A Danny Phantom Christmas | Poetry in Motion

[@Frankly_Amazing2000]

He thought destroying the keyboard would set him free, but without a writer the story is now written by ChatGPT

[@Autobotmatt428]

😂

[@abucket14]

i really hope that ChatGPT becomes a ghost soon, along with other generative AI garbage spewers.

[@Savagewolver]

@@abucket14actually, it’s pretty helpful. Say you have a concept that’s been bugging you for years, say a childhood idea you had before you had the ability to write it out. You still remember the basic concept, but you don’t know the best way to use it. Using the AI program, you can churn out multiple versions of the same context, pick and choose ideas you like, and build on the original idea. It’s no difference than, say, asking friends of loved ones their opinions based on what you’re writing. Sometimes you get hot garbage, sometimes you get gold. It’s a total catch twenty two, but that’s the point. It’s a tool first and only.

[@Akkapoler]

​@Savagewolver That's exactly how I use AI, it's meant to be a tool not something to replace something else

[@poncho-via]

😂

[@ianyoder2537]

One thing I love about Danny Phantom is he was never given a reason to be a hero. No tragic backstory, no grand life changing lesson about responsibility, not even a desire for glory. He just wants to help and has the power to do so,

[@IamaPERSON]

And that's why I liked him as a kid. He just wanted to be a good guy cause he can.

[@danielbuie6878]

He did feel a bit responsible for turning on the machine and unleashing ghosts on his town, plus he doesn't think his parents could handle it.

[@MrMegaSuperDuperMe]

To be fair, he doesn't have a reason to be a villain either. That comes up in Ultimate Enemy.

[@CLDJ227]

That's an interesting point. I never thought about that, and perhaps it is one of the things that help him stand out from spiderman 🤔.

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

Danny: *Gets ghost powers* Oh do I can just kick ghost butt now? Ok 🤷‍♂️

[@thatoneguynobodylikes8553]

I love that you rephrased the opening. Amazing work as always.

[@somehelluvafanboy8357]

Yeah, genious writing on his part lmao

[@t20pIayer]

When ur copying a article and have to change some words for the essay

[@Lowkeylie]

Took me a minute before I realized what he was doing lol

[@somehelluvafanboy8357]

@@Lowkeylie i probably wouldn't have gotten it, slow-brained as I am

[@connordork481]

The instant he started I knew what he was doing, and had to come look to see who else caught it lol.

[@lightsidesoul]

3:24 Easy answer: They've all been in the same school and classes for years, but Sam only just recently became actual friends with Tucker and Danny.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

Specifically, since Third Grade!

[@neptuneplaneptune3367]

Yeah, Sam maybe overheard Danny talking to Tuk about the Ghost Portal ore some other weird stuff his parents do, she got curious and thats how they became friends, leading to the Ghost Portal incident

[@andrewsutherland133]

My easy assumption was just, "just because you never went to her house doesn't mean they haven't been friends for years" Yours might make more sense; but it's totally common for school friends to only hang out in or around school. I knew one of my best friends from first grade until we went to different high schools. I only went to his house on his 21st birthday when he came back from the Navy

[@rolandswift4311]

It could also be that, given her parents' wealth and elitist attitudes as well as her and her grandmother's more "adventurous" natures; her and her family might usually travel for the holidays, with this being the first year when she wasn't out of town before Jack and Maddie started testing the aerodynamics of kitchenware. This would also help explain why people who seem to be familiar with her enough to know her typical demeanor don't recognize that the change is a seasonal one.

[@Turtle_Pain]

Literally came to the comments to type the exact same thing Cheers 🍻

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

15:10 The Truce is likely a reference to the real life Christmas Truce that happened during World War I where Soldiers on both sides were willing to agree to a ceasefire in order to enjoy Christmas. Honestly, if real life people who were trying to kill each other in the middle of a Warzone can stop fighting because of Christmas I believe the ghosts can too.

[@rya3190]

I also saw it as, the rules were imposed due to unfair advantages, big problems (like when the Ghost King was released), or simply making "life" in the ghost zone managable. The truce was put in place cause they enjoyed Christmas, and recognized, despite differences, they had commonalities that could mesh for at least a day.

If I remember correctly, (almost) all sides involved in WWI wanted it to be over, so a ceasefire to take a break from the war makes sense.

[@nickthepick8043]

I think because of that, Ghosts have even MORE of a reason to do so. And even if not on Christmas, every other day in-between.

[@doatesbubbles64]

The truce happened during the first year of the war. It also nearly brought an end to the war because peace talks were going on at the time. The higher ups hated this event so much that when it was attempted again during the second year they put a stop to it. But you are not wrong. The war was over after the first three to four months. The soldiers on both fronts hated that it continued. Politicians and high ranking generals refused to listen to reason.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@doatesbubbles64 That could've helped for a nice follow up episode. Krampus is out to punish Jack and Maddie for their constant fighting, Danny and the others just want peace, they refuse to listen and Krampus is there to force them to stop.

[@chrimsonphantom]

The scene where all of Danny's enemies are at a Christmas Party, welcoming Danny to come in. Goes so hard. Major expectation subversion in a very wholesome way.

[@Dudepatrol47]

6:43 Shady clearly forgot about the Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s universally loved rap intro when he made this claim

[@ShadyDoorags]

I did indeed.

[@ebonimccain6988]

I guess it's believable that there are people who don't like the Aqua Teen Hunger Force theme song. Those people are wrong, but they exist.

[@mavereviews5044]

Maybe I’m missing something. But the first boondocks intro was great as well .

[@perturbedbatman2009]

My personal head canon as to why the villains have a yearly Christmas truce and help Danny is because of the Holy Ghost and no one can convince me otherwise.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

World War 1 reference

[@christianjohnson5379]

Now THAT is deep

[@alexv3372]

What about the Father and The Son

[@josephbiddle1637]

Considering Butch Hartman’s relationship with Christianity, I wouldn’t be surprised if that turned out to be true or at least a major influence.

