Gortimer: I've lived my whole life on Normal Street.
There's a lake at one end,
and a forest of shady trees at the other.
But what lies in between is anything but normal.
Wouldn't it be great to be a super hero?
Facing the unexpected, knowing you'll triumph in the end.
It sounds very comforting to me.
Unfortunately, in the real world
it's just not possible.
Though there was that one time...
♪♪
Where are you going?
"White Hat" marathon starts in 30.
Gotta go to Mel's. Love you.
Uh, wait, wait. Uh, last night I asked if
we could have a talk this morning,
and you said yes.
Well, I'm kinda running late.
Whatever it was, can't we just talk about it later?
No.
Gortimer.
Dad?
Um-- Okay, uh--
How do I put this? Um--
Well, good news.
Um, you're looking at the new editor-in-chief
of young adult fiction at Metro Publishing.
Whoa. That-- That's great. That's amazing.
[chuckles]
Wait, do they-- Do they even have an office here?
Yeah, that's, um-- That's the thing, Gortimer.
There's a thing?
You guys will have to move to the city.
- What? - Not-- not right away.
- In about four-- - Years?
Months. Well, a little-- a little less.
But the timing is actually really nice.
You can finish the school year here,
and then spend most of the summer with your friends.
Gortimer, there's more.
I've been offered a teaching position at the university there,
and I told your mom that if you guys decide to make the move
I'll take the job.
Honey, for the first time in years,
our whole family could be living in the same zip code.
Except it won't be Normal Street.
What about school? What about Mel and Ranger?
Gortimer, look, I know that this is
a lot to drop on you all of a sudden, okay, I do,
but the city has a lot to offer.
Okay? The schools are great. It's a more diverse culture--
I don't want to move.
I understand, honey, and I wish there were some other way.
Well, I-I could move in with Mel or Ranger
until I finish high school.
No, you should stay with your family, son.
Why? You didn't.
Claire: Hey, let's-- let's talk about this.
- Okay? - No. What's the point?
You already made a decision for me.
Gortimer.
[door slams]
♪♪
Where's the TV?
Oh, what are you guys doing? What about "White Hat"?
Well, you were running late, and we started thinking.
Maybe instead of the marathon,
we should do something else.
- Ranger: It's nice outside. - Mel: And, I mean,
we sort of only watch it to make fun of it. Right?
And we do it every year.
Exactly. It's a tradition.
What if they don't run it next year?
What if there's a power outage
or a natural disaster strikes?
Whoa. Gortimer. Dark.
Sorry, uh--
"White Hat" is my favorite show.
I was really looking forward to watching it with you guys.
I'll get the TV.
I call it the ultrasonic ear.
With this, I can hear a pin drop five miles away.
Phineas, it's marvelous.
You do think of everything.
Margaret. Your heart.
- Yes? - It's beating madly.
[heart beating]
Either you have an innocent heart murmur,
or... you're in love.
[phone ringing]
I'll get it.
You know, they actually do a lot more with her character
- in the comic books. - We know, we know.
In issue 42 or something,
she saved White Hat's life by doing brain surgery on him
without removing his hat.
Forty-seven, but you were close.
The Green Beret just robbed the bank and trust.
Cityville needs me.
[bell dings]
♪♪
- Man: All right-- - The Green Beret
is always hiding in the exact same warehouse.
White Hat should just blow it up,
and put him out of business once and for all.
Or just put bars on the windows, lock the doors,
and call it a jail.
Nice.
- Ranger: Is that new? - Mel: Yeah.
My dad helped me build it.
See any cool birds?
I saw a finch get in a fight with its reflection.
Guys.
What are you doing? We're supposed to be watching this.
What's the big deal? It's just a show.
Yeah, and I'm watching it.
Like we always do. Now, can we do that?
Please?
♪♪
It's an inter-dimensional transporter.
With this, I can open a portal to any dimension
in the multiverse.
How many dimensions are there?
More than there are stars in the sky,
or types of snowflake.
[static]
Margaret: Gee, Phineas.
You know so many wonderful things.
Well, I worked hard in school.
You know, Margaret, school is very important.
That's why I always tell kids...
- it's cool to stay in school. - It's cool to stay in school.
What did you say?
Uh...
it's cool to stay in school.
Oh, good. You've been paying attention.
You can hear me?
Of course I can.
My inter-dimensional transporter
is tuned to the exact coordinates and frequency
- to enable me to see directly-- - Watch out!
- Oof! - [groaning]
[spraying]
Thanks, kid. You really saved me.
How'd you know he was coming?
Uh...
I've seen the episode before.
The episode?
Phineas, what's he talking about?
Uh-- never mind. No, I-- I, um--
It was a hunch.
