It's such a nice day outside that Phineas and Ferb decide to do absolutely nothing for the day. Candace questions her purpose in life after realizing that she can't bust her brothers for doing nothing. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz is tired of being the ugliest person around, so he invents a device that can turn anything and anyone ugly.
Phineas and Ferb wake up, and Phineas 'beats' his alarm clock. He asks Ferb if he's ready to make a safe backyard train station. They zoom out of the house, announcing their jobs for the day. Phineas notices that it's a beautiful day, and that all of nature is relaxing, so they decide to do nothing that day. Meanwhile, Candace is talking on the phone with Stacy. Candace says that she's ready for Jeremy's band to perform at the summer festival, however, when she notices the time she is curious as to why everything seems so normal. Looking out her window, Candace sees Phineas and Ferb standing doing nothing. Linda and Candace both find that the boys are just relaxing, and the former leaves the house as usual. Phineas realizes that Perry is gone, who by now had already entered his secret lair. Candace then walks over to Phineas and Ferb to alert them not to wreck her day with their usual antics. Still wary over her brothers' motives, Candace later contacts Linda to complain that Phineas and Ferb are messing up her day by doing nothing. Linda convinces Candace to relax and leave her brothers to their "do nothing day". Candace admits to her mother's advice and finally decides to just enjoy herself for the rest of the day until Stacy picks her up for the concert later.
This proves to be a challenge for Candace as she realizes that not a single one of her day-to-day actions doesn't involve busting her brothers. So she attempts to lure them with blueprints, including a throwback to both the Time Machine and the Shrinking Submarine. Without any options remaining, she watches TV, where she sees an ad for a giant dinosaur slide that can be assembled by even a five-year old. Ordering it, she believes that the boys will eventually try to show her how to build it and while doing so, Candace plans to phone Linda and thus bust them in the act.
Meanwhile, Perry is informed by a preoccupied Major Monogram to stop Dr. Doofenshmirtz. When Perry tries to confront his arch-nemesis he is hit by the Slow-motion-inator, causing him to, obviously, move in slow motion. Doofenshmirtz clarifies that he schemes to turn everyone in the Tri-State Area hideous (by means of the Ugly-inator) to make up for his own apparent lack of handsomeness by harnessing the ugliness of a horned frog. To test his invention he fires it at Vance Ward, transforming him gruesomely. Dr. Doofenshmirtz goes on to execute the rest of his evil plan from the comfort of his living room (complete with flat screen TV and recliner chair) suspended from a giant balloon.
Back at the Flynn-Fletcher backyard, Candace attempts to lure her brothers into assisting her build the water slide by building it next to where her brothers are relaxing. The initial endeavor failed, with a refutation from Phineas to keep the noise down. Undeterred, Candace continues building the giant water slide, while always pointing out how fun the entire operation seems and how it reminds her brothers of their previous construction projects. As Candace nears the completion of the water slide (with Phineas and Ferb still refusing to join her) she doesn't hear her phone ringing.
On Dr. Doofenshmirtz's floating living room, Perry finally makes it to Doofenshmirtz's chair and seems that like he's trying to take the Ugly-inator, but Doofenshmirtz grabs him, runs away and laughs that Perry is too slow to catch him, but then Perry grabs the Slow Motion-inator and Doofenshmirtz realizes that he was going for that Inator, Perry presses the reverse button (which Doofenshmirtz tells him not to do) and shoots himself, returning to normal speed. A fight ensues between Perry and Dr. Doofenshmirtz, with Perry being struck by the Ugly-inator in the process. Perry launches himself at Dr. Doofenshmirtz (who was busy laughing at his appearance), causing him to accidentally bump into a lever which triggers an anchor to drop (albeit not reaching the ground).
Stacy arrives at Candace's backyard and was briefly surprised to see Candace sitting atop the giant water slide she built in her obsessive attempt to bust her brothers. Stacy climbs up the slide to ask her why Candace hasn't answered any of her calls and to remind her of the concert. Just as Candace returns to her senses, the anchor from Dr. Doofenshmirtz's floating living room hooks onto the slide and lifts it up into the air, aiming it towards the Summer festival.
Meanwhile, Jeremy and the Incidentals are performing on stage, but the battle between Perry and Dr. Doofenshmirtz causes a stray beam from the Ugly-inator to strike the band and the audience, transforming the whole scene into a heavy metal rock concert. The rope connecting the anchor snaps, thus landing the giant water slide, along with Stacy and Candace, onto the stage. As Perry continues to fight with Dr. Doofenshmirtz, the gun strikes Dr. Doofenshmirtz, but he doesn't suffer from any transformation, apparently due to fact that he was already ugly to begin with. Perry then reverses the effect of the Ugly-inator by substituting the horned frog for Dr. Doofenshmirtz's autographed picture of Vance Ward. Perry then restores Vance Ward, Jeremy's band, the rest of the concert audience, and himself back into the original state. Vance Ward panics and escapes by jumping down from the floating living room, but is rescued by Perry who shoots both himself and the actor with the slow-motion-inator, hence leading to them falling slowly to the ground. As they descend, Perry fires the now-handsome-inator at Dr. Doofenshmirtz's balloon, turning it into a pink heart-shaped balloon, much to the rage of Doofenshmirtz.
Linda arrives at home to find her sons still appreciating their best lazy day ever. Perry appears along with a still slow Vance Ward.
