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* UrineTrouble: In the Christmas special, we find out that a dog peed on Danny when he was an infant.
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* SugarBowl: One of the Reality Gems alters "Gothapalooza" into one of these temporarily.
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* StrictlyFormula: It does have a continuity/MythArc, but the general formula of the show is followed in a strict pattern: Danny and co. have some [[AnAesop personal problem]], a ghost appears and somehow meddles in their personal problem, Danny goes ghost and beats the crap out of it, sends it to the PhantomZone, and solves the personal problem, usually inspired by the battle.
** Or, [[LampshadeHanging to put it in Danny's own words]]:
-->'''Danny:''' There's a rhythm to these things. Ghosts attack, we exchange witty banter, I kick ghost butt, and we all go home having learned a valuable lesson about honesty, or some such nonsense.
** Or, [[LampshadeHanging to put it in Danny's own words]]:
-->'''Danny:''' There's a rhythm to these things. Ghosts attack, we exchange witty banter, I kick ghost butt, and we all go home having learned a valuable lesson about honesty, or some such nonsense.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The show is actually pretty good about balancing the main and/or important characters between genders. We get the males Danny, Tucker, and Jack. The female range are Sam, Valerie, Jazz, and Maddie--none of whom fits in the stereotypical TheChick role and are strong female characters in their own rights. If you want, you can also add in males Lancer and Dash, but slightly balanced with Paulina. Though this only counts for the good guys. The villains have more males then females.
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** There are also a few shout-outs to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Marty [=McFly=] himself appears in a brief, pause-or-you'll-miss-it cameo in "Masters of All Time" and "Splitting Images". George [=McFly=]'s book "A Match Made in Space" is seen in "Double Cross My Heart". And the coolest; the clock tower in the University of Madison (in "Masters of All Time") reads 10:04.
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** There are also a few shout-outs to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Marty [=McFly=] himself appears in a brief, pause-or-you'll-miss-it cameo in "Masters of All Time" and "Splitting Images". George [=McFly=]'s book "A Match Made in Space" is seen in "Double Cross My Heart". And the coolest; the clock tower in the University of Madison (in "Masters of All Time") reads 10:04.
** There's an obvious nod in the episode "Lucky in Love" to ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. The OncePerEpisode title card was a parody of the famous movie poster of Rhett holding Scarlett in front of the burning city of Atlanta.
** In one episode, Danny plays a "Crash Nebula" arcade game, a reference to the ShowWithinAShow on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Which leads to another one: in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''Crash Nebula'', the young Crash is seen reading a ''Danny Phantom'' comic book.
** There's an obvious nod in the episode "Lucky in Love" to ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. The OncePerEpisode title card was a parody of the famous movie poster of Rhett holding Scarlett in front of the burning city of Atlanta.
** In one episode, Danny plays a "Crash Nebula" arcade game, a reference to the ShowWithinAShow on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Which leads to another one: in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''Crash Nebula'', the young Crash is seen reading a ''Danny Phantom'' comic book.
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** Nicolai Technus spent a fair amount of episodes imprisoned in Level Zero of the ''Doomed'' video game.
** FrightKnight, Pariah Dark, Knight was sealed away inside a pumpkin, and was released first by Danny himself (accidently), and later [[spoiler:Dark Danny]].by Pariah Dark so that he could act as TheDragon.
** Pariah Dark was sealed away to free the Ghost Zone from his tyranny.
** Nicolai Technus spent a fair amount of episodes imprisoned in Level Zero of the ''Doomed'' video game.
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** Pariah Dark was sealed away to free the Ghost Zone from his tyranny.
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** Vlad is NormanOsborn [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** And Jack Fenton is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh... not so bright.
** Dark Danny is often compared to ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
** Dash Baxter has similarities to Flash Thompson.
** Danny is [[SpiderMan Peter Parker]] [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** Vlad is NormanOsborn [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** And Jack Fenton is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh... not so bright.
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** Danny is [[SpiderMan Peter Parker]]RecycledINSPACE: ''{{Spider-Man}}'' [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** Vlad is NormanOsborn [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** And Jack Fenton is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh... not so bright.
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** Dash BaxterGHOSTS-]! It even has similarities Expies to Flash Thompson.Spider-Man characters.
** Danny is [[SpiderMan Peter Parker]]
** Vlad is NormanOsborn [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** And Jack Fenton is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh... not so bright.
** Dark Danny is often compared to ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
** Dash Baxter
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* WhatTheHellHero: Sam delivers a ''scathing'' one to Danny in Phantom Planet when [[spoiler: he is perfectly content to give up his powers and stand back as ghosts terrorize the city, Vlad extorts the city, and Danny gets to be 'normal']].
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* StandInParents: Danny once used his ghost powers to overshadow his Dad for a school function.
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** "Dude, do you EVER stop talking?! Do you even know how obnoxious you are with your stupid jokes and your lame-o technology?! IDIOT!"
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** Danny delivers an extremely harsh one towards Jazz in "Secret Weapons"; calling her a lousy ghost hunter, an overbearing sister and an obnoxious know-it-all who should mind her business. This ends up making her run away and cry, leaving several students who were overhearing to [[WhatTheHellHero glare at him over it]].
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tucker receives a quick one in "Double Cross My Heart" when Sam's new crush, who seemed to be a nice guy, shows his true colors when he snaps at Tucker.
** "Dude, do you EVER stop talking?! Do you even know how obnoxious you are with your stupid jokes and your lame-o technology?! IDIOT!"
** "Dude, do you EVER stop talking?! Do you even know how obnoxious you are with your stupid jokes and your lame-o technology?! IDIOT!"
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* WrapItUp: Due to the series having its plug pulled, Phantom Planet was designed as a last minute GrandFinale. Athough many found it to be an epic ending, others felt that there were a few loose ends left untied.
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* WrapItUp: Due to the series having its plug pulled, Phantom Planet was designed as a last minute GrandFinale. Athough Although many found it to be an epic ending, others felt that there were a few loose ends left untied.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: One of HermansHermits' "I'm into Something Good" during a montage in "Double Cross My Heart".
** Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" as Danny surveys his parents' very [[TheEighties 80s]] college campus in "Masters of All Time".
