Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the main antagonist of Phineas and Ferb, an evil scientist, and the nemesis of Perry the Platypus. He is an extremely silly villain, leading him to become a fan-favorite character and a popular blorbo to this day.
==Basic Information==
Dr. Doofenshmirtz is an evil scientist who, for a variety of reasons, whether it be money, childhood trauma, or taking over the tri-state area, comes up with a new evil invention each day, often referred to as "-inators" e.g. ugly-inator.
He is thwarted almost without fail by Perry the Platypus, although often Perry doesn't even have to do anything. Over the course of the original series it becomes obvious that Perry's become Doofenshmirtz's best friend and that Doof wants Perry to keep thwarting him and being his nemesis, and that if Perry did leave him alone his schemes might actually work but he prefers it this way.
He and his ex-wife Charlene have a daughter, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz.
Doofenshmirtz gets not one, not two, but three timelines where he has a redemption arc. In "Doof 101", he becomes a science teacher. In the special O.W.C.A. Files he becomes a secret agent working alongside Perry. In Milo Murphy's Law - the sequel series to Phineas and Ferb set in the same universe with some characters returning from the original series - it's shown he eventually becomes a time-traveler known as Professor Time.
For more information on him, check his page on the .
==Archetypes==
===4th Wall Blurring===
This show often breaks the 4th wall, and Doofenshmirtz is no exception. He directly addresses the audience at times and seems to know he is in a TV show. For example, in season 4 he says it feels like the summer has been going on for like 4 years.
===Artsy===
Seems to enjoy singing and performing musical numbers in the show.
===Chaoslord===
He attempts to cause chaos in the Tri-State Area with his "-inators", even though he doesn't succeed. He's a likable villain anyway and the most popular character in the show.
===Cipherization===
His canon 2nd dimension variant in the 2011 movie.
===Distinctive Voice/Distinctive Laugh===
Doofenshmirtz has a distinctive squeaky voice with a pseudo-German accent. This is because he's supposed to be from the fictional city of Gimmelshtump of the fictional country of Drusselstein. He also has a distinctive evil laugh.
===Goober===
Smart enough to constantly build powerful new inventions, but not smart enough to not build a self-destruct button or something similar.
===LGBTQ+ Coded===
His relationship with Perry the Platypus is queer-coded in canon due to the show making gay jokes about them, like when Doof "cheated" on Perry with Peter the Panda.
===Mad Scientist===
Doofenshmirtz is an evil scientist, often coming up with weird evil inventions.
===Neurodivergent Coded===
He's eccentric, often struggles socially, has been bullied his whole life, and tends to get overly fixated on seemingly small things.
===Pathetic===
He often refers to parts of his childhood as "emotionally scarring backstories." Summarizing the entirety of Doofenshmirtz's childhood is difficult because some parts are deliberately left out and others contradict each other. In one he's shown to have built his first inator as a child, in another as an adult.
Here are some of the highlights:
*He was forced to be the family's lawn gnome as a kid;
*His parents blatantly loved his brother Roger more than they loved him;
*His parents forced him to wear girls' clothes as a child;
*His parents never showed up for his birth;
*He was disowned by his parents and raised by ocelots;
*He lost his best friend, Balloony, a balloon with a face drawn on it, when it flew away;
*His girlfriend dumped him for a whale.
===Quotable Catchphrase(s)===
**Sees Perry without a fedora* "A platypus?" *Perry puts on fedora* "PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!?"
*"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"
*"If I had a nickel for every time I was doomed by a puppet, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice."
===Theme Song===
Every time we see his building the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated jingle plays.
===Unkempt===
Doofenshmirtz is canonically ugly. He gets hit with his own ugly-inator and his appearance doesn't change.
===Viont===
While he tries his best, or rather his worst, to be evil, most of the time he's closer to a nuisance than a threat, and the fact he often wants to be thwarted more than he wants to win shows that he's not really evil.
==Fanon==
===LGBTQ+ Coded===
We've had a bisexual headcanon, yes, but what about a trans one?
Long story short, this post. Doofenshmirtz wore girls' clothes as a child, resents his high-pitched voice, and is resentful of being unable to grow facial hair.
He also has an udder in the Halloween special where he turns into a werecow ("That's the Spirit"), similar to Otis from Back at the Barnyard, though Otis's transness is explicitly referenced at least once.
== External Links ==
*Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz on the .
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