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Danny Phantom: Memory Blank

 

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9.3 Superb
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Air Date

Friday June 24, 2005

Production Code

021

Episode Summary

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.

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    10 Perfect

    DxS development hide show

    We find out what Danny and Sam's Life is with never to meet each other.

    I think this episode is awesome! now that desiree is back, she is there to grant every wish she hears and she becomes more powerful. We see a glimpse on how Danny got his powers and stuff. The action of this episode is Kick @$$ too! and The fact that it's very funny! "or she's nuts...really really NUTS"

    "She surrendered her individuality for a boy! I'm so proud of her!"

    I admit, Danny was selfish in this ep. but it is all changed at the end of the episode! I love Danny and Sam.

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    9 Superb

    A world without Danny Phantom? AHHHHH!!! hide show

    OMG, Is Sam nuts? the world needed Danny Phantom! And it STILL needs him!! ( Can i get "Whoop , whoop"!?!? ). Anyway, more importantly, Sam really,REALLY needs him, and she can't deny it! This notes one of the episodes that would have ended the series, thank GOODNESS it didn't! Anywho,this episode was great! the price to pay for having Danny not remembering who the crap Sam Manson is, she had to convince him and wear pink. yes everyone, PINK, the one thing she hates other than anything cute. It might have been humiliating for her, but funny to us.

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    Literally, this is why I watch this show! ^^ hide show

    This was the VERY first episode of Danny Phantom that I EVER saw! My friend told me to watch it because she thought it was good, I didnt really want to because I thought it would be stupid, but I watched it and fell in love with it! The episode is really funny! The ending is what really made me laugh! When Danny is attempting to fight Deseray (I cant spell) and doesnt know how to control his powers. This is one of my favorites, just cause it was because of this episode that I watch DP! I love DP!

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    This episode was awesome! If you are watching this series for the first time, this episode will get you hooked, no doubt about it. hide show

    This episdoe was so amazing, I'm not even sure how to start this review. Okay... Umm... There were a whole ton of major Danny and Sam moments in this episode!!!

    Sam and Danny are constantly arguing because Paulina's birthday is coming up, and to go, Danny is going to break his promise to watch a movie with Sam (and Tucker. Why do I always forget him?). Finally, unable to take it anymore, Sam wishes she had never met Danny. Desiree overhears this wish, and happily grants it. Unfortunately, Sam was the reason Danny got his ghost powers, and without them, Desiree can easily grant as many wishes as she wants to, as freely as she wants to. It's up to Sam, who luckily still remembers the incident, to try and restore Danny's memory.

    Now that was a good summary. Hear that, Literature teachers! MUHAHAHAHA! :)

    Moving on, I liked how obvious it was made that if Danny and Sam hadn't been best friends, they would have been undoubtedly attracted to each other, and would have most likely been dating. If you're wondering where I got this from, I'm just basing it on how cool Danny had thought Sam was, and how he had been staring at her with a dazed expression.

    Then there was that fake-out make-out. *sighs* That, I can easily admit, was my favorite part of the episode. Danny was the leader this time, and if you looked closely, when they were in Danny's basement, the floating green stuff in the ghost portal forms a heart around them as they 'pretended' to kiss. If that isn't proof that they were meant to be together, then I don't know what is.

    I also liked how Sam played an even bigger role in Danny's ghost life when she changed his costume to fit the way she liked it. That 'D' was a great change to the costume. :) And to think, she made up the idea all by herself.

    Oh, and there were also some funny moments in this episode. I couldn't stop laughing when the ghost-ray fired from Danny's butt instead of his hand. And when he was so surprised that he could fly ("Where'd my legs go?"), when his legs came back, I couldn't stop laughing at the fact that his arms were the squiggly lines. And I'm laughing now, at that memory.

    The very end held the final DxS moment, when Danny skipped going to Paulina's party to hang out with Sam (Oh, wait, I forgot Tucker... Never mind. He's not too important in this episode anyway.) Then in the movie theater, they were staring at each other like the two lovebirds they are... And Tucker ruined that moment, causing them both to blush. It was cute anyway. Go DxS!!!!!!!!!

    I think I forgot to mention some more things I like about this episode, but I wrote a little too much about this eppie. I'll be tempted to write more, but I won't. I'm over five times the minimum amount of words here! That's not a good sign! Go DxS!!! (Again.)

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    10 Perfect

    One of my favorites episodes. Danny kiss Sam for second time. hide show

    Danny and Sam get into a fight, and Sam wishes she never would met Danny, and 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.

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  • When Sam enters Elmer's in her colorful clothing, Danny pushes Tucker off of his chair and Tucker's ice cream lands on the table. Then when Sam puts her diary on the table, the ice cream is gone. []
  • In the beginning when Tucker and Danny are admiring the Gi-normo 6000's, the one they are looking at has a sign that says "Big" on it. The next few times we see the sign, it says "Huge", not "Big". []
  • In the scene after Danny regains his ghost powers, it shows Danny and Sam sitting in class at school. When Danny leans over on her chair, it shows his desk being right next to hers. However when he falls on the floor, it shows there being a lot of space between his and Sam's desk, so he couldn't possibly have leaned on Sam's chair to talk to her. []
More Trivia
  • 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. []
  • Danny must be younger than Paulina because she turned 15 this episode and Danny hasn't had a birthday yet. []
  • Cable Episode Info:
    After an arguement, Sam wishes she had never met Danny. []
More Notes
  • 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." []
  • Danny: Wow, you broke into my locker, and scanned a simalar photo? Wow you must like me... or your nuts. []
  • (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. []
More Quotes
  • 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. []
  • 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. []
  • 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. []
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