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Little field mouse Beaker is a character in his own right...and just because he doesn't speak doesn't mean that he and the Professor don't communicate. They both have an uncanny ability to know what each other is thinking.

Beaker's either following Phineas around, or is catching a ride in the Professor's lab coat pocket. Sometimes he sits on the Professor's shoulder when he is inventing something or playing the Philharmonicamatic. Beaker loves when Phineas uses the peanut butter and jelly sandwich-making-machine because then he gets to share the end result!

Pennypickles gift shop (which started out as Phineas' parlor, but ended up full of shipments of interesting toys and gifts from exotic lands) is Beaker's favorite playing and hiding place. Sometimes he gets into the cabinet where the iron cars and figurines are sold and pretends he can drive. Other times he'll hide in one of the many trunks holding fun and exciting items for sale and hopes that some child will discover him there and smile at him! There are toy Beakers that people can buy for a very lucky person...you can see them here.

The Professor and Beaker have been together for a long time. It all began many years ago when a lot of construction was going on around the Professor's home. Poor little Beaker was displaced from his habitat, and on a dark and stormy night wandered into a small crack in the Professor's basement. Phineas was working on his plastic-bottles-into-T-shirts-machine and noticed Beaker huddling in the corner. Rather than forcing him out into the cold, the Professor softly started a conversation addressed to Beaker and explained what he was doing. Beaker was entranced. When the Professor went into his bedroom, Beaker followed. Seeing that the room had been turned into a very unusual sight, with the bed being taken over by the "Illusionator", a human kaleidoscope was made out of a picket fence, and the armoire that became a secret viewing area, Beaker was hooked.

He snuggled next to the Professor in the hammock that was now Phineas' bed, and knew that they would always be the best of friends.

Now, whenever Phineas is on one of his trips, he leaves Beaker in charge of the Imagination Workshop. Visitors are cautioned to be careful where they step.