Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with Phineas (Vincent Martella), Ferb (Thomas Sangster), Candace (Ashley Tisdale), Perry, a.k.a. Agent P (Dee Bradley Baker), and Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire), who have been captured by the 2nd Dimension Doofenshmirtz and in chains, being led to a large, hairy, caged monster called a "Goozim". The scene flashes back to earlier in the day when Phineas and Ferb have just woken up. It's been five years since they adopted their pet platypus, Perry, from the O.W.C.A.'s animal shelter. After reminiscing about how they got him ("Everything's Better with Perry"), the boys decide to play giant platypus badminton, and construct a platy-pult with their friends Isabella (Alyson Stoner), Buford (Bobby Gaylor), and Baljeet (Maulik Pancholy). Perry the Platypus reports to his lair and dons his secret agent persona, Agent P. He is briefed by Major Monogram (Jeff "Swampy" Marsh) about his mission, receives new gadgets by Carl (Tyler Alexander Mann), and rides off in his rocket car. Phineas and Ferb launch themselves off the platy-pult in a giant shuttlecock and fly through the air, but end up colliding with Perry's rocket car and crash onto the roof of the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated building, destroying Dr. Doofenshmirtz's latest invention, the Otherdimensionator.Meanwhile, upon hearing that her boyfriend Jeremy Johnson (Mitchel Musso) is already looking for the perfect college for himself, Candace, Phineas and Ferb's older sister, decides to grow up and act more like an adult with the help of her best friend, Stacy Hirano (Kelly Hu). Phineas and Ferb apologize for breaking Doofenshmirtz's invention and offer to help him fix it. Perry, who has arrived on the scene, goes back into his mindless pet persona, lest his owners find out his secret. The boys and the evil scientist successfully open a portal to the 2nd Dimension, and find that it is ruled by an alternate Doofenshmirtz, who has seized control of the Tri-State Area, unlike his prime counterpart. Doofenshmirtz meets him ("A Brand New Best Friend (and It's Me)").Phineas, Ferb, and Perry follow, and Doof-2 reveals Perry's identity as a secret agent by making his minion, Platyborg (who was the 2nd Dimension Perry defeated by Doof-2 and turned into a cyborg) attack the boys, to which Perry had no choice but to save them. The boys and their pet make a hasty escape from the building, with Phineas feeling angry and betrayed that his pet kept this secret from him this whole time. The three try to get back to their dimension by using a remote version of the Otherdimensionator, but are unable to. They decide to go find their 2nd Dimension selves for help, and find out that that summer has been outlawed in this Tri-State Area and that they have never heard of summer ("Summer (Where Do We Begin?)"). Perry sees a news report on the TV saying that if Perry turns himself in, Doof-2 would not hurt Phineas and Ferb. As Perry goes to surrender himself to Doof-2, Phineas, still angry at him for not being honest with them all these years, disowns him, forcing Perry to sadly leave ("I Walk Away").Phineas, Ferb, and their 2nd Dimension selves then go across the street to get help from the 2nd Dimension Isabella, only to be stopped by a patrolling Normbot (one of the mass-produced 2nd Dimension versions of Doofenshmirtz's robotic servant Norm; both are voiced by John Viener), who is taken down by the 2nd Dimension Buford. The five get across the street, but they all fall down a chute into the headquarters of the Resistance, a group of civilians who want to overrule Doof-2's dictatorship. They are tied up by the Firestorm Girls and presented to Isabella-2, who recognizes at least Buford-2, and she lets the group go. Phineas explains their dilemma, and they are taken to "Dr. Baljeet", the 2nd Dimension version of Baljeet. Dr. Baljeet explains the concept of inter-dimensional time travel, and that they would need a lot of energy to get to the 1st Dimension. Candace-2 reveals herself to be the Resistance's leader and they open a portal to Phineas and Ferb's backyard. Upon hearing that Perry has been captured, Phineas and Ferb want to go back to save him. Candace and Stacy see the portal, and Candace steps through, causing the portal to close, leaving her stuck in the 2nd Dimension.The gang decides to break into Doof-2's headquarters to rescue Perry by using underground mine carts, but find that it is a trap. Perry is able to distract the Doofs and the Norm Bots by showing a hologram of Major Monogram in the shower. The gang tries to escape by heading back with the mine carts, but Candace-2 separates the carts between the Resistance and the 1st Dimension-ers, so she and her brothers are safe, leading to Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Perry's capture. Phineas and Ferb refuse to rebuild the