Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

**Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension** is a Disney Channel Original Movie that was released on August 5, 2011. The film is based on the television series Phineas and Ferb.

## Plot

Phineas and Ferb create an enormous shuttlecock to play platypult (platypus + catapult) badminton. Perry enters his secret lair and is warned by Major Monogram that he's had some close calls with his "host family" (the Flynn-Fletchers) almost seeing him enter his lair. He then warns Perry that if his cover's blown, he'll have to be relocated to another city, with another host family and that he'll never see Phineas and Ferb again. He also reveals that Perry has an auto-scan replication device which he uses to scan and replicate all of Doofenshmirtz's "inators". Perry leaves the lair in a hovercraft, but accidentally collides with the boys' shuttlecock while both are in flight. The boys crash into Doofenshmirtz's lab and damages his "Other-Dimension-inator", intended to create portals to parallel dimensions. While Phineas and Ferb assist Doofenshmirtz in repairing the machine, Perry arrives to stop Doofenshmirtz, but not wanting to reveal his identity and put Phineas and Ferb in danger, reverts to pet mode and cannot stop them.

Doofenshmirtz, Phineas, Ferb, and Perry travel to a parallel dimension, where an alternate version of Doofenshmirtz has successfully conquered the Tri-State Area with an army of robots and installed himself as dictator. Doofenshmirtz-2 has also converted Perry-2 into a Platyborg (platypus cyborg), who now serves as his second-in-command. Doofenshmirtz-2 orders Platyborg to attack Perry, but it fails because Perry did not attack back. Doof-2 then orders Platyborg to attack the boys, forcing Perry to reveal his secret identity, much to the boys' shock. They escape, but Phineas is angry with Perry for his deception.

Doofenshmirtz-2 explains to Doofenshmirtz that he was driven to evil because he lost a toy train as a child. With the remote for their portal broken, the boys seek out their parallel-dimension selves, while Doofenshmirtz-2 plans to use Other-Dimension-Inator to invade the first Tri-State area and annex it into his regime. He announces he will spare Phineas and Ferb if Perry surrenders; Perry agrees to the deal, but before he leaves is told by an angry Phineas that he is no longer their pet. When Doofenshmirtz-2 learns that only the boys can fix the Other-Dimension-inator, he reneges on the deal.

Phineas and Ferb ask the alternate Isabella for help and find that she, as well as the alternate Baljeet and Buford, are led by an underground resistance organization led by the alternate Candace. Baljeet-2 is able to open a highly unstable portal backwards into the first dimension, but upon learning about Perry's capture, Phineas and Ferb decide to rescue Perry before they can leave. In the first dimension, Candace spots the portal and jumps through, causing it to collapse.

The kids set off to rescue Perry but are captured by Doofenshmirtz-2 and his forces. Perry distracts Doofenshmirtz-2 with a video call of Monogram in the shower, allowing the boys to escape in minecarts through a tunnel. Platyborg attacks and damages one of the carts, slowing them down. Unwilling to endanger her own brothers, Candace-2 escapes with Phineas-2 and Ferb-2, but abandons Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Perry, who are subsequently captured by Doofenshmirtz-2.

The boys refuse to fix the machine, but inadvertently remind Doofenshmirtz how they fixed his machine by removing the self-destruct button. After Doofenshmirtz powers up the machine, Doofenshmirtz-2 orders Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Perry to be fed to a monster called the Goozim; when Doofenshmirtz annoys him again, Doofenshmirtz-2 orders his execution as well. Before the five can be eaten, Candace-2 rescues them and gives them the remote, allowing Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Perry, and Doofenshmirtz to escape to yet another dimension, but Candace-2 herself is captured and imprisoned.

Doofenshmirtz-2 invades the first dimension with an army of robots. Meanwhile, Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Perry, and Doofenshmirtz, having travelled through a cyclic path of many dimensions, arrive back in the first dimension. Perry gives Phineas and Ferb the locket off his collar, which leads them to Perry's lair. Inside, they find out that Perry had scanned all their previous inventions. With the help of their friends, the children of Danville, and the O.W.C.A. agents, Phineas and Ferb use the inventions to thwart Doofenshmirtz-2's robot invasion, while Candace-2 is freed from prison by Phineas-2, Ferb-2, and Jeremy-2 and Perry defeats Platyborg. Before Doofenshmirtz-2 can destroy Perry, Phineas and Ferb, Doofenshmirtz arrives and gives Doofenshmirtz-2 his own toy train, resolving his tragic backstory. Doofenshmirtz-2 stands down his invasion and is arrested.

Several characters from the other dimension arrive in the original dimension to thank their counterparts for saving the day. Platyborg reverts to his normal self and Phineas-2 and Ferb-2 take him home. The kids are distraught to learn that Perry will be relocated since his cover is blown, but Carl uses Doofenshmirtz's Amnesia-inator to erase their memories so they can keep Perry, though Doofenshmirtz has his memories erased by force. Before they forget, Phineas and Ferb say their goodbyes to Perry, and Isabella kisses Phineas. Perry enters his lair and reminisces on the events.

