Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe

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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
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Official release poster
Directed byBob Bowen
Produced byBrandi Young
Screenplay by
Based onPhineas and Ferb
by 
  • Dan Povenmire
  • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
Starring
Music byDanny Jacob
Edited byAnne Harting
Production
company
Distributed byDisney+
Disney Platform Distribution
Release date
Running time
87 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (announced as The Phineas and Ferb Movie)[2] is a 2020 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Disney Television Animation, based on the Disney Channel animated television series Phineas and Ferb. It is the second feature-length film of the Phineas and Ferb series and the standalone sequel to the 2011 film Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension. The events of the film take place at some point during the summer depicted in the series and before the series finale.[3]

The film was released on Disney+ on August 28, 2020.

Plot

Candace, once again, suffers another day of trying and failing to bust her genius brothers Phineas and Ferb. As she airs her grievances to Vanessa, a space pod comes out of nowhere and sucks them up. Phineas and Ferb witness this and, identifying the license plate on it, learn that it is from the planet Feebla-Oot and recruit Isabella, Baljeet and Buford to build a portal to the planet. However, the portal redirects them to Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc. where Dr. Doofenshmirtz was also trying to build a portal upon seeing that Vanessa was kidnapped. Anticipating that the portals would not work, Doofenshmirtz has built a spaceship for himself and the gang to travel to Feebla-Oot, with Perry the Platypus secretly following them.

Candace and Vanessa explore the space ship they have been taken to and locate the escape pods. While Vanessa escapes, Candace is captured; however both end up on Feebla-Oot anyway. Candace is taken to the leader, the oddly named Super Super Big Doctor who sympathizes with Candace's plight. She too has two younger brothers that she was tired of and decided to come to Feebla-Oot to rule it. Big Doctor informs Candace that she contains "Remarkalonium" which is important for their people, thus making Candace feel special. Upon arriving to Feebla-Oot, Phineas and Ferb try to patch things up with Candace by giving her a gift they made, but she rejects them and Big Doctor has them taken away.

The gang is actually being imprisoned, which is what Big Doctor had done to her brothers, but Perry rescues them. Candace learns that the "Remarkalonium" is actually just carbon dioxide which is what a spore plant named Mama needs so that Big Doctor can control her subjects. Candace accidentally reveals that the people of Earth exhale carbon dioxide and Big Doctor plots to conquer Earth. Phineas, Ferb and the gang team up with the oppressed Cowards, the previous inhabitants, and attack the alien city. Big Doctor and her army flee to Earth. The gang follow her, but Doofenshmirtz stays behind when he learns that Vanessa is still on Feebla-Oot.

The gang reach Earth in time to fight Big Doctor and her army. While Isabella, Buford and Baljeet fight the aliens, Phineas and Ferb free Candace who cries in shame over how she treated her brothers. They reveal that her gift is a coffee mug that projects images of their past adventures. While Candace may not be special to the world, she is special to them. They fight the aliens, but Mama grows big and unleashes her spores on the populace. As the heroes are captured, Candace manages to reach out to Big Doctor who has an epiphany about her life, just as Mama increases in size and devours her.

The kids fight Mama while Doofenshmirtz, Vanessa and Perry return; having used the Chicken-replace-inator, a gadget that swaps something with the closest or farthest chicken, to transport themselves to Earth. Under Doofenshmirtz's direction, Candace uses the -inator on Mama, replacing it with the initial chicken that they used in the first place, and sends it back to Feebla-Oot. Mama shrinks in size and spits out Big Doctor, while getting crushed to death by an alien elephant lookalike from earlier, while Big Doctor gets captured and taken into custody by the Cowards. Candace has the chance to bust her brothers when Linda drives by, but she instead tells her to go get pizza for them. Candace begins to truly appreciate her brothers for everything they have done for her.

In a mid-credits scene, Phineas and Candace's step-father and Ferb's father, Lawrence, discovers that the portal is still in the backyard and ends up in Dr. Doofenshmirtz's lab which was still on fire from the rocket's fire. He returns and accidentally destroys the portal with Linda, once again missing it and wondering what he has been doing, to which Lawrence replies "I have no idea".

Voice cast

Production

Development

While developing their new streaming service, Disney+, Disney approached Phineas and Ferb creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and asked them to develop a new Phineas and Ferb film for the service,[4] as they wanted the service to have "projects that would appeal both to kids and adults", stating that the "show has a multi-generational appeal", with 47% of their audience being adults.[5] While initially unsure about making a film, as they "thought [they] had done enough with these characters", the two eventually agreed to develop the film upon realizing they "kind of missed them", to which they "started thinking about a fun premise that would appeal to everyone, even those who weren't familiar with the show".[5]

