| “ | I'm eating, I'm a plant, I'm a plant plant plant... | ” |
— Doofen-plants | ||
When Lawrence's old bookcase collapses, the kids build a new one for him - with a lot of extra features. Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz creates an army of plants in his likeness to take over the Tri-State Area - which turn against him in spectacular fashion.
Episode Summary[]
In the backyard, Buford is once more attempting to win over the rest of the gang with his Bread Bowl Hot Tub. Phineas is about to approve it, when he hears his father having an accident in the garage. As the gang approach him, they see that his favorite bookshelf has finally given out. Phineas decides that instead of the Bread Bowl Hot Tub, they will make the ultimate bookcase for Dad.
Perry enters his lair via a giant pinball machine, ultimately overtaking Carl's high score. Major Monogram informs Agent P that there has been an abundance of plant life on Doofenshmirtz's balcony.
Back in the backyard, Lawrence goes back to the garage to get his wrench, but then forgets what he was looking for and goes through all the junk in the garage. Buford is initially hesitant to join the project, since he believes that reading is boring and the bookcase is not a Bread Bowl Hot Tub. But when the gang decide to add some amenities, including the possibility of a soupy loaf jacuzzi, Buford rejoins them. As the gang gathers books to put on the shelf, Candace finds a book on hypnotism and attempts to hypnotize her mother to get her to bust the boys, but Linda is not fooled, since she also believes the bookcase the boys are building is nothing bustworthy.
At Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, Perry gets trapped in a giant wad of chewing gum. Doof has taken up gardening, since back in Gimmelshtump, during his days as a lawn gnome, the local kids would, for some reason, bully him for not practicing photosynthesis, even though that is only exclusive to plants. So he made the Face-Plant-inator, which would grow omnivorous plants that have his face. As Perry frees himself from his trap, the Doofenplants grow wild and out-of-control.
After Phineas and the gang complete their bookcase, they realize that Dad is still missing. Meanwhile, Candace attempts using reverse psychology on her mother to get her to come outside, but Linda fights back using a triple negative on her. Phineas and the gang find Lawrence back in the garage, still rummaging through his antiques, when they show him the bookcase. He is very impressed by the shelf as well as the collection of books. He goes back in the house to get his wife to show her.
Back at D.E.I., Doof and Perry are still under attack from the Doofenplants. They attempt to get to the self-destruct button, but the plants block their path. Perry fights Doof and causes him to fly backwards and hit the inator.
The inator's beams hit the backyard, causing Doofenplants to grow all over and start eating the bookcase. The gang get out books on getting rid of weeds... and hit them with the books. They also get out swords to attempt to prune them, but they are largely outnumbered. In the house, Candace resorts to begging and bargaining to get her Mom to the backyard. But then, Lawrence politely requests her to come out, and she accepts.
Back at Doof's lab, Perry finally reaches the inator's self-destruct button, causing the plants to explode. As the inator also undergoes its own inevitable explosion, Doof curses Perry and his own hubris. When he lands in soil, he is suddenly confronted by the now-grown Drusselsteinian bullies, who still make fun of him for not practicing photosynthesis.
In the backyard, the Doofenplants all explode, and the bookcase is now reduced to a much smaller case. Linda is impressed, Candace is confused, and Lawrence is just as perplexed since it "seemed bigger". As he finally finds his wrench, the gang jump in the air and freeze in celebration doing a "Yeah! shot". Perry returns, and Candace comes upon the still-frozen gang, calling them "so weird".
Transcript[]
Read the transcript of Biblio-Blast!.
Songs[]
- "Quirky Worky Song"
- "I'm Reading/I'm Eating"
- "Happy Sandwich Man" (instrumental)
- "Meat Mug Jingle" (instrumental)
End Credits[]
A looped scene of Baljeet whacking a Doof-plant.
Gallery[]
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Running Gags[]
I know what we're gonna do today/Hey, where's Perry?/Ferb's Line[]
Phineas: Gang, I know what we're gonna d—
(A crash is heard.) Lawrence: Oh, blimey! Phineas: Dad? |
Phineas: I know what we're gonna do today!
Buford: It's gonna be the bookcase, isn't it? Phineas: Yes, it is! Lawrence: Jolly good. We're gonna need wood and nails and—Oh, where's Perry? Ferb: Why would we need Perry to build the bookcase? (Beat.) Lawrence: I, uh, was just wondering. |
Phineas: Hold on. Where's Dad? Buford: He's still in the garage lookin' for a wrench wit' an English accent. |
The "Too Young" Line[]
None.
