#*I give up by candace flynn plays *

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Linda Flynn-Fletcher

I think Linda Flynn-Fletcher is potentially one of the most misunderstood characters in the show.

It think comes from a natural enough place. Her role in the show is of course, to act as the potential threat to their summers of fun. While they boys never see her as a threat, narratively she's the big bad. If she sees it, its game over.

Here's the thing though. She's a not a bad mom. Her children LOVE her. Similarly to how Phineas and Ferb absolutely adore Candace and would do nearly anything she asked, Phineas, Ferb and Candace all love and respect their mother and don't disobey her. Now a bit of this is clearly Linda being a more permissive parent, but any rules that Linda has Phineas and Ferb never do anything to disobey their mother. While I wouldn't be surprised if there were one or two instances where Candace disobeyed her mother willfully, the closest I can think off off hand is Candace not doing a bunch of chores that she was supposed to do. Really, the fact that all her kids love her, shows how much all her kids feel loved in their household. And I think that's super important. Candace wrote a song about how much she feels loved by her mom, even if her mom is dismissive of Candace. But she still goes with Candace to see what the boys are up to even if she doesn't believe it. She sets boundaries on how often Candace can bust the boys sure. But she hasn't forbidden Candace from doing it altogether. Nor does she punish Candace for presumably lying?

At MOST Linda will say something like: "let's get you out of the sun" after a failed bust. The worst of it I think is probably the time Linda made her promise not to try or suffer the Pharaohs curse. Which, was just some guy in a Pharaoh costume telling Candace curse you. Linda goes out of her way to read books to try and deal with her daughter. She and Candace still clearly hold a lot of affection for each other and do spend a decent amount of mother daughter time together. Linda gives books to her daughter, tries to direct her to other activities, and finds her sleep busting cute, and sometimes goes out of her way to do activities her daughter wants to do with her. All things considered Linda is REALLY patient about Candace's busting. Could she be doing more to get to the bottom of why Candace is presumably acting out? Sure. But Doofensmirtz could also be doing a better job of listening to his daughter and not insulting her (or do we not remember why Vanessa wears earbuds around the house) but we all call him a really good dad.

A LOT of shows have kids hiding a secret from a parent for one reason of another. But while the crux of the show rests on Linda not knowing what her sons are doing, its not because its a secret. The boys aren't hiding it from her. The boys genuinely believe she knows. Lawrence genuinely believes she knows. Candace is the only one in the family who really grasps the situation.

Linda's ignorance, her disbelief of the wild shenanigans that her children get into is easily mistakable for normality. For representing the oppressive day to day. The same thematic antagonist as school. A mom who wants whats best for her kids, and thinks that whats best for them is them being normal, without realizing what's really best for them. After all why else we saw what would happen if she found out in Quantum Boogaloo. But the fact of the matter is aside from that one future (which also featured an effectively evil leader in Doofensmirtz, and therefore implies more factors at play than just Doofensmirtz and Linda's characters), we don't really know how it would play out in the long term. Future Linda even just kinda moves on after discovering the truth.

Linda is exactly like her kids. She just does the same things on a less physics breaking scale. The woman has like 37 different hobbies. She takes a cooking class, donated an art sculpture, is part of a jazz group. She has a background in astrophysics. She was a pop star. She won a meatloaf contest. She takes french lessons. The fact that Linda has several hobbies is part of the reason the formula works at all. Linda is constantly trying new things which gets her out of the house, while her sons are trying their own new things. Her absence is what prompts Candace to have to go looking for her. Also, What Do It Do when the moment Linda gets put in Candace's position she acts the exact same way.

Also it's why she and Lawrence are so compatible. They have a lot of weird hobbies they spend together. She likes Lawrence's history references. They watch car racing together. They went spelunking together. They go bowling regularly enough to have equipment. She has played the bagpipes while Lawrence danced (which sidenote: do you think she taught Candace how to play the bagpipes?).

Not to mention her extended family. Think about it. Her mom was a competitive roller derby skater who once bit a skate and shook it like a dog with a chew toy and pulls elaborate pranks with her identical twin. Really she's a lot like Candace with her aggressive passion. Her dad apparently won a balloon race, but tells the story in the most straightforward way possible, sometimes very oblivious, but is overall a lot like Phineas. Her sister is an adrenaline junky. And back to Quantum Boogaloo for a minute: Her granddaughter is just like Candace, Grown up Candace is a lot like Linda. Do you not see the implications!!?!?!? LIKE???? DO YOU NOT REALIZE THAT LINDA WAS PROBABLY A LOT LIKE CANDACE AND PHINEAS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER?!!?! YOU THINK IT SKIPPED A GENERATION OR SOMETHING???

Do you think Linda used to complain about Tiana??? Do you think Linda thought her family was weird and was embarrassed by them??? Do you think Linda ever called herself the only mature/normal member of her family?? LIKE CANDACE DOES????

Anyway, Linda is just like her family. Sure, she is RELATIVELY more normal, but that's relative, and probably simply because the universe bends itself around to keep her from knowing. Linda literally cannot find out about the real nature of her universe. Linda is just a grown up version of her children, seeking to make the most of each day, but within the bounds the universe has set upon her, both as an adult woman and mother, but also in the laws of physics expected of her. But she still makes the most of her life. You don't have to build a roller coaster to make the most of each day and all that.

I think if Linda is representing anything its that even parents can have rich fulfilling lives. Where they make the most out of each day. Having fun with your life doesn't stop with adulthood. Even if you have more responsibilities doesn't mean you can't have fun? Sure childhood is something you can't get back but growing up isn't inherently bad either?

#pnf #phineas and ferb #linda flynn fletcher #The woman is a former pop star #and has a secret background in astrophysics #you would think that would be enough but nooo #i generally don't care to comment on the suspected neurodivergent status of cartoon characters #because neurodivergency exists in the context of society #and cartoon characters exist in a completely different context #and when characters are inspired by real people (like Linda being inspired by Dan's sister) it can get messy #but if Phineas and Candace and Doofensmirtz are ADHD so is Linda #she just has adult woman flavor ADHD #aka the reason that woman and girls go underdiagnosed or are often diagnosed with anxiety instead #I think we often don't recognize how frequently she forgets things #I'm thinking back to that one time she forgot the “stuff” at the grocery store #she stayed up all night making last minute pies #working up to the deadline on an art sculpture #at one point runs out of contacts (presumably because she forgot to get more) #gets overwhelmed when planning the block party #and that's just what I can think of off hand #anyway I will not stand for Linda slander

[kylethedwampyversefan]

Top 7 Libby Stein-Torres Moments.

*What your about to see is a list I have done on twitter back in June of this year https://twitter.com/k_narrow/status/1672244998467624961

Which I also posted on deviantART as well.

So before you see this list, I want to remind you that Like Father Like Libby and any other episodes soon after aren't on this list since they haven't aired yet. So without further ado, here's my top 7 Libby Stein-Torres list.*

LIBBY STEIN-TORRES IS AWESOME!!!

Out of all the characters in The Ghost and Molly McGee, the one I enjoy watching the most is Libby hands down.

She’s a great character, she’s relatable, has a great personality, has a lot of great jokes, able to help her friends.

So, to commemorate Season 2 of The Ghost and Molly McGee as well as Libby’s Theme Song Takeover, I am counting down the top 7 best things that Libby has done.

The rules for this list are simple, any Libby moment counts as long as Libby is part of the main focus. That’s pretty much it. Also, just a heads up, Libby’s Theme song Takeover will not be on the list simply because that came out BEFORE this list was made. If I redo this list in the future, you bet it will be on there.

Also, at the time of this posting, “Like Father, Like Libby” Or any other future Libby episodes for that matter, hasn’t come out yet either so if anyone’s wondering why, there’s your answer.

So, without further ado, I present to you…

Number 7:

The Stress Girlz (Broken Karaoke)

Okay, I’m cheating because this isn’t from The Ghost and Molly McGee, but screw it, this is a great moment from a series of music video shorts and I always wanted to talk about this for a long time.

Disney TVA worked with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, to create a music video about anxiety.

As a result, we got The Stress Girls a music group consisting of Candace Flynn from Phineas and Ferb, Marcy Wu from Amphibia, Gloria Sato from Big City Greens, and of course Libby Stein-Torres herself, and they picked the best characters for this song.

The song is called “Ways We Feel Anxious” a parody of the Descendants 2 song, “Ways to be Wicked”. And the song goes on and talk about the way other people feel anxious, Candace talks about her brothers, Marcy brings up the time where she sent her, Anne and Sasha to Amphibia, Gloria talks about how she wants to do art and poetry but is working on a café, and Libby talks about how she worries about her pet Turtles while on vacation.

The best part of this song is how the girls sing about how there’s no shame when you feel stressed…

“No shame when you feel so much stress. You’re trying your best. There’s so many ways we feel anxious. Life can be a bit of a mess. But take some solace you’re human. It’s OK to feel this.”

This is a music video that people who have anxiety like I do should see. It’s a great song with a great message and remember, There’s no shame when you’re feeling stress. A-N-X-I-O-U-S.

Number 6:

Trolling “Milly” (Scratch the Surface)

Near the end of the halfway point of Season 1, one of the running stories of the season was Molly not showing Scratch to anybody especially Libby. But it gets to a point where Libby is slowly figuring it out, at least that’s what Molly and Scratch think.

So, in order to keep her friendship with Libby Molly comes up with a great solution….be Canadian and Molly’s cousin……OF COURSE!!!

Enter Milly, Molly’s Canadian “Cousin” and Libby’s new friend. Libby of course didn’t buy it and as a result she decides to just play along….and it leads to one of the funniest moments in the entire show.

First off, look at this freaking grin. You know she is gonna have fun with this.  

She gives “Milly” A burger soaked in Maple Syrup, which Molly hates. And the best part, taking “Milly” to a magic show….and Molly hates magic. And oh boy is this scene glorious, First off, Molly is having a firkin breakdown, Libby is looking like she’s enjoying it and then there’s Scratch who looks worried for Molly. It’s just a great scene. And immediately Molly decides to drop a Milly act right away.

That’s technically why it’s low on the list, because it is short but it had a LOT of laughs.

Now I’m well aware that the scene also leads to one of the sadder moments of the show, but I will tackle it a later entry on this list.

But I gotta say, this is one of Libby’s funniest moments hands down. XD

Number 5:

Libby vs. the Story Sprite (Book Marks the Sprite)

While Libby has some great moments in Season 2 so far, This scene in particular stands out from all the rest.

For those who don’t know Libby’s Mom runs a Bookstore in Brighton and while she’s out doing some errands, she asks Libby to run the store while she’s gone. And things go to hell when a little ghost called a Story Sprite begins to eat the words out of all the books in the store and on top of that, Ollie Chen, part of a family of Ghost Hunters and Molly’s love interest tries to find ghosts in the bookstore. Molly takes care of Ollie, while Libby and Scratch try to stop the Story Sprite and split up doing….

…. whatever the hell this is. While Molly took care of Ollie, Libby and Scratch have a hard time dealing with the Story Sprite. Apparently not only can a Story Sprite eat the words out of books, but in order to defend itself…. well….

Anybody familiar with Tamaki Amajiki aka Suneater from My Hero Academia who has a quirk where he turns himself into whatever he eats?

Yeah, the Story Sprite has that ability too. If it eats the word, Minotaur, he becomes one, he becomes Dracula if he eats the word Vampire. And so on.

But this leads to an idea from Libby who decides to make the sprite eat her own journal and as a result he turns into Libby herself.

And it’s not just a transformation, the Sprite ends up acting like Libby from her personality and her anxiety about ruining the bookstore. As a result, Libby managed to convince the Story Sprite to return all the words back into their books by barfing them out……ew.

And in the end, it looks like Libby and the Story Sprite gets along in the end.

This is a fun episode. The stuff with Molly and Ollie was good, but Libby taking on the Story Sprite was the best part. Definitely check this episode out if you’re a fan of Libby.

Number 4:

Libby vs. Scratch (Friend-Off)

So, after the events of “Scratch the Surface”, Libby finally finds out about Scratch. And they don’t get along well at first.

To fix this, Molly plans a scavenger hunt in order for them to become friends. To say it doesn’t go well would be an understatement

To Libby and Scratch, Molly deserves only one of them, so instead of getting along, they use a scavenger hunt to prove who Molly’s true friend is. (Leading to a great song where Libby and Scratch fight in a Coliseum trying to impress Molly who for some reason acts like she’s the emperor of Rome deciding who the winner is.)

But when Molly’s life is in danger, both Libby and Scratch come to an understanding that Molly cares for both of them and decide to work together to save her.

I plan to talk about this in a future entry but both Libby and Scratch make great foils for Molly in different ways. And it’s great to see these rivals become the best of friends.

Number 3:

I Have a Voice (Talent Show)

The last three entries on this list are what makes Libby a great character in her own right. One of the best episodes of The Ghost and Molly McGee IMO is Talent Show. An episode where Libby accidently signs up for talent show but has a bad case of Stage fright. She also plans to sing a song in the talent show but the big problem is that she does not sing well to put it mildly. But Molly doesn’t tell her this until the last minute…. because she’s Molly. This causes Libby to panic and immediately think of something at the last minute and that ended up with Libby turning a song into a poem. And it worked. Not only did Libby conquer her stage fright but she managed to make a great poem for her performance and everyone loved it including her Mom.

I love this episode because like the Stress Girls segment, it’s relatable and very memorable. Plus, Lara Jill Miller, the voice of Libby does a great job voicing her in this episode.

Definitely one of Libby’s best episodes and the I Have a Voice segment is the reason why.

And now we get to the last 2 entries on the list. And I have a lot to say about both of them.

Number 2:

Libby and Molly’s Friendship (Various Episodes)

You can argue that I’m cheating that I’m adding various episodes to one entry but I don’t care. Libby’s Friendship with Molly is one of her best moments In my opinion and it deserves to be talked about.

While “First Day Frights” is where Molly was introduced to Libby, it wouldn’t be until “Howling Harriet” that their friendship began. Throughout the episode, we see Libby making some kind of bracelet. When the ghost of Howling Harriet terrorize the campers, it was up to Molly and Libby to make some fake toes….it makes sense if you saw the episode, and stop Harriet’s Rampage. The episode ends with Molly deciding to be friends with Libby but Libby asks her first and they became friends ever since.

Libby is not only a great friend to Molly but in a way, they are complete foils for each other. You have Molly’s happy and positive attitude and determination in contrast with Libby’s anxious personality. But then you have Libby who’s down to earth personality contrast with Molly’s confident nature.

They make a great bond but that bond will no doubt later be tested many ways. One of which was in “Mazel Tov, Libby” where Molly tries to give Libby the best Bat Mitsvah she ever had by making it fancy and invite a lot of people. However unbeknownst to Molly, Libby never wanted that in the first place. She only wanted a small party with just her Mom, her family and Molly who is probably the first true friend she ever had…. more on that later. Point is, Molly decides to set things right by reverting everything back to normal by scaring the guests off with Bats…. don’t ask and Molly and Libby had a great time after that.

That’s a great moment but then the biggest test of their bond comes in “Scratch the Surface”. So throughout mostly half of the first season, Molly has been hiding the existence of Scratch to Libby during the show. And lately it’s getting too much to handle to the point where Libby is getting suspicious. So, she thinks of a great idea….and it blew up in her face when she created her Canadian cousin, Milly. I talked about the whole trolling Milly scene earlier on this list but after that. Libby encounters Molly red handed…. or blue wigged and Libby thinks that she knows what is up with Molly. Long story short she thinks she was possessed by a Canadian Brain Slug…. because Canada is famous for its Brain Slugs…. Libby you’re my favorite character but you were overthinking it. Of course, that isn’t the case and Libby immediately thinks that if it wasn’t a Brain Slug, it could only mean one thing, that Molly doesn’t want to be friends with her. Obviously, that’s not the case but Libby then says probably one of the saddest lines in the show.

“This has happened before. I thought you were different.”

Ever since I heard that line, I had a theory that Libby never had a friend to begin with during her time in Brighton. Any friend that she had before Molly came along probably stopped being friends with her or just doesn’t want to be with her.

Libby never had a true friend throughout her life……that is until Molly came along. And that line, kind of solidifies my theory.

But of course, their friendship isn’t over, Scratch after seeing Molly upset decides to let Libby see him…. which then leads to Scratch and Libby fighting each other in “Friend-Off” but I already talked about that.

Bottom line, Molly and Libby’s friendship has had its ups and downs and there will be more ups and downs as time goes on. But no matter what happens their strong bond of friendship will always stay strong.

And as great as Molly and Libby’s friendship is, it doesn’t hold a candle to what is in my opinion, Libby’s favorite moment.

So, without further ado……

And my Number 1 best Libby Stein-Torres moment is…

Still Lit (Festival of Lights)

Festival of Lights” is in my opinion, the best episode of The Ghost and Molly McGee hands down and when it comes to what I think the best Libby moment or best moment in the show overall, I point to this scene.

Basically, Brighton experience a power outage and only the bookstore that Libby’s Mom owns has a working generator. What follows is a series of segments represented by a Menorah candle. There’s a scene where Scratch and Libby sing a song about Deep Fired Food, there’s a segment where Libby, Molly, Scratch and Darryl play with a Dreidel and the winner gets all of the chocolate coins, There’s even a story about how the Stein-Torres family moved to America during WWII.

But to me, the best part of this episode is this scene where Libby tells the story of Hannukah.

And today I am shocked at how well executed this scene is. You have the animation which is not only beautiful, but also adds a bit of atmosphere to this scene.

You have the great voice acting of Lara Jill Miller who does a fantastic job voicing Libby in this scene. This scene alone has solidified my opinion that Libby is Lara’s best role. More than Kari Kamiya from Digimon, more than Lisa Loud from The Loud House, even Juniper Lee doesn’t hold a candle to how great Lara does voicing Libby.

And you have the music which also adds to the atmosphere of the scene just like the animation does.

Also, if you noticed during this scene, Libby is telling this story to a bunch of people further solidifying, that Libby has mostly gotten over her stage fright just like in “Talent Show”. Libby sure has grown as a character.

