Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!

"Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!", broadcast outside the United States and Canada as "At Last", is the 45th broadcast episode of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. The episode aired in the United States on February 16, 2009 on Disney XD and on March 13, 2009 on Disney Channel. The episode follows Phineas and Ferb finally being caught by Phineas' mother (and Ferb's stepmother) and sent to reform school, where a harsh and cruel sergeant attempts to destroy their imagination by sitting them down to a commercial about good boys that mind-controlled them. Candace goes to save them after she sees a news report about their horrible condition.

"Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!"
Phineas and Ferb episode
In a parody of A Clockwork Orange, Phineas and Ferb are forced to watch movies that remove their imagination.
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 45
Directed byDan Povenmire
Written byBobby Gaylor (story)
Martin Olson (story)
Jon Colton Barry (storyboards)
Piero Piluso (storyboards)
Featured music"The Good Life"
"Little Brothers"
"Chains on Me"
Production code116
Original air dateFebruary 16, 2009 (Disney XD)
March 13, 2009 (Disney Channel)
Guest appearance(s)

Clancy Brown as The Drill Sergeant
Geraldo Rivera as Morty Williams

The episode's story was written by the writing team Martin Olson and Bobby Gaylor and constructed into storyboard by Jon Colton Barry and Piero Piluso. Dan Povenmire, co-creator of Phineas and Ferb, directed it. Talk show personality Geraldo Rivera and veteran actor Clancy Brown guest starred as television reporter Morty Williams and the school sergeant, respectively.

Cast

Plot

Phineas and Ferb rebuild their mother Linda's station wagon as a flying car and build a giant tower. Candace shows Linda, who is furious, and Phineas confesses that they've been doing similar things all summer. The tower collapses, destroying part of the house. The parents send the boys to the "Smile Away Reformatory School", unaware that it is a prison where kids are brainwashed to remove their creativity.

Candace enjoys fun activities with her friends, but after a few days is bored and haunted by the sad consequences of busting Phineas and Ferb, realizing that she loves her brothers for their genius skills. She and Jeremy take the flying car to save her brothers, disguised as reporter Morty Williams and his cameraman. She secretly asks Phineas and Ferb to escape with them.

At the flying car they see Linda and Lawrence, but the sergeant arrives to put Candace and Jeremy in the school as well. Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Perry the Platypus knock the sergeant off the cliff to his death. The parents turn into marionettes controlled by a giant Baljeet, who turns into one as well, controlled by a talking zebra, and Jeremy proposes to Candace.

It was all Candace's dream, which she tells her family at breakfast, even revealing Perry's secret identity. Major Monogram bursts in with an army of OWCA (Organization Without a Cool Acronym) agents to relocate Perry and mind-erase the Fletchers and Flynns.

A whimpering Perry wakes up in Phineas's bed, the events of the entire episode having all been just a bad dream. Phineas reassures him, telling him to go back to sleep, which they both do.

Production
Series co-creator Dan Povenmire directed "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted".

"Phineas and Ferb Get Busted" was written by Bobby Gaylor and Martin Olson as a story, but the storyboards were adapted and constructed by Jon Colton Barry and Piero Piluso.[1] Robert F. Hughes and Zac Moncrief as well are credited for additionally writing for the episode.[2] Dan Povenmire, the show's co-creator and executive producer, directed the episode.[3]

The episode is titled "At Last" in several countries, such as the United Kingdom.[4] Latin America as well labels the episode name in its end credits for the episode, despite entitling it "Al Fin;"[2] however, "Al Fin" literally translates to "At Last."[5]

Geraldo Rivera guest starred as the voice of investigative talk show host Morty Williams. Clancy Brown, known for his work in The Shawshank Redemption, and SpongeBob SquarePants provided the voice of the drill sergeant.[6] "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted" was originally broadcast in America as the premiere of season two on Presidents' Day, February 16, 2009 on Disney XD,[7] at 4:30 PM Eastern/Pacific Time.[6] It was followed by first season reruns aired in a marathon.[7]

Cultural references
  • The scene where Phineas and Ferb are strapped to seats and have their eyes forced open to watch films that attempt to destroy their imagination is a direct parody of the film A Clockwork Orange; in the latter, a young man is held down in the same fashion, being forced to watch acts of violence to rid himself of his own violent tendencies.[8]
  • While Candace and Jeremy are driving the "Flying Car of the Future, Today," a riff from the Back to the Future theme plays in the background.[8]
  • The Smile Away Reformatory School is based on Alcatraz from the 1979 film, Escape from Alcatraz.
  • The scene where Candace wakes up and discovers that busting Phineas and Ferb and rescuing them was all just a dream is a reference to Pam Ewing waking up and discovering that her husband, Bobby is killed was all just a dream from the television series, Dallas. Even Perry had the same reference.

Reception

When the episode broadcast on Disney Channel on March 13, 2009, it garnered a total of 3.7 million viewers, 1.4 million of them ages 9–14. It was the series second most watched telecast, behind only "Flop Starz," and was the top-rated in Kids 6-11 in almost 6 months, ranking in Phineas and Ferb's top four most watched in the category. Moreover, it was the day's most watched in Tweens 9-14 and Kids 6-11 and the most watched for cable television in total viewers.[9]

Matt Blum of Wired wrote about the episode, "if it’s any indication, the second season will be even more brilliant than the first season was." Blum as well praised the appearance of Clancy Brown as a guest actor.[7] One of the songs in the episode, "Little Brothers" was voted #4 on Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown.[10]

References
  1. "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted". Phineas and Ferb. Season 1. Episode 1. 2009-02-06. Disney XD.
  2. Spanish episode ending credits - "Al Fin". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  3. "Phineas and Ferb: Phineas and Ferb Get Busted (Part 1 & 2) Episode Cast Members". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  4. "Phineas & Ferb at TVGuide.co.UK TV Listings Guide". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  5. "Al fin - Spanish to English Translation". Babylon. Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  6. Yoo, Jean (2009-02-02). "DISNEY'S EMMY-NOMINATED SERIES "PHINEAS AND FERB" CONTINUES THE COMEDIC ADVENTURE; PREMIERES NEW EPISODES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 ON DISNEY XD". Disney XD MediaNet. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  7. Blum, Matt (2009-02-09). "A Phineas and Ferb Extravaganza, Special Podcast Included!". Wired. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  8. "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted! (Parts 1 & 2) Episode Allusions". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  9. Seidman, Robert (2009-03-16). "Disney Channel's "Phineas & Ferb" is Friday's #1 TV telecast in Key Kids". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  10. Jon Barry (writer) & Dan Povenmire (director) (2009-10-12). "Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown". Phineas and Ferb. Season 2. Episode 17. Disney Channel.
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