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Looks like we're gonna need a bigger shark.

— Phineas Flynn

For Harbor Days Festival, Phineas and Ferb celebrate by creating a mechanical version of the historical elusive shark of Danville Harbor. Seeing what the boys are up to, Candace enlists some help to capture the mysterious shark. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz invents the 'Salt Water Taffy-inator' to give cavities to every kid in the Tri-State Area.

Episode Summary[]

The Flynn-Fletcher family is at the Danville Harbor, in 1700s era apparel for the Harbor Day festival. According to the song the "sailors" sing, Harbor Day is the anniversary of the day in the 1700s that the inhabitants of Danville drove out a giant shark that had terrorized them by eating teachers and politicians. There is a reenactment of this every year at the festival, for which Buford and Baljeet have dressed like a shark. Upon seeing how poorly prepared the reenactment is, Phineas decides what he and Ferb are going to do for the day.

While the Flynn-Fletcher family watch the festival, Perry goes off to his lair and is told his mission. Meanwhile, Candace and Stacy anticipate how poor the reenactment will be when they see a large mechanical shark which had been built by Phineas and Ferb being lowered into the water by two helicopters.

Candace, seeing an opportunity to try and bust her brothers, takes Stacy with her and gets into a boat with Captain Squint to chase the giant robot shark.

Meanwhile, Perry finds Doofenshmirtz in a crab boat, planning to make saltwater taffy in the sea to give all the children in the Tri-State Area tooth decay. When he arrives on the boat, Doofenshmirtz throws him into the storage with the crabs.

The chase between Candace, Captain Squint, and Stacy and Phineas and Ferb heats up. Phineas and Ferb, not seeing it's Candace and believing that the reenactment has begun, decide to run from them.

Perry manages to escape and gets to Doofenshmirtz's Saltwater Taffy-inator. They begin to fight physically, but get stuck in the taffy.

Phineas and Ferb's robot shark swallows Captain Squint, and Candace and Stacy are left alone on the boat. Candace, with her last shred of patience now gone, assumes control as captain and maneuvers the boat to seize custody of the shark. She launches a number of toilet plunger "harpoons" at the shark, catching hold of it and starts pulling the shark towards the shore. Phineas, still under the impression that they're conducting a reenactment, switches to full power, extending the shark's mechanical body to its full capacity, and starts pulling the other way.

Doofenshmirtz and Perry are still stuck in the Taffy-inator, which is causing large waves on the water surface and making Candace's attempts at catching the shark difficult. Stacy manages to launch several more toilet plungers at the shark, one of which is tied to Candace's leg and pulls her towards the shark. She is entangled to the shark's hull for the duration of the struggle. A large wave pushes the shark ashore and the captain disembarks from it, thanking Phineas and Ferb for the new rocket-propelled leg they built.

When Candace tries to get Linda's attention, the Taffy-inator breaks, lashing out a long strip of taffy, which pulls the shark away, leaving Candace on the ground with seaweed in her hair. Linda removes starfish from her eyes and only sees Buford and Baljeet dressed as the shark. Candace tries to tell her it isn't what she meant, and Linda says it never is. She then leads the kids away for some blood pudding, and Candace is left tired.

At the same time, Perry escapes the taffy, leaving Dr. Doofenshmirtz and the machine to get crushed by the mechanical shark.

Transcript[]

Read the transcript of The Belly of the Beast.

Songs[]

Gallery[]

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Running Gags[]

The "Too Young" Line[]

None.

Ferb's Line[]

None.

What'cha doin'?[]

None.

Perry's entrance to his lair[]

Perry enters his lair through the skirt of a woman's 1800s style dress, who seems a bit surprised when Perry is heard descending. When he enters the lair, it's flooded.

I know what we're gonna do today[]

Phineas: Ferb, I knoweth what we are going to doeth today!

Hey, where's Perry?[]

Lawrence: Hey, wereth is Perry?

Oh, there you are, Perry[]

None.

Evil Jingle[]

Doofenshmirtz on a crab boat!

Memorable Quotes[]

Buford: I am a shark. I can poop in the ocean!
Baljeet: You're not going to, right?
Buford: Keep pushing, dweeb.
As Perry arrives in front of the screen
Major Monogram: Happy Harbor Day, Agent P. In honor of the occasion we flooded your headquarters. Hope you like it.
Carl: Actually, the plumbing just backed up.
Major Monogram: I'm just trying to put a happy face on it, Carl.
Candace: Yo ho Captain Kidd. We need your ship. My Brothers are in that shark.
Captain Squint: ‘Tis the same beast that swallowed me leg.
Candace: Yeah, yeah, that’s fascinating. Tell me after we shove off.
Captain Squint: Ah. That sharks a mean one alright. Took me leg to pick his teeth up, he drives alone in the car pool lane, he threw poor Timmy down the well, and he won’t give up his seat for little old ladies on the bus.
Candace: Yeah. I know. He sounds like a bad guy.
Captain Squint: Oh ya think!
Stacy: So, did a shark really eat your leg?
Captain Squint: Probably, but he definitely chewed on my arm.
(Pulls up sleeve, revealing a dark spot on his forearm)
Stacy: That's just a birthmark.
Captain Squint: I'm tired of this conversation.
Candace: Well, at least we'll all get wet. (giant jet of water hits her, while the captain and Stacy remain dry) Really...Really?!
Captain Squint: (An octopus lands on the captain's head) Arrgh! It's the octopus who ate me pancreas!
Candace: Thank you.
Candace: (Upon seeing that the captain is using rubber ducks to track the shark) Rubber ducks? Are you serious?!
Captain Squint: Does a penguin fly?
Candace: No.
(Awkward Pause)
Captain Squint: Now I'm tired of this conversation too.
Stacy: (After the captain is eaten by the shark) We're gonna need a bigger captain.
Inside the mechanical shark
Phineas: Cheese and sausage? (Offers plate)
Captain Squint: So this is what the inside of a shark looks like?... I always thought it would be more... Stomachy.
Stacy: Maybe it's just time to call it quits.
Candace: Stacy, I'm tired of this conversation!
Stacy: I found more harpoons! And I'm gonna pretend these have never been used!
After being hit by Phineas & Ferb's metal shark.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz:A bubble came up. Curse you Perry the Plat... Silent, until another bubble came up ...ypus.

