Trivia from the episodes of Phineas and Ferb during Season 1.
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The cars that Phineas and Ferb use for their coaster are the same as those used at the state fair, and several of the kids that rode with them at the state fair rode their new coaster.
This is the first episode where Phineas and Ferb characters have gone to space.
This is the first episode where Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and the Fireside Girls have gone to space.
This is the first episode with a song in the end credits that wasn't featured in the episode.
Phineas' personality seems to be rather relaxed and indifferent in this episode alone, as seen in his conversations with Candace and Isabella. In later episodes, he's more upbeat, optimistic, and naive.
Katie and Ginger make an early cameo in this episode; they appear in a crowd shot during the unveiling of the coaster.
In the Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! scene, if looked at close enough, a sign that reads: "Exclamation Finance" can be seen.
The door and window on the side of the helicopter together bear a strong resemblance to the Ukrainian flag.
Phineas' line: "...and boredom is something of up with which I will not put!" is a take off on a quotation (often misattributed) from Winston Churchill as a way of preventing a sentence from ending in a preposition.
This is the first episode where Dr. Doofenshmirtz's invention doesn't end with the "-inator" suffix.
Mt. Rushmore, the Eiffel Tower, and the Statue of Liberty can be seen in this episode, though the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty shouldn't have been able to bend due to them being solid metal.
This episode is referenced many times later, with some scenes from this episode being used in several other episodes.
Candace saying "Will you hold it down? I am trying to use the phone!" is later referenced by the quotations said by Constance, "Will you hold it down? I am trying to use the quill!" in "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein", and said by Carl, "Will you stop that? I am trying to have a conversation!" in "I Was a Middle Aged Robot".
Doofenshmirtz's giant magnet can be seen in later episodes.
In the musical version of this episode, when Candace is screaming at the poster in the store, it is shown that she did want to yell at some cheese.
The fate of the rollercoaster is revealed in the Milo Murphy's Law episode "Murphy's Lard", in which the coaster's tracks are revealed to have ended up in Melissa's backyard, crushing her science project and traumatizing her for life.
Ferb is actually wrong about the platypus being the only mammal to lay eggs because echidnas are mammals and they lay eggs. Also, only female platypuses lay eggs, a fact the series will repeatedly overlook.
This is the first episode in which the title refers to the Doofenshmirtz subplot.
The lawn gnomes currently sold in the Tri-State Area are basically unchanged from when Heinz Doofenshmirtz was growing up in Gimmelshtump. Since Major Monogram states that the gardens are no longer protected because the lawn gnomes were stolen, this would indicate that this particular lawn gnome design has proven itself quite effective over many years in combating magic. It's possible that they are being imported to Danville from the Gimmelshtump area.
The Milo Murphy's Law episode "Disco Do-Over" confirms that while some of these gnomes may be alien trash, some of them also are produced in Drusselstein.
Phineas' sandals seem to resemble the ones worn by Django Brown, but unlike the latter, his sandals are blue.
This is one of two episodes where Isabella wears a bow that is not close to the color of clothes she is wearing (she wears a red swimsuit, but with a pink bow). The other time is in "Candace Loses Her Head", where she also wears a pink bow with her Fireside Girl uniform.
This episode marks the first appearance of Buford, Stacy, Jenny, and Django.
The Fireside Girls' first produced appearance all together was "Candace Loses Her Head".
It is also one of the few episodes to mention Buford's last name, during the surfing contest. Here it is pronounced "Von Stom", but it is later changed to Van Stomm.
In both production and broadcast order, this is the first episode to reveal Phineas' surname Flynn.
This is the first time that Candace didn't try to bust Phineas and Ferb.
Doofenshmirtz says that maybe he needs to "turn the cable on first" when trying to get the giant screen to work, just like Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro tells Linda to "turn on the cable box first" in "The Fast and the Phineas".
Candace's bikini can be seen again for a short moment in the episode "Flop Starz". She wears it again in "The Mom Attractor".
Jeremy doesn't speak in this episode though his voice can be heard offscreen when someone says "Who's protecting our gardens?.
Heinz Doofenshmirtz was still forced to stand in as a lawn gnome even after the family's situation changed. The details are revealed in "Got Game?" and are later seen in "The Chronicles of Meap".
This episode corresponds to a lyric in the theme song, "surfing tidal waves".
This is the first time that Perry is seen exiting Doofenshmirtz's hideout.
This is the first episode in release order in which Doofenshmirtz does not say "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!", and the second episode in production order.
This is the first time that Phineas and Ferb deliberately clean up one of their big ideas. However, only the beach sand is cleaned up on purpose; the water is cleaned up when Perry changes the setting of the Destruct-inator to suck.
