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* ButtMonkey: Candace is put through the wringer, literally, at the car wash.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The Giant Floating Baby Head is briefly seen outside Candace's window.

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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, Linda points out that something's been eating her Hydrangeas, followed by a bunch of them getting sucked into the ground. At the end of the episode, Doof's inator causes a skyscraper-sized mole to rise out of the ground, and Phineas points out that the mole must have been eating the flowers.

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At the beginning of the episode, Linda points out that something's been eating her Hydrangeas, followed by a bunch of them getting sucked into the ground. At the end of the episode, Doof's inator causes a skyscraper-sized mole to rise out of the ground, and Phineas points out that the mole must have been eating the flowers.
** Carl mentions that he wrote a thesis on seismic events that he published on his website. Later, Doof mentions he got the idea for his inator from "some kid's website", as Carl's page is shown on his computer.
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-->'''Major Monogram''': Eight and a half, Carl? Really?\\
'''Carl''': Well, sir, he ''did'' separate his feet a little on the re-entry.\\
'''Major Monogram''': Carl! ''(sighs)'' Hey, is something burning over on the stove?\\
'''Carl''': My spaghetti!
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* AbortedArc: Phineas is about to suggest setting up a zipline from Mount Danville to their backyard to raise awareness of the star-nosed mole. But this is immediately shot down when Isabella suggests a car wash.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Doofenshmirtz actually succeeded at turning molehills into mountains. We don't get to see how the mountains were removed after the episode ended.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Doofenshmirtz actually succeeded at turning molehills into mountains. We don't get to see how the mountains were removed after the episode ended.ended.
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->''[[TheStinger Boyawaddaboyawadda bum, bobaby, abadawada!]]''
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-->'''Dr. Doofenshmirtz:''' Look! "Invisible cheeseburger"! (''beat'') No, huh? Well, it's not for everyone. I just think they're funny.

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-->'''Dr. Doofenshmirtz:''' Look! "Invisible cheeseburger"! "[[https://images.app.goo.gl/nqosFbhgkbwDY5di7 Invisible cheeseburger]]"! (''beat'') No, huh? Well, it's not for everyone. I just think they're funny.
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** The episode ends with the giant star-nosed mole ready for a Film/{{Godzilla}}-style rampage across the Pacific Ocean.

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** The episode ends with the giant star-nosed mole ready for a Film/{{Godzilla}}-style Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-style rampage across the Pacific Ocean.
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** When Doof is in the giant boot, he recognizes an aglet, which was previously defined in [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTipOfTheDay "Tip of the Day"]].

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** When Doof is in the giant boot, he recognizes an aglet, which was previously defined in [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTipOfTheDay "Tip of the Day"]]. Indeed, Doof should be the only person in the Tri-State Area who remembers what they are.
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* LiteralMetaphor: In the most literal-minded take on EvilIsPetty, Doof wants to make mountains out of molehills because people kept telling him not to.

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* LiteralMetaphor: In the most literal-minded take on EvilIsPetty, Doof wants to make mountains out of molehills because people kept telling him not to. He acknowledges that he ''does'' know it's a metaphor and what it actually means, but he maintains that his scheme is more of a statement that people can't tell him what to do.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: The star-nosed mole.
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** [[FridgeHorror Unless Danville's got a really bad part of town we haven't seen yet]], and [[WouldHurtAChild they don't like outsiders selling on their turf]].
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In Doofenshmirtz's flashback, the fridge says "колдбох", which is "koldbox" spelled in Cyrillic.
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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, Linda points out that something's been eating her Hydrangeas, followed by a bunch of them getting sucked into the ground. At the end of the episode, Doof's inator causes a skysraper-sized mole to rise out of the ground, and Phineas points out that it must have been what's been eating the flowers.

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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, Linda points out that something's been eating her Hydrangeas, followed by a bunch of them getting sucked into the ground. At the end of the episode, Doof's inator causes a skysraper-sized skyscraper-sized mole to rise out of the ground, and Phineas points out that it the mole must have been what's been eating the flowers.



