Line #31 Fanfic/TMDDFWhatIf


1	'''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14242477/1/TMDDF-What-If TMDDF: What If?]]''' is a fanfic written by Creator/NeoMark, inspired by ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'', written by Creator/FlowerPrincess11.
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3	This fic takes place in an alternate universe where [=Flowerprincess11=] isn't the one who picks ''[[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny's]]'' dates.
4	The dates so far: WesternAnimation/KimPossible, [[WesternAnimation/TotallySpies Samantha Simpson]], [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Gwen Tennyson]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}} Abby Archer]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Leni Loud]], [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette Dupain-Cheng]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Sakura Kasugano]], [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Lapis Lazuli]], [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Cree Lincoln]], [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Violet Parr]], [[WesternAnimation/SixTeen Jen Masterson]], [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]], [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Star Butterfly]], [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Wendy Corduroy]], [[WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw Melissa Chase]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 April O'Neil]], [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Bridgette]], [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Vanessa Doofenshmirtz]], [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters Kula Diamond]], [[Anime/SailorMoon Makoto Kino]], [[Manga/InterviewsWithMonsterGirls Yuki Kusakabe]], [[WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily Penny Proud]], [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Kimiko Tohomiko]], [[Toys/MonsterHigh Clawdeen Wolf]], [[WesternAnimation/WinxClub Bloom]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Liz Allen]], [[WesternAnimation/BarbieDreamhouseAdventures Skipper Roberts]], and [[Franchise/{{Tekken}} Asuka Kazama]].
5	! Tropes:
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7	* AbhorrentAdmirer: During his date with Clawdeen, Danny unintentionally caught the interest of Toralie Stripe, who kissed him without consent. He did not enjoy it or her in the slightest.
8	* ActionizedSequel: More accurately, actionized alternate universe. There is more emphasis on action and combat in this story as opposed to the original ''Many Dates'', which was mostly focused on comedy. Even chapters with dates that aren't fighters like Leni and Jen feature Danny going up against a threat.
9	* AdaptationalKarma: While the original fic had Cree simply be taken into custody by the KND after Danny calls her a creep, here Danny decides to dole out some real justice...by making Cree mad enough to cause property damage, phasing the armour off her, and leaving her to a bunch of angry people for her actions. Father isn't happy by her property damage and just leaves her to her fate.
10	* AmazonChaser: Danny takes a quick shine to girls who can hold their own in battle, including Kim, Samantha and Marinette.
11	* AscendedExtra: Samantha was a minor character in the original story, while a supporting character in the spin-off involving Alex. Marinette was never featured in the original, but she has been acknowledged in various spin-offs. Both of them are dates in this version.
12	* BaitAndSwitch: At first, it seems that the end of Danny's date with Star is a straightforward example of SomethingWeForgot as he wonders if he forgot something, which then cuts to Pony Head still frozen. He then realizes he forgot to get donuts, cheerfully saying it's a good way to celebrate freezing her as payback.
13	* TheBet: ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' made one with ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} the Warners]]'' that he won when [=NeoMark=] chose ''[[Franchise/Ben10 Gwen Tennyson]]'' since that means the author kept another girl whose spin-off he's penning but also that he picked three redheads with green eyes.
14	* BigBadWannabe: During Danny's date with Penny, Garrett Krebs arrives for revenge. But in a town where ghost attacks happen frequently and has its own ghostly superhero, Garrett is pretty much a joke, especially when the only thing he can do is turn into a floating head and use basic telekinesis. Danny even lampshades this before kicking his butt.
15	-->'''Danny''': Look, Gary Krab-\
16	'''Garrett''': GARRETT KREBS!\
17	'''Danny''': Right… Krebs. I'm sure you're the biggest, baddest ghost where you call home. But here? Not so much. You're a big fish from a small pond, Amity Park's whole lake full of ghosts. Everything you've shown is basically level 1, something that'd be trouble for me almost a year ago but now is like standard fare in a JRPG. So, let's just make things easier, shall we? You agree to go and never bother that family again… and I'll promise not to deal with you anymore, okay?
18	* BirdsOfAFeather:
19	** Danny and Marinette quickly bond over their shared similarities of clumsiness, dealing with getting over their feelings for another, and hero duty.
20	** Both Danny and Kula gained their powers through science and have cryokinesis as a power, something that excited the latter.
21	* ChivalrousPervert: Danny isn't above ogling his dates slightly when they're dressed in form-fitting outfits like Sam in her spy suit or Marinette as Ladybug. However, he is above doing anything else and clearly values earning their respect. Even when he does comment on how attractive Marinette is, he's being playful about it.
22	* DemotedToExtra: In the original fanfic, ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' Gwen was one of Danny's dates. Here, she just gets a mention as Tucker's date from the day Danny dated Melissa.
23	* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Vlad decided to go after some of the girls Danny dated, [[spoiler:the Plasmius Maximus is used on him and he quickly activates a way to deflect ghost attacks so Danny won't be able to hurt him. He's reminded that he's surrounded by enemies who, having nothing ghostly, still can harm him.]]
