Ain't No Kiddie Ride

Phineas and Ferb decide to trick out the kiddie rides in front of the Tri-State Mart. Determined to bust them, Candace sits in a rocket ride so it can’t go anywhere until Mom shows up. Needless to say, the ride shoots off and Candace ends up on a high-flying rocket across Danville. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz plans to leave behind a legacy by burning his name into the atmosphere using his ozone “deplete-inator.”

Episode Summary
Linda arrives with her children at the mall. Candace rushes in to purchase some high-gloss lipstick, while Phineas and Ferb pick out some back-to-school clothes, which are identical versions of the clothes they're already wearing. Linda gives them a pile of quarters so that they can play at the Arcade, and heads off to find her daughter.

As the boys walk off with their money, they spot a line of coin-operated kiddie rides, one of which is a red rocket that Phineas particularly loved when he was younger. He reminisces about him and Ferb flying around outer space on the rides, though his memories are a bit over-romanticized. He wants to make the rides live up to his memories, although a conveniently-timed repairman tells them to enjoy the rides while they can, because they're going to be trashed later.

Perry enters his lair through the Arcade, where Baljeet and Buford can be seeing playing Dance Dance Revolution, and receives his mission. Monogram feels disgusting, because he doesn't have any deodorant. Carl tells him he can't smell a thing, because he was born without nostrils, which highly intrigues Monogram.

Doofenshmirtz walks to the diner near his home, but he can't pick up his sandwich order - whole wheat on rye - because the waitress keeps mispronouncing his name. He leaves angrily, vowing to make them remember his name. To that end, he bought up all the cans of aerosol deodorant, bug repellent and hairspray in the Tri-State Area so that he can burn his name into the ozone layer.

Back at the mall, Isabella, Buford and Baljeet join the boys as they unveil their souped-up kiddie rides. Buford, the self-proclaimed judge of the 'coolness' of the ride - hops into the red rocket, inserts a quarter, and shoots off into the atmosphere. As he touches back down to Earth, Candace comes rushing up to the group in anger. She sits in the red rocket ride, so that the evidence of the boys' activity would stay until their mother comes by. Buford slyly flips in a quarter, in an effort to have a little fun at Candace's expense, and she is sent flying down the street. The kids then hop into an assortment of kiddie rides, which have also been tricked out by Phineas and Ferb, and fly after her, as the song "Ain't No Kiddie Ride" plays. Candace flies through a barn, and Baljeet's ride stops running, as his ride time expired. He then spends the rest of the episode trying to get the machine to accept a dollar bill.

Candace reaches Danville Canyon, and the rocket stops flying, since her ride time has expired. She plummets to the bottom of the canyon, screaming that she hasn't got any money to re-fuel the ride. Ferb does a quick dance to get a quarter from some tourists, which he promptly shoots into the rocket's coin acceptor, thereby saving Candace from cashing at the last possible second.

Doofenshmirtz tries to crush Perry with a giant robotic hand, though he should be launching his aerosol-themed scheme, and Candace ends up destroying the robotic hand with her red rocket. Perry takes the fallen arm and smacks Doofenshmirtz with it, knocking him into the aerosol cans, then into his slicked-up pitfall trap.

Finally, Isabella catches the rocket with a lasso, and the kids all return to the mall. Just then, the repairman comes back, and hauls off the souped-up rides, replacing them with new rides that are identical to their predecessors. Candace comes back with her mom, though her busting plot is once again foiled as she rocks on the slow-moving kiddie ride. Baljeet finally gets his kiddie ride to accept the dollar bill by having it ironed, but both the ride and the ironing board shoot off down the street, causing him to become thoroughly unimpressed.

Songs

 * Ain't No Kiddie Ride (Song)

End Credits
A replay of Ain't No Kiddie Ride (Song)

Ferb's Line
None.

Perry's entrance to his lair
Perry drives a racing video game into his lair.

Evil Jingle
Doofenshmirtz walks to the diner!

Background Information

 * Candace is actually in Doofenshmirtz's lair for a couple of seconds.
 * This episode reveals that Carl was born without nostrils (which is ironic, due to his voice being rather nasally).
 * This episode airs in Australia under the name "The Ride at Tri-State Mart".

Goofs

 * When Buford puts the quarter in the kiddie ride, he doesn't push the red button but the kiddie ride launches.
 * When Buford flies into space, it appears that he departed from the Indian Ocean, near Africa. But really, it should be North America.
 * If Doofenshmirtz did his plan his name would actually be spelled backwards.

Continuity

 * Superduper Mega Superstore makes an appearance. ("Vanessassary Roughness")
 * The robot in Phineas's memory resembles a robot that appeared in "One Good Scare Ought To Do It!"
 * This is the 2nd episode to mention summer ending. ("I, Brobot")
 * The dryer repair man from "Out of Toon" makes a reappearance, only with a different voice.
 * Phinedroids and Ferbots can be heard when Ferb is dancing.
 * When Ferb activates Candace's rocket, the time traveling music from "Quantum Boogaloo" is heard in the background.

Allusions

 * Buford and Baljeet can be seen playing a Dance Dance Revolution-style game.
 * Nostradamus, the famous astrologer predicting the future, is mentioned twice in the episode.

Cast

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