| “ | Mom, turn around! | ” |
— Candace Flynn | ||
After Candace injures her ankle and is told to stay in bed, she drives herself crazy trying to get her Mom's attention in order to bust her brothers. Fortunately, Phineas and Ferb provide her with a box of items to stave off her boredom. Meanwhile, Perry interrupts Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Chicken Soup themed escapade.
Episode Summary[]
Candace talking to Stacy.
Candace is lying in bed, with an injured ankle after breaking it while daydreaming about Jeremy as she walked down the stairs, talking on the phone with Stacy. She is ordered by a doctor to stay in bed or else miss the Tiny Cowboy concert.
Linda comes into her room to check up on her and tells Candace she's planning to plant flowers in the backyard. She also wants to listen to some new music Lawrence gave her.
Phineas and Ferb then bring items to keep Candace from being bored while in bed, and give her some old toys, an epic series of novels they wrote, and a video screen with cameras all over the house for her to know what's happening while she's bedridden.
Meanwhile, Major Monogram briefs Perry about Doofenshmirtz buying different foods in the Tri-State Area and that he is probably cooking something evil. Perry quickly leaves his lair with a hang glider rocket.
Isabella tries to greet Linda, who is gardening, but Linda is listening to headphones and cannot hear her. Buford and Baljeet arrive and Phineas and Ferb explain that today's the birthday of a Russian astronaut named Sergei Kushnarov. They know him because of his research with wormholes at the International Space Station. The brothers decide to build a Stratospheric Ionizer for him that will shoot a birthday message into space so he can see it. At the International Space Station, Sergei is waiting for Phineas and Ferb's message to him while his friends are celebrating his birthday.
In Candace's room, Stacy sees Candace's injured leg and Phineas and Ferb building in the backyard. Candace tries calling Linda, but she can't hear the cell phone ringing. Stacy stops Candace from busting the boys because of her injury and she asks Stacy to bust them for her.
Perry arrives at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated and is caught in a pickle-like trap. Doofenshmirtz tells him that a few days ago, he went to Tony's Delicatessen to order a chicken soup, but he argued with the owner over a fly that he found in the soup. He decided to create and unveil the chicken soup-inator to destroy Tony's Delicatessen and create a new deli with all the groceries he purchased earlier.
Stacy goes to the backyard, while Candace looks at the video screen, and tries to bust Phineas and Ferb, but the noise of the construction for the Stratospheric Ionizer makes it difficult for Linda to hear.
Perry trapped in a pickle.
Meanwhile, Perry tries to escape the trap and decides to throw his fedora away and act like a normal platypus, so that Doofenshmirtz will release him. Doofenshmirtz uses all the deli food that he bought and throws it at Perry while dodging his attacks.
Candace decides to throw some stuff at her window. She finds a toy helicopter and tape-recording doll, which gives her an idea. She attaches the toy helicopter with the tape-recording doll that leaves a message and sends her invention into the backyard.
At the International Space Station, Sergei is still waiting for Phineas and Ferb's message and joins with his friends to drink water in zero gravity. Unknown to them, the computer begins to warn them about an asteroid heading towards the space station.
The toy helicopter with the tape-recording doll tries to get Linda's attention, but she can't hear it. Candace decides to walk downstairs and find Linda despite her leg injury.
Phineas and Ferb are ready to give Sergei his birthday message on the microphone. Unfortunately, the toy helicopter with the tape-recording doll falls into the Stratospheric Ionizer's microphone and Candace's message is sent into space. The message warns them of the asteroid heading towards the space station. The astronauts manage to move the space station and evade the asteroid just in time and then discover a wormhole as they thank Phineas and Ferb for the help.
Candace struggling to reach her mom.
Meanwhile, Perry and Doofenshmirtz are still having a food fight. Perry throws Heinz into the Chicken-Soup-inator, which fires and hits the asteroid, changing its course as Perry escapes.
Candace crawls outside to get to Linda, and makes her turn around, but the asteroid hits the Stratospheric Ionizer and takes it away just before Linda can see it. Somewhere beyond time, an old Sergei lying in bed sees a Ferb that finally tells the astronaut happy birthday.
Transcript[]
Read the transcript of Mommy Can You Hear Me?.
Songs[]
None.
Gallery[]
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Running Gags[]
The "Too Young" Line[]
None.
Ferb's Line[]
Linda: And look, the kids clear a perfect spot for my snapdragons. I think that earned you for some pie. Buford, Isabella, Ferb and Phineas: Hooray! |
Ferb/Alien "fetus" to old Sergei in bed
Ferb: Happy birthday! Sergei: They did remember, such nice boys. |
What'cha doin'?[]
Isabella: Hi, Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher. What'cha doin'? I said.... (Sees Linda with headphones on her) Rockin' out with those headphones, huh? |
Hey, where's Perry?[]
Lawrence: Ai-yi-yi-yiii, Ai-yi-yi-yiiiiiii, Ai-yiy-yi-yiiiiii-oooooh! Hey, where's Perry? |
Oh, there you are, Perry[]
None.
Perry's entrance to his lair[]
None.
