"No worries! Just leave it to good ol' Phil!" - Phil, episode 23
Phil | |
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Phil as he first appears in the anime. | |
Home |
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Age |
11[1] |
Family |
Father (manga version only) |
Hair color |
Blonde |
Eye color |
Blue |
First appearance |
Episode 1; Chapter 1 |
Final appearance |
OVA Special Part 2 (Episode 26); Chapter 14 |
Voiced by |
Asami Sanada (Japanese), Steve Staley (English) |
Phil (フィル, Firu) is a supporting cast member in the series, and Saga's classmate. He and his two friends (lanky Jan and stout Alan) are (often unsuccessful) inventors who try to enlist Saga, Anne, and Norma's help with their latest projects on frequent basis. Like most of the supporting cast, his involvement in the series remains consistent throughout the entirety of the story and even becomes moreso in the climax, both in the anime and the manga adaption. He also has an episode highlighting on his character, shared with Salt. It is speculated that there is a love interest between Phil and Saga.
Phil, Alan, and Jan often spend time collecting supplies and creating their inventions in Muhlenburg's junkyard in a lab they set up there at its center.
Personality[]
Phil wants to become a scientist when he grows up.[2] He is usually busy making some sort of wacky experiments which often blow up on him and his friends. He is enthusiastic, confident in himself and his work, even when his invention's fail.
Later in the series, he shows some care for Saga in wanting to help her during the final story arc, and is the one to team up with her in episode 23 and explain to her what was going on about her mother's piano. His concern for her in the final story arc is also present in the manga adaption.
Appearance[]
Phil is an 11-year-old boy with light skin, blonde hair with bangs, and large, blue eyes, and he wears glasses. He wears a plain white tee-shirt with a blue collar shirt, light brown shorts with pockets, and red and white slip-on sneakers.
Plot[]
Introduction[]
Phil introduced himself into the story with Alan and Jan by walking up to Saga, Norma, and Anne while they were eating waffles together in the park one Sunday, sneaking up behind Saga while she was talking about making plans with them to take a bite out of her waffle, startling her as he casually noted the waffle's tastiness through a full mouth. He offered her a "trade" through helping him with his newest invention to make the waffle ordeal "even". Saga rejected, saying that she'd rather spend time with Norma and Anne. Phil replied it would be a shame and that she'd be missing out on witnessing the "greatest invention of the century", but Saga merely crossed her arms with a back turned to him and said she'd rather not witness it. Their conversation was interrupted by Greta showing up to try and show off her new watch bought by her father again. Saga only noticed the time in realization that she was falling behind schedule, abruptly leaving to go play piano at the the music store. Phil and the boys instead took fascination in the watch, talking among each other about how it would be useful to their new invention and asking if they could take it apart, leaving Greta to yell at them frantically to leave the watch alone.[3]
On Monday the next morning, when Saga was late to class due to newly encountered Sugar, Phil was tinkering at his desk with a screwdriver when he spoke up to Ms. Hanna about Saga's absence. Upon Saga's arrival with Sugar, he, Alan, and Jan were shocked by Greta making a speech about not excusing Saga for making class wait (which failed). When Saga sat at her desk in front of him, Phil invited her to join him with Alan and Jan at the junkyard after school to collect items for experiments. Saga again turned him down, saying she didn't want to be involved. Phil remarked, "Aren't you unsociable."
The Rain Genie-EX and Joe[]
Later, during science, the class was interrupted when Phil was caught by Ms. Hanna with his own experiment he brought to school instead of extracting salt from saltwater as was assigned to the class. He claimed the creation to be able to make rain, dubbing it the "Rain Genie EX". A skeptical Ms. Hanna questioned it being a bit ambitious, Phil responding affirmatively that geniuses like himself need to aim high. Greta interrupted with a remark at how ludicrous the concept was with such shabby contraption, prompting Phil to make Alan and Jan start the device in effort to prove her wrong. The group waited while nothing seemed to happen. Greta scoffed impatiently, Phil smiling in response that "real science takes time". Meanwhile, the plastic bag of the device began to swell, as Sugar got excited at her newfound misconception that humans could thus make rain like fairies and pulled out her piccolo to make snow. An alarmed Saga exclaimed for them to stop just as Sugar started playing and Phil flicked the switch, blowing the entire classroom up in smoke and dust. While everyone coughed, Phil, seemingly unaffected, picked the invention's nozzle up to ponder what went wrong with it. Greta responded angrily at Phil just before he hit the switch and black soot busted out of the nozzle into her face, leaving a shocked Phil to meet her irritated expression, saying "Oh my!" just before their attention was caught by Saga appearing to yell to the air at Sugar for causing her so much trouble all day.