This is the first episode with a song in the end credits that was not featured in the episode.
This is the first episode where Phineas sings, as well as Candace.
Isabella is first seen with an orange-ish bow and her Fireside Girl uniform on, but no beret. This is exactly like "Candace Loses Her Head", when she wore her regular pink bow with her Fireside Girl uniform without the beret when we first see her. In both situations, she is seen in the rest of the episode with her signature pink dress and pink shoes on her. She later has it this way in "We Call it Maze".
By broadcast order, this is the first time the Evil Jingle appears.
This is one of few times that Phineas has said 'No' in response to someone asking him if he was too young to be doing whatever he was doing - in this case, it was asking if he was too young to be a pop star.
Ferb has no lines in this episode. He does sing "baby, baby, baby, baby" but he is voiced by a different person, being the first time in the series that happens.
This is the first time that Candace does not stutter due to the Big Idea's disappearance.
First time Candace sees the Big Idea (or part of it) disappear.
First episode in which a character other than Isabella, asks "Whatcha Doin'?"
I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun has been translated into the following languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, French, Scottish, Canadian, German, Navajo, Japanese, Latin, Greek, Esperanto, Swedish, Russian, Pig Latin, Tagalog, Samoan, Dog, Korean, Taiwanese, Swahili, Bulgarian, Irish, Icelandic, Australian, Aborigine, and Yiddish.
For comedic purposes, "Canadian" is listed here even though it's an accent, and such nonsense languages as "Pig Latin" and "Dog" are also included. "Australian" and "Aborigine" are also listed as two separate languages, despite being the same thing.
This is the first time Phineas's name is an episode title. Similarly, this is the first time any character's name is in an episode title. It is also the first time the plot is centered on Phineas.
The name of the race (Swamp Oil 500) is a reference to Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, one of the show's creators.
Phineas' and Ferb's hairs are swapped.
This is the first time Ferb is seen with red hair. The second would be in "License to Bust".
First time all the Fireside Girls were seen together.
Gretchen is the first Fireside Girl after Isabella to have a speaking role in the series. She is also the first to be named on camera.
In production order, this is the first time the Evil Jingle is heard.
Dan (right) and Swampy (left) as announcers.
The two announcers are drawn after the show's creators, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and Dan Povenmire. According to the credits, the announcers are named Dave and Rick, but since their names are not spoken during the episode, it is not possible to determine which is which.
The way Isabella says "That helmet looks so manly" sounded almost identical to how Isabella commented the rollercoaster in the Original Pitch.
At the beginning when Candace takes a new photo for her blog, she has her cell phone, but when she calls Linda at the racetrack, she uses a payphone, and when she takes a picture of Phineas for proof, she uses the photographer's camera.
The chapter book Speed Demons provides info on why Candace didn't have her cell phone with her at the race.
After Doofenshmirtz's blimp knocks the T.V. out and prevents Linda from seeing Phineas in the race, Candace says "meap", like Meap and Mitch say without the translator. ("The Chronicles of Meap")
In production order, this is the first episode in which Doofenshmirtz doesn't say "Curse you, Perry the Platypus!".
Candace trying to show Linda that her car is not there is a reverse of the usual pattern, usually she tries to show that the Big Idea is there but by the time Linda arrives, it's not. In this episode, she tries to prove that nothing's there but right when Linda comes home, it's back. This also happened in "Rollercoaster" and will later happen again in "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo", "Not Phineas and Ferb", and "Rollercoaster: The Musical!".
First episode where one of Candace's flawed bust reactions is not shown, the second time is in "Happy New Year!".
When the car gets washed and is found in the garage, it appears to have only been washed but Phineas and Ferb also changed the motor and that was not removed.
This episode marks the 2nd most times Candace attempts to get Linda to see what the boys are doing by five. It's also the first episode where Candace does not tell Linda what the boys were doing, possibly because she wants to surprise her.
This is the second episode (first time in production order) with Candace's name in the title ("Lights, Candace, Action!").
This is the third time (first time in production order) Candace sees the Big Idea (or part of it) disappear. ("Flop Starz", "Lights, Candace, Action!")
In production order, this is the first episode where Perry does not rejoin Phineas and Ferb at the end, and the first time no one says "Oh, there you are, Perry".
This is the second time (first time in production order) where the big idea reappears after Linda leaves ("The Fast and the Phineas").
Doofenshmirtz claims to have left 57 messages to his new girlfriend. This could be in reference to the fact that he shares his first name, Heinz, with an American food processing company known for having 57 different products.
First episode in which none of the events take place at the Flynn-Fletcher house.
