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* {{Goth}}: Has all the trappings of one, but seems to do so out of a desire to be unique and rebel from her parents rather than fully embracing the style. Veers between the grim and perky variety at will.
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* TearsOfJoy: In "Phantom Planet", after Danny reassures her fears about not seeing him much anymore by putting a ring on her finger and asserting that he couldn't do things without her.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As hypocritical and bossy Sam is, her heart is always in the right place.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As hypocritical and bossy as Sam is, her heart is always in the right place.place.
* LaughOfLove: She giggles while asking Danny "You really think I'm smart?" after Danny compliments her individuality and intelligence in "Fanning the Flames".
* LaughOfLove: She giggles while asking Danny "You really think I'm smart?" after Danny compliments her individuality and intelligence in "Fanning the Flames".
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** He is usually the Foolish to Jazz's Responsible, though when Jazz tries to be more active in hunting ghosts, they swap roles.
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* FreudianExcuse: In "[[ChristmasEpisode The Fright Before Christmas]]," it's established that the reason Danny [[TheGrinch hates Christmas]] is because every year, his parents would argue over Santa's existence, which ended up ruining the celebrations.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Not so much at first because he was unknown, but after [[WhamEpisode "Public Enemies"]]? His parents were also never thrilled with Phantom's existence either. That begins to change in "Reign Storm," after he saves the town from Pariah Dark, and by season 3, he's, by his own admission, the "duly-deputized protector of Amity Park."
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* StrawVegetarian: She's a self-proclaimed "ultra-recylco vegetarian," which apparently means she eats mud and grass. She also openly admits in the first episode that she just does it to be different, but she doesn't seem to like meat all that much in any case.
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* PubertySuperpower: Played with. He does gain his powers around the correct time, and it's used as part of his coming of age story, but they came from a freak lab accident rather than actual puberty. Mildly lampshaded in "The Ultimate Enemy." [[spoiler: After being trapped in the future and bound for his enemies to attack, he yells at them to stop... only to activate the "Ghostly Wail", the main new power Dark Dan has. He even mentions he is going through "evil puberty".]]
* PunnyName: His Superhero identity, Danny Phantom, is a pun off his civillian name, Danny Fenton. Lampshaded by [[spoiler: Dark Danny]] actually.
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* PunnyName: His Superhero identity, Danny Phantom, is a pun off his civillian name, Danny Fenton. Lampshaded by[[spoiler: Dark [[spoiler:Dark Danny]] actually.
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Danny's childhood friend ''"since forever"'', Tucker is a [[GadgeteerGenius Techno Geek]] who [[SmallNameBigEgo considers himself God's gift not only to women, but to all humankind]].
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Although in the series finale, [[spoiler: [[ThrowTheDogABone he becomes the youngest mayor of Amity Park.]] ]]
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** He has a huge amount of {{UST}} with his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend,]] Sam Manson, a BadassNormal.
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* JustAKid: Danny gets this a lot. His InUniverse nickname ''is'' "Ghost Boy". More notably, Vlad does this twice, once almost calling it out in "Bitter Reunions", the other as more of an insult in "Reign Storm". Clockwork also does this once, but it's justified - he's trying to explain the nature of time and his own existence to someone who's probably flunking high school math. ("Why am I bothering? You're ''fourteen''.")
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* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Danny is a half-ghost who fights other ghosts.
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* ActionSurvivor: Despite all she does goes through, she manages to survive many of the ghost attacks.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Apparently, the accident turned Danny into a "half-ghost", which is refered to as "halfa".
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* AppropriatedAppellation: Averted. Danny hated the nickname Amity Park gave him, "Inviso-Bill". It isn't until ''Reign Storm'', when he charges off to fight Pariah Dark does he tell the city to call him Danny Phantom.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Million Dollar Ghost'', she was exhausted from bicycling, but in ''Micro Management'', she's one of the most physically fit kids in school.
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* YouthfulFreckles: "Maternal Instinct" shows that Danny had these when he was younger.
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* DemonicPossession: His Overshadow ability.
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* NiceGuy: Outside of people who intentionally try to harm or his loved ones, Danny tries to be nice around others.
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Main hero of the series: Upon obtaining his ghost powers through a FreakLabAccident, 14-year old Danny uses it to combat the various ghosts that inhabit his [[CityOfAdventure hometown]]. He starts off shy, naive, BookDumb, and emotional, constantly trying to find a place in the world, whether it be gaining popularity or through his ghost powers. By the end of the series, Danny [[CharacterDevelopment gains confidence, courage, and matures]] considerably and finds his path as a hero.
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Danny's childhood friend and primary love interest: Sam is a strict vegetarian {{Goth}} with an often contradictory personality; she's as rational and levelheaded as she is forceful and selfish. She strives to protect the environment as much as she rebels against her parents. She often keeps Danny (and Tucker) from doing anything too extreme.
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Danny's older sister is a intelligent 16-year old who claims to be an adult trapped in a teenager's body. As such she's often playing a {{p|romotionToParent}}arental role towards her entire family: trying to lead her parents into normality and shielding a then unsure Danny from the harsh realities of the outside world. After finding out ghosts are indeed real and Danny's SecretIdentity, she slowly gains admiration for her growing brother and eventually becomes part of "Team Phantom". She eventually lets down her shield and slowly starts to act her age, all the while happily acknowledging her love for ghosts -- at several times, becoming a BadassBookworm.
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Danny's older sister is a intelligent 16-year old who claims to be an adult trapped in a teenager's body. As such she's often playing a {{p|romotionToParent}}arental role towards her entire family: family, trying to lead her parents into normality and shielding a then unsure Danny from the harsh realities of the outside world. After finding out ghosts are indeed real and Danny's SecretIdentity, she slowly gains admiration for her growing brother and eventually becomes part of "Team Phantom". She eventually lets down her shield and slowly starts to act her age, all the while happily acknowledging her love for ghosts -- at several times, becoming a BadassBookworm.
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* HiddenDepths: Several, but notable for being hinted at but followed up is her revealing that deep down she's resentful of all the attention her parents give to ghosts, as well as her brother being able to be a part of that - she gets a NotSoDifferent moment with Freakshow when they both are shown to have "Ghost Envy."
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* HollywoodGenetics: Jazz is a redhead, however her mom is a brunette and her dad has black hair.
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Danny constantly moons over the [[AlphaBitch egotistical and vain]] Paulina, [[spoiler:although he eventually wises up about how she's not worth his time]].
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Danny is patronized by his family, bullied at his school, and feared and hated in his superhero identity by both most mortals and ghosts. Fortunately, his best friends help keep him steady while the world, starting with his sister, begins to gradually come around.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Danny is patronized by his family, bullied at his school, and feared and hated in his superhero identity by both most mortals and ghosts. Fortunately, his best friends help keep him steady while the world, starting with his sister, begins to gradually come around.
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* ArchEnemy: Danny and Vlad Plasmius. It's recognized by both of them almost immediately, and the rivalry only grows as the series goes on.
* AsideGlance: Does this after he is seen appreciating his sister kiss on his head in "My Brother's Keeper". After noticing the audience, he states that was gross.
* BackToBackBadasses: Danny and Skulker in "Prisoner of Love".
* BeamOWar: Danny and Vlad with ectoplasmic rays in "Kindred Spirits".
* AsideGlance: Does this after he is seen appreciating his sister kiss on his head in "My Brother's Keeper". After noticing the audience, he states that was gross.
* BackToBackBadasses: Danny and Skulker in "Prisoner of Love".
* BeamOWar: Danny and Vlad with ectoplasmic rays in "Kindred Spirits".
