Freakshow (Danny Phantom)
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| Freakshow | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Nickelodeon |
| First appearance | "Control Freaks" |
| Created by | Butch Hartman |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Frederich Isak Showenhower |
| Team affiliations | Circus Gothica |
| Notable aliases | (Ring)master of all reality, Freak |
| Abilities | Extensive knowledge of various ghost-related artifacts, with his staff he can control a ghost's mind, with the gauntlet he can control reality, though both are destroyed |
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Frederich Isak "Freakshow" Showenhower is a fictional character, and a villain from TV show, Danny Phantom. This name is derived from his real name, Frederic Isak Showenhower. He is voiced by comedian and actor Jon Cryer.
Appearances[edit]
Control Freaks[edit]
Freakshow first appeared in the episode "Control Freaks" where he opens a circus called the Circus Gothica in Amity Park. The performers in the circus are actually ghosts that are on a crime spree, held under Freakshow's command via a staff that controls ghosts.
Freakshow comes from a long line of ghost-obsessives - his family has the largest knowledge of ghostly artifacts known of. Freakshow's main weapon is a staff that can control ghosts with a single word. Even a picture of the staff makes a ghost weak, and willing to do the bearer's bidding.
Danny accidentally catches sight of the staff when he sees an ad for the Circus Gothica and ends up in Freakshow's command, stealing money for him and becoming a performer in his circus. He is saved by his friend Sam, who manages to return him to the hero he truly is. Danny subsequently rescues Sam, destroying the staff in the process. Following the staff's destruction, Danny and most of the formerly controlled ghosts (except Lydia, the tattoo ghost lady) confront Freakshow, trapping him in his own stolen goods until the police can arrest him.
Reality Trip[edit]
Freakshow reappears in Reality Trip. In this episode, the Guys in White have captured Lydia, using her to get Freakshow to talk about the Reality Gauntlet, which he does. Freakshow tricks the Guys in White into giving him the Reality Gauntlet and with it traps Danny at Casper High's "School's Out!" Dumpty Humpty concert. Danny, Sam, and Tucker use the Gauntlet's defense mechanism to transport three critical gems from the gauntlet, making it useless. Freakshow escapes with help from Lydia, but not before revealing Danny's secret identity to the entire school and Amity Park media. Nursing his wounds, Freakshow comes up with a plan to get all three gems back by kidnapping the parents of Danny, Sam, and Tucker. Freakshow forces Danny, Sam, and Tucker to retrieve the three gems in exchange for their families' lives, giving them three days to do so. After Danny and friends succeed, Freakshow double-crosses Danny and retakes the Reality Gauntlet, giving himself control over all reality. In a fatal attempt at showmanship, Freakshow gives Danny the chance to save the lives of his (and his friends') parents from a roller coaster filled with death traps.
Informed by Jazz that Freakshow suffers from 'ghost envy', Danny, in an attempt to defeat Freakshow, taunts Freakshow by getting Freakshow's 'illusionary' audience to cheer for him, mockingly informing Freakshow that he may be the master of all reality, but Danny has ghost powers, and is thus far cooler than Freakshow. Outraged at Danny upstaging him, Freakshow transforms himself into a full ghost, and Danny captures the full-ghost Freakshow in the Fenton Thermos. Danny then uses the Reality Gauntlet to undo Freakshow's madness and to rewrite reality so that the secret identity of Danny Phantom is never revealed. As a bonus, Freakshow is released into prison as a normal human, where he is recaptured by the Guys in White. Despite Danny's reality rewrite, Freakshow's lack of a blank expression suggests he may actually still know Danny's secret identity.
At the end of the movie, Danny destroys both the Reality Gauntlet and the gems.
Phantom Planet[edit]
For some odd reason Freakshow makes a cameo appearance in the final Danny Phantom movie when Skulker frees all the ghosts from the ghosts net, it may mean that Freakshow might have died in jail and become a ghost or that he got rescued by Lydia and he's been living in the Ghost Zone. However, it's most likely just an animation error.
Personality[edit]
A charismatic performer, Freakshow is a smooth talking man of drama and showsmanship, seeing the world as a circus with him as its ringleader. A glutton for power, he is a controlling, vindictive man who does whatever he can to get what he wants. Ironically, he uses ghosts as his main tools (calling them derogatory names like "minions") for battle despite his "ghost envy" - an obvious jealousy toward ghost and their powers. This envy fuels his desire to acquire even more power, but is also a great weakness (giving Danny the chance to tease him into a losing position in Reality Trip).
Powers[edit]
Freakshow, being a human, doesn't have any powers on his own. However, his knowledge of ghosts and ghostly artifacts (such as the Crystal Ball Staff and the Reality Gauntlet) more than make up for his lack of physical abilities.
In "Control Freaks," Freakshow uses his circus as a distraction so that his minions can rob banks and jewelry stores. In this episode, Freakshow used a family heirloom called the Crystal Ball Staff to control ghosts, until Danny destroyed it.
Later, in "Reality Trip," Freakshow uses a Reality Gauntlet to turn Danny's world into a circus nightmare. The Reality Gauntlet controls reality with the help of "Reality Gems," including the Gem of Life (ruby), Gem of Form (topaz), Gem of Fantasy (sapphire), and a final gem that serves as the key and power source of the Gauntlet - which Freakshow disguises as one of his earrings. Using the legendary Reality Gauntlet, Freakshow temporarily became the self-dubbed 'Ringmaster of All Reality' until Danny defeated him and destroyed the Gauntlet.
Relationships[edit]
Lydia[edit]
Lydia goes beyond a mere assistant or sidekick to Freakshow. It is hinted that the two have, or at least had, a romantic relationship despite Freakshow being a human with ghost envy. Which may mean that she might have been a human that was either Freakshow's wife, girlfriend, or fiancee.
Danny Phantom[edit]
Freakshow sees Danny as his main enemy. He wants revenge for getting sent to prison, and has kidnapped Danny's family as a scheme to get the reality gems back. After getting sent to prison again, it is most likely Freakshow's need for revenge will only increase.
Jazz Fenton[edit]
Out of any other human there is, Jazz Fenton appears to be the only person Freakshow seems to respect, out of the fact she too has ghost envy (though not as bad as Freakshow) and understands him well.
Note[edit]
- Freakshow's loss to Danny in Reality Trip echoes Jafar's defeat by Aladdin in Aladdin, as in both cases a nigh-omnipotent character was tricked by the hero into transforming himself into a more powerful entity that nevertheless possessed a crucial weakness that the hero could exploit (In Jafar's case, his new genie status forced him to be confined in a lamp, and in Freakshow's case his ghost status rendered him vulnerable to the Fenton Thermos).
