About

Perry the Platypus is a fictional character on the animated television series Phineas and Ferb. He is the pet platypus of Phineas and Ferb and lives a secret life as a agent for the O.W.C.A. (Organization Without a Cool Acronym), an all-animal spy and espionage organization.

Origin

Perry the Platypus first appeared in the pilot of Phineas and Ferb, which first aired on August 17th, 2007.^[1] In the episode, Perry is revealed to be a secret agent who is posing as a domesticated animal (shown below).

Spread

Between 2007 and 2015, Perry the Platypus appeared in every episode of the series.

Agent P Object Labeling

On March 19th, 2018, Redditor ^[2] Teo_Manfredi posted a two-panel object labeling image macro featuring Perry the Platypus in the /r/dankmemes. The meme is captioned "When your mom asks if she can use your computer for 5 minutes" and shows Perry standing up right with the Agent P fedora on. The character has a computer folder icon entitled "Hentai" and in his hand is the word "rename." In the bottom panel, Perry is acting like a normal platypus with the same icon renamed "Homework." The post (shown below) received more than 5,700 points (99% upvoted) and 100 comments in two days.

That day, iFunny ^[3] user iSpicy posted the meme and received more than 56,000 upvotes and 420 comments.

Later that day, Redditor^[4] Teo_Manfredi posted another variation of meme, reversing the panels. In this version, the platypus has a newspaper reading "Hitler Dead" over him and the bottom Agent P panel has a map of South America, where conspiracy theorists believe Hitler fled to after the war. Within two day, the post (shown below, left) received more than 1,800 points (98% upvoted) and 15 comments.

Over the next few days, users posted variations of the meme on the /r/MemeEconomy (example below, center).

On March 20th, Memedroid^[5] user LucasMcain posted Spanish-language variation of the meme. The post (shown below, right) received more than 1,100 votes (91% upvoted),

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