Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension is a 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie based on the TV series Phineas and Ferb. The film premiered August 5, 2011 in the United States. It was first announced by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh during a January 2010 interview with the Daily Telegraph. The events of the movie take place during the third season of Phineas and Ferb. It is the first feature-length film of the Phineas and Ferb series, and the fourth animated Disney Channel Original Movie, following Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, The Proud Family Movie and Leroy & Stitch.
The film premiere averaged 7.6 million viewers, making it one of the highest-rated animated programs on cable in more than three years. It later gained over 3 million viewers to become the second best animated basic cable telecast ever in kids 6 – 11 and tweens 9–14 and cable's fifth best movie ever in total viewers.
Plot[]
To celebrate the anniversary of Perry becoming their pet, Phineas and Ferb create an enormous shuttlecock to play giant badminton. When Perry's hovercraft accidentally collides with their shuttlecock, the boys crash into Dr. Doofenshmirtz's lab and destroy his "Other-Dimension-inator", which creates portals to parallel dimensions. Intrigued, the two help Doofenshmirtz rebuild the machine. Perry arrives to stop Doofenshmirtz, but unwilling to reveal his secret identity to the boys, reverts to pet mode and is unable to stop them from helping Doofenshmirtz.
The group travels to an alternate dimension where an evil Doofenshmirtz rules the Tri-State Area with his army of Norm-Bots. The second Perry (known as Platyborg) was converted into an evil cyborg by Doofenshmirtz-2 and programmed to serve as his second-in-command. Doofenshmirtz-2 orders Platyborg to attack the boys, forcing Perry to reveal his secret identity, much to the boys' shock. Perry and the boys escape, but Phineas is angry with Perry for his long term deception.
With the remote for their portal broken, the boys seek out their alternate selves, who have grown up without knowing about summer. Doofenshmirtz-2 decides to use the Other-Dimension-inator to invade the original Tri-State Area. In order to keep Perry off track, Doofenshmirtz-2 announces he will spare Phineas and Ferb if Perry surrenders. Perry agrees to the deal, but before he leaves he is told by an angry Phineas he is no longer their pet. When Doofenshmirtz-2 learns that only the boys can fix the Other-Dimension-inator, he backs down on the deal.
Phineas and Ferb ask the alternate Isabella for help and find that she and alternate versions of Baljeet, Buford, and the Fireside Girls are part of the resistance movement, led by the alternate Candace. Baljeet-2 is able to open the portal to the original dimension, but upon learning about Perry's capture, Phineas and Ferb decide to rescue Perry before they can leave. In the original dimension, Candace spots the portal and jumps through, causing it to close.
The kids set off to rescue Perry, but are trapped by Doofenshmirtz-2 and his forces. They escape with Perry when he provides a distraction, but during the chase, Platyborg disables one of the mine carts, slowing them down. Unwilling to endanger her brothers, Candance-2 abandons Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Perry. The boys refuse to fix the machine, but inadvertently remind Doofenshmirtz how they fixed his machine by removing the self-destruct button. After Doofenshmirtz powers up the machine, Doofenshmirtz-2 orders Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and Perry to be fed to a monster called the Goozim; when Doofenshmirtz annoys him again, Doofenshmirtz-2 orders him to be fed as well.
Before the five can be eaten, Candace-2 rescues them and gives them the remote, allowing Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Perry, and Doofenshmirtz to travel through other dimensions until they reach their home dimension. Despite this, Candace-2 is captured by the Norm-Bots. Doofenshmirtz-2 arrives at the first dimension and releases the Norm-Bots into Danville. Perry gives Phineas and Ferb the locket off his collar, which leads them to Perry's lair. Inside, they find replicas of all their previous inventions. With the help of their friends, the children of Danville, and the O.W.C.A. agents, Phineas and Ferb use the inventions to defeat the Norm-Bots, while Candace-2 is freed by Phineas-2, Ferb-2, and Jeremy-2, and Perry defeats Platyborg. Doofenshmirtz arrives and gives Doofenshmirtz-2 a toy train that he lost when he was a kid, which was the reason for his turn to evil. His tragic backstory resolved, Doofenshmirtz-2 self-destructs his Norm-Bots and returns to his own dimension, being arrested upon arrival.
Platyborg, freed from his evil programming, reverts to his normal self, and Phineas-2 and Ferb-2 take him home. The kids are distraught to learn that Perry will be relocated since his cover is blown, but Carl proposes using Doofenshmirtz's Amnesia-inator to erase the kids and their friends' memories so they can keep Perry. Before they forget, Phineas and Ferb say their goodbyes to Perry, and Isabella seizes the opportunity to kiss Phineas. Perry enters his lair and uploads photos from the day onto his computer.
Cast[]
- Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn / Phineas-2
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Ferb Fletcher
- Danny Jacob as the singing voice of Ferb and Ferb-2
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry the Platypus / Perry the Platyborg. Baker also voices Pinky the Chihuahua and the Goozim.
- Dan Povenmire as Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz / Doofenshmirtz-2. Povenmire also voices an allergy-affected Candace-2.
- Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn / Candace-2
- Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram / Monogram-2
- Tyler Alexander Mann as Carl
- Mitchel Musso as Jeremy Johnson / Jeremy-2
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella Garcia-Shapiro / Isabella-2
- Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn-Fletcher / Linda-2
- Richard O'Brien as Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2
- John Viener as Norm and the Normbots
- Kevin Michael Richardson as the Normbots' deep voice
- Kelly Hu as Stacy Hirano
- Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet Tijinder / Baljeet-2
- Bobby Gaylor as Buford Van Stomm / Buford-2
- Jack McBrayer as Irving Du Bois
- Jaret Reddick as Danny
- Doris Roberts as Mrs. Thompson
- Slash as himself
- Loni Love as Carl's saleswoman disguise
- Ariel Winter as Gretchen-2
- Todd Stashwick as Mr. Johnson
Olivia Olson was set to appear as Vanessa Doofenshmirtz and Vanessa-2, but her scenes were cut from the film.