I-I had a hunch.
Some hunch. Got any others?
Uh, yeah. Yeah. Um--
I've got a hunch that the Green Beret
sent his henchman to destroy the transporter
because he kidnapped the mayor
and took him to the Y dimension.
The Green Beret is in the Y dimension, eh?
You know, I've always wanted a sidekick.
Get in here.
What?
Get in here.
- [electronic zapping] - Whoa!
- Mel: Gortimer? - Ranger: I'm dreaming.
I-- I've gotta be dreaming.
Ow! What are you doing?
Seeing if I'm dreaming.
- Ow! - You're not dreaming.
Guys, guys, calm down, it's fine.
I'm fine.
I can explain everything.
Phineas: Who are they?
Gortimer: My friends from my dimension.
- I-I can vouch for them. - [phone rings]
As far as I can tell,
White Hat's inter-dimensional transporter
opened up some kind of portal between his world and ours.
Gortimer, stay there, we're coming to get you.
Wait. We need to think this through.
You're right. What if we get captured by the Green Beret?
Ranger, does White Hat ever really get captured by the Green Beret?
Plus, I know everything that's gonna happen.
Like right now.
White Hat's just learning that
Green Beret captured the mayor,
and took him to the Y dimension.
Which I already told him.
Your hunch was right.
The Green Beret is in the Y dimension.
The mayor's in grave danger. We need to hurry.
Gortimer, don't.
♪♪[dramatic]
To the Y dimension!
♪♪[theme music]
[punches landing]
♪♪
[punch landing]
[spraying]
[bell dings]
♪♪[suspenseful]
I've got a hunch that the Y people are actually peaceful beings.
The green berets they're wearing
are probably mind control devices,
and by knocking them off,
we can turn his army against him.
You've been right about everything else.
Let's do it.
Unhand the mayor.
Get them you fools!
[phone rings]
Hello.
Uh, hi. Yeah, he's here, he's just...
...uh, watching TV.
Uh-- It's Gortimer's mom.
She wants to talk to him.
Why didn't you just say he was in the bathroom or something?
I'm a terrible liar.
Gortimer, it's your mom. I'm gonna put her on speaker.
- Just tell her I'll call back later. - Claire: Gortimer?
- Hi, Mom. - Listen, I hope I'm not ruining your marathon,
but I felt pretty bad about our conversation from this morning.
I was wondering if you might come home early
so we could keep talking.
Uh, I'm in the middle of an episode.
Claire: You've seen them all a hundred times.
I'm really into it this year.
Claire: Fine. Finish this episode,
but come home right after. Gortimer.
He says okay, Ms. Gibbon.
Uh, he'll be home after this episode.
Sorry, he's busy fighting aliens.
- Aliens? - Not in real life.
On TV. Bye.
Margaret, you should have seen him.
Gortimer Gibbon the wonder boy
rescued the mayor single-handedly.
Always one step ahead of the Green Beret.
Magnificent.
This calls for a celebration.
Gelatin?
Gortimer.
Hey, guys.
What's going on with you and your mom?
Nothing.
No, she-- she's just mad at me for not doing some chores.
It'll blow over.
You've been hiding something from us all morning.
Mel: We're your best friends.
What's so bad that you can't tell us?
Uh-- it's not that big of a deal.
We'll talk about it later. Okay?
Cityville needs my help.
[static]
[banging]
Trouble in your dimension?
My mom got a new job and now we have to move.
- Move? - Yeah.
I'll have to leave behind everything I know,
and my friends and...
everything's gonna change.
The best part of life is that everything stays the same.
Phineas, what should he do?
Why, stay in Cityville, of course.
Every day the Green Beret concocts an evil scheme for us to foil.
Our mission never changes.
Your world, however, seems...
strange and mysterious.
It is.
Then it's settled.
Jiggle the cable.
I'm just gonna hit it.
[banging]
- [electronic zapping] - [groaning]
Did I do that?
Gortimer: Phineas, what's going on?
I've been battling the Green Beret
for as long as I remember.
But I yearn for new experiences.
New enemies.
And now that Cityville is safe in your hands,
I can fulfill my dream.
Prepare yourself, world,
for the all new "Adventures of White Hat."
♪♪
[thudding]
Where's the spin?
The spin.
Everything spins and then we go to the next place.
[sighs]
You need to get back here and help us.
You heard him. I have to stay here.
If I don't stop Green Beret,
the show could descend into chaos.
- [banging] - Ahh!
I'm okay. I'm okay.
Apparently, the doors don't kick down as easily here.
Normally, we just use the doorknob.
Fascinating.
Give us 30 minutes.
Promise you'll be here when we get back.
