A/N: Happy New Year, Everyone!!! And what better way is there to start the New Year than to mix it up a bit? And as you can see, it IS all mixed-up, or mish-mashed, or like a medley, or BETTER yet, like those chocolate assortment candies with mysterious fillings—OOOOO!! WOW! I like that better, so maybe I should call this chapter 'Chocolate Assortment by Whitman', or since I dream big, make that 'Chocolate Assortment by Godiva'!!! Wdyt? Well, anyways, remember the IDNOAC thing and full credit to the authors of any of the episodes with direct or near quotes! And here is Chapter 17 starting out 2010!!! YAY! And Enjoy! Action!

Danny Phantom Bloopers—Chapter 17—Hodge-Podge

Not really bloopers, but they sure are 'Cute-Little-Background-Props-That-You-Probably-Didn't-Notice-Until-I-Just-Told-You-About-Them-Right-Now'!!

Maternal Instincts

Scene just after Maddie and Danny return to Vlad's mountain chalet to try to find a phone. Vlad is reading a book called Romance for Rich Creepy Dimwits just after Maddie leaves to 'freshen up because she's been in the woods all night' and just as Danny is removing the Specter Deflector off from around his waist and changes the time on the grandfather clock.

Double Cross My Heart

The name of the hotel that the 'Guys in White' are staying at just after fighting and losing to Danny the first time is "Safe House". The marquee under its main sign also says: "24 hour Witness Protection" and "Spies Stay Free".

When the Guys in White are at the Amity Park Mall, they pass a lot of stores and signs in those stores. The "AbYss" clothing store is STILL having a 'Fleecy Tees" Sale, way after the Parental Bonding episode!

When Sam, Gregor and Tucker went to a bookstore, the name of the bookstore is "Skulk and Lurk Books".

Looks like the "Back to the Future" movie is real after all! Why? Because at that bookstore, Marty McFly's dad, George McFly, has really become a science-fic writer, because he has a book there called A Match Made in Space. The book is the first one Gregor browses in the bookstore.

Some of the movie posters in Sam's basement are allusions to: 'The Blob', 'Star Wars' and 'Citizen Kane'.

Blooper 90

Guinness World Book of Records Holder for the Most Time for Expecting a Child

Of course there are reoccurring 'extra townspeople' for the show to save time in developing new characters. However, there is one 'extra' who I found hilariously interesting, and I noticed this 'extra' townsperson in particular because of her, well, special feature... She's always PREGNANT! And she makes special appearances in several episodes over the ENTIRE three seasons—always very obviously 'with child'! She kinda reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock doing that in his own films. Well, anyway, she's blond with her hair pulled up into a pony tail and she's always wearing a blue tank top and pink running shorts with pink running shoes. Sometimes, she's wearing glasses atop of her forehead and sometimes appears black-and-white in the background. My heart really goes out to her for what must be the record of carrying that kid for the LONGEST time! So, I think she deserves a special name, don't you?! How about let's name her…hmmm…Melinda, the Mom-to-be! And I only just gave you a sample of where she shows up looking quite pregnant. Watch for Melinda in these episodes:

Season 1

Attack of the Killer Garage Sale

Scene where Danny is selling his dad's stuff at the garage sale just outside Fenton Works. He's holding a vacuum motor.

Danny: It's a perfectly good vacuum motor, Mr. Lancer. Only used once. Ten bucks!

Scene shifts to Mr. Lancer after he takes the vacuum pump. Just as he speaks, our Melinda the pregnant lady walks behind him!

Mr. Lancer: It looks in fine shape.

Public Enemy

In the scene right after Walker sends Wulf into the Real World for the first time to 'take Walker'screw, cause as much havoc as you can and sniff this kid out', Walker's ghost goons do reek havoc and terrorize the residents of Amity Park. The first resident shown is a man in close up.

Man (yelling with his hands on the sides of his head): Ghosts!

Three teens then run toward the camera being chased by Walker's goons.

Then a short bald old man and a fat lady are being chased by goons. And then, finally, voilà! Our famous lady, Melinda, is between two men who are also being chased! Man, she can run awfully fast for a lady in her condition.

