Hello, people. Perhaps it would've been a better idea to include this on the end of the first chapter, but I am lazy. Also, there's a story alert on it, so what the heck. So, let me just go on a while about different things on the story that are almost completely irrelevant and likely utterly uninteresting.
1. The original title was "The Hysterical Ping-Pong Failures". It occurred to me as I was writing that it was too wordy.
2. I was actually holding a bit of a debate in my heart on whether to make Phineas love Poptarts or toaster strudel. Not anything to do with product placement (I mention Netflix later on), but it just felt a little self-advocating to me.
3. I loved writing Albert getting (implied to be) flipped off. And I actually like the guy. It just tickles me, for whatever reason.
4. And we've all had such moments like Candace, where we've wanted to kill everyone we're responsible for at that moment due to sheer stress and annoyance.
5. I actually had to look on the Wiki about the antique shop thing. It was ambiguous about it, so I decided that it existed. CONTINUITY IS MINE
6. Describing the Ping-Pong Center's utter disrepair also amused me. I like run down things, for whatever reason.
7. I have no actual clue as to why Albert is so high-strung. We can only blame on Netflix and video games.
8. Doofenshmirtz in bicycle shorts. I don't know what my deal is, either.
9. I was just originally going to have Perry be tied up and then be hit back and forth like he was a Ping-Pong ball. I went with not doing that, but the image still strikes me as funnier.
10. I decided to mess with Irving's personality a bit for the sake of the story. I don't know much about him originally other than how much he likes the boys' work, so I made him just a little bit more hesitant than Phineas and made him state the obvious when surprised. Also, a bit more sarcasm with his brother.
11. I don't know why I decided to make a running gag out of Albert getting hurt. I guess I just like to hurt fictional people that I don't hate.
12. I originally wanted a scene where Albert would amongst a trumpet fanfare rip his shirt open to reveal a second shirt beneath, which said, "TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009". I still regret not doing that.
13. I haven't drank Diet Dr. Pepper (which Doof supposedly tried), but my brother has. He's not a fan.
14. I would love to come up with another story one day that includes the Danville P.P.C's owner again. I don't know why I like her, but I do. Maybe it's because I picture her looking like my art teacher.
15. "Calvin's Copter Utopia". There, that's the song for the episode. GO HOME NOW
16. On the list of occupations Albert can never have, #8: School Bus driver.
17. At about this point, I decided to hold off on the B-plot for a bit. This was partly due to that if it was scene-by-scene or even every other scene, it would've been over before the A-plot.
18. And once again, the universe decides to creatively throw Candace's intentions out the window. I truly feel bad for her.
19. Cadence and Alfredo look like Candace and Albert for the same reasons that Thaddeus and Thor look like Phineas and Ferb. I originally wanted Candace to suddenly jump into a semi-rant about how Cadence must be some sort of psychological representation of her unkindness or some other sort of demon that she has, before Cadence clarifies that she's just a girl who likes winning. Again, I wish I did that.
20. I thought of Alfredo being pretty mature, but also pretty innocent—as in, he's level-headed, but doesn't know when he's being insulting. So, him telling Candace what a loser is there? He genuinely thinks she doesn't know.
21. Albert has four fingers like everyone else. He just made a miscalculation.
22. When I picture Irving in the commentator's box, I see him with a bowl of chips. Holding a bowl of chips strikes me as the ultimate symbol of I-just-walked-in-here-ness. Irving's speech was as improvised on my part as it was on his.
23. I also like messing with Irving and Albert's relationship a little. I make it like any other couple of siblings—when they're not arguing, they get along perfectly fine—heck, sometimes exceptionally well. I don't doubt this is a little bit true in the actual show (Albert does want Irving to be able to defend himself).
24. Not really important, but every time I think about Baljeet up on that podium, I think "BALJEET, OVERLORD OF THE PING-PONG COURT." It tickles me, really.
25. I'm really curious what Ping-Pong game would include a bust of Abraham Lincoln, myself.
26. Finally returning to the B-plot, I was also considering having Doof call him "Perry the Platy-Pancake". I guess both of those are funny, but who cares; Doof's butt is about to be handed to him thrice over.
27. Albert and Candace show off their acting skills. This was on the spot, but I still like it.
28. I think that, instead of skipping ahead to the fourteenth round, I would've put in a song-and-montage sequence. But I'd recently read "The Great Danville Cold Wars" (read it right now), which also had a song, and I felt that it would be cheating.
29. I actually looked up "Robot Unicorn Attack" to get the gist of it so I could give it that brief cameo. What I did not know was that it was on the "[adult swim]" website. Whether Phineas himself knew this or not remains up in the air.
30. "King Pong" is pretty much the first thing I came up with for the story, in terms of game strategies. What King Pong actually was, however, didn't come on until I was actually writing.
31. More over-excited Phineas. This was one of my favorite things to think about when I was writing.
32. Perry has a small opening in the side of his body which leads to another dimension. This dimension is full of scissors, so whenever he needs a pair they are always readily available. I bet you didn't know that.
33. For added humor, picture Albert diving for the bomb-ball in slo-mo.
34. And of course, the protagonists win and Candace gets a trophy for her trouble. Oh, and Perry falls from the sky. JUST ANOTHER DANVILLE DAY
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