List of Danny Phantom characters
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This is a list of fictional characters from the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom.
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[edit] The Fenton Family
[edit] Daniel "Danny" Fenton (Danny Phantom)
Danny Fenton is a nervous, normal, clumsy, and sometimes superficial 14-year-old boy who tries to fit in with his peers. But he is also able to 'go ghost' (his battle cry is "I'm going ghost!"), transform into his ghost form. Upon transformation, his normally black hair turns white, his eyes change from from blue to bright green, and his normal attire becomes a black hazmat suit - with white boots, gloves, belt, and starting from the second season, a "DP" emblem on his chest, becoming "Danny Phantom".
[edit] Jazz Fenton
Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton is Danny's older sister. Being the older sister and feeling the most rational of the family, she takes it upon herself to be the "mature" figure, often criticising her parents obsession with ghosts and protecting her younger brother. Ultimately though, she means well, using her knowledge to point her parents in a more "normal" direction and keeping an overprotective eye on Danny, even if it sometimes is a constant annoyance to others. Upon learning of her brother's secret identity, she also takes it upon herself to help protect it.
[edit] Jack and Maddie Fenton
While Danny and Jazz's parents are enthusiastic/fanatic "professional ghost hunters", they are oblivious to their son's new human/ghost hybrid status. Jack and Maddie are usually seen trying to prove the existence of ghosts (finally accomplished in "Public Enemies"), they automatically think that all ghosts are evil, and are trying to capture one, if any, for scientific study, and building devices to track, capture, and take down these beings. Both normally wear hazmat suits (equipped with protective goggles) even when they aren't hunting ghosts (though Maddie is known to remove hers at times). Both parents are extremely dedicated to their family as well as to their pursuit of ghosts.
Jack is obsessed with ghost-hunting. Geared up in his dayglow-orange spandex jumpsuit, he jumps into action before thinking and can make a bad situation even worse. While he is an adequate fighter with great strength (due primarily to his prodigious size) and courage, he can often be clumsy and incompetent. He has a level of genius though, as well as a good amount of technical knowledge, and is able to conjure up working ghost gadgets and defense systems built all around the Fenton household. He also has a maturity and seriousness that few people recognize.
Maddie (short for Madeline) is an accomplished martial artist as well as marksman and technical whiz. She has a sister named Alicia who is divorced, doesn't like Jack, and lives in Arkansas (seen in "Prisoners of Love"). Maddie, despite her obsession with ghosts, absolutely loves her family and will do anything to defend them. Vlad Masters has been in love with her since college and is always trying to get her to leave Jack, but she always stays true to her family and defends Jack when Vlad talks him down. Danny used to be really close with Maddie when he was little and, despite not being as close to her now, still looks up to her.
[edit] Danielle "Dani" Phantom
A female clone of Danny created by Vlad, who looks to be about 12 years old. She claims to be Danny's "third cousin once removed." She was against Danny at first, but eventually she sided with her "cousin" after she learned that in Vlad's eyes (whom she had seen as a father), she was just another experiment- and a failed one at that even as she won't last for long as she use up all her powers.
Dani possesses all of Danny's powers, but her unstable DNA prevents her from using them to excess (the more she uses her powers, the faster she deteriorates into ectoplasmic goo). Her suit is slightly similar to Danny's, only more feminine looking (A suit cut at the waist, with her bellybutton showing, slightly high heel boots, etc.).
At the end of "Kindred Spirits", she is shown flying off into the sunset vowing to return someday, now being on good terms with her "cousin". The two seem to have grown a strong bond of trust and concern for each other. This is the most important relationship for Danielle, since Danny is the only friend/family she has.
[edit] The Foley Family
[edit] Tucker "Tuck" Foley
Danny's best friend "since forever". He is voiced by Rickey D'Shon Collins. A loyal friend (usually), they share virtually anything (if not everything) with each other, including their friendship. Although Tucker is vulnerable to jealousy as seen in the episode "What You Want" or wanting attention as in "King Tuck", he always realizes in the end that he just can't let Danny down. Tucker is nicknamed the 'Techno-Geek' for his impressive knowledge of computers and gadgetry by the popular kids. He is infatuated with technology, including his PDA (which comes in handy while ghostfighting), and cannot live without it, as shown in "13", when his obsession for digital electronics proved too overpowering to allow him to change his image as "Techno-Geek".
Tucker is also constantly struggling to attract girls, most of which are considered popular, but all, especially the best-looking ones, completely ignore him. Unfortunately, he does not know when to keep his mouth shut, which gets him into trouble. He also is a carnivore, as heard in the episode "Mystery Meat", and has a sense of smell finely attuned to meat.