This scene is Libby’s best moment hands down. And hopefully you can see why it’s my Number on best Libby Stein-Torres moment.

And that’s the Top 7 Libby Stein-Torres moments. I hope you enjoy looking at this.

Will I do more favorite moments list with other Molly McGee characters? Maybe but for right now, I got other plans in the works.

Until then,

This is Kyle the Dwampyverse Fan, see you next time.

#the ghost and molly mcgee #libby stein torres

[enderon]

Okay, there's an asspect of one of my favorite Phineas and Ferb episodes that I need to take a second to explain and complain.

The episode in question is 'My Fair Goalie', the one about playing Football X-7 and Lawrence's brother and family coming for a visit, that ultimately ends up being a commentary on Ferb's cultural heritage as his English cousins give him grief for not being 'British enough' after living in America so long only to end with one of my favorite Ferb lines, "Actually chaps, I'm not a brit or a yank, I'm just Ferb".

Anyways, my issue comes from both how Phineas refers to the cousins and the whole introduction section.

For one, at the start of the episode, Phineas refers to them as Ferb's cousins, saying, 'Ferb, your cousins from England are visitng'. Here's the problem with that. In the narrative, the Flynn-Fletchers are a completely blended family. Outside of the first episode and very rare occasions, we don't hear any mention of 'step' in the family explanations and both sets of grandparents are just referred to normally by all parties as grandparents, it is a completely blended family. Meaning, Phineas should not be calling them 'Ferb's cousins', cause they're his cousins too. Maybe not by blood, but that has been shown to never be a concern in this family in this show.

And another issue, the fact that apparently this is the first time Phineas and Candace are meeting Lawrence's brother and his family. What??? We know that Lawrence and Linda have been together for quite a while, 5 years at the least, since that's how long they've had Perry. So plenty of time for them all to meet. Also, they're married. Are you telling me Lawrence's brother and family didn't come to the wedding? And for anyone that might argue that maybe they just don't have many opportunities to travel to the states, we see the Flynn-Fletchers visit grandma and grandpa Fletcher in England more than once in the span of the single summer of the show. Surely if they can go over seas that often, they can take some time out of one of those visits to see Lawrence's brother and family.

Just feels weird, cause as great as the show can be in representing a perfectly blended family and respecting step-family as full family, this feels so off and not fitting within everything else we see about this family.

#phineas and ferb #am i overthinking things #perhaps #but i notice details like this #esepcially in a show like this that is actually pretty good about continuity

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#5

So I now live in a place where putting cream on my skin is not only normal but expected, because fuck desert climates, but sometimes i cannot STAND the texture. My skin is now telling me ''im itchy i need cream'' but i also know that as soon as I touch cream my entire skin entity will crawl right off my frame and escape into the night.

Thank you, texture issues. You make life interesting, if nothing else.

94 notes - Posted April 30, 2022

#4

We all know that Batman used to laugh during Jason's era as Robin, but I think that at least the first month or so that laughter was mostly a, "what the fuck is up with this kid" kind of laughter. Like Jason is so astonishingly different from Dick as Robin (Dick: *wants to kill someone so bad he's got a severe case of Stupid and Bruce just wants him to Sit and Stay* Jason: "Robin gives me magic!!!" 🤩) that Bruce just has like No coping mechanisms for Jason lmao. The first three weeks is Bruce just going, "what the fuck? Dick didn't do that. what do you mean I'm not going to have to nag him about homework. Oh my god this teenager thinks that--yuuuup, those are rocket propelled rollerskates. Oh look, the inevitable crash." I'd be wtf laughing too if i went from 2008 MCR emo child to ray of sunshine, introduced by way of incredible ballsiness followed immediately by half assed violence and stray-cat-esque coaxing from Bruce. I'd think I was in a fever dream ngl.

143 notes - Posted May 28, 2022

#3

Rewatching Phineas and Ferb has honestly just highlighted how much of a good guy Jeremy is. He adores Candace no matter how weird he clearly thinks she is, thinks her brothers are cool even while she's desperately trying to bust them, and, whenever she has spent the entire episode trying to be there with Jeremy until she can't STAND it any longer and goes haring off after the boys, he's just chilling in the dust and saying, "that's my girl."

172 notes - Posted March 13, 2022

#2

Phineas and Ferb astounds me with how funny it continues to be. We've estblished Linda Flynn-Fletcher as the old pop star Lindonna, and then she likes to play jazz with two other women in the neighborhood. Imagine if Nina Sky (one hit wonder of the 2000s: Move Ya Body) had a quiet jazz trio in the middle of the suburbs of this city and dropped an album and you're just like, ah, yes, soothing jazz by Nina Sky.

And track three is a hard rock song with the lead male singer ranting to Nina about how evil their siblings are and all the rest of the tracks are back to soothing jazz. You flip over the CD case to read the back.

3. E. V. I. L. B. O. Y. S. Sung by Nina Sky's daughter. Music by Nina Sky's jazz trio.

I think that I'd be simultaneously laughing myself sick and also extremely confused.

323 notes - Posted September 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I think people need to tell more kids that they're proud of them for graduating high school. I'm absolutely dead serious, especially now. I can see the graduating high schoolers surrounding me right now are burned out and traumatized and depressed, and they've undoubtedly had a much, much harder time in high school than I ever had, and I had some pretty shitty high school experiences.

I graduated high school with no more acknowledgement than the standard "congrats on surviving another year of school!" And immediately followed by "have you finished all your scholarship applications?" That was fine for me. I knew i wanted to go to college, I was set and ready for it, eager to get out of high school into more challenging courses.

But if I just finished high school after two years of fighting through online courses and no one acknowledged the battles I went through? If I was as burnt out and traumatized as these kids are right now? I'd have never have gone to college.

So for everyone graduating high school, even if you barely scraped by passing: I see you. I'm proud of you. You did such a good job. I wish you success in what you try to do, fortune enough to keep you safe and happy, and health always.

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[oh-phineas]

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Phineas Flynn | Oneshot

For the October task, Do You Like Scary Movies?

Featuring: Candace Warnings: None

Phineas Flynn didn’t believe in Santa Claus. He didn’t believe in the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy, either.

But he did believe in the Great Pumpkin.

When Phineas was five, he’d woken up in the middle of the night to see his mom slipping a coin under his pillow after he’d lost a tooth. And from that point on, he set about empirically proving, once and for all, the veracity or falseness of every mythical holiday entity. The next year, he saw his parents putting the presents under the tree, and hiding eggs around the lawn.

This year, his dad packed up and left with no warning. This year, his mom was hard to reach, and Love Händel was always blasting from her room. This year, Candace was extra irritable, and Phineas only had one thing left on his list.

Candace insisted that Phineas must have made up the Great Pumpkin himself, because nobody else on the planet had even heard of it. But Phineas didn’t care what Candace thought. He didn’t care what anyone thought, because everyone laughed when Phineas tried to explain the Great Pumpkin. And Phineas didn’t care if people laughed at him. 

It just felt important. Like this was his last chance at... something.

“What’s the Great Pumpkin?” the red-haired girl looked at Phineas curiously, and Phineas didn’t see anything mean or teasing in her expression like with everybody else. 

Phineas didn’t need anyone to believe him, or even to come with him to the pumpkin patch on the night of Halloween. But it would be kind of nice if someone did.

“The Great Pumpkin comes on Halloween night to the pumpkin patch, bringing gifts for everyone who believes in him. But only those who believe in him,” Phineas said seriously, turning his attention back to the letter he was drafting for the Pumpkin. 

“Give me a break,” Candace groaned, rolling her eyes, as she walked past the scene that was playing out on the playground of Danville Elementary. “You’re gonna miss trick-or-treating for some stupid pumpkin that doesn’t exist?”

 Phineas ignored her. 

The red-haired girl seemed unfazed. Maybe she really believed Phineas, or maybe she just liked him, or maybe she’d jump at the chance to get a present, even if it wasn’t guaranteed. 

“So you’ll be there tonight?” she asked. “Instead of tricks-or-treating?”

“Yeah,” Phineas said, signing his name with a flourish. He looked at the girl. “Will you?”

She nodded, and sure enough, as the moon rose over the pumpkin patch at Hundred Acre Farms, there were two small figures among the pumpkins, watching, shivering, waiting. Phineas’s gaze was firmly fixed on the sky. The girl kept glancing over her shoulder at the exit. She was growing impatient.

“Any minute now...” he murmured, and he wasn’t actually sure about that, but he wanted to be. This was either the beginning of something or the end of everything. And for a while, Phineas had been content to live in that in-between space, but he was a whole year older now, and he felt he deserved answers. 

Because what if the adults all lied? What if there was no Santa Claus and no Easter Bunny and no Tooth Fairy, and no Great Pumpkin, either? What if holidays came and went and the mythical, magical people who were supposed to turn up weren’t mythical or magical at all, they didn’t turn up because they didn’t really exist, at least not the way you wanted them to?

What if there was no Great Pumpkin? Just a bunch of crappy little weenie pumpkins that got eaten by goats, eventually?

Before Phineas could ponder this any longer, though, there was a stirring in the distance. Phineas sat up straighter. “This is it! It’s him!”

It was too dark to see, but Phineas was certain. This had to be the Great Pumpkin, didn’t it? 

He leaned forward, and the girl leaned forward, too, and then she groaned loudly. 

“It’s a freaking dog, Phineas! It’s a beagle!” she complained, standing up and dusting herself off. “I’m going home! It’s too cold for this. I want to go trick-or-treating. And my dad’s probably wondering where I am anyway.”

Phineas’s dad wasn’t. His mom probably wasn’t, either. So he stayed in the pumpkin patch, his chin stuck out over his knees, looking up at the moon with his hope waning by the moment. The Great Pumpkin hadn’t come yet, but... well, if it did, Phineas didn’t want to miss it.

When Phineas woke up the next morning, sprawled across the pumpkin patch, alone and shivering and covered in dew, there was a pillowcase full of candy next to him. A gift from the Great Pumpkin! So he had missed him after all!

He snatched the pillowcase up and ran all the way home, burst through the door, and ran up the stairs two-at-a-time. “Candace! He came! The Great Pumpkin came! I told you so!”

Candace didn’t look up from the magazine she was reading, but she did smile to herself. So Phineas hadn’t noticed, after all, that the pattern on the pillowcase matched the exact sheets she was perched on right now.

Yes, the Great Pumpkin came indeed. 

#swyntask #i just think charlie brown is rlly cute idk lol #self para #candace #the redhead girl could be the little redhead girl from charlie brown canon or it could be laurette lol #this isn't like canon but its not not canon idk #also we're pretending this takes place in a universe where this could logistically happen and children could just stay up all night in #a pumpkin patch unsupervised #ITS CHARLIE BROWN OK

[fardell24b]

17th $ 18th January 2023 Writings

17th & 18th

Excerpt from: Candace and the Editor

Candace Flynn certainly didn’t expect something to happen on a school day. But it suddenly did. She and Stacy Hirano were walking along when their Language Arts teacher came out of the Faculty Office. “Mr. O’Connell?” Candace asked.

 “Candace. You'll never guess who's waiting by the phone to hear from you!”

 Candace was suspicious. “Who?”

 “It’s…” O’Connell paused. “Oh, Sorry Stacy, but I’m sworn to secrecy.”

 “That’s fine. I’ll Catch you later, Candace.”

  “So, what’s this about.”

 “I’ll tell you. It’s Dani, as in the Dani!”

 “Dani?” Candace asked. “Isn’t that the editor of that insipid magazine? And that’s saying something!”

 “Yes. She loved your essay, ‘My Crazy Summer’.”

 “What?” Candace was aghast. “That wasn’t meant to leave the school!”

 “Well I did send it in, and you won the ‘Spend a day with Dani contest’. Isn’t that great?”

 Candace crossed her arms. “I would rather re-live that Summer over again!”

 O’Connell then handed her the phone.

 Words: 161

  Excerpt from: Berk in Time

“I see,” Nefertiti said.

 “We should probably retreat,” Fishlegs suggested as he pointed towards another Zippleback approaching from further back on the deck.

 “Agreed, just don’t break the eggs!” Astrid said.

  Down in the ‘forge room’, Spitelout stopped running and sheathed his sword. “There’s nobody here!” he proclaimed.

 “Or maybe they’re not just forges,” Hiccup said. “I have read about blacksmiths who attempted to build things that could move carts or small boats.”

 “That’s crazy talk,” Spitelout objected.

 “They all failed of course. But what if someone succeeded?” Hiccup asked.

 “It’s still crazy,” Spitelout said.

 “Not as crazy as you think.”

 Words: 101

  Excerpt from: An Aquatic Second Contact

But they weren’t going to it now. Not on her watch! “That won’t happen!” she declared.

 “Good to hear,” Ma’ah said. “But how could you help?”

 “Maybe some sort of strategy that you could come up with?” Ma’ah asked.

 “Possibly,” Mariner responded. She would have to give it thought.

  USS Cerritos

After Mariner had left, Tendi and T’Lyn had continued to go through the available data on the planet.

 “In many cultures in the Meraessani Shallows, twins used to be treated as one person,” Tendi read.

 “Now, that is intriguing,” T’Lyn responded. “But what does it say about the current situation.”

 “Because of that cultural heritage, many pairs of twins still do ‘everything as one’ out of choice.”

 “But does it say anything about parental expectations?”

 “It doesn’t, but I can certainly imagine that would play a huge role,” Tendi said in slightly nervous tone.

 ‘There is something there,’ T’Lyn thought. It would probably related to Tendi’s nature as an Orion. She knew one thing, that it wasn’t for her to bring it up. She remembered the disappointment that her parents had shown (briefly) when she had told them that she had been reassigned to Starfleet.

   Sh’vhal (Two months earlier)

“Due to my perceived emotional state, I have been reassigned to Starfleet,” she said.

 Both her parents showed disappointment before they reasserted their control over their emotions.

 “How many times have I said that you need to perfect your control?” her mother asked.

 “I have lost count,” T’Lyn said with sarcasm and slight annoyance.

 “Like just now?” Her father asked.

 “Yes. The whole crew was chastising me.”

 Words: 267

  Excerpt from: Legacy of Westchester

1966

North America

Canada

In late September, a kaiju is defeated before it can come ashore in Vancouver.

  United States

In early January, orders a crackdown on the Wiccamasonry religion, citing its ‘dangerous anti-government activities’.

  South America

  Europe

Ireland

The number of Changed is estimated to be about 250000.

 United Kingdom

In late November, Margaret Watson and Chester James, teachers at a school in the West End, disappear. A day later Flora Samson, a student at the same school, vanishes. She was last reported to be watching an episode of Doctor Who. Another day later, a police officer reports 'possible Changed activity' at a junkyard in Kensington.

  Africa

  Asia

Soviet Asia

In early June, a number of kaiju are observed fighting near a small town in Siberia.

 Words: 127

 Total: 656

#alternate history #astrid hofferson #beckett mariner #candace flynn #d'vana tendi #fanfic #fishlegs ingerman #hiccup horrendous haddock lll #how to train your dragon #january writings #lower decks #ma'ah #phineas and ferb #spitelout jorgenson #stacy hirano #star trek #t'lyn

[woulddieforperrytheplatypus]

I've been rewatching all the Loki content to get ready for the new show and I have thought of A Phineas and Ferb AU™ for your viewing pleasure (and if anyone wants to turn any part of this into an actual fanfic I would owe you my life)

this post was brought to you in partnership with @dumbausfromdanville

You know how the first Thor movie ends with Loki yeeting himself off the Bifrost and falling to earth? What if, instead of going after the Tesseract, he falls straight to the Tri-State area?

Jane, Darcy, and Selvig all seemed to be on vacation, right? So Thor presumably took place during the summer — say, perhaps, ending on June 3? So he falls right onto Phineas and Ferb's rollercoaster just before it goes down that ♫ three-mile drop straight down ♪. He has no idea wtf is happening so it's not like he gets the chance to sit down and put on a seatbelt, so he's stuck holding on for dear life for the entire rollercoaster ride which Phineas and Ferb find weird but they're not really concerned bc they're chill lil dudes and tbh this isn't too far off a normal day for them.

Phineas and Loki strike up a none-too-pleasant conversation (not that Phineas notices Loki's bad mood; he's too Him to realize not everyone is rainbows and sunshine all day, every day), and our favorite lil disoriented demigod has to figure out where the fuck he is now ("You there. What realm is this?" "Danville 🙂" "Wut da fuk?") and what the fuck he's supposed to do now that he's here.

Phineas ends up inviting him to hang out for the afternoon, and Loki is about to turn him down but then he smells the pie. He's never had doonkleberry pie before so obviously he has to try it. Then, when Loki's no longer hangry, they can hold an actual conversation. It's lowkey more Loki wallowing in his own self-pity than anything else, but Ferb recognizes Asgard when Loki mentions it so he and Phineas piece together that he's a god pretty quickly.

More importantly, though, they figure out that he's completely alone, and because Loki never mentions trying to, you know, murder his brother and lowkey overthrow the monarchy, they just kinda assume Loki's family sucks (Ferb is completely prepared to start the anti-Thor club but Phineas stops him because he doesn't want his brother to get struck by lightning) and adopt him (without his consent, but it's not like he has anywhere else to be -- and he did like that pie).

Loki has no desire to build anything with the boys He thinks the idea of a backyard beach they make the next morning is stupid — even more stupid than a regular beach, and that's saying something. But over time, he gets more involved -- not just with the boys, but with the entire family. He helps the boys build their inventions. He talks about human history with Lawrence and corrects much of his knowledge on mythology. He lets Linda teach him how to bake seriously, her pies are so good. He even suffers through Candace's mall trips as long as he gets to go to that fro-yo place on the second floor (though he draws the line at any conversation involving romance).

He's still a little skeptical of the platypus (and he feels like the platypus is a little skeptical of him, too) but Phineas insists that he's "just a platypus" and he "doesn't do much." Loki doesn't realize that Perry's keeping an eye on him for OWCA, nor does he know that Monogram has absolutely no idea what to make of the dude so he hasn't actually told any of his superiors about him. As far as the government is concerned, after the fiasco in New Mexico, Loki just disappeared.

