This is a list of cartoon characters from the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom. The series centers around young Danny Fenton and his coming-of-age story as a half ghost superhero to the town of Amity Park. He gradually grows, bettering himself and his powers over the course of the story as he deals with ghosts, balancing his normal and heroic life,[1][2] a community that does not initially trust him,[3] and later, fame[4] and praise from across the country.[5]
His companions are his two best friends; Sam Manson, a Goth girl who is entranced by the "weird and supernatural". She serves as Danny's primary love interest. The other is Tucker Foley, a lighthearted "techno-geek".[6] Danny often has to put up with his eccentric ghost hunting parents, Jack and Maddie Fenton and his smothering, doting, but compassionate older sister Jazz Fenton. His primary nemesis is Vlad Masters, a billionaire celebrity who also doubles as a half ghost.
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| Daniel "Danny" Fenton/Danny Phantom | "Mystery Meat" (episode #1) |
Main article: Danny Phantom (character)
Danny Phantom (David Kaufman) is the main character and protagonist of the series. Originally, he was a shy, average, clumsy, and occasionally superficial[7][8] 14-year-old boy who was desperate to fit in with his peers and be accepted. After a lab accident in his parents' ghost lab, he becomes a half-ghost, and obtains a variety of ghostly abilities. A battle with a Lunch Lady Ghost placed the unsure Danny on the path to becoming a hero.[1] Despite his flaws, he is steadfast and loyal to his friends[9] and family.[10][11] He eventually grows, gaining great confidence[12] and maturity[13] in himself and begins concentrating more on his heroic duties.
He is constantly under pressure from his rival and arch-nemesis Vlad Masters, who wants nothing more for Danny than to have him as his son and apprentice, a desire which is proven in a few of the episodes. His attempts are futile, though, and he remains Danny's enemy.[14] |
| Samantha "Sam" Manson | "Mystery Meat" (episode #1) | Sam Manson (Grey DeLisle) is one of Danny's best friends. She is a deadpan goth[15] who doubles as an environmentally concerned[16] "ultra-recyclo-vegetarian".[1] Her parents are extremely wealthy and have inherited from their famous inventor ancestor, who invented "the machine that twirls the cellophane around the toothpicks", though she briefly kept it a secret from her friends to avoid "fake friendships".[7] She and her parents often clash due to their differences.[15]
Sam is often the most pragmatic of the group, but she can be bossy at times and determined to stand up for what she believes in, particularly when environmental causes are involved. But she is also very warm and caring and is always there for Danny no matter what.[1][17] She was the one who urged Danny to explore the then-under-construction Fenton Portal, resulting in the accident that gave Danny his ghost powers.[16] Her favorite ice cream has black icing and gummy bats. She has a crush on Danny that lasts throughout the majority of the series,[6][18][19] and she eventually becomes his girlfriend.[20] Sam has also been unintentionally responsible in the development of ghosts. In the episode "Urban Jungle", Undergrowth brainwashes Sam into becoming his queen and "personal care taker of everything green". In the episode "Memory Blank", Sam causes Danny to lose his powers out of anger because of the wish-granting ghost Desiree and also brings to life three ghosts from a horror movie, Femalien, Terminatra, and Nightmerica. |
| Tucker Foley | "Mystery Meat" (episode #1) | Tucker Foley (Rickey D'Shon Collins) is Danny's best friend "since forever".[21] He is the most lighthearted of the trio and often cracks jokes, serving as the comic relief during very tense scenes.[22] He often believes he is a ladies' man, but often fails at attracting any popular girls.[2] Gifted with technological knowledge and a self-proclaimed "techno-geek", Tucker often helps by using his PDA to hack into computers and machinery.[18][23][24]
Tucker is easily corrupted by his vice and gets jealous quickly, often feeling inferior to Danny and Sam.[21][25] He is strictly a meat-eater, in contrast to Sam.[1] |
| Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton | "Mystery Meat" (episode #1) | Jazz Fenton (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) is Danny's older sister. Viewing herself as the most rational and normal member of the family, Jazz often plays a surrogate parental role to Danny, thinking he is a naive child in need of guidance,[17][26] unaware that she is often smothering him.[12] Due to her cherished goal of being a psychologist, Jazz has a bad habit of getting into people's personal space.[27]
When she secretly discovers her brother's secret identity, Jazz has quietly made excuses for him while he went out to fight ghosts,[28][29] and slowly starts to realize that her brother is growing up fine on his own.[12][20][26] Along the way, she learns to appreciate her family's ghost hunting and actively[10] takes part at times.[30] She has also learned to embrace her sixteen-year-old self instead of acting like an "adult in a teen body".[26] |
| Jack and Madeline "Maddie" Fenton | "Mystery Meat" (episode #1) | Jack (Rob Paulsen) and Maddie (Kath Soucie) are Danny and Jazz's parents. They are professional jumpsuit-wearing ghost hunters who make it their hobby and goal to study and eradicate "all things ectoplasmic."[1] While they serve as much embarrassment to their children,[17][29] they are just as well respected and loved by them. Despite their obsession with ghost hunting, Jack and Maddie are loving parents who dote on their kids constantly.[4][31]
Jack is the most obsessed with ghost-hunting. He jumps into action before thinking and can make a bad situation even worse.[11] While he can often act clumsy and incompetent, he holds a great deal of courage and is an adequate fighter,[3] at one point clashing toe-and-toe against Vlad Plasmius and defeating him, much to the latter's surprise and embarrassment. He is a genius[28] who has a good amount of technical knowledge, and is able to conjure up working ghost gadgets and defense systems built all around the Fenton household.[5][13] He also has a maturity and seriousness that few people recognize and can get serious and show great skill when danger threatens his loved ones.[11] Maddie (short for Madeline)[10] is an accomplished ninth-degree martial artist[3] who serves as Jack's partner and equal inventor of Fenton anti-ghost gadgets. She is more down-to-earth than her husband and often supports or keep her husband from getting into trouble or harm.[10][32] She is often the more sensible of the two. Vlad Masters has been in love with her for twenty years ever since college and has spent time trying to win her heart, developing his obsession for her by programming a Maddie hologram to shower praises on him. |
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| Amorpho | "Forever Phantom" (episode #45) | Amorpho is a ghost that is able to change his appearance into any human being or animal whenever he wants. More mischievous than malevolent, he desires to get attention by morphing into someone else and playing pranks, and later have the real person take the blame for what he did. | |
| The Box Ghost | "One of a Kind" (episode #3) | The Box Ghost (Rob Paulsen) is a running gag ghoul who constantly fights with cardboard and anything square[33] (and the occasional bubble wrap).[34][35] He is incompetent in his attempts to scare people and is barely taken seriously by either the heroes or the other ghosts.[36] He was almost successful in taking over Amity Park by using Pandora's Box, but failed. Despite it, Box Ghost remains determined regardless, shouting quotes such as "Beware, for I am the Box Ghost!" when approaching foes.[17][33] In an alternate future portrayed in "The Ultimate Enemy", he is married to the Lunch Lady Ghost and has a daughter with her (Box Lunch).[24] | |
| Bullet | "Public Enemies" (episode #14) | Bullet is Walker's second-in-command. He is only seen in minor roles in two episodes. | |
| Dark Danny | "The Ultimate Enemy" (episode #27) | Dark Danny Phantom (also known as Dan Phantom, Dan Plasmius, Dark Phantom or Dan Masters; voiced by Eric Roberts) is a villain created by the fusion of the ghost-halves of Danny Phantom (the show's protagonist) and Vlad Plasmius (his arch-enemy) in an alternative timeline. He was created with the intent that Danny's worst enemy would be an evil version of himself.[37] Dark Danny is a cruel, malicious ghost who cares little for anything other than himself, creating destruction wherever he goes.
