Hockey Z-9

Hockey Z-9 is a sport created by Phineas and Ferb as an advanced breakneck version of ice hockey for a friendly intermission fixture.

History[]

Phineas and Ferb use a sprinkler system to transform the backyard into a hockey rink, impressing witnesses Baljeet and Buford. Seeing this, Candace sprints to demand order, only for her father to interrupt the reprimanding by sliding across it in a joyful manner. Crashing, Lawrence informs his children of an arrangement realized to have an exhibition match featuring them in between an official game, for which the boys settle on improving the exhilaration of the icy sport, coupling patented touches.

At the Winter Arena, the expected main bout is hyped up in face of a famous guest referee, who proceeds to unwittingly charm the audience while they get comfortable. The intermission period soon starts after the first set, bringing about the extra entertainment of the kids' glacial play event. Entering the field, Phineas and Ferb activate a mechanism to switch the scenery into an apocalyptic cold mayhem, efficiently presenting their radical act for the public, with a buildup of the setting done in dramatic fashion by an intrepid announcer.

The extreme round of hockey kicks off smoothly, highlighting an innovative series of actions performed by the starring troop as a cool thrilling experience. In the contest's meantime, a passerby zamboni is hit by a rogue extraneous blast, causing it to grow in an abominable shape. Mechanically ravenous, the vehicle is able to infiltrate the arena grounds, completely clearing the modified course away ahead of Linda's awareness. Eventually, this results in a simple commemorative picture from the parent for a memoir ("For Your Ice Only").

Design[]

Hockey Z-9 is an extreme hockey held on an ice field designed after a dystopian city remains thematic. As such, the scenario contains many frozen structures reminiscent of buildings, cars, bridges, and city items, all in various degrees of destruction. Players have outfits abiding by the motif, with Phineas in a brown suit and an aviator cap, Ferb in purple armor and a miner hat, Isabella in pink overalls and a strainer, Baljeet in a green tunic and a headgear, Buford in gray coating and a feather beanie, and Django in a purple plate and a bike helmet.

Mechanics[]

Hockey Z-9 is a variant of ice hockey based on adrenaline-induced thrills. To maximize this parameter, there are several different obstacles inserted in the course, including live polar bears, startling explosions, maces, weaponized snowmen, and miscellaneous trap objects. Each competitor is allowed to use assorted sticks, ranging from rakes to brooms, with which they can earn points by sending the puck into the mouth of a polar bear or walrus ice sculpture, ensuing a fire discharge for score confirmation.

Background Information[]

• Analyzing the artificial yard rink, Baljeet describes it as a miniature Canada without the beavers, moose, and the disproportionate amount of comedians. Phineas adds Canadian bacon to that list, although the food is pointed out by the former to technically be ham.
• Learning of their father's compromise, the boys wonder if the exhibition is scheduled for half-time, but he clarifies that it is actually spaced in two-thirds time, since the principal match has three periods.
• Upon coining the name "Hockey Z-9", Phineas and Ferb remind the others about Football X-7, inducing Baljeet to question the "Y-8" gap, affirmed to be saved for croquet.
• Delighted to watch her sons play, Linda states that she had always desired to be a "hockey mom". Her plans are interrupted due to her disposable camera running out of battery prior to the game, leading her to the gift shop in search of another, which is later used for a regular post-round photograph.
• The kids' special participation seems to have been finalized under the title "Little Kids on Ice", given that it is announced as thus before the true show.
• Because of the advanced sport's purpose, it appears to be played in the free-for-all style, disregarding the scoreboard for a display of the game's name in a red font.
• Isabella's deep voice announcement is a callback to her deed for the monster truck derby, both employing the same voice. The full speech is transcribed as follows:

Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be transported to a world where everything you know is changed into a global, glacial dystopia. If you're looking for something fluffy, forget it, pal, because this is the future, where the only things left are hard, cold, and in most cases, pointy. It's a world where the only way to survive is to play hockey while things blow up around you. It's a world of skillful skating and incredible ice ramps, puck-pushing prowess and savage stone gladiators. This is the harsh, hybrid hockey of your dark, dystopian destiny. Hockey Z-9!

• Candace tries to cross the stadium through the field in order to reach her mother on the other side, an effort briefly stopped by the visitor referee, who agrees to let her pass on the condition of wearing a proper uniform.
• Phineas and Ferb take the unexpected appearance of the monster zamboni as a cue to finish their activity, avoiding its path to allow the course's wiping.
• Reacting to the hockey stint, the guest athlete comments that it is the most outlandish match he has ever watched.
• Hockey Z-9 is mentioned and seen in one of the scenes of the montage recounting the summer ("Last Day of Summer").

Appearances[]

• "For Your Ice Only" ^{(First appearance)}
• "Last Day of Summer" ^{(Mentioned; Appears in flashback(s))}