Linda Flynn-Fletcher

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**Linda Flynn-Fletcher** (usually addressed and credited as "Mom" or "Mrs Flynn-Fletcher" by Isabella or originally as "**Linda Flynn"** ) is the mother of Phineas and Candace Flynn, and the stepmother of Ferb Fletcher. She's the daughter of Betty Jo Flynn and Clyde Flynn, and is the sister of Tiana Webber. She is married to Lawrence Fletcher. She is a regular American mother although she used to be a one hit-wonder named Lindana ("Flop Starz"), and now plays in a free form jazz band with Isabella's mother and Jeremy's mother ("Jerk De Soleil"). Her anniversary with Lawrence Fletcher is June 15. ("Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together")

## Birth and childhood

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Linda's parents names are Betty Jo and Clyde. She was born in the United States. Evidence that she was born during Summer vacation is the fact that they celebrated her birthday in the episodes of summer, similar to celebrating Phineas' birthday. (Note: Based on production code numbers, (of episodes not 111a calculations), 18 "days" of the "104 days" of summer vacation which start from June 3 as marked on the calendar of the theme song, suggests her birthday is June 21 after 18 "days".) Nothing is known of her early years. ("Get That Bigfoot Outa My Face!")

Though her hair style has differed as she aged, Linda's current hair style is the one she had as a toddler ("Mom's Birthday"), which is odd because as it is supposed to have been modeled after Bobbi Fabulous, who wasn't famous until the 1990s. ("Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together")

## Education and career

### 1970's

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In the 70s, Linda took on the same fashion as several of the people of her time, including bell bottoms and very long hair. She appeared to be very popular. In this decade she may have attended college. ("Mom's Birthday")

### 1980s

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During the 1980s, Linda once dated Heinz Doofenshmirtz. However, it did not end well, as Doofenshmirtz did not make it easy, performing actions such as stuffing Linda into his car trunk to get her in the drive in theater for free and have her paying half his ticket. During the date, Linda revealed her desire to become a pop star and a skeptical Doofenshmirtz said he'd rule the world before she became a pop star. She then suggested to him that he settle for the Tri-State Area. Nowadays Doofenshmirtz still feels troubled that Linda did become a pop star and he still hasn't taken over the Tri-State Area. ("What Do It Do?")

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Later, Linda had a musical career as Lindana, scoring a mega-hit with her song and subsequent album/single *I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun*, popularized by its catchy tune and light, meaningless lyrics. Lindana became a one-hit wonder fast, and worked with the record company Huge-O-Records. But, after going through the usual diva tantrums, Huge-O-Records dropped her from their label; the song dropped from the charts, dissolving into mere elevator music. After that, Linda gave up and quit the business. ("Flop Starz").

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### Reunion and later career

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Years after drifting into obscurity and quitting the business, Linda came back as Lindana once more, igniting a reunion tour that was much publicized in major music publications such as Mono Tune Magazine. However, the comeback was brief, and afterward, Lindana once more faded into obscurity, seemingly never to perform again. ("Flop Starz")

After years in retirement in the suburban area of Danville, Linda stayed interested in the music business. leading a Free-Form Jazz Band with a few other mothers from her neighborhood. The group commonly plays in the Googolplex Mall, a popular Danville mall. Sometime in the 2000s, they released their first album, *Live at the Squat and Stitch*, which did not go into heavy circulation but proved popular within Linda's neighborhood. ("Toy to the World," "Jerk De Soleil")

Linda still retains a small amount of popularity from her years as Lindana, and the music is still recognized by baby boomers in her community, though she tends to not publicize her persona, presumably out of embarrassment or shame. *I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun* was re-released during summer of the late 2000s, presumably due to high radio requests. This re-release was entitled *The Essential Lindana: Still Fun...*, and featured several remixed tracks in multiple languages, including Spanish, Pig Latin, Greek, Yiddish, Japanese, Esperanto, Dog, and Swahili. ("Flop Starz", "Finding Mary McGuffin")

The same year, Linda was asked to participate in a multi-artist concert reuniting several '80s one-hit wonders. Her daughter Candace tagged along with her as she had just recently learned that Linda was Lindana from a *Where Are They now?* special about her on TV. Lindana and Candace partook in several photo-ops and enjoyed themselves, and later performed a duet on *I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun*, which was an extended version of the song. ("Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!")

