What really strikes out here is that this wasn’t some evil plan of Vlad’s. He was genuinely trying to help an distraught and traumatized boy, and it just went horribly wrong.
@williamnguyen866310 ай бұрын
To be fair…he never had anything against Danny at first. It was his parents. And they were his friends still…so he understands Danny loss
@joegreen380210 ай бұрын
@@williamnguyen8663or at least Maddie
@LelouchOnTwi10 ай бұрын
What strikes me wired is that Ghost Dsnny would do such a thing, I thought Ghost Danny would carry the same thoughts and afflictions Regular Danny would take. I thought it'd be more possible to have Ghost Danny just try to immediately return to Danny's body after being pulled like that
@megaburritozero10 ай бұрын
@@LelouchOnTwiYou basically answered your own question there. "Carry the same thoughts and afflictions..." Imagine the depressing and angry thoughts and feelings being repressed by Danny during that time, no longer wanting to be a hero because he lost his loved ones. Now, the ghost part of him has been seperated from his body, carrying these dark thoughts and emotions as an independent sentient being, seemingly as if to be disposed of, like junk.
@minoxiothethird10 ай бұрын
Just like last time, really.
@shinyagumon701510 ай бұрын
The implication that Datk Danny killed his human self and has been keeping his corpse inside of him is so dark.
@maniacgreen860910 ай бұрын
Well that does explain why his human form is still a teen still very dark
@onepieceking177010 ай бұрын
Yep....
@angiereyes785610 ай бұрын
That explains a lot.
@1cioda10 ай бұрын
Where are you getting that implication?
@1cioda10 ай бұрын
@@maniacgreen8609 Not sure where everyones getting that idea. I just assumed he could shapeshift, so to speak, into his younger form.
@esteban847110 ай бұрын
0:38 I like how Vlad's expression changes. He might have been planning to torment Danny, but when he saw how distraught Danny really was, he dropped it and decided to help him instead. Vlad wasn't lying when he said he was the only one who could understand what Danny was going through. He understood perfectly.
@jimmyelkordy375210 ай бұрын
I don’t think he was planning to torment him at all. I think he genuinely wanted to help him but realized that he’s not going to get over this
@wildweasel463310 ай бұрын
@@jimmyelkordy3752 he was definitely planning to manipulate him with the evil sound cue at first and fake smile/shoulder touch. Fairly Odd Parents and Danny Phantom always had a sound cue like that to signify villainy. Then he saw Danny looking at the picture of his parents, which mirrors later this scene when Vlad himself is looking at a picture of his own. I have no doubt he had long stretches of loneliness and regret over the years and immediately understood what Danny was going through. That’s when he decided to help.
@mikedawolf9510 ай бұрын
When you think about it, Evil Danny literally lost everything. I guess Vlad saw that he really couldn’t do anything to hurt him anymore and instead decided to help him.
@Heeem1310 ай бұрын
In a way, vlad does care for Danny
@d4rksonic4749 ай бұрын
@@mikedawolf95You might be interested in a comic expanding Dark Danny's story, it's called "A Glitch in Time“.
@themasterofcommentsandrese435110 ай бұрын
“Some things, my boy, are better left unsaid” Indeed.
@onepieceking177010 ай бұрын
I think it was his way of saying he killed his human half but took the corpse and absorb it inside himself
@miketherobotinkling774110 ай бұрын
@onepieceking1770 thats true because he did turn into his human half in order to make sure he existed in his timeline
@onepieceking177010 ай бұрын
@@miketherobotinkling7741 yep....
@miketherobotinkling774110 ай бұрын
@onepieceking1770 i had an idea, evil danny escapes and hunts down danny phantom and seeks revenge after being defeated, danny goes to the other ghost and forms a team in order to bring down his evil future self because he only got lucky to stop him so danny and the villains form a team to defeat evil danny for good and this time he makes sure he is down for good
@onepieceking177010 ай бұрын
@@miketherobotinkling7741 well thing is he tried getting his old villains or foes that hate him to join with him in the future but dark danny has done alot worse to them all He crippled Johnny 13 and may have erased his gf Ember let herself go with gaining alot of weight but it must've been a confidence boost gone Box ghost actually became badass but many sacrifices were made to him that turned him badass (him and the lunch lady ghost have a daughter) Vortech and skullker fused into 1 being since 2 of them couldnt beat dark Danny alone As for the rest.... well he may have gotten rid of them out of his life for good....
@NevanSlone10 ай бұрын
“All you wanted was to make the hurt go away” That line hits deep.
@aperson372310 ай бұрын
Those who've experienced depression felt this.
@cochiefemeralds36169 ай бұрын
Me too
@SleepyBuoy-xh3id6 ай бұрын
@@cochiefemeralds3616 sadly it went wrong because Danny Phantom still thinks it's his fault that his family and friends were gone and he wanted to get rid of that feeling so he fuse with Vlad to feel hole again since his human half blame him for what happened
@Toonlover77776 ай бұрын
I love Danny he doesn’t deserve to hurt like this!
@user-dr7eq1lx5v2 ай бұрын
@@Toonlover7777 Danny’s town is cruel for no reason and got what they deserved when Dark Danny killed them.
@Santoryu9010 ай бұрын
It always stuck out to me how dark and sad this was along with Vlad, who was actually sympathetic towards Danny and genuinely wanted to help him.
@denkerbosu355110 ай бұрын
Yeah, I saw him as him actually wanting to be an uncle figure for him.
@jimmyelkordy375210 ай бұрын
As a kid I thought maybe he wanted to remove the ghost half. As an adult I realize that Vlad is devastated by Maddie’s death and just seeing a kid who lost his entire family in one freak accident. Even the most evil humans would feel bad
@The_Stoned_Wanderer10 ай бұрын
@@jimmyelkordy3752 if we're talking realistically. Nahhh
@MrDibara10 ай бұрын
@@jimmyelkordy3752 Ramsay Snow: _"Is that a challenge to a game I hear?"_ 😀
@ingamingpc16349 ай бұрын
@@MrDibara you stay back in your own show or we will feed you to some ghost dogs
@Jackal_El_Lobo3410 ай бұрын
This honestly one of the best villain origins stories I’ve ever seen for a cartoon character.
