Blog Post #3 Sam Manson of Danny Phantom
The idea of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is used in a show to bring new life to the male character’s ordinary lifestyle. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl can be seen as beautiful and high spirited but also weird and unconventional at the same time. The first person that came to my mind when thinking about this Manny Pixie Dream Girl would have to be Sam Manson from the Nickelodeon series Danny Phantom. The shows main character centers around a fourteen-year-old high school boy named Daniel Fenton who lives double lifestyle when he discovers his ghostly superpowers to then become Danny Phantom who then fights off ghosts while still maintaining his teenage lifestyle. Sam and Danny become best friends throughout the series of the show, but end up developing a love for one another towards the end of the show. Sam to me is the ideal Manic Pixie Dream Girl because she is adventurous as well as self-determined. She is also seen as a Goth girl who is vegeta