Talk:Act Your Age

about the episode
This could be like Rugrats: All Growned up but we get seen P & F AS ADULTS MAYBECtgrumpybear (talk) 19:15, May 15, 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't think so, the series is just 6 to 7 years now not 10 years. Patrickau 26 (talk) 02:02, May 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * Nope, it's confirmed that they won't be grown up. Доброжелатель240300 (talk) 14:00, May 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * so let the guess games keep goingCtgrumpybear (talk) 15:27, May 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * A other i had this could be nothing more than a play or movie giving the title act your ageCtgrumpybear (talk) 15:24, June 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * Act Your Age could have a very simple meaning, knowing that the episode focuses on Phineas and Isabella: Phineas and Ferb and company are kids. Is it not common for boys and girls of their age to think of each other as ˝icky˝ or ˝yuck˝, and not to be friends and hang out with each other- thus separating Phineas and Isabella by making them act their age?93.137.51.99 12:22, June 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * My guess: it could be something that Candace tell them, like "Why don't you just act your age?" (meaning not to do their usual inventions) so they try to do ordinary things like go tothe park, to the swimming-pool.. and Isabella would be very excited about it, because Phineas wouldn't be so focussed on his inventions, but he is not enjoying the day with her (we saw how he feels about not inventing something in Bully Bromance Breakup) and Isabella gets upset with him or something like that. (Coudecrayon)


 * My guess is someone will ask Dan & Swampy about this episode at Comic Con in just a couple of weeks. I don't expect them to reveal much, if anything, but then again a couple of years ago when a kid asked if Phineas & Isabella would kiss, they came out and bluntly said one would be coming "real soon" and that turned out to be Across The 2nd Dimension Black Spiderman (talk) 00:20, July 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * :Not to mention the relation advice ep as well. Yay! I think we've found our loophole. Literally! Wop! Wop! 01:22, July 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * The relationship advice episode was first mentioned way back in 2011, so I'm surprised we have heard nothing about it since. Unless they scrapped the idea altogether (which I find highly unlikely) I would have assumed we would've learned more about it by now. Perhaps something else to ask. Black Spiderman (talk) 22:20, July 7, 2013 (UTC)


 * I was thinking that this ep could be  like the saying "You don't know what you have till you lose it" Maybe Phineas somehow losing Isabella and it get to him what he is missingCtgrumpybear (talk) 15:03, July 8, 2013 (UTC)


 * relationship advice part may not be a ep it may just be a small part of a epCtgrumpybear (talk) 15:00, July 11, 2013 (UTC)

Well, this is supposed to be a very emotional episode. Not to mention it's called Act Your Age so I'm thinking something along the lines of Candace or someone telling Phineas and Ferb to "act their age", implying that they need to (saying it in a nicer way however) "grow up" and sort of move on from building stuff. But by the end of the episode, Candace will probably realize she misses the old them (Sort of like in Phineas and Ferb Get Busted how she misses them building inventions while they are at reform school and she tries to bust them out.) and convinces them that they need to go back to their old selves. However, throughout this maybe Isabella will realize that since Phineas is no longer wrapped up in his inventions (Like in Isabella and the Temple of Sap, when Isabella was in "Phineas Land", he said that he was so wrapped up in his inventions that he had no time to focus on what he really cared about. Of course, that was just Isabella's imagination, so we really don't know if that's even the case...), she will have a chance to admit her feelings for him. Then Phineas will be like "Whoa! Wait, what?". And then that could be when the song kicks in. Y'know, the Phineas and Isabella song. I just sort of thought of this as I was writing it but you know, it's just and idea, I'm not saying that's what's going to happen (But that would be pretty cool!) so DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT! :) This was just a little something that I thought up. :) Ajoy44 (talk) 03:20, August 3, 2013 (UTC)ajoy44


 * This tweet makes me excited for the episode...curse you amazing writers who don't like revealing spoilers too early! https://twitter.com/berniepetterson/status/335258064678699008 Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 15:36, August 25, 2013 (UTC)


 * hope they are rightCtgrumpybear (talk) 19:38, August 25, 2013 (UTC)

