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Of all the clearings, in all the woods, in all the world, she had to walk into mine.

— Buford Van Stomm

Brigitte, Josette, and Collette, visiting from France, help Isabella capture the American Grizzly Bear, one of the world's most dangerous creatures, with Buford as the bear. This backfires when he discovers the identity of Brigitte, throwing him off his game. Back at their grandparents' cabin, Phineas and Ferb create the most amazing "run-through-the-sprinkler" experience. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz's loathing of pretzels drives him to create the "De-Twist-inator" to untwist every pretzel in Danville.

Episode Summary[]

At the Flynn-Fletcher house, Candace talks on her cellphone about her lazy day, as she is staying inside because of the weather. Meanwhile at the campground, Isabella thanks Grandpa Clyde and Grandma Betty Jo for helping her with the arrival of the French Fireside Girls to earn their North American Tracking Patch. As the French Fireside Girls arrive, they introduce themselves to Isabella as Brigitte, Josette, and Collette, soon after recognizing Phineas and Ferb from the Gazette.

Baljeet brings a cage with a cover as part of the girls' activity. Isabella provides instructions for the patch, which involves capturing a grizzly bear, played by Buford. While Buford does his act, he notices Brigitte, and hides the covers. Confused, Baljeet questions him about the sudden attitude, leading Buford to clarify his ventures in Paris, where he fell in love with Brigitte. Wanting to preserve his image, Buford runs away to the woods, kicking off the tracking game. At the same time, Phineas and Ferb decide to modify the camp's water sprinkler to cool off.

In the woods, Perry crawls into a log. Inside, he is briefed by Major Monogram, who does not actually have any information about Doofenshmirtz, but orders Perry to stop him nonetheless. Following Perry's departure, the major decides to sing, only to be startled by a moth in the screen.

As Buford tries to run away, he is called by Baljeet, who wonders how he is doing. Distressed, the former explains his situation of being chased in a bear suit. Overhearing this, Phineas tries to make an offhanded remark, but is cut off by Buford telling Baljeet to get him off the speaker phone. The girls then come close to Buford, forcing him to drop his cell phone. Disregarding the ruckus, Phineas offers Baljeet to help them build a Super Sprinkler, to which he agrees.

At Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, Perry kicks the front door, and is surprised to see another door in front of him. Doofenshmirtz waits for Perry as he kicks a line of doors to reach him, exhausting the platypus enough for him to be trapped in a bed with a door. The doctor tells his nemesis his childhood endeavor at Master Drakkenblad's Pretzel Palace, wherein he was unable to form a pretzel, instead doing knots. Because of this, he grew to hate pretzels, incting him to ruin a pretzel festival with his De-Twist-inator, which will untwist all the pretzels.

Meanwhile at the lake, Phineas, Ferb, and Baljeet start to work on the super sprinkler underwater. At the same time, Brigitte sees Buford's bear tracks that head west, noticing that the pattern of the footprints actually indicates that he had been walking backwards. The real tracks head east, leading her and the girls towards that direction, while Buford still tries to run away from them.

Doofenshmirtz prepares to fire the De-Twist-inator at the Pretzel festival, but Perry escapes by using the mint behind to untie him from the blanket and punches Doofenshmirtz that causes the inator to fire randomly. At the same time, Buford manages to reach the lake and sees Phineas, Ferb and Baljeet having fun swimming with the Super Sprinkler. The girls finally catch up to Buford, who quickly swims and rides the water fountain. Determined, Brigitte reveals a swimsuit inside her Fireside Girl uniform, subsequently jumping into the water in an attempt to catch him. As she comes near him, she is surprised to learn that the bear is the boy she once knew.

Meanwhile, Perry uses the blanket to wrap Doofenshmirtz to spin him until he crashes at the De-Twist-inator. The ray of the invention hits the Super Sprinkler, straightening it out. Everyone swimming falls to the lake, where Brigitte asks Buford the reason for him to keep hiding from her. He explains about his image as a tough person, due to which he is afraid of falling in love with someone like her. Incredulous, Brigitte implies that she may have felt the same, and slaps him to maintain the status quo. Infatuated, Buford relays this feeling to Baljeet.

Transcript[]

Read the transcript of Buford Confidential.

Songs[]

End Credits[]

First verse of "Runnin' from Love (In a Bear Suit)".

Gallery[]

Click here to view more images from "Buford Confidential".
View the image gallery for "Buford Confidential".

Running Gags[]

The "Too Young" Line[]

Phineas: Do you wanna help us build a super sprinkler?
Baljeet: Yes, yes I do.

Ferb's Line[]

Phineas: Ferb, do you remember ordering that bear?
Ferb: Mwfmwfmwmfmwfmwmfmwfwmf.
Phineas: Oh man, that would have been so funny without the snorkel.

What'cha doin'?[]

None.

I know what we're gonna do today?/Hey, where's Perry![]

Phineas: It is a tad sweltering. A little fun with water might be in order.
Clyde: Way ahead of ya' kiddo. (He shows them a sprinkler)
Phineas: You're on the right track Grandpa, mind if we kick it up a notch?
Clyde: I was hoping you might.
Phineas: Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today! Hey, where's Perry?

Oh, there you are, Perry[]

None.

Perry's entrance to his lair[]

He enters a hollow log with a little screen with Monogram inside.

Evil Jingle[]

Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated!

