Road to Danville

Oh great, now I'm in the middle of nowhere, now I'll never be able to take over the Tri-State Area before... the play!

When one of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's "-inators" zaps him and Agent P into the middle of nowhere, they must embark on a comical journey filled with twists and turns to return home.

Episode Summary
Phineas and the gang have decided, as their big project, to make a quilt. Buford thinks they run out of ideas and Isabella tells him that he doesn't have to be with them everyday. Buford quickly objects since he doesn't want turn into a "cat-kid" and won't play alone. He then ask who can say "Where's Perry?"; Baljeet obliges.

At Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, Perry arrives and notices Doofenshmirtz finish his newest inator. Perry realizes that there aren't any traps for him, even a single one. Doofensmirtz tells Agent P that he has no time for the traps because he has a role in a L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. play. Doofenshmirtz introduces his Trip-to-the-Desert-inator. He turns it on but Agent P kicks it and it faces at Agent P and Doofenshmirtz. It charges and hits the two. They are transported to another place, which is a big desert. Doofenshmirtz realizes that he will miss the play in time and plead with Perry to brings him with his jetpack and might give up evil for acting.

Perry and Doofenshmirtz uses the jetpack to return to Danville, but Doofenshmirtz sees they are moving slowly and wants to go faster. Doofenshmirtz activates the turbo mode, which causes the jetpack to launch out of control and ejects them. Perry points Doofenshmirtz that he's responsible for what happened that he can't blame him for his habit and forcing both of them to walk. Doofenshmirtz tells him he should have trapped him and able to get to the theater in time and hated that his understudy will replace him, which reveal to be Rodney, who laughs maniacally if Doofenshmirtz doesn't reach the play in time.

While walking in the desert, Doofenshmirtz comments how hot and warm the desert is and wonders why they always see a cow skull without the rest of the body. Perry continued walking that annoys for talking too much. Doofenshmirtz tells Perry that he'll be quiet despite talking loudly to him. They later continue walking while Doofenshmirtz still talking about a phrase "mark my words", seeing the sun in a magnifying glass, a lady using a taxi and moving to Vegas, his arms didn't grow back and replace it titanium, stating that Perry doesn't communicate to him, and never want to touch an iguana again that he stated was never true.

They later reach a junkyard; Doofenshmirtz sees some parts that will help them get out from the desert, but Perry refuse to help since there is a "No Trespassing" sign. Doofenshmirtz realize that the reason he always failures wasn't his parents not showing up in his birth or acting as a organ player monkey for 8 months and his arms stuck in a boulder and replace by titanium arms, and tells that Perry himself was to blame for his failure. However, Perry moves his finger and point back at him that he should blame himself for his failures. Doofenshmirtz tells him it's not himself to blame and tries to proves by going inside the junkyard without any help from Perry, who eventually lets Doofenshmirtz to go with his plan. Doofenshmirtz climbs up to the junkyard but later was electrocuted by a electric fence, trips some bear traps and attack by guard dogs.

As they later walks on the road, Doofenshmitz comments that he tries to work his way back to Danville but Perry won't help him or give a glass of water. He decides to go alone and doesn't want to see Perry anymore. He covers his eyes and counts to three and he wishes that he was gone. As he open his eyes, Perry was nowhere in sight and continues to walk in the road to find a bus station on his own. Perry came a few seconds later with a glass for him and found that he left.

Doofenshmirtz crawls in the road from exhaustion from the sun and finally sees a bus stop that goes to Danville. As the bus driver ask him where is his ticket, Doofenshmirtz tells him that he doesn't have any money and was tired and thirsty. Also admitting that it was his own fault that they were in the desert and a failure that he started crying. Perry came a give Doofenshmmirtz two bus tickets that he appreciate him for what he did despite being unpleasant to him and keep the tears he shed. As they get on the bus, the buss driver rejects Perry since no animals are allowed in the bus. Doofenshmirtz leaves Perry at the bus station and happy it was air-conditioned.

As Doofenshmirtz rides the bus, his conscious starting to get to him for leaving Perry behind after everything had happened to them and stops the bus at the fiber-glass dinosaur figures and finds the jetpack earlier. Perry continues to walk on the road and started to get exhausted, and sees Doofenshmirtz with the jetpack picks Perry up and headed straight back to Danville.

