Fanning the Flames

Season 1, Episode 11, Aired
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Danny and Sam find their platonic friendship turned forcibly romantic through the musical powers of Ember, a hard-rocking girl ghost who feeds off the idol worship of teens. With her massive, free concert scheduled only a few days away -- a concert that will be broadcast worldwide and give her ultimate power, Sam has to get the now completely and utterly love-addled Danny to focus on fighting ghosts. Even if it means breaking his heart.moreless
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  • A rock star ghost, named Ember, comes to Amity Park and uses her power to control every teen in town, except Danny and Sam.

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    By avi_mystery_13, Jul 03, 2008 Report Abuse
    Fanning the Flames was great episode because there were some clues that Sam does like Danny. I thought that was so cute, except the part where Danny gets hit by Ember's spell and falls madly in love with Sam. Good thing she was wearing those cool anti-ghost noise headphones, otherwise she would've gone all lovey dovey too. I bet Paulina was jealous whenever she sees Danny and Sam together. Why? Because she couldn't find a decent boyfriend of her own. Maybe if Paulina would loose the snooby girl act, she would. Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, if I was an animation critic I would give this episode 9.5 out of 10 stars.moreless

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  • This episode was so freakin' awesome!!!!!

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    By NitaAries327, Sep 25, 2007 Report Abuse
    This was, by far, one of the best episodes ever!! I love the entire story. If you've never seen this episode, I'll give you the 411: There's a ghsot who's a rock star named Ember that can use her music to control people. To gain more power, people have to chant her name over and over again. The only way to do so is to influence teenagers to listen to her music so she can control everyone. The only ones who aren't affected by Ember's music, is Danny and Sam because Danny's a ghost and Sam has on some headphones that filter out ghost signals. So they find a way to stop, but Ember uses her guitar on them. Danny was affected by the music because he was in his human form, but Sam wasn't because she was still wearing the headphones. The music accidentally caused Danny to fall in love with Sam. It started to get a little creepy to her because he was being really obsessed with her. The only way to break the spell is to do something so horrible that it's the negative to that particular spell. The only way Sam could break Ember's spell was to kiss someone (You really don't want to know who it was...:() Danny was heartbroken so he took his anger out on Ember by beaating her and to break the spell, he had Tucker sing (he sounds like a baby being spanked with a dying cat) and Ember was finished with her singing carrer... for good.moreless

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  • Ember is one of my favorite villains, and this episode was cleverly plotted with enough DxS moments to drive me crazy. I loved it!

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    By VioletSorceress, Jul 17, 2007 Report Abuse
    This was the one and only episode I watched little by little, and I only did it because, at the time, I didn't like Danny Phantom. I don't know why, but I just didn't. As soon as I watched this entire episode, my attitude changed. I had to see the rest of the DP episodes. If I didn't, I wasn't sure what would happen to me.

    So basically, Ember places a love spell on Danny and causes him to fall in love with Sam. I find this amusing, because although we had seen Ember turn the knob on her guitar, I only think that her spell magnified their feelings for each other. I think that although Sam kept pushing Danny away, deep down, she wanted him to act like that in real life. You could see it in the way she had admitted that she did like the way he had been acting lovesick around her. I hated how Sam had to kiss Dash to break Ember's hold on Danny. It made me go crazy and scream that they weren't meant for each other and Danny and Sam were meant for each other, and Dash was a disgusting jerk (no offense to anyone when I said that) yada yada yada. I'll admit, I do that alot. Scream at the TV, I mean.

    Before Ember's spell had been casted, everyone had been joking that Danny and Sam were lovebirds. I liked how they always chorused their responses together, and how they would blush everytime they were near each other after that. Heck, even Mr. Lancer thought they were meant for each other. Well, he never said it, but it was obvious. When Sam and Danny were flying in the sky, she had been staring at him with her dazed 'I'm in love with you' expression. It was funny becasue when he asked her what was wrong, she said that the view was nice, and he ended up blushing. The view was definitely nice because she had been looking at him. It's similar to how guys are when they're looking at sunsets or at the stars, and when the girl comments on how beautiful it is, he looks at her and agrees.

