Doof has Perry trapped in a mound of sausage links while he works on a Missing-Link-
Inator. Apparently, at one point in his life, young Heinz had been left in town and had to walk back home. When he was crossing a bridge, the linked chains carrying said bridge snapped, dumping him in a river of waste. To make up for it, his new invention will cause chain links to disappear. Perry widens his eyes, immediately seeing how the idiocy can easily become very dangerous. Just as Doof is about to pull the lever, some strange orange orb of light zaps him.
Doof stops and straightens. It is as if he's lost the capacity to speak. He simply walks to his back room, leaving Perry struggling toward the inator. Doof returns shortly with a really large mallet. He isn't slouching, making him 6'2'' as he raises the mallet. Perry cringes, awaiting the worst. Instead, the doctor begins to destroy his own invention. He continuously hits it until it is nothing but shards. He raises the mallet again, allowing it to hover over th platypus. He brings it down, knocking out the two robotic arms making his trap functional.
Perry gawks at the doctor and chirrs, as if asking if he is okay. Doof doesn't face the platypus and is instead sweeping up the shavings of his diabolical invention. "Never felt better."
Perry chirrs again in shock, 'Wow, you've never been able to understand me so clearly.'
"Guess we've been spending a lot of time together, so it's like I can read your chatters." Doof shrugs, searching for a dustpan.
Perry decides to try something else. He pulls his fedora off and drops to all fours. His eyes become unfocused. Without chirring, he walks up to Doof. The man finds what he had been looking for. He turns and nearly trips over the platypus.
"Sorry 'bout that, Little Guy." He smiles, stepping over the monotreme.
With Doof's back facing him, Perry allows a smug smirk to cover his face. For a few seconds, since Heinz speaks up again.
"Is that how you act around your host family?"
'Wha-?' Perry chirrs questionably, still on all fours.
"You just take off the fedora and drop into mindless pet mode." He shrugs. "I take it you live in the suburbs."
Perry chirrs again, uncomfortable at the intelligent conversation.
"What is it, Perry? Would you rather I play the dummkopf card?"
Perry chirrs, asking about 'playing a card?'
Doof smiles softly. "Sometimes I start to believe it, too. I let my parents think my coming to America made me oblivious to my surroundings. Roger knows I'm not as dumb as I play to be, but he also doesn't know how much I do. Play the fool and you can get away with a lot more by pretending you're doing something petty and futile."
Perry's eyes widen. 'You've been pretending to be an idiot?'
"I'm not stupid, Perry. I finished college in five semesters. Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall and Spring. My actual diplomas were destroyed in a fire. I have pictures of them and I bought some to replace them. It only took me six hours to build Norm, Perry. And no, I didn't build Norm to destroy you. That was just the excuse I gave."
'Why... did... you?'
"Vanessa's not an... not an only child." He explains, twitching his head slightly. "I wasn't married to Charlene before Vinnie was born, and I had another daughter. Then after we'd separated, I got back together with the previous girl . And I had a son." He pauses. "Remember I told you about that drive-in date I had as a teenager?" Perry nods. "That's her. She's married now, but, she was my first love. And I have more kids out there."