Later, while Saga, Norma, and Anne are out in the town square, Phil tries to invite them to help, being turned down by Saga. Phil again only said what a shame it would be that she wouldn't get to witness the greatest invention of the century, in the English dub, even saying, "Oh, well. Too bad you won't have any stories to tell your grandkids, but you had your chance." Saga told him to keep up his work as he left. While during this time Sugar and her recently arrived friends, Salt and Pepper, got into trouble with a crow in town that lead to a chase into the junkyard, Phil and the boys were at work on the Rain Genie EX's successor, the Rain Genie EX 2. However, the device was unsuccessful and exploded. Alan and Jan stared in awe at the smoking device while Phil fiddled with the remote's switch, remarking with a smile, "A failure is a shortcut to success!" and that they'd find all the bugs they would need to fix in the next round. He enthusiastically announced the start of making the Rain Genie EX 3, and the boys cheered.
Not long after, Salt and Pepper tried to get Phil and the boys to notice them at the junkyard in hopes they could rescue Sugar after she got stuck in an old birdcage with the crow. When Salt tried to make the sun shine to get their attention, Phil mentioned how it suddenly got warm, and when Pepper tried, he mentioned what a weird wind it was, but of course didn't know the fairies were there. With both of their attempts having failed, Saga showed up at sunset after Salt and Pepper fetched her to help. Phil greeted her and asked what she was doing there, to which she replied that she simply needed to find something, and went off to find Sugar. Phil ran after her, surprising Alan and Jan. After Saga rescued Sugar, Phil found her and asked if she had found what she was looking for. He noticed an old broken bell at his foot that Sugar had dropped earlier (and was the cause of being chased by the bird), an item the fairies assumed to be a Twinkle after finding it in a nest (disappointed to learn it wasn't what they thought). The bird swooped out of the cage and snatched the bell out of Phil's hand before circling up in the sky. Phil was familiar with the crow, calling him "Joe" as he yelled at him with a fist, "Hey, Joe! It's you again!" Saga asked about it, Phil explaining that if Joe would see anything that twinkles, he'd snatch it.
Inventing and Ghost-hunting[]
In episode 4, Phil had heard about Saga supposedly "predicting" the rain and asked during music class about how she was able to, thinking it would be helpful for his experiments. Saga snapped under pressure and told him to leave her alone, briefly interrupting their music lesson.
The Shape of Dreams[]
This episode is a spotlight episode for Phil, as well as Salt.
The Bear Pianist Arc[]
During the Bear Pianist story arc, Phil mostly spent his inventive time alone after rejecting Saga and the girls' offer to come watch the Bear Pianist play with them, insisting he, Alan, and Jan had better things to do. He looked at Alan and Jan when he noticed their excited faces silently indicating that they wanted to go, but they grew nervous at his gaze and half-heartedly agreed with what he said. On the day of the play, the girls were surprised to discover they had both sneaked each on his own to see it, leaving Phil to work alone and up in the air about their whereabouts. The girls questioned where he was, Alan and Jan awkwardly making no comment. During that time, Phil was hauling more items in his wagon through the town's market square. He let out a loud sneeze before nonchalantly wondering what happened to Alan and Jan, then proceeded to carry on his way with a smile.[4]
On another day, he found Saga staring at a poster promoting the Bear Pianist play while gathering more supplies for his latest project. Cheerfully walking up to her chattily, he tried to offer her to help since Jan and Alan had been "hard to find lately". He was scared off after seeing her only continue angrily staring at the poster without a word in her frustration over Vincent. After awkwardly backing away, he paused in his steps for a moment before rattling to her, "It'll be your loss, though. You could've witnessed the greatest invention of the century. Bye!" and frantically dashing off. Another time he was seen collecting materials walking through town, Saga ran past him saying she couldn't talk, leaving him curious what the rush was about. About the time the theater troupe leaves town, Phil is seen with another of his latest attempts blowing up at the lab.
