| “ | It couldn't get any cheddar than this! | ” |
— Buford Van Stomm | ||
Craziness has ensued in Danville and no one has any idea what's going on. The wackiness unfolds when Phineas and Ferb create Cheesetopia, Doofenshmirtz brainwashes Perry into thinking that he is his butler with his Butler-inator, and Carl is trapped by Heinz while in a squirrel costume.
Episode Summary[]
It's evening at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated as Dr. Doofenshmirtz is in his underpants rejoicing that his goal of conquering the Tri-State Area would finally be achieved while Perry is powering Heinz's inator on a hamster wheel in a butler suit. As he celebrates, a musical group known as Little Saul and the Breakingham Palace crew arrives in a box-shaped transportation machine and begins a party. Linda steps into the lair to return Perry's fedora to Carl, who is wearing a squirrel costume and trapped in a cage. As soon as the task is finished and Linda is out of the apartment, she gets a phone call from Candace, who claims that the cheese-themed amusement park is still there.
Five minutes earlier, Major Monogram has won a cheese-eating contest and his body has swollen immensely from an allergic reaction. People in the cheese-themed amusement park start to run from him in panic.
Fifteen minutes earlier, Carl attempts to notify Major Monogram about Perry, but in vain, as the Major is occupied enjoying himself. Much to Carl's distress, Major Monogram competes in a cheese-eating contest. His wrist communicator is subsequently snatched away by Doofenshmirtz, who then reveals a scheme of his involving the use of a heat-ray to vaporize anything in the city he chooses to. He tears off his clothes in celebration and has the weapon aimed at the beach, but is puzzled to discover the beach is completely desolate.
Twenty five minutes earlier, scores of people from across Danville come for the unveiling of Phineas and Ferb's latest project; an amusement park constructed entirely out of cheese, dubbed "Cheesetopia". Major Monogram participates in the festivity and is at awe at the quantity of cheese surrounding him.
Twenty minutes prior to that, Carl is scaling the facade of Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated in the midst of trying to return Perry's fedora and is just behind the balcony when he loses grip of the head ornament. The fedora drifts around the city in the wind before coming to rest at Linda's feet. She examines it and then sets off to return it. Carl climbs into Doofenshmirtz's lair. Shortly thereafter, he is caught and incarcerated in a cage.
Another twenty-five minutes earlier, Doofenshmirtz is being catered to by Perry as a butler when he finds the platypus' fedora and proceeds to toss it out. It is carried to a squirrel convention by the atmospheric current where it is found by Carl. Upon finding the hat, Carl contacts Major Monogram, who guesses that Perry is in trouble and instructs Carl to investigate.
Just over six hours earlier that morning, the last delivery of cheese arrives at the Flynn-Fletcher house and Phineas, Ferb, Baljeet, Buford, Isabella and the Fireside Girls begin the construction of the amusement park.
Two minutes earlier, Candace is talking to Stacy over her cellphone when she catches a whiff of cheese. She checks the backyard from her window, immediately seeing her brothers working with a large quantity of cheese.
Ten minutes earlier, Perry is in his hideout where Major Monogram informs him that Dr. Doofenshmirtz had recently purchased a silver tray, a small tuxedo, and a pair of white gloves. The platypus sets off to foil his nemesis before Major Monogram notices the smell of cheese.
Fifteen minutes earlier, Phineas accepts Buford's idea of using cheese as his building material. At the same time, Isabella wonders what had happened to their previous invention.
Five minutes earlier, Candace leads Linda into the backyard where a box-shaped rocket transportation device is. As she knocks on the box, it lifts off the ground and flies off before Linda can see it. Shortly thereafter, Phineas arrives, explaining to his friends that he and Ferb had built a celebration-seeking rocket containing a musical group to add life to all parties to which it is guided.
