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#and also that episode of phineas and ferb where Candace gets split into the two halves of her personality
doctorsiren · 6 months
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Thinking about how Iris knew Feenie, who was all 💖🥰🤭🤪 and then she sees him again 5 years later and he’s all 💀💥🫵😠
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duckapus · 2 years
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Thought of ideas for small changes in some of the episodes in the Candace Knows AU:
-In Phineas and Ferb Interrupted, Candace and Perry are both aware of each other’s attempts to make the boys interesting again, at least until the kids move to the junkyard since Candace can’t exactly text when she’s stuck to an uncontrollable flying tiny castle.
-In Split Personality, there are three Candaces to deal with. The first two are Busting Candace and Crush Candace like in canon, while the third is her relatively sane side who tries to help Phineas and Ferb put her back together. In the absence of her two biggest obsessions, she starts emulating how Perry acts when he’s on-duty, which makes her act a lot like her second dimension counterpart. She also starts wearing one of Perry’s spare hats and Busting Candace mockingly calls her “Agent C” at some point.
-She’s well aware of where Perry is and what he’s doing with her body in Does this Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?, but since she can’t actually do anything about it the overall plot doesn’t change much. However, they do discover afterward that she’s retained some platypus traits, namely electrolocation(though it doesn’t work all that well if she’s not underwater) and actually liking Perry’s platypus food(which he never lets her hear the end of).
-Since she knows what happens to the inventions every day, she’s not the one who initiates the experiment in Don’t Even Blink
-Oh, There You Are, Perry is pretty much the same, but after Perry comes back and explains that he got temporarily reassigned Candace is Not Happy and goes to OWCA headquarters to make sure Monogram Knows It.
-Candace knows full well that Dennis is a rogue agent, and acts the way she does around him both as a distraction and so he can’t use her against Perry. Also because it’s fun to be able to torment a jerk with no consequences.
-Stacy is very lucky that the first person she has to have a conversation about Perry with is Candace(and that Perry had explained the situation to Candace ahead of time) because she’s not exactly convincing when trying to act casual.
-She actually tags along with Perry during LOVEMUFFIN’s Pageant of Evil, and cheers her dad on so he doesn’t get discouraged/doesn’t realize just what kind of competition he’s accidentally entered.
-She also tags along during Sidetracked to put off having to clean the bathroom and takes advantage of the fact that, since she’s not an agent, she’s not subject to OWCA’s jurisdiction rules.
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takaraphoenix · 3 years
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04 fandom ask how about a show I haven't heard you talk about in a hot minute. Phineas and Ferb?
I kind of enjoyed you discovering the weird and wonderful cartoon most of the people under 25 grew up with. I think that's a good age range cuz I'm under that and I definitely grew up with it as a good part of my childhood but I'm also still well into cartoons in going in my twenties lol... my birthday was last month and I had quite the number of Elena of avalor presents. You can do that fandom if you want to but not necessary
Well, happy belated birthday first! And then thanks for playing! And also, yeeeah I haven’t been watching Phineas and Ferb in a bit, the 10 minute format asks a lot of concentration of me that I simply don’t have lately so it’s on the backburner. I got the tab open and I definitely wanna finish it because I like the show, but I just don’t have the space for it right now.
Phineas and Ferb:
the character i least understand: Baljeet? I mean, he is... best friends with his bully... that is such a weird dynamic, I genuinely do not understand it at all?
interactions i enjoyed the most: Heinz and Perry, for sure, they’re so weird
the character who scares me the most: Heinz, Phineas and Ferb like those three have the actual capability to destroy the world if they so deem but all three use this power for incredibly specific stupid silly things, like imagine what they could do if they actually tried to be evil? Terrifying
the character who is mostly like me: I really don’t think any of them tbh
hottest looks character: Vanessa probably?