Giving a Turtle Wings (Or a Parachute)[]
In episode 14, Saga sought help from Phil at the junkyard lab in order to find a way to help Pepper and the fairies make Lancelot fly. He seemed a bit astonished by her actually coming to him with interest in his inventions "without being forced to", making her blush. Having an idea of the size of the thing needing flying material, Phil began rummaging through his creations to demonstrate a couple. He first showed her his Turbo Mini Copter, but upon ignition, the remote-control helicopter only sputtered on the surface before simply exploding. Then, he showed her his Jet Assist Glider remote control plane, but it started flying out of control, diving right toward them. They ran and ducked as it flew over their heads and crashed. Phil apologized while awkwardly rubbing his arm behind himself with a smile, and gave her a duffel bag of the remainder of all his flight-related goods, enthusiastically saying that she could then later help him out with his inventions again, to which Saga comically sighed.
Saga ended up using his mini rocket coupled with a parachute to launch Sugar into a tree where Lancelot was about to fall from a breaking branch after saving a dove from Joe. Salt and Pepper managed to get the parachute on the turtle just as the branch gave way and he floated safely to the ground. Saga then noted how Phil's invention actually worked, appearing impressed.[5]
Helping an Ill Saga[]
Phil was present when Greta challenged Saga at school to a ping-pong match while Sugar was out of town for a school trip and unable to return to Muhlenburg due to a typhoon. He, Alan, and Jan questioned Greta on wanting to play a game generally for kindergartners. He stood watching among Norma and Anne looking quite bored along with them, tired by the sight of Saga and Greta's needlessly prolonged match. When Norma asked if the match seemed a bit over-the-top and childish, Phil said, "A little, yeah." Saga had a cold at the time, and exerting herself to blow the ball across the table exhausted her. Saga collapsed from illness during the game, and Phil immediately rushed to her side to check if she was okay, and was the one to go get the teacher to help.[6]
Festival Mischief[]
After her recovery, Phil, Alan, and Jan encountered Saga at the Muhlenburg Festival while inside his latest creation, the "Robochi", a cardboard robot run by bicycle and a flashlight to operate headlights, as well as mechanical arms. Townspeople all over stopped in their tracks to stare at it in confusion. Wondering what everyone was doing, Saga and Sugar stopped their search for Saga's acquaintances to hand cookies to in order to check it out. The Robochi began rolling toward Saga and stopped in front of her, Sugar initially trying to protect her from it. It bumped Sugar when it stopped, and Saga caught her. After Sugar said that the box didn't hurt, Phil spoke to Saga through it and she recognized his voice, realizing it was him inside. Saga questioned the point of such a creation as he tried to show off everything about it to her. Phil said he created it for the festival and thought he'd use it as a means to hand out cookies to people during it. Saga burst out giggling, stating it was just like him to do something like this. Alan and Jan mumbled to each other with speculation on her reaction, Alan saying he thought it scared her, and Jan thinking she was really impressed. Her reaction seemed to please Phil, on the other hand.
Saga remembered to offer the cookies she made for them. Not knowing if Alan and Jan were with Phil, she asked, and they poked their heads out of the Robochi excitedly. The three tried to utilize the mechanical arms to grab the cookies from Saga's hands, but once they got close, Phil accidentally slipped on the bike, and the Robochi began rolling toward Saga. Saga dashed out the way, and the three boys rolled uncontrollably down the hills inside it through the town as they all screamed. Phil tried to put on the brakes, but the bike gave out. The Robochi crashed up against a building, breaking it to pieces. Phil, still with his hands on the broken off handlebar, was initially disappointed. But his face cheered up and he announced that the three could continue working to rebuilt it, Alan and Jan only responding with groaning as they lay on the ground. Saga ran up to them in concern. After finding they were okay and only scuffed up, she suggested that they all take it easy more and just simply enjoy themselves since it was a festival. When she handed them each their cookies, they all stood there together and laughed with big smiles while holding the cookies, thanking her.[7]
Post-Festival Community Work and Revisiting the Lab[]
After the festival ended and cleanup of the town began, Phil, Saga, and the rest of their class were put to work by Ms. Hanna to help clean the town, with boys to clean the heavy props, and the girls to handle cleaning the streets. Phil went and collected the props and placed them in his wagon, encountering Saga, Norma, and Anne outside the music store during cleaning. They questioned him where Alan and Jan were, then questioned about the props in the wagon. Phil explained that he figured he could use some of the props he collected for experiments and was on his way to the lab, claiming he received permission. However, if "those guys" were with him, the teacher would come find him. Saying he was "safe for now", he asked the girls to help him push the wagon and sneak the items. With an excited Sugar telling Saga she wanted to go, Saga immediately agreed without a single objection, stating it had been a while since any of them had been to the lab. Her unusual attitude about helping Phil caught the other girls and especially Phil by surprise, but he was glad to receive the help, though Anne and Norma were much less excited about helping.
