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Phineas & Ferb: Losta Latkes/Agent Doof
Reviewed: 03/01/2013
Losta Doof Latke Agents!
So we now head to the second half of Animal Agents with #138 (3-16b) and #159 (3-22a) on the animation paper as we get potato gremlins, cloning for Isabella's grandma and Spartains trying to rule the Tri-State Area. Then Doofensmirtz suddenly takes over OWCA and turns "babyface"; while Doofensmirtz's inator turns Phineas & Ferb into babies. Seriously. Let's rant on shall we...?!
Lotsa Latkes is written and storyboarded by Chong Suk Lee and Mike Milo . Mike according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): He is directing the new series Randy Cunningham, 9th Grade Ninja at Titmouse Inc. for Disney XD. He is also known to have designed the characters for the upcoming Comedy Central series Brickleberry, although he is uncredited. Before that he was a story artist on the show Phineas and Ferb for The Disney Channel and co-wrote nine episodes for that series. Growing up in Old Tappan, N.J., Mike began his animation career in 1990 animating commercials for Broadcast Arts in New York City. Subsequently he worked for Sierra On-Line and Warner Bros., again as an animator working on such hits as Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Tazmania, Pinky and the Brain and Histeria. He has also worked for Disney Television, Film Roman, Universal Cartoons, Hanna Barbera, Cartoon Network DIC Entertainment, Mike Young Productions and many other smaller studios. His first directing job was at Film Roman where he was the Assistant Director on Gracie Film’s The Critic. He created and directed two shorts Bloo's Gang and Ignoramooses for Cartoon Network and went on direct numerous TV shows (some of which he had worked on earlier in his career) such as Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Xiaolin Showdown. From there he went on to head up the Animation Department at 3DBob Productions on the The Godman, a Christian feature distributed by Book of Hope International. He was Creative Producer and Director on the Kid's WB show Generation O Recently he created and Directed a cartoon for Nickelodeon and Frederator Studios called Flavio which will be seen as part of the animated series Random Cartoons in 2008.
In 2007, he served as Director of animation for Gigapix Studios Gigapix Studios headed by David Pritchard, and has directed episodes of the animated series Chowder for Cartoon Network. Mike attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. Mike Milo is directing and animating five shorts called Childhood Stories for Smosh. The videos can be viewed on Smosh's YouTube page. Most recently he and his wife Laura Milo launched the website Animation Insider which interviews animation artists around the world. Timon & Pumbaa is his DTVA debut and he also did stuff for Randy Cunningham: Grade 9 Ninja. Tom & Jerry's Giant Adventure and Baby Owl are his most recent credits. He has 18 animation credits, 11 direction credits, 11 art credits, 1 other credit (Pinky & The Brain), four writing credits, three acting credits (Blood Games, The Cartoon Cartoon Show (Bloo/Scully), Guns, Drugs & Dirty Money), and two art direction credits to his resume. Agent Doof is written and storyboarded by Bernie Petterson and Mike Diederich. Story editing for both episode are done by Scott Peterson. Animation is done by Suzhou Hong Ying Cartoon Company Limited and Wang Films.
Losta Latkes: We begin this one at a beautiful looking building which is the Danville Senior Lodge according to the sign at the driveway. This background is one of the most well done backgrounds I have ever seen in the new Disney and even rivals the old shows to boot. I just wish it was like this in every minute of every episode; but money talks and a uncreative nepotist weighes. There is a banana yellow banner with red letters saying Latke Festival. I have no clue what a Latke is; other than potatoes are involved. We cut to the kitchen as we discover that Isabella, Phineas & Ferb are helping each other make Latkes. It's nice to see Phineas helping Isabella for a change because it's usually the other way around in this show; and mostly because Isabella has a crush on Phineas that she helps him. We also discover that it's not all selfless (like Kit's first babysitting job was for money) as Isabella wants the golden assistance patch because she is a Fireside Girl after all. We see they are actually outside the kitchen on the zoom out shot as a white haired old grandma stereotype with a purple dress is blowing her nose with a white cloth inside the kitchen counter (It's kind of like the gym in my grade school days in Porters Lake to be honest with you) who cannot wait for the latkes because no one has had a bite to eat all day. Geez; they didn't have breakfest? I don't know when Latkes are served so I'm assuming that it's lunchtime. Anyhow; Phineas addresses the old lady as Nana Saprio and before I reveal the voice talent; I want to get something off my chest. Why is every grandmother in the new Disney named Nana? I don't get it. Kim Possible did it with Nana Possible; why use that name for a grandmother? I mean; if you want senior citizens to be characters that aren't stereotypical; why not just give them names that don't sound like family titles? Just something random that bothered me for a while.
So; Nana Shapiro is voiced by Carol Kane and according to IMDB: Carol Kane was born Carolyn Laurie Kane, June 18, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Joy and Michael Kane, due to their divorce, Carol spent most of her childhood in boarding schools, starting at age 12 when she attended the Cherry Lawn School a progressive boarding school in Darien, Connecticut, until 1965, followed by enrollment at the Professional Children's School in New York City. She made her professional theater debut in a 1966 production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She worked prolifically in several successful received films of the 1970s, Carnal Knowledge (1971) (her film film debut), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Hester Street (1975) (for which she earned an Oscar nomination for her performance), Annie Hall (1977) and When a Stranger Calls (2006). From 1981-1983 she played the part of what is considered to be her most memorable role. Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, the wife of Latka Gravas (played by 'Andy Kaufman), on the American television series _Taxi_. For her performance in the series, she earned two Emmy Awards. Other notable credits include: Pandemonium (1982), Racing with the Moon (1984), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Ishtar (1987), The Princess Bride (1987), Scrooged (1988), The Lemon Sisters (1989) and Addams Family Values (1993). Carol is first and foremost an actress of the stage and is known for her portrayal of the evil headmistress Madame Morrible in the Broadway musical "Wicked". She played in various productions from 2005-2009. She began her career as Jennifer in Carnal Knowledge and Desperate Characters in 1971. Aladdin The Series as Brawnhilda is her DTVA debut and just recently appeared on Jake & The Neverland Pirates as Sea Witch. Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale (Cecilia) is her most recent credit. She has 139 acting credits and 28 self credits to her resume.
