| “ | The day may come when our favorite reptile may be lost from our memories and his enduring love of mushrooms forgotten, but that day is not today! | ” |
— Ferb Fletcher | ||
Phineas and Ferb find a chameleon in the backyard who grows to the size of a dinosaur, thanks to Doofenshmirtz's Giant-inator, and takes a walk through downtown. Meanwhile, Jeremy teaches a song to Doofenshmirtz, who plans to use it to summon aliens to do his bidding.
Episode Summary[]
Phineas and Ferb have just built a Frozen Yogurt Machine, each having a bowl, when they notice a small chameleon come into the backyard. Phineas offers him some frozen yogurt, but realizes he would prefer larvae or fungus flavor. Ferb scoops up some mushrooms from the backyard and feeds him. The lizard eagerly eats up the mushrooms and leaps onto Ferb's shoulder, nuzzling him affectionately. Isabella comes over and identifies the lizard as a North American chameleon, and the boys decide to name him Steve. The three of them go inside to get some more mushrooms for Steve, who is left in the backyard.
Vanessa approves of Jeremy.
Candace talks to Jeremy on the phone about him teaching guitar lessons today. When she hangs up the phone, she notices the boys' machine and rushes off to get Mom. Meanwhile, Jeremy arrives at Doofenshmirtz's apartment to teach him how to play guitar. While vacationing in Egypt, Doofenshmirtz had learned of a certain melody that was used to summon aliens in order to do fantastic things, such as building the pyramids. Vanessa comes walking by, and flirts with Jeremy a little. However, once she finds out that he doesn't like hard rock, she promptly leaves. Doofenshmirtz asks Jeremy to turn on the lights, but he accidentally activates a Gigant-Inator. This hits Steve, turning him into a 40' "dinosaur." He tramples out of the backyard, crushing the frozen yogurt machine on his way out.
Candace shows Linda the empty backyard, to the usual results. Linda decides to take Candace with her to do some chores to get her mind off the boys. Phineas, Ferb and Isabella come out soon afterward, curious as to where Steve went. Isabella points out that they are standing in a giant chameleon footprint. The boys assume that a giant chameleon took Steve, and decide to follow the prints. They come to an alleyway, where the prints seem to stop suddenly. They notice a giant shadow, which was caused by Steve, who had blended in with his environment. Steve becomes visible again, and Phineas and Isabella flee in terror at the sight of the "dinosaur". Ferb, however, recognizes his friend, and the kids attempt to bring Steve back home with them.
Candace and Linda are running an errand that is close to where the kids are located. She sees the large chameleon and screams, causing Steve to turn invisible because he was freaked out by the sound. Candace drags her mom over, who simply thinks that the kids have an imaginary dinosaur friend named Steve, and she beckons Candace to return to the car. The sound of the car alarm scares Steve again, and he walks off in invisible terror.
Once Doofenshmirtz has mastered his guitar solo, he gets Jeremy to help him move an omni-directional amp onto the porch, so he can summon the aliens to do his bidding. Perry, meanwhile, hangs from the side of the building on a toilet plunger.
Citizens panic and take pictures of the roaming "dinosaur", who is quickly making his way through downtown Danville. Isabella suggests giving up the search, prompting Ferb to go on a long-winded speech about his determination to find his lizard friend. A few people cheer, but they're quickly put off the idea of helping them when Phineas tells them that they're searching for a 40-foot lizard. The kids continue on their search, encountering many citizens named Steve along the way, including a convention for people named Steve. The lizard turns up at the convention, but hungrily goes after Doofenshmirtz's large, mushroom-shaped amp.
Steve eats the Amplifinator.
Doofenshmirtz's guitar lesson is up, and Jeremy heads off to his next lesson, which happens to be with Major Monogram. The amp actually managed to attract a small fleet of alien ships, but Steve eats the amp before Doof has a chance to issue an order to his UFO minions. Perry plays the guitar solo in reverse, and the aliens beat a quick retreat. Doofenshmirtz smashes his brand new guitar in anger, cursing Perry for foiling his plans yet again as Perry jumps and rides on Steve's tail.
Steve returns to the children, where Ferb greets him with a handful of mushrooms. They hop onto his back, where they find Perry, and they head back home. Steve is still hungry, and the kids leave to get him some more food. Doofenshmirtz accidentally activates the Gigant-Inator again, which causes Steve to shrink back down to his normal size, much to the dismay of Candace. Phineas and Ferb return with a big bag of food, and Phineas asks his mom if they can keep Steve as a pet, and she agrees, saying he'll blend right in. On cue, Steve turns invisible.
