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There have been a few hints, particularly in the first season, that Danny has romantic feelings for Sam, one of his best friends. However, it has become pretty obvious to mostly everyone else, except Danny, that Sam has a crush on him. Danny has been dubbed clueless, so his feelings for Sam have not yet been verified. However, as seen in ''[[Reign Storm]]'', Danny may not be completely clueless about Sam's feelings for him. Sam had notably displayed affection towards him, but has never been straightforward about the issue. His feelings for her are further noted as he is forced to somewhat come to terms with his feelings when facing her new crush, Gregor (Elliot), in "''[[Double Cross My Heart]]''".
There have been a few hints, particularly in the first season, that Danny has romantic feelings for Sam, one of his best friends. However, it has become pretty obvious to mostly everyone else, except Danny, that Sam has a crush on him. Danny has been dubbed clueless, so his feelings for Sam have not yet been verified. However, as seen in ''[[Reign Storm]]'', Danny may not be completely clueless about Sam's feelings for him. Sam had notably displayed affection towards him, but has never been straightforward about the issue. His feelings for her are further noted as he is forced to somewhat come to terms with his feelings when facing her new crush, Gregor (Elliot), in "''[[Double Cross My Heart]]''".
[[Image:SamDannyfinally.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Danny and Sam kiss in the series finale.]]
[[Image:SamDannyfinally.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Danny and Sam kiss in the series finale.]]
Throughout the majority of Season 3, Danny and Sam's growing romance has been further hinted, the former showcasing he may not be as clueless as he once was and leaning more towards her as potential feelings increasingly develop. During this time, even other characters start to pick up on the vibe. In the episode "[[Girls' Night Out]]" Johnny 13 is heard to ask him, "What do you do when you and the gloomy chick have a lovers' quarrel?". Even Jack Fenton, in a rare moment of clarity, asks Danny later in the episode, "So...how are you and that Sam person doing? You know...the gloomy girl you like?" In the episode "''[[Frightmare (Danny Phantom episode)|Frightmare]]''" both he and Sam have the same strange, alternate-reality dream that they were a couple.
Throughout the majority of Season 3, Danny and Sam's growing romance has been further hinted, the former showcasing he may not be as clueless as he once was and leaning more towards her as potential feelings increasingly develop. During this time, even other characters start to pick up on the vibe. In the episode "[[Girls' Night Out]]" Johnny 13 is heard to ask him, "What do you do when you and the gloomy chick have a lovers' quarrel?". Even Jack Fenton, in a rare moment of clarity, asks Danny later in the episode, "So...how are you and that Sam person doing? You know...the gloomy girl you like?" In the episode "''[[Frightmare (Danny Phantom episode)|Frightmare]]''" both he and Sam have the same strange, alternate-reality dream that they were a couple--and this is the episode Jazz first realizes of their crushes for each other.


In the final episode "''[[Phantom Planet (Danny Phantom)|Phantom Planet]]''" Sam gives Danny the "Sam" class ring informing him that she now knows that it was meant for her and making him promise to come back from his dangerous mission in the Ghost Zone, plus a kiss on the cheek. He answers by kissing her on the lips. After saving the world, Danny skips his own reward ceremony, spending his time with Sam, putting the ring on her finger and kissing her one more time, stating ''"I couldn't have done any of this without you"''. Unsure of what is in store for him, he tells Sam he wants her to share it with him, and he flies off with her to see what the future holds for them.
In the final episode "''[[Phantom Planet (Danny Phantom)|Phantom Planet]]''" Sam gives Danny the "Sam" class ring informing him that she now knows that it was meant for her and making him promise to come back from his dangerous mission in the Ghost Zone, plus a kiss on the cheek. He answers by kissing her on the lips. After saving the world, Danny skips his own reward ceremony, spending his time with Sam, putting the ring on her finger and kissing her one more time, stating ''"I couldn't have done any of this without you"''. Unsure of what is in store for him, he tells Sam he wants her to share it with him, and he flies off with her to see what the future holds for them.

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For the TV show named for the character, see Danny Phantom.
Daniel "Danny" Fenton
(Danny Phantom)
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Publication information
PublisherNickelodeon
First appearance"Mystery Meat"
Created byButch Hartman
In-story information
Alter egoDaniel "Danny" Fenton
SpeciesHuman-Ghost Hybrid (Phantom)
Team affiliationsTeam Phantom (Leader) Tucker Foley (Best Friend)Sam Manson(Best Freind/girlfriend) Jazz Fenton (Sister and confident) Daniele Phantom (Cousin/clone) Frostbite (Mentor) Skulker (Enemy/Reluctant Ally)
Notable aliases"Inviso-Bill"
"Ghost Boy/Kid/Child"
"Phantom Kid"
("Fenton","Fenturd","Fentons o' Fun") to Dash Baxter
various nicknames and insults given to him by his enemies
The "Halfa"
AbilitiesVarious ghost-related powers: such as flight, intangibility, invisibility, ectoplasmic energy beams and shields, and cryokinesis to name a few; (see List of Danny's Ghostly Powers).

