History WesternAnimation / DannyPhantom

* BalefulPolymorph: Technus uses some sort of remote control to turn Danny into a cowboy, a model, and [[StarTrek Spock]].

** It's likely that Desiree, the LiteralGenie, is an expy of [[IDreamOfJeannie Jeannie]].

* BadAss:Long list, including Vlad, Skulker, and a purple-backed gorilla.

* BadAss:Long list, including Vlad, Skulker, and even a purple-backed gorilla.

* BedsheetGhost: Danny tries to pull this off on Halloween, though he'd probably be better off [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself going as himself]], seeing as how he's an actual (sorta) ghost and, for the majority of the series, is pretty much feared by everyone who doesn't want to outright beat him down.

** '''I. WILL. NOT. GET. A. CAT!''' [[spoiler:[[GilliganCut Later, he totally does]]]].

* BodyHorror: Happens just about every time Danny tries to split himself.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Danny's costume gets a stylized DP chest symbol on his costume. An entire episode exists to explain where it comes from, using a CosmicRetcon so that everyone but Sam and Danny believes that it's always been there.

* CharacterDevelopment: Just about everyone of the main characters get some form of character development.

* DeusAngstMachina: Danny's alternate future. Twisted in that "fate" was really just Clockwork manipulating the time stream to produce what was pretty much the worst possible future ever to scare Danny away from his FaceHeelTurn.

* EvilPlan: While the [[MonsterOfTheWeek particular episode's ghost(s)]] might have their own agenda, [[BigBad Vlad]]'s plan stays pretty much the same until his VillainDecay in Season 3: Kill Jack, make Maddie his wife, and make Danny his son.

*** 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"). Not to mention that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally, Vlad WAS going to be a vampire]] until ExecutiveMeddling declared the concept "too occult" and made him a half-ghost instead. Not to mention 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 [[SdrawkcabName backward-spelled "alias" of their own name"]] (IE: Vlad has "Dalv" and Dracula has "Alucard".)
** Don't know if this also counts, but Lancer is possibly an Expy of J. Jonah Jameson from SpiderMan.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: What Danny's future self did to just about everybody. Many ghosts have been crippled or otherwise permanently injured, and one human character ''lost an arm and an eye''.

** Heck, by the end of the series, Danny was frenemies with most of the recurring ghost characters. When dealing with a problem bigger than he could handle on his own, he'd often turn to one of the ghosts for help. The fact that he was able to convince [[spoiler:nearly the entire population of the ghost zone to help save Earth]] pretty much cemented that status.

* HowDoIShotWeb: Pretty much whenever Danny develops a new power. Or, in the case of "Memory Blank", has to relearn how to use them.

* {{Jerkass}}: Vlad of course, especially damning 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 AlternativeCharacterInterpretation can cause the Ghostwriter to be this. He basically causes the whole world to torture Danny because Danny ''accidentally'' incinerated a Christmas poem he wrote. Sure, he considered it his MagnumOpus, 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 [[RewritingReality rewrite reality]] and make it so that Danny never incinerated it. Not to mention that, in order to torture Danny, he breaks an annual Christmas truce that EVERY ghost follows.

** Also Vlad, whose hair in human form changed permanently in the accident that gave him power. Hmmm...
*** Not quite. "Masters of All Time" shows us Vlad in an alternate timeline without his powers, and he still has white hair, whereas Jack now has the same powers (and basically the same ghost form), and retains his jet-black hair.

* MindRape: Vlad's attempts to get Danny over to his side. Done almost literally later on when Vlad tries to ''remove Danny's human emotions'' (at ''Danny's'' request, chillingly). That it backfired is [[PsychoForHire putting it mildly]].

** 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. Heck, 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.

** Once, when Danny began dating Paulina [[spoiler:who was of course a ghost ''disguised'' as Paulina]], Sam got unwillingly paired up with Kwan while Tucker began dating Star. Finally, Star and Kwan hooked up with each other, allowing Sam and Tucker to both be single once more.

* ShoutOut: To comic books, crewmembers, ''TheFairlyOddParents'', {{Doom}}, and of course, ''StarWars''.

* SmallNameBigEgo: "I TECHNUS, MASTER OF ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC AND BEEPING!" Keep in mind that he is also the one who came closest to succeeding in his plans.
** Likewise, there's Ember.

