Amity Park

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Amity Park is the name of a fictional town in the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Location Origin
2 Various Locations
3 Government

[edit] Geography

Amity Park is a moderately large city, with a population around 200,000. Among its features is a shopping mall, a few medium-tall buildings, and a major research lab.

Amity Park Billboard.

[edit] Location Origin

Amity Park's exact location hasn't been shown yet. However, there have been several clues hinting towards a possible location in the Central United States area. In the TV movie "Reality Trip", Danny Phantom and his friends travel cross-country to locate a trio of magical "Reality Gems", two of them located in Florida and California. Danny first travels to Florida to find the first gem, which is closer to the Central U.S. than California. This is also supported by two other episodes in the series. In "Memory Blank", Lancer points his stick towards the Louisiana area of the United States. Also in Urban Jungle, the roots spread from the Great Lakes region of the United States to the rest of the world. In the episode "Fanning the Flames", Mr. Lancer mentioned the Northwestern Standardized Testing. Now while this could mean that Amity Park is located in Northern California, Oregon or Washington, it could probably also refer to Northwestern University which is in Chicagoland. In any case, Amity Park's exact location has not been identified, and it's possible that the town has no actual state, similar to the cartoon towns of Springfield from The Simpsons or Middleton from Kim Possible.

Amity Park: Ten years into the possible future.

Amity Park's name is a reference to the real world town of Amityville, where the paranormal novel/movie The Amityville Horror took place.

[edit] Various Locations

There are several recurring locations in Amity Park that are featured throughout the show.

FentonWorks: Home of the Fenton family, a family that has (more or less) dedicated themselves to studying and capturing ghosts. You can't miss it, due to the glowing neon sign outside and the giant Ops center on the roof.
Casper High: The high school that Danny, his sister, and his friends attend. Many of the episodes take place within its hallowed (and haunted) halls. The name, of course, is in reference to Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Nasty Burger: A popular fast-food joint and hangout for teens all over town. According to Mr. Lancer, working here is the fate to those students who were doomed to fail. It was torn down by the Guys in White, under the impression that there are ghosts and rebuilt into an adult's-only hangout, McMasters. However, Danny managed to get Nasty Burger back by getting himself hit by Vlad Masters.
Axiom Labs: A scientific research facility currently owned by Vlad Masters. Valerie Gray's dad works here as a researcher in the R&D division, although he was once demoted to a security guard as a result of the failure of his "foolproof" (but not ghostproof) security system.
Amity Mall: Although not seen as often as the Nasty Burger, the mall is another local hangout for teens all over town.