Dannielle Masters (Obsession series)

Danielle “Dani” Masters, also known by her alias Spirit, is a human/ghost hybrid, a clone of Danny Fenton and Sam Manson "daughter" of Vlad Masters. She almost appears to be a younger, female version of Danny, as well as his only surviving clone and only clone that isn't mindless but in reality she is the result of her "father" crossing Danny's chromosome with another chromosome.

## Danelle Masters

### Relatives

Vlad Masters (adoptive daughter), Danny Fenton (genetic parent/father), Sam Manson (genetic parent/mother)

### Affiliation

Vlad Masters (father), Phantom (brother-figure), Nyx (friend), Raven (friend), Young Blood (friend)

## History

Desperately lonely despite his vast wealth, Vlad had made a number of unsuccessful attempts to try and convince Danny in disowning Jack Fenton and join him as his son. He then resolved to create the perfect half-ghost son for himself, conducting a series of experiments making clones of Danny, using samples of Danny's DNA which he and Valerie gathered during their battles with the young hybrid. All of these clones were failures, and all of them ended up being mindless except one; a younger half-ghost/half-human girl whom Vlad named Danielle.

### Season 2

Vlad treated Dani as his own daughter, albeit only as a means to an end. He never faltered in showing "love and affection" to her; and she never faltered in her desire to serve her "father." Dani is 12 years old. In "Kindred Spirits," after Vlad created Dani and a few other clones, he sent them on a mission to capture Danny so that he could take the final mid-morph DNA samples he needed for his perfect clone. Dani snuck into Danny's room and waited for him in her human form, reading his comic books in his bed. When he came, she introduced herself to him as Danielle (his "third cousin once removed") and they quickly formed a bond despite Danny's initial suspicion and Dani's subservience to Vlad. Later, Dani succeeded in bringing Danny to Vlad. She then found out that the "perfect clone" Vlad was trying to create was not her, but another one, a perfect imitation of Danny that was nearly complete. This would mean that she would be killed alongside Danny once Vlad was finished.

When Vlad showed Dani his true colors by snapping at her for questioning his orders, and not showing any concern for the possibility of her melting, she, disillusioned, joined Danny against him, destroying all his other clones and equipment, thus stopping his plan. Dani then bailed Sam, Tucker, and Danny out of trouble by overshadowing Mr. Lancer and Maddie mid-rant. She said her goodbyes and then left to travel on her own, promising to return.

### Season 3

#### Return

In "D-Stabilized," Dani's instability finally caught up to her, causing her powers to weaken and her body to spontaneously melt into a puddle of ectoplasm without warning. She returned to Amity Park, seeking Danny's help and hoping to avoid Vlad. Unfortunately, Vlad discovered Dani's presence in Elmerton and sent Valerie to capture her, so he could resume his cloning experiments by melting her down and studying her remains. Ironically, Dani met Valerie in her human form and was friendly to her. However, after Dani used her ghost form to save Valerie from being crushed by a collapsing ceiling, the latter captured her and hatched a plan to use Dani in order to lure Danny. Valerie's plan worked, and she captured Danny, whilst handing Dani over to Vlad.

While torturing and interrogating Danny, Valerie was convinced by Danny to let him go to find a cure for Dani and save her from Vlad, as she was half-human and Valerie didn't want to destroy humans. Using one of his parents' inventions, Danny and Valerie narrowly rescued Dani and re-stabilize her condition with the Fenton Ecto-Dejecto. Rejuvenated, Dani then effectively attacked Vlad and went with Valerie when Danny tells her to do so, leaving Danny alone to angrily confront Vlad and tell him to stay away from Dani. She then parted ways with Danny again, intending to do her own good in the world.

## Appearance

As Danny and Sam's clone, Dani is close to being Danny's identical twin if it were not for her age, for the two of them share the same skin color, eye color, eye shape, and hair color. In her human form, like Danny, she bears a strong resemblance to her genetic mother and sister, Maddie and Jazz, though her hair is longer and tied into a ponytail.

Dani wears a red beanie, red shorts (plain in "Kindred Spirits" and with a camo pattern in "D-Stabilized"), a blue hoodie, and shoes of the same style as Danny's but blue.

In ghost form, Dani's skin, hair, eyes, and costume are the same color scheme as Danny's. She has the same D logo as Danny on her chest.

However, instead of a one-piece suit, Dani wears a matching shirt-and-pants set that reveals her midriff, with no belt. The right half of her shirt is white and the left half is black, divided diagonally down the middle, and she wears a white left glove and a black right glove. Her pants are baggy, and are black with streaks of white on the sides that come down to her white boots. Although, she eventually begins to dress like her idol, Black Canary (II).

### The College Years

Dani also attends college, but 1-2 years later than the other teens. Not much is known about her life at this time, other than that she is a street kid. She's probably more street savvy than the trio.