[edit] Mr. and Mrs. Foley
Tucker's parents. His father, Maurice looks exactly like Tucker, minus the hat and with a mustache. His mom's name hasn't been mentioned yet, although she once ruined his day care service when she mistook the flour sacks were for her to make cookies. Their first appearance was in "Public Enemies". They are voiced by Phil LaMarr and Kimberly Brooks. They seem overprotective of their son, but they mean well. They appear to be the only parents in the Danny Phantom universe that behave like responsible parents (Sam's parents are super-optimistic socialites, spoiled and egoistical, and Danny's parents are obsessed with ghosts).
[edit] The Gray Family
[edit] Valerie Gray
Voiced by Cree Summer, Valerie Gray was once a popular girl in Casper High, but an encounter with a ghost dog caused her father to lose his well paying job, forcing them to move from their lavish home to a rundown apartment. Valerie's selfish and rude personality took a complete 180 as she now had to struggle to save money for college and live life without the popularity she once had. As well as being a ghost hunter, this has changed Valerie for the better as she better appreciates Danny (whom she didn't care for back when she was popular due to his low status) and the others, now seeing the world beyond the black and white she did beforehand.
Damon Gray's daughter, she is a professional Ghost Hunter. Her armor and weaponry are all provided by Vlad Masters, who has taken advantage of Valerie's personal grudge against Danny Phantom. Her father had no idea of Valerie's ghost hunting until "Reign Storm". In turn, Valerie had no idea that Vlad was her supplier until that same episode. It is also revealed in "Flirting with Disaster" that she is a ninth degree blackbelt, and that her favorite fruit is kumquat, "because it's a funny word". Also in the same episode, Valerie's armor is destroyed when Technus takes control of it. Danny, knowing that she wasn't inside, destroys it, and Technus later gives her more powerful (and more sinister-looking) armor in order to slow Danny down while he takes over all the computers on Earth.
Though she likes Danny Fenton, she wants to destroy Danny Phantom, who she blames for all of her misfortunes. They went on an official date in "Flirting with Disaster", and Danny even decided that he wished for Valerie to be his girlfriend. Valerie even considered giving up ghost-hunting to be with him. But in the end, Valerie decided that she couldn't be in a relationship with him because of her grudge against Danny Phantom, and she did not want Danny Fenton to get involved, or worse yet, hurt (she is unaware that Fenton and Phantom are one and the same).
She first appears in "Parental Bonding", but doesn't officially debut until "Shades of Gray".
[edit] Damon Gray
Damon Gray is Valerie's father and faithful employee of Axion Labs. He used to be in Axion's R&D division, where he created a "foolproof" security system for the lab. Unfortunately, it wasn't much good when a Ghost Dog and Danny flew in and unintentionally trashed the place. With her father demoted to a security guard as a result, Valerie began her personal grudge against Danny Phantom, blaming him for all the misfortune she's suffered. In "Reign Storm", Valerie's ghost hunter identity was exposed to Damon (by Danny, no less). As a result of this discovery, Damon began to try and forbid his daughter from going out to fight. Damon was recently given back his old job in R&D following Axion's corporate takeover by Vlad Masters.
In "The Ultimate Enemy", he is seen in the future Amity Park with an eyepatch and is missing his left arm. He and Valerie, in that future, had resided in Fenton Works up until Dark Danny destroyed the building. Since he did not reappear with Valerie when Danny, Sam and Tucker showed up in the future, it might be possible that he died in the explosion seen at the beginning of the episode.
Damon is voiced by Phil Morris and first appears in "Shades of Gray".
[edit] The Manson Family
[edit] Samantha "Sam" Manson
Sam Manson is one of Danny's best friends. She is a goth (much to the dismay of her preppy parents and their hatred of the goth subculture). She's also an environmentally concerned vegetarian. Her parents are extremely wealthy, having inherited from a great inventor, although she keeps this a secret. According to her, she wants to earn real friends, rather than the popularity and fake friendships that come with wealth. Sam is often the most pragmatic of the group, though she does have the tendency to be bossy and a bit self righteous at times, especially when environmental causes are involved. She and Tucker are often there assisting Danny in any way they can when he is fighting ghosts, or telling his parents crazy stories to protect Danny's secret identity. It was her fault that Danny wanted to try the portal and turned into a ghost.
