List of Danny Phantom Characters - Ghost Villains

Dark Danny came to be after a fatal and accidental explosion of the Nasty Burger's boiler that caused the explicit death of Danny Fenton's family, friends, and teacher. Grief-stricken and guilty, Danny moved in with Vlad Masters, feeling that only he could understand his pain. Danny asked Vlad to remove his emotions. Honoring the boy's wishes, Vlad separated Danny's human half from his ghost self, but then the latter retaliated afterward and did the same to Vlad. The ghost half of Danny then attempted to overshadow Plasmius, and ended up fusing their two bodies together. Plasmius's evil ghost half overwhelmed Danny's ghost half, creating an even more evil and powerful version of the two halves. He then destroyed Vlad's castle and his own human half.

He spent the next ten years destroying the world. Through complex time traveling and the help of Clockwork, the present-day Danny managed to defeat his evil self with the element of surprise, using his newly acquired Ghostly Wail- a power that Dark Danny only manifested shortly before he came back in time- against him. Dark Danny is currently trapped in a Fenton Thermos in Clockwork's lair.

Ember is known for teaming up with other ghosts to show off her divine ghost powers. In the series, she has teamed up with Kitty, Penelope Spectra and Youngblood on several occasions, usually attacking authority in society. In the episode "Girls' Night Out" she is shown to be dating Skulker.

Fright Knight remained a loyal servant to Pariah Dark, but showed reluctancy to continue his servitude towards him. He later switches sides to Vlad Plasmius for reasons unknown.

Never outrightly malicious, Johnny tends to leave Danny or anyone alone unless prompted.

She consistently uses food (particularly meat) as her main form of weaponry. In an alternate future portrayed in "The Ultimate Enemy", she is married to the Box Ghost and has a daughter with him (Box Lunch).

Poindexter took over Danny's body and used it to gain popularity while Danny became stuck in Sidney's body and world and was tormented daily. He managed to get Sam and Tucker to the mirror gateway where he proved he was the real Danny. Using trickery, the trio lured Sidney into his own mirror. He and Danny fought, regaining their own bodies in the process He eventually gains freedom from his ghostly prison. and a bit of popularity in the Ghost School inside the Ghost Zone.

Having a sense of loyalty, he often works for Vlad Plasmius and often serves as the leader and spokesperson for the ghosts. Skulker is actually a tiny green ghost inside a robotic suit.His girlfriend is known as Ember Mclain.

Vlad Masters (Martin Mull) is the arch-nemesis and worst enemy of Danny. A rich, debonair billionaire, Vlad is a powerful half-ghost whose twenty years of experience constantly one-up Danny's ghostly abilities. As the main antagonist in the series, he vows to destroy Jack for "stealing" Maddie, whom he loves, and for giving him his ghost powers which in the process put him into a hospital room for seven years. He also has goals to obtain Danny as his son and, later, torment him after one too many rejections.

Vlad is a devious man whose exterior charm hides a manipulative interior. He is sneaky and often uses the people he knows as pawns to get what he wants. He remains clever and intelligent throughout the series. At the end of the series he reveals his ghost side, Vlad Plasimus in an attempt to secure world domination, but fails and is left as a free roaming space creature.

As an act of revenge for causing a riot in his prison and allowing prisoners to escape, Walker turned the entire city of Amity Park against Danny Phantom, forcing the ghost boy to endure the city's hatred until Pariah Dark's invasion reversed Danny's negative reputation.

A ruthless prankster, Youngblood dresses up in various costumes, but most commonly portrays a pirate.