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Phineas & Ferb: Mission Marvel

Reviewed: 03/23-25/2014

The Crossover Only Old Farts Didn't Want To See!

Welcome to our first of two major Phineas & Ferb specials on the rant shack! Well; it's time to get it on with this big moment that I couldn't wait to see. Known as episode #197 (4-11/4-12) on the animation paper; date line August 16th, 2013. Four years before this special was shown on Disney Channel; Disney made a huge deal and bought Marvel Comics which many thought was the biggest thing to happen to both companies in years (only to get eclipsed by Disney buying out Lucasfilms/LucasArts a few years later; which interesting enough, will have a crossover with Phineas & Ferb as well sometime either this year or next year depending on Disney's mood). There was a lot of mixed feelings about this; mainly concern about how Disney would treat Marvel. It wasn't all invalid to consider Disney trying to kiddify Marvel (although the comic books of Marvel were marketed to children for decades. Not all of them; but a decent chunk of them.) since many in the know felt that Disney was simply propping themselves up with third parties because they completely murdered their boy demographics due to Disney creating live-action shows aimed at females. Personally; going for the female demographic was noble; but the way they went at it was foolish. Then again; as I mentioned before, Disney is a demographics company because it's the path of least resistance to money and power. My point was that by buying properties in a demographic way; they are only hurting themselves in the long run. Look how they went after the female demographic (a rigid gender role demographic no less); and it causes a great chunk of the male audience to foresake Disney due to being "girly" so to speak. So Disney bought Marvel and Lucasfilm to counter that; giving Disney access to Marvel comic characters like Spiderman, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Red Skull, Venom, among others; and Lucasfilms properties like Indiana Jones and Star Wars. Say what you want about the motives of buying the rights to these third party developers; but at least you cannot say that they are powerless properties. I mean; Star Wars started the old epic campy mainstream movie that gave movies a new start towards higher levels that it never reached before.

Since the buyout; we have seen more Marvel comic properties on television and video (games) than ever before; almost to the point of being way too overexposed (How many Spiderman shows have been released in the last three years or so?). Stan Lee was the brains behind the Marvel comics and he was a really inspiring guy to be with, I do admit. However; the spector of "kiddifying" Marvel probably got a real push when it was decided to do a crossover between Marvel characters and Phineas & Ferb; which was the major league player in DTVA and Disney Channel, in terms of overness. It is a very interesting fit as Phineas & Ferb (and as we discover Candace) live their dream of kicking ass with Spiderman and company. Personally; I love the idea, but at the same time feared that canon and BS&P would have to really tone down the thing in order to please their masters. So I could understand the hardcore comic book fans getting up in arms over this and the creation of comedy first, story and continuity screw you attitude of the Disney/Marvel era in general. However; I don't see the harm in doing a crossover when it is meant to be a parody from day one; and it's not canonal in anyway either. It's not like this is a shoot or anything since we know the whole OWCA/Doofensmirtz thing is a work parody anyway. Besides; the special did 3.8 million viewers; so it did have head so to speak. So the episode was announced at a Comic-con; and I should note that Marvel did have some control over the project because apparently; Iron Man was supposed to use Thor's hammer; but that was overruled by the Marvel brass. So there is some quality control from Marvel in their products still. I personally am hyped up for this special as it's as long as Where's Perry?; but with Marvel characters and Doofensmirtz. So; let's rant on shall we...?!

Mission Marvel is written and storyboarded by Kyle Menke, Joshua Pruett, Kim Roberson, Kaz, Bernie Peterson, Antonie Guilbaud and Eddie Pittman. The story is done by Dani Vetere, Jim Bernstein, Martin Olson and Scott Peterson. The direction is done by Robert F. Hughes and Sue Perrotto. Eddie's resume: Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, The Emperor's New Groove, John Henry and Lilo & Stitch as an inbetweener and clean up artist. He also did storyboards for 3-2-1 Penguins, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggietales Movie, Dangerous Calling and Superbook. That's about it actually. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and most recent credit too. Animation is done by Wang Films.

Opening Moment #1: So we have a new opening for this with the ground opening up against a grey triangle walled background; and lights shooting out. Out from the ground rises the Phineas & Ferb logo (I should note that both the P and F are using Phineas & Ferb's hairstyles in that order; but they are all red this time which is the same as the lettering); as Phineas & Ferb appear playing electric guitars. Then Phineas is playing the guitar behind his back as we see the full logo; and underneath the P&F logo is the title Mission Marvel logo in red/white letters; looking like a cheap WWE live event promo. Then they finish with a flourish; and then we see that the Mission Marvel thing isn't about the marvel of the mission. It's really a mission about Marvel because we see on the left side of the screen; a masked man hanging upside down wearing blue sleeves on his arms and legs; and a red bodysuit with red boots. However; it's not all red as they have some sort of black line pattern on it. It vaguely looks like a spiderweb. Which I can confirm because there is a black spider painted on his chest. Did I mention that this masked man is using spider webbing to hang upside down. He yells to Aunt May that Phineas & Ferb are doing a crossover, and sadly, Candace's promo is funnier when Candace does it. Phineas & Ferb agree and play the last note on the guitars and that is it; with the opening lasting 26 seconds tops. I just realized that the masked man is Spider-Man. Yeah; that hero who spins his web and catches thieves just like mice? Now; I admit that I haven't watched the new editions of Spider-Man for the most part since the CGI Spiderman one about ten years ago. Probably because they keep releasing Spider-Man shows every six months or so. Which goes to show you that Phineas & Ferb isn't the most overplayed show on Disney Channel or Disney XD. Anyhow; I have seen Spiderman since the Canadian made 1960's one (from the same guys who brought you Rocket Robin Hood; which was a great idea marred by the most obvious shoe string budget animation ever.); I also saw the 1995 one which was BS&P'ed so badly that it got it's own section of complainers. I do have a soft spot for Spiderman overall; but I have heard reports of this version of Spiderman; and Kevin Johnson stated once that Spiderman was acting like a sociopath in one instance, so I'm not all that thrilled to be seeing him. However; I'll play along and see if he gets to a certain point of unlikability.

Anyhow; Spiderman is voiced by Drake Bell and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): Bell first appeared on television in a 1994 episode of Home Improvement. He appeared in the film Jerry Maguire (1996), and had a small role in the Seinfeld episode "The Frogger" in 1998. In 1999, he acted in a commercial for Pokémon Red and Blue and in the movie Dragon World: The Legend Continues. In 2000, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his role as Cage Redding in the made-for-television film The Jack Bull. He received his first guitar lessons from Roger Daltrey when he starred with him in the 2001 movie, Chasing Destiny. During the early 2000s (decade), Bell was a featured performer on The Amanda Show and made a guest appearance on the series The Nightmare Room. In 2004 Bell was cast as Drake Parker alongside real life best friend and former Amanda Show costar Josh Peck on the Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh. During this time period, he made a guest appearance as himself on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 and won the first of three consecutive "Blimp Awards" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in the "Favorite TV Actor" category. In 2005, Bell co-starred alongside fellow Drake & Josh actress Miranda Cosgrove with Dennis Quaid in Yours, Mine and Ours. Telegraph is Drake Bell's first studio album. The album includes 12 tracks. His song, "Found a Way" (featured as the theme song for Drake & Josh) is also included on the show's soundtrack. Telegraph, which was released independently on September 27, 2005 and subsequently re-released on August 7, 2007. Bell's song "Highway to Nowhere" was performed on an episode of Zoey 101. "Highway to Nowhere" is included on the Drake & Josh soundtrack and Bell's album "Telegraph". Drake Bell's song "Don't Preach" was played on an episode of Drake & Josh.

In 2005, Bell performed with Hawk Nelson in a video for the Hawk Nelson song called "Bring 'Em Out," which was featured in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours. Bell and then-band-mates Michael Corcoran (Backhouse Mike) and C.J. Abraham (The Super Chris). In 2006, Bell signed with Universal Motown. He released his first single, "I Know", on October 17, 2006. The video for "I Know" was filmed in October 2006. Bell's second album, It's Only Time, was released on December 5, 2006 and reached Number 81 on Billboard's Top 200.[6] On October 16, 2007, the Radio Disney single edit version of his song "Makes Me Happy", was released on iTunes. This was the second single for Bell's album It's Only Time. He also wrote with band-mates Michael Corcoran (Backhouse Mike), and C.J. Abraham (The Super Chris), and sang the theme song for the show iCarly, "Leave It All to Me," with Miranda Cosgrove. The music video for the song premiered on May 24, 2008. Bell has recorded a theme song featuring Sara Paxton for his movie Superhero Movie called "Superhero! Song". He performed some Christmas songs in the Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh movie. A DVD entitled Drake Bell In Concert was released on December 16, 2008. The video was unable to crack the 2008 or 2009 Top 100.[7] The DVD contains footage of him and his band live on stage while they toured in Mexico, in October 2008. It also features 2 new songs and five covers, all of which are exclusive to the DVD.[8] In the spring, Bell had a starring role in the comedy spoof film Superhero Movie. In August 2008, he co-starred in the comedy College, which was shot on location in New Orleans. Bell also starred in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh alongside Josh Peck, which began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008.

In 2010, he made a cameo appearance as Drake Parker in an iCarly episode entitled "iBloop". He starred as Timmy Turner in the live-action TV-movie adaptation of its hit animated series The Fairly Odd Parents, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, released in 2011[9] and reprised his role in the 2012 sequel, A Fairly Odd Christmas. A behind-the-scenes video of the making of the music video for a new song "Our Love" was uploaded on Bell's Official YouTube Channel in 2010. The official music video for "Our Love" appeared on YouTube soon after. In 2010 also, Bell released a video showing him and Toby Gad working on a new song "Nevermind". In March 2011, Bell released a 1:00 clip of the music video for a new song "Terrific", with a sneak preview of the studio version of the song. On May 18, 2011, an official music video for the new song "You're Not Thinking" was released on YouTube, the video already airing heavily in Latin and South America (MTV Mexico Top 10). A new single, "Terrific", was released on June 14, 2011, and was also included on an EP titled A Reminder, released on June 28, 2011, also featuring the songs "You’re Not Thinking", "Big Shot" and "Speak My Mind".[10] The EP was produced by John Fields, who previously worked with Rooney, Jimmy Eat World, Selena Gomez, the Jonas Brothers, and Bleu. Bell said he decided to release A Reminder because he hasn't put out new music in a few years and "a full album will probably not happen until next year."[10] [11] Bell was cast as Spider-Man in the animated TV series: Ultimate Spider-Man based on the comic book of the same name. He later reprised the role in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, replacing Josh Keaton who originally recorded his role for the series. He was also in the 2012 Nickelodeon movie Rags as Shawn.

In 2013, Bell participated in the first season of the ABC reality TV series Splash. On July 31, 2012, Bell announced via Twitter that he had signed a new record deal and that an album was in the works.[12] On August 10, 2012, he tweeted "My new album is going to be a complete concept record. Getting in a time machine and going back to the 40's and 50's".[13] On August 23, 2012 Bell revealed that his third album will be recorded under Surfdog Records, and will be produced by the president of Surfdog Records, Dave Kaplan.[14] On January 28, 2014, Bell released a single from the upcoming album called "Bitchcraft".[15] It was announced recently on Surfdog's website, in a post about an article published on 4 February 2014 on examiner.com about "Bitchcraft" that the album will be released on April 22, 2014.[16] He began his career as Little Pete in Home Improvement in 1994. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance. Jungle Shuffle (Manu), A Fairly Odd Summer (Timmy Turner) and L.A. Slasher (The Pop Star) are his most recent credits. Has has 52 acting credits and 33 Self credits to his resume. Yeah; five paragraphs and we haven't even started the show. And so....

We begin this one with a star galaxy background ala Monster A Go Go. Yeah; that was an interesting way to start this special. We get Ferb surfing on cell shaded CGI space rocks and a surfboard while wearing a spacesuit. I get a tear in my glass eye when Ferb actually shows the future of the little Kit Cloudkickers getting inspired by the cloud surfing gimmick he had. Oh; and Phineas is also space rock surfing in space with a rocket surfboard. It just occured to me that they are inspired by the Silver Surfer. Which is another Marvel comic book property. Sadly; he doesn't show up in this special. TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM ensues 45 seconds into this; a new record for this show. Oh and we see Isabella, Buford and Baljeet joining in as there is electric guitar playing which I don't recall this song having, but whatever. Lots of still photos of space, planets and dancing by Isabella. Isabella and Phineas hold hands and Isabella is spun right towards a black hole (!!!) while Buford seems to be teasing giving Baljeet the space wedgie of death. Ferb meditates in mid air for fun and we surf some more; as the song ends and all the kids come together in space. That took two minutes. So Phineas explains about the power source of the surfboards as Baljeet wants to return to the space station and they do; as the thing looks like an ego trip. I mean; only a kid with an ego would ever make a spaceship shaped like Phineas and Ferb's heads. Anyhow; Buford wants to do something else with the suits; but Baljeet blows him off, because it was a poop joke. So everyone is out of their suit and head inside the space station as a sphere like monitor with rods is moving around; and they show Irving's crew cut, glasses wearing, clueless mug. Irving is asking how the space rock surfing went as Phineas claims that they were totally cranking dude. Man; that was lame even in 1987 when Mikey from TMNT was saying such goofy lines. Anyhow; we discover that Irving is in the backyard sitting down at a table laughing with his laptop, microphone, web camera and small sattelite dish; all on the table. Irving seems happy to be called "dude"; and I don't know why. Irving is such a lonely ass!

Anyhow; Phineas is at the control panel talking to Irving about taking the module down for a landing. I guess he's taking down the space station back to the backyard, or something. So Phineas asks if they are all clear and Irving runs into the middle of the backyard and shoos a butterfly away; then he yells all clear. That microphone must be powerful; because I'm certain Phineas couldn't have heard that at all. Anyhow; Irving asks where Perry is; and instead of showing Perry changing to Agent P, or going to OWCA headquarters and sitting in front of the computer to get orders from Major Monogram, we head to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. (complete with jingle) and into the lab as Perry is in bondage again with the big ass bear trap with blue tubes coming out of said trap. Doofensmirtz tells Perry to struggle all he wants; but he will never escape that trap. Uh huh Doof; sure he won't. I believe you...*giggle*. Doof calls the thing hydraulic. And we see Doofensmirtz on the deck with yet another laser beam device, as it is with every episode. So Doofensmirtz proclaims that his brother is the mayor; which we all know is Roger. WAH! WAH! WAH! Perry gives eye contact violence and is clearly not amused. Doofensmirtz admits that he has touched on the subject from time to time; but he just wants to make sure it was clear to Agent P. Well; how considerate of you Heinz. Anyhow; Doofensmirtz is jealous that Roger is the mayor because he has all this super duper cool powers. Uh huh. So the laser device of the day is called the Power Drain-inator to drain Roger's powers and put them into a cannister. I'm not going to tell you how stupid this is; because it's so obvious to me. He wants to pass laws, raise taxes and cut ribbons with a giant pair of creamy vanilla scissors. Perry is not amused by this; because he's a platypus and has no sense of humor. Sadly; the vanilla scissor are pointed down to the ground as Doofensmirtz proclaims that he got them at a garage sale, and the scissors poke at one of the blue pipes; which contains blue liquid. Ooops! The bear trap opens and Doofensmirtz points out that indeed, that was one of the hydraulic lines for the bear trap. Yeah; Doof is dumb, no shock!

