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Dan Phantom is the evil full-ghost version of Danny Phantom, created by the fusion of the ghost-halves of the show's protagonist and the show's antagonist, Vlad Plasmius. Dan's first and only appearance is as the main villain of both the TV movie and the first Danny Phantom video game for the Game Boy Advance. He is voiced by Academy Award-nominee Eric Roberts of The Dark Knight, DOA: Dead or Alive, The Expendables, The Specialist and Runaway Train. Dan is considered one of most dangerous and powerful enemies Danny has had difficulty facing (Vlad Plasmius, Tucker Phantom, Pariah Dark, Etc.)
To mix in time traveling while Danny battled a pure evil ghost, Butch Hartman realized the worst enemy for Danny Phantom to fight would be an evil version of himself. [1] He was not originally revealed to be a villain in the advertisements for The Ultimate Enemy on Nickelodeon, due to the shock factor of Danny's future as his worst enemy.
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History
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In an alternate timeline, Danny used his powers to cheat on the C.A.T (Career Aptitude Test). Suspicious of Danny, Mr. Lancer called The Fentons to the Nasty Burger for a meeting. Along with Danny were Tucker and Sam. Unfortunately, the Nasty Burger's vat of condiments exploded at that time and caused the deaths of Danny's family, friends, and teacher. As a result, the grief-stricken boy was forced to move in with his arch enemy, Vlad, seeing as "he was the only person left on the planet who could possibly hope to understand his situation".

Added by SSJ2AJBDespite the history of animosity between the two halves, Vlad treated Danny with a great deal of sympathy. Completely taken over by grief, Danny asked Vlad to get rid of his human emotions. After the procedure, the separated Danny Phantom (now free of the conscience of his human half) became enraged, forcibly removing Vlad's ghost-half and inadvertently merging with it, in an attempt to defeat him. Unfortunately, Plasmius' evil side dominated Danny, resulting in Dan's birth. His first act of malice was the apparent murder of his human half and blowing up Vlad Masters' entire mansion before unleashing ten years of pain and destruction on both the Earth and the Ghost Zone.

Added by SSJ2AJBUpon witnessing this horrible future, the Observents ordered Clockwork to kill Danny in the past to prevent Dan's rise. Dispatching various ghosts from the future to eliminate Danny, it set about a chain reaction that led Danny to the future where he encountered his dark older self. Fusing him with his time medallion so he would be stuck in the future, Dan sends Danny to the Ghost Zone to keep him occupied while he disguises himself as his 14 year-old self and travels to the past via a leftover time medallion to secure his future, namely cheating on the C.A.T. test. The only witness having figured out his true identity was his sister, Jazz. After cheating on the C.A.T. via test answers (that Danny obtained previously by accident), a suspicious Lancer calls his parents over to the Nasty Burger as demonstration of Danny's possible future at the same time Sam and Tucker warn them on the oncoming explosion and Jazz, who, using the Fenton Ghost Peeler, exposed Dan to the rest.
Tying them all to the nasty sauce vat, Dan was eventually reunited with his past self (having returned via Future Vlad) and a battle ensued. Dan was unable to eliminate his younger self, but decided to hold him off until the temperature of the sauce vat reached its peak. Even with the aid of the Spector Deflector and the Ghost Gauntlets, Dan still prooved too much for Danny. Refusing to let them down,
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Danny Phantom (Daniel Fenton)
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Added by Kevin AnthonyVlad Masters
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It was through his methods that Dan came into existence, though not intentionally. The only thing Vlad was trying to do was to separate Danny's ghost half from his humantory side. Unfortunately, it didn't go planned as both Danny and Vlad had hoped. Ghost Danny, furious at Vlad, stole the Ghost Gauntlets from him and separated him from his ghost self. That caused Ghost Danny in attempting to overshadow Ghost Vlad, which ended up forming them both into the most evil and powerful ghost on the planet. For these misfortunes, Dan killed his human self and destroyed Vlad's huge mansion in the process. Doing so caused the former prideful billionaire to live in reclusive grief and misery, guilty over his past misdeeds and unhearting actions. When Danny met the older Vlad, He later played a crucial role ten years later when he helped the younger Danny return to his present by removing the unreachable time medallion Dan had placed on him earlier. Vlad even told Danny the following: "If any good came out of this, it's that ten years without Ghost Powers gave me the chance to see what a fool I've been." For that, Danny, in a way, realizes his sentiment for forgiveness and accepted his apology for all the bad things he's caused in the past. How Vlad survived the explosion caused by Dan in unclear.
