Candace was sleeping soundly in her bed, all snuggled up in her covers when Perry walked into the room. Hopping onto Candace's bed he walked on top of her before chattering in her face, waking her up.
"Perry?" Candace asked yawning as she sat up. "How'd you get in here…?" Candace asked herself before looking at her still closed bedroom door.
Perry simply chattered in response.
Grabbing Perry, Candace exited her room and walked downstairs to the kitchen where Linda and Lawrence were standing while Phineas and Ferb were sitting at the dining room table. Walking over to Ferb she handed Perry to him.
"Here, don't know how he got into my room."
"Happy birthday, Candace! I made you a special breakfast!" Linda said gesturing to a large pile of pancakes with a birthday candle on the top of them.
"And after that, we have a surprise!" Lawrence said making Candace excited.
"What is it?! Where is it?!" Candace said looking around frantically expecting to see a large present or something of the sort.
"We have to drive to it."
"Oooooooooooh!" Candace exclaimed excitedly sitting down at the table as Linda brought over her pancakes.
After consuming an unhealthy number of pancakes, Candace went back upstairs to get dressed. After that they all piled into the family car and began their drive towards wherever they were going.
"is it the Mall?" Candace asked referring to their destination.
"No." Linda responded plainly.
"Okay…" Candace said looking around as if looking for clues to their destination. "But it's the Mall, right?"
"No, it's not the mall." Lawrence said as they pulled into the parking lot for… wait for it…
"We're going to Mt. Rushmore!" Linda said excitedly looking through a pamphlet as the car came to a halt. "Four American presidents carved into the side of a mountain."
"It was Phineas and Ferb's idea!" Lawrence announced.
Candace simply turned to look at them.
"You're welcome." Phineas said before climbing out of the car with Ferb and Perry.
"You lot go on ahead. I'll find a parking spot and meet you there!" Lawrence said once everyone climbed out of the car.
"We're going up to the monument. Come on, Perry." Phineas said walking off with Perry and Ferb as Lawrence drove away.
"Okay, we'll join you in a minute!" Linda called out before grabbing Candace's arm. "Come on, let's go shop."
After leading Candace into the store Linda began picking things up and looking at them, while Candace made snide remarks about them. After a few minutes of this, Candace looked over to a corner of the store and saw a Mr. Slushy Burger. And Jeremy!
"Jeremy?" Candace asked herself before running over to the counter. "Hi, Jeremy."
"Hey, Candace." Jeremy greeted as she sat down at a stool.
"What are you doing here?" Candace asked cupping her chin in her hands and resting her elbows on the counter.
"Ah, I'm just here on the Mr. Slushy Burger worker exchange program." Jeremy explained as Phineas and Ferb walked past a window nearby.
"Well it's my birthday today and my brothers convinced my parents to take me to Mt. Rushmore… for some reason." Candace said turning to watch Phineas and Ferb walk past the window several more times carrying different items with them each time.
"Well, happy birthday! Can I get you anything?" Jeremy asked as Linda walked up behind Candace.
Candace was about to say something when Linda spoke up. "Honey, why don't we go see the mountain? You can eat lunch later."
"Fine." Candace said with a groan before perking up when she spoke to Jeremy. "Be right back!"
After walking up all those stairs to the monument Candace and Linda were not impressed when what they saw looked more like a cardboard drawing of Mt. Rushmore than the actual thing.
"Hmm. I guess things look better in photos." Linda said just before her phone rang. "Oh, it's Dad."
Candace and Linda walked back down the stairs and Candace got to hear half of a phone conversation, that's always fun, right? After arriving at the gift shop, they met up with Lawrence of Arabia and Linda continued looking at the knick-knacks and tchotchkes. Candace on the other hand went back to the Mr. Slushy Burger and continued to flirt with Jeremy for around 10 minutes before she got a phone call.
"Hehe, one second." Candace said turning around on the stool, pulling her phone out and answering it seeing that it was Phineas. "What?"
"Come up to the monument, we have a surprise for you!" Phineas said excitedly.
"Ugh, fine I'll be right up." Candace said putting her phone away before turning back to Jeremy. "My brothers have a surprise for me up at the monument. I'll be back in a bit, kay?"
"Uh, alright." Jeremy said as Candace started to walk away.
"That's lame, Mom." Candace said walking past Linda who was holding a group of 4 Mt. Rushmore bobbleheads.
"Where are you going, missy?" Linda asked.
"Phineas and Ferb said they have a surprise for me!" Candace said excitedly as she left the gift shop.
After walking back up the long and arduous staircase a second time, Candace was not amused, for a second time, to see a crudely drawn Mt. Rushmore and a stunning lack of little brothers.
"Phineas? Ferb? Where are you two?" Candace called out to the relatively empty viewing area, save for an elderly couple on the opposite end of the platform.
Just when Candace was about to call Phineas and ask him what the big idea was making her walk all the way back up that staircase, a loud slam made her look up towards Mt. Rushmore. Instead of a crudely drawn piece of cardboard she saw the actual mountain, with Phineas and Ferb standing underneath a fifth head with a cloth on top of it.
Yanking the cloth off the mysterious fifth head, Phineas and Ferb revealed a giant replica of Candace's face. Candace would've been flattered if the head wasn't so gosh darned ugly.
"Oops." Phineas said after a long pause. Ferb pulled out a hammer and tapped the bottom of the mountain causing a giant crack to work its way up towards Candace's granite face. Once it reached her face it broke off all the ugly parts and revealed a brightly smiling Candace face.
"Huh?" Candace said as tears started to well in her eyes. "Why it's…" Candace said sobbing. "I-it's… IIIIT'S BEAUUUUTIFULLLL" Candace said breaking into full on tears of happiness.
Hopping the railing of the viewing area Candace ran up to Phineas and Ferb and glomped them into a hug. After Candace cried all over them a loud noise from above grabbed their attention.
Looking up all 3 of them noticed lava starting to burst out of Candace's face, almost as if the universe was using this as a joke about acne on teens. Candace made a long and loud 'Ewwww!" while Phineas and Ferb simply watched in awe as the lava before flowing down the mountain. Suddenly, the entirety of Candace's face exploded leaving nothing in its wake. Phineas, Ferb and Candace clambered back onto the viewing platform as water from the geyser in front of the mountain hit the lava, cooling it off.
"I take it you liked your birthday present?" Phineas said turning to face his saddened sister.
"It was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me…" Candace started tears welling up in her eyes again.
"Now the question is: Did you like it more or less than the gorilla in the cake." Ferb said making all of them start laughing. After a few seconds of laughter they started making their way down the stairs.
