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* CantCatchUp: Danny is no match for an enemy who has the same powers he does, and has had them for twenty years. He only gets Vlad to back off for the episode by threatening to expose both of them.



* RealityEnsues: Danny is no match for an enemy who has the same powers he does, and has had them for twenty years. He only gets Vlad to back off for the episode by threatening to expose both of them.

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* AnAesop: Danny tries to invoke one to cheer up Jack, that it's not who he and his friends were then, but what they made of themselves today.



* AnAesop: Danny tries to invoke one to cheer up Jack, that it's not who he and his friends were then, but what they made of themselves today.
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* TruthInTelevision: The Green Bay Packers are indeed owned by the City of Green Bay and are impossible to buy.
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Jazz learns that Vlad is a Green Bay Packers fan, she asks why he doesn't just by the team instead of a bunch of memorabilia. Vlad angrily replies that the city of Green Bay stubbornly refuses to sell the Packers to him.

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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Jazz learns that Vlad is a Green Bay Packers fan, she asks why he doesn't just by buy the team instead of a bunch of memorabilia. Vlad angrily replies that the city of Green Bay stubbornly refuses to sell the Packers to him.

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* ChekhovsGunman: The Wisconsin Dairy King, though it's implied at first that Vlad made him up so that Jack would stay at his castle long enough for Vlad to kill him.

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* ChekhovsGunman: The Wisconsin Dairy King, though it's implied at first that Vlad [[AccidentalTruth made him up up]] so that Jack would stay at his castle long enough for Vlad to kill him.



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife and son and won't until the very end of the series.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife and son and won't until [[WesternAnimation/PhantomPlanet the very end of the series.series]].



* PlotHole: How did Danny learned Vlad's ghost name was Plasmius before he even mentioned it?



* RealityEnsues: Danny is no match for an enemy who has the same powers he does, and has had them for twenty years. He only gets Vlad to back for the episode by threatening to expose both of them.

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* RealityEnsues: Danny is no match for an enemy who has the same powers he does, and has had them for twenty years. He only gets Vlad to back off for the episode by threatening to expose both of them.



* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Jazz learns that Vlad is a Green Bay Packers fan, she asks why he doesn't just by the team instead of a bunch of memorabilia. Vlad angrily replies that the city of Green Bay stubbornly refuses to sell the Packers to him.



* ToiletHumor: Danny tells the ghost vultures at the beginning to not crap on any windshields. So what do they do? Crap on Danny's head instead.

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* ToiletHumor: Danny tells the ghost vultures at the beginning to not crap leave any droppings on any windshields. So what do they do? Crap Drop one on Danny's head instead.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife and son and won’t until the very end of the series.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife and son and won’t won't until the very end of the series.series.
* MidSeasonTwist: First appearance of Vlad Plasmius.



* RealAfterAll: It turns out Vlad wasn’t lying about the Dairy King’s ghost – who knew?

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* RealAfterAll: It turns out Vlad wasn’t lying about the Dairy King’s King's ghost – who knew?



* WeCanRuleTogether: Upon learning that Danny is also part-ghost, Vlad tries to make this proposition.

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* WeCanRuleTogether: Upon learning that Danny is also part-ghost, Vlad tries to make this proposition. Naturally, Danny refuses.
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* AffablyEvil: Subverted. Skulker has this brief moment with Danny before going right back to intimidating him.
-->'''Skulker:''' (''holds a green glowing arm blade up to Danny's throat'')\\
'''Danny''': (''[[OhCrap nervous laughter]]'') Uh, the glowing blade is new.\\
'''Skulker''': (''cheerfully'') You like it? I've had some upgrades!
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Still in his dad’s body, Danny sends Maddie back to the RV to check on Harriet while he takes care of the ghost. Based on what he knows about Vlad, there’s only one way he can think of to stop him. He tells Vlad to give up, or he’ll go ahead and expose them both right now. Vlad thinks he’s bluffing, but Danny makes him see why it’s not an empty threat: "My parents will accept me, no matter what, but if I expose ''you''... well, what would my mom think of you? You’ll be miserable and alone for the rest of your life unless you call a truce."

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Still in his dad’s body, Danny sends Maddie back to the RV to check on Harriet while he takes care of the ghost. Based on what he knows about Vlad, there’s only one way he can think of to stop him. He tells Vlad to give up, or he’ll go ahead and expose them both right now. Vlad thinks he’s bluffing, but Danny makes him see why it’s not an empty threat: "My parents will accept me, no matter what, but what! But if I expose ''you''... [[ArmorPiercingQuestion well, what would would]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion my mom Mom]]'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion think of you? you?]] You’ll be miserable and alone for the rest of your life unless you call a truce."
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Danny, while overshadowing Jack, gives one to Vlad when he threatens that he’ll expose the both of them unless Vlad agrees to a truce.
--> '''Vlad:''' You're ''bluffing''.\\
'''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:''' (''Has a look on his face that clearly says,'' ''[[OhCrap "Oh Fudge Buckets, you're NOT bluffing, are you?"]]'')
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The seventh episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', and widely considered to be the point when the show [[GrowingTheBeard Grew The Beard]] and one of the two best episodes of the series.

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-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler:I can’t believe they fired Harry.]]
-->'''Jazz:''' [[spoiler:Of course they fired her. She tried to file some crackpot story about ghosts.]]

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-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler:I I can’t believe they fired Harry.]]
Harry.
-->'''Jazz:''' [[spoiler:Of Of course they fired her. She tried to file some crackpot story about ghosts.]]



* GoingForTheBigScoop: Harriet, a reporter for the ''Milwaukee Journal'', is thrilled to have found a great story about ghosts and ghost hunters at her college reunion... [[spoiler:which gets her fired.]]

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* GoingForTheBigScoop: Harriet, a reporter for the ''Milwaukee Journal'', is thrilled to have found a great story about ghosts and ghost hunters at her college reunion... [[spoiler:which reunion… which gets her fired.]]



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife and son [[spoiler:and won’t until the very end of the series.]]

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife and son [[spoiler:and and won’t until the very end of the series.]]



* PlotParallel: Fans of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', which aired at the same time, found this StoryArc very familiar.