Danny Phantom the heroic ghostly alter-ego of Daniel "Danny" Fenton--a superhero, the protagonist and titular character of the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom. He is voiced by David Kaufman.

History

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Danny's entire ghost form, including the emblem.

Living with his ghost-obsessed parents since his birth, Danny had to put up with their unique personalities that often traumatized him as well as constantly be forced to listen to their parents ramble or instruct their children on how their numerous Fenton gadgets worked. However, this did nothing to stop Danny's curiosity that one day changed his life forever. While in his parents' laboratory, Danny had an accident involving the newly built "Fenton Portal", causing his molecular structure to be infused with ectoplasm.

As a result Danny Fenton becomes a half-human, half-ghost hybrid; he styles himself as a new persona as Danny Phantom, an extraordinary spectral superhero with a ghostly array of other-worldly powers; able to shift between the forms his human-half and his ghost-half at will, coming into a number of various supernatural/paranormal/metaphysical/extraordinary abilities.

Upon transformation, his normally black hair turns white, his eyes change from sky blue to ectoplasmic green, his skin changes from light to tanned, and his normal attire becomes a black hazmat suit - with white boots, gloves, belt, and starting from the second season, a "D" emblem with an inner "P" on his chest, becoming "Danny Phantom". The emblem is added by Danny's friend Sam Manson in Memory Blank, where she is forced to live in a world where she never met Danny.

Beginning Struggles

He made his first appearance in "Mystery Meat"; he has had his powers for a full month, but has not told his family for fear of their reaction. After a battle with the ghost of the evil Lunch Lady, Danny decides not to tell his folks and starts his long road of being a superhero to the people of Amity Park.

In "Bitter Reunions", Danny would meet Vlad Masters who would serve as his primary arch-nemesis throughout the series, possessing the same half-ghost powers he does, only 20 years more experienced.

For the majority of the earlier episodes, Danny Phantom wasn't particularly a well known ghost. However, his major comeuppance in the Amity Park's public eyes came in "Public Enemies" when Walker, a ghost cop, in a fit of revenge against Danny ambushed the entire city, going as far as possessing the mayor and making Danny Phantom the framed victim in all of it, causing the public to shun the ghost boy.

To make matters worse, when Freakshow took control of Danny with his crystal ball staff in "Control Freaks", he forced him to lead a series of ghostly bank robberies. Since then, Danny has been consistently chased after by Amity Park's local authority, despite his intentions to still bring about good to the world with only his two friends and Jazz supporting him, as well as Paulina who fell in love with Danny's alter ego ghost half in "Lucky in Love" when he saved her.

In The Ultimate Enemy Danny gets his ghost half removed after his parents and friends are killed in a condiment fueled explosion at the Nasty Burger and he removes Vlad's Ghost half when the two ghost halves get mixed together forming Dark Danny. Danny turns over to the dark side and murders the now completely mortal Danny Fenton. With no human emotions to stop him, he causes massive destruction on the earth and in the ghost zone, feared by every one on both sides.

A Hero

He managed to succeed in "Reign Storm" when he fought against Pariah Dark and managed to lock him back in his palace. The aftermath reveals Danny to now be in the good in the eyes of 64% of the townsfolk of Amity, causing the majority to see Danny Phantom as a hero. Since then, his existence and popularity has soared, many knowing who he is, some respecting and looking out for him, etc. Danny also confirms the whole town during this point to know his true name is "Danny Phantom" and not "Inviso-Bill". This also helps his standing in the Ghost Zone as he is now called by Frostbite "The Great One" and "Savior of the Ghost Zone" or the "Halfa" because of his actions.

Another important note is that in "Urban Jungle", Danny stated that he was a duly-appointed deputy of Amity Park, meaning that he is now officially recognized as the town's protector. By the time of Forever Phantom, Danny Phantom's popularity has achieved a level comparable to a rock star's, as he is constantly chased by mobs of adoring fans and the news media. In Phantom Planet his identity is revealed to the world and statues of him holding up the world are used as thanks.

Alternate Paths

In "The Ultimate Enemy", Danny managed to witness an alternate future when, due to him cheating on the CAT (Career Aptitude Test), his family, friends, and Lancer all die through a Nasty Burger explosion. Orphaned, Danny moves in with Vlad, the only one who can understand his situation. With a great deal of sympathy for the boy, Vlad honored his wishes and removed his ghost half from his human self. As a result, Danny's ghost half went rogue and split Vlad's human half and merged with his ghost self, resulting in the birth of Dark Danny. After presumably killing his human self and blowing up Vlad's manor, he went on a ten-year world destruction tour. Danny does battle with his future self eventually and with the help of Clockwork, alters his future so that he can have a second chance to undo the damage he would have caused. Because Clockwork said he'd given everyone else a second chance at in their lives he deserved one too.

