Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!

When Linda is asked to do a Lindana reunion concert, Lawrence worries that she might be missing the excitement of her old life, so he asks the boys to help turn him into a pop star so that he can perform at the concert and show mom he too is an exciting guy. Across town, Dr. Doofenshmirtz plans a faux alien invasion in order to take over the Tri-State area.

Episode Summary
Phineas, Ferb, and Candace are watching TV when a television show called 'Where are They Now?' stars Lindana. Candace is thinks that she looks familiar and is surprised when the narrator says that she lives in the tri-state area, and she rushes into the kitchen and asks why her mom didn't tell her. She responds by saying that was before she was born, and that she'd rather have a family. When Candace says that Lindana spread happiness, Linda replies by saying that she's Linda, and she's making soup. Phineas and Ferb appear in the kitchen and say that Linda has a call from an agent asking her to appear as Lindana in a 80's reunion concert. Linda isn't so sure, but Candace begs her to go so that she can go because it'll be fun and cool because she's with Lindana. Phineas supports Linda, but Lawrence reluctantly agrees.

Linda tells Lawrence from her limo that dinner is in the fridge and to heat it. Candace appears out of the sunroof and excitedly shouts. Lawrence admits that the moment he's feared the most has happened. When Phineas asks what he means, Lawrence replies by saying that Linda will meet a lot of fun and cool people, and that he may not appear cool enough. Besides, he laments, he can't sing. Then Phineas wonders if Lawrence's failure can be turned into success. Ferb says he knows what they're going to do today.

Perry (Agent P) enters the lair through the middle sofa cushion and slides through a tube followed by money. Major Monogram says that they've monitored Doofenshmirtz constantly playing with a hula-hoop. After Agent P is shot out of the lair via a spring, he activates his hang glider and glides towards Doofenshirmtz Evil Incorporated. When he arrives, Doofenshmirtz is already hula-hooping. He asks Agent P to do the hula-hoop. Then he asks if he can do it with his hands on his sides. Agent P obliges and is trapped by Doofenshmirtz's constricting hula hoop. Doofenshmirtz stops as well, saying that his hips were nearly hula-hooped off. He unveils his Alien-inator. He demonstrates it by firing a laser that causes alien holograms to appear to scare the public into thinking an invasion is happening and that he's the alien leader so the public will give him power.

Lawrence with the help of Phineas and Ferb transform Lawrence into "Max Modem" an unknown 80's singer. When they enter the concert many people don't know him but quickly like him.Then after Lindana and Candace sing Max Modem comes and sings.

Then the Alien-inator projects the hologram and defends itself by knowing Agent P's every move so Perry makes the hat go away and the Alien-inator doesn't know where Agent P went so the inator is confused. Perry knocks over the inator and turns the hologram away from Doofenshmirtz and to Max Modem.

So the song ends and Max confronts Linda asking for a cup of tea some time but Linda states that she has Lawrence. So Linda asks Lawrence why he did all this and Lawrence states that he did it since Linda was around cool people and he wanted to be cool. Then Phineas says that a manager wants a tour of Max and Linda but Linda refuses because she states that you don't need to be cool to be happy. Much to Candace's disappointment (she wanted to go to the tour) she states that she would like to go on a tour and then Perry comes.

Songs

 * I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun!
 * Alien Heart

End Credits
Last verse of Alien Heart.

Whatcha doin'?
None.

Perry's entrance to his lair
He stands at middle of the sofa as it flips over.

Evil Jingle
None.

Background Information

 * This episode was first aired on Disney Channel Latin America on July 23, 2010, also in Disney Channel Taiwan on August 8, 2010 and in English at Disney Channel Asia on August 22, 2010.
 * The first information about this episode was revealed in an April 17, 2009 article in the St. Petersburg Times 
 * This is the first episode when Ferb says to Phineas what to do and his name.
 * This is the first episode when it's shown that Phineas and Ferb know that Linda was a famous singer, but they say that they knew it before, but not Candace.
 * Doofenshmirtz builds a robot that can't recognize Perry without his hat.
 * This is the first episode where Lawrence is shown singing alone.
 * This episode reveals that Linda was just lip syncs "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun!" and before with her one-hit wonder day.
 * The Charity Girl from Finding Mary McGuffin makes an appearence in this episode. Her name was also revealed as Ellie.
 * Premiered on Verzion on Demand on September 17.

Continuity

 * I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun! is played again, but not full, but for first time is heard the second verse.
 * This is the second episode when Phineas and Ferb don't make something.They just help Lawrence to create a non-exist famous singer of the '80's. ("Tip of the Day")
 * Dr. Doofenshmirtz stands on a soap crate, like Phineas in "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To You!".
 * During the song "She's Got An Alien Heart!", the front row chanters are the same people from the Aglet Awareness concert, and are wearing aglets. ("Tip of the Day")

Allusions

 * The Jetsons - Lawrence's suit and the ring on the top of his hair is similar to this cartoon.
 * Space Invaders - The row-position of the aliens' hologram, and the way they move, is very similar to this video game.
 * Playback rate - There are a lot of allusions to the urban legend about performers on stage only miming in the performance while a recorder plays back their song.
 * Max Headroom - The name and looks of Max Modem is obviously a parody of the famous Max Headroom from the famous Coke ads and TV show of the 80s.
 * Daft Punk - The robot musicians behind Lawrence is an allusion to the "robotic looking" players in the electronic band Daft Punk.
 * Einstein's theory of relativity - During the song Alien Heart, Max Modem points at a board, one of the squares (E=♥2) is a parody of the equation of Einstein's theory of relativity (e=mc2)

Cast

 * Vincent Martella as Phineas
 * Ashley Tisdale as Candace
 * Thomas Sangster as Ferb
 * Caroline Rhea as Mom
 * Richard O'Brien as Dad
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
 * Alyson Stoner as Isabella
 * Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
 * Bobby Gaylor as Buford


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