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Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!

• Baljeet gets a kiss on the cheek for rescuing a girls present. After blushing for a moment, he grabs the girl, gives her a full on kiss and left her dazed.
  Baljeet: "Later!"
• Ferb's method of putting up Christmas lights.
  • During the same sequence, Isabella hangs stockings with a fighter jet.
• The reveal that Santa had planned the events of the entire episode.
• As "Sal Tuscany", Santa infiltrated the O.W.C.A. agency and planted his disc for Perry to have for his mission against Doofenshmirtz. Coming right after Major Monogram contacted Perry to tell him not to play the disc while they investigate the breach of security, Doofenshmirtz cranks up the volume to Perry's horror just as "Sal Tuscany" raises his voice so loudly that it destroys his Naughty-inator.
  Doofenshmirtz: Boy, this Sal Tuscany guy is good. Let me crank it up some more.
  Sal Tuscany: That's what Christmas is for! Christmas cannot be destroyed! Not even by a Naughty-inaaaaaaaaaaaaaatoooooooooor!
  Doofenshmirtz: What the- How did he-?!

Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You!

• Phineas is the most laid-back guy you could ever hope to meet. Even when he has a lot of emotional investment in the idea for the day and everything goes horribly wrong, he, for the most part, maintains an upbeat, cheerful attitude. When the group is left with mere minutes before the sun goes down, Buford equips everyone with bikes to make a timely return possible. The only choice left for Candace is a tricycle, but Candace refuses to go on it. Phineas tries to persuade her in a reasonable, relaxed tone for a few moments. When she still refuses, Phineas snaps, possibly for the first time ever, and yells "GET ON THE TRIKE!" Candace is so intimidated that she scrambles onto the trike without a word. Doubles as a Funny Moment.
• Buford giving back the bikes was a Moment of Awesome in itself, crossed with Heartwarming Moments.
• Isabella's Rousing Speech to Phineas on the island, again crossed with Heartwarming Moments.
• After Doof meet up with Vanessa, Monogram finally decides to arrest Doof after all that's happened. However, Vanessa pulls out what appears to be a gun and forces Monogram to release her father. During both Doof and Vanessa's escape, she reveals it was just a hairdryer and denies that she did something evil, but Doof pointed that she manipulated Monogram into believing her hairdryer was a gun, which finally made Vanessa admit that maybe she did do something evil after all, leaving Doof in tears of joy.
• Buford's skepticism at the start of this episode was a Moment of Awesome, as it showed, without a doubt, that this episode was going to be truly special, as Phineas was finally being called on his ability to do anything.
• Phineas managing to break out of his Heroic BSoD on the island, turning the giant map into a paper airplane, propelling themselves off two palm trees using a giant rubber band, breaking the damn SOUND BARRIER, and still managing to make it back to Danville before the sun sets.
• The titular song, not just for being Awesome Music but also for being damn inspiring.
• The whole special was one big Moment of Awesome.

Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted by Kelly Osbourne

• Perry coming down from out of nowhere to stop Doofenshmirtz from zapping Kelly into another dimension.

