History Fanfic / ThePhantomTwins

* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite being only minutes older, Danny is nonetheless shown to be rather protective of Dayla, often getting pissed if she's harmed in any way. Dayla at one point that to remind him in ''Maternal Instincts'' she can protect herself.

* EasterEgg: ''Driving Lessons'' has one in the form of a street called [[Creator/ButchHartman "Hartman Street"]]

* IHaveYourWife: To lure their younger selves to the docks for their final showdown, [[spoiler: Dan and Day Phantom]] kidnap Sam and Andrew and trap them in an old warehouse.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: The ''Danny's Final Hour'' and ''Saving Dayla'' chapters both involve one of the Phantoms trying to save the other before they succumb to their illnesses. They both succeed.

* TheGhost: Sojourn, the ghost who wrote the journal pages detailing the location of the Amulet of Kyba, is mentioned several times but does not appear at all in the series.

* IHaveYourWife: To lure their younger selves to the docks for their final showdown, [[Dan and Day Phantom]] kidnap Sam and Andrew and trap them in an old warehouse.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Just like her brother, Dayla is often the target of bullies, espicially Dash and Paulina, the latter often calling her things like "freak", "loser" and ripping up her sketchbook every time she comes out of art class.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: Danny and Dayla are fraternal twins who both have black hair, blue eyes, and even [[CoordinatedClothes dress in similar clothing.]] Downplayed since Dayla has longer hair, her clothes are [[RedGreenContrast green and black instead of red/blue]], and the main difference between their ghost forms is that Dayla's jumpsuit has a miniskirt.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: Danny and Dayla are fraternal twins who both have black hair, blue eyes, and even [[CoordinatedClothes dress in similar clothing.]] Downplayed since Dayla has longer hair, her clothes are [[RedGreenContrast green and black instead of red/blue.]], and the main difference between their ghost forms is that Dayla's jumpsuit has a miniskirt.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: Danny and Dayla are fraternal twins who both have black hair, blue eyes, and even [[CoordinatedClothes dress in similar clothing.]] The only differences are that Dayla has longer hair, and her clothes are [[RedGreenContrast green and black instead of red/blue.]] And the main difference between their ghost forms is that Dayla's jumpsuit has a miniskirt.

* BetaCouple: Dayla and Andrew are this to Danny and Sam. [[spoiler: Tucker and Valerie also become this to both later on.]]

* HalfIdenticalTwins: Danny and Dayla are fraternal twins who both have black hair, blue eyes, and even [[CoordinatedClothing dress in similar clothing.]] The only differences are that Dayla has longer hair, and her clothes are [[RedGreenContrast green and black instead of red/blue.]] And the main difference between their ghost forms is that Dayla's jumpsuit has a miniskirt.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: Danny and Dayla are fraternal twins who both have black hair, blue eyes, and even dress in similar clothing. The only differences are that Dayla has longer hair, and her clothes are [[RedGreenContrast green and black instead of red/blue.]] And the main difference between their ghost forms is that Dayla's jumpsuit has a miniskirt.

* AcademicAthlete: Dayla is a straight-A student at Casper High, and several chapter show that she's very fit and agile as well.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Danny and Dayla. Also, their clones, Danielle and Dale.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Vlad Plasmius, who ends up losing his ghost powers in the season four finale.
* BetaCouple: Dayla and Andrew are this to Danny and Sam. [[spoiler: Tucker and Valerie also become this to both later on.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite being only minutes older, Danny is nonetheless shown to be rather protective of Dayla, often getting pissed if she's harmed in any way. Dayla at one point that to remind him in ''Maternal Instincts'' she can protect herself.
* BigGood: Nova and Bergthora, who were named the Guardians of the Ghost Zone and faced off against Kyba.

* DisappearedDad: Andrew's father Arthur was a war veteran who was killed in the line of duty when he was 9 years old.

* HowWeGotHere: The beginning of ''Musical Mayhem'' has Paulina helping Danny and Dayla fight off Ember before going into a flashback seven weeks earlier and all the events leading to said fight.

** When the legend of the Amulet of Kyba is first told in ''A Bitter Return'', it describes Bergthora having sacrificed her life for her brother Nova who, in his despair defeated Kyba with a powerful blast. In part 1 of ''The Final Battle'', it is revealed that after she took the fatal hit, Bergthora transferred all of her power to Nova, who then summoned every ounce of his energy to destroy Kyba for good, but at the cost of dying shortly afterwards due to overexpenditure of his life force.

* OriginalCharacter: Dayla, Andrew Knight, [[spoiler: Day Phantom]] and Dale Fenton are characters all created by [=mikaela2015=] for this series.

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Amulets of Nova and Bergthora, which belonged to the eponymous Guardians of the Ghost Zone. [[spoiler: They are used to summon their spirits to revive Dayla after her DisneyDeath.]]

** Andrew's attire throughout the first three season is comprised of dark colors, but he's a NiceGuy.

* ProperlyParanoid: In ''Four Times the Trouble'', Danny and Dayla suspect there is something off about Dani and Dale's soon-to-be adoptive mother Selena Williams, as they feel a strange spectral aura whenever she's near them. Their suspicions are later confirmed when she turns out to be a ghost who steals energy from children to keep herself alive.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12115637/1/The-Phantom-Twins-Season-1

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12246947/1/The-Phantom-Twins-Season-2

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12355105/1/The-Phantom-Twins-Season-3

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12514960/1/The-Phantom-Twins-Season-4

* NotWorthKilling: In the ''Final Battle'' two-parter, Danny, devastated by [[spoiler: his sister's HeroicSacrifice]], dishes out a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Vlad and is about to finish him off for good. However, at the last minute he realizes that that would [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim make him no better than Vlad]] and chooses to [[spoiler: [[TakeAThirdOption strip him of his ghost powers instead.]]]]

* BeautifulSingingVoice: Days reveals that she can sing in ''The Trouble with Books'', and a few characters have commented InUniverse on how amazing her voice is.

* BullyTurnedBuddy: After the twins reveal their secret to the world at the end of season 3, most of the A-listers become genuine friends with them. Paulina takes longer, but she too eventually comes around.

* FireIceDuo: The twins become this once they gain fire powers in ''Playing with Fire and Ice''. It's also stated that they are the very first ghosts and half-ghosts to possess both an ice and fire core at the same time.

* TwoGirlsToATeam: Team Phantom initially has three guys: Danny, Tucker, Andrew; and two girls: Dayla and Sam. When Valerie joins in season 4, they become a GenderEqualEnsemble.