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A [[Superhero]] series on [[Nickelodeon]] by Butch Hartman, the creator of ''[[The Fairly
The series revolves around the adventures of Danny Fenton, the son of parents who are professional ghostbusters. ([[Ghostbusters
Now with a set of formidable ghost powers, Danny eventually decides to use them to protect humanity from various spectral threats. Unfortunately, since most of the town (including his own parents) fears and hates his Danny Phantom identity, Danny has to keep his ghost powers secret. Fortunately, his best friends, Sam and Tucker (and his own sister, who [[Secret Secret Keeper|quietly knows Danny's secret]] as well), are his constant companions, who give him vital practical and emotional support in his self-appointed role.
Despite the comical tone, this series is a surprisingly [[Continuity Nod|well-conceived]] and [[Story Arc|endearing narrative]] of a boy [[Call to Adventure|growing into his true calling]] while the world gradually comes to accept him, much like a variant of [[Spider
Following its initial nine episodes (known affectionately as the Magnificent Nine by longtime fans), the show began to become more and more "[[The Fairly
Before reaching half-way through the second season, Butch Hartman announced the decision made by Nickelodeon to cancel the production of the show, making it 53 episodes in three seasons. Dedicated fans [[Sending Stuff to Save
The complete first season was released on DVD on September 13th, 2011 by [[Shout Factory]], the first part of Season 2 released on April 3, 2012, with the second part and Season 3 to be released at a later date.
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: The news that the series would only have three seasons caused a lot of planned story arcs to simply disappear without a trace. What deal did Vlad and the Fright Knight broker? What role does Dani end up playing? What did Valerie do after she discovered the existence of halfas, and Vlad's identity? Does Dark Danny escape and make a return appearance, as is hinted at in "The Ultimate Enemy"? We'll never know now.
* [[Accidental Hug]]
* [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]]: Danny in the episode where he became filthy rich. Tucker in the episode where he was made King of the world.
* [[Action Mom]]: Maddie is a ''ninth degree martial artist''!
* [[Adorkable]]: Danny. Also Tucker
* [[Affably Evil]]: Most villains. Especially Vlad, who's the [[Big Bad]] no less. How can you take him seriously as a villain after you see his Green Bay Packers cheesehead?
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Or the Sphinx is, anyway.
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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Danny is patronized by his family, bullied at his school and feared and hated in his superhero identity by both most mortals and ghosts. Fortunately, his best friends help keep him steady while the world, starting with his sister, begins to gradually come around.
* [[All Powerful Bystander]]: Clockwork.
* [[Alliteration]]: Super Danny has one of these as a power.
* [[Alter Kocker]]: The "ecto-American" vulture ghosts.
* [[Always Need What You Gave Up]]: {{spoiler|In "Phantom Planet", when Danny gets rid of his powers to have a normal life, just before he needs them to save the world.}}
** On a much darker note, cheating wasn't a good idea either. Nor was begging his archrival to ''remove his humanity''. It backfired ''horribly''.
** Similarly in "Phantom Planet", {{spoiler|Vlad revealing himself to be half-ghost to the world, and then forcing the world to pay him in order to save the planet... which he couldn't actually do.}}
* [[Ambiguous Situation]]: It's unknown in "The Ultimate Enemy" if future!Vlad was preparing to {{spoiler|kill past!Danny to stop the [[Bad Future]] and past!Danny escaped by sheer luck and stamina, or if he realized it would be wrong despite the temptation and helped past!Danny as originally intended.}}
* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: The amulets that Dora and Aragon wear to turn them into dragons.
* [[Ancient Keeper]]: Frostbite
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** Vlad as well, in Maternal Instincts.
* [[Anticlimax Cut]]: "Identity Crisis":
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'''Sam:''' Unless we find some way to ignore all speed limits, red lights, and certain laws of physics.
''Closeup on Danny looking sly. Cut to: ...the kids [[Bait and Switch|in an RV going about 120 miles an hour, driven by Danny's dad.]]''
'''Tucker:''' Couldn't you've just flown us?
'''Danny:''' The way my dad drives, this is faster. }}
* [[Anti
** [[Bully Hunter|Sydney Poindexter]]
** Johnny 13 and Kitty. Johnny's main goal is to be left alone with Kitty. Kitty rarely does any harm unless Johnny's hurt or is eying other girls.
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Danny and Vlad Plasmius. It's recognized by both of them almost immediately, and the rivalry only grows as the series goes on. See [[Evil Counterpart]] and [[Not So Different]] below.
** Skulker and Valerie both qualify as close contenders, but their respective pursuits of Danny were used less and less as the writers chose to focus on the Danny/Vlad conflict.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
** "Mystery Meat":
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''(Tucker gives a sly smile)'' }}
*** Later, after Jack and Maddie capture Jazz while she was trying to counsel a goth boy:
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** In "Boxed-Up Fury", the list of what's in Pandora's box:
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** When the kids get in trouble in "Kindred Spirits".
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'''Lancer''' Calling me OLD MAN... }}
** Vlad's...
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also:
"I've forgiven him for many things... causing the accident that ruined my life, stealing you, the backwash incident..." }}
* [[Art Evolution]]: The main characters don't look like stick figures and actually gain muscles in latter series; the colors also get more vibrant.
* [[Asleep for Days]]: [[Subverted]].
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'''Tucker:''' You passed out. We took you home. You've been asleep for four days.
'''Danny:''' Four days?!
'''Tucker:''' ''(laughs)'' Nah, it's only been a couple hours. }}
* [[An Asskicking Christmas]]: The Fright Before Christmas.
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Oh, ''Dan''... let's see: the first thing he did upon "reawakening"? Steal the ghostly half of [[Big Bad]] Vlad Masters ([[Our Ghosts Are Different]] is in full force here) and then killed his own human half in front of Vlad, who viewed Danny as a surrogate son. In his first scenes, he kills at least a dozen people as well and spends much of the episode killing or planning to kill some more. The fact that even Vlad refuses to tell Danny how his human half died speaks ''volumes''. Rather unpleasant, considering what age group this is aimed at.
* [[Backstory]]: While we do know the basics of how Danny got his powers from the [[Expository Theme Song]], it isn't until the episode "Memory Blank" that we actually learn it was Sam that persuaded him to enter the portal in the first place.
* [[Back
* [[Bad Future]]: The premise of "The Ultimate Enemy". As we see in the [[Action Prologue]], Valerie ten years later is the protector of Amity Park. She and her father {{spoiler|found the Fentons' anti-ghost technology and use it to protect the city from Dark Danny. And to her credit, she does a decent job until Dark Danny discovers a ghostly wail that can break her ghost barrier. She nearly has a breakdown seeing past!Sam and past!Tucker begging her not to shoot past!Danny, saying she ''knows'' they died ten years ago. One can hope that with Clockwork imprisoning Dark Danny that this timeline ends better.}}
* [[Bad Job, Worse Uniform]]: Valerie works at Nasty Burger--as its mascot.
* [[Badass]]: Long list, including Vlad, Skulker, and a purple-backed gorilla.
* [[Badass Family]]: Danny may be the one with superpowers, but Jazz, Maddie, and even Jack have proven capable of fighting ghosts.
* [[Baddie Flattery]]: Vlad to Danny, in conjunction with [[Not So Different]].
* [[Bait and Switch Comment]]: In "Girls Night Out", Skulker says he's hunting Danny because his girlfriend says he is a lousy hunter. Danny goes, "wow"...not because he's scared as Skulker assumes, but because Skulker has a girlfriend.
{{quote|'''Skulker''': Now that just plain hurts}}
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Technus uses some sort of remote control to turn Danny into a cowboy, a model, and [[Star Trek:
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Vlad's preferred MO, although he's not always as good at predicting responses as he thinks he is. He also occasionally pulls a [[Xanatos Gambit]] when the writers want to hand him a win.
