Phineas and Ferb/Tropes Q To Z: Difference between revisions

* [[Raised by Wolves]]: Dr. Doofenshmirtz claims he was raised by a family of ocelots after his birth family disowned him.

* [[A Rare Sentence]]: From "The Temple of Juatchadoon":

'''Rhode Island Fletcher:''' *Does so* }}

* [[Reactive Continuous Scream]]: In "Comet Kermillian", between Candace and a [[Everythings Nuttier With Squirrels|squirrel]]. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: The [[Spin-Off]] ''Take Two With Phineas and Ferb''. See [[Spin-Off]] below.

* [[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]: The episode "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" chronicles the lengths that the titular character and her Fireside Girls troop are prepared to go through to get an [[MacGuffin|object]] used by the boys in the previous episode.

** Phineas gets one in "Meatloaf Surprise" as well.

* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: [[The Big Bad]] is not evil.

** Judging from this bit, Phineas seems to be a Ferb/Vanessa shipper.

{{quote|'''Phineas:''' Hey, where's Vanessa?

'''Phineas:''' That's too bad. [[Hypocritical Humor|I thought the two of you, you know, a boy, a girl, alone, in the City of Love -- I thought romance was a forgone conclusion!]] }}

** Doofenshmirtz seems to be a Johnny/Vanessa shipper, despite what one would expect. In an in-character [[DVD Commentary]] for "The Chronicles of Meap", however, he objects to Ferb hitting on Vanessa.

** The creators seem to like teasing ''lots'' of different pairings, actually—aside from the [[Official Couple]]s they've also dropped hints that Baljeet may have a crush on Isabella, Vanessa flirts with Jeremy at one point before quickly losing interest, and Albert's interaction with Candace...

*** And for some reason, [[Foe Yay|Perry and Doofenshmirtz]] despite the [[Interspecies Romance|species difference]].

* [[Show, Don't Tell]]: Defied in one episode to parody the [[Silent Bob]] trope.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Though they do sometimes [[Did Not Do the Research|forget to do this]], there are plenty of examples. Take, for example, the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation gag from "Out to Launch". With the obvious exception of the bomb/smiley face punchline, that ''is'' what the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation looks like.

''But they're particles when you reflect 'em.'' }}

** The Lion-Tiger-Bear Guy from "The Wizard of Odd". No, it's not just a pun on the famous quote, there ''is'' an animal in the original Wizard of Oz book that is a hybrid of all those animals.

* [[Shrug of God]]: The creators, when asked Phineas and Ferb's age; though the original pitch called them nine, this was retracted so that now they're merely "[[Vague Age|less than fifteen]]".

** In "Quantum Boogaloo", however, they had to pick an age, so ten was given, as twenty years in the future Future Linda says that the boys are thirty years old. However, she may have been rounding; [[Word of God]] was that fans shouldn't necessarily take her literally.

{{quote|'''Phineas:''' Can I have everyone's attention? Please don't panic. We're experiencing technical difficulties. Calmly head towards the exit in a calm, orderly--

''A large chunk of structure falls right behind him.''

'''Phineas:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Okay, now you can panic]]. }}

* [[This Is Wrong on So Many Levels]]: From "Journey to the Center of Candace", when the boys find out they're inside Candace's body:

** Within driving distance of Mount Rushmore, referenced on maps to be simultaneously near San Franscisco and somewhere on the east coast, and a supersonic paper airplane's flight away from New York. Yes, [[Sarcasm Mode|that totally narrows it down]].

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: "[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Odd]]" has Candace taking on the Dorothy role.

* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]: "Phineas And Ferb's Cliptastic Countdown": Major Monogram asks who is writing their lines. Carl responds "Agent M, sir". Cue a monkey with a fedora on a typerwriter. Dr. Doofenshmirtz then rants about how none of the kids watching the show are going to know what a typewriter is.

* [[Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises]]: Grandpa Fletcher demonstrates his 'trick knee' with painful consequences.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: The DVD character commentary for "The Chronicles of Meap" shows that Doof is [[Genre Savvy]] and Monogram is [[Genre Blind]] when it comes to their "cartoon universe". (Doof thinks it's ridiculous that Monogram doesn't know what a thought balloon is, for example.) However, Monogram is a little more savvy when it comes to tropes in general, as he ends up predicting the outcome of an obvious case of [[This Is No Time for Knitting]], when Doof thinks Candace has picked a really bad time to be playing baseball.

* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The guys who sing the "[[Squirrels in My Pants]]" song are named 2 GuyZ N the Parque on the soundtrack album (yes, they were in the park and there's two of them).

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: In "Chez Platypus", {{spoiler|Doofenshmirtz's girlfriend ultimately gets zapped by the anti-love laser}}. Especially cruel in that this happens at the very end of the episode, right after the Crowning Love Song Of Awesome.

** Irving gets one in "Not Phineas and Ferb". He manages to trick his haughty older brother into believing Baljeet and Buford are Phineas and Ferb despite [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Paper Thin Disguises]]. When he tries to prove it, though, he's foiled by the fact that the holographic Eiffel Tower they had been using as a fake project has since been replaced by the ''real'' Eiffel Tower, making Irving look like the stupid one. Then his brother gives him a wedgie and drags him home.

*** Worst one for Candace yet: in "A Real Boy", Candace SUCCEEDS... then Linda gets zapped by Doof's "Forget-inator" while the boys' device is in the air, then when the boys land, Linda sees again, then is zapped while they're out of sight ''again'' ...this repeats a few more times until Candace's post-hypnotic suggestion to forget about busting her brothers kicks in again leaving Linda to wander off right after a final zapping.

** It even happened to a one-shot character: Professor Ross Efrop in "My Fair Goalie". He came up with the idea of Football X-7, but he was forced into hiding because Britain's anti-palindrome atmosphere at the time, with his name being discovered to be a palindrome. He nearly comes out of hiding when his creation was realized, but was forced back when he found out people ''still'' rallied against palindromes.

{{quote|'''Lawrence:''' Let's Check-eth it out!

'''Linda:''' Check-eth it out? Really?