Paulina (Danny Phantom)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Paulina |
| Occupation: | High School Student |
| Relationships: | Danny Fenton (former one-sided crush on his end, one-sided crush on her end but only when he's "Danny Phantom") Sam Manson (rival) Valerie Gray (former best friend) Star (Danny Phantom) (best friend) Her, Star, Dash Baