Dr. Doof

Dr. Doof

Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz is an antagonist from the TV show Phineas and Ferb. Doofenshmirtz is voiced by Dan Povenmire and was created by Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Doofenshmirtz first appeared in the pilot episode of the series and since then has appeared in every episode to date except "Isabella and the Temple of Sap," and "Ferb TV". A routinely bumbling, incompetent and forgetful evil scientist, Doofenshmirtz is the primary villain of the series and the mastermind behind the B-Plot. In the movie of the show, a more evil and successful version of him appears as the main antagonist, with his 1st-Dimension self as supporting character. He and Perry The Platypus are considered to be the show's breakout characters.

Doofenshmirtz's goal in life is to "take over the entire tri-state area" and he attempts to do so with obscure contraptions and inventions that tend to have "-inator" as the suffix. Doofenshmirtz speaks with a caricature of a German accent and comes from the fictional European country of Drusselstein.

In every episode of the series, Doofenshmirtz has an evil scheme or invention that he often explains about through the means of a "back story" from his youth. Throughout the series, the back stories explore his mentally abusive and shunned childhood growing up in the fictional village Gimmelshtump, Drusselstein. This is usually related to being neglected by his mother and father and the way they obviously liked his brother, Roger, better. Doofenshmirtz usually monologues and displays acts of "cartoonish" physical violence towards his frenemy Perry, a skilled anthropomorphic platypus secret agent who disguises himself as the mindless pet of the series's main characters. Doofenshmirtz appears in several merchandise pieces based on the series, particularly the book series and the video game.