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Splitting Images

Episode Number: 5    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Saturday April 24, 2004    Prod Code: 005
After a series of humiliating run-ins with Dash, the school bully, Danny uses his powers to get revenge and triggers the ghost of Poindexter, a kid who was shoved in his locker so many times, he haunts it to this day. Danny must battle this ghostly defender of nerds and geeks, while proving he's not the bully Poindexter thinks he is.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Butch Hartman, Steve Marmel, Marty Isenberg
Director: Richard Bowman, Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala
Star: Rob Paulsen (Jack Fenton (Dad)),  S. Scott Bullock (Dash Baxter),  David Kaufman (Danny Fenton/Phantom),  Rickey D'Shon Collins (Tucker Foley),  Grey DeLisle (Samantha "Sam" Manson),  Kath Soucie (Maddie Fenton (Mom)),  Ron Perlman (Mr. Lancer),  Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Jazz Fenton),  Maria Canals (Paulina)
Recurring Role: David Kaufman (Greaser),  Grey DeLisle (Poodle Skirt Girl),  Dee Bradley Baker (Band Kid/Punk),  S. Scott Bullock (Dale),  Rob Paulsen (The Box Ghost)
Guest Star: Peter MacNicol (Poindexter)

Notes

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This episode's plot is similar to the plot of The Fairly OddParents episode, The Switch Glitch, where the protagonist exacts revenge on one of his tormentors and somebody gets him in trouble for that, believing the protagonist to be what the tormentor usually is. (edit)
Sidney Poindexter is the first ghost in the series who is not necessarily evil. (edit)
Cable Episode Info:
Danny uses his powers for revenge on a bully and triggers the ghost of a kid who was bullied. (edit)
It is revealed that if Danny gets angry enough in human form, his eyes will glow green for a second. (edit)
To convince his friends that he was the real Danny, Danny (who was in Poindexter's body) told Sam that in second grade, Tucker had thrown up in her lunch box, but lied that a classmate named Ricky Marsh did it. This means that Danny, Sam & Tucker have been friends or been class mates since second grade (or possibly longer). (edit)

Quotes

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The Box Ghost: (To Danny) Now, prepare to be crushed by ... (Reads box) props and costumes from the Broadway classic, "My Fair Lady!" (edit)
Danny: No, you don't understand!
Poindexter: I understand a bully when I see one!
(Poindexter zaps Danny lasers from his eyes) (edit)
Danny: (Inside Poindexter's locker after scaring Sam & Tucker accidentally) Sam! Tucker! In here!
Sam: Poindexter?
Danny: No, it's me! Danny! Poindexter took over my body and sent me to this bizarro spirit world!
(Sam & Tucker look at each other, not convinced)
Sam: Prove it.
Danny: In second grade, Tucker threw up in your lunch box, but he told you Ricky Marsh did it.
Sam: What? I kicked him off the monkey bars for that! (Points to Tucker angrily) It was you?
(Sam & Tucker gasp)
Sam & Tucker: Danny? (edit)
Danny: (About the Box Ghost) Now there's a guy who knows exactly who he is. (edit)
Tucker: (To Danny, about Poindexter) That's the guy who used to have your locker! In your face, Mr. Skeptic!
Poindexter: In his face? (Takes out a fountain pen) Swell idea. (Sprays Danny's face with ink and laughs) (edit)

Trivia

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This is the first and only time the Box Ghost has defeated Danny. (edit)
When Mr. Lancer trips with the box of frogs, Sam is in front of locker 720, but when we next see Danny she's in front on locker 723, then seconds later in front of 720 again. (edit)
Look Hard: During the opener, when Danny slams to the ground behind the stage from the impact of the Box Ghost, after he changing back into his human form, Danny still has his ghostly glow. (edit)
In the opener, Danny is actually beaten by the box ghost. (edit)
Look Hard: Just after Poindexter switches bodies with Danny, and when Danny is going through the ceiling, he has glasses, and then when he phases thrugh locker 724, the glasses are gone. (edit)

Allusions

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Episode Title: Splitting Images
Splitting Images is a parody of the saying "Spitting Image" (edit)
Jack: (To Sam and Tucker) Fear not, young ones, these gloves were made for grabbin'!
"These gloves were made for grabbin'" seems to be a play on the title of the song, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," composed by Lee Hazlewood and originally performed by Nancy Sinatra. More Info (edit)
The Box Ghost: (To Danny) Now, prepare to be crushed by... (Reads box) props and costumes from the Broadway classic, "My Fair Lady!"
My Fair Lady is a musical play by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. More Info (edit)
Poindexter: Heck with the eggcream. Who wants a diet soda? Whatever that is!
An eggcream is a popular Brooklyn soft drink from the 1950's era, consisting of whole milk, chocolate syrup, and seltzer water. (edit)
Paulina: I can wear it with my Old Army lime-green baby tee.
"Old Army" is obviously a parody of the real-life popular clothing store, "Old Navy." More Info (edit)
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Community Reviews (24)

 

NitaAries327
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5.9
Mediocre
Splitting Images
"Painful to watch"
This was simply lame. I believe it was the worst episode of Danny Phantom I've seen.
Continue » Posted Oct 29, 2007 4:32 pm PST
8.0
Great
Splitting Images
"Silly"
not fair for danny
Continue » Posted Sep 1, 2007 11:03 am PST
10.0
Perfect
Splitting Images
"Exactly why I watch this series"
One of my Favorites!
Continue » Posted Mar 13, 2007 5:06 pm PST

TheCandeh
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8.7
Great
Splitting Images
"Cleverly plotted"
Danny and Poindexter switch bodies and lives, as revenge towards Danny for "bullying" another kid in school.
Continue » Posted Jan 29, 2007 7:06 pm PST

trm6
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7.7
Good
Splitting Images
"Painful to watch"
Danny is forced to switch places with a nerdy ghost who gets bullied constantly.
Continue » Posted Jan 7, 2007 12:51 pm PST
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