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Linda Flynn-Fletcher and Lawrence Fletcher

Voiced by: Caroline Rhea (English, Linda), Richard O'Brien (English, Lawrence) ^{Other Languages} Brigitte Bergès (French, Linda), Stéphane Marais (French, Lawrence)

Debut: "Rollercoaster" (Linda), "Candace Loses Her Head" (Lawrence)

Candace: And when I'm bouncing off the walls, you're the one that stays calm!
Lawrence is on the left and Linda's on the right.

"Ah, it was those corny history references that made me fall for him in the first place."

Phineas, Ferb and Candace's parents. Linda is an ordinary suburban mom who somehow remains oblivious to the crazy things Phineas and Ferb does, despite Candace's futile efforts to show her. Lawrence is an eccentric, slightly geeky antiques dealer who sometimes joins in on Phineas and Ferb's hijinks.

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• Abusive Parents: Downplayed and slightly justified for the both of them. They love their kids, but can come off as negligent or unreasonable, usually because they don't know the whole situation.
  • Lawrence on the face of it is genuinely accepting of his boys creative projects and such, but he is also absurdly complacent and inattentive to the point that he's along for the ride even when things get more wild and dangerous, or the boys work on something they shouldn't (like Linda's car), it also causes him to be occasionally confused when people act negatively.
  • Linda leans further into this trope as an emotional variation. For the most part She's a very pleasant person and a good mother to her children whom respect her. However, whenever Candace begins going on about the boys, Linda tends to drop pleasantries and very quickly not try very hard, usually rolling her eyes, insulting Candace or in the worst case scenerios, ignoring Candace outright. To say this cycle of being disbelieved and insulted by Linda has damaged Candace's psyche to a degree would be an Understatement, and it leads to further erratic behavior and getting herself hurt trying to prove things to Linda.
  • Not helping are scenarios where Linda does actually catch Phineas and Ferb. When that that happens, she consistently flips her lid to the point and leans too far the opposite way, tending to lead parental movements which cause dictatorships to be set up or have kids re-educated into creatively sterile drones. Tellingly these situations tend to be undone to preserve the formula.
  • An episode where the cast travel to the future (where Phineas and Ferbs inventions have become common place and made them famous). Adult!Candace technically busts them to an elder Linda. Old!Linda apologizes to Adult!Candace in a rathe flimsy way for never believing her or taking her seriously for all her teen years, and doesn't do anything to stop the younger Candace from coming to the VERY skewed take away that she should not give up her obsessive tattling (because this proves her brothers can be busted).
• Adults Are Useless:
  • Averted for the most part. They are shown to be fairly competent for the most part in the series, in spite of not knowing of Phineas and Ferb's exploits. However, they spend the movie watching a movie. Candace's plan to ensure victory for the heroes does involve Linda's participation, but that's more "making use of" adults than adults actively being useful.
  • Lawrence occasionally DOES find out about the boys' adventures, but he either remains unfazed or (at the most) mildly confused, so he's useless to Candace. Which is why Candace only wants to bring Linda to see it because it's implied the busting power is from their mom.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Linda in "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?" and "Meatloaf Surprise".
• Anger Born of Worry: Whenever Linda manages to see Phineas and Ferb's projects, it's half this, half angry at them for doing them without her permission.
• Birthday Episode: For Linda, "Mom's Birthday".
• Bumbling Dad: Lawrence, in a nerdy sort of way.
• Catchphrase: Linda has "So kids, want some snacks?" or some variation in place of snacks, often pie or cookies.
  • "That wasn't very nice." (said when something disappears or changes before she looks, causing her to misinterpret another character's statement as an insult)
  • "What does that even mean?" (said in response to a statement for which she has no frame of reference)
• Cloudcuckoolander: Lawrence. In the way that finding out that his sons have literally turned the entire garage upside-down or that the television is talking back to him doesn't faze him in the slightest.
• Concert Kiss: In "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together". Their first kiss was also at one.
• Deadpan Snarker: Linda towards Candace, and in general.
  Lawrence: "Were you always this sarcastic?"
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Linda is Sanguine while Lawrence is Melancholic.
• Give Geeks a Chance: Lawrence seems to feel this way about his relationship with Linda at times, seeing himself as plain and dull compared to her. Subverted in that she's just as into obscure antiques as he is, including being excited to see a keynote speech on shelac vs. laquer.
• Geeky Turn-On: Linda loves when Lawrence shows his nerdy side.
• Good Parents: Even though they (Linda especially) are generally unaware of the boys' activities, they do take good care of and are adored by their children.
• Happily Married: Linda and Lawrence are almost never shown arguing and love their children unconditionally.
