History Fanfic / DannyPhantomMistaken

* BigBadWannabe: Donovan Loadman is introduced as an even bigger arrogant jerk and worse AbhorrentAdmirer to Star than Dash Baxter and Kwan combined but her and Danny just consider him an annoying creep not worth their time that they're happy to ignore while at the country club then Sidney Poindexter humiliates him and his equally snobby friends Vivian and Theodore at the ball by exposing Loadman's GoofyPrintUnderwear and throwing smoothies on their heads so everyone will laugh at their embarrassment.

* BullyHunter: Deconstructed as this is what makes Poindexter enemies with Danny since he's under the mistaken assumption the ghost boy is a bully.
** At the end of "Mistaken", Poindexter gets back at Donovan and his stuck-up friends for harassing Danny and Star at the mall by exposing Donovan's GoofyPrintUnderwear, then dumping smoothies on his friends' heads, causing everyone to laugh at their humiliation.

* CharacterDevelopment: Poindexter drops his grudge with Danny and his misguided crusades against bullies to live a more peaceful and happy afterlife.

** Poindexter is usually against hurting women but makes a serious exception for Vivian in "Mistaken" by tossing smoothies on her and her snobby friends heads for harassing Star and Danny at the mall.

* EvilNerd: Downplayed and eventually subverted with Poindexter. He is an antagonist and huge nerd, but generally doesn't mean any harm and drops his feud with Danny after Star helps him realize he severely misjudged her boyfriend.

* HeelRealization: By the end, he realizes he's only been making himself miserable by clinging to the past while his former classmates have moved on and become happy with their lives. Thus, he buries the hatchet with Star and Danny, then decides to actually enjoy his afterlife in peace.

** Poindexter calls Ember out on being disgusted with him for not stoping Walker from taking the baby Pierre in "Protected" by pointing out she's done questionable things herself like making extremely unwanted advances to the boyfriend of said baby's older sister.
* HypocriteHasAPoint: While Ember doesn't deny Poindexter's point that she's hardly a moral person herself, she does resort that she at least doesn't let babies get kidnapped like how he allowed Walker to take the infant Pierre in "Protected".

** Poindexter calls Ember out on judging him for not helping the baby Pierre when Walker kidnapped him in "Protected" by pointing out she's hardly a paragon of virtue herself for harassing said baby's older sister's boyfriend. Ember doesn't deny it but she defends herself by claiming she wouldn't have let babies get taken from their homes.
* JerkassRealization: After Danny saves him from Skulker's rocket, Poindexter realizes he jumped to conclusions regarding him and that Danny isn't a bully.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Poindexter generally non-threatening but let's remember that he did steal Danny's body once and can use his powers to humiliate humans, like Donovan and his spoiled friends.

* PayEviluntoEvil: Poindexter punishes Donovan and his snobby friends for bullying Danny and Star at the mall by exposing Donovan's heart boxers then dropping smoothies are their heads so everyone will laugh at their humiliation.

* WouldHitAGirl: Poindexter doesn't approve of violence against women but is okay with flinging smoothies on the heads of Vivian and her stuck-up friends for bullying Danny and Star at the mall.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Poindexter doesn't like using violence against women.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even during her A-Lister days, Star found Donovan and his snobby friends too unpleasant to be around. The fact that he felt [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to be with her]] clearly didn't help.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Star calls out Poindexter's belief of standing up to bullies when he refused to hear Danny's side of the story, along with being too afraid to stop Walker from having Pierre kidnapped.

* UngratefulBastard: After Poindexter slips that Danny let him win their fight in "Splitting Images", Star is furious that he never even apologized for trying to steal Danny's life and still deems him a bully despite Danny helping Poindexter gain his ghostly classmates' respect.

** Donovan Loadman is correct that Kwan Li is an idiot and it doesn't make any sense why Star would date someone so stupid. Despite her absolute loathing toward Donovan, Star doesn't even bother trying to defend her ex-boyfriend from him.

** Donovan Loadman has a very low opinion of Kwan Li for being a "moronic football player who can't tell the difference between pigs in a blanket and actual pigs in a blanket", and wonders why Star would ever date someone that dumb (aside from jealousy, of course).

* {{Expy}}: According to the author, Donovan Loadman is based on Warren Lawford from the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE6TheTerribleTrio The Terrible Trio]]". And it shows, with both Donovan and Warren being elitist jerks that look down on others, the only difference being that Donovan does not become a criminal for kicks.

* TheAtoner: To atone for his mistakes and hypocrisy, Poindexter helps defeat Skulker, humiliates Donovan and his friends for harassing Danny and Star, and arranges for the couple to have a movie marathon since their date was interrupted. He also begins reevaluating his afterlife and promises to be more cautious when dealing with bullies in the future.

* PetTheDog: Poindexter apologizes to Danny for everything he did and accepts that Star is Danny's girlfriend. Later, he comes to the couple's defense when they're being harassed by Donovan, Theodore, and Vivian at the mall by humiliating the trio so they'll run away embarrassed.

* TookALevelInKindess: Poindexter drops his misplaced grudge against Danny after being saved by him and Star setting him straight. He even protects the couple from Donovan Loadman by humiliating the SpoiledBrat and his snobby friends at the mall.

** Downplayed with Theodore. He briefly flirts with Star at the country club but she instantly shuts him down.

* EntitledToHaveYou: Donovan Loadman quickly establishes himself as an even worse AbhorrentAdmirer to Star than Dash or Kwan by being an elitist jerk who harasses her at every opportunity while not caring that she blatantly hates his guts or is already in a happy relationship with her boyfriend Danny.