@marmik96110 ай бұрын
Evil Danny is back in a new comic. A Glitch in Time
@misterboxhead304510 ай бұрын
That's odd, but then is what have seen
@Jackal_El_Lobo3410 ай бұрын
@@marmik961 Okay I'm gonna have to check this out.
@denkerbosu355110 ай бұрын
@@marmik961 i heard it's not that good. To OP: as much as I liked it as a kid, even back then I wondered why Vlad was dumb enough to think removing a powerful phantom's humanity was a good idea lmao. Like, Danny had kicked his ass so many times before.
@marmik96110 ай бұрын
@@denkerbosu3551 From what I've seen, it's pretty decent. They retcon a few things but they also give Vlad a pretty good redemption arc.
@keishikura4 ай бұрын
Ngl that was... A really dark way of teaching us not to cheat in an exam
@themaestro25729 күн бұрын
Right!? Remember kids don't cheat or you'll become a dangerous ghost villain hellbent on mass destruction and kill your own family, friends, and self in the past! 👍 you know. For kids!!
@kirongauff49346 күн бұрын
@@themaestro2572 Also on exams, the letter "D" is sometimes the right answer, but not every time which might be a reference to how it's the first letter of the initials dark, doom, death, destruction, and disastrous.
@animationvigilante6432 күн бұрын
@@kirongauff4934Uhh..don't forget Die..!😨😨😨😨😨
@rosskerr143910 ай бұрын
The first time I saw this flashback, I was absolutely shocked. Poor Danny.
@justinwright462810 ай бұрын
same
@misaelc.alonso417710 ай бұрын
Same 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
@themasterofcommentsandrese435110 ай бұрын
Dark Danny may have regular Danny’s memories, but what the former lacks is his guilt, empathy, and heart! ☠️😈
@Toonlover77772 ай бұрын
Don’t you love it when the music starts up when he’s released?! It’s amazing!
@Yoshirocks9210 ай бұрын
Honestly this was a pretty dark episode, like just this part alone in which Dark Danny straight up murders his human self but left Vlad alive to tell the tale of his beginning is just dark on it's own.
@MasterOfTruck10 ай бұрын
i dont think he left vlad alive intentionally. yeah he explicitly went out of his way to kill danny, but the house also literally exploded. im pretty sure dan just assumed vlad would be dead as he stayed in the ruined mansion and never left for 10 years. i was honestly surprised myself to even see that vlad was durable enough to survive being at ground zero like that.
@Yoshirocks9210 ай бұрын
@@MasterOfTruck Yeah like if I know anything about explosions, you have to take into account the epicenter of an explosion like the further away you are from the center of a blast, the less energy you're getting hit with and while it is not shown here, it was very much likely that the mansion exploding didn't hit Vlad that much or he was further away enough to the point that the energy from the explosion didn't hit him that hard.
@MasterOfTruck10 ай бұрын
@@Yoshirocks92 dan blew up his lab, which is in the basement of the mansion. as i previously stated, vlad was at ground zero because he was in the same room. he literally couldnt be any physically closer to the explosion unless dan set it off right on top of him.
@Yoshirocks9210 ай бұрын
@@MasterOfTruck But thing is, when Jazz confronted Dan, the latter mentioned that he had yet to find Vlad’s Ghost Portal since he mentioned that once he found it, that was gone too as that gave Jazz to tell Danny that Future Vlad still had his Ghost Portal for him to escape the Future Ghost Zone.
@MasterOfTruck10 ай бұрын
@@Yoshirocks92 vlad's ghost portal wasnt in the lab that was in his mansions basement, it was at vladco. thats why dan never found it. vlad was presumed dead because dan got too over-zealous (but lets be real, you wouldnt really expect anyone to survive an explosion of that magnitude to the face anyway). if dan knew he was still alive, he wouldve never wasted his years searching for vlad's portal to destroy it but rather just beat the answer out of him to get its location.
@RelentlessSketchStudios10 ай бұрын
1:28 David Kaufman's scream here still gives me goosebumps to this day! It really made the transformation into Dark Danny feel even MORE agonizing than it looked with the cracks in Danny's skin!
@justinwright462810 ай бұрын
agreed
@TaeDaDemon9410 ай бұрын
Everyone Screams When Transforming Danny Sceams = Dark Danny Goku Sceams = Super Saiyan 3
@Sheriff7238 ай бұрын
Not just a chilling scream, but an awesome evil laugh. His voice acting is underrated. Too bad I haven't heard him being in anything else.
@Claimthe_fame7 ай бұрын
This was beyond from the usual yells in the show…. I actually sensed and somewhat felt all the pain and rage that was emanating within Danny’s mind.
@77PacerStudios6 ай бұрын
I believe that the fusion process was extremely painful for Danny Phantom to go through.
@andrewmcnamara630510 ай бұрын
According to TV Tropes this would be an example of "Fallen Hero," "From Nobody to Nightmare," "Painful Transformation," and "You Do NOT Want to Know."
@jesusalvarado908610 ай бұрын
Not to mention "Enemy Without" tv trope.
@newguy33510 ай бұрын
How about just throw all of those out the window and just chalk it all down to him just having... *'One Bad Day'*
@denkerbosu355110 ай бұрын
Danny was hardly a nobody. Dude was basically a superhero. Also, his one bad day wasn't the issue, it was what someone else did to this to help him cope with it.
@iammaul578010 ай бұрын
Don’t forget “you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain” great episode 😎
@kjreddragonwilliams27teku109 ай бұрын
Ughhhh my favorite website on the Internet TV Tropes it is good I am not only fan of that website my. Nigga
@Ken2247510 ай бұрын
It’s all because of a career test he tried to cheat on resulting a bad future.
@spenserfarman304510 ай бұрын
There were probably more factors than that, but that’s what causes the chain of events to be set in motion for Danny to end up losing his world and his humanity.
@themasterofcommentsandrese435110 ай бұрын
The nasty sauce overheated. And mr lancer of all people had a mandatory meeting with the Fentons there. Even sam and tucker were there for support. Did this happen in the original timeline?
@ajayrulezzz10 ай бұрын
Good thing I did a better thing was take my exit exam numerous times until I passed.
@spenserfarman304510 ай бұрын
@@themasterofcommentsandrese4351 I think the only difference between both the original explosion and the one involving Dark Danny was that none of Clockwork’s interference happened and he wasn’t the cause for past Danny to end up getting the C.A.T answers. There were probably a few original ghosts that went after Danny that day and caused similar incidents, but Box Lunch and Dark Danny were the ones to have events play out exactly, whether by accident or by force.