• Happy Dance: Lawrence in "My Fair Goalie". And it is glorious.
  Lawrence: I'm awesome, you're not. I'm awesome, you're not.
• Hartman Hips: Linda's hips are quite wide, emphasizing her maturity compared to her comparatively thin daughter.
• Hidden Depths: Linda has some sort of background in astrophysics, but she'd rather keep it a secret. She also used to be a one-hit-wonder, Lindana.
• I Let You Win: Lawrence to his brother in "My Fair Goalie". Linda convinces him to stop.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: Lawrence of all people in "My Fair Goalie".
• Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds: In many scenarios where Linda does stumble onto what the boys do, the results aren't pretty. Reset Button is a given and a pleasure in these cases.
• Nerd Glasses: Lawrence, as seen in the image.
• Nice Guy and Girl: Both are generally quite nice. It's clear where Phineas and Ferb get it from.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Linda is the one who gave Doof the idea of taking over the Tri-State Area.
• No Peripheral Vision: Linda. SO MUCH. In the pilot, she didn't notice the flaming rollercoaster RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER, IN A TREE. Lampshaded in "Last Train to Bustville" where she reveals she cannot see well and needs contacts.
• Nostalgia Filter: Lawrence for Pinhead Pierre. Though he does realize that the Magic Carpet Ride segments are much less exciting than he remembered.
• Not So Above It All: In "My Fair Goalie", Linda is shown as being annoyed by the sibling rivalry between Lawrence and his brother. At first, it looks like she's just irritated by how utterly inane the contests they have are (such as who can hold their breath the longest and who can wear the most shirts at once), but it's later revealed that she's irritated because Lawrence keeps letting his brother win.
  Linda: Next time, destroy him. Smear the punk. Annihilate him. Make him cry.
• Oh, No... Not Again!: Linda is this sometimes to Candace.
• One-Hit Wonder: Linda is an in-universe example, having spent her youth in the '80s as pop musician Lindana, whose sole lasting success was "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun". In "Flop Starz", she recounts her career arc to Phineas and Ferb (without giving away her involvement), who use it as a checklist for intentionally becoming one-hit wonders themselves.
• One of the Kids: Most prominent in "That Sinking Feeling".
• Parental Obliviousness: Justified, as contrived coincidences always serve to remove all evidence of Phineas and Ferb's outlandish creations before Linda can actually see it (or in some cases, just the evidence that they were the ones responsible). Lawrence, though, seems to be oblivious to most things going on around him, and either fully aware or actively participating in many of them.
• Phrase Catcher: Linda has three of them. In response to not seeing anything, she might say to Candace, "What am I looking at?" or "What is it you wanted to show me?" In the case she sees the boys looking perfectly innocent and fine, she greets them with, "Hello/Hi boys/kids!"
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Lawrence plays this straight, but, at least within the show's context, Linda is actually an aversion. She does genuinely love her sons (and daughter), but she's one of the few authority figures shown who has the slightest disagreement with the things Phineas and Ferb do. The episode "What Do It Do?" also shows that when the unusual crops up, her ability to go completely bonkers over it can even rival Candace.
  • However, Linda's approval of Phineas and Ferb's projects in "What'd I Miss?" and "Love at First Byte" is likely a sign that she would be more supportive of their projects as long as they're not dangerous.
• Sarcasm Mode: Linda does this a lot, mostly over Candace's freakouts and failed busts. She assumes whatever she's showing her is imaginary or just going through teen angst.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: While Linda is good-looking for her age as both her regular days as Linda Flynn-Fletcher and Lindana, Lawrence goes from plain and average looking to instant heartthrob making girls faint at the sight of him when he puts on the persona of Max Modem in an attempt to impress his wife.
• Second Love: To each other. Considering that only Phineas and Candace are blood-related siblings, Lawrence must have had Ferb with someone else before he married Linda, and Linda likewise with her children.
• Snark-to-Snark Combat: Sometimes between Linda and Candace.
• Temporarily a Villain: Lawrence is hit by a make-everything-evil-izer/inator in "Bullseye!", but he's restored to normal before he does any harm.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Played For Laughs with Linda, who dated Doof before meeting Lawrence. Apparently, she's the one who started Doof's fascination with conquering the Tri-State Area.
• Voice for the Voiceless: In addition to Phineas, Lawrence seems to speak for Ferb often as well.
• Weirdness Censor: Linda is possibly the only person in the Tri-State area worlduniverse who doesn't know about Phineas and Ferb's inventions and adventures - and given that Phineas and Ferb have been to Mars and space on several occasions that's not an exaggeration as they've literally built stuff in space. The boys themselves are completely unaware of this fact and frequently aid Candace's attempts to expose them.

