| “ | I think the DNA from Buford's saliva must have combined with the potatoes' DNA to make some sort of Buford potato hybrid! | ” |
— Phineas Flynn | ||
When all the potatoes in Danville go missing, Phineas and Ferb decide to clone some using Buford's last potato chip so that Isabella's Nana can make latkes for the Latke Festival. Unfortunately, Buford's DNA merges with the potatoes, creating mischievous Potato Gremlins all over town. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz plans on using his "Historical Army Retrieve-inator" to summon the Spartan army and command them to take over the Tri-State Area.
Episode Summary[]
At the Danville Senior Lodge, Isabella thanks Phineas and Ferb for helping her for the Latkes Festival by making latkes with her grandmother, Nana Shapiro, to help her earn her Golden Year assistant patch. However, Baljeet and Buford arrive to tell them that there are no potatoes in the entire Tri-State Area. Isabella worries that the seniors will riot when they hear there are no latkes. Buford reaches to eat his last potato chip, inspiring Phineas to use it to clone potatoes for the festival.
At Perry's lair, Major Monogram briefs him about Doofenshmirtz. Apparently, Doofenshmirtz has not been paying his electrical bill, which is odd considering his ex-wife pays him alimony. He tells Perry to investigate it immediately, and Perry uses a rocket to fly outside.
Meanwhile, Candace is inside the house commenting about how boring summer is. Linda suggests calling Jeremy, Stacy, Jenny, and busting her brothers. Candace replies saying that they're unavailable, and that her brothers aren't in the backyard. Linda then drags her daughter out to go cycling around Danville together for fun.
At Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, Perry arrives in a parachute and gets trapped in stocks. Doofenshmirtz tells Perry that he found it in a book, which happened to come with a bonus pamphlet called "10 Greatest Armies of All Time" which says that the Spartan army was unstoppable. He quickly changes into a Spartan general uniform, so that the army will obey him, and tells Perry he plans to use his Historical Army Retrieve-inator to bring the Spartan army to the present.
Meanwhile, Phineas and Ferb finish building the Spuds-a-lot and, using Buford's potato chip, start to clone more potatoes. The gang notices that the potatoes look more sinister than normal spuds, and they figure out that Buford's DNA merged with the potatoes', creating an army of mutant potatoes that head straight toward downtown to create havoc. They decide that the potato hybrids have to be stopped. Isabella reminds them of the festival, so Phineas tells Buford and Baljeet to stall the senior party while he, Ferb, and Isabella round up the mutant potatoes.
Candace and Linda are riding around Danville. Candace is still bored, until she sees the potatoes and her brothers riding the Spuds-a-lot. She tells Linda to look, but a truck blocks them right when she turns around. Candace decides to chase them, while Linda follows her thinking she's getting in the spirit.
Doofenshmirtz activates his Historical Army Retrieve-inator to get the Spartan army, but gets the Mongol army instead. He tries to talk to the Mongols but they don't listen to him and leave the building, on a rampage of their own. They run over Doofenshmirtz, ruining his costume, and Doofenshmirtz realizes he needs a Genghis Khan costume to get the Mongol army to follow him. He runs for the costume shop.
At the Danville Senior Lodge, the seniors are demanding latkes. Unsure of what to do, Buford and Baljeet try to entertain them with sock puppets, unsuccessfully. With no other alternative, Buford and Baljeet change into tails and sing a song about their relationship.
Meanwhile, the potato gremlins are creating mischief throughout Danville. Phineas remembers that they built a hot tub into the Spuds-a-lot, which they can use as storage for the gremlins after sucking them up with a vacuum tube. As Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella round up the potato gremlins, the Mongol army spots them and plans to eat the potatoes as French fries. The gremlins run away, the Mongol army chases them, and the kids follow after them. Candace is hot on their trail, but Linda is several paces behind. To force her mother to go faster, Candace ties their bikes together with sausage links.
Doofenshmirtz finally gets the Genghis Khan costume and trades it for potatoes. As Buford and Baljeet finish their song, the potato gremlins and the Mongol army crash through the wall, finally battling each other. Doofenshmirtz appears and starts talking to the Mongol army. Candace and Linda arrive, and Candace shows her mother the whole scene, but Linda's face is covered by a newspaper and she can't see anything. Perry, still stuck in the stocks, hits the Historical Army Retrieve-inator and parachutes off the balcony. The beam hits Doofenshmirtz, the Mongol Army, the potato gremlins, and the Spuds-a-lot, sending them back to the Mongol era.
