Hey Ferb! I know what we're gonna do today! Let's record
memes from
Phineas and Ferb!
The series has a large amount of
Once an Episode gags and
Catch Phrases with
at least one for every main character, which are varied, parodied and subverted in every way the writers can come up with, leading to a rich memetic potential.
- "Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!" Explanation
Stage One: Phineas
gets inspiration for today's scheme, either from something he sees or hears about, or his thought processes.
- "Hey, where's Perry?" Explanation
Stage Two: Perry The Platypus drops his pet disguise, dons his fedora and goes to his secret lair to get his Doofenshmirtz-thwarting mission.
- "MOM! Phineas and Ferb are creating memes!" Explanation
Stage Three: Candace tries to bust her brothers by getting their mother to see what they're doing.
This never, ever succeeds.
- What-cha dooin'? Explanation
- "Aren't you a little too young to make a meme? "Yes, yes we are." Explanation
Phineas's
blatant non-explanation whenever someone questions a small child ordering in a construction crew, or something equally ambitious.
- "Ah, Perry the Platypus! What an un(adjective) surprise! And by (adjective) I mean COMPLETELY (ADJECTIVE)!" Explanation
Dr. Doofenshmirtz's
catch phrase when Agent P. enters Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.
- "CURSE YOU, PERRY THE PLATYPUS!" Explanation
- He's a platypus. He doesn't do much. Explanation
Punch-line for Perry's action-packed B-plot, as Phineas and Ferb believe he's just a low-maintenance pet.
- The TROPE-INATOR! Explanation
- Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated! Explanation
As a
Card-Carrying Villain, Doof has owns an evil company, and has his own jingle to promote his villainy.
- The enemy of platypus is man! Explanation
- "There are Squirrels in My Pants!" Explanation
Candace really does have squirrels in her pants in "Comet Kermillian", but everyone thinks it's
a euphemism and her attempts to shake them out are a
dance.
- "My Name is Doof and You'll Do What I Say—WOOP WOOP!" Explanation
- (snaps fingers) "Okay!" Explanation
Character Tic of Bob the lifeguard in "The Lake Nose Monster". Turns out he doesn't even know he does it.
- Hooray for Internet Memes being a metaphor for... oh wait, I think were supposed to take that literally. Explanation
Candace becomes Danville's mayor for a day in "She's The Mayor", but can't stop people from believing that everything she says is some kind of metaphor, even her "busting" obsession. The line parodies this at the end.
- ...oh, there you are, Perry! Explanation
Perry always returns after his mission and boys' scheme are both complete, greeted this way by an oblivious Phineas.
- NANG NANG NANG NANG Explanation
- "GET ON THE TRIKE!!" Explanation
Usually unassailably cheerful and optimistic, near the end of "Summer Belongs To You!" Phineas (having just recovered from a
10-Minute Retirement) snaps
this line at Candace.
- "Voltaire, Buford? Really?" Explanation
Generally thuggish Buford displays
Hidden Depths in "Summer Belongs To You"
- "I don't want your pamphlet!" Explanation
When Phineas finds out that Perry is a secret agent,
The Voiceless pet tries to explain through the pamphlet called "So You've Just Discovered Your Pet is a Secret Agent. It doesn't work.
- "STATION... STATION... COOKIE... STATION..." "SPACE... SPACE... COOKIE... SPACE..." Explanation
Doof plays with the echo in his space station, but it doesn't always come back right.
- "Hmm. My echo must be broken."
- Fossils, dun dun dun! Explanation
In "It's About Time", Phineas and Ferb's dad Lawrence is easily amused by the dramatic sting that plays at the end of a audio tour tape he gets at the natural history museum.
- Phineas with sunglasses along with the words "Build Shit, Get Bitches".
- Eyeless Phineas Explanation
In the episode "Excaliferb", there is a brief animation error that caused Phineas to
appear to be missing his eyes
◊. After this was noticed and the image was captured, fanart of him blind without eyes began to appear.