** He's not the only one who pulls it off. In "D-Stabilized", Valerie used Danielle in order to capture Danny.
*** There's also Clockwork who pulled one off so perfectly in "The Ultimate Enemy", no one was aware he was a good guy until the end.
* [[Battle Ballgown]]: Sam makes one out of a wedding dress in "Beauty Marked".
* [[Battle Cry]]: '''"I'M GOING GHOST!"'''
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** "FOR BEARBERT!"
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: "What You Want", "Memory Blank"
* [[Beam-O-War]]: Danny and Vlad with ectoplasmic rays in "Kindred Spirits".
* [[Beard of Evil]]: Vlad, Dark Danny, Ghost Writer, Skulker; minorly subverted with Ghost Writer, who isn't evil, just mad at Danny for destroying the poem and does what he does to teach Danny a lesson about being a scrooge.
* [[Beat It by Compulsion]] - Ghosts' typical behavior makes them vulnerable to this. A notable example is Desiree granting every wish she hears, even ones that work against her goals.
* [[Bedsheet Ghost]]: Danny tries to pull this off on Halloween, though he'd probably be better off [[For Halloween I Am Going as Myself|going as himself]], seeing as how he's an actual (sorta) ghost and, for the majority of the series, is feared by everyone who doesn't want to outright beat him down.
** One of his clones, however, pulls this off in the best way.
* [[Berserk Button]]: "Do--not--call--me--a--LOSER!"
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** And by Vlad in "Kindred Spirits" when {{spoiler|his perfect clone melted.}} Doubles as a [[Tear Jerker]].
** And by Danny when the vat of Nasty Sauce all the important people in his life ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Lancer]]) are attached to... ''explodes''.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Butch Hartman's trademark. His other show The [[Fairly Oddparents]], also, invokes this trope
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Season 1, Episode 6 "What You Want" gives us Sayonara Pussycat, an [[Expy]] of [[Hello Kitty]]. Sayounara/さようなら (with a long 'o' sound that is often ignored in English) is Japanese for 'goodbye'. Danny even shouts "Bye-bye kitty", as a [[One
** Nearly all of Wulf's lines are in Esperanto.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Tucker.
* [[The Blank]]: Amorpho, a shapeshifter whose default form is faceless. Also, possibly Fright Knight.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: From "Maternal Instincts":
{{quote|'''Vlad:''' What an amazing, unexpected, and totally unplanned surprise! Personalized gift baskets?}}
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Early in the series Danny has little control of his powers and has started sinking through floors and making his pants intangible so that they fall down. He also got banned pre-series from bearing anything breakable while on school grounds.
* [[Body Horror]]: Happens every time Danny tries to split himself.
** Most extreme by far: Identity Crisis. He starts out with two heads, one of which sprouts another head, whose tongue forms the neck for another head. Then, from the main torso sprout two extra feet, a bug eye, a mouth with a bug eye on its tongue, and three more heads, one of whose tongue is a forearm and hand, which sprouts a head on each finger. It just keeps going from there.
* [[Book and Switch]]: In one episode, Tucker uses "A Farewell to Arms" to hide his PDA.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Danny (and Tucker).
* [[Book Ends]]: In the first episode, Danny and Sam are vehemently denying that they were boyfriend and girlfriend. In the [[Grand Finale]], their [[Relationship Upgrade]] is complete.
* [[A Boy and His X]]: "A boy and his dog. Somehow, it's not supposed to be this weird." The dog in question was a ghost dog that alternates between being cute, and large and vicious.
** Used again in "Infinite Realms": "Awww, a boy and his snow monster." (Both were said by Sam, come to think of it...)
* [[Bragging Theme Tune]]: '''He could walk through walls, disappear and fly! He was much more unique than the other guys!'''
* [[Brainwashed]]: Both Ember and Freakshow use this against Danny.
* [[Breather Episode]]: After the heavy-handed "Reign Storm" dealt with character developments and important story arcs, the next episode aired was the lighthearted (possibly THE most lighthearted DP episode), "Identity Crisis". There was also "The Ultimate Enemy" which was just ''gruesome'', but the episode that aired after was a light and fluffy [[Christmas Episode]].
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Danny involuntarily lost his powers thanks to [[Literal Genie]] Desiree in "Memory Blank". {{spoiler|He also loses them in "Phantom Planet", but since that was done voluntarily, it's [[Always Need What You Gave Up]]}}
* [[Brought to You
* [[Bully Hunter]]: Poindexter, the ghost of a bullied nerdy teen who lived in the 50's, who unfortunately combines this with [[Horrible Judge of Character]], who now as a ghost targets Danny when he thinks he is bullying [[Jerk Jock]] Dash Baxter.
* [[Bumbling Dad]]: Jack Fenton may be a brilliant inventor, but otherwise he's an idiot.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: See [[Bumbling Dad]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Tucker. He's dumped on quite often despite saving/helping Danny more than once and yet, he barely gets thanked. Several times in the latter portion of the series, he is often the butt of the joke or virtually ignored.
** It becomes part of the plot in "What You Want" when Tucker, after routinely getting pummeled every time Danny ditches him to save the world, wishes for ghost powers.
** "I AM THE BOX GHOST!"
* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Cheat on your CAT, and the world gets boned. {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|By YOU!]]}}
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Jazz in Reality Trip.
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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Occasionally employed. Usually with Fenton gear.
* [[Can't Get Away
* [[Can't Get in Trouble For Nuthin']]
* [[Caretaker Reversal]]: In the beginning of one episode, What You Want, Sam is sick and Danny and Tucker try to take care of her. Guess which 2 characters get sick at the end?
* [[Carnival of Killers]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
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** [[Literal Genie|Desiree]]: So you have wished it, so shall it be.
** Various characters: "For the record, I blame you." "Survey says..."
* [[Celestial Body]]: Nocturne, the ghost of sleep, has his entire body except his eyes and face-mask as stars in space.
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: Subverted in the episode ''Masters Of All Time'' where Danny's time travel to the 1980's reveals that his black jumpsuit is actually ''fitting'' for that time period.
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* [[Character Development]]: Everyone of the main characters get some form of character development.
* [[Chef of Iron]]: The Lunch Lady Ghost.
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: The [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Boooomerang]], first used in "The Ultimate Enemy" to find Danny, gets used again in "Kindred Spirits". Bonus points for being an actual boomerang.
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** The Tucker-bot from "Livin' Large", later used in "Phantom Planet". Also, Valerie's first ghost hunting suit, first appearing in the tenth episode. We later find out in the fortieth episode why Vlad gave her the gear!
* [[The Chessmaster]]:
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'''Vlad:''' What? That I used two 14-year-old pawns to turn a knight and topple a king? It's chess, Daniel. Of course you don't understand. But then, you never really did. }}
* [[Chew Bubblegum]]
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*** As well as with their hair.
*** And with their eyes, energy blasts, and skin colors in ghost form (no, not like [[Fantastic Racism|that.]] It's blue, as in the ''exact negative'' of Danny's).
* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]: And the [[Spider
* [[Coming of Age Story]]: In his definite [[Character Development]] Arc, Danny starts off as a naive boy who is looking for his place in the world, uncertain of the big decisions thrust onto him. By the end of the series, he has grown into a mature lad who continuously handles big burdens displayed before him. By the ending, said burdens and responsibilities are even bigger, but he's grown up enough to face the task.
** A smaller meta-arc would be Jazz's coming of age, going from a nosy sullen kid growing up too fast to someone who appreciates her age and knows when not to get involved.
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*** Danny brings up Sam's "great ideas" of changing the school cafeteria menu (episode 1), releasing the purple-backed gorilla (ep. 3), and selling his dad's old junk at a garage sale (ep. 4). She counters by asking whether he would also like to blame her for puberty, which was used multiple times as an excuse for his "voice change" in episode 5 {{spoiler|when Danny was possessed by Poindexter.}}
*** Sam's photo album contains the picture she took of Danny and Tucker hugging during episode 3.
*** Danny also pulls a [[Fake
*** At one point Danny phases down through the floor of the school, noticing the large store of meat in the basement that was discovered in the first episode.
