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1Wild Mass Guessing for ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''
2[[WMG: When someone with Murphy's Law gets sick, the bad luck gets temporarily transferred to someone else.]]
3* Which would explain Phineas and Ferb's streak of bad luck in their series finale.
4* The episode "Sick Day" mentions that the effects of MurphysLaw aren't as severe when Milo is ill, so this could have some truth to it.
5[[WMG: Milo ended up having some bad luck finding a name for Diogee]]
6* All other names ended up causing rifts in his luck, or Diogee didn't respond at all to the names, so using a name that sounds like the letters of Dog was the best bet Milo could give Diogee.
7[[WMG: Giving a blood transfusion using the male Murphys' blood is considered attempted murder, and it's the same with all their other types of tissues/cells]]
8* And their suite at the hospital has special measures to prevent the spreading of the curse.
9
10[[WMG: The Murphy's curse come with a resistance to adrenaline produced by one's own brain(and other drugs).]]
11
12[[WMG: The two other time travelers introduced in 'Time Out' are named counter-intuitively]]
13* In essence I'm saying the woman of the two is the one named Brick, while the tuxedoed man is the one named Savannah. This makes sense in that when their names are said, the woman is the one standing to the left-most of the two- and she's standing closer to Cavendish when he spots them.
14** Disregarding just how big a reach this is, all you have to do is look at the credits to know that, no, this isn't the case.
15
16[[WMG: Murphy's Law takes a break from the Murphy family on Friday the 13th]] It would be a great in-universe way of explaining why people feel as if Friday the 13th's are unlucky; if the Murphy's law targeted everyone excepting the Murphy's on those days. It would be nice if Milo got a break- though knowing how nice he is, he probably spends the whole day helping those effected bystanders.
17
18[[WMG: Dakota is on the autism spectrum]]
19* A lot of the things Dakota does can actually indicate autism in adults:
20** His obsession with animals and zoos in particular--to the point where he can aphabetically list every animal, in every habitat in the zoo--is a hyperfixation.
21** While none of the other characters are shown changing outfits often (cartoon wardrobe and all), Dakota specifically states in-universe he has multiple copies of the same tracksuit. Autistic individuals often become attached to certain clothes for the texture or colors, and many will wear only one kind of outfit all the time.
22** In "Backwards to School Night," the young Dakota--despite being around the same age or older than the other adults-turned-toddlers--speaks far fewer words and less often than the others. Autistic children, if verbal at all, often don't begin speaking until after their peers, and even then take longer to build vocabulary.
23*** Also from "Backwards to School Night," the toddler Dakota keeps putting the age-decelerator in his mouth to chew on. Oral stimming--biting, chewing, generally touching things with the mouth--is another symptom of autism in children.
24** Dakota is never seen without dark glasses--many autistic people have issues with sensual sensitivity, especially to light or sound.
25
26[[WMG: There will be a crossover between Milo Murphy's Law and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'']]
27It was mentioned that both shows live in the same universe and have the same creators.
28* Bonus if the crossover will be titled "Meap Me In St. Louis". The long-awaited sequel to "Meapless in Seattle" will have the characters from those two shows actually meeting in St. Louis.
29* WordOfGod is that a crossover will likely come about a few years down the line. They want Milo's show to stand on its own for awhile.
30** [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/milo-murphys-law-phineas-ferb-crossover-is-coming-1022459 Confirmed]] to happen in 2018.
31** For a certain definition of crossover, confirmed by the cliffhanger appearance and implied plot importance of [[spoiler: Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz.]]
32
33[[WMG: Milo Murphey's Law will have some connection between ''Film/FinalDestination'']]
34They're both about people trying survive a world built around bad luck.
35* Theory 1: There will be parody episode
36* Theory 2: They will reference it in the series.
37** Does Murphy's Lard count as a reference?... not sure which movie had a rollercoaster in it however.
38*** Film/FinalDestination3 had the rollercoaster, and also might've inspired [[ItMakesSenseInContext the giant flaming pig crashing into the pistachio cart]] if you squint.
39
40[[WMG: The reason for Milo's survival is...]]
41* His bad luck also applies to the forces of bad luck, so if anything that can go wrong will go wrong...all obstacles will fail to kill Milo.
42
43[[WMG: Milo is the reason for a few recurring plot elements in Phineas and Ferb.]]
44* Ever notice how Doofenshmirtz always fails to take over the Tri-State-Area and how Candace can't bust her brothers since Doofensmirtz's inventions often undo Phineas and Ferbs? Well, since Milo only lives a few neighborhoods away, what if his powers are the cause of FailureIsTheOnlyOption for the two of them? His powers would have to creep a little too far from him, but it's possible.
45** It wouldn't even have to be a "power creep". Milo could just be passing through the neighborhood on his way from one destination to another, and BAM! Instant bad luck for somebody.
46
47[[WMG: The Giant Floating Baby Head will appear in the show]]
48To further tie in the fact that Milo Murphy and Phineas & Ferb share a {{verse}}.
49* Cameos in "The Phineas and Ferb Effect", but has yet to appear outside of the crossover episode.
50
51[[WMG: Dr. Zone is a JustForFun/TimeLord]]
52[[ShoutOut Because]] [[{{Expy}} of obvious]] [[Series/DoctorWho reasons]].
53
54[[WMG: Someone in this show is a cousin of a WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb character.]]
55This would make an easy way to justify a crossover in a future episode.
56** Melissa would be a likely candidate given her red hair; she could definitely be a Flynn cousin. Hell she looks like a younger Candace already.
57** Adyson Sweetwater spent a whole episode getting bonked on the head and hallucinating salamanders. Wouldn't surprise me if she was Milo's cousin.
58** Zack could be the cousin of Coltrane, who could invite Zack, Milo, and Melissa to one of his and Jeremy's concerts, which provides an easy and believable way for the Phineas and Ferb characters to appear.
59** Brigette Murphy looks similar in some ways to Linda Flynn.
60
61[[WMG: Diogee isn't an actual dog, but an escaped experiment from the lab of a MadScientist.]]
62Milo was indirectly responsible for said lab's destruction and out of gratitude, [[UndyingLoyalty Diogee vowed to protect the boy]]. He got his name because he was wearing a tag that said "DOG" and Milo spun it into something that sounds like an actual name.