** When Doof drops a battery under his fridge, he yells "dang it!" and then apologizes to Perry, as he "didn't mean to get street," referring to a line from Ferb earlier in the episode (See: Gosh Dang it to Heck)

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** When Doof drops a battery under his fridge, he yells "dang it!" and then apologizes to Perry, as he "didn't mean to get street," referring to a line from Ferb Phineas earlier in the episode (See: Gosh Dang it to Heck)



* CaughtInASnare: Despite avoiding the entirety of Doofenshmirtz's security system, Perry stumbles into a rope trap set up to a potted tree, and gets caught and hung by the foot.

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* CaughtInASnare: Despite avoiding the entirety of Doofenshmirtz's elaborate (and expensive) security system, Perry stumbles into a rope trap set up to a potted tree, and gets caught and hung by the foot.

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i can't figure out what trope the "hideous giant mole" exchange is supposed to be; if you find a better trope for it, feel free to correct me.


** When Doof is in the giant boot, he recognizes an aglet, which was previously defined in "Tip of the Day".

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** When Doof is in the giant boot, he recognizes an aglet, which was previously defined in [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTipOfTheDay "Tip of the Day".Day"]].
* CaughtInASnare: Despite avoiding the entirety of Doofenshmirtz's security system, Perry stumbles into a rope trap set up to a potted tree, and gets caught and hung by the foot.


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* DeathCourse: Doofenshmirtz installs one on his vents, complete with a LaserHallway and various traps. Perry passes through all of it, much to Doof's chagrin.


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* GratuitousSpanish: When Candace asks Phineas to speed up the car wash conveyor, Phineas says "¡Accelerado, por favor!"[[note]]"Accelerate, please!"[[/note]] to Ferb, who's manning the controls.


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* ThatCameOutWrong: This exchange.
-->'''Man #1:''' Oh, no! It's a hideous giant mole!\\
'''Man #2:''' [with a huge mole on his head] Hey, shut up!\\
'''Man #1:''' No no! That mole, ya fool! [points at rampaging giant star-nosed mole]
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* ChekovsGun: During Agent P's debriefing, Carl mentions that he wrote his sophomore thesis on seismic quakes and events. A few scenes later, Doofenshmirtz reveals that he got the idea for his inator after reading about it on "some kid's website"; the camera pans over to show Carl's thesis.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: During Agent P's debriefing, Carl mentions that he wrote his sophomore thesis on seismic quakes and events. A few scenes later, Doofenshmirtz reveals that he got the idea for his inator after reading about it on "some kid's website"; the camera pans over to show Carl's thesis.
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* ChekovsGun: During Agent P's debriefing, Carl mentions that he wrote his sophomore thesis on seismic quakes and events. A few scenes later, Doofenshmirtz reveals that he got the idea for his inator after reading about it on "some kid's website"; the camera pans over to show Carl's thesis.
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-->'''Phineas''': Okay!

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-->'''Phineas''': Okay!Okay!
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Doofenshmirtz actually succeeded at turning molehills into mountains. We don't get to see how the mountains were removed after the episode ended.

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* CallBack: When Doof is in the giant boot, he recognizes an aglet, which was previously defined in "Tip of the Day".

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* CallBack: BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, Linda points out that something's been eating her Hydrangeas, followed by a bunch of them getting sucked into the ground. At the end of the episode, Doof's inator causes a skysraper-sized mole to rise out of the ground, and Phineas points out that it must have been what's been eating the flowers.
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** When Doof drops a battery under his fridge, he yells "dang it!" and then apologizes to Perry, as he "didn't mean to get street," referring to a line from Ferb earlier in the episode (See: Gosh Dang it to Heck)
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When Doof is in the giant boot, he recognizes an aglet, which was previously defined in "Tip of the Day".



-->'''Phineas''': Okay.