Otherdimensionator so Doof-2 can go to the 1st Dimension and enslave it, so he sentences them to be doomed (i.e., fed to the Goozim). He also sentences the regular Doofenshmirtz, as he annoys him. As Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Agent P, and Doofenshmirtz are about to be eaten, Candace-2 shows up with the remote version of the Otherdimensionator, destroys the Norm Bots, and throws the remote to Phineas, who opens a portal and escapes along with his friends. They travel through numerous dimensions ("Brand New Reality"), until they get back home. They find that Doof-2 has arrived in Danville, the Otherdimensionator having been repaired by Doofenshmirtz prior to his sentencing to the Goozim, and that Normbots are invading the city. While Perry goes to fight with his fellow agents, Phineas and Ferb simply walk home.Once there, they find Agent P's lair, where they get a message from the O.W.C.A. stating that they need their help. Many of the boys' inventions from past episodes are recreated, and the kids of Danville use them to combat the Norm Bots attacking the Tri-State Area ("Robot Riot"). Phineas and Perry get to the top of the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated building, where Doof-2 is. After battling him and Platyborg, Phineas and Perry are able to destroy the satellite controlling the Norm Bots, and they all fall to the ground. As Candace decides that she doesn't want to be an adult anymore, she suddenly comes up with a plan to save the Tri-State Area, and she goes to get her parents (Caroline Rhea and Richard O'Brien) to see what's going on. Ferb joins Phineas and Perry on the roof as Doof-2 rises from the floor with a giant robotic version of himself. As he is about to smash and kill the trio, the regular Doofenshmirtz shows up and hands Doof-2 a toy train. Doof-2 had lost his toy train when he was a kid, and that had caused him to become evil. Reunited with his object, Doof-2 apologizes and reveals that he has had self-destruct buttons on all the Norm Bots after all, and uses a remote to destroy all of them. Candace and her mother come out and find that everything is back to normal and that Candace has once again failed to bust her brothers. However, she takes it as, since the "mysterious force" takes thing away before her mother sees it, by bringing her mother out, and causing the Normbots to be taken away, she has saved the world.Doof-2 returns to the 2nd Dimension, only to be arrested by Major Monogram and the Firestorm Girls. Monogram and Carl tell Phineas and Ferb that Perry will have to go away forever now that they know his secret revealing the reason why Perry never told them his secret, but they then remember that Doofenshmirtz had built an Amnesia-inator to erase memories. Doofenshmirtz has no memory of building such device (proving that it worked, as it had erased his memory of constructing it). Phineas, Ferb, and their friends line up at the O.W.C.A. headquarters to get their memories erased and forget the entire day. Phineas and Ferb say their last good-bye to Agent P, and Isabella kisses Phineas on the lips, finally being able to live out her fantasy. Before Phineas can say anything, the Amnesia-inator does its work. Afterward, Agent P enters his lair, and takes out a camera. He plugs it into the screen and looks at photos of his and his owners' adventure, smiling ("Takin' Care of Things").
The film ends with Slash performing "Kick It Up a Notch" with Phineas, Ferb, their friends, and Doof-2.

Tags: alternate reality, humor

Review:
If you're a long-time or even a short-time fan of this series, the movie will make you laugh at references to previous episodes.
If it was released in theaters, with crisper animation and better comedic timing, it might be one of the best things Disney has released this decade..
Going into it, I figured this movie would be pretty decent, seeing as it's Phineas and Ferb.
You get to experience an entirely new dimension of the Phineas and Ferb world, one where Doofenshmirtz isn't so doofy.
Step-brothers Phineas and Ferb have had a lot of great adventures over the course of their summer (ex.
I was very impressed by this Disney Channel production, because, not only was it so much better than any of the other original movies but it was even better than a lot of the actual episodes of it's own TV series.
Still, I had never seen "Phineas and Ferb" before this movie and knew next to nothing about them.Still, this movie has enough intelligent writing to make it tolerable for adults, enjoyable characters, and a fun plot involving an alternate dimension.
Actually, like many of the cartoons of my childhood, this movie's music doesn't seem particularly contemporary (Slash was popular 20 years ago, for example), but it's plenty loud.The kids from our universe are geniuses, and we can be sure that no matter how bad things get, they'll figure out a solution.
