shouted.
"Candace, of course," Phineas realized.
"Great job," Spidey complimented. "Somebody's using their spider sense."
"Well, I learned from the best," Candace replied.
Phineas and Ferb imputed a code. The tank opened and fired a beam onto the heroes.
Banner transformed back into the Hulk.
Electricity surged through Thor's body.
Spider-Man was able to shoot webs again.
Iron Man's suit reactivated.
Captain America picked up his shield.
"You kids might wanna sit back for this one," he advised.
Baljeet turned back to normal, and he and the other kids sat down to watch the fight.
Play "Avengers Theme Music (Endgame Version)"
The Avengers and the platypus hero stood together and faced the villains.
"Avengers!" Cap shouted as he summoned Mjolnir to him. "Assemble."
With that, the heroes charged into battle.
Cap faced off against Red Skull.
Loki fired a beam from his scepter. Thor fired lightning from his hands. The lightning went right through the beam and struck Loki.
Iron Man and MODOK fired lasers at each other at the same time. The beams connected.
Spider-Man webbed Venom to the ground. Venom just broke free.
The Hulk grabbed some cars and threw them towards Whiplash. While Whiplash successfully slashed through the first one, the other one got him.
Cap swung Mjolnir and sent Skull flying. Buford tossed Hulk his fish. Hulk caught it and hit Skull a second time.
Cap and Hulk took turns sending Skull flying, almost like it was a game of Badminton.
MODOK tried to send a street sweeper towards Iron Man. Iron Man just grabbed the truck and sent it right back at MODOK. MODOK got caught in the sweepers.
End Theme Music
While Phineas did enjoy watching the fight, it was overshadowed by his guilt for lashing out at Candace.
"Hey, I'm sorry I lost it earlier," he apologized.
"No, I'm sorry," Candace replied. "I deserved it. Everything I did made things worse."
"But you were only trying to help. I should've realized that instead of assuming you were only in it to bust me and Ferb." Phineas took out a patched up ID card. "You can have this back if you want. I fixed it."
Candace took the card and pondered whether or not to keep it.
Then she saw Linda passing by.
"I appreciate the offer, Phineas, but I'm gonna have to say no," she refused as she gave the card back. "You said it yourself, Phineas. Trying to get you in trouble is all I'm good for."
She got up and ran after Linda.
Phineas looked at the card with nothing but remorse and self-hatred.
Spidey just finished webbing up the villains when the SHIELD Helicarrier arrived.
A jet landed in the park and Fury stepped out.
"Toss them in," he ordered.
Hulk and Thor brought the villains onto the ship.
"Nice work, kids," Fury complimented. "You didn't just get back the heroes' powers. You showed true courage fighting alongside them. SHIELD owes you a debt of gratitude."
The kids saluted.
Then Stan Lee showed up and gave everyone hot dogs.
"Yeah, free hot dogs for everyone, baby!" he cheered.
Linda was near the end of her tour when Candace approached her.
"Mom, Mom, Mom, you gotta come to the square!" Candace begged.
"What did the boys do this time?" Linda asked.
"You'd have to see it to believe it!"
"I'm surprised that's not on the tour."
"No time for sarcasm! Let's move!"
"Here's my direct line, Ferb," Iron Man said as he handed Ferb a card with his number. "Internship, next summer. It'll be fun."
"Next time, Phin, the juice box will be my treat," Spidey said before swinging off.
Baljeet and Hulk fist-bumped.
Cap and Thor raised Mjolnir in the air. Buford raised his fish in response.
With that, the Avengers got on the jet and flew off.
Doof finally found the right extension cord and plugged it in.
"Take that, bad guys!" he shouted as he prepared to fire the inator.
But the villains were already gone.
"Aw man," Doof whined.
Candace returned to the park to see that the Avengers were gone.
"Oh yes, Candace, there they are," Linda sarcastically remarked, gesturing to the nearby comic stand. "Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, they're all there. I forgot you had a thing for comic books. You wanna join me for the rest of the tour?"
"Nah, I'd rather stay here and sulk," Candace replied.
Phineas saw the new hero was about to walk away.
"Hey," he called. "You did great out there."
"Yeah," Buford agreed. "And what's your secret identity?"
"Buford, a hero never reveals their secret identity."
"Sure they do. Watch."
Buford pulled off the hero's mask to reveal…
"Ducky Momo?" everyone asked, shocked.
Candace passed out at the site.
"That's strange," said Ferb. "I was convinced that he was an anthropomorphic platypus, with the beaver tail and all."
On that topic, Perry arrived.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas smiled. "You missed all the fun."
The gang left the park, not seeing the Ducky Momo costume and the super suit hanging in the nearby trash bin.
Notes:
If you ever wanted a Marvel fanfiction from me, this is the closest you're going to get to that.
Firstly, I'm gonna bring up stuff regarding the Marvel side of things.
One problem I had when I watched the episode for the first time was the fact that Red Skull was the main villain, but Captain America didn't show up. Well, in my version, Captain America is here.
And yes, he is worthy of wielding Thor's hammer. No, I am not biased. Shut up.
Anyway, to even things out, I made Loki a part of the villains' gang. It was either him or Red Hulk, so take your pick.
Also, RIP Stan Lee. I know I'm seven years late to pay tribute, but still.
As for the Phineas and Ferb side of things...
Buford and Baljeet finally get their first kiss. I debated where to put it for a bit, but in the end, I decided this was the best fit, since this episode had the bit where Buford calmed Baljeet down.
And yes, I did use the Hulk-Natasha scenes from Age of Ultron for that bit. Sue me.
One thing that bugs me is the fact that Hulkjeet never returns again. I'm sure if they were asked about it in an interview, Dan and Swampy would make some half-assed excuse that the boys managed to cure Baljeet, but in all honesty, that's dumb. Baljeet having Hulk powers is really cool and fitting, and I think he should keep them.
The most notable thing, though, was Phineas. This episode was hands down his worst one. In this version, him lashing out at Candace the way he did will have a lot more repercussions. Right when you thought the tension between them would finally be resolved, it's back, stronger than ever.
So, there's only five days left of the boys' summer, starting with the big 100th-episode special. I'm sure I don't have to say what that episode's gonna be.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 100: Candace Against the Universe (100th-Episode Special)
Notes:
Wow. This story has reached 90 kudos on AO3. Thank you so very much.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play "Such a Beautiful Day"
Candace biked down her neighborhood with a bright smile on her face.
Candace:
The sun is shining, not a cloud in the sky
My stars are aligning, and I swear that I could do anything
On such a beautiful day
Three men passed by on a bicycle built for three.
Backups:
It really is, it's such a beautiful day
Candace:
And like a baby bird coming out of my cage
My life's an open book, I'm gonna write a new page
And I know that I'm mixing my metaphors
But you can probably get the main gist of what I'm trying to say
Backups:
You're mixing metaphors, but we know what you're saying
Candace:
I don't remember ever feeling so optimistic
I'll admit it's just a little uncharacteristic
'Cause I know that I've been known to be antagonistic
But I don't even think I'm gonna go ballistic
As long as my brothers don't
Candace got angry and started pedalling harder.
Build some big enormous thing that makes me go "No way!"
But disappears before my mother gets home
Like when they built a giant roller coaster
Candace realized what she was doing and swerved. "Nope nope nope nope nope! I'm not gonna go there."
"Hey Candace," a voice called.
Candace turned and realized Jenny was nearby.
"Are you going to the game later?" Jenny asked.
"Yeah, probably," Candace replied. "Jeremy's running concessions there."
"Cool, it's a beautiful day for it."
"Yes, yes it is."
Candace continued biking down the street.
Backups:
It really is, it's such a beautiful day
Candace:
I'm gonna keep my outlook bright and cheery
Gonna think some happy thoughts and gonna keep them near me
Though my brothers' crazy antics could make anyone weary
I won't get sucked into their chaos theory
As long as they don't
Once again, Candace got angry and pedalled more aggressively.
Build a giant roller coaster
Become one-hit wonders
Or drag me into their crazy game
You'd know what I mean if you had seen
The coliseum, time machine
The veggie oil-powered airplane
They built a very complex supersuit
An escalator to the moon
The tallest buildings, tree-house robots
Other nonsense coming soon
A shrinking sub, a waterfall
A robot dog, a Trojan horse
Gordian Knot, Platy-posterior
Pyramid-related sports!
Candace slammed her brakes and took a deep breath.
But today I'm not worried 'bout any of that noise
Today it doesn't even matter what those silly ol' boys are doing
It's such a beautiful day
It's such a beautiful day
It's such a beautiful…
End "Such a Beautiful Day"
She stopped herself a third time when she passed by her house. A giant robot emerged from the backyard.
"Wait a minute!" she shouted. "Phineas and Ferb!"
She ran to the backyard and saw the robot juggling Phineas, Ferb, and their friends in the air.
"Okay, this ends today," Candace declared as she called Linda. "MOM!"
"Okay Candace," Linda replied calmly. "I almost hesitate to ask, but what is it this time?"
"It's… hard to explain. Where are you?"
"I'm almost home."
"Yes!"
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 100
Candace Against the Universe
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof tried to swat Perry with his platypus mech. Perry dodged each attack.
"Finally, we are evenly matched!" Doof laughed as he hit Perry with the tail of his mech. "My Power-Vacuum-inator will soon turn the mayor's mansion into lint, and then vacuum it up, thereby creating a 'power vacuum' for me to fill. See how I used vacuum as both a transitive verb and an abstract concept? That's grammatical versati…"
Before he could finish that statement, Perry threw a vacuum cleaner at Doof's exposed head. Doof lost his balance and hit the inator, sending it off course.
Candace stood in the driveway anticipating Linda's return.
Then the kids' laughing and cheering stopped.
Candace checked the backyard. The robot was still there, but it was transformed into dust and not juggling the kids anymore.
"I don't know what happened, but at least it's still here," Candace smiled. "This is it! You're finally busted!"
Then Linda finally pulled up.
"Mom, Mom, Mom!" Candace called.
"What is it?" Linda asked.
"It's still here. It's even harder to explain now, but it's here. Come on, look!"
Linda sighed. "Candace, while I treasure your imagination, every day, you call and tell me Phineas and Ferb have done some big, unbelievable thing, and every day I come home to find nothing there. Doesn't it exhaust you? It exhausts me."
While Linda spoke, Candace saw the robot's dust particles were fading away. She desperately pointed at it, but Linda didn't turn around until the thing was gone.
"Oh, look, nothing's there," Linda said, unsurprised. "Hi kids."
Candace's eye twitched. "It's not fair."
Phineas saw Candace run off with tears in her eyes.
He sat under the tree, hating himself for lashing out at her the day before.
He knew he couldn't live with himself if he didn't try to make up for it. He ran inside the house.
"Phineas, where are you going?" asked Ferb.
"I'm gonna make something special for Candace," Phineas explained.
Perry
Perry returned to the backyard when he got a call on his watch.
"Excellent work thwarting Doctor Doofenshmirtz, Agent P," said Monogram. "Why don't you take the rest of the day off?"
Perry took off his hat, got in a comfortable position, and fell asleep.
Vanessa was just riding her electric scooter through the neighborhood when she passed by a certain house. She pulled up and got off the scooter.
In front of her was Candace, who was just sitting there with her face buried in her hands.
"Candace?" Vanessa asked.
Candace uncovered her face to reveal bloodshot eyes. "Oh, hey Vanessa."
"I thought that was you. Is this your house?"
"Yep, my house of pain."
"What's wrong?"
Candace stood up. "Just the usual. My brothers get away with some big, ridiculous thing, and my mom thinks I'm the crazy one. It's like the whole universe is against me."
Play "The Universe is Against Me"
Candace:
I can't take it anymore
I don't know why I even get out of bed
And why when I've seen it all before?
It's like a dagger hanging over my head
Every day is just the same
I always have to hang my head in shame
It doesn't matter time or place
There's always egg on my face
The universe is against me
And no one here defends me
And everyone pretends we
Haven't seen it all before
And it sends me
Into this manic frenzy
And, yes, it still offends me
The whole universe is against me
"Candace, I don't think this is the whole universe's fault," Vanessa reasoned.
"You're right," Candace admitted. "It's mostly Phineas and Ferb's fault, which is why I have to bust them."
You would not believe the mayhem
That they think up under that tree
It always works out great for the two of them
How come it never works out for me
It's like hitting my head into a wall
This constant losing makes me feel so small
I don't know where I should begin
When do I get a win?
For whatever reason, Vanessa summoned a guitar and played it.
The universe is against me
And no one here defends me
And Everyone pretends we
Haven't seen it all before
And it sends me
Into this manic frenzy
And, yes, it still offends me
The whole universe is against me
End "The Universe is Against Me
"Candace, look," Vanessa said, throwing her guitar aside. "I'm just thinking out loud here, but have you ever considered not trying to bust your brothers? Let's say you did expose them? What happens then? Would you suddenly be happy? Would all of your problems just disappear?"
"Uh, yes," Candace replied bluntly.
"Candace, take it from someone who's had her own busting obsession. It's possible your obsession is really just a distraction from the real problem, which is how you feel about yourself."
"You mean like a tiny speck in the universe, completely overshadowed by Phineas and Ferb?"
"That's good, keep going."
"It's just, everybody thinks my brothers are so special. What about me? When do I get to feel special?"
"Yes."
"What if I'm not?" Candace turned around. "I can't believe this."
"I know, it's kind of a breakthrough, right? Now, the healing can begin…"
"No, I can't believe this!" Candace pointed at the giant capsule that just came out of nowhere.
Vanessa looked behind her and saw it for herself.
"This is the kind of insane stuff I'm talking about," said Candace. "Okay guys, I give up? What does this one do?"
Vanessa sighed. "And breakthrough over."
Candace started banging on the metal. "Phineas and Ferb, I know you're in there!"
"Um, if you don't know what it does, maybe you shouldn't hit it."
"Relax, it's probably some kind of amusement park ride or it makes giant waffles or something."
Then a tube came out of the capsule and sucked both of the girls into it.
"What in the world?" Vanessa reacted.
Phineas and Ferb walked out of the house with a wrapped gift in hand.
They saw a strange contraption standing in front of the house. Candace was inside it, banging on the window and screaming.
Then the contraption took off into space.
"Where is she going?" Phineas asked Ferb.
Ferb made an 'I don't know' gesture, then he took a picture of the thing.
Perry woke up when he heard the sound of Candace screaming. He looked up and saw what looked like a spaceship leaving the Earth's atmosphere. He stared at the ship with determination.
Then he got a call on his watch. He answered.
"Agent P, we've just received automated emergency alert one-three-six alpha," Monogram informed. "We have no idea what it is, but Carl's currently looking it up in the owner's manual."
Carl handed Monogram the manual.
"Apparently it's a 'clogged intake valve'?" Monogram read. "Carl, this is for the washing machine."
"Hold on," Carl said as he looked through the records. "This is for the stereo, microwave instructions, here it is."
Monogram grabbed the correct manual and looked through it. "'A member of your host family has been abducted.' I know what you're thinking, but whatever you do, do not go out and try to rescue her. I know that you care about her, but going out to rescue her will put your cover in jeopardy. I'll get another agent on the case. Just stay home and wait for instructions for a different mission."
Monogram then hung up.
Like I'm gonna listen to that, Perry thought.
Ferb enhanced the photo on his computer.
"You're right, Ferb," Phineas agreed. "This doesn't look like it's from here. Wait, what's that rectangle?"
Ferb zoomed in and they saw a license plate with strange symbols on it.
"Bingo!" Phineas smiled. "She's been abducted by aliens. Let's run those tags on the galactic web."
Ferb did just that. "It's from the planet Feebla-Oot in the Vroblok Cluster."
"That must be where they're taking her." Phineas jumped onto his bed and pointed his finger in the air. "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today! I guess first we have to figure out how to get to the Vro… how do you say that again?"
"The Vroblok Cluster."
"Wow. Try saying that five times fast."
"Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok."
"Huh, I guess it's not that hard."
"Okay, this is not one of Phineas and Ferb's inventions," Candace realized.
"How can you tell?" Vanessa asked sarcastically.
"Because of that."
Vanessa looked out the window and saw a big alien spaceship. "Whoa."
"What do you think they want us for?"
"Best-case scenario, we're food."
"That's a best-case scenario? Man, you're dark."
Their capsule was brought onto the ship.
Phineas and Ferb went to Baljeet's house and rang the doorbell.
After a moment, Baljeet answered. "Oh, hey guys. You came at a great time. I was just about to start watching my box set of Space Adventure."
"Actually, Candace got abducted by aliens and we need your help to rescue her.
"Well, why did you not lead with that? I suppose you'll want me to build another portal. Where is the planet?"
Ferb showed a printed picture of the planet Feebla-Oot.
"That is, like, eight systems away," said Baljeet. "We would need a quantum generator."
"But could we do it?" asked Phineas.
"Yes, but even with the whole gang together, it would take at least a montage."
It didn't take long to bring in Isabella, Buford, and Django and get the portal done.
"Well, I guess I stand corrected," Baljeet admitted. "It only took a line break."
"So, this portal is going to take us to the same planet Candace is being taken to?" asked Isabella.
"Theoretically," Baljeet replied. "But we have no idea what we will be facing when we get there."
"That's right, gang," said Phineas. "This is not for the faint of heart."
Play "Step Into the Great Unknown"
Phineas:
This is a dangerous proposition
We're heading out on an intergalactic sibling rescue mission
I'm gonna try my best to instill us
With some courage, 'cause we'll never know what might jump out and kill us
"Wait, kill us?" Baljeet asked.
"Well, yeah," Phineas replied.
Maybe there's monsters who spit spider webs or breathe sulfuric acid
Maybe there's sentient vegetation that'll spew out noxious gases
Or a shark with wings of an eagle and the pancreas of a lizard
Maybe there's creatures made completely out of rocks, paper, and scissors
I guess the point I'm making is we really have no clue
What the heck we're gonna see, what the heck we're gonna do
But we're not gonna leave her on the other side of everything
We won't leave her there alone
We may be loaded for bear, but we have no idea what's there
Isabella stood next to Phineas while Django stood next to Ferb.
Phineas, Isabella, and Django:
So let's stop, take a breath, before we step into the great unknown
"Wait, now I'm nervous," said Buford.
"Yeah," Baljeet agreed. "I am not sure that all this speculation is the best way to instill courage."
Phineas:
I'll admit that my heart is racing
There's an infinite set of variables we don't know what we're facing
We really need to stay on track
'Cause we're gonna save our sister, nothing's gonna hold us back
Phineas, Isabella, and Django:
Not even alien dust that comes alive and flies into your nose
Or giant freaky insects who will lay eggs in everybody's clothes
Not vampire alien overlords that really might exist
Or, for that matter, any of these improbable things, of which I've made a list
Phineas:
I guess the point I'm making is we really never know
But it doesn't matter anyway, we're still gonna go
Buford and Baljeet, now convinced, raised their hands in the air.
All:
'Cause we're not gonna leave her on the other side of everything
We won't leave her there alone
And though we may be unaware of what is waiting over there
We'll just stop, take a breath, and step into the great unknown
The gang all stood in front of the portal and took hands.
And though we really should be weary, 'cause this really might be scary
We are all of us about to step into the great unknown
They all closed their eyes, took a breath, and walked through the portal.
End "Step Into the Great Unknown"
On the other side of the portal, the first thing the kids saw was a giant robot.
"Hello, and welcome, aliens," the robot greeted.
The kids screamed. Buford got in front of the rest.
Then a familiar man in a lab coat approached them.
"Oh, that's just Norm," he assured. "He's usually harmless."
"Wait a minute," said Buford. "I remember you. You're that evil pharmacist, Doctor Doofus or something."
"It's Doofenshmirtz, and I'm not a pharmacist!"
"Hold on, we're still in Danville?" asked Phineas.
"That is not possible," said Baljeet. "My calculations could not have been that off."
Phineas turned back to Doof. "And why do you have a portal?"
"Well, I was trying to get to the planet Feebla-Oot of the Vro…" Doof tried to explain. "I honestly don't know how to pronounce it."
"The Vroblok Cluster," said Ferb.
"Say that ten times fast."
"Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok, Vroblok," Phineas and Ferb said.
Everyone else looked at them weirdly.
"That was… disturbing," said Doof.
"We have to get to Feebla-Oot to save our sister," Phineas explained.
"And my daughter, Vanessa, was apparently abducted by an alien pod from there. She posted it on her social media. See?"
Doof took out his phone and showed the post. Vanessa held a straight face and made the peace sign, while Candace was freaking out.
"So she got abducted too?" asked Phineas.
Baljeet looked at his phone and gasped. "There is an ion barrier around the planet!"
"So our transporters were deflected, making them connect to each other," Doof realized.
"We'll need to build a spaceship," said Phineas. "Unless anyone has one lying around."
"I don't have a spaceship per se, but I do have…" Doof pushed a button and a shuttle emerged from the ground. "The Galactic-Travelinator! You get inside it and it flies you to, and in this case through, space."
"So, a spaceship," said Isabella.
"I suppose it's like a spaceship, but it's an inator. There's a difference."
"Is the difference purely semantic?"
"It's branding, leave me alone."
The moment Perry was sure the coast was clear, he headed for the portal.
That's when he heard something behind him. He turned around and saw Monty landed in the backyard.
Perry rolled his eyes. Of course he'd send his kid to stop me.
"Hey Agent P," Monty greeted with a smile.
Perry gave Monty a distrusting glare.
Monty held his hands up. "Whoa, whoa, I'm not here to fight. I'm sure my dad has already told you not to go save your owner."
Perry nodded.
"Well, I've convinced him to send me on the mission instead, and I can bring you with me."
Perry raised an eyebrow.
"You see, my girlfriend, Vanessa, has been taken as well. I was thinking if we work together, we can save her and Candace."
Perry gave it some thought, then he offered his hand. Monty shook it without hesitation.
With that, the two walked through the portal.
"Alright, we've got a sister and a daughter to save," Phineas said as he and the others loaded up the spaceship (I'm not calling it the Galactic-Travelinator every time).
Doof dropped a small device. Isabella picked it up.
"What is this?" she asked.
"That's my Chicken-Replacinator," Doof explained. "You fire it, and whatever's hit swaps places with the nearest chicken."
"Is that something we're gonna need?"
"Let's just say I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it."
"I'm with him on that," Buford agreed as he brought a canoe onto the ship. "Is there a barf bag on this thing, Doc? I'm asking for a friend."
Perry and Monty watched from behind a corner as Doof and the kids boarded the ship. They hurried onto it as well before the door could close.
"Alright, Operation Save Candace and Vanessa is about to begin," Phineas said.
Doof and Isabella pushed the launch buttons and the ship took off. Unfortunately, the fire from the thrusters set the whole apartment on fire.
"Okay, that was on me," Doof admitted. "But so fun to be traveling into outer space with a bunch of kids who teleported into my home without adult supervision."
Vanessa finally got the hatch opened. She and Candace climbed out of the capsule and looked around the ship.
Candace noticed other capsules just like the one they were in. She looked through each one, only to see they were empty.
Are we the only ones they abducted? she wondered.
That's when they heard footsteps. They hid behind a corner and waited for the aliens to pass by.
Candace then noticed a map. Each area was labeled with weird alien symbols.
"I wish we could read these weird markings," Candace said aloud.
"English detected," came an automated voice. "Do you want me to change the setting to English?"
"Yes, English."
All the signs turned to English.
"Ooh, great," Candace smiled. "We don't have something like this at home. Computer, how do we escape from this ship?"
"Adding 'thin chips' to your shopping list," said the computer.
"No, I said escape the ship."
"Playing 'Cage Lip' by Lil' Gorbonox."
Candace groaned. "On second thought, this is exactly like the one we have at home."
She skimmed through the map until she found 'ESCAPE PODS'. Candace tapped the button.
A door on the floor opened right next to the girls. They looked down and saw how far down it went. The two gulped, but started to climb down.
"You know, I'm still blaming Phineas and Ferb for this," Candace said.
"How exactly is it their fault?" asked Vanessa.
"Well, if I hadn't been rage-singing about how they ruined my life, I might've seen that that pod came from outer space and therefore was not one of their inventions."
"It sounds like you're saying this is your fault."
"Okay, it's a little my fault too." Candace looked down and almost slipped. "Wow, this is a long ladder. I wish there was a faster way down there."
"Approaching ion barrier," said the computer. "Brace for turbulence. Avoid ladders."
The ship started to shake. Candace tried to hold on, but she couldn't. She fell on Vanessa's shoulders, and they flipped upside-down. Candace tried grabbing onto the wrung, but they flipped over again and she let go.
The cycle repeated until they finally reached the bottom. They hit the floor hard.
Candace groaned as she struggled to get up.
"Well, that was faster," Vanessa remarked.
Then Candace noticed the smoothie maker and picked up a cup.
"Candace, focus," Vanessa urged.
"I know, I shouldn't," Candace said as she put down the cup. "Okay, we found the escape pods."
"Opening escape pods," said the computer.
Vanessa heard footsteps coming from above. She looked up and saw some aliens peering down.
"Candace, we gotta go," she said as she got in one of the pods. "There's only room for one."
"Go," Candace ordered. "I'll be right behind you. I'll see you back on Earth."
She climbed into the pod right next to Vanessa.
"Computer, launch the escape pods!" Candace shouted.
"Launching all escape pods," said the computer.
The pod Candace was in started to shake, then it launched.
Candace had no idea where she was going. All she could do was hold on tight and wait for the pod to land.
After what felt like hours, the pod finally landed. The hatch opened, and Candace climbed out.
She didn't know where she was, but she did know it wasn't Earth. The sky was orange, the trees were all mushrooms, and the fortress in front of her looked nothing like anything she'd seen back on Earth.
Before she could figure out where she was at, though, a bunch of aliens surrounded her and aimed their blasters.
Candace sighed. Yep, the whole universe.
