The First Day of Next Summer

Phineas and Ferb are back! In their second biggest summer ever, the boys' friends are more ready than ever to see what they have up their sleeves. However, things are not the same due to the mysterious disappearance of their pet platypus Perry during the preceding school year. It's up to Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet to cheer up the boys in order to kick off the summer. Meanwhile, Candace fears she is shallow at heart.

## Episode Summary

### Part One

Phineas and Ferb are sitting in class looking visibly null and empty. The boys get tests passed back to them, Ferb receiving a 110% while Phineas receives a 109%. A bell goes off and the surrounding students begin to cheer and form a crowd. As the students crowd around, they lift the desks of Phineas and Ferb who then light up with delighted expressions. The classroom carries the boys outside to the schoolyard, where they both press a button on their desks. The desks transform to reveal jets, and then the devices begin auto piloting the brothers back home. The boys fly by various characters including Farmer and Farmer's Wife, Meap, and Love Händel. At at a certain point the boys encounter Bowling For Soup and share an exchange with them. Phineas requests musical accompaniment and the band begins playing the new theme song, This Summer is Gonna Rock.

While flying back home, the boys are joined by Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet. The entire gang sings along to the song, eventually appearing back home in their backyard. Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet carry some tools to the boys as the song reaches its end. However, when Phineas picks up a wrench from his toolbox, he suddenly feels a pang of sadness hit him. Ferb grabs a screwdriver, and likewise, gets hit with a sudden case of sadness. The boys then start to sink to the ground with their backs lying against their iconic backyard tree. Both sigh, then rest their heads in their hands. Phineas laments that nothing has been the same since their pet platypus Perry went missing during the school year. The boys' friends begin to comfort them but are interrupted by Candace kicking open the backdoor and announcing her plans to bust the boys, triumphantly gloating and bragging about her previous close attempts. Buford snaps at Candace, telling her that Phineas and Ferb are too distraught to deal with her own fragile insecurities and that she's only trying to bust them because she sees them as easy targets and wants to feel better about herself. Everyone is shocked by Buford's claim, including Candace who runs off crying as she questions everything about herself.

Meanwhile, a random squirrel falls into one of Perry's former lair entrances. It falls through a series of tubes and lands in what was once Perry's lair, now abandoned and full of dust. An excited Monogram suddenly appears on the huge monitor in the room greeting Perry, only to grow extremely sad when he realize it is not Perry, but instead a random squirrel. Carl suggests giving the squirrel a job, but Monogram chews Carl out for the suggestion by stating his poor suggestions are why he's still an unpaid intern.

As Phineas stares longingly into the sky, Isabella pats him on the back and tries to convince him everything will be okay, and that Perry is probably fine. Buford suggests Perry is living a peaceful life in the "big old Platypus habitat in the sky," resulting in a silencing from Isabella and Baljeet. The three then crowd around on the opposite side of the yard from the boys and try to come up with a scheme to cheer up them up.

Candace calls Stacy, asking her if she sees her as a shallow person. Stacy tries to give an indifferent response, only for Candace to start crying. Stacy consoles Candace, telling her that she isn't necessarily shallow, but that she can be sometimes due to her often obsessive personality, specifically ignoring others just to bust her brothers. Candace thanks Stacy for being honest, and then sets out to be a helpful and selfless person as her summer goal.

A an upbeat remix of the Quirky Work Song plays as Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet try to cheer up the boys during a montage, but to no avail.

Candace goes out to the streets and runs up to various bystanders, asking to help them. She scares people with her suddenness, making them run away. Candace is saddened by her inability to help anyone, and sadly wanders around Danville. It begins to rain, and she sings Who Am I, Really?. Various citizens get involved in the song, starting to reflect on who they are, too. The song ends with the crowd disappointingly dispersing after Balthazar Horowitz openly asks if Candace is "that weird girl who wants to bust her bros?" Candace is once again alone, left to reflect on herself as she stares into a puddle. Another, hallucinated Candace appears in the puddle and begins talking to Candace. She gives Candace a pep talk and reminding her that her desire to bust her brothers is solely due to wishing to protect them from harming themselves, and that it's an act of love. Candace thanks her hallucinated double and leans down to kiss herself on the cheek, only to be startled by a random bystander still standing by being disgusted and weirded out by her act.

Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet begin to give up on cheering up the boys. They fall to the ground, wrapped up in their own defeat. Suddenly, they look up to see Phineas and Ferb staring down on them, reaching out their hands. Phineas and Ferb thank them for the attempts as Isabella apologizes that they ended up being the ones to cheer someone up instead. The group begin reflecting on the previous summer. Phineas opens up about why Perry being gone distresses him, revealing his hidden fears of growing up and losing people. Ferb states, "Life is kind of like summer, in that we must make the most if it even if it doesn't go quite as planned, because both are finite breaks from the greater existence; summer within life, life within death." There is a big group hug, and Phineas has an epiphany, realizing that while Perry was an important part of his life, Perry was also rarely around for any of the Big Ideas the previous summer. Just then, while thinking of the previous summer, the boys finally realize how to kick off the first day of the new summer; a brand new Coolest Coaster Ever. The boys triumphantly grab their tools and pose. Just then, Candace vaults over the fence with a feral appearance and announces her busting urges are tingling and threatens to perform the ultimate bust as soon as the commercial break is over.

