Phineas and Ferb

The New Adventures of Phineas and Ferb

Episode 16a: Friday Night Lights

Episode Summary: After having trouble sleeping one night, Phineas decides to gather his friends and venture off into the night, with the Tri-State Area at their disposal. But Phineas soon learns what happens when little boys are deprived of their sleep, and their fun times are put in jeopardy when they run into the one thing they never thought they'd have to deal with: the law. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz turns to science to deal with his insomnia.

Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb does not belong to me. It belongs to the two geniuses Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Keep up the good work, gentlemen!

There's just so many days of adolescence vacation
'Til adulthood and old age come to end it,
So the problem for children of this generation,
Is finding a good way to spend it
Like maybe...

Building a rocket, or fighting a mummy,
Or climbing up the Eiffel tower,
Discovering something that doesn't exist,
Or giving a monkey a shower
Surfing tidal waves, creating nano-bots,
Or locating Frankenstein's brain,
Finding a Dodo bird, painting a continent,
Or driving the adults insane

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 to Be a Great Day!

Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and all of the other friends were gathered inside the Flynn-Fletcher home on the couch, watching TV, having finished celebrating Phineas's birthday. Linda & Lawrence were in the kitchen tidying up.

"So, Phineas, I hope you enjoyed your birthday." Linda said coming into the living room. "Sorry I couldn't be hear to celebrate it with you."

"That's OK, mom. As long as you weren't doing anything dangerous, I'm fine with it." Phineas said proudly, cuddling up to Isabella.

"Well, kids. It's getting late. Don't you think it's time for you all to head home?"

"Aww, mom. Do they have to?"

"It's almost 9:00, hon."

"Really? Is it that late already? Oh well, I guess it's time for us to go to bed." So the kids all got up, said their goodbyes, and headed on their way. Isabella's goodbye to Phineas was a bit painful, but after a few minutes of hugging, kissing, and even a bit of crying, she finally left the house, and Phineas and Ferb went upstairs to change into their pajamas and then head off to dream land.

But getting to sleep for Phineas would prove to be a lot more difficult than he thought. For the first 45 minutes, he tossed and he turned in his bed, desperately trying to get to sleep. It was becoming such a disturbance that Perry, his pet platypus, was forced to move to Ferb's bed. Finally, before the hour was up, Phineas sighed in defeat, got out of bed, and walked to his stepbrother's bed. He shook Ferb awake gently.

"Hey Ferb, wake up." What he didn't know was that Ferb, too, was having trouble sleeping. Not as much as Phineas, of course, since he wasn't tossing and turning as much. "Can't sleep either, huh?" Ferb shook his head. "You know, there are times where I'd lay awake in my bed and think about what I want to do the next day, and then I'd think "But I can't wait until tomorrow! I wanna do it now!" So you know what, Ferb? I'm tired of waiting until the next day to do soemthing fun! Get dressed, Ferb. I know what we're gonna do tonight!"

Phineas and Ferb both got dressed, but were careful not to wake their mother or father, who were sound asleep in their beds. Then they took out their cell phones and started dialing up their friends, who, lucky, were also not asleep yet (though Phineas did do all the talking)

Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated! After Hours!

Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz was also having the same problem. He was tossing and turning, trying desperately to get to sleep. Frustrated, the scientist sat up in his bed and violently fluffed his pillow. "Oh, come on! I'm trying to sleep here! I've got too much to do tomorrow!" He shouted to nobody in particular. "I've got evil schemes to plan tomorrow! Ugh, this insomnia is insufferable! I have to put a stop to it." He stood up, got out of bed, and walked out of his room into what I guess you would call the "living room". Pulling out some supplies and tools, he began to work on something.

The friends all gathered in Phineas & Ferb's front yard, eager as to what the boys were planning.

"This better be good, Dinner bell." Buford siad, making fists out of his hands. "If I don't get my 8 hours of bully sleep, I get cranky."

"But I thought you couldn't sleep."

"That doesn't mean I didn't want to, twerp."

"Yeah, Phineas, what's the big idea dragging us all out of bed like that?" Isabella asked, holding Phineas's hand.