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* CurbStompBattle: Danny is no match for Vlad.



* EsotericHappyEnding: Sure, Danny saves his parents, but he’s also introduced to his own dark side when Vlad manages to force him to stoop to his own level to beat him. As far as Vlad’s concerned, TheBadGuyWins.


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* GracefulLoser: When Danny threatens to expose him and Vlad, Vlad backs off and praises him for exploiting his enemy's weakness.


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* RealityEnsues: Danny is no match for an enemy who has the same powers he does, and has had them for twenty years. He only gets Vlad to back for the episode by threatening to expose both of them.
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* FictionalEarth: Harriet mentions she covered a guerilla uprising in a place called "Rumackistan". This appears to be a fictional country set in Danny's universe, as there is no real world location by that name.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Dairy King. Despite that Vlad lives in what was once his home, he's never seen again. We don't even know what happened to him after the final fate of the mansion in season 3.

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* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Jazz warns Danny not to press ANY buttons in their parents’ RV. (He doesn’t listen.)

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* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Jazz warns Danny not to press ANY buttons in their parents’ RV. (He doesn’t listen.)listen and Jazz ends up getting green slime splattered on her face again).
-->'''Jazz''': [[TranquilFury I'll get you for this.]]
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* AnAesop: Danny tries to invoke one to cheer up Jack, that it's not who he and his friends were then, but what they made of themselves today.



* TemptingFate: Harriet thought reporting news about the ghost happenings at Vlad's mansion would boost her career. According to a [[GilliganCut cut scene]], she was fired.



* YoureInsane: "Dude, you are one ''seriously'' crazed-up fruit loop."

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* YoureInsane: "Dude, you are one ''seriously'' crazed-up fruit loop.""
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In contrast to the villain Vlad has become, Danny lauds Jack as an awesome ghost-hunter, a decent father, and an all around good person.
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* ((Foreshadowing}}: Vlad's college accident being similar to the one Danny had when he got his ghost powers is no coincidence.

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* ((Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}: Vlad's college accident being similar to the one Danny had when he got his ghost powers is no coincidence.
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* ((Foreshadowing}}: Vlad's college accident being similar to the one Danny had when he got his ghost powers is no coincidence.
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* NewSuperPower: After seeing Vlad do it, Danny learns how to create [[BarrierWarrior ecto-shields]] of his own in this episode.


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* NoSell: Vlad, as a half-ghost, doesn't trigger Danny's ghost sense.


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* ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou: Unlike most heroes, Danny ''doesn't'' smugly assume the vultures were afraid of him and wonders why they flew off so fast (before he learns Vlad was behind him).
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* AlwaysNight: Almost the entire episode, including all fight scenes, takes place at night.
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* ToiletHumor: Danny tells the ghost vultures at the beginning to not crap on any windshields. So what do they do? Crap on Danny's head instead.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife [[spoiler:and won’t until the very end of the series.]]

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife and son [[spoiler:and won’t until the very end of the series.]]

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* NotSoDifferent: Vlad attempts to use this on Danny as an incentive to [[WeCanRuleTogether join forces with him]]. Of course, Danny refuses with good reasons.



* WeCanRuleTogether:

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* WeCanRuleTogether:WeCanRuleTogether: Upon learning that Danny is also part-ghost, Vlad tries to make this proposition.
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* ChekhovsGunman: The Wisconsin Dairy King.

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* ChekhovsGunman: The Wisconsin Dairy King.King, though it's implied at first that Vlad made him up so that Jack would stay at his castle long enough for Vlad to kill him.
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* AbsenteeActor: The only episode Sam and Tucker do not appear, not even a brief mention.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The first time this is subverted: The Dairy King's ghost lets Danny out of the cube.
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* NeverMyFault: Jazz blames Danny for being cramped in the Fenton RV for four days even though it only happened because of her comment.
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Plasmius knows more than his name, too – he phases through the wall into the next room, where Danny follows him, and taunts him about he uses his powers to protect people, asking him why he doesn’t try sucking him into his thermos like he always does. Danny tries to say he doesn’t want to fight, only to be blasted across the room. He fires back, but Plasmius, unimpressed, raises a shield that easily deflects his attacks. Once Danny gives up on that, he gets another surprise when Plasmius, continuing to tease him about his inexperience, splits into four clones of himself, surrounding him. They all blast him at once, and Danny screams in pain as he falls to the ground.

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Plasmius knows more than his name, too – he phases through the wall into the next room, where Danny follows him, and taunts him about how he uses his powers to protect people, asking him why he doesn’t try sucking him into his thermos like he always does. Danny tries to say he doesn’t want to fight, only to be blasted across the room. He fires back, but Plasmius, unimpressed, raises a shield that easily deflects his attacks. Once Danny gives up on that, he gets another surprise when Plasmius, continuing to tease him about his inexperience, splits into four clones of himself, surrounding him. They all blast him at once, and Danny screams in pain as he falls to the ground.

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The seventh episode of ‘’WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom’’, and widely considered to be the point when the show [[GrowingTheBeard Grew The Beard]] and one of the two best episodes of the series.

The episode starts with Danny speeding home one night on his scooter, glad to be home before curfew for once without being held up by any ghost attacks. Faster than you can say “TemptingFate,” his [[SpiderSense ghost sense]] goes off as he looks up to see three ghost vultures flying in and out of several houses as if they’re looking for something. So much for being on time... “Going ghost!”

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The seventh episode of ‘’WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom’’, ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', and widely considered to be the point when the show [[GrowingTheBeard Grew The Beard]] and one of the two best episodes of the series.

The episode starts with Danny speeding home one night on his scooter, glad to be home before curfew for once without being held up by any ghost attacks. Faster than you can say “TemptingFate,” "TemptingFate," his [[SpiderSense ghost sense]] goes off as he looks up to see three ghost vultures flying in and out of several houses as if they’re looking for something. So much for being on time... “Going ghost!”
"Going ghost!"



