Phineas and Ferb/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** "[[Indiana Jones|Well, Ferb, you sure know how to show a girl a good time.]]" (That one [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|is kinda iffy as far as 'accidental' is concerned]].)

** "Oh ''yeah'', Jeremy, nobody makes a corndog like ''you''."

** In "Candace Gets Busted", [[Less Disturbing in Context|the entire neighborhood has an intimate get together in Doof's pants]].

** One fan decided to look a little too far into the scene in "De Plane! De Plane!" when Candace and Jeremy crash into each other in the dried up pool. The results were, reportedly, scarring, though the video has since been taken down.

** Perry trying to go through the rubber hose to get into his lair in "Thaddeus and Thor". His movement combined with that noise...Yeah...

** When Linda calls Candace near the end of "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror!", Candace's practically orgasmic voice really turns the conversation straight to this.

'''Candace''': [[Brother-Sister Incest|Oh, such]] ''[[Brother-Sister Incest|wonderful]]'' [[Brother-Sister Incest|things]]. }}

*** Linda's shocked reaction pretty much clinches it.

** Some think the O.W.C.A. are a [[Big Brother Is Watching|Big Brother]] analog. Doofenshmirtz can't even go to the ''park'' without the agency sending Perry after him! Not to mention they never give Perry any days off or vacations, not even on Christmas.

* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Meapless in Seattle. It began as a credits gag in the original chronicles of Meap, with a fake trailer that the writers never intended to make, but fans liked it so much they were eventually convinced to make it into a real episode. Then, nearly three years later, it finally premiered. And the fans loved it.

** The Flawless Girl plot from "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister".

** [[Green Aesop|"The Lake Nose Monster"]]. The fact that the beach-goers don't seem to care doesn't change how heavy-handed it is.

** The mandatory healthy eating episode was "Candace's Big Day". Interesting in how, if you look at the labels on the "Junkfoodinator", they read "Corn Syrup" (Which Dr. D refers to as "High Fructose Corn Syrup") and "Partially Hydrogenated Coconut Oil", as a bonus for health-nuts out there.

*** Also notable as a "Health Food Episode" that [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|actually makes sense]]: Doof picks the scheme because he expects everyone to become "overweight and lethargic" as a result of eating only junk food, making it trivial for him to take over. It can also be seen as ''exactly'' the kind of plan [[Harmless Villain|Doofenshmirtz]] would come up with.

** [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|Canderemy]].

* [[Ass Pull]]: Like you got no idea. However, it's due to being a mere parody of making machines that would take 100 expert people 1 year to construct, while two kids construct it in 5 minutes. See also [[Deus Ex Machina]].

* [[Base Breaker]]: Irving's either [[Ensemble Darkhorse|hilarious]] or just plain [[The Scrappy|annoying]], depending on who you ask. The fact that he only occasionally appears at all helps to keep the fandom from fighting, though.

** Candace. She has enough fans to be popular, but also many people who see her as [[The Scrappy]].

* [[Bellisario's Maxim]]: The writers have ''repeatedly'' been asked the "What happened to Phineas and Candace's biological father/Ferb's biological mother" question, and their response is ''always'' this. This doesn't stop the fans, though.

* [[Beta Couple]]: Ferb's crush on Vanessa is seen as this to Phineas and Isabella.

* [[Better Than It Sounds]]

** Of course, considering that ''every freaking song on this show'' is a nuclear-powered [[Ear Worm]], this is definitely an example of [[Tropes Are Not Bad]].

** The fact that it doesn't make sense for a song to be there makes it even funnier when there is, anyway. Mexican Jewish Cultural Festival, anyone?

** "Dance, Baby" appears at the end of a perfectly normal conversation between Perry and Doof, and it comes completely out of the blue.

** The Tokyo song in "Summer Belongs To You". It's even [[Lampshaded]].

** In-universe, Perry & Doof's interference with the main plot comes out of nowhere from the kids' point of view, but they rarely question it and almost never bring it up after the fact.