After they got to the lab, Phil thanked them and asked for their help to classify the items, a tired Anne and Norma not thrilled at all. While helping, Saga and Sugar encountered several things that made them reminisce about their past adventures, including some of Phil's inventions such as the Aurora Machine and the rocket that launched the parachute to save Lancelot. Greta arrived to try and tell about her upcoming birthday, however was interrupted by Jan and Alan showing up looking for Phil to tell him he was in trouble since the teacher was beginning to look for him. Phil and the gang panicked to run back to town, leaving Greta behind.
Upon arriving back in town, the teacher scolded Phil for going off on his own, and Saga for joining along to play with him. Standing side-by-side, they both apologized before trading glances at each other and giggling together after Phil made a child-like, playful expression to Saga, making the teacher look them in the eye if they were truly sorry. Immediately after, both the girls and the boys were put to work to haul all the cleanup in the wagon together back to the warehouse. Saga apologized for getting Anne and Norma in trouble, but stopped as they passed the theater when she saw an old poster for the Bear Pianist and wondered how Vincent was doing. A frantic Phil yelled at her for zoning out from doing chores while the rest of the worn-out group tried to get a breather from the heavy-lifting. Saga grinned sheepishly and returned to helping get the items to the warehouse to give to the adults there. Upon seeing Basil and Cinnamon there, though, Saga again got caught up in conversation with them and Sugar reminiscing, until realizing Norma and Ann were trying to lift a giant box up onto a stack by themselves about to fail, shouting for Phil and the others to help. Phil called for Alan and Jan to get over and help.
Later, the group arrived at Little Me after finishing cleaning, encountering Mr. Luchino and Mr. Henry, who were also finished aside from carrying a table back inside the shop. Luchino invited them in for coffee to relax. Anne and Norma tried to object, but Saga immediately accepted with a smile and ran in, leaving them to look at a shrugging Phil, surprised when they were also told to come in. He joined along with them while Saga helped Luchino serve them. An exhausted and dirtied Greta finally showed up while they were enjoying themselves. Realizing they were there, she tried to act usual until they noticed a spring that got caught in her hair after it fell on her in the junkyard. As Saga tried to unravel her hair from it, she announced to the group that her birthday was coming up to invite them to a party. Phil asked, "What's so magnificent about that?" Saga congratulated her, again with a chipper attitude. Phil was the first to point confidently out that he noticed Saga had changed. She asked him how, but not being able to point exactly why, he told her she just seemed different. The others agreed, saying she seemed more relaxed and calm. They told her they liked the old, reliable Saga, but also really liked her attitude that day. Saga, however, had no idea she had been acting different and wondered why, and if she had truly changed for the better.[8]
Greta's Birthday[]
Phil, Alan and Jan showed up at Greta's mansion for her birthday party. Greta made a welcoming speech at the dining table to everyone who had attended. Phil mumbled during the speech cockily after she said she didn't know how to thank everyone, "So skip the introduction and let us go straight for the food, then", Norma bumping him and telling him to be quiet.
During the gifts, Phil and the boys "gave" Greta their gift by sending a remote-controlled frog they called the "Pet Robot: Ribbit Ribbit Ace" leaping on to a package she had just received from Saga. The boys grinned at an unamused Greta, and the robot frog leapt on her face, making her cry to get it off her, making even Saga laugh. Greta's father revealed his gift to her, a beautiful white grand piano, which just so happened to be the exact piano which had recently been sold from the music store that belonged to Saga's mother. Alan was amazed at getting something like a piano for a birthday present, Jan adding in that it's not much to expect with Greta. Phil chimed in that he thought the pet robot frog was much cooler and asked if Saga agreed, but she responded absent-mindedly, too frozen at learning that this was the place the piano she held so dear ended up after being sold. As much as she had been hurt by it being finally sold, she tried to get over it until that moment, and she was now crestfallen. Greta tried to challenge her to play it, but the moment she was about to lay hands on it, a traumatized Saga couldn't take it anymore and let out a scream, startling everyone. Apologizing, she abruptly ran out, painful memories about her mother coming back to full. Greta was initially judgemental of it, but Anne spoke up, knowing the truth.[9]
"Operation: Move Saga's Piano"[]
Working with Saga[]
The School Play[]
Inventions[]
The Rain Genie EX Series[]
Phil brought the original Rain Genie EX to school in episode 2, and was caught messing with it during science class, prompting Ms. Hanna to question about it. Phil bragged that someone of his intellect should be "aiming high", going beyond class experiments. Greta interrupted, saying that it sounded dumb and made an elitist-sounding statement typical of her, though within commonplace reason, that he couldn't make rain with a "shabby-looking" thing. Phil, in effort to prove her wrong, made Jan and Alan start the device. The group waited while nothing seemed to happen, meanwhile the plastic bag began to swell. Sugar got excited at her newfound misconception that humans could therefore make rain and exclaimed that while Phil made rain, she would make snowfall. She pulled out her flute to play as Saga, knowing what it would result in, ran to try and stop her as well as Phil. Unfortunately, Sugar started playing as Phil hit the switch, and the schoolroom blew up in dust and smoke. While everyone coughed, Phil merely picked up the invention and stared at it curiously as he wondered what went wrong. Humorously, as Greta recovered to scold Phil, large amounts of soot sprayed out of the hose straight at her, leaving Phil meeting her irritated face with his own mortified expression. The destruction of the device leads to the group making its successor.
