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The Best Episodes of Danny Phantom Season 1

Every episode of Danny Phantom Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Danny Phantom Season 1!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 1 - Mystery Meat
    7.1/10(315 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 2 - Parental Bonding
    7.2/10(247 votes)

    #2 - Parental Bonding

    S1:E2

    Danny uses his "overshadowing" power to take control of his Dad during a parent-teacher conference, but the plan backfires when Jack Fenton is invited to chaperone the school dance. At the same time a ghostly amulet turns the girl with whom Danny is smitten into a dragon, and he must alternately control his Dad and fight the ghost dragon!

    Directors:Sean Dempsey, Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman
    Writers:Steve Marmel, Sib Ventress

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  3. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 3 - One of a Kind
    7.3/10(228 votes)

    #3 - One of a Kind

    S1:E3

    Skulker, a predatory ghost hunting legend who fancies himself a collector of all things rare and unique, has set his sights on Danny Phantom, the world's only half-ghost/half-human hybrid. The games begin, as good and evil ghosts face off.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman
    Writers:Butch Hartman, Steve Marmel, Mark Banker

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  4. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 4 - Attack of the Killer Garage Sale
    7.4/10(214 votes)

    #4 - Attack of the Killer Garage Sale

    S1:E4

    When Danny sells some of his parents' ghost-hunting junk to make money to buy a cool new outfit, the objects take on a life of their own and go on the attack. Now he must defeat Technus, the Spectral Master of all things technological, without ruining his new duds.

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

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  5. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 5 - Splitting Images
    7.7/10(232 votes)

    #5 - Splitting Images

    S1:E5

    After a series of humiliating run-ins with Dash, the school bully, Danny uses his powers to get revenge and triggers the ghost of Poindexter, a kid who was shoved in his locker so many times he haunts it to this day. Danny must battle this ghostly defender of nerds and geeks, while proving he's not the bully Poindexter thinks he is.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Richard Bowman
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  6. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 6 - What You Want
    7.3/10(202 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 7 - Bitter Reunions
    8.2/10(234 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 8 - Prisoners of Love
    7.7/10(190 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 9 - My Brother's Keeper
    8.5/10(239 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 10 - Shades of Gray
    7.6/10(189 votes)

    #10 - Shades of Gray

    S1:E10

    When ghosts wreck a popular co-ed's school social life, she dedicates herself to hunting them, which forces Danny to deal with a threat just a few lockers down the hall. Worse yet, Tucker has a crush on the girl.

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

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  11. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 11 - Fanning the Flames
    8.6/10(548 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 12 - Teacher of the Year
    7.9/10(202 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 13 - Fright Night
    7.3/10(188 votes)

    #13 - Fright Night

    S1:E13

    In an attempt to beat Dash in a haunted house decorating contest, Danny 'borrows' the enchanted sword of the Spirit of Halloween, the Fright Knight! When the evil, ghostly knight comes to retrieve his magic saber, he decides to stick around long enough to turn the real world into his own stormy realm of terror. Danny Phantom has other ideas, and banishes the Fright Knight to the Ghost Zone.

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

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  14. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 14 - 13
    7.4/10(183 votes)

    #14 - 13

    S1:E14

    When Jazz falls for hunky boy ghost, Johnny 13, who can cast his shadow out and create bad luck for everyone who crosses him - especially the girls he's dating, Danny is forced to behave like an overprotective parent, much to Jazz's dismay.

    Directors:Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Juli Murphy
    Writers:Marty Isenberg, Sib Ventress

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  15. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 15 - Public Enemies
    7.8/10(183 votes)

    #15 - Public Enemies

    S1:E15

    Amity Park is thrown into chaos by the town's first mass invasion of ghosts. It's all part of a plan by the Ghost Zone's top Sheriff, Walker, to capture Danny Phantom. As Danny first battles, then befriends, a hulking ghost named Wulf, Walker and his deputies ""overshadow"" most of the people in Danny's inner circle. While eluding attacks from his ghost-fighting parents, Danny defeats Walker and restores calm in the city - but earns the title of ""Public Ghost Enemy #1"" in the process!

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

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  16. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 16 - Lucky in Love
    7.4/10(194 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 17 - Maternal Instinct
    8.3/10(208 votes)

    #17 - Maternal Instinct

    S1:E17

    Maddie relishes the chance to bond with emotionally distant Danny at a weekend mother/son science seminar. However, the seminar is a ruse orchestrated by Vlad Masters - a.k.a. Vlad Plasmius, Danny's arch enemy! Vlad's plan is to convince Maddie and Danny to live with him while simultaneously destroying Jack with a massive ghost attack. When Vlad short-circuits Danny's powers, Danny gets to witness Maddie's impressive ghost fighting prowess. Meanwhile, a reluctant Jazz is pressed into ghost-fighting duty with Jack - and likes it, in spite of herself!

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  18. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 18 - Life Lessons
    7.5/10(174 votes)

    #18 - Life Lessons

    S1:E18

    Danny and Valerie Gray are forced to become ""parents"" to a sack of flour for a one-week school assignment. At the same time Skulker, ghost hunter extraordinaire, decides to pit Valerie and Danny Phantom against each other in a contest - with the winner earning the privilege of becoming his prey. When Skulker's orchestrated contest ends in a tie, he handcuffs Danny and Valerie and hunts them both through the Ghost Zone. In order to survive, Danny and Valerie learn to let go of their mutual dislike and cooperate with each other - which may just affect their relationship in the real world. Or, not.

    Directors:Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman, Ken Bruce
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  19. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 19 - The Million Dollar Ghost
    7.6/10(180 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 20 - Control Freaks
    8.1/10(209 votes)

    #20 - 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
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Mystery Meat" is the best rated episode of "Danny Phantom" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 315 votes. Directed by Butch Hartman and written by Butch Hartman, Steve Marmel, Mark Banker, it aired on 4/3/2004. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Parental Bonding".