Jack and Maddie Fenton
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Dan's parents, he attempted to kill them along with the others he once loved (and Mr. Lancer) so his future would come to pass. After being exposed by Jazz, Jack and Maddie rounded and threatened him, demanding to know where their son was. He ridicules them for their lack of observation on the connections between Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom before restraining and silencing them, planning to have them killed in the Nasty Burger explosion.
Jazz Fenton
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Like his parents and friends, Dan shares no love for his past sister. He reunites with her when he returns to his past (disguised as his younger self) where she confesses of her secret knowledge of his hero identity. Revealing his evil ghost form to her and stating his plan, he knocks her out and leaves to finalize his future. With the information that was given to her, Jazz writes a note to the younger Danny, attaching it to the Fenton Boo-merang where it sought Danny after ten long years of traveling. Jazz later tries to confront Dan on two separate occasions with the Fenton Peeler, the latter ending his masquerade and revealing his true self. He then restrains her to the Nasty Sauce vat.
Valerie Gray
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Valerie is a prominent defender of Amity Park against Dan and other ghosts, keeping a vigilant watch over the city. When the towers that emit Amity Park's ghost shield are destroyed, she reunites with Dan, who counters with his powerful Ghostly Wail. She returns later when younger Danny enters the future with Sam and Tucker. Assuming him to be Phantom at first, the real Dan arrives and fights her briefly before throwing her into a building, only to be saved by young Danny. Dan finds her deplorable, but has some past respect for her.
Sam Manson and Tucker Foley
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His two best friends no longer matter to him and he instead has tried to kill them via Nasty Burger explosion to continue his future despite their best efforts to thwart their ill-gotten future (Although at one point Dan admitted to missing Tucker's sense of humor when he traveled back to Danny's time).
Mr. Lancer
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Mr. Lancer was his least favorite teacher. He was also one of the people killed in The Nasty Burger explosion. His statue reads only "GONE", but seems to be embedded into the ground, so it is possible the statue read the same as the other before it slipped into the ground.
Fright Knight
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The Fright Knight claims Dan as his new master, obeying his every command.
Clockwork
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Dan mentions Clockwork, "meddling again", when he saw Sam and Tucker's time medallions. This is presume that its because of Clockwork that younger Danny manages to get the test answers and thus created Dan, meaning that it was Clockwork whom, unintentionally, created him.
In the end of the episode, he is left in the Fenton Thermos in Clockwork's Lair.
Box Ghost
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It would seem that Dan had been using The Box Ghost as a punching bag to the extremes as the once pathetic ghost was seen with a hook for his right hand and an eyepatch covering his left eye. Due to his personality change, Box Ghost has gotten stronger and wants his revenge on Danny.
Ember McLain
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Ember claims that he is the reason why she became fat and lost her voice; Dan's Ghostly Wail destroyed her vocal cords.
Skulktech 9.9
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Dan really hurt them in the last ten years. Since Skulker used machinery for fighting and to hide his true form. And Technus used machinery for strength, they figured if they combined they could become more powerful against Dan.
Personality
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Unlike most of Danny Phantom's enemies who have, to some degree, a moral conscience, Dan possesses no such trait; he is pure evil and craves destruction and chaos. He is effectively Danny's worst enemy, and is willing to kill to get what he wants, even if it is the people he once cared about.
His personality is sadistic, cruel, and heartless; this personality shift stems from the fact that Vlad's evil ghost-self completely destroyed whatever good might have been left inside the young ghost-boy after the fusion.
He is also arrogant and cocky (similar to Vlad), as he gravely underestimated his younger self, which naturally led to his downfall.
Powers
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Added by Kevin Anthony- Ghost Sense: Dan can sense nearby ghosts. When he does, a red wisps of energy come out through his nose. Because of Vlad's combination with Danny's Ghost sense, It even works on half-ghosts as well.
- Intangibility & Invisibility: Standard ghost powers.
- Flying/Floating/Hovering: Standard ghost powers.
- Paranormal Strength, Speed, Agility, and Durability: Dan is obviously far stronger and more durable than Danny or Vlad. He is capable of easily lifting a tank, survive a full anti-ghost blast from future Valarie's wrist laser unharmed, an oil truck explosion without so much as a scratch, he could even survive a multi-story building crumbling down at ground zero (though severely weakened).
