She's the Mayor

New law!

Candace is awarded the opportunity to be mayor for the day, so she uses her new status to create laws that can assist her with busting her brothers. Back at home, Phineas and Ferb build an authentic log cabin and a pioneer village. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz is scheduled to play golf with his brother, but since he hates the game, he creates the Accelerate-inator to speed things along. However, he is unaware that his invention also has the ability to open up holes to other dimensions.

Episode Summary
At City Hall, Mayor Doofenshmirtz announces Candace as the winner of the Mayor-For-A-Day Essay Contest, believing that her essay, "Why My Little Brothers Should Be Busted," is a political metaphor. Praising Candace for her pioneer spirit, Phineas and Ferb are inspired by his words to build without modern technology, so they use their dad's set of antique pioneer tools to build a pioneer town. Ignoring the fact that her position is only honorary, Candace hires Stacy as her new assistant and prepares for her new position as Phineas and Ferb begin work on their pioneer project while at the same time wondering where Perry is.

At a sauna, Major Monogram gives Agent P his latest mission. Back at home, Phineas and Ferb slowly begin work on their project, while back at City Hall, Mayor Candace creates a number of new laws: outlawing red clothes on all citizens except herself, making everything pretty, giving herself privileges such as free clothes and makeovers, placing her own image on the three-dollar bill, having all citizens sport her hairdo, and renaming local streets and businesses after herself and Jeremy. As Phineas and Ferb slowly make progress, Candace soon realizes that she's been ignoring her major campaign promise: busting her brothers.

At a golf course, Dr. Doofenshmirtz angrily prepares to spend a day golfing with his brother, with an undercover Agent P as his caddy. Back at home, Phineas and Ferb have completed their pioneer village, complete with old coot. Mayor Candace, overseeing their goings-on, prepares for her busting.

Back at the golf course, a bored Dr. Doofenshmirtz shows off his Accelerate-inator, which he plans to use to get this game over and done with as soon as possible. Mayor Candace arrives home to prepare for "The Big Bust." Phineas and Ferb look over their handiwork, proud of their accomplishments and vowing never to forgo technology again, and head inside.

Linda and Lawrence are escorted back home at the mayor's request as she proudly unveils the pioneer village. The townspeople see it as another political metaphor, but Mom sees it for what it truly is and angrily calls for Phineas and Ferb while admitting Candace was right all along. Back at the golf course, Mayor Doofenshmirtz is astounded at how fast the game is going as Dr. Doofenshmirtz points out that the slight chance that the Acceleratinator could destroy the very fabric of space-time and possibly the entire universe is a small price to pay to get done with the game. Agent P breaks the Acceleratinator, causing time to flow backwards at the exact moment Linda and Candace are to bust Phineas and Ferb, undoing all of the day's events and causing an alien from another universe to appear.

At City Hall, Mayor Doofenshmirtz prepares to announce the winner of the Mayor-For-A-Day Essay Contest. The alien destroys the Acceleratinator, causing the time-line to be altered once again as the new honorary mayor is announced: the old coot, causing Candace to lament, "I was robbed."

Songs

 * Quirky Worky Song (Pioneer Remix)
 * ''Never Gonna be an Ordinary Day

The "Too Young" Line
None.

Ferb's Line
He was also heard panting when him and Phineas were sawing a log.

Perry's entrance to his lair
He was already in the Agency's Sauna with Major Monogram and Carl.

Background Information

 * This is the only episode in which Stacy appears with hair tied on top of her head. She has an updo in the entire episode.
 * This is the third time that Candace has managed to bust her brothers ("Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!", "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo",), although in each incident, time is modified, or the whole thing turns out to be a dream, making them "not count". This episode (along with "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo") also proves that Linda would not always approve of what Phineas & Ferb do if she was actually aware of their true activities, as she was quick to call them out & was prepared to punish them on the spot. (It is unknown what Lawrence would think, though)
 * This is first of Phineas and Ferb's Big Ideas where they were exhausted from building and wished to never to do again.
 * This is the first episode where Perry does not wear his agent hat.
 * Events that are shown in the rewind scene but not on the episode:
 * Candace and Stacy being on a stage with a picture of Candace in the background
 * Scenes with Dr. Doofenshmirtz doing activities with Perry (probably a humorous space-time-glitch)
 * An alien ripping a hole in the screen while the Accelerate-inator distorts.