In "Reality Trip", an encounter with Freakshow and his Reality Gauntlet resulted in him accidentally revealing his secret to the general public, causing wide storm news all over America and in mad pursuit by the Guys in White. While avoiding them, Danny and his friends managed to gather the Reality Gems, then ultimately stop Freakshow. Using the Reality Gauntlet afterwards, Danny alters everything back to the way it was once was, causing everyone but his friends, sister, Vlad Masters and some of his ghostly enemies to forget about his identity as Danny Phantom.

New Allies and Old Friends

In "Kindred Spirits", Danny meets his "third cousin once removed," Danielle a.k.a. Dani Phantom whom he later finds out is one of the many imperfect clones that Vlad has made, struggling to make the "perfect half-ghost son". He has sent Dani to fetch Danny to capture his mid-morph sample for the final processing. Danny managed to convince Dani that Vlad was only using her. Not believing at first, she figures it out by the time he yells at her harshly, causing her to team up with Danny and destroy his clone lab, including his perfect clone. Despite the fact she previously knocked him out before, twice in fact, Danny saved his "cousin" from Vlad when he attempted to kill her. With Vlad defeated, Dani flies off, vowing to meet again.

After getting lost in the Ghost Zone, Danny and co. encountered a Yeti-like ghost named "Frostbite", who leads a tribe of icy ghosts who idolized Danny as a god for defeating Pariah Dark. He later gained their help when he develops ice powers.

In "Claw of the Wild", the Casper High students went camping for the summer; there the kids were kidnapped by beasts sent by Walker and his cops--at first to capture Wulf who coincidentally were in the same area as the campers--and eventually gain Danny's attention. Danny reunited with Wulf who once again had ran away from Walker and his men. With Sam and Wulf's help, Danny managed to save Tucker and his classmates, then declared to Wulf they are forever "Amikos" before he runs--free once more.

In "D-Stabilized", Dani Phantom had returned to Amity Park, seeking Danny to ask his help on stabilizing her. He found a way with a new Fenton creation named "Ecto-Dejecto", which was originally meant to destroy ghosts, but ended up making them stronger, increasing their ghostly status. Managing to convince a reluctant Valerie, she and Danny charge into Vlad's manor where Dani was currently being destabilized by Plasmius. He uses the Ecto-Dejecto on her, but it seemed to have no effect on her, causing her to fade away, leaving a saddened Danny. Luckily, Dani returns from her puddled mess, now fully stable. After defeating Vlad, she decides to venture, Danny asking her to be safe.

Because of his family's and the whole town's hatred of ghosts, (and after a long period of calling Jack and Maddie "kooks", "weirdos" and denying that ghosts existed at all) then being attacked by hundreds of them. Danny has told nobody except his friends Tucker Foley and Sam Manson about his powers, and struggles to hide his ghost identity from his family: his parents Jack and Madeline "Maddie" Fenton and his sister Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton, although she realized that Danny was the half-ghost in the episode "My Brother's Keeper", and has since covered for him even after she told Danny that she knew of his secret identity in "The Ultimate Enemy". She has since become a bit of a pain by trying to "help" Danny with her more "mature" outlook on the situation despite not really knowing what she's gotten herself into. Including keeping a log book of ghosts with woefully inaccurate information in it. Some of his enemies have also figured out his secret identity and have tried to exploit it as Technus did in "Flirting with Disaster".

A Bright Future

After Vlad ran for mayor in Danny's hometown of Amity Park, Danny had to frequently deal with him as well as new and old ghosts, now as the town's duly deputized protector. "Phantom Planet" gave him his ultimate task when upon meeting up with Vlad's Masters Blasters, Danny questioned his superhero business. Zapping himself in the Ghost Portal, he regained his humanity with his only shred of evidence as half ghost being a white streak on his hair. At the same time, a much bigger crisis--namely that of a "Dis-Asteroid" aims for Earth, timed to collide in a week's time destroying the entire planet.

With renewed determination, Danny regained his powers through multiple blasts from ghosts, affecting his white streak which further expands throughout his body, reclaiming his half ghost status. Gaining every human being on Earth's attention, he announces a plan to phase the entire planet intangible - so the asteroid can pass through harmlessly. Gaining help from a "bazillion" ghosts after much convincing, humans and ghosts work side by side as they successfully save the world from disaster. his secret identity is then revealed. With his secret identity revealed to the world, Danny is hailed as a hero all over Earth.

His one goal is to be an astronaut when he grows up.

Personality/Weakness

Being a normal 14-year-old with 'eccentric' Ghost-Hunters for parents, to becoming a half-human, half-ghost, teenage superhero with ghost powers, has been one huge change that has occurred in Danny's life in the past few months...

Over time Danny has transformed himself into a more confident individual character with experience, though he is still susceptible to basic flaws of character. Danny Fenton is a nervous, clumsy, and sometimes superficial 14-year-old boy who tries to fit in with his peers; even with him being as unique as he is, Danny has every reason to feel as paranoid as he does about keeping his ghost half a secret whenever possible, lacking much confidence at the beginning.

