History Awesome / DannyPhantom

* A pretty awesome one very early in the series: In the episode where Skulker made his debut, Danny finally beats him... by recruiting the purple-backed gorilla in the zoo. What makes this awesome was that at fourteen, he managed to learn how to communicate with with Samson/Delilah well enough for the gorilla to beat on Skulker. A pretty awesome sign tht Danny is quite crafty and capable.

* Also, in "My Brother's Keeper," giving Spectra a "second opinion" on the BreakingSpeech she just gave by shooting her in the face with an anti-ghost super weapon. Jazz is a wonderful big sister.

** The delivery of that line is a MomentOfAwesome for David Kaufman, Danny's voice actor. Man, can he yell.

* Driving Danny to ultimately blackmail him in his first episode, achieving his goal of giving the boy a taste of [[NotSoDifferent his own darkness]] -- one that has its own MythArc, his ''entire first appearance'' is one MomentOfAwesome.

* Though usually falling into the role of BumblingDad, Jack Fenton got his MomentOfAwesome in the episode "The Million Dollar Ghost" by single-handedly beating up Vlad Plasmius and tossing him into the Ghost Zone

** Let's face it, Clockwork is a living MomentOfAwesome. Everything he says and does is awesome. He's not an EnsembleDarkhorse for nothing.

* Any time Danny invokes WhyDontYaJustShootHim and fires the Thermos at a ghost after a display made to make them look badass. Doubles with [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]].

** Which doubled as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

** Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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--->'''Vlad''': I tell you this because I've seen your grades, and I know how you're bad at math. These are my latest experiments. What do you think? Oh, that's right. Who ''cares'' what you think? I'll give you five minutes before I send my minions to destroy you. The clock's ticking, Danny...on you and your father. '''Run.''' ''*Danny takes off*'' Get him! ''*ghost animal mooks go after Danny*'' [[SarcasmMode 5 minutes, 5 seconds, Oh, apparently]] ''[[SarcasmMode I'm]]'' [[SarcasmMode bad at math too.]] '' *cue his evil grin* ''

--->'''Vlad''': I tell you this because I've seen your grades, and I know how you're bad at math. These are my latest experiments. What do you think? Oh, that's right. Who ''cares'' what you think? I'll give you five minutes before I send my minions to destroy you. The clock's ticking, Danny...on you and your father. '''Run.''' ''*Danny takes off* '' Get him! ''*ghost animal mooks go after Danny* '' [[SarcasmMode 5 minutes, 5 seconds, Oh, apparently ''[[SarcasmMode I'm]]'' [[SarcasmMode bad at math too.]]'' *cue his evil grin* ''

--->'''Vlad''': I tell you this because I've seen your grades, and I know how you're bad at math. These are my latest experiments. What do you think? Oh, that's right. Who ''cares'' what you think? I'll give you five minutes before I send my minions to destroy you. The clock's ticking, Danny...on you and your father. '''Run.''' ''* Danny takes off* '' Get him! ''* ghost animal mooks go after Danny* '' [[SarcasmMode 5 minutes, 5 seconds, Oh, apparently ''I'm'' bad at math too.]]''* cue his evil grin* ''

-->'''Vlad''': What? That I used two fourteen-year-old pawns to turn a knight and topple a king? It's chess, Daniel. Of course you don't understand. But then again you never really did.

-->'''Vlad:''' Even though the apology is a welcome departure from your usual childish arrogance, it belies a greater truth: you had this coming! Trust me when I tell you that your life has just begun to become a relentless nightmare beyond your feeble imagination! And one thing further: when I said this place was off limits to teens,that includes ghost teens!

* While Danny's first two confrontations with Walker in "Prisoners of Love" and "Public Enemies" proved incredibly exhausting and overwhelming for him (with Walker's influence in the second episode helping to damage Danny's reputation in Amity Park for a long while afterward), by "Claws of the Wild", Danny has gained enough experience and prowess in his ghost-fighting to face Walker in a much more assertive manner, frequently taunting Walker to boot. It culminates in their final confrontation, where an agitated Danny throws Walker's hypocritical sense of moral superiority back in his face.

--> '''Dark Danny:''' "Hahaha! I ''am'' your boy! What kind of parents are you anyway? The world's leading paranormal experts and you couldn't figure out your own ''son'' was half ghost! ''Hello'', Danny Fenton. Danny ''Phantom''. Ever notice the similarities? Jazz did."