63* And the mad scientist in question is Doofenshmirtz, who created Diogee to be Agent P's perfect equal but failed.
64
65[[WMG: Diogee is an OWCA Agent.]]
66Which also explains why he's never at home like Milo commands him to, as well as to make further connections to this show and ''Phineas and Ferb''.
67* In the first episode, Diogee takes out the beehive headed wolf by running into it, hitting it into the water. All by himself. Probably due to OWCA training, I imagine.
68* So rather than fighting a villain Diogee is tasked with keeping Milo's powers in check, and perhaps protecting Milo and getting him out of trouble? Cool actually.
69* Jossed; however, [[https://youtu.be/gYEGsbV0nZ0?t=36m18s that doesn't mean people don't think he is]].
70
71[[WMG: Diogee was offered a chance to join OWCA, but turned it down.]]
72He'd rather spend his time protecting Milo.
73* He can build pulleys, book plane tickets, and skydive. He certainly has the skills to do it.
74
75[[WMG: If there is [[TheMovie a movie]], the antagonists will be people who have figured out how to harness Milo's bad luck and want to use it for evil.]]
76Since Milo's condition is officially recognized, that must mean there have been previous cases. Given the bizarre nature of his hometown, let alone his world, that means that there would likely be people who could make some way of channeling Milo's bad luck into doing what they want. Unfortunately these people aren't the kind who would use their technology to, say, topple oppressive governments or thwart wars but rather for much more nefarious purposes. Needless to say, Milo wouldn't want that and it would be up to him and his friends to stop them before they get what they want.
77
78[[WMG: The series will have arcs.]]
79* Confirmed by WordOfGod. In an interview, Dan mentions that in contrast to WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb, which tended to [[StatusQuoIsGod reset to the way things were at the end of each episode]], this show will have an ongoing plot through the first season. There's also more continuity, as can already be seen in the nods "The Undergrounders" gives to "Going the Extra Milo."
80
81[[WMG: The series will take place over the course of the school year and end on the last day of school.]] Do I even have to explain? [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb No, no I don't]].
82
83[[WMG: Dr. Zone's actor is Melissa Chase's real father.]]
84Two things to consider:
85* Their physical appearance are similar, with Melissa's protruding chin and both Melissa and Dr. Zone's skin having the ''exact'' same color, along with hair and eye color that are located close to each other on the color wheel.
86** {{Jossed}} by WordOfGod. Melissa's father is the fire chief, Richard.
87** In addition to the above Jossing, Dr. Zone's actor, Orton Mahlson, is shown to be old in present day as of "Missing Milo", with his characteristics in the TV show being Orton as he looked like in 1965, roughly ''50 years'' prior to present day.
88** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYBDdLG_OA8&t=4413s In an interview with The 2nd Dimension/Phineas Flynn's Law]], Dan Povenmire explains he found out this WMG may have originated from the We're Gonna Do It Again music video to promote ''Milo Murphy's Law'', as it includes a cast poster poster in which Dr. Zone and Melissa's dad got their respective names and images switched by mistake. The original Guesser might have taken these incorrect name/mugshot combinations at face value and built their WMG from there.
89
90Which will lead to...
91
92[[WMG: Melissa likes Milo because he's adventurous.]]
93Milo's tough, as Melissa says. Because Melissa likes to have adventures with her father (or other male relative), her standard of having friends to play with was pretty high. Upon discovering Milo's unlucky lifestyle, Melissa got drawn into him. Milo himself started to know Melissa because he found out that Melissa is Dr. Zone's actor's daughter (or whatever relation).
94* I'll give you the first half of this. But Milo doesn't strike me as the kind of person who'd make friends with someone because of their relationships. Granted, once he found out, he'd think it was awesome but he probably befriended Melissa because he genuinely liked her just because.
95* Aside from the whole "Melissa is Dr. Zone's actor's daughter" light of this WMG (which is, again, Jossed), Milo and Melissa ''did'' become best friends after the adventure they had on the first day of school back in first grade, due to her curiosity of Milo's bad luck, as revealed in "First Impressions". Milo wanting to know Melissa because of her dad and/or something Dr. Zone-related is pretty much untrue: Milo and Melissa met at the bus stop and Milo, having had no experience with friendships before, was just eager to become friends with her the moment they introduced each other.
96
97[[WMG: Edward A. Murphy, Jr. will appear in an episode thanks to a TimeMachine.]]
98And as a CastingGag, he'll be voiced by an actor named Milo.
99* The closest we got to this was when Cavendish and Dakota met an ancestor of Milo when they got stuck in 1875 due to a time travel accident, in "The Race". This ancestor was a sheriff who is "the law" in town, and that, combined that the Danville in 1875 is inhabited by dozens of other time travelers that were unable to leave this town or time period due to freak accidents with their Time Vehicles, Cavendish and Dakota quickly realize that this sheriff is the original Murphy's Law. This Sheriff Murphy is nit the same person as the Edward A. Murphy who would later coin the term "Murphy's Law".
100
101[[WMG: There won't be any WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb crossovers, idea-sharing, or references beyond subtle nods.]]
102Because face it: as popular as the show is, not everyone watched it, and a large amount of viewers of Milo are here because of the main character being voiced by Weird Al. Unless a series is a direct sequel or spin-off to another, it can be a terrible idea to use the same ideas or put in a bunch of references, because it alienates a lot of the audience. And having a crossover would make zero sense - ''Phineas and Ferb'' is already over, so unless they reboot it, a crossover would just be confusing and probably lead to rumors that the show's coming back. Subtle nods, of course, are almost destined to happen.
103* Dan and Swampy have said it's entirely possible ''Phineas and Ferb'' could return one day. Let's not forget that WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons and WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} had a crossover despite the latter ending its run a year prior to that.
104* As of "Worked Day" it's basically confirmed that ''Milo Murphy's Law'' also has Danville as its main location. A few places from ''Phineas and Ferb'' have potentially appeared already, albeit altered to be different while retaining their main structures, like the subway entrance from "Bowl-R-Ama Drama" and the Danville Opera House. The show mostly references ''Phineas and Ferb'' in smaller ways currently, but it wouldn't be hard for it to go beyond that if or when the crew is ready to do a crossover.