The second Rain Genie had a very short-lived appearance in episode 3 that it didn't even make a real appearance--while still fully in-tact, anyway. The group was found at the junkyard to have been working on the Rain Genie's successor, but its introduction was by it being shown blowing up in their faces. As Alan and Jan stared in awe at the smoking device, Phil fiddled with the remote's switch, remarking with a smile, "A failure is a shortcut to success!" and that they'd find all the bugs they would need to fix in the next round before announcing that they were going to make the third Rain Genie, and the boys cheered. Though Phil mentioned in announcement that the Rain Genie EX 3 was certainly in plans, nothing more was seen or mentioned about it. The fate of this one and what happened after the fact, as to whether it also blew up, leading to other tries in its place in the series, or if he simply moved on after this one, is unknown.
The Aurora Machine[]
Appears in episode 8. The first Aurora Machine was unsuccessful; it managed to spark some colorful light inside before exploding. Phil invested his time, with help from Saga, and, unknowingly, Salt and the other fairies, in carefully planning out the second Aurora Machine. He put a lot of effort into it, determined to make a successful scientific creation in his dream to be a scientist. With Saga's assistance, he unveiled it early in the morning before dawn. Similar to before, it started to spark light, but started to fade. In a last effort from Salt blowing his trumpet, the light blinded everyone momentarily before forming in the sky as a beautiful aurora. This was Phil's first real accomplishment and proved to be the most profound of all his projects, being his first real show of true potential as a future scientist. In episode 19, the Aurora Machine can still be seen in the lab, where Sugar and Saga find it and reminisce about it, and Saga stroking it sentimentally. The Aurora Machine and Phil's story of its creation is also present in the manga adaption in chapter 4, titled after the anime episode.
Turbo Mini Copter[]
Appears in episode 14. Phil tried to demonstrate it to Saga when she came to him for items to help make Lancelot fly. When he powered the switch, however, the blades only sputtered as it rattled on the surface and burst into a cloud of smoke.
Jet Assist Glider[]
A remote-control plane that also appears in episode 14. It was another item Phil tried to demonstrate after the helicopter failed. When he powered it on, it flew into the air before quickly going out of control. Phil and Saga ran to duck just as it flew overhead and crashed.
Rocket and Parachute[]
A model-sized rocket activated by lighting a fuse, also in episode 14. Saga pulled it out of the duffel bag Phil handed her of all his flight-related items when Lancelot was on a breaking tree limb after saving a dove from Joe. She placed Sugar on it with a parachute to quickly launch into the tree for Salt and Pepper to put on the turtle before the limb gave out. Just as they got it on him, the branch broke, and the parachute was successfully deployed, leaving Saga impressed.
Pet Robot: Ribbit-Ribbit Ace[]
Robochi #1 and #2[]
Relationships[]
Alan[]
Alan is one of Phil's two friends who often helps with his inventions and gathering supplies, working with him at the lab in the junkyard along with Jan. Alan seems generally enthusiastic about helping Phil out with his inventions, though at times, seems to want to rather do other things. Sometimes, he seems a bit nervous about these things and isn't always thinking what Phil's doing is a good idea. Seemingly afraid to tell Phil he doesn't always want to get involved in his projects, Alan has gotten out of it by mentioning something about visiting a relative, or like when he decided he'd rather watch the Bear Pianist play Saga and the girls invited them to (also having been responsible to babysit his two younger twin brothers that day), leaving Phil blissfully oblivious. When asked by the girls about where Phil was during the play, he and Jan awkwardly made no comment. According to his character profile in the Geneon DVD 2003 release and the official Japanese website, Alan nonetheless has supported Phil's inventive endeavors since they were young, and helps him no matter how much Phil fails.