"Relationship Advice" tie-in?
So I've been asking Dan, Swampy & Aliki lately on Twitter about the "relationship advice" episode. It struck me as odd that Dan & Swampy first teased this episode over 2 years ago in their interview promoting Across the 2nd Dimension. So I asked them if the episode was still on. Because, really, why would they tease something like that if they were never gonna go through with it? So I asked and Aliki has been the only one so far to even answer. Here are two links as to her responses

https://twitter.com/alikigreeky/status/367794624149987331

https://twitter.com/alikigreeky/status/367794776101232640

So this raises the possibility that "Act Your Age" is the elusive Relationship Advice episode we've been curious about. It wasn't a definitive answer like I was hoping for but it was more than I got from Dan & Swampy. All Swampy did was favorite my Tweet. Black Spiderman (talk) 00:21, August 15, 2013 (UTC)

I would guess that the favorite Swampy gave you means yes. जय गुरुदेव 06:59, August 21, 2013 (UTC)

I would agree, though favoriting a tweet isn't exactly giving a finite answer. Black Spiderman (talk) 14:05, August 21, 2013 (UTC)

I think people have been looking the relationship advice" episode the wrong way relationship advice part may just be a little part of a bigger epCtgrumpybear (talk) 19:58, August 22, 2013 (UTC)

In fairness, up until now I always expected that it would be, as you said, merely a small part of the episode. But if it were, and it lasted a mere twoTalk:Act Your Age minutes as compared to an entire subplot, why hasn't it aired by now? Surely a tease in 2011 would mean it would've aired by now, right? Black Spiderman (talk) 20:26, August 22, 2013 (UTC)


 * Maybe like the song only trying to help the reason why they haven't say more about relationship advice is because it part of a spicialCtgrumpybear (talk) 14:41, August 23, 2013 (UTC)


 * Get you thinking if this could be one of four specials in season four we had mission marvel,got the star war crossover next year and maybe the other one will be save summerCtgrumpybear (talk) 19:43, August 25, 2013 (UTC)


 * I had one idea that could happen but rember this is just guessing game right now because nothing is know. It go like this  Isabella go to Candance for relationship advice because  she been trying everything to show Phineas but nothing work Candance tell Isabella to just tell phineas what she feel. When Isabella tell Phineas about her feelings he dosn't return them because he more shock about it. That upset Isabella so in the ep isabella is sad andPhineas is trying put his mind to it.Ctgrumpybear (talk) 17:46, August 26, 2013 (UTC)

Possible Episode Name Change
Just a heads up -- Dan gave a little "teaser" (if you want to consider that) of sorts on Twitter that the episode will probably have its name changed before it airs. https://twitter.com/DanPovenmire/status/338021762656784384 Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 15:33, August 25, 2013 (UTC)


 * that was going to be a givingCtgrumpybear (talk) 19:38, August 25, 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I kinda figured. I just thought to mention it so that none of the administrators are like, WOAH! The title changed! (in some way of sorts) Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 01:07, August 26, 2013 (UTC)

Building up the hype for Ep??
Ha anyone notice the people who work on this ep have be trying to build up for act your age b=like calling one of the best p&f ever ep ever. Than you have dan and jeff are talking about how this ep will be a tearjerker make it look like it more than one of those 15 mins ep.Ctgrumpybear (talk) 02:25, August 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * Honestly, if this turns out to be a 22 minute episode (30 minutes with commercials), that would make much more sense because of all the hype and teasers that's being pulled out so far. After all, I don't think an 11 minute episode would serve justice to the "relationship episode" that was (sort of) announced over 2 years ago (can't remember source, Swampy confirmed on Twitter). For some reason, I feel that if it is 11 minutes, we're going to get a riot from all the shippers in the world even if it's "the best P&F episode [the writers] have ever written" (https://twitter.com/berniepetterson/status/335258064678699008) because 11 minutes won't serve justice for the episode that everyone is waiting for. -->