Isabella proclaims that things will go smoothly once Nana waves goodbye and out of the picture; and when Baljeet comes back with the potatoes. However; Baljeet runs in a panic because there are no potatoes in the Tri-State area which means Baljeet covered a rather large section in a matter of hours. Buford comes in with a potato chip bag as there is one potato chip left in said bag; and he has to make it last. Isabella is not happy to hear this because it's like serving fruit over and over again to children in camp; the elders will riot if they don't get their latkes. Isabella describes it as a tornado of canes and false teeth; which sounds so interesting and compelling that I want to see them fail. However; Phineas wants Buford to give him the potato chip and proclaims that he knows what they are going to do today: clone potatoes using the potatoes DNA. Oh sure why not? I give 5:1 odds that this is an anti-GMO episode too. Phineas asks where Perry is and we head to OWCA headquarters with Perry coming down from the ceiling at an angle and landing in the chair in front of the computer. We see Monogram on the monitor as he greets Agent P; and we get a PIP shot of Monogram looking at Agent Racoon going through someone's trash can; which actually has a reason because apparently; Doofensmirtz is behind on paying his electrical bills. Monogram thinks this is odd because he gets alimony from Charlene and it's very genreous. Only in this show could the male actually win a divorce case and get a lot of money from her. Monogram acts like a creep calling her loaded and a handsome woman. In other words; he's implying that she is drunk. Agent P is not amused and looks bored as he checks his watch. Monogram is on defense and failing; so he just tells Agent P to investiage and that's that. So Agent P pushes a button and gets encased in a rocket ship and it flies into the ceiling. Then we cut to ouside the background in front of the tree as the trapdoor opens on the ground and the rocket goes up and out of sight. So we cut to a closeup of Candace in the living room sitting down whining about being bored. Linda is in the kitchen washing dishes and asks about calling Jeremy.
Candace claims that he is working. Wait; so he's working at the Slushy Burger; and how many times has Candace went to the Googalplex mall to see him? Now she won't go as she puts her chin in her hands as apparently; Stacey is grounded and Jenny is protesting. Okay; so why is Stacey grounded and what is Jenny protesting about? If you are waiting for an answer; stop waiting because it ain't coming. It's too expensive to do a flashback of any of this despite the fact that they do this all the time because they think kids would laugh at it. Then Linda asks flat out about busting Phineas & Ferb which is more evidence that she is in on the scheme and Candace gives Linda a back-handed compliment as they are not in the backyard. So Linda proclaims that she cannot sit on her ass all day; so she is going on a bike ride with Candace. Candace is lying on the chair backwards; no selling the idea. So Linda walks to the chair; proclaiming that this will be fun and then just drags Candace by the arm and walks away with her. HAHA! About time Candace got a taste of her own medicine. Candace is not selling any of this and looks sulky as usual. So we head to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. as the rocket flies around and I think blows up after Perry gets out and parachute with three small parachutes down onto the building. So Perry runs into the lab; and....Oh lord; you would think after Mythbusters that the writers would learn that real banana peels have no slippage whatsoever..Perry slides into the conveniently placed stockades and gets his head and arms clamped. Now; do you see the obvious problem with this? Yeah; Perry's arms are too small to clamp; so he shouldn't have any trouble getting out of this trap. Doofensmirtz comes in and mocks Perry as he produces a white book entitled Ten Greatest Historical Traps of All Time as he opens it and it contains a bear trap; as Doofensmirtz calls it a pop-up. This would have been much funnier if Doofensmirtz had thrown the book away and it of course shatters glass; but instead of a cat screaming, it was an actual bear growling. Doofensmirtz produces a pamphlet called Ten Greatest Historical Armies of All Time as it's a small brown book. Heh.
So Doofensmirtz is reading the book and according to the book; the Spartan Army was firece, unstoppable and followed all orders without hesistation. So Doofensmirtz bails and returns wearing the stereotypical Spartan outfit complete with red cape. For goodness sakes Doofensmirtz; you forgot the steel armor; no one is going to take you seriously without it! Trust me on that one. Agent P is stunned as Doofensmirtz admits that he is going to lead a Spartan Army to take over the Tri-State area as per every episode he has been in now; and asks Perry how he is going to do it. So we see out of nowhere; the next laser beam cannon..ERRR...I mean the Historical Army Retrieve-inator. Also known as the Time Potato Army Cannon in my book; mainly because we discover that there is a pile of potatoes on the ground in front of the cannon. See; the device runs on potatoes because he spent his alimony check on the last inator and thus couldn't pay the bills since he destroyed three pairs of shoes buying up all the potatoes in the Tri-State area; so he's using potatoes as a power source. Now why didn't Monogram mention that little detail? I wonder if Monogram has a crush on Charlene that needs to be stamped out for both characters sakes. Doofensmirtz proclaims that he can look at the bright side because it smells like French Fries in here. Yes; even in the new Disney, Freedom Fries do not exist. That's a winner right there! So we head outside in the Danville Senior Lodge backyard (It's clearly an old folks home and they aren't even trying to hide that fact either) as Phineas & Ferb are finishing up on a device called Spudslot; which looks like a cross between a horse and a plane on wheels. It contains a small hole on the side where there is a DNA scanner with monitor as Ferb asks Buford for the potato chip and Buford gives it to him. Phinea puts the potato chip in the hole and it is sealed in glass. The DNA scanner scans and there is a blue and green bar graph with the B and P on there. Geez; I wonder what will happen now as Phineas tells Ferb to start the damn thing up and the Spudslot drives forward as a red beam plants potatos into the ground. Isabella panics because those potatoes have eyes. Now Baljeet points out that all potatoes have eyes; but Isabella points out that they have Buford's peepers and it's creeping her out.
So yes; the potatoes rise from the down and they look like smaller version of the giant vampire potato from Night Of The Living Spud; only they have more creditability since they are small and are in large numbers. Yes folks; Phineas has created Potato Germlins (Candace: MOM! Phineas & Ferb are watching Darkwing Duck again! The bad episodes of Darkwing Duck! Linda: Kids?! You know better than that!) why do you ask. Anyhow; Buford apparently put the potato chip in his mouth in between scenes because we never saw him do it. I'm guessing that they said this because they wanted to misdirect everyone into not realizing that Buford and Phineas' hands were on the potato chip and thus there was Phineas DNA on the chip; but I'm not fooled. The kids all bail and jump onto the Spudalot as Buford is so happy to see bully potato monsters while thinking about soiling his pants in terror. Uh huh. Phineas proclaims that something needs to be done about these monsters before they do what Buford potato monsters would do. Isabella points out that the seniors will riot without the latkes; so Phineas tells Buford and Baljeet to run interference while simultaneously Phineas, Ferb and Isabella round up the spuds. Sadly; this "s" word is basically a joke about words seldom used by kids, so Ferb crosses the word off a notepad of s words and Phineas calls this awesome. No it was not Phineas. Kit Cloudkicker could say that in his sleep thanks to R.J. Williams; who was one of the best child actors out there at the time TaleSpin was released. So we head into the city of Danville on a sidewalk as Candace and Linda are biking. Okay; I'm fine with them wearing helmets; but isn't it against the law to bike on the sidewalk? I thought you bicycle on the street like the cars. Linda is enjoying the ride; Candace isn't. Until Linda stops and looks at Candace as Candace begins to feel better because the potato army is running from left to right behind Linda's back along with Phineas, Ferb and Isabella on the Spudslot. Candace tries to grab Linda's attention; but Linda turns around and notices a green truck carrying carrot boxes driving.