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

• When the fight against the villains in the mall ends in disaster and the heroes are on the verge of giving up hope, Perry (disguised as a platypus-themed superhero) pulls a Big Damn Heroes and gets them to safety.
  Thor: Thank you, small but mighty friend.
• The heroes see Red Skull announcing his plans to destroy the Tri-State Area and realize they're not getting their powers back in time to stop him. They go to try anyway, because that's what they do.
• Right before the penultimate battle, the depowered superheroes are easily curbstomped when they try to confront the villains. Iron Man is flung up high into the air while Red Skull taunts him about how he has neither powers nor allies left to help him. Cue Big Damn Heroes from Hulkjeet (in a Shout-Out to The Avengers!), followed by Phineas and Ferb in the Beak suit and Perry. Oh, and Doofenshmirtz joins the fight too. Using waffles. Doofenshmirtz's involvement is especially awesome considering that Red Skull dismissed his waffle-inator (among others) as being useless earlier in the special. It's not. His intervention frees three of the captured superheroes and continues to trip up the villains several times during the following battle.
• The game of Keep Away as the heroes prevent the villains from getting the reactor core. Finally, the superheroes get to show what they are made of even without their powers, going from Brought Down to Normal to Brought Down to Badass. Highlights include Spider-Man temporarily taking down three villains in quick succession using golf equipment, Hulk and Thor putting a bicycle and a skateboard to good use, and Buford joining the fray wielding nothing but a fish. Also noteworthy is that 70% of the characters fighting on the heroes' side are handicapped in some way^note The superheroes from their lack of powers, Phineas and Ferb from the Beak suit only being partly functional, and Buford by virtue of having neither powers nor high-tech equipment, yet they still keep it up long enough for Candace and Isabella to save the day (keep reading for that one).
• Candace and Isabella putting two and two together and realizing that the superheroes' powers must have been converted to data inside the kids' space station. Later, they crash the spaceship down to Earth (albeit by accident) onto the villains before they can repower their machine, bringing back the superheroes' powers at the same time. In particular, Candace intentionally pressing the red button that crashes the space station. Her reasoning? Third Time's The Charm.
• At last, when the superheroes' powers are returned, they simply tell the kids to sit back and watch for this one. They then pose with an Avengers-esque pan shot and proceed to unleash a massive Curb-Stomp Battle on the villains. Perry getting to fight alongside them like a true blue superhero is the icing on the cake.
  Red Skull: I think that our window of opportunity has closed.
• The fact that the creators worked very hard to ensure that the crossover would not violate Marvel canon. It's somewhat telling that the most contentious characterization from the special turned out to that of Phineas rather than any of the Marvel characters. In addition, the fact that Disney apparently liked the crossover so much they essentially okayed a Star Wars crossover right away.
• Giving the villains some credit, they demonstrate why, unlike Doofenshmirtz, they are actually threats to be taken seriously.
  • Phineas and Ferb have built an upgraded version of the Beak suit. When taken to a fight with the villains at the mall, the suit is cut in half by Whiplash.
  • Perry is spying on the villains as Doofenshmirtz finishes a new Power-Drain-inator. Red Skull's announcing his plan makes it seem like Perry wasn't noticed, until it turned out Red Skull did notice a Perry and has Venom restrain him.