*** Paulina is wearing the same dress at her Quinceañera (15th birthday party) that she wore to the dance with Danny in episode 2, while at the same time Sam comments that she looks "almost human", possibly in reference to Paulina's ghost-dragon transformation from the same episode.
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* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Fenton Works.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: From the Phantom Planet Finale:
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'''Maddie Holograph Two:'''"*gasp* Why you holographic- *Violence Ensues*" }}
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Danny and Valerie briefly.
* [[A Day in
* [[Deadly Training Area]]: Despite being jury-rigged, Danny's homemade training area in his parent's basement includes lasers among other, less lethal, hazards.
* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: The EctoSkeleton increases the user's power 100 times, while slowly killing them.
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* [[Description Cut]]: Used just as much as [[Hypocritical Humor]].
* [[Deus Angst Machina]]: Danny's alternate future. Twisted in that "fate" was really just Clockwork manipulating the time stream to produce what was the worst possible future ever to scare Danny away from his [[Face Heel Turn]].
* [[Did Mom Just Have Tea
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Well, to a lesser degree. In one episode, Jack and Danny go fishing when they are attacked by some kind of sea dragon monster. Jack kicks it's ass pretty easily.
* [[Disaster Dominoes]]: In Valerie's father's lab while Danny tries to catch the rampaging ghost dog.
* [[Dish Dash]]: In the series' very first episode. Danny protects Sam from death by flying dishes by catching them all. Unusual for the trope, he gets all the dishes safely put away!
* [[Disposable Superhero Maker]]
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Dani Phantom, Danny's [[Opposite
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Overshadowing looks really, really similar to possession albeit benign. It would be prime candidate for [[Insistent Terminology]] if anyone connected the dots.
** Sam, Tucker, and Jazz trying to convince Danny to let them help him sort out his problems and that {{spoiler|he doesn't have to get rid of his powers}} in "Phantom Planet".
* [[The Dragon]]: Fright Knight seems to love this as he fights for both Pariah Dark and {{spoiler|Dark Danny.}}
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* [[Dream Weaver]]: Nocturne, the Ghost of Sleep, demonstrates the power to manipulate dreams in "Frightmare."
* [[Drop What You Are Doing]]:
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'''Jack:''' Ah, they're fine. They've been up in Danny's room! Alone! For hours!
''[[Drop What You Are Doing|Sam drops her tea]]''. }}
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: After having lot of trouble during the whole series, in the last episode "Phantom Planet", things end well for Danny and his friends.
* [[Easter Egg]]: In one episode, Danny and Tuck are playing a Crash Nebula arcade game. Crash Nebula is one of Timmy Turner's favorite superheroes in Butch Hartman's other cartoon, [[The Fairly
* [[Egg Sitting]]: Danny and Valerie, Dash and Paulina, Tucker and Sam all are in the same "this bag of flour is your baby" project for health class in "Life Lessons".
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Danny and Vlad in "Reign Storm" (against the Ghost King) and "Torrent of Terror" (against Vortex).
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* [[Episode Title Card]]: Done in the fashion of 50's horror movies, no less, with the [[Grand Finale]] as the only exception.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: The first episode's [[Cold Open]] gives little ones to each of the main characters in the form of their responses to Jack.
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'''Danny:''' Uh, a-actually, Dad, I wanna be an astronaut.
'''Sam:''' Sorry Mr. Fenton. I ''was'' into ghosts, but they’re so mainstream now; they’re like cell phones.
'''Tucker:''' Waste ''these'' looks and all ''this'' charisma hunting ghosts? Criminal. }}
* [[Eternal English]]: You would think that someone who died 1600 years ago would ''not'' be speaking Modern American English. Also, the one non-English speaker speaks ''modern'' Esperanto.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:
** All of Danny's ghost enemies hold an annual truce with any and all other ghosts (including half-ghosts like Danny) so that they can celebrate Christmas. When they discover the Ghost Writer broke the truce, they are ''not'' happy, [[Enemy Mine|teaming up with Danny to stop him]], and save Christmas.
** "The Ultimate Enemy" shows why Vlad is broken in the [[Bad Future]]; he adopted Danny {{spoiler|after the latter's family died in the Nasty Burger accident, and they both grieved. At Danny's request, Vlad tried making him normal by removing his ghost side, to "make the pain go away". It backfired; the ghost Danny absorbed Vlad's ghost powers, becoming more powerful, and proceeded to slaughter the human Danny while he was hiding in a [[Troubled Fetal Position]].}}
* [[Even Heroes Have Heroes]]: [[Inverted]] in a sense -- Vlad ([[Captain Obvious|the villain]]) is a huge Packers fan.
* [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]]: "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale", "Public Enemies", "Double Cross My Heart", ''Danny Phantom'' is riddled with this.
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Danny and Sam, despite their [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|vehement denials]].
* [[Everything Is Online]]: and therefore vulnerable to being hacked via one of Tucker's PDAs.
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* [[Evil Makeover]]: Danny, Sam and Vlad each get one. Fans really dig how their looks (and voices) turned out. Wow. [[Evil Is Sexy]] indeed.
* [[Evil Plan]]: While the [[Monster of the Week|particular episode's ghost(s)]] might have their own agenda, [[Big Bad|Vlad]]'s plan stays the same until his [[Villain Decay]] in Season 3: Kill Jack, make Maddie his wife, and make Danny his son.
* [[Expendable Clone]]: No one, least of all Danny, seems particularly bothered when Danny [[What Measure Is a Non
** This is [[Justified]] by the face that the previous clones weren't fully sentient and if the "perfect clone" awoke, Vlad would've taken out the original.
** Vlad himself only considered the "perfect clone" human, even [["Well Done, Son" Guy|rejecting]] the only person who probably loved him. [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]].
* [[Exposition]]: Particularly awkward, repetitive uses of [[As You Know]], [[Tell Me Again]], [[Talking to Himself|Talking to Themselves]], [[Postponed Question]], etc.
** [[Mr. Exposition]]: Frostbite's ''only'' sole character trait.
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* [[Expy]]:
** Star is Veronica Star from ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'', all grown up. Same name? Check. Blonde? Check. Satellite to a non-white [[Rich Bitch]]? Check. A cheerleader? Check. The only major difference is that she is voiced by Tara Strong, not Grey Delisle.
** Dash is an expy of Flash Thompson of ''[[Spider
** Tucker is an expy of Steve Urkel from ''[[Family Matters]]'', only without the annoying nasal voice.
** The Guys In White are a pretty obvious expy/parody of the ''[[Men in Black (
** Vlad Masters is clearly an expy of [[Spider
*** He could also be considered an Expy for [[Dracula]]. His appearance, fact that he lives in the castle, and even shares the same first name as the historical Vlad Dracula III (AKA "Vlad Tepes"/"Vlad The Impaler"). [[What Could Have Been|Originally, Vlad WAS going to be a vampire]] until [[Executive Meddling]] declared the concept "too occult" and made him a half-ghost instead. Both women that Vlad and Dracula fall in love with have names that start with the letter "M" (Dracula falls in love with ''Mina'' Harker and Vlad falls in love with ''Maddie'' Fenton.) Oh, and they also at one point use a [[Sdrawkcab Name|backward-spelled "alias" of their own name"]] (IE: Vlad has "Dalv" and Dracula has "Alucard".)
** Lancer is possibly an Expy of J. Jonah Jameson from [[Spider
** Freakshow and Lydia are seen as parallels to [[The Joker]] and Harley Quinn, respectively. Not surprising, as Butch Hartman seems to be a fairly big fan of superhero comics.