However, his paranoia has yet to do a thing about his boundless curiosity, which was the main reason why he got his ghost-powers to begin with. When his friends and family are in danger, Danny can become rather stubborn and overprotective, which does not bother his friends as much as his naïve nature.

In the end of the fight though, it is his loyalty to his cause, along with his faith in the love of his peers, and the love he gives back to others that helps him to overcome all obstacles. For instance, even when he is vilified by the public early in his career, his sense of civic duty is so strong that he felt that retiring was out of question; only when a rival ghostbuster team was both outclassing him and threatening his family did he decide to remove his powers. He has seen developed a more confident, mature attitude over the course of the show as he continues to develop his powers. He also has a great sense of humor and frequently makes jokes, puns and wisecracks.

It is shown that although he is half-ghost, Danny is still affected by ecto-weapons as his primary weakness. He has also more than once overestimated his abilities or at times is often too naïve or cocky which usually results in a disadvantage during battle. Another weakness, as Technus pointed out in "Flirting with Disaster", is Danny's emotions. When Danny becomes depressed, disheartened, distracted, low on energy, depowered, unfocused or unprepared then his confidence, his self-esteem as well as his performance as a ghost hunter and a hero suffer and become poor.

In the episode Identity Crisis, Danny's human half and his ghost half were separated into two physically separate individuals by passing through the Fenton Ghost Catcher, a device created by his parents to separate ectoplasmic energy from people, objects and places. Danny's personality was polarized, resulting in the birth of the lazy human Danny Fenton, also known as "Fun Danny" with a passive personality, and the heroic ghost Danny Phantom, also known as "Super Danny" with a proactive attitude towards his ghost-fighting responsibilities. These two sides of Danny represent the two extreme ends of Danny's character; his selfish and selfless sides.

Romance

Throughout the series, Danny has held a long standing crush on Paulina, the most popular girl at school. He was successful in asking her to the dance in "Parental Bonding", but only due to her trying to get Sam jealous and dating her in "Lucky in Love" only to find out she was overshadowed by Johnny 13's girlfriend, Kitty. Ironically, Paulina has fallen in love with his ghostly alter ego. As the series progresses though, with his growing feelings for Sam and his romance with Valerie, he has seemingly been slowly losing interest in Paulina.

He also develops a close relationship with another girl named Valerie Gray during "Reign Storm", despite the fact that she's often trying to kill Danny Phantom with her various anti-ghost weaponry. The two found common grounds in that episode, overlooking a long standing attitude towards one another beforehand. They dated briefly in "Flirting with Disaster", before she broke up with him due to her current life as a ghost hunter. Heartbroken, Danny still continues to harbor romantic feelings for Valerie as of "Double Cross My Heart".

There have been a few hints, particularly in the first season, that Danny has romantic feelings for Sam, one of his best friends. However, it has become pretty obvious to mostly everyone else, except Danny, that Sam has a crush on him. Danny has been dubbed clueless, so his feelings for Sam have not yet been verified. However, as seen in Reign Storm, Danny may not be completely clueless about Sam's feelings for him. Sam had notably displayed affection towards him, but has never been straightforward about the issue. His feelings for her are further noted as he is forced to somewhat come to terms with his feelings when facing her new crush, Gregor (Elliot), in "Double Cross My Heart".

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Danny and Sam kiss in the series finale.

Throughout the majority of Season 3, Danny and Sam's growing romance has been further hinted, the former showcasing he may not be as clueless as he once was and leaning more towards her as potential feelings increasingly develop. During this time, even other characters start to pick up on the vibe. In the episode "Girls' Night Out" Johnny 13 is heard to ask him, "What do you do when you and the gloomy chick have a lovers' quarrel?". Even Jack Fenton, in a rare moment of clarity, asks Danny later in the episode, "So...how are you and that Sam person doing? You know...the gloomy girl you like?" In the episode "Frightmare" both he and Sam have the same strange, alternate-reality dream that they were a couple--and this is the episode Jazz first realizes of their crushes for each other.

In the final episode "Phantom Planet" Sam gives Danny the "Sam" class ring informing him that she now knows that it was meant for her and making him promise to come back from his dangerous mission in the Ghost Zone, plus a kiss on the cheek. He answers by kissing her on the lips. After saving the world, Danny skips his own reward ceremony, spending his time with Sam, putting the ring on her finger and kissing her one more time, stating "I couldn't have done any of this without you". Unsure of what is in store for him, he tells Sam he wants her to share it with him, and he flies off with her to see what the future holds for them.

Relationships

A friend of his since at least the 2nd grade, Danny's friendship with Sam isn't always as strong as Tucker due to some of their difference (and her bossy nature), but he values her just as much as Tucker. She undeniably has a crush on Danny, but so far she has hidden it from him well. Danny also shows a certain bond to her, but his ghost-fighting career gives him little time to ponder over it. Sam and Danny were supposedly going to have a psychic connection in earlier drafts of the show, but it turned out just to be a case of minds thinking alike (though a hint of this idea could still be there due to them sharing identical dreams in "Frightmare"). By Phantom Planet, Danny gives Sam the infamous "Wes" ring after she discovers its real inscription, along with two kisses, officially marking them a couple.