** ''Walking On Sunshine'' plays as the parents depart for the [[spoiler: fake]] cruise in ''Pirate Radio''. In-universe, nobody notices that the muzak that's playing in the same episode is an easy-listening remix of [[spoiler: [[{{Foreshadowing}} Ember's theme song]]]].
** Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" as Danny surveys his parents' very [[TheEighties 80s]] college campus in "Masters of All Time".
** ''Walking On Sunshine'' plays as the parents depart for the [[spoiler: fake]] cruise in ''Pirate Radio''. In-universe, nobody notices that the muzak that's playing in the same episode is an easy-listening remix of [[spoiler: [[{{Foreshadowing}} Ember's theme song]]]].
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* StopHelpingMe: 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.
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** It can also be argued that "Splitting Images" up to "The Ultimate Enemy" is a StartOfDarkness for Danny. If you believe YouCantFightFate, then the ''entire series'' is this for Danny.
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** Possibly present in "Memory Blank", as it's explicitly stated and shown that the Fenton Portal was never activated, and yet Desiree is still roaming free.
*** {{Jossed}} in Infinite Realms. There are natural ghost portals that randomly open and close.
*** 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.
*** {{Jossed}} in Infinite Realms. There are natural ghost portals that randomly open and close.
*** 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.
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** Poor Tucker gets this ''twice''. To be fair, it really wasn't his fault the first time.
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** Everyone seemed to think they were an item, or should be. Even the AlphaBitch.
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* RoguesGallery: Quite Being a large one Super Hero show, Danny Phantom has its fair share of villains: Vlad Plasmius, Skulker, Technus, Ember McLain, Spectra, Freakshow, Desiree, Youngblood, the Guys in White, the Box Ghost, etc. Most of the villains evenly contributed a dastardly deed at that.least twice.
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* VillainDecay: Vlad during the first two seasons was a Magnificent Bastard and a very competent arch-foe with an often sympathetic side. But in the third season, he became a shallow crook with little redeeming qualities; his final plan was to force the world to let him save it from a giant meteor in exchange for world domination (an agenda that was poorly conceived) and 500 billion dollars...as if he wasn't already filthy stinking ''rich!''
** The Fright Knight suffered from a mild case of this. In his first episode, he's the most powerful and terrifying villain Danny had ever faced; in later episodes, he's always relegated to the role of TheDragon. He's still just as powerful as he always was, but ''seems'' weaker in comparison to [[EvilOverlord Pariah Dark]] (and later [[FutureMeScaresMe Dark Danny]]).
** The Fright Knight suffered from a mild case of this. In his first episode, he's the most powerful and terrifying villain Danny had ever faced; in later episodes, he's always relegated to the role of TheDragon. He's still just as powerful as he always was, but ''seems'' weaker in comparison to [[EvilOverlord Pariah Dark]] (and later [[FutureMeScaresMe Dark Danny]]).
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** And Jack Fenton is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh...not so bright.
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** More incidental Danny with Valerie(poorish) and Sam(rich). Since by missing the right episodes Sam doesn't appear wealthy, Valerie and Danny broke up before either Sam or Danny admit to being more than just friends, and Sams wealth is hardly a factor in Danny's decision this is not Danny choosing money over love. Valeries lack of wealth does factor in tp who Danny ends up with but this is because she blames ghosts for this.
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** More incidental Danny with Valerie(poorish) Valerie (poorish) and Sam(rich).Sam (rich). Since by missing the right episodes Sam doesn't appear wealthy, Valerie and Danny broke up before either Sam or Danny admit to being more than just friends, and Sams wealth is hardly a factor in Danny's decision this is not Danny choosing money over love. Valeries lack of wealth does factor in tp who Danny ends up with but this is because she blames ghosts for this.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Maddie with Vlad (rich) and Jack (poor/middleclass) although Maddie appears to have married Jack before Vlad became rich and is disgusted by his attempts to woo her now she clearly would have choosen Jack over Vlads money even in other situations.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Maddie with Vlad (rich) and Jack (poor/middleclass) although Maddie appears to have married Jack before Vlad became rich and is disgusted by his attempts to woo her now she clearly would have choosen Jack over Vlads Vlad's money even in other situations.
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** The chariot race in "King Tuck" is a reference to the famous scene in [[Main/BenHur Ben Hur]], complete with Messala's wheel-cutting spoke spikes.
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* RecycledINSPACE:
** Danny is [[SpiderMan Peter Parker]] [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** And Jack Fenton is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh...not so bright.
** Dark Danny is often compared to ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RelationshipResetButton: The beginning of Season 2, when [[spoiler:Desiree wipes everyone's memories and Danny forgets who Sam is.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: Danny and Sam. No spoilers because you should have seen this coming.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers
* ReunionRevenge: Vlad subverts it in that ''he'' threw the reunion at his mansion in order to get back at Jack for the [[StartOfDarkness accident that gave him powers]] and for marrying the girl of his dreams who never noticed him at all in the first place apparently.
* RichBitch: Paulina is the common example, but Sam is a nice subversion--her family's rich, but she does everything she can to hide it and be accepted for who she is.
** Valerie also started as one.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Maddie with Vlad (rich) and Jack (poor/middleclass) although Maddie appears to have married Jack before Vlad became rich and is disgusted by his attempts to woo her now she clearly would have choosen Jack over Vlads money even in other situations.
** More incidental Danny with Valerie(poorish) and Sam(rich). Since by missing the right episodes Sam doesn't appear wealthy, Valerie and Danny broke up before either Sam or Danny admit to being more than just friends, and Sams wealth is hardly a factor in Danny's decision this is not Danny choosing money over love. Valeries lack of wealth does factor in tp who Danny ends up with but this is because she blames ghosts for this.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: Done in the very last scene of the GrandFinale.
* RightHandCat: Vlad's cat Maddie in Season 3. Subverted at first in that it's an adorable kitten and ironic in that the suggestion in getting a cat set him to a PunctuatedForEmphasis yell.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Averted on at least one occasion.