 * On a side note, I have full trust in Dan and Swampy and the writers (Bernie Peterson, Kim Roberson) on what they plan to do with the episode, though I don't think the end result is going to be what we're all hoping for (if you know what I mean). My end analysis: Don't expect Phineas and Isabella to end the episode in a dating relationship. Maybe we'll end up getting a confession of Isabella's feelings, inspiring the Unnamed Isabella/Phineas Song or something, but who knows. I think that Vincent Martella has pointed out that he recognizes that there is "something" there [between them], but that Phineas is so honest that he doesn't need to say anything. And of course, my speculation for the episode (and this is a huge throw, but you might like it): Isabella confesses, but Phineas says he already knew, and thought it was so obvious (which is a huge turn from oblivious Phineas) that he didn't feel the need to point it out. Now how's that for a twist? Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 12:06, August 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * Got to think will this be out of the mormal without a candance trying to bust her brothers and doof/perry sidestoryCtgrumpybear (talk) 14:16, August 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * I swear, considering with all the "centralized" episodes they've had in season 3, if they don't make this another one of those "character centered" episodes, then it will be slightly disappointing. Unless they end up using one of those running tags as a plot twist of sorts - ex. Stray fire from an -inator hits character A causing something. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 15:38, August 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * I found this link from robert huges twitter that the word phinabella will be used in the song/episode (https://twitter.com/hellofathead/status/294829977558466560) 2fab4u (talk) 02:50, August 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh man. In a few moments, all the shippers will be crawling all over this. Does he mean that the word "Phinabella" will be stated somewhere in the episode, or does he mean that it will be in the song? Usually, couples don't use "couple names" for themselves, so I don't think Phineas and Isabella are going to be saying "Phinabella" any time soon. As a throw out there, Buford, on the other hand, would be an amazing tease to just keep saying that throughout the entire episode. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 13:07, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * Buford does seem to be the most likely to use portmanteau - I'm harkening back to his 100 cheese puns. But looking at the tweet, it seems that the term will be used in the song, so I'm wondering how that could work. Maybe each of the two says half of the word and it gets spoken that way?  Sun Beater 3K=talk= 14:22, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * He also said the episode would be "unique." While I'm probably stretching here, I'm guessing this episode will at least slightly break its usual pattern and put the majority of its focus on Phineas and Isabella. Black Spiderman (talk) 14:26, August 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay, I read the tweet wrong, it appears to confirm that the song will have the word "Phinabella" in the song . Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 20:47, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * Phinabella could be part of the title of the song and it unique you could be right about it being centered arounfd phineas and isabellaCtgrumpybear (talk) 19:35, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * It's also quite possible Phinabella ends up being the actual title of the song. Wouldn't be surprised, but I asked both Dan & Swampy on Twitter and neither has given me an answer yet. Can't blame them for not wanting to spoil it but a response would be nice. Black Spiderman (talk) 19:47, August 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * That is normal it rare for them to answerCtgrumpybear (talk) 20:13, August 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't think they have a name for it yet, as mostly all the names are tenative with this episode including the episode name itself. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 20:42, August 28, 2013 (UTC)

It's been confirmed that the episode will be 30 minutes long. As a side note, Hughes states (yet again) that the episode will be "unique". (https://twitter.com/hellofathead/status/372814976181739520) Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 20:49, August 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * Sound like Sidetrack where the ep was centered around doof and perry so this ep may be centerd around phineas and isabella and everyone take a backstage. the unique part could be the fact it is a tearjerker and we only got that couples times in phineas and ferb. Got to think if they will air this around valentine day seeing what the main part of ep is about.Ctgrumpybear (talk) 15:14, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * That would be amazing if they were going to air it on/near Valentine's Day. Let's see, on the Spreecast Interview back in March, Dan stated that it would air 10 months from now, but Robert F. Hughes later said on Twitter that he hasn't even finished the animatics yet, and that was sometime in June. Who knows? Maybe we'll be lucky and get it in somewhere around Feburary, but I highly doubt that. I'd expect the episode to air within April/May/June.


