Of course the comments are coming in like "how can you forget Danny Phantom" etc. Please just stick around and listen to what I have to say before you react like that. People remember the concept of this show, but not the content, and that's a big part of what this video is about. Also, I said "central america" when I should have said "central united states" in regards to where the Fentons supposedly live. Sorry about that, I'll be more specific with my language in future essays!
@@offbeatkiki I have to say even though I know season 3 is kind of rushed I and we probobaly should of gotten a season 4 I like that this show ended sooner rather than later I kind of feel like cartoons are better off in shorter quanities and nick has a tendency to keep their cartoons going too long I just wonder if it was a good thing they stopped after 3 seasons
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 I cant stand that he chose to commit a mass shooting and it makes it worse that he did it based on the fact that Ember his "waifu" would never love him. Like what are you? 5?
Is it odd if Ember reminds me of both Samara Morgan from the Ring and Carrie White from Stephen King’s story? And it’s not just the fact they are all paranormal but because they all have a tragic past, both Ember and Samara are ghosts and created something in the afterlife which would affect others one being a cursed video tape and the other being a song to hypnotize people. Carrie and Ember are similar because they were both bullied/mistreated, Ember was pranked by some boy who asked her out to a date as a joke then died in a house fire after being abandoned, Carrie had a practical joke pulled on her at prom which caused her to lash out on others relasing her fury.
I remember :'( This was a great action / hero show. The relationship he had with his sister was heartwarming too. She found out about his powers before he knew she did and she was proud and looked out for him.
Mad respect to Jaz for not ratting Danny out when she found out he was half Ghost. Most likely because she knew their parents would freak out and that this was important to him, so she kept her mouth shut and gave him a hand and a shoulder to lean on when he needed it. She really was a great sister.
Due to quite a bit of trauma, I've sadly both repressed and suppressed much of my childhood. But, Danny Phantom was a huge comfort show. Coming home and watching a few episodes during homework, on the weekends, whenever I could catch it. Thank you for this analysis, only positive memories have resurfaced. I think it's time for a binge!
Your passion and love for Danny Phantom is practically seeping out of the screen, and I'm here for it!! Watching this made me so happy and excited about a show I didn't even watch growing up, haha.
I wish Valerie and Danny got as much appreciation as Danny and Sam does. Don’t get me wrong I like Danny and Sam pairing but Valerie and Danny were great as well I wish more people could see that.
Yeah, I really liked the dynamic of Valarie hunting Danny then realizing that Danny is Phantom. I mean in the episode where Dani returns, she seems to enjoy Danny in his ghost form while teaming up. There were even some moments where you can see the chemistry, and I like Valarie more than Sam as she was far more fleshed out compare to Sam who is just the "best friend since grade school and I'm not like other girls and hate mainstream stuff" In my opinion, Sam was mainly in the background most of the time.
The show is basically a mish mash of different marvel characters, Danny is Spider-Man, Vlad’s backstory is based on Dr. Doom and Mr fantastics fued and the hate for ghosts and Danny’s clone is Xmen and X-23
1. Amen about Sam. All my friends thought she was annoying and I'm glad to see some positivity for her character 2. I see I wasn't the only child for whom Desiree was "one of those moments" 3. Fantastic vid! A+ ❤️
THANK YOU FOR DEFENDING SAM AHHHH As a FtM nonbinary person I related SO much to her frustration with stereotype gender roles and society. Like, honestly, I needed a character like Sam growing up. The strong intensity you felt for the show and its community is exactly the same as mine, I used to draw Danny all the time. I work as a professional animator now and I honestly don't know if I would have without this show.
Something I have to bring up with this show and why I think it still resonates with fans years later is BECAUSE It didn't explain everything. (And yeah a big part of that was because it's a kids show about ghosts and they CAN'T exactly go into detail about some of the more horror elements) It explained enough about ghosts, the characters, powers, weaknesses, etc so that we could get a feel for how things worked in this world, but that's all we got, just a feel, not a ton of concrete rules were laid out for us. It told us a lot but it still kept a lot of things vague. For some fans I can totally see how this would drive them nuts and demand for more consistency and I'd be lying if I said I also didn't see problems where I think it would have been better if things were more clear, but I also think this show wouldn't have been as intriguing if they laid out all the rules. The over all concepts were so good to play around with and fans had space to do what they pleased with the missing pieces. For examples: Danny is referred to as a half ghost, we know his powers, we know how he got them but what the heck does that mean to be a "half ghost"? is he half dead? Did the ghost portal give him some sort of resurrection but only stopped half way? It seems like in the show even he doesn't fully understand, he just needs to learn control over whatever powers he gets and learn to accept he is what he is. There are so many great fan theories about what being "Half ghost" means, and what it could mean for Danny as he grows into it. Could he potentially have kids with powers? Will his ghost half change to be more ghostly as he gets older and gains more power? What ARE the ghosts exactly? Because some of them clearly had human lives and some can even pass for human and others are just monsters. Were they once alive too? But it's shown that some age and can even procreate with another like BoxLunch. This leaves open so many possibilities to come up with ideas and concepts to design your own ghosts. What is the ghost zone? We see different areas that exist as a ghost's domain but how do they get a domain? Can another ghost just take them? How many domains are out there that we havn't seen? The place used to be ruled by a king who was sealed away but are there other powerful beings like him? Who sealed him away? I love discussing the different ideas the fans have come up with. And yes I am aware that Butch Hartman is out there, pulling a JK Rolling, creating para-text for the show that no one asked for, but considering he doesn't even hold the rights anymore, his ideas arn't any more cannon to me than any other fan. I like some of his new ideas but mostly they seem limiting to me. Sorry Butch, we don't need you anymore and if we ever do get that reboot or continuation, I hope you won't be involved and instead the show runner be someone who knows how to run wild with the groundwork that's been set up. Everyone goes off on Fandoms for being toxic and I won't argue against that. They absolutely can be, but the DP phandom is filled with such creative people, taking the concepts, characters, and ideas from this show and just running away with them, making some incredible fanfics, fan comics, AUs, OCs and diverse art. The fans have taken over this series and for once, I think that's a great thing. It's not ALL good, but the phandom is a creative community that I'm proud to be apart of.
Thank you for your passion! I agree with you and I love the Phandom, it's full of extremely creative and enthusiastic people. The fanfiction community for this show is CRAZY good.
In terms of the fandom, it obviously has flaws just like anything, but the fanfiction and fandom community for danny phantom is the most fun and chill experience I've had as a fan. Though I mean chill in the sense of infighting and toxicity, in reality this fandom has no chill (dissection fics anyone?) And I like how most of us are united against Butch hartman lol. But I totally agree it is a very creative and fun environment to be apart of.
I liked that aspect about it! it was ambiguous enough with holes where there was no concrete answer but it gave us what we needed. We knew Danny was a ghost, we knew he had powers, and that there were others like him, and theres clones in the universe. I figured his mom slept with Vlad or something for him to be half ghost because a 9 year olds knowledge about ghost biology made equally as much sense. Sam was just your average nonconformist, probably the gothiest in its time beside Daria. Never followed the fandom or community because it seemed unhealthy and obsessive, like most other fandoms but it was an enjoyable show. :)
@@kelsey1467 most cartoons I know are pretty good at keeping things simple enough for the whole family to follow, but I can think of a couple movies, anime, and comics that spend more time adding twists and turns into the narrative before giving us a reason for us to care, the second ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie comes to mind.
You have no idea how much I needed and appreciated this; also, if you went to my school we would totally be friends and talking about this and all the other underrated cartoons
Same most of my friends barely know Danny phantom and they are so interested in it now since I told them about it I loved this show the villains and the characters were so interesting
They got past Viacom’s dumb copyright claims. Most impressive. (I’ll edit this comment when I’m done watching) So I just finished watching, and to keep it 100, this is probably one of the BEST reviews/analysis of a cartoon I’ve seen in a while. I feel like everyone watching this video genuinely feels your passion of the show (which I can relate to on a different show to a certain degree) while also articulating your points VERY well, staying as unbiased as possible. Really amazing job, I’m so glad this was able to be uploaded.
As a nonbinary teenager hearing Danny's parents speech to him at the end of 'Reality Trip' destroyed me. "We love you, Danny. You." Like that is something I always desperately hope to hear from my own parents in real life and hearing it in Danny Phantom gets me everytime.
even though he erased their memories, i always wished that scene changed their dynamic more from his end - because now he knows how they'll react when they find out.
It’s ashamed that I cannot literally watch this beloved cartoon without thinking of what Butch Hartman did to insult me and my friend That insult was him saying that The Power of God is a Cure for Autism
He's homophobic too, which pains me as a bisexual person. I loved the shows he made as a kid and their creator hates me because of who I'm attracted to :/
Season 3 was so weak and disappointing, especially given the seeds planted in the episodes with Lord Pariah. I had no idea there was a Danny Pop, now I’m looking at eBay. Great retrospective.
@@offbeatkiki it was abandoned Steve Marmel wasn’t writing on the show anymore and had nothing to do with season 3. *He’s* why Danny Phantom was what it was in seasons 1 and 2. (So much wasted potential!! ;-; ) I was in high school/college when Danny Phantom aired and season 3 was such a let down. Episodes were aired out of order and a lot of us resorted to watching the Latin American dub broadcasts because they got the new episodes somehow months or weeks before we did. In regards to how out of order things were, “Urban Jungle” was the first episode broadcast of season 3. Where Danny already knew Frostbite somehow despite us not knowing the character. I recall myself and a lot of older fans really disliking the direction season 3 was going and went. It really did feel like a good majority of character growth was just tossed aside. Vlad becoming mayor? Of all the things he had planned behind the scenes this just seemed ridiculous. I *wish* we could’ve seen what Marmel had planned for the Ring of Rage, Crown of Fire, and also the threat of Dark Danny potentially returning. Thank you for the video-it’s been a long while since I’ve thought about the show, despite making countless fanarts for it during my high school and college years. I like looking back on it fondly...I just wish Butch Hartman had nothing to do with it anymore. 😞
Firstly, that Sam Cosplay is on point!! Secondly, I can kinda relate to the whole drawing situation. I used to draw nothing but the same few cartoon characters. Ben10, Danny Phantom and Dexter Even had someone call me out for it. Great work on the video. Loved the title card too. Well worth the wait.
This was my first fandom and I got back into it in high school and then again this year (simultaneously as flynn fenton coming out lol). This show always used to infuriate me with how much potential it has. Revisiting it again this year made me remember it's positive qualities, but I will never not want to punch Butch hartman in the face
This was so we'll done and if you'd be interested you should definitely make "you don't remember" a series on shows that we have from childhood that either better than we give the credit for or aren't as good as we remember. Just and idea and again I loveeed this video
I'm also really irritated by all the Sam hate. I mean yeah, she has legit flaws but in a way that makes her realistic and relatable. She is nothing like the 'not like other girls' troupe in that her passions and hobbies have nothing to do with gaining anyone's approval or a disdain for other women, nor are they basic things everyone already does e.g. eating pizza. She is basically the opposite of this in essence. At worst a lot of her hobbies are an f u to her parents which is a very teenager thing to do. I think all the characters had very relatable character flaws which is what made the show so interesting to me, even if it meant they weren't always nicest friends/attentive parents/paragon superhero.