** In the episode Memory Blank, Sam wishes she never met Danny, not realizing it would be granted. As a result both Tucker and Danny don't know Sam. Not only that but while in Danny's pictures of him and his 2 friends, Sam is missing, however Sam's pictures still has both Danny and Tucker. It helped that Sam was still wearing the Specter Deflector belt when the wish was made, that kept Desiree's magic from affecting her.
* RoguesGallery: Quite a large one at that.
* RomanticFalseLead: Paulina to Sam, Gregor to Danny.
* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue: When Danny [[spoiler:attempts to stop the poem spell by destroying the Ghost Writer's Quantum Keyboard]] in "The Fright Before Christmas":
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Violets are blue...\\
Once these fry, I'm guessing\\
This lame poem is... through?!
* RPGEpisode: "Teacher of the Year", set in the MMORPG "{{Do|esThisRemindYouOfAnything}}omed".
* RuleOfCool: Some of his attacks don't even make sense. For example, in "Urban Jungle" he creates a snowball--with EyeBeams, 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 [[CatsCradle Ice-Nine]]?
** In ''Livin' Large'', Danny takes a jump and Goes Ghost mid-spin then flies to go save the Ghost Zone. Because he ''can''.
* RushmoreRefacement: Freakshow did this in "Reality Trip".
* SaveBothWorlds: There have been moments where Danny has to save both the Earth and the Ghost Zone, most notably in two of the movies.
* SceneryCensor: On Vlad (thank heavens) in "An Eye for an Eye".
* ScreensAreCameras: Danny videochats with Sam and Tucker with no visible webcam.
* ScrewDestiny: Danny in TheMovie, in which he is shown a future where he's the BigBad. 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.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Vlad Plasmius....Who obtained this money through less-than-legal means using his ghost-powers.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ember pulls this in ''Pirate Radio''.
* SdrawkcabName: The DALV Company, backwards for its head, Vlad.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Fright Knight, Pariah Dark, and later [[spoiler:Dark Danny]].
** 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.
** Any ghost trapped in the Fenton Thermos. Temporary, but still sealed away.
* SealedWithAKiss
* SecretIdentity
* SecretKeeper: Sam and Tucker; Jazz is the asymmetrical version for a while.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Jazz for a time; [[spoiler:she tips her hand in "The Ultimate Enemy"]] and graduates to regular SecretKeeper.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: "Masters of All Time", only to end up changing the change back to the way things were. Also the point of "The Ultimate Enemy" from Clockwork's point of view.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: caused by the Plasmius Maximus, as well as a few others.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Sam, if Tucker's reaction to seeing her all dolled up was any indication.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: 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.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Tucker, for Danny and Sam.
** Actually, even Mr. Lancer refers to them as "love birds" fairly early in the series.
** Valerie too, before she developed feelings for Danny.
** Ember actually helped them see it.
** Everyone seemed to think they were an item, or should be. Even the AlphaBitch.
* ShoutOut: To comic books, crewmembers, ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', VideoGame/{{Doom}}, and ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Also, after forcing Danny to WalkThePlank from Youngblood's flying pirate ship:
-->'''Ember:''' [[Disney/PeterPan So...where's the splat?]]
** 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 Literature/TheLordOfTheRings.
** The high school is named {{Casper|TheFriendlyGhost}} High School.
-->'''Paulina:''' So you're like, [[CasperTheFriendlyGhost a friendly ghost]]?
** "Urban Jungle" has Danny [[TheEmpireStikesBack on an ice world floating in a defrosting tank in his underwear...]] just before he prepares to beat the MonsterOfTheWeek voiced by MarkHamill.
** The movie posters in Sam's basement: Film/CitizenKane, PlanetOfTheApes, Franchise/StarWars, Film/AClockworkOrange and Film/{{Jaws}}. In the same episode, see BalefulPolymorph above.
** "Darn! Right at the part where he says, '[[JerryMaguire you complete me]].'"
*** "Man, when [[BetteMidler she sings]] '[[BetteMidler Wind Beneath My Wings]]', I just go to pieces."
** At the end of Pirate Radio, some very familiar [[ThemeSong music]] plays: {{Popeye| The Sailor Man}}'s theme.
** From "Fanning the Flames": Take any requests? How about "[[Music/MichaelJackson Beat It]]"?
** At the end of "Reality Trip", Danny tells the Guys in White to leave his human self and his family alone, because [[Franchise/StarWars he's not the ghost they're looking for]], complete with a wave of his hand (which is currently sporting a [[RealityWarper reality warping gauntlet]]) to make them believe it.
*** Speaking of "Reality Trip", the whole movie revolves around the villain Freakshow assembling magical gems to be placed into the Reality Gauntlet that, when complete, allows the bearer to rewrite reality at his whim. This is a huge reference to the Marvel story ''InfinityGauntlet'', only with Freakshow in place of Thanos, and three gems instead of five.
** In "Public Enemies" when Danny fights overshadowed Kwan, the latter twirls a ghost guard's stick threateningly. Unimpressed, Danny [[Film/RaidersoftheLostArk just blasts him]].
** "What You Want" features the extremely popular (at least among Paulina and her cohorts) new movie [[Main/HelloKitty "Sayonara Pussycat"]].
** In ''Memory Blank'' {{gender flip}}ped expies of the Franchise/{{Predator}}, Franchise/{{Terminator}}, and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] appear as movie monsters brought to life by Desiree.
** Ghost Rays in general look like the energy blasts from ''DragonBall'', even the way Danny fires the extra-strong ones looks like a Kamehameha.
** The chariot race in "King Tuck" is a reference to the famous scene in [[Main/BenHur Ben Hur]], complete with Messala's wheel-cutting spoke spikes.
** There are also a few shout-outs to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Marty [=McFly=] himself appears in a brief, pause-or-you'll-miss-it cameo in "Masters of All Time" and "Splitting Images". George [=McFly=]'s book "A Match Made in Space" is seen in "Double Cross My Heart". And the coolest; the clock tower in the University of Madison (in "Masters of All Time") reads 10:04.
* SidekickGlassCeiling: Tucker, possibly Valerie too.
* SixthRanger: Jazz joins "Team Phantom" later in the series, though she isn't accepted so easily at first.
* SkunkStripe: shown in many characters (mostly in the RoguesGallery). Danny's hair is like this as well temporarily in "Phantom Planet".
