You can check out the SECOND PART of this THEORY right here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMellJqFzJ7UfZs.html BEWARE: this follow-up video is twice as convoluted and 5 times as tinfoil-hatty as the first one, so I do not recommend you watch it if you suffer from a weak stomach or a functioning brain. That being said, enjoy :D

Actually Linda's voice actress had the same theory.

I mean that woman has always seemed quite suspicious to me... it would actually make sense

Fun fact: Caroline Rhea, the voice actress for Linda Flynn-Fletcher, tweeted that she believes that Linda was aware of the boys' shenanigans all the time.

There are moments when Phineas and Ferb put Candace in danger and Linda doesn’t bat an eye, yet if the roles were reversed then Candace would face a serious punishment. I can’t blame Candace for slowly going mad from her mother gaslighting her and her brothers taking joy in inflicting terror on their big sister.

She actually gets free babysitting this way 😂 the older sister is watching her younger siblings like a hawk all day.

The dad actually does know. He literally had seen the garage completely upside down.

The real piece of proof that Linda knows. She doesn't take Candice to a doctor after her 15th hallucination this week of a city sized contraption.

Also let's not forget that Linda was a popstar in like the 80s so clearly she would have money left over from that, not to mention her parents and possibly even the Dad's parents, helping pay the bills from their years of fame and activities, both Linda and her mum were both pretty famous and successful people.

The one that had me thinking this was at the end of Last Day of Summer, when the group plays a huge rock concert in the back yard. Linda comes out, sees everything, and still offers pie like nothing happened.

Omg it actually makes lots of sense when you look at the episodes closely

Another piece of evidence that could support the “pretending not to know” theory is that there were multiple times when Phineas or Lawrence have told her that they’re doing something big, and she just passes it off as imagination, playing with toys, or a figure of speech. You’d think she’d get some sort of logical connection between Candace’s stories of the projects and somebody else’s mentioning of it.

You forgot to mention the episode about their mom's birthday where she witnessed them throw a huge bday party for her and the Love Handle episode where they made a huge stage in their front yard in your theory. She's known ever since season one!

is it too far fetched to think that Linda has royalties from her one hit wonder song? Maybe that's where the money comes from

Interesting theory, Though it's kinda sad that she wouldn't reveal it to candace, who still constantly tries to bust them

Personally, I believe it is toxic if she knows that all the experiments are real and acts the way she does at Candice.

Fun Fact: If you remove Candice’s hair, she becomes a human air pod.

I really like this theory that Linda is casually using her daughter's insanity with her brothers as a secret plan, but Milo Murphy's Law already discussed the positive negative energy that the brothers and Milo have, so it's really all down to the "mysterious force" that Candace and Stacy tried to appease.

there was actually an episode where she found out that phineas and ferb built a rollercoaster, and then she continued to (almost) prohibit them from doing anything at all, and doofenshmirtz could take over the world that way. candice then travelled back in time to stop her mom from finding out.

This is kind of a similar situation with Dexter's mom from Dexter's Laboratory. She too knows what her son is up to with his crazy inventions or plotting something terrible on Mandark, Dexter's arch-enemy. That's why in almost every episode, she never questions him why he wears his usual lab uniform all the time.

Alternate theory She knows that she has supergenius as sons and wants to let them express themselves, she can´t just let them build whatever because someone has to be the responsible parent of the couple and she wouldn´t look responsible. She also doesn´t acknowledge her daughter claims both because she doesn´t want to bust the boys and because she wants Candance to grow up from trying to bust her brothers all the time, that would also explain why she wants Candance to be with her siblings all the time. About the money its easy, things are just cheaper in that universe, Doofenshmirtz has a giant skyscraper and build thousands of inators just with the alimony from her exwife

I always felt REALLY bad for Candice like she's constantly being gaslit and her brothers are helping😢

I always hated how the mom making up stupid excuses not to see P&F inventions ...

2:01 oh boy those captions are not correct

Here's the big issue: it's stressed that she's a great mom and cares about her children and family greatly- it is expressed throughout the show that Candace repeatedly going through the failure of busting is hurting her mental health Why would Linda not tell her, notice Candace's mental health is declining, and STILL not tell her? It's unlike her character.

I've always thought that there was no possible way that she of all people was somehow the only person in their town who somehow has never seen her sons' inventions. Even her own parents and occasionally her husband knew about some of Phineas and Ferb's inventions.

I always thought it was mainly a very extreme way of getting all the siblings to bond. This is a fun addition too, though, definitely never thought too hard about the realities of running an antique shop lol.