105* Jossed. In "Murphy's Lard", the helicopter carrying Phineas and Ferb's roller coaster shows up. And Doof's magnet runs out of juice just in time to drop it on Melissa's science project. She even confirms it was the first day of summer.
106* And it's been confirmed that [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/milo-murphys-law-phineas-ferb-crossover-is-coming-1022459 we're getting a crossover]], so this is extra Jossed.
107* And it is now official with the appearance of [[spoiler: Doofenshmirtz.]]
108
109[[WMG: Extreme Hereditary Murphy's Law Condition will originate thanks to a time travel accident]]
110As the show seems to be setting up that time travel will play a big part in the show's story arc, it could be possible that whatever is done through any time travelling in the show could cause the genetic mutation that allows EHML to come into existence. Bonus points if it's an accident from Milo that causes EHML to come into existence.
111
112[[WMG: There will be an episode where the luck of people is swapped]]
113Milo will find his life boring, and everyone else will be driven near mad bar Melissa and maybe Zack.
114* Alternately, Milo will still get into lots of trouble because he can't predict what's going to happen to him without his bad luck so he spends the day smacking into things or tripping over them and has a "Thank goodness everything's back to normal" moment when he and the character he swaps with (this troper is hoping for Bradley) swap back.
115** It'll be caused by Doofenshmirtz or someone else trying to recreate his luck-altering inator.
116
117[[WMG: Melissa has something that prevents her to be affected/hurt by Murphy's Law]]
118Anyone noticed that when Melissa and Milo were buried together in ''The Undergrounders'' the rocks formed a dome shape, but in ''Rooting for the Enemy'' Milo has to receive damage and he wasn't with Melissa? Not to mention that Melissa claims to have an "adequate buffer zone" between her and Milo. There's definitely something in Melissa that others don't have.
119* Alternatively, she may simply have an understanding of Milo's affliction that she's learned to make work for her. For example, in "Going the Extra Milo", she arrives at the bus stop. She looks around, then steps back away from Milo, saying she's going to keep her distance, which Milo calls a "good call". She is not, however, immune to Milo's misfortunes, since, as evidenced in "Sunny-Side Up" she was coated in egg during their experiment, and in "The Undergrounders", she was tossed about the subway car along with Zach. We also observed in "Rooting for the Enemy" that she was once abducted by an orangutan, and conversations reveal that she considers going to the bowling alley with Milo to be far too dangerous an activity. She was also aware of the potential consequences to the bleachers when Milo began tapping his foot, and tried to caution him. It seems more likely that Melissa has witnessed Milo's bad luck long enough to get a feel for how it works. It is "Milo Murphy's '''Law'''", after all, meaning there has to be a system to how it works. She's keen enough to know when and where it's dangerous on most occasions, but even she isn't absolutely protected with that knowledge, as some situations become utterly unavoidable.
120
121[[WMG: Melissa is the antithesis of Murphy's Law]]
122Building off the above theory, if Milo is cursed with with bad luck, then Melissa is blessed with good luck, which explains why up to this point she isn't dead. However, she may view this less as great and more as being BlessedWithSuck, hence why she hangs around with Milo. This explains why, despite all of the dangerous situations she gets into, she hasn't died up to this point.
123
124[[WMG: We'll get a flashback episode for how Milo and Melissa met.]]
125Milo and Melissa didn't start as friends, but he saved her life at great risk to himself, hence Melissa's utter faith in him.
126^ [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/milomurphyslaw/images/3/3b/Dm6aUVvWsAAPuOe.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180913021921 We'll definitely get to see how Milo and Melissa met]].
127
128[[WMG: Mrs. Murawski is an expy of Nina Einstein from Anime/CodeGeass]]
129Clearly Table Kun grew up
130
131[[WMG: Melissa Chase is Melissa from WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]
132Bare with me here, Phineas and Ferb took place in Summer of 2008 (as seen in The Best Lazy Day Ever) which aside from the pilot was when the series pretty much premiered. If we then assume this show takes place in present day as well then 8 years have passed since the greatest summer of all time. Melissa, Isabella's L'il Sparks friend from We Call It Maze, grew into a full fledged fireside girl which explains how she seems to be prepared, and even why she is willing to befriend Milo in the first place. (A fireside girl would never turn down a friend) Now the only issue is Melissa Chase has reddish hair rather then the blond hair of little Melissa but maybe she dyes it or maybe it just got darker as she got older...or maybe they are just both named after Povenmire's younger daughter and share no other connection. Also in Rooting for the Enemy she says "Great Googly Moogly" so maybe she's related to Monogram too, which (ironically is Swampy's character, not Dan's)
133* Jossed in "Murphy's Lard", Melissa looked pretty much the same on Phineas and Ferb's first day of summer. She might have been a year or so younger, but she certainly wasn't younger than P & F.
134
135[[WMG: Melissa had a crush on Milo when they were kids]]
136
137[[WMG: There will be an episode where Milo's curse is temporarily lifted]]
138During that time, Milo will be absolutely miserable, as no adventures come his way and he will be extremely AllergicToRoutine.
139
140[[WMG: Melissa considers Bradley an AbhorrentAdmirer but hides her feelings.]]
141Melissa has shown a degree of GenreSavvy when it comes to Milo's condition. She may well be Genre Savvy in other ways, such as knowing that if she simply shot Bradley down, he'd refuse to take "no" for an answer, so instead, she acts like he doesn't bother her, and keeps Milo close to her as a way of keeping Bradley at bay.
142
143[[WMG: The Pig in the SimilarSquad is named something along the lines of "Piyaiegee"]]
144Piyaiegee = P-I-G
145
146[[WMG: Diogee will have a DayInTheLimelight episode.]]
147To teach children a lesson about responsibility and proper pet care, Diogee's tendency to wander will result in his being picked up by the dogcatcher or struck by a car (not fatally, of course). It will be a VerySpecialEpisode.
148
149[[WMG: Milo's day resets every time he dies]]
150What else would explain his crazy preparedness? It makes so much sense. He's been cursed with really bad luck, but somehow he hardly ever gets hurt, and he somehow seems to always know what's gonna happen next.