So Candace proclaims that she's perfectly fine and speeds off stage right. They are SO busted! So we head back to DEI as Doofensmirtz proclaims that it's now time to summon the Spartan Army as he shoots the beam of doom with neon green lights; and we then see appearing in the lab; a bunch of guys in parkas with weapons. Ooops. Doofensmirtz has called the Mongolian Army instead. So for those who are thinking that the new Disney is totally PC can shut up right now because I have evidence that proves otherwise. Anyhow; Doofensmirtz proclaims that he somehow had Hun on the inator and greets the Army proclaiming that they don't understand him since they don't speak English. Remember that for later. Doofensmirtz proclaims that with them; they will rule the Tri-State area; and then the army completely MURDERS Doofensmirtz in a stampede as they raid the fridge which came out of nowhere; but somehow ignore Perry in the process. Doofensmirtz sees this is merely a 1200 year thing which is silly because if this is a time machine; then their last meal would still be yesterday at the latest in terms time in their context; not in Doofensmirtz's time context. They then MURDER Doofensmirtz in another stampede again and destroy a brick wall running on the way out of the lab. HE JUST FIXED THAT WALL~! Doofensmirtz proclaims that his helmet is ruined as he struggles to get up and then proclaims that he's in the wrong costume. NO?! Really?! So Doofensmirtz decides that he is going to the costume shop to get a Mongolian costume; so he can rule the Tri-State area. So we head inside the senior citizen mess hall as we see about 30 senior citizen chanting for latkes over and over again. It feels like a banquet hall setting as one of the senior citizens wearing a red shirt and has a cane blowing off Baljeet and Buford on a stage because he's part of the greatest generation and doesn't deserve this. What a WASP this guy is?! I'm guessing that the old guy is voiced by S. Scott Bullock. Baljeet asks what can they do to stall for time and Buford stammers for a bit before finally coming out with an idea....
....and Buford's idea is to bring out Mr. Socko! I am not kidding folks! Buford is a Mankind fan in the Attitude Era of the WWE. And Buford comes dangerously close to gimmick infringement calling the white sock Mr. Sock. Buford draws eyes on his sock with a marker and I'm laughing my ass off here because if you are going to steal; steal from Mick Foley. The crowd is dead; with only one female senior citizen yelling that this stinks. No kidding?! So Baljeet joins in with his sock puppet and we have Mr. Other Sock. I thought Mr. Brainy Sock would be used; since Baljeet is becoming the Brainy Smurf of the group; only he doesn't get dumped on his head due to BS&P not wanting concussions anymore. Baljeet jokes about having a sole mate; and the same old woman blows them off while the rest of the crowd is dead. Baljeet realizes that this is not working; so they must step it up a notch as they pull down the window blinds and make it pitch black. So we have the spotlight on and Buford and Baljeet are in tuxedos, black pants, black shoes and top hats with conductor sticks. We dance and it's the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM to waste more time. Even senior citizens cannot resist this number; since most of them are moral guardians anyway. They sing about tails despite having none; and about spats, which I don't see. And then Baljeet blows off Buford for making the word "at" a plural so Buford tells him to work with him; calling him brain boy. So we head outside as a potato germlin jumps on a park bench and eats the poor green shirt mustached male's brown hair which apparently is a hairpiece. So the germlins all destroy balloon and wreck havoc on the city, which seems more muted than the Vancouver 2011 riots were. One kids cries about his balloons getting destroyed and it sounds contrived and forced. So the Spudslot drives in as Phineas calls this a mess; which is overestimating to say the least. Isabella asks how they are going to round them up; and Ferb holds up two hoses.
Phineas then proclaims that they'll reverse the back up engine and have the potatoes sucked up like a vacuum cleaner into the conveniently placed hot tub that I didn't tell anyone about until right now. Isabella asks why they would build a hot tub in the Spudslot; and Phineas asks why wouldn't they. Hot tubs are fun see as they attach the hoses to the backup engine and it's time to round up some spuds as we flip the switch with green light on. The Spudslot drives off as we cut back on stage with Baljeet and Buford contiuing to sing and dance badly. They sing about being edgy and saving people with wedgies. One of the old ladies is actually into the thing on the crowd shot (and it feels like nighttime in this place) as more singing about them being frenemies which is friends disliking each other and such BS. They clash sticks together and we cut back to Isabella with a hose and she sezs uh oh; which is not a good sign. She sucks up three potato germlins biting like fleas on a brown dog running on the sidewalk; and Isabella asks for approval from Phineas. Also; all the potato germlins are inside the hot tub as they are enjoying themselves as one of them yells cannon ball and other stuff. That was a cute sight gag as we cut to the DEI building ground level as the elevator bell rings and out comes the Mongolian army and somehow they didn't bust down the door. The potato germlins meet them face to face; and we have a stare down. Oh wait; it's the "do nothing of note and see if the kids laugh at it" spot; and then we get a logic break: If you recall; Doofensmirtz stated that the Mongolian army could not speak English at all. So what happens? They yell out "French Fries" despite the fact that Doofensmirtz said French Fries BEFORE he used the inator so there is no way the army could have known that Doofensmirtz said that. You couldn't wait until after the army came into the lab guys? That is BS writing. So the potato germlins panic and they are run off stage right by the Mongolians as one of the potato germlins sezs Spicy which makes more sense as Isabella asks if Buford had a spicy BBQ Mongolian breakfast.
