Danny's ghostly powers
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As Danny Phantom, he freely uses a variety of supernatural powers. In either form, Danny (as well as all other humans) can see, hear, and speak to other paranormal beings, as well as battle them. Danny possess most of his supernatural powers in both his dual forms--although he only uses them most freely in his ghost form. The only exception is that so far Danny cannot utilize his supernatural strength in his human form. Also other ghosts can sometimes overpower him and impose invisibility and intangibility (or lack-there-of) until Danny can regain energy and fight back. To save his friends and family, Danny frequently battles with various ghosts, sometimes from thwarting plans of world domination or confronting them in situations of public disturbances.
Danny Phantom has gradually increased in power and abilities as his knowledge of the ghost world matures. He now has both completely new abilities as well as increased the power of his original ones.
[edit] Transformation
- Allows Danny to switch between human and ghost forms. His transformation is prefaced by two blue-white rings that appear respectively around his waist and move in opposite directions of each other while transitioning Danny to his ghost form. Other variations may include the rings appearing in Danny's lengthwise axis, or even transitioning from a single limb. He usually accompanies this with his transformation words, "I'm going ghost!". If Danny falls unconscious, gets heavily disoriented, or uses too much energy while in ghost form, he usually reverts back to human form. Apparently, his ghost form is not affected by the intense cold and vacuum of space, since he flew out into orbit with nothing but a rocket pack and a space helmet in Flirting with Disaster. The white rings that appear during his transformation are visible to others and can be photographed. He may be able to use the rings as some sort of a variation of the ghost shield without transforming, as seen in My Brother's Keeper, when he used them to repel Spectra while in ghost form and did not transform back into his human self. Typically when Danny is knocked out he often reverts back to his human appearance.
[edit] Ghost Sense
- Danny can sense nearby ghosts, and when this happens a wisp of blue mist comes out of his mouth and he shivers, getting the appearance of standing at attention or an electrical pulse going down his spinal cord, usually as an act of alarm that a ghost is nearby. In "My Brother's Keeper", Danny apparently associates his Ghost Sense with the sensation of being cold, and Spectra's true identity as a ghost is hidden from him by keeping her office so cold Danny can continually see his breath. It's revealed in Urban Jungle that whenever Danny's Ghost Sense has been triggered he has actually been releasing a small amount of his cryokinetic energy as a wisp of blue mist. Danny's ghost sense can't seem to detect the presence of half-ghosts, namely Vlad and Dani. This ability later passed to Dark Danny, but came out as red mist through his nose. This version can also detect half-ghosts, unlike it's predecessor.It is unknown if Vlad has this power as well.
[edit] Intangibility
- Danny has the ability to turn intangible at will. With the use of intangibility, Danny can pass through most objects, becoming untouchable; Danny can also make other people and objects intangible provided he is in physical contact with them. Danny's intangibility is in part connected to his teenage emotions, as he has been known to go intangible at some very inopportune and unwanted times. It is quite common for Danny to make only a part of his body intangible and has been shown that people can see him somewhat when he is intangible. Danny has also been shown to apparently control the flow of his intangibility as he did in Maternal Instincts where he put his hand on the ground and a water-like flow moved along and phased Tucker through the floor. In Parental Bonding Danny uses a mist-like version of his intangibility to escape a Dragon Ghost. In an opposite case, in the Ghost Zone, humans can phase through everything, including ghosts. This power can work in conjunction with other ghosts as well, as shown in the final episode, when Danny and all the ghosts of the Ghost Zone used their power to make the entire Earth intangible to save it from destruction. In the episode Memory Blank, when Danny gets his memory back, it shows phases of his life with ghost powers, showing he used Intangibility to invade the Girls' Locker Room, twice.
[edit] Invisibility
- When invisible, Danny cannot be seen by human eyes and even from scanning devices. Invisibility and Intangibility both work in similar ways, as they are both triggered by Danny's emotional states--fear, nervousness etc--as he has been known to go invisible at some very inopportune and unwanted times --and thus work well together. It is quite common for Danny to make only a part of his body invisible and Danny can also make other people and objects invisible--provided that he is in physical contact with them.
[edit] Flying/Floating/Hovering
- While in ghost form, Danny has the ability to float/fly through the air, sometimes at considerable speeds and heights. He often uses this in combat, but occasionally will do it for fun and relaxation. He can also make other humans and objects hover but must keep in physical contact with them. In Maternal Instincts, Danny's speed of flight was clocked at 112 mph. He has the potential to be even faster if Tucker's brief time as a half-ghost is any indication, climbing on flight speed beyond 112 mph. When floating or flying, Danny's bottom half will sometimes turn into a wisp. Danny is also shown in the theme song flying while in human form as he locks Dash in a locker. His flying while in human form is not seen in the show, however.