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-->'''Phineas''': Okay.Okay!
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* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Perry uses his fedora to cut down a piece of tubing, which overloads Doof's inator and shocks Doofenshmirtz with an electric charge; the fedora returns to Perry's hand afterwards.
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* TheInternetIsForCats: While explaining his evil plot to Perry, Dr. Doofenshmirtz gets briefly distracfted showing off some humorous cat pictures he found on the Internet.

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* TheInternetIsForCats: While explaining his evil plot to Perry, Dr. Doofenshmirtz gets briefly distracfted distracted showing off some humorous cat pictures he found on the Internet.



** The song is done in the style of the B-52s, with Phineas doing his best Fred Schneider impression.

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** The song is done in the style of the B-52s, Music/TheB52s, with Phineas doing his best Fred Schneider impression.
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* {{Squee}}: Candace's reaction to Jeremy inviting her for a ride in his mother's car. It's so loud that it blows his hair back.

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* {{Squee}}: Candace's reaction to Jeremy inviting her for a ride in his mother's car. It's so loud that it blows his hair back.back.
* SubvertedCatchphrase: When the "Aren't you a little young" gag comes up.
-->'''Worker''': Hey, here's your delivery, kid. Friction rollers, spot-free rinser, individual driers, turbo spray nozzles, jet powered vacuum, atomic collider.
-->'''Phineas''': I suppose you're going to ask me if I'm too young to use this stuff.
-->'''Worker''': Nah, just try not to blow a hole through the earth's core, or we'll both be in deep doody.
-->'''Phineas''': Okay.
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* TheInternetIsForCats: While explaining his evil plot to Perry, Dr. Doofenshmirtz gets briefly distracfted showing off some humorous cat pictures he found on the Internet.
-->'''Dr. Doofenshmirtz:''' Look! "Invisible cheeseburger"! (''beat'') No, huh? Well, it's not for everyone. I just think they're funny.
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* CallBack: When Doof is in the giant boot, he recognizes an aglet, which was previously defined in "Tip of the Day".


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** The title is a reference to the Rose Royce song.
** The song is done in the style of the B-52s, with Phineas doing his best Fred Schneider impression.
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** The episode ends with the giant star-nosed mole ready for a Film/{{Godzilla}}-style rampage across the Pacific Ocean.

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** The episode ends with the giant star-nosed mole ready for a Film/{{Godzilla}}-style rampage across the Pacific Ocean.Ocean.
* {{Squee}}: Candace's reaction to Jeremy inviting her for a ride in his mother's car. It's so loud that it blows his hair back.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Phineas uses Isabella's catchphrase, "What'cha dooooin'?", as he and Ferb encounter Isabella in the beginning.
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* HereWeGoAgain: In the end after the mole disappears into the sea, Isabella wonders how they are supposed to save it ''now''. Ferb simply quips it can take care of itself.
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* BodyWipe: Candace's sparkling, freshly waxed eyes fill the screen at one point in the song before transitioning to her being rinsed and blow-dried.

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* BodyWipe: Candace's sparkling, freshly waxed eyes fill the screen at one point in the song before transitioning to her being rinsed and blow-dried.buffed.



** There are two ''Franchise/StarWars'' references in the song. First, one of Candace's many humiliations has her hair being soaked, dried, and sculpted into Princess Leia's iconic twin buns. Then, blink and you'll miss it, but there is an AT-AT walker behind Phineas during his commercial for the car wash.

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** There are two ''Franchise/StarWars'' references in the song. First, one of Candace's many humiliations has her hair being soaked, dried, rinsed, buffed, and sculpted into Princess Leia's iconic twin buns. Then, blink and you'll miss it, but there is an AT-AT walker behind Phineas during his commercial for the car wash.

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* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: Poor Candace gets trapped on the automated car wash's conveyor belt and is subjected to the same tune-up as the vehicles. Over the course of the song, she gets spun, brushed, scrubbed, hosed, vacuumed, flipped, and ''polished with hot wax.''

