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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 Worst Episode
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    Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 7 - Eye for an Eye
    6.6/10(149 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:Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad, Wincat Alcala
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  2. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 7 - The Fenton Menace
    6.9/10(167 votes)

    #2 - The Fenton Menace

    S2:E7

    Danny Fenton is losing his mind! At least, that's what Jazz decides when her little brother starts acting strangely and fighting ghosts that aren't there. In reality, Danny is being tormented by a revenge-seeking Youngblood, who cannot be seen by adults -- or by big sisters who think they're adults. When Jazz sells the family on a ghost-tech-free camping trip, Youngblood follows and unleashes a series of juvenile attacks that make Danny seem even crazier, and put the Fenton family in danger.

    Directors:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Kevin Petrilak
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  3. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 8 - Boxed Up Fury
    7.0/10(147 votes)

    #3 - Boxed Up Fury

    S3:E8

    As one of the weakest ghost in the Ghost Zone, the Box Ghost attacks with every "deadly box" he has in the human world, but is easily defeated by Danny. He then makes a plan: he will use "Pandora's Box", the most powerful box ever created, and will use the evil and deadly powers inside it to attack Amity Park. Now Danny must find the only one able to save the day: Pandora herself!

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

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  4. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 1 - Mystery Meat
    7.1/10(340 votes)

    #4 - 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:Steve Marmel, Butch Hartman, Mark Banker

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  5. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 3 - Girl's Night Out
    7.1/10(157 votes)

    #5 - Girl's Night Out

    S3:E3

    After an argument with their respective boyfriends, Spectra, Kitty and Ember join forces and use their powers to make all men vanish. Danny and Jack are fishing in Lake Eerie, the only place on Earth immune to the spell. Sam, Jazz and Maddie must stop the villainesses while Danny is out of town. Unfortuantely for Danny, Skulker is taking more time hunting Danny to prove his girlfriend how great hunter he is. Can Amity Park be saved without its hero?

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

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  6. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 4 - Torrent of Terror
    7.1/10(148 votes)

    #6 - Torrent of Terror

    S3:E4

    Amity Park is in the midst of a drought, and Mayor Vlad, eager to score points, releases Vortex, the weather ghost, to make it rain. But when Vlad double crosses Vortex, the ghost conjures a storm that threatens to drown the town! As Danny Phantom flies to the rescue, he’s zapped by a lightning bolt. When he comes to, he discovers that his emotions are now directly tied to the weather!

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

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  7. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 2 - Parental Bonding
    7.2/10(267 votes)

    #7 - 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:Butch Hartman, Sean Dempsey, Wincat Alcala
    Writers:Steve Marmel, Sib Ventress

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  8. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 13 - King Tuck
    7.2/10(175 votes)

    #8 - King Tuck

    S2:E13

    Tucker's running for student body president, but no one's paying his campaign any notice, and that includes his campaign managers: Danny and Sam. On a field trip to a museum to look at ancient Egyptian artifacts, everyone is surprised that the pharaoh in question looks just like Tucker. And when Tucker looks in a ghostly mirror, his image brings the pharaoh's minion, Hotep Ra, to life! Hotep Ra bows before Tucker and becomes his servant, urging him to not stand by anymore and be ignored. Tucker's new attitude -- with help from his new king's scepter -- gets him even more respect than he expected when he accidentally transports his friends and classmates to ancient Egypt during a school debate. Now, Tucker is a king, and it's hard not to enjoy the perks. Unfortunately, the servant Hotep Ra has his eye on Tucker's throne and some sinister plans in mind for the students of Casper High.

    Directors:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Kevin Petrilak
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  9. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 16 - Double Cross My Heart
    7.2/10(156 votes)

    #9 - Double Cross My Heart

    S2:E16

    Sam's got a new crush: Gregor, a goth transfer student from Europe. And Danny's jealous, although he won't admit it. Instead, he convinces himself that Gregor is an undercover operative for the Guys in White, out to get Danny Phantom. When Sam finds out Danny has been spying on her, she's furious, but Danny's suspicious grows when the Guys in White show up in Amity Park. The mystery deepens as Tucker tries to help Danny uncover Gregor's intentions. Is Danny right? Is Sam truly in danger from Gregor and the Guys in White, or is Danny just jealous of Sam and Gregor's growing romance?

    Directors:Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad, Daniel De La Vega
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  10. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 3 - One of a Kind
    7.3/10(249 votes)

    #10 - 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:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala
    Writers:Steve Marmel, Butch Hartman, Mark Banker

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  11. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 6 - What You Want
    7.3/10(218 votes)

    #11 - 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:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Richard Bowman
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  12. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 13 - Fright Night
    7.3/10(203 votes)

    #12 - 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:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  13. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 1 - Urban Jungle
    7.3/10(156 votes)

    #13 - 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:Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad, Wincat Alcala
    Writer:Butch Hartman

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  14. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 4 - Attack of the Killer Garage Sale
    7.4/10(233 votes)

    #14 - 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:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Richard Bowman
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  15. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 14 - 13
    7.4/10(199 votes)

    #15 - 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:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Juli Murphy
    Writers:Sib Ventress, Marty Isenberg

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  16. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 16 - Lucky in Love
    7.4/10(214 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:Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad, Ken Bruce
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  17. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 3 - Pirate Radio
    7.4/10(195 votes)

    #17 - Pirate Radio

    S2:E3

    A group of ghostly skeletons under the command of a bratty 10-year-old pirate named Youngblood attacks FentonWorks and steals the ghost shield. Soon after, all the adults in Amity Park are packing for a cruise without their kids. Danny, Sam, and Tucker discover that the cruise is a hoax and the adults are under the spell of a mysterious (and cheesy) song created by Ember to make them into galley slaves for Youngblood's pirate ship! The stolen ghost shield prevents Danny Phantom from getting on board the ship, so Danny Fenton has to lead Amity Park's teenagers in a daring attempt to save their parents.