one thing i dislike about my fave character: sometimes, Isabella is very passive-aggressive with Phineas when he once again completely fails at realizing something is/could be romantic, I feel like clearer communication would be the better approach and like that boy needs these things spelled out for him so just spell it out for him
one thing i like about my hated character: I... don’t hate any of the characters? Aside from maybe Heinz’s parents I guess? And like... the thing I like about them is that they... made... Heinz, I guess? xD
a quote or scene that haunts me: The fact that in Isabella’s head, Phineas is a centaur for some reason
a death that left me indifferent: no one has died (yet)
a character i wish died but didn’t: none, nope, this show doesn’t have such characters
my ship that never sailed: I dunno, I do think Vanessa/Candace would be hella cute and a great way to tie the two plots more together also queers in a Disney show that early, could you imagine
Elena of Avalor:
the character i least understand: Naomi when she went “well, your cousin who you love like a brother just betrayed you and is on the run and so are dangerous sorcerers but like I’ll just fuck off to travel the world now because that’s what I need”, like I understand that being a captain is what she always wanted but that timing was incredibly insensitive considering their friendship and her own commitment into being a council member? Like, the open sea doesn’t run away, it would still be there after they caught Esteban, but to leave Elena and Avalor like that, during times where she - as one of only two (2) people in the entire country who actually can read the freaking ancient language - would have been needed? That made no sense for her character
interactions i enjoyed the most: Elena and Naomi, Elena and Isabel
the character who scares me the most: None, I think?
the character who is mostly like me: Maybe Mateo, a little?
hottest looks character: Ash Delgado
one thing i dislike about my fave character: For a princess, Elena is really bad at deligating and like... even into the final season, she proves to be bad at that and at that point, she should have spent years learning to deligate, you can not run around and solve every problem yourself once you’re queen and you do have a big network of people you can trust
one thing i like about my hated character: error, redeeming qualities on Shuriki not found
a quote or scene that haunts me: okay so on a more complex level, the fact that Elena can see and talk to their parents and just didn’t fucking tell Isabel for forever, I get it is only one day a year that she can talk to them, but... she really just... forgot to tell other people that she could see ghosts, more specifically her dead parents, when there is Isabel and their grandparents and they all deserved a chance to talk to them too, even if just indirectly. So, it haunts me that the second Dias de los Muertos episode wasn’t just their family, together, and just... talking
a death that left me indifferent: Did anyone die, aside from the pre-dead parents? I don’t think so
a character i wish died but didn’t: Nope, not really
my ship that never sailed: Elena/Naomi. Y’all can say what you want but if that finale wasn’t queerbaity af, when Elena approached Naomi when she was supposed to pick a partner to dance with, while the boys puffed their chests out hoping they would be chosen and for a split-second even Naomi thought Elena wanted to dance with her? I really thought they pulled a “queer in the last second” there and I think they should. I am already eternally grateful that the show didn’t force the four main characters into two heteronormative couples, but can you imagine the raw power of Elena of Avalor, first queer Disney princess?
Send me a fandom and i’ll tell you
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dooftochter · 4 years
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a   meta   on   montynessa   vanessa   and   romance   cause   i’m   always   emotional.
note:   this   is   of   course   able   to   change   if   ever   a   monty   or   a   johnny   show   up   and   we   plot   something   different.   failing   that   ,   this   is   the   default   course   of   their   relationship.
                    let’s   start   this   off   by   saying   that   vanessa   is   every   bit   the   hopeless   romantic   that   candace   is.   she   wants   to   be   in   love   ,   she   wants   to   hold   hands   and   go   on   dates   and   have   all   those   dumb   ,   cheesy   moments   that   couples   do.   that   being   said   ,   vanessa’s   outlook   on   love   and   romance   is   a   little   more   realistic   than   candace’s.   she   doesn’t   remember   much   about   her   parents’   divorce   ,   but   she   knows   that   they   really   did   love   each   other.   she   remembers   that   much.   and   she   knows   that   passionate   ,   wholesome   love   can   sour   or   dissipate   if   the   couple   doesn’t   bother   to   communicate   ,   or   fails   to   understand   one   another.   she   would   love   it   if   her   romances   lasted   forever   ,   but   she   understands   very   clearly   that   it   isn’t   likely.