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidKaufman
Main hero of the series: Upon obtaining his ghost powers through a FreakLabAccident, 14-year old Danny uses it to combat the various ghosts that inhabit his [[CityOfAdventure hometown]]. He starts off shy, naive, BookDumb, and emotional, constantly trying to find a place in the world, whether it be gaining popularity or through his ghost powers. By the end of the series, Danny [[CharacterDevelopment gains confidence, courage, and matures]] considerably and finds his path as a hero.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Of course. Guess which half.
* AmazonChaser: Apparently, he inherited this from his father.
** He has a huge amount of {{UST}} with his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend,]] Sam Manson, a BadassNormal.
** Danny's response to Sam's concerns about him DatingCatwoman? "I know [Valerie] wants to waste Danny Phantom... but did you know that she's a ninth-degree black belt?"
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: For the most part, subverted. In one episode, though, he had to annoy Jazz in order to show her Youngblood, whom is only seen by kids.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Averted. Danny hated the nickname Amity Park gave him, "Inviso-Bill". It isn't until ''Reign Storm'', when he charges off to fight Pariah Dark does he tell the city to call him Danny Phantom.
* BerserkButton: There's plenty [[BewareTheNiceOnes you shouldn't do]]. Specifically, don't call him a loser.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sure, he's normally outgoing, friendly and fun, but you make an attempt at anyone he cares about, and he'll take you down.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** To Danielle. In "Kindred Spirits" he's rather untrusting of her at first (for good reason) but when he learns what she is and she defects from Vlad he starts to become this. By "D-Stablized" he fits this to a T; her safety becomes his top priority, even ignoring the possibility Valerie saw him transform to save Danielle.
** Despite being 2 years younger than Jazz, he seems to show this towards her in certain situations as well, doing away with witty banter and sarcasm and going straight for demands and intimidation whenever Jazz appears to be in danger.
* BookDumb: Shows a great deal of ingenuity and quick thinking in battles, but is constantly failing in school and other practical areas of knowledge. Though to be fair, ghost fighting seriously cuts into his study time and Mr. Lancer is a rather strict teacher.
* ButtMonkey: Not as much as Tucker, but he still finds himself in the receiving end of much laughter.
* CastFromHitPoints: Danny's Ghostly Wail is his most powerful technique, capable of causing mass destruction to everything within its range, but using it severely drains Danny's stamina, enough for him to automatically revert to human form. This is more due to inexperience with such a strong power rather than the technique itself, as [[spoiler:Dark Danny]], a very powerful, experienced ghostly entity, was able to wield it with no trouble at all, and by the series finale, Danny is finally able to use it without losing energy.
* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: The only reason Danny ever overshadows people, aside from information gathering.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Over time, Danny gains confidence in himself and his abilities. He isn't scared of fighting ghosts, usually taunting them and putting all of his energy into fighting them off. He also gradually finds Dash more annoying and troublesome. As he faces more villains and bigger threats, Danny accepts that it's his responsibility to save those in need of help, sometimes endangering himself to do so. By "Public Enemies", although many people think he's a bad guy, Danny is still determined to keep protecting Amity Park from ghosts, his dedication paying off when people begin to accept him as their hero in "Reign Storm".
** In a romantic sense, Danny lets go of his crush on [[RomanticFalseLead Paulina]], after finally coming to terms with her not-so-great personality.
* ChestInsignia: Gets one in Season 2.
* ChickMagnet: Despite his lack of skills with girls, he catches the interest of 4 girls in the series. His best friend Sam has feelings for him, Paulina crushes on his superhero alter ego, Valerie at first despises him but comes to care for Danny Fenton and a nameless background character at the end of "Flirting with Disaster" has a crush on him.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Sam.
* ClarkKenting: Different eye and hair color and a barely noticeable shift in skin tone is the only thing that disguises him as Danny Phantom. He doesn't even change his voice. Not to mention his superhero moniker is almost identical to his real name. It's lampshaded by several of the more competent villains like Vlad and [[spoiler:Dark Danny]].
* ComboPlatterPowers: Flight, intangibility, energy blasts, possession, the ability to sense other ghosts, and later on the ability to duplicate himself and manipulate ice.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Part of being {{Expy}} of Peter Parker, he takes responsibility for any ghost-related harm that befalls Amity Park.
* CoolLoser: A classic one, as per usual of teen superheroes; Danny is outgoing, funny, dresses normally, acts normally, is intelligent (although lazy and, as previously mentioned, BookDumb), and as far as you can tell with the art style, fairly attractive. His only real problems include being a bit awkward with girls and ending up in strange situations in public due to his superhero activity. Yet, for some reason, the entire school seems to treat him like the nerd plague. It ''could'' be because Sam and Tucker are highly unpopular, but in real life, he would certainly have more than just ''two'' friends, even if he does hang out with two "weird" kids. [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents His parents]] aren't doing him any favors, either.
* TheCynic: Danny is kind but he is also a tad cynical and jaded, often tending to view certain aspects in a negative light. However, it's not nearly to the extent of Sam.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His "phantom" uniform is mostly black with grey lining.
* DeadpanSnarker: Danny frequently responds to most situations with sarcasm.
* DeathByOriginStory: The show wouldn't work at all if Danny weren't a phantom. Then again, due to the odd NeverSayDie quality of the show, its never made completely clear if he did "kinda-sorta" die or not -- a lot of ghosts are heavily implied to have died, but others seem more like alternate-dimension monsters that were never alive at all. All we really know about Danny is that he's now a hybrid that's half-human and half-ghost, whose DNA was suffused with ectoplasm.
* DemonicPossession: His Overshadow ability.
* DreamWalker: Through overshadowing.
* ElementalEyeColors: When ghostly, Danny's eyes change from green to {{Icy Blue|Eyes}} when using his ice powers.
* {{Expy}}:
** Of Franchise/SpiderMan, both are outcasts who were bullied in school and obtained their powers through a scientific accident, though in Danny's case he always has two friends at his side.
** Just look at him and try to say that he doesn't remind you of [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Chip Skylark, Timmy, or Cosmo]].
* EyeColourChange: His human side has blue eyes, his ghostly SuperHero alter ego has green eyes, but whenever he turns evil (either BrainwashedAndCrazy or as his [[spoiler:[[FutureMeScaresMe evil alternate-future self]]]]) his eyes turn red.
* FlyingBrick: Can fly really fast and capable of great super strength.
* FreakLabAccident: Danny gained his powers when checking out his parents' prototype ghost portal.
* FreudianExcuse: In "[[ChristmasEpisode The Fright Before Christmas]]," it's established that the reason Danny [[TheGrinch hates Christmas]] is because every year, his parents would argue over Santa's existence, which ended up ruining the celebrations.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Danny's eyes glow green uncontrollably if his BerserkButton is so much as touched, much less pushed. Although they glow brighter when he's more annoyed, like in Fanning the Flames.
* GreenEyes: His eyes go from blue to green when he goes ghost.
* TheGrinch: Due to his parents arguing over whether or not Santa exists and ruining the celebrations every year. He gets over it by the end of "Fright Before Christmas".
* HandBlast: He first develops it about a third of the way through season 1 and it quickly becomes his most often used power.
* HazmatSuit: What he wore prior to becoming half ghost. His suit in ghost form is that same suit only with value tones reversed.
* HeartbrokenBadass: During the climax of "Fanning the Flames", due to Ember's love spell between him and Sam. Also the end of "Flirting with Disaster" when Valerie breaks up with him, ironically to hunt Danny Phantom.
