Tip of the Day

"You're going to waste an entire day raising awareness for aglets?"

- Baljeet

The boys decide to spread the word about the tip of the shoelace, called the "aglet." Doofenshmirtz is featured in the newest viral video to hit the internet.

Episode Summary
Lawrence Fletcher is sitting at the breakfast table surrounded by his family, doing his morning crossword puzzle. The puzzle's theme is "Tip of the Day." After Linda answers the first two questions, the family gets stumped by the third clue, "The tip of a shoelace." Candace gets annoyed and very loudly and condescendingly suggests they use the computer to solve the puzzle.

Candace starts to use the computer to look up the answer, but gets sidetracked when she finds that 20 of her friends sent her the same video. She starts watching the hilarious video about Doofenshmirtz saying he is a superstar, and refuses to let Phineas and Ferb find the information Lawrence is looking for, so they decide to check with Baljeet instead.

At Baljeet's house, they look up the answer in Volume 8 of A Child's Guide to Useless Shoelace Facts. Baljeet reads that it is called an aglet, one of the most useful, yet most overlooked inventions in history. Phineas thinks it is a great injustice that know one knows what an aglet is called, but decides to head home without doing anything. This starts the beginning of a new found joy in Phineas' life: aglets.

Once home, the boys tell their dad the answer and he fills in the crossword puzzle. When Linda walks in, they tell her, too, but she mistakes it for something completely different, thinking that Phineas has said that he loves her. She replies to him saying, "Aglet you too, hun." Phineas once again muses about why no one knows what an aglet is. At this point, Candace rushes in and tells them it is because it doesn't matter. This convinces Phineas that they must make the world aware of aglets. He knows what they're going to do today!

Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus drops into his lair and Major Monogram proceeds to brief him on Dr. Doofenshmirtz's viral video that's taking over the whole world wide internet. Monogram believes that all of Doofenshmirtz's previous schemes have been distractions leading up to taking over the world with this newest plot to infect the world with his video. Monogram gives Perry a remote that is programmed with a button and the words "Universal Delete Button" so he can delete the video from every computer on earth. Meanwhile Karl is laughing at the video but Monogram tells him thet there is nothing funny about a man in his underwear skating into a toilet. Karl then agrees with him, and Monogram says that limericks are funny.

When Perry arrives at Dr. Doofenshmirtz's building, he finds out that Doofenshmirtz has already created a helmet that will delete the video from everyone's minds instead of from just the internet. He tells Perry that even when he goes out to his own kitchen, everyone laughs at him as the guy who thinks he is a superstar rollerskating into the toilet.

Phineas and Ferb host a concert, launching the song A-G-L-E-T to tell the world about aglets. Everyone sings along. When Candace guest-sings, she tells them that it doesn't even matter. However, Doofenshmirtz automatically thinks of an aglet when he presses the delete button on his helmet, deleting the word aglet from every mind in the Tri-state area. When Candace tells everyone that they're hanging out in a stadium to know what is the tip of a shoelace called, Phineas tells Candace that she is the only one that cares about the aglet, leaving Candace dumbfounded.

Songs

 * A-G-L-E-T

The "Too Young" Line
None...

Ferb's Line
None, but does make a hissing sound as if Phineas is on fire when he asks Candace if she found the answer on the computer.

Whatcha doin'?
Isabella is already with Phineas and Ferb

Perry's Entrance to His Lair
Revealed when Lawrence reads the crossword 27 across "5 letters, where's ....." (Perry).

End Credits
Phineas and the audience sing the last verse of A-G-L-E-T. During the end logos, Candace is heard saying It doesn't matter!

Memorable Quotes
Phineas: "But isn't it weird that none of us know its name?" Candace: "No... That why they make smart word box for tell monkey hard brain hurty things." Phineas: "Removing prepositions makes it more condescending."

Doofenshmirtz: "Well, that kind of killed the moment, my shoelace is all fray. I'll have to replace the aglet." (machine turns on)

Continuity

 * Baljeet's books are similar to the World's Most Pointless Records that he shared in "Bowl-R-Ama Drama".
 * Chicago Joe is mention by Candace as one of the people that she will send the video of Dr. Doofenshmirtz in High School years.
 * The lady that Karl the Intern dresses up as in I Scream, You Scream is in the crowd in the song, "A-G-L-E-T."

Background Information

 * Premiered on Toon Disney at the following times:
 * January 23rd: 4:45pm, 10pm
 * January 24th: 10am, 5pm


 * This episode was still being worked on as of 1/8/2009. (Source: message on TV.com forum by "Strudelcutie427".)

Reception
u377sQ1IcR8 The popular Doofenshmirtz video. Used as a preview for Season 2, Tip of the Day received mixed reviews, though most of them were bad. Several fans found the episode odd and out of character, and most users in the TV.com forums found the episode was very different and that the writers were running out a ideas. When asked about the episode, Dan Povenmire stated: We thought "Tip of the Day" was just a great fun departure from the norm. We try to let the characters develope and we also try to give our writers/board artists a good deal of freedom to try new things. We just do our best to make sure that the characters remain true.

Though several fans did find that the episode was a creative new idea, and most enjoyed the Doofenshmirtz rollerblading plot, finding it extremely humorous.

Allusions

 * Band Aid concerts: The "Aglet-Aid" concert bears similarities to the old Band Aid concerts.
 * MTV: The song, A-G-L-E-T, has a point similar to a video in the channel.

Cast

 * Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn
 * Thomas Sangster as Ferb Fletcher
 * Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn
 * Alyson Stoner as Isabella Garcia-Shapiro
 * Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
 * Richard O'Brien as Lawrence Fletcher