Tucker serves as Danny's primary best friend as the two often share many things in common as well as share in general. The only two things Danny and Tucker don't share is Danny's ghost powers (no one does, but Vlad Masters) and Danny's romantic feelings for Sam. Danny often takes Tucker's side whenever his other friend, Sam, tends to berate him. He rarely ever argues with Tucker unless it's usually on an opposing force.

At first, Danny was at odds with his sister, often exhibiting hostility due to her more intelligent and slight snobbish nature, despite her concern and protection over her little brother. Prior to the series, in My Brother's Keeper when Danny was still 8-years-old, brother and sister had talked all the time--before Jazz became, as Danny once stated, "a fink" (and a "conceited snob"). As the show progresses however, Jazz eventually mellowed down as well as accepted Danny as a half-ghost, often covering up for him. The two have since formed a much tighter bond.

Like Jazz before, Danny sometimes feel at odds with his folks. Danny at an earlier age once connected greatly with his mother. While it seems he doesn't always feel safe with his parents (especially with their desire to hunt ghosts, including Danny Phantom), he still shows love and concern for them as much as they do in return. In "Phantom Planet" his parents finally learn he is Danny Phantom, easily accepting him.

Danny's opinion of Valerie was anything but kind in the earlier episodes, as he was often not a fan of her egotistical and angry disposition ("Shades of Grey, Life Lessons"); however, he later learned to appreciate her for who she is ("Reign Storm"). Valerie in turn learned to see Danny's personality past his awkward status in school (seeing as she now had to experience the same thing) and by the episode's end, started to like him in a romantic manner. The two dated briefly in "Flirting with Disaster" before she broke up with him over her current job as a ghost hunter (unaware Danny faced the same dilemma, too). It seems as though Danny still harbors subtle feelings for her. Unlike Paulina, who likes Danny's ghost side and ignores his human side, Valerie hated Danny's ghost side and liked his human side. In "Phantom Planet", when she finds out he is half ghost, we only see her in shock at first and then smiling and cheering for him.

Vlad is Danny's primary antagonist and arch-rival. Danny's often at odds with the other half ghost as he often has to resist his offers to join his side and be his son (although by the time of "Eye for an Eye", Vlad seems to view him purely as a rival now). Danny takes it upon himself to constantly insult and defeat him every chance he gets, though when the situation arises, the two are often forced to work reluctantly side to side. Only in the alternative future set in "The Ultimate Enemy" seems to show Danny relying on Vlad in a less antagonistic light.

Danny's clone is much like him, making her easy to talk with, yet still hard to handle due to a more stubborn nature than Danny himself. The two were on opposing teams until Dani realized her creator, Vlad, was only using her, so she joined Danny's group; though she is more affiliated to Danny than the group itself. Out of the two, Danny is more responsible, thus he keeps an eye for Dani, or at least what she might do. She has since left for the time, her current whereabouts are unknown and her reasons for leaving are unknown; but before leaving, she lets Danny know she vows to return. She reappears in "D-Stabilized", searching for Danny to find a cure for her dissolving ailment. Danny managed to find her a cure, maintaining her status and giving her a solid form.

Danny's Ultimate Enemy is his most hated and feared foe ever. Although Danny is at odds with his other enemies, including Vlad, Dark Danny is a whole other story. Dark Danny is, or at least was, Danny's future. The only reason Danny was spared is because Dark Danny needed him to live to exist; now that the timeline has shifted, Dark Danny will more likely destroy Danny without any hesitation.

He is one of the many ghost enemies Danny has to fight--but has proven to be by far his most persistent foe. During the course of the series Skulker has tried to kill Danny and turn him into some sort of a trophy, beforehand declaring only to "plan on simply capturing you and letting you live the rest of your life in a cage" before ultimately vowing to "rest your pelt at the foot of my bed!" Despite their animosity, Skulker is usually the first ghost Danny ask for help when a much bigger threat comes up, an alliance the ghost hunter is usually reluctant, but ultimately accepting towards--if not due to the serious consequences that could occur if he declined.

Frostbite

Danny met the yeti-like ghost when he Sam and Tucker were lost in the Ghost Zone, Frostbite and his people treat Danny like a king due to his contribution in saving the Ghost Zone (and Earth) from Pariah Dark. Danny, in return considers Frostbite as his mentor, having been trained by him to control his growing ice powers.

Danny's Known Ghostly Powers

As Danny Phantom, he freely uses a variety of supernatural powers. In either form, Danny (as well as all other humans) can see, hear, and speak to other paranormal beings, as well as battle them. Danny possess most of his supernatural powers in both his dual forms--although he only uses them most freely in his ghost form. The only exception is that so far Danny cannot utilize his supernatural strength in his human form. Also other ghosts can sometimes overpower him and impose invisibility and intangibility (or lack thereof) until Danny can regain energy and fight back. To save his friends and family, Danny frequently battles with various ghosts, sometimes from thwarting plans of world domination or confronting them in situations of public disturbances.

