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** The point was that guys do not talk about feelings ''with eachother.'' It is perfectly possible to engage in romantic activity without discussing ones feelings with their friends.

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** The point was that guys do not talk about feelings ''with eachother.each other.'' It is perfectly possible to engage in romantic activity without discussing ones feelings with their friends.friends.

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* Linda looked right at her sons holding a rock concert in her backyard, including platform stages, huge backdrops, with a crowd, and she didn't even blink. Instead she stepped out of the backdoor and asked if anyone wanted pie, with the concert still going! There's also no indication she reacted when all of it quietly lowered down into her lawn after she stepped outside and made the offer.
** Poor Candace never had a chance. Ever.
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\n* Phineas was originally intended to be a meaner AnnoyingYoungerSibling to Candace. Naturally, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn this didn't stick.]]] But the show ''does'' get an AnnoyingYoungerSibling worked into episodes in the form of Roger.

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* Fridge Heartwarming, when you consider that Phineas and Ferb made Ferb TV, which means they likely added Ducky Momo in for her.
* When you remember that Phineas and Ferb made these shows, it explains why Agent P or Doofenshmirtz are completely absent. However, Professor Nibbles in "Katt Karr" [[CaptainErsatz looks a lot like Heinz]], if they really did get Roger to star in this show, it's likely he had some input and [[BigBrotherBully had a knock-off of his brother thrown in.]]
** Norm being a part of this doesn't contradict this. Phineas and Ferb met Norm before on two occasions, but neither time did they ever learn where he came from. Hence why he's made to be an alien robot invader in "That's the Norm".



*** This also explains why someone as ditzy as Doofenshmirtz manages to make these outlandish inators, he's thinking about the time he'll be spending with Perry one of the only character he enjoys hanging out with, and his daughter is occasionally there helping so his mind is more clear and less affected by the tragic backstories. In "Act your age" it is revealed he stopped being evil after he became Vanessa's teacher which allowed him to spend a lot of time with her and Perry was still his friend. Additionally Doof 2 doesn't care about Perry and that's why he managed to actually win.

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*** ** This also explains why someone as ditzy as Doofenshmirtz manages to make these outlandish inators, he's thinking about the time he'll be spending with Perry one of the only character he enjoys hanging out with, and his daughter is occasionally there helping so his mind is more clear and less affected by the tragic backstories. In "Act your age" it is revealed he stopped being evil after he became Vanessa's teacher which allowed him to spend a lot of time with her and Perry was still his friend. Additionally Doof 2 doesn't care about Perry and that's why he managed to actually win.




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* Considering how often Doofenshmirtz sees the Flynn-Fletchers,[[note]]He saw Phineas and Ferb onstage at a film festival, and on his camera-bug; Candace is friends with his daughter and sold him cupcakes once;he competed with Lawrence at a pageant; hell, he met the Fireside Girls, Jeremy, and Bufford before.[[/note]] Perry better thank his lucky stars Doofenshmirtz never said "Hey, you should meet my nemesis, Perry the Platypus." or "Hey, aren't you that girl Perry the Platypus swapped bodies with?" Or his cover would be blown.
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* Candace probably got that platypus costume from her old job at the toy store back in "Toy To the World". Once the boy's inaction figure went out of style, they had no use for the costume and probably just dumped it on her. Why she kept it is anyone's guess.
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* Linda being part of a band making their first album may have something to do with her being Lindana. Keep in mind that she had one hit song, only to ruin it all with a big freakout. It's possible she was hoping to make a new, albiet smaller musical career.
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* Why does the Sith-inator turn Ferb into a Darth Maul {{Expy}} rather than the typical DarthVaderClone? If you harness the power of the Dark Side to become [[BuffySpeak the Sith-est Sith]] out there, Maul is a better choice. Palpatine is physically frail, fragile, and tends to lose the loyalty of his subjects (Maul himself, Vader, and Kylo) while Darth Vader still has love for his son, which by Dark Side standards, is a weakness. By contrast, Maul practically exudes hatred and anger, and he betrays Palpatine's side long before Anakin did. This is why Phineas can't properly get through to Ferb, because he was turned into a copy of someone more angry and hateful than even Vader. Ferb is also established to be a force sensitive, as he senses Perry twice and he and Ben seem to sense each other. Doof meanwhile doesn't seem to have the force in him, if his midichlorian joke is to be believed.