- Overshadowing/Possession: Standard ghost powers.
- Ectoplasmic Energy Blast "Ghost Ray": His blasts are composed of green(though it is much brighter than his younger self) ectoplasm. He can probably use the other colors like Vlad. He is seen blowing apart a good portion of a building(several stories) with this power, only further demonstrating his monstrous power. He can fire ghost rays in the form of powerful sliding waves of ecto-energy capable of knocking people hundreds of feet away. Also, he can confine the energy of a ghost ray into fist for a powerful punch. He even was able to fire a ghost ray that didn't harm the victim, but simply knocked them out.
- Ghost Stinger: Dan uses this ecto-electric attack to cause damage and pain. Like Vlad, he uses this attack to instantly drain Danny of power and pain until he turns back to his human form(albeit unconsious), similiar to Skulktech's phantom palm pummeler.
- Ectoplasmic Energy Shield "Ghost Shield": His shield, composed of green ectoplasm, takes the form of a wall and is much stronger than Danny's or Vlad's shield.
- Ghostly Wail: In The Ultimate Enemy, Dan develops the unique ability to generate an extremely powerful ecto-sonic shriek from his vocal cords and mouth, a bit like a Banshee's wail. It sounds like moaning ghosts. The incredibly loud sound of the attack is accomponied by extremely powerful sonic waves of pure ectoplasmic energy. It can cause terrible pain to ghosts and damage tangible matter. He is seen overturning tanks and cars, blowing away helicopters,crumbling buildings and shattering glass with this power. This technique is Dan's most powerful attack, and he is able to use it more than once without losing energy. At maximum power, his ghostly wail was able to cause earthquake-like tremors and was powerful and devestating enough to destroy all of the future Amity Parks ghost shield generators, causing them to explode, its so powerful that when his younger self uses it against him its the only attack that visibly injures him.
- Duplication: Dan can create about five duplicates and possibly a few more. These doubles can be invisible when made. He is possibly almost as skilled as Vlad is with this power. Also like Vlad, he often uses his proficiency in duplication as a powerful advantage against an enemy.
- Ectoplasmic Energy Constructs: Dan is capable of forming binds and ropes from ectoplasm.
- Teleportation: He can teleport from one location to another like Vlad.
- Transformation: Dan can take on the form of virtually anyone and/or anything, such as his younger self's human form dispite no longer being a half-ghost. This transformation is accomponied by two white-blue rings that transform him into his chosen form, much like how human-ghost hybrids switch between their human and ghost forms. It's even possible that Dan can also transform into any Ghost from the Ghost Zone He desires.
- Ghost Portal Creation: He can create temporary portals into the Ghost Zone by merely waving his hand.
- Advanced Spectral Manipulation: Dan has the ability to change the shape of his body. Among these occasions include stretching along the waistline, creating holes in his chest, temporarily vaporizing his body, and turning his head 180 degrees.
- Intangibility Fusion: Dan was able to fuse one of Clockwork's time medallions into Danny's body through the use of his intangibility powers. While fused, the object inserted is intangible and unreachable by ghost or human abilities. It can, however, be removed through the use of special equipment (I.E., The Ghost Gauntlets).
- Gaseous Transformation: Dan can momentarily become an ectoplasmic vapor to pass through objects that could harm him even when intangible (I.E., Valerie's ghost hunting gear).
- Regeneration: Dan has been seen for sure healing in tough battles with Valerie or with any Ghost from the Ghost Zone. He pretty much can heal quickly.
- Ectoplasmic Bubble: Like Vlad (and possibly Danny as well) Dan can be able to trap people in Ectoplasmic Bubbles.
- Immobilization: By either touching a victim or facing his hand at them, Dan can briefly paralye someone, as well as use his ectoplasm to "freeze" them.
Quotes
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- "Your time is up Danny, its been up for ten years."
- "Nice try Jazz, but me in my future, I'm inevitable."
- "Well, that's it, isn't it."
- "You don't get it do you. I'm still here. I still exist. That means you still turn into me."
- "I don't have to waste you. I just have to run out the clock until your entire life falls apart."
- "Like the new power? I call it my Ghostly Wail."
- "Hello Valerie, and Goodbye!"
- "Strange; how one giant fireball of highly combustible condiments can...ruin your whole future."
- "Actually, that was me. And you, eventually."
- "You know, if I had an ounce of humanity left in me this would be a very touching little reunion; but of course, I surrendered my human half a long time ago."
