Bit of a life update: finally got my driver's permit. I'm gonna start practicing as soon as possible, so expect updates to slow down a little.
Play Phineas and Ferb Theme Song
The wind blows multiple calendar pages into the air, starting on June 3.
There's 104 days of Summer Vacation
Then School comes along just to end it
Phineas and Ferb sit under a tree in their backyard.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it
Cue montage of the boys doing multiple activities.
Like maybe
First, the boys land on the moon. They jump out of the rocket and float forwards.
Second, Phineas climbs on top of Ferb. They try to fight a mummy.
Third, they climb up a certain French tower.
Building a rocket or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Fourth, Ferb removed a tarp to show a weird unicorn-turtle hybrid. Phineas takes a picture of it.
Fifth, the boys force a monkey into the shower. Neither of them enjoy this one.
Discovering something that doesn't exist
Or giving a monkey a shower
Sixth, they surf on a large wave.
Seventh, they create tiny robots.
Eighth, they find Frankenstein's monster. The brain is missing from the head. It doesn't take them that long to find.
Ninth, they find a bird.
Tenth, they fly on a helicopter with a large paintbrush over the city. They covered the city in orange paint.
Eleventh, the boys work on a painting. The painting depicts a red-headed girl with a mustache.
Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots, or locating Frankenstein's brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent, or driving your sister insane
Turns out, this girl isn't actually a painting, but the boys' sister, Candace. She turns to Phineas angrily.
"Phineas!" she shouts.
The boys do multiple things, all the while their sister watches angrily.
Film a movie.
Build a giant robot dog.
Tamper with a car.
Ride a rollercoaster.
As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to do before School starts this fall
Candace talks to a friend on the phone. She doesn't notice the boys carrying a live elephant into the backyard until she hears Phineas call out, "Come on, Perry!" That gets her attention.
Later, she's seen playing "Whack-a-Pest". The pests that pop out are her brothers and their pet platypus.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
Afterwards, the boys dance around and play guitar as images of the infinite possibilities flash by.
So stick with us, 'cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all
When the boys are done, they pose. Their sister comes in.
"Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!" she shouts.
The boys stare at her for a second. They then brush it off and resume their poses.
End Intro
104 Days of Summer Vacation
Day 62
We Call it Maze
Phineas and Ferb were eating breakfast. Phineas looked at the activities on the back of the cereal box.
"It says here I have to get Korny the Kornflake through this maze," he said, showing Ferb the maze. It looked like it was torn right down the middle, making a straight line for Korny to get across. "If I was Korny, I'd want more of a challenge. They just don't make good puzzles or mazes anymore. Mazes should be fun and exciting. Ferb…"
Ferb knew where this was going. "You don't need to say it."
That's when Candace rolled in and hit the table.
"Hey Candace," Phineas greeted. "Whatcha doin?"
"Well, Jeremy's taking me roller skating tonight," Candace explained. "And I thought I could use a little…" As she spoke, she let go of the table. She slipped and fell. "I'm okay!"
Phineas turned back to Ferb. "Let's get started. Hey, where's Perry?"
Perry was in the kitchen.
When the time was right, he pushed a button. He was sucked into a tube, and into his lair.
He came out covered in dust.
"Good morning, Agent P," Monogram greeted before noticing Perry's condition. "Sorry, we haven't cleaned that entrance in a while. Don't worry, we have a moist towelette."
An automatic hand appeared and offered Perry a towelette. He gladly took it and cleaned himself with it.
"Anyhow, Doofenshmirtz has gone missing," Monogram went on. "We've used our Global Location Scout and it can't find him anywhere. Even his answering machine has given no clue as to where he is?"
He played the message from Doof's answering machine.
"Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz," Doof's voice said. "I'm not here right now, or am I?" He laughed. "Oh, and if you're calling about the piano, it's already been sold."
"We need you to find him," Monogram concluded. "Good luck, Agent P. Monogram out."
