inators

I spent a good chunk of my day today creating inators with one of my favorite little people in the world. If you don't know what an inator is, you're clearly not acquainted with Phineas and Ferb, which is a down right shame, even blasphemous in my opinion. But, for the sake of clarity, let's call it an invention. Some of my favorite inators:

Voice-inator: Because Doofenshmirtz is self-conscious about his voice, he concocts a device that makes voices higher, resulting in his sounding lower and more manly...only to have Perry foil his plans as always.

Shrink-inator: Doofensmirtz plans to shrink objects for his beloved train set.

Copy and Paste-inator: Doof hates to wait in lines, makes copies of himself so he won't have to wait anymore, which is of course is thwaretd by Perry about 15 minutes later. "Curse you Perry the Platypus!"

Make Up Your Mind-inator: Doof wants to obliterate anyone who can't make up their mind.

Ugly-inator: He tries to make everyone else ugly due to his poor (and comically vocal) self esteem.

Slow-Motion-inator: Creates this just for Perry the Platypus, his nemesis, in hopes that it will slow him down so he can't stop him from his evil schemes.

Leaf Blower-inator: Very specific. Intends to blow all the leaves onto his neighbors lawn and aggravate him.

This one is not an intor, but it's one of Doofenshmirtz's greatest inventions:

EULG. a Glue-esq substance that breaks materials apart. Genius.

I could go on, but I realize I am an adult. I need to be sophisticated or something. (I may have passed that point after the third inator?) But, seriously. If you're not watching this show, what are you doing with your life? And truly, we should all be scheming up our own inators. It need not ere toward the dark side (in fact please don't-we don't need anymore diabolical creations or devices in our world). Sara and I created a Summer-inator today...the technicalities of which I won't delve into detail here. We may be onto something and need a patent. My lips are sealed.

So go ahead, put on the tube, be amazed. Get your own league of whomever, listen for references to Poe (yes, Edgar Allan), crack up at ridiculously clever acronyms (inator: BO-AT...Buoyancy Operated Aquatic Transport, pronounced as spelled) and laugh your way into the next episode. Cartoons haven't been this good since Bugs Bunny and the gang.