Ember McLain

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Ember Mclain

Ember McLain is a character and villain from the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom, voiced by Tara Strong. Her singing voice is provided by Robin Kimissel.

Character History

Ember McLain is a hard rocking ghost girl who feeds off the idol worship in teenagers. Ember's appearance, song, and character in general, portrays her as a ghostly embodiment of teenage rebellion and disobedience to authority figures.

Ember has long blue hair put into a ponytail at the top of her head held back, she has two flock of hair in front of her face which from an angle makes it look like an "m" and purple lipstick. Her clothing consists of a black choker around her neck while her upper body consists of a black tanktop exposing her midriff, one long glove that coves most of her right arm and one black bracelet on the left arm. She also wears a pair of what appear to be leather pants with a silver belt and skull boots.

Appearances

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After her appearance in Fanning the Flames as Danny's enemy, Ember was featured again in "Pirate Radio". She's also had several cameos, including in every TV movie except for Reality Trip.

Personality

Ember is a hard-rocking ghost teen with disrespect towards any kind of authority figure, she obviously has a great amount of pride in her singing abilities, as she wanted revenge on Dark Danny in The Ultimate Enemy for destroying her vocal cords. She also has somewhat of a childish personality (whilst frequently shouting 1970's phrase such as "dipstick") due to her hatred she shares with Youngblood when it comes to adults, and distressed when things don't go the way she wants (Fanning The Flames).

She is not above revenge since in all the episodes she was featured as a villain she has either tried to hurt Danny or anyone who defeated her or annoys her in any sort of way. Ember also could get really low in her schemes when it comes to world conquest as she has used her music to control people, whether it's only for mind control or by changing one's emotions. Despite being a dangerous enemy, she is not insane or murderous like other ghosts in the series (in fact, she could be considered nothing more than a teenager with her own little desires).

Powers and Abilities

Being a ghost, Ember has many of the same abilities as other ghostly characters on the show; including: flight, Invisibility, Intangibility, and ghost rays. She also appears to have pyrokinesis, using her flaming hair at least once--adding to her given name. Whenever people cheer for her, the effect seemingly causes her hair to flare wildly and her eyes to glow, thus rapidly increasing her power. If people don't chant her name her fiery ponytail goes off, rendering her powerless.

She is an expert electric guitar player. In the episode Fanning the Flames, she uses the guitar as a weapon when she plays a ghostly "love song" to place Danny under a love spell. This in turn makes him fall in love with Samantha Manson, his "platonic" girlfriend. The effect is broken by the end of the episode.

In one of the close-ups of Ember's guitar, a knob can be seen that points to icons representing the special abilities Ember used. The icons shown are:

• A music note
• A heart symbol (Used for the love spell)
• A skull (For the skull beam)
• A fist (For the punch beam)
• A spiral (For the hypnotizing spell)
• A wave (Possibly the generic energy beam)

Relationships

Danny Phantom

She sees him as her main enemy no doubt due to the many defeats he has handed her; therefore she will do whatever she can to stop him from ruining her schemes. Ironically, she actually helped Danny and Sam realize their feelings for each other because of her love spell. She often refer to Danny as "dipstick". However, her and some other ghosts seemed to feel sorry sorry for him when he was trapped in the Ghost Writer's story. In the Danny Phantom Fandom, she's sometimes paired with Danny, but there was never any proof in the show she seriously had a crush on him.

Captain Youngblood

They got along due to their hatred towards adults, seemingly getting along because of the childish personalities they both have. When they allied themselves, they apparently had a deal which was broken when Ember accidentally destroyed part of Youngblood's ship, she ultimately abandoned him.

Skulker

It was revealed in Girl's Night Out that Skulker and Ember were dating. They have a quarrel over Skulker's inability to hunt Danny Phantom or any ghost for that matter and it is unknown whether or not they are still dating.

Dark Danny

Ember found him the most deplorable ghost in existence and has a personal vendetta on him for ruinning her voice and making her fat in the alternative timeline of The Ultimate Enemy.

Penelope Spectra and Kitty

Ember allied with the two in an attempt to get revenge on men. She and Spectra at first seem to get along but when one thing goes wrong they start to blame each other. Ember bonded better with Kitty as they seem to have an understanding of one another because of the troubles they both have with their respective boyfriends. It may be possible Penelope and Ember can be friends since they both have the same voiceover actress, Tara Strong.

Klemper

Klemper attempted to befriend Ember at the end of Fanning the Flames but was unsuccessful since she tried to get him to leave her alone.

Trivia

• Embers' appearance and powers closely resemble that of the Superman villian Livewire.
• Ember has appeared - and had cameos - in every TV movie except for Reality Trip.
• In the final episode, Ember helps Danny save the world, with the help of all the other ghosts.
• It is believed by some fans that:

• Youngblood is her best friend.
• That Ember may have had a one time crush on Danny.

• Due to the lyrics of her song, it is believed by some fans that back when she was human, her boyfriend (possibly Skulker) had forgotten her and eventually was the cause of her suicide.
• Ember is one of most famous charathers of the show (right next to Danny himself , Sam , Dani , & Dark Danny)
• Ember is the one charather in the show to have her own 3 min theme song which also turns out to be her first song on the show "Remember"

External links

• Butch Hartman's Official website with Ember's Remember (under audio, track 24)