151** It's a blink and you'll miss it moment, but the first part of this is completely Jossed in "Rootin'For The Enemy". Not only does Milo break his thumb, but the hospital room he's in is officially dubbed "The Milo Suite". In a later episode, he practically lists all the injuries he received. Particularly sprains. He gets hurt all the time. On the other hand, time travel is possible in this universe so resets and do-overs are entirely possible as well.
152* [[spoiler: semi confirmed, it's Cavendish who dies all the time and gets do overs thanks to Dakota.]]
153
154[[WMG: The HereditaryCurse of the Murphys only directly affects male descendants, giving females at worst a tendency to either be drawn to [[WeirdnessMagnet Weirdness Magnets]], knowingly or not, or be examples of said trope themselves.]]
155Compare Milo to his older sister Sara; most, if not all, of her bad luck seems to originate by having Milo in close proximity and both Murphy siblings seem aware of this, as Milo suggests that he not attend future events with her, indicating that without him around, Sara has normal luck. If the guess above about Adyson Sweetwater being Milo's cousin holds true and she's related to him on his dad's side of the family via being the daughter of his father's sister, making her a Murphy by marriage, this would explain why she ended up in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Danville and part of the squad that helps the Flynn-Fletcher brothers with their insanity]].
156* Alternatively she is adopted, on her parents' hope that someone not of the bloodline could break the curse; this will never be referenced in conversation just as the Flynn-Fletchers being a blended family was rarely referenced. Her biological parents will never be mentioned.
157** Original guess confirmed by Ashley Simpson, at least the whole "only male Murphys are under the [[HereditaryCurse curse]]" bit.
158
159[[WMG: The Pistachios were not initially in danger]]
160It will turn out that our two time agents assigned to safeguard pistachios were sent on a SnipeHunt to keep them from bungling more serious missions. However, their time travel shenanigans, combined with Milo's bad luck, means that every time they try to protect the pistachios, the mission goes south for them, and now pistachios really are in danger.
161* Jossed as ''Time Out'' reveals pistachios will go extinct by 2087, most likely due to being the favorite snack of the world's unluckiest boy. Though it is regarded as a bit of a SnipeHunt anyway, as it provides a method by which those two agents can be ReassignedToAntarctica.
162
163[[WMG: Milo's bad luck has a specific range of efficacy]]
164In "The Note", the government agency monitoring the parade talks about "The Murphy Sector", meaning they're aware of Milo's family. It also means that they are fully aware of just how far Milo's bad luck can reach, and can plan accordingly.
165
166[[WMG: The show will slowly become a deconstruction of [[StrictlyFormula formulaic]] cartoons such as Phineas and Ferb]]
167It already seems this show will probably have more continuity than Phineas and Ferb. Given the recent trend of CerebusSyndrome in cartoons, it wouldn't be too surprising for the show to go this route.
168
169[[WMG: Sara did inherit the [[BornUnlucky curse]]]]
170She's just not effected by it because of her FourLeafClover hair pins cancelling it out.
171** Jossed by Ashley Simpson who confirmed that the [[BornUnlucky curse]] is inherited only by males.
172
173[[WMG: Sara attends Danville High School]]
174With "Worked Day" revealing that the show takes place in Danville with Cavendish and Dakota's map, it would be very possible that Sara's high school is none other than Danville High School, which was seen in the ''Phineas and Ferb'' episode "Doof 101". She could be aware of, if not knowing, Vanessa and her friends, along if other unconfirmed characters attend the school, like Candace, Stacy, and Jeremy. Dr. Doofenshmirtz could even be her science teacher. At the least, it would be a cool moment if a brief mention or hint of this happened, like Sara mentioning some particular kids at her school or a science project from a crazy ex-mad scientist teacher.
175
176[[WMG: Milo is the reason Doofenshmirtz and Candace always fail.]]
177
178[[WMG: There will be a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'']]
179It'll be revealed that the llama incident Milo mentioned in "The Undergrounders" was Stan's llamacide. Milo tried (and failed) to save the llama's life. Stan will be surprised to find out that, unlike the llama, Milo survived what happened.
180** Jossed. There is an entire episode in which the events leading up to the incident and every detail of it is explained.
181
182[[WMG: Milo is not cursed with bad luck.]]
183Time travelers are [[Main/EverythingTryingToKillYou actively and maliciously trying to kill him and his family for reasons unknown]].
184
185[[WMG: Cavendish is responsible for Milo's family's bad luck via TimeTravel.]]
186
187[[WMG: Alternately, Dakota is responsible for Milo's family's bad luck via TimeTravel.]]
188
189[[WMG: Doctor Zone has an arch nemesis named Master Leap]]
190* Who may or may not be a frog-man.
191
192[[WMG: Milo's luck isn't really controllable like ''Rooting for the Enemy'' suggests]]
193It was the only episode (so far) in which he exercised any kind of control over his affliction. My guess is he was able to due to ''either'' outcome being a win and a lose: if the opposing team wins, Milo gets to keep coming to games but his school loses. If his school wins, obviously he can't keep attending. Even if the Murphy's Law field stops outright throwing the game, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome there's no way the insurance, visiting teams or parents won't raise a fuss.]] Essentially his control was due to the situation being the statistical equivalent of a catch-22 or a LogicBomb.
194
195Alternately, Milo is just such a carefree guy it's entirely believable he genuinely had no *real* stake in the game and was just happy to be there.
196
197[[WMG: Milo's backpack was made by ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'']]
198Veronica knew the reputations of all three boys. and asked Phineas and Ferb to make something that could hold all kind of useful stuff and was still easily portable.
199* Veronica had her backpack back when Milo was still a baby. Neither Phineas or Ferb should've been born yet, let alone be old/conscious enough to make things at all.
200
201[[WMG: If it wasn't for his Extreme Hereditary Murphy's Law condition Milo would be one of the luckiest people alive.]]
202After all even with everything that can go wrong going wrong, he and those around him rarely get hurt and in the end he usually ends up better off than before.
203
204[[WMG: A Member of the Murphy Family lived next to Doof back in Druselstein]]
205Bonus Points if said member was his neighbor Kenny.