    Okay, this is by far the longest review I've ever written. I have got to stop now. I'd say more, but then I'd be babbling. so to summarize it all: Sam is totally in love with Danny, and he feels the same way for her... Don't you love DXS moments? I know I say that in every review, but I love saying it. Go DXS moments!moreless

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  • A mysterious ghost becomes the new singing sensation to the students of Casper High.

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    By BackyardTaang, Jun 18, 2007 Report Abuse
    This exactly why I watch this series! Even though I never liked the idea of Danny and Sam together, the romance between the two was very cute. I especially loved the look on Danny's face after Sam kissed Dash. It was one of the looks where you just want to jump in the tv and hug him (but I feel that way all the time) no matter how much you hate the character (but I love Danny). Another reason I like this show is Ember's song. It gave hints to how she died. For many ghosts in this show it is hard to tell but this tells her story.moreless

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  • OMG I love this!

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    By 1ghostgal1, Jun 05, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode was awesome! I loved the scenes where Sam gave Danny the lovey-eyes! :) (When they're flying and at the Ember concert) This episode shows how much Sam loved Danny and it was soooo sweet! Aw, I loved the hug at the end. Plus, Tucker even noticed! "Remember" is a really cool song, too, and there were a lot of lines I liked, especially:

    Sam: Danny, that was AWESOME! *hugs and pulls away, blushing* I guess...Ember's spell hasn't quite worn off?

    Tucker: You were never under Ember's spell...

    And Sam didn't deny it! :D This episode was pure awesome! The animation at the flying scene was terrific and I loved it!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When Sam, Tucker, and Danny phase through the ground at Ember's concert, Danny isn't touching either of them, so they shouldn't have been able to become intangible. Edit
    • When Danny realizes that Ember is the ghost, he transforms into Danny Phantom... on the steps of the school, in front of everyone. Edit
    • After Sam kisses Dash, Kwan is not holding Danny down anymore. Edit

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    • Two of Danny's future powers were foreshadowed in this episode. In the beginning of the episode, Danny was frozen by Klemper, then when he entered the Specter Speeder, he was shivering. In the episode Urban Jungle, Danny developed icy powers of his own, which had the temporary side effect of making him shiver. Then when Danny and his friends were leaving the Ghost Zone, a couple of ghosts referred to Tucker's off-key singing as a "Ghostly Wail", which incidentally, turned out to be the power Danny obtains in the TV movie The Ultimate Enemy. Edit
    • Look Hard - During the scene where Jazz is standing next to Paulina and commenting on the "killer light show," you can see that Paulina is very slightly taller than Jazz. Edit
    • Look Hard: One of Ember's eyebrows is much thinner than the other, which is shown on the first Ember t-shirt. Edit

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    • Jack: Fenton Stockades. (Maddie gets angry and puts Jack in the Fenton Stockades; referring to Danny and Jazz) I meant them! Edit
    • Sam: (About Ember) You do realize she's an evil mind-controlling spirit from another dimension? Tucker: Yeah, but you said the same thing about Paulina. Danny" Y'know, he has a point... Edit
    • Maddie: Jack, we can't lock the kids up in some medieval containment device. Jack; Oh all right, we'll just "Ground 'em" like every other parent. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Ember: Hairstyle Ember's blue-ponytail hairstyle strongly resembles June's from the 1996 Nicktoon KaBlam!. Edit
    • Episode: Plot The plot is very simular to the real Ghostbusters episode "Bansee Bake a Cherry Pie", in which a female ghost becomes a rockstar and puts one of the ghostbusters under a spell that makes him madly in love with her. Edit
    • Title: Fanning The Flames The title itself is an allusion. Fanning the Flames means to make the flames higher, stronger, and hotter. This is exactly what happens to Ember and her hair when people chant her name. She gets stronger, and her hair gets higher and higher. When the crowd stopped chanting her name, or stopped "fanning the flames," Ember got weaker, and her hair went out. Also, the title could be reference to fanning the flames of love, which Ember does with Danny and Sam's relationship. Edit

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