Dani Phantom
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Dani Phantom, also known as Danielle, is a fictional character and superhero/sidekick from Danny Phantom. A female version of Danny Phantom, she was created by his arch enemy Vlad Plasmius for his creepiest project ever, a clone of Danny Phantom. She is voiced by AnnaSophia Robb.
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[edit] Appearance and history
She came to Danny's home claiming to be his third cousin once removed. He agreed to let her stay, but only if she spoke with his parents, which caused her to run off. When Danny tried to follow her, one of the clones attacked him. Danielle helped him destroy the clone, and pretended to faint to avoid questioning. Danny left her in the guest bedroom in the Fentonworks Op-Center, only for her to disappear the next morning.
She reappears to greet Danny at lunch, dumping food on Sam and Tucker for a joke. Danny acts as a responsible relative to her, then begins to bond with her, until he asks how she got her powers. That's when another clone attacks. The two race after it, only for Vlad to ambush Danny. The resulting battle led to Danielle showing her true colours, turning on Danny to help her "daddy." Caught by surprise, Danny is defeated. Vlad then takes him to his lab in Colorado. Dani eavesdrops on her father's monologue to Danny about creating the perfect clone, and using the expendible imperfect clones to his advantage. After Danny escapes, Danielle confronts Vlad, asking if she's just a another mistake. He denies this, telling her she is his greatest creation, and the reason he needs Danny's DNA is to stabalize her. She believes him, and follows his orders to attack Danny.
Danny refuses to fight her, saying she isn't mindless and he doesn't want her to degenerate into goo like all the other clones he fought. Danielle says that if that's what he wants, he should let Vlad have his DNA so Vlad can save her. Danny tells her Vlad is lying, that he's doesn't plan to save her at all, but she doesn't believe him. Calling Danny a liar, Danielle attacks and renders him unconscious. He wakes up in a containment chamber, with Vlad and Danielle outside. Vlad asks Danielle to overshadow Danny, but she's worried it might make her melt. Losing patience, Vlad yells that she exists to serve him, and will do as he says. She is sticken for a moment, then, realizing Danny was right, she switches sides. She frees Danny and the pair of them attack Vlad, destroying the primary clone in the process. Seeing Vlad coming at them in a fury, Danielle prepares to use the last of her power, but Danny stops her, telling her to get behind him and cover her ears. Danny then unleashes his most powerful attack, the Ghostly Wail. It destroys the lab, but Vlad is not defeated. Danielle tries to defend the exhausted Danny, but has no power left to do so. But just when it looks like they've lost, Sam and Tucker arrive in the Specter Speeder, slamming into Vlad and knocking him out. Tucker loses no time in putting the Specter Deflector on Vlad, rendering his ghost powers useless. Danielle takes advantage of this to give Vlad a good punch to the head. She then slips away while Danny is thanking his friends, only to pop up later to overshadow Danny's mother and Mr Lancer to get Danny, Sam, and Tucker out of trouble for wrecking the Specter Speeder and skipping school. Promising to they'll meet again, Danielle leaves her "cousin" and flies off into the sunset.
In human form, she has the same skin, eyes and hair as Danny Fenton, only her hair is in a ponytail. She wears a red beanie, lipstick, red shorts, a blue sweater/Hoodie and has the same shoes as Danny, only blue with white dots on the side.
In ghost form, her skin, eyes and hair (still in a ponytail) are the same as Danny Phantom. Her collar is sometimes gone, it is smaller than Danny's. The right of her side of her shirt is inverted, her right arm is white and her glove is black and her left arm is black and her glove is white. She has no belt, instead her waist, as well as her belly button, are shown. She has streaks of white on the sides of her pants, and wears white shoes. She has the same emblem as Danny, only it is sometimes darker.
[edit] Personality/Weakness
Danielle acts similarly to Danny, only more childish and feminine. She seems to have no concern with responsibility, and can be quite stubborn at times. She can also be quite naïve, which is, in part, due to her limited existence so far.
As Danny's clone, Dani shares many of his likes and personality traits. Unlike the other failed experiments, she is not mindless and doesn't mind voicing exactly how she feels. A very willful girl, Dani doesn't like being told what to do and enjoys using her ghost powers for a laugh or surprise.
Physically, Dani appears to be 12 years old. However, her actual age is, at most, only a few months, since it hasn't even been a full year since Danny first got his powers. Because of her limited knowledge, Dani was easily talked into obeying Vlad's every order, and it wasn't until she met Danny that she realized that she was just "a mess that [Vlad]'s not going to clean up".
Danielle's greatest weakness is that she can't go all-out with her powers like Danny can. Her unstable clone DNA is unable to handle such a strain, and she starts destabilizing into ectoplasm when she begins to wear herself out. Although her body can reform when she's not actively using her powers, this handicap is enough to prevent her from fighting to her fullest extent.
[edit] Relationship
[edit] Danny Fenton/Phantom
She saw Danny more as a subject she was sent to capture him for Vlad. Being the only clone with a mind of her own, Danny refused to hurt her. Eventually she sided with her "cousin" after learning her "father" was only using her. Though she is away for the time, she vows to return, now on good terms with her "cousin". The two seem to have grown a strong bond of trust and concern for each other since. This would be the most important relationship for Danielle, since Danny is the only friend/family she has.