206
207[[WMG: Later in the series, there will be references to UHF]]
208* Why?... why not would be a better question!
209
210[[WMG: Lard World was Made by Phineas and Ferb]]
211* Note how similar the design is to their previous theme parks, like Cheesetopia, not to mention the insanely enormous rollercoaster and overall bizarre theme. It's exactly the kind of place they ''would'' make.
212** So ''that's'' how they fund their inventions!
213
214[[WMG: Time Paradoxes Are Going To Multiply, And Cross Multiple Episodes]]
215* In [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E21TheLittleEngineThatCouldnt The Little Engine That Couldn't]] Cavendish and Dakota end up on the roof of a diner car as it's being dragged behind a fire engine. During this sequence Cavendish loses his hat, and we get a close up that shows he's bare-headed. Then his hat hits him in the face and he puts it on while hanging on for his life. It happens so fast and with so much else going on that it's easy to miss, but consider: if his hat is ''behind him and left behind in the street,'' how was it in ''front of him and up in the air'' so it could land on him? Expect a future episode to reveal time agents were watching from elsewhere.
216** It's easy to presume Cavendish and Dakota goof it up and wind up there on that same day to watch themselves, but that may not be the case (although that would be the cleanest explanation).
217** Alternate possibility: part of the animation team showed Cavendish losing his hat, then a second team put it back to keep the animation models consistent and hoped no one would think about it.
218
219[[WMG: Mr. Drako is not a vampire]]
220But he himself really truly believes he is. So he started doing many vampire things, such as staying in tight boxes, avoiding sun, and adapting a very specific fashion sense.
221
222[[WMG: Lola Sunderguard has a similar curse to Milo's and calls it Finagle's Law]]
223
224[[WMG: Edward A. Murphy, Jr. got his family cursed because he insulted a witch.]]
225There'll be a movie where the Murphys will have a chance to trigger a CurseEscapeClause set by the witch in hopes Edward and/or a descendant of his would atone.
226
227[[WMG: Lucky of the [[WesternAnimation/StuntDawgs Stunt Scabs]] is a Murphy.]]
228
229[[WMG: Sara Murphy is adopted]]
230Sara looks nothing like the rest of her family, mainly because of her bright blond hair. While we don't know what her grandparents look like, her father has brown hair and her mom has red hair, so the odds of her having ending up with blond hair is very slim. Or maybe Murphy's Law caused her to not resemble her father at all, looking almost nothing like him.
231* Ferb has green hair; normal hair genetics are probably out the window in this universe.
232** And even barring the question of Ferb's green hair, blond hair is generally recessive to brown but dominant over red which means that all that would be necessarily for Sara's looks would be for Martin to carry a blond gene, which his daughter displays and his son possibly carries.
233* She could dye her hair.
234
235[[WMG: Doctor Zone is real]]
236Time travel is real and frequent plot point in the show. Aliens and sci-fi physics are a carry over from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. And what better way to hide it.
237* Jossed. As revealed in [[spoiler:"Missing Milo", Vinnie, Balthazar and Milo inspired Dr. Zone's creator back in TheFifties]].
238
239[[WMG: Milo is [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Phineas and Candice's]] half-brother.]]
240The son of their DisappearedDad which is why Candice is so unlucky, Phineas' extreme good luck is a long overdue ThrowTheDogABone for the family.
241
242[[WMG: Milo will temporarily lose his bad luck in the potential crossover with P&F.]]
243Either by the work of the Flynn-Fletcher bros' inventions or Doofenshmirtz' inators.
244
245[[WMG: The source of Milo's Curse.]]
246* [[{{Literature/Holes}} His No-Good, Dirty-Rotten, Pig-Stealing, Great-Great-Grandfather]].
247
248[[WMG: Mr. Drako will be revealed as a vampire in a Halloween special]]
249
250[[WMG: Mr. Drake isn't a vampire but some other monster.]]
251This is the same universe as [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Klimpaloon, the Magical Old-Timey Bathing Suit Who Lives in the Himalayas]] do you really expect something with this much build up to be true? No, expect a BaitAndSwitch
252* Maybe he's a reverse werewolf who transforms in direct sunlight.
253* Maybe he's [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls 5 Gnomes in a suit]]
254** Jossed when Mr Draco has an MRI.
255* Maybe he's [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers secretly albino]]
256
257[[WMG: There is one area the Murphy men are extremely lucky in]]
258Love, how else would there be so many generations of HappilyMarried WalkingDisasterArea's without luck in this one area?
259
260[[WMG: Dakota and Cavendish will [[EarnYourHappyEnding finally gets their respect]]. Probably in the last episode.]]
261I feel sad for them.
262
263[[WMG: The Murphy's Law curse has the side effect of making the Murphy men a ChickMagnet]]
264The Brulee twins were openly crushing on Milo within minutes of meeting him. Amanda seems to be falling for him in spite of herself. And Melissa might not be attracted to Milo(?), but she sure spends a lot of time with him. But it makes sense.
265* Milo and Martin are both doggedly nice guys, yet provide the danger, drama, and excitement of being a bad boy. So they are SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan and AllGirlsWantBadBoys in one package.
266* All that running around, and lifting heavy objects that fall on/by them leaves the Murphy men in very good shape.
267* The life expectancy of the Murphys can't be terribly long, so they need to find mates and reproduce as soon as possible to continue to pass the curse on.
268* {{Love Triangle}}s are just another way the curse makes things difficult for them.
269
270[[WMG: The Organization Dakota and Cavendish work for is evil, but they don't know it.]]
271Look at the voice actors of the other Agents (or even Vinnie, for that matter). And Brick and Savannah seem to be doing something pretty evil when we meet them. The reason Dakota and Cavendish are assigned such a trivial task and poor equipment is because they aren't evil. And maybe to distract Milo. Or Dr. Zone.
272
273[[WMG:Dakota and Cavendish work for [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Time Baby.]]]]
274Perhaps even Mr. Block answers to him, and Dakota and Cavendish are the only time travel agents lower ranked than Blendin Blandin.
275* Considering [[Literature/GravityFallsJournal3 Journal 3]], Blendin has no rank and Dakota and Cavendish are duty-bound to inform Mr. Block if they ever spot him.