@thanoseid288310 ай бұрын
Sometimes it’s the small things that trigger the big events.
@CesarACastillo10 ай бұрын
I'm surprised the Nickelodeon censors even allowed this episode to air at all. Even an 8 year old would understand Human Danny was murdered by his corrupted ghost half.
@TimberlakeTigerGirl10 ай бұрын
Regulations were different back then.
@dwecktek10 ай бұрын
Yea I remember when this aired I thought “well he’s dead than… neat..”
@verifeli10 ай бұрын
@@dwecktekI never thought that Danny was killed by his ghost if it weren't for comments in this video. Maybe those who censoring Nick back then are also having same thought like me.
@almas466310 ай бұрын
I was around 5, maybe even less, years old when this episode aired. And I immediently got that Danny was brutally murdered. But instead of being traumatized, I was just shocked. Both at how scary, tragic, and badass this scene was
@videogameguy10110 ай бұрын
@@TimberlakeTigerGirl Actually, they were a bit tighter back then. The Avatar: The Last Airbender regulations prevented them from showing death directly for the most part but changed by the time they got to Korra to show more dark and gritty things.
@LilyZerep10 ай бұрын
The fact that Danny's ghost self in this didn't even hesitate to attack Vlad, ripped out Vlad's ghost half, and merge with it is something you'd never expect. Even killing Danny's human self is horrifying 😳
@Fenris210 ай бұрын
I think it's hinted he ate human Danny
@kingpen58669 ай бұрын
The fact that you said the fact that shows the fact that you didn’t really need to say the fact that
@LilyZerep9 ай бұрын
@@kingpen5866 😂😂🤣
@DekuWolf649 ай бұрын
@@kingpen5866 Lol! 😆🤣
@spectraltheinkling85269 ай бұрын
@@Fenris2HE WHAT?!
@inanimatesum494510 ай бұрын
A good Villain with real motivations, sticks to those motives whether they stay true or get twisted. Its very good to see that Vlad still retained seeing that he could be the family for Danny that he always wanted to be but understands under those circumstances he’s more respectful of what he needs to be supported. Its just sucks how inherently evil their ghosts happen to be.
@lightdarksoul209710 ай бұрын
I don't think Danny's other half was evil just angry after everything that happened to him. Vlad took the human hurting away and all that was left was the anger and the ghost half was just attacked by those claws in his chest. I see why he attacked Vlad
@MrDibara10 ай бұрын
@@lightdarksoul2097 But then... *why rip Vlad of HIS human half and then DIVE HEADFIRST to **_MERGE_** with the ghostly bastard?* I dunno, me feels Ghost Danny had always had that little bit of evil deep inside, with only Danny's humanity keeping it in check. But with both halves seperated, _it was time to let loose._
@lightdarksoul209710 ай бұрын
@@MrDibara I mean I think with the web episode we have seen his ghost half separated and it wanted evil was it
@inanimatesum494510 ай бұрын
@@lightdarksoul2097 I think the series has shown Ghosts can be very leaning towards, evil, anger, vengeance, etc. Its just Danny's human conscience is what helps balance the two even though he greatly needed support from his friends on how he should be responsible with his powers.
@lightdarksoul209710 ай бұрын
I think most of the ghosts run more on obessession then the rest though. All are some kind of obessessed with something and in their ghost forms they aim to get it. Like real ghosts it's their unfinished business kind of thing. There are certain ones like Pyrrah and Clockwork who seem more normal kinda and they likely were born ghosts@@inanimatesum4945
@Grayson-Winchester10 ай бұрын
In the end you're always your own worst enemy
@BlazeInferno36010 ай бұрын
In my life, I'm my own Final Boss 😬
@AdmiralRamirez7Ай бұрын
Rip vlads voice actor
@Stargenese18 күн бұрын
Martin mull.
@MaximilianoAedo26 күн бұрын
R.I.P. Martin Mull (Vlad Plasmius)
@luckyexplorer10538 ай бұрын
This is my favorite kind of villain. It’s not just a villain of the week, nor just an evil counterpart trope, but is the actual protagonist who became the very thing he swore to destroy. Then have him go up agains the his original self before becoming evil. In these type of stories the main protagonist knows how powerful he is and knows how to out smart anyone, but doesn’t think about how much a threat he could potentially become. This gives tension to the story where if the protagonist is the most power in existence, and if he turned evil, it could mean the world’s total annihilation. Some examples are, Injustice Superman, The Batman Who Laughs, and The Dark Lord from Doom Eternal.
@johndeangelis842410 ай бұрын
Makes you realize that Danny’s ghost half really did have his own personality and once Danny turned against him and blamed it for what happened his alter ego actually murdered him for it
@thedelordhimselfgokublack10 ай бұрын
No that’s not what happened. Ghosts are fuelled by negative emotions so when he used them to separate Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom. All his rage, bitterness and vengefulness went to his ghost half. That’s why once his ghost half woke up he was very angry. Even though Vlad has shown him kindness during his worst moments and took him in. The first thing he did was take away the only thing Vlad had. His ghost half , Vlad Plasmius. Since he was incomplete just like Vlad’s ghost half. Instead of merging with a human half. He decided to merge with a ghost half and become full ghost.
@martmandred91829 ай бұрын
@@thedelordhimselfgokublackThe result of that was something dark. The evil of Plasmius overwhelmed Phantom, which send him into a tipping point.
@thedelordhimselfgokublack9 ай бұрын
@@martmandred9182Danny Phantom displays wrath, sadism and vengefulness even before fusing with Vlad Plasmius. He knows Vlad was just trying to help but immediately attacks him. Smiles as he takes the only thing Vlad has in his life away from him.
@cooper38148 ай бұрын
I think Danny’s ghost reacted like that was because until that Moment Danny was half ghost, his ghost will be effected by things on his human side and Vice versa. So those painful emotions were affecting it, his rage and depression of Everyone he loved dying and his anger towards Vlad were the reason he did that, then when Vlad’s More Powerful, evil ghost mixed with it it created that truly evil persona Dark Danny had
@Zacman11238 ай бұрын
@@thedelordhimselfgokublackthat answered a question I've had for years. That definitely explains why Ghost Danny immediately turned on Vlad.