** It's likely that Desiree, the [[Literal Genie]], is an expy of [[I Dream of Jeannie
** [[The Jeeves|Hobson]] from "Livin' Large" has the same job, appearance, personality, voice, and ''[[They Just Didn't Care|name]]'' as John Gielgud's character from ''[[Arthur (
** Just look at Danny and try to say that he doesn't remind you of [[The Fairly
*** Some people have also noticed similarities between Danny and Spider-Man himself.
** Dark Danny seems to be one of both [[Incredible Hulk
** Does Ember remind you of [[
** The aforementioned [[Hello Kitty|Sayonara Pussycat]]. Also see [[Bilingual Bonus]].
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Before he tells the entire population of Amnity Park that his name is Danny Phantom, the name that the public used for Danny's ghost form was "Inviso-Bill".
* [[Fake
* [[Fallen Hero]]: Danny's [[Bad Future|future]] [[Future Me Scares Me|self]] most definitely, irrevocably, very disturbingly and with extreme violence and prejudice.
* [[Fallen Princess]]: Valerie.
* [[Family
* [[Family
* [[Family
* [[Fangs Are Evil]]: Vlad, evil Danny.
** Somewhat subverted and lampshaded with Ghostwriter's "Piranha-fangs".
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* [[Flanderization]]: By Season 3, many suffered from this.
* [[Flight of Romance]]: Foreshadowing the finale.
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* [[Flying Brick]]
* [[Flynning]]: That sword fight between Danny and Vlad in "Infinite Realms".
* [[Fog Feet]]: Danny often had a ghost-like tail.
* [[For Halloween I Am Going as Myself]]: Danny (though Sam was very unimpressed).
* [[Foreign Exchange Student]]: One episode has a Hungarian transfer student coming in to be Sam's [[Romantic False Lead]]. {{spoiler|Turns out that he was an American guy putting on a show just to mess with Sam.}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: ''Loads''. A lot of it is really subtle and hard to catch until you rewatch things, but two good examples: the ectopusses Danny fights in episode 1 are sent by Vlad (who only shows up in the seventh). In the background, Valerie says "Mrs. Spectra says I worry too much about material possessions" in "My Brother's Keeper." The next episode, it's the loss of her material possessions that drives her to become a very aggressive ghost hunter.
* [[Forgot About His Powers]]: Danny tends to forget about his ability to become intangible.
* [[Forgotten Anniversary]]: When the anniversary gift goes to the ghost world...guess what happens. {{spoiler|Subverted in that it isn't Jack's Anniversary present for Maddie but rather a present for his Sister-In-Law's anniversary of her Divorce.}}
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: "Team Phantom" - Danny is Choleric for good leadership skills, but highly emotional personality, Tucker is Sanguine because he's fun-loving, Jazz, though not depressive is Melancholic for her kind, but perfectionist persona, and Sam is Phlegmatic because she's a responsible [[Deadpan Snarker|Stoic Goth]].
* [[Freak Lab Accident]]: ''"But then Danny took a look inside of it. There was a great big flash, everything just changed. His molecules got all rearranged."''
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Between Danny and Poindexter.
* [[Freudian Trio]]:
** Danny - Ego
** Sam - Superego
** Tucker - Id
* [[Friendless Background]]
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Vlad implied in one episode that his relationship with Danny is like this, stating "I'm sorry, but funny, joke-around Vlad isn't here today" before attacking him. This is a relationship Vlad saw with Danny during most of the series' run, on account of the villain's desire to have Danny as his surrogate son, his role as an [[Unwitting Pawn]] notwithstanding.
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* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Subverted with Gregor. He's not funny at all, {{spoiler|his real name is Elliot, and he's from Michigan.}}
* [[Furry Fandom]]: In "Reality Trip", Tucker admits aloud that he finds a wolf lady to be "hot".
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(The wolf lady transforms into a more feral-looking wolf).
'''Sam:''' Yeah? How about now?
'''Tucker:''' Yeah. Still hot. }}
* [[Future Badass]]: The Box Ghost.
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* [[Geeky Turn On]]: Whenever Maddie shows her [[Action Mom]] or ghost hunting skills, Jack's usual response is "''Man'' that's hot!".
* [[Ghostly Goals]]: Which (if any) ghosts have "unfinished business" and will pass on after completing it is up for debate, considering the show never addressed afterlife beyond the Ghost Zone; however, almost every ghost Danny fights is the "attack the living" type.
* [[Girls' Night Out Episode]]: Aptly titled "Girls' Night Out", featuring Jazz, Maddie and Sam stopping Spectra, Kitty and Ember from making all the men disappear.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Danny's eyes glow green even in human form when he gets too angry.
* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]]: "Reign Storm" where Danny, Vlad and Valerie have to ally to stop a [[Big Bad]]
** "Phantom Planet", where Danny has to enlist much of the population of the Ghost Zone (both friends and enemies) to save the world from {{spoiler|an asteroid.}}
* [[The Good, the Bad,
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]
* [[Gosh Hornet]]: In "13", when Tucker disturbs a beehive in the middle of lunch period and chaos ensues.
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** "Reality Trip" - The trio use a book to find out about the Reality Gauntlet and find out it was written by the [[Evil Albino]].
** "Infinite Realms" - Vlad mysteriously has a book with information about the Infi-Map in it.
* [[Green Eyes]]: Danny in ghost-mode and Jazz normally. Also (for some reason), all the non-white characters have green eyes.
* [[Green Thumb]]: Undergrowth {{spoiler|and Sam}} in "Urban Jungle".
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Sam gets really annoyed whenever Danny starts drooling over Paulina.
** In the episode 'Double Cross My Heart', Danny grows increasingly irritated about Sam's crush on the new transfer student.
{{quote|'''Sam:''' I've been looking for you.
'''Danny:''' Where, in Gregor's locker?
'''Sam:''' Whoa. Thank you, Joe Hostility. }}
* [[Groupie Brigade]]: One episode focused on this when Danny Phantom (by this point, a well known hero and celebrity) is on the run from screaming teenage fans; most of which come from his own school. He had to secretly [[Secret Identity|turn human]] to get away from the crazed mob.
* [[Half
* [[Hammerspace]]: One exactly one occasion, Danny is shown carrying the Fenton Thermos by a shoulder strap. The rest of the time, he just pulls it from behind his back, seemingly out of nowhere.
* [[Hand Blast]]: While not really a thing ghosts usually do, Danny can fire ectoplasmic blasts or "Ghost Rays" from his hands.
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** You could say that the entire concept of a "half-ghost" is this. The mechanics behind it is never really explained, and many a fan has tried to figure out how being half-dead really works.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Vlad and Spectra.
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'''Danny:''' Both! …Neither! I don't know!
'''Spectra:'''You’re a freak! Not a ghost, not a boy! Who cares for a thing like you? }}
* [[Happily Ever After]]: {{spoiler|The world is saved from a giant asteroid, Jack and Maddie (and arguably the whole world) knows and accepts Danny's identity as a [[Half
* [[Happily Married]]: Jack and Maddie Fenton.
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Maddie, Valerie, Paulina, etc... it ''is'' a Hartman series...
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** Sam in "Urban Jungle", but otherwise she's quite [[Incredibly Lame Pun|trimmed]].
* [[Heh Heh, You Said "X"]]: In "Pirate Radio", after Youngblood and his pirates swipe the Fenton Ghost Shield, Youngblood turns to his parrot for the term, to which he says 'booty'. Youngblood, his crew, and even Tucker giggled at the word.
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: While Valerie tends to target Danny, she believes that she is going after ghosts that disrupt innocent people's lives. It's hard to argue that when just how many ghost invasions hit Amity Park. Danny himself says that Val isn't a bad person.
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Poor, poor Danny...
* [[Heroic Willpower]]: Displayed, surprisingly enough, by none other than Jack Fenton in Bitter Reunions. At the time of the episode, he was the only individual without ghost powers to ever stave off an overshadowing, even if for a short period.
