The Fireside Girls, also known as The Loyal Sisterhood of the Fireside Girls, is a girls' organization similar to Camp Fire USA and the Girl Scouts. The only known troop in Danville is Troop 46231. This troop appears to be led (at least partially) by Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, while the organization itself appears to be led (and founded) by Eliza M. Feyersied. Its founding time is unknown, but it can be assumed it is relatively recent due to Eliza still being alive. It is unknown if there are additional troops in Danville; however, it is known that there are troops located in France and Africa. ("Buford Confidential", "Where's Perry?")
The girls show a large variety of skills and often use them to help Phineas and Ferb with their Big Ideas. They also use their handbook, which contains information on a large variety of subjects - such as time travel and car engines ("It's About Time!", "The Fast and the Phineas"). Most of the activities or information listed within the guidebook are often linked to patches, and most of these patches allow them to help Phineas and Ferb in one of their many projects, as well as their projects helping them to earn certain patches for the girls.
Ranks
Candace refers to herself as "Cadet Flynn" in It's No Picnic. Isabella is the evidently the leader of the troop, as she has special leader patch (the Fireside Girls logo).
Members of Troop 46231
There are seven regular members of the troop with the eight member, Candace as a recent inductee; three new girls have been noticed recently, although they may not be from the same troop as Isabella's. Isabella's name has actually been addressed since "Rollercoaster". Since "Isabella and the Temple of Sap", Adyson, Gretchen, and Katie have been addressed by name. In "Bee Story", Holly, Ginger Hirano, and Milly's names have been addressed by Isabella. The names of all of her troop members (with the exception of the blonde, brunette and brown) were revealed in "Ask a Foolish Question".
- Isabella Garcia-Shapiro; She's a Hispanic-Jewish girl who has long black hair and has a crush on Phineas. She is the troop leader of the Fireside girls. First appearance: "Rollercoaster".
- Gretchen; The girl who has short, auburn hair and wears glasses. First appearance: "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
- Adyson Sweetwater; The girl that has straight brown hair and a red headband. First appearance: "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
- Holly; The African-American girl who has her hair in two puffy pigtails. First appearance: "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
- Katie; The girl who who has blonde hair pulled in two pigtails, and is the light-skinned of the troop. First appearance: "Rollercoaster".
- Milly; The girl who has curly brown hair, freckles, a dimple and a yellow bow. First appearance: "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
- Ginger Hirano; The Japanese-American girl that has straight black hair and has a crush on Baljeet. She is Stacy's younger sister. First appearance: "Rollercoaster".
Other Members
- Candace Flynn; Though not a regular member, Candace joined Troop 46231 through a one-day marathon session of earning 50 patches. However, her motivation for doing so was to attend a concert. Jeff "Swampy" Marsh has confirmed on Twitter that she's still a Fireside Girl. ("Fireside Girl Jamboree")
- Fireside Girl (blond); Has long blond-hair with a red bracelet on her left arm. First appearance: "I Was a Middle Aged Robot"
- Fireside Girl (brunette); Has brown hair in a ponytail with earrings. First appearance: "I Was a Middle Aged Robot"
- Fireside Girl (brown); Has long light brown hair with earrings and brown eyes. First appearance: "Tour de Ferb"
- Brigitte; The French girl who has short black hair and blue eyes. First appearance: "Buford Confidential"
- Josette (voiced by Danica McKellar); The French girl who has red hair with pigtails and green eyes. First appearance: "Buford Confidential"
- Collette (voiced by Danica McKellar); The French girl who has curly blonde hair and black eyes. First appearance: "Buford Confidential"
- Other Fireside Girls were seen in the front seats of the Rollercoaster and in the monster unicycle in Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, as well as in a commercial doing a salute in "Ferb TV".
