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Phineas and Ferb episode where Phineas loses his voice and Ferb has to do all the talking instead

beautiful.

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He's a Platypus

He doesn't do much.

I was just thinking about when the Flynn-Fletchers adopted Perry from the OWCA pet store. Carl probably told them "He's a platypus. They don't do much. Except sometimes, when they disappear for long periods of time. But they do eat quite a bit." And then proceeded to give them directions to care for a highly active secret agent platypus.

So. Then I thought, well what happens when someone in the family comes across actual platypus information, including activity level, number of average disappearances per day, and how much food they actually eat?

Maybe they're online looking for something unrelated, or maybe Phineas and Ferb are digging through Baljeet's (or Lawrence's) book collection, I don't know. But fun to think about what might happen.

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Ah. Forgot about that. Probably because I haven't gotten to it in my rewatch yet.

It's the way Doof gives up EVERYTHING for Vanessa because his parents gave up nothing for him, the way he wants her to have the childhood he didn't, the way he goes out of his way time and time again to give her parties and gifts, misguided as they are sometimes, because he never got those. The way he drops everything and goes to space for her, how he literally gives up evil for her to chase her dreams (which was fully ignored in the new season but I digress)

Give me more immigrant dad Doof with childhood trauma trying to make sure his daughters life is everything he never got 😭

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When did Doof drop everything and go to space for Vanessa? I remember him going halfway around the world for her, but somehow I don't remember him going to space...

It's the way Doof gives up EVERYTHING for Vanessa because his parents gave up nothing for him, the way he wants her to have the childhood he didn't, the way he goes out of his way time and time again to give her parties and gifts, misguided as they are sometimes, because he never got those. The way he drops everything and goes to space for her, how he literally gives up evil for her to chase her dreams (which was fully ignored in the new season but I digress)

Give me more immigrant dad Doof with childhood trauma trying to make sure his daughters life is everything he never got 😭

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I did my own research and came to the same conclusion!

Remember that in the original series (episode: Cranius Maximus) Isabella said "I was so looking forward to middle school" which means, combined with the fact that they actually were at the middle school in the first episode of the reboot, that they were in 6th grade that year.

Some people are 12 or even 13 in 6th grade, but those people were mostly held back and/or had their birthdays during the school year. I was 11 years old in 6th grade, and like Phineas, my birthday is in the summer.

But, since Ferb's birthday is canonically February 29th, and he and Phineas are in the same grade, I would say that probably makes Ferb a few months older than Phineas. They would be born in the same year, but whatever age Phineas is shown as, add one to get Ferb's age.

I'll also add that the penultimate picture COULD have been taken in any of the three years between Perry's adoption and the one when the rest of the series took place (remember, Perry was adopted during the summer, so the first picture with him had to be the year after that), as it seems the characters' appearances haven't changed much in that span (although Candace IS holding a smartphone in the picture instead of the flip phone she had throughout most of the original series, but that would have been an error no matter when the picture was taken).

Phineas and Ferb’s Age

Disclaimer: The show never really abides to its own timeline but you can read my thoughts below about the ages of these fictional characters!

Linda said that every year they take a family photo on the first day of summer. But-but-but (as Candace would say) have you realized that the staircase only has five family portraits? So where are the other portraits?

From past episodes, we have seen that their house has an assortment of random family portraits so they are likely hanged somewhere else, but let’s get back on track to what this is actually about—Phineas and Ferb’s age!

Phineas and Ferb's age have been a topic of discussion and debate since officially all we know for sure is that they are “less than 15” and are “presumably between 7 and 12.” From what I’ve gathered, most assume that they are 9 or 10 since that seems to make the most sense.

To keep things simple, let’s review whose age do we DO know! We know that Candace was 15 years old in the previous seasons and is currently stated to be 16 in the revival, which takes place 1 year later. So Candace is canonically 16 and I think it’s safe to assume that she’s about 5 years older than her little brothers.

From that we can calculate how old Phineas and Ferb are by doing some simple math. So if Candace is 5 years older, then when she was 15 the boys would’ve been 10 years old. And since Candace is now 16 then the boys are 11 years old in the revival.

Another thing that can support this is that they were recently shown in Danville Middle School and in America middle schoolers are usually 11 to 12 years old.

