* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Is it possible than Sam may be in love with Danny ''Phantom'' more than Danny Fenton? Is this the ''real'' reason why she acted so pissed during the GrandFinale when he [[spoiler:briefly and willingly took away his own powers]]?
** Vlad: sympathetic villain who deserves the love he's sought, or a jerk who lost that chance years ago and needs to get his karmic justification?
** Considering how easily Tucker is corrupted by his vice and how little time he's given in Season 3, it's possible that he's secretly devising an evil plot to wipe out his friends and take over the world. He becomes a [[spoiler: mayor]] by the end of the series, giving him a significant portion of power in his hometown.
** Sam and Jazz both suffer at the hands of Alt Interprets a lot, as does Danny's semi-requited love Valerie. All three can be cast as controlling ActionGirl types, BadassInDistress, getting clubbed with the DistressBall, or PluckyGirl or ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl... not that all these aren't correct, but it makes the ladies of DP ephemeral and often interchangeable.
** A somewhat common interpretation for Danny is that has developed into a StepfordSmiler, explaining why he's remained pretty damn chipper through the whole show, especially after the events of "The Ultimate Enemy," which by all means could have (and should have) traumatized him.
* {{Anvilicious}}: Many episodes have aesops. Many of these hit you over the head with them.
* BadassDecay:
** Skulker at first was the most dangerous enemy Danny encountered, but in his following appearances, he became less and less a serious threat, only showing competence one or two times during his encounters with Danny.
** Vlad also suffered from this. In the beginning, he was shown to be the most powerful enemy Danny had, being able to easily defeat Danny with one hand behind his back. However, such success diminished overtime when he encountered the likes of Pariah Dark and Vortex. Even a few times, Danny was able to beat him.
* BaseBreaker:
** [[SoapBoxSadie Sam Manson.]] She is a polarizing figure due to being bossy and hypocritical at the eyes of many fans, usually as a mean to push her agenda; temporarily forcing her Ultra-Recyclo Vegetarian diet on the entirety of Casper High or protesting a beauty contest, and criticizing Danny's power abuse, but supportive when she wanted to scare people away from buying environmentally threatening trucks. However, her fans worship her and romanticize her (eventually canonical) relationship with Danny.
** Jack Fenton. Some see him as a BumblingDad who is genuinely funny and with some awesome moments. Others see him as an incredibly irresponsible, racist, violent would-be MadScientist with a skewd sense of morality, whose [[DesignatedHero carelessness had caused the entire plot.]]
** In some extent, Danielle "Dani" Phantom. Part of the fans think she is a {{Canon|Sue}} CopyCatSue with no interesting personnality, other thinks she is an interesting character with underexploited potential.
** Tucker Foley to an extent as well, some find his character to be funny and endearing, while others find him obnoxious and annoying.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The random iguana-ghost attack during the beginning of "King Tuck". It's never mentioned again for the rest of the episode.
** That might have been used to represent how no one listens to Tucker.
* CanonFodder: Lots, the most famous being Dark Danny's ultimate fate.
* CanonSue[=/=]CreatorsPet: Sam Manson has been accused of this by her detractors.
* CompleteMonster: Dan Phantom. Think Vlad is evil? Just take a glimpse of how Dark Danny was created, and '''then''' you'll see who the true monster is.
** It's very telling that Dan is the only character to have explicitly killed ''anyone'' in this show.
* DracoInLeatherPants:
** Vlad is the second most paired off character in the series. The fact that he has plotted and ''would'' commit murder, was responsible for many people getting hurt in attacks and [[EvilCounterpart Dark Danny]] in one timeline doesn't matter much to most of his fangirls. They see (as the entry puts it) a "...suave, handsome, charismatic, obscenely rich, relatively competent, with an alternate form heavily resembling a vampire and superficially sympathetic motives (he wants to make his old love interest his wife and his arch-nemesis his son): a perfect object for fangirl lust..."
*** Vlad is a borderline deconstruction; When Danny goes back in time to reverse the accident that caused him to become a ghost, he's villainous regardless.
** Dark Danny also has his fans. Most notable thing about him is his voice and body, but most fans tend to forget he's a mass murdering psychopath that would as just as soon [[http://coronadofwb.deviantart.com/art/In-a-Moment-of-Desperation-73714523 do this to them]] as kiss them... if they're ''lucky''. Remember he ''is'' a '''sadist'''.
** According to fans, the Ghost Writer is one HotLibrarian. Somewhat averted in that he wasn't evil, just overzealous in trying to teach Danny a lesson.
* EarWorm: You will remember my naaaame.
** Also the intro song.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Clockwork. For a character only appearing in two episodes, he has amassed quite a following.
** Same for Ghost Writer, especially with the fangirls. One episode and there are '''SWARMS''' of fanart of him ''everywhere''. Don't even get me started on [[EvilIsSexy Dark Danny]].
*** The fanboy equivalent would be Ember. Gothy, leatherclad and clearly desperately lonely--not to mention having a [[FanFiction very ambiguous backstory]].
