Box Ghost

The Box Ghost
File:The Box Ghost.jpg The Box Ghost
Publication information
Publisher	Nickelodeon
First appearance	"One of a Kind"
Created by	Butch Hartman
In-story information
Alter ego	Unknown
Team affiliations	None, Skulker (as bait)
Notable aliases	Crate Creep (as Jazz once called him) Mechanical Frog Ghost (for about 3 seconds)
Abilities	invisibility, intangibility, flight, can control boxes (and bubble wrap) at will

The Box Ghost is a generally harmless ghost and running gag from the animated series Danny Phantom.

He is voiced by Rob Paulsen.

Appearances/History

Serving mostly as a cameo, Box Ghost first appeared in "One of a Kind". Box Ghost makes his attack on a warehouse, returning by the end the same episode by entering Danny's class only for him to be defeated again. In "Splitting Images", Box Ghost makes the attack on Danny at the opening, and actually manages to best him. The Box Ghost returns in the end with his new name, "The Mechanical Frog Ghost", but he immediately changes his mind when the mechanical frog malfunctions. In "Prisoners of Love", he meets Danny at the area in the Ghost Zone where human-world objects are kept. Walker and his lackeys eventually arrest them both. In prison, Box Ghost and all the ghosts teamed up with Danny to escape.

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Alternate Future Box Ghost.

He made a brief appearance in "Lucky in Love" while Danny was on a picnic with Paulina (actually Kitty in diguise) only to be beaten up by Danny to impress her. He showed briefly in "Life Lessons" where he was used as bait by Skulker to lure Danny and Valerie, chased by the latter by end. He returned in Reign Storm where he displayed his new power to control bubble wrap. He, along with the other ghosts, teamed up to stop Pariah Dark. He briefly appears in "Identity Crisis", taking offense to Danny and his friend's lack of care towards his already low level of threat.

In the alternate future of "The Ultimate Enemy", he and the Lunch Lady Ghost are married and have a child (humorously called Box Lunch). His future self is muscular, and had an eyepatch and a hook, due to injuries sustained by Dark Danny. He is considerably more dangerous and violent in this future. He is also more powerful than his present self, able to fire cube-shaped ectoplasmic constructs of destructive energy. It should also be noted that his version is no longer the comedic idiot he once was but a sadistic old man who wants nothing other than revenge.

Box Ghost is one of the ghosts who helped Danny save Christmas in "The Fright Before Christmas". He later makes another appearance in Secret Weapons, where he traps Tucker and Sam and fights Danny. He ends up escaping after Danny was sucked into the Fenton Thermos (yet again) by his sister Jazz.

His biggest (and only main) appearance took place in "Boxed Up Fury", when he steals Pandora's box after frustration from the lack of fear he inputs in others, forcing Danny to seek her herself in order to stop him which they eventually succeeds with Pandora ultimately forcing Box Ghost to tidy up the mess he created.

The Box Ghost's final appearance is in the series finale, "Phantom Planet". He is seen only briefly on a few occasions, once being defeated by Vlad's team of Ghost Hunters, the Masters Blasters, and again as one of the many ghosts to help Danny and Skulker turn the entire planet intangible so that an asteroid can pass through it.

Personality/Weakness

The Box Ghost is a rather comical ghost who, despite numerous shouts of "Beware!" is not as threatening as he intends to be. He loves to say his catchphrase: "I am the Box Ghost! Beware!" and is usually too busy shouting out his name or incompetent to actually cause damage.

The Box Ghost's greatest weakness is the fact that he is not very bright and constantly misjudges his rather meager abilities, seeing them as bigger than they are. Incompetent in battle and serving more as a joke to Danny's team then anything else, he has his rare moments when he sees his own victories. He becomes indignant when referred to as anything apart from "The Box Ghost"--such as when Jazz called him the "Crate Creep." He's serves more of a running gag than a bonafide threat. In his one star appearance in "Boxed Up Fury" the Box Ghost is described as "a ghost with an inferiority complex, who just wants attention".

Power

The Box Ghost has the standard ghost powers of intangibility, invisibility, and flight. He has the ability to control boxes, and to put out the items inside. In "Reign Storm", he gains the ability to control bubble wrap as well. In "The Ultimate Enemy", the future version of Box Ghost has gained the power to create energy cubes out of thin air. In Boxed Up Fury after he stole Pandora's Box he temponarily gained unlimited evil power which made him unstoppable.

Trivia

• In one episode where Danny (as the Phantom) surrenders himself to his father he decides to use the Box Ghost's catchphrase: "Beware!"

• Ironically in "Boxed Up Fury" The Box Ghost gets a little pay back on Skulker for the time he was used as bait in "Life Lessons" and managed to scare him.

• The Box Ghost is one of the few ghosts with the most appearances on the show.