"There was only one coloring mistake I noticed." I actually didn't realize that was missing. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll share another one that I found in "One of a Kind". When Skulker is holding Danny against the wall, about to head into the ghost zone before Sam helps him, his eyes are actually blue for a moment despite him being in ghost form.
@@MrParkerman6 I knew that, too, but I don't really count it since it's just pupils; it's not like something was wrongly colored or anything. Jack also has them in a close up shot of his face during the same ep, but it's not really a mistake.
55:33 No the flashing was probably because of censorship. One common trick in cartoons is to show white flashes when a character is getting punched. It's away to get around the fist hitting the body. Powerpuff sometimes did this.
They did it when he would change from human to ghost sometimes, which isn't really something that needed to be censored. Which is why I called it a cop out.
@@kelsey1467 While I do think a solid argument was made in this video. I still see her as a "I'm not like other girls" type. Maybe not so much in order to cozy up to boys, but in a way makes me think she buys into the idea that girls who do choose a more girly life style are more shallow by default. When she says she has a "Distain for anything popular" or that she likes something less if it becomes too mainstream, that makes me think she's putting too much emphasis and what she doesn't want to be rather than being entirely genuine. I'm not one who would ever get into beauty pagents and I totally agree with the problems that come with them but I also think that shitting all over someone else's passions even though they're very different from yours is a mean thing to do. No one forced Sam to sign up. We don't see any of the other contestants act mean towards her during the competition. (Just Dora) and yet when she wins she throws down the crown that DID mean a lot to the other girls right in front of them and declares, "These things are stupid". I don't care what kind of contest you signed up for, that is absolutely a mean thing to do. Also little things like her always being able to bring out a talent, skill or knowledge seemingly out of no where, irritated me. She's stated to hate sports or excersize in previous episodes and yet she's one of the best athletes of her class in the episode where she's Tucker's gym partner? I sometimes wonder why she even hangs out with Tucker or Danny, pre- ghost portal accident. Besides videogames and the fact that none of them are popular at school, they don't seem to have a ton in common. (Tucker and Danny didn't even know that they had games in common for a while). She clearly has a problem with their attitudes with how much she tries to tell them off for being immature. I wanna emphasize that this is totally just my opinion and I understand why some people would like her. I know I'm coming at her from a 2021 mindset instead of judging her in the context of when she was made, but can't help it. That's the year I live in.
I try to rewatch Danny Phantom about annually or so, because it was a big part of my younger life, and I still have such a fondness for it (despite my hate of butch hartman) and for the characters. And yes I love Sam, and!! Valerie! I love both of them. They both have a lot of nuance a lot of people don’t recognize, at least for a cartoon in this era, though the writing can get.. messy. AND JAZZ!!!!! JAZZ I LOVE JAZZ SO MUCH. Jazz is the best character, full stop. Valerie is close, but Jazz is just such a sweetheart. AND DANI! She’s only in two episodes but I love her. I wish she got more development and we saw her more. I hate Vlad for what he did to Dani :/ (Also I can’t believe you made me watch a Sam x Danny AMV in 2021) Also!!! Re: Danny being mean to Jazz (mainly in the earlier episodes) I think he’s bitter because Jazz is the favored kid at first. Like you said, Jack said Jazz was his favorite, just straight up, and he probably always felt like they liked Jazz better at least subconsciously because she was the “better” child who got good grades and “made them proud”. He probably saw a lot of her actions as condescending, not realizing that she was just genuinely trying to help. Danny does get nicer to Jazz after he finds out she knows his secret (after working out the bumps of such a thing) and he sees how she’s actually trying to support him, and their relationship improves from there. Yes I’ve put thought into this before. Probably too much thought. This show is definitely a mess. A hot mess. It was a gigantic mess. To be fair! They don’t know half ghosts exist. I wouldn’t assume a classmate was half ghost, because, uh... ghosts are dead. Or... creatures from another dimension of you listen to season 3 and butch? Either way, not something you really assume. GOSH THERE IS SO MUCH CONVENIENCE AND DUMB PLOT CONTRIVANCES. Unexplained or confusing lore, powers popping up then never doing so again, and so much cliche stuff. But still, even with that, and how much of a headache it gives me, I still love Danny Phantom. I’ll probably always have a soft spot for this goofy show. ALSO TRANS RIGHTS!!!!
Glad to know I'm not the only one who really loved Jazz's character in this show ! Made me wish I had an older sibling growing up that was looking out for me. So instead, I try to be the big sister to my brother instead.
When it comes to Sam, and to a lesser extent Tucker, for me they are just taken to far at times. In fairness everyone in this show is but most have more of a reason for it which makes them easier to swallow for me. When Jazz is freaking out over her parents "abusing" her brother that makes sense to me because the adult Fenton's are screw ups, when Sam is freaking out over being a vegetarian it can come off her trying to force her ideals on other people. Although that could go for most things in this show, most of it is to far and that can make it very entertaining or very annoying for me. But it normally lands on entertaining, especially the ghost and Fenton stuff.
The hate against vegetarians is overblown but it doesn't help that Tuck and Sam have few redeeming qualities. I remember Valerie, Danni, Jazz, and Paulina more for a reason. I also hate how they just repeat the "main character gets with weird girl instead of popular girl" trope from Fairly Odd Parents
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 Perhaps rather then saying they have few redeeming qualities I think it's more they don't show them much. They are brave and risk there lives for people but since Danny is always the focus it never really is shown, even more so for smaller matters. And yeah while I don't mind Danny/Sam as a pairing it does feel forced I would have much preferred Valeria/Danny or giving Paulina a personality and build her up as an actual contender for the pairing. And Jazz deserves someone, I don't really care who as long as they are good just someone, maybe another girl just for the representation.
@@nahte123456 Like Trixie they show Paulina has more to her than just being a generic popular girl but they don't do anything about it. Don't they both abandon Danny in the last episode? Don't think Butch would make anyone gay but didn't Dash have a thing for her? Definitely a wasted character too, Dash
Sam is kind of a unique character (back in the day because of another certain vegan goth girl was created in another show a few years later). Sam is goth, but she is not a painful stereotype or into creepy occult stuff either. She is vegan, rich, a bit of a activist and has a bit more energy and emotion than most goth characters. Sam actually stands out from the rest, but she may not be the only one, though. Danny Phantom is not my favorite show, but I do enjoy watching it from time to time.
@Anthony DiFranco I like Gwen a lot, but sadly she was written poorly in All Stars (Courtney was worse imo) and I didn't like her toddler self in Total Dramarama series only.
The final episode honestly made me dislike Sam, cause she gave Danny so much crap for deciding to lose his powers(for legit reasons) and it just made her look selfish. I was cool with her most of the show until that moment.
I will agree that I felt that the way they reacted to Danny removing his powers seemed weirdly out of character. It made it seem like Sam only liked Danny because he was 'unique'.
You forgot some of Danny's powers... like every power imaginable. Ok, he has fire powers along with those ice powers. At one point, he absorbed a lightning ghost's powers and started causing storms with his emotions. He lost that ability, but later, after being blasted by his future self, he unlocked the power that the future version blasted him with. So he absorbed that power too, and it became permanent. He had to train to make copies, so that isn't a power that comes "naturally" to him, but he still got it after trying. His future self made portals to and from the ghost zone like Vlad and Wolf could do. My point is that he seems to have the powers of every ghost. He could probably train and get a shadow-like Johnny 13 or focus on plants and make forests grow like overgrowth. My theory is that he has nearly unlimited potential because he was blasted with pure ecto energy from the portal. Most ghosts are stuck to a theme, but Danny can shoot fire and ice. He can go into the internet and can overshadow technology. He can make portals and scream so loud things are destroyed. He has almost every power that we have seen a ghost have, and there could be no limit to his powers. In fact, some ghosts gain energy from random things, so if he has the ability, he could literally gain god-level power. Ember gained energy from people saying her name, and Deserai gained power from people making wishes. What could Danny gain power from? He saved the world and has a statue in every country's capital. If he gains power from people knowing and loving him like Ember, then the series ended when he was about to transform into a god.
@@vibevibevibemcommentedtoda5717 If anything it is a theory. We have seen him use all of these powers and even gain new ones by training. Fanfics can use the idea but it fits in the show without any changes. What is the difference between him multiplying himself and any other ghost power? He complained that Dash got the power just by being infected with ghost powers. When he was practicing it and failed multiple times. That is the only power we ever see him develop through training. How many more powers could he gain if he just tried to use them? He gained the ghostly wail just because he saw it. Just by knowing it existed he gained the ability years before he should have. How many powers does he have in secret but he just never tried?
I relate SO hard to your experience being in the phandom and being embarrassed about being able to draw in the style and all that. I was the same way. Even met my best friends in roleplay threads for it. I ended up hanging around the phandom pretty passively on Fanfiction, Tumblr, Twitter, etc, and have always had weird encyclopedic knowledge of the show, but never really talked about it IRL out of embarrassment, then, after a few years, it became... Cool??? To like it???? It's giving me life ngl. I'm still getting used to it being a cool nostalgia fave, not a cringey fandom. Subbed btw ;3
You kidding? I lived and breathed DP as a kid. even had one of the BurgerKing toys of Tucker and ate the cereal. Though can't say I remember the 3rd season airing much on regular Nick, where I saw some of it on Nicktoons Network.
All it took was "Danny Phantom" in the title for me to jump into this video, like and subscribe! Always refreshing to see new DP content on yt! A DP fan is a friend of mine :)
I looooved Danny Phantom as a kid growing up mainly because of the theme song, diverse characters, villains, & overall story; it was very interesting to watch & just enjoyable. (Though looking back on it it could of been a bit better in some aspects) But one thing for sure I never knew Amity Oaks was base off the very town i lived in my whole entire life 😅😂 ooh the irony
I loved his show as a child. At 23 it is still my favorite show (watch it all the time) and I even have a tattoo of Sam from “urban jungle” on my thigh 😂😭
I always saw Spectra as the most evil ghost in Danny's rogue gallery. The level of sadism she displayed was pretty uncommon for the show and the whole bit with her tearing Danny apart with words until Jazz comes to his rescue was pretty well done. I feel like Johnny and Kitty were designed to look and act like the embodiments of negative teenager stereotypes. Using Jazz like that was still pretty creepy but afterwards their pretty irrelevant villains and, although nobody cares about Paulina, Kitty possessing her was pretty creepy too. Neither of them actually care much about fighting Danny or doing anything other than random hijinks. Kitty never even tries to use her magic sexism kiss outside of that one episode. Vortex was more like a force of nature than anything else. He's definitely powerful and dangerous but the one episode he's in focuses more on the comedy of Vlad having to placate Danny. Honestly unless your really sensitive or nitpicking I don't remember much about the show that I'd call offensive. Though there was one joke that I remember that seemed a bit too off color for the intended audience. It was a montage of Danny using his ghost powers and three of the events were just him leaving the girl's locker room as an invisible ghost. It was kind of funny but only in a who let this past the censors kind of way.