But this movie has only the cartoon kind of violence, though, and most of it is against robots, and not really enough to justify a TV-PG rating when TV-PG can be given to content that is much worse.I especially liked the nonsensical but humorous lines given to one of the robots.
A Disney Channel Original Movie which is actually pretty good.
I never liked shows as "Hannah Montana", "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" or "Wizards of Waverly Place".However, "Phineas and Ferb" was an honorable exception to this, being one of the very few modern cartoons that I actually like.
While at first "Phineas and Ferb" seemed like a predictable show (Having the same basic premise played in most of the episodes) I was surprised of how good that show turned out to be, being witty and clever, with lots of likable characters and catchy songs.So, when this movie was announced, I had very big expectations about it.
In some ways, "Across the 2nd Dimension" it's like a extended episode of the series, but that's a good thing: Despite the fact that the story is somewhat darker than the original show, this movie still has all the charm and fun of the original series, something that (Just to give an example) "The Simpsons" movie lacked, managing to keep the best elements from "Phineas and Ferb" (The humor, the good music, the interesting and hilarious relationships of the characters) "Across the 2nd Dimension" is a solid TV film, that delivers exactly what it promised and it never disappoints, being quite enjoyable without having to see the original series first.
Keeping in mind, that it is the film-feature based on a kids TV-show (with your mandatory song per episode), I was pleasantly surprised by this movie.
I can recommend this movie for all fans of the show and assure any parent, that it is a much better rental/buy than many Direct-To-DVD Disney movies.Addendum: Watching the show prior to the movie is not required, but being familiar with some of the shows themes, might improve your experience of the movie.
Even though some of the later season episodes weren't as funny and imaginative as the earlier ones, 'Phineas and Ferb' became a favourite when first introduced to it in 2009 or so.
Eight years on, despite being finished, 'Phineas and Ferb' airs regularly on the Disney Channel and it's still a pleasure and one of their best shows in a long time.Although starting with an original concept, the stories in terms of structure are based around the same formula mainly.
The ideas and situations however have enough variety to avoid it becoming too repetitive, while it looks good, has one of the catchiest theme tunes of any show in recent years, has wonderful, clever and funny writing, interesting and entertaining character relationships and characters that are easy to like.
As likable as the two protagonists are and Candace is more than the stereotypical, tell-tale older sister that she seems, the scene stealers are adorable and funny Perry the Platypus (another example of mastery of actions and expressions registering hugely without uttering a word) and hilariously loony and incompetent Doofenschmirtz.It was inevitable that 'Phineas and Ferb' would get its own feature film, and it richly deserved it with characters and writing strong enough to warrant one.
'Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension' more than does the show justice and as far as films based on Disney Channel shows not released in theatres it's one of the best there is, proof too that 'Phineas and Ferb' had not lost its mojo at this point.Maybe the pacing is a little too fast on occasions, especially in the second half, and the finale is rather overblown and descends too much into silliness (something that the rest of the film avoided, so it was a shame).
Flaws aside, 'Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension' is absolutely perfect for existing fans of the show and does a very good job in its attempt to attract a wider audience which shows that the film works on its own too.
Children will love it and there is plenty for adults to enjoy, if anything adults or older fans will appreciate the story and humour more most likely.The animation is good and true to the animation style of the show but with a little more visual invention thanks to having a premise that allows for that to happen.
The music is catchy with some clever lyric writing, despite loving the infectious music in the show there was the fear that the music wouldn't be to my taste here, having heard polarising opinions on it, but coming from someone raised on classical music and opera it was right up my street.'Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension' is particularly good in the writing, characters and character relationships.
The characters are both interesting and likable, it has been said that Phineas is out of character, and he is (showing a side to him that has never happened in the show), but one can understand why if anybody knows what its like for someone you love and trust is not who they seem while also understanding Perry's point of view.The characterisations of Perry and Doofenschmirtz are on point and stay true to their original personalities, and Candace's subplot actually to me was crucial in her development while not being as interesting as the rest of the story.
Even better was how well 'Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension' did in opening things up with all the ingredients that made the show work so well intact while having the alternate dimension concept that gave the film a darker, bigger and edgier approach.