When Mom thinks the boys riding the horses is cute, Phineas breaks the fourth wall by looking at the audience and says "She means well". It is also the first time Phineas acts embarrassed when he says that.
The population of Danville is 241,000. It's shown in a big sign while entering the city.
When Linda looks out the window of the barbershop, the truck is labeled "Swampy's Farm Fresh Milk," a reference to one of the show's co-creators.
This marks the first time we see Perry use his chatter in Dr. Doofenshmirtz's presence. He knows about the chatter because he can describe it.
This marks the first appearance of Doof's habitual self-destruct button, which in this case is a yellow and black striped button in the chamber Perry is trapped in.
This is the first appearance of Agent P's signature jetpack, which he got from Dr. Doofenshmirtz in this episode.
This is the first time Isabella's obsession of horses is shown.
This is the second time (first time in production order) where Monogram says "Oh there you are, Perry" after "Lights, Candace, Action!".
This is the second time Phineas and Ferb deliberately clean-up ("Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror"). However, the net flew away, whilst the rest was cleaned up by Ferb (he pulled a lever, hiding the audience seats underground).
This is the only episode where Candace attempts to bust the boys to her father, who is normally aware of the boys' antics.
This is the first episode in production order that Isabella and Linda don't appear. Buford however, briefly appears in My Undead Mummy. Linda is also mentioned.
Ironically, this is the first episode that Lawrence appears without Linda.
No one actually knows what sounds got associated with Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Egyptologists use "transliteration", which is at best 50% correct.
Furthermore, even with the broadest consideration for cartooning simplification, the symbols read that awaken the mummy do not transliterate into, "Ohwa tagoo siam".
In the song, it shows Phineas and Ferb's school while they think of their Mummy. This is the first episode to show Phineas and Ferb's school.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz takes his lab coat off momentarily, revealing that he is wearing inflatable armbands. This would show that he cannot swim. This got confirmed in Season 2's episode "Split Personality".
This is the first time Phineas gets scared.
Movies previously shown at the Pharaoh Theater: "Moxi", "Sharks", "Dinor", "Bus! The Movie", "Scratchy", Safari Man 2" (in 2-D), "Space Armada", "Space Adventure 6", "Monkey Men 2", "S/A3".
Movies playing at the Pharaoh Theater: "Bones of Doom" and "The Mummy with Two tombs".
Upcoming movies at the Pharaoh Theater: "Big Ape".
In the Pharaoh Theater's basement, among the old movie signs is a "Keep Left" sign. This is the name of Dan Povenmire's college band.
This marks the second accomplishment of doing something in the title sequence, in this case "fighting a mummy". The first was "surfing tidal waves" ("Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror").
At one point, it seems that the "Safari Man 2" display changes to the "Monkey Men 2" display because both appear to the left of the "Space Armada" poster and the flying saucer display. However, it could be possible that the theater had more than one copy of the poster and flying saucer displays, and just happened to put each of them close to the separate "Safari Man 2" and "Monkey Men 2" displays when they got moved into storage. Based on what is in the episode, the "Safari Man 2" display is somewhere to the right of the "Monkey Men 2" display.
Phineas and Ferb's original plan to get the mummy (Candace) out was to roll it out on a skateboard which was what they did before Doofenshmirtz flooded the path they were taking, causing them to ride the current.
"Pinhead Pierre actress" didn't appear until "Greece Lightning" The mis-identified character in this episode has a longer neck, different eyes, different hair, a different shirt and is wearing earings.
This is the first time that Doofenshmirtz calls his nemesis "Perry" instead of "Perry the Platypus".
This is the second episode to have a song with the same name as the title. The first was "S'Winter".
First episode to heavily involve Candace and Stacy's friendship.
First episode where Phineas and Ferb don't create anything (instead they choose to be secret agents).
This episode holds the second most lines (six) Ferb has said in one episode, albeit short lines. The record is broken with nine lines in "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!".
First appearance in release order of Carl, Monogram's intern.
This is one of two episodes that reveals that Major Monogram does not always wear pants while at headquarters ("Run Away Runway").
Candace's complete letter to the Bettys reads as follows:
Beloved Bettys, Your band is the biggest, baddest, most bangin' buncha babes from Boston to Burbank. I've barely bathes since I began blogging about your bangin' beats!
Crash is apparently appears to be ambidextrous, as she is seen playing the guitar with both left-handed and right-handed.
The Bettys' singing voice is Olivia Olson, making them the third of characters whose singing voice is Olivia (Vanessa, Linda) and the second of characters that have a singing voice provided by Olivia and a speaking voice provided by a different actress (the first is Linda).
