I felt like she wanted to show superiority to her siblings for her gain, plus she was just hateful and jealous of them. No one asked her to try and make their lives miserable she wanted to do that purely so she wouldn’t have competition and because she found their uniqueness annoying/aggravating
@@ShellySwirl Best examples and evidence in my opinion: “Pizza Delivery" - Squidward rescues SpongeBob from being run over by a truck. Later in the episode, Squidward stands up for SpongeBob after his feelings are hurt by an angry customer. Squidward slams the pizza in the customer's face and cheers up SpongeBob by telling him that the customer "ate the whole thing in one bite." "Nature Pants" - Although he seemed happy about SpongeBob leaving at first, Squidward later attends a party at SpongeBob's house welcoming him back home and he gave him back his pants, even tolerating a hug from the sponge and later everyone else in the house (albeit barely). "SB-129" - After being in the past and the future, Squidward admits he misses SpongeBob and wants to go home. When he gets home, he sees SpongeBob and Patrick and admits that he is happy to see them. Though he quickly becomes annoyed by the fact that he invented jellyfishing. "Fools in April" - After playing a nasty trick, SpongeBob becomes upset and runs home crying. Squidward then feels guilty and tries apologizing numerous times, until he finally comes clean and gives a full apology. "Squid's Day Off" - When Squidward is put in charge of the Krusty Krab, he leaves SpongeBob unattended and goes home to get a day of relaxation. However, Squidward kept worrying about SpongeBob and kept going back to The Krusty Krab to check on him. "Bossy Boots" - After Pearl gets a job at the Krusty Krab, Squidward and SpongeBob agree to team up to protect their jobs. "Dying for Pie" - After SpongeBob supposedly eats a bomb, Squidward feels guilty and tries to give SpongeBob the best day ever by doing ridiculous things on SpongeBob's list before he explodes. Later, Squidward nervously counts down to one and when he hears an explosion, he starts to sob over SpongeBob. But it turns out SpongeBob blew an explosive bubble, much to Squidward's chagrin. "Squidville" - Squidward moves to Tentacle Acres to get away from SpongeBob. After weeks of living there, he gets tired of the monotonous day to day routine and even misses SpongeBob. After hearing a noise of a reef blower, he thinks it's SpongeBob and gets happy, but finds out it's a reef blower. He then uses the reef blower to escape happily back home. "Christmas Who?" - Because Santa Claus didn't come to Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob becomes very upset and Squidward cruelly makes fun of him. Though SpongeBob gives Squidward a new customized clarinet as a present, Squidward feels bad for what he did and realizes that his grouchy attitude had ruined Christmas for everyone. To atone for his nasty behavior, he dresses up as Santa and gives away all of his things to other people to make SpongeBob happy and restore Bikini Bottom's Christmas spirit. "Pressure" - Squidward teams up with SpongeBob, along with Mr. Krabs and Patrick to compete with Sandy to prove that sea creatures are better. "Band Geeks" - Squidward was dancing to SpongeBob's song. "Graveyard Shift" - When the hash-slinging slasher is about to get them, Squidward admits that he always sort of liked SpongeBob, but SpongeBob spoils it by admitting that he used Squidward's clarinet to unclog his toilet. "Squid on Strike" - Squidward tells SpongeBob not to pay Mr. Krabs any money for the ridiculous things he charged them for, and Squidward demands Krabs to give them respect and higher pay. Squidward convinces SpongeBob to go on a strike with him for Mr. Krabs' treatment of them. "Idiot Box" - When Squidward kicks the box, he starts an avalanche. Squidward becomes worried about SpongeBob and Patrick and checks inside the box to see if they are alright. "Can You Spare a Dime?" - Squidward acts nice to SpongeBob for letting him stay in his home. However, he later takes advantage of SpongeBob's kindness and becomes a pest for him, to the point of blatantly ignoring SpongeBob’s not-so-subtle hints about wanting Squidward to get a job. "Squilliam Returns" - Squidward tells SpongeBob he can't thank him enough for all he's doing while making Squilliam believe he owns the Krusty Krab as a five-star restaurant. "Krab Borg" - Squidward teams up with SpongeBob and helps him take down Mr. Krabs, whom they think is a robot. "Clams" - After Mr. Krabs lost his first one-millionth dollar at the hands of a giant clam, and becoming insane afterward, forcing both Squidward and SpongeBob to find and capture the giant clam for the rest of the millennia until they manage to get the dollar back from that clam. Squidward had to convince SpongeBob to secretly escape from the now insane Mr. Krabs to the escape boat, but fails, as Mr. Krabs already inside the boat and began to use the tied Squidward and SpongeBob as the life-baits. "Born Again Krabs" - Squidward angrily scolds Mr. Krabs when he trades SpongeBob for sixty-two cents. He says that he should be ashamed before Mr. Krabs claims he wants SpongeBob back. "The Camping Episode" - After being warned multiple times about sea bears by SpongeBob and Patrick and attacked multiple times by one, Squidward finally believes and joins them in their anti-sea-bear circle, which serves as a defense against attack. Squidward expresses gratitude to SpongeBob and Patrick for saving his life. "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler" - Squidward warns SpongeBob about the Tattletale Strangler after turning him in. Later, he is happy to party with SpongeBob and the other citizens. The first Movie - At the end of the film, Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob the manager job, saying he deserves it, with Squidward agreeing. Squidward gave SpongeBob the manager tag and Squidward and everyone else cheer for SpongeBob. Squidward also spoke up for SpongeBob when he was nervous.
Candace didn't even mean to throw the party, she invited Stacy over which I'm pretty sure her mom said was ok, and then Stacy invited her boyfriend's band over and people just kept getting invited over and then started inviting themselves over. She tried to make people leave so many times and no one listened to her
The real tragedy of Candace Flynn isn't the failure to bust her brothers, it's that all her miseries can be traced back to one person. Herself. Yes Phineas and Ferb are lucky to the point of parody, yes getting treated to what feels to her like a double standard is frustrating, yes not being taken seriously is an issue, but think about it. Candace's one defining flaw is her inability to let things come naturally and embrace the chaos. The idea of something not being perfect is one she cannot let happen, and when that inevitably happens, she freaks out. Her desire for absolute order in her own way is her own undoing. Busting Phineas and Ferb isn't the catalyst for breaking her cycle of torment. Rather busting Phineas and Ferb IS the cycle. Compounding this is the fact Phineas and Ferb are two most pure souls who probably cannot comprehend Candace's own feelings. They cannot understand that they are unintentionally punching their sister in the gut every time they do something great.
You summed up why I always felt a good bit of sympathy her in the show. I myself like having things orderly and by the book at work (to excess at times I admit) and it drives me nuts when things are chaotic and unfair, or they seem to be at least. I think she is a wonderful way for someone like myself to see what our tendencies can turn us into if unchecked.
And to find out Doofenschmirtz was the cause for most of her brothers' inventions to disappear, she'd most likely take him outta the equation by trying to kill him, something that would get her three weeks in Arkham Asylum, I think it'd be about time to try something a little different for the show's 5th season, instead of her saying "mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence" at the end of every title sequence, she'd be all "what's the use" and say "oh forget it, just finish your title sequence and get it over with"
I always saw Candace as a parody of the overprotective and insecure older sibling. Your younger siblings are much smarter than you and you want to get them in trouble, but part of you wants to make sure they're still safe.
That's what I love about Candace. Yeah she clearly hates that P&F are making something insane but deep down she still cares about them and sometimes supportive of their crazy inventions such as when P&F made a big monster truck so Candace can learn how to parallel park
@@Erasureeraser She is terrified of heights but in episode flew her bike to a spaceship using nothing but a baseball attracting catchers mitt and remote controlled baseball because Phineas and Ferb were inside it
I would say you nailed it in that the busting obsession developed over time. Let's be honest here the rollercoaster was dangerous and had they not built it right the town would be covered in them and their friends, to name only the first episode. Something I liked is that as things went on Stacy got less involved because she just got tired of the busting taking priority over a trip shopping or to the spa or a movie or anything they had planned. Add to that the way her mom gets annoyed with it over time and it shows what being so single minded can do to the rest of your life.
Stacy's point of view here is very interesting: she often put Candace's needs in front of her own and she always gave her all the help she could, but wasn't always reciprocated. And, as you said, over time Stacy seems to have gotten more and more tired of Candace prioritizing her brothers and boyfriend so she seems to have grown more "independent" from Candace over time, which, luckily, also resulted in her getting more character development
Even as a kid, I’ve always wanted Candice to finally get the attention she deserves because she tries so hard to be seen even by her own mom, and instead of being seen as something positive, she’s viewed as crazy, delusional and immature, even by her own mother. Heck, with a little brother who outshines me in school, and a mother who always tells me the virtues of her high school life, it gets overwhelming when you have so much to live up to and yet can only do a certain amount before you start to crack. It’s a cycle that ends up with Candice giving up on trying to convince her mom and falling into a sort of depressed state where she feels like the universe is against her. And even when she has control over when she should stop, she doesn’t stop because it’s a habit, even when she knows it ruins her life. Dang, I related too much to a fictional character.
For a long while, I have had a much darker theory about why Candace needs to bust her brothers and why, specifically SHE has to do it (if it was just getting them busted, she could simply ask nearly anyone else (Stacy, Jeremy, nearly every person in the Tri-State area) to corroborate her stories, Mom can't believe EVERYONE in the area was making up the same story.) I think that way back when, Mr. Flynn (Candace and Phineas's birth Father) had some terrible secret that he kept from the family (like, say, a drug habit). Little Candace did find out, but Mr. Flynn told her that, if she told her mom it would destroy their family, so she kept her mouth shut. Then, whatever Mr. Flynn was doing actually KILLED him. Now, Candace is suffering from severe trauma. Even though she can see her brothers are both brilliant and competent in what they are doing, and even though it is to her advantage to let them keep going (remember all of the times they have used their skills to help HER.) she feels she HAS to let mom know and make her believe, lest they also do something dangerous and she loses her brothers as well. And it has to be HER who busts them, to atone for keeping her mouth shut the first time.
That actually makes sense! I always thought that Candace just wanted to protect her brothers from getting hurt and that’s why she wants to bust them all the time. But this is way better and it explains why Candace and Phineas’s father isn’t around. 10/10 theory.
Watching this, I had a realization Lynda is toxic af If she does think Candace has problems, why is she always so condescending instead of trying to get her daughter help? Or maybe actually listen to her daughter No, instead she gaslight's Candace by insinuating she's crazy or delusional. Imagine if she was actually delusional and her mom treated her like that. It would be neglectful, ableist, and entirely disturbing.
