Danny knew why his parents sold FentonWorks to the government. He understood.
They didn't want to draw suspicion to him. They thought they were protecting him from the Guys in White.
It still didn't mean he had to like it.
So he ordered robots to pretend to be his friends, brushed off his friends, schoolwork and pretended to be a rich jerk so they would get FentonWorks back.
It had to work right?
Right?