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| 2 | [[Characters/PhineasAndFerbMainCharacters Main Characters]] | '''Youth''' | [[Characters/PhineasAndFerbAdults Adults]] | [[Characters/PhineasAndFerbOthers Other Characters]] | [[Characters/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension Across the 2nd Dimension Characters]]-]]]]] |
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| 5 | [[folder:Isabella Garcia-Shapiro]] |
| 6 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlysonStoner (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']]Kelly Mart (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 7 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoaster Rollercoaster]]" |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabella22_957416.jpg]] |
| 10 | [[caption-width-right:320:'''Cause that's all I really want;\ |
| 11 | Just time alone with my triangular savant'']] |
| 12 | ->''"Hi Phineas. What-cha doooin'?"'' |
| 13 | |
| 14 | A girl who lives across the way from Phineas and Ferb and is a good friend of theirs. Isabella is a multi-talented member of the [[ScoutOut Fireside Girls]] with [[MeritBadgesForEverything quite a number of accomplishment patches]] to her name. She has a not-so-secret crush on Phineas, and likes to pop in once an episode to ask Phineas "[[CatchPhrase What'cha doin'?]]" and offer to help. |
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| 16 | * TheAce: She has an exceptionally versatile set of skills and is extremely bright and athletic. She uses these abilities to earn Fireside Girl patches - a girl scout group which presents challenges varying from extremely difficult to outright ridiculous. "Act Your Age" reveals that she becomes a resident assistant by the time she starts her first year of college and has joined numerous diverse student organizations. |
| 17 | * ActionGirl: Not shown that often, but comes out in spades when it does. She has defeated Mitch, trashed countless Norm Bots during the FinalBattle in TheMovie, and saved all of Danville from being trapped in the form of pharmacist zombies. |
| 18 | %% * AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Despite every indication that her family is Sephardi, her mom and grandma still talk in Yiddish. (What indications? This statement implies that all Mexican Jews are Sephardi, when in real life, there is a significant Ashkenazi community in Mexico.) |
| 19 | * ArcSymbol: Like how Phineas is represented by triangles and Ferb by rectangles, Isabella is represented by semicircles, sharing this shape with Candace. This is seen in the background of the credits version of "Tip of the Day", and how Isabella's head is shaped like a semicircle that has the flat side on top. |
| 20 | * BadassAdorable: See {{Action Girl}} above. "Night of the Living Pharmacists" confirms that she knows judo, hapkido, ''and'' jiu-jitsu, though she can't use them against the titular pharmacists without becoming one of them. In "Meapless in Seattle", [[spoiler:her adorableness is ''weaponized'']]. |
| 21 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: An odd variation: when she and the Fireside Girls are on their own, she gets ruffled and scuffed, but the instant she's with Phineas she's as neat as ever without a hair out of place. |
| 22 | * BeneathTheMask: She's not as innocent as she looks. |
| 23 | * BerserkButton: |
| 24 | ** She tends to be annoyed whenever someone else (besides Phineas) says her "Whatcha doin'?" catchphrase. She can even ''[[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling sense]]'' that Candace is saying it in the ChristmasSpecial. |
| 25 | ** Also, Phineas being oblivious to her feelings. |
| 26 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Both one of the friendliest characters ''and'' one of the most likely to let you have it when she's angered. In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'', when she and the gang are taken to prison, she gives Doof an ImpliedDeathThreat by showing him a patch that he should "pray [he] never find out what it's for". |
| 27 | * TheBigDamnKiss: |
| 28 | ** With [[spoiler:Phineas]] in the movie. Then their memories are wiped. |
| 29 | ** And the end of "Act Your Age". [[spoiler:This is the first time where he initiates the kiss, rather than the other way around.]] |
| 30 | * BirthdayEpisode: "Happy Birthday, Isabella". |
| 31 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Played with, she's '''not''' a bitch in any way, but she often puts on a ridiculously ideal nice and sweet persona when around Phineas, when in reality she's a normal person with flaws and all. She [[CharacterDevelopment does this less and less as the series progresses]], growing more comfortable with being herself in front of Phineas in hopes that he'll like her for her. |
| 32 | * CannotSpitItOut: Her crush on Phineas has been a running gag from the start. EveryoneCanSeeIt, but she can't tell him how she feels. She eventually [[spoiler:musters up the courage to tell him in "Night of the Living Pharmacists... but being zombified removes that incident from both of their memories.]] Phineas only finds out for real when his other friends tell him much later on in "Act Your Age". |
| 33 | * CatchPhrase: "Hey, Phineas! Whatcha doin'?" |
| 34 | * CharacterDevelopment: Isabella would often put on a ridiculously nice attitude when around Phineas. Over time, she starts to be more of herself around him -- a NiceGirl with flaws. |
| 35 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Phineas. [[spoiler:It took him years, but he finally reciprocated her feelings.]] |
| 36 | * ChildProdigy: As Fireside Troop leader. |
| 37 | * ColorMotifs: Except in her Fireside uniform, Isabella is always seen in clothing that has purple in it. |
| 38 | * CoyGirlishFlirtPose: Likes to greet Phineas this way. |
| 39 | * CuteBruiser: Isabella may be adorable, but she is ''tough''. |
| 40 | * CutenessProximity: She can [[spoiler:inflict this on others when she makes the effort]]. |
| 41 | * DisappearedDad: Her father is never seen, except in a few literally blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos. |
| 42 | * DistantDuet: With Phineas in "Act Your Age". |
| 43 | * DudeMagnet: Phineas canonically finds her cute ([[spoiler:and eventually crushes on her later in life]]), Baljeet apparently jumped at the chance to portray a (theoretical) date with her, and Irving also flirted with her (though interestingly it's after he was hit by the Least-Likely-Inator). |
| 44 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: She gets [[HeartSymbol hearts in her eyes]] in the first episode when she sees Phineas. |
| 45 | * ExpressiveAccessory: In "Brain Drain" her hair bow went droopy when she was sick. |
| 46 | * FemaleRockersPlayBass: Whenever the gang forms a band, she is almost always seen playing the bass. |
| 47 | * FootPopping: [[spoiler:When kissing Phineas in the movie.]] |
| 48 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic. |
| 49 | * FunnyAfro: The episode "Robot Rodeo" ends with Isabella's hair frizzy ''because of the humidity'' that resembles the "afro puffs" style. She makes also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0imDALBHI musical number]] in funk-style about this. |
| 50 | * GirlNextDoor: Literally to Phineas, she is the across-the-street neighbor. |
| 51 | * GirlyBruiser: She wears a pink jumper, has a fondness for unicorns, and she's beaten Buford at sports. Considering Fireside Girls can earn a patch for wrestling an alligator, she's probably done that too. She's saved her love interest Phineas from trouble about as much as he's saved her. |
| 52 | * GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She's girly, romantic, loves unicorns and wears a pink dress. She's also expressed a fondness for gross things and her [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Fireside Girls' manual]] includes a lesson on car maintenance. |
| 53 | * TheHeart: The most prominent and sometimes the only female in the main group of kids, and is often the one to pep talk Phineas out of his {{Heroic BSOD}}s. |
| 54 | * HeartSymbol: When she sees Phineas [[EstablishingCharacterMoment in the first episode]]. |
| 55 | * HeroicSacrifice: When she [[spoiler:sacrifices her memories of Perry as a secret agent so that Perry can remain Phineas and Ferb's pet]] in TheMovie. |
| 56 | * HeyThatsMyLine: Whenever someone else says her catchphrase to Phineas, she [[BerserkButton won't be too happy about it.]] |
| 57 | * HiccupHijinks: In "One Good Scare Ought To Do It!". She does end up enjoying her hiccups because they get Phineas' attention. |
| 58 | * ImagineSpot: Shown in the episodes, "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" and "Bee Day" which she calls "Phineas Land". They tend to involve Phineas suddenly confessing his love to her. Apparently, this happens enough that she has a name for it and the Fireside Girls know about it. |
| 59 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: In "Brain Drain", Isabella uses her sash as a weapon in a fighting game featuring themselves to defeat Buford. She has also used a camera to vanish a boss in a video game, a unicorn-shaped kiddie ride to take out an ''entire group'' of Norm Bots, and [[spoiler:''her cuteness'' to defeat Mitch]]. |
| 60 | * InformedAttractiveness: "Meapless in Seattle" suggests that [[spoiler:she is the cutest thing in ''the universe'', at least among the characters that we've seen]]. |
| 61 | * InstantCostumeChange: Pulls this in "Night of The Living Pharmacists" when she yanks her belt upward to change into her Fireside uniform. |
| 62 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In "Summer Belongs To You", during Phineas' breakdown, she sacrificed her chance to have a moment alone with him so she can get him motivated again. |
| 63 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:As a HeroicSacrifice at the end of TheMovie.]] |
| 64 | * TheLeader: Of the Fireside Girls Troop 46231. |
| 65 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Plays in most instances where she enters the Flynn-Fletchers' backyard or says "Watcha doin'", or during other miscellaneous moments such as saving Phineas from Mitch in "Meapless in Seattle". |
| 66 | * LetsGetDangerous: Already competent as is. When Phineas is in danger, the kids gloves come off. |
| 67 | * LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Has a huge crush on her neighbor Phineas. |
| 68 | * MagicSkirt: An example in "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" where Isabella's skirt only flutters so lightly in the wind. |
| 69 | * NeverBareheaded: Rarely do we ever see her bareheaded, her hairbow being her usual head accessory. |
| 70 | * NiceGirl: Isabella is one of the friendliest people in the series. |
| 71 | * NoBrows: Subverted. The "learn to draw" book based on the show states she doesn't have brows and is sensitive about it. Despite this, she is seen with them often, especially in the fourth season. |
| 72 | * ObliviousToLove: Ironically became this [[spoiler:to Phineas. He developed feelings for her in high school (by which point she had given up on him ever figuring out her feelings for him) and she was unaware of this development until he flat out told her in "Act Your Age".]] |
| 73 | %%* OddFriendship: Sometimes with Candace. |
| 74 | * OneOfTheBoys: She regularly hangs out with the boys even when not accompanied by the other Fireside Girls and has no problem with participating in any of their activities. In part, this is due to her desire to spend time with Phineas, but there is no question that she is good friends with the rest of the group as well. |
| 75 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once sang a song about how she'd give anything for alone time with Phineas but in "Night of the Living Pharmacists", she brushes him aside despite him displaying great concern for her because she discovered urgent information about the zombie pharmacists that could help the gang save Danville. The other Fireside Girls briefly noticed and pointed out the irony of the exchange. |
| 76 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Her dress and hair bow. |
| 77 | * RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:With Phineas, after high school.]] |
| 78 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Downplayed. She has a huge crush on Phineas and is usually involved in the boys' projects because of this. However, she's not truly a FlatCharacter and has received a decent amount of characterization but her role and actions in the show largely revolve around her feelings for Phineas (barring some spotlighted episodes and ''Candace Against the Universe'' (which didn't have her pine for Phineas at all). |
| 79 | * ScoutOut: Member of the Fireside Girls. She and her troop have earned many a badge in helping the boys; they have mentioned that they've collected more than fifty of the 'Help Thy Neighbor' patch because of it. |
| 80 | %%* ShipTease: Most often with Phineas. |
| 81 | * SiblingTriangle: "Quantum Boogaloo" reveals that she's going to marry one of the Flynn-Fletcher brothers. It will probably be Phineas, but Ferb [[ShipTease seems to hint]] that he's keeping his options open. "Act Your Age" shows [[spoiler:her eventually getting together with Phineas.]] |
| 82 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Isabella never had a crush on anyone but Phineas. Except the Beak. Who turned out to be Phineas (and Ferb). |
| 83 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Isabella has a massive crush on [[NiceGuy Phineas]]. |
| 84 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The main girl of the kid cast, and usually the only girl when Candace and the Fireside Girls aren't involved. |
| 85 | * StrongGirlSmartGuy: Strong Girl to Phineas's Smart Guy. Phineas is good with tools, Isabella is tough and physically capable. |
| 86 | * ThrowTheDogABone: While Phineas remains oblivious to her feelings throughout their childhood, she does succeed in spending time with him alone in a couple of Season 4 episodes ("Happy Birthday, Isabella" and "It's No Picnic"). |
| 87 | * {{Tsundere}}: Some episodes seem to indicate that she's a Type B. |
| 88 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Named after one of Dan Povenmire's daughters, who now goes by Alex. |
| 89 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Hispanic and Jewish. Her family is part of the "Mexician-Jewish Cultural Festival". |
| 90 | * UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: "Act Your Age" reveals that Isabella gave up on Phineas when they started high school, thinking that he'd never figure it out. [[spoiler:He started developing feelings for her around the same time, though he never ''did'' figure it out -- he had to be flat out told by his friends after he said to them that he was fully convinced he was in the friend-zone. In the meanwhile, Isabella remained completely unaware throughout their high school years until he finally told her as she was leaving for college]]. |
| 91 | * VocalDissonance: In "It's a Mud, Mud, Mud World", she is shown to be capable of speaking in a surprisingly deep voice. |
| 92 | * VocalEvolution: Her voice post-Season 2 tends to be noticeably higher pitched than in her debut. |
| 93 | * WillTheyOrWontThey: With Phineas, of course. [[spoiler:they do [[RelationshipUpgrade upgrade their relationship]].]] |
| 94 | * YankTheDogsChain: Almost anytime when it looks like Isabella is about to have a romantic moment with just Phineas, something happens at the last second to ruin that moment. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Baljeet Tjinder]] |
| 98 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaulikPancholy (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Creator/NathalieBienaime (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 99 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRagingBully Raging Bully]]" |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baljeet_studying_9194.jpg]] |