Danny Phantom has gradually increased in power and abilities as his knowledge of the ghost world matures. He now has both completely new abilities as well as increased the power of his original ones.

Transformation

  • Allows Danny to switch between human and ghost forms. His transformation is prefaced by two blue-white rings that appear respectively around his waist and move in opposite directions of each other while transitioning Danny to his ghost form. Other variations may include the rings appearing in Danny's lengthwise axis, or even transitioning from a single limb. He usually accompanies this with his transformation words, "I'm going ghost!". If Danny falls unconscious, gets heavily disoriented, or uses too much energy while in ghost form, he usually reverts back to human form. Apparently, his ghost form is not affected by the intense cold and vacuum of space, since he flew out into orbit with nothing but a rocket pack and a space helmet in Flirting with Disaster. The white rings that appear during his transformation are visible to others and can be photographed. He may be able to use the rings as some sort of a variation of the ghost shield without transforming, as seen in My Brother's Keeper, when he used them to repel Spectra while in ghost form and did not transform back into his human self. Typically when Danny is knocked out he often reverts back to his human appearance.

Ghost Sense

  • Danny can sense nearby ghosts, and when this happens a wisp of blue mist comes out of his mouth and he shivers, getting the appearance of standing at attention or an electrical pulse going down his spinal cord, usually as an act of alarm that a ghost is nearby. In "My Brother's Keeper", Danny apparently associates his Ghost Sense with the sensation of being cold, and Spectra's true identity as a ghost is hidden from him by keeping her office so cold Danny can continually see his breath. It's revealed in Urban Jungle that whenever Danny's Ghost Sense has been triggered he has actually been releasing a small amount of his cryokinetic energy as a wisp of blue mist. Danny's ghost sense can't seem to detect the presence of half-ghosts, namely Vlad and Dani. This ability later passed to Dark Danny, but came out as red mist through his nose. This version can also detect half-ghosts, unlike it's predecessor. It is unknown if Vlad has this power as well.
  • Danny has the ability to turn intangible at will. With the use of intangibility, Danny can pass through most objects, becoming untouchable; Danny can also make other people and objects intangible provided he is in physical contact with them. Apparently, being intangible (and possibly invisible also) has a tingly feeling as remarked by Sam when Danny made her intangible in Frightmare. Danny's intangibility is in part connected to his teenage emotions, as he has been known to go intangible at some very inopportune and unwanted times. It is quite common for Danny to make only a part of his body intangible and has been shown that people can see him somewhat when he is intangible. Danny has also been shown to apparently control the flow of his intangibility as he did in Maternal Instincts where he put his hand on the ground and a water-like flow moved along and phased Tucker through the floor. In Parental Bonding Danny uses a mist-like version of his intangibility to escape a Dragon Ghost. In an opposite case, in the Ghost Zone, humans can phase through everything, including ghosts. This power can work in conjunction with other ghosts as well, as shown in the final episode, when Danny and all the ghosts of the Ghost Zone used their power to make the entire Earth intangible to save it from destruction. In the episode Memory Blank, when Danny gets his memory back, it shows phases of his life with ghost powers, showing he used Intangibility to invade the Girls' Locker Room, twice.
  • When invisible, Danny cannot be seen by human eyes and even from scanning devices. Invisibility and Intangibility both work in similar ways, as they are both triggered by Danny's emotional states--fear, nervousness etc.--as he has been known to go invisible at some very inopportune and unwanted times --and thus work well together. It is quite common for Danny to make only a part of his body invisible and Danny can also make other people and objects invisible--provided that he is in physical contact with them.

Flying/Floating/Hovering

  • While in ghost form, Danny has the ability to float/fly through the air, sometimes at considerable speeds and heights. He often uses this in combat, but occasionally will do it for fun and relaxation. He can also make other humans and objects hover but must keep in physical contact with them. In Maternal Instincts, Danny's speed of flight was clocked at 112 mph. He has the potential to be even faster if Tucker's brief time as a half-ghost is any indication, climbing on flight speed beyond 112 mph. When floating or flying, Danny's bottom half will sometimes turn into a wisp. His flying while in human form, if possible as Vlad Masters has this ability (although 20 years more experienced), is not seen in the show.

Paranormal Strength, Speed, Agility and Durability

  • In Ghost-Mode, Danny can display extraordinary physical feats of strength, speed, agility, and durability; Danny has developed a high pain threshold given the number of times he has been attacked, shot at, etc., managing to bear the pain. He is able to withstand and recover from numerous, recurring injuries and damage. So far, only when Danny is in Ghost-Mode can he perform such feats, while in human form, Danny Fenton is still somewhat physically weak, although, he's been known to survive the impacts from heights while in human form, and from hits that would have possibly killed a normal human being.

