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Danny Phantom: Life Lessons

 

Episode Score

 
8.2 Great
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Air Date

Friday February 25, 2005

Production Code

018

Episode Summary

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.

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    10 Perfect

    Danny and Valerie are forced to put aside their differences and work together to stop Skulker and pass a health-sciences project. hide show

    I loved this episode! Valerie is one of my favorite characters and seeing her and Danny working together just made my day. I thought it was funny when Skulker would do certain things to make Valerie and Danny fight, but then nobody would win so Skulker would throw a fit. Another funny part was when Tucker's mom used all the flower sacs for her cookies. It was funny to see Tucker's reaction. It was also funny when Sam took her flour sac and gave it a make over to make it look just like her. Overall, this episode was very good.

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    7.5 Good

    Danny has to do a project with Valerie in which they have to take care of a sack of flour.Skulker decides to hunt both of them.Can Danny protect his identity from Valerie and fight Skulker. hide show

    Skulker can't decide rather he should keep hunting Danny or go after Valerie now that she's a ghost hunter.Danny and Valerie have to be parents to a sack of flour.Danny has to take care of the baby while Valerie works.Danny gets mad of course because he thinks she is making him do all the work while she hunts him down.Skulker creates situations were Danny Phantom and Valerie have to fight each other but Danny keeps getting away before the fights conclude.So he decides to capture them both and drag them to the Ghost Zone.He hadcuffes them together with a device that cancels Danny's powers and he takes all of Valerie's weapons.After a while Danny and Val learn they have to work together if they want to get out of this.Danny learns that Valerie works at the Nasty Burger to try and pay for college.Before he can react Skulker informs them that he has their sack so they go back.Toether they out smart Skulker,get their flour back,and free themseleves.

    The sub plot is that Tucker and Sam are the parents of a sack of flour,but Tucker makes a business in taking care of other students flours and forgets about his.Sam grows attached to theirs and becomes a over protective mom.a funny moment is when Tucker is checking on the baby he kisses Sam and they both freak out and say it never happened.Tucker's business fails when his mom uses all the sacks flour.Everyone except Danny,Valerie,and Sam gets an F for the project.

    About an average episode,but not my favorite episode.I like the fact that Danny and Valerie grow closer and are becoming friends.There wasn't to much action and the fighting with Skulker wasn't great since Danny couldn't use his powers and Valerie didn't have her weapons.I like the plot it should have been expanded it more though.

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    8.5 Great

    Skulker can't decide whether he should hunt Valerie or Danny, so he decides to hunt them both at the same time. Danny and Valerie must settle their differences and work together to escape Skulker's lair. hide show

    It was a good episode, but not on my favorites list. There wasn't much ghost-fighting in this one. It was mostly about the character relationships and running away from Skulker. The comedy usually makes up for lost action, but it wasn't enough for this one. There should have been more fighting between Danny and Skulker. This was just an above average episode. I hope the next time we see Valerie it will be more action packed. Who wants to see an episode about a flour sack? This episode was a little disappointing. At least it kept my attention. Seemed like a waste.

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    10 Perfect

    Danny Fenton and Valerie Gray hate each other... even both of their alternate identities. So what happens when they get paired up for a health science project as man and wife, and thanks to a capture by Skulker must work together to stay alive? hide show

    This episode was simply hysterical. The plotline, jokes, and animation were all simply heavenly. I also loved the portrayal about the power of teamwork that glowed throughout this episode. Hopefully, it will bring a more friendly relationship between Danny and Valerie in the real world.
    The new voice actor who took on the role of Skulker is a surefire winner. When I first heard him playing Skulker, it was a little strange, because I'd been used to hearing Mathew St. Patrick bring the sadistic ghost to life. However, Kevin M. Richardson's fabulous portrayal of Skulker began to grow on me, and now I consider him to take the cake when it comes to making Skulker the one and only "Ghost World's Greatest Hunter."
    Also, the amount of humor in this episode was second in line for highest level next to Fanning the Flames. I didn't stop laughing for the whole episode. The script writers once again show their dazzling brilliance in this episode!

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    9.5 Superb

    It had a lot of mistakes. It is still a good episode.
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    When Danny is fighting Valerie in the beginning (wearing his backpack) the school bell eventually rings causing Danny and Valerie to say they both have to go calling each other creep and punk. They disappear and change back and start running toward science class. They both bump into each other in front of the health sciences room saying watch it creep. You watch it punk. Valerie still is totally clueless of Danny's secret identity. The incident gets them paired up for a Health sciences project together. Valerie goes ghost hunter in sweats to fight Danny who she thinks made the Flower Baby cry. Really it was Skulker who did the deed but he framed Danny P. because he wanted to see Danny and Valerie fight. Then goes back to Valerie wearing her trademark Valerie outfit. She changes back after she gets out of the ghost zone with Danny P. Also the sign for the Nasty Burger gets destroyed in a V. /D.P. fight but later in the episode it is standing tall as if nothing had happened to it. When Skulker gets shot by the numbing darts he goes num. Hello wouldn't the darts just deflect off of his metal suite. Danny is being dragged on the ground in the Ghost Zone and his face gets beaten up but in the next shot his face looks fine. Here is a Life Lesson to Butch Hartman check your shows before you say it's done. It could have errors!

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  • While in Skulker's lair, the "baby" flour sack has a ghostly glow. []
  • Lilith: Sam names her flour sack this, which surprisingly it means ghost, storm goddess, or spirit of the night. []
  • When in Skulker's lair with Valerie, Danny gets paralyzed. Throughout this part he is walking or moving some other way, even though he's supposed to be paralyzed. And this is BEFORE it wore off. []
More Trivia
  • Cable Episode Info:
    Danny and Valerie Gray are forced to become parents to a sack of flour for a school assignment []
  • Insight Digital Description: Danny must learn the fine art of compromise when he teams up with Valerie to defeat the evil villain Skulker. []
  • Look Hard: In Sam's room, there is a poster of the band, Nine Inch Nails, on her wall. []
More Notes
  • Skulker: Ok, now my nose itches. Can anybody help? Anyone? Please.
    (Danny returns and the flour sack farts on Skulker's face) []
  • Danny: (Valerie begins to chase after Danny)Oh, she's too busy to watch the kid, but when it's time to kick my butt she's front and center?! []
  • Danny: (Baby is crying and cannot get it to be quiet) I've been a parent for all of one day and I'm probably already down to a C-! []
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  • Danny and Valerie: Handcuffed together
    This seems to be a spoof off of an old movie made by Alfred Hitchcock in the 1950s or 1940s called The 39 Steps. In the movie, a man and a woman who had grown a mutual hatred for each other became handcuffed together somewhere in the middle of the Scottish countryside. Throughout the majority of the movie, they were on the run from two spies who were out to kill them (similar to Skulker), all the while handcuffed together. This experience also sparked a slight romance between the two of them, who had previously strongly disliked each other, just like it had through this episode and the upcoming episode, "Flirting With Disaster." []
  • Nasty Burger Mascot: Nasty Ned
    The Nasty Burger mascot, Nasty Ned, seems to be a parody of the McDonald's fast food restaurant mascot, Ronald McDonald. []
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