Vlad Masters

Vlad Masters is the primary antagonist of Danny Phantom. He is a prominent character within the cartoon and popular with fans. As of October 2023, he is the fifth most fanwork'd character from Danny Phantom as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Danny Fenton, Sam Manson, Tucker Foley and Jazz Fenton. Other places where fandom lives place him on the same level of prominence. 
His most common ship by far is with Danny Fenton, forming Danny/Vlad. His second, with Maddie Fenton, forming Maddie/Vlad, is almost always implied to comply with canon rather than as a focal pairing. The polyship of Jack/Maddie/Vlad is also common, more so than just Jack/Vlad. 
Vlad Masters is also a popular character in self-shipping works. He can arguably be called a Tumblr sexymanhttps://sexypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Vlad_Masters. 
== Canon ==
=== Appearance and Personality ===
=== Vlad Plasmius ===
Like Danny Fenton, Vlad is a half ghost. His ghost form is known as Vlad Plasmius or the Wisconsin Ghost.
== Relationships ==
See List of Danny Phantom Relationship Names for more.Aside from the four ships mentioned above, other pairings for Vlad include, but are not limited to:
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Pairing Name 	Information
Clockwork 	Clockwork/Vlad 	Slash 	Rich History; Rolex Watch 	n/a
Dan Phantom 	Dan/Vlad 	Slash 	Doubly Evil; Bitterly Broken 	May be a controversial ship because the graphic novel A Glitch in Time implies Vlad is now Dan's ward.
Jazz Fenton 	Jazz/Vlad 	Het 	Psycho Cereal; Obsessive Meddler 	Psycho Cereal is a play on the Pairing Name for Danny&Vlad, Badger Cereal.
Penelope Spectra 	Spectra/Vlad 	Het 	Misery Motivated 	There's a small push to popularize this ship, as both ghosts can bond over their dislike of teenagers.
Jack Fenton 	Jack & Vlad 	Gen; Friends 	n/a 	Fanworks may try and rekindle (fix-it) their friendship.
Jack Fenton; Maddie Fenton	Jack & Maddie & Vlad	Gen; Friends 	n/a 	Often implied in fanworks which take place during their college years.
Dani Fenton 	Dani & Vlad 	Gen; Parental	Cheese Melt 	Often used in Redeemed!Vlad fanworks.
Maddie Fenton 	Maddie & Vlad 	Gen; Friends 	n/a; Pity PartyA term I have coined in lieu of any label listed on List of Danny Phantom Relationship Names.	Fanworks may try and rekindle (fix-it) their friendship.
Valerie Gray 	Valerie & Vlad 	Gen; Mentor 	n/a 	Fanworks may emphasize their dynamic to further explore how Valerie reacts to Vlad being Half-Ghost and manipulating her into believing Phantom is her enemy.
Jazz Fenton 	Jazz & Vlad 	Gen; Mentor 	n/a; Cheese TherapyCoined by Tumblr user kaezer here. 	Jazz may find Vlad's predicament interesting on a psychological level.
Skulker 	Skulker & Vlad 	Gen; Alliance	n/a 	Canonically, these two have an alliance. In fanworks, this is often a background pairing.
== Fanon and Common Vlad-specific Tropes ==
*Parent! or Parental!Vlad Masters.
** Bad Parent!Vlad Masters is more common than Good Parent!Vlad Masters. 
** Protective!Vlad Masters may also describe this interpretation of his character.
*Bottom!Vlad Masters and Top!Vlad Masters.
*Redeemed!Vlad Masters and Good!Vlad Masters.
*Mayor!Vlad Masters and Billionaire!Vlad Masters.
** Somewhat known in Danny Phantom fancircles is an AU where Vlad becomes Principal of Casper High instead of Mayor of Amity Park. Principal!Vlad Masters.
*Ghost King!Vlad Masters.
** Danny being the Ghost King is more common.
*Bisexual!Vlad Masters.
** Bisexual is Vlad's most common queer headcanon. Trans!Vlad is uncommon, though not unheard of.
*Russian!Vlad Masters.
**Headcanoning Vlad Masters as Romanian is also common. Vlad is more of a Romanian name than Russian.
* Vlad Masters Needs a Hug and Vlad Masters Has Issues.
** Vlad's character is more angst than fluff.
Other places where fandom lives may portray Vlad with one or all of these attributes. 
== Example/Notable Fanac ==
=== Meta ===
* VLAD GOT HIS REDEMPTION ARC. by neoyi, an analysis on Vlad's character in A Glitch in Time.
* They could have been BFFs by Vladdyissues, meta for a potential friendship between Jazz and Vlad.
* never forget the time by iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid, somewhat of Vlad meta where a fan recalls that they learned about the Packers through Danny Phantom.
* I must say, the more i think about it, the more impressed I am with the concept of Vlad as a villain. by diddly-darn-ghost, meta about Vlad's status as a villain. diddly-darn-ghost is a BNF in Danny Phantom fandom.
* Vlad, complex no matter where he is. by lunagalemaster and thebootybitchdragon, meta comparing canon Vlad to fanon Vlad.
=== Fanart ===
* Plasmius ‼️❌‼️ by pichikui, although this is fanart, pichikui also drew for the official Danny Phantom graphic novel, A Glitch in Time.
* we-serve-spirits's fanart of Plasmius with necrocoleum's redesign punching Walker in the face.
* day 5 was Vlad by casepsart, art of Vlad next to a fireplace for PhannieMay 2013.
* Screencap redraw from the Bitter Reunions episode by cookietastic, Phantom fighting Plasmius Screenshot redraw with Plasmius having a redesigned outfit.
* For Gothie, whilst I work on the comic UwU by ghost-chicky-blog, Fusion AU fanart with OFF. Vlad is The Batter while Danny is Zacharie.
* After rewatching Maternal Instincts, I was wondering who taught Vlad to hunt... O.o by crazedup-fruitloop, Skulker teaching Vlad how to hunt.
=== Fancomics ===
* The Advice by mfdragon, an English Jazz & Vlad comic.
** mfdragon also made a long comic where Vlad seeks out Clockwork.
* oh that’s real mature by eggtobiologist, Plasmius making faces invisibly while being photographed with police officers.
* Hello Danny Phantom fandom by sabbys-art, where Phantom calls Plasmius a motherfucker. Hilarious in context, which this comic pokes fun at. Inspired by this Tumblr post by sabrinanightmaren.
* LET !!!! THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!! BE !!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FRIENDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by eirian, Jack & Vlad fanart.
=== Fan Animation ===
* untitled by calupos, a drawn animation where Vlad's hair swooshes up when transforming into Plasmius.
=== Fan Edits ===
* i know no one does these anymore and also i don’t care by paranormanongrata, Still frames from the show to screenshots of Tumblr posts.
=== Fanfiction ===
==References==
Category:Danny Phantom Characters