Discussion YMMV / Phineasandferb

I have some gripes about the entries under "Big-Lipped Alligator Moment" and "Bizarro Episode." The show as a whole is wacky enough where something has to be particularly strange to qualify for either of those, in my opinion, and not only are several of the examples inadequate, some significantly better examples are missing. I frankly wouldn't consider the Star Wars episode to be that odd in regards to anything besides the Alternate Universe setting, and even moreso with regards to Steampunx. But otherwise, there's some episodes I feel are glaringly absent. If someone asked me what a "Bizarro Episode" of Phineas and Ferb would be, I would immediately say The Remains of the Platypus. The episode essentially plays in reverse until the very end. It opens at a point that's chronologically mere minutes from the ending, and the opening scene establishes perfectly how bizarre this episode is. Doof dancing in his underpants, Perry working for Doof, Carl trapped in a cage while wearing a squirrel costume, everything about Little Saul and the Breakingham Palace, and a cheese-themed amusement park. It just blasts you with pure weirdness right off the bat. My other immediate example of a Bizarro Episode would be Ferb TV, an episode entirely consisting of a clip show of in-universe commercials and TV show clips, all of which are spectacularly surreal even for this show's standards. Also, if we're counting episodes that are set in the past, an alternate universe, a dream, or an in-universe story as bizarro episodes, then there's a few missing. Wizard of Odd is one big dream sequence, and it's as surreal as you'd expect an episode spoofing The Wizard of Oz to be. Phineas and Ferb Get Busted is also one big dream- inside another person's dream- and has a much darker tone than most episodes. The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein is set in the past and focuses on Phineas and Ferb's ancestors. Terrifying Tri-State Tales of Terror is an in-universe story, and is divided into 3 portions, which are especially surreal and, befitting of a Halloween special, downright creepy. Tri-State Treasure: Boot of Secrets is also an in-universe movie. There's also a few episodes which could be counted as Bizarro Episodes due to barely involving the show's titular characters. Isabella And The Temple of Sap is an episode focused around Isabella and the Fireside Girls, which expands a brief gag from Bubble Boys into a full episode. Phineas and Ferb barely appear. Perry and Doof don't show up either, instead being replaced with a B-plot about Isabella's chihuahua Pinky and his nemesis Professor Poofenplotz. Bee Story is also focused on Isabella and the Fireside Girls, barely involves Phineas and Ferb, and replaces the Doof + Perry B-plot with a Pinky and Poofenplotz one. Road To Danville and This Is Your Backstory are almost entirely focused on Doof and Perry, with Phineas and Ferb barely appearing. Sidetracked is set in Canada and also barely has Phineas and Ferb appear, focusing on Doof, Perry, and a new character named Lyla who's a Canadian secret agent. Doof isn't even the main antagonist, but instead that role is given to Dr. Bannister, Lyla's nemesis. Neither Lyla nor Bannister appear again after this episode. Doof 101 is also focused entirely on Doof and Perry, and also features the first appearance of the trio of talking bugs who later show up in The OWCA Files. Delivery of Destiny is focused on a deliveryman named Dave, along with the members of Love Handel. For "Big Lipped Alligator Moments," I think that SOME of the musical numbers, despite being the show's whole gimmick, do count as BLA Ms due to being particularly odd- just not the ones listed. If I had to, off the top of my head, name a musical number that counted as a BLAM, my first example would be the Bollywood song in Unfair Science Fair, where a Bollywood musical backdrop, complete with elephants and backup dancers, just manifests out of thin air and is never acknowledged.

I don't think the Big-Lipped Alligator Moment examples are really valid. Random musical numbers are a part of the style of the show, so they don't qualify as something that makes no sense by the standards of the show.