Danny Phantom

How terrible it is that your father is in that dace party of your school that is so terrible and awfull well not went u take the control of him jajajjajaja that wa so good at last.but the de fought agaist that dragon girl was so coll specile wnt sam was posesed by it no it was os fun qwell wet i wacth that i can not sotp to daid lol loo lol lol lol lol lol lol i don,t now was i was collpsing in my chir or that was a sofa well i feget that i only rember that thing that is so fun fo me

Parental Bonding has all the components of a great Danny Phantom episode. First of all, the episode was never boring, not for a second. Something was happening at all times. This episode is a whole lot funnier than its predecessors. Sam and Paulina's chemistry was great, Sam is always hilarious. Poor Tucker couldn't get a date and when he did he ended up dateless in the end, must've been fate. Also, Mr. Lancer was great with his Hip Lingo book, fortunately I have no teachers like that. Danny taking over Jack was hilarious. There wasn't much action but the comedy and plot made up for that completely. The dragon was more funny than frightening. This episode was definitely the best out of the first three.

I am not really a big fan of Paulina (no offense people!), but this episode introduced her as Danny's crush. The first episode of the series made me question the relationship between Danny and Sam, and this one made me an official shipper. I wanted them together, and Paulina was the one thing in the way at the time (that's why I'm not too much of a fan).



I liked that this episode showed us that below Sam's tough, gothic exterior, there was still a teenage girl underneath. And like all teenage girls, they would want to go to a dance. I'm surprised that Danny hadn't realized it until the very end. At least they danced together. YAY to the DxS moments!



So the dance was pretty good. I liked how they showed that Tucker would fall for any girl with a pretty face (look at what he did for Sam!) and I liked the ending, where a beautiful DannyXSam moment arose. I gave this episode a 9.5, because there were still some Danny and Paulina moments, which I'm not a big fan of. :) I know, I know, I can't stop saying that.

I really loved all the character developement in this one! My absolute favorite part was the scene where Danny slow-danced with Sam at the end! This was the first episode to show that Sam has feelings for Danny. And I also liked how jealous she sounded when making the "Oh, and yet you have absolutely no problems talking to me?" line. This also told a lot about the characters- such as how snoopy Jazz can be and how fun overshadowing Dash is for Danny! Overshadowing is SUCH a cool power for Danny! The animation was especially awesome in the final fight with the dragon. Great episode! :)

Even though this was the second episode ever, it was probably the first one I've seen, and it was definitely one the best episodes, albeit an early one.

Danny gets a date, (Though a product of a high school girl's quarrel) and goes to the dance. No big deal right? Wrong. This girl just happens to have a magical dragon's amulet that will turn her into said overgrown reptile under extreme emotional duress or anger. Danny better stay on her good side!

All goes downhill when Sam gets a hold of the amulet, and the anger at Paulina manages to take control of the goth! This episode just gets better and better!



Overall the episode is an oldie but a goodie. A definite must watch!

New to his ghostly powers, Danny is having trouble controlling them. He especially has problems when he talks to Paulina, his pants become invisible and drop to his ankles! It happens several times, but gets Paulina's attention. When she goes to talk to Danny at his locker, an amulet that came from a princess and/or dragon from the ghost portal. Paulina sees it and asks if it is for her, so Danny gives it to her. When she's wearing the amulet, she turns into a dragon when she gets mad. Danny takes over his father's body to go to a parent/teacher conference so he won't upset his father, but Lancer asks Mr. Fenton (Danny) to chaperone the dance. Danny tries desperately to get the amulet from Paulina. Tucker and Sam end up going to the dance together. I love Sam's hair and her dress. So very goth. Danny enlists Sam to try to get the amulet, but Paulina tells her that she just wanted to steal Danny from her and gives Sam the amulet. Sam turns into a dragon taking Paulina with her. Danny saves Paulina, catches the dragon, takes the amulet off and the dragon turns back into Sam. When they get back to the dance, everyone is gone except the DJ. Sam and Danny dance together and Tucker is alone again.