This makes it fucking hilarious when the boys accidentally steal the superheroes' powers in Mission: Marvel and the superheroes show up at the Flynn-Fletchers' front door only to see fucking Loki. Loki just shuts the door in their faces without a word because what the fuck?, but eventually Phineas and Ferb go check the door and they agree to help the heroes (much to Loki's chagrin), which, of course, isn't complete with Candace fangirling over them (also much to Loki's chagrin; she never fangirled over him). At first the Avengers are fully convinced that Loki is responsible for stealing their powers, and Loki never actually denies it because he's a little shit but Phineas, Ferb, and their friends are very insistent that Loki didn't do anything (except a little bit of manual labor putting together the satellites because they're 10 and he's a whole-ass demigod).

At some point, Thor and Loki have a very heated discussion about the events of Thor, and it's pretty much all news to the Flynn-Fletchers and their friends. They're not really sure what to make of it so they basically glue their mouths shut and watch it all play out. I'd like to think it goes something like it does in The Avengers and that a) Thor is pissed because what the fuck have you been up to Loki you fucking dumbass, b) Thor has been in mourning since Loki yeeted himself into the abyss and he wants to make sure the guy knows it, and c) Loki does not take it seriously at all he's being antagonistic the entire time because he is so sick of Mr. High-And-Mighty's shit. In the end, Loki storms out of the SHEDquarters and Phineas doesn't even think to try to stop him until he's halfway out the door and it's too late.

He shows up again when Phineas, Ferb, and the Avengers try to fight the bad guys in the mall with the wrong powers and he basically singlehandedly saves their asses until superhero Perry shows up. As everyone's favorite shapeshifter, he has absolutely no problem figuring out that this beaver duck dude is the Flynn-Fletchers' platypus. He has no idea what to do with that information, but it sure is information that he now has apparently. (At this point, poor Loki has a very warped sense of what earth is supposed to be like lmao).

Phineas tries to get Loki to come back with them after superhero Perry grabs them and carries them home. Instead, Loki cuts himself loose and falls like 30 feet straight down (and tbh after falling from the Bifrost, that's nothing to him) and peaces the fuck out.

Loki ends up accidentally bonding with Candace and Isabella over feeling useless and unwanted (and he absolutely gets his own verse in Only Trying to Help because it's what he deserves), but unlike the two girls who are hell-bent on changing that, Loki is content wallowing in his own self-pity. He's tried this whole "being important" thing before and he ended up in self-exile for it. He's not putting himself through it again because he really doesn't expect it to end well. But then the powerless heroes decide to face the villains again, and with Candace and Isabella in space and Perry nowhere to be seen, he realizes it is once again up to him to keep the tri-state area safe (which he knows is a stupid priority but he's gotten kind of attached to these stupid little humans and he wants to keep them safe).

Then the heroes get their powers back and they join Loki (and Perry and the mysterious waffle gun in the sky) and beat the shit out of the villains. Thor and Loki work together in the heat of the battle which serves as a Great Bonding Moment™, and once the villains are gone, they have a nice lil heart-to-heart where they both apologize for their past. Thor remarks that Loki seems to have grown a lot over the last couple of months and tries to bring Loki home with him, but Loki refuses. He'll never be welcome back into Asgard, no matter what Thor may say.

But he is welcome with the Flynn-Fletchers, who are completely over the fact that he tried to ruin Thor's life and take his not-so-rightful place on the throne (except Candace who's very skeptical about having him back but it's not like Linda will believe her if she tries to tell her what Thor and Loki talked about so her opinion is unfortunately as irrelevant as it usually is on the show).

And early the next morning, before anyone else is awake, Perry gets an alert that he's needed in his headquarters (presumably to talk to or about Fury). He quietly sneaks off, only to find Loki waiting at the bottom of the stairs for him. They have a very nice "conversation" (not that Perry speaks) about the superhero Ducky Momo they saw the day before, and Loki assures him that his secret is safe, thus starting a much-needed bromance between Loki and Perry because it's what my babies, goddammit!

Anyways yeah if anyone wants to write a fanfic about Loki hanging out with Phineas and Ferb during his self-exile I would give you a socially distant high-five because I want to read it but I have too many other fanfics on my plate to start this one for at least a few months. It doesn't have to follow this prompt literally at all (I swear I wasn't trying to get this in-depth with it but this is what I do apparently) or it can follow this prompt exactly idc i just want a PnF/Loki fanfic 🥺

#marvel #mcu #loki #phineas and ferb #pnf #fanfic idea? #mission: marvel #mission marvel

[swynlake-rp]

“Lady and gentlemen, I give you …”

FULL NAME: Phineas Flynn BASED ON: Phineas (Phineas and Ferb) FACE CLAIM: Joshua Bassett PRONOUNS: He/Him BIRTHDAY: August 28th, 2002 CURRENT STATUS: Taken

Character Information

Phineas Flynn was always a little young to be doing, well, whatever he decided to do that day. When other kids were playing with matchbox cars, Phineas was asking his dad if he could look under the hood of the station wagon. When other kids were smashing towers of blocks, Phineas was putting together small electronics. He was special and he knew it, and he wouldn’t let anyone forget it.

Unfortunately, those father-son moments working on the family car were Phineas’s last memories of his father. Phineas never really understood why his father packed up and left one day without warning, but his mother seemed to, she said it was “grown up stuff” that Phineas was “too young to understand.” Phineas didn’t like that. Of course he was too young, but that had never stopped him before.

Though the divorce changed the Flynn family and put them all just a little on edge, a little more worried about who or what would disappear next, Phineas didn’t let those strange feelings get in the way of his dream. He was going to be a star. Not a pop star, like his mother once was; but a genius, like Steve Jobs (Phineas had a poster in his room. It wasn’t weird!) He started writing down ideas, at least one a week in a small black notebook he carried around, and dreamed of being part of a legendary team. Phineas could just see it: himself among a gang of effortlessly cool nerds, working late nights in someone’s garage, reaching that eureka moment together and celebrating until the sun came up. Describing that moment wistfully in interviews years later, his picture in some kid’s history book.

When Linda dropped the bomb that the Flynn family was moving from Danville, Phineas didn’t expect England, but he’s determined to make the best of it. After all, Phineas did some research on this town, and it looks like it’s full of Magicks, which were all but driven out of the tri-state area where he grew up. Phineas thinks there could be a real possibility to harness magic with technology, especially in Swynlake, where people seem more open to that kind of thing than they were back in Danville. He just needs to get some money, do some research, and maybe find a business partner. And if people ask if maybe it’s a little intrusive or dangerous to be messing around with magic that he knows little about for the sake of a personal project? Well, yes. Yes it is.

✓ Inventive, optimistic, joyful

✖ Careless, slacker, short attention span Character Suggestions

None

Current Relationships

Candace Flynn (older sister) Ferb Fletcher (stepbrother)

Possible Relationships

click here!

Magical Abilities

None

#phineas and ferb #allch #malech #nonmagicch #phineasandferbch #takench #takenmalech

[willowthegraycat]

Ranting about Linda and Candace from Phineas and Ferb

A rant about Linda Flynn-Fletcher’s bad parenting, and Candace’s worsening mental state in the show Phineas and Ferb.

Now, for the most part, Linda’s pretty cool. She’s nice, bakes lots of pie, and has a cool backstory as a singer. Linda was absolutely someone whom I would love to have had as my mother. That being said. Let’s take a look past that and examine what I believe to be very bad indeed: Her treatment of Candace and her reactions to Phineas and Ferb.

Linda’s treatment of Candace seems pretty okay, at a first glance. But when you look at the ‘jokes’ she makes, it’s clear it’s not. Now, I don’t believe this was all intentional on the writers’ parts. Because of the way the show is structured, Linda needs to remain oblivious to Phineas and Ferb’s inventions, as well as Candace’s increasingly worsening mental state because of it all.

It is a kids show, so they don’t get that dark, but here’s a quick rundown of Candace’s realistic mental state in regards to the boys: She just wants to show her mother their inventions, at first. Whether or not you think this makes her a tattletale or not, the fact is that Linda would have absolutely wanted to know about their inventions.  Candace says in one episode that she was doing it to protect them from their dangerous inventions. Now, it’s undeniable that Phineas and Ferb are more than capable of protecting themselves and others, but it’s still not acceptable for them to be doing these things without their mother’s knowledge. (The father isn’t being considered here because his default thing to say is ‘ask your mother’) So like it or not, Candace is absolutely right to be trying to ‘bust’ them.

This desire to bust them, however, spirals into an obsession, as each time she almost manages to bust them, it’s snatched away from her immediately. There is no satisfaction, and despite the fact that it may not be the kindest thing to do, it’s super frustrating to fail like this. Again and again. And again. Of course, to us, the reasonable thing to do would be to just give up, and enjoy it, a message that the show is practically forcing down our throats. I love this show, and I think the message of making the most of every day is absolutely a valid one, but expecting Candace to just get over it and move on isn’t a reasonable thing to request. Candace has gotten to the point where busting her brothers is a part of her personality, so much so that in the episode where she’s split into two personalities, one of them is completely devoted to busting them. (The other one is devoted to Jeremy, which is another concern that I’m not getting into here). It’s a kids show, so you can’t expect them to go too deep and dark, but the resolution to that very episode is her being recombined and then going off with Jeremy. This basically means she’s burying an entire half of her personality. This half is portrayed as the bad side, and although it is certainly not the better side, it’s important to note that this obsession isn’t just her being a ‘snitch’. It’s a result of her constant failures over the summer. (Does ”driving our sister insane” ring any bells?) In another episode, Candace gets her friend Stacy to hypnotize her into repressing this part of her personality. Stacy assigns her trigger words that are actually just common expressions, leading to a funny episode where Candace will switch between personalities as people around her say them. It’s not awful that the show is playing this for laughs, but I wish there were a better resolution to this. She’s on a date with Jeremy, and a kid says her trigger word, causing her to leap up and run off to bust her brothers. Jeremy says “That’s my girl.” I think this is a better response than trying to repress her obsession, but there’s probably a better way to approach this situation. (Let’s not forget that time Candace literally breaks a table with her hands as she’s trying to sit still and not bust her brothers)(At this point I think she’s actually addicted to busting, since she has breakdowns when she isn’t able to at least attempt it)

But this ‘better approach’ we speak of is most certainly not what we see her mother doing. In a reoccurring joke of the series, Linda is states to have published journals about Candace. She treats Candace’s ‘crazy outbursts’ as funny, and something she’s going to gossip about with her friends. Linda doesn’t take her seriously, despite Candace’s need to bust her brothers. There is one time that Linda actually finds out about the boys’s inventions, far into the future. In the episode where Candace(from the first day of summer) is time traveled to the future, she busts her brothers to her future-mom, using her young self as evidence. This works, and Linda believes her, but she’s unable to bust the future brothers, as they’ve already grown-up. Besides, Linda doesn’t really care, seeing as it’s the far future. Sure, she apologizes, but in my opinion it’s not nearly enough considering everything she does off-screen in addition to on-screen. In one episode, Candace has a daydream, in which her dad gives her his credit card with permission to ‘ruin them financially’, Jeremy proposes, and her mom says “you were right about Phineas and Ferb this whole time, we should have believed you.” Unfortunately, we don’t get to see this actually play out, as the episode in which Phineas and Ferb actually get busted ends up just being a dream inside a dream. Something locked so deep and far away that it might as well have never happened.

There’s a pretty popular scene from one of the earlier episodes, in which Linda looks at Candace and says “I worry about you sometimes.” I don’t doubt that she does, but this line is played for jokes, making the idea of Candace’s mental state needing to be worried about seem like a joke to the audience. Candace is portrayed as the antagonist, and Phineas and Ferb as the protagonists. While the show doesn’t follow those roles exactly, that’s definitely the intended reading of it. Phineas and Ferb are happy nearly all the time, and they’re smart, and they can do anything, and they’re basically the perfect children. Of course they have their flaws, but in the eyes of the viewer, this is the example kids should be following. Be perfect. As a young child, I wanted to be like them, the perfect kids who could do anything. As an older sister myself, I would often put myself into Candace’s shoes, and I would mock her despite this, because the show wants us to think her mistakes are funny. I love this show, but I don’t love some of the messages it left me with. Candace gets into bad situations all the time, and we see her shake it off and keep going towards her goal, again and again. We see her get into situations that would realistically leave her physically injured(falling down an escalator, getting attacked by a dog, various other injuries played up for laughs), and yet she keeps going. Maybe this is just cartoon logic, but there was a moment with a mountain called ‘the unclimbable mountain’. Phineas and Ferb built a machine for their friends to go up it on, and Candace? Well, Candace just climbed the mountain. She got the top pretty quickly, too, considering the climb. That’s super impressive. But all of these things also give off the impression that she does this because she has to. Everyone deserves sometime to just sit down and cry, or to take a break and ask for help. I don’t doubt that there are people willing to help Candace, and there are certainly times when the boys build something just for her, but most of the time Candace has to do things by herself. It’s mostly a self-imposed rule, but I can’t help but remember the time Candace fell down the escalator. It was an escalator going up, and Candace kept falling for hours. It’s off screen, and, again, played for laughs, but this happens while the family is on vacation. Candace finally makes her way back to her family as they were in the airport, implying that she had to make her way to the airport alone, as well as just suffering a terrible injury. And her family doesn’t even seem to care that much. It’s just Candace, of course, getting herself injured again.

Here’s the thing. Candace has bad luck. Earlier in the escalator episode, Candace gets a necklace thing that she thinks is a good luck charm. Upon receiving it, Candace gets terrible luck, and realizes it’s actually a bad luck charm. After much struggling to get up to the top of the volcano to dispose of the charm(which keeps coming back to her), Candace learns that it’s actually one of those things that restaurants use to tell you when your table is ready. So was it all a placebo effect? Apparently so. Let’s talk about the mysterious force for a moment. I promise I’ll get back on track in one second. The mysterious force is a concept Candace thinks up to explain how all the big things her brothers make manage to disappear each and every day. While I don’t believe the mysterious force is actually a thing, I do believe that Murphy’s Law is real.(in the show, not in real life) Candace is not a Murphy, therefore she doesn’t have this law, however, in one episode of Milo Murphy’s law, it is revealed that Phineas and Ferb have an opposite effect called the “Phineas and Ferb effect”, which basically means that nothing ever goes wrong for them. They have good luck.(certain episodes conflict with this, but it’s always alright in the end, so perhaps the law has some room for adaptability giving them a chance to have fun, just with no real consequences) If Phineas and Ferb want to build a rollercoaster, they can do just that. The adults might ask “Aren’t you a bit too young to be doing that?” but Phineas and Ferb will still be able to do it anyways. Except driving a car, because apparently that’s where we draw the line. (Lo and behold they found a loophole. I wonder how well “it’s a giant remote controlled toy car, not a real car” would hold up in court) So Phineas and Ferb literally can’t get in trouble and stay in trouble, because it would be unlucky. It would be bad. But, aside from the obvious not allowed things, why would some of the more harmless inventions also be considered unlucky to be revealed to their mom? Well, let’s get back on topic so I can answer that.

Linda doesn’t believe Candace about Phineas and Ferb, and outright ignores doesn’t notice when Candace is having a literal mental breakdown over the stress and anxiety the obsession is causing her. But Linda doesn’t believe Phineas and Ferb, either. Even with the evidence right up in her face, Linda thinks it’s ‘creativity’ up until the end. In every situation that leads to her finding out about their inventions, Linda either finds a way to deny it,(convincing herself she’s hallucinating) or she gets super annoyed by it and busts them. I’m not counting the time she sent them to bootcamp, since that was buried inside two dreams, but I am counting the times she did something/reacted poorly and then forgot/the timeline was altered. In the episode in which Candace is hypnotized to have trigger words, Linda goes outside to the backyard while the boys have built some sort of bouncy thing. It looks very dangerous, and a bit like a flying saucer, even though they probably added seatbelts. There’s a bit of a funny moment where Linda is repeated hit by a machine that causes her to forget about it, until she ends up saying Candace’s trigger word and Candace runs off, distracting Linda so that she ends up not seeing the machine after all, and just going back inside. The machine causing her to forget was built by Dr. Doofenshmirtz, and the ‘Phineas and Ferb effect’ is probably what ended up causing the machine to hit her so many times ‘at random’.(another explanation is that Perry the Platypus is intentionally trying to protect the boys from being found out, but this doesn’t explain everything so we’re not discussing that here) Linda’s reaction to the boy’s machine is shock, and we can see some anger seeping in each time right before she forgets. Now, for the most notable canonical busting. Linda’s dystopian future. In the episode with the time traveling, Candace’s future self manages to bust her brothers on the first day of summer by traveling back in time and using her prior knowledge to avoid the lucky obstacles placed in her way.(She just grabbed her mom instead of waiting for her to finish shopping)  Linda gets super upset at Phineas and Ferb and this leads to her ‘outlawing fun’, and the Tri-State Area becomes a dystopian future. This is rather dramatic, and not entirely Linda’s doing, but the episode treats it as such by portraying Candace as having done something wrong here. Of course, messing with the timeline isn’t a good idea ever, but just busting her brothers in general isn’t a genuinely evil thing to do. It may have led to a dystopian future in this instance, but that’s because Linda is the kind of person to overreact. It’s not Candace’s fault. It’s Linda’s. The timeline is eventually fixed so this never happened, but that doesn’t erase the knowledge that Linda could have caused that if she’d known about the boys’ creations.