They make the trip in the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle – an RV loaded with so many ghost weapons that Danny accidentally zaps several innocent birds and covers Jazz in ectoplasmic goo just by trying to open the window. (Jazz is also kind enough to inform us that, [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield wherever Amity Park is]], it’s a four day drive from Madison, Wisconsin.) Jack stops for the night to exposite about his old friend, roommate, and research partner from college, Vlad Masters, who’s since become a famous billionaire. Apparently, Vlad, Jack, and Maddie were ThreeAmigos in college twenty years ago; according to Jack, they were best friends who did everything together... until the day the aspiring ghost hunters completed their first attempt at a portal into “the ghost dimension.” Vlad, who insisted it wouldn’t work, was standing near it when Maddie discovered the calculations weren’t right, just as Jack fired it up for the first time. Sure enough, there was an explosion, and Vlad took the full force of an ecto-energy blast to the face. When it was over, his face was covered with “ecto-acne,” which sent him to the hospital for years and pretty much ended their friendship. Even though they haven’t spoken since that accident, Jack’s confident his old friend will have forgiven him after twenty years. Danny, however, looks uneasy about the eerily-familiar story...

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They make the trip in the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle – an RV loaded with so many ghost weapons that Danny accidentally zaps several innocent birds and covers Jazz in ectoplasmic goo just by trying to open the window. (Jazz is also kind enough to inform us that, [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield wherever Amity Park is]], it’s a four day drive from Madison, Wisconsin.) Jack stops for the night to exposite about his old friend, roommate, and research partner from college, Vlad Masters, who’s since become a famous billionaire. Apparently, Vlad, Jack, and Maddie were ThreeAmigos in college twenty years ago; according to Jack, they were best friends who did everything together... until the day the aspiring ghost hunters completed their first attempt at a portal into “the "the ghost dimension." Vlad, who insisted it wouldn’t work, was standing near it when Maddie discovered the calculations weren’t right, just as Jack fired it up for the first time. Sure enough, there was an explosion, and Vlad took the full force of an ecto-energy blast to the face. When it was over, his face was covered with “ecto-acne,” "ecto-acne," which sent him to the hospital for years and pretty much ended their friendship. Even though they haven’t spoken since that accident, Jack’s confident his old friend will have forgiven him after twenty years. Danny, however, looks uneasy about the eerily-familiar story...



[[BerserkButton “Because the Packers are owned by the city of Green Bay, and THEY WON’T SELL THEM TO ME!”]] After his brief outburst, Vlad quickly regains his cool, and calmly adds, grinning at Maddie, “One of ‘’two’’ things my wealth has not – as of ‘’yet’’ – been able to acquire...” Danny can’t help but notice that the guy is hitting on his mother, but since she’s not flirting back, Jazz doesn’t care. Maddie, however, looks a little uncomfortable, and goes to let her husband in, who had the door slammed in his face. Once they come back, it’s obvious that Vlad still holds a grudge against his supposed old friend for putting him in the hospital for years, although he once again restrains himself and finishes by thanking Jack for the opportunity it gave him to chart out a course for his life and become the rich man he is today. Maddie thinks it’s time for them to go, but Vlad insists they stay with him until the reunion tomorrow. Jazz is all too eager to stay anywhere that’s not their RV, but Jack isn’t too keen on the idea until Vlad tells him that the ghost of the last Wisconsin Dairy King is rumored to haunt the castle.

The Fentons take Vlad up on his offer, and Danny is woken later that night by his ghost sense. He goes ghost and finds his sleepwalking dad being stalked by the same three vultures from earlier. Danny phases his dad down one floor to safety and then flies back up to the hallway to take care of the birds, who turn around, take one look at him, scream in fright, and disappear. A confused Danny comments, “Okay – that was almost ‘’too’’ easy,” only to hear a voice behind him reply, “Ah – bright boy.”

Danny turns around to find himself facing a sinister-looking new ghost with a goatee, fangs, a HornedHairdo, and a long white cape – Plasmius. Unconcerned, Danny prepares to fight his new opponent like any other ghost, only to be stunned by how the guy effortlessly rebuffs his first two attacks and addresses him as Danny Phantom. “You... you know me?”

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[[BerserkButton “Because "Because the Packers are owned by the city of Green Bay, and THEY WON’T SELL THEM TO ME!”]] ME!"]] After his brief outburst, Vlad quickly regains his cool, and calmly adds, grinning at Maddie, “One "One of ‘’two’’ ''two'' things my wealth has not – as of ‘’yet’’ ''yet'' – been able to acquire..." Danny can’t help but notice that the guy is hitting on his mother, but since she’s not flirting back, Jazz doesn’t care. Maddie, however, looks a little uncomfortable, and goes to let her husband in, who had the door slammed in his face. Once they come back, it’s obvious that Vlad still holds a grudge against his supposed old friend for putting him in the hospital for years, although he once again restrains himself and finishes by thanking Jack for the opportunity it gave him to chart out a course for his life and become the rich man he is today. Maddie thinks it’s time for them to go, but Vlad insists they stay with him until the reunion tomorrow. Jazz is all too eager to stay anywhere that’s not their RV, but Jack isn’t too keen on the idea until Vlad tells him that the ghost of the last Wisconsin Dairy King is rumored to haunt the castle.

The Fentons take Vlad up on his offer, and Danny is woken later that night by his ghost sense. He goes ghost and finds his sleepwalking dad being stalked by the same three vultures from earlier. Danny phases his dad down one floor to safety and then flies back up to the hallway to take care of the birds, who turn around, take one look at him, scream in fright, and disappear. A confused Danny comments, “Okay "Okay – that was almost ‘’too’’ ''too'' easy,” only to hear a voice behind him reply, “Ah "Ah – bright boy.

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Danny turns around to find himself facing a sinister-looking new ghost with a goatee, fangs, a HornedHairdo, and a long white cape – Plasmius. Unconcerned, Danny prepares to fight his new opponent like any other ghost, only to be stunned by how the guy effortlessly rebuffs his first two attacks and addresses him as Danny Phantom. “You... "You... you know me?”
me?"



Danny’s screaming in terror when he wakes up and finds himself back in his bed, in human form, in his pajamas, seemingly uninjured, with no sign of a ghost. He’s wondering how he got here when Vlad comes in and asks him if he’s all right. Danny pleads a nightmare due to jet lag and apologizes for the scare, but Vlad simply remarks, “Oh, what’s a little scare between friends, son?” and tells him to sleep tight, indulging in an EvilLaugh once he’s outside the door.