Major Francis Monogram

Voiced by: Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (English) ^{Other Languages} Michel Vigné (French)

Debut: "Rollercoaster"

Agent P, over here
Let us get this thing in gear

"Ah, good morning Agent P."

Perry's immediate superior. It's to him that Perry reports each episode to get a briefing on whatever Dr. Doofenshmirtz is up to. Despite his usually stiff and serious demeanor, it's been shown that he's actually a bit scatterbrained, with his briefings being vague or otherwise unhelpful.

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• Alliterative Name: Only when referred to in his official capacity: Major Monogram.
• As You Know: Reminds Perry (and the audience) of O.W.C.A. policies when they become plot-relevant.
• Ascended Extra: He was originally meant to be nothing more than a talking head on a screen who sent Perry on his missions, but he soon gained an assistant, was eventually revealed to have a son, and had significant roles in multiple episodes (notably "Where's Perry?" and "Save Summer").
• Beware the Silly Ones: He may act goofy much of the time, but he can also more than hold his own in a fight.
• Big Good: He is the head of the O.W.C.A., a secret spy agency whose mission seems to be to stop evil scientists from carrying out their diabolical plans.
• Big Ol' Unibrow: One of his most prominent physical features, even being mentioned numerous times in-universe. Doofenshmirtz even calls him "Major Monobrow".
  Major Monogram: That tears it, I'm getting my tweezers back from Carl.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He can be inconsiderate, juvenile, and unfocused, but "Save Summer" shows how essential his leadership is for the operation of O.W.C.A..
• Career Not Taken: Major Monogram became head of OWCA because the career ran in his family, but he really wanted to be an acrobat. To cope with this loss, he tries to pressure his own son, Monty, into being an acrobat, even though Monty actually wants to work at the agency.
• Characterization Marches On: In Season 1, he was a very formal, authoritative no-nonsense boss who behaved in a totally cold demeanor to anyone he spoke to. Since Season 2 onwards, he's a One of the Kids eccentric whose mission briefings are never complete without at least one joke.
• Catchphrase: "Great googly-moogly!", whenever he gets surprised.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Often unfocused, being largely unaware of what Doofenshmirtz is actually up to, easily sidetracked by tangents, and quickly jumping to bizarre conclusions.
• Descended Creator: Voiced by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, one of the creators of the show. He is sometimes used as a variation of Author Avatar, such as being the one to host clip shows and do episode commentaries while remaining in character.
• Distaff Counterpart:
  • England's spy bureau has a woman of the same age as him named Inspector Initials.
  • Admiral Acronym, the head of Pinky's division.
• Distressed Dude: He gets captured by villains now and then, such as in "Summer Belongs to You!", "Where's Perry?", and the Musical Cliptastic Countdown.
• Embarrassing First Name: Francis. He doesn't actually seem embarrassed of at all though, and just seems confused when Doofenshmirtz makes fun of it.
• Enemy Mine: In the "Save Summer" special, Monogram temporarily loses his job and became homeless, but he shares Doof's disgust over Rodney's plot to send the Earth into a new Ice Age, as Doof reprimands him for letting L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. succeed in taking over the Earth. To that end, Monogram personally aids Doofenshmirtz in stopping Rodney from endangering the Earth.
• Fedora of Asskicking: Rarely wears it, but he will doff it when it's time to kick some ass (such as in "Where's Perry? (Part Two)").
• Follow in My Footsteps: Major Monogram was a straight example of his trope and wanted to escape the family legacy and become an acrobat.
• Gender-Blender Name: Doofenshmirtz repeatedly tries to needle him over his "feminine" name. The closest it ever comes to working is the first time, when Monogram patiently explains that the masculine and feminine versions are spelled differently and it's a very common name.
• Genre Blind: In "Save Summer", he loudly proclaims his optimism on how the O.W.C.A. graduation event will go, whereas both Perry and Carl appear to realize that he's Tempting Fate. He also has a recurring tendency to jump to highly unusual and illogical conclusions. Averted in the commentary for "The Chronicles of Meap", though he still lacks Medium Awareness.
• The Ghost: He is frequently said to be married, but his wife was never seen in the series.
• Good Counterpart: To Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and also to Aloyse von Roddenstein and the members of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N..
• Good Is Not Nice: In contrast to Doofenshmirtz's Affably Evil, Monogram is dedicated to fighting evil, but is often a bit of a jerk.
• Innocently Insensitive: He often comes across as being inconsiderate towards Carl and sometimes Perry, but is rarely mean on purpose.
• Jerkass Realization: It takes Carl turning evil and threatening to take over the Tri-State Area for Monogram to realize how much he has been neglecting and mistreating the intern.
• The Leader: Of one division in the O.W.C.A.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: As goofy as he usually is, when things get gritty you'll find that he's not an authority figure in the O.W.C.A. for nothing.
• Made of Iron: Joked with in "Summer Belongs to You", when he claims to have nerves of steel, an iron will, and a series of other metallic-related attributes, concluding that he's "basically 35 percent metal".
• Majorly Awesome: His "awesome" aspect is rarely shown, but when it is...
• Manchild: Several times. For example, he is disheartened when the local fast food restaurant's clown mascot figure is stolen, and tears up when reporting it to Perry.
• Mean Boss: While he's not intentional in how he acts he still treats Carl like dirt. To a lesser extent he is this to Perry since he will send him after Doofenshmirtz even when Perry is supposed to be on his day off.
• Mission Control: Gives instructions by video call, whether Perry is in his lair or out in the field. Although on some occasions, he meets Agent P in person whether it be for urgency or due to various silly reasons (i.e. his video screen is broken due to Carl playing croquet indoors, or using the sauna to avoid losing their privileges of using it).
• Mister Exposition: His main role, narratively speaking. Since Perry cannot speak, most of what we know about O.W.C.A. comes from his exposition.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Jeff "Swampy" Marsh essentially based Monogram's voice on his imitation of newsreader Walter Cronkite.
• Noodle Incident: His time at "the Academy". The Running Gag of him being cut off by abrupt scene changes has also resulted in a few others.
  • The only thing we know for sure about his time at the Academy is that he did some sort of favor for Ray Liotta.
• Offhand Backhand: He turns out to be quite adept at this.
• Papa Wolf: Seems to have these tendencies toward Carl. When he believes Carl is in danger in "Undercover Carl", it marks the first time he goes into the field himself, with a small army of black choppers and vans in tow, no less.
• Pointy-Haired Boss: Arguable, but consider this: He refuses to ever give Perry a vacation, even though he only ever pits him against an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain that any marginally competent crimefighter could've handled easily. And you sometimes get the impression that he hasn't bothered to do any research on said villain's activities recently ("Uh...Stop Doofenshmirtz").
  • Heck, one time Heinz actually called in sick to be bothered with their usual routine. Monogram's response while he was sick no less: "How dare he call in sick when everyone already gathered. Screw that, we're going on as planned!".
  • Though in his defense, Perry seems to have a good time beating Doofenshmirtz.
• Properly Paranoid: He constantly sends Perry after Doofenshmirtz, regardless of what Doofenshmirtz is doing, or even if he isn't doing anything. But most of the time Doofenshmirtz is working some kind of scheme, so Monogram is at least partially right about that. Doofenshmirtz's schemes aren't especially dangerous, but Monogram is typically right about when he is scheming.
• Rapid Hair Growth: "Save Summer" even shows him apparently growing a new mustache at will.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Though he often comes across as incompetent, he generally recognizes when situations get serious.
• Sweating Through My Eyes: He denies that he is crying when Phineas and Ferb bid farewell to Agent P before having their minds wiped at the end of the movie.
• Straight Man and Wise Guy: Has this dynamic with Carl.
  Major Monogram: I didn't become a major so I could sweat out a vaudeville routine with an intern.
• You Are Too Late: In the Series Finale, Doof takes over the Tri-State Area by being elected as its first Tri-Governor and wrote a law forbidding Monogram and his agents to thwart him, which forced a depressed Monogram to accept defeat.
  Monogram: Sorry, Agent P, I just received confirmation that Doof's anti-thwarting legislation is completely legal and official. So, I... guess we're the bad guys now. And I guess this means you're on hiatus... at least until his term is over. Monogram out.

