History Characters / DannyPhantomVillains

** They both use a mind-controlling staff which is destroyed in their first appearance, and dress in [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]] clothing.

* {{Expy}}: Of Jafar since his ghost form kinda looks like an evil Genie like Jafar's transformation, and both Danny and Aladdin defeat them by using their pride and envy to trick them into transforming into a form that can be [[SealedEvilInACan sealed into a can]].

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler: In the final episode "Phantom Planet", Jack finds out that his college friend Vlad has become a half-ghost bent on killing him and stealing Maddie. Despite all that Vlad had done, including the numerous previous attempts at murder, Jack attempted to reason with Vlad not to go through with his world domination plot, even pointing out that he voted for Vlad to become mayor in the first place. Vlad refuses to hear Jack's pleas. Thanks to that, Jack concludes that Vlad is not worth redeeming. As such, when Vlad has the audacity to ask Jack for help when his plan fails, ''[[EntitledBastard just after he threatened to steal Maddie]]'' '''''[[EntitledBastard right in front of Jack]]''''', the latter leaves Vlad behind in outer space.

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler: In the final episode "Phantom Planet", Jack finds out that his college friend Vlad has become a half-ghost bent on killing him and stealing Maddie. Despite all that Vlad had done, including the numerous previous attempts at murder, Jack attempted to reason with Vlad not to go through with his world domination plot, even pointing out that he voted for Vlad to become mayor in the first place. Vlad refuses to hear Jack's pleas. Thanks to that, Jack concludes that Vlad is not worth redeeming. As such, when Vlad has the audacity to ask Jack for help when his plan fails, ''[[EntitledBastard just after [[EntitledBastard he threatened to steal Maddie]]'' '''''[[EntitledBastard right in front of Jack]]''''', the latter leaves Vlad behind in outer space.

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler: In the final episode "Phantom Planet", Jack finds out that his college friend Vlad has become a half-ghost bent on killing him and stealing Maddie. Despite all that Vlad had done, including the numerous previous attempts at murder, Jack attempted to reason with Vlad not to go through with his world domination plot, even pointing out that he voted for Vlad to become mayor in the first place. Vlad refuses to hear Jack's pleas. Thanks to that, Jack concludes that Vlad is not worth redeeming. As such, when Vlad has the audacity to ask Jack for help when his plan fails, ''[[EntitledBastard just after [[EntitledBastard he threatened to steal Maddie]]'' '''''[[EntitledBastard right in front of Jack]]''''', the latter leaves Vlad behind in outer space.]]

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler: In the final episode "Phantom Planet", Jack finds out that his college friend Vlad has become a half-ghost bent on killing him and stealing Maddie. Despite all that Vlad had done, including the numerous previous attempts at murder, Jack attempted to reason with Vlad not to go through with his world domination plot, even pointing out that he voted for Vlad to become mayor in the first place. Vlad refuses to hear Jack's pleas. Thanks to that, Jack finally concludes that Vlad is not worth redeeming, so when Vlad asked him for help, Jack leaves him behind in outer space.]]

** While it's not clear if he ''ever'' had any chance with Maddie, Vlad holds a valid point that Jack ''did'' nearly kill him back in college out of [[IdiotHoudini sheer idiocy]]. Oddly, while Vlad ''does'' show his bitterness over the incident, he tends to focus more on how it cost him any chance to win over Maddie and rarely brings up how Jack basically ''poisoned him''.

* BerserkButton: Because he craves the center of attention, he won't let anyone outstage him, ''especially'' ghosts. Also, he violently denies that he has Ghost Envy.

* KidFromTheFuture: Is the future child of Box Ghost and Lunch Lady, sent back by Clockwork to test Danny.

* BatmanGambit: At one point, she began stalking Team Phantom when she saw that Danny and Sam were arguing. She was waiting for the point when one of them used the magic words, "I wish I never met you!" [[spoiler:[[ForWantOfANail without Sam as Danny's friend, he never became Danny Phantom]], and Desiree took advantage to remove Danny as an obstacle for her plans involving [[MakeAWish a meteor shower]]]].

* AntiHero: While "hero" is a bit of a stretch, the Guys in White not antagonistic for personal gain; they're government operatives carrying out security and executive policy. However, they're overzealous to the point they don't care about collateral damage they cause, and they're committed to the extermination of ghosts, going so far as to plotting to destroy the entire Ghost Zone (which would've destroyed the Earth as well).

* {{Expy}}: Butch Hartman has described him as the "[[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]" of the series, in that he's a billionaire who serves as the ArchEnemy of the hero that puts on a [[FauxAffablyEvil seemingly charming act in the presence of others]] and is motivated by his pettiness and ego to commit acts of villainy. They also have a very unhealthy hatred for someone, Superman and Jack Fenton for Lex and Vlad respectively, that motivates most if not all of their plans. His becoming mayor in the final season also mirrors how Luthor was president for a time.

* FalseFriend: Played with. Jack and him were legitimately best friends in college before the accident that gave Vlad ghost powers and Jack's marriage to Maddie. When they "reignite" their friendship in "Bitter Reunions", he acts like he's forgiven Jack and has become his friend again, when in reality he's this -- Jack is simply too oblivious to notice, and remains so [[spoiler:until the series finale]]. However, [[spoiler:"The Ultimate Enemy" implies that deep, ''deep'' down, Vlad does still consider Jack his best friend but is too warped by jealousy, resentment and bitterness to acknowledge it. It's only in the BadFuture, where he lost everything and had a decade to reflect on all his mistakes, that he's able to accept how much Jack meant to him]].