* [[Hey,
* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: Vlad: The purpose for getting the Skeleton Key isn't revealed until another episode - which in turn holds another hidden agenda, {{spoiler|taking the Fenton Ecto-suit and the loyalty of the Fright Knight.}} While the first is dealt with, the show's abrupt end never showed the conclusion/purpose of the latter. Also fitting the ghost-hunting equipment he gives Valerie, {{spoiler|the purpose of which we find out over a season later - that being giving him resources to clone Danny.}}
* [[High School]]
* [[Hoist
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Danny, especially when standing beside Tucker.
* [[Homage]]: Multiple. The Goth Bookstore showcases George McFly's book from ''[[Back to The Future]]'' on its shelves. When Danny collapses from cold in "Urban Jungle", he wakes up floating in his underwear in a water tank a la ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''. Then there's "three for the OpCenter" as they "beam up" to the upper level of the Fenton house. And those are just the really obvious ones. There's more than a few examples in dialogue as well.
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'''GIW:''' [[Star Wars|He's not the ghost we're looking for]]. }}
** To add into the "Back to the Future" references, "Masters of All Time" has a blink-it-and-you'll-miss-it" cameo of Marty McFly in the group shot of the 80's college student (wearing his infamous red "life jacket") and an even cooler homage: the clock tower on the school reads 10:04. ''Awesome''.
*** Adding yet again to the "Back to the Future" references, the first reference is found in "Splitting Images", the fifth episode of the first season. Marty can be found this time as one of the kids in the 50s version of Casper High.
*** And hilariously, Danny and (Animated) Marty are [[Hey,
** Vlad's mansion being empty of servants may be a reference to Dracula, who likewise had a huge, (mostly) empty castle.
** Many references to ''[[Star Wars]]'' are seen throughout the series, as creator Butch Hartman is a major fan of the franchise.
** After a ninja [[Flynning|whirls his nunchucks about]], Danny deadpans "I so don't have time for this", and [[Raiders of the Lost Ark
*** The same happens again in Public Enemies, sans the one liner, and he actually blasts the guy instead of using the Fenton Thermos.
** [[Scooby Doo|The Groovy Gang and Scaredy Cat]].
** The gang goes to [[Fan Convention|Comic Con]] in one episode. If we list specifics, we'd be here all night, so let's just say that all the basics and more are covered.
* [[Horned Hairdo]]: Both Vlad and Spectra sport this.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Whenever Danny develops a new power. Or, in the case of "Memory Blank", has to relearn how to use them.
** A couple of times, it's more [[How Do I Shot Web?|How Did I Just Shoot Web]]?
* [[Hugh Mann]]: Amorpho.
* [[The Hunter]]: Valerie.
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* [[Hypno Trinket]]: Freakshow's staff in "Control Freaks".
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Sam got upset with Danny for using his powers to spy on her and Gregor, but when Danny was spending time with Valerie, Sam wasn't exactly keeping her nose to her own business.
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Tucker.
** Amorpho, though not so much "special" as "noticed, good or bad".
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Danny to Tucker in "What You Want", Sam to Danny in "Control Freaks".
* [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog]]: Danny often has to come up with excuses (sometimes involving [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]) on the fly so that he can get away and transform. His friends and sister will also up with some strange ones to cover for him.
{{quote|'''Danny:''' (noticing Box Lunch) A ghost? Here? (to Jazz) Now get out of my room!
'''Jazz:''' We're in the kitchen... (also noticing Box Lunch) ... but ''if that's your attitude, then I don't want to see you ... or ... anything you do in here for the next ... several minutes!'' (exit stage left). }}
* [[An Ice Person]]: Season 3 Danny.
* [[I'd Tell You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You]]: "You three have seen too much. You must be eliminated before you permanently alter the time stream."
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Vlad grabs it firmly in Reign Storm
* [[Impairment Shot]]: Danny wakes up to see Vlad and {{spoiler|Dani}} out of focus in "Kindred Spirits".
* [[Improbable Hairstyle]]: many of the ghosts have this, but this is averted with most of the humans. Except for Danny. What kind of hairstyle ''is'' that, a reverse mullet?
* [[Inconvenient Itch]]: In one episode, Danny and Valerie end up in the Ghost Zone and are forced to team up against Skulker. After a while, they end up trapping him, tying him up, and leaving him on the floor as they exit the zone. At that point Skulker exclaims:
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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Danny is a master of ''really bad puns''. Also lampshaded once in "Shades of Gray" and "Beauty Marked".
{{quote|
** Puns are used as lead-ins to commercial breaks with alarming frequency. As narrated by Ghost Writer:
{{quote|
"'Nuts!' Danny cried as he started to run."
([[Beat]])
"Must we end every scene with a terrible pun?" }}
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted hard in "[[The Movie|The Ultimate Enemy]]" which shows the only cold-blooded murder committed in the series and the accidental deaths of {{spoiler|Jack, Maddie, Mr. Lancer, Jazz, Sam and Tucker}}. Sidney Poindexter may also be an aversion, but he's already a ghost. An annoying one at that.
* [[Informed Judaism]]: Actually averted, if you pay attention - Grandma Manson occasionally uses Yiddish words when she's otherwise speaking English, and Manson is a fairly common Jewish last name. Ironic since Sam's parents are characterized as WASPs.
* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: "The Ultimate Enemy" shows Danny that just as there's a chance for him to go bad, there's a chance for Vlad to become good. In a later episode when Vlad blackmails him to get rid of his ghost acne by infecting Sam and Tucker, Danny asks Clockwork's permission to go back in time and stop the accident that caused Vlad to get ghost powers, hoping it will save his friends and give Vlad a second chance. In the new timeline, however, Vlad is a jerk who treats Maddie as a [[Stepford Wife]], making her give up ghost research in favor of cultivating cheese. He also broke her and Jack up since Jack was the one who got the ghost powers this time and became a recluse as a result. When Jack and Maddie get wind of this thanks to Danny, Vlad ''kills'' Jack off and gloats to Maddie that she can't do anything because they're still married. (Turns out this was Clockwork's intention when Danny returns to him to fix things back to normal; he says some people just turn out to be jerks regardless of their circumstances and blame other people.)
* [[Invocation]]: Danny's "Going Ghost!" is just a habit to say when he changes, it's not necessary.
** Lampshaded the first time he meets Vlad.
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: [[Future Badass]] Box Ghost: "''Beware.''"
* [[Ironic Echo Cut]]: Borrowed from [[Fairly Oddparents|FOP]].
* [[
* [[The Jailer]]: Walker.
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Dash and Kwan are insufferable that way.
** Though Kwan gets [[Hidden Depths]] by portraying his bullying [[In with the In Crowd|as a way to get friends--shallow or not--because he doesn't feel like he belongs anywhere]]. In a way, he's like Danny, who at the beginning was also trying to find his place.
* [[Jerkass]]: Vlad, especially in {{spoiler|the series finale, after he reveals his ghost powers to the world. Jack, while surprised at this, is willing to overlook it and try to rebuild their friendship. Vlad coldly blows this off however since he thinks his plans are coming to fruition. When they don't though, he tries crawling back to Jack. Say the least, his chance at redemption is long since gone and Jack leaves him to rot.}}
** A bit of [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] can cause the Ghostwriter to be this. He causes the whole world to torture Danny because Danny ''accidentally'' incinerated a Christmas poem he wrote. Sure, he considered it his [[Magnum Opus]], but what self-respecting writer considers a ''Christmas poem'' his greatest work? And if it really ''was'' that important, he just could've used his power to [[Rewriting Reality|rewrite reality]] and make it so that Danny never incinerated it. In order to torture Danny, he breaks an annual Christmas truce that EVERY ghost follows.
