Summary: Doofenshmirtz's inator hits Phineas, causing him to tell Isabella something he doesn't really mean.

Phinabella episode! It even has two parts!

Truth Be Told (Part One)

*Backyard*

"Hey, Phineas," Isabella greeted happily, as she strolled over to Phineas, who was looking at a blueprint. "Whatcha do-in!" She tripped over Perry and landed into Phineas's arms, blushing. "Uh, s-sorry."

She stood up and sheepishly brushed herself off.

Phineas smiled. "Careful, Isabella. Perry can appear just as quickly as he can disappear."

Perry harshly pushed Isabella's leg with his head, causing her to jerk forward. Her nose pressed against Phineas's, and she blushed again. Her heart pounded, and she took a step back, feeling a little embarrassed and praying that Phineas didn't notice the reddening in her cheeks.

Phineas just chuckled at Perry. "Somebody's feeling mischievous, today, huh, Perry?"

The platypus just chattered in response, mentally rolling his eyes at his owner's obliviousness.

"S-so, um," Isabella stuttered, "what are you doing?"

Phineas showed her the blueprint. "We're gonna make human-sized hamster balls." He looked around. "Hey, where are Perry and Ferb?"

Ferb was hiding at the side of the house and holding Perry up to his own face.

"I know why you did that, you sneaky little monotreme," Ferb told him. He glanced back at the two under the tree. "They would make a lovely couple. A shame that Phineas never seems to notice-" He realized that his hands were empty. "Hey, where's Perry?"

*Doofenshmirtz Waiting Patiently*

"Ugh!" Doofenshmirtz exclaimed in annoyance. "Why did I test my new inator on the jingle, anyway? I am not waiting patiently," he pointed to the ceiling, "and you jingle-guys know it!"

He heard a fwip and grinned evilly, when he saw his nemesis glaring at him, while trapped in a sock.

"Ah, Perry the Platypus," he said. "How unexpected. And, by unexpected, I mean, uh - well, you know the rest. So, let's get down to business. Remember in the Phineas and Ferb episode, 'Let's Bounce,' when I had that whole musical number about how lies are glue that holds society together? Well, I realized that lies can also ruin society. For instance:"

The music began. (This is to the tune of Dancing Crazy by Miranda Cosgrove.)

-Doofenshmirtz-

You get a feeling that the truth would probably hurt. (Spotlight on Doof, as he sings into a microphone.)

So, you tell a lie just to cover up the facts. (He stands beside Perry, who continues glaring.)

But, then, you realize that you have to cover up. (Doof bobs to the music.)

The lie that you told, so you must tell another lie. (Continues bobbing.)

The. Lies. You keep telling them. (He wraps his arm around the trap, and sees that it's empty.)

Perry, you escaped, again? (He turns around and sees Agent P running towards a large, navy blue inator.)

Hey! Hey! Where ya going? (Doof runs after Perry and grabs his tail, stopping him. Perry looks up at him.)

Since when do you destroy things, while I'm singing? (Doofenshmirtz crosses his arms angrily.)

-Perry-

Hey. Doc. Your song is cute. (Perry points at Doofenshmirtz while bobbing to the music.)

But, I believe I've got a job to do. (Perry runs to the inator.)

-Doofenshmirtz-

Whoa! Whoa! You get back here! (He runs after Perry.)

So, I can smack you into next year! (Agent P jumps onto the inator, but Doof pulls him off.)

-Perry and Doofenshmirtz-

(The next few lines are the two of them in a karate match.)

You and I are fighting, fighting crazy.

And, we'll never stop.

We'll never stop.

(The next few lines are them in a boxing match.)

You and I are fighting, fighting crazy.

Put your defenses up.

Defenses up.

I hate you, and you hate me. (They point to each other and then, themselves. Behind them is a bright purple backdrop.)

I'm certain that I'll beat you, you'll see. (They glare at each other. The background doesn't change.)