Season 2

Reign Storm

Interestingly, Melinda appears earlier in this episode looking hefty but not expectant. That is in the scene where people are standing around Fenton Works just after Pariah Dark has gotten his ring back and garnered full power from the combo of his "Crown of Fire' and 'Ring of Rage'. A shot of Melinda pans past her and then stops at Jazz serving cookies to a young man outside of Fenton Works.

However, if you look at the scene right after Danny has just defeated the Ghost King, and Amity Park has just been brought back into the Real World again. The citizens of Amity of Park are yelling in happiness…And then—and you have to look quickly!—she's there back in her full form—if you know what I mean! Man, she just blossomed in a matter of a few hours!

Flirting With Disaster

In the first scene of the show, Sam and Tucker are eating at a fast food restaurant at the mall. The famous pregnant lady is in line to order food to the left of Sam (to our right of the screen).

Season 3

Eye for an Eye

Scene right after Vlad has overshadowed the voters. Danny sees his father being overshadowed and flies to rescue him. But Vlad hits Danny before he can do that and slams him through the side of a building, whereby Danny falls downward and slams into a parked car.

A female reporter (I think her name is Shelly Makamoto) runs up beside Danny.

Shelly Makamoto: Holy hanging chads! In all my days as a reporter, I have never seen such a groundswell of support for any candidate.

The female reporter pulls up a piece of paper. You have to look carefully, but our famous mother-to-be is just to the left of top of Shelly Makamoto's hair and she, like all the other voters in the background, has red eyes from being overshadowed.

Boxed Up Fury

In the scene right after the Box Ghost has stolen Pandora' box and then after having a fierce unicorn chase Skulker, the Box Ghost returns to the Real World with Pandora's box.

The next scene is of a Picnic Day at Amity Park's Central Park. There is a boy catching a Frisbee, who then throw it back right away. Then, the camera pans rapidly to the left, and you see a kite and then a man with a "Kiss the Chef' white apron on who is about to serve his kids something from the grill. The chef is then hit in the head by the Frisbee. If you look quickly, Melinda is in the way background, holding a coke and standing by a tree. She is—you guessed it—still waiting for that baby to be born!!

And for your info, our Melinda does appear in an episode or two looking hefty but not pregnant. She also appears fit in one episode in particular. AND she does appear in one espisode pushing that baby in a stroller. Can you find out which ones? HMMM???

Blooper 91

Teacher of the Year

Danny has just been defeated by Chaos while playing the game Doomed on a computer in the Fenton Lab. Then, he throws the Fenton Helmet at a button. The Fenton Portal opens and releases Technus, who soundly defeats Danny before he leaves the Fenton Lab.

Danny (on the ground after being zapped by Technus' energy blanket): Aw, great! Constantly getting zapped in Doomed is bad enough. But now I have to track down that loser? I'll have to deal with it tomorrow! (looks at clock and cringes) : It is tomorrow! I've been up all night! (yawns) Oh well, one sleepy day at school and one lame ghost freed. What's the worse that could happen?

The next scene has Danny sleeping in drool on his test paper. His pencil is in his RIGHT hand.

Mr. Lancer: Pencils down! All tests in! (walks over to the sleeping Danny and pulls out paper dripping with Danny's drool from under Danny's upper torso.) Aw, teaching! Always rewarding!

Danny's pencil is *POOF* GONE!

Mr. Lancer (noticing the pencil has mysteriously disappeared and still cringing at Danny's dripping paper): Uh, shouldn't you have made this drool disappear instead?!

Blooper 92

Public Enemy

Take 1

Amity Park is on 'high-ghost alert'. Maddie and Jack have just arrived outside the school where the high school kids are eating at picnic tables. Maddie is holding a megaphone and is standing at the top of the outside steps of the school near the door.

Maddie (yelling through bullhorn): All right, kids! Hurry up and eat your nutritious meals.

Just then, Danny, Sam and Tucker show up at the door and are standing at the top of the outside steps. Maddie is next to Danny, who has nothing in his hands. Sam and Tucker are holding cafeteria trays with food on them.

Maddie (seeing Danny): Hi, sweetie! (holds up and then gives a brown paper bag lunch bag to Danny): Here's your nutritious bagged lunch. (then turns away from Danny and yells through her bullhorn): OK, Jack! Hit it!