276
277[[WMG:The reason the last remaining Pistachio Person wasn't erased is because he's now a ParadoxPerson]]
278The time stream is a location outside time, thus protecting him from being erased from existence like his brethren. Now he's free to take revenge on Milo and friends, because as a living paradox, he is now immune to the ravages of time. There's no telling what chaos he could sow from the year 1955.
279* Given that reasoning, there are Paradox versions of Cavendish and Dakota from their adventure in "Time Out".
280
281[[WMG:If Dakota and Cavendish ever manage to save the pistachio trees from extinction, Mr. Block will forget he ever sent them to do it in the first place.]]
282Considering [[spoiler:how he doesn't remember the BadFuture from [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E23MissingMilo "Missing Milo"]],]] it's likely to happen.
283
284[[WMG: The Lumbermaxes will continue to make appearances, STILL not taking a hint from Zack.]]
285* This happened, but they weren't the real Lumbermaxes, so it might not count.
286
287[[WMG: Dakota has experienced a lot of the show's events before/he's experiencing the show's events out-of-order.]]
288Dakota's laid-back attitude could be a sign that he isn't trying because, well, he knows how most of their missions are going to end. This was the agent who was so good he stopped the Mississippi Purchase, and showed in "Missing Milo" how competent he really is. So, why isn't he trying? There's the point in "Missing Milo" where Vinnie says King Pistachion "looks familiar" to him, and he always seems to know where Brick and Savannah are. Is he hiding something?
289* [[Main/NoFourthWall Maybe he's watched the show.]]
290* The fact that [[spoiler:he's repeatedly traveled to the past to save Cavendish's life and dismissed his prior selves to a remote island]] would seem to support this.
291
292[[WMG: Dan and Swampy have some pretty good blackmail material on [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]].]]
293How else can one explain him appearing in both WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb and Milo Murphy's Law?
294* Slash is a huge fan of WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb. Apparently he got in an "argument" with Dan and Swampy about who was doing who a favor over his appearance.
295
296[[WMG: There will be an episode where Milo and Bradley spend time together.]]
297And their relationship will be similar to that of WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}} and Belson. In other words, Milo will keep being nice to Bradley and try to help him in spite of Bradley continuing to be mean to him and asking him to go away.
298
299[[WMG: Cavendish and Dakota will meet Major Monogram and Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]]
300And there will be plenty of jokes about their voices.
301* Confirmed for [[spoiler: the latter]].
302
303[[WMG: Melissa is Phineas and Candace’s sister.]]
304We have yet to see her mother and the kids were probably split up in the divorce. It can’t be a coinkydink that Melissa just happens to look like Candance with curly hair but has Phineas’s laidback attitude and knack for knowing what to do today mixed with Candace’s forgetfulness like when she forgot about her bear because she put her boyfriend’s photo on it.
305* Possible, but unlikely. US courts generally do not split up the children in cases of divorce.
306
307[[WMG: Heinz Doofenshmirtz is not Professor Time.]]
308Vanessa Doofenshmirtz-Fletcher is the one who is going to invent time travel (or at least a common, stable, well known form of time travel). And that is part of why see doesn't look 10 years older in ''Act Your Age''.
309* Actually, I think it's Phineas and/or Ferb who are Professor Time. Well, They literally restored a time machine in a single morning.
310** Except that they were going to the place Professor Time lived. P&F wouldn't be living with Heinz, nor would it make sense for him to be at their place. Which would also necessitate the Flynn-Fletcher family moving into an apartment and then back out, as well as Heinz being there. It is possible (they moved in while something was being done to their house, Heinz somehow got roped into babysitting the brothers of his daughter's friend). It is far more likely it is just Heinz, or Vanessa, who lives with him part of the time.
311* Jossed, Heinz really will become Professor Time. With branding and all.
312
313[[WMG: Doofenshmirtz and/or Phineas & Ferb are Professor Time.]]
314But only in that they widespread-introduce time-travelling, because Phineas & Ferb already used a time machine in the Danville Museum to go back to the past (remember the dinosaur episode?).
315
316[[WMG: Cavendish and Dakota will quit the Time Agency]]
317They are aware that they're not taken seriously and are not treated well, but want to do something more, so there's an incentive for them to leave the Time Travelling Bureau, take whatever gear they have now, and go on their own time travelling adventures.
318
319[[WMG: Candace has a minor case of Murphy's Law]]
320That's why she can never bust her brothers, but it's not serious enough to cause any greater harm.
321* Murphy's Law only applies to males. Even if Candace's biological dad was a Murphy, it would mean that ''Phineas'' inherited the curse, who obviously does not suffer from it at all. For this WMG to work, Candace must inherit a curse that is ''like'' Murphy's law, but ''isn't''. Something like Finagle's law, or Melody's law as it's called sometimes, in which anything that can go wrong, will go wrong at the worst possible moment (which actually fits Candace's case of CassandraTruth to a T, and even Linda when taking "What Do It Do" into consideration).
322
323[[WMG: Concerning the Crossover...]]
324Whatever happened to the time machine Phineas and Ferb repaired?\
325We know the Pistachions know about the Time Bureau's time machines, because they got used to foil them originally, ''but'' that time machine has never officially been used, and Phineas, Ferb and the Fireside Girls repair it with little difficulty...\
326Ergo, they HAVE got a time machine to go back to 1955, and no-one but the Flynn-Fletchers would even know it's been right there the whole time!
327[[WMG: {{ComicBook/Deadpool}} will appear in the Phineas and Ferb/Milo Murphy's Law crossover]]
328With Disney now owning {{WesternAnimation/The Simpsons}} and the X-Men film rights (plus Deadpool), thanks to their buyout of Fox, at a certain point, everyone's favorite Merc in the Mouth will appear in one scene, possibly as a cameo being a person who bought Phineas and Ferb's materials such as Tools, Iron, etc., as well as a delivery man.
329* Bonus points if {{Creator/Ryan Reynolds}} did a Role Reprisal of him from the live-action films and why? {{Main/Rule of Cool}}!!!
330** Ryan did said that he's ready for a Deadpool/Mickey Mouse Team-up.