Busting her brothers was always going to be a bad thing because Linda would make it a bad thing. Candace’s obsession got out of hand, but Linda’s reaction to the boys is the true big bad of the show.(Not counting the Doof and Perry plotline) I’m sure many people think that Linda would react better, and that this is out of character for her, but I don’t see it that way. You’re welcome to have your own opinions, of course, but I don’t believe anyone can be perfect. Linda’s flaws in this regards make her seem more human to me, because she has issues she needs to get over. I would have loved a movie about Linda needing to get over her issues instead of Candace needing to get over hers instead, but I did still love Candace Against the Universe. I recommend that movie, but be warned, you’re not going to get a satisfying ‘busting her brothers’ scene at the end. Honestly, I don’t think it would have been super satisfying if that had happened, since Phineas and Ferb aren’t bad kids, but I think Linda needs to be informed about them somehow, and that Phineas and Ferb need to be restrained somehow. They’re cool and all, but literal children should not be given seats on the city council. That’s irresponsible, and I believe this is an example of the boys abusing their luck powers. (Linda does have a point about their inventions being too big and dangerous, my point on her overreacting was in regards to her little dystopian future where she outlaws fun. Sure, Dr. Doof was a bit part of that dystopian future, but remember most of the rules were thought up by the Council of Parents, or ‘Concerned Parents’ or whatever, and Linda absolutely convinced everyone to vote the way they did because Linda was literally the only one who doesn’t know about Phineas and Ferb, and everyone else usually doesn’t care)

Conclusions:(it’s late and I need to go to bed)

Candace is an awesome character who I feel a lot of different things about. I pity her for the bad effect of being the third sibling who didn’t get the luck powers, and I relate to her struggles of feeling worthless because of it. But I also admire her, because even though she doesn’t have the ‘Phineas and Ferb effect’, intelligence and capability must just run in the family, because Candace does some awesome stuff. Whether she’s climbing a mountain or wrestling a crocodile, Candace demonstrates her great ability to do things well. (Guess who learned how to talk to monkeys after like a few hours of staying with them?) Candace makes bad decisions, and can be selfish, but in the end she’s a good person. In my opinion, no one is good or bad, but my example is how she was willing to let a little girl have her doll after spending the whole day looking for the doll. Candace wasn’t as obsessed with the doll as she was with busting, but spending a whole day looking for the doll just to give it up is pretty impressive, considering it was her doll in the first place, and it wasn’t her fault that her dad sold it to Dr. Doof. (Long story, and no I don’t think Vanessa is a bad person for stealing the doll from the girl, but I’m not getting into yet another character right now) Candace’s obsession isn’t even diagnosed as anything in the show, but I bet that she has some sort of mental health issue that just wasn’t addressed. I love this show lots, but some of the joking causes me to cringe, especially when Linda is gossiping about Candace to her friends.

Linda is a good character as well. She’s a good mom for the most part, my issue with her is that she doesn’t seem prepared for anything outside of the ‘ordinary’. She dismisses any signs of the boys’ inventions, and she makes jokes about Candace’s obsession with busting.

You don’t need to view these characters any differently if you don’t want to, but I think it’s useful to consider a character fully before making any generalizations. Candace isn’t just some annoying snitch, and Linda isn’t the perfect mom. But is anyone?

Everything stated in this post is my opinion. Don’t hate on me. I accept constructive criticisms, however, and I’d love to have a civilized discussion.

#phineas and ferb #phineas flynn #ferb fletcher #candace flynn #linda flynn fletcher #obsession #mental health #bad parenting #luck #rant #vent #essay #murphy's law #bad luck #mental breakdown #abuse #i don't think it's abuse i'm just tagging in case people are filtering and want to avoid anything even remotely similar #anxiety

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I’ve seen other headcanons for the PnF characters when they’re older so uhh here’s mine for the Flynn-Fletcher siblings (feel free to add your own!:3)

The boys end up outgrowing Candace cause she stops at 5”8 (her canon height), Phineas is about 5”10-ish while Ferb is the tallest at at least 6”1.

Candace tries to set Ferb up with Vanessa when he’s old enough and even gives him advice because she’s friends with her.

During the first week Candace is gone for college, Phineas sleeps in her room because he misses her so much.

Aggressive smash bros battles. Candace usually loses but on the rare occasion she wins, she rubs it in their faces for days (she doesn’t know that they let her win lol)

Ferb is able to carry both Phineas and Candace over his shoulders like it’s nothing.

We know Ferb talks more when he’s older but I like to think he talks the most around his siblings because he just feels more comfortable around them.

Whenever the boys have long weekends off from school Candace lets them stay with her at her apartment (she lives with Jeremy, but he loves having them over)

At the beginning of every summer they have a prank war, Ferb usually wins because they don’t know what to expect from him. Candace ends up forfeiting half the time.

Candace gets married to Jeremy at 24-25 years old, they elope and only invite Phineas, Ferb, Suzy (who obviously isn’t a brat anymore), and Stacy.

PHINEAS AND FERB WALK HER DOWN THE AISLE!!

During family reunions, they usually just hang out with each other.

When Linda ‘lectures’ them about whatever, Candace makes silly faces at the boys to help lighten the mood (when Linda isn’t look ofc)

Ferb and Candace spy on Phineas when he’s on his first date with Isabella to make sure things go smoothly. Phineas knows they’re there because their disguises aren’t that great.

^At the end of the date, Candace screams “JUST KISS HER ALREADY STUPID!!”

Lots of inside jokes, mostly roasting each other for no reason.

Sometimes they stay up really late and end up falling asleep on the couch, and when Linda finds them in the morning she takes pictures because they just look so cute.

When Candace has a really bad period, they spoil her like crazy (buying her candy, giving shoulder massages, watching YouTube videos with her, etc)

Awesome photoshoots.

They don’t see much of Candace for her first year of college so when she comes to visit they get really excited and practically tackle her to the ground to hug her (without hurting her ofc)

Candace plans their weddings.

“Your mama so stupid she—” “We have the same mom, dumbass” (who says what is up to the imagination lol)

Candace insults them a lot but if she hears anyone else calling them losers she will literally bitch slap them, no one messes with her little bros except her.

Mario kart tournaments are brutal.

^Phineas always picks Mario, Ferb always picks Bowser, and Candace is always, ALWAYS Rosalina and if she’s not, she won’t play.

Phineas and Ferb are the first to know when Candace is pregnant (aside from Jeremy obviously) and they get really excited for her.

Candace always asks them to babysit for her cause she trusts them more than their parents lol.

Whenever Candace gets sad, she looks at the mug they gave her to cheer herself up.

Phineas will get really, really depressed sometimes and Ferb and Candace are always the ones to comfort him.

Getting on each other’s shoulders to scare off people that bother them

Candace makes fun of them when their voices start to change (especially their voice cracks because who wouldn’t laugh at that)

Phineas telling them he likes Isabella would go like “hey I think I have a crush on her” and Ferb and Candace just look at him like “no shit dude”

When Phineas and Ferb are freshmen they have moments when they feel stressed so Candace tells them embarrassing stories about herself from her HS days to cheer them up.

Candace lets them have a sip whenever she drinks (she doesn’t pressure them she’s just like “hey you guys want some beer?” and at first they’re like “um no thanks” but eventually they go “Eh why not”)

Sneaking out at 3 in the morning just to get ice cream from McDonald’s.

When one of them has a breakdown the other two are always there to help them, but depending on who it is it’s done in different ways (ex for Candace they try to take her mind off of it and make jokes so she’ll laugh, for Phineas they actually talk it out since his problem is usually suppressing his feelings, for Ferb they stay quiet and just let him talk about it and take his time, sometimes the silence helps him)

Lots of hugs and cuddles.

At Ferb’s wedding, Phineas and Candace cry a lot and he gets really embarrassed by it. Like “guys please stop you said you wouldn’t do this” kind of embarrassed.

Saying goodbye to each other after a visit takes a full hour and even then they’re hesitant to leave.

#phineas and ferb #pnf #headcanon #phineas flynn #ferb fletcher #candace flynn #sibling love #wholesome #act your age #pnf headcanon

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Candace Against the Universe Predictions

Note: This is MY LIST of possible outcomes that can occur in the movie - they may differ from what your predictions are, and that’s okay. This was just made for fun.

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Doofenshmirtz and Isabella’s duet (which, yes, they ARE going to have a duet in the movie, this was confirmed) is going to either be a rap battle, or a song about the two having to work together to solve a problem (I really want it to be a rap battle)

Doofenshmirtz’s reasoning for having a rivalry with Isabella stems from the fact that he doesn’t want a child telling him what to do - by the end of the movie, though, he grows to respect Isabella

Isabella might remind Dr. D of Vanessa when she was her age

Phineas and Candace have an emotional argument about how Candace would rather live on a planet without her brothers than go back home where everyone is concerned and stuff - this leads to Phineas saying they never should’ve come to rescue her and things get really emotional after that

Phineas, Ferb, and the gang listen to some of Doofenshmirtz’s backstories during the trip, and are immediately fascinated by them - they don’t doubt a single tale, but it leads to them asking a lot of questions that never get answers

Phineas, Ferb, and Doofenshmirtz build an inator together

The big bad villain of the movie (if there is one) creates a doomsday machine meant to destroy any planet that goes against his/her people’s way of thinking (the entirety of Earth included), and Doofenshmirtz saves literally everyone by installing a self-destruct button on it, which the main villain accidentally presses

Candace and Vanessa get kidnapped at the same time rather than separately

Perry somehow someway has a musical number in all this - somehow, he sings something, possibly in his head

Doofenshmirtz shares his stories about how he keeps getting beaten up by a platypus to the other kids, and these are the only stories that Phineas and the others don’t quite buy, since, you know, platypuses don’t do much - Doofenshmirtz ALMOST name drops Perry before something happens that totally interrupts him

There will be at least ONE Phinabella moment - at LEAST

Before getting kidnapped, Candace gets the impression that Jeremy is going to break up with her for either not showing up to the game mentioned in the preview, or possibly ruining the game in her attempts to bust Phineas and Ferb

Phineas’ present shown in the preview was for Candace, possibly on another day where he and Ferb are trying to make amends to her for something that probably happened previously - this present is brought with them on their trip to save Candace, and Phineas is determined to give this gift to her

The unknown gift is what makes Candace cry (again, that’s been confirmed to happen in the movie as well), and makes her realize that she can’t live in a world without her brothers, no matter how insane they are

Candace sees that weird imaginary zebra that calls her Kevin, and he actually gives some sound advice - or not. Either way he has a speaking role

The aliens attempt to sacrifice Candace (and probably Vanessa) to some kind of god/goddess

Isabella is trying to earn her “Space Travel Rescue” patch in this movie - she also earns several other space related patches

Isabella’s patches are brought into question by Doofenshmirtz, which probably starts the conflict between them as Isabella attempts to prove she can do literally ANYTHING she sets her mind to - however, he still ends up questioning them, not because he doubts Isabella’s abilities, but because he wonders why anyone would want to earn patches involving shrimp net repair, sap collecting, and other nonsensical accomplishments. He also questions how there are space-themed patches and WHY

There is a sad, cute song in this movie, and I will stand by that

Candace befriends an alien - this alien may or may not be the main antagonist of the movie, but said alien shares in Candace’s frustrations over not being taken seriously, not being appreciated, and having her “hopes and dreams” dashed by younger siblings

We learn the NAME of Phineas and Candace’s biological dad, which is, coincidentally, Lawrence - a different Lawrence to be sure, but still, his name is Lawrence, probably to hammer in to fans’ heads that their bio-dad doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things

Isabella’s dad has a speaking role

Irving was GOING to be a part of this adventure, but was inevitably left behind - they gang once in a while mentions him, acting like he’s there when he actually wasn’t

Phineas actually snaps at Ferb or Isabella or whoever about saving Candace, being super worried about her and stuff - he apologizes immediately

Ferb ends up having another uplifting speech, that dissolves into a wave of frustration as he goes to destroy the aliens that kidnapped his sister

Phineas, Ferb, and the gang find Perry in space - no one questions how he got there, not even Doofenshmirtz. Maybe Candace and Vanessa do but they stay quiet

Vanessa learns that Perry’s family is the Flynn-Fletcher’s

Candace and Vanessa have a duet

Monogram constantly interrupts Perry on his adventure, leading to Perry eventually throwing away his communicator - he feels a sense of freedom that is brief upon getting a new one when he gets home

Schnitzel gets a cameo

No she doesn’t. That’s not actually possible. This was a test to see if you actually read this

There’s a “death scene” in this movie, but the character who “dies” is okay

Milo’s brief presence in the movie inevitably is what causes the events to play out

Candace, Vanessa, and Isabella all sing a song together

Buford ends up using the canoe (that he carries throughout the entire movie, that was also confirmed) for everything except for what a canoe is supposed to be used for

Buford has an “I am so in love with her right now” moment (if it’s with Vanessa, Ferb ends up Vulcan Pinching him for seemingly no reason)

There will be a very touching Canderemy scene

The alien that teams up with Phineas, Ferb, and the gang plus Doofenshmirtz either turns traitor, or makes a noble sacrifice in order to ensure their safety

The alien is probably the younger sibling of the alien Candace befriends

Meap has an appearance in the movie, whether it’s a cameo or him playing a very small part in their overall adventure

After returning to earth Doofenshmirtz claims he’ll never go to outer space again, but then suddenly gets a sense of foreboding as Milo and Melissa walk passed him from far behind, hinting at certain events in Milo Murphy’s Law

Weird Al has a musical number in this movie (not Milo. Just Weird Al)

There’s a montage on when Phineas, Ferb, and Candace were much younger (bonus points if younger Isabella appears in this montage at least once)

Phineas, Ferb, and the gang sing a song together (probably about the power of friendship or something, I dunno)

One of the characters keeps saying space puns and drives everyone crazy (I’m voting on Phineas, but Buford is also a good contender for this, probably a better one in fact)

Phineas and Ferb both cry in this movie

There are nods to Isabella and Baljeet’s heritages (cuz I think that would be neat)

The Fireside Girls help the gang out from Earth, much like in the episode “Out to Launch”

In fact, all the episodes involving Phineas and Ferb going into space are mentioned in this episode - one such mention gets a “but that hasn’t happened yet” response from Ferb

Phineas, Ferb, and the gang end up getting captured

There’s more than one epic fight scene in this movie

One of the items that caused the possible disaster at the “big game” mentioned in the preview was the very t-shirt canon that Candace uses to fight off the alien invasion

Isabella ends up nearly admitting her feelings to Phineas when the gang are in a deadly situation with seemingly no way out - they’re either rescued by Doofenshmirtz or Candace

At the end of the movie (probably post credits), although the aliens are defeated, they end up abducting Thaddeus and Thor’s sister, Mandy - instead of helping her, they decide to go play video games

Baljeet has a musical number about the probabilities of them being able to save Candace (which is very slim); Phineas and the others keep being positive while ultimately ignoring Baljeet’s warnings

Somehow, Klimpaloon makes an appearance; we ALL know the Giant Floating Baby Head is gonna appear, so what’s the point?

Doofenshmirtz and Vanessa have a very sweet father-daughter moment (maybe one that hints at Doofenshmirtz’s future reformation, but I dunno)

Vanessa and Norm also have a sweet moment, as the reason why she was captured was because Norm is considered her younger brother, much to Doofenshmirtz’s chagrin

Vanessa and Ferb talk to each other once in this movie

Vanessa and Monty are dating in the time frame of this movie - whether Monty actually shows up in the movie or even should show up in the movie, I dunno

Isabella teases Ferb about his crush on Vanessa before he shoots back about her crush on Phineas - all while Phineas is standing there, completely oblivious

Phineas and Ferb actually have an argument

Phineas has a Candace moment. I dunno what that would look like, but that’s what I wanna see

The couple with the wife who’s like “What did you think a(n) [insert specific thing] was going to fall from the sky?” make an appearance

Isabella gets lost in Phineasland at least once

At the end of the movie, business goes back to usual - Candace attempts to bust the boys and fails, but she’s surprisingly cheery about it, probably saying something like “Ah~...home sweet home.”

The movie ends with the guitar riff, like in any Phineas and Ferb episode

#phineas and ferb #candace against the universe #catu #predictions #catu spoilers #phinbella #phinabella #canderemy #ferbnessa #montessa

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Interview Process || The Flynn-Fletcher’s

Candace, Phineas, and Ferb sit down to interview Andrea on why she should get the chance to fill the roll she came to town for. 

[TW: bad parenting, past trauma related to bad parenting]

@oh-phineas @i-want-candy

FERB

A time and place had been agreed upon for the interview of Andrea Martin. (Their house, afternoon.) 

Ferb had no idea how to go about it and proceeded to spend the time leading up to it researching the interview process from the interviewer’s perspective. There were so many techniques, ranging from that of an employer looking to learn about a person that best suited a job to that of a screenwriter looking for research on a subject. He didn’t know which one to employ here since— well he didn’t know what exactly they were interviewing her for. What position was she wanting to take up?

A mother? She already had kids that she had a direct relationship to. And was he supposed to meet them? His half siblings? Or her husband? His step-father? What about—? 

And he mostly got overwhelmed when he thought about it as one question would branch off into an infinite tree diagram. Though to anyone looking at him, he still looked like Ferb always did. Neutral and steady. 

There were questions he had prepared but overall, didn’t know what to expect. But, that was the catch when it came to all people— he could never anticipate the outcome. 

He sat at the kitchen table with Phineas and Candace, opposite to Andrea, who looked to be happily sipping tea. His eyes shifted to the Flynn’s, unsure if he was supposed to say something first since— well she was only here because of him. But they were so much better at speaking. 

Andrea cleared her throat, leaning forward against the table top. “So! Where should we start?” 

PHINEAS

Phineas didn’t really do as much research. His idea of an “interview” was mostly based on podcasts about tech startups and his own extremely limited experience. But he wanted to give Andrea hard questions (and yes, this was partially a result of his own humiliation at his Chapter Three interview). Part of it was a power trip, sure, but the other part was his genuine desire to protect Ferb. If this lady really cared about him, she would have to fight to be a part of his life.

“I’ll start us off,” Phineas announced, glancing at Ferb and at Candace. He signed as he spoke and translated for Andrea-- he didn’t want Ferb to miss any of this. It was his decision, at the end of the day. Phineas fixed Andrea with an extremely serious expression. “How many pennies, stacked one on top of the other, would equal the height of the Empire State Building?”

CANDACE:

Candace didn’t see the point of this. In fact, she thought it was incredibly stupid. There was nothing that Andrea could say that would convince Candace that she was truly back. Parents that left always left. They weren’t parents. They were sperm and egg donors. Nothing more. If only she could make Ferb see that. 

