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"I could have used a little less zombie, and a little more cyber. But that's me - I'm all about the cyber."
— Tucker in "Secret Weapons"

Tucker Foley is Danny Fenton's best friend and a huge techno-obsessed person, carrying a PDA with him all the time. He is one of the very few people who knows Danny's secret and often helps battle ghosts and send them back into the Ghost Zone. He uses his expertise in the field of technology to help Danny fight ghosts.

History

Tucker has been close to Danny "since forever."[1] He usually helps Danny via his PDA, which he uses to hack into various technological systems such as Skulker's armor[5] or Technus' techno-suit.[6]

S01e06 Tucker Phantom invisible

Tucker gaining ghost powers

Tucker once expressed jealousy over Danny's ghost powers, wishing for powers of his own and gaining them unknowingly through Desiree, the wish-granting genie ghost in "What You Want." Tucker's powers quickly consumed him, turning him evil, until Danny put a stop to it, eventually restoring him back to normal through the use of the Fenton Ghost Catcher.[1]

In "King Tuck," Tucker unsuccessfully tries to run for school president against Dash Baxter. Later, during a field trip to a museum, Tucker notices that he resembles the likeness of the Egyptian pharaoh on display. Hotep RA, a mummy ghost and past servant of the ancient king, notices this as well and hands Tucker the king's ancient scepter, which possesses Tucker and allows him to create an ancient Egyptian-themed world with himself as ruler and the teachers and students as his servants. Danny is forced to once again rein in his over-eager best friend.[7]

In the series finale, Tucker became the youngest mayor of Amity Park.[8]

Appearance

See also: Tucker Foley/Clothes

Tucker has brown skin, turquoise eyes, black hair, and wears black glasses. He wears a long-sleeve yellow shirt, green cargo pants with a black belt, and brown boots along with a red beret. He is almost always seen carrying a backpack.

Personality

Tucker is a very optimistic, light-hearted joker. He enjoys talking, but often does not know when to keep his mouth shut, causing him to blurt out more than he should or cause trouble for his friends (such as by accidentally revealing the password put on the Ghost Portal to the Guys in White).[9] His cloying, geeky, and appealing nature is not popular with the other students of Casper High and he generally has a bad reputation amongst them.

Tucker is a valuable friend to Danny throughout the series, mostly contributing with his technological expertise. He has used technology to defeat various barriers ranging from hacking into Technus' technological creations, to setting off security alarms.[10] Despite his reluctance, he is loyal to Danny, from spying on Sam for Danny when she briefly dated Elliot[11] to sharing just about anything with him. Tucker has also shown to be rather observant as he quickly notices Sam's crush on Danny and is often the middleman between Danny and Sam.

Tucker is mildly flirtatious and particularly interested in girls, though every attempt of his to get noticed by one has failed. Tucker's most serious crush was on Valerie Gray, which ended shortly afterwards, turned off by her status as a ghost hunter and enemy of Danny.[12] Despite being rejected constantly, Tucker still considers himself to be highly desirable due to his confident nature. He often dreams as big as he feels on the outside.[13]

Tucker's first love, however, is technology, for he cannot live without it - to the point that his greatest fear is life without technology and his trusty PDA (of which he has more than one).[14] His love is so great that he will go to great lengths to get the latest technology.[15] Tucker's PDAs are the most useful items of technology used to aid Danny's ghost-hunting and fighting exploits, next to the inventions of Jack and Maddie Fenton.

One of his greatest weaknesses is a tendency to abuse his relationships with his friends once he is in a position of power. Tucker has an inferiority complex where his friends are concerned, and whenever Tucker becomes empowered through a ghostly wish or otherwise, he tends to turn on his friends. This suggests a power-hungry and volatile side to the otherwise-placid Tucker. At one point, Tucker was even perfectly willing to kill Danny at the behest of his wish-granting ghost benefactor. He is seen as irresponsible with power, using it for personal pleasure rather than the more righteous reasons Danny wields his with.[7](similar to Vlad Plasmius)

Relationships

Danny Fenton/Phantom

Tucker values Danny as his best friend, seemingly sharing everything with him. He is loyal enough to do various things for him (spying, hacking, etc.), but has expressed jealousy over his ghost powers. Despite it all, Tucker always has Danny's back, whatever the case may be.