Dark Danny came to be after a fatal and accidental explosion of the Nasty Burger's boiler that caused the explicit death of Danny Fenton's family, friends, and teacher. Grief-stricken and guilty, Danny moved in with Vlad Masters, feeling that only he could understand his pain. Danny asked Vlad to remove his emotions. Honoring the boy's wishes, Vlad separated Danny's human half from his ghost self, but then the latter retaliated afterward and did the same to Vlad. The ghost half of Danny then attempted to overshadow Plasmius, and ended up fusing their two bodies together. Plasmius's evil ghost half overwhelmed Danny's ghost half, creating an even more evil and powerful version of the two halves. He then destroyed Vlad's castle and his own human half. He spent the next ten years destroying the world. Through complex time traveling and the help of Clockwork, the present-day Danny managed to defeat his evil self with the element of surprise, using his newly acquired Ghostly Wail- a power that Dark Danny only manifested shortly before he came back in time- against him. Dark Danny is currently trapped in a Fenton Thermos in Clockwork's lair.[24] |
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| Desiree | "What You Want" (episode #6) | Desiree (Peri Gilpin) is a genie-like ghost who travels the world granting anyone's deepest desires. Unfortunately, while compelled to grant any wish she hears, she is free to interpret and twist it any way she sees fit. "As you have wished it, so shall it be!" is her sly response to a casual wish, with disastrous consequences that often serve to increase her powers.[16][21] Her vindictive nature stems from her life as a human where many years back, she was a harem girl who won the affections of a sultan. He showered her with whatever gifts her heart desired, but was banished by the Sultan's jealous wife. She died of a broken heart (and old age), and returned as a ghost.[21] | |
| Ember McLain | "Fanning the Flames" (episode #11) | Ember McLain (Tara Strong, Robin Kimissel) is a power-hungry musician who hates authority. She thirsts for attention and has a seductively cutting, sarcastic personality. For this, she gains power when people say her name, as is shown in her first appearance when she attempted to gain power by performing the song Remember live and broadcasting worldwide in the hope that everyone would chant her name at the same time and empower her. She is somewhat similar to a siren, as she can also hypnotize her victims, using her guitar as her main mode of hypnotism as well as a weapon.
Ember is known for teaming up with other ghosts to show off her divine ghost powers. In the series, she has teamed up with Kitty, Penelope Spectra and Youngblood on several occasions, usually attacking authority in society. In the episode "Girls' Night Out" she is shown to be dating Skulker. [38] |
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| Femalien | "Memory Blank" (episode #21) | Femalien is one of the fictional characters from the movie Trinity of Doom (a spoof of the film Freddy vs. Jason). Femalien is a spoof of the villains from the film Alien. Femalien is brought to life by Desiree after Sam "wished" that something bad might happen to Paulina before her party. Femalien spends most of her time in the episode hunting down Paulina but attacks Danny when he is in the way. When asked who sent her (to kill Paulina) she says "Sam" before dissipating.[16] | |
| The Fright Knight | "Fright Night" (episode #15) | The Fright Knight (Michael Dorn) is the representative of Halloween. He is a powerful, gruff knight who spreads terror from his winged horse, Nightmare. When touched by a victim, his sword, the Soul Shredder, is able to send that victim into the victim's worst nightmare imaginable.[39]
Fright Knight remained a loyal servant to Pariah Dark, but showed reluctancy to continue his servitude towards him. He later switches sides to Vlad Plasmius for reasons unknown.[34] |
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| The Ghost Writer | "The Fright Before Christmas" (episode #28) | The Ghost Writer (Will Arnett) is an author who resides in the Ghost Zone. He can create anything by simply typing on his keyboard with the added effect of forcing everyone to speak in rhymes, a situation that can continue even upon its destruction. An unassuming, but creative ghoul, he gained quick vindictiveness towards Danny Phantom when Danny accidentally destroyed his Christmas poem, but refused to apologize (as Danny did not enjoy Christmas). Breaking the Ghost Zone's Christmas Truce, Ghost Writer tormented Danny until he learned his lesson. He was later jailed for breaking the law.[31] | |
| Hotep-Ra | "King Tuck" (episode #33) | Hotep-Ra (S. Scott Bullock) is the mummy-like spirit of an ancient minion of King Duulamun, an Egyptian pharaoh who shares a remarkably similar appearance to Tucker Foley. He was released from his eternal sleep when Tucker looked into the mirror at the front of Ra's sarcophagus. He served Tucker and helped him regain his kingdom as pharaoh, but secretly planned to take over the kingdom once it was restored. Deceitful and sneaky, Hotep-Ra was eventually defeated by Tucker when he realized he had been used by Hotep-Ra.[8] | |
