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The citizens of Danville record "Danville is Very Nice" to urge Santa Claus to visit their town. |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 84 |
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| Directed by | Zac Moncrief[1] | ||
| Written by | Jon Colton Barry (story, storyboard) Scott Peterson (story) Piero Piluso (storyboard) |
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| Featured music | "Winter Vacation" "Christmas is Starting Now" "Thank You Santa Claus" "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" "Where Did We Go Wrong" "Christmas Feeling" "Danville is Very Nice" "What Does He Want? (Only on the extended version)" |
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| Production code | 222 | ||
| Original air date | December 6, 2009 (Disney XD) December 11, 2009 (Disney Channel) December 24, 2010 (ABC) |
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Malcolm McDowell as Grandpa Reg Jane Carr as Grandma Winnifred Mathew Horne as Blayn't Bruce Mackinnon as Clewn't Big Bad Voodoo Daddy as themselves |
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"Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation" is a special Christmas-themed episode of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. It was originally broadcast on Disney XD on December 6, 2009, on Disney Channel on December 11, 2009, and on ABC Family on December 18, 2009. The special's narrative follows protagonists Phineas and Ferb decorating their city for the arrival of Santa Claus. But when the evil mad scientist Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz uses a machine to ruin the holiday, Phineas and Ferb must find a way to fix it and save Christmas.
"Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation" was written by Jon Colton Barry and Scott Peterson and directed by Zac Moncrief, who had been nominated for a 2009 Emmy award for his work on the episode "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" a few months before the special aired. It serves as a realization of a dream series co-founders Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and Dan Povenmire to have their own Christmas special, something they have desired to have since their initial creation of the series. The special featured multiple guest stars including Clancy Brown, Malcolm McDowell, Jane Carr, Mathew Horne, and Bruce Mackinnon, and detailed seven original songs, including one performed by swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
"Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation" received a large and widespread release from The Walt Disney Company, who showed optimism on it and promoted it through interviews and special broadcasts. It received 2.62 million viewers in its original broadcast on Disney XD, ranking as the number 3 telecast in the night across all demographics. In its original airing on Disney Channel, it ranked as the number five program of the week with 5.213 million viewers. Critical reception from television critics and various media outlets was generally positive response. It is also the first episode not to be set in summer.
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On Christmas Eve, Lawrence and Linda are stuck at the airport waiting for the former's parents to arrive. Phineas and Ferb, convert the top of their house into a large, extravagant rest stop for Santa Claus, complete with a sauna, massage table, satellite TV, elliptical center to work off milk and cookies, milk and cookies, special reindeer feeding center, and beard purifier. They urge everyone in Danville to help decorate the entire city for Christmas and they follow, happily spreading cheer along the way. Candace, however, is busy trying to figure out the perfect present for her boyfriend Jeremy, and the song "What Does He Want" plays in the extended edition of the episode.
Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus sneaks off to attend a Christmas party his organization is throwing. After receiving a A Sal Tuscany CD from his "Secret Santa," he is given an emergency danger alert that Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz is up to something nefarious. He darts off to the doctor's evil lair and is trapped in Christmas lights, topped off with a partridge. Doofenshmirtz reveals that his uncle has sent him a special "Naughtyinator," a device that can ruin Christmas—his dilemma is that he simply does not dislike the holiday and is unsure if he should use it, but after carolers begin harassing him with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," he activates the machine.
The "Naughtyinator" causes the Naughty or Nice list at Santa's workshop in the North Pole to brand everyone in Danville as "naughty," therefore canceling the holiday for the people of the town. Phineas, Ferb, and their friends are all completely distraught and decide to hold broadcast a song about why Danville should be branded "nice" to radios at the North Pole; two elves receive the broadcast and decide to go down to the city to investigate what caused the mishap. Meanwhile, Candace continues to unsuccessfully try and get Jeremy to hint at his perfect gift, merely baffling the boy.
The elves—named Blayn't and Clewn't—finally arrive in Danville and inform the boys that it appears that it is the city itself, not the people, that is "naughty" and they are unsure why. Doofenshmirtz, meanwhile, decides to put in Perry's A Sal Tuscany CD in his stereo and the loud vibrations destroy the "Naughtyinator," causing Christmas cheer to return to Danville and removing the "naughty" brand from everyone. The kids, seeing their opportunity to save the holiday, decide to use a flying sleigh created by Phineas and Ferb, along with help from Blanyn't and Clewn't, to deliver presents built by the two elves at record speed to every house in the city. They almost fail at doing so, as it is too dark to see anything, but the boys' friend Buford gets everyone in the city to turn on their Christmas lights, putting him on the "nice" list in the process. They finally succeed and everyone in town gets a present.
When the boys return home, they find that Santa has come to the city and just finished using their rest stop. He thanks Phineas for taking care of deliveries for the city and flies off with the rest stop hitched to his sleigh. Doofenshmirtz, similarly, smashes the A Sal Tuscany CD in rage and discovers that it is actually a gift from Santa Claus himself, as A Sal Tuscany is an anagram of Santa Claus, with "an embarrassing left over Y at the end". In a style similar to "The Gift of the Magi", Candace sells her necklace that she was planning on trading for earrings to get Jeremy a new guitar and Jeremy sells his old guitar that he was planning on trading for a new one to get Candace the earrings she wanted. In the end, Lawrence and Linda finally return home with the children's grandparents, and everyone opens up their presents.
In an interview with the Orange County Register, "Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation" was described by co-creator Dan Povenmire as being a "really sweet, warm special that we're really proud to have our name on."[1] seven new original songs were written for the episode, to be performed by swing group Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,[2] songs that Povenmire hope children will think as Christmas songs as much as classics such as "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."[1]
Producer Zac Moncrief has also made high hopes for the episode, hoping that it will become an instant holiday classic.[3]
The episode was promoted through the use of multiple platforms, including premiering the music from the special in a broadcast on Radio Disney on November 17, 2009, followed by premiere airings on Disney XD, Disney Channel, and ABC Family, and the availability of the episode after its airing on video on demand systems, mobile platforms, the Xbox Live Marketplace, and the iTunes Store. The special's broadcast on Disney XD was preceded by an all-weekend marathon of the show, while the special's broadcast on Disney Channel was preceded by a six-hour marathon entitled "Doof's Dastardly Schemes".[2] A DVD of the special is to be released October 5, 2010 along with 4 other episodes from the series.[4] The series made its broadcast television debut on ABC on December 24, 2010.
On December 6, 2010, this version aired on Disney XD Germany. This version will contain songs from the Phineas and Ferb Holiday Favorites. The episode will have the same plot as the original. An extended edition launched in December 2010 on Disney Channel and Disney XD, containing an extra song "What Does He Want?"
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