| 102 | [[caption-width-right:320:''I am stone cold honor roll, I won't be told how to vent!\ |
| 103 | I won't cry or sigh, I'm here to testify,\ |
| 104 | Up with the establishment!'']] |
| 105 | ->''"I'm running out of underpants!"'' |
| 106 | |
| 107 | A shrimpy BollywoodNerd who's more than a little obsessed with order and studying. He's a friend of Phineas and Ferb who occasionally joins in on their daily activity, or even seeks out their advice. Occasionally, they also seek out his, usually when it comes to things like checking their math. |
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| 109 | * AbsurdPhobia: He considers a failed math test to be the scariest thing known to man. He also fears contractions. |
| 110 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: He's quite mature and serious about his schoolwork. |
| 111 | * AllThereInTheScript: His surname, which different sources had given as either Patel, Rai, or Raj. It was finally confirmed to be Tjinder on Swampy Marsh's [[https://twitter.com/mmonogram/status/269235804394631170 Twitter]] in 2012, and then solidified in "It's No Picnic" |
| 112 | * ArcSymbol: Circles, as seen in the credits of "Tip of the Day" |
| 113 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Once saved Buford from plummeting to his doom by doing a rapid-fire calculation of his fall trajectory. |
| 114 | %%* BadassAdorable: [[spoiler:Hulkjeet]]. |
| 115 | * BadassBookworm: Usually averted; he's typically the most submissive and [[NonActionGuy least action-oriented]] of Phineas and Ferb's gang. Check out what he's capable of when not being [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowed]] by Phineas and Ferb's brilliance in "Bully Bromance Breakup" though... |
| 116 | * BerserkButton: Do ''not'' make Baljeet do schoolwork and not give him a grade afterwards. |
| 117 | * TheBGrade: A variant. Baljeet didn't take getting an "A-" so well. |
| 118 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: The little to Buford's big. |
| 119 | * BigOlEyebrows: Thick, square-shaped eyebrows. |
| 120 | * BollywoodNerd: Indian and nerdy, with him even having a song called ''Baliwood'' which is done in the Bollywood style with lyrics about why he needs to be smart. |
| 121 | * BringMyBrownPants: A RunningGag for him is soiling his underwear whenever he gets scared. |
| 122 | * BullyAndWimpPairing: He's a wimpy nerd who's always paired with local-bully Buford, the two also provide the page image for this trope. |
| 123 | * ButtMonkey: Not nearly as bad as Candace though. |
| 124 | * CampStraight: While there are episodes and moments where he is clearly interested in girls (Wendy and Isabella for example), other moments paint him as AmbiguouslyGay, like his unicorn game piece in "Skiddly Whiffers" and dressing up as a flower in "That's the Spirit". In any case, he becomes an OfficialCouple with Ginger after the TimeSkip. |
| 125 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early, he was designed to just be simply a nerd who got bullied by Buford. But as the series progressed, he gained more of a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky personality]], talked back to Buford numerous times and seemed to be more equal with him. |
| 126 | %% Male characters cannot be the Chick. Look at its page and it will say so. |
| 127 | * ChickMagnet: His childhood friend Mishti, Wendy Stinglehopper, and Ginger Hirano ([[spoiler:future girlfriend]]) all have crushes on him. |
| 128 | * ChildProdigy: While less mechanically skilled, he is just as intelligent as the title characters. In fact, they sometimes get him to check ''their'' math. [[spoiler:He becomes a full Professor by the time the others are graduating high school.]] |
| 129 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: When he gets out from under Buford's thumb in "Bully Bromance Breakup", he climbs a mountain completely on his own, by which I mean he even eschews any form of equipment. |
| 130 | ** He takes out dozens of [[spoiler:Doof-2's Normbots using the Beak suit... by sissy slapping them.]] |
| 131 | ** [[spoiler:Solidified in "Mission Marvel" when he temporarily gains the same powers as the Hulk.]] |
| 132 | * DeadpanSnarker: Especially during the moments when he is aware of his status as a ButtMonkey. |
| 133 | ** His alternate dimension counterpart shows shades of this, particularly in the spin-off games. |
| 134 | * TheDitherer: In "Primal Perry", but he gets over it by the episode's end. |
| 135 | * TheDogBitesBack: In ''Primal Perry'', thanks to the ability to literally make choices without repercussions. |
| 136 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first appearance (the image above). He's shown studying during summer vacation, and then subsequently being pushed out of chair by Buford. |
| 137 | * EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Even he considers Irving to be a nerd. |
| 138 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic. |
| 139 | * FriendlyEnemy: With Buford. Think the normal "bully-and-nerd" dynamic [[HoYay/PhineasAndFerb turned into a borderline romantic relationship]]. |
| 140 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler:When he gets out from under Buford's thumb, he gains some pretty extreme competence, to the point that he climbs a mountain and performs some impressive stunts with nothing but the clothes on his back. However, he realized that the achievement felt hollow without Buford, and patched things up with him at the end of the episode.]] |
| 141 | * FunnyForeigner: He's from India and is very comical. |
| 142 | * GiveGeeksAChance: For a nerd, he's had quite some success with the ladies, even ''outside'' of "Ferb TV". |
| 143 | * HairstyleInertia: Keeps his same hairstyle into his adulthood. |
| 144 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Buford. |
| 145 | * HulkingOut: In [[spoiler:"Mission Marvel", he gets Hulkified after Candace plugs in the gamma-ray concentration beam at the wrong time and it hits him.]] |
| 146 | * {{Kidanova}}: He attempted to hit on Isabella once. |
| 147 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:As a HeroicSacrifice at the end of TheMovie.]] |
| 148 | * LawfulStupid: He has a ''punk song'' dedicated to this. And it's awesome! |
| 149 | * {{Leitmotif}}: In the earlier seasons, he was accompanied by an Indian-flavored theme with sitars and tablas. |
| 150 | * NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork: He loves doing math problems and studies during summer vacation. In fact, he can't wait to return to school in the fall, much to the confusion of the other kids. |
| 151 | * NonActionGuy: He can design a blueprint, but is inept at even basic construction skills and is generally less physically inclined than his friends. That being said, he's far from helpless, being able to climb a mountain without prior preparation of any equipment and having helped defend Danville from the forces of [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension Doofenshmirtz-2]] and [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbMissionMarvel Red Skull]]. |
| 152 | * ObliviouslyEvil: "Cranius Maximus" has him attempt to move the Earth's atmosphere to the Moon so that telescopes would have a clearer view of the cosmos- ignoring the fact that no-one would survive to appreciate that. |
| 153 | * ObliviousToLove: Although it probably helps that Ginger doesn't get to show it as often. He does eventually get together with her by the time of "Act Your Age". |
| 154 | * OfficialCouple: With Ginger at some point in the TimeSkip, as revealed in "Act Your Age". Ginger herself expressed interest in him before. |
| 155 | * OnlySaneMan: When someone lampshades the logical or scientific inconsistencies that crop up in the show, it's likely to be him. Despite that, he goes along with all the wacky hijinks regardless. |
| 156 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: When you're TheSmartGuy in the group led by two geniuses who are already bright enough as is, there really isn't much for you to do. It is something of a trend that Phineas and Ferb go to Baljeet mostly for help with trivial matters such as to find out [[WhatTheHeckIsAnAglet what the tip of a shoelace is called]]. His intelligence occasionally proves useful in the planning stages, such as in "Undercover Carl". Unfortunately, planning stages are often skipped, shortened, or end before Baljeet shows up, making him seem less useful by comparison. |
| 157 | %%* PintSizedPowerhouse: As [[spoiler:Hulkjeet.]] |
| 158 | * ScheduleFanatic: Shown in "Bubble Boys". |
| 159 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive guy to Buford's manly man, being timid and nerdy whilst hanging out with a gruff brute who picks on him for those qualities. |
| 160 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: [[ButtMonkey But it's not as cute when he does it.]] |
| 161 | -->'''Baljeet:''' (sighs) I am cognizant of that fact. |
| 162 | * ShipTease: Let's see... he has frequent suggestive moments with Buford, has a [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend sort-of]] [[GirlOfTheWeek girlfriend from India, Mishti,]] [[UnderTheMistletoe kissed a girl named Wendy in the Christmas Special,]] and somehow managed to [[ObliviousToLove become the crush of Fireside Girl Ginger]]. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Oh]], and despite all that [[AllLoveIsUnrequited he's been implied to have a crush on Isabella.]] [[spoiler:"Act Your Age" upgrades him and Ginger to OfficialCouple.]] |
| 163 | * SkewedPriorities: Occasionally prone to this, as when his first concern when his project sends Candace to Mars is that he's going to lose the Science Fair. |
| 164 | * TheSmartGuy: While Phineas and Ferb are extremely intelligent themselves, Baljeet is the self-proclaimed nerd of the group. He gets to [[OvershadowedByAwesome show his stuff more often]] when the brothers are out of commission for whatever reason, but his sense of detail still makes him a valued member of the team. |
| 165 | * SpockSpeak: He rarely ever uses contractions. At first, it is believed that this was because English was not his first language, but it is later revealed it is because he is outright afraid of them. |
| 166 | * StereotypicalSouthAsianEnglish: He peppers his speech with SesquipedalianLoquaciousness and often references Indian culture in his exaggerated Indian accent. His voice actor, Maulik Pancholy, is of South Asian heritage, but has not expressed any approval or regret about the role. |
| 167 | %%* SuperStrength: As [[spoiler:Hulkjeet.]] |
| 168 | * TeenGenius: "Act Your Age" shows that by the time the others are getting ready for college, he has already become a professor. |
| 169 | * TemporarilyAVillain: In "Cranius Maximus" and "Primal Perry". |
| 170 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Buford as part of their BullyAndWimpPairing. |
| 171 | * TinySchoolboy: Shortest boy in his circle of friends, along with Phineas. |
| 172 | * TokenMinority: He and his family are the only people of Indian descent in town. |
| 173 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 174 | ** Not exactly badass, but he definitely becomes more confident and more willing to push back against Buford's bullying as the series goes on. |
| 175 | ** In "Mission Marvel", he [[spoiler:temporarily gains Hulk powers.]] |
| 176 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Buford. They even have a song about this. |
| 177 | * VocalEvolution: In the first season, Baljeet's voice is slightly deeper and more natural-toned compared to his higher-pitched whiny tone as of Season 2. |
| 178 | * {{Wedgie}}: He is often the target of these thanks to Buford. Although, at least twice, Baljeet has given ''Buford'' a wedgie. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:Buford Van Stomm]] |
| 182 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Bobby Gaylor (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Charles Pestel (French), Creator/DonaldReignoux (French singing voice and additional dialogues), Creator/NoriakiSugiyama (Japanese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 183 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRagingBully Raging Bully]]" |
| 184 | [[quoteright:336:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buford3_2345.jpg]] |
| 185 | [[caption-width-right:336:''Who will I give noogies to\ |
| 186 | And tease for being so smart?'']] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | ->''"'Wall of meat,' huh? I can do that."'' |
| 189 | |
| 190 | While introduced as the dim-witted, thuggish local bully, Buford has some surprising HiddenDepths, and he eventually becomes a member of Phineas and Ferb's circle of friends. He still exercises a slightly twisted sense of humor, and likes to hang out with Baljeet largely ([[VitriolicBestBuds but not entirely]]) so he has an easy target for bullying handy. |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | * AffectionateNickname: He often calls Phineas "Dinnerbell", in reference to his triangular-shaped head. It was first used as a bullying tactic, but later evolved into this. |
| 193 | * AllDrummersAreAnimals: Whenever the gang forms a band for a musical number, he plays the drums. Although one exception is "Come Home Perry", where Baljeet was the drummer instead (he usually is seen playing keyboards) and Buford instead plays the cowbell. |
| 194 | * AmazonChaser: He expresses attraction to girls who act "tough" in some way (but, interestingly, never towards Isabella, despite her having such tendencies up to and including beating him at sports). |
| 195 | * AnimalMotifs: He dresses up in a bear suit from time to time. He is also associated with fish, considering his pet is a goldfish and he [[ShamuFu used a fish as a weapon]] in "Mission Marvel". |
| 196 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing: He calls himself Bear Boy in "Mission Marvel". |
| 197 | * ArcSymbol: He shares Ferb's rectangles as seen in the credits of "Tip of the Day". |
| 198 | * BadassNormal: [[spoiler:In "Mission Marvel", Phineas and Ferb don the Beak suit to fight the villains while Baljeet gains the powers of Hulk from an earlier mishap. Even Perry gets an upgrade by using a superhero suit that allows him to fly. Buford? He jumps into the battle with nothing but a dead fish.]] Even before that, he was shown to take down a giant squid with just one hit. |
| 199 | * BarbaricBully: As mentioned above, he has HiddenDepths, but otherwise fits the template to a T. |
| 200 | * BerserkButton: Don't mess with his goldfish. |
| 201 | ** Call Buford a wimp/sensitive, and you will receive a painful wet willy. |
| 202 | * BigEater: Buford is often seen eating or craving food. |
| 203 | * TheBigGuy: Though he's not dumb as he seems, he still prefers to solve most problems by physical force. |
| 204 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: The big to Baljeet's little. |
| 205 | * BookDumb: He doesn't like math problems. |
| 206 | * BrooklynRage: Has a Brooklyn accent, and is very rough-and-tumble, despite being on good terms with the other youths. |
| 207 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Not that you'll get him to admit it, but he does care about his friends and has [[RealMenWearPink expressed interest]] in stereotypically feminine activities like quilting. |
| 208 | * TheBully: Regularly mistreats Baljeet on-screen. |
| 209 | * BullyTurnedBuddy: Started as a bully to the brothers and their friends, especially for [[BollywoodNerd Baljeet]], but mutual help and respect came along, such as rescuing Buford's goldfish, and now Buford is joining the brothers' summer antics, being a {{foil}} for Baljeet. |
