#mittington random

[dwampyverse-tournaments]

Mr. Random vs. Professor Mystery

#pnf #pnf characters #pnf characters tournament #phineas and ferb #dwampyverse #poll #poll tournament #poll bracket #tournament poll #dwampyverse tournament #mr. random #mittington random #the klimpaloon ultimatum #professor mystery #lost in danville

[galaxina-the-pyro]

Most underrated character in the series??? If it's too hard, list three you think deserve more screentime! <3

I’mma answer BOTH of these, because I know EXACTLY who is the most underrated character imo, AND I have three other characters who I wish had more screentime!

Most Underrated Character in the show, in my humble opinion is...

THIS MAN RIGHT HERE, DAMMIT!

He was an absolute KING! He’s probably the best frigging antagonist that Phineas and the gang have ever faced, and NO ONE TALKS ABOUT HIM! No one talks about how this shitty overlord of a capitalist actually managed to PISS PHINEAS OFF! This episode isn’t even a special - and it’s one of the few times Phineas is anything but happy. You wanna know why? THIS GUY!

Mittington Random had bite, he was fun, he had CLASS, he was a total asshole, he was willing to KIDNAP CHILDREN and an ENDANGERED SPECIES OF LIVING FABRIC and he did this all with a charismatic grin, I love this son of a bitch and I’m sad we never got another episode with this cad!

But as much as I love and adore this man, and know he deserved to be the main antagonist of a movie, and is the PERFECT antithesis of Phineas himself (a man who uses his skills to get himself some cash and doesn’t care WHO he steps on to get that achievement), here are some other characters I wish had more time to shine:

Not necessarily with Isabella - I would’ve loved an episode that showcased them as a group WITHOUT Isabella being there. I love Isabella as a Fireside Girl, but the focus is usually set on either her, or Ginger - sometimes Gretchen and Adyson. Where’s my love for Milly, Holly, and...uh...the blonde one-KATIE! Yeah! Katie is her name! Yes...yeah...

But yeah, these girls have enough personality and quirks to hold their own, without Isabella necessarily being there. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have wanted more Isabella and the Fireside Girls episodes, because I love all of them, but like - if Irving and Baljeet can have their own episodes, why not them?

I must reiterate how much of a lost opportunity it was for these two to never have another major role in an episode again? We saw them in the background a couple times, but like - they’re perfect antagonistic foils. Come to think of it, what would their “gang” look like - where’s the Thaddeus and Thor versions of Isabella, Baljeet, Buford, heck, even IRVING? I wanna see that episode.

And finally, of course:

Django Brown. He and his sister were ROBBED, they need more screentime, end of story. Like, he was the ORIGINAL sixth ranger of the PnF Gang, and while I love Irving, it doesn’t change the fact that he basically stole that spot from him. And the show doesn’t even FORGET about Django - to pour salt into the wound, we see him multiple times in the background, and even participating in some of Phineas and Ferb’s adventures but with little to no major role. Heck, I’ve literally seen him on a page of a PnF comic where it looked like he HAD a role in it, BUT WE NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN IN IT! It’s like - they KNOW!

I can only guess that they stopped using Django in the main scheme of things because they no longer thought him to be necessary - probably because Django isn’t as interesting as other characters, sadly. But that’s no excuse! They should’ve MADE him more interesting, this kid has so much potential! His sister is a flipping HIPPIE for heaven’s sake! He’s an artist! Artists are fun to write! Heck, he’s also a contortionist, that joke was hilarious, ya’ll can’t tell me they couldn’t come up with fun stuff to do with this nerd!

So yeah. That’s my two cents. Once again, Mittington Random deserves more FRIGGING attention from the fandom, like, COME ON PEOPLE! Where’s my Random love?!

#phineas and ferb #pnf #ask me stuff #ask answered #mittington random #he deserves so much better #omg #guys #seriously #thaddeus and thor #django brown #the fireside girls

[authenticcadence18]

ok so. I’m gonna talk about a certain non-canon PnF ship I dislike for a bit.

(and by a bit. I mean for far longer than I intended.) 

And. Ok. I’m just gonna preface this by saying:  I am not seeking to tear down the ship in question. If you ship it, if it makes you happy, I am not trying to step on your toes and make you feel bad at all!!! I’m sure there are plenty of great reasons to ship these two characters, I just don’t agree. And that’s fine! 

