“Hey. Where’s Perry?”
I couldn’t let the summer pass without spotlighting the king of summer vacation, Perry the Platypus (maybe Phineas is the king of summer… but I think he’d abdicate to Perry). The first round of new Phineas and Ferb episodes have finished airing on Disney Channel (I finished them weeks ago on Disney Plus) so it’s the perfect time to talk platypus.
To the general human populace, he’s just a pet platypus. They don’t do much. The Flynn-Fletcher family adopted him when he was small and adorable. As far as they know, he wanders around town in between bouts of sleeping and eating. Originally the boys named him Bartholomew, but thankfully they renamed him to give us OWCA-regulation alliteration.
Unbeknownst to most humans outside of OWCA (Doofenschmirtz, Vanessa, Stacy, and random unnamed civilians) the famed platypus is a secret agent who thwarts Heinz Doofenshmirtz on a daily basis. Because Doof is so incompetent at being evil (hence his break from evil between seasons four and five) Perry doesn’t have to do much to stop the mad scientist—especially if there’s a self-destruct button involved. Really it’s more like Perry is Doof’s exasperated buddy who puts up with the crazy antics. Literally went with him to run errands.
The duck-billed secret agent deserves an Emmy for his acting as a derpy pet. A whole episode exists around “They don’t do much” while the pet platypus is off fighting an evil scientist. The concept is so ridiculous (much like the show in general) and I think that’s why we love Perry. Where else can you find an obscure crime-fighting pet with an alliterative name and a theme song?
I look forward to more antics from Perry and Doof in the next string of episodes (and maybe more Perry and Stacy). And maybe I can get my kids to join me in a dance party to his theme song. I could always use more platypus in my life.
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