Fright Knight (Danny Phantom)

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"Fright Night" *Danny Phantom episode*
Fright Night title card "Spooktacular!"
Season	1
Number	15
Prod. code	015
Airdate	October 29, 2004
Writer(s)	Marty Isenberg, Steve Marmel
Directors	Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Hashiguchi
Ghost Appearances	Fright Knight (1st)
Abbreviation	FN

Previous episode Public Enemies
Next episode Maternal Instinct

"Fright Night" is the fifteenth episode of the TV-series Danny Phantom. Danny and Dash compete to put on the best Halloween exhibit, so when Danny reads up in the legend of the Fright Knight, he takes his sword only for the Fright Knight to invade Amity Park.

[edit] Episode Recap

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

It is Halloween, but Danny has no time to celebrate as his fight with a ghost eel goes wrong. The creature sends Danny back where he bumps into a ladder and turns human while the paint bucket on top land all over Dash's jacket. Dash nearly gives Danny a wedgie until Lancer puts a stop to them, seeing the two needs better creative outlet. Lancer explains it's his turn out of the school faculty to decorate an abandon haunted house for a Halloween party every year and that he has chosen both Dash and Danny to do so (if not to personally outdo another teacher) whoever makes the scariest will avoid detention. Danny and Dash also makes a little side bet as well; Dash having to run around the school parking lot in his underwear if he loses and Danny stuck eating Dash's smelly, rotten underwear if he loses.

The Eel ghost.

Danny tries to think of scary plans back home, but neither Tucker nor Sam is frightened by his prospect. Sam however gives Danny an edge by getting him a book dealing with the Fright Knight, a ghost who uses his Soul Shredder Sword to send people to their worst nightmares. Danny flips through the pages and recognizes the location in one of the pictures. Taking out a map of the Ghost Zone they've been making (where Fright Knight's castle is displayed), Danny decides to take the best idea from the Fright Knight and make his exhibit. However, it's rather cheaply made and still doesn't seem to strike fear into anyone.

Tucker leaves after to go trick or treating while Danny's parents enter at the same time to see if ghosts are nearby. Danny makes them leave before Lancer comes and suspects that they helped him (and to avoid telling him this was to avoid detention). With everything planned, Danny goes ghost and checks out Dash's exhibit, thinking it'll pale in comparison to his; however Dash has managed to one-up Danny.

Desperate, Danny heads to the Ghost Zone where he enters Fright Knight's castle and avoids the many traps held inside, only to figure out his human self would be harmless to them. Turning human, he delves further in and finds the Soul Shredder lodged inside a pumpkin. Fishing it out, he starts to head back only to be surrounded by skeletons. Turning ghost, Danny begins to fight them off until they start bowing. Danny turns around to see an angry Fright Knight, coming out from the pumpkin, now free after having the sword lifted out. He demands it back, but Danny refuses, so he gives chase with his winged horse while Danny runs off. Danny manages to escape from the Ghost Zone and closes the portal, returning to the haunted house. The Fright Knight however opens up the gates easily.

Danny fights the Fright Knight.

Upon his return, Sam is a bit concerned over Danny stealing the sword. Danny refuses to worry as he sticks the sword to the ground, causing it to take over the entire haunted house and turn various dummies Dash has displayed into living zombies. Lancer comes over to grade Danny's work while Fright Knights searches for the sword. Lancer is unimpressed until the sword's effect takeover more of the haunted house and incidentally, the entire city of Amity where everyday objects turn into monsters. The Fright Knight sees a screaming Dash (running away from the monsters inside the haunted house) and demands where the sword is. He gives the answer and runs off. Afterwards, Tucker casually comes over to the Fright Knight, mistaking him for Danny until he grabs the boy and demands he takes him to his sword, vowing to have it and rule over Amity Park as his new domain.

Danny puts the sword in the pumpkin.

Meanwhile, Lancer is even more impressed on Danny's display (courtesy of Fright Knight's sword still). Danny handles any glaring problems by using Fenton gears to fend them off until Lancer declares him the winner. Unfortunately the Fright Knight comes to crash the party. He takes his sword back and sends both Lancer and Tucker to another dimension to outlive their worst nightmares. With only Danny and Sam left, he apologizes for getting so caught up in winning and continues fighting the Fright Knight. Meanwhile Sam manages to find his weakness from the book she bought, stating he must put the Soul Shredder in a pumpkin while chanting a spell to seal Fright Knight. Observing around, Danny spots Tucker's pumpkin bucket where he stored his candy, and after a quick battle with Fright Knight, he flips him over while chanting the spell to seal him, and takes his sword, smashing it into the pumpkin. The Fright Knight and his horse are sent back, trapped once more.

Lancer and Tucker return safely as well. Impressed, Lancer declares Danny the winner. Feeling guilty though, Danny confesses he cheated, using his "parent's technology" to create a scary room. Lancer doesn't care however, seeing as he can now one-up his own competition, but is quick to change his mind when Danny's parents accidentally sprays him with the Fenton Foamer. Having lost the bet, Danny is stuck eating Dash's underwear the next day.