What'cha doin'?[]
Phineas: Whatcha doin'? Lawrence: Oh, my favorite bookcase finally gave up the ghost. |
Oh, there you are, Perry[]
Candace: Oh there you are Perry. |
Perry's entrance to his lair[]
Perry goes into a giant pinball machine to enter his lair.
Evil Jingle[]
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorp—
Curse you, Perry the Platypus![]
Doofenshmirtz: Curse you, Perry the Platypus, and also my own hubris for creating an army of me-plants! |
Bread bowl hot tub[]
Buford talks about it at the start of the episode, and also mentions it throughout.
Memorable Quotes[]
Buford: It doesn't hafta be chowder. Could be a bisque, broth, a consommé.
Phineas: But wouldn't we get all covered in— Buford: We'd all be delicious! Isabella: Covered in soup. Buford: I'm just workshoppin' this okay? (Takes out a figurine of Phineas wearing a tuxedo.) Here, for scale. (Drops the figurine into the soup.) Bread Bowl Hot Tub. The gang: Oh. |
Baljeet: Why is he wearing a tuxedo? It looks like he should be on a wedding cake. Isabella: It's mine! (takes the figurine) Don't you worry your little head about it. |
Phineas: We could build you the ultimate bookcase.
Isabella: Ooh! That's something we've never built before. Buford: Yeah. Because it's boring. Whereas a Bread Bowl Hot Tub, on the other hand... |
(Exit Perry. Carl appears in frame going into the ball.)
Carl: I'm going back in, sir. Major Monogram: You can't keep chasing that high, Carl. |
Phineas: Ready, Dad?
Lawrence: Okay, let me just fetch my spanner. I won't be a tick. Buford: What's a spanner? Isabella: A wrench, (affecting the King's English) with an English accent. Buford: And what's a tick? Isabella: A parasitic arachnid that attaches itself to larger, warm-blooded vertebrates? Buford: Dis has not made anything clearer to me. |
Lawrence: What did I come in here for again? Was it my Bench Warmer baseball cards, or this photo of me kicking an orange, or my sculpture of the world's happiest jackalope? |
Phineas: We're gonna give Dad the ultimate summer reading bookcase!
Isabella: We can add rope swings, secret passages. Baljeet: A homework checking station. I mean a foosball station. Buford: (coming back in) And a pool! That's hot! Filled with soup! I'm back in! |
(Candace comes in swinging a pocket watch.)
Candace: You want to come to the backyard with me, Mom... You want to come to the backyard... Linda: You don't need me to see anything today. Dad's recruited the kids to help him build a bookshelf. Candace: (drops watch) Hmmm, perhaps it's time to try a more psychological approach. Linda: It's really not. |
Doofenshmirtz: (with a bandage around his head) Ah, Perry the Platypus. So glad you could "gum" by! I mean, I knew gumbody would visit, but it's gum. It's gum. You're in a gum trap. |
Doofenshmirtz: Anyway, behold my Face-Plant-inator! It doesn't make people fall on their faces. It makes plants with my face! My face on a plant! |
Doofenshmirtz: (voiceover) In Gimmelshtump, the other kids used to tease me for not practicing photosynthesis.
Drusselstinian kids: Heinz has no chlorophyll! Heinz has no chloro... (End flashback.) Doofenshmirtz: And that's a weird thing to tease someone about because who practices photosynthesis? It's literally just plants. But I guess they'd run out of taunts and had to get creative. |
Doofenshmirtz: I made them omnivorous because carnivorous just wasn't evil enough. I mean, "carnivorous"? What? They can't hurt plants? What's that all about? |
Doofenplants: I'm a plant, I'm a plant, I'm a plant... (etc.)
Doofenshmirtz: Yes, you are. Yes, you are. Who's a good plant? (One of the plants bites Doof's finger.) Doofenshmirtz: Ow! Okay, I take it back. You're an abomination. |
Candace: Mom, whatever you do, do not come outside.
Linda: Don't play mind games with me, Candace. You're pretending to not do what I know you're actually doing won't not make me not come outside. Candace: Yes, that's what—Wait, was that a triple negative? So... So, no. |
Lawrence: Oh, my, is that a leather-bound first printing of Kafka's Metamorphosis?
