Youngblood (Danny Phantom)

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Youngblood

Captain Youngblood

Publisher	Nickelodeon
First appearance	"Pirate Radio"
Created by	Butch Hartman

Characteristics
Alter ego	Youngblood (has hinted this is not his actual name)
Affiliations	Himself and his parrot, His skeleton crew, Ember
Notable aliases	Captain Youngblood, Short John Silver, Young-Butt, Captain Kid, Cow-Brat.
Abilities	Flight, invisibility, intangibility, ectoplasmic energy blasts, possible shapeshifting.

Youngblood is a fictional character and villain from Danny Phantom. He is portrayed as a child who plays dress up as a game. He has an assistant, a skeleton-like shapeshifter who takes the form of animals who go along with these characters (when Youngblood was a pirate his shapeshifter was a parrot, then later a horse when Youngblood was a cowboy) He is voiced by Taylor Lautner.

[edit] Appearance/History

Youngblood makes his first appearance in "Pirate Radio" where he and his crew steal various technological gear (The Fenton's Ghost Shield Generator and treadmills) to create a ghost shield around his pirate ship while using the treadmills for adults to use to power his ship; entranced and lured by his partner in crime, Ember McLain. However, Danny (along with a host of other kids his age) work together to eventually end Youngblood's scheme, trapping him inside his own pirate ship with his parrot and crew via the ghost shield and having it sent to the body of the ocean.

Youngblood as a cowboy.

Youngblood and his parrot (now shapeshifted into a horse) escape by The Fenton Menace where he is now dressed as a young cowboy. He haunts Danny everywhere he goes, planning to drive him crazy as he is the only one who can see him (Youngblood cannot be seen by adults or for that matter young people who have an adult mind like Jazz). Danny successfully managed to get Jazz to help defeat Youngblood by making her express her inner child, triggered by childish insults, ripping her teddy bear, etc. And again, his plans are foiled once more.

Youngblood makes a cameo appearance in The Fright Before Christmas as one of the many ghosts who help Danny save Christmas. He made a new appearance in Living Large as he was preparing to hurl himself in the Ghost Zone.

[edit] Personality

Youngblood portrays the role many ten year old boys go through: a stubborn, cocky, bratty child who pulls pranks and hates adults. Because of his Peter Pan-like syndrome, his powers over adults are often use to his advantage. He is not above being childish in terms of insults and having fun, just like any ten year old, yet he's mature enough to be able to command an entire pirate force and take control when needed.

[edit] Power/Weakness

Because he doesn't like adults and due to his age, Youngblood is only visible in the eyes of children and never with adults or those younger who possess an adult mind, which he uses to his advantage. He also comes with the standard ghost powers as well as a peg leg and a hooked hand that can develop into various weaponry such as claws or a cannon to shoot out cannonballs.

His weakness is presumably that he is still a young child and his cockiness often cost him.