[edit] Vlad Masters/Plasmius
She looked up to him as her father and did whatever she was told to do until meeting Danny and realizing how evil Vlad really was. She has since opposed him and is no longer his "daughter", viewing her as one of the failed clones he has made her in order to get the perfect cloned son. Yet ironically, if he raised Dani like he would of raised Danny or the primary clone, he would have succeeded in his plan to have a family.
[edit] Ghost Powers
Dani Phantom has many of the same powers as Danny, but, while skilled, isn't quite as experienced as him due to her limited existence so far.
- Ghost Sense – Dani has the same ghost sense as her cousin. She does not trigger his ghost sense, since she is half-ghost and a near-perfect clone.
- Transformation – Like Danny, she goes ghost and uses white rings in her transformation.
- Intangibility & Invisibility – Standard ghost powers.
- Flying/Floating/Hovering – Standard ghost powers.
- Paranormal Strength, Speed, Agility and Durability – She has the same physical abilities like Danny. Apparently, they don't cause her to melt, so she can use these powers without problems. Like Danny, she is somewhat a weakling without her powers.
- Ectoplasmic Energy Blast - "Ghost Ray" – She fires the same kind of energy blast as her cousin, and even comes in the same color. Apparently, this power burns through her quickly, and she tends to start melting as a result.
- Ectoplasmic Energy Shield - "Ghost Shield" – She is not seen using this power, but since she is Danny's clone, she could use it as well.
- Overshadowing/Possession – She took control of her "aunt", Maddie, and Mr. Lancer to save Danny, Sam and Tucker from getting grounded (thankfully, she didn't need to overshadow Jack, since he's gullible enough to believe anyone). When she overshadows someone, she maintains their voices, but not their eyes. Apparently, overshadowing puts a hefty strain on Dani's unstable DNA, for she shows fear for her life when Vlad tries to get her to overshadow Danny. However, this may be due to the fact that she and Danny have the same DNA, only her's is unstable.
- Wall Walking – She, along with other ghosts, can use this power. This is apparently an addition to her hovering powers.
Although she and Danny can use the same powers, she does not have her own version of the Ghostly Wail. One theory is that the technology Vlad used in Valerie's suit was able to get Danny's DNA and record his powers, but she never downloaded his Ghostly Wail since he never used it on her. Of course, even if Dani knew this power, the energy strain of the attack would most likely cause her to melt after using it once. This is reinforced by the fact that Danny strains himself when he uses it, and ends up powering down as a result of exhaustion.
In Urban Jungle, it was revealed that Danny's ghost sense was actually a sign of his developing an ability to control cold. It's unknown if Dani will eventually develop this power, or even have enough strength in her unstable body to handle it.
[edit] Trivia
- Although she is occasionally referred to as Danielle Fenton (due to being Danny's clone) technically, she has no actual last name. Being an artificial clone, she was not actually born into the Fenton family, but it's clear that she is at least part of the family being created from Danny.
- Dani Phantom is the second "alternate" form of Danny, who came into existence because of his powers. The first was Dark Danny in The Ultimate Enemy.
- Her voice actress was, conveniantly, also 12 when "Kindred Spirits" aired.
- Dani is the fourth clone of Danny Phantom. However, Vlad's line of "I would watch a hundred more clones dissolve into ectoplasm to get the perfect half ghost son" seems to imply that there may have been many more failed clones before Dani and the other three clones in the episode.
- A small goof in Dani's name is constantly found throughout most of the fanbase. Ever since the episode aired, many fans have been referring to her as "Danni" (With two 'n's) in both fanfiction and fanart, however the actual spelling is with one "n".
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| Main Characters | Main Ghosts | |||||
| Danny Phantom/Fenton • Tucker Foley • Samantha "Sam" Manson Jack and Maddie Fenton • Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton |
The Lunch Lady Ghost • The Box Ghost • Skulker • Technus • Desiree Walker • Spectra • Ember • Johnny 13 • Fright Knight • Wulf Lydia • Captain Youngblood • Pariah Dark • Dark Danny Clockwork • Prince Aragon • Undergrowth |
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| Recurring Characters | Special Episodes | |||||
| Mr. Lancer • Dash • Paulina Valerie Gray • Guys in White • Dani Phantom Vlad Masters/Plasmius • Freakshow |
Mystery Meat • Fright Night • Memory Blank • Reign Storm The Ultimate Enemy • The Fright Before Christmas• Reality Trip • Urban Jungle |
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| Lists | Misc | |||||
| Episodes • Characters • Villains and Ghosts | Amity Park • Ghost Zone • The Ultimate Enemy (video game) Urban Jungle (video game) • Reality Gauntlet |
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Categories: Danny Phantom characters | Fictional sidekicks | Fictional ghosts | Child superheroes | Fictional characters with the power to fly | Nicktoon protagonists | Fictional hybrids | Fictional clones | Fictional characters with the power to duplicate themselves | Fictional characters with the power to teleport | Fictional characters with superhuman strength
