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= Danny Phantom =

Danny Phantom is an American animated action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon in 2004. The series follows a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world and the "Ghost Zone", becomes a human-ghost hybrid and takes on the task of saving his town (and the world) from subsequent ghost attacks using an evolving variety of supernatural powers. He is aided in his quest by his two best friends Sam Manson and Tucker Foley, and later, his sister Jazz, who for most of the series' run are among the only people who know of his double life. undefinedNickelodeon cancelled the show in 2006 for unconfirmed reasons.

Throughout its run, Danny Phantom received five Annie Award nominations and generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, with praise primarily directed at its ensemble cast and comic book-influenced themes and storyline.[citation needed] Additionally, Danny Phantom has spawned video games, home video releases, toys, and various other merchandise.

Premise
Danny Phantom focuses on the adventures of Daniel “Danny” Fenton, a fourteen-year-old boy living in the small town of Amity Park. After an accident in his parent’s lab infuses his DNA with ectoplasm, Danny is transformed into a 'halfa', or half-ghost. Accompanied by his best friends, Samantha “Sam” Manson and Tucker Foley, Danny learns how to use his newfound powers to protect his town from the ghosts coming through the ghost portal in his parent’s basement, while also keeping his identity a secret from his ghost-hunting parents. Danny does not adopt the name “Danny Phantom” in his ghostly form until later in the series.

Danny faces many enemies throughout the show, with the main recurring villains being ghost hunter Valerie Gray, and fellow half-ghost Vlad Master / Vlad Plasmius. Danny's own parents, Jack and Maddy Fenton, are paranormal experts hunting down Danny Phantom, unaware that he is in fact their son.

Ghost Form
Danny changes to his ghost form by shouting, "Going ghost!", whereupon two white rings appear around his torso. One goes above his head, while the other goes to his feet, leaving him in his ghost form. This is an inverse of what he looked like when he first attained his powers; His black hair becomes white, his blue eyes turn green, and the black-and-white jumpsuit he put on before the accident appears in inverse. Danny’s suit is updated in season 2 with a "DP" logo on the chest, and the logo appears from then on whenever Danny ‘goes ghost’.

Abilities
Danny can fly, become invisible, intangible, and ‘overshadow’ or possess people. Throughout the show he learns stronger abilities, including the Ghost Ray (a concentrated blast of energy fired from the hand), his Ghostly Wail (a banshee-like scream with sonic capabilities that knocks back anything caught in its path), cryokinesis, and even creating a barrier with his Ghost Ray. Sam and Tucker utilize ghostly gadgets developed by Danny’s parents to help Danny in his ghost hunting, including most prominently the Fenton Thermos - a soup thermos that can suck up ghosts and trap them. However, these items more often than not backfire or cause problems for the trio.

Ghosts
Though Hartman has stated that the ghosts are not ‘dead people’ and are instead some sort of ‘creature', Desiree is the one ghost given a backstory of a human life.

Ghosts are malevolent creatures that emerge from the ghost zone and torment the people of Amity Park. Some recurring faces are given names and ideals, like Ember and Skulker, while others are simply wisps and spectral beings.

Characters
Main article: List of Danny Phantom characters

·        Daniel "Danny" Fenton / Danny Phantom is the series' titular protagonist. Danny is a fourteen-year-old boy who gains ghost powers in a lab accident when he steps into and activates his parents' Ghost Portal at the persuasion of his friends. Now a human-ghost hybrid, or 'halfa', he chooses to use his powers to fight against ghosts who have begun to regularly escape the mysterious Ghost Zone and plague his hometown of Amity Park. A rather unpopular student in high school along with his friends, Danny also faces the typical hardships of living a normal teenager's life, but with the additional challenges of protecting Amity Park from frequent ghost attacks, learning to control his ghost powers, and maintaining his secret identity as "Danny Phantom." An ongoing story arc is his struggle to use his powers for the benefit of others rather than abuse them for his own needs, though he ultimately makes the right decision with the help of his friends. Despite frequently struggling with self-confidence, Danny values his altruism and comes to appreciate his own self-worth.