Clyde and Betty Jo Flynn

Voiced by: Barry Bostwick (English, Clyde), Caroline Rhea (English, Betty Jo) ^{Other Languages} Marc Pérez (French, Clyde), Patricia Legrand (French, Betty Jo)

Debut: "Get That Bigfoot Outta My Face"

Did they fit the Ugly Guy, Hot Wife trope when they were younger?

Clyde: "Alright, nature lovers! Time for vittles!"

Betty Jo: "You wanna go down and embarrass your sister at the park?"

Linda's parents and Phineas' grandparents. They've got a bit of a mischievous streak in them, as seen in their introductory episode "Get That Bigfoot Outta My Face!"

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• Always Identical Twins: Betty Jo and her sister Lorraine.
• Beehive Hairdo: Betty Jo.
• Hidden Depths: Part 1 of "Where's Perry?" shows that Clyde has a book on monotreme manners.
  Betty Jo: You have a book on monotreme manners?
  Clyde: You don't know everything about me.
• Hot-Blooded: Betty Jo when it comes to Roller Derbys.
• I Was Quite a Looker: Betty Jo looked as good as Linda in her youth.
• Never Mess with Granny: Betty Jo, especially in the roller derby episode.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Clyde often plays senile because he loves Betty Jo's notes as seen in "Buford Confidential".
• One Head Taller: Betty Jo is noticeably taller than Clyde.
• The Pranksters: In "Get That Bigfoot Outta My Face!"

Reginald and Winifred Fletcher

It appears that the Fletcher family looks are hereditary.

Reginald: "The Flying Fishmongers shall jump again!"

Winifred: "Dinner's at 19:00. That's 7:00 for you Yanks!"

Voiced in English by: Malcolm McDowell (Reginald), Jane Carr (Winifred)
Voiced in French by: Edgar Givry (Reginald), Évelyne Grandjean (Winifred)

Lawrence's thoroughly British parents and Ferb's grandparents. Reginald was a bit of a thrill-seeker in his youth, and performed as a stunt motorcyclist known as "The Flying Fishmonger".

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• Bookworm: Winifred is hinted to be this in "Elementary Dear Stacy" due to her vast collection of Sherlock Holmes books.
• Cool Old Guy: Reginald likes to skateboard, fly a biplane, and he's still perfectly capable of motorcycle jumping over gorges.
• Retired Badass: Reginald used to do daredevil stunts as The Flying Fishmonger. He briefly takes up the mantle again with Phineas and Ferb in "The Flying Fishmonger".

Charlene Doofenshmirtz

Dr. Doofenshmirtz: I get a couple of checks,
Every month from my ex,
So I can finance my coming regime!

"I kept the name!"

Voiced in English by: Allison Janney
Voiced in French by: Ninou Fratellini

Dr. Doofenshmirtz's ex-wife. Not much is known about her, other than she's rich and that she and Heinz get along pretty well, despite some back-and-forth snark. Despite her daughter's insistance, she doesn't believe that her ex is an evil scientist.

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• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's a dark-haired decently pretty woman who's quite aloof towards her ex Doof. Like Mother, Like Daughter, after all.
• Amicable Exes: She snarks at Heinz occasionally regarding his odd money spending habits and his ineptitude at building things when they were together, but she is genuinely friendly with him most of the time, most evident in her near-constant attempts to get Vanessa to warm up to him. Apparently their marriage ended because they "both wanted different things". Notably, he has never attempted to screw her over throughout all his schemes.
• Deadpan Snarker: She often responds to the craziness happening around Doof with subdued sarcasm, and sometimes does so to Vanessa as well when she tries to talk about what Doof is getting up to.
• Failed a Spot Check: She is oblivious to the fact that her ex-husband is an evil scientist, and yet, somehow, fails to notice the big sign on the side of Doof's building that clearly says "Doofenshmirtz EVIL Inc."
• Fiction 500: Constantly implied and explained as the source of money for Doof's antics.
• Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: She refuses to believe that anyone (especially Doof) can be evil in real life. Even when Vanessa describes Doof's daily routine as an evil scientist that usually happens, Charlene passes this out as fiction, believing that Vanessa is being overly dramatic, much to Vanessa's frustration.
• Oh, No... Not Again!: Charlene is this sometimes to Vanessa.
• Parental Obliviousness:
  • Justified, as contrived coincidences always serve to remove or sabotage any evidence of Doof's schemes before Charlene can actually see it, which might add up to her snarkiness towards him and Vanessa.
  • However, it's quite Subverted a few times when Charlene was impressed with what Doof has done. In "Thaddeus and Thor" she was briefly surprised to see that Doof created a machine to help him cope with his poor kicking skills as he pulled a good kick during the Doofenshmirtz family reunion. In "Bee Day", she complimented Doof for using bee pheremones to make himself look more attractive. In "This Is Your Backstory", she is even aware that Doof built a giant robot named Norm to serve as his assistant and complimented him for his tuxedo design.
• Stoic Spectacles: Never seen without glasses that reflect her serious personality.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Ex-wife in this case, but she's quite easy on the eyes while Doof is a major Gonk.