Sam Manson

Sam and Tucker are good friends, but are opposites to each other in terms of temperament; Sam is a strict vegetarian while Tucker loves meat. She is also more down-to-earth and determined while he's more impractical and relaxed. This makes Sam and Tucker total opposites, but deep down they are still good friends. Tucker is the first to note Sam's feelings for Danny, but he does not make much out of it.

Jazz Fenton

Despite their relationship not being as explored as others, it is clear Jazz thinks of Tucker as a friend and vice versa. Though Tucker displayed visible annoyance when Jazz slipped up or made relatively questionable suggestions on the team, he still was more welcoming than Sam was. They opened up to each other at the end of "Frightmare" about the dreams they had prior to the episode's climax.

Valerie Gray

Tucker was at the point of a possible relationship with Valerie, but stopped seeing her after finding out about her dislike of Danny Phantom.

S01e10 TF&VG's Fake out make Out

However, despite disliking Valerie after seeing what see truly is, In "Shades of Gray", he helped save her and save her dad's job by purposely capturing himself in a net, which letting them assume he was the one to have caused the damage, and said hello to her in "Flirting with Disaster".

Hotep RA

He starts out serving Tucker due to his resemblance to the pharaoh he once served, but secretly plans to use him to usurp the throne, a plan thwarted by both Danny and Tucker.[7]

Star

It has been shown on multiple occasions that Tucker has a crush on Paulina's "satellite," Star, even briefly dating her in "Lucky in Love."

Dani Phantom

Tucker and Dani didn't spend too much time together during the series, in fact when they first met, Tucker seems to have an instant dislike for Danielle as she (unintentionally) spilled food on him and Sam and later when he found out she was working for Vlad his dislike for the younger Half-Ghost grew but apparently by the end Tucker seems to have forgiven Dani since she helps saved Danny from Vlad (and the trio from being grounded).

Powers and abilities

Powers

Main article: Tucker Phantom
  • Ghost Powers: During the episode "What You Want," Tucker gained all the ghost powers that Danny had. This also caused him to turn evil, and with Danny's help, his powers were removed from him by the end of the episode. Although Tucker Phantom only had his powers for a few days, he nevertheless posed a dangerous threat. He had all the powers that Danny had at the time, though was much stronger than Danny. Danny was only able to win their fight through quick thinking.
Main article: Scarab Scepter

Abilities

  • Genius Level Intellect: Despite his head in the clouds persona, Tucker is one of the most intelligent people in the Danny Phantom franchise, surpassing even Jazz. He uses his intellect and love of technology to solve the problems. Tucker is able to hack into anything, develop inventions and dabble in programming. He is also able to analyze a situation and define the problem. Most of his high-level intellect are the result of him being hooked onto the information helmets at school after being stuck to the programming for twelve hours when Danny and Sam forgot about him.
    • Fenton weaponry mastery: he, along with Sam, Danny, Jazz, and the Fentons' parents, is seen using the Fentons' weapons with great expertise.
    • Multilingual: Due to 'being a nerd," as he puts it, Tucker can speak both English and some Esperanto, which he claims what nerds use to communicate with each other. He used it to communicate with Wulf, but couldn't understand him when Tucker asked what Walker was planning. Since he speaks some Esperanto, he not only used this to communicate with Wulf but also taught Sam and Danny it in case either of them met R were Wulf.
    • Inventing Skills: A few times, Tucker has invented several inventions that help aid Danny in his ghost-hunting career to fighting ghost. He invented the Tucker Foley alibi-o-matic.
    • Hacking skills: Tucker is often seen hacking into computers and even advanced security systems and other technology with incredible ease using only his PDA. He was also able to hack into Skulker's ghost exoskeleton that forced him to go wherever the PDA told him to go.
    • Programming Skills: Tucker is able to reprogram devices to serve the team's needs, such as reprogramming the Fenton ghost shield to block ghosts from escaping. He also programs one of his inventions the Tucker Foley Alibi-o-matic to help Danny escape situations with his family to fight ghosts.
  • Archery Skills: In Beauty Marked, Tucker has show a bit of archery skills. However it unknown how well he does with real arrows, since he used his PDAs. Tucker used his PDAs as weapons when firing them through a bow, showing mad archery skills in the episode "Beauty Marked." He easily knocked out the Archer Ghost the first time and used the second PDA by making it hit a statue above Danny and the Executioner Ghost, who was unfortunately in the line of fire and hit by the statue.
  • "Meat Sense": Tucker has a sharp sense of smell for meat-based foods. This was seen in Mystery Meat, where he smelled Danny and could tell he had Sloppy Jos the night before and smelled the scent of meat from Mr. Lancer, who immediately denied it. He could later smell the meat hidden in the school, which led them to Sam.
  • Political Power - Tucker is the current mayor of Amity Park, giving him executive power over his hometown. He will use these skills to presumably fix all the messes Vlad Masters made when he was mayor.

