The Beginning
Day 1, Casper High, School Hours, (between 7AM to 3PM at least) 2004:
*Lancer calls the students for a public announcment on the upcoming CAT test, one which Danny pays attention to. Irving, an employee at Nasty Burger then defends his job, stating if the Nasty sauce and herbs are boiled high enough, it could "take out a whole city block". Lancer then places the test answer in his suitcase.
Day 1, Nasty Burger/Fenton Home, After School, 2004
*Sam and Tucker are at the Nasty Burger with Lancer. Danny is in his home, studying for the CAT test, one Jazz tries to help him with. His parents reveals the boooooo-merang, designed to track a ghost's ectoplasm signature. It keeps locking onto Danny much to the parent's confusion. Parents leave and Clockwork enters with Box Lunch, telling her to destroy Danny.
Danny and Box Lunch fights, the former using a Nasty Sauce package to heat it up, destroying the Nasty Burger and sending Box Lunch away. Danny is blown across from the explosion and phases through Lancer's suitcase, getting the answers to the CAT as well as a time medallion Box Lunch wore previously to stay in a time period she was not born in yet.
Day 2, Casper High, School Hours, 2004
*As Danny walks in the school hallway with his friends, they advise him not to cheat. Lancer overhears and finds his CAT test gone.
The Encounter
Day 2, Fenton Home/Amity Park/Clockwork's Lair, After School, 2004:
*Tucker and Sam tells Danny not to cheat on his CAT some more, but Danny refuses to listen. Before he has a chance to look at the answer, Clockwork sends Skultech 9.9 after Danny. While they battle, Lancer confronts Jazz stating her brother might cheat.
The battle between Skultech 9.9 and Danny ends and the time medallion falls off the future ghosts, this time sending Danny and his friends to Clockwork's lair. They witness Phantom in the future through a portal, then encounters Clockwork who shows Jazz finding out Danny has the cheat test answers, something she is not happy about.
Then Danny and CW fight. CW being too much for Danny, the trio escape to the future while wearing time medallions.
The Problem
Day 2, Nasty Burger, Afternoon, 2004:
*Tucker and Sam return to the present time period from their future trip by taking off their time medallions and meets with Jazz who tells the two to get Danny and deal with this cheating CAT problem or she'll tell the Fenton parents. She leaves and with that baring in mind, Sam and Tucker concludes the CAT Danny will cheat on will lead to a future where the Nasty Burger explodes, killing Danny's friends, family, and Mr. Lancer.
Phantom returns to the present later disguised as his past 14 year old and states he defeated his evil, older self and fixed the boiler problem to his friends.
The SourceDay 2, Fenton Home, Afternoon, 2004
*Phantom (still in disguise) revisits his old room. Jazz confronts him and holding the boooooo-merang she found on the floor tells Danny to not cheat. He doesn't listen, so she continues stating she knows his identity as Danny Phantom and the good he does which mildly shocks him. Phantom turns into his true form, letting Jazz figure out why the boooo-merang didn't hone in on him. Phantom mentions how he plans to cheat to solidify his future, how Danny is in the future Ghost Zone, as well as Vlad Masters, then puts Jazz to sleep or some...sort.
Day 3, Fenton Home, Morning, 2004
*Jazz wakes up to find out from her parents that Danny (Phantom) left to take the CAT. Jazz quickly takes the booo-merang, ties a note with her headband and sends it to the Ghost Zone, hoping it'll reach Danny.
Day 3, Casper High, 9:00AM, 2004:
*Phantom (disguised as Danny) cheats, much to their friends' disappointment. Jazz tries to destroy him, but Phantom manages to knock her unconscious. After he is done, he walks away. Lancer then calls his parents to meet them at the Nasty Burger after school at 5PM.
Day 3, Nasty Burger, 5:00PM, 2004:
*Phantom (still in disguise) goes to the Nasty Burger with his folks to where Lancer is. There, he explains Danny cheated much to the parents shock. Sam and Tucker comes at this point to let them know the boiler will explode. Even more shocking is when Jazz comes with the Fenton Peeler, revealing Phantom's true form. Jack and Maddie demand their son and he cries out that he IS Danny.
The Path
He then ties up his family, friends, and Lancer to the exploding boiler with his ectoplasm. Afterwards, he gets confronted by his past self. The two does battle (Danny using various Fenton gadgets on him), Phantom stating he plans to keep Danny busy until the explosion. Danny defeats Phantom through the Ghostly Wail (which surprises him since he won't get it until ten years from now), then sucks him up in the thermos.
