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[00:00] This is the most epic birthday party ever! It's got a jet-powered tire swing, a custom-built roller coaster, and an indoor sledding hill with actual snow. And I set all this up to surprise the world's most deserving kiss.

[00:14] Thank you, it's a loser! And unfortunately, three months ago, none of this existed. Because that's when I reached out to a friend of mine who many consider to be the greatest engineer this world has ever known.

[00:26] Oh, hey, Mike! Vibia! I'm planning on throwing the world's greatest birthday party for this kid named Eden. I can explain later. For now, I need to know if you've got any ideas. Oh, that's a great question, Mark. One time, Ferb and I made the world's first rocket-powered tire swing.

[00:41] You'll just need a tire, your standard air-wound part, don't forget your high-powered rockets. And as you can see, as long as you don't remove this flu, you'll be fine. You do realize that breaks, like, seven laws of physics, right?

[00:53] Well, we're working with cartoon physics, but I thought you can figure it out. In the meantime, I was thinking Ferb and I could take a crack at your world record-breaking elephant toothpaste experiment.

[01:05] Well, I think we both have our work cut out for it. I'll talk to you later. Now, I know from personal experience, if you can pull out the Phineas and Ferb invention in real life, it makes for a really epic party with 15 tons of jello to spare.

[01:17] But the problem here was their rocket-powered tire swing leaned very heavily on the creative boundaries of cartoon physics, with estimated peak forces that would be 35 times what a human could endure. So as a first task, I just brought two rockets with 2,500 new-second total impulse

[01:33] to a single chain mounted to a tire swing, and generously gave our 180-pound crash test dummy Newton first dibs on the ride of its life. Initiator is on! This is the Test My Hypothesis, Why Phineas and Ferb is an Animated Show!

[01:46] 3, 2, 1! And after the smoke cleared, we lost our pants!

[02:00] That was the most powerful de-panting in history. The single chain is going to make it tough. So to keep us from immediately spinning out of control and potentially losing all our dignity in the process, we doubled the chains for more stability.

[02:13] Here we go. And this time, let it rip! The exact same thing happened. Oh no, you can't keep this close up.

[02:29] I think only one of them ignited. And I see camera replay revealed. That's exactly what happened. So once we fixed the faulty ignition wire, we tried again. Go!

[02:42] Causing mutants, which I'll remind you of race more than I do. to launch 10 feet into the air, completing the stylish dismount. That was definitely both that time. It's two's wrong! That's a W!

[02:56] And while the dual chain configuration did provide a lot more stability, the global revealed that there's really no way to reliably keep the thrust vector aligned in the best direction to loop it around. This is too squirrely, we need to go to rigid chains.

[03:09] For the six-step, we swapped the two chains with two solid rods. Igniter's hot! 3, 2, 1, go! And here, the rocket forces were so high, it ripped our entire half-ton steel swing structure out from the space, anchoring it into the ground.

[03:31] That's all! He's done! He's done! Alright, well that's a successful rocket swing. Now we just gotta figure out how to make it slightly more safe. So we were off to a promising start. We had seen a little more inspiration.

[03:43] Hey Mike, how's it going? It's got a little work left, but it's getting less lethal by the minute. I do feel, though, that the party needs a little something more. I got it. How about you build them a backyard roller coaster like the one we made at the beginning of summer?

[03:57] Seal tracks, parts with seatbelts, and of course, be sure to add extra thermal shielding for when you re-enter the atmosphere. Aren't you a little young to be building things that require extra thermal shielding for when they re-enter the atmosphere? Yes.

[04:09] Yes, I am. Well, the box. Oh, gotta go. They're just about Rick. Oh, it's still on the show. No, video. You don't need it. I'm not going to make it much. Oh, that's going to get messy.

[04:21] Now, the good thing about roller coasters is unlike two story tall rocket power tire swings, roller coasters actually exist. So I did what any self-respecting engineer would do as a first step and conducted some tedious research.

[04:33] Now I knew that finding the perfect Goldilocks zone for our birthday guests would be critical Not so extreme it sends them back to the hospital but also not so boring it feels like watching William Osmond videos So armed with all the learning from our tedious research we set out to build the perfect indoor roller coaster for my buddy Ethan

[04:51] By the way, this is Ethan. And what you should know about Ethan is he was recently diagnosed with a rare and severely debilitating neurological condition that left him bedridden, causing him to miss most of his school year. In fact, his pain and nausea would first appear, he couldn't even walk from one room to another.

[05:05] But the other thing you should know about Ethan is he's incredibly resilient. And after a full year, he's recovered enough to make his way back to school. And as luck would have it, he not only had a birthday party coming up, but he was also a master of Phineas and Ferb fan.