Well its not fully lynda's fault as in Milo Murphy's law its shown that theres a force making it impossible for her to see them and also their like ten would you expect a ten year old the do anything like that?
To me, Candace is summed up pretty well by this line: "Why is it that when Phineas and Ferb have an idea everyone's like 'oh wow you guys are really clever.' and when I come up with something, everyone goes: 'What? Did you say something Candace?'" Candace suffers because she is hardly ever built up (and sometimes is torn down as well), while Phineas and Ferb get constant praise. It's favoritism. Candace seeks others' approval because she doesn't have a healthy environment. I remember when she's with just Jeremy, she does a lot better because he invests in her. He is a safe space for her and Jeremy is so kind and reassuring with her, even when she gets obsessive with her brothers, he doesn't freak out. I think the boys' lacking social awareness, really on display in Candace against the universe, makes things unintentionally worse. However, the Boys do have their moments where they build Candace up and she does better. Yes Candace chooses to bust her brothers and does this to herself, but she isn't in a place where she can move forward, ask to be included in their success, or to benefit from their success (beyond the I'm fused to Jeremey or my personalities got split kind of stuff very often)She needs help, whether it's from her brothers, her parents, friends, or a therapist, she needs a strong support system to lift her up and fill her need to feel valued and wanted.
I totally agree, especially with what you said about Jeremy. I’ve always found his love for Candace to be so pure, he obviously likes her for who she is, accepts all of her flaws no matter how weird they are and always knows what to say to cheer her up, he helps her get through her issues every single time. He’s a saint and the type of person Candace desperately needs. And I do like when you said Candace isn’t in a place where she can move forward, as many keep wondering why she doesn’t just forget about her brothers and go on with her life. It’s really not that easy, and it’s even harder if she’s on her own with no help from those around her
Yeah, I guess the biggest reason why Candace is so frustrated with herself is because of the way her mother treats her. Like sometimes it seems like Linda really despises Candace, she constantly mocks her, thinks she insane or straight up ignores her while showering Phineas and Ferb with attention/appreciation. So Candace is just frustrated because she feels overshadowed by her brothers great achievements. Like you said, Jeremy on the other hand is a place where she gets love/acceptance without living up to unrealistic standards. And I guess she does care for her brothers as well. I mean most of Phineas and Ferbs Instructions could end up quite dangerous if they would make a mistake, like with the rollercoaster.
It's kinda ironic how despite her never living up to her younger brother, she is like the most interesting character in the show and she actually feels like the real main character in P&F. While Candace has her up and down, flaws and greatness, P&F just feels like the most generic good guys ever, perfect in every way, kind hearted, etc. Candace is probably one of the main reasons that P&F is such a good show other than Perry and Doffensmirzt, she would always have atleast a third of the screen time in most episodes, and prob the most relatable character. Milo Murphys law has almost the same formula like P&F but it lacks a Candace - a truely well written character who actually has "character" , therefore failing to make the show interesting enough for the audience to come back.
Phineas and Ferb work as great character foils for Candace: they help her define her personality, but the boys themselves are not that interesting as characters, I do agree with you (just like how I agree with what you said about MML, that show never really cought my attention honestly, maybe because there's not a Candace-like character in it, who knows). Candace, just like Doof, is a much more developed and well-rounded character, and I've always found her a thousand times more relatable than her brothers, as she really feels like an actual person, as you said, with both flaws and great personality traits. I mean, the creators of the show wanted both Phineas and Ferb to be extremely nice, polite, kind and supportive kids from the get go (except for the little anomaly of the pilot), which is great, but this means there's almost no drama or action on their part, so it's clear the writers never intended those two to get the spotlight too often. In fact, I believe Ferb got about the same amount of character development as Stacy did, at the end of the day. So we could say the boys are quite relevant supporting secondary characters in Candace's story, but not the main ones, despite being the titular characters of the show itself
@@Jegcopo I've heard that Swampy and Povenmire called Candace and Doof the main characters of the show and Phineas and Ferb just catalysts for the story
I think Elliot was the closest to a Candace-like character in that show, but since he was relegated to a supporting role and didn't appear in every episode, we couldn't really connect to him as a character.
That’s an excellent point. I don’t hate Dorito head and Ferb, but Candace and Doof are everything a well-written fictional character should be. 100% agree.
I am curious about how it was before Candace started busting them. Did she participate in the inventions? Did the invention also disappear before her parents could see it? The reason why they are disappearing is because of Doofenshmirtz’s inventions, and how Perry tries to stop Doof, so did the inventions only start disappearing when Perry was adopted? When Perry was adopted Candace still seemed like she felt the same way as she does during the show. Maybe when the boys were younger they made things that weren’t “bustable” enough so they didn’t get in trouble; instead they got praise from Linda (and Lawrence I guess), which made Candace feel maybe jealous and less important by comparison. It makes sense why she has such an attachment to Ducky Momo; the show was an escape for her, something that made her feel accepted. I do find Candace annoying sometimes but after watching this video I just feel bad for her instead. Great video!
It's curious how, despite generally having nothing to do with one another, Candace and Doof share the very same burden, how they're the "bad guys" in their respective plots (even though at the end of the day neither of them is) and how alone they feel but no one around them seems to fully understand their struggles. I could even make a whole video only about the parallels between these two x) Glad you liked the video ewe
I love your thought process and how you always seem to have the perfect scene from an episode to back up everything you're saying. I constantly lurk around hoping you've dropped a new video 👀 I think the reason why it's so easy for Candace to appear obnoxious is because of how internal, deeply rooted and inconspicuous her problems are compared to how obviously impressive her brothers' creations are. It's practically impossible to see the rollercoaster they built in the backyard and not think, "Wow!"; whereas nothing Candace does is so effortlessly noticeable.
I’m very glad you said that, it does take me quite a lot of time to decide which clips to use for each specific thing I’m saying, so I’m so glad you appreciate the effort ewe The effortlessness is also a key aspect here, you’re right, I can’t imagine how frustrating it would be for someone to grow up in such an environment: not only the boys are geniuses, but they can literally achieve anything without even making too much of an effort? It doesn’t seem that fair to me x)
Yeah, episodes like One Good Scare Oughta Do it! definitely support this thought since she walks Linda into the backyard while saying "See? I told you I'm not crazy!"
@@Jegcopo well, what I'm working on will prove she's not crazy, but the point she busts her brothers would nearly cost her, her brothers, and her mom their lives, proving her successful busts would be like a double edged sword
That actually makes a scary amount of sense. Candice doesn’t want to bust her brothers out of hatred, but out of some misguided attempt to protect them from their inventions because most of them are extremely dangerous and none of the adults in her life seem to want to do anything about it, even though practically everyone in Danville has seen or participated in one of PNF’s games or activities. And the validation that would come from her mother admitting to being wrong about her and that Candice is not crazy would just be the icing on the cake.
Oh man! The Mom's birthday episode always makes me soooo mad. I mean, apart from the things you mentioned, P&F had literally even forgotten Linda's bday unlike Candace, ffs
i really wish Lidia (their mom) had early on (like say: episode 50 at the latest) just come out and said "Candace: why are you trying to bust your brothers? i know they create wild elaborate contraptions. you think i don't notice?" or even better, she brings Phineas & Ferb lemonade mid way through them building a new contraption. and she brings Candace with her. "wait so you approve of them doing this?" Candace asks. "of course i approve! they're having fun, no one ever gets hurt. you should join them!" and from that point on, Candace is no longer a pseudo-antagonist but instead helps her brothers build the contraption. or at least: stays out of their way, and maybe shows it off to her friends when they finish building it. or maybe some episodes she helps them, and then other episodes she has her own B plot. or i guess hers would be the C plot: Perry was always the B plot.
I always thought Candace just had OCD. She literally couldn't control her desire to bust her brothers most times to a point where it interferes with things that really matter to her
If both theories co-exist that in a sense Candace does get revenge on her mom. That little choker Linda has on Candace disappeared the moment Candace stopped wanting to bust Phineas and Ferb. Candace just goes along with their shenanigans and has fun. Yes Linda does have a come back, but it is partially hollow when she realizes she isn’t getting Candace’s goat anymore. Also it does show Candace breaks the cycle. Her mom basically tormented her for whatever reasons you said in the theory videos. Candace takes her kids actions in strides and just enjoys the moment. If you were being serious about video essay ideas (again partially hoping this isn’t on the list) can you discuss the dynamic between Doofenshmirtz and Charlene . It’s interesting to see a divorce on good terms especially in animation and I’m 50/50 on Charlene knowing Life has rolled Doofenshmirtz time and time again yet he’s still a good guy, or she knows he’s not a guy to be screwed with since he once turned a building into a giant robot.
The Doof and Charlene thing is a nice idea for a video essay, and pretty original too, I will definitely consider talking about that some time in the future. People adore Heinz but they all forget about his ex-wife and his relationship with her, also, she was basically the first person who ever loved him, so that must mean something for him
@@Jegcopo alright and considering Huge hands Hans, I’d say the first girl who loved him and didn’t leave him for a petty reason. But it’s your thing dude. Get to it when you do.
The divorce is also shown as something that wasn't bad or either of the two's fault. At least in the show neither one blames the other. So it is likely that they just wanted different things in life and decided it was best to pursue those separately so they both could be happy. And they still have a good relationship with their daughter instead of using the child as a weapon against each other.
@@adventwolfbane agreed, heck one moment implied Charlene was willing to help Doof when he was struggling financially (and I think imply major monogram is a gold digger. He did say Charlene was attractive AFTER confirming she’s loaded)
Candace is jealous of her brothers. She loves her brothers and is super impressed by what they can do ,but she wants people to think that she’s special to. Like a lot of people especially teens, she struggles with insecurity. What I like about Phineas and Ferb is that they show her kindness. Remember comparison is the killer of joy.
great video! you did a great job explaining the reason for Candace's obsession with busting Phineas and Ferb! now there are two tragic characters in the Phineas and Ferb tv show: 1. dr. Heinze Doofenshmirtz (all his tragic backstories with his parents disowning him and all that), and now 2. Candace Flynn (but she's probably still not as tragic as doof).
You just wait til the villains Phineas and Ferb along with platypus had faced in the past rope him back in with help from Gaunt(Mendel Strahm), Dr Octopus, and the Deceptacons
Candace may appear selfish and cruel and a bit verbally abusive at times on the outside, but deep down, she cares about her brothers and just wants them to be safe. What she doesn't understand is that her brothers know how to take cares of themselves despite their young age.