"Well, don't you guys ever get sick and tired of having to go to bed every night when there's a whole Tri-State Area out that just waiting to be grabbed by the hand. I mean, there's so much to do, but so little time in the day."

"And you believe that staying up all night and going into the town will allow you to experience all the fun events Danville has in store?" Baljeet inquired, not liking where Phineas's idea was going.

"That's right."

"Well then, count me out." He said firmly as he started walking back to his house. "I would prefer 8 hours of sleep over a fun time in the city anyway."

Before Baljeet was completely out of sight, Buford yelled "Nerd!" to him before turning back to everyone else. Despite this shout-out, Buford did agree with what Baljeet said, and so did eveybody else.

"Phineas, as much as Baljeet's nerdiness annoys me, I have to agree with him." Isabella said. "I mean, everybody needs their sleep. Otherwise, you get cranky, irritable, and just plain un-fun. Remember the last time you stayed up all night?"

"Yeah, my crazy scheme to block the noise out ripped off my clothes and then you grabbed my butt and took lots of pictures of it for your own amusement."

Isabella was rather shocked that Phineas remembered all of that, and was still a bit upset that Isabella had done that; it felt like an invasion of his privacy. Secretly, though, after having time to think about it, he was starting to like it, but was too stubborn to admit it. "Wow, you have a really good memory."

"And I think I remember you saying something about me having a lot of "junk in my trunk"? Were you calling me fat?"

"Oh, don't pretend you didn't love it!"

"Well, I-I-" Phineas was started to blush while the others were snickering.

"I knew it. You liked it, didn't you?"

"T-That's not the point, OK? Please, just drop it!" He had to close his eyes and cup his forehead to regain his composure. "Sheesh, note to self: Never wear tights in front of Isabella. I'll never hear the end of it. Anyway, the point is that we need to take advantage of every minute we can get. And if staying up all night is the only way we can do that, then so be it."

"But Phineas, what could we possibly do at night that we can't already do during the day? I mean, most of the city's stores and businesses are closed at night."

"Don't worry, Isabella. If there's one thing Ferb and I know how to do, it's improvise! Come on. We got a whole lotta ground to cover and a whole lotta time to do it. Tonight, the city is ours."

So the kids all grabbed some skate gear and rode off into Danville, ready to take the city by storm. They were going to have fun in Danville tonight, and nothing was going to stop them. With so many fun activities, the city was practically in their hands. Eager to get the party started, Phineas brought with him his MP3 Player and played a song he believed would fit the mood.

Rolling past graffiti walls
Billboards lighting up the block
Every one of us on a mission (oh yeah)

Buford decided to use his night in the town to practice his bully tactics. Unfortunately, there was nobody out at this time of night. So Buford was forced to use trash cans and boards lying around for his bullying tactics.

Irving decided to head out into the big city and take pictures of anything that he hadn't had pictures of yet.

Got a whole crew by my side
Cars (beep beep) when they pass us by
Be ready to get down to business (mmm hmmm)

We go up, open the door
All the girls scream "There they are!"
It's packed from wall to wall and
Everybody is calling

As for Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella, they decided to head off to the Danville skate park and use its ramps, rails, and bench to practice their skating. The gates were locked, so the three kids had to sneak in another way. Luckily, a gate in the back of the park was left open, so they used that to get in. After that, the park was theirs to use to their hearts content. Since they were all just beginners, they had to start with the basics, and had to practices tricks such as flip tricks, lip tricks, pressure tricks, manuels, even grinds.

Here we come, it's time to shine
And the whole wide world is mine
We gonna get the party started

Because the night is young
The light is out the door
Today was crazy but tonite
The city is ours
We gonna live it up
Until the morning comes
Today was crazy but tonite
The city is ours

After about a few hours, and many successful rounds and unsuccessful wipeouts, Phineas & Isabella decided to leave the park and just relax under a big tree for a little while before meeting up with the other friends. Ferb, wanting to give the two some time to themselves, decided to go find Irving & Buford himself.