Jeremy and Major Monogram are briefly shown starting their guitar lesson. As an explanation of why he should addressed as "Major" rather than "Mister", Monogram begins telling Jeremy how he is in charge of an elite group of secret agent undercover animals. He presumably continues to expose O.W.C.A. after Jeremy tells him that he charges by the hour, "so knock yourself out".
Transcript[]
Read the transcript of The Lizard Whisperer.
Songs[]
None, not counting Egyptian Guitar Solo.
Gallery[]
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Running Gags[]
The “Too Young” Line[]
Ferb's Line[]
Isabella: There's no way we can catch him. He moves too fast, maybe we should just give up. Ferb: Give up? Give up?! The day may come when we'll give up on fruitless searches after a mere eleven minutes, but that day is not today! The day may come when our favorite reptile may be lost from our memories and his enduring love of mushrooms forgotten, but that day is not today! Today we search! We will search for him in the streets, we will search for him in the trenches, we will search for him in the alleys and the mini-malls and the cul-de-sacs of this fair land. We'll search for him in the multilevel car parks and municipal recreational facilities. And we few. We happy few. We small band of brothers — and girl from across the street. We shall not cease 'til he is found! |
What'cha doin'?[]
Isabella: Hey, guys. What'cha doin'?
Phineas: Cool, he disappeared. We found this lizard. Isabella: Hey, I've seen one of these before. According to the Fireside Girls manual, that lizard is an North American Chameleon. Phineas: Then we'll name him Steve. Isabella: Okay... why Steve? Phineas: Cause he looks like a Steve. Isabella: Hmm. Can't argue with logic like that. |
I know what we're gonna do today[]
Phineas: Well, Ferb. I think we outdid ourselves today. The ultimate frozen yogurt machine, we have enough frozen yogurt to last the entire summer. |
Hey, where's Perry?[]
Isabella: I bet Perry's gonna love Steve!
Pause; Isabella looks around Isabella: Hey, where is Perry? |
Oh, there you are, Perry[]
Phineas: Oh, there you are, Perry! Alright, Steve, let's go home. |
Perry's entrance to his lair[]
None.
Evil Jingle[]
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated!
Memorable Quotes[]
Carl: Ouch, you totally got sniped. Major Monogram: CARL! |
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: ...and I will become overlord of the Tri-State Areaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Jeremy: Have you considered switching to decaf? |
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: It's just, I'm used to doing all the talking with my nemesis. He's a platypus.
Jeremy: Hey! My friends have a pet platypus. Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Is he fierce, cunning, and good with a grappling hook? Perry: (thinks that his cover will be blown) Jeremy: Oh, no. Their platypus doesn't do much. |
Isabella: There's no way we can catch him. He moves too fast, maybe we should just give up? Ferb: Give up?!? Give up?!? The day may come when we'll give up on fruitless searches after a mere eleven minutes, but that day is not today! The day may come when our favorite reptile may be lost from our memories and his enduring love of mushrooms forgotten, but that day is not today! Today we search! We will search for him in the streets, we will search for him in the trenches, we will search for him in the alleys and the mini-malls and the cul-de-sacs of this fair land. We'll search for him in the multilevel car parks and municipal recreational facilities. And we few. We happy few. We small band of brothers — and girl from across the street. We shall not cease 'til he is found! (crowd cheers) Police Officer: We'll help you find your friend! What does he look like? Phineas: He's an giant lizard about 40 feet tall! Man: ...Oh. You could have mentioned that up front. |
Phineas: Steve!
All the Steves: What? Phineas: No, no. Not you, that Steve. Steve: Steve is a giant monstrous dinosaur! (all Steves run away) Phineas: Hmm, I guess they don't like chameleons. |
Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Curse you, Perry the Platypus! (breaks the guitar.)
Jeremy: Um, do you want to pay by cash or check? Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Maybe I could trade you for some evil lessons? Jeremy: I'll take cash. |
Major Monogram: You don't mind me going on about this, do you?. Jeremy: Hey man, I charge by the hour, so knock yourself out. |
Background Information[]
- Ferb's speech takes lines from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings character Aragorn in "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (A day may come when...but that day is not today!), Winston Churchill’s “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech and William Shakespeare's "Henry V" character Henry (We few, we happy few, we band of brothers).
- Jeremy interacts with Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Vanessa and Major Monogram.