Candace it s an amazing character We hated her as kids but now love her as teenagers/adults Thank God she didn't end up like Azula in Avatar The Last Airbender
Maybe but that might change after the events of the *Outta the Frying Pan* chapter of my series, the James Gilliam Chronicles, where she gets a glimpse into the title character's views on busting and ends up at the point of insanity after trying to kill Doofenschmirtz, resulting in her being locked up at Arkham Asylum for three weeks, having her released just in time for Christmas, just as well, I'd have Phineas and Ferb's 5th season start with her having morning sickness two weeks after prom sex with Jeremy
My daughter really wants you to do one on phineas and ferb's need for building. She has given me five episodes for your research on this topic. They are "Bully Bromance Breakup"," Summer Belongs to you" "Phineas And Ferb Get Busted","Phineas And Ferb Interrupted", and "Best Lazy Day Ever". She also feels like Phineas has a balancing connection with Candace. The last episode listed is what she thinks will clear up the previous sentence.
@@Jegcopo she also says (based on "I Scream You Scream) that Carl Karl is either A) having something projected into his mind by Ferb, or B) is capable of reading the emotional state of someone with a seamingly emotionless facial expression.
Great Analysis! 🧐👏😌 I think you hit the nail on the head with Candace’s whole character (who’s my fav P&F character btw), and you also indirectly explained my confusion about the Candace movie and the series finale as well. Anyway, I’d also like to think that somewhere after the show, when Candace is finishing high school or something, she will eventually focus on a new goal that will actually serve her more than the whole “busting thing” (which admittedly got tiring to watch over and over), and that would be: “Become Danville’s best Lawyer in town” ☝️- considering she ends up going to Law School in AYA 😂Not only would this give her character some “MUCH-NEEDED” justice (considering how ambitious and determined she is 😅), but it’ll also be one of the “FEW” things in her life that actually work out for her, it’ll put her “busting skills” to good use and her mum will for once be proud 🥹😊 of her accomplishments as well, this is just my personal thought/opinion but anyway, Great video! 👍🏽👏
Phineas and Ferb is really a show about Candace and Doof, and the existential dread of being cursed to fail over and over again no matter how hard you try.
It's notable to be mentioned that some of the times she does get to bust them (the episode where they get sent to a reformatory school and the time travel episode where she's 30 comes to mind bc i havent seen the show in a while) she later regrets it because she realizes they are family and busting them and them suffering the consequences is not worth it
Why does everyone overlook the simple motivation that these things could potentially harm them? I think that's how it all started. You can see that we are thrown right in the middle of this whole debacle at the beginning of the show. Everyone's defining character traits are well known in the canon of the show, including Candace's obsession and constant failure. Imagine if you tried to protect your little brothers from their comically absurd shenanigans nearly every day, but you fail every time due to either frustrating obliviousness or freak coincidences. The universe literally doesn't want you to do this. At some point it's no longer about the original motivations, but just proving your own worth by finally conquering whatever force is causing these nonsensical recurring sequences. The constant failure, compounded with the complete unfairness of the whole thing, would drive anyone insane.
candace flynn has always been an interesting and even identifiable character such as heinz doofermirtjz, candace turned what could be a simple whim into an obsession, a lifestyle, a vicious circle of self-destruction, thanks to the 2 movie, we can see which is more of a clear envy towards her brothers who can make the impossible possible, a clear sign of the inferiority complex that has haunted candace for years.
@@richardhoward4272 I might talk about Hamster and Gretel once the whole first season is out, it seems a pretty good show so far, but I’m not sure about Milo Murphy’s Law, I honestly never cared for it ^^”
@@Jegcopo thanks for the answer, hamster and gretelis a great show but if you can, you can give a chance to milo murphy, the trilogy of "dwampyverse" is awesome. greetings :D :D
Actully there is the ep where she dreamed she busted her brothers but what really make me feel bad is the line "im sorry that i doubted you and luagh at you with my friends" that something her own mother said and whats worse it that it was a dream meaning thats how she see her own mother as someone who never actully respact her
This is hands down the best analysis of Candace Flynn yet. And I have done a character analysis years ago which is very outdated. (Made it back in deviantART years ago when the show was still in Season 4 and WAY before Candace Against the Universe came to be.) But yeah you hit the nail on the head with Candace's character and her reasoning about busting her brothers as well. I salute you sir. Also to answer your question, I would love to see this as a series going more depth into the Phineas and Ferb characters in the future. Especially a Stacy one since I feel that Stacy is such an underrated character.
Thanks very much and I too would really like to analyze Stacy’s character in detail, she definitely was not used as much as she should have - especially after she found out Perry’s secret. I’d like to read your analysis on Candace as well (if it’s still available on Deviantart, even if it’s outdated), cause I do like to read other people’s opinions on my favorite characters x)
@@Jegcopo with stacy the little that was done was enough to be memorable and there is no need to overemphasize. If you want that make fanfics about it. Because it is smart to leave some things loose for us to do work based on that
@@Jegcopo then we might as well get Perry in one heluva predicament, exposing his true identity or watching as his owners get convicted of a murder they didn't commit, one episode where Candace has to step up as the lawyer she's destined to become
as the oldest kid in my family i often would watch my little sister so when watching phineas and ferb i tended to sympathize with candice. i realized there theres usually only 2 reasons why older kids "bust" there siblings 1 there doing something you know they shouldnt be doing 2 your just getting annoyed and you want them to stop. i admit ive done both but i always wondered witch one candice fell into. i now understand its much deeper than that
This video actually makes me realize that Candace against the universe seems like it would make more sense to be the last day of the summer canonically than the episode last day of summer
As someone who grew up with an older sister, I *should've* hated Candice. But instead I just found her funny. Plus she had plenty of moments where she actually worked *with* her brothers and had fun along with them to endear herself to me. Now that I'm an adult, I do sympathize with her a little, even though I still don't want her to ever actually bust Phineas & Ferb. because every time she does, it leads to even worse far-reaching consequences.
There's no specific episode where that happens, it's more of a slow improvement over the years with some key moments (I'd say Wizard of Odd, Candace Against The Universe, Last Day of Summer, (and for her grown-up version) Quantum Boogaloo)
I think she was just doing it for attention because her mom never payed attention to her and called her crazy. Some of the things they did weren’t even that bad and the one day they did nothing she still had to try and bust them because she never got the attention she needed as a child
I allways could relate so much to Candace, being the eldest sister of two twin younger siblings is a surprisingly hard job. If it ends like that and youre the only 3 siblings the typical sibling roles are very different from the usual youngest middle and oldest. The oldest one gets both the old and middle treatment where theyre expected to be responsible and then ignored, you will allways be "busted" for any small wrong doing and expected to be able to take care of yourself and your siblings because having 2 kids is more work so you get left behind. Not only does the parents/parent have to focus more on the 2 but they also have eachother, you dont just compete for parental love you will allways come last in life, my two twin siblings are a boy and a girl so youd think maybe being sisters would bring us closer or being tougher would bring me closer to my brother but i knew since i was able to think for myself that I will allways be the second choice, my father wanting a boy will allways choose my brother over me despite him hating any hobby my father wants for him because he is more on the artistic side of things like music, my mother will allways preffer my sister because she is 11 minutes younger than her brother so since mom was a youngest she wants to give her "youngest" kid everything she didnt get and hated her older sisters so i tend to get blamed for anything. And being twins is an extremly close thing, anyone with any sense would know you dont get to be as close to them as their twin, its so special. As a sibling you loose connection and love when things work so similarly to how this family works. I might have been a kid when i saw this show but it resonated so well with me, i allways wanted to cry for Candace and i could never explain to my family why.
I always thought it was because she just wanted her mom to believe her. Sometimes I think Lydia goes slow on purpose to see whatever Candace wants to show her.
*Before it premiered:* I always thought it was pure spite because they didn’t need her to order them around since they can handle themselves basically her trying to pull a power move on them out of entitlement I don’t really agree with the whole “she’s afraid they could get hurt” theory because in certain episodes she’s fine with the inventions when it’s convenient for her or even having them build something for her *After I watched the video:* this does make me feel for Candace but that’s only explains her actions not excuse them Trying to sabotage her brothers for the sake of a competition they never knew they were part of is just plain nasty I get it I truly understand the feeling of having to compete for affection it’s not fair she had to do that but that fault doesn’t fall on her brothers that falls on her parents I am glad she gets to have a good future though
If Candace Wanted To Bust Her Brothers She Could've Just Recorded Them Working In Their Latest Scheme On Her Phone And Show It Or Send It To Her Mother
@@bexniccals3686 the few times she did get evidence it was either rendered null and void or it was ruined by her own incompetence. Like when she tried to take a picture of the boys aquarium show and her thumb got in the way of the picture.
Candace definitely has OCD I obsess that much with fire alarms the noise scares me and the anticipation of when it is gonna go off for fire drills is annoying , and I have OCD but it’s not a bad thing.
just found your channel, i like your format. im not big into phineas and ferb but it was still a good show to watch. i'd love to see your take on the danny phantom series. ive been hooked on that again for some time
There are Sometimes wear Linda does spend time with your daughter I mean the birthday episode Linda Dad seem to approve of this song her daughter Plus the few times Linda finds out about the boys ideas that was not for her or had her permission she approved of them helping the squirrels learn how to survive and only bus them for towels so this might be a little mad about that too
True, Linda approved Phineas and Ferb’s harmless doings (like the squirrels thing or the fort) but I’m sure she would have definitely lost it had she witnessed the submarine, the cattle through the mall, the chariot race, or even going to space, to other dimensions and traveling through time xD
@@Jegcopo also I think the times Where Linda seems weeded out that Candace didn’t call her may have been early in the show because backyard beach and the treehouse robots are the only episodes I can think of where that happened
Rewatching the series I kind of wonder if she is actually the main character of the show because it seems like the focus is directed more on her then on Phineas and Ferb
To be honest, I don't remember the last time I have watched Phineas and Ferb, but I do remember that busting Phineas and Ferb for their crazy and dangerous inventions was mainly one of Candace's main goals in the show and there were a few episodes or more where she did got what she wanted, but it doesn't go exactly how it was planned for her. But then, my memory on Phineas and Ferb might have been not the best.
Tbh If Candace accepted her brothers success and tried to make peace with them... She could use her brothers shenanigans to actually help her out in more ways than one. Phineas and Ferb are more than willing to share the spotlight.