@angiereyes785610 ай бұрын
Years laters (in this timeline) Vlad finally has Dark Danny as his son in one of his Danny clones body.
@JWheel520 күн бұрын
You read the novel
@1cioda10 ай бұрын
Idk where people are getting the "he kept the human half's corpse inside himself" aspect. Because he changed into his human self in the episode? I just assumed he was able to shape shift to a certain point. At least to look like his human self.
@GhostGuy9910 ай бұрын
Exactly. Why would he need the human body at that point?
@TheGreatSalsaMan10 ай бұрын
It’s because he rings back to being part human and as a teenager no less since thats when his himan life ended. How can he do that when the two parts of him are all ghost? If it was shapeshifting he would have just turned into him with such a power (which we don’t even know if all ghosts can learn that ability). Its very morbid to think about he may well have kept the body for if he needed a human disguise.
@axeluwu395910 ай бұрын
Killing his human self was figurative xd
@lightdarksoul209710 ай бұрын
I don't think he could just shapeshift otherwise he likely could have tricked someone to let him into Amity Park's force field.
@JackAttack710 ай бұрын
I don't think its a corpse I think its a modified version of his ability to turn back into a human. That explosion probably destroyed most of his human self if not all of it. I know Vald survived but it seems Danny took the full brunt of it. I think after Dan Phantom killed his human self his ability to turn back into a human changed into an ability to look like his former human self before he died but he is still a ghost. Which would explain why he couldn't just transform back and walk through the ghost shield.
@filipvadas760210 ай бұрын
1. I always loved the idea that Vlad, even at his worst, still respected Danny 2. I am SO GLAD that we finally got the answer to the loose plot thread that is Dark Danny.
@homerman7610 ай бұрын
What do you mean by that second point, this was already in the original, or was there something that got announced?
@FieryPterodactyl10 ай бұрын
Yeah I don't know what this guys talking about. It was never a loose plot thread.
@efazchowdhury386610 ай бұрын
Loose plot thread? Dark Danny made his debut in the movie which also explains how he came to be. The hell are you talking about
@filipvadas76029 ай бұрын
@@homerman76 At the end of the special, its implied that, eventually, Dark Danny would get free from his capsule. A Glitch in Time , a Danny Phantom comic book that was released recently as of me writting this and published by Abrams Books & Nickelodeon , is set after the end of the show and sees the return of both Clockwork and Dark Danny. Won't say anything more for spoiler reasons. But I highly recommend it if you want a more satisfying conclusion to the show than what we got. Just a little note tho: The canonicity of the comic is a bit up in the air since Butch Hartman had nothing to do with it. But considering the clown sh!t he's been up to recently, I understand why Nickelodeon wanted nothing to do with him.
@d4rksonic4749 ай бұрын
@@filipvadas7602As far as I could tell, one thing appears to not quite add up with the finale. Spoilers for those who have yet to read, even though it's a plot point at the start. Apparently the positioning of Vlad after being struck by the asteroid makes no sense. The Disasteroid struck him after phasing through Earth while in the comic he watched the Disasteroid phase through Earth from a distance.
@amharbinger9 ай бұрын
I never understood why Danny's ghost half did that seeing they've been separated before and he immediately returned to Danny or continued to be a hero. But he carried all of Danny's darkest emotions during his most difficult time. Without his human self to keep him in check all he wanted to do was inflict the same pain on others. Combining with Vald's ghost half who also carried his resentment for losing Maddy and well, you get that.
@cooper38148 ай бұрын
Im thinking the exact same thing
@maverickcrow62528 ай бұрын
I saw a good comment once regarding a final confrontation he'd have with his adult self " 'Why'd you fuse with Vlad? You could have gone any other way!' 'Well, without my humanity holding back, I sought what all ghosts sought, power, and with Vlad's years of expertise, I knew it was an opportunity far too good to pass up, sure I didn't count on the side effects, but I daresay the pros outweighed the cons' "
@fighterx98404 ай бұрын
So the negative emotions made Danny's ghost half volatile?
@quadiyrparker9385Ай бұрын
I’m starting to think that after a while even the hurt that Danny Felt and wanted to escape his Phantom side wanted to escape form feeling that pain as well, and especially all on his own knowing that Danny didn’t want him no more as of Blaming the Phantom for the lost of the family and Friends , it was wayyy too much for either of them to bare. It also reminds me of Peter and Venom when Peter no longer wanted Venom for his own personal reasons, Venom having a mind of its own. Grew to hate Peter because he was hurt by the fact that he was no longer wanted anymore. Both Danny and the Phantom lost a lot in this scene
@Bolivian0521 күн бұрын
ngl I just go with this as the background, Alternate Danny Traumatized from all this asked to be split from his Humanity, One took on his Negative Mental and Deepest thoughts separated as a Ghost and the other was just dealing with the rest of the emotional and mental toll, maybe along the lines of what to do with himself or a purpose after what had occurred. The Ghost that remained had all of Danny's memories so maybe it just wanted to conflict the world with his rage and wanted to consolidate his power with Vlad's Ghost Half. With the other episode Danny only separated his Motivated/Heroic Self into a Ghost, While the Human side just took on a unmotivated self and only wants to entertain himself with distractions. Also they had different methods of separation, situation, reasoning (One was about Family Loss, The other was like Having a Life or smthin. (Blame the writers for re-using the same separation story idk)
@andrewleyton668910 ай бұрын
the ultimate enemy...the worst version of ourselves
@theultimatefrozenfan10 ай бұрын
This was quite the Movie event for Nickelodeon! Never before had I seen one of their shows take such a dark turn! I mean all of Danny's friends and family died in an explosion, and his evil ghost self kills his human self! That felt more like something akin to an animated adult sitcom like the Simpsons! But I can definitely appreciate them for going so dark in a kid's show. Made for, imo Danny Phantom's best episode! Kudos to Butch for doing what SpongeBob would never dare to do!
@youthoughtaboutit694610 ай бұрын
The earlier show “are you afraid of the dark” went into super dark territory quite regularly, funnily enough. This was one of the few times that “batch” of Nickelodeon shows did though.
@videogameguy10110 ай бұрын
I guess you never watched any of the Fairly OddParents movies. Butch knew how to go dark and gritty when he did.