Danny joins his parents for the reunion the next day, seemingly untroubled by his encounter last night, perhaps truly believing it was AllJustADream, but Jazz decides she’d rather watch a marathon of Packers’ games than “watch a bunch of old fossils pogo to New Wave music” and keeps her distance. Danny no doubt regrets he didn’t do the same, as his dad proceeds to set a new standard for AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents that night; even an old friend of his, Harriet Chin (or Harry, as Jack calls her... [[PunnyName Harry Chin]]), is as mortified as Danny is when Jack starts jumping... er, pogo-ing around the room with his wife, knocking over everything and everyone in his path.

Unsurprisingly, Danny ends up sitting a table alone, sulking for who-knows-how-long, most likely counting down the hours until this torture is over, when Vlad approaches him: “Well, son, you’re looking much better. I was wondering if you could do me a huge favor?” Danny says, sure, but asks him to call him Danny, not “son.” Vlad apologizes and then asks Danny to go to his lab and bring down a present for his father. The completely unsuspecting Danny heads off to get it, while Vlad leers at Maddie standing across the room, vowing to change tonight what that lab accident ruined for him twenty years ago.

Danny makes his way to the lab but doesn’t see a present anywhere. What he ‘’does’’ see is a framed photo of Vlad, Maddie, and a third person with no head. Suspicious, he puts the torn photo of his dad in the corner and finds that it fits. But if this came from Vlad’s picture, then... the implications are still sinking in when his ghost sense goes off. He goes ghost just before being hoisted into the air by a tentacle. He fights off the two ectopusses, whom he recognizes as the first two ghosts he fought, only to get snared and shocked by a net courtesy of another old friend: Skulker.

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Danny’s screaming in terror when he wakes up and finds himself back in his bed, in human form, in his pajamas, seemingly uninjured, with no sign of a ghost. He’s wondering how he got here when Vlad comes in and asks him if he’s all right. Danny pleads a nightmare due to jet lag and apologizes for the scare, but Vlad simply remarks, “Oh, "Oh, what’s a little scare between friends, son?” son?" and tells him to sleep tight, indulging in an EvilLaugh once he’s outside the door.

Danny joins his parents for the reunion the next day, seemingly untroubled by his encounter last night, perhaps truly believing it was AllJustADream, but Jazz decides she’d rather watch a marathon of Packers’ games than “watch "watch a bunch of old fossils pogo to New Wave music” music" and keeps her distance. Danny no doubt regrets he didn’t do the same, as his dad proceeds to set a new standard for AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents that night; even an old friend of his, Harriet Chin (or Harry, as Jack calls her... [[PunnyName Harry Chin]]), is as mortified as Danny is when Jack starts jumping... er, pogo-ing around the room with his wife, knocking over everything and everyone in his path.

Unsurprisingly, Danny ends up sitting a table alone, sulking for who-knows-how-long, most likely counting down the hours until this torture is over, when Vlad approaches him: “Well, "Well, son, you’re looking much better. I was wondering if you could do me a huge favor?” favor?" Danny says, sure, but asks him to call him Danny, not “son.” "son." Vlad apologizes and then asks Danny to go to his lab and bring down a present for his father. The completely unsuspecting Danny heads off to get it, while Vlad leers at Maddie standing across the room, vowing to change tonight what that lab accident ruined for him twenty years ago.

Danny makes his way to the lab but doesn’t see a present anywhere. What he ‘’does’’ ''does'' see is a framed photo of Vlad, Maddie, and a third person with no head. Suspicious, he puts the torn photo of his dad in the corner and finds that it fits. But if this came from Vlad’s picture, then... the implications are still sinking in when his ghost sense goes off. He goes ghost just before being hoisted into the air by a tentacle. He fights off the two ectopusses, whom he recognizes as the first two ghosts he fought, only to get snared and shocked by a net courtesy of another old friend: Skulker.



Danny is too flustered to figure out what’s going on. Vlad explains that he was the one who sent the ectopusses – and other ghosts – after his father, never expecting they’d be stopped by “the ‘’second’’ ghost hybrid” Jack’s invention created. Danny is confused by what he means by “second”... until Vlad transforms into the same ghost he fought last night. The same type of FreakLabAccident gave him the same powers as Danny twenty years ago! Danny tries to go ghost but can’t. After mocking his battle cry, Vlad explains that Skulker’s Spectral Energy Neutralizer stops him from transforming or using his powers.

-->’’’Danny:’’’ Let me out of here!
-->’’’Vlad:’’’ Why? So you can go back to stumbling through your adolescence, desperately trying to get control of your powers? Powers, by the way, that I’ve had for twenty years...

While showing off each of his abilities, Vlad brags about his experience and the money and power he’s obtained using his powers, not for foolish heroism, but for personal gain. Danny could be that powerful, too, with the right training. He offers to make Danny his apprentice, take him under his wing, teach him everything he knows, inviting the ghost boy to renounce his father and join him. Unfortunately for Vlad, Danny’s no more interested in that offer than [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Robin]], calling him “one seriously crazed-up fruit loop” for thinking he would even consider it. Vlad’s undeterred, thinking he’ll change his mind once his father’s out of the way. Vlad disappears in a swirl of green energy and another EvilLaugh, leaving Danny trapped with no way to stop him.

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Danny is too flustered to figure out what’s going on. Vlad explains that he was the one who sent the ectopusses – and other ghosts – after his father, never expecting they’d be stopped by “the ‘’second’’ "the ''second'' ghost hybrid” hybrid" Jack’s invention created. Danny is confused by what he means by “second”..."second"... until Vlad transforms into the same ghost he fought last night. The same type of FreakLabAccident gave him the same powers as Danny twenty years ago! Danny tries to go ghost again but can’t. After mocking his battle cry, Vlad explains informs him that Skulker’s Spectral Energy Neutralizer stops him from transforming or using his powers.

-->’’’Danny:’’’ -->'''Danny:''' Let me out of here!
-->’’’Vlad:’’’ -->'''Vlad:''' Why? So you can go back to stumbling through your adolescence, desperately trying to get control of your powers? Powers, by the way, that I’ve had for twenty years...