[05:18] Which was perfect, because we had our first prototype of the world's greatest Phineas and Ferb indoor roller coaster ready to test. Okay, man, here we go! Let's go, let's go! Oh, no.

[05:30] I think we're going to have to check our calculations. Yep. So I called up some of my buddies who were really good at this, and they didn't speak to the efficiency of their calculations, while I introduced them to the efficiency of a 10 second film montage.

[05:50] And while not yet perfect, we were certainly on the right track. Now we just needed a few more of them. Good. And things were coming along great, but if I was going to get approval for the world's most creative engineer, it would need a little something extra.

[06:02] So I took a closer look at their original coaster, and while we definitely can't send these into France, we definitely could send them through a snake drop, a mud bucket, and a full-on car wash. Snakes on the train in 3, 2, 1.

[06:18] Snakes, check. This build was elegant. Our snakes peering beautifully with a catapult-calibrated mud bath. Wow, that's why we're in safety classes.

[06:30] Why are you smiling so much? You're at it, bring me off! Followed by a clumsy soap scrub infused with eflictus oil Woo! At 40 miles an hour. That'll get it.

[06:42] Gonna need a bit of a rinse off! And finally air drying with a gentle breeze. Okay! Okay! Please use a whistle. I'm good. So now it's both the roller coaster and the rocket soon

[06:54] pretty much ready to go. I'll pick for a checker. Hey, Mark! How's it going? I mean, it's getting there, But how do we really make this the best birthday party ever? How about winter? It's like summer and winter.

[07:07] All you need is a cell phone maker and a bunch of jet-powered fans. But be sure to keep your windows closed. You really don't want to bring winter inside your house. Isn't that genius? You pointed-headed genius? I think you're on to something.

[07:19] All right. Oh, while I have you, serve it out of wondering if your elephant preferred mint or bubblegum flavoring. Neither. Don't you boys think you're saying this a little too early? No! No, we don't!

[07:31] All right, we'll see ya! See you later. Snowing indoors? I'm going to see. Turns out a lot harder than the cartoon solution of snow-co-makers and fans. So I invited out an old friend to help.

[07:43] Oh. My. Gosh. This is crazy. This is Fletcher. And if you look familiar to you, that's because five years ago, I surprised him with a special birthday party of his own, where he triggered the first ever Devil Toothpink explosion,

[07:57] and then broke the world record for the highest level for two-phase experiments. At the time, Fletcher was human with a very rare form of brain cancer. And since so many of you have asked for an update over the years, here it is. I'm five years free of any sign of disease,

[08:12] and I'm a senior in high school that's gone to college. And you are almost as tall as me. I'm going to say I'm still taller. By bringing them the engineering challenge of creating a non-cartoon indoor snowstorm, Fletcher was on.

[08:24] All right, let's do it. Yeah, the problem is I don't know how. I don't have... With that uninspiring kickoff, we decided to try some items we had lying around crash labs.

[08:44] I'm sorry, I'm not expecting. Our first thought was grading styrofoam, but it turns out that's not only dangerous... Ow! She's graded my finger. But the static electricity buildup means it would rather stick to you than the ground.

[08:57] Next up was using that water absorbing polymer-declined diapers. But it turns out it's not very good for making snowballs, it's way too slippery, and on top of that, the amount of diapers required would be half a measure. But, which all left us with only one option.

[09:13] Hold this. Here we go! Drumping 80,000 pounds of actual ice into a wood shop. I think it gonna work Stop Once I came in to check things out Alright Fletch what do you think It didn take long for Fletcher to let the power go to attack

[09:32] Mark, you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. But this is gonna work great. Now that we have a solution in hand, I needed Fletcher's help on one last finishing touch. Oh, it's an inkling. It's okay.

[09:44] After which, you probably told me you had to go. See you later, please. What? Man, this is going to take a while. A lot longer now with one person! We're making snow! Let's go!

[09:56] And four hours and 40 tons of ice later, all that was left was to nail the surprise. Eight months of planning where it comes down to this. There he is. Hold off. My heart's about to be out of my head.

[10:09] We had Ethan's parents tell him he was auditioning for a toy commercial so he wouldn't suspect anything when he laid eyes on a balloon-laden indoor roller coaster resting on two feet of freshly packed snow. That's cold. But I had to ask that because Ethan is catching on quick.

[10:23] Why is there a crunch round? Hey, Ethan. What's going on, pal? No. No. No. I thought you might need a code. Wait, I'm so confused. What is your favorite cartoon?

[10:36] Can you see Sir Pauly? Have you seen the episode where they make the rocket power swing? Yeah. Have you seen the episode where they send the roller coaster to space? Yeah. Have you seen the episode, Ethan, called Winter, where they turn inside into winter?

