Ferb Fletcher | |
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Phineas and Ferb character | |
First appearance | "Rollercoaster" |
Last appearance | "The O.W.C.A Files" |
Created by |
Dan Povenmire Jeff "Swampy" Marsh |
Voiced by |
Thomas Sangster Danny Jacob (singing voice) |
Information | |
Family | Lawrence Fletcher (father) Linda Flynn (step-mother) Phineas Flynn (step-brother) Candace Flynn (step-sister) |
Nationality | British |
Ferbs "Ferb" Fletcher is a British character on the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. The character, voiced by British actor Thomas Sangster, was created by Phineas and Ferb co-founders Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh and first appeared in the show's pilot episode, "Rollercoaster."
Ferb and his stepbrother Phineas Flynn spend their days during summer vacation from school striving to have fun. They are featured in the majority of episodes as the A-Plot constructing large scale inventions or taking part in other outlandish activities. Ferb, an engineering genius, allows Phineas to do most of the talking for the pair and is "more of a man of action." When Ferb does speak, it is almost always a single sentence. In a conversation in the future time of "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo", it is revealed that he was at Camp David (hinting that he might be the current President of the United States, although his British background would presumably rule that out).
Ferb was named after a set-builder named Frank Leasure a construction foreman on several Star Trek properties, whose wife Melinda an artist on The Simpsons and King of the Hill nicknamed him "Ferb". Frank, a friend of both Povenmire and Marsh, owns several tools and was considered a fitting choice for Ferb's namesake. In "Vanessassary Roughness" Ferb explains that his name is short for something, but he didn't get to say it. On Twitter, Povenmire announced that Ferb was actually short for "Ferbs". He cares for Vanessa Doofenshmirtz (daughter of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz) and saves her in the same episode when she gets tangled up and a lawn mower almost gets her, but he is able to save her with a giant tool which appears to be an exaggerated version of a Swiss Army Knife. In "Summer Belongs To You" Vanessa asks Candace what Ferb is short for; Candace realizes she doesn't know herself what it is short for. In the fourth-season episode "Act Your Age", his teenage self appears to be in a relationship with Vanessa. Ferb's design is based around a rectangle and also shaped like an "F" and is inspired by the style of late animator Tex Avery. As a character, Ferb has been critically well received and appears in several pieces of Phineas and Ferb merchandise, including toys, t-shirts, and video games.