* SlasherSmile: The majority of Danny's enemies enjoy showing these off, but Freakshow has a particularly evil one.
* SmallNameBigEgo:
** "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, Master of all things Cardboard and Square.
* {{Snapback}}: In conjunction with many a BrokenAesop.
* SoapBoxSadie: Sam.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil
* SoundingItOut
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Remember, kids--if you cheat on tests, you will [[AxCrazy turn]] [[BadFuture evil]]!
** That is, turn evil, murder all the people close in your life [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and your English teacher)]], and create a CrapSackWorld where nearly every place on earth is a pile of rubble, thanks to you.
* SpeculativeFiction
* SpiderSense: "Ghost Sense".
* SpySpeak
* StalkerWithACrush: Vlad for Maddie...
* StalkerWithoutACrush: ... 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.
* StarSpangledSpandex: Nocturne.
* StartOfDarkness: For Vlad via flashbacks in "Bitter Reunions".
** It can also be argued that "Splitting Images" up to "The Ultimate Enemy" is a StartOfDarkness for Danny. If you believe YouCantFightFate, then the ''entire series'' is this for Danny.
* StereoFibbing: Danny and Jazz do this in "Secret Weapons. "You two know each other?" "''No/Yes!''" "''Yes/No!''" "''Sorta!''"
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: ''"[[LampshadeHanging Hello, Danny Fenton, Danny PHANTOM]]."''
** Also '''Fre'''derick Isa'''ak Show'''enhower.
* StockSuperpowers
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In "Splitting Images", Danny, while stuck in Poindexter's body in the Ghost Zone, contacts Sam and Tucker through the mirror to help him out. Since he looks like a green-eyed Poindexter, Sam tells him to prove his identity.
-->'''Danny''': In Second Grade, Tucker threw up in your lunchbox, but he told you Ricky Marsh did it.
-->'''Sam''': (small gasp. angry) What?! I kicked him off the monkey bars for that! (points to Tucker) It was ''you''?! (gasp of realization)
-->'''Sam and Tucker''': Danny?
* SomethingWeForgot: This happened to Mr. Lancer in the episode "Control Freaks". He was locked in the janitor's room, presumably for the entire weekend, with the janitor opening up to drop off supplies and then shutting the door.
* StopHelpingMe: 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.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable This happens to Danny on several occasions, most notably by [[spoiler:Maddie]] in "Masters of All Time".
* StrawVegetarian: 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 MeatVsVeggies.
* StuffedIntoALocker: Danny, Tucker, Dash (in opening theme), etc.
** A first-season episode revolved around the ghost of a nerdy kid who was stuffed into his locker so often as a student that he now haunts it.
* SuddenSchoolUniform
* SuddenlyBilingual: Tucker with Esperanto. Semi-justified in that geeks often DO use it as a secret language and it does come back a few times in later episodes.
* SugarBowl: One of the Reality Gems alters "Gothapalooza" into one of these temporarily.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: Many times. Technus - most of the time.
* {{Superhero}}
* SuperHeroOrigin: Covered in the theme song, with "Memory Blank" filling in the gaps.
* SuperheroesWearTights: Danny, in ghost form.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: One of HermansHermits' "I'm into Something Good" during a montage in "Double Cross My Heart".
** Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" as Danny surveys his parents' very [[TheEighties 80s]] college campus in "Masters of All Time".
** ''Walking On Sunshine'' plays as the parents depart for the [[spoiler: fake]] cruise in ''Pirate Radio''. In-universe, nobody notices that the muzak that's playing in the same episode is an easy-listening remix of [[spoiler: [[{{Foreshadowing}} Ember's theme song]]]].
* SympatheticPOV
* {{Technopath}}: Technus.
** Valerie, somewhat, after Technus upgrades her busted suit.
* TemporalParadox: "The Ultimate Enemy".
** Possibly present in "Memory Blank", as it's explicitly stated and shown that the Fenton Portal was never activated, and yet Desiree is still roaming free.
*** {{Jossed}} in Infinite Realms. There are natural ghost portals that randomly open and close.
*** 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.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Jack in "Mystery Meat" and "The Million Dollar Ghost", [[spoiler: Danny in "Phantom Planet"]].
* ThatDidntHappen: Sam and Tucker's AccidentalKiss.
* ThemeTuneCameo: 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 MickeyMousing than anything else. Technus didn't have any musical instruments on his chest.
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: In "Teacher of the Year", Tucker and Danny don't believe girls play online games. They're extremely surprised to find out the player Chaos, who [[ThatOneBoss routinely kicks their butts]], is [[SamusIsAGirl none other than Sam]]. (She did admit to using "[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill loads]] of {{cheat|ing}} {{c|lassic Cheat Code}}odes and [[GuideDangIt secret]] {{power up}}s" though.)
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Even Danny's own ''parents'' want to do this to his ghost half. And the [[TheMenInBlack Guys in White]], and their famous quote from Reality Trip.
-->"You're coming in for [[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques questioning]]-" "-and [[PlayingWithSyringes experiments]]. Lots and lots of really ''[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman painful]]'' experiments."
* ThickLineAnimation
* ThisLoserIsYou
* ThreeAmigos: Danny, Tucker, and Sam.
* TimeMaster: [[spoiler: Clockwork, the ghost of time.]]
* TimeTravel: "The Ultimate Enemy", "Masters of All Time", and "Infinite Realms".
* TitleDrop:
-->'''Tucker:''' Long night...\\
'''Sam:''' Of 'flirting with disaster'?
* TokenTrio: Danny, Tucker, and Sam.
* TooDumbToLive: Invariably Danny and Tucker, followed by a reproachful Sam.
* TookALevelInBadass: Valerie, after she gets used to her ghost-fighting gear, and Danny himself by the end of the series.
** Does anyone remember the Box Ghost in the Dark Danny timeline? I'd say that qualifies.
-->''Beware''.
* TopHeavyGuy: Vlad. Masters not so much, but it's glaringly obvious when he fights as Plasmius.
* TotallyRadical: Executed mercilessly. Sam has even used the word "radical" on at least one occasion.
