Chapter 3

Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated…

Perry burst through the door of his nemesis' apartment.

"Perry the Platypus!" Dr. Doofenshmirtz exclaimed as he approached the platypus. He handed him a pink card and a box of chocolates. He said, "Some girl stopped over and wanted me to give these to you from her for Valentines Day. I think I know what that means."

Perry took the gifts coolly and read the card. When the card was opened, a sensor went off and a thorny cage of roses fell on top of him.

"Ha! I tricked you, Perry the Platypus. There was no girl! It was really I that gave you the roses and card. Which is kind of awkward… Anyway, get ready for my evil plan. Those chocolates are edible though, so feel free to eat some while I tell you my back story."

Perry opened the box and nibbled on the heart-shaped candies.

Doofenshmirtz sat down and began, "It all started on Valentines Day years ago. I was madly in love with this girl who loved the beach. We went to the beach a lot together. I even still have this snow globe from the beach gift shop. See? It's filled with real salt water from the beach. I don't understand why they would have snow globes at a beach. I mean, why would it snow on the beach? Anyway, the thing that she loved more than the beach were funny men. So I decided to try and impress her by learning stand-up comedy. I was going to perform at one of those hip dinner theaters on Valentines Day. But when I did my act nobody thought I was funny. Not a single laugh."

Within Dr. D's back-story, Doofenshmirtz was on a stage with a microphone he attempted a joke, "So what's up with airline food? Huh? Huh?" Crickets began to chirp.

Dr. Doofenshmirtz continued his story, "It broke my heart and I was humiliated all at the same time! So behold, the Ha-ha-hainator! I just need to use this pump to spread this laughing gas across the entire Tri-state area! Then, anyone who inhales it within ten seconds after I spread it will laugh non-stop! Their sides will hurt from laughing so hard! So because they didn't laugh at my jokes they will have to pay by laughing uncontrollably!"

Perry's eyes widened.

"Before that happens, I need to keep working on the Ha-ha-hainator. It's not quite ready yet. Don't go anywhere, Perry the Platypus. Oh wait, that's right. You can't!" Doofenshmirtz laughed.

"See? That's funny. Because why would you go anywhere when you're trapped in a thorn cage?"

There was a silence.

"Don't say anything. I know! I'm not funny."

Meanwhile, at lunch, Phineas and Ferb explained their whole plan to their friends.

Isabella smiled and said, "Wow. What a great idea. I bet that whoever left you that note is really cute. I mean she even dots her I's with hearts."

Baljeet asked, "How will you know which one is her? I mean I'm sure that there are a lot of girls in this school that smell like vanilla."

"We're not sure yet. We'll just narrow it down from there," Phineas said.

Whiff ran around the lunchroom sniffing everyone. Isabella said loudly, "Mmm-mmmm! I sure love this vanilla ice cream."

Her fireside friend, Milly, added, "Here, Isabella, have this vanilla cookie. I know how much you like vanilla."

Katie asked, "What kind of shampoo do you use, Isabella?"

"I use vanilla scented," Isabella answered.

The girls all looked at Phineas who was looking in the other direction. He turned to look at them.

"What?" he asked.

"Didn't you hear any of that?" asked Gretchen.

"Oh. Sorry. I was so busy watching Whiff. I didn't know you were talking to me," Phineas answered.

The girls all sighed. Just then, Whiff ran up to Isabella and jumped up and down. He barked happily.

"Hey, Whiff is barking at me! I must be the one!" Isabella cried. "Now before, I go into detail about everything, I want to know how you feel about it."

Phineas grabbed Whiff.

"Feel about what? It was probably just a glitch thing. Whiff probably just smelled your vanilla ice cream and mistook it for you," Phineas said.

There was a brief pause when Adyson tried to start the hinting again. She said, "Hey, Isabella. I forget. What is your locker number again?"

"Oh it's one seventeen!" Isabella answered.

"Oh yeah! How could I have forgotten?"

They all looked over to where the boys were, but to find they were gone. The cafeteria was already headed outside.

The girls sighed again and headed out to find Phineas and Ferb with a giant machine.