"Isn't the moonlight beautiful, Phineas?" Isabella asked, turning onto her side and starting at her love.

"It sure is." The boy replied back, sighing deeply and cuddling up close to her. "You know, Isabella, even in my darkest hour, just being here with you makes me feel so happy inside, even when you say some of the craziest stuff about me that makes me super uncomfortable..."

"Yeah, sorry about that." Isabella blushed madly.

"What could I have possibly done to deserve such an awesome friend like you?"

"Don't know, don't care. All that matters is that we're together and nothing is ever going to split us up." She leaned up to him and kissed him as he couldn't help but giggle. "I love you, Phineas."

"Love you too, Isabella." He kissed her back as they cozied up by the tree, and stared back at the moon. "Say, what do you suppose the others are doing out this late night?"

"Not sure. Aren't you a bit worried that they might run into some trouble?"

"No. No I'm not." He responded with a yawn, starting to show signs of fatigue.

"Phineas...you OK?"

"Yes, I'm fine! Just because I yawn doesn't mean I'm tired. Now come on. Stop worrying, and follow me. I have something to show you." Phineas stood up, grabbed Isabella's hand, and led her towards the Danville Park. He had been planning something romantice for them for quite some time now, and was waiting for the perfect opportunity to unvail it to her.

Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz was busy with his own late night activity. He was building some sort of device that would help him get to sleep faster. Suspicious of the noise, Norm, his robotic assistant, came into the room and looked down at his master. "Whatcha' doin'?"

"Building something to help me sleep." The scientist answer promptly. "What are you doing, Norm? I thought I turned you off before I went to bed."

"Ever since you removed my squirrel power source and replaced it with a miniature generator, I have been given the power to switch myself on and off. Didn't you read my manuel?" Norm asked him.

"Does it look like I read your manuel."

He sighed. "No. And why are you building something this late at night?"

"I told you, it's going to help me sleep."

"You don't need science to help you fall asleep. You can just count sheep."

"I tried that, Norm. Remember? And all it did was give me an obsession with Jolly Farm Revue." (Family Guy reference)

"Ah, yes. That's right. I remember now. Well, how about drinking a warm glass of milk?"

"I tried that too, and it gave me indigestion that entire night." Sighing in frustration, he stood up and walked over to his window. "Oh, Norm. What am I going to do? If I can't get to sleep, then I won't have the energy to come up with any new schemes for Perry the Platypus to foil. Plus, I'll be really cranky and I won't be friendly when I get together with the rest of the family for special occassions. That's why I must complete my newest creation." He walked back from the window and got back to work.

Ferb was walking down the street, looking for something else to do. He came across a dark alley, where Irving, Buford, and another one of his friends, Django Brown, were playing a game of four square with a flour sack that they dressed up to look like Baljeet.

"Hey Ferb!" Django yelled. "Wanna play 4-square with us? We need an extra player."

"Yeah, Baljeet's horrible at this game." Buford yelled, completely missing the point that Baljeet wasn't really there, and that it was just a flour sack.

"OK, count me in." Ferb answered, as he joined the crowd and engaged in the exciting game that was happening. (Not really, but it was better than doing nothing)

Of course, what the kids did not realize (and it was probably Phineas who was the most oblivious to this) was that due to a rise in criminal activity in the area, mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz instituted a mandatory 11:00 curfew for all minors under the age of 13. The current time was 12:30, and some police officers who were doing their nightly patrol of Danville were beginning to get suspicious when they came across that alley and saw the four boys playing their game. Of course, it was so dark that even with their headlights they were still only able to see their silhouettes. So Ferb quickly improvised and made four masks so they could conceal their identities.

The car slowly drove up to the alley. Pretty soon they were able to see them, but couldn't make out their identities due to the masks. "Hey you!" One officer called using the radio in the car. The boys stopped what they were doing and looked at the car that was near them. The cops exited the car and approached the boys. "Do you 4 have any idea what time it is?" One of them asked firmly without trying to sound nasty.

"N-No, officer. We don't." Django replied politely. "Why? Does it matter?"

