Blog 4: Danny Phantom v. Cage Fighters

Ah, Danny Phantom. This was one of the last cartoon shows that I was into and loved to watch before I got into more "grown-up" television. The episode that I chose to content analyze was "Fanning the Flames" from season one. In this episode a sudden new pop-star, Ember, comes out of nowhere and is an instant hit with the teens of their town. Danny Phantom soon finds out this strange idol is, of course, I ghost with a devious agenda. 

Most of the episode, besides the side story lines and corny gags, is nothing but fighting between our hero Danny Phantom and the ghosts he encounters. The violence involved is much more than a few punches thrown here or there. There are laser beams shot out from Ember's guitar, Danny throwing back his own ghostly laser beams from his hands. Danny at some point throws Ember right into a huge screen monitor at the stadium her concert was at. And to go along with the physical violence, there's plenty of that corny name-calling and threats to go around too.


Most of the villains in Danny Phantom are male, and always as adults; never anyone Danny's own age (which is around 15.) Any of the male villains can range from short, fat and ugly to tall, dark and handsome. 

The female villains, however, are almost always the same stereotype: Curvaceous, beautiful, and sexy. 





















Eventually, though, Ember meets the same fate as all other ghosts who have crossed Danny's path, and gets sucked into the Fenton Thermos; back into the ghost world.

Cage Fighting

Watching two men cage fight right after Danny Phantom was quite a different experience. Personally, at first it looked like some kind of weird homo-erotic dance, but we all know that's not what's going on. Left and right, back and forth, non-stop the men are throwing punches, jabs, hooks, and kicks.


There are both men and women in the cage fighting world, though predominantly men. Since this type of entertainment is for men, the female cage fighters are amped up on the sexy level at an almost laughable rate. 










Believable, huh?






















I myself prefer the cheesy cartoons than to the more realistically violent entertainment. According to the desensitization theory, if I had been a fan of such shows, though, and watched a whole lot more of it, I probably wouldn't feel so adverse to it. It is easy to see that from watching a lot of this kind of entertainment, how a person can become affected by it. The  whole time I was watching the cage fighting, I could feel my heart and blood pumping pretty hard. To a younger viewer, it can be incredibly influential to them. They see people fighting as being glorified, why not try it out themself?