| 210 | * BullyAndWimpPairing: He's a bully who's paired with Baljeet, a wimpy nerd. |
| 211 | * CardCarryingVillain: More like "Card Carrying Bully". Loudly and frequently proclaims himself to be a bully, and constantly abuses Baljeet in case anyone around didn't get the message. |
| 212 | * {{Catchphrase}}: |
| 213 | ** "I want the ___." |
| 214 | ** "Buford loves ___." |
| 215 | ** He also has a tendency to say "Witchcraft!" when he sees something he doesn't quite get. |
| 216 | ** "I am so in love with her right now." |
| 217 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his early episodes, he was just a bad bully. However, after the "goldfish" episode, he showed more of his kinder side and is now pretty much a kid who is sometimes violent but overall nice. |
| 218 | * ChildProdigy: Buford shows flashes of this, from quoting Voltaire in "Summer Belongs to You" to knowing King Wenceslas' background on the Christmas album. |
| 219 | ** He also speaks perfect French, much to Baljeet's surprise. He offhandedly says it was easy to learn due to its similarity to Latin. |
| 220 | ** He also is able to play quite a few musical instruments, including the drums and the piccolo. |
| 221 | ** It appears he also strives to hide it; in the supercomputer episode, he [[OffhandBackhand smacks]] the mind-scanning screen when it displays an incredibly complex mathematical formula. |
| 222 | * TheChewToy: He becomes this from time to time in recent episodes. |
| 223 | * CowardlyLion: Whenever he's faced with something he's actually afraid of, such as giant squid or the pharmacist zombies. |
| 224 | * CrazyPrepared: If you happen to need some obscure musical instrument, he'll have it with him. He lampshades this in "My Fair Goalie". |
| 225 | ** This: |
| 226 | -->'''Buford:''' Here's the velvet rope! I never leave home without my velvet rope. |
| 227 | -->'''Phineas:''' Um, [[LampshadeHanging where do you keep that?]] |
| 228 | -->'''Buford:''' [[{{Hammerspace}} Oh, I'll never tell.]] |
| 229 | ** He also, for some reason, has life-sized moulds of all his friends, which comes in handy when Candace gets accidentally turned into liquid form by one of Phineas and Ferb's inventions. |
| 230 | ** In "Bully Bust", he prepares for almost every possible contingency when preventing Phineas and Ferb's invention from disappearing, except for random green rays from the sky. |
| 231 | * CuttingTheKnot: Has a talent for this, such as in "Atlantis" where, when faced with a door to the underwater city covered in hieroglyphics detailing an undoubtedly complicated sequence for opening it, Buford simply punches the door open. And, of course, his infamous jelly bean eating in "We Call It Maze" |
| 232 | ** He even explains the TropeMaker story in "Knot My Problem". |
| 233 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He wears a black shirt and is your stereotypical bully but is not outright malicious, has a heart of gold and is one of the good guys. |
| 234 | * DeadpanSnarker: Often quick to voice his displeasure this way. |
| 235 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: He and Phineas become friends after Buford beats him at thumb wrestling. |
| 236 | * DescendedCreator: Voiced by Bobby Gaylor, one of the show's writers. |
| 237 | * DisappearedDad: His father is never shown. |
| 238 | * DoWrongRight: When he meets Doofenshmirtz, he suggests that the mad scientist stop rationalizing his evil ways with tragic backstories and instead just assert his dominance because he can. |
| 239 | * DumbMuscle: At least, that's what he prefers coming across as. The song about him, "He's a Bully", portrays him this way ("He's big, he's dumb, he's got the IQ of gum, he's got a brain about the size of a sourdough crumb"). This was before he was established to actually be pretty smart. |
| 240 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Which, we assume, is why he named his goldfish after her. |
| 241 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric. |
| 242 | * FriendlyEnemy: With Baljeet. He can be quite jerkish to him, but still cares about him nevertheless. |
| 243 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler:In "Bully Bromance Breakup", he begins working with Doofenshmirtz to take over the Tri-State Area. However, upon being told he'd never get to see his friends again, Buford decides to quit and return to being a one-nerd bully.]] |
| 244 | * {{Gasshole}}: |
| 245 | ** His character on Team Improbable, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Belch Man]]. Especially since he brings up [[PersonalityPowers personality power]] implications. |
| 246 | ** In "Spa Day", he is seen relaxing in a bubbling hot tub before stating that said hot tub is not plugged in. |
| 247 | * GeniusBruiser: |
| 248 | ** In one episode, he's shown to speak perfect French, and goes on to quote Voltaire later. |
| 249 | ** His song in the P & F Holiday Favorites Album CD had him state a brief historical background about the song "Good King Wenceslas" to the tune of said song, surprising Baljeet. |
| 250 | ** He also gets into a short tangent about PersonalityPowers. |
| 251 | ** In the TV movie, he's revealed to collect existentialist trading cards. |
| 252 | ** We later learn that WHY he learned French--so that he could win over a girl. But, apparently, [[VoodooShark it was easy for him, because many of the words were similar to their Latin roots.]] |
| 253 | ** And he was quicker to understand Phineas's jargon in "Cranius Maximus" than Baljeet. |
| 254 | ** Furthermore, a depiction of his brainwaves showed a series of complex math equations (the same as what was revealed for Phineas). [[ObfuscatingStupidity He quickly punches out the transmission before anyone notices.]] |
| 255 | ** In "The Inator Method" he shows that he knows enough about the planets (or mythology) to know that the ancient Greek name for Uranus is Ouranos. |
| 256 | * HeroicSacrifice: When he [[spoiler:sacrifices his memories of Perry as a secret agent so that Perry can remain Phineas and Ferb's pet]] in TheMovie. In "Night of the Living Pharmacists", he [[spoiler:charges at the zombies as a distraction after Baljeet is zombified in order to buy time for his remaining friends]]. |
| 257 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Baljeet. |
| 258 | * HiddenDepths: Surprisingly knowledgeable and philosophical at times. |
| 259 | ** "Act Your Age" informs us that he becomes a somewhat-snobbish film lover as he grows older. |
| 260 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: His only friend as a child was a goldfish. |
| 261 | * JerkassToOne: To Baljeet, constantly pranking and tormenting him. |
| 262 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In other cases, like the Christmas special, etc. many times. Baljeet only snaps when Buford decides to use a ''plastic bag over a paper bag at a store.'' |
| 263 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In the Meatloaf Festival episode. |
| 264 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:As a HeroicSacrifice at the end of TheMovie.]] |
| 265 | * KlingonPromotion: Became the local bully by beating up the previous one to defend his goldfish. Probably why he's an all-around better guy than bullies usually are. |
| 266 | * LeeroyJenkins: This is his usual mode of operation when action is called for. He even parodies the TropeNamer in "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum". |
| 267 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he gains a taste of what he usually does to Baljeet, he reacts with horror at what he's been doing, and gives a heartfelt apology. |
| 268 | * NiceGuy: More so than his appearance would make you think. Downplayed, as he is a JerkassToOne. |
| 269 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Tends to backtrack when he realizes that he has deviated from his "dumb bully" persona. |
| 270 | * {{Omniglot}}: Buford knows Latin and French and doesn't think much of it. He comments that he learned French easily because it shares root words with Latin, a common thought process for omniglots. |
| 271 | * PetTheDog: He likes animals. The whole reason he became the local bully in the first place was to protect his goldfish. He's also befriended a flamingo-like alien and taught domesticated squirrels to dance. |
| 272 | * PrecociousCrush: On Candace, apparently. As evidenced by his sneaking his number into her cellphone, and being very upset when she won't abide by the Bully Code and serve him for his having saved her life. This might also explain why he refused to let Candace and Jeremy into the restaurant in "Chez Platypus". He wanted to ruin their date out of jealousy. |
| 273 | * PunchClockVillain: A bully variant. In his second appearance. These days it's rare for him to be a real bully period, except towards Baljeet. The creators that his bullying tendencies are more to keep up his self-made image of being a bully rather than out of malice. |
| 274 | ** Teenage Buford has abandoned it entirely in favor of embracing his Francophile ''artiste'' side, and is at worst somewhat pretentious. |
| 275 | * PungeonMaster: In "Remains of the Platypus", his main job was to unload the cheese puns. |
| 276 | * RealMenCook: Likely the reason why his "Ferb TV" segment is a cooking show. |
| 277 | * RealMenWearPink: He's expressed the desire to float around like a woodland pixie. [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud He didn't mean to say it out loud though.]] In one episode, he really gets into quilting. (In contrast, everyone else in the group found it boring.) |
| 278 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Baljeet's blue. |
| 279 | * SandInMyEyes: A variant. He claims that he is "sweating through his eyes" when he cries and on another occasion ''transferred his own tear to Baljeet'' for the sake of denial. However, question him on whether he is sweating through his eyes, and [[CommanderContrarian he will admit that he is crying]]. |
| 280 | %%* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Baljeet's Sensitive Guy. |
| 281 | * ShoutOut: His pet fish has the same name as [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Biff Tannen]], whose ancestor shares ''his'' name with [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII Buford]]. |
| 282 | %%* SophisticatedAsHell |
| 283 | * StoutStrength: The most massive of the kids and physically strong. |
| 284 | * TemporarilyAVillain: In "Hip Hip Parade." |
| 285 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Inconsistently, but he does sometimes talk about himself in third person. |
| 286 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Baljeet. |
| 287 | * TokenEvilTeammate: One bully is out of place in a group of girl scouts and [[NiceGuy nice boys]]. Lampshaded in the Christmas Special, with Buford being the only of the kids listed as "Naughty" after the destruction of the Naughty-Inator. |
| 288 | * TookALevelInKindness: Upon befriending Phineas and the rest of the gang. |
| 289 | * UnscrupulousHero: Buford may [[CardCarryingVillain boast about being a schoolyard bully]], but when Phineas and Ferb need help, he can always be counted on. |
| 290 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Baljeet. They even have a song about this. |
| 291 | * VocalEvolution: His distinctive raspy voice hadn't yet been fully ingrained in his earliest appearances. |
| 292 | * {{Wedgie}}: Often gives Baljeet these. |
| 293 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He is afraid of giant squid. He gets over it when he defeats one in combat to protect his goldfish. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Irving Du Bois]] |
| 297 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackMcBrayer (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Taric Mehani (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 298 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbHideAndSeek Hide and Seek]]" |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Irving_8596.jpg]] |
| 301 | [[caption-width-right:180:This is what you'll become if you love your idols a little too much.]] |
| 302 | ->''"Phineas and Ferb rock!! Wooo!!!"'' |
| 303 | |
| 304 | A nerdy local kid who was introduced in "Hide and Seek" as an obsessive fan of Phineas and Ferb and their ambitious antics. He tags along with their daily projects on occasion in later episodes. When he's not geeking out over Phineas and Ferb, Irving can be seen butting heads with his equally geeky older brother Albert. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * AbsurdPhobia: He fears, of all things, the color lavender. |
| 307 | * AllThereInTheScript: His last name. Confirmed by Swampy Marsh on Twitter after not being mentioned in the show... yet. |
| 308 | * AmbiguouslyBi: He's among Phineas and Ferb's biggest fans (and visibly sighs when Phineas mentions people "who love him right back") and also hits on Candace, Stacy, and the Fireside Girls ([[ShipperOnDeck except for Isabella]] barring an inator-related occasion). |
| 309 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To his brother Albert. |
| 310 | * AscendedFanboy: While one could say he was this from his introductory episode, a better case would be made for his going from a largely ignored TagalongKid to Phineas gladly accepting his help on a project in "Doof Side of the Moon", and his friends having no problem taking his advice planning Phineas' birthday in "Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama!" |
| 311 | * AudienceSurrogate: A lot of his actions, such as his awareness of running gags and attempts to join Phineas and Ferb's adventures, can make him come off as this sometimes. |
| 312 | * CasanovaWannabe: He's tried his luck with Candace, Stacy, and most of the Fireside Girls, but [[ShipperOnDeck interestingly]], flirting with Isabella is the ''least'' likely thing he'd do. |
| 313 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: While he remains a complete LoonyFan to Phineas and Ferb, his episodes show him steadily becoming less irritating about it, and he eventually goes from a TagalongKid to a welcomed member of Phineas and Ferb's inner circle. |
| 314 | ** Adding Albert to the show also gives him something to do ''other'' than obsess over Phineas and Ferb, making him a bit more rounded. |
| 315 | * CloudCuckoolander: Not quite as extreme a case as some, but Irving is kind of... out there. Such as when he lost his camera on a hunt for Atlantis and was advised to instead store the experience in his mind, which he interpreted as using an imaginary camera. |
| 316 | -->'''Irving:''' [[CameraObscurer Aw! I had my thumb over the lens the whole time! Now all I can remember is my thumb!]] |
| 317 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: It's implied that he defeats numerous [[spoiler:Normbots on his own during the final battle in the movie, in the Beak suit's detached lower half.]] |
| 318 | * DropInCharacter: He makes his first appearance showing up at Phineas and Ferb's place uninvited and implies that he regularly does so. |
| 319 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Leukine |
| 320 | * HeroWorshipper: Of Phineas and Ferb. |
| 321 | * HiddenDepths: He only knows one song, but can perform it well enough to become a global sensation. |
| 322 | * TheIntern: He works as one for O.W.C.A. ten years in the future. |
| 323 | %%* LoonyFan: Of Phineas and Ferb. |
| 324 | * LowerDeckEpisode: "Not Phineas and Ferb". |
| 325 | * MetaGuy: He demonstrates extreme awareness of {{Running Gag}}s and other aspects of the cartoon, even by the standards of the show. |
| 326 | * MissionControl: He serves as this on several occasions when Phineas and Ferb have gone into space. |
| 327 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: |
| 328 | -->'''Phineas:''' Friends, bullies, Irving... |