Okay, that was amazing! I wasn't ready for this to be so relatable, there aren't that many "obsessed with danny phanton" around here, even I can't be sure if I watch all the episodes because as it aired on our open TV, I remember trying to catch pirated DVDs (it was like that here in Brazil) to find all the episodes of the 3rd season, it was strange to see the popularity of the show when we got on the internet. It was a strange phase, it was when I realized that I had to distance myself from my school friends because they were doing me very badly, I was in a small school in a small town, I didn't have much choice of friends. The show helps me decide to be myself even if it means being alone, and luckily I left that school at the High and I know friends who let me be me
Man, I remember watching this every time it aired on Nickelodeon, it was one of my favorite shows beside Life as a teenage robot (I'm pretty much an action girl I supposed) it's a shame it got canceled on such a horrible note, wish it could have gone longer to finish its story, but yea, with the thing happening in the studio, involving Hartman himself, it's not likely. . .
also i believe the whole reason trans/gay topics are used as jokes or points of bullying is because the Danny Phantom creator, Butch Hartman, is christian and often makes these jokes throughout his other shows.
This is everything I needed and more 😭 This show was my childhood bi awakening, sooo many of the characters were attractive to me. All the girls in this show provoked typical "do i wanna be her or be with her" thoughts to lil' ol me that just thought i had an aesthetic appreciation for their character designs/styles (which was still the case to be fair). Sam, ember and desiree in particular made me want to rewatch the episodes in which they were most heavily featured. I was so far removed from any other fans let alone fandom discussions on the show, but maybe that is for the best bc I never had to see sam represented in an overly negative light
So much love and appreciation for you. This video has become near and dear to my heart. They way I could relate with so many of your problems. Growing up in a tense environment and finding solace in our local Ghost Boy. How others would critique you for loving it too much. I've been there. Watching you tell us about your struggles made it seem like I was looking in a mirror, ten years past. This show was an escapist fantasy for me from dealing with being different. I remember my family, especially my brother, making so much fun of me for enjoying Danny Phantom, but that didn't hinder the love I have for the show. Spending the summer binging on all the episodes, reading all the fanfictions, watching fmvs on TH-cam, daydreaming about it, making fanart. That was my life for such a long time. And even now, it has helped me so much. Last year wasn't a good year for me, but I revisted DP and binged on it almost 6 times the entire year. It was so good. And it felt like coming home. I hope everything is better for you now. That you're living a happy fulfilling life. Thank you so much for this video. Considering a lot of people in the fan community have differing opinions on the show, and yours was a breath of fresh air because I agree with each and every single point. Sorry for the long rant. I just have a lot of feels right now and I just wanted to tell you how awesome you are.
This comment means the world to me, it brought me to tears! Thank you so much! It sounds like we had similar experiences. Let this video affirm to you that your interests are valid and wonderful!
The show doesn't need a season 4 (yet), t *needs* a Reboot. A very talented team needs to reeork seasons 1-3 without changing the characters, just the situations they're put in.
That would be pretty cool. I do think Tucker needs a personality update though, and I would want them to stick to the bendy, expressive style of the earlier episodes.
Oh, yeah I totally agree. Tucker needs a character update & the *drawing style* for this show is *great* & should remain the same. Btw, I was in high school when this show came out. Didn't become obsessed with it, though, until it's rerun in 2016. Ok, I got hooked on a rewatch self-prompted in 2015. That's mostly because ATLA came out atroughly the same time, and Teen Titans. I still love this show, but more for Jazz's character.
I mean... Butch doesn't hold the rights anymore and if I remember correctly, he didn't play much of a role beyond the creation when it was still being produced.
This was well structured, and very interesting to watch. I liked hearing the opinion of someone who wasn’t constantly defending the show or ripping into it. Thank you! (Also your hair is awesome and I’m kinda jealous of how cool it looks.)
This must've took a long time to make, It's amazing, Great job!! Even though I hate the creator of the show(due to a lot of the things that surfaced about him), This show was that between too old to watch cartoons, yet too young to watch "adult" cartoons. I Loved the series! not just because I had the biggest crush on Kwan..
Thank you so much! I'm not a fan of the creator either and I agree it's in a middle zone between too old / too young haha. These days I just watch whatever I want and don't pay too much attention to the age bracket it's made for.
As kid I also loved Danny phantom. I like the ghost powers and the ghost zone. I agree as adult this show is really a mess. But Danny is still an endearing to me and I still ship with Sam to this day.
Great video, glad you loved it too. Danny Phantom was truly a modern classic. Though I gotta say that I understand the harsh treatment to Jazz initially. She was a white knight who used Danny as a weapon to attack her parents when all he wanted to do was eat some cereal. Moreover, I don’t think her joining up would have landed so hard if they were buddy buddy from the beginning. Different path, same endpoint. Great job!
Thank you for such an in-depth and well laid out analysis of this beloved show. Today is my first day watching your content, but I'm struck by both your analysis and personal relatability.
I fell in love with the show from the first eisode I saw (In 2009, actually, so ‘late’). Sam was always one of my fave characters. I didn’t realise the fanbase treated her as the female jerk. She was great.
Danny Phantom is my favorite show of all time, this was very nice to sit through. This will be a bit of a long comment, warning you now but I want to go in depth on what the show has meant for me & a little bit of my experiences surrounding it. For anyone who hates long comments, go ahead & click off now that you know the contents of it but I hope at least 1 person out there is able to sit in on me blathering on about my favorite show. How I was hooked onto it so easily, it aired just before I entered middle school. The middle school I attended started in 6th grade, the grade school I went to ended at 5th as a heads up so I had 3 years of middle school. Also, I was held back a year & I was born in September so I was more than a year older than most of the students I went to school with, did make things a bit more challenging. Watching DP helped me through it. Yeah, I was old enough to where I was able to pick up on the flaws in the series like I was 12 1/2 when Mystery Meat first aired. I didn't see it upon its very first airing, I remember the ads for the series on Nick & I was super into ghosts & loved Fairly Odd Parents so already this show should appeal to me but stupid stick in the mud me didn't want to watch it because it was inaccurate to what actual ghosts are, I was a very weird kid. I missed the premiere but did catch a rerun of the first episode sometime shortly after the first run, I know after that I caught One of a Kind when it first aired & completely missed out on Parental Bonding until much later so not sure exactly where in the timeline I saw it but I know when I caught One of a Kind airing, it was probably a week, potentially less after I saw Mystery Meat. The episode itself of Mystery Meat, I did not like. The fighting between Sam & Tucker upset me because I absolutely hated arguing when I was a kid, & I also got easily grossed out by food like I didn't like eating as a kid, the idea of it made me feel nauseous, I only ate my fill & didn't typically eat much else unless it was cookies or some sort of dessert item, that's the only time when I found pleasure in food. Seeing all that meat & stuff, it made me want to hurl but I kept watching. I'll never forget the experience of the first time I saw this series. My mom had a doctor's appointment & brought me along because I didn't want to stick around at home & be bored, instead I sat in a waiting room with nothing to do & be bored. It did have this tiny TV sitting in the corner of the room & it had Nickelodeon so I watched Spongebob while she waited to go in but after Spongebob was Danny Phantom. Nothing else good was on so I stuck with watching Danny Phantom. If the episode itself wasn't my cup of tea, what drew me in? The subplot with Danny's parents thinking Jazz is a ghost & Danny questioning if he should go to his parents about his powers then the decision at the end to not tell them, that whole thing, beautifully presented, I love how it showed the best aspect of the show for me, it was a great way to introduce it, showed the weight in Danny telling his parents with how they treated Jazz & actually, in that point in time, if Danny did tell them, I do believe it would of been a much worse outcome because they didn't know the ghost boy or any of that, even though after Danny Phantom became known, they were on the Phantom is evil train, there was still evidence to show that he's doing good & there's just more time for that to cook in the series so him being outed in the episodes it happened. Alright, I can go all day talking about if the revelation happened in certain ways or if different things would of happened because something this show has taught me is my favorite hook into a show. A secret that causes certain things to happen, if it's outed various consequences could go certain ways, & so on, I love that & it probably comes off of things from my real life stuff with my family, oh man I'm still not out of the closet to my parents even though I'm 29 & most of my friends are aware. This concept in a show, I love it, Danny Phantom helped me discover my love for it. Other shows before it couldn't really give this room to have fun with like the Wild Thornberrys, if anyone found out Eliza can talk to animals, the ability goes away so I never thought it would be out to her family, Debbie finding out in the movie was such a treat. On the topic of his secret identity, gotta throw this out there, in Phantom Planet, I fully agree that people should have connected the dots because Vlad outed himself as being half ghost, it should be obvious & I do actually believe during the special, Maddie & Jack might of actually sort of figured it out on their own like they did clap for Phantom's plan that was presented, they might of had a suspicion which is why Jazz didn't need to say much when she revealed it, Maddie was able to put the pieces together fully with what little Jazz said because the seed was already there. As to why earlier in the series why it was never figured out is because nobody was looking to figure it out. You're going to have trouble finding something if you're not looking for it in the first place & nobody has a reason to believe half ghosts exist, you even played the clip from Doctor's Disorders where Maddie said such a thing isn't real. To argue Mystery Meat, they thought Jazz was taken over or replaced by a ghost, not half ghost, there's a difference. It makes sense as to how nobody figured it out but there should be questions for sure. A good example I can point out is in the show Darkwing Duck, Drake Mallard who is Darkwing once wore his Darkwing Duck costume as himself for a party & everyone knew he was Drake Mallard in a costume because they were looking at him as Drake. When they see Darkwing on the news, in the paper, or on the streets fighting crime, they don't look to see Drake, they see Darkwing Duck. Despite Gosalyn & Launchpad being there a lot of the time which actually should be a giveaway but that's a different gripe, suppose Sam & Tucker supporting Phantom could be a giveaway but it's easier to say that they do have access to Fentonworks tech so why not use it? Weak argument but hey, at least they're not seen with Phantom often enough to raise questions, only time it should of been a huge giveaway was the scene pointed out in Phantom Planet. Sorry, I always have a lot to say on secret identities & all that, that's right within my hook. I'm not a shipper, I don't get anything out of the romance stuff but sometimes I can appreciate how it's presented & all that, I do wish the show had more time for Valerie because there's so much they could of done with her character. It also feels like there should be an episode between D-Stabalized & Phantom Planet where Valerie goes after Vlad since she learned his secret & Vlad seems to have dissed her in Phantom Planet so there had to of been something between those two within that time. This show deserves better, there's a lot of wasted potential in it & problems here & there. It's dated for the facts stated in the video & Tucker could of been written a lot better like yeah, they're teenagers, their hormones are all sorts of crazy, we get it but Tucker is more than his love for girls & gadgets. It definitely should keep the spirit & there's so much positives to work with. Back then, of course I wanted a new season but now, I'd actually prefer a reboot over anything else, it's probably best thing for the series since it can definitely thrive today, maybe some original writers, just don't bring in Butch for obvious reasons. A reboot could be a more up to date, cleaned up version but still keep the characters the same just be more careful with them. Thank you for sharing your experience with the show & for making it this far but I doubt anyone did, probably clocked out by the end of the first paragraph. I was that 1 person in school who cheered when we had to write an essay but this was super informal, probably was tough to read. At least my teachers got the cleaner, edited down, actually thought out versions. I love that this video went over so much from the series, both good & bad & that you were able to share your love for it. I'm happy that this series does have more hype around it today, I was able to buy a Danny Phantom shirt from Box Lunch (more of a eww than a yikes lol) which like finding a DP shirt in the wild was unheard of in the past, even Hot Topic only released an online exclusive shirt which I missed out on because I asked for it as like a birthday or Christmas present & my mom forgot to get it for me & I was on the belief she would & by the time I went on to order it myself, it was no longer available. It's cool that I can actually get some DP merch today, even though I missed out on the pop figure which made me feel sad, I tried but they were sold out. I don't even collect pops, I just wanted the DP one for my tiny DP collection. I just hope that people remember as great as this show was, it was far from perfect & does have issues that need to be addressed. Loved hearing it from someone else who has been a longtime phan as well.