                    vanessa   knows   what   she   wants   and   isn’t   afraid   to   go   after   it.   she   isn’t   shy.   talking   to   the   object   of   her   affection   doesn’t   turn   her   into   a   stuttering   ,   blushy   mess.   the   first   crush   we   see   her   have   (   johnny   )   isn’t   some   stranger   ;   it’s   someone   she   has   already   known   and   already   has  a   connection   with   and   already   has   a   lot   in   common   with.   while   she’s   shocked   that   heinz   went   through   her   notebook   ,   she   isn’t   embarrassed   to   realize   her   dad   knows   who   she   has   a   crush   on.   heinz   even   encourages   it   by   inviting   johnny   to   her   birthday   party.   we   see   throughout   his   various   attempts   at   getting   dates   that   heinz   ,    too   ,   is   a   hopeless   romantic.   he   isn’t   some   disgusting   ,   misogynistic    pos   who   thinks   that   his   daughter   is   his   property   ,   either.   points   to   heinz.   point   is   ,   though   ,   that   she’s   forward   ,   and   she’s   used   to   being   open   about   her   emotions   ,   for   the   most   part.   (   she   even   lays   her   head   on   johnny’s   shoulder   during   her   birthday   party   ,   before   they’re   actually   dating   ,   because   she’s   apparently   very   good   at   flirting   ,   you   go   girl.    )
                    continuing   on   the   thread   that   vanessa   knows   what   she   wants   ,   she   also   knows   very   clearly   how   she   should   be   treated.   her   dad’s   been   a   decent   role   model   in   this   aspect.   his   attempts   at   pleasing   her   are   based   mostly   on   what   he   would   have   liked   at   her   age   ,   but   he   does   still   try   to   make   her   happy.    she’s   used   to   being   treated   well.   not   as   the   most   important   thing   at   any   given   moment   ,   but   as   one   of   them.   she   craves   open   communication   and   honesty   ,   and   she   wants   to   feel   important.   she   breaks   up   with   johnny   because   he   acts   as   if   video   games   are   more   important   than   her   ,   but   she   says   “   that’s   it!   ”   before   breaking   up   with   him   ,   suggesting   that   there   are   more   instances   in   which   he   hasn’t   treated   her   the   way   she   wants   to   be   treated.   we   find   out   later   that   this   is   likely   the   case.   in   doof   101   ,   johnny   can’t   take   no   for   an   answer.   when   the   episode   takes   place   ,   they’ve   been   broken   up   for   about   two   months   ,   vanessa’s   presumably   in   a   relationship   with   monty   ,   and   johnny   still   won’t   let   up.   vanessa   doesn’t   have   any   interest   in   him   ,   but   she   still   greets   him.   he   takes   vanessa’s   interest   in   seeing   him   turned   back   into   a   human   as   a   sign   that   she   still   likes   him   ,   which   she   very   much   doesn’t.   hell   ,   he   kidnaps   her   ,   like   fucking   king   kong.   johnny   gives off   major   nice   guy™   vibes.   vanessa   was   right   to   get   out   when   she   did.   she   knows   how   she   should   be   treated   and   that   was   not   it.
                    when   vanessa   meets monty   ,   he   swoops   in   to   save   her   ,   perry   ,   and   her   dad   from   rodrigo   ,   an   evil   scientist   in   the   making.   she’s   pretty   clearly   attracted   to   him   from   the   get-go   ,   and   she’s   very   clear   about   it   ,   saying   ,   “   i think it’s time i tried a good guy   ,   ”   while   she   and   monty   make   eye   contact.   liking   someone   she   barely   knows   is   new   to   her   ;   her   previous   crush   ,   and   all   the   crushes   before   it   (   in   my   headcanons   )   ,   have   all   been   people   she’s   already   known.   however   ,   while   the   attraction   is   obvious   ,   she   has   no   interest   in   going   after   it.   that   attraction   is   left   unmentioned   until   they   meet   up   accidentally   in   a  coffee   shop.   
                    it’s   there   that   she   starts   an   actual   conversation.   there’s   a   whole   moment   where   she   looks   at   him   ,   recognizes   him   ,   and   pauses.   she   thinks   about   it.   and   then   she   talks   to   him.   she   contemplates   her   attraction   to   him   and   her   previous   relationship   with   a   “   bad   boy.   ”   then   she   decided   to   go   after   him.   she’s   a   hopeless   romantic   ,   and   she   hoped   it’d   all   work   out   in   the   end   ,   despite   his   being   an   agent   working   against   her   dad.   hope   rises   even   more   when   they   realize   what   tastes   they   share   and   how   much   they   have   in   common.   and   they   do   have   a   lot   in   common   ,   even   outside   their   coffee   order   (   cappuccino   with   chocolate   powder   on   top   and   a   ginger   scone   ,   please   )    .   their   dads   expect   one   thing   ,   they   want   another.   they   have   a   similar   sense   of   humor.   he   makes   her   laugh.   they   have   the   same   reaction   to   their   family   being   mocked. or   ,   in   laymen’s   terms   ,   the   same   sense   of   loyalty.   although   their   date   ends   in   an   argument   ,   both   of   them   are   eager   to   spend   time   together   again.   neither   apologizes   ,   neither   backs   down   ,   and   they   don’t   have   to   ;   they   understand   each   other.