Jack activates the portable ghost shield.

Jack: This portal ghost shield only has enough power for fifteen minutes. So chew, chew like the wind!

Scene then switches to Danny who is eating a sandwich and *POOF* now also has a tray with a salad on it in front of him.

Sam: Are you OK?

Danny: Why wouldn't I be?

He picks up *POOF* a cup of yogurt that wasn't anywhere moments before and begins to eat from it.

Take 2

Scene where Danny wakes up on the couch after fighting the overshadowed townspeople all night.

Danny: I fell asleep? (walks over to window and glances out and sees the ghost shield) Well, at least the ghost shield is still up. (turns back around and looks at the clock) And it's ten eight am?

Sam: Morning, sleeping beauty.

Danny: How did you guys get in? The shield's still up!

Tucker: Hey! It's a ghost shield, not a human shield.

Danny: Walker's overshadowing everybody around me. I think he's trying to turn everyone in town against me.

Tucker: Then that would explain this….

Tucker turns on the TV. The mayor is on the screen.

Mayor: We have only one piece of business today. Defeating the ghosts that infest our town. And to do that, I'm calling a vote to cede all ghost policing and security decisions to Maddie Fenton.

He then holds up a picture and the audience around the mayor starts laughing and pointing to the picture. Danny, Sam, and Tucker also laugh.

The mayor, confused by the laughter that's not in the script, looks at the picture. It's a picture of his overweight wife in a bikini.

Mayor (gulps): Oh, no! This must have fallen out of my wallet. Sheila's going to kill me!

Speaking of Reign Storm, just a few more bloopers about that one!

Blooper 93

Reign Storm

Take 1

Beginning of the show. Jack and Maddie are hard at work on the Fenton Ecto-Skeleton just before Vlad, who had just been injured by Pariah Dark and is now human, is about to plunge through the Fenton Portal. Jack plugs in the electrical juice for the Fenton Ecto-pants. It starts to run in place.

Jack: Sweet! The Fenton ecto-pants are charged and operational! I'm telling you, Maddie! When this new Ecto-Skeleton is finished, it'll be able to beat back any ghost, no matter how powerful!

Just then—and unexpectedly--the Fenton pants drops only its drawers to the ground, revealing red-and-white polka-dot Fenton Ecto-Skeleton underpants over a still-standing skeletal hips of wires and metal.

Jack (pulls pants back up over the framework) : AWW! I forgot to put the Ecto-belt on it!

Maddie groans.

Take 2

Danny, who is in his Danny Phantom charged Fenton Ecto-Skeleton, has just smashed open the doors to Pariah Dark's castle and then sees the King.

Danny: Grrrr.

Pariah Dark: A little ragged around the edges, eh, child?

Danny: What we say that we ditch the snappy banter and get to the part where I kick your butt?

Pariah Dark: Very well! I accept your challenge!

Pariah Dark then charges at Danny and starts to attack him. A large cartoon sign –WHAM-- appears on the screen. Danny is able to counter his moves, but the drain on his power is obvious. Pariah Dark also sees the drain on Danny's power.

Pariah Dark: Having that much power…it's a burden, isn't it child?

The Ghost King then pounds on Danny some more.

Danny: The power isn't the burden. The burden is how I use it. And I've been using it poorly lately.

Danny then duplicates into four. Just when all four duplicats pound Pariah Dark at the same time, a large cartoon sign appears in blazing color.

Danny stops in mid-attack.

Pariah Dark: Uh, what's wrong? You're supposed to be attacking with your duplicates.

Danny (still in shock): ZARK? Whoever came up with that lame "ZARK" sign? Since when does hitting make a 'zark' sound? It's supposed to be a 'pow' or 'wham'!

Butch (gabbing his face and pulling down on it): Uh, Danny, you do the fighting and we'll decide on any ZARKS around here, OK?


A/N: OK, gang, that's all for now! Hope this starts the New Year on a smile, or a giggle, or a laugh, or a hysterical hoot. I will take them all, you know! And, now here's a suggestion for those of you—especially all you mysterious readers--who haven't made any New Year resolutions yet: Make a resolution to push that little green button in the middle of this page for all of truephan's stories from this day forward! I think that that is a GREAT New Year's resolution!! Thanks! Until next time!