While we’re on the subject, we also know that Perry is canonically at least 5 years old as stated in Across the 2nd Dimension, where we saw a flashback of toddler Phineas and Ferb adopting baby Perry. So perhaps we can assume Perry is currently 6 years old since Candace already turned 16?

But you can argue that this is mostly speculation! If you read all this then imagine me giving you a thumbs up like Ferb would and if you disagree feel free to share your own thoughts!

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Um, excuse me.

When did Linda get angry at Phineas and Ferb's under inventions, freak out, or call them unsafe/dangerous, in a moment that actually happened? Because as far as I remember, every time that actually happened, she was impressed!

On her birthday and her anniversary, she saw the crazy presentation the kids had set up, and loved it.

She was impressed at their accidental remodel of Little Duffer's mini golf course.

When she saw Nose Bud, she said "You boys built this? I'm very impressed!" and then when questioned about it, she told Candace "Well look. They made a boat. It's actually waterproof and everything. That's pretty cool!"

When she saw their animal translator, she called it "adorable."

She helped out with their aglet awareness campaign.

When she saw their fort, she was happy that "the boys are starting to take an interest in building things."

She enjoyed dancing with Candace when the boys performed Alien Heart with Max Modem.

She was excited to see the restorations Phineas and Ferb made to Candace's "Sweet Ride."

Really, I can only think of negative reactions when it was a fantasy, or a dream, or noncanon in some other way:

In the aforementioned episode, she did freak out and send the boys to reform school, but that was within a dream within a dream.

In Bowl-R-Ama Drama, she was apologizing to Candace up down and backwards, but that was inside Candace's fantasy.

When she sees their western town in She's the Mayor, she almost yells at them, but that timeline was erased.

And in Rollercoaster the Musical in Quantum Boogaloo, she did completely lose it, but that timeline was also erased.

Maybe I’m reaching but this implies that the bio dad either left or passed shortly after Phineas was born.

From what we’ve seen, yes I agree it’s implied he “left or passed”

Phineas and Candace’s bio Dad, along with Ferb’s bio Mom, have been a topic of discussion and debate in the fandom for years! I’ve seen many headcanons/theories and even fanart about it before

Personally, I theorize Phineas and Candace’s bio Dad passed away unexpectedly BEFORE Phineas was born↓

Keep in mind this episode where the boys get “busted” was Perry’s dream but it’s the only time we see Linda introduce young Candace to her new baby brother and there's no “Dad” in sight

I theorized that Candace is about five years old in this photo (→ age theory post here ←) and again there’s just the three of them! We know Phineas has a Summer birthday (with no confirmed date) and that this family portrait was supposedly taken on the first day of Summer

Linda: “Now you know how every year we take a family photo on the first day of Summer?”

Then Linda eventually married Lawrence on June 15th and they lived happily ever after!

(In case you were wondering, I also believe Ferb’s bio Mom likely passed away, resulting in Lawrence and Ferb moving to Danville for a fresh start but that’s also speculation and I won’t get into it here)

Another factor I’ve thought about is that when Linda occasionally sees Phineas and Ferb’s inventions (even if it’s not "canon" or she is unaware it was built by them) she usually gets angry, freaks out, or calls it unsafe/dangerous! This could be due to what might’ve happened to her “first husband”

Perhaps he was an engineer who died from something he built/worked on? But we don’t know! This is just a theory/speculation but it could explain why Linda wouldn’t immediately approve of Phineas and Ferb’s inventions unlike Lawrence (→ my video compilation on that here ←)

It might also be part of why Candace tries to bust her brothers for building potentially dangerous inventions. There have been times when she outright says this like in the AT2D movie

Candace: “Oh, great and powerful Mysterious Force. I know you are just trying to protect my brothers, but I am simply trying to protect them too from their dangerous inventions. Show yourself so that I may reason with you!”

And there are times she waits for things to get “dangerous” before calling Mom like in “Happy Birthday, Isabella”

Candace: “Waiting for things to get dangerous, so I can call my Mom to come bust the boys.”