Memorable Quotes[]
Linda: ...Do you think you can entertain yourself up here alone? Candace: Sure, maybe I'll count useless limbs. One. |
Entomologist: (After examining the fly in the Chicken Soup through a microscope) It's a raisin.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: (Treads off angrily) Entomologist: ...But on the other side is a fly! |
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: A Gunter Flagendorf? But how do you know that sandwich? He only made one movie and that was back in Gimmel... (gets hit in the face with the sandwich; screams) |
Linda: (After noticing an exhausted Candace lying down on the flower bush) Oh, not in the flowers honey. I just planted those. Candace: They're lovely. |
Background Information[]
- While traveling through the wormhole, Sergei Kushnarov yells "Ochen horosho!" (Очень хорошо!), which is "very good" in Russian.
Production Information[]
- This episode aired on Disney Channel On Demand on July 25, 2011.
- This is the fourth episode to not have any songs in it ("Rollercoaster", "Lights, Candace, Action!", "The Lizard Whisperer").
International Premieres[]
- July 19, 2011 (Disney Channel Australia)
- August 15, 2011 (Family Channel)
- August 25, 2011 (Disney Channel Latin America)
- October 28, 2011 (Disney Channel Israel)
- December 4, 2011 (Disney XD Spain)
- December 13, 2011 (Disney Channel Asia)
- December 13, 2011 (Disney Channel Scandinavia)
- December 17, 2011 (Disney Channel Portugal)
- February 12, 2012 (Disney XD Poland)
Errors[]
The continents are facing the wrong direction
- After Candace throws her Ducky Momo stuffed toy at the window, it disappears in the next scene.
- When Candace says "Boring" and "Big whoop" into the Mindy Mimic doll, it repeats her only once. When she says "Mom, turn around!", it repeats without ending.
- Baljeet suddenly disappears at the end of the episode, but his voice can be heard cheering "Hooray!" when Linda asks the kids for some pie.
- When Candace is crawling towards her mom, she leaves marks on the grass, but when Linda says she should be lying down, the marks are gone.
- When the Stratospheric Ionizer projects the "Turn around!" message, the Earth's continents are facing the opposite direction.
- When the camera zooms out to the overview of the house as Mindy Mimic shorts out, the driveway and backyard gate are missing and the house has no doors or windows.
Continuity[]
- When Dr. Doofenshmirtz is throwing deli foods at Perry, he hits a pelican, which is likely a reference to Dr. Doofenshmirtz's hatred of pelicans ("Mom's Birthday").
Allusions[]
- "Tommy Can You Hear Me?" - The title parodies the Who song
- 2001: A Space Odyssey - The transition from a bone tossed in the air to a space station, the use of The Blue Danube as background music, the wormhole sequence, the white-lettered, black background title card, and the entire ending scene are all nods to the 1968 Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film.
- Vincent van Gogh - One of the backgrounds of Candace's room is Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night.
- Henry Bessemer - Doofenshmirtz throws bagels "as hard as Bessemer Steel", referring to the 1855 process that allowed inexpensive production of steel directly from molten pig iron.
Trivia[]
- In the credits of this episode's sister episode, there's a text that reads "Featuring the Russian Vocal Stylings of Swampysky Marshkarov", which is a reference to Swampy Marsh's name and the fact that he voices a Russian character in this episode.
Ducky Momo background
- When Candace clicks the remote, a Ducky Momo background appears. Candace also throws a Ducky Momo toy at the window ("Nerds of a Feather", "Phineas and Ferb Hawaiian Vacation", "Run, Candace, Run").
- Tiny Cowboy is mentioned again ("Robot Rodeo", "Meatloaf Surprise").
- Sergei is seen as an astronaut again ("Out to Launch", "Wizard of Odd").
- Stacy breaks the fourth wall when she looks at the audience and says "I am such an enabler".
- This is the second time Candace has to stay in bed due to illness ("Put That Putter Away").
- Isabella calls Linda Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher again ("Candace Loses Her Head").
- This is one of the few episodes where Candace's attempt to bust her brothers inadvertently saves someone's life.
- This is the fourth time Stacy tries to bust or help bust Phineas and Ferb ("Put That Putter Away", "Elementary My Dear Stacy", "Phineas and Ferb-Busters!").
- This is the fifth time Ferb speaks in unison. ("Put That Putter Away", "Just Passing Through", "Undercover Carl", "Phineas and Ferb-Busters!")
- As Candace changes the background with the remote, she is seen wearing a clown costume ("Cheer Up Candace").
- Lawrence asks "Hey, where's Perry?" again ("Comet Kermillian", "Out of Toon", "Tip of the Day", "Swiss Family Phineas", "The Belly of the Beast").
- Linda doesn't pay attention to Phineas and Ferb's invention because she is too busy gardening again ("At the Car Wash").
- This is the second time Candace is injured ("De Plane! De Plane!").
Cast[]
- Main article: Credits
- Vincent Martella as Phineas
- Ashley Tisdale as Candace
- Thomas Sangster as Ferb
- Caroline Rhea as Mom
- Richard O'Brien as Dad
- Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
- Bobby Gaylor as Buford
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella
- Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
- Kelly Hu as Stacy
- Additional Voices: Corey Burton, Dan Povenmire, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Jennifer Hughes, J.G. Orrantia, John Viener, Kelly Hu, Tony Anselmo, Vincent Martella
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