Urban Jungle (Danny Phantom)
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| "Urban Jungle" Danny Phantom episode |
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| Season | 3 |
| Number | 46 |
| Prod. code | - |
| Airdate | October 9, 2006 |
| Writer(s) | Butch Hartman |
| Directors | Wincat Alcala, Gary Conrad, Butch Hartman |
| Ghost Appearances | Undergrowth (1st), Frostbite |
| Villain Appearances | Queen Sam(1st) |
| Abbreviation | UJ |
| Previous episode Forever Phantom |
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| Next episode ? |
"Urban Jungle" is the forty-sixth episode in the TV-series Danny Phantom. When a villainous plant ghost takes over Amity Park, a chilly Danny must cope with him as well as his newfound ice powers before it is too late. "Urban Jungle" is also a video game for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS consoles.
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[edit] Episode Summary
After Sam waters the plants in her garden and collects the various fruits and vegetables from them for lunch, she is met with Tucker and Danny, the latter donned in his winter jacket, freezing to the bone despite the warm weather. Thinking he's coming down with something, the trio leaves as a trail of cold softly leaves Danny's body and freezes Sam's Venus Flytrap, unknowingly to the three.
Outside, the trio passes a constructron site administered and approved by Mayor Vlad. While Sam expresses her concern over the destruction of nature, Danny and Tucker are a lot less caring. Their conversation is cut short when the ground suddenly cracks and plants come out of nowhere, eventually forming into the giant plant ghost monster, Undergrowth. Upset over his children constantly being run down, Undergrowth strikes a damage to the construction site, prompting Danny to go ghost and fight. As much as he deals damage to Undergrowth though, the plant monster is able to regenerate himself quickly. Capturing the main trio, he decides that instead of destroying humans, he plans to replant the entire town, first by sending out sleep spores to the three.
Danny wakes up to find his entire hometown covered with plants and thick vines. He is tied to a large plant tower alongside Tucker, wrapped in vines, ones he cannot phase through, let alone use his ghost powers. Undergrowth then appears and announces his plans to replant Amity Park and soon the entire world using humans, possessed by his "mind vines".
Danny cries in triumph and desperation that someone else will stop him if he doesn't. Cue to Jack and Maddie Fenton, who drive madly through the plants with their RV until a giant vine comes out and breaks it in two. As much as both Maddie and Jack fight as well, they eventually succumb to the mind vines as well as Tucker. Danny asks where Sam is and Undergrowth reveals to him that she is now his 2nd-in-command, a caretaker for his plants. Possessed as well, Sam sends a giant venus flytrap towards Danny.
Out of nowhere, Danny freezes the entire plant tower he's in and breaks free. Flying away to safety, he discovers escaping Undergrowth is far from easy. Topped with him constantly chilly to the point where icicles literally hang off of him, Danny starts to fall down and gradually phases into the waters of a sewer, one which he freezes as well, trapping him underneath briefly before he punches his way out. Sam, however, is very persistent on capturing him, intending for him to rule alongside her. Refusing, Danny struggles and barely makes it into the Ghost Zone, his face literally turning blue as the vines nearly takes a hold of him.
He luckily escapes into the Ghost Zone and crash lands into a snowy region, now unconscious. Frostbite and one of his people spots him afterwards, the latter asking for permission to destroy him for superiority purposes. Frostbite denies it, stating he is an old friend. Taking him to their medical faculity, Danny wakes up inside a de-icing chamber. There, he tells Frostbite of the current events of Amity Park and Undergrowth, a creature Frostbite has heard of. Afterwards, he has stated Danny is gaining a new ice power, one familiar among his people. As a result, Danny asks to be trained to handle such powers.
Frostbite takes Danny to a stadium where they train in front of an audience (stating not one gets to see someone as "legendary" as Danny fight alongside their leader, but also admitting that they'll take whatever humor they can), however Danny accidentally hurts the audience more than impress due to inexperience with his ice powers. Once he has been trained enough though, Danny and Frostbite bid a fond farewell, the latter giving him optimistic advice to the briefly vulernable Danny who fears he might fail, "He controls the power, the power does not control him".
Returning back to Amity Park which is even in much worse shape than before, Danny flies towards a giant tree where Sam is inside. She tells him she is the plant's new "mother". She then showcases the fate of the humans, that all of them arestuck inside plant pods to serve as nutrients to the plants. Undergrowth than appears, more powerful then before and vowing to make Danny suffer the same fate as the rest. Again Danny tries to attack, but is subdue by giant mutant cactuses and eventually entangled by various vines, dragging him under as Sam watches, no matter how much he protests.
Trapped, Danny remembers Frostbite's word and in a fit of renewed confidence, he breaks free by freezing the vines. Afterwards, he freezes Undergrowth, but that doesn't stop him. Danny, still confident, heads down and freezes the roots beneath him, causing him to slowly lose his powers long enough for Danny to knock him down, then send an Ectoplasimic Freeze Bomb at him, destroying him, restoring Amity Park to its former glory and freeing the humans from the mind vines.
