Phineas slid down the banister, while Ferb simply went down the stairs the conventional way. Linda looked over at the two of them… so grown-up now. They weren't the babies they once were… "Listen boys, we got an email from the school this morning. Apparently, it is now compulsory to wear a school uniform," she said. Phineas nodded, and Ferb went to speak. "I took the liberty of getting them out from the stores. They're on the table once you've eaten breakfast," Linda said, cutting off Ferb.
Phineas picked up the uniform. Simple enough… the uniform consisted of an orange top with three buttons coming down from the collar, a darker shade of orange for the shorts (Mum also took the liberty of buying pants for the winter weather), and also came with a red blazer. Finishing of the uniform was a tie of red, orange and vermillion patterns. Phineas thought he looked pretty good in the uniform, and couldn't wait to see Isabella.
Isabella also got the uniform from her mother. Hers was very simple, with a pink shirt as well as a pink skirt, along with a purple blazer. She also found the uniform pretty nice, and couldn't wait to show Phineas. She skipped lightly down to the bus stop when it came by her house… luckily just across the street from Phineas, so it wouldn't be that tremendous a deal.
Of course, the idea of a uniform was too good to be perfect. Phineas, Ferb and Isabella walked up to Baljeet and Buford, where Buford was trying to pick on Baljeet. Baljeet was just standing there, eyes narrowed, waiting for an attack that was unlikely to come. "Seriously, Phineas, he has been trying to do this all morning, and he hasn't followed through. He picked on me when I was evil, but not now," Baljeet rambled to Phineas. Isabella thought about it for a second, and then turned to Ginger, who was passing by at that exact instant. "Ginger, do you know why Buford's holding back?" she asked. Ginger just gave her a contemptuous shrug, and continued on. "Wait one second. Ginger Hirano, of Fireside Girl Troop 46231, you do not show disrespect to your troop leader!" Isabella almost cried.
"Yeah, Ginger. You know, you never normally were this…flippant about Isabella's authority before now…" Phineas added his voice to the din. Ginger looked down. "Sorry… something about us seems to be different, though…" she half-whispered. Phineas took a moment to be confused, before asking "Hey Ferb, did you see Perry before we left?"
Perry, as per usual, had slipped away before Phineas left. He entered a secret staircase to be met by several doors. The first opened like a double door, the second an elevator door, the third having the door lift up so he could walk under, and the fourth seemed to be a more fluid elevator door. At the end of the passage, he found a phone booth. He dialled a number, and then put the receiver back down, faced the way he came, and folded his arms. He fell through the floor onto his seat.
"Ah, good morning, Agent P. Doofenshmirtz has been researching a fad from over the summer. Two young boys had designed a worldwide fashion craze or something like that. We don't know whether this is part of an evil scheme or not, but it's more than likely because it involves two young boy's idea's. Get out there and put a stop to it," Major Monogram said. Agent P saluted, and rushed out the door. "You know Carl… have you ever wondered what would happen if that door didn't open when he rushed out?" Major Monogram called to his unpaid intern, Carl. "Well, no sir. He would run into the door just like a man would. There's no 'what if' about it," Carl replied. Monogram replied simply, "Good point, Carl. Ah, Agent T!-"
When Phineas was in class, something odd happened to him. He didn't seem to have that hyperactive urge to do the impossible. It was still nestled in the back of his mind, but it wasn't screaming at him as much. He looked over at Isabella, who seemed to be a little more focused than usual. As in, this was the first time he looked up at Isabella to not find her staring at him when there wasn't work to be done. He hoped that it was just a coincidence.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus, welcome to Doofenshmirtz' Evil Incorporated. And 'ZAP'!" Dr Doofenshmirtz cried. With a zap of his handheld ray, he shot Agent P to… put him into a pink dress? Hadn't he done something like this before? Except… no… there was more to this dress than the ball gown he was in once. He almost thought it looked… familiar… but how?
"Surprised, Perry the Platypus? I call it… THE FASHIONINATOR! You see, I've always wondered why fashions go in and out of… well, fashion. So, I've been researching some interesting fashions recently. Apparently, there has been a huge boom with these! The Summer-All-The-Time Collection! The designers, three children called Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher and Isabella Garcia-Shapiro or something, suddenly vanished. But I will make sure their efforts were not in vain. Because with this inator, I will force the ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA to wear Summer-All-The-Time!"
