No matter how good a production is you don’t necessarily have to like it. That’s not being contrarian or a hipster or anything like that. Not everybody shares the same tastes, which is why there are such a variety of entertainment and a variety of productions within each media format. It might be popular but not necessarily something you’re interested in and no matter what nitwits on the internet may tell you there is nothing wrong with that.

One of those for me is Phineas And Ferb, the Disney XD series about a group of kids making impossible inventions to get through the summer and get the most enjoyment out of it. Meanwhile the kids’ pet platypus is secretly a secret agent (as agents tend to be secretive) dealing with a low-rent villain going a bit overboard to avenge admittedly understandable wrongs done to him in the worst way possible. I can’t really pin down why but for me it just doesn’t click…except for the crossovers for some reason. I did a previous Saturday Night Showcase on their Star Wars crossover and tonight it’s their Marvel crossover.

“Mission Marvel” is the 11th episode of season 4 according to the Disney XD YouTube posting description. A combination of the kids’ space station and Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s latest scheme (and points to Google Chrome for actually having that name in spell check) lead to Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, and Hulk losing their powers…though I don’t know how that works with Iron Man…and having to rush to Danville, the series’ location in the vague “tri-state area” (New York is actually part of the tri-state area around here along with New Jersey and my home state of Connecticut), to reclaim them before Red Skull, Venom, Whiplash, and MODOK get sick enough of Doof’s looneyness and destroys the area. It’s a comedy and you may recognize the voice actors from the active Marvel shows at the time, the lighthearted versions of Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble, yet somehow it all works for a fun adventure. Enjoy.

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