24	* DirtyCoward: Dash is willing to push Kwan into Sagat's path and give Sakura all his money, if it means saving his own skin.
25	-->'''Sagat''': Hmph. A coward's blood is not worthy to stain my fist.
26	* EveryoneHasStandards:
27	** Deadpool jokingly claims in one review about the fact all of Danny's dates at the time were redheads like his sister is beneath him.
28	** Danny outright refuses to look up Sakura's skirt despite having the opportunity to.
29	** Tucker is ashamed of his happiness over Danny having a bad date once Danny pointed out he was happy when Danny "went out with someone who hits kids".
30	** When Vanessa Doofenshmirtz reveals she hacked her way into becoming Danny's date, she explains that she chose him because the only other Amity Park boy in the dating service was Tucker and she considered his profile too shady. Danny admits he can't blame her for thinking that.
31	** Danny may be a NiceGuy, but there are limits to what he’ll put up with since he gets back at Pony Head for interrupting his date with Star and being a total jerk to him by leaving her frozen in the bathroom.
32	** While King Pony Head loves his daughter Princess Pony Head and does free her from the ice block Danny imprisoned her in, he makes it clear she brought it on herself since he correctly assumes Pony Head ended up that way by antagonizing Danny, given her {{jerkass}} {{troll}}ing personality.
33	* {{Foil}}: [=NeoMark=] claims to have chosen certain dates as replacements based on how different they are from dates in the original.
34	** ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}} Abby]]'' to replace ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}} Emma]]'' because he considers the girls as foils to each other. As Neo points out, "Both have similar hairstyles, both older, both had not so great luck with boys they liked... but Abby is a more confident and capable girl, and a heroine in her own right, and she's not too keen on that same boy".
35	** Lapis Lazuli takes Jenny Wakeman's place as a blue inorganic girl that Danny dates. Jenny was technically the youngest of Danny's dates and was very extroverted, whereas Lapis Lazuli is more withdrawn and thousands of years old.
36	** Star Butterfly replaces Katie Kaboom is the "crazy" blonde girl that is too much for Danny to handle. Though unlike Katie, Star acknowledges right away that Danny isn't into her and they part on decent terms.
37	** Marinette Dupain-Cheng serves as a foil to Sabrina Spellman. Both girls are the same age as Danny, having a small talking creature as a partner (Salem being a wizard-turned-cat who is incredibly snarky while Tikki is a kwami who is much less so) and have magical powers, though Marinette uses them as a superhero while Sabrina is a witch-in-training.
38	** Sakura Kasugano is a prominent video game character who aspires to be the protégé of Ryu, contrasting Kara Kent being a prominent comic book character who is already the protégé of Superman.
39	* HeartbreakAndIceCream: After a date with a girl named Paige, Tucker eats ice cream to feel better.
40	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Much like with returning dates, some of Danny's new dates are heroines in their own right.
41	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Once again, Vlad's Plasmius Maximus is used against him.
42	* HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient: When Danny and Daphne are eating a sandwich, Danny finds it odd she "asked the guy not to put stuff in the sandwich like sauerkraut or pork or relish or anything else that ''clearly'' did not belong on it". Daphne explains that her friends Shaggy and Scooby "have odd tastes in food".
43	* HypocriticalHumor: ''Ben'' 10 asks Danny Phantom, "Who uses their first name in a hero name?" and a [=DNAlien=] [[LampshadeHanging points out he does]].
44	* JerkassHasAPoint: While King Pony Head doesn’t know the whole story, he is justified in believing that it’s his daughter’s Pony Head’s own fault she got stuck in ice by messing with the one who froze her (Danny in this case) since he’s very aware of his daughter’s troublesome attitude.
45	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: K' is very confrontational and unfriendly, but he cares for Kula and, despite his dislike of Danny, encourages him to keep her happy.
46	* LaserGuidedKarma: Danny gets back at Pony Head for crashing his blind date with Star and acting like a total {{jerkass}} to him by leaving her trapped in a block ice in the bathroom. Ever her caring father King Pony Head correctly suspects that it’s her own fault she got trapped in ice by provoking someone since he’s aware of her wild, impulsive, and unpleasant personality.
47	* LiteralSurveillanceBug: Many of Danny's dates have one of Vlad's robot insects follow him. So far though, Vlad has not been involved in person, unlike the original story that featured him in chapter 6.
48	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Danny gets this reaction from Sagat by pointing out the latter was willing to harm or even kill Sakura, a teenage girl, just to get another fight with Ryu.
49	* NormalFishInATinyPond:
50	** In ''Street Fighter'', Sakura is not among the most powerful of the World Warriors, given she's mostly self taught after emulating Ryu. In Amity Park, she's a far better fighter than anyone around, able to handle Dash and his entire crew with ease.