So Perry blitzes and either punches, kicks or whacks Doofensmirtz in the face (with his tail) and Doofensmirtz goes flying about three feet stage left off-screen. Perry returns and smashes the Power Drain-inator into pieces which Doofensmirtz protests because this was supposed to be an extended episode. HAHA! Perry runs off as Doofensmirtz continues to protest this outrage; cursing Perry and pumping his fist. HA! Then a piece of the Power Drain-inator fires a lime green beam into space and it deflects into the sattelite dish. The beam proceeds to travel towards the east coast as we pan down to the Statue of Liberty; with a title card in white letters reading New York. Then we get a Moments Earlier title appearing below that; and it just occured to me that the sound in the background sounds like something out of a Z-grade movie. So we pan over to the east as we are indeed in New York city. Sadly; this is not the Gargoyles universe as there will be no Eliza or Goliath in this one. So we head into town in a street corner as we see an old man with an apron on being a hot dog vendor and he looks like Stan Lee for some odd reason. Oh wait; that is STAN LEE being a hot dog vendor. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HIM SINCE THE DISNEY BUYOUT?! Damn you Disney! Okay; maybe not. He greets a guy named Vinnie; and I swear to god, he is the exact same guy who was at Jerry's buffet in Knot My Problem, only his hair color was black instead of brown here. If you are a glutten for some light reading about Stan Lee; then the New York Hot Dog Vendor is voiced by Stan Lee himself. According to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): With the help of his uncle Robbie Solomon,[9] Lee became an assistant in 1939 at the new Timely Comics division of pulp magazine and comic-book publisher Martin Goodman's company. Timely, by the 1960s, would evolve into Marvel Comics. Lee, whose cousin Jean[10] was Goodman's wife, was formally hired by Timely editor Joe Simon.[n 1] His duties were prosaic at first.

"In those days [the artists] dipped the pen in ink, [so] I had to make sure the inkwells were filled", Lee recalled in 2009. "I went down and got them their lunch, I did proofreading, I erased the pencils from the finished pages for them".[11] Marshaling his childhood ambition to be a writer, young Stanley Lieber made his comic-book debut with the text filler "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" in Captain America Comics #3 (May 1941), using the pseudonym "Stan Lee", which years later he would adopt as his legal name. Lee later explained in his autobiography and numerous other sources that he had intended to save his given name for more literary work. This initial story also introduced Captain America's trademark ricocheting shield-toss, which immediately became one of the character's signatures.[12] He graduated from writing filler to actual comics with a backup feature, "'Headline' Hunter, Foreign Correspondent", two issues later. Lee's first superhero co-creation was the Destroyer, in Mystic Comics #6 (Aug 1941). Other characters he created during this period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comics include Jack Frost, debuting in USA Comics #1 (Aug. 1941), and Father Time, debuting in Captain America Comics #6 (Aug. 1941).[13] When Simon and his creative partner Jack Kirby left late in 1941, following a dispute with Goodman, the 30-year-old publisher installed Lee, just under 19 years old, as interim editor.[14] The youngster showed a knack for the business that led him to remain as the comic-book division's editor-in-chief, as well as art director for much of that time, until 1972, when he would succeed Goodman as publisher.[15][16] Lee entered the United States Army in early 1942 and served stateside in the Signal Corps, writing manuals, training films, and slogans, and occasionally cartooning.

His military classification, he says, was "playwright"; he adds that only nine men in the U.S. Army were given that title.[17] Vincent Fago, editor of Timely's "animation comics" section, which put out humor and funny animal comics, filled in until Lee returned from his World War II military service in 1945. Lee then lived in the rented top floor of a brownstone in the East 90s in Manhattan.[18] He married Joan Clayton Boocock on December 5, 1947,[19] and in 1949, the couple bought a two-story, three-bedroom home at 1084 West Broadway in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island, living there through 1952.[20] By this time, the couple had daughter Joan Celia "J.C." Lee, born in 1950; another child, Jan Lee, died three days after delivery in 1953.[21] Lee by this time had bought a home at 226 Richards Lane in the Long Island town of Hewlett Harbor, New York, where he and his family lived from 1952 to 1980,[22] including the 1960s period when Lee and his artist collaborators would revolutionize comic books. In the mid-1950s, by which time the company was now generally known as Atlas Comics, Lee wrote stories in a variety of genres including romance, Westerns, humor, science fiction, medieval adventure, horror and suspense. In the 1950s, Lee teamed up with his comic book colleague Dan DeCarlo to produce the syndicated newspaper strip, My Friend Irma, based on the radio comedy starring Marie Wilson.[23]

By the end of the decade, Lee had become dissatisfied with his career and considered quitting the field.[24][25] In the late 1950s, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz revived the superhero archetype and experienced a significant success with its updated version of the Flash, and later with super-team the Justice League of America. In response, publisher Martin Goodman assigned Lee to create a new superhero team. Lee's wife urged him to experiment with stories he preferred, since he was planning on changing careers and had nothing to lose.[24][25] Lee acted on that advice, giving his superheroes a flawed humanity, a change from the ideal archetypes that were typically written for preteens. Before this, most superheroes were idealistically perfect people with no serious, lasting problems.[26] Lee introduced complex, naturalistic characters[27] who could have bad tempers, fits of melancholy, and vanity; they bickered amongst themselves, worried about paying their bills and impressing girlfriends, got bored or even were sometimes physically ill. The first superhero group Lee and artist Jack Kirby created was the Fantastic Four. The team's immediate popularity led Lee and Marvel's illustrators to produce a cavalcade of new titles. With Kirby primarily, Lee created the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and the X-Men; with Bill Everett, Daredevil; and with Steve Ditko, Doctor Strange and Marvel's most successful character, Spider-Man, all of whom lived in a thoroughly shared universe.[28] Comics historian Peter Sanderson wrote that in the 1960s:

DC was the equivalent of the big Hollywood studios: After the brilliance of DC's reinvention of the superhero ... in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it had run into a creative drought by the decade's end. There was a new audience for comics now, and it wasn't just the little kids that traditionally had read the books. The Marvel of the 1960s was in its own way the counterpart of the French New Wave.... Marvel was pioneering new methods of comics storytelling and characterization, addressing more serious themes, and in the process keeping and attracting readers in their teens and beyond. Moreover, among this new generation of readers were people who wanted to write or draw comics themselves, within the new style that Marvel had pioneered, and push the creative envelope still further.[29]

Lee's revolution extended beyond the characters and storylines to the way in which comic books engaged the readership and built a sense of community between fans and creators.[30] He introduced the practice of regularly including a credit panel on the splash page of each story, naming not just the writer and penciller but also the inker and letterer. Regular news about Marvel staff members and upcoming storylines was presented on the Bullpen Bulletins page, which (like the letter columns that appeared in each title) was written in a friendly, chatty style. By 1967, the brand was well-enough ensconced in popular culture that a March 3 WBAI radio program with Lee and Kirby as guests was titled "Will Success Spoil Spiderman" [sic].[31] Throughout the 1960s, Lee scripted, art-directed and edited most of Marvel's series, moderated the letters pages, wrote a monthly column called "Stan's Soapbox," and wrote endless promotional copy, often signing off with his trademark motto, "Excelsior!" (which is also the New York state motto). To maintain his taxing workload, yet still meet deadlines, he used a system that was used previously by various comic-book studios, but due to Lee's success with it, became known as the "Marvel Method" or "Marvel style" of comic-book creation. Typically, Lee would brainstorm a story with the artist and then prepare a brief synopsis rather than a full script. Based on the synopsis, the artist would fill the allotted number of pages by determining and drawing the panel-to-panel storytelling. After the artist turned in penciled pages, Lee would write the word balloons and captions, and then oversee the lettering and coloring. In effect, the artists were co-plotters, whose collaborative first drafts Lee built upon. Because of this system, the exact division of creative credits on Lee's comics has been disputed, especially in cases of comics drawn by Kirby and Ditko.

Lee shares co-creator credit with Kirby and Ditko on, respectively, the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man feature film series. In 1971, Lee indirectly helped reform the Comics Code.[32] The US Department of Health, Education and Welfare had asked Lee to write a comic-book story about the dangers of drugs and Lee conceived a three-issue subplot in The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98 (cover-dated May–July 1971), in which Peter Parker's best friend becomes addicted to pills. The Comics Code Authority refused to grant its seal because the stories depicted drug use; the anti-drug context was considered irrelevant. With Goodman's cooperation and confident that the original government request would give him credibility, Lee had the story published without the seal. The comics sold well and Marvel won praise for its socially conscious efforts. The CCA subsequently loosened the Code to permit negative depictions of drugs, among other new freedoms.[33] Lee also supported using comic books to provide some measure of social commentary about the real world, often dealing with racism and bigotry. "Stan's Soapbox", besides promoting an upcoming comic book project, also addressed issues of discrimination, intolerance, or prejudice.[34][35] In later years, Lee became a figurehead and public face for Marvel Comics. He made appearances at comic book conventions around America, lecturing at colleges and participating in panel discussions. He owned a vacation home on Cutler Lane in Remsenburg, New York[36] and, from 1975 to 1980, a two-bedroom condominium on the 14th floor of 220 East 63rd Street in Manhattan.[37] He moved to California in 1981 to develop Marvel's TV and movie properties. He has been an executive producer for, and has made cameo appearances in, Marvel film adaptations and other movies.

He and his wife bought a home in West Hollywood, California previously owned by comedian Jack Benny's radio announcer, Don Wilson.[38] Lee was briefly president of the entire company, but soon stepped down to become publisher instead, finding that being president was too much about numbers and finance and not enough about the creative process he enjoyed.[21] Peter Paul and Lee began to start a new Internet-based superhero creation, production and marketing studio, Stan Lee Media, in 1998. It grew to 165 people and went public through a reverse merger structured by investment banker Stan Medley in 1999, but near the end of 2000, investigators discovered illegal stock manipulation by Paul and corporate officer Stephan Gordon.[39] Stan Lee Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2001.[40] Paul was extradited to the U.S. from Brazil, and pleaded guilty to violating SEC Rule 10b-5 in connection with trading of his stock in Stan Lee Media.[41][42] Lee was never implicated in the scheme. In the 2000s, Lee did his first work for DC Comics, launching the Just Imagine... series, in which Lee reimagined the DC superheroes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash.[43] In 2001, Lee, Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman formed POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment to develop film, television and video game properties. Lee created the risqué animated superhero series Stripperella for Spike TV. In 2004 POW Entertainment went public via another reverse merger structured again by investment banker Stan Medley. Also in 2004 Lee announced a superhero program that would feature Ringo Starr, the former Beatle, as the lead character.[44] Additionally, in August of that year, Lee announced the launch of Stan Lee's Sunday Comics,[45] hosted by Komikwerks.com, where monthly subscribers could read a new, updated comic and "Stan's Soapbox" every Sunday.

The column has not been updated since February 15, 2005. In 2006, Marvel commemorated Lee's 65 years with the company by publishing a series of one-shot comics starring Lee himself meeting and interacting with many of his co-creations, including Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, the Thing, Silver Surfer and Doctor Doom. These comics also featured short pieces by such comics creators as Joss Whedon and Fred Hembeck, as well as reprints of classic Lee-written adventures.[citation needed] On March 15, 2007, Stan Lee Media's new president, Jim Nesfield, filed a lawsuit against Marvel Entertainment for $5 billion, claiming that the company is co-owner of the characters that Lee created for Marvel.[46] On June 9, 2007, Stan Lee Media sued Lee; his newer company, POW! Entertainment; POW! subsidiary QED Entertainment; and other former Stan Lee Media staff at POW![47] At the 2007 Comic-Con International, Marvel Legends introduced a Stan Lee action figure. The body beneath the figure's removable cloth wardrobe is a re-used mold of a previously released Spider-Man action figure, with minor changes.[48] In 2008, Lee wrote humorous captions for the political fumetti book Stan Lee Presents Election Daze: What Are They Really Saying?.[49] In April of that year, Viz Media announced that Lee and Hiroyuki Takei were collaborating on the manga Karakuridôji Ultimo, from parent company Shueisha.[50] That same month, Brighton Partners and Rainmaker Animation announced a partnership POW! to produce a CGI film series, Legion of 5.[51] That same month, Virgin Comics announced Lee would create a line of superhero comics for that company.[52] He is also working on a TV adaptation of the novel Hero.[53] He wrote the foreword to the 2010 non-fiction e-book memoir Skyscraperman by skyscraper fire-safety advocate Dan Goodwin, who had climbed skyscrapers dressed as Spider-Man.[54]

In 2009, he and the Japanese company Bones produced its first manga feature, Heroman, serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan; the feature was adapted to anime in April 2010.[55][56] In October 2010, Lee's SLG Entertainment partnered with Guardian Media Entertainment on The Guardian Project to create superhero mascots for the National Hockey League.[57] In August 2011, Lee announced his support for the Eagle Initiative, a program to find new talent in the comic book field.[58] In 2011, Lee was writing a live-action musical, The Yin and Yang Battle of Tao.[59] In October, Lee announced he would partner with 1821 Comics on a multimedia imprint for children, Stan Lee’s Kids Universe, a move he said addressed the lack of comic books targeted for that demographic; and that he was collaborating with the company on its futuristic graphic novel Romeo & Juliet: The War, by writer Max Work and artist Skan Srisuwan.[60][61] In April 2012, Lee announced his partnership with Regina Carpinelli, the founder and CEO of Comikaze Expo.[62] Comikaze Expo, Los Angeles' largest comic book convention, was rebranded as Stan Lee's Comikaze Presented by POW! Entertainment.[63] At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, Lee announced his new YouTube channel, Stan Lee's World of Heroes, which airs several programs created by Lee and other creators, including Mark Hamill, Peter David, Adrianne Curry and Bonnie Burton.[64][65][66][67] It was announced in February 2013 that one of Lee's recently-created characters, the Annihilator, a Chinese prisoner-turned-superhero named Ming, would be adapted into a film written by Dan Gilroy and produced by Barry Josephson.[68][69][70][71] Lee is among the interview subjects in Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle, a three-hour documentary narrated by Liev Schreiber that premiered on PBS in October 2013.[72]

Disney Publishing announced in November 2013 that Lee would write a book, Zodiac, with Stuart Moore.[73] Yes; ten paragraphs!! The Year 01 as a narrator was his acting debut in 1973. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance (unless you count all the shows Marvel is now making under the Disney banner since the buy out.). X-Force as an exec is his most recent credit. He has 101 production credits, 101 writing credits, 75 acting credits, 132 Self credits and 22 other credits to his resume. Vinnie is Dan Povenmire again as Stan Lee asks if he wants the same old hotdog. Then we get explosions as a sign falls and crashes in the background. We then see Spiderman swinging on his web which is one of his main gimmick. Most Marvel babyface characters have somewhat complex backstories (which are done mostly with flashbacks instead of the interactions creating the personalities. However; that is a trait of most comic books anyway; and Stan Lee was very effective in flashbacks); but the story of Spiderman is that Peter Parker (his real name) wanted to become a scientist and was bitten by a spider which was radioactive. That gave him the subtle power of being able to swing like Tarzan, spin webs (all created himself from science) and basically kick ass. He usually works for money at a newspaper where the boss (Triple J~!) is mean and wants pictures of Spiderman unmasked and exposed as a criminal instead of a hero. J. Jonah Jamieson (Triple J~!) isn't in this show sadly. Spiderman is usually my favorite comic book character because as a superhero; his superpowers were really subtle. He could probably do half of the stuff without the radioactive spider in play; but it just gave him enough to be a superhero. There is no overkill with this character. Now; the previous Spidermans do crack jokes; but often they all have a payoff, and doesn't sound like a joke machine. Here; Spiderman is swinging through town as the streets are in terrible shape because of the villain of the day; and Spiderman passes through a hyrdant which was destroyed and a water piller was created. Spiderman splashes through the water spout and then cracks a joke about a pool party and bringing his trunks. This was a bad throwaway joke in a serious matter of a city getting beat down by some supervillain; and he cracks a joke which has nothing to do with the villain. Not good.