### 10 Years Later

Version 1

In this first iteration, Dani is 20 years old and her costume mimics Dark Danny's outfit in The Ultimate Enemy. She has pointed ears, though Hartman comments that this does not automatically make her evil. It is unknown if this version is good or evil.

Version 2

This Dani is a more buffed up version of her character. This version is described as similar to a 1980's female bodybuilder.

Version 3

This version looks a bit more evil than the previous versions. Though it is not confirmed, it is hinted that this Dani went to the dark side.

Version 4

The fourth and final version is a combination of Danny's 10 years later costume and Dark Danny's hair. This Dani is spunky and "likes to party," but her partying is kicking ghost butt, not rocking out to music at a concert.

## Personality

Dani shares many of Danny's likes and personality traits: they are both stubborn, like to exchange witty banter during battle, have a shared like for NASA and a dislike for bullies such as Dash. However, where Danny is awkward, shy, and tries to fit in, Dani is more bubbly, playful and socially detached than her "cousin". For example, using her powers in the middle of the Casper High cafeteria (although it is entirely possible that she was trying to get Danny to follow her or simply pulling a prank) and transforming into her ghost form in broad daylight .

When she was under the influence of Vlad, Dani had a somewhat darker personality, faking exhaustion to avoid further questioning from Danny, and boasting about him being too weak to beat her when she was trying to bring him back to Vlad. After changing sides, however, Dani becomes a more willful and independent person, deciding to travel around the world and do her own heroic deeds.

Dani can be rather naïve, in large part due to her young age, believing Valerie Gray's lies that she would free Dani if she led her to Danny.

## Relationships

### Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom

Danny and Dani are close to being identical twins genetically though of different ages biologically, ultimately viewing each other as cousins. Their earlier interactions began rocky, as Danny was initially, and rightfully, suspicious of Dani, while Dani saw Danny as an objective that she had been sent to capture on Vlad's orders, holding limited value over his life due to Vlad's manipulations.

Danny was reluctant to fight Dani because she was the only clone that had a mind of her own, and was thus her own self. However, Dani eventually sided with her "cousin" after learning her "father" was only using her to get to Danny and was planning to dispose of her after her usefulness to him ended.

When Dani returned seeking a cure for her worsening instability, Danny was quick to jump at the chance to help her and protect her from Vlad, showing a compassionate and responsible side similar to Jazz's interactions with Danny. He was also quick to make a deal with Valerie to surrender and offer any ghost-related information she wanted in exchange for helping him to save Dani. Both Danny and Dani have grown a strong bond of trust and concern for each other since, and he begins to serve as an older brother figure to her. Series creator Butch Hartman stated in a video that if *Danny Phantom* had continued on after the third season, Jack and Maddie would've adopted Dani as their daughter, making her the younger sister of Jazz and Danny, which was later confirmed to be canon. Thus it is heavily implied that their bond has grown even stronger.

### Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius

Dani originally looked up to Vlad as her "father" and did whatever he told her to do, unaware that he was simply manipulating her. He considers her a mistake--just another imperfect attempt at cloning Danny in order to get the perfect son he has always wanted, and when Vlad gets that perfect son he would dispose of Dani.

When her ghost half became unstable, Vlad manipulated Dani into capturing Danny, saying he can cure her through collecting Danny’s “mid-morph” DNA. She was heartbroken when the truth was revealed and developed a hatred towards Vlad, siding with Danny against Vlad, destroying all the other clones.

When Dani had returned with a worsening condition, Dani hoped to find Danny while staying clear of Vlad, fearing for her life. Vlad discovered her, however, and sent Valerie to capture Dani, under the lie that Dani's ghost half wanted Vlad dead. As her condition worsened in captivity, she asked Vlad if she was going to cure her. But to her horror, Vlad revealed that he was going to melt her down and study her remains in order to resume his cloning experiments. However, Dani was saved in time and summarily beat down Vlad.

Ironically, if Vlad had raised Dani like he would have raised Danny or the primary clone, he might have succeeded in his plan to have a loving family, but instead created another bitter enemy.

### Valerie Gray

Like Danny's interactions with Dani, Valerie's began rockily as well. Valerie was a bit skeptical of Dani being a legitimate threat when asked by Vlad to capture her, though she believed Vlad's lie that Dani was plotting to destroy him.

Even though Dani saved her from being crushed by a building, Valerie was quick to restrain her and prepare to hand her over to Vlad, waving off any of Dani's pleas that Vlad was the evil one. Valerie then decided to manipulate Dani into luring Danny into a trap. The plan worked, and she kept Danny to torture and interrogate whilst giving Dani to Vlad.

During captivity, Danny convinced Valerie that Dani was good, and that if Vlad succeeded, Valerie would have helped him in destroying a human being, as Dani was half-ghost. She lets him go and helped him save and cure Dani.

