Danny Phantom

Danny being shown that he can control Jack with no problem while Jack resisted Vlad could be a sign that Danny's ghostly potential is greater than Vlad's or it's possible that Danny didn't have trouble because he had Jack do something that he subconsciously wasn't against (i.e saving Maddie).

This is the first Danny Phantom episode in which Sam and Tucker play absolutely no part.

Look Hard: When the Fenton Ghost RV is pulling up into Vlad's driveway, you can see the "Welcome to Wisconsin" sign in the far bottom left corner from the upcoming episode, "The Million Dollar Ghost."

Apparently, when Vlad was hit with ectoplasmic goo, he fell to the ground. It could be a coincidence, or it's possible that ectoplasmic goo cancels out a ghost's powers, but only temporarily.

This is the first time since "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale" that Danny couldn't control his powers. When his parents were yelling at him for being late, his arm went intangible.

This is the first episode in which Danny calls Vlad "cheesehead" as he does in many episodes after, mostly because Vlad is a big Packers fan.

This is the first episode where the villain has tried to hurt someone other than Danny. Vlad tries to hurt Jack in this episode.

Vlad has a slightly different voice between human form and ghost form in this episode.

Vlad Plasmius is left-handed.

Apparently, since Vlad is half-ghost, he doesn't trigger Danny's ghost sense.

Vlad refers to Danny's and his blasts as "ectoplasmic energy blasts", while Danny calls them "ghost rays".

Apparently, Skulker must have started working for Vlad after "One of a Kind" since in "One of a Kind," he thought that Danny was the only human/ghost hybrid.

This marks the first time that Danny is defeated in battle.

Insight Digital Description: Danny meets a powerful ghost enemy of his dad's who is looking for revenge.

This episode can be seen on the "Nick Picks Vol. 1" DVD.

The Dairy King is the first ghost that befriends Danny.

Opener: Danny is riding his scooter home, glad he is, for once, without ghost detours to make him miss his 10:00 PM curfew. But then he sees three ghost vultures flying around. He follows them and they say they want to peck Jack to death, and they show Danny a picture of him. Danny fights them off, but he is once again late for his curfew.

Look Hard: The following are all the Packer's related things that were in Vlad's entrance hall: 1) Brett Favre #4 Packers jersey. 2) Portrait of three Packers fans: I - A guy wearing a Brett Favre #4 Packers jersey and a cheesehead while holding up a beer mug. II - A white-bearded old guy wearing sunglasses, a yellow Santa Claus-like hat, and a yellow shirt with the words "Title Town" on it. III - A woman wearing a cheese head and a Bart Starr #15 jersey while holding up a hot dog. 3) A display consisting of: I - Packers helmet with the letter "G" on it, on a dish inside a rounded glass. II - Four footballs. III - Two Packers flags. IV - A Packers helmet and an Adrian Klemm #70 uniform. V - Sculpture of the Dairy King. 4) Portrait of Ben Steele in his #82 uniform. 5) Portrait of Ray Nitschke in his #66 uniform. 6) Portrait of a Packer surfing in his green/gold jersey. 7) Football that reads "To VLAD (Ray Nitschke's signature)". 8) A gold carpet with a green border with a giant "P" colored in gold.

Look Hard: When Jack is reminiscing about his friendship with Vlad in college, he mentions that they were both "popular" guys on campus, however in the photo of Jack and Vlad in the flashback, there is a guy on the left of Vlad who is doing a "bunny ears" on Vlad's head and there is an orange-haired guy who is about to pour a bowl of punch on Jack's head.

According to Jazz, Vlad Masters was named "Affluence Magazine"'s "Billionaire of the Year."

Apparently, since Vlad's face was mostly exposed to the ectoplasmic energy from the proto-portal, when Vlad changes into Vlad Plasmius, his face does not resemble his human face, whereas when Danny transforms to Danny Phantom, his face is very similar to his human face since he was exposed evenly all over his body.

Harriet Chin went to the University of Wisconsin with Maddie and Jack and reveals that, for years, she always thought Jack was a crackpot in an unfashionable orange jumpsuit.

Harriet was once a popular reporter for the "Milwaukee Journal" but was fired because she tried to file a story about ghosts, after coming in contact with one for the first time in this episode. However, she later gets a job as an anchorwoman in Amity Park in the future episode, "The Million Dollar Ghost."

Look Hard: In the scene where the Fenton RV is very close to Vlad's castle, there is a wooden sign that says "Wisconsin 60 miles." This sign is seen again in "The Million Dollar Ghost."

In college, Vlad had black hair, wore brown pants, and a yellow short-sleeved shirt with a large "green-white-green" horizontal strip going across the middle.

We see some of the Fenton RV's weapons and gadgets in this episode and they include: 1) Purple/green energy beam. 2) Freeze ray. 3) Ectoplasmic goo. 4) Lightning.

According to Harriet Chin, she covered a guerilla uprising in a place called "Rumackistan." However, there is no such region by that name, thus it must be a fictional region like Amity Park.

Vlad bought a machine from Skulker called a "spectral energy neutralizer," which shocks a ghost and cancels out its powers for as long as the ghost is contained within it.

When the proto-portal exploded ectoplasmic energy on Vlad's face, his hair turned from black to white and his eyes turned from blue to green (very similar to what happened to Danny after the Fenton Portal accident). However twenty years from then, when Vlad Masters turns into Vlad Plasmius, his hair is black, his eyes are red, and he has a cape, even though when the accident occurred, he was wearing a lab coat with no cape in sight.

The lab where Jack's proto-portal was, looks exactly like Danny's science classroom in the future episode, "Shades of Gray."