Memorable Quotes[]

Isabella: I'm Isabella, and these are...
Brigitte: Phineas et Ferb! (Holds up newspaper) I've read all about you in Le filles en coin de feu Gazette.
Isabella: (Humbly) I'm syndicated.
Baljeet: Hey wait a minute, you speak Latin?
Baljeet: Buford, what are you doing?
Buford: The forest is filled with patch-crazed Europeans and I'm a bear in the woods. What do you think I'm doing?
Phineas: Ooh! Ooh! I know!
Buford: Am I on speaker phone? GET ME OFF OF SPEAKER PHONE!
Isabella: She is really serious about getting this patch.

Josette and Collette: Oui.
Brigitte: Buford?
Buford: No! I'm not me! I'm somebody else!
Baljeet: You okay buddy?

Buford: She said she was vaguely interested in me. (Buford smiles in context.)

Background Information[]

None.

Production Information[]

  • This episode was aired on Disney Channel on Demand on April 20, 2012.
  • This episode was paired with "Delivery of Destiny" when it originally aired on Disney Channel US.
  • There are two versions of the ending credits for the half-hour this episode is in; the first is the version aired with the episode pairing, and the second is the version aired with its sister segment as a standalone broadcast. The latter combines the credits of this half-hour with the one from the previous half-hour, and is thus incorrect.[1]

International Premieres[]

  • July 7, 2012 (Channel 13 Chile)
  • August 8, 2012 (Disney Channel Latin America and Brazil)
  • October 6, 2012 (Disney Channel Asia)
  • October 21, 2012 (Disney XD Spain)
  • October 27, 2012 (Disney Channel Spain)
  • December 22, 2012 (Disney XD Latin America)
  • January 8, 2013 (Disney Channel Portugal)
  • March 27, 2013 (Disney XD Netherlands)

Errors[]

  • In the song Runnin' from Love (In a Bear Suit), there is a reference to the myth of lemmings committing mass suicides by jumping off cliffs. The myth is false, and lemmings make mass migrations when there are too many lemmings in one area. Inevitably, some die along the way by drowning in rivers, getting eaten, etc.
  • Brigitte's eye color changes from blue to purple, when Buford was beginning to wonder that if he showed everyone that he is in love, it would ruin his tough guy image.
  • When Isabella says that Brigitte is really serious about getting the patch, Collette and Josette say "Oui" but only Josette's mouth moves. At the same time, Josette's eye color changes to brown.
  • Technically, pretzels can also be straight.
  • When Phineas says "Go get em, girls!" his shoelaces are missing, and after he tells Clyde he's on the right track, he appears to be wearing socks when he shouldn't be.
  • In Indonesia, Isabella greets Brigitte with English.
  • Based on the sound effect lines eminating from the long row of door frames at the entrance to Doofenshmirtz lab, there isn't enough room for the doors to fall down after being kicked down by Perry.

Continuity[]

Allusions[]

  • L. A. Confidential - The title is presumably modeled after this 1997 movie featuring Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe.
  • Bugs Bunny - During "Runnin' from Love (In a Bear Suit)", Buford is seen tunneling through the ground in the same way as Bugs Bunny.
  • Alouette - The French Fireside Girls are heard singing this popular French children's song when they are first seen.
  • Casablanca - The page quote is a reference to a famous line from this movie.
  • Henry the Hexapus or SpongeBob SquarePants - During "Runnin' from Love (In a Bear Suit)", Buford, while falling down the cliff, is seen wearing a six-legged octopus (hexapus) costume. This may be an allusion to Henry the Hexapus, the world's first six-legged octopus, or Squidward, a character from SpongeBob SquarePants who is said to be an octopus (not a squid) with six legs.
  • John Venn, FRS - Doofenshmirtz tries to symbolically link the two parts of his scheme using Venn's famous logical diagram. He has to add a lot of plot details before the two colored circles can intersect.
  • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The last costume during Buford's falling scene is a whale which smacks the ground hard. In the book, a whale spontaneously springs into existence a few miles above the surface of the legendary planet of Magrathea and contemplates its surroundings as it falls.
  • Home on the Range - After Major Monogram gave Agent P his mission, he was singing "Home on the Range," an American traditional song. It is also the name of a 2004 animated Disney movie.
  • Disney's Toontown Online - After Doofenshmirtz's De-Twist Inator hits the super sprinkler, the sprinkler now looks like the geyser in Chip n' Dales Acorn Acres in the game.
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - When Heinz was flashing back to the pretzel factory it looks a lot like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
  • Sahara Hare - Doofenshmirtz adds a lot of doors to his entrance, like Bugs did to a building to trick Yosemite Sam.

Trivia[]

  • This episode reveals that there are Fireside Girls in other countries, besides the United States.
  • It is revealed that Buford once gone to Paris a year ago, fell in love with a girl for the first time, and learned how to speak French for her.
  • Isabella can speak some French, but only enough to greet the French Fireside Girls.
  • This is one of the extremely rare times where Perry is in his four-legged pet form and wearing his fedora at the same time.
  • Major Monogram is afraid of moths.
  • This is the second episode in which a Fireside Girl, other than Isabella, is seen in standard clothing.
  • Animal costumes Buford wears:
  • Bear
  • Giraffe
  • Reindeer
  • Lemming
  • Rattlesnake
  • Vulture
  • Shark
  • Frog
  • Unicorn (legendary)
  • Six-legged octopus, known as "hexapus"
  • Perry the Platypus
  • Toucan
  • Whale

Cast[]

Main article: Credits
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References[]

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