·        Samantha "Sam" Manson is Danny's female best friend. She is also responsible for the accident in which Danny gains his powers. She is a self-proclaimed Goth who is also a practitioner of a dramatized form of vegetarianism called "Ultra Recyclo-Vegetarianism" (often generalized as "not eating anything that had a face") and is an amateur activist, often protesting about environmental issues and animal rights. At first, she is Danny's closest friend; however, her feelings for Danny strengthen over time, and are eventually reciprocated.

·        Tucker Foley is Danny's male best friend, a nerd who is obsessed with technology and carries a PDA at all times. When not obsessing over gadgets, he obsesses over girls. Like Sam, he shares in Danny's secret and often helps battle ghosts and send them back into the Ghost Zone. He generally provides comic relief. Tucker's gadgets are sometimes redundant but work well in the Ghost Zone or against ghosts. Tucker and Sam frequently handle the toils and triumphs of aiding Danny, especially when he's "going ghost."

·        Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton is Danny's somewhat overprotective but loving older sister, an intelligent and highly sociable overachiever who considers herself an adult. Jazz views her parents' obsession with ghosts as a sign of needing psychological help. She eventually learns about Danny's powers, but chooses not to reveal her knowledge until he is ready to talk about them with her. Jazz later joins the trio of Danny, Sam, and Tucker in helping Danny fight ghosts.

·        Jack Fenton is Danny and Jazz's father and Maddie's husband. Jack expresses an obsession with destroying ghosts, blindly holding the belief that all ghosts are evil and must be destroyed, including Danny Phantom. He is generally incompetent, but can be an effective fighter when provoked. Jack cares about his family, but does not know about Danny's powers. He is almost never seen without his orange jumpsuit.

·        Maddie Fenton is Danny and Jazz's mother and Jack's wife. She is a gifted genius and dedicated hunter of ghosts, though she usually aims to dissect and study them rather than destroy them. A ninth-degree black belt, she is an excellent, competent fighter from whom Danny probably inherited his own talent for combat. Like her husband, she does not know about Danny's powers and is almost never seen without her blue jumpsuit. She also wears a jumpsuit hood that makes her somewhat resemble Catwoman from DC comics.

·        Vlad Masters / Vlad Plasmius is Danny's nemesis throughout the series. Vlad had attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with Jack and Maddie until Jack's prototype Ghost Portal beamed ecto-acne into Vlad's face, giving Vlad ghost powers and ruining his social life. Half-ghost for twenty years, Vlad has much more experience with his ghost powers than Danny. Vlad serves as the main antagonist throughout the entire series as he always tries to steal Maddie away from Jack and to persuade Danny to join his side and destroy his friends.

Voice Cast

 * David Kaufman, as Daniel "Danny Fenton" / Danny Phantom
 * Grey DeLisle-Griffin, as Sam Manson
 * Rickey D'Shon Collins, as Tucker Foley
 * Colleen O'Sahughnessey, as Jazz Fenton
 * Rob Paulsen, as Jack Fenton
 * Kath Soucie, as Maddie Fenton
 * Martin Mull, as Vlad Masters / Vlad Plasmius

Episodes
Main article: List of Danny Phantom episodes

Production
The show was pitched in 2001 by Hartman, after Nickelodeon came to him asking for a new boy’s action show.

Music
Hartman has confirmed that the bassline in the Danny Phantom theme song was inspired heavily by Queen's 1989 hit song "The Invisible Man".

Butch Hartman wrote the lyrics to the theme song, played at the beginning of each episode. Guy Moon provided the instrumental, as well as lending his voice, while Deric Battiste recorded the rap parts of the theme.

The original theme song, one in which Deric Battiste does not appear due to the lack of a rap section, was released by Hartman in 2009 on dannyphantom.com (site no longer exists), alongside an animatic for the intro. It was scrapped originally because it was “a lot more vague about who Danny was and didn’t explain his origin”. It can now be found on Butch Hartman’s official YouTube page.

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