Yeah, and there are many episodes showing how much they love and respect their big sister, a far cry from your standard socially-challenged, aloof little brainiards.
Actually, Candace is one of my favorite cartoon character from Disney. I just love her craziness and as a grew older I realized that somehow she's relatable even though I'm an only child (well in some parts, like being obsessive to your crush and of course being a misunderstood teenager). Both as a kid and now as a young adult, I am deeply empathetic towards her
I wonder if Linda had found out about Phineas and Ferb's inventions, would she really get mad at them? I don't mention the episode about Candace's dream when she finally busted them both, because it was a kind of joke, practically the whole world knew the stuff that Phineas and Ferb had done, even their dad and grandparents, and everyone seemed amused, and excited for that, Candace was the only person who didn't her brothers' talent.
Tbh Candace was always my favorite character, probably because she was an older sister like me, and even though our relationships with out younger siblings are completely different, I felt a kind or kinship.
Well there was a couple good chances she had, but her crush , Jeremy was involved. basically she got sidetracked because of Jeremy or some other reason. But she had a few perfect opertinties.
@@Larka661 same was said for Samurai Jack until 13 years later when the show was given a 5th season on Adult Swim, if Adult Swim picked up where Cartoon Network left off on Samurai Jack, then ABC or Fox can do the same for Phineas and Ferb
This honestly has me thinking about Candace differently. At first, I didn’t like her because of her jealousy towards her brothers; but now I realize that she was lacking the self-building within her. I understand how that feels to be seen as a shadow from experience, but I promise that it doesn’t define who you are as a person. That’s why I always liked when Candace did her own thing with her friends and Jeremy because that’s when she’s happy and not unnecessarily stressed out by worrying about the brothers.
My theory is that she got hurt as collateral damage in one of their builds cause it happens alot in the show that she didn't care much till then and it just spirals more because she probably feels she can't compare to them and it doesn't help that the dad was there once during the builds which probably doesn't help that he knows she's right but just chooses to stay ignorant.
As someone who started watching the show not so long ago, I agree but I feel like there are a lot of occasions where they get along and she learns to appreciate her brothers and realizes that they do genuinly care for her, but due to the show's episodic nature, her development is immediatly forgotten during the next episode.
there is a conon, in-universe reason for candace's need to bust her brothers that has always made sense to me. she wants to bust her brothers because they are always doing extremely dangerous things every day.
In my opinion, most of the things they made were not bustable. In fact, the vast majority ere totally fine, and honestly, if anything, extremely impressive, especially for their age and skills
They're definitely impressive but people usually underestimate what a protective (or even overprotective) parent can get mad at xD She sure wouldn't have had problems with the more normal stuff, like the aglet thing, the fashion craze, or even the circus, or the perry (in)action figure, but I believe Linda would have cared more for the safety of her children rather than how amazing their inventions were: she would have been mad if they built contraptions that were actually dangerous themselves or for stuff the boys simply could have gotten hurt building. Even if they had permits and stuff, quite a lot of their inventions (not all of them of course) were definitely things Linda wouldn't have wanted them to build and ride, for starters, all those vehicles and rides: From giant treehouse robots, to submarines, the all-terrain machine, the giant paper pelican plane, but also the flying carpet, the chariots, the modified kiddie rides, the monster truck, the biplane, the giant bowling ball, the UFO and, of course, the rollercoaster. Then I believe she wouldn't have been happy to see them travel through time, to other dimensions and outer space either, same for the cattle thing, building the tallest building on Earth, the football X7 stadium, the roller rink, carving Candace's face onto Mount Rushmore and so on. Not to mention all those sci-fi inventions, like the molecular splitter, the machine for turning people into flies, the portal to Mars, the teleportation portals and such. So I'd say that, legally speaking, 80-90% of their inventions are fine (no one would have EVER allowed them to do the Mount Rushmore thing, for example xD), while if you consider what Linda would have forbidden them to do, then I guess about 30% of the inventions would have been fine, but likely not the rest. Even something like a technically harmless molecular separator or the sphere for passing through matter could be dangerous if not used extremely carefully, while to an overprotective parent even just riding a bike with no helmet is outrageous xD But if course this is just what I think, considering Linda's reactions upon finding out about their doings, but it's definitely not the absolute truth
Candace I feel awful for, her parents never even seem to care about her or care, and Candace believes the only way to look good or be cared about is by busting her brothers to show they aren’t as perfect as everyone makes them out to be, but even that backfired (when Phineas built a machine to hear what Perry is really saying and the mom is fine that they made such an invention) and the Mom seems to constantly dismiss or insult her (I’ll be in the dairy aisle if you wanna yell at some cheese, or when she admits to Candace that she talks bad about her behind her back to her friends (granted it was her dreams but then revealing it was in Perry’s (going too deep in but) that could mean he has heard her say things about her) the parents suck.
I always had a theory that the reason Candace wants to bust Phineas and Ferb so badly is because she thinks that when they create all of these insane things they’re doing it just to taunt her, I think the best example is The Best Lazy Day Ever where she has a fantasy about Phineas and Ferb putting up statues of themselves and saying they’re doing it to fool Candace into thinking they’re doing nothing when really they’re gonna go do something and then Phineas laughs evilly, that’s what I think the reason is, that whenever they build these things and are like “So Candace, what do you think?” Candace thinks that they’re actively trying to mess with her when really they’re not, they even invite her to join in on the fun with them a lot of times, and in reality I don’t think Phineas and Ferb would actually mind if their mom and dad saw their inventions anyways, a lot of times they’re even like “Mom and dad would love this, let’s show them” Probably because she’s a teenager and so she’s doing that thing of worrying so much about how she thinks something is 1 way when in reality it turns out to not be like that at all, so I think her reason for wanting to bust them is ultimately because she thinks that Phineas and Ferb are always targeting her whenever they build something when really they just wanna have fun and in reality don’t care who sees it
I personally think she hasn't got anything better to do but getting her brothers in trouble and being the favorite child who gets what she wants plus sending her brothers away for good until she later misses them to the point where she loves having them around to get in trouble so she can continue her daily cycle so Mum can finally punish them even when they don't do anything wrong she still wants to bust them even if their not doing anything its like she needs a better hobbie and forget about her brothers and focus on herself do you know what I mean.
Ahahahaah the Gordian Knot and the Candace Party parodies don't have a full version yet, but I did post the full version of my Busted parody several years ago (although the audio quality of my microphone was a bit crappy back then) th-cam.com/video/slBV9yINVcE/w-d-xo.html
I genuinely do feel bad for Candace. She wasn't a bad kid, she just wanted her mom to respect her.
Now that I think about it, Linda is kind of a bitch to her daughter
Facts
She should go find her father
I felt like she wanted to show superiority to her siblings for her gain, plus she was just hateful and jealous of them. No one asked her to try and make their lives miserable she wanted to do that purely so she wouldn’t have competition and because she found their uniqueness annoying/aggravating
And she feels entitled to busy them since what the boys are doing is technically dangerous and if anything goes wrong, it’s on her
Candace Flynn is that type of character that you loathe as a child, but feel bad for as an adult, just like Squidward Tentacles.
Except Squidward hates Spongebob while Candace clearly loves her brothers and has a sibling rivalry
@@ShellySwirl But it is shown at times that Squidward really does cares for SpongeBob
@@cameroniacobucci Wait really..?
Guess I’ve missed that..,
@@ShellySwirl
Best examples and evidence in my opinion:
“Pizza Delivery" - Squidward rescues SpongeBob from being run over by a truck. Later in the episode, Squidward stands up for SpongeBob after his feelings are hurt by an angry customer. Squidward slams the pizza in the customer's face and cheers up SpongeBob by telling him that the customer "ate the whole thing in one bite."
"Nature Pants" - Although he seemed happy about SpongeBob leaving at first, Squidward later attends a party at SpongeBob's house welcoming him back home and he gave him back his pants, even tolerating a hug from the sponge and later everyone else in the house (albeit barely).
"SB-129" - After being in the past and the future, Squidward admits he misses SpongeBob and wants to go home. When he gets home, he sees SpongeBob and Patrick and admits that he is happy to see them. Though he quickly becomes annoyed by the fact that he invented jellyfishing.
"Fools in April" - After playing a nasty trick, SpongeBob becomes upset and runs home crying. Squidward then feels guilty and tries apologizing numerous times, until he finally comes clean and gives a full apology.
"Squid's Day Off" - When Squidward is put in charge of the Krusty Krab, he leaves SpongeBob unattended and goes home to get a day of relaxation. However, Squidward kept worrying about SpongeBob and kept going back to The Krusty Krab to check on him.
"Bossy Boots" - After Pearl gets a job at the Krusty Krab, Squidward and SpongeBob agree to team up to protect their jobs.
"Dying for Pie" - After SpongeBob supposedly eats a bomb, Squidward feels guilty and tries to give SpongeBob the best day ever by doing ridiculous things on SpongeBob's list before he explodes. Later, Squidward nervously counts down to one and when he hears an explosion, he starts to sob over SpongeBob. But it turns out SpongeBob blew an explosive bubble, much to Squidward's chagrin.
"Squidville" - Squidward moves to Tentacle Acres to get away from SpongeBob. After weeks of living there, he gets tired of the monotonous day to day routine and even misses SpongeBob. After hearing a noise of a reef blower, he thinks it's SpongeBob and gets happy, but finds out it's a reef blower. He then uses the reef blower to escape happily back home.
"Christmas Who?" - Because Santa Claus didn't come to Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob becomes very upset and Squidward cruelly makes fun of him. Though SpongeBob gives Squidward a new customized clarinet as a present, Squidward feels bad for what he did and realizes that his grouchy attitude had ruined Christmas for everyone. To atone for his nasty behavior, he dresses up as Santa and gives away all of his things to other people to make SpongeBob happy and restore Bikini Bottom's Christmas spirit.
"Pressure" - Squidward teams up with SpongeBob, along with Mr. Krabs and Patrick to compete with Sandy to prove that sea creatures are better.
"Band Geeks" - Squidward was dancing to SpongeBob's song.
"Graveyard Shift" - When the hash-slinging slasher is about to get them, Squidward admits that he always sort of liked SpongeBob, but SpongeBob spoils it by admitting that he used Squidward's clarinet to unclog his toilet.
"Squid on Strike" - Squidward tells SpongeBob not to pay Mr. Krabs any money for the ridiculous things he charged them for, and Squidward demands Krabs to give them respect and higher pay. Squidward convinces SpongeBob to go on a strike with him for Mr. Krabs' treatment of them.
