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Ferb, we should get our own mummy.

— Phineas Flynn

While watching a mummy movie with their dad, Phineas and Ferb decide to go in search of a real mummy. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz attempts to create some beachfront property.

Episode Summary[]

The story opens with Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and their father Lawrence going to see The Mummy with Two Tombs at the Pharaoh Theater. In the movie, an explorer reads the hieroglyphics carved into the wall. The incantation is "Owa Tagu Siam". Phineas asks Lawrence where one can find a mummy. "Hidden deep in the bowels of the pyramid", is the answer. Meanwhile, the explorer learns that the incantation will bring the mummy back to life and obey commands. He exclaims, "Well, beat me with a chicken!" The mummy grabs a chicken and proceeds to beat him with it. Phineas then asks Lawrence how to get into the pyramid and he mentions the booby-traps that were often used. On-screen, the mummy sets off one of his own booby-traps. Phineas tells Ferb that they should get their own mummy, and this leads into the song My Undead Mummy. After the song ends, the boys find out that Lawrence has fallen asleep, so they head off to find a mummy, followed by Candace.

Pharaoh Theater exterior

People waiting line at the Pharaoh Theater

Agent P heads off to receive his mission by getting on a slide behind an entrance in the stomach of the "Big Ape" display. While traveling down the slide in a platypus car, Major Monogram gives him his mission, but starts it off by accidentally reading his grocery list. Once Agent P has the details, he transfers to a submarine. Perry sets the submarine to dive, but the water in the drainage pipe is shallow and the submarine scrapes along the bottom as it moves. Phineas asks a theater employee where the mummy exhibit is, but the employee needs a manager's assistance in answering that question. Another person comes up to find the restroom and the employee needs assistance with that question as well. The boys begin their journey by heading down a stairwell. Candace calls Lawrence so she can bust them, but he is still asleep. As she runs after them, she knocks over a series of posts, which strike a gumball machine and cause the gumball container to come loose and roll after her. Candace enters the stairwell and steps in a mop bucket with wheels that's full of water. Her screams as the bucket carries her down the stairs alert Phineas and Ferb that the mummy is nearby.

The gumball container rolls down the stairs behind the boys. As they flee, Ferb jumps on Phineas' shoulders and uses an overhead pipe to lift both of them on top of the gumball container. They do a few tricks while on top of the container, but that comes to an abrupt end when they slam into the wall above a door. The container rolls down the hall and the boys congratulate themselves for getting past the first booby-trap. The gumball container catches up to Candace. As she flees from it, she tries the same trick as Ferb, but the pipe comes off in her hands. She tries it again, and this flings her up into the overhead duct. After bouncing around in it several times, she comes back out, right in front of the rolling container again. But the container rolls right past Candace, so she stops running and begins walking the other way. The container rolls up some stairs, activates the button for the elevator, and after a bounce against the stair railing, enters the elevator. Candace is still walking the other way and gets into what appears to be a different elevator. She fails to notice that the gumball container is in the elevator car. After she gets in, she sees it and when the car arrives at the next floor, she runs out. The gumball container starts moving again, rolling at the same speed as it had before it entered the elevator.

Candace runs down some stairs and tries a door, but it's locked, so she keeps running. The gumball container is now deliberately chasing her since it is able to make hairpin turns down the stairs without having to bounce off of anything first. Shortly afterwards, the container splits open, and the loose gumballs cause Candace to go through a door into the supply room. She tries some of the gumballs, but her mouth gets clogged up because the bubblegum is so old and stale. Butter and toilet paper rolls fall on top of her as she tries to get back up by leaning on a cabinet. Wrapped up like a mummy, she walks off in search of Phineas, stiff-armed and stiff-legged like mummies in movies traditionally are.