This is the second episode produced with a fade to black, the first episode produced with a face to black at the end being "Mom's Birthday" although it was broadcasted after Trivia/Season 1.
Candace isn't seen turning to see the Big Idea is not there again. ("Flop Starz")
First time Isabella's bedroom is seen. The bedroom's wallpaper is covered in triangles that resemble Phineas's head.
When Charlene Doofenshmirtz tells Vanessa that platypi don't do much, she looks at the audience disgustedly.
First episode with the song continued in the end credits.
This episode was named #9 on WatchMojo.com's Top 10 Phineas and Ferb Episodes.[2]
This is the last episode to have the 2002 Disney Channel Original logo. It was later replaced with the 2007 version.
This is the first time Phineas ends up building an -inator (which he would do again in "Hail Doofania!"), and the only time Doofenshmirtz builds one of Phineas's big ideas.
Ferb and the secretary are seen wearing three different sets of clothes, while Phineas goes through four.
Their normal clothes.
The new elf-like employee uniform.
Clown outfit (secretary), Sherlock Holmes (Phineas), Dr. John Watson (Ferb).
Purple "Willy Wonka" suit (Phineas).
This is the first time Candace wears a Platypus costume. She does it again in "Perry Lays an Egg".
Candace breaks the fourth wall when she says "I feel like number two" by staring at the camera.
Candace's salary is under minimum wage for every U.S. state.
During the commercial for Perry the Inaction Figure, 16 different backgrounds are shown, and the commercial makes note that the backgrounds are not included with the toy. The backgrounds are:
Purple, pink and green stars.
A western picture with a cowboy on a horse at the top of a mesa (possible reference to "The Magnificent Few").
A fashion show catwalk (possible reference to "Run Away Runway").
Ice fishing.
In a room with randomly-shaped rectangles in shades of purple.
On the surface of the moon (with the ever-present triangles visible on the surface of the moon).
The United States flag.
It's not exactly clear what Candace wants to achieve by busting her brothers in this episode; it is neither dangerous, not over-the-top for boys of their age to invent a successful toy.
Then again, Ferb was using quite a few tools that could be considered unsafe when he was making the prototype, including a jackhammer. He even used a welding torch, even though the toy doesn't seem to have enough metal to warrant it.
Remodeling the factory and updating the employee uniforms is one of the few Big Ideas that is not destroyed by Dr. Doofenshmirtz at the end of the episode.
This is the second episode with a song in the end credits that was not featured in the episode ("Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror").
First episode in production order and second episode in release order ("I Scream, You Scream") that Doofenshmirtz recognizes Perry without his hat.
This the first episode in which Perry doesn't fight Doofenshmirtz at all (since Doofenshmirtz is just having a date, and that Perry doesn't want to interfere with it).
When Dr. Doofenshmirtz asks if Perry can act like a mindless animal, Agent P breaks the fourth wall by looking at the camera.
First episode where Doofenshmirtz is referred to as "Doof". Here, Monogram laughs at the abbreviation, but in later episodes, uses this nickname seriously.
This episode marks the first time Lawrence sees/is involved in Phineas and Ferb's Big Ideas for the day.
Candace is allergic to dairy products ("Candace Loses Her Head", "Oh, There You Are, Perry"), but the severity is not specified. If it is a mild allergy, this may explain why grilled cheese sandwiches are her favorite. Grilled cheese sandwiches typically use processed cheese instead of unprocessed cheese, and this difference may allow her to enjoy the sandwiches with little or no reaction.'
First episode where Perry shows his affection towards the boys. This is also the first episode where Perry doesn't fight Doofenshmirtz to stop him, simply cuffs him to a pipe after being told the plan.
First time in production order and second time in release order ("I Scream, You Scream") where Phineas and Ferb's plan backfires.
Second time Candace's ears were seen ("Lights, Candace, Action!").
First episode in which Doofenshmirtz directly interacts with/uses one of Phineas and Ferb's inventions.
Major Monogram did not speak in this episode, possibly due to him being frozen by the Freeze-inator ray. However, he does grumble when Carl attempts to make a conversation with him.
This is Carl's first speaking episode in production order.
This is the second time Isabella asks Phineas if his Big Idea is impossible, the first one being in "Rollercoaster".
Agents D, F, R, C, O, K, H, and the kangaroo from "Traffic Cam Caper" can be seen in Dr. Feelbetter's studio.
On the talk show, Doofenshmirtz breaks the fourth wall by saying "cartoonish physical violence".
First time Perry is seen crying.
This episode was named as an "Honorable Mention" on WatchMojo.com's Top 10 Phineas and Ferb Episodes.[4]
On the Disney+ version, there is a slight cut off of the audio between the end of "When We Didn't Get Along" and the following scene, and at the end, before the credits, the music fades out.