### Fenton Family

As a clone of Danny, Dani is genetically related to the members of his family. While they have no official interactions in the show, it was stated by series director Butch Hartman that had the series gone on for a fourth season, the Fentons would have learned of Danielle's existence and origins and adopted her. This was later confirmed to be canon, thus making her an official member of the Fenton family. This means that Jack and Maddie have come to accept and love Dani as their daughter, and Jazz has come to accept and love Dani as her sister. Conversely, it shows that Dani, in turn, loves her genetic relatives and is very grateful for them taking her in and giving her a home.

### Sam Manson & Tucker Foley

In her first appearance, Dani first meets Sam and Tucker when she sneaks into Casper High to meet Danny and pops up in the middle of their lunch table in ghost form via her intangibility, spilling their food all over them much to their annoyance. They later see her help Vlad capture and fly off with Danny, leading them to steal the Specter Speeder and ditch school to track them down. They arrive at Vlad's hideout just after Dani has changed sides and helped Danny defeat Vlad. She later gets all three of them out of trouble for their actions by overshadowing Maddie and Mr. Lancer (she doesn't overshadow Jack due to his gullible nature) before flying off.

In Dani's second appearance, her only interaction with Sam and Tucker is when they see her while patrolling. After Danny opts to handle her situation alone, the two leave to pig out at the Nasty Burger on his tab and aren't seen again for the rest of the episode.

It is possible that following Dani's adoption by the Fentons following the events of "Phantom Planet", she also joined Team Phantom got to fight alongside Sam and Tucker more and eventually formed friendships with them.

## Powers

* **Human-Ghost Clone Physiology**: Dani Phantom has many of the same ghost powers as Danny, but while skilled, isn't quite as experienced or powerful as him due to her limited existence/instability and experience so far before she got cured of it. Since the series has been canceled, it unknown if she will acquire a Ghostly Wail or cryokinesis like Danny, but it possibly since she is a clone of Danny and is now stable with Ecto-Dejecto.
	+ **Paranormal Immunity:** As a half-ghost, Dani is resistant to many types of ghost powers that normally harm humans.
	+ **Going Ghost**: Her transformation is accompanied by white rings moving along her body, just like Danny's. Due to her transformation she can use all of her ghost powers.
		- **Ghost Sense**: When a ghost is nearby, a shiver runs up her spine and a blue wisp of cold air comes out of her mouth. This may mean Dani has the potential to develop cryokinesis like Danny.
		- **Ghost Ray**: She can fire green ghost rays. While Dani was unstable, this power burned through her quickly, but as of "D-Stabilized" she can handle this power with ease. She can fire ghost rays in the form of discs from her hands and discharge waves of energy from her feet via to a charge up swing kick as well.
		- Flight, Intangibility, **Invisibility, and Spectral Body Manipulation**: Standard ghost powers. Dani can fly almost fast as Danny, as well as become unseen by anyone and untouchable. Dani is able to walk or fly through solid objects and even form a ghost tail while flying.
		- **Overshadowing**: Standard ghost power. Dani has overshadowed Maddie, Jack and then Mr. Lancer. While overshadowing someone she can disguise her voice, but not their eyes. Apparently, overshadowing originally put a hefty strain on her because of her unstable DNA. However, she can probably maintain overshadowing someone with much greater success now.
		- Superhuman Strength: At her most powerful, she once threw Vlad through five stone columns, this could mean that her strength is about 5-10 tons.
		- **Superhuman Agility & Reflexes**: In her ghost form, Dani's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels beyond those of a normal human being. She has better reflexes and is more agile than the finest human athlete.
		- Superhuman Durability: She is almost as durable as Danny.
		- Healing factor: Dani can heal almost fast as Danny. When she started melting, her healing factor was able to hold it off. After being injected with the Ecto-Dejecto, her healing factor became fast enough to reconstruct herself after being melted into a puddle of ectoplasm. It unknown if she is fast enough to pull herself back together if she is blown apart since she only melted partially until Vlad melted her completely.
		- Superhuman Stamina: Now that Dani is stable, her stamina has greatly increased to somewhere around Danny's. Since she is no longer unstable, Dani's musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human.

### Abilities

* **Indomitable Will**: One of major factors that Dani inherited from Danny is his strong willpower. This willpower might be one of the reasons why Dani was so different from the other clones, giving her a sense of self, and one of the major reasons why she lasted so long before Danny cured her of her instability; by pulling herself together through sheer force of will alone.

### Weaknesses

* **Instability (formerly)**: Dani's greatest weakness was that she couldn't go all-out with her powers like Danny could, as her unstable clone body was unable to handle such a power strain. If she used too much power at once, her body would destabilize and slowly melt into a puddle of ectoplasm. During "D-Stabilized," Dani found a cure for her instability with Danny's help and no longer suffers from this weakness.