[edit] Paranormal Strength, Speed, Agility and Durability
- In Ghost-Mode, Danny can display extraordinary physical feats of strength, speed, agility, and durability; Danny has developed a high pain threshold given the number of times he has been attacked, shot at, etc, managing to bear the pain. He is able to withstand and recover from numerous, recurring injuries and damage. So far, only when Danny is in Ghost-Mode can he perform such feats, while in human form, Danny Fenton is still somewhat physically weak, although, he's been known to survive the impacts from heights while in human form, and from hits that would have killed a normal human being.
[edit] Spectral Manipulation/Ecto-Physical Mass Manipulation/Phase Shifting
- Spectral manipulation is a ghosts version of Biological manipulation--which includes abilities like Duplication, Superhuman physical resistance etc--density alteration, like intangibility. It can also be seen as a form of shapeshifting--Danny shifting into his human mode or his ghost mode or Morpho's main powers. Danny has demonstrated the power to change the shape of his body into intangible holes and shapes. Uses include Parental Bonding where Danny turned into a gaseous form to escape the dragon ghost's grasp, Mystery Meat where Danny's belt turned into a long, translucent line and Beauty Marked, Danny created a large hole in his mouth. His Spectral Manipulation is apparently long-lasting in his belt as seen in Shades of Gray where a book passed through his waist and Pirate Radio where Youngblood's sword passed harmlessly through his belt.
[edit] Wall Walking
- Danny, as well as many other ghosts, can manipulate their center of gravity ; they can walk and run on up and down uneven and vertical surfaces as though they were horizontal. This either because of his ability to defy gravity (flying) OR because of some unexplored ability to adhere/combine/interact to/with the molecular structure (clinging) of the surface of walls etc.
[edit] Overshadowing/Possession
- First shown in Parental Bonding, Danny can take possession of a human being or an animal (Micro Management) from within by phasing completely into the person's body, allowing him to completely control that person's actions. Danny has used this power on several people, including Tucker, Dash, his dad, and even a rat, for various reasons. When overshadowed, the victim keeps his or her original form, but his or her eyes and voice change to Danny's. Being able to adapt the eyes and voice of the person being overshadowed seems to be a matter of experience; other ghosts (and Vlad) do this effortlessly from early appearances, however some of Danny's enemies (like Sidney Pointdexter, who has little expertise in the use of his own Ghost Powers, and Tucker when he temporarily gains ghost powers thanks to Desiree) are unable to change their voices when using the ability. As of the episode Eye for an Eye, Danny appears to have enough mastery over the power to use the possessed body's voice (in this case, Vlad Plasmius). The victim has no memory of what he or she did while overshadowed, but usually feel a slight dizziness and disorientation, and occasionally feel influenced by what Danny says or does (one example being Dash feeling the urge to wash his mother's feet after Danny overshadows him and forces him to say the very same thing to Paulina). On numerous occasions, it has been demonstrated that this ability can be resisted, and that Danny can even be forced out of the person with the right equipment, or if he's not up to full power. Overshadowing can also be resisted through sheer willpower, demonstrated first by Jack (Bitter Reunions). As seen in Public Enemies and Life Lessons, ghosts can still use their powers of flight, intangibility, and invisibility while overshadowing someone. Danny has also used this power to enter people's dreams (Frightmare).
[edit] Ectoplasmic Energy Blast - "Ghost Ray"
- First shown in What You Want, it is an ectoplasmic blast that usually comes out of the palm of his hand, Danny blasts enemies using this attack. The attack takes many forms: a ray of energy, a glowing orb, or even a repulsion field. He has also kept the energy used inside his hand, using it to empower his strikes. In Memory Blank, it is learned that Danny has had this ability since he became half-ghost. This power is not limited to just the palm as an inexperienced Danny shot one from his rear end (Memory Blank) and Danielle herself from her feet (D-Stabilized) implying that Danny may have the ability to do this as well considering she's his clone. By the time of the Danny Phantom TV Movie: Reign Storm, Danny had learned how to fire off a Ghost Ray out of his finger and hand in human mode. These rays can also be charged to various power levels, from a highly powerful white-green, to a low-level glow for lighting up dark areas. He is also able to charge up a ball of light and throw it to disorient enemies with its brightness. Danny can also use this power to force ghosts out of people they are overshadowing. Danny has also been able to absorb Ghost Rays (or other similar attacks) and redirect them at his enemies (Control Freaks). He has recently learned to fire circular rays in a manner similar to Vlad's, creating a rudimentary ectoplasmic bomb (see Ectoplasmic Energy Bolts below).
[edit] Ectoplasmic Energy Shield - "Ghost Shield"
- Danny can use this ability to form shields of ectoplasmic energy, which he can use to block or rebound attacks from enemies. There are two kinds of shields; the first is a shield that appears as a sphere of energy that protects from all sides (Bitter Reunions). The other is a single wall of energy--an ectoplasmic energy construct--that is more direct in its range but is much stronger (Teacher of the Year). Danny can create an Ecto-Orb and use it as a circular shield (Beauty Marked and Reality Trip). He's also able to create a shield by holding up his forearm, creating a medium ranged, relatively strong shield big enough to protect him from strong head-on attacks.