The pony shown in the picture of Vanessa and Doofenshmirtz is the same one Isabella rode on in "The Magnificent Few".
When Candace and her mother are out buying clothes, the song "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun" can be heard playing over the loudspeaker.
Linda and Lawrence's names were mentioned for the first time.
Their wedding anniversary is revealed to be on June 15th--coincidentally, their wedding anniversary is also the earliest possible date for Father's Day (in the United States).
This episode contains one of the few Big Ideas that both parents find out about.
First time that Vanessa shows any love when talking about her father.
Second time that Vanessa appears at the Flynn-Fletcher house. ("S'Winter")
This episode was named #3 on WatchMojo.com's Top 10 Phineas and Ferb Episodes, though it is erroneously titled "Dude, We're Gettin' the Band Back Together!".[5]
In the United States, the full episode was posted on the official Disney XD YouTube channel on July 6, 2019.[6]
This is the second episode in release order and the first episode in production order with "Ready" in the title ("Ready for the Bettys").
When Candace and Stacy are playing the wrestling game, their character names are "Candyrox" and "Stacilicious", respectively.
Phineas and Ferb made quite a few costume changes in this episode.
Phineas's costumes (in order):
Army uniform
Pirate costume
Camouflage uniform
Knight's armor
Chicken suit
Ferb's costumes (in order):
Army hat
Sailor hat
Camouflage helmet
Scottish outfit
Chicken suit
The cardboard cut-out of a monk Heinz Doofenshmirtz uses shows that its robe is left-side buttoned, which is one of the styles of Vajrayana monks; on the other hand, the Chinese monks often wear robes of right-side buttoning.
This is the first time Adyson speaks, when the Fireside Girls are cheering, she says "Way to go!".
Doof is the first person other than Phineas to wonder where Perry is.
This episode shows that Buford and Ferb can play concertina very well.
This episode marks the first time Candace sees Perry wearing his hat. It is also the first episode that someone not from the O.W.C.A agency or L.O.V.E. M.U.F.F.I.N. knows that Perry is a secret agent. (She attributes it to the hallucinations.)
This is the first time Ferb uses his regular voice (provided by Thomas Sangster) to sing and not a different one, (usually provided by Danny Jacob) while all of the other songs he sang used Jacob's voice. (Note that Ferb singing in The Ballad of Badbeard is not so much singing as rhythmic talking.)
Katie is the only Fireside Girl who does not appear.
This is the first time Candace loses her cell phone.
Candace breaks the fourth wall by looking directly at the screen as she says "I do not have a wheel" when her face resembles her chariot ride.
After the race, while in the museum, the kids chant, "Phin-e-as and Ferb! Phin-e-as and Ferb!", just like they did in "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
This episode (along with "Leave the Busting to Us") first premiered on Disney Channel the same day that Dan Povenmire's second daughter Meli Povenmire was born.
This is the first episode to feature two days of summer.
This is the first time Doofenshmirtz's voice as a child is heard.
This is the first appearance of the Farmer and Farmer's Wife. This also marks the first appearance of their "Things that just going to fall out of the sky?" which becomes a running gag in several episodes.
Second time Dr. Doofenshmirtz hijacks a vehicle that is not his in order to escape from Perry ("The Fast and the Phineas").
The kid Doofenshmirtz steals a bike from is the same kid who was singing at the Googolplex mall and who watched Phineas and Ferb's chariot race ("Flop Starz", "Greece Lightning").
Second time Candace sees Agent P with Dr. Doofenshmirtz ("The Ballad of Badbeard"). This is also the first time Candace sees them when not under the effects of moss she believes to be hallucinogenic.
This is the first episode in which Phineas and Ferb do not have a "Big Idea".
What would later become the music for the 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.
When Perry is hit by the Slow-Motion-inator, his theme song can be heard in a slowed rhythm.
The host from Super American Pop Teen Idol Star is seen on the show that Phineas and Ferb were watching in the beginning of the episode, but he's voiced by Jeff Bennett, not Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
Phineas and Ferb wear their pith helmets from "Are You My Mummy?".
Phineas lists eras of prehistory as "Jurassic", "Cretaceous", and "Plasticine". While the former two are actual eras, the latter is a modeling clay inserted as a joke outlier.
There are two fourth wall breakings in this episode. Ferb breaks it first by saying "Yes, it usually takes us at least a montage" in reply to Phineas noting how quickly their submarine was built. The second is when Doof is telling Perry about his Media Erasinator where he looks at the camera and says "Patent pending, Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated."