Buford: A poor man's Edgar Allan Poe. Who added bugs to mask all the borrowed imagery. (The gang stare at Buford.) Buford: What? I don't like reading. Bread Bowl Hot Tub! Baljeet: (suspicious) Mm-hmm. |
Doofenshmirtz: Heh heh. Uh, I neglected to mention they've also developed a taste for wood, and paper, and Vanessa's pleather boots, and basically, anything I've put in front of their mouths. And it looks like we can add frying pans to that list. |
Buford: Whoa! That's funky! Doze are da weirdest-lookin' plants I've ever seen!
Baljeet: Do their faces look familiar? (Close-up on one of the plants as Doof's "backstory" theme plays.) Buford: Nah, they don't look like anybody. |
Baljeet: Oh, I can't look! Just like the library at Alexandria! Whyyyyyy? Buford: Don't be so dramatic, all these books are online. |
Buford: Now this is what I'm talkin' about!
Baljeet: When have you ever talked about this? Buford: Tuesday. A week ago. (Flip wipe to Buford and Baljet on a seesaw.) Buford: I wuz just thinkin', wouldn't it be cathartic ta pound a buncha carnivorous plants inta submission with a book? (Baljeet just blinks.) (Cut back to Buford and Baljeet in present.) Baljeet: I have no recollection of that. |
Candace: Come out to the backyard and see what the boys have made, and I'll be your best friend! I'll only apply to local colleges. I'll put you in the nice senior care facility!
Lawrence: Oh, Linda, you really should see what the boys have made. It's quite impressive. Linda: Okay! Candace: Wait, what? Oh, sure, when he says it! |
Drusselsteinians: (now grown-up, singing, wearing the same clothes as they were in the flashback) You still ain't got no chlorophyll! You still ain't got no chlorophyll! Doofenshmirtz: Hey, why are you guys still wearing the same clothes? Drusselsteinians: We did it for the call-back! We did it for the call-back! |
Linda: Wow, kids, that is impressive.
Lawrence: It is lovely, but it seemed bigger. Candace: But but but... Linda: Oh, Candace, I can't wait for you to have children of your own one day. |
Background Information[]
Production Information[]
International Premieres[]
Errors[]
- After Perry blew up the chewed gum wad, the outline of his fedora suddenly miscolored as beige while he runs from the scene.
Continuity[]
- Baljeet asks if the faces on the plants look familiar, as he and the other kids have met Doofenshmirtz on a few occasions, such as "Night of the Living Pharmacists" and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension does not count, since their memories were erased of this moment.). Buford has forgotten Doofenshmirtz's face despite also meeting him in "Bully Bromance Breakup".
- Doof twice calls his plants an "army of me-plants", most likely a reference to the song "Army of Me" from "Night of the Living Pharmacists".
Allusions[]
- The Metamorphosis - One of the books in the bookcase is a first edition printing of this allegorical tale by Franz Kafka about a salesman who one day finds himself transformed into a giant cockroach. Buford derisively calls the tale a "poor man's Edgar Allan Poe".
- High School Musical - The poses the kids do when they jump in the air and freeze mirror those on the movie's poster.
- Goosebumps - the Mutant plants is similar to R.L. Stine's book and episode Stay Out of the Basement.
Trivia[]
- Second time a portrait of someone kicking an orange is used as a gag. ("Submarine Sandwich Submarine")
- Doofenshmirtz summons an army of plants to take over the Tri-State Area once again ("Atlantis").
- This is the ninth time Doofenshmirtz's lawn gnome backstory is featured. ("Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror", "Got Game?", "The Chronicles of Meap", "Rollercoaster: The Musical!", Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, "This Is Your Backstory", "Imperfect Storm", "Father's Day")
Cast[]
- Main article: Tropey McTropeFace and Biblio-Blast!/Credits
- Vincent Martella as Phineas, Additional voices
- Ashley Tisdale as Candace
- David Errigo Jr. as Ferb
- Caroline Rhea as Mom
- Richard O'Brien as Dad
- Dan Povenmire as Doofenshmirtz, Doofenplants, Additional voices
- Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram, Additional voices
- Tyler Mann as Carl
- John Viener as Norm ♦
- Michael Bublé as himself ♦
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry, Additional voices
- Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
- Bobby Gaylor as Buford
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella
- Olivia Olson as Vanessa (credit only)
- Additional voices: Pamela Adlon, Jennifer Hughes, Danny Jacob, Django Marsh, Scott Peterson, Brock Powell, LC Powell, Jaret Reddick, Isaac Robinson-Smith
- ♦ designates a character that did not appear in this episode
References[]
Disney Television Animation. "Tropey Mctropeface/Biblio-Blast!", 2023.
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