For the Tiki Tacky Too section, a lot of same cliches of curses and the discovery of tiki idols that bring coincidental misfortune are used time and time again in these movies. It's become a very common concept in tiki movies, such as "She Gods of Shark Reef" and the Brady Bunch in Hawaii special. The way it starts off is that same too, which is usually by removing the tiki from its sacred ground. It is then that the tiki god/idol places a "curse" on whoever removed it, and can only be lifted when said idol is returned to its original spot.
However, after watching Phineas and Ferb's Hawaiian Vacation, I have to give it some props for making the turn out of the cliche cursed tiki idol element different from how the problem was solved in past movie plots. Though the show starts off the same way with the same cursed tiki premise, the show shows a lot more "self awareness" in the characters of the commercialized state of tikis (ex. tiki merchandise). They drove this point home when the character Candace finds out that the tiki necklace that she found was not indeed cursed (though the situations she was put in implied otherwise), but was actually a fake tiki used to tell customers when their tables were ready at a local tiki-volcano themed restaurant.
I don't usually watch this show a lot, but from the episodes I've watched it's a good show with humor (not to mention interesting song bits). But when I found out that they made an episode that took place in Hawaii, I was kind of iffy on the turn out, but when I watched it, it wasn't that bad. I liked the twist that they put in the end, especially. The ending really set itself apart from what other shows/movies have tried and done in the past, making it kind of "refreshing" (a little) from the usual stereotypical portrayals in Hawaii films about tiki. Overall, I thought this episode was good and found it rather enjoyable.
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