Phineas stepped outside for recess. Everyone seemed… out of it. What was happening? He wasn't being yelled at to do a big idea by his brain, Isabella wasn't constantly at his side, Buford wasn't picking on by Baljeet and the Fireside Girls weren't listening to Isabella as Troop Leader. There was some simple explanation, but he couldn't quite figure it out.
Agent P remembered where he saw the dress before… it was Isabella's! He kicked Doofenshmirtz, and he wondered how Perry could fight. Agent P saw the school out of the corner of his eye, and fired the beam himself. He then hit another button, and flew off. "Wait… that was… THANK YOU AND CURSE YOU, PERRY THE PLATYPUS!" Dr Doofenshmirtz cried as the Fashioninator exploded. "Ahh… he just doesn't understand fashion, does he, Norm?"
"No. No he doesn't, sir."
"Shut up. It was a rhetorical question."
Phineas had just finished explaining his issue with Ferb when all of a sudden… 'ZAP'! Both he and Ferb had suddenly started wearing their traditional outfit. "Wait! Urge to build… rising!" Phineas exclaimed. Isabella came rushing towards him, screaming that the school's ventilation was going haywire. "Hey… we could fix this in our sleep! Ferb, I know what we're going to do today!" Phineas said.
Perry was flying over the school, and saw that he had zapped Phineas and Ferb with the machine. All was well. He realised that he was still in Isabella's dress, and shook it off. He went flying back home to see if he could eat that one pesky fly Lawrence was having trouble with.
Isabella was suddenly overcome with an urge to follow Phineas and Ferb to the school and fix the shaft. She was curious why, until she looked down. Like Phineas and Ferb, her creative flow was restored by her outfit… the one she had been wearing all summer. "Hey Phineas! Whatcha doin'!" she called out, and Phineas instantly understood. "Come along, Isabella. We have to save the school!"
Candace turned at the call. Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella were rushing into the school. "Stacy, I'm going to have to rush now," she said, and rushed to Mr Tjinder. "Sir, Phineas and Ferb are going back into the school!" she called. Mr Tjinder looked at her, and sighed, "Yes, Miss Flynn. And the sky is orange. Not going to happen." Candace cried out, pulling on her hair.
Phineas clambered up to the broken point of the ventilation shaft. He pulled out his trusty wrench, and tightened up the leak. As he did, the cause fell to the floor. Isabella held it up… it was a school uniform. "Phineas, I know what else we're going to do today!" she called up to him. The entire issue under control, the three of them left to do Isabella's big idea.
Principal Michelle Louise Tsundere looked at Candace Flynn with some apprehension. She had claimed that Phineas and Ferb went back in the school. That… isn't something sane people think happens. However, at that moment, Phineas, Ferb and Isabella came rushing out of the school, holding the uniform that had nearly killed the school. Principal Tsundere held up the piece, and then turned to Candace. "Were you trying to get the word out that Phineas and Ferb just saved the school twice at once?" she asked. Candace looked shocked, and then, through the skin of her teeth, said, "No…" but Principal Tsundere seemed to take it for granted that she was.
"Attention, students. Phineas Flynn and his friends have single-handedly saved the school… and abolished the uniform!" she announced to the students of Danville High. Many cheered. "Does anyone care they were out of uniform before they saved the school?" Candace said to the only person who would listen: Mr Tjinder. "They weren't? Oh, now you mention it. Would we ever prove it to Principal Tsundere?" he replied.
"I don't truthfully know, Mr Tjinder. But if one thing is for sure… I will help you bust Phineas and Ferb to Principal Tsundere. These things they do are dangerous, and I would never be able to get away with them. So why should they?" Candace said. Phineas looked up from his food, swallowed it, and asked, "Whatcha talkin' about, Candace?" Candace looked around… she was indeed sitting at the kitchen table, and everyone was staring at her. "How did this happen? One minute, I was talking to Mr Tjinder, the next…" she started, but Ferb said, "The human mind is a complex and many layered-thing. No one knows it's true nature, or how it misses stuff, but it does happen." Phineas nodded, and advised Candace on retelling her speech to Mr Tjinder at first chance.