By then, Perry had just finished cleaning himself. He saluted and left to carry out his mission.
Phineas and Ferb had just finished building a giant maze.
"Everything looks good to go," said Phineas. "Time to test our maze."
That's when Baljeet came in.
"Did someone say 'test'?" he asked excitedly.
"It's not really a test," Phineas corrected. "We're more like lab rats going after cheese."
Buford came in right after.
"Did someone say 'cheese'?" he asked.
Phineas was starting to get tired. "It's a metaphor. We already did a cheese thing a few days ago."
That didn't dissuade Buford, though.
"I am to metaphor cheese as metaphor cheese is to transitive verb crackers," he said as he followed the others onto the started platform.
Isabella came in with a little Fireside Girl, five at the oldest.
"And I want to get the zoo-keeping patch, and the cooking patch, and the astronomy patch," the little girl said.
Everyone just stared at Buford, having no idea what he just said.
"Melissa, you remind me of me when I was a Lil' Spark," said Isabella.
"When I grow up and become a Fireside Girl, do you think I'll earn as many patches as you?"
"With your enthusiasm, you'll probably earn even more."
"You really think so? Because that's my goal. I want to be just like you."
Isabella and Melissa joined the boys on the platform.
"Hey guys," Isabella greeted. "This is Melissa."
The boys waved hello.
"Isabella's my mentor today," Melissa explained. "She's the best Fireside Girl ever."
"Melissa, I'm sure they don't want to hear about…" Isabella tried to say.
Then Candace skated in.
"So, I see you've built another giant whatever in the backyard," she said. "I think you know what I have to do."
She tried to skate away, but she lost control again. She fell onto the platform and pulled the lever.
The platform started to rise.
"Whoa, what is this?" Candace asked.
"It's our elevator to the top of the maze," Phineas explained.
"Then make it go down."
"It doesn't go down. It only goes up."
"Well, then you're going down."
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
Perry entered Doof's apartment, only to find a table with a plate of cookies, a glass of water, and a toy Doofenshmirtz.
Perry knew where this was going, but he still took the toy and pulled the string.
"Hello, Perry the Platypus," the toy said. "Sorry I'm not here to greet you myself, but this is…"
It stopped there. Perry pulled the string again.
"A trap!" the toy finished.
Here we go, Perry thought to himself.
Two mechanical arms came out of the floor and trapped Perry in a tiny rocket ship. The ship launched into space.
The elevator stopped.
"Why would you make an elevator that doesn't go down?" Candace asked.
"Because someone might wanna go down and just skip through the maze," Phineas replied.
"What do you…?"
Candace finally realized that she was in a maze.
"We had the computer randomly load puzzles and brain teasers to make getting through this maze more of a challenge," Phineas explained. "First one out is the smartest rat in the lab."
The boys all went their separate ways.
"Melissa, you wanna go through the maze with me?" Isabella asked Melissa.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Melissa cheered.
Isabella turned to Candace. "Wanna join us, Candace?"
"Candace Flynn can find her own way out," Candace declared.
"Wait, Candace Flynn?" Melissa asked. "As in, the girl who won fifty patches in one day? You're on the cover of Lil' Sparks Magazine." She showed Candace the magazine she was talking about. "How did you do it?"
Candace begrudgingly signed the magazine. "Well, it wasn't easy, but I was desperate. With help from some other Forest Fire Girls…"
"Fireside Girls," Isabella corrected.
"Right." Candace turned back to Melissa. "Anyway…"
"Will you mentor me instead?" Melissa interrupted.
"I, uh…" Candace didn't want to at first, but then she realized this was finally her chance in the spotlight after a whole summer of failures. "Yeah. I'll get you kids out of here. Follow me."
"Yay! Candace is gonna lead us to safety!"
Isabella groaned, but followed along.
"Brain teasers, huh?" Buford asked. "Okay, you do the brains and I'll do the teasing. Seems like a fair splitting of tasks."