It even has a touching moment with the reconciliation scene that warmed the heart too.Voice acting is typically terrific, particularly from Vincent Martella (Phineas), Ashley Tisdale (Candace) and Dan Povenmire (Doofenschmirtz).Overall, a real pleasure and complements 'Phineas and Ferb' perfectly.
The humour throughout the film was great; classic Phineas and Ferb.
For example, Phineas & Isabella's late scene and also the whole 'secret agent' situation with Perry and the boys etc.Although this is a film aimed at children, I found some parts were very clever, alike with the Isabella/Phineas scene and the Perry scene, was the wonderful scene in which they brought all the inventions together in Danville to fight off the robot army.
Obviously yet again, this is better understood if you'd seen the TV series, however I still think its a very clever factor to have in this film.
Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension was an interesting movie, but I only gave it a 6/10 because Phineas can seem really out of character at times, but overall, it was great!.
Now I know why this movie was and is nominated as "Best Animated TV Film of All Time"!
I recommend this to anyone and everyone who enjoys a good animated film, or any of the Disney movies.
This truly compliments the series and the ending is a shocker!SPOILERS: The whole movie is based upon Doctor Doofenshmirtz new "Inator" and how Phineas and Ferb come to be in the opposite dimension of their own.
The movie is very edgy and very entertaining, especially the whole twist they put onto the plot (Phineas and Ferb finding out Perry leads a double life, Isabella kissing Phineas as their minds are about to be wiped, etc.)Overall I give this film a 10/10.
In the series, Phineas and Ferb are creative and funny inventions and his sister Candace is accused with his mother, but always fails.
In the film, Perry recommends the worst comes true when in the second dimension, Phineas and Ferb know his secret, besides they are now trapped in the second dimension, which governs the evil by Doof.
And Phineas and Ferb have a great formula.
Doofenshmirz shines like never before and Perry must face the inevitable when Ferb and Phineas find out who he really is.
This is a great, fun movie worth taking the lazy summer afternoon to sit back and enjoy wholesome and creative entertainment with catchy songs, unforgettable one-liners and clever script-writing.
This 77-minute adventure is more like an animated action film with jokes and songs than like a longer episode of the television series.A typical episode to P&F entails a three-way collision of the child-like genius of Phineas and Ferb, of the childish genius of Heinz Dofenschmirtz, and of the just-plain childishness of Candace Flynn.
Phineas and Ferb have great fun, Doofenschmirtz is hoisted on his own petard, Candace is thwarted, and the only one who has any clue as to what has really happened is, well, a platypus.But this time there's a different three-way collision, and the result is that Phineas and Ferb, oblivious to the sort of fellow that Doofenschmirtz is, help him to create a portal into a parallel universe.
In the course of things, various people and at least one aquatic mammal learn what they have really meant one to another.(And the viewer might also see what some of the characters have come to mean to the writers.)As an action film for kids, this is pretty well written, Whoever did the story-boards had a very solid understanding of the What, Where, and When of an action film.
If you want to see the best animated movie of 2011.This is it.The Storyline was superb.There is almost no flaw in the movie except the songs the songs where not as catchy as the songs in the animated cartoon.That,s why I rated it as 9/10.If the songs had been better.It would have been 10/10.All the characters played out there roll successfully without any flaws.But Ferb could have been better and they could have made the movie a lot funnier.
Ferb had a very unimportant roll in the Film .The other dimension Candice was just plain awesome with the style and everything including Esabella.This movie is good for adults and kids.Do not underestimate it as a childish movie..
The one thing that disappointed me most though was that during half the movie, Phineas was acting completely out of character: he was angry.
He must really care about this!" the way it does in the special, "Summer Belongs to You!", the plot gives the impression of, "This is a completely normal reaction to discovering that your pet platypus has been dueling with a hunchback pharmacist for the past five years." Phineas isn't normal.
Phineas and Ferb will never remember their crazy encounter with their pet secret agent, but Perry will.
Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension.
I'll just say it I hate Phineas and Ferb, this show is nothing but garbage with a weak story, unlikeable characters, horrible animation it's just crap.
Alright the story, Phineas and Ferb are doing their normal thing building crap.
(Yah how could they miss that EVIL sign?) But once Phineas and Ferb help finish Dr. D's machine (the dimension-nator) Perry comes in and has to tell the truth about his identity.
