Phineas and Ferb/Powerpuff Girls Crossover

Tri State Showdown

Chapter 2: Heinz Doofenshmirtz: Evil Genius?

Disclaimer: I don't own Phineas and Ferb. It belongs to Dan Povenmire & Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. I also do not own The Powerpuff Girls. That belongs to Craig McCracken, whom I am very disappointed to know will not have any role in the upcoming PPG special coming to Cartoon Network later this year. (Yes, apparently that's happening)

The girls proceeded to follow the mysterious figure they spotted scaling the wall of the building. At that point, they were unaware that it was Perry, and for the time being, they were uninterested. Their only focus at the moment was finding out who was responsible for removing their powers.

In their weakened, powerless state, they weren't able to keep pace with Perry, who managed to scale the side of the building in record time. The girls were barely halfway up before they became winded. "Man that guy is fast!" Buttercup said as Perry climbed onto the ledge and ran into the lair.

"Sure is. He's obviously a master of agility and balance." Blossom remarked.

"Or it could just be we're not used to doing things without our powers..." Bubbles suggested. "I'm exhausted here and we've only been without our powers for a few hours."

"Maybe we shouldn't have done this. What if this guy is crazy?"

"Buttercup, all villains are crazy." Blossom insisted. "And I know we're tired but we're still the Powerpuff Girls!" They continued climbing, exhausting even more energy reserves that they didn't know they had.

While they were climbing, Perry went inside the lair and took a look around, looking for his nemesis. A quick stroll around the lair did not produce his nemesis to the naked eye. So he continued rummaging through the room. In fact, not even Doofenshmirtz's robot assistant Norm was anywhere in sight. Perry found himself quite confused, as he had hoped this mission would be simple.

But while he was still looking for his nemesis, the girls continued their climb. They were close to the ledge but were running on adrenaline at this point in time. Having had super powers for so long they were used to the bountiful pots of energy reserves they could turn to. Without them, they had difficulties putting one foot in front of the other without losing their breath.

But they finally made it to the ledge, where mercifully, they collapsed onto the ground to catch their breath. Hearing the gasping from inside, Perry turned his attention to the ledge. It was then he noticed the girls lying on the floor nearly breathless. At first he was unsure what to think. All he saw was three big-headed, no-fingered-or-toed girls gasping for air. He wasn't sure whether he should help them or treat them as enemies.

He turned his attention temporarily away from his nemesis to approach the girls. With their eyes closed, they did not notice Perry walking towards them. It was only when Perry was standing right over Blossom did she and the others open their eyes. As they did, slowly, Perry assumed his "mindless pet" mode in order to keep his secret agent identity a secret.

When they opened their eyes, the first thing their vision caught was Perry standing right next to them. With his eyes facing different direction, he growled next to Blossom. The girls all sat up and stared at Perry for a brief moment. None of the three spoke a word or uttered a sound for the briefest of times. Finally, they simultaneously sat up and gazed at Perry with "Aww's."

"OH he's SOOOOO cute!" Bubbles said cutely. "What is it?"

"It looks like a beaver!" Buttercup suggested. "What do you think, Blossom?"

"I don't know. I've never seen this kind of animal before. It looks like a hybrid of a duck and a beaver. That would explain the beaver tail and bill..." As Blossom continued examining, Perry let out his signature noise. "And I'/m pretty sure I've never heard that sound from an animal before."

"Then where did this creature come from?"

"Maybe he's the pet of whoever lives here." Bubbles theorized. Thinking further, Bubbles came to another possible conclusion. "Or maybe this is the guy we were chasing up the building..."

Buttercup and Blossom both exchanged looks. Then they exchanged looks with Bubbles. Then all three girls broke out into laughter. Even though they were basically mocking the idea that the platypus could anything besides growl and walk, Perry let them have their moment. Anything to keep his identity a secret for a bit longer. "So now what?" Buttercup asked.

Blossom put the platypus back on the ground. "There you go, little guy. You stay out here. We wouldn't want you to get hurt on the unknown." The girls turned and walked into the room, leaving Perry on the ledge by himself. He stood there in his mindless pet form for a moment, letting the girls go in, but keeping himself ready just in case he needed to spring into action.

The girls walked into the center of the room. "Hello?" Blossom called out, hoping for a response. "Anybody here?"

"Doesn't look like anybody's here." Bubbles said. "What do we do now?"

"Figure out what happened to our powers. Now, if I'm an evil supervillain that's bent on defeating us and chooses to remove our powers, what would I do next?" Blossom posed the question, but before either of her sisters could answer, all three of them had a shock sent to their systems when a giant glass tube dropped from the ceiling and trapped all three of them within. They all screamed. "What the-"

"What is this?" Buttercup shouted.

Bubbles banged on the glass. "Wow. Either this glass is really indestructible or we're just really weak." The girls all began contemplating ways to possibly get out from their trap. But as they were, a figure began to emerge from the shadows, laughing maniacally. The figure came out of the shadows and revealed itself to be Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Perry's nemesis. He was understandably expecting his nemesis to be trapped in the glass tube.

"Ah, Perry the Platypus! So glad you could-" So it was also understandable when he expressed surprise that he wasn't. Doofenshmirtz was, for lack of a better word, befuddled. "Who the heck are you? Oh, so you thought you could get the edge on ole' Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, didn't you?"

"So you're the creep that stole our superpowers!" Blossom barked back. Doofenshmirtz was taken aback, both impressed by her bite and slightly confused at the circumstances presented to him.

"Wow, you've got bite, missy. I like that. But that still doesn't dispute the fact that I am thoroughly confused."

"Really? I find that hard to believe. You're just like all the other villains. You play dumb with us but we all know you have our superpowers. And we want them back!"

Doofenshmirtz blinked twice. "What? Is this some sort of role play or something? Who do you think you are? Superman?"

"Oh we know who we are!" Blossom said, about ready to perform a Powerpuff role call with her sisters. But as she was about to start it, Perry came walking in. Still in mindless pet form, he walked towards the glass tube and growled, drawing Doofenshmirtz's attention. He stared at the platypus for a brief moment.

"Aw, how cute!" He said a babyish tone. He picked up the platypus and held him in his arms. "You brought your pet platypus with you!"

"That's a platypus?" Blossom asked.

"I thought those were extinct." Buttercup remarked.

"It's not ours. We just found him on the ledge when we got here." Bubbles explained. "We thought he was your pet."

"No, I'm pretty sure I don't have a pet platypus. Although I do have a nemesis platypus."

"Your nemesis is a platypus?"

"Yep, and his name is-" Before Doofenshmirtz could finish his sentence, Perry extended his arm at Doofenshmirtz and punched him right in the jaw. He subsequently released his grip and Perry landed safely on the ground into his fighting stance. "That's smarts! And quite unusual for just a platypus." Despite years of fighting Perry, Doofenshmirtz still lacked the ability to recognize his nemesis without his fedora. So Perry once again had to don it for him to recognize him. He gasped loudly. "PERRY THE PLATYPUS!"

The girls also gasped. But before they could ask questions, Doofenshmirtz acted quickly. He got up, pulled out a remote with a button on it and pressed it. In exactly no time flat second glass tube. "Boy that was close. Well, now that Perry the Platypus is a little preoccupied at the moment, l-let's get back to the thing we were doing." He turned to the girls.

"Right...our roll call." Blossom said uncomfortably. Regardless, she cleared her throat and faced Doofenshmirtz. "I'm Blossom! Commander and leader of the Powerpuff Girls! I devise all of our strategies and tactical plans for defeating our enemies!"

Bubbles stepped forward. "I'm Bubbles!" She giggled. "They call me the cute one. But don't underestimate me because when I want to be, I can be totally-" She stood her ground and bellowed her next line. "HARDCOOOOOOOOORE!"

Doofenshmirtz actually expressed fear at this line. Perry, surprisingly, was not impressed.

Now it was Buttercup's turn. "Name: Buttercup. WHat do I do? I kick people's butts is what I do So don't mess with me, bub!"

"And together, we fight crime and the forces of evil before bedtime. We are..." Blossom gathered her sisters together for their last line simultaneously. "THE POWERPUFF GIRLS!"

Doofenshmirtz blinked twice.

"So, what do you think?" Blossom asked.

"I think you're trying to pull the wool over my eyes."