[edit] Ghost Stinger
- In Public Enemies, Danny uses this pseudo-electric attack to free Wulf from Bullet's weapon, although it could just be Danny's power traveling through Bullet's weapon, like energy feedback through the energy field of the ectoplasmic energy construct. Other examples of its use might include Vlad in The Million Dollar Ghost, Penelope Spectra in Doctor's Disorders, Technus in Flirting With Disaster and Dark Danny in The Ultimate Enemy.
[edit] Ghostly Wail
- Danny's most powerful technique. In The Ultimate Enemy, Danny develops the unique ability to generate an extremely powerful technical like a sonic scream from his vocal cords and mouth, a bit like a Banshee's wail - with a ghostly-like moaning. The Ghostly Wail can cause terrible pain to ghosts and damage tangible matter. This ability was powerful enough to destroy the massive artificially generated Ghost Shield that protected the future Amity Park, and is effective against multiple targets. When used, this power quickly drains present-Danny's energy and completely turns him back to human in most cases, a problem he apparently has remedied by the last episode (or it could have been because of his recharged power state). He has used this power only in extreme cases (Only seven times in the history of the series, notably "The Ultimate Enemy" where he used it three times, the other four times being in "The Fright Before Christmas", "King Tuck", "Kindred Spirits" and "Phantom Planet"). This is also one of two powers that Danny has and Vlad does not (the other being his cryokinesis).
[edit] Ectoplasmic Energy Constructs
- Danny has shown that he can utilize ectoplasmic energy constructs. He can shape ectoplasmic energy into solid objects--in Double Cross My Heart Danny is able to generate one to use as his most powerful shield to protect himself.
[edit] Ectoplasmic Energy Bolts
- First seen used by Danny in Reality Trip. Either a bolt of ectoplasmic energy or an ectoplasmic energy semi-construct, it is easily seen as an expansion of Danny's use of his ectoplasmic energy powers. Present as a glowing orb or a circular rays--(similar to Starfire's Starbolts from the Teen Titans TV animated series),--and further still can be used as a rudimentary ectoplasmic bomb--time-delayed and can be combined with Danny's ice powers. This use of his ectoplasmic energy is useful to Danny when he is a situation where he needs to combat his adversaries with a suppressing line of not-so-friendly fire.
[edit] Duplication
- A power first used by Vlad, Danny has struggled with this power the most, trying to manipulate his body twice in Maternal Instinct and Identity Crisis to largely disastrous results. After managing to do it in Reign Storm when he split into four (he was wearing the Ecto-Skeleton which enhanced his powers 100-fold), he appeared to finally and successfully split in two (Beauty Marked), if only for a quick second. He successfully split in four by Torrent of Terror, though it drained him of his energy briefly. Vlad was able to create many shadowy copies of himself to influence people into voting for him, indicating that there might be no limit to how many copies Danny may come to create should he reach that level of potential; the possibility that the sum total of his power being split evenly amongst himself is also a possibility if Vlad's demonstration is any indication (Eye for an Eye). More evidence of this is the power readings in the divided Ecto-Skeletons was split into four 25% readings.
[edit] Cryokinesis
- (Ghostly Ice) Danny is capable of using ice-empowered versions of the Ghost Ray as of Urban Jungle. This is revealed to be an extension of his ghost sense and ghost rays rather than a separate power altogether entirely, which explains why Danny always shivers whenever he senses a ghost. It is most likely based off of the "cold spots" that supposedly accompany ghosts. This power allows Danny to radiate cold, to shoot off rays of intense cold or fire off solid projectiles from both his palms and eyes (when he uses this power his eyes sometimes turn blue instead of their usual ghostly green, reflecting the cold). This power has been building up inside him as "negative heat" ever since he first gained his ghost powers, his body eventually becoming too numb and chilled when the pent-up energy got to be too much for him to ignore, giving him flu-like symptoms. Frostbite successfully managed to teach him how to handle this ability though. By the time of Boxed Up Fury, he's already capable of using this power comfortably, even creating an ice sphere as a shield to protect his friends. This is one of two powers (the other being the Ghostly Wail) that Danny has that Vlad does not.
[edit] Weather Manipulation (Temporary)
- In "Torrent of Terror, Vortex accidentally gave Danny the ability to use weather controlling powers that were heavily tied to Danny's emotions and could counteract Vortex's own abilities. Among them were creating actual effects to the weather that spanned across Amity Park's skies (Bright sunlight, thunderstorms) to making miniature versions of these that typically comedically zapped Vlad and making very cold gusts of wind spring up. However, the powers only lasted for that episode, as Vortex zapped Danny again in their duel and caused him to lose the powers.