[@chrisrockett5897]

That sounds kinda sick.

[@ConnorMiller417]

Danny Phantom is a wonderful superhero story. Unlike most of them, he doesn’t have a tragic backstory or a big reason as to why he does what he does. He just chooses to serve the common good out of the kindness of his heart. That’s a great life lesson for all of us. The best thing you can do in life is help others without expecting yin return.

[@night4138]

Kid turns into a half ghost because of his parents Kid: Guess I'll help the people of my town and be a hero

[@VinceMouse]

And he likes stunting on people with his powers, but that's a fringe benefit.

[@sontypohnenamen5161]

And the "well he still does bad things" aspect can pretty easily be explained in 90% of all cases with either "he's being egotistical or lazy and uses his powers for it, but without any real victim" (cheating at tests, getting back at bullies, get faster from A to B by phasing through objects and flying...) and mostly still gets punished for it until he learns his lesson, or "he's a bad guy towards ghosts, which he deems okay because they're just plain worse than him", which in most cases ends in him getting punished and learning a lesson as well. He's a teenager, he abuses his powers, and he gets his ass whooped until he doesn't anymore. That's probably an arc every single one of us has gone through, or should've.

[@TKG785]

​@@sontypohnenamen5161 That sums it up nicely.

[@Mr.Cynical]

God, I love when the villains help Danny on Christmas. "Tomorrow, you'll see what this baby can do. But, all ghost share the truce. Even half ghosts, like you." It's just a really sweet moment. I can't help loving it. 😭

[@seancollins7447]

Six new shows in a single year(The Avengers:Earth's Mightest Heroes, Batman: The Animated Series, Ben 10, Fillmore, The Legend of Korra, and Danny Phantom)compared to four last year(Daria, The Boondocks, Static Shock, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold). What a productive year for you.

[@ShadyDoorags]

I appreciate this comment, it helps put things into perspective.

[@Autobotmatt428]

@@ShadyDoorags Also 3 Christmas Episodes in one month

[@AndrewDavis-sj6mb]

​@@ShadyDooragsWhat are your 2025 plans?

[@MuffinHunterX]

I really enjoyed that not only did Danny have a legitimate reason for being a grump but he realizes that just because he's not having a good time that's no reason to ruin everyone else's day. The moral usually skims over that bit in favor of a broader holiday spirit angle.

[@Zacman1123]

But he didn't ruin anything.

[@shadowrose8907]

@@Zacman1123 Right, because he removed himself from the situation (aside from the whole "I'm perfectly okay with destroying your work" bit) instead of going on a tirade

[@vulpixle9659]

@@shadowrose8907 seriously the only bad thing Danny actually did in the episode was accidentally destroy the ghost writers book other then that poor guy was completely gaslit by the ghost writer the entire episode because Christmas

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

10:32 Shady you are giving Jack and Maddie WAY Too much credit. Both of Danny's parents are well....Morons. Yes scientifically speaking they are geniuses but when it comes to anything not Science or Ghost related, they're idiots. Danny has complained to them multiple times about barraging into his school with their equipment to hunt ghosts, but they ignore him constantly. It's entirely possible Danny did try to complain but his parents were so distracted by their fighting or simply ignored it that it didn't stick. The fact by the end of the episode they don't even approach Danny about his outburst seems to heavily imply any complaint Danny makes goes in one ear and out the other.

[@fairystail1]

one issue with the show is that Jack and Maddie clearly love their kids BUT if this was somewhat realistic then they'd have been arrested for negligence and child endangerment far before Danny could have had his accident.

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

That’s what I was thinking. There’s no way that Danny hasn’t lashed out like this before. You’re telling me a teenager hasn’t outright told their parents that their fighting has ruined every Christmas? This reminds me of parents who continuously fight around their children and then also surprise their children have pent up anger

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

@@fairystail1Sadly loving your children isn’t enough to raise a child

[@skootergirl22]

Where's the fu jack and baddie videos I've seen a lit

[@K1ng1995]

​@@nationalinstituteofcheese3012 I 100% agree I think Danny's parents ignoring his anger at them comes from pride. A lot of parents do this "If I tell my kid they were right, I was wrong and I am sorry. They'll never respect me as a parent and they'll walk all over me." It's like in the Simpsons episode that guest starred Tony Hawk, where Homer exploited Baby Bart by putting him in humiliating TV commercials for money, which Homer than spends for himself trying to stop a blackmailer from showing the world he's a bad father *In parody of the Micheal Jackson with his baby pictures where he let his child slip out of his hands* Bart gets mad and says to Marge "I'm sick of the way he treats me, he disrespects me and I'm just supposed to accept it" Homer: "Damn right, your mine till your 18, and when your 17 I'll know the end is near so I'll work you like a dog"

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

10:13 That's less Danny's fault and more his Parents/Jazz's fault. We only see two Christmas examples, yet in those Danny is peed on by a dog and almost killed by their Turkey. Those two examples ALONE should be more than enough cause for his parents to realize that their fighting causes them to neglect their children. The fact that Jazz, whose whole character is about being the most mature person in the entire town never voiced her own complaints frankly is the most unbelievable part of this episode.

[@vulpixle9659]

Maybe she tried to in the past and Sadly nothing ever changed

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

Jazz gives me “I want to be mature but am too sure of myself to be mature” vibes. She’s the kind of older sibling to accept the status quo and not realize the reality of the situation Edit: I meant Jazz not Danny

[@NobodyC13]

It's shown that when the Fenton's Christmas FrankenTurkey attacked that Jazz used the broom as a bo staff to turn the thing into casserole meat. And yeah, as the oldest sibling, Jazz probably had to deal with her parents' negligence every Christmas too, and nothing changed no matter why she'd do. And like all older siblings do in negligent households, they divert all energy and attention to caring and protecting their younger siblings, as demonstrated when she destroyed the vicious FrankenTurkey that was about to attack Danny.

