I had no idea that the show Danny Phantom had been released on DVD until I saw it on the shelves at FYE a few months back. This show holds some seriously heavy nostalgia for me. A long time ago, my brother and I would watch TV together on Sunday mornings, killing time until church started. Most often, we watched M*A*S*H, because it was ALWAYS on the air. However, we also spent a lot of time watching the Nickelodeon cartoons - a lot of The Fairly Oddparents, Jimmy Neutron, and, yes, even Spongebob.
Danny Phantom was always my favorite, though. The plot's pretty standard superhero stuff - basically, just imagine what Spider-Man would be like if Peter Parker had been bitten by a radioactive ghost, and you get the gist. The "freak of the week" tends to have a pretty normal gimmick for a supervillain - this one is a hunter, this one is a millionaire industrialist, this one talks like Gilbert Gottfried - so there's not a lot of novelty to the show.
There's one character, though, who makes the whole series something absolutely spectacular, and that's Danny's schoolteacher, Mr. Lancer:
Why's this guy so cool? Well, there are two reasons. First, he's a high-strung English teacher, and all of his curse words are titles of famous works of literature. Havoc's broken out at Casper High? Lancer will be the first to exclaim, "Lord of the Flies!"
Secondly (and this one's important), he's voice by RON @%&$@^%$& PERLMAN, who, you may recall, is awesome.
I've been turning this show on a lot while unpacking from the big move, and it's been a nice slice of nostalgia pie. Not exactly a healthy slice, but we all need some junk food in our entertainment every now and again.
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