There's A Platypus Controlling Me
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There's A Platypus Controlling Me is a scene from the Disney cartoon series Phineas and Ferb. The scene has become a source of music remixes, mashups, and fan covers.
Origin
The Phineas and Ferb episode "Brain Drain" first aired on Disney in Latin America/Brazil on July 30th, 2010.[1] In the episode, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz finds himself in a scrapyard, and his hands become covered in glue. Coincidentally, his hands get stuck to the vinyl records at a DJ's turntable that was playing at a party that his daughter, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, was attending. He begins to panic as Vanessa's friends start to notice him there and start booing at him. However, Perry the Platypus has Heinz put on the "De-Volitionator" helmet, which allows Perry to control Heinz's body in order to better control the turntable. Heinz then adds a rap to his turntabling, which causes Vanessa's friends to gain respect for him (scene shown below, left).[2] A high-quality clip of the scene (shown below, right) was uploaded to YouTube by PyF Chiapas on April 24th, 2013, and has received over 5.9 million views in over nine years.[3]
Spread
The majority of remixes and mashups didn't occur until 2017. On January 27th, 2017, DecentYouTuber69 posted a mashup with You Reposted In The Wrong Neighborhood to YouTube. The video (shown below, left) received over 1.8 million views over five years.[4] On January 31st, 2017, Vex Wythe posted another mashup to YouTube using You Reposted In The Wrong Neighborhood (shown below, right), which also received over 1.8 million views on over five years.[5]
On March 29th, 2018, Finn M-K posted a cover of the song to YouTube (shown below, left) with the scene playing in the background.[6] The video received over 160,000 views in over four years. He also posted an unlisted version of the video with just his cover music on the same day (shown below, right).[7]
On March 3rd, 2019, Jibby posted a mashup of the song with DJ Breakbot's Baby I'm Yours to YouTube. The mashup (shown below, left) received over 1.9 million views in over three years.[8] On September 21st, 2020, TheRealSullyG posted an Otamatone cover version of the scene to YouTube. The video (shown below, right) received over 850,000 views in over a year.[9]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Phineas and Ferb Wiki – Brain Drain
[2] YouTube – There's a Platypus Controlling Me
[3] YouTube – Phineas and Ferb – There's a Platypus Controlling Me
[4] YouTube – You Controlled in the Wrong Platypus
[5] YouTube – There's A Platypus Controlling Me In The Wrong Neighborhood
[6] YouTube – There's a Platypus Controlling Me (Phineas and Ferb) Full Band Dub
[7] YouTube – There's a Platypus Controlling Me
[8] YouTube – Baby I’m Yours But There’s A Platypus Controlling Me
[9] YouTube – There's a Platypus Controlling Me – Otamatone Cover
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