331* If Creator/NetherRealmStudios and Creator/WarnerBros can tone down Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Raiden from Mortal Kombat in Injustice but still faithful to the source material they originate, then Disney might to the same way with him.
332* And people could imagine him breaking the fourth wall where he comes home to Disney.
333** Jossed. Deadpool does not appear.
334
335[[WMG: The crossover will have a moment where there are two Melissa's]]
336One Melissa being real, the other being a Pistachion. Then Milo and/or Zack will have to [[SpotTheImposter tell them to remove their two fake front teeth]].
337** Jossed. Nothing like that happens in the crossover.
338
339[[WMG: Nothing bad will happen to the Phineas & Ferb characters in the crossover]]
340
341Judging from Act Your Age being set in the future, none of the P&F appearing in the crossover will die. A combination of SavedByCanon and ForegoneConclusion.
342* Something bad, just not deadly, could happen to Vanessa. She doesn't look appreciably older in ''Act Your Age''. Displaced forward in such a way that makes it dangerous or deadly to reverse; or maybe temporaly frozen for a few years. That would also get around the 8 year age difference between her and Ferb.
343** Unless that was a case of being OffModel.
344* Well, something bad really ''did'' happen to most Phineas and Ferb characters: they got turned into evil Pistachions by Derek's M.U.L.C.H. machine. Even then, it got [[ResetButton reverted in the end]], thanks to Professor Time eliminating Derek in the past.
345
346[[WMG: Other Phineas & Ferb characters appearing in the crossover]]
347
348Other than who was already announced at this time.
349* Vanessa Doofensmirtz.
350* Norm.
351* Roger Doofensmirtz.
352* Stacy Hirano.
353* Jeremy Johnson.
354* Linda Flynn-Fletcher.
355* Lawrence Fletcher.
356* Harry the Hyena.
357* Maggie the Macaw.
358* Karen the Cat.
359* Monty Monogram.
360* The Bug Trio.
361* The rest of the Fireside Girls.
362* Pinky the Chihuahua.
363** Linda, Lawrence, and the other Fireside Girls appear in non-speaking cameos. Its jossed for everyone else.
364*** Vanessa and Norm make each an appearance in a few other Season 2 episodes due to Doofenshmirtz having a major role in Season 2, and Jeremy has a voice-only appearance in another one. As for the rest, no dice.
365
366[[WMG: Cavendish is somehow related to the Murphys, but he doesn't know it]]
367
368Think about it. His failed missions, [[spoiler:his many deaths]] and the fact that other time travelers erase his many, many mistakes and because of this he can't improve in his life. Maybe his curse is different in that it doesn't apply (to some extent) to the people around him, but mostly to ''himself''.
369
370[[WMG: There is an island of Cavendishes as well.]]
371* Cavendish saves Dakota in the same way and retreats to his own island. The two groups are completely unaware of the other.
372
373[[WMG: The crossover will end with an [[ResetButtonEnding altered version of the first half of Fungus Among Us.]]]]
374Given how heavy time travel is involved in the overall story. And due to Phineas & Ferb's [[StatusQuoIsGod reset tendencies.]]
375
376[[WMG: Bradley expects to lose the bets with Melissa]]
377
378It's shown that Bradley routinely makes bets with Melissa that Milo will be late for school. And every time he loses and has to give up his lunch or do another favor for Melissa. It's happened so many times that there's no way he could think Milo would actually be late.
379
380So his smug confidence is an act. It's known he has a crush on Melissa so this allows him to do favors for her without admitting it.
381
382Of course it's a win/win scenario if Milo is late because it means Melissa has to do something for him.
383
384[[WMG: Amanda gets a backpack of her own]]
385
386In Season 2, Amanda finally falls for Milo after the events of "Cake 'Splosion!", having realized that Milo is prepared enough to tackle any inconvenience Murphy's Law brings. Amanda is also a perfectionist that prefers to have control over a situation, and is good at organizing. It makes sense for her to have a backpack like Milo's if she wants to keep a relationship with him.
387
388[[WMG: WesternAnimation/TheOWCAFiles takes place ''after'' Milo Murphy's Law Season 2]]
389
390Season 2 centers around Doofenshmirtz living with the Murphys, with a destiny to invent time travel in 15 years time. Until "Doof's Day Out", however, he hasn't done anything and stays home without a job... which is strange when Doof ''was'' a teacher in "Doof 101", as well as an OWCA agent in "The OWCA Files". But neither of the two episodes had been referenced once in MML.
391
392Thing is, however, while "Doof 101" takes place directly after summer, it was ''never disclosed'' when "The OWCA Files" takes place. And considering that in "The OWCA Files", Phineas and Ferb's home was destroyed while all the Flynn-Fletchers were out, it could be assumed they're still at school.
393
394It would make sense that, after the season finale, Doofenshmirtz would've proven himself enough that he'll be taken back in as a trainee agent. It would furthermore aid Doof on his long road to become Professor Time, as this would help him how to be good (since he somewhat sucks at it).
395
396[[WMG: "Meap Me in St. Louis" will somehow be made into a MML episode]]
397If you thought the integration "Meapless in Seattle" into an actual episode was nuts, Dan and Swampy will blow our minds again. This time it goes up to eleven when they establish the cutscenes from "Meap Me in St. Louis" while bringing characters from both shows together into an hour-long special. Admit it, you wanted to see the fight between Perry and Suzy.
398
399[[WMG: The P&F and MML characters will swap roles]]
400When another inevitable crossover happens, Candace and Elliott will argue over who has the harder job, leading them to wager a bet. Hilarity ensues when Elliott attempts to bust Phineas and Ferb, sensing the dangers their big ideas could pose, while Candace does everything possible to prevent Milo from causing any (indirect) harm. Meanwhile, Major Monogram and Doofenshmirtz will also take over for their VA counterparts Cavendish and Dakota.
401
402[[WMG: The Phineas and Ferb Effect doesn't actually work exactly like Baljeet makes it sound like it does.]]