My final piece of evidence is that Candace apparently felt “very lonely” as an only child before Phineas was born and this could be because of a missing/absent “bio Dad”

Linda isn’t the most attentive Mom to her teenage daughter (but she still loves her don’t get me wrong!) and if she was a single mother for a period of time while young Candace was growing up it would explain some things like why she loves Ducky Momo so much

The song “Ducky Momo is my friend” shows young Candace doing everything with her Ducky Momo plushie after an off-screen Linda gifts it to her. Since then Candace has been a “lifelong Ducky Momo fan” according to her own words. She might not have felt this strong emotional attachment if something hadn't happened to her unknown biological Dad...

Also just want to say the Doofenshmirtz theory has been repeatedly debunked!!! A "bio Dad" was only ever briefly mentioned in the Star Wars special but that’s not canon to the original show

Phineas: “Oh, this is Ferb. He's our step-brother.”

Candace: “Mom remarried? What happened to Dad?”

Phineas: “Funny story actually. He—” (Death Star explodes)

Additionally, the show's creators have officially stated in the past that the topic isn't important to the overall story↓

But let’s not forget Candace has many episodes bonding with Lawrence! He's Phineas and Candace's real Dad in every way that actually matters!

Thanks for the ask!🩵

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Nah, he lives in America. We use MM/DD/YY here.

Although I think his idea of a perfect date would be June 22nd.

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Watch. Buford is gonna get his bread bowl hot tub at some point, only to think it's lame once he's been in there for a few minutes.

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I always thought the hair loss was due to the stress of the job. Even if you are a ruthless dictator whose citizens are all brainwashed to follow you, being in charge can take a lot out of you. And hair loss is often a symptom of stress.

Comparing the older Doofenshmirtz design from 'Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo' to the design from 'Act Your Age' is the perfect illustration of how fond Dwampy and the rest of the PnF creative team clearly grew towards his character over the course of the series. Yes, I know these two episodes take place ten years apart, but it's still extremely telling how much more generous (for lack of a better word) they were when designing an aged-up Doof for 'Act Your Age' versus when they did it two seasons and half a decade earlier.

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Even though there are only six pictures for the ten-ish years Phineas and Ferb have been alive, I love how these pictures tell the story of the growth of the Flynn-Fletcher family:

First there was just Linda, Candace and almost-one-year-old Phineas (remember, his birthday is in summer, and these pictures are taken at the beginning of summer)

Then Lawrence and toddler Ferb joined the mix

In the next picture, Phineas and Candace got new looks (and Phineas and Ferb are holding hands!)

Then they got baby Perry (which happened in summer 6 years prior, and the picture was taken at the beginning of summer, so this picture was clearly from 5 years prior)

The next picture shows everyone as they looked last summer, so it was taken either the day before Rollercoaster or in one of the other three summers before that (although it's unclear why Candace has a smartphone instead of the flip phone she had for most of the series, including the beginning of the summer)

And then you get to the new one with their friends included.

So yeah. I love this.

Family Portraits

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Meap!

(Translation: Meapless in Seattle vs Meap Me in St. Louis)

I've been slowly working my way through the entire Phineas and Ferb original series, and today I finally got to Meapless in Seattle. So I figured, what perfect timing to analyze why this one was so much better than Meap Me in St. Louis.

Both episodes had similar elements.

Both episodes took The Chronicles of Meap, episode 38: More Than Meaps the Eye and expanded upon an element of it -- Phinabella and the Power of Cuteness in Meapless in Seattle, and Meap seeing Candace's busting attempts as a good thing in Meap Me in St. Louis.

Both episodes featured Mitch trying some new scheme to grab power, only to be thwarted by Meap -- he went after cutonium in Meapless in Seattle, and the Lost Treasure of Zechariah Yore in Meap Me in St. Louis.

And of course, both episodes were made from the seemingly unrelated scenes in the trailer at the end of the previous Meap episode.

But, Meapless in Seattle felt like they tried to write the episode first, and then they incorporated the trailer scenes. This had the unintended side effect of not using all the trailer scenes -- Mitch never said "Aren't you a little young to save the universe?", and though the Suzy scene was not in the original trailer, it wasn't in Meapless in Seattle either until the next trailer.