The Whole Universe is Against Me
"According to my calculations, we are on course to reach the planet in 47 minutes at our current velocity," said Baljeet.
"Can't we get any more speed out of this thing?" asked Phineas.
"I think we could coax a little more out of these engines if we bypassed the compressor system and fed power directly into the impulse drive," Isabella suggested.
"Hey, I don't come to where you work and tell you how to sell cupcakes," said Doof.
Then the sirens blared. Baljeet looked at the screen.
"Oh no," he panicked. "We are entering an uncharted asteroid field!"
"You couldn't have navigated around that?" asked Buford.
"I just said it was uncharted!"
An asteroid hit the ship and everyone who wasn't seated fell to the ground.
"Big one coming up, starboard side!" said Phineas.
"What?" Doof asked.
Isabella groaned. "On the right!"
"My right or your right?"
"WE'RE FACING THE SAME DIRECTION!"
Perry and Monty held on for dear life.
Perry noticed the button with the astronaut on it. He pushed it, and a hatch opened to reveal two spacesuits, one platypus-sized and the other human-sized.
The two put on the suits and tied some wires to themselves. Perry shut the hatch behind them so when he opened the door out, the vacuum would suck him and Monty out, but not Doof or the kids.
Play "Unsung Hero"
The two floated around the asteroid field.
Monty summoned a metal shield and blocked a small asteroid.
Another one hit Perry and tore a hole in one of his sleeves. He just patched it up with duct tape to keep the air from escaping.
Nobody sees him, he's not looking for glory
He's not looking for applause
Perry then noticed a big asteroid heading for the ship. He activated a bomb and threw it towards the asteroid, blowing it up.
He's not trying to be part of someone else's story
He's just fighting for a noble cause
Perry then got onto the ship and removed the wire. He took out a giant grappling hook and hit the asteroid.
This is the song of the unsung hero
But I guess technically now he's got a song, 'cause I'm singin' it
Perry jumped off the ship and swung under it. The asteroid got redirected and collided into another one.
You might not even know he's here, oh
But he's out there on his own, just wingin' it
Unfortunately, Perry didn't notice the asteroid coming from behind. Monty tried to warn him, but it's too late. The asteroid destroyed Perry's jetpack and sent him flying.
Monty grabbed Perry before he could float away, but his wire broke off. They were both about to fly into the ship's thruster.
Ooh, did I mention he's a platypus?
Perry took out a parachute. It filled up with air from the exhaust, and carried the two away.
The parachute managed to redirect the remaining asteroids away from the ship.
Perry and Monty managed to get back into the ship. They shut the hatch, took off their helmets, and took a breath of relief.
End "Unsung Hero"
"We're somehow missing all the asteroids," said Isabella.
"Hey, look, Cat's Cradle!" Buford shouted. "It's the first time I've been able to do it!"
Everyone turned around and saw Buford managed to create a perfect triangle with his yoyo. If this was literally any other scenario, they would've been impressed, but here, they were just disappointed.
"Sorry," Buford apologized. "I was in the zone."
Doof turned back to the windshield and realized they were out of the asteroid field.
"Well, that was so much easier than I thought," said Phineas. "I hope Candace and Vanessa made it through just as well."
After landing on this random planet, Vanessa made a run for it.
What good are escape pods that take you to the planet you were trying to escape from? she wondered.
She then saw the ship she had just escaped from land at a fortress who-knows-how many miles away.
The aliens brought Candace into the fortress. She stood in front of a large door.
The door opened slowly and dramatically. Candace waited in anticipation.
Then the door stopped midway. The aliens just looked at each other awkwardly.
"Just come on in!" came a voice.
The aliens took Candace's arms and they walked through the door. Candace looked around the massive, practically empty room.
"Over here!" the voice called. "I'm sitting in this enormous chair!"
Candace looked in front of her and saw one particular alien sitting in a fancy (but not exactly enormous) throne.
"You are spectacular," the alien said with a smile. "Where are my manners? I'm Super Super Big Doctor."
"Is that a title, or…?" Candace asked.
"It's a common enough name in our language. I mean, it's not Eegblat or Boat Jelly, but it's a name you hear."
"Oh, nice to meet you. My name's Candace."
All the aliens in the room gasped and held onto each other.
"Oh, sorry," SSBD apologized. "In our language, 'Candace'..." She flinched just saying Candace's name. "...is the noise someone makes when they explode from the waist up."
"I'm sorry," said Candace. "Does that happen often enough that you…?"
"What matters is we found you, the Chosen One."
SSBD snapped her fingers. A banner reading 'The Chosen One' came down. The aliens sat Candace on a chair and spun her around.
Candace looked around, feeling a mix of confusion, but also joy.
"So, you're saying that I'm… special?" she asked.
SSBD's eyes widened. "Are you special? We have spent years searching the galaxy for Remarkalonium, a rare element we desperately need, and our instruments tell us that element simply emanates from you. You, Candy Cane… can I call you that?"
Candace nodded.
"By just existing, you are saving our planet," SSBD continued.
"Okay, this is amazing!" Candace cheered. "And just to be super extra clear, this 'saving the world' thing doesn't involve offering me as a human sacrifice?"
"Well, somebody's paranoid."
"Sorry, it's just… I've always felt the universe was against me. The thing is, I have these annoying little brothers who always get away with everything."
"Shut up. I grew up with annoying little brothers too, always hodening their zurgnats in the vlamborshall during glabenstchturn."
"My brothers once made a roller coaster."
"Okay, now you're just making things up. Point is, I was once where you are now, brothers always getting away with everything, when I'm supposed to be in charge."
"Exactly, and not just conditionally."
"That's why I came to this planet. Now, I'm really in charge."
"Wow, maybe the universe isn't against me."
"Welcome to Feebla-Oot." SSBD raised her hand in the air. "All hail the Chosen One!"
The other aliens chanted, "All hail the Chosen One!"
Candace smiled and almost cried.
The gang finally reached the ion barrier.
"Activate your ion shield," said Baljeet.
"I don't have an ion shield," said Doof. "We're not fancy-schmancy."
"But… we have to pass through an ion barrier to get to the planet. If we go through without a shield, it could fry all the electronics on the ship, rendering our navigation useless and stranding us in space!"
Buford noticed the panic in Baljeet's voice. He quickly grabbed his hand.
"Easy," Buford soothed. "Deep breaths."
Baljeet took a couple deep breaths, and leaned on Buford's shoulder.
"There has to be another way through this," said Phineas.
"Hold on, there might be a way," said Baljeet. "In Episode 206B of Space Adventure, they were able to go through an ion barrier without a shield by spinning the USS Minotaur and scattering the ions as they went."
"I'm not sure that would work in real life, though," said Django.
Baljeet crossed his arms. "I am sure the writers of Space Adventure have a better understanding of astrophysics than you and even me, because I do not see how that would work either, but… hold on!"
He took control of the steering and spun the ship around at a fast speed. Everyone had to hang onto the walls.
Somehow, that got them through the barrier.
"Okay, you can stop now!" Phineas shouted.
"Unfortunately, I cannot," said Baljeet. "We have lost all helm control. I do not understand. It worked perfectly in Space Adventure."
"Well, there is some good news. That planet we're plummeting towards is Feebla-Oot."
The moment they entered the planet's atmosphere, the ship stopped spinning. Unfortunately, the front caught fire.
They crashed into a mushroom tree, which catapulted them.
They hit another tree, and were catapulted a second time.
They then hit a third tree. It bent down, and everyone waited to be catapulted again.
Nothing happened.
"Are we safe?" Django asked.
The gang slowly climbed out of the ship and looked around.
"It's beautiful," Isabella smiled. "And so peaceful."
Then they heard a loud noise right behind them. They turned around and saw a weird elephant-like creature towering over them.
It reached out its trunk and let out a loud roar.
The kids backed away and screamed.
Then the mushroom tree launched the creature into the air.
So, should we be worried that that's gonna fall back down and land on us?" asked Django.
"Nope," Baljeet replied as he looked through advanced binoculars. "They're in orbit. They must have achieved escape velocity. Good for them."
That's when Doof finally climbed out of the shuttle with a bucket on his head.
"Help, I can't see!" he shouted.
"You got a bucket on your head," Isabella said bluntly.
Doof got the bucket off of him. "Don't worry, I fixed it."
The group went to check the damage, not noticing Perry or Monty hiding in the bushes.
Perry
"Oh, so he gets a jingle and not me?" Monty complained.
Monty
"Thank you."
The shuttle was damaged beyond repair. Oil was leaking out of the tank, the windows were shattered, and the thrusters were broken off.
Somehow, the only thing that remained intact was Buford's canoe, much to the confusion of everyone.
"Well, we're not getting anywhere on this spaceship," said Isabella.
"It's an inator," Doof corrected. "Not that that matters anymore. It's just a pile of junk now."
"I'm not sure if we'll even make it back home after this," said Django.
"We'll find a way out of this," Phineas assured. "We always do, but right now, our priority is finding Candace and Vanessa."
"Maybe we should start by looking there," Isabella suggested, pointing at the fortress in the distance.
Just looking at the fortress gave everyone an uneasy feeling. None of them knew why. They just felt sick.
"I can only imagine what horrible things they're going through in there," said Phineas.
Candace and SSBD were relaxing at a spa.
"This is the best day of my life," Candace declared.
"Stapler Fist is my toughest guard," said SSBD. "But boy, if he doesn't give the finest foot massage on Feebla-Oot."
Candace felt a bit uncomfortable looking at Stapler Fist's menacing face.
"Uh, the pressure is perfect, Mr. Fist," she assured.
Stapler Fist beamed in excitement. "The Chosen One spoke to me! I can't believe it! Seriously, I could just…"
His body swelled up, and then…
CANDACE!
His top half exploded, splattering everyone in the room with goo.
Candace was disgusted seeing the slime all over her, but she was more horrified seeing Stapler Fist just explode right in front of her.
"Don't worry, he'll grow back," SSBD assured.
"Wow, it really does sound like my name," Candace remarked.
"It happens whenever they get excited, especially when they get free stuff. Birthdays here are a bloodbath."
"Note to self, no free stuff."
"Now, just relax. We're gonna have a beautiful day."
Play "Girls' Day Out"
Yeah, this girls' day out
Yeah, this girls' day out
After the foot massages, the girls went to get their nails done. Much to Candace's shock, her nails were not only painted green, but also became the size of a lion's claws.
You and I should take the afternoon to unwind
So get ready, we could lay out or get a mani-pedi
They then drove down the forest. They both had to wear masks to protect their eyes from all the bugs.
After a while, they stopped to get food. Candace was given a cake with candles, almost like it was her birthday.
Go for a drive, or stop for a bite
It all depends upon your appetite
After the cake, the girls did some knitting.
They then tried to fix up the pipes, but it started to rain.
We could do knitting
Or copper fitting, weather permitting
SSBD then took Candace to get a new outfit. The one she ended up with was an outfit that matched SSBD's.
I never seem to have any free time
I just need to get a little me-time
I mean, and you-time too
The girls then bounced on the mushroom trees and slid down a leaf. Candace launched into the air, while SSBD just fell to the ground.
It's a girls' day out, time to get away
From the hustle and bustle of the day-to-day
After that, they relaxed in the sun.
"Cucumber spray?" SSBD asked.
"No doubt," Candace replied.
We can just do brunch or catch a matinee
Or something a little bit less cliche
Then the girls went to get ice cream. Candace reached into her pocket for money, but SSBD paid with a giant heavy gold coin with her face on it.
I've got this, honey, put your money away
'Cause I am all about this girls' day out
The two went onto the balcony and clinked their cones together.
Yeah, this girls' day out
End "Girls' Day Out"
Isabella licked her finger and held it in the air.
"This way, team," she ordered as she pointed north. "The fortress is just three klicks away."
"Wait a second," said Doof. "What's a 'klick', and who put you in charge young lady? I'm the grown-up here."
"Well, some people think I'm a natural leader." Isabella showed her long sash of patches to back herself up. "Huh?"
"You got all of these for being a leader?"
"Yep."
"Well, have you gotten one of these?" Doof took out a card with his face on it.
"That's a library card, and yes, yes I have."
"Well, it doesn't matter, because I'm the adult."
Play "Adulting"
Doof:
So you say you got a patch for leading people through a jungle
But I've got a prescription for this anti-fungal, so I win
Isabella:
How is that winning?
Doof:
I'm just saying I'm prepared
Isabella:
Undecided whether I should feel disturbed or scared
Doof:
I'm older and bolder
Got this ache on my shoulder
I keep my medical records in this manila folder
Isabella:
Meaning?
Doof:
Just that I've lived more
Isabella:
But I've got a better feeling for the great outdoors
Doof took Isabella's hat, twirled it around a bit, then poorly put it back on her head.
Doof:
You think you know just what to do
But I've got a ton more experience than you in adulting
"Is that what it's called?" Isabella asked.
I know you don't know what I mean
But you're not gonna know it till you turn eighteen, it's called adulting
"That is not a verb," Isabella pointed out.
Doof grabbed a mushroom top and wore it like a soldier's helmet.
When you're no longer a private, you're a sarge
You're all grown up and you're living large
You get to be the one in charge
A giant centipede crawled out of the mushroom and onto Doof's arm.
"Get it off me, get it off me!" he shouted until he got it off.
It's called adulting
Come on, back me up, Ferb
Ferb:
It's not a verb
Doof rolled his eyes.
Isabella:
Could you read a compass or start a fire?
Build a shelter or change a tire?
Dig a hole, pitch a tent?
Navigate, circumvent?
Chop a tree, build a snare?
Catch a fish, fight a bear?
"No," Doof answered to every question.
Isabella smiled.
Now, I think our only care
And I think this question is really fair
Is can you get us from here to there?
"Absolutely," Doof replied to that one.
"How?" Isabella asked.
Doof:
By adulting
Yes, adulting
I'm adulting
'Cause I'm adulting
I'm an adult
End "Adulting"
Everyone stared at Doof, unconvinced.
"I say, this way people, single file," Doof ordered, only to fall off a cliff.
Everyone could only watch and cringe as Doof hit a bunch of rocks and landed in what looked like a hot spring.
"I'm okay!" Doof assured. "The water broke my fall! It's a bit hot, though!"
Then the water sprayed out of the spring and launched Doof into the air.
"Okay, I can confidently say we should go that way," Doof said as pointed the other way.
Doof led the way, even though he had a black eye and he was limping.
That's when a dragon creature came out of nowhere and flew down towards the group.
"Well, there's something you don't see every day," Doof remarked as he fired the Chicken-Replacinator at the dragon.
The dragon disappeared. In its place was a chicken.
"Okay, what was that?" asked Phineas.
"Well, thanks to my handy Chicken-Replacinator, which someone…" Doof glared at Isabella. "...said I shouldn't bring, it switched places with the nearest chicken, wherever that is."
Meanwhile, on Earth…
"I can't believe you built a dragon theme park without anything that even looks like a dragon," the farmer's wife berated. "And why haven't you got rid of that silly chicken coop?"
A dragon emerged from the chicken coop.
"My support group says you're keeping me down," said the farmer.
"Now, where was I?" Doof asked. "Oh, I remember, leading."
He walked on, only to trip and roll down a hill. He hit his head against a rock and flew against a metal wall.
Everyone looked up and saw that they had finally arrived at the fortress.
"See, I told you I could lead the way," Doof remarked.
"And now, it's time for Wakey-Wakey Feebla-Oot with your host, Throat Lobster and Booooooooooooooot," the announcer said to the live studio audience.
The audience cheered.
"Thanks, everyone," said Throat Lobster. "So, our benevolent leader has dropped by with someone the whole planet is talking about. Please welcome Super Super Big Doctor and the Chosen One!"
The audience applauded as Candace and SSBD walked into the room.
"The Chosen One is in the house!" Candace shouted.
"Isn't she the best?" asked SSBD.
"Yes, she is the best," the crowd replied unanimously.
Candace and SSBD sat down.
"So, Chosen One, how does it feel to be the most special being in the whole universe?" Throat Lobster asked.
The crowd cheered until SSBD shushed them.
"It feels great," Candace replied. "Thanks to Super Super Big Doctor, for the first time ever, I feel like… like someone."
"Aw," said the crowd.
"Aren't they both just incredible, folks?" Throat Lobster asked.
The crowd cheered.
"Aw, you're too kind," Candace and SSBD said together. "Jinx!"
They then did a secret complex handshake that made the crowd laugh.
"Now, I believe our leader has a special treat for our guest," Throat Lobster said with a bright smile.
"When I scoured the universe for Remarkalonium, what I didn't know was that I also found a sister," SSBD admitted. "Candace, would you do me the honor of singing a power ballad with me?"
"Would I?" Candace replied.
The two stood up, picked up some microphones, got on the center of the stage, and prepared to pour their hearts out.
Then Phineas, Ferb, their friends, and some guy in a lab coat came in.
"Candace, we're here," said Phineas. "We were so worried about you."
"What are you doing here?" Candace asked. "Can't you see I'm about to duet?"
"Uh, who are these people?" asked SSBD.
"Oh, sorry. Super Super Big Doctor, these are my brothers, their friends, and I have no idea who the man in the lab coat is."
"I'm Heinz," the man introduced himself. "I'm looking for my daughter, Vanessa. Wears black, does this a lot…" He put his hands on his hips and rolled his eyes. "'Dad!'"
"Oh, I sent her off in an escape pod," Candace explained. "She should be back on Earth by now."
"Oh, that's a relief. She's out of danger."
Vanessa found herself standing before a dragon. It stared down at her, menacingly.
"Uh… nice alien dragon creature?" Vanessa said, before cringing at how cliche that was.
"We came to rescue you," said Phineas.
"From what?" Candace asked. "A planet where people worship me? A place where I'm finally special? I'm the Chosen One!"
"Chosen One! Chosen One!" the crowd cheered.
"Uh, that's neat," said Phineas. "But chosen for what, exactly?"
"To save the planet!" Candace scoffed. "It's like you don't want me to be happy."
"We do, Candace." Phineas showed Candace his present. "I even made you this."
"A gift? That's not gonna solve anything! All summer, you've done nothing but lash out at me, spite me, and say that I'm nothing more than an obstacle! You always get away with the craziest things, and everyone thinks I'm crazy! It's like you've turned the universe against me!"
SSBD held Candace's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll take care of these guys."
Candace smiled. "You're the best."
SSBD turned to one of the guards. "Braxington, could you find a spot for our guests to relax?"
The guards led Phineas, Ferb, and the rest out of the room. Phineas looked back at Candace one final time, only to be met with an angry glare.
"Give it up for the Chosen One!" SSBD said to the crowd.
The crowd cheered, but Candace wasn't in the mood anymore.
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang were led down a hallway.
Phineas thought about everything Candace said. He already knew she was unhappy, but this was worse than he could ever imagine. It made him feel worse than he already did.
The aliens brought the group into a luxurious dining room.
"You gotta admit, it's a step up from that horrifying jungle," Doof remarked. "I guess it pays to know the chosen…"
Then they all fell down a trapdoor and landed in a large truck, which drove away.
Phineas noticed that there were a few other aliens in the truck with them. They were all sitting against the wall, huddled together, terrified.
"Um, hi there," said Phineas. "Do you know where this bus goes?"
"We're going to prison," one of the aliens replied.
Everyone's eyes widened.
"Well, little miss 'Look at all my patches'," said Doof. "If you hadn't insisted on leading, we probably wouldn't be in this mess."
"Do you see this patch?" Isabella asked, pointing at one patch in particular. "Pray you never find out what it's for."
"Okay Isabella," said Phineas. "As much as I love it when you make ominous patch-related threats, the bottom line is, we're in trouble, and I have a feeling Candace is too."
Perry and Monty had been following the gang up until the point they reached the fortress.
They used all the tools at their disposal to climb the wall, but nothing worked.
Then, they saw the large truck driving by. While they only saw it for a second, Perry could make out the figures of Phineas and Ferb through the window.
He ran after the truck. Not knowing what was happening, Monty followed.
SSBD sat in the dining room and waited for Candace. After a while, Candace finally showed up, and was greeted with rose petals.
"The Chosen One is in the dining room!" SSBD cheered.
"Oh, thanks," Candace replied, as if she just realized where she was.
"Listen, I was proud of you today. You really stood up for yourself."
"You don't think I was a little too hard on my brothers?"
"Heck no, girl. If I heard correctly, you said that all they've done was hurt you and make you feel horrible about yourself. You don't need them."
Candace sighed. "I guess you're right."
"It's the same story with my brothers. Everyone thought they were so special, so I had to find my own place in the universe, just like you're doing right now."
Candace felt a little better hearing that, but not as much as before.
"Now, I gotta do some boring leader stuff," SSBD continued. "You stay right here. Eat, drink, and don't forget to breathe, a lot. Call me if you need anything."
"Uh, I do have a…"
SSBD left the room.
"Funnel-related question," Candace finished, looking up at the huge tube above her head.
She noticed the other aliens in the room. She didn't know why she didn't notice it sooner, but these aliens' eyes were completely gray, and they only moved or spoke when SSBD commanded them too.
Candace left the room and followed the pipe.
The gang tried to find a way to pry the door open. Nothing worked.
"It's no use," Django sighed.
"Once we get to prison, I'm gonna start a gang," said Buford. "Who's with me?"
Baljeet raised his hand. "Me!"
"Maybe they can help," Phineas suggested, turning to the aliens. "Hey, you guys. There's no need to be afraid of us."
"We don't need a reason," one of the aliens argued. "We're afraid of everything. Loud noises, shadows, darkness, public speaking, anything with wheels, magnets, water, the sky…"
Ferb noticed a gap on the floor. He slid his fingers through the gap and pulled a piece of the floor off, exposing a bunch of wires.
Phineas smiled. "Great idea, Ferb."
The two started pulling the wires out.
Perry and Monty found a way onto the vehicle. They held onto the roof and crawled to the front.
That's when a laser fired at them. They turned around and saw an alien piloting a cannon.
"I'll deal with him," Monty told Perry. "You get control of the vehicle."
Perry nodded and kept going.
Monty stood up and enabled magnets on his boots, allowing him to stick to the roof. The alien fired at him again, but Monty blocked the attack with his shield. The laser deflected and struck the alien, knocking him out.
Perry burst through the windshield and stared at the two aliens sitting there.
The one in the passenger seat pointed their blaster. Perry fired his grappling hook and tied it to a branch. He then forced the alien to hold the grapple, sending him flying who-knows-where.
He then kicked the driver, making them lose control of the steering. Perry took over the wheel and applied the brakes.
"We stopped," Isabella realized. "Whatever you did, it worked."
The back door opened. For whatever reason, there were no guards waiting for them.
"Huh, that's weird," Phineas remarked.
The alien prisoners hurried out of the truck.
"The patrols will be here any minute," said one. "Follow us."
After a long walk, the gang reached a cavern.
"Finally, we have come to a place of safety," said one of the aliens. "Behold, the hidden city of Cowardalia."
They pulled a lever, opening the doorway.
"A cold, dark cave," Buford sarcastically remarked. "You must be proud."
"Oh, this is just the entrance," the alien assured before smacking their forehead. "Borthos, every time you bring somebody here, you do this too soon."
The group walked into the cave and got on a boat. The aliens pushed the boat into the water, and they floated down a stream.
"Now behold, the hidden city of Cowardalia," said Borthos. "Make yourself at home."
A large group of aliens came out from under statues and tiles.
"Borthos, you escaped from the scary ones," one smiled. "How did you do it? Did you hide under a tarp, cower behind some boxes, stand still and pretend to be modern art?"
"No, Garnoz," Barthos replied. "We did not hide or cower or stand still. Although Brizak over there is an excellent example of cubism."
They pointed to the alien nearby, who looked like a Picasso painting.
"These aliens helped us escape," Borthos continued, gesturing to the humans.
"Thank you for saving our people," said Garnoz. "You may hide and cower with us as long as you wish."
"Thanks for the offer, but we're worried about our sister," said Phineas. "We've gotta get back to her somehow."
"And I have to get back to my daughter on Earth," Doof added.
"We would love to help you," said Garnoz. "But we really can't."
"We're cowards," Borthos added bluntly.
"Let me explain..."
Candace followed the pipe into a room. There, she found a dying plant.
What the heck is this thing? she wondered.
Then the plant sprang to life. Candace jumped back.
She turned around and saw SSBD standing there with a smile on her face.
"I see you met Mama," SSBD smiled.
"Wait, that is your mother?!" Candace asked.
"No, I named her after my mother, whose name just so happened to be Mama. Weird coincidence. She was also green and very controlling."
"So, what's it for?"
"It's for you. This is why we're collecting your Remarkalonium. Check this out. Bring in the device."
A big evil-looking device popped out of the ground. Candace backed away in fear, then the thing opened up to reveal a treadmill. Candace just looked at it, confused.
"Remarkalonium is Mama's lifeblood," SSBD explained. "Without it, she'll shrivel up and die. Hop up here."
Mechanical arms grabbed Candace and pulled her onto the treadmill.
"Thanks to you, she will grow again and produce her wonderful mind-controlling spores," SSBD went on.
"So I'm doing something environmentally friendly?" Candace asked before she finally processed that last bit. "Wait, mind-controlling spores?"
SSBD scoffed. "Yeah, how do you think I got to be in charge in the first place? Now, the spores have been wearing off, and more of the populace is slipping from my control every day."
One of the alien servants threw down their tray and ran out the door.
SSBD turned to her guards. "Really, one of you guys couldn't run after him?" She turned back to Candace. "See, this is why I need you. I need new episodes of 'Clown and Mailman'."
"What you're doing is awful!" Candace shouted. "What would your brothers think if they could see you now?"
"Why don't you ask them?" SSBD turned on a screen to reveal her brothers locked in a cell playing catch with a man-made ball. "Hey, you made a ball? I told you, NO PLAYING IN THE DUNGEON!" She activated a laser cannon and destroyed the boys' ball. "Now, let's grow some spores."