## Cast and Characters

* Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn
* Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Ferb Fletcher
* Dee Bradley Baker as Perry the Platypus / Pinky the Chihuahua
* Dan Povenmire as Dr. Heinz Doofenschmirtz
* Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn
* Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
* Tyler Alexander Mann as Carl the Intern
* Mitchel Musso as Jeremy Johnson
* Alyson Stoner as Isabella Garcia-Shapiro
* Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn-Fletcher
* Richard O'Brien as Lawrence Fletcher
* John Viener as Norm / Normbots
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Normbots
* Kelly Hu as Stacy Hirano
* Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet Rai / Dr. Baljeet
* Bobby Gaylor as Buford Van Stomm
* Jack McBrayer as Irving Du Bois
* Jaret Reddick as Danny
* Carlos Alazraqui as Bobbi Fabulous
* Steve Zahn as Sherman "Swampy"
* Doris Roberts as Mrs. Thompson
* Slash as Himself
* Loni Love as Carl's Pet Store Owner Disguise
* Ariel Winter as 2nd Dimension Gretchen
* Todd Stashwick as Mr. Johnson
* Olivia Olson as Vanessa Doofenschmirtz

## Music

The soundtrack of the movie Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions includes 8 songs from the movie and 14 songs from the series, released on August 2. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash co-wrote and performed in a song for the soundtrack titled "Kick It Up a Notch". The song "I Walk Away" is not included in the soundtrack. A song cut from the film, "Mysterious Force", is included.

Walmart sells a version of the soundtrack with 10 extra songs.

## Release

### Disney Channel

The movie premiered on August 5, 2011 in Canada and Hong Kong, on August 27, 2011 in Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, on September 25, 2011 in India, on September 30, 2011 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, and on November 5, 2011 in South Africa.

### Disney XD

The movie premiered on August 20, 2011 in Canada, on October 2, 2011 in India, and on October 6, 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

### Home Media

The movie, presented in widescreen, was released on DVD on August 23, 2011. It includes 8 deleted scenes, interactive menus with easter eggs, an "'Animation'" music video, a "Perry-oke" sing along feature, "Dr. D's Jukebox-inator", "Prance Askance Execution", and the episode "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister" with character and creator commentary. The digital copy also bundled includes the film and 8 digital music tracks. For a limited time, a free In-Pack Platypult Kit was included with the set. Toys R Us sells a version of the DVD with a bonus disc containing the Season 3 episodes "Ask a Foolish Question" and "Misperceived Monotreme."

As well, a change is made to the credits of the movie: the full version of "Takin' Care of Things" is heard, replacing "Kick It Up a Notch", and instead of the background being black, it features a dark blue background with several triangles. This edit was also in the television premieres of the film in some countries. The film was released in the UK on March 5, 2012, with the same bonus features, as well as the bonus episode "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister". As of November 12, 2019, the film, along with the series, have been available to stream on Disney+.

## Reception

### Critical Response

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 5 reviews.

Matt Blum of the Wired.com website claims that "this is truly an instant classic, right up there with some of the best cartoons ever made".

Los Angeles Times television critic Robert Lloyd enjoyed Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension as well, noting "a hint of emotional depth, regarding the love between animals and the people who live with them". Both reviewers highlighted the film's employment of adult-oriented humor that makes it equally enjoyable for viewers of all ages.

Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave it a B+. Murray said that the action theme of the movie was a deviation of what the series does best, but that the movie still had enough to satisfy its fans, including a charming dialogue.

### Ratings

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension averaged 7.6 million viewers, the film soared to become TV's #1 scripted telecast of 2011 to date among Kids 6–11 (3.4 million/13.8 rating), TV's #1 movie among 'Tweens' 9–14 (2.6 million/10.8 rating) and cable's #1 movie of the year in Total Viewers.

Moreover, the film ranked as cable's #1 animated telecast in more than 3 years among Kids 6–11 and 'Tweens' 9–14 (since 2/18/08 – "Fairly OddBaby"), and ranks #4 among all animated cable telecasts in the 'Tween' demo.

In Australia the movie had 122,000 viewers and in the United Kingdom there were 533,000 viewers. In Canada the film delivered 915,000 viewers on Family Channel.

### Box Office

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension was released theatrically in Spain, being the third Disney Channel series to be released in theatres after Hannah Montana and Lizzie McGuire. On its opening weekend, the film grossed $1,259,632 with an average of $4,467 from 282 theatres, earning the #4 spot in the country. The film lost 49% of its gross on its second weekend, earning $646,145. The movie has grossed $5,689,121 in Spain as of December 11.