While showing off each of his abilities, Vlad brags about his experience and the money and power he’s obtained using his powers, not for foolish heroism, but for personal gain. Danny could be that powerful, too, with the right training. He offers to make Danny his apprentice, take him under his wing, teach him everything he knows, inviting the ghost boy to renounce his father and join him. Unfortunately for Vlad, Danny’s no more interested in that offer than [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans [[Recap/TeenTitansS1E12ApprenticePartOne Robin]], calling him “one "one seriously crazed-up fruit loop” loop" for thinking he would even consider it. Vlad’s undeterred, thinking he’ll change his mind once his father’s out of the way. Vlad disappears in a swirl of green energy and another EvilLaugh, leaving Danny trapped with no way to stop him.



Meanwhile, Danny is struggling futilely to escape the box when the ghost of the Dairy King appears. Danny expects him to attack him, but all he does is push the button that opens the box, freeing him. Danny thanks him and asks if he’ll help him fight Plasmius, too, but the king declines – not all ghosts are evil, but some of them ‘’do’’ want to be left alone. He disappears, and Danny goes ghost and flies downstairs, where Maddie is also on her way with the RV and Vlad is doing his best to terrorize everyone so that they’ll blame it all Jack.

-->’’’Vlad (in Jack’s body):’’’ If you live to tell the tale, remember that big, fat Jack Fenton did this to you!
-->’’’Danny:’’’ [[BigDamnHeroes Guess again, cheesehead!]]

Danny turns intangible and flies right through his father, pushing Vlad out of him. They phase through the wall into an adjacent room and begin fighting again. Vlad sincerely tries to tell “Daniel” to stop and think about the opportunity he’s throwing away – he shouldn’t be fighting him, he should be joining him! Together, they could rule the galaxy as father and son! (Okay, that last part isn’t said, but it’s definitely implied.) Danny turns him down again, shooting another energy blast for emphasis. Vlad simply reflects it back at him, grinning smugly, completely unthreatened by his teenage opponent. Danny protects himself with a shield of his own this time and reminds Vlad he knows his secret and can tell everyone. Vlad, however, points out he knows Danny’s secret, too, leaving them at a blackmail stalemate – neither of them can expose the other without exposing himself as well.

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Meanwhile, Danny is struggling futilely to escape the box when the ghost of the Dairy King appears. Danny expects him to attack him, but all he does is push the button that opens the box, freeing him. Danny thanks him and asks if he’ll help him fight Plasmius, too, but the king declines – not all ghosts are evil, but some of them ‘’do’’ ''do'' want to be left alone. He disappears, and Danny goes ghost and flies downstairs, where Maddie is also on her way with the RV and Vlad is doing his best to terrorize everyone so that they’ll blame it all Jack.

-->’’’Vlad -->'''Vlad (in Jack’s body):’’’ body):''' If you live to tell the tale, remember that big, fat Jack Fenton did this to you!
-->’’’Danny:’’’ -->'''Danny:''' [[BigDamnHeroes Guess again, cheesehead!]]

Danny turns intangible and flies right through his father, pushing Vlad out of him. They phase through the wall into an adjacent room and begin fighting again. Vlad sincerely tries to tell “Daniel” "Daniel" to stop and think about the opportunity he’s throwing away – he shouldn’t be fighting him, he should be joining him! Together, they could rule the galaxy as father and son! (Okay, that last part isn’t said, but it’s definitely implied.) Danny turns him down again, shooting another energy blast for emphasis. Vlad simply reflects it back at him, grinning smugly, completely unthreatened by his teenage opponent. Danny protects himself with a shield of his own this time and reminds Vlad he knows his secret and can tell everyone. Vlad, however, points out he knows Danny’s secret, too, leaving them at a blackmail stalemate – neither of them can expose the other without exposing himself as well.



Still in his dad’s body, Danny sends Maddie back to the RV to check on Harriet while he takes care of the ghost. Based on what he knows about Vlad, there’s only one way he can think of to stop him. He tells Vlad to give up, or he’ll go ahead and expose them both right now. Vlad thinks he’s bluffing, but Danny makes him see why it’s not an empty threat: “My parents will accept me, no matter what, but if I expose ‘’you’’... well, what would my mom think of you? You’ll be miserable and alone for the rest of your life unless you call a truce.”

Vlad realizes he’s right... and he’s thoroughly impressed by a such an expert display of cunning and manipulation: “Using your opponent’s weaknesses against him... I ‘’am’’ teaching you something after all. Very well – truce.” He doesn’t mind. “Eventually, you ‘’will’’ join me by choice – you ‘’and’’ your mother.” For now, he’s perfectly satisfied with today’s outcome, and overdramatically declares Jack’s victory for the benefit of the crowd without batting an eye. After he’s made it sufficiently clear that Jack is a hero, he disappears... but not before telling Danny, “[[WeWillMeetAgain Until next time]], ‘’son’’...”

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Still in his dad’s body, Danny sends Maddie back to the RV to check on Harriet while he takes care of the ghost. Based on what he knows about Vlad, there’s only one way he can think of to stop him. He tells Vlad to give up, or he’ll go ahead and expose them both right now. Vlad thinks he’s bluffing, but Danny makes him see why it’s not an empty threat: “My "My parents will accept me, no matter what, but if I expose ‘’you’’...''you''... well, what would my mom think of you? You’ll be miserable and alone for the rest of your life unless you call a truce.

"

Vlad realizes he’s right... and he’s thoroughly impressed by a admires such an expert display of cunning and manipulation: “Using "Using your opponent’s weaknesses against him... I ‘’am’’ ''am'' teaching you something after all. Very well – truce." He doesn’t mind. “Eventually, "Eventually, you ‘’will’’ ''will'' join me by choice – you ‘’and’’ and your mother.” For now, he’s perfectly satisfied with today’s outcome, and overdramatically declares Jack’s victory for the benefit of the crowd without batting an eye. After he’s made it sufficiently clear that Jack is a hero, he disappears... but not before telling Danny, “[[WeWillMeetAgain "[[WeWillMeetAgain Until next time]], ‘’son’’...”
''son''..."