Ready for beachfront property

Dr. Doofenshmirtz is ready for beachfront property

Agent P's submarine arrives at the beaver pond just as Dr. Doofenshmirtz is putting the finishing touches on his latest invention. He greets Perry by saying, "Ah, Perry the Platypus. As usual your timing is incredible. And by incredible, of course I mean completely credible!" He unexpectedly shoots Perry with a ray gun, capturing him in a bubble of "pure evil" (and a blend of space-age polymers). Dr. Doofenshmirtz then tells Perry his plan: release the water being held by the beaver dam into the ocean, raising the ocean level by 2 per cent, thus giving him some beachfront property. The Woodenator invention will break up the beaver dam because it attracts wood like a magnet does metal. Dr. Doofenshmirtz taunts Perry by retrieving the paintbrush that got knocked out of his hand and using it to paint eyeglasses on the bubble. A push from him sends the bubble and Perry drifting away.

Back at the theater, Phineas and Ferb enter a different storage room. Phineas repeats the incantation that was in the movie, but they got disappointed that the room contained "nothing but fakey promotional junk". They head back out and meet Candace in her mummy-like attire. The boys flee and Candace chases them. While they are attempting to escape, their legs get locked together and both have to walk using their hands. They hide inside a stand-up display for the movie Safari Man 2 (in 2D!) and Phineas comments on the "angry, twisted soul hidden underneath those bandages". But they came down to get a mummy, so now they chase the mummy. During the chase, Ferb manages to lasso the mummy and then they ride it like a bucking bronco. That doesn't last long because first Phineas, then both of them get tangled up in the toilet paper bandages. They finally capture the mummy by enclosing it in a wooden Egyptian coffin.

Back at the beaver pond, Dr. Doofenshmirtz activates the Woodenator, driving off the beavers. Perry flags down one of the beavers. The beaver takes a log and chews it down to a toothpick, but uses his own teeth to burst the bubble that has Perry trapped. They slap tails and Perry runs back to the beaver dam. Dr. Doofenshmirtz fires the ray gun at him again, but manages to trap both of them in the bubble. Perry uses Dr. Doofenshmirtz's nose to burst the bubble, and it distresses Dr. Doofenshmirtz to learn that he has a pointy nose. The Woodenator finishes breaking up the dam and the water rushes downstream into a pipe. But the pipe sends the water across town into the movie theater's basement. Phineas, Ferb and Perry ride the coffin as the second booby-trap of the water carries them along. The water breaks through the top of the Sphinx that is outside the theater. The water has washed the toilet paper bandages away, revealing Candace. Phineas tries to introduce her to the mummy they caught, but it's nowhere in the area. Phineas calls out for the mummy, and as Lawrence walks up and responds, "Well, mummy has supper waiting for us at home". He asks Candace why she's wet. She growls in frustration, and her eye starts twitching. During the car ride back home, Ferb informs them how mummy brains get removed, to which Candace replies, "The lucky ones."

Transcript[]

Read the transcript of Are You My Mummy?.

Songs[]

End Credits[]

  • First and last verse of "My Undead Mummy" (when the episode is broadcasted by itself)

Gallery[]

Click here to view more images from "Are You My Mummy?".
View the image gallery for "Are You My Mummy?".

Running Gags[]

The "Too Young" Line[]

None.

Ferb's Line[]

Ferb: You know, mummies had their brains pulled out through their nose.
Candace: Ah, the lucky ones.

What'cha Doin'?[]

None.

Hey, where's Perry?[]

Phineas: Hey, Ferb, where's Perry?

Oh, there you are, Perry[]

Phineas:There you are, Perry.

Perry's entrance to his lair[]

Perry does not go to his lair. He enters an opening in the stomach of the "Big Ape" display, descends on a slide in a platypus car and receives his briefing while in the platypus car. He then uses a submarine to go confront Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

Memorable Quotes[]

Explorer: Well, beat me with a chicken!
Phineas: Look, pith helmets! We must be going the right way. Say something pithy.
Phineas: Excuse me sir, where's the mummy exhibit?
Manager 1: (presses and holds a button while speaking into an intercom) Manager assistance requested.
(a second manager walks up)
Manager 2: Yes?
Manager 1 These two boys want to know where the mummy exibit is.
Manager 2: It's in storage, in the basement. (walks away)
Phineas: Guess who's going to the basement?
(Phineas and Ferb leave, then a woman with glasses walks up)
Woman: Excuse me, where are the restrooms?
Manager 1: (presses and holds a button while speaking into an intercom) Manager assistance requested.
(the manager comes back)
Manager 2: Yes?
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Perry the Platypus. As usual, your timing is incredible. And by incredible, of course, I mean completely credible!
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: No use, Perry the Platypus. I made this out of something that cannot be penetrated: PURE EVIL... and a blend of space-age polymers.
Phineas: Wow. I didn't expect him to be so scary. I mean, can you imagine the angry, twisted soul hidden underneath those bandages? Makes me shudder.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Is my nose really that pointy?
Phineas: Hey, where's the mummy? Mummy! Mummy!
Lawrence: (Not realizing Phineas means an actual mummy, not his mother) Well, mummy has supper waiting for us at home.
Major Monogram: One package of blood sausage... Uh, that's my grocery list!