* HenshinHero: From human to ghost form. Subverted in that he ''can'' use his powers when he's in his human form, although it's very limited (only making certain parts of his body invisible/intangible, only firing a ghost ray from one finger, etc.). Whether this limit is Danny choosing to barely use his powers or Danny not being able to fully use his powers is never really explained.
* TheHero: Being the title character.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Not so much at first because he was unknown, but after [[WhamEpisode "Public Enemies"]]? His parents were also never thrilled with Phantom's existence either. That begins to change in "Reign Storm," after he saves the town from Pariah Dark, and by season 3, he's, by his own admission, the "duly-deputized protector of Amity Park."
* HowDoIShotWeb: In the beginning of the show he displays a lot more trouble accessing and using his powers than later on. We also see this in "Memory Blank", where he has to relearn his abilities.
* AnIcePerson: In Season 3 he gains ice powers. Frostbite reveals that Danny's ghost sense was, in fact, a manifestation of this power, and we can assume that the full power was finally unlocked once he reached the right level of skill.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Has one of these with Tucker in "What You Want", and is on the receiving end of one in "Control Freaks".
* KaleidoscopeEyes: His eyes glow green when he's angry. Strangely, only his friends notice this.
* KamehameHadoken: When he charges his HandBlast.
* KidHero: He's only fourteen years old and apparently the only heroic ghost in the world.
* MakeMeWannaShout: The Ghostly Wail, from "The Ultimate Enemy" onward.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Played straight in "13" when Johnny 13 tries using Jazz to bring his girlfriend into the human world.
* NewSuperPower: Gains a few over the course of the series. The major ones are his HandBlast, his Ghostly Wail, his ice abilities and while temporary; Weather Control.
* NiceGuy: Outside of people who intentionally try to harm or his loved ones, Danny tries to be nice around others.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: It's bad enough that half the time people blame his ghost identity for things other ghosts have done, but other times, he gets in trouble as a human too.
* OnlyFriend: By the end of the series, he's the only member of his family to know of Danielle's existence, which may play a part in why he becomes [[BigBrotherInstinct protective of her]].
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: He was one of these before gaining his powers, and during the brief periods he's BroughtDownToNormal.
* PainfulTransformation: Danny gaining or losing his powers has him screaming in agony.
* PartTimeHero: Like most teenage superheroes.
* PowerDyesYourHair: His hair goes from being black to white, but otherwise stays the same.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He apparently has used his ghost powers to peep at the girl's locker room.
* PubertySuperpower: Played with. He does gain his powers around the correct time, and it's used as part of his coming of age story, but they came from a freak lab accident rather than actual puberty. Mildly lampshaded in "The Ultimate Enemy." [[spoiler: After being trapped in the future and bound for his enemies to attack, he yells at them to stop... only to activate the "Ghostly Wail", the main new power Dark Dan has. He even mentions he is going through "evil puberty".]]
* PunnyName: His Superhero identity, Danny Phantom, is a pun off his civillian name, Danny Fenton. Lampshaded by [[spoiler: Dark Danny]] actually.
* ScrewDestiny: In "The Ultimate Enemy", refusing to let his [[FutureMeScaresMe bad future]] come to pass.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Whenever he turns evil.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Tucker's Red.
* SelfDuplication: Has trouble with this power at first, but by "Torrent of Terror" he's able to use it flawlessly.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In regards to Sam. At least until the final episode.
* ShonenHair: Even if he gets helmet hair, changing forms will revert it back to this.
* ShowerShy: He only showers after everybody has already left the locker room.
* SkunkStripe: [[spoiler:In the Season 3 Finale he gains one when he loses his powers, causing him to more resemble his father.]]
* TheSnarkKnight: Makes jokes even during serious moments.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Danny, to [[IdiotBall move the plot]], almost all time prior to learning his Aesop at the end of an episode ([[AesopAmnesia only to forget it by the next]]), serves to show how much [[TotallyRadical teenagers]] suck, i.e. blowing off his homework, stuffing his face with corndogs, calling everything lame or crud, playing mindless video games, acting like a jerk, wanting to make-out with the RomanticFalseLead, perpetually being a C-student, etc. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better though]].
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Averted. Danny started out suspicious of Danielle, but after learning what she is, he accepts her and becomes a surrogate big brother to her.
* TookALevelInBadass: Compare his first few episodes to the latter ones. In the beginning he was awkwardly stumbling with his powers. By end though, he had enough strength to kick ''god-like ghost beings''!
* TripleShifter: 14 year old teenager infused with ectoplasm that can turn into a ghostly superhero... and plenty of sleep lost.
* UnskilledButStrong: In the earlier episodes he commonly struggled with using his ghost powers, both in and out of combat, as well as having a rather basic fighting style for ghosts so when fighting stronger enemies early on such as Vlad or Technus, he came off as lacking.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Averted. Unlike other ghost hunters, Danny has no interest in destroying his enemies and there are some he at least tries to befriend. He's also capable of knowing not all ghosts are evil. As for his clones, it's played straight with the more mindless ones but averted with Danielle, as by the time he found out he had already started to grow fond of her and accepted her as family.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Sam. [[spoiler:TheyDo in the finale.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Danny doesn't seem to have a problem scrapping with his underage nemesis Youngblood. Averted though when Danielle was still technically his enemy, as she was fooled into helping Vlad.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Danny's ghost form has white hair.
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[[folder:Samantha "Sam" Manson]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Parents don't listen. Even worse, they don't understand. Why can't they accept me for who I am!?]]
->'''Voiced by:''' GreyDeLisle
Danny's childhood friend and primary love interest: Sam is a strict vegetarian {{Goth}} with an often contradictory personality; she's as rational and levelheaded as she is forceful and selfish. She strives to protect the environment as much as she rebels against her parents. She often keeps Danny (and Tucker) from doing anything too extreme.
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* ActionSurvivor: Despite all she does through, she manages to survive many of the ghost attacks.
* TheArtifact: Her SecretlyWealthy status is mostly forgotten after the first ten episodes.
* BadassNormal: Capable of holding her own even without powers.
* BareYourMidriff: Her standard outfit has a shirt short enough to show her belly button.
* BerserkButton: She's not fond of people using her full name of "Samantha".
* BrainyBrunette: Out of the three, Sam is usually the most rational and mature, often thinking on a realistic level compared to Danny and Tucker as well as pointing out to Danny to focus more on ghost training and hunting.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Million Dollar Ghost'', she was exhausted from bicycling, but in ''Micro Management'', she's one of the most physically fit kids in school.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Danny.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Doesn't like seeing Danny with other girls.
* TheCynic: Shares this trait with Danny, but in Danny's case it's pretty mild.
* DeadpanSnarker: Moreso than Danny.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Or any kind of meat for that matter.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: A lot of people know that Sam has a crush on Danny, including Tucker, some of the kids from school, and even Danny's father Jack.
* {{Fangirl}}: She enjoys monster movies--with her favorites being female monsters Femalien, Terminatra, and Nightmerica (all based or parodied on various male monster and/or horror films)--and Akira Kurosawa's samurai films.
* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Hooks up with Danny in the finale.]]
* {{Goth}}: Has all the trappings of one, but seems to do so out of a desire to be unique and rebel from her parents rather than fully embracing the style. Veers between the grim and perky variety at will.
