Candace Flynn
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Candace Gertrude Flynn is a main character of the popular Disney Channel
animated television series Phineas and Ferb
, voiced by Ashley Tisdale
and created and designed by Dan Povenmire
. She acts as the main antagonist
of the series in her endless attempts to "bust" her brothers, but in some episodes she acts as a protagonist. She first appeared in the series' pilot episode along with the other main characters who star in the A-Plot
. Her brothers are Phineas Flynn
and Ferb Fletcher
, of which she tries to bust because of their outrageous contraptions, but to no avail because they mysteriously disappear, which most of the time is because of Dr.Doofenshmirtz's creations. Unbeknownst to her and the other family members, their pet platypus
, Perry
, is an espionage
agent
who fights Dr. Doofenshmirtz
, an evil genius.
In "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo
", it is shown that she will have three children in the future - Xavier, Fred and Amanda (all of which bear resemblance to Phineas, Ferb and herself, respectively). In fact, it is also revealed in that same episode that, if she ever did bust her brothers, it would result in the complete ban of creativity, thus leading to Doofenshmirtz achieving his goal of taking over the Tri-State Area. Her best friend is Stacy Hirano, and also one of her mentioned friends is Jenny. Candace comes from a reconstituted family
, selecting this arrangement because they considered it underused in children's programming as well as Swampy Marsh's past experiences in one. As a character, Candace received a positive critical acclaim, having appeared in other media such as video games.
, a decision made after an experience Marsh had in his childhood
. She has two younger brothers, Phineas and Ferb (Phineas being the biological brother and Ferb as the step brother) and her best and most trustworthy friend is Stacy Hirano. Candace speaks in a valley girl
accent especially when talking to Stacy on the phone or whenever the two girls are together.
Phineas and Ferb often build something, then Candace calls her mom and says "Mom! Phineas and Ferb are..." Her mother never believes her, so she tries to show them to her mom. However, whatever Phineas and Ferb builds disappears before her mom sees it. The reason to bust her brothers is shown in Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, when she tells "the force that stops her from busting her brothers" to stop so she can protect them from themselves.
In the episode "Suddenly Suzy", the background music while she was training with her friends on how to bust her brothers contained lyrics like, "get your brothers to bust themselves." Candace, at her heart, loves her brothers and has shown them affection in episodes like "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together", "Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama", "Lights, Candace, Action", and "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To You", where she sings about how proud she is of the boys. Candace also allows herself to enjoy her brother's inventions every so often.
When not trying to bust Phineas and Ferb, Candace is usually doing something related to Jeremy Johnson, her boyfriend. She often over complicates things in their relationships and worries that Jeremy doesn't like her when in truth he is always shown to care deeply for her.
Candace also gets annoyed with Perry
when he gets to her bed while she's sleeping. She's unaware that his battle with Dr. Doofenshmirtz
is the cause of Phineas and Ferb's invention's disappearance. Although she gets annoyed with Perry, Candace was nice to him in the episodes "Mom's Birthday" and "Traffic Cam Caper". Candace blamed herself for Perry's disappearance in "Oh, There You Are, Perry" when he was actually re-assigned to a more dangerous villain. Candace saw Perry as a secret agent two times while she was dreaming or hallucinating, as it was seen in episodes "The Ballad of Badbeard" and "Wizard of Odd". In the episode "Phineas and Ferb Gets Busted" doesn't count, considering Perry was the one dreaming about Candance dreaming.
There is a recurring zebra that pops up whenever Candace is dreaming or hallucinating that calls her "Kevin".
Although Candace frequently overlooks the fact that Phineas and Ferb openly care about her, she is shown to care more about their well-being than busting them. In "Traffic Cam Caper," when Phineas is in peril, Candace goes out of her way to save Phineas, allowing a disc containing footage of their projects to be stolen by Perry the Platypus. Also, when Phineas delivers a heartfelt speech at his birthday party thanking his friends, Candace is so touched that she destroys yet another disc that was intended to bust him.
rated Candace as the 10th worst TV role model, claiming that "her primary motivations are pleasing her boyfriend and getting her brothers in trouble" and she was "a screechy, whiny stereotype of a girl", which could reinforce gender stereotypes.
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
animated television series Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
, voiced by Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...
and created and designed by Dan Povenmire
Dan Povenmire
Daniel Kingsley "Dan" Povenmire is an American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor associated with several animated television series, best known as the co-creator of the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb in which he also voices the show's villain, Heinz...
. She acts as the main antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
of the series in her endless attempts to "bust" her brothers, but in some episodes she acts as a protagonist. She first appeared in the series' pilot episode along with the other main characters who star in the A-Plot
A-Plot
A-Plot is a cinema and television term referring to the plotline that drives the story. This does not necessarily mean it is the most important, but rather the one that forces most of the action....
. Her brothers are Phineas Flynn
Phineas Flynn
Phineas Flynn is the main protagonist of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Voiced by Vincent Martella and created and designed by Dan Povenmire, Phineas first appeared along with the rest of the series' main characters in the pilot episode "Rollercoaster." Phineas, along with his...
and Ferb Fletcher
Ferb Fletcher
Ferb Fletcher is the deuteragonist from the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. The character, voiced by British actor Thomas Sangster, was created by Phineas and Ferb co-founders Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and first appeared in the show's pilot episode, "Rollercoaster."Ferb and...
