Candace and Phineas gained a stepbrother in Lawrence's son, Ferb, who developed a brother and best friend relationship with Phineas. Since then, Candace has grown up seeing Lawrence as her father and even now calls him "Dad". ("Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together", "It's a ...
If you ask me, Candace is very much the equivalent of Squidward Tentacles--both are grumpy, cranky and antagonistic and have to put up with two idiots and their antics. Though, Candace has it worse than Squidward because she has to SHARE a roof with Phineas and Ferb, while Squidward only...