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* ShoutOut: When Phineas sees Norm on rocket-powered skates, he says, "[[Film/{{Jaws}} We're gonna need a faster bike.]]"
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* TheCameo: Doofenshmirtz only appears in one scene.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Norm appears for the second time, but he still shows no signs of sentience and runs on oil instead of a squirrel wheel.
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* KilledOffscreen: Monogram cues in "and the turkey goes" in his song only to receive no reply, before Carl reminds him that they lost Agent T last November.

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* KilledOffscreen: Monogram cues in "and the turkey goes" in his song only to receive no reply, before Carl reminds him that they lost Agent T [[UsefulNotes/ThanksgivingDay last November.November]].
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* SayMyName: Phineas lets out a desperate cry of "'''''CANDACE!!!'''''" as he is about to fall off the bridge from Norm's oil leak.
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That was a dream ("Phineas and Ferb get busted")


* InMediasRes: The episode takes place during the night after Phineas and Ferb build a SpaceElevator to the moon.
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* ComplexityAddiction: In the time Candace has to decide whether to save the disk or Phineas, she would've grabbed the disk away from the ledge and ''then'' saved her brother, given that it's taking a while longer for the latter to fall than the former.
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* KilledOffscreen: Monogram cues in "and the turkey goes" in his song only to receive no reply, before Carl reminds him that they lost Agent T last November.


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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: Perry's entrance to his secret agent lair this time is into a magician's top hat, and out of another one prepared in the lair. A magician's assistant is even waiting at the lair as Monogram compliments Perry's magic act.
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* ComplexityAddiction: In the time Candace has to decide whether to save the disk or Phineas, she would've grabbed the disk away from the ledge and ''then'' saved her brother, given that it's taking a while longer for the latter to fall than the former.

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Candace tries to get the recordings of a traffic camera to bust her brothers.

Meanwhile, Agent P has to destroy the recordings to protect his SecretIdentity.

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Candace tries After Lawrence complains about getting a ticket thanks to get the recordings of a traffic camera recording footage in the neighborhood, Candace realizes that the camera has footage of Phineas and Ferb's inventions, and steals the DVD containing the footage so that she can show it to bust her brothers.

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Meanwhile, Agent P has to destroy take the camera's recordings and bring them back to O.W.C.A. headquarters to protect his SecretIdentity.SecretIdentity. To pull it off, Perry borrows Doofenshmirtz's giant robot man, Norm. Perry and Norm take the disc away from the kids later that night, resulting in a MacGuffinMelee between the kids and Perry/Norm.



* EmergencyRefuelling: Norm is running low on oil, so Perry the Platypus has to buy some oil and refill Norm as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, in his haste, he forgets to replace the oil cap, so the oil leaks out, preventing Norm from using his rocket skates.



* MacGuffin: The traffic camera disc.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Perry cashes in a favor to get Lawrence's parking ticket cleared.

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* MacGuffin: The MacGuffinMelee: Candace, Phineas, and Ferb vs Perry and Norm; the {{MacGuffin}} in question is the traffic camera disc.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After bringing back the DVD to O.W.C.A. headquarters, Perry cashes in a favor gets Major Monogram to get clear Lawrence's parking traffic ticket cleared.as a favor.

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* InMediasRes: The episode takes place during the night after Phineas and Ferb build a SpaceElevator to the moon.



* NoodleIncident: The episode takes place during the night after Phineas and Ferb build a SpaceElevator to the moon.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Candace is faced with one at the bridge: save the disk with the proof to bust her brothers, or Phineas. She chooses the latter, and it appears Ferb saved the former as well, but it was really Perry in a costume and the real Ferb emerges seconds later.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Candace is faced with one at the bridge: save the disk with the proof to bust her brothers, or Phineas. She chooses the latter, and it appears Ferb saved the former as well, but well. It turns out that it was really Perry in a costume costume, and the real Ferb emerges seconds later.
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* ContinuityNod: Candace discovers evidence of not only Phineas and Ferb's moon elevator, but also of other projects like the rollercoaster from the first episode, the beach from "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror", and the giant roller rink from "Crack that Whip".


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* NoodleIncident: The episode takes place during the night after Phineas and Ferb build a SpaceElevator to the moon.
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* MacGuffin: The traffic camera disc.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Candace is faced with one at the bridge: save the disk with the proof to bust her brothers, or Phineas. She chooses the latter, and it appears Ferb saved the former as well, but it was really Perry in a costume and the real Ferb emerges seconds later.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Candace is faced with one at the bridge: save the disk with the proof to bust her brothers, or Phineas. She chooses the latter, and it appears Ferb saved the former as well, but it was really Perry in a costume and the real Ferb emerges seconds later.later.
* LampshadeHanging: Monogram asks Carl to remind him why all the agents are animals.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Perry cashes in a favor to get Lawrence's parking ticket cleared.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Candace is faced with one at the bridge: save the disk that’s about to fall into the water, or Phineas who is slipping on the oil. She chooses the latter.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Candace is faced with one at the bridge: save the disk that’s about to fall into with the water, proof to bust her brothers, or Phineas who is slipping on the oil. Phineas. She chooses the latter.latter, and it appears Ferb saved the former as well, but it was really Perry in a costume and the real Ferb emerges seconds later.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: What Perry has to do to protect his cover.

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* DestroyTheEvidence: What Perry has to do to protect his cover.cover.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Candace is faced with one at the bridge: save the disk that’s about to fall into the water, or Phineas who is slipping on the oil. She chooses the latter.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Overrides Candace's busting desire when forced to decide between saving Phineas and the traffic cam DVD.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Norm has abandoned his "the enemy of the platypus" gimmick from his first appearance, but hasn't quite settled into his best-known characterization. He doesn't seem fully sentient, and mostly acts like a very jolly suit of PoweredArmor for Agent P.
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ArbitrarySkepticism: Given the fact that Lawrence has actually seen a couple of Phineas' and Ferb's projects in person, you have to wonder about his dismissal of Candace's CassandraTruth.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Given the fact that Lawrence has actually seen a couple of Phineas' and Ferb's projects in person, you have to wonder about his dismissal of Candace's CassandraTruth.
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ArbitrarySkepticism: Given the fact that Lawrence has actually seen a couple of Phineas' and Ferb's projects in person, you have to wonder about his dismissal of Candace's CassandraTruth.
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Candace tries to get the recordings of a traffic camera to bust her brothers.

Meanwhile, Agent P has to destroy the recordings to protect his SecretIdentity.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: What Perry has to do to protect his cover.

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