*** Speaking of which, "Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama" is littered with clips of events that never actually occur in the series, such as Perry entering his lair as a giant and getting trapped in a metal shell shaped exactly like himself, pose and all, Doofenshmirtz's Blow-Itself-Up-Inator and Inside-Out-Inator, Candace calling for Mom while she and everything around her looks like an abstract painting, a project of Phineas and Ferb's that involves a device apparently being powered by chickens, and, of course, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Evil Lawrence and Evil Linda]].

* [[Canon Fodder]]: Oh boy, "Who is Phineas and Candace's biological father, who is Ferb's biological mother, what happened to them and where are they now?" If there was an earthquake for every fic written related to this, the world would be over in minutes.

* [[Cargo Ship]]: Candace and her Ducky Momo doll.

* [[Crack Pairing]]: So many of them get thought up on the Phineas and Ferb Wiki. The constant preferences of nonsensical pairings like Baljeet/Linda and Katie/Doof drives people mad.

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Phineas and Ferb's schemes, Candace in full flight.

* [[Deconstruction]]: "The Curse of Candace" ''really'' messed with the idea that being a vampire is cool. Especially the song.

* [[Die for Our Ship]]: Candace/Jeremy shippers don't like Suzy because she doesn't want the two to be together.

* [[Fandom Nod]]: In "What a Croc" the fan ship of Ferb/Gretchen got a brief nod after three nearly three seasons of extremely minimal interaction between the two characters. Although the nod itself was very brief, featuring both sharing a jetski after showing Phineas and Isabella quite happily doing the same.

* [[Fan Dumb]]: "The Chronicles of Meap" ended with a joke teaser trailer for "Meapless in Seattle"; this was a part of the shtick that the episode was an episode of ''The Chronicles of Meap'' entitled "More Than Meaps the Eye", and satirized action/thriller trailers. Some fans saw this and thought it was a real trailer, and demanded it to be made, causing the once [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] to stop being a joke and start being more like [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] when the creators yielded and made it. Opinions vary, though, on how much some fans not getting that it was a joke ''really'' affected the episode actually being made.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Doofenshmirtz and Perry seems to be a parody of this, with their interactions being explicitly treated like a romantic relationship at least half of the time.

** "It's About Time!" was just ''full'' of Foe Yay, with Doofenshmirtz getting a new nemesis actually presented as an affair. Perry was heartbroken.

** You know they had the fans of that pairing just squealing over that moment, during "Swiss Family Phineas", where Perry and Doofenshmirtz get thrown in the 'BIG' laundry... cue costume change, with a wedding dress and tuxedo. Just ''guess'' who's in the dress.

** And in "Gaming the System", after Doofenshmirtz zaps Perry with the Ball-Gown-inator, he can't stop going on about how elegant Perry looks.

** In "Nerds of a Feather" after Doofenshmirtz fails to get his show "Doof and Puss" on the air because he wouldn't let the producer give the platypus a girlfriend, we instead get the show "The Platypus And His Girlfriend", with the girlfriend seeming to play the same role as Doof did in the original show.

** Baljeet and Buford also get their fair share of [[Foe Yay]] as well. "Bully Bromance Breakup" essentially throws all subtext out the window.

* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: In "Summer Belongs to You", Doofenshmirtz's evil plan is to drop a giant water balloon on Tokyo to flood out the Annual Good-Guy Convention. This was almost a year before the infamous quake in Japan that caused massive flooding.

* [[Genius Bonus]]: By the bucketful. In fact, the show's excessive use of "smart" humor was one of the reasons it [[It Will Never Catch On|took so long to get it on the air in the first place]].

* [[Growing the Beard]]: Somewhat expected, considering a lot of the show's humor and wit come from lampooning, subverting and [[Lampshading]] the conventions and practices that would take a few episodes to establish.

* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: Baljeet's "Fail Wail" in The Baljeatles. Seriously, the sound makes you think of some kind of animal, likely a cat, in very severe pain. Even ''Phineas'' couldn't stand it.

** ''Cheer Up Candace'' featured the "Mix 'n' Mingler", a machine used to introduce Candace to random new people every few seconds. Among these people included some...less than desirables such as a man who likes to take off his pants. The episode first aired in October 2009, about a month before the creation of Chatroulette.