Equipment

  • PDA: Tucker's primary gadget he uses is a PDA. It is a handheld device used for both personal organization and as a weapon in ghost fights sometimes.

Tucker has invented a few gadgets over the series.

  • Foley Mood Meddler: This virtual reality helmet was invented by Tucker to help Danny control his Weather powers and use them against Vortex. Tucker first showed this in Torrent of Terror.
  • Foley by Tucker Foley: It is a homemade all-over body spray created by Tucker. According to Tucker, it combines with the wearer's natural odor to create a sweet manly scent that smells different to everyone who sniffs it. Tucker used this in Doctor’s Disorder.
  • Tucker Foley Alibi-o-matic: It is an mp3 device programmed by Tucker. The Alibi-o-matic is designed to help Danny escape situations with his family to fight ghosts. It is programmed with audio/playlists of different situations, including asleep, head cold and gassy. During the Fentons' camping trip Danny uses Tucker's invention to sneak away from Jazz, first in the GAV bathroom and later in their tent. Danny later puts it in Bearbert Einstein, while it was being sewn back up, to prank Jazz. This appeared in The Fenton Menace.

Weaknesses

Stated in his personality.

Sightings

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Graphic novel

Crossovers

YouTube-based content

The College Years

Tucker in high tech AP

During his time as mayor Tucker turned Amity Park into a high-tech city. Fingerprint and retina scanners have been installed all over the city to do even mundane tasks like paying parking meters. His intention is to make life easier for everyone, though Technus might take advantage of the omnipresent technology it would still be a change for the better in the end. Despite being so young Tucker is an exemplary mayor and has been reelected for at least 4-5 years because he's popular, funny, and great at running the city. In fact, he is so successful at running the city that he has become a world-renowned leader and an example for leaders all over on how to run a city. He even goes on tours to other cities to show other mayors/leaders on how to run a city.

He does still want to go to college. He might attend Fenton University, possibly as a teacher. As seen in the series he is very smart and so being a professor at that age, while abnormal, would not be a surprise. Although this would probably not happen as he is extremely busy being the mayor and wouldn't have time to teach.

10 Years Later

Version 1

Tucker 10 years later version 1

Version 1

The first sketch of Tucker 10 years later is very different from his original character design. The only similarities that remain are the style of his pants (cargo pants) and boots. Tucker 10 years later has an updated hairstyle, glasses, hat, jacket, and technology. His beret and close-cut hair have been replaced by a Rastafarian style hat and some dreads. His glasses have a thicker, round frame and he has a small soul patch. His long sleeve shirt is now covered by a long sleeved jacket, on which he wears a presidential pin that is a reference to his time as mayor of Amity Park. In addition, his beloved PDA has been switched out for a smart phone to match the changing technology. Hartman said that he sees Tucker as a modern day Steve Jobs, and that he possibly invents a technology company (Foley Corp.)

Version 2
The final, colored version of Tucker 10 years later is more similar to the first sketch, but with some accents from the original design to complete his look.

Tucker 10 years later

The overall color scheme is different, except for his hat which is colored with his original character design colors. His hair is the same as his original design, although it is possible that he has some dreads underneath his hat). His top is a combination of long sleeves (seen in the original design) and a short sleeved hoodie (seen in the first sketch). His pants and shoes have been updated as he is now wearing blue jeans and white sneakers as opposed to cargo pants and brown boots. He still has his backpack, but it is now brown instead of blue. Although this version does not include the presidential pin, Hartman said that he was likely mayor for a few more years after Phantom Planet (see "The College Years"). He is likely still carrying around various technological devices in his backpack and jacket (such as the smartphone seen in the first sketch), he is pictured wearing goggles and operating a drone bearing the DP logo. He wants to fly around like Danny does so he uses his drone which acts as his eye in the sky and essentially allows him to "fly". His glasses have been traded out for goggles, which are high tech eyewear that help him control the drone.