This was a really terrific episode, I thought! It was a clever idea to have him going to a dance, but having to fight off a dragon. Oh yeah, and he first learns to overshadow people! He accidentally overshadows Dash, and then Jack becuase he doesn't want to get in trouble with him about school and Mr. Lancer! Also, Sam's dress was very pretty! i can't believe that Danny got a date with Paulina! I was very happy for him becuase he really liked her and she actually accepted his date! YAY for Danny, only he's totally mine, so stay away Paulina!:P

This episode was pretty good. I really enjoyed the ending where Danny and Sam are dancing together at the end of the dance. I think this was where I became a D/S Shipper; Sam and Danny looked so cute together! What I didn't like was the fact that Danny went to the dance with Paulina. I don't care for her too much, but I did enjoy the fights between her and Sam; it shows how much Sam cares about Danny and how she would rather save his feelings from getting hurt. I also liked the fact that Danny had to keep overshadowing his dad to keep him from talking to Mr. Lancer. I thought it was funny when Danny (in Jack's body) was dancing with Maddie and she was trying to make him remember the "old days."

This was the second episode that I saw but I don´t see all the episode the first time that they aired because I have a real school dance. In this episode we see danny in a school dance and his date is... Paulina. We also learn in this episode that Sam would have sonething with Danny and that Tucker and Valerie are a good couple that later they are seen in the episode Shades of Gray. Danny discovers that he could posses the body of a person (What I should if i have that power?) and his first victim is his father.This is the first appearence of The dragon ghost that later appears but apparently isn\'t a big enemy

What could be better than having a bit of DS shipping. And meeting the honey hive queen herself Paulina. She definatally a great character. And the thing with Danny learning how to overshadow and does it to Dash was hillarious. This was probably also the main episode which got me started in DS shipping also. All and all a very humorous episode :D

The theme was pretty basic, a school dance. It was a pretty interesting episode when it first was released but I would still call it pretty average. Pretty popular girl using unpopular boy for her own selfish reasons, another boy who can't get a date, and girl denying she doesn't want to go to dance because no one would ask her. All pretty basic plots.

Danny Phantom gains a new power to overshadow people his alter ego Danny Fenton is having a hard time asking someone to a school dance.At the start of the episode Danny fights a dragon ghost,he knocks off her neckless she turns back into a human type ghost.The neckless lands in his backpack,of course Danny doesn't no this.



Danny wants to ask Paulina a populer and very pretty girl to the dance,but is to nervous to asks her.After talking with Tucker and Sam he gets the courage to ask her,but his pants fall down thanks to his powers going a little out of control and he gets laught at by Paulina,so Sam comes to the rescue and calls her shallow.This makes Paulina determind to go to the dance with Danny,because she believes he is Sam's boyfriend and wants to steal him for payback.Danny discover he can overshadow(possess) people and uses his power to get him out of telling his parents about a teacher-parent meeting,by overshadowing his dad and going to the meeting himself.This backfires as his parents have to chaperon the dance.Danny has given the neckless to Paulina as a gift for her going to the dance with him.When every she gets angery she transforms into a dragon ghost now.Danny finds out he tries to figure out a way to get the neckless back without having Paulina go all dragon.Danny overshadows Tucker and asks Sam to the dance because he knows she really wants to go.



As the story goes on Danny has to keep his dad away from his teacher Mr.Lancer,mean while Sam confornts Paulina and asks her for the neckless back.She of course says no and says she is going to steal Danny away from her.Sam tells her Danny isn't her boyfriend,Paulina gives her the neckless and says she only went with Danny because she wanted to steal him away from her and tells her she is going to dump him.Sam who is now wearing the neckless get mad after hearing this and turn into the dragon ghost and attacks Paulina.Danny goes into action and stops her from hurting Paulina and gets the neckless off of her,thus turning back to normal.Danny saves the day just in time for the end of the dance,but he gets to dance with Sam which leaves Tucker dateless again.A nice episode that shows Danny's love interest Paulina and forshadows Sam's feelings for Danny.

