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"Wizard of Odd" is the 56th broadcast episode of the second season of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb and the 103rd broadcast episode overall. It was originally broadcast on Disney Channel on September 24, 2010. In this episode, a parody of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Candace Flynn tries to bust her brothers, Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher, by traveling to the Wizard in "Bustopolis", pursued by Doofenwarlock.

Plot

Phineas and Ferb wash the house by spinning it around rapidly as they spray it. Candace passes out from dizziness while reading The Wizard of Oz and wakes up along with Perry the Platypus in the house in an Oz-like dream world, the house crushing Suzy and her red boots. Candace is greeted by the "Patchkins" (Fireside Girls). The Good Witch (Isabella) gives the boots to Candace, which Doofenwarlock (Doofenshmirtz) seeks. Phineas and Ferb pull down the background and tell Candace to "have fun". The Good Witch directs Candace to the Wizard in "Bustopolis" to bust her brothers, telling her to unwaveringly follow the yellow sidewalk before she floats away.

Along the way, Candace and Perry encounter Baljeet, a "nerd-crow" who wishes to be cool; a tree (Jeremy), who wishes to be a "real boy"; and a lion–tiger–bear hybrid (Buford), who wishes for nothing. As the group travels to Bustopolis, Phineas and Ferb offer alternate fun paths to get there, but Candace refuses to leave the yellow sidewalk.

Doofenwarlock captures Candace and Perry so he can take the red boots. Perry easily gets out of his trap, and Candace and her friends escape.

The group arrives in Bustopolis, where the Wizard (Linda) gives Baljeet "cool" sunglasses, Buford a ham sandwich, and Jeremy the realization that he was merely wearing a tree costume. Candace gives Doofenwarlock the boots, but he is crushed by Dorothy Gale and Toto's house. Candace asks the Wizard to bust the boys, but she says they were only trying to help Candace have fun. Candace wakes up on her bed, where Phineas and Ferb invite her to join them; having learned her lesson, she accepts. Phineas and Ferb once again pull down the screen and say to "have fun".

Production

This episode was produced in 2009. In 2011, background painter Jill Daniels and background designer Brian Woods both won Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for their contributions to this episode. In Italy, this episode was titled "Divertiti Candace", Germany titled "Der Zauberer von Spotz", and Poland titled "Czarnoksiężnik" which all aired this episode before the United States. This episode has some of the most songs of any episode and is the second where all are sung by a character onscreen following "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together".

Reception

Ratings

This episode had 3.1 million viewers, the most since "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!". In the United Kingdom, it delivered 108,000 viewers when it premiered on Disney XD on October 21, 2010, the Going Live broadcast on the same day featured a skit after the episode where the programme's presenter Nathan Simpson went into the transmission area of the studio and famously said "That episode or anything Wizard of Oz related shall not be shown AGAIN on my programme! DO You understand?!?!?", this skit was repeated 10 years, 2 months and 3 days later when The 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film version starring Judy Garland was shown. The Disney Channel premiere on December 11, 2010 in the same country had 124,000 viewers.

Critical reception

Wired's GeekDad favorably reviewed the episode, praising the songs in the episode while also commenting that some of the episode's humor was aimed at adults rather than the younger viewers.

References

1. ^ Blum, Matt. "Catch Phineas and Ferb's Wonderful "Wizard of Odd" Tonight!". Wired. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
2. "Brain Woods and Jill Daniels win Primetime Emmy awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation".
3. TV by the Numbers
4. "TV Ratings:11-17 October 2010". barb.co.uk. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
5. "TV Ratings:6-12 December 2010". barb.co.uk. Retrieved January 21, 2014.

External links

• "Wizard of Odd" at IMDb

• 2010 American television episodes
• Parodies of films
• Parody television episodes
• Phineas and Ferb episodes
• Television episodes about dreams
• Works based on The Wizard of Oz