Danny phantom

For the character of the same name, see Danny Phantom (character). Danny Phantom Danny Phantom, as seen on the show's opening sequence. Genre Animated television series Running time 22 minutes per episode Creator(s) Butch Hartman Starring David Kaufman Colleen O'Shaughnessey Rob Paulsen Kath Soucie Rickey D'Shon Collins Grey DeLisle Ron Perlman Cree Summer Martin Mull Country of origin United States Original channel Nickelodeon Original run April 3, 2004–February 2007 No. of episodes 40 (13 more in production) Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios, and distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation company Nelvana, the same as The Fairly OddParents. Contents 1 Production 2 Brief Character Descriptions 2.1 Major Characters 2.2 Key antagonists 3 Episodes 4 Trivia 5 Voice cast 6 Action against cancellation 7 Home Video Releases 8 External links 9 References Production The show was created by Butch Hartman, who also created the television series The Fairly OddParents (notice similarity between Danny Fenton and Timmy Turner's hair style). The first episode aired in the United States on April 3, 2004. When creating the series, he made a version of the theme song that was scrapped in favor of the theme song used today. The melody was almost entirely the same as the current version, but there were different lyrics. The original theme song can be heard at the Timpod Audio Player. The designs were done by veteran character designer Stephen Silver, with Butch Hartman adding his own touches. All Danny Phantom characters have necks and five digits on each hand. The majority of the stories are usually written by Steve Marmel with input from Mark Banker, Butch Hartman, Marty Isenberg, and Sib Ventress. The music for the show, as with another Butch Hartman show The Fairly OddParents, was written by Guy Moon. Nickelodeon ordered an initial thirteen episodes, after which there was a hiatus of six months with no new episodes. In the United Kingdom, the lack of new episodes led to the show being pulled off the air and was only put back on air in October 2005. Only 53 episodes have been purchased by Nickelodeon, and on January 24, 2006, Nickelodeon announced that they are pulling the plug on the show on February 2007 (in terms of new episodes). Butch Hartman has said that although no new episodes would be made, the show would still go on the air "for years to come". Fans of the show initially expressed outrage at the cancellation, citing Butch Hartman's admission on his forums that he wished to create more episodes. More information on what is being done is located at action against cancellation. Brief Character Descriptions Major Characters For more information, see the article about List of Danny Phantom characters. Daniel "Danny" Fenton/Phantom (voiced by David Kaufman): The titular character of the show. Danny is a 14-year old boy who gained ghost powers from a lab accident. He later chooses to use these powers to fight against malevolent ghosts, which have begun to regularly escape the mysterious Ghost Zone and plague the town. He has a crush on one of his best friends, Sam, but he has yet to admit it. He breifly dated a girl named Valerie Gray. She likes Danny back, but she hates his ghostly counterpart, Danny Phantom, and is trying to eliminate him. Tucker Foley (voiced by Rickey D'Shon Collins): A nerd/geek obsessed with technology and one of Danny's two best friends along with Sam. When not obsessing over gadgets, he's obsessing over girls. Like Sam, he shares in Danny's secret and often helps out when it comes to returning ghosts to the Ghost Zone. Samantha "Sam" Manson (voiced by Grey DeLisle): Danny's other best friend. Though technically wealthy, she chooses to hide her family's monetary success for quite some time, in favor of being liked for who she is. A strident individualist, Sam is a practioner of an extreme form of vegetarianism called Ultra Recyclo-Vegetarianism, a frequent protester for such things as animal rights, and a self-proclaimed "Goth" who prefers heavy metal music and favors an all-black, Gothic-influenced fashion. Sam has feelings for Danny, but she has yet to admit it to herself. Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey): Danny's know-it-all (and somewhat overprotective and perhaps overhelpful) older sister; a smart and highly sociable overachiever. Jazz considers her parents' obsession with ghosts as a sign of needing psychological help. She discovers that Danny has ghost powers in the episode "My Brother's Keeper", but does not reveal her knowledge of it until "The Ultimate Enemy", in favor of waiting until he's ready to talk about it with her. Jack Fenton (voiced by Rob Paulsen) Danny's father. Jack has an obsession with destroying ghosts and expresses hate for them. He spends nearly all of his time in an orange jump suit. Jack cares about his family but is oblivious to Danny's powers. He also spends his time inventing gadgets that don't always work, and he likes fudge. Madeline "Maddie" Fenton (voiced by Kath Soucie) Danny's mother. Also a professional ghost hunter, Maddie is more interested in studying ghosts than simply destroying them. She is much more competent both as a parent and a ghost hunter than Jack. Key antagonists For more information, see the article about List of Danny Phantom villains and ghosts. Valerie Gray (voiced by Cree Summer): First appearance: Parental Bonding. First starring role: Shades of Grey. A kid whose life was accidentally turned upside-down by Danny's ghostly alter-ego, Danny Phantom. She bears a grudge against him (although has a bit of a crush on Danny Fenton) and has vowed to hunt him down, mostly using equipment given to her by a mysterious benefactor (who turns out to be Vlad Plasmius). Vlad Masters/Plasmius (voiced by Martin Mull): First appearance: Bitter Reunions. An old acquaintance of Jack and Maddie Fenton and the only other known human-ghost hybrid like Danny. His ghost powers were thrust upon him by an accident with a Ghost Zone Portal prototype, which hospitalised him for many years with ecto-acne. He blames Jack and is resentful that his old "friend" married the love of his life, Maddie. Unlike Danny, his ghost powers are considerably more developed, and he has used his powers for personal gain. He is also Danny's arch-enemy. In Maternal Instincs he trys to persuade Maddie to leave Jack and have her and Danny live with him but Maddie refuses and storms out of his mountain cabin. Episodes For more information, see the article about List of Danny Phantom episodes. Trivia The Esperanto language is used by Tucker and another character, Wulf, in the episode Public Ememies. The name of the town the series takes place in, Amity Park, is a reference to the real world town of Amityville, where the paranormal novel/movie The Amityville Horror took place. Amity Park's exact location hasn't been shown yet. In the episode Fanning the Flames, Mr. Lancer mentioned the Northwestern Standardized Testing. This could mean that Amity Park is located in Northern California, Oregon or Washington. However, it's most likely in the central part of the United States, because of the fact that in the TV movie Reality Trip, Tucker wanted to go to a Comic Convention in California, and if Amity Park was in California, they would have gone there first in order to get the first Reality Gem. But instead they went to Florida first, which is closer to the Central U.S. Northwestern Standardized testing probably refers to Northwestern University which is in Chicago, Illinois. The name of Danny's high school, Casper High, is a reference to the classic cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost. The clothing store ABYSS's logo is an obvious parody of GAP with the middle letter larger than the others, and the names are closely related by definition. The restaurant "Nasty Burger" is a parody of the restaurant from the Nickelodeon movie "Good Burger". Originally, according to Butch Hartman, the restaurant was called "Tasty Burger", but vandals went and replaced the "T" with an "N". The idea was never used, but Tucker hints at it in Pirate Radio with the line, "Remember, Nasty is just one letter away from Tasty". Mr. Lancer has a tendency to shout out titles of famous books as exclamations (Lord of the Flies, Chicken Soup for the Soul, War of The Worlds, Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones's Diary, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Moby Dick, South Beach Diet, Gulliver's Travels, To Kill A Mockingbird and Fast Food Nation to name a few). Butch Hartman has indicated that some of the ghosts in "Danny Phantom" are not actually dead, but rather are creatures with powers that are attributed to ghosts. A few, like Desiree, The Dairy King, and Sidney Poindexter, used to live on Earth. Thus, it is easiest to refer to them all as ghosts. Also Skulker, whose real form (sans armor) does not appear human and is an ectoplasmic being. Desiree, on the other hand, was specifically stated as once-alive. "She died of a broken heart--and old age." It is unknown as to where Ember stands on this debate, for her song (RemEmber) brings up the possibility of once having a life on Earth. Amity Park seems to be a town with a moderatly large population (200,000+) and land area, because it has a shopping mall, a few medium-tall buildings, and a lab. In the future when Danny was evil Amity Park looked about as large as Brooklyn or the Bronx in land area. Danny does not get his super hero symbol until the episode Memory Blank. After that the symbol is shown even in the opening song. It depicts a white "D" with a gap in it to create a 'P' When Butch Hartman first came up with the idea for a new show, it was originally titled "Danny Phantom and the Specter Detectors", and it was supposed to be a show about a young (human) ghost fighter and a team of others - all of whom hunted and fought ghosts. However, later on, Butch Hartman thought it would be cooler if the teen was a ghost, thus changing it just to "Danny Phantom". The legacy of the original title lives on, however; The "Spector Detector" is the name of an invention used by Danny's father to capture ghosts. In the Deseree episode, before Tucker Gets his Ghost Powers, Danny and Tucker are playing a video Game named "Crash Nebula" from another Butch Hartman cartoon, The Fairly Oddparents Voice cast David Kaufman as Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom Rob Paulsen as Jack Fenton, Nicolai Technus, The Box Ghost Kath Soucie as Maddie Fenton, The Lunch Lady Ghost (2nd voice), Box Lunch, Grandma Ida Manson Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Jazz Fenton Rickey D'Shon Collins as Tucker Foley Grey DeLisle as Samantha "Sam" Manson, Star (1st voice), Valerie Gray (1st voice) Ron Perlman as Mr. Lancer Maria Canals as Paulina S. Scott Bullock as Dash Baxter, Klemper, Mr. Jeremy Manson, Hotep Ra Dat Phan as Kwan (1st voice) James Sie as Kwan (2nd voice) June Angela as Principal Ishiyama Will Arnett as Ghost Writer William Baldwin as Johnny 13 Dee Bradley Baker as Wulf, Observant #1, Prince Aragon, Mikey, Gregor Susan Blakeslee as Dora Mattingly (Dorethea the Dragon Ghost) David Carradine as Clockwork Brian Cox as Pariah Dark Jon Cryer as Freakshow Michael Dorn as Fright Knight Peri Gilpin as Desiree Patricia Heaton as The Lunch Lady Ghost (1st voice) Taylor Lautner as Youngblood Eric Roberts as Dark Danny/Dan Phantom Peter MacNicol as Sidney Poindexter Phil Morris as Damon Gray, Observant #2 Martin Mull as Vladimir "Vlad" Masters/Vlad Plasmius Laraine Newman as Mrs. Tetslaff, Mrs. Pamela Manson Daran Norris as Bullet Matthew St. Patrick as Skulker (1st voice) Kevin Michael Richardson as The Dragon Ghost, Skulker (2nd voice) Chynna Phillips as Kitty Anna Sophia Robb as Danielle ("Dani Phantom") Tara Strong as Star (2nd voice), Ember, Penelope Spectra, Tiffany Snow Cree Summer as Valerie Gray (2nd voice) James Arnold Taylor as Walker Jim Ward as Bertrand Action against cancellation Since the annoucement that Nickelodeon was cancelling production of Danny Phantom in January, fans have been taking action. One group in particular, Keep Flying or Save the Phantom, has been organizing opposition to the cancellation. They have been mailing letters to Nickelodeon Studios, trying to convince them to keep the show in production. They have also been actively working on other various things to help save the show. Examples of this include everything from scrapbooks of various moments critical to the show to also mailing various marketing companies in hopes of getting more Danny Phantom merchandise into stores. A small rally took place at Viacom's headquarters in New York City on July 24, 2006 to further support the cause. Despite the efforts, Nick.com Message Boards [1] for Danny Phantom have been openly denying the cancelation of production for the show. If they were not informed or are disclosing information is unknown. On Petition Online, a petition was just recently started to save the show, titled Fight For The Phantom. [2] On an AOL Blog, a petition entitled Don't Give Up the Ghost has been up for about a month.[3] Despite the fan support, the show is still expected to stop production in February 2007. Home Video Releases Nick Picks Vol. 1-4 External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Danny Phantom Danny Phantom on YTV Official website 'Save the Phantom' website, dedicated to saving Danny Phantom Danny Phantom Show Info at TVRage.com Butch Hartman's Website The Official Butch Hartman Forums Official Danny Phantom forum topic in which Butch Hartman clearly states and explains the "cancellation" situtation. 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