Meap Me in St. Louis, on the other hand, felt like they tried to write around the trailer scenes first, and then threw together an episode. This had the unintended side effect of creating an episode that felt more like a regular PnF episode than a Meap episode. And it also had the unintended side effect of taking us out of the story every time they showed a trailer shot by showing the counter. It feels like that was something they did in production, and then rather than remove it, they tried to write a joke about it to end the episode that was basically the writers saying "Yeah! We did it! We made not one, but TWO episodes out of fake trailers!" And that counter was easily the worst element of the episode.

There were other elements that felt weak too. Meap took Candace along to St. Louis because of her busting compulsion and her determination for justice, and Doof, Perry and Balloony ended up there too -- but the rest of The Gang stayed in Danville and made Stabby Barf Pain (and to be honest, the "5th season" jokes were really the only meta ones I liked). SBP felt like it should have been its own episode. And the alien litterbug tourist plot should have been its own episode as well. Combining the two did make for a good special, and that's definitely the route they could have taken, but they would have worked just as well as separate plots.

It was a pretty funny episode, except for the meta jokes like the aforementioned trailer shot counter, but some of the other jokes didn't land either. For example, the lost treasure of Zechariah Yore case just saying "Lost Treasure of Zechariah Yore" didn't make any sense. First of all, it was only lost until it was dug up, so how did it make sense to say "Lost" on the case? Second, there was never any mention of what exactly was in the treasure. I feel like even if it was never actually revealed, the idea of finding out what was in the treasure might have made for an interesting plot. Third, how was there no mention of Zechariah Yore in earth's history? Surely there would be somebody, maybe some History Channel personality like Josh Gates, who would have found out the name and tried to unearth it.

And the whole concept of the greedy, evil tyrant we knew from Meapless in Seattle, having lost a treasure, on earth of all places and not - you know - his home planet, just spoke to the convoluted nature of this episode. I know it had to be a little convoluted because the episode was made from a convoluted trailer, but hey, the cutonium plot was a little convoluted, but in the classic Phineas and Ferb way. This one was convoluted enough that it broke my suspension of disbelief. National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets had the same "a national landmark was made as a cover-up to a lost treasure" plot, but it was done better imo because they actually hid the information in a place where no one would find it -- the president's secret book, and the place itself had a million death traps, so it makes sense that no one had found it already -- because what current or former president would go out to South Dakota and risk his life to find a lost Indian city when he's already got enough money to be set for life? With this one, Candace just found the information on the internet, which means anyone who had a big enough winch could have dug up the treasure.

And Meap's wife taking the Stabby Barf Pain generator off their hands was just like when Buck Buckerson took the monster truck arena, when Santa took the rest stop / clubhouse, and when the Sniffington Nostrils took the Football X-7 stadium. Which is a fine element to put in a Phineas and Ferb episode, but somehow it felt out of place in a Meap episode.

Now, I am ragging on Meap Me in St. Louis a lot, but I did enjoy it. It's far from the worst this show has to offer (second Musical Countdown), not even the worst episode of the new season imo -- the zoetrope one was worse. Overall this was an enjoyable episode, just... in the lower tier of PnF episodes is I guess the best way to put it.

Like I said, it was a pretty funny episode. Buford almost finally getting his bread bowl hot tub, Suzy almost fighting Meap over who got to use Candace's busting talents, everything about Stabby Barf Pain and the alien tourists, Doof's attempts to do things maniacally, the self-destruct timer, even Candace's research on the Gateway Arch, those were some of my favorite jokes in the episode. But like I said before, I'm still wondering how Meap's mother-in-law gave birth to his wife.

Anyway, this was a solid episode. Far from the best, but far from the worst. The weakest of the Meap trilogy by far because it didn't really feel like a Meap episode. But to be fair, that's a pretty high bar. And it still did feel like classic Phineas and Ferb. So yeah, a good solid episode.

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I always thought he would quit before letting himself be relocated

what if there was no Amnesia-inator?

AT2D bad-end AU

you can't tell me perry wouldn't break the rules to maintain some kind of contact with his family.

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Exactly. It's canon that if Phineas and Ferb thought that their mom wouldn't approve of their daily activities, they would stop. This because they love their mom enough that they would never do anything to upset her.