- "HAHAHAHAHA! I AM your boy!"
- "What kind of parents are you, anyway? The world's leading Ghost Experts and you can't even figure out that your own son was HALF GHOST!"
- "The Nasty Burger, still standing; for now."
- "Sam and Tucker, it's been a while. Ten years to be accurate."
- "So, to what do I owe this little blast from the past?"
- "Clockwork, meddling again."
- "I suppose out of respect for our past, I should let you live. But that's not how I work."
Trivia
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- Danny got his Ghostly Wail in his teenaged form, while Dan got his ten years after him likely signaling a change in the timestream.
- In the GBA game, "Dark Danny's" name is Dan Phantom.
- Dan is the second villain in the history of Nickelodeon to have ever killed anybody, the first would have been Zim from Invader Zim
- Some fans call him Dan Phantom, Dark Phantom, Dan Plasmius or simply Phantom as mentioned above.
- Dan seems to share similar traits to the Marvel Comics villain, Venom. Both characters have much more powerful versions of the hero's powers (Danny Phantom for Dark Danny and Spider-Man for Venom), both are ruthless to get what they want, both wished to ruin the hero's life and also, Dark Danny sticks his tongue out in a very Venom-like fashion, albeit his tongue is forked while Venom's is not and is not as large.
- Dan can also be compared to the Hulk villain the Maestro, as the Maestro was also an evil future version of the Hulk who was defeated when he underestimated his younger self.

Dark Danny's toung
Added by Ultswampfire - 'Dark Danny' appeared as an unlockable costume of Danny in Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots.
- It is also possible that the name 'Dark Danny' could have derived from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Dark Willow, a version of Willow the witch when she loses control of her powers, much like how Danny lost control of his ghost half.
- Dan has a red ghost sense from the Vlad side of himself.
- Dan didn't show any signs of ice powers other than his ghost sense, and it is unknown if he was ever aware of his potential for them. It could be that since the future changed, whilst present time Danny did get his ice powers, Dan was formed by merging of two different ghost possibly locking them out.
- Dan shares similarity with Duncan from "Total Drama Series": Both guys are bullies, both like to destory things, both guys have a goatee, both guys like to get their revenge and both guys wear a black outfit with a white symbol in front. But Dan also shares similarity with Aleajandro.
- Dan makes an appearance in one of Snafu webcomics: The Grim Tales Down Below. Clockwork is seen releasing Dan from the same Fenton capsule he was sealed in the special. Dan joins the fight against the Pumkinator ghost monster.

Dark Danny in Grim Tales
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- Dan is similar and is the inspiration to Tim Drake/The Joker from Batman Beyond Return of the Joker, because they both have several similarities,
- Both got brainwashed
- Both got transformed into resembling their arch-enemies
- Both turned bad
- Both have a dark mind in their brain, Tim Drake has a chip on his neck, Dark Danny has Vlad's ghost powers in his brain
- Both have red eyes when they turn evil
- Both forced to stay with their arch-enemies
- Both have white skin
- Both have different hair color Tim is green, Danny is white
- Dan is similar to Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader from Star Wars, because they both turn evil when they grow up.
References
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| Danny Phantom Characters
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| Protagonists
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| Danny Phantom • Sam Manson • Tucker Foley • Jazz Fenton • Jack Fenton • Maddie Fenton | |
Villains
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| Vlad Plasmius • Dark Danny • Skulker • Box Ghost • Lunch Lady Ghost • Ember McLain • Nicolai Technus • Youngblood • Penelope Spectra • Bertrand • Prince Aragon • Executioner Ghost • Archer Ghost • Desiree • Freakshow • Lydia • Fright Knight • Hotep-Ra • Nocturne • Pariah Dark • Skulktech 9.9 • Vortex • Walker • Undergrowth • Three Vulture Ghosts • Pariah's soldiers • Tucker Phantom | |
Allies
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| Dani Phantom • Frostbite • Wulf • Clockwork • Pandora • Cujo • Dora the Dragon Ghost | |
Other Ghosts
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| Klemper • Sidney PoinDexter • Amorpho • Johnny 13 • Shadow • Kitty • Observants • Dairy King • Box Lunch • Ghostwriter | |
Other Humans
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| Valerie Gray • Mr. Lancer • Dash Baxter • Paulina • Kwan • Star • Guys In White • Damon Gray • Masters' Blasters | |