Danny walks over to his friends, briefly glowing blue which catches Sam's attention. Danny showcases his new power, giving her an ice crystal, relieved she is alright. Tucker, meanwhile, quickly starts his lawn mowing service for five thousand dollars, the first thing he mows being the regenerated, but very tiny Undergrowth.
[edit] Allusions
- Title: "Urban Jungle" is another term for a city.
- Danny's speech to Undergrowth, "As the duly deputized protector of Amity Park..." is possibly a reference to Doctor Raymond Stantz's speech to Gozer, "As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York..." in the movie Ghostbusters. This is ironic because both feature main characters that hunt ghosts.
- The scene of Danny being revived in Frostbite's Realm is an allusion to Star Wars Episode V. Creator Butch Hartman's love of the movie series is well known, making several allusions to the movies in his cartoon series. Ironically, Mark Hamill who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, does the voice of the evil Undergrowth.
- Frostbite sometimes talks in "Object Subject Verb" format, similar to Yoda from Star Wars.
- The green clothing Sam wore under Undergrowth's mind control the first time were reminiscent of Poison Ivy, a Batman villainess.
- Sams appearance as Queen is possibly a reference to Disney's Sleeping Beauty's villainess Maleficent. A further reference to this are the overgrown thorny vines that have taken over the city.
- The name of Sam's Venus Flytrap "Demilo" is a pun on the famous statue "Aphrodite of Milos" better known as "Venus de Milo".
- The names of Sam's other plants are puns (Sunny) or references to names associated with other countries. She also talks to the plants in the language associated with the country. Sam speaks English to the orange tree "Sunny" (Florida (the Sunshine State) in the United States), French to the grapevine "Pierre" (France), and Japanese to "Yoshi" (Japan).
[edit] Trivia
- On the day Urban Jungle premiered, Nickelodeon ran a mini-marathon showcasing Danny's many powers and referred to the event as a TV-movie event, "Phantom Phreeze".
- Nickelodeon aired this episode out of order and despite being the sixth 3rd season episode, aired Urban Jungle as the first 3rd season episode. This caused some confusion due to a character introduced in Infinite Realms (Frostbite) making an appearance in this episode. The creator of the show Butch Hartman revealed this on his forum on October 8th, 2006. (Butch Hartman's Announcement)
- The episode airing out of order also caused more confusion due to a billboard in the episode depicting Vlad Masters as the new mayor of Amity Park. It has been revealed that Vlad will become Mayor in the episode "Eye For an Eye", the first official Season 3 episode.
- Unlike the videogames, Danny does not actually fight Sam in this episode.
- This episode reveals that, according to Danny, Sam has younger cousins. It also reveals that she doesn't like to babysit them.
- Introduced Ghost Powers: Cryokinesis
[edit] Quotes
- (Undergrowth's "mind vines" are taking control of the people)
Jack: I don't see what the big deal is. (a vine tries to get into Jack's head)
Jack: (to the vine) Nope, . (vine tries a different spot)
Jack: Nope, still feeling fine. (vine roots into Jack's ear)
Jack: (just before he gets controlled) Ah! There we go. Mmm!! Chlorophyll!
- Queen Sam: join us danny, the growth is family."
Danny: "already got one thanks, and i'm still working the bugs out of it."
- Queen Sam: "Stay, Danny. Stay and rule with me."
Danny: (shivering with cold) "I always thought you ruled Sam. Just...not like this. I'll b-b-be back. (Sam looks touched by this.) And I'll save you. And everyone! (Sam suddenly goes under the plant's control again and attacks Danny who just fled to the Ghost Zone.) I PROMISE!"
- Sam: (looking at the ice crystal Danny gave her) "What's this for?"
Danny: "I'm... glad you're okay."
- Danny: (after beating undergrowth) "As the duly deputized protector of Amity Park, it is my sincere hope that you’ve enjoyed your butt-kicking experience!"
- Jack: "Get your filthy roots off of the town, you horticultural terror! (To Maddie) Thanks for writing down the word "horticultural" for me, honey."
Maddie: "Well, I didn't want you to mispronounce it. First impressions are important."
Jack: "And you married me anyway."
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| Main Characters | Main Ghosts | |||||
| Danny Phantom/Fenton • Tucker Foley • Samantha "Sam" Manson Jack and Maddie Fenton • Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton |
The Lunch Lady Ghost • The Box Ghost • Skulker • Technus • Desiree Walker • Spectra • Ember • Johnny 13 • Fright Knight • Wulf Lydia • Captain Youngblood • Pariah Dark • Dark Danny Clockwork • Prince Aragon • Undergrowth |
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| Recurring Characters | Special Episodes | |||||
| Mr. Lancer • Dash • Paulina Valerie Gray • Guys in White • Dani Phantom Vlad Masters/Plasmius • Freakshow |
Mystery Meat • Fright Night • Memory Blank • Reign Storm The Ultimate Enemy • The Fright Before Christmas• Reality Trip • Urban Jungle |
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| Lists | Misc | |||||
| Episodes • Characters • Villains and Ghosts | Amity Park • Ghost Zone • The Ultimate Enemy (video game) Urban Jungle (video game) • Reality Gauntlet |
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