| 329 | * NonActionGuy: In his debut, he tries to help the others fight a robot and fails epically. |
| 330 | * PalantirPloy: Has a complex network of spy cameras set up all over Danville just to capture Phineas and Ferb's exploits, and he proves it by providing footage for the clip show in "Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama!". Already impressive, but some of this footage is from "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted", [[FridgeLogic which means that he somehow managed to]] set up a spy camera in Candace's dream [[spoiler:''within Perry's dream''.]] |
| 331 | * PrecociousCrush: In few episodes he hits on Candace and/or Stacy, though this was probably just meant as a single one-off joke in this show's perpetual ShipTease. |
| 332 | * RememberTheNewGuy: In his first appearance in "Hide and Seek". |
| 333 | -->I'm mostly in the background. |
| 334 | * ShipperOnDeck: It's shown that the least likely thing for him to do is hit on Isabella, which is probably because he, like a lot of the show's fans, ships her with Phineas. |
| 335 | * SixthRanger: He's becomes one for Phineas and Ferb's group. |
| 336 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Has shades of this. "I got in the car when your mom stopped for gas", anyone? |
| 337 | * TagalongKid: He acts like this at first. It's toned down a bit after "Atlantis". |
| 338 | * TheTeamWannabe: He has to actively try and join the group in his early appearances and is treated more like a tagalong. Over time he becomes a more accepted, if irregular, member. |
| 339 | %%* ThisLoserIsYou |
| 340 | * WartsAndAll: Gets a brief moment of this towards Phineas in "Hide and Seek", when he finds out that Phineas relies much more on [[IndyPloy improvisation]] than he thought. He gets over it quickly, though. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:The Fireside Girls, Troop 46321]] |
| 344 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/firesidegirlsaglet_5159.jpg]] |
| 345 | [[caption-width-right:350: ''We wear our patches upon our sashes\ |
| 346 | And stand cute, small, and strong!''\ |
| 347 | From left to right: Milly, Gretchen, Ginger, Holly, Katie, Adyson]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | A group of Isabella's friends from the local Fireside Girls troop. Whenever she helps out with one of Phineas and Ferb's schemes, they often end up getting pulled into the antics too. |
| 350 | ---- |
| 351 | * {{Action Girl}}s: They are very mechanically skilled and capable of some crazy stunts. Some of their achievement patches require very physically demanding activities. |
| 352 | * BadassAdorable: The Fireside Girls can earn patches for wrestling ''alligators'' and ''moving mountains''... |
| 353 | ** Their theme song even includes the lyrics, "We stand cute, small, and strong." |
| 354 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 355 | ** Ginger in "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" whenever she expresses attraction to Baljeet. |
| 356 | ** Adyson gets hit hard with it in "The Great Indoors," undergoing several accidents. |
| 357 | * CrazyPrepared: Thanks to the Fireside Girls Manual, they are ready for anything from scouting an old abandoned amusement park to repairing a time machine. |
| 358 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Ginger and Katie appear out of uniform in a crowd shot in "Rollercoaster". |
| 359 | * {{Gadgeteer Genius}}es: Most of the time they're just helping the title characters out in the background (which is impressive enough in itself), but they can also build a time machine on their own given only a blueprint (and it was a ''flawed'' blueprint too [[note]]Even though the "flaw" consisted of a ''spelling error''[[/note]]). |
| 360 | * GreatBigBookOfEverything: The Fireside Girls Manual has instructions for everything the girls need to do for the plot. Their Compendium Guide is a much larger version that Isabella predicted would take a week to record by herself. |
| 361 | * HeroicSacrifice: When they [[spoiler:sacrifice their memories of Perry as a secret agent so that Perry can remain Phineas and Ferb's pet]] in TheMovie. |
| 362 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Shown especially in their {{Lower Deck Episode}}s. |
| 363 | * {{Hypercompetent Sidekick}}s: Not only to the boys, but also to Isabella (who is herself an example of this trope). One of the most notable demonstrations of this is in "It's About Time!" |
| 364 | * InexplicablyAwesome: It's only spotlighted occasionally, but they harbor a mind-bogglingly immense array of skills between them. |
| 365 | * TheLancer: Gretchen in "Isabella and the Temple of Sap", Adyson in "Summer Belongs to You", and Ginger in "One Good Turn". |
| 366 | * LaResistance: Implied in their [[DemotedToExtra brief appearance]] in the ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' {{Crossover}}, where their clothes are especially worn (Isabella in particular looks like a pink Franchise/{{Rambo}}) from resisting the [[PlantPeople Pistachions]], and later they pull a BigDamnHeroes moment by delivering the Murphy's law super suit. |
| 367 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:As a HeroicSacrifice at the end of TheMovie.]] |
| 368 | * TheLeader: Whenever Isabella is absent, Gretchen takes on this role. Although, Adyson takes this role in "Act Your Age". |
| 369 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Their theme is a glockenspiel-heavy march. Sometimes, they are also represented by the "Fireside Girls Anthem". |
| 370 | * LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: In "Bee Story", Gretchen prevents Isabella from flashing back to the last time they failed to earn a beekeeping patch last year. |
| 371 | * LimitedWardrobe: Even by this show's standards. "Act Your Age" and a few music montages notwithstanding, they're always wearing their Fireside Girl uniforms and/or colors. |
| 372 | * LowerDeckEpisode: "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" and "Bee Story". |
| 373 | * MagicSkirt: An example of this in "De Plane! De Plane!" where the music segment has the Fireside Girls standing on each other in a big, vertical human circle. Their skirts flutter in the wind, but they're otherwise going straight towards their feet. |
| 374 | * MeritBadgesForEverything: Not literally ''everything'' (for example, they explicitly don't have a Persistence Patch or an Underwater Equestrian Patch), but still an enormous number, and frequently for the most ridiculous and unthinkable achievements. |
| 375 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: They're all super strong and athletic despite being pre-teen girls with little to no muscle mass, considering they move mountains and wrestle alligators. |
| 376 | * NonUniformUniform: The colors and general design are the same, but there are small differences in each girl's outfit. |
| 377 | ** Gretchen: Large collar, bell-shaped sleeves, a red belt around the skirt, and low-top shoes. |
| 378 | ** Adyson: Sleeveless uniform with a split in the collar and two splits at the bottom, and high-top shoes. |
| 379 | ** Holly: Red collar with a dent and a small split in either sleeve, and red sneakers with a stripe that goes all the way across. |
| 380 | ** Katie: Red collar, orange bell sleeves, and red and yellow cleats. |
| 381 | ** Milly: Red collar, a red circular pattern on the sleeves and the bottom and black mary janes. |
| 382 | ** Ginger: Red turtleneck collar and cuffs, and canvas shoes with a dark red line pattern. |
| 383 | * NoodleIncident: In "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" they hung out with Baljeet to earn a patch, with Holly saying it wasn't worth it. Molly also mentions having an extra "Help Thy Neighbor" patch from helping Phineas and Ferb with something "that one afternoon". |
| 384 | ** There's also whatever happened that kept them from getting their beekeeping patches the first time. |
| 385 | ** Plus however Katie wound up covered in bandages after she set out to start a lemonade stand. |
| 386 | * OnlyOneName: All except Adyson and Ginger, whose last names are Sweetwater and Hirano, respectively. |
| 387 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: All of them, since it seems moving mountains, wrestling alligators, and arm-wrestling big, burly men are all par for the course when it comes to being a Fireside Girl. |
| 388 | * PuppyDogEyes: Their method of getting people to buy their cupcakes. |
| 389 | * {{The Reliable One}}s: Always ready to lend a hand and can be counted on to complete any task they are assigned. |
| 390 | * ScoutOut: Evidently based on the Girl Scouts. |
| 391 | * [[ShipperOnDeck Shippers on Deck]]: They sometimes tease Isabella about her crush on Phineas, but are ultimately supportive of her. They are not nearly as understanding towards Ginger's attraction to Baljeet, however. At least, not until they've been an OfficialCouple for a while in "Act Your Age". |
| 392 | %%* TokenMinority: Holly and Ginger. |
| 393 | * TotemPoleTrench: How they navigate the zombified city of Danville in "Night of the Living Pharmacists". |
| 394 | * TownGirls: Their choices in wardrobe in "Act Your Age" give off this impression. Adyson and Ginger, who both wear bright coloured dresses, headbands and slip-on shoes (and lipstick, in Adyson's case) are the Femme. Katie, who wears a shirt and jeans but they're [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]], and Gretchen, who wears a shirt and hat paired with a skirt, are the Neither. Holly, who wears jeans and a jacket, and Millie, who wears a sports shirt, shorts and sneakers, appear to be the Butch. Isabella would appear to be in the Neither category, too, since she trades her skirt for pants as a teenager and wears sneakers, but they're still pink (or at least very light purple) and still has a big bow in her hair. |
| 395 | * TrueCompanions: They stick together and work extremely well as a team. The entire group is shown to still hang out with one another even ten years later in "Act Your Age", presumably long after they have stopped being actual Fireside Girls. |
| 396 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: On at least two occasions, they've unwittingly caused Doof's scheme of the week. The first time, he makes an Invizinator because he can't bear looking at their innocent eyes while they're trying to sell him stuff. The other time, they unknowingly mess up his diet by selling him cupcakes (Although they were perfectly fine not selling to him, but [[NeverMyFault he bought them anyway]]), so he decides to [[ItMakesSenseInContext turn the bridge to their cupcake factory into broccoli.]] |
| 397 | * VocalDissonance: In "Out to Launch", Gretchen is shown to be capable of speaking in a surprisingly deep voice. |
| 398 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: When Ginger enthusiastically expresses interest in Baljeet, the other girls just stare at her like she said something weird, on top of removing her "I Just Saw A Cute Boy" patch (twice). |
| 399 | * WrenchWench: They're just as mechanically skilled as the title characters. |
| 400 | ---- |
| 401 | !!Tropes applying to Ginger |
| 402 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tiffany Espensen (Seasons 1 & 2)/Michaela Zee (Seasons 3 & 4)/Ming-Na Wen ("Act Your Age") (English) |
| 403 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoaster Rollercoaster]]" |
| 404 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ginger_2jpg.jpg]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | ->'''Ginger Hirano:''' Why don't we ever go see what Baljeet is doing? |
| 407 | ---- |
| 408 | * AscendedExtra: Ginger has had noticeably more focus than the others in Season 4, probably because her relationships with Stacy and Baljeet provide additional dynamics beyond simply being backup support for the title characters. |
| 409 | * BigSisterWorship: Ginger is quite an overachiever, but she won all those trophies so she could impress Stacy. |
| 410 | * DeadpanSnarker: Ginger in "Bee Story". |
| 411 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: A downplayed trope, with Stacy being the lazy, underachieving teenager to Ginger's trophy-winning, mountain-moving Fireside Girl. |
| 412 | * GreenEyedMonster: "Act Your Age" shows that when Ginger started dating Baljeet she developed a long-standing jealousy of his childhood friend Mishti given Adyson's long-suffering admonition to "let it go" when Ginger mumbled angrily about Mishti. |
| 413 | * OfficialCouple: Ginger with Baljeet, as revealed in "Act Your Age". |
| 414 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Ginger looks like her older sister, Stacy. |
| 415 | * StrongGirlSmartGuy: Being a Fireside Girl, Ginger is the strong girl who is capable of many impressive physical feats who also likes Baljeet, who is a typical nerd. |
| 416 | * TheSmartGuy: Ginger gets to do the part in "Bee Story" thanks to a ChekhovsLecture from Baljeet. |
| 417 | ---- |
| 418 | !!Tropes applying to Gretchen |
| 419 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArielWinter (English) |
| 420 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLawnGnomeBeachPartyOfTerror Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror]]" |
| 421 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gretchen_4jpg_1.jpg]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | ->'''Gretchen:''' Would that be electronically fuel-injected? |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | * BlackBeadEyes: Gretchen has really dark blue dots for eyes to emphasize her glasses, and she seems to be the only member of the cast to have this. Notably, her stone-age counterpart has normal eyes instead. |
| 426 | * BrainyBrunette: She once got a "Saying a Word No One Else in the Room Knows" patch for saying "{{Sesquipedalian|Loquaciousness}}". |
| 427 | * ChildProdigy: Gretchen. |
| 428 | * {{Expy}}: Gretchen has reddish-brown hair, wears glasses, is around nine-ish, speaks in SesquipedalianLoquaciousness... just like ''another'' [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Gretchen]]. |
| 429 | ** Short. Short hair. Small eyes. Glasses. [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Pheebs]], is that you? |
| 430 | * GenreSavvy: Gretchen is this specifically for the ZombieApocalypse genre. She even hosts bi-monthly seminars on what to do or not do. [[spoiler:Ironically, this didn't keep her from being the first among her group to be turned into a repulsive pharmacist, but she did last a while.]] |
| 431 | * NumberTwo: She appears to be second-in-command whenever Isabella is not around. |
| 432 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Gretchen, going so far as to ''[[LampshadeHanging say]]'' sesquipedalian in the show to demonstrate her prowess at it. |
| 433 | * ShorterMeansSmarter: Gretchen is the shortest of the Fireside Girls for most of the series. However, "Act Your Age" shows that she subverts this in their teen years, when she has become the tallest. |
| 434 | * TheSmartGuy: Gretchen is this. Downplayed in that all of the girls are intelligent to some degree as some of their patch-earning activities require intelligence. But Gretchen is probably the smartest of them all. |
| 435 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: The brainiest member of the troop who always wears glasses. |
| 436 | ---- |
| 437 | !!Tropes applying to Adyson |
| 438 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Madison Pettis (English) |
| 439 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLawnGnomeBeachPartyOfTerror Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror]]" |
| 440 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adyson_4jpg.jpg]] |
| 441 | |
| 442 | ->'''Adyson Sweetwater:''' Lemme guess, the Let's Help Phineas and Ferb Patch? |
| 443 | ---- |