[@Zacman1123]

Yeah no Danny was not in the wrong at all in this episode.

[@jbcatz5]

Sadly, this kind of negligence is in character for Jack at least, and Maddie has had her moments. Jack is the kind of guy who didn’t realise until the finale that his best friend absolutely hates him, and Vlad could be quite transparent (pun unintended) in expressing his opinions on Jack. It’s a good thing Jack is a brilliant engineer and has Maddie (whose head is more solidly on her shoulders) because otherwise he’d be in huge trouble.

[@christophercrafte]

The way I saw it is that the ghostwriter wasn't a bad guy per say, but that he saw where Danny's hate for the holidays brought him and wanted to genuinely teach him the lesson. so when danny learned something he was happy, I mean hes a writer so he probably likes a nice wrapped up happy ending for a story and danny needed one. any damage he caused I also imagine would have been reverted.

[@jingles123456789ify]

Hate her more than John Redcorn?? Now we need another Danny Phantom review. We need the backstory to this

[@PhilosophicallyAmerican]

I need to know!

[@TheTrueDiablix]

Right? I can't think of anything Sam did that even approaches Redcorn levels of awful

[@SilvrSavior]

I'm going to guess it's cause Sam never gets the push back or comeuppance she deserves usually for her antics.

[@zoloko1850]

Shady: I dislike Sam a lot. me: Okay everyone has a right to whom they like and dislike. Shady: more the John Redcorn. me: WHAT DID SHE DO!?

[@rosegonella3098]

I know, right?

[@deterlanglytone]

I want to know too!

[@AerisAerith1991]

I want to know too! Shady, please make a video explaining this!

[@CJ-442]

I’m assuming that it’s some combination of her not being a “real goth”, her constant eco movements that she guilts and volun-tells the guys to be a part of, and the fact that she’s part of one of the most annoying will-they/won’t-they ships in TV history. But how that makes her worse than John Redcorn, I don’t know?

[@esarraf1219]

Spoiler. But essentially she and Danny start dating later in the story. He chooses to give up his ghost powers to be happy and live a normal life where he no longer needs to face uncertain death on a near daily basis. She then almost instantly looses interest in him which shows that shes only in love with Danny Phantom not Danny Phenton. Also like... she's a massive hypocrite, constantly and sometimes literally soapboxing on issues that she shoves down everyone's throats. And like... there's a whole lot more but she's not a good person or a good friend. Also hope everyone had a good holiday.

[@St33lStrife]

Your explanation is literally just the layman's explanation for the theme song I salute you sir

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

I don't know if I'd call it Layman's terms, but he did use different words than the actual theme.

[@TheKing-yt1ib]

5:48 I mean in Danny’s defense, this was probably the first time he met a powerful ghost who wasn’t doing something malicious. In pretty much all of his other encounters with powerful ghosts, they were either trying to harm him or trying to harm other people. I may be overthinking this, but I feel like unless Danny sees a ghost trying to harm someone, he just assumes that they’re not a threat

[@christianjohnson5379]

You would think he would know better, in the episode where he first meets Vlad, he gets saved by a friendly ghost who outright explains to him that not all ghosts are evil.

[@frankspick7544]

@@christianjohnson5379 ya but that wasn't exactly a norm. And most of the time they are trying to harm him.

[@thomasraines1396]

He assumed Technus was going to use the technology in his parents’ lab to take over the world, based on nothing, yes Technus immediately latches onto the idea but still.

[@ThreshtheWeebWarden]

@@frankspick7544weren’t there a couple of sneaky ghosts who tried playing kind/trick danny into thinking they were nice? If i remember correctly the genie girl was giving wishes so danny left her of the hook.

[@kaleknelson8429]

One of the things I like about this show, is that Danny isn't always the Hero, He's not always the problem even when he's not the hero, but he does do the wrong thing sometimes. It's actually pretty realistic for a teenage hero.

[@athroughzdude]

"It's your responsibility to bring it up" He's 14 and those are his parents. You really think an 8 year old is going to have the self confidence to just scream at the people who raise him to stop being dicks about Santa? This is probably the first time he's brought it up because he's in the teen years where kids really start self identifying and realizing their parents aren't perfect. In short, that advice is mainly useful for adults dealing with other adults, not for kids who would have trouble standing up to their parents. EDIT: It occurs to me that the advice could also be useful for kids dealing with other kids, so it would be better to say this is good advice for dealing with one's peers. Though I do stand by my original point about kids dealing with parents.

[@alexv3372]

@@athroughzdude I was thinking the same thing!!!

[@corvusx5674]

100% Agreed.

[@NovusIgnis]

I mean everyone is different, but I would hesitate to say that I'm somehow special or anything. Despite that I still spoke up for myself when I was that young and I made sure the bastard called my step-father paid for touching me. I didn't know much about all of it at the time, but one thing I *did* know is that he shouldn't be touching me there. So I spoke up against it because if you don't say something, then nobody will.

[@BigBWolf90]

"Desire can warp reality without the need for someone to make a wish?" Yeah Shady it's Christmas there's enough wishing going around she doesn't need anyone to outright say, least that's the one way I can beat explain it

[@rangerkenny665]

“I prefer John Redcorn” Damn Shady… just damn.

[@jillie_chan]

I literally gasped when he said that!