I promise.
[phone rings]
Hello.
The Green Beret broke out of jail,
and stole all of the museum's diamonds.
Right, right. Of course he did.
I know what to do. I can handle this.
♪♪[dramatic]
[bell dings]
Come on. I need a sidekick.
I'm just a secretary.
But in the comic books you foiled
just as many crimes as White Hat did.
You saved all of Cityville from 10 Gallon Tommy.
And his mutant horsemen.
You have more potential than you realize.
♪♪
[wheezing]
So... much... running.
[wheezing]
Awfully quiet around here.
Yep. That's Normal Street for ya.
That's exactly when you know a villain will strike.
[whistling]
Aha!
Stand back, kids.
It's a strange looking minion of the Green Beret.
His hat is a confusing color.
Who's side is he on?
Oh. Hey, guys.
Uh, who's your new friend?
- [spraying] - No, no, no, wait!
He's okay, we know him.
I'm unclear why you did that.
He's developed an immunity.
- He's our friend. - Your friend?
[gasping] You're double agents!
- [spraying] - [coughing]
Ranger: Knock it off!
Sorry, Fred. He's new in town.
Oh.
All right, well...
welcome.
[groaning]
[water spraying]
[gasping]
Poison!
- It's water. - My hat!
It's just water.
This-- This place.
Normal Street, as you call it, it--
It's puzzling.
For the life of me, I-- I cannot tell you
who the enemy is.
Certainly you must have enemies.
Not really.
Then how do you know what's good and what's bad?
Well, sometimes things are good and bad,
or they seem bad but they turn out to be good.
Or vice versa.
Sometimes you don't know.
What a strange and twisted dimension this is.
[grunting]
[groaning]
[grunting]
[groaning]
Thank you.
Thank you for taking me on this adventure.
Are you kidding? You got most of those guys on your own.
Oh, I feel transformed.
Like a new person.
Yesterday, if you would have asked me if I was content
being White Hat's secretary,
I would have said yes.
Because that's all I knew, but today--
Well, today I'm a crime fighter.
You know, maybe change isn't such a bad thing after all.
Well, for some people.
[gasps] Gortimer. Maybe your mother's new job
could change her life for the better, too.
Is she also a secretary turned crime fighter?
She's a book editor.
Whatever it is,
to find your true calling is something special.
Where's the transporter? It was right here when we left.
Gortimer.
The Green Beret?
But-but we just captured him.
And this wasn't in any of the episodes.
This doesn't make sense.
He must have taken the transporter to his hideout.
Come on!
♪♪
My old friend.
Whoa. I don't remember this episode.
Where's Gortimer?
I've gotta go back in there.
Margaret needs me.
My work here is done.
[electronic zapping]
[grunting]
[straining]
Minions!
White Hat: No! Not the seat!
Looks like the tables have turned, White Hat.
[grunting] You'll never get away with this.
[laughing] Watch me.
- Let's get him. - Wait.
Do you want to go first?
No, I-- I don't want to go at all.
It's too dangerous.
Nothing's too dangerous for you, Gortimer.
You're a fearless crime fighting genius.
No, Margaret, I'm not.
I'm just a kid who watched
too many episodes of a TV show.
I'm not fearless.
I'm not even brave enough to tell my friends
that I'm moving because then--
Then it'll be real.
Real.
Yeah, real like the real world.
Never mind. Look,
if we go out there, anything can happen.
But that's what's exciting.
Sometimes, not knowing how things are gonna turn out
is what makes life interesting.
You taught me that, Gortimer.
♪♪
Hey, Green Beret! Come and get it.
Yeah.
- [grunting] - [clattering]
- [punch landing] - [grunting]
[groaning]
- [punch landing] - [grunting]
[metal clanging]
[grunting]
[muffled yelling]
Man: Get her!
[clattering]
[laughing] Yeah.
[grunting]
[grumbling]
Gortimer the wonder boy.
You've saved me twice now.
How can I ever repay you?
Two things. One: Never go back to Normal Street.
- Not a problem. - Two:
How about taking on a new partner in crime?
Fighting. Crime fighting.
Way ahead of you.
- [electronic zapping] - [grunting]
Whoa!
Gortimer.
- We thought we'd-- - Hey, guys.
We thought we'd lost you.
I have something to tell you guys.
♪♪
Everyone's life has a story.
And for the most part,
those stories are pretty easy to follow.
After all, one day isn't much different from the next.
But sometimes something happens...
that sends the action in a whole new direction.
And that can be scary.
[no audible dialog]
But a friend once told me
that's what makes life interesting.
And if you've got a sidekick or two around...
the adventure can be that much more interesting.
♪♪ re can be that much more interesting.