** "Stellar" has also been used a few times.
* TrainingFromHell: Sam did this to Tucker in "Micro-Management". Well, it's pretty hellish when you take into consideration he doesn't have superpowers and is only training to pass a school fitness test.
-->'''Tucker:''' ''[while climbing up a rope]'' Like chinning up to a killer bird's nest on a tree branch of ''empty lies''!
* TranquilFury: Danny entered a very coherent rage during his first true confrontation with Spectra.
-->'''Ms. Spectra:''' Can I help you?\\
'''Danny:''' No, I'm sure you can't.
* TrickDialogue
* TripleShifter: "Of course it was a late night. Every ghost I know -- and about a million I don't -- ''are loose''!"
* TruthInTelevision: 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.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Vlad, Jack, and Maddie; also Danny, Tucker and Sam.
* TwoTeacherSchool
** 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...
* TVTeen
* TykeBomb: Danielle.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Jack and Maddie Fenton.
** Not really...to be perfectly fair, Jack isn't ugly at all, he's just very overweight and hefty.
* UndeathlyPallor: Averted/played with: Danny's skin colour sometimes changes when he goes ghost, but to a healthy tan, not a sickly pale.
* UntrustingCommunity: 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.
* UnusualEuphemism: Mr. Lancer uses book titles, while Vlad uses snack foods.
** In one episode, Vlad also gives a "[[CardCarryingVillain what in the name of evil?]]"
* UnwittingPawn: What Danny usually ends up as.
* UptownGirl: 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 [[SecretIdentity unexplainable]] ghost related hijinks that happen over the course of the series don't help much.
* UrineTrouble: In the Christmas special, we find out that a dog peed on Danny when he was an infant.
--> "And then he was looking a bit yellow in the face."
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Three guesses who and the first two don't count.
* VillainousBreakdown: Vlad in the Season 2 Finale.
* VillainTakesAnInterest: Vlad to Danny.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: 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.]]
* VocalEvolution: Danny, Vlad, etc.
* VoiceOfTheLegion
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld
* TheWallsAreClosingIn: Happens during the first HalloweenEpisode, Fright Night.
* WeaponsThatSuck: The Fenton ghost thermos.
** There's also the Ghost Weasel and the Extractor, both of which are essentially high-powered ecto-vacuums.
* WeCanRuleTogether
* WeirdScience: Almost nothing in this show even resembles real science but does have a logic (r lack thereof) all its own.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Valerie. Oh, ''Valerie''...
** Vlad before his VillainousBreakdown 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 was understandably angry over too much destruction of nature, but unfortunately, how he decided to handle the situation wasn't any better.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Invoked word-for-word in "An Eye for an Eye" after Vlad demolishes the Nasty Burger.
-->'''Tucker:''' Farewell, old friend. We hardly knew ye!
* WeWillMeetAgain: Vlad and other various antagonists.
** One of Wulf's only English lines.
* WhamEpisode: "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.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the opening scene of "Control Freaks", Danny fights off a horde of [[ItMakesSenseInContext 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.
** In that same episode, the Fentons and Valerie's father Damon launch a probe into the Ghost Zone. What became of this probe and whatever role it would serve would never be revealed.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: To convince Valerie to help him save Danielle from Plasmius, Danny tries to make her see she can't in good conscience harm her because she's half human.
-->'''Valerie:''' She ''is'' a ghost, and I destroy ghosts.\\
'''Danny:''' Fine, destroy ghosts! But can you really take part in destroying a ''human''?
* WhenIWasYourAge: In the end of the episode "Doctor's Disorders".
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: 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.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Vlad. He is a bit old for this character type, but still dapper. His hair turned white when he got his ghost powers, the time he turned evil, so it doubly fits.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: 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". In "Teacher of the Year", [[spoiler:Mr. Lancer's "sister" is actually just him in a dress.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Tucker says this word-for-word in "Boxed Up Fury".
* WickedCultured: Vlad fits this to a T.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Dark Danny, arguably. Though the whole thing about [[ForcedToWatch 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 [[MindRape separated from his human half]]. His [[FutureMeScaresMe past self]] is extremely horrified.
** Vlad may also apply as he seemed to be largely content with his life before the accident.
** 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.
* WrapItUp: Due to the series having its plug pulled, Phantom Planet was designed as a last minute GrandFinale. Athough many found it to be an epic ending, others felt that there were a few loose ends left untied.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Valerie.
* XMeetsY: ''SpiderMan'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
** With {{Batman}} style gadgets.
** And ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''. [[GottaCatchThemAll "Gotta catch 'em all"]], y'know.
** It's also somewhat like ''DNAngel''.
* XRaySparks: Vlad electrocutes Danny in one episode, resulting in this briefly.
* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: When Danny, Sam, and Tucker accidentally stumble into Salem, Massachusetts during the 1600s.
* YouCantFightFate: ...according to Danny's future self (and a few fans), anyway.
-->"...Me? I'm inevitable."\\
"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 StableTimeLoop to justify his existence.
* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost: "Or something really scary that we ''don't'' see every day!"
* YouMeddlingKids:
-->'''Tucker:''' Sweet! I always wanted to be a Meddling Kid!
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-> Main article [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom here]]
--> Tropes A to G [[DannyPhantom/TropesAToG here]]
--> Tropes H to P [[DannyPhantom/TropesHToP here]]
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* RecycledINSPACE:
** Danny is [[SpiderMan Peter Parker]] [-WITH GHOST POWERS!-]
** And Jack Fenton is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Dr. Reed Richards]], fatter and uh...not so bright.
** Dark Danny is often compared to ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RelationshipResetButton: The beginning of Season 2, when [[spoiler:Desiree wipes everyone's memories and Danny forgets who Sam is.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: Danny and Sam. No spoilers because you should have seen this coming.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers
* ReunionRevenge: Vlad subverts it in that ''he'' threw the reunion at his mansion in order to get back at Jack for the [[StartOfDarkness accident that gave him powers]] and for marrying the girl of his dreams who never noticed him at all in the first place apparently.
* RichBitch: Paulina is the common example, but Sam is a nice subversion--her family's rich, but she does everything she can to hide it and be accepted for who she is.
