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Public Enemies

Episode Number: 14    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday February 4, 2005    Prod Code: 014
Amity Park is thrown into chaos by the town's first mass invasion of ghosts. It's all part of a plan by the Ghost Zone's top Sheriff, Walker, to capture Danny Phantom. As Danny first battles, then befriends, a hulking ghost named Wulf, Walker and his deputies "overshadow" most of the people in Danny's inner circle. While eluding attacks from his ghost fighting parents, Danny defeats Walker and restores calm in the city -- but earns the title of "Public Ghost Enemy #1" in the process!

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Steve Marmel, Steve Marmel, Sib Ventress
Director: Butch Hartman, Juli Hashiguchi, Wincat Alcala
Star: S. Scott Bullock (Dash Baxter),  David Kaufman (Danny Fenton/Phantom),  Grey DeLisle (Samantha "Sam" Manson),  Rickey D'Shon Collins (Tucker Foley),  Kath Soucie (Maddie Fenton (Mom)),  Rob Paulsen (Jack Fenton (Dad)),  Ron Perlman (Mr. Lancer),  Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Jazz Fenton),  Maria Canals (Paulina)
Recurring Role: Kath Soucie (Esperanto Geek),  S. Scott Bullock (Baby Face Boyle),  James Sie (Kwan),  Dee Bradley Baker (Wulf/Newscaster #1)
Guest Star: Kimberly Brooks (Tucker's Mom),  Phil LaMarr (Tucker's Dad),  June Angela (Principal Ishiyama),  Daran Norris (Bullet/Newscaster #2),  James Arnold Taylor (Walker/Ghost Cop),  S. Scott Bullock (Baby Face Boyle),  Kath Soucie (Esperanto Geek),  Freddy Rodriguez (Mayor Montez)

Notes

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Title Picture: Wulf slashing a wanted poster of Danny. (edit)
This is the first time Danny calls out the name of one of his attacks (Go ghost stinger). (edit)
Danny Phantom saving Paulina seemed to foreshadow her falling in love with him in the next episode. (edit)
This marks the most number of times Danny's ghost sense goes off in a single episode. (edit)
This episode marks the first time Danny's ghost sense goes off in his ghost form, and apparently, it is stronger then, since it sensed Walker and his henchmen while they were still overshadowing humans. (edit)

Quotes

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(Sam is forced to spend the night at Tucker's house)
Sam: Next time, we take the extra-dimensional fugitive to my house. (edit)
(After Tucker removes Wulf's collar)
Wulf: (Speaking Esperanto)
Tucker: Of course you're free. And... (Wulf jumps out the window and breaks the glass) You're welcome! (edit)
Mayor Montez: (With Walker overshadowing him) All in favor of declaring martial law and allowing the completely competent Jack Fenton to mobilize a massive ghost hunt, please say...
Danny: (In ghost form) I might be too young to vote, but I'm casting one anyway. (People in the crowd chatter in fear) You people have to listen to me. I'm on your side!
Jack: You're not fooling anybody, ghost kid! You are going down! (Tries to throw Fenton Fisher at him, but sees that it's still tangled) As soon as I untangle this thing.
Danny: My parents might be overshadowed, but this should harmlessly push the ghosts out of them. (Shoots ghost ray at them; they are knocked backward; everyone else screams and hides) Or they could not be overshadowed, and I could have totally ticked them off. (edit)
(As Sam reaches to touch Wulf's collar, Wulf snarls angrily at her; Sam backs away to Tucker)
Tucker: He says not to touch that.
Sam: (Sarcastically) Really? I must have missed the subtext. (edit)
Jack: (Sees Danny & Wulf) All right, nobody move! (Sees Fenton Fisher he's holding is tangled) As soon as I get this thing untangled, you two beasties are going down.
Danny: (To Wulf) Don't worry. He's not much of a threat. Now, If my mom were here, then we'd be in trouble. (edit)

Trivia

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When Danny was being chased by his parents, Bullet is sucked into the portable ghost portal, but he reappears at the end of the episode in the basement of the city hall. (edit)
Why would Danny smile for a prison shot? (edit)
After Danny captures the ghost in Paulina, he says, "1 down, 4 to go." But there were 5 left. (edit)
When Danny is in the classroom there are a whole room full of overshadowed people, but only 5 (Dash, Paulina, Mr. Lancer, Kwan, & Principal Isyima) chase him and the others aren't seen or mentioned again. (edit)
When Maddie says, in reference to the door Jack was trying to push open, “It’s pull, Jack,” there is no handle on the door to pull it open. (edit)

Allusions

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Wulf: Ability
Wulf's ability to open up a portal to get to the human world could be based on the Golden Tiger Claws from Xiaolin Showdown. (edit)
Danny: My ghost sense is going crazy.
This is similar to Spider-Man who would often say, "My spidey sense is going crazy." (edit)
Amity-Park-Angle: Public Enemy Number One
The newspaper headline stating that Danny is a villain seems to be an homage to the numerous front page covers of the “Daily Bugle” regarding Spider-Man, where the editor, J. Jonah Jameson, used the newspaper to make Spider-Man seem like a villain in the New Yorkers’ eyes. (edit)
Mr. Lancer: Bridget Jones Diary, Fenton! Stop your screaming and get into the safe area!
Bridget Jones's Diary is a novel by Helen Fielding that was published in 1996. It is about the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single woman living in London who is surrounded by a “surrogate family” of friends. In the novel, she tries to make sense of life and love in the 1990s. This book was made into a movie in 2001, and another movie in 2004. (edit)
Ghostkateers: Name
The name “Ghostkateers” seem to be a combination of the names, “Ghostbusters” and “The Three Musketeers.” (edit)
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Community Reviews (23)

 
9.7
Superb
Public Enemies
"Another great installment"
Walker tries to capture Danny Phantom
Continue » Posted Oct 7, 2007 6:32 am PST
10.0
Perfect
Public Enemies
"Another great installment"
Wow, Walker's back and wants total revenge on Danny!! Superly exciting!
Continue » Posted Jan 26, 2007 7:56 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Public Enemies
"Exciting"
Sheriff Walker tries to lead Danny into a trap.
Continue » Posted Jan 13, 2007 11:16 am PST
9.0
Superb
Public Enemies
"Pivotal"
Wow, what a wimp.
Continue » Posted Nov 29, 2006 8:21 pm PST
9.4
Superb
Public Enemies
"Well written"
Walker and his gang are trying to make Danny enimy number one in his town.
Continue » Posted Aug 26, 2006 2:17 pm PST
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