Someone is reading a newspaper at the newsstand where all the magazines and newspapers are deleted. If one looks closely, the newspaper can be read as "Evil Brother vows to get even" with a quote that says "I'm very jealous!" and "Mom loved him best" with a picture of Doofenshmirtz, who is presumably being quoted. The other legible writing says "pigeon missing", which is likely a reference to the pigeon ploy ("Tree to Get Ready").
One of few times Perry does not go back to Phineas and Ferb by episode's end.
It's revealed that Linda doesn't believe Phineas and Ferb of their adventures, as she considers their trip to the Moon and bringing actual moon rocks as their 'imagination', much to Candace's distraught.
This is the first time in release order and the second time in production order ( "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?") that Doofenshmirtz is shown to keep his failed inventions.
Baljeet says that the world's largest bowling ball has a diameter of 4 feet, which means that the volume is feet cubed, and the surface area is feet squared.
This is one of the few episodes where Phineas becomes competitive.
First time Candace thinks she should bring the Big Idea to Mom.
The map of Underground Danville bears a resemblance to a pinball machine.
Second time Candace is caught in the middle of a fight between Doof and Perry, and unwittingly helps Perry defeat Doofenshmirtz ("The Ballad of Badbeard").
Perry uses Phineas and Ferb's Big Ideas again to defeat Doofenshmirtz.
Shady Joe mentions that Doofenshmirtz (the "Penguin Man") is a unique and logic-defying amalgam of a man and a penguin. This is also said in S'Winter by Ferb in a similar manner: "It's a unique and logic-defying amalgam of winter and summer."
This is the one of the first episodes (also briefly shown in "Raging Bully," though that may have been Isabella being protective of Phineas) to show a rivalry between Buford and Isabella.
This is currently the only episode to never show Candace's original hair. Whenever Candace was shown on screen, her hair would be either messy, covered with a hat or a helmet or the beautiful hair at the last part of the episode.
Second time Candace wears a football helmet. ("I, Brobot")
This episode is the first episode in release order and the second episode in production order ("Out to Launch") to show the friendship between Candace and Isabella.
This episode marks the first instance where Perry makes a noise other than his traditional chattering sound: the weary noise when he realizes he will have to walk back up the huge staircase.
This is the second time Candace wears a white T-shirt with blue bootcut jeans and a white belt with a gold buckle. ("One Good Scare Ought to Do It!")
This is one of the episodes where Isabella accidentally tells Phineas her feelings about him. ("You had me at our grandchildren.")
One of the observers during "S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants) was working registration at EvilCon in "A Hard Day's Knight". He shows up frequently in various crowds including, but not limited to: "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" (first performance and extended version only - the latter time in the crowd that snaps out of Doofenshmirtz's hypnotic "My Name is Doof"), "Gimme a Grade", "Do Nothing Day" and "Not So Bad A Dad".
It is revealed that Candace is 15 years old, as the comet can be seen every 73 1/2 years, and Ferb tells her that she will bust them when she is 88 1/2 years old.
This episode aired 2 days after the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games.
First episode focused on Stacy.
First episode to see Candace wear pajamas for the entire time.
The same dragon that was used in the miniature golf course is built by Candace in "The Best Lazy Day Ever", though a different color, and with a water slide as its tongue.
The Evil Jingle from this episode ("Doofenshmirtz's House in the Suburbs!") is in a much higher key than usual, six semitones higher.
Balthazar makes an appearance at Phineas and Ferb's mini golf.
The "I know what we're gonna do today!" line is for the first time said by someone else, by the mad scientist on the TV.
This is the first time that a character turned into a platypus.
First time Candace spends most of the episode after being changed by an invention in the series.
The scene at the stop light is like the one in "Flop Starz".
This is one of the episodes where Doofenshmirtz uses a different language saying, "Wait, wait, I can't fight you when you're dressed as a girl! It's so, ¿cómo se dice?... awkward..."
"¿Cómo se dice?" translates to "How's it stated?" or "How is it said?" in Spanish.
This is the first time in production order and the second time in release order ( "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?") that Doofenshmirtz is shown to keep his failed inventions.
This episode revealed that during Candace's fifth grade graduation, Linda embarrasses her with an unknown inflatable item, which she has forgotten and forgot again when she showed Jeremy Candace's baby videos.
This is the second time Candace inadvertantly points out what the boys did after the disappearance which makes Linda love it, after "The Fast and the Phineas".
One of the numbers on the bottom of the camera's screen from early in the episode read "141," which is this episode's in-house production code (631D-141).[9]
This episode was uploaded to Disney Channel Animation on YouTube on August 6, 2025 to promote the release of Freakier Friday (a sequel to the 2003 film adaptation), which releases two days after.