Sam was always my favorite as I love her fierce integrity, love of her friends, and her sassy quips are top tier. This and her charming banter with Danny made me always love the couple to death, especially as it's smartly written to imply off-screen growing of the relationship between episodes. I realize now that this was really what fueled the enormous number of romantic Danny and Sam fanfics since the show's cancellation. Rewatching the show recently I've found a lot more appreciation for Jack Fenton and Dash Baxter as well, and I hope we get more of them as Gabriela Epstein's graphic novel adaptation continues.
Yess love this comment haha it's refreshing to see someone agrees with me about loving Sam. And they totally did fuel the fanfics there! Love Gabi's book!
@@offbeatkiki what I think causes bad faith criticism of Sam's character these days is just that: viewing her character through a bad faith lens, retroactively.
That diary entry is crazy! I didn't realize while watching this how huge of a Danny Phantom fan you really were, but looking back on the video now it makes sense. Really well done, it's cool to see someone make content about something they were really passionate about.
Nice video. It was pretty entertaining. It honestly made me think a bit differently about the characters and their dynamic with each other. Either way I will still love this show. Maybe the next Cartoon review could be about Foster's Home or Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy.
40:45 No, I think that's just standard sibling attitudes. It might not happen to all of them, but I feel like there's just this familial ability to know the exact way to snipe at a sibling, and lack of self control to keep it from happening.
I also got made fun of so much in middleschool and high school for loving Danny Phantom...I still have yet to get myself to rewatch it after being so obsessed. It was a huge part of my personality growing up - I visited the 'DPOF' - Danny Phantom Online Forums EVERY DAY. I'd have to say that it was my first fandom I experienced and a big part of my childhood. Part of the thing that has caused me to have so many challenges going back to it is that I recognize Butch Hartman as a creator I don't want to support anymore. I think the flanderization of the show in the last season is a big part because of Butch taking more control of the show. The first season had amazing writing, my favorite being 'My Brothers Keeper'. Jazz is someone that I very much looked up to, and Sam was someone I wanted to be. I dressed up as Sam (in her dance dress getup) many times for Halloween.
Danny is 14, to this day I still remember the joke where it was revealed when he got his memory back he used his powers to go into the girls bathroom multiple times, and ngl I hated how Sam would always imposes her ideals onto every one (Especially her veganism when instead of just asking for vegan options she forces everyone to become vegan at school and takes away all of the meat, she kidnaps frogs and forces Danny and Tucker to help, and constantly puts her moral high ground above everyone) He should’ve stayed with Valerie, she was soooo much better of a character and love interests than Sam was
aw really cute vid, glad I found your channel!! I wish I had more fond childhood memories... for some reason remembering the stuff I used to like makes me really depressed, but it makes me happy to see other ppl reminisce
This show was SOOOO influential to me in my preteen years, and probably affects me still to this day, but due to the glaring issues with it, I actually can’t rewatch it. I just won’t be able to recapture the same emotions I got back when I was a preteen.
Dropping in to say this was a fantastic analysis video. Your editing, script, and delivery are fantastic. Love how personal you made it, while still giving a great analytical review. Subbed and stoked for more.
One of my favourite shows. At least the first two seasons. I couldn't watch the whole third season, because I found it less interesting. I don't know if I should or not. Also nice to see someone who has a positive opinion in Sam.
Of course the comments are coming in like "how can you forget Danny Phantom" etc. Please just stick around and listen to what I have to say before you react like that. People remember the concept of this show, but not the content, and that's a big part of what this video is about. Also, I said "central america" when I should have said "central united states" in regards to where the Fentons supposedly live. Sorry about that, I'll be more specific with my language in future essays!
You should pin your comment so everyone sees it. Also, enjoyed the video. It was a joy seeing someone so passionate of Danny Phantom.
I just realized how much you look like sam
shiit u already know i was abt to say that
people really getting salty about a title? They know what you meant. Haters gonna hate.
I loved Danny Phantom! 😂
I am very proud of you.
I am also very ashamed of myself.
You are such a big part of how I was able to get this video done. Thank you for encouraging me and being a real friend to me.
Aww, I’m tearing up 🥲
@@offbeatkiki I have to say even though I know season 3 is kind of rushed I and we probobaly should of gotten a season 4 I like that this show ended sooner rather than later I kind of feel like cartoons are better off in shorter quanities and nick has a tendency to keep their cartoons going too long I just wonder if it was a good thing they stopped after 3 seasons
I've been stuck watching you guys videos for the last few weeks great concert
I'm happy I sub to both of these channels.
Danny "Why am I so angry and depressed all of the time?"
Me: " You're a teen boy."
I'm not angry or depressed...that often the constantly almost dying probably doesn't help
@@craigpeoples9883 doesn't help his parents kinda hunt him too
@@firepuppies4086Yup
Probably has some ptsd too the poor boy
That doesnt make any sense and he never seems angry or depressed to me!
“Of course everyone remembers Ember” oh no, her magic ghost song actually worked
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 I cant stand that he chose to commit a mass shooting and it makes it worse that he did it based on the fact that Ember his "waifu" would never love him. Like what are you? 5?
Is it odd if Ember reminds me of both Samara Morgan from the Ring and Carrie White from Stephen King’s story? And it’s not just the fact they are all paranormal but because they all have a tragic past, both Ember and Samara are ghosts and created something in the afterlife which would affect others one being a cursed video tape and the other being a song to hypnotize people. Carrie and Ember are similar because they were both bullied/mistreated, Ember was pranked by some boy who asked her out to a date as a joke then died in a house fire after being abandoned, Carrie had a practical joke pulled on her at prom which caused her to lash out on others relasing her fury.
We will remember her na-*AHEM* uhhhh nothing…
Irronicly I keep forgetting her name
I too was in the phandom, and DAMN this made me EMOTIONAL.
JER!! I have your Clone High merch. This comment made me smile so much. Being in the phandom really changed my life. Thanks for watching!!
Isn't that what people call the dan and phil fandom now
@@catattack7639 the Dan and Phil Fandom and the Danny Phandom have had so many online wars over this honestly.
@@quintonowens7330 oop
@@catattack7639 yea, but the original use for phandom came from the phantom of the opera fan base in the 80s, so technically it’s theirs
I remember :'( This was a great action / hero show.
The relationship he had with his sister was heartwarming too. She found out about his powers before he knew she did and she was proud and looked out for him.
I put the quick clip of her scrapbook of him in the news in this video, love that detail. She was a good sister.
Mad respect to Jaz for not ratting Danny out when she found out he was half Ghost. Most likely because she knew their parents would freak out and that this was important to him, so she kept her mouth shut and gave him a hand and a shoulder to lean on when he needed it.
She really was a great sister.
@@Cheetahgirl_Studios I have to say I wish jazz had been more involved in the ghostfighting cause I wanted to see her shine more
I used to love it back when it came out. And everyone at my class loved it.
few cartons went as dark as "the ultimate enemy" did, so props to danny phantom for this.
Absolutely!
Im.still haunted by that!
It ended up being the show’s peak. Maybe downfall if it had anything to do with Marmel’s firing
@@misstmiche RE: Dark Danny I think he was gonna come back in season 4, but the cancellation ruined that obviously :(
That special will always ALWAYS be something that bounces through my mind
Due to quite a bit of trauma, I've sadly both repressed and suppressed much of my childhood. But, Danny Phantom was a huge comfort show. Coming home and watching a few episodes during homework, on the weekends, whenever I could catch it. Thank you for this analysis, only positive memories have resurfaced. I think it's time for a binge!
I have never forget Danny. I have always been a fan of the show.
Same!!
same
Same
Same, been a fan literally since I was 8 and never got over it, watched it over 10 times and know the episodes lowkey by hard 💀
Your passion and love for Danny Phantom is practically seeping out of the screen, and I'm here for it!! Watching this made me so happy and excited about a show I didn't even watch growing up, haha.
Thank you so much bb 💗
*Title:* "You don't remember Danny Phantom."
*Me:* :l
*Me:* >:l
Me: (Looks over at Danny Phantom Complete Series DVD) This is clearly a false accusation.
Ikr
You’re right, I don’t remember Danny Fenton, who was just 14 when his parents built a very strange machine that was designed to view a world unseen.
Lmao this show was my obsession from like age 8 to 14
Me, who always watched The Fairly Odd Parents and Danny Phantom back in the day: This is a f**king lie
I wish Valerie and Danny got as much appreciation as Danny and Sam does. Don’t get me wrong I like Danny and Sam pairing but Valerie and Danny were great as well I wish more people could see that.
*did, not does.
Yeah, I really liked the dynamic of Valarie hunting Danny then realizing that Danny is Phantom. I mean in the episode where Dani returns, she seems to enjoy Danny in his ghost form while teaming up.
There were even some moments where you can see the chemistry, and I like Valarie more than Sam as she was far more fleshed out compare to Sam who is just the "best friend since grade school and I'm not like other girls and hate mainstream stuff" In my opinion, Sam was mainly in the background most of the time.