51	** Garrett Krebs was notably the sole ghost from "The Proud Family" and one of the few paranormal threats the family encountered, and only was defeated thanks to Penny getting superpowers that episode. Without Penny having powers, he ''would'' be the biggest danger… if it's not in Amity Park. Danny himself acknowledges this trope, saying Krebs is "a big fish from a small pond", with Amity Park being a lake and how basic his powers are that he isn't a threat to him.
52	* NoSparks: Although impressed with Star's fighting prowess, Danny admits that her chaotic nature and irresponsibility make him rather uninterested in her. She doesn't fault him for it and they part on okay terms.
53	* OneSteveLimit:
54	** When Danny dates [[WesternAnimation/TotallySpies a girl named Sam]], he has to explain to his dad he doesn't mean his friend Sam Manson. Danny even points out Sam is a common name.
55	** One of Danny's dates is Abby Archer and another of his dates has a sister named Abby Lincoln.
56	** One of Danny's dates is Gwen Tennyson and one of Tucker's dates is Gwen from ''Total Drama''.
57	** When describing his date with Star Butterfly, Danny has to clarify to Tucker it's not the Star from their school.
58	* RescueRomance: Although Abby was slightly upset about Danny hiding his identity from her, she forgives him and quickly resumes her date with him out of gratitude for saving her.
59	* SameSurnameMeansRelated: In the chapter where Danny dates a girl from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise, it's noted that he heard of Ken Masters and checked for a kinship between Ken and Vlad Masters, but found out they're not related.
60	* SeenItAll: Danny comments it says something about his life when he isn't bothered by the sight of Dojo the dragon.
61	* ShallowCannotComprehendTrueLove:
62	** After Sakura defends herself and Danny from [[TheBully Dash]], he asks why Sakura is going out with a "wimp" like Danny. Sakura responds by saying that Danny is a [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan good guy]] who treats her with respect, [[AvertedTrope isn't]] [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon intimidated by her strength]], and refused to look up her skirt when he had the opportunity to do so.
63	** During Danny's date with [[WesternAnimation/WinxClub Bloom]], some of the people around him claim that she's only going out with him either because she lost a bet or Danny won a bet.
64	* ShipperOnDeck: While he denies it, K' seems to encourage the budding relationship between Danny and Kula, especially since it makes the latter happy.
65	* ShoutOut:
66	** Ben 10 calls Danny ''Jack Frost''.
67	** When looking for a ghost rabbit, Danny says, ''[[WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd "Be vewy quiet, I'm huntin' wabbits!"]]''.
68	** When Danny meets the ''[[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Xiaolin warriors]]'', he calls Omi ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "Aang"]]''. He also thinks Wuya is an ugly [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} regional Gastly variant]].
69	** In the Monster High chapter, Deapool pressures [=NeoMark=] into acknowledging an allusion to ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', which he gives in and does so.
70	** In Chapter 34, Paulina leaving right after saying she wouldn't lie was an allusion to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E18HomerVsTheEighteenthAmendment "Homer vs the 18th Amendment"]].
71	** In Chapter 35, Danny refers to a giant crab as ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Mr. Krabs]]'' and later ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Sebastian]]''.
72	* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Upon reading his third date's profile, Danny notices she and the previous two are redheads with green eyes.
73	* SlaveMooks: During Danny's date with Marinette, Paulina gets akumatized into Celosa Rosa, a doll like woman with the ability to hypnotize people into her slaves.
74	* SureLetsGoWithThat: When the Ninja Turtles show up to help April against the Foot, April assumes they were already there because they were looking for the mutagen and Donnie, not wanting to admit he's spying on her dates, eagerly plays along.
75	* TakeThat:
76	** When he chose ''[[Franchise/Ben10 Gwen Tennyson]]'' as Danny's third date, the author said he made sure she's a pre-[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]] version.
77	** During the chapter with Liz, a notable jab at Creator/DrakeBell is made, notably of when he had dubbed over Creator/JoshKeaton in Spidey's appearance in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. When Danny asks if Spidey met the Avengers, he says he dreamt about it but his voice sounded all wrong, comparing it to "an actor who was more interested in what was on his phone than what was written on the script sheet" and Danny calling it a terrible casting choice.
78	* ThrowTheDogABone: Happens much sooner to Tucker than before. After his date with Rei, Tucker changes his profile to be more honest. He's now gone on four dates that went much better for him.
79	* UnfortunateNames: Upon meeting Rick Dicker, Danny describes his name as "very unfortunate".
80	* UnskilledButStrong: Danny Phantom may have a wide variety of powers and super strength, but against ''Street Fighter'' characters, his powers can only give him so much of an edge before things go the other way. The StrongAndSkilled Sagat was able to survive a hit that most ghosts would have shown less resistance to and would have done more damage had it not been for Danny's intangibility. Danny doesn't even win his fight with him, simply getting Sagat to see the error of his actions to make him leave.
81	* VillainOfAnotherStory: If the girl in question is a hero, Danny will have to help take care of a prominent villain they've dealt with.

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