Cheer Up Candace

Sounds like Candace is in a serious funk.

Candace feels depressed when Jeremy cancels their date, and Phineas and Ferb try to cheer her up. Meanwhile Perry is accused of committing bad deeds; as it turns out they were Perry Clones created by Doofenshmirtz in order to frame Perry.

Episode Summary
The boys are building The Temple of Angkor Wat out of playing cards while Isabella tries to take a photo. Candace is in her room reading from her Quazmo magazine when Jeremy calls her. He says he has to cancel their date and hangs up after she froze like a statue and does not talk. Candace screams so loudly that scares some animals away and the tower Phineas and Ferb were building collapses. They then go and see what's wrong with Candace, she says she's going through a teenage dilemma. Phineas asks Isabella how to cheer Candace up and she takes out her teen magazine. It states there are three stages to cheer up a friend: the first one is give her a makeover. Phineas and Ferb find someone who good with make up that stays behind to mentioned her expert makeover patch and wonders where Perry is.

Meanwhile, Perry enters the HQ, sits down and suddenly two agent were with him. As Monogram is upset and cries with Perry because he is apparently stealing money, running from police officers, and littering. Monogram then tells Perry he is discharged and Carl saying why did he do it, but then Perry escapes and Monogram contacted the other agent to be captured.

In Candace's room, Candace calls Stacy that Jeremy has broken up with her and says she'll be right over. A clown knocks on the door and enters, giving Candace a makeover. Unfortunately, her makeover turns her into a clown. Stacy arrives saying they should go out somewhere to make her feel better, but sees Candace as a clown that she screams loudly again.

Phineas say goodbye to Schlocko and comment a clown shouldn't done a make that Isabella agrees and tells them that in her teen magazine: the second one is to make her laugh. Phineas and Ferb arrange a comedy show for Candace and Stacy, they arrive and watch the show from Baljeet has a puppet, Buford rummages through his box of things and tries to make a joke about some of the items. Lastly, Ferb gives it a try by saying 'How about that airline food?' and everyone burst out laughing but Candace says that this doesn't make her feel better. Phineas ask what the 3 thing to cheer up a friend: the third one is to introduce her to someone new.

Perry arrives near Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated and sees a doppelganger of himself entering the building with a sack. Perry enters and finds a whole army of platypus like Perry, only with different names. Dr. Doofenshmirtz claims that to defeat someone you need to fight fire with fire, in this case, Perry with Perry that gave him the idea when he was on fire. So he created some doppelganger to discredit and destroy his reputation, and orders all of the lookalikes attack Perry except but he fends them off.

Stacy tells Candace that they should had some ice-cream to make her feel better, then Baljeet gives them an invitation to the 'Mix 'n' Mingle' machine and Stacy tells her to tries it and Candace meets lots of new people from around Danville. Meanwhile, Perry fights off his doppelgangers and then presses a button from the machine that created his doppelganger to suck all of them including Doofenshmirtz that starting overloading the machine and explodes sending Perry flying and well some of the debris. Some of the debris hits the 'Mix 'n' Mingle' machine that causes to spin very fast that is starting to fly off. Phineas activates an emergency ejection to everyone in the 'Mix 'n' Mingle' that releases them with their seats with parachutes before it fly away. Perry uses his parachute and sees Monogram crying happily phones him saying that is proud of him, since he knew it wasn't really him causing all the trouble, and that he's reinstated back in the Agency.

In the park, Stacy suggests they go and get an ice-cream. Candace is surprised to see Jeremy is at the stall giving out ice-cream, and Jeremy tell hers that he wanted to earn some extra money for their date. Candace and Jeremy then get into a horse and cart and ride around the park whilst Jeremy explains he wanted money for his date. He hoped Candace wasn't one of those girls who take it very seriously about someone canceling a date, that she throws her Quazmo magazine out of the cart and laughs nervously.

Songs

 * Mix and Mingle Machine

The "Too Young" Line
None.

Whatcha doin'?
None.

Perry's entrance to his lair.
While a dog is sleeping in a dog house, Perry opens the dog house's front, showing the audience that the "dog" doesn't have a bottom. He goes through the doghouse, while the door closes by itself. The dog wakes up and realizes what happened.