SSBD activated the treadmill, forcing Candace to start walking.
"Wait, how could you imprison your own brothers?" asked Candace.
"Oh, it was super easy," SSBD explained. "You see, I lured them in with these cheesy snacks and…"
"No, I mean HOW COULD YOU?! I'd never do something like that to my brothers!"
"You already did."
"What?!"
"I said I'd take care of them and you said, 'You're the best', so I thought you were down with the whole dungeon thing."
"Wait, you threw my brothers in the dungeon?! That's not what I wanted!"
"Wow, wow, wow, this is eye-opening. Have I misread things or what?"
"Yes, yes you have, so can we…"
Then SSBD strapped Candace to the treadmill. "I guess it was too good to be true. I thought I finally found someone simpatico, and you even exhaled Remarkalonium."
"What even is Remarkalonium?"
"I think in your language, it's called 'Carbon Dioxide', or 'CO2'."
"Wait, that's a rare element?"
"Yeah. We inhale and exhale Oxygen." SSBD's eyes widened. "Wait a minute, are you saying everyone on your planet exhales Carbon Dioxide?"
Candace cringed. "I said too much."
SSBD laughed. "If all earthlings exhale Carbon Dioxide, I can feed Mama forever, and I can have hundreds of castles, smoothies, and bad reality shows. Braxington, Shoe-Monkey, fire up the ship. We have an even bigger planet to conquer."
"Wait, NO!"
"Load up the portable CO2 generator."
"Wait, what?" asked Braxington.
SSBD pointed at Candace. "Her, dummy! Gotta keep Mama alive until we get to Earth." She turned to Candace. "Must be a rough day for you. You threw your own brothers under the bus, then your whole planet. Nice going, sister."
SSBD maniacally laughed as she walked out of the room. Her guards added some hoverboards to the treadmill.
"Alright, this way, Chosen One," Braxington said as he pushed a button on the remote.
The treadmill flew into the wall.
Braxington pushed another button, only to send the treadmill flying into another wall.
"Have you done this before?" asked Shoe-Monkey.
"Yes, I've done this before!" Braxington assured as he finally got the treadmill under control. "Controllers are stupid, not me."
He started to carry the treadmill himself.
Phineas stood on top of a rock so everyone could see him.
"Listen, everyone!" he shouted. "We've come from across the universe to save our sister, and we're not going home without her! If you care about your people as much as we care about Candace, then please help us!"
"You do not understand," said Garnoz. "We're called the Cowards. In our language, that literally means coward."
"Just because you're called cowards, it doesn't mean you have to be cowards, and if you can be brave just this once, from here on, 'coward' could mean mighty warrior. So, what do you say?"
The Cowards looked at each other. After a moment, one raised their hand and cheered. Others quickly followed.
SSBD and her forces headed for the ship.
"Now, make sure Mama is comfortable…" SSBD ordered before hearing music. "Wait, what am I hearing right now?"
Everyone turned to where the music was coming from. They saw an army of Cowards, as well as the humans, marching right to them.
Play "Our Battle Song"
All:
This is our battle song, as we're marching into war
This is our battle song, we're gonna give you guys what for
You might think you can defeat us, your defenses have some heft
But the thing that we won't tell you as you're fighting on the left
IS the left is just a skirmish, a diversionary fight
We'll hide the bulk of our forces on the right
"The fools," SSBD laughed. "They're telling us their plan in song. Get our forces over to the right."
"Wait, their right or ours?" asked Shoe-Monkey.
No, our right, they're hidden in that forest
That's your left, perhaps we shouldn't put that in the chorus
We should watch just what we say, don't wanna give our plan away
But with subtle subterfuge, we will surely win the day
SSBD and her forces went over to their left and prepared to fend off the forces there.
It's our battle song
End "Our Battle Song"
But there was nothing there.
When they turned around, the Cowards and their human allies were right behind them.
SSBD gasped. "You lied to us through song! That's supposed to connect people through sincerity of emotion. That is cold. Who are you people?"
"We are the Cowards!" the Cowards chanted.
"Well, I'm bold enough to admit when…" SSBD quickly turned the other way. "RUN!"
SSBD and her forces ran while the Cowards chased after them.
"Let's go find Candace," Phineas told the others.
Ferb pointed in front of them. Candace was being boarded onto a ship.
The gang quickly made chase.
Then Doof got a notification on his phone.
"Guys, wait, Vanessa's still here!" he shouted as he showed the others a selfie of Vanessa in front of the very fortress they were at. "I'll save Vanessa, you guys go while you still can!"
"But how will you get back to Earth?" asked Isabella.
"By adulting. I learned from the best."
Isabella smiled.
"Go, now!" Doof urged.
The kids made a run for the ship. Isabella gave Doof a patch.
"It's a 'Getting Back to Earth' patch," she explained. "Earn it!"
The kids saw the Cowards cowering on the floor because of a cardboard spider. The kids just shoved past it and jumped onto the ship before it could take off.
Alright, maybe I can figure out where Vanessa is from this photo, Doof thought.
And then he walked off a cliff. He closed his eyes and braced for impact…
Before he could hit the ground, though, something grabbed him. Doof opened his eyes and saw none other than Perry.
"Perry the Platypus, I can't believe you're here!" Doof cheered.
He then noticed that Perry was being held by a rope. He looked up and saw, to his astonishment, the son of Monogram on top of the cliff, holding them up.
Then Monty lost his footing and they all started to fall.
That's when a dragon came out of nowhere and scooped them all into its hands. The three looked up and saw none other than Vanessa on the dragon's back.
"Wait, Dad, Perry, Monty?" she asked.
"Vanessa!" Doof smiled.
"I thought it was you. How did you get here?"
"Well, I have no idea how those two got here, but I used my Galactic-Travelinator."
"You mean your spaceship?"
Doof sighed. "Yes. Where'd you get the alien dragon creature?"
"You like them? I named them Vlorkel."
"Why?"
The dragon made a noise that sounded like 'Vlorkel'.
"Can I keep her?" Vanessa pleaded.
"Well, we're gonna need a bigger litter box," Doof mentioned.
Phineas, Ferb, and co. found themselves in the cargo bay of the ship.
"We need to find where they're keeping Candace," said Phineas.
"Hey, look, they're taking us back to Earth," said Buford.
"More likely they wanna conquer Earth."
"Attention, brace yourselves," said the computer. "We are about to enter Warp 2."
"Oh no," Baljeet panicked. "That is twice the speed of light."
"What will that be like?" asked Isabella.
"I read a theory that when you go twice the speed of light, the very nature of your existence will break down to its primal essence, all the way back to its source."
Right as Baljeet said that, all the color in the environment faded.
"This is so weird," Isabella said as she looked at her hands.
Buford then said something funny.
"Whoa, temp dialogue," Phineas remarked.
"How much more can reality break down?" Django asked worriedly.
"And then we suddenly cut to us," Phineas and Ferb co-creator Dan Povenmire pitched to the Disney executives.
"So, you'd actually see Dan and I pitching this part," other co-creator Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh continued. "Exactly like we are now, saying what we're saying right now."
"And then we push back into the storyboard," the two finished together.
The kids just stood there, speechless.
Django laid on the ground and curled into a ball.
"Our whole life is a lie," he cried.
"Let us never speak of this again," said Ferb.
"Agreed," the rest said with no hesitation.
Vanessa finally found a place to land Vlorkel. Once she got off, Monty hugged her.
"I'm so glad you're okay," he said.
"Yeah, same with you," Vanessa replied.
Doof cleared his throat.
Vanessa and Monty turned to Doof and instantly realized what they were doing.
"Dad, it's not what it looks like," Vanessa assured.
"Don't give me that," said Doof. "I know exactly what this is."
Vanessa and Monty gulped.
Doof put his hands on Vanessa's shoulders. "And I support you. I'm not fully into the idea of you two being together, but I also know I can't stop you from adulting."
Vanessa smiled. "Dad, I'm touched, but you know that's not a verb, right?"
Doof sighed. "Yes, so I've been told. Anyway, how are we gonna get out of here?"
That's when a chicken just passed by.
"That's it," Doof smiled. "We'll use the Chicken-Replacinator to switch places with a chicken on Earth. Worked like a charm earlier."
The four got on Vlorkel's back.
Doof switched the inator to selfie mode. "Everybody, smile."
Then he pulled the trigger.
They didn't end up on Earth.
Doof tried again. He realized he was just swapping places with the nearby chicken.
"Wait a minute." He took out his Axinator. "Ax-idents can happen."
"We are not killing an innocent chicken!" Monty snapped.
Doof sighed.
"We're almost there," said Buford.
"We've gotta find a way to stop this ship," said Phineas.
"Wait, I know," said Baljeet. "In episode 347A of Space Adventure, Captain Dirk Mortensen and Lieutenant Zarna, a half-human, half-Enduzean who was secretly…"
"Baljeet!" everyone yelled.
"Sorry. We can use the shield generator to overload the main reactor and disable the ship, stranding them in orbit."
Baljeet opened up the control panel.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" asked Phineas.
"In Space Adventure, it is always the leftmost button," Baljeet replied.
"Baljeet, wait…"
But Baljeet already pushed the button. The airlock opened and they were all sucked out. They started plummeting towards Earth.
"We are never listening to another Space Adventure idea!" Django decided.
"I don't have a patch for surviving a fall because of the false science of a CANCELED TV SHOW!" Isabella screamed.
"Hey everybody, into the canoe," said Buford.
Everyone got in the canoe.
"What now?" asked Phineas.
"I didn't think that far ahead," Buford admitted.
Phineas noticed all the bits of debris that were sucked out with them. "Hey, we can use this."
The kids jumped off the canoe and grabbed whatever parts they could. They then put those parts together.
"I hate to be that guy, but we're getting closer to the ground," Buford said before seeing what the boys built. "You made another boat? What have I been lugging this one for?"
Ferb pulled a lever. The thing that looked like a boat converted into the wings of a jet, allowing them to fly around Danville.
"Ha ha!" Buford laughed before turning to Isabella. "And you said we wouldn't need it."
Isabella sighed. "Fine, I'll make you a patch."
"Hey, there's our house," said Phineas. "Put her down there, Ferb. We got some building to do."
It was a great game for the citizens of Danville. They were in the seventh inning, and the Narwhals were winning with 11-none. Even better was that everyone who came got a free T-shirt.
"Okay, sports fans," said Mayor Doofenshmirtz. "Before your beloved Narwhals come up to bat, we have a real treat for you. We will finally unveil for you the recently-completed statue of the founder of the Tri-State Area, John P. Trystate!"
The tarp covering the glass sculpture was removed. Everyone in the audience stood up and cheered.
"Isn't it spectacular, folks?" Mayor Doofenshmirtz continued. "The material is so delicate it is almost impossible to sculpt with. In fact, the first sculptor actually…"
That's when a ship came out of nowhere and flew towards the statue. Everyone gasped.
The ship flew right above the statue. Everyone in the crowd sighed with relief.
Then the ship landed, causing the sculpture to shatter. Everyone in the crowd screamed and cried.
"Not Beaver Pete!" one begged.
But the ship got Beaver Pete too.
"Hey, is that an alien spaceship?" one spectator finally acknowledged.
As if to answer that question, an alien army climbed out of the ship and pointed their blasters at the audience.
"People of Earth, breathe on me!" the leader ordered. "Or more to the point, breathe on my plant of doom!"
"Not so fast!" came a voice.
Everyone turned to see none other than Phineas and Ferb, and the rest, standing in front of the scoreboard.
"Seriously, don't breathe so fast," Phineas warned. "It makes her plant grow."
"How did you beat me here?" the alien leader asked.
"We snuck aboard your ship, then we fell out of it by accident, and saved ourselves so we could come here and stop you! That gave us enough time to make these."
The kids took out these remote controllers and activated them. Giant RC vehicles with the heads of Phineas, Ferb, and the gang burst through the wall.
"Oh no, what are we ever gonna…?" the alien leader said sarcastically before cutting straight to the point. "Thermal cannon."
One of her soldiers brought out a thermal cannon and destroyed all the RC vehicles in one shot. He then aimed that cannon at Phineas, Ferb, and the gang. They jumped out of the way just in time.
Only then did the citizens realize the imminent danger they were in. They all screamed and made a run for it.
Stacy and Jenny hid in Jeremy's Slushy Dawg truck. There, they saw Jeremy crafting a spear.
"Wow Jeremy, you're already getting ready to fend off the invasion?" Stacy asked.
"Wait, there's an alien invasion?" Jeremy reacted.
"Ferb and I gotta get on that ship," Phineas told the others.
"Go for it," said Isabella. "We'll hold off the soldiers."
"Yeah," Buford added, pointing at Baljeet. "We have him."
Baljeet transformed into Hulkjeet and charged into battle against the soldiers.
Candace was still walking on the treadmill. She was tired, hungry, and dehydrated, but the treadmill wouldn't let her stop.
She noticed on the security cameras that Phineas and Ferb were about to get on the ship.
Wait, they escaped? She thought. But how did they…?
She then saw the one guard stationed to watch over her about to look at that camera.
"Hey, Mr. Toilet-Shower!" she called desperately.
"Toilet-Flower," the guard corrected.
"Right. Hey, these shoes pinch. I'd be able to create much more Carbon Dioxide if you loosen them a teensy bit."
Toilet-Flower leaned down to loosen Candace's shoes. Candace jumped and kicked Toilet-Flower onto the treadmill. She then caught the remote with her foot and pushed the button, opening her restraints.
Toilet-Flower got sucked under the treadmill and then launched out.
"Candace!" came a voice.
Candace turned around and saw Phineas and Ferb right there. At first, she was happy to see them, but then she started to feel overcome with guilt.
Guilt for unintentionally getting them sent to prison earlier.
Guilt for blaming them for all her problems.
Guilt for spending the whole summer trying to get them in trouble when they did nothing to deserve it.
And why? To spite them? To feel better about herself?
Candace ran into the next room, sat against the wall, and cried.
"Candace, what's wrong?" Phineas asked.
"I'm just so ashamed," Candace bawled. "I can't believe you'd come back to save me after everything I've done all summer. Phineas, all those things you said to me yesterday were true. All I did was get in your way, ruin your fun. I'm not the Chosen One. I'm not special. I'm not even a good sister. You guys are better off without me."
Phineas sat next to Candace. "All those things I said were wrong. You're not a horrible person, Candace, and I hate myself for even thinking that you are." He took out the present. "I think you should open this."
Candace cried even more. "The gift! You tried to give me a gift and I wouldn't take it! I'm so horrible."
"Candace, please, open it."
Candace took the gift and opened it up to reveal a coffee mug. It had a gold star on it and a text: 'World's #1 Sister'.
It only made Candace feel worse. "I don't even drink coffee, but you didn't know that because I never told you!"
"Candace, push the button," said Phineas.
Candace found the button and pushed it. A tiny projector popped out of the mug and projected a whole plethora of screens around her. Each screen played a different memory.
Performing with Phineas and Ferb when they were one-hit wonders.
Singing to Linda during her birthday
Becoming the queen of Mars.
Bringing Perry back home.
Traveling all around the world.
"This is why you're the coolest person ever," said Phineas. "You kick butt, you rock out, and you've accomplished so much this summer. If I'm being honest, this summer wouldn't be any fun without you."
"You may not be the 'Chosen One'," Ferb added. "But we'd choose you every time."
Candace cried tears of happiness as she hugged the boys. "I could not have chosen better little brothers, and you know what? I know what we're gonna do today: save the world!"
Phineas smiled. "Yeah, that's what I'm talking about."
"Now, we just need to find out how to…"
Candace stopped when she saw the 'Free T-Shirt Day' banner on one of the cameras.
Hulkjeet continued smashing aliens in his path until eventually, one of them fired a net big enough to trap him. He tried to break out of it, but the net tased him and forced him to turn back to Baljeet.
Buford, Isabella, and Django quickly got Baljeet out of the net, but then the alien with the thermal cannon approached them.
The kids held their hands up and braced for the end.
"Hey, you!" a voice called.
Everyone turned around and saw Candace with a T-shirt cannon. She fired the cannon, and the alien caught it.
"Free stuff?" he asked excitedly. "Just like my birthday!"
CANDACE!
The alien exploded right in front of the kids' eyes. They all stood there with looks of horror and disgust.
"You know, now I realize that the universe isn't against me," Candace admitted. It's me against the universe!"
"You mean us," Phineas corrected.
"Yeah, us against the universe! Duck."
Phineas ducked so Candace could fire a T-shirt at the alien behind him. The alien got excited, then…
CANDACE!
Candace then fired her T-shirt at two more aliens.
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
"THAT'S MY NAME!" Candace shouted as she fired some more.
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
"Why does that sound like her name?" asked Ferb.
Phineas responded with an 'I don't know' gesture.
Candace kept firing T-shirts until SSBD was the only one left.
Unfortunately, Candace had run out of shirts.
To make matters worse, Mama was finally big enough. She started releasing mind-control spores.
Phineas and Ferb quickly passed everyone gas masks. While they put the masks on in time, the people in the audience were affected by the spores.
Jeremy saw the red spores floating around. The humans in the area froze in place as their eyes turned gray.
He quickly grabbed a gas mask and put it on. He then gave two more to Stacy and Jenny.
"Why do you have gas masks on hand?" Jenny asked.
Stacy touched the tip of a spear and didn't bleed.
"Is this fake?" she asked. "Wait, are you LARPing?"
"Girls, we have to get out of here," Jeremy urged.
"You're going out LARPing, aren't you?"
Jeremy sighed. "Please don't tell Candace."
Stacy sat in the seat next to Jeremy. "Well, let's get out of here, Lancelot."
Jeremy groaned.
SSBD laughed. "Okay everyone, sit down."
The crowd did as they were told.
"Stand up."
Again, the crowd obeyed.
"Now, get those kids!"
The crowd ran towards the kids. The kids tried to run, but the crowd picked them off one by one until Candace was the only one left. She climbed onto the remnants of one of the RCs and looked back.
SSBD had Phineas and Ferb at blaster point.
"You and I need to have a little talk," she said. "I'm so disappointed in you, Candy Corn. We could've been something, two girls against the universe, side by side, and you threw it away. Oh, sister, you could've been special."
"I'm not your sister, and I am special!" Candace argued. "My brothers showed me that!"
SSBD scoffed. "Brothers."
"And maybe you should reconsider your relationship with your brothers too."
"Why would I do that?"
"Think about it. Is it possible that this obsession with control is really just a distraction from the real problem, which is how you feel about yourself?"
"You mean, like, a tiny, meaningless speck in the universe?"
"That's good, keep going."
"It's just that, everyone thought my brothers were so special. No one paid attention to me, so I made myself special by… controlling others. Wow, I can't believe it. What a breakthrough." SSBD turned to the crowd. "Hey, you do not have to listen to me anymore! I am not going to control you anymore!"
What she didn't notice was that her plant was getting bigger by the second. The kids noticed this and backed away. Eventually, the plant turned into a giant man-eating monster that ate SSBD up.
The plant released even more spores and tried to eat the kids too.
Then a dragon came out of nowhere and got in front of the kids. On its back were none other than Doof and Vanessa, as well as a third guy none of them knew.
"Quick, get on!" Vanessa urged.
Everyone got on the dragon's back.
"You tamed a space dragon?" Candace asked in disbelief.
"I know, right?" Vanessa replied. "Their name is Vlorkel."
"Vlorkel? Huh, try saying that five times fast."
"Vlorkel, Vlorkel, Vlorkel, Vlorkel, Vlorkel," Phineas and Ferb said five times fast.
"Well, that's disturbing," Vanessa remarked.
"I know, right?" Doof agreed.
"Alright, hold on!"
Everyone held on tight as Vlorkel flew out of the stadium.
"Okay, two questions," said Candace. "First, who's the new guy?"
"Oh, this is my boyfriend, Monty," Vanessa introduced.
"Hello," Monty greeted.
"Okay," said Candace. "Second, how did you get back here?"
"The good ol' Chicken-Replacinator," Doof replied.
"The what?"
"You shoot something and it switches places with the nearest chicken," Isabella explained.
"Vanessa remembered it had a setting for the furthest chicken," Doof added. "So we switched places with the furthest chicken, which was here on Earth."
Phineas turned around and saw the plant monster was gone. "I think we lost him."
The plant popped up in front of them and opened its mouth.
Vanessa quickly turned Vlorkel around. "Think again!"
They ended up flying through a radio tower.
Perry, who was hiding on Vlorkel's stomach, jumped onto the tower. Vlorkel hit the top of the tower, causing it to fall.
Perry summoned two grappling hooks and grappled onto two buildings.
While he slowed the tower down a little bit, he didn't completely stop it from falling. It crushed a nearby food truck.
Candace climbed off of Vlorkel and saw Jeremy, Stacy, and Jenny climbing out of a wrecked food truck.
"Hey," she smiled.
Doof fell to the ground and dropped a handheld device with a chicken head on it.
"Wait, is this the Chicken-Replacinator?" Candace asked.
Doof nodded.
"That must mean there's still a chicken on that planet," Candace realized.
"I guess," said Doof.
Candace climbed onto the tower (or at least what was left of it) and fired the inator at the plant. The plant disappeared, and in its place was a chicken.
Everyone let out a huge sigh of relief.
Then the plant emerged from the nearby petting zoo.
"Why is there a petting zoo downtown?" Candace asked.
"Yay!" Baljeet cheered. "My petition worked!"
Candace checked the settings on the inator and switched it to 'furthest chicken'.
She fired the inator again. This time, when the plant monster disappeared, so did all the spores.
Everyone took off their masks and breathed in the fresh air.
The Cowards were in the middle of rebuilding their society when a plant monster came out of nowhere.
The Cowards started to run, but then the plant shriveled up and died. It spit out SSBD.
The Cowards quickly tied her up.
All the kids reveled in their victory.
Then Candace saw Linda about to pull up.
There was no way the mess in that area could disappear. If Linda saw it, she would know Candace was right about everything.
Phineas and Ferb would be in so much trouble. Candace would have what she always wanted.
But she knew that doing that after everything they went through that day would be just plain cruel.
"Mom, Mom, Mom!" Candace called right before Linda could pull up.
"Candace, what are you doing downtown?" Linda asked.
"It's Phineas and Ferb."
"What did they do this time?"
"They really want pizza for dinner, but from Giametti's, on the other side of town. You gotta turn around."
Linda gave Candace a look, but she started to turn around.
"Where's Mom going?" Phineas asked.
"To get us pizza," Candace replied.
Then Linda stopped and turned back. "Wait, what are you kids up to?"
"Oh, just the usual, us against the universe."
"Okay, see you at home."
Linda drove off.
"Candace, you willingly gave up a chance to bust us," Phineas pointed out. "Why?"
"Well, it's amazing how an afternoon of blasting aliens and foiling villains can change your perspective," said Candace.
Play "Us Against the Universe"
Candace:
I used to feel alone
Just me against the raging tide
But I guess I should've known
That you were always on my side
Now I don't have to be an island
Because you've been there all the while and
Now I realize my fears weren't justified
All:
Cause we're strong
Candace:
And even though we sometimes disagree
All:
And we belong
Candace:
Belonged together we're a family
Doof, Vanessa, and Monty flew by on Vlorkel.
Doof, Vanessa, and Monty:
And the best thing about family is you know they're always there
All:
We stand tall, and we ain't gonna take no flack
We won't fall, 'cause we always got each other's back
And if you're gonna try to knock us down I think you best beware
The gang went to the baseball stadium.
All:
'Cause as long as we're together
We can stand and face whatever
Kind of trouble this world tries to put us in.
If you're out there on your own
You just might take it on the chin
But if it's us against the universe, we win
Phineas:
So far, it's been a rocking summer
And now we saved the world again
Still it would be a bummer
If you weren't here with us and all our friends
Time to celebrate our victory
And I'll admit my favorite memory
Is when you blew up all those aliens
The screen projected all the aliens blowing up.
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
CANDACE!
"That was awesome," said Phineas.
All:
Cause we're strong
Candace:
And even though we sometimes disagree
All:
And we belong
Phineas and Candace:
Belonged together we're a family
All:
And friends are also family, we're not just talking blood relation
We stand tall
Buford:
And we ain't gonna take no flack
All:
We won't fall
Baljeet:
'Cause we always got each other's back
Isabella and Django:
Let's take this time to thank the one who worked so hard on this fanfiction
All:
'Cause as long as we're together
We can stand and face whatever
Kind of trouble this world tries to put us in
If you're out there on your own
You just might take it on the chin
But if it's us against the universe
Together we have been through worse
If it's us against the universe, we win
End "Us Against the Universe"
Right as the song ended, everyone heard a chatter. They turned and saw Perry right there.
"Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas smiled.
"Where has he been this whole time?" Candace wondered aloud.
"Why are you asking me?" Stacy asked defensively. "How should I know?! Why are you looking at me?!"
Candace and Jenny gave Stacy suspicious glares, then they brushed it off.
"I don't know why I was asking you," Candace admitted.
Phew, no one suspects a thing, Stacy thought.
Lawrence was just minding his own business when he saw a portal just sitting there in the backyard.
Out of curiosity, he walked through.
And then there was fire.
Lawrence ran back through the portal right before it exploded.
That's when Linda came in with a box of pizza in hand.
"What happened to you?" she asked.
"I have no idea," Lawrence replied.
Notes:
The final five days of summer have started with a bang.
From the very beginning, I knew "Candace Against the Universe" would have to be the 100th-episode special, much like how "Across the Second Dimension" was the 50th episode.
There's quite a few things I feel the need to mention.
First off, like Second Dimension, I put the unused songs back into the story. The fact that they cut out "Step Into the Great Unknown" and made "The Universe is Against Me" into a gag is really stupid to me, especially when in their place is a song that only exists to delay the inevitable door-opening and includes someone flossing.