Even if Linda didn't know about it, I'm surprised Flinn had never told her about the carpet ride

Her voice actress totally thinks Linda knows about their inventions!! So we have another supporter in this theory!

“When Candice is unable to bust” that’s interesting

Linda would have to be incredibly callous to continue the charade as Candace gets closer and closer to her inevitable stress-induced breakdown, especially if the motive is financial. After all, she has two genius engineer sons. She could simply ask them to spend an afternoon building something for her to sell, and she'd make way more money than she could ever get selling her stories.

I don't think she knows, I mean- what's more profitable, selling phineas and ferb's brilliant inventions? And if not that, getting the media attention for how genius these two boys are? Or rather, is it writing a diary about a crazy teenage girl? I think you get the point

Stranger: hey you're phineas and ferb's mom right? Linda: yes i am Stranger: your kids are cool they built a roller coaster and a beach in your backyard Linda: oh yeah they are re- wait what? Candace: yeah wait what? Stranger 2: oh and the time they made an aquarium too Stranger 3: how bout the time they became fashion desginers? Linda: wait wait hol- Stranger 4: you must be really proud of them Stranger 3: yeah they saved the world too from conquering robots Candace and linda: O_o

I always had a theory that even if Candace did bust them, Linda would be proud of Phineas and Ferb rather than mad at them. I'd be amazed of my kids created some of those inventions.

i genuine feel horrible and bad for Candace.

Something that I always found sorta bittersweet is the one time that Candice might’ve actually gotten a win was when Linda asked the boys for that big finale thing

I bet Linda earns money by selling fake antiques... hence the line to Vivian: "see you Monday for Totem pole carving." She carves totem poles and has them look so authentic that their overcharged.

Damn! It is a plauseble theory but If it's true then... Linda cares nothing for Candace's mental health at all.

8:20 he says penis and Ferb, cc confirms it too😂

i love videos like this😭

I was so ready for this to be "Linda is an evil genius and that's why she and doof dated back in the day but he was too bumbling for her so she went on to be a super rich super villain" but "author who let's her child go crazy to steal her hallucinations as stories" is good too

What if Linda divorced her first husband because she saw him getting mad at Candace for creating something big for her age and that became a trauma for Candace thus she’s so enthusiastic at busting Phineas and Ferb for their creativity but Linda ignores her because she doesn’t want to think that she was wrong for divorcing her first husband as she’s already deeply in love with Lawrence.

If she knew all along this probably the worst case of gaslighting in fiction I’ve ever seen.

Even after a year and the new seasons of Phineas & Ferb showing up. Still love those theories especially this one!.

“Didn’t Linda earn enough money as a popular singer back in the 80s?” I did want to mention it, but ultimately decided to cut this part out in order to avoid making an excessively long video x) Here’s my answer to that: Linda did get quite famous in the 80s, due to her song “I’m Lindana and I wanna have fun”, and this could explain the majority of her family's wealth, and, possibly, that's also the reason why she bought that house in the first place. Remember, though, that she was a one-hit wonder: she performed only a few times and then once again in a reunion concert before the current summer, so the money she earned as a singer would be kinda limited, meaning it would EVENTUALLY run out. After all, she did raise two kids by herself with no job before meeting Lawrence (as far as we know); the antique shop she currently runs together with Lawrence is likely her husband’s business that she became a partner of after the two got married. (For the sake of simplicity, let’s assume her first husband/partner didn’t affect Linda’s life economically speaking: neither in a good, nor in a bad way.) As for royalties, considering how ruthless and shady Huge-o-Records intended to be with Phineas and Ferb's single "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" (profiting off of their song without the boys' consent), I suspect the very same thing happened years before to Linda herself. And, of course, it’s pretty obvious that the money Linda would earn selling Candace's stories could only “come in handy” starting from *that* specific summer and not anytime sooner. Thereby, I reckon the money she earned as a one-hit wonder is what allowed Linda to get to where she was till that summer (economically speaking). After that, the money from Candace's stories would serve the purpose of both maintaining what she already had AND supporting the family in view of the moment the money from her past would run out. At least, that’s how I see it xD Her past life is pretty blurry, so for all of you who kept talking about her song money: many of us know about her “singer arc” but let's keep in mind that she didn’t rely on any other income (that we know of) after those few concerts in the 80s. After all, there’s approximately a 15-year gap, between her pop star years and the current summer, we know nothing about and I bet the money Linda earned as a singer wouldn’t last more than 15/20 years x) And even if it did... This is just a theory. A film theory, aaand cut xD Brief reminder for those lovely complainers out there: a theory is just a fun mental exercise, a supposition intended to explain something (in a fun way, I might add), it doesn't have to be the one and only truth, otherwise it wouldn't be called a theory but just "facts" x) Have a nice day, people!

i always distrusted that mom character. nobody can be that oblivious...