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* AudibleGleam: Candace, once she's been scrubbed and polished squeaky-clean by the car wash.
* BodyWipe: Candace's sparkling, freshly waxed eyes fill the screen at one point in the song before transitioning to her being rinsed and blow-dried.
* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: Poor Candace gets trapped on the automated car wash's conveyor belt and is subjected to the same tune-up cleansing as the vehicles. Over the course of the song, she gets spun, brushed, scrubbed, hosed, vacuumed, flipped, polished, and ''polished with hot wax.'' vacuumed.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Doofenshmirtz uses his Mountain-Out-Of-A-Molehill-Inator in his lab - the penthouse of an apartment building. He notes that he probably should have done this in the basement.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Parodied. Phineas overuses the word "dang", and Ferb informs him that he's not street enough to pull it off.
* HoldUpYourScore: Agent P's lair entrance gets a 9.5 from Monogram and an 8.5 from Carl.



* NoodleIncident: The Fireside Girls' past attempts to raise money to save the star-nosed mole haven't gone well. It can be reasonably inferred how Holly got singed and [[AshFace covered in soot]] from a bake sale, and how Ginger is roughed up and scratched after [[CatsAreMean cat-sitting]], but how did Katie wind up covered in bandages with two broken hands after a [[EpicFail lemonade stand?]]

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* NoOSHACompliance: Apparently, the kids are [[RunningGag a little young]] to understand what makes a safe workplace environment, considering their car wash treats human beings the same as it does vehicles.
* NoodleIncident: The Fireside Girls' past attempts to raise money to save the star-nosed mole haven't gone well. It can be reasonably inferred how Holly got singed and [[AshFace covered in soot]] from a bake sale, and how Ginger is roughed up and scratched after [[CatsAreMean cat-sitting]], but how did Katie wind up covered in bandages with two broken hands after a [[EpicFail lemonade stand?]]stand?]]
* OpeningShoutOut: While looking for batteries, Doofenshmirtz checks in Frankenstein's brain.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The star-nosed mole.
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** There are two ''Franchise/StarWars'' references in the song. First, one of Candace's many humiliations has her hair being soaked, dried, and sculpted into Princess Leia's iconic twin buns. Then, blink and you'll miss it, but there is an AT-AT walker behind Phineas during his commercial for the car wash.
** Doofenshmirtz has recently discovered ''WebOriginal/LOLCats''.
** The episode ends with the giant star-nosed mole ready for a Film/{{Godzilla}}-style rampage across the Pacific Ocean.
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Phineas and Ferb help the Fireside Girls with their car wash fundraiser, while Candace tries to take some of Stacy's dating advice. Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz schemes to literally turn molehills into mountains.
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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The -inator not only makes the molehill mountain-sized, but the star-nosed mole itself. The giant mole then walks away with the car wash on its head.
* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: Poor Candace gets trapped on the automated car wash's conveyor belt and is subjected to the same tune-up as the vehicles. Over the course of the song, she gets spun, brushed, scrubbed, hosed, vacuumed, flipped, and ''polished with hot wax.''
* ImprobableHairstyle: After the humiliating torment in the car wash and crash landing onto Jeremy's car, Candace's hair is now much longer than usual, with a wavier, almost spring-like quality. She attributes it to the hot wax, and possibly the sealer. Jeremy thinks it looks cool.
* LiteralMetaphor: In the most literal-minded take on EvilIsPetty, Doof wants to make mountains out of molehills because people kept telling him not to.
* NoodleIncident: The Fireside Girls' past attempts to raise money to save the star-nosed mole haven't gone well. It can be reasonably inferred how Holly got singed and [[AshFace covered in soot]] from a bake sale, and how Ginger is roughed up and scratched after [[CatsAreMean cat-sitting]], but how did Katie wind up covered in bandages with two broken hands after a [[EpicFail lemonade stand?]]

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