Yes, I did keep that weird fourth wall joke where it randomly cuts to Dan and Swampy pitching themselves pitching the scene. I know it's weird to try and put a visual gag in a text format, but I felt it was too good to get rid of.
Another change I felt needed to be made regards Perry. The fact that Monogram sends Perry on a mission to save his own owner is a really dumb and risky move. Monogram even acknowledges this, but as a joke. That's why in this version, Perry goes on his own. I just think it makes more sense.
And that brings us to Monty's presence in the story. Since Vanessa was in danger too, I felt it'd make sense if Monty wanted to go save her. I figured this could make a good Perry-Monty teamup plot.
One thing I bet you weren't expecting was Doof being supportive of Vanessa and Monty's relationship. I just think it makes sense for Doof.
And, of course, the most notable thing is Candace deciding not to bust her brothers, as well as the inclusion of Vlorkel and the reveal that Jeremy LARPs. Since this movie was made part of the story, all of these points will come into play.
On that topic, I do hope the writers find some way to fit CATU into the Phineas and Ferb revival. I don't want Candace's resolve in that movie to be completely pointless. The best way I can see that working is if Dan and Swampy put CATU in between Seasons 5 and 6, that way Season 6 can bring a lot more to the story.
We're almost at the end. Four more days.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 101: Perry the Actorpus
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 101
Perry the Actorpus
"Well Perry, as soon as I send in your photo, you'll be a contestant in the Totally Tools spokesanimal contest," Phineas said as he finished writing the application. "What do you say, boy?"
Perry chattered.
"That's the spirit, and send."
Right after Phineas sent the form, he got a call. He answered it and smiled.
"Perry won!" he informed Ferb.
Candace was at the Danville Community Center with Vanessa and a few other girls.
"Good morning everyone," said Vanessa. "And welcome to the 'Stop the Busting' retreat, a monthly seminar to teach us all to use sisterly restraint. Today, we welcome our newest member, Candace Flynn. Candace, this is Anne, Sunisa, and Danielle."
"Yeah, hi," Candace greeted the others.
"What we'd like to do now is a little exercise," Vanessa went on. "We'll start with you, Anne." She turned on a screen, showing a picture of a boy doing a cannonball into a flower bed. "This is your brother turning your mother's flower bed into a swimming pool. What do you do?"
"Well, being a non-buster, I'd probably go to the mall and get a medi-pedi," Anne replied.
"Good. See how it's done, Candace? Think you can do that?"
Candace smirked. "Just try me."
Vanessa changed the picture to show Phineas and Ferb making PB sandwiches. "Okay, so you see your brothers making sandwiches. What do you do?"
"Well, being a non-buster, I wouldn't bust them for making a sandwich." Candace then noticed that the clock in the image said 5:30PM. "But if they were making a sandwich that late, they'd spoil their appetite and..."
"Okay, let's stop right there." Vanessa turned to the other girls. "Can any of you tell Candace what needs improving?"
Phineas, Ferb, and Perry went to Totally Tools HQ.
"Okay, welcome to Totally Tools," the marketing director greeted. "Now, where is that contest-winning platypus?"
Phineas gestured to Perry, who was right next to him.
"Oh, will you look at him," the director smiled. "And he sits up too. Who says they don't do much? Brilliant, but that's not enough. He has to say 'Totally Tools'. I got nothing. What do you think?"
"How about a hat?" Phineas suggested.
"Brilliant!"
Phineas and Ferb went through many different hats.
A sombrero.
A St. Patrick's Day hat.
A fez.
A pirate hat.
A fruit hat.
A firefighter helmet
An astronaut helmet.
A fedora.
A welding mask
A viking helmet.
"Wait a minute, go back two," said the director.
Phineas and Ferb went back to the fedora.
"BRILLIANT!" the director shouted. "Nothing says 'Totally Tools' like a platypus in a fedora. Boys, he's got a lot of work to do. Get to it, boys."
Phineas, Ferb, and Perry left.
Monogram was minding his own business when he got a call. He answered.
"Francis," came Doof's voice. "It's me, Heinz. Have you seen Perry the Platypus?"
"Doctor Doofenshmirtz, that information is highly classified and strictly confidential," Monogram replied.
"You have no idea where he is."
"Not a clue."
"Okay, thanks."
"Oh, since you're here, what kind of evil scheme have you got going on over there today?"
"Well, it isn't so much an evil scheme as much as a childish prank, but I invented a Mustachinator. It gives people big, bushy, ridiculous looking mustaches. As we all know, there's nothing sillier than that."
Monogram glared at Doof through the speaker.
"But, uh, hey, it looks good on you," Doof finished.
Phineas and Ferb were on stage in front of millions of people.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today we give you the new face of Totally Tools," said Phineas. "Perry the Platypus."
The curtain opened to reveal Perry in his fedora. The crowd went wild.
Before anyone knew it, Perry's face was on every billboard, banner, truck, blimp, and even bench advertising Totally Tools.
"Boys, this campaign of yours has really put us over the top," said the director. "What else you got?"
"Ferb came up with the idea of an exploding billboard," said Phineas.
"Brilliant!"
The moment no one was looking, Perry put on his fedora, opened a window, and grappled onto a Totally Tools blimp.
He looked down and saw everyone cheering him on. He covered his eyes and cringed.
He then let go of the blimp, fell down a factory smoke pipe, and landed in his lair.
The first thing Perry saw was Monogram without his mustache and with a cut on his cheek.
"Hello, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "We have a situation. With all these new billboards up all over town, you've become too recognizable to be a secret agent, so we sent Agent S to Doofenshmirtz's in your place. I'm sorry, but you'll have to go on hiatus until your fifteen minutes of fame are up."
Perry saluted and left the lair with a sad look.
"The president thinks you're doing a brilliant job," the director informed Phineas and Ferb. "He wants you to take the rest of the day off."
"Sounds great," Phineas said before noticing Perry. "Oh, there you are, Perry. We can spend the rest of the day with you for a change."
Play "Let's Take Half-a-Day"
The boys took Perry to the park.
I don't wanna sound half-hearted
I think you already know
The first thing they did was eat snow cones and get brain freezes.
I couldn't be there when we started
But that was half-a-day ago
They then biked around the park. Ferb kept Perry in a basket.
We can share half a cheese sandwich, or take in half a view
We can make it halfway through the zoo
After the picnic and the zoo, the boys played frisbee. Ferb used Perry to catch and throw the disc.
Baby, let's take half-a-day to be together
Let's make half-a-day last forever
Then they went water skiing and rode on a merry-go-round.
Let's take half-a-day to make your dreams come true
When we spend half-a-day with you
With you
End "Let's Take Half-A-Day"
Doof was practicing with his Mustachinator when he heard a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" he asked. "This better be important, or you're going to get a huge mustache."
He went to answer the door, but it just broke off. Whoever broke it down, it wasn't Perry.
"Wait a minute," Doof realized as he looked through a magnifying glass. "It's Sergei the Snail! Well, this should be easy."
He opened the trap door. Sergei just stuck to it.
Doof then released a cage, but Sergei just went through the gap between the bars.
"Aw come on!" Doof whined. "Does nothing stop you?"
Now, Candace was walking around the park in a weird contraption piloted by Vanessa.
"Okay, this is quite a step up from group affirmations," said Candace. "How is this supposed to help?"
"It's a positive reinforcement machine," Vanessa explained. "When you ignore your impulses, you get a reward."
The VR simulator showed Phineas and Ferb in the backyard building a rocket ship.
"What do you do?" Vanessa asked.
"I ignore it," Candace replied hesitantly.
A retractable hand from the machine rubbed Candace's head like she was a pet.
Doof trapped Sergei in salt.
"Consider yourself a-salt-ed," he joked. "I'm writing that one down. Now, to business."
He looked down and saw a man at the park with a beard and no mustache. He struck the guy, and he grew a mustache that matched well with the rest of his facial hair.
"Okay, that was a letdown," he admitted.
Phineas tossed Perry a ball to fetch. Perry ran to fetch it, then his watch went off.
He hid behind a tree and answered the call.
"Agent P, Doofenshmirtz found Agent S' weakness," Monogram explained before making puppy-dog eyes. "I know we gave you some time off, but could you please come back to work? Please?"
Perry put on his hat and left.
The simulator now showed Phineas and Ferb creating a cryptocurrency.
"What do you do?" Vanessa asked.
"I do nothing," Candace replied confidently.
Once again, the machine petted her.
"You're right," Candace admitted as she took off the headset. "This is quite a machine. Where'd you get it anyway?"
"Phineas and Ferb," Vanessa replied. She then faked a gasp and covered her mouth. "Oops."
Candace angrily climbed out of the machine and busted it up with a pipe wrench.
"Phineas and Ferb, why do you keep building these things?!" she asked angrily. "It's impossible to bust you for everything! It's not my job!"
She took a deep breath and put the thing down.
"It feels good, doesn't it?" asked Vanessa.
"Yeah, yeah it does," Candace replied.
Vanessa hugged Candace. "I'm so proud of you."
"Did you see that?" Doof laughed. "I just put a mustache on that dog's…"
He turned around and saw none other than Perry right there, glaring at him.
"Perry the Platypus, you're back," Doof smiled. "What a guy. Not so famous you can't stop by to trample your old nemesis, aren't you? Well, you can't. It's against the OWCA bylaws." He took out the manual. "And I quote, 'No additional agents are allowed to thwart any single evil scientist if said first agent assigned is well and able to carry out his duties.' Though surrounded by salt, Sergei the Snail is technically still 'on duty', so as long as I have him trapped, you can't even touch me."
While he was talking, Perry removed some of the salt, allowing Sergei to crawl by and knock Doof off his feet.
Stacy met up with Candace at the park.
"Hey Candace, how'd it go?" she asked.
"It went well," Candace replied. "Rest assured that this new Candace you see before you will not react like the crazed little girl from just this morning."
"Good for you, Candace."
"From now, I am, and always will be, an older sister who is positive and mature."
"That's right, Candace." Stacy looked behind Candace and saw a billboard showing Perry in a fedora. "Candace, whatever you do, don't look behind you."
Candace glared at Stacy suspiciously. "Why? I just told you, I'm past busting the boys."
"This has nothing to do with them. Just don't look."
"Okay, just for the record," said Doof. "I was thwarted by Sergei the Snail, so you don't get any credit."
Perry grabbed the Mustachinator and fired at the nearby billboard, covering his picture up with a mustache.
"Well, that was interesting," Doof remarked. "You defaced yourself. You've lost me completely."
Then Perry destroyed the inator with a pipe wrench and flew off.
"Curse you, Perry the Mustachioed Tool Spokespuss," Doof cursed.
"But Mr. President, I don't know what happened," the marketing director insisted. "I don't know who put those mustaches on those billboards."
"They're making fun of me!" the president shouted as he removed the poster to reveal his cartoonish mustache. "I want them all taken down now!"
"Yes sir."
The director ran off and accidentally hit a trash can.
"I'm just telling you not to look," Stacy urged.
"And that makes me want to look," Candace argued as she started to turn around.
"NO!"
The moment Candace turned around, the billboard was brought down.
"There's nothing there," she said.
Stacy let out a sigh of relief.
Notes:
Not much to say here.
Finishing off the trend of moving one episode of a season to the next one, I put the Season 3 episode, "Perry the Actorpus" into Season 4, pretty late into it too.
The main reason why I did this was because of the subplot with Candace going to the support group. I figured it'd make sense to put it here because the previous chapter with Candace deciding to give up on busting her brothers for good, so here, she's taking steps to ensure that she doesn't slip back into her old habits.
I also had Vanessa run the group in place of Mandy because I thought it made more sense. It would also provide a nice callback to Season 1, when Vanessa wanted to bust her dad in a similar way Candace wanted to bust her brothers.
And, like I promised, I did include a callback to Stacy finding out Perry's secret. It's lucky Candace didn't see the advertisements of Perry in a fedora this time.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 102: Father's Day
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 102
Father's Day
Phineas used a crusher to squeeze the juice out of oranges.
Ferb used a spring to launch pancakes out of a pan and onto a plate.
When a piece of toast launched out of the toaster, Phineas hit it with a tennis racket, sending it flying onto another plate.
Ferb pushed a button, causing this mechanical arm to poke a hen in the back, making it lay an egg. The egg rolled down a chute and landed in the pan. Ferb got rid of the eggshell and let the yolk cook for a bit.
Phineas used a special machine to make coffee at just the right temperature.
Once all that was over, Ferb pushed a button on a remote, making all of the machines go back under the counter.
The boys went to deliver the breakfast to Lawrence, only to see he was playing an online plane simulator with Grandpa Reggie.
"I'm so glad we could still have our Father's Day jaunt in the biplanes," said Reggie.
"Oh yes," Lawrence agreed. "Modern technology is wonderful."
"Ferb, I know what else we're gonna do today," said Phineas.
The two entered the office.
"Surprise!" Phineas shouted. "Happy Father's Day."
"Hello boys," Reggie greeted.
"Oh, how lovely," Lawrence smiled. "Breakfast in the den."
"Ferb and I pulled out all the stops," said Phineas.
Ferb opened the tray to reveal the special breakfast.
That's when Candace came in with a bright smile on her face.
"Happy Father's Day," she said as she hugged Lawrence.
"'Ello, Candace," Reggie greeted.
"'Ello, Grandpa Reg. Happy Father's Day."
"Thank you, love."
Then Linda came in. "Hello, Reg. Are you having a grand Father's Day?"
Reggie chuckled. "Good one."
Linda turned to Lawrence and the boys. "I'll leave you to your Father's Day fun." She then turned to Candace. "Ready Candace?"
Candace nodded. "Bye Grandpa."
"Hey, where's Perry?" asked Reggie.
Perry climbed onto a tiny playground, which then converted into a copter. He flew off when he got a call from Monogram.
"Morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted. "I see you're trying out the new SFU 2000. It's a lot of fun, but don't let your duties slide."
"Agent P, what do you think of his Father's Day gift?" asked Carl.
"Yes, it's a lovely tie. Anyhoo, Doofenshmirtz has plans to gum up the entire Tri-State Area, and we need you to check it out. Good luck, Agent P."
With that, the call ended. Perry put on a parachute, slid down the slide, and activated his parachute.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry landed in the apartment, and he got cuffed in the arms and legs with gum.
"Gotcha," Doof laughed. "If you think this is a situation, you might want to hold onto your fedora. Behold, the Gum-Under-The-Shoe-inator. I took all of the wadded-up chewing gum in the Tri-State Area, and fed it into this inator. I know, it's unsanitary. Why don't people just throw it in the trash?"
As he was monologuing, the gum in the inator formed into a bubble, then popped. Perry tried to take cover, then he realized he wasn't hit.
He looked around and saw that Doof had unintentionally covered him.
Doof sighed. "Today just isn't my day. It's Father's Day, the hardest of the greeting card company holidays. My issues with Father's Day began back when I was a child. Those were lean times. The lawn gnome was repossessed. You already heard this story. Well, I think that was when my relationship with my father went awry. I mean, he made me that lawn gnome. He even made me memorize the serial number of that lawn gnome: DAEHM23. If only there was a way to reunite him with that specific lawn gnome, maybe he and I could start again."
Perry looked up that number and instantly found it.
"Wow, there really is an app for everything," Doof remarked. "It says here it's still in Drusselstein. Now I can heal the old wounds."
He walked off, then another big bubble of gum exploded right on him.
Phineas and Ferb just finished building a replica of Reggie's old biplane.
"Dad'll love this," said Phineas. "Let's try her out."
They got on the plane, started the engine and took off.
Once they were high enough, "Alright, now punch it."
Ferb punched the buttons on a remote. The plane sped up by a lot.
"I know traveling by cannon is unconventional," Doof said as he opened the roof. "But the cannon place was going out of business, so I got them at a volume discount. Hang on."
He lit the fuse, and he and Perry climbed into the cannon.
The cannon fired, and the two flew off.
Vanessa entered the apartment with a gift basket.
"Happy Father's Day, Dad," she said, only to find no one around. "Dad?"
"Sorry for the lack of in-flight meal or entertainment," Doof apologized. "But one cannon can only go so far, so I set up a worldwide network."
They landed in another cannon, which launched them even further.
They flew towards a small island that had another cannon on it, but they were just a teensy bit off, and they landed in the water.
"Aw man," Doof whined.
Phineas and Ferb landed back in the backyard.
"Perfect landing," said Phineas. "Now, time to get Dad."
He went back into the house, and came back out a second later with Lawrence in tow.
Lawrence gasped and almost teared up at the site.
"Ta-da," said Ferb.
"Thank you so much, boys," Lawrence thanked. "I can't think of a better Father's Day gift."
"Actually, there's a hidden feature you might wanna check out," said Phineas.
Reggie popped out of the back seat.
"Hello son," he greeted. "Happy Father's Day. Come on, give us a hug."
Lawrence hugged Reggie. "Happy Father's Day."
"What do you say we go on our traditional Father's Day flight? Race you to the cockpit."
"Have fun," said Phineas.
"What are you two standing around for?" asked Lawrence. "You're part of this tradition now."
"Alright."
Phineas and Ferb got on the plane, and they all took off.
Play "Fletcher Family Flying Circus"
Lawrence and Reggie:
In our two-wing aeroplane
Doing tricks that look insane
To keep the peoples entertained
And leave them breathless
They flew over a person's head and caused their clothing to fly off.
Call us brave or slightly mad
Lawrence:
I'm his son and he's me dad
Reggie stood up and spread his arms out, then the wind blew his vest off of him.
Reggie:
And I look really grand in plaid
But now, I'm vestless
"Nice ad lib, Dad," Lawrence complimented.
"Thanks son," Reggie replied. "I just roll with it."
"Like you do," the two finished together.
The four flew past hot air balloons, threw barn houses, and over the heads of terrified onlookers, among other things.
Both:
It's the Fletcher Family Flying Circus
Doing aerial acrobatics in the atmosphere
High above the stress and strife
There's nothing here to irk us
Just a father and a son together
Keeping our heads above the weather
I wish that we could do this every year
Barrel rolls and loop-de-loops
Buzzing that encounter group
Doing the Charleston on the wing
Yes, we'll try almost anything
A dim old man, and English bunt
A crazy Russian circus stunt
A Cuban eight, an inverted spin
All while wearing this foolish grin
It's the Fletcher Family Flying Circus
Doing aerial acrobatics in the atmosphere
High above the stress and strife
There's nothing here to irk us
Just a father and a son together
Keeping our heads above the weather
I wish that we could do this every year
We're the Fletcher family and we have no fear
End "Fletcher Family Flying Circus"
Doof and Perry finally landed in Drusselstein.
"Okay, so the tracker said my father's old lawn gnome was at this location," Doof said as he and Perry entered a pawn shop.
The moment they entered, they found the gnome. Doof picked it up, but then the gnome sprang to life.
"Hey, put me down," he demanded.
"Oh, sorry," Doof apologized. "I thought you were my dad's old lawn gnome."
"Oh, I get that all the time. It's probably due to my height and eccentric fashion choices."
"Uh, I'm looking for DAEHM23."
"Oh yeah, it's been here for years. Here you go."
The little man handed Doof the gnome. He checked the serial number, and it was an exact match.
"Oh, my father will be so happy," Doof smiled. "Well, maybe not happy, but anything is an improvement from surly and dismissive."
Doof and Perry headed for Mr. Doof's household.
"Let the father-son healing begin," Doof said. "Wish me luck, Perry the Platypus."
Perry gave a thumbs-up.
Doof entered the house. "Hello, Dad. I brought you…"
He then tripped and dropped the gnome, causing it to shatter to pieces.
Then Mr. Doof showed up. "Oh, hello Heinz. I see you brought me assorted broken bits of pottery for Father's Day. Your brother remembered how much I loved my own lawn gnome, so he brought me this." He gestured to the giant gnome next to him. "It also makes espresso."
The gnome's stomach opened to reveal a cup of coffee. Mr. Doof took the cup and sipped the coffee.
Doof's eye twitched.
"But a bunch of shards is a nice gift too, I guess," Mr. Doof shrugged.
"THAT IS IT!" Doof snapped. "Nothing's ever gonna change between us! In your eyes, it'll always be 'Roger's the angel, Heinz is the devil'! I don't know why I even tried! Well, I'm done trying to win your approval! Good riddance!"
With that, Doof stormed out.
He sighed and sat on the curb.
Perry sat next to Doof and patted his back.
Doof smiled and hugged Perry. "At least there's one relationship that's worked out pretty well. Thanks for coming along, Perry the Platypus. Let's go home. You are my rock, and by that, I mean you're there for me."
The two got in the cannon and flew home.
The Fletcher family landed in the backyard.
"Well, that was the best Father's Day flight yet," Lawrence admitted. "It brought back some wonderful old memories and created a lot of new ones. Thank you, boys, for making this possible."
Phineas and Ferb hugged Lawrence.
"Happy Father's Day," they said together.
"Crikey, it's getting late," said Reggie. "I best be on my way home. Mind if I borrow your new airplane."
"Why don't you hang onto her until next year?" Lawrence suggested. "I've got no room for it in the garage anyway."
"Will do. Cheery bye."
With that, Reggie flew away.
Right after he left, Linda and Candace returned with a present.
"Hi honey, hi boys," said Linda. "How was your day?"
"Oh, the boys and I spent a wonderful day flying with Father," Lawrence replied.
"Ah, the internet is a wonderful thing."
"Why, yes, I suppose it is."
"Well, here is something special from Candace and me."
Candace handed Lawrence the present. He opened it to reveal a miniature replica of Reggie's biplane.
"Oh, it's perfect," Lawrence smiled as he hugged Candace. "Thank you so much, sweetheart."
"Happy Father's Day, Dad," Candace replied.
Phineas, Ferb, and Linda joined in the hug.
Doof returned to his apartment to find a basket with a note on it.
To the evilest dad in the whole world, Happy Father's Day.
Love, Vanessa.
Doof looked through the basket to see a barrage of switches and self-destruct buttons. He pushed one of them, and it exploded in his face.
"That's my girl," he said with pride.
Notes:
This is the last of the eleven-minute episodes I'm doing in this story, and I think it's a fitting one.
I know Father's Day is traditionally in June, and this is happening late in the summer, but please don't go at me for not fixing this inaccuracy. Phineas and Ferb has stuff a lot more unrealistic than that.
The most notable thing about this chapter was Doof snapping at his father. There's no denying it, he had it coming. There's only so much trauma a single person can take before they can't hold it in anymore.
There are only two days left, and I'm going all in. Stay tuned.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 103: Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
Notes:
So, today marks the anniversary of when I started this fic. I was hoping to get to the final chapter at this point, but this'll have to do.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play "Summer All Over the World"
Everyone at Danville Park watched as Phineas, Ferb, and co. performed on stage.
Phineas and Ferb rocked it on their guitars.
Isabella killed it on the bass.
Django rang the tambourine.
Baljeet played the keyboard.
Buford banged the drums.
Phineas:
Hotdogs, cotton candy, tire swings, barbecue
In the shade, in the sun, everywhere's a rockin' view
As long as we're together, doesn't matter what we do
Come on
Ferb:
Come on
Phineas:
Come on
Ferb:
Come on
Phineas:
Bike-ridin' down the hill, slamming out a screen door
Steaks sizzle on the grill, waves crashing on the shore
It's beautiful from here, and you know you want some more
Come on
Ferb:
Come on
Phineas:
Come on
Ferb:
Come on
At the same time, people in London watched Phineas, Ferb, and the gang perform on the roof of Big Ben.
Phineas:
Get ready, everybody
All:
We're having a party
Phineas:
Get up on your feet
All:
We're having a party
Phineas:
Let your body feel the beat
All:
We're having a party
Phineas:
Come on and ride the curve
People all over the world saw Phineas, Ferb, and their friends' performance. It didn't matter if they were in Paris or Tokyo or Mexico. Wherever they were, Phineas and Ferb were there too.
All:
'Cause it's summer, summer all over the world
Every boy and every girl
Jump up and say, oh yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Well, it not the world, then at least in the Northern Hemisphere
The other half is in a different time of year
But they can still say, oh yeah
Oh, oh yeah
"Hello world, and welcome to our musical tribute to summer," Phineas greeted. "If you're wondering what we're doing today…"
"We're reaching out to everyone to share our love of summer," Isabella continued.
"Using Ferbographic technology, we are simulcasting our virtual selves all over the planet," Baljeet explained.
"To put it simply, we're spreading the joy of summer around the world, all from the comfort of our own backyard," Phineas finished.
Phineas:
Every corner of the world, yeah
All:
'Cause it's summer, summer all over the world
Every boy and every girl
Jump up and say, oh yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
Well, it not the world, then at least in the Northern Hemisphere
The other half is in a different time of year
But they can still say, oh yeah
Oh, oh yeah
"And now, help us greet our very special guest, and visual metaphor for the carefree days of summer," said Phineas. "Perry the Platypus."
Perry appeared on stage and the crowd went wild.
Then Perry disappeared. The crowd gasped.
End "Summer All Over the World"
The gang took off their headsets and saw Perry was gone.
"Hey, where's Perry?" Phineas wondered.
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 103
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
Carl was driving a car with Monogram and Perry in the backseats.
"Gosh sir, I've never been to a cadet graduation before," Carl admitted. "I hope I'm not underdressed."
"Oh, you're fine, Carl," Monogram assured before he got a call.
He answered to reveal a man with a chubby face wearing a green army uniform with the initials, CC.
"Hello, Colonel Contraction," Monogram greeted.
"Greetings, Major," Contraction replied. "I just wanna wish you good luck on today's event. I've got the cake, and I'll be on my way as soon as I'm done skimming out my kid's pool."
"Very good, sir. This event will be held at the Knights of Danville hall, Ballroom B."
"Ballroom B? Isn't that a shared space?"
"Just another money-saving idea of mine, sir."
"I don't know, Major. What about security?"
"No need to worry, sir. We're registered at the Capulet Bat Mitzvah."