"Idiot Box" - When Squidward kicks the box, he starts an avalanche. Squidward becomes worried about SpongeBob and Patrick and checks inside the box to see if they are alright.
"Can You Spare a Dime?" - Squidward acts nice to SpongeBob for letting him stay in his home. However, he later takes advantage of SpongeBob's kindness and becomes a pest for him, to the point of blatantly ignoring SpongeBob’s not-so-subtle hints about wanting Squidward to get a job.
"Squilliam Returns" - Squidward tells SpongeBob he can't thank him enough for all he's doing while making Squilliam believe he owns the Krusty Krab as a five-star restaurant.
"Krab Borg" - Squidward teams up with SpongeBob and helps him take down Mr. Krabs, whom they think is a robot.
"Clams" - After Mr. Krabs lost his first one-millionth dollar at the hands of a giant clam, and becoming insane afterward, forcing both Squidward and SpongeBob to find and capture the giant clam for the rest of the millennia until they manage to get the dollar back from that clam. Squidward had to convince SpongeBob to secretly escape from the now insane Mr. Krabs to the escape boat, but fails, as Mr. Krabs already inside the boat and began to use the tied Squidward and SpongeBob as the life-baits.
"Born Again Krabs" - Squidward angrily scolds Mr. Krabs when he trades SpongeBob for sixty-two cents. He says that he should be ashamed before Mr. Krabs claims he wants SpongeBob back.
"The Camping Episode" - After being warned multiple times about sea bears by SpongeBob and Patrick and attacked multiple times by one, Squidward finally believes and joins them in their anti-sea-bear circle, which serves as a defense against attack. Squidward expresses gratitude to SpongeBob and Patrick for saving his life.
"SpongeBob Meets the Strangler" - Squidward warns SpongeBob about the Tattletale Strangler after turning him in. Later, he is happy to party with SpongeBob and the other citizens.
The first Movie - At the end of the film, Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob the manager job, saying he deserves it, with Squidward agreeing. Squidward gave SpongeBob the manager tag and Squidward and everyone else cheer for SpongeBob. Squidward also spoke up for SpongeBob when he was nervous.
@@cameroniacobucci Ohhhh!!!! I remember all these episodes now!!
Older sibling that's overshadowed by their younger sibling, kinda like how Doof feels about how his Brother is favored the most
Candace didn't even mean to throw the party, she invited Stacy over which I'm pretty sure her mom said was ok, and then Stacy invited her boyfriend's band over and people just kept getting invited over and then started inviting themselves over. She tried to make people leave so many times and no one listened to her
It wasn't a party! It was an intimate get together!
@@CandaceGFlynn you're so right, I'm sorry girl
Okay, wtf Stacy, youre usually supposed to be the supportive friend
That's how I remember it too
The real tragedy of Candace Flynn isn't the failure to bust her brothers, it's that all her miseries can be traced back to one person. Herself. Yes Phineas and Ferb are lucky to the point of parody, yes getting treated to what feels to her like a double standard is frustrating, yes not being taken seriously is an issue, but think about it. Candace's one defining flaw is her inability to let things come naturally and embrace the chaos. The idea of something not being perfect is one she cannot let happen, and when that inevitably happens, she freaks out. Her desire for absolute order in her own way is her own undoing. Busting Phineas and Ferb isn't the catalyst for breaking her cycle of torment. Rather busting Phineas and Ferb IS the cycle. Compounding this is the fact Phineas and Ferb are two most pure souls who probably cannot comprehend Candace's own feelings. They cannot understand that they are unintentionally punching their sister in the gut every time they do something great.
You summed up why I always felt a good bit of sympathy her in the show. I myself like having things orderly and by the book at work (to excess at times I admit) and it drives me nuts when things are chaotic and unfair, or they seem to be at least. I think she is a wonderful way for someone like myself to see what our tendencies can turn us into if unchecked.
And to find out Doofenschmirtz was the cause for most of her brothers' inventions to disappear, she'd most likely take him outta the equation by trying to kill him, something that would get her three weeks in Arkham Asylum, I think it'd be about time to try something a little different for the show's 5th season, instead of her saying "mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence" at the end of every title sequence, she'd be all "what's the use" and say "oh forget it, just finish your title sequence and get it over with"
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No comment.
Vaas: "Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?"
I always saw Candace as a parody of the overprotective and insecure older sibling. Your younger siblings are much smarter than you and you want to get them in trouble, but part of you wants to make sure they're still safe.
That's what I love about Candace. Yeah she clearly hates that P&F are making something insane but deep down she still cares about them and sometimes supportive of their crazy inventions such as when P&F made a big monster truck so Candace can learn how to parallel park
@@Erasureeraser She is terrified of heights but in episode flew her bike to a spaceship using nothing but a baseball attracting catchers mitt and remote controlled baseball because Phineas and Ferb were inside it
I would say you nailed it in that the busting obsession developed over time. Let's be honest here the rollercoaster was dangerous and had they not built it right the town would be covered in them and their friends, to name only the first episode.
Something I liked is that as things went on Stacy got less involved because she just got tired of the busting taking priority over a trip shopping or to the spa or a movie or anything they had planned. Add to that the way her mom gets annoyed with it over time and it shows what being so single minded can do to the rest of your life.
Stacy's point of view here is very interesting: she often put Candace's needs in front of her own and she always gave her all the help she could, but wasn't always reciprocated.
And, as you said, over time Stacy seems to have gotten more and more tired of Candace prioritizing her brothers and boyfriend so she seems to have grown more "independent" from Candace over time, which, luckily, also resulted in her getting more character development
@@Jegcopo especially since Stacy's voiced by Lady Deathstrike herself
@@damianprock1650 who’s that?
@@kingkem she's an X-Men villain with about the same abilities as Wolverine, if you saw *X2:X-Men United,* you'd see what I mean
Even as a kid, I’ve always wanted Candice to finally get the attention she deserves because she tries so hard to be seen even by her own mom, and instead of being seen as something positive, she’s viewed as crazy, delusional and immature, even by her own mother. Heck, with a little brother who outshines me in school, and a mother who always tells me the virtues of her high school life, it gets overwhelming when you have so much to live up to and yet can only do a certain amount before you start to crack. It’s a cycle that ends up with Candice giving up on trying to convince her mom and falling into a sort of depressed state where she feels like the universe is against her. And even when she has control over when she should stop, she doesn’t stop because it’s a habit, even when she knows it ruins her life. Dang, I related too much to a fictional character.
For a long while, I have had a much darker theory about why Candace needs to bust her brothers and why, specifically SHE has to do it (if it was just getting them busted, she could simply ask nearly anyone else (Stacy, Jeremy, nearly every person in the Tri-State area) to corroborate her stories, Mom can't believe EVERYONE in the area was making up the same story.)
I think that way back when, Mr. Flynn (Candace and Phineas's birth Father) had some terrible secret that he kept from the family (like, say, a drug habit). Little Candace did find out, but Mr. Flynn told her that, if she told her mom it would destroy their family, so she kept her mouth shut. Then, whatever Mr. Flynn was doing actually KILLED him. Now, Candace is suffering from severe trauma. Even though she can see her brothers are both brilliant and competent in what they are doing, and even though it is to her advantage to let them keep going (remember all of the times they have used their skills to help HER.) she feels she HAS to let mom know and make her believe, lest they also do something dangerous and she loses her brothers as well. And it has to be HER who busts them, to atone for keeping her mouth shut the first time.
Great theory
You know that's actually a good yet dark theory.
Holy Shit that’s scary to think about. Someone get that girl a therapist and a box of tissues. Stat!!
That actually makes sense! I always thought that Candace just wanted to protect her brothers from getting hurt and that’s why she wants to bust them all the time. But this is way better and it explains why Candace and Phineas’s father isn’t around. 10/10 theory.
Man, imagine if Candace went to see a therapist. They would have A LOT to talk about!
Think there's a fanfiction about that somehwere...
Watching this, I had a realization
Lynda is toxic af
If she does think Candace has problems, why is she always so condescending instead of trying to get her daughter help? Or maybe actually listen to her daughter
No, instead she gaslight's Candace by insinuating she's crazy or delusional. Imagine if she was actually delusional and her mom treated her like that. It would be neglectful, ableist, and entirely disturbing.
Even as a kid, I hated Lynda
And also sometimes she has favoritism to phineas and ferb over candace and I think she’s has the fault of Candace’s insecurities
Well its not fully lynda's fault as in Milo Murphy's law its shown that theres a force making it impossible for her to see them and also their like ten would you expect a ten year old the do anything like that?
Agreed
To be fair, Candace doesn't do much to prove she's not crazy.
Honestly i understand her perspective alot she's seen and not heard and her mom treats her like she's crazy
To me, Candace is summed up pretty well by this line: "Why is it that when Phineas and Ferb have an idea everyone's like 'oh wow you guys are really clever.' and when I come up with something, everyone goes: 'What? Did you say something Candace?'"
Candace suffers because she is hardly ever built up (and sometimes is torn down as well), while Phineas and Ferb get constant praise. It's favoritism. Candace seeks others' approval because she doesn't have a healthy environment. I remember when she's with just Jeremy, she does a lot better because he invests in her. He is a safe space for her and Jeremy is so kind and reassuring with her, even when she gets obsessive with her brothers, he doesn't freak out.
I think the boys' lacking social awareness, really on display in Candace against the universe, makes things unintentionally worse. However, the Boys do have their moments where they build Candace up and she does better.
Yes Candace chooses to bust her brothers and does this to herself, but she isn't in a place where she can move forward, ask to be included in their success, or to benefit from their success (beyond the I'm fused to Jeremey or my personalities got split kind of stuff very often)She needs help, whether it's from her brothers, her parents, friends, or a therapist, she needs a strong support system to lift her up and fill her need to feel valued and wanted.
I totally agree, especially with what you said about Jeremy. I’ve always found his love for Candace to be so pure, he obviously likes her for who she is, accepts all of her flaws no matter how weird they are and always knows what to say to cheer her up, he helps her get through her issues every single time. He’s a saint and the type of person Candace desperately needs.
