Danny Phantom: Difference between revisions

* [[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]]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.}}

{{quote|'''Tucker:''' Looks like we're gonna miss the movie.

'''Sam:''' Unless we find some way to ignore all speed limits, red lights, and certain laws of physics.

'''Danny:''' The way my dad drives, this is faster. }}

* [[Anti-Villain]]:

'''Lancer''' Calling me OLD MAN... }}

** Vlad's...

"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.

* [[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-to-Back Badasses]]: Danny and Skulker in "Prisoner of Love".

* [[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]].

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Technus uses some sort of remote control to turn Danny into a cowboy, a model, and [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Spock]].

* [[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 Cry]]: '''"I'M GOING GHOST!"'''

{{quote|'''Vlad:''' You have a [[Lampshade Hanging|battle cry]], hilarious.}}

** "FOR BEARBERT!"

* [[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.

** Nearly all of Wulf's lines are in Esperanto.

* [[Black Best Friend]]: Tucker.

* [[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.

* [[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!'''

* [[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]]}}

* [[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!"

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Jazz in Reality Trip.

{{quote|'''Jazz (imitating Jack):''' I know! Let's catch the ghost and rip it apart [[Large Ham|mmmolecule by mmmolecule]]! [[Sarcasm Mode|You guys are so understanding]].}}

** [[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.

{{quote|'''Danny:''' Oh, great, I blend in.}}

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [["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]].

* [[Flynning]]: That sword fight between Danny and Vlad in "Infinite Realms".

* [[Fog Feet]]: Danny often had a ghost-like tail.

* [[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.

* [[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.

** "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-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.

'''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-Human Hybrid]]: Apparently, the accident turned Danny into a "half-ghost", which is refered to as "halfa".

* [[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.

'''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''.

* [[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.

* [[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?

([[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.

* [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]]: Ironically, ''Valerie'' severs her relationship with Danny (Fenton) before it can start because she doesn't want him to get hurt because of her job hunting ghosts, including Danny Phantom.

* [[The Jailer]]: Walker.

* [[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.

* [[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!'''''"

* [[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".

* [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life]]: Danny and Valerie.

* [[Mass Hypnosis]]: One of Ember's main abilities.

** 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.

** 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}}

* [[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.

* [[Me's a Crowd]]

* [[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]].

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Two Guys and a Girl]]: Vlad, Jack, and Maddie; also Danny, Tucker and Sam.

* [[Two-Teacher School]]

** 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.

* [[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 with Good Publicity]]: Vlad is a billionaire celebrity and later becomes {{spoiler|mayor of Amity Park. Granted, he possessed the voters to win, but he keeps his position for the remainder of the season.}}

* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Danny, Vlad, etc.

* [[Voice of the Legion]]

* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]]

* [[The Walls Are Closing In]]: Happens during the first [[Halloween Episode]], Fright Night.

* [[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-Intentioned Extremist]]: Valerie. Oh, ''Valerie''...

** 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.