### Part Two

The boys begin work on their new coaster. Isabella, Buford, and Baljeet begin rushing around town gathering various friends from previous episodes to attend the grand debut. Phineas and Ferb get playfully competititve during construction, trying to see who can finish their half of the new coaster first. The rocket is seen going out into space, through a portal to the 2nd Dimension, underwater, through Hawaii, and through a human body via a shrinking ray.

Candace is seen doing situps, pushups, and more as a warm up for her ultimate bust. She calls Stacy, Jenny, and Vanessa for help, dubbing them her "Bust Angels" much to their chargrin. Only Stacy shows up much to Candace's dismay, though she is quickly delighted by Jeremy's prescence as he appears at her front door to spend time with her. Remembering Stacy's words beforehand, Candace decides not to waste her entire summer trying to bust the boys every day, but to pace things out this summer by spending quality time with her friends. She then goes to the movies with Stacy and Jeremy, the latter who is happy to see Candace spending more time outside of busting as he begins to happily tell her about a sequel to the wrestling video game she likes that just released.

The boys formally reveal their roller coaster; The Coolest Coaster Ever: In Memory of Perry the Platypus. Like the previous rollercoaster, the camera pans up to reveal how huge it is, this time a whole flock of birds hitting the rails and falling rather than just one. Ferb commments that he's glad the birds had already signed the waiver that says they can't sue them.

As the kids begin to fill up the seats of the coaster, it takes off unexpectedly fast. Due to Phineas and Ferb competing during the building process, various parts of Phineas' half are revealed to have been a bit hastily made and sloppy. The coaster goes off the track and nearly gets various children killed, much to the horror of Phineas and Ferb. The entire crowd screams as Isabella leans forward in her seat to ask Phineas if this was his intention. Phineas lies and says yes, and claims everything is going according to plan. Phineas remarks that he wishes Candace was still trying to bust them, speculating that her busting habit going ignored may have disrupted a balance, thus endangering them.

In the theater, Candace, Stacy, and Jeremy are enjoying Horse in a Bookcase: The Movie, enjoying that they are the only ones in the theater and that they're wondering if Krillhunters: Ladykrillers will get a sequel.

Isabella calls out Phineas on how dangerous the ride is, forcing him to reveal why his portion of the ride is so sloppy. He reveals that he's been insecure about Ferb being better than him due to being his older brother, and that whenever Ferb would get slightly better grades than him it'd make him feel less special. Ferb assures Phineas they are equally smart, and that it doesn't matter who is the smartest due to them already being smarter than everyone else they know. Phineas is finally at ease, and then the boys agree to team up and save the rest of the kids on the ride with the help of Isabella. A metal remix of the Quirky Work Song plays as the trio begin doing everything they can to try and return the coaster to safety by reaching Ferb's portion of the ride. After various dips into space and the 2nd Dimension, the gang finally ends up on Ferb's half and the coaster comes to a natural conclusion. The entire creation then collapses and blows away in the wind as Candace returns home feeling refreshed. Everyone but Phineas, Ferb, and Candace leave the backyard as the siblings begin to bond. Candace apologizes for being rude earlier, and opens up to Phineas and Ferb by admitting she still misses Perry too. Linda and Lawrence enter the backyard, pretending to be dragged in by Candace for a bust. Candace laughs it off, and says she'll be rethinking how she spends her summers a bit more from now on. Ferb says "Oh, thank heavens!" as the entire family has a hearty laugh. Linda offers pie, as everyone trails back inside following her lead. There is a closing shot of the backyard door being shut, only for Phineas to pop his head back outside and say, "Welcome back."

## Songs

* This Summer is Gonna Rock
* Who Am I, Really?
* Quirky Work Song (Upbeat Version, Metal Version)

## End Credits

Perry the Platypus wakes up in a tent on an orange planet. A familiar voice is calling him outside, beckoning him to follow. As Perry steps outside, he is bagged as a musical stinger plays. "To Be Continued" is displayed onscreen.

## Running Gags

### Hey, where's Perry?

> '***Phineas'*: Where's... Perry?**...

> '***Isabella'*: He's been missing for a year. I thought you knew this? I mean, he is your pet platypus.**...

### Perry's entrance to his lair

A random squirrel falls into a panel that slides open in the boys' backyard.

### Candace's opening line

> '***Candace'*: Mom! Phineas and Ferb are making a streaming service revival!**...

## Background Information

* This is the first episode of the the 100% official and canon revival era of the show, being the first episode of Season 5.

## Errors

* Between shots, the hue of the tools Phineas and Ferb pose with change.
* During one frame of the scene where Candace talks to her puddle reflection, the Candace in the puddle loses its translucent effect and appears fully colored.
* When the random squirrel falls into Perry's lair, it goes off screen a few frames too early and stops being visible before it's fully out of view.

## Cast

* Vincent Martella as Phineas
* Ashley Tisdale as Candace, Additional Voices
* Thomas Sangster as Ferb
* Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn-Fletcher
* Alyson Stoner as Isabella, Additional Voices
* Isabella Acres as Katie ♣
* Tiffany Espensen as Ginger ♣
* Mitchel Musso as Jeremy, Additional Voices
* Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Additional Voices
* Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram, Additional Voices
* Richard O'Brien as Lawrence Fletcher ♦
* Dee Bradley Baker as Perry, Additional Voices

*♦ designates a character that did not appear in this episode*
*♣ designates a character that appears but has no lines*