Did ya hear me say that? (They pull out megaphones.)

Did ya, did ya, did ya hear me say that? (They sing into the megaphones.)

-Perry-

As always, I'll thwart your plan. (A montage of Perry destroying inators.)

-Doofenshmirtz-

Go on. Try it. See if you can. (A montage of Doof showing off inators.)

-Perry and Doofenshmirtz-

Did ya hear me say that? (They sing into megaphones.)

Did ya, did ya, did ya hear me say that? (Doofenshmirtz slams his megaphone on top of Perry. The megaphone breaks, but part of it is wrapped around Perry, making him unable to move his arms.)

"Well, that was fun," Doofenshmirtz said. "We should do that again, some time."

Perry rolled his eyes in response.

"Now, on to my scheme-"

"Oh, brother," Perry interrupted.

Doofenshmirtz had had enough of his nemesis's interruptions. He put his hands on his hips. "Do you mind? I'm just getting to the good part. It's really quite a shocker."

Perry gave him a bored look. "It's so obvious. You realized that lies cause problems, so you've built an inator that makes people lie, and you're going to shoot your brother with it. Of course, knowing you, it probably has some side effect, like catching people's pants on fire or something. So, Doc, how'd I do?"

"You're...in the ball park..." Doof cleared his throat, then he gestured to the inator from the song. "Behold! The pants-on-fire-inator! It- Actually, you already figured out what it does. Did the song make it that obviou-" He was interrupted by a punch in the face. "Perry the Platypus, how did you escape?"

He dodged, when Perry tried to land another blow. Agent P ended up punching the inator, which fired somewhere.

*The Kitchen*

Candace - wearing a white top and blue jeans - was standing behind Linda, who was putting groceries in the fridge.

"Mom," she said. A green ray came from outside the window and hit her. "Phineas and Ferb are not doing anything unusual in backyard."

"Good to know, honey," Linda said, as she walked off-screen.

Candace blinked in realization. "Why did I say that?"

Her pants spontaneously combusted, and she ran in a circle, screaming.

*Back at D.E.I.*

Doof tried to land a blow at Perry, but the platypus ran between his legs, hit the self-destruct button on the pants-on-fire-inator, and hang-glided off the balcony. The inator fired somewhere then exploded.

"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!" Doof exclaimed.

*The Backyard*

"That girl with the pig sure appreciated those human-sized hamster balls," Phineas commented.

Isabella was nervously twirling her hair. She vowed that this would be the day she told Phineas that she liked him. But, how to do it...?

Phineas jolted her out of her thoughts. "You okay, Isabella?"

"Y-yeah, I was just-just thinking."

"Thinking about what?"

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Phineas," she began, her eyes still closed, "do you... Do you like me?"

Phineas opened his mouth to answer, then a green ray came from out of nowhere and hit him. "No," he said. Isabella's eyes shot open. "Not even as a friend."

Isabella's heart broke. Not sure of what else to do, she walked off-screen, her eye twitching.

When she was gone, Phineas blinked in realization. "Why did I say that?"

His pants spontaneously combusted, and Ferb blasted them with a fire extinguisher. The origin of which was unknown.

To Be Continued...

There were two allusions to cartoons in this episode. If you can guess one, you'll get a shout-out. If you can guess both, I'll put an inator of your choice in an episode! (I'll PM you, if you get both right.)

Hints: One cartoon is on Nickelodeon and the other is on Disney Channel.

Allusion One: "Oh, brother." "Do you mind? I'm just getting to the good part. It's really quite a shocker." "It's so obvious. You realized that lies cause problems, so you've built an inator that makes people lie, and you're going to shoot your brother with it. Of course, knowing you, it probably has some side effect, like catching people's pants on fire or something. So, Doc, how'd I do?" "You're...in the ball park..."

Allusion Two: "That girl with the pig sure appreciated those human-sized hamster balls."