Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
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Screenplay by	Jon Colton Barry Dan Povenmire Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
Directed by	Dan Povenmire Robert F. Hughes
Starring	Vincent Martella Thomas Sangster Ashley Tisdale Dee Bradley Baker Dan Povenmire Caroline Rhea Jeff "Swampy" Marsh John Viener Alyson Stoner
Music by	Danny Jacob
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dan Povenmire Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
Running time	78 minutes
Production company(s)	Disney Television Animation
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	August 5, 2011 (2011-08-05)

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension is a 2011 American animated action-adventure television film based on the American animated TV series Phineas and Ferb. The film premiered on 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 third animated Disney Channel Original Movie, following Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama and The Proud Family Movie.

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 most watched animated basic cable telecast ever among kids 6–11 and tweens 9–14, and cable's fifth highest viewership movie ever in total viewers.

It is the first film based on the series. A standalone sequel called Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe was released in 2020 on Disney+.

Plot

Phineas and Ferb create an enormous shuttlecock to play platypult (platypus + catapult) badminton. Perry enters his secret lair and is warned by Major Monogram that he's had some close calls with his "host family" (the Flynn-Fletchers) almost seeing him enter his lair. He then warns Perry that if his cover's blown, he'll have to be relocated to another city, with another host family and that he'll never see Phineas and Ferb again. He also reveals that Perry has an auto-scan replication device which he uses to scan and replicate all of Doofenshmirtz's "inators". Carl then shows Perry some new technology, like the Wrist Communicationizer and a new hovercraft. When Perry's hovercraft accidentally collides with their shuttlecock, the boys crash into Dr. Doofenshmirtz's lab and destroy his "Other-Dimension-inator", which was intended to create portals to parallel dimensions, however it would only work after Phineas and Ferb help him. They help Doofenshmirtz rebuild the machine, and remove the self-destruct button after convincing Doofenshmirtz he doesn't need it. Perry arrives to stop Doofenshmirtz, but not wanting to reveal his identity and put Phineas and Ferb in danger, reverts to pet mode and cannot stop them.

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 Doofenshimrtz-2 and programmed to serve as his second-in-command. Doof-2 orders Platyborg to attack Perry, but it fails because Perry did not attack back. Doof-2 then orders Platyborg to harm the boys, forcing Perry to reveal his secret identity, much to the boys' shock. They escape, but Phineas is angry with Perry for his deception.

With the remote for their portal broken, the boys seek out their alternate selves. Doofenshmirtz-2 decides to use the Other-Dimension-Inator to invade the original Tri-State Area, thereby creating a virtual Six-State Area. In order to keep Perry off the track, Doof-2 announces he will spare Phineas and Ferb if Perry surrenders. Perry agrees to the deal, but before he leaves is told by an angry Phineas that he is no longer their pet. When Doofenshmirtz-2 learns that only the boys can fix the Other-Dimension-inator, he reneges 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 shows a holographic projection of Major Monogram in the shower, 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-1, 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 their 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 out that Perry auto-scanned 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. Before Doofenshmirtz-2 can destroy Perry, Phineas and Ferb with a large robot version of himself, Doofenshmirtz arrives and gives Doofenshmirtz-2 a toy train that he lost when he was a kid, which was the sole reason he turned evil. His tragic backstory resolved, Doofenshmirtz-2 self-destructs his Norm Bots and returns to his own dimension, only to be arrested.

Several characters from the other dimension arrive in the original dimension to thank their counterparts for saving the day. 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 remembers Doofenshmirtz has an Amnesia-inator that can erase memories. Phineas, Ferb, Candace, and their friends have their memories erased, allowing them to 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, smiling happily.

Cast

• Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn/2nd Dimension Phineas
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Ferb Fletcher
  • Danny Jacobs as the singing voice of Ferb and his 2nd Dimension counterpart
• Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn/2nd Dimension Candace
• Dee Bradley Baker as Perry the Platypus/Perry the Platyborg/Pinky the Chihuahua
• Dan Povenmire as Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz/2nd Dimension Doofenshmirtz/2nd Dimension Candace (allergy affected)
• Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram/2nd Dimension Monogram
• Tyler Alexander Mann as Carl the Intern
• Mitchel Musso as Jeremy Johnson/2nd Dimension Jeremy
• Alyson Stoner as Isabella Garcia-Shapiro/2nd Dimension Isabella
• Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn-Fletcher/2nd Dimension Linda
• Richard O'Brien as Lawrence Fletcher/2nd Dimension Lawrence
• John Viener as Norm/Normbots
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Normbots (deep voice)
• Kelly Hu as Stacy Hirano
• Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet Rai/Dr. Baljeet
• Bobby Gaylor as Buford van Stomm/2nd Dimension Buford
• Jack McBrayer as Irving Du Bois
• Jaret Reddick as Danny
• Carlos Alazraqui as Bobbi Fabulous
• Steve Zahn as Sherman "Swampy"
• Doris Roberts as Mrs. Thompson
• Slash as himself
• Loni Love as Carl's Pet Store Owner disguise
• Ariel Winter as Second Dimension Gretchen

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the movie Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions includes 8 songs from the movie and 14 songs from the series, released on August 2. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash co-wrote and performed in a song for the soundtrack titled "Kick It Up a Notch". The song "I Walk Away" is not included in the soundtrack. A song cut from the film, "Mysterious Force", is included.

Walmart sells a version of the soundtrack with 10 extra songs:

Deleted scenes

The DVD release includes deleted scenes including a scene with other dimension Vanessa, the group flying in a blimp to the dooming place, and an extension of everyone losing memory in the O.W.C.A (Organization Without a Cool Acronym) headquarters, as well as other deleted scenes.

Television follow-up

A 22-minute episode titled "Tales From the Resistance: Back to the 2nd Dimension" was produced for the fourth season of the television series. It aired in November 25, 2014 on Disney XD. In addition to this, Emmy-Award-winning actress and recurring guest star Allison Janney voiced 2nd Charlene, the 'ex-wife' of Doofenshmirtz-2.

Stand-alone sequel

On April 11, 2019, it was announced that a second film titled Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe, would be released on Disney+ within a year of its launch. Most of the series cast reprised their roles, with the exception being Thomas Sangster as Ferb, who is replaced by David Errigo Jr., who previously voiced the character in Milo Murphy's Law. It was released on August 28, 2020.

See also

In Spanish: Phineas y Ferb: A través de la segunda dimensión para niños