"I do not think you understand the concept," Baljeet said annoyedly.
"Less talky, more worky."
Buford stepped out of the way so Baljeet could solve the nearby puzzle.
Play "Not Knowing Where You're Going"
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
Take a left or a right and just going without really knowing
The path split into many directions. Candace pondered which way to go. She decided to go one way, only to find herself back where she was before.
Whether marching, floating, crawling, waltzing, or rowing
There's no surprise in life if you know where you're going
Eventually, Candace got herself in the other girls trapped in a ballpit. Luckily, Melissa found a key somewhere in the pit, and inserted it into the nearby keyhole. The bottom of the pit opened, sending the girls plummeting into the next area.
So walk around like a monkey with a blindfold on
Like an Eskimo in six months of darkness who misses the dawn
The boys bounced on tiny little springs.
It led them into a medieval-style room. There, Ferb played a game of chess against an automated suit of armor. He won in five seconds.
So jump in the maze, it's the latest craze
Spend your days going every which way
Isabella picked up Melissa so she could toss a ball into the goal. She missed.
Candace gave Melissa another ball, then lifted her up. Melissa tried again, and this time, she scored.
Isabella's envy towards Candace grew.
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
Ferb, who was now dressed as Indiana Jones, stared at a key just standing on a pedestal. Cautiously, he picked up the key and replaced it with a small sack.
Nothing bad seemed to happen.
Ferb took off his costume and used the key to open the door.
I have no idea where my destination is
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
The girls played a game of Skee-Ball. They all rolled their balls into the center first try.
The floor underneath them opened, sending them all down a big slide.
I'm really enjoying it, though
It's so much fun not knowing where you're going
Phineas and Ferb attached a bunch of puzzle pieces onto the door. Once they were done, the door opened.
For whatever reason, a giant floating baby head came out. Neither Phineas or Ferb knew what that was about.
End "Not Knowing Where You're Going"
After a long flight, Perry found himself in a giant space station, shaped just like Doof's building.
As expected, Doof was there, waiting.
"Ah, Perry the Platypus," he greeted. "Welcome to my EVIL SPACE STATION!"
"Station! Station! Cookie! Station!" went Doof's echo.
Doof was thrown off by that. "Did you hear that? The 'cookie' part? I think my echo's broken. Anyhoo, have a seat."
A seat just came out of the ground, making Perry sit down.
"I've set up a presentation for you," Doof went on. "Ten years ago, I was backpacking across Europe when I came across a group of Canadian College students. Dylan was the most popular of the group, but I was the oldest, so rivalry was inevitable."
Perry sighed.
The boys found themselves in a room with a jar of jellybeans. There was a sign above the jar.
"'How many jellybeans in the jar?'" Buford read aloud.
"Oh, I am really good at solving these kinds of problems," said Baljeet.
He, Phineas, and Ferb all took out some calculators.
"So, the base of the jar is pi times radius squared," said Phineas.
"You are measuring the radius in centimeters, right?" asked Baljeet.
"No, inches. That way the inch fractions work with pi's twenty-two over seven."
"You don't use 3.14 for pi?"
Ferb tried to say something, but Buford stepped in first. "Oh, for crying out loud!"
He took the jar, scarfed all the jellybeans, put the jar down, then typed '0' into the keypad. Miraculously, that worked.
Baljeet groaned. "Okay, technically that is correct, but you did not show your work!"
"I will in about twenty minutes," Buford retorted.