 * Back to your main topic, the centralized episode (which I've been talking about up top and made a new topic for) is probably a maybe, but considering the 30 minute episode they're able to add more stuff than they usually do. Most of the reason for the 30 minutes in Sidetracked was because of the new characters and the fact that they had a guest actor. Then again, Phinabella is one of the most important aspects of the show (as for some reason some people use this as their ONLY reason for watching the show), so they'll have much room to expand upon that. Swampy favorited a tweet asking if this was the "relationship advice" episode, which many people took to be a yes of sorts; eh, there's so many aspects to here that they could possibly play with, which makes it all so exciting. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 16:12, August 29, 2013
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The eps that they have made 30 minutes was because there is more to the storyline like the christmas eps and the beck. It just a guessing game right now if this phinabella centered or with it have other storylines in in too

Ctgrumpybear (talk) 15:05, September 5, 2013 (UTC)

We all know that disney will hype the living heck out of this ep when it air like having tons of ads for it and having sometime of marathon of eps where they can tied into the story for act your ageCtgrumpybear (talk) 19:14, September 16, 2013 (UTC)

Character centered episode of sorts? (Example: Sidetracked, Road to Danville)
What do you guys think? Will this be a "character centered" episode, much like Sidetracked which only focused on the Agent P storyline, or Road to Danville (same storyline)? In my opinion, I would absolutely love if the entire episode just focused on the Phineas/Isabella storyline rather than the other two usual storylines (Perry, Candace). But, considering they have 22 minutes to play with, who knows? Then again...Sidetracked was 22 minutes also...gosh, it gets confusing. Ah, well, they've really never done a episode that focused entirely on the kids, so I'm expecting it to be like that. What do you guys think? What do you want to see? Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 16:16, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * I just thought of something. Since this is the *last* season for a while (or at least, the show is confirmed to be going on a long hiatus after the final episode of Season 4), do you think this episode is some sort of "closure" on the Phinabella relationship? By "closure", I mean wrapping everything up so people don't have questions by the time the season ends -- finalizing whether or not the relationship will actually happen, or simply getting rid of any idea of a relationship by the time the episode completes. Ah, that thought is scary. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 17:38, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * First of all, I like the idea that this episode could bring some "closure" to the relationship, though knowing Dan & Swampy, they'll find a way to do that but continue building on it so it never feels like one of those cliche shows that always ends in a firm relationship. Second of all, where was it confirmed that this show was going into hiatus? I do not recall reading or hearing anything of such! Black Spiderman (talk) 17:53, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * I haven't seen anything about it either. And with 39 episodes, they could have ep #139 in November, since S2 went 2 years and also had 39 eps as well. Ah, the pool! A sparkling oasis of summer enchantment! 21:56, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * From Aliki https://twitter.com/alikigreeky/status/349434510875697154 Apparently, it's long enough that they'll need to find new work in between the gap. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 23:29, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd guess this season could be faster and end in Summer 2014, though eps haven't told us that yet. Gravity Falls had a 4 month break between eps so who knows. othwise, possibly plans for a spin-off. Ah, the pool! A sparkling oasis of summer enchantment! 23:50, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * It doesn't appear, though, that Disney plans on canceling this show anytime soon, as it shouldn't, seeing as it has basically put Disney Channel back on the map and is only getting more popular by the day.. So this could just be a typical in-between season break for the crew. Hey, even the best need a break. It just seems like it's bad because someone actually told us this would happen. The way I see it, if Star Wars is the last episode of Season 4 (which, keep in mind, we still don't know) then they could perhaps take a break months ahead of its airdate and then resume production when it gets closer to its airdate. We don't know everything, so let's not get too upset yet. While the notion of a cancellation would be disappointing, I don't see that to be the case here. But again, we just don't know. Black Spiderman (talk) 23:56, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * For some notion, I'd find it that Star Wars being the final episode being very disappointing. I'd rather not close everything up for the season with a parallel universe. "Save Summer" sounds very much like a final episode title, or even something similar to Summer Belongs To You! or something like that. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 00:00, August 30, 2013 (UTC)

Anyways, back to the original topic. "Character centered episode" ideas? Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 23:59, August 29, 2013 (UTC)


 * Seeing as Robert Hughes has labelled this episode as "unique," I'd have to assume that it won't follow the traditional pattern of the show, so realistically I could see it deviating and focusing mostly on Phineas and Isabella. Now if only we had a rough estimate of when we could expect this episode. Black Spiderman (talk) 00:10, August 30, 2013 (UTC)