Spectral Manipulation/Ecto-Physical Mass Manipulation/Phase Shifting

  • Spectral manipulation is a ghost's version of Biological manipulation--which includes abilities like Duplication, Superhuman physical resistance etc.--density alteration, like intangibility. It can also be seen as a form of shapeshifting--Danny shifting into his human mode or his ghost mode or Morpho's main powers. Danny has demonstrated the power to change the shape of his body into intangible holes and shapes. Uses include Parental Bonding where Danny turned into a gaseous form to escape the dragon ghost's grasp, Mystery Meat where Danny's belt turned into a long, translucent line and Beauty Marked, Danny created a large hole in his mouth. His Spectral Manipulation is apparently long-lasting in his belt as seen in Shades of Gray where a book passed through his waist and Pirate Radio where Youngblood's sword passed harmlessly through his belt.

Wall Walking

  • Danny, as well as many other ghosts, can manipulate their center of gravity; they can walk and run on up and down uneven and vertical surfaces as though they were horizontal. This either because of his ability to defy gravity (flying) OR because of some unexplored ability to adhere/combine/interact to/with the molecular structure (clinging) of the surface of walls etc.

Overshadowing/Possession

  • First shown in Parental Bonding, Danny can take possession of a human being or an animal (Micro Management) from within by phasing completely into the person's body, allowing him to completely control that person's actions. Danny has used this power on several people, including Tucker, Dash, his dad, and even a rat, for various reasons. When overshadowed, the victim keeps his or her original form, but his or her eyes and voice change to Danny's. Being able to adapt the eyes and voice of the person being overshadowed seems to be a matter of experience; other ghosts (and Vlad) do this effortlessly from early appearances, however some of Danny's enemies (like Sidney Pointdexter, who has little expertise in the use of his own Ghost Powers, and Tucker when he temporarily gains ghost powers thanks to Desiree) are unable to change their voices when using the ability. As of the episode Eye for an Eye, Danny appears to have enough mastery over the power to use the possessed body's voice (in this case, Vlad Plasmius). The victim has no memory of what he or she did while overshadowed, but usually feel a slight dizziness and disorientation, and occasionally feel influenced by what Danny says or does (one example being Dash feeling the urge to wash his mother's feet after Danny overshadows him and forces him to say the very same thing to Paulina). On numerous occasions, it has been demonstrated that this ability can be resisted, and that Danny can even be forced out of the person with the right equipment, or if he's not up to full power. Overshadowing can also be resisted through sheer willpower, demonstrated first by Jack (Bitter Reunions). As seen in Public Enemies and Life Lessons, ghosts can still use their powers of flight, intangibility, and invisibility while overshadowing someone. Danny has also used this power to enter people's dreams (Frightmare).

Ectoplasmic Energy Blast - "Ghost Ray"

  • First shown in What You Want, it is an ectoplasmic blast that usually comes out of the palm of his hand, Danny blasts enemies using this attack. The attack takes many forms: a ray of energy, a glowing orb, or even a repulsion field. He has also kept the energy used inside his hand, using it to empower his strikes. In Memory Blank, it is learned that Danny has had this ability since he became half-ghost. This power is not limited to just the palm as an inexperienced Danny shot one from his rear end (Memory Blank) and Danielle herself from her feet (D-Stabilized) implying that Danny may have the ability to do this as well considering she's his clone. By the time of the Danny Phantom TV Movie: Reign Storm, Danny had learned how to fire off a Ghost Ray out of his finger and hand in human mode. These rays can also be charged to various power levels, from a highly powerful white-green, to a low-level glow for lighting up dark areas. He is also able to charge up a ball of light and throw it to disorient enemies with its brightness. Danny can also use this power to force ghosts out of people they are overshadowing. Danny has also been able to absorb Ghost Rays (or other similar attacks) and redirect them at his enemies (Control Freaks). He has recently learned to fire circular rays in a manner similar to Vlad's, creating a rudimentary ectoplasmic bomb (see Ectoplasmic Energy Bolts below).

Ectoplasmic Energy Shield - "Ghost Shield"

  • Danny can use this ability to form shields of ectoplasmic energy, which he can use to block or rebound attacks from enemies. There are two kinds of shields; the first is a shield that appears as a sphere of energy that protects from all sides (Bitter Reunions). The other is a single wall of energy--an ectoplasmic energy construct--that is more direct in its range but is much stronger (Teacher of the Year). Danny can create an Ecto-Orb and use it as a circular shield (Beauty Marked and Reality Trip). He's also able to create a shield by holding up his forearm, creating a medium ranged, relatively strong shield big enough to protect him from strong head-on attacks.

Ghost Stinger

  • In Public Enemies, Danny uses this pseudo-electric attack to free Wulf from Bullet's weapon, although it could just be Danny's power traveling through Bullet's weapon, like energy feedback through the energy field of the ectoplasmic energy construct. Other examples of its use might include Vlad in The Million Dollar Ghost, Penelope Spectra in Doctor's Disorders, Technus in Flirting With Disaster and Dark Danny in The Ultimate Enemy.