Candace and Stacy join Jeremy and the Incidentals by singing the ending chorus to "Do Nothing Day". During the end logos Candace says "This is the best day ever."
Gallery[]
View the image gallery for "The Best Lazy Day Ever".
Running Gags[]
The "Too Young" Line[]
Truck Driver: By the way, aren't you a little too old to be building one of these? Candace: Why yes. Yes, I am.
Ferb's Line/Oh, there you are, Perry[]
Linda: Hey, boys, I'm home. Oh, I see you're still enjoying your do nothing day.
Phineas: Yeah, Mom. It was the best lazy day ever. Oh, there you are, Perry. Vance Ward: (Deep, Warped voice) Where am I? Ferb: And with handsome movie actor Vance Ward... He seems much faster on TV.
Candace: Alright, what gives? It's already nine o'clock and there's no construction noise, no delivery trucks no... no nothing? They're just standing there, like statues! Statues...
(In Candace's mind) Phineas: Good thinking, Ferb. We'll put these decoys up so Candace thinks we're doing nothing and then when Candace isn't looking, we'll do something! Hahahahaha! (Back in reality) Candace: Not today they don't!
Candace: Today is a pivotal moment in my life. You see, Jeremy's band is gonna play at the festival. Jeremy's gonna see me in the crowd, not just because I have front row seats, but because I'm gonna be cheering harder than anyone else! Like this: "WHOO! YEAH! WHAA! BABY! OH, YEAH SING IT!" Then we're gonna date through high school and college, marry and have two kids — Xavier and Amanda. So don't you dare try to ruin it with one of your little project thingies!
Candace: Well, if they really are doing nothing, I guess I've got some time to go about my own personal business. Let's see, what do I usually do? I know! I'll call Stacy and tell her how I'm busting Phineas and Ferb -- Oh yeah. Can't do that, 'cause they're not doing anything. Wait a minute! I know. (sets up the video camera) I'll put this camera in just the right spot so that when Phineas and Ferb-- ooh! (sets up a trap) And when Phineas and Ferb walk by, I'll -- ahh! (putting on lipstick) Well, if there's one thing I know, I'm gonna look so good when I bust them for-- (snapping her lipstick) Rrr! Face it! You can't do anything unless you're trying to bust them for doing something! And if they're doing nothing then... who is Candace?
Doofenshmirtz: It harnesses the Horned Bullfrog's unpleasant appearance (The bullfrog is offended) to render its target ugly!
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Oh no! Now I'm ugly! I'm- (His face remains the same) Oh. I get it. Hardy har har.
Doofenshmirtz: No! You've perverted my ugly invention with something beautiful!
(Perry falls into his lair while MM and Carl are dancing with girls)
Major Monogram: Oh, hey Agent P. Carl, give me a close-up.
So, uh, anyway...stop Doofenshmirtz! Hit it, Carl! (They carry on dancing as Agent P leaves)
It was originally believed that there were two different songs in this episode, one during the episode and one in the credits. However, it was later revealed upon release of the soundtrack that they were both part of the same song.
International Premieres[]
July 8, 2008 (Disney Channel Germany)
July 29, 2008 (Disney Channel Latin America and Brazil)
When Phineas first wakes up, he has two pillows on his bed. When he and Ferb race out of their room, there is only one.
When Jeremy's band is hit with the Ugly-inator, Coltrane and the drummer switch places.
When Dr. Doofenshmirtz uses the Ugly-inator on Perry, Dr. Doofenshmirtz's outlines are a darker shade of black.
When Candace is shown on top of the waterslide with the jackhammer, her hair is blowing, but when they zoom in, it is shown at its normal style, and is not blowing. Later on, when Stacy comes to tell her that they're going to be late for the concert, it is shown blowing again.
The room inside the small backyard door is wrong. It should lead to the kitchen, not the living room.
When Stacy is hanging on to the giant slide just before she falls into the stage, her nose is missing.
At one point during the end credits, Jeremy is shown holding the guitar with his right hand and playing it with his left, when before and after he is holding the guitar with his left hand and playing with it with his right.
Psycho (1960 film) When Candace says "Who-o-o i-i-is Ca-a-a-anda-a-ace?", the musical "sting" from the movie Psycho is heard.
Guitar Hero - When Jeremy and the Incidentals are hit by Doofenshmirtz's Ugly-inator, the bassist turns into a guy who looks like Johnny Napalm, a playable character throughout the Guitar Hero series.
This is the first episode in which Phineas and Ferb do not have a "Big Idea".
What would later become the music for "Platypus Walk" is heard at a faster pace in this episode twice, later heard again in Season 2's "She's the Mayor".
Looks like it's 2008.
When Candace shows the boys the time-traveling machine, it said 20,000 BC, 2008, and 98,000 AD. This most likely means this episode takes place in 2008 (at the earliest) if that was when they made the time-traveling submarine page.
"Candace Loses Her Head" at the start of the series also had a calendar with Candace's birthday corresponding to the days of July in 2008 while "Last Day of Summer" at the end of the series had a calendar corresponding to the days of August in 2011 (assuming Phineas and Ferb isn't restricted to a single summer).
In this episode, Candace does a nearly impossible plan, which is undoubtedly out of her real character. This makes the line "driving our sister insane" from the title sequence a real part of this episode.
Stacy's apparent crush on Coltrane is later revisited in "The Baljeatles".