[@olddiggy4800]

I gotta say Shady: you have the most iconic outro of any other KZbinrs I still watch. I always find myself saying it with you every video, even when I'm barely paying attention

[@0hvist]

For those unaware of what War Christmas managed to halt: it was World War I during Christmas Eve 1914 in No Man's Land between the British and German forces where both sides miserable about their situation decided to sing Christmas Carols that was heard by their enemies across the trenches, followed later on by those same soldiers on Christmas Morning crossing No Mans' Land without their firearms in order to spend the holidays together: recovering their fallen comrades, trading rations and mementos with one-another, giving shaves, and even some of them playing a game of _Football._ All of this completely spontaneous and without the consent or approval of the generals of both armies, showing the unifying power of the Christmas spirit.

[@d-m.n_--2]

In contrast to the *ahem* revolutionary war.

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Si les habían prometido que para la navidad ya terminaría esa guerra muchos soldados se rehusaron a poner las armas luego de ese dia

[@mrg4311]

It took me a good 10 seconds to notice what you were doing after that cut at the start, well played.

[@VinceMouse]

I can see Sam being a 'School Friend', or perhaps the vomit incident being their first 'real' meeting where they paid attention to each other.

[@MrDj232]

I imagine they were pushed together as the 3 outsiders in school who don't fit in with the other groups. Danny and Tucker were probably friends from the start, and Sam got absorbed into the group as they got older.

[@matityaloran9157]

1:57, actually, the name was the first part of the show the creator had. Hartman wanted to pitch a new show in case the Fairly OddParents was denied another season and he remembered growing up watching Johnny Quest so he wanted to come up with a cool name like that and settled on Danny Phantom. He then decided to figure out what a show called Danny Phantom would be about and pitched that to Nickelodeon

[@hioman]

Shady should exclusively review episodes where Sam is at her best so he never has the opportunity to do her rant

[@bluemew22]

And finally explode on the episode where she is at her absolute worst and just UNLOAD.

[@Xanegoh]

So, none?

[@almightyk11]

Man, it would have been so much better if Danny was literally inside of a poem instead of him directly impacting reality. A valid rhyme for Orange is Sporange. Man I miss season 1 when ghosts were actual ghosts, and part of the episode was finding out how they died and why they are still around.

[@pedromarquez9034]

I think an easy fix for how the episode goes its to the ghost writer put Danny in his book and makes him the main character. Then, he tells the story in a way that causes Danny's bitterness to become the villain of the story (a shadow version of Danny that gets stronger the more negative he acts). As soon as he figures out what happens, he understands the lesson, the ghost writer pulls him out with a new outlook of what christmas should be. That way he returns home and enjoys his time with his family even through the disfunction.

[@BinnyKing]

4:00 I always took it that Sam grew up in Amity with everyone else, but her friendship with Danny and Tucker is a more recent development as a result of her going Goth and rebelling against her Parents who probably *don't* care for her being friends with the perverted technophile and the son of the Resident Quacks.

[@171QA]

The whole concept of the Christmas truce makes me wish we could've gotten another Christmas special instead of just one.

[@lbtz3192]

@@171QA You and me both, pal. If there were would like it say it involves Danny giving Danielle aka Dani Phantom, her special first Christmas, had she been included in the main cast as she was confirmed she would have been ages ago, had show continued on.

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

I’m a flat-out sucker for “villain(s) and hero put aside differences to accomplish common goal” stories. That is my junk food. I know a lot of stories where that happens are schlock, but I just like it.

[@KingChiggy]

If there is one thing I would love out of a continuation series of Danny Phantom it would be another christmas special where, now that his identity is revealed he introduces his gung-ho ghost fighting parents to the concept of the holiday truce and it would give them a unique opportunity to interact with the other ghosts in a non-combative way. I would LOVE to see Jack and Technus geeking out about inventions while Maddie and Walker talk about the laws of ghosts and the ghost zone as a whole.

[@alexv3372]

@@KingChiggy that is so wholesome omg 😭

[@lbtz3192]

@@KingChiggy Do say. But personally for a second yet better Christmas Special, I would like say if it involves Danny giving Danielle, after she becomes part of family and team as she was confirmed she would have been ages ago, had the show continued after Season 3, her special first Christmas while also teaching his parents to finally change their so called “tradition”. Hey, you wouldn’t happen to have read that novel “A Glitch in Time” have you?

[@BigBWolf90]

The Christmas truce of the ghosts is just amazingly wholesome. The fact that's based on a historic event just makes it better. Not to mention it's just great to see your hero & villains to have a sweet moment like that

[@thicciroh]

Thank you for rewording the intro. Definitely was worth it lmao

[@Ayden-b8q]

This was great. Please do another Danny phantom episode

[@brandiarmstrong2902]

It's so dang funny to see you summarize the theme song.

[@DrTimes99]

I was always fine with the Ghost Christmas truce because of a Christmas Carol. Christmas must be a big deal in the Ghost Zine if there is a Ghost for Christmas Past, Present, and Future.

[@braedenmclean5304]

Can we just talk about how the machine that ‘turned him into a ghost’ just actually killed him?

[@RomaroBrandon]

I remember rewatching this episode last year and I think it's a good Christmas episode. Also I like the revelation that Sam is Jewish but I hate that some people on the Internet have a problem with her being Jewish. Like I remember seeing something on Reddit about Sam being the worst character because she's vegan, wished she never knew Danny, and is Jewish. The first two are kinda valid because she got the lunch menu changed in the premiere episode and that caused the Lunch Lady ghost to appear while in the second one her wishing she never met Danny changed the timeline and caused him to lose his powers. However her being Jewish didn't cause any negative effects in this episode nor has anyone ever explained why that's a problem. I'm not Jewish but I'm also not antisemitic.

[@KairuHakubi]

she can't be that devout.. on one hand yeah you automatically stay kosher if vegan. hell you dodge the rabbinical meat-and-milk thing in the process. But you have to eat lamb on passover. that's not negotiable. I mean it can be goat, but that's it.