Linda finally removes the newspaper in her face, only to see nothing. Candace is disappointed, and Linda drags her towards home, thinking she had enough fun for the day. Isabella apologizes to her grandmother for ruining the Latke Festival, but her grandmother praises the show that Buford and Baljeet performed. Phineas sees Perry, still in the stocks even in pet mode, and wonders why he's wearing a pillory.
Transcript[]
Read the transcript of Lotsa Latkes.
Songs[]
End Credits[]
Somewhere in Mongolia, an archeologist and his companion find an underground cavern with some hieroglyphs telling of a legend about a battle between a Mongolian army and potato gremlins. Doofenshmirtz is also in the legend as a pharmacist from the future trying to get back to his time. The archaeologist's companion then leaves, thinking that he is making it up.
Gallery[]
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Running Gags[]
I know what we're gonna do today!/Hey, where's Perry?[]
Phineas: Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today! We're gonna use the DNA in this potato chip to clone our own potatoes! Hey, where's Perry? |
The "Too Young" Line[]
Isabella: We can start cooking as soon as Baljeet gets back with the potatoes. Baljeet: No! No, you cannot! |
Oh, there you are, Perry/Ferb's Line[]
Phineas: What's Perry doing in a pillory?
Ferb: Actually those are stocks, a pillory forces the wearer to remain upright, exposing them to poking and prodding from passers-by. Phineas: Wow, I'd expect that kind of esoteric knowledge to come from someone a little older; 50 or 60, or perhaps a septuagenarian. |
What'cha doin'?[]
None.
Perry's entrance to his lair[]
None.
Evil Jingle[]
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated!
Mistaking Doofenshmirtz for a pharmacist[]
Archeologist: This is it. No one has seen this for a thousand years. (brushes off a legend and blows on it) The legend tells of an epic battle between the Mongol Army and... potato gremlin creatures, while a, uh, pharmacist from the future worked in vain to return to his time, crying out, "Curse you, Perry the Platypus"?
(The archeologist's companion leaves) Archeologist: I swear! I majored this in college. |
Memorable Quotes[]
Isabella: (after finding out there are no potatoes left in the tri-state area to make latkes) What am I going to do? Have you ever seen senior citizens riot? It’s like a slow gray tornado of canes and false teeth! |
Candace: Summer is boring. I am so-o-o-o-o bored.
Linda: Why don't you call Jeremy? Candace: He's working. Linda: How about Stacy? Candace: Grounded. Linda: Jenny? Candace: Protesting. Linda: What about busting your brothers? Candace: Well, it's nice seeing you taking an interest but they're not even in the backyard. |
Isabella: Oh, thank you! Now, I can--Uh, Phineas? Those potatoes have eyes.
Baljeet: All potatoes have eyes. Isabella: Yeah, but these eyes blink! Phineas: Buford, you didn't put that potato chip in your mouth, did you? Buford: And if I did, would that be actionable? Phineas: I think the DNA in Buford's saliva combined with the potato DNA to create some sort of Buford-potato hybrid. Let's get out of here! Buford: Aw, look at the little guys! They're like little bullies! I am both proud and ready to soil my pants in terror! |
After retrieving a Mongol army instead of his planned Spartan army. Dr. Doofenshmirtz: You don't look a gift horde in the mouth. |
Phineas: Yes! If we reverse the back-up engine on the spuds-a-lot and attach those hoses, we can suck the potatoes into that soothing hot tub we built into the bulkhead.
Isabella: Hot tub? Why on earth would you build a hot tub on this thing? Phineas: I'd like to think the real question is: why wouldn't we? |
Baljeet: Buford, what are we going to do? Phineas wants us to stall. We gotta think of something!
Buford: Uh... I got something! (takes out a sock and puts it over his hand) Hi, I'm Mr. Sock! Hey, who turned out the lights?! (draws eyes on the sock) Thanks! (pause) Old Lady: You stink! Buford: Well, that wasn't very nice! Baljeet: (takes out his own sock and also puts it on his hand) Technically, we are socks. Buford: Hey, Mr. Other Sock, what are you doing here? Baljeet: Just looking. Buford: For what? Baljeet: My sole mate! (both laugh) Old Lady: You both stink! |
Doofenshmirtz: I'm kinda low on funds right now. Do you take potatoes in trade? |
Background Information[]
None.
Production Information[]
- This episode aired on Disney Channel On Demand on November 11, 2011.
