After seeing an ad for a galactic mind swap, the kids realize they swapped bodies with intergalactic criminals and have one hour to reverse the effects with Candace's help. Meanwhile, Doof asks Perry to be his wingman on a blind date.
Tropes
- An Aesop: Never accept anything from a pop-up ad. It might just be a scam.
- Aliens Speaking English: Unlike Meap, the aliens on Morg's planet speak English without the use of translation facial hair. They also seem to also have things found on Earth like Lotsmos and football fields. Morg also appears to be familiar with the Japanese language, as he taunts Phineas and the gang by saying, "Sayonara, suckers!"
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: Isabella tries to put a positive spin on the gang's situation by saying, "Well, look on the bright side... I got nothin'."
- Buffy Speak: "Climb on up that platform thing!"
- The Cameo: Paul the ̶D̶e̶l̶i̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶G̶u̶y̶ Mobile Logistics Technician from "Delivery of Destiny" appears hogtied and gagged and bounded by Morg and his friends.
- Catchphrase Interruptus: Even after saving Phineas and the gang from being locked up forever in an interplanetary prison, Candace, unaware of the Self-Destruct Mechanism on the mind share device, proclaims that once she shows it to her mother, "You guys are gonna be so..." But the countdown reaches zero and the device disappears.Candace: Oh, never mind.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: When Phineas and the gang enter the bodies of Morg and his cellmates, their bodies suddenly match the color schemes of the characters they switched with. For example, Morg, who Phineas switched with, now has an orange and white striped torso and blue legs matching Phineas' shirt and shorts.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: When Buford points out he is the only fly in a prison of frogs and lizards, Baljeet attempts to tell him no one's noticed, but then several prisoners shout, "You're mine, fly boy!" "Fresh fly!" "We're gonna get you!" in the manner of prisoners threatening to rape another male prisoner.
- Eyes Never Lie: When the kids and aliens swap minds, the eyes change with the bodies as well.Baljeet: Well, it has been nice knowing you.
- Fictional Counterpart: This is the first appearance of "Lotsmo", clearly a parody of "superstores" such as Walmart.
- Frame-Up: When back in his original body, Morg attempts to use this excuse. The warden does not buy this for one second.
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: Phineas and the gang are tricked into swapping minds with frog-like aliens (except for Buford, who switches minds with a fly-like alien.) This episode aired during Disney Channel's "Freaky Freakend" programming gimmick, in which all the prime-time programming had a plotline involving body swapping.
- Interactive Narrator: Baljeet and Buford argue with Red while he's narrating.
- The Internet Is for Cats:
- When Doof defends himself from exaggerating on the Internet to Perry, he says to him, "You don't think that cat really eats cheeseburgers
, do ya?" - Later, during The Stinger, when Rosie finds out about Doof's deception, he says to her, "Oh, come on! You don't think that cat really plays the piano, do ya?!"
- When Doof defends himself from exaggerating on the Internet to Perry, he says to him, "You don't think that cat really eats cheeseburgers
- Last-Second Word Swap: In the advertisement, Morg says that with the mind swap, they will be "on their way to pr—a mind share vacation of a lifetime!"Baljeet: It almost sounded like he was about to say we were on our way to Perry.
Buford: (laughs) Hey! Where is Perry? - Literal Metaphor: When Perry is forced to be Doofenshmirtz's Wingman for his date, Doof tells Perry to go sit with the other wingmen. These other wingmen appear to be 3 Air Force pilots wearing flight suits with one wearing a pair of aviator sunglasses, and the other two wearing flight helmets. They even have a fighter jet parked in the background.
- Mind-Control Eyes: When Morg and his friends are entranced by the square dance, their eyes become widened box-shapes.
- Mind-Control Music: The music of the square dance ends up hypnotizing Morg and his friends, being forced to obey its "quadrilateral voice commands". Candace uses this to get them to switch back with the kids in time.
- Morphic Resonance: While the kids are in the aliens' bodies, their clothing changes to their theme colors, whereas Morg and his friends retain their pale skin tones in the kids' bodies.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed:
- Red, "the guy who knows how to get things", is John Viener doing his Morgan Freeman impression.
- Meap gets new sideburns translators that make him sound like Wolfman Jack.
- Non-Verbal Miscommunication: When Rosie asks Doof what they should do next, Doof turns to Perry, who mimes, and Doof says, "We could rub our stomachs and point to our mouths, then we could roll our eyes and put our heads in our hands", but then Rosie suggests getting something to eat, which is what Perry was trying to tell him.
- Noodle Incident: It is implied that Buford has been to juvenile detention, because when Baljeet asks him how he knows what every prison has, he gets defensive and says, "Don't go there!"
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Doof's username on the square-dancing site is JohnnyRingoenshmirtz217, and Rosie only ever addresses him as "Johnny", since Doof never revealed his actual name.
- Overly Long Gag: Red comparing 500 yards to the size of different things, a reference to the original comparison of "five football fields" in Shawshank.Red: But it was still 500 yards. That's the length of two volleyball courts, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, a large three-drawer filing cabinet, three French—
Buford: We're not listening anymore!
Red: Oh. Okay, then. - Race Against the Clock: Morg and his friends make the mind share device self-destruct within one hour, and the kids have until then to switch back or they're stuck that way forever.
- Romantic Wingman: Doofenshmirtz recruits Perry as his to give call signs so he can impress his date. He fails to understand any of Perry's advice but luckily his date, Rosie, suggests whatever Perry's suggesting.
- Rule of Drama: The alien in Buford's body questions why they are waiting an hour to set the machine to self-destruct, to which the alien in Baljeet's body responds, "Have you no sense of drama?"
- Running Gag: The alien in Baljeet's body apparently has a laugh that sounds like a bike horn that gets on Morg's nerves.
- Seen It All: After Phineas frantically explains the kids' dilemma to Candace, she calmly asks how she can help.Phineas: Really, you believe that whole story just like that?Candace: Yeah, it's been a long summer, kid, what do you need?
- Shout-Out:
- When Rosie compliments Doof for his square-dancing, Doof says, "Well, these boots were made for dancing... literally."
- Candace must have gotten some square dancing lessons from Bugs Bunny in the memorable Robert McKimson short Hillbilly Hare.
- Special Guest: Jaime Pressly as Rosie, Doofenshmirtz's square dance date.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: When Candace asks Morg (in Phineas' body) if he and his friends are pretending to be aliens, Morg simply says, "Hmm, yes. Pretending. Hilarity noises!"
- The Voiceless: Morg is the only alien with most of the dialogue, the aliens that take over Buford and Baljeet's bodies each have one line, while the others are only heard making "celebration" and "hilarity" noises when instructed to do so by Morg.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Despite Morg and his friends making the Mind Share machine self-destruct, it is left unexplained what happened to the galactic communicator after the episode.
- Whole-Plot Reference: What other shows can you name have done a body-switch episode that also serves as a parody of The Shawshank Redemption?