This was a great way for the creator to introduce Danny and Sam's mutual feelings for each other, and to introduce Paulina as the conceited person that she is. The imphasis is on the characters here and the villian is pretty dull. However one really doesn't care and there are still plenty of good fights between Danny and the dragon. The lesson here is simple: popular girls are shallower than puddles, so don't fall for them! And they can be really low (I still was shocked when Palina was going to dump Danny AT the dance!). Anyway it was a great episode and got a lot of laughs out of me.

After Danny fights a ghost dragon, an amulet around its neck falls into his backpack. Soon after, Danny gets the pretty and popular Paulina to go with him to the school dance by accidentally giving her the amulet. He then uses his new overshadowing ability to possess his dad to get him out of trouble with Lancer, but ends up with his dad being a chaperone for the dance. Later on, he discovers that the amulet he gave Paulina is cursed, and she will turn into that dragon that he fought whenever she gets angry!



While this wasn't exactly the episode of the series that got me hooked, it did get me much more interested in the series than Mystery Meat did.



I was really impressed with how well written this was. An episode of a show with a dance is a plot that I have seen many times before, and while I never mind seeing it, Butch Hartman and the crew were able to write it out in a way that made it much more original and enjoyable.



Apart from how it was written, the characters, I believed, were presented very well for the most part. In situations where things could get long-winded and boring, the lines that Sam had kept it short and simple and prevented things from going sour.



As for Sam herself, she was done well in this episode. While she bugged me just a wee bit in MM, this was definitely a change for the better. I’m one of those people who focuses more on how a person can be on the inside rather than the outside, and the way Sam was whenever Danny was crushing on Paulina seemed to reflect me, but much better than a way I can pull off. Also, her moments with Danny were nice. While it wasn’t exactly romantic (I didn’t see anything romantic in the series between them until SoG), it was still sweet. And it was also funny to see her get pretty mad at Danny’s comment about talking to cute girls.



Tucker was great throughout PB. Judging from Lancer’s girl’s locker room comment in MM, I had to expect that he would try to be a bit of a flirt with the women. And his hopeless attempts to get a date were logical, looking at his general popularity status, or lack thereof.



Danny was presented better than MM here. In MM, he was very shy and he didn’t talk in a very interesting manner. But he was still getting used to his powers and it was the first episode so it’s not right to judge. Anyway, here, it was more interesting. Danny was a bit more enthusiastic in and out of the ghost battles. As for the ghost battles themselves, he had more confidence and that was good, IMO. While the whole giving the amulet to Paulina thing was a little Timmy Turner-ish, as well as Jack’s comment about the bad news, it wasn’t a problem, and at least the latter had the humor to make up for it.



Paulina…well, she has her place in the series as Danny’s crush. While it’s a little clichéd, it’s good for setting up storylines for future episodes. But the way she was in PB makes me more…should we say, spiteful towards the crush than any crush in any show I’ve seen. I’ve seen popular and shallow on Nickelodeon before, but Paulina is done in a way that keeps me much more interested.



Jack’s moments with Maddie and Lancer were…good here, not so good there, as far as I can see. And when I say Jack, I mean Danny overshadowing Jack (His overshadowing power is cool, by the way!). The parent-teacher conference was fine to start. Danny had some quick thinking there and that was pretty good. But the part when Lancer invited Jack to be chaperone to the dance, and then had him come without him even saying yes…I just didn’t like it. But the rest were funny, and Lancer’s pathetic attempts to talk cool were hilarious.



One last thing, and that’s the plot behind the dance and more on the amulet. Something like that is very interesting. But in a way, I couldn’t detect that much of a threat there. While there was definitely a lot more than in MM, it still seemed just a little bit bland. But whatever threat there was, the way the events followed afterward was done pretty well.



Well, that’s all I have. There isn’t that much wrong with PB, and it definitely jumps out at me more than MM. I give it 8.7/10.