Love Händel

You snuck your way right into my heart...

^{Click here to see them in the 90's}

Danny: See? Music does change lives.

Bobbi: I just play bass in the background. Nobody even remembers me.

Sherman: Hey, I do have rhythm!

Voiced in English by: Jaret Reddick (Danny), Carlos Alazraqui (Bobbi) and Steve Zahn (Sherman)

A former hair metal band from the early nineties. They were a favorite of Linda and Lawrence until they split up. As an anniversary gift to their parents, Phineas and Ferb spend the episode "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!" trying to convince them to get together for a reunion concert.

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• Adults Are Useless: The only adults in the movie to (somewhat) avert this. More so in a deleted scene where Danny gets to take out at least one Normbot with a simple Offhand Backhand!
• All Drummers Are Animals: Subverted with Sherman. He looked just as wild as the others in the band's heyday, but went on to work in a library and is by far their most laid-back member. While the others go back to their old costumes after the reunion, Sherman in nearly all of his appearances retains his plain, boring librarian outfit, mainly because he grew a Balloon Belly and can no longer fit in it.
• Ambiguously Gay: Bobbi Fabulous, the bassist.
• And Show It to You: Sung about and done so with a Normbot in "Robot Riot"... at least in a deleted scene.
• Appeal to Flattery: How the boys covince Bobbi to reunite with the other band members; by telling him that he's the one who steals the show.
• Autobots, Rock Out!: Their main role during the Final Battle in the movie is to provide live musical accompaniment.
• Black Sheep Hit: An In-Universe example. The band usually performs glammy, Hard Rock or bluesy rock songs like "Robot Riot" and "The Ballad of Klimpaloon". But "You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart" is a an '80s Synth-Pop ballad.
• Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut: They might be more hair metal than heavy metal, but they've still got the umlaut on the "a".
• Informed Ability: Bobbi Fabulous is supposed to be an incredible hairstylist, but he only seems capable of producing the exact same hairstyle over and over again, regardless of who he's putting it on. Even at that, in "Fly on the Wall", it is revealed that he actually wears a wig.
• Mr. Fanservice: They've got quite a little troop of fangirls on deviantArt.
• Myspeld Rökband: Handle is typically spelled without an umlaut, and without ending with an "el".
• Noodle Incident: "Albuquerque '93". Also, "Detroit '84", but at least we know that involved juice and some packing tape.
• Offhand Backhand: Danny does this to a Normbot in a deleted scene.
• The Power of Rock:
  • "Danny's Song" is all about this.
  • Hell, Danny in general is all about this. "It's only my life", indeed.
• Punny Name: Their name is a play on love handles and the name of the baroque composer George Frederic Handel (born Georg Friederich Händel).
• True Companions: After they're reunited in their introductory episode, they're almost never seen apart again.
• Tuckerization: The band members are all named after and drawn to look like series creators Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, and Bobby Gaylor.

Roger Doofenshmirtz

Dr. Doofenshmirtz: My goody two-shoes brother,
the favorite of my mother,
is the one I want to smother,
in a ton of pigeon goo!

"Yes, it's so easy to blame the guy in charge."

Voiced in English by: John O'Hurley
Voiced in French by: Sébastien Desjours

Danville's mayor and Dr. Doofenshmirtz's "goody two-shoes" younger brother. A frequent target of Heinz's animosity, for being the favored son and generally out-performing him at everything when the two were growing up.

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• The Ahnold: He's got the chiseled body of a typical action star, but he shares his brother's pointy nose.
• Always Someone Better: For Heinz.
• Big Little Brother: He is definitely more mature and more physically impressive than Heinz, though he is in fact the younger sibling.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's rather mean to Heinz, but he's helped others and is hinted to be why Danville is a great place to live. Once he even spent twenty years trying to restore his brother's painting.
• Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Even though he grew up in Gimmelshtump, Drusselstein, like his brother, he does not speak with an Eastern European accent. Instead, he has an upperclass Mid-Atlantic accent that his voice actor, John O'Hurley, tends to speak with.
• Obliviously Evil: In most of Heinz's Freudian Excuses that involve him, Roger doesn't seem to realize what his actions were doing to his brother, with even his younger self's actions in "Make Play" making at least some sense when you consider how much his parents pampered him. In "Magic Carpet Ride", the only time he's part of a Freudian Excuse when he's older than a child, he's genuinely regretful of how his actions hurt Heinz, even if it wasn't completely his fault.
• Only Sane Man: Of the Doofenshmirtz family, anyway, considering how he was the only one to notice that Heinz only wants a little respect, and acknowledges that he does kinda deserve it.
• Patient Zero: Roger Doofenshmirtz plays this role in "Night of the Living Pharmacists" after his brother's scheme goes horribly right.
• Pet the Dog: He spent 20 years remaking his older brother's painting that he had accidentally ruined as a kid. Unfortunately, Heinz ruins this one too. Also, whatever the issues he and his brother may have, he clearly doesn't let them affect his treatment of his niece, as Vanessa says that she likes "Uncle Roger".
• Sleazy Politician: Roger is something of a mild example. While he's not outright unpleasant or criminal, he seems to care more about his popularity than the lives of others, and the worst thing he's shown doing is making his brother the fall guy in "The Beak".
• Small Name, Big Ego: Well, "Doofenshmirtz" isn't a small name at all, but the idea still stands.
• Strong Family Resemblance: He shares the Doofenshmirtz family nose with his brother and his parents.
• Universally Beloved Leader: Everyone from his parents to the voters to giant squids love him, with the sole exception of his brother.
• Villain with Good Publicity: Downplayed. He's not a villain, but a complete jerk. Though how much of a jerk tends to change from episode to episode. On the one hand he's implied to be part of the reason Danville is such a nice place to live, having done a lot of genuinely good work and helped a lot of people (before becoming Mayor, he once got the key to the town from the then Mayor), and his niece Vanessa says she likes him. On the other hand, he's rather full of himself, lazy when he can get away with it, and often quite a jerk to his brother ("And I've already wasted half the morning not caring at all about being on time for our golf game")... then again, he spent twenty years restoring his brother's painting he accidentally ruined (though, that may have just been because he respected the quality of the work, but he did go to lengths to credit Heinz in his speech), so it's a really mixed bag.