- Vanessa seemed to have some attraction to Jeremy until he said he didn't know anything about the Scraping Fangs.
- The guitar Dr. Doofenshmirtz plays appears to be a Gibson Les Paul Junior.
- Major Monogram's guitar is a red Gibson Explorer.
- Jeremy may now know that Perry the Platypus and Pinky the Chihuahua are secret agents, judging from Major Monogram's basically exposing all of O.W.C.A.'s secrets during their guitar lesson.
- However, if Major Monogram used the mind-erasing device from "I Was a Middle Aged Robot" to make Jeremy forget everything he told him about his animal agency, Jeremy still might not know who Agent P is after this episode. The fact that he was one of the characters whose memories were erased at the end of "Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension", and Danville Water & Power was going to erase Stacy's memory of Agent P in "Happy Birthday, Isabella" when neither she or Jeremy are in Perry's host family or host a pet agent of their own, but live close to Perry's host family, support this possibility.
- During the 2019 D23 Expo, Dan Povenmire revealed one line reading in this episode was the result of an animation error: when Doofenshmirtz says "I will become overlord of the Tri-State Area", the animation accidentally ended with Doofenshmirtz holding his arms in the air and opening his mouth longer than he should have. Povenmire held the last syllable on "area" for as long as Doofenshmirtz had his mouth open originally as a joke, but voice director Jeff "Swampy" Marsh insisted on keeping that take because it was so funny.
Production Information[]
- This was the longest an episode (along with "Robot Rodeo") has been delayed from Disney XD to Disney Channel until 2015 with "Operation Crumb Cake"/"Mandace", which was 7.5 months.
International Premieres[]
- April 24, 2010 (Disney XD UK and Ireland)
- June 25, 2010 (Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand)
- July 3, 2010 (Disney Channel Asia)
- July 3, 2010 (Disney XD Spain)
- July 31, 2010 (Disney XD Poland)
- August 27, 2010 (Disney Channel Spain)
- September 12, 2010 (Disney XD Scandinavia)
Errors[]
- When Candace tells Linda, the giant footprint is present, but somehow they both do not see it.
- Jeremy mentions that Phineas and Ferb have a pet platypus, Perry, that does not do much. However, later on, Perry is seen, and Doofenshmirtz says "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!", as he smashes his guitar. Jeremy does not see or hear any of this as Perry being a secret agent, although he might have thought that Perry's name was just a coincidence.
- In "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister", Candace is 50 ft. and takes many steps to get to the top of Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. But in this episode, Steve is supposedly only 40 feet tall (10 ft shorter), but he can reach the top of the building without steps (or jumping/tippy-toes). Although the Gigant-Inator could have been more than just making things grow. It's also possible Phineas may have misspoke when he said that Steve was 40 feet tall.
- Chameleons are not native to America. There is a species of lizard mistakenly called the "American Chameleon", but it doesn't look like Steve.
- However, some species of chameleon, such as the veiled chameleons, are invasive species in some parts of the United States, like Florida.
- Technically, when Perry turned the music around, the music should be high-pitched, not reversed.
- When Phineas says, "Hi there, little guy", Ferb's frozen yogurt is gone, and Phineas and Ferb do not hold their spoons anymore.
- Sound cannot travel in space, so the aliens would not have been able to hear Doofenshmirtz' music. Although, considering everything else that happens on the show, physics may not be a real issue here.
- When Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella are looking for Steve's footprint in the alley, they are bright. Later on, when Steve's body materializes from his camouflage, they are shaded, but when Phineas and Isabella runs, they are lit again.
- When Phineas and Isabella were hiding from the rampaging "dinosaur", which appears to be Steve, Phineas' stripe is missing for a second.
- During Ferb's speech:
- When Ferb finishes his speech, everybody is cheering for him, including the person from the truck. The person has his window opened, but when the police ask Phineas and Ferb the specific description of Steve, the truck's window is closed.
- As Ferb finishes his speech, in the next scene, Doofenshmirtz' omni-directional amp goes up, but in the next scene, where his amp is going up, as Perry arrives, his amp is still going up.
- Before Ferb starts his speech, there are no traffic lights or lamp posts at the crossroads, but later on, the traffic lights and the lamp posts are there.
- When the civilians approach Ferb, Balthazar (one of the known extras) isn't the one who joins Ferb's speech, but when the scene is zoomed in, he appears out of nowhere.
- When Steve leaves the backyard, his toes are pointing to the left. However, when Phineas and Ferb are on the footstep, Steve's toes are pointing to the right.