I simply want to talk through a certain scene in Phineas and Ferb that fans of this ship usually point to as a pivotal moment between the two, point out another scene between a DIFFERENT ship that is often overlooked, and compare the two. 

analysis/rant will be below the cut

(this post is about Ferb*lla, btw. in case you hadn’t guessed.)

Ok so. Recently I watched a video where someone talked about shipping Ferb and Isabella and why they did so. (I’ll also say I did NOT seek out a video about this specific ship, it just happened to be a brief topic of discussion in it. And I stopped watching the video after this.). I don’t want to say which video it was because I’m not trying to attack any given person here! But I wanted to give y’all context for why I’m writing this. 

Anyway. The infamous “hand-holding” scene from “When Worlds Collide” was used as the main evidence for this ship. The person in the video claimed that “Isabella instinctively grabbed Ferb’s hand” and that they looked at each other and “had a moment” and went on about how they shipped Ferb and Isabella because Phineas was just “so oblivious.” 

Now. I understand being frustrated with Phineas’s obliviousness. Been there, done that. And I understand how some would want Isabella to be paired romantically with someone who registers and reciprocates her feelings.

But this take on that scene is just, well, not right. (I suspect the maker of this video had not viewed said scene in quite some time and it was just a vague memory.) In this post, I’m going to go over what actually happens in that scene, compare it to a Phinabella scene with a similar vibe, and then just talk about Phineas’s treatment of Isabella in general and how their dynamic is so much more than “pining girl/oblivious to a fault boy.”

PART 1: “When Worlds Collide” 

(you can run! wait...wrong show) 

Ok so. In this episode, there is a scene towards the end where Isabella reaches out for Phineas’s hand but ends up grabbing Ferb’s instead. Ferb pats her hand and assures her that everything will be alright, and Isabella immediately pulls her hand back and curiously glances over at an aloof Phineas. 

In the video in question, the speaker claimed that Isabella “instinctively” reached out for Ferb. 

But that’s not what happened. 

Isabella deliberately reached out for Phineas’s hand. You can tell by the way the shot prior to the handholding bit is staged. 

Phineas is clearly on Isabella’s left while Ferb is on her right. (From our perspective as audience members.)

In the very next shot, Isabella smiles and reaches out to the left, where Phineas should be

In any world other than that of a cartoon, she’d have grabbed Phineas’s hand. But because of cartoon shenanigans, Ferb is inexplicably standing directly to her left in the next shot, so she grabs his hand instead.

As SOON as Isabella realizes she’s holding Ferb’s hand and not Phineas’s, her smile disappears and she pulls her hand away before glancing over at Phineas, confused.

CLEARLY this scene is just a gag. Isabella wants to hold Phineas’s hand, but whoops! she holds Ferb’s instead. Phineas being oblivious isn’t even a part of the joke, it’s just 100% the universe being against Isabella 🙃. And Isabella shows no romantic affection towards Ferb whatsoever in this scene.

Now, one could say Ferb’s reaction to Isabella holding his hand indicates at least a one-sided crush on his part. But I disagree. From Ferb’s perspective, Isabella grabbed his hand because she was worried, and he reassured her like any good friend would do before returning to his former position once Isabella pulled her hand away. He wasn’t offended by her pulling her hand away, and he didn’t make a lovestruck/disappointed face when she pulled away.

And Ferb also misread her gesture. Because Isabella wasn’t worried. She was awestruck, amazed, and wanted to share the moment with the boy she has feelings for. I suspect if she’d grabbed Phineas’s hand, he wouldn’t have misread her gesture.

(Well. Ok. He WOULD have misread it but in a different way. Isabella and Phineas hold hands a lot in the show, so it wouldn’t have been unusual to him. In his mind, Isabella’s his best friend and sometimes they hold hands! I suspect he might have glanced at her for a moment before returning his gaze to the sky, smile never faltering, because who better to share such a special moment with than his best friend?)

I also personally like to think of Ferb and Isabella as having a sibling-like relationship. Ferb teases her about her crush on Phineas AND acts as her wingman on multiple occasions, which are 100% things a sibling would do. And they genuinely are friends! I love their friendship. And so that’s how I characterize this scene, as Isabella being confused and Ferb just trying to be a good friend. It’s not romantic: it’s first and foremost a joke. And on a deeper level, it’s a moment of Ferb expressing platonic affection towards a close friend.