3:14 “Candace, you’ve got to stop stealing babies tho.” 💀

That one single episode that disproves the entire theory, nice

I always hated how Candance was treated because well, she's trying to bust them because they're kids, who could've easily gotten hurt at any time, without any rules stopping them from doing so.

"Where do they get all the money" Me: "Perry works for the goverment, gives a lot of money to the family, and also have maids that clean their house..."

I've been begging film theorist FOREVER to do some kinda theory on this show. That's honestly the best one I've ever heard 🎯💯🎯💯. Thanks so much for putting this together, I honestly never thought of it that way🤔👌

Wasn't there an episode where Candace actually busted them which resulted in negative results but ended up undoing it. That would suggest she at least didn't know about the full extent of their actions. That said, some of the stuff she tried to bust them for makes no sense that the mother would be upset about.

Shes actually the creator of the entire show. She writes what candace tells her for the story of every episode for the story, then animates it. And the entirety of Phineas and Ferb is just her cartoon, which originates fully from the moms life and candaces stories

I don't think Linda actually knew what Phineas and Ferb were up to as the universe itself was actively making sure she didn't know. There was that one episode where Phineas and Ferb built a project under Candace's direction specifically to find out why their inventions kept disappearing. They noticed that it remained until Candace started making attempts to show Linda the project. Every time Candace started trying to show Linda, the invention got hit with an invisibility ray and then hit again (so it reappeared) when she stopped attempting to drag Linda to their backyard. When she made her final attempt to show Linda by covering the invisible invention with paint, the invention was disintegrated so Linda wouldn't see it. She only finds out about everything in the future (by time-traveling Phineas and Ferb) where it doesn't matter anymore as they are now adults outside of her authority.

Not to mention, in the episode Primal Perry, Phineas and Ferb made it so that Baljeet would be able to clone himself whenever Baljeet was faced with a decision, so that he would see the outcome of both choices. Candace brought Baljeet to Linda and asked her "how many Baljeets do you see?" to which Linda replies "There is *only one* Baljeet," while winking at Baljeet, as if to tell him to play along with her. This implies that Linda knew that Baljeet could clone himself and wanted to make sure he wouldn't clone himself so that Candace would look bad.

BRO I CAN’T LOL. The caption thinks you’re saying pen,is wherever you say phineas 😂

And she was working with doof the whole time!!! Dun dun dun!!!

Also something that supports the theory of their mom using Candaces rants for profit is when she played music when Candace was reaching out to her in the EVIL BOYS song. Instead of helping her stop her busting obsession, she uses her to make money of her music.

5:46 turn on the subtitle and read XD

0:52 i was just telling my mom about this scene French lesson: "turn around your kids are entering a spaceship *repeats the same thing in french*" linda: "No one is going to use that in an actual conversation."

New theory: Flashback scenes suggest that Phineas' and Candace's biological father was out of the picture before Phineas was born. I think he was super rich, died during Linda's pregnancy, and, as Linda had her own money from her one-hit wonder, he left everything to Candace (he hadn't changed his will yet to include Phineas). Linda, at some point, spent all her money and has since been embezzling from Candace's inheritance. She's now gaslighting Candace so, before Candace is old enough to claim her inheritance, Linda can have Candace declared mentally unfit to be in control of her own life, gain guardianship, have her institutionalized, and maintain control of Candace's money. She's keeping a journal of all of Candace's "stories" to act as evidence in a court hearing.