| 444 | * CheatedAngle: When she moves her head to the side, her bangs swoop to the other side. |
| 445 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She says aloud that if she was stung by radioactive bees, she could get superpowers. |
| 446 | * GirlyGirl: Adyson appears to be the most feminine of the Fireside Girls in "Act Your Age" given her blue dress, her LovableAlphaBitch personality, her being the only one in the group to wear lipstick, and her being the most enthusiastic about fixing Isabella up with Phineas. |
| 447 | * GreenEyedMonster: She is noticeably annoyed when Candace breaks her record of most badges earned in one day in "Fireside Girl Jamboree". Might be a VisualPun considering she actually HAS green eyes. |
| 448 | * HumiliationConga: This happens to her in "The Great Indoors". She gets heatstroke, getting swept away in a current, having a rock fall on her head, and falling ON a rock while climbing a mountain. |
| 449 | * LovableAlphaBitch: In "Act Your Age", Adyson shows shades of having grown up into one. She offers tips on how to manipulate people, and comes up with the scheme to match-make Phineas and Isabella, but she's only ever presented as an earnest friend offering helpful advice. |
| 450 | * NumberTwo: Whenever Isabella is off duty, Adyson usually takes over as leader. |
| 451 | * SleevesAreForWimps: She is the only fireside girl with no sleeves on her uniform, and she usually becomes in command when Isabella isn't around. |
| 452 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Adyson is named after Swampy's granddaughter. |
| 453 | ---- |
| 454 | !!Tropes applying to Katie |
| 455 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Isabella Acres, Soleil [=McGhee=] ("Act Your Age") (English) |
| 456 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoaster Rollercoaster]]" |
| 457 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katie_hammering.jpg]] |
| 458 | |
| 459 | ->'''Katie:''' Excuse me, Phineas. Can I get you to sign some liability waivers? |
| 460 | ---- |
| 461 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Katie is shown to be this several times. One example being her buzzing so she can "think like a bee". |
| 462 | * CuteMute: She's usually silent and keeps to herself, but she's also adorable and sweet hearted. |
| 463 | * DumbBlonde: Downplayed, but she has her moments. Like her LiteralMinded concept of "thinking like a bee" or [[TooDumbToLive forgetting to close the window]] during the ZombieApocalypse. |
| 464 | * GirlishPigtails: Katie has these. |
| 465 | * HeroicAmbidexterity: She has been shown to play the guitar, the violin, and the trumpet, with her left and right hands. |
| 466 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: See the below trope. |
| 467 | * OneSidedArmWrestling: Katie effortlessly defeats a large, muscular man in an arm wrestle in one episode. |
| 468 | * OutOfFocus: She's the most common Fireside Girl to be absent in group shots and in certain episodes, she doesn't even talk. |
| 469 | * TheQuietOne: Talks less in comparison to the other girls. |
| 470 | ---- |
| 471 | !!Tropes applying to Milly |
| 472 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''' Isabella Murad/Dannah Phirman ("Act Your Age") (Milly) |
| 473 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLawnGnomeBeachPartyOfTerror Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror]]" |
| 474 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/milly_0png.png]] |
| 475 | |
| 476 | ->'''Milly:''' Again, forget the idea of little people in there. |
| 477 | ---- |
| 478 | * CannotKeepASecret: Milly, as implied at the end of "Operation Crumb Cake". |
| 479 | ---- |
| 480 | !!Tropes applying to Holly |
| 481 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''' Cymphonique Miller (Seasons 1 & 2)/Diamond White (Seasons 3 & 4)/Dana Davis ("Act Your Age") (English) |
| 482 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLawnGnomeBeachPartyOfTerror Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror]]" |
| 483 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/holly_0.png]] |
| 484 | ->'''Holly:''' It just smells like feet in here! |
| 485 | ---- |
| 486 | * GirlishPigtails: Holly has these. |
| 487 | * SassyBlackWoman: Downplayed. She's the sole regular African-American of the group and has her moments of snark from time to time. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Jeremy Johnson]] |
| 491 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''' Creator/MitchelMusso (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Charles Pestel (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 492 | !!!'''First Mentioned:''', "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoaster Rollercoaster]]", '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbCandaceLosesHerHead Candace Loses Her Head]]" |
| 493 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeremyjohnson4_900.jpg]] |
| 494 | [[caption-width-right:320:''Beautiful, kind and gentle,\ |
| 495 | And loving and softness and sweetness,\ |
| 496 | and candy and gum,'']] |
| 497 | |
| 498 | ->''"Y'know, Candace, I've had a lot of fun in your backyard, but this is the best time yet."'' |
| 499 | |
| 500 | A nice and easy-going local boy who is the object of Candace's affections. He works at the local fast-food outlet, Mr. Slushy Burger, and plays in a band, "Jeremy and the Incidentals". Later episodes expand on his originally flat characterization, giving him a bit of a snarky side when Candace is freaking out over something or another. |
| 501 | ---- |
| 502 | * AlliterativeName: '''J'''eremy '''J'''ohnson. |
| 503 | * BirthdayEpisode: "Cheers for Fears". |
| 504 | * BoyNextDoor: To Candace. A rare male example. |
| 505 | * CatchPhrase: "That's my girl!" when Candace does something quintessentially Candace-like. |
| 506 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: In episode one, he was just "the guy" Candace liked, episodes afterwards made him just "the NiceGuy who cheered Candace up". After that, the show slowly chipped away at this one-dimensionalness, revealing things such as the fact that he is the lead singer in a band and is very dedicated to his little sister, Suzy. Now he's also a NiceGuy who likes British things that is on occasion a DeadpanSnarker that messes with Candace's literal mind but still likes her just for who she is. He also, for some reason, carries a drain unclogger around. |
| 507 | ** In the "Candace against the Universe" Movie, it's also revealed that he is a Larper (Live Action Role Playing), making foam weapons and armour in his corndog truck. He's pretty embarrassed about it when Stacy found out about his secret hobby and told her not to tell Candace about it. |
| 508 | * ChickMagnet: He has earned the attraction of Candace, a girl named Mindy and Vanessa briefly flirts with him in one episode. |
| 509 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Candace, though later than most examples. |
| 510 | * ClosetGeek: He's secretly into [=LARPing=]. He's so embarrassed about it that when Stacy stumbles upon his gear, he begs her not to tell Candace. |
| 511 | * DeadpanSnarker: His UnfazedEveryman status sometimes puts him in this role, mainly in regards to Candace. One episode that has this trope on full display is "The Lizard Whisperer" when he attempts to give Doof guitar lessons. |
| 512 | * EarlyBirdCameo: A sort-of early version of Jeremy possibly appears in "Rollercoaster" when the rollercoaster ends up on a TreeBuchet at a Mr. Slushy Burger stand, though he has a different voice. He is later actually replaced by Jeremy in The Musical. |
| 513 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic. |
| 514 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Jeremy has blond hair and is a NiceGuy. |
| 515 | * HeroicSacrifice: When he [[spoiler:sacrifices his memories of Perry as a secret agent so that Perry can remain Phineas and Ferb's pet]] in TheMovie. |
| 516 | * HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: |
| 517 | ** Averted. He was originally going to be an unseen character referenced only in conversations. Mitchel Musso, meanwhile, had been cast as Ferb, but when the creators decided to make him British they wanted to retain Musso's voice, expanding on Jeremy as a result. |
| 518 | ** Played straight for his appearance in ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''. |
| 519 | * ICantDance: Revealed in "Nerdy Dancin'". |
| 520 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:As a HeroicSacrifice at the end of TheMovie.]] |
| 521 | * {{Leitmotif}}: He is often accompanied by jazz music. |
| 522 | * MinnesotaNice: Well, Wisconsin nice. Although he doesn't show any stereotypically Midwestern traits, his family is from Wisconsin and is very nice. |
| 523 | * NiceGuy: ''Very'' nice, which is [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan lucky for Candace]]. Seriously, this guy's a total sweetheart. |
| 524 | * TheNicknamer: Though it's only come up in the episode "The Baljeatles". |
| 525 | * OfficialCouple: With Candace. |
| 526 | * OnlySaneMan: Jeremy fits this trope pretty well, particularly when he is with Candace. Also, while Jeremy does get in on the show's zaniness, once in a while, one can see the "huh"-type expression on his face. Case in point: |
| 527 | -->'''Phineas:''' So if we just find Mom, [[ItMakesSenseInContext we'll find]] ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext both]]'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Candaces]]!\ |
| 528 | '''Jeremy:''' Uh... tell them I said hi...? |
| 529 | * PrettyBoy: Candace certainly thinks he is. |
| 530 | * RunningGag: We ''never'', ''ever'' get to hear a Jeremy and the Incidentals song all the way through. We either hear the first few lines only for the action to cut away, or we cut to Jeremy singing just as he's wrapping up. |
| 531 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: A few episodes tried to expand on his characterization, but for the most part, he didn't seem to have any personality except "ambiguously (or not) likes Candace". Later episodes fix this a bit, giving him some more personality. He's calm, mature, responsible, and hardworking. He's also incredibly dedicated to his sister Suzy, has his own friends, and responds to Candace's antics with some accepting amusement and snarking. |
| 532 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The laid-back Savvy Guy to Candace's neurotic Energetic Girl. |
| 533 | * SingleTargetSexuality: He does not seem interested in other girls, but only Candace. |
| 534 | * UnfazedEveryman: He pretty much just rolls with whatever weird stuff goes on around him, including his girlfriend's often erratic behavior. |
| 535 | * UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: The episode ''Knot My Problem'' implies that he had a crush on Candace when they were in grade school together, completely unbeknownst to her. |
| 536 | [[/folder]] |
| 537 | |
| 538 | [[folder:Stacy Hirano]] |
| 539 | !!!'''Voiced by:'''' Creator/KellyHu (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Edwige Lemoine (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 540 | !!!'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoaster Rollercoaster]]", '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLawnGnomeBeachPartyOfTerror Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror]]" |
| 541 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stacy04_1141.jpg]] |
| 542 | [[caption-width-right:320: ''You were always there for me, on you I could depend.'']] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | ->''"It just goes to show that if you focus, you can accomplish anything."'' |
| 545 | |
| 546 | Candace's best friend since childhood. Stacy is remarkably more laid-back and unfocused than Candace, and usually tries (with little or no success) to convince her to lighten up over busting Phineas and Ferb, trying to impress Jeremy, or whatever else Candace is worrying about. [[spoiler:She also knows about Perry's secret identity.]] |
| 547 | ---- |
| 548 | * ActionGirl: When the situation calls for it. She helps fight off the Norm Bot invasion in the movie. Parodied in "Phineas and Ferb Busters", when Candace makes her and Jenny go through some physically taxing exercises so they can assist her in busting Phineas and Ferb. |
| 549 | * AllWomenLoveShoes: Stacy seems to love shoes enough to make a gelatin mold of some pumps. |
| 550 | * AscendedExtra: In the early episodes, she appeared only infrequently, if at all (she was originally just an unheard voice on the other end of Candace's cell phone conversations). As the series progressed, she appeared much more often, and has played a role in the plot of some episodes ("Put that Putter Away", "Elementary my Dear Stacy", "Phineas & Ferb-busters", "The Lemonade Stand"). In fact, it was almost rare to see a episode after Season 1 (and before "Night of the Living Pharmacists") where she doesn't appear, even if it's only for a scene or two. |
| 551 | * AsianAirhead: Downplayed. She has occasional {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies and is sometimes shown to lack basic knowledge about geography, but Candace's own personal manias often make Stacy the more level-headed one by comparison. |
| 552 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Stacy has problems focusing on catching the boys, particularly when they're doing something she finds cool, like miniature golf. At least some of it is because she doesn't have a personal stake in busting the boys, she's just helping her friend. |
| 553 | * BetaCouple: With Coltrane. However, he rarely appears after his debut, getting at most a few mentions and cameos. |
| 554 | * BookDumb: |
| 555 | -->'''Candace:''' Do you know what they have in France? |
| 556 | -->'''Stacy:''' The pyramids? |
| 557 | ** And later: |
| 558 | -->'''Candace:''' Oh, and Stacy, [[LampshadeHanging pyramids? Really?]] |
| 559 | -->'''Stacy:''' Oh, right. That's Belgium, isn't it? |
| 560 | * ButtMonkey: In several episodes, such as "Spa Day". |
| 561 | * CatchPhrase: "Would you call my mom and tell her that?" whenever Candace calls her a genius. |
| 562 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Stacy becomes more the [[OnlySaneMan sane girl]] to Candace's busting-obsession neurotic teenager and tends to be skeptical of her more insane claims. Made very clear in ''Across the 2nd Dimension''. |
| 563 | * ChildhoodFriends: She and Candace have shared an enduring friend relationship. It is unknown when they met or how they became friends. What is known is that their relationship can be traced as far back as the third grade, when they were trying to impress a boy named Billy Clarke, as mentioned in "Spa Day". |
| 564 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: On some occasions, such as in "Ready for the Bettys". Subverted most of the time though, with her being the more grounded one compared to Candace. |
| 565 | * CoolBigSis: Ginger views her as one. |
| 566 | * ADayInTheLimelight: "Put That Putter Away" and (unexpectedly) [[spoiler:"Happy Birthday, Isabella"]]. |
| 567 | * DeadpanSnarker: Towards Candace a lot. At one point she even rebukes herself for being "too deadpan." |
| 568 | * DisappearedDad: Her father never appears or mentioned. |
| 569 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: A downplayed trope, with Stacy being the lazy, underachieving teenager to Ginger's trophy-winning, mountain-moving Fireside Girl. |
| 570 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine |
| 571 | * HandyFeet: She was apparently able to clean her whole bedroom with her feet, [[TakeOurWordForIt though we never saw it]]. |
| 572 | * HeroicSacrifice: When she [[spoiler:sacrifices her memories of Perry as a secret agent so that Perry can remain Phineas and Ferb's pet]] in TheMovie. |
