#that Stan isn't actually an Oblivious Adult and actually he kind of resents the 'weird stuff' because he knows it's had consequences

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My enjoyment of Danny Phantom as a series has been enriched significantly with the realization that “ghost hunter” as it’s established as a career here is basically ‘occult researcher’ and this is a setting that does have basically wizards (Freakshow) and magical artifacts.

If we pair this with the fact that the Fenton parents are uncommonly combat-ready people who are armed at odd occasions (Maddie just... has a machete in Maternal Instinct) this leads me to the conclusion that Danny’s sense of normality is probably kind of shot.

Tucker, concerned “Why do you know how to knife fight?”

Danny, “What do you mean why? My mom taught me?”

Sam, torn between judgment and envy “Your mom taught you how to knife fight?”

Danny “YES? Because people need to know these things?”

(and, if you like a side garnish of dark with your comedy, think about that in DP canon it’s pretty much a given that any part of the world is haunted with often powerful ghosts, many of which are hostile, random lake monsters, magical artifacts that can cause great deals of trouble, and the Fentons know it’s dangerous out there considering one of their old college buddies got hospitalized at great length over a lab accident, so they’d have a KEENLY vested interest in making sure their kids have survival and combat skills)

#Danny Phantom #basically y'know the creeping reveal in Gravity Falls #that Stan isn't actually an Oblivious Adult and actually he kind of resents the 'weird stuff' because he knows it's had consequences #please consider how good at fighting Danny is already in the first episode #and how confident he is to mess with the fenton portal in the first place and that his parents trust him around the lab #I'm saying Danny has probably had gun and lab safety drilled into his head since he was old enough to point his eyes in the same direction