Danny Phantom

Ok. This is my first review. I loved this episode!!! It was one of my favorites from season 3 because Vlad ends up having to attend to Danny's every want and need after Danny's emotions somehow control the weather. Danny has trouble controlling his emotions, and ends up needing help from Tucker's new piece of technology. I loved Vlad's reaction to having to give Danny whatever he wants. Then, when Vortex returns to Amity Park, Vlad justs throws Danny right into battle. To have Danny's emotions control the weather was an excellent idea!!! Hopefully the other new episodes will turn out unique too. I can't wait to see the rest of season 3.

Vlad has to cater to every one of Danny Fenton's whims! Well he did cause the problem by releasing the weather ghost. Which is a good idea for a type of ghost. Danny does have a lot more emotions going on in this episode. Maybe it is because they are tied directly to the weather. Well at least the drought goes away. I would have just let my town grin and bare it. I would not have gotten a weather ghost to solve the problems. Which it did not when Vlad double crossed him. Something else I would not do. g

Torrent of Terror was a fantastic episode! The main villian was a weather-controlling ghost named Vortex. He was pretty awesome, maybe except for his voice. Sometimes, it sounded like he would breath in really hard like he had Asthma or something lol! This episode is mostly about where Vortex is purposely released by Vlad at an Observants' tribunal. Vlad uses Vortex to change the weather in order to get his mayor approval ratings up.(yeah pretty stupid reason, but you know how evil dudes are lol). But then Vortex is accidentally freed and starts to wreak havoc and release horrible weather in Amity Park. Then, Danny shows up and after fighting Vortex for a bit, Danny absorbs some of Vortex's weather-controlling powers based on Danny's moods. There's more after that but this is a review not a summary so all I can say is that this episode contains terrific animation and an awesome plot!

This episode was hilarious! It was funny how Jack was dressed in a Vlad costume with a big head with stickers and flags all over himself in the beginning of the episode. He looked ridiculous! One of my favorite scenes was when Danny and Jack were nailing boards over the broken window. Danny was trying to convince Jack that the storm was caused by Vlad, but Jack refused to believe it. He started to cheer Vlad's name, but when he told Danny to give him a V, Vlad phased Danny through the floor and into the basement to ask for his help against Vortex. It was funny how Vlad flew away from Danny and Vortex after he introduced them. The fight between Danny and Vortex was pretty cool. Danny has finally figured out how to duplicate himself properly. I liked the way Jazz told her parents Danny was at Sam's, he called, and he was fine. She said it really fast and Maddie just stared at her for a minute as if she didn't know what to make of it. It was funny how Danny emerged from the rubble of the sporting goods store wearing a bikini top, a helmet, and a duck floatie. He looked hilarious! It was also funny seeing Vlad get chased around the street by the little clouds Danny conjured. My favorite scenes are the ones where Danny is making Vlad's life miserable. One of them was when Danny was eating a sandwich at Vlad's mansion. He yelled at Vlad because he said he didn't want tomatoes. A tornado then chased Vlad around. The next scene was when Danny and Vlad were in the arcade. The first funny part was when Danny called Vlad "Uncy Vlad." The next part was when Vlad beat Danny at a shooting game and Danny was furious. He made the room heat up and that sent to spinklers on and ruined all the games. The security guards forced Vlad to buy all of them. The last scene was when Danny was in the rocking chair talking to Vlad about a foot massage he was looking forward too. The ending of the episode was a little weird. Danny beat Vortex by putting on Tucker's mood changing helmet. The scene that made Danny happy was the one with him and Sam having a picnic in a quiet and beautiful looking park.

"Torrent of Terror" finds Amity Park in a heat wave - and Mayor Vlad's approval polls feeling the effects. Taking action, Vlad imprisons Vortex, a weather-controlling ghost. Unfortunately, Vortex is a loose cannon, having once plagued Earth to such an extent that the Observants had him imprisoned. Sure enough, Vortex betrays Vlad and begins to smite the world. And, in a battle with Danny, Vortex unknowingly transfers some of his powers into the ghost-boy - who's going through mood swings!