Background Information[]

Mummy promo

Promotional image for the episode, detailing Phineas and Ferb with a Mummy Candace.

Production Information[]

  • Episode description from the original Phineas and Ferbruary 2008 press release:[1]
The episode "Are You My Mummy," airing Friday, Ferb-ruary 15, finds Phineas and Ferb visiting a local Egyptian movie theater and subsequently setting out to get their own mummy. Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus travels through the city's underground waterways to stop Dr. Doofenshmirtz from diverting the city's water to raise the sea level so his real estate will become beachfront property.

International Premieres[]

  • February 16, 2008 (Disney Channel Poland)

Errors[]

  • When Dr. Doofenshmirtz is painting the name of his invention on his "Wood-Inator", it seems that he spells the -inator suffix -enator.
  • When the giant ball runs down the stairs, the door it is going through shows a label saying "Stairs". When the camera pans to the other side the label says "Stairwell".
  • Doofenshmirtz is wearing a swimsuit, but in "Split Personality", he says he can't swim. However, the swimsuit includes floaties.
  • When the giant ball goes up the stairs, Candace walks to the left. The ball then goes into the lift on the right and Candace walks to a lift on the left but when she goes into the lift, the ball is in the lift on the left.
  • When Candace goes into the lift, the lift seems to go up but when she runs out because of the ball, she is on the same floor as when she got in.
  • When Doofenshmirtz paints the face on the bubble Perry is in, the next time Perry is in the bubble, the face has disappeared.
  • During the chasing scene, Candace falls from Phineas and Ferb's head, the first scene that shows Phineas with part of the coffin, his eyes are transparent.
  • On the Israeli TV, on the Information of the episode, it showed up as "האם את אמא שלי?", which means "Are You My Mother?".
  • When Candace screams when she get chased by the ball filled with gumballs, her mouth doesn't move when the camera zooms out.
  • In scenes before Candace began to chase Phineas and Ferb, there is a woman with yellow glasses and pink shirt behind Lawrence. But when Candace goes out of the cinema room, she passes the woman but she is in another seat.
Ferb and Phineas winces after hitting brick wall

Where's Phineas and Ferb hats???

  • Phineas and Ferb have hats but when they crashed into the wall, the hats disappear.
  • Candace's bubblegum changes from pink to purple.
  • When Perry goes up the coffin, he is behind Phineas. But in the next scene, he is in front of Ferb.
  • Phineas and Ferb should've noticed portions of Candace's hair visible beneath the bandages.
  • The gumballs are completely enclosed by the glass ball. There is not a single hole in the glass ball, so one person cannot buy gum without breaking the ball.

Continuity[]

Allusions[]