And I do like when you said Candace isn’t in a place where she can move forward, as many keep wondering why she doesn’t just forget about her brothers and go on with her life. It’s really not that easy, and it’s even harder if she’s on her own with no help from those around her
@@Jegcopo you just wait til Dwayne Johnson is introduced as Jeremy's cousin
To a point you mean
Yeah, I guess the biggest reason why Candace is so frustrated with herself is because of the way her mother treats her. Like sometimes it seems like Linda really despises Candace, she constantly mocks her, thinks she insane or straight up ignores her while showering Phineas and Ferb with attention/appreciation. So Candace is just frustrated because she feels overshadowed by her brothers great achievements. Like you said, Jeremy on the other hand is a place where she gets love/acceptance without living up to unrealistic standards. And I guess she does care for her brothers as well. I mean most of Phineas and Ferbs Instructions could end up quite dangerous if they would make a mistake, like with the rollercoaster.
@@anni1348 perhaps so
I never hated Candace. I sympathized with her. Maybe because I’m the oldest sibling? I don’t know.
i am the youngest sibling in my family but i feel bad for candace to
If I had younger siblings like Phineas and Ferb I would be having fun and I'm not a snitch
It's kinda ironic how despite her never living up to her younger brother, she is like the most interesting character in the show and she actually feels like the real main character in P&F. While Candace has her up and down, flaws and greatness, P&F just feels like the most generic good guys ever, perfect in every way, kind hearted, etc. Candace is probably one of the main reasons that P&F is such a good show other than Perry and Doffensmirzt, she would always have atleast a third of the screen time in most episodes, and prob the most relatable character. Milo Murphys law has almost the same formula like P&F but it lacks a Candace - a truely well written character who actually has "character" , therefore failing to make the show interesting enough for the audience to come back.
Phineas and Ferb work as great character foils for Candace: they help her define her personality, but the boys themselves are not that interesting as characters, I do agree with you (just like how I agree with what you said about MML, that show never really cought my attention honestly, maybe because there's not a Candace-like character in it, who knows).
Candace, just like Doof, is a much more developed and well-rounded character, and I've always found her a thousand times more relatable than her brothers, as she really feels like an actual person, as you said, with both flaws and great personality traits.
I mean, the creators of the show wanted both Phineas and Ferb to be extremely nice, polite, kind and supportive kids from the get go (except for the little anomaly of the pilot), which is great, but this means there's almost no drama or action on their part, so it's clear the writers never intended those two to get the spotlight too often.
In fact, I believe Ferb got about the same amount of character development as Stacy did, at the end of the day. So we could say the boys are quite relevant supporting secondary characters in Candace's story, but not the main ones, despite being the titular characters of the show itself
@@Jegcopo I've heard that Swampy and Povenmire called Candace and Doof the main characters of the show and Phineas and Ferb just catalysts for the story
I think Elliot was the closest to a Candace-like character in that show, but since he was relegated to a supporting role and didn't appear in every episode, we couldn't really connect to him as a character.
That’s an excellent point. I don’t hate Dorito head and Ferb, but Candace and Doof are everything a well-written fictional character should be. 100% agree.
I am curious about how it was before Candace started busting them. Did she participate in the inventions? Did the invention also disappear before her parents could see it? The reason why they are disappearing is because of Doofenshmirtz’s inventions, and how Perry tries to stop Doof, so did the inventions only start disappearing when Perry was adopted? When Perry was adopted Candace still seemed like she felt the same way as she does during the show. Maybe when the boys were younger they made things that weren’t “bustable” enough so they didn’t get in trouble; instead they got praise from Linda (and Lawrence I guess), which made Candace feel maybe jealous and less important by comparison. It makes sense why she has such an attachment to Ducky Momo; the show was an escape for her, something that made her feel accepted. I do find Candace annoying sometimes but after watching this video I just feel bad for her instead. Great video!
It's curious how, despite generally having nothing to do with one another, Candace and Doof share the very same burden, how they're the "bad guys" in their respective plots (even though at the end of the day neither of them is) and how alone they feel but no one around them seems to fully understand their struggles. I could even make a whole video only about the parallels between these two x)
Glad you liked the video ewe
@@Jegcopo Perry understands
I love your thought process and how you always seem to have the perfect scene from an episode to back up everything you're saying. I constantly lurk around hoping you've dropped a new video 👀
I think the reason why it's so easy for Candace to appear obnoxious is because of how internal, deeply rooted and inconspicuous her problems are compared to how obviously impressive her brothers' creations are. It's practically impossible to see the rollercoaster they built in the backyard and not think, "Wow!"; whereas nothing Candace does is so effortlessly noticeable.
I’m very glad you said that, it does take me quite a lot of time to decide which clips to use for each specific thing I’m saying, so I’m so glad you appreciate the effort ewe
The effortlessness is also a key aspect here, you’re right, I can’t imagine how frustrating it would be for someone to grow up in such an environment: not only the boys are geniuses, but they can literally achieve anything without even making too much of an effort? It doesn’t seem that fair to me x)
She's an incredibly complex character, and I'm tired of people treating her like shes not.
My headcannon was that candace wanted to prove that she wasn't crazy to her mother
Yeah, episodes like One Good Scare Oughta Do it! definitely support this thought since she walks Linda into the backyard while saying "See? I told you I'm not crazy!"
@@loganmiller7827 “And you’re not crazy because...?”
@@Jegcopo well, what I'm working on will prove she's not crazy, but the point she busts her brothers would nearly cost her, her brothers, and her mom their lives, proving her successful busts would be like a double edged sword
That actually makes a scary amount of sense. Candice doesn’t want to bust her brothers out of hatred, but out of some misguided attempt to protect them from their inventions because most of them are extremely dangerous and none of the adults in her life seem to want to do anything about it, even though practically everyone in Danville has seen or participated in one of PNF’s games or activities. And the validation that would come from her mother admitting to being wrong about her and that Candice is not crazy would just be the icing on the cake.
Oh man! The Mom's birthday episode always makes me soooo mad. I mean, apart from the things you mentioned, P&F had literally even forgotten Linda's bday unlike Candace, ffs
Yeah, it just took the boys 5 minutes to outdo their sister, while poor Candace has been working on that song for who knows how long
@@Jegcopo ikr? Candace could at least wish Linda first but the boys smashed her on the wall 😭
@@Jegcopo crazy once you think about it
@@kdpak They don’t claim Candace’s song as their own.
i really wish Lidia (their mom) had early on (like say: episode 50 at the latest) just come out and said "Candace: why are you trying to bust your brothers? i know they create wild elaborate contraptions. you think i don't notice?" or even better, she brings Phineas & Ferb lemonade mid way through them building a new contraption. and she brings Candace with her. "wait so you approve of them doing this?" Candace asks. "of course i approve! they're having fun, no one ever gets hurt. you should join them!" and from that point on, Candace is no longer a pseudo-antagonist but instead helps her brothers build the contraption. or at least: stays out of their way, and maybe shows it off to her friends when they finish building it.
or maybe some episodes she helps them, and then other episodes she has her own B plot. or i guess hers would be the C plot: Perry was always the B plot.
I always thought Candace just had OCD. She literally couldn't control her desire to bust her brothers most times to a point where it interferes with things that really matter to her
I remember one woman on 1000 Ways to Die whose death was a result of her OCD
@@damianprock1650 I thought I was the only one who thought she had OCD
@@RandomSkyeRoses it's kinda hard to tell with her
Really? I always thought that she did it for mere hatred for her brothers
@@andreabanuelosavila2317 No, she loves them, but she is a teenaged girl so she sees then as her annoying little brothers who get away with everything
If both theories co-exist that in a sense Candace does get revenge on her mom. That little choker Linda has on Candace disappeared the moment Candace stopped wanting to bust Phineas and Ferb. Candace just goes along with their shenanigans and has fun. Yes Linda does have a come back, but it is partially hollow when she realizes she isn’t getting Candace’s goat anymore.
Also it does show Candace breaks the cycle. Her mom basically tormented her for whatever reasons you said in the theory videos. Candace takes her kids actions in strides and just enjoys the moment.
If you were being serious about video essay ideas (again partially hoping this isn’t on the list) can you discuss the dynamic between Doofenshmirtz and Charlene . It’s interesting to see a divorce on good terms especially in animation and I’m 50/50 on Charlene knowing Life has rolled Doofenshmirtz time and time again yet he’s still a good guy, or she knows he’s not a guy to be screwed with since he once turned a building into a giant robot.
The Doof and Charlene thing is a nice idea for a video essay, and pretty original too, I will definitely consider talking about that some time in the future. People adore Heinz but they all forget about his ex-wife and his relationship with her, also, she was basically the first person who ever loved him, so that must mean something for him
@@Jegcopo alright and considering Huge hands Hans, I’d say the first girl who loved him and didn’t leave him for a petty reason. But it’s your thing dude. Get to it when you do.
@@Jegcopo exactly
The divorce is also shown as something that wasn't bad or either of the two's fault. At least in the show neither one blames the other. So it is likely that they just wanted different things in life and decided it was best to pursue those separately so they both could be happy. And they still have a good relationship with their daughter instead of using the child as a weapon against each other.
@@adventwolfbane agreed, heck one moment implied Charlene was willing to help Doof when he was struggling financially (and I think imply major monogram is a gold digger. He did say Charlene was attractive AFTER confirming she’s loaded)
When you're young, you're Phineas.
The older you get, the more you become Candace
Like with SpongeBob.
As a kid, you relate with SpongeBob. As an adult, you relate with Squidward.
Candace is jealous of her brothers. She loves her brothers and is super impressed by what they can do ,but she wants people to think that she’s special to. Like a lot of people especially teens, she struggles with insecurity.
What I like about Phineas and Ferb is that they show her kindness.
Remember comparison is the killer of joy.
That’s what I like about Candace
great video! you did a great job explaining the reason for Candace's obsession with busting Phineas and Ferb! now there are two tragic characters in the Phineas and Ferb tv show: 1. dr. Heinze Doofenshmirtz (all his tragic backstories with his parents disowning him and all that), and now 2. Candace Flynn (but she's probably still not as tragic as doof).
You just wait til the villains Phineas and Ferb along with platypus had faced in the past rope him back in with help from Gaunt(Mendel Strahm), Dr Octopus, and the Deceptacons
Candace may appear selfish and cruel and a bit verbally abusive at times on the outside, but deep down, she cares about her brothers and just wants them to be safe. What she doesn't understand is that her brothers know how to take cares of themselves despite their young age.
Well to be fair is purely plot armor that keeps Phineas and Ferb safe i mean they could've died alot of times in the show
And the amount of times they got ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FROM FULL GROWN ADULTS
@@buzzifivegaming6005 that's a good point.