Meanwhile, Rodney was happy that Doofenshmirtz won't be a able to reach the play that it was going to start. Doofenshmirtz and Perry finally reach Danville, Doofenshmirtz tells Perry that they're are not going to make it on the play. Perry straps him with more safety belts and prepare to use the turbo mode and gave Doofenshmirtz a gesture to trust him. As they activate the turbo mode, they quickly arrive and crashes into the play that knocks Rodney and the actress out of the stage and Doofenshmirtz says his line: "Pizza Delivery" and audience praise him for the entrance. Doofenshmirtz thanks Perry for what he did, but Perry moves his finger again and point it to him and Doofenshmirtz uses the tear he saved earlier.

Back at the backyard, Buford tells them that quilt was so much fun than he thought. As Buford leaves, Ferb comments that what they did wasn't exciting after all and the rest of the kids agreed and never wanted to do it again.

Songs

 * Heck of a Day

End Credits
Second verse of Heck of a Day.

I know what we're gonna do today
None.

The "Too Young" Line
None.

Whatcha doin'?
None.

Perry's entrance to his lair
None.

Evil Jingle
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated!

Background Information

 * This episode was first revealed by Dan Povenmire in a June 4, 2012 Toonzone interview. (Source)
 * Phineas and Ferb only appear in the beginning and the end of this episode. The rest is just Perry and Doofenshmirtz.
 * This episode was first aired in Latin America in October 6, 2012 in RCN.
 * It is revealed that Doofenshmirtz has titanium arms, which would mean that he is a double amputee.
 * Buford breaks the fourth wall in the beginning of the episode.

Production Information

 * This episode was aired of Disney Channel on Demand on October 19, 2012.

International Premieres

 * September 27, 2012 (Disney Channel Taiwan)
 * October 7, 2012 (Disney Channel Israel and Honduras)

Errors

 * Baljeet uses a contraction when he says "Where's Perry?", but in "Monster from the Id" he is afraid of them and Phineas and Ferb didn't cure his fear.
 * When Doof says "Where did we always see cow skulls in the desert", Agent P's hat is a shade of black and blue. In the next scene, The shade is back to normal.

Continuity

 * Fourth episode that is from the point of view of someone other than Phineas and Ferb for the majority of the time. ("Isabella and the Temple of Sap", "Not Phineas and Ferb", "Delivery of Destiny")
 * Third episode centered only in one of the main plots of the show. ("Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!", "Ferb TV")
 * Second episode to have Phineas and Ferb to appear in only one cameo. ("Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown")
 * Doofenshmirtz mentioned that his parents never came to his birth again. ("Raging Bully", "Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension")
 * Second time Candace didn't appear in the episode and the second episode overall that Isabella appears without Candace. ("Bully Bromance Breakup")
 * Seventh episode that Major Monogram does not appear in. ("Isabella and the Temple of Sap", "Canderemy", "Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", "Monster from the Id", "What A Croc!", "Ferb TV")
 * Second time Phineas and Ferb regret their Big Idea. ("She's the Mayor")
 * Fourth time Baljeet says "Where's Perry". ("Bowl-R-Ama Drama", "That's the Spirit", "Monster from the Id")
 * Third time Perry and Doofensmirtz work together. ("Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", "Agent Doof")

Allusions

 * "Road to.." Movies and Family Guy - The title parodies the long-running series of popular buddy comedies starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore, etc.) Coincidentally, Dan Povenmire directed the first three episodes in a series of Family Guy episodes inspired (and titled) after the series.
 * 127 Hours - Doofenshmirtz says that he got his titanium arm stuck in a boulder which is similar to how Aron Ralston got his arm caught in a boulder and got it amputated.
 * The Iceman Cometh - The name of the play that L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. is performing, The Pizza Man Cometh, is a play on the title.
 * Looney Tunes - The way the desert is illustrated looks like the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons.

Cast

 * Vincent Martella as Phineas
 * Ashley Tisdale as Candace
 * Thomas Sangster as Ferb
 * Alyson Stoner as Isabella
 * 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
 * Joe Orrantia as Rodney
 * Bobby Gaylor as Buford
 * Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
 * J.G. Orrantia as Rodney
 * Additional voices:


 *  Designates a character that did not appear in this episode