* ArchEnemy: Vlad now takes this role in Danny’s RoguesGallery.

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* ArchEnemy: Vlad now takes Danny gains his in this role in Danny’s RoguesGallery.episode.



-->’’’Danny:’’’ [[spoiler:I can’t believe they fired Harry.]]
-->’’’Jazz:’’’ [[spoiler:Of course they fired her. She tried to file some crackpot story about ghosts.]]

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-->’’’Danny:’’’ -->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler:I can’t believe they fired Harry.]]
-->’’’Jazz:’’’ -->'''Jazz:''' [[spoiler:Of course they fired her. She tried to file some crackpot story about ghosts.]]



* DarkerAndEdgier: The tone of this episode is significantly darker and more serious than its predecessors.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: The tone of this episode is significantly rather darker and more serious than compared to its predecessors.



* GoingForTheBigScoop: Harriet, a reporter for the ‘’Milwaukee Journal’’, is thrilled to have found a great story about ghosts and ghost hunters at her college reunion... [[spoiler:which gets her fired.]]

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* GoingForTheBigScoop: Harriet, a reporter for the ‘’Milwaukee Journal’’, ''Milwaukee Journal'', is thrilled to have found a great story about ghosts and ghost hunters at her college reunion... [[spoiler:which gets her fired.]]



* PlotParallel: Fans of ‘’WesternAnimation/TeenTitans’’, which aired at the same time, found this StoryArc very familiar.

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* PlotParallel: Fans of ‘’WesternAnimation/TeenTitans’’, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', which aired at the same time, found this StoryArc very familiar.



* TermsOfEndangerment: Vlad’s insistence on calling Danny “son.” He’s also the only person in the series to call him “Daniel.”

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* TermsOfEndangerment: Vlad’s insistence on calling Danny “son.” "son." He’s also the only person in the series to call him “Daniel.”"Daniel."



-->’’’Vlad:’’’ You, Danny Phantom, and I, Vlad Plasmius – together, we could rule!
* YoureInsane: “Dude, you are one ‘’seriously’’ crazed-up fruit loop.”

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-->’’’Vlad:’’’ -->'''Vlad:''' You, Danny Phantom, and I, Vlad Plasmius – together, we could rule!
* YoureInsane: “Dude, "Dude, you are one ‘’seriously’’ ''seriously'' crazed-up fruit loop."

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The seventh episode of ‘’WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom’’, and widely considered to be the point when the show [[GrowingTheBeard Grew The Beard]] and one of the two best episodes of the series.

The episode starts with Danny speeding home one night on his scooter, glad to be home before curfew for once without being held up by any ghost attacks. Faster than you can say “TemptingFate,” his [[SpiderSense ghost sense]] goes off as he looks up to see three ghost vultures flying in and out of several houses as if they’re looking for something. So much for being on time... “Going ghost!”

Danny flies after the vultures, who ignore him for a while before finally deciding to ask him for directions. They show him a picture (actually, the ripped corner of a photograph) of the target they’ve apparently been sent to kill: Danny’s dad. For obvious reasons, Danny doesn’t tell them where they can find him. A short fight/chase scene ensues that ends with the three would-be hitmen flying out of town in defeat. Danny catches the photo they dropped and starts to wonder why they were after his father... but no time for that! He’s late getting home again, and his parents aren’t happy.

Back at home, Danny tries to hide the fact that his arm’s turning intangible while sitting through a lecture about how he’s been neglecting his schoolwork and his chores and is always late coming home. Jazz, as usual, has to join in and starts ranting about how their parents don’t communicate with Danny enough so, of course, he doesn’t think they can understand him! Danny tries to warn her to back off, but it’s too late. Jack agrees and decides they need to spend more time with their kids. How? By taking them along for their college reunion, being held by their old friend Vlad in Wisconsin! Way to go, Jazz...

They make the trip in the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle – an RV loaded with so many ghost weapons that Danny accidentally zaps several innocent birds and covers Jazz in ectoplasmic goo just by trying to open the window. (Jazz is also kind enough to inform us that, [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield wherever Amity Park is]], it’s a four day drive from Madison, Wisconsin.) Jack stops for the night to exposite about his old friend, roommate, and research partner from college, Vlad Masters, who’s since become a famous billionaire. Apparently, Vlad, Jack, and Maddie were ThreeAmigos in college twenty years ago; according to Jack, they were best friends who did everything together... until the day the aspiring ghost hunters completed their first attempt at a portal into “the ghost dimension.” Vlad, who insisted it wouldn’t work, was standing near it when Maddie discovered the calculations weren’t right, just as Jack fired it up for the first time. Sure enough, there was an explosion, and Vlad took the full force of an ecto-energy blast to the face. When it was over, his face was covered with “ecto-acne,” which sent him to the hospital for years and pretty much ended their friendship. Even though they haven’t spoken since that accident, Jack’s confident his old friend will have forgiven him after twenty years. Danny, however, looks uneasy about the eerily-familiar story...

They meet the wealthy, suave, smooth-talking Vlad Masters the next day at his castle, where Jazz is weirded out by the green and gold football and cheesehead décor. It turns out the billionaire is a huge Packers fan. Jazz sarcastically wonders [[IWasJustJoking why he doesn’t just buy the team then]].

[[BerserkButton “Because the Packers are owned by the city of Green Bay, and THEY WON’T SELL THEM TO ME!”]] After his brief outburst, Vlad quickly regains his cool, and calmly adds, grinning at Maddie, “One of ‘’two’’ things my wealth has not – as of ‘’yet’’ – been able to acquire...” Danny can’t help but notice that the guy is hitting on his mother, but since she’s not flirting back, Jazz doesn’t care. Maddie, however, looks a little uncomfortable, and goes to let her husband in, who had the door slammed in his face. Once they come back, it’s obvious that Vlad still holds a grudge against his supposed old friend for putting him in the hospital for years, although he once again restrains himself and finishes by thanking Jack for the opportunity it gave him to chart out a course for his life and become the rich man he is today. Maddie thinks it’s time for them to go, but Vlad insists they stay with him until the reunion tomorrow. Jazz is all too eager to stay anywhere that’s not their RV, but Jack isn’t too keen on the idea until Vlad tells him that the ghost of the last Wisconsin Dairy King is rumored to haunt the castle.