Outfits
The Fireside Girls uniform standardly consists of an orange shirt and a brown skirt (with the exception of Isabella, who wears a full dress with a white shirt underneath, and the Unknown Fireside Girl (brown)), an orange beret with red diamond (except Isabella, who has a red bow instead of a diamond, Candace, who wears a brown beret, and Melissa, who doesn't wear a beret at all), sashes worn over their left shoulder, and red/orange shoes (Except for Milly, Melissa, Josette, and Unknown Fireside Girl (brown)). However, every one of the girls' uniform has a personal touch due to the fact that they are custom made:
- Isabella's uniform is a sleeveless dress with an orange top and brown bottom combo worn over a white shirt; her beret has a red bow on it, and has pleats on her skirt with a red belt.
- Gretchen's uniform has a large collar, bell-shaped sleeves, a red belt around the skirt, and low-top shoes.
- Adyson's uniform is a sleeveless uniform with a split in the collar and two splits at the bottom, and high-top shoes.
- Holly's uniform has a red collar with a dent and a small split in either sleeve, and red sneakers with a stripe that goes all the way across.
- Katie's uniform has a red collar with cleats.
- Milly's uniform has a red collar, a red circular pattern on the sleeves and the bottom and black Mary Jane shoes.
- Ginger's uniform has a red turtleneck collar and cuffs, and canvas shoes with a dark red line pattern.
- Candace's uniform is a brown beret, white shirt under a sleeveless orange top, red belt around the skirt, but it was rushed and poorly made with visible stitching. The reason Candace's beret is brown rather than orange is because she wears a cadet uniform and distinguish her beret with her hair.
- Fireside Girl (blond)'s uniform is a red turnover collar and cuffs.
- Fireside Girl (brunette)'s uniform is a red collar and a dark brown belt with an red buckle on her skirt.
- Fireside Girl (brown)'s uniform is a sleeveless with a red collar, brown checkered shorts and yellow shoes.
- Melissa's uniform is an orange shirt and a brown skirt with a red belt, and black Mary Janes. She doesn't have a beret.
- Brigitte's uniform is a long sleeve shirt with a red collar and cuffs and red sneakers.
- Collette's uniform has long sleeves with a red collar and cuffs, and pleats on the skirt.
- Josette's uniform has long sleeve with a red collar and cuffs, pleats on her skirt and blue shoes.
Fireside Girl Accomplishment Patches
- Main article: List of Fireside Girl Accomplishment Patches
The Fireside Girls have a great number of Accomplishment Patches, with many of them being for activities which would not normally be performed by regular scouts. (An example of this is the "Wrestling an Alligator in a Sewers Patch")
Participation in the Big Ideas
- Main article: Fireside Girl Participation in the Big Ideas
The Fireside Girls are generally called in whenever Phineas and Ferb need additional help with a project. They have shown to be quite proficient at this and, as a result, get involved often. They also regularly perform in the musical numbers.
The Fireside Girls' Emblem
The Fireside Girls Logo.
The Fireside Girls have an official emblem which appears on almost all of their equipment and buildings.
Fireside Girls Anthem
- Main article: Fireside Girls Anthem
The Fireside Girls also have a short anthem, as well as a jingle which plays whenever they appear. The full version has so far only been heard in "Isabella and the Temple of Sap".
Known Rules
- Joining the Fireside Girls: When a girl wishes to join the Fireside Girls, she is nominated by the troop leader and must be accepted by the rest of the troop. After that, she then must fill out an application, read the entire training manual and sign some insurance waivers. She then returns one week later to be sworn into the group. ("Fireside Girl Jamboree")
- Article 9, Section Charlie, Footnote 6: "A Troop Leader may award full Fireside Girl status to any girl who has earned 50 patches." ("Fireside Girl Jamboree, allowing Candace into the troop.")
- Two Strikes and You're Out: If a Fireside Girl attempts and fails to achieve a patch twice, she is not allowed to try a third time. ("Bee Story")
Lil' Sparks
The Lil' Sparks Logo in the magazine.
Lil' Sparks Van.
Lil' Sparks is a group linked to the Fireside Girls in which Fireside Girls tutor Lil' Sparks to prepare them for membership to the Fireside Girls. Isabella was once a Lil' Spark and Melissa is a current member of the Lil' Sparks. Assuming that Isabella was a Lil' Spark, the other members of her troop may have also been former Lil' Sparks members before becoming full Fireside Girls. The Lil' Sparks have their own magazine and a van. Camp Fire USA has a program called Lil' Stars for the same purpose.