We find out in this episode that Danny can go into peoples bodys which is really cool! It's also revealed in this episode that he has a crush on Paulina. His best friend Sam gets kind of jealous about this and results in her becoming a dragon. (Because of an amulet she wears around her neck).



I found this episode to be slightly better then the first episode because it was even more funny and exciting to watch.

this was a decent episode of danny phantom that got underrated in my opinion. I mean this is an episode where a girl danny has a crush on turns into a dragon i can\'t believe it got such a low score of course it wasn\'t perfect there could have been more action to it so i feel annoyed about that. however there were better episodes than this one but still this was a very competent episode to watch. of course i am a bad critic i just am a bad critic but even if i was a critic i still would have liked this episode.

Reveals more about Danny's teenage life. He falls for girls too easily. He doesn't even realize that Paulina doesn't even like him. She hung out with him only for an amulet. The amulet cursed Paulina and Danny had to find a way to defeat the Paulina Dragon without hurting her, something you see in other shows. This episode is similar to the Farily Oddparents where unpopular Timmy wants to be with popular Trixie, but it never happens. This is just the second episode and Butch will get more ideas for his new show. It was great to see Danny overshadow his Dad and trying to act like him. He made the situation worse by accidentally getting his Dad to chaporone the ball. The strange thing is that there's a school ball already. It's now obvious that Danny is clueless around girls.

Jack is fishing for ghosts but he has to go to the bathroom and gives Danny his fishing rod. While Jack is away a dragon ghost appears from the Fenton Portal. Danny fights and wins when the dragon drops her necklace. Danny gives the necklace to Paulina but then figures out later that the necklace makes the wearer into a dragon in moments of anger. Paulina thinks that she is stealing Danny from Sam. When Sam says Danny is just her friend Paulina gives Sam the necklace and says she is going to dump Danny. Sam gets angry and the necklace transforms her into a dragon. Danny fights her while also making sure Mr.Lancer doesn't ask Jack questions about the interview he had with Jack. Jack doesn't remember any of it because Danny had overshadowed him. Danny ends up victorious when Sam drops the necklace and when he prevents his dad from knowing the reason for the interview was that he was in trouble.

It was alright but it was also very cool. Some of my friends said that it was too romantic but i think it was not too romantic. Only at the end when Danny and Sam danced. Thats about it but I still like but like I said it would'nt me on my top 5. But I am not saying I hate it.

paulina is wereing a necklace given to her by danny. The Amulet Of Arogon.She or anyone who is wereing this neclace can transform into a dragon under any stae of deress or anger. Paulina does then gives to Sam at the dance who weres it and gets angry because Paulina does not really want want to go out with Danny. Paulina though she was just stealing him away from Sam. (not true)The neclace does belong to a ghost.

Poor Danny! He's got to realize that Sam's hiding something major from him... will he ask her to the dance in time to make her happy? I loved this episode so very very much because it gives the first few D+S hints. I am a MAJOR D+S shipper, so that's probably why. The animation, costume designs (at the dance), and music were also pivotal, leaving everyone hanging every second and jamming along to the awesome DP tunes along the way. This episode also had a huge amount of comedy-- the only episode that beats its comedy count is Fanning the Flames. This episode is definitely one of my favorites. Butch Hartman, I salute you!

My Summary of this episode:



Danny finds his dad fishing for ghosts through the portal with his new Fenton Ghost Fisher. He has to go to the bathroom, so leaves Danny in charge of the fishing. While his dad is away, Danny catches a dragon through the portal and tries to fight it. An amulet falls off from the dragon ghost, and the dragon turns into a ghost princess who wails about not going to the princess ball because her mother wouldn’t let her. The amulet falls on Danny's backpack and he unknowingly takes it to school with him.