* [[Jive Turkey]]: The second episode has Mr. Lancer trying to speak rap using a "How to Talk Slang" book.
** Hey Technus, your language is FAR OUT, but your execution is FUNKY FRESH.
* [[Journey to
* [[Just a Kid]]: Danny gets this a lot. His in-universe nickname ''is'' "Ghost Boy". More notably, Vlad does this twice, once almost calling it out ("Bitter Reunions"), the other as more of an insult ("Reign Storm"). Clockwork also does this once, but it's justified - he's trying to explain the nature of time and his own existence to someone who's probably flunking high school math. ("Why am I bothering? You're ''fourteen''.")
** Valerie also remarks this about herself when her ghost-hunting benefactor reveals himself. "But why me? I'm, like, fourteen."
* [[Kick the Dog]]: "Besides, shouldn't you be failing a test, kicking a puppy, or beating up somebody weaker than you now?"
* [[Kid From the Future]]: Box Lunch, daughter of The Box Ghost and The Lunch Lady.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: "Jazz, take it easy. There's a rhythm to these things. Ghost attacks, we exchange [[Witty Banter]], I kick ghost butt, then we all go home [[An Aesop|having learned a valuable lesson about honesty]] or some such nonsense." Also used by Dark Danny to his parents (so very justified) and subtly by Clockwork.
* [[Large Ham]]: Oh, where do we ''begin''? Box Ghost, Technus, Super Danny in "Identity Crisis", arguably Jack, and especially Undergrowth's "''I AM '''EVERYWHEEEERE!'''''"
* [[Last
* [[Lawyer
** An episode later, Vlad flips through channels, and mentions an "embarrassing celebrity arrest." Don't blink when the camera shows the tv, or you'll miss [[Michael Jackson]].
* [[Least Rhymable Word]]: In the Christmas episode, everyone was forced to speak in rhyme as someone narrated the entire episode. That is, until someone picked up an orange, prompting him to remark irritably that nothing rhymes with orange.
** Later, in Ghost Jail...
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'''Ghostwriter:''' ''GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!'' }}
*** Yet he still wears a purple coat...
** Tucker believed that the reason Danny {{spoiler|doomed us all by getting rid of his powers}} in the Finale was because nothing rhymed with Phantom.
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: In "Boxxed Up Fury" when Danny saves Skulker from killer unicorns:
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'''Danny''': Deal. }}
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
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** Danny's change of hair-style in "Phantom Planet".
* [[Logical Weakness]]: Ever tried screaming really loud for a really long time? This is why the ghostly wail is only ever used by Danny as a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|last resort]], as it completely drains him and deactivates his ghost form.
* [[Look Ma, No Plane]]: Danny has phased through at least one plane.
* [[Lost Forever]]: The original "Fright Before Christmas".
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Story of Vlad's life. {{spoiler|Losing everything he loved caused it to be Danny's future.}} Somebody hit the [[Reset Button]].
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* [[Loves My Alter Ego]]: Pauline idolized Danny Phantom and typically dismissed Danny Fenton.
** And then happens ''in reverse'' with Valerie, who loves Danny Fenton but hates Danny Phantom! Boy just can't win.
* [[Made of Iron]]: '''Danny'''. Even putting it down to a ghostly [[Healing Factor
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Sam, Kitty, and Spectra.
* [[Magnetic Plot Device]]: The Ghost Portal.
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* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Danny and Dark Danny's "Ghostly Wail".
* [[Mama Bear]]: Maddie Fenton can get rather aggressive if either of her children are in danger.
* [[Man Hug]]: It's brief and goes without comment, but Tucker hugs Danny at one point in "The Ultimate Enemy".
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: Vlad in his black suit. [[Evil Is Sexy|Hoo boy...!]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Vlad.
* [[Marilyn Maneuver]]: It's really brief, but when the Sphinx roars at Tucker in King Tuck, Tucker's loincloth flies up into this trope.
* [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life]]: Danny and Valerie.
* [[Mass Hypnosis]]: One of Ember's main abilities.
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** Danny, with regards to Jazz knowing his double life. "Danny! Go somewhere I can't see you and get help!" "Are you hiding here? Then I'll hide way over there where I can't see you."
* [[Master of the Mixed Message]]: Danny.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Most ghosts' names give clues as to some aspect of their appearance or what they can control. Example: The Box Ghost can control boxes and other cube-like objects. {{spoiler|BEWARE!!!}}
** Desiree, a genie ghost who grants wishes and lived her life trying to fulfill them for others, is simply another way to pronounce desire.
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** Also they live in Amity Park Amity being a Reverence to Amityville Horror.
** Kwan, a name Korean in origin, meaning "strong".
** Some of the episodes use punny names to hint at villain reappearances like {{spoiler|"Dr. Burt Rand" from the episode Doctor's Disorders}} or {{spoiler|M.Bursback Cruse line in Pirate Radio}} referring to {{spoiler|Burtrand, Penelope Spectra's assistant and Ember's second appearances respectively}}
* [[The Men in Black]]: Somewhat inverted with the Guys In ''White''.
* [[Mercy Lead]]: Valerie in "D-Stabilized". Subverted in "Maternal Instinct" by both Vlad and later Danny.
* [[Merry Christmas in Gotham]]: The show has an all-round Christmas Spectacular as Danny {{spoiler|teams up with his enemies to fight someone}} who is trying to spoil the event. Unusually for a children's show, Danny ''loathes'' Christmas, but with good reason.
* [[
* [[Mickey Mousing]]
* [[Mind Rape]]: Vlad's attempts to get Danny over to his side. Done later on when Vlad tries to ''remove Danny's human emotions'' (at ''Danny's'' request, chillingly). That it backfired is [[Psycho for Hire|putting it mildly]].
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Vlad Masters/Plasmius, Skulker, Pariah Dark, Fright Night, and {{spoiler|Dark Danny}}.
* [[Narrative Poem]]: most of the "Fright Before Christmas".
* [[New Powers
* [[New Super Power]]: After establishing the basic ghost-related abilities, Danny gets newer, [[Rule of Cool|less-ghostly, energy-based powers]] about every other episode. One notable gain occurred in "Urban Jungle", where Danny develops ice- and cold-generation powers just in time to fight a plant ghost who is particularly vulnerable to cold. However, at least the producers were classy enough to foreshadow this new power; Danny's [[Spider Sense|ghost sense]] is said to be a by-product of it. Furthermore, the episode used that power as the springboard to show the deepening friendship with Danny and Frostbite as student and mentor.
** The ice thing is also semi-justified in that ghosts are commonly associated with cold (see [[Mood Lighting]]). And Vlad specifically says that Danny shoots a beam of ectoplasmic energy.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Danny gets manipulated into screwing up a few times. It almost always turns out all right and the one time it ''didn't'' found someone hitting the [[Reset Button]]. Ironically, he messed up all by himself that one time. It ended up destroying thousands, if not ''millions'' of lives... which made the [[Reset Button]] required.
** Sam had a moment herself in "Memory Blank".
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Does Technus remind you of Gilbert Gottfried? Exactly.
* [[No
** Does it again in "Kindred Spirits".
* [[Non
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The Backwash Incident involving the college trio (Vlad, Jack, Maddie).
* [[Not So Different]]: Danny and Plasmius, more than Danny would like to admit.
* [[Oddly
* [[Off
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Dark Danny, apparently. No onscreen death actually occurs, however. He's also the only person who has [[Shadow Discretion Shot|actually committed murder]].
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: The Observant High Council.
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* [[Out of Order]]: "The Fenton Menace" aired after "The Ultimate Enemy" but was set beforehand.
** As did "Identity Crisis". Furthermore, despite being set afterwards, "Double Cross My Heart" and "Kindred Spirts" aired before "Reality Trip". In addition, "Urban Jungle" was the first episode of the third season to premiere, even though it was number six. The Season 3 premiere didn't even air in the U.S until after the following seven. Honestly, Nick didn't handle new episodes very well.