On April 11, 2019, it was announced that a new film titled The Phineas and Ferb Movie would be released on Disney+ within a year of its launch.[6][7][8][9] The film is produced by Disney Television Animation, marking their first non-television film since Teacher's Pet (2004), while Marsh and Povenmire serve as executive producers.[2][10] The film also marks Disney's first non-television film to use 2D animation since Winnie the Pooh (2011).[11] According to Jim Bernstein, the film is unrelated to a theatrical Phineas and Ferb film that was previously in the works.[12][13] The film's title was announced as Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe on August 23, 2019, during the 2019 D23 Expo.[14] On March 27, 2020, Disney Television Animation was temporarily closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but production on the film continued remotely.[15] On July 1, 2020, it was confirmed that Bob Bowen would direct of the film.[16] The film officially wrapped production on July 11, 2020.[17]

Writing

During the first three weeks of writing, the writers came up with several different ideas for the film, but they were all discarded, as they had already been done in the series.[5][18] They eventually came up with the idea of "a real rescue story" in which Candace is captured by aliens, and settled on that, as the series never had a rescue story, a story in which Candace was the main character, or a story that put the characters in "dire stakes".[4][19][5] Povenmire and Marsh choose to make Candace the film's main character because they felt "it was about time" to focus on Candace.[18] Povenmire and Marsh said that they" wanted to make sure [they] had something new to say" about the characters while working on the film, but that didn't "violate any of the characters' set-ups and rules of their world".[5] Another story was considered for the film, but was discarded, as the creators felt it was "not a good way of introducing [the universe] to a new generation, which is what [they wanted] this movie to be", as it was "much more geared towards fans who'd seen every episode, or at least [are] super familiar with how these characters work. It sort of turned all that upside down, turned it on its head".[18] According to Povenmire, the writers first wrote a script before starting to storyboard the film, a process contrary to the TV series, which was written during the storyboard process.[20]

Povenmire described creating the film's opening as "a tricky thing", as they wanted it to depict "the end of a typical Phineas and Ferb day" so audiences unfamiliar with the series could enjoy the film, "[s]o [they] showed Candace trying to bust them and never having been able to do it, how crazy she can get, and show a bust that doesn't work at the very beginning of the movie".[18] According to Povenmire, four different opening scenes for the film were created during its development, but they were all discarded, as they all depicted Candace in a negative light when the filmmakers "wanted people to be on her side".[18]

According to Marsh, Bowen managed to find a "creative solution" to a story issue within the film, which they initially opposed, but eventually agreed to use in the film after he pitched it to them again as an animatic.[19][21] One of the jokes in the film, featuring Phineas and his friends going "back to their base elements" before transitioning to a live-action scene where Povenmire and Marsh are seeing pitching the scene, was originally written by screenwriter John Barry for the unproduced theatrical film.[22] The joke was re-purposed for the film due to it being Povenmire's favorite joke from the script.[23] When they choose to re-use the gag, Povenmire and Barry spent at least two days looking for the unproduced film's draft that contained the scene in order to re-use the dialogue featured in that scene.[24] Disney executives originally ordered the gag to be removed from the film, but Povenmire and Marsh refused, feeling that audiences would react to it positively.[20]

Casting and recording

During the film's announcement, it was confirmed that Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Dee Bradley Baker, Povenmire, Caroline Rhea, Marsh, and Alyson Stoner would reprise their roles from the series, while David Errigo Jr. would reprise his role as Ferb from Milo Murphy's Law, replacing original voice actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster.[7] In May 2020, Povenmire revealed that Bowen would make a cameo as Trucker Ted, reprising his role from Milo Murphy's Law.[25] On July 2, 2020, it was revealed that Ali Wong, Wayne Brady, Diedrich Bader, and Thomas Middleditch joined the cast in roles created for the film.[26] On August 20, 2020, Bill Farmer and Tiffany Haddish were announced to be part of the cast,[27] while Thomas Sanders joined the cast the following week.[28] "Weird Al" Yankovic was originally set to reprise his role as Milo Murphy from Milo Murphy's Law, but his cameo was ultimately cut from the final film.[25] However, Yankovic still appears in the film as a different character.[29] Similarly, Jack McBrayer was set to reprise his role as Irving from the series, but his scene was deleted from the film due to time issues.[30]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many cast members had to record their lines from their homes.[31][32][33] On June 14, 2020, Martella revealed that he had finished recording his lines.[34] After recording their lines, voice actors sent their dialogue to the film's editors.[35]

Animation

The film's animation was produced by three animation studios: Snipple Animation in the Philippines, Yearim Productions in South Korea and Synergy Animation Studios in Mainland China. Due to Disney Television Animation closing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Povenmire did additional animation fixing personally from his home.[36] On May 28, 2020, Povenmire and Marsh said that the film's production wasn't hindered by the temporary closure, since animators "always spend a lot of time drawing at home. So most of them have a pretty full setup and most of them already have the technology to be able to link up".[4] However, on August 24, 2020, they did say that they had to "keep moving things around", having to transfer in-between animation work between several overseas studios due to each studio being closed in response to the pandemic while still working on animation for the film.[22]

Music

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe – Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by 
Cast – Phineas and Ferb
ReleasedAugust 28, 2020
Recorded2018–2020
GenreSoundtrack
Length32:44
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerDanny Jacob
Cast – Phineas and Ferb chronology
Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer Original Soundtrack
(2015)		Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe – Original Soundtrack
(2020)

