Mystery Meat

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired
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Danny's new ghost powers are put to the test when the school cafeteria's all-vegetarian menu arouses the ire of the ghostly Lunch Lady, a 50-feet shambling pile of mystery meat who seeks revenge and a return to high-cholesterol diets. It's up to Danny to push her back in the fridge where she belongs.moreless
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  • eh ... great storyline? i think not. I'd say good storyline.

    7.0
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    By lil_mizz_krazie, Dec 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    Not the best episode to start off a show, but not "Boooo!" bad. Ok this episode just basically tells u about the characters.

    Danny Fenton / Phantom : He's the main character, and has superpowers. He's been clueless of the crush that one of his friends has on him until the the end of the last season.

    Sam Manson : Danny's best friend, a goth girl thats a ultra recyclo vegetarian ( doesn't eat meat, eats crap that looks like garbage.) ... She's the one that has a crush on Danny.

    Tucker Foley : Danny's technology loving friend. He LOOOOVES meat. he's probably never had a vegetable until the episode Infinite Realms.

    Jazz Fenton : Danny's often snobby sister. learned his secret identity in the second season.

    Jack and Maddie Fenton : Danny's crazy ghost hunting parents. learned that Danny was the ghost they've wanted to rip apart molecule by molecule in the finale.

    Paulina : The popular girl, Danny and Tucker were "Goo goo" over her. Sam hates her and often dubs her "Shallow".moreless

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  • On trying to figure out his new ghost powers, Danny and his friend are faced with their first ghostly foe, the LUNCH LADY!

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    By Beastbabe, Dec 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    A great start to a truely classic show. Danny and his friends face the menacing lunch lady as she is not impressed with the menu change. Though maybe not the best Danny Phantom episode, Mystery Meat successfully introduces the viewer to the main situation: Danny recently gaining ghost powers and his lack of control over them, his ghost obsessed parents, his know it all sister, his faithful friends and his life at Casper High with his lack of good grades and bullies. It also introduces us to the main characters personalities. Great comedy, keeps you smiling the whole way through!moreless

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  • Good starter episode!

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    By Danny_Fantom14, Aug 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    I think this was a good starter episode. it shows how danny didn't really like his powers then liked them and new what he was to do. this episode has good examples of how danny couldnt really control his powers.

    we need to thank sam in this episode because sam convinced danny to like his powers. if it wasnt for her, well, danny just mite not like his super.

    i thought this was a really funny episode and theres nuthing really more i can think of to say...its just awesomemoreless

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  • Not the best way to start a show

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    By Water78, Aug 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    Danny Phantom,
    Mystery Meat,
    In the opener we learn that danny has ghost powers. And doesnt know how to use them very well. His two friends Sam and Tucker at the moment are the only ones who know of his powers. Sam is a "goth" but not really to me. And tucker is a teck freak. When sam gets rid of meat on the menu in return for veggies and salad. A mystery meat ghost comes to wreck the say. I have to say this one was probably one of the worst i mean a ghost with the power the control meat. That's weirdmoreless

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  • Danny is slowly trying to learn his powers, when the Lunch Lady attack Casper High due to Sam changing the all meat menu to veggies. Which awaking the ghost spirit, but in the end Danny Phantom still save the day.moreless

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    By eliteshia, Apr 29, 2008 Report Abuse
    I love this show, because it is the first show and in catch and hook you so you can not turn away from the television. It shows how Danny Fenton first got his powers and how he tried to develop the over the reminding years. I was sad to learn that Danny Phantom show has be cancelled due to less viewers watching. I believe that Danny Phantom should have one last episode before it completely goes of. You learn to love and hate certain villians of Phantom and enjoy the seemingly knowing relationship between Danny and Sam with witty Tucker. But over all it is a great show.moreless

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    • When Danny "goes ghost" for the first time, before the blue transformation aura gets to his hands, the one you can see turns white like it is covered by his costume. Edit
    • Mr. Lancer said it was an all steak buffet in the Teacher's Lounge, but burgers, hot dogs, and bacon fly out of the teacher's lounge in addition to steak. Edit
    • When Danny and Tucker are rescuing Sam in the school basement where all the meat is hidden, right after Danny knocks the Lunch Lady against the wall and the camera focuses on his face up-close, the left side of his hair is black even though he is in his ghost form. Edit

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    • In the Spanish version of the show, Danny's true last name isn't "Fenton" but "Phantom", and in his alter ego isn't called "Danny Phantom", but "Danny El Fantasma", which literally means "Danny The Ghost". Edit
    • In the Danny Phantom universe, the ghosts are not necessarily dead spirits, but rather "monsters" with ghost like abilities, some having been human on Earth. Butch Hartman, creator of the series, stated this himself. Edit
    • It is revealed that since he got his ghost powers Danny wanted to tell his parents but Sam and Tucker didn't want him to tell. Edit

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    • (After the Lunch Lady attacks Danny, Sam, and Tucker when she learned Sam change the menu) Sam: This the thanks I get for thinking like an individual?! Edit
    • Sam: (Chanting with the other vegetarians) Veggies now, veggies forever! Veggies now, veggies forever! Edit
    • (Lunch lady grabs Danny as large meat monster) Tucker: (Pulls out fork and knife) Help's on the way buddy! Edit

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    • Vegetarian Protest Sign: It's easy being green. This is a nod in the direction of the phrase "It's not easy being green", which is often said by Kermit the Frog, a character from The Muppet Show. Edit
    • Sam Manson: Character The fact that Sam is a gothic girl and her last name is Manson might be a parody of goth rocker Marylin Manson. Edit
    • Jack Fenton: Reed Richards There are numerous similarities between Danny's father and the Fantastic Four's leader, the former's bumbling aside. Both spend much time on new inventions, they've each a line of white along the bottom of their hair, they inadvertently created super villains that were once their friends in college, and both are often so caught up in their work, they fail to notice their surroundings. Edit

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