"Then the ambassador's wife filed a complaint," Doof finished. "Long story short, I am not welcome in Albania ever again. Point is, I was alone in Italy and it was lunchtime, so I went to the Leaning Tower of Pizza, and they don't even make pizza! I was like, 'You're not so great! You're not so special! Just 'cause you're leaning?' Then it hit me. I'll just lean my own building, and then it will become a great tourist attraction, and I can sell all this merchandise." He opened a door, revealing a whole supply of T-shirts, snow globes, and more. "I'll make millions, which I'll use to finance phase two of my maniacal plan: tilting every building in the world, and then the Leaning Tower of Pizza will no longer be special." A new idea came to mind. "Oh, and I can straighten my own building, and it will still be a tourist attraction. I just thought of that one. That's how genius happens. I'm going to use this Tilt-inator and do it all from space!"
"Space! Space! Cookie! Space!" said the echo.
Doof was completely dumbfounded. "There it was again! You heard that? My next-to-last echo is broken. I'm going to have that checked."
The girls found themselves in a huge room. The only way across was by crossing a thin wire.
"Good thing I got my high wire patch, twice," Isabella remarked.
"No need to brag about your accomplishments."
Isabella glared at Candace. That's rich coming from you.
Candace turned to Melissa. "Melissa, the thing to remember about a high wire is…"
She didn't realize she was rolling across the wire while she was speaking.
"Candace, be careful!" Isabella warned.
Only then did Candace realize what was happening. She panicked and almost slipped. Luckily, she just bounced on the rope and made it to the other side safely.
"See, it's that simple," she downplayed. "Just don't panic, focus on keeping your balance, and you're good."
Melissa tried to cross the wire herself. Using Candace's advice, she crossed the wire with no problem.
"Thanks for that, Candace," she thanked.
While Isabella crossed the wire, she could only think about how envious she was of Candace stealing her glory. She almost lost her balance, but she regained her composure and made it to the other side.
"Anyway, the Tilt-inator is set with an automatic timer," Doof said. "Once it's activated, even I can't stop it. All that's left to do is open the bay doors."
He pulled a rope to open the door. The door opened, a lot slower than it should have.
Perry groaned.
The girls were in another high room. This time, there was nothing to cross, not even a wire.
Melissa looked down at the chasm below. She felt nothing but dread.
"How far down is it?" she asked.
"I don't know," Isabella replied. "I can't see the bottom, but it doesn't matter so long as we get across."
"Of course it matters," Candace argued. "We need to know how deep it is so we know how scared we should be."
She noticed the grappling hook hooked onto the nearby wall. She grabbed it and threw it off the edge.
One, two, three… she counted in her head.
THUD!
"You see?" Candace declared. "Now we know that it's three seconds deep."
Doof finally got the door to open. He used a little pin to keep the chain from coming down and shutting the door.
"So, Perry the Platypus," he monologued. "In about fifteen seconds, the Tilt-inator will turn my building into the Leaning Tower of Doofenshmirtz, and you may notice that there are no self-destruct buttons or reverse switches. It's completely Perry the Platy-proof! Nothing can stop me now!"
Perry simply removed the pin, shutting the door.
The inator fired, hitting the door and making the station lean a bit.
"Perry the Platypus, what are you doing?!" Doof yelled. "Now I have to reset the timer and do it all over again."
He got up and started reopening the door.
The platform the girls were standing on started to close into the wall.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Candace panicked.
"Gee, it would be nice to have a grappling hook and some rope," Isabella sarcastically remarked.
Candace was about to point out there was one on the wall, then she remembered she threw it down the chasm. "Whoops."
Isabella sighed. "This is your problem, Candace! You always jump into things without thinking of the consequences, and you have a massive ego!"
Candace scoffed. "I'm not the only one!"
"What?! What are you talking about?!"
"Oh, don't act like I didn't notice the way you glare at me and mutter to yourself whenever I help Melissa solve one of the puzzles!"
"That has nothing to do with our current situation!"
"No, but it does have to do with the fact that you're jealous of me!"
Isabella was offended by the accusation. "Me, JEALOUS?!"
"You heard me! You've spent so long being this perfect Firefighter Girl…"
"Fireside!"
"Whatever! You're so used to being this awesome leader that always gets her troop an accomplishment patch, that you get upset when someone else gets recognized for any reason!"