The first thing that stood out to me about this episode was the use of colour. When the rain began, the clouds were a really dark grey. When the sun was shining, there were clear blue skies and a brilliant white-golden sun. During the action with Vortex, the skies became a deep, dark blood-red. The use of colour in this episode really struck me as unique for this series and very, very effective. The greys and blood-reds in moving clouds really lent a dark feel to this episode.



This episode also had one of the most impressive pre-theme openers in the entire series IMO. The set-up of Vortex, the revelation that there are hundreds of Observants (who must haunt Clockwork day and night), and Vlad's infiltration of their hide-out and his last line before the theme...I just found it incredibly effective, and again, dark.



Overall, I was very impressed with this one. The trio were once again at work, and very effective together and in-character. Danny's mood swings were interesting, and the effects of having Vortex's powers were both scary and funny at the same time. What was really fun was seeing Sam and Tucker track down the ghost and lure him back to Amity Park. The last episode had the girls saving the day instead of Danny; but (IMO), this one handled that idea much, much better, because ALL of the characters worked when Sam and Tuck went off.



Vortex I found both intriguing and slightly annoying. His powers were built up as very menacing and dangerous, and they did come off that way - destructive, deadly, and dark. And his voice itself (I missed the voice actor) was suitably gruff. However, I think it was a mistake to have him shouting the entire episode. It got to the point where it wasn't at all effective. There was the potential for a more effective performance - the pre-theme sequence had a great moment of vunerability from the ghost. But that was by and large lost afterwards.



Vlad in this episode was a mixed bag for me. His initial plotting and manipulation was classic Plasmius, and very believeable. The way he approached Danny for help felt very in-character. Then...he ditches. That in itself I may not have had a problem with, had ne not behaved so cowardly when he did ditch. Vlad is many things, but we've never seen him to be a coward. He will fight when he must, and when he has a plan up his sleeve, he doesn't act like a buffoon.



On the other hand, I did enjoy seeing him interact with Danny on the level that they did in this episode. This is the kind of thing that hasn't been between them since Season 2 - one-on-one conflict, with half-serious references to the notion of family.



And, at the end, it seemed like Vlad could have had a plan that underwent revisions as circumstances arose - the basic idea being that he would let Danny deal with Vortex, that things somehow would work out, and he would use the situation to make himself look good and Danny look weak. But again, his cowardice really bothered me.



I enjoyed seeing Jack's shows of support for "Vladdie." That was a nice character touch. And other gags, like Tucker's helmet and Vlad's duel of cultutre with Vortex, were nice. And I liked the return of some old things - the op centre, Auto Jack, etc.



Animation was great, music was great...really, bar the yelling of Vortex and Vlad's cowardice, I enjoyed this one.



8 out of 10.

This was one of the best eppis of season 3 ever! I love it! Not many 14 year old kids can say that they were struck by lightning and their emotions controlled the weather. Ya gotta admit it was a great story line! I thought the best part was when Danny had Vlad do everything he wanted him to do! It was hilarious! I thought that it was really cute when Danny saw the scene when he and Sam are having a picnic and it gets all sunny outside! That was SOOOOOOOOOOO adorable. I really wish that Tucker and Sam didn't bring Vortex back before Vlad could give Dannt the foot massage! That would have been SOOOO frieken' funny, but creepy at the same time! xD

So we get to see the observants again, this time with more of them and are having a court with Vortex. Then Vlad releases him (muahaha...evil moment) and he brings him back to Amity Park.



I pretty muched like this episode. Haha, I feel sorry for Vlad in this one, having to do Danny's biddings or he'll have him running off with a thundercloud XD.



The fight between Vortex and Danny was so cool. The fighting scenes are getting better.



Favorite scene was the D/S scene. Sam really made Danny happy, huh?



Well, that's about it. Again, nicely done episode!