Phineas and Ferb Save Summer

• Much of the special is one big moment for Doofenshmirtz, who managed to move the Earth into an early autumn by swiping Perry with his mop into activating his latest -inator. The change in weather caused civil unrest, which forced Mayor Roger to evacuate with Perry's help, allowing a triumphant Doof to actually succeed in taking over the Tri-State Area for himself and his fellow L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. villains. Doof even presented the blueprints of his -inator as proof of his success, which actually impressed the other L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. members. However, he would later regret this after learning about Rodney's grand plot to use the same technology to bring in a new Ice Age.
  • It's also telling just how much of a genius inventor Doof really is (in spite of his flaws); all it takes for him to move the Earth away from the sun is a small -inator mounted on his penthouse, with only very little repurcussions in terms of keeping the planet in one piece. In contrast, Phineas and Ferb's idea to get the Earth back into orbit are four massive rocket boosters anchored in four different locations, that are capable of splitting the Earth in half if maneuvered incorrectly. It was also revealed that Doof implanted a reverse mechanism in the -inator in case the Earth needs to be moved back without causing such damage, but Rodney himself disabled it, much to Doof's complete anger.
• Special points also go to the villains of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N., who actually managed to capture nearly all of the O.W.C.A. agents and nearly conquer the entire world following Doof's successful scheme.
  • It isn't just that L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N defeated O.W.C.A., it was a complete Curb-Stomp Battle. In a Shout-Out to West Side Story the villains do a Villain Song. During that song they show off such skills as Vertical Kidnapping, a Defensive Feint Trap, using a wind-up mouse to frighten an elephant into a trap. They even called their techniques before they used them! ("Nab!" "Distract!" "Lasso!") Every time the scene switched another O.W.C.A. member was caught and there were a LOT of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N members! And the person leading the finger snapping is none other than Doofenshmirtz!
  • While Monogram and the freed agents intervene immediately afterward, there's Dr. Diminutive showing that his height is an asset for once when it allows him to effortlessly avoid Monty's sucker punch.
  • In a way the special's also one big one for Major Monogram. In order to make it believable that L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. could actually beat O.W.C.A. (if only temporarily), the writers had to get Monogram out of the way first. Then they're defeated almost as soon as he comes back. Basically, the special reveals that Monogram is the main reason O.W.C.A. is so effective in stopping evil-doers.
• The opening song, "Summer All Over the World". It starts out as simple drums, but it slowly builds up into a big epic musical number with the gang broadcasting themselves around the world with everyone participating. Yes, even those in the Southern Hemisphere, but the song recognizes that.
• Perry, Carl and Monty breaking into L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.'s headquarters and getting past the goons guarding the perimeter, and then helping Doofenshmirtz stop Rodney from plunging the Earth into a new Ice Age. Danny Jacob's soundtrack particularly adds to this.
• Doofenshmirtz may be an evil scientist, but he will absolutely take NO part in a plot for ruthless world domination. Special points go to whacking Rodney with the same mop that fell on him earlier.
  • After two-and-a-half seasons of their rivalry and Rodney being a Smug Snake and constantly running Doofenshmirtz down, it's extremely satisfying to see Doofenshmirtz finally whack Rodney in the face and save the Earth from a terrible fate that no one would ever survive; even Monogram happily thanks Doof for doing such a necessary action while having Monty to arrest Rodney.
• Doofenshmirtz giving Major Monogram a What the Hell, Hero? for allowing L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. to succeed in taking over the world, inspiring Monogram to rescue the captured agents and lead a Big Damn Heroes moment.
• Candace also deserves mention, as she finally conquers her fear of spiders she tries spending almost the entire episode on, and help the kids save summer. Bonus points for even fixing the control center all by herself.
• Irving spends almost the entire episode performing a camp song all over the world. Apparently, he delivered a performance incredible enough that the audience was still listening to him by the end of the episode.

Phineas and Ferb Star Wars

• The lightsaber duel between Phineas and Darth Ferb was pretty freaking awesome.
  • Heck, Darth Ferb in general was really cool! He out-duels Phineas, takes Agent P out of the action, and disarms both Phineas and Candace all in quick succession. Not to mention that moment he reveals his six-bladed lightsaber.
  • Phineas's response to the aforementioned six-bladed lightsaber is not "Oh, Crap!", but to calmly proceed to modify his own lightsaber so that it's equally well-armed. He also shows off some improbable aiming skills by tossing his destroyed lightsaber into the self-destruct port of the Sith-inator, returning Ferb to normal.
  • Candace solidifying her Heel–Face Turn by coming to Phineas's aid. Even after her blaster is disabled, she improvises by using the socks she got for Darth Vader earlier as weapons.
• Star Wars Isabella - not only is she piloting ships as a kid and a rival to Han Solo, she also has a lot of attitude and manages to dominate the situation wherever she ends up being.
• Star Wars Candace could definitely be "the Stormiest Storm Trooper ever!" Even though she never gets to accomplish much, she shows deadly competence when she does. She can fix, flip, aim and fire a cannon in a single motion, rescue Bufford and Baljeet from a collapsing tower, and stand off against a Sith Lord armed only with socks!