Nah definitely tbh
yeah i wish i saw more danny n valerie art
@@ocinidolegna sadly race plays a big role in that. You'd be surprised how racist some fanbases can be when it comes to interracial ships 😔
When I was a kid I missed how creepy Tucker was. It’s really weird that they made Danny’s best friend an unrepentant pervert.
And then you look at anime.
@Joshua Harris You sure about that? His friends are pretty shit characters
I had a friend like that. I'm not friends w/ him anymore & only recently remembered how creepy he was.
Her: You don’t remember Danny Phantom
Me who finished it yesterday: 👁👄👁
"Promise me you'll keep your pants on"
"I'll do my best!"
Bruh.
How'd they get away with that??
@@Tendo641 Probably because of the context.
@@Tendo641 No clue. But it was hilarious as hell
Danny's quips remind me of Spider-Man's quips, so I for one appreciate them.
I've heard people call him 'dead spiderman' a few times.
The show is basically a mish mash of different marvel characters, Danny is Spider-Man, Vlad’s backstory is based on Dr. Doom and Mr fantastics fued and the hate for ghosts and Danny’s clone is Xmen and X-23
@@falafel1980 Dash is literally Flash
1. Amen about Sam. All my friends thought she was annoying and I'm glad to see some positivity for her character
2. I see I wasn't the only child for whom Desiree was "one of those moments"
3. Fantastic vid! A+ ❤️
Thanks for watching Stoat! LMAO she can step on both of us
😂
Sam and Danny were my favorite characters
Lol Ember was my awakening character
THANK YOU FOR DEFENDING SAM AHHHH
As a FtM nonbinary person I related SO much to her frustration with stereotype gender roles and society. Like, honestly, I needed a character like Sam growing up.
The strong intensity you felt for the show and its community is exactly the same as mine, I used to draw Danny all the time. I work as a professional animator now and I honestly don't know if I would have without this show.
You have the job I couldn't chase. 😭 Hope you absolutely love it.
Jokes on you, I actually do. It's still one of my most favorite NIckelodeon cartoons after Avatar The Last Airbender and all those 90s cartoons.
Something I have to bring up with this show and why I think it still resonates with fans years later is BECAUSE It didn't explain everything. (And yeah a big part of that was because it's a kids show about ghosts and they CAN'T exactly go into detail about some of the more horror elements) It explained enough about ghosts, the characters, powers, weaknesses, etc so that we could get a feel for how things worked in this world, but that's all we got, just a feel, not a ton of concrete rules were laid out for us. It told us a lot but it still kept a lot of things vague.
For some fans I can totally see how this would drive them nuts and demand for more consistency and I'd be lying if I said I also didn't see problems where I think it would have been better if things were more clear, but I also think this show wouldn't have been as intriguing if they laid out all the rules. The over all concepts were so good to play around with and fans had space to do what they pleased with the missing pieces.
For examples:
Danny is referred to as a half ghost, we know his powers, we know how he got them but what the heck does that mean to be a "half ghost"? is he half dead? Did the ghost portal give him some sort of resurrection but only stopped half way? It seems like in the show even he doesn't fully understand, he just needs to learn control over whatever powers he gets and learn to accept he is what he is. There are so many great fan theories about what being "Half ghost" means, and what it could mean for Danny as he grows into it. Could he potentially have kids with powers? Will his ghost half change to be more ghostly as he gets older and gains more power?
What ARE the ghosts exactly? Because some of them clearly had human lives and some can even pass for human and others are just monsters. Were they once alive too? But it's shown that some age and can even procreate with another like BoxLunch. This leaves open so many possibilities to come up with ideas and concepts to design your own ghosts.
What is the ghost zone? We see different areas that exist as a ghost's domain but how do they get a domain? Can another ghost just take them? How many domains are out there that we havn't seen? The place used to be ruled by a king who was sealed away but are there other powerful beings like him? Who sealed him away? I love discussing the different ideas the fans have come up with.
And yes I am aware that Butch Hartman is out there, pulling a JK Rolling, creating para-text for the show that no one asked for, but considering he doesn't even hold the rights anymore, his ideas arn't any more cannon to me than any other fan. I like some of his new ideas but mostly they seem limiting to me. Sorry Butch, we don't need you anymore and if we ever do get that reboot or continuation, I hope you won't be involved and instead the show runner be someone who knows how to run wild with the groundwork that's been set up.
Everyone goes off on Fandoms for being toxic and I won't argue against that. They absolutely can be, but the DP phandom is filled with such creative people, taking the concepts, characters, and ideas from this show and just running away with them, making some incredible fanfics, fan comics, AUs, OCs and diverse art. The fans have taken over this series and for once, I think that's a great thing. It's not ALL good, but the phandom is a creative community that I'm proud to be apart of.
Thank you for your passion! I agree with you and I love the Phandom, it's full of extremely creative and enthusiastic people. The fanfiction community for this show is CRAZY good.
In terms of the fandom, it obviously has flaws just like anything, but the fanfiction and fandom community for danny phantom is the most fun and chill experience I've had as a fan. Though I mean chill in the sense of infighting and toxicity, in reality this fandom has no chill (dissection fics anyone?) And I like how most of us are united against Butch hartman lol. But I totally agree it is a very creative and fun environment to be apart of.
I liked that aspect about it! it was ambiguous enough with holes where there was no concrete answer but it gave us what we needed. We knew Danny was a ghost, we knew he had powers, and that there were others like him, and theres clones in the universe. I figured his mom slept with Vlad or something for him to be half ghost because a 9 year olds knowledge about ghost biology made equally as much sense. Sam was just your average nonconformist, probably the gothiest in its time beside Daria. Never followed the fandom or community because it seemed unhealthy and obsessive, like most other fandoms but it was an enjoyable show. :)
I have an intresting question are there some shows where when they try to explain things it ends up being more confusing than interesting
@@kelsey1467 most cartoons I know are pretty good at keeping things simple enough for the whole family to follow, but I can think of a couple movies, anime, and comics that spend more time adding twists and turns into the narrative before giving us a reason for us to care, the second ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie comes to mind.
You have no idea how much I needed and appreciated this; also, if you went to my school we would totally be friends and talking about this and all the other underrated cartoons
Hello friend from another timeline :)
Same most of my friends barely know Danny phantom and they are so interested in it now since I told them about it I loved this show the villains and the characters were so interesting
@@offbeatkiki we would be an iconic duo
@@jnstudios763 I mean, iconic trio
Ditto I’m a huge Danny phan but none of my friends give a damn abou Danny phantom
Went to the description
Didn’t see nasty burger promo
link
*DAY RUINED*
This made me laugh so much
Yea Kiki, WHERE'S THE SPONSORSHIP????
"Don't eat that! It's a vegetarian!"
~Danny, 200X
200X? also Vegetarian.
@@ghettokage6104 200X means unspecified year in the 2000's
@@shadowcween7890 oh, ok
They got past Viacom’s dumb copyright claims.
Most impressive. (I’ll edit this comment when I’m done watching)
So I just finished watching, and to keep it 100, this is probably one of the BEST reviews/analysis of a cartoon I’ve seen in a while. I feel like everyone watching this video genuinely feels your passion of the show (which I can relate to on a different show to a certain degree) while also articulating your points VERY well, staying as unbiased as possible.
Really amazing job, I’m so glad this was able to be uploaded.
Thank you so much :')
As a nonbinary teenager hearing Danny's parents speech to him at the end of 'Reality Trip' destroyed me.
"We love you, Danny. You."
Like that is something I always desperately hope to hear from my own parents in real life and hearing it in Danny Phantom gets me everytime.
even though he erased their memories, i always wished that scene changed their dynamic more from his end - because now he knows how they'll react when they find out.
It’s ashamed that I cannot literally watch this beloved cartoon without thinking of what Butch Hartman did to insult me and my friend
That insult was him saying that The Power of God is a Cure for Autism
If it makes you feel any better, Butch had little to do with most of the show, beyond characters and general idea of it.
He's homophobic too, which pains me as a bisexual person. I loved the shows he made as a kid and their creator hates me because of who I'm attracted to :/
Just remember Butch didn't write the really good episodes of the show or did he solely worked on the art !!
Well think of it this way, it's not butch himself that makes a show but a team of people
God and cartoons will cure you. Little did he know that God and anime were already on our side.
Ah yes Danny Phantom. Then there's the Secret Trio containing Danny Fenton, Jake Long and Randy Cunningham. Who remembers, please do tell XD
I wrote a fanfic for that that only lasted like 2 chapters. I lost motivation, but man, those were the days.
@@midnightthoughts8519 it is pretty memorial
Omg i loved randy cunningham
@@tre4tra807 me too, and I still continuing the fandom
Imagine if InkTank's 5yl added Randy and Jake?
Season 3 was so weak and disappointing, especially given the seeds planted in the episodes with Lord Pariah.
I had no idea there was a Danny Pop, now I’m looking at eBay.
Great retrospective.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, it's weird how they abandoned season 2 storylines and went villain of the week to rush to the ending. >_>
@@offbeatkiki it was abandoned Steve Marmel wasn’t writing on the show anymore and had nothing to do with season 3. *He’s* why Danny Phantom was what it was in seasons 1 and 2. (So much wasted potential!! ;-; )
I was in high school/college when Danny Phantom aired and season 3 was such a let down. Episodes were aired out of order and a lot of us resorted to watching the Latin American dub broadcasts because they got the new episodes somehow months or weeks before we did. In regards to how out of order things were, “Urban Jungle” was the first episode broadcast of season 3. Where Danny already knew Frostbite somehow despite us not knowing the character.
I recall myself and a lot of older fans really disliking the direction season 3 was going and went. It really did feel like a good majority of character growth was just tossed aside. Vlad becoming mayor? Of all the things he had planned behind the scenes this just seemed ridiculous. I *wish* we could’ve seen what Marmel had planned for the Ring of Rage, Crown of Fire, and also the threat of Dark Danny potentially returning.
Thank you for the video-it’s been a long while since I’ve thought about the show, despite making countless fanarts for it during my high school and college years. I like looking back on it fondly...I just wish Butch Hartman had nothing to do with it anymore. 😞
@@skyedream75 me too, if it came back I would want Marmel on for writing and Silver on for character design, and Hartman left far away from it all.
Firstly, that Sam Cosplay is on point!!
Secondly, I can kinda relate to the whole drawing situation. I used to draw nothing but the same few cartoon characters.
Ben10, Danny Phantom and Dexter
Even had someone call me out for it.
Great work on the video. Loved the title card too. Well worth the wait.
Kudos for noticing the Sam cosplay :') it's cool to know somebody can relate!!
Eee I ended up making an OC when I was younger that literally just looked like Danny eventually I noticed....eventually
@@ziongamer6905 you are not alone in that 😭
Loved the video and Tariq’s rapping at the end had me in tears 😭
Lmao I was crying laughing when I showed it to him 😭😭😭
Finalllllly someone who doesn’t label Sam as the mean girl, I will forever defend her 🙏🏼
This was my first fandom and I got back into it in high school and then again this year (simultaneously as flynn fenton coming out lol). This show always used to infuriate me with how much potential it has. Revisiting it again this year made me remember it's positive qualities, but I will never not want to punch Butch hartman in the face
I relate to this comment a lot.