    Directors:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Kevin Petrilak
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  18. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 2 - Infinite Realms
    7.4/10(159 votes)

    #18 - Infinite Realms

    S3:E2

    After getting lost in the ghost zone, Danny and his friends find in a frozen zone the Infimap, a map that lets the holder to travel everywhere in the ghost zone. After Vlad Masters steals the map, Danny, Sam and Tucker must chase him through different times and places, from Salem to ancient Rome, to get this treasure before he manages to conquer Earth.

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

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  19. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 18 - Life Lessons
    7.5/10(193 votes)

    #19 - 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:Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad, Ken Bruce
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  20. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 6 - Livin' Large
    7.5/10(157 votes)

    #20 - Livin' Large

    S3:E6

    The Fentons sell Fenton Works to the Guys in White who plan to destroy the Ghost Zone (unaware that Earth will be destroyed too) with a missile; meanwhile, Danny starts to let the rich life get a hold of him and jeopardize his friendship with Sam and Tucker.

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

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  21. Danny Phantom Season 3 Episode 10 - Claw of the Wild
    7.5/10(139 votes)

    #21 - Claw of the Wild

    S3:E10

    Danny's class goes to a camping trip with Mr. Lancer and Ms. Teslaff to an abandoned place which is seemingly haunted. Soon reports of monster sightings and missing students have the whole camp shook up. Monsters start showing up and disrupting the camping trip. To Danny's surprise, these monsters are ghosts working for Walker, on the hunt for Wulf. Now Danny must save his old friend and his class from Walker!

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

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  22. Danny Phantom Season 1 Episode 10 - Shades of Gray
    7.6/10(208 votes)

    #22 - 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:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Juli Murphy
    Writer:Sib Ventress

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  23. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 8 - The Fright Before Christmas
    7.6/10(179 votes)

    #23 - The Fright Before Christmas

    S2:E8

    Danny Fenton hates Christmas. When he accidentally destroys the only copy of a ghostly Christmas story, the book's author, Ghost Writer, makes Danny hate the holiday even more by turning him into the main character of a brand new Yuletide tale. Danny is now trapped in a scenario where everyone talks in rhyme! With his magical Quantum Keyboard, Ghost Writer creates a series of catastrophes that threaten to ruin Christmas for all of Amity Park and pins the blame on Danny. When Danny goes into the Ghost Zone to confront Ghost Writer, he is surprised to find his old ghostly enemies in a giving mood. Danny enlists them to help him defeat Ghost Writer and restore the spirit of Christmas to Amity Park and, perhaps, to his own heart.

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

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  24. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 9 - Secret Weapons
    7.6/10(228 votes)

    #24 - Secret Weapons

    S2:E9

    Skulker's on a looting spree, snatching up a number of seemingly unrelated items. Unfortunately, Danny's attempts to stop him are thwarted by the well-intentioned meddling of Danny's new sidekick: Jazz. However, Danny didn't ask for -- and doesn't want -- Jazz's help, and after a series of humiliating mishaps, Danny blows up at his sister. In response, Jazz runs away from home... to Vlad's castle in Wisconsin! But it's only a ruse. Jazz soon manages to break into Vlad's inner sanctum and discovers that he has been using Skulker to collect the items necessary to upgrade the Fenton's stolen Ecto-Skeleton. When Danny arrives at the castle, Vlad makes Jazz don the improved battle suit in a no-holds-barred fight against Danny Phantom!

    Directors:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Kevin Petrilak
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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  25. Danny Phantom Season 2 Episode 12 - Beauty Marked
    7.6/10(169 votes)

    #25 - Beauty Marked

    S2:E12

    Sam can barely contain her contempt for the "Miss Teenage Happy Princess" beauty pageant and its organizer, Dora Mattingly, when they descend on Casper High. She decides to enter the contest to make a statement about individuality, but makes a discovery instead: Dora Mattingly is the Dragon Ghost! Before she can get to the bottom of the mystery, she's inadvertently crowned Miss Teenage Happy Princess by its happy-go-lucky judge... Danny Fenton! When the tiara is placed on Sam's head, it magically transports her to a castle in the Ghost Zone, where she learns she's to be the bride of Dora's brother, the ghostly Prince Aragon. As Danny and Tucker head into the Ghost Zone to rescue Sam, she does her best to shake things up in the medieval ghost world she's stuck in.

    Directors:Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, Kevin Petrilak
    Writer:Marty Isenberg

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Eye for an Eye" is the worst rated episode of "Danny Phantom". It scored 6.6/10 based on 149 votes. Directed by Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad, Wincat Alcala and written by Sib Ventress, it aired on 8/20/2007. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Fenton Menace".