First, the book presents a tale set in 1952, featuring an alternate-universe version of the Phineas and Ferb cast (a recurring bit that will be familiar to longtime fans). The boys are still their inventive selves; Dr. Doofenshmirtz is \u201cDoof of the Dark,\u201d the local host of a schlocky monster-movie broadcast; and Candace is a cub reporter trying to get her big break. When toxic goo makes various creatures gigantic, the pair head to the studio to get help\u2014only to find that Doof of the Dark isn\u2019t the monster expert he plays on TV. He still teams up with them when a certain monotreme starts wrecking the city\u2014and Candace is fired after missing out on reporting the story. In the second tale, set in the ordinary Phineas and Ferb\u00a0fictional universe, the boys, left alone for the day, enlist the help of Isabella, Baljeet, and Buford to build a giant maze in their backyard. Doofenshmirtz invents an \u201celong-inate-inator,\u201d hoping to finally become taller than his brother, Roger. This ray, of course, hits the backyard labyrinth, making it so enormous that even Candace sets aside her goal of getting her siblings in trouble. As the kids ride colossal grasshoppers through the maze, Doofenshmirtz and Perry the Platypus duke it out. Peterson, who penned several alternate-universe episodes of the show, and Pruett, another of the show\u2019s writers, crafted these fine tales. As a result, they feature plenty of clever jokes, as when a man shouts, \u201cOh, no! My confetti!\u201d while looking out his window at a tickertape parade. There are also appealing fourth-wall-busting hijinks, as when Doofenshmirtz hits the ground with a \u201cKUH-KRUNCH\u201d and exclaims, \u201cThat crunch was so hard, it was a \u2018crunch\u2019 with a \u2018K!\u2019\u201d Artists Angelilli, Follini, and Papi ace the look of the show while conjuring some terrific action sequences; the fight between Perry and Doofenshmirtz, for instance, is both frenetic and funny.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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