| Johnny 13 & Shadow | "13" (episode #13) | Johnny 13 (William Baldwin) is a rebellious biker. His living shadow brings bad luck to whoever it gains contact with. Always on the road, his constant companion is girlfriend Kitty. Despite their differences and Johnny's keen womanizing habits, they are in love with one another. Johnny spent the first time searching for a human host when Kitty was stuck between Ghost Portals[40] and became jealous whenever Kitty would date someone else.[41]
Never outrightly malicious, Johnny tends to leave Danny or anyone alone unless prompted.[30] |
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| Kitty | "13" (episode #13) | Kitty (Chynna Phillips) is Johnny 13's girlfriend. She is demanding and shrewish. She is constantly under dire stress over her loose boyfriend, wishing he'd focus his full attention on her. She has attempted to make him jealous[41] and at several points, banished him to an alternate dimension via her ghostly ability to send any man to another dimension with a kiss.[30] Despite it, the two remain in love with one another.[41] | |
| The Lunch Lady Ghost | "Mystery Meat" (episode #1) | The Lunch Lady Ghost (Patricia Heaton, Kath Soucie) is the first major foe Danny encounters. She appears vowing revenge on Sam for changing her school menu from an all-meat menu to a "ultra-recyclo-vegetarian" menu. She suffers from uncontrollable mood swings, turning suddenly from sweet and kind to violent and deadly.[1]
She consistently uses food (particularly meat) as her main form of weaponry. [1][42] In an alternate future portrayed in "The Ultimate Enemy", she is married to the Box Ghost and has a daughter with him (Box Lunch).[24] |
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| Lydia | "Control Freaks" (episode #20) | Lydia (Tara Strong) is Freakshow's loyal ghost assistant. She is heavily covered with tattoos, which she can bring to life and control, and is most often seen shrouded in a cloak. She has not been seen to speak throughout her appearances, but has screamed. She is seen apart from Freakshow in "Phantom Planet" as part of the crowd of ghosts which helps Danny in the end. | |
| Medusa | "Boxed up Fury" (episode #48) | ||
| Nightmerica | "Memory Blank" (episode #21) | Nightmerica is one of the fictional characters from the movie Trinity of Doom (a spoof of the film Freddy vs. Jason). Nightmerica is a spoof of Freddy Krueger. Nightmerica is brought to life by Desiree after Sam "wished" that something bad might happen to Paulina before her party. Nightmerica spends most of her time in the episode hunting down Paulina. She is defeated by Sam after Danny lost his powers in the episode.[16] | |
| Nocturn | "Frightmare" (episode #46) | Nocturn (James Garrett) is the ghost of sleep and dreams. He carries a calm but mysterious air around him. Along with his army of Sleep Walkers, he travels the world, putting people to sleep and absorbing their dream energies to charge him up for world conquest. When he moves to conquer Amity Park, Danny, Tucker, Sam, and Jazz work together to defeat him after Danny manages to destroy the helmets he was using to keep people asleep.[43] | |
| Pariah Dark | "Reign Storm" (episode #24) | Pariah Dark (Brian Cox) was the King of all Ghosts. With the Ring of Rage and Crown of Fire by his side, he ruthlessly commanded the Ghost Zone. Nearly limitless in power and domineering, Pariah was eventually captured by rebellious ghosts. He was placed into the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep where he lay until Vlad accidentally awakened him when he was in pursuit of Pariah's items. He immediately laid waste to both Amity Park and the Ghost Zone until Danny ultimately defeated him, using a power-enhancing suit to enhnce his natural ghost powers far beyond their usual limits.[34] | |
| Prince Aragon | "Beauty Marked" (episode #32) | Prince Aragon (Dee Bradley Baker) is the ruthless older brother of Princess Dorathea, the Dragon Ghost. Their family treasured two magical "Amulets of Aragon" that allow the wearer to transform into a dragon, especially when angry or distressed. Under his rule, his kingdom was lifeless and unhappy. He constantly treated his sister cruelly. Seeking a human bride to obtain what others do not have, Aragon set Dora to find him a bride. She eventually finds Sam Manson whom he almost marries if not for Danny's interference. Aragon is defeated by his sister when she gets the courage to dethrone him.[8] | |
| Sidney Poindexter | "Splitting Images" (episode #5) | Sidney Poindexter (Peter MacNicol) is a nerdy teenager from the 1950s. He was known as the most bullied student of Casper High and thus, holds a soft spot and great concern for those who suffered as much as he did. Stuffed into his locker many times, Sidney haunted it for around fifty years, leaving only a mirror behind, a gateway to the dimension that he's trapped in. Able to free himself after meeting Danny, Sidney antagonized Danny, believing him to be a bully when he catches Danny pulling a prank on Dash.