That implies that the Latkes were for lunch and thus the seniors don't eat breakfast at all. Did they have bloodwork or something; because it doesn't explain why they didn't have breakfast?! Phineas is certain that is not the case as they follow the horrde of potato germlins and Mongolian army as we cut to Doofensmirtz coming outside and yelling for the costume shop when he bails stage right. So we see the SCOOBY DOO CHASE SEQUENCE THE MONGOLIAN POTATO ARMY GERMLINS EDITION to waste more time; and then Candace shows up with her bicycle yelling at Linda to keep up; and we see Linda is out of breath as she stops right in front of a deli shop. I know this because Candace blows off Linda; and steals a string of hot dogs and uses them to attach to Linda's bicycle and she speeds off with Linda in tow. She also mocks Linda's youth speech like the asshole she often is. So we head into the costume shop and one of the costumes on display is a zombie version of Captain Hook from Peter Pan! We see the female clerk at the counter wearing a green apron porducing a package containing one Genghis Khan outfit with Doofensmirtz standing in front of the counter wearing the Spartian outfit. She is so clueless as she asks of he will use cash or credit. Ooops! Doofensmirtz realizes this and shows potatoes to her asking if she takes them as a trade-in. Oh sure why not?! So we head back on stage with Baljeet doing formulas on a blackboard while dancing and singing. Meanwhile; I don't care anymore and I'll give the additional voices which are provided by Andre Gordon, Nick Puga, Kat Cressida and Lacey Chabert. Andre according to IMDB: Andre Gordon was born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica and grew up in Miami, Florida. He is a alumni of the BFA program at Florida State University, He is an actor working with UTA, CAA and Flick Commercials. Gordon is President and C.E.O of 4Horsemen Films.
Andre has been successfully producing, acting, writing and directing for nearly a decade. Andre has worked theatrically in both film and television, which includes guest appearances on: MAD TV, Campus Ladies, Scrubs, Phineas and Ferb and Zoey 101 along with the features Old School, Like Mike, and SWAT. He has produced films starring Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones and Brian Austin Green. He has created TV series starring the Legend Jerry Rice, and has directed greats such as Morgan Freeman, Ed Begley Jr. and Kathryn Joosten. He began his career as a naval officer in The Color of War in 2001. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance. Raising Hope (Wayne Hill) and Haunted Hathaways (Mr. Lauter) are his most recent credits. He has 36 acting credits, 13 production credits (Wedding Day, The Willow, Wish Wizard, Cross, Karma Bitch (oh lord, I was hoping to never type that word again; but he made it neccessary), Wish, Going Pro, An American Standard, Late Night Burrito Place, Black Inside: The Remington Wallace Burnett Story, and several Chornicles Of Chris Tucker shorts), nine writing credits, nine other credits (voices for Paranoia, Olympus Has Fallen, Warm Bodies, Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, CSI: New York, The Good Wife, Immortals, The Wronged Man and Natalee Holloway), three direction credits and both one stunt credit (Old School) and one self credit (Actors Entertainment) to his resume. Nick Puga was a clerk in Grapevine in 2000; and then went on to do nothing of note until he was El Jefe in Minoriteam in 2006. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance. After The Wedding (Diego Diaz) is his most recent credit. He has 22 acting credits, four producer credits (True Life, Bobby The Movie Scalper: Watchmen, PPL B TXT'N 2Much and The S1gnificance of Se7enteen), two writing credits, 2 editing credits and one casting credit to his resume.
Kathyrn Cressida according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): She guest-starred in several television shows and was featured in a few films before moving into voice-over full-time in 2000. She is notable as a top celebrity voicematcher, impersonating top female stars for Disney, DreamWorks, and gaming companies, among others. She is noted for being the first female to do live announcing for ESPN's coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft, as well as announcing for several other shows for ESPN, NBC Sports, and Versus. She is famous as the voice of Dee Dee on the Cartoon Network program Dexter's Laboratory, Uta in the F/X animated series Archer, as well as for voicing the first new character added to Disneyland and Disney World's The Haunted Mansion since its inception in 1969, as Constance, the Black Widow Bride. She can also be heard in other attractions throughout the Disney Parks, including Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Epcot Character Spot. She has been featured as a lead and featured voice for several game titles, notably several Lucas Arts games, EverQuest, Titan Quest, Dragon Age, and World of Warcraft, among others. Cressida also voiced Jayna of the Wonder Twins in a Cartoon Network eyecatch to differentiate Fact and Fantasy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She began her career as Darlene Faber in Murder She Wrote in 1994. Phineas & Ferb is her DTVA debut and only appearance. Skylanders: Swap Force video game, Marvel Heroes and Khumba are her most recent credits. She has 58 acting credits, 2 self credits and three ADR credits (Dexter's Lab, Robin Hood (2010 edition) and Down With Love) to her resume. Lacey Chabert according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): Chabert's first major role was as Claudia Salinger in Party of Five. Chabert made her debut to the big screen in the late 1990s starring as Penny Robinson in the fantasy-space thriller Lost in Space (1998).
Since then, she has been the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys, and has voiced Eliza in two movies, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) and Rugrats Go Wild (2003). She then had a supporting role in the parody film Not Another Teen Movie playing Amanda Becker, a parody of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character Amanda Beckett from Can't Hardly Wait. She provided the voice for Aleu in Balto 2: Wolf Quest (2002) and she provided the voice of Meg Griffin for the first production season of the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), after which Mila Kunis took over the role after Chabert became busy with school work and her duties on Party of Five.[2][7] Chabert played the title role in The Brooke Ellison Story, a made-for-TV movie produced by Christopher Reeve, based upon a real-life quadriplegic woman who overcame many obstacles to graduate from Harvard. She starred in Mean Girls (2004) and the made for TV movie Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) on ABC Family. She appeared in a 2006 remake of Black Christmas. She appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer opposite former Party of Five costar Jennifer Love Hewitt. She performed the voice of Princess Elise from the game Sonic the Hedgehog for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. She also voiced Gwen Stacy in the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man. Chabert, along with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried, won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for Mean Girls. She won both the 1997 and 1998 Hollywood Reporter Annual YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series for Party of Five, and had been nominated three other times for work from 1999–2000.[8] The YoungStar awards honor the best film, TV and music performances made exclusively by six to eighteen-year-olds.
In 2007, Chabert starred in the pilot episode of the Fox comedy The Hot Years, which revolved around the lives of four female friends who live together. The pilot was not ordered to series by Fox. Chabert was featured as cover girl of the January 2007 issue of Maxim,[9] and again in November 2013. She began her career as Princess Hazal in A Little Piece of Heaven in 1991. Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles as Kim/Bobbi Porter is her DTVA debut and she appeared as Callista in Hercules: The Series, The Proud Family, American Dragon: Jake Long as Jasmine and Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go (Surthanna). Living The Dream (Jenna Harris), The Lost Tree (Jenna), Telling The Shoes (Abby), The Color Of Rain (Gina Kell) and Christian Mingle (Gwyneth Hayden) are her most recent credits. She has 103 acting credits, 27 Self credits and one production credit (Thrist) to her resume. Ginger Hirano #2 is voiced by Michaela Zee and she has as many credits as Alan Roberts which is two. This show and Sofia The First as Princess Jun. She actually is not in the show; I just put that there because I don't care anymore. So Buford uppercuts Baljeet with the chalkboard and then we dance and sing; showing a projection screen with a blue jay and a rhino. The old folks have decided to stop acting like self-entitled old farts and into the song and dance as they cheer when the song is over and that's that. The song was okay; but that message is not a good one. So the wall on the right side of the stage comes down and in runs the Mongoalian Army and the Spudslot joins in as we get the FCC FRIENDLY CLOUDDUST BEATDOWN OF DEATH right on stage out of nowhere. Ummmm; yeah, I think that killed the potato germlins and Spudslot because we never see them again after this. Doofensmirtz then walks in from the opposite side of the stage in the most unconvincing Genghis Khan outfit ever seen (and sadly; there is no Launchpad to slay me or makes this uber funny) and he tells them that they must obey his every command.