There is literally an episode where Candace says she drove a car and her Mom immediately believes her but doesn’t believe any of the things about her brothers

wow i love the subtitle caption for how Phineas' name is written lmao

Can't find second part, did you do one? Great theory👌💯🎯

if Dr Doof really is phineas’ dad it would explain his inventive/creative nature

i have a weird theory how phineas and ferb became very smart and how they got their knowledge on a lot of things- maybe one day doof made an inator which makes people turn into geniuses and decided to shoot himself but then perry went to thwart him as usual and hit phineas and ferb during pery and doof's fight but thats just a theory but id like to believe this one

My mom hated Linda because she never believed her own daughter. It was so cruel. I agree

3:12 oh my god the subtitles

Linda has a background in astrophysics - and apparently was such a major player in that field that Jeremy Johnson’s father was HONORED by her visit to his lab. People tend to assume that Phineas gets his inventing prowess from his biological father, but it’s perfectly plausible that Linda is drawing income from multiple profitable patents. It could also be a factor in her blasé attitude (and/or gaslighting of Candace) over her sons’ technological shenanigans. A brilliant mom might not see anything out of the ordinary when her kids are making cars fly or, in Candace’s case becoming proficient on every known musical instrument that starts with the letter B.

But remember, this is just a theory, A PHINEAS AND FERB THEORY

Some episodes such as the love Handel concert or her birthday surprise she was playing along the whole time because at least she would say something along the lines of how did you do this

Same thing kept happening to Jeremy's little sister Suzy in "Crack That Whip", "Comet Kermillian", and "One Good Scare Ought to Do It!", as well...

I'm sure Linda knows. Even phineas knows she knows, but they are all chill about it

Linda could still be getting loyals from her singing

Way too low sub count for this kind of quality content? 😳 I just subscribed your channel sir

Nice analysis

Candace when she puts together the same facts: You knew?YOU KNEW?!

Don't forget in "We are Getting The Band Back Together" she shows up at the house to a concert. And just accepted it

If this is true, it would mean that Linda is the true main antagonist of the show

Main reason against the theory is that most of us experienced Candices anguish with our parents as kids. We desperately want to drag them along to somewhere only for them to stop at every mundane thing, suddenly talking for hours with an old friend or something like that. Its perfectly realistic that Linda would miss everything Candace wants to prove to her because parents sometimes are the worst.

So she’s basically been gaslighting Candace for YEARS-

4:22 What about this episode though? She really acted like she never knew before she was hit by the Forgetinator(or was it Amnesiainator?)

Linda can definitely run the family because she was a one-hit wonder. She probably got so much money off of'I'm Lindana and I wanna have fun".

Theories as always fun when they apply logic to any media.It really could allow other creators to takes the Theories and explore them through there own stories.

She used to be popular music start. The family lives from her royalties from her music. Specially, that we even see that her music is still popular to this day, as the records studios made a tv campaign to advertise their releas of her remastered music and later she was even invited for the concerts to play at. Also, I believe that dad, aka Max Modern also brings some royalties with his music that he made in the episode when they made up the retro music star.

I wondered why Linda never knew what the boys were up to when it involved her husband, the grandparents and the neighbors.

Another two I can think of is when even though she didn't see the "ice cream" machine/Doof's Inator in the Ice Cream episode, the laser for that was still in the backyard and Linda could've just chosen to ignore it. The second one is where Linda somehow "missed" the machine where it liquefies solid objects.

This is a good theory and don’t get me wrong I love cartoon characters theories but I think your looking into this way to much it’s a kids cartoon show the creators don’t think about this type of stuff but Ofc it’s super cool!

I think that Candace was right about that “mysterious force” theory she had. It’s kind of hinted at in milo Morpheys law with their “positive force” thing

What if the episodes themselves are just stories told by Lynda

I was like "Get busted already!" the whole time when I was watching as a kid.

She's actively trying to unsee his children making crazy inventions. I think she's in denial and is doing anything to act like it isn't happening.

Omg Linda writes down their every adventure. It's a hit book and its turned into a show called "Phineas and Ferb". She's the writer of the show

It always struck me as odd that Candace thinks her brothers will get in trouble for genius innovation in the first place.

Another big clue were on her birthday. She didn't seemed surprised that Phineas and Ferb get a giant television a whole fashion collection and a giant birthday card

Poor Linda, being literally dragged to see Candace's little brothers sitting in the backyard's tree, sometimes with their pet platypus.

If I was Linda I would have to bust the boys for the sake of Candance's mental well being. Or get a therapist for her because Candy isn't well. It's all well intentioned because she doesn't want them to get hurt or die. Her anxiety levels are through the roof

dan povenmire (co creator of phineas and ferb AND voice of doof) said that phineas and ferb get the money for their inventions from the rollercoaster. there's one line in that ep where phineas said "we should have charged more". so they charged people for riding on their rollercoaster. they invested that money very wisely and it's been funding their summer ever since.

1:25 Smooth, my guy.

if i was candice i would go crazy at this point. that one where linda removes newspaper 1 by 1 is so funny lmao