                    worth   noticing   is   that   this   is   the   first   relationship   vanessa’s   ever   had   to   keep   a   secret   from   her   father.   vanessa   is   very   open   about   her   relationship   with   johnny   to   heinz.   she   even   breaks   up   with   him   in   heinz’s   house.   she   is   comfortable   enough   and   open   enough   in   her   relationship   with   her   father   that   she   feels  safe   moping   about   a   breakup   near   him   ,   and   he   knows   enough   about   that   relationship   to   tell   johnny   ,   “   didn’t   vanessa   dump   you?   ”   while   she   might   not   tell   her   dad   everything   ,   she   never   hides   things   from   him   either.   and   she   has   to   hide   this   not   just   from   her   dad   ,   but   from   her   mother   too   ,   as   charlene   is   likely   to   talk   to   heinz   about   any   boy   vanessa   brings   around.   the   only   person   who   can   really   know   about   any   of   this   is   her   best   friend   lacy   (   maybe   ,   if   she’s   not   shit   at   keeping   secrets   )   and   perry   the   platypus.   keeping   secrets   is   new   to   her.   but   she   does   it!   partially   because   ,    yes   ,   sneaking   around   makes   the   relationship   all   that   more   appealing   (   she   is   a   teenager   ,   after   all   )   but   mostly   because   she   likes   monty.   she   likes   the   way   he   makes   her   feel   ,   the   way   he   makes   her   laugh   ,   she   likes   making   him   laugh   and   making   him   feel   special.   she   likes   who   he   makes   her.
                    however   ,   in   “   act   your   age   ,   ”   ten   years   after   the   show   takes   place   ,   vanessa   and   monty   have   split.   this   isn’t   surprising   in   real   life   ;   a   lot   of   people   don’t   marry   their   high   school   sweethearts.   however   ,   for   a   show   like   phineas   and   ferb   ,   it   is   noteworthy.   candace   and   jeremy   get   married   in   every   and   any   version   of   the   future.   phineas   and   isabella   always   end   up   together.   i   don’t   take   everything   in   “   act   your   age   ”   as   canon.   it   felt   more   like   some   very   well   produced   fanservice.   while   i   am   willing   to   explore   ferb   and   vanessa’s   relationship   as   adults   ,   it   feels   . . .   slimy   that   they   were   made   canon.   those are just my two cents on the issue. anyway   ,   ten   years   into   the   future   ,   whether   or   not   vanessa   and   ferb   do   end   up   together   ,   vanessa   and   monty   have   broken   up.   vanessa   does   not   initiate   the   breakup   ;   monty   does.   monty   fell   out   of   love   with   vanessa   ,   while   vanessa   only   fell   deeper   into   it.   vanessa   loved   him.   she   loved   the   way   he   made   her   feel   ,   loved   the   way   they   joked   together   ,   loved   his   innate   goodness   ,   despite   his   sarcasm   and   sass.   
                    vanessa’s   morals   are   slightly   looser   than   monty’s   own   ;   she   isn’t   good   or   evil.   he   very   much   is.   her   moral   grayness   was   the   main   issue   in   their   relationship   as   they   grew   older   ,   and    that   snowballed   into   larger   issues   ,   which   grew   into   fights.   their   breakup   was   messy   and   drawn   out.   they   would   have   loud   ,   exhausting   arguments.   neither   one   would   apologize   or   back   down   ,   very   similarly   to   their   first   fight.   then   ,   in   the   morning   ,   they   would   pretend   things   were   alright   again.   they   would   never   talk   about   it   ,   because   talking   about   their   issues   would   dissolve   into   another   argument.   monty   eventually   decided   that   their   relationship   wasn’t   worth   it   anymore.   although   he   cared   about   her   deeply   ,   and   it   hurt   him   to   hurt   her   ,   he   couldn’t   say   that   he   was   in   love   with   her   anymore.