And then in such a convenient manner; we see a bunch of superheroes and villains on the street fighting each other for no reason. One of them is dressed in red/yellow android like suit and is shooting at some black suited guy wearing a white spider on his back. I see that they are fighting in front of a theater. I just realized that this is Iron Man and Venom. Venom is a virus like alien that took Eddie Brock as a host. Eddie is a Marvel character that I started noticing in 1995 who was a heel who had some sympathy heat with me because some of his undoing was caused by Peter Parker himself (who was the first host of Venom actually); which caused him to be taken over by Venom. Again; it's more complex than what I am saying here since comic book/television stuff gets revised all the time. Venom/Eddie Brock is an interesting case in the 1995 Spiderman television series in that the BS&P's of the time actually helped Venom than hurt him as a character. One such thing was the use of the word destroy instead of kill. In Eddie Brock's case, destroy was the perfect word to use in terms of motive because he didn't just want to kill Peter Parker. He wanted to take everything Peter ever had away from him and then kill him. He wanted to destroy and ruin Peter's life. That made the BS&P'ing benefitical to his character. It's not like Carnage who is a serial killer and where BS&P basically shredded his character as a result. I know a lot of people want some analysis from me on Marvel characters, but I'm working with the present characters which have been changed quite a bit from the previous characters, so I'm only going through my childhood memories for the guys that I know. Trying to explain everyone's backstories would almost assure this rant would be over 500KB in size; which is 50 Webs limit per file. Venom is voiced by Danny Trejo and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER! Yes; I'm ignoring the fact that he was in prison in his early years.): While speaking at a recovery meeting in Los Angeles, Trejo met an old man in the movie business.

His newfound friend invited him to the set of Runaway Train where Trejo was offered a job as an extra in the film's prison scenes. Edward Bunker, himself a former convict and well-respected crime author who was writing the screenplay for the film, recognized Trejo, with whom he had done time at San Quentin.[2][10] Bunker, remembering Trejo's boxing skills, offered him $320 per day to train Eric Roberts, one of the movie's stars, for a boxing scene. Director Andrei Konchalovsky liked Trejo's work and decided to offer him a small role in the film as a boxer. It has been widely misreported that Trejo was actually serving time in the prison during filming, when in fact he had been released over a decade earlier. Since then, Trejo has become a prolific actor in both films and television, appearing alongside some of Hollywood's most famous actors, including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Nicolas Cage, Charles Bronson, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Val Kilmer, and Antonio Banderas. Trejo has often appeared in five or more movies per year in various genres. He has appeared in such major releases as Machete, Blood In Blood Out, Animal Factory, Bubble Boy, Anaconda, Marked for Death, xXx, Desperado, Badass, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Heat, From Dusk till Dawn, Con Air, Six Days Seven Nights, Spy Kids, The Replacement Killers, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Predators, Urban Justice, The Devil's Rejects, Valley of Angels, Delta Farce, Grindhouse, Rob Zombie's Halloween and Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror.

Trejo is known for his distinctive appearance. In addition to his heavily lined face (usually sporting a long mustache), he has displayed the large tattoo on his chest for many roles (the tattoo depicts a woman wearing a sombrero). He often plays thugs or lowlife characters, although he has also played sympathetic characters in films such as Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids trilogy, Bubble Boy and a guest appearance on the USA Network series Monk where art imitated life in his portrayal of a convict roommate to Tony Shalhoub's undercover detective. He also appeared in a Season 2 episode of Desperate Housewives, where, as another good-guy character, he was sent by Carlos to help Gabrielle deal with her grief of losing her unborn baby. He voiced the character Enrique on King of the Hill, and Octavio's character on that show is based on his appearance. His role on King of the Hill was referred to in the HBO series Unscripted where he had a cameo appearance. He also is featured in an episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and an episode of Do IT LIVE with actors Anna Bennett and Claudia Pickering, shot in Downtown Los Angeles, by the name of Sebring feat. Danny Trejo. He also made guest appearances in the award-winning series Breaking Bad in 2009 and 2010. The award-winning independent film CHAMPION (2005), which documented Trejo's life, featured Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Steve Buscemi and Robert Rodriguez. Trejo appeared as a playable character in Def Jam: Fight for NY, a fighting game to which the actor lent his voice and likeness. He had previously lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the character Umberto Robina, who also resembles Trejo. Trejo voiced the character of Rico in Rob Zombie's animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as well as starring alongside Steven Seagal in Urban Justice.

Trejo is now portraying the Mexican bartender in the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. He also voices Raul Tejada, a Ghoul, in Fallout: New Vegas. Regarding his continued growth as a professional actor, Trejo has stated that he still cannot believe how fortunate he has been. "I'm so blessed. I'm still scared that somebody's going to wake me up and say, 'Hey, we're still in prison. Let's go to chow'".[11] Many of Trejo's characters in Robert Rodriguez movies have been named after knives or sharp instruments: Machete in Spy Kids, Razor Charlie in the From Dusk till Dawn series, Navajas (Spanish for blades) in Desperado, and Cuchillo (Spanish for knife) in Predators.[12] He also plays Machete in a trailer made for Rodriguez's film collaboration with Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse. In 2010, he starred in a full theatrical version of Machete, based on the character, followed by a second Machete Kills in 2013. Trejo has also made cameo appearances in music videos, such as rapper Tech N9ne's video for the single Like Yeah from his 2008 release Killer; Rehab's 2007 song Bartender; Jay Chou's short movie-music video Double Blade from his 2003 album Ye Hui Mei; southern metalcore band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster's video for the single Open Your Eyes from their 2011 release IV; the Jonas Brothers' Burnin' Up from their album A Little Bit Longer; Sepultura video Attitude in 1996; and Yelawolf's video "Whistle Dixie" in 2012. He appeared in famous adult entertainer Lupe Fuentes's 2012 music video "We are the Party" with her band The Ex-Girlfriends.[13] Trejo appeared in the PlayStation Move game The Fight: Lights Out as an instructor for the player's character, and as himself in the second map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops; Escalation map pack, on the zombie map Call of the Dead.

In 2012 Trejo starred alongside Ron Perlman and Charles S. Dutton in Craig Moss’s action film Bad Ass. He played the main character of Vietnam veteran Frank Vega, based on 67-year-old “Epic Beard Man” Thomas Bruso. That same year Trejo again appeared with Perlman in a supporting role in season 5 of the FX network drama Sons of Anarchy. In 2013 Trejo shared his tumultuous journey from convict to movie star with KTTV in Los Angeles in a segment filmed in his own home.[14] He began his career with Project A (a Hong Kong kung-fu movie) in 1983 as Lo Sam Pau. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance. A Horse Story as Moonlight is his most recent credit. He has 279 acting credits, 51 Self credits, and 11 production credits to his resume. The Iron Man is known as Tony Stark who is a businessman ala Shere Khan in TaleSpin; only he's hands on and a full babyface. I have seen him a few times in Spiderman 1995 and the CGI series of Iron Man where he was younger than usual. I do like his design though, it looks awfully classy. He shoots lasers at Venom and makes Venom back down over the sign. Iron Man is voiced by Adrian Pasdar and according to IMDB: Adrian Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts but, at the age of 2, his father, a prominent heart surgeon, moved the family to Powelton, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. In high school, he excelled at football, eventually leading to a football scholarship at the University of Florida in 1983. Football may have been a promising future, had it not been for a terrible accident during his freshman year that left his face scarred and his legs badly injured. A very driven Adrian finished his freshman year in a wheelchair, doing intensive physical therapy and turning his attention to campus stage productions and rediscovered a childhood interest in writing and acting.

No longer able to play football, he dropped out of school and returned home, taking a job with a theater group "People's Light and Theatre Company". Here, he worked on sound, lighting and set construction. While constructing a set, he cut off the end of his left thumb. Adrian, having the ability to turn tragedy into triumph, used his medical compensation to pay for attendance at the famous Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. At the age of 19, he auditioned for a role in Top Gun (1986). Director Tony Scott was so impressed that he wrote the part of "Chipper" just for him. This led to bigger roles in Solarbabies (1986), Streets of Gold (1986), and Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 cult vampire movie Near Dark (1987), with Adrian in the lead role of "Caleb Colton". He also appeared in Vital Signs (1990). Adrian has always been an actor ahead of his time, opting for roles in independent and cable movies long before they were considered fashionable for feature actors to do. In 1992, feeling completely out-of-touch with reality, Adrian left Hollywood to return to New York. He worked as a cashier for room and board, while taking the occasional small part, such as "Frankie" in Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way (1993). Another major break came in 1995, when Adrian was cast as the title character on the short-lived Fox series Profit (1996). He continues to act in supporting roles and has now added directing to his already impressive body of work. He wrote and directed the short film Beyond Belief (1999) and also directed a feature film entitled Cement (2000). He began his career in Top Gun as Chipper, then Streets of Gold as Timmy Boyle and Solarbabies as Darstar in 1986. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance. The After as Wade is his most recent credit. He has 67 acting credits and 18 Self credits to his resume. He also produced and directed Cement in 2000.

So we get a green skinned and green haired dude who has clearly been going to Larson & Gary way too many times wearing torn pants which almost look like jeans. The villian he is facing is a robot android with electric whips as arms as he uses them to tear down some metal apartment building stairs and they squash the green skinned steroid dude. The green giant guy is The Incredible Hulk (which caused legal issues with WWE with Hulk Hogan using the Incredible Hulk as a nickname) aka Doctor Robert Bruce Banner who was Stan Lee's answer to the Golem in Jewish mythology. The gimmick was that Robert Banner was a socially withdrawn psychologist who under stress and pressure would transform into the green giant you see here. I say "was" because in Agents of SMASH; Hulk is already in this form and stays in the form. I hope there was a reason given since I have never watched the show. My first run in with Hulk was the one created by the same guys who created Rocket Robin Hood; only I only saw about three or four episodes tops of him. It was in 1966 and it was called The Marvel Superheroes. Weird that Spiderman got his own show. Even more so: Thor, and Iron Man also appeared. Even more so; one of the segments was Prince Namor The Sub-Mariner and one was for Captain America, who doesn't appear in this special. That is awfully weird for a much different reason. As for Whiplash; I have never seen him until now as his real name is Anton Vanko who is Russian; and is supposed to be Iron Man's rival, which is weird because he's fighting Hulk here. Whiplash is voiced by Peter Stormare and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): Stormare began his career with the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, to which he belonged for eleven years. In 1990, he took a leading position (Associate Artistic Director) at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and made a name for himself through various Shakespeare performances including Hamlet.

Three years later, he moved to New York City and mainly took part there in English language productions. He played Carl Hamilton, a fictional Swedish secret agent similar to James Bond. He was discovered by international audiences for his critically acclaimed role as one of the kidnappers (with Steve Buscemi) in Fargo (1996). He later played a sleazy, unlicensed "eye-doctor" named Solomon Eddie in Minority Report. He portrayed Dieter Stark in the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. In 1998, he appeared in "The Frogger", a Seinfeld episode where he played a "rogue electrician" known as "Slippery Pete". He portrayed Uli Kunkel in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, as well as playing Lev Andropov, the Russian Cosmonaut in 1998's Armageddon. In 1999 he appeared opposite Nicolas Cage, in the role of a villainous producer & director of deviant hard-core porn named "Dino Velvet" in the film 8mm. He also portrayed Gunny in the movie Windtalkers in 2002 and Alexei in the 2003 film Bad Boys II. In 2003, Stormare played the role of Ernst Rohm in Hitler: The Rise of Evil. In the 2005 film Constantine, Stormare played Lucifer. He played an interrogator in the 2005 movie The Brothers Grimm. His first major character in television was on the show Prison Break in 2005, where he played mob boss John Abruzzi. Stormare was originally cast for the role of Fido, but upon being cast in Prison Break, he opted out of the film. He voiced "Mattias Nilsson" in the video games Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, the voice of Isair in the computer game Icewind Dale 2, and the voice of Johann Strauss in Quake 4. In February 2006, he starred as Wolfgang in Volkswagen's VDub series of television commercials. Stormare played the main character in the movie Svartvattnet, which was filmed in Sweden and Norway during 2007.[2]

Stormare was also offered a role in the ABC television series Lost for a period of one year,[3] which he later declined.[4] In the 2007 film Premonition he played the character Dr Roth. In April 2007, he appeared in an episode of crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Ending Happy". In December 2007, Stormare participated in the Swedish reality show "Stjärnorna på slottet" along with Britt Ekland, Arja Saijonmaa, Jan Malmsjö and Magnus Härenstam. He appears in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 as Dr. Zelinsky, a Russian scientist who builds a time machine. He runs his own record label, StormVox.[5] He starred as Walter in the Canadian independent crime thriller Small Town Murder Songs (2010). He appeared in the music video of the song "Uprising" by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton.[6] He plays himself in the 2011 Norwegian comedy Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen, and appeared as a psychiatrist in the Swedish horror film Marianne (2011). He appeared in "The Replacer" trailer for the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which was made for the "Revolution" DLC pack. He has since reappeared in most recent trailers for the game. He began his career on a Swedish television mini-series called Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! in 1978. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance. Gnomes & Trolls 2 as Mini is his most recent credit. He has 139 acting credits, 25 Self credits, four production credits, and two writing credits to his resume. Hulk is voiced by Fred Tatasciore by the way. The other guy is dressed like a viking and has a really giant hammer. That would be Marvel's version of Thor. Sadly; the only Thor I'm familiar with is the one from Valkyrie Profile. Oh; I cannot wait for the Red Skull to show up because there's something about his voice that makes me tingle from the inside. Thor is voiced by Travis Willingham and according to IMDB: Hailing from Texas and an athletic background, Travis Willingham graduated from Texas Christian University's theatre program in 2003.

