Phineas is the more talkative and outgoing brother, while Ferb typically says one to two lines per episode. Candace is Phineas’ biological sister, and when she is not trying to get her brothers in trouble, she spends time with her best friend Stacy, or her boyfriend Jeremy. Their pet, Perry the Platypus, disappears every day to fight Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, an endearing yet trouble-making villain. While viewers may believe these are ordinary cartoon characters, they might be surprised to find they are based on real people. When the real Phineas was little, he was bullied at school, and one day it went too far. One of his classmates punched him in the head, and this killed him. In an attempt to cope with the loss, the real Candace made up a world of her own with her brothers in it. She also attended therapy twice a week, and that is where Doctor Doofenshmirtz comes in to play. According to Anita’s Notebook, “The villain of the show Dr. Doofenshmirtz is actually Candace’s psychologist” (Anita, 2013). Since the medical bills were so expensive, the family wrote down every invention Candace told them about and sent these stories to Disney, which is how the show came to air on the
Phineas is the more talkative and outgoing brother, while Ferb typically says one to two lines per episode. Candace is Phineas’ biological sister, and when she is not trying to get her brothers in trouble, she spends time with her best friend Stacy, or her boyfriend Jeremy. Their pet, Perry the Platypus, disappears every day to fight Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, an endearing yet trouble-making villain. While viewers may believe these are ordinary cartoon characters, they might be surprised to find they are based on real people. When the real Phineas was little, he was bullied at school, and one day it went too far. One of his classmates punched him in the head, and this killed him. In an attempt to cope with the loss, the real Candace made up a world of her own with her brothers in it. She also attended therapy twice a week, and that is where Doctor Doofenshmirtz comes in to play. According to Anita’s Notebook, “The villain of the show Dr. Doofenshmirtz is actually Candace’s psychologist” (Anita, 2013). Since the medical bills were so expensive, the family wrote down every invention Candace told them about and sent these stories to Disney, which is how the show came to air on the