It's definitely a thinking person's movie/series, with all kinds of cultural references (remember the show Laverne and Shirley?) and deeper levels of thought than most of today's mindless entertainment, yet kids can watch and enjoy it immensely for the action, quirky humor, songs, and deep bonds of love between family and friends.
Put your hand down, Ferb." Honestly, I'd never seen the show before I watched this movie on a whim, and was pulled into their world within minutes!
The only time this has happened to me in the past ten years was during the fantastic movie 'Megamind', so I knew I was watching something special.
I even bought the 3 CDs (You want the Wal. Mart exclusive Movie CD-it has ten extra songs from the series including fan favorites Spa Day, A-G-L-E-T, Candace Party and Watchin' and Waiting'), bought the Summer Belongs to You Amazn download, and even went looking online for those that aren't on the CDs.
I appreciate little details like that.) For a fascinating, touching look at deeper issues, watch the episode 'Phineas and Ferb Get Busted' It's one of my favorites; actually brought tears to my eyes more than once.
Even better, Phineas fans will be thrilled at the exploration of his character, as the normally calm, even-tempered Phineas is upset, hurt and even angry at Perry's years of deception and worse, letting the boys actually help an evil scientist further his evil plans.
If you're still a fan of Phineas and Ferb, I recommend you don't watch this movie.
Before you read this review and, or my opinion, it's very recommended that you must watch the first 20 episodes of Phineas and Ferb.
Phineas and Ferb isn't the best cartoon, but it's good.
When Disney first spoiled that there was going to be a Phineas and Ferb Movie, I was like '' finally." and after that i said to myself'' This movie gonna be crappy.'' Disney was making a big fuss about this cartoon having a movie.
The plot of this movie is that Phineas and Ferb help Dr.D fix a machine that send them to another dimension where the tri-state area is ruled by an actual Evil Dr.D. Having no choice Perry the platypus had revile that he was a spy to save Phineas and Ferb.
Since this is a Phineas and Ferb movie.
In the end, Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension didn't live up to the hype it created.
No wonder this film reminds me of Pixar's Brave.This part you're reading is one my opinions of the movie, that doesn't have anything to do with the review, I just feel like sharing them to people who might care.
First off, I'm proud of Disney for not mentioning it, but because of how the movie was going to end, everyone saw this coming, and if your a true blue fan of Phineas and Ferb, I'm pretty sure you saw this coming before you knew how it was going to end.
Candace Flynn (Ashley Tisdale) Phineas and Ferb's inept, boy crazy sister inadvertently goes to the 2cd dimension too.
The characters are all a lot of fun and it's interesting to see how Phineas and Ferb's friends would bee in a totalitarian regime.
My sister and I are both big Phineas and Ferb fans, and if you are too, this will not disappoint..
In the movie the writing is still clever and witty just like the show.
The end was good but the fight scene is a little disappointing.The whole concept of Phineas and Ferb is great and the movie follows the usual prospects that the show does.
I love the movie but it is not quite as good as the show.
I followed the Animated Series much later than at the time of its release, and it's pretty damn good.
I've seen both movies, and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension is truly superior.By now, there are SPOILERS, so don't read anything unless you REALLY want to.It breaks the most of the traditional build-up from the regular episodes, and it's really action-packed.
The new characters helped that factor, especially the 2nd Dimension's Candace (Candice in my country), who flat out outshines the Candace we all know from the Animated Series.As you might have guessed, the plot is far from boring, and I won't reveal THAT much out of it.
During the movie, Phineas, Ferb and Candace finally discover who's Perry : a secret agent.
And at the end, every main character (except the parents) gets brainwashed, and all say goodbye to the Perry they got to know in the movie.
The action scenes between Perry and the main characters were amazing, and it makes me sad it won't happen in the series.
Also it makes inconsistencies as the entire city, if not the world saw gigantic robots piloted by the main characters saving the day, anyone else like Jeremy (who doesn't appear) could remind Phineas, Ferb & Candace what they did that day, hell, the attack was even filmed on TV.Maybe the TV Series would have lost the charm it has now if Phineas & Ferb were now secret agents or anything, but I can't help thinking they were AWARE of Perry's identity then had saved the world, just to get brainwashed next as if nothing happened, it makes me pull the hair out of my head.Apart from that, it was imaginative, and the movie shows that the Animated Series, after 3 Seasons, still got it.9/10