@theultimatefrozenfan10 ай бұрын
@@videogameguy101 excuse me but Fairly Oddparents is my favorite Nicktoon! I've seen every episode and movie! Even the terrible Chloë season. 🙄 I know the movies were dark and gritty, especially the Wishology Trilogy which is still my favorite of the movies, but no major characters ever died in those. What I'm saying about the Ultimate Enemy is that I've never seen major characters die in an episode of a kid's show. Because in Evil Danny's future, like EVERYBODY DIED!!!
@train42924 ай бұрын
I dunno why we’re comparing Danny Phantom to SpongeBob. They’re both two very different shows
@theultimatefrozenfan4 ай бұрын
@@train4292 I'm just saying that Danny Phantom the Ultimate Enemy went dark in a way NO OTHER Nicktoon WOULD DARE TO DO! SpongeBob was just an example.
@cedricmartin879710 ай бұрын
Thank you, no cuts, no screen close-up, not a thing... Great video!
@omniscience963110 ай бұрын
This truly was Butch Hartman's peak.
@drLuigidr10 ай бұрын
He was responsible for creating Danny phantom but he wasn’t responsible for the writing. If you want his writing you can think season 3, an that was a shit show. He didn’t like the idea of ghosts being dead people, an he definitely wouldn’t hav let evil Danny kill his human half
@randomanimefan245510 ай бұрын
@@drLuigidrwell said, I wish more people understood that
@montecristosmith23439 ай бұрын
@@drLuigidrSo he wanted ghost to be more like Mario or Pokemon where they're usually a race instead of actual dead people?
@Saphony3 ай бұрын
Except that he didn’t wrote those episodes X)
@thenamesmichael733510 ай бұрын
Have yall seen and noticed at 1:41 how danny got damaged from his looks before getting killed by his own half fused evil ghost. Dark danny really fucked him up showing no mercy and having him killed afterwards.
@Alicorn_Magic9 ай бұрын
He looks so scared and helpless…this really was such a sad and dark episode.
@brentdye15048 ай бұрын
Wow, that was pure evil!
@yeetnessthegreater12982 ай бұрын
We have no clue that he even injured Danny here. He doesn’t look sadistic here just creepy
@sandyscrapwitch206410 ай бұрын
Similar to Onslaughts origin from Marvel Basically Professor Xavier used his powers to remove all of Magneto's evil personality but instead they went into him and also gained Magneto's powers
@f.dud410 ай бұрын
Speaking of Marvel Comics, it goes similar to the Hulk and the Maestro relations. Maestro is an evil future version of the Hulk who was defeated when he underestimated his younger self.
@GhostGuy9910 ай бұрын
Except here, Danny tried to possess Vlad...and instead of Vlad absorbing Danny to become even more powerful, Danny somehow absorbs Vlad from within and turns evil. 15 years later and this plothole still doesn't make sense.
@nic23214510 ай бұрын
At 1:22 Vlad Plasmius was good for a second
@KitKatNisa10 ай бұрын
Now that I think about it, the fact that Vlad's evil overwhelemed Danny, but he stilled stayed 'Danny' but evil, indicates how strong he really is.
@thedelordhimselfgokublack9 ай бұрын
It’s bs. Phantom was displaying wrath, vengefulness and sadism before fusing with Plasmius
@GhostGuy997 ай бұрын
Which is stupid because Vlad, despite getting his ass kicked several times too many in the show, is portrayed as a stronger and more experienced reflection of Danny...and yet anything Vlad can do, Danny ends up doing better...just because.
@Boss_Isaac5 ай бұрын
@@GhostGuy99 It's a prominent line of thought, lots of people within the Phandom subscribe to it, that Danny in comparison to the elder Vlad is a more _complete_ hybrid, being that he was infused with ectoplasm from the entirety of the Ghost Zone via a full-body shot *all. at. once,* that his transformation was instant, whilst Vlad himself only had ectoplasm hit him in the face, as such as it sank into his pores the substance gradually (again, he was hospitalized for YEARS) spread to and overtook/mutated the rest of his body.
@GhostGuy995 ай бұрын
@@Boss_Isaac That's... actually an interesting headcanon that explains everything.
@maudlife10 ай бұрын
Vlad, just get the boy a therapist and everything is fine. Don't just tear out his humanity.
@mattgerrish9089 ай бұрын
Before we had Goku Black and Future Zamasu we had Dark Danny/Dan Phantom...
@GhostGuy997 ай бұрын
Bro I said the same thing once. Goku Black, before Goku Black was cool.
@jinx198710 ай бұрын
Interesting that Danny’s ghost half is initially malicious.
@lightdarksoul209710 ай бұрын
I think it was more angry than anything, Vlad had just stabbed it with claws
@Fisher_Tiger012 ай бұрын
No, it only acted that way bc of the pain and guilt and hate he had for himself which carried on into his ghost half. There's been another time when his ghost half and human half split but his ghost half never turned malicious. There's also another time when his ghost half flies right back into his human half.
@windwind317010 ай бұрын
I would like to think that in those 10 years Vlad has let go of his animosity towards Jack and also missed him too.
@petertilton70049 ай бұрын
Vlad also lost his adopted son too...
@user-fh8yh1wd5q10 ай бұрын
It's Too Bad They Don't Make Cartoon T.V Shows Like This Anymore Best Believe It's The Honest Truth.
@venom_spy43710 ай бұрын
The only show, which is close to this level of 2000`s and, maybe, 90`s shows is Villainous, with it`s very creepy lore.
@katelynthewhitewerewolf63762 ай бұрын
@@venom_spy437 And Hazbin Hotel and several others are close enough
@romofan88815 ай бұрын
Im not sure a kids show has ever gone darker than this. The protagonists family and friends all dying in an explosion leads him to his arch nemesis who trys to make him an emotionless husk, but instead makes him evil and kills him, leaving said nemesis alive just to wallow in the pain of what had happened. Sure the disaster is averted in the episode, but the fact they went this far and explicitly killed this many people is crazy.
@jesusalvarado908610 ай бұрын
Dan Phantom is the most deadliest sociopath that Nick ever created.
@javierrosas723810 ай бұрын
It gets to show you that Danny is his own worst enemy. Just like Peter Parker himself.
@luislopez37269 ай бұрын
You forgot Doctor Strange and his encounter with Sinister Strange
@javierrosas72389 ай бұрын
@@luislopez3726 Sinister Strange ❓❗ Never heard of him.