And it's also canon that a major reason for Candace's busting attempts is jealousy -- she feels that Phineas and Ferb can get away with anything, and the universe will bail them out, but if she tries to get away with anything, she'll be busted. It's about fairness:

Candace Gets Busted shows that this can happen even when she doesn't actually do anything wrong, with her intimate get together spiraling out of control into a party (though I still maintain that if Phineas and Ferb had backed her up, she wouldn't have gotten in trouble).

The Secret of Success has her driving the boys' ATV and accidentally telling on herself for driving without adult supervision.

In Meapless in Seattle, Linda tells Candace she is busted for failing to take out the garbage. This was slightly unfair though, because Candace dropped the garbage bag when she was hit by Phineas and Ferb's giant pillow fight, and then had to run away with them and Meap, and wasn't able to return home for the rest of the episode to actually take the garbage out.

In Gi-Ants, she laments that anything Phineas and Ferb do is automatically labeled cool while anything she does is automatically labeled weird.

Candace Against the Universe has this as the entire plot of the movie: how the universe itself is unfair. And Just Our Luck and The Phineas and Ferb Effect (Milo Murphy's Law) prove that she's right: some people like Phineas and Ferb are surrounded by positive probability ions, whereas other people like Candace are surrounded by negative probability ions.

I respect Candace’s commitment to hating, but as a fellow younger sibling I have to point out that Phineas and Ferb literally never did anything wrong, at least not intentionally. What is she even expecting Linda to do

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And, there's only one duplicate outfit in these nine pictures -- and it's not their normal summer clothing.

phinabella + handholding

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Oh! What a fun Caveman episode!

Ha ha, funny! That caveman got stuck in a block of ice. Wow, I wonder if he'll ever...

Oh. Right.

Wait, what was the name of that episode again?

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For those of you keeping track at home, my final calculation comes out to 206 days of summer shown in the series.

Now we're going to figure out Phineas's presentation.

But first, we'll calculate the exact dates. Assuming June 3rd is the first full day of summer, and there are 104 days of it, that comes out to the last day of summer being September 14th.

Now. Since I'm sure Phineas would add Halloween and Christmas, we can add the following episodes:

That's the Spirit!

Drusselsteinoween

Christmas Vacation Extended Edition

For Your Ice Only

Happy New Year!

... and come out with 211 stories to tell.

Now if we have 211 stories to cover in a period of 261 days, we can do one story every day with 50 days to spare. Right?

Well, not quite. Those 261 days are not all spent in school -- weekends, holiday breaks, and random days off account for about a third of that time. After counting the days from my own school's calendar for the previous school year, I've come up with 173 days of school. So that's the number I will be using.

So we have 211 stories to tell over 173 days of school.

That's one per day with 38 left over.

261 days comes out to 37 weeks and 2 days.

And if we take into account that Christmas Vacation lasts "roughly 14 days" and spring / Easter break lasts one week (estimate based on my personal experience) we're looking at 34 weeks of school.

So of the 38 leftover stories, we will add one more per week and come out with 4 remaining.

Since there are 8 1/2 months of the school year, we can add one more story every other month.

So most days, Phineas and Ferb would share one story. Once a week, they would share two stories. And once in October, December, February and April, they would share two stories twice in a week.

But wait! Wasn't the summer only 104 days? Meaning they would only have 108 stories, taking out one for Halloween?

In that case, we would have 3 stories a week, giving us 102, plus one extra story every month and a half

September - October (the first half of September is still summer)

November - December (most of late December is Christmas break)

January

February - early March

Late March - April

May - June (most of June is already summer)

For two school years.

But wait!

I heard a theory on the podcast "A Miracle or a Milo" that the entire series' original run was a time loop, and that the characters only noticed on the last day of summer when the loops started to get shorter. This would explain quotes like

This summer keeps going on and on, and it feels like it's been going on for like 4 years! - Doof

I see what you mean, Ferb. It DOES seem like more than 104 days! - Phineas

Has it only been three months? Cuz I've been addin' up all the things we've built this summer, and we're way over 150 - Buford

Second summer?

Phineas and Ferb is coming back TONIGHT AT 7PM CDT for a brand new summer. Canonically, it is the second summer of shenanigans we will see. But is it really?

