Mittington Random, also known as Mr. Random, is a character who appeared in "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum", serving as the main antagonist of the episode.
Role[]
He is known to be the founder and owner of his own swimwear line company, Random Swimwear. He also serves as the sponsor for the 4th Annual Tri-State Area Music Show Awards (or Tristies for short), to which he takes great delight in. When Candace and Love Handel are about sing out their new song, "The Ballad of Klimpaloon", one of the contestants claimed that Klimpaloon doesn't exist. Candace Flynn stated that she did saw Kimpaloon once, but Mr. Random arrives and retorts at this, saying that if a fact-based song is called into question, evidence must be given and shown to the audience within the next 24 hours. In order to prove his point, Mr. Random orders Love Handel to be locked up inside a soundproof room until the end of the show.
Determined to prove Klimpaloon's existence, Candace gets her brothers, Phineas and Ferb (along with their friends, Isabella, Buford and Baljeet), to help her find Klimpaloon and bring him to the awards show. They head over to the Himalayas, where Candace mimics its voice to lure itself out from hiding. Little did the kids know that a shadowy figure is following them. And when Klimpaloon finally reveals himself to the kids, the shadowy figure captures it, revealing himself to be none other than Mr. Random himself. He finally explains that he wanted to find Kimplaoon for years in order to enact his true plan: using Kimpaloon as a ticket to help him reinvigorate the sales of old-timey bathing suits and make a fortune out of it. And to do so, he needs to unravel of Klimpaloon's secrets; as of how is he able to stand and walk, and how he can talk. As Mr. Random flies off in a helicopter taking the captive Klimpaloon, the kids swore to rescue Klimpaloon and stop Random at his tracks.
The kids manage to track down Mr. Random's lair at the Himalayas, but having expected their arrival, Mr. Random sets several of his henchmen to capture the kids. The gang is then led into Mr. Random's lair, where there are several deformed Kimpaloon clones, much to the kids' horror. Also, Mr. Random has gotten himself a device that would seemingly extract Klimpaloon's life force, and he plans to infuse the life force into his latest swimwear line, which only disgusts Phineas. Fortunately, Ferb spots a plug and takes it off, causing a temporary blackout that allowed the kids to finally free Klimpaloon and make a hefty escape. Mr. Random orders his men to go after the kids and stop them, but the men aren't able to go out into the snow because they are wearing their bathing suits, which then forced Mr. Random to go off on his own.
As the show is about to end, Love Handel is about to concede defeat, but the kids arrive and present Klimpaloon to the audience. Candace then informs that Mr. Random is nothing more than a crook trying to kidnap Klimpaloon and use him for his sales gimmick. At that time, Candace and Love Handel finally play in their song, with Klimpaloon floating over the audience in a cable, resulting an outstanding ovation form the audience. While the heroes leave the stage being applauded by the audience, Mr. Random is upset because they ruined his plan and tells them to enjoy the moment since he swears to get his hands on Klimpaloon and reveal his secret, even if he has to tear him apart, stitch by stitch and then people would come begging for his cheap imitation of Klimpaloon and he insults people by saying that they are like lemmings, little brainless animals that he can manipulate to make them spend their money like the puppeteer that he is and he laughs evilly, but then Mr. Random realizes that he is standing next to a microphone through which people could hear him, Mr. Random nervously goes out onto the stage to the podium and asks if it was on, to which the audience tells him yes, he asks if it is the end of his career to which the public says yes and then a timer inside the podium goes off and an elixir (made by Heinz Doofenshmirtz) sprays on Mr. Random, turning his head into that of a warthog's. Angry and humiliated by this, Mr. Random walks away in defeat.
Background information[]
- Even though he is voiced by Jon Stewart, he has a passing resemblance to Stephen Colbert. Dan Povenmire tweeted through the Disney Channel Twitter feed, "Any resemblance to @StephenAtHome [Colbert's Twitter account] is not intentional, but we love him".[1]
- Due to Jon Stewart's inability to sing, during the song, Mittington's voice is obscured by Danny Jacob's background vocals.
- Despite him only appearing in "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum", Mr. Random could be considered as one of the most evil villains ever featured in Phineas and Ferb. His plan of exploiting Klimpaloon for personal profit is darker than Dr. Roddenstein's attempt at plunging the Earth into a second Ice Age. Also, he lacks any of the comedic qualities other villains (including Roddenstein) have shown.
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Appearences[]
- "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum" (First appearance)