Even if he did, she doubted that he would do the right thing and push Andrea away. He was too nice for that, too much of a pushover. 

Well, if Candace was forced to be his big sister, this was how she would do it. By protecting him from a woman he didn’t even remember. So, even though she thought this whole thing was stupid and pointless, she was going to be here. For every step of it. And she’d expose Andrea for being just as flighty as she was before. People like her didn’t change. She’d make sure that Ferb understood that when all this was said and done. 

She sat slightly slumped in her chair, arms crossed, glaring at Andrea. Phineas’ question wasn’t going to get them anywhere but at least it’d tell her if Andrea was willing to play along. Maybe Phineas would just wear her down by being obnoxious. That would be ideal, since at the very least, Candace knew Ferb would stick up for Phineas. 

Candace didn’t say anything. She just watched. 

FERB

Ferb didn’t really know where Phineas was going with that one. It seemed a little out of left field if they were supposed to be getting to know who she was. But he didn’t protest or shoot him a funny look, he trusted Phineas to know what he was doing— Ferb just blinked and turned to see what Ms. Martin would have to say while he worked it out for himself in his head. 

(The height of the Empire State building [1,454ft, which converted to 443,179.2 mm] divided by the thickness of an average American penny [1.52mm] = 291,565.2632 or, rounding up since you couldn’t very well slice the penny, 291,566 pennies.) 

At first Andrea could only stare, brow furrowed, at the question. She had prepared for numerous things to be asked of her. About her life, about why she had left, about why she hadn’t come back, about her other children, about her and Lawrence’s past relationship— but she had never expected she would have to do maths. 

“The Empire State Building.” She smiled as she repeated him. It had still been such a surprise that Lawrence of all people had found someone to marry in America. Then she hummed, lips pressed together trying to think how she was even supposed to begin.

After a moment she simply shrugged, figuring it wasn’t worth answering something so silly. Surely it was some sort of joke Phineas wanted in order to break the ice? Andrea laughed a little before providing her answer.  “I’m afraid I’ve no idea. I don’t even know how tall the Empire State Building is. I’m sorry.” She glanced between the three of them. “How many is it then?”

PHINEAS

Phineas smiled triumphantly, and scribbled down a few notes that didn’t actually mean anything but just to show Andrea he was taking notes. That he had opinions on that answer. He was going to turn it over to Candace for the next question, but Phineas couldn’t help it. He had to interject with his explanation.

“So, that question doesn’t actually have a correct answer-- well, it would, maybe, if I were interviewing you for an engineering job, but even then, there would probably be more efficient ways to test your math skills than a word problem about pennies and the Empire State Building. That was actually a test to see what kind of problem-solver you are. Whether you would even make an attempt, you know? And if you did, would you go at it from a mathematical perspective, or a more practical perspective? Or maybe you would have a question about the problem, like do the laws of physics apply here, and if not, could I stack the pennies length-wise instead of width-wise?” Phineas explained, a superior smile on his face as he signed the words. “So if you want to make another try, you can, but I think I got what I needed from that question.”

He glanced at Candace. “Did you want to go next?” 

CANDACE: Not that Candace would admit it out loud, but she was actually kind of impressed with Phineas’ logic about the question. She wondered what weirdo interview site he’d read that on. Probably the hiring for Google or something. It sounded like a question they would ask you if you wanted to work at Google. 

And she was unimpressed with Andrea’s answer. 

At least come up with something, yeah? Ask a question? Don’t just give up. It showed a weak sort of character, if you asked Candace. The kind of character that would run out on her son at first opportunity. And would do it again without a second thought. 

When Phineas passed the baton to her, Candace shrugged a little. “Sure, I guess.” 

Candace didn’t know what she wanted to ask. She hadn’t come into this wanting to ask anything. Only looking for the satisfaction of Andrea failing. But, now that the opportunity presented itself: yeah, Candace had a question.

“Why now? Why are you back now? You never said. And I don’t want some bullshit answer. There has got to be a real reason.” 

FERB

In all his research, Ferb hadn’t come across Phineas’ question, which made him wonder if his research had been thorough enough. Then again, that was why Candace and Phineas were here. To fill in the gaps that Ferb couldn’t. 

It also made him uncomfortable once he realized what Ms. Martin’s answer reflected about herself. He couldn’t even muster up the courage to glance her way, knowing the second hand embarrassment would eat him alive if he did. This only grew as he watched Candace’s words popped up along his phone screen. 

Andrea let out a little oh, falling back into her seat at the explanation. She folded her hands, one on top of the other, her confidence level having decreased significantly— and after only the first question.

As Phineas asked his sister if she wished to contribute Andrea picked her head back up, pressing a smile back to her features. Ah, now this she had been prepared for. Even if the way it was said was rather vulgar. That was fine. Even needed. 

“I know it seems a little out of the blue. Believe me, it was for me, too. But— like I had said, I just couldn’t stay away any longer. There was no more reasons I could come up with or excuses that I could push in front of me to blame. I was watching my other children and I— I don’t know but I finally came to my senses. I realized Ferb was going to be a young man soon enough and I knew I didn’t want to miss any more of his life than I already had.” She looked over to Ferb now but when his head remained down, eyes focused on his phone’s screen Andrea returned her attention back to Candace. “I don’t know quite what you mean by the real reason. If it’s finances you think I’m after, I’d obviously be in the wrong place. The house was never in my name, there’s no secret will or treasure said to be buried in the floorboards that’s somehow come to light or whatever else. The only thing here is my son. That’s it, plain and simple.” 

PHINEAS

Phineas liked to pride himself on being scientific and objective with these kinds of things. Logical. Sure, he was an emotional person and emotions often got in the way of good choices, but not with science. And that was what this kind of was, right? A science experiment?

Hypothesis: Andrea couldn’t possibly deserve Ferb.

Conclusion: ...Unclear.

It was getting harder for Phineas to separate his own baggage from this. Because, really, how many times had he imagined this exact scenario for himself? Fred showing up on the Flynns’ doorstep in Danville, begging for forgiveness, saying that he had made a mistake and that he didn’t want to miss another moment of his kids’ lives. Not so much recently, because Phineas had a new life and a new family and he barely thought about Fred anymore. But when he was in middle school? That had been a different time.

“What are you going to do to make it up?” Phineas interjected, his tone different now. Less smarmy, a little more genuine. A hint of a challenge in his tone, but a little bit of fear as well. Hopefully Candace wouldn’t catch on to what was going on here. “If you’re gonna walk out on your kid with no explanation, the least you can do is prove you’re sorry.”

FERB

“I’m not sure that there is any one thing I can do to make it up,” Andrea admitted with a small shrug. (Especially when the one she was even here for wouldn’t spare her a glance!) “Nor do I have any set plan in mind. That’s not really how you gain someone’s trust, is it? You can’t manufacture that. All I can do is make good on my word— which is that I’m here now and I will be for as long as I am welcomed. And even if it takes til the end of my life to repair the damage I have done and to form any sort of relationship with my son, then I’ll do it.” 

This all seemed rather dramatic to Ferb. 

Phineas’ and Candace’s body language read defensive while Ms. Martin was still one giant mystery, but she did seem tense. Immediately he wished he could call the whole thing off. Maybe he could fake an illness or something, say he got a text about some emergency— of course that wouldn’t work considering the only people who would contact him about that were all somewhere in the house.

He wasn’t so selfish to think that all of this was about him. The Flynn’s had lost a parent, one they had actually known personally, and he could guess this was poking at old, but still painful, wounds. But he was so selfish to think that none of this would be happening if it weren’t for him, and it was rather pointless to do so. 

CANDACE:

No, it wasn’t about Ferb. 

Not to Candace. She wasn’t mature enough to separate her own wound from Ferb’s. She projected her own feelings onto him, which was easy to do. He was quiet and reserved. She couldn’t read him, but she didn’t need to. She assumed she knew exactly how he was feeling, because it was how she felt:

Confused. Angry. Hurt. Her whole heart felt like a bruise. A lot of the time, it was easy to ignore Fred’s absence. It had been years and Candace didn’t need him anyway. She did just fine on her own. But, now that Andrea was here with her watery eyes and half-baked promises, Candace’s missing for her father had opened up like a black hole in her chest, sucking everything else into it. 

It made her feel more protective of Ferb than any previous time. He was so soft. Such a pushover. He’d let Andrea back into his life even though she didn’t earn it and then get hurt when she inevitably left again. Candace felt like she had to protect him from this, the way she hadn’t been able to protect Phineas from the heartbreak of their father walking away. 

“And what if he decides he doesn’t want a relationship? And that the damage you caused is irreversible?” 

PHINEAS

Phineas glanced at Candace sharply. That was… an intense thing to say. And even if Phineas had come into this interview determined to drive Andrea away, he was starting to wonder if maybe he had judged her too harshly. 

Because the truth was, Andrea was right. There wasn’t any one thing you could do to make something like this better. Phineas had never wanted Fred to come back with presents or stories or excuses. He just wanted a dad. Period. It didn’t matter, now, though, because he had Lawrence who was way better and would never disappear.

Sometimes he did wonder, though, what he would do. He and Ferb didn’t really talk about this stuff much.

“I mean, irreversible’s a strong word. Ferb isn’t damaged,” Phineas said quickly. “He’s, like, the most mature person I know. But I get what Candace is saying. It’s up to Ferb. I trust him.” He glanced at Ferb encouragingly. “Anything you wanna say, Ferb?”

FERB

Both Candace and Phineas were wrong. 

Ferb was damaged— but it had not been because his mother had left. It was of his own doing. This was why he felt no anger toward the woman sitting on the other side of the table. Of course, it had hurt to have learned why she did not want him. It always hurt. It had hurt every time he had tried to communicate with someone at school or at the park or— anywhere, really, and they would ignore him. When his teachers would talk to Ms. Thompson instead of him despite it being his words she was translating. When his father would have to take over every conversation on his behalf at restaurants, stores, and just about everywhere else. It was why he avoided it now. The world. He had learned to know better than to inconvenience it with himself. 

He watched Phineas’ question addressing him stare back at him from his phone and after a moment he lifted his head. It took him another to finally turn to find Ms. Martin’s eyes. 

“I don’t want to deny you the opportunity you’re asking for but— you have other children. I fail to see what I could give you that they can’t.” 

Andrea’s discomfort grew at the sound of her son’s voice. It was the first time hearing it. Even as a baby he had been rather quiet. She hadn’t expected it. Which was silly, considering, but still. It was off. Different. Made his lack of hearing all the more present to her. She tried not to let that show.

“Oh, darling, it isn’t about what you can give me! I’m supposed to be giving to you. And even if it were the other way around, you’re doing your part by just being you.” 

There was a pause as Ferb had to read this over. She shifted in her seat. (Again, it grew.) “You don’t know me, though.” 

“Right— that’s what I’m here to do!” 

Pause. (Growing, growing, growing.) 

“It won’t be worth it.” 

Andrea’s smile fell. She blinked, brow furrowing as her eyes went to the other two sitting in front of her to make sure she had heard that correctly. “I’m— I’m sorry?”

“Objectively speaking, it won’t be worth it. Getting to know me. You live in another city where you live with your family and go to work. If you wished to see me you would need to travel which would cost you money and time you would otherwise be able to save. People would expect you to learn sign, which also takes up more time from your life. If you only wished to communicate through technology it would be a written relationship since you can’t call me, which would only take up storage space and, again, time. Either way you would have to contact my father, which he does not seem pleased with. People usually do not respond well to not being liked so your interactions will tax the both of you. And— I’m not worth all of that. You gain nothing from knowing me besides extra hardships which will only result in regret or resentment. Both of which are not healthy.”  

CANDACE: Candace rolled her eyes at Phineas. She hadn’t meant that Ferb was like...broken or something, just emotionally damaged. Because having a shitty parent did that to you. Obviously. It broke your heart and your trust and made you feel like shit. It was damaging. End of story.

Listen to Ferb now! Clearly, he felt the same way.

It was hard to listen to because Candace had shit opinions of herself, but she had some redeeming qualities. And she would never admit to feeling them the way that Ferb did now. It was uncomfortable to say the least. It made Candace want to squirm.

So, she did what she usually did when she was uncomfortable: she turned it into something else. Anger. Anger at Andrea and any parent that thought just leaving a child was okay.

“See?” she said furiously. “That’s because of you. He thinks that way, because of you. He thinks he isn’t worth it because you left him. That’s fucked up and it isn’t something that is easily forgiven. You can sit here with smiles all you want, but what you did was horrible.” 

She looked at Ferb then and she’d been signing this whole time...well, doing her best anyway. She still wasn’t totally good at it and she was too pissed. But, what she said now, she said very carefully and very deliberately. 

“No one should make you feel like a transaction,” she told him, even if she had to spell out ‘transaction’ because she didn’t know the sign for it. “And it’s okay if you’re angry or upset. Just because she’s here, doesn’t mean you have to be polite.” 

God, she wished Ferb had more of a backbone and would just tear into this bitch.

PHINEAS

Phineas, in theory, agreed with pretty much everything Candace was saying. Relationships didn’t work like that, the way Ferb was describing it: they were about love and reciprocity, and genuine care for other people. That was the way Phineas saw it, anyway. Sure, it was nice that Ferb could help Phineas when the projects got too technical and complicated for Phineas to do on his own, but Phineas that wasn’t why Phineas cared about him. It was because they were brothers now, and that was what brothers did. That simple.

But Candace’s tone annoyed him. Why did she know better than Ferb? She always acted like she was so much older and wiser, meanwhile, she was barely a year older than Phineas. She was right, but did she have to be so bossy about it? And even if what she did was kind of fucked-up, if Ferb did eventually want to give Andrea a second chance, what made it Candace’s business?

Phineas didn’t realize it, but he was maybe projecting a little too.

He had a lot of things to say, but it wouldn’t be professional to say them out loud, not in front of Andrea. So Phineas did the thing that was probably ruder— he took out his phone and texted the group chat with Candace and Ferb.

@Ferb that’s bullshit and u know it anyone would be lucky to get the opportunity to be in ur family and like obviously ur worth it

@Candace that being said can you chill with the psychoanalysis me and ferb r capable of making our own decisions

Satisfied, Phineas set his phone down and signed to Candace and Ferb, Check your phone, before turning his attention back to Andrea. “I think what we’re actually trying to ask is what you can bring to Ferb’s life, not the other way around. Let’s focus on that. And based on that, Ferb can make his own decision about whether it’s worth it to him.” Phineas shot Candace a look. 

FERB

If Andrea hadn’t already folded under listening to Ferb talk, then she certainly would have upon Candace’s addition. She found she didn’t know what to say to any of that— and she thought she had prepared for the worst. 

Ferb pondered over Candace’s words and concluded that she wasn’t really talking about him. He didn’t think that way because of Ms. Martin, he had always thought that way. His brain had made it easier with its ability to recall everything it had ever come into contact with. He also hadn’t said that he was worthless, just that he wasn’t worth spending time with. That was a fact, proven by many, many, many failed attempts to prove the opposite. 

And he was upset that Ms. Martin was here, but he had taken to not showing his emotions out of self preservation. It wasn’t out of politeness, though, he did have those hardwired into him, too. 

His eyes flickered down to his phone as Phineas’ texts came through. Phineas was obviously biased, but Ferb appreciated the kindness nonetheless. 

This whole thing wasn’t out of a want for a mother or because he sought to gain anything from this— it just seemed like the fair thing to do. Ms. Martin had asked for a chance. Ferb did not want to deny her that, even if she had wronged him. It was the right thing to do. 

Andrea cleared her throat after Phineas addressed her, nodding. “Of course! Yes, you’re right. I completely agree. I don’t mind traveling at all and I’m certain Lawrence and I can be civil to one another, so, please, you’ve nothing to worry about as far as logistics go.” 

Ferb blinked and she was beginning to think that was a good thing rather than him responding. So far, he only replied with bad news. 

“As for what I can offer, it’s only what anyone else could— myself. And while I know my past record doesn’t reflect that being a very good thing, but I want to be here. I want to know him— you. Ferb. To whatever effect that may be! And not because I feel like it’s my obligation to do so.”  She smiled, trying to get away from all the discomfort of the past few minutes. “We can start with interests! What do you like?” 

Again, Ferb blinked, then shrugged, unsure of how to answer that. It was too broad of a question. What did she mean, what did he like? As in food? Colours? Coding method? Time of day? 

“Right.” She glanced to the Flynn’s. “You two know him better than I do. Is he in anything? Sports? Clubs?”

CANDACE:

Candace ignored her phone because she didn’t care what Phineas had to say. She was right. Everyone here knew it. Andrea didn’t deserve to come back into Ferb’s life. Admittedly, she didn’t know what would qualify as enough penitence to come back into Ferb’s life. She hadn’t ever thought about it. When Fred had left, that had been it. Candace had spent months, crying and waiting for him to come home. Calling his cell phone only to receive a dial tone. 

She had held out hope until her birthday, but when he didn’t show up. Or call. Or even send a card, Candace knew that he was gone and she’d cut him out of her heart then. Of course, it was messier than she liked to think when she look back now, but what was done was done. Every missed birthday, graduation, milestone had only hardened her heart against him. Fred was a sperm donor. Not a dad. If he showed back up she’d—

See, she didn’t know, because she never thought about it. 

Whatever Andrea was doing wasn’t it, though. 

“This is stupid,” Candace declared, pushing back from her chair. “You aren’t even talking to him, himself!” Her hands flew erratically as she tried to sign but was too pissed off to do so very well. 

“Whatever. I’m not dealing with this. If you want to “get to know” Ferb, fine, whatever. But count me out.” And with that, she stormed out of the kitchen, Agent P scrambling at her feet playfully. 

PHINEAS

Phineas was annoyed. At everyone. Candace was being unreasonable, Andrea was being awkward, and Ferb was… well, Phineas figured he probably shouldn’t get to decide how Ferb should feel about his estranged mom showing up, but he wished Ferb would say something. Even if Phineas thought Candace needed to calm down, he did agree that it rubbed him the wrong way that Andrea was talking about Ferb instead of to him. 

He watched Candace storm off and raised his eyebrows, shrugging apologetically. 