The plotline was nothing special, in that it was nothing out of the ordinary, and I find that’s one of the biggest things about the DP universe that’s really starting to bug me. Everyone knows how a show or movie will end, right? Through whatever turmoil or trials, the good guys win, which can get really boring, unless the guys and girls in charge find ways to add drama and unpredictable circumstances to the story, and make it so rollercoaster-y that you don’t even notice the ‘good always triumphs’ result.



As I’m sure you can tell by my literal tone, I’m saying that DP often fails to do this, many times, in fact, but not all the time. ‘The Ultimate Enemy’, ‘Reign Storm’, ‘Bitter Reunions’, ‘Kindred Spirits’: What do they all have in common? Drama. You’re on the edge of your seat to see the turn-out! (TUE in particular. Hands down the best eppy ever!)



But Season Three hasn’t had too much of that, if any, for reasons that are beyond me.



Let’s review, shall we? V-Man busts the weather-controlling specter, Vortex, out of the Observants’ prison, to make the blowhard (weather pun…if Danny gets to do it, so do I) cause a drought throughout Amity, and then have himself swoop in and save the day with his multi-billion dollar genius. Of course, it goes awry, and Danny has to clean up the mess, but ends up getting electrocuted and having his emotions tied to Amity’s weather, much to Vortex’s unawares.



I have to admit that Vlad was much more standable in this episode, more so than EfaE and IR, where his arrogance couldn’t have been any more staggering to his character, and his plot. If anything it was Danny that bugged me. We know Danny isn’t perfect, any realistic character can’t be, but here he was just plain bratty! And although I loved his using the weather to drive Vlad nuts, it didn’t make up for a lot of his whiny demeanor. You’d think after a year of being a ghost-fighting superhero that he’d learn to suck some things up.



But to be fair, I feel this was more the writers fault, not Danny’s, on account of my never seeing him act this way before…unless of course the heat has a reeeeally negative effect on him.



Sam and Tucker were pretty well done in this episode, as were Maddie and Jack. Sam was her usual observant and witty self, even managing to match the odd wit with Vlad, which made me smile, as even the self-absorbed celebrity had to admit her intelligence. Tucker was actually funny this episode, which beats the pudding out of his semi-regularly annoying self, and he invented something that ended up saving the day! Think a wired version of his beret, and then add a game of beach volleyball. Predictable, but still funny.



Jack was once again cheering for his Number One Mayor, not only owning, but wearing a giant Vlad head over his own to support his ‘pal’, much to Maddie’s chagrin. Am I the only one who loves it when she hates Vlad? It just brings out this side of her that I absolutely adore…



Of course, besides Vortex, there were no other meaningful characters in this episode. The Casper High students appeared here and there through the streets; the odd Amity adults popped up when required but besides one line from a virtual Paulina and Dash (courtesy of Tucker Foley’s wired beret thingy), no additional spotlight was cast.



Don’t get me wrong, I like Paulina and Dash; they’re kinda the foils to Danny and Sam. But I’d like to learn more about some of the other Amity residents. What about all the girls that were named in ‘Beauty Marked’, or the odd nerds, like Mikey and Nathan. And what about the background characters that HAVE been extended upon? Star or Kwan? Are we ever going to learn their last names? (Is Kwan his first name or last name, I’m not sure.)



If you got through the last two paragraphs without falling asleep, my point is that I’d like to know more about the characters other than those at the front. Box Ghost has a themed episode, why not some of these guys?



So overall, not the worst episode, (I reserve that title for ‘Million Dollar Ghost’ and ‘Infinite Realms’), but I’d prefer to watch something with a little more substance. Honestly, the novelty of ghost powers set the stage, but let’s have some real character and storyline here! It’d be great if this series could end on a good note.

Okay, my love for this episode started long before I saw it. I started loving this episode when they first released the names of the new epsiodes. Even without a summary, I knew this was going to be a good episode. My thoughts were confermed when the summary went up. This was such an interesting plot line, I got even more excited. Then when it aired, I loved it even more.



