Guys in White

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The Guys In White

Publisher	Nickelodeon
First appearance	"The Million Dollar Ghost"
Created by	Butch Hartman
Base(s) of operations	Amity Park

The Guys in White are a group of fictional characters from the animated television series Danny Phantom. They are an organization dedicated to seeking and destroying all ghosts, among them Danny Phantom, whom they have classified as a highly dangerous "Level 7 Ectoplasmic Entity".

[edit] Appearances

The organization has many agents, but only two of them have made more than one appearance. The leader of this organization was seen once, but his name was unrevealed. They are an obvious parody of the Men in Black.

The GiW first appeared in the episode "The Million Dollar Ghost", where they were one among three groups of minor Ghost Hunters hired by Vlad Plasmius to capture Danny Phantom for the million dollars. In the end, the two failed to capture him though.

They returned in "Reality Trip" where they questioned Freakshow on how he envies ghosts and the usage of the Reality Gauntlet. Freakshow tricked the GiW to try the gauntlet and ran off with it. In the train station, the agents hunted Freakshow, until he knocked them out. After the agents discovered that Danny is Danny Phantom, the two decided to arrest him away, and took him to the agency for experiments. The two tried to capture Danny, Sam, and Tucker, but failed. By the end, Danny had the Reality Gauntlet, and used it to erase the memory of the GiW about Danny's identity and give the two Freakshow to put back in jail.

Later, in "Double Cross My Heart", the GiW returned. Early on, the agents took away Skulker's battlesuit and used it to track down Danny, helping them attack him first at Nasty Burger, then underwater in the Casper Elementary swimming pool, and yet again, ironically, while he was spying on Gregor to find proof that he is with the GiW. Later, the GiW questioned Mr. Lancer about the local ghosts, leading them to the Fenton residence, where the agents "discovered" that Gregor is the ghost kid by virtue of having white hair, just like Danny. The two pursued and launched an attack on him, but were stopped by the real Danny with a warning to stay away from his friends. He then threw the two in mud, getting their suits dirty and infuriating their commissioner.

They later made brief cameos in " Eye for an Eye" trashing both Danny and Vlad's houses in search of ghostly contraband, and later reappearing to fight Danny Phantom. In "Livin' Large", they bought Fenton Works in order to destroy the Ghost Zone with a missile.

[edit] Trivia

The Guys in White are obvious parodies to the Men in Black and the movie of the same name. They are also probably a homage to S.H.I.E.L.D from Marvel Comics.

All of their attack strategies and equipment have the word "white", or some similar hue, in their title (White Fang, White Sidewinder, Great White Whale, Ivory Mist, etc...). Apparently, even the agents find the names somewhat weird, but, as one of the agents once put it, "I don't name this stuff".