Danny, too weak to go ghost from the Ghostly Wail runs to try and save his loved ones...
At this point, one of two timeline occurs.TIMELINE A: The "Bad" Future
The Chaos
Day 3, Nasty Burger, After 5:00PM, 2004:
*Danny is too late to save his loved ones and as a result, is devastated. News garners headlines and front pages on this matter.
Day ??, Vlad's Manor, 2004:
*Orphaned and with nowhere else to go, Danny heads to Vlad's manor, stating he is the only other who can understand his situtation. Danny is obviously distressed and emotional and tells Vlad to rip his humanity. Vlad honors his wishes and pulls out Danny's ghost half from his human self through the Ghost Gauntlets.
Danny's ghost half goes rogue and pulls out Vlad's ghost half. He overshadows it and the two merge, so to speak, thus resulting in the birth of Phantom. He's first act of evil is killing his human half, then blowing up Vlad's manor.
*In-Between 2004 and 2014:
*Phantom starts his long trek of world domination and causing havoc towards it. Between the ten years, it seems only Amity Park is one of the very few cities left standing without completely being destroyed. Most of the ghostly foes Danny has encountered have all been affected by Phantom in some way. Damon and Valerie occupy the deserted Fenton residence, serving as their main headquarters. Damon seems to watch over and moniter the security systems while Valerie serves as the town's sole guardian against Phantom.
The Reveal
Day 1, Amity Park, Morning to Afternoon, 2014:
*Valerie watches over Amity Park and the giant shield protecting it from Phantom. However it is damaged from Phantom's new power: The Ghostly Wail. Valerie flies to her home, the Fenton household, where her father is, but Phantom gets through by bursting through the floor. There, he attacks Valerie and Damon.
The Reunion
Day 1, Amity Park Ruins, Afternoon-Evening (one assumes), 2014:
*Danny, Sam, and Tucker ends up in the future from Clockwork's lair where they meet Future Valerie and Phantom. After Danny managed to save Future Valerie from Phantom, he tries to kill Tucker and Sam by dropping the Fenton Opt Center on them. The two survive by returning to the present by taking off their time medallions. Danny however has his lodged inside by Phantom, unreachable by humans nor ghosts. Then he is sent to the ghost zone while Phantom, now disguised as his past 14 year old self, goes to the past to solidify his future.
The Discovery
Day 1, Ghost Zone, Afternoon-Evening (one assumes), 2014:
*Danny meets the ghosts of the future where they all gang up and try to destroy him for the pain he has (will) cause. Danny, in a fit of stress, Ghostly Wails them, knocking them unconscious. Afterwards, he is hit in the head by the booooooo-merang, sent by Jazz, noting about Vlad.
The Return
Day 1, Vlad's Manor Ruins, Evening, 2014:
Danny finds the portal to Vlad's manor. There the the once proud Vlad is an old hermit repenting for his sins. He tells the tale of how Phantom came to be and his regrets for what he has done, to which Danny forgives them. Then asking for his help to get rid of the time medallion, Vlad apparently takes it out of him with the Ghost Gauntlets and thus Danny goes back to the past to stop his evil older self and rescue his loved ones.
Danny fights his evil half and sucks him into the Fenton Thermos after defeating him with a Ghostly Wail. Too weak to turn back into Danny Phantom, Danny races in vein to save his family, but is too late. Everything comes in FULL CIRCLE and the whole event repeats itself...
TIMELINE B: The "Good" FutureThe Better Future
Day 3, Nasty Burger, After 5:00PM, 2004:
**Danny is too late to save his loved ones, HOWEVER, Clockwork interferes and saves them for him. Giving Danny a second chance, he sends him back to the start of the CAT test and takes the thermos containing Phantom with him.
Day 3, Casper High, 9:00AM-ish, 2004:
*Danny confesses to Lancer he cheated and he gives him a remake test. Danny then meets with Jazz who at that point was going to attack him, but seeing he is the real Danny and him not cheating, she doesn't. The two talk and Jazz confesses he knows his secret as Danny Phantom. Danny claims it is "their secret now" and the two embrace before he leaves to fight another a ghost.
Day ??, Clockwork's lair, ??, ??:
*In Clockwork's lair, the Observants cried out he cheated, affecting Danny's path. Clockwork stated he did, but Danny's choice was his own. He is now held responsible for Danny and Phantom whom Clockwork places in his lair. There, Phantom tries in vain to escape...
Article Written revised in: Dec. 12, 2007
Got Opinions? E-mail me
Layout design by OKami_hu, 2009