History FanFic / FacingTheFutureSeries

* RemovedAchilliesHeel: One of the benefits of Skulker's armor being upgraded by Technus is that he's now immune to Tucker hacking into his operating system.

** One of the benefits of Skulker's new armor is that he's now immune to Tucker hacking into his operating system.

* BroughtDownToBadass: In ''Ancient History'', this basically applies to [[spoiler:Ghost Tucker, who was far superior to Danny when he initially manifested but has considerable trouble when he retruns. Danny speculates that this is because the wish that created Ghost Tucker specified that he be "the most powerful ghost boy", which only applied when Tucker was half-ghost and now Ghost Tucker is a pure ghost and separate entity. However, Ghost Tucker's knowledge of Tucker is still dangerous, and he has enough power to be a threat in his own right]].

* [[RichBitch Rich Brat]]: Victoria of Elm Street Middle School. Nice girl invites you to a party? Let's dump glue on her. Unsurprisingly she becomes [[spoiler: Danielle's rival, not to mention her target when she starts using her ghost powers on the school bullies.]]

* VillainTeamUp: Multiple times. First, a group of Danny's enemies teamed up to capture him in ''Strength In Numbers'', then again in ''Bad Breakup'' to break up Danny and Sam, followed by Skulker and Technus joining forces to form [=SkulkTech=] in ''Pairing Off'', and most recently [[spoiler: Hotep-Ra worked with Tucker's former ghost half in ''Ancient History'']].

** [[spoiler: She]] has also developed a liking for apples [[spoiler: due to living off fruit stands for the past few months]].

* {{Sidekick Glass Ceiling}}/{{Sidekick Graduations Stick}}: Sam upgrades to Danny's full-fledged partner after her own ghostly transformation.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After the events of "Stolen Years" in which Danny and Sam were temporarily turned into toddlers, they made Tucker promise not to show the picture he had taken of them. He ends up showing it Valerie at the beginning of "Laws of Attraction", and despite him telling her not to let them know, Valerie ends up being unable to contain her laughter the moment she sees Danny and Sam.

* BrokenPedestal: Jack’s opinion of the GIW falls fast in “Stolen Years” after they attack his family.

* BrutishBull: In the opening of ''Trial By Fire'', Danny and Sam del with a ghost bull that's rampaging through the city, with Sam lampshading they were about due for one. It combines with OurMinotaursAreDifferent when it stands on two legs and transforms its front legs into arms.

* InterspeciesRomance: Subverted. Unlike other stories that would count due Danny being half-ghost while Sam is human, here Sam is a ghost hybrid as well, making them both the same species.

* ALoadOfBull: In the opening of ''Trial By Fire'', Danny and Sam fight a ghost bull that can transform into a Minotaur. Sam even lampshades that they were due for one.

* BullyHunter: [[spoiler: Danielle]], briefly after getting mad at the bullies at the junior high.

* MundaneSolution: In ''What She Wants'', Jazz figures a quick way to beat Desiree during a fight with Danny and Sam: ''Make a wish that she couldn't attack them.'' It's Lampshaded when Jazz won't stop giving Danny grief about it.

* VillainousGentrification: In "Overheated, [[spoiler: Frank Townsend, one of Tucker's political rivals, plans to demolish an old salvage yard as part of his plans to develop Amity Park. This is what leads to Burner, the ghost of a teenager who lived there, to violently resist the attempt to demolish it]].

* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: In "Laws of Attraction", Danny and Dash sneak into Walker's prison in order to rescue a captured Sam and Paulina, who had managed to get out of the cells thanks to Sam's powers. However, when Bullet reports Sam's ghost status, it leads to Walker sounding the alarm, forcing the party to bolt immediately, with Green Kid and Goliath in tow. Unfortunately, they end up hitting an electrified forcefield and crash into the prison yard where they end up surrounded by Walker's army. [[spoiler:Fortunately, the rest of Team Phantom arrives to back them up]].

* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: This is the effect of [[spoiler:Future Sam's alternate ghost form]].

* OriginalFlavour: The series is one of the few that maintains the show's balance of action and comedy. In fact, many feel that it's the way Butch Hartman himself would do a fourth season.

* WhamLine: From ''A Family Thing'':

* PossessionEqualsMastery: Subverted. Having seen Danny do it dozens of times, Sam figured she'd be an InstantExpert when she first got her powers. Unfortunately, she discovers she had the same PowerIncontinence issues had at first, requiring her to spend her first few hours being trained [[spoiler:by her future self]].

* PossessionMeansMastery: Subverted. Having seen Danny do it dozens of times, Sam figured she'd be an InstantExpert when she first got her powers. Unfortunately, she discovers she had the same PowerIncontinence issues had at first, requiring her to spend her first few hours being trained [[spoiler:by her future self]].

* [[PowersInTheFirstEpisode Powers In The First Fic]]: Sam in the first fic of the series.

** In ''Facing The Future'', Jack attempted to blast [[spoiler: Future Danny]] with his new Ecto-Bondo weapon. It ends up wrecking the lab and trapping him, Maddie, and Jazz.

* PainToTheAss: In "Stolen Years", Jack experiences this courtesy of a Ghost Ray Little Danny fired.