- This is one of the three episodes that was mentioned during the Phineas and Ferb New York Times interview on July 9, 2011.[1]
International Premieres[]
- November 23, 2011 (Disney Channel Bulgaria)
- December 23, 2011 (Family Channel)
- January 10, 2012 (Disney XD UK)
- March 16, 2012 (Disney Channel Scandinavia)
- April 2, 2012 (Disney Channel India)
- April 22, 2012 (Disney Channel Asia)
- April 25, 2012 (Disney Channel Latin America)
- April 26, 2012 (Disney Channel Portugal)
- August 25, 2012 (Disney Channel India)
- September 29, 2012 (Disney Channel Turkey)
Errors[]
- During the song "Frenemies", after the verse "You and I, we're not enemies or friends", Buford's baton is a cane for a brief moment.
- Buford tosses his potato chip, but it is never taken out of the machine.
- When Buford says "For what?", his sock puppet blinks.
- When Baljeet says to Buford "Phineas wants us to stall, we got to think of something!" and Buford replies with "Uhhh...", his freckles are gone.
- When Candace and Linda are first seen biking on the sidewalk, both have blue helmets. In the next shot, Candace's helmet turns pink.
- Doofenshmirtz is wearing a robe when he approaches the Mongolian army. When he gets stuck in the past, he gets his lab coat back.
- When Isabella is talking about the "Senior citizens riot", her eyebrows are outlined in blue instead of black.
- Kelly Hu is credited, but Stacy does not appear in this episode or its sister episode.
Continuity[]
- Doofenshmirtz mentions that Charlene pays him alimony again ("I Scream, You Scream").
Allusions[]
- Greatest Generation - One of the seniors refers to being a part of "the Greatest Generation", a term coined by Tom Brokaw in his book of the same name for the generation who participated during World War II.
- Gremlins - The potatoes are a reference to gremlins, mischievous folkloric creatures.
- Blazing Saddles - The final scene in which the Broadway number is interrupted by the army is a parody of a scene in this film, including the suits that Baljeet and Buford are wearing.
- Proverbs - Doofenshmirtz parodies the old proverb, "Never look a gift horse in the mouth", as "Don't look a gift horde in the mouth".
- Genghis Khan - Doofenshmirtz gets a costume of Genghis Khan, the first Mongol emperor, to talk to the Mongol army.
Trivia[]
- It is revealed that Isabella has a grandmother named Nana Shapiro.
- This is the first time Linda mentions Jenny's name.
- Doofenshmirtz tries to have an army of Spartan warriors in the same way he wants an army of monkeys in "Swiss Family Phineas", of babies in "The Baljeatles", and of Dodo birds in "Last Train to Bustville".
- Candace uses her bike again ("The Magnificent Few", "Just Passing Through", "Tour de Ferb").
- This is the second time the Tri-State Area is under chaos (Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
- Baljeet and Buford sing together again ("Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", "Atlantis", etc.).
- Sock puppets are used again (Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
- Ferb crosses words off a list again ("Last Train to Bustville").
- The man with the comb-over reappears (Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
- Two of the senior citizens appear in previous episodes:
- Arlene
- One of the men is seen standing under a light bulb in the Better Panda restaurant ("Magic Carpet Ride").
- The old adage not to "Look a gift horse in the mouth" is said again, only this time it is parodied as "Don't look a gift horde in the mouth" ("Don't Even Blink").
- Buford says he is both proud and ready to soil his pants in terror. This resembles a line previously said by Doofenshmirtz and Phineas, "I'm both filled with pride and mortal terror!" ("Phineas and Ferb-Busters!", "Escape from Phineas Tower").
- This is the eighth time Doofenshmirtz is mistaken for a pharmacist ("Run Away Runway", "The Ballad of Badbeard", "Brain Drain", "Road Trip", Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, "Skiddley Whiffers", "Bullseye!").
Cast[]
- Main article: Credits
- Vincent Martella as Phineas
- Thomas Sangster as Ferb
- Ashley Tisdale as Candace
- Caroline Rhea as Mom
- Richard O'Brien as Dad ♦
- Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
- Tyler Mann as Carl ♦
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
- Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
- Bobby Gaylor as Buford
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella
- Kelly Hu as Stacy
- John Viener as Norm ♦
- Carol Kane as Nana Shapiro
- Additional Voices: Andre Gordon, Candi Milo, Carol Kane, Dan Povenmire, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, John Viener, Kat Cressida, Lacey Chabert, Nick Puga, S. Scott Bullock
- ♦ designates a character that did not appear in this episode
References[]
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