So far, Phineas and Ferb has 187 single part episodes, 25 double part episodes, 10 longer specials, and 2 movies. That comes out to 222 episodes, and if we add in the movies, that's 224 days of summer, right? Which means we have already seen all of the second summer and part of the third?

Not quite.

(Note that I am not taking into account that in real life, it would take much longer to do most of the projects they do.) Also, there is a TL;DR at the bottom.

Here is a list of episodes that do not qualify as one day of summer, and the reasons why:

Traffic Cam Caper: takes place entirely at night

Phineas and Ferb Get Busted: takes place within a dream within a dream, entirely at night

Bubble Boys / Isabella and the Temple of Sap: this is the same day from two different perspectives, so we can eliminate one of them

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation (original and extended editions): takes place entirely in winter

Phineas and Ferb Hawaiian Vacation: this is listed on the wiki as a two-parter, but it has two separate stories that take place over two days

Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!: despite Phineas's statement that they are creating "the biggest, longest, funnest summer day of all time," this day actually lasts about 40 hours, which effectively comes out to two days

Candace Gets Busted: takes place entirely at night

That's the Spirit: takes place entirely in fall

Tri-Stone Area, Doof Dynasty, Excaliferb!, and Phineas and Ferb and the Temple of Juatchadoon (collectively premiered as Time Shift Weekend): take place entirely in other time periods

When Worlds Collide: takes place entirely at night

What'd I Miss?: the entire episode is the characters telling Ferb and Perry what happened the previous day, so naturally there had to be two days here

Blackout!: takes place entirely at night

For Your Ice Only / Happy New Year!: take place entirely in winter

Bee Day / Bee Story: this is the same day from two different perspectives, so again, we can eliminate one

Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted by Kelly Osbourne: yes, we all want to forget that this even exists, plus there is no indication that it even takes place during the summer

Drusselsteinoween: takes place entirely in fall

Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror: all three stories and the Macabre-Mobile take place entirely at night

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars: takes place entirely in an alternate universe

Doof 101: takes place on the first day of school

Act Your Age: takes place entirely 10 years in the future

The O.W.C.A. Files: takes place after Doofenshmirtz decided to become good in the series finale

Now, here is a list of episodes that DO qualify as one day of summer, despite not appearing as such:

The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein: Most of the episode is a story told by Reginald Fletcher and Dr. D, but we do see them starting and finishing the story while a thunderstorm goes on outside

Unfair Science Fair / Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story): These episodes are listed separately, and despite the fact that they have some of the same scenes, they cover two different days

Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown: yes, the entire episode is an awards show for the show's music, but Doofenshmirtz and Monogram took time out of their summer to do it and there is a cut to Phineas and Ferb

Wizard of Odd: despite taking place mostly in a dream, the episode starts and ends with Candace in her room in the daytime

Tri-State Treasure: Boot of Secrets: despite taking place mostly in a movie made by Phineas and Ferb, Doof's plan to turn himself into a kid proves that the episode did in fact take place

Where's Perry?: even though this is technically two separate 2-part episodes, I counted it as one of the ten longer specials, so this does not throw off my count

Ferb TV: even though most of the episode is just clips of TV shows, the boys still would have had to make those shows in the first place, so I'm counting it

Love at First Byte: despite being centered around the block party, the episode does take place over the course of a day

Steampunx: yes, most of the episode takes place at the Danville 1903 World's Fair, but we also see the Gang doing metal detecting with Lawrence, and Buford finds the coin

The Klimpaloon Ultimatum: even though the awards ceremony lasts 24 hours, we can assume that another episode took place on the day they left for the ceremony, counting this as a single day

Lost in Danville: even though most of the episode takes place in an alternate universe, we see the real PnF peering through the portal at the end

Now we must subtract a day for the following episodes:

Traffic Cam Caper

Phineas and Ferb Get Busted

Bubble Boys / Isabella and the Temple of Sap

Christmas Vacation

Candace Gets Busted

That's the Spirit

Tri-Stone Area

Doof Dynasty

Excaliferb!

Phineas and Ferb and the Temple of Juatchadoon

When Worlds Collide

Blackout!

For Your Ice Only

Happy New Year!