| 573 | %% She does not have a Hime cut. It's just long hair with bangs. Don't add it. |
| 574 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Candace; they are best friends. |
| 575 | * HiddenDepths: In the fourth season, it is revealed she is a huge fan of horror films, specifically the films from ''The Grievance'' franchise. |
| 576 | * InformedAbility: According to her Top Trumps playing card, she's into figure skating, despite never showing this trait in the show. |
| 577 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:As a HeroicSacrifice at the end of TheMovie.]] And then [[spoiler:averted in "Happy Birthday, Isabella".]] |
| 578 | * NotSoAboveItAll: She will sometimes go along with Candace's {{Zany Scheme}}s, even right after pointing out their flaws. |
| 579 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: In "Canderemy", Doofenshmirtz's latest creation has Candace and Jeremy (the latter sleeping) joined at the hip after Candace has promised Stacy not to so much as mention Jeremy for the entire day. Candace spends the entire day hiding Jeremy in more and more wildly improbable places so Stacy doesn't catch on and get angry. Eventually, the situation is resolved and Stacy says the following: |
| 580 | -->'''Stacy:''' By the way, the best part was when you used him as a table. ''Busted!'' |
| 581 | * OfficialCouple: With Coltrane. |
| 582 | * OnlySaneWoman: ''Especially'' when compared to [[SanitySlippage Candace]]. |
| 583 | * OutOfFocus: Following "Night of the Living Pharmacists" she makes no appearances aside from a reused clip in the finale. Since this episode, Vanessa more or less takes over her role as Candace's most frequent friend and companion. Though she also appears in ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse Candace Against the Universe]]'', and appeared with Candace for a brief gag in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HamsterAndGretel''. |
| 584 | * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Candace's red. Candace is the paranoid, loud mouthed teen obsessed with busting her brothers, while Stacy is the Only Sane Man (or girl) who acts as the Voice of Reason. Fittingly, Candace wears a red tank top while Stacy wears a blue skirt. |
| 585 | * RudeHeroNiceSidekick: She's comparably nicer and more laid back compared to the easily angered Candace. |
| 586 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Coltrane to her. |
| 587 | * SecretKeeper: |
| 588 | ** At the end of [[spoiler:"Happy Birthday, Isabella", Stacy learns that Perry is a secret agent. She promises to keep this secret, and Perry agrees not to wipe her memory.]] |
| 589 | ** As of "Druselsteinoween" she's now assisting Vanessa in keeping her relationship with Monty secret from Major Monogram. |
| 590 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name is sometimes misspelled "Stacey", but that's actually the masculine variant of the name. |
| 591 | * StraightMan: Becomes this to Candace over time, as Candace's neurotic tendencies [[{{Flanderization}} become more and more apparent]]. |
| 592 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: All of her female relatives in Tokyo look like clones of her. Also, her little sister Ginger. |
| 593 | * TokenMinority: Stacy and her family are Japanese, whereas most of the other major characters are white. |
| 594 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Stacy is the girly girl to Candace's tomboy. A conflict which often occurs between the two is how Stacy would rather be doing typical teenage girl stuff like shopping at the mall, while Candace would rather be busting her brothers. In addition, Candace is aggressive, loud mouthed, confrontational, hot headed and not very ladylike, while Stacy is more passive (though she does have her limits as shown when Candace pushes her levels of tolerance for her antics too far), polite, mellow and has a greater interest in shoes than Candace has. |
| 595 | * UnfazedEveryman: Even [[spoiler:Perry and Doofenshmirtz crashing a truck straight into her home and proceeding to fight all over the living room]] doesn't faze her nearly as much as one might expect. |
| 596 | [[/folder]] |
| 597 | |
| 598 | [[folder:Carl Karl]] |
| 599 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tyler Mann (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Éric Aubrahn (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 600 | !!!'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRagingBully Raging Bully]]", '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbItsAboutTime It's About Time]]" |
| 601 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CarlWorksTheCamera_9052.jpg]] |
| 602 | [[caption-width-right:320:''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tLRXjsLyn4 He knows how to format, spell-check and text edit,\ |
| 603 | He's working this job just for college credit!]]'']] |
| 604 | |
| 605 | ->''"Sorry about that, sir."'' |
| 606 | |
| 607 | Major Monogram's assistant, a nerdy college intern working for O.W.C.A. who occasionally banters back and forth with Monogram while Perry the Platypus is being sent out on a mission. |
| 608 | ---- |
| 609 | * ActionSurvivor: In "Save Summer", he helps Perry and Monty sneak into the headquarters of LOVEMUFFIN but is noticeably (and understandably) less involved in the action than they are. |
| 610 | * AlliterativeName: Sort of. '''C'''arl '''K'''arl. |
| 611 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler:Which makes him quite a competent threat after being turned evil. He was able to infer Perry's whereabouts correctly by identifying an obscure flower he saw in the background while video-calling Perry.]] |
| 612 | * ButtMonkey: In the sense that he's frequently berated and ignored, often unfairly. |
| 613 | * TheCassandra: On the rare occasions where he acts as the voice of reason to Monogram, he is almost always unacknowledged or entirely ignored. And on one occasion ("Undercover Carl") where Monogram does take heed, he turns out to be wrong. |
| 614 | * CelebCrush: Creator/MaiaMitchell. |
| 615 | * CrazyPrepared: He built robotic duplicates of the Flynn-Fletcher family in case one of them gets their memories erased. Major Monogram is a bit freaked out. |
| 616 | * DistaffCounterpart: Carla, who is implied a relative of his. |
| 617 | * DitzyGenius: Not to the same extent as Doofenshmirtz, but he does blunder often and spends a lot of time goofing off with Monogram. Yet [[spoiler:his intelligence makes him one of the most competent villains in the entire series when he is turned evil]]. |
| 618 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler:"Where's Perry" explores this heavily, with this being his main motivation after being turned evil. Monogram finally grants him some respect at the end of the episode.]] Also comes up in "Thanks But No Thanks", in which he points out that Monogram has ''never'' thanked him for all the work he does at the agency. |
| 619 | * {{Expy}}: He has been compared appearance wise to WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill character Hank Hill. |
| 620 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Leukine |
| 621 | * GadgeteerGenius: Not shown very often, but he did create functional robot duplicates of the Flynn-Fletcher family (and then some). |
| 622 | * HiddenDepths: When Carl finally gets a song of his own in "Where's Perry?", Monogram admits that he's a good singer, [[spoiler:despite it being his villain song]]. |
| 623 | * TheIntern: Works as one in O.W.C.A.. |
| 624 | * LatexPerfection: His standard disguise as a Black, female clerk is pretty convincing. |
| 625 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Just like Perry, he has a pretty kickass theme song. |
| 626 | -->''Carl! He works the camera!''\ |
| 627 | ''Carl! He knows what all those buttons do!''\ |
| 628 | ''Carl! He'll clear the paper jam!''\ |
| 629 | ''Carl! And he'll pick up the laundry, too!'' |
| 630 | * LowerDeckEpisode: "Undercover Carl". |
| 631 | * MechaMooks: [[spoiler:Uses these when he is turned evil]]. |
| 632 | * MissionControl: Rarely, but he gives Perry his missions when Monogram is unavailable. |
| 633 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: His theme song makes all the mundane jobs he does, such as spell-checking and picking up the laundry, sound awesome. |
| 634 | * NonActionGuy: Despite working at an agency that employs badass secret agents, his job is to complete menial tasks like working the camera and fixing paper jams. [[spoiler:He does manage to subvert this a little in "Where's Perry", but still mostly relies on his MechaMooks.]] |
| 635 | * NonPromotion: Is given the title "Paid Intern" in "Where's Perry?", but it's just a title and doesn't actually grant him any pay. He's still happy about it. |
| 636 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Carl is a bit of a wimp, [[spoiler:but when he turns evil in ''Evil For Extra Credit'', he is shockingly competent and dangerous.]] |
| 637 | * RepetitiveName: The end credits initially misspelled his name with a K, which was then explained away as his last name. |
| 638 | * SecretKeeper: For Monty and Vanessa's relationship. |
| 639 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: The character's first name is officially spelled Carl on the show, despite the ends credits spelling it with a K. Perhaps due to this, "Ain't No Kiddie Ride"'s credits lists him as Carl Karl. |
| 640 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: Has this dynamic with Monogram. |
| 641 | * TemporarilyAVillain: [[spoiler:In "Where's Perry?" when he is hit with the Ultimate Evil-Inator and turns evil.]] |
| 642 | * ThinksOfSomethingSmartSaysSomethingStupid: When trying to covertly investigate the titular brothers' invention of the day in "Undercover Carl" due to [[MakesSenseInContext mistakenly thinking it's actually an evil anti-gravity device]], when asked his name, Carl thinks to himself, "Say a cool name, like Nitro Dax or Steel," and then when actually introducing himself, just says "My name... is Carl." |
| 643 | * ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: This is what happens to Carl after getting struck by Doofenshmirtz's Ultimate Evil-Inator. Thankfully, he is cured at the end of the two-part episode, but he is surprisingly competent as a villain, and he nearly wins in the end. |
| 644 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Major Monogram. |
| 645 | * VillainSong: "Evil for Extra Credit", [[spoiler:when he's turned evil by one of Doofenshmirtz's -inators in "Where's Perry?".]] |
| 646 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Carl would like to have been Monogram's son and he does everything to please him. |
| 647 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:When turned evil, he lures Perry out of hiding by putting Phineas, Ferb, and their friends in danger.]] |
| 648 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Temporarily in "Save Summer" when Monogram is fired. He is rather overwhelmed by the new responsibility. |
| 649 | ** Ten years later in the future, he becomes an O.W.C.A. Commander for real, and appears to be handling things well enough. |
| 650 | [[/folder]] |
| 651 | |
| 652 | [[folder:Vanessa Doofenshmirtz]] |
| 653 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/OliviaOlson (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Creator/AdelineChetail (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 654 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTheMagnificentFew The Magnificent Few]]" |
| 655 | [[quoteright:336:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vanessa11_912314.jpg]] |
| 656 | [[caption-width-right:336:''I'm a blood-red rose with a string of thorns, I'm me!\ |
| 657 | I'm a heart-shaped locket on a cold steel chain, I'm me!'']] |
| 658 | |
| 659 | ->''"I '''so''' should've gone to summer school."'' |
| 660 | |
| 661 | Dr. Doofenshmirtz's teenage daughter. When she's not being embarrassed by her father's bungling attempts at being evil, she's being embarrassed by his attempts at doting on her. Despite all that, she does love him. |
| 662 | |
| 663 | Given that her father is, legally, an Ocelot, she would (possibly) legally be identified as technically ''half''-ocelot, despite being biologically fully human. |
| 664 | ---- |
| 665 | * AbortedArc: "I Scream, You Scream" and "Hail Doofania!" set up a subplot in which she attempted to prove to her mother that her father was evil, but this was dropped in the second season so as not to make her "Goth Candace". |
| 666 | * ActionGirl: Just watch "Vanessassary Roughness" where it shows what she's capable of when motivated. Her IAmSong [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYh2XjaKbPk "I'm Me"]] from that episode showcases her in action. |
| 667 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Deconstructed}}. She had a thing for "bad boys", which is one of the reason she dated Johnny. However, in "Minor Monogram", Vanessa broke up with him because she thought Johnny felt that a video game was more important than her. Afterwards, she decided to be a SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan. |
| 668 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Tall? Aloof and composed? Dark haired? She's three for three. |
| 669 | * BirthdayEpisode: The B-plot of "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together". |
| 670 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: Vanessa has her moments. |
| 671 | * TheCassandra: When she tries to tell her mom that Dr. Doofenshmirtz is evil. |
| 672 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: After only two episodes of showcasing it, the abovementioned TheCassandra quality seems to have been dropped from her character, perhaps to serve as a parallel to Candace since those episodes were a reversal of the show's usual formula. Part of it is because in later seasons, she realizes that there is good in him and he just needs help. |
| 673 | * DaddysGirl: Their father-daughter relationship is somewhat strained, Doof being an incredibly embarrassing overprotective dad who's divorced from Vanessa's mom, but she clearly cares a whole lot about him. |
| 674 | ** Doofenshmirtz goes to crazy lengths to make his daughter happy, even if he's wrong about what would make her happy. The one slam dunk he made was finding a Mary McGuffin doll for years after Vanessa had given up looking for one and she was so happy she sang a song about how he's, "not so bad a dad after all." |
| 675 | * DaddysLittleVillain: Downplayed. |
| 676 | ** "Finding Mary McGuffin" does have her do something nasty, though. |
| 677 | ** As does "Summer Belongs To You" where she [[BlatantLies "rents"]] a scooter and later holds up Major Monogram and Perry to rescue her father. |
| 678 | ** She is Daddy's Little Villain, what with her stealing her father's {{Catchphrase}} when she's carried off by her father's Pick'em-Up-Inator in "Candace Disconnected". |
| 679 | ** In "What'd I Miss", she acts as his henchman. Granted, all she had to do was hand him a ray gun, and then she could go back to relaxing on the beach (and it probably helped that Doof had to execute his plan on the beach in the first place). But it's still interesting to notice that she didn't seem to mind. Not even one snarky remark! |
| 680 | ** Ultimately averted however. [[spoiler:Not only does she never truly become evil, she joins the heroes and ultimately convinces Doofenshmirtz to give up evil as well.]] |
| 681 | %%* DarkActionGirl: Depending on the episode. |
| 682 | * DatingCatwoman: With Monty Monogram. |
| 683 | * ADayInTheLimelight: "Vanessassary Roughness". |
| 684 | * DeadpanSnarker: "I should have gone to summer camp!". |
| 685 | * TheDragon: To her dad sometimes. |
