The WORST episodes of Danny Phantom

Every episode of Danny Phantom ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Danny Phantom!

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 friends, Samantha and Tucker, know his secret. Danny's busy fighting ghosts, saving Casper High and hiding his new identity all while trying to graduate.

Last Updated: 9/4/2024Network: NickelodeonStatus: Ended
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6.66
35 votes

#1 - Phantom Planet

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/24/2007

Danny gives up his powers after a ghost-hunting team formed by Vlad renders him obsolete. But the team ends up charging for its services, and Vlad demands he be named ruler of the Earth in exchange for saving the planet from a wayward asteroid.

Directors: Butch Hartman
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7.32
53 votes

#2 - Torrent of Terror!

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/11/2007

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!

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Splitting Images
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7.42
104 votes

#3 - Splitting Images

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2004

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.

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Reign Storm
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7.50
38 votes

#4 - Reign Storm

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/29/2005

Vlad accidentally releases Pariah Dark, the Ghost King, and Danny realizes the only way to defeat Pariah is to use his parents' new invention: an ecto-skeleton battle suit that has one minor flaw---wearing it is fatal.

Writer: Steve Marmel
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Public Enemies
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7.53
34 votes

#5 - Public Enemies

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/2005

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!

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7.60
53 votes

#6 - Boxed up Fury!

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/21/2007

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!

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Attack of the Killer Garage Sale
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7.61
75 votes

#7 - Attack of the Killer Garage Sale

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2004

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.

Writer: Sib Ventress
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7.65
52 votes

#8 - Claw of the Wild!

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/23/2007

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!

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What You Want
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7.67
66 votes

#9 - What You Want

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2004

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.

Writer: Sib Ventress
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The Ultimate Enemy!
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7.75
32 votes

#10 - The Ultimate Enemy!

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/16/2005

Danny's decision to cheat on a test upsets a group of beings in the Ghost Zone called the Observants, who fear Danny has taken the first step to becoming a villain. They send a ghost that controls time to stop Danny's downfall but it seems that only results in bigger problems for Amity Park.

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Control Freaks
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7.77
35 votes

#11 - Control Freaks

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/17/2005

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.

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Maternal Instinct
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7.81
32 votes

#12 - Maternal Instinct

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/2005

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!

Writer: Sib Ventress
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Prisoners of Love
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7.81
43 votes

#13 - Prisoners of Love

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2004

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.

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Shades of Gray
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7.84
43 votes

#14 - Shades of Gray

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/2004

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.

Writer: Sib Ventress
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Reality Trip
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7.85
39 votes

#15 - Reality Trip

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/9/2006

Danny's dream of a peaceful summer vacation is shattered by Freakshow and his ghost minions, who manage to reveal Danny's true identity before kidnapping his family and friends

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The Fenton Menace
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7.91
23 votes

#16 - The Fenton Menace

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2005

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.

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Pirate Radio
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7.97
36 votes

#17 - Pirate Radio

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/2005

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.

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7.97
37 votes

#18 - Double Cross My Heart

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/5/2006

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?

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Lucky in Love
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7.98
41 votes

#19 - Lucky in Love

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/2005

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!

Writer: Sib Ventress
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Fright Night
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7.98
41 votes

#20 - Fright Night

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/29/2004

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.

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Mystery Meat
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8.02
113 votes

#21 - Mystery Meat

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2004

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.

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8.04
27 votes

#22 - Livin' Large

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2007

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. Johnny 13 and Youngblood are actually nice to Danny in the Ghost Zone.

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8.06
63 votes

#23 - Girls' Night Out!

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2007

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?

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Memory Blank
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8.07
45 votes

#24 - Memory Blank

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/24/2005

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.

Writer: Steve Marmel
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8.07
28 votes

#25 - D-Stabilized

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/24/2007

Dani Phantom has finally returned to Amity Park. Having the trouble of dissolving into nothing worst than ever, she seeks the one person who can help her, her cousin and best friend, Danny Phantom! However, Vlad has been keeping track of her since her last appearance and plans to get his "little girl" back, by duping Valerie Gray into doing it for him. After finding Danielle, she uses her to lure Danny into a trap and now she has two Danny Phantoms trapped! Now stuck in the clutches of Valereie Gray, Danny must find a way to escape and save his cousin from being melted to ectoplasm by Vlad!

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