Aloyse "Rodney" von Roddenstein

If you wanna see evil tonight at its best
We're the cruelest of people, put us to the test!

"Nobody talks to my hand that way!"

Voiced in English by: Joe Orrantia

Another mad scientist and rival within L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. to Doofenshmirtz.

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• Bald of Evil: Evil and prominently bald.
• Big Bad:
  • In "Phineas And Ferb Save Summer".
  • Given his status as the (apparent) leader of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N., and the fact that he's an enemy to both Perry and Doofenshmirtz, you could make the argument that he's this for the whole series.
• Character Development: During his previous appearances, he was shown to be as goofy as Doofenshmirtz, that is until "Save Summer", where he becomes completely psychopathic in nature by revealing his ruthless plan to bring in a new Ice Age that would endanger the entire world population, an act that everyone (including Doofenshmirtz) finds to be very disturbing. Even Perry thinks of Rodney to be far more despicable than Doofenshmirtz as the imminent cataclysm would endanger his host family as well.
• Creator Cameo: Voiced by one of the writers on the show.
• Diabolical Mastermind: Upon hearing of Doofenshmirtz's successful scheme of moving the Earth to an early autumn, Rodney takes the opportunity to exploit the event, effectively becoming the brains behind L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N.'s plot to rule the Earth. He arranged his fellow villains to capture nearly all of O.W.C.A.'s agents, hold the world for ransom, and contact the world leaders to meet their demands by any means.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
  • In "A Real Boy", Rodney is shown to care for his son named Orville, whom he praises for his assistance in helping him create his inizors. Also, in "Love at First Byte", Rodney is shown to be overprotective towards his robot assistant named Chloe, as he forbids her to hang out with Doof's robot Norm because of his rivalry with Doof (despite Norm and Chloe's love for each other due to their dancing skills).
  • However, the "Save Summer" special completely subverts all of this as Rodney was willing to put the Earth into a horrible fate that would endanger the entire world population, so it may be clear that his relationships with his son and robot assistant are very insincere and of no regards to him anymore (and even when he was praising his son, it was more about taunting Doof than anything).
• Eviler Counterpart: To Doofenshmirtz. Rodney's just as goofy, but lacks Doof's redeeming qualities.
  • Also, to an extent, to Phineas and Ferb, who strive to make summer more fun for everyone while Rodney plots to destroy summer for his own selfish ends.
• Evil Is Hammy: He has the hamminess to match Doofenshmirtz, and unlike him, Rodney can actually be considered evil.
• Evil Is Petty: In "Save Summer" he makes a list of demands that if not met he will plunge the world into an eternal winter. When one item from the list isn't met, a minor one involving pretzels, he makes good on the threat. When Doofenshmirtz tries to destroy the machine to allow Earth to be returned to normal, Rodney spites him by trying to plunge Earth into an ice age.
• Eviler than Thou: Unlike the other villains in the show, underneath his goofy exterior, Rodney was an absolute psycho with no concern for anything but himself, having absolutely no morals when it comes to power.
• Fluffy the Terrible: Literally; his pet piranha is named Fluffy.
• Gadgeteer Genius: Like Doofenshmirtz, he invents many contraptions to further his evil goals. He calls his "inizors".
• Good Parents: Subverted, as he cared more of his desire to rule the world than the well-being of his son.
• Harmless Villain: Up until "Save Summer", he was shown be no more effective a villain than Doofenshmirtz. And even then he was capitalizing on one of Doof's schemes.
• In-Series Nickname: Addressed as "Rodney" by Doofenshmirtz because of his long full name, something which he later gets used to.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Always attempts to downplay Doofenshmirtz in the art of evil; even when Doof calls him a jerk for trying to steal one of his inators, Rodney himself takes great delight in being called one. It would further intensify when he attempted to move the Earth into an ice age. During the final fight, Rodney attempts to talk Doof out of fighting and suggests a team-up that would benefit them both, but seconds later, he tricks Doof into looking the other side and pushes him out of the way to finalize his plan for a new Ice Age.
  Rodney: Oh, this is just ridiculous. You and I should just- oh, look. A horse in a bookcase.
  Doof: A what? (gets pushed away by Rodney) WHOA!
  Rodney: HA! Now to move the Earth into a new ICE AGE!!! (activates his machine)
• Mad Scientist: As an evil inventor.
• Near-Villain Victory: During the climax, Rodney gets into a fight against Doofenshmirtz over the machine's controls and pushes him away before activating the machine to move the Earth further away; even Phineas and Ferb's rocket boosters aren't strong enough to resist the pull of Rodney's machine. To ensure of his success, Rodney deliberately disables the reverse switch and self-destruct button, resulting him to be whomped down by an angry Doofenshmirtz for dooming the Earth. Doofenshmirtz would later disable the machine by making it fall off the roof (with the help from Perry, Major Monogram, Carl, and Monty) to save the Earth.
• Non-Action Big Bad: Though he helps capture the O.W.C.A. agents by trickery, even Doofenshmirtz can defeat him when it comes to an actual fight.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Along with the rest of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N., he succeeds in neutralizing most of O.W.C.A. and nearly plunges Earth into another ice age in "Save Summer," putting him in a category with Doof-2, Charlene-2 and Evil Carl as villains who legitimately serve as serious threats. However, unlike the others, Rodney has no morals whatsoever.
• Not So Similar: He appears to be a lot like Doofenshmirtz in most of his appearances, but then "Save Summer" he shows he is prepared to plunge Earth into an eternal winter over petty reasons, and out of spite for Doofenshmirtz trying to stop him he will plunge the Earth into an ice age.
• Overly Long Name: Aloyse Everhart Elizabeth Otto Wolfgang Hypatia Gunther Galen Gary Cooper von Roddenstein.
• Psychopathic Manchild: As immature as Doofenshmirtz, Rodney has been shown to be far more ruthless, as he was willing to endanger the Earth for his own selfish desire to show who's in charge.
• Sitcom Archnemesis: To Doofenshmirtz. They are constantly trying to one up each other, until "Save Summer" when Rodney's plan to cause an eternal winter causes them to be actual enemies.
• Small Name, Big Ego: He constantly mocks Doofenshmirtz as a failure, but not only is Rodney no more successful, but the only schemes we see him engage in are ones that he stole or piggy-backed from Doof.
• The Starscream: To Doofenshmirtz, when he ends up taking over L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N..
• Stupid Evil: In "Save Summer" he comes up with a plan to move Earth away from the sun to plunge it into an eternal winter if his list of demands aren't meant. When a minor item related to pretzels isn't met, he goes ahead with the plan with no intention to undo it. In fact Doofenshmirtz of all people raises concern about how dumb the plan is and tries to stop it, Rodney out of spite attempts to move the Earth even further away from the sun to plunge into an ice age.
• They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: Downplayed in later episodes though.
• Thing-O-Matic: He names his inventions "-inizor"s, or "-izor" for short.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: As much as it goes in "Save Summer", he cared less about billions of lives being put at risk by his plan to send the Earth into a new Ice Age than about making some petty point about being in charge, even going so far to disable the reverse process on his machine to ensure that his plan would succeed.
  Doof: Okay, I had time to think it over, and we need to put the world back. I, for one, do NOT want to live in a world full of perpetual winter. Scoot over, Rodney. (attempts to reprogram the machine)
  Rodney: Your betrayal doesn't surprise me, Heinz. STEP ASIDE! (gets into a fight with Doof over the controls while the platform raises up)
  Doof: Wha... what are you doing?!
  Rodney: Just to show you who's boss! I'M GOING TO MOVE THE EARTH EVEN FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SUN!!
• Vocal Evolution: His first two lines, are said in a voice different from his current "Marvin the Martian" voice.

