"Journey to the Center of Candace" is the second half of the eleventh episode of Phineas and Ferb. It was aired on February 29, 2008 on Disney Channel, April 18, 2008 on Toon Disney and on February 16, 2009 on Disney XD in the United States.
Synopsis
Isabella's dog, Pinky, eats her Fireside Girls sash, so the boys build a mini-submarine to retrieve it, but they end up inside Candace instead. Perry is forced to take direct action when Dr. Doofenshmirtz's latest scheme specifically threatens Phineas and Ferb.
Plot
Phineas and Ferb can't make up their minds on whether to build a submarine or a shrink ray. Linda says that they have wonderful imaginations. Candace is eating her favorite cereal, when Jeremy calls. He asks if she would like to go for a walk later, causing her to spit her cereal and milk out. She accepts and then calls Stacy and Jenny screaming with excitement. Meanwhile, in the backyard, Phineas and Ferb are still trying to decide what to build. Isabella walks along with her dog, Pinky, to show them her Fireside Girls sash with all her accomplishment badges. However, when she does so, Pinky jumps up and eats it. Isabella gets upset because she needs it for the ceremony that afternoon. Ferb shows Phineas their blueprints and they decide to create a shrinking submarine to retrieve it from Pinky's stomach.
As that is going on, Perry slips into his lair. Major Monogram tells him that Dr. Doofenshmirtz is hiding out in the old abandoned vacuum cleaner factory and to find out what he's up to.
Back at the house, Phineas explains to Isabella that he and Ferb will shrink down into Pinky's dog food and when he swallows them they will fold up the sash to microscopic size and exit through his drool. Isabella says that he will eat anything but dog food, though he does like grilled cheese sandwiches. Phineas says that he and Ferb will build the submarine while she makes the sandwich. When she returns with it, she finds Phineas with the completed submarine. She places the sandwich on the ground; Phineas and Ferb activate the submarine and drop into it. However, when Isabella places Pinky on the ground, he runs off chasing a cat instead of eating the sandwich. After Isabella leaves to chase after him, Candace comes into the garage to tell the boys to stay out of her way as she goes on her date with Jeremy. She sees the sandwich on the ground and decides to eat it so she doesn't look like a pig on her date.
Meanwhile, Perry breaks into Doofenshmirtz Abandoned Vacuum Cleaner Factory and Dr. Doofenshmirtz suggests they "mix it up a little" this time. So Doofenshmirtz tells Agent P his plan before he captures him. He shows Agent P the "Make-up-your-mind-inator" he invented to destroy people who can't make up their mind. Then, Perry remembers that at breakfast, Phineas and Ferb said they couldn't make up their minds about what they were going to do that day. Enraged at this, Perry then cuffs Doofenshmirtz to a nearby pipe and calls Major Monogram to send backup to come get Doofenshmirtz.
Phineas and Ferb are sitting in the submarine in Candace's mouth waiting to be swallowed. When Candace hears the doorbell ring, she swallows the submarine and goes to meet Jeremy at the door. As they go down her throat Phineas comments that Pinky's neck is really long. When they get to her stomach and search for the sash, he notices tacos similar to the ones Linda made for dinner the night before and then Candace's favorite cereal. When he begins to realize what's going on, Phineas gets a call from Isabella, who is wondering where they disappeared to, inadvertently confirming his suspicion. Phineas hangs up and tells Ferb they are inside Candace instead. Ferb replies with "That's creepy on so many levels."
While they are waiting, Doofenshmirtz tells Perry that there is travel chess set in one of two nearby handbags. Sensing a trap Perry opens the other bag. When he opens it, there is a self-attaching belt that sticks itself to any flat surface which traps Perry. Dr. Doofenshmirtz frees himself and shows Perry that there was one in both bags so no matter which one he picked he'd be trapped and unintentionally traps himself.
Inside Candace the boys tap into her eyes and ears through her nerves to see what she sees. They see that she is on her date with Jeremy and realize that means they're on a date with him. Phineas calls Candace to tell her and she doesn't believe him. To prove it Ferb uses a feather duster to tickle her. Phineas sees some monkey bars and asks her if she still gets sick when she hangs upside down. He apologizes, but tells her they have to help Isabella as they tap into Candace's arms and legs. They walk her over to the bars and make her hang upside down and they begin to move out of her stomach, however, she gets off and swallows them back down. As she and Jeremy arrive at his uncle's sandwich shop, Phineas and Ferb, still inside her throat, tickle her so she will cough them back up. Jeremy goes to get her some water and they get coughed out and returned to normal size. Candace quickly calls Linda, who says she's on her way to the shop to pick up some sandwiches Lawrence ordered.
