Recap / Phineas And Ferb Nerdy Dancin

When Candace signs herself and Jeremy up for a reality dance show, he tells Phineas and Ferb that he can't dance, so they help him out by building an exoskeleton that can allow Jeremy to imitate Ferb's dance moves.

Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz assembles a league of supervillains, but since all of the media is covering the dance contest, they decide to try to use the dance contest to tell people about their existence.

Tropes:

• Accidental Dance Craze: While Ferb is controlling Jeremy's movements during the dance competition, Stacy tosses a bouquet of flowers towards Jeremy and Candace. A bee flies out of one of the flowers, and starts getting in Ferb's face. Ferb tries to swat the bee away, causing Jeremy to do the same thing. The audience loves it, and they start imitating Jeremy as well.
• Beat: After Doofenshmirtz berates Norm for his potato salad cooking, Norm snaps back and says, "Well, next time you can do all the cooking and I'll stand around coming up with evil plans that ultimately fail." Doofenshmirtz and Perry can only stare in awkward silence.
• A Day in the Limelight: For Jeremy.
• Embarrassing Initials/Fun with Acronyms: Dr. Doofenshmirtz unites the mad scientists of of the Tri-State Area as the League Of Villainous Evildoers Manically United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness.
  Dr. Bloodpudding: You want us to be called L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.?
• The Faceless: We never actually see the dance show host Nikki Stars' face. The camera always frames the shots just below her nose, and at one point her face gets blocked by a nearby stage light.
• Hospital Epilogue: The episode ends with Doofenshmirtz and his colleagues all stuck in hospital beds, after Perry sabotages their efforts to broadcast their evil message by dropping heavy objects on them.
  Doofenshmirtz: They should have called it "Let's All Dance Until We're In Intensive Care".
• I Can't Dance: Jeremy's problem for the episode is that he's worried he's not a good enough dancer for Let's All Dance Until We're Sick.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: The host of Let's All Dance Until We're Sick, Nikki Stars, is a parody of Cat Deeley, the host of So You Think You Can Dance, who is notoriously tall.
• Overly Long Name: "Rodney" Roddenstein insists on being called by his full name, Aloyse Everheart Elizabeth Otto Wolfgang Hypatia Gunther Galen Gary Cooper von Roddenstein.
• People Puppets: Since Jeremy can't dance, the boys' invention for this episode is an exoskeleton that Jeremy wears under his clothes, which allows Ferb (who's great at dancing) to control Jeremy's moves from nearby.
• Rhetorical Question Blunder:
  • First, when Doofenshmirtz notices Norm is unusually sarcastic today:
    Doofenshmirtz: Are you gonna be like this all day?
    Norm: Yes, yes I am!
  • Dr. Doofenshmirtz tries to reassure his fellow villains.
    Doofenshmirtz: When have I ever let you guys down?
    Roddenstein: Far too often, Doofenshmirtz, far too often.
• Shout-Out:
  • The title is a parody of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing.
  • Doofenshmirtz explains to Perry about his latest trap, "I saw this in a movie once; I didn't catch the ending, but it seemed pretty foolproof".
  • Ferb's costume that he uses to control Jeremy's movements is similar in style to the costumes worn in TRON.
• Sophisticated as Hell: When speaking to Ferb, Phineas says, "So, brother of mine, what ever shall we engage in today?", but then Jeremy walks up to them and he says, "Hey, Jeremy, what's the haps, big guy?"
• Strapped to an Operating Table: Perry is strapped down on his back while a Laser Cutter inches towards him. Although the laser cutter was technically foolproof, as Doofenshmirtz described it, when a man was strapped down, Perry's arms and legs are small enough to slip through the braces holding him down, allowing him to escape easily.
• Sucks at Dancing: Jeremy can fake his way on the dance floor, but has to up his game for national television.
• Talk to the Hand: Rodney tries this on Doofenshmirtz, who proceeds to taunt Rodney's hand.
  Rodney: See this? It's my hand. You can talk to it.
  Doofenshmirtz: Alright. Hey, hand! My evil dancing's better than yours, it's like you're stuck in a canoe, but you got no oars. See you on the dance floor!
  Rodney: Nobody talks to my hand that way!