Night of the Living Pharmacists

• While the role itself was brief and humorous, the fact that George A. Romero did a cameo was amazing. Is there any better blessing for your zombie movie parody than an appearance by THE INVENTOR OF ZOMBIE MOVIES?
• Isabella manages to survive without protective equipment during the first phase of the zombie breakout, and on top of that, figures out the origin of the zombifying ray, all on her own. And of course, she ends up being the one to save the day at the end.
• Perry constantly watching over and protecting the kids from above (at least until his hang glider breaks).
• Doofenshmirtz being a Big Damn Hero. And it's the first time he's ever flown a helicopter!
• Candace remains calm throughout the entire ordeal, especially when compared to Vanessa's friends. She later on helps Vanessa and Doofenshmirtz fight a big army of zombies, and even when she gets touched, she doesn't completely freak out and just says "aw, crud".
• The battle against the zombies is the first time we've seen Vanessa in action since "Vanessasary Roughness", and the first time ever in an actual fight.
• All the Heroic Sacrifices, but Ferb's especially, considering he knocks a small group of zombies right off the side of the water tower.
• Stacy casually knocking out a zombie without even realizing it and being the only character we know of besides Doofenshmirtz to avoid being zombified by the end of the episode.
• Gretchen singing on her own for the first time during the song "Jump Right to It."
• Phineas, Ferb, and Doofenshmirtz actually working together!
• So it turns out the belt on Isabella's dress◊ is actually used for changing between her normal and Fireside Girl clothes.
• Gretchen slapping Buford when he starts panicking again:
  Buford: "I am so in love with her right now!"

Last Day of Summer

• Doofenshmirtz using the time loops to predict all of Perry's movements. Eventually, he is able to delay Perry long enough to actually succeed in taking over the Tri-State Area again, this time by creating a new political position (Tri-Governor) and earning the office by a unanimous vote.
• Perry gets a ton of points for repeatedly escaping all of Doofenshmirtz's traps, despite him having predicted his exact moves via time loop at least thirty times! Of course, after all Perry's been through this summer, it's not surprising he'd be an Escape Artist at this point. Sadly, it wasn't enough as it allowed Doof to win, much to Perry's dismay.
• Phineas and Ferb's invention is one of the biggest and most elaborate rides imaginable, which is saying something considering all the ones they have built in the past. And it just gets even bigger and better with each iteration of the time loop (until Phineas and Ferb disappear).
• Baljeet playing major roles in explaining the workings of space-time to the others, proving Candace's story, and formulating the plan to save the day. This stays true even after they reunite with Phineas and Ferb!
• Vanessa providing a perfect summary of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's character, which triggers his active Heel–Face Turn.
• The gang constructing a catapult entirely using items that have been sucked into the space-time void, avoiding tigers all the while.
• Candace throwing a spoon into the self destruct button of the do-over-inator, which ends the time loop and saves the universe.
• From "One Last Day of Summer": "We set a precedent/For entertainment." Yes, boys. Yes, you did.
• Just the fact that the show managed to end with a legitimate finale without being cancelled. Not many animated shows can claim that honor.

The O.W.C.A. Files

• Doofenshmirtz using his knowledge as an evil scientist to save the other agents from Parenthesis's lair. It wasn't a flawless rescue, but it showed that he could contribute uniquely to the mission.
• Perry avoiding all the brainwashed agents and successfully landing a blow on Parenthesis. He's not considered the O.W.C.A.'s best agent for nothing! He then proceeds to lure Parenthesis to the training ground he'd used in the beginning of the episode, where it is revealed that he had notified his team to assemble there and they pull off the villain capture plot they'd failed earlier. Not only does this subvert the expectation that Perry entirely abandoned the others to solve the problem on his own, but consider this: had Parenthesis been an actual human, Perry's efforts at the headquarters alone most likely would have brought him down. The assembly at the training ground may well have been his plan B, despite not knowing beforehand that Parenthesis was in fact a flea in a robotic suit. Crazy-Prepared indeed!
• Karen the Cat acts oblivious and unhelpful throughout the entire episode... until the end when all the other agents have been captured, upon which she singlehandedly unleashes a beatdown on Parenthesis and his robots.

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