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The Best Episodes of Danny Phantom

Every episode of Danny Phantom ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Danny Phantom!

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Danny Fenton was once your typical kid until he accidentally blew up his parents' laboratory and became ghost-hunting superhero Danny Phantom. Now half-ghost, Danny's picked up paranormal powers, but only his sister, Jazz, and best

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    Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 7 - Eye for an Eye
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Eye for an Eye

    S3:E7

    Danny and Vlad’s game of revenge against each other begins with childish pranks, and, unfortunately for Danny, ends when Vlad decides to run for mayor of Amity Park! By overshadowing voters, Vlad wins in a landslide. The new mayor is eager to use his new power to make life as miserable as possible for Danny and his friends. He shuts down the Nasty Burger, outlaws technology, creates new school uniforms, and passes so many new laws in the name of “protecting the children” that Danny finds it impossible to go ghost.

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  2. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 6 - What You Want
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - What You Want

    S1:E6

    When wish-granting ghost Desiree gives Tucker ghost powers, Danny finds himself dealing with his friend's jealousy in the worst way possible: by having to fight him.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Richard Bowman
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  3. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 5 - The Ultimate Enemy
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Ultimate Enemy

    S2:E5

    Danny and his friends get caught up in a time-traveling adventure. They are taken into a dark future, in which Amity Park is destroyed and the world's most powerful and evil ghost is Danny's own future self!

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Kevin Petrilak
    Writers:Steve Marmel, Marty Isenberg, Sib Ventress

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  4. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 12 - Teacher of the Year
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Teacher of the Year

    S1:E12

    Living dual lives as a high school freshman and a superhero is a balancing act for Danny that just got even tougher, with both Lancer and his parents pressuring him to ace a test. At the same time Technus ghost master of technology has escaped into Danny's online game and threatens to flee into the Internet and take over every computer in the world!

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  5. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 1 - Urban Jungle
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Urban Jungle

    S3:E1

    The building boom in Amity Park upsets Undergrowth, the ghost of all things plant-like and vegetative. The green-thinking ghost takes over the town, turning everyone into plants themselves. All except Sam, that is, whom he makes his Earth-loving queen. Unfortunately, Undergrowth brainwashes Sam and uses her to attack Danny! Danny, meanwhile, has been battling a nasty case of the chills that leaves him too weak to fight. Escaping from Undergrowth in the Ghost Zone, Danny turns to his cold-loving friend, Frostbite,who explains that Danny is developing a new power. Now, Danny must learn to master his new freezing skill so that he can make his way back to Amity Park and pull the town out of Undergrowth’s leafy clutches.

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman
    Writer:Butch Hartman

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  6. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 16 - Lucky in Love
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Lucky in Love

    S1:E16

    When Paulina witnesses Danny's ghost transformation, he fears the exposure. Imagine his surprise when Paulina swears to keep his secret - then becomes his girlfriend! Life is great for Danny, until he finds out that Paulina has actually been overshadowed by Johnny 13's girlfriend, Kitty, in her plot to make Johnny jealous. Danny reluctantly plays along to protect his own identity, but, when Kitty's welcome wears thin, Danny pleads with Johnny 13 to take her back. When Kitty abandons Paulina's body and goes back to her true love, Paulina resumes her indifference towards Danny Fenton - although she's now madly in love with Danny Phantom!

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Ken Bruce
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  7. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 1 - Memory Blank
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Memory Blank

    S2:E1

    Danny and Sam get into a fight, and when Sam utters the words, "I sometimes wish I'd never met you," she finds herself in a world in which she and Danny are strangers. Worse than that, since it was Sam who encouraged Danny to check out the Fenton Portal the night he got his ghost powers, Danny doesn't have any powers! Now, Sam must convince Danny that they share a friendship and a history, and lead him back to the Fenton Portal for a second "accident" so he can again become Danny Phantom.

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Ken Bruce
    Writer:Steve Marmel

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  8. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 4 - Reign Storm
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Reign Storm

    S2:E4

    When Vlad Plasmius accidentally awakens the most powerful ghost of them all -- Pariah Dark, the King of all Ghosts -- Danny quickly finds himself the pawn in an action-packed, suspenseful game of chess. The only way to defeat the Ghost King seems to be a brand new Ecto-Skeleton battle suit that Jack and Maddie have constructed, but there's one big problem: wearing the suit can be fatal and only Danny can use it to defeat the Ghost King. With time running out, and the entire town of Amity Park sucked into the Ghost Zone, Danny Phantom must battle the all-powerful Ghost King to save his family, his friends, and even his enemies.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Kevin Petrilak
    Writer:Steve Marmel

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  9. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 10 - Flirting With Disaster
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Flirting With Disaster

    S2:E10

    Technus is back, with a new plan to beam himself up to a super satellite and take over the world, and he's going to use Axion Labs to do it. As Danny Phantom battles Technus, Danny Fenton begins battling his feelings for Valerie, whose dad is back in charge at Axion. Sam and Tucker are surprised when Danny confesses he's thinking of asking Valerie to go steady. Unfortunately, as Technus puts his plan into action at Axion Labs, Valerie realizes her role as ghost hunter is putting her family and friends in danger. Can romance work between two kids with secret identities, or will the ghost boy and the ghost hunter end up breaking each others' hearts?