** What, the Fenton Family themselves don't count? 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!

* SuddenlyBilingual: Tucker with, of all things, 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.

* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Even Danny's own ''parents'' want to do this to his ghost half. And let's not forget the [[TheMenInBlack Guys in White]], and their famous quote from Reality Trip.

** Hell, 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.

BeatItByCompulsion - 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.

** Let's not forget Valerie.

Following its initial nine episodes (known affectionately as the Magnificent Nine by longtime fans), the show began to become more and more "[[TheFairlyOddparents FOP-ish]]" and began to borrow heavily from its predecessor. This was all but embraced in the latter seasons, which saw an increase in gags, gross humor, and DeusExMachina endings. However, the series also [[GrowingTheBeard grew its beard]] by Season 2, ending in a mostly [[YourMileageMayVary mixed]] Season 3.

* InfantImmortality: Averted hard in "[[TheMovie The Ultimate Enemy]]" which shows the only cold-blooded murder committed in the series and the [[YourMilageMayVary 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.

* WeirdScience: Almost nothing in this show even resembles real science but does have a logic ([[YourMilageMayVary or lack thereof]]) all its own.

* WrapItUp: Due to the series having its plug pulled, Phantom Planet was designed as a last minute GrandFinale. [[YourMileageMayVary Athough many found it to be an epic ending, others felt that there were a few loose ends left untied.]]

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: {{Inverted}} in a sense -- Vlad (the villain) is a huge Packers fan.

** The movie posters in Sam's basement: Film/CitizenKane, PlanetOfTheApes, StarWars, Film/AClockworkOrange and {{Jaws}}. In the same episode, see BalefulPolymorph above.

** After a ninja [[{{Flynning}} whirls his nunchucks about]], Danny deadpans "I so don't have time for this", and [[IndianaJones sucks him into the Fenton Thermos rather than fight him]].

* BullyHunter: Poindexter, the ghost of a bullied nerdy teen who lived in the 50's, who now as a ghost targets Danny when he thinks he is bullying JerkJock Dash Baxter.

** Johnny 13 and Kitty.

The complete first season was released on DVD on September 13th, 2011 by ShoutFactory, the first part of Season 2 to be released on April 3, 2012, with the second part and Season 3 to be released at a later date.

* {{MIB}}: Somewhat inverted with the Guys In ''White''.

* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Even Danny's own ''parents'' want to do this to his ghost half. And let's not forget the [[{{MIB}} Guys in White]], and their famous quote from Reality Trip.

A {{Superhero}} series on {{Nickelodeon}} by Butch Hartman, the creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Fairly OddParents}}''.

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->''[[{{Catchphrase}} "I'm going ghost!"]]''

A {{Superhero}} series on {{Nickelodeon}} by Butch Hartman, the creator of ''TheFairlyOddParents''.

The series revolves around the adventures of Danny Fenton, the son of parents who are professional ghostbusters. ([[{{Ghostbusters}} No,]] [[TheRealGhostbusters not]] [[WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters those.]] [[WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters Or those]].) While generally less than competent, their engineering skill is phenomenal, allowing the creation of such inventions as the [[WeirdScience Fenton Portal]], a machine that opens up a path to the "[[PhantomZone Ghost Zone]]", apparently an odd kind of afterlife where ghosts are either beings of the dead and/or [[WordOfGod monsters from another dimension]]. At the urging of his good friend, Sam Manson, Danny explores the portal and [[FreakLabAccident accidentally]] activates it, [[TechnoBabble imbuing his molecular structure with ectoplasmic energy]].

* {{Hammerspace}}

* TheJimmyHartVersion: 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".

* HeyItsThatVoice: Wait, we've got [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries animated]] JimmyOlsen as Danny? And [[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Mr. Kraft]] as Vlad? Not to mention [[TheJoker Skulker]] doing double duty on TheBatman, commonly used voice actors, and cameos from famous Hollywood stars. See the page for more details while I go squeal at the awesomeness that was this show's cast.

** [[TheHunter "I'll never stop hunting you"]] Skulker could qualify as a close contender, but his pursuit of Danny was used less and less as the writers chose to focus on the Danny/Vlad conflict.

** [[CatAndMouse "I'll never stop hunting you"]] Skulker could qualify as a close contender, but their rivalry gradually shoved aside to focus more on the Danny/Vlad hatred.