"Well, I trust you, but it goes without saying that any mishap could cost you your position. Contraction out."
Perry and Carl looked at Monogram worriedly.
"I have a good feeling about this," Monogram said with a smile.
Doof and Norm were in a backroom.
"Nice going, Norm," said Doof. "Next time someone asks for volunteers to host the LOVE MUFFIN Disservice Awards, say your own name, Mr. Blabbermouth."
"But sir, I made all the arrangements for you," Norm argued.
"Yes, and you did a fine job, but we are sharing this space with another event."
"What's wrong with that?"
"Do you know what would happen if the other evil organizations found out about this? They'd be all, 'Oh, look, there goes LOVE MUFFIN. They share, they're gawky and uncoordinated, and they wear no name-brand jeans. Well, maybe some people can't afford designer jeans, Julie!"
Norm's eyes widened. "Wow. Well, don't worry, sir. No one will know it's our event. We're registered as the Montegue Wedding Reception."
"Let's hope nobody knows it's us. Now, excuse me."
"Sir, may I offer you a budget-saver hor d'oeuvre before you go on?" Carl asked Monogram. "It's an old family recipe, strips of baloney and wadded-up white bread."
Monogram looked at the food with a mix of disgust and intrigue. "Where exactly are you from?"
"Chula Vista."
"Um… okay."
Monogram took one of the hor d'oeuvres and ate it. He almost flinched.
"How is it, sir?" asked Carl.
Monogram fought the urge to puke and gave a thumbs-up. He then swallowed it and got on stage.
"Welcome to the OWCA Graduation Ceremony," he said to the crowd of animals.
The animals went wild.
"Hello, and welcome to LOVE MUFFIN's first annual…" Doof announced to the crowd of evil scientists.
Then he heard animal noises from the other side of the room.
"I said, LOVE MUFFIN'S FIRST ANNUAL DISSERVICE AWARDS!" Doof screamed into the microphone.
He took a breath and listened. The noise had cleared up.
"So, who's ready to have some fun?" Doof asked.
Monogram heard the echo from his side.
"What is all that racket?" he wondered. "I'm just gonna go over there and tell them to keep it down. I'll be polite, but firm."
He opened the door to see none other than Heinz Doofenshmirtz and the other evil scientists of LOVE MUFFIN.
"Huh, what are the odds?" Monogram thought as he shut the door.
Doof opened the door again. "Wait, you're the Capulet Bat Mitzvah?"
"You're the Montague Wedding reception?"
The animals and scientists all glared at each other. Some grabbed whatever they could use as a weapon, while others cracked their knuckles.
"Alright, just calm down," Monogram ordered. "There's no reason to get upset. We've got a massive security deposit on this place, so everyone just…"
But nobody listened. They all just charged into battle. They traded punches, trashed up the room, and even created a hole in the wall.
A janitor came in, causing everyone to stop and look at them.
"Sorry to interrupt," the janitor apologized. "I'll come back when you're done."
The janitor left, and everyone got back to the fight.
Perry, Carl, and Monogram just stood there and watched the chaos.
"We are so losing our deposit," said Monogram.
Linda entered Candace's room with a box of stuff.
"Here's your things from the attic," she said. "I don't know why you couldn't find it."
"I don't know, Mom," Candace replied. "It must've been behind something."
"You didn't go up there at all, did you?"
"Why would I? It's all gross and webby."
"Candace, don't tell me you're still afraid of spiders."
Candace scoffed. "Why would I be afraid of an itsy-bitsy…" She looked at the box and jumped onto the shelf. "SPIDER!"
Linda shook her head as she took a butterfly hair clip out of the box. "For crying out loud. It's a hair clip that looks nothing like a spider."
Candace chuckled in embarrassment. "I knew that. I was just showing how silly it is to be afraid of a little spider."
"Uh-huh." Linda walked out. "Well, you got your box. Now I have to go."
"Where are you going?"
"Your dad and I are going spelunking?"
"You mean, like, in a cave?"
"It's a journey of self-discovery while crawling around in a hole. Your dad found it on a group coupon website."
"Yeah, that sounds fun."
"Just remember, you're in charge, Miss Muffet."
Linda left Candace to groan at the nickname.
Contraction entered the party room with the cake in hand, only to find the room completely destroyed and all the animals on the floor, injured. Monogram sat against the wall with his head against his knees.
"Attention!" he shouted.
Monogram shot up and saluted. "Colonel Contraction, sir!"
"Major Monogram, I hold you personally responsible for turning one of our most sacred ceremonies into a Grade-A countrified debacle!"
"Debacle?"
"Yes, debacle! Now, normally, I'd be able to forgive this kind of thing, because of your tireless dedication and spotless record, but it's clear that you've totally lost our security deposit, and that's something I cannot forgive. I am forced to relieve you of your command. I'll take that…" Contraction tore the first initial off Monogram's uniform, as well as his mustache. "And that."
"Actually, that mustache was mine."
"Well, not anymore." Contraction turned to Carl and gave him the mustache. "Carl the Intern, until a replacement is found, you are provisionally in charge. Congratulations."
"Major Monogram, I don't…" Carl tried to say.
"Carl, be strong," said Monogram. "I must step down. We must all do our duty, and that is what our… I mean, your organization is built upon. Following orders."
The animals saluted and sang in sadness as Monogram left the room.
Candace looked through her box of old things with a feeling of nostalgia. There was her old Ducky Momo hat that somehow still fit on her head, Ducky Momo pajamas that didn't fit her anymore, and an old list.
Hey, I don't remember this, she thought.
"'List of Things For Future Candace to Take Care Of,'" she read aloud. "Wait a minute, I'm Future Candace." She looked through the list. "'One, Invent an Ice Cream Flavor. Two, Win a First Grade Spelling Bee. Three, Ride a Unicorn.' Ha, this will be too easy."
She was about to set the paper down, but then she saw one last item on the list: 'Four, Conquer Fear of Spiders.'
She gulped.
Linda and Lawrence went to the Tri-State State Park Donkey Caverns.
"Are you folks ready for a little adventure?" asked the tour guide.
"Oh yes, we're ready for our journey of self-discovery while crawling through the belly of the Earth," Lawrence replied.
"Say what?"
"Well, like the ad said, 'Inner Spelunking with Soul.'"
"What?" The guide looked at the pamphlet. "It's supposed to say Saul. That's my name, Saul. There will be absolutely no self-discovery."
Lawrence hung his head. "Aw."
Linda put a hand on his shoulder. "You go on and self-discover, hon."
Lawrence smiled.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof was mopping the floor when he heard the doorbell ring.
"Just a minute, I'm mopping!" he said.
Then the doorbell rang again.
Doof rolled his eyes and answered the door. Perry walked straight in.
"Oh, hello Perry the Platypus," Doof greeted. "Say, that was some morning we had, huh? It sucks what happened to Major Monogram, but the show must go on."
A mechanical arm came out of the ground and sprayed Perry with a substance that hardened instantly.
"Huh, you like that?" Doof asked. "It's a gift, foam me to you. Get it? As much as I like our little visits, you didn't need to come over. Actually, I'm not trying to take over the Tri-State Area today. You see, I have a bit of a problem. I am very fair-skinned, I don't know if you noticed. I always have to use SPF 120 sunscreen, even on a cloudy day, or I'll burn. I mean, I'll actually burst into flames. I got this whole crate on sale, and look, it's all SPF 110. This is not gonna work, so, rather than return this whole mess, which means I'll have to get in a car and drive down there, wait in line, then answer a bunch of questions about the delicacy of my epidermis, I'm just gonna move the Earth away from the sun just enough so that the 110 will work. Simple, and to that end, I have invented the Shift-The-Earth's-Position-Further-Away-From-The-Sun-inator." He gestured to the inator in question. "I know the name's a little cumbersome, but it's basically a tractor beam that uses the mass of Jupiter as an anchor to pull the Earth just slightly away from the sun so that the sunscreen would work." He sighed. "I guess my fortune cookie was right. I do tend to overcomplicate things. I wonder if that means these lottery numbers will…"
Before he could finish that thought, Perry had already escaped his trap and started attacking. Doof tried to fight back with the mop, but Perry just climbed onto the mop and yanked Doof's nose. Doof tried to swat Perry again, but he just hit the box of sunscreen.
The box slid across the room and hit the inator, making it fire a beam into the sky.
The ground started to shake as the Earth started to move further away.
"Ha, it's working!" Doof cheered.
Perry seized control of the mop and whacked Doof in the head.
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang were still rocking it when they felt the ground shake. The crowd in front of them all looked around in fear and confusion.
"What's happening?" Buford asked.
"I don't know," Phineas replied before turning to the audience. "Stay where you are. We'll be right back."
The gang took off their headsets and walked off their makeshift stage. Ferb took out a device and measured the atmospheric pressure. He then showed the results to the rest.
"It seems the atmospheric pressure has lowered dramatically since this morning," said Phineas. "You checked the atmospheric pressure this morning?" asked Buford.
"Yeah. I check it every morning after I brush my teeth."
"You brush your teeth every morning?"
"Well, yeah. Are you saying you don't?"
"Huh." Buford turned to Baljeet. "He thinks he's better than us."
"Oh no, duck!"
Everyone got down.
"No, I mean, ducks," Phineas clarified as he pointed up to the sky. "Look. They're migrating south. Something's wrong with the weather."
"We should monitor the conditions of the upper atmosphere," said Baljeet. "I have a weather balloon."
"Why would you have a weather balloon?" asked Buford.
"Buford, you havelife-sized molds of us."
Buford looked around in embarrassment. "Okay, let's do it."
Candace showed Stacy and Jenny the list.
"Oh, I remember this," said Stacy.
"Yep," Candace nodded. "I promised five-year-old me that I'd do everything on that list."
"Well, let's see what you gotta do," Jenny said as she skimmed through the list. "Win a First Grade spelling bee, invent an ice cream flavor, ride a unicorn, and conquer fear of spiders. Huh, good luck with the last one."
"What are you talking about?"
"Candace, everyone knows you're afraid of spiders," Stacy said bluntly.
Candace scoffed. "Are you kidding me? Why would I be afraid of an itsy-bitsy…" She looked at the box again and jumped onto the shelf. "Spider! Get it off me!"
Stacy picked up the butterfly hair clip. "Oh, I remember this."
"Most people don't think life can survive down this deep," said Saul. "But most people don't know gastropods the way I do." He went to a nearby stream and grabbed a salamander. "Take a gander at this. Do you notice anything unusual?"
"Oh yes," Lawrence smiled. "His gills are on the outside of his body."
"Wait, they are?" Saul threw the salamander off him. "Ew, ew, EW!"
"It didn't have any eyes either," Lawrence whispered to Linda.
"Thanks for not mentioning that," Linda replied.
Perry returned to OWCA headquarters to see the place in shambles. Animal agents were running amuck, paper was being torn up and eaten, and the room was covered in manure.
"Psst, Agent P, down here," a voice whispered.
Perry turned and saw Carl locked in a pet cage.
"Is that goat still eating out of the inbox?" Carl asked.
Perry nodded.
Carl sighed. "It's a good thing I hid the outbox."
That's when Monty came in.
"Carl?" he called before seeing Perry. "Oh, Agent P, what's going on? It's like a zoo in here. Where's Dad?"
"He's been fired," Carl explained.
"What?"
"Yes, and all the agents are going crazy. On the upside, though, I've been promoted."
Monty let Carl out of the cage. "Yeah, I see the mustache."
That's when something came out of the printer. Monty picked up the paper and looked at it.
"It's a message," he informed.
Carl took the paper. "It's intel from Agent Squab, French Surveillance Pigeon. "Hmm, there's a small decrease in temperature, there's civil unreasonableness at City Hall, and LOVE MUFFIN is convening for a secret meeting. Oh, why did this have to happen on my watch?"
Monty took the paper back and looked at the scratches and markings. "You got all that from this?"
"Yeah. That's how Agent Squab types, all hunt and peck."
"Well, Carl, you're in charge. What are you gonna do about it?"
"You mean besides freak out?"
"Get a hold of yourself, man. You know this agency as well as my dad, maybe better. These agents just need leadership. Think, what would Major Monogram do?"
Carl smiled and stood up. "You're right." He turned to the agents. "Agent G, quit eating those papers and get out into the field. Agent D, see what you can do. Agent O, figure out who's who. Agent Possum, play dead. Agent B, go into the woods and see what's out there. The rest of you, get out there and fight evil. Agent P, I want you to go out into City Hall, get a reading on the situation there, and report back to me."
All the agents did as they were told, except Agent Possum, who was actually laying dead while Agent Raccoon mourned.
"What about me?" asked Monty. "I can go spy on LOVE MUFFIN if you…"
"Oh no, I can't let you do that," Carl refused. "That's crazy. You're not even an animal."
"We have no choice, Carl. We'll all have to wear different hats today, and mustaches."
Carl hung his head. "Hey Monty?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
"No problem. Also, can I have a different hat? This one smells like a litter box."
"Yeah?" Carl pointed at his mustache. "You should smell this."
"Good morning," Monogram greeted the person in front of him. "Your mission is to battle the forces of evil and keep the Tri-State Area safe."
"Uh, come again?" asked the man at the drive through.
"Uh, force of habit." Monogram gave the man a bag. "Here's your order. Enjoy your Slushy Dawg."
The man smiled and drove away.
Monogram turned to Jeremy Johnson. "How am I doing, boss?"
"Yeah, this is the part of the job I hate the most," Jeremy said sadly.
"Yep, say no more, sir. I completely understand." Monogram gave Jeremy his uniform. "You don't have to fire me. I quit."
"But…"
But Monogram already left.
"I was just gonna ask him to clean the bathroom," Jeremy said before turning to his colleague. "Um, Dolores, this is the part of the job I hate the most…"
Dolores groaned. "Just give me the mop."
She took the mop and went into the bathroom.
Candace was now riding a donkey with a party hat on its head while eating an ice cream and holding a trophy.
"Okay, let's see," Stacy said. "Invent an ice cream flavor…"
"Grilled cheese," Candace smiled.
"Check. Win the first grade spelling bee…"
"'Clover.' C-L-O-V-E-R. Those kids never knew what hit them."
"Check. Ride a unicorn… of sorts."
"Dreams can come true, Stacy."
"There's just one more thing on the list: get over your fear of spiders."
Candace froze and dropped her ice cream cone. "I refuse. Quickly, Rainbow, we must go. Fly, now, fly."
The donkey 'flew' as fast as it could.
"There is chaos in Danville," said the news reporter. "Summer has become slightly cooler. Some sources go as far as to say brisk. We have word that the mayor is about to address this slight drop in temperature. Let's listen."
"Citizens of Danville," said Roger. "I want to assure you that your slight discomfort is of utmost importance to me, and I will do everything in my power to recommend you wear a cardigan or light sweater."
"But all my sweaters are ugly and Christmas-themed!" one citizen whined.
"Well, then, wear warmer clothes."
"Warmer clothes?" another citizen reacted. "Don't you know how stupid I would look wearing socks with flip-flops?"
"Hey, his sweater looks nice and warm," a third pointed out. "Get him!"
"People, people," Roger reasoned. "I'm still your mayor!"
Then a platypus in a flying car showed up and brought down a rope. Roger grabbed the rope and was brought onto the roof.
"Thank you, good samaritan platypus," Roger thanked. "Though, I'm not sure this is much of an improvement. I don't know how to get down from here."
But the platypus had already flown away.
The gang, who were now in Autumn clothing, got the weather balloon in the sky.
"Well, according to the conditions in the upper atmosphere," Baljeet explained. "We are in for a moderate coldfront with absolutely no signs of subsiding."
"That's odd," said Phineas. "I can't remember a single Danville summer where I needed to wear anything more than a T-shirt…"
"Striped," Isabella added.
"And shorts."
"Blue cargo."
Phineas smiled. "You know me so well."
"Yeah, a little too well," Django remarked.
"But the part that perplexes me the most is that for some reason, the sun algorithm I created keeps giving the wrong result," Baljeet went on.
"'Splain," said Buford.
"The diameter of the sun can be calculated from the distance between the Earth and the sun. Since we know the time taken by the Earth to go once around the sun, P equals one year, and the distance traveled in the process, two pi A…"
Buford tried very hard to pay attention for Baljeet's sake, but felt himself starting to drift off.
Baljeet noticed this and sighed. "Buford, if you need me to stop, then just tell me."
"Okay then," Buford relented. "Please stop."
"Okay, so that would mean the Earth has moved?" Isabella assumed.
"Apparently so," Phineas replied.
"That would explain why it's noticeably colder."
"I think we'll have to run some more tests."
Vanessa went outside her house and felt a sudden chill breeze. She was taken aback by it, but it wasn't too bad given she wore all-black clothing that covered her body.
Though something else popped into her head. She hurried to the back of the house and found Vlorkel shivering.
Vanessa reached out her hand and comforted Vlorkel.
"You okay?" she asked.
Vlorkel let out a pained noise.
"Come on," said Vanessa. "I'm sure my dad can help you. You think you can fly?"
Vlorkel nodded.
Vanessa climbed onto Vlorkel's back, and Vlorkel, despite the struggle, managed to take off.
Monty found the LOVE MUFFIN headquarters and snuck in through the roof. He watched from the balcony as Doof and the other evil scientists convened.
"Why do we always have to meet in drafty, abandoned warehouses?" Doof asked. "Why not a drafty abandoned pool-side cabana?"
"I'm bananas for cabanas," said one scientist with messy red hair.
"Okay, enough of that," said Rodney. "Gentlemen, it's time we pooled our resources. Both OWCA and City Hall are in a panic, and I believe now is the time to strike. Now, the last time we confronted those OWCA agents, we barely got out of there with our lives."
The other scientists nodded and muttered their agreement.
"It's time to play dirty," Rodney continued. "We'll stealthily capture them one at a time and imprison them here."
The scientists cheered.
"Let's make it a musical number," one suggested.
"Secondly," Rodney added, turning to the red-haired scientist. "No one, under any circumstance, is allowed to say 'bananas for cabanas'."
The scientist hung his head. "Noted."
"Third, which one of you moved the Earth away from the sun and changed the weather?"
Doof excitedly raised his hand.
Rodney's eyes widened. "Doofenshmirtz? You've finally made an inator that actually works?"
"Hey, all of my inators work," Doof argued. "It's just that I don't use them properly, poor planning skills, but it was me. I have the blueprints right here."
He took out the blueprints. The scientists looked at them in awe.
"Gentlemen, we will now take over the world!" Rodney declared.
Monty gasped, then covered his mouth.
"What was that?" Rodney asked.
"Maybe it's the building settling," one scientist suggested.
"So, to you, a building settling sounds like someone inhaling sharply?"
"I live in a strange building."
I have to warn Carl, Monty thought as he left the building.
Stacy and Jenny brought Candace to the Insect Emporium.
"Come on, Candace," Jenny urged. "It's the last thing on the list."
"I know, I know," Candace replied as she uncovered her eyes. "Here I go."
She tried to walk in, but then she immediately backed out.
"What's the big deal anyway?" asked Stacy.
"It's just the legs, and the hair, and all those eyes," Candace said. "Why do they have so many eyes?"
"There's nothing to be afraid of. Look." Stacy stuck her hand in the cage and touched the spider. "Hello, little guy."
Then the spider bit her finger.
Just a moment later, Stacy was put in an ambulance.
Candace just stood there, horrified, as she watched the ambulance drive away.
The moment the ambulance was out of sight, Candace broke down, crying.
Jenny put a hand on Candace's shoulder to comfort her. Candace wrapped her arms around Jenny and cried on her shoulder.
"Alright Isabella," said Phineas. "Let me have it one more time."
"According to the data, this is the relative position of the sun," Isabella explained as she set down a tennis ball in front of a desk lamp. "And this is where the Earth should be on its orbit this summer, but for some reason…" She moved the ball a little further away from the lamp. "We're here." She sighed. "Tennis balls don't lie."
"Every test we run comes back with the same results," Phineas sighed. "It just seems impossible."
"But it is true," said Baljeet. "The Earth has moved away from the sun, and now summer is gone!"
"So what?" asked Buford. "Summer was close to ending anyway. There's always next summer."
"No Buford," Phineas argued. "He means that if we don't do something soon, summer will be gone forever."
They all heard eerie music playing right next to them. They turned around and saw Ferb conducting an orchestra.
"What?" Ferb asked. "I'm expressing how I feel through music."
As Vlorkel flew through the air, Vanessa looked down and saw no one out on the streets.
What's going on? she wondered.
She then noticed DEI nearby.
"Vlorkel, go that way," she ordered.
Vlorkel nodded and flew towards the building.
Once Vlorkel was close enough, Vanessa jumped onto the balcony and entered the apartment.
Play "OWCA's Going Down"
Doof and the other scientists walked down the streets of Danville, snapping their fingers to the beat.
All:
Evil team up
Dastardly scheme up
Taking them to town
They found animal agents, ambushed them, and threw them in a truck.
Gonna catch 'em
Throw 'em and fetch 'em
Put them in the pound
You kicked us around, you mocked and offended
The pages have turned, your chapter has ended
Now, 'cause OWCA's going down
Monty saw everything from a corner. He ran when the scientists came his way.
Don't eyeball me, just look askance
Your team has run aground
You say you didn't eat those plans
But here's the ultrasound
Your agency's over, the whole thing is ending
Check out our homepage and see how we're trending
OWCA's going down
OWCA's going down
OWCA's going down
OWCA's going down
By the time the song ended, the scientists had already captured all of OWCA's agents.
End "OWCA's Going Down"
Buford showed everyone a video that ended with the world exploding and the credits rolling.
The kids stood there with wide eyes.
"And that's what would happen if we tried to put magnets under the Earth's core," Buford explained.
"The credits were a nice touch," Phineas remarked.
"Well, there's so many people behind the scenes that deserve a mention."
"I guess that's another course of action off the table." Phineas marked that off the board. "Not too many ideas left."
"Then what can we do?" asked Django.
"I have composed a simulation for turning the Earth's core into a gyroscope," Baljeet said as he took over the computer. "Maybe that would…"
The video ended with the world exploding.
"And roll credits," said Buford.
"I sure hope this cold weather isn't affecting Mum and Dad's cave adventures," said Ferb.
"Okay, now we're gonna squeeze past this stalactite… I mean, stalagmite," Saul said as he tried to squeeze through. "Wait, which one's on top?"
"Actually, I believe that's just a hole," said Lawrence.
"I seem to be trapped. Turn away, folks. I'm gonna have to saw my arm off."
Linda and Lawrence pulled Saul out.
Saul sighed in relief. "That was a close one. Follow me."
Linda turned to Lawrence. "Do you get the feeling this might be his first time down here, too?"
Saul tripped and his light broke.
The scientists finished putting the agents in cages.
"There," said Rodney. "We've officially captured all of them."
"Almost," Doof corrected. "There's still Perry the Platypus."
"Thank you for reminding me, Dr. Bringdown."
"Excuse me," said a scientist with a gorilla hand. "I'm Doctor Bringdown."
"Put a sock in it, David." Rodney turned to Doof. "Time to get to our press conference. Soon, the world will bow to us, like Doofy's neck bows to his back."
Doof rolled his eyes. "Nice."
"Come on, Slouchy, let's go make our demands."
Candace was laying on her bed, curled in a ball, still crying over what happened to Stacy.
She then took a breath, wiped away the tears, and climbed out of the bed.
"Get a hold of yourself, Candace," she told herself. "Stacy will be okay, and you promised five-year-old you you'd get that list done. Summer's not over yet."
She then looked out the window and saw that the leaves had fallen off the tree. She opened the window and felt a cold breeze.
She put on warmer clothes, ran out of her room, and hurried outside to see the gang working on something.
"Guys, what's going on?" she asked.
Vanessa returned to the balcony with a device in hand.
Vlorkel had gotten worse. They groaned in pain every time they flapped their wings, and their eyes were just barely open.
"Here, this should help," Vanessa said as she showcased the device. "Behold, the Warmthinator. I found it in my dad's archive. Once I hit you with it, it should be able to warm you up."
She readied the inator, aimed, and fired.
"You feel better?" she asked.
Vlorkel let out a happy roar and soared around the building.
Vanessa smiled. "Alright, let's go home."
She got on Vlorkel's back, and they flew off once again.
The scientists of LOVE MUFFIN were at City Hall. A bunch of citizens were gathered, and they were angry.
"You made me buy a blanket with sleeves!" one yelled.
"My toilet seat is cold!" another whined.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the press, kindly put a cork in it," Doof said into the microphone. "So, you've probably figured out that the Earth has removed away from the sun."
Rodney shoved Doof away and took over the microphone. "And we at LOVE MUFFIN are responsible, and now, we're here to extort you. To that end, let me introduce you to Senor Killbot."
The robot in question got on stage.
"Dónde está la biblioteca?" it asked.
"You know, in case any of you extortees speak Español," Rodney explained. "We don't want to leave anyone out."
"¿Te gusta mi bordado?" the robot asked as it showed an embroidery with the LOVE MUFFIN logo.
The citizens looked at it with awe.
"That's our new logo," said Doof. "Foreboding, yet comforting. Basically, if you want us to put the Earth back in its proper orbit, you'll need to meet our list of demands. Number one, the minimum height to get on any rollercoaster will now be this high." He put his hand above Doctor Diminuitive's head. "Number two, pretzels."
"Really?" asked Rodney. "That's how you give demands?"
"What was wrong with that? I was gonna go for one of those big tubs from Lotsmo."
"You sounded like a bashful Santa Claus pitching softballs to a girl in a bikini!"
"You don't know what that sounds like."
"Stand aside." Rodney shoved Doof aside and took over once more. "Listen, you dogs, with one small inator…"
"My inator!" Doof added.
"We've moved the Earth into an early autumn. Now, we, the collective scientific genius of LOVE MUFFIN, have created an inizor ten times the size and strength, capable of moving the Earth so far away from the sun that it'll bring in a new ice age!"