** Valerie also started as one.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Maddie with Vlad (rich) and Jack (poor/middleclass) although Maddie appears to have married Jack before Vlad became rich and is disgusted by his attempts to woo her now she clearly would have choosen Jack over Vlads money even in other situations.
** More incidental Danny with Valerie(poorish) and Sam(rich). Since by missing the right episodes Sam doesn't appear wealthy, Valerie and Danny broke up before either Sam or Danny admit to being more than just friends, and Sams wealth is hardly a factor in Danny's decision this is not Danny choosing money over love. Valeries lack of wealth does factor in tp who Danny ends up with but this is because she blames ghosts for this.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: Done in the very last scene of the GrandFinale.
* RightHandCat: Vlad's cat Maddie in Season 3. Subverted at first in that it's an adorable kitten and ironic in that the suggestion in getting a cat set him to a PunctuatedForEmphasis yell.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Averted on at least one occasion.
** In the episode Memory Blank, Sam wishes she never met Danny, not realizing it would be granted. As a result both Tucker and Danny don't know Sam. Not only that but while in Danny's pictures of him and his 2 friends, Sam is missing, however Sam's pictures still has both Danny and Tucker. It helped that Sam was still wearing the Specter Deflector belt when the wish was made, that kept Desiree's magic from affecting her.
* RoguesGallery: Quite a large one at that.
* RomanticFalseLead: Paulina to Sam, Gregor to Danny.
* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue: When Danny [[spoiler:attempts to stop the poem spell by destroying the Ghost Writer's Quantum Keyboard]] in "The Fright Before Christmas":
-->Roses are red,\\
Violets are blue...\\
Once these fry, I'm guessing\\
This lame poem is... through?!
* RPGEpisode: "Teacher of the Year", set in the MMORPG "{{Do|esThisRemindYouOfAnything}}omed".
* RuleOfCool: Some of his attacks don't even make sense. For example, in "Urban Jungle" he creates a snowball--with EyeBeams, 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 [[CatsCradle Ice-Nine]]?
** In ''Livin' Large'', Danny takes a jump and Goes Ghost mid-spin then flies to go save the Ghost Zone. Because he ''can''.
* RushmoreRefacement: Freakshow did this in "Reality Trip".
* SaveBothWorlds: There have been moments where Danny has to save both the Earth and the Ghost Zone, most notably in two of the movies.
* SceneryCensor: On Vlad (thank heavens) in "An Eye for an Eye".
* ScreensAreCameras: Danny videochats with Sam and Tucker with no visible webcam.
* ScrewDestiny: Danny in TheMovie, in which he is shown a future where he's the BigBad. 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.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Vlad Plasmius....Who obtained this money through less-than-legal means using his ghost-powers.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ember pulls this in ''Pirate Radio''.
* SdrawkcabName: The DALV Company, backwards for its head, Vlad.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Fright Knight, Pariah Dark, and later [[spoiler:Dark Danny]].
** 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.
** Any ghost trapped in the Fenton Thermos. Temporary, but still sealed away.
* SealedWithAKiss
* SecretIdentity
* SecretKeeper: Sam and Tucker; Jazz is the asymmetrical version for a while.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Jazz for a time; [[spoiler:she tips her hand in "The Ultimate Enemy"]] and graduates to regular SecretKeeper.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: "Masters of All Time", only to end up changing the change back to the way things were. Also the point of "The Ultimate Enemy" from Clockwork's point of view.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: caused by the Plasmius Maximus, as well as a few others.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Sam, if Tucker's reaction to seeing her all dolled up was any indication.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: 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.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Tucker, for Danny and Sam.
** Actually, even Mr. Lancer refers to them as "love birds" fairly early in the series.
** Valerie too, before she developed feelings for Danny.
** Ember actually helped them see it.
** Everyone seemed to think they were an item, or should be. Even the AlphaBitch.
* ShoutOut: To comic books, crewmembers, ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', VideoGame/{{Doom}}, and ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Also, after forcing Danny to WalkThePlank from Youngblood's flying pirate ship:
-->'''Ember:''' [[Disney/PeterPan So...where's the splat?]]
** 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 Literature/TheLordOfTheRings.
** The high school is named {{Casper|TheFriendlyGhost}} High School.
-->'''Paulina:''' So you're like, [[CasperTheFriendlyGhost a friendly ghost]]?
** "Urban Jungle" has Danny [[TheEmpireStikesBack on an ice world floating in a defrosting tank in his underwear...]] just before he prepares to beat the MonsterOfTheWeek voiced by MarkHamill.
** The movie posters in Sam's basement: Film/CitizenKane, PlanetOfTheApes, Franchise/StarWars, Film/AClockworkOrange and Film/{{Jaws}}. In the same episode, see BalefulPolymorph above.
** "Darn! Right at the part where he says, '[[JerryMaguire you complete me]].'"
*** "Man, when [[BetteMidler she sings]] '[[BetteMidler Wind Beneath My Wings]]', I just go to pieces."
** At the end of Pirate Radio, some very familiar [[ThemeSong music]] plays: {{Popeye| The Sailor Man}}'s theme.
** From "Fanning the Flames": Take any requests? How about "[[Music/MichaelJackson Beat It]]"?
** At the end of "Reality Trip", Danny tells the Guys in White to leave his human self and his family alone, because [[Franchise/StarWars he's not the ghost they're looking for]], complete with a wave of his hand (which is currently sporting a [[RealityWarper reality warping gauntlet]]) to make them believe it.
*** Speaking of "Reality Trip", the whole movie revolves around the villain Freakshow assembling magical gems to be placed into the Reality Gauntlet that, when complete, allows the bearer to rewrite reality at his whim. This is a huge reference to the Marvel story ''InfinityGauntlet'', only with Freakshow in place of Thanos, and three gems instead of five.
** In "Public Enemies" when Danny fights overshadowed Kwan, the latter twirls a ghost guard's stick threateningly. Unimpressed, Danny [[Film/RaidersoftheLostArk just blasts him]].
** "What You Want" features the extremely popular (at least among Paulina and her cohorts) new movie [[Main/HelloKitty "Sayonara Pussycat"]].
