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Thank you so much anon! That’s so kind of you!

I have seen it, and I was totally a fan growing up. I’m part of the lost generation that had this show airing when we were kids. When I was in late elementary school and early middle school. Setting aside how Butch Hartman has become the J.K. Rowling of Nickelodeon, I quite enjoyed Danny Phantom. I think the show peaked in it’s second season. They were still finding their footing in the first season (I mean, they didn’t even add his logo until the second) and the third season wasn’t really terrible, it was just a strange followup to Season 2.

I enjoy the three protagonists (Though I have my problems with Sam) but I actually think this show’s strongest characters are the recurring ones. Jazz comes to mind, as well as Vlad Plasmius and especially Valerie. Her character had by far the most interesting journey and I’m not ashamed to admit that Danny x Valerie had significantly more development as a relationship than Danny x Sam, which the show loved to tease but I just never got invested in it. Unfortunately, both Valerie and “Grey Ghost” (as I hear it’s called in the fandom) got the shortest end of the stick possible in the finale.

But I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that way. That said, I do have my fair share of unpopular opinions as well. I said before that Season 3 is better than people say, and it is. But I think what hurts it is the tone. The previous season ended with Kindred Spirits (which is simultaneously the best and worst episode in the show) Danny and Vlad doing prank wars just doesn’t feel appropriate all of one episode after Danny killed Vlad’s adoptive son. Seriously, that was the point, I think, that Vlad decided he no longer cared about recruiting Danny, and just wanted to kill him. Season 3 gives us some interesting villains and genuinely good episodes (Amorpho. I friggin love him.) But it also makes Vlad a mainstay and does so in a strangely tone-deaf fashion.

My most controversial take though, is probably going to be that I loved Reign Storm, and hated The Ultimate Enemy. Listen, when I was a kid, TUE was my favorite episode. I was as shook by it as everyone else. I agreed that it was miles better than Reign Storm. But that episode, while it aims lower, tells a cohesive story that I actually care about. Rewatching TUE...it’s a clusterfuck. It’s a mess. It makes absolutely no sense, none of the key plot threads work. I have a whole rant about this if anyone wants to hear it.

In fact, I know everyone hated Phantom Planet, but I’d say that episode was solid compared to TUE. It wasn’t the greatest finale ever, but it got the job done. The best of the season finales is still probably Kindred Spirits, because of Dani’s character and the whole chilling story about that. Though, the stupid “Danny isn’t considerate” subplot really holds it back. Normally the show is pretty good about continuity, I love episodes that feature Jazz and Valerie for this reason. Ah well.