It appears they are going to sell it as Candace and Linda bike in and Candace sees the proof in the pudding; but Linda has a newspaper in her face which she is peeling off layer by layer because she reads while biking. Now are we going to see a law banning reading newspapers while biking? I hope so. Not to mention the fact that we never saw Linda with a newspaper to begin with when Candace reeled her into this. Now you would think that the huge hole in the wall would have Linda wondering what exactly happened here. But no. Here's how the thing finishes up: We cut back to the lab as Perry in stocks finally stops selling and turns the RHAinator around and fires it out of the window of the lab. Perry runs out to the lookoff and handglides out. All while wearing the stockades I might add. So the beam comes down and somehow it fires at Doofensmirtz and the army; which makes them disappear. The problem with this is: the beam was fired as if it came from the left instead of the right because that is where the huge gaping hole is and thus would make sense for the beam to fire from the right. But no; it's from the left. How can anyone in continuity not notice that obvious error? So they disappear and Linda finally unpeels the last page and sees a coupon. She wonders what Candace is bragging about and Candace just stands there and stammers like a complete fool and is almost smiling for some reason. Linda drags her away claiming that she has had enough fun for one day stage left instead of stage right. Where the hole is. Yes; Linda was standing in the middle of the place where the wall was and she didn't notice?! WHAT THE HELL?! So Isabella is apologizing to Nana for the bad logic...oh wait...it's for failing to give them laktes and Nana claims that it was not ruined because this was the best thing to happen since they canceled three bean salad Tuesdays; which shows that even old farts can hate the same stuff kids do even at their old age. Nana thought the floor show was awesome; but the ending was out of nowhere.
Yeah; I agree and it had gaping holes of logic, but Mr. Sock and Mr. Other Sock was cool according to them. The problem with this is: The crowd was dead and one old lady blew off the routine when we actually saw the show. Baljeet and Buford got them when they started singing about being Frenemies and tap dancing among other filler time stuff since one of them started getting into the routine and then they all did by the end. So we see the old timers surround Buford and Baljeet as Buford tells them to form a line. Sadly; for those of you who saw the Polly Wants A Treasure ticking scene when the sound guys forgot to dub in Kit's laugh when they cut to Baloo and Ignatz watching on in horror; we cut to a far shot of Phineas & Ferb talking about how this all worked out in the end despite failing at making laktes; you can see the old timers with Buford and Baljeet in the background. The writers forgot to zip Buford's mouth because Buford mouth is still speaking "form a line" but there is no sound coming out of his mouth. Yeah; you would think that if the new was better than the old; the idiots who do these shows would not make an obvious mistake like that one. Anyhow; Perry comes back and the boys see him right away; wearing stocks mind you. Phineas calls them a pillory as Ferb points out that they are stockcades because a pillory would force the guy to stand upright to expose himself to prodding from passerbys. That makes no sense since their backs would still be exposed. I think this is a pillory and the stocks are for people to sit with their legs in them. So Phineas was right all along and Doofensmirtz and Ferb are wrong. This is sloppy beyond belief and I didn't realize it until NOW! Phineas then proclaims that Ferb has amazing knowledge for someone who is young and that most people would be 50-60 years old; or even a septuagenarian with esoteric knowledge. Phineas Wikia claims this is a logic break; but it's not because Phineas said "or a septuagenarian" after he said someone a little older; like 50 or 60 years old, OR prehaps a septuagenarian. What he said makes logical sense.
So Ferb brings out the notepad and crosses out the word on the paper; which causes Phinea to click his tongue and point at him like he has a finger gun. Good one guys, good one. So the ED runs and we head to the Mongoalian Desert with a bunch of archeologists are in position with trucks, tents, satellite and other stuff. So we head inside some temple out of nowhere as two archeologists are inside with torches blowing off dust of a mural painting of a Mongolian army chasing Doofensmirtz and potato germlins along with the Spudslot. So yes; the Spudslot and the germlins didn't die despite the fact that we never see them again. To be fair; I'm guessing the Mongoalians were writing this tale and they did get into a fight with said potatoes and machine, so it's not a logic break. Oh let me just give the quotes and be done with this:
Archeologist:
This is it. No one has seen this for a thousand years. (brushes
off a legend and blows on it)
The legend tells of an epic battle between the Mongol Army and...
potato gremlin creatures, while a, uh, pharmacist from the future
worked in vain to return to his time, crying out, "Curse you,
Perry the Platypus"?
(The
archeologist's companion leaves)
Archeologist:
I swear! I majored this in college.
Yeah; this scene made sense; but this episode is over at 11:56; and it was a mess of logic breaks and dumb booking. How did Linda not notice the gaping hole? How did the animators and sound guys not notice obvious errors that make Polly Wants A Treasure seen like Disney Feature? I mean; Baljeet and Buford song and dance was fine and I did love Mr. Socko; but whoever was writing this should have a better story editor because a lot of stuff here made no sense and put a stop to an otherwise all right episode. Call it * 3/4 (35%).
Agent Doof: We begin this one with a sky shot of the backyard as we hear Linda tell Candace that she's going to a birthday party. We head into the kitchen as Candace is eating Health Squares Cereal today which explains her figure at least. Or maybe not. Linda has the blue JOKEY SURPRISE OF DEATH as she is going to Vivian's aunt's sister's landlord's son's baby shower which we discover was Dexter and not Evan. Candace blows it off because no two year old has a birthday party for them; while Linda explains that it's for the adults. So why not just call it a baby shower instead of a birthday like you did in the first line of this episode? It's this kind of sloppiness that annoys me because it makes everyone sound like they are talking down to the audience. And there is nothing more insulting than talking down to a child. Candace proclaims that anyone can handle babies because they eat, poop and sleep only; which Candace calls her a laugh riot. Problem is; she was dreadfully serious about saying that. So Candace wants her to watch Phineas & Ferb while she is away and Candace is now in large and in charge. So we head into the backyard with Phineas & Ferb sitting against the tree exchanging notes on cutting red wires. So Candace comes in and she is large and in charge as Ferb produces a tape recorder just for the rules of engagement which includes asking where Perry is. Yeap; this is a segueway to see Agent P flip the fence board in an awkward way and dive into an inflatable swimming pool. So we see Perry at OWCA headquarters sitting down in front of the computer. Major....Doofensmirtz? WHAT THE HELL? Doofensmirtz proclaims the surprise and he's taken over the OWCA BABEE! I told you that this is a work folks; but no one would believe me! Why didn't you believe me?! So then Major Monogram shows up and pokes Doofensmirtz on the shoulder to push him out; and proclaims that he has not taken over. According to Major Monogram; Doofensmirtz has given up evil; or so he claims as he produces an affidavit which is a signed document that Doofensmirtz has given up evil. After pronouncing that he had taken over the OWCA. The HELL?!