@luislopez37269 ай бұрын
@@javierrosas7238 it's from Multiverse Of Madness.
@hidan4078 ай бұрын
How is peter his own worse enemy?
@javierrosas72388 ай бұрын
@@hidan407 It's simple Carnage Spider (Spider-Man The Animated Series 90s). Wolf Spider (Ultimate Spider-Man). Evil counterparts of Peter Parker from different alternative universes.
@kylemanigo39859 ай бұрын
Danny Phantom failed to realize what with great power comes great responsibility means.
@coreyondavis603210 ай бұрын
The darkest episode of Danny phantom
@redjirachi15 ай бұрын
Considering how Dark Danny bared his fangs with murder in his eyes, I think I have an idea on what's better left unsaid.
@Dedi-m5n4 ай бұрын
Tell me please
@redjirachi12 ай бұрын
@@Dedi-m5n He ate his human half
@Aman9152010 ай бұрын
Man, if I saw a face like that I'd be scared. (1:44-1:45)😱
@cheneethompson57565 ай бұрын
Looks like a demon Geez!
@kelvingoh840510 ай бұрын
Despite of that, Vlad was still a bad person without his ghost power. In the alternate timeline where Danny tried to prevent accident happened, it was Jack (Danny's father) who had Vlad's ghost power, while Vlad became an abusive husband, treating Maddie as his own crown jewel than loving her.
@m_imran795710 ай бұрын
Man, i miss this series. I wish we could get one more ep or a sequel
@justanotherartist56464 ай бұрын
It wouldn't be written nearly as good. I personally think we don't have too many capable writers of putting something out of this quality anymore.
@thiccjuze10 ай бұрын
I love the random explosion at the end 🤣
@invaderzim405210 ай бұрын
I love this show, wish it could have a revival someday.
@menartd261810 ай бұрын
Some shows don't need a revival.
@agentcuddles460610 ай бұрын
Sorry, but this is one ghost that should be left to rest.
@dannyhernandez26510 ай бұрын
No they’d just ruin it.
@herbcruz469710 ай бұрын
Only if they have the same writers/quality of writing, as well as the same animation style, as before (Also, little to no intervention from corporate Nickelodeon that would compromise the quality of the show). Otherwise, this show will probably be given the Teen Titans Go treatment.
@lorddj991010 ай бұрын
They’d just fuck it up so naw
@damongrimes609610 ай бұрын
And all because Lancer had to meet Danny's parents in the wreckage of a destroyed fast food restaurant instead of y'know ANYWHERE else like his office
@billykaplan991510 ай бұрын
Mr Lancer has a thing for slandering that place I bet they put pickles on his burger and that's why he do it
@14robertsonb6 ай бұрын
He was probably going to destroy Danny's Future by having him Work at the Nasty Burger since one of the employees was at the meeting for the CAT Testing
@coreyparks67865 ай бұрын
I wish there was more of an explanation of why Danny’s ghost half fused with Plasmius it made no sense to me
@miketherobotinkling774110 ай бұрын
If only we had more dark danny
@1cioda10 ай бұрын
Sadly we can blame the cancelation of the series and the unfortunate passing of Clockworks VA for that one.
@miketherobotinkling774110 ай бұрын
@@1cioda R.I.P
@kenjiryū257410 ай бұрын
Actually I think there's a comic that has Dark Danny as the villain that came out recently.
@Yoshirama9510 ай бұрын
@@1ciodaWho? I’m lost
@bubbie-n-toyland916310 ай бұрын
There is a graphic novel coming out
@MattsGamblingSlots22 күн бұрын
When you realize this, this WAS supposed to be the ORIGINAL timeline.
@WHITERAY14RAY27 күн бұрын
R.I.P voice actor Villain
@foxdavis985610 ай бұрын
Who's here after reading the new Danny Phantom comic?
@user-rq6nd2je3v6 ай бұрын
The music in Danny Phantom is great and this so true in the ultimate enemy.
@electrobob9929 ай бұрын
It's crazy how the graphic novel had his story continue. Also weird way to continue it though.
@kaylaturnis948610 ай бұрын
Danny's new form in Ben 10/ Danny Phantom: 5YL reminds me a lot of Dark Danny!
@Claimthe_fame7 ай бұрын
I didn’t like how things ended for Vlad in the final episode. I know he was evil, but this episode expresses that he had a good soul deep down, even more so when he showed genuine remorse for his wrongdoings.
@TheRealW.S.Foster10 ай бұрын
I guess therapy & counseling aren't much of a go-to thing in this universe; like, why bother hiring someone to talk with Danny and help him through the grieving process when you can just do this lol
@1cioda10 ай бұрын
Well when you blame your ghost powers for what happened, it arguably seems logical to get rid of them
@hurricanefury43910 ай бұрын
Considering the last counselor Danny went to wa spectra I can understand why the thought never crossed his mind
@IvanRodriguez-kl2hz10 ай бұрын
To be fair, I don't think Vlad or Danny had any idea it was even possible. They just thought it was a much faster solution than having to carry the pain forever.
@billykaplan991510 ай бұрын
More when all of that were consequences of Danny's choices Wich I find too realistic for this show like none told Danny to cheat on the exam yet he decided to do so anyway and instead of admitting he was wrong he blamed his powers instead
@ramonrodriguez48819 ай бұрын
I’m going to assume that therapy and grief counseling wouldn’t help due him being human-ghost hybrid .This may have been one the few viable options for Danny .
@babarrett115 сағат бұрын
Danny’s pain in that moment is unfathomable. It’s like a bottomless pit, but the idea of taking his human self away to remove it, that is a mistake in more ways than what’s portrayed. The right thing to do would be just to be there for Danny as he worked through his grief, make sure he wasn’t alone and try to be apart and build him a new support system. It’d take a long time to heal from wounds like that, a lot of adults don’t, and even when he would heal he’d have permanent scars, but Danny is 14, he could’ve still had a future, a bright one.