“Sorry about her,” Phineas said. He glanced at Ferb, trying to see where he was coming from. “But she does have a point. You can’t just talk about people right in front of them. Anyway, we’ll be asking the questions.”

He smiled and folded his hands, satisfied with his own assertive attitude. “Describe what you would do if Ferb got detention.” Ohhh yeah. This was a trick question. Ferb never got detention.

FERB

Goodness, Andrea thought, but forgave the girl as soon as she left. It wasn’t her fault. That came from upbringing, clearly. And Candace hadn’t really been the person Andrea had been here for anyway. 

“Oh, that’s alright. She’s fine, I understand.” She nodded to Phineas, folding her hands back over one another on top of the table. 

Ferb, on the other hand, felt all the more guilty. He shouldn’t have said anything. He should have just sat there. He shouldn’t have invited her back. He shouldn’t have come down stairs at all the day she showed up. He shouldn’t have—. Well. That list could consist of an infinite amount of answers, or just one that would make everything else moot. 

He didn’t look back at Phineas this time, too ashamed now to do anything but keep his eyes on his phone because surely Phineas would be angry with him, too. Yet he kept his anxieties from manifesting and despite the dread sitting in his stomach like a pit, he remained still and seated, even if he wanted to leave the table, too, to go find a hiding place that would last him for all eternity. 

Andrea didn’t really have to think that hard about this question since she did have experience with figuring out punishments for her own children when getting phone calls from their schools! What she hesitated on was the fact that it was a child who was asking the question. Surely he would deduct points if she answered like a parent should. Or maybe he was trying to see if she would sugar coat it for the sake of trying to appeal to them? 

Oh, she was just overthinking it. This was a child! “Well, depending on what he was in detention for, I would vary the consequences. He would have to apologize to whoever, if anyone, he had hurt, and then probably be grounded for some time, again, depending.” 

PHINEAS

Phineas smirked. “Trick question. Ferb doesn’t get detention. The one time he did was because he covered my ass. So… nice try, but incorrect,” he said, a tone of superiority in his voice as he signed. He winked at Ferb. 

Candace was gone and as much as Phineas wanted to milk this opportunity to be in charge, he figured there wasn’t much point in continuing to grill Andrea. Phineas didn’t hate her, after all. He was a little suspicious, but for the most part, she just seemed like a well-intentioned person who didn’t realize she was kind of in over her head. That was Phineas’s assessment anyway.

“Listen, I wouldn’t take Candace personally. She’s just… like that. I do agree that this is kind of out of nowhere, and I think you have a lot of making up for lost time to do, but the end of the day, it’s Ferb’s decision, not ours. Excuse us for a moment.”

He turned to Ferb and signed, Do you want to make a decision now, or sleep on it?

FERB

Andrea sat there a little shocked. He didn’t get detention? She blinked, jaw slack, as Phineas informed her. It wasn’t as if she had been expecting Ferb to be a troublemaker or anything, but never? On his own accord, anyway? Goodness. Even her other children had gotten punishments at school. A call home here or there for something. It was only natural. 

She only gave a weak nod and smile to match as Phineas tried to apologize for his sister. Again, Andrea really paid no mind to Candace. She wasn’t the one she was here for and nor did she seem particularly close to Ferb in the way the boy sitting next to him was. Andrea sat back, left to twiddle her thumbs as the two of them began to speak in a language she couldn’t even begin to make out. (Which was more from a lack of not trying than anything else.) 

Ferb thought over this question and could see no reason to prolong the inevitable. Ms. Martin had given her answers and she had still seemed like she wanted to know Ferb. For whatever reason. In his mind, it was only fair to give her a shot. She had apologized and said she would do more to make amends. There was really nothing else he could think to ask for. 

Also, this was perhaps a chance for him to make up for his own failings. All those years he had spent trying to actively gain people’s friendship only to be ignored. Now, he was met with someone who had ignored him for years who was wanting to do the opposite. That had never happened before.

Now, he signed, both hands at his ribcage, palms to the ceiling, bobbing up and down twice. He then turned to Ms. Martin and spoke aloud. “Okay. If this is what you want.”   

She nodded enthusiastically. “It is! Of course. Erm— oh here.” Andrea reached across the table to take Ferb’s phone, which caused a spike in his nerves since he 1. No longer knew what she was saying and 2. Well. She had his phone. After a few painful seconds of her tapping at it she pushed it back across to him. “I put my number in so you can call or— contact me whenever!” 

Ferb, having not gotten any of that, just nodded. Andrea smiled, eyes moving to Phineas. “And thank you so much! This was delightful, apart from— well. Anyway, I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of each other soon!”

#interview process #oh phineas #i want candy #fern

[themurphyzone]

PnF Analysis: Candace

So with the recent catu previews, I thought I’d talk a little about Candace, since from the synopsis alone, Candace’s insecurities will play a huge role in the plot. 

I apologize for the order of things in this post. I’m skipping around. 

Unfair Science Fair Redux Another Story

OK yes, the synopsis of catu is basically the plot of this episode. But I don’t mind an expansion of this situation. 

Candace gets very desperate if her friends are too busy to hang out with her. 

Note: This has nothing to do with the rest of this post but I like how someone decided to just draw a random koala head here. It serves no purpose but I love it. 

Candace misinterprets the text message “CYL BFF -S” as Stacy breaking off their friendship, when Stacy’s just saying she’ll call her later. And we all know Stacy has the patience of a saint so she wouldn’t break off their friendship just like that. 

“Feels like I don't exist anymore, like I'm a nobody. I wish I could go to some cool faraway place and start over.” -Candace

Season 1 doesn’t feature much character development (a few exceptions exist, but they aren’t in the A plot much), though it lays the groundwork for the PnF characters’ surface personalities. Candace is still a bit of a stereotypical teenage girl here, but she has anxious traits that make her feel like a real teenager, and not just a stereotype. 

Looks like catu will be the third time Candace tries to start fresh in a faraway place. 

Gi-Ants

“Why is it that when Phineas and Ferb have an idea, everyone's like "Oh, wow, you guys are really clever!" And when I come up with something, everyone goes "What? Did you say something, Candace?”” -Candace 

Candace creates a bear made out of baklava, but she doesn’t display much confidence in her creations because her brothers can literally break every law of space-time whenever they feel like it, and they get noticed while she doesn’t. And while she loves her brothers, she can’t help but feel second to them in most areas. It’s similar to Heinz’s jealousy of Roger, except that the Flynn-Fletcher siblings are in a healthy and functioning blended family. 

Okay, I’m an only child so I don’t know much about sibling dynamics, but even a healthy sibling relationship can have its flaws, though some communication will definitely go a long way (hopefully enough to prevent a mess like the Stan and Ford Pines situation XD). 

There’s a similar conflict in the Mom’s Birthday episode, where Phineas, Ferb, and B plot interference accidentally undermine Candace’s attempts to give Linda a great birthday, and she feels like she can’t measure up to her brothers, even though she wrote a great and heartfelt song to her mom. 

Candace feeling as though she’s not listened to feeds into her desire to be in charge, because at least when she’s leading something that means someone’s gotta be paying attention to her ideas. 

Monster from the Id

There is literally an episode about Candace’s psych and how her anxieties are large enough to rival Niagara Falls. 

Candace’s anxieties are palpable enough that even the eternally optimistic Phineas is unnerved by the sheer amount of them. 

Where’s Perry Part 2

I decided to just put the entire song here. This one is the second time Candace decides she can’t take the pressure and wants to live elsewhere. 

Candace is very self-aware of how her various neuroses affect her, but no matter how much she tries to change them, they’ll always be a part of her. While she’s surrounded by loving family, great friends, and an understanding boyfriend, sometimes it’s just not enough and the slightest breakdown in one of these areas, even when it arises out of circumstance and isn’t anyone’s fault, can emotionally affect her to the point where she feels the need to escape. 

It’ll be fun and possibly heartbreaking to see Candace in action since it’s likely that all of the above will come into play. Looking forward to this movie!

#candace flynn #phineas and ferb #pnf analysis #catu spoilers #more speculation really but I do mention catu here a couple times #btw this skips over the ducky momo stuff since that opens up another can of worms and i'm lazy

[muffintonic]

MY CATU LIVEBLOG

I did it for the crossover, so I thought i’d do it for the new movie (Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe, for those unaware of the acronym)! 

TLDR: 8/10 not canon, but surprisingly good nevertheless.

Good: character interactions, dialogue (hilarious), everyone was involved, nice use of Chekhov's guns, absolutely EPIC background music

Bad: off-model issues, animation kind of flash-esque at times, the color palette was more like MML than PnF (more saturated and oddly shaded with clashing colors), overly long gags/pacing problems, immersion-breaking/stereotypical sound effects sometimes, some OOC

Ahh, i've missed Candace's singing.

WAIT A SECOND, WHY DOES HER CHARACTER MODEL LOOK SO MEATY (her head shape is blobby, too)

Oh my god, the entire Hirano family a minute in....i'm living.

Hmmm, the pyramid sports thing was from "Thanks But No Thanks," which is a Season 4 episode. In that episode, Vanessa is dating Monty, which only happened after "Minor Monogram" in Season 3. We know that Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension takes place in July after "Candace Loses Her Head" (since Doof's Drill-inator from that episode is scene in ATSD), but also before or around "Great Balls of Water" (since it's July in that episode) and definitely before "This is Your Backstory" (2D!Doof's advice to Doof is referenced)/"Road to Danville" (Phineas' trust gesture is referenced)/"Fly on the Wall" (the summer song gets referenced). LONG STORY SHORT: if ATSD took place in July, when the fridge does CATU take place if we're considering it canon?

Seriously, her off-modelness is super distracting to me. It was fine that she essentially had a triangle silhouette because she also had stick limbs, but giving her realistically meaty limbs makes me question why the rest of her is shaped like that. Bad.

That is some EPIC opening music!

Okay, the weird shading on that clown is also super distracting. PnF's design aesthetic is light and bright....I wonder if the MML people worked on this movie or something (which would also explain Candace's odd meatiness).

Why are all the lines so thick????? It looks like one of those low-budget toonboom or whatever animations Disney posts to YouTube.

Hmmmmm, Doof did the "evenly matched" thing in "Doofapus," too.

OH MY GOD, THE SATURATED COLORS + DARKNESS + THICK LINES ARE SOOOOOOOOO UGLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Bwahahahahaha, that pause when Candace is like "Actually, yes, WTF is it now?" is hilarious.

I like the detail of how all the kids' bikes are lying there in the driveway.

I would've just grabbed Linda's head and turned it at that point, honestly.

Linda is telling Candace calmly that she's exhausted...WHEN DOES THIS MOVIE TAKE PLACE?!!!!

Candace learns by "Sci-Fi Pie Fly" that she can take a break from busting to the betterment of her mental health sometimes....and that's a Season 3 episode. WHEN. DOES. THIS. MOVIE. TAKE. PLACE.

Ahh, i've missed Baljeet and Buford's banter. #oldmarriedcouple

Phineas is like "Candace wasn't having fun this summer? D:" but, like, if this movie takes place in the middle....they sure as heck didn't acknowledge it for the entire rest of the summer. HRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, THIS IS WHY YOU CAN'T JUST RETROACTIVELY INSERT EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SERIES: WE KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE SUMMER/THEIR LIVES TURNED OUT.

Why is Perry's wrist communicator a square. It's a circle throughout the entire series.

Does Vanessa have a scooter license? Do you need a license to ride a scooter? She was complaining in "Vanessassary Roughness" that she was always riding on the back of Doof's scooter, so I assumed she didn't. We did learn in "Finding Mary McGuffin" that she knows how to drive/has her license in "This is Your Backstory," does that count?

WAIT, WHY IS VANESSA SO PINK???? SHE AND DOOF ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A DIFFERENT SHADE OF WHITE (more coffee-toned) FROM THE FLYNN-FLETCHERS. Goddang, I had always appreciated how even the white characters were all different shades from each other in PnF....what a letdown.

Mmmm, characters either willingly engage in diegetic music in this show ("Where's Pinky?"), or it's just an imagine spot/non-diegetic. "Why do I have a guitar?" is not something that should be said.

Hmmmmmmmm, Candace is faulting the universe.......in ATSD she's talking about the Mysterious Force.....HMMMMMMMMM.....

Sounds like that was what Vanessa used to stop her Evil Busting phase...nice. Also, i'm only ~7 minutes into this movie, but i've spent the last 30 minutes watching it.

Hey, astute observation! That's what I always say: Candace wants to bust her brothers both because their projects can get dangerous ("Happy Birthday Isabella"/"Picture This"/"The Great Indoors"/ATSD/etc), and because she feels overshadowed by them/that they can get away with more than her ("Gi-Ants"/"For Your Ice Only"/"Love at First Byte")!

OH MY GOD, SHE ACTUALLY SAID "...completely overshadowed by Phineas and Ferb?" HOLY VALIDATION BATMAN

Man, i've said it before about Vanessa's deconstruction of Doof's motivations in "Last Day of Summer," but she would make a great therapist or something. I hope she goes into Psychology in the future.

HMmmm, I do kind of wish it was with Stacy that she had this breakthrough with, considering how Stacy's been her best friend since they were 5 years old ("Phineas and Ferb Save Summer")/she's only known Vanessa since "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!" somewhere in June. Like, I get that Vanessa is more in-tune with psychological stuff like this and it makes sense, but i’m just a Stacy fan at heart

Oooh, she's even saying "breakthrough" and "healing!"

UGLY SHADING/SATURATION YET AGAIN (did I mention that the D.E.I. scooter is also the wrong color from how we've seen it before? because it is)

Bwuh, "What Do it Do?" all over again.

Okay, seriously, it looks like the giant thing is floating...where's the shadow under it?? THERE IS NONE.

BRO, THERE HAD BETTER BE MORE STACY IN THIS MOVIE. DON'T TELL ME SHE JUST GETS A CAMEO AT THE BEGINNING.

What did they make her? I want to know!

Ooooh, Candace's hands are way too small in that window shot. The off-modelness is so distracting.

AUGH, PHINEAS HAS A BABY HAND, TOO.

Haha, I love it when debris falls in with Perry when he goes to his lair.

Bwahaha, he's so done with Monogram

They use landlines ("Sipping with the Enemy") and physical files...don't try to tell me that PnF takes place later than 2012 I won't hear it.

NICE FILE PHOTO, CANDY

Wait, they have a whole alert-protocol thing about a host family member getting kidnapped by aliens, but it says to send the assigned agent on the mission??? In "Undercover Carl" and "Bullseye!" Monogram specifically didn't want Perry to get involved (in ATSD Perry was acting on his own), so ????????? Is it because he's their best agent or what?????

Some stuff is missing from Phineas and Ferb's room (on the walls).

GALACTIC WEB???? My first thought was the Galactic Kids Next Door

Haha, oh, these kids. Love little moments like these.

Why do characters always play with a ball when in jail/trapped? 2D!Candace did it in ATSD, too.

Why is that CGI so conspicuous. PnF used CGI sometimes, and it didn't look like butt. We're in 2020, people.

BWAHAHA, Vanessa!!

Ooh, they're bringing back Space Adventure! Now, we know that after "Not Phineas and Ferb" in Season 2 they say they're over it, but also that 9 episodes later in "Nerds of a Feather," Phineas and Ferb go to a convention/dress up from it. WHEN DOES THIS MOVIE TAKE PLACE.

Hmmm, cutaway gags like I remember MML doing...still too Family Guy for my tastes, especially with it being overly long. (I'm also not pleased with how Baljeet's half-lidded eyes goes straight across instead of bending over the curvature of his eye like what PnF usually does....the straight thing is also Family Guy/South Park's style. This does not bode well.)

WHOA, OFF-MODEL BALJEET ALERT!!!!! WHY IS HE SHORTER THAN PHINEAS AND WHY IS HIS ARM BENDING LIKE THAT!!!!

Bruh, Phineas thinking it's dangerous and not asking his friends to go seems OOC. Where was this attitude in "Meapless to Seattle?" In "Night of the Living Pharmacists?" In ANY OTHER dangerous scenario?

I do like how the kids are getting to go with them this time after missing out on ATSD.

NORM?!!!!!!!!!!!

PBBBFFFT, WHY DO YOU THINK GIVING THEM BUFORD WOULD APPEASE THEM

Hey, yeah, they've never made mistakes like this! What's going on?

Okay, seriously, in ATSD and NOTLP the kids don't know who Doof is. WHEN. MOVIE. Also, Doof's lab interior does have the correct items in it, but they're colored + shaded weirdly.

DOOF IS A VIRGO?!! Okay, that tracks with him being incompatible with Sagittarius people from "Love at First Byte."

Mmmm, the animation is definitely more on the "low budget YouTube shorts" level. The way Doof moves....

Yeah, gotta stick to your brand, bwaha!

OKAY, SERIOUSLY, THAT IS NOT THE SAME CHICKEN-REPLACE INATOR FROM "What a Croc!" GET THE GODDANG COLORS RIGHT JEEZ DID THESE PEOPLE NOT LOOK AT A SINGLE MODEL SHEET BEFORE MAKING THIS MOVIE

Bwahahahahahahaha, I missed Buford and Isabella's banter (and Buford is right: they might need a canoe...or maybe that's just my over-preparedness talking)!

Again: "Undercover Carl"/"Bullseye!"

Ah, Buford.

Wait a second, they didn't even have an introduction scene between Doof and the kids like they did in ATSD. *insert thinking emoji here*

Meh, D.E.I.'s been blown up worse before (the "Ask a Foolish Question" time comes to mind)

DOOF YOU ARE THE ADULT SUPERVISION!!!! GAH!!

Wait, what are you talking about Candace? I don't remember a voice automated translator being a thing in the Flynn-Fletcher household. If this is a crack at Alexa/Google Home or whatever, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE IN ALL OF THE EPISODES OF PNF

They could have done a fireman slide, I guess...though maybe the friction would've made that a bad idea.