Trivia

S01e11 Danny Frightened From Singing

Tucker trying to sing

  • Tucker's username in the online video game Doomed is "Fryer-Tuck."[3] This is a reference to one of Robin Hood's merry-men, Friar Tuck.
  • As of "Memory Blank," Tucker is lactose intolerant.
  • He is terrified of hospitals[17] and snakes.[18]
  • It is mentioned in "Fanning the Flames" that he is tone deaf and can't sing well.
  • It is implied from his permanent record in "What You Want" that Tucker is good at sewing.
    • Also shown in "What You Want" were some of Tucker's other school grades: A in sewing and computers, C in Spanish, D in history, and F in physical education and algebra.
  • Confirmed in "Secret Weapons," Tucker is the only child of his parents.
  • He appears in the mobile game Nickelodeon Pixel Town (only available in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines), you can get him if you merge Winslow from CatDog and Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender in the memory center.

Gallery

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "What You Want"
  2. 2.0 2.1 "13"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Teacher of the Year"
  4. "Girls' Night Out"
  5. "One of a Kind"
  6. "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale"
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "King Tuck"
  8. "Phantom Planet"
  9. "Livin' Large"
  10. "Shades of Gray"
  11. "Double Cross My Heart"
  12. Tucker in "Reign Storm": "Dude, you do know the minute you become Danny Phantom, she's gonna shoot first and ask questions never."
  13. "Frightmare"
  14. "Fright Night"
  15. "Micro Management"
  16. Butch Hartman Interview, March 30, 2006 [1]
  17. "Doctor's Disorders"
  18. "Boxed Up Fury"
V - E - H - DCharacters in Danny Phantom
Protagonists
Danny Phantom | Jack Fenton | Jazz Fenton | Maddie Fenton | Sam Manson | Tucker Foley
Antagonists
Andy | Archer Ghost | Bertrand | Box Ghost | Brenner | Bullet | Centaur |Clones of Danny | Crystal Leviathan | Cyclops | Dark Danny | Desiree | Download | Elastica | Ember McLain | Empress She-Wolf | Executioner Ghost | Femalien | Fran | Freakshow | Fright Knight | Ghost Writer | Goliath | Green Kid | Hotep RA | Johnny 13 | Kitty | Lunch Lady Ghost | Lydia | Medusa | ‎Monster Cat | Nightmerica | Nocturn | Operative K | Operative O | Pariah Dark | Pariah's soldiers | Penelope Spectra | Prince Aragon | Scarlet Samurai | Shadow | Skulker | Skulktech 9.9 | Sleepwalkers | Sullivan | Technus | Terminatra | Thrash | Tucker Phantom | Undergrowth | Vid | Vlad Plasmius | Vortex | Vulture Ghosts | Walker | Walker's goons | Youngblood | Youngblood's assistant
Allies
Clockwork | Cujo | Dani Phantom | Frostbite | Pandora | Princess Dorathea | Valerie Gray | Wulf
Other ghosts
Amorpho | Baby Face Boyle | Behemoth | Box Lunch | Cerberus | Dairy King | Dash Baxter's Ghost | Ectopuses | Ember's ghost band | Eyeball ghost | Fancy ghost duo | Funhouse | Gas mask ghost | Ghost Pegasus | Ghost Snake | Ghost Unicorn | Ghost Wolf | Ghost Worm | Klemper | Lake Monster | Misery Vex | Observants | Plaything | Poindexter's classmates | Sayonara Pussycat | Shade | Sidney Poindexter | Sojourn | Sphinx | Swarm
Other humans
Agent Alpha | Alicia | Amity Park Police Department | Casper High lunch lady | Connie | Damon Gray | Exodus | Dumpty Humpty | Grandpa Fenton | Harriet Chin | Hazmat agents | Hobson | Ida | Irving Burns | Jasper | John Fentonightingale | Lance Thunder | Madam Babazita | Maddie hologram | Mayor Montez | Mr. Falluca | Mr. Lancer | Nate | Operative L | Operative M | Principal Ishiyama | Sam's Parents | Swap Meet dentist | Ms. Tetslaff | The Beholder | Tiffany Snow | Tracey | Tucker's grandmother | Tucker's Parents
Students
Ashley | Blond male student in green sweater vest | Blue capped male student in orange | Boy with purple hair | Brittany | Dale | Dash Baxter | Elliot | Girl with braces | Hannah | Jock with braces | Kwan | Male student in flash jersey | Male student in red stripes | Male student with green beanie | Mia | Mikey | Nathan | Paulina | Rebecca | Red hoodie male student | Ricky Marsh | Sarah | Spike | Star | Tiffanie
Animals
Delilah | Jasmine the cat | Maddie the cat | Pookie | Scaredy Cat
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