So my big problem is... What is the current media obsession with redemption stories?? Why are they everywhere? I'm glad we all like Avatar but it's no reason to keep trying to do Zuko! Dark Danny I just don't get. He doesn't feel like he should be possible to redeem. Everything at the end with him just sounds wrong, especially him going "I always lose". I'm not against Vlad being redeemed but it was oddly handled. It seems like most of it was him having an epiphany while watching Danny declare himself being bridge between worlds. Overall until the fight with DD, Vlad isn't his cool scheming smug self. I don't mind him being played as the butt of the joke but all he does it goofy frenemy for entire comic until redemption. And then there is this entire deal with Source and Danny declaring his new purpose. Again, I'm not against idea that ghosts should be treated less as enemies, that part is strongly supported by the show (rampant ghost racist, friendly ghosts, antagonists with complex motivations, numerous team-ups) but I dont fully grasp what is the specific plan here. Is Danny supposed to act as their therapist? It's said that ghost lose their purpose with time but it doesnt seem like most of Danny's enemies are in danger of that. It would work better if they managed to work in Danny helping one ghost into the book (I dont count Vlad and DD.) Vlad undergoes a power boost himself when he comes to terms with his faults and finds a new resolve. Violence: PG-style action violence with characters punching, shooting lasers, and implicitly dying off-screen The series' concept of the hero's Love Interest gaining powers like them would become an official idea with the development of " Spider-Gwen". For irony, the franchise to use the idea would be the one that heavily inspired Danny Phantom.

Despite the fact he was defeated again, Dark Danny gains some measure of victory when his actions result in the events of Phantom Planet being erased, including Danny's new happy life. After not reappearing in the series, Dark Danny finally makes his return. Counts as a Long Bus Trip as he's been gone eighteen years in real time.By the end it was really feeling fan-fic-y but with the amount of Danny Phantom fics I've read? We love to see canon works with that kind of fun vibe. Halfway through the airing of the second season, Butch Hartman announced the series would end with a shortened, 12-episode third season. Dedicated fans orchestrated various petitions and small organizations to overturn the decision, but, despite these protests, the production of Danny Phantom finished in February 2007, with no plans for future episodes. Despite this, Danny Phantom now maintains a cult following that regularly calls for a series revival, with Hartman being one of the most vocal about this. Status Quo Is God: The story erases everyone's knowledge of Danny's involvement in the season 3 finale, returning Danny to being a Hero with Bad Publicity whose parents think his alter ego is a menace. The one difference is that Danny's Relationship Upgrade with Sam is still intact. Evil Is Petty: What else can be said about Dark Danny traveling into the past and messing with it just to ruin Danny's happy life?

I actually really liked Vlad in this and his arc was actually really nice and I like Danny's arc in this too, kind of makes sense to go down that route after the end of the series (even if everyone wishes it didn't happen). But yeah, overall, good characters (of course) who felt like themselves, had a few laughs and it was weird but nice to see it modernized a bit more than from when the original show aired (e.g. touch screen phones and saying stuff like GOAT, haha). Also, straight up, this art style is an improvement on the show. Staying totally on model, especially to Hartman's style, kinda works for comedy, but it makes for some janky-ass fight scenes, especially since the show was apparently relatively low-budget. Going with more dynamic art makes it look more modern and gives it a level of dynamicism that wasn't present originally. Worf Had the Flu: Due to his powers malfunctioning, even the Box Ghost is able to get the drop on Danny. also I would love to erase Phantom Planet and this would be a great way of overwriting that finale) Was Once a Man: It's revealed that all ghosts — even the Undead Abominations Danny's fought across the franchise — are the remnant manifestations of the emotions of living beings from Earth. They simply degraded into less-human forms over time.The art was great and very similar but distinct enough from the original show that it felt it could move around more (some shots were so cool to look at). I really had no idea what the story was going to be about, but I really liked it and it felt like a 2 part episode from the show haha. First airing overseas in 2003, the United States in 2004 and running until 2007, the series revolves around the adventures of 14-year-old Danny Fenton, the son of professional ghost hunters. ( No, not those. Or those.) While generally less than competent, his parents' engineering skill is phenomenal, leading to inventions such as the Fenton Portal, a machine that opens up a path to the " Ghost Zone", an odd kind of afterlife where, like in its spiritual predecessor, ghosts are both beings of the dead and creatures originally from that other dimension. Danny explores the portal and accidentally activates it, imbuing his molecular structure with ectoplasmic energy. I won't go into too much detail so as not to spoil the experience, but everything was as near perfect as a continuation to Danny Phantom could be--the humor, the drama...and the expanded lore! Loved it! Not what I'd initially headcanoned personally but it fits so well with what we've seen from the series itself. And the more or less emotional confrontation at the end...my teenage self would've been so happy.

After years of being a bullying victim, Sidney Poindexter gets his revenge when he becomes the principal of his school and his now-girlfriend/co-worker Desire twists the arm of the bully harassing him. It should be said just how well writer and artist Gabriela Epstein does with leading the project. She is the bestselling author of Invisible and the Baby-Sitters Club and seems to have singlehandedly led the project of reviving the series without significant oversight from series creator Butch Hartman, who has largely moved on to producing his own content like The Garden. Vlad Masters joins Danny and the gang to save the day. Some things that took me out of it without many specific spoilers were pertaining to Vlad, as even though he has his comedic moments, he seemed goofier in this comic. Maybe being abandoned in outer space and losing everything you have does that to you, but he felt less like the calculating genius adversary we know and goofy to extent I was just like 'this is Vlad?'. I also think a decision from a particular ghost at the end makes me question how certain choices or actions are even worth it when there's a way to start from scratch, removing the stakes. It felt like it cheapened everything everyone went through.

In "Facing the Future", Danny uses his Ghostly Wail in combination with his duplication power against Vlad. Several months later, Ben 10: Alien Force introduces Echo-Echo, an alien form of Ben's that uses that particular maneuver quite often. Be Careful What You Wish For: Dark Danny lampshades to Vlad that he is the embodiment of one of his greatest wishes; make Danny into the son he never had. When Vlad finds out that Dark Danny was his creation (or at least a version of him from an Alternate Timeline), he is understandably horrified by what he sees. Untrusting Community: What the new Amity Park becomes after Danny chooses to erase his part in stopping the Disasteroid. Mayor Montez makes his town to be anti-ghost by creating an official branch of ghost hunters, as well as adding mandatory ghost fighting programs in public schools, and declaring Danny Phantom Public Ghost Enemy #1 again. Danny still chooses to be the hero to earn the town's trust again. The story takes place after the apocalyptic Disasteriod, Danny Phantom is no longer living in secret and is famed for his heroic deeds; Amity Park reversed into a common patrol town for ghost hunters and teenagers. Danny’s ghost powers are somewhat diminishing. The Time of Myths: The gang discover that the realms of "Spirit" (the Ghost Zone) and Earth were one unified world before disharmony caused the two to separate into their current state. It's stated that this separation will continue to grow and both worlds will collapse into total entropy eventually, implying that it's Danny's destiny to reunite the two worlds.

A Glitch in Time" felt just like watching an episode! Every character voice was distinct, the humor landed exactly as it did in the series--and the "where are they now" introduction felt appropriate and believable as a follow-up to "Phantom Planet." Even the updated tech somehow worked, although it made me snort (there was no "spectregram" in 2007!) Make Wrong What Once Went Right: Upon escaping, Dark Danny travels into the past to alter Team Phantom's present, requiring the heroes to pursue him through time.Growing the Beard: Following A Family Thing, the series seems to be coming into its own. Even Word of God has said that it was the story where the series would start really forming.