Okay, is everyone going to get mind-wiped at the end of this or what? Candace didn't even know Vanessa's last name or where she lived in "It's No Picnic," and they definitely didn't seem friendly enough in NOTLP considering all of these interactions. I'm going to count up all the "WHEN MOVIE" comments i've made by the end of this liveblog, and if it's 10+ i'm just going to say the movie is non-canon/just an OVA. I am enjoying it more than the MML crossover so far, so that's good, though.

Haha, oh, Candace. See, this is why she and Stacy are BFFs: same braincell (AKA Stacy's "Elementary My Dear Stacy"/"Put That Putter Away" moments).

OH, CANDACE. XD

OH, SNAP!!!

Ugh, okay, the "WHEN MOVIE" doesn't even matter anymore. Officially non-canon due to irreconcilable timeline a la MML post-2016 reference.

Yay, Isabella showing off her skills again! People tend to forget that she's also smart.

Go, Perry!!

Oh my god, the "unsung hero" being technically sung....good stuff

Oh my god, Perry, nooooo!! Someone save him!

Wait, did Doof purposefully put that platypus-sized spacesuit on the ship for Perry?!! Awwwwwwwww!!

HAHA, BUFORD

Oh my god, Vanessa, noooo!!! D: I bet the pods were sent back to where they came from/Vanessa should've been in the Earth pod.

Goddang, good thing that planet's got breathable air (not that that ever really gets addressed in PnF, haha).

Ah, okay, it took her to the planet the aliens are from. Weird.

Wait, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, these aliens are weirdly humanoid!! What!! PnF was so good about that ("Out to Lauch"/"The Chronicles of Meap"/"Escape from Phineas Tower"/"Sci-Fi Pie Fly")!!

So they were sending out pods looking for a leader? Weird. Also, they already had Candace be the leader in "Gi-Ants"/"Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story)."

Wait, they're doing show-tunes, and pretty much only people who are Evil in PnF do that ("Phineas and Ferb Save Summer"/"The Klimpaloon Ultimatum"/most of Doof's songs). I bet they're going to sacrifice her because of a prophecy or something.

Okay, -1000 points for the Floss. I hate it so much. You know what you'd be flossing if you did that with real rope? POOP. GROSS. Bring back Baljeet dabbing if you're going to make a reference like that, dabbing is fun.

Okay, this song is officially going on for too long. I know the overly long gag thing is a Family Guy staple, too. U G H, leave that horribleness out of my wholesome cartoons, please. Goddang, the influence was even in WBB's movie, too (Panda's dead pose). The Horribleness Lovers are infiltrating the animation industry. (How do I know about the Horribleness if I don't watch Family Guy/South Park? From people making infoposts about how horrible they are + reading up on their wikias/watching YouTube analyses of them, of course. Knowledge is power, and you must know your enemy.)

Seriously, open the freaking door. All of these overly long gags are not only unfunny, they eat up the runtime. PnF has great pacing where it's not too fast (Wander Over Yonder was sometimes too fast), but spends enough time on the things that need it. Opening a door is not something that needs time, especially when it's following up an overly long song.

I bet they're going to extract the element from her or something.

I'M PARANOID, TOO

Wait, this lady (I didn't catch her name) seems to be their leader?? Is she abdicating?

So the aliens have a gender binary, too? Is that necessary? Would that be necessary?

Hmm, I know that Doof didn't realize how futile rotating the moon was in "The Doof Side of the Moon" and what a boat was in "Are You My Mummy?" but he tends to be smart about intricate science stuff. Like, the problem with his inators (he even says it himself in "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer") is that he executes them poorly, not that he's failing in other aspects. Like, is this is the same scientist that built a Re-Good inator solely from plane parts in "Where's Perry?"

That cutaway was not necessary.

BALJEET, NO. Also, is it in character for him to be so gung-ho about trying out this unprecedented maneuver? I know he does have a wild side, but it's not usually about science things/throwing things that require this much caution to the wind.

Wouldn't they pass out from the G-forces or whatever?

Wait, what was the point of that alien mammoth getting flung? I mean, I figured that was going to happen to their ship by the way it landed on the mushroom.

Haha, oh, Doof.

XDDDD Buford had better save the day, since he's the only one that doesn't register the ominous tone. If he doesn't that'd be such a waste of the gag.

Haha, Buford. Still my favorite kid. :')

Okay, I seriously can't hear anything this alien leader lady says. It's like she's whispering all her lines with a hoarse throat or half-mumbling parts of her sentences or something. I have my volume turned up, and it's not helping.

Gross. WAIT, ISN'T THAT LIKE WHAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CANDY KINGDOM DO FROM ADVENTURE TIME?

Wait, do they have a farming culture? They were doing something in a field right now.

Hmm, yeah, lots of non-humanoid alien species on this planet alone....did they NEED to make the kidnapper ones so humanoid?

Doof, you even said that there was no adult supervision earlier. XD Isabella's definitely more qualified to lead, considering she's a Fireside Girl Troop leader/her vast array of badges compared to Doof absolutely ruining the Tri-State Area in "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo" and not knowing what leadership entails in "The Beak"/"Last Day of Summer."

Haha, yeah, see! Whip out those badges.

HAHAHAHA, Oh, Doof. I can see him facing front in the card's photo, ahhh, frontal Doof.

DOOF!!! XDD

Oh my god, he took her hat. She looks like she's starting to get pissed....you never want to get on Isabella's bad side. XDD (She knows hapkido/jujitsu from NOTLP)

Oh my god, this song is amazing.

See, songs are okay to be long if they're dynamic: lots of movement between locations, varying camera angles, engaging lyrics, moves the plot forward, etc. Now this is PnF!

Baljeet, please. XD

Oh my god, poor Doof. Yowch! I hope his leg's not broken. D: He's certainly dragging it around like it is.

HAHA, I love how he just calmly zaps it!!! Nice (and a good example of the experience thing he was talking about earlier).

That chicken looks uncomfortably realistic for PnF's style (we've seen Agent C in "Traffic Cam Caper" before and a rooster in "Cheer Up Candace").

They got the farmer's hair color wrong. Interesting that they brought him and his wife back, though!

What's with the sudden cartoony sound effects for Doof falling??????? Bad.

Hmm, the audience seems like they're being mind-controlled.

It can't be the first time ever, since she was a star in "Flop Starz"/"Run Away Runway"/"Lights, Candace, Action!"/"Unfair Science Fair Redxux (Another Story)"/"Gi-Ants."

For a hot second I thought she was going to ask Candace to marry her or join her family or something.

I bet Vanessa is going to tame that alien dragon! Also, I hope they realize she's not on earth soon.

I bet the gift they made Candace at the beginning is going to change her mind about living it up on the alien planet.

Oh my GOD, Candace has shown repeatedly that she loves and cares about her little brothers. WELP, GOOD THING THIS MOVIE AIN'T CANON.

Like, seriously, if this movie was canon, there's no way the boys would ever drop the "Candace is unhappy" thing for the rest of the summer.

HAHA, LIKE I SAID: ISABELLA IS TO BE FEARED. XD Also, wasn't it Candace's fault since she sent them away?

"While I love ominous patch-related threats more than anyone--" *AHEM* "Right, apart from Ferb" BOYS, PLEASE. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm getting flashbacks to Horde Prime inviting Glimmer to dinner. Also, I almost typed "Glitter" instead of Glimmer right now.

I bet she killed her brothers or had them mind-controlled or something.

Ooooooof, that's ominous.

Aw, Baljeet's so interested in joining Buford's gang.

Bwahaha, Doof looks so interested! I bet he's going to remember the stuff they're listing for later or something.

DID MONOGRAM JUST SAY DO NOT ENGAGE THE ALIENS BECAUSE OF AN INTER-GALACTIC TREATY?? IS THAT A LILO AND STITCH REFERENCE???? (probably not, but i've been getting into L&S again lately)

Meh, Buford and Baljeet survived being eaten by the worm from "One Good Turn." Those aliens will be fiiiiiiiiiiiiine. :P

Were those alien prisoners rebels or something? They have a hidden city, but they also seemed too scared to be rebels.

Oh my god, cubism.

Okay, so they're not rebels, per se, but they resist by....hiding and cowering. Sort of?

MMmmmyep, the show tunes tipped me off. So these guys got invaded by another alien species, huh? OOF, cordyceps vibes

So she needs Candace to be food for the spores or something?

Yep, she's using Candace as plant food.

Overly long gag again. :\\\\\\\\

Okay, so she didn't kill/mind-control them, but she did lock them up. I was right!

I don't know how their alien biology works, but humans can't eternally walk. Candace's legs would eventually get tired/become not able to move until the lactic acid she builds up wears off. She could also develop varicose veins or blood clots from all that standing. Bad move, aliens.

Yeah, Candace would never do something like that! Also, see: it was her fault they ended up on the prison shuttle, not Doof or Isabella's.

Bruh, the rest of the earth gang breathes CO2...did your scanners not pick up on that?

Oh my god, Candace, don't reveal information that could get earth invaded.

Wait, how was she keeping the mushroom alive before? Where did it come from?

Also, WHAT ABOUT VANESSA!!! SOMEONE SAVE VANESSA!!!

Wait, why was the alien lady holding onto the smaller alien's long moustache? Is he her pet?? CONFUSION

Ugh, they don't have to make every single thing a gag. PnF knew when to make moments real/dramatic. Grow a spine and live with the weight of emotional tension, movie.

ANOTHER OVERLY LONG GAG? No wonder this movie is so long.

Wait, is Shego the VA for the alien lady? The way she yelled sounded like Marlene, who has Shego's VA. I'm going to look this up later.

BWAHA, Vanessa hears the ominous tone, too!

I don't doubt that Doof will be able to cobble something together to get them back, but that honestly has nothing to do with "adulting" since Phineas and Ferb could probably do the same, and they're kids.

I absolutely love how Buford's still carrying that canoe everywhere.

YES!!! Haha, yes, Doof, Perry is your guardian angel (and emotional support animal). :')

I KNEW Vanessa was going to tame that dragon!!

Yeah, see, she never has that dragon again, so this movie is totally just an OVA.

OH MY GOD, PULLING A Chowder HERE, I SEE! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Yeah, you can see how off-model/pink Vanessa is right here where she's standing next to Doof. She's supposed to have his brown-tinged coloring (just look at any other time she’s next to him--”Finding Mary McGuffin”/”Minor Monogram”/NOTLP/”Hail Doofania!”/”A Real Boy”/etc).

Bwahahahaha, chicken selfie

Oh, yeah, that makes sense. What would happen if they killed the chicken? Does it only switch with alive chickens?

BWEHEHEHEHEHE

Though I don't like the particular scare chord they used when Doof holds up the Axe inator--very stereotypical/they could've composed a new version, like how Candace's leitmotif is technically Ring Around the Rosie, but different.

Aww, why not, Vanessa? It's your best bet home! Although, I guess it would be awkward considering Perry's right there....

I need to see a photo of the Lieutenant Baljeet's talking about here, for....reasons.

See, Baljeet's recklessness in this movie seems more like something Buford-i'm going to randomly mess with this ("Fly on the Wall")-Van Stomm would do

In "Nerds of a Feather" Baljeet cosplays as a Space Adventure character, so....

"You made another boat?! What've I been lugging this one around for?!" NICE, BUFORD, BWAHA

Wait, how on earth did that work? Can hunks of metal just allow something to fly like that? I admit to not knowing how planes work, but at least those have, like, engines and whatever.

WAIT A SECOND, I SPY MISHTI IN THAT MCFREAKING STADIUM CROWD!!! WHAT IS SHE DOING THERE!!! SHE'S NOT A NORMAL FILLER BACKGROUND CHARACTER!!

Stacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder if they meant to put her mom on the bleacher seat behind her, or if it's another Mishti case.

They spelled his name wrong: we saw in "Doof 101" that it's John P. Trystate (the elementary school is named after him)

Beh, nothing bad is ever supposed to happen to Roger, that's the whole point of his character. Bad.

Ah, Bujeet banter.

WHY IS ISABELLA'S ROBOT A CAT THING

They should've made something to kill the mushroom instead.

OH, JEREMY XD Wait, that didn't sound like Mitchel Musso. 

Was he just making those weapons because it's his hobby? Stacy did suggest a compound bow as a gift for him in "Vanessassary Roughness," and there's a bow on the counter

Buford and Isabella banter!

I like the detail of Candace's hair being disheveled and her socks drooping after walking all this time

Aww, does she feel guilty? :(

She does. Again, this movie can't be canon, because they don't acknowledge what she's saying for the rest of the summer and this kind of breakdown would definitely leave a mark on her.

AHA, I knew that gift would come into play!

Aww, that's a cute mug! Also, good on Candace for not drinking coffee!

HMMM, OKAY, SO THE SIBLING HUG FROM "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted," WHICH WAS PERRY'S DREAM, IS ON THAT PROJECTION OF THEIR NICE MOMENTS. TOLD YA: NOT CANON.

Haha, nice @ the new gelatin memory. It aligns nicely with the various things Candace has done offscreen that Phineas and Ferb get a kick out of (getting her face caught in the dishwasher, getting tangled in the clothesline, etc)

The exploding thing is technically a step forward, but, again, the real issue is killing that mushroom. Also, are Doof and Co. still stuck??

"Why does that sound like her name?" "I dunno." BOYS

STACY...JEREMY...LARPING.....Aww, don't be ashamed, Jeremy! Candace does Ducky Momo cosplay, and she accepted your dance deficiency in "Nerdy Dancin'!" I have to say, I love it when Stacy and Jeremy are on the same side, since Candace was sidelining Stacy in favor of spending time with Jeremy for a while (to the point where "Canderemy" happened).

Mmm, I notice a trend in cartoons lately about applying psychology to things. Amphibia, SPOP, Steven Universe...it's nice to get kids used to the idea that introspection is healthy.

DID SHE JUST DIE

Okay, did they just...fly from another planet? The gang went beyond light speed to get back home....there's atmosphere issues....they didn't even bother to try and have them salvage the space suits from the inator even though characters in PnF can't survive in space/always have to wear a space suit (Doof even puffed up in "Out to Launch" when he stuck his head outside without a helmet on, and Perry made sure to put a helmet on him when he was going spaceward in "The Doof Side of the Moon")?

Oooh, okay, furthest chicken. Nice.

Aww, the dragon's shielding them! Reminds me of How to Train Your Dragon when Toothless was protecting Hiccup from the flames

WOW, that is an EPIC remix of Perry's theme music!!! Holy crud, there's not as much background music as usual in this movie, but the music that is there goes HARD.

Bwahaha, to quote Maui: "The chicken lives!"

Oh my god, Baljeet really likes petting zoos? Also, I guess the farmer's last name is McDonald??

Beverly Hills + Beverly Hills adjacent...why XD

The chicken still lives!!

Okay, so she's alive.

Ah, so that’s why the mammoth got flung.

Aw, I wish Jeremy and Stacy had had more of an action scene after gearing up.

Okay, see, this lesson she's learned? How if this movie was canon, none of the rest of the summer would have been possible? MMmmmmmmmyeah.

Wait, so the American police are just taking the aliens?? No special forces or anything?? They're ALIENS.

LAWRENCE, DON'T TOUCH THAT!!

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!! I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welp, it took me 5 hours to watch this 1 hr 24 min movie...wowza. I forgot to write it when they occurred, but I didn’t like that the alien lady’s blinking had a sound effect in that one scene or that they used the Wilhelm scream during the final battle. I do wish there’d been more Perry and Doof interactions + some more Stacy, but what we did get was good. There were some pacing problems (too much alien screentime), but the excellent interactions between the PnF gang made up for them. Also, I genuinely laughed at at least two handfuls of moments! Anyway: a good movie!! I'm shocked--i'm so picky, and I haven't liked anything since "Last Day of Summer!" I mean, it's definitely an OVA/not canon, but still!! Solid 8/10.

#phineas and ferb #pnf #pnf spoilers #Candace Against the Universe #CATU spoilers #mine

[sortofcaffeinateddoodles]

This is the Flynn-Fletcher kid’s individual timelines’ from an AU I came up with in 2017. The AU focused only on the kid’s Middle School years, but after coming up with my own Phinabella Baby, I wanted to show what happened afterwards. So I suggest you read that before you look at this. Some parts might confuse you other-wise! 

Personal head-cannon age wise at the start of the show.

Candace-16 years old

Ferb-11 years old

Phineas-10 years old

It’s pretty long just FYI and kind-of confusing. 

Candace Flynn Timeline

Graduates High-School.(18-yrs)

Graduates College.(26-yrs)

Marries Jeremy Johnson.(30-yrs)

Amanda is Born.(31-yrs)

Xavier and Fred are Born [Fraternal Twins].(34-yrs)

Quits Job at Law Firm and Opens a Music Studio with Jeremy.(37-yrs)

{Relationship} (LITERALLY THE WAY THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS DEPICTED IN THE SHOW IS HOW I THOUGHT ALL RELATIONSHIPS SHOULD BE GROWING UP.)

Candace has always been high-strung, but luckily for her Jeremy had just the right amount of a laid back attitude. The two balance each other out through-out their college years. Candace would be on top of her studies, arranging study dates every week in exchange for regular (no busting) dates with Jeremy. While Jeremy would force Candace out of her comfort zone, now that Stacy was across the country studying Fashion.

The two had a pretty healthy relationship. Giving one another space when upset, neither being uncomfortable being honest with the other and most importantly. Never finding the other’s obsessions or habits off putting. Both were pretty accepting of the other.

(I played around with their kids age gap. Nothing in the show was ever set in stone I dont’ think so its free real estate)

Ferb Fletcher Timeline

7th Grade. (13-yrs)

Last year in Business School. (21-yrs)

Date’s Vanessa Doofenshmirtz and has a Bad Break-Up. (25-yrs)

Helps Phineas with his Business. (26-27 yrs)

Become’s COO. (29-yrs)

Gets Back Together with Vanessa. (32-yrs)

{Relationship} When Ferb Graduates college, a mutual friend of Vanessa and him set the two up on a blind date. The two hit it off pretty quickly; and because of their shared history of adventures during the summer 15 years ago, the two fall into relationship statues head-first, Figuring it fate. 

Sadly they were mistaken. Both being at different points in their life, with Ferb hoping to start a business of some sort, and Vanessa still wanting to see the world. Neither really stopped or made time for the other. Vanessa being the more experienced (relationship wise) decided to call it quits.