Both Lindana and Max Modem make an appearance as presenters of The Tri-State Music Awards. ("The Klimpaloon Ultimatum")

Over the course of twenty years, Linda had already done six comeback tours and was preparing for a seventh. Despite each one not proving successful, she still stayed optimistic, even anticipating a free pie she planned to receive from some union after her ninth comeback tour. ("Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo")

## Personal life

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In the 90s, Linda met a man whom she had two children with, Candace and Phineas Flynn. It is not known whether or not the two ever married or how their relationship ended. It is likely she was never married to Candace and Phineas's biological father, since their last name is Flynn, which is the same as Linda's parents'. It is, however, possible that she simply reverted back to her maiden name, and changed the last names of her two children, as well. Regardless, Linda raised her children alone for a fеw years. During this time, she followed the "Grunge" trend of the time, and met a few men. ("Mom's Birthday")

Later, Linda met a man named Lawrence Fletcher. The two went on a few dates, and shared their first kiss at a Love Händel concert. The two fell in love, partly for this experience and partly for Linda's love of Lawrence's quirk of using outdated history references. The two got married on June 15. ("Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together", "Out to Launch," "Mom's Birthday") Linda currently lives in Danville with husband Lawrence Fletcher, daughter Candace, son Phineas, and stepson Ferb.

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Linda and her husband are avid bowlers, bowling regularly at the local Bowl-R-Ama. In honor of her and Lawrence's wedding anniversary, Linda's children, Phineas and Ferb, reunited Love Händel for a concert in their backyard. ("Bowl-R-Ama Drama," "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together")

In the Summer of c. 2008, Lawrence, going through a fad in which he was obsеssed with naming stars after people for its low price, named a star after Linda, along with the rest of the household and a pizza delivery boy. ("Out to Launch")

Linda was briefly stranded on an island with her children, husband, and her children's friend, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, after their boat was caught in a storm. Her husband spent a while patching up the hole, then the entire group sailed back to land. ("Swiss Family Phineas")

She also dated Heinz Doofenshmirtz briefly in the '80s before birth of Candace and Phineas.

### Advocacy and charity groups

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Linda has been wearing a puce-colored ribbon to show support for finding a cure for antidisestablishmentarianism, even though it's "more of an ideological stance than a disease" as her husband says. ("Comet Kermillian")

Linda's sons briefly started a day-long attempt to raise awareness for aglets. Linda herself took part in supporting it, wearing aglet awareness ribbons on her fingers. ("Tip of the Day")

## Physical appearance

Linda wears a white dress shirt under a yellow vest with green capri pants and yellow shoes. Before, she used to wear a blue coat and a pink t shirt that fully exposed her midriff. She has orange hair and blue eyes and wears red lipstick.

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## Discography

### Albums

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 80's
 90's
 00's

### Songs

*I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun* (1980's).

*Snacks* (2010's) (Not as Lindana, as Linda Flynn when she was hit by Doofenshmirtz's 'Dynamic Ray').

## Seeing the Big Ideas

In general, Linda has never gotten home in time to see Phineas and Ferb's Big Ideas because the schemes have been cleaned up by Doofenshmirtz and Perry or occasionally by Phineas and Ferb. However, she has been made aware of Phineas and Ferb's schemes from time to time .