This was so we'll done and if you'd be interested you should definitely make "you don't remember" a series on shows that we have from childhood that either better than we give the credit for or aren't as good as we remember. Just and idea and again I loveeed this video
I definitely have more cartoon reviews in the works, and some of them very well may fit the You Don't Remember theme! Thanks for watching :)
@@offbeatkiki awesome can't wait see more
That montage with Sam & Danny warmed my heart☺️🔥❤️🥺
i love them so much
It made me cringe
I'm also really irritated by all the Sam hate. I mean yeah, she has legit flaws but in a way that makes her realistic and relatable. She is nothing like the 'not like other girls' troupe in that her passions and hobbies have nothing to do with gaining anyone's approval or a disdain for other women, nor are they basic things everyone already does e.g. eating pizza. She is basically the opposite of this in essence. At worst a lot of her hobbies are an f u to her parents which is a very teenager thing to do. I think all the characters had very relatable character flaws which is what made the show so interesting to me, even if it meant they weren't always nicest friends/attentive parents/paragon superhero.
"There was only one coloring mistake I noticed." I actually didn't realize that was missing. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll share another one that I found in "One of a Kind". When Skulker is holding Danny against the wall, about to head into the ghost zone before Sam helps him, his eyes are actually blue for a moment despite him being in ghost form.
In the very first episode Sam is shown with black puples in The Lunch Room.
@@MrParkerman6 I knew that, too, but I don't really count it since it's just pupils; it's not like something was wrongly colored or anything. Jack also has them in a close up shot of his face during the same ep, but it's not really a mistake.
55:33 No the flashing was probably because of censorship. One common trick in cartoons is to show white flashes when a character is getting punched. It's away to get around the fist hitting the body. Powerpuff sometimes did this.
They did it when he would change from human to ghost sometimes, which isn't really something that needed to be censored. Which is why I called it a cop out.
Great video, and Tariq on the Danny Phantom rap, chef's kiss
Tariq killed it 🤣
THANK YOU for defending Sam's character, saw some stuff recently and I felt like it was really underselling her character. Also yeah, trans rights. B)
Thanks, Kash. I hope people who disagree with me about Sam stick around to hear what I said about the 2020 perception of her later in the video.
Legit this never crossed my mind when I was watching it.
I'm not the biggest fan of Sam as a character, but I do appreciate hearing a well expressed different point of view.
@@MadameTamma Why do you not like her
@@kelsey1467 While I do think a solid argument was made in this video. I still see her as a "I'm not like other girls" type. Maybe not so much in order to cozy up to boys, but in a way makes me think she buys into the idea that girls who do choose a more girly life style are more shallow by default. When she says she has a "Distain for anything popular" or that she likes something less if it becomes too mainstream, that makes me think she's putting too much emphasis and what she doesn't want to be rather than being entirely genuine.
I'm not one who would ever get into beauty pagents and I totally agree with the problems that come with them but I also think that shitting all over someone else's passions even though they're very different from yours is a mean thing to do. No one forced Sam to sign up. We don't see any of the other contestants act mean towards her during the competition. (Just Dora) and yet when she wins she throws down the crown that DID mean a lot to the other girls right in front of them and declares, "These things are stupid". I don't care what kind of contest you signed up for, that is absolutely a mean thing to do.
Also little things like her always being able to bring out a talent, skill or knowledge seemingly out of no where, irritated me. She's stated to hate sports or excersize in previous episodes and yet she's one of the best athletes of her class in the episode where she's Tucker's gym partner?
I sometimes wonder why she even hangs out with Tucker or Danny, pre- ghost portal accident. Besides videogames and the fact that none of them are popular at school, they don't seem to have a ton in common. (Tucker and Danny didn't even know that they had games in common for a while). She clearly has a problem with their attitudes with how much she tries to tell them off for being immature.
I wanna emphasize that this is totally just my opinion and I understand why some people would like her. I know I'm coming at her from a 2021 mindset instead of judging her in the context of when she was made, but can't help it. That's the year I live in.
I try to rewatch Danny Phantom about annually or so, because it was a big part of my younger life, and I still have such a fondness for it (despite my hate of butch hartman) and for the characters. And yes I love Sam, and!! Valerie! I love both of them. They both have a lot of nuance a lot of people don’t recognize, at least for a cartoon in this era, though the writing can get.. messy. AND JAZZ!!!!! JAZZ I LOVE JAZZ SO MUCH. Jazz is the best character, full stop. Valerie is close, but Jazz is just such a sweetheart. AND DANI! She’s only in two episodes but I love her. I wish she got more development and we saw her more. I hate Vlad for what he did to Dani :/
(Also I can’t believe you made me watch a Sam x Danny AMV in 2021)
Also!!! Re: Danny being mean to Jazz (mainly in the earlier episodes) I think he’s bitter because Jazz is the favored kid at first. Like you said, Jack said Jazz was his favorite, just straight up, and he probably always felt like they liked Jazz better at least subconsciously because she was the “better” child who got good grades and “made them proud”. He probably saw a lot of her actions as condescending, not realizing that she was just genuinely trying to help. Danny does get nicer to Jazz after he finds out she knows his secret (after working out the bumps of such a thing) and he sees how she’s actually trying to support him, and their relationship improves from there. Yes I’ve put thought into this before. Probably too much thought.
This show is definitely a mess. A hot mess. It was a gigantic mess.
To be fair! They don’t know half ghosts exist. I wouldn’t assume a classmate was half ghost, because, uh... ghosts are dead. Or... creatures from another dimension of you listen to season 3 and butch? Either way, not something you really assume.
GOSH THERE IS SO MUCH CONVENIENCE AND DUMB PLOT CONTRIVANCES. Unexplained or confusing lore, powers popping up then never doing so again, and so much cliche stuff. But still, even with that, and how much of a headache it gives me, I still love Danny Phantom. I’ll probably always have a soft spot for this goofy show.
ALSO TRANS RIGHTS!!!!
Glad to know I'm not the only one who really loved Jazz's character in this show ! Made me wish I had an older sibling growing up that was looking out for me. So instead, I try to be the big sister to my brother instead.
When it comes to Sam, and to a lesser extent Tucker, for me they are just taken to far at times. In fairness everyone in this show is but most have more of a reason for it which makes them easier to swallow for me. When Jazz is freaking out over her parents "abusing" her brother that makes sense to me because the adult Fenton's are screw ups, when Sam is freaking out over being a vegetarian it can come off her trying to force her ideals on other people.
Although that could go for most things in this show, most of it is to far and that can make it very entertaining or very annoying for me. But it normally lands on entertaining, especially the ghost and Fenton stuff.
The hate against vegetarians is overblown but it doesn't help that Tuck and Sam have few redeeming qualities. I remember Valerie, Danni, Jazz, and Paulina more for a reason. I also hate how they just repeat the "main character gets with weird girl instead of popular girl" trope from Fairly Odd Parents
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 Perhaps rather then saying they have few redeeming qualities I think it's more they don't show them much. They are brave and risk there lives for people but since Danny is always the focus it never really is shown, even more so for smaller matters.
And yeah while I don't mind Danny/Sam as a pairing it does feel forced I would have much preferred Valeria/Danny or giving Paulina a personality and build her up as an actual contender for the pairing. And Jazz deserves someone, I don't really care who as long as they are good just someone, maybe another girl just for the representation.
@@nahte123456 Like Trixie they show Paulina has more to her than just being a generic popular girl but they don't do anything about it.
Don't they both abandon Danny in the last episode? Don't think Butch would make anyone gay but didn't Dash have a thing for her? Definitely a wasted character too, Dash
This show is one of my comfort shows I always come back to. I really loved it when I was younger and to this day it’s still enjoyable. 😊
Same here :)
The sam part is very captivating i cant believe shes rich!
YEAHHHH a relative of hers apparently invented the "thing that twists plastic around toothpicks" 😂
Yeah it’s rarely mentioned after the first half of season 1
I remember, hell I still play Ember's and the theme song way too often.
I'm posting a cover of Remember next week :)
Part Wargaymon I mean, how can you NOT? Remember SLAPS. Plus Ember is one of my favourite DP ghosts. Her backstory is depressing tho. Poor girl.
I never stopped loving this show. After it ended i spent years reading fanfiction. Up to this day actually 😂
I too used fanfiction to fill the sad void this show left in my heart.
we love a smart person who stands up for sam. weird girls deserve better than getting mocked everywhere they go
exactly, and thank you for recognizing that!
Sam is kind of a unique character (back in the day because of another certain vegan goth girl was created in another show a few years later). Sam is goth, but she is not a painful stereotype or into creepy occult stuff either. She is vegan, rich, a bit of a activist and has a bit more energy and emotion than most goth characters. Sam actually stands out from the rest, but she may not be the only one, though.
Danny Phantom is not my favorite show, but I do enjoy watching it from time to time.
curious which vegan goth girl you were referencing! yes, she was unique in the ways you mentioned for sure
Thanks! I was referencing to Hayley Smith from American Dad.
@@creativelover93 She's more hippy than goth
@Anthony DiFranco I like Gwen a lot, but sadly she was written poorly in All Stars (Courtney was worse imo) and I didn't like her toddler self in Total Dramarama series only.
Sam was ahead of her time fr
The final episode honestly made me dislike Sam, cause she gave Danny so much crap for deciding to lose his powers(for legit reasons) and it just made her look selfish. I was cool with her most of the show until that moment.
I will agree that I felt that the way they reacted to Danny removing his powers seemed weirdly out of character. It made it seem like Sam only liked Danny because he was 'unique'.
It was Pgantom Planet. Most things in that episode were awful.
You forgot some of Danny's powers... like every power imaginable. Ok, he has fire powers along with those ice powers. At one point, he absorbed a lightning ghost's powers and started causing storms with his emotions. He lost that ability, but later, after being blasted by his future self, he unlocked the power that the future version blasted him with. So he absorbed that power too, and it became permanent. He had to train to make copies, so that isn't a power that comes "naturally" to him, but he still got it after trying. His future self made portals to and from the ghost zone like Vlad and Wolf could do. My point is that he seems to have the powers of every ghost. He could probably train and get a shadow-like Johnny 13 or focus on plants and make forests grow like overgrowth.
My theory is that he has nearly unlimited potential because he was blasted with pure ecto energy from the portal. Most ghosts are stuck to a theme, but Danny can shoot fire and ice. He can go into the internet and can overshadow technology. He can make portals and scream so loud things are destroyed. He has almost every power that we have seen a ghost have, and there could be no limit to his powers. In fact, some ghosts gain energy from random things, so if he has the ability, he could literally gain god-level power. Ember gained energy from people saying her name, and Deserai gained power from people making wishes. What could Danny gain power from? He saved the world and has a statue in every country's capital. If he gains power from people knowing and loving him like Ember, then the series ended when he was about to transform into a god.