According to Major Dumbagram; he was raised by ocelots and thus bypasses the "Doofensmirtz cannot sign because he's not an animal" rule which is dumb because evolution sezs otherwise. Doofensmirtz purrs like a kitten offscreen as Dumbagram tells Agent P that Doofensmirtz is his responsability for the probation period and out to let him out of his sight. Agent P salutes him barely and we get a sky shot of an office area with all the animal agent typing and doing office work. HAHA! This image I can imagine happening in workplaces around the world; so that works for me. Doofensmirtz is talking about giving up evil; and before this, he decided to build an inator called the Babe-inator. Before someone can call him out on his sexism; Doofensmirtz claims that it doesn't create rigid stereotypical females for his pleasure as he wanted to turn Roger Doofensmirtz and his cronies into crying sooky babies. That sounds like an improvement to Rob Ford methinks. So Doofensmirtz completely screws up the taking candy from a baby cliche and sadly; it's not nearly as funny as when Don Karnage does it. So we hit the flashback to the lookoff of DEI as Doofensmirtz's Babe-inator is basically another water cannon device; only shaped like a baby's bottle. Doofensmirtz uses the telescope for fun and then has the remote control in his hand. He pushes the button; which does nothing...AND THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING! So he did this 100 times and nothing happens; as the heavenly sounds and spotlight shine upon him. Doofensmirtz has an epiphany that he wasn't good at being evil; so he'll try to be good at not being evil. So here he is as Perry shows the cubicle to Doofensmirtz as Agent K comes in with papers and Doofensmirtz wants to hang a poster of a kitten in his cubicle and Agent K takes offense to it by giving Doofensmirtz eye contact violence and storms off stage left. I have a feeling none of the agents except Agent P were briefed on this because Doofensmirtz apologizes for the gaffe and then proclaims that Agent K is going to Human Resources. I don't know what they were shooting for here; but the joke doesn't catch guys.
So we head to the lab as we see Norm wearing a maid outfit cleaning up the place and of course we discover that Doofensmirtz forgot to plug the damn Babe-inator in. Nothing changes indeed! So Norm plugs it in and we cut to the Babe-inator as it shoots; and of course it completely misses it's target because it hits the backyard and zaps Phineas & Ferb into the cuteist babies ever while changing their clothes into diapers. So this inator doubles as a change clothes-inator. That's way too useful for Doofensmirtz to be using. So Phineas & Ferb talk like babies which is fine by me because Candace is an asshole who wants to bust them for doing nothing. Phineas crawls away with Ferb and after Candace looks at the picture on the camera of her cell phone; she notices that they have bailed and she goes off-screen as Phineas is apparently playing with the power drill. Ferb crawls back and steals Candace's cell phone for fun. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Memo to Candace: Kit Cloudkicker underestimated Molly Cunningham when he was in charge of babysitting and it ended badly for him. Candace is not thrilled at this as she is running around; so we head back to Doofensmirtz in his cubicle surfing the OWCA net sizing up the animal agents. We see a picture of a Neu which is Agent Newton; known as Agent Silent G which is random and out of nowhere. I guess Agent N is copyrighted or racist or something. So we see a bunch of agents walking in the foreground stage left with cups of coffee which Doofensmirtz turns off his computer after the "Security Breach" red warning flashes on the screen; thinking that it's a coffee break. So did Doofensmirtz hack the system and just forgot; or was it someone else which will not be explained? So here's the next scene: We cut to Candace sending the picture on the cellphone to Linda in the backyard. Candace thinks she has won. We cut to the baby shower which I'm certain is in Vivian's house with Linda exchanging notes with the guests and then notices the baby picture on the cellphone. Now the problem with this is: When she sees it; she already proclaims that it's an old baby picture right in front of us. That in itself isn't the issue.
The problem is; they cut back to Candace and Linda has text messaged to her that it's a wonderful old picture of Phineas & Ferb as babies. Here's a clue writers: We are not suppose to know Linda's reaction to the picture until we see Candace reading the text message to Linda because you have to tease the possible of Linda taking Candace seriously. By letting her blurt out that it's a good old baby picture during the party; the suspense is gone instantly. Kids do not hate suspense; they hate crappy writing, and this is crappy writing. So Candace realizes that she needs a photo that is date stamped to present day. Wait; I thought most digital camera did time stamping?! This makes no sense since you would think Linda would have noticed that; but it wasn't on the picture anyway. So Candace's solution has got to be the dumbest one I have ever heard of and it took about two minutes for me to figure out that her plan was to show a newspaper with a date on it and have Phineas & Ferb hold it so she can take a photo showing the smoking gun as evidence. No, really. That is her Krackpotkin plan and man does it suck. You are telling me that cell phone has no time stamp function?! So we waste about two minutes or so trying to get Phineas & Ferb to hold onto the newspaper; but they throw it away and Ferb crawls away while Phineas licks the cellphone after he throws away the newspaper. Candace blows it off for violating her throwing away newspaper rule as Phineas throws the cellphone right in the kisser of Candace; which is the rough equalivant of Molly stomping on Kit's nose. The TaleSpin one was a lot funnier because Molly Cunningham made it sounds like an accident when it wasn't. Phineas did this because he don't know any better. So more propping newspapers and stealing cellphones makes Gregory Weagle something something. Get bored? Ummmmmmm....yip! So Phineas finally throws the cellphone into the watery bird fountain; while Ferb shreds the newspaper. HAHA! I knew these two were tired of this BS. So Candace bails and finds a stroller because she's simply going to take them to Linda instead.