[@d-m.n_--2]

Your deadpan retelling of the theme song has me rolling. I needed that, thank you

[@MrDj232]

It's a small enough town the three of them have probably been going to school together since kindergarten. But Sam is a girl so they probably weren't actually friends until the fear of cooties went away in junior high.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

2:16 Shady: "I Dislike Sam" Christmas Narrator: "Yes, Shady hated Sam Manson, the whole character, but please don't ask why he hasn't given us the reason."

[@troperhghar9898]

1:25 ... did shady get a thesaurus for Christmas

[@farpopcorn1565]

I feel like he redid the song intro

[@SuperWowOMG123]

​@@farpopcorn1565 he definitely did.

[@wildste]

​@@farpopcorn1565That's the joke

[@thegman117619]

I dunno but now I want to see what other shows he can do the intro theme to in this fashion….

[@chrimsonphantom]

I think the Rules with the ghost zone are iffy at best because Walker might be abusing his authority. So the Christmas truce might be one of the actual Rules of the Ghost Zone. Unfortunately there is a lot of unknown lore about the Ghost Zone, which we could've gotten into. Butch said that apparently within the Ghost Zone there is paradise, Elysium if you will. Where all ghost covet it's location and would do anything to find it. So there may be a chance the Christmas Truce was built on something that we could've found out in another Christmas special. Course I do wish we got the Ghost Writer back so he and Danny could finally make amends for what happened.

[@fairystail1]

the way i see it is since Walker said it's a rule thats why he follows it the others just like having a truce for one day and/or realize that breaking said truce wouldget them in for a world of hurt from the other ghosts.

[@iyfan2961]

I'd take everything butch Hartman said with a shaker of salt, after all he retconned that no ghost were people who had died to appeal to Christians. When almost of of season1 ghosts show they were alive.

[@SquigglyTheAsianPotato]

The moment bro summoned those computers my first thought was "oh no his powers is being a discord moderator"

[@alexv3372]

@@SquigglyTheAsianPotato NOT THE DISCORD !!!

[@Canibar13]

Well he certainly brought DISCORD and chaos to the holidays.😁

[@Necroes]

Something I find both very unique and enjoyable about this show, but is never actually explained, is how the 'powers' system works. Each ghost displays abilities that, if used to their maximum potential, could be immensely powerful. Take, for instance, the Box Ghost; In this episode, he 'fixes' all the Christmas presents. This implies he not only has command of the boxes themselves, but Also the capacity to fully repair what's inside the boxes. Meaning his power of complete box-control extends to the content of the boxes, as well. The implications for that kind of power are extreme. However, what's limiting the ghosts isn't some arbitrary mana-bar of ghost power, or anything similar. It's their own hang-ups, which impose rules upon their abilities that even they don't necessarily fully understand. Even if they Did fully understand how their powers work, though, it makes since they would never reveal the actual specifics of their powers because they could then be exploited. The Ghost Writer, as a clear example, states he can change reality by typing on his computer; Which he does. His limitation, though, seems to be that he's compelled to follow the narrative constructs of the story he's writing. I.e if it's a Christmas poem, it has to rhyme. If he fails to do so, the story doesn't end-he just loses some degree of control over it. This demonstrates that his powers don't work the way he claims-that what he writes just happens-but that they are vastly more complex, and based largely on the preconceived notion of 'standard' narrative structure. Which, conceptually, is a really cool idea for a power system; As ghosts, their limits aren't clearly defined rules, but the limits generally associated with the domain they 'haunt.' Like a ghost haunting a house, they have incredibly power 'inside' the space they haunt, but are equally constrained by the space which they have little to no control over. It's just a shame the show didn't explain and/or explore that premise, at all.

[@JonCrs10]

Shady as an answer to your question about the Ghost Zone looking familiar, Yahtzee Croshaw did an episode of Semi-Ramblomatic about the "nebulous void of floating islands" trope as it appeared in a whole host of video games, so that's probably why it seems familiar. At least to some degree

[@abimifoluwamark5566]

Are U alright

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

2:20 thank you! Finally I know someone else who hates Sam as much as I do. I would have preferred Valerie as the love interest and Jazz to reveal she knows Danny's secret earlier (maybe just move that episode to sooner in the series) and be the third part of their trio. Maybe keep some of Sam's inciting incidents like the first episode but frame her as an antagonist who causes problems, I mean she is that but don't have the show take her side.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Honestly, would've been more interesting if say for example it was Ember he hooked up with. Danny getting into a relationship with a ghost, maybe finding a way to make her human. Lot you could do with that.

[@KairuHakubi]

Hell, Danny had better chemistry with Jazz. that seems to happen a lot.

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

@@thefanwithoutaface8105 I never thought of that, it would be brilliant but probably require more commitment to serialized storytelling than this show wanted to do

[@willofx4413]

Thank you. I may not hate Sam as much as I did before, but her friendship with Danny feels forced.

[@michaelbachmeier5478]

The description of this show was one of the best things i ever heard . I can also maybe accept jazz as tge second best character but not the best . That title can only go to The Box Ghost !

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

4:12 Also find it's weird we never did get confirmation Santa exists or not? I mean Werewolves, Genies, Pandora, Dragons, Ghosts, Yetis and the Freaking Afterlife all exist, but Santa doesn't? Kind of a weird choice. Heck a follow up episode could've introduced Krampus as a foe for Danny to fight.

[@KairuHakubi]

I mean Santa is definitely real.. he's just a Turkish guy who's been dead for 1800 years or so.

[@JonCrs10]

@KairuHakubi actually Nicholas was Greek. The Turks are a separate ethnic group who migrated to Anatolia from central Asia centuries later.

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

Oh that would have been epic.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@JonCrs10 psh, only greeks and turks think of themselves as separate ethnic groups.