*squint* is this a fanfic idea?
@@vibevibevibemcommentedtoda5717
If anything it is a theory. We have seen him use all of these powers and even gain new ones by training. Fanfics can use the idea but it fits in the show without any changes. What is the difference between him multiplying himself and any other ghost power? He complained that Dash got the power just by being infected with ghost powers. When he was practicing it and failed multiple times. That is the only power we ever see him develop through training. How many more powers could he gain if he just tried to use them? He gained the ghostly wail just because he saw it. Just by knowing it existed he gained the ability years before he should have. How many powers does he have in secret but he just never tried?
I wish you the best of luck with your personal series!! That ending to the video really resonated with me and got me emotional in all honesty.
It was hard reading that because I actually quit animation school and pursued a UX design career in 2014. Thanks for watching.
This is amazing. Finally a different perspective on this show on TH-cam. Very nice. Subscribed
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much :D
I relate SO hard to your experience being in the phandom and being embarrassed about being able to draw in the style and all that. I was the same way. Even met my best friends in roleplay threads for it. I ended up hanging around the phandom pretty passively on Fanfiction, Tumblr, Twitter, etc, and have always had weird encyclopedic knowledge of the show, but never really talked about it IRL out of embarrassment, then, after a few years, it became... Cool??? To like it???? It's giving me life ngl. I'm still getting used to it being a cool nostalgia fave, not a cringey fandom.
Subbed btw ;3
Thank you for defending Sam, she has been such a comfort character of mine since I was like 10 😭😭
You kidding? I lived and breathed DP as a kid. even had one of the BurgerKing toys of Tucker and ate the cereal. Though can't say I remember the 3rd season airing much on regular Nick, where I saw some of it on Nicktoons Network.
All it took was "Danny Phantom" in the title for me to jump into this video, like and subscribe! Always refreshing to see new DP content on yt! A DP fan is a friend of mine :)
Thanks for checking it out :D
I looooved Danny Phantom as a kid growing up mainly because of the theme song, diverse characters, villains, & overall story; it was very interesting to watch & just enjoyable. (Though looking back on it it could of been a bit better in some aspects) But one thing for sure I never knew Amity Oaks was base off the very town i lived in my whole entire life 😅😂 ooh the irony
That's pretty awesome! Thanks for watching.
I loved his show as a child. At 23 it is still my favorite show (watch it all the time) and I even have a tattoo of Sam from “urban jungle” on my thigh 😂😭
Yo I would love to see your Sam tattoo that's awesome! Hit me up on Twitter!
I always saw Spectra as the most evil ghost in Danny's rogue gallery. The level of sadism she displayed was pretty uncommon for the show and the whole bit with her tearing Danny apart with words until Jazz comes to his rescue was pretty well done.
I feel like Johnny and Kitty were designed to look and act like the embodiments of negative teenager stereotypes. Using Jazz like that was still pretty creepy but afterwards their pretty irrelevant villains and, although nobody cares about Paulina, Kitty possessing her was pretty creepy too. Neither of them actually care much about fighting Danny or doing anything other than random hijinks. Kitty never even tries to use her magic sexism kiss outside of that one episode. Vortex was more like a force of nature than anything else. He's definitely powerful and dangerous but the one episode he's in focuses more on the comedy of Vlad having to placate Danny.
Honestly unless your really sensitive or nitpicking I don't remember much about the show that I'd call offensive. Though there was one joke that I remember that seemed a bit too off color for the intended audience. It was a montage of Danny using his ghost powers and three of the events were just him leaving the girl's locker room as an invisible ghost. It was kind of funny but only in a who let this past the censors kind of way.
Mr lancer was low key a early crush ... no wonder I’m into older guys
LMAOOO
Not Mr. Lancer ✋🏾😭
Okay, that was amazing! I wasn't ready for this to be so relatable, there aren't that many "obsessed with danny phanton" around here, even I can't be sure if I watch all the episodes because as it aired on our open TV, I remember trying to catch pirated DVDs (it was like that here in Brazil) to find all the episodes of the 3rd season, it was strange to see the popularity of the show when we got on the internet.
It was a strange phase, it was when I realized that I had to distance myself from my school friends because they were doing me very badly, I was in a small school in a small town, I didn't have much choice of friends. The show helps me decide to be myself even if it means being alone, and luckily I left that school at the High and I know friends who let me be me
Man, I remember watching this every time it aired on Nickelodeon, it was one of my favorite shows beside Life as a teenage robot (I'm pretty much an action girl I supposed) it's a shame it got canceled on such a horrible note, wish it could have gone longer to finish its story, but yea, with the thing happening in the studio, involving Hartman himself, it's not likely. . .
i discovered your videos a few days ago and have been binging soooo many of them! thank you for another incredible video :)) they’re such a delight
I dont think I’ll ever be able to forget this show tbh
So glad Tariq recommended your video!! i love your channel and I cant wait to see more of what you post
also i believe the whole reason trans/gay topics are used as jokes or points of bullying is because the Danny Phantom creator, Butch Hartman, is christian and often makes these jokes throughout his other shows.
“WHY CANT THEY ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM!!!” 😂😂😂 Sam is hilarious
This is a triple A and deep review. Thank you for all your work.
Thanks so much for watching!
This is everything I needed and more 😭 This show was my childhood bi awakening, sooo many of the characters were attractive to me. All the girls in this show provoked typical "do i wanna be her or be with her" thoughts to lil' ol me that just thought i had an aesthetic appreciation for their character designs/styles (which was still the case to be fair). Sam, ember and desiree in particular made me want to rewatch the episodes in which they were most heavily featured. I was so far removed from any other fans let alone fandom discussions on the show, but maybe that is for the best bc I never had to see sam represented in an overly negative light
I relate to what you said about 'do I wanna be her or be with her' so much. I loved those three characters' designs too! :)
So much love and appreciation for you. This video has become near and dear to my heart. They way I could relate with so many of your problems. Growing up in a tense environment and finding solace in our local Ghost Boy. How others would critique you for loving it too much. I've been there. Watching you tell us about your struggles made it seem like I was looking in a mirror, ten years past.
This show was an escapist fantasy for me from dealing with being different. I remember my family, especially my brother, making so much fun of me for enjoying Danny Phantom, but that didn't hinder the love I have for the show. Spending the summer binging on all the episodes, reading all the fanfictions, watching fmvs on TH-cam, daydreaming about it, making fanart. That was my life for such a long time. And even now, it has helped me so much. Last year wasn't a good year for me, but I revisted DP and binged on it almost 6 times the entire year. It was so good. And it felt like coming home.
I hope everything is better for you now. That you're living a happy fulfilling life. Thank you so much for this video. Considering a lot of people in the fan community have differing opinions on the show, and yours was a breath of fresh air because I agree with each and every single point.
Sorry for the long rant. I just have a lot of feels right now and I just wanted to tell you how awesome you are.
This comment means the world to me, it brought me to tears! Thank you so much! It sounds like we had similar experiences. Let this video affirm to you that your interests are valid and wonderful!
Tangent: watch the French animated film, Ghost Boy.
The show doesn't need a season 4 (yet), t *needs* a Reboot.
A very talented team needs to reeork seasons 1-3 without changing the characters, just the situations they're put in.
That would be pretty cool. I do think Tucker needs a personality update though, and I would want them to stick to the bendy, expressive style of the earlier episodes.
Oh, yeah I totally agree. Tucker needs a character update & the *drawing style* for this show is *great* & should remain the same.
Btw, I was in high school when this show came out. Didn't become obsessed with it, though, until it's rerun in 2016. Ok, I got hooked on a rewatch self-prompted in 2015. That's mostly because ATLA came out atroughly the same time, and Teen Titans.
I still love this show, but more for Jazz's character.
@@offbeatkiki I think Tucker should be like Gandhi from Clone High mixed with Oracle from Batman
I mean... Butch doesn't hold the rights anymore and if I remember correctly, he didn't play much of a role beyond the creation when it was still being produced.
Just realised Jaz was the voice of Ino Yamanaka from Naruto!!!
This was well structured, and very interesting to watch. I liked hearing the opinion of someone who wasn’t constantly defending the show or ripping into it. Thank you!
(Also your hair is awesome and I’m kinda jealous of how cool it looks.)
Once I saw the "title card" I automatically liked this. Good job on it!
TYSM!!
SImply put, this is your best work yet. I loved every minute.
:)) this means a lot to me. thank you.
valarie's storyline still hurts me to this day. fictional black girls in white spaces deserve better.
Honestly I get so emotional at the Valerie parts of this VIDEO IT HURTS
Her and Danny really do have good chemistry.
@Jonathan Menzies Sam is just a fake goth girl nothing about her is likeable she's more shallow than Paulina
@Jonathan Menzies not really she was still the same person
This must've took a long time to make, It's amazing, Great job!!
Even though I hate the creator of the show(due to a lot of the things that surfaced about him), This show was that between too old to watch cartoons, yet too young to watch "adult" cartoons. I Loved the series! not just because I had the biggest crush on Kwan..
Thank you so much! I'm not a fan of the creator either and I agree it's in a middle zone between too old / too young haha. These days I just watch whatever I want and don't pay too much attention to the age bracket it's made for.
As kid I also loved Danny phantom. I like the ghost powers and the ghost zone. I agree as adult this show is really a mess. But Danny is still an endearing to me and I still ship with Sam to this day.
Agreed!
Great video, glad you loved it too. Danny Phantom was truly a modern classic. Though I gotta say that I understand the harsh treatment to Jazz initially. She was a white knight who used Danny as a weapon to attack her parents when all he wanted to do was eat some cereal. Moreover, I don’t think her joining up would have landed so hard if they were buddy buddy from the beginning. Different path, same endpoint. Great job!
I still hear the whisper "its Danny phantom" when I'm laying in bed alone
Thank you for such an in-depth and well laid out analysis of this beloved show. Today is my first day watching your content, but I'm struck by both your analysis and personal relatability.
I fell in love with the show from the first eisode I saw (In 2009, actually, so ‘late’).
Sam was always one of my fave characters. I didn’t realise the fanbase treated her as the female jerk. She was great.
Danny Phantom is my favorite show of all time, this was very nice to sit through. This will be a bit of a long comment, warning you now but I want to go in depth on what the show has meant for me & a little bit of my experiences surrounding it. For anyone who hates long comments, go ahead & click off now that you know the contents of it but I hope at least 1 person out there is able to sit in on me blathering on about my favorite show.
How I was hooked onto it so easily, it aired just before I entered middle school. The middle school I attended started in 6th grade, the grade school I went to ended at 5th as a heads up so I had 3 years of middle school. Also, I was held back a year & I was born in September so I was more than a year older than most of the students I went to school with, did make things a bit more challenging. Watching DP helped me through it.