"Boy, haven't you heard?" The other one said, taking out a document, which contained information on the new "Keep Our Children Safe" act recently passed by Roger Doofenshmirtz. "There's been an increased string of crime lately, so Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz has ordered a mandatory 11:00 curfew for all minors, and unless I'm sorely mistaken and need glasses, you all look like you're under 13."

"Our age is none of your business, officers." Buford coldly said.

"Watch your mouth, mister. We don't care exactly how old you are. All we care about is whether or not you're 13. It's our job to keep you children safe. And being out here this late at night is not helping that. Now, we're going to take you all home. Where do you all live?"

"Oh...heh heh. That's easy, officer." Irving said, finally piping up. "You see, we -- EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!" He screamed at the top of his lungs as the four boys took off in different directions.

Meanwhile, Phineas was busy with his own activity. He led his girlfriend to the park, where, in the middle, there was a table set up for two people with candles lit, and lobster served for both. Isabella dropped her jaw in amazement. "P-Phineas, what is all this?"

"Come on, Isabella. When was the last time I did something totally romantic for us?"

"I don't know..."

"Exactly. So I figured that if there was ever a good time to do something like this, it would be now under this beautiful moonlight." Phineas yawned again, this time a bit louder than before.

"But Phineas, I told you that you didn't have to go overboard with this romance stuff. I love you for who you are, and nothing is ever going to change that."

"Can't you just humor me this once and enjoy the dinner?"

"Oh fine. But do I really have to eat the lobster?"

"Not if you don't want to." He hugged her and started to tickle her as they moved to the table & tooktheir seats. Neither of them really cared for the lobster, but the beautiful view & the perfect lighting was more than enough for them to enjoy it, and even though Isabella didn't want too much romance, she truly did like what Phineas did for her, and the fact that he did it just to impress her made it all the better.

"Wow, Phineas, I have to admit. This really is romantic." She commented after a while of just staring into the eyes of her best friend, which were now starting to look tired.

"I told you you would like it." Phineas replied a little smugly before yawning again.

"Are you sure you're OK? You're looking really tired now. Maybe we should go home."

"No, no. I'm alright. I think I just have something in my eye..." He tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes before checking his watch. "Oh my gosh. It's already close to 2. I didn't realize it was so late."

"See, Phineas? I told you. Everybody needs their sleep."

"You're right. But I was hoping I'd be able to stay out the whole night and enjoy what life has to offer me."

"Hey, you made it a good 4 hours. I'd say that's pretty good. And I really do appreciate what you're trying to do. But please don't try so hard. Just be yourself." She got up and walked over to the boy, who put his head down in an attempt to get some shut eye. She tapped him on the shoulder, helped him out of his chair, and hugged him. "Love you, sweetie." She said sweetly as she kissed him on his forehead. Afterwards, she picked him up and held him like she was carrying him down the threshold. "Come on, let's go round up the others and go home, OK?" She didn't get a worded response, but seeing that Phineas was now asleep, and comfortable in her arms was more than enough for her.

Just as they were about to head off, Isabella heard some very loud screaming as Ferb and Irving were heading up their way. "Run!"

"Guys, could you keep your voices down?" Isabella whispered to them, shutting them up right away. "Phineas just fell asleep and I'm taking him home."

"No I didn't." Phineas said, opening his eyes and looked up at Isabella. "My eyes were burning so I decided to close them. What's going on?"

"Yeah, guys. What is going on? And what's with the masks?"

"Sorry, but we have a problem." Irving said regaining his breath as he and Ferb took off their masks. "Nobody ever told us that there was a curfew in effect!"

"A...curfew?" Since Phineas never aimed for mischief, it's a bit of a surprise that he hadn't heard the news.

"Apparently, our beloved mayor, in a tireless effort to keep us safe, implanted a mandatory 11:00 curfew for all minors under the age of 13." Ferb explained to the two.

"Uh oh...that really is a problem. It's almost 2 in the morning."

"And the cops are after us! Buford and some Australian kid ran in another direction and Ferb and I ran in this direction."