The Fentons take Vlad up on his offer, and Danny is woken later that night by his ghost sense. He goes ghost and finds his sleepwalking dad being stalked by the same three vultures from earlier. Danny phases his dad down one floor to safety and then flies back up to the hallway to take care of the birds, who turn around, take one look at him, scream in fright, and disappear. A confused Danny comments, “Okay – that was almost ‘’too’’ easy,” only to hear a voice behind him reply, “Ah – bright boy.”

Danny turns around to find himself facing a sinister-looking new ghost with a goatee, fangs, a HornedHairdo, and a long white cape – Plasmius. Unconcerned, Danny prepares to fight his new opponent like any other ghost, only to be stunned by how the guy effortlessly rebuffs his first two attacks and addresses him as Danny Phantom. “You... you know me?”

Plasmius knows more than his name, too – he phases through the wall into the next room, where Danny follows him, and taunts him about he uses his powers to protect people, asking him why he doesn’t try sucking him into his thermos like he always does. Danny tries to say he doesn’t want to fight, only to be blasted across the room. He fires back, but Plasmius, unimpressed, raises a shield that easily deflects his attacks. Once Danny gives up on that, he gets another surprise when Plasmius, continuing to tease him about his inexperience, splits into four clones of himself, surrounding him. They all blast him at once, and Danny screams in pain as he falls to the ground.

We’re then taken back to the hallway where we’re treated to the sounds of Danny getting the crap beat out of him on the other side of the wall. When he phases through the wall again, he’s in bad shape, too weak and in too much pain to even move. He loses consciousness just before Plasmius comes after him, right on time to see him revert back to his human form. Plasmius is intrigued to find that Danny Phantom is Jack’s son, and promptly powers down to his own human form: a highly amused Vlad Masters.

Danny’s screaming in terror when he wakes up and finds himself back in his bed, in human form, in his pajamas, seemingly uninjured, with no sign of a ghost. He’s wondering how he got here when Vlad comes in and asks him if he’s all right. Danny pleads a nightmare due to jet lag and apologizes for the scare, but Vlad simply remarks, “Oh, what’s a little scare between friends, son?” and tells him to sleep tight, indulging in an EvilLaugh once he’s outside the door.

Danny joins his parents for the reunion the next day, seemingly untroubled by his encounter last night, perhaps truly believing it was AllJustADream, but Jazz decides she’d rather watch a marathon of Packers’ games than “watch a bunch of old fossils pogo to New Wave music” and keeps her distance. Danny no doubt regrets he didn’t do the same, as his dad proceeds to set a new standard for AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents that night; even an old friend of his, Harriet Chin (or Harry, as Jack calls her... [[PunnyName Harry Chin]]), is as mortified as Danny is when Jack starts jumping... er, pogo-ing around the room with his wife, knocking over everything and everyone in his path.

Unsurprisingly, Danny ends up sitting a table alone, sulking for who-knows-how-long, most likely counting down the hours until this torture is over, when Vlad approaches him: “Well, son, you’re looking much better. I was wondering if you could do me a huge favor?” Danny says, sure, but asks him to call him Danny, not “son.” Vlad apologizes and then asks Danny to go to his lab and bring down a present for his father. The completely unsuspecting Danny heads off to get it, while Vlad leers at Maddie standing across the room, vowing to change tonight what that lab accident ruined for him twenty years ago.

Danny makes his way to the lab but doesn’t see a present anywhere. What he ‘’does’’ see is a framed photo of Vlad, Maddie, and a third person with no head. Suspicious, he puts the torn photo of his dad in the corner and finds that it fits. But if this came from Vlad’s picture, then... the implications are still sinking in when his ghost sense goes off. He goes ghost just before being hoisted into the air by a tentacle. He fights off the two ectopusses, whom he recognizes as the first two ghosts he fought, only to get snared and shocked by a net courtesy of another old friend: Skulker.

Danny breaks free and kicks Skulker across the room. He asks how he got his suit back and how he got here; in reply, the hunter tosses a small cube across the floor. It lands at Danny’s feet and promptly expands and unfolds into a much bigger box that builds itself around him, enveloping him until only his head is sticking out. Danny tries to phase out of it, but the box glows a ghostly green as it prevents him from escaping. Skulker presses a button on his wrist that makes it shock him, as well, which doesn’t stop until Danny powers down. Skulker ejects a blade from his wrist and seems ready to slit his captive’s throat, until they’re interrupted by Vlad, who angrily reminds Skulker he didn’t free him to kill the boy. The hunter is called away by his schedule and is flown off to the library to check out a book on purple-back gorillas (AGAIN!), leaving the two humans alone.

Danny is too flustered to figure out what’s going on. Vlad explains that he was the one who sent the ectopusses – and other ghosts – after his father, never expecting they’d be stopped by “the ‘’second’’ ghost hybrid” Jack’s invention created. Danny is confused by what he means by “second”... until Vlad transforms into the same ghost he fought last night. The same type of FreakLabAccident gave him the same powers as Danny twenty years ago! Danny tries to go ghost but can’t. After mocking his battle cry, Vlad explains that Skulker’s Spectral Energy Neutralizer stops him from transforming or using his powers.

-->’’’Danny:’’’ Let me out of here!
-->’’’Vlad:’’’ Why? So you can go back to stumbling through your adolescence, desperately trying to get control of your powers? Powers, by the way, that I’ve had for twenty years...

While showing off each of his abilities, Vlad brags about his experience and the money and power he’s obtained using his powers, not for foolish heroism, but for personal gain. Danny could be that powerful, too, with the right training. He offers to make Danny his apprentice, take him under his wing, teach him everything he knows, inviting the ghost boy to renounce his father and join him. Unfortunately for Vlad, Danny’s no more interested in that offer than [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Robin]], calling him “one seriously crazed-up fruit loop” for thinking he would even consider it. Vlad’s undeterred, thinking he’ll change his mind once his father’s out of the way. Vlad disappears in a swirl of green energy and another EvilLaugh, leaving Danny trapped with no way to stop him.