** In ''Memory Blank'' {{gender flip}}ped expies of the Franchise/{{Predator}}, Franchise/{{Terminator}}, and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] appear as movie monsters brought to life by Desiree.
** Ghost Rays in general look like the energy blasts from ''DragonBall'', even the way Danny fires the extra-strong ones looks like a Kamehameha.
** The chariot race in "King Tuck" is a reference to the famous scene in [[Main/BenHur Ben Hur]], complete with Messala's wheel-cutting spoke spikes.
** There are also a few shout-outs to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Marty [=McFly=] himself appears in a brief, pause-or-you'll-miss-it cameo in "Masters of All Time" and "Splitting Images". George [=McFly=]'s book "A Match Made in Space" is seen in "Double Cross My Heart". And the coolest; the clock tower in the University of Madison (in "Masters of All Time") reads 10:04.
* SidekickGlassCeiling: Tucker, possibly Valerie too.
* SixthRanger: Jazz joins "Team Phantom" later in the series, though she isn't accepted so easily at first.
* SkunkStripe: shown in many characters (mostly in the RoguesGallery). Danny's hair is like this as well temporarily in "Phantom Planet".
* SlasherSmile: The majority of Danny's enemies enjoy showing these off, but Freakshow has a particularly evil one.
* SmallNameBigEgo:
** "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, Master of all things Cardboard and Square.
* {{Snapback}}: In conjunction with many a BrokenAesop.
* SoapBoxSadie: Sam.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil
* SoundingItOut
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Remember, kids--if you cheat on tests, you will [[AxCrazy turn]] [[BadFuture evil]]!
** That is, turn evil, murder all the people close in your life [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and your English teacher)]], and create a CrapSackWorld where nearly every place on earth is a pile of rubble, thanks to you.
* SpeculativeFiction
* SpiderSense: "Ghost Sense".
* SpySpeak
* StalkerWithACrush: Vlad for Maddie...
* StalkerWithoutACrush: ... 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.
* StarSpangledSpandex: Nocturne.
* StartOfDarkness: For Vlad via flashbacks in "Bitter Reunions".
** It can also be argued that "Splitting Images" up to "The Ultimate Enemy" is a StartOfDarkness for Danny. If you believe YouCantFightFate, then the ''entire series'' is this for Danny.
* StereoFibbing: Danny and Jazz do this in "Secret Weapons. "You two know each other?" "''No/Yes!''" "''Yes/No!''" "''Sorta!''"
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: ''"[[LampshadeHanging Hello, Danny Fenton, Danny PHANTOM]]."''
** Also '''Fre'''derick Isa'''ak Show'''enhower.
* StockSuperpowers
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In "Splitting Images", Danny, while stuck in Poindexter's body in the Ghost Zone, contacts Sam and Tucker through the mirror to help him out. Since he looks like a green-eyed Poindexter, Sam tells him to prove his identity.
-->'''Danny''': In Second Grade, Tucker threw up in your lunchbox, but he told you Ricky Marsh did it.
-->'''Sam''': (small gasp. angry) What?! I kicked him off the monkey bars for that! (points to Tucker) It was ''you''?! (gasp of realization)
-->'''Sam and Tucker''': Danny?
* SomethingWeForgot: This happened to Mr. Lancer in the episode "Control Freaks". He was locked in the janitor's room, presumably for the entire weekend, with the janitor opening up to drop off supplies and then shutting the door.
* StopHelpingMe: 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.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable This happens to Danny on several occasions, most notably by [[spoiler:Maddie]] in "Masters of All Time".
* StrawVegetarian: 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 MeatVsVeggies.
* StuffedIntoALocker: Danny, Tucker, Dash (in opening theme), etc.
** A first-season episode revolved around the ghost of a nerdy kid who was stuffed into his locker so often as a student that he now haunts it.
* SuddenSchoolUniform
* SuddenlyBilingual: Tucker with Esperanto. Semi-justified in that geeks often DO use it as a secret language and it does come back a few times in later episodes.
* SugarBowl: One of the Reality Gems alters "Gothapalooza" into one of these temporarily.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: Many times. Technus - most of the time.
* {{Superhero}}
* SuperHeroOrigin: Covered in the theme song, with "Memory Blank" filling in the gaps.
* SuperheroesWearTights: Danny, in ghost form.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: One of HermansHermits' "I'm into Something Good" during a montage in "Double Cross My Heart".
** Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" as Danny surveys his parents' very [[TheEighties 80s]] college campus in "Masters of All Time".
** ''Walking On Sunshine'' plays as the parents depart for the [[spoiler: fake]] cruise in ''Pirate Radio''. In-universe, nobody notices that the muzak that's playing in the same episode is an easy-listening remix of [[spoiler: [[{{Foreshadowing}} Ember's theme song]]]].
* SympatheticPOV
* {{Technopath}}: Technus.
** Valerie, somewhat, after Technus upgrades her busted suit.
* TemporalParadox: "The Ultimate Enemy".
** Possibly present in "Memory Blank", as it's explicitly stated and shown that the Fenton Portal was never activated, and yet Desiree is still roaming free.
*** {{Jossed}} in Infinite Realms. There are natural ghost portals that randomly open and close.
*** 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.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Jack in "Mystery Meat" and "The Million Dollar Ghost", [[spoiler: Danny in "Phantom Planet"]].
* ThatDidntHappen: Sam and Tucker's AccidentalKiss.
* ThemeTuneCameo: 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 MickeyMousing than anything else. Technus didn't have any musical instruments on his chest.
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: In "Teacher of the Year", Tucker and Danny don't believe girls play online games. They're extremely surprised to find out the player Chaos, who [[ThatOneBoss routinely kicks their butts]], is [[SamusIsAGirl none other than Sam]]. (She did admit to using "[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill loads]] of {{cheat|ing}} {{c|lassic Cheat Code}}odes and [[GuideDangIt secret]] {{power up}}s" though.)
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Even Danny's own ''parents'' want to do this to his ghost half. And the [[TheMenInBlack Guys in White]], and their famous quote from Reality Trip.
-->"You're coming in for [[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques questioning]]-" "-and [[PlayingWithSyringes experiments]]. Lots and lots of really ''[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman painful]]'' experiments."