In the present, Doofenshmirtz orders Perry to hand out drinks to the growing party. When he gets to Carl, the intern hands him his fedora to try to remind him of his career, inadvertently spilling a glass of grape juice on his tuxedo in the process. The butler ignores Carl's pleas and heads to the bathroom to clean off his uniform. As he tries to clean the stain, he notices writing on his chest and instantly remembers his past life.
Earlier in the day, Doofenshmirtz had subdued him and prepared to enslave the platypus as his butler using his Butler-inator. The machine worked as planned, but Perry managed to write the phrase "I fight evil" on his chest backwards beforehand. He retains his fedora from Carl and attacks Doofenshmirtz. He pushes Doofenshmirtz into the activation button for the Vaporizer-inator, causing it to fire in the direction of Cheesetopia.
Candace ushers Linda into the backyard to see the cheese-themed amusement park, but the entire park is vaporized by the ray before her mother can see it. Perry destroys the Vaporizer-inator by hitting it with a chair. The joy level in the party subsequently drops and Little Saul and the Breakingham Palace crew departs quickly. The kids return home and see Cheesetopia is missing, and Buford delivers his one hundreth cheese pun. Perry rejoins the group and Buford ends the episode.
Transcript[]
Read the transcript of The Remains of the Platypus.
Songs[]
- "Cheesetopia"
- "Perry's Hat"
- "My Wettest Friend" (Instrumental)
End Credits[]
First verse of "Cheesetopia".
Gallery[]
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Running Gags[]
The "Too Young" Line[]
None.
Ferb's Line[]
Phineas: Hey, where'd it go?
Candace: Now you know how I feel. Ferb: Well, wherever it landed, I hope they can handle a party of that magnitude. |
He laughs when Buford is saying his cheese puns.
He gasps upon seeing Cheesetopia is gone.
What'cha doin'?[]
None
Hey, where's Perry?[]
Everyone is presumably laughing at another one of Buford's cheese puns. Phineas: Ah, cheese. Hey, where's Perry? |
Oh, there you are, Perry[]
Isabella: I don't get it! Cheese-topia was just here! Buford: Huh, that's Swiss-picious! Well, I did it! A hundred cheese puns! Oh, and look, there's Perry! (at the audience) And, scene. |
Perry's entrance to his lair[]
None.
Evil Jingle[]
Doofenshmirtz in his underwear!
Curse you, Perry the Platypus![]
Doofenshmirtz: (Lying on the ground) Wait, wait. I-I was just about to break out the bubble machine!
Perry flies out of the building on his hang glider with Carl hanging from his feet as Doofenshmirtz yells after them. Doofenshmirtz: Curse you, Perry the Platypus! And you, too, large squirrel man creature hybrid thing! |
Memorable Quotes[]
Doofenshmirtz: I'm a genius!! (To camera) For realsies this time. |
Doofenshmirtz: It's gonna get hot in here!!! (rips off lab coat, leaving him in just his underwear) Carl: (closes his eyes) Happy place! Happy place! |
Doofenshmirtz: Well now, it appears that fate has dumped our mysterious guest like an immense pile of assorted "cheeses" onto the "lawn" of my evil lab. Yeah, I know it's a strange metaphor, but I stand by it. |
Carl: Major Monogram, we have a problem. Look! Major Monogram: Well, that doesn't look good. You can clearly see your zipper in the costume. |
Phineas: Just dump it there like a caged guy in a squirrel costume! (Ferb stares) What? I stand by that metaphor. |
Phineas: And Buford, keep the cheese puns coming!
Buford: Sounds Gouda to me! Phineas: Excellent! Buford: (sniffing) Alright, who cut the cheese? (Baljeet and Ferb are seen literally cutting the cheese) Baljeet: Sorry! |
Major Monogram: Check this out. (Draws details on the hand he traced) Look, it's Agent T! (Shows the drawing to Perry, who stares in shock) What? Too soon? |
Candace: Mom Mom Mom! Cheese Cheese Cheese! |
Buford: And, scene. |
Background Information[]
None.