It has also been shown that Sam harbors romantic feelings for Danny, though she has yet to admit it. Since Sam and Danny pulled a "fake out, make out" in Shades of Gray, they started showing feelings for one another. Danny pulled one later when he lost his ghost powers in "Memory Blank", in order to prevent big trouble from his parents. In the episode, "Fanning the Flames", Danny is put under a spell that causes him to fall in love with her. During this time Sam reveals that she liked the attention Danny was giving her (fake as it was). There are several instances during the show where Danny and Sam look at each other, smile, and blush, and if anyone asks them if they're in love, dating, etc, they'll openly deny it in unison. It becomes pretty obvious to everyone else, except Danny, that she has feelings for him (and vice versa); something that she is well aware of. As seen in "Reign Storm", Danny may not be completely clueless about Sam's feelings for him. Anytime Danny focuses his attention on other girls, Sam will often show signs of jealousy by showing or trying to hide her anger, frustration, and disgust; and sometimes by being protective of him.
In "Double Cross My Heart" Sam starts dating a new boy named Gregor, causing Danny to become notably upset, jealous, and suspicious, until finding out Gregor, whose name is really Elliot, was faking it all to have Sam as his girlfriend. She instantly dumped him and thought the only way boys would be interested in her is if they were after Danny. Danny reassured her otherwise. In "Urban Jungle", even though hypnotized by Undergrowth, her feelings for Danny still show through. Also, they have another moment at the end where they look at each other and tilt their heads towards each other, and smile, before bieng interrupted by Tucker. It is also revealed that Danny thinks Sam "rules".
Sam is voiced by Grey DeLisle.
In the "The Fright Before Christmas", it is also revealed that Sam is Jewish. This was hinted at, somewhat obscurely, in "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale", when her grandmother says while bowling, "Bubbe's hot tonight!" and in "Control Freaks", when she addresses Sam as "bubbeleh".
[edit] Jeremy and Pamela Manson
Jeremy and Pamela Manson are Sam's parents and the overall antithesis of their daughter, being a pair of super-optimistic socialites. On various occasions, they have been shown to have enormous disdain of Sam's nonconformity, forcing bright dresses and the like upon her. They also dislike Danny and his family due to their behavior. Their first appearance was in Control Freaks. While not named in the show, they are credited as "Jeremy" and "Pam." Mr. Manson is voiced by S. Scott Bullock, and Mrs. Manson is voiced by Laraine Newman.
[edit] Ida Manson
Sam's grandmother Ida Manson, as far as it is known, supports her granddaughter's individuality, being a nonconformist herself in her youth. Her first appearance was in "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale". While her name is not mentioned in the show, she has been credited as "Ida." Grandma Manson is voiced by Kath Soucie. Her last name may not be Manson.
[edit] The Citizens of Amity Park
[edit] Mr. Lancer
Voiced by Ron Perlman. Mr. Lancer, during his own years at High School was a Male Cheerleader. Now a teacher and Vice-Principal at Danny's school, Casper High (another ghost reference), he serves as rope of education to the students of Casper High. He often uses the titles of books as exclamations (for example, "Moby Dick!, "Gulliver's Travels, I'm losing my mind-- and my pants!", and "Lord of the Flies! They're slipping right through my hands!" "War of the Worlds, creature, get away from my youthful charges!" "Chicken Soup for the Soul!" "Hunt for Red October!", and when the faculty's steak dinners are stolen, "Paradise Lost!").
Mr. Lancer is generally portrayed as the enforcer within Casper High, liberally doling out detentions to Danny and his friends. He shows favoritism to the school athletes, however ("Mystery Meat", "Fright Knight"). Although he is described as an English teacher, Mr. Lancer has appeared teaching a variety of subjects, including astronomy ("Memory Blank"), and often the blackboard behind him is covered with scrawled math equations. He is portrayed as a bit of a wimp, hiding behind Principal Ishiyama when faced with Wulf ("Public Enemies") for example, even if he generally means well. In Forever Phantom it's revealed that he is just as picked on by the students as Danny and his friends. He also seems to have no one to spend Christmas with as writes all of his gifts to himself which could either mean that his family is dead or that they just don't want to see him in fact he is held as a complete laughing stock in the eyes of many. Mr. Lancer also secretly plays video games like "Doomed", and is apparently very skilled at it (defeating Tucker, Danny, and Sam all at once). Mr. Lancer's two greatest fears are apparently math equations and the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard. As well as having an interest in the video game "Doomed", it also appears that he occasionally indulges in cross-dressing. In the episode "Teacher of the Year", Lancer shows a picture of "his sister" to Danny as a method of encouragement, then later wonders how no one ever seems to know that's it's really just him in a dress. He likes watching Danny, at times is a little sensitive with the boy and tries to cover for him with his parents, but he seems to like a little of Danny.
