Jerk De Soleil
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"Jerk De Soleil" is the 11th episode of the first season of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb
. In the episode, stepbrothers Phineas
and Ferb
and their friends host a cirque
in their backyard, attracting much attention from the neighborhood. The boys' sister, Candace, tries to expose the cirque to her mother while experiencing an allergic reaction to wild parsnips.
"Jerk De Soleil" was written by Bobby Gaylor
and Martin Olson
, and directed by series co-founder Dan Povenmire
. Povenmire additionally provided the voice for Candace on scenes where the character was experiencing an allergic reaction, as the crew was unable to lower the voice of her regular actress, Ashley Tisdale
, to the necessary degree. The episode was originally broadcast on February 10, 2008, as part of the special marathon
event "Phineas and Ferb-urary." It received generally positive reviews.
, his stepbrother Ferb
, and their friends Isabella, Baljeet, Buford, and Django to go to the local circus are ruined after the performance is canceled after Baljeet comes from his mom's car at the start of the episode. Undeterred, the boys and their friends decide to build their own circus in their backyard and have themselves and their other friends act as performers. The cirque tent is speedily put up and the group prepare their costumes.
Candace discovers the boy's circus and has set out to tell their mother, Linda, when Jeremy, a boy for whom has romantic feelings for her, stops by to give her a basket of plants. Unfortunately they include some wild parsnips, which give Candace an allergic reaction: to hide her hives and deep, scratchy voice she dons a sweatsuit and a paper bag
before going to the mall to tell Linda about the boys' plans, and then sings E.V.I.L B.O.Y.S. where Linda, Vivian Garcia-Shapiro, and Jeremy's mom are.
Exasperated, Candace returns to the circus, where Jeremy has saved a spot for her, only for the boys to mistake her for Buford and include her in his act. She is sent flying through the roof of the tent, just as Doofenshmirtz and Perry are flying overhead. Doofenshmirtz's machine activates, giving everyone in the cirque audience high-pitched voices that cause the tent to rupture. The high velocity of Doofenshmirtz's flying machine propels the tent up into the air, destroying the machine and sending Doofenshmirtz flying off (with a high voice). Jeremy gives a CD to Candace, but Candace is not at the house, but Candace then gets the CD from Jeremy.
and Martin Olson
. It was storyboard
ed by artists J.G. Quintel and Kim Roberson, and directed by Phineas and Ferb co-creator Dan Povenmire
. The crew was unable to lower the pitch of actress Ashley Tisdale
's delivery enough for the scenes in which allergies give Candace a deep voice; instead, Povenmire voiced the character in her place.
"Jerk De Soleil" was originally broadcast in the United States on Disney Channel
on February 10, 2008, as part of the special month-long marathon
event "Phineas and Ferb-urary." It was released on the DVD
compilation The Daze of Summer on its first anniversary, alongside nine other episodes, including the previously unaired "Unfair Science Fair" and "Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story)." E.V.I.L. B.O.Y.S. — the episode's featured musical number — became available along with several other songs on the official Phineas and Ferb soundtrack
later in 2009.
, a real-life Canadian traveling company which performs circus arts and street entertainment. The scene where Candace jumps onto the stage and sings about her hardships, mainly concerning her inability to successfully tattle on her brothers, references a scene in the film Adventures in Babysitting
(1987) in which Elisabeth Shue
's character sings about her hardships in a similar manner.
blog
ger Whitney Matheson
, reviewing the episode, described the entire series as "a short 'toon that zooms all over the place in 15 minutes" and "an animated version of Parker Lewis Can't Lose
," calling the writing "clever without being too cute."
The song "E.V.I.L. B.O.Y.S." also received a generally favorable reception. Wired magazine
called it an "ever-pleasing blues banger." Fan reaction to the song was also positive, and in the 2009 television event "Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown," voters ranked it the series' sixth best musical feature.