"What?"

"Yeah, I'm no fool. If you three really did have superpowers, wouldn't you have broken out of that thing by now? I mean, it's just glass. It's not like it's magic proof or anything of the sort. What do you think I am, anyway?"

While Doofenshmirtz was ranting, his robot assistant Norm came walking into the room with a tiny DVD player in his hands. "Uh, sir?" Norm opened the DVD Player and pressed play. A montage of the girls in action, fighting crime and evil, began playing. It was a short montage, but it illustrated their point clearly. The montage ended with a signature "Powerpuff Girls episode" ending, with beaming hearts and the girls in formation. When the screen faded to black, all that could be heard was the applause given by Perry.

"See? We told you we're superheroes!" Buttercup shouted to Doofenshmirtz.

"Well, OK, you've got me there. But if that's true, why haven't you broken out of my trap yet?"

"We told you! You stole our powers and we're here to get them back!"

"T-That's ridiculous! How could I have possibly stolen your "powers" if I didn't even know you existed until today?"

"Look, all we knows is that the Professor told us there was unusual activity coming from this very location, so we surmised that this was the source of whatever it was that took away our powers."

"But that's preposterous. I don't have anything that can...wait a minute." Doofenshmirtz walked into another room and began rummaging around. It was after a short time that he came across his old Drain-inator. He pushed it out into the center room for the girls and Perry to see. "I think I know what happened. See, yesterday I was going through all of my old inventions and I must've accidentally hit a button on it or something. I-It's a little complicated."

"Drain-inator? What's with that?"

"Well see it all started when I was young and I entered this science fair. I created my very first invention, and-and I actually named it an "inator." That was it, just "inator." Anyway-"

"Not that! I meant what does it do?"

"Oh, Oh! OK, I-I get you. Anyway, my "Drain-inator" was created with the purpose of draining my brother's "power" as mayor. I-It never actually occurred to me that "power" was merely a metaphorical term up until recently. But long story short, I accidentally drained the powers of some world-famous superheroes and then there was this whole brouhaha for the fate of the Tri-State Area, and - as usual - the good guys won. Whoo hoo! Go good guys!" The last eleven words were spoken in a sarcastic tone. "B-But you know, if it were easy to take over the Tri-State Area, everybody would do it. Am I right? And then we'd have to, I don't know, decide the rules together by voting or something." (A/N: That's a nod from PnF's "Minor Monogram")

The girls all gasped again. "You drained the powers of the Association of World Super Men!?" Blossom exclaimed loudly, shocked at such an exclamation. But Doofenshmirtz raised an eyebrow.

"What? No, no! Not those guys. I don't even know who they are. No, I was talking about the Marvel superheroes. You know, Spiderman, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor...you know, the cool ones. I don't know what you were talking about." He turned to Norm and chuckled. "Can you believe how stupid that sounded, Norm?"

"Only when it comes out of your mouth, sir." Norm responded.

"Yeah, I know. It...hey!"

"Huh, go figure." Blossom said. "The AWSM aren't even considered popular enough to be targeted for something like this."

"Well they definitely haven't been the same since the '08 Economic Recession." Bubbles responded. "Last I heard, Val Hallen does children's birthday parties now."

(Cue Flashback)

Earlier that day, Val Hallen performed for a birthday in Danville. The lucky birthday girl? Ginger Hirano, who had the privilege of having Val hallen perform for her. With all of her friends and family gathered in the living room of her home, she sat down right in front of him and waited for him to perform. Unfortunately, by this point Val Hallen was nothing more than a washed up, fragile, shell of his former rock star self.

"FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW..." And his speech was very slurred. "WHICH NOBODY CAAAAAAN DEEEE-NNYYYYY!" His singing had been reduced to that of a retarded capacity, and when he finished, he slammed his guitar into the ground and broke it. Needless to say, everyone in the room was horrified. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY...YOU!" He even forgot the name of the girl he was singing the song for.

Unamused, Ginger yelled at Valhallen. "You suck!" She shouted loudly, only to be interrupted by Val Hallen, who collapsed onto the ground and started sobbing hysterically. Embarrassed and confused, Ginger retreated to the back of the crowd with her fellow Fireside Girl friends.