It is unclear what Lancer's first name is, for he is always referred to as Mr. Lancer, even to himself. It's possible that his first initial is L due to having it on his Doomed avatar (similar to Technus using his first initial of N), but this has not been made official.
[edit] Mrs. Tetslaff
Mrs. Tetslaff is an over weight female teacher who teaches Physical Education and Health Studies. She is a constant rival of Mr. Lancer and has outdone him in many things, including the Halloween haunted house challenge. She is voiced by Laraine Newman.
[edit] Mr. Falluca
Mr. Falluca is a math teacher at Casper High School who has never had any important roles and only appears as a minor character. He apparently thought Tucker did math homework on his computer and decided to give out more when he learned that all Tucker did was surf the Internet.
[edit] Dash Baxter
Dashiel "Dash" Baxter is the most popular guy in Casper High School, he is voiced by S. Scott Bullock. Quarterback of the football team - as well as a member of every sports team (Basketball, etc) at Casper High, Dash can get away with just about anything, and usually does while he dominates over his peers and sucks up to teachers, stating "After high school, it's all downhill for me."
He may be a ninth-grader like Danny, but Dash is the big man on campus at Casper High. Guys want to be him and girls want to date him. And this football jock likes nothing more than harassing Danny. He frequently calls Danny by unimaginative derogatory nicknames like "Fen-toad","Fen-toenail" and "Fen-turd". But the tables have turned now that Danny has his super powers, and sometimes he just can't resist making Dash look like a fool, which, considering the size of Dash's brain compared to the rest of his body, isn't very hard to do. Danny's powers have revealed certain disturbing things about Dash, like the fact that Dash secretly collects teddy bears. We also know that he has a soft spot for old romance movies ("Doctor's Disorders") and listens to boy bands ("Girl's Night Out").
He gets a starring role in "Micro Management" alongside Danny as he, Skulker, and Danny were shrunk to a microscopic size. As a result, he and Danny had to work together to defeat Skulker and get back to normal size. It is also revealed in this episode that Dash has some level of respect for Danny Phantom.
His name and role in the show indicate that he is based on the Spider-Man character Flash Thompson. Both are school bullies who constantly torment the title characters, and yet idolize their alter-egos, not knowing who they are in actuality.
When Dash (along with the rest of the world) finds out Danny's identity in Reality Trip, he almost instantly helps Danny in escaping the Guys in White along with Paulina, Kwan and others showing that his respect for Danny Phantom outweighs his desire to bully Danny Fenton.
[edit] Paulina
Paulina is a cheerleader and the most popular girl at Casper High School. She is voiced by Maria Canals. Paulina has a Hispanic background and a "cool" accent, a mixture of Valley Girl and the slight Hispanic accent that Spanish speakers who become fluent in American English sometimes retain. She is 15 years old, celebrating her Quinceañera in the episode "Memory Blank".
Her father spoils her and is shown to be extremely egotistical. Since "Parental Bonding", it has been shown that Danny has a nearly obsessive crush on Paulina. The two of them dated in "Lucky in Love", although it is revealed halfway through the episode that Paulina is being overshadowed. Paulina (having no memory of the events that happened while she was overshadowed) still has no interest in Danny Fenton, but grows madly in love with his alter ego, Danny Phantom (she even has a shrine to him in her locker, complete with candles), since he has saved her on more than one occasion. However, the later half of the second season seems to indicate Danny's crush on her is waning.
In "Reality Trip", Paulina (along with the rest of the world) finds out the connection between Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom and kisses him, putting Sam into a jealous rage. She also says at the time that she can get used to "Paulina Fenton" (Which is a reference to the episode Pirate Radio). Despite the "Paulina Fenton" comment, it is generally believed that Paulina was only into Danny for the Phantom, and it has been said that the chances of those two being happy together long-term are slim to nil[citation needed]. However the revelation of him continuing to protect the entire school, despite the way he's treated there, may also have been the influence of her statement.
[edit] Kwan
Kwan is a football player and Dash's best friend. Kwan was at once point voiced by Dat Phan. Kwan is now voiced by James Sie. It often seems that Kwan is the more rational of the two. Like Dash, Kwan bullies Danny around, but acts nicer than most of the other popular kids in Casper High (ex: In "Shades of Gray", when Danny accidentally ran into Paulina and made her spill her soda on Valerie's $500 shirt and Valerie wanted him to beat him up, Kwan replied with "Hey, accidents happen").