Bee Day / Bee Story

Second Musical Cliptastic Countdown

Drusselsteinoween

Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror

Star Wars Episode IVa

Doof 101

Act Your Age

The O.W.C.A. Files

And add a day back for the following episodes:

Hawaiian Vacation

Summer Belongs to You!

What'd I Miss?

So that means we take out 22 days and add 3 back in. Since we started at 224, this gives us a grand total of 205 days of summer.

Side note: here is how the 104 days in the theme song was calculated:

At the time, most TV seasons had 26 episodes, as opposed to the standard 20 today.

At the time, Disney typically gave each of their shows 2 seasons. 2 seasons x 26 episodes = 52 total episodes.

An "episode" was defined as a half-hour block including two 11-minute segments and commercials. So if each segment was its own story lasting one day, that would come out to 52 episodes x 2 = 104 total days of summer.

But that's not all! There are some days that are repeated:

The first day of summer

In the Milo Murphy's Law episode Murphy's Lard, Melissa explains that it was the first day of summer when she had just finished a really cool science project: a model of the solar system. (Zack questions why she was making a science project on the first day of summer, but my thought is that she was going to enter it into the science fair in Unfair Science Fair.) But then, just as she had finished making it, the rollercoaster dropped out of the sky and crushed it! This is one of many hints that Rollercoaster took place on the first day of that summer. Another is when Carl flat out says in Rollercoaster: The Musical! that Doof had already done the same evil scheme "on the first day of summer."

In Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo, Future Candace says she's going back to "the first day of that summer: the day they built... the rollercoaster!" So she's going back to the episode Rollercoaster, right? Wrong. Good Future Candace and Bad Future Candace actually appear in Rollercoaster: The Musical while Present Candace is walking through the grocery store parking lot with Linda. So we can reasonably infer that Rollercoaster: The Musical also took place on the first day of summer.

Father's Day (possibly)

Season 4 has an episode literally titled Father's Day. However:

Summer Belongs to You technically takes place over a three-day stretch (starting one evening and continuing to two evenings later), the middle day of which is the summer solstice. And we can reasonably infer from the fact that Linda and Lawrence are taking a trip for that entire time, that they are going somewhere for the weekend. (Perhaps for Lawrence to be picked up by Reginald for their usual Father's Day flight, as revealed in Father's Day?) It's also possible that Doof used Father's Day as an excuse to get Vanessa on his "daddy-daughter trip" to Tokyo. Given this idea, we can reasonably infer that this episode starts on Friday night and ends on Sunday night, meaning Saturday has to be the solstice. Now, it is possible, as in 2025, that Father's Day (which is always the third Sunday in June) takes place on Sunday June 15th, while the summer solstice takes place on Saturday the 21st. But it's also possible that the solstice takes place on, say, Saturday June 20th, putting Father's Day on Sunday the 21st. Or it could be the 19th and 20th.

Canada Day (July 1st, aka my birthday)

Sidetracked is about Agent P working with Canadian agent Lyla Lolliberry to protect Albert the Moose, who is on his way to a Canada Day ceremony.

In The Bully Code, Monogram apologizes for disturbing Agent P on Canada Day.

Last Day of Summer

The episode Last Day of Summer takes place on, take a wild guess.

However, there was also a live show during the original run, that took place on the last day of summer. I never went to see it, but I saw commercials for it that specifically mentioned this fact. If we add the live show into our count, that equals 206 days of summer, with 2 left over. That still leaves 2 Fourth of Julys.

And there's at least one summer holiday that never happened in the original run: Independence Day! I would LOVE to see what Phineas and Ferb cook up for July 4th. I would also love to see how being from different countries affects certain characters' views of the holiday, like Ferb and Lawrence (who might have especially strong feelings, being from Britain), Roger and Heinz (keeping in mind that Drusselstein has been under many foreign occupations, likely including Britain at one point), and Vivian (given her Mexican background, and presumably her husband's Jewish background). Seems like a missed opportunity that they will hopefully take advantage of in the reboot.

But I'm getting off topic. The point is that, by my calculations, we have already seen 206 days of summer. Which fits into a span of 2 summers with 2 days to spare. That means, mathematically, we are headed into the THIRD summer.

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