Poindexter took over Danny's body and used it to gain popularity while Danny became stuck in Sidney's body and world and was tormented daily. He managed to get Sam and Tucker to the mirror gateway where he proved he was the real Danny. Using trickery, the trio lured Sidney into his own mirror. He and Danny fought, regaining their own bodies in the process[17] He eventually gains freedom from his ghostly prison.[34] and a bit of popularity in the Ghost School inside the Ghost Zone. |
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| Skulker | "One of a Kind" (episode #3) | Skulker (Mathew St. Patrick, Kevin Michael Richardson) introduces himself to Danny as the "Ghost Zone's greatest hunter". Skulker hunts down rare and unusual ghosts and has vowed to hunt down Danny for his rare half ghost status.[33] He uses raw power and weaponry, but understands the way of the hunt, able to use his brain to take advantage of his situation as predator to one-up his prey.
[44][45] Having a sense of loyalty, he often works for Vlad Plasmius[14][27] and often serves as the leader and spokesperson for the ghosts.[34][42] Skulker is actually a tiny green ghost inside a robotic suit.[33] |
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| Penelope Spectra | "My Brother's Keeper" (episode #9) | Penelope Spectra (Tara Strong) is a sadistic ghost who strives to be youthful and beautiful. To do so, she often targets teenagers and through elaborate plans, slowly sucks them dry like a vampire. She retains a perky personality and chipper demeanor while hiding a dark, seductive and psychotic nature deep inside her.[12] | |
| Terminatra | "Memory Blank" (episode #21) | Terminatra is one of the fictional characters from the movie Trinity of Doom (a spoof of the film Freddy vs. Jason). Terminatra is a spoof of the Terminator. Terminatra is brought to life by Desiree after Sam wished unknowingly that something bad should happen to Paulina before her party. Terminatra spends most of her time in the episode hunting down Paulina but attacks Danny when in the way. Before dissipating she says "Sam," implying that Sam sent her to hunt Paulina.[16] | |
| Nicolai Technus | "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale" (episode #4) | Nicolai Technus (Rob Paulsen), a spoof on the name of electrical inventor Nikolai Tesla, commonly referred as just Technus, is the self-proclaimed "Master of Technology (and All Things Electronic and Beeping)" and has the ability to control and merge together with technology. Technus is a boisterous ghost who commonly shouts his name and goal as well as blabbermouth long speeches, a common flaw Danny exploits. He is also known for his use of out-dated slang, such as "hip" and "groovy".[7] He later gains himself an upgrade, rendering himself as "Technus 2.0".[36] | |
| Undergrowth | "Urban Jungle" (episode #43) | Undergrowth (Mark Hamill) is a ghost who controls plants. Upset that his beloved nature has been torn down by human hands, he overtakes Amity Park, turns it into his own horticulture lair, and possesses Sam, turning her into his "daughter" and the mother to his plants. Undergrowth was defeated when Danny mastered his ice powers with the help of Frostbite and used them to freeze him out of Amity Park.[32] | |
| Vortex | "Torrent of Terror" (episode #44) | Vortex (Dave Boat) is a psychotic ghost with the power to control the weather, a gift he considers to be an art form. He finds Earth to be a meaningless planet, and has wrought havoc on it throughout the ages. On a trial by the Observants for his reckless behavior, Vortex is freed by Vlad who used him to his own services. However, Vortex rebels against Vlad and conjures up violent weather all over the world until Danny defeated him, gaining and losing Vortex's climate control powers. Vortex can generate and control storms, and the weather in general, from creating typhoons to making heat waves hot enough to melt walls, floods and winds cold enough to freeze streets in ice.[22] | |
| Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius | "Bitter Reunions" (episode #7) |
Main article: Vlad Plasmius