 * Before Star Wars but after about 4 episode releases from the beginning of 2014...so maybe March or April, or May. I think that we have to take into account that they've never done a centered episode on just the kids (only on the Perry and Candace storylines, but correct me if I'm wrong here), so this is probably their only chance to do that considering the dreadful hiatus to come up. They said that this will be a very emotional episode, so AYA will probably be the only "emotional" episode (in a sense) also. Heck, this episode could be the only gateway into a couple of unexplored themes for the series for a while! Just remember that they have to appease a primarly younger audience for the episode, but at the same time, they're so awesome that they also make sure that the older audience has a great time too.


 * In writing this, I just remembered something. There has to be a SECOND SONG in there somewhere, because it's a 22 minute long episode. Woah! Mindflipppp....(reference) Ah, that makes me excited. So we get a Phinabella duet that seems to have the word "Phinabella" in it AND ANOTHER SONG? :D


 * But anyways. Some closure would be nice, considering the hiatus. I don't think they'll make it into a Canderemy plot...but then again with the fact that Stacy now knows Perry's secret (which was something no one saw coming) these writers are ready to do anything. I just guess we'll have to wait about 7 more months for the premiere. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 00:57, August 30, 2013 (UTC)


 * I have read the reason why they are going on hiatus is to take a break and they have many eps done for the shows.For a secord song they may just use something like alone or city of love to fill in that paryCtgrumpybear (talk) 14:49, August 30, 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm sure all shows go on hiatus for a little while as far as producing episodes once their existing production cycle concludes. So, I doubt this is something we need to be concerned about. We aren't even halfway through the season yet so let's not all go into a state of panic over whether the show is going to be canned. I highly doubt it will and it wouldn't come as a surprise to me if Disney made a renewal announcement soon enough. Black Spiderman (talk) 15:02, August 30, 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I don't think it'll be put into the dumpster yet. (and if it is, I'll be recuperating in the corner for about 3 weeks) Just like a production break, except a bit longer than normal. Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 16:39, August 30, 2013 (UTC)

The speculation here is overblown and insane. We know the tittle and that phinebella is in it. That’s it. You guys are assuming the most insane things even though we know as much as we always do for a upcoming episode. (We know as much as we do about it’s no picnic or whatever)

It’s unlikely we’ll get info before it is finished and the advertising. But it’s exactly like this for any “unknown” upcoming episode. So this isn’t too different. Let’s no guess at this level until we actually have something to go off of. who wants to put on some blindfolds and get into my car?

You're right. We have basically nothing on this episode except the tiny bits and pieces Dan & Swampy have been teasing, so until we know more we should all just calm down, myself included. Perhaps the hypes is as high as it is because it is such a wonderful and beloved relationship in the show, and most of us do want to see some progress. But we should relax and just let the chips fall where they may. For all we know, it could be a full year before this episode actually hits the airwaves. I doubt it; I expect it to be sooner than that, but we don't know. Black Spiderman (talk) 20:16, September 5, 2013 (UTC)

I agress with thatCtgrumpybear (talk) 14:57, September 5, 2013 (UTC)

Act your age wish list
came across this on the web  [ Ten Things We Want To See In Act Your Age…Or Whatever It’s Called ]  Ctgrumpybear ( talk ) 19:21, September 16, 2013 (UTC)
 * Er, that page is dead, Jim. - Jasonbres (talk) 21:38, September 16, 2013 (UTC)


 * Fixed the link. Sun Beater 3K=talk= 04:20, September 17, 2013 (UTC)


 * thank you Ctgrumpybear ( talk ) 19:48, September 18, 2013 (UTC)


 * Woah! That's my post! I literally looked on this page just to see what people have posted so far, and I just saw this here.  I get, on average, 4 extra views per day from this page. (And for small microbloggers like me, that means a lot!) Cheers for posting it here! Wacky3zaybxc (talk) 02:09, September 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * you welcomeCtgrumpybear (talk) 15:01, September 27, 2013 (UTC)