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| Candace Flynn | |
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| Phineas and Ferb character | |
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| First appearance | "Rollercoaster" |
| Created by | Dan Povenmire[1] |
| Voiced by | Ashley Tisdale |
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| Aliases | Candace Gertrude Flynn (birthname) |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | Linda Flynn (mother) Lawrence Fletcher (stepfather) Phineas Flynn (brother) Ferb Fletcher (stepbrother) |
| Significant other(s) | Jeremy Johnson[2] |
| Children | Xavier and Fred (future sons) Amanda (future daughter) |
| Nationality | American |
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 first appeared in the series' pilot episode along with the other main characters who star in the A-Plot. Her birthday is on July 11. Her brothers are Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher,[3] 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. 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.[4]
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Candace is part of a blended family, 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. One 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 Candace 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.
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Common Sense Media 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.[5]
References [link]
- ^ Strike, Joe (February 1, 2008). "From Swampy & Dan Emerges Phineas and Ferb", Page 3.". Animation World Magazine. https://www.awn.com/articles/production/swampy-dan-emerges-iphineas-and-ferbi/page/3. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo". Phineas and Ferb. episode 14. season 2. series 2. 2009-09-25 (Disney Channel), 2009-21-09.
- ^ Strike, Joe. "From Swampy & Dan Emerges Phineas and Ferb", Page 1.". Animation World Magazine. https://www.awn.com/articles/production/swampy-dan-emerges-iphineas-and-ferbi/page/1. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. "The Geek Dads" Podcast interview with Povenmire & Marsh. https://downloads.wired.com/podcasts/assets/thegeekdads/thegeekdadsspecialphineasandferb.mp3?_kip_ipx=1895089171-1238013329.
- ^ Filucci, Sierra (23 May 2011). "10 Worst TV Role Models--Part 2". Common Sense Media. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/new/10-worst-tv-role-models-part-2. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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