Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
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| Directed by: | Zac Moncrief |
| Written by: | Jon Colton Barry (story, storyboards) Scott Peterson (story) Piero Piluso (storyboards) |
| Release date: | December 6, 2009 |
| Running time: | 34 minutes (full version) 22 minutes (edited version) |
| Characters: | Phineas Flynn Ferb Fletcher |
| Available on: | iTunes Xbox Live |
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! is a Christmas special spun off of the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb, originally aired on December 6, 2009 on Disney XD. It subsequently aired on the Disney Channel on December 11, 2009, and on ABC Family on December 18th, 2009, as part of the 25 Days of Christmas programming stunt (marking the first appearance of the show on that network), as well as on many ABC affiliates (in a condensed half-hour form, though). Series co-founders Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, along with the special's director Zac Moncrief, have announced their hopes that the special will become a holiday classic.
The special has been promoted through a multi-platform campaign, which saw the seven musical numbers from the special broadcast on Radio Disney starting November 17, 2009, and Phineas and Ferb appearing in the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, broadcast by ABC on Christmas Day. Following its' premiere on Disney XD, the special has become available on video on demand systems, mobile platforms, the Xbox Live Marketplace, and the iTunes Store (where the songs are available for download), though no DVD release has yet been announced. The special's broadcast on Disney XD was preceded by an "all weekend-long" marathon of the show, and the Disney Channel broadcast was preceded by a six-hour marathon of the show.
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Synopsis
SPOILER: Plot details or story follow.
It's Christmas Eve and an excited Phineas and Ferb are working to turn the city of Danville into a giant shimmering thank you card to Santa Claus. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz develops a Naughty-inator, and suddenly the Tri-state area is clouded in naughtiness and kids' letters to Santa are returned unanswered. Two of Santa's British elves arrive to investigate, but Phineas and Ferb must quickly devise a way to spread holiday cheer, all while Mom and Dad go to the airport to fetch Grandpa and Grandma Fletcher who've just arrived from England. Meanwhile, Candace tries, in a not so covert way, to figure out what's on Jeremy's Christmas wish list.
Spoilers end here.
Songs
A total of seven songs were written for the special, making the most songs featured in a Phineas and Ferb episode. Among them are:
- Winter Vacation - Bowling For Soup
- I Really Don't Hate Christmas - Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- That Christmas Feeling - Olivia Olson
- Where Did We Go Wrong - Phineas, Baljeet, and Isabella
- Danville for Niceness - Cast
- Christmas is Starting Now - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- Thank You Santa Claus - Mitchell Musso
As part of the special's publicity, the songs started being played on Radio Disney on November 27, and clips of the songs appeared as music videos on the Disney Channel. The songs were made available to download on iTunes on December 7th, the day after the special aired.
Trivia
- When shown on ABC Family, the credits were not imposed on the ending sequence, but rather shown in a style similar to regular episodes of the show, with a big "Merry Christmas" graphic on the top half of the screen and snow falling all over the picture. This version of the special was also accompanied by the series episode "S'Winter".
References to other Christmas specials
- The scene of the yeti putting the star on top of a Christmas tree in the title sequence is a parody of The Abominable Snowmonster of the North doing the same in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
- Perry's entrance to his hideout involves putting a top hat on a snowman and bringing it to life, ala Frosty the Snowman.
- The music played when the lights come on sounds similar to "Suite from The Polar Express".
- The visuals in the end credits include a scene with the kids mimicking the dancing scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Cast
- Vincent Martella as Phineas Flynn
- Thomas Sangster as Ferb Fletcher
- Ashley Tisdale as Candace Flynn
- Dee Bradley Baker as Perry the Platypus
- Caroline Rhea as Linda Flynn
- Alyson Stoner as Isabella Garcia-Shapiro
- Bobby Gaylor as Buford Van Stomm
- Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
- Mitchel Musso as Jeremy Johnson
- Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
- Jane Carr as Grandma Fletcher
- Malcolm McDowell as Grandpa Fletcher
- Ariel Winter as Wendy Stinglehopper
- Clancy Brown as Santa Claus and Frosty
- Mathew Horne as Blay'n
- Bruce MacKinnon as Clewn't
Note: Lawrence Fletcher, Adyson, Ginger, Milly, Holly, Katie, Suzy Johnson, Irving, and Meap make appearances, but do not have speaking roles.