* GranolaGirl: Is a vegetarian and, in spite of her family being wealthy, thrift.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: In regards to Danny. At least until the final episode.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She says she opposes violence yet is fine with hitting her friends, namely Tucker, even when it isn't needed. She despises forcing beliefs and opinions on to others yet forced the entire school to eat her "recyclable organic matter" because "we don't need meat". She scolds Danny for using his ghost powers against powerless school bullies yet she's okay with causing millions of dollars in property damage to a dealership because they were selling eco-unfriendly trucks. She spied on Danny during his date with Valerie in "Flirting with Disaster", yet when he spied on her during a date with a new student in "Double Cross My Heart", she gets angry and threatens to end their friendship.
* InformedJudaism: She's Jewish, not that this really comes up anywhere except the Christmas episode.
* InterspeciesRomance: Considering Danny is a ghost hybrid, it's pretty obvious that this trope is in effect here.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Averted. She's unhappy and twitching her eye pretending to be this for Danny and Valerie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As hypocritical and bossy Sam is, her heart is always in the right place.
* TheLadysFavour: In the finale "Phantom Planet", Sam gives Danny a ring that was used in an earlier episode "Flirting With Disaster".
* NeverMyFault: Sam tends to not to take responsibility for her actions. No matter how much she is at fault, she never admits its her fault. She never even admits she's wrong.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Some of Sam's ideas have gotten Danny into ghost trouble more than once, starting from the first episode "Mystery Meat". Danny even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] them in "Memory Blank".
* OddFriendship: With Tucker.
* PerkyGoth: Kind of. Not nearly as perky as most of the girls in her school, but she generally more upbeat and cheery than Tucker and sometimes Danny.
* PurpleEyes: Neither of her parents have them, so they could be contacts.
* SecretlyWealthy: Her family is filthy rich, but she didn't want to be treated differently because of it.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Has a crush on Danny, who is outgoing, friendly and fun.
* TheSnarkKnight: Just as much as Danny, only with more dry humor.
* SoapboxSadie: She's the character in the title page's image.
* SpoiledSweet: "Sweet" isn't the right word to describe Sam, but she's not as spoiled as the other rich girls.
* StrawVegetarian: She's a self-proclaimed "ultra-recylco vegetarian," which apparently means she eats mud and grass. She also openly admits in the first episode that she just does it to be different, but she doesn't seem to like meat all that much in any case.
* TomboyishName: Hates being called "Samantha".
* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: Sam enters a BeautyContest to try and prove how sexist it is. It's actually a charade for a medieval King Ghost from another dimension to pick a human bride, and when Sam accidentally wins, she is dressed up like a princess for the King by his lady servant. She even busts through her glass slippers.
* UptownGirl: Her family is richer than Danny's, but she lives like an average high school student.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not threaten Danny. Paulina almost learned this the hard way in "Parental Bonding".
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Danny. [[spoiler: TheyDo in the finale.]]
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[[folder:Tucker Foley]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Some people have a lot and some people don't, but everybody's got something. Me? I got charms, good looks, and modesty.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Rickey D'Shon Collins
Danny's childhood friend ''"since forever"'', Tucker is a [[GadgeteerGenius Techno Geek]] who [[SmallNameBigEgo considers himself God's gift not only to women, but to all humankind]].
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* ActionSurvivor: Like Sam, despite being less capable in a fight than her.
* BerserkButton: He doesn't like being separated from technology.
* BigEater: Will eat anything, [[DoesNotLikeSpam except vegetables]].
* BlackBestFriend: For Danny and Sam, being the third of their trio.
* BlackAndNerdy: And proud to be the latter.
* BookDumb: Despite how intelligent he's shown to be, when changing his grades, it's revealed most of them are D's and F's.
* BrainyBrunette: He may not be as rational as [[OnlySaneWoman Sam]], but he's one heck of a {{gadgeteer genius}}.
* ButtMonkey: He's dumped on quite a lot and has saved Danny more than once and yet, he only gets thanked once and it's a "thanks for being my friend" that Danny throws out to Sam as well. Although it's heartfelt, the execution of how that came about feels rather tacked on and awkward. Later seasons have him either virtually ignored or usually getting victimized. It becomes part of the plot in "What You Want" when Tucker, after routinely getting pummeled every time Danny ditches him to save the world, wishes for ghost powers.
* ChivalrousPervert: Tucker is mildly flirtatious and particularly interested in girls, though every attempt of his to get noticed by one has failed.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Tuck will eat anything, except vegetables.
* {{Expy}}: Of Steve Urkel from ''Series/FamilyMatters'', only without the annoying nasal voice.
* ExtravertedNerd: In spite of being a geek, Tucker is very outgoing.
* FatalFlaw: One of his greatest weaknesses is a tendency to abuse his relationships with his friends once he is in a position of power. Tucker has an inferiority complex where his friends are concerned, and whenever Tucker becomes empowered through a ghostly wish or otherwise, he tends to turn on his friends. This suggests a power-hungry and volatile side to the otherwise placid Tucker. At one point, Tucker was even perfectly willing to kill Danny at the behest of his wish-granting ghost benefactor. He is seen as irresponsible with power, using it for personal pleasure rather than the more righteous reasons Danny wields his with (similar to Vlad Plasmius).
* {{Flanderization}}: He starts out a simple geek who is good with technology, unlucky in getting dates and makes a few one liners. As the show continues, his obsession with technology grows to the point of treating gadgets like people, tries too hard to be suave with girls and continues making jokes to the point of wanting to be seen funny.
* GadgeteerGenius: Tucker can do almost anything with a computer.
* HopelessSuitor: To every girl he hits on, his obsession with technology and inability to shut up don't do him favors.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Although in the series finale, [[spoiler: [[ThrowTheDogABone he becomes the youngest mayor of Amity Park.]] ]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can act like a jerk, but will do the right thing in the end.
* MotorMouth: Tucker enjoys talking, but often does not know when to keep his mouth shut, causing him to blurt out more than he should or cause trouble for his friends (accidentally revealing the password put on the Ghost Portal to the Guys In White for example).
* NiceHat: A backwards red cap.
* OddFriendship: With Sam. There are some implications that he's just part of the deal with her friendship with Danny, but they are still pretty tight.
* OutOfFocus: By season three, he's either ignored, downplayed, or disappears to make room for Sam and her growing romance with Danny.
* PluckyComicRelief: Sees himself as one, though Danny and Sam seem to think otherwise.
* ProudToBeAGeek: At first he hates being called "nerd" and "techno geek", but eventually he accepts it.
* RealMenEatMeat: His dietary habits are obsessed with it, to the point of eating little else.
* RealMenWearPink: In a FreezeFrameBonus when he's changing his grades, it shows that the only A he has is in "sewing".
* RedIsHeroic: His signature red hat.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Danny's Blue.
* TheResenter: Prior to obtaining his ghost powers, Danny was on equal grounds with Tucker. The two were best friends who shared everything. Then Danny gets all the awesome powers and Tucker is stuck being the ButtMonkey. One episode showed him acting on his resentment via an (unintentional) [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor deadly wish]] that nearly had him kill Danny. Indeed, seeing the monster his wish had created helps Tucker move past this trope.
--->'''Tucker:''' ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone That's me?]]''
* RivalTurnedEvil: In "What You Want" when he wishes to have ghost powers, but he gets better.
* ShipperOnDeck: While everyone was aware of things between Danny and Sam, it was most obvious with Tucker.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He loves to talk about how he has charm, good looks, and modesty.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: In a FreezeFrameBonus when he's changing his grades, it shows he has an A in computers. The rest were a C, D, and two Fs.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Meat, lots of it.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Whenever he's in a position of power (episodes like "What You Want" and "King Tuck" being perfect examples), he'll abuse it.