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

I see more as if Santa was confirmed one of the parents (Maddie?) would be justified in the fight

[@knightwolf9863]

YES!!! Thank you, Shady Doorags, for pointing out the flaw of this Christmas Episode: Danny “acting like a jerk” to his parents when he was justified in calling them out on their STUPID fight. Merry Belated Christmas, and Happy New Year! 🎉

[@bailinton4171]

Walker is not "the" rule maker of the ghost zone. His whole shtick is that he has a bogus set of rules he made that he uses to impose his will on the ghost zone. He nabbed all of the other ghost when they were recuperating after fighting danny which is why they were imprisioned. It is also why he never bothered to put them back in because he can't fight them at their best and win easily.

[@randomrayquaza2044]

welp...now i hope for a john redcorn style vid on sam since i didnt grow up with this show im very curious to see why Shady haters her more than a man who's angry about not having a relationship with his own son because he was the result of an afair that he WONT admit to

[@pedanticat9479]

So during my rewatch of Danny Phantom, I had a lot friends remark that this episode was terrible and after watching it, yeah, it really is. On the one hand, yes, Danny was being a jerk, and while he's valid for not liking Christmas, he shouldn't be a scrouge to others. Yet the episode act like Jack and Maddie never did anything wrong and how it was their arguments that ruined Christmas for Danny! I also feel like he owed Ghostwriter an apology

[@AH-is5yg]

I agree, Danny should have apologize to the Ghostwriter since it was Danny's fault. This wasn't one of the best episode to watch.

[@lbtz3192]

@@pedanticat9479 Well in defense for Danny he was only blowing off steam when he went to Ghost Zone, and just wasn’t in the right mood to fully apologize to the Ghost Writer due to bad timing both had when they crossed paths, not to mention the Ghost Writer didn’t even give Danny a chance to explain his reasons for being bitter about Christmas. Also he never intended to take his anger on everyone’s Christmas since he was trying to stay out of it, but after getting cursed by the Writer who took his way of “teaching him a lesson” way too harshly via having his curse on him cause things that were out of his control to go haywire around everyone. Plus, he seems to have forgotten the point of what he was doing to Danny as he got way too obsessed with his narration while tormenting him. Still, I hope should the series gets a revival we get a much more better Christmas special where say Danny gives Danielle her special first Christmas while also having his parents finally learn to change their so called “tradition” for the better but not for just him and Jazz but for also for Danielle.

[@justanaveragegamer8735]

The ghost writer low key had bars "So now you’ll guide this story-- of the ghost who hates Christmas! Think you can do it all mopey and listless?"

[@lastassassin4443]

Shady hating a character more than John Redcorn? In what universe am i living in?

[@Rioluscave]

15:57 THANK YOU SHADDY FOR ADMITTING DOOR HINGE FOR BEING A RYME FOR ORANGE. Drake & Josh literally proved it.

[@tfordham13]

Danny had a good reason to hate Christmas he still a jerk for ruining the ghost's book and saying he isnt sorry tho it shouldn't be on danny to say that his Christmas being ruined yearly in big ways is bad and they should stop

[@DBArtsCreators]

The 2nd genie episode (where Sam wishes that she & Danny never met) more or less implies that Danny & Tucker have known each other a lot longer than they've known Sam (with her wish inadvertently making Tucker forget her as well). Seems that Danny & Tucker have been friends since they were more or less infants, while Danny met Sam sometime around the 2nd grade and introduce her to Tucker shortly after (with them not getting super close with her until their teenage years).

[@lewisbarclay9113]

I always liked that Danny had a sincere reason not to like Christmas. The lesson wasn't that he had to learn to like it. The lesson was that just because he hates it doesn't mean he should spoil it for others.....also I think I know why you don't like Sam, a lot of people don't for what I'm assuming are similar reasons.

[@roninwarriorsfan]

the voice actor for Danny is not only Jimmy Olsen from Superman the Animated Series, but also played a defendant in Matlock after murdering his own father in self defense

[@jacklansdale77]

While rhyming being what powers the ghost writer not being explained, it is a feature of the episode. He wrote a poem and then while established as a writer he lashed out at danny. Many other ghosts have powers based on their profession, such as the box ghost or the lunch lady.

[@rockandtoon2112]

If i may suggest a new show: "Kid Cosmic". It explores the morals involved in superheroics regularly, and the animation style is unique.

[@TheBerchie]

It was after Christmas, all were here; To see how Danny learned some holiday cheer; With the lesson learned throughout the night; Wait, it the parents who weren’t in the right; They were draining Christmas spirit for all to hear; They should’ve been the ones to learn some holiday cheer; Danny didn’t need to learn not to be a jerk; It was all of his parents’ handiwork; This does drop the quality low; Regardless, it still is a really good show; Thanks to Shady for being a great host; And talking about the kid who goes ghost.

[@stephj505]

I remember being upset over Danny not even being remotely empathetic about the Ghost Writer's poem because writers work hard and he probably busted his butt writing that really long poem.

[@justanotherbadasswithamust8629]

4:03 if i would have to guess, they weren't friends but they knew wach other. Kinda like that kid you where in class with for a long time but just never had that of a serious interaction with.

[@adryfoster3265]

FINALLY, SOMEONE BROUGHT UP DOOR HINGE AS A RHYME! i've always thought of that when the idea came up! nice hearing someone else say it

[@metaemperor]

Door hinge Porridge Mortgage Lots of thing rhyme with the mysterious orange 🍊 😅

[@Lastofthesigilites]

The ghost wail is actually dannys scream from when he turned into a ghost only edited to hell.

[@Animestar21]

Ah, Danny Phantom. A classic relic of the 2000s. Just ignore Season 3 (most of it anyway)

[@xavierrivera3407]

For what it’s worth The fandom does just stick to Phantom as it makes more sense and actively helps keep his identity a secret.

[@rosegonella3098]

There's a character you hate... more than John Redcorn? ... ... ... ... My god, what did she DO?

