Clockwork (Danny Phantom)
| Clockwork | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Nickelodeon |
| First appearance | "The Ultimate Enemy" |
| Created by | Butch Hartman |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Ghost |
| Team affiliations | Team Phantom, Observants, but mostly himself |
| Notable aliases | Ghost/ Master of Time |
| Abilities | Flight, standard ghost powers (presumed), the ability to shift his age from child to adult to old man consistently, able to control time, alter time and see the future via genuine prescience |
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Clockwork is the Ghost Master of Time in Danny Phantom, voiced by David Carradine.
Appearance/History[edit]
The Ultimate Enemy[edit]
He first appeared in The Ultimate Enemy, serving his annoying employers, the Observants, to destroy Danny Phantom (Daniel Fenton) to prevent the existence of the evil Dark Danny, but Clockwork had other ideas.
Clockwork sent in Box Lunch and Skulktech 9.9 from the future to battle with the present Danny Phantom, which led to Danny, Sam and Tucker to finding Clockwork's lair. There they met Clockwork, who was charged with destroying Danny Phantom and preventing Dark Danny's existence. Danny attempts to fight Clockwork, but Clockwork's power of time prove too strong, allowing him to pause, rewind and fast forward the fight. Tucker used the time medallions to give them a slight advantage, only for them to escape into Danny's evil future.
After the harsh reality of facing the future and battling with Dark Danny, trapping him in the Fenton Thermos, Clockwork intervened, saving Danny's friends and family from their deaths, revealing he knew these events would happen. He explains by saying; "The Observants look at time like they're watching a parade, one thing after another passing by in sequence right in front of them. I see the parade from above, and all the twists and turns it might -or might not- take." He gave Danny a second chance at changing his life so that the horrible future the boy saw never happens, taking the Fenton Thermos holding Dark Danny with him to his timeless lair.
Afterwards, the Observants, angry with Clockwork interacting with Danny, forces on Clockwork the reponsiblity of Danny's life, along with Dark Danny's existence outside of time. Clockwork replies in confidence, "I know, but then... I know everything."
Masters Of All Time[edit]
Danny turned to Clockwork for help when Vlad infected Sam and Tucker with ecto-acne. Clockwork at first refused but decided to let Danny learn the hard way how dangerous changing the past can be. When Danny came back, he asked Clockwork for help again, however all he could do was undo Danny's changes. Ironically Danny learned the cure when this happened. After he leaves, Clockwork smiles, hinting that he planned the whole thing as well.
Phantom Planet[edit]
Clockwork makes only a couple cameo appearances in the series finale, Phantom Planet; if one has a keen eye, they can spot Clockwork as one of the ghosts aiding Danny and Skulker in turning the entire planet intangible so that an asteroid may pass through it.
Appearance[edit]
He is a violet cloaked ghost with a pale face and time staff which he uses often. Due to his time-based nature, he will constantly switch between his child form to adult form to old form (it is unclear which, if he has one, is his true form, although his voice matches most with his adult form). This also follows a specific pattern: Adult, Child, Old, Adult, etc....
Personality/weaknesses[edit]
As the manipulator of time, Clockwork is a logical ghost who speaks calmly, even under dire stress and situations surrounding him. Being the Master of Time, Clockwork takes a rather neutral role overall to the Danny Phantom world though at times, Danny sees him as more of an ally. One questions what his true motives are or what he plans to do due to his unpredictable nature; yet in the end, Clockwork merely means well in his goals and makes sure time flows in a direction that benefits all. If he has any weakness, it's that his power has no effect on someone who wears one of his medallions. Although, considering he watches and manipulates time, anything and everything that has, is, and WILL occur is already known to him, so even getting possession of his medallions may already be anticipated. As he already stated, "I know everything."
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