** And Desiree as well. Although a bitch, it's sort of justified in that her sultan's lover was an ass (so of course we feel sad for her)--plus, have you ''seen'' that body?...even though it's in 2D?
*** Not to mention Spectra, Skulker, and [[LargeHam THE BOX GHOST!]]
* EvilIsSexy: Vlad Masters, adorned in a black suit. Also, Sam during her temporary evil in "Urban Jungle".
** Also Dark Danny, whose voice acting was so brilliant it stands out in fandom. It even gained him fangirls. Also, that muscular body is a very large improvement for someone who did it in just ten years.
** Spectra. [[RapidAging At least until the end, anyway]].
** Desiree
** Ember
** Freakshow's NotBrainwashed minion, Lydia.
** Ghost Writer.
* FanDumb: Oh, so much: The ongoing True fan/Anti-fan wars, The people who act as though Danny's a real person and get annoyed with the way he's treated in fanfiction -particularly Vlad/Danny slash, which admittedly is ephebophilia, the general air of SeriousBusiness...
* {{Fanon}}: Everyone seems to believe that Paulina's last name is "Sanchez", but this is never mentioned anywhere in canon. Also, many believe that "James" is Danny's middle name. Also, a number are divided on if Vlad can sense ghosts or not.
** Many fans are under assumption that Ember's song indicates a bad romance that tragically took her life.
*** The full lyrics to the Ember song can be found [[http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1414755/Ember-Mclane-Remember-Lyrics here]]. The full song was recorded as well and can be heard in [[http://www.butchhartman.com/html/audio.htm Butch Hartman's official website]].
** Though a picture exists, Vlad being a smoker has spread around- probably because it suits his character.
** On a similar vein, slash-friendly fans have Vlad and Jack MistakenForGay in college or hint that the [[NoodleIncident Backwash Incident]] involved slash.
** Some Danny/Sam shippers believe Danny's affectionate nickname for Sam is "Sammykins". The only time it was ever used in canon was by her mother when waking Sam up.
* FridgeHorror: You... do know what has to happen to you for you to be a ghost, right? People have come up with some ''disturbing'' ways for the show's ghosts to have died.
** Butch Hartman once said the ghosts are actually creatures from another dimension, not actual spirits. [[FlipFlopOfGod Many have a hard time believing this since at least three ghosts are confirmed to have once been alive]].
* GrowingTheBeard: Though Season One had its continuity and StoryArc, Season Two upped the ante with deeper, darker plots and more CharacterDevelopment.
* HilariousInHindsight: Paulina being a Latina version of [[SpiderMan Liz Allan]] when, in ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', Liz was given a RaceLift and is Latina in the show... and interestingly she looks ''very'' similar to Paulina, as well.
* HoYay: Parodied when Danny and Tucker wind up in a SleepCute position (which is current the page image for HoYay in WesternAnimation).
* JerkassWoobie: [[AntiVillain Valerie]] and [[BigBad Vlad]].
* MagnificentBastard: Vlad Masters/Plasmius and Walker both qualify.
-->'''Danny:''' *To other ghosts* The good news is, my powers are back. The bad news is, my ''powers'' are ''back!'' ''(KO's everybody with the Ghostly Wail)''
** Jack gets another one in "The Million Dollar Ghost" where he single-handedly ''thrashes'' [[BigBad Vlad]].
-->'''Vlad:''' This can't be! You're an idiot! ''An idiot!''\\
'''Jack:''' That may be, but I'm the idiot who beat you.
* PeripheryDemographic: "Boy's Action Show"--yeah right, Hartman. The fangirls of mostly the teenage and college age variety eat this show up.
* PlotHole: How did [[spoiler:Technus escape from Doomed when Danny deleted it? He was trapped at level zero online, meaning deleting the program wouldn't free him.]]
* TheScrappy:
** Some fans attribute this to Danielle.
*** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Some changed their opinion of her after D-Stabilized, as it depicted her life as a homeless clone in a sympathetic light, her presence brought out better characterization from Danny than most of what season 3 brought out and she was able to take on Vlad on her own after her body becomes stabilized.
** [[BaseBreaker Depending on what side of the fandom you're on]], either Sam or Tucker could fall under this as well.
* SeasonalRot: Despite the introductions of new friends and foes, the development of new powers, and the return of some fan favorite characters, many felt the third season went through a bit of this due to changing of executives and the somewhat weak writing plots of many episodes ("Urban Jungle" is one of the most prominent examples).
* SendingStuffToSaveTheShow: Five rallies from DP Fans have been held for three years in various official Nickelodeon/Viacom areas to get the show back for another season. No dice.
** There was a lot of "Save Danny Phantom" fanart people drew and sent in to the studios!
* ShippingTropes: Aplenty.
** FoeYayShipping: Plenty of Vlad/Danny for all!
** LauncherOfAThousandShips: Seriously, the fans pair Danny up with everyone...and everything. Many of these pairings have nicknames, such as Pitch Pearl.