403Okay; bear with me here. Baljeet's explanation basically implies that nothing Phineas and Ferb have ever done has been by their choice or with their own power but that's actually not true. What it actually does is that no matter what they choose to do, the Effect will cause them to operate under optimal conditions, meaning that while they're not guaranteed to succeed at their endeavors (well, in-universe at least; from the viewer's perspective, they are because they're the protagonists), they will always be operating under conditions that will give them the absolute best possible chance of things going well/turning out for the best. This would also explain why Candace can never bust them; even putting aside the BadFuture or the NightmareFuel that was "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted", Linda would probably ground the boys from their antics and they would then go crazy because they're addicted to said antics.
404
405[[WMG: The present day Mr. Block is genuinely fond of Cavendish and Dakota, and every time he laughs at what he believes to be jokes, he is in SincerityMode.]]
406The reason he knows of them is because part of the banishment protocol is to inform a government official of the era they are banished to, and he couldn't stand by with the perspective two people stranded in a time period that would be mostly alien to them would be completely jobless and with no means to provide for themselves, so he arranged for them to have a low-impact job within his organization as a way for them to at least have a paycheck to live with.
407
408This is also why he bluntly tells them they are incompetent through implication despite being otherwise pleasant to them, he is always sincere to them, even at times it involves brutal honesty.
409
410[[WMG: The show will end after season 2.]]
411Let's face it. The show will end after season 2. Sure, series crew member Joshua Pruett mentioned that there's no direct confirmation on whether season 2 is the last season or not, but no one can probably say anything until much later. Plus, look at the signs. Ratings are down. Reruns are dwindling. Its premiere times are on Saturdays at ''7am'' with only encores on Disney XD. Plus, the creators and a good chunk of the crew are working on the Phineas And Ferb movie for Disney+. This show is over.
412** Currently, Dan Povermine has said that the chances of season 3 depend on the series getting enough views on Disney + to justify one and there have been efforts to get the series trending again through the #RenewMML on Twitter. Additionally, he has also stated in a more recent interview that he would be okay working on two shows (this and Hamster & Gretel) at once so there is still some hope.
413
414[[WMG: Dakota got into B.O.T.T. via nepotism]]
415* Mr. Block didn't refer to Dakota with an ID number the way he did Cavendish after the recruits' test, and Cavendish's outfit looks more uniform than choice, and if so - Dakota gets away with not wearing a uniform in from of Mr. Block and is hired. Plus - how in the world has he gotten to Rita's burrito stand before, if not with B.O.T.T. tech?
416
417[[WMG: Murphy's Law takes cash bribes]]
418In 'Rooting For The Enemy', during the song, Milo says he "spent 17 dollars rooting for the enemy." You'd think that the plan to ruin the Tigers' luck by rooting for them would fall apart faster than wet tissue paper, but since he had to spend money on merch to do it, it goes off without a hitch. When victory is secured, it's back to the Murphy Suite for Milo.
419
420[[WMG: Milo lost most of negative probability ions to the Octalians]]
421There were maybe 2 dozen Octalians that morphed into Milo, with his negative probability ions split between them. The same thing happened with Orgaluth, though that took hundreds of Octalians. The end result is Milo is probably no longer a walking disaster area, and is probably missing the excitement from his life.
422* {{Jossed}} by the ending of the episode, in which the Octalian spaceship Milo and friends use to depart has its thrusters falling off, causing the ship to plummet down, back to the surface of Octalia. Such an accident wouldn't be able to happen if Milo's negative probability ion level has been regressed to the same amount as a regular human being.
423
424[[WMG: Milo is now telepathic.]]
425* Or he was thanks to Octalian medicine. Whether it sticks or not is anyone's guess.
426
427[[WMG: Bridgette uses Marvin to prolong her projects .]]
428* Given the male Murphy’s disaster area ability and As an Architect and who’s to say she doesn’t make a little extra money on the side having her husband cause a few
429Accidents to have a building delayed? Also given how that could paint her in a bad light keep in mind their family would need as much as they can get with medical bills and likely damage charges.
430* Murphy’s law has been subject to reverse psychology so using such a phenomena to their benefit isn’t outside the realm of possibility.
431
432[[WMG: Murphy’s Law has Standards.]]
433* Basically when it comes to “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong” while set in those parameters of something can wrong will happen there are aspect this law won’t touch.
434* Debatable given the crazy preparedness of the family *
435* the only partial evidence come ing the episode “first impressions”
436Where we see Bridgette was able to carry Milo to term. Considering what could have happened coupled with the theory Murphy’s law can’t exactly kill the afflicted Murphy’s you can see where I’m going.
437
438[[WMG: Doofenshmirtz first created time-travel in "Lotsa Latkes".]]
439According to ancient hieroglyphics found in an Egyptian tomb, an epic battle between the Mongol Army and potato gremlin creatures once raged, while a pharmacist from the future built a time machine and mightily cursed a platypus. Presumably the Historical Army Retrieve-Inator was am early prototype; a better-working, more sustainable model came along once Doof returned to the future. All it took was Perry's funding, some salvaged alien tech to combine with and improve the existing -Inator, and a college-level marketing course to teach proper branding...and hello, Professor Time.
440
441[[WMG: Melissa's mother was killed in an incident involving Murphy's Law]]
442Hence why her father is so wary of his daughter spending so much time with Milo and being exposed to Murphy's Law; he doesn't want what happened to his wife to happen to their child.
443
444[[WMG: Female Murphys have the ability to be carriers for Murphy's Law]]
445Similar to hemophilia, women of the Murphy family are personally unaffected by Murphy's Law, but they can pass it down to their male offspring. Ergo, Sara's potential future son could have Murphy's Law.
446
447[[WMG: The upcoming revival for WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb will be used to finally bring closure to ''Milo Murphy's Law'']]
448The ratings weren't good enough for the show itself to get revived, but Dan and Swampy both clearly want to do something to give it a proper conclusion, and they could use the PnF reboot as a way. It probably won't end the same way the first Phineas/Milo crossover did (considering bringing in PNF characters as main cast members for it sister show wound up becoming a BrokenBase topic within ''both'' communities), just one or two episodes could finally follow up on the cliffhanger ending.
449* They would need to conclude MML, considering it ended with Perry and Doofenshmirtz stranded with everyone else.
450
451[[WMG: Milo has a SignificantBirthDate of [[ThirteenIsUnlucky the 13th]].]]

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