Vacation Haunt

Vacation Haunt is the 27th episode of Danny Phantom: The New Adventures.

Summary
When the bus heading to Minnesota breaks down, Danny, Sam, Tucker, Valerie, Mr. Lancer, Ms. Tetslaff, and the rest of the Casper High students have to stay at an old house for the night in order to get it fixed. But, oh dear, things go wrong when the house gets haunted and villain ghosts Vortex, Nocturne, and Undergrowth cause nightmares, create violent storms, possess everyone into zombies, and get revenge on Danny, Sam, and Valerie. Will they stop them before the bus gets fixed by sunup?

Plot
Cold Opening: Sam is excited that the class are on their way to Minneapolis, Minnesota for their week vacation, but she tells Danny that he's not excited, since he's surrounded by so many students, including Valerie. On their way there through a spooky forest with dead trees and thorny bushes, a big storm happens, and a bus's battery overheats, causing everyone to be stranded. Mr. Lancer and Mrs. Tetslaff announce to everyone that they're all stuck somewhere in the haunted forest, after calling the garage to fix the bus. Soon, luckily, Danny points to an old abandoned house somewhere nearby. As Lancer and Tetslaff lead them there, however, Danny's ghost enemies Undergrowth, Nocturne, and Vortex watch them from a distance, realizing that soon they will abduct everyone.

Opening theme

Episode title screen: Vacation Haunt (Caption: A frightening Halloween episode!) (Title screen shows Danny Phantom, Sam (in Danny's arms) and Valerie escaping Undergrowth, Vortex, and Nocturne, with Tucker, Dash, and the students mind controlled by Undergrowth and a thunderstorm created by Vortex)

As everyone inspects a very eerie and abandoned but inviting chalet, (Sam: "Looks like we have an unusual feeling about this place.") they head there for a night's rest. Inside the house, Valerie points out to Paulina that there could be ghosts in there she could hunt down, as Tucker is about to ask Sam if it's scary in there, which he's given the answer when Sam snarls at him wearing fake vampire fangs, causing him to bump right onto Star in front. Star angrily tells Tucker to stop being ridiculous, to which Sam replies that she was having fun with fangs Dora Mattingly denounced during the princess pageant. Lancer and Tetslaff announces that since they forgot to bring their suitcases from the bus which is taken to be fixed, they should have to sleep in bed without their pajamas (luckily Paulina has her night mask in her backpack). Later, Sam, Valerie, Star, and Paulina are about to get ready for shuteye in the master bedroom by the window, while in the other bedroom Dash, Kwan, Tucker, and Danny are about to get some slumber. Each two share one bed each.

Later in the night Undergrowth releases his army of mutated cactuses and Venus flytraps and Nocturne releases his army of sleepwalker ghosts to attack every person in the house while Vortex creates deadly and dangerous storms to prevent them from sleeping. As the girls are sleeping in the bedroom, Star suddenly notices the message on the wall caused by a lightning flash; it says "Beware! You must be destroyed!" Star wakes Paulina up to tell her that the place is dangerous to sleep but she doesn't believe her so she heads back to sleep. Just then, what neither Star, Valerie, nor Sam know is that two mutated plants arose from the window and abduct Paulina unexpectedly. When Star wakes up, she is shocked that Paulina has disappeared! She attempts to wake up Valerie and Sam. Meanwhile, in another room, as the boys are sleeping, the sleepwalkers abduct Dash and Tucker and fly out the window, causing Kwan and Danny to wake up to discover they've disappeared! As they argue over what they've done, Star, Sam, and Valerie burst into the room to tell them that they've taken Paulina. Danny thinks this place seems to be dangerous and his gut feels that every person (including Lancer and Tetslaff) have been taken away by Undergrowth, Nocturne, and Vortex. Sam wonders where they've taken Paulina, Dash, and Tucker. They must have to prepare to discover what has happened to everyone. With Kwan armed with an ax, Star with a baseball bat, and Sam and Danny together, they must follow trails of Undergrowth, Nocturne, and Vortex to investigate when Valerie calls over so she can join. But, Sam warns Valerie not to come because the forest is to dangerous to go into, and forces her to stay home and sleep.

Cast

 * David Kaufman as Danny, Walla
 * Grey Delisle as Sam, Walla
 * Rickey D'Shon Collins as Tucker
 * Jason Marsden as Dash, Walla
 * James Sie as Kwan
 * Maria Canals as Paulina, Walla
 * Tara Strong as Star, Walla
 * Cree Summer as Valerie
 * Ron Perlman as Mr. Lancer
 * Laraine Newman as Ms. Tetslaff
 * Mark Hamill as Undergrowth
 * James Garrett as Nocturne
 * Dave Boat as Vortex

Trivia

 * This is the second Halloween episode; the first being "Fright Night". It references the 1979 movie The Amityville Horror, Little Shop of Horrors, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Mothra, and The Walking Dead.
 * The scene where a boy runs away from the mind vine until it quickly attaches to his head, making him a zombie is recycled during this episode from last series' "Urban Jungle".
 * Danny's family does not appear, and this episode does not take place in Amity Park like in "Claw of the Wild".
 * Unusual for what Undergrowth did to her in "Urban Jungle", he never possesses Sam Manson to become his evil queen again; instead, Sam, along with Danny Phantom, are later bound together in vines and gagged overnose while suspended upside down above a group of bloodthirsty vampire plants, that wait to devour them.
 * Unlike being shown in Mothra, the vampire plants grow from the ground.