Part 2: “The Klimpaloon Ultimatum”

This episode came out a little less than two years after “When Worlds Collide,” when Phineas and Ferb was a bit on the decline in terms of popularity. Neither episode is a mainstream one, but this one is definitely the less well-known of the two. 

This is a shame. Because it’s a fantastic episode. AND because it contains one of my favorite Phinabella moments. 

Just to set up the scene: the kiddos have been captured and learn of Mittington Random’s nefarious deeds. He’s been conducting inhumane experiments and trying to create “living” swimwear with no success and plans to take Klimpaloon--the magical old timey bathing suit that lives in the Himalayas himself--apart to do so. Isabella expresses distress at his evildoings before they even come across Klimpaloon, and when they DO come across Klimpaloon and learn the extent of Random’s plan, Phineas is right there....

and they REACH OUT FOR EACH OTHER. INSTINCTIVELY. LOOK AT THIS.

They don’t even have to LOOK at one another. Phineas can just SENSE Isabella’s distress, and Isabella reaches out for him to comfort her without even thinking about it and he DOES.

I mean!! LOOK AT THEM. This is Isabella realizing what’s happened! She didn’t reach out for Phineas intentionally, it just happened!! They were totally in sync!

and LOOK HOW CONTENT SHE IS NOW. even amidst the horror of the villain’s plan, just being close to Phineas comforts her. Or at least momentarily cheers her up. (And ok I know this moment is also primarily a gag but IT’S IN ISABELLA’S FAVOR THIS TIME. Instead of leaving her confused and without Phineas, it leaves her with a dreamy grin on her face and in his arms. Bless Season 4.)

And AND. The next shot is of Random speaking for a few seconds, and then we get a shot of all the characters...

AND ISABELLA AND PHINEAS ARE STILL HOLDING ONE ANOTHER. Although it looks like they’ve gone from hugging  to just holding hands, which means even if they didn’t want to keep hugging they DID WANT TO KEEP HOLDING ONE ANOTHER I JUST AHHHH. 

So. Let’s review. 

In the first scene, Isabella accidentally holds Ferb’s hand. She doesn’t need to be comforted, she just wants to share a moment with Phineas and is confused when she realizes she isn’t holding his hand. Ferb comforts her because he’s being a good friend and thinks she is concerned. He misreads her needs. So like, he means well, he’s her friend! But it’s not romantic. And they hardly hold hands at all. (And, come on, this scene is mostly meant to be a gag.) 

In the second scene, Isabella is definitely distressed, and without a word (or even having to make eye contact), she and Phineas reach out to hold one another without thinking about it. Somehow, Phineas knows Isabella needs to be comforted and Isabella knows Phineas will be there for her. And they STAY HOLDING HANDS into the next shot. 

Isabella does not instinctively reach out for Ferb’s hand in the first clip. 

Isabella and Phineas instinctively reach out for one another in the second.

Need I say more? 

Part 3: In Defense of Phineas and the Phinabella Dynamic

So. Yes. Phineas is oblivious to Isabella’s romantic feelings for him. Painfully, painfully oblivious to them. (And he’s painfully oblivious to his own feelings for her because COME ON. “Night of the Living Pharmacists” alone proves he almost certainly had feelings for her when they were kids, he just had no idea.)

But. He can’t be blamed for this. He is a CHILD, for goodness sake. When I was younger his obliviousness definitely got on my nerves, but like....he IS just a kid. He was never obligated to return Isabella’s feelings (...that should sound familiar to some of y’all). Phineas just wasn’t thinking about romance relating to himself when he was younger. He was oblivious to it, and that’s okay.

And you know what he’s not oblivious to in the show proper? How much he cares for Isabella as his friend. 

Phineas LOVES being Isabella’s friend. Like. She’s his best friend. (Vincent Martella himself said so!!) 

He goes out of his way to help her earn patches and overcome other problems (like an incurable case of the hiccups!). 

He consistently compliments her athleticism and skills and cuteness (in his own unique way, of course😂). 

Although he expresses distress when Baljeet expects him to go a day without inventing in “Bully Bromance Breakup,” he is more than happy to spend the day alone with Isabella and suggests having a regular ol’ picnic when she mentions being hungry in “It’s No Picnic.” AND he is excited to take that picnic and make it even better for Isabella once Ferb returns (because Phineas probably thinks Isabella would rather have a big picnic as opposed to a small one! He’s doing that for himself but also for her!).