"Hey, cool. Django's out, too! It's been a while since we've seen him."

"Focus, Phineas!" Isabella shouted to the boy, putting him down and letting him stand on his own two feet. "This is serious. If the cops catch them, then our parents will know that we snuck out after dark!"

"What are you so worried about? You've never done anything to make your mom too mad at you before."

"Exactly, so I have no idea what she'll do to me if she finds out I was out after dark!"

"Well then what are we waiting for! Let's get moving. We gotta round up Buford and Django and get them home before those cops get us."

So the kids all took off into the city again in an attempt to find Django and Buford. The two boys were still on the run from the cops, who were now hot on their trail. They took refugee in a garbage can that was located on the side of the road until the cops safely passed them. And thank goodness, too, because they had dropped their masks. Afterwards, they headed up the street back towards their homes. They were done with their nightly adventure. Not too far from Maple Drive, they ran into Phineas, Ferb, Irving, and Isabella.

"There you are, guys!" Phineas said, trying not to draw attention. "We were getting worried about you."

"We managed to ditch the cops." Django said. "They almost found us. But we're totally safe now."

Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz had just completed his invention. He was ready to relieve himself of his insomnia. "Yes. At last, my creation is complete!" He turned on his newest creation. It was a small cylinder with a hole in the top that had an antenna sticking out of it. "Now when I press this button, the antenna will emit a soundwave with a frequency configured to only be heard by me. This soundwave will telepathically release the hormones in my brain that make me sleepy. My plan is foolproof."

He pressed a button, and carried it to his room, where he promptly crawled into bed and waited for his machine to worked. The soundwave started emitting, but because the frequency was so high, he couldn't hear it. But he felt it working. "It's working...it's working. I can feel it. I'm already..." Doofenshmirtz yawned. "...getting tired." He closed his eyes and was almost asleep. But it came just a little bit early because his machine began to fritz. Electricity cackled out of it, and it began to shake violently. The scientist sat up and observed this, with weary eyes. "Oh no. My machine...it's malfuncitoning."

Just when it was about to exploded, it automatically reset itself...an entirely new frequency was set, and it emitted the soundwave again, this time, affecting somebody else entirely. 'No, my beautiful...creation..." But it did manage to do its job on Doofenshmirtz, as the scientist was finally asleep.

The kids all returned to the Flynn-Fletcher front yard, having successfully evaded the cops. They were all tired and ready for bed. "Well, with everything that's happened tonight, I still consider this night seized." Phineas said triumphately, yawning loudly.

"I have to admit, even though I was skeptical at first, I did have fun." Isabella said, cuddling up next to Phineas, who laughed.

"But seriously, it is time for us to go to sleep." Little did Phineas know was that Dr. Doofenshmirtz's invention was now set to affect him, so he was slowly succumming to the thought of sleep. "I can't wait to change into our nice, warm pajamas...and crawl into our nice, warm, beds, with warm blankets and pillows to rest...my weary head on..." And with that, the boy collapsed face first onto the lawn, out like a light. The friends all stared on at the sleeping boy.

"OK, I'm outta here." Buford broke the silence as he, along with Django and Irving, started making their way back home. "G'night, guys."

The friends all exchanged goodbyes as they parted, leaving only Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella left. Now the only thing that was breaking the silence in the air was the sound of Phineas's soft snoring. "So, what are we gonna do with him?" Isabella asked, referring to him. Ferb shrugged, so she did the only thing she could thing of. She got herself comfortable, took out a pillow she brought with him, put it under Phineas's head, and layed down on it right next to him, falling asleep, holding him tightly. Ferb, seeing no other option, made room next to Isabella and also fell asleep.

End of Episode 16a!

Wow, did not expect to be done this quickly. Hope you enjoyed that little taste of Big Time Rush I gave you. I made up some of the lyrics if you could tell in the fourth stanza. Sorry Perry wasn't in this one. Oh well...

Next Time: Candace, still determined to get back at her mom & win Phineas's trust back, decides to reenact one of Phineas & Ferb's greatest projects.

Expected Update: Hopefully before the end of May.