@@buzzifivegaming6005 you could technically say that for any show, its a cartoon show
@@Black_Frost212i admit it is impressive how a 12 year old kids bulid something like this
Candace it s an amazing character
We hated her as kids but now love her as teenagers/adults
Thank God she didn't end up like Azula in Avatar The Last Airbender
Maybe but that might change after the events of the *Outta the Frying Pan* chapter of my series, the James Gilliam Chronicles, where she gets a glimpse into the title character's views on busting and ends up at the point of insanity after trying to kill Doofenschmirtz, resulting in her being locked up at Arkham Asylum for three weeks, having her released just in time for Christmas, just as well, I'd have Phineas and Ferb's 5th season start with her having morning sickness two weeks after prom sex with Jeremy
My daughter really wants you to do one on phineas and ferb's need for building. She has given me five episodes for your research on this topic. They are "Bully Bromance Breakup"," Summer Belongs to you" "Phineas And Ferb Get Busted","Phineas And Ferb Interrupted", and "Best Lazy Day Ever". She also feels like Phineas has a balancing connection with Candace. The last episode listed is what she thinks will clear up the previous sentence.
I will take that idea into consideration, thank you both for sharing it, I'm glad your daughter enjoyed this video :D
@@Jegcopo she also says (based on "I Scream You Scream) that Carl Karl is either A) having something projected into his mind by Ferb, or B) is capable of reading the emotional state of someone with a seamingly emotionless facial expression.
Great Analysis! 🧐👏😌 I think you hit the nail on the head with Candace’s whole character (who’s my fav P&F character btw), and you also indirectly explained my confusion about the Candace movie and the series finale as well. Anyway, I’d also like to think that somewhere after the show, when Candace is finishing high school or something, she will eventually focus on a new goal that will actually serve her more than the whole “busting thing” (which admittedly got tiring to watch over and over), and that would be: “Become Danville’s best Lawyer in town” ☝️- considering she ends up going to Law School in AYA 😂Not only would this give her character some “MUCH-NEEDED” justice (considering how ambitious and determined she is 😅), but it’ll also be one of the “FEW” things in her life that actually work out for her, it’ll put her “busting skills” to good use and her mum will for once be proud 🥹😊 of her accomplishments as well, this is just my personal thought/opinion but anyway, Great video! 👍🏽👏
Phineas and Ferb is really a show about Candace and Doof, and the existential dread of being cursed to fail over and over again no matter how hard you try.
It's notable to be mentioned that some of the times she does get to bust them (the episode where they get sent to a reformatory school and the time travel episode where she's 30 comes to mind bc i havent seen the show in a while) she later regrets it because she realizes they are family and busting them and them suffering the consequences is not worth it
Its crazy how these TV shows for kids can be analysed in so many ways and have such interesting characters like Ferb, dr doof and even perry.
That's probably my favorite aspect of shows like this, honestly x)
Why does everyone overlook the simple motivation that these things could potentially harm them? I think that's how it all started.
You can see that we are thrown right in the middle of this whole debacle at the beginning of the show. Everyone's defining character traits are well known in the canon of the show, including Candace's obsession and constant failure.
Imagine if you tried to protect your little brothers from their comically absurd shenanigans nearly every day, but you fail every time due to either frustrating obliviousness or freak coincidences. The universe literally doesn't want you to do this. At some point it's no longer about the original motivations, but just proving your own worth by finally conquering whatever force is causing these nonsensical recurring sequences. The constant failure, compounded with the complete unfairness of the whole thing, would drive anyone insane.
0:04 I’m sorry I can’t with that image 😂
candace flynn has always been an interesting and even identifiable character such as heinz doofermirtjz, candace turned what could be a simple whim into an obsession, a lifestyle, a vicious circle of self-destruction, thanks to the 2 movie, we can see which is more of a clear envy towards her brothers who can make the impossible possible, a clear sign of the inferiority complex that has haunted candace for years.
Exactly, she’s not only relatable but she also feels like a real, three-dimensional person. That’s how you write a character x)
@@Jegcopo you are right man.
I have a question you will be talk about milo murphy law or hamster and gretel in a future?
@@richardhoward4272 I might talk about Hamster and Gretel once the whole first season is out, it seems a pretty good show so far, but I’m not sure about Milo Murphy’s Law, I honestly never cared for it ^^”
@@Jegcopo thanks for the answer, hamster and gretelis a great show but if you can, you can give a chance to milo murphy, the trilogy of "dwampyverse" is awesome.
greetings :D :D
@@Jegcopo maybe you will with what I'm working on
Actully there is the ep where she dreamed she busted her brothers but what really make me feel bad is the line "im sorry that i doubted you and luagh at you with my friends" that something her own mother said and whats worse it that it was a dream meaning thats how she see her own mother as someone who never actully respact her
A Character analysis on Kendall Perkins feelings towards Kick Buttowski throughout the show would be awesome!!!!!
This is hands down the best analysis of Candace Flynn yet. And I have done a character analysis years ago which is very outdated. (Made it back in deviantART years ago when the show was still in Season 4 and WAY before Candace Against the Universe came to be.)
But yeah you hit the nail on the head with Candace's character and her reasoning about busting her brothers as well. I salute you sir.
Also to answer your question, I would love to see this as a series going more depth into the Phineas and Ferb characters in the future. Especially a Stacy one since I feel that Stacy is such an underrated character.
Thanks very much and I too would really like to analyze Stacy’s character in detail, she definitely was not used as much as she should have - especially after she found out Perry’s secret.
I’d like to read your analysis on Candace as well (if it’s still available on Deviantart, even if it’s outdated), cause I do like to read other people’s opinions on my favorite characters x)
@@Jegcopo with stacy the little that was done was enough to be memorable and there is no need to overemphasize. If you want that make fanfics about it. Because it is smart to leave some things loose for us to do work based on that
@@Jegcopo then we might as well get Perry in one heluva predicament, exposing his true identity or watching as his owners get convicted of a murder they didn't commit, one episode where Candace has to step up as the lawyer she's destined to become
as the oldest kid in my family i often would watch my little sister so when watching phineas and ferb i tended to sympathize with candice. i realized there theres usually only 2 reasons why older kids "bust" there siblings 1 there doing something you know they shouldnt be doing 2 your just getting annoyed and you want them to stop. i admit ive done both but i always wondered witch one candice fell into. i now understand its much deeper than that
This video actually makes me realize that Candace against the universe seems like it would make more sense to be the last day of the summer canonically than the episode last day of summer
Also in Quantum Boogaloo, Future Candace says, Sometimes something that you want isn’t what you need.
As someone who grew up with an older sister, I *should've* hated Candice. But instead I just found her funny. Plus she had plenty of moments where she actually worked *with* her brothers and had fun along with them to endear herself to me. Now that I'm an adult, I do sympathize with her a little, even though I still don't want her to ever actually bust Phineas & Ferb. because every time she does, it leads to even worse far-reaching consequences.
Please keep making these. This was a most interesting analysis.
You should do a video paralleling Candace and Doofenshmirtz. They are more similar than most would think.
I might actually do that at some point, I already had a few ideas on this in mind :D
@@Jegcopo that’s awesome. It will be an awesome video!
You should find the episode where her character change occurs. Like where in the shows episodic timeline does she calm down on the busting desire.
There's no specific episode where that happens, it's more of a slow improvement over the years with some key moments (I'd say Wizard of Odd, Candace Against The Universe, Last Day of Summer, (and for her grown-up version) Quantum Boogaloo)
I think she was just doing it for attention because her mom never payed attention to her and called her crazy. Some of the things they did weren’t even that bad and the one day they did nothing she still had to try and bust them because she never got the attention she needed as a child
I allways could relate so much to Candace, being the eldest sister of two twin younger siblings is a surprisingly hard job. If it ends like that and youre the only 3 siblings the typical sibling roles are very different from the usual youngest middle and oldest. The oldest one gets both the old and middle treatment where theyre expected to be responsible and then ignored, you will allways be "busted" for any small wrong doing and expected to be able to take care of yourself and your siblings because having 2 kids is more work so you get left behind. Not only does the parents/parent have to focus more on the 2 but they also have eachother, you dont just compete for parental love you will allways come last in life, my two twin siblings are a boy and a girl so youd think maybe being sisters would bring us closer or being tougher would bring me closer to my brother but i knew since i was able to think for myself that I will allways be the second choice, my father wanting a boy will allways choose my brother over me despite him hating any hobby my father wants for him because he is more on the artistic side of things like music, my mother will allways preffer my sister because she is 11 minutes younger than her brother so since mom was a youngest she wants to give her "youngest" kid everything she didnt get and hated her older sisters so i tend to get blamed for anything. And being twins is an extremly close thing, anyone with any sense would know you dont get to be as close to them as their twin, its so special.
As a sibling you loose connection and love when things work so similarly to how this family works. I might have been a kid when i saw this show but it resonated so well with me, i allways wanted to cry for Candace and i could never explain to my family why.
People who make Phineas and Ferb Video essays: 2 hour long video.
Dan Povenmire: Ha ha platypus go brrrrrr
Not always. He's debunked a lot of rumors.
I always thought it was because she just wanted her mom to believe her. Sometimes I think Lydia goes slow on purpose to see whatever Candace wants to show her.
Would that be considered child abuse on Linda’s part?
*Before it premiered:* I always thought it was pure spite because they didn’t need her to order them around since they can handle themselves basically her trying to pull a power move on them out of entitlement
I don’t really agree with the whole “she’s afraid they could get hurt” theory because in certain episodes she’s fine with the inventions when it’s convenient for her or even having them build something for her
*After I watched the video:* this does make me feel for Candace but that’s only explains her actions not excuse them
Trying to sabotage her brothers for the sake of a competition they never knew they were part of is just plain nasty I get it I truly understand the feeling of having to compete for affection it’s not fair she had to do that but that fault doesn’t fall on her brothers that falls on her parents
I am glad she gets to have a good future though
the main reason I do accept the "she doesn't want them to get hurt" idea is that I'm pretty sure they say that in the show as her reason.
As a kid: Easy to see her as a thorn on the side after walking through a rose field
As an adult: Feeling bad for her for being neglected quite often
Candace just wants to be valued more than just the sister of Phineas & Ferb
Poor Candice was gaslit into madness.
If Candace Wanted To Bust Her Brothers She Could've Just Recorded Them Working In Their Latest Scheme On Her Phone And Show It Or Send It To Her Mother
She tried that a few times before and it never worked for her.
@VincePurcell How Come?
@@bexniccals3686 the few times she did get evidence it was either rendered null and void or it was ruined by her own incompetence. Like when she tried to take a picture of the boys aquarium show and her thumb got in the way of the picture.