                    she   doesn’t   beg   him   to   stay.   she   respects   his   choices   and   when   he   broke   up   with   her   ,   she   gathered   her   courage   ,   said   okay  ,   and   mourned   by   herself.   she   was   inconsolable   for   a   month.   cried   herself   to   sleep   for   weeks.   she   was   still   very   much   in   love   with   him   ,   and   this   breakup   hits   her   like   a   freight   train.   it   takes   her   a   long   time   to   be   okay   ,   to   be   able   to   listen   to   love   songs   without   crying.   she   wears   his   hoodie   to   sleep   long   after   they’ve   broken   up.   while   she   genuinely   wants   the   best   for   him   ,   wants   him   to   be   happy   however   he   can   be   ,   she   still   desperately   wants   him   to   be   happy   with   her.
                    when   this   breakup   happens   changes   according   to   my   mood   and   to   the   verse   ,   tbh.   for   the   most   part   ,   it   happens   in   the   middle   of   her   college   career   ,   when   she’s   well   into   her   twenties.   they’d   been   living   together   for   at   least   a   year   at   the   time.   vanessa   decides   to   move   into   her   father’s   house   instead   of   her   mother’s   ,   mostly   because   she   feels   like   he   can   relate   more.   this   breakup   is   one   of   the   reasons   she   graduates   a   little   late   from   college   ,   as   she   takes   a   semester   off   to   focus   on   herself.   the   other   part   is   that   she   does   want   to   keep   up   with   her   youtube   posting   ,   as   she   enjoys   that   very   much.
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After a 6 month hiatus I have returned with a relevant movie review! This one was fun to write so I hope you enjoy!
Before you continue reading, if you haven’t seen the movie, I spoil the ending and describe some scenes in detail. This review also works if you’re familiar with the first Phineas and Ferb movie; Across the 2nd Dimension. I would also like to preface this as I know my sister is going to read this, a lot of these thoughts and ideas were discussed together, so a lot of these opinions are influenced by her opinion as well, but luckily, we came to the same conclusion about this movie. 
This movie was heavily anticipated as the Phineas and Ferb series ended in 2015, which was a long 5 years ago. I have always liked this show, the characters were all enjoyable, the songs were extremely catchy and the plot was always engaging. 
As a kid, it hit all the benchmarks for what made a kid’s show great. Only when I wrote my own episode with my sister for a school assignment, did I realize that there was so much hard-work and effort put into the show to make it the spectacular show that it is. The genius’ behind the show; Dan Povenmire and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh are an extremely talented and creative duo who had previously worked on The Simpsons and Rocko’s Modern Life together; they write a majority of the episodes as well as the songs themselves which are extremely impressive as they’re in almost every single episode. As the impressive song-writers that they are, they are masters at making the songs original and catchy - multiple generations know what an aglet is because of this show, I don’t know what else to say other than the songs are absolute bangers. 
But let’s not waste anytime, Candace against the Universe was not their best. I’m just going to say it right now. The plot wasn’t the strongest in terms of story and twist. It was predictable and simply not as interesting as regular episodes or Across the 2nd Dimension which I will compare heavily to this movie. My sister and I had a long discussion about how it was similar to the Mission Marvel special where the content had potential but it missed the original charm and wit that the episodes have. This movie could have easily been condensed into a two parter, or just under forty-five minutes. The plot of Across the 2nd dimension was so strong and was executed so perfectly; a quick summary: Phineas and Ferb help Doofenshmirtz build an ‘inator’ to another dimension but Perry is stuck between exposing himself as a secret agent to the boys or allowing them to help Doofenshmirtz take over the Tri-State area. He ends up doing both which carries the rest of the story to meet their alternate-dimension selves and then finally comes together at the end in a massive battle where alternate-dimension attempts to conquer yet another Tri-State area (the one that we’re familiar with).  