, of which she tries to bust because of their outrageous contraptions, but to no avail because they mysteriously disappear, which most of the time is because of Dr.Doofenshmirtz's creations. Unbeknownst to her and the other family members, their pet platypus
Platypus
The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...
, Perry
Perry the Platypus
Perry the Platypus, also known as Agent P or simply Perry is an anthropomorphic platypus from the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Perry is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker and created by the series' co-founders, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh...
, is an espionage
Espionage
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
agent
Secret Agent
Secret Agent is a British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on two stories in Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, and Robert Young...
who fights Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the main antagonist of the show Phineas and Ferb. Doofenshmirtz is voiced by Dan Povenmire and created by Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Doofenshmirtz first appeared in the pilot episode of the series and since then has appeared in every episode to date except...
, an evil genius.
In "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo
Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo
"Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the animated television series Phineas and Ferb, and the 72nd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Disney XD in the United States on September 21, 2009...
", it is shown that she will have three children in the future - Xavier, Fred and Amanda (all of which bear resemblance to Phineas, Ferb and herself, respectively). In fact, it is also revealed in that same episode that, if she ever did bust her brothers, it would result in the complete ban of creativity, thus leading to Doofenshmirtz achieving his goal of taking over the Tri-State Area. Her best friend is Stacy Hirano, and also one of her mentioned friends is Jenny. Candace comes from a reconstituted family
Stepfamily
A stepfamily, also known as a blended family or reconstituted family, is a family in which one or both members of the couple have children from a previous relationship...
, selecting this arrangement because they considered it underused in children's programming as well as Swampy Marsh's past experiences in one. As a character, Candace received a positive critical acclaim, having appeared in other media such as video games.
Role in Phineas and Ferb
Candace is part of a blended familyStepfamily
A stepfamily, also known as a blended family or reconstituted family, is a family in which one or both members of the couple have children from a previous relationship...
, a decision made after an experience Marsh had in his childhood
Childhood
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood , early childhood , middle childhood , and adolescence .- Age ranges of childhood :The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a...
. She has two younger brothers, Phineas and Ferb (Phineas being the biological brother and Ferb as the step brother) and her best and most trustworthy friend is Stacy Hirano. Candace speaks in a valley girl
Valspeak
Valleyspeak or Valspeak is a common name for an American sociolect, originally of Los Angeles, California, in particular Valley girls. This stereotype, which originated in the 1970s, became an international fad for a certain period...
accent especially when talking to Stacy on the phone or whenever the two girls are together.
Phineas and Ferb often build something, then Candace calls her mom and says "Mom! Phineas and Ferb are..." Her mother never believes her, so she tries to show them to her mom. However, whatever Phineas and Ferb builds disappears before her mom sees it. The reason to bust her brothers is shown in Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, when she tells "the force that stops her from busting her brothers" to stop so she can protect them from themselves.
In the episode "Suddenly Suzy", the background music while she was training with her friends on how to bust her brothers contained lyrics like, "get your brothers to bust themselves." Candace, at her heart, loves her brothers and has shown them affection in episodes like "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together", "Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama", "Lights, Candace, Action", and "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To You", where she sings about how proud she is of the boys. Candace also allows herself to enjoy her brother's inventions every so often.
When not trying to bust Phineas and Ferb, Candace is usually doing something related to Jeremy Johnson, her boyfriend. She often over complicates things in their relationships and worries that Jeremy doesn't like her when in truth he is always shown to care deeply for her.
Candace also gets annoyed with Perry
Perry the Platypus
Perry the Platypus, also known as Agent P or simply Perry is an anthropomorphic platypus from the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Perry is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker and created by the series' co-founders, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh...
when he gets to her bed while she's sleeping. She's unaware that his battle with Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the main antagonist of the show Phineas and Ferb. Doofenshmirtz is voiced by Dan Povenmire and created by Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Doofenshmirtz first appeared in the pilot episode of the series and since then has appeared in every episode to date except...
is the cause of Phineas and Ferb's invention's disappearance. Although she gets annoyed with Perry, Candace was nice to him in the episodes "Mom's Birthday" and "Traffic Cam Caper". Candace blamed herself for Perry's disappearance in "Oh, There You Are, Perry" when he was actually re-assigned to a more dangerous villain. Candace saw Perry as a secret agent two times while she was dreaming or hallucinating, as it was seen in episodes "The Ballad of Badbeard" and "Wizard of Odd". In the episode "Phineas and Ferb Gets Busted" doesn't count, considering Perry was the one dreaming about Candance dreaming.
There is a recurring zebra that pops up whenever Candace is dreaming or hallucinating that calls her "Kevin".
Although Candace frequently overlooks the fact that Phineas and Ferb openly care about her, she is shown to care more about their well-being than busting them. In "Traffic Cam Caper," when Phineas is in peril, Candace goes out of her way to save Phineas, allowing a disc containing footage of their projects to be stolen by Perry the Platypus. Also, when Phineas delivers a heartfelt speech at his birthday party thanking his friends, Candace is so touched that she destroys yet another disc that was intended to bust him.
Reception
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rated Candace as the 10th worst TV role model, claiming that "her primary motivations are pleasing her boyfriend and getting her brothers in trouble" and she was "a screechy, whiny stereotype of a girl", which could reinforce gender stereotypes.