Vlad returns to the reunion, where he possesses Jack and begins causing chaos. Jack tries to fight him from within, but can do more than tell Maddie to run. She does, dragging Harriet to the RV while the other guests flee in terror.

Meanwhile, Danny is struggling futilely to escape the box when the ghost of the Dairy King appears. Danny expects him to attack him, but all he does is push the button that opens the box, freeing him. Danny thanks him and asks if he’ll help him fight Plasmius, too, but the king declines – not all ghosts are evil, but some of them ‘’do’’ want to be left alone. He disappears, and Danny goes ghost and flies downstairs, where Maddie is also on her way with the RV and Vlad is doing his best to terrorize everyone so that they’ll blame it all Jack.

-->’’’Vlad (in Jack’s body):’’’ If you live to tell the tale, remember that big, fat Jack Fenton did this to you!
-->’’’Danny:’’’ [[BigDamnHeroes Guess again, cheesehead!]]

Danny turns intangible and flies right through his father, pushing Vlad out of him. They phase through the wall into an adjacent room and begin fighting again. Vlad sincerely tries to tell “Daniel” to stop and think about the opportunity he’s throwing away – he shouldn’t be fighting him, he should be joining him! Together, they could rule the galaxy as father and son! (Okay, that last part isn’t said, but it’s definitely implied.) Danny turns him down again, shooting another energy blast for emphasis. Vlad simply reflects it back at him, grinning smugly, completely unthreatened by his teenage opponent. Danny protects himself with a shield of his own this time and reminds Vlad he knows his secret and can tell everyone. Vlad, however, points out he knows Danny’s secret, too, leaving them at a blackmail stalemate – neither of them can expose the other without exposing himself as well.

Danny has no response for that – how can he possibly beat this guy? Before he can think of anything, his parents burst in with the RV, causing the combatants to separate. Vlad decides to go after his other target now; he phases through the roof, grabs Maddie, and pulls her out, vowing never to let her go. Jack races out after his wife, and Danny phases into the vehicle, driving it while invisible. He fires weapon after weapon at Vlad, who holds Maddie with one hand and backhands each blast away with another... until Danny hits the ectoplasmic goo, which, as Jazz can testify, is not so easy to avoid. Vlad drops Maddie as he gets CoveredInGunge, and Danny flies forward and overshadows his dad, making Jack catch her.

Still in his dad’s body, Danny sends Maddie back to the RV to check on Harriet while he takes care of the ghost. Based on what he knows about Vlad, there’s only one way he can think of to stop him. He tells Vlad to give up, or he’ll go ahead and expose them both right now. Vlad thinks he’s bluffing, but Danny makes him see why it’s not an empty threat: “My parents will accept me, no matter what, but if I expose ‘’you’’... well, what would my mom think of you? You’ll be miserable and alone for the rest of your life unless you call a truce.”

Vlad realizes he’s right... and he’s thoroughly impressed by a such an expert display of cunning and manipulation: “Using your opponent’s weaknesses against him... I ‘’am’’ teaching you something after all. Very well – truce.” He doesn’t mind. “Eventually, you ‘’will’’ join me by choice – you ‘’and’’ your mother.” For now, he’s perfectly satisfied with today’s outcome, and overdramatically declares Jack’s victory for the benefit of the crowd without batting an eye. After he’s made it sufficiently clear that Jack is a hero, he disappears... but not before telling Danny, “[[WeWillMeetAgain Until next time]], ‘’son’’...”

Danny releases his dad, his job done for now. But the battle between him and Vlad Plasmius has only just begun.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* ArchEnemy: Vlad now takes this role in Danny’s RoguesGallery.
* BadBadActing: Vlad when he loudly surrenders, giving Jack credit for defeating him.
* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Nice going, Jazz...
* CallBack: The ectopusses from the very first scene of the first episode make a return, along with Skulker, who is still bound to the schedule in Tucker’s PDA.
* CassandraTruth:
-->’’’Danny:’’’ [[spoiler:I can’t believe they fired Harry.]]
-->’’’Jazz:’’’ [[spoiler:Of course they fired her. She tried to file some crackpot story about ghosts.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Specifically, the one that fires ectoplasmic goo.
* ChekhovsGunman: The Wisconsin Dairy King.
* CoolCar: The Fenton Ghost Assault Vehicle – no ghostbusters should be without one.
* CoveredInGunge: Done to Jazz (twice) and Vlad.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The tone of this episode is significantly darker and more serious than its predecessors.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Jazz warns Danny not to press ANY buttons in their parents’ RV. (He doesn’t listen.)
* EsotericHappyEnding: Sure, Danny saves his parents, but he’s also introduced to his own dark side when Vlad manages to force him to stoop to his own level to beat him. As far as Vlad’s concerned, TheBadGuyWins.
* EvilMentor: Vlad wants to be this for Danny, who insists he’s not interested, but, as Vlad points out, by the end of the episode, he’s already learning something from him.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: Harriet, a reporter for the ‘’Milwaukee Journal’’, is thrilled to have found a great story about ghosts and ghost hunters at her college reunion... [[spoiler:which gets her fired.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: We get to hear Vlad’s NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Danny but not watch it.
* GuileHero: The first time we see this side of Danny.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jack never catches on that his “best friend” is trying to kill him and steal his wife [[spoiler:and won’t until the very end of the series.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Vlad’s goal. Danny manages to stop him, but there’s always next time.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Forms Plasmius’ EstablishingCharacterMoment.
* PlotParallel: Fans of ‘’WesternAnimation/TeenTitans’’, which aired at the same time, found this StoryArc very familiar.
* RealAfterAll: It turns out Vlad wasn’t lying about the Dairy King’s ghost – who knew?
* SecretKeeper: Danny and Vlad both know each other’s secret, which cancels out any potential use for blackmail unless one of them is willing to reveal their own SecretIdentity.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Vlad’s insistence on calling Danny “son.” He’s also the only person in the series to call him “Daniel.”
* VillainExitStageLeft: The most Danny can do is get him to call a truce for now.
* WeCanRuleTogether:
-->’’’Vlad:’’’ You, Danny Phantom, and I, Vlad Plasmius – together, we could rule!
* YoureInsane: “Dude, you are one ‘’seriously’’ crazed-up fruit loop.”

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