Dash Baxter is the recurring antagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom. He is the student at Casper High School.
He is voiced by S. Scott Bullock.
Biography[]
Dash Baxter is the most popular guy in Casper High School being a quarterback of the football team - as well as a member of every sports team (football, basketball, etc.). Due to his popular status, Dash can get away with just about anything, and he usually does while he dominates over his peers and sucks up to his teachers. He’s a rival of Danny Phantom
Personality[]
At the top of the high school popularity list, Dash is a selfish, obnoxious and mean bully to those who dwell on the bottom.
While adults like teachers give his behavior a pass most of the time because he's a victorious football player, many of his peers despise and fear him but are force to comply when Dash threatens them. Whenever something goes wrong for him, Dash will most likely take his frustration out on innocent students such as Danny: his favorite target to bully and humiliate.
Enjoying his superficial superiority over others, he never has second thoughts abouts shoving people in lockers or giving them wedgies. When he’s humiliated by his enemies, Danny being the offender often, he becomes enraged and determined to avenge his dignity. In fact, whenever a ghost attacks, he is usually the first to run and hide.
He even states in "Micro Management" how he hates being puny and hated being shrunk as he felt weak. He's also fully aware, if not honest, that high school is going to be his best years of his life before his life goes downhill as his intelligence and grades are low, and he has nothing to offer but his football skills, which he admits in "Mystery Meat".
Although very athletic and strong, Dash isn't very intelligent. Jazz has to tutor him in some episodes so that he can get better grades and fails a test. To demonstrate his lack of competency, he frequently calls Danny unimaginative derogatory nicknames like "Fen-toad", "Fen-toenail", "Fen-turd", "Fen-tertainment Tonight" and "Fen-tuns 'o fun".
In addition to his lack of intelligence, Dash is also shown to be rather cowardly. He heels at any sort of threat from the other popular girls (especially Paulina) partially because it could damage his cool reputation. He also doesn’t hesitate to fearfully run from a ghost villains to save his own skin.
However, he’s creative in some cases, such as building a better spooky room than Danny, with animatronics and a roller coaster during a competition. In addition, Dash isn't as tough as he tries to make himself appear, as many characters learn.
Danny's powers have revealed certain disturbing things about Dash, like the fact that Dash secretly collects teddy bears. In addition, he also has a soft spot for old romance movies, listening to boy band music and watches romance channel.
Despite his negative traits, he does have one or two redeeming traits which mainly show through his admiration of Danny Phantom. He genuinely respects Danny Phantom as a hero, stating it was the best day of his life when he met him face to face in "Micro Management." He even respects normal Danny, such as in "Pirate Radio", when he led an army against Ember, Youngblood and his pirate crew to rescue their parents, calling him a hero, even though he'll still be wailing on him.
When he found out Danny Fenton was Danny Phantom, he showed his respect outweighed his low opinion of human Danny, even helping him escape the Guys in White since Danny had done so much to help Amity Park and the final episode, "Phantom Planet", most likely be on good terms with him and his friends from now on.
Appearance[]
Dash is a teenage boy with blond crew cut hair and dark blue eyes. He’s very muscular and fit, he usually wears the standard uniform of the jocks: a red-and-white letterman jacket, with a black t-shirt underneath and dark blue jeans and white shoes.
Trivia[]
- Dash Baxter made a cameo appearance in Fairly OddParents episode "Fly Boy" as the main character in the horror movie that everyone in Dimmsdale is watching.
- Dash has a voice similar to Chester from the said show. In fact, Chester's voice actor Jason Marsden supplies Dash's voice for his cameo.
- He has a crush on Jazz Fenton, who’s also his tutor.
- In "Frightmare", Jazz dreamnt of being married to Dash, much to her horror.
- Dash is very similar to Marvel's character, Flash Thompson.
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