Production Information

 * In Spain the "Accelerate-inator" was call the "Aceleri-golf-inator" and the episode was titled "Ella es la alcaldesa" (She is the mayor).

International Premieres

 * July 17, 2010 (Disney XD Spain)
 * July 21, 2010 (Disney XD UK)
 * July 20, 2010 (Disney Channel Latin America)
 * August 22, 2010 (Disney Channel Spain)
 * September 12, 2010 (Disney XD Scandinavia)
 * March 12, 2011 (Disney Channel UK)

Errors

 * Candace and her bodyguard refer to the house as "the Flynn household", not its true title of "Flynn-Fletcher household". Also, Lawrence and Linda are called "Mr. and Mrs. Flynn", though Lawrence should be addressed as "Mr. Fletcher". Isabella made a similar mistake in "Candace Loses Her Head" and "Hip Hip Parade", when she calls Linda "Mrs. Fletcher". Jeremy also did this in "Atlantis". Isabella also says "Nice hat, Mr. Flynn." in the episode "Greece Lightning".
 * The "bowl of mints" is actually a bowl of jellybeans.
 * When Stacy says "Oh brother, I busted my pencil", Stacy isn't using a pencil, she's using a pen.
 * When Candace says "Everything should be pretty", the city hall building is normal-coloured, however when the camera zooms out, the whole building is coloured in pink.
 * In the scene where Linda and Lawrence are in the cab, the name of the paper on Lawrence's paper is coloured in black, however in the next scene in the cab, the name of the paper is now coloured in blue, as it will stay throughout the episode.

Continuity

 * There is another Agent W (A whale) seen in this episode. Since both have been referred to as Agent W, it could mean that there can be more than one agent per letter. ("Traffic Cam Caper", "Phineas and Ferb Hawaiian Vacation").
 * Dr. Doofenshmirtz's dislike of golf is mentioned again, the first time being during "One Good Scare Ought to Do It!".
 * This is the second episode to feature a golfing theme ("Put That Putter Away").
 * Candace mentions being the Queen of Mars ("Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story)").
 * "Melanie is out, peace!" is a reference of phrase said by Unknown guy in Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story). Previous uses of this joke were done in "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister" and "The Beak".
 * Melanie appears again ("The Beak").
 * Candace has the Paisley Sideburn Brothers perform for her while acting as mayor ("Fireside Girl Jamboree").
 * This is the second time that Perry has worn an actual set of clothes. The first time was in "Vanessassary Roughness".
 * The one-eyed green alien with the toy hammer makes an appearance ("It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World", "Vanessassary Roughness").
 * Linda questions whether or not the boys' invention will be invisible, a nod to "Don't Even Blink".
 * The time accelerator in this episode is the second one that Doofenshmirtz has made. The first one was created in "Lights, Candace, Action!", when he wanted to produce some perfectly-aged cheese.
 * This is second episode that the ending shows that the whole episode never happened due to a time lapse. The first was "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo".
 * Bobbi's Hair Emporium makes a third apperance in this episode (1st is "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together" & the 2nd is "Hip Hip Parade").
 * On the wall of the mayor's office, there is a red plug where Perry was trapped in "The Beak". Also there is a bowl of mints that was mentioned in the same episode.
 * This marks the only time Stacy has her hair tied in an Updo hairstyle.
 * This is the third time Phineas and Ferb get busted by their mom the first two being Phineas and Ferb Get Busted and Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo.

Allusions

 * Candace's campaign logo parodies "Hope," a now famous-poster of President Barack Obama created by artist Shepherd Fairey in 2008.
 * "They" resemble the Grady twins from the famous horror film The Shining.
 * Stacy hums the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
 * The title of this short is a likely parody of the syndicated series She's the Sheriff (1987-89) which starred Suzanne Somers.
 * Hidden Mickey - A small Hidden mickey is seen side-way in the nose of the Crazy Old Coot.
 * Caddyshack - Heinz Doofenschmirtz's golf bag -inator may be a nod to Al Czervik's (Rodney Dangerfield) fully accessorized golf bag.
 * Katy Perry - Roger's caddie is named Katy, and Heinz's is Agent P, making the caddies named Katy and Perry.

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
 * Richard O'Brien as Dad
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
 * Kelly Hu as Stacy Hirano
 * Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
 * Bobby Gaylor as Buford
 * John O'Hurley as Roger