When Reginald is describing his exploits as The Flying Fishmonger, the same music is heard that plays when Phineas wraps up explaining the rules of the F-Games in "Got Game?"
The teenager from the Mount Rushmore gift shop can be seen walking by in the background when Candace and her mom are watching the TV in the store window. ("Candace Loses Her Head")
Ginger is the only Fireside Girl who does not appear in this episode.
In this episode, Reg wears a Pith helmet when he jumps the gorge. This hat was worn by Phineas and Ferb in Are You My Mummy?.
Phineas was wearing a racing suit and Ferb was wearing a pilot hat, the same clothes that they wore from "The Fast and the Phineas".
For the first time, Lawrence Fletcher does not appear in a half-hour length episode.
This is the first time Candace calls Linda by name instead of "Mom" or "Mother".
Linda confirms that this episode takes place in the afternoon.
Isabella hiccups exactly 11 times in the episode, while Candace hiccups twice.
In production order, this is Suzy's first appearance.
In "It's Candace", Candace breaks the fourth wall by looking and frowning at the screen during a long line.
This episode reveals that Dr. Doofenshmirtz doesn't play golf despite owning golf clubs.
The Giant floating baby head makes several appearances in the course of the series. In production order, this is the first appearance of the Giant Floating Baby Head and the first instance where the main characters interact with it.
This is the first episode where the thing that Phineas and Ferb built reappears, but disappears again.
This is one of the times where Candace busts herself.
In the song "One Good Scare", Phineas holds Isabella's hand almost the entire time.
The song "Perry the Platypus" is extended.
Is Ginger smiling at her crush?
When Buford, Baljeet, and the Fireside Girls show up, Ginger appears to be looking at Baljeet. This could be foreshadowing her crush on Baljeet, which would be more obvious in "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" and several episodes later.
When Candace leaves the haunted house using the elevator, a much lighter, upbeat version of "One Good Scare" can be heard.
Recognize the background?
For Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland in October 2011, or Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 2012, the background of the haunted house from this episode was used for photo ops with the Phineas, Ferb, and Agent P costumed characters.
This episode was voted #9 by viewers for the Top 10 episodes in the "Fan Picked Phineas and Ferb Week" that aired on Disney Channel during the week of the premiere of Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension.
"(Yo) No hablo español" means "I don't speak Spanish".
This episode references a line from the Title Sequence, "painting a continent". The helicopters with paint rollers are similar to the ones used during the line.
This is the last episode where Candace tries to get Lawrence to see the Big Idea as well as Linda, as all other episodes generally focus on her only getting Linda to see it.
First time Perry smiles with his teeth shown.
Dr. Gevaarlijk breaks the fourth wall in this episode, when she looks directly at the camera when saying that she despises moon-related songs.
The aliens in the Captain Implausible cartoon are speaking some of the nonsense lyrics from Gitchee Gitchee Goo("Bow chicka bow wow", "chicka chicka choo wop") ("Flop Starz").
The song played while Phineas talks about the creation of the cartoon is later heard in "Gaming the System".
Doofenshmirtz breaks the fourth wall in this episode, when he tells the audience that "to add insult to injury, the platypus (Perry) is leading" a dance.
Part of the Team Improbable theme is the same background music as Phineas and the gang start going after Candace in "Bowl-R-Ama Drama".
If you count Candace as Control Freak growing to 50 feet tall, this is technically the first time Candace changes size in the series. ("Attack of the 50 Foot Sister")
Pedro, one of the shows well known extras, has his first speaking role in this episode since the pilot.
The "Groucho glasses" appear again, this time in giant form ("Flop Starz").
This is the first episode to open at Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.
First time the Evil Jingle is used as the opening music.
This is the first episode where the title refers solely to the Doofenshmirtz plot rather than the Phineas and Ferb plot, as "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror" alludes to both.
Roger Doofenshmirtz becomes the mayor of Danville.
This is one of the few episodes that Candace is with Linda the whole time.
Second episode where Candace and Vanessa interact ("S'Winter").
This is the first time Doofenshmirtz had actually succeeded in defeating Perry (by shoving him off the roof into the sandpaper factory, and creating his own land, though the latter didn't seem to last for long).
The "Whatcha Doin'?" line is said 4 times, once by Norm, once by Doofenshmirtz, and twice by Isabella, one being "Whatcha Eatin'?", which she also said in "Chez Platypus".
First episode in which Candace doesn't see the boys' invention.
Despite many clues, this is the first episode to directly say that Heinz and Charlene Doofenshmirtz are divorced. During the credits, Heinz calls Charlene his "ex-wife".