* The regrouping of Love Händel ("Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together"), though Linda might've thought Lawrence set it up.
* Her birthday celebration ("Mom's Birthday")
* Phineas and Ferb's "Flying Car of the Future Today" landing tower ("Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!", later revealed as a dream.)
* The animal translator machine ("Interview With a Platypus", though due to her only being around for their failed attempt to translate Perry's chittering, she was likely unaware that it actually functioned)
* The Aglet Awareness Concert ("Tip of the Day", later wiped from everyone's memory but Candace's)
* After Phineas and Ferb's golf course is transferred to Little Duffer's, she visits the course, believing that the owner of Little Duffer's had renovated the facility ("Put That Putter Away")
* The boat Phineas and Ferb built ("The Lake Nose Monster", although she was only aware of the little rowboat *Nosebud*, not the giant underwater lab underneath the boat)
* The fort in the backyard ("Thaddeus and Thor", just the top level, not the skyscraper fort)
* Their trip to the future as well as their roller coaster from episode one in "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo" (Although later, it never happened due to 35 year old Candace fixing the past, and due to Isabella, who went to the past and giving Phineas and Ferb a wood-metal fusing tool, resulting them never going into the future in the first place.)
* Candace's platypus hatching grounds ("Perry Lays an Egg").
* She sees Phineas and Ferb's Teleportation Device but due to Doofenshmirtz's Shrink-inator, Linda thinks they are hoop earrings that Phineas and Ferb made. ("Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?")
* She sees one of Phineas and Ferb's contraptions in "The Bully Code" but dismisses it as a piece of public art.
* She sees the old western town Phineas and Ferb build, and almost scolds them for it, but Dr. Doofenshmirtz's invention reverses time so it never happened. ("She's the Mayor")
* She sees Phineas and Ferb helping out Lawrence perform as Max Modem and the Mainframes ("Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!")
* She saw the flying rug the boys made, but she didn't see it flying over Danville. She also thought it was just a new living room rug instead of tile. ("Magic Carpet Ride")
* She saw the tiny contraption the boys, Candace, and their friends built. As a joke, she said "Boys, you are SO busted!" She had no idea it really did something, since later in the episode, Candace got her foot caught in it and she was flying around in circles. ("Phineas and Ferb Interrupted")
* Linda saw Phineas and Ferb's giant "suction cup thing", but she got shot with Doofenshmirtz's forget-about-it ray before Phineas and Ferb could come down to be busted. Almost immediately, she sees the suction cup when it comes down again, but she got shot with the ray once more. The cycle repeats itself 5 consecutive times in succession until Candace gives up on the bust and Linda walks away, her short-term memory completely erased. ("A Real Boy")
* Also, in a reverse of the usual pattern, she sees Doofenshmirtz's invention crash in the front yard. When the boys deny building it, she then begins to worry over it and tries to convince Lawrence to come home and see this device. He, however, treats her the same way she treats Candace. This unfortunately does not make Linda more understanding of her daughter, even refuting Candace's claim that the boys were building a duplicate of the device in the backyard while the one in the front yard was beeping and smoking, coming off as quite hypocritical. ("What Do It Do?")
* She sees the hot air balloons the boys made, but due to her poor vision, mistakes them for the actual Phineas and Ferb because the balloons were positioned right in front of a rack of clothes that look like their own. ("Last Train to Bustville")
* She sees the electronic die from the Giant Skiddley Whiffers, but assumes it was just a cube and told Candace to call the authorities. ("Skiddley Whiffers")
* She sees Phineas and Ferb's restored Nedlington Nymph at the auto show, but remains unaware of their involvement in the restoration (believing Lawrence had done all the work), nor does she see their additions to the car. ("My Sweet Ride").
* She sees Phineas and Ferb's unusual recycled invention after staying up all night making pies, but assumes she's hallucinating from her fatigueness. She asks Candace to come to the backyard, asking her if she sees what she sees. But, due to the effects of Doofenshmirtz's Eye-Fog inator, Candace's vision gets blurred. Candace replies "I...don't...see...anything!" Linda then goes to lay down. When she wakes up and sees the invention again later, she assumes she's still hallucinating and goes back to bed. ("Backyard Hodge Podge")
* She sees the jumbotron to the Ultimate Obstacle Course ("One Good Turn") but assumes it's only Phineas and Ferb (designated by the image of them sitting under the tree).
* She sees the laser light show the boys plan for the block party, but assumes that the boys did not built it themselves and just called somebody to do it. ("Love at First Byte")

## Relationships

### Heinz Doofenshmirtz

During their twenties, the two had one date. It isn't known how they met or started dating, but it is known that the date was disappointing for both Linda and Heinz. the date ended abruptly after he miserably failed an attempt to amplify the audio at the drive-in. Linda is unaware that she has considerably influenced Doofenshmirtz's motives in life, having encouraged him to take over the Tri-State Area ("What Do It Do?"). It also appears that she no longer remembers him, as stated by Norm ("This Is Your Backstory").

### Candace Flynn

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Linda is often irked when Candace tries to get her attention and show her something she knows she won't see. During such times, it is difficult for her to take her daughter seriously. However, this doesn't appear to affect her trust for Candace as the eldest Flynn child as she has willingly left Candace in charge of the household during her trips with Lawrence.