Vlad Masters (Martin Mull) is the arch-nemesis and worst enemy of Danny. A rich, debonair billionaire, Vlad is a powerful half-ghost whose twenty years of experience constantly one-up Danny's ghostly abilities. As the main antagonist in the series, he vows to destroy Jack for "stealing" Maddie, whom he loves, and for giving him his ghost powers which in the process put him into a hospital room for seven years.[14] He also has goals to obtain Danny as his son and, later, torment him after one too many rejections.[9] Vlad is a devious man whose exterior charm hides a manipulative interior. He is sneaky and often uses the people he knows as pawns to get what he wants.[34] He remains clever and intelligent throughout the series. At the end of the series he reveals his ghost side, Vlad Plasimus in an attempt to secure world domination, but fails and is left as a free roaming space creature. |
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| Walker | "Prisoners of Love" (episode #8) | Walker (James Arnold Taylor), a spoof on the name of the then-popular TV show Walker, Texas Ranger, is a very strict vigilante and warden who runs the prison of the Ghost Zone. He enjoys law and order and often commands with an iron fist; whoever so much as disobeys one rule from his law book is in trouble. To justify his cause, he often makes up the rule as he abides by them and is not above using dirty measures to keep the Ghost Zone clean and corruption-free.[42]
As an act of revenge for causing a riot in his prison and allowing prisoners to escape, Walker turned the entire city of Amity Park against Danny Phantom, forcing the ghost boy to endure the city's hatred[3] until Pariah Dark's invasion reversed Danny's negative reputation.[34] |
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| Youngblood | "Pirate Radio" (episode #23) | Youngblood (Taylor Lautner) is a ghost with the appearance of a young child, though he has said that his actual age is over fifty and only retains his looks and personality since ghosts do not age. Obnoxious and childish, he can only be seen by children. Despite his looks, Youngblood is a keen commander and skilled in battle.[13]
A ruthless prankster, Youngblood dresses up in various costumes, but most commonly portrays a pirate.[26][46] |
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| Freakshow | "Control Freaks" (episode #20) | Freakshow (Jon Cryer) is the ringmaster of the Circus Gothica. An entertainer for the Gothic audience, Freakshow is eccentric, full of showmanship and creativity. His family have used ghosts for their circus for years. Unsatisfied with just a showman's life, Freakshow used a magic scepter able to control ghosts and ordered them to steal goods. He went to Amity Park to make Danny Phantom a member of his performance. He succeeds briefly until Sam snaps him out of it and Danny destroys the scepter.[15]
He is promptly jailed for his crimes. He escapes and uses the fabled Reality Gauntlet to bend reality to his whim, only to be outsmarted by Danny again. Danny successfully uses "Ghost Envy," Freakshow's jealousy of ghosts, against him and defeats him for good.[5] |
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| The Guys in White | "The Million Dollar Ghost" (episode #19) | The Guys in White (a spoof on the Men In Black), are a secret government organization whose goal is to eliminate all ghosts and other paranormal beings on Earth.[5] Most of the time, the Guys in White are represented by Agents K and O, usually tasked with capturing Danny Phantom. They are often incompetent and spend time bickering amongst themselves. They're highly prepared for any tasks, almost to the point of paranoia.[11][19] A recurring gag is that, despite their immense dedication and resources, they always fail in capturing Danny Phantom. At one point, Danny asks why they are hunting him, to which they respond that while they are aware that he's good-hearted and has good intentions, he's also too powerful and dangerous to walk freely. | |
| The Masters' Blasters | "The Million Dollar Ghost" (episode #19) | Vid (Colleen O'Shaughnessey), Thrash (Dee Bradley Baker), and Download (Rob Paulsen) are a trio of teen ghost hunters, created by Vlad to shame Danny and dethrone him as resident savior of Amity Park. They embodied everything that is radical and are often cheeky. The three are later betrayed by their employer when he reveals himself as a half-ghost.[20] | |
