Sadly, as I grow old, I’m beginning to notice one thing: I join with characters that I actually by no means would have related with as a child once I rewatch exhibits, which I actually get pleasure from doing. Whereas I do love trying out the newest episodes of my favourite sequence on the 2025 TV schedule and seeing these new tales proceed and flesh themselves out, there’s simply one thing so comforting about returning to a present that you just as soon as knew so properly.
From rewatching Avatar: The Final Airbender and loving Zuko to realizing that Wizards of Waverly Place remains to be simply as hilarious as an grownup, there are quite a lot of advantages to rewatching exhibits from once I was a toddler. And now, I made a decision to take the Phineas and Ferb route forward of the subsequent two seasons which can be going to launch after a 10-year hiatus (from the TV present).
However it’s been a while since I’ve watched this sequence, and I’m shocked, and horrified, to see who I join with this time round.
Phineas And Ferb Was My Favourite Present As A Tween
First, let me be frank and say that Phineas and Ferb was my default favourite present as a tween.
I do know I’ve sung the praises of a number of different children’ exhibits that I used to like as a child on right here, from Avatar to WOWP to, in fact, SpongeBob SquarePants and the very best SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. However honestly, as I acquired older, I began to understand these sequence much more for the standard of content material they offered (no less than with the primary few seasons of SpongeBob).
With Phineas and Ferb, nevertheless, I simply all the time liked it. Like, lots.
It was roughly my infantile thoughts attempting to flee from the realities of the world and wishing that I might have all the summer season to construct regardless of the heck I wished to with a purpose to make it enjoyable and by no means be bored. Watching the boys go on their loopy adventures, or listening to their songs, was the kind of summer season that I had dreamed about. The finest Phineas and Ferb episodes dwell in my head rent-free.
So I fell in love with this sequence. I’m fairly certain I’m one among hundreds of thousands of Gen Z-ers who is aware of all the theme track by coronary heart as a result of it’s so iconic. And now, 10 years after Phineas & Ferb got here to an official finish, it is being introduced again, as a result of the love for the sequence remains to be there even in any case this time.
However this isn’t about my love for Phineas & Ferb – that is in regards to the character that I’m connecting to extra. Oh boy, I really feel horrible, nevertheless it additionally is smart.
I Used To Love The Boy, However I Truly Relate To Candace A Lot Extra Now
Don’t get me fallacious, I nonetheless love the boys. I discover their innovation and thought creation among the most fascinating I’ve ever seen, I suppose that sends reward to the creators of the sequence as a result of they’re those who’re arising with these ridiculous machines.
Even so, I’m not likely connecting as a lot to them anymore as I’m to Candace, and I’m unsure how I really feel about that.
It’s not prefer it’s a secret – Candace is just about thought-about the “villain” of Phineas & Ferb as a result of she’s all the time attempting to get her brothers in hassle and “bust them” to her mother. In fact, each single time she will get near doing so, the machines are all the time carried away in essentially the most unbelievable, indescribable method that you’d by no means suppose might happen. However it all the time does all the time does, and actually, I really feel unhealthy for her.
Granted, I’ve by no means been an older sister, so I’ve by no means had that urge to try to get my brothers in hassle. Heck, I by no means even felt the urge to get my older brother in hassle as a result of we simply weren’t these sorts of siblings. However what I can perceive is attempting to show that you just’re not loopy when one thing is clearly occurring and folks received’t hearken to you.
It acquired robust after some time watching Candace consistently see all her exhausting work to try to show to her mom that the boys had been doing loopy issues. And whereas there’s one episode the place she does supposedly “bust” them, it’s painted as if it’s actually the worst factor on this planet, and he or she spends all the episode attempting to “unbust” them. That sort of takes away the entire level of her character.
Candace Is not Excellent, However I Assume Her Intentions Aren’t Horrible
Now I’m not saying that Candace is in the precise along with her busting. She does, to a degree, get a bit of intense with it, a lot in order that I’m questioning if it’s a brand new passion for {the teenager} reasonably than simply one thing she needs to do along with her brothers.
However on the finish of the day, I don’t suppose her intentions are inherently horrible. Relating to Candace, she’s attempting to get the boys in hassle as a result of she feels that as the massive sister, she has to maintain the youthful brothers secure, and because the older sister, she most likely didn’t get away with as a lot because the boys do, and definitely not to this diploma.
Phineas & Ferb simply blows it up to a degree the place it’s exaggerated, however I believe at a sure level, Candace is actually jealous of the life that the boys get to dwell, and perhaps there’s additionally a secret a part of her that needs she might do this too. Heck, there are such a lot of moments all through the present the place she finally ends up becoming a member of their adventures, so I don’t suppose she’s inherently unhealthy. She’s only a large sister – an extreme model of 1, sure, however an enormous sister all the identical.
Candace Additionally Knew When To Not Be The Buster And To Be The Large Sister, Which I Can Respect
Actually, Candace isn’t unhealthy both. She is definitely a actually good large sister, other than the truth that she tries to bust them.
Whereas she’s not good, there are many occasions the place she has proven up for her brothers and helped them out, or gone adventuring with them no matter how she feels about their innovations. And naturally, there’s the second that I discussed earlier the place she makes it her mission to “unbust” her brothers with a purpose to make them completely happy once more.
I nonetheless imagine that goes towards her entire character, however within the grand scheme of issues, it additionally exhibits that Candace may be complicated. She has her moments of busting, however on the finish of the day, she is aware of when to be the massive sister, and I can’t assist however admire that.
Possibly I’m simply freaking out about connecting to Candace a lot now as a result of she is the “antagonist” (other than Dr. Doofenshmirtz), however I don’t suppose it’s too unhealthy now. Possibly it’s as a result of she’s so well-voiced by HSM solid alum Ashley Tisdale, who has really introduced humanity to this 2D character for greater than a decade now.
Both method, I believe I like Candace now, so… I suppose I grew up. I don’t know the place to have fun or cry. We’ll see when the brand new seasons are available in.