| 686 | * DudeMagnet: Several guys in the show attempted to hit on Vanessa. Ferb has an obvious PrecociousCrush on her, Johnny was her boyfriend (in "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together" and "Brain Drain") until she broke up with him, and gets two admirers in one episode ([[EvilerThanThou Rodrigo]], Doof's intern, and Monty, Monogram's son. |
| 687 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time she is seen in "The Magnificent Few", she says "Whatever" and just puts on some earbuds. |
| 688 | * {{Expy}}: As per these other tropes, she seems to be based off of ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul from the Batman comics, although in a much LighterAndSofter version. |
| 689 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 690 | ** Vanessa isn't evil, but in the song "Busted" and in the episodes "Finding Mary McGuffin" and "Hail Doofania" she sometimes comes across as a DarkerAndEdgier counterpart to Candace, even in their respective relationships with their fathers. |
| 691 | ** Played straight in the [[AlternateUniverse Second Dimension]], where the Doofenshmirtz family is definitely evil. |
| 692 | * FirstGirlWins: She was the first girl Ferb met besides Isabella, and she ends up dating him in the future. |
| 693 | %%* ForeheadOfDoom |
| 694 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic |
| 695 | * FreakyFashionMildMind: She wears a {{Goth}} style and has a bit of a sarcastic streak, but she can be quite friendly to others, as shown in "Summer Belongs To You". |
| 696 | * {{Goth}}: People keep referring to her (or more often her look) as a goth, but she refers to her clique as being punks. |
| 697 | * HeadTurningBeauty: This is how Ferb reacted to seeing her for the first time, distracting him enough to grab the wrong blueprints for his and Phineas' invention. |
| 698 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: While she hardly respects her father that much, she won't stand for Monty insulting him; she doesn't even take kindly to those who would betray her father for more nefarious purposes, as shown in "Minor Monogram" where she is horrified to witness her father being betrayed by Rodrigo, who plans to destroy the Tri-State Area by splitting it into two. |
| 699 | -->'''Rodrigo:''' ''(after betraying Doofenshmirtz)'' [[WeCanRuleTogether Join me, Vanessa, and together we will take over the world.]] I'll let you get a tattoo. I think boots should come in pairs, like people.\ |
| 700 | '''Vanessa:''' ''(angrily)'' Join you? I don't work for him! That's my father, you dweeb! |
| 701 | * HiddenDepths: In the series finale, upon convincing her father to make a HeelFaceTurn, Vanessa is asked to help him out in creating one more inator, this time to fix the time loops that he and Candace caused. Given to the fact that when Vanessa was shown using a screwdriver to tighten up several parts inside the inator while Doof works underneath to fix on the wirings, it can be implied that Vanessa may have some little (but brief) experience on how to assemble a machine like her dad. |
| 702 | * ImpossibleHourglassFigure: She's one of few high school-age characters on the show to have a "womanly" kind of body, especially compared to the more angular and sharp-edged Candace (as their ClothingSwitch in "Hail Doofania" made incredibly obvious) and Stacy. |
| 703 | * TheIntern: At the end of summer, [[spoiler:she gets an internship at O.W.C.A.]] |
| 704 | * InTheBlood: She shares her father's desire to look cool, though she's a lot better at it than he is. |
| 705 | * KickTheDog: Near the end of "Finding Mary [=McGuffin=]", Candace and Vanessa begin fighting over the Mary McGuffin doll. It flies into the hands of a little girl and both look at it for a moment, seeing how much she likes it. Candace decides to let it go, Vanessa takes it. |
| 706 | -->'''Doofenshmirtz:''' So you just took it from a little girl and left her there crying? Wow, that ''is'' evil. Honey, I'm {{so proud of you}}! [[EvilFeelsGood It felt good]], didn't it? Yeah, we can build on this. |
| 707 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A short pop-rock guitar riff. |
| 708 | * LethalChef: Apparently, even her adoring father can't stomach her baking. |
| 709 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She plays with this trope in different ways. In early episodes she was outright disdainful towards her father and his experiments, generally playing the role of DeadpanSnarker. She [[CharacterDevelopment warmed up to him in later episodes]], though she remains somewhat annoyed by his exploits and his attempts to make her into a DaddysLittleVillain (though some of her actions hint she may head down that path anyway). She's also notably uncloistered (she only spends [[VisitByDivorcedDad alternate weekends]] with her father anyway) and keeps her relationship with [[AnimalSuperhero his nemesis]] friendly but strictly platonic. {{Played Straight}}er when she develops an interest in Major Monogram's son, Monty Monogram and they keep their relationship secret from their parents. |
| 710 | * MoralityPet: To her dad Doofenshmirtz; [[spoiler:she's even the one who convinces him to reform.]] |
| 711 | * MsFanservice: She's the only female non-adult character in the show with serious curves and her outfit hugs them tightly. Some of her songs in the show (especially "I'm Me") have a good amount of hip action, and a couple of alternate outfits (a swimsuit, a clothing mixup, and as [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbStarWars a Twi'lek]]) also show off her figure well. |
| 712 | * OddFriendship: Sometimes with Candace. A lot of their relationship is unknown so far, and although they don't meet up with each other often they have become friends. |
| 713 | * OfficialCouple: |
| 714 | ** Revealed in 'Brain Drain' that she's going out with Johnny, then subverted in "Minor Monogram" when she breaks up with him and develops an interest in Monty. |
| 715 | ** The creators say she'll probably get together with [[spoiler:Ferb]] one day when they're older, though. [[spoiler:It seems she's been dating Ferb for a while in "Act Your Age".]] |
| 716 | * OutOfFocus: Not as much in regular episodes, but she doesn't appear at all in the Christmas special, "Mission Marvel", and "Save Summer" and has a fairly minor role in "Phineas and Ferb Star Wars". She also doesn't make an appearance in the first movie, though she and her alternate universe counterpart ''were'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned]] to have each had a brief scene (though she does have a larger role in the second movie). |
| 717 | * PerkyGoth: ...whenever her dad's not around to embarrass her. |
| 718 | ** Actually addressed in one episode, where Vanessa informed her father that she and her friends were [[InsistentTerminology "Punks, not Goths."]] Although he'd actually been further off than that and thought it had something to do with Visigoths. |
| 719 | * PerpetualFrowner: To the point where Doofenshmirtz thinks there's something wrong when he sees her smiling in "My Sweet Ride". |
| 720 | * PetTheDog: In "A Real Boy", she gives her [=MP3=] to Norm at the end to cheer him up, and humors him in his statement of her being his "sister". |
| 721 | * ShowSomeLeg: Her Vampire Queen costume has a slit that shows a bit of leg. |
| 722 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: After having enough of dating [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boys]], Vanessa decided to date "good guys". |
| 723 | * SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: A movie variant. She and her second dimension counterpart were going to appear in the movie, but were cut. |
| 724 | * StatuesqueStunner: Vanessa is the same height as Candace, 5'8". One of the two might be taller in regards to their normal outfits, as Vanessa's includes a pair of high heels. She's also comparitively the one that gets the most attention from guys in-universe. |
| 725 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: Tall? Check. Snarker? Check. Dark? Check. |
| 726 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Candace's girly girl, which was emphasised when the two accidentally swapped clothes. |
| 727 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Her father, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, has an extremely cartoonish appearance with a long nose and skinny body. Vanessa herself, although 16, has a much more curvy appearance that catches boys' attention. |
| 728 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: She is very mature compared at her MadScientist dad, Dr. Doofenshmirtz. |
| 729 | * WhamLine: In "The Magnificent Few", she is introduced by Doof to Perry as Doof's new assistant. But later in the episode, she says, "This is the worst Take Your Daughter to Work Day ever!" |
| 730 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "Last Day of Summer", Vanessa reveals to her father that she got an internship at O.W.C.A.. However, in "The OWCA Files", Carl is still somehow interning and Vanessa is nowhere to be seen. |
| 731 | * WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: {{Zig Zagged}} in 'A Real Boy', Doofenshmirtz [[FreudianSlip accidentally lets slip to her]] that he would have preferred having a son but reversed via ExactEavesDropping, as Doofenshmirtz was deriding his rival, Rodney, for such notions. Finally averted altogether as Vanessa was wearing headphones and couldn't hear a word Doof was saying to begin with. |
| 732 | [[/folder]] |
| 733 | |
| 734 | [[folder:Little Suzy Johnson]] |
| 735 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KariWahlgren (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Patricia Legrand (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 736 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbOneGoodScareOughtToDoIt One Good Scare Ought To Do It]]" |
| 737 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suzy01_6191.jpg]] |
| 738 | [[caption-width-right:320:''Were you traumatized by squirrels?\ |
| 739 | Or a little girl with curls?'']] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | ->''"I am, and always will be Jeremy's favorite girl!"'' |
| 742 | |
| 743 | Jeremy's little sister. Despite her [[ChildrenAreInnocent cutesy demeanor]], she's quite manipulative, and fiercely jealous of any girl trying to get Jeremy's attention. |
| 744 | ---- |
| 745 | * BeneathTheMask: Her actual personality is that of a psycho that threatens anyone who tries to take Jeremy from her, but this personality rarely manifests given how specific the situation is, and thus no one suspects it. |
| 746 | * BigBrotherAttraction: Although it lacks any sexual qualities, she still wants Jeremy all to herself. And it's still very creepy. However, it's later implied that she doesn't really care that much about Jeremy and only likes the perks she gets from being his "favorite girl". |
| 747 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[ChildrenAreInnocent She pretends to be a dumb innocent girl]], but in reality she is very smart, and cruel to whoever threatens her relationship with Jeremy. |
| 748 | * ChildProdigy: Far more knowledgeable and articulate than her age would suggest, though she hides this from most people. |
| 749 | * ClingyJealousGirl: A sibling version to Jeremy, wanting his attention and threatening anyone who gets in the way. |
| 750 | * CreepyChild: Though only Candace and Buford recognize her as one. In an interesting twist however, her true nature is ''only'' revealed to manifest when someone tries to "steal" Jeremy from her, which gives her relatively little time to express it. She even drops this tone when Candace isn't actively vying for Jeremy's attention. |
| 751 | * DeliberatelyCuteChild: She acts sweet and innocent in the eyes of her brother, but when she crosses paths with his girlfriend, Candace, she shows what's BeneathTheMask when Jeremy isn't looking. Ironically, this means that practically no one besides Candace and Buford are apparently aware of the act, as everyone else either isn't interested in Jeremy or can detect evil like Buford. |
| 752 | * DemotedToExtra: In season four, Suzy doesn't have any speaking lines, and probably her only significant non-speaking role was in "Just Our Luck", where she attempts to spray Candace during the song, but because of Candace's good luck, she ends up getting sprayed herself. |
| 753 | * DevilInPlainSight: Candace and Buford are the only ones aware that she is evil, and she does a good job at hiding it. |
| 754 | * EnemyMine: Sort of, Candace once has to babysit her and the two of them wind up teaming up to try and get Phineas and Ferb to bust themselves. |
| 755 | * EnfantTerrible: Is apparently the most horrible thing in the world to Buford, the local bully, who all the other kids fear. |
| 756 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: While her admiration for Jeremy doesn't count since she doesn't really care about him, she does seem to genuinely admire her grandmother. Interestingly Grandma Johnson is implied to be the only one of her family members who is aware of her true personality and capabilities. |
| 757 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric. |
| 758 | %%* AGirlAndHerX: Parodied with "That's The Norm" in the episode "Ferb TV". |
| 759 | * JerkassToOne: While she's certainly not as nice as she acts, she reserves the worst of her vitriol for Candace. Though this only applies when Jeremy's around; since her ire towards Candace is motivated entirely by her feelings for him, she's perfectly capable of getting along with her when Candace isn't trying to pursue her brother. |
| 760 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In her earlier appearances she never received any comeuppance for tormenting Candace, but "Comet Kermillian" and several episodes in Season 3 had several of her schemes backfire on her. For example, in "Let's Bounce" she is hit with Doofenshmirtz's [[BrutalHonesty Tell-The-Truth-inator]], making her confess to deliberately making Candace looking bad all morning. This caused her parents to scold her for it. |
| 761 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Befitting of a manipulative BitchInSheepsClothing, her theme is a deceptively cute-sounding music box theme, which sometimes becomes dissonant when her true evil intentions are shown. |
| 762 | * ManipulativeBitch: She loves to manipulate people, from Candace to Jeremy to (alongside Candace) Phineas and Ferb. |
| 763 | ** "Suddenly Suzy" seems to indicate that she believes all sisters should be this toward their brothers, given how appalled she acts upon finding out that Candace is not. |
| 764 | * MoodSwinger: Lampshaded in "Comet Kermillian". |
| 765 | -->'''Jeremy''': What happened to [Candace]? |
| 766 | -->'''Suzy''': I dunno, but these violent mood swings may be a sign of deeper emotional imbalance. |
| 767 | -->'''Jeremy''': What? |
| 768 | -->'''Suzy''': Hee-hee, bubble! |
| 769 | * [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother Is Off Limits]]: Something she makes very clear to Candace. |
| 770 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Part of her acting. |
| 771 | * PingPongNaivete: In most of the episodes which feature her, she's frighteningly intelligent, manipulative, and (in a way) mature. Then, in ''Nerds of a Feather,'' she gets frightened by an ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''-esque exhibit and seeks a hug from a cuddly costumed character from her favorite cartoon. This could be an attempt to uphold to the the show's proclamation of "no mean characters" by reminding us she's still a child. |
| 772 | * PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Appears to be preschool-aged while her older brother Jeremy is 16. |
| 773 | * PunchClockVillain: When Suzy doesn't have the opportunity to embarrass Candace in front of Jeremy, she's acting civil towards her. She even uses the phrase "I'm off the clock". |
