Flirting with Disaster (Danny Phantom)

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"Flirting with Disaster" *Danny Phantom episode*
Flirting with Disaster title card "Out of this World TERROR!"
Season	2
Number	32
Prod. code	-
Airdate	January 13, 2006
Writer(s)	Marty Isenberg, Steve Marmel
Directors	Wincat Alcala, Butch Hartman, Kevin Petrilak
Ghost Appearances	Technus
Villain Appearances	Valerie Gray
Abbreviation	FWD

Previous episode Secret Weapons
Next episode Micro Management

"Flirting with Disaster" is the thirty-second episode of Danny Phantom. Danny and Valerie's romance comes full circle as they start dating, much to Sam's jealously. Even more, Technus seems to be pushing the two together in order to keep Danny away from his latest plan for global domination.

[edit] Episode Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Sam is bored to over Tucker's continuously explanation of the various functions of his PDA inside the food court of Amity Park mall. Valerie and Star sits on a table next to them where the interaction between the two sets of friends are anything but kind. When Star makes note of where Danny, Sam's "loser boyfriend" is, both Sam and Valerie jump to his defense. Valerie then asks where he is as well to which Sam answers he's busy. Immediately Danny crash lands on their table as he is in the middle of a battle with Technus. Technus easily escapes by taking advantage of his emotions; particularly when Danny got angry due to Valerie getting a slightly hurt from Technus (her being unable to fight due to her father haven taken her ghost hunting equipment away). The ghost then makes his escape, hiding inside Valerie's cellphone, there he witnesses both Danny and Valerie's interaction and decides to use their emotions for his own gains.

Danny and Valerie together.

Later, the students of Casper High are in the Axion Lab (now owned by the company VladCo.) on a field trip. Inside, Damon Gray gives the tour, but briefly stops to chat with Danny about the matters of his daughter and to keep all ghost related matters away from her. Inside, Tucker makes note of a space jetpack, the X23 booster, able to launch a single person into space in two minutes as well as the Mega Cybertron hub computer, a powerful computer that can take over the entire base of computers in the known world, linked to a satellite above. Valerie takes this time to sneak around, but Technus one ups her by leaving her cell phone, entering the main computer, and trapping her inside the lone room she entered.

Valerie, in her ghost hunting gear, comes crashing down and wreaks havoc. Danny quickly flies off and fights before she exits. Damon, immediately seeing the mess finds Valerie who was still stuck in the room throughout. She wonders how the mess was created, but her father quickly pins the blame on her. Technus meanwhile needs time to crack the 10,000 firewall code to gain access to the main computer, so he plans to distract Danny with Valerie. Back home, Valerie is punished by her father despite her telling him she didn't wreck the lab. Grumbling to her room, she gets an online instant message from Danny. Danny meanwhile is chatting with Sam and Tucker, wondering why Valerie, when he fought her earlier was awfully silent; however he cuts the two off when Valerie instant messages him. The two end up chatting all night where they get to better know each other.

By school the next day, Danny tries to defend Valerie while Tucker and especially Sam continue to express concern over his company with her. Danny and Valerie later meet in the school hallways where she asks him out for lunch. There, the two spend a romantic date together with Technus playing a silent role in keeping the two involved, all as Tucker and Sam spies on them, the latter in obvious jealously. Her emotions turn to worrisome when Tucker finds out Technus is around whenever Danny and Valerie is (his PDA acting up whenever the ghost is around), leading her to conclude he's pushing the two together. They try telling this to Danny the next day, but he merely laughs it off, after which he expresses he really wants to be serious with Valerie, much to both Sam and Valerie's (who was spying nearby) shock. Before they can carry on more conversations about Technus, Sam spots Valerie eyeing them from afar and quickly covers them up, stating if Danny is going to be with Valerie, they would accept her as well. Danny leaves his friends afterwards while Valerie walks to the two, ultimately hugging Sam for finally accepting her.

Danny finally gets his dream to go to Outer Space.

As Danny walks to find Valerie, he encounters Technus operating Valerie's ghost hunting suit, like he did earlier in Axion Labs. Valerie sees Danny being chased by her own suit, so using whatever arsenal she possess (a branch, milk carton, and her keys) to distract the suit long enough for Danny to go ghost and completely destroy it (now that he doesn't need to hold back due to Valerie not being inside the suit). Danny flies off once the suit no longer functions, leaving Valerie to see what an even more dangerous threat Danny Phantom. She later uses the school's video camera as proof that she was not the culprit behind the Axion Lab incident by showing it to her father. With the truth now revealed, the suit destroyed, and Valerie risking her life to save Danny, Damon apologizes and forgives her.

Back in the Fenton household, the trio concludes Technus is planning to rule the entire world by taking over the entire computer systems of the world through the satellite. Danny however is more concerned on Valerie and in order to deal things with her, he first must deal with Technus. As he makes his way out, Jack Fenton barges in, wanting to have a private father/son chat when he found out Danny has a girlfriend. In the kitchen, Jack gives Danny some advice in love, ultimately giving him a class ring to give to her, going as far as engraving the name "Sam", thinking Danny's girlfriend is her. Danny denies such a thing which Jack only laughs off, stating he's clueless.

That night at the Axion Labs, Danny gives Sam the Fenton Phones to talk with as well as the school ring to hold onto (which Sam mistakingly reads the engraving backwards as "Wes") to hold onto. Inside, Danny (while invisible) spots Valerie having a father/daughter chat with her Damon. She expresses how much she likes Danny enough to give up ghost hunting to which Danny is more than pleased at. Sam then talks to him via Fenton Phones and flies off while the Grays wonder what that noise was. They find Danny taking the booster jetpack. Damon tries to stop him while Technus, seeing all this and declaring he needs more time uses his technological skills, giving Valerie a new suit before departing to the satallite where he completely possesses it.

A more aggressive Valerie captures Danny.

Danny takes the jetpack and a space helmet, then blasts off into space (something which he is rather excited for) while Valerie follows suit, much to her father's dismay. In space, Danny has to fight off both Valerie and Technus, the latter who slowly starts his invasion on Earth. Valerie then manages to capture Danny by the rims of her hoverboard and electrocutes him, causing him to accidentally shoot his ecto rays out, knocking Valerie unconscious. Angry and shocked at what he has done, Danny overloads his jetpacks and sends it towards the Technus satellite where upon contact, it blows up, thus saving the world. Valerie awakes from her unconscious states, tries to find Danny, then flies off home, unaware Danny (currently invisible) is clinging to the side of her hoverboard as a means to get back to Earth as well.

The next day, Danny tells his friends he's going to give her the class ring, officially declaring them a couple once he would do so. Valerie finds Danny and after Tucker and Sam (the latter a bit reluctant) walks off to give them some privacy, she explains the two can only be friends for now as her ghost hunting life is complicating current matters with their relationship, unaware Danny leads the same life as well. She gives him a kiss on the cheek before walking off while Danny sits down, upset. Sam comes to comfort him to which he gives her the ring to hold onto once again. Valerie sadly watches from afar before changing into her new suit and flying off. Meanwhile, Tucker has another set of rejection from a couple of girls (both of whom seem more interested in Danny).