He partners up with her for inventions over Ferb sometimes and is willing to put big ideas for the day on hold if she can’t participate. 

He planned surprise after surprise for her birthday (and presumably for her birthdays before that!) and felt the need to “make it up to her” when the final surprise didn’t go as planned.  

He was DEVASTATED when separated from her in “Night of the Living Pharmacists” and claimed he’d “never forgive himself” if she was infected, and once being reunited with her, he didn’t leave her side and held her hand and made sure she was alright. And he SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR HER IN THE END. Like. At that point Phineas could’ve let Isabella get infected and stopped the invasion himself. BUT HE DIDN’T. HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR HER. He both cared enough to give himself up and TRUSTED her to save him. LIKE. LIKE. 

Come on. Maybe Phineas doesn’t know Isabella has a crush on him in the show proper. But GOSH. He cares so, so, SO much about her. 

To claim Ferb is a better match for Isabella simply because he’s more aware of romance in general is just a disservice to the close friendship she and Phineas share. 

Did Isabella deserve better during the show? I mean. Yeah. (I wrote a whole fic because of that, lol.) But it isn’t really Phineas’s fault that he never found out about her feelings. So many times, Isabella’s plans to confess or spend time with Phineas were ruined by circumstances totally out of her control (aka: the b-plot’s inator of the day. aka: the writers maintaining the status quo.) If it weren’t for Doofenshmirtz, Isabella would’ve confessed to him in the main summer the show takes place in. 

And you’ll notice! Even in episodes where Isabella is frustrated with Phineas’s obliviousness, their friendship remains in tact. Isabella is TICKED at Phineas during the “do I know romance or what?” scene in “That Sinking Feeling.” But then in the next scene they’re both in, Isabella is at Phineas’s side and smiling! His obliviousness hurts her sometimes, but it doesn’t outweigh the friendship and sweet moments they share. It doesn’t define their dynamic.

Phineas is oblivious. But he still loves Isabella in his own unique way. And Isabella loves him and loves being his friend even though he’s oblivious. 

(And also FERB SHIPS PHINABELLA. He steps away to let them spend time together, he sends them off to get ice cream together at the end of “Happy Birthday Isabella”. He 100% supports Isabella and Phineas and wants them to be together. And there’s no jealousy there either! He’s just supportive and awesome and I LOVE FERB OKAY.) 

So. In Conclusion.

If you ship Ferb and Isabella. That’s great! I do not want to step on your toes, and I’m sure you’ve got your own reasons for doing so. I know firsthand just how wonderful a favorite ship can make one feel, so I’d never want to take that from anyone. 

But just. Please. PLEAAASE. Please don’t belittle Phineas in shipping them. And don’t disregard the moments he and Isabella share. 

Phineas cares for Isabella. So very much. In his own unique, wonderful way. And there is so much more to meaningful relationships than romance. 

Thank you. 

#this post took forever #i hope yall like it #and ALSO I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY SHIP BASHING IN REPLIES #do not bash phinabella #do not bash ferb*lla #(idk if i need to censor that or not...don't want this post to show up in that tag) #i tried to approach this from an analytical perspective #(and i mean yes. perhaps i'm a tad biased.) #(but i care about these characters a lot. i've spent over 50000 words with them in one fic alone after all...lol) #i uhhhh don't know what to tag this so uhhhhh #maybe i'll just do #cadence writes #(because this took forever to write so it's going in that tag) #pnf salt #(sort of but not really) #pnf #cadence rambles #i'll probably reblog this tomorrow for the morning crowd #but i've spent so long on it i just want to put it out into the world #and again! if you ship Ferb and Isabella i am not judging you! you are not wrong!!! there's nothing morally wrong with that ship so like #ship away! #it just hurts my heart to see people make light of just how much phineas does for isabella in the show #so i had to write this #because i love phineas #and i love phinabella #ok i'm just gonna post this now #phinabella #phineas and ferb #phinbella

[stalkerkyoko]

Klimpaloon ep is that John stewart as villina

He was a guest voice in "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum", [1] playing Mittington Random, the owner of Random Swimwear, and has publicly admitted that he's a big fan of the show. [2]

https://phineasandferb.fandom.com/wiki/Jon_Stewart

https://phineasandferb.fandom.com/wiki/The_Klimpaloon_Ultimatum

yes yes it is

#Jon Stewart #phineas and ferb

[galaxina-the-pyro]

For the character list thing either Phineas or Isabella!! If you want of course

You’re making me choose between two of my favoritest characters (sans Doofenshmirtz, but yeah).