During the 2019 D23 Expo, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh revealed that the film would feature "nine or ten" original songs.[37] In November 2019, Povenmire revealed that recording for the songs had begun;[38] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, part of the music for the film had to recorded remotely.[35] On May 28, 2020, Povenmire and Marsh revealed that Karey Kirkpatrick and Kate Micucci wrote new songs for the film.[4] On July 2, 2020, Emanuel Kiriakou announced that he and Povenmire co-wrote a new song for the film,[39] and Phineas and Ferb composer Danny Jacob was confirmed to be composing the film's score.[26]

On July 24, 2020, the first single from the soundtrack, "Such a Beautiful Day", written by Povenmire and Kirkpatrick, and sung by Candace, was released.[40] The song was added late in production, as the filmmakers felt that the original opening, in which Candace tried to bust Phineas and Ferb, was "too harsh" for audiences unfamiliar with the original series, making them unable to sympathize with the character.[19]

On August 14, 2020, the second single from the soundtrack, "We're Back", written by Povenmire and Marsh and sung by Phineas, Candace, and Doofenshmirtz, was released.

The soundtrack album was released by Walt Disney Records the same day as the film.[26] It features 11 original songs, as well as the songs "Chop Away at My Heart" from Milo Murphy's Law and "Space Adventure", which are briefly heard as gags in the film.[41][42]

All music is composed by Danny Jacob, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Such a Beautiful Day"Dan Povenmire and Karey KirkpatrickAshley Tisdale/Candace2:07
2."The Universe is Against Me"PovenmireTisdale/Candace, Olivia Olson/Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, and Laura Dickinson2:22
3."Meet Our Leader"Povenmire, Kate Micucci, Martin OlsonAaron Daniel Jacob and Dickinson1:10
4."Unsung Hero"Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" MarshBeverly Staunton1:09
5."Adulting"Povenmire, Olson, Michael Culross, Jr.Povenmire/Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Alyson Stoner/Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, Maulik Pancholy/Baljeet Tjinder, and David Errigo, Jr./Ferb1:52
6."Girls Day Out"Povenmire, Emanuel KiriakouSara Hudson1:08
7."This Is Our Battle Song"Povenmire, Joshua Pruett, Olson, Robert F. HughesCast1:18
8."Us Against the Universe"Povenmire, MarshTisdale/Candace, Vincent Martella/Phineas, and Cast2:36
9."Silhouettes"Povenmire, Danny JacobRobbie Wyckoff1:11
10."We're Back"Povenmire, MarshTisdale/Candace, Martella/Phineas, Errigo, Jr./Ferb and Povenmire/Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Jacob, Daniel Jacob, and Dickinson1:53
11."Space Adventure"Bobby Gaylor, Jacob, Marsh, Olson, PovenmireJacob0:30
12."Chop Away at My Heart"Scott Heiner, Andrew Novak, Povenmire and Madison ScheckelDaniel Jacob2:29
13."Step Into the Great Unknown"Povenmire, OlsonMarrella/Phineas and Stoner/Isabella Garcia-Shapiro2:34
14."Candace Against the Universe"  1:33
15."Cowardly Story/Fall Out of Ship"  2:54
16."Candace Rocks/Showdown"  3:11
17."Heartstrings to Hero"  2:47
Total length:32:44

Release

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe was released on August 28, 2020, exclusively on Disney+.[26]

A day earlier, on August 27, 2020, the film premiered exclusively to D23 Gold Members.[43]

Reception

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 7.08/10.[44] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[45]

Common Sense Media rated the movie 4 out of 5 stars, stating : "Parents need to know that Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe is another series adventure for all ages. There are positive messages about family, friendship, teamwork, and courage as well as valuing one's own worth. Scientific knowledge and innovation not only provide the usual doses of fun for the stepbrothers and their gang, but also save Candace and Vanessa when they're abducted by aliens. Even Dr. Doofenshmirtz is on the kids' side this time. There's cartoon violence that includes a plant emitting mind-controlling spores, kids getting tossed around and ejected and crash-landing in spaceships and rockets, kids getting abducted or chased and threatened by aliens, Dr. D accidentally setting fire to his own building and falling off cliffs, and aliens exploding or getting eaten by other creatures. "Freak" and "butt" are heard. Kids could be drawn to more Phineas and Ferb episodes and even merchandising after watching this movie".[46]

David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a "B" grade, calling the film "smart, funny, and full of life."[47] Dan Koi of Slate noted the original series' multi-generational appeal, and praised the film's focus on Candace, saying, "These zany heroes never grow up, but their new movie is perfect for an audience that has."[48] Gwen Ihnat of The A.V. Club gave the film a "B" grade, saying the film is not without its flaws, saying "even an average Phineas And Ferb movie is a welcome one..."[49] Jen Chaney of Vulture also gave the film a positive review, calling it a "kid- and grown-up-friendly work of cartoon comedy that’s as consistently delightful and clever as the series always was."[50]

Potential sequel

On August 20, 2020, Povenmire and Marsh revealed that there have been talks for a third Phineas and Ferb film.[51]

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