The school dance is going to take place the next day, and everyone is pairing off with someone as their date...everyone except Tucker, who seems to be asking every girl in school just to get dumped. No one has bothered to ask Sam, and she feels rejected, even though she doesn’t show it. Danny and Tucker notice Paulina, the girl who sweeps every guy off their feet. He tries to go ask her to the dance, but makes a fool of himself when his pants fall down in front of everyone. Sam goes to help him, and gets in an argument with Paulina. Paulina gets back at Sam by making sure that Danny goes as her date for the dance. Danny is thrilled when Paulina says yes to his offer. She also finds the amulet fallen from Danny's backpack and puts it on. Danny is a little worried, but doesn’t think too much about it, because he is excited that she said yes. Just then his pants fall down again and Mr. Lancer catches him. He asks him to bring his father for a parent teacher conference.



Danny goes to his dad to tell him about the conference, but his father is in a very bad mood for not having caught a ghost with his ghost fisher the whole day. Danny realizes he can go inside his dad's body, and while controlling him, goes to Mr. Lancer and gets out of trouble.



Afterwards, Paulina, now wearing the amulet, goes to the mall to purchase new clothes. She becomes furious when they don’t have a fleece her size, and turns into a dragon. Danny, Tucker and Sam are hanging out in the mall and notice the commotion. Danny fights the ghost again, but before he can figure out who it is, Paulina gets transformed back and doesn’t remember what happened.



Danny, Sam and Tucker do some investigation through the computer and find out that the amulet is the reason for the dragon, and Paulina is the one who is wearing it. Danny also feels sorry for Sam not going to the dance, and makes sure that Tucker asks her out. Danny now has to somehow fight the ghost dragon, who is the girl he is taking to the dance, while making sure his dad doesn’t meet Mr. Lancer while chaperoning at the dance.





My opinion on this episode:



This was an awesome episode of Danny Phantom. All the scenes during the dance keep you at the edge of your feet, because you are not sure whether Danny can pull it off or not. Some of comedy scenes include Paulina talking to the over smiling salesgirl at 'the Abyss', Sam eagerly changing into her dress when Tucker asks her out, and Danny going inside his dad's body at the dance.

I thought this was a pretty good episode, it also introduces some characters that have a bigger role in future episodes, liek the fact that Paulina is a stuck up snob. This episode got to point really quickly, Showing Sam's utter dislike for Paulina. It also shows just how desprate Tucker is.

The third episode of the series but the second one aired, "Parental Bonding" finds Danny getting ready for the upcoming school dance. He manages to get a date with his crush, pretty and popular Paulina. But he accidentally gives her an ghost-amulet that fell into his backpack during a battle - and every time Paulina gets angry, the amulet turns her into a dragon.



PB was actually the episode that really got me hooked on the series. I thought MM was OK, but the first episode of a show is rarely my favourite one. If I like it enough I'll tune in again, and it's the later episodes that get me. PB and OoaK did that for me, but for some reason, PB especially got me in.



It's kind of wierd that I would like PB as much as I do, because there's some things about this episode that show up in other ones that I don't like. The school dance storyline is a cliched high school plot, and AotKGS and SI, which also have those kinds of stories, are low on my list. But the thing about PB is that, IMO, the presentation of the plot was much better. The moments where things could go wrong were handled more subtly and carefully, and the dance storyline was balanced out with the jokes and side plots in a much more even way than those other two episodes I mentioned. I think that's why I like PB so much.



The thing about the dance storyline in this episode is that the moral isn't bashed over our heads IMO. In AotKGS and especially SI, the entire flow of the episode and everything that was going on seemed to shut down just so they could get in a little sermon on what was learned. Danny doesn't exactly catch on that Paulina's a shallow, stuck-up witch, but when the moral comes out (always from Sam in this episode), it's short, sweet, and to the point. Things don't shut down gears just so they can have Sam state the obvious. It's part of the flow of the episode. "Girls like her are a dime a dozen." Short, sweet, and to the point. "You can't judge a book by its cover." Short, sweet, and to the point. Her insult to Paulina - part of a sub-plot, and went with the flow. "Looks are decieving, Danny." Short, sweet, and to the point. And then, at the end, when you expect the long sermon after Tucker asks where Paulina is, Sam looks like she's about to say something - and then completely blows off brining the issue up again. The dance is almost over, the trio's alone, so they might as well just get in some fun before the night is over. That is a much better handling of a typical high school plot than what's usually on Nickelodeon, and I really like that Butch did PB like this.