Vlad getting hit with that rain cloud made me laugh so hard, and Danny calling Vlad "Unci Vlad" was quite disturbing. Plus, there was a D/S moment, how can you not top that?



Favorite lines:



(Vlad and Danny have teamed up to defeat Vortex)

Vortex: Come to admire my greatness upclose?

Vlad: Uh, no. I just wanted to introduce you to a friend. Danny, Vortex. Vortex, Danny. Well, gotta fly, ta!

(Vlad flees)

Danny: My hero. Vortex: Do you think they asked Picasso to stop painting the Mona Lisa?! Vlad: That was DaVinci, you dolt.

Vortex: Whatever.

OMG I loved this episode! It reinforced Danny's fame in the ghost zone with "So you're the one they call Danny...PHANTOM?" And I nearly died laughing when Vlad had to cater to Danny's every whim and desire. It's cool when Danny has the upper hand! (Literally!) Plus, Jack shouting "Gimmie a V" in the Vlad suit amused me. I also learned about how the Observants act like a council in the Ghost Zone and that Danny looks hot in green. (phangirl to the extreme, should've warned you!) And I am so, so, so, so, so proud of Danny for duplicating his form four times! Go Danny! The animation in this episode was awesome and there were a lot of lines I liked. Phantastic ep!

This one was just awesome! the fighting scenes were done so awesome too! and vortex is a freaky vilain..that skull thingie was soo cool...We also got to see the observants again and we found out there's more than just 2 annoying ones. ha that must keep clockwork busy It was also hilarious too. especially when Vlad was serving danny so he wouldn't make him mad. I liked how danny kept calling him Uncie Vlad...lol... then Vlad's cat kept getting shocked by Vortex. This is by far one of the best episodes. Season 3 is definetly becoming my favorite season..at least the show is going out with a bang!

This has some real good moments. Especially Danny's emotions being tied to the weather. And Vlad having to do everything for Danny was a real good laugh. Personally though I'd like to see more evil Vlad than somewhat silly villain Vlad. Since Kindred Spirits he hasn't been much of an arch enemy.



Come on Vlad, come up with an elaborate scheme to win Maddie and Danny Fenton, you know you want to.



Another thing that was GREAT was seeing Danny get control over the splitting ability.

When Vlad releases Vortex and double crosses him, Vortex will get angry. When Danny is hit with lightning, he finds out that his emotions control the weather. I think that since Danny's emotions will set off the weather, like happiness will make it sunny, or sadness will make it overcast, Sam and Tucker will try their hardest to keep Danny happy, but Dash or someone will get Danny angry and set Danny off. THe weather will change and Danny will have to learn to control his emotions, and in the end Danny and Vortex will team up to stop Vlad and save the town. I hope Sam and Danny will end up with some romance in this episode, but I won't know until it airs.

It\'s gonna be about when Vlad wants Vortex to make it rain, to obviously ruin Danny or his friend\'s lives. They make a deal and Vlad doesn\'t give something back to Vortex. Vortex decides to flood the town and Danny gets zapped during the fight, blaming Vlad. Danny has a normal day at school and when he feels something, it changes the weather. Vlad could be the villian and Danny joins with Vortex to stop him from whatever he\'s doing, which was the reason he used Vortex. Danny could use his weather power to help Vortex or Vlad needs Danny and they make a deal to stop Vortex. I think that Vlad would be the main villian. It was his fault for Vortex being around in the first place and he has an evil plain to use Vortex and bale on the deal. Then that\'s just me. I'll put this a B, since I don't know what the story is actually about.

Since a torrent is a type of download service, and Technus is the ghost of technology, it must have something to do with him. Or maybe he has a son? But yeah, it's almost obvious by the title it has SOMETHING to do with Technus. That's why it might be a bit revealing. But maybe it's just me. Maybe there will be jokes about the Tower of Terror since the title's a spin off of it. Except it might be a tech version of the Tower of Terror. Hmmm....we'll seel. This should be very interesting. But these are just theories. I could be wrong. Just click if you agree or disagree.