* {{Sadist}}: Loves to see the Fentons (Jack and Danny especially) suffer. He even '''laughs''' as he melts Danielle alive into a puddle of ectoplasm, which is clearly shown to be a [[ColdBloodedTorture very slow and painful process]] with her ''screaming in agony''.

* SingleTargetSexuality: You'd think with his vast riches and superpowers, Vlad would have found someone more of a match for him. Instead, the only woman he wants is Maddie, who is married and doesn't have a good opinion of him. To demonstrate that, he has holograms of her who compliment him every time, photos of her on his desktop and a stuffed Maddie doll when he goes to sleep.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He trapped Danny in a book where everyone was against him just because Danny destroyed his poem.

* TopHeavyGuy: Much like Jack Fenton, Box Ghost has a rectangle body with short stubby legs. His BadFuture self gains a more muscluar physique, similar to Skulker.

* FirstNameBasis: She's one of the few villains who address Danny by his name instead of "ghost child" or some insult.

* The70s

** "Masters of All Time" expands and delves deeper into Vlad's archetype prior to his accident. He's shown to always have sweets for Maddie, but shows jealousy when she gives Jack affection. Even without the accident that gave him his powers and "saved" Maddie, he still becomes the same sociopathic, manipulative man and treats Maddie as a trophy rather than a wife.

** His hatred for Jack. Vlad's obsession with ruining Jack's life or killing him has not only made him an enemy of Jack's son and made him hated by the woman he lusts for, but it ends up screwing him over at the worst possible time. [[spoiler:In the final episode, he intentionally inputs the wrong coordinates for a rocket that would have destroyed the Disasteroid so that he can make Jack look bad to the entire world. He then uses this to blackmail the world into making him ruler of the Earth in exchange for saving the world. When he reveals his powers to the world and attempts to make the Disasteroid intangible, he discovers too late that it's made of a material that's hazardous to him and he used up the only weapon they had that could've destroyed it because he couldn't help but spite Jack, meaning that the Earth is still doomed and even if it weren't, he couldn't return or he'd be hunted for blackmailing the world. He then asks Jack for help, but since he had just revealed to Jack how much he hates him and that he planned to steal Maddie from him, Jack abandons him and flies back to Earth without him.]]

* RescueRomance: {{Deconstruction}}; In the alternate timeline created during "Masters of All Time", Vlad saved Maddie from the malfunctioning portal, earning her affection and eventually marrying her. However, Vlad is overly controlling and possessive of Maddie, even having forbidden her from pursuing ghost-hunting, and had lied to her, saying that Jack (who had suffered the ecto-acne accident in this timeline), didn't want anything to do with her. Maddie, unwilling to give up her life's work, resorted to ghost-hunting behind his back, clearly resenting him for it. Whether she felt obligated to marry him out of gratitude or simply overestimated his character based on that one seemingly noble act, rescue was clearly not good enough grounds for a lasting romance.

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Gives one to the entire planet when he reveals his true nature: to let themselves be destroyed by the Disasteroid -- which ''he'' is responsible for -- or allow Vlad total world supremacy in exchange for him phasing the asteroid harmlessly through the planet. This backfires on Vlad '''big time''' when he learns too late that the Disasteroid cannot be touched nor turned intangible by ghosts (due to being made of ectoranium). This quickly lands him in a no-win situation where, even if the Earth wasn't in jeopardy, he couldn't return or he'd be hunted wherever he goes. Thankfully, Danny TakesAThirdOption by instead turning the ''Earth'' intangible, which is what ultimately saves the Earth.]]

* SingleTargetSexuality: You'd think with his vast riches and superpowers, Vlad would have found someone more of a match for him. Instead, the only woman he wants is Maddie, who is married and doesn't have a good opinion of him. To demonstrate that, he has holograms of her who compliment him every time, photos of her on his desktop and a stuff Maddie doll when he goes to sleep.
* TheSociopath: He has all the traits listed on the main page, and his "love" for Maddie is shown to be shallow and mostly for her beauty; he tries his best to repress her strong personality and forcibly forge her into a "model wife" in the bad timeline where he gets her.

* WeaksauceWeakness: An orange of all things can be use to briefly interrupt his RealityWarper powers, since nothing rhymes with "orange" and his power depends on him typing a rhyming poem.

* SelfMadeOrphan: He didn't just try to kill his human half's parents, he ''[[AxCrazy killed his sister, his friends, and his teacher]]''... just to secure his own future.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: An unintentional case. It's implied by Vlad that he used the process by which he extracted Danny's ghost half to make sure he could no longer feel grief over his family and friend's deaths. [[GoneHorriblyWrong Unfortunately, it also took away all of Danny's kindness and empathy, leaving a monstrous sociopath in misplace.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: Upon seeing the time medallions on his younger self and his former friends, he reasons that Clockwork was "meddling again". Exactly how he could know Clockwork, much less what were his previous meddling attempts were, are never establish. This also raises the question if Clockwork intervening in his past is something he's experienced prior.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: The chorus of "Remember" says "Ember, so warm and tender," implying she was much nicer when she was alive.

* StealthPun: His name is a pun on the term Ghost Writer, an author who writes texts on demand intended to be credited to someone else.

** [[spoiler:In the graphic novel ''A Glitch in Time'', when the two meet again, the Fright Knight claims he no longer serves him and attacks his former master, implying the two had some kind of a fallout after Vlad's banishment.]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MartinMull (English)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Rafael Monsalve (Latin American Spanish), Andrzej Chudy (Polish)[[/labelnote]]