Unfortunately for Candace, this trust was severely deteriorated after her parents caught her trying to bring a wild party under control. Feeling it was a proper punishment and not knowing the actual chain of events that took place leading to the swelling up of the party, Linda had her grounded for the following two weeks. ("Candace Gets Busted") But it was eventually restored.

Nonetheless, Linda cares about Candace as her daughter. She has shown her love and affection as a mother would with her daughter ("Candace Loses Her Head", "Mom's Birthday") and appears to regard Candace as more sensible than Lawrence. ("What A Croc!")

### Ferb Fletcher

Even though Linda is not Ferb's biological mother, he treats her very respectfully and loves her as if she is his real mother. Unlike with Lawrence, Ferb has called Linda "Mum" on one occasion ("Brain Drain"). However, he finds it to be somewhat frustrating when Linda doesn't believe him and Phineas of their adventures, such as when he tried to explain that he and Phineas accidentally went on a secret spy mission, Linda simply brushes this off, much to Ferb's anger. ("Ready for the Bettys")

## Background Information

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* She has been with Lawrence for eight years.
* During the credits of "Flop Starz", a commercial airs for a compilation album called *The Essential Lindana: Still Fun...*. On the album, the song is advertised as being "remixed and re-translated" into the following languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, French, Scottish, Canadian, German, Navajo, Japanese, Latin, Greek, Esperanto, Swedish, Russian, Pig Latin, Tag Log, Samoan, Dog, Korean, Taiwanese, Swahili, Bulgarian, Irish, Icelandic, Australian, Aborigine, Yiddish, and presumably others since the commercial is cut off before "everyone's favorite" language could be named. ("Tag Log" may be a spelling mistake, since a language called "Tagalog" is spoken in the Philippines.)
* Linda is played by Caroline Rhea, who describes Linda as having a large, curved waist, and always trying to keep order. Rhea describes that as a Disney mom, Linda never freaks out or gets angry at Candace's rants about her brother's plans, just says in calm voice: "Candace, honey, I think you're crazy." Rhea has done a few other Disney Channel movies, including *Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire*, and was previously famous for her portrayal as Hilda Spellman from *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch*. She also made two guest appearances in *The Suite Life of Zack and Cody*, which starred Ashley Tisdale (the voice of Candace).
	+ On Twitter, Rhea revealed that she believes Linda was *always* aware of what Phineas and Ferb were doing. She reconfirmed this when doing press for *Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe*.
* *The Wizard of Oz* is among her favorite books. ("Wizard of Odd")
* Her cell phone number is 555-0142, excluding the area code which is unknown. This was made known by Candace in "Phineas and Ferb Hawaiian Vacation".
* Linda is named after Dan Povenmire's sister, whom he describes as "an absolutely unflappable super-mom".
* She had one date with Heinz Doofenshmirtz before becoming a superstar.
* She may be addicted to cake. ("Robot Rodeo")
* She lip syncs when performing "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun", which may indicate that her real singing voice is not very good ("Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!"). However, she did sing a spontaneous Broadway musical number at the ending of "Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", possibly implying that she specializes in the genre.
* Linda relies on contact lenses to be able to see. ("Last Train to Bustville")
* See Flynn-Fletcher family.
* She lives at 2308 Maple Drive, in Danvile USA. ("The Doonkelberry Imperative")
* She appears to think of herself as good-looking and beautiful. ("Doofapus", "Norm Unleashed")
* During the credits of nearly every episode, Linda is credited as "Mom", possibly as a reference to her always being addressed as "Mom".
* In "Face Your Fear", a brief conversation with Jack Johnson reveals that she has a secret background in astrophysics.
* Linda is notable for being the first and last female character to speak in the main series (not counting "O.W.C.A. Files"). ("Rollercoaster", "Last Day of Summer")

### Mentioned Only

* "Are You My Mummy?"
* "Greece Lightning"
* "Moon Farm"
* "Mind Share"
* "Where's Pinky?"
* "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror"
* "The Return of the Rogue Rabbit"
* "Mandace"

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1. ↑ Talk:Clyde Flynn
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3. ↑ https://twitter.com/DanPovenmire/status/1246419087661494273
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/CarolineRhea/status/609396885384785922
5. ↑ http://www.que.es/cine/201109151850-phineas-ferb-tardaron-meses-nacer-cont.html this interview to Dan and Swampy
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/DisneyChannelPR/status/609390245281312768