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
. In the episode, stepbrothers Phineas
Phineas Flynn
Phineas Flynn is the main protagonist of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Voiced by Vincent Martella and created and designed by Dan Povenmire, Phineas first appeared along with the rest of the series' main characters in the pilot episode "Rollercoaster." Phineas, along with his...
and Ferb
Ferb Fletcher
Ferb Fletcher is the deuteragonist from the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. The character, voiced by British actor Thomas Sangster, was created by Phineas and Ferb co-founders Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and first appeared in the show's pilot episode, "Rollercoaster."Ferb and...
and their friends host a cirque
Cirque
Cirque may refer to:* Cirque, a geological formation* Makhtesh, an erosional landform found in the Negev desert of Israel and Sinai of Egypt*Cirque , an album by Biosphere* Cirque Corporation, a company that makes touchpads...
in their backyard, attracting much attention from the neighborhood. The boys' sister, Candace, tries to expose the cirque to her mother while experiencing an allergic reaction to wild parsnips.
"Jerk De Soleil" was written by Bobby Gaylor
Bobby Gaylor
Robert "Bobby" Gaylor is a writer, actor, voice actor, producer, director, spoken word artist & former stand-up comic. He was raised in Boston and moved to L.A.to write for Roseanne Barr's television show "Roseanne"...
and Martin Olson
Martin Olson
Martin Olson is a comedy writer, television producer, stage director and composer. He is also a playwright and poet known for comedic and unusual subject matter and known as an original member of the notorious "Boston Comedy Scene."...
, and directed by series co-founder Dan Povenmire
Dan Povenmire
Daniel Kingsley "Dan" Povenmire is an American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor associated with several animated television series, best known as the co-creator of the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb in which he also voices the show's villain, Heinz...
. Povenmire additionally provided the voice for Candace on scenes where the character was experiencing an allergic reaction, as the crew was unable to lower the voice of her regular actress, Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...
, to the necessary degree. The episode was originally broadcast on February 10, 2008, as part of the special marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
event "Phineas and Ferb-urary." It received generally positive reviews.
Plot summary
Plans for PhineasPhineas Flynn
Phineas Flynn is the main protagonist of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Voiced by Vincent Martella and created and designed by Dan Povenmire, Phineas first appeared along with the rest of the series' main characters in the pilot episode "Rollercoaster." Phineas, along with his...
, his stepbrother Ferb
Ferb Fletcher
Ferb Fletcher is the deuteragonist from the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. The character, voiced by British actor Thomas Sangster, was created by Phineas and Ferb co-founders Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and first appeared in the show's pilot episode, "Rollercoaster."Ferb and...
, and their friends Isabella, Baljeet, Buford, and Django to go to the local circus are ruined after the performance is canceled after Baljeet comes from his mom's car at the start of the episode. Undeterred, the boys and their friends decide to build their own circus in their backyard and have themselves and their other friends act as performers. The cirque tent is speedily put up and the group prepare their costumes.
Candace discovers the boy's circus and has set out to tell their mother, Linda, when Jeremy, a boy for whom has romantic feelings for her, stops by to give her a basket of plants. Unfortunately they include some wild parsnips, which give Candace an allergic reaction: to hide her hives and deep, scratchy voice she dons a sweatsuit and a paper bag
Paper bag
A paper bag or paper sack is a preformed container made of paper, usually with an opening on one side. It can be one layer of paper or multiple layers of paper and other flexible materials. A bag is used for packaging and/or carrying items....
before going to the mall to tell Linda about the boys' plans, and then sings E.V.I.L B.O.Y.S. where Linda, Vivian Garcia-Shapiro, and Jeremy's mom are.
Exasperated, Candace returns to the circus, where Jeremy has saved a spot for her, only for the boys to mistake her for Buford and include her in his act. She is sent flying through the roof of the tent, just as Doofenshmirtz and Perry are flying overhead. Doofenshmirtz's machine activates, giving everyone in the cirque audience high-pitched voices that cause the tent to rupture. The high velocity of Doofenshmirtz's flying machine propels the tent up into the air, destroying the machine and sending Doofenshmirtz flying off (with a high voice). Jeremy gives a CD to Candace, but Candace is not at the house, but Candace then gets the CD from Jeremy.
