The Ticking Clock

“	Well, the clock stopped ticking yesterday at 5 and if she isn't fixed by tonight, no more Bessie.	”
— Melissa Chase

"The Ticking Clock" is the twelfth episode of the second season of Milo Murphy's Law.

Melissa gets help from Milo, Zack, Clyde Rickenbacker and C.I.D.D. to try fixing Ol' Bessie, the clock at City Hall made by Melissa's great-grandmother, before Victor Verliezer is legally allowed to take it down. Meanwhile, Perry is assigned to watch over Doofenshmirtz, who tries to get more into the role of the good guy by picking up sidewalk gum.

Plot

As Zack and Milo walk past parking meters expiring when they pass them, Melissa arrives and says that Ol' Bessie, the clock Abigail Chase, her great-grandmother, built was just bought and will be torn down noting it stopped working and must be fixed that day to avert its' destruction. She enlists the help of Clyde Rickenbacker and C.I.D.D. to help them, with Milo and Zack offering their aid as well. They learn that the clock was bought by Victor Verliezer and he plans to knockdown the old clock to replace it with a high tech extremely accurate clock that the city will have to pay him to upgrade yearly (or else it will turn into a dangerous robot that will destroy the city).

Meanwhile, Doofenshmirtz sets out on his newest inator to rid the city of sidewalk gum and Agent P is assigned to make sure his good act does not harm anyone unintentionally.

Back at Ol' Bessie, the five are trying to fix the clock before 5:00, but Veriliezer is sabotaging their efforts. Just then, Melissa has an idea. She tells the others to glue gum to the gears and has C.I.D.D. take her to Doof. She returns with the former evil scientist and uses his inator to turn the gears, fixing the clock. Veriliezer says he will have his revenge, but Murphy’s Law causes him to be carried away by a giant ball of gum to the substitute teachers conference.

Transcript

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Songs

Ticking Away

Gallery

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Videos

Milo Murphy's Law - The Ticking Clock EXCLUSIVE CLIP

Trivia

Milo and Melissa inform Zack that various places in the town are named. Not only is the clock Ol Bessie, but the bus stop is Steven and a piece of land is Reganald.

Allusions

Groucho Marx: During the flashback the man uses one of the punchlines to his jokes.
Phineas and Ferb: When Victor is flung across Danville, he lands right by "The 28th Annual Substitute Teacher Day". This also happened in a Phineas and Ferb special titled "Summer Belongs to You" when Phineas and company flew over "The 27th Annual Substitute Teacher Day".

Continuity

Doofenshmirtz calls Melissa "Milo's friend girl" just as Tobias Trollhammer did in "Lady Krillers".

Cast and Characters

Al Yankovic as Milo Murphy
Sabrina Carpenter as Melissa Chase
Mekai Curtis as Zack Underwood
Barry Bostwick as Clyde Rickenbacker
Maulik Pancholy as C.I.D.D.
Joel McHale as Victor Verliezer
Dan Povenmire as Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Francis Monogram
Tyler Alexander Mann as Carl Karl
Abigail Chase ^{(Appears on photograph and in flashback)}
Ms. Baxter ^(Cameo)

International Airings

Germany: September 18, 2018
UK: September 18, 2018
India: November 12, 2018
Japan: January 27, 2019
Southeast Asia: March 28, 2019
Ukraine: September 3, 2019

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v - e - d Episodes
Season 1	Going the Extra Milo • The Undergrounders • Rooting for the Enemy • Sunny Side Up • The Doctor Zone Files • The Note • Party of Peril • Smooth Opera-tor • Worked Day • The Wilder West • Family Vacation • Murphy's Lard • Secrets and Pies • Athledecamathalon • The Substitute • Time Out • We're Going to the Zoo • School Dance • Battle of the Bands • The Math Book • The Little Engine That Couldn't • The Llama Incident • Missing Milo • Star Struck • Disaster of My Dreams • A Clockwork Origin • Perchance to Sleepwalk • Some Like it Yacht • Backward to School Night • World Without Milo • The Race • Love Toboggan • The Island of Lost Dakotas • Fungus Among Us • Milo Murphy's Halloween Scream-A-Torium! • A Christmas Peril
Season 2	The Phineas and Ferb Effect • Snow Way Out • Teacher Feature • Picture Day • Agee Ientee Diogee • Game Night • Pace Makes Waste • Cake 'Splosion! • Lady Krillers • Doof's Day Out • Disco Do-Over • The Ticking Clock • Managing Murphy's Law • Milo's Shadow • Sick Day • Field of Screams • Spy Little Sister! • Dog Walker, Runner, Screamer • Now I Am a Murphy • Freefall • Milo's World • Abducting Murphy's Law • The Goulash Legacy • The Dog Who Knew Too Much • Adventure Buddies • Ride Along Little Doggie • Look At This Ship • Cast Party • Safety First • Cavendish Unleashed • First Impressions • The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event‎ • The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club • Parks and Wreck • Escape • Milo in Space • Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space

v - e - d Primary Story Arc Episodes
B.O.T.T. Introduction Arc	The Doctor Zone Files • Smooth Opera-tor • Worked Day • Family Vacation • Murphy's Lard • Secrets and Pies • The Substitute • Time Out
Counteragent Arc	Time Out • We're Going to the Zoo • School Dance • The Little Engine That Couldn't • Star Struck • Missing Milo
Pistachions Arc	The Substitute • The Llama Incident • Missing Milo • Perchance to Sleepwalk • The Race • Fungus Among Us • The Phineas and Ferb Effect
Doofenshmirtz Arc	The Phineas and Ferb Effect • Agee Ientee Diogee • Cake 'Splosion! • Doof's Day Out • Disco Do-Over • The Ticking Clock • Spy Little Sister! • Milo's Shadow • Sick Day • Abducting Murphy's Law • The Goulash Legacy
P.I.G. Arc	Snow Way Out • Picture Day • Game Night • Lady Krillers • Disco Do-Over • Managing Murphy's Law • Field of Screams • Milo's Shadow • Freefall • Dog Walker, Runner, Screamer • Abducting Murphy's Law • Parks and Wreck
Octalians Arc	Managing Murphy's Law • Milo's Shadow • Sick Day • Abducting Murphy's Law • Look At This Ship • Cavendish Unleashed • Milo in Space • Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space
Forsaken Perry Arc	Sick Day • Abducting Murphy's Law • The Dog Who Knew Too Much • Adventure Buddies • Look At This Ship • Milo in Space
Rogue Cavendish Arc	Abducting Murphy's Law • Look At This Ship • Cavendish Unleashed • First Impressions • Escape • Milo in Space
Episodes in Italics indicate an episode that doesn't center around the subject of an arc but is still related to it.