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* Why does the Sith-inator turn Ferb into a Darth Maul {{Expy}} rather than the typical DarthVaderClone? Darth Vader Expy? If you harness the power of the Dark Side to become [[BuffySpeak the Sith-est Sith]] out there, Maul is a better choice. Palpatine is physically frail, fragile, and tends to lose the loyalty of his subjects (Maul himself, Vader, and Kylo) while Darth Vader still has love for his son, which by Dark Side standards, is a weakness. By contrast, Maul practically exudes hatred and anger, and he betrays Palpatine's side long before Anakin did. This is why Phineas can't properly get through to Ferb, because he was turned into a copy of someone more angry and hateful than even Vader. Ferb is also established to be a force sensitive, as he senses Perry twice and he and Ben seem to sense each other. Doof meanwhile doesn't seem to have the force in him, if his midichlorian joke is to be believed.
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* Why was Buford refusing to let Candace and Jeremey into the restaurant even though (as Candace points out), she is the sister of the owners? Buford has a crush on Candace and was likely trying to ruin the date out of jealously.

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* Why was Buford refusing to let Candace and Jeremey into the restaurant even though (as Candace points out), she is the sister of the owners? Buford has a crush on Candace and was likely trying to ruin the date out of jealously.jealousy.
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* Why was Buford refusing to let Candace and Jeremey into the restaurant even though(as Candace points out), she is the sister of the owners? Buford has a crush on Candace and was likely trying to ruin the date out of jealously.

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* Why was Buford refusing to let Candace and Jeremey into the restaurant even though(as though (as Candace points out), she is the sister of the owners? Buford has a crush on Candace and was likely trying to ruin the date out of jealously.
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\n* The fact that Candace keeps seeing a talking zebra from another dimension makes sense when we learn that their world is shared with Marvel. In the Marvel Universe, dreams are said to be a look into alternate lives in other universes. Candace is seeing him through the eyes of her counterpart from his dimension, Kevin.

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* "Phineas and Ferb's Quantam Boogaloo" seems to depict Doof and Perry as goofy chess rivals in their old age, though they seem on much better terms here. It may be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as Perry and Doof became [[FriendlyEnemy friendlier]] as the series went on. But consider that, even if "Quantam Boogaloo" was undone by Isabella, Doof still screwed with the time-space continuum in "She's the Mayor", to the point where it undid Candace becoming Mayor for the day. It's possible, it may have impacted their future a bit too.
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* The male actor in Doofenshmirtz's dramatization looks suspiciously like Doof himself, the same nose and hair. Maybe he got a relative to help him out.
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** For that matter, not that [[NightmareFuel/PhineasAndFerb what happened]] was a better option, what would've happened to Phineas if Ferb wasn't next to him? Isabella was the closest person, so she might've wound up closer to Phineas than she would've wanted.
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** What would've happened to Jeremy if Candace wasn't on that couch with him? Would he have woken up to find himself fused with the couch?
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\n* Why is Lawrence so unphased by Phineas and Ferb's inventions? His father was a daredevil who did crazy stunts as well. He probably figured Phineas and Ferb weren't much different.