[@Jordan-ii4ip]

That reveal was crazy.

[@bluemew22]

Stalk his Twitter history there the answer lies He has laid it out clearly How his patience she tries.

[@Petrico94]

Ghosts are insanely powerful but they all seem to have a gimmick. Box Ghost, obviously it's manipulation or hiding within boxes, Ember gets more powerful as people remember her, Walker obsessed with running a prison or looking tall, Skulker technically very small but suits up just to be above average, Desiree only grants other people's wishes and likely can't be seen. So I guess it makes sense the story only works if Ghost Writer can keep the plot consistent and rhymes. Any character breaks or lose of momentum causes his powers to stop.

[@J04w0n]

12:29 Shady you know she’s talking about packing that heat. The piece,the gat,the iron,the strap there’s ghost running amuck so you best stay packed.

[@wafagdplqs4421]

Shady covering Danny Phantom is a great late christmas gift !

[@SpaghettiLord323]

Good god, it's DANNY PHANTOM

[@CesarACastillo]

You probably know this but Danny's Ghostly Wail, a signature of his ghostly powers, originates from a complex time paradox that adds a fascinating layer to his story. Initially, Danny was destined to acquire this formidable ability a full decade into his future, a time when he would have succumbed to the darker aspects of his personality. However, in a twist of fate, he ventured into his own future-a risky move that granted him access to this immense power much earlier than intended. This extraordinary wail embodies such raw energy that Danny's teenage body struggles to harness and control it effectively. The sheer force required to sustain the wail is far beyond what his youthful form can manage. As a result, each time he unleashes this attack, it drains his energy significantly, leading to what fans have come to recognize as his power-drain state. During these moments, he is forced to revert to his human form, rendering him vulnerable and underscoring the consequences of tapping into powers that are, in essence, meant for a more mature version of himself. This intricate relationship between his powers and his age adds depth to his character, highlighting the struggles that come with wielding such overwhelming abilities too soon.

[@juanxicali6957]

AI generated

[@JaxonHex]

Shady: I prefer John Redcorn. Me: Damn, that's cold.

[@McForkCoverup2005]

I am still bothered by the seemingly retconning of ghosts not actual being, well, ghosts but just some kind of spectral lifeforms. While some like Undergrowth are clearly forces of nature, someone like Sidney Poindexter is clearly a deceased human with an established living past.

[@mr.official-ocg]

Danny is just a ghost possessing his own dead body

[@randomfox12245]

I like how in your series summary you specifically mentioned that Danny only got his powers because of Sam. Because yup. That is a fact that becomes a critical plot point for an episode later.

[@The1trueLeo]

4:10 tbf I get where you’re coming from. odds are they just grew up together but only recently all became friends. Tucker and Danny have been life long friends so he knew what he did, but she didn’t bc they weren’t actually friends yet. That’s why when Sam wished they were never friends, the only pictures she had of them as a group was around the age they are now, instead of any pictures of when they were kids

[@Videoandme1]

New Shady Doorags video? Instantly stop what you are doing and instant watch!

[@JohnSmith-bn5mi]

I think it's more that they were all in the same grade school but while Tucker and Danny were friends at that point, they hadn't begun to hang out with Sam until just a little before the Portal Accident.

[@cullenlatham2366]

yeah, it isnt a perfect solution, but i can mostly excuse the plot holes with one simple line of reasoning: the ghost writer wrote himself into the story. Destroying the keyboard but the curse remains? ghost writer is still actively writing the story, but the lesson cant be learned by micro managing everything. Ghost writer the "villain" dies with the keyboard, but ghost writer the author continues 'till credits. If anything, not using "threw it at the door hinge" as a followup to picking up the orange is the clue. Either the ghost writer is a hack (yes), or he needs an excuse to bow out of the story.

[@AquaStockYT]

I think the ghost truce for Christmas is actually a reference to the 1914 Christmas Armistice. Across most of the fighting lines of the first World War, in the weeks and night before Christmas, the fighting started to cease not entirely but immensely. On Christmas Day many Germans, English, and even a few French all met in no man's land to take care of their dead, to trade luxury items, and to play football.... The European one.

[@lbtz3192]

If the series were to get a revival continuation someday, would love to see they make another but better Christmas special where say Danny plans to give Danielle, after she gets adopted into his family and become part of his team as she was confirmed she would be, had the show continued ages ago, her special first Christmas.

[@lbtz3192]

