Last Day of Summer

A grand finale is in order!

On the inevitable 104th day of vacation, the season is coming to a close and it’s Candace’s last chance to bust her brothers; who build huge playground equipment for the finale of summer. She is quickly foiled, but when she goes to return a DVD to Vanessa and finds Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s Do-Over-Inator, she finds an opportunity to redo the day, which results in other consequences like rips in the space-time continuum, the shortening of days and the disappearance of her brothers.

Act I
On the morning of the 104th day of summer vacation, Phineas and Ferb invite the rest of the gang on a hoverboard ride across Danville.

Candace wakes up just in time to hear her brother say his catch phrase and shouts to the gang that she intends to bust them once and for all. Candace is especially determined to bust them since this is the final day of summer vacation, but she trips on a roller skate, and a skateboard, and rolls down the stairs and lands into a wagon. Linda and Lawrence read the newspaper about a new tiger habitat at the Danville Zoo. Candace wheels into the dining room to hear that Linda has to do some errands to get ready for school resuming the following day.

In the backyard, Phineas and the gang determine to do something big since they have one more chance to find a good way to spend summer vacation. Phineas shows the gang a massive blueprint. Buford then wonders where Perry is.

Agent P enters his lair the very same way he entered it on the first day of summer. He enters his lair to discover that Carl already left for college, so Major Monogram has to do his own inserts manually. Monogram tells Agent P that he suspects Doofenshmirtz will do once last big evil scheme to take over the Tri-State Area. The manual inserts come apart and Monogram already misses Carl. Agent P goes straight to his mission.

Act II
At Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, Doof wakes up in his bed but hits his head on the lamp. He disintegrates it. Norm comes in to give him some chocolate cake for breakfast. He gets out of bed to see Vanessa coming to talk to him, but Doof does not have the time since he has a big to-do list, so Vanessa leaves him alone.

Back in the backyard, Phineas reveals the big idea, a giant, enormous tribute to every single thing they did over the summer. Buford wonders if it really is worthy of a grand finale. Phineas suggests they make sure that they hit the mark. Buford at first suggests they focus test it, but Phineas suggests they ride it. The gang rides on the contraption, which encompasses various fun and surreal things. Candace walks out and calls her mom. Baljeet reveals the reaction to the ride is almost unanimous, but Buford suggests some improvements. Phineas decides to go back to the drawing board, so Ferb transforms the ride into a drawing board. Candace and Linda come into the yard just in time to see nothing there and for Candace to once again "but but but". Candace decides to return some DVDs she borrowed from Vanessa.

Agent P arrives at DEI and immediately gets trapped in the bass drum of Norm's drumset. Doofenshmirtz explains to his nemesis that he realized that his goal of ruling the Tri-State Area was all for naught since it turned out there was no such position. So he unveils his newest inator, the Tri-Governor-inator, which will make him "Tri-Governor", a term he made up to mean the Ruler of the Tri-State Area. Perry escapes from his trap and fights Doofenshmirtz, but then the doorbell rings. Vanessa answers it to see Candace at the door. Perry runs and hides so as not to be caught. Candace returns the DVDs and vents to her about her failed busting attempt. Candace walks into the lair while Vanessa gets some tea. Candace then talks to Doof about her failure to bust her brothers, but Doof does not listen since he is looking for his nemesis. Candace then sits on one of Doof's inators, which he gets her off of. Doof explains that it is the Do-Over-inator, which is able to do the day over again. Candace is intrigued by this and activates it. A bubble appears surrounding herself and Doofenshmirtz.

Suddenly, Candace finds herself back in her bed waking up to her alarm clock. When Phineas tells her that it is the last day of summer, Candace is elated to have one more chance to bust her brothers, but, once again, she slips and falls down the stairs. She finds herself reciting along with her parents, but they laugh it off as a philosophical thing.

Meanwhile, Doof also finds himself back in his own bed, confused why the lamp is back and Norm is once again offering him chocolate cake for breakfast. When he gets out of bed and sees Vanessa in the hallway again, he realizes the Do-Over-inator worked and he has a chance to improve his traps. But Vanessa is aggravated that her father is not listening and tells him she is permanently moving in with his ex-wife.

Act III
Doofenshmirtz jumps to the conclusion that Vanessa is moving out simply because she thinks he is a loser. He figures that if he finally becomes the Tri-Governor, he can get Vanessa to move in with him. Both Candace and Doof celebrate the awesome power of the Do-Over-inator.

Candace walks into the backyard when they gang reveal the blueprints and tells them this time that she will get her mom instead of calling her. After hearing Candace refer to the invention as "sky-high", Phineas gets an idea on how to improve it.

Perry gets trapped in the bass drum again, only this time, he rolls past Norm's drum set, escapes, and gets trapped in a giant skull. Perry escapes that trap as well and immediately hits the self-destruct button on the Tri-Governor-inator.