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[[folder:Jazz Fenton]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:16, biologically, but psychologically, I'm an adult.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey
Danny's older sister is a intelligent 16-year old who claims to be an adult trapped in a teenager's body. As such she's often playing a {{p|romotionToParent}}arental role towards her entire family: trying to lead her parents into normality and shielding a then unsure Danny from the harsh realities of the outside world. After finding out ghosts are indeed real and Danny's SecretIdentity, she slowly gains admiration for her growing brother and eventually becomes part of "Team Phantom". She eventually lets down her shield and slowly starts to act her age, all the while happily acknowledging her love for ghosts -- at several times, becoming a BadassBookworm.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Before CharacterDevelopment, she considered herself too good for her family because of how intelligent or mature she was.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: This was part of her inital attraction to Johnny 13.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Inverted}}. Jazz is the ''older'' sibling, but can is seen this way to Danny sometimes.
* BadassBookworm: She's more book smart than her brother and has more common sense than her parents, but she's just as capable as them in battle.
* BerserkButton: Don't mess with her Bearbert Einstein teddy.
* BigSisterInstinct: She cares dearly for Danny and would do anything for him. The latter is proven once she learns about Danny's secret.
* CharacterDevelopment: Jazz eventually develops as the show progresses, starting off as a rather snobbish genius who refuses to be associated with her parents while maintaining a serious attitude, only for her to later discover how much fun ghost hunting is and embracing it, as well as toning down her serious nature and discovering her inner child while still being her supportive self. Her sudden increased interest in ghosts causes Jazz to imply or hint she is suffering from "ghost envy" when she states she desires to be a ghost to get her parents' attention. In addition, she develops a deep respect for her brother's selflessly heroic nature and attempts to support him.
* CompanionCube: When she was younger, she had [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Bearbert Einstein]].
* CoolBigSis: Eventually becomes this for Danny once she learns his secret.
* DaddysGirl: Jack Fenton has shown several scenes of adoration to his daughter (not that he ignores his son), so much to the point that Jazz's often obsessive personality may have been caused by Jack's influence—no matter how much she would [[BlackSheep deny it.]]
* EmoTeen: Started out as one. Though it wasn't exactly Emo, per say. More along the lines of "Annoyed with her parents' constant love for ghosts".
* FieryRedhead: Can be this if you push her too far.
* GiverOfLameNames: When she was trying to be more active in fighting ghosts, she tries giving her own names to them. Best example, she called Skulker "Ghost X".
* HiddenDepths: Several, but notable for being hinted at but followed up is her revealing that deep down she's resentful of all the attention her parents give to ghosts, as well as her brother being able to be a part of that - she gets a NotSoDifferent moment with Freakshow when they both are shown to have "Ghost Envy."
* NiceGirl: Becomes one after CharacterDevelopment.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Ghost hunting in general or acting her actual age. In one episode, while Danny and her mom were off on a trip together (really just another ploy by Vlad to get Maddie), she bonded with Jack a lot and ''really'' got into the ghost hunting. It translated after it was revealed to Danny that she knew his secret and joined him in his ghost hunting.
* ParentalSubstitute: She thinks she's more capable of taking care of Danny than their parents, mostly because their fascination for ghosts.
* PromotionToParent: How she saw herself before learning Danny's secret and starting to get along with her parents more.
* RapunzelHair: Jazz has long orange hair that reaches down to her hips.
* SecretSecretKeeper: From "My Brother's Keeper" through "The Ultimate Enemy," afterwards she becomes a regular SecretKeeper.
* SiblingYinYang: How her relationship with Danny started out until "The Ultimate Enemy".
* TemporarilyAVillain: In "Secret Weapons" to get back at Danny for snapping at her for her unwanted help. Though she was faking it.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Jack isn't exactly ugly, but Jazz is definitely more fit than her father.
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[[folder:Daniel "Danny" Fenton/Danny Phantom]]
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[[caption-width-right:239:It's been a month since the accident and I still barely have any control. If somebody catches me, I go from geek to freak around here!]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidKaufman
Main hero of the series: Upon obtaining his ghost powers through a FreakLabAccident, 14-year old Danny uses it to combat the various ghosts that inhabit his [[CityOfAdventure hometown]]. He starts off shy, naive, BookDumb, and emotional, constantly trying to find a place in the world, whether it be gaining popularity or through his ghost powers. By the end of the series, Danny [[CharacterDevelopment gains confidence, courage, and matures]] considerably and finds his path as a hero.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Of course. Guess which half.
* AmazonChaser: Apparently, he inherited this from his father.
** He has a huge amount of {{UST}} with his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend,]] Sam Manson, a BadassNormal.
** Danny's response to Sam's concerns about him DatingCatwoman? "I know [Valerie] wants to waste Danny Phantom... but did you know that she's a ninth-degree black belt?"
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: For the most part, subverted. In one episode, though, he had to annoy Jazz in order to show her Youngblood, whom is only seen by kids.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Averted. Danny hated the nickname Amity Park gave him, "Inviso-Bill". It isn't until ''Reign Storm'', when he charges off to fight Pariah Dark does he tell the city to call him Danny Phantom.
* BerserkButton: There's plenty [[BewareTheNiceOnes you shouldn't do]]. Specifically, don't call him a loser.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sure, he's normally outgoing, friendly and fun, but you make an attempt at anyone he cares about, and he'll take you down.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** To Danielle. In "Kindred Spirits" he's rather untrusting of her at first (for good reason) but when he learns what she is and she defects from Vlad he starts to become this. By "D-Stablized" he fits this to a T; her safety becomes his top priority, even ignoring the possibility Valerie saw him transform to save Danielle.
** Despite being 2 years younger than Jazz, he seems to show this towards her in certain situations as well, doing away with witty banter and sarcasm and going straight for demands and intimidation whenever Jazz appears to be in danger.
* BookDumb: Shows a great deal of ingenuity and quick thinking in battles, but is constantly failing in school and other practical areas of knowledge. Though to be fair, ghost fighting seriously cuts into his study time and Mr. Lancer is a rather strict teacher.
* ButtMonkey: Not as much as Tucker, but he still finds himself in the receiving end of much laughter.
* CastFromHitPoints: Danny's Ghostly Wail is his most powerful technique, capable of causing mass destruction to everything within its range, but using it severely drains Danny's stamina, enough for him to automatically revert to human form. This is more due to inexperience with such a strong power rather than the technique itself, as [[spoiler:Dark Danny]], a very powerful, experienced ghostly entity, was able to wield it with no trouble at all, and by the series finale, Danny is finally able to use it without losing energy.
* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: The only reason Danny ever overshadows people, aside from information gathering.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Over time, Danny gains confidence in himself and his abilities. He isn't scared of fighting ghosts, usually taunting them and putting all of his energy into fighting them off. He also gradually finds Dash more annoying and troublesome. As he faces more villains and bigger threats, Danny accepts that it's his responsibility to save those in need of help, sometimes endangering himself to do so. By "Public Enemies", although many people think he's a bad guy, Danny is still determined to keep protecting Amity Park from ghosts, his dedication paying off when people begin to accept him as their hero in "Reign Storm".
** In a romantic sense, Danny lets go of his crush on [[RomanticFalseLead Paulina]], after finally coming to terms with her not-so-great personality.
* ChestInsignia: Gets one in Season 2.
* ChickMagnet: Despite his lack of skills with girls, he catches the interest of 4 girls in the series. His best friend Sam has feelings for him, Paulina crushes on his superhero alter ego, Valerie at first despises him but comes to care for Danny Fenton and a nameless background character at the end of "Flirting with Disaster" has a crush on him.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Sam.