While Candace and Isabella argued, Melissa looked around for an alternate method of escape. She noticed Candace's skate, and an idea came to mind.
"Candace, I don't understand what…" Isabella said.
"You're right, Isabella!" Candace interrupted. "You don't understand! All summer, I've been nothing but the butt of a big joke! Every time I try to do something, it blows up in my face! I'm finally getting the credit I deserve, and you're just upset that someone other than you is getting some attention!"
"Oh, because you got fifty patches in one day? News flash: you wouldn't have gotten those fifty patches if it weren't for my help!"
"Yeah, you helped set up the journey, but I did all of that on my own, and clearly Melissa is the only one here that realizes that!"
"Girls, I know how we can get out of here!" Melissa yelled, shutting both Candace and Isabella up. "Candace, can I borrow one of your skates?"
Candace was confused, but she took off one of her skates.
Melissa then turned to Isabella. "Isabella, you think you can use this?"
Isabella realized what Melissa was planning. She took the skate, pulled the lace as far as it could go, and used the skate like a grappling hook.
"Grab on!" she told Melissa and Candace.
Once they both had a firm grip on her, Isabella jumped off the edge. The three screamed as they swung across the room.
They all flew through a door on the other side.
The door led the girls down one final slide. They found themselves back in the backyard.
Isabella thought about everything Candace had said to her, about her being jealous and egotistical. The more she thought about it, the more Isabella realized that Candace was right.
"Candace, I'm sorry," she said. "You were right back there. I was so caught up in my jealousy and I took you for granted."
"I'm sorry, too," Candace replied. "For almost screwing us over on that last puzzle, and unintentionally stealing your protege."
The two shook hands.
Isabella then turned to Melissa. "Come on, Melissa. Let's get you home."
Candace and Isabella took Melissa home.
Doof had just finished reopening the door. He turned back to where Perry should've been, only to see he wasn't there.
"Wait, where'd you go?" Doof asked.
He realized too late that Perry plugged the inator with a snow globe.
"No!" Doof shouted.
But by then, the timer had already gone down to zero.
The beam fired and reflected off the snow globe. Multiple beams fired in all directions.
The maze tipped over and rolled out of the backyard.
Perry got back in the tiny rocket.
"Perry the Platypus, wait for me!" Doof begged, even though he wouldn't have fit in the ship.
Perry activated the ship and flew back to Earth.
Agent P
The boys ran down the rolling maze.
"Wow, you really thought of everything," Baljeet remarked.
"We didn't think of this one," said Phineas. "Hey, I see the exit."
There was an exit right on the floor in front of them. When the time was right, the boys stopped.
The maze rolled off a cliff, while the boys were completely fine.
Phineas noticed Candace and Isabella getting Melissa on a bus back home.
"It's a good thing the girls made it out before we did," he said. "Everything worked out just fine."
"Hey, I never got my metaphor cheese!" Buford yelled.
"Cheese! Cheese! Wombat! Cheese!" went his echo.
Buford was put off by that. "Huh, my echo must be broken."
A.N.
I know this is a season 2 episode, but I made it a season 3 episode. Why? Well, I made the season 1 episode "Hail Doofania" a season 2 episode in my rewrite, so it was only fair if I moved a season 2 episode to season 3, and a season 3 episode to season 4.
As for the episode itself, not much changes.
One thing that is worth note, though, is Isabella. This might just be her worst episode. I mean, all episode she acts all petulant and jealous towards Candace, yet for some reason, Candace is the bad guy here. It's just another example of Candace being nothing but a punching bag. Her talent is finally being recognized, but GOD FORBID SOMETHING WORK OUT FOR CANDACE FOR ONCE!
As a result, I changed things so that Isabella is called out, and she doesn't save the day on her own. That way, we not only get character development for Isabella, but we also get set up for a bond between her and Candace down the line.
Thanks for reading.