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Normenshmirtz is the family ship between Heinz Doofenshmirtz and Norm in the Phineas and Ferb fandom.
Canon[]
Overview[]
Doofenshmirtz initially built Norm as a weapon to destroy Perry the Platypus. However, even after Norm's failure to defeat Perry, he still kept him around to serve as his robot assistant. Norm helped Doofenshmirtz with his various plans and would often irritate Doofenshmirtz with his incompetence and stupidity. Doof generally acted incredibly rude and disrespectful to Norm, treating him as more of a slave than anything. Despite how horrible Doofenshmirtz was to him, Norm still loved Doof and sees him as a father. However, Norm's familial love for Doofenshmirtz goes completely unrequited as Doof doesn't see Norm as anything but a destructive hunk of metal that messes everything up for him.
Season 1[]
GREECE LIGHTNING
Doofenshmirtz learned that the natural enemy of the platypus is man. To destroy Perry, he built a giant death robot named Norm, who was supposed to represent the average everyday human being. Norm chased Perry the Platypus around town, trying to destroy him but he failed, thanks to Perry flipping his off switch. Doofenshmirtz turned Norm back on but Perry slammed a platypus hat on his head so that Norm would beat Doofenshmirtz repeatedly and chase him out of the museum.
HAIL DOOFANIA!
Norm helped Doofenshmirtz build Doofania and played the Ferb to Doofenshmirtz's Phineas. While waiting for Perry the Platypus to arrive, Doof and Norm played hide and seek but Norm kept messing up the game by revealing to Doof where he was.
Season 2[]
THE PHINEAS AND FERB BUSTERS
After Norm screwed up making Doofenshmirtz coffee by tripping over a throw rug and spilling it all over him, Doof decided that he was fed up with Norm and it was time to get rid of him. Doofenshmirtz told Norm to go make him a bubble bath so he wouldn't know about the new robot when it came in the mail. Doofenshmirtz opened his new robot machine and Norm overheard him saying how he was replacing Norm. Norm was so sad about this, that his heart broke before he went back into his room, that was just a repurposed broom closet. Even though Doof disrespected Norm like this, Norm still came to the rescue when the new robot replacement attacked Doofenshmirtz and attempted to destroy him. Norm saved Doof by spilling hot coffee all over the robot and shorting it out.
Season 3[]
Doofenshmirtz's Combine-inator went haywire and combined him with Norm, turning them into a real Normenshmirtz. Doofenshmirtz even addressed themselves as such in the episode, making it canon. As a combined entity, Normenshmirtz fired laser cannons at Perry, using Norm's weapons and Doof's superior competence. Doofenshmirtz refused to use pluralized pronouns like "us" and "we" because he felt he was the most dominant person in the figure, until it came time for him to lose, in which case he was all about sharing the credit with Norm. Later on, Normemshmirtz was combined with the refrigerator, making them Normenshmirtzerator. When they were finally uncombined, Norm fell on Doofenshmirtz and crushed him.
A REAL BOY
Doofenshmirtz was incredibly rude and dismissive to Norm all morning. Norm heard Doofenshmirtz say that he doesn't have a son, revealing to him that Doof doesn't consider him to be part of his family, which really upset him, since he considers Doof a father. Norm wished that he was a real boy so that he could earn the love of Doofenshmirtz. Norm kept on telling Doof that he considers him a dad but Doof didn't listen because he was too busy battling Perry the Platypus. Doofenshmirtz' Foget-About-It-Inator exploded, making him forget everything. Norm refreshed Doof's memory and seized the opportunity to claim that he considered him his son and that he liked playing baseball with him. Doofenshmirtz accepted this and treated Norm like a son briefly, until his inator blew up and he regained his memory. Doof told Norm that he wasn't his son and shut him out again, making Norm feel rejected. Vanessa came to her brothers' aide and gave him some headphones to play dark and gloomy music on so that he can drown out his pain like she does with him. This was some nice satisfaction that Norm got from one of his family members, who considered him an actual family member. At the end of the episode, Doofenshmirtz came to a very grouchy Norm's closet and apologized for how he acted, saying that he actually does have a son after all, ... and that son is Perry the Platypus. Doofenshmirtz insulted Norm once more, calling him a "junk pile" before slamming the door on him. Norm just smiled and accepted his dad's apology.
Season 4[]
THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER
Norm helped Doofenshmirtz with his final plans to become the ruler of the tri-state area and also stuck by him when he did a 180 and decided to become good instead. Norm sat with Doof, Perry, and Vanessa at the end of the episode, where they all discussed the wonderful stories they had shared over the summer.
Fanon[]
Normenshmirtz is a well-beloved family ship among fans. However, some people wish that Doofenshmirtz was nicer to Norm and treated him more like a son. That's what people use their fanfictions to write about, hence the whole family ship. Hopefully someday in the future, Doof will consider Norm a son. At least Vanessa still considers Norm a brother.
Normenshmirtz's family tag has 38 tags on AO3.
Fandom[]
- AO3
- Heinz Doofenshmirtz & Norm tag on AO3