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* Why does the Sith-inator turn Ferb into a Darth Maul {{Expy}} rather than the typical DarthVaderClone? If you harness the power of the Dark Side to become [[BuffySpeak the Sith-est Sith]] out there, Maul is a better choice. Palpatine is physically frail, fragile, and tends to lose the loyalty of his subjects (Maul himself, Vader, and Kylo) while Darth Vader still has love for his son, which by Dark Side standards, is a weakness. By contrast, Maul practically exudes hatred and anger, and he betrays Palpatine's side long before Anakin did. It's only because Ferb isn't like that that stops him from winding up as messed up as Maul was. Ferb is also established to be a force sensitive, as he senses Perry twice and he and Ben seem to sense each other. Doof meanwhile doesn't seem to have the force in him, if his midichlorian joke is to be believed.

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* Why does the Sith-inator turn Ferb into a Darth Maul {{Expy}} rather than the typical DarthVaderClone? If you harness the power of the Dark Side to become [[BuffySpeak the Sith-est Sith]] out there, Maul is a better choice. Palpatine is physically frail, fragile, and tends to lose the loyalty of his subjects (Maul himself, Vader, and Kylo) while Darth Vader still has love for his son, which by Dark Side standards, is a weakness. By contrast, Maul practically exudes hatred and anger, and he betrays Palpatine's side long before Anakin did. It's only This is why Phineas can't properly get through to Ferb, because Ferb isn't like that that stops him from winding up as messed up as Maul was.he was turned into a copy of someone more angry and hateful than even Vader. Ferb is also established to be a force sensitive, as he senses Perry twice and he and Ben seem to sense each other. Doof meanwhile doesn't seem to have the force in him, if his midichlorian joke is to be believed.
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* Why does the Sith-inator turn Ferb into a Darth Maul {{Expy}} rather than the typical DarthVaderClone? If you harness the power of the Dark Side to become [[BuffySpeak the Sith-est Sith]] out there, Maul is a better choice. Palpatine is physically frail, fragile, and tends to lose the loyalty of his subjects (Maul himself, Vader, and Kylo) while Darth Vader still has love for his son, which by Dark Side standards, is a weakness. By contrast, Maul practically exudes hatred and anger, and he betrays Palpatine's side long before Anakin did. It's only because Ferb isn't like that that stops him from winding up as messed up as Maul was.

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* Why does the Sith-inator turn Ferb into a Darth Maul {{Expy}} rather than the typical DarthVaderClone? If you harness the power of the Dark Side to become [[BuffySpeak the Sith-est Sith]] out there, Maul is a better choice. Palpatine is physically frail, fragile, and tends to lose the loyalty of his subjects (Maul himself, Vader, and Kylo) while Darth Vader still has love for his son, which by Dark Side standards, is a weakness. By contrast, Maul practically exudes hatred and anger, and he betrays Palpatine's side long before Anakin did. It's only because Ferb isn't like that that stops him from winding up as messed up as Maul was.
was. Ferb is also established to be a force sensitive, as he senses Perry twice and he and Ben seem to sense each other. Doof meanwhile doesn't seem to have the force in him, if his midichlorian joke is to be believed.
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* Why does the Sith-inator turn Ferb into a Darth Maul {{Expy}} rather than the typical DarthVaderClone? If you harness the power of the Dark Side to become [[BuffySpeak the Sith-est Sith]] out there, Maul is a better choice. Palpatine is physically frail, fragile, and tends to lose the loyalty of his subjects (Maul himself, Vader, and Kylo) while Darth Vader still has love for his son, which by Dark Side standards, is a weakness. By contrast, Maul practically exudes hatred and anger, and he betrays Palpatine's side long before Anakin did. It's only because Ferb isn't like that that stops him from winding up as messed up as Maul was.
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* The amount of Inators that seem to directly hit the Flynn-Fletcher's backyard implies that Doofenshmirtz's balcony is aimed directly at it. It really makes you appreciate how many of Doof's Inators just do things like make someone want peach cobbler. The issue is that some of the more dangerous Inators ''have'' hit that backyard, but it's only through luck that nobody was killed. [[ParanoiaFuel There's a new inator aimed at a backyard full of kids everyday.]]
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* The reason he blasts the two security guards still makes sense considering his job. Those two guards could've just left him in Candace's hands and let it be, but decided to be idiotic assholes and look at a teenage girl that was just having fun and, for all they knew, just dropped her dollo on accident. And they give her the riot act going on [[InsaneTrollLogic about how she could've killed them.]] So they were pretty much abusing their jobs and ragging on someone for what appeared to be an honest mistake. Being a security agent, Meap blasted them because he didn't appreciate them abusing their positions.
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* Mixed with Fridge Heartwarming, Phineas and Ferb's projects are often shown to the public, so anyone can get involved. If you look at their track-record, just about ''everyone'' of the main characters have gotten in on the fun at some point. Candace has joined in on occasion, such as Skidley Whiffers; Jeremy and Stacy have joined on even more occasions; Lawrence has no issue with their inventions, and even ''Linda'' has joined in, seeing as they did inexplicable things for her birthday, she saw their Love Handel concert, and she enlisted them to work on a block party; Doofenshmirtz enjoyed their Love Handel concert and became the unwitting final boss to their video game once; Perry has been the centerpiece of their projects, such as Chez Platypus; Vanessa enlisted the boys to set up a Halloween party, which Monty also went to; Monogram got in on Cheesetopia; Carl joined in on their anti-gravity experiment; to name a few examples. In other words, they gave just about ''everyone'' in Danville their best day (or night if you want to get specific) ever.