Jan[]
Jan is the other of Phil's two friends, and the tall, lanky one of the group. He also along with Alan helps Phil out with his inventions and resource collecting around the town and at the junkyard. Jan seems generally likewise enthusiastic about helping out with his inventions, but much like Alan, would rather do other things sometimes and doesn't always think everything Phil does is a great idea, but also seems too sheepish to really say "no" to Phil. Jan, also like Alan, has excused himself out of it by mentioning a relative, and another time deliberately going off to see the Bear Pianist play the girls had previously invited the group to instead of helping Phil, sneaking there alone and leaving him up in the air. Jan and Alan's faces lit up with excitement when the girls invited them to see the play, but were afraid to say so when Phil declined and half-heartedly agreed. Jan becomes embarrassed when the girls find him there, and when asked about where Phil is, he and Alan awkwardly stay silent, while Phil at that moment is only wondering why the two are late, completely oblivious. According to his character profile in the Geneon DVD 2003 release and the official Japanese website, Jan is also the most athletic of Phil's friends.
Saga Bergman[]
"This is bad; the breaking lever snapped off! Keep us balanced, Saga--I've got a brilliant idea!" - Phil, episode 23
Greta[]
"Hey, Greta? You know that part with the witch and the dragon? Well, I was just thinking; how about we do it your way?" - Phil, "What's in Your Heart: Part 2" "But still, I didn't expect you to be here, too, Greta. Thank you very much!" - Phil, episode 8
While Saga is the main focus of Greta's challenges and Phil's recruitment for inventions individually, Phil and Greta themselves seem to strike up a bit of a rivalry with each other. While they have frequently butted heads over disagreements, the two have learned to get along and work together, hearing out each other's opinions in order to solve things. The two had gotten into a fight over how to do their school play together, causing the set to get wrecked. After fixing it, Phil decided to hear Greta's ideas out, and she agreed to listen to him as well, challenging each other playfully to rehearse, and they began working together on how to make the scene for the play better. In spite of their differences, they have nonetheless learned to get along and be on friendly terms.
Norma[]
Anne[]
Joe the Crow[]
"AH!!! Hey, Joe! It's you again! ... Yeah, it's the name of that crow. Whenever he sees something that twinkles, he snatches it right up." - Phil, episode 3
Phil seemed to be the only one who initially was familiar with Joe in the series, being the one to first tell about him. When he picked up the bell Sugar dropped from Joe chasing after her for it, Joe flew up and swiped it out of his hand, to his surprise. Phil instantly knew it was him and called him by name. When Saga asked, Phil explained that Joe likes to snatch anything that twinkles, something Sugar and the others become well aware of. On a pure speculation note, one might assume Phil perhaps had run-ins with him collecting stuff whenever he came across shiny objects.
Family[]
His family in the anime canon is unknown. In the manga adaption, he has a father.
Friends and acquaintances[]
- Alan (close friend and classmate)
- Jan (close friend and classmate)
- Saga Bergman (classmate)
- Norma (classmate)
- Anne (classmate)
- Greta (classmate)
- Miss Hanna (teacher)
Trivia[]
- In the manga adaption, Phil is shown to have a father whose appearance bears a resemblance to Albert Einstein in his old age, with glasses. This would make sense as the series is set in Germany, where the famous physicist was born, and especially since Phil aspires to be a ground-breaking scientist.
- Although his place of living is never shown in the anime, the manga adaption also shows Phil's house, and he does some of his experimenting there.
- In the manga, Phil is shown in one panel to be reading a book on science and alchemy with much enthusiasm.
References[]
- ↑ TBS Official Site (Japanese) Characters: Phil
- ↑ Episode 8, "The Shape of Dreams"
- ↑ Episode 1, "Saga Meets Sugar"
- ↑ Episode 9, "The Bear Pianist"
- ↑ Episode 14, "Pepper and the Dream of Mr. Turtle"
- ↑ Episode 17, "While Waiting for Sugar"
- ↑ Episode 18, "Festival! Waffo!"
- ↑ Episode 19, "One Memory for Two"
- ↑ Episode 20, "The Vanished Promise"
External links[]
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/character/10555/Phil