Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz is a fictional character from the television show Phineas and Ferb. He was created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, and is voiced by Povenmire. He first appeared in the pilot episode of the series and has regularly appeared in every episode to date except for "Isabella and the Temple of Sap," and "Ferb TV." He is portrayed as a routinely bumbling, incompetent and forgetful evil scientist intent on taking over the entire tri-state area. He attempts to do so with obscure contraptions and inventions that tend to have "-inator" as the suffix. He speaks with a caricature of a German accent and comes from the fictional European Kingdom-styled country of Drusselstein.

A typical episode features Doofenshmirtz who hatches an evil scheme or invention that he often links to a "back story" from his youth. The back stories explore his mentally abusive and shunned childhood in the fictional village of Gimmelshtump, Drusselstein. His parents often neglect him and favor his brother, Roger. Doofenshmirtz usually monologues and displays acts of "cartoonish" physical violence towards his frenemy Perry the Platypus, 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.