No stranger to the stage or screen, Travis was surprised to develop a new talent in voice-over. A fan of the industry for decades, his booming voice can be recognized in over 150 video game franchises and animation titles. Beginning his career in Dallas, he worked on many popular anime titles developed for American markets. After moving to Los Angeles, he found himself working on such titles as Marvel's Super Hero Squad Show playing The Incredible Hulk and Human Torch. A self-acknowledged comic geek himself, Travis has continued to work with Marvel Animation by maintaining the role of Thor in Marvel's Avengers Assemble, Ultimate Spider-Man, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Other credits include Superman in Lego Batman The Movie: DC Super Heroes Unite, Phineas and Ferb, The Legend of Korra, Fish Hooks, Knuckles in Sonic The Hedgehog, and many more. 2013 also ushered in Travis as Disney's newest King, as he plays King Roland II in Disney Jr's new hit show, Sofia The First. Coming from a proud family of gamers, his video game career is also growing. And with demand for motion capture in newer titles quickly on the rise, Travis is thankful for his sports and stunts background. After performing mocap for the multitude of Frost Giants in the theatrical release of Thor in 2011, his VO and mocap work in 2012 included blockbuster VG titles Halo 4, Skylanders Giants, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Resident Evil 6, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and Grand Theft Auto V. 2013-14 offers some exciting new titles for Travis as he appears in the PS4 launch title Knack, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, and the February 2014 release of Infamous: Second Son as Reggie Rowe. He began his career doing cameos for anime such as Dragon Ball Z, and then started officially with a cameo in Jackie Chan Adventures in 2000.

He also appeared in Valkyrie Profile 2 as Woltar by the way. No; that is not the surprise voice I was talking about; but it's very close just the same. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and was King Roland II in Sofia The First. Sonic Boom (Knuckles) is his most recent credit. He has 178 acting credits to his resume. Thor's story is closely related to the Norse mythology; and that's all you really need to know. I haven't seen Thor much in the past; although he did have an awesome MUGEN move in one of the "Everyone Hate Homer" segments JudgeSpear did years ago. So we fight for a while as Spiderman swings in and he's fashionably late; which makes sense here. He shoots webs at Venom and Whiplash; and both villains get MURDERED by Thor and get splattered against some wooden doors. Which I thought were wooden doors because as they drop down onto the ground; out comes a clone of Krang from TMNT driving a floating black ship which looks similar to Doctor Doofensmirtz's actually. There is a second one in the background who is driven by a man dressed in a dull uniform with a red mask on. At least in theory. The Krang wannabe (actually Krang is a MODOK wannabe; but play along here) is called MODOK which means Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. Nice to see they kept his name and didn't change it to MODOH~! He's voiced by Charlie Adler by the way; which is nice to see him being in this show; they should have called him MODOG~! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So they bring out this tank like laser device which Iron Man calls an Anti-matter beam which packs a punch. You can say kill on this show Tony. Hulk claims that he packs a bigger punch and gets shot in the chest with the laser gun. Hulk flies. Hulk smashes into building back first. Me see all of this without impact stars nor jump cuts. We get a closeup of MODOK and the red skinned bald guy who wants them to take them out; all with a fake German accent. At first; I thought it was someone new and then looking again, I realize: That's the bloody Red Skull, the main villain from Captain America, who is not in this show.

How hard is it to find four villains who are rivals of the four babyfaces? Spiderman/Venom is fine. Iron Man/Whiplash is all right; but MODOK and Red Skull are both the main foes of Captain America. Hulk might work since he is an Avenger with Captain America along with Thor; but I thought Captain America was more over than Thor? My head hurts. Maybe some Lezard promos from Valkyrie Profile 2 will help calm me down. Red Skull is familiar to me since he is supposed to be an off-shoot of Adolf Hitler in the comic world. Strangely in the 1995 Spiderman television series; he became Electro, or revived Electro for some reason that time has wiped from my memories. Red Skull is voiced by Liam O'Brien. YES! The voice of Lezard in Valkyrie Profile 2 has made an appearance. I think I last heard him in Bravely Default's English dub version. According to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): An American voice actor and voice director perhaps best known for his roles as Gaara of the Sand in Naruto, Captain Jushiro Ukitake in Bleach, War in the video game Darksiders, Vincent Law in Ergo Proxy, Yasuo the Unforgiven in League of Legends and Illidan Stormrage in the Warcraft game series (World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade). He is married to fellow voice actress Amy Kincaid. O'Brien is also one of the English adaptation writers for the popular series, Naruto. O'Brien is usually cast in unusual roles; as such, he tends to play characters who show signs of insanity or are evil geniuses. Some of those include: Gaara from Naruto, Lloyd from Code Geass, Isaac from Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness, Lezard from Valkyrie Profile 2, Grimoire Weiss from Nier, Kain from Final Fantasy IV, Caius Ballad from Final Fantasy XIII-2, Dist from Tales of the Abyss, Asura from Asura's Wrath and Akihiko Sanada from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3.

He was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy by the American Anime Awards for his work in Comic Party, DNA Squared, and Girls Bravo.[1] He is also the voice of Wonderful Pistachios. He currently hosts the All Work No Play podcast with fellow voice actor Sam Riegel. He will reprise his voice acting role as Caius Ballad in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. He began his career doing anime in 2001 with The Prince of Tennis and Comic Party. Sofia The First is his DTVA debut as The Amazing Boswell. JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time (Aquaman/Batwing Computer) is his most recent credit. He has 267 acting credits, 13 writing credits (Resident Evil 6, X-Men 2011 edition, Iron Man 2010 edition, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Blue Dragon, Bleach, Gun X Sword, DearS and Koi kaze.), 11 direction credits (Resident Evil: Darkside Chornicles, Resident Evil 5, Tenchu Shadow Assassins, Armored Core: For Answer, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation and Boys be), and eight other credits (The Last of Us, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Ace Combat Assault Horizon) to his resume. Sadly; Liam is not using his Lezard voice here; because the German accent is so dumb. Liam is much more brilliant as a voice when he's being a scoiopath, like Lezard was. So Spiderman swings in and shoots webs to tie MODOK's lavender wrists up; but the beam in his head won't stop his mind. So MADOK shoots from his head; and Spiderman dodges saying that he missed him. Thankfully; he doesn't say "Now you have to kiss me" which I'm certain would prove Kevin Johnson's point. So we see Iron Man land like a robot in an alleyway to the left of the floating transport vehicle and he shoots his plasma beam from his palms (which I think another character Morbius the vampire used in Spiderman 1995) and they destroys the base underneath causing the entire platform to topple to the left. Thor is floating in the sky and uses the Molijr Hammer of Doom to crush the guns which is poorly animated I might add.

Hulk of course grabs the platform from underneath causing MODOK and Red Skull to teleport directly onto the ground for no reason. Hulk throws the entire vehicle into the bay and it splashes a lot of water; but it doesn't do any damage whatsoever. THAT WAS WEAK! THAT WAS WEAK! So all the heels get thrown down together in a heap; as all the babyfaces are stalking them. Spiderman of course comes in and is more concerned about getting to tie them up with his webs; than actually typing them up with his webs. Yeap; this is the Spiderman Kevin Johnson was talking about and boy that is going to make life painful. So then out of nowhere; the lime green beam from the Drain Power-inator hits the babyfaces; and this scares the villains so much that they just bail stage right. Yeah; one green beam that is NOT hitting them at all makes them all run like scalded dogs. The babyfaces are confused about what hit them and why the heels are bailing so quickly. Spiderman goes after them and tries to climb up the walls but then slides down. UH OH! The Power Drain-inator worked! And who's fault was it for making the babyfaces lose their superpowers? Agent P; DUH! So Iron Man cannot move; but somehow he can still talk (illogical). Thor throws his hammer and it falls down on the street after going about ten feet. Hulk tries to smash the street; but the street suffers no damage. The babyfaces realize that their powers are drained. Here's the obvious problem with this: Spiderman losing his climbing powers is fine; although he could probably still swing and make webs since those are technology based and used manually. Thor's is completely logical since he's a magical figure anyway. Hulk's problem is that his drainage didn't bring him back to Bruce Banner the human; although, considering Agents of SMASH, that is no longer illogical. Iron Man on the other hand; all of his powers are technology based. Why not just go back to Stark Enterprises and recharge? So Iron Man wants to see Jarvis to figure this out; and they all agree to go to SHIELD (the secret organization that fights evil. Kind of like OWCA; only SHIELD is a shoot; not a work).

They walk off; but Iron Man is stuck and cannot move. Spiderman wants Hulk to carry him; but Hulk claims that his powers are gone too. Oh come on Hulk! You cannot deadlift 300 pounds? You have less strength than Hulk Hogan in his prime now. Iron Man wants them to go to a store and get a dolly to carry him to SHIELD. Well; this was embrassing considering that Tony Stark is a babyface Shere Khan anyway. So we head to the world's biggest screwed light bulb which is a funny segueway to say the least. We see the kids are inside the light bulb screw lying on grass as it comes down as Buford proclaims that this was the best thing this morning. So I discover that this was the ship Phineas was talking to Ivring about and it lands and disappears into the ground as it opens the glass dome. The kids come out as Candace runs in dragging Linda so we can get the "Candace fails in busting the boys" gig out of the way quickly. So Linda gets her cue like a Z-grade movie and asks anyone for snacks and all the kids leave. Sadly; Candace doesn't stammer on cue as she had the Gruffi pose on and was not amused. So we cut to a giant steel airship which looks like the babyface version of the Iron Vulture. We head inside the control room of the airship as Spiderman is complaining to Thor about being a man in a body stocking without his powers. Thor complains about leaving his hammer on the street; which leads to the Billy Van joke where we see Molijir on the street parked to a parking meter as a female parking meter officer rips a pink ticket from her notebook and places it on the hammer. HAHA! That is going to cost Thor about...ummm...$134.15. We return to the ship and Spiderman breaks logic by hanging upside down on the arm attached to the red monitor on the ceiling. If he lost his powers; how did he get on the ceiling? That makes no sense! Spiderman drops down in a heap on the floor while Thor talks about the heavy hammer; which will produce a heavy fine later. So the door slides open and in comes Hulk carrying Iron Man on a dolly. Iron Man blows Thor off because he's not locked in a metal suit of armor.

The babyfaces all agree that they need to find out where that beam came from and then a black bald man with a eyepatch on his left eye is standing right in front of them wearing an futuristic suit with a holder with a gun in it. This is Nick Fury; who is the leader of SHIELD and CGI Iron Man hater. I think Nick Furry was one of those characters who has been changed from being white to black throughout the years to create more inclusiveness among the Marvel Universe; and I'm not really caring about it one way or the other. I know a lot of comic books fans will hate this; but, it's difficult enough as it is to keep the stories straight from the original source without logic breaks nor revisionist history; so seeing Nick Furry as a black guy commanding SHIELD is A-OK with me. Anyhow; he informs the babyfaces that it came from Danville, USA and Spiderman asks if he has been there the entire time; and Nick Furry states that yes; yes he was. Even in Marvel storyline; every character has to act like a Phineas & Ferb made character. It's both stupid and funny at the same time when you put more than three seconds of thought into it. Nick Fury is voiced by Chi McBride and according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): His first success in show business came with the hit song "He's the Champ", which parodied the marriage of boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens. Based on the tune's success, McBride was signed by Esquire Records and he joined the rhythm and blues band Covert. Convinced he should try his hand in front of the camera, the singer moved to Los Angeles and, billed as "Chi", landed guest spots on Fox's In Living Color and NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as well as a featured role in the TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation. In 1998, he was a co-star of Mercury Rising, alongside Bruce Willis. He was later given the role of Principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public.

Much of McBride's work sees him playing right-hand man to the hero, as in the films Mercury Rising and The Terminal. McBride is unusual among actors in that he did not begin his acting career until the age of 30[citation needed]. He is notable for his television roles on Boston Public, The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies. McBride's film credits include Cradle 2 the Grave, The Distinguished Gentleman, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Frighteners, Narc, The Terminal, I, Robot, Roll Bounce, Annapolis, Hoodlum, Undercover Brother, Let's Go to Prison and The Brothers Solomon. McBride portrayed eight different characters in the play Nagataki Sake, directed by Robert Downey, Sr. He starred in Human Target as Winston, business partner of Christopher Chance (the protagonist). The show premiered on January 17, 2010, on the Fox Broadcasting Company. Chi has also appeared on an episode of "Celebrity Ghost Stories", depicting an incident during 1988 before his acting career in which he was subconsciously led to the Lorraine Motel while stopped over in Memphis, and experienced psychic visions of Martin Luther King's assassination on the 20th anniversary of the event. Phineas & Ferb is his DTVA debut and only appearance. Draft Day (Walt Gordon) and Murder Police (Randall Hickox) are his most recent credits. He has 63 acting credits, 20 Self credits and one production credit (Delusion) to his resume. So we go over to the computer and see in the space; the Phineas & Ferb space station claiming that the beam originated from the Tri-state area. I am disappointed that he didn't say it like Doofensmirtz would; that would have been great. Spiderman asks if it's from SHIELD; and Nick claims that it has not as the space station is owned by these guys; and we see the computer screen pan down to Phineas & Ferb building something else in the background.

Spiderman's first comment on Phineas: He has a weird shaped head. I died. Iron Man is still on the dolly protesting that he cannot see anything and he topples over like a dead golem. Nick looks at Hulk and Hulk bails to get Iron Man back on his feet again. I hope this doesn't become a running gag. So we head to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. as Doofensmirtz is at the look off giving order to Norm the robot who is vacuum cleaning the entire area while wearing a maid outfit. Only Doofensmirtz would could make this look cool. Doofensmirtz keeps pointing out how much Norm is missing in terms of sucking up the little and big pieces of the Power Drain-inator. Norm just accepts his fate like a good little male maid robot as Doofensmirtz wonders about the Power Drain-inator hitting something before it died and then we go to the television screen as a brown haired guy wearing a suit is sitting in front of a reporter's desk which is as blue as the blue triangle background. There is a PIP shot of New York City as I discover from transcripts that the guy is Gordan Gutsofanemu (his sixth appearance on this show; voiced by Jeff Swampy Marsh of course). Gordon gives us dateline New York as a mysterious ray has drained the powers from four beloved superheroes. Obvious question: How does he know about this? We don't know where his sources are from because he then tells us that we return to Horse on A Bookcase, already in progress. Doofensmirtz is so happy to hear about draining superpowers despite the fact that Gordon never told us who those four powers were. Yeah; Doofensmirtz actually acts like he knows that it was Spiderman, Thor, Hulk and Iron Man who got drained despite the fact that Gordon never told us who. Stupid logic break is so stupid. So Doofensmirtz tells Norm to bring the cannister to him so he can get the powers drained into him while we see him going to his laptop and typing on his blog from LoveMuffin remembering to say OMG; which shows that even old men are using that stupid catchphrase. And Ed Brayton; although that is at least part of the comedy of wingnuts.

Anyhow; he types about how he got superhero powers; which brings Norm in with the cannister which has lime green glass on the side; and Norm tells us that the cannister has no energy inside of it. UH OH! Norm tells him that a retraction post is in order; but Doofensmirtz waves it off because everyone stretches the truth on the Internet. Besides; who on God's green earth is going to believe that Doofensmirtz successfully drained Spiderman's powers even if Doofensmirtz got them? No one of course. So we head to a red hellish looking castle anywhere he well damn pleases; and I just realize that this is the Red Skull's lair. As if the red color didn't give it away. That is one badass fortress to say the least. So we head inside with Red Skull standing in front of the computer and the monitor screen replaying some raw footage of the four superheroes getting hit by the beam. Wait; how did Red Skull get this footage? Red Skull calls this a slight miscalculation as Whiplash thinks he is underestimating said miscalculation. So Venom wanted to destroy them then and there; but Red Skull tells them to shut up in roundabout terms. It doesn't matter either way because it doesn't change the fact that their superpowers have been drained. He wants to know who drained them and where the powers are; and that brings MODOK out proclaiming that he is the perfect combination of human IQ and machine IQ. So why hasn't he found a cure for pancreatic cancer yet? His claim is so suspect to me. He's clearly fatter than Whiplash and Venom combined as MODOK states that he has interfaced with all of the digital information stored on the vast network of the World Wide Web. Ummmm; yeah, get to the point MODOK! Whiplash thankfully retorts that he has a "smart"phone with free roaming. That is good to know. MODOK calls Doofensmirtz puny and inferior human; which he's half right. He is quite puny as MODOK was reading Doofensmirtz's blog claims that he has the superpowers. This is not going to end well for Doofensmirtz nor hardcore comic book fans.