You cruel bastard.

I’m gonna choose Phineas because that was the first name on the request - but someone BETTER give me Isabella, or I swear to the heavens...

Favorite Thing About Them: Not many people talk about this, but Phineas is one insane individual considering the crazy things he’s willing to build and blatant disregard of consequences. Sure, he’s nice, and I love him, but I also like how under all that niceness, and there is A LOT, is the capabilities of being a supervillain. He manipulated a grown man into helping him with his parents’ anniversary through song, he and his brother created a quantum vortex that sucked up all of reality just for what I can assume is just because they COULD. And he has a BRILLIANTLY sadistic sense of humor when you really think about it (“In case we capsize, your seat cushions can function as a headstone.”). His brand of optimism, of course, is also a plus for me - though I love Milo, Phineas just feels so much more genuine when he raises the spirits of everyone around him. I feel like in comparison to everyone else his comedy is overshadowed due to how, ironically, subtle he is as a character, but that’s honestly part of the beauty of it. He has the same energy as that one child who’s smiling at a camera while there’s a burning building behind her - I don’t know how that’s even possible when Milo exists, but yeah.

Least Favorite Thing About Them: I kinda sorta really wish that Phineas showed more negative emotions more often - we know he HAS them, and that he’s even shown signs of having bouts of rage or sorrow under the right amount of pressure, but he never really goes beyond that? One of my favorite episodes is “The Klimpaloon Ultimatum”, and that’s mainly because it’s one of the rare non-special episodes, if not the only one, that has him mostly react in ways he normally wouldn’t - what I would GIVE to have a special or something where Mittington Random came back for revenge, I feel like he’s such a fun foil for Phineas especially; aside from 2D-Doofenshmirtz, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Phineas show a character so much disdain.

Favorite Line: “You know what I like about our friends? We say things like "We're gonna douse you with ant pheromones" and they're just like "Okay, whatever". They're so cool!” [Runner up is: “Not yet Ferb.” and “I seem to have misplaced my ant farm.” as well as, “If the molecular-separator doesn’t just disappear when this is over, we should really consider destroying it.” and just...so many other lines. Phineas has such. Good. Lines.]

brOTP: Phineas and the gang - I love them all so very much. But if we’re gonna choose specifics, to me it’s a tie between Ferb and Isabella - Ferb is just a great partner for Phineas and they’re just awesome brothers, and Phineas and Isabella just care so deeply for each other it’s hard not to like them.

OTP: If you follow me, you know my OTP is Phinabella. To me it’s one of the best ships, and is my absolute favorite. It makes me so very happy, and I love it very much, and I will fight anyone who tries to rip it away from me.

nOTP: Phinerb, Phindace, Doophin, Phinerry...just...dear lord, why do they exist?

Random Headcanon: He gets offended whenever you use his nose for some kind of purpose other than when it’s intended for; there ARE exceptions to this rule, such as decorating him like a Christmas Tree. Using Phineas’ nose as a tool (specifically a scythe or a weapon) is a big no-no, however, and it’s probably the easiest way to get him in a bad mood.

Unpopular Opinion: Breaching into headcanon territory but I just CANNOT believe that Phineas is a school-person. I’m not saying he’s stupid, because academic pursuits don’t necessarily make one the smartest person in the room, but like, I see someone like Phineas being a C-student. Like, someone like Phineas who is absolutely in love with Summer just cannot be good at school no matter how smart he is - he seems like someone who’d hate the conformist ways that school is and would either just not pay attention to anything, would outright go against instructions (not out of rebellion but because he just thinks there’s better way to do things - what’s the point of “showing your work”, for example, if you already know the answer?), and would definitely doodle in class. Again, he’s NOT STUPID - far from it. And in the right circumstances, he could probably ace those classes (aside from Grammar, I have a suspicion that he’s not great with Grammar). But my heart tells me that he and school just do not get along and probably never will (I’m totally down with Phineas kicking college in the pants though, @honorable-asshole. AND him having ADHD, because, c’mon, he totally has it at least to a degree)

Song I Associate With Them: “Happy” by Pharrell Williams

Favorite Picture of Them:

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