For Your Ice Only is the 176th episode of Phineas and Ferb.
Phineas and Ferb get a chance to try out Hockey Z-9 whenever they get permission to host the half time show of a Danville hockey tournament.
Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz builds an -inator that will turn him bigger, hairier and scarier.
Note: This episode does not take place during Summer Vacation.
Tropes present:
- Added Alliterative Appeal:
- Dink Winkerson, the announcer for the hockey game, uses a lot of this in one sentence.Dink: And the blare of the buzzer brings down the metaphorical curtain on this scintillating second period of this titanic tussle as the grim gritty Gladiators vacate the frozen field of flailing fighting flugelhorn, to prepare for the third period of this Tulican turf toast towers, as the frosty Defibulators mill the frozen peas of icy... Oh, man, I'd better go lay down.
- Also, the Hockey Z-9 announcer (later revealed to be Isabella) uses this:Announcer: This is the harsh hybrid hockey of your dark dystopian destiny!
- Dink Winkerson, the announcer for the hockey game, uses a lot of this in one sentence.
- As Himself: Former left wing for the Los Angeles Kings Luc Robitaille appears as the referee for the game.Luc Robitaille: Is anyone else cold? Why is it so cold in here?
Audience: We don't know, Luc Robitaille!
Man in audience: Actually, I brought a blanket. So, I'm okay. - Brick Joke: Earlier in the episode, Baljeet points out that Canadian bacon is only ham. Later, when Linda takes a picture, she tells everyone to say "Canadian bacon", but instead, everyone says, "Ham!"
- The Cameo: Django plays ice hockey with the boys. That's right, he's actually in this episode.
- Continuity Nod: Buford recalls Football X-7 when Phineas and Ferb plan on creating Hockey Z-9. The song also uses the same melody from the original episode.Baljeet: What happened to Y-8?Phineas: Oh, we're saving that for croquet.
- Continuity Snarl: Doofenshmirtz, who gave up evil in "The Last Day of Summer", is still evil in this episode, even though it should takes place after the summer vacation. Like last time, (and the following episode), the creators likely didn't think of the series finale.
- Everything Except Most Things: When Phineas and Ferb create a sheet of ice and set up lines and hockey goals in the beginning of the episode, Baljeet says "It is like our own miniature Canada! But, of course, without the beavers, moose, and disproportionate amount of comedians".Phineas: Or Canadian bacon.Buford: I forgot all about Canadian bacon.Baljeet: You realize it is only ham.
- Moose and Maple Syrup: The evil jingle for this episode is "Doofenshmirtz Evil Igloo on a Mountaintop, eh?" Also, Baljeet lists several Canadian stereotypes such as beavers, moose, and disproportionate amount of comedians. Twice in the episode, they referred to Canadian bacon as being nothing but ham (which isn't strictly true, but it's more like ham than it is like side bacon).
- Noodle Incident: When Doof accidentally aims the inator at Perry's marshmallow trap, he calls it "all marshmallow-y and hairy... Not completely unlike summer camp."
- Playing Cyrano: Candace knows absolutely nothing about hockey, but she wants to impress Jeremy. So she has Stacy feed her hockey facts to her on her phone headset. Unfortunately, Stacy is having a conflict with her sister, Ginger, so Candace ends up doing a Repeat After Me and saying everything that Stacy says to Ginger.
- Pun-Based Title: The title "For Your Ice Only" is based on the expression "For Your Eyes Only".
- Same Race Means Related: Ginger and Stacy, the only recurring East Asian characters, appeared independently of each other for three seasons before they were revealed to be sisters in this episode.
- Shout-Out:
- The title is a reference to the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.
- The Abominable-inator is covered by a very large scarf, and Doof sheepishly admits that it's because "I had some yarn". Of course, this episode was co-written by Josh Pruett, who is a noted Whovian, and the scarf is almost identical to the one worn by the Fourth Doctor.
- Sibling Rivalry: A very small example with Stacy and Ginger. It was Ginger's turn to have the computer, but Stacy needed it to give Candace information about Ice Hockey on her date with Jeremy. This causes Candace to tell him things that don't make any sense, and her disguise is ruined.
- To the Tune of...: The "Hockey Z-9" melody uses the same melody as "Football X-7".
- Tongue Twister: Doof has difficulty revealing the name of his inator, since "Abominable" is such a hard word to say. He then breaks down each syllable "The-a-bom-in-a-ble-in-a-tor", but then separates it into two words, "The Abominable... inator".
- Transformation Ray: Doofenshmirtz's evil plan for the episode involves the use of "Abominable-inator", which makes whatever it hits "bigger, hairier, and scarier", to make himself more intimidating as a yeti. In his fight with Perry he accidentally hits himself in the butt, turning it big and hairy, before he eventually transforms completely starting with his feet changing next, though its effects are ultimately temporary. Like most episodes it ends up erasing the boys' activity for the day, making an ice-polishing machine big enough (as well as hairy and a little scary) to completely remove all evidence of Hockey Z-9.
- Unusual Euphemism: Ginger warns Stacy, "Don't make me pull a can of whipped cream on ya. Or however that goes."note
- Variations on a Theme Song: This episode begins with a special winter-themed theme song with much different lyrics from its Christmas edition. Candace complains that Phineas and Ferb are making yet another alternate theme tune.
- Visual Pun: Monogram doesn't know what Doof is up to because all of their computers are frozen. We then see Carl at a computer covered in ice.Carl: Tech support says everything is fine.
- Vocal Dissonance: Isabella uses a deep masculine announcer voice to introduce Hockey Z-9 (a Continuity Nod to "It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World"), and she even says, "Thanks, Dink" in her normal voice afterward like the original.
- What Are Records?: Candace wants to get her mom to bust the boys but her stepfather informs her that she went to the gift shop to get a disposable camera.Candace: What the heck is that?
(cut to Linda at the gift shop)
Linda: It's a camera that you send away to get the film part developed, and then you take the non-film camera only part and you throw it away.
Clerk: What the heck is "film"?
Linda: Would you please just look in the back?