Red Skull calls the name Drusselsteinian and he had a cousin who married a Drusselsteinian; who is a she and she's dead to him. Somehow; that sounds like she really is dead and Red Skull murdered her. Figures; knowing him. Red Skull wants to know who Doofensmirtz is and MODOK uses his mind powers to beam an image in VR showing a stock photo of Doofensmirts in his lab. Red Skull calls him beautifully grotesque which is a funny oxymoron if I have ever heard one. So the villains all have smart ass remarks on Doofen; which Red Skull asks where Doofensmirtz is and MODOK beams the image of Doofensmirtz Evil Inc.; which is in the Tri-State area which MODOK does a decent Doofensmirtz impression of; in Danville. Red Skull states that this is great and it's time for an evil road trip. MODOK yells SHOTGUN out of nowhere; but it does have a payback as Red Skull blows him off because he cannot fit in the shotgun position. HAHA! See; that wasn't random humor at all, no siree. So we head back to the backyard and it's 10:30 according to Phineas' watch; as he wonders what else that they can do today. Linda walks in and informs Phineas that she is going to do a walking tour of the Tri-State area. She cell phone rings; she answers it telling Candace that she is in charge, and we cut to the window with Candace cheering for victory on the cellphone. Pfft; whatever Candace. Linda leaves and Phineas asks where Perry is; and then sees Perry coming in. Well; that was pointless, as we head to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. as a giant black skull shaped ship floats onto the look out and create a space like elevator. Two doors open and out comes the heels with MODOK getting the top elevator shaft; with the heels on bottom. Venom hears a snapping noise and looks down to see a steel cage has caught his leg. Since Venom is a slime alien in this form; the liquid form takes over and he gets his leg out of the trap with ease. So we head inside the lab with Doofensmirtz at the computer which is beeping that a platypus trap has been engaged.

So Doofensmirtz turns around ready to mock Perry and then stops because he sees the heels and MODOK is now bigger than the base of the skull ship! Geez; MODOK is just growing the longer this episode goes and we are only about ten minutes into this special! So we meet and greet as Doofensmirtz wipes his hand all over Red Skull's face; commenting that he needs sunblock as his face is burnt down to the bone. MODOK wastes more time with his Psi powers on something everyone even in storyline knows who Doofensmirtz is. Where's Sean Malstrom's shotgun from A Fool's Paradise when we really need it? So we talk for a while as Doofensmirtz talks about no one singing the birthday song for him; and then admitting that he tried to be like MODOK in the 1990's; which we hit the flashback and see Doofensmirtz trying to cosplay MODOK in ruling the Tri-State area and he goes backwards on cue. He crashes off-screen into the wall behind the door. HAHA! We return to reality (no, not really) as Doofensmirtz goes on about failing to get out of the bedroom and then asks why they are here. Red Skull's German accent gets in the way in him saying that he wants the devices. Doofensmirtz is confused despite the fact that Doofensmirtz is from the old country and should have a bit of a grasp of that German accent Red Skull has. Red Skull repeats; Doofensmirtz repeats his confusion. Doofensmirtz wants Whiplash's to break the tie; but Whiplash claims that he has no idea. Oh come on Whiplash! You cannot be this stupid. So Red Skull basically talks like a character in Santa Claus & The Ice Cream Bunny; and Doofensmirtz finally realizes that he wants to see his inators. So we head inside the lab as we have a Sloth-inator which is a claw like laser shooting device. Yeah; he wants the powers of a sloth. No one cares because it's super slowness and super leaf-eating. I guess he wants to eat all the leaves in the Tri-State area. The heels just stand there wondering why they are even here as Red Skull asks MODOK if this is the right guy. MODOK claims that he's infallable which is giggle-inducing as Red Skull thinks MODOK is playing around and more diabolical than he thought...

At least I thought Red Skull was shooting at MODOK; but I have a sneaky feeling that he is refering to Doofensmirtz; which is roll on the floor laughing my ass off stuff. I'm sure it was MODOK he was shooting straight at the hard camera. Doofensmirtz holds a branch of a tree claiming that he'll be able to eat this super slow; and this proves that Red Skull was shooting at Doofensmirtz. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh; the hardcore comic book geeks must be howling with anger and fury after THAT one. Anyhow; we head to the front door of Phineas' house inside as the doorbell rings. Phineas walks to the door with Ferb and asks if Ferb was expecting someone. Ferb opens the door and we see all the Marvel babyfaces minus Nick Fury of course. Ferb turns to Phineas and proclaims that he wasn't expecting them; and that ends the segment nearly 12 minutes in. Way too sloppy and way too funny of a special thus far. I'm not a fan of the 2013 Marvel characters; mostly Spiderman being my main issue so far. However; MODOK and Red Skull are great so far in their comic roles; and so I'm at least entertained by this, in a sort of Urban Wrestling Federation way.

After the commercial break; we head back to the STOCK FOOTAGE OF DOOM and into the kitchen as Iron Man is still stiffer than a board (and apparently; he got his yellow eyes back) as Isabella has to get a step ladder and help him drink from an apple juice box. That made me laugh. Less funny was Spiderman having to help Hulk put the straw in an apple juice box. I cannot take Hulk seriously being worse in strength than Spiderman. No way, no how. Even without superpowers. Spiderman's second direct comment at Phineas: Aren't you a little young to be stealing superpowers and Phineas semi agrees with him, but insists that they don't think the beam originated from their design. Thor is of course from Asgard; and has no concept of an apple juice box. I find that silly because he's supposed to be an Avenger in this modern era of the comics; so I find that fact a little confusing to me. Anyhow; Iron Man states that the siphoning of power orginated from the Tri-State area and it bounced off their space station. Phineas asks if he is sure of this; and Hulk claims that it is shaped like Phineas' head. Phineas then agrees; but he has no knowledge of ever developing a power siphoning ray. I'm guessing suck is on the BS&P forbidden list as Iron Man was afraid of this information; and he wants to get his superpowers back first. Why not take them to Stark Enterprises then? Phineas is about to say that he knows what they are going to do today; and then Candace cuts everyone off and walks down the steps informing everyone that she is in charge. Linda is doing her walk tour in Danville; while Lawerence is in the garage tinkering with something; so she is large and in charge, which means no funny business. She then off-hand sezs hello to Spiderman and just keeps talking about going to visit Stacey for the day while Baljeet and Buford are drinking from apple juice boxes. And then she catches herself and stammers. HAHA! The superheroes greet her as Thor calls her a fair maiden. I was hoping Candace would say "Meap" before having a nervous breakdown which requires Isabella to walk her into the living room to lie down. Like an invalid.

She stammers about superheroes on the way out. Phineas proclaims that Candace is a fan of them; which is funny because she sounded like she was in dellusion and denial that there are F'N Marvel superheroes in Linda's F'N kitchen! Iron Man topples and pratfalls on his face off-screen as Thor is grateful she didn't see that; and Iron claims that he is okay as a cat screams on cue. I'm more worried about the cat than Tony Stark is right now. So Phineas asks where Perry is and we see Perry come in and sit in front of the computer at ALE/OWCA headquarters. Major Monogram greets him on a B&W television screen which is placed on a table right next to the big screen. See; Major Monogram isn't providing mission details; he's providing the introduction to the man who will be introducing this mission to him; as apparently, Karl found an old B&W television in the basement. The guy on the big screen is Nick Fury from SHIELD of course; so you know this is serious business BABEE! We then hear Karl admit that the split screen didn't work properly as Monogram introduces Agent P to Nick Fury. Monogram spells out shield and Nick blows it off because it's an aconym like OWCA, only it's cool. It's a nice payoff and such; but the payoff already happened because it's all irony. Monogram seems to be wearing an eye patch on his left eye out of nowhere for no reason as Nick is confused about Perry the secret agent because Nick doesn't believe that Perry is a platypus. Monogram tells Nick that he has no superpowers and only a fedora which causes Nick to demands answers as to why the hell is Monogram wearing an eye patch just now. Monogram claims that it's doctor's orders and he has a sty. Karl comes in and blows Monogram's cover on that and Monogram denies that it makes him look cool. Nick is like me in "Whatever; let's move on to the mission" as he basically shows some maps and the four superheroes who have lost their powers against a jackhammered background. I swear that the poses are the same as on the DVD main menu of this disc.

Perry is to monitor the situation and report back at once; and then that grinds to a halt because Monogram is wearing eyepatches on both eyes now. Karl blows his cover on that too and Nick and I must be thinking what is the point of this? Nick is flustered as Monogram denies like a heel. Yeah; that was whatever. So we head to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. as we head to a hallway and Doofensmirtz is pushing a button to open a room which is his inator hall of fame. MODOK seems to be getting bigger and bigger still as this episode goes on. So they walk in and Doofensmirtz shows a Oatmeal to Porridge-inator as he is full of himself. Then we get the Multi-Hello-Tactical-Baboon-Glom-inator which is supposed to be self-explainatory and it is since it's the most bizzare laser device ever with cow udders and moose antlers. For starters. He also shows us the Whaffle-inator and the Junk Mail-inator as Red Skull and Whiplash exchange notes. Whiplash thinks he's a misunderstood genius while Red Skull thinks he's a perfectly understood idiot. To me; he is both. So Doofensmirtz finally shows the Disintegrator-inator; which is actually useful; but Red Skull blows him off anyway. Red Skull demands the device that drained the heroes of their superpowers; and Doofensmirtz proclaims that this was the Power Drain-inator; but it was destroyed by his arch-nemesis Perry The Platypus. Red Skull asks if he is a super solider platypus and Doofensmirtz sezs that he is not. Venom asks if he was bitten by a radioactive platypus and Doofensmirtz states that is a regular, ordinary crime fighting platypus. That sounds a lot funnier than when I wrote it. Red Skull doesn't care anymore and wants Doofensmirtz to rebuild the machine. Doofensmirtz is squealing with glee because they are working together on this. Doofensmirtz of course wants to be leader of this gig since he always wanted to have an evil entourage. Whiplash protests this outrage and wants to destroy him; but Red Skull tells him to stand down because they'll play along and then let MODOK destroy him.

And of course MODOK is way too big to fit in the door and he curses Danville. I think Doofensmirtz is basically a Disney knockoff of MODOK from the modern era of Marvel shows featuring MODOK as a heel; but that's just an obversation that I'm making. And he curses the land of small doors too. Doofensmirtz than points out that before he can build the machine, he must run some small errands to run; and offers to let them come with him. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think we know where this is going; and so does Red Skull because he is doing a hissing groan which Doofensmirtz comments on Red Skull's head bursting into flames; or was he thinking of something else. This better be the finish; or the writers are idiots. So we head back to the backyard with all the kids and Marvel babyfaces; as we see a small shed; which has a sign that reads "SHED" in red letters. Phineas sezs ladies, gentlemen and the Hulk which was lame; because they should have it as "Ladies & Gentlemen", tease looking at Hulk and then Phineas sezs "and Buford." Sometimes I wonder if the writers are just picking random spots out of a hat and just doing the spots instead of building them properly. Anyhow; The shed is called that as it's the Secret Hideout of Emergency Defense; as Spiderman points out that they need something bigger. Phineas points out that the outside is just a facade; and it's what is inside that counts. So we do a teleportation scene changer to inside the SHED and if you have seen the main menu of the DVD set; it looks exactly like that. The Marvel babyfaces are amazed as Ferb calls this British sci-fi technology; a Doctor Who reference by the way. Iron Man notices a banana yellow/black android suit which looks about five feet too tall for Iron Man to wear; and has a bird like helmet with red eyes on it. Phineas calls this the Beak Suit, Mark II. Phineas points out that they are still working on waterproofing the suit; so they cannot take it out in the rain. So it was Phineas who created Agent X then! I didn't know Phineas was a sexist pig!

Iron Man talks about summer internships at Stark Enterprises which absolutely gives Iron Man away as Tony Stark right there; and thus making my pointing out the logic break even MORE obvious. IDIOTS! Phineas states that the summer is packed already and Iron Man can only say apparently. So everyone gets a lamented ID key card (which Spiderman points out for no reason. I don't like it when Spiderman cracks stupid jokes for no reason. Spiderman in the past had a lot more wit, timing and context to his cracks. I'm just saying writers) to access the facility; and somehow the door to SHED is wide open for no reason. And then I realize why: Candace runs in with a comic book entitled Heroes On Ice which is Candace's fanfiction fantasy of Candace ice skating with Thor. Now that was funny! Hey; Candace's writing cannot be any worse than my fanfic writing that is for sure. Spiderman blows her off because they don't accept unsolicited material; which is just plain hilarious considering that they are accepting help from two ten year old boys in a backyard which has a small shed. Isabella is surprised that she is a fangirl which Candace explains that she did a lot of research to make sure she was up to speed with the Ducky Momo-Superhero crossover event. And we get a jackhammered background of a chicken looking like a superhero with a legit J-Pop voice speaking really bad Engrish and sounds like a chipmunk on helium. Can we now allow Japanese on an American show legit now? And the opening sequences with music don't count. We return to the SHED as Phineas proclaims that they must build a device to restore their powers; and Candace cuts him off proclaiming that she knows what she is going to do today as she hugs her fanficiton like a maniac; and does that evil giggle spot to amuse me. I think the superheroes would be taken aback of this; but we are past the point of no return when it comes to logic anyway. So we HIT THE MONTAGE with Doofensmirtz and the heels at the crosswalk and we hit the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM!

This is a fun song and Doofensmirtz and the Red Skull are in the ball tent as the ball goes into the Red Skull's eye socket. Red Skull is such a trooper to even tolerable this crap. Doofensmirtz rips up a ticket; plucks strawberry ice cream from a girl's cone and she doesn't even cry. She looks stunned as the Shaggy clone band arrives to play their guitar and tamborine, and autoharp as I finally realize: These are the same guys who sang My Nemesis in It's About Time. So Perry is watching from the rooftops as we all step on yellow flowers. Yes; the heels have better fashion sense then this flower shop; or the ladies' fashion sense as we slide down the slide at a nearby fair. Then we steal coins from the fountain in Danville park with MODOK. Whiplash breaks the glass of a clock tower with a rock and a slingshot; Venom pranks a poor man in a green shirt by ringing the doorbell and then bailing. This is too funny to watch. Then we tip over an entire gang of motorcycles as a biker gang shows up pissed; but the super villians back Doofensmirtz up. They are stunned as the Doofensmirtz Inhouse band plays behind the gang leader who is black. Then they all get pies in the face from Doofensmirtz just to up the racism. Then we ride the kiddie train ride which makes me laugh; and MODOK rides the caboose. Which is riding shotgun by train speak; so the joke has been paid off. We walk on the sidewalk and MODOK experiences the giant floating baby head out of nowhere. HAHA! So we throw toilet paper all over someone's property in broad daylight for fun. More crimes and disrespect as one of the villains steals all of the hot dogs from the Stan Lee guy and he gives eye contact violence at them. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Projection much there Stan Lee? After all; these are your creation. Red Skull has a headache while drinking coffee because Doofensmirtz is trying out stuff in a department store; and the band is playing behind him. And it ends with a picture of the villains getting a picture while posing in front of a Western themed background saloon called the Watering Hole.