Candace once again brings her mom to the backyard, only to discover once again there is truly nothing there. Once she leaves, it is revealed that Phineas and the gang decided to levitate the invention.

Candace wakes up from her bed a third time and realizes the day is once again repeating itself. This time, she attempts to avoid the roller skate, but still manages to slip onto a third roller skate and once again fall down the stairs. This time, Candace practically pushes her mom out the door.

Doofenshmirtz once again wakes up, but this time, he avoids the lamp. He tells Norm to "stuff it", so Norm eats the cake himself. Vanessa once again tries to talk to her father, but he too busy once again making improvements to his traps.

After Perry gets trapped in an escapes the skull, he gets trapped in a metal box, and Doofenshmirtz encases himself in a giant hamster ball. Perry escapes the trap and rolls Doofenshmirtz around the room. Norm offers some muffins, but they suddenly disappear into thin air.

Candace once again wakes up, and this time avoids all the things with wheels and once again pushes her mom out the door. As soon as she leaves, the spoon that Lawrence was eating cereal with disappears just like the muffins. Lawrence shrugs it off and laps at his cereal like a dog.

When Candace enters the backyard, she tells the gang she is going to bust them "out of this world", which brings further inspiration. During a montage, we see the various other ways both Candace fails to bust her brothers and Doof fails to trap Perry, each one weirder than the last.

After 23 loops, Doofenshmirtz ensures that he finally perfected his trap. He asks Norm for some muffins, but Norm is confused because he does not know what a muffin is. While Perry is still being trapped, he finally fires his inator at City Hall, which replaces the dome with a Tri-Governor's Mansion. He then gets the citizens to vote for him as Tri-Governor.

Candace once again walks into the kitchen but then notices her parents both lapping at their cereals. She discovers that they do not know what a spoon is nor what tigers are. Things get even stranger when she notices her mother wearing green cargo shorts in place of her normal Capri pants.

Doofenshmirtz then shows his daughter his brother, Roger, the mayor, declaring him the winner of the Tri-Governor election. He assumes that his daughter will want to live with him now that he is a winner and decides to turn off the Do-Over-inator, but the Do-Over-inator also disappears. He assumes that since there is no more inator, there will be no more loops.

Candace runs to the backyard and asks her brothers to help her. She explains that she activated the inator and days are repeating and things are disappearing. However, soon her brothers also vanish. She goes to her mom to tell her, but Linda is confused because she has not heard of anyone named "Phineas" or "Ferb".

Songs

 * "One Last Day of Summer"
 * "No One I'd Rather Go Nowhere With"
 * "Tomorrow is this Morning Again"
 * "Quirky Worky Song"
 * "The Muffin Man"
 * "Platypus Walk"
 * "Gotta Get Back in Time"
 * "Curtain Call/Time Spent Together"
 * "Thank You For Comin' Along"

End Credits
After "Thank You For Comin' Along" ends, Linda calls everyone into the house for pie, and they enter in order: Baljeet, Buford, Isabella, Candace, Perry, Ferb and Phineas. Candace does the "I'm watching you" sign to her brothers, but then smiles as Phineas and Ferb wink at her. Before entering, however, Phineas stares at the audience and waves goodbye for the final time.

The "Too Young" Line
(last line of the series)

Ferb's Line
He is seen saying something during "Curtain Call/Time Spent Together", but what he says is obscured by the song. He also sings in "Thank You For Comin' Along"

Perry's entrance to his lair
Same as "Rollercoaster".

Evil Jingle
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated! and Doofenshmirtz Tri-Governor's Mansion!

Background Information

 * This episode references "Rollercoaster", "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror", "Flop Starz", "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together", "Father's Day", "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted", "Wizard of Odd", "Blackout!", "Gaming the System", "Happy New Year!" and more episodes.
 * Some animation of the gang playing "Summer All Over the World" from "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer" is reused.
 * The opening credits are shown at the end instead of near the beginning, as also happened in "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars".
 * First time Candace and Doofenshmirtz do a duet.
 * At one point of the song "No One I'd Rather Go Nowhere With", the character's faces turn into the ones of their voice actors.
 * With the exception of Buford who turned into an octopus.
 * The statue from "Bubble Boys" can be seen again in the weird dimension.
 * The song "Thank You For Comin' Along" breaks the fourth wall in various ways. The characters acknowledge events that occurred in the series that they normally would not know about, such as the events of Across the Second Dimension, and events that chronologically take place after this episode, such as Happy New Year! and Act Your Age. The song also has the characters singing to the audience, thanking them for watching. At the end of the song, Phineas waves goodbye to the audience before closing the door. During the song, Phineas also mentions that "Unfair Science Fair" has "two parts".
 * Doof is Public Enemy #3.
 * Heinz' change to good and Vanessa's internship will probably be further expanded on in "The O.W.C.A. Files"
 * The cosine of 81.7 is 0.144356201000973, not 17. But then again, it was revealed in "Bee Day" that Candace can't do math.
 * Surprisingly, Stacy, Jeremy, and the Fireside Girls did not have major roles. This was because the creators wanted this episode to focus more on the main characters and not the supporting characters.
 * Candace asks Vanessa why the mime kept letting go of a balloon in the films she watched. This is most likely a nod to the same thing happening in "Summer Belongs to You".