- Doof's guitar is not plugged in.
- On the Union Jack on the van behind Ferb, the diagonal red stripes on the right should be near the tops of the white diagonals, not the bottoms.
- When Phineas "calls" the Steves from across the street, some of the Steves are looking in the wrong direction.
Continuity[]
- The woman at the blueprint shop (Carl in disguise) mentions blueprints for a yogurt machine which is then used in "I Scream, You Scream".
- Jeremy mentions how platypuses (in general not only Perry) "doesn't do much" ("Rollercoaster", et al.).
- Jeremy's guitar case has a picture of Candace taken in "The Bully Code".
Allusions[]
- The title of this episode is most likely a reference to the movie The Horse Whisperer, though it could also be an allusion to the TV shows Ghost Whisperer or Dog Whisperer.
- Right after Steve grows, Phineas mentions that they have mushrooms for him. This is likely a reference to the Super Mario Bros. Video games, in which mushrooms cause the characters to grow.
- Jurassic Park - Candace looks at the "dinosaur" in the side-view mirror of the car just like the first movie. Her glass of water also shakes like in the movie.
- Ferb's rousing speech contains references to the speech Aragorn gives to the men of Rohan and Gondor right before the final battle of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Winston Churchill's famous speech "We Shall Fight on the Beaches", and the famous speech from Shakespeare's Henry V. It also contains a self-referential joke relating to the fact that almost every Phineas and Ferb cartoon is about 11 minutes long.
- The convention of Steves is a possible joke derived from the "One Steve Limit" trope on TVTropes.org, which states that important characters may not share a name, in this case "Steve".
- The Egyptian Song that Dr. Doofenshmirtz plays is similar to the song from Fiddler on the Roof known as Tradition.
- Phineas saying, "I don't think you're the Steve we're looking for," is a slight reference to the Star Wars line: "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
- Steve Allen Show - One of the Steves says "Hi-Ho, Steverino", which is the greeting of the Gordon Hathaway recurring character on the Steve Allen Show.
Trivia[]
- This episode is Ferb's largest speaking role yet, consecutive line in the series so far as well as the longest timed line lasting 46 seconds, beating his line in "It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World", which was 7 seconds long and "Where's Perry? (Part Two)" lasting about 14 seconds.
- During his speech, Ferb breaks the fourth wall when he says that will not stop their search for Steve after only 11 minutes, the average length of a normal episode.
- This is the fifth episode without a real song. ("Rollercoaster", "Lights, Candace, Action!", "I Was a Middle Aged Robot", " Not Phineas and Ferb")
- This episode reveals that Carl is a big fan of dinosaurs.
- It's ironic how Isabella wanted to give up despite her saying Fireside Girls never give up ("Isabella and the Temple of Sap").
- The guitar solo is quite similar to the chase scene guitar solo when Phineas and Ferb tried to capture a mummy ("Are You My Mummy?").
- Two of the people who surround Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella during Ferb's speech are the police officer ("It's About Time!", "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?") and the guy who did the wave ("I Was a Middle Aged Robot").
- Isabella says "Hey, where's Perry?" again. ("Cheer Up Candace").
- This is the second time Ferb has extended lines ("It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World").
- Balthazar Horowitz makes a reappearance during Ferb's speech.
- Second time a human/animal is a giant, as Steve is 40 feet tall. First was Candace Flynn, who was 50 feet tall in ("Attack of the 50 Foot Sister", Third if you were to count Candace as the Control Freak being be 50 feet tall in "Out of Toon").
- Vanessa appears only as a cameo ("S'Winter", "The Chronicles of Meap", "Thaddeus and Thor" and "That Sinking Feeling").
- Second time the line "switching to decaf" is said. ("I, Brobot")
- Third time Linda assumes Candace was exaggerating ("The Fast and the Phineas", "I Scream, You Scream").
- This is the first time Ferb speaks in a long poem.
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
- Tyler Mann as Carl
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
- Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet ♦
- Bobby Gaylor as Buford ♦
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella
- Mitchel Musso as Jeremy
- Kelly Hu as Stacy ♦
- Ming-Na Wen as Dr. Hirano ♦
- Olivia Olson as Vanessa
- Additional Voices: Carlos Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Bobby Gaylor, Danny Jacobs, Tom Kenny, Robert Knepper, Tyler Mann, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Joe Orrantia, Maulik Pancholy, Dan Povenmire, John Viener
- ♦ designates a character that did not appear in this episode
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