Esmeralda Poofenplotz

"I can't very well take over the world until I'm drop-dead gorgeous."

Voiced in English by: Amanda Plummer

Yet another mad scientist, the nemesis of Isabella's pet chihuahua Pinky.

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• Alliterative Name: Though not so when her first name, Esmeralda, is included.
• Arch-Enemy: To Pinky the Chihuahua.
• Cloudcuckoolander: She thinks eating royal jelly will make her the queen of the world... and give her a large abdomen for laying eggs, but she claims she can live with that. She soon learns the hard way after realizing that her hypothesis is faulty.
• Catchphrase: Has one whenever her plans get foiled by Pinky, similar to Doofenshmirtz's.

  Poofenplotz: "Curse you, Pinky the Chihuahua!"

• Distaff Counterpart: Dr. Doofenshmirtz, but an even less competent one according to Doofenshmirtz himself.
• Evil Is Petty: Thinks she should look her best before she can begin her evil plans. As a result, her schemes rarely even get started.
• Faceship: She seems fond of using these.
• Gender-Concealing Writing: Brazilians don't have a gender-neutral equivalent for "Professor". When the episode where Professor Poofenplotz was first mentioned was translated for Brazilian audiences, they used the masculine equivalent. Then the episode "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" revealed Professor Poofenplotz was a woman.
• Harmless Villain: Even Doofenshmirtz and the members of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. think she's not evil enough to join their organization because of her silly schemes.
• Laughably Evil: So much that it makes Doofenshmirtz look like a real threat.
• Shoot the Messenger: Poofenplotz literally shoots the woman who was stocking shelves at the beauty store because when asked, the stocker informed her that "Stiff Beauty" had been discontinued by the manufacturer. However, the gun in question didn't kill the woman, it just sent her to another dimension.
• Thing-O-Matic: She calls her inventions "-ificator"s.
• Villain of Another Story: Despite having few appearances in the series, it is implied Pinky has to stop her regularly. The fact that she's even more of a Harmless Villain than Doofenshmirtz probably helps prevent her from taking part in the plot on a bigger scale.
• Villain With An F In Evil: Her evil schemes are ridiculous even compared to Doofenshmirtz's.
• Zany Scheme: For starters, see her scheme in "Bee Story", in which she plans to eat enough royal jelly for her to somehow be crowned queen of the world.

Doofenshmirtz Parents

Mr. Doofenshmirtz "Bewegen dich nicht!"^Translation"Don't move!"

Mrs. Doofenshmirtz "Oh, Roger, my son! You make me so proud, again!"

Voiced in English by: Dee Bradley Baker and Cloris Leachman

The unnamed parents of Heinz and Roger.