The crowd gasped.
Rodney grinned. "So, if you value your puny lives, you will meet all the demands on the list."
Is it just me, or is this getting out of hand? Doof thought.
Phineas just explained everything to Candace.
"So you're telling me that the Earth has moved away from the sun, and it wasn't you who did it?" Candace asked.
"Not this time, no," Phineas replied.
"Any chance it could spontaneously go back to the way it was?"
"We can't take that chance, Candace. We'll never have another summer if our plan doesn't work."
"Plan? What plan?"
"We're building this massive rocket engine to put on top of Mount Danville."
"One rocket on one mountain isn't gonna move the Earth, though."
"That's why we've enlisted the help of other kids around the world. Take a look at this." Phineas pointed at a screen which showed kids in other parts of the world building their own rockets. "There's Floria and Abdul on Mount Kilimanjaro, Ganash and Kabul on Mount Everest, Vsevolod and Vanko on Mount Elbrus, and Lupert and Eorpwald on Mount Haggenhuge. Eorpwald's the goat. While they finish fine-tuning, we'll move our rocket up to Mount Danville."
"Then they all turn on and everything goes back to the way it was?"
"Sort of. Everything needs to be synchronized through this control panel." Phineas gestured to the panel in question. "Otherwise, we'll risk ripping the Earth's crust apart. Do you think you could stay here and help control the thrust?"
"These look like simple level controls."
"Yeah, pretty much the same as a sound mixer, except this one controls five mega rockets capable of ripping the Earth in half."
"That does not make me feel better about this."
"Well, are you gonna help or not?"
Candace took a breath. "I'll do it."
Carl stood in front of a mirror and made his best professional face.
"Good morning, Agent P," he recited a few times, each one better than the last.
Then Monty came in.
"Carl, the evil scientists of LOVE MUFFIN have captured all of our agents," he informed.
Carl smacked his forehead. "My first day on the job and all the agents are captured. What do we do?"
"We go get them."
"But we're outnumbered."
"Maybe, but we have the advantage. We still have our best agent, and the element of surprise. We can't lose."
Carl smiled. "You're right. Let's go rescue our agents."
The trio left the headquarters.
Candace looked at the globe. The red dot on Kilimanjaro turned green.
"Phineas, Flora and Abdul's rocket is ready," she informed Phineas through the comm. "That's all of them."
"Okay Candace," said Phineas. "We're on our way to Mount Danville. Lock the capsule and stand by."
Candace shut the capsule, and the room went dark.
"Oh, I sure hope there aren't any spiders in here," she hoped.
The kids landed the rocket at the top of the mountain.
"Come on, everyone," said Phineas. "Let's get this thing online."
They all split up and organized everything.
"I'm linking up with the other rockets," Isabella said as she activated a computer. "Is everyone ready out there? Mount Elrus?"
"Check," came Vanko's voice.
"Kilimanjaro?"
"Check," said Abdul.
"Everest?"
"Check," Ganash replied.
"Haggenhuge?"
No answer.
"Mount Haggenhuge?" Isabella repeated.
Eorpwald made a panicked scream.
"Uh-oh," said Isabella. "Can you fix it?"
The computer beeped.
"All systems are green," Isabella informed the rest.
"Check," said Phineas. "Firing on Mount Danville."
"Okay Candace, you're good to go."
"Roger," Candace replied. "Target destination activated. Engaging thrusters."
The rocket activated.
"Phineas, it's working," Candace cheered. "The Earth's moving back."
"Excellent, Candace," said Phineas. "Just a couple more minutes, and we'll have our summer back."
The LOVE MUFFIN scientists returned to base with ice cream.
"That was fun," Rodney remarked. "We should do this more often."
"Did you have to order for all of us?" asked Doof. "I'm not crazy about this new grilled cheese flavor."
"You get what you get and you don't get upset."
"Wow, strict."
"I think we've given the world leaders enough time. Let's see if they submitted to our list of demands." Rodney called all the world leaders. "Well, what have you got to say for yourselves?"
"You'll be happy to know that we've met all your demands," Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky replied. "Except for the pretzel thing."
"How dare you? Do you know what this means?"
"Don't ask me, ask him."
Everyone turned to American Fascist Donald Trump, who just finished eating the last bag of pretzels.
"Sorry, what were you saying?" he asked.
The rest of the world leaders booed Trump.
"This is why I voted for Kamala Harris," Doof remarked.
"No pretzels, no deal," Rodney declared as he pushed the big red button.
Candace was just minding her business when she saw the hologram of Earth moving the other way.
"Uh, Phineas, we have a problem," she informed.
"That makes no sense," said Phineas. "It should be working."
"Maybe it needs more power. I'm increasing the burn."
She moved all the levers up to the red zone.
Phineas saw the rocket's thrusters increase speed.
"No, Candace!" he yelled. "Never push it into the red! That's a bad thing! Turn down the thrusters!"
"This must be one of those special episodes," Buford remarked. "He's yelling at his sister again."
Ferb rolled his eyes. "Here we go again."
Phineas realized what he was doing and took a breath. "Sorry."
Candace tried to turn the thrusters back down, but the machine started to emit sparks.
Then the lights went out.
"Phineas, what happened?" Candace asked.
"You must've overloaded the power relay on the control panel," Phineas explained. "You're gonna have to get a spare electromagnetic coupling fuse."
"Where would I find that?"
"Ferb has one in a box in the attic."
Candace's eyes widened, then she screamed.
Snow started to fall over the city of Danville.
"Now, the world knows that LOVE MUFFIN is not an organization to be trifled with," Rodney smiled.
"Yeah, while we plunge the Earth into ANOTHER ICE AGE!" Doof sarcastically remarked.
"The world is ours for the taking."
"But this is crazy. I'm evil, not mad. There's a difference. It's subtle, but still. I don't like the new direction this organization is taking and I think I need a little fresh air."
"You also need a chiropractor, Slouchy."
The other scientists laughed.
Doof rolled his eyes and walked out.
Monogram sat in an alleyway with a small group of rats.
"And as an agent, you get to wear a nifty fedora," he explained to them as he gave them fedoras he made himself. "I made these out of an old newspaper. Yes, OWCA is perfect for guys like you, but not for a guy like me."
That's when Doof showed up.
"Yeah, things are tough all over, bub," he admitted.
"What? Doofenshmirtz?"
"Do I know you?"
Monogram put a finger over where his mustache used to be.
Doof gasped. "Major Monogram? What happened to you? You're a mess. This whole weather thing is your fault, you know."
"How is it my fault?"
"Well, it's also my fault, but if you weren't whining in an alleyway, things wouldn't have gotten so out of control. Before, I was a regular evil scientist, and now, suddenly, I'm part of this big organization of super villains bent on WORLD DOMINATION! I'm not comfortable with that. Point is, you should've been there to stop me, and you weren't."
Doof dropped a penny into Monogram's can and left.
Perry, Carl, and Monty made it to the warehouse. Perry and Monty climbed over the fence easily, but Carl had some trouble.
"Guys, little help?" Carl asked.
Perry rolled his eyes and pushed a button, opening the gate. Carl got down, and the three snuck inside.
The trio found two buff people patrolling the area.
"Think we can take 'em?" Monty asked Perry.
Perry nodded.
The two approached the buff people.
"Hey, goons!" Monty called.
Two other buff goons appeared.
"You take two, and I'll take two," Monty told Perry.
Then came a fifth one, even bigger than the rest.
"Great, they have a cave troll," Monty groaned. "Run!"
The two made a run for it. They split up. The cave troll went for Perry while the rest went for Monty.
Monty jumped through a vent. The buff people followed. Monty ran around for a bit, then jumped back through the vent. Carl shut it just in time.
"Thanks Carl," Monty smiled.
Perry entered a storage closet. The cave troll grabbed him and threw him against the wall.
Perry found a bunch of tranquilizer darts and a rubber band. He grabbed them, slid between the cave troll's legs, and shot him in the butt.
After five seconds, the cave troll finally collapsed.
Then Monty and Carl arrived.
"Awesome," Monty smiled.
"Now, we get his health," said Carl.
"You play way too many video games, man."
Candace opened the door to the attic and brought down the ladder.
"You can do it, Candace," she tried to assure herself. "What's a couple spiders compared to the fate of the world?"
She grabbed onto the ladder and climbed up.
Peter the Panda was rotting in his cell when a mouse came in and picked the lock.
The mouse then put on a fedora and saluted. Peter saluted back.
Doof got back in the warehouse.
"Okay, I've had time to think about it," he said. "And we need to put the world back. I, for one, do not want to live in a perpetual winter."
He shoved Rodney aside and tried to take over the inizor.
"Your betrayal doesn't surprise me, Heinz," said Rodney. "Step aside."
The two started to fight over the inizor as the floor below them rose.
Candace entered the attic and found Ferb's box on the other side, right next to the spider webs.
She went back down and cried as the memory of Stacy getting bitten flashed before her eyes.
Oh, this is hopeless, she thought to herself. Why even bother?
Monty, Perry, and Carl made it to the main room.
"They're heading for the roof," said Monty. "We gotta get up there and stop them from firing that inator."
"Not so fast, Monty Monogram!" came a voice.
Monty raised his hands. "Take it easy, we don't want any trouble!"
He tried to punch the person behind him, only to find out that person was much smaller than him.
"Now that we have all of OWCA's agents, nothing can stop us," Doctor Diminutive declared.
"That's where you're wrong," came a voice.
Everyone turned and saw Monogram enter the room.
"I'm back," he declared. "And I brought some help."
All the agents came in and charged into battle with the scientists.
"Wait a minute," said Diminutive. "This is the same brawl we had earlier."
"You're right," said Bringdown. "Let's get out of here."
All the scientists retreated.
Candace looked at the coffee mug the boys made for her a few days before.
You're not the world's best sister, said her inner voice. You're the world's worst.
Candace almost threw the mug to the ground, but then the projector activated, playing all the best moments of that summer.
"No, I am Candace Flynn," she said aloud. "I became the queen of Mars, I traveled around the world, I fought against the universe AND WON! If I can do that, I can handle a few spiders." She climbed back into the attic. "Back off, spiders. Candace is in the attic."
She climbed back into the attic and grabbed an umbrella. She tried to ward off the spiders with it, but they just crawled onto the umbrella.
Candace threw the umbrella aside and made it to the box. She opened it only to see a spider in there.
She took a breath and reached past the spider. She sweated and panted as she reached further into the box, but eventually, she grabbed the fuse and pulled it out.
"In your face, arachnid!" she shouted.
"Uh, Phineas, one of the main locking bolts came loose on the rocket," Isabella informed Phineas.
Phineas looked up and saw the rocket was bending out of place.
"Yeah, we should probably fix that before Candace puts the fuse back," he said.
Doof and Rodney continued their brawl.
"Oh, this is getting ridiculous," Rodney said as he shoved Doof off the platform. "Now, to put the world in a new ice age."
He activated the inizor, and the Earth moved even further away from the sun.
Doof noticed the mop next to him and grinned.
Candace tried to insert the fuse, but it didn't fit.
"How does this work?" she asked. "Righty-loosey, tighty-whities."
Ferb, Django, Buford, and Hulkjeet tried to pull the rocket back into place. Even with Hulkjeet's strength, it didn't work.
"Candace," Phineas called, only to receive no answer. "Why isn't this working?"
"The rocket's blocking the signal," Isabella realized. "We've gotta get up there."
"I disabled the reverse switch, and there's no self-destruct button," said Rodney.
Then Doof approached Rodney and hit him with the mop.
"Nobody messes with my self-destruct button!" he shouted as he knocked Rodney to the floor. He then tried to push the inizor off the roof. "You make a pretty good fulcrum there, Rodney."
Phineas and Ferb managed to get a big bolt into place.
Candace finally inserted the fuse.
"It's in!" she told the others. "Okay, I'm gonna fire up the engines."
The kids all grabbed onto the rope and jumped off the edge. Their combined weight managed to get the rocket into place right as it activated.
"It's not working, Phineas," said Candace. "It's like something's resisting our jets."
"I was afraid of that," said Phineas. "Listen, push the rockets above the red line."
"But you said that would be bad."
"Well, there's a slight chance of pulling the planet apart."
"And that's a bad thing!"
"It's our only chance, Candace. We should be okay if you just do it slowly and steadily."
"Like the story of the turtle and the rabbit."
"It's the tortoise and the hare, but yes."
"Slow and steady, slow and steady," Candace repeated as she slowly moved the levers above the red line.
Monogram and the others went out and saw Doof trying to destroy the inator.
At first, they just stood there in shock, but then they decided to help out.
Vanessa and Vlorkel were on their way home when Vanessa saw Doof, Monty, Perry, Carl, and Monogram trying to destroy an inator.
She directed Vlorkel towards the inator. Vlorkel flew down and hit the inator with their claws, sending it plummeting to the ground.
Candace felt the Earth start moving back into place. The speed of it sent her flying against the wall.
Linda, Lawrence, and Saul fell to the floor and rolled in the opposite direction.
Monogram almost fell off the roof. Carl caught him in the nick of time.
"Nice catch, Carl," Monty complimented.
Roger held onto the flagpole while his body waved like a flag.
"I don't know what's going on anymore," he said.
"Phineas, what's happening?" asked Candace.
"Unless I'm very much mistaken, the Earth's moving again," Phineas explained. "You gotta stop the rockets, Candace."
Candace tried to reach the controls, but the Earth was moving too fast. She hit the floor again.
Then the Earth stopped moving.
"Candace, you did it!" Phineas cheered.
Candace got up and realized she accidentally unplugged the device. "Huh, I did."
She opened the capsule to see the snow was starting to melt. It also got hot, so she took off her sweater.
"Ah summer, welcome back," she smiled as she allowed the sunlight to touch her skin.
Then a giant ball bounced into the backyard and took the capsule with it.
"Right on cue," Candace remarked.
Monty picked up Rodney and took him away.
"Doofenshmirtz, you just saved the world," said Monogram. "Thank you."
"You're welcome, Francis," Doof replied as he offered his hand. "Put her there."
Monogram tried to shake it, but Doof just pulled it away.
"Psych!" Doof laughed as he walked away. "I'm still evil."
Monogram sighed. "Yes, yes you are."
That's when a helicopter appeared. A ladder wad down, and Colonel Contraction climbed down it.
"Nice work, Monogram," he complimented. "You've proven that you're devoted to the organization despite not being a part of it. Because of that, you're rehired."
Monogram bowed. "Thank you, sir."
Contraction got back in the helicopter, rolled up the ladder, and left.
Carl tore off his mustache and offered it back to Monogram.
"You can keep that one, Carl," Monogram assured as he instantly grew back his mustache.
"Welcome back, sir," Carl smiled.
Linda and Lawrence got Saul out of the cavern.
"Everything's alright," Lawrence assured. "We're all outside."
Saul opened his eyes and cried. "Oh, sweet sunshine." He then got on his knees and kissed the ground. "Terra firma, lovely top soil."
Linda and Lawrence looked at each other awkwardly and left.
Phineas, Ferb, and the gang returned to the backyard.
"There she is," Phineas smiled. "The hero of the day. Nice going, Candace. Hey, where'd the command center go?"
"Probably the same place the last one went," Candace replied.
"You really did a good job, Candace."
"Yeah. Not only did I save the world, but I did everything I promised five-year-old me I'd do."
"Well, now that we have summer back, what should we do?"
Buford raised his hand. "I got an idea."
Play "Summer All Over the World" Reprise
The gang, now joined by Candace and the other kids from around the world, got back on stage and continued their song.
Phineas:
Come on, everyone
All:
We're having a party
Phineas:
Dancing in the sun
All:
We're having a party
Phineas:
And you know we're not done
All:
We're having a party
Phineas:
Every corner of the world, yeah
All:
'Cause it's summer…
Then the world exploded and the credits rolled.
End Reprise
After watching the video, everyone glared at Buford.
"I think there's something wrong with this program," said Buford.
Vanessa was just minding her business when she heard a knock on the door. She answered and saw none other than Major Monogram.
Vanessa was taken aback by his presence, but she kept her composure.
"How may I help you?" she asked.
"We need to talk," Monogram replied sternly.
Notes:
One more day.
I figured "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer" would make the perfect penultimate episode.
Getting the obvious factor aside, yes, I did include a jab at Donald Trump. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I have no respect for Trump or the people that believe his lies, so if you happen to be a Trump supporter, you are not welcome here.
I did make plenty of modifications to Candace's plotline here. Most notably, she's a lot more traumatized by Stacy being bitten, and it isn't Phineas' reassurance that gave her the motivation she needed to face her arachnophobia and get the fuse from the attic.
The whole thing with OWCA presumably going out of business, only for Monogram and Carl to be able to re-found the organization is just dumb. It's just another example of the show tricking us into thinking things are changing, only to go back to the status quo. Because of that, I changed it so Contraction just gives Monogram his job back, no harm, no foul.
The biggest change, though, was Vanessa's inclusion. I promised I'd incorporate aspects from CATU into the last few episodes, and I'm a man of my word.
And the ending includes a bit of foreshadowing to what comes next for her.
Thanks for reading.
Chapter 104: Last Day of Summer
Notes:
Here we are. I can't believe this story's already over.
I've written plenty of fanfictions over the past two years, and they all hold a special place in my heart, but this one is definitely my proudest.
While this fic is only my second-most favorite on FFN, this fic stands as my most popular fic on AO3, reaching almost ONE HUNDRED kudos, something I will NEVER forget.
Never in my fanfiction career have I expected to get this close to the popular zone. I guess if one fic had to get popular, it would have to be this one.
When I get to the end of quite a few fics, I make a mushy author's note about how the show has made a big positive impact on my life. If I had any long-time readers, they might be tired of it, but Phineas and Ferb was definitely one of those shows.
The original run aired when I was very young. My parents did play some episodes for me and my twin, but Phineas and Ferb didn't peak my interest at the time. I was more into what Nickelodeon provided, like the Backyardigans, Wonder Pets, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Ni-Hao Kai-Lan.
When I was seven, I found Phineas and Ferb on Netflix, and I decided to give it another shot. I watched the first episode, thought it was alright, and just dropped it.
I didn't get into Phineas and Ferb until much later, during the COVID pandemic. Phineas and Ferb was trending a lot at the time, from reposted clips to nutshell videos to reenactments to COVID-themed parodies of the theme song. I watched a few episodes on Disney, and while I was more into it than before, it wasn't until "Candace Against the Universe" came out when I became OBSESSED.
I fell in love with everything about the show. It has a colorful environment, fun characters (even if a lot of them are kinda one note), catchy songs, and they somehow managed to maintain a formula without getting boring. It was a nice comfort show to help me get through those 104 Days of Self-Isolation. Even better, the show taught me to make the most of my life, and writing fanfiction is how I'm doing that.
I watched every episode (though in a random order), I watched the Second Dimension movie and the crossover specials, I started following Dan Povenmire on Youtube, and I even watched "Milo Murphy's Law" from start to finish and became obsessed with that show too.
I even came up with a little self-insert fic at the time. While I never posted it, nor will I ever, I'd say that fanfiction set the precedent for me going forward.
It was a simple premise. It was a four-part story where one at a time, I would meet Phineas and Ferb, the Sanders Sides, and Captain Underpants (all three of those being my big obsessions at the time), and then in the final part, they would all come together for this big crossover event. I'd go over this in more detail, but then we'd be here all day.
As the years passed, I had grown out of Captain Underpants and my obsession with the Sanders Sides died down by a lot, but my Phineas and Ferb obsession only got stronger with the releases of the Musical Without a Cool Acronym (yeah, it's an "unlicensed parody musical", but Dan, Swampy, and even Vincent Martella were involved in it, so it's technically part of Phineas and Ferb canon in my eyes), "Hamster & Gretel", and the Phineas and Ferb revival.
Alright, mushy ramble over. It's time to finally put this story to rest, just in time for the anniversary too.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Play "Let's Have Some Serious Fun"
Phineas and Ferb flew out of the backyard on hoverboards. They went across the street and knocked on Isabella's front door. She answered, and Phineas gave her a hoverboard.
Phineas:
Get out your tool case
Put on your game face
Get out your brushes, gonna paint this town
They then went to Django's house and picked him up.
Let's just get rockin'
No time for talkin'
Just fourteen hours 'till the sun goes down
After that, they picked up Baljeet.
We've got one last day of summer
One more day before school has begun
One last day in the sun
Let's have some serious fun
The five flew high in the air.
Every day of summer
We've given a hundred percent
But today, we'll give a hundred and one
Baljeet:
Though that is not mathematically possible
"You know what I mean," said Phineas
"Yes, I understand, hyperbole," said Baljeet.
Phineas:
We set a precedent
For entertainment
We're doin' somethin' and it's gonna be big
They finally reached Buford's house. Buford came out with a large pig with an apple in its mouth.
Put on your glad rags
and pack a lunch bag
No, somethin' smaller not that sucklin' pig
Buford tossed the pig aside, then he joined the rest.
We've got one last day of summer
One more day before school has begun
We've got one last day in the sun
Let's have some serious fun
The gang landed in the backyard.
All:
Let's have some serious fun
Phineas:
Let's have some serious fun
Isabella:
Oh yeah
End "Let's Have some Serious Fun"
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 104
Last Day of Summer
Candace was asleep in her room when her alarm clock went off. She reached out her hand, shut it off, and tried to go back to sleep.
Then she heard Phineas say, "I know what we're gonna do today."
She bolted out of bed and went to the window.
"And I know what I'm gonna do today!" she declared. "I'm gonna give you the best last day of summer ever! Stay right there."
She shut the window and quickly got dressed.
"This is it, Candace," she said to herself. "The last day of summer vacation. Your one chance to make up for being a horrible sister all summer. Let's do this."
She ran downstairs and saw her parents eating their breakfast.
"The zoo's got a new tiger exhibit," said Linda.
Lawrence imitated a tiger roar.
"Good morning, family," Candace greeted.
"Good morning, Candace," Linda replied. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but…"
Candace hung her head a little. "It's the last day of summer, I know."
"Which means back to school errands for me, and making the most of the day for you. I better get a move on. Those errands aren't gonna run themselves. They never do." Linda chuckled before her face turned serious. "They never do."
With that, Linda left the house.
Jeremy met up with Coltrane at the park.
"Hey bro," Coltrane greeted as he hooked his and Jeremy's fingers together. "How's it hanging?"
"Oh, it's hanging," Jeremy replied. "I'm lucky the boss was willing to let me have the day off."
"Awesome."
"Hey, if it's okay with you, I brought in two newcomers to join today's LARP."
"Okay. Who are they?"
"Yo, Coltrane!" a voice called.
The boys turned to see Stacy and Jenny approaching them.
"Hey, Stacy," Coltrane smiled. "It's been a while, huh?"
"Yes, yes it has," Stacy agreed.
"I'm looking forward to this," Jenny admitted.
Jeremy cleared his throat. "We should get going."
"Okay, lead the way, Lancelot," Stacy teased.
Jeremy groaned, then the four headed to the spot.
"Well, today's a big day," said Phineas. "So it's a good thing we're getting an early start."
"I don't want to waste one minute of our last day of summer," said Isabella.
"Yippee!" Baljeet cheered. "Just one more day before school!"
Django gave Baljeet a look. "You clearly have a problem."
"Hey, let him like what he wants to like," Buford defended.
Baljeet smiled. "To think that before this summer, we never even knew each other."
"Yeah," Isabella agreed. "Seems like only yesterday I walked through that side gate and asked 'whatcha doin'?' for the first time when you built that roller coaster."
"Since it's the last day of summer, we'll need to do something equally grand," said Phineas. "Got any ideas?"
"How about the world's biggest bounce house," Isabella suggested.
"A smile-powered rocket to the moon!" Baljeet requested.
"How about a balloon dart game, but huge?" asked Django.
"We never did that bread bowl hot tub," Buford mentioned. "Now's a better time than ever."
That's when Candace came out.
"How about this?" she suggested. "Why not put everything you did over the summer into one big final ride. Think of it as a reflection of how far you've come."
"That's a great idea, Candace," Phineas smiled. "Well guys, I know what we're gonna do today. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry entered his lair the same way he did the first day of summer: by going down the elevator shaft.
He then sat at his desk as usual.
"Good, you're here," Monogram smiled. "You might be wondering about all these pully things here. It's just that, with Carl heading to school soon, I'm gonna have to learn to run this place all by myself. Anyway…" He pulled the ropes, revealing admittedly decent drawings he made himself; one of autumn leaves, one of Doof, and one of an explosion. "With Autumn around the corner, I suspect Doofenshmirtz will be trying to close out the summer with a bang."
Then the slides came down.
Monogram turned around. "Carl!" He sighed as tears formed around his eyes. "Right, school. Keep it together, Francis."
Perry saluted, pushed a button on his chair, and flew out.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Doof woke up to his alarm, only to hit his head against a low lamp.
"Okay, I've had enough of you," he decided.
He zapped the lamp with a small version of his Disintegrator-inator.
Then Norm came in with a cake in hand.
"Wakey-wakey, chocolate cakey," he said.
"How many times do I have to tell you that chocolate cake isn't for breakfast?" Doof asked.
Norm stuffed a bite into Doof's mouth.
"I stand corrected." Doof climbed out of the bed, revealing his lab coat. "Alright, up and at 'em."
"Sir, since when do you sleep in your lab coat?"
"That's none of your business."
Doof ran out of his room and was approached by Vanessa.
"Dad, do you have a minute?" she asked.
"Can it wait, sweetie?" Doof replied. "I got a lot of stuff on my list to do today." He laughed. "It's just like a song. To do today, to do today, to do, to do, to do today."
Vanessa groaned and walked off.
"All the ladies in the house say…" Doof pointed to Vanessa, only to realize she was gone. "Wait, where'd she go?"
The gang stared at their big creation in awe.
"Nice job, gang," said Phineas. "What do you think?"
"Uh, what is it supposed to be again?" asked Isabella.