  • Indiana Jones - The two booby traps are like the first two Indiana Jones film, in order, the giant glass ball full of candy is similar the boulder that Indy runs away from in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Then, the flood caused by Doofenshmirtz and Perry is similar to The Temple of Doom.
  • Are You My Mother? - "Are You My Mummy?" might be a reference to the 1960 children's book Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman.
  • Doctor Who - "Are You My Mummy?" could be a reference to the two-part episode "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances".
  • The Lion King - The scene in "My Undead Mummy" where Phineas, Ferb, and the Mummy are walking across the log in between two cliffs is an allusion to The Lion King when Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa are walking across a log just like this in the movie.
  • Jaws - The "Sharks!" cardboard model in the cinema's basement is similar to the promotional posters for the 1975 thriller film Jaws.
  • Oh what a goose I am - The incantation "Owa Tagu Siam" is the play on words used to trick someone into embarrassing themselves. It was famously used in an episode of The Odd Couple.
  • King Kong - The movie theater lobby has a display for the movie "Big Ape", which is a primate that is a large as several buildings. Big Ape is also purple in color, which might be a reference to Grape Ape.
  • Speed - In the cinema's basement, there is a cutout of a bus full of screaming people.
  • Dragon Ball Z - In the movie poster "S/A3" one of the aliens resembles a Saibaman.
  • Club Penguin - A previously aired movie is known as "Space Adventure". On Club Penguin, there is a play called "Space Adventure". Either of these could relate to the sign in storage room.
  • Hey Arnold! - Monkeyman is from Hey Arnold!, a show Dan Povenmire worked on.
  • Splash Mountain - During the flood, Phineas and Ferb ride on the water and down the stairs, showing an on-ride photograph as done famously on Splash Mountain at Disney Parks.
  • Thorpe Park - After Perry went back to Phineas and Ferb, They were riding the coffin of King Tut (With Candace inside it), Similar to the water rides at Thorpe Park.
  • CatDog - When Phineas and Ferb are running away from Candace, they're walking on their hands with their legs entangled in a way very similar to CatDog.
  • R.V. - The movie sign "Bus: The Movie" could be a parody of the movie's title.
  • The Buzz On Maggie - the song "My Undead Mummy" is similar to the Germy song from this other Disney Channel series.

Trivia[]

  • Major Monogram eats blood sausage.
  • This is the first episode in production order that Isabella and Linda don't appear. Buford however, briefly appears in My Undead Mummy. Linda is also mentioned.
  • No one actually knows what sounds got associated with Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Egyptologists use "transliteration", which is at best 50% correct.
    • Furthermore, even with the broadest consideration for cartooning simplification, the symbols read that awaken the mummy do not transliterate into, "Ohwa tagoo siam".
  • In the song, it shows Phineas and Ferb's school while they think of their Mummy. This is the first episode to show Phineas and Ferb's school.
  • The top of the gumball machine rolls past the movie theater employee who can't answer simple questions without help, even though it seems that it started closer to the stairwell door.
  • Phineas and Ferb's original plan to get the mummy (Candace) out was to roll it out on a skateboard which was what they did before Doofenshmirtz flooded the path they were taking, causing them to ride the current.
  • Ironically, this is the first episode that Lawrence appears without Linda.
  • It appears that the amount of water in the beaver pond would not be enough to raise the level of an ocean by 2%.
  • Dr. Doofenshmirtz takes his lab coat off momentarily, revealing that he is wearing inflatable armbands. This would show that he cannot swim. This got confirmed in Season 2's episode "Split Personality".
  • Movies playing at the Pharaoh Theater: "Bones of Doom" and "The Mummy with Two tombs".
  • Upcoming movies at the Pharaoh Theater: "Big Ape".
  • Movies previously shown at the Pharaoh Theater: "Moxi", "Sharks", "Dinor", "Bus! The Movie", "Scratchy", Safari Man 2" (in 2-D), "Space Armada", "Space Adventure 6", "Monkey Men 2", "S/A3".
  • At one point, it seems that the "Safari Man 2" display changes to the "Monkey Men 2" display because both appear to the left of the "Space Armada" poster and the flying saucer display. However, it could be possible that the theater had more than one copy of the poster and flying saucer displays, and just happened to put each of them close to the separate "Safari Man 2" and "Monkey Men 2" displays when they got moved into storage. Based on what is in the episode, the "Safari Man 2" display is somewhere to the right of the "Monkey Men 2" display.
  • "Pinhead Pierre actress" didn't appear until "Greece Lightning" The mis-identified character in this episode has a longer neck, different eyes, different hair, a different shirt and is wearing earings.
  • This marks one of the earliest accomplishments of doing something in the title sequence, in this case "fighting a mummy".
  • This is the first time that Doofenshmirtz calls his nemesis "Perry" instead of "Perry the Platypus".
  • This is the first time Phineas gets scared.
  • In the Pharaoh Theater's basement, among the old movie signs is a "Keep Left" sign. This is the name of Dan Povenmire's college band.

Cast[]

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