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AN: And here's the next theory upload for Danny Phantom and shout out to Zaqhirix Cheshire for leaving the review that helped make this theory.

Here's another theory and this one on Sam and Tucker.

It's common knowledge to most Danny Phantom fans that both Sam and Tucker have been possessed by Ghosts or otherwise influenced by them and both gained large amounts of power from either case. Now normally in the show the person being Overshadowed by a Ghost doesn't really gain that much, only the basics of Ghost powers if any at all, thus making this event odd to see and unclear on how it works. Until now as explained before, Sam and Tucker are rarely possessed but any time there our leads to a large increase in power and ability for the two. But why through? Why do they always gain an increase in power when this happens?

The answer is simple if you look at the show and the episode where Danny activates the Fenton Portal and consequently gain his Ghost Powers. Sam and Tucker were both very close to the portal when it was activated and then immediately came in contact with the recently transformed into Phantom, Danny when they grabbed him when he fell. Now with this in mind this theory was born.

While Danny was the one who had ectoplasm bonded to his DNA, thus enabling his ability to turn into Phantom, Sam and Tucker's DNA were at least exposed to the energy in massive amounts if it could forcibly bond itself to Danny's DNA and their general close proximity to the portal. Working off of this it makes sense that Sam and Tucker would have a relatively moderate ectoplasm concentration in their bodies. Now this hardly explains anything as Jack and Maddie Fenton, Danny's parents and Ghost Hunters, constantly work with and use ectoplasm so their concentration should higher. Correct? No as it is important to remember a single fact. They are working with ectoplasm they themselves created, not the natural ectoplasm found in abundance in the Ghost Zone. This natural ectoplasm would most likely be stronger than the Human made version of it and so would mean more when Sam and Tucker was exposed to it.

Now, this concentration of ectoplasm is generally inactive for the two, the concentration not high enough to actually give them Ghost powers or change their DNA as it did to Danny. Well at least normally it would cause little change of the Ghost kind. The possession or influence on either of the two by a Ghost will cause the concentration to spike and cause a massive energy surge through their bodies, creating their powers and boosting them at an extreme rate that not even Danny experienced at any point in the series.

A prominent example of this is Tucker wishing for powers like Danny from the Genie Ghost Desiree, gaining Ghost Powers and those powers increase exponentially as the episode goes on. Danny as Phantom even can't fight the changed Tucker with sheer force as he normally would against other Ghost. This inability to fight Tucker as he usually would resulted in Danny using a different strategy than normal in defeating his opponent by making them lose control. Another example could also be brought up for Sam, the time she was possessed by Undergrowth and quickly grew to control all plants and the possessed people with ease and little to no visible strain, only affected by Danny's Cyrokinesis powers in the end, a weakness shared by Undergrowth and the only way to defeat either without seriously hurting Sam.

The examples for this theory are generally limited and so it is short, the show not really delving into potential powers for either Sam or Tucker but it could be inferred that the ectoplasm naturally increased their human abilities. Both of the two showing a surprising amount of skills with the many Fenton weapons they used and combat against ghosts in general as the ectoplasm boosted both their physical and mental abilities to some extent.

So, instead of leaving this chapter short as it would be, I'll place up a continuation of my third theory, the one on ectoplasm and how exactly it can appear in so many forms, some of them completely over the top at points.

Ectoplasm, a massive theory here, is energy in its rawest form and what all other energies come from. Ectoplasm is everywhere and not isolated to the Ghost Zone as typically thought, it just simply has a much higher concentration in the Ghost Zone than anywhere else. This massive concentration of ectoplasm then leading to the chaotic nature of the Zone with such massive amounts of energy filling it. This could explain how so many different things can be accomplished with ectoplasm but not exactly how it can be changed and channeled by Ghost into both their many forms and equally numerous abilities.

But there is a way it could be possible but it is highly unlikely but the best I could come up with after research.

Ectoplasm can be changed and altered primarily by Ghost because of an innate connection they have between it as it composes their bodies. The greatest manipulation of it is of course the body of themselves as they are seen able to do much more with it ranging from turning themselves intangible to shapeshifting which makes sense as the have the largest amount of control over ectoplasm when it is in their own bodies. So if this is true then how do they manage to control it when it isn't inside their bodies? The answer is that the question almost impossible to answer.

I've worked through several different possibilities but I simply can't figure out a way that they can shift ectoplasm into different forms outside of their bodies. I've come up with several ways but most of them won't work for every situation I thought of.

One possible way is that a Ghost could simply cause a localized reaction in the ectoplasm of the area of effect? This reaction then can cause a variety of effects depending on how powerful it is and the components. The most basic would be the common ecto energy blast fired from the hand, an easy reaction that causes nearby ectoplasm to be released in a volatile way in a single direction, creating the blast as the ectoplasm not within the Ghost affected by the ectoplasm of it.

But then how does someone make a shield or a box to imprison someone? The answer is a stretch as the reaction with the ectoplasm inside the Ghost isn't immediate and instead travels to a chosen location from the Ghost and then a more controlled and refined reaction causes the ectoplasm to pack together and form a barrier in a specific shape around a given area. This of course doesn't explain how a Ghost can duplicate itself as Vlad demonstrates in almost every one of his appearances in the show, showing the ability to create hundreds of featureless clones when he ran for mayor. So with no explanation for that this theory isn't complete but could possibly work.

Another possibility would be that ectoplasm has something similar to a hive mind, all of it is connected in some way, shape, or form and stronger Ghostly entities can gain control of pieces of this hive mind and control ectoplasm to a limited extent. Now, as I stated before, ectoplasm is the rawest form of all energy and is everywhere and everything so the possibilities are limitless for sufficiently powerful Ghost like Pariah Dark. This also explains how Ghosts like Ember can use Music as a source of power, Music actually being Sound shaped by concentrated ectoplasm and this can then lead to a variety of effects based on the composition of the ectoplasm added to the sound waves.

This theory can also explain how Clockwork can draw power from time, well not actually time if this theory is correct. Clockwork simply has such an extreme control over ectoplasm and such a connection to the hive mind of it so that to anyone else it looks like he has Chronokinesis. Of course this isn't true, he simply exploits his masterful control over all ectoplasm to create false worlds stemming from the Ghost Zone, the products of boredom from the ancient Ghost who truly has nothing better to do. It's not too far of a stretch as Clockwork seems to be an ancient Ghost that has existed almost forever and thus overtime he became bored, something that happens to every person or thing with too much time on their hands with little to do.

I've created a third theory on ectoplasm and how it can take so many different forms while causing different effects is by it being a very malleable form of matter. This condition leading it to be infinite in it potential uses and the potential effects stemming from these uses. This of course requires little explanation if this is true because it is impossible to describe something it can't do except deep in the realm of science fiction but even many of those are possible. An example being that if a sufficiently powerful enough blast occurs and destabilizes ectoplasm then it would destroy everything in the following chain reaction, leaving nothing but ashes if it is the base of all matter and energy.

AN: Well, that wraps up those two theories and tell me what you think of either of them and especially any holes you can find in the one on ectoplasm as you read it.

Peace.