"It's everything!"
"Who says you can't have it all?" Buford remarked.
"Yippee!" Baljeet cheered. "For this and not for school!"
Buford put a reassuring hand on Baljeet's shoulder.
Baljeet smiled and muttered, "I love you, school."
"Looks pretty mega to me," said Django.
"Well, there's only one way to make sure we've outdone ourselves here: riding it," Phineas said before turning to Candace. "Would you like to join us?"
Candace smiled. "I would love to."
Play "There's No One I'd Rather Go Nowhere With"
Once everyone got their helmets on, Ferb pulled the lever, and they were all sucked into a tube.
Once they were ejected out of the tube, they bounced on a trampoline and landed on a roller coaster.
The coaster dropped and they rode around at a fast speed. After a few rises, falls, and loops, they went into a funnel and spun around.
You know we're going nowhere fast
And we got no destination
After the funnel, the coaster broke apart, and all the kids went in separate directions. Some kept going on their track, while others grabbed ropes and swung around the area.
Nothing scheduled
We got no chores to do
When the group met up, they got on this conveyor belt. They went through a machine that made the kids look like they were from a nineties cartoon. Candace, however, stayed the same.
They then went through another machine. The kids' heads were transformed to look hyper-realistic, while Candace was turned into an orange squid for some reason.
Then they went through a third machine, which turned them all back to normal.
The sun is up, the wind is warm
And we're clear of all obligation
They fell off the belt and landed on the flower. The flower closed its pedals, and they were all sent down a chute.
They fell onto a record that spun them around. A mechanical arm then grabbed that record and smashed it to pieces.
We're taking the scenic route
Just enjoy the view
The kids grabbed onto pieces of the broken record as they got sucked into a tornado.
That tornado brought them onto another coaster. They rode off the edge of the track, then in a flash of light, they were teleported onto another track.
Ooh, ooh, ooh
There's no one that I'd rather go nowhere with than you
They then landed onto a berry tree that an animatronic cut down.
They all landed in a pie tin. A mechanical arm added the pie crust, and they all popped their heads out.
Then the floor below them bent over, and their pie was sent down a big slide.
There's no one that I'd rather go nowhere with than you
The group slid into the mouth of an animatronic face. It chewed them up for a bit, then swallowed them.
They landed on a giant baseball. A bat swung and hit the ball, sending them flying off.
They knocked down some big glass bottles and landed in the hundred-point hole of a giant skee-ball machine.
We don't need a compass, we don't need a guiding star
We don't need a GPS to tell us where we are
'Cause we know where we are
From there, it was just one big ride after the other.
School desks.
A hot dog.
A viking ship.
A swan.
An insect.
A big bar of soap.
The kids rode ostriches while Candace rode a pig.
There's no one that I'd rather go nowhere with than you
There's no one that I'd rather go nowhere with than you
There's no one that I'd rather go nowhere with than you
At the end of the ride, these magnets grabbed the gang by the helmets and hung them high in the air.
End "There's No One That I'd Rather Go Nowhere With"
After a while, the magnets let go of them. They all activated their parachutes and landed safely in the backyard.
"So, what do you say, guys?" Phineas asked. "Best ride ever?"
"Well, the test results show almost unanimous approval ratings," said Baljeet.
"I have notes," said Candace.
"Like I said, almost."
"You heard her, Ferb," Phineas told Ferb. "Back to the drawing board."
Ferb pushed a button, and the whole contraption bent and shrunk back into a desk with a blueprint on it.
Just then, Linda entered the backyard.
"Hey kids," she greeted.
"Hi Mom," Phineas replied.
"You're home early," Candace remarked.
"Yeah, the store wasn't as busy as I expected," Linda explained. "I guess it pays to hold off until the last minute. So, what have you been doing?"
"Nothing much, just having the best last day of summer ever."
"Uh-huh. Anyway, I noticed a box of DVDs on the way out with the name 'Vanessa' on it. You happen to know what that's about?"
Candace's eyes widened in realization. "Right. I meant to return those the other day."
"Well, you get right on that. It's not like they're gonna return themselves."
"They never do," the two finished together.
Jeremy, dressed in a cheap snake costume, let out his best maniacal laugh.
"Foolish child!" he acted. "I could swallow you whole!"
Stacy, who was in a witch costume, hit her staff on the ground.
"Do not underestimate me, Gildersnake," she recited. "For I am the Good Witch Azura, Warrior of Peace!" She then held the staff out like a bazooka. "NOW EAT THIS, SUCKA!"
She then imitated the sounds of fireballs. Jeremy pretended to be hit and fell to the floor.
"My one weakness: dying!" he screamed.
He then stuck his tongue out and played dead.
Coltrane and Jenny applauded.
"Wow, this might just be the best LARP yet," Coltrane said as he helped Jeremy up.
"Yeah, this was fun," Jenny admitted. "We should do this more often."
"And maybe we can bring Candace next time," Stacy added.
Jeremy rubbed his arm and looked away. "I don't know."
"Come on, Jeremy. She's never steered you wrong before."
"I know. It's just… what if she doesn't take it well? What if she thinks I'm not cool anymore and dumps me?"
Stacy put a hand on Jeremy's shoulder. "Hey, she's not gonna dump you. She's not like that."
Jeremy looked away, still not convinced.
Perry arrived at DEI, only to get trapped in a big drum.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus, snared in my trap," Doof joked.
Norm played a rimshot.
"I realized that all this time I was planning to become ruler of the Tri-State Area, and never took into account the fact that there's no actual position, and I should've taken the time to create one," Doof monologued. "And if I create it, no one will know about it, and I can run unopposed…
He didn't realize he was on the edge of the balcony until he fell off the edge. Luckily, he grabbed the railing just in time.
"And I'll easily win and take over the Tri-State Area," he continued. "Behold!"
As he said that, he let go of the railing and plummeted to the ground.
Perry just watched with horror as he heard Doof's voice grow faint.
Then the elevator door opened and Doof came out without even a smudge on his face.
As confused as Perry was, he let out a small sigh of relief.
"Behold, the Tri-Governator!" Doof showcased.
Then Perry rolled on his drum and ran Doof over.
"Ha, an actual drumroll," Doof remarked.
Perry got out of the trap and sprung into action.
Vanessa saw the fight and just walked off.
"I'm so over it," she said.
Then the doorbell rang. Vanessa answered to reveal Candace.
The moment Perry saw Candace, he ran off and hid.
"Hey Vanessa," Candace greeted. "I just came to return your DVDs. I don't know why I kept them so long. Can't say I understand French cinema. I mean, why does that mime keep letting go of balloons?"
"I think it's symbolic," Vanessa explained.
"Anyway, how's your day been?"
"It could be better. Wanna come in?"
"Yeah, that'd be great." Candace walked inside.
"I'll go make us some tea. BRB."
"Awesome." Candace took a look around and found Doof wiping dust off his coat. "Hey Vanessa's dad, how's it going?"
"Have you seen my nemesis?" Doof asked. "He was here a second ago. He's about yay high, he has a… you know what? Never mind. When he suddenly loses interest in you mid-punch, it's time to take serious stock of your life."
"Uh-huh." Candace noticed some random device on the ground and tried to touch it. "Hey, what's this?"
Doof swatted Candace's hand away. "Hey, don't touch that! You're welcome to stay and hang out with my daughter, so long as you do not mess with my inators."
"Inators? Why? What does this one do?"
"Oh, that's my Do-Overinator."
"What does that do?"
"It says 'do over' in the name. It does the day over again, but I haven't worked out all the kinks yet. Matter of fact, I gotta work out the kinds in a lot of these."
Candace thought back to what happened that day. She genuinely had fun playing with her brothers, but at the same time, she felt it wasn't enough. The idea of being able to repeat the day again got more tempting the more she thought about it.
In the end, she pushed the button.
The inator emitted sparks. Candace and Doof got trapped in a bubble.
Then there was a flash of light.
Candace was asleep in her room when her alarm clock went off. She reached out her hand, shut it off, and tried to go back to sleep.
Then she heard Phineas say, "I know what we're gonna do today."
She bolted out of bed and went to the window.
"And I know what I'm gonna do today!" she declared. "I'm gonna give you the best last day of summer ever! Stay right there."
She went to get dressed.
Why do I feel like I said this yesterday? she wondered before another thought popped into her head.
She went back to the window. "You there, boy. What day is it?"
"Why the last day of summer, of course," Phineas replied.
Candace shut the window and beamed with excitement.
"It worked!" she cheered. "That machine worked. I have a chance to make this day better than it was before."
She quickly got dressed and ran downstairs.
Doof woke up to his alarm, only to hit his head against a low lamp.
"Didn't I disintegrate you?" he asked as he disintegrated the lamp again.
Then Norm came in with a cake in hand.
"Wakey-wakey, chocolate cakey," he said.
"Really, again?" Doof rolled his eyes. "Didn't I tell you cake isn't for breakfast yesterday?"
He smacked the cake away, then something else came to mind.
He left his room and was approached by Vanessa.
"Hey Dad, do you have a minute?" she asked.
"Hmm, repeating," Doof thought aloud.
"I really need to…"
"Yeah."
"Dad!"
"Yeah, everything's repeating. It works. My Do-Overinator works. Your friend must've activated it yesterday, and by that I mean today. The days will probably keep repeating until I shut it off."
Vanessa groaned. "This is what I'm talking about! You're not even listening! I'm moving out. I'm living at Mom's full time."
She walked out and slammed the door behind her.
"Door slams mean sadness," Norm remarked.
"Wait, what did she say?" Doof asked.
Norm played a recording of what Vanessa just said.
"Oh, I can't believe this!" Doof shouted, horrified. "You surreptitiously record us, and even more importantly, I'm losing my little girl! Why would Vanessa want to move out?"
"Let's see if we can solve that mystery," Norm said.
He replayed a bunch of other recordings of things Doof said to Vanessa.
"Hey Vanessa, hand me that cadaver."
"Honeybun, if you go into the living room and see a pile of skin flakes, just ignore it."
"I know you said the time machine in the bathroom was a bad idea, but if you need to go, you should do it last week."
"Okay, I get it," said Doof. "She thinks I'm a loser, but you know who isn't a loser? The Tri-governor. I just gotta win that office, and she'll want to stay with me." He looked at the Do-Overinator with a smile. "And this baby's gonna help me get it right."
Play "Tomorrow is This Morning Again"
Norm summoned an electric guitar and started to play it.
Doof:
They say you only go around once
They say that opportunity never knocks twice
But if there's one thing I can say about the people who say that
They don't have this cool device
Candace excitedly danced around her room.
Candace:
I never even heard of deja vu this bad
But everything today is so familiar
Like the best recurring dream I ever had
Like when you know it's gonna happen, but it's still gonna fool ya
If it keeps repeating, I should do something about it
I don't know the repercussions if I just let it run
If you told me there'd be consequences, I wouldn't doubt it
But it's tempting just to let it go, and use it for fun
Doof worked on his inator while Candace helped the boys make blueprints for something bigger and better than before.
Both:
I can get it right
Because today, I have multiple chances
With just a little foresight
My means will justify my ends
My worries will be over soon
I'll rework my fate, improve my circumstances
If I get it wrong this afternoon
I'll get it right today when tomorrow is this morning again
If I get it wrong this afternoon
I'll get it right today when tomorrow is this morning again
If I get it wrong this afternoon
I'll get it right today when tomorrow is this morning again
End "Tomorrow is This Morning Again"
Jeremy's alarm rang. He struggled to open his eyes and shut off the alarm.
He felt like he hadn't slept for a minute.
He didn't even recall going to bed the night before.
After shutting off the alarm, Jeremy slowly sat up and checked his phone. The date read, 'Sunday, September 14'.
His eyes widened. I could've sworn yesterday was the fourteenth. He then shook his head. It's been a long summer. I'm getting dates mixed up.
He climbed out of the bed and went to get dressed.
The kids stood and admired their finished project: a sky-high, mega-ride thingy.
"You were right, Candace," Phineas admitted. "We did make it better, and we couldn't have done it without you."
Candace smiled. "There's only one way to make sure that it works, and that's to ride it."
"Agreed."
"Perry the Platypus should be coming at any minute," Doof said as he checked his watch.
Right on cue, Perry entered the apartment and landed in the drum trap.
He tried to roll over Doof, but this time, he saw it coming and jumped out of the way.
Perry then made it out of the drum trap, only to land in a skull trap.
"Ha, it worked!" Doof laughed. "And I finally got some use out of these old Halloween decorations. I'm the master of time!"
Then Perry managed to open the skull's mouth and make it bite Doof's leg.
As Doof groaned in pain, Perry got out of the trap and pushed the Tri-Governator's self-destruct button.
"That's okay, Perry the Platypus," Doof smirked. "I'll be the master of time tomorrow."
"Do not underestimate me, Gildersnake," Stacy recited as she slammed her staff on the ground. "For I am the Good Witch Azura, Warrior of Peace!" She then held her staff out like a bazooka. "NOW EAT THIS, SUCKA!"
She then imitated fireballs. Jeremy didn't even over-exaggerate the death scene. He just passed out.
"Uh-oh," Stacy worried. "What have I done?"
Coltrane approached Jeremy and shook him. Jeremy slowly woke up.
"What happened?" he asked.
"You passed out, man," Coltrane explained. "You had us all worried for a moment. Are you alright?"
Jeremy sighed. "I'm fine. Just tired."
"Come on. Let's get you home. You think you can stand?"
Despite how tired he was, Jeremy was able to get up and walk away.
The gang landed in the backyard after a long ride. Other than the addition of the ride itself being high in the air, it was pretty much the same as last time.
"So, Candace, what'd you think?" Phineas asked.
Candace snapped out of her thought process. "Huh? Oh, it was fun."
"Are you sure? It didn't look like you were having fun."
"I, uh…"
Then there was a flash of light.
Candace woke up before her alarm even went off.
"I know what we're gonna do today," came Phineas' voice.
"Alright, third time's the charm," Candace told herself.
Doof woke up for the third time, and this time, he didn't hit the lamp.
"Ha ha," he laughed.
Then Norm came in.
"Wakey-wakey…" he said.
"Oh, stuff it, Norm," Doof interrupted.
Norm stuffed the cake into his mouth.
Doof left his room and was approached by Vanessa, like before.
"Dad, do you…?" she tried to say.
"Hush, I know," Doof interrupted.
"But Dad…"
"I know exactly what you're gonna say, and I'm on it, but right now, I need to study Perry the Platypus' every move."
Vanessa grunted. "Dad, this is the problem! Because of your stupid work…"
"Hold that thought, sweetie. I gotta improve Perry the Platypus' trap. BRB. That's 'be right back'. It's hip today to talk in acronyms."
Vanessa just glared at Doof.
Jeremy met up with Coltrane at the park and they hooked fingers.
"Hey bro," Coltrane greeted before noticing Jeremy's eyebags. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Jeremy assured. "If it's alright with you, I…"
He stopped then and there. He didn't know why, but he felt like he already had this conversation the day before.
"Jeremy, are you sure you're good?" Coltrane asked.
Jeremy shook his head. "It's nothing. I just wanted to say I invited a couple friends to join us if that's okay with you."
"Yeah, it's fine. Who are they?"
"Yo, Coltrane!" Stacy called.
Jeremy watched as Stacy, Jenny, and Coltrane talked to each other. By now, he was convinced that he had heard this conversation before, and it gave him a headache.
Perry made it out of the skull trap, only to get scooped up and thrown into a metal box.
Doof approached him in a giant hamster ball.
"I can see by the confused and annoyed look on your face that your little mammal brain is working overtime, trying to figure out how I anticipated your every move," he said. "Not to mention, the purpose of this hamster ball. It's simple, see, it'll protect me from when you eventually escape from that."
Right as he said that, Perry punched a hole in the cage and climbed out. He then kicked the ball and sent Doof rolling around the room.
"I got your muffins, sir," Norm called.
"Later," Doof replied.
Unbeknownst to either of them, a rift came out of nowhere, sucked the muffins into it, then closed itself.
Then Doof fell off the balcony.
Maybe time will loop before I hit the ground, he thought.
Unfortunately, there was no such luck. He crashed into a car and groaned in pain.
Then there was a flash of light.
For the fourth time, Candace woke up to the sound of Phineas saying, "I know what we're gonna do today."
"Alright, time to switch things up," she said to herself.
She quickly got dressed and went downstairs.
"There are tigers at the zoo, roar," she said before her parents could even start that conversation. "If either of you need me, I'll be in the backyard."
She then went out to the backyard.
"I'm off to run my errands," Linda told Lawrence. "I'll be back soon."
Right as Linda left, a rift opened and sucked up the spoon in Lawrence's oatmeal bowl. Lawrence just took the bowl and ate the oatmeal like a dog.
"Here's my idea," said Candace. "We make today's project out of this world."
Phineas smiled. "Great idea, Candace."
A moment later, they already finished making their big invention. This time, it was sci-fi themed.
"When I said 'out of this world', this wasn't what I had in mind," said Candace. "But I'll take it."
Perry burst out of his dinosaur animatronic trap and threw a maraca at Doof's head.
Then the day reset again.
Jeremy and Stacy reenacted the Good Witch Azura climax for what Jeremy felt like was the fifth time.
Okay, something's definitely off, he thought.
Perry landed in a cage hung in the air. The cage swung back and forth and hit Doof in the head.
Candace and the kids finished going through the ride, this one being themed around traditional summer activities like swimming, flying kites, and getting tanned.
Still, though, she felt underwhelmed.
After twenty-three attempts, Doof filled the entire room with traps.
"Okay, this one's gonna work," he said. "Hand me that box of angry weasels, would you, Norm?"
Norm did as he was told. Doof opened the box, and a bunch of angry weasels scratched his face.
He managed to get the weasels back in the box, but not without a bunch of new scars.
"They'll do," he said right as Perry came in. "And there he is."
Perry started going through each and every trap.
"Norm, hand out those victory muffins," Doof requested.
"What is a muffin?" Norm asked.
"You know, like the song. 'Do you know the Muffin Man who lives on Drury Lane.' You know, who would buy a house on 'Drury Lane'. That sounds dreary."
"Though entertaining, that song did not stir my memory bank, sir."
"Hmm, peculiar. It could be some kind of anomaly from messing with the space-time continuum. Might even be dangerous." Doof brushed it off when he saw Perry get trapped in a small pit of cement. "Well, I'll have to ignore that in my peril because now I got a full thirty steps ahead of Perry the Platypus, I'm free to take over the Tri-State…" He stopped himself when he saw Vanessa about to leave. "Wait, Vanessa, where are you going? Don't you have something to say?"
"Actually, I do," Vanessa replied. "But you seem busy."
Doof gave a sympathetic look. "Aw, honey, that's…" He then smiled. "…very perceptive of you. I'm kinda racing against the clock here. I know it seems like I'm putting you second, but it's so I can put you first eventually."
Vanessa sighed. "Whatever, Dad."
"You'll see, Vanessa. This is gonna be my moment, and then it'll prove to you that I'm not a loser."
He then went to his Tri-Governator and pulled the lever. A beam fired and hit City Hall, making a new tri-governor mansion appear on top of it.
"Sweet!" Doof smiled. "Now, I just need to get people to vote for me."
It took a few minutes, but Doof managed to get a voting booth installed right in front of his building.
"Voting today," he announced.
"Wait, I didn't know there were elections," said one citizen.
Doof just shoved the person into the booth. "Oh, just get in the booth and do your civic duty."
Alright, Candace, Candace told herself. This is the one.
She went down to the dining room and saw her parents eating their cereal like savages.
"You've heard of spoons, right?" she asked them, disgusted.
"No, I can't say I have," Lawrence replied.
"Ha ha, very funny. Hey, have you heard of the new tiger habitat at the zoo?"
"Tiger? That's a funny word."
"Teenagers and their slang," Linda remarked. "I'm gonna go run some errands. They're not gonna run themselves."
She got up to reveal she was wearing brown cargo shorts.
"Mom, what happened to your capri pants?" Candace asked.
Linda raised an eyebrow. "Capri pants? Now I think you're just messing with us."
"Uh-oh, something's definitely wrong," Candace realized.
Doof found Vanessa in her room.
"Vanessa," he called. "I need to talk to you about your plan to move out."
"Wait, you know about that?" Vanessa asked. "How…?"
"Just watch this."
He turned on the TV in her room. The screen showed Roger at his stand.
"For the first time in Tri-State history, a tri-governor has been elected," he announced to the crowd. "And the voters have chosen…" He looked at the paper and his eyes widened. "My brother, Heinz Doofenshmirtz?"
"Yes!" Doof cheered. "See, I'm not a loser anymore. Now, you'll want to live with me at the tri-governor's mansion."
"Dad, it's not the…" Vanessa tried to say.
"Wait, hold that thought. As long as my Do-Overinator is still on, this day could start all over again and I could lose it all. Just, go ahead and pack your stuff, I'm gonna go turn off my inator."
He went into the living room and tried to turn off the inator, only for it to get sucked into a rift.
"Well, I didn't see that coming," said Doof. "But it's gone now, so that means the loop should be over, and now..."
Doof brought Vanessa to the new mansion.
"Everything's gonna be hunky-dory," he finished.
Vanessa sighed.
Candace ran out into the backyard. For whatever reason, Phineas and Ferb were there, but not the other kids.
Given the situation, though, Candace decided not to worry about that.
"Guys, something weird is happening," she told the boys. "Days are repeating because of a machine Vanessa's dad made, and now things are disappearing, like tigers and spoons and…"
"Hold on, slow down," said Phineas. "What's a spoon?"
"And what's a tiger?" Ferb added.
"See, that's my point," said Candace. "Stuff's disappearing, and now no one remembers it…"
That's when a rift opened up and took Phineas and Ferb.
"...ever existed," Candace finished.
She then fell onto her knees and screamed.
Jeremy woke up and checked his phone. The date was September 14.
"Okay, this is getting ridiculous," he said aloud.
That's when he got a text on his phone. It was from Coltrane. It read, 'Still up for LARPing?'
Jeremy took a breath and replied, 'Gotta cancel. I'm not in a good mood right now.'
'Okay man.'
Jeremy set down his phone and climbed back into bed.
Doof showed Vanessa her new fancy suite.
"Not so keen on moving out, huh?" he asked.
"Yeah Dad, it's nice," Vanessa admitted. "But listen, there's something I need…"
That's when Doof's new secretary, Melanie, came in.
"Sir, your schedule is jam-packed," she informed Doof.
"Sorry sweetie," Doof apologized. "But apparently, there's a lot of stuff I need to attend to. Look on the bright side, you can brag about your dad to all your friends until I get back."
Knowing what happened to Phineas and Ferb, Candace started to worry about Jeremy. She rushed to the Johnsons' house and rang the doorbell.
It didn't take long for Mrs. Johnson to answer.
"Hello Candace," she smiled. "You're here to see Jeremy, right?"
"Ah, you know me," said Candace.
"Well, he's up in his room. He's not feeling well right now. If you want to say hi, I'll allow it, but don't stay too long."
Candace went inside, hurried to Jeremy's room, and knocked on the door.
"Jeremy, are you there?" she asked. "It's me, Candace."
After a moment, she heard Jeremy say, "Okay, come on in."
Candace opened the door and found Jeremy on his bed. He looked like he hadn't slept in days.
"Hey Jeremy," Candace said sympathetically. "Are you okay?"
Jeremy sighed. "No, not really. Call me crazy, but I feel like I've been living the same day over and over, and I'm just so ready for summer to end."
Candace chuckled. "That might be because you have been living the same day over and over. You see, Vanessa's dad created this machine…"
"Vanessa? You mean that goth girl?"
"Yes, that Vanessa. Anyway, her dad made this machine, and now the days are repeating, and things like spoons, tigers, and even my brothers are disappearing."
"Wait, slow down. Half the stuff you're saying makes no sense."
"That's my point. No one remembers these things exist. They get sucked into these rifts and everyone forgets about them."
As if on cue, a rift appeared, sucked up the orange on Jeremy's desk, and disappeared.
"See what I mean?" Candace asked.
"I saw it," Jeremy admitted. "But that rift just came and went. It didn't take anything with it."
"But it did. It took that orange, and other rifts might've done the same to all the other oranges in the world."
"You know that's the name of a color, right?"
Candace groaned. "I don't know who thought it was a good idea to name a color and a fruit the same thing, but I hate them." She shook her head. "Come on. We need to find the others."
She ran out of the room.
"Candace, wait up," Jeremy called as he went after her. "I still don't understand what's going on."
Phineas and Ferb walked down the streets of Danville.
Except it wasn't Danville. All the buildings, signs, lampposts, and roads were completely devoid of color. Spoons, capri pants, and muffins were all over the floor.
"This is so weird," said Phineas. "Now I remember how we forgot about all these things and why they disappeared, which means… we must've disappeared."
That's when a rift opened up in the sky and a bunch of oranges came down. One of them landed in Phineas' hand.
"Huh, orange you glad we have something to eat?" he asked.
Ferb glared at Phineas.
"You're right, you're right." Phineas put the orange down. "We gotta find a way out of here."
Then they heard the sounds of a tiger roaring.
"Well, I hope whoever that is likes oranges," said Phineas.
"Or at least orange-related puns," Ferb added.
Doofenshmirtz Tri-Governor's Mansion
Doof sat at his desk.
"Okay, Doofy boy," he said to himself. "Time to governorate."
That's when Perry flew through the window.
"Right on time, Perry the Platypus," Doof remarked. "This concerns you. I have just made it illegal to thwart the Tri-Governor of the Tri-State Area, which, ipso facto, is me. Go ahead, read it."
Perry read through the document and hung his head in sadness.
"I'm already missing those good ol' days," Doof admitted. "If anything, you being here is making me too sad and nostalgic, so maybe you better go. Leave the way you came in. I'll bill you for the carpet."
Perry looked at Doof one last time and made a sad chatter.