[10:48] Yeah. This is Phineas and Ferb in real life. We're throwing you a birthday party today. You know what a banger party means, Ethan? A birthday cake? It turns me the cake.

[11:01] Let's work on a cake. You know what it also means, though? I feel like we should have more people here. You have friends you'd want to invite? Yeah. And that was the cue to send in... All of Ethan's best friend.

[11:13] And also his loudest friend. Including his little sister. which meant that he had an important decision. Ethan, is it okay that they all hang out with us? Ethan, he's going to stay there. Bye, bye.

[11:25] I am just being nervous. Okay, now that's not doing it. Better it. What do you guys say we start with the wrapping? Yeah! But before we kick off the party, I realize you're probably looking for a good way to spend your 104 days of summer vacation.

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[12:46] Back at the party, it was time to see if I'd actually accomplished turning three finished and first cartoon marbles into real life. Party first with the rockets. You guys want to see it go?

[12:58] You might notice we flopped the rockets out for a pair of 24-volt electric turbines. This provided two advantages. First, we learned for testing that big rockets make a lot of smoke.

[13:13] which is not ideal for your lungs or your smoke alarm. And second, if you pulse the snorlines at the exact natural frequency of the swing, which is exactly what you naturally do when you pump your legs on a swing, by the way,

[13:27] well, then you can add more and more energy to the swing until it has enough to clear the bar. And even though there are a lot of cases, a foot probably occurred to me.

[13:44] That seems really dangerous! My post-act fell on deaf ears. That's it, it's for losers! I think I see what they think. Tough guy all of a sudden, I decided to use Ethan to get a baseline.

[13:56] Here we go, Ethan, here we go! I mean how high you could swing if you just had to rely on your boring old muscles Let it go Wow and the answer is much horizontal Hey Ben you kind of going high High smile Now it my turn to see what would happen

[14:12] if you added 14,000 RPMs of propulsion. Okay, are you guys ready? Of course, the number one rule when demoing a potentially disastrous engineering bill that it gives her day is that you definitely want to do it

[14:25] before you... I've never done this before! What do you mean you've never done this before? This is my first time! Has it been tested? No! Uh-oh. Oh, damn!

[14:40] Oh, damn! And the only feeling that he's been torn off a boat like this is how you feel when you finally get off a boat like I got a boat.

[14:53] That looks so nauseating. Ethan, you're there! Before we got to the big roller coaster finale, I decided we should take a little winter break, starting with some snow cones, and we're ready for a snowball fight!

[15:05] And some snowballs. However, unfortunately for them, certain habits... Yes! ...are hard to catch.

[15:20] Hey, Sonic! Who's this? And then suddenly, and very unsurprisingly, I might add, I wasn't over my head. Wait, why is everyone eating a baby?

[15:33] Okay, true? True! Who wants to go sledding? Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!

[15:45] Woo! That was me! I like that! Ethan was really encouraging with his friends. No! That is when he wasn't a camera. Woo! Go, man! After we had ourselves with snowballs and sledding,

[15:57] It was time to test out the final and most audacious Phineas and Furbin real life engineering girl. Now up to date, Ethan reminded me what their coaster was actually like in the show. So it was like snakes and like a car wash and a bunch of stuff.

[16:11] So if this is really Phineas and Furbin. This is your triangle. Oh yeah, this is Phineas and Furbin. This is your triangle. Fair, fair. But I wasn't going to make you to drive solo, so I had no choice but to buckle up. I'm nervous! Ethan, are you nervous?

[16:24] Boo! What? Boo! Oh my gosh. Why? And while the snakes were fake, the mud would rip.

[16:48] The final step, of course, was to rip off inside of 20 mile an hour. We're pouring to the house in front of a massive blow dryer so we can dry off.

[17:05] Nice and clean? Yes. You won't have to shower tonight at least. I doubt that, but um... So now that all three of our mentions were tested and Ethan approved, it was time to give Ethan a well-deserved 15-second party montage.

[17:24] Ethan, now I have a confession.

[17:36] I didn't pull this off on my own. I had a little help. What do you mean? Hey, Phineas, look what we did. Whoa, you know, for not relying on cartoon physics, that looks so fun.

[17:48] I'm happy it all worked out for you. Now for the elephant toothpaste experiment. Whoa, make sure firm isn't too close. Whoopsie. Wow, it looks like you got a lot of cleanup on your hand.

[18:00] You want us to help? Actually, our cleanup easily takes care of itself. See? No muck, no fuss. Bye, Mudd.

[18:12] Sorry, Ethan, but that trick will not work in real life. Am I cleaning up? Grab a shovel and let's clean this up. Oh, my lap. Now that Ethan's been given the best birthday ever,

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