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"Parental Bonding" is the second episode of the television series Danny Phantom.

Plot[]

Danny attempts to ask Paulina out on a date while trying to fend off a ghost dragon at the same time.

Synopsis[]

S01e02 Dora fire breath

Danny goes to his father in the Fenton lab before school, eyeing Jack and his newest invention - the Fenton Ghost Fisher, which Jack is using to try to fish out ghosts from the Fenton Ghost Portal. Jack has to leave for a moment to use the restroom, so he plants the fisher on Danny to hold until he returns.

It snags a ghost, which Danny reels in to reveal a dragon ghost. He goes on the defensive and fights the dragon until her amulet comes off, ending up inside Danny's backpack—unbeknownst to both. The dragon reverts to a medieval ghost princess who only desires to go to the princess costume ball, who flees back through the Ghost Portal, leaving Danny completely baffled upon her exit.

S01e02 Paulina unimpressed

Later at school, news is already underway throughout the student body about the upcoming school dance. Both Danny and Tucker are excited despite their lack of dates, while Sam proceeds to display her utter displeasure towards both the dance and being asked out. She is interrupted (and irritated) when Danny and Tucker eye the class beauty, Paulina.

With a push from Tucker (and a literal push from Sam), Danny awkwardly tries to ask her to the dance, but his nervous behavior triggers his ghost powers, causing his pants to turn intangible and fall down.

Paulina and the entire student body laugh at him until Sam confronts Paulina. She fights back by calling her shallow, which Paulina takes offense to. In revenge, Paulina vows to take Danny away from Sam.

S01e02 pants falling down

Paulina confronts Danny at his locker later on. Dash interrupts and shoves Danny into his locker to flirt with Paulina. An invisible and angry Danny sneaks behind Dash only to discover his power of possessing people. He overshadows Dash and embarrasses him in front of Paulina.

A dazed Dash walks off afterward while Paulina frees Danny from his locker, the amulet from earlier dropping out of his backpack as he falls. They both see it.

Danny lies that he got it for her (when in reality he has no idea where it came from), which gets her to agree to go to the dance with him. As she walks away, her eyes (as well as the amulet) glow. Danny cheers, but his pants fall down once again, which gets him in trouble with Mr. Lancer.

Mr. Lancer has Danny's parents come to the school after he catches Danny for being "pantless again". Too afraid to confront his currently frustrated father (whose Fenton fisher has yet to snag a ghost), Danny overshadows Jack and takes him to the conference, and makes him flatter Lancer, which gets Lancer to let Danny off. Enjoying his style, Lancer insists on him chaperoning the school dance.

Danny, Sam, and Tucker are at the mall, while Paulina, at the same mall, shops for a shirt, still wearing the amulet. Admiring a limited-edition shirt but then finding out that there are none left in her size, she becomes furious, unleashing the amulet's power and transforming her into a dragon.

Danny fights the dragon, and Paulina reverts back to normal, and has no memory of the events while she was a dragon (but acquires the shirt she desired). Shortly afterward, Tucker gets himself a date with Valerie Gray when her previous partner, Kwan, dropped her for someone else.

S01e02 Amulet of Aragon

Danny, Sam, and Tucker research the amulet on the Internet before the dance, learning that extreme distress or anger causes the wearer of the amulet to trigger its power and transform into a dragon. Danny immediately recognizes the amulet as the one he gave to Paulina, and so forth has the mission of getting it back from her.

Sam once again displays her hatred for the dance. Danny concludes she secretly desires to go, and by possessing Tucker, he gets her to go as Tucker's date by saying Valerie stood him up. Sam eagerly agrees.

S01e02 start of dragon transformation

Danny goes with Paulina, trying to get back the amulet and deal with his father whom he has to constantly overshadow during the dance, so he won't embarrass him. There, Danny lies about the amulet by saying it belongs to Sam, angering Paulina. A panicking Danny quickly tells Tucker to keep an eye on his father while Sam tries to find Paulina.

She catches her in the restroom and apologizes for calling her shallow. Learning that Sam is just Danny's friend and not girlfriend as she previously assumed, Paulina gives the amulet back to Sam (by placing it around her neck) and confesses how she played with his heart to get back at Sam and is now going to dump him. Sam gets furious at Paulina for using Danny, which instantly turns her into the dragon, and kidnaps Paulina who faints upon seeing her.

S01e02 promise to keep pants up

Discovering the dragon, Danny fights it off (later discovering it to be Sam) and manages to capture her with the Fenton Fisher, tying her up and pulling the amulet off. With the date gone bust, Sam asks Danny for one last dance, and he accepts stating that he'd love to.

While Danny and Sam slow dance, Tucker complains about his lack of a date again. The ghost princess (Dora) then appears and still wishes to go to the ball, causing Tucker to fearfully decide he's in no hurry for a date and asks Sam and Danny if he could cut into their dance.

Home Media[]

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iTunes[]

  • Danny Phantom: Season 1

Credits[]

Series continuity[]

  • Sam turning into a dragon under the amulet's influence foreshadows both her and Dora's involvement in the season two episode "Beauty Marked."

Trivia[]

References

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V - E - H - DDanny Phantom episodes
Season 1
1. Mystery Meat | 2. Parental Bonding | 3. One of a Kind | 4. Attack of the Killer Garage Sale | 5. Splitting Images | 6. What You Want | 7. Bitter Reunions | 8. Prisoners of Love | 9. My Brother's Keeper | 10. Shades of Gray | 11. Fanning the Flames | 12. Teacher of the Year | 13. Fright Night | 14. 13 | 15. Public Enemies | 16. Lucky in Love | 17. Maternal Instinct | 18. Life Lessons | 19. The Million Dollar Ghost | 20. Control Freaks
Season 2
1. Memory Blank | 2. Doctor's Disorders | 3. Pirate Radio | 4-5. Reign Storm | 6. Identity Crisis | 7. The Fenton Menace | 8-9. The Ultimate Enemy | 10. The Fright Before Christmas | 11. Secret Weapons | 12. Flirting With Disaster | 13. Micro Management | 14. Beauty Marked | 15. King Tuck | 16. Masters of All Time | 17. Kindred Spirits | 18. Double Cross My Heart | 19-20. Reality Trip
Season 3
1. Eye for an Eye | 2. Infinite Realms | 3. Girls' Night Out | 4. Torrent of Terror | 5. Forever Phantom | 6. Urban Jungle | 7. Livin' Large | 8. Boxed Up Fury | 9. Frightmare | 10. Claw of the Wild | 11. D-Stabilized | 12-13. Phantom Planet
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