* ClarkKenting: Different eye and hair color and a barely noticeable shift in skin tone is the only thing that disguises him as Danny Phantom. He doesn't even change his voice. Not to mention his superhero moniker is almost identical to his real name. It's lampshaded by several of the more competent villains like Vlad and [[spoiler:Dark Danny]].
* ComboPlatterPowers: Flight, intangibility, energy blasts, possession, the ability to sense other ghosts, and later on the ability to duplicate himself and manipulate ice.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Part of being {{Expy}} of Peter Parker, he takes responsibility for any ghost-related harm that befalls Amity Park.
* CoolLoser: A classic one, as per usual of teen superheroes; Danny is outgoing, funny, dresses normally, acts normally, is intelligent (although lazy and, as previously mentioned, BookDumb), and as far as you can tell with the art style, fairly attractive. His only real problems include being a bit awkward with girls and ending up in strange situations in public due to his superhero activity. Yet, for some reason, the entire school seems to treat him like the nerd plague. It ''could'' be because Sam and Tucker are highly unpopular, but in real life, he would certainly have more than just ''two'' friends, even if he does hang out with two "weird" kids. [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents His parents]] aren't doing him any favors, either.
* TheCynic: Danny is kind but he is also a tad cynical and jaded, often tending to view certain aspects in a negative light. However, it's not nearly to the extent of Sam.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His "phantom" uniform is mostly black with grey lining.
* DeadpanSnarker: Danny frequently responds to most situations with sarcasm.
* DeathByOriginStory: The show wouldn't work at all if Danny weren't a phantom. Then again, due to the odd NeverSayDie quality of the show, its never made completely clear if he did "kinda-sorta" die or not -- a lot of ghosts are heavily implied to have died, but others seem more like alternate-dimension monsters that were never alive at all. All we really know about Danny is that he's now a hybrid that's half-human and half-ghost, whose DNA was suffused with ectoplasm.
* DemonicPossession: His Overshadow ability.
* DreamWalker: Through overshadowing.
* ElementalEyeColors: When ghostly, Danny's eyes change from green to {{Icy Blue|Eyes}} when using his ice powers.
* {{Expy}}:
** Of Franchise/SpiderMan, both are outcasts who were bullied in school and obtained their powers through a scientific accident, though in Danny's case he always has two friends at his side.
** Just look at him and try to say that he doesn't remind you of [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Chip Skylark, Timmy, or Cosmo]].
* EyeColourChange: His human side has blue eyes, his ghostly SuperHero alter ego has green eyes, but whenever he turns evil (either BrainwashedAndCrazy or as his [[spoiler:[[FutureMeScaresMe evil alternate-future self]]]]) his eyes turn red.
* FlyingBrick: Can fly really fast and capable of great super strength.
* FreakLabAccident: Danny gained his powers when checking out his parents' prototype ghost portal.
* FreudianExcuse: In "[[ChristmasEpisode The Fright Before Christmas]]," it's established that the reason Danny [[TheGrinch hates Christmas]] is because every year, his parents would argue over Santa's existence, which ended up ruining the celebrations.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Danny's eyes glow green uncontrollably if his BerserkButton is so much as touched, much less pushed. Although they glow brighter when he's more annoyed, like in Fanning the Flames.
* GreenEyes: His eyes go from blue to green when he goes ghost.
* TheGrinch: Due to his parents arguing over whether or not Santa exists and ruining the celebrations every year. He gets over it by the end of "Fright Before Christmas".
* HandBlast: He first develops it about a third of the way through season 1 and it quickly becomes his most often used power.
* HazmatSuit: What he wore prior to becoming half ghost. His suit in ghost form is that same suit only with value tones reversed.
* HeartbrokenBadass: During the climax of "Fanning the Flames", due to Ember's love spell between him and Sam. Also the end of "Flirting with Disaster" when Valerie breaks up with him, ironically to hunt Danny Phantom.
* HenshinHero: From human to ghost form. Subverted in that he ''can'' use his powers when he's in his human form, although it's very limited (only making certain parts of his body invisible/intangible, only firing a ghost ray from one finger, etc.). Whether this limit is Danny choosing to barely use his powers or Danny not being able to fully use his powers is never really explained.
* TheHero: Being the title character.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Not so much at first because he was unknown, but after [[WhamEpisode "Public Enemies"]]? His parents were also never thrilled with Phantom's existence either. That begins to change in "Reign Storm," after he saves the town from Pariah Dark, and by season 3, he's, by his own admission, the "duly-deputized protector of Amity Park."
* HowDoIShotWeb: In the beginning of the show he displays a lot more trouble accessing and using his powers than later on. We also see this in "Memory Blank", where he has to relearn his abilities.
* AnIcePerson: In Season 3 he gains ice powers. Frostbite reveals that Danny's ghost sense was, in fact, a manifestation of this power, and we can assume that the full power was finally unlocked once he reached the right level of skill.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Has one of these with Tucker in "What You Want", and is on the receiving end of one in "Control Freaks".
* KaleidoscopeEyes: His eyes glow green when he's angry. Strangely, only his friends notice this.
* KamehameHadoken: When he charges his HandBlast.
* KidHero: He's only fourteen years old and apparently the only heroic ghost in the world.
* MakeMeWannaShout: The Ghostly Wail, from "The Ultimate Enemy" onward.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Played straight in "13" when Johnny 13 tries using Jazz to bring his girlfriend into the human world.
* NewSuperPower: Gains a few over the course of the series. The major ones are his HandBlast, his Ghostly Wail, his ice abilities and while temporary; Weather Control.
* NiceGuy: Outside of people who intentionally try to harm or his loved ones, Danny tries to be nice around others.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: It's bad enough that half the time people blame his ghost identity for things other ghosts have done, but other times, he gets in trouble as a human too.
* OnlyFriend: By the end of the series, he's the only member of his family to know of Danielle's existence, which may play a part in why he becomes [[BigBrotherInstinct protective of her]].
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: He was one of these before gaining his powers, and during the brief periods he's BroughtDownToNormal.
* PainfulTransformation: Danny gaining or losing his powers has him screaming in agony.
* PartTimeHero: Like most teenage superheroes.
* PowerDyesYourHair: His hair goes from being black to white, but otherwise stays the same.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He apparently has used his ghost powers to peep at the girl's locker room.
* PubertySuperpower: Played with. He does gain his powers around the correct time, and it's used as part of his coming of age story, but they came from a freak lab accident rather than actual puberty. Mildly lampshaded in "The Ultimate Enemy." [[spoiler: After being trapped in the future and bound for his enemies to attack, he yells at them to stop... only to activate the "Ghostly Wail", the main new power Dark Dan has. He even mentions he is going through "evil puberty".]]
* PunnyName: His Superhero identity, Danny Phantom, is a pun off his civillian name, Danny Fenton. Lampshaded by [[spoiler: Dark Danny]] actually.
* ScrewDestiny: In "The Ultimate Enemy", refusing to let his [[FutureMeScaresMe bad future]] come to pass.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Whenever he turns evil.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Tucker's Red.
* SelfDuplication: Has trouble with this power at first, but by "Torrent of Terror" he's able to use it flawlessly.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In regards to Sam. At least until the final episode.
* ShonenHair: Even if he gets helmet hair, changing forms will revert it back to this.
* ShowerShy: He only showers after everybody has already left the locker room.
* SkunkStripe: [[spoiler:In the Season 3 Finale he gains one when he loses his powers, causing him to more resemble his father.]]