Ferb didn’t realize how effected he was by this. Throwing himself into his work helping Phineas run his new business. Phineas had also broken up with Isabella right after he started helping. Then when Phineas began slipping in his work, Ferb did what he always did when the two were growing up. 

He added more to his plate so his little-brother wouldn’t be overwhelmed. But then when Phineas and Isabella got back together and then were busy with Zamir, he added even more to his plate. It wasn’t until he got sick and refused to go home, did Phineas put him on temporary leave. 

This causes a slight rift between the two. Linda manages to nib that in the butt though, deciding enough is enough. Linda manages to help Ferb see that he’s still hurting about Vanessa and never gave himself the time grieve the break-up.

After some time off of work, and a couple months of therpy, Ferb goes back to work with Phineas. At 32 years old, Ferb and Vanessa(38 yrs) get back together. 

Phineas Flynn Timeline

Get’s GED Early and Becomes Doofenshmirtz’ Intern. (12-yrs)

3rd Year in College. (20-yrs)

Start’s His Business in Invention and Innovation. (24-25 yrs)

Breaks Up with Isabella. (25-yrs)

Zamir is Born. (28-yrs)

Marries Isabella. (31-yrs)

{Relationship} Isabella(25 yrs) moves to France after getting a job offer as a reporter. She mostly applied for the job as a joke, figuring no-one in France would higher a straight out of college Journalist. But was completely shocked and excited for the offer, accepting it immediately. She was given a month to prepare for the long move.

After telling Phineas, she was shocked by his anxiousness of it. At first the young man only seems worried about the distance, which Isabella points out that he could just make a smaller-scale version of the portal to Mars. But that just manage to upset Phineas even more, though he never explains why he’s upset.

Isabella starts to come up with her own assumptions as to why he’s upset. And she has no choice but to come up with reasons why! He won’t explain why he’s unhappy. Isabella begins to think that Phineas doesn't trust her, which puts a strain in their relationship. 

The weekend before she’s supposed to leave, the two get into a big argument after Isabella accuses Phineas of being distrustful for no reason. Phineas agrees with her reasoning like a moron, and Isabella moves to France without saying goodbye, Phineas doesn’t chase after her like he did at the end of summer seven years ago. 

When Isabella comes back a year later, Phineas admits why he was so upset before she left. He somehow got the idea in his head that he was holding Isabella back again. And he didn’t want to be the reason she didn’t go further in her career. After talking some sense into his thick skull, Isabella and Phineas get back together. But now with the promise to be open and honest with their doubts and worries. 

A year after getting back together, their son Zamir is born. But both are too nervous to just jump right into marriage after they just got back together. When Zamir is three years old, is when the two finally decide to tie the knot. 

The age gap between their kids.

Amanda-15 years old

Xaiver- 12 years old

Fred- 12 years old

Zamir- 12 years

            CONGRATS!! YOU READ ALL THAT CRAP.

I’m open to questions and I’ll be opening my anon box.

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Scene opens up with the camera zooming into the backyard.)

Phineas: So, Ferb, what do you wanna do today?

(Ferb shrugs.)

Phineas: What about Perry? What does he want to do?

(Perry chatters)

Phineas: Well, he's a platypus. They don't do much. I, for one, am starting to get bored, and boredom is something of up with which I will not put! The first thing they're gonna ask us when we get back to school is "what did we do over the summer?". I mean, no school for three months. Our life should be a rollercoaster! And I mean a good rollercoaster. Not like that one we rode at the state fair...

(Flashback on a rollercoaster at the state fair. It goes over one tiny hill then ends.)

Fair Worker: Please exit to the left.

(End flashback.)

Phineas: Man, that was lame. Why, if I built a rollercoaster, I would... (Gets idea; angelic chorus plays) That's it! I know what we're gonna do today!

Linda: Phineas, Ferb. I'm gonna pick up a few things. You boys stays out of trouble, okay?

Phineas: Okay, Mom. (At Ferb) We're gonna build a rollercoaster!

(Linda gets into the car; Candace comes over.)

Candace: I'm in charge, right? You did tell them I'm in charge?

Linda: Relax, Candace, nobody has to be in charge.

Candace: But what if there's a emergency?

Linda: Like what?

Candace: What if a... What if a satellite falls out of orbit and crashes into the house? (smiles)

Linda: If that happens, you're in charge.

Candace: Yes!

Candace: (she enters into the backyard) Mom says I'm in charge, conditionally.

(Phineas and Ferb are working on something.)

Phineas: (not listening) Whatever.

Candace: Wait a minute, what are you doing?

Phineas: Homework.

Candace: It's summer.

Phineas: That's cool, you wait till the last minute then.

Candace: Well, I'm watching you. (Goes through the door) And I'm in charge -- conditionally!

(Candace walks into the house and the phone rings, which she answers.)

Candace: Hello? Oh, hi, Stacy! No, I can't get to the mall right now. Mom just went to the store, she left me in charge, well, you know, conditionally.

(Phineas and Ferb walk past with lots of wooden planks.)

Candace: And if you go, can you see if Jeremy is there? No, no, he's the cute one that works at Mr. Slushy Burger.

(Phineas and Ferb walk past again, with steel beams.)

Candace: Yeah, he totally smiled at me the last time I was there. I just about died. No, I told you I can't, I'm watching my brother and stepbrother.

(Phineas and Ferb walk past with sinks and toilets.)

Candace: Yeah, and they never get into trouble, 'cause Mom never catches them. One of these days though, I'm going to see that she catches them red handed.

(Phineas and Ferb walk past again, with a flamingo and a lion that roars loudly.)

Candace: Will you hold it down, I am trying to use the phone! (at Stacy) Mom left me in charge, so there will be no shenanigans today. What are doing right now? Why do you ask? What do you mean you can see it from your house? See what?!

(Candace runs out to the backyard, she stares in shock upon seeing the rollercoaster, along with horror music.)

Candace: Phineas, what is this?!

Phineas: Do you like it?

Candace: (gets angry) Ooh, I'm gonna tell Mom, and when she sees what you're doing, you are going down! (runs off) Down! Down! Down! D-O-W-N, down!

(Phineas and Ferb look blankly while she walks away.)

Phineas: We're gonna need a blowtorch and some more peanut butter.

(Candace takes her bicycle and rides away.)

Isabella: Hey Candace, is Phineas... home?

Candace: Down, down, I say!

(Isabella walks into the backyard.)

Isabella: (hearts in eyes) Hey, Phineas.

Phineas: Hey, Isabella.

Isabella: What'cha doin'?

Phineas: Building a roller coaster.

Isabella: In your backyard?

Phineas: Some of it.

Isabella: Wow. Isn't that kind of impossible?

Phineas: Some might say.

Isabella: Hey, Ferb.

(Ferb waves with the hammer.)

Isabella: Does your stepbrother ever talk?

Phineas: Ferb? He's more of a man of action.

(Ferb hits the nail and then his nose.)

Isabella: I was gonna go to the pool, you wanna go swimming?

Phineas: Kind of in the middle of something here.

Isabella: Oh, right. Okay, I'll see you later then. (leaves)

Phineas: Okay. (at Ferb) Hey, Ferb! You got enough rivets up there?

(Ferb gives a thumbs up showing they have rivets.)

Phineas: Hey, where's Perry?

(Perry walks around the corner of the house. He jumps up, puts on a fedora and walks into a hole in the wall. He goes down a lift, into a lair, where he gets an "Incoming Message".)

Major Monogram: Good morning, Agent P. The evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz is up to his old tricks. For reasons unknown to us, he bought up 80% of the country's tin foil. I want you to get over to his hideout right away. Find out what he's up to and put a stop to it. As always Agent P, it is important that your cover identity as a mindless domestic pet remains intact. Now, get out there. We're all counting on you.

(Agent P jumps into a platypus-themed hovercraft, and flies tough a tunnel. He leaves through a stone and holds his fedora down to hide from Phineas and Ferb.)

Phineas: So, the way I see it, the fuel rockets kick in at the mall's parking lot, then we release the snakes during the corkscrew at the interstate. I'm gonna go get the snakes.

(Ferb puts on his mask and starts using the blowtorch.)

(Candace runs into the store)

Candace: Mom! You gotta come home, right now.

Linda: Did a satellite crash into the house?

Candace: No, no, no. You gotta see what Phineas and Ferb are doing.

Linda: Seems like we've had this conversation before.

Candace: What do you mean?

Linda: I seem to recall you telling me that the boys were training monkeys to juggle bicycles, and when I come home, there was a stunning lack of monkeys.

Candace: I still don't know how they cleaned that up so fast.

Linda: So, what's the emergency this time?

Candace: They're building a roller coaster!

Linda: Candace, seriously, isn't Phineas a little young to be a roller coaster engineer?

(Phineas talks to a man in a car factory.)

Factory Manager: Aren't you a little young to be a roller coaster engineer?

Phineas: Yes. Yes, I am.

Factory Manager: Well, I must say, I'm very impressed, the forms all seems to be in order, although I'd never seen them filled out in crayon before. So, if there's anything I can get you, anything at all, just let me know.

Phineas: Do you think we could borrow one of those gadgets?

(A robot arm fixing a car is shown)

(Phineas and Ferb is riding the roller coaster that builds by the robot arm.)

Phineas: Now, this is the life.

(The camera zooms in on Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.)

(Agent P swings into the building)

Doofenshmirtz: Ah, Perry the Platypus, what an unexpected surprise. And by unexpected, I mean: COMPLETELY EXPECTED!

(Doofenshmirtz presses a button, which activates arms that grabs Agent P.)

Doofenshmirtz: I, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, have covered the entire eastern seaboard in tin foil, and when I put my giant magnet, next to my genius, Magnetism Magnifier, I will pull the East, in westerly direction, thereby reversing the rotation of the earth. You may ask yourself, why would he do this? What could he possibly have to gain? Well, let me just answer that question, I haven't really worked on all the bugs yet. I mean, tin foil alone costs a lot.

(Back at the store)

Candace: But, Mom, I'd tell you, they're building it, and it's huge!

(Ferb puts up a poster, Candace comes over to read it.)

Candace: "Phineas and Ferb present the Coolest Coaster Ever now open"? Mom! (runs off)

Pedro: Phineas and Ferb got a roller coaster? You think we get a discount if we bring the flier?

Another kid: Maybe we better take it.

(They take it with them just as Candace brings Linda over.)

Candace: (Gestures toward the empty post, head turned away) There, look, look, look, see? I told you I'm not crazy, I told you!

Linda: (dryly) And you're not crazy because...?

(Candace turns toward the post where the poster was and screams.)

Linda: I see your point, Candace. No crazy person would scream at a post like that. I'll be at the dairy section if you wanna come yell at some cheese, or anything. (leaves)

(At the Flynn-Fletcher house, where the start of the coaster and a stage is. Ferb lets the kids into a tent and walks onto a stage up to the microphone as if he's about to speak, then steps out of the way as Phineas comes up. He grabs the microphone as disco lights shine and rock music plays.)

Phineas: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages! May I present to you a spectacle most of the morning in the making: The Coolest...Coaster...EVER!!!

(Ferb reveals the coaster. A bird files into it.)

Phineas: So, who wants to go first?

(Everyone raises their hands.)

(On the rollercoaster...)

Phineas: To fasten, insert the tab into the metal buckle. To release, just pull back on the -- oops.

(Phineas drops the safety belt.)

Phineas: Well, you get the picture. Well, that's about it. Enjoy the ride.

(The car goes over the top, and stops, viewing the long drop.)

Phineas: You all signed the waivers, right?

(Down it goes; the car goes around the coaster, on the track. Everyone screams.)

(Going through the drop of snakes)

Phineas: Relax, they're just rubber!

(The car goes into a bucket of mud, then exits. Later, it goes through a car wash, to be cleaned from the mud.)

Phineas: Hey, look, there comes the AH-AH-AH-AH!

(The track is going up and down repeatedly, creating four "AH"s.)

(The car zooms around the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated building.)

Doofenshmirtz: ...I really make of my money back, I-I-I want a really spacey real estate, and sell it again.

(Agent P sends a screw at Doofenshmirtz, which he ducks for.)

Doofenshmirtz: Ha! You missed!

(The screw flies to the roof and hitting a line, which throws it back at Doofenshmirtz's foot.)

Doofenshmirtz: Aaaoow!! Ow, Ow, Ow, Aaooww!

(Doofenshmirtz jumps around and accidentally releases Agent P, who quickly attacks him.) (Agent P hits Doofenshmitz's foot.) Aaaoow!! (During the fight, Doofenshmirtz activates the Magnetism Magnifier.)

Doofenshmirtz: Now you are too late! Quake in your boots and watch helplessly, as the unimaginable electromagnetic forces, pull the eastern seaboard, thereby reversing the rotation of the Ea--

(All the tin foil releases from the buildings)

Doofenshmirtz: Well... that didn't work.

(The tin foil forms into a giant ball, flying through the air)

Doofenshmirtz: And now, we have a two-ton ball of tin foil traveling 200 miles per hour directly at us! Quickly, we must separate the magnet from the Magnifier before it's too late!

(At the store)

Linda: Now I know I have that club card in here somewhere. I always have it with me, but my purse is a disaster area, you know how it is.

(Candace goes outside and sees the coaster)

Candace: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Mom? Mom!? (She rushes off.)

(Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated building)

Doofenshmirtz: It's no use! It's no use! We are doomed!

(Agent P sees a helicopter. He jumps onto the magnet and fires a grappling hook at it. He quickly wraps some of the rope around the magnet. The helicopter flies off, taking the magnet with it.)

Doofenshmirtz: You did it! You saved us, Perry the Platypus! (The ball of tin foil crashes through the building.) Curse you, Perry the Platypus!

(The magnet pulls a piece of the Magnetism Magnifier onto it, and gets stuck on the coaster, which then follows the helicopter into the sky.)

(Candace pulls Linda into the parking lot, not noticing the coaster has been removed.)

Candace: Look, look, look, see?

Linda: (pause) Okay, I give up, what am I supposed to be looking at?

Candace: (turns to see the empty parking lot) No!! It's not POSSIBLE!!!

Linda: (going back inside) I'm gonna go get the cart.

Candace: IT WAS RIGHT HERE AND IT WAS HUGE!!! (sees the rollercoaster fly away) MOM!

Linda: (walks past, taking her cart) Time to go. I've got frozens.

Candace: Okay, so you think that Phineas and Ferb are still under that stupid tree in the backyard, right?

Linda: Well, yes, that would be my guess.

Candace: Fine, then let's go home, now! (She pushes the cart.)

(Agent P sees that the helicopter is smoking and cuts the rope. He drops down onto the coaster and in the cart, right behind Phineas and Ferb.)

Phineas: Oh, there you are, Perry.

(Perry chatters)

Phineas: Nice hat, Isabella.

(Isabella takes off Agent P's fedora and looks at it, confused.)

(The car goes to the end of the track and flies onto a construction area and flings into the air.)

Phineas: Funny, I don't remember this in the blueprints.

(An airplane picks up the car by the tail)

Phineas: And I'm sure this is new.

(Candace sees the airplane from Linda's car.)

Candace: Hehehehehehehehehehe!

Linda: I worry about you sometimes, Candace.

(The coaster car drops down and onto the Statue of Liberty, bending and throwing it to the woods. It lands on a pine tree which bends so they end up in front of Mr Slushy Burger.)

Jeremy: Welcome to Mr. Slushy Burger, may I take your order?

Phineas: Anyone want fries?

(Before taking any orders, the tree bends back and throws them to France, Paris)

French Man: Croissant?

Phineas: Anyone want a... (French accent) "quasson"?

(The car gets flung into orbit)

Singing Voice: ♪ Aahh-Aahh-Aaahhh ♪

(A satellite flies by)

Phineas: You know, if that thing crashes into earth, Candace is in charge.

(The car suddenly falls down towards earth, towards the Tri-State area. The front of the car begins to burn like a meteor.)

Phineas: We should have charged more.

(Linda pulls the car on the driveway and Candace jumps out.)

Linda: Okay, we're here, are you happy now, Candace?

(Horror music plays; Candace opens the gate to the backyard and doesn't see Phineas or Ferb.)

Candace: Yes! (At Linda) See, Mom? I told you they weren't there!

(Candace opens the gate and gestures toward the tree with her eyes closed, as we hear a sound of leaves rustling. Linda pokes her head through the gate opening and smiles.)

Linda: Oh, hi, boys.

(Candace opens her eyes and her mood changes to shock; cut to under the tree to show Phineas and Ferb are suddenly here.)

Phineas: Hi, Mom.

Linda: Come on Candace, help me with the groceries. (goes off)

Candace: But, but, but, but, but, but, but... (Continues under)

Linda: (comes back) Let's go. (pulls her away)

(Kids drop down from the tree.)

Kid: Hey Phineas, that was great.

Pedro: Way too cool.

Third kid: That was awesome! Can we do it again?

Phineas: Sorry, only one ride per customer.

(Isabella comes down from the tree.)

Isabella: That was great, Phineas. So, what are you gonna do tomorrow?

Phineas: Don't know yet.

Isabella: (pets Perry) Maybe you could teach Perry some tricks.

Phineas: Well, he is a platypus, they don't do much.

Ferb: They're the only mammals to lay eggs.

(Pause)

Phineas: ...Maybe he'll lay an egg.

Isabella: Cool. See you tomorrow. (goes to the gate) It really was the coolest coaster ever. You guys make a great team.

Phineas: Well, a brother is a brother, but I couldn't have asked for a better one than Ferb. You know what I mean?

(Ferb burps rudely)

Phineas: Oh-ho-ho, man! I could smell the peanut butter!

Isabella: Well, that was impressive. See you, guys. (leaves)

Phineas: So, what should we do tomorrow? There's a world of possibilities. (pause) Maybe we should make a list!

(The coaster car explodes in the tree, a car alarm and a dog barking can be heard.)

Candace: (from inside) Mom!!

Linda: (from inside) Give it a rest, Candace!

(The tin foil ball rolls in the background.)