** [[Les Yay]]: Candace and Stacy. Particular examples include "Canderemy" and "Put That Putter Away", where they [[Literal Metaphor|end up in bed together]].

*** There's a bit between Candace and Vanessa too.

*** [http://i40.tinypic.com/66f2hu.png Candace and Eliza]

* [[It's the Same, Now It Sucks]]: "It's too repetitive" is probably the most common complaint people who dislike the show give, though later seasons have been playing with the show's [[Strictly Formula|episode formula]] quite a bit, so this isn't holding up as well as it was before.

* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: [[Covert Pervert|Ferb]], [[Unwanted Harem|Baljeet]], and [[Informed Attractiveness|Doof]], in particular.

* [[Marty Stu]]: Phineas tends to be able to do anything without repercussions of any kind. One example of [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], though, as this does not seem to make him less likable as a result, and there have been instances where this trait of his has been averted. (The [[Dream Within a Dream]] sequence where he finally gets busted springs to mind).

** This has been played down in later episodes, with Phineas being better developed as a character, along with Ferb to a lesser extent.

* [[Memetic Badass]]: Perry's a ''semi-aquatic egg laying mammal of ''action''!''

* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Phineas and Ferb's signature outfits, as lampshaded in one episode when whey went back-to-school shopping.

* [[Memetic Sex God]]: Ferb. Yes, he's only ten-[[Vague Age|ish]], but that doesn't stop the fangirls from getting all over him.

** Perry while in pet mode can also count, ''especially'' when he's sleeping.

*** And when he's [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|a baby]].

** Parallel Doofenshmirtz from [[The Movie]] crosses this when he tries to kill Perry, Phineas, Ferb, Candace ''and'' normal Doofenshmirtz via a lava-filled death trap. Though he was kind of already halfway there since he {{spoiler|brainwashed the Perry of his dimension into being his cyborg slave and his dictatorship of the Tri-State area forced the Parallel Phineas and Ferb to live a sheltered, reclusive life without fun or summer and Parallel Candace to esentially lose her childhood.}}

* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: "Hey Ferb, I know what we're going to do today."

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* [[Never Live It Down]]: Fans seem pointedly fixated on the one time Phineas has ever yelled at anybody (Candace in "Summer Belongs to You"). Case in point, look how frequently it comes up on these pages.

** Based on this wiki, fans seem to have latched on to Charlene's one-time statement of "No one's evil," taking it absolutely literally as evidence that she's hopelessly naive, rather than accepting it as a simple sweeping generalization meant to dissuade that silly notion of Vanessa's that [[Cassandra Truth|her father's evil]].

** [[Mind Screw|"Monster from the Id"]]. [[Fridge Horror|If Baljeet didn't unplug the machine in time...]] And for more [[Fridge Horror]], by the end of the episode, {{spoiler|Buford is still stuck in Candace's subconscious, ''flirting'' with her id. Seems wacky enough, but the viewer realizes that Candace isn't hooked up to the machine anymore. He could be trapped in a [[Mind Screw]] world '''forever'''.}}

** '''Escape From Phineas Tower'''.

* [[No Yay]]: Suzy's relationship with Jeremy gives of ''serious'' [[Yandere]] vibes.

** Also, at the end of "Monster from the Id", we get Buford quite obviously flirting with Candace's Id. No, not Candace, ''her Id''. As in, ''[[Mind Screw|an anthropomorphic part of her psyche]]''.

* [[Periphery Demographic]]: It's a Disney Channel show with an 8-14 primary demographic. Don't be surprised at how many people fall out of that range... including [[Psych|Shawn Spencer]] and [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]].

** "Aren't you a little old to be watching ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]?''" [[Ironic Echo|Yes, yes I am.]]

** To put this in perspective: ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/091221 of all places] used an obscure [[Shout-Out]] to the show.

** The fact that it is a Disney channel show that has had 2AM reruns says something about how many adults watch it.

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: Phinbella and Canderemy.

** The latter which was the title of [[Ascended Meme|an episode.]]

** Phinerb for [[Not Blood Siblings|Phineas and Ferb]]

** [[Foe Yay|Perryshmirtz!]]

* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: This was how a lot of fans reacted to the news that the [[The Movie|2013 film]] was going to have [[Roger Rabbit Effect]] in it. And the film's ''plot'' hadn't even been released at that point.

* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: Smile Away Reformatory School from "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted"

** More accurately, the episodes from the middle of the third season just haven't been as good as episodes from the second season and the first half of the third. That said, the show is still quite good - as far as [[Seasonal Rot]] goes, P&F manages to get off pretty easy, what with the show still being of a pretty good quality, even if it'll never be as good as it was from ''Dude We're Getting the Band Back Together'' up until the [[Big Damn Movie]]. (Which it might)

* [[Ship Mates]]: A good portion of [[Toy Ship|Phineas/Isabella]] shippers will just pair off the rest of the boys/girls in the group. The most common ones are [[The Lancer|Ferb/Gretchen]], Baljeet/Ginger, Buford/Adyson, Django/Milly, and Irving/Katie. Notice how they don't take Ferb's [[Precocious Crush]] on Vanessa into account.

* [[Special Effects Failure]]: Usually when a Photoshopped object or background appears. Sometimes played as [[Stylistic Suck]], other times not.

* [[Squick]]: Baljeet hiding inside the corpse of a fly in "Hide and Seek".

** Probably played for laughs, but the skin on Ferb's face slipping off like a hood as he rides a spaceship (followed by him pulling it back onto his skull without any ill effects).

** Isabella may be cute, but some people find her obsessive stalking crush on Phineas very creepy.

* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: The "Give Up"-song: Candace gives up trying to bust her brothers (though [[Comically Missing the Point]] her aunt was making), only for her aunt to convince her to never give up. While "never give up" is usually a good [[Aesop]], when Candace gave up she stopped stressing out and relaxed.

* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: Bango-Ru, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iXPwdbJrbQ especially its convention].

** Jeremy and the Incidental's song from "The Best Lazy Day Ever".

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8ZpD_kOg8 Isabella's pony] from "The Magnificent Few" (start at 5:12).

** '''Meap's Planet'''. According to him, cuteness is valued above all other things on that place.

** It doesn't help that was kinda bland. Or at least, he didn't have a single defining trait like most of the main cast do.

*** Well, he was good at art.

** [[Ho Yay|Baljeet and Buford]] deserve a mention.

** It should be noted, though, that P&F is only a partial example, as all the characters are canonically "Under 15".

** Also, Doof's giant pet cockroach from Canderemy. ''Awwwwww.....''

** Even Buford could count as well.

** ''[http://images.wikia.com/phineasandferb/images/4/4b/Ferb_Live_Cast.jpg The Best Live Tour Ever!]''.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Suzy's [[Precocious Crush|feelings]] [[Yandere|for]] Jeremy, while [[Played for Laughs]], would be indicative of [[Brother-Sister Incest|something very serious]] in real life.

*** Of course, in this case the boys's group contained Phineas, Ferb, and Baljeet. Not so much a case of boys being smarter than girls as ''these'' particular boys being smarter than pretty much ''everyone''.

** "Summer Belongs to You" sends the message that it's a good idea to jump a bike over a construction site (if it's to win a bet). The show is full of far-fetched dangerous hijinks, but this is one that impressionable young viewers would be able to imitate.

** Phineas's [[Oblivious to Love]] has always been a bit face-palm inducing, but it officially drops to idiot levels in "Summer Belongs to You".

** Doofenshmirtz...[[Ditzy Genius|ugh, where do we even begin]]...

** An odd one, but Buford in "Voyage To The Bottom Of Buford". In his song, he was shown to be so lonely he was playing ping-pong with his goldfish!

** Phineas' [[Oblivious to Love|obliviousness to love]] can put Isabella into this territory, especially during her song "City Of Love" in "Summer Belongs To You." {{spoiler|She gets over it, and also gets back at him by kissing him right before he was about to voluntarily get all of his memories of the previous day wiped out.}}

** Norm becomes one officially in ''A Real Boy''.

** Phineas, who is normally unbelieveably cheery and innocent, completely breaks down when things start going wrong. (See Summer Belongs to You, Christmas Vacation, and [[The Movie]].)

 

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