Candace definitely has OCD I obsess that much with fire alarms the noise scares me and the anticipation of when it is gonna go off for fire drills is annoying , and I have OCD but it’s not a bad thing.
I thought I was the only one who thought this
just found your channel, i like your format. im not big into phineas and ferb but it was still a good show to watch. i'd love to see your take on the danny phantom series. ive been hooked on that again for some time
Kind to think about it, I missed the part where Candace explained why she wanted to brother-bust them in the 2nd movie.
If i have that type of brother i ask them to help me find my talent. Just imagine if candace did that she finally have something to strive for
There are Sometimes wear Linda does spend time with your daughter I mean the birthday episode Linda Dad seem to approve of this song her daughter Plus the few times Linda finds out about the boys ideas that was not for her or had her permission she approved of them helping the squirrels learn how to survive and only bus them for towels so this might be a little mad about that too
True, Linda approved Phineas and Ferb’s harmless doings (like the squirrels thing or the fort) but I’m sure she would have definitely lost it had she witnessed the submarine, the cattle through the mall, the chariot race, or even going to space, to other dimensions and traveling through time xD
@@Jegcopo also I think the times Where Linda seems weeded out that Candace didn’t call her may have been early in the show because backyard beach and the treehouse robots are the only episodes I can think of where that happened
@@Jegcopo yep, we might get more outta that with what I'm working on
I mean, Candance is a music genious that can play a lot of instruments and not so bad at crafting things.
I always just thought it was about being concerned for their safteys this is just more of a reason
Rewatching the series I kind of wonder if she is actually the main character of the show because it seems like the focus is directed more on her then on Phineas and Ferb
To be honest, I don't remember the last time I have watched Phineas and Ferb, but I do remember that busting Phineas and Ferb for their crazy and dangerous inventions was mainly one of Candace's main goals in the show and there were a few episodes or more where she did got what she wanted, but it doesn't go exactly how it was planned for her.
But then, my memory on Phineas and Ferb might have been not the best.
Tbh If Candace accepted her brothers success and tried to make peace with them... She could use her brothers shenanigans to actually help her out in more ways than one. Phineas and Ferb are more than willing to share the spotlight.
True
Yeah, and there are many episodes showing how much they love and respect their big sister, a far cry from your standard socially-challenged, aloof little brainiards.
Actually, Candace is one of my favorite cartoon character from Disney. I just love her craziness and as a grew older I realized that somehow she's relatable even though I'm an only child (well in some parts, like being obsessive to your crush and of course being a misunderstood teenager). Both as a kid and now as a young adult, I am deeply empathetic towards her
How about doing a character analysis on Isabella ?
That would be a pretty cool idea, I'll definitely work on that!
@@Jegcopo cool
I wonder if Linda had found out about Phineas and Ferb's inventions, would she really get mad at them? I don't mention the episode about Candace's dream when she finally busted them both, because it was a kind of joke, practically the whole world knew the stuff that Phineas and Ferb had done, even their dad and grandparents, and everyone seemed amused, and excited for that, Candace was the only person who didn't her brothers' talent.
Did you see she’s the mayor
im exited for this [im very grateful for u giving me love last vid]
I'm so glad you enjoy my videos, thanks ewe
@@Jegcopo you’re welcome
I root for both sides and that’s what makes the show so great.
Great video, yeah, I did feel bad for Candace for sure, anyways, keep it up!
Tbh Candace was always my favorite character, probably because she was an older sister like me, and even though our relationships with out younger siblings are completely different, I felt a kind or kinship.
6:21 uh Lawrence is right there
I think Candace is one of my favorite characters
Well there was a couple good chances she had, but her crush , Jeremy was involved. basically she got sidetracked because of Jeremy or some other reason. But she had a few perfect opertinties.
When it comes to the 5th season, Candace would end up pregnant because of Jeremy
@@damianprock1650 um... There's only 4 seasons 😑
@@Larka661 same was said for Samurai Jack until 13 years later when the show was given a 5th season on Adult Swim, if Adult Swim picked up where Cartoon Network left off on Samurai Jack, then ABC or Fox can do the same for Phineas and Ferb
I never once saw Candace as a narcissist.
Yeah. It's not narcisism, it's insecurity. She feels overshadowed by her brothers.
Need to know how can dr. Doof is able to not go insane after those childhood memories
Because he never lost his choo choo
@@Gamebuilder2000Correction. That’s only if that was the only thing he lost. And I despise 2nd dimension Doofensmirtz.
Phineas and Ferb Candace vs the universe is my favorite movie in the series.
Wooah nice, great pick, I like you already 😍
I relate to Candace
This honestly has me thinking about Candace differently. At first, I didn’t like her because of her jealousy towards her brothers; but now I realize that she was lacking the self-building within her. I understand how that feels to be seen as a shadow from experience, but I promise that it doesn’t define who you are as a person. That’s why I always liked when Candace did her own thing with her friends and Jeremy because that’s when she’s happy and not unnecessarily stressed out by worrying about the brothers.
My theory is that she got hurt as collateral damage in one of their builds cause it happens alot in the show that she didn't care much till then and it just spirals more because she probably feels she can't compare to them and it doesn't help that the dad was there once during the builds which probably doesn't help that he knows she's right but just chooses to stay ignorant.
I’ve been wondering this. I’m watching Phineas & Ferb now!
Another part of why she wants to bust her brothers which I don't think you mentioned is to prove to Lynda that she isn't crazy or making it up.
8:06 Candace you suck 😂😂😂😂. But seriously Candace is the saddest character in the show😢😢😢😢.
As someone who started watching the show not so long ago, I agree but I feel like there are a lot of occasions where they get along and she learns to appreciate her brothers and realizes that they do genuinly care for her, but due to the show's episodic nature, her development is immediatly forgotten during the next episode.
there is a conon, in-universe reason for candace's need to bust her brothers that has always made sense to me. she wants to bust her brothers because they are always doing extremely dangerous things every day.
In my opinion, most of the things they made were not bustable. In fact, the vast majority ere totally fine, and honestly, if anything, extremely impressive, especially for their age and skills
They're definitely impressive but people usually underestimate what a protective (or even overprotective) parent can get mad at xD
She sure wouldn't have had problems with the more normal stuff, like the aglet thing, the fashion craze, or even the circus, or the perry (in)action figure, but I believe Linda would have cared more for the safety of her children rather than how amazing their inventions were: she would have been mad if they built contraptions that were actually dangerous themselves or for stuff the boys simply could have gotten hurt building.
Even if they had permits and stuff, quite a lot of their inventions (not all of them of course) were definitely things Linda wouldn't have wanted them to build and ride, for starters, all those vehicles and rides:
From giant treehouse robots, to submarines, the all-terrain machine, the giant paper pelican plane, but also the flying carpet, the chariots, the modified kiddie rides, the monster truck, the biplane, the giant bowling ball, the UFO and, of course, the rollercoaster.
Then I believe she wouldn't have been happy to see them travel through time, to other dimensions and outer space either, same for the cattle thing, building the tallest building on Earth, the football X7 stadium, the roller rink, carving Candace's face onto Mount Rushmore and so on. Not to mention all those sci-fi inventions, like the molecular splitter, the machine for turning people into flies, the portal to Mars, the teleportation portals and such.
So I'd say that, legally speaking, 80-90% of their inventions are fine (no one would have EVER allowed them to do the Mount Rushmore thing, for example xD), while if you consider what Linda would have forbidden them to do, then I guess about 30% of the inventions would have been fine, but likely not the rest. Even something like a technically harmless molecular separator or the sphere for passing through matter could be dangerous if not used extremely carefully, while to an overprotective parent even just riding a bike with no helmet is outrageous xD
But if course this is just what I think, considering Linda's reactions upon finding out about their doings, but it's definitely not the absolute truth
Excellent video
I love Candice
From best finieas and ferb Characters it’s Candace she’s soooo underrated 😢🎉❤
Yeah but it's not Phineas and Ferb that makes the invention disappear it's actually doctor D
THE INEXPLICABLE GIANT FLOATING BABY HEAD! **THUNDER CLAP**
Gods. Candice needs a win.
Candace I feel awful for, her parents never even seem to care about her or care, and Candace believes the only way to look good or be cared about is by busting her brothers to show they aren’t as perfect as everyone makes them out to be, but even that backfired (when Phineas built a machine to hear what Perry is really saying and the mom is fine that they made such an invention) and the Mom seems to constantly dismiss or insult her (I’ll be in the dairy aisle if you wanna yell at some cheese, or when she admits to Candace that she talks bad about her behind her back to her friends (granted it was her dreams but then revealing it was in Perry’s (going too deep in but) that could mean he has heard her say things about her) the parents suck.
I always had a theory that the reason Candace wants to bust Phineas and Ferb so badly is because she thinks that when they create all of these insane things they’re doing it just to taunt her, I think the best example is The Best Lazy Day Ever where she has a fantasy about Phineas and Ferb putting up statues of themselves and saying they’re doing it to fool Candace into thinking they’re doing nothing when really they’re gonna go do something and then Phineas laughs evilly, that’s what I think the reason is, that whenever they build these things and are like “So Candace, what do you think?” Candace thinks that they’re actively trying to mess with her when really they’re not, they even invite her to join in on the fun with them a lot of times, and in reality I don’t think Phineas and Ferb would actually mind if their mom and dad saw their inventions anyways, a lot of times they’re even like “Mom and dad would love this, let’s show them” Probably because she’s a teenager and so she’s doing that thing of worrying so much about how she thinks something is 1 way when in reality it turns out to not be like that at all, so I think her reason for wanting to bust them is ultimately because she thinks that Phineas and Ferb are always targeting her whenever they build something when really they just wanna have fun and in reality don’t care who sees it
Bro you’re brilliant man
God bless you🙏
make one on Isabella
I personally think she hasn't got anything better to do but getting her brothers in trouble and being the favorite child who gets what she wants plus sending her brothers away for good until she later misses them to the point where she loves having them around to get in trouble so she can continue her daily cycle so Mum can finally punish them even when they don't do anything wrong she still wants to bust them even if their not doing anything its like she needs a better hobbie and forget about her brothers and focus on herself do you know what I mean.
😂 Where can I listen to these covers?
Ahahahaah the Gordian Knot and the Candace Party parodies don't have a full version yet, but I did post the full version of my Busted parody several years ago (although the audio quality of my microphone was a bit crappy back then) th-cam.com/video/slBV9yINVcE/w-d-xo.html
good video!!