Back when Valerie was popular, Kwan was dating her, only ending once Valerie lost her popularity. By the episode "Lucky in Love", he started dating Star (Paulina's best friend). He was told by Penelope Spectra that he would become a hobo soon after school: whether this was truth exaggerated or simply lies was unknown at the time.
Kwan is seen briefly in "The Ultimate Enemy" when Dark Danny attacks the future Amity Park with his newly developed Ghostly Wail.
[edit] Harriet "Harry" Chin
Harriet "Harry" Chin is an old college-mate of Jack and Maddie. Like Vlad, she shows an obvious dislike for Jack Fenton. She lost her old job in Milwaukee because she wrote some crackpot story about ghosts, but gets a job in as a newscaster in Amity Park ("The Million Dollar Ghost"). She first appears in "Bitter Reunions".
[edit] Mayor Ernesto Montez
(Mayor) Ernesto Montez is Amity Park's former mayor. He is a coward and he claims to help protect his people only to get more voters. It's obvious he cares more about being mayor than the responsibilities of being mayor. In Eye for an Eye, Montez's position as mayor was removed in favor of Vlad Masters.
[edit] Star
A cheerleader and Paulina's best friend, Star is one of the popular kids. She is voiced by Grey Delisle, and later by Tara Strong. Tucker has called Star "Satellite" because like a real satellite orbiting an object, Star orbits around Paulina. Star once dated Tucker in Lucky in Love (dominating and basically making him her servant) but decided to date Kwan (Dash's best friend) instead. She has some extreme dislike for Danny because of his parents' ghost hunting. She first appears as a background character in "Mystery Meat".
Star resembles a lot like Veronica in The Fairly OddParents which makes sense because they both are the best friends of the popular girls (Star=Veronica and Paulina=Trixie). Star also seems to still be friends with Valerie Gray, despite the latter being thrown out of the popular crowd.
[edit] Principal Ishiyama
Principal Ishiyama is a principal of Casper High. She is voiced by June Angela. She is known to be of Asian descent, most likely Japanese due to her last name. (In Japanese "Ishiyama" means "Rock Mountain".) She first appeared in "Fanning the Flames". She normally wears a purple dress or a purple shirt and skirt.
[edit] Elliot/Gregor
Elliot's a guy who likes to 'play' girls into falling for him. He was most notably featured in "Double Cross My Heart", where he seduces Sam as a foreign exchange student from Hungary named Gregor. This false relationship drove Danny into a fit of jealousy, and nearly broke up his friendship with Sam. Danny thought he was an agent of the Guys in White, while Guys in White thought Elliot was Danny Phantom. Later it was revealed that he is actually from Michigan, and his deception caused Sam to break up with him. The Guys In White attacking him made him decide to go back to Michigan, never to return again. His appearance is noticeably similar to Danny's ghost form, right down to his green eyes.
[edit] Nathan
Nathan is a nerd at Casper High with an alien face on his sweater. He was a background character until his actual debut during Reign Storm, revealing he is in love with Valerie Gray, and won't stop stalking her until she agrees to go with him to senior prom (Which happens to be three years away).
[edit] Ashley
Ashley is a girl who is always seen with a pink skirt. She wears her hair similarly to Sam. She is a fan of Sayonara Pussycat and is apparently a cheerleader. Tucker also seems to like her. She is also often seen with Star.
[edit] Irving "Third Degree" Burns
Irving "Third Degree" Burns is the Manager of the local burger restaurant, The Nasty Burger. While Jazz scored the highest score ever on the C.A.T., Irving got the lowest. He takes complete pride in the job he has, even though no one else does.
[edit] Several nameless characters
There are several kids at Casper High who are constantly seen but never shown as main characters. In "Beauty Marked" we see the names of several girls. The African-American girl who rejected being Tucker's date in "Parental Bonding" is Rebecca. The girl with Rebecca who helped Danny in "Beauty Marked" is named Mia, and several others. Tucker hit on an Asian girl in "13" yet she rejected him because he was a techno-geek. One red-haired girl in particular resembled Timmy's mother in The Fairly OddParents who works at The Nasty Burger. However, in "What You Want" she had blonde hair; in "Flirting with Disaster" she was a brunette and revealed she has a crush on Danny.
[edit] References
- Danny Phantom (TV Series)
[edit] See also
List of Danny Phantom villains and ghosts
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Danny Phantom/Fenton |
Lunch Lady Ghost • Box Ghost • Skulker • Technus |
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Mr. Lancer • Dash • Paulina • Valerie Gray |
Reign Storm • Fright Before Christmas |
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| Misc. | Video Games | |||||
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Episodes • Characters • Villains & Ghosts |
Ultimate Enemy • Urban Jungle |
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