The Million Dollar Ghost
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| "The Million Dollar Ghost" Danny Phantom episode |
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| Season | 1 |
| Number | 19 |
| Prod. code | 019 |
| Airdate | June 3, 2005 |
| Special Guest(s) | Martin Mull as Vlad |
| Writer(s) | Sib Ventress |
| Directors | Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Ken Bruce |
| Ghost Appearances | Vlad Masters |
| Abbreviation | MDG |
| Previous episode Life Lessons |
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| Next episode Control Freaks |
"The Million Dollar Ghost" is the nineteenth episode of the TV-series Danny Phantom. When his ghost portal blows up, Vlad sends a million dollar bounty on Danny's head to keep him busy while he steals the Fentons' ghost portal.
[edit] Episode Recap
Deep in the Ghost Zone, after a long search, Vlad found the item he had been seeking: The Skeleton Key, an item that can unlock any door, any prison, and to enter any realm. The only thing between him and the key is a giant monster, "Behemoth". Vlad easily defeats the creature until it swipes him back to his home with a flick of its tail. Before he can return back to the Ghost Zone, his portal explodes because he had not changed the ecto-filtrator in time, taking his entire manor house with it. Vlad survived through intangibility, but without a portal, he cannot get the Skeleton key, so he vows to steal Jack Fenton's portal.
In school, a memo has been distributed all over school for ghost patrols. Lancer makes an example by donning a mask, pretending to be a ghost. Unfortunately, Jack mistakes him for one and uses the Fenton Ghost Peeler, shaving him down to nothing but his undergarments. Angry, Lancer takes it out on Danny, who's caked with schoolwork as a result. That doesn't stop Jack from berating him for not cleaning up the lab as well as changing their ecto filtrator. As he expresses his embarrassment over his father, the local news points out Jack's incompetence as well before mentioning a million dollar reward for Danny Phantom's capture by a mysterious benefactor, prompting Jack to grow even more determined in capturing Danny.
In the Nasty Burger, where all the best-known Ghost hunters meet (The Groovy Gang and Scaredy Cat, Extreme Ghostbreaks, and the Guys in White), Danny expresses little worry, stating none of them are any good at their jobs, least of all his father, who embarrasses Danny further by blasting Tucker full of ectoplasm when he starts his ghost tour for money (while dressing up as a ghost). Vlad watches all this from afar with his Vulture Ghosts, whom he sends to attack. Immediately Jack rises on the action, only to once again prove his incompetence in capturing ghosts. Afterwards Sam and Tucker are taken by the other Vulture ghosts, causing Danny to risk himself to the other ghost hunters by turning ghost to save them.
Tucker and Sam are chucked into a garbage dump while Danny, upon trying to save them, ends up with Vlad, whom he finds out is responsible for the ghost hunters and the million dollar bounty on his head. After a quick battle, Vlad sends Danny to the ghost hunters, who surround him. Using Scaredy Cat's fear of ghosts, he "boos" him, creating a distraction long enough to escape. Jack doesn't make it in time to capture Danny, causing him to further embarrass himself. He returns home dejected, even further depressed when Danny from behind his back states his father's failures. Feeling guilty Jack overheard, Danny decides to go ghost and get himself captured. Unfortunately Jack is too depressed to until Maddie comes out of nowhere and sucks him up in the Fenton Weasel, much to Jack's happiness.
While Tucker and Sam distract the other Ghost Hunters with a tour, Jack heads over to an alley to claim his reward per its direction. Danny warns him it's all a trap, something Jack doesn't believe in until he ends up getting captured by Vlad. Revealing his plans to steal their portal, he leaves, causing Jack to further mope. The vulture ghosts busy themselves on unbolting the portal as Maddie lures Jazz to the weapon's vault now that ghosts have invaded their home. Two of the Vulture ghosts, however, capture the two and stuff them inside where they are trapped (Jack having not yet installed a door on the inside). Outside in the alley, Danny ultimately manages to convince Jack to help him.
As he flies Jack off, the other ghost hunters see him and give chase. Danny tells Jack to save the Fenton family before the portal explodes while Danny handles the ghost hunters, which he manages to do easily. By the time Danny returns to his home, Jack (using the Ghost Gauntlet and the Jack O' Nine whip) easily manages to defeat both the Vulture Ghosts and Vlad, sending them into the Ghost Zone. Danny quickly turns back into a human and, with his father, struggles to put in a new ecto-filtrator before the portal explodes. They make it in time and father and son's bond rekindled, unaware of the screams for help from Maddie and Jazz, still trapped inside the weapons vault.
In the Ghost Zone, Vlad, however, managed to get the Skeleton Key, only for the "Behemoth" to comically swallow him up.
[edit] Allusions
- Title: This might be an allusion to either the term the million dollar question, the television series "The Six Million Dollar Man", or the Oscar-winning movie Million Dollar Baby.
- "Groovy Gang and Scaredy Cat" is a parody to the popular Scooby-Doo series while the Guys in White are a parody of the Men in Black and the Extreme Ghostbreakers are a parody of the Ghostbusters (and its spin-off series, Extreme Ghostbusters).