*** Strangest might possibly be [[CargoShip Danny x Thermos]]. (Granted the pairing was created as a gag due to the [[SeriousBusiness craziness of the fandom at the time]]. That didn't stop someone from initiating Rule 34 for this pairing, though...)
** MindGameShip: Ala ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Some {{Shipp|ing}}ers just took it and ran with it.
** ShipToShipCombat: The infamous "True-Fan VS Anti-Fan" wars which basically boiled down to "Canon" (Danny/Sam) VS "Fanon" (Danny/Anyone Else) and/or "Heterosexual Pairings" (IE: Danny/Sam, Danny/Valerie) VS "Slash" (Danny/Vlad, Danny/Dash, and even Danny/Himself *Don't ask*).
** ShipsThatPassInTheNight: The Dani/Youngblood ship, despite the two never having interactions, or even appearing in the same episode.
* StrangledByTheRedString: For some fans Danny Fenton[=/=]Phantom and Sam Manson. Many will argue for all her talk about how she despises forcing people to give up individuality, strict laws, Danny using his power irresponsibly or falling for shallow girls, she's not so ideal for Danny herself.
* {{Squick}}: In-universe. Danny was quite disgusted that two of his enemies had a child.
* TakeThatScrappy: Assuming you're one of those who considers Tucker [[TheScrappy an annoying character]], this little bit from "Double Cross My Heart" might be seen as this.
** '''Gregor''': Dude, do you ever stop talking? Do you even know how obnoxious you are with your stupid jokes and your lame-o technology?! Idiot!
* TearJerker: Seeing Danny in the alternate future. It's no wonder he wanted to get rid of his emotions.
** And even then, [[spoiler: watching the human Danny, battered, shivering and terrified about what his detached ghost half has just done]]. It hurts to watch the hero of the show in such a helpless and pitiful state. Everything that came before just makes it worse.
** For some, [[spoiler: the perfect clone of Danny dissolving]] and Vlad's subsequent BigNo could be interpreted as a tear jerker. Even Danny and Dani look a ''little'' upset.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Danielle, for those who don't consider her TheScrappy. Had the series continued along with her subplot given more than two episodes, [[spoiler:she was to eventually be accepted by the Fentons and become Danny's little sister]]. Considering the episode she debuted in feature Sam and Tucker tired of being sidekicks, Danielle could have easily filled this role too. Doing this might have also developed Danny's character further as [[BigBrotherInstinct a big brother]] and [[BigBrotherMentor a mentor]].
** Remember Dark Danny? Danny's evil counterpart who was more powerful that him, had a complete lack of any sense of good in him and, considering he exists outside of time now, no longer needs Danny alive so he can easily kill the ghost boy? Did you know he was supposed to be the main villain of the season finale. Apparently the new executive in season 3 decided that we needed more reminders that Danny liked Sam than to bring Dark Danny back.
** Several new villains like Undergrowth and Noctune had interesting looks but botched by typical "rule the world" plots and more Danny and Sam shipping. (To be fair, Undergrowth had an excuse)
** The final episode featured a team of ghost hunters hired by Vlad called "The Masters Blasters", giving Danny a hard time and making people love them instead of him. The idea of Vlad having a team of ghost hunters working for him might have made them a decent QuirkyMinibossSquad and rivals to Danny... if they didn't appear in the very last episode.
** Freakshow, the only villain in the series who is human, since the others are either a half-ghost or just amoral ghost hunters who [[FantasticRacism see ghosts only as monsters]], could have been a cool re-occurring villain, especially since, unlike the other humans, including Vlad, he doesn't use technology but magical items. He's only used in the season one finale and in the third two-parter of the series... and that was it.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: To be fair, Season 3 had some good ideas. However, it was all botched due to rushing some subplots, as well as forgetting others or not giving them proper conclusion, Vlad's VillainDecay making him less impressive as a villain as well as appearing when not needed, constant ShipTease between Danny and Sam that even shippers felt was unnecessary and unneeded episodes (One example is Livin' Large, where Danny literally changes his opinion on being rich in the middle of the episode and becomes greedy for no reason).
** Danny finally frees Wulf, but the episode this occurs in only features this in the second half of it, the first half is more of an unrelated summer camp story.
** Danielle's subplot of being unstable was going to end differently, [[spoiler:with the Fentons adopting her]], instead she's stabilized by a miracle "Fenton gadget of the day" and goes off on her own again... in only her second appearance.
** Valerie learns the existence of half ghosts and that her hate for them made her a pawn of Vlad Plasmius, vowing to make him pay... right before the series finale.
* TooGoodToLast: Debatable. Some were happy to see the [[SeasonalRot third season]] end before it got worse, others still want the show back.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A common argument against Sam in the episode "Double Cross My Heart". She is extremely angry at Danny for spying on her during her date with Gregor, despite that she did the same to Danny during his time with Valerie. Unlike Sam, Danny had legitimate reasons since they knew nothing about Sam's new crush and Danny didn't realize at the time he was jealous. Not to mention Sam is never called out for her own actions

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