So we head back to the SHED headquarters as the gang is sitting and standing around while Phineas & Ferb are fixing a machine which looks like a giant rainbow colored machine with green, red, blue and yellow screens which match some of the colors of our superheroes. How about that? So Phineas proclaims that until they know what happened to their real powers; the machine they devised will give them temp powers. Okay; that sounds reasonable as he tells all the superheroes to stand below the hologram portion of the machine. Candace is yelling at them to get their hero on as Phineas pleads for her to wait a moment. Ferb tries to connect the final connector together to lock down assignments and reverse polarity; but Candace pushes the red button anyway. What an idiot this Candace is?! So the beams engulf the superheroes and Thor feels great so he jumps into the air and sticks to the ceiling like Spiderman. By Odin's beard indeed! Well; Spider Thor is actually a better character than the Spiderman of this generation; so I'll take it. So we head to the Googalplex Mall as the heels go down the escalator while MODOK just goes down. Anyhow; Doofensmirtz wants to eat ice cream and spoil their dinner; which pisses off Whiplash so much for wasting his time; that he takes the more direct approach of baiting the babyfaces into their trap by lashing onto a kisok of Ducky Momo and whipping it into the air and smash it on the denizens in the mall; making them scatter. Yeah; Whiplash the hothead has the most common sense to actually do something evil as one of the kisok girl does the Gruffi pose and pouts. Yeah; because apparently, she's more concerned about her kisok getting destroyed than protecting her life from four supervillians. So we head back to SHED as Phineas looks worried because Candace was dumb enough to not let Ferb finish the job and everyone has their powers swaped. Spiderman has Hulk's powers as he lifts a giant machine above his head and likes it. At least him acting like a dumb psychopath makes sense in the context of his new powers; so he has become less offensive somehow.

Baljeet is of course afraid of heights because he's on top of the machine with Buford and Isabella. Iron Man has Thor's powers because he's posing for no reason and Hulk has no powers because they are dependent on his suit; thus exposing the logic break even more now. Hulk is sitting down thinking and his use of different words and vocabulary has improved. Only Phineas Flynn-Fletcher would look at the bright side of these things even if CANDACE is the dumbass of the group. Iron Man wants Mjolnir but Thor tells him that this requires worthiness; not magnetic powers. So this goes on forever as without the hammer, Iron Man is useless. Then we do the contexts of saying potato and Thor is as confused as I am. So we cut to Phineas & Ferb fixing the machine and they call this a disaster which they indirectly blame Candace for. Which is absolutely true. Candace tries to say that this was an accident and Phineas blows her off because the entire world is at stake; and basically states that if she doesn't know what she is doing; Candace cuts him off and yells that she should just leave, and suddenly Phineas agrees with her. And by the way P&F haters; Phineas actually yells at Candace like a normal kid. He did snap back at her saying that maybe she should. Phineas was angry. Phineas got angry. I know this took four seasons (maybe even less than that); but there's no way you can tell me that Phineas is happy all the time. So Candace sulks and walks out as we see several flat screens set up saying the word relevant in different color letters against different color backgrounds. We have a male voice yelling an alert as a relevant news broadcast has been intercepted. The announcer proclaims that there is a disaster in Danville; and then we see a horse in a bookcase with a censor sign on it saying that Horse In A Bookcase has been canceled after 19 years on the air. Well; I didn't think that the joke would be paid off; but it would have been funnier if Gordan Guts actually told us that the horse was stolen from the Googalplex Mall in the chaos by Doofensmirtz and the Marvel Heel Four.

So Gordan shows us the Googalplex Mall as three super villains, Doofensmirtz (who is called a pharmacist) and MODOK (who is called a giant chicken egg with a face on it; since calling it Krang would be a copyright violation even thought Krang is a knockoff of MODOK!) are tearing the place asunder. Thor proclaims that they are needed (yeah; just play along to the storyline guys. I am.); as Phineas pleas for them not to go since their powers haven't been fixed; and they need more time. Iron Man proclaims that the gratitude is in the right place; but they are heroes see. I somehow doubt that Tony Stark; at least in the present time. Phineas and Ferb want to join them; but Iron Man asks if they can fly; and that gives Phineas & Ferb a chance to look at the Beak Suit Mark II; and they say that it's not raining; and do a fist bump. Those things are deadly; man! They are as deadly as the knee-on-knee collision in ice hockey. So we head outside into the skies as Phineas and Ferb are in the Beak Suit Mark II flying with a rope being held on by Hulk, Thor, Spiderman and Iron Man. At least we don't have to worry about Iron Man being Kit Cloudkicker in Waiders of The Wost Tweasure anymore in this episode. So we head to the Googalplex Mall as we go inside with Venom scaring shoppers in the halls of the malls. See what I did there? He lashes his tongue a lot as MODOK shoots beams from his head and Whiplash swings like Tarzan from his electric whip arms. This is the point where the Red Skull states that it will get their attention and here comes Phineas and the Marvel Babyface Four from the blown down wall (probably shot by MODOK) ready to kick ass and repulse hardcore comic book fans the world over. Oh come on guys! Don't tell me you fans suddenly like this show! So Phineas & Ferb are now known as The Beak and of course Spiderman is still acting like a geek.

Iron Man proclaims that it's showtime as Spiderman is feeling as good as a dork (I wish he said that just to complete the cycle) while Hulk would feel better in a metal suit. Phineas points out the lack of time for that as Iron Man points at the Red Skull; and the Red Skull cuts a promo calling them a bunch of heroes who without their powers are people from a costume party. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. So Red Skull order MODOK to destroy them and he comes down cutting his puny hero promo which sucks and blows at the same time. Spiderman runs in and wants to smash; but he jumps high into the air and catches about 100 feet of air because he somehow flies out of the Googalplex Mall and then comes back down as we get a far shot of outside with Linda listening to some audio tape on her Walkman. That's a portable cassette tape; which we all used in Ancient Egypt. Hulk feels insulted by this and Thor calls it somewhat insulting and mocking Hulk a little. Somehow; that is underestimating the situation there as Thor runs in and climbs up the walls. Hulk tries to match muscle with Venom; but no suit equals Hulk getting thrown into a shop and the window shopping section of the store is crushed and smashed. YAY! Violence! Whiplash comments about them having powers; and Red Skull notices that they are mixed up; which makes the Red Skull lift Doofensmirtz into the air demanding answers to this. Doofensmirtz claims that he never made a Power Switch-inator; but he doesn't remember. That pisses off Red Skull; and he throws him into the tables and chair into the food court section as Doofensmirtz takes some rather scary bumps in the process. Iron Man is dodging MODOK's lasers in a really, really lazy way as he wants to throw the hammer; but Thor blows him off while climbing up. So Whiplash is taking on Beak and he snaps his whips cutting the suit in half causing Phineas and Ferb to slide violently on the waxed floor; which is not as violent as Ron taking the clothesline from Shego in Kim Possible: So The Drama; but it's close enough.

MODOK is about to shoot but he's shocked as Thor has grabbed him; but he cannot throw him because his hands are like spider webs and sticky. And Thor cuts a glue promo like Spiderman; and even he hates it! You know Kevin Johnson is right when even THOR hates the idea despite having Spiderman's personality. Time to see a shrink or get a personality transplant Peter! See what I did there? Then we get a really funny spot that wouldn't work in Marvel canon; but I don't care anyway: Whiplash gets kicked with a love tap from Ferb; who is controlling the legs of The Beak. Phineas is controlling the torso and he kneels down; and Ferb kicks Whiplash again and it trips over Phineas's torso suit and lands on his ass. Great teamwork spot there! Then they run away; but Whiplash lashes the fountain which causes water to pour onto the floor and it catches on the Beak's suit; which shorts it out and they get dropped on their asses and backs. Great heel comeback from Whiplash! I'm liking Whiplash now actually after never getting a chance to full assess his character. Phineas is lying on his back questionning his priorities on waterproofing as we return with Thor sticking it to MODOK and using him as a laser beam; and he almost shoots Iron Man in the process as Iron Man sells it as if he flying away. We see Hulk come out dressed up like a makeshift robot; thinking that he's Iron Man. Iron Man crashes into him and they go crashing into the store again. Then Spiderman crashes down and destroys the eyeglass kisok with a MAN-SIZED bump. Nice one as Spiderman gets up and he face to face with Venom. He asks what he missed and then gets grabbed by the throat by Venom. Spiderman surveys the situation as Thor is getting reverse zapped by MODOK; Whiplash is tying up Iron Man. Apparently; Spiderman doesn't care about Hulk or Beak because he proclaims right there that things probably cannot get any worse.

I was hoping that he would be proven wrong (and Red Skull goes into Nazi mode); but we jump cut to outside the Googalplex Mall (with shattered solar glass roof) with Stan Lee doing narration now explaining what has happened last scene this aired as a two parter on two days back to back. Never mind that this aired in one day and all in one go. I guess it will run in reruns as a two parter soon enough. Also I fully expect the two parts to be trimmed down a bit to get the regular OP's in too. We'll see if that happens when we reach that point as we return inside the ramsacked Googalplex Mall after a cliffhanger that wasn't a cliffhanger. We see now that Venom has the Hulk in a side headlock while throttling Spiderman. Red Skull of course does absolutely nothing but gets to say that this is too easy while Thor is encased in a plastic red sphere by MODOK. Red Skull continues to talk about the heroism being dead (good luck on that one fool) and there in from a surfboard comes Agent P and his Superman knockoff tights. So Agent Super P whacks everyone with the gas powered surfboard of doom and then unleashes the smoke from the surfboard that makes Red Skull cough; which is funny because he's supposed to be the off shoot of the Hitler zombie. I think Whiplash is nailed somewhere in the confusion since Iron Man is freed from the whips; and then Super P using the grappling hook ropes to tie up the babyfaces and lift them out of the Googalplex Mall's solar roof. Spiderman of course has to crack a joke about tipping the guy; which gets blown off. At least in this crossover, the other superheroes do not like Spiderman acting like a psychopath. So Red Skull is pissed about the "beaver duck"; while MODOK wants to murder all beaver ducks which at least MODOK has some grasp about taking things seriously. Doofensmirtz puts on the Gruffi pose proclaiming that none of this would have happened if they just went for ice cream. Word. So we head back to the backyard as all the babyfaces have landed in front of the SHED which has blue/yellow colors on it now. Did Candace vandalize the sign on the way out?

Anyhow; the babyfaces are unwrapped and Super P flies away stage right on his hovercraft board as Thor waves at him as a small, but mighty friend. Phineas thinks this guy looks familiar for some reason and Spiderman cracks that it's Howard The Duck. Okay; that was funny as Iron Man is not amused at all, but Hulk sticks up for Spiderman since he had a bill. So Iron Man wants to regroup and figure out Plan B. So you guys are going to defeat the enemy with temper tanturms? That is a fool's errand as Phineas wants to go back to SHED headquarters and we head inside headquarters as Phineas is walking on the robot's hands which is amusing. We see Isabella reading a blue book on a box crate while Buford and Baljeet are working on a device which looks like a mess of stuff both on the table and the floor. We also see that Candace is here, despite the fact that she already blew off Phineas and sulked off out of the SHED. So we exchange notes on the situation as Spiderman isn't feeling it anymore; which is an improvement for him on this show. Thor runs to the wall and tries to stick to the walls; but he slides down. So they are losing their powers as Iron Man's suit is getting heavier; but Thor's strength unlocked the joints; so he'll be fine this time. Geez; how convenient eh? Anyhow; Baljeet and Candace are working on repairing the machine as Candace has a wrench claiming that she's here to redeem herself. So they have finished the first power which is Hulk's brawn which earns a thumbs up from Hulk. Awww; that was cute. So Iron Man asks for a particle accelerator on that thing as Baljeet talks about it and Candace is standing there. Instead of letting them talk over this; Candace takes the conveniently placed cord and plugs the device in. Which of course she does prematurely like a F'N idiot! Phineas panics and Baljeet gets zapped in the head with the Temp Power Intern-zator (That's my booking name for it and I'm sticking to it) which Baljeet completely oversells; as if he got water dumped on his kisser. He falls on his back onto the ground and he looks green to the gills with big bug eyes. That's awfully racist.

So Buford just stands there looking stunned as Baljeet gets up and he's in ROID RAGE~! He smashes the device that he was repairing and then runs away in a fit of rage making sure to destroy a wall in the process. Joey Styles: We just fixed that wall! Hulkjeet runs into the street and he's more of a rebel than Kick Buttowski ever will. And then he jumps into the air and flies away. Wait; what? So we head back inside as Candace proclaims that we don't see that everyday. That isn't the great thing about this. Check Phineas's expression. THE GOD OF CREATIVITY IS ANGRY~! Candace? Run...NOW!! Candace is finished as Phineas is now parently pissed off at Candace for screwing up again; even though it was Baljeet who smashed the device. To be fair; Candace did plug in the device anyway to set it up. Candace stammers like a total idiot; because she is a total idiot as Phineas just reads the riot act on her for not learning her lesson. What lesson Phineas? I don't recall Phineas ever yelling at her to learn something. Not that it matters; Phineas is PISSED! Phineas has had enough and takes off her lanyard; grabs the SHED keycard and rips it to shreds. Phineas basically yells that he cannot afford anymore setbacks in this mission and invokes the pointy finger of death to order Candace to leave and never come back. Candace sulks and walks off to sappy piano music which is fitting because it's the same music from The Incredible Hulk. As Candace is walking to the SHED door; Buford proclaims that he warned Candace that you don't want to make Phineas angry and she wouldn't like it when he's angry. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. You know something; a lot of people complained about the lack of varity of emotions Phineas had in this show; in that he was always happy. Now seeing this; I think this was all done on purpose, because when Phineas ripped up the SHED card and blew off Candace; that had impact. I cared about it because Phineas isn't usually mean-spirited and here; there was justification for such mean-spirited. When someone screws up twice like a total idiot and cannot realize it; anger is a rational response.

It's not like most modern cartoon shows where the main "likable" babyface blows up on every single little thing every episode. Phineas was happy most of the time; and when he got angry here, it had such impact that I had sympathy for both characters. More so for Phineas because his anger was justifed; while I had sympathy for Candace in the sense that she is geninue when she wants to help; but she just isn't good at redeeming herself. That is awesome booking; on par with TaleSpin booking in those emotional, patho moments that Disney was built on. So Candace takes a few glances at the group before leaving; and Isabella goes to the wall and panics because Hulkjeet is going to cause chaos, meaning that he must be stopped. Thor states that there is no time; since the main mission is at hand; so Isabella offers to go. Buford waves her off and exits through the wall and walks off on the sidewalk as he acts like a sexist. He proclaims that she cannot go because little girls cannot handle ugly; and Isabella gleefully counters that one for me. I thought at first that this would be reduced to Phineas acting like one and agreeing with Buford; but that isn't the case. Buford calls it all sticks and stones as he walks off. So we cut to Super P flying in the sky on his yellow jetpack of stupidity as he had now ditched the hoverboard. That's real sad. So the watch beeps on the closeup as this is all anime background, which is fitting for some reason. So it's Nick Fury from SHIELD as they got intel that the Marvel heels are holed up in downtown Danville in an oddly shaped building with it's own jingle. Geez; I wonder what that building's name is? Anyhow; scope out the place and engage them as they say. Then another watch beeps and it's Major Monogram wearing a black beard; as he has apparently taken the second eyepatch off. Nick blows him off as Monogram proclaims that he's not the only one who can rock with an awesome face mullet. What is Major Monogram's malfunction at the junction with Nick Fury?