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* Mixed with Fridge Heartwarming, Phineas and Ferb's projects are often shown to the public, so anyone can get involved. If you look at their track-record, just about ''everyone'' of the main characters have gotten in on the fun at some point. Candace has joined in on occasion, such as Skidley Whiffers; Jeremy and Stacy have joined on even more occasions; Lawrence has no issue with their inventions, and even ''Linda'' has joined in, seeing as they did inexplicable things for her birthday, she saw their Love Handel concert, and she enlisted them to work on a block party; Doofenshmirtz enjoyed their Love Handel concert and became the unwitting final boss to their video game once; Perry has been the centerpiece of their projects, such as Chez Platypus; Vanessa enlisted the boys to set up a Halloween party, which Monty also went to; Norm got into Ferb Latin, became the minotaur in their chariot race, and also went to the block party; Monogram got in on Cheesetopia; Carl joined in on their anti-gravity experiment; to name a few examples. In other words, they gave just about ''everyone'' in Danville their best day (or night if you want to get specific) ever.

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* It may seem odd that Phineas and Ferb would make a device to help Candace overcome her busting obsession, considering how blase they usually are about her habits, but there may have been a few reasons.
** Candace's drive to bust them has actually been self-destructive to her sometimes. She left her bed on two occasions when she ''really'' shouldn't have. (She once left while she was so sick she could barely even walk, and she crawled through the house with a broken ankle)
** They probably noticed that Candace constantly bothers their mom over their inventions, even trying to drag her away from something important just to bust them.
** Candace's many failed attempts to bust them have continuously humiliated her, made her look crazy to people, and it's generally just caused her a lot of unwarranted stress. Considering how often Phineas and Ferb just want people to have fun...
** Phineas and Ferb have continuously wanted Candace to join in on their projects, leaving spare vehicles and such for her to join in on them. But she doesn't because she's too busy trying to bust them, something that never works. Plus, Candace has been trying the same thing all Summer with little to no proper results. Phineas and Ferb are AllergicToRoutine.
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\n* Mixed with Fridge Heartwarming, Phineas and Ferb's projects are often shown to the public, so anyone can get involved. If you look at their track-record, just about ''everyone'' of the main characters have gotten in on the fun at some point. Candace has joined in on occasion, such as Skidley Whiffers; Jeremy and Stacy have joined on even more occasions; Lawrence has no issue with their inventions, and even ''Linda'' has joined in, seeing as they did inexplicable things for her birthday, she saw their Love Handel concert, and she enlisted them to work on a block party; Doofenshmirtz enjoyed their Love Handel concert and became the unwitting final boss to their video game once; Perry has been the centerpiece of their projects, such as Chez Platypus; Vanessa enlisted the boys to set up a Halloween party, which Monty also went to; Monogram got in on Cheesetopia; Carl joined in on their anti-gravity experiment; to name a few examples. In other words, they gave just about ''everyone'' in Danville their best day (or night if you want to get specific) ever.