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Kevin Petrilak
    Writer:Steve Marmel

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  10. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 15 - Kindred Spirits
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Kindred Spirits

    S2:E15

    Vlad's up to something and it involves Danny. After he sends three ghosts to Amity Park to battle Danny Phantom, it is revealed that he's working on his creepiest project yet: a clone of Danny Phantom. So far, the clones he creates can't sustain their forms for very long, but Vlad is determined to succeed. Danny doesn't have long to worry about Vlad's ghostly visitors, however, because he's distracted by the appearance of Danielle, a cousin he didn't know he had. And then, Danielle reveals that she too has ghost powers -- she's Dani Phantom! Unfortunately, she's also a product of Vlad's experiments, and therefore an imperfect ghost with an unstable form. Danny must convince his new "relative" to turn on her creator and help him destroy Vlad's evil experiment, before it's too late for both ghost kids.

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Daniel De La Vega
    Writers:Steve Marmel, Sib Ventress

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  11. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 17 - Reality Trip
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Reality Trip

    S2:E17

    School's out and Danny has nothing on his mind except a relaxing, fun and a ghost-free summer vacation. His dream is quickly destroyed when Freakshow, the villainous ringmaster with ghostly minions, escapes from jail. Danny, caught off guard, is forced to forfeit his summer plans when Freakshow manages to reveal Danny's secret identity to the entire world! To make matters worse, Freakshow kidnaps Danny, Sam and Tucker's families and uses them as pawns in this evil game of revenge. Now, on the run and hiding from everyone, Danny must rely on his powers to stay free, fulfill Freakshow's ransom demands and save his parents. With Tucker and Sam by his side, Danny travels cross-country to track down three "Reality Gems," which, when combined, will give Freakshow the power to turn Danny's world into his very own nightmare circus! As the sun sets in the west, Danny's enemies close in on him and Freakshow forces the hands of time closer to the fate of DOOM!

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Kevin Petrilak
    Writers:Steve Marmel, Marty Isenberg, Sib Ventress

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  12. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 1 - Mystery Meat
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Mystery Meat

    S1:E1

    Danny's new ghost powers are put to the test when the school cafeteria's all-vegetarian menu arouses the ire of the ghostly Lunch Lady, a 50-foot shambling pile of mystery meat who seeks revenge and a return to high-cholesterol diets. It's up to Danny to push her back in the fridge where she belongs.

    Director:Butch Hartman
    Writers:Butch Hartman, Steve Marmel, Mark Banker

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  13. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 7 - Bitter Reunions
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Bitter Reunions

    S1:E7

    Danny meets his evil opposite in Vlad Plasmius, a childhood rival of his ghost-hunting dad, Jack. Unfortunately, Vlad acquired ghostly powers 20 years ago, which means he's stronger and more experienced than Danny -- and hell-bent on taking everything away from Jack Fenton including his life.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Murphy
    Writers:Steve Marmel, Sib Ventress

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  14. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 8 - Prisoners of Love
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Prisoners of Love

    S1:E8

    Danny fears he's going to cause his parents' break-up when he knocks Jack's anniversary gift into the Ghost Zone. Desperate to retrieve it, he dives into a ghostly dimension where he runs afoul of Walker, the ghost warden of a ghost jail, and is thrown into prison with every ghost he's ever caught.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  15. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 9 - My Brother's Keeper
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - My Brother's Keeper

    S1:E9

    Noticing a change in little bro Danny since the accident in the lab, Jazz mistakes his ghost hunting for depression and signs him up for therapy with Penelope Spectra, not knowing that Spectra is a ghost who feeds off teen misery!

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  16. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 11 - Fanning the Flames
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Fanning the Flames

    S1:E11

    Danny and Sam find their platonic friendship turned forcibly romantic through the musical powers of Ember, a hard-rocking girl ghost who feeds off the idol worship of teens. With her massive, free concert scheduled only a few days away a concert that will be broadcast worldwide and give her ultimate power Sam has to get the now completely and utterly love-addled Danny to focus on fighting ghosts. Even if it means breaking his heart.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  17. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 19 - The Million Dollar Ghost
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Million Dollar Ghost

    S1:E19

    When Vlad Masters' ghost portal explodes, he schemes to replace it by stealing Jack Fenton's portal. As a distraction, Vlad anonymously offers a million dollar bounty to eliminate Danny Phantom. As ghost hunters from around the world gather in Amity Park to hunt the ghost kid, Danny sacrifices himself to Jack - both to win the prize money for Dad and to bolster Jack's inept reputation, which embarrasses Danny. However, when his family's life is put in jeopardy, Jack needs no help from Danny to save the day on his own.

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Ken Bruce
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  18. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 20 - Control Freaks
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Control Freaks

    S1:E20

    Sam rebels when her overprotective parents forbid her from attending the strange Goth circus that's come to town. Little does she know that the circus performers are ghosts, under the mystical control of the creepy ringmaster named Freakshow, who also uses the ghosts to loot the town. When Danny falls under Freakshow's spell and joins the circus - and the robbery spree - Sam must operate under the radar to destroy Freakshow's magic crystal ball, free Danny and get grounded, big-time.

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Ken Bruce
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