@RTWLR10 ай бұрын
So, Danny was never the culprit here at all. It was just one stupid mistake that kicked off a crazy chain of events that lead to a genuine humanitarian science experiment going horribly wrong. The kind of “wrong” that resulted in the ghost half of his supernatural essence gaining sentience, which then turned evil, killed it’s only mortal bond, and became the deadliest threat to humanity Amity Park and the Ghost Zone have ever faced. This show has a fair number of grim moments, but this episode by far takes the cake. What I can’t quite figure out is who exactly was the real Danny. I always thought Vlad was trying to get rid of Danny’s powers by separating the ghost half from the human half. But now I don’t understand who the “real” Danny is. Is it the human side who wanted to make the pain go away, or is it the ghost side who embodied Danny’s pain altogether?
@Boss_Isaac10 ай бұрын
This should help. Tumblr user @Monotype-on-phantom has a fabulous post, from several years back, that goes into detail on how exactly they conceive of Danny’s being a human/ghost hybrid, on whether or not _Phantom_ in and of itself exists as an entirely seperate conscious entity. monotype-on-phantom.tumblr.com/post/164286890341/yo-i-think-about-this-a-lot-but-where-dannys
@montecristosmith23439 ай бұрын
Yeah before this storyline the ghost transformation seemed like just a boost in power and slight change in appearance but here they kinda make it seem like Danny and his ghost half are like Banner and the Hulk.
@yeetnessthegreater12982 ай бұрын
They’re both Danny😐 it’s not a hard concept to grasp One half he’s human, one half he’s a ghost they’re both real
@yeetnessthegreater12982 ай бұрын
@@montecristosmith2343that’s not a good comparison
@RTWLR2 ай бұрын
@@yeetnessthegreater1298 That’s the superficial nature of the situation. What I’m trying to understand is which half represents Danny’s true self, not as both human and ghost, but as a person in either entity. His mind, body, and soul were obviously split in two, but which one of them is acting FOR Danny. Did “he” make the decision that turned him evil, or is “he” the normal 14-year-old boy the ghost half left behind? Plus, all that stuff Vlad said about “no more painful human emotions to drag you down” just make the grasping even less possible
@jacobgarrity6519 ай бұрын
Danny Phantom was my favorite character on television and I loved it so much since when I was a kid. I wish they made more episodes of it because it was way better than SpongeBob and Fairy odd parents. I wish they would have made a crossover with Kim Possible and Ben 10 and My life as a Teenage Robot and Jake Long.
@user-ks8kn4hx8qАй бұрын
Dan was originally supposed to return on the final episode and be the final villain
@Ccooper2874010 ай бұрын
Polymerization card activated, I fuse Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius together to form, Dark Danny, The Ultimate Enemy.
@thedelordhimselfgokublack10 ай бұрын
I always think Dark Danny let Vlad Masters live because Vlad Plasmius didn’t want him dead. Vlad ghost half was the only thing he had in his life. Unlike Phantom who was betrayed and discarded by Danny.
@CaptainCJ979 ай бұрын
Never got over how dark this how special was it's a good one tho
@DayronRodriguez8579 ай бұрын
Bro this was so dark for a kids tv show holy shit
@aizazkhan92810 ай бұрын
I still have this theory that danny never wanted this and vlad was doing an experiment on danny without his knowledge that went wrong and now he is telling a false story and merely helping again means redemption for that past deed.
@ameliawarfield563710 ай бұрын
Tragic story 😢.
@lunawolf628810 ай бұрын
Yeah Danny Phantom is my all time favorite show and part of my world
@ameliawarfield563710 ай бұрын
@@lunawolf6288 Mine, too.
@lunawolf628810 ай бұрын
@@ameliawarfield5637 :)
@cochiefemeralds361610 ай бұрын
Same here
@ameliawarfield563710 ай бұрын
@@cochiefemeralds3616 Glad to hear that.
@stephenking585210 ай бұрын
Okay, couple of questions: why did Danny’s ghost half attack Vlad, and why did he try to possess Vlad’s ghost half? These are random things that just happened out of nowhere.
@jamesjo204810 ай бұрын
The evil in Vlad’s ghost overwhelmed Danny’s ghost so that’s why human Danny was attacked but, the answer to your second question is idfk
@Miniperi.103210 ай бұрын
I think the separation process went backwards. Danny wanted Vlad to take aways his emotions to stop grieving, but the split caused the ghost half to come out with no feeling. So he was acting on self-preservation only, not caring the reason Vlad separated Danny from his ghost half.
@patrickzalatoris320610 ай бұрын
So his ghost half acted on instinct?
@stephenking585210 ай бұрын
@@jamesjo2048 I meant why did it attack Vlad. Sorry for not being specific.
@AncientBeast6510 ай бұрын
@@stephenking5852From what I understand, the ghost Danny possessed all negative traits, including his animosity against Vlad.
@sadaomaou142610 ай бұрын
Damn thats dark
@MattsGamblingSlots7 ай бұрын
I did wish Vlad was not made out to be a true villain in the series finale. He shoulve been more of an anti hero kind of figure. The Ultimate Enemy really shows Vlad's kind and caring side
@mariomaster8810 ай бұрын
So when you get right down to it, Dark Danny is basically an evil Garnet. 🤣
@GhostGuy9910 ай бұрын
Pretty much. The guy tried to possess Vlad, and somehow that caused Vlad to get absorbed instead of the other way around? I'd get it if Ghost Danny tried to absorb Ghost Vlad, and it'd make the transformation make more sense but...nope.
@dashien260510 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite Danny Phantom episodes!
@marvinm84467 ай бұрын
I like this scene of Danny Phantom 😊🔥💯😻.
@DestructiveDave190023 күн бұрын
RIP Vlad Masters (the VA)
@jordankrzywicki941210 ай бұрын
Basically he’s like Onslaught from Marvel comics
@f.dud410 ай бұрын
Also, The Maestro from Marvel Comics. An evil and older version of the Hulk. Defeated by his younger counterpart due to underestimating him.
@jordankrzywicki941210 ай бұрын
@@f.dud4 🤔
@calebsoria177710 ай бұрын
This reminds me of how vandal savage helped Superman to save earth
@Syryu10 ай бұрын
The funny/ironic thing about villians like that is once they finally get what they've wanted its never in a way that they expected. And then more often than not they have no idea what to do with themselves other than wither about in their regrets.
@Gothix106610 ай бұрын
This reminds me a lot of Zamasu and Black
@yeetnessthegreater12982 ай бұрын
Which makes no sense as to how it would. Probably because of the dark future setting
@milesdavisahead3 ай бұрын
The Joker was right all it takes is one bad day to turn to lunacy.