* TheSnarkKnight: Makes jokes even during serious moments.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Danny, to [[IdiotBall move the plot]], almost all time prior to learning his Aesop at the end of an episode ([[AesopAmnesia only to forget it by the next]]), serves to show how much [[TotallyRadical teenagers]] suck, i.e. blowing off his homework, stuffing his face with corndogs, calling everything lame or crud, playing mindless video games, acting like a jerk, wanting to make-out with the RomanticFalseLead, perpetually being a C-student, etc. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better though]].
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Averted. Danny started out suspicious of Danielle, but after learning what she is, he accepts her and becomes a surrogate big brother to her.
* TookALevelInBadass: Compare his first few episodes to the latter ones. In the beginning he was awkwardly stumbling with his powers. By end though, he had enough strength to kick ''god-like ghost beings''!
* TripleShifter: 14 year old teenager infused with ectoplasm that can turn into a ghostly superhero... and plenty of sleep lost.
* UnskilledButStrong: In the earlier episodes he commonly struggled with using his ghost powers, both in and out of combat, as well as having a rather basic fighting style for ghosts so when fighting stronger enemies early on such as Vlad or Technus, he came off as lacking.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Averted. Unlike other ghost hunters, Danny has no interest in destroying his enemies and there are some he at least tries to befriend. He's also capable of knowing not all ghosts are evil. As for his clones, it's played straight with the more mindless ones but averted with Danielle, as by the time he found out he had already started to grow fond of her and accepted her as family.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Sam. [[spoiler:TheyDo in the finale.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Danny doesn't seem to have a problem scrapping with his underage nemesis Youngblood. Averted though when Danielle was still technically his enemy, as she was fooled into helping Vlad.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Danny's ghost form has white hair.
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[[folder:Samantha "Sam" Manson]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Parents don't listen. Even worse, they don't understand. Why can't they accept me for who I am!?]]
->'''Voiced by:''' GreyDeLisle
Danny's childhood friend and primary love interest: Sam is a strict vegetarian {{Goth}} with an often contradictory personality; she's as rational and levelheaded as she is forceful and selfish. She strives to protect the environment as much as she rebels against her parents. She often keeps Danny (and Tucker) from doing anything too extreme.
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* ActionSurvivor: Despite all she does through, she manages to survive many of the ghost attacks.
* TheArtifact: Her SecretlyWealthy status is mostly forgotten after the first ten episodes.
* BadassNormal: Capable of holding her own even without powers.
* BareYourMidriff: Her standard outfit has a shirt short enough to show her belly button.
* BerserkButton: She's not fond of people using her full name of "Samantha".
* BrainyBrunette: Out of the three, Sam is usually the most rational and mature, often thinking on a realistic level compared to Danny and Tucker as well as pointing out to Danny to focus more on ghost training and hunting.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Million Dollar Ghost'', she was exhausted from bicycling, but in ''Micro Management'', she's one of the most physically fit kids in school.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Danny.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Doesn't like seeing Danny with other girls.
* TheCynic: Shares this trait with Danny, but in Danny's case it's pretty mild.
* DeadpanSnarker: Moreso than Danny.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Or any kind of meat for that matter.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: A lot of people know that Sam has a crush on Danny, including Tucker, some of the kids from school, and even Danny's father Jack.
* {{Fangirl}}: She enjoys monster movies--with her favorites being female monsters Femalien, Terminatra, and Nightmerica (all based or parodied on various male monster and/or horror films)--and Akira Kurosawa's samurai films.
* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Hooks up with Danny in the finale.]]
* {{Goth}}: Has all the trappings of one, but seems to do so out of a desire to be unique and rebel from her parents rather than fully embracing the style. Veers between the grim and perky variety at will.
* GranolaGirl: Is a vegetarian and, in spite of her family being wealthy, thrift.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: In regards to Danny. At least until the final episode.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She says she opposes violence yet is fine with hitting her friends, namely Tucker, even when it isn't needed. She despises forcing beliefs and opinions on to others yet forced the entire school to eat her "recyclable organic matter" because "we don't need meat". She scolds Danny for using his ghost powers against powerless school bullies yet she's okay with causing millions of dollars in property damage to a dealership because they were selling eco-unfriendly trucks. She spied on Danny during his date with Valerie in "Flirting with Disaster", yet when he spied on her during a date with a new student in "Double Cross My Heart", she gets angry and threatens to end their friendship.
* InformedJudaism: She's Jewish, not that this really comes up anywhere except the Christmas episode.
* InterspeciesRomance: Considering Danny is a ghost hybrid, it's pretty obvious that this trope is in effect here.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Averted. She's unhappy and twitching her eye pretending to be this for Danny and Valerie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As hypocritical and bossy Sam is, her heart is always in the right place.
* TheLadysFavour: In the finale "Phantom Planet", Sam gives Danny a ring that was used in an earlier episode "Flirting With Disaster".
* NeverMyFault: Sam tends to not to take responsibility for her actions. No matter how much she is at fault, she never admits its her fault. She never even admits she's wrong.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Some of Sam's ideas have gotten Danny into ghost trouble more than once, starting from the first episode "Mystery Meat". Danny even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] them in "Memory Blank".
* OddFriendship: With Tucker.
* PerkyGoth: Kind of. Not nearly as perky as most of the girls in her school, but she generally more upbeat and cheery than Tucker and sometimes Danny.
* PurpleEyes: Neither of her parents have them, so they could be contacts.
* SecretlyWealthy: Her family is filthy rich, but she didn't want to be treated differently because of it.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Has a crush on Danny, who is outgoing, friendly and fun.
* TheSnarkKnight: Just as much as Danny, only with more dry humor.
* SoapboxSadie: She's the character in the title page's image.
* SpoiledSweet: "Sweet" isn't the right word to describe Sam, but she's not as spoiled as the other rich girls.
* StrawVegetarian: She's a self-proclaimed "ultra-recylco vegetarian," which apparently means she eats mud and grass. She also openly admits in the first episode that she just does it to be different, but she doesn't seem to like meat all that much in any case.
* TomboyishName: Hates being called "Samantha".
* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: Sam enters a BeautyContest to try and prove how sexist it is. It's actually a charade for a medieval King Ghost from another dimension to pick a human bride, and when Sam accidentally wins, she is dressed up like a princess for the King by his lady servant. She even busts through her glass slippers.
* UptownGirl: Her family is richer than Danny's, but she lives like an average high school student.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do not threaten Danny. Paulina almost learned this the hard way in "Parental Bonding".
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Danny. [[spoiler: TheyDo in the finale.]]
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[[folder:Tucker Foley]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Some people have a lot and some people don't, but everybody's got something. Me? I got charms, good looks, and modesty.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Rickey D'Shon Collins
Danny's childhood friend ''"since forever"'', Tucker is a [[GadgeteerGenius Techno Geek]] who [[SmallNameBigEgo considers himself God's gift not only to women, but to all humankind]].
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* ActionSurvivor: Like Sam, despite being less capable in a fight than her.
* BerserkButton: He doesn't like being separated from technology.
* BigEater: Will eat anything, [[DoesNotLikeSpam except vegetables]].
* BlackBestFriend: For Danny and Sam, being the third of their trio.
* BlackAndNerdy: And proud to be the latter.
* BookDumb: Despite how intelligent he's shown to be, when changing his grades, it's revealed most of them are D's and F's.
* BrainyBrunette: He may not be as rational as [[OnlySaneWoman Sam]], but he's one heck of a {{gadgeteer genius}}.