Yeah, I was old enough to where I was able to pick up on the flaws in the series like I was 12 1/2 when Mystery Meat first aired. I didn't see it upon its very first airing, I remember the ads for the series on Nick & I was super into ghosts & loved Fairly Odd Parents so already this show should appeal to me but stupid stick in the mud me didn't want to watch it because it was inaccurate to what actual ghosts are, I was a very weird kid. I missed the premiere but did catch a rerun of the first episode sometime shortly after the first run, I know after that I caught One of a Kind when it first aired & completely missed out on Parental Bonding until much later so not sure exactly where in the timeline I saw it but I know when I caught One of a Kind airing, it was probably a week, potentially less after I saw Mystery Meat.
The episode itself of Mystery Meat, I did not like. The fighting between Sam & Tucker upset me because I absolutely hated arguing when I was a kid, & I also got easily grossed out by food like I didn't like eating as a kid, the idea of it made me feel nauseous, I only ate my fill & didn't typically eat much else unless it was cookies or some sort of dessert item, that's the only time when I found pleasure in food. Seeing all that meat & stuff, it made me want to hurl but I kept watching. I'll never forget the experience of the first time I saw this series. My mom had a doctor's appointment & brought me along because I didn't want to stick around at home & be bored, instead I sat in a waiting room with nothing to do & be bored. It did have this tiny TV sitting in the corner of the room & it had Nickelodeon so I watched Spongebob while she waited to go in but after Spongebob was Danny Phantom. Nothing else good was on so I stuck with watching Danny Phantom. If the episode itself wasn't my cup of tea, what drew me in? The subplot with Danny's parents thinking Jazz is a ghost & Danny questioning if he should go to his parents about his powers then the decision at the end to not tell them, that whole thing, beautifully presented, I love how it showed the best aspect of the show for me, it was a great way to introduce it, showed the weight in Danny telling his parents with how they treated Jazz & actually, in that point in time, if Danny did tell them, I do believe it would of been a much worse outcome because they didn't know the ghost boy or any of that, even though after Danny Phantom became known, they were on the Phantom is evil train, there was still evidence to show that he's doing good & there's just more time for that to cook in the series so him being outed in the episodes it happened.
Alright, I can go all day talking about if the revelation happened in certain ways or if different things would of happened because something this show has taught me is my favorite hook into a show. A secret that causes certain things to happen, if it's outed various consequences could go certain ways, & so on, I love that & it probably comes off of things from my real life stuff with my family, oh man I'm still not out of the closet to my parents even though I'm 29 & most of my friends are aware. This concept in a show, I love it, Danny Phantom helped me discover my love for it. Other shows before it couldn't really give this room to have fun with like the Wild Thornberrys, if anyone found out Eliza can talk to animals, the ability goes away so I never thought it would be out to her family, Debbie finding out in the movie was such a treat.
On the topic of his secret identity, gotta throw this out there, in Phantom Planet, I fully agree that people should have connected the dots because Vlad outed himself as being half ghost, it should be obvious & I do actually believe during the special, Maddie & Jack might of actually sort of figured it out on their own like they did clap for Phantom's plan that was presented, they might of had a suspicion which is why Jazz didn't need to say much when she revealed it, Maddie was able to put the pieces together fully with what little Jazz said because the seed was already there. As to why earlier in the series why it was never figured out is because nobody was looking to figure it out. You're going to have trouble finding something if you're not looking for it in the first place & nobody has a reason to believe half ghosts exist, you even played the clip from Doctor's Disorders where Maddie said such a thing isn't real. To argue Mystery Meat, they thought Jazz was taken over or replaced by a ghost, not half ghost, there's a difference. It makes sense as to how nobody figured it out but there should be questions for sure. A good example I can point out is in the show Darkwing Duck, Drake Mallard who is Darkwing once wore his Darkwing Duck costume as himself for a party & everyone knew he was Drake Mallard in a costume because they were looking at him as Drake. When they see Darkwing on the news, in the paper, or on the streets fighting crime, they don't look to see Drake, they see Darkwing Duck. Despite Gosalyn & Launchpad being there a lot of the time which actually should be a giveaway but that's a different gripe, suppose Sam & Tucker supporting Phantom could be a giveaway but it's easier to say that they do have access to Fentonworks tech so why not use it? Weak argument but hey, at least they're not seen with Phantom often enough to raise questions, only time it should of been a huge giveaway was the scene pointed out in Phantom Planet.
Sorry, I always have a lot to say on secret identities & all that, that's right within my hook. I'm not a shipper, I don't get anything out of the romance stuff but sometimes I can appreciate how it's presented & all that, I do wish the show had more time for Valerie because there's so much they could of done with her character. It also feels like there should be an episode between D-Stabalized & Phantom Planet where Valerie goes after Vlad since she learned his secret & Vlad seems to have dissed her in Phantom Planet so there had to of been something between those two within that time.
This show deserves better, there's a lot of wasted potential in it & problems here & there. It's dated for the facts stated in the video & Tucker could of been written a lot better like yeah, they're teenagers, their hormones are all sorts of crazy, we get it but Tucker is more than his love for girls & gadgets. It definitely should keep the spirit & there's so much positives to work with. Back then, of course I wanted a new season but now, I'd actually prefer a reboot over anything else, it's probably best thing for the series since it can definitely thrive today, maybe some original writers, just don't bring in Butch for obvious reasons. A reboot could be a more up to date, cleaned up version but still keep the characters the same just be more careful with them.
Thank you for sharing your experience with the show & for making it this far but I doubt anyone did, probably clocked out by the end of the first paragraph. I was that 1 person in school who cheered when we had to write an essay but this was super informal, probably was tough to read. At least my teachers got the cleaner, edited down, actually thought out versions. I love that this video went over so much from the series, both good & bad & that you were able to share your love for it. I'm happy that this series does have more hype around it today, I was able to buy a Danny Phantom shirt from Box Lunch (more of a eww than a yikes lol) which like finding a DP shirt in the wild was unheard of in the past, even Hot Topic only released an online exclusive shirt which I missed out on because I asked for it as like a birthday or Christmas present & my mom forgot to get it for me & I was on the belief she would & by the time I went on to order it myself, it was no longer available. It's cool that I can actually get some DP merch today, even though I missed out on the pop figure which made me feel sad, I tried but they were sold out. I don't even collect pops, I just wanted the DP one for my tiny DP collection. I just hope that people remember as great as this show was, it was far from perfect & does have issues that need to be addressed. Loved hearing it from someone else who has been a longtime phan as well.
Sam was always my favorite as I love her fierce integrity, love of her friends, and her sassy quips are top tier. This and her charming banter with Danny made me always love the couple to death, especially as it's smartly written to imply off-screen growing of the relationship between episodes. I realize now that this was really what fueled the enormous number of romantic Danny and Sam fanfics since the show's cancellation.
Rewatching the show recently I've found a lot more appreciation for Jack Fenton and Dash Baxter as well, and I hope we get more of them as Gabriela Epstein's graphic novel adaptation continues.
Yess love this comment haha it's refreshing to see someone agrees with me about loving Sam. And they totally did fuel the fanfics there! Love Gabi's book!
@@offbeatkiki what I think causes bad faith criticism of Sam's character these days is just that: viewing her character through a bad faith lens, retroactively.
That diary entry is crazy! I didn't realize while watching this how huge of a Danny Phantom fan you really were, but looking back on the video now it makes sense. Really well done, it's cool to see someone make content about something they were really passionate about.
Nice video. It was pretty entertaining. It honestly made me think a bit differently about the characters and their dynamic with each other. Either way I will still love this show. Maybe the next Cartoon review could be about Foster's Home or Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy.
I adore Foster's Home. I have the next few lined up, but I'm gonna put that on my list of to-do's!
40:45 No, I think that's just standard sibling attitudes. It might not happen to all of them, but I feel like there's just this familial ability to know the exact way to snipe at a sibling, and lack of self control to keep it from happening.
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*10 Second Cljp*
Did you like that? I hope so. I spent *15 Hours of my life on it!*
I also got made fun of so much in middleschool and high school for loving Danny Phantom...I still have yet to get myself to rewatch it after being so obsessed. It was a huge part of my personality growing up - I visited the 'DPOF' - Danny Phantom Online Forums EVERY DAY. I'd have to say that it was my first fandom I experienced and a big part of my childhood.
Part of the thing that has caused me to have so many challenges going back to it is that I recognize Butch Hartman as a creator I don't want to support anymore. I think the flanderization of the show in the last season is a big part because of Butch taking more control of the show. The first season had amazing writing, my favorite being 'My Brothers Keeper'. Jazz is someone that I very much looked up to, and Sam was someone I wanted to be. I dressed up as Sam (in her dance dress getup) many times for Halloween.
Danny is 14, to this day I still remember the joke where it was revealed when he got his memory back he used his powers to go into the girls bathroom multiple times, and ngl I hated how Sam would always imposes her ideals onto every one (Especially her veganism when instead of just asking for vegan options she forces everyone to become vegan at school and takes away all of the meat, she kidnaps frogs and forces Danny and Tucker to help, and constantly puts her moral high ground above everyone) He should’ve stayed with Valerie, she was soooo much better of a character and love interests than Sam was
aw really cute vid, glad I found your channel!! I wish I had more fond childhood memories... for some reason remembering the stuff I used to like makes me really depressed, but it makes me happy to see other ppl reminisce
Really wish I could like this video more than once😔
Thanks so much!!
Honorable mention for my fave Box Ghost.
I still cant believe this show is old!!!!!!!!
Right??? I’m only 19 and remember the bumpers for the king tut episode before it came out on commercials
@@theradionicrevival8068 you seen it when it first came out
@@theradionicrevival8068 I meant i cant believe from.the 2000s 1. I never heard a thing about it then 2. Its very ahead of its time
I know right? I feel old. The earliest episodes even kind of have a "old animation" look to them in some scenes.
@@offbeatkiki a lot of shows do
Thank you for making this. I love in depth reviews and you're the only one who's done this show.
Great video, one of the best on Danny Phantom on this site!
Thanks Dan!!
I think this is a really good and extensive review. Good job Kiki, good job.
This show was SOOOO influential to me in my preteen years, and probably affects me still to this day, but due to the glaring issues with it, I actually can’t rewatch it. I just won’t be able to recapture the same emotions I got back when I was a preteen.
Dropping in to say this was a fantastic analysis video. Your editing, script, and delivery are fantastic. Love how personal you made it, while still giving a great analytical review. Subbed and stoked for more.
One of my favourite shows. At least the first two seasons. I couldn't watch the whole third season, because I found it less interesting. I don't know if I should or not. Also nice to see someone who has a positive opinion in Sam.
Danielle/Dani is one of my favorite characters. Definitely wish she got more screentime.