Production Information

 * From press release on May 7, 2015:
 * The team wrapped production on the Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated "Phineas and Ferb" after 126 episodes, five one-hour specials and a record-breaking Disney Channel Original Movie. The series will continue to be presented daily on Disney XD and Disney Channels around the world. In the U.S., it was TV's #1 animated series among Tweens 9-14 and the #1 animated TV series in Primetime among Kids 6-11 from 2008-2013. The movie, "Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension" (August 2011), remains the #1 animated telecast in cable TV history in Kids 2-11 and ranks among the Top 5 cable TV movies of all time in Total Viewers.


 * Celebrating its appeal, every "Phineas and Ferb" story ever told will be presented in a 73-hour marathon beginning TUESDAY, JUNE 9 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) leading to the ultimate story capper, "Last Day of Summer," premiering FRIDAY, JUNE 12 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD and simulcast on Disney Channel. The series will continue to air daily on Disney XD. A standalone hour-long special "The O.W.C.A. Files," which focuses on the organization's best secret agent, Agent P (also known as Perry the Platypus), and his fellow animal agents, will premiere this fall on Disney XD.


 * Marked by clever multi-level humor, strong male and female role models, strong family ties, the depiction of a step-family and a relatable story of kids growing up and using their imaginations, the music-filled, 2D-animated comedy followed ingenious Phineas Flynn and his resourceful step-brother, Ferb Fletcher, as they happily set out to conquer boredom and make every day of summer vacation count for something.


 * In the one-hour "Phineas and Ferb" episode titled "Last Day of Summer," the summer season is coming to a close and it's Candace's last chance to bust her brothers. She is quickly foiled, but is presented with an opportunity to redo the day when she sets off Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Do-Over-Inator, which results in other consequences like rips in the space-time continuum, the shortening of days and the disappearance of her brothers.


 * "Phineas and Ferb" won three Emmy Awards – one for Outstanding Writing in Animation (2010) and two for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (both in 2011) – and nine Emmy nominations. Additionally, the series received multiple nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA) and Annie Awards.


 * This episode is the series finale.
 * This marks the first and only time an episode of Phineas and Ferb premiered simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
 * This is also the second episode to premiere on both channels on the same day after "Perry The Actorpus".
 * Second episode to have the writers, storyboard artists, and directors credited at the end of the episode instead of the beginning. ("Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars")
 * This is the first episode to use the updated Disney Television Animation logo with the Paul Rudish-designed Mickey Mouse.
 * Unlike most other series finales, this episode was not promoted as one.
 * Second special to not premiere on Watch Disney XD before television after "Night of the Living Pharmacists".
 * The opening number utilizes a 3D model of Danville originally created for "Night of the Living Pharmacists".
 * When this aired on Disney Channel, there was no ad break between acts 4 and 5. When it aired on Disney XD, there was no ad break between acts 1 and 2.

International Premieres

 * March 2, 2015 (TV5 Philippines)
 * May 10, 2015 (Canal 13 Chile)
 * May 23, 2015 (Disney XD France)
 * May 27, 2015 (Disney Channel France)
 * June 13, 2015 (Disney Channel Japan, Disney XD EMEA and Poland)
 * June 14, 2015 (Disney XD Canada)
 * June 21, 2015 (Disney Channel Latin America and Brazil)
 * June 28, 2015 (Disney Channel Asia)