"No, no, don't do that," Doof said as tears formed around his eyes. "You're gonna make me cry. Sheesh."
Perry jumped out the window and flew away.
"Pardon me, Mr. Tri-Governor," Melanie called. "The mayor's on the line."
"Put him through," Doof replied.
The speaker beeped.
"Hello Roger," Doof greeted.
"Heinz, did you steal my secretary?" Roger asked.
"Yes, yes I did."
"What makes you think you can do that?"
"Well, it's easy." Doof opened a door on the floor, revealing Roger's office right below him. "'Cause I'm the boss of you." He then shut the door. "Ah, this has been a very productive day."
Then Melanie came in with a stack of paperwork.
"More legislatures that require your signature, sir," she informed.
"But I hate homework!" Doof whined. "I'd rather just play with this snowglobe."
Then a rift showed up and sucked up the snowglobe.
Doof gasped.
Phineas and Ferb gathered whatever they could find.
"Wow, this stuff's pretty random," Phineas remarked. "I hope no one at home is planning to baste a turkey while wearing suspenders and capri pants."
Ferb glared at Phineas.
"You're right," said Phineas. "Mr. Keene is having a bad day."
That's when the tigers returned.
"And so are we," Phineas added.
Then a bunch of snowglobes came down from the sky.
"Run, Ferb!" Phineas shouted.
The boys ran to avoid the snowglobes, all the while the tigers gave chase.
It didn't take long for Candace and Jeremy to round up Isabella, Django, Buford, and Baljeet.
"I have two little brothers, and you're all best friends," Candace tried to explain. "But they've gotten sucked into a rift, and now I'm the only one who remembers them."
"That's impossible," said Isabella. "Right, Baljeet?"
Baljeet was busy using this complicated device.
"Oh, sorry," he apologized. "I am too preoccupied with the wild fluctuations of the space-time continuum. With pressure readings like this, I could potentially get sucked into a rift, and then none of you would remember I ever existed."
"See, that's what I'm talking about," said Candace.
Perry was just sitting there, sulking, when he got a call from Monogram.
"Sorry, Agent P," Monogram apologized. "I've received confirmation that Doof's anti-thwarting legislation is completely legal and official. I guess we're the bad guys now, and that also means you're on hiatus until his term is over. Monogram out."
The call ended. That's when Vanessa appeared.
"Perry, what are you doing here?" she asked. "Problems with my dad, too?"
Perry nodded.
"Welcome to the club. I've been trying to tell him all day about the internship, but he never listens." Vanessa sighed. "Well, I'm gonna have to try to convince him to see things my way. Thanks for the chat, Perry. Wish me luck."
Perry tipped his hat.
"And at the destabilization point," Baljeet explained. "The vortex collapses in on itself and becomes an actual hole in space-time, sucking the nearest object into it, and they are lost in the void."
Candace was the only one that paid attention. Buford passed out, Jeremy looked like he was barely keeping it together, and Isabella and Django were just flat-out bored.
Phineas and Ferb finished making a ball of yarn out of capri pants. Ferb tossed the ball, and the tigers followed it.
"That should hold them," said Phineas. "Come on, Ferb."
The two kept looking for a way home.
Doof went into Vanessa's room.
"Sweetie pie, I'm back," he said. "Sorry it took so long. Who would've thought being tri-governor would be so involved?"
"Dad, I got an internship at OWCA, so I have to move out," Vanessa said immediately.
"What? But that's the opposite of what I… they're the good guys! I thought by being Tri-State Governor, we'd be okay."
"Dad, you're missing the point. You spend every day working on your ridiculous inators, and I…"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, they're not ridiculous. Convoluted and ultimately pointless, maybe."
"Oh, come on, Dad. You build them to exact petty revenge, trying to prove you're evil."
"I am evil."
"If you told me that at the start of the summer, I would've believed you, but now I realize you're basically a nice guy pretending to be evil. It seems like it's out of obligation to your bad childhood, not something that truly comes from your heart."
Doof rubbed the back of his neck and processed what Vanessa said. "Wow. So it isn't about the success-loser thing?"
"Dad, look, this internship is the only way I can maintain my relationship with Monty and keep Vlorkel as my pet, and I can only take it if I sever all ties with OWCA's Public Enemy Number Three. I don't think it's a lifestyle you enjoy either."
"Wow again."
"Look, all I'm saying is try something different."
"Like a new inator?"
"No, I mean try being a good guy."
"Well, I guess I could. There's just one thing I gotta do before…"
Then the day reset again.
Candace bolted awake.
"Aw, dammit," she cursed. "I gotta start all over again."
"Aw man, I looped too soon," Doof whined as he disintegrated his lamp for the twenty-fourth time in a row.
"Wakey-wakey," said Norm.
"Norm, stuff your cake!"
Doof ran out of the room and found Vanessa.
"Dad, do you have a minute?" she asked.
"Yes, yes, I know," Doof interrupted. "You're interning at OWCA and me being evil creates a conflict."
"Uh, yeah. How did you…?"
"Let's just leave it at I know, and I vow to be good, so your worries are over."
"Wow, you're kinda freaking me out."
"Yes, yes, I'd be obnoxious if I wasn't so charming? Anyway, I have one more inator to complete, and I need to do it fast, so I'll need all the help I can get, so if possible, you might wanna call your boyfriend."
"Okay. What is it?"
"The Time-Straighten-Out-inator. It straightens out time, keeps it from looping."
"I think I'm looping."
"Exactly."
Baljeet woke up to the sound of his doorbell ringing. He slowly climbed out of bed and answered the door.
Outside were Candace, Jeremy, Isabella, Django, and Buford.
"No time to talk," Candace said as she went inside. "Gotta get an early start today. You kids chat, I'll get the thingy."
"Uh, why is she here?" Baljeet asked the others.
"I was so asleep," Buford replied.
"She made us come over here," said Isabella.
"Yeah, but why?" Baljeet repeated.
Candace returned with the device.
"Got it," she said. "Here, Doctor Genius Boy. Take this and check out the space-time continuum."
"I do not know what that will prove," Baljeet said before looking at the readings. "Oh my goodness!"
"Bla bla bla, you could disappear forever, and so could everyone's memory of your existence. Here's the part you need to pay attention to. Are you listening?"
"I am listening."
"Not me," said Buford.
"Me neither," Isabella and Django said in unison.
"I have two little brothers and you're all best friends," Candace explained quickly. "But now they're gone and no one remembers them. Now, this is the part where you tell me how we're gonna get them back."
"Well, they must have disappeared through a temporal rift," said Baljeet. "If we could calculate the location of the next rift, we could just throw in a rope with a life preserver tied to it, and throw them out."
"Oh really? A little donut-shaped pool toy is gonna save the universe?"
Buford went into Baljeet's pantry and started eating the donuts.
"You had me at donuts, lost me with everything else," he said.
Doof, Vanessa, and now Monty were working on the inator. Doof had just told Monty about the situation.
"So, what you're telling me is that the days are repeating and you're the only one that notices?" Monty asked.
"Yep," Doof replied. "Check it out, Perry the Platypus should be coming in three, two, one."
Perry
Perry landed in the apartment. He looked around and braced himself.
"Take it in, Perry the Platypus," said Doof. "No traps. I'm not doing anything evil today, honest."
Perry gave Doof a suspicious glare.
"So what do you say? How about lending an old nemesis a hand, huh?"
Perry kept his glare, but he put his arms in a 'why not?' gesture.
"Your eyes say no, but your hands say yes."
The gang set up shop in the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.
"Isabella, what does the top meter say?" Baljeet asked.
"41.26," Isabella replied.
Baljeet turned to Candace. "Candace, what is the cosine of 84.7?"
Candace dialed it in her calculator. "Seventeen."
Baljeet then turned to Buford. "Buford, did the light just change from green to red?"
Right after he asked that, the light turned red.
"Why should I tell you?" Buford asked.
Baljeet did some markings on his chart.
"There," he said. "In fifteen seconds, that is the point of maximum disturbance, so it should be appearing right over..."
Right where he pointed, a rift appeared and sucked up a poor groundhog.
"If things from Danville pass into this dimension when the rift opens, it should work the same on both ends," Phineas explained to Ferb. "If we can figure out where the rifts open, then we can get back to our Danville."
Right on cue, a bunch of rifts opened up, and out came a bunch of groundhogs.
"Huh, groundhogs," Phineas said as he picked one up.
"I hope that doesn't mean six more weeks of Nulsville," Ferb remarked.
Phineas gave Ferb a teasing smile.
"Oh, shut up," said Ferb.
Stacy and Jenny went to the park for their LARP session when they ran into Candace and Jeremy.
"Jeremy, what are you doing here?" Stacy asked. "I thought you said you couldn't LARP today."
"Stacy!" Jeremy yelled.
"What?" Only then did Stacy realize Candace was there. "Oh."
"I'm sorry, what's the problem here?" asked Candace.
"Jeremy likes LARPing," Jenny snitched.
Jeremy took a breath. "Yeah, it's true. I never told you because I thought you wouldn't like me anymore."
Candace chuckled. "If this were any other scenario, I'd make a corny speech about how there's nothing wrong with it, but given the lack of time, I'll just say now that I love you just the way you are."
Jeremy smiled. "Thanks, Candace."
"Wait, what do you mean by 'lack of time'?" Stacy asked.
"It's a long story," Candace replied. "Follow us."
The four met up with Isabella, Django, Buford, and Baljeet in the middle of the park.
"By my calculations, the rift should appear right over there," said Baljeet.
Right on cue, the rift opened. Candace grabbed the life preserver and threw it into the rift. Everyone grabbed onto the rope and got ready to pull.
"Phineas, Ferb, if you can hear me, grab the life preserver and we'll pull you back!" she called.
"What's she talking about?" Stacy asked Jenny.
Jenny made an 'I don't know' gesture.
"You guys are just gonna have to trust me on this," said Candace.
Unfortunately, they all got pulled into the rift.
Whoever would've thought, Doof thought to himself. My daughter, my soon-to-be son-in-law, my nemesis, and myself are all working together.
He then saw Perry add the last screw to the machine.
"Alright, it's perfect," he said. "The days won't loop anymore, I'll have my daughter back, I'll start a new path, and the world will be saved."
Then the day reset once more.
"Oh, shmirtz," he muttered. "I was so close!"
He grabbed the lamp and threw it towards Norm.
The gang landed in some black and white version of Danville. Right next to them was none other than Phineas and Ferb.
When Isabella and Django saw them again, their memories came flooding back to them.
"Phineas/Ferb!" the two cried over each other.
"Isabella/Django!" Phineas and Ferb said at the same time.
Phineas and Isabella and Ferb and Django shared big, passionate kisses.
Buford and Baljeet's memories of Phineas and Ferb came back as well. With it was their memories of each other and their own relationship. They turned towards each other and hugged.
"I'm sorry I forgot about you," Buford apologized.
"Same here," Baljeet replied.
The teens looked around and saw spoons, oranges, and capri pants lying around.
"So this is where everything went," said Jeremy. "I can't believe it."
"Me neither," Candace said before hugging her brothers. "Well, the important thing is, my brothers are here and they're safe."
"It's great to see you too, Candace," Phineas smiled.
Then a horrifying thought came to Candace's mind. "I guess now that we're gone, too, Mom and Dad don't even remember having children. Their lives must be so dull and empty."
Meanwhile, Linda and Lawrence were dancing around the living room while dressed in Western clothing.
"Everything here is so lifeless," Jenny mentioned.
"This place must exist outside the flow of time," Baljeet realized. "Candace, you were the only one outside of the loop. Were the looping intervals decreasing in chronological amplitude?"
"No, they were…" Candace tried to say. "What exactly does that mean?"
"Were the days getting shorter?"
"Yes."
Baljeet sat on the ground. "The time pocket is dissolving."
"And where does that rate on the good-bad scale?" asked Buford.
"Buford, when the time pocket dissolves, so do we."
Everyone's eyes widened in horror.
"The one thing I cannot figure out is what caused this disruption in the first place," said Baljeet. "And an even bigger conundrum is how Candace is standing outside of the interruption and somehow knew about its effects."
While everyone else glared at Candace suspiciously, Jeremy stood by her side.
"Whoa, whoa, let's not point fingers here," he said. "I slowly caught on to the fact we were in a loop. It's possible she did too."
"Well, we have to build something to close the hole and stop the loop," said Baljeet. "But it will require Einsteinium, tungsten wire, and micro-crystal plasma resistors."
"Well, stuff keeps getting sucked into this place," said Phineas. "Maybe we can find a high-tech machine or some lab equipment that uses that stuff."
"What about this machine right here?" Buford suggested as he gestured to the machine right next to them.
"Wow, strange we didn't notice that until now."
Phineas and Ferb checked the machine and found everything Baljeet mentioned.
"We could totally use this," said Phineas.
"No!" Candace shouted. "We have no idea what that does. It's best not to touch it."
Phineas gave Candace a suspicious glare. "Candace, is there something you're not telling us?"
Candace sighed. "When I was at Vanessa's, I may have accidentally, kinda on purpose pushed the button."
Everyone gasped.
"When her dad told me that this thing could make the day start over again, I just couldn't help myself," Candace continued. "I wanted to give you guys an amazing last day of summer to make up for constantly trying to get you in trouble. I swear, I had no idea it would do any of this. I thought it would just be one do-over and nothing else, but then all this started happening, and by the time I tried to fix it it was too late and I lost you guys!"
She got on her knees and panted.
Phineas and Ferb approached Candace and hugged her.
"It's okay, Candace," Phineas assured. "We're not gonna hold it against you."
"Well, if this thing is the problem, maybe we should press the self-destruct button," Buford suggested.
"No!" Baljeet yelled. "If time stops looping, there will be no tears in the fabric of space-time, and no way for us to get home. We must find a way to get ourselves and the machine back to Danville, then we can push the self-destruct button."
"I call pressing the button."
"Come on, gang," said Phineas. "We know what we have to do today."
Then came the tigers.
"Yeah, run!" Jeremy shouted.
They all ran in the opposite direction.
Play "We Gotta Get Back in Time"
When you're running out of time
It's hard to know how fast you're going
You could be a minute or an hour late
There's just no way of knowing
After evading the tigers, the gang started gathering whatever parts they could use to make a catapult.
And when I say we're running out of time
I don't mean time is depleted, no
No, we're not running late
We're just physically out of the flow
Things like cans of soup, turkeys, and refrigerators started coming into the time pocket. Those put a hindrance in their plans.
Why do we need chronological time?
We gotta get back in time
We gotta get back in time
We gotta, gotta get back
Gotta, gotta get back in time, yeah
After a lot of back-breaking work, the kids finally got the catapult built. The teens cranked it into place.
I mean we gotta get back into the flow of time
But also that we have to do it fast
Because we're running out of time
But not the way I said that earlier
End "We Gotta Get Back in Time"
"Well, it's not pretty, but we did it," said Phineas. "No time to lose."
They all climbed into the vehicle.
"How's it coming, Baljeet?" Phineas asked.
"It looks like the next anomaly will appear any second now," Baljeet replied. "I am working on the exact coordinates, but there is a significant interference. It looks like there may be multiple rifts coming."
"As long as we can hit one of them. Stand by your hand cranks, people."
A bunch of rifts started to open above them. This time, it was cars that came out.
"Baljeet, what are those coordinates?" Phineas asked.
"Got them," said Baljeet. "Thirty-four degrees, ten minutes, fifteen seconds north."
They turned the cranks so the catapult would face in that direction. Baljeet pulled the lever, and they all launched into the air.
They held onto their butts and screamed as they flew higher and higher.
"Where's the tear?" Candace asked.
"Any second!" Baljeet shouted.
Right before they crashed, a rift opened, and they all flew through it.
Doof, Vanessa, Monty, and Perry finally got the inator built (again).
"Are you sure this'll work?" asked Vanessa.
"Oh yeah, absolutely," Doof replied. "There's a fifty-five percent chance of success. We're good to go."
"But there's still a forty-five percent chance it won't do anything."
"It's not a forty-five percent chance of nothing. It's a forty-five percent chance it'll destroy all existence."
"That's not reassuring at all," said Monty.
"Dad, you have to tell us things like this ahead of time," said Vanessa.
The kids landed back in the yard. The do-over machine flew across the yard.
"Is everyone alright?" asked Phineas.
"Aw, my muffin got smashed," Buford whined.
"There's no time to lose, literally!" Candace urged.
They all ran across the yard and got to the machine.
"Okay, just to confirm," said Phineas. "Destroying the machine will restore the timeline back to normal."
"Yes," Baljeet confirmed. "But we gotta do it quickly. The time loops are accelerating exponentially and…"
Then the day reset again.
Instead of waking up back in his bed, Doof was brought back to the moment he and the others finished building the inator.
"Okay, that makes things easier," he remarked. "Hey, it's been brought to my attention that I should tell you guys, there's a fifty-five percent chance this will work, but a forty-five percent chance it destroys all of reality."
"What?" Monty and Vanessa reacted in unison.
"But that's a worst-case scenario."
"Okay, what happens if we don't push it?" asked Vanessa.
"Then there's a one-hundred percent chance that the time pocket will dissolve and it will destroy everything."
"Okay, we have to take a moment to think about the…"
Then the day reset again.
When the day reset, it took the kids back to when they returned to the yard.
"The days are compressing to this exact point," Phineas realized.
"No time to lose!" Candace shouted. "Hurry!"
But time reset before they could even reach the device.
"Okay, here are the odds," said Doof. "Save the day, fifty-five percent. Destroy the universe as we know it, forty-five percent. Do nothing at all, a-hundred percent chance of the END OF TIME! What do you say?"
"Whoa," Monty and Vanessa said together.
"Good answer. What about you, Perry the Platypus? If you've got something to say, now's the time."
Before Perry could say anything, time reset yet again.
"The loops are getting too short," Phineas realized.
"What if we throw something?" Buford suggested.
"That would be a good idea, but what do we have to throw?" asked Baljeet.
Candace went into her pocket and took out a spoon.
"I would go over the odds, but we've discussed this over three loops already," said Doof. "So, I think this is our only chance of success. Are you with me?"
Vanessa put a hand on Doof's shoulder. "Yeah, I am."
Monty nodded. "Let's do this."
Perry gave a chatter of approval.
Candace threw the spoon.
Doof pushed the button.
The spoon hit the self-destruct button.
Then there was a flash of light.
The kids woke up in the backyard.
"Did it work?" asked Phineas.
Linda came out with a pitcher of orange juice.
"Anyone want pie?" she asked. "I made some orange juice to go with it."
"I used a spoon to squeeze them," Lawrence added.
All the kids cheered.
"Well, we're not destroyed, so that's a good sign," said Monty.
"But did it work?" asked Vanessa.
Norm came out with a tray of muffins.
"We are back in business, baby girl!" Doof cheered.
Vanessa hugged Doof. "I'm so proud of you, Dad. You did it!"
"Aw, I'd do anything for you, pumpkin pants. After we dismantle this thing, I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself. I've got no experience being a good guy."
"Well, I'll stick around and help you figure it out. I hear OWCA's looking for a few good animals."
"Well, I was raised by ocelots."
Play "Time We Spent Together"
Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Django, Buford, Baljeet, Candace, Jeremy, Stacy, and Jenny all sat under the tree and drank their juice.
Summer is done
And we've had our fun
But this isn't the end of our story
"Now that was an eventful day," said Candace.
"That was an eventful summer," Baljeet added. "It is hard for me to pick a favorite day."
"Well, my favorite day was easily when we went to space," said Buford.
"Which time? There were quite a few."
"The time we made the ice cream, duh."
"My favorite day was the day we flew the kites," said Django.
So for nostalgia's sake
Let's just take a break
Sit back and take inventory
"My favorite day was easily when we fought against the universe," Candace said.
"I liked the day you made me that scrapbook," Jeremy told Candace.
Candace blushed. "I'm glad you liked it."
We've done so many wondrous things, and there's still so much to do
But I make the most of every day when I'm with you
"My favorite part of the summer was when you and I teamed up," Stacy said to Jenny.
"Yeah, I liked that too," Jenny agreed. "I hope we do more next summer."
Doof, Vanessa, Monty, Norm, and Perry ate their muffins and reminisced about the time they spent together.
"You know, while I may have gone good now, I hope you're still willing to visit me when you're off duty," Doof told Perry.
Perry gave a nod of assurance.
Because, it's not about the summer sun
Or even all the things we've done
It's not about the change in the weather
"Vanessa, you are the best thing that's happened to me this summer," Monty admitted. "I'm looking forward to spending more time with you at the agency."
"Yeah, me too," Vanessa agreed.
It's just about the time we spend
With our family and with our friends
It's just about the time spent together
"What about you, Phineas?" asked Isabella. "What would you say was the best thing we made this summer?"
Phineas didn't even need to think before answering. "Memories."
It's just about the time, not the weather
It's just about the time spent together
Pause "Time Spent Together"
Play "Curtain Call"
Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Django, Buford, and Baljeet performed on a high stage.
On another stage next to them was Candace, Jeremy, Stacy, and Jenny.
Doof, Perry, Vanessa, and Monty were on a third stage.
Behind them was a big screen playing the biggest highlights of that summer.
Phineas:
It started real simple with a cool rollercoaster
An awesome beach party, then we did a thumb war
We were one-hit wonders with a big hit song
And in a special two-parter, we sent Candace to Mars
We built treehouse robots, and we hunted a mummy
Got the band back together, and our parents too
Candace:
When my brothers got busted, it was only a dream
Phineas:
But who had that dream, was it Perry or you?
"I think it was my dream inside of Perry's dream," Candace theorized.
"Mind blown," said Buford.
All:
There's been 104 Days of summer Vacation
We had a lot of fun, and sung a lot of songs
So now it's time for a big celebration
'Cause it's been a great summer, and we thank you for coming along
We thank you all for coming along
Just wanna thank you all for coming along
Doof:
I'm six-foot-two and I fight a little platypus
You'd think I'd be victorious just every now and then
I've had a whole lot of schemes, and a lot of inators
But I failed
Doof and Vanessa:
Over and over and over and over and over and over again
"But it was fun, though," Doof admitted.
Phineas:
We spent a day fighting pharmaceutical zombies
Could have solved cold-fusion, but broke physics instead
We met Klimpaloon and Meap and some other cool monsters
All:
But we're still baffled by the Giant Floating Baby Head
Phineas:
We played Jetpack Volleyball and Football X-7
We went around the world and to the very edge of space
We met our doppelgangers in the Second Dimension
Isabella kissed me but I got my mind erased
Isabella was taken aback by that last line. "Wait, what?"
"Hey, at least it all worked out in the end," said Phineas.
All:
There's been 104 Days of summer Vacation
We had a lot of fun, and sung a lot of songs
So now it's time for a big celebration
'Cause it's been a great summer, and we thank you for coming along
We thank you all for coming along
Just wanna thank you all for coming along
We thank you all for coming along
Just wanna thank you all for coming along
End "Curtain Call"
"Anyone like some pie?" Linda called.
"Yes, yes we would," Phineas replied.
Continue "Time We Spent Together"
Ferb pushed a button on his remote, lowering all the stages. Everyone went inside to eat their pie.
It's just about the time we spent together
Candace gave Phineas and Ferb an 'I'm watching you' gesture before smiling at them.
It's just about the time spent together
After everyone else went inside, Phineas took one last moment to say goodbye before shutting the door behind him.
With you
End "Time Spent Together"
Notes:
Another story finally comes to an end.
It's the kids' last day of summer, and it was definitely they're longest one too. This took me two days to write. I would've gotten it done sooner if it weren't for these bad allergies I've been having.
Well, either way, we made it. We're two days late for the anniversary of this fic's release, but you know what they say, better late than never.
First off, Phineas and Ferb finally get their first kisses with their respective lovers. I know some might not like that I held off until the last minute. Believe me, I tried to include their first kisses sooner, but none of them felt right, so I figured it made the most sense to hold off until the very end.
One thing I should bring up is Vanessa's internship. Here, it's stated that Vanessa's only taken the internship because if she doesn't, then OWCA will take Vlorkel for themselves and she'll have to break up with Monty. I know it's cruel of the organization, but come on, they've done a lot of questionable things throughout the show to save money and keep their agents' identities hidden from the rest of the world. This isn't off the table for them.
This also provides an actual reason to why Vanessa took the internship. In the actual show, it's revealed here with no explanation to serve as a motivation for Doof's turn to good. It doesn't help that in the revival, Doof goes back to being evil and Vanessa's internship is never brought up.
Another addition I made was the subplot with Jeremy, Stacy, and Jenny. Many have complained about their absence in the actual finale, so I decided to fix that. Here, I decided to call back to the reveal in CATU that Jeremy enjoys LARPing by showing him actually doing that, as well as his fear of Candace knowing about it.
There's also the whole thing with Jeremy slowly catching on to the fact that he and everyone else are stuck in a loop. I got that idea from another fanfiction, "Deja You" by dottsie. I thought that was a pretty interesting idea. You should check that story out if you have the chance.
The biggest change to this rewrite was the change to Candace's motivation. Here, she wants to give the boys an amazing last day of summer to make up for trying to bust them all summer. I figured this change made sense given CATU ended with Candace vowing to give up on that habit.
One final time, I have to thank everyone who has favorited and commented on this story on both of my platforms, especially the ones on AO3, who have (almost) made this the first fanfiction of mine to hit the big 100 on AO3. Never have I thought I'd hit such a high bar, but I did, and I can't thank you guys enough.
And so, these 104 Days of Summer Vacation have finally come to an end, and just in time too. With the release of the revival, we're bound to see more adventures from Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Linda, Lawrence, Isabella, Buford, Baljeet, Jeremy, Stacy, Vanessa, Doofenshmirtz, Perry, Norm, Monogram, Carl, and hopefully Django, Jenny, and Monty too. I'm looking forward to what Dan, Swampy, and the crew have in store for each and every one of us.
With all that said, Mattman15 is out. Peace.
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