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• Abusive Parents: To Heinz, played mostly for laughs.
• Hate Sink: Are the cause of the majority of Doof's tragic backstories and even in the present give him no respect whatsoever. They're given no redeeming qualities as parents beyond not being so bad around the holidays.
• I Have No Son!:
  • Mr. Doofenshmirtz says this quote in German when Heinz wimps out on jumping off the high dive. He also named the family dog "Only Son".
  • Both of them once kicked out Heinz to be raised by ocelots.
• Karma Houdini: Nothing really happens to them, and Heinz never seeks revenge because he still wants their approval deep down. Father even gets his beloved gnome back thanks to Heinz.
• Parental Favoritism: Mother favors Roger due to his kickball skills, Father favors his dog "Only Son". The father's relationship with Roger is less explored.
• Parental Neglect: Somehow managed to avoid showing up for Heinz's birth. To say nothing of making him throw his own birthdays and wander the woods alone at six, and kicking him out to be raised by ocelots at one point.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Heinz desperately wants their approval, trying to upstage Roger in the present day to get it.
  • He does finally get approval from his father when he returns the family lawn gnome, but because it was broken due to Heinz tripping and took Father time to figure out what it was, Heinz never found out. Still, Father is very happy to have it back and carefully reassembled it to guard the garden once more.

Professor Mystery

"Mystery is my allure."

Voiced in English by: Terry O'Quinn

Peter the Panda's actual nemesis from Seattle. Technically only seen in a glimpse into an alternate universe.

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• Does This Remind You of Anything?: As with all Peter the Panda episodes, the relationship between an Agent and Evil Scientist is portrayed like a real-like relationship between a couple. In this case, Mystery is "the other Evil Scientist" in Heinz and Peter's "affair".
• Flat Character: At least from Peter's point of view. His focus on being mysterious leads to Peter finding him as a lot less interesting than, say, Doofenshmirtz.
• Freudian Excuse: After Heinz gets him to talk to Peter, admits a lot of his villainy is based in his parents abandoning him as a child. Phineas and Ferb's plot in the episode frees them from their locked capsule and they reunite.
• Generic Doomsday Villain: Considered to be one In-Universe. Peter the Panda eventually gets fed up of dealing with him because it's all work, no mystique, and Doofenshmitz puts it into song:
  Dr. Doofenshmirtz: You can can it with the mystery,
  you don't have to be so vague! (So vague!)
  Give your nemesis some history,
  all the reasons you're a rotten egg!
• Malevolent Masked Man: Wears a ski mask at all times that only shows his eyes and mouth.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: Tells Peter nothing, no monologues or backstories or explanation of his plans, but still expects Peter to thwart him. While this doesn't make him difficult for Peter to defeat (and in fact explains Peter's own blunt style) it does leave Peter bored and seeking out a more open nemesis.
• Poor Communication Kills: His insistence on keeping everything about himself mysterious means he doesn't tell Peter anything. This is why Peter seeks nemesis-ship and later thwarty-calls from Doofenshmirtz, who lovingly details his evil schemes and backstories.
• Power of the Void: His only onscreen invention, the "True-Purpose-Shrouded-In-An-Enigma-inator", later dubbed "Un-Exist-Inator". Anything hit with it doesn't exist anymore. Even black holes disappear when hit by it.
• Yandere: Goes to Danville to kidnap Heinz just because Peter sometimes went to thwart Heinz for a change of pace. He even planned to kill Heinz for it.

Dr. Diminutive

"I'm Dr. Diminutive, and I don't have a Napoleon complex! Napoleon had a me complex! Don't cross me!"

Voiced in English by: Dee Bradley Baker

An unhinged evil scientist with a chip on his shoulder over his short size.

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• Butt-Monkey: He gets his ass handed to him on "Let's All Dance Until We're Sick", gets kicked out of the L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. pageant for his short stature, and gets thrown in jail after steali-borrowing Doof's inator.
• Don't Explain the Joke: Reacts this way whenever Rodney points out Doof's poor posture.
• It's Probably Nothing: He often dismisses strange noises as the building settling.
• The Napoleon: See his quote above.

Vivian Garcia-Shapiro

"Oy vey! Look how tall you've gotten!"

Voiced in English by: Eileen Galindo

Isabella's Jewish-Mexican mother and Linda's friend.

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• Affectionate Nickname: She calls Isabella "Isa".
• Gratuitous Spanish: She sprinkles some Spanish into her dialogue.
• Housewife: She is not seen working, except as the bassist for Linda's jazz trio. It is not until "Act Your Age" that it is revealed she owns a Mexican-Jewish restaurant called "Nosh Olé".
• In-Series Nickname: Linda calls her "Viv".
• Jewish Mother: She checks off all the stereotypes, such as asking about someone's height and constantly feeding people.
• Leitmotif: Whenever she is on screen or speaks, she is often accompanied by a Latin-Klezmer theme played by a guitar and clarinet.
• Yiddish as a Second Language: Since she is Jewish and Mexican, she often combines Spanish phrases with Yiddish, such as "¡Oy-lé!" And "¡Oy, caramba!" And also makes combined Mexican and Jewish delicacies such as "matzah ball-ritos" and "kreplach tortillas".

Mrs. Johnson

Voiced in English by: Jane Lynch

Jeremy and Little Suzy's mother and another friend of Linda's.

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• Flat Character: She has barely any distinguishing characteristics, other than her support of wildlife.
• No Name Given: She is only referred to as "Mrs. Johnson", and the only thing close to a name is that she refers to herself as "Hawkeye Johnson".
• Soapbox Sadie: She is a supporter of wildlife conservation.
• Suddenly Speaking: She was first only seen as a background character and as the drummer for Linda's jazz trio. It wasn't until the third season that she was given lines.

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