"Agent Doof" is the first segment of the twenty-second episode in Season 3 of Phineas and Ferb. It first aired on May 11, 2012.
Plot[]
Candace's plans to watch over Phineas and Ferb backfire when Dr. Doofenshmirtz's "Babe-inator" turns her brothers into babies. After having an epiphany, Dr. Doofenshmirtz shows up at the OWCA to give up his evil ways. Agent P has no choice but to show Dr. Doofenshmirtz the ropes of the trade, but things quickly sour between the two after Dr. Doofenshmirtz accidentally exposes the identity of a fellow animal agent.
Cast[]
- Vincent Martella as Phineas
- Ashley Tisdale as Candace
- Thomas Sangster as Ferb
- Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn
- Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Additional Voices
- Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram, Burglar, Additional Voices
- Tyler Mann as Carl
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry, Dr. Diminutive, OWCA Agents, Additional Voices
- John Viener as Norm
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella
- Eileen Galindo as Additional Voices
- Madison Pettis as Adyson
- Michaela Zee as Ginger
Trivia[]
- This is the 20th episode which Perry doesn't battle Doofenshmirtz. ("Get That Bigfoot Outa My Face!", "Put That Putter Away", "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein", "Oil on Candace", "Unfair Science Fair Redux", "Tip of the Day", "Thaddeus and Thor", "Oh, There You Are, Perry", "Undercover Carl", "I Was a Middle Aged Robot", "Nerds of a Feather", "Split Personality", "Run Candace Run", "Candace Disconnected", "Skiddley Whiffers", "Bullseye!", "The Doonkelberry Imperative", "Meapless in Seattle")
- Dr. Diminutive has his own nemesis named Newton the Gnu a.k.a. Agent Silent G.
- This is the first time Isabella and the Fireside Girls (except Holly and Adyson) are seen as babies.
- Holly is the only Fireside Girl who did not appear.
- Candace breaks the fourth wall at the end.
- Major Monogram's car is a black sedan.
- Like Phineas, Dr. Doofenshmirtz also scratches his ear when lying/covering up a lie, being the third character who does something while covering up a lie (Phineas does in The Beak and Carl in Delivery of Destiny).
- During the end of the episode when all the agents were fixing the agency you can see that there are two pig agents. One is the regular one wearing a fedora and another one seen wearing a hardhat. This could mean that the agency might use more than one agent of the same species.
- It is never explained what happened to Phineas, Ferb, Linda, Isabella, and the Fireside Girls (except Adyson and Holly) at the end of this episode. Maybe the Babe-inator zapped them again, and they got turned back into their normal selves.
- Though the most plausible explanation is when Perry eventually returns home and sees what happened, since he knows what the Babe-inator is, he can easily go back to Doofenshmirtz and reverse it.
- It is also possible that it simply wore off.
- Fourth time the O.W.C.A. headquarters were seen. ("Traffic Cam Caper", Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, "Delivery of Destiny")
- Second time Ferb was crying, the first being Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension.
- Fifth time Candace lost her cellphone. ("Greece Lightning", "Candace Disconnected", "Meatloaf Surprise", "Meapless in Seattle")
- Agent M appears again. ("Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown")
- Fourth time Phineas was as a baby. ("Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!", "Oh, There You Are, Perry", "Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You!")
- Third time a character goes to a baby shower, second time it was Linda. ("Attack of the 50 Foot Sister", "Tour de Ferb")
- Second time Doofenshmirtz "gets on the good side". ("Voyage to the Bottom of Buford")
- Phineas and Ferb get hit with one of Doofenshmirtz's Inator's again. ("Gaming the System", "Canderemy", "Phineas and Ferb Interrupted")
- Second time a character gets told washing something will teach them karate. ("Doof Dynasty")
- Second time someone got their foot stuck in a door. ("Chez Platypus")
- Doofenshmirtz and Monogram interact again. ("Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown", "Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You!", "Candace Gets Busted", "Perry The Actorpus")
- Second time Linda was seen as a baby. ("Mom's Birthday")
- Many agents of the O.W.C.A. appeared. ("Cheer Up Candace", "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!", Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension)
- Candace was eating "Health Squares" cereal at the start of the episode, the same kind of cereal Jeremy ate on his day to visit colleges. (Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension)
- Doofenshmirtz leaves his Babe-Inator unplugged. This is the exact opposite of what he does to his Shrink-Inator. ("Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?", "Let's Take a Quiz")
- Fourth episode having the word "Doof" in its title, the others being "Hail Doofania!", "The Doof Side of the Moon" and "Doof Dynasty".
- This episode reveals that Dr. Diminutive builds -erators, like Doofenshmirtz's -inators and Rodney's -inizers.
- The joke that Doof tells during the coffee break is a reference to the "Duck Song." [1][2][3]
- Phineas only has three lines in this episode before getting zapped by the Babe-inator.
- There's a toy platypus coloured the same as Perry shown with a baby during "Here's Why It is Great to Be a Baby".
Errors[]
- Before Isabella was hit with the Babe-inator, she was wearing her Fireside outfit, but after she was hit, she switches to her regular pink outfit.
- Some of the Fireside Girls have their sashes on their right shoulders instead of their left before and after getting affected by the Babe-inator.
- During one part of "Here's Why It is Great to Be a Baby", Phineas, Ferb, and Candace were in their own house, despite being in the store before, for most of, and after the song. They also seem also to appear in Isabella's kitchen in one shot.
- Linda should've gotten a little suspicious when she saw the picture of Phineas and Ferb as babies because they didn't meet each other until they were at least 5 years old as seen in "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!" and Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension.
- If Perry jumped through the hologram of Dr. Diminutive, Dr. Diminutive shouldn't have been able to open the door to them.
- Candace was eating health squares but they were cylinders.
- After Katie got affected from the Babe-inator, her party hat turns orange.
- The skin on Ginger's legs changed colors after she got hit with the Babe-inator.
- When Carl is washing Monogram's car, a handicap spot marker was on the ground in the space above the car. When Doofenshmirtz blows up the car the handicap space marker is gone.
- After Candace decides that she is going to buy them toys, when she places Ferb back down, the seat belt in his seat automatically appears without Candace putting it on.
- When Candace took the photo of baby Phineas and Ferb, she should've included herself in the picture before sending it.
Continuity[]
- It got mentioned that Doofenshmirtz were raised by ocelots again. ("The Chronicles of Meap", Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, "Skiddley Whiffers").
Allusions[]
- The Hard Way - The partnership between Doof & Perry copied from relationships between Nick Lang & John Moss in the movie.
- The Karate Kid - Monogram tells Carl washing his car will teach him karate, which is what Mr. Miyagi tells Daniel in this film.
- Sky High - The Babe-inator is just like the Pacifier in the movie, Sky High which they can both turn people into babies.
- Happy Hallow Park & Zoo - Danny the Dinosaur is nearly identical to the San Jose children's park/zoo mascot.
- Discover Card Commercial - The tune of the end of this episode's song is similar to the tune of the commercial.
Gallery[]
Candace with a lot of babies of the kids and Linda.