| Valerie Gray | "Shades of Gray" (episode #10) | Valerie Gray (Grey DeLisle and Cree Summer) is the series' main antiheroine. Once a rich, shallow, popular girl, Valerie's life takes a turn for the worse when accidents caused by a ghost dog cost her father his job. Now living an average life, Valerie vowed revenge against all ghosts for ruining her life after being given a ghost hunting suit and gears from Vlad (unbeknownst to her at the time).[47] Vlad employs her to do his bidding until she finds out that Vlad was a half-ghost and that he was manipulating her. She is hot-tempered, which often clouds her judgment, but slowly starts to realize a world beyond the superficial. She briefly strikes a romance with Danny Fenton, but clashes very often with his alter ego.[6] | |
| Ally | First appearance | Description |
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| Clockwork | "The Ultimate Enemy" (episode #28-29) | Clockwork (David Carradine) is the Master of Time, an immortal being who controls and keeps the flow of time. He is calm, tricky, and all-knowing. When asked by the Observants to kill Danny Fenton to prevent a future where his evil self wrecks the planet, Clockwork seemingly appears to be Danny's enemy. In reality, he is merely helping and urging him to make the right decisions so that he can prevent Danny's death by the Observants.[24] Neutral, he does not fulfill every wish Danny desires, including altering past events. He only adjusts time as he sees fit, usually in order to teach Danny a lesson.[3][29] He constantly changes his age and appearance from a child to adult to old man, which refers to his detachment from the time sequence. He currently owns the Fenton Thermos that contains Dark Danny. |
| Danielle "Dani" Phantom | "Kindred Spirits" (episode #40) | Dani Phantom (AnnaSophia Robb[9]/Krista Swan)[48] is an imperfect clone of Danny Phantom, created by Vlad as a stepping stone to the perfect Danny clone. Dani is also called Danny's cousin. Only one step behind him, Danielle is slowly dissolving, but retains free will. She first works with Vlad until Danny convinces Danielle that she is nothing but a tool to Vlad. With that knowledge intact, she sides with Danny. She shares many of the same traits and interests as Danny,[9] who serves as something of an older brother to her. In another episode, Danny and Valerie come to help her when she was captured by Vlad. She becomes stabilized by an invention Danny uses and after saying goodbye to them, flies off to parts unknown. The last time she is seen in the series is as part of the crowd of ghosts in "Phantom Planet".[48] |
| Frostbite | "Infinite Realms" (episode #39) | Frostbite (Bob Joles) is a jovial yeti-like ghost. He lives in the Far Frozen with his people, where they worship Danny Phantom for his defeat over Pariah Dark. He serves as a mentor figure to Danny and ultimately teaches him how to hone his ice powers. His people holds the Infi-Map, a map that can find any natural Ghost Portals.[49] |
| The Ghost Dog | "Shades of Gray" (episode #10) | The Ghost Dog (S. Scott Bullock), nicknamed "Cujo," is a playful ghost puppy. When angered, it can grow into a large, aggressive beast. In search for its squeaky toy, the ghost dog trashes the Axiom Lab, costing Damon Gray, Valerie Gray's father, his job. This causes Valerie to vow a vendetta against all ghosts.[47] |
| Pandora | "Boxed Up Fury" (episode #48) | Pandora (April Stewart) is the creator and owner of "Pandora's Box". When Danny was powerless to stop the Box Ghost from creating havoc with the box, he entered her lair and asked her help in retrieving it back. She is a benevolent ghost who keeps the world less evil by keeping many malicious contents within her box, but can get aggressive when tampered with.[35] |
| Wulf | "Public Enemies" (episode #14) | Wulf (Dee Bradley Baker) is a bipedal wolf ghost, constantly on the run from Walker as an escaped prisoner. He only speaks Esperanto and has the ability to go into both the Earth and the Ghost Zone at will by slashing through dimensions with his claws. Wulf retains a loyal streak and was quick to befriend and trust Danny when he helped him. In return, he sacrificed his first freedom in order to save Danny. They eventually reunite where Danny helps him a second time and secures his freedom.[3][50] |
