Fanning the Flames
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| "Fanning the Flames" Danny Phantom episode |
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| Season | 1 |
| Number | 11 |
| Prod. code | 011 |
| Airdate | October 8, 2004 |
| Writer(s) | Marty Isenberg, Steve Marmel |
| Directors | Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Hashiguchi |
| Ghost Appearances | Ember McLain (1st), Klemper (1st) |
| Abbreviation | FtF |
| Previous episode Shades of Gray |
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| Next episode Teacher of the Year |
"Fanning the Flames" is the eleventh episode of the TV-series, Danny Phantom. Ember, a rock star ghost uses her music to take over the world, but to put a stop to Danny Phantom from interfering with her plans, she puts a love spell on him so that Danny falls madly in love with Sam!
[edit] Episode Summary
Danny fights off a ghost named Klemper during his mission to map out the Ghost Zone, while Tucker and Sam watches from the Spector Speeder. Using the Fenton phones (which filters out ghost noises), the two keep in touch with Danny (although Tucker very much would perfer to listen to music with it while singing horribly off-key). Danny fights off Klemper, sending him to a frozen part of the Ghost Zone, then reunites with his friends inside the Spector Speeder. Cold, Danny tries in vain to warm his hands, only for Sam to volunteer to warm his hands by holding them. The two blush before being interrupted by Tucker's bad singing, then they head back home.
In school, a new singer, Ember McLain is proving most popular with the peers there, including Tucker. Only Danny and Sam seem to be unaffected by her music. Paulina walks in afterwards to comment on Sam's Fenton Phones to which Sam replies Danny gave them to her as a gift. This starts a small chain reaction of various students mistaking them as a couple, much to Danny and Sam's frustration.
Later in the day, Lancer makes note of the Northwestern 9 Standarized Test held in two days and seeing the overall grades marks any points towards his job, he gives the students the Cramtastic Mark 5, a study aid machine. When turning it on, Ember is seen on screen instead. Angered, Lancer takes out the CD only to hear the beginning of her song as Ember herself makes a live appearance with her band to Casper High. The students flock to her and with her guitar, she casts a spell on the students to make them further worship her and attack Lancer. Danny figures out she is a ghost and manages to save Lancer before being runover by his students before heading for Ember, unfortunately she has already left. Lancer now has a personal vendetta with the popular diva.
Back in school, Paulina announces that Ember is giving away free concert tickets. Tucker, being a fan heads over to get his, but instead Danny and Sam ties him up and makes him absorb the Cramtastic Mark 5's study aid to "deprogram" him. Afterwards, Danny theorizes his ghost powers prevent him from being affected by her music while Sam assumes it's due to her utter disdain for anything popular. Before they can leave though, Lancer catches the two of them and drags them away, only for Danny to use his ghost powers to fly away from his hands.
As Danny flies with Sam, the two eventually reach their destination where various students cheer as Ember gives away tickets, including Danny's sister Jazz. Sam creates a distraction while Danny tries to get Ember inside the Fenton Thermos. Fighting on top the roof, Danny finds out people chanting her name gives her strength. She plans to use this by hosting a live worldwide concert to put everyone under her spell, enslaving the human race.
After tossing him to a giant cardboard picture of herself, Sam runs up to the roof and orders Ember to get away from Danny. Seeing this act of protection, Ember quickly uses her guitar to cast a love spell on both Danny and Sam to prevent their distraction on her plans. A big pink blast with hearts runs over both Sam and Danny, Sam screaming as she is blown away by the blast and holding onto the edge of the cardboard. Ember leaves afterwards, leaving Sam to witness Danny turning around and facing her in a loving appreciation, him being affected by the spell. He goes further to Sam who's on top of the cardboard Ember that's slowly tipping over. As Danny gets closer, the cardboard tips and Sam falls, only to be caught/saved by the SWAT team, sent in by Lancer who puts every student on house arrest.
Danny and Jazz are taken home where their parents refuse to let them go to the midnight concert. However, later that night, Jazz and the other kids escape from their rooms to sneak into the concert! Danny, however, is in his room, thinking of nothing but Sam, who coincidentally sneaks in and tries to get Danny to stop Ember. But Danny is far too into her to fight. Sam then realizes the Fenton Phones is what caused her to be unaffected by Ember's music.
Now remembering they left Tucker back in school, they managed to free him from his confinement. Having been exposed to the Cramtastic, Tucker randomly blurts out random useful facts for the Northwestern Standerized testing. He however seems more concerned on Danny's constant love for Sam to which Sam replies it's nothing but a love spell, even though a part of herself is very much enjoying it.
With only 15 minutes 'till the concert, the trio heads over there where Tucker tries to kill the power, accidentally speaking into the microphone while doing so. Ember, overhearing this while getting ready sends security guards (Dash and Kwan) to seize them. With all three captured, Ember starts her worldwide concert. Danny refuses to leave Sam's side to fight Ember, so with nothing left to lose, she makes one desperate move by breaking Danny's heart by kissing Dash. With the spell broken and Danny left heartbroken, he takes his anger out on Ember where the two of them fight on stage (Which the people thinks is part of the entertainment). With her name chanting all over the world, Ember grows far too powerful for Danny. Desperate, Danny orders Tucker to sing on stage to which he does. He's horrible singing wears down Ember's spell over others, quickly reducing her strength. Afterwatds, everyone cheers. Danny goes backstage and he and Sam embrace.
The next day at school, Tucker's perfect grade brings everyone else's poor grades up to school average, so while he's let off from studying, the rest of the students unfortunately must make up for their grade loss while Ember deals with an annoying Klemper back in the Ghost Zone.
[edit] Goofs
- When Danny, Sam and Tucker come to Ember's midnight concert, they are intangible as they come up out of the ground. Looking closely, it's plain to see that neither Sam nor Tucker are touching Danny as this happens. Normally, Danny needs to be in contact with someone to make them intangible along with him.