* HisOwnWorstEnemy: After learning how much Stacy changed, Poindexter begins to realize how he has spent decades as his own prisoner due to his single-minded obsession with taking down bullies to deal with having been a victim, to the point that his afterlife is a visage of his school while his peers have long since moved on.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even Vivian and Theodore join in on laughing at and mocking Donovan when Poindexter pulls his pants down at the mall. Until the ghost spills smoothies on them.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even Vivian and Theodore join in on laughing at and mocking Donovan when Poindexter pulls his pants down to expose his GoofyPrintUnderwear at the mall.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Unlike in canon, Poindexter eventually makes amends with Danny by apologizing to him for what he did in "Splitting Images" after realizing he was wrong about Danny being a bully. He even helps Danny and Star deal with the obnoxious Donovan Loadman by humiliating him at the mall. He later becomes allies with Team Phantom.

* AssholeVictim: Poindexter completely humiliates Donovan and his spoiled friends at the mall by pulling his pants down then dumping smoothies on their heads.

** Star doesn't waste any time on calling Poindexter out for being a huge jerk to Danny without even hearing his side of the story and despite all the good he's done.
** Star is very open about her disdain for Donovan Loadman.

** Star finds Donovan Loadman even more annoying and obnoxious than Dash Baxter ever was because of his elitism and Entitled to Have You attitude towards her.
** Theodore thinks he's being suave when bragging about his physique and class to Star but she makes it clear she's just repulsed by him.

** Donovan Loadman has a very low opinion of Kwan Li for being a "moron football player who can't tell the difference between pigs in a blanket and actual pigs in a blanket", and wonders why Star would ever date someone that dumb (aside from jealousy of course).

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Poindexter pantses Donovan Loadman at the mall when he harasses Star and Danny to make everyone laugh at his boxers with hearts.

* HeelFaceTurn: After realizing how much of a jerk he's been to Danny when Star spells it out and Danny saves his life, Poindexter apologizes and makes peace with Team Phantom.

** Donovan Loadman is correct that Kwan Li is an idiot and that doesn't make any sense why Star would date someone so stupid. Despite her absolute loathing toward Donovan, Star doesn't even bother trying to defend her ex-boyfriend from her.

* PetTheDog: Poindexter apologizes to Danny for everything he did and accepts that Star is his girlfriend then later he comes to their defense when they're being harassed by Donovan Loadman and his snobby at the mall by humiliating them so they'll run away embarrassed.

* RichBastard: Donovan Loadman is just as much of an elitist snob and Abhorrent Admirer as Colette given his rude, possessive, and sexist behavior toward Star, with his stuck-up friends Vivian and Theodore being pretty close to his level.

* SpoiledBrat: Donovan is just as much of an overly pampered pest as Colette and his two snobby friends Vivian and Theodore are almost as bad as him. His rude, sexist, and possessive attitude towards Star makes him even more unbearable for her to deal with than Dash and Kwan combined.

* TookALevelInKindess: Poindexter drops his misplaced grudge against Danny after being saved by him and Star setting him straight. He even protects the couple from Donovan Loadman by humiliating the Spoiled Brat and his snobby friends at the mall.
* UngratefulBastard: After Poindexter slips that Danny let him win their fight in "[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E5SplittingImages Splitting Images]]", Star is furious that he never even apologized for trying to steal Danny's life and still deems him a bully despite Danny helping Poindexter gain his ghostly classmates' respect.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Poindexter eventually makes peace with Danny by apologizing to him for what he did in "Splitting Images" after realizing he was wrong about Danny being a bully. He even helps Danny and Star deal with the obnoxious Donovan Loadman by humiliating him at the mall.

* BrutalHonesty: Star is very open about her disdain for Donovan Loadman.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ember is appalled to learn Poindexter did nothing to stop Walker from kidnapping a baby. However, Poindexter himself calls out Ember's sudden moral compass as she had no problem making unwanted advances towards said baby's older sister's boyfriend. Ember defends herself by stating she wouldn't have let babies get taken from their homes.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Poindexter tells Star that the term "Halfa" was not meant to describe half-ghosts, but an alias he made for Danny, akin to calling Batman the "Caped Crusader", and that it somehow became a term everyone accepted as the official term. This can be seen as a reference to how the term was only present in one episode of the series that ended being accepted by most of the fandom as the official term, when it was made to describe Danny specifically because he's "half a boy and half a ghost".

* HeelFaceTurn: After realizing how much of a jerk he's been to Danny after Star spells it out and Danny saves his life, Poindexter apologizes and makes peace with Team Phantom.

* BrutalHonesty: Star is very open about her disdain for her Abhorrent Admirer Donovan Loadman.

* EntitledToHaveYou: Donovan Loadman quickly establishes himself as an even worse AbhorrentAdmirer to Star than Dash or Kwan by being an elitist je-rk who harasses her at every opportunity while not caring that she blatantly hates his guts or is already in a happy relationship with her boyfriend Danny.

* HeelFaceTurn: After realizing how much of a je-rk he's been to Danny when Star spells it out, Poindexter apologizes and makes peace with Team Phantom.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Poindexter admits to Star it was only cause of a fluke that he managed to steal Danny's body the first time and its unlikely that it'll work a second time since Danny is stronger now.

* RejectedApology: Downplayed, as Star and Danny don't accept Poindexter's apology but don't reject it either so instead they're giving him the chance to earn their forgiveness.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Poindexter admits to Star that even he doesn't know how he was able to steal Danny's body, but he's certain that it likely wouldn't work again if he tried it a second time.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14014444/1/ Mistaken]]'' is the eleventh story in ''Stranded''. Poindexter, under the belief Star is the reincarnation of a former crush of his, abducts her.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14014444/1/ Mistaken]]'' is another sequel to ''[[Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded "Stranded"]]''. Poindexter, under the belief Star is the reincarnation of a former crush of his, abducts her.