Errors

 * During one of the songs, a flashback scene from "Happy New Year!" is shown, but this episode is supposed to be set before that.
 * Granted, a "flashback" scene from "Act Your Age" is also shown, even though it is supposed to take place 10 years after this episode. This may not be considered an error, as Phineas knowingly breaks the fourth wall by mentioning it.
 * Also, flashbacks to "Across the 2nd Dimension" are shown, even though only Perry and Monogram should know about the events since the rest had their minds erased.
 * Maybe the creators made it as a reference to the show's continuity and as a fourth-wall breaking moment, not as a canon-story.
 * When Candace brings Linda home during the first do-over, the Big Idea was floating over them, but somehow they both did not see it.
 * They also should've seen the shadow of the playground.
 * Doofenshmirtz turns good in this episode, but he does "evil plots" in episodes that, technically, happen after this one such as "Happy New Year!", "For Your Ice Only", "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!", "That's the Spirit" etc.
 * Somehow, despite the days resetting, whatever was sucked into the city out of the universe didn't seem to return as well whenever the resets started.
 * When Candace and the rest of the gang try to get Phineas and Ferb out of the city, it takes them a while to get sucked inside the portal, even though everything else was sucked immediately earlier in the episode.
 * Since the portals that send whatever they suck into the city open at a pretty high altitude, the Do-Over Inator should have been destroyed when it arrived at the city and hit the ground.
 * The Fireside Girls were seen during the final musical number but were not seen helping Phineas and Ferb, so they shouldn't be there.
 * After Phineas and Ferb disappeared from existence, Candace's alarm should not have had Phineas' voice saying, "I know what we're gonna do today."
 * During "One Last Day Of Summer", when Phineas is singing "One last day in the sun" to Baljeet, his hair disappears briefly.

Continuity

 * Practically the entire run of this series is mentioned.
 * Candace's interest in French cinema. ("Night of the Living Pharmacists")
 * A wave of memories causes Isabella to regain her memory, like what happened to Lawrence in "Bullseye!".
 * Baljeet explains his excitement of school again, much to the disdain of the others. ("Minor Monogram").

Allusions

 * Groundhog Day - Candace waking up to her alarm and realizing that she's reliving the same day is very similar to Phil Conners (Bill Murray) waking up to "I Got You Babe" and realizing he's living the same day in this film. Also, the groundhogs getting sucked into the anomaly is a wink to the movie.
 * A Christmas Carol - Candace says to Phineas, "You there, boy, what day is this?" in reference to what Ebenezer Scrooge asks in the ending of this Dickens novella.
 * The Muffin Man - Doof sings this traditional nursery rhyme.
 * The Langoliers - In an interview with GeekMom.com, Dan and Swampy say this episode was inspired by this Stephen King novel. However, contrary to Dan's statement, the novel was not written by King as Richard Bachman.
 * Doctor Who (series 5) - Holes in space-time eat people and things, causing everybody else to forget about them. And only the tall red-head remembers.

Trivia

 * This will premiere at the end of the Phineas and Ferb Last Days of Summer Marathon.
 * Sixth and penultimate hour-long episode. ("Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You!", "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel", "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer", "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars", "Night of the Living Pharmacists") Surprisingly, the latter four all premiered throughout the fourth season.
 * Second time Perry plays a guitar (Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension)
 * Third time Doofenshmirtz sings with Phineas and Ferb's friends. ("Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", "A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas")
 * Fourth episode involving time travel. ("It's About Time!", "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo", "She's the Mayor")
 * Candace and Vanessa interact again ("S'Winter", "Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You!", "The Doonkelberry Imperative", "It's No Picnic", "Night of the Living Pharmacists")
 * Fourth time Candace and Doof interact. ("Fireside Girl Jamboree", Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, "Night of the Living Pharmacists") First time they sing together. Their song has some similar movements to "Busted", except Doofenshmirtz takes place of Vanessa.
 * The episode starts in a similar way to "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel".
 * Someone gives the "I'm watching you" gesture again. ("One Good Turn")
 * This is the second time Doofenshmirtz had succeeded in taking over the Tri-State Area, since he managed to move the Tri-State Governor's Mansion to Danville and had himself elected as the new governor. The first time was in "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer", when he moved the Earth away to an early autumn, which allowed him and his fellow members of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. to take over City Hall after it caused civil unrest.
 * The second hourlong episode where Stacy doesn't appear ("Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars").
 * Fourth time who Doofenshmirtz mentions been raised by ocelots. ("The Chronicles of Meap", "Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension", "This Is Your Backstory")
 * Second episode with "Last" in the title ("Last Train to Bustville").
 * Third time Candace uses the phrase "once and for all" ("Picture This", "Wizard of Odd").
 * When Isabella is regaining her memory upon seeing Phineas, the music played is the same as when they kissed each other in "Act Your Age".
 * Second time Norm says, "It's muffin time, sir." (AT2D)
 * First time the "Platypus Walk" lyrics are heard on the series.
 * During the ending song, Candace did the imitation of Klimpaloon which was seen in "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum".

Cast

 * Vincent Martella as Phineas
 * Ashley Tisdale as Candace
 * Thomas Sangster as Ferb
 * Caroline Rhea as Mom
 * Richard O'Brien as Dad, Additional Voices
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram, Additional Voices
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Perry, Additional Voices
 * Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
 * Bobby Gaylor as Buford
 * Alyson Stoner as Isabella
 * Olivia Olson as Vanessa
 * John Viener as Norm
 * John O'Hurley as Roger
 * Pamela Adlon as Melanie