The Curse of Candace

Is it possible, am I a vampire?

Candace is bitten by a bat after watching a popular vampire movie with Stacy and worries that she is becoming a vampire. Phineas and Ferb's latest gadgets lead Candace to believe that she has indeed made the change from teenager to teen vampire. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz plans to change the Tri-State Area into a carbon copy of Gimmelshtump so that it will be easier to take over.

Episode Summary
Candace and Stacy are at the theater seeing a new teen-vampire film. As they are leaving, Candace accidentally knocks over a cage containing a bat, similar to the vampire bat in the movie, causing the bat to attack her.

Meanwhile, Phineas and Ferb question each other on what their project for today is. When Isabella visits Phineas and Ferb, she shows them her wilted bamboo plant. Phineas tells her the plant is not getting enough sunlight, and he suggests he help her with it. Buford, Baljeet, and Irving wonder why Isabella gets a special favor, and they ask for their own. Phineas responds by saying that today they're taking requests from everyone.

On Candace's way home from the movie theater, Stacy states that Candace is lucky to have not been bitten by the bat because the bat may have been a vampire bat, which would have caused Candace to turn into a vampire herself. At first Candace thinks the idea is ridiculous, but upon entering the backyard, which Phineas and Ferb had already left, she finds the boys' latest creations.

Because of their friends' requests, Phineas and Ferb had fashioned a gravity defying barbell (which makes Candace believe she has gained super strength), an invisible anti-gravity field (which makes Candace believe she can fly), and a mirror that does not show one's reflection (which makes Candace think her reflection doesn't show up in mirrors anymore). These inventions lead Candace to believe that she has indeed made the change from teenager to teen vampire.

Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz traps Agent P with the world's stickiest substance, which happens to be a tile from the floor of the movie theater that Candace and Stacy visited earlier in the day. Dr. Doofenshmirtz tells Perry that he believes that the Tri-State area would be easier to take over if the it were a backward land with superstitious residents instead of a modern city. He explains that that is why he plans to recreate the Tri-State Area into a village similar to the backward and superstitious land he grew up in, using his latest invention: the Gimmelshtumpinator.

Later on, Candace, still scared that she is now a vampire, visits Jeremy at the Slushy Dawg shop where he works and asks if she knew where her brothers were, possibly hoping that they could turn her back to normal. But while she is there, the Slushy Dawg gets changed into an old world bratwurst house by Doofenshmirtz's Gimmelshtumpinator. Candace then flees the bratwurst house only to be chased by villagers (really marathoners effected by the Gimmelshtumpinator). She hurries home, but by then Agent P has managed to destroy the Gimmelshtumpinator, changing the villagers back to marathoners and everything else.

Candace then tells Phineas and Ferb that she thinks she is a vampire, Phineas asks her where she found this out. She replies, "The backyard," and he tells her that it was their inventions that caused her so-called vampire symptoms. He then proceeds to take off her glasses and cloak. At first Candace is relieved that she is not, in fact, a vampire. Then, she turns into dust and is blown away by the wind. Phineas then remarks, "Ferb - we're gonna need a dustpan and some glue."

Songs

 * Lonely Vampire

End Credits
A replay song of Lonely Vampire.

Perry's entrance to his lair
Perry was already in his lair and sees Major Monogram playing "Jump and Duck".

Evil Jingle
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated!

Background Information

 * http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/phineas-and-ferb-the-curse-of-candace-thats-the-spirit/EP009488470227

Production Information

 * This episode was aired on Disney Channel On Demand on September 30, 2011.
 * This episode was first revealed on Netflix.

International Premieres

 * October 14, 2011 (Family Channel)
 * October 15, 2011 (Disney XD Canada)
 * November 9, 2011 (Disney XD Germany)
 * October 27, 2011 (Disney Channel Latin America)

Errors

 * Carl is able to smell the perfume on the letter, despite not having nostrils nor a sense of smell. ("Ain't No Kiddie Ride")
 * When Candace and Stacy are leaving the theater, Stacy's shoes aren't tracking in the purple goop.
 * When Candace is walking home with Stacy and when she is in the backyard she should have turned to dust and blown away like she had at the end of the episode. Though this could be due to that the transformation was not yet complete allowing Candace to safely be in broad daylight.
 * During one scene, a trap in which Perry is in is not visible.
 * While Stacy is in the movie theater, her nose looks like Candace's, and not Stacy's.
 * Technically, Isabella's Bamboo plant should have been getting plenty of sunlight when she brought it to Phineas and Ferb.
 * Candace should have been affected by the Gimmelshtumpinator when it hit Slushy Dawg.
 * When Jared, Micheal and Kristin run into the building, it is nighttime, but once the drapes are opened it is daytime

Continuity

 * Second time Candace is freaked out by a movie since "Invasion of the Ferb Snatchers".
 * When Perry enters his lair, Major Monogram is playing "Jump and Duck" from "Gaming The System".
 * Candace panicky says "Get off of me!" again ("Lights, Candace, Action!")
 * This is the fourth time someone got hit in the groin, and the third time it was Doofenshmirtz ("Cheer Up Candace", "Moon Farm" and "My Fair Goalie").
 * This is the second time Ferb tries to protect himself from Candace. ("Greece Lightning")
 * Tiny Cowboys are mentioned again ("Robot Rodeo", "Meatloaf Surprise")
 * The boys of the song "Flawless Girl" re-appear ("Attack of the 50 Foot Sister")

Allusions

 * The vampire movie, Early Evening, parodies the popular supernatural romance franchise Twilight. Interestingly, the actors who voice the characters in the movie play or have played similar roles to their casting in the Twilight spoof- Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin play a vampire and his lover respectively on True Blood, and Michael J. Fox played a werewolf in Teen Wolf. It is also noted that one of the characters was called Kristin. Ironically in Twilight the woman that plays the lead, Bella is called Kristen (Stewart).
 * Phineas and Ferb Theme - When Phineas and Ferb first appear, Phineas says to Ferb "I know what you mean Ferb, it does seem like more than 104 days".
 * The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Lawrence laments the lack of rock-and-roll musical numbers in the horror film he's watching, referencing the 1975 cult classic inspired by the similarly named musical. Richard O'Brien, who voices Lawrence, wrote Rocky Horror and played Riff Raff in both the stage and film versions.
 * The Three Stooges - When Candace gets attacked by the bat and she drops to the floor and screams "get it off me", she spins around on the floor running like Curly from The Three Stooges (a scene also parodied by Homer in "Last Exit to Springfield").

Cast

 * Vincent Martella as Phineas
 * Ashley Tisdale as Candace
 * Thomas Sangster as Ferb
 * Caroline Rhea as Mom
 * Mitchel Musso as Jeremy
 * Alyson Stoner as Isabella
 * Bobby Gaylor as Buford
 * Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
 * Jack McBrayer as Irving
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
 * Richard O'Brien as Dad
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
 * Kelly Hu as Stacy Hirano
 * Michael J. Fox as Michael
 * Anna Paquin as Kristin
 * Stephen Moyer as Jared