I felt like the problem with Candace against the Universe, the ending was very anti-climatic. It ends in a short battle which felt lacking compared to the final battle in Across the 2nd dimension. My sister and I absolutely love how in the end of AT2D, it was revealed that Perry had been collecting their inventions throughout the summer and had been saving them for an ‘Alpha-level’ threat. It’s a thrilling pay-off for audiences to see that all of their incredible inventions haven’t gone to waste after a single use - they have a second purpose - which is to fight evil. In Candace against the Universe, it followed a very basic plot structure, Candace is captured by an alien species in space, they give her what she’s looking for which is individuality and validation, the boys ‘save’ her but then Candace kicks them to the curb, the true intentions of the alien leader are revealed and it’s a race to save Candace and the rest of the humans on earth. What made the ending in AT2D so satisfying was seeing all of the inventions come back, obviously they couldn’t do that again in this movie but I felt like there could’ve been a better ending to it. 
Within the first ten minutes of Candace against the Universe, we’re introduced to Doofenshmirtz’s newest invention. ‘A power-vacuum-inator.’ a machine that turns things into lint and then vacuums it away. A pretty hilarious contraption which isn’t far away from the other inventions that he’s made before but later, we’re introduced to another invention, the ‘Chicken-replace-inator’ which swaps things with the closest chicken; pretty self-explanatory but it proves itself handy later. What my sister and I found as a ‘cop-out’ was how easy they made it so that Doofenshmirtz and Vanessa could return to earth. When the Mama plant is preparing to take over Danville, a simple blast from the ‘Chicken-replace-inator’ zaps it away and the cast breaks out into a final song. But before I continue, let’s talk about Vanessa’s purpose to the plot. 
A huge drawn-in point to the movie was Candace and Vanessa as a duo. In the episodes it was exciting to see them come together and interact because they’re connecting the plot line of Phineas and Ferb to the plot line of Doofenshmirtz and Perry which is pretty high stakes since Perry can’t reveal to his host-family that he’s a spy. But, early on into the movie, Candace and Vanessa get split up and we don’t see them together again until the very end of this movie. Before Doofenshmirtz reunites with Vanessa, he uses the ‘Chicken-replace-inator’ to zap away a large dragon-monster creature, replacing it with the closest chicken, which is on earth; so there’s now a chicken on the alien planet. Unfortunately for them, when Doofenshmirtz, Vanessa and Perry (who were left behind by the others) want to return to earth they attempt to use the ‘Chicken-replace-inator’ on themselves but, if you remember from before, the closest chicken is now the chicken on the alien planet. So the ‘cop-out’ of the inator is that Doofenshmirtz, Vanessa and Perry simply change the settings of the inator to swap places with the furthest chicken instead of the closest. And, anti-climatically use the inator to blast and switch the Mama plant with the furthest chicken (the one back on the alien plant). Which got me thinking, that was a pretty lazy ending, it was anti-climatic and just an easy way out. They already had a “battle” with Candace shooting free t-shirts at the minions so they needed to get rid of the plant quickly. 
I thought it over in the shower, what would’ve made for a similar ending to AT2D? Where they would use Chekhov’s gun and make use of everything that was introduced in the movie. If they had defeated the Mama plant with the vacuum, it would’ve given the movie an extra ten minute action scene; where Baljeet has his ‘a-ha!’ moment and finally his knowledge of Space Adventures doesn’t fail him or Phineas takes the spotlight (when the boys are hurtling towards the ground and Phineas uses something he saw in Space Adventures to save them) Baljeet could reference an episode were they created an air-vacuum to deprive something of all air, drying it out and killing it; tying the end to the beginning. I understand they decided to use the ‘Chicken-replace-inator’ because they spent so much time on it but as I was saying before, it just wasn’t satisfying. It was already pretty silly and made just for the sake of being a joke but I felt it would’ve been better suited to use the Power-Vacuum-inator. 
Which brings me to my next point, the running gags. When Phineas and Ferb pull the crew together to go to space, Baljeet introduces Space Adventure - an adventure in space - which is reminiscent of Star Trek and referenced in an older episode (Nerds of a Feather) Throughout the movie, Baljeet attempts to help navigate alien territory with his knowledge of Space Adventure but it backfires on him every time. However, when they’re hurtling back to Earth, Phineas references Space Adventure and saves them, essentially taking Baljeet’s running gag from under his feet which didn’t sit right with me. It didn’t come to a satisfying conclusion. Again, I understand not everything has to come full circle but this should’ve. Same with Buford’s running gag, when they’re packing for space, Buford brings aboard a canoe, everyone but Buford can agree that there’s absolutely no use for a canoe in space; so it’s ‘funny’ that Buford is dead-set on carrying around a massive canoe into space and back. But the conclusion that he gets is that it gets strapped to a golf cart and swings into the aliens, knocking them out.  