Production Information[]
- Clips from the episode were first shown on an episode of Disney 365.
- This is the second longest time that an episode, along with its sister episode, had its segments air separately.
- This is the last episode to be directed by Zac Moncrief, and the only one from Season 3. It is also the third episode that he wrote and storyboarded ("Gaming the System", Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
- This episode aired on Disney Channel On Demand on February 17, 2012.
International Premieres[]
- December 9, 2011 (Disney Channel Australia)
- February 12, 2012 (Disney XD Netherlands)
- March 3, 2012 (Disney XD Canada)
- March 9, 2012 (Family Channel)
- April 7, 2012 (Disney Channel India)
- May 1, 2012 (Disney Channel Portugal and Spain)
- May 12, 2012 (Disney Channel Asia)
- May 18, 2012 (Disney Channel Scandinavia)
- May 26, 2012 (13 Channel Chile)
- August 12, 2012 (Disney Channel Latin American and Brazil)
- December 2, 2012 (Disney XD Latin America)
Errors[]
- Perry's hat changes sizes throughout the episode.
- While Perry is Doofenshmirtz's butler, he razors his legs, but when he rips his clothes off, his legs are hairy again.
- When Carl contacts Major Monogram at the cheese eating contest, the view from Carl's wrist communicator is from Monogram's left hand, but when the scene changes to Major Monogram he is not wearing his wrist communicator.
- When Major Monogram is amazed by the Cheesetopia, his mouth opens but doesn't seem to move as he says "Cheese".
- When Carl contacts Major Monogram after finding Agent P's hat, the background behind Monogram changes from the agency, to triangles, and back again.
- When Perry fights Doofenshmirtz, the text that he wrote on his chest disappears.
- When Doofenshmirtz's lips are shown during the "Curse you, Perry the Platypus" scene, when he says "creature hybrid thing", the animation doesn't match up with what he's saying.
- Before Candace calls Linda, Candace has sleeves.
- It is never shown how Carl escapes from his cage.
Continuity[]
- Adyson mentions that they are giving fliers again ("The Lemonade Stand").
- Major Monogram mentions Agent T, who is presumably deceased ("Traffic Cam Caper").
Allusions[]
- The Remains of the Day - The title is a play on this 1993 drama. Set in 1950s England, the film is told in a series of flashbacks to WWII, and features a butler as the main character.
- Memento - The back to front nature of the episode, along with the writing on the amnesiac Perry's chest, are both reminiscent of the movie Memento, which is shown in reverse order and features an amnesiac main character with messages tattooed all over himself. In addition, Perry is briefly seen shaving Doofenshmirtz's left leg, referencing the note Leonard leaves himself, telling him to shave his left thigh.
- Seinfeld - The captions that say "xx minutes earlier" are very similar to the ones show in the episode "The Betrayal", aka "The Backwards Episode".
- Forrest Gump - During "Perry's Hat", as Perry's fedora is drifting around the city in the atmospheric current, Forrest can briefly be seen sitting at a bus stop as an arriving bus pulls into the curb. Also, the song is a reference to the feather scene.
- Frosty the Snowman - Perry's hat floating on the wind to land in a place that will further the plot is reminiscent of Frosty's hat, which would typically float along the wind until landing on Frosty's head or with a character who would help to restore Frosty. Similarly, the hat appeared before both Carl and Linda in this episode.
- Up to eleven - Doofenshmirtz and Phineas use this phrase.
- Star Wars - Carl asks Perry how he could have "turned to the dark side," a clear reference to "turning to the dark side" in these films.
Trivia[]
- To represent the "back to front" format of the episode, the title card first appears mirrored, being flipping horizontally to appear as normal.
- It is revealed that Major Monogram is allergic to cheese, in spite of that he loves eating it. He is the third character shown to be allergic to dairy products. The first two are Candace and Doofenshmirtz ("Candace Loses Her Head", "I Scream, You Scream").