Apparently, Wisconsin is very far from the state that Amity Park is located in, since the car trip from Amity Park to Wisconsin took four days.

Danny mentions Skulker's ecto-skeleton; ecto-skeletons are later explored in depth when the Fentons invent one in "Reign Storm."

After it was hinted by Danny's parents in the previous episode, "What You Want," it is confirmed that in the show, there are such things as ghost diseases (ecto-acne).

It is revealed that the Fenton RV is a stick shift.

Danny wears the same suit and Jack wears the same tie that each of them wore to the Casper High dance in "Parental Bonding."

When Vlad Plasmius knocked out Danny Phantom, Danny's costume was torn in several places, showing flesh underneath, revealing that Danny's original clothes are not underneath his costume when he goes ghost.

Apparently, Danny's ghost costume can regenerate itself after it has been damaged.

Apparently, Vlad knew the existence of Danny Phantom before he met him (he referred to him as "the ghost boy who uses his powers for good") and he also knew about his Fenton Thermos.

This is the first time that Maddie and Jack have been made intangible by a ghost.

Apparently, Vlad's overshadowing abilities are not so advanced, since he was unable to retain Jack's eyes and voice and Jack was temporarily able to break through Vlad's overshadowing. However, he was able to fly in Jack's body.

The rings that appear from the waist and goes off vertically in opposite directions when Vlad "goes ghost" are black, while Danny's rings are white.

Even though Vlad Plasmius is supposed to be a ghost, his appearance looks very similar to a vampire. His "devil horns" hairstyle, red cape, and sharp teeth can suggest he is more like a vampire than an actual ghost. In addition, the name "Vlad" is of Russian origin. Vampires are stereotyped to have Russian accents and some TV vampires are coincidentally named Vlad.

We learn that Danny and Jack's pajamas are purplish-pink, however, Jack wears his jumpsuit under his pajamas.

Danny reveals that first ghost he ever fought were ecto-pusses (first shown in "Mystery Meat").

Vlad's ghost vultures are able to speak English. In addition, in "Maternal Instinct," it is confirmed that Vlad has a hobby of mutating ghost animals, meaning that it is possible that he could have mutated the ghost vultures and given them the ability to speak.

We learn that Danny has a 10:00 PM curfew.

According to his parents, Danny's grades are slipping (which was hinted in "One of a Kind"), he shirks from his chores, and he constantly keeps coming home late.

Danny does not catch a ghost in the Fenton Thermos in this episode.

Running Gags: 1) Someone getting splashed with ectoplasmic goo 2) Someone mentions Danny's 10 o'clock curfew 3) Someone from Jack's college days showing an obvious dislike for Jack

Introduced Ghost Power(s): Ectoplasmic Ghost Shield.

This is the first time that Tucker does not encounter the main villain and the second time that Sam does not encounter the main villain.

Vlad has had his ghost powers for twenty years.

This episode features the first time that Jack (and possibly Maddie) has seen a ghost.

This is the first episode in which Maddie appears in the opener.

Even in college, Jack was interested in ghosts and even made a prototype Ghost Portal.

It is revealed that when Danny is completely knocked out in ghost mode, he automatically turns back into his human form.

When Maddie was in college, her hair was long and frizzy and she wore a purple dress with purple hooped earrings.

This is the first episode in which none of the scenes take place at Casper High.

According to the picture and flashback, Jack has worn his orange jumpsuit as far back as college.

Vlad's castle once belonged to the Wisconsin Dairy King, who still inhabits it as a ghost.

Skulker has managed to somehow get back into his ecto-skeleton even though it was destroyed in "One of a Kind" and he reveals that he has upgraded his weapons since "One of a Kind."

Vlad reveals that he is a Green Bay Packers fanatic and he has a football signed by Ray Nitschke. It is his most prized possession.

According to Vlad, he learned how to shoot an ectoplasmic energy blast during his first year with ghost powers, too.

Major Human Debut(s): Vlad Masters, Harriet Chin.

First aired October 30, 2004 on YTV.

We learn that Vlad sent the ecto-pusses from "Mystery Meat" and Skulker from "One of a Kind" and several other ghosts to Amity Park to test Jack's ghost hunting skills.

Apparently, Skulker still has Tucker's PDA attached to him.

Title Screen Caption: "A Blast From The Past!"

Look Hard: In the scene where the family is sleeping, we can see that Jack sleeps with a teddy bear. Later, in the end of the episode, when Maddie is sleeping, you can see her sleeping with an Albert Einstein doll.

Featured Named Invention(s): Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle (Fenton RV).

Major Ghost Debut(s): Vlad - Every super hero needs an arch-nemesis, and for Danny, it's Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius. Vlad was once roommates, lab partners, and best friends with Jack until Jack's "proto-portal" exploded ectoplasmic energy at his face, diagnosing him with a horrible case of "ecto-acne," which resulted to end of his friendship with Jack, end of his social life, and many years in the hospital. However, that accident made him half-ghost, like Danny, complete with ghostly superpowers, which he used to for his personal gain to achieve his current fame and fortune. Despite having millions of dollars, his wealth is unable to buy the Packers or his one true love, Maddie. Driven by vengeance, Vlad will stop at nothing to ruin Jack's life and take back the woman he loves, thus making Vlad a formidable nemesis for Danny, especially since he has had his ghost powers for twenty years. Wisconsin Dairy King - The former owner of Vlad's castle. He is not evil like many of the other ghosts Danny encountered and also has the habit of saying "Don't you know" a lot.

Main Villain(s): Vlad.

Sam, Tucker, Dash, Paulina, & Mr. Lancer are absent in this episode.