First time Isabella destroys an invention Dr. Doofenshmirtz makes, via a fisherman being distracted from the rainbow.
During her massage, Charlene is helped by the same woman who was pulling Linda out of her mudpool in "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
Ferb says "You know, in retrospect, I question the inclusion of a self-destruct button." This is close to what Jekyll Doofenshmirtz said: "You know, I question the inclusion of a fairy princess dial, but you know, live and learn." ("The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein") Dr. Doofenshmirtz has also used the phrase "you know, in hindsight" a lot.
Mindy makes another cameo from the past episode "Jerk De Soleil".
Second time someone says "Well, actually I ––" when they are accused of doing something by someone else. The first time was Ferb in "Ready for the Bettys".
This is the second episode Phineas says -inator, the first being in "I Scream, You Scream".
This is the second and final time Vanessa tries to bust her dad ("I Scream, You Scream").
Stacy does not appear onscreen in this episode, though she has a line on the phone.
In production order, this is the last episode of Season 1.
This is the second time Doofenshmirtz says "Oh, there you are, Perry" ("Oil on Candace").
First episode to be titled after the Doofenshmirtz plot, as all other episode titles before were focused on the Phineas and Ferb plot.
This is the first time Perry sighs.
The Doofenshmirtz plot uses many of Phineas' plot catchphrases and vice-versa.
It's unclear what exactly Vanessa is trying to prove in this episode, or why Doofenshmirtz anticipated that Perry would try to stop him. It's hardly evil or illegal to build artificial floating islands.
When Isabella looks at the Fruity Rainbow Flakes cereal box, she does not claim what she has never saw in real life. Phineas looks at the rainbow on the cereal box and asks Isabella if she has never seen it, and she says she would love to, but does not confirm it's the rainbow. This is a clue toward the fact Isabella never actually saw a unicorn.
Norm's line about "Cake Day" being on a Friday is a likely reference to a former practice at Disney TV Animation to celebrate a Cake Day on the last Friday of every month to give out work anniversary gifts, as revealed by Dan Povenmire.[10]
Isabella and Buford are absent in this episode. Technically though, the only characters to appear in real life are Perry and Phineas. It is also the first full length episode without Isabella.
Perry appears three times in this episode.
Perry would later make a cameo appearance in "Isabella and the Temple of Sap", where Pinky has his own subplot. Major Monogram and Dr. Doofenshmirtz would then be absent in that same episode.
When Stacy is in the speedboat, her bikini from "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror" can briefly be seen.
This was the first episode that shows how Phineas, Ferb, and Candace met. However, as a dream sequence, it cannot be considered official.
This is the biggest role for Jeremy until "Nerdy Dancin'".
Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Major Monogram only make cameos in this episode, with only one line each.
This is the first episode to not contain an Agent P subplot, or anything that primarily involves OWCA for that matter. This would not happen again until "Ferb TV".
However, Perry and Dr. Doofenshmirtz show up on a giant robot near the end of the episode, implying that an Agent P sub-plot was happening while Candace was trying to save Phineas and Ferb, yet the audience does not see anything besides the fight on the robot.
The Talking Zebra from "The Ballad of Badbeard" returns in this episode, which actually is Candace's dream.
In some parts of the world, the scene where the Drill Sergeant falls from the cliff was cut.
This episode was named #6 on WatchMojo.com's Top 10 Phineas and Ferb Episodes.[11]
The title of this episode is parodied as "Candace Gets Busted" in the last Season 2 episode.
Despite this episode mostly taking place in dreams, it may take place after "Cheer Up Candace", since Baljeet's puppet originated from that episode.
First time Perry is trapped in something baby-related.
This episode shows Heinz Doofenshmirtz's first inator and explains why he has the name inator in almost all of his inventions.
When Perry escapes some of his fur comes off revealing that he wears green boxer shorts with purple polka dots on them. This is the first time we see Perry in his underwear; the next is in "Perry Lays an Egg".
Perry is the fourth character to be shown in underwear, the other characters being Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Phineas, and Ferb.
When the Martians crown Candace, they shout "Yarooh," which is "Horray" spelled backwards. When the Martians ask her to break another rover, they shout "Yensid" which is "Disney" spelled backwards. The Martians also say "Erimnevop" which is Povenmire spelled backwards. When Ferb speaks Martian, "Meht tuohtiw ton tub enif yas yeht" He is just saying his line, "They say fine but not without them" spelled backwards.
This is the third time someone becomes a queen ("Lawn Gnome Beach Party Of Terror", "Put That Putter Away").
This is the second episode where Major Monogram appears, but has no lines. The first time he didn't speak is during "It's About Time!".
This is the first time that the instrumental of the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated jingle is heard.
