Perry the Platypus (song)

Perry the Platypus is the theme song played when Agent P is doing his missions to stop Dr. Doofenshmirtz. The song was first sung fully at the end of the first episode, "Rollercoaster", and since then, small parts of the song (mainly "dooby dooby doo ba") have been sung on Perry's missions.

Lyrics
Note: The song was extended in the episode "One Good Scare Ought To Do It!", which originally appeared on the first DVD, to include the full lyrics)

Major Monogram: On your way, Agent P!

Backing scat:(Dooby dooby doo-bah) X4

Female Singers: Perry!

Male Singer: He's a semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal of action!

Backing scat: (Dooby dooby doo-bah) X2

Male Singer: He's a furry little flatfoot, who'll never flinch from a fray-ee-ay-ee-ay!

He's got more than just mad skill,

Female Singer: (Wah-ah-ah)

Male Singer: He's got a beaver's tail and a bill,

Female Singer: (ah-ah)

Male Singer: And the women swoon whenever they hear him say:

(pause; Perry chatters and women faint)

Male Singer: He's Perry, Perry the Platypus!

(Extension)

Major Monogram: You can call him Agent P.

Male Singer: Perry!

Major Monogram: I said you can call him Agent P!

All Singers: A-gent-P!

Background Information

 * Gitchee, Gitchee, Goo, Today is Gonna Be a Great Day, and Perry the Platypus Theme were the first songs written for the series.
 * The song may have been inspired or may be a parody of "Secret Agent Man", a song sung by Johnny Rivers as the theme song to the 1960's British television series "Danger Man". The singing style is very similar to Tom Jones' theme song for the James Bond film, Thunderball.


 * The line "furry little flatfoot" has a double meaning. The first is slang for a police officer. The second traces back to the common name for the platypus: a Latin combination of Greek words πλατύς ("platys", flat, broad) and πους ("pous", foot), meaning "flat foot".
 * "Perry the Platypus" was sung by Laura Dickinson and Randy Crenshaw.
 * Perry the Teenage Girl was sung by Sheena Easton in the style of Shirley Bassey (who sang the themes to three James Bond films.) Easton (who also sang a James Bond Theme, 'For Your Eyes Only') also plays Dr. Doofenshmirtz's date and sings Evil Love in the episode "Chez Platypus".
 * While the original theme song is in the key of G minor, the Candace version transposes it to B minor.
 * An instrumental version is also performed in most episodes.
 * This was one of the songs you could vote for in Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown.
 * The shmoozer girl with the blue dress appeared in the episode Chez Platypus sitting at a table when the woman says about the badger restruant.
 * The scene where perry runs past a robot foot was in the episode Flop Starz but the image was flipped.

Writing credits

 * Dan Povenmire
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh