Valerie Gray

Valerie Gray is a main character in Danny Phantom. She is both a friend and an enemy to her classmate Danny Fenton, the protagonist, who she misunderstands as a threat to their hometown of Amity Park. She is a prominent character within the cartoon and popular with fans.
Her most common ship by far is with Danny, forming Danny/Valerie. Her second, with Dani Fenton, forms Dani/Valerie.
In early Danny Phantom fandom, she was regularly shipped with Tucker Foley, forming Tucker/Valerie. Although this is still shipped in modern, (2020s,) Danny Phantom fandom, it's notably lesser so than when the cartoon was airing.
== Canon ==
== Fandom ==
=== Meta ===
Many Danny Phantom fans believe Valerie was underutilized despite her interesting position as both Danny's friend and enemy. More-so than other characters, fanworks for Valerie tend to be AUs of canon or post-canon. This may extend to delving into her former friendships with Paulina and Star.
=== Fanon and Common Valerie-specific Tropes ===
* The Red Huntress
** The Red Huntress is a fanon term for her unlabelled alter-ego. It's been in use since the show was airing.
* Valerie Gray Knows Danny Fenton is Danny Phantom
** As this never happened in canon, many, many fanworks have Valerie discover Danny is Danny Phantom. Many works also have her already know this.
* BAMF!Valerie Gray
** She is known to kick ass.
* Halfa | Half-Ghost!Valerie Gray
** Great for angst material and further exploring Valerie's character
* Phantom Planet Future!Valerie
** In A Glitch in Time, the entirety of Phantom Planet is retconned, save for Valerie, who escaped from being retconned. Works for this version of her character may focus on revenge and interactions with Clockwork.
* Valerie joins with Jack and Maddie in hunting ghosts.
** Although this does not happen in canon due to Valerie believing they are incompetent ghost hunters, fanworks may explore the idea.
== Relationships ==
See List of Danny Phantom Relationship Names for more.Aside from the three ships mentioned above, other pairings for Valerie include, but are not limited to:
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Pairing Name 	Information
Dan Phantom 	Dan/Valerie 	Het 	Dark Gray 	Enemyslash.
Danny Fenton 	Danny & Valerie 	Gen; Friends 	Friendly Rivalry 	n/a
Dani Fenton 	Dani & Valerie 	Gen; Friends 	Not Defenseless Duo; Vlad Haters	n/a
Sam Manson 	Sam & Valerie 	Gen; Friends 	n/a 	If a fanwork is both Danny/Valerie and Danny/Sam, this relationship may be portrayed as a rivalry.
Vlad Masters 	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.
Star 	Star & Valerie 	Gen; Friends 	n/a 	Fanworks focusing on this pairing are rare. In fanworks that do, it may be about rekindling (fix-it) their friendship.
Tucker; Sam 	Tucker & Sam & Valerie 	Gen; Friends 	n/a 	This friendgroup may be formed to play pranks on Danny.
Danny; Tucker; Sam	Danny & Tucker & Sam & Valerie	Gen; Friends 	n/a 	This friendgroup may be formed to fight ghosts once Valerie comes around to Danny being Half-Ghost.
Clockwork 	Clockwork & Valerie 	Gen; Adversaries 	n/a 	Almost always Phantom Planet Future!Valerie interacting with Clockwork after the events of A Glitch in Time.
Dash Baxter 	Dash & Valerie 	Gen; Adversaries 	n/a 	Canonically, these two do not interact much.
Paulina Sanchez 	Paulina & Valerie 	Gen; Former Friends	n/a 	If a fanwork is both Danny/Valerie and Danny/Paulina, this relationship may be portrayed as a rivalry.
Jazz Fenton 	Jazz & Valerie 	Gen; Friends 	n/a 	n/a
== Example Fanworks ==
 (2023), fanart and fanfiction for an AU where Technus's canonical suit upgrade slowly morphs her into a ghost. Featured in Reality Trip, a Danny Phantom zine. did similar fanart for this AU for Ectober 2022.
=== Fanart ===
* (2023), fanart of Valerie with the color palette, Hunter's moon.
* (2016), fanart where her earring's design is changed.
* (2023), a 3D Model for The Ultimate Enemy's Valerie done in Blender.
=== Fan Edits ===
=== Fanfiction ===
==Further Reading==
*Valerie Gray on the Danny Phantom Wikia
== References ==
Category:Danny Phantom Characters