Meaning of Doofenshmirtzian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, an affable, hapless mad scientist character from the 2007 American animated television series Phineas and Ferb.

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Examples

“If I were a Doofenshmirtzian Evil Scientist, I would probably call it the Bum Shoe-enator.”

“I’m not saying that all technology is some Doofenshmirtzian “-inator” created to take over the tri-state area (and beyond!). Yet humans create and adapt technology for various purposes. Our use of it shapes it at the same time as it shapes us.”

“A series of animated bumpers where a Disney cartoon character puts their own spin on their show’s theme was introduced with a Doofenshmirtzian take on “Milo Murphy’s Law”.”

“Oceanator brings the heat with revved-up guitar attack and a Doofenshmirtzian name”

“I could have listened to Freud for ages. Her Doofenshmirtzian accent was impeccable.”

“Yeah the curse of a being a comic book character, he has a lot of potential for interesting ways of writing him but also a lot of history of writing him in whatever way the writer needed/wanted for their story. Often all kinds of villiany^([sic – meaning villainy]) from atrocities to cartoonish doofenshmirtzian schemes.”

“But it isn’t just the characters who are sharply parodied: so, too, are the historical events that the play revolves around. […] Gore’s 9/11 turns out to be the Doofenshmirtzian sabotage of Bush’s ice cream button on the 11th of September, which did not even matter in the slightest because Bush prefers sorbet.”

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