* ThickLineAnimation
* ThisLoserIsYou
* ThreeAmigos: Danny, Tucker, and Sam.
* TimeMaster: [[spoiler: Clockwork, the ghost of time.]]
* TimeTravel: "The Ultimate Enemy", "Masters of All Time", and "Infinite Realms".
* TitleDrop:
-->'''Tucker:''' Long night...\\
'''Sam:''' Of 'flirting with disaster'?
* TokenTrio: Danny, Tucker, and Sam.
* TooDumbToLive: Invariably Danny and Tucker, followed by a reproachful Sam.
* TookALevelInBadass: Valerie, after she gets used to her ghost-fighting gear, and Danny himself by the end of the series.
** Does anyone remember the Box Ghost in the Dark Danny timeline? I'd say that qualifies.
-->''Beware''.
* TopHeavyGuy: Vlad. Masters not so much, but it's glaringly obvious when he fights as Plasmius.
* TotallyRadical: Executed mercilessly. Sam has even used the word "radical" on at least one occasion.
** "Stellar" has also been used a few times.
* TrainingFromHell: Sam did this to Tucker in "Micro-Management". Well, it's pretty hellish when you take into consideration he doesn't have superpowers and is only training to pass a school fitness test.
-->'''Tucker:''' ''[while climbing up a rope]'' Like chinning up to a killer bird's nest on a tree branch of ''empty lies''!
* TranquilFury: Danny entered a very coherent rage during his first true confrontation with Spectra.
-->'''Ms. Spectra:''' Can I help you?\\
'''Danny:''' No, I'm sure you can't.
* TrickDialogue
* TripleShifter: "Of course it was a late night. Every ghost I know -- and about a million I don't -- ''are loose''!"
* TruthInTelevision: 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.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Vlad, Jack, and Maddie; also Danny, Tucker and Sam.
* TwoTeacherSchool
** 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...
* TVTeen
* TykeBomb: Danielle.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Jack and Maddie Fenton.
** Not really...to be perfectly fair, Jack isn't ugly at all, he's just very overweight and hefty.
* UndeathlyPallor: Averted/played with: Danny's skin colour sometimes changes when he goes ghost, but to a healthy tan, not a sickly pale.
* UntrustingCommunity: 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.
* UnusualEuphemism: Mr. Lancer uses book titles, while Vlad uses snack foods.
** In one episode, Vlad also gives a "[[CardCarryingVillain what in the name of evil?]]"
* UnwittingPawn: What Danny usually ends up as.
* UptownGirl: 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 [[SecretIdentity unexplainable]] ghost related hijinks that happen over the course of the series don't help much.
* UrineTrouble: In the Christmas special, we find out that a dog peed on Danny when he was an infant.
--> "And then he was looking a bit yellow in the face."
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Three guesses who and the first two don't count.
* VillainousBreakdown: Vlad in the Season 2 Finale.
* VillainTakesAnInterest: Vlad to Danny.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: 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.]]
* VocalEvolution: Danny, Vlad, etc.
* VoiceOfTheLegion
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld
* TheWallsAreClosingIn: Happens during the first HalloweenEpisode, Fright Night.
* WeaponsThatSuck: The Fenton ghost thermos.
** There's also the Ghost Weasel and the Extractor, both of which are essentially high-powered ecto-vacuums.
* WeCanRuleTogether
* WeirdScience: Almost nothing in this show even resembles real science but does have a logic (r lack thereof) all its own.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Valerie. Oh, ''Valerie''...
** Vlad before his VillainousBreakdown 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 was understandably angry over too much destruction of nature, but unfortunately, how he decided to handle the situation wasn't any better.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Invoked word-for-word in "An Eye for an Eye" after Vlad demolishes the Nasty Burger.
-->'''Tucker:''' Farewell, old friend. We hardly knew ye!
* WeWillMeetAgain: Vlad and other various antagonists.
** One of Wulf's only English lines.
* WhamEpisode: "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.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the opening scene of "Control Freaks", Danny fights off a horde of [[ItMakesSenseInContext 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.
** In that same episode, the Fentons and Valerie's father Damon launch a probe into the Ghost Zone. What became of this probe and whatever role it would serve would never be revealed.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: To convince Valerie to help him save Danielle from Plasmius, Danny tries to make her see she can't in good conscience harm her because she's half human.
-->'''Valerie:''' She ''is'' a ghost, and I destroy ghosts.\\
'''Danny:''' Fine, destroy ghosts! But can you really take part in destroying a ''human''?
* WhenIWasYourAge: In the end of the episode "Doctor's Disorders".
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: 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.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Vlad. He is a bit old for this character type, but still dapper. His hair turned white when he got his ghost powers, the time he turned evil, so it doubly fits.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: 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". In "Teacher of the Year", [[spoiler:Mr. Lancer's "sister" is actually just him in a dress.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Tucker says this word-for-word in "Boxed Up Fury".
* WickedCultured: Vlad fits this to a T.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Dark Danny, arguably. Though the whole thing about [[ForcedToWatch 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 [[MindRape separated from his human half]]. His [[FutureMeScaresMe past self]] is extremely horrified.
** Vlad may also apply as he seemed to be largely content with his life before the accident.
** 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.
* WrapItUp: Due to the series having its plug pulled, Phantom Planet was designed as a last minute GrandFinale. Athough many found it to be an epic ending, others felt that there were a few loose ends left untied.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Valerie.
* XMeetsY: ''SpiderMan'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
** With {{Batman}} style gadgets.
** And ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''. [[GottaCatchThemAll "Gotta catch 'em all"]], y'know.
** It's also somewhat like ''DNAngel''.
* XRaySparks: Vlad electrocutes Danny in one episode, resulting in this briefly.
* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: When Danny, Sam, and Tucker accidentally stumble into Salem, Massachusetts during the 1600s.
* YouCantFightFate: ...according to Danny's future self (and a few fans), anyway.
-->"...Me? I'm inevitable."\\
"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 StableTimeLoop to justify his existence.
* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost: "Or something really scary that we ''don't'' see every day!"
* YouMeddlingKids:
-->'''Tucker:''' Sweet! I always wanted to be a Meddling Kid!
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