Finally, there’s a relationship that wasn’t fully developed but still happened that bothers me. When the crew crash land on the alien planet, there’s discourse between Isabella and Doofenshmirtz on who should ‘lead’ the group to the fortress that Candace is most likely held in. Isabella supports her claim as leader since she’s a girl scout and has patches proving her worthy as a leader but Doofenshmirtz is the adult so naturally, he should be leader. My complaint is that there is absolutely no development between Isabella and Doofenshmirtz but yet, a mere twenty minutes later Doofenshmirtz believes that Isabella is a deserving leader and saying that he “learnt from the best” yet there is no example of Isabella being the natural leader that she is. 
Moving away from my problems with the plot, I felt that the jokes and gags in the movie weren’t as hilarious as other jokes in episodes or AT2D. I read a review from Variety and Polygon which had high praise for the movie, which includes “ jokes about support groups, power ballads, Cubism, talk-show obsequiousness, plus a very funny song called “Adulting,” about how adults justify their judgment with no good reason.” (Variety) and “The movie is still chock full of bubbly humor. The show excelled at comedic timing, effectively using beats, cutaway gags, and fourth-wall breaking.” And while I agree with the second half, the movie missed some of the benchmarks of Phineas and Ferb-level humour. The jokes in the movie were uncomfortably off-beat and repetitive, heavily relying on comedic timing and dead air for audiences to laugh. The comedic timing was unsuccessful and dare I say, too long and too often. The jokes couldn’t have been more obvious, they were pretty much lit up with fireworks and a huge neon sign that said “You should laugh here! This is a joke that is funny and you can laugh here! That’s what this awkward empty space is for.” After a brief scan of AT2D there were jokes that didn’t feel forced or obviously meant for certain audiences - like one of the aliens ‘flossing’ which feels a little outdated even for 2020. 
As mentioned earlier, after writing my own Phineas and Ferb script I have a much larger appreciation for the work put into a single episode. Povenmire and Marsh out-do themselves with each episode and it’s impressive; I admire their work so much. Now, I don’t know if it’s because I went into the mindset of knowing what makes Phineas and Ferb great, this movie felt lacking in the original appeal that the episodes had. The characters didn’t have the depth they usually had, the songs weren’t as catchy, the jokes weren’t as funny and the plot wasn’t as strong. It felt rushed; and I don’t know if they were but there could’ve been so much more depth and (irony not included) dimension. 
I have the same opinion with Frozen 2, it felt rushed so there wasn’t as much depth as the first movie. And, they were rushed with the movie; in the docu-series Into the Unknown: The making of Frozen 2, so many elements in the final movie were added within the last nine months of production. The story was rewritten multiple times when the writers and directors had trouble deciding who Elsa was hearing calling out to her. They just had to choose at that point which made the story feel rushed and bunched. It’s like rolling up a yoga mat, you start off neat and even but when you get near the end and your friends have already packed up, you haphazardly roll up the mat, so now it’s pointed at one end and looks like an ice cream cone. 
Don’t get me wrong, I still watched the entire thing and there was one scene at the end that I enjoyed but it just didn’t live up to my expectations. And that’s totally okay; it was appealing to their target audience and hit all the notes of a Phineas and Ferb movie. It’s simply that I had my expectations extremely high. 
I give Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe 5.5 Stars out of 10 
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Ace Attorney AU based on that one episode of Phineas and Ferb ( titled “Split Personality” ) where Candace gets split into the two halves of her personality (as the name would suggest) with one being the silly one enamoured with Jeremy and the other being the determined one who wants to bust her brothers but it’s Phoenix and he gets split into his silly, goofy, artsy side and his more serious, closed off attorney side
Also a little bit of Chonny Jash just for my friend @itsnotjustgibberish because they said how this is like Heart and Mind and I have no idea what they mean but I drew the Phoenixes in their CJ Heart and Mind designs for the silly
And I just realized I never finished fixing Feenie’s hand in the second image but eh it’s fine
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