So she puts them in the double wide stroller as they get buckled up for safety and busting. Phineas & Ferb simply close their eyes and go to sleep as Candace proclaims that they can sleep their heads away into being busted. I realize that this makes Candace into a vile thin asshole; but we already saw her being as such in several episodes already; so the horse is out of the barn at this point. So we head to the kitchen of OWCA as Agent Duck, Dog, Raccoon, Mouse and Rabbit are having a coffee break while Doofensmirtz is making duck jokes which offend Agent Duck not unlike Sandy Sweetcheeks when Spongebob tells squirrel jokes. Only this was completely not offensive at all. The others laugh at his expense anyway. So in comes Agent P and he's not amused at all; and then we actually discover that indeed Major Monogram has a regular office with a skyline window. Yeah. So he wants the door open and in comes Agent P and Doofensmirtz as Doofensmirtz is not happy that Agent Duck snitched on him for the grape joke; which is dumb because Agent Duck never had a chance to snitch on him because Agent P appeared ten seconds after Doofensmirtz said the joke. Monogram claims that it's not about that (acting as if he knew about it and just didn't care which makes no sense) as he shows a picture of Agent Silent G; Newton the Gnu. So indeed; the security breach was not Doofensmirtz's doing after all. Now I love how some claim that Doofensmirtz ignored the breach despite the fact that when he turned off his monitor and computer; he was looking at the agents and couldn't have noticed the breach in time anyway. Besides; it's his first day on the job. Stuff happens sometimes when you are a rookie. Anyhow; we discover that Agent Silent G has been captured by Doctor Diminutive (and Monogram even points out that he was assigned to be the foil of Doctor Diminutive; so there is no apparents on this one) because some bonehead blew his cover on the blogsphere as Doofensmirtz cleans out his right ear with his finger. Yeah; he is so not guilty, but thankfully for him, he didn't blow his own cover.
So Monogram orders Agent P to find Agent Silent G and bring Agent Doof with him to make sure that no funny business occurs. That is going to fail hard Monogram; I promise three. Doofen is so happy and gleeful because he gets to wear a fedora hat. He has such a lonely pharmacist as Monogram blows him off; telling Perry to get him out of the office. So both agents leave as we see Karl outside pushing the mail cart. Monogram orders Karl to get in the office; and tells him to finish with the mail; and then do a wax on, wax off of his car because apparently; it will teach him karate moves. Karl blows it off of course because it doesn't. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. So we see Agent Dog and Agent Fox filling the tank and tires of the hover car in that order. They leave as Doofensmirtz and Agent P get into the hover car; and Doofensmirtz looks like a complete tool with that fedora hat on. And he sounds like one too judging by his mangling of partners. Jack and Jill yeah; but Alice and Wonderland? Oooookkkkaaaayyyyy....So we see the hover car rocket up into the air and we see it drive away as Monogram is watching on from the window in his office and then looks down to see Karl with a baseball cap on and a yellow shirt, washing the bosses' car. He wants Karl to be careful not to scratch it as Doofensmirtz is giddy about the control panel in a car that is way ill fitting for him. So he pushes a white knob type button and out pops a metal arm containing a missile and it is shot into the air. Doofensmirtz is so happy about that calling it way cool as the missile comes down and Monogram notices it in the window. Karl sees it and bails stage left as the missile lands and the car explodes; getting destroyed. To which I reply: Of course! It would have been funnier if it was Agent P's car or even Karl's car, so then Monogram's Doofensmirtz fist pumping would have been hilarious. It was just there here.
So we head to Danville Park with Candace and the stroller and Phineas & Ferb start crying drawing dirty looks from the denizens of Danville inside the park. Candace tries to explain that it's not what they think; but the crying and calming down fail hard. So Candace then realizes that she should buy toys to calm them down; so she heads to a 24/7 Store and tries to get the stroller in; and despite clearly showing it getting in; it wouldn't go in for some reason. So Candace props it against the door and tells the baby to stay put and don't do anything foolish as she treats them like puppies and heads inside. Then a Beagle Boy dressed up in regular prison garb parks his motorcycle in front of the store while wearing a cherry motorcycle helmet. He runs into the store and then we see Phineas & Ferb bring out the mini tools out of nowhere. So they hid them in their diapers. That was...whatever. So we head to hallway inside an apartment complex which is not DEI as Doofensmirtz wants the honors of kicking down the door with impunity. Oh sure; why not. We all know Doofensmirtz will turn heel shortly anyway. So he boots the door so hard that the door doesn't fall down; Doofensmirtz kicked a hole inside the door and the leg is stuck in the door. Then out comes Doctor Diminuitve; or Doctor Dim for short which was last seen blowing off Love Muffin for DQ'ing him in Bullseye and this is his fourth appearance. Doof calls this awkward; probably hated life as Dim asks about the fedora as Agent P is amused by this moment. So Doofensmirtz acts like he is partners with Agent P as Doctor Dim panics and runs back in. Agent P runs in and tries to kick Doctor Dim; but he disappears as Dim brings out another cannon weapon of doom which he shoots. Doofensmirtz hobbles in claiming that he has Perry's back and then they get shot; and apparently Doctor Dim was once a friend of Ammonia Pine; because they are encased in a bubble. Dim has some good taste do you not think? So Dim introduces his his new Photon 2000 Particle Bubble-erator. I guess inator has been copyrighted by Doofensmirtz since the Love Muffin contest.
Doofensmirtz blows it off as so 4000 days ago which is barely 11 years ago as Dim shows off Agent Silent G being encased in a cube of harden acrylic as he explains that he found out that Agent Silent G was Newton the Gnu since he saw it on a blog written by Doofensmirtz; which invokes the Gruffi pose from Perry. So we head back to the store and Candace comes out with a box of baby supplies and not only is the stroller gone; but the motorcycle has been destroyed. Wait; so Candace acts like nothing happened despite the fact that the door was closed. Candace then panics and sets the box of baby food down on the ground as she notices Phineas & Ferb rocketing on a rocket stroller while sharing the red charry helmet; which they stole from the robber. Candace runs after them as the robber comes out of the store with a sack of money; and somehow, Candace was able to escape without HIM noticing him somehow. How does this make any sense? If Candace did this in real life; she's DEAD legit people! So he goes over to the motorcycle and he's angry about it as a police car arrives. The robber then thinks this is great because he can report the vandalism; but he has the money sack of stink and the police yell at him to raise his arm; and he does as he realizes that he is a robber. As if the money sack and the prison outfit didn't give that one away. So we give chase for a bit as Candace demands them to come back right now; but the stroller rockets into the Dragon Baby's Emporium Store. Candace walks in and the stroller has been placed behind the door so Candace cannot see it or the cherry helmet. So it's a big store with denizens and babies in shopping carts as the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM beckons. We get a lot of denizens dealing with babies on jump cuts; along with the toilet training spot. We see Phineas & Ferb riding on a dragon car as Candace runs in. There was crying, sleeping, sucking thumbs and a lot more baby spots; as there was not much to say about this song. So Candace and the boys do the Scooby Doo door slamming spot; only without doors nor slamming since it's in a big ass store.
