Phineas and Ferb
Baby Adventures of Phineas
Chapter 6: The Superhero
Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb does not belong to me. It belongs to Dan Povenmire and Jeff Swampy Marsh, who have done an amazing job with this show the past 8+ years. Here's to 8+ MORE years!
Linda was down in the kitchen, busy making breakfast for her children. She called out to them. "Candace! Phineas! Breakfast is ready!"
Candace came racing into the kitchen to greet her mom. "Morning Mom."
"Candace, where's your brother."
"OH, Phineas?" She repeated, holding back a giggle. "H-He asked me to let him come down the stairs by himself today. He said he has a..." She laughed a little bit harder. "he has a surprise for us."
"Surprise? Candace, what on Earth are you talking about? And where's your-"
"I'M COMING!" Yelled the adorable, loving voice of infant child Phineas. Candace turned towards the stairs. She watched - and aww'd - as her cute, bubbly brother raced down the stairs laughing the entire way down. When he got downstairs, he jumped in front of the doorway leading to the kitchen. When Linda turned around and faced her son, she was overcome with a mixture of joy, confusion, and glee.
Phineas was wearing his diaper, but instead of wearing his shirt like normal, he was wearing it like a cape. He was also wearing socks on his hands like gloves. He started waving his hands around like a silly person. All this did was draw the laughter of both his sister and mother. "Phineas!" She managed during her laughter. "W-What are you doing?"
"I'm a superhero!" He shouted as he put his tiny hands on his hips in a superhero-esque pose. Candace & Linda laughed again.
"You're a superhero?"
"Yes!"
"Why are you a superhero?" Candace asked, deciding to play along. With her brother, she knew that he was just being silly and trying to make them both laugh. But they played along because they both know how much the seal of approval from family means to a toddler.
"Because! Because a superhero helps people! And I wanna help Mommy with...something!" Phineas shouted, still waiving his arms around. Linda slowly approached her son and picked him up. He giggled as she did so.
"OK, Phineas. If this is what you want to do today, I'll tell you what." She said sweetly. "If I need your help with anything today...anything at all...I will call you. OK?"
"No!" Phineas shouted. "That's not my name today!"
"Oh? Then what is your name?"
"I told you Mommy. My name is Superhero." Phineas giggled again. Linda kissed him on the cheek.
"Ok then, Superhero. I'll call you if I need the day to be saved." He put him down on the ground. "Now would Mr. Superhero like a hero's breakfast?"
Phineas's face lit up and he started clapping rapidly while laughing. He started to babble incoherently in excitement, and that was Linda's cue to get his breakfast ready.
Later that morning, Phineas was running around the living room - still in his superhero getup. Candace was in her room playing with her toys and Linda was outside gardening. Phineas was eager to make good use of his new superhero mindset, but so far there proved to be no instances where his "assistance" was required. So he was forced to wait for the chance. He decided to go upstairs to see his sister, who was playing with her dolls.
"Hi Candy!" He squealed. "I'm a superhero!"
Candace laughed. "I see that, Phineas."
"Do you need me to save the day?"
"No, I'm alright Phineas. But thanks anyway."
Phineas frowned slightly. "Oh." He was genuinely disappointed. "Well, how can I be a superhero if you don'ts need me?"
"Maybe Mom needs help. She's in the backyard."
Phineas' face lit up again. He started clapping rapidly. "Yay superhero!" And then he ran down the hall and down the stairs towards the backyard. Candace laughed heartily as she returned to her toys.
Phineas made his way out to the backyard and found his mother gardening. He smiled and raced over to her. "Hi Mommy!" He shouted, gaining her attention. "Do you need me to be a superhero?"
Linda aww'd and kissed her little superhero on the cheek. "Honey, I appreciate it, but I promise I'm fine out here."
"Aww!" Phineas whined and plopped onto the ground, flustered. "How can I be a superhero if nobody needs me to be a superhero? I wanna help people!"
"Don't worry, Phineas. One day when you're older you'll be able to help-OW!" She shouted as she picked up one of the flowers. It was a rose with thorns, and one of the thorns pricked her on her index finger. Phineas immediately popped back onto his feet.
"Mommy! Are you OK?"
"I think I pricked myself with this rose. Ow!" Her finger started to bleed a little. "Uh oh, I think I'm bleeding!"
Phineas gasped, seeing this as his chance to finally use his superhero mentality to help. "I know I know I know!" He jumped up and down repeatedly. "I know just what to do!" He ran back inside and ran up the stairs towards the bathroom. He knew exactly what he was looking for, but he just couldn't find it, and he quickly grew frustrated. Enough so that Candace had to come into the bathroom to see what was happening.
"Phineas...what are you doing?"
"Mommy's hurt. She got a boo-boo on her fingie and I gotta help her! I need a bandy!"
"You mean a band aid?"
"Yes! And I can't find 'em and Mommy's hurt and I need to help her!" He started crying, concerned that he was going to fail his mother. Candace picked her little brother up and cuddled him in her arms.
"Shh, it's OK Phineas. It's OK. You're not going to fail her. She's going to be fine. Do you want to learn where the band aids are?" Phineas nodded. Candace walked over to the pantry and pulled out a box of band aids. "See? They're right here."
"Bandies!" Phineas yelled. "OK, so now we gotta get this bandy to Mommy!"
Candace carried the band aid and Phineas downstairs and out the door to the backyard. They find Linda still observing the cut on her finger when she looked up and noticed them. "Candace? Phineas?"
"Bandy!" Phineas shouted again as Candace brought them to Linda.
"Here you go, Mom. We found the band aid."
"Oh thank you!" She took the band aid and applied it to her cut. "There. All better."
"Nooooo..." Phineas said, shaking his head and giggling. "You forgots one thing!"
"Oh? What's that?"
Candace put Phineas down on the ground. He walked up to Linda's cut finger and gave it a kiss. He laughed. "There! All better!"
Linda chuckled as she picked up her son. "Thank you, Superhero. You saved my finger from that awful cut."
"No! It wasn't me!" He corrected. "It was Candy!" He pointed to her sister. "She's the one who gotted the band aid. I just didn't do nothing." He admitted, closing his hands together and pouting, feeling he didn't do anything. "I wasn't a good superhero. I'm sorry, Mommy."
"Phineas, don't worry about it." Linda tried reassuring. "Phineas, you don't have to be a "superhero" to help us in the family."
Phineas reversed cross-eyed his mother. "I don't?"
"No. You're just a baby. You don't have to run around and constantly check up on your sister and I. It's our job to check on you and make sure you're OK, not the other way around."
"Really?"
"Really. But you know what? It means so much to us that you care enough to want to try to be that person that looks after us."
"But you shouldn't." Candace continued. "You're so young, and that kind of responsibility isn't for you yet. If we need your help, we'll tell you. OK, Phineas."
"OK Candy. I'm sorry."
"And hey, no matter what, you'll always be our superhero." Both Candace and Linda kissed Phineas simultaneously, sending the toddler into a burst of laughter.
"Can I be superhero and help again?"
"You know what? You can help me play with my toys. How does that sound?" Phineas nodded his head rapidly. Candace took Phineas from Linda and carried him up the stairs to her room, where she sat him down and they started playing together.
"Was I a good superhero Candy?" Phineas asked his sister once more. Candace smiled warmly and put Phineas in her lap.
"You are a great superhero, Phineas. And to me, you always will be." She kissed him and hugged him repeatedly, and he didn't stop laughing once.
End of Chapter 6!