So we head to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. and Super P flies into the lab and lodges himself in the ceiling as Doofensmirtz is showing the heels what he uses to power up the device, which is four orbs of mundanium finite, and it also takes only one pizzazzium infinionite, but that is hard to find. Basically the orbs look like lime green Dragon Balls stuck to a large screw as Doofensmirtz puts the thing into the device and seals it up. Doofensmirtz than goes on about large violins while asking why he needs to rebuild the thing twice and Red Skull answers that he doesn't want to deal with his idiocy anymore. So he brings out the remote control from his suit; pushes the button on it and Doofensmirtz is in a steel shark cage which rises from the floor. Doofensmirtz protests this outrage because he thought they were buddies and pals with a great song. I'm shocked that Doofensmirtz didn't notice the irony of being in one of this own type of traps. Red Skull called the song a pleasant diversion at best; as he proclaims that he plans to not take over the Tri-State area; but to destroy it. What; you don't want to plunder the Tri-State area? That's lame. So Doofensmirtz is confused on the thwart part because Red Skull speaks in a stereotypical German accent. Doofensmirtz tells him to speak with a dialect coach; and Red Skull blows him off; because once they made the point, they will drain the powers of all superheroes and take over the world. Doofensmirtz proclaims that Red Skull knows how to think big; as Red Skull then order Venom to crush a fly on the ceiling and it's clear that they spotted Super P as Venom uses his liquid goo splash powers as Super P dodges the first couple of shots; but then gets caught. He gets whipped down to the ground and a conveniently placed steel cage trap opens up. Yeap; Perry is trapped again as the super villains of doom walk out of the place with the Power Drain-inator while Doofensmirtz tells Super P that he's going to get him to meet Perry once they get out of this mess; since he has thwarting down to an art form. Is anyone really surprised that the Red Skull would turn on Doofensmirtz? He said that he would humor him for a while on camera! Obvious!

So we head downtown to in front of a men's clothing store; as Hulkjeet manages to jump down and grab a yellow taxi. He shakes it; the door opens and it's clearly that magical clown car that somehow holds two dozen clowns and a unicycle in a car that seats five tops. Yeah. Hulkjeet throws the taxi away and smashes the ground about eight times for fun as the street rips open. Hulkjeet jumps down and returns with a subway and throws it away. As Hulkjeet is smashing stuff and running off stage right; we pan left to Linda with the headphones on staring at an elephant statue which the tour guide states that it's Franz The Elephant. Despite the fact that there is a car alarm and water sounds in the background. Nothing changes indeed. So we head back to the Flynn-Fletcher residence with Isabella doing her catchphrase on Candace; and looking bored since they are in Candace's bedroom. Candace is lying down on the bed as there are comics and books all over the bed and floor. Candace states that she's just lying here dejected as so is Isabella because suddenly she starts to complain that the woman superheroes haven't shown up. Of course they haven't Isabella. Disney only bought the damn rights to Marvel so they could buy back the boys demographics because they screwed up the boys demographic on their own when they decided to do live action kid sitcoms which most boys will NEVER watch in a million years. Candace doesn't care either way because she's useless in spite of her attempts to help. Now that is a shoot comment, SISTA~! So Isabella goes into the "I know how this feels" moment and we have a TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM which is clearly designed to call out sexism in comics. I'm not upset about that; but it would be more effective if Isabella just dressed up as a super heroine and kicked Red Skull's ass. We know she can kick Buford's ass in a video game; so it cannot be that much harder for her.

So we get footage of everyone ignoring Isabella as Iron Man pats her on the head while Phineas & Ferb fix up the machines; while Spiderman is pumping irons with dumbells that are five times bigger than his own body weight. Anytime Candace sings; we get footage of the screw ups that she did during the last 10-15 minutes of this episode. The footage they used for Candace is mostly played backwards (not exactly; the sequence of events is in reverse) while Isabella's is new footage except for the one with Buford waving her off near the broken wall. Basically; they are singing about wanting to be in the game, but the macho boys won't let them. I would have been fine with this if they played this a little later on when Phineas completely ignores Candace when Candace is trying to apologize to Phineas. We see rain splashed on the glass door as they continue to sing that they are only trying to help. How? By singing us to death? I shouldn't mock this; but that is what they are doing right now. Then we zoom out from the outside as we see Lawerence tinkering with the sprinkler system which was causing the glass door to pour like rain. That was a great way to end the song; so at least it worked on some level. So we return to the streets as Hulkjeet is causing more damage than the super villains have at this point and yes; I'm ignoring the fact that the SWAT team hasn't been called yet. Danville's SWAT team is really flimsy at the moment with all of this NSA stuff going on and all. So Buford sneaks in from behind while Baljeet pants like crazy; and then blows his cover within three seconds; and gets grabbed by the shirt by Hulkjeet. Well; this is going to be awkward to say the least as Buford claims that he's his best friend and all; and Hulkjeet simply returns back to Baljeet. Yeah. So we exchange pleasure thoughts for a while as Buford claims that Baljeet is totally green and then like a bully; he grabs Baljeet by the shirt and twists it; since that is the proper way to do it.

So Baljeet gets angry and turns into Hulkjeet again. He proclaims that no one yells to him like that; and he grabs Buford by the way; and throws him right into a warehouse selling mattresses and pillows; because BS&P RULEZ~! Buford likes the throws; but then blows off Baljeet for not listening to him on the grab and twist part of being a bully. In one ear and out the other; I'm shocked Baljeet's brains don't fall out. So then Buford gets the lightbulb of bloody clairty and runs off stage right yelling for Baljeet. So we head to in front of city hall as the denizens of Danville are watching the supervillains at some podium with Red Skull making a formal announcement like Don Karnage on Cape Suzette in Plunder and Lightning Part Four. He basically informs them that if the four Marvel babyface do not show up to face them in combat; then they will kill them with the Power Drain-inator which MODOK modified in order to not only drain powers; but basically vaporized them. So they demonstrate the weapon which is basically got it's own podium; and it fires right onto Stan Lee's hotdog stand; and it's vaporized. Stan Lee whines about it because he thought he would be safer in Danville. Remember; Stan Lee is the driving force behind these villain's existance. How can that not by laugh inducing? It's such sweet irony, everyone should see this coming and laugh at it. So we head back inside SHED headquarters with Phineas & Ferb fixing the Beak Mark II while behing the monitor showing Red Skull laughing on the podium during his press conference. Phineas turns around and motions everyone to come look at this. So Red Skull informs us that they want all the superheroes to face him as a giant spike like mace ball with sparks rises up into the air. Whiplash twists the knob to a device which has a reading in lime green letters ; the Tri-State Area because they want to vaporize the Tri-State area. At least now the critics are on shakier ground when it comes to kiddifying Marvel. Never mind that this is a crossover with Phineas & Ferb and the tone down was needed to keep it within BS&P. The monitor freezes with snow as Thor calls Red Skull a fiend. Okay.

Spiderman of course mocks the accent; but gets that it's very bad. Phineas wonders what to do now and Thor still wants to fight. Phineas points out that they have no powers; but Iron Man points out that it doesn't matter because it's the mettle in your spirit and the steel of your resolve that wins the day. That sounds way too much like a nice way of saying "do it" in a self-help booklet. Spiderman of course ruins the moment by quiping as the superheroes walk out through the wall as it's BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (sunset); and Thor blows him off for killing the gravitas of the moment. As usual; although Spiderman at least apologized for this one. So we head back in the lab as the Beak Mark II is finally stood up as Phineas & Ferb enter with a blow torch and face shields as they step up a step ladder on the right side of the Beak Mark II. They proclaim that this will take a lot of time to get the thing operational again; but with a recharge of the power flow in the arm, they can get it back to 60% strength. So we head outside to see Isabella and Candace outside of SHED as Candace feels a stomach ache coming; but he wants to apologize to Phineas for screwing up. Isabella thinks that she can be forgiven by the boys; and so they head in as Phineas & Ferb are fixing the machine; and Candace flat out apologizes to them. Phineas then acts like a jerk asking how she got in since they revoked the SHED ID; which we all know Isabella gave her a guest pass. Phineas is looking mad; but he allows her in on the promise that she doesn't touch anything. Candace tries to talk to Ferb and get him to listen; but he ignores her. Phineas is walking down and up as Candace is trying to talk to him; but Phineas cuts her off because the world is at stake and this could be the superheroes' final battle see. Ferb gives the mech arm to Phineas and Phineas climbs up the step ladder; as Isabella and Candace watch on. Do you get the feeling that Phineas hates Candace now? That is one cold shoulder Phineas is giving. So we head to Danville City Hall as Whiplash, Venom and MODOK look impatient as Red Skull is still at the podium telling them not to worry about it; they will come. Sure they will RS. Sure.

So then MODOK feels a presence of the heroes approaching and then points in the direction of the road as a bus comes in and stops right next to the sidewalk. So the heels surround the bus; which is basically surrounding it on the sidewalk side. The doors slowly open and out comes an old woman with a walker, white hair and a sunflower on a hat. She blows them off as weirdos; and calls Daville worse than Portland. Portland, Maine or Portland, Oregon? Because both of those places are safer than Danville right about now. Little Old Lady is voiced by Allie MacKay and she has only appeared in Pretty the Series, Unaccompanied Minors, KTLA Morning News and The Next Food Network Star. Mostly a reporter for KTLA news. Phineas & Ferb is her DTVA debut, only appearance and most recent credit. That's it. So the Marvel babyface come out to get their second ass kicking of the special. Damn; I'm so good. Spiderman gets the mind ball this time; while Thor and Hulk get whacked by Venom; Iron Man gets tied up with whips again. Of course; Spiderman rubs the mindball and mocks MODOK, because in this canon; he's a psychopathic goofball. The old lady gets away as Whiplash asks about her and Red Skull blows him off. Yes; Red Skull, the Hitler offshoot has a level of respect for old ladies. This is where I realize that this was a parody of Marvel because Red Skull wouldn't show mercy to her in the comics. So we head back to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. as Super P and Doofensmirtz are exchanging notes. Well; Doofensmirtz is the one mostly talking as Super P takes out the super wire cutters from his jetpack in a clear Gadget Trick of doom and cuts the bars with them slowly. Doofensmirtz is still impressed by it because life hates him, I guess. So we head back to SHED as Phineas and Ferb are walking in the suit talking about being at half strength; and that will have to do. Candace is now warning them that this isn't funny anymore and this is not safe; and looks genuine in her concern actually.

So of course; Phineas ignores him because he hates Candace now. Isabella agrees with Candace; but Phineas ignores her as they start the rockets; and only one ass jet comes out and works which Isabella pionts out. And I'm not exactly joking about the ass jet because Isabella calls it a "butt jet". Phineas doesn't care because he's ab-libbing like crazy. They launch into the air and then the butt jet acts like an idiot as Phineas loses control on cue. Bullethead Baloo, TaleSpin, 1990. Just saying, young pups. So then we head back to City Hall as Red Skull is yelling at Iron Man and asks like Lord Kefka during his final moments before the Returners kicked his ass with the Ultima spell about two dozen times. Red Skull poisons the well (not literally because he's not Kefka) that the superheroes have no allies left since they have no powers; but Whiplash cuts him off by throwing Iron Man into the air. Red Skull blows off Whiplash and Whiplash apologizes. I love Whiplash; he knows this grandstanding is only wasting time and making Red Skull look weak. So Iron Man is coming down while the whole speech is sinking into his head; but Hulkjeet jumps down; grabs him and slides down the wall of the building to make the save. So Iron Man screws up the name of course and sezs my bad in a non-apology. So they come down to ground level as The Beak Mark II returns. So the two biggest threats to the villains are 50% Beak and Hulkjeet. Mind you; Baljeet is a smart Indian stereotype, and yet he's playing a character that is dumb, brutish and short. Although in Baljeet's case; he has the "shorts" part down perfectly in every single way. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm...Beak crashes into a tree twice before finally coming to. Then Red Skull gets his hand slapped by Super P as he joins in. Then the heels get pummeled with whaffles. That is exactly what I wrote; and that's exactly what happened because we cut to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. to see Doof using his Whaffle-inator which at least is not a laser device. It's a whaffle cannon; but at least it's something slightly different.

So we see Spiderman somehow sneak past everyone and take out the mundanium finite reactor core which of course he telegraphs directly to Red Skull like a total moron. So Spiderman bails into the playground as everyone goes after Spiderman. Red Skull runs to guard the inator; but gets pummeled by whaffles from below again. Yes; the Red Skull did a faceplant because he was hit with whaffles. Pay no attention to the amused ranter behind the curtain. So the heels try to grab Spidey; but Hulkjeet uses the umbrella to make the save, and then Spiderman whizes around the circle wheel while dodging Whiplash who gets punched in the face by Hulkjeet. It's funny that they are playing Hulkjeet as a threat and Whiplash as the only serious character that isn't being used as a joke. Super P crashes into MODOK for no reason that I can think of and Venom destroys some spring horse rides for fun. So we cut back to Isabella and Candace inside the SHED as Candace is pacing around not understanding this because energy cannot be destroyed and thus can only be contained or transferred somewhere else as in every comic book story. Isabella then gets the lightbulb of bloody clairty and drags Candace out of the SHED into the backyard. See; Isabella points out that Phineas & Ferb were collecting and containing data in their space station. So; put two and two together and we get where the powers are stored. So Isabella sits down in the middle of the backyard as Candace is confused. Isabella tells her to trust her as Candace sits down and the glass dome rises up and encloses as the giant screw rises into the sky. Yeah; you knew this would be involved again somehow. So we head back to the park on the chase to regain the core of the Power Drain-inator as Spiderman is chased under a bridge by Venom who gets busted into the head with a wooden bench by Thor and Hulk I do believe. MODOK and Whiplash follow as laser beams are shot; but Spiderman dodges them. Then Iron Man makes the save by grabbing Spiderman and driving away in a golf cart. I know it's a golf cart because there is a bag of golf clubs with a head of a jackass in the back.