Background Information[]

  • Captain Squint's name was revealed on Twitter by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.[1]
    • Despite this, he is addressed as "Captain Kidd" by Candace.

Production Information[]

  • This episode and its sister episode were the last to be produced in 2010.
  • This episode aired on Disney Channel On Demand on April 22, 2011.

International Premieres[]

  • April 30, 2011 (Disney Channel Latin America and Brazil)
  • May 17, 2011 (Disney XD UK)
  • June 1, 2011 (Disney XD Canada)
  • June 4, 2011 (Disney Channel Asia)
  • October 9, 2011 (Disney Channel Spain)
  • October 22, 2011 (Disney XD Poland)
  • October 29, 2011 (Disney Channel Poland)
  • November 5, 2011 (Disney Channel Portugal)
  • December 6, 2011 (Disney Channel Scandinavia)

Errors[]

  • Captain Squint's black eye switches when he, Candace, and Stacy are walking onto the ship.
  • When Candace, Stacy, and Captain Squint leave the harbor on the ship, the top mast disappears.
  • In some scenes throughout the episode, the mechanical shark's eyes turn black.
  • After Doofenshmirtz's evil laugh, he wipes away the fog on the inside of his helmet from the outside.
  • While the Captain is talking to a random kid before Candace, the walkway behind him is short and leads to the ship behind him. When Candace is starting to push him with Stacy behind her, it appears to be the same one but the walkway has changed and became very long, appearing to go over all the ships before arriving at his ship.
  • In the scene in which Ferb controls the whale in such way that Captain Squint's ship is driven off by waves, and when Phineas looks at it and appreciates Ferb, his bigger eye is in the front.
  • When Captain Squint is swallowed by the Shark, he doesn't have a peg leg, but when he stands up, he does. Also, his boot comes off when he is swallowed, so his foot is bare, but in the scene where the shark is on shore, he has his boot back on.
  • When Candace becomes captain, from Stacy's point of view the plunger Candace is holding is behind the sail, but when it switches to Candace's point of view it is in front of the sail.
  • When the shark gets pulled into the water causing Candace to fall into the sand, she has seaweed in her hair, but when she walks up to Linda the seaweed has disappeared.

Continuity[]

None.

Allusions[]

  • Moby-Dick - The main parody of the episode. Candace's scream "From Danville Harbor I stab at thee; for the sake of busting I spit my last spit at thee!" parodies the famous "From Hell's heart I stab at thee; for the sake of hate I spit my last breath at thee!" from the classic novel. Also, the name of Captain Squint's ship is the Pea-quad. In the novel, the ship is the Pequod.
  • Jaws - Phineas says "We're gonna need a bigger shark", and Stacy says, "We're going to need a bigger captain", both parodies of the famous line: "You're gonna need a bigger boat". The whole catching process of the shark is also from Jaws, only with rubber ducks instead of barrels, and even the boat resembles the Orca from the film. The shark leaps out of the water and lands on the boat, thereby swallowing the captain, similar to how the shark from the film kills Quint. Captain Squint is named after Captain Quint from the film.
  • Lassie - Among the list of infractions committed by the shark, one is "Tossing Timmy down the well". This is the stereotypical problem associated with the show, although it never actually happened.
  • Donald Duck - Candace and Stacy's outfits include caps that appear to be the same as fellow Disney star, Donald Duck. Their outfits are also similar to the blue sailor suit worn by Donald Duck.
  • "Sea-Fever" - a poem by John Masefield has the line "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by", which is parodied when Candace says, "All I need is a metal shark and a mom to bust her by".
  • H.M.S. Pinafore - Major Monogram is dressed as one of the characters of this play.

Trivia[]

  • This is the fourth time Lawrence asks "Hey, where's Perry?" ("Out of Toon", "Tip of the Day", "Swiss Family Phineas").
  • This is the second time Buford and Baljeet pretend to be a mythical creature ("The Lake Nose Monster").
  • The politician eaten by the shark has a striking resemblance to Roger.
  • Phineas has referenced the famous line from Jaws before, when he says "We're gonna need a faster bike" ("Traffic Cam Caper").
  • This is the second time a bubble pops with Doofenshmirtz cursing Perry ("It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World").
  • On July 19, 2014, this episode was shown paired with "Live and Let Drive" for Disney XD's "Show Me the Shark" programming gimmick.
  • Candace doesn't interact with her brothers in this episode.
  • This episode and its sister episode are one of few episodes in which Perry does not go back to his owners nor does Phineas say "Oh, there you are, Perry".

Cast[]

Main article: Credits

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References[]

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