Production
"Jerk De Soleil" was written by Bobby GaylorBobby Gaylor
Robert "Bobby" Gaylor is a writer, actor, voice actor, producer, director, spoken word artist & former stand-up comic. He was raised in Boston and moved to L.A.to write for Roseanne Barr's television show "Roseanne"...
and Martin Olson
Martin Olson
Martin Olson is a comedy writer, television producer, stage director and composer. He is also a playwright and poet known for comedic and unusual subject matter and known as an original member of the notorious "Boston Comedy Scene."...
. It was storyboard
Storyboard
Storyboards are graphic organizers in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence....
ed by artists J.G. Quintel and Kim Roberson, and directed by Phineas and Ferb co-creator Dan Povenmire
Dan Povenmire
Daniel Kingsley "Dan" Povenmire is an American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor associated with several animated television series, best known as the co-creator of the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb in which he also voices the show's villain, Heinz...
. The crew was unable to lower the pitch of actress Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...
's delivery enough for the scenes in which allergies give Candace a deep voice; instead, Povenmire voiced the character in her place.
"Jerk De Soleil" was originally broadcast in the United States on Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
on February 10, 2008, as part of the special month-long marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
event "Phineas and Ferb-urary." It was released on the DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
compilation The Daze of Summer on its first anniversary, alongside nine other episodes, including the previously unaired "Unfair Science Fair" and "Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story)." E.V.I.L. B.O.Y.S. — the episode's featured musical number — became available along with several other songs on the official Phineas and Ferb soundtrack
Phineas and Ferb (soundtrack)
-Charts:-Release dates:-Other Releases:Several other soundtracks for the series have been released.*Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation: A soundtrack for the Christmas special, only released digitally in December 2009....
later in 2009.
Cultural references
Phineas and Ferb's elaborate backyard cirque is a parody of Cirque du SoleilCirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
, a real-life Canadian traveling company which performs circus arts and street entertainment. The scene where Candace jumps onto the stage and sings about her hardships, mainly concerning her inability to successfully tattle on her brothers, references a scene in the film Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 American comedy film written by David Simkins, directed by Chris Columbus, and starring Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Penelope Ann Miller, Bradley Whitford, and a brief cameo by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins...
(1987) in which Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Judson Shue is an American actress and producer, most famous for her roles in the films The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, Back to the Future Parts II and III and Leaving Las Vegas, for which she won five acting awards and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden...
's character sings about her hardships in a similar manner.
Reception
"Jerk De Soleil" received generally positive reviews from television critics. The Kidzworld website called Phineas and Ferb's cirque "magical." Writing for DVD Town, reviewer James Plath wrote that the subplot with Doofenshmirtz and Perry "absolutely evokes the old Boris and Natasha plans on Rocky and Bullwinkle." USA TodayUSA Today
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blog
Blog
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ger Whitney Matheson
Whitney Matheson
Whitney Matheson in Fredericksburg, Va. is a writer and the author of Pop Candy, a popular entertainment blog which is posted on USA Todays website, and also writes entertainment and pop culture features for the newspaper....
, reviewing the episode, described the entire series as "a short 'toon that zooms all over the place in 15 minutes" and "an animated version of Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Parker Lewis Can't Lose is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on FOX from September 1990 to June 1993. During the last season, the series sported the simpler title Parker Lewis. The series was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and was strongly influenced by the feature film Ferris...
," calling the writing "clever without being too cute."
The song "E.V.I.L. B.O.Y.S." also received a generally favorable reception. Wired magazine
Wired (magazine)
Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
called it an "ever-pleasing blues banger." Fan reaction to the song was also positive, and in the 2009 television event "Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown," voters ranked it the series' sixth best musical feature.
External links
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