* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Vlad, whose ambitiousness and megalomania are shown to be largely coping mechanisms for loneliness. He has few qualms delaying ghostly plots and letting management run his Earthly business for a few years in order to raise Madison. [[spoiler: By the end of the fic, he's a "good" guy because having a romantic partner in Danny cancels out his reasons for acting evil. Vlad never sees himself as good OR evil at any point in the story, being a StrawNihilist.]]
* DieForOurShip: Averted. Danny's relationships with Sam, Paulina, and Valerie are all addressed logically within the course of the story.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The disclaimer, "Disclaimer: Danny Phantom is owned by Butch Hartman, who would probably vomit into a bucket if he knew this story existed..."
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Danny dragging Paulina out of the house by her hair, and Sam kicking her out. It seems more like a Crowning Moment of Jerkass, but ItMakesSenseInContext.
* MoralEventHorizon: By all appearances, [[spoiler: Vlad in Crack 5]], until Danny and the reader find out what's really going on, downgrading it to a WhatTheHellHero.
* ShipMates: Sam/Tucker
%%* TheWoobie: Danny
* {{Wangst}}: Danny throughout the majority of Crack 2 breathes this trope. Though it's justified since he's suffering from what he did to Vlad and dealing with his pregnancy.
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