Known Members
- Melissa (voiced by Meira Blinkoff). First appearance: "We Call it Maze".
Buildings
- Main article: Fireside Girls buildings
Gallery
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Background Information
- Several more girls appear alongside the Fireside Girls in "Jerk De Soleil", "De Plane! De Plane!" and "Wizard of Odd" It is unknown if the ones in "Jerk De Soleil" and "Wizard of Odd" are additional Fireside Girls, but the ones appearing in "De Plane! De Plane!" have been confirmed by Dan Povenmire to be non-members. In "I Was a Middle Aged Robot," two new Fireside Girls were officially seen with their uniforms as well as in Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, "Tour de Ferb" "Ferb TV", and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe.
- There are two episodes primarily focused on the Fireside Girls ("Isabella and the Temple of Sap" and "Bee Story") as a direct spin-off episode from Phineas and Ferb's perspective ("Bubble Boys" and "Bee Day", respectively).
- Gretchen and Katie are the only Fireside Girls who appear in the Phineas and Ferb Nintendo DS game.
- Katie and Ginger make an early cameo appearance in "Rollercoaster" in a crowd shot during the unveiling of the coaster. However, in this scene, they don't have a beret, making them the first Fireside Girls besides Isabella to be shown with a full head of hair.
- The gag that the Fireside Girls Handbook has information on such a wide range of subjects is a tribute to the Junior Woodchucks Guidebook. The Junior Woodchucks is the youth group in the Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks, and its most notable members are Donald Duck's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
- Heinz Doofenshmirtz made an invention to turn the Fireside Girls invisible because he did not want to have to see them during their fund-raising activities (since they were too cute looking, and their "big pleading eyes" made him feel guilty), but it was never used on them. ("Don't Even Blink") He also tried destroying the bridge to the Fireside Girls Cupcake Factory because he has an addiction to the Fireside Girl Cupcakes. ("Fireside Girl Jamboree")
- Katie, Gretchen, and Milly are the only Fireside Girls who were seen selling their cupcakes to Doofenshmirtz.
- The Fireside Girls have a theme song, named after them - "Fireside Girls". ("Isabella and the Temple of Sap")
- Candace was able to join the Fireside Girls by earning 50 patches in a single day. She also held the record for having most patches earned in one day, ultimately surpassing the record of 6 patches which previously held by Adyson. ("Fireside Girl Jamboree")
- Each Fireside Girl has at least 50 "Help Thy Neighbor" Patches, with each one earned by participating in one of Phineas and Ferb's Big Ideas.
- Milly, Katie, and Gretchen are the only Fireside Girls who appear in "Disney's Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever!".
- The organization's name appears to be an amalgamation of Camp Fire USA and the Girl Scouts.
- They frequently sell cupcakes around Danville. The cupcakes usually come in log shaped boxes. ("Don't Even Blink", "Fireside Girl Jamboree"), and there is a patch available for mass delivery (but there is no information available on it).
- Usually, when the Fireside Girls appear in an episode, a jingle plays which is possibly a variation of "Scotland the Brave".
- So far, there are a few episodes showing the Fireside Girls not in their Fireside Girls uniforms. ("Put That Putter Away", "The Ballad of Badbeard, "De Plane! De Plane!", "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together", "Jerk De Soleil", "Candace's Big Day", "Robot Rodeo", "Wizard of Odd", "The Great Indoors", "Sipping with the Enemy", "A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas") Despite this, they still wear the same theme of uniforms/costumes, depending on what Phineas and Ferb's Big Ideas theme are up to.
- However, they are only seen in standard clothing in "Act Your Age".
- The Fireside Girls are almost always seen with their formal orange uniforms, even if Isabella herself is using her regular pink outfit.
- Candace Flynn is the only Fireside Girl who wears a brown beret instead of an orange one like the others do. This is possibly due to that if she wore an orange beret, it would just blend in with her orange hair, although it could also mean that only full members of the Fireside Girls can wear the orange beret, and that the brown beret denoted her probationary status. It is also possible that Candace chose the color herself.
