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Danny Phantom

Danny Phantom is an animated television series created by Butch Hartman which debuted April of 2004 on Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios, and distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company Nelvana.

The titular character, Danny Phantom, is a teenager who is half-human and half-ghost, after a lab accident with his father's unpredictable "Fenton Portal," which acts as a portal between the human world and the supernatural world or "Ghost Zone." Danny has to try and stop all the ghosts who get through the Fenton portal as well as deal with the stress of high school.

Danny Phantom - Main characters

• Daniel Fenton/Danny Phantom
• His Family
  • Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton - Older sister
  • Jack & Madeline "Maddie" Fenton - Parents
• His Friends
  • Tucker "Tuck" Foley
  • Samantha "Sam" Manson

For more characters and biographies, see List of Danny Phantom characters.

Danny Phantom - Fenton Products

The Fentons have invented a wealth of products that are intended to help them with their goals of capturing and defeating ghosts. Most of them are used primarily by Maddie and Jack, although Danny has been known to "borrow" some of them from time to time.

1. Fenton Ghost Portal – The Fenton Ghost Portal is a door into the Ghost Zone; However it is normally kept closed by a barrier across the front (similar to the Iris from Stargate SG-1); Danny was standing inside the Ghost Portal when it activated and fused Danny with ectoplasm, giving him ghost powers.
2. Fenton Thermos – "Designed to capture ghosts. It doesn't work yet, so it's just a thermos. A thermos with the word Fenton in front of it!" To Jack's knowledge it does not work; however Danny managed to complete it and it is one of his primary weapons against renegade ghosts. The ghost must usually first be weakened before it can be captured within the Fenton Thermos. There have been exceptions to this however, such as in "Secret Weapons" when Danny was accidentally sucked into the Fenton Thermos while still at full strength. Danny then releases the ghost back into the Ghost Zone through the Ghost Portal.
3. Fenton Xtractor – A vacuum-type device that extracts a ghost from a human.
4. Fenton Finder – A device that locates ghosts.
5. Fenton Grappler – A retractable grappling hook device that, when fired, shoots out a special net that ghosts cannot escape from.
6. Fenton Ghost Fisher – First seen in Parental Bonding—a high-tech, retractable fishing rod with a specialized line that is unbreakable and inescapable to ghosts, though on several occasions ghosts have done both. The line also tends to jam on Jack frequently, usually when he wants to use it against Danny Phantom.
7. Ghost Gabber – "It translates the strange sounds ghosts make and turns them into words you and I use every day!" For some reason (perhaps technical problems), it adds the words "fear me" to the end of every sentence. Since most ghosts speak English, there is little need for the Gabber.
8. Ghost Weasel – A device designed to suck up ghost energy; on reverse it can shoot it back into the Ghost Zone.
9. Fenton Ghost Gloves – Gloves that are so powerful that nothing can break their grip, allowing the wearer to handle ghosts and/or ghost-powered beings. In The Ultimate Enemy, another version of these gloves, called the Ghost Gauntlets, had special claws that could be used to rip a ghost out of an overshadowed human.
10. Fenton Ghost Catcher – Another ghost-removing device that separates a ghost from whoever it is possessing. It resembles a huge dream catcher. In What You Want, Danny accidentally flew through it, causing him and his Phantom form to be temporarily and briefly separated. In "Identity Crisis", he split himself fully in order to multitask, and in the process, separated his personality.
11. Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle/RV – An RV with many nifty, built-in ghost catching gadgets.
12. Specter Speeder – A vehicle that has the ability to fly throughout the Ghost Zone, allowing people to enter the Ghost Zone without being harmed by the resident ghosts.
13. Fenton Ghost Peeler – A device designed by Jack and Maddie Fenton to encase its holder in body armor and then blast ghosts with a ray that then peels it open like an onion. Jazz has used this on more than one occasion.
14. Fenton Stockades – A metal, coffin-like device with spikes inside, similar to an iron maiden, but apparently without the whole getting stabbed and dying thing. It's applications to ghost-hunting is unknown. Jack was stuck in there as punishment from Maddie for wanting to put the kids in there for not focusing on the test.
15. Fenton Phones – First seen in Fanning the Flames, Fenton Phones serve both as a ghost noise filter (to prevent the wearer from falling under the influence of "ghost noise," such as Ember's song), and as walkie talkie "accessory" for Danny, Sam, and Tucker.
16. Fenton Helmet – A remote control helmet Danny uses to play computer games (no known ghost hunting qualities). The technology of the Fenton Helmet is a possible fore-runner for the neural interface technology in the Ecto-Skeleton.
17. Fenton Foamer – Ejects green ectoplasmic goo which clears an area full of ghosts.
18. Fenton Genetic Lock – Closes the Fenton Portal until one of the Fentons puts his or her thumb on the pad, unlocking it.
19. Fenton Specter Deflector – A belt that repels and weakens any ghost that comes in direct contact of the person wearing it.
20. Jack-A-Nine-Tails – a Nine-Tail Whip, like a Cat o' nine tails only modified for ghost catching, with Jack's face connecting the tails.
21. Fenton Bazooka – Shoots a green substance into the air, which creates a mini portal into the Ghost Zone.
22. Ecto-Skeleton – A battle suit that increases the user's natural ability by an incredible amount. Unfortunately the interface is buggy and could be fatal as it can absorb the user's life force energy. When Danny used it in his ghost form, he was able to transform the entire suit into ghost form, as it was connected directly to his brain. Its outer casing design altered to Danny Phantom's suit colors and logo. After Danny used it in a fight and was knocked unconscious, it was stolen by Vlad. In Secret Weapons, Vlad hires Skulker to steal various unrelated items to upgrade the Ecto-Skeleton, to remove it's negative effects. He also forces Jazz to don the suit and battle Danny, after which they activate the self-destruct on it.
23. Booooomerang – A boomerang that locks onto a ghost and hits them. It seemed to imprint itself on Danny and only go after him and no other ghost, including his future self, which presumably had different DNA.
24. 'Ecto-Converter- It uses a ghost's energy as a power source.