Like say the episode of said special starts with Danielle becoming curious of learning the holiday for the first time in her life, and Danny visualizes her as himself as a little kid again yearning for a memorable Christmas. And remembering how his Christmas was ruined throughout his whole childhood in the first 13 years of his life, he wants to give Danielle her special first Christmas so she doesn't has to grow up having a poor childhood Christmas as he had in his life, say his parents so-called "traditional" feud over Santa being real or not, start up again. And to pull off his Christmas surprise for Danielle he gets help from Sam, Tucker, Jazz, along with all their ghostly allies and most of their lesser evil ghostly foes, due to the Ghost Zone’s Christmas Truce. However, say Danny’s parents while going at it again with their bickering over Santa’s existence, spot Danny and friends with the ghosts and mistake it in believing that the ghosts have them under mind control and they try to “save” them but they end up destroying Danny’s surprise party for Danielle in the moment they're all enjoying it. When that happens Danny would express his disappointment to his parents for letting their negative view on ghosts ruin the party, explain why the ghosts were involved, and reasons he didn’t include them in it. After that, Danny would leave sad and disappointed that he worked hard to give Danielle a Merry first Christmas only for his parents to end up ruining it, just as they ruined his Christmas as kid ages ago, while Danielle, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz accompany him to comfort him over the situation. But not while Jazz would stop to scold her parents like: Jazz: “Nice going you two. At least Danny learned to change last Christmas. But you guys barely learn anything.” After that Maddie and Jack coming to finally realize that they’ve been poor parents every Christmas to Danny for the first 13 years of his life, decide to finally start taking the first steps in becoming better for him, Jazz and Danielle. As such they make up to the ghost allies and lesser menacing ghostly foes of Danny and they fix up the party and surprise him, Sam, Danielle, and Jazz, and Tucker all together. After that Danny’s parents reconcile with him, Danielle, and Jazz and apologize for messing up and they start to give them a Christmas they’ll never forget and they begin to change their hostile view on all ghosts. It would be say a way for Danny to finally get proper closure for losing Christmas from his childhood. It would be also funny yet sweet say the story, for said holiday special, ends like this: Danielle: (hugs Danny) Thanks, big bro. This has been the best first Christmas ever. Danny Phantom: (warmly smiles and hugs her) Aw, well, it was no biggie Danielle. Besides, I should really thank you. 'Cause seeing you happy as a kid in this time of the year, I sorta see myself as a kid again finally getting to enjoy a memorable Christmas as a kid. And because of you, now I feel I just finally got back all those lost Christmas years from my childhood. Unlike two certain people I know who couldn’t think about saving their less than important bickering over Santa being real or not either for another time before or after the holiday. (He, Sam, Jazz, Tucker, and everyone else turn to Jack and Maddie with stern faces leaving them rather embarrassed and guilty.) Jack and Maddie: (sheepishly chuckle) Maddie: (sighs in shame) We totally deserve that. Jack: (sighs in shame) Yeah, yes we do. And again... we’re verry, verry sorry son. Maddie: Yes, in fact starting today, now and forever, we're changing our tradition for something very special. Giving our kids the best memorable Christmas they could never forget. For you, Jazz, and of course the newest member of our family. Our little Danielle. Plus, be a little sweet say Danielle set up a Christmas surprise for Danny and Sam say she gets them under a mistletoe and have them share a kiss under it on their first year as a dating couple.

[@Rioluscave]

Yo Danny Fanton he was just 14 when his parents built a very strange machine. It was designed to see worlds unseen. He is gonna get em all because he is Danny Fantom When it didn’t quite work, his folks just quit. But Danny took a look inside of it. There was a big flash and everything just changed. His molecules were rearranged. Phantom phantom When he first woke up, he realized. He had snow white hair and glowin green eyes. He can walk through walls, disappear and fly. He was much more unique than the other guys. And it was then he knew what he had to do. He had to stop from all the ghost coming through. He’s here to fight for me and you. He’s gonna catch em all because Danny Phantom. He’s gonna catch em all because he is Danny Phantom. He’s gonna catch em all because he is……(whispers) Danny Phantom.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

My biggest problem with this episode is the way it ends. Makes it seem like Danny is just being a Grinch when his anger is totally justified. His parents constant and ridiculous fighting has ruined every Christmas he's ever had, thus he has nothing but bitter memories. Any rational person would probably dislike the holiday knowing they have to put up with that nonsense for over a month and Danny has nothing he can do about it. And yet rather than his parents owning up to their mistakes, apologizing and letting their stupid Santa feud go, Danny REWARDs them and they just shrug it off, while continuing to argue over Santa. What kind of message is that? Suck it up when you parents act like assholes because it's Christmas?

[@hariman7727]

"Get stockholm syndrome and enjoy the plastic artificial holiday about spending money and decorations! OBEY!!!!!" ^That kind of message.

[@KairuHakubi]

like the day, dislike the people who ruin it after all if you don't like the day, what are they ruining?

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@KairuHakubi Danny likely WANTS to enjoy Christmas, it's his parents fighting that pisses him off.

[@KairuHakubi]

​@@thefanwithoutaface8105 exactly. he just needs to focus his anger properly when a ghost writes a christmas poem, he should be like "I take it your christmases are a lot merrier than mine" rather than reacting to it like it's in bad taste to write about christmas at all.

[@AH-is5yg]

This was one of the worst episodes of the show. Also, Danny didn't apologize to the Ghostwriter since it was Danny's fault.

[@TerryB01]

I remember this episode. It was fun to see Danny’s enemies help him out for a change.

[@4thDeadlySin]

0:43 i see what you did here... and I absoulely loved every second of it.

[@erikbihari3625]

The blockbuster buster described this show basically;"ghost busters meets spider man"!

[@trypticon8619]

Danny phantom was such a underrated series, and that opening was fire

[@a.t.m873]

I definitely agree that the writing could've been much better but I liked it growing up too. I watched this with my dad this Christmas Eve BTW. As a fan of A Christmas Carol, I like believe that the ghost Christmas truce was created because Ebenezer Scrooge was redeemed because of ghosts. I like to imagine someone saying Beetlejuice in Amity Park and danny would cover their mouth and tell them never to say that name ever.

[@johnathenyoungs4850]

Thank you shady for the birthday present this video was fun to enjoy

[@commentdouchery2838]

I honestly always viewed their Friendship as Tucker and Danny have always been friends, hence why they're best friends. With Sam being someone they grew up with, but wasn't someone they regularly spent time with. I actually had someone like this who I grew up with for the majority of my early school years, but didn't really consider a friend until around high schoolm

[@Jaxvidstar]

Invisibill sounds like a name for a hero name from *title card* invisible.

[@johnpyrett4017]

A theory comes to mind that the conditions to be released from the story was that Danny had to learn THAT lesson in particular. It doesn't matter if he wanted to or not. Or even if it was the correct lesson. My theory comes from the fact that there are magic users in the show and the ghost writer is a mix between magic and science for the holiday season troupes. The tech we want for gifts but also the holiday magic?

[@johnpyrett4017]

Forgot to add that magic has some powerful rules that can bend reality and also can't be broken without knowing the loopholes!!