Ghostly Wail

  • Danny's most powerful technique. In The Ultimate Enemy, Danny develops the unique ability to generate an extremely powerful technical like a sonic scream from his vocal cords and mouth, a bit like a Banshee's wail - with a ghostly-like moaning. The Ghostly Wail can cause terrible pain to ghosts and damage tangible matter. This ability was powerful enough to destroy the massive artificially generated Ghost Shield that protected the future Amity Park, and is effective against multiple targets. When used, this power quickly drains present-Danny's energy and completely turns him back to human in most cases, a problem he apparently has remedied by the last episode (or it could have been because of his recharged power state). He has used this power only in extreme cases (Only seven times in the history of the series, notably "The Ultimate Enemy" where he used it three times, the other four times being in "The Fright Before Christmas", "King Tuck", "Kindred Spirits" and "Phantom Planet"). This is also one of two powers that Danny has and Vlad does not (the other being his cryokinesis).

Ectoplasmic Energy Constructs

  • Danny has shown that he can utilize ectoplasmic energy constructs. He can shape ectoplasmic energy into solid objects--in Double Cross My Heart Danny is able to generate one to use as his most powerful shield to protect himself.

Ectoplasmic Energy Bolts

  • First seen used by Danny in Reality Trip. Either a bolt of ectoplasmic energy or an ectoplasmic energy semi-construct, it is easily seen as an expansion of Danny's use of his ectoplasmic energy powers. Present as a glowing orb or a circular rays--(similar to Starfire's Starbolts from the Teen Titans TV animated series),--and further still can be used as a rudimentary ectoplasmic bomb--time-delayed and can be combined with Danny's ice powers. This use of his ectoplasmic energy is useful to Danny when he is a situation where he needs to combat his adversaries with a suppressing line of not-so-friendly fire.

Duplication

  • A power first used by Vlad, Danny has struggled with this power the most, trying to manipulate his body twice in Maternal Instinct and Identity Crisis to largely disastrous results. After managing to do it in Reign Storm when he split into four (he was wearing the Ecto-Skeleton which enhanced his powers 100-fold), he appeared to finally and successfully split in two (Beauty Marked), if only for a quick second. He successfully split in four by Torrent of Terror, though it drained him of his energy briefly. Vlad was able to create many shadowy copies of himself to influence people into voting for him, indicating that there might be no limit to how many copies Danny may come to create should he reach that level of potential; the possibility that the sum total of his power being split evenly amongst himself is also a possibility if Vlad's demonstration is any indication (Eye for an Eye). More evidence of this is the power readings in the divided Ecto-Skeletons was split into four 25% readings. During "An Eye for an Eye" and "D-Stabilized", Vlad was able to maintain a duplcate of his ghost self while in human form (this was done to trick the general public and Valerie, respectively, into believing Masters and Plasmius weren't really the same person), which may mean Danny could do the same.
  • (Ghostly Ice) Danny is capable of using ice-empowered versions of the Ghost Ray as of Urban Jungle. This is revealed to be an extension of his ghost sense and ghost rays rather than a separate power altogether entirely, which explains why Danny always shivers whenever he senses a ghost. It is most likely based off of the "cold spots" that supposedly accompany ghosts. This power allows Danny to radiate cold, to shoot off rays of intense cold or fire off solid projectiles from both his palms and eyes (when he uses this power his eyes sometimes turn blue instead of their usual ghostly green, reflecting the cold). This power has been building up inside him as "negative heat" ever since he first gained his ghost powers, his body eventually becoming too numb and chilled when the pent-up energy got to be too much for him to ignore, giving him flu-like symptoms. Frostbite successfully managed to teach him how to handle this ability though. By the time of Boxed Up Fury, he's already capable of using this power comfortably, even creating an ice sphere as a shield to protect his friends. This is one of two powers (the other being the Ghostly Wail) that Danny has that Vlad does not. In Phantom Planet, it is revealed Danny can phase through ice, which he did to get the Infi-Map back.

Teleportation

  • In "Reality Trip" Danny temporarily disappeared from sight and reappeared in another location a short distance away. It seemed quite like Vlad's ability to teleport himself, but without the mist (which was probably just for show). This could possibly be a variation of his invisibility powers. Also happened something similar in "Frightmare".

Weather Manipulation (Temporary)

  • In "Torrent of Terror, Vortex accidentally gave Danny the ability to use weather controlling powers that were heavily tied to Danny's emotions and could counteract Vortex's own abilities. Among them were creating actual effects to the weather that spanned across Amity Park's skies (Bright sunlight, thunderstorms) to making miniature versions of these that typically comedically zapped Vlad and making very cold gusts of wind spring up. However, the powers only lasted for that episode, as Vortex zapped Danny again in their duel and caused him to lose the powers.

Pyrokinesis (Video Game)

  • In the video game Urban Jungle Danny wielded Ghostly fire as well as ice. It never appeared in the series however.