Doofenshmirtz, while wearing the belt, begins to roll himself along the wall and out through a window. Perry proceeds to do the same, chasing the doctor up building and up the giant vacuum cleaner that sits on top of it. Doofenshmirtz manages to break his belt off on the switch of the vacuum and falls down into Phineas and Ferb's submarine. Perry also breaks his belt off using the switch and turns the vacuum on. It moves forward and manages to suck up Doofenshmirtz and the submarine, just before Linda arrives.
Linda calls Candace imaginative and walks off as Isabella comes up to Phineas and tells him that Pinky threw up and she got her sash back. Jeremy then shows Candace his uncle's menu and tells her he had grilled cheese sandwiches named after her on it because he knows that's her favorite. As he hands her one, Doofenshmirtz activates the shrinking submarine and falls into it. After they go inside to eat, as Jeremy suggested, Candace is about to eat her sandwich, but Pinky jumps up and eats it instead, with Doofenshmirtz inside.
Later, while Pinky is sleeping, Doofenshmirtz wonders where he is. He learns that he's inside a dog and loudly plans to pee all over the Tri-State Area and laughs evilly, then pauses, sighs, and wonders, "Oh, what am I doing with my life?"
Cast
- Vincent Martella as Phineas
- Thomas Sangster as Ferb
- Ashley Tisdale as Candace
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella
- Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
- Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Additional Voices
- Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram, Additional Voices
- Mitchel Musso as Jeremy
- Kelly Hu as Stacy
- Frank Welker as the black cat (uncredited)
Songs
Goofs
- If the tacos had been in Candace's stomach since last night, they wouldn't be recognizable as tacos anymore. In fact, they would already be digested and not in her stomach at all. Also, they appeared to have been swallowed almost whole.
- When the submarine connects to Candace's nerves, Phineas says that they are in her stomach. However, there is no way to connect to the nervous system within the stomach.
- During the song "Hemoglobin Highway", we see a red blood cell split in half as if by mitosis. Red blood cells do not reproduce in this manner. However, this may not count, as there is much biological inaccuracy in this episode. Also, the red blood cell seems very big compared to the tacos and cereal.
- When the boys are building the submarine it is green however when they are seen inside Candace it is blue. This could be explained as different body fluids adding a tint to the submarine.
- In both "Candace Loses Her Head" and "Oh, There You Are, Perry", Candace says she is allergic to dairy, yet she is seen eating cereal with milk. She is also seen eating a grilled cheese sandwich in the episode, although it could be some sort of dairy-free cheese but this is not likely because the sandwich was made for Pinky, not Candace. However, it's entirely possible that the Flynn-Fletchers only have dairy-free cheese, because of Candace's allergy.
- Swampy and Dan acknowledged this mistake in a later interview, with Dan saying simply that she ate a grilled soy cheese sandwich.
- During the song "Hemoglobin Highway", the boys pass by Candace's eyeball but given that they are in her esophagus, there is no way that they would pass that.
- Candace apparently does not have peristaltic action.
- Linda should've seen the submarine from a distance down the street.
- When Ferb says "Again, creepy on so many levels.", the animation of him saying "That's creepy on so many levels." is reused, but in reverse. You can tell because Phineas is looking directly at the camera, like he did earlier.
- In later episodes, it is revealed that Pinky is a secret agent. Yet, he acts like a completely normal dog. However, it is possible that in this episode, Pinky was not part of the agency yet.
- When Jeremy, Candace, Isabella, Phineas, Ferb, and Pinky are eating, Jeremy's eyes are black instead of light blue.
Trivia
- Candace is allergic to dairy products ("Candace Loses Her Head", "Oh, There You Are, Perry"), but the severity is not specified. If it is a mild allergy, this may explain why grilled cheese sandwiches are her favorite. Grilled cheese sandwiches typically use processed cheese instead of unprocessed cheese, and this difference may allow her to enjoy the sandwiches with little or no reaction.
- First episode where Perry shows his affection towards the boys. This is also the first episode where Perry doesn't fight Doofenshmirtz to stop him, simply cuffs him to a pipe after being told the plan.
- First episode in which Doofenshmirtz directly interacts with/uses one of Phineas and Ferb's inventions.
- Third episode with Candace's name ("Lights, Candace, Action!", "Candace Loses Her Head").
- Second time Candace's ears were seen ("Lights, Candace, Action!").
- The name of the episode is an allusion to "Journey to the Center of the Earth", a novel by Jules Verne, and an attraction at Tokyo DisneySea of the same name.
- TV Guide UK has this episode listed as "Journey to the Centre of Candace".
- This is the second time Phineas and Ferb's plan backfires ("I Scream, You Scream").
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