- When Isabella is away, the troop is usually led by either Gretchen or Adyson. Despite this, there are no obvious second-in command troop leader.
- Their motto is: "Fireside Girls are always prepared." This was said by Isabella in "No More Bunny Business", and was mentioned in the Speed Demons book. It's based on the motto of both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, which is "Be Prepared".
- There is a teenage Fireside Girl behind Candace at the Paisley Sideburn Brothers concert in "Fireside Girl Jamboree". She appears only in the last few seconds before the show ends. Her face is hidden, but her uniform and short brown hair are visible.
- In "The Beak", they give out a newspaper throughout Danville called the Fireside Girls Gazette.
- Ginger and Milly are the only Fireside Girls who appear in "Transport-inators of Doooom!".
- In "We Call it Maze", Lil' Sparks is a sub-organization that help young girls to become Fireside girls as well as their own magazine, and Isabella was once a Lil' Spark. This is similar to Camp Fire USA's "Little Stars" program that helps young kids become Camp Fire Boys/Girls.
- In "Ferb TV", the commercial states that the organization gives extra credit for middle schools.
- Phineas and Ferb's Rockin' Rollin' Dance Party at Disney California Adventure features a troupe of female dancers that wear Fireside Girls uniforms and help out assisting kids teaching them the dances in the show.
- They have other branches besides Danville like in France and Africa. ("Buford Confidential", "Where's Perry?")
- They only get two chances to get a patch. ("Bee Story")
- Some Phineas and Ferb's projects are specifically made for the Fireside Girls ("Let's Take a Quiz", "At the Car Wash", "Robot Rodeo", "Fireside Girl Jamboree", "The Great Indoors", "Bee Day/Bee Story", "The Return of the Rogue Rabbit").
- Gretchen is the only Fireside Girl that is shown turning into a mindless-repulsive pharmacist zombie onscreen ("Night of the Living Pharmacists").
- In Milo Murphy's Law crossover with Phineas and Ferb in "The Phineas and Ferb Effect", their designs resembles their second dimension counterpart.
- Isabella, Holly, and Milly are the only Fireside Girls turned into Pistachions during the Pistachion attack.
- The girls' voices are noticeably change:
- Cymphonique Miller and Tiffany Espensen were replaced by Diamond White and Michaela Zee to voice Holly and Ginger respectively.
- Also, the voices had gone deeper as of Season 4 since the voice actresses were growing up.
- Gretchen and Adyson are the only girls to have the same voice actresses (Ariel Winter and Madison Pettis, respectively) since Season 1 up until Season 4 episode "Act Your Age", and the only girls to have the same voice actresses in both of their young and teenage counterparts.
- Some running gags of the Fireside Girls :
- Isabella is always teased by the other girls when she encourage themselves to involve in Phineas and Ferb's projects, or if Isabella herself does hint obvious signs of her crush with Phineas ("Isabella and the Temple of Sap", "Operation Crumb Cake", "Night of the Living Pharmacists").
- Adyson getting into accidents constantly ("The Great Indoors").
- No one seems to understand what was Gretchen saying, forcing her to repeat her sentences ("Bubble Boys", "Isabella and the Temple of Sap")
- Katie says something unusual just to get attention from the other girls ("Bee Story")
- Everyone seems to disapprove or don't support Ginger's crush on Baljeet, unlike Isabella's crush on Phineas ("Isabella and the Temple of Sap", "Bee Story", "Night of the Living Pharmacists").
- Baljeet asks Phineas and Ferb if they think there's a Fireside Boys, but the question isn't answered ("Attack of the 50 Foot Sister").
- Coincidentally, The Carol Burnett Show featured a recurring sketch in which Burnett portrayed Alice Portnoy, a conniving member of the Fireside Girls of America. During the 2011 D23 Expo, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh remarked he was once asked if the Fireside Girls from Phineas and Ferb were named in tribute - he was previously unaware of the existence of the Carol Burnett character and admitted the naming is a complete coincidence.
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