@Dedi-m5n3 ай бұрын
Did Danny became evil cos of his own greed or because of the evil ghost side of Vlad?
@milesdavisahead3 ай бұрын
@@Dedi-m5n sure it was a mixed emotions of anger and regret and also having Vlad’s evil ghost half didn’t help either
@MarinetteDupainCheng5649 ай бұрын
judging by how damaged Danny looks... Dark Danny might didn´t just killed him right away. But i guess "played" a little with him. And by how Vlad´s reaction... i guess, he heard Danny´s screams until it went silent, as Vlad escaped the mansion. And the last thing he saw, was the explosion and a devilsh laughter of Dark Danny.
@LunaMinuna10 ай бұрын
If I saw this as a kid I would have been traumatized
@jesusalvarado908610 ай бұрын
Dan Phantom is truly a vile villain in a saccharine show.
@thenoahitallАй бұрын
Real
@LuchoArtist10 ай бұрын
When chat noir gets akumatized
@greendude765010 ай бұрын
Me realizing I missed that part because I was so shocked at the time damn dude he actually killed his human self...
@mattgerrish9089 ай бұрын
1:24 Yes! Yes! Let the hate flow through you!
@user-su3hf7to5z16 күн бұрын
This is one of the darkest villain origins I've ever seen!
@user-zr6yn3kc5g3 ай бұрын
In Identity Crisis, Danny split his human and ghost halves using Fenton Ghost Catcher because he's sick of his responsibilities messing with his life, and he turned out fine.
@user-ks8kn4hx8qАй бұрын
This episode really taught us the real definition of "You your own worst enemy"
@keybladegames_real10 ай бұрын
After seeing this years later makes me question the entire thing. 1. How does removing the ghost get rid of human emotions? What was the plan? 2. So his ghost side was always evil? 3. Has Vlad or Danny ever tried to possess one another before? Even if they didn't how was he able to easily control his body? Can't ghosts be kicked out if the hosts will is strong enough? 4.How is possessing his ghost half cause them to merge? 5. Also how did Vlad survive but human Danny didn't?
@omarbrown376010 ай бұрын
I'll try to answer these best I can 1. It can be said that the negative emotions are multiple as a half ghost throughout the show Danny is shown to get stronger with negative emotions. So a ghost half any negative emotions is higher than a regular person. Plan was probably to remove his ghost half temporary so the emotions Danny felt wasn't as intense and also Danny didn't do anything he would have regretted later on and later merge the two back. 2. I wouldn't say evil I believe his half is power by negative feelings. And as someone once said awhile ago the ghost half might of felt rejected by Danny because it was going through the same emotion but now was rejected by it's last person he was pushed to the edged and found safety in Vlad ghost emotions. 2. Yes they have actually at least Danny had for Vlad but I believe not as a ghost but his human half. Also it's based on intention if you don't plan to fuse it won't happen. 4. This is just me but I believe it is based on intent just as being able to fly or go through things. They would have to want it. Ofc they have to be powerful enough too as we saw Danny was overwhelmed by Vlads ghost half but Danny goal was just to fuse not really caring if it was him or Vlad 5. It is said Dark Danny wanted someone to tell his story of how he came to be. But to me it is a mixture of Vlad Ghost half not wanting to hurt him and Danny knowing that Vlad is the last person that could remember the family he lost. As for his human half after being rejected and blaming himself he couldn't and wouldn't forgive himself for being weak and his human half reflects that
@GhostGuy9910 ай бұрын
I asked the same things and, while this was still a fantastic two-parter, wouldn't it have been smarter if Danny and Vlad's ghost halves ACTUALLY fused to make a whole new ghost that's much more powerful than both of them separately? Like, they're both ghost halves, so merging them together should've made a DBZ fusion of the two that threatens everything and everyone. Instead, Ghost Danny tried to posess Ghost Vlad, it backfired, Vlad's powers corrupted Danny and basically turned him evil, they treat Dark Danny as a darker reflection of the real Danny, and never once does Vlad's mannerisms or personality traits or even memories arise within Dark Danny.
@FlyingAce36910 ай бұрын
It seems like Danny is still in control of dark Danny, but gains vlad's former sadisticness to a degree
@montecristosmith23439 ай бұрын
@@omarbrown3760That threw me off when i first watched. This was the first time they treat the ghost "half" as a kind of separate persona like the Hulk right? I always saw the Danny Phantom transformation as just a powerup.
@omarbrown37608 ай бұрын
@@montecristosmith2343 yeah same never thought of him as a separate person and I figured it was the case for awhile but as he grew his ghost half did as will creating a more instinctive personality that only Danny human half unknowingly held back
@tylersmith94659 ай бұрын
Nice job
@angelwarrior48199 ай бұрын
Macabre to think that because of his negative emotions, Danny's ghost side became evil, separated from its bearer and even killed him, macabre and heavy if you think about it. Furthermore Vlad changed in this timeline After this tragedy and trying to help someone grieving and traumatized, this created a threat to the multiverse
@funnystuff5539 ай бұрын
The amount of screwed up stuff i saw as a kid and completely forgot about is crazy
@luis123717 күн бұрын
Rip Martin Mull the Voice of Vlad😢
@JackAttack710 ай бұрын
With all the money Vald had he could have just sent Danny to therapy and avoided all of this.
@CharlesSmith3653 ай бұрын
The one thing they never explained in this episode is how Sam, Tucker, Jazz, Jack, Maddie, and Mr Lancer ended up strapped to the boiler in the first place , who the hell was Danny fighting? How did his friends, family, and teacher end up in the middle of it?? How did he end up using so much energy that he wasn’t able to save them?
@user-uv2bj9mq7g3 ай бұрын
Well for those who’s saying why Danny’s ghost half was evil because he was fused with vlads evil half and he was mad that Danny removed him from his human half
@user-ds2rf9xt3f10 ай бұрын
這一集的幻影丹尼真非常黑暗
@enterthekyuubi5 ай бұрын
Is it weird that I think the story of Danny Phantom is an incredible parallel to Spiderman?
@majormccoy26596 күн бұрын
This is a unique and dark orgin story. It's really sad that Vlad was actually being nice and trying to help Danny out only to have things go disastrously wrong and Danny get killed by a horrible fusion of his and Danny's ghost halves.