There was a neat spot where Candace is chasing the boys down the Sonic ramp and she destroys the ramp with ease. She also eats a kitchen utensil in the face for fun as we get more baby spots and yes a baby's foot gets tickled in a brief shot and we end the song which more baby spots; and finally see Candace pop up from the carnage with the ramps; as well as Phineas & Ferb looking completely unharmed, but so is Candace. Candace grabs the boys and proclaims that playtime is over and there is a party to go too. I fail to see how playtime is over here Candace. So we head to the top of a skyscraper as Doofensmirtz, Agent P and Agent Silent G are hung from the glass prison over 40 stories in height. See; Doofensmirtz wanted them to be let go; and Dim agrees with it; but only from 40 stories high. Doofensmirtz claims this is not what he meant as the trapdoor opens and they freefall. Doofensmirtz asks Agent P how he is doing as Perry brings out the out of nowhere grappling hook of doom and shoots it as the Bubble-erator; stealing it from Dim. Agent P grabs Bubble-erator and shoots it at Dim which encases him into a bubble. His dubbed anime style is "oh poop". Seriously; that is what he said. Agent P uses the Bubble-erator to shoot down at the ground as the denizens on the ground bail on cue. We get a huge purple bubble as all three agents land on the bubble. Doofensmirtz is a rodeo bull rider sometime in his life because he bucks the bouncing bubble as we head back to OWCA Headquarters and Dumbagram's office as Karl comes in with a wheel plate as he proclaims that this is the only part left in the car that exploded. So they turn around to see Doofensmirtz and company bucking the bouncing bubble right straight for the window. Dumbagram finally admits that this is not working out (geez; you THINK?!) and it crashes through the window and shatters it on cue as we quickly cut away to a green house at the door. Candace walks to the front door with Phineas & Ferb; and they head inside. Yes; they are going to book a finish where they get busted. I think
So she enters the house and Ginger and Adyson come in and take the babies away from her. We see Isabella come in as she admits that she's here to help with the baby shower as Linda comes in to greet Candace. So Candace grabs Linda's arm and drags her towards the Fireside Girls as we head to Dumbagram's temp cubicle as he blows off the cubicle as embarassing as the rest of the agents are cleaning up OWCA headquarters from the destruction caused by Agent P and his bucking bubble which Doofensmirtz rode on. So despite all this wanton destruction; Agent P is praised by Monogram for his efforts to rescue Agent Silent G who has his leg/arm in a sling of course. Then Monogram finally fires Doofensmirtz as he thinks it was for blowing up his car; but Monogram claims that it was because he got a long list of complaints from Human Resources which Doofensmirtz then realizes as he is reading it that it really was the duck. Agent Duck is sitting in the cubicle on screen as the agents look at him; and then Agent Duck simply moves left off-screen and out of sight. Monogram finally admits that Doofensmirtz did a lot more damage in the agency then ever outside; which Doofensmirtz gets the epiphnay spot again with spotlight and angelic music. So he calls on his cellphone and tells Norm to get the inator's dusted up because he's back in business of making OWCA's life a hilarious hell. He hangs up; calls them chumps and walks out. Yeah; this was pretty good. Now here's the way this one finished up: Norm is on the look off and he's dusting the Babe-inator. It shoots a laser which somehow lands at the party despite the fact that it was in the exact same position when it shot in the backyard. So we head back with everyone except Candace, Isabella and the babies wearing party hats in the living room as Candace shows off her proof that Phineas & Ferb are babies. Now; they have booked themselves into a corner and somehow have to get out of it right? So then the beam hits everyone except for Holly and Adyson who aren't in the shot as they all turn into babies and start crying.
Why yes folks; this is the ending to this episode: The episode simply stops as Candace admits that babies are not easy and the irony is not lost on her. Then she calls for help; and despite the fact that we don't see Holly and Adyson getting hit with the beam, they don't run in to help. Candace then turns to the hard camera and proclaims that she hopes this wears off by the next episode and we fade to black. So not only did the brothers get busted; we fail to push the reset button properly and stop for no reason because Linda has seen Phineas & Ferb as babies right in Candace's arms. So in essence; Phineas & Ferb are busted! Yeah; this is so not breaking logic at all, no siree! So we end this episode watching a musical interlude to Perry's song featuring broken down brick walls and Rockettes. Basically; it is from an episode where Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Vivian and some others are rescued by Perry in an Indiana Jones setting from Doofensmirtz wearing a fez. That ends the episode at 10:30 approx. This was a much better episode which amused me to no end; until the finish and then the episode grinded to a halt because they had no idea how to end it properly. It was the duck all right: Cartoon Duck Syndrome rearing it's ugly head once again. *** 1/2 (70%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; a mix and match of middling and not good shorts this time around. I'm sorry for being distracted so I'm just going to cut to the chase: Lotsa Laktes started off decent enough as I did like the Mr. Sock/Mr. Other Sock stuff; and felt the musical was fine; but then the episode degenerated into one of the most frustrating episode I have seen from this series. They were blowing spots left and right; and creating logic breaks problems left and right. The ending with the Monoglian mural was fine for what it was; but it was a chore to sit through mistake after mistake. Including the Polly Wants A Treasure mouthing from Buford at the end. Agent Doof was a fun episode where Doofensmirtz was chaotic and funny; although I would have laughed louder if they put a twist on the blowing up car spot. Blowing up the general's car is passe. Blowing up Karl's ride would have been funnier. This episode suffered from Cartoon Duck Syndrome too (as evident with the duck getting Doofensmirtz fired; but by then, he deserved to be anyway) as while the baby stuff was cute and Phineas & Ferb as babies was amusing entertainment to me; the finish was awful. The episode simply stopped as they push the reset button in a very wrong way by making Linda a baby because this doesn't let the boys get off the hook. Zapping Candace would have been funnier in this way; and you cannot say that this is sexist (well; you can actually) because the Fireside Girls all got zapped as well. They booked themselves into a corner and they just shrug their shoulders and walk away. They couldn't have Candace as the baby and the machine reverses and the boys get zapped back to normal. That would make more sense and give Candace the irony. But no; they basically did this and the episode grinded to s screeching halt. So Agent Doof was good with a bad finish; and Lotsa Laktes was decent but was slayed by a crappy climax, ending and finish. So next up is What'D I Miss?/Bowl-R-Drama as we finish up the shorts for Animal Agents. So....
Thumbs down for Lotsa Laktes and thumbs in the middle for Agent Doof and I'll see you all next time.