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Memory Blank

Episode Number: 21    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Friday June 24, 2005    Prod Code: 021
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, but with a permanent change to his suit.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Steve Marmel
Director: Ken Bruce, Butch Hartman, Gary Conrad
Star: Maria Canals (Paulina),  Rickey D'Shon Collins (Tucker Foley),  Ron Perlman (Mr. Lancer)
Recurring Role: Dee Bradley Baker (Mikey),  S. Scott Bullock (Alien),  Grey DeLisle (Femalien/Terminatra/Nightmerica),  S. Scott Bullock (Dash Baxter),  Grey DeLisle (Samantha "Sam" Manson),  Rob Paulsen (Jack Fenton (Dad)),  David Kaufman (Danny Fenton/Phantom),  James Sie (Kwan)
Guest Star: Peri Gilpin (Desiree)

Notes

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Look Hard: At the end of the episode, when Danny, Sam and Tucker are watching everyone dance at Paulina's party, Tucker doesn't have a backpack on. When the next shot is shown of them viewed from the front, Tucker does have a backpack on. (edit)
Danny must be younger than Paulina because she turned 15 this episode and Danny hasn't had a birthday yet. (edit)
Cable Episode Info:
After an arguement, Sam wishes she had never met Danny. (edit)
It is now confirmed that Danny uses his ghost powers to sneek into the girls locker room. (edit)
When Danny and Sam do the "fake-out make-out" in Danny's basement, the floating green stuff in the ghost portal forms a heart around them. (edit)

Quotes

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Sam: Uh, excuse me? I saved your butt, and you're giving me grief?
Danny: Welcome to my world, remember? "We should make the menu recyclo-vegetarian." "We should let the gorilla out." "We should sell all of your dad's stuff at a garage sale." (edit)
Danny: Wow, you broke into my locker, and scanned a simalar photo? Wow you must like me... or your nuts. (edit)
(After beating the giant cow Desiree had brought to life, Danny and Tucker are still covered in milk. Sam, however, is untouched.)
Tucker: Good job beating that big cow, Danny!
Danny: Yeah, well it hasn't stopped Sam about busting my chops about cruelty to unliving plasic animals.
Sam: I had to choose between fake cows and evil trucks. The cow won. (edit)
(As Danny is about to be crused by Desiree)
Sam: (To herself) Oh, this is all my fault. I wish I had never fought with Danny... (Pauses, then smiles) And she's granting every single wish she hears! (To Desiree) I wish Danny and I had never had that fight! And I wish Danny, Tucker, and I remembered everything and his costume stayed the way it is because I really, really like it!
Desiree: So you have wished it and so it shall be!
(Blasts Danny and his memories return) (edit)
Danny: (To Tucker, while watching Sam battle Nightmerica) That might just be the coolest girl on the planet.
Tucker: Or she's nuts. Really, really nuts. (edit)

Trivia

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When Terminatra is persecuting Paulina and Danny appears, Paulina tries to give him an invitation to her party, but they get interrumped by Terminatra. After the fight with Terminatra and the argument with Sam, Danny finds an invitation to Paulina's birthday on his back, but Paulina never got to give an invitation to him. (edit)
When Sam picked Danny up after he almost fainted when he got out of the portal, his ghostly glow was missing, but when Danny then accidentally turns intangible, he has the ghostly glow. (edit)
When Sam throws Danny the thermos, he doesn't know what to do with it, but he saw her capture NIghtmerica at Elmer's, so he should already know what it is used for. (edit)
Throughout the entire episode, Star's shirt is missing the red '9' which usually appears on it. (edit)
The theme songs says "...when he first woke up...", but this episode shows that once he gets his powers, he screams then walks out of the portal. He never got knocked out/fell asleep in the portal, so why does it show that in the theme song. (edit)

Allusions

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Title: Memory Blank
The title of the episode, "Memory Blank" is referring to the memory bank in the human mind, which stores the majority of a person's memories. (edit)
Gi-Normo 6000: Appearance
The Gi-Normo 6000 seems to be a parody of the Hummer, a very large SUV that gets only nine miles to the gallon. (edit)
Mr. Lancer: War of the Worlds creature, get away from my youthful charges!
Lancer refers to the Femalien as a "War of the Worlds creature." War of the Worlds was originally a novel written by H.G. Wells in 1898 and it was about an invasion on Earth by another kind. It was made into a movie in 1953. Coincidentally, there was a remake of the movie released on June 29, 2005, just five days after this episode premiered. It starred Tom Cruise and was directed by Steven Spielberg. (edit)
Nightmerica: Appearance
Obviously a parody of Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. She has long claws, a striped sweater, and a skin issue on her face, exactly like Krueger. (edit)
Femalien: Name & Appearance
Femalien's name is obviously inspired by Alien from the Alien trilogy. However, her appearace was likely inspired by Predator from the Predator trilogy. (edit)
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Community Reviews (51)

 
10.0
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"Character development"
DxS development
Continue » Posted May 24, 2008 6:05 am PST
9.0
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"Another great installment"
A world with Danny Phantom = :cry:
Continue » Posted May 20, 2008 5:56 pm PST
9.7
Superb
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"Exactly why I watch this series"
Literally, this is why I watch this show! ^^
Continue » Posted Aug 3, 2007 12:34 am PST
10.0
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"Exactly why I watch this series"
This episode was awesome! If you are watching this series for the first time, this episode will get you hooked, no doubt about it.
Continue » Posted Jul 17, 2007 8:28 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
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"A very special episode"
One of my favorites episodes. Danny kiss Sam for second time.
Continue » Posted Mar 24, 2007 8:22 am PST
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