There are also other minor inventions the Fentons have created to help make their lives more comfortable (or interesting):

1. Fenton Urinal – Not much more than a toilet.
2. Fenton Unlodger – A device that gets objects unstuck.
3. Fenton Anti-Creep Stick – A baseball bat with the word 'Fenton' on it.
4. Fenton Machete – A Jungle Sword/Machete.
5. Fenton Wipe – Toilet paper with Jack Fenton's face imprinted onto every square.
6. Fenton Ointment – Basically a plain tube of ointment
7. 'Fenton Earplugs- Regular ear plugs.
8. Fenton Towel- A regular towel

Danny's usual archnemesis, Vlad Plasmius, has also invented some ghost-fighting equipment, though less and not as often used.

Danny Phantom - Episodes

All episodes are 22 minutes, the first non-Klasky Csupo Nicktoon (with the exception of Pelswick) to do this.

Bolded names indicate the most recent episode to air. "TV Movies" are indicated with wikilinks.

Danny Phantom - Season 1

Danny Phantom - Season 2

(In the opening of the first episode of Season 2, the letters DP were added to Danny's attire)

Danny Phantom - Season 3

Season three is currently in production with a guaranteed 13 episodes to be aired (bringing up the episode count to 53). There is no news as to if any more episodes are in planning, and Butch Hartman has not currently released the titles of these 13 episodes.

Danny Phantom - Theme song

In Doctor's Disorders and all following episodes, the theme song video was changed by the addition of Danny's special "DP" logo, even though technically he didn't have it when he first gained his ghost powers. This is because of the episode Memory Blank; after Sam wished she never had met Danny (resulting in him losing his ghost powers), she added the "DP" when helping Danny regain his powers by entering his parents' ghost portal. [1]

• Note: Before Mr.Hartman himself announced that the "Young" in the theme song was indeed "Young", many fans had heard it as "Yo", considering that the song is sung in a rap music style.

Danny Phantom - Trivia

• Butch Hartman who created this show, is also the creator of The Fairly Oddparents. The two shows, as a result, have a similar animation style and character designs. The only differences in the design would be that the Danny Phantom characters have necks and five digits on each hand. In addition, the stories for each show are quite different. While Oddparents leans primarily towards comedy, this show is more of an action thriller with some comedic elements. However, both shows seem to exhibit a similar sense of humor, albeit presented in different ways.
• The designs were done by veteran character designer Stephen Silver (with Butch adding some touches of his own).
• This show has more superhero references than any other Nicktoon. For one thing, Danny's costume is nearly identical to the version the Fantastic Four used for years after an adventure in the Negative Zone in the early 1980s. In both cases the black-and-white costumes were created by weird energies affecting their previous clothing, causing a "negative image" effect. Starting with the Season 2 opener, "Memory Blank," the "DP" logo was added to make Danny's costume more distinguished.
• There are references made in the show to the setting of the show being somewhere in or around the Chicago metropolitan area. The Box Ghost mentions Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Other cities in the area that are mentioned are Kenosha, Madison, and Green Bay in Wisconsin. Another clue to the Chicago area is a Northwestern University test being taken during one episode. In the episode "Bitter Reunions", Jazz Fenton is heard saying "In Wisconsin?" and the characters spend three nights sleeping in an R.V. while traveling there. In Secret Weapons, it's discovered that Vlad Masters (a.k.a. Vlad Plasmius) lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
• The name of the town the series takes place in, Amity Park, is quite possibly a reference to the real world town of Amityville. Supposedly, a young man in Amityville was living in his basement of his house (which was once used for torture of Native Americans) and was possesed to kill all members of his family. After the incident, a new family moved in and claimed to have been haunted by the past family members. Many claim this to be a hoax, while many others are firm believers that the house actually is haunted.
• The last name the fentons have, which is fenton, is also the first name of the director, Fenton Tarentella.

Danny Phantom - See Also

• List of Danny Phantom characters
• List of Danny Phantom Human Villains and Ghosts
• List of Danny Phantom episodes

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