The Story Beyond the Portal is a fanfic that takes place exactly ten minutes after Across the 2nd Dimension end. It depicts the lives of The Resistance between August 5th and 12th.
List of Chapters[]
Chapter 1: Ten Minutes Later
Chapter 2: The New Isabella
Chapter 3: Love Triangle, Anyone?
Chapter 4: The Android Porcupine
Chapter 5: Isabella's Cousin
Chapter 6: Alternate Vanessa
Chapter 7: One Final Mission
Chapter 8: The First Stronghold
Chapter 9: Party Prep and Sad Confessions
Chapter 10: True Victory?
Chapter 11: From Phineas to Phineas
Chapter 12: Reactions and a Mutiny
Chapter 13: If the World Should End
Chapter 14: Meanwhile
Chapter 15: Worse Than Doofenshmirtz
Chapter 16: Fifteen Grenades
Chapter 17: Flynn vs. Flynn
Chapter 18: He's Talking to Himself
Chapter 19: Not So Bad A Dude After All
Chapter 20: What Flower Shop?
Chapter 21: The Day Ferb Discovered True Love
Chapter 22: Pushed Too Far
Chapter 23: Goodbye Conformist, Hello Phineas
Chapter 24: The Definition of Trust
Chapter 25: Just Friends
Chapter 26: The Morning Afterwards
Chapter 27: Gears of War 3
Chapter 28: Extreme Paintball
Chapter 29: How to Be a Girl
Chapter 30: Finding the Stepbrothers
Chapter 31: Well, it's about time!
Chapter 32: One Heck of a Busy Morning
Chapter 33: Isabella's True Self
Chapter 34: One Lame Party
Chapter 35: Long Silky Black Locks of Hair
Chapter 36: Teamwork Wins the War
Chapter 37: One Last Dance
Chapter 38: The Aftermath of Tour de Ferb
Tropes Used in the Fanfic[]
Alt. Phineas[]
- Cool Shades: They're supposed to an attempt to prevent others from seeing his emotions through his eyes, but Vanessa Wilson encourages him to take them off once in a while.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: He tries to invent something that would impress Alt. Isabella...until he meets Vanessa Wilson.
- Death By Origin Story: The accidental death of his parents leads to him betraying The Resistance.
- Evil Costume Switch: After his parents die, he changes his appearance so he looks exactly like his counterpart.
- Heel Face Revolving Door: He reforms a few days after becoming a threat worse than Alt. Doofenshmirtz.
- Knife Nut: His signature weapon is a small knife.
- Love Redeems: He becomes a new person when he realizes he loves Vanessa Wilson more than he loved his parents.
- Rage Against The Reflection: He looks away from his own reflection when he realizes he doesn't look like himself anymore.
- Redemption In The Rain: It still counts even though he was in his room.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He leaves The Resistance when Alt. Candace doesn't care about the deaths of Alt. Linda and Alt. Lawrence.
- Talking to Himself: He asks his counterpart for some advice when everyone in The Resistance, except Vanessa Wilson, becomes his enemies.
- Turn In Your Badge: He throws his badge at Alt. Candace when he declares his independence from The Resistance.
- What Beautiful Eyes: Vanessa Wilson falls in love with him when she sees his eyes.
Alt. Ferb[]
- Dreadful Musician: It's implied that he can't sing despite his skills at playing classical guitar.
- Glass Shattering Sound: His singing voice is so bad, all of the glass in his house had to be replace with plastic substitutes.
- Love Epiphany: He realizes he loves Alt. Isabella after he first sees her during the events of Across the 2nd Dimension.
- The Charmer: He becomes one in order to impress Alt. Isabella.
Alt. Isabella[]
- Beautiful All Along: Alt. Ferb shows her this when he ties her hair in a ponytail.
- Real Women Never Wear Dresses: She cringes at the thought of being a girly-girl.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: A part of her new look that Alt. Ferb suggests.
- Woman In Black: Her main taste in wardrobe includes black and dark grey clothing.
Vanessa Wilson[]
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She and Alt. Phineas become a couple when he becomes evil, but the relationship ends when he indirectly gets her fired from The Firestorm Girls.
- Better as Friends: She tells Alt. Phineas that, but he still loves her.
- Catch Phrase: "How's it goin'?"
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: She always remains sweet and kind no matter what happens to her.
- It's A Costume Party, I Swear: She didn't know the appropriate attire for the victory party was Resistance uniforms, NOT formal wear.
- Pink Means Feminine: She likes wearing pink outfits.
Other[]
- Blatant Lies: Alt. Phineas and Vanessa Wilson attempt to use the flower shop excuse for when they see each other, but others in The Resistance get suspicious.
- Continuity Nod: The epilogue reveals the day of the victory party was the exact same day the events of the Phineas and Ferb episode Tour de Ferb occurs.
- Paintball Episode: Alt. Candace's favorite game is extreme paintball.
- Shout Out: In Chapter 23, it's implied that Alt. Ferb and Alt. Isabella are watching the Modern Family episode Someone to Watch Over Lily.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Alt. Isabella is a tomboy and Vanessa Wilson is a girly-girl.