And again, IMO, this episode had a better sense of when to balance the high school plot out with other stuff. Uncovering the mystery of the ghost-dragon and its relation to the amulet was one nice sub-plot. It actually felt like a comic-book mystery during those scenes. That storyline in the episode got just the right amount of focus and led to some cool-looking animation and some funny gags. And I love dragons!



I think that PB might be the only episode where the title has nothing to do with the main plot of the episode. Danny doesn't bond with either of his parents. He overshadows his dad to keep from getting in trouble (albeit for something that wasn't really his fault), gets him and his mom stuck as the chaperones, and keeps overshadowing his dad to keep the story up. That was another balancer and side story, and it led to some hilarious scenes.



Sam and Paulina's conflict was another balancer, though one that had more correlation to the main plot. About their interaction and how it relates to Danny...I like the idea of D/S. I will defend FtF day and night. And I think the dance at the end of this episode was foreshadowing to some degree. But (prepare for a shock here, folks)...I don't think that there was anything romantic about D and S's relationship in this episode. There was nothing in the way of denial when Sam said that Danny wasn't her boyfriend IMO. She got upset when Danny said he had trouble talking to cute girls and he'd never had trouble talking to her, and that could also have been foreshadowing, but I don't think there was any romance in this episode between Danny and Sam. Sam actually does apologise to Paulina at one point for being so over-protective of Danny as a best friend. IMO, Sam thought Paulina was a bad date for Danny - and she is. That's where the conflic came from here. But I don't think that there was anything awkward or semi-romantic about their relationship until SoG. Jealousy showed up in LiL, definately - but here, I think it was just concern for a friend. Though the dance at the end was cute.



Paulina herself is a character that serves a purpose on the show as a foil for the leads and should be kept. But I agree with Sam's assertion that she is a shallow little witch, and I don't much care for her.



Tucker's lack of ability to get a date - funny stuff, and another balancer. This episode is why I don't think his hitting on Sam in MB was OOC. He hits on every girl in the school in this episode, and IMO, if he didn't know Sam, he'd hit on her. His quest for a date also introduces Valerie...and we've since seen how she fits into things.



Lancer's attempts to sound "hip" may not have been a story on their own, but they were drop-dead funny and I love those scenes every time I see 'em.



This is one of the episodes where, even though I don't give it a full 10/10, I can't really find anything I don't like about it. The plot is cliched, but again, I thought it was handled very subtly and cleverly and was balanced out plenty. So, I can't think of anything.



I really like PB and I think it did an excellent job and taking a cliched and potentially boring high school plot and handling it with enough originality, subtlely, and side plots to make it something special. I don't know if I'd like to see an episode as typically "high school" as this show up now in the series - Danny has much bigger problems to face - but as this was early in the series, I think it serves its purpose in getting the high school issues resolved and doing it very well. I give PB 9.5 out of 10

This was where new characters were introduced. We saw the girl Danny has a crush on, in addition to Kwan and Valerie. (though I didn't know that Valerie would play a major role when I first watched this)



I found it pretty amusing to see Lancer trying to fit in with the students, though in real life, that would be just plain creepy. Anyway, it was amusing to see Danny overshadowing his dad and even more so when he did the same to Dash.



As for the villain, I've seen better, but it wasn't too bad. There was one thing they left out, though: what the heck happened to Valerie? And this is where they show the first sign of Danny/Sam romance. (Though I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of it) I'm sorry if I bored you, but this was a decent episode.

The Sam-Danny-Paulina love thing going on makes this episode better than Mystery Meat, but still needs work. And it left something unanswered. If Paulina was awake when Danny(Phantom) put her down, wouldn't she say anything? And why didn't she? Also, there is the Tucker is dateless thing. Wouldn't Valerie, since it was Danny who made her break it off, still be Tucker's date? Answer these before the ending.