- "Double The Romance! Double The Terror!"
Produced 2005, aired in U.S. on 5/5/06
Production order: 36 (2-16)
The Guys In White have returned to Amity Park determined to find Danny Phantom's Secret Identity and capture him once and for all. Danny can't decide which is worse — fending off his newest pursuers, or watching Sam hook up with Hungarian exchange student Gregor. In fact, it's quite a coincidence Gregor moved into town the same time the Guys In White did and is always around whenever they appear, isn't it...?
This episode provides examples of:
- Continuity Nod:
- Danny still isn't over his feelings for Valerie.
- When they steal Skulker's armor, the Guys In White also get the PDA he stole from Tucker in "One of a Kind", which still contains the schedule Tucker created during a purple back gorilla extra credit assignment Mr. Lancer gave out to his class.
- Derailing Love Interest: Gregor exists purely to throw an obstacle between the hero and his official love interest.
- Dumbass Has a Point: In context, it's understandable the Guys In White concluded the Ghost Boy must be the white haired boy always seen with Tucker Foley and Sam Manson (it's sheer luck for Danny that, for the time being, that happens to be Gregor). It's also easy to see how Danny concluded Gregor must be working for them.
- Expecting Someone Taller: Danny Fenton doesn't make the Guys In White's list of suspects for the Ghost Boy because he's too scrawny.
- Fauxreigner: "Gregor" is actually a kid from Michigan named Elliott who made up the name, accent, and background to impress Sam.
- Foot Popping: Sam does this when she and Gregor kiss.
- Foreshadowing:
- When Gregor sits down to face Sam, his face looks more confident and smug as opposed to the lovesick one she makes. This hints he's not quite the person Sam thinks he is.
- He claims that in Hungary, people wear their berets backwards. Tucker is later seen tripping and knocking into things, suggesting that may have been a cruel lie and that he's not as nice as he presents himself.
- During Danny's first two encounters with the Guys in White, it's right after an encounter with Gregor. This does give him, and the viewer, a justified reason to think he's connected to them, with his reaction to seeing a ghost easily being an act. However, right before the third encounter, the duo are seen leaving a store at the mall, clearly going shopping before being alerted to Danny Phantom's presence, with Gregor doing nothing to suggest he alerted them or knew of their presence beforehand.
- Freudian Slip: When Tucker won't stop being (well) Tucker, Gregor finally loses patience and blows up at him, losing his Hungarian accent in the process.
- Gender Flip: Danny and Sam switch places from "Flirting With Disaster," where Sam was jealous of Danny dating Valerie.
- Giving Them the Strip: Skulker ejects himself from his suit to escape the Guys In White. Turns out the suit and the data it contains are all they wanted in the first place.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Sam's attraction to Gregor makes Danny jealous. At the very least, it's justified as they barely know who Gregor is and Sam was falling for him so suddenly for his looks.
- Hypocrite: Sam has one of her biggest such moments in this episode when she flips out at Danny for spying on her date with Gregor. No one ever points out that she spied on every single one of Danny's dates with Valerie in "Flirting With Disaster." At the very least, she acknowledges that Danny is correct in his assessment that Gregor is not who he claims to be.
- Hypocritical Humor:Sam: (seeing Danny stare longingly at Valerie) You'll never catch me going googly-eyed over some... oh, my...
- I Warned You: Tucker says this to Danny when Sam learns he has been spying on her and Gregor.
- Laugh of Love: Sam does this several times around Gregor.
- Mood Whiplash: Danny goes from sighing over Valerie to burning with jealousy over Sam in literally less than one minute. While it was good of the writers not to ignore or forget his previous romance arc, such a transition doesn't help make his feelings here seem natural.
- Naïve Newcomer:Gregor: A ghost?!Sam: Welcome to Amity Park.
- Oh, Crap!: While fighting Danny in the pool at the Casper High, Operative O deploys a Great White Whale depth charge. Operative K tries to stop him.Operative K: Wait! Those are only for...!
(Cue pool erupting in a geyser as Danny is flung through the roof)
Operative K: ...deep water use. - Replacement Goldfish: Sam falls head over heels for a guy with spiky white hair and green eyes who dresses entirely in black and white. Well, that sure doesn't resemble anyone else she knows...
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Danny insisted Gregor must be lying to Sam. It turns out he was right... but Gregor was just lying to impress her, not because he's a government spy. Sam admits this in the end.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After one too many attacks by ghosts and the Guys In White, "Gregor" decides "I'm going back to Michigan!"
- Secret Chaser: The Guys In White are searching for Danny Phantom's human alter ego. They eventually conclude it's Gregor.
- Shout-Out: The book Gregor skips over in the library is A Match Made in Space by George McFly.
- Spaghetti Kiss: Danny, watching Sam and Gregor share a plate of spaghetti on their date, says, "If they share a strand of that spaghetti, I'm gonna hurl." They don't, thankfully.
- Spit Take: Sam does this when Danny asks his friends if they know what it's like to like someone they can't be with.
- Villain Opening Scene: The episode opens with the Guys In White chasing Skulker and stealing his armor to uncover the Secret Identity of their primary target: Danny Phantom.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: We never find out how Skulker gets his suit back from the Guys in White.