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* Some of Phineas and Ferb's inventions like their lemonade machine or their fortress are built into the backyard, and they once had a whole gorge built into it. They ran into one of Perry's entrances once by accident and Lawrence did the same. One has to wonder what would've happened if, while working on a project, they ran into one of Perry's many entrances, and saw Perry or Pinky. Of course, Amnesia-inator, but still.
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** Additionally, both Linda and Candace, while oblivious, [[BothSidesHaveAPoint have perfectly valid issues with each other.]] While Phineas and Ferb are indeed responsible with their inventions, Candace does have a right to alert their mother since they're making seemingly dangerous inventions right under her nose, and Doof's schemes have unintentionally put them in harm's way at numerous points. On the other hand, while she fails to notice her own son's antics on a constant daily basis, Linda is right to have issues with Candace's obsession with the boys, as many episodes and specials show she's much happier and better off when she lets go of trying to bust them and just has fun or focuses on something she enjoys. Phineas fits into this too, as he and Ferb often set up something for Candace in their inventions so she could join them too, something she's been shown to enjoy sometimes.
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** It's likely just a NoodleIncident, it's possible Heinz found his way back home after his parents tried getting rid of him, especially considering the reason he's in America is because his parents tricked him into leaving. They very likely ''are'' his blood parents, considering they, and many of his family members resemble him, some like Jose being dead ringers for Heinz.
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\n** Bold to assume [[FailedASpotCheck the lady]] who has spent a whole summer not notice the amount of crazy inventions from both her sons and her ex-boyfriend constantly going off, blowing up, flying away, etc. would notice an error like that in baby pictures without looking closer.

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\n* How do Phineas and Ferb afford all this stuff? Sometimes, when Doof or Perry don't make their inventions disappear, they sell them off. They planned on selling their X-ray glasses, they sold Chez Platypus, they made stuff for a waterpark, etc.

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*** Not exactly. We learned why he's a bully in a previous episode: he beat up the local bully to get his fish back, and therefore had to take his place [[RuleOfFunny (because all shows need a bully]] [[DontExplainTheJoke of some kind, y'know).]]

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*** ** Not exactly. We learned why he's a bully in a previous episode: he beat up the local bully to get his fish back, and therefore had to take his place [[RuleOfFunny (because all shows need a bully]] [[DontExplainTheJoke of some kind, y'know).]]


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** He has other lines in the show, like "My mom says if I bring another broken bone home, she's gonna break all my others!" or "I carried a lot of wriggling bags in my life, but this is the first time I knew what was in it." Make of that what you will.
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** Phineas and Ferb aren't against getting rid of their own inventions. They considered destroying the Molecular Seperator after one of the Candace[s it made scares them, and ''Fireside Girl Jamboree'' stars with them disposing of yesterday's invention since it never disappeared. Considering the contraption here is an actual DeathTrap, it's very unlikely they let that thing stand for more than a day.
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\n* Linda is oblivious to Phineas and Ferb's inventions even though Candace repeatedly tries to show her they're real. Phineas is oblivious to the fact that Candace is trying to bust them even though she's made it ''very obvious'', he doesn't notice Isabella's not-at-all-subtle crush on him, and he doesn't realize his pet platypus is a secret agent. Like [[ParentalObliviousness mother]] like [[CaptainOblivious son.]] Candace even gets in on this too, considering how often she fails to notice Jeremy just likes her the way she is and doesn't realize that Phineas and Ferb actually [[CrazyPrepared deal with the safety issues of their inventions.]]

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