Background Information

 * This episode reveals that Stacy does not know what airline food is.
 * Though Candace agrees with Stacy to order ice cream, other episodes reveal she is allergic to dairy. ("Oh, There You Are, Perry", "Let's Take a Quiz")
 * So far, three of the secret agents are dogs: Pinky ("Day of the Living Gelatin", "Isabella and the Temple of Sap"), Agent D ("It's About Time!", "Traffic Cam Caper"),and the Bulldog Agent that appears in this episode.
 * It is shown in this episode that Perry is a very important and reliable agent in the agency and is loved by Major Monogram and Carl.
 * Isabella pulls out Tween Bleep magazine, and in the United States an average age of a tween is 10-12, leading that Phineas and Ferb and their friends are between 10-12 years of age.

Production Information

 * The standard TV broadcast (4:3 ratio) episode shows a grid of 12 people during the Mix and Mingle Machine choruses (4 across, 3 down); the HD broadcast (16:9 ratio - wide-screen) shows a grid of 18 (6 across, 3 down).

Errors

 * When Agent P grabs the ledge from Doofenshmirtz's building, he does so with both hands, even though climbed a rope up.
 * Agent P has Agent E and the Unnamed bulldog behind him when he enters his lair, but when he ejects from his seat and the Agents chase him, the Unnamed bulldog is seen again when he should be remaining at Agent P's lair.

Continuity

 * During the song Mix and Mingle Machine, Danny from Love Händel is seen during the square roulette scene, but must be seen very closely. More obvious is a Trojan soldier from I Scream, You Scream. There's also a Ba-dink-a-dink from Toy to the World, the guard of the museum from "It's About Time!", the mime in the park and a street rapper from Comet Kermillian, and the lady who has teeth not to brush from "The Flying Fishmonger".
 * Isabella pulls out a Tween Bleep magazine, which is like the Teen Preen Magazine Stacy and Candace have read in past episodes.
 * Agent E, who helped carry Perry to the top of the tree to receive his mission in "The Ballad of Badbeard", returns to arrest Agent P.
 * The first time the Mix and Mingle Machine song shows Phineas and Ferb together, they are seen doing the same step as they were doing in the song Technology vs. Nature.
 * This is at least the second time Candace is dressed as a clown, the first being in "Flop Starz" when she was trying out different outfits.
 * This is the second time Phineas mentions ice cream for someone, first being Isabella in "I Scream, You Scream".
 * As Perry is being chased by the other agents, the duck has a chair. He also used this chair to defeat one of the evil scientists in "It's About Time!"

Allusions

 * Quazmo magazine is a parody of Cosmopolitan magazine, often shortened to Cosmo.
 * Broccoli Top is a parody of Carrot Top, a comedian with red hair who specializes in prop comedy.
 * The HaHaHut is similar to other well-known comedy clubs with alliterative names, like the Comedy Club.
 * The man with the monkeys is similar to Tarzan.
 * Shlocko pointing to the pie and looking at the audience before hitting Candace in the face is a common setup of old slapstick comedy.
 * When Ferb steps up to the mic, the music is reminiscent of Seinfeld, as is the joke he says.
 * The name "Mix 'n Mingle" is a reference to Wii's "Meet 'n Mingle" option (or just Mingle on the Wii).
 * The opening scene has them constructing Angkor Wat, found in Cambodia.
 * The song "Mix 'n Mingle" has the same tune as The Simpsons's song "Monorail".
 * The fight scene between Perry and his look-a-likes is reminiscent of the fight scene between Neo and the Agent Smiths in the movie "The Matrix: Reloaded".
 * The episode's title is an allusion to a song sung in the 1971 film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as the musical based off of the film.
 * Broccoli Top wears a t-shirt with a picture of a screw and a ball. In "Duck Amuck" Daffy's strange creature had a flag on it's tail with the same picture.
 * Doofenshmirtz saying "Use your words Jerry" is a reference to the movie S'phere.

Cast

 * Vincent Martella as Phineas
 * Ashley Tisdale as Candace
 * Thomas Sangster as Ferb
 * Alyson Stoner as Isabella
 * Kelly Hu as Stacy
 * Caroline Rhea as Mom
 * Mitchel Musso as Jeremy
 * Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
 * Bobby Gaylor as Buford
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Lil' Jeet
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
 * Richard O'Brien as Dad
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
 * Tyler Mann as Carl