* [[Out of Sight, Out of Mind]]: Several antagonists, but notably Dark Danny who, unfortunately, does not return.
* [[Out of the Inferno]]: While fighting Danny, [[Future Me Scares Me|Dark Danny]] is weakened by the Spectre Deflector and hit into an oil truck, which the fire from his hair ignites. Danny walks away... [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Only for Dark Danny to emerge out of the blaze, unscathed and clutching the now-useless device.]] [[No
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Paulina's father:
{{quote|
** Also, Valerie's dad, Damian, to a lesser extent. He's okay with Danny and Valerie being together, just so long as none of Danny's parents' "ghost weirdness" rubs off.
* [[Pair the Spares]]: "I am Box Lunch, daughter of the Box Ghost and the Lunch Lady!"
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*** Maybe she's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|into heavy metal?]]
* [[Parrot Expowhat]]:
{{quote|
'''Danny, Sam and Jazz:''' The Ecto-whaty-what? }}
* [[People Jars]]: The clones in "Kindred Spirits".
* [[Perky Goth]]: Sam, especially during the winter holiday season.
* [[Phantom Zone]]: The Ghost Zone; also served as [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Pick
* [[Ping
* [[A Pirate 400 Years Too Late]]: Youngblood and his pirate crew.
* [[Plot
* [[Positive Discrimination]]: Namely, "Women are better than Men", though not as prominent as in ''[[The Fairly
* [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]]: Rather often, starting in the first episode with Danny saving Tucker and Sam from the Lunch Lady, only to collapse afterward. Subverted in the climax of "[[The Movie|Ultimate Enemy]]". Eventually, he grows out of this as he gets used to his powers and develops them further.
* [[Power Degeneration]]: The fate of the Danny clones, and almost that of Dani when overextending her powers.
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* [[Power Levels]]: implicitly done with [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]; Green, Blue, Purple, Red.
* [[The Power of Rock]]: Ember is a villainous version of this.
* [[Puberty Superpower]]: Well, Danny is a growing 14-year old boy with ghost powers.
** True, but puberty was not the cause of his powers; a [[Freak Lab Accident]] was.
* [[Punctuated!
* [[Recycled in Space]]:
** Danny is [[Spider
** And Jack Fenton is [[Fantastic Four|Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh...not so bright.
** Dark Danny is often compared to [[Spider
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Relationship Reset Button]]: The beginning of Season 2, when {{spoiler|Desiree wipes everyone's memories and Danny forgets who Sam is.}}
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: Danny and Sam. No spoilers because you should have seen this coming.
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** Valerie also started as one.
* [[Riding Into the Sunset]]: Done in the very last scene of the [[Grand Finale]].
* [[Right
* [[Ripple
* [[Rogues Gallery]]: Quite a large one at that.
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: Paulina to Sam, Gregor to Danny.
* [[Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue]]: When Danny {{spoiler|attempts to stop the poem spell by destroying the Ghost Writer's Quantum Keyboard}} in "The Fright Before Christmas":
{{quote|
Violets are blue...
Once these fry, I'm guessing
This lame poem is... through?! }}
* [[RPG Episode]]: "Teacher of the Year", set in the MMORPG "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Doomed]]".
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Some of his attacks don't even make sense. For example, in "Urban Jungle" he creates a snowball--with [[Eye Beams]], no less--then puts some ghost energy in it, and throws it at the villain, which pops a hole in his chest. Fair enough. But then the villain, almost immediately after healing himself, explodes from the inside with ice energy...and all of this from one snowball?
** It's [[
** In ''Livin' Large'', Danny takes a jump and Goes Ghost mid-spin then flies to go save the Ghost Zone. Because he ''can''.
* [[Rushmore Refacement]]: Freakshow did this in "Reality Trip".
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* [[Screens Are Cameras]]: Danny videochats with Sam and Tucker with no visible webcam.
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Danny in [[The Movie]], in which he is shown a future where he's the [[Big Bad]]. Chillingly, he doesn't mind until he finds out that his whole family, his friends, and (far less importantly) his English teacher died because of him. He changed his tune right quick, then.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Vlad Plasmius....Who obtained this money through less-than-legal means using his ghost-powers.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Ember pulls this in ''Pirate Radio''.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: The DALV Company, backwards for its head, Vlad.
* [[Sealed Evil in
** Vlad seems particularly fond of releasing these - he released Pariah Dark unintentionally, and then later on intentionally releases Vortex on the world and then quickly loses control of him.
** Arguably, any ghost trapped in the Fenton Thermos. Temporary, but still sealed away.
* [[Sealed
* [[Secret Identity]]
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Sam and Tucker; Jazz is the asymmetrical version for a while.
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* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Sam, if Tucker's reaction to seeing her all dolled up was any indication.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Danny and Sam were in serious denial about their relationship through most of the series, and straight-out used the phrase several times, starting in the first episode.
* [[Shipper
** Tucker, for Danny and Sam.
** Actually, even Mr. Lancer refers to them as "love birds" fairly early in the series.
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** Ember actually helped them see it.
** Everyone seemed to think they were an item, or should be. Even the [[Alpha Bitch]].
* [[Shout
** Also, after forcing Danny to [[Walk the Plank]] from Youngblood's flying pirate ship:
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** The name of the male who wears the amulet to become a ''dragon'' is '' '''Aragon'''. '' (Possibly a shout out to the popular book series ''Eragon''?
*** More likely [[The Lord of the Rings]]
** The high school is named [[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper]] High School.
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** The movie posters in Sam's basement: [[
** "Darn! Right at the part where he says, '[[Jerry Maguire|you complete me]].'"
*** "Man, when [[Bette Midler|she sings]] '[[Bette Midler|Wind Beneath My Wings]]', I just go to pieces."
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* [[Skunk Stripe]]: shown in many characters (mostly in the [[Rogues Gallery]]). Danny's hair is like this as well temporarily in "Phantom Planet".
* [[Slasher Smile]]: The majority of Danny's enemies enjoy showing these off, but Freakshow has a particularly evil one.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]:
** "I TECHNUS, MASTER OF ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC AND BEEPING!" He is also the one who came closest to succeeding in his plans.
** Ember.
** Vlad, unfortunately, falls under this during Season 3.
** The Fenton Family themselves. Or at least Jack - EVERYTHING they make has a "Fenton" somewhere in it, and half his inventions have his face on them somewhere. He even has a toaster that makes toast SHAPED like him!
** The Box Ghost, [[What Do You Mean
* [[Snap Back]]: In conjunction with many a [[Broken Aesop]].
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]: Sam.
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* [[Spider Sense]]: "Ghost Sense".
* [[Spy Speak]]
* [[Stalker
* [[Stalker Without a Crush]]: ... but he is also willing to spy on and learn everything possible about her son Danny, who he'd just love to have as a son himself.
* [[Star
* [[Start of Darkness]]: For Vlad via flashbacks in "Bitter Reunions".
** It can also be argued that "Splitting Images" up to "The Ultimate Enemy" is a [[Start of Darkness]] for Danny. If you believe [[You Can't Fight Fate]], then the ''entire series'' is this for Danny.
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** Also '''Fre'''derick Isa'''ak Show'''enhower.
* [[Stock Super Powers]]
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Jazz to Danny in one episode, where her attempts to help Danny (including hacking into his laptop to read all the files he has on the ghosts he's fought ''and then complaining about him not telling her'', giving names to the ghosts whose names Danny already knows, and getting in his way while trying to fight said ghosts) and then she actually has the nerve to get upset after Danny yells at her for being interfering.
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]] This happens to Danny on several occasions, most notably by {{spoiler|Maddie}} in "Masters of All Time".
* [[Straw Vegetarian]]: Goth girl Sam tries to get meat banned from the school café in favor of her parody vegetarian diet of turf (yes turf, as in grass) -- the result is mass protests from both sides. In this case, though, the trope is invoked as one half of an affectionate parody of [[Meat Vs Veggies]].