- It is revealed that Carl goes to squirrel conventions.
- Dr. Doofenshmirtz is one of the few characters to be shown in underwear.
- This is the first time Major Monogram takes part in one of the boys' activities.
- Major Monogram crosses paths with Phineas and Ferb again ("Undercover Carl", Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
- If all reverse time skips are added up, the total amount of time is 8 hours and 3 minutes.
- This is the first time Carl is captured by Doofenshmirtz.
- This is the second time an episode doesn't start from the beginning (Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
- This is the second time Doofenshmirtz attempts to evaporate something ("De Plane! De Plane!").
- This is the tenth time Doofenshmirtz is seen in his underwear ("Lights, Candace, Action!", "Tip of the Day", "Bubble Boys", "Phineas and Ferb Hawaiian Vacation", "Nerds of a Feather", "Run, Candace, Run", "My Fair Goalie", "Bullseye!", "Monster from the Id").
- This is the third episode that opens at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated ("Hail Doofania!", "A Real Boy").
- This is the second episode that uses the Evil Jingle as opening music ("Hail Doofania!").
- Major Monogram wears normal clothes again ("Undercover Carl").
- Perry wears clothes again ("Vanessassary Roughness", "Undercover Carl", "She's the Mayor", "Skiddley Whiffers", "Monster from the Id").
- This is the ninth time Candace isn't seen turning to see that the big idea is gone. ("Flop Starz", "I Scream, You Scream", "The Flying Fishmonger", "One Good Scare Ought to Do It!", "Backyard Aquarium", "Thaddeus and Thor", "The Doof Side of the Moon", "Invasion of the Ferb Snatchers")
- Buford tries to be clever with word play again ("De Plane! De Plane!", "Gi-Ants").
- This is the third time Phineas and Ferb build something early in the morning ("Don't Even Blink", "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!").
- This is the fourth time Phineas wonders where their creation went ("Don't Even Blink", "No More Bunny Business", "Ask a Foolish Question").
- This is the second time Dr. Doofenshmirtz tries to make Perry his minion ("Day of the Living Gelatin").
- This is the second time someone says "And.....scene", breaking the fourth wall ("The Chronicles of Meap").
- Another fourth wall break occurs when Doofenshmirtz says that he's finally an evil genius, and turns to the camera and says "For realsies this time".
- This is the third time Carl goes on a mission ("Swiss Family Phineas", "Undercover Carl").
- The instrumental of "My Wettest Friend" can be heard during the montage showing Perry acting as Doofenshmirtz's butler.
- This is the sixth time Doofenshmirtz can recognize Perry without his hat ("I Scream, You Scream", "Get That Bigfoot Outa My Face!", "It's About Time!", "Oil on Candace", "Skiddley Whiffers").
- This is the third time Perry is dressed as someone else ("Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?", "Vanessassary Roughness")
- This is the third time Adyson is the only Fireside Girl to have a speaking line other than Isabella ("The Lemonade Stand", "The Great Indoors").
- Candace doesn't interact with Phineas and Ferb when they build Cheesetopia, but she does when they make the celebration seeking rocket for Little Saul and the Breakingham Palace crew.
- Candace's last line in the episode echoes a line she says in "Journey to the Center of Candace".
- This is the fifth time Candace sees Perry as a secret agent ("The Ballad of Badbeard", "Leave the Busting to Us!", "Bowl-R-Ama Drama", Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
- This is the third time Candace sees Monogram ("The Ballad of Badbeard", Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
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
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
- Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
- Bobby Gaylor as Buford
- John O'Hurley as Roger Doofenshmirtz ♦
- Additional Voices: April Stewart, Beth Littleford, Eric Bauza, Jane Carr, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Madison Pettis, Todd Stashwick
- ♦ designates a character that did not appear in this episode
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