Anyhow; whaffles are involved as Iron Man gets to hold the core and Spiderman goes up and unzips to unleash the GOLF TEES OF DEATH which cause Whiplash to trip and to fly into the sandtrap. In Danville Park. Then Spiderman throws golf clubs as I discover that the golf club cover is shaped like a dog and not a jackass. Which makes sense since the actual jackass is the one throwing it in the kisser of MODOK. Good dog; bad jackass. Then we get probably the funniest moment in this special (and that is saying something in spite of the contrived nature of this special) as we cut to Red Skull running to guard the inator and then Buford pops up in a bearsuit from the bushes, cut a promo and bashs Red Skull in the head with a fish before ducking into the bushes. Buford Confidential indeed! I was sobbing with laughter seeing this the first time. If there is one spot Quack Pack did well; it was the "bash someone in the head with a fish" spot. Red Skull is pissed off and I don't give a damn if he is. So more chaos and mayhem as Hulk and Thor are standing to protect two kids wearing helmets with a bicycle and a skateboard (which looks like Kick Buttowski's actually); telling them to stay back at the skating ramp. Then Hulk suddenly turns around and the martial arts zoom in indicates that he has a plan. So we cut to outer space as the giant screw approaches towards the space station which is shaped like Phineas' head and they made sure to comment how goofy it looks. Isabella calls it dreamy and Candace sounds like Donald Duck in Quack Pack. Not cool Candace, not cool! So the giant screw docks in the space station and head inside as the red collection tank is right there glowing red. Isabella notices it as Candace goes to the computer console and uses the googles strapped to the console to see the fight going on in the park. Isabella deduces that this is the superpowers as Candace demands Isabella to turn the thing on and zap them back. Easy right?

There is one small problem: Isabella has no idea how to do that because you see, she was distracted by Phineas in a spacesuit. Okay...Ten minutes ago; Isabella was singing about how the boys were hogging the spotlight and she just wanted to help. She was being ignored. She was calling them out for having no female superheroes and being all macho man and stuff. So I would think that Isabella could have been the big one who would save the day and prove her worth to Phineas. So how do they book this? By having Isabella being distracted by Phineas in a spacesuit. That F'N sucks SO MANY dicks! This special has been funny for almost 36 minutes; and now they booked this BS?! Wow; what a way to kill off the buzz this special was getting as a result. Screw you writers! Screw you in your asses, please! This sucks so hard! I mean; they made Candace look good in that when she was supposed to be the useless one of the trio; but now she's smarter than Isabella. Incredible crappy bookings. Okay; we head back to the park and I'll just use the transcipt the Phineas wikia used because it explains it better than I ever could: Spidey and Iron Man hit MODOK with their golf cart. Whiplash whips it in two. Iron Man gets surrounded by the villains. Hulk, now riding the kid's bike, grabs the reactor core from Iron Man. Thor appears on the other kid's skateboard. Hulk throws the reactor core. Whiplash is about to intercept but gets slapped by Bear Boy's fish. Thor catches the reactor core. MODOK attempts to zap Thor. He retrieves the reactor core, but gets waffled. Spidey attempts to catch the reactor core, but Whiplash whips it. The Beak finally catches it on the fly; however, Red Skull tugs on it on the rebound and it falls apart. Red Skull falls on his ass and yells at the heels to get the damn orbs which are bouncing away from the core. So Venom slashes the Beak's torso and Ferb pops out on cue; while all the babyfaces and heels (minus Doofensmirtz of course) chase after it. So we head back to Doofensmirtz with his Whaffle-inator proclaiming that it's no longer enough and he wonders if he could disintegrate them all. Of course; the Disintegrator-inator is right behind him and he catches himself on cue. Damn; I knew that device would be involved somehow.

So he flicks the switch and of course nothing happens because THE ROCK SEZS NOTHING! He flicks the switch a few more times and then notices that the thing is unplugged; so he extends the cord towards the extension cord plug; but it's about two feet too short. So Doofensmirtz has to bail stage right to find a two foot extension cord. To which I reply: Of course! So we head back to the space station and see Candace at the control panel near the conveniently placed red button; which she thinks releases the superpowers. Isabella asks how she can tell and Candace claims that it is red like the container flashing so it must be it. Where does Candace get her deducing powers from, Happeh? Isabella calls this an irrational and reckless decision; but Candace points out that the third time is the charm since she failed twice. I can see them writing that on her tombstone as we speak; since she pushes the red button. To which I reply: Of course! So we get red lights and alerts as Isabella gasps; and then we go to dark as the CPU female voice proclaiming that the spacestation is shutting down and we get a charming exchange from there...

Computer: System shutting down.
Candace: Uh-oh. {The lights dim enough so it's dark; but we can clearly see them.}
Computer: Anti-gravitational jets disabled.
Isabella: Candace!
Computer: Orbit decaying.
Candace: We're falling back to Earth! {Isabella and Candace look towards the glass window.}
Computer: {We cut to outside as the space station is slowly dropping down from orbit.} Fuel systems immobilized. Social network friends...defriended.
Candace: Oh, now that's just mean!

Once again; Candace acts like an idiot for no reason at all, just to get a laugh. This better lead to a payoff, because it is becoming a country song for Candace even within the confides of this storyline. So we head back to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. and backstage to his counter as he's shoving stuff from the counter and sizing up the extension cord he needs. He has a box of extension cord as he throws most of them out because they are too short and complains about the shortest one he has despite throwing out one of them that actually is long enough for the inator to be used. Some things never change with dumb heels. That unofficially ends the segment almost 38 minutes in. This has been a fun one; but man the booking of Isabella really rubbed me the wrong way here.

After my commercial break; we cut to Linda with headphones on the walkman listening to the tour guide while being in front of a wooden fence. The tour guide explains that if she looks to her left; she'll see the J.P. McHerny Building built in the Art Deco style. She turns around and doesn't see the fight in the park in the background nor The Beak Mark II doing most of it. By the time she turns around; she is seeing the Danville arcade built in 1982 (even in 1982; they were using a lot of purple color as a style. Peachy.) and walks away stage left. So we head back to the park and once again I'll quote from Phineas wikia: One of the orbs is on a fountain (surrounded by sea horses who look like Horseas from Pokemon). Spider-Man attempts to reach to it, as do MODOK and Venom. They are smashed by Hulkjeet. The Beak catches the orb, but Whiplash takes out the arm that holds it, ripping it off and causing a fire. Ferb uses the fire extinguisher on the arm joint as Phineas comments about being disarmed. So Whiplash grabs the first orb out of the arm and runs to Red Skull as Beak tries to run after him; but the legs get blown off and suit crumbles to the ground. That is not good. The second orb is rolling towards the bushes as Venom tries to grab it; but Bear Buford grabs it with his fish. Yeah; ponder that spot for a moment. So Buford slings the orb to Hulk; but Venom jumps and intercepts it at the two yard line. Thor and Perry carry the other orbs, but get zapped by MODOK. The orbs go flying and they are in the hands of the heels. They run back to Red Skull and the villains put the orbs back into the reactor core. Red Skull proclaims that this is the end of the foolishness; which is funny coming from someone sounding like a goofy German dude. So they put the reactor into the device as the babyfaces look on powerless as Red Skull makes the one fatal error all heels do: Cut a promo about how they will destroy the Tri-State area. And they all get cut off as the Phineas shaped space station squashes all the heels and destroys the Power Drain-inator flatter than Alexander the Grape. NYUK! NYUK! NYUK!

Phineas then notices the obvious as the mouth opens and out pops Candace rolling the data collection tank right towards Phineas as Phineas is in shock. Spiderman actually gets off a great line here as Candace gives Spiderman the thumbs up. So then we see the side cut open as MODOK zaps out a mindball with the heels in it and it pops outside as they land on the ground. The heels get up as Red Skull orders them to get them even though they have said kill several times in this special. So they rush; but Phineas and Ferb push button onto the cannister as a glass spout comes out from the top (which makes it look like a crayon end by the way) and the lime green laser beam (despite the stuff being red colored. So they pretty much admitted that they use studies to say that kids love lime green at all times. I thought green was not a netural color?) engulfs the heroes. TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM ensues because we need to spend the next two minutes seeing the Marvel babyface kick the heels ass which is pointless since the Power Drain-inator was crushed by the space station. Thor got his hammer back and of course it has parking tickets and a parking lock that Thor has to peel away. He was not amused by this; but he still points the hammer to Candace in a way to thank her. Hulk destroys the data collection tank of course for fun. Candace touches the hammer and giggles with glee as Red Skull thinks the window has closed on this one. Geez; you THINK?! Phineas sees Iron Man is well and floating with his rocket pack as Iron Man tells the kids to sit back and enjoy the show; which Ferb thinks that it is going to be sweet which Phineas agrees with. So it's time to kick ass and see the kids sitting on a geezbo eating popcorn as Hulkjeet is back to being Baljeet again. Buford asks if this is better; and Baljeet stuffs popcorn in his mouth for fun. Time to feel froggy and jump which has to be the weirdest ass kicking song I have ever heard of. It's like Danville is in Tennesse or something.

So all the heels and babyfaces who can fight; including Super P run in and we fight to the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM. Lots of dodging, smashing and stuff ensues; but not a lot of damage or intensity which is obvious since the threatening device is crushed before the fight even starts. Not a good booking decision there guys. Venom gets car sandwiched by Hulk in a neat spot and then uses the sattelite dish arm from the space station for more whacking as a glass window in a skyscraper gets broken. Phineas calls it using his head, word, wordplay, fist bump. Whatever Phineas. So more fighting as MODOK controls a street cleaning truck using his mind to street kill Iron Man; but Iron Man counters by grabbing the thing and throwing it at MODOK which somehow causes MODOK to bounce like a pinball. Explain THAT one, guys?! So Thor uses his hammer and the girls get bed head and static cling, which sounds funnier than it actually is. So then we get a weird moment: I think Red Skull gets thrown and crashes into a truck; and then we see Red Skull pop up on a motorcycle and get stopped by one of the superheroes. I think it was Hulk since we see a closeup on him on the next shot. Hulk grabs the fish from Buford and whacks Red Skull so hard that he takes the oversell bump on his back. HAHA! Hulk and Thor play tennis with Venom which is funnier than it sounds actually. So the kids watch on as they have to dodge Whiplash on the fly who goes over the top of the gazebo. Phineas and Candace make small talk and Phineas apologizes for losing it; but Candace apologizes claiming that she deserved it anyway. Phineas then admits that she was trying to help and actually; her stupidity saved them all. So Phineas gives her back the SHED membership card which has been taped back in which Candace accepts cart blanche. So the villains get their asses kicked and dropped in front of the steps of City Hall and I still wonder where Roger Doofensmirtz was in this entire ordeal. Hulk and Iron Man sign autographs on pictures of Karl and Major Monogram for Super P; which gives away that Super P is Agent P from OWCA.

So now Candace sees Linda in the distance walking away from the carnage (and somehow she doesn't see it); and Candace stammers for a moment; and then turns on Phineas proclaiming that they are so busted. Candace runs off stage left and Phineas does absolutely nothing about it. Then the SHIELD fortress flies down and lowers a Quinjet. It opens to reveal Nick Fury as the villains are tied up and being dragged into the Quinjet. Nick salutes the kids for not only getting the heroes their powers back; but showing true courage in the face of evil. And really; who can argue with that? Even Doofensmirtz deserves the honor; because it takes a lot of courage to piss off the Red Skull like that. And then they ruin a perfect pathos scene by having Stan Lee run in and giving Nick Fury a hotdog before running off. Okay; I did laugh at that spot, but COME ON! No one wants to see Stan Lee make an ass of himself. That's Bumblelion's gimmick! So we cut to Linda walking on the sidewalk near the ABC Daycare Center which the tour guide states is built on a burial ground three years ago. So Candace runs in and grabs Linda from behind yelling at her as usual with the usual stuff because Phineas & Ferb must be busted somehow. Linda is shocked that it isn't on the tour as Candace blows off her sarcasm and she drags Linda back towards the square. Funny that since Linda wasn't even being sarcastic here. So we cut back to the square as Iron gives Ferb one of his cards for the summer internship at Stark Enterprises next summer from his own wallet. Spiderman sezs goodbye to Phineas and the juice box is his treat as he slings away. Hulk and Baljeet do a fist bump and Baljeet does a lovetap which causes Hulk to oversell pain; which he psyches him. HAHA! The heroes all get into the Quinjet waving at the kids as Buford rises his fish into the air and waves with it in a neat spot. The back of the Quinjet closes and they rise up into the skies as it's officially HAPPY HOUR (darkness); as we segueway to Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. So Doofensmirtz finally found the extension cord and plugs it into the extension plug and original plug.

So he fires the Disintegrator-inator beam (which is yellow) at the Quinjet; but it moves and hits the space station; which causes it to vaporize. WOO-HOO! Candace and Linda run into the square a good five seconds too late to see it and you can pretty much guess Linda's reaction from there. We pan right to see a kisok selling all the favorite comic books; and it just occured to me: Does comic books violate the FCC rule on toys? Seriously; I would like to know if it does. Linda offers her to come along for the rest of tour (at night no less); but Candace blows it off and sulks. As usual as we cut back to the lookout of DEI as Doofensmirtz cheers for victory; and then blows off everyone for not noticing it. To which I reply...you guessed it. And now for the ED: Phineas notices Super P which Candace has the Gruffi pose on. Buford has his fish and Ferb is reading a comic book at the kisok. Super P tries to leave; but Phineas, Ferb and Buford cut him off at the past wondering about him. Buford wants to see who it is and Phineas blows him off for breaking comic book code. Since when? I thought that rule died with the dodo in Bullethead Baloo. Buford acts like a bully and unmasks Super P and it's a chicken inside called Ducky Momo. Yip! Not fooled Agent P; we know it's you with a stupid Ducky Momo mask on. We just had to do a Scooby Doo finish in a Marvel comic didn't we? Candace cannot believe this so much that she faints dead away in Isabella's arms. That was awkward. Super P flies away stage left as Ferb was convinced that he was a platypus. Five seconds later; Perry appears as Phineas notices him right away. The babyfaces all walk away as we zoom out to a trash can in the foreground showing a Ducky Momo mask and Super P's gear stuffed inside which ends the special at 44:00. This was like an Urban Wrestling Federation show: It was a really funny and fun ride; it felt different from the norm of Phineas & Ferb; it had Stan Lee as a hot dog vendor; it had Whiplash; and it had Doofensmirtz taking the heels on a petty crime spree. What more could you want? It was a really fun 44 minutes; but as a piece of artwork, it really, really sucks. So call it *** 1/2 (70%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Well; I'm not going to bother with a long review line here because the whole rant sezs it all. Mission Marvel is a 44 minute episode. It is not for everyone; most so hardcore canonal comic book fans. It was a really funny, fun episode featuring Phineas finally proving the critics wrong in having one emotional and doing so, it had impact in the same sense as the TaleSpin had impact. It was really funny: from Baljeet being Hulk; to Doofensmirtz singing a song while doing errands with the super villains doing their petty crime spree, to lots of ass kicking and overall fun stuff. It felt like a UWF show where it felt different from most Phineas & Ferb episodes; it had some great spots, Candace getting blown off by Phineas and F'N Doctor Doofensmirtz making the villains look like comedy geeks. I did like Whiplash in this one too. However; overall, it was as sloppy as a Phineas & Ferb episode, and I didn't like the way Isabella was booked to look like an idiot by being distracted. Again; as a entertainment episode; this was one of the most fun and funny episodes in Phineas & Ferb; however, as a production in terms of logic and reason, it wasn't all that good. Either way; I do say that I would give the green light for the Star Wars crossover and see if they can get that over as well; although they are walking on eggshells since they still have to strike a balance and they almost stumbled in this special with some spots being absolutely contrived. So yeah; I enjoyed this episode, but it's not a masterpiece or anything. And sometimes that's a good thing. Also a great thing is Buford whacking Red Skull in the head with the fish. So....

Thumbs in the middle pointing up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.

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