| 774 | * {{Yandere}}: Take that BigBrotherAttraction and make it creepy and you have Suzy in a nut shell. |
| 775 | [[/folder]] |
| 776 | |
| 777 | [[folder:Monty Monogram]] |
| 778 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SethGreen (English) |
| 779 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMinorMonogram Minor Monogram]]" |
| 780 | [[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monty_1693.jpg]] |
| 781 | [[caption-width-right:245:''I know that you and I\ |
| 782 | We come from different places,\ |
| 783 | There's no telling why or who your heart embraces.'']] |
| 784 | |
| 785 | ->''"I hope to follow in my father's footsteps and join you in the battle against evil."'' |
| 786 | |
| 787 | Major Monogram's son who recently graduated from the High School Without A Cool Acronym, and now wants to fight evil like his father. |
| 788 | ---- |
| 789 | * TheAce: Displayed a [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Nightwing]]-level combination of skilled acrobatics and combat skills in his debut appearance. |
| 790 | * AlliterativeName: Both his first and last name begin with a "M". |
| 791 | * BigOlUnibrow: Like his father. |
| 792 | * ChekhovsSkill: Acrobatics. He mentions Major Monogram putting him in many classes growing up, and it's this skill that he uses to get the upper hand on [[EvilerThanThou Rodrigo]]. |
| 793 | * DatingCatwoman: With Vanessa Doofenshmirtz. |
| 794 | * FedoraOfAsskicking: Wears one on his first official mission, during "Save Summer" |
| 795 | * FollowInMyFootsteps: Inverted. His father tries so hard to make it clear Monty ''doesn't'' have to do this, that he inadvertently pushes Monty toward being an acrobat instead, despite the fact that Monty is completely on board with fighting evil. |
| 796 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic |
| 797 | * IKnowMaddenKombat: Beats up Rodrigo with acrobatics. |
| 798 | * OnlySaneMan: Compared with his father and Carl. When Perry gets in trouble on a mission, he's the only one who notices. |
| 799 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Despite being Major Monogram's son and acquainted with Perry, he's not introduced until Season 3. This is explained by him having been in high school until recently. |
| 800 | * RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:According to "Act Your Age", Vanessa eventually ends up with Ferb in the future.]] |
| 801 | * ShipTease: With Vanessa. He was introduced at the end after Vanessa breaks up with Johnny, gives her a smirk before he jetpacks off Doof's building, and ends up dating her starting in "Sipping With the Enemy". |
| 802 | * StarCrossedLovers: With Vanessa starting from "Sipping with the Enemy", with both of them acknowledging how their fathers would come for them if they found out.. |
| 803 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Give him white hair and a mustache and he'd look just like his father. |
| 804 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: He seems to be more grounded than Monogram, not unlike how Vanessa is to her dad. |
| 805 | [[/folder]] |
| 806 | |
| 807 | [[folder:Albert Du Bois]] |
| 808 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DiedrichBader (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']] Creator/EmmanuelGarijo (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 809 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbNotPhineasAndFerb Not Phineas and Ferb]]" |
| 810 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/albert_describes_how_the_security_cameras_workjpg.jpg]] |
| 811 | [[caption-width-right:310:He's Irving, but older.]] |
| 812 | |
| 813 | ->''"They call me... the Truth Detector!"'' |
| 814 | |
| 815 | Irving's older brother, with whom he often butts heads. |
| 816 | ---- |
| 817 | * AllThereInTheScript: His last name isn't mentioned in the show. |
| 818 | * BigBrotherBully: Often mean to Irving, even physically abusing him at times. |
| 819 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "As it should... a-be." |
| 820 | * ExpressiveMask: His glasses, DependingOnTheArtist. |
| 821 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric |
| 822 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being a BigBrotherBully, "Nerds of a Feather" shows that there are times when he gets along with his brother. |
| 823 | * PrecociousCrush: He develops one on Candace, despite Candace clearly showing little interest in him. |
| 824 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He calls himself "The Truth Detector", but is easily fooled in "Not Phineas and Ferb". |
| 825 | [[/folder]] |
| 826 | |
| 827 | [[folder:Jenny Brown]] |
| 828 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlysonStoner |
| 829 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLawnGnomeBeachPartyOfTerror Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror]]" |
| 830 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/720px-JennyInTears_Copy_942.png]] |
| 831 | [[caption-width-right:250:She loves world peace, dogs, and pigeons.]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | ->''"Save the pigeons!"'' |
| 834 | |
| 835 | A hippy-dippy friend of Candace's who shows up on occasion. WordOfGod has [[http://phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/User:Marekos1996/Dan_Povenmire_Correspondence said]] that she is Django's sister. Like Django, she has suffered from being OutOfFocus on the show. |
| 836 | ---- |
| 837 | * ActionGirl: Parodied in "Phineas and Ferb Busters", when Candace makes her and Stacy go through some physically taxing exercises so they can assist her in busting Phineas and Ferb. In a straighter example, she helps fight off the Norm Bot invasion in the first movie. |
| 838 | * TheBusCameBack: Both she and Django finally have brief speaking roles again in the Season 4 episode "The Inator Method". |
| 839 | * DemotedToExtra: After Season 1, Jenny rarely appears on the show and just as a cameo, until TheBusCameBack. |
| 840 | * FlatCharacter: Besides her being a GranolaGirl, we don't know anything more about her. |
| 841 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic |
| 842 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Whenever she speaks, she is often accompanied by a 60s-sounding acoustic guitar fingerpicking riff that sounds similar to "Dear Prudence" by Music/TheBeatles. |
| 843 | * MissingMom: Her mother is never mentioned or shown. |
| 844 | * GranolaGirl: With a history of participating in various protests along with an inherent desire for world peace, she can be characterized by her hippie-like nature. |
| 845 | * SoapboxSadie: Has a history of participating in various protests. |
| 846 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Swampy's daughter. |
| 847 | * TheVoiceless: Hasn't spoken since Season 2. Likely because of the policy that voice actors must be paid more once a show reaches season 3 and they don't want to pay Alyson Stoner for two roles. |
| 848 | [[/folder]] |
| 849 | |
| 850 | [[folder:Django Brown]] |
| 851 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Alec Holden (Season 1), Alex Garrett (Season 4) |
| 852 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLawnGnomeBeachPartyOfTerror Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror]]" |
| 853 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/djangotriesouthistrick_4636.jpg]] |
| 854 | [[caption-width-right:320: Kids, DontTryThisAtHome! He's a professional and also a cartoon character.]] |
| 855 | |
| 856 | ->''"I made this for my Dad, but it hardly compares to his stuff."'' |
| 857 | |
| 858 | A friend of Phineas and Ferb's. His father is an installation artist, and some of his father's love of the arts seems to have rubbed off on him. Other than that, there's not much to say about him, which is probably why he's not seen much in later episodes. |
| 859 | ---- |
| 860 | * TheBusCameBack: Both he and Jenny finally have brief speaking roles again in the season four episode "The Inator Method". |
| 861 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Django was featured prominently in four early episodes, and was even a member of Phineas and Ferb's close-knit group of friends. After "Oil on Candace", he disappeared from the main cast and has been seen only in a handful of non-speaking cameos. |
| 862 | * DayInTheLimelight: "Oil on Candace". |
| 863 | * DemotedToExtra: Originally appeared in 2 episodes as one of the boys' friends, now generally absent. |
| 864 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: His artistic talent. |
| 865 | * MissingMom: His mother is never mentioned or shown. |
| 866 | * RubberMan: Averted in "Jerk De Soleil", where he claims to able to put his foot behind his head. |
| 867 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Swampy's son. |
| 868 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Wants to create a giant work of art to impress his father. Unfortunately, when Phineas and Ferb help him make one, it washes away before his father can see it. However, his father does see his regular-sized artwork and is more than appreciative of it. |
| 869 | [[/folder]] |
| 870 | |
| 871 | [[folder:Coltrane]] |
| 872 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CorbinBleu |
| 873 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTheBestLazyDayEver The Best Lazy Day Ever]]" |
| 874 | |
| 875 | A member of Jeremy's band and a love interest to Stacy. |
| 876 | ---- |
| 877 | * FlatCharacter: We know that he's into music, but that's about it. |
| 878 | * {{Foil}}: In "The Baljeatles", his and Stacy's budding attraction serves as a foil to the far more insecure Candace's relationship with Jeremy. |
| 879 | * InkSuitActor: He has two designs, and one of them resembles his voice actor quite a bit. |
| 880 | * NiceGuy: He's a pretty decent guy. |
| 881 | * OfficialCouple: With Stacy. |
| 882 | * SatelliteCharacter: To two different characters; he rarely appears without either Jeremy [[SatteliteLoveInterest or Stacy]]. |
| 883 | [[/folder]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | [[folder:Mandy, Thaddeus, and Thor]] |
| 886 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Aliki Theofilopoulos (Mandy), Danny Cooksey (Thaddeus) (English) |
| 887 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbThaddeusAndThor Thaddeus and Thor]]" |
| 888 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mandy_thaddeus_thor_2454.png]] |
| 889 | [[caption-width-right:350:Meeting the neighbors.]] |
| 890 | |
| 891 | ->'''Mandy:''' ''"In terms of obnoxiousness, I'm sure my brothers have your brothers beat."'' |
| 892 | ->'''Thaddeus:''' ''"Well, Thor, I know who we're gonna outdo today!"'' |
| 893 | |
| 894 | Niece and nephews of the Flynn-Fletchers' next-door neighbor Mrs. Weaver. |
| 895 | ---- |
| 896 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Learn this the hard way when Phineas and Ferb outclass them in their debut episode. They never challenge the titular duo again. |
| 897 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Like Candace, Mandy considers her brothers' projects to be annoying. Unlike Phineas and Ferb, however, Thaddeus and Thor really are {{Jerkass}}es. |
| 898 | * BreakTheHaughty: Thaddeus and Thor are ''very'' quickly humbled upon seeing Phineas and Ferb's fort, to the point where Mandy claims the duo broke their brains. She later begrudgingly admits that her brothers' inventions are better. It should be noted that she ''does'' use an invention by Phineas and Ferb later in the series. |
| 899 | * TheBusCameBack: They make a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in ''Candace Against the Universe'' among the brainwashed crowd chasing the main cast. |
| 900 | * ChildProdigies: Nowhere ''near'' Phineas and Ferb's level, but Thaddeus and Thor still have above-average construction skills. |
| 901 | * DescendedCreator: Mandy is voiced by storyboarder Aliki Theofilopoulos. |
| 902 | * EvilCounterpart: While Thaddeus and Thor aren't ''evil'' per se, they're certainly bigger {{Jerkass}}es, a sharp contrast against [[NiceGuy Phineas and Ferb]]. |
| 903 | * {{Gadgeteer Genius}}es: Not as much as Phineas and Ferb, but enough to qualify. |
| 904 | * GagNose: Thaddeus has the same head shape as Phineas. |
| 905 | * IThinkYouBrokeHim: Mandy says, "You broke their brains!" when Thaddeus and Thor are stunned stupid by Phineas and Ferb's fort. |
| 906 | * {{Jerkass}}: Thaddeus behaves condescendingly to everyone he speaks to. |
| 907 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: The reason they lose against Phineas and Ferb is because they're limited by physics and logic. |
| 908 | * TheQuietOne: We never hear Thor speak. |
| 909 | * {{The Rival}}s: Set up as these for the Flynn-Fletcher kids in their debut. However, [[NiceGuy Phineas and Ferb]] do not reciprocate, only competing with their counterparts after being requested to do so by Candace. On Candace and Mandy's side of things, Mandy admits that Phineas and Ferb are more skilled than her brothers after seeing what they are capable of, and her subsequent interactions with Candace have been friendly. The one-sidedness of the rivalry is seen as their snobby behavior is met with PolitenessJudo by Phineas and Ferb. |
| 910 | * TheSilentBob: Fittingly for Ferb's EvilCounterpart, Thor has not said a word on screen. |
| 911 | * SilentPartner: Thor. |
| 912 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Thaddeus and Thor's inventions don't hold a candle to Phineas and Ferb's, but you wouldn't know that by looking at their ego. The main problem seems to be that they can only achieve ''possible'' things, while Phineas and Ferb have no such constraints. |
| 913 | * VillainousBSOD: Upon seeing Phineas and Ferb's fort. May have killed their drive to invent things. |
| 914 | [[/folder]] |
| 915 | |
| 916 | [[folder:Eliza Fletcher]] |
| 917 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Jane Horrocks (English) [[labelnote:'''Other Languages''']]Dorothée Pousséo (French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 918 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMyFairGoalie My Fair Goalie]]" |
| 919 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eliza_6.jpg]] |
| 920 | [[caption-width-right:300:Ferb's cousin.]] |
| 921 | |
| 922 | Ferb's cousin and the step-cousin of Phineas and Candace. |
| 923 | ---- |
| 924 | * HypocriticalHumour: Eliza sings a song explaining to Candace all the things a fair lady should not do... while shifting into an aggressive punk rock tone that completely goes against what a fair lady should do. |
| 925 | * MeaningfulName: Her middle name is Beckham, which is also the surname of a well known English football (soccer) player, which also happens to be the main subject manner of the episode she appears in. It's also the surname of his wife, nicknamed "Posh" due to her image as the ProperLady of Music/TheSpiceGirls. Her first name is a reference to ''Theatre/MyFairLady'', as is the episode title, except that she's Professor Higgins to Candace's Eliza Doolittle. |
| 926 | * NiceGirl: She reluctantly but still willingly helps Candace act more 'ladylike' and is generally nice to both her and Jeremy. |
| 927 | * ProperLady: Is what she's been raised up to be this from an early age. |
| 928 | * TheRockStar: Downplayed. She has the look and displays shades of this like when her classical music number shifts into a punk rock song, but this is a side of hers she usually keeps well hidden. |
| 929 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Despite what their appearances might imply, Eliza is the girly girl to Candace's tomboy in "My Fair Goalie". Eliza is reserved, elegant and ladylike, as opposed to Candace who utterly [[FemininityFailure fails at being a fair lady]] and needed Eliza to show her how. |
| 930 | [[/folder]] |
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