* ButtMonkey: He's dumped on quite a lot and has saved Danny more than once and yet, he only gets thanked once and it's a "thanks for being my friend" that Danny throws out to Sam as well. Although it's heartfelt, the execution of how that came about feels rather tacked on and awkward. Later seasons have him either virtually ignored or usually getting victimized. It becomes part of the plot in "What You Want" when Tucker, after routinely getting pummeled every time Danny ditches him to save the world, wishes for ghost powers.
* ChivalrousPervert: Tucker is mildly flirtatious and particularly interested in girls, though every attempt of his to get noticed by one has failed.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Tuck will eat anything, except vegetables.
* {{Expy}}: Of Steve Urkel from ''Series/FamilyMatters'', only without the annoying nasal voice.
* ExtravertedNerd: In spite of being a geek, Tucker is very outgoing.
* FatalFlaw: One of his greatest weaknesses is a tendency to abuse his relationships with his friends once he is in a position of power. Tucker has an inferiority complex where his friends are concerned, and whenever Tucker becomes empowered through a ghostly wish or otherwise, he tends to turn on his friends. This suggests a power-hungry and volatile side to the otherwise placid Tucker. At one point, Tucker was even perfectly willing to kill Danny at the behest of his wish-granting ghost benefactor. He is seen as irresponsible with power, using it for personal pleasure rather than the more righteous reasons Danny wields his with (similar to Vlad Plasmius).
* {{Flanderization}}: He starts out a simple geek who is good with technology, unlucky in getting dates and makes a few one liners. As the show continues, his obsession with technology grows to the point of treating gadgets like people, tries too hard to be suave with girls and continues making jokes to the point of wanting to be seen funny.
* GadgeteerGenius: Tucker can do almost anything with a computer.
* HopelessSuitor: To every girl he hits on, his obsession with technology and inability to shut up don't do him favors.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Although in the series finale, [[spoiler: [[ThrowTheDogABone he becomes the youngest mayor of Amity Park.]] ]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can act like a jerk, but will do the right thing in the end.
* MotorMouth: Tucker enjoys talking, but often does not know when to keep his mouth shut, causing him to blurt out more than he should or cause trouble for his friends (accidentally revealing the password put on the Ghost Portal to the Guys In White for example).
* NiceHat: A backwards red cap.
* OddFriendship: With Sam. There are some implications that he's just part of the deal with her friendship with Danny, but they are still pretty tight.
* OutOfFocus: By season three, he's either ignored, downplayed, or disappears to make room for Sam and her growing romance with Danny.
* PluckyComicRelief: Sees himself as one, though Danny and Sam seem to think otherwise.
* ProudToBeAGeek: At first he hates being called "nerd" and "techno geek", but eventually he accepts it.
* RealMenEatMeat: His dietary habits are obsessed with it, to the point of eating little else.
* RealMenWearPink: In a FreezeFrameBonus when he's changing his grades, it shows that the only A he has is in "sewing".
* RedIsHeroic: His signature red hat.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Danny's Blue.
* TheResenter: Prior to obtaining his ghost powers, Danny was on equal grounds with Tucker. The two were best friends who shared everything. Then Danny gets all the awesome powers and Tucker is stuck being the ButtMonkey. One episode showed him acting on his resentment via an (unintentional) [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor deadly wish]] that nearly had him kill Danny. Indeed, seeing the monster his wish had created helps Tucker move past this trope.
--->'''Tucker:''' ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone That's me?]]''
* RivalTurnedEvil: In "What You Want" when he wishes to have ghost powers, but he gets better.
* ShipperOnDeck: While everyone was aware of things between Danny and Sam, it was most obvious with Tucker.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He loves to talk about how he has charm, good looks, and modesty.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: In a FreezeFrameBonus when he's changing his grades, it shows he has an A in computers. The rest were a C, D, and two Fs.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Meat, lots of it.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Whenever he's in a position of power (episodes like "What You Want" and "King Tuck" being perfect examples), he'll abuse it.
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[[folder:Jazz Fenton]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:16, biologically, but psychologically, I'm an adult.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey
Danny's older sister is a intelligent 16-year old who claims to be an adult trapped in a teenager's body. As such she's often playing a {{p|romotionToParent}}arental role towards her entire family: trying to lead her parents into normality and shielding a then unsure Danny from the harsh realities of the outside world. After finding out ghosts are indeed real and Danny's SecretIdentity, she slowly gains admiration for her growing brother and eventually becomes part of "Team Phantom". She eventually lets down her shield and slowly starts to act her age, all the while happily acknowledging her love for ghosts -- at several times, becoming a BadassBookworm.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Before CharacterDevelopment, she considered herself too good for her family because of how intelligent or mature she was.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: This was part of her inital attraction to Johnny 13.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Inverted}}. Jazz is the ''older'' sibling, but can is seen this way to Danny sometimes.
* BadassBookworm: She's more book smart than her brother and has more common sense than her parents, but she's just as capable as them in battle.
* BerserkButton: Don't mess with her Bearbert Einstein teddy.
* BigSisterInstinct: She cares dearly for Danny and would do anything for him. The latter is proven once she learns about Danny's secret.
* CharacterDevelopment: Jazz eventually develops as the show progresses, starting off as a rather snobbish genius who refuses to be associated with her parents while maintaining a serious attitude, only for her to later discover how much fun ghost hunting is and embracing it, as well as toning down her serious nature and discovering her inner child while still being her supportive self. Her sudden increased interest in ghosts causes Jazz to imply or hint she is suffering from "ghost envy" when she states she desires to be a ghost to get her parents' attention. In addition, she develops a deep respect for her brother's selflessly heroic nature and attempts to support him.
* CompanionCube: When she was younger, she had [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Bearbert Einstein]].
* CoolBigSis: Eventually becomes this for Danny once she learns his secret.
* DaddysGirl: Jack Fenton has shown several scenes of adoration to his daughter (not that he ignores his son), so much to the point that Jazz's often obsessive personality may have been caused by Jack's influence—no matter how much she would [[BlackSheep deny it.]]
* EmoTeen: Started out as one. Though it wasn't exactly Emo, per say. More along the lines of "Annoyed with her parents' constant love for ghosts".
* FieryRedhead: Can be this if you push her too far.
* GiverOfLameNames: When she was trying to be more active in fighting ghosts, she tries giving her own names to them. Best example, she called Skulker "Ghost X".
* HiddenDepths: Several, but notable for being hinted at but followed up is her revealing that deep down she's resentful of all the attention her parents give to ghosts, as well as her brother being able to be a part of that - she gets a NotSoDifferent moment with Freakshow when they both are shown to have "Ghost Envy."
* NiceGirl: Becomes one after CharacterDevelopment.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Ghost hunting in general or acting her actual age. In one episode, while Danny and her mom were off on a trip together (really just another ploy by Vlad to get Maddie), she bonded with Jack a lot and ''really'' got into the ghost hunting. It translated after it was revealed to Danny that she knew his secret and joined him in his ghost hunting.
* ParentalSubstitute: She thinks she's more capable of taking care of Danny than their parents, mostly because their fascination for ghosts.
* PromotionToParent: How she saw herself before learning Danny's secret and starting to get along with her parents more.
* RapunzelHair: Jazz has long orange hair that reaches down to her hips.
* SecretSecretKeeper: From "My Brother's Keeper" through "The Ultimate Enemy," afterwards she becomes a regular SecretKeeper.
* SiblingYinYang: How her relationship with Danny started out until "The Ultimate Enemy".
* TemporarilyAVillain: In "Secret Weapons" to get back at Danny for snapping at her for her unwanted help. Though she was faking it.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Jack isn't exactly ugly, but Jazz is definitely more fit than her father.
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