'So..." Adyson said awkwardly. "Great party, right?"

"It was until that has-been showed up and ruined everything." Ginger relented. "Seriously, is it too much trouble to order a clown?"

"Wanna go see what Phineas and Ferb are up to?" Holly suggested, to which the girls offered out of sync agreement murmurs And off they went to the Flynn-Fletcher backyard.

(End Flashback)

The girls, Perry, and Doofenshmirtz just finished up watching Val Hallen's meltdown at Ginger's party, which had been uploaded to the internet. "Yeesh, he's really fallen on hard times, hasn't he?"

"That's nothing!" Buttercup said. "I've heard The Infraggable Krunk got into a court battle with The Incredible Hulk."

(Cue Flashback)

The Incredible Hulk had filed a lawsuit against The Infraggable Krunk for copyright infringement. Krunk had just delivered his closing argument which consisted of short, incomplete sentences and an angry fit. Hulk had an ace up his sleeve. He stood up and cleared his throat loudly before turning to the judge

"Your honor, today, I am here to dispute an unspeakable and unacceptable act. This man has led you to believe he is nothing more than a parody. But what Kronk has committed is a highly irresponsible and reckless act, an act that has made a complete mockery of an original and highly beloved superhero. I made a choice to take a stand against this travesty! That is why I stand before you and my peers today."

"I beseech thee! Your honor, you cannot allow this ridiculous and unsanitary act to continue. You must find in favor of The Incredible Hulk, for there can be...only one." After he finished his statement, he slowly returned to his seat and sat down, quietly confident. The judge, however, was quite peeved.

"FAKE!" He shouted loudly, startling everyone in the court. "How dare you make such a blatant attempt at trickery to us all! Everybody knows that the real Hulk has no ability to speak in full sentences whatsoever. We also know his voice isn't nearly as soothing or sophisticated as the voice you just spoke in. I have no choice! I find in favor of Krunk!"

Hulk's jaw dropped to the ground quickly while Krunk got busy celebrating.

(End Flashback)

"And I wonder what's become of Major Glory..." Blossom asked, which put some thought into Bubbles and Buttercup's minds.

"OK, well if you're all done playing "Where Are They Now?" maybe we can get back to the issue at hand." Doofenshmirtz suggested.

"Yeah, you're right!" Blossom shouted back. "So give us back our powers. We know you're behind us losing them."

"Just like you're also behind..." Bubbles reached behind her back and pulled out her shrunken Octi doll. "THIS!" She showed the doll to Doofenshmirtz.

"Bubbles, you actually brought that with you?" Buttercup said. "That is so lame!"

"Did you ever think that maybe it was accidentally put in the washing machine-"

"QUIET! I'M HAVING A MOMENT!" Bubbles shouted.

"Oh that must've been my Shrink-inator." Doofenshmirtz responded, as he walked towards the ledge. "Yeah, I have this invention called a Shrink-inator that, well, speaks for itself. It shrinks things. Except I've never remembered to unplug it. I keep leaving myself sticky notes, but I never remember to unplug it. And now I can't find it anywhere! Literally, all that's left is this giant ball of sticky notes I've left over the..." He approached the ball of sticky notes. Then he exchanged looks between the ball and the girls & Perry. It then hit him that he was indeed right next to his Shrink-inator. He ripped off some of them and found the "off" switch. He immediately pressed it, shutting off the -inator.

Perry couldn't help but hold back laughter. Doofenshmirtz wasn't amused. "Not one word, Perry the Platypus. Not. One. Word!" He warned, but after a bit of silence, Perry made his signature growling noise, to which Doofenshmirtz opened his eyes widely. "Right, I-I forgot you don't actually talk. You just...you just make that noise. Very clever, Perry the Platypus, exploting that loophole."

Meanwhile, Buttercup leaned into her sisters and whispered, "Seriously, how did we miss that when we got up here?"

End of chapter 2!

So The Powerpuff Girls, Perry, and Doofenshmirtz have formally been introduced to each other. Great. By the way, the Association for World Super Men was a reference to the PPG episode "Members Only," and the Drain-inator was referencing "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel." I promise this is gonna keep getting better as it goes along, so don't forget to read and leave reviews!