--->'''Vlad''': I tell you this because I've seen your grades, and know how bad you are at math. I'll give you a five minute head start. The clock is ticking Daniel...on you and your father. '''Run.''' ''* Danny takes off* '' Get him! ''* ghost animal mooks go after Danny* '' [[SarcasmMode 5 minutes, 5 seconds, Oh, apparently ''I'm'' bad at math too.]]''* cue his evil grin* ''
* After Jazz discovers Vlad's secret lab, she does a victory dance. Cue an angry Vlad Masters who silently crosses his arms until Jazz bumps into him during her moonwalk, knowing full well that Jazz was up to no good no matter how much compliments she throws at him. It was just another crowning moment of magnificent bastardy. Then he brilliantly pits her with her brother, which leads to...

'''Danny:''' No, I'm not. My parents will accept ''me'', no matter what. But if I expose ''you''... well, what would ''my mom'' think of you?\\

'''Vlad:''' Using your opponent's weaknesses against him. I am teaching you something after all.

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* What? No love for when Danny fights Johnny 13, in his first appearance as a antagonist for Danny? I mean Johnny tried to use Jazz as a vessel for his girlfriend Kitty to take control of the whole episode... not on his watch! Nobody messes around with his sister! Danny kicked his butt hard, then sucked him into the Fenton Thermos. "Better luck next time. But next time...[[BigBrotherInstinct Stay away from my sister]]."

'''Vlad:''' (''Has a look on his face that clearly says, ''[[OhCrap "Oh Fudge Buckets, you're NOT bluffing, are you?"]]'')\\

'''Vlad:''' (''Has a look on his face that clearly says, ''[[OhCrap "Oh Fudge Buckets, you're NOT bluffing, are you?"]]'''')\\

--> '''Dan''': [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHAHAHAAA]]! Oh, you are ''such'' a ''child!'' You ''promised''?
--> '''Danny''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Yes! I! PROMISED!!!]] ''(unleashes Ghostly Wail)''
--> '''Dan''': That power, agh! It's not possible! [[StableTimeLoop I don't get that power until ten years from now]]!
--> '''Danny''': [[ScrewDestiny I guess... the future... isn't as set in stone as you think it is]]! ''(unleashes Ghostly Wail again, slamming Dan through a building)''

** Then there's him and the motorcycle.

** On a meta-level, the Ghostly Wail power as a whole. Think about it. All the "classic" spooky things have something about them that is timeless, something that we can see and instantly make the connection. Werewolves howl, vampires turn into bats, Frankenstein's' Monster is a zombie, i.e. SOMETHING that no matter what medium or genre, is something that you can reliable come to expect and say "Hey, that's a (X) or (Y) or (Z)!" So then you think of a ghost, what would a classic ghost do? They say: "[=OOOoooOOOooohhh=]!" when they make their presence known. Here we have a series that has ghosts and other spectral powers as a main part of the setting. What's the most powerful ghost power? It's the one that is timeless, the FIRST ghost power, the one thing that identifies something as a ghost right when you hear it.

** Box Ghost in the Pandora's box episode. In this episode, the guy who couldn't beat Danny even if Danny wasn't aware he was battling him became one of Danny's hardest enemies to defeat and by the end of the episode is finally feared and gets his own wanted poster.

** On a meta-level, the Ghostly Wail power as a whole. Think about it. All the "classic" spooky things have something about them that is timeless, something that we can see and instantly make the connection. Werewolves howl, vampires turn into bats, Frankenstein's' Monster is a zombie, i.e. SOMETHING that no matter what medium or genre, is something that you can reliable come to expect and say "Hey, that's a (X) or (Y) or (Z)!" So then you think of a ghost, what would a classic ghost do? They say: "OOOoooOOOooohhh!" when they make their presence known. Here we have a series that has ghosts and other spectral powers as a main part of the setting. What's the most powerful ghost power? It's the one that is timeless, the FIRST ghost power, the one thing that identifies something as a ghost right when you hear it.

* Danny inside the Ecto-Suit, a Fenton gear that magnifies the user's abilities 100-fold. Simply put, Danny + Suit + Ecto Ray = {{Big Damn Explosion}}s.

--> '''Paulina''': Go get him Invisobill!

** On a meta-level, the Ghostly Wail power as a whole. Think about it. All the "classic" spooky things have something about them that is timeless, something that we can see and instantly make the connection. Werewolves howl, vampires turn into bats, Frankenstein's' Monster is a zombie, i.e. SOMETHING that no matter what medium or genre, is something that you can reliable come to expect and say "Hey, that's a (X) or (Y) or (Z)!"
** So then you think of a ghost, what would a classic ghost do? They say: "OOOoooOOOooohhh!" when they make their presence known.
** Here we have a series that has ghosts and other spectral powers as a main part of the setting. What's the most powerful ghost power?
** It's the one that is timeless, the FIRST ghost power, the one thing that identifies something as a ghost right when you hear it.