| Ally | First appearance | Description |
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| Klemper | "Fanning the Flames" (episode #11) | Klemper is a ghost seen in pajamas. He is desperate to get a friend, and continually asks "Will you be my friend?" If the subject denies him this, he turns violent and often uses an ice attack on the subject. But some of the "victim" hasn't been frosen by him such as "Vlad Plasmius" |
| The Observants | "The Ultimate Enemy" (episode #27) | The Observants are a group of one-eyed ghost beings whose job is to observe the sequence of events in time. They are confined to viewing time in a linear manner, whereas their colleague Clockwork can view time in a multifaceted manner. In their first appearance, they are seen convincing Clockwork to prevent the creation of Dark Danny in the future, which they see as an inevitable event in their view of time, by destroying Danny Phantom in the present. Clockwork sidesteps this plan and helps Danny to destroy his evil self.[24] They are also seen placing Vortex on trial in a later episode. |
Mr. Lancer (Ron Perlman) is one of the teachers and the vice-principal[51] of Casper High. He is a strict teacher who often favors the popular kids.[1][41] Though he tends to pick on Danny because of his average grades and his lackluster interest in his job,[19] Lancer is a well-meaning man who tries to make sure all his students do their best.[24][28] He has a humorous habit of shouting out book titles when he is surprised. He also constantly tries to be "cool" by saying some rather tired "hip phrases".
Dashiel "Dash" Baxter (S. Scott Bullock) is the most popular boy in Casper High School. A star football and basketball player,[47] he often gets free leeway from the authorities at school due to his winning streak.[1] However, Dash is an "idiot"[7] who frequently picks on Danny.[34][47] As an act of irony, his role model is Danny Phantom.[45] He may be a reference to the Spiderman character Flash Thompson. He makes a cameo in the Fairly Oddparents episode, Fly Boy (voiced by Jason Marsden).[52]
Paulina (Maria Canals Barrera) is a rich Hispanic 15-year-old[16] cheerleader and the most popular girl at Casper High School. She has big beautiful eyes and is considered rude and "not so bright" by Danny's friend, Samantha Manson. She has confidence and an often devious side.[2] Paulina is madly in love with Danny Phantom after he saved her,[41] but could not care less for his alter ego, who has a huge crush on her for the first half of the series.[7]
Kwan (Dat Phan, later James Sie) is a football player and Dash's best friend. Though he is popular and bullies the lesser known students as much as Dash, Kwan is a bit more reluctant. He possibly only wanted popularity so that he can feel a sense of belonging.[41][47]
Star (Grey Delisle and Tara Strong) is another popular girl in Casper High. She serves as Paulina's "satellite", constantly orbiting around her.[41] She is maliciously blunt. She and Valerie are good friends.[6]
Mikey (Dee Bradley Baker) is a small nerd in Casper High who is often the victim of the popular boys and in love with Valerie[16][23]
Jeremy (S. Scott Bullock) and Pamela Manson (Laraine Newman) are Sam's parents and the overall antithesis of their daughter, being a pair of super-optimistic socialites. They possess an enormous disdain of Sam's nonconformity and constantly tries to stir her away from it.[15][34] The Mansons have a rivalry with the Fenton parents.[5][30]
Damon Gray (Phil Morris) is Valerie's father and faithful employee of Axion Labs until he was briefly fired.[47] He is a calm, patient man who adores his daughter, but once he finds out about it, does not approve of her ghost fighting job.[6][34]
Tiffany Snow (Tara Strong) is a reporter who remains cheery despite the often depressing news she delivers.[34]
Lance Thunder (S. Scott Bullock) is a weatherman who has reported about Ghosts several times. He constantly fidgets over his hair, and when he thinks he is off the air, argues with the fact that he has the be the one to report.[31][34]
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