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* [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: Many times. Technus - most of the time.
* [[Superhero]]
* [[Super
* [[Superheroes Wear Tights]]: Danny, in ghost form.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: One of [[
** Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" as Danny surveys his parents' very [[The Eighties|80s]] college campus in "Masters of All Time".
* [[Sympathetic POV]]
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*** Likely inverted as it was her power which made the alternate timeline to begin with.
*** Actually, her spirit never came from the Ghost Zone. She was originally trapped in a bottle in her first appearance and her release was not caused by Danny, therefore, she would be unaffected by the change.
* [[Ten
* [[That Didn't Happen]]: Sam and Tucker's [[Accidental Kiss]].
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Tucker's cell phone's ringtone in "Double Cross My Heart".
** Danny plays it on giant-robot-Technus' chest in "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale".
*** Actually, that was more of a case of [[Mickey Mousing]] than anything else. Technus didn't have any musical instruments on his chest.
* [[There Are No Girls
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: Even Danny's own ''parents'' want to do this to his ghost half. And the [[The Men in Black|Guys in White]], and their famous quote from Reality Trip.
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* [[Thick Line Animation]]
* [[This Loser Is You]]
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* [[Time Travel]]: "The Ultimate Enemy", "Masters of All Time", and "Infinite Realms".
* [[Title Drop]]:
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'''Sam:''' Of 'flirting with disaster'? }}
* [[Token Trio]]: Danny, Tucker, and Sam.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Invariably Danny and Tucker, followed by a reproachful Sam.
* [[Took a Level
** Does anyone remember the Box Ghost in the Dark Danny timeline? I'd say that qualifies.
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* [[Top
* [[Totally Radical]]: Executed mercilessly. Sam has even used the word "radical" on at least one occasion.
** "Stellar" has also been used a few times.
* [[Training
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* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Danny entered a very coherent rage during his first true confrontation with Spectra.
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'''Danny:''' No, I'm sure you can't. }}
* [[Trick Dialogue]]
* [[Triple Shifter]]: "Of course it was a late night. Every ghost I know -- and about a million I don't -- ''are loose''!"
* [[Truth in Television]]: Vlad can't buy the Packers because "...the city of Green Bay...won't sell them to me!" The Packers franchise is collectively owned by most of the population of Green Bay, and their original contract (which was grandfathered in and isn't allowed anymore) specifies that no single person can ever own more than 5 percent of the team and that the only way to change the ownership by-laws is to disband the team.
* [[TV Teen]]
* [[Two Guys and a Girl]]: Vlad, Jack, and Maddie; also Danny, Tucker and Sam.
* [[Two-Teacher School]]
** More like three: Mr. Lancer, Ms. Tettslaff, and Mr. Faluca.
** Though in the first episode, we get a brief glimpse of more staff members at the Teachers Lounge All-Meat Buffet.
** Well, technically there's also Principal Ishiyama, but she does less teaching and more trying to run a school in the midst of ghost chaos...
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Danielle.
* [[Undeathly Pallor]]: Averted/played with: Danny's skin colour sometimes changes when he goes ghost, but to a healthy tan, not a sickly pale.
* [[Untrusting Community]]: Danny had a serious public image problem through most of the series. This changes by the end, though - not only is his ghost half accepted as a hero, he has rabid fans. And plushies.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Mr. Lancer uses book titles, while Vlad uses snack foods.
** In one episode, Vlad also gives a "[[Card
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: What Danny usually ends up as.
* [[Uptown Girl]]: Danny and Sam, though Sam doesn't really care much about her family's comically vast fortune, rarely tells anyone about it, and the series itself only occasionally draws attention to it. Despite that, it's pretty clear that Sam's parents don't exactly like her friends, and the various [[Secret Identity|unexplainable]] ghost related hijinks that happen over the course of the series don't help much.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Three guesses who and the first two don't count.
* [[Villain Takes an Interest]]: Vlad to Danny.
* [[Villain
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Vlad in the Season 2 Finale.
* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Danny, Vlad, etc.
* [[Voice of the Legion]]
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
* [[The Walls Are Closing In]]: Happens during the first [[Halloween Episode]], Fright Night.
* [[We Can Rule Together]]
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: Vlad and other various antagonists.
** One of Wulf's only English lines.
* [[Weapons That Suck]]: The Fenton ghost thermos.
** There's also the Ghost Weasel and the Extractor, both of which are essentially high-powered ecto-vacuums.
* [[Weird Science]]: Almost nothing in this show even resembles real science but does have a logic (r lack thereof) all its own.
* [[Well
** Vlad before his [[Villainous Breakdown]] could be interpreted as one of these as well. All he wanted was love and a family...and to get them, he resorted to the most drastic of means.
*** Undergrowth's was understandably angry over too much destruction of nature, but unfortunately, how he decided to handle the situation wasn't any better.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: "Public Enemies". While Danny's exploits up to this point were mostly low-key, below the radar, and ignorable, now the entire town is aware of his existence, and ghosts have become very real for them.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Jack Fenton is made of this. When [[Me's a Crowd|split]] into "hero" mode and "slacker" mode, hero!Danny is too.
{{quote|Curse this infernal messy room! This looks like a job for... ''the vacuum cleaner!''}}
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In the opening scene of "Control Freaks", Danny fights off a horde of [[It Makes Sense in Context|ghostly tattoos]] by creating an energy sphere around himself; the sphere breaks out and swats the tattoos away. We never see this power on the show again.
** Due to the series being cut off while in its prime, we never found out what became of the Crown of Fire Vlad obtained after Danny defeated Pariah Dark.
* [[What Measure Is a Non
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'''Danny:''' Fine, destroy ghosts! But can you really take part in destroying a ''human''? }}
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: Danny gets all his ghost hunting needs in his own basement. One episode shows his own house has a weapons' vault, a possible other source.
* [[White
** Danny Phantom himself.
** Gregor{{spoiler|/Elliot.}}
** To some, Vlad. He was not originally white haired.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Sam wears Danny's clothes ''twice''. Sure, it was all for distraction purposes. Also Tucker in "Control Freaks" who seemed to enjoy wearing Sam's clothes. And Danny at one point in "Splitting Images". Again, in "Teacher of the Year", {{spoiler|Mr. Lancer's "sister" is actually just him in a dress.}}
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Tucker says this word for word in "Pandora's Box".
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Vlad fits this to a T.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Dark Danny, arguably. Though the whole thing about [[Forced to Watch|watching helplessly]] as your family and friends get blown up and getting your super-powered ghost half removed did give a good start... but he only started a murderous rampage ''after'' getting [[Mind Rape|separated from his human half]]. His [[Future Me Scares Me|past self]] is extremely horrified.
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** When we see him without his powers in "Masters of All Time" he's a pretty normal guy, but seeing Maddie's Ghost hunting gear sends him into a rage.
** Poor Tucker gets this ''twice''. To be fair, it really wasn't his fault the first time.
* [[Wrap It Up]]: Due to the series having its plug pulled, Phantom Planet was designed as a last minute [[Grand Finale]]. [Athough many found it to be an epic ending, others felt that there were a few loose ends left untied.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Valerie.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Spider
** With [[Batman]] style gadgets.
** And ''[[Pokémon (
** It's also somewhat like ''[[D.N.Angel]]''.
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: ...according to Danny's future self (and a few fans), anyway.
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"I'm ''still here''. I still exist. That means ''you'' still turn into ''me''." }}
** Seemingly subverted by the Observants at the end, when they state that Dark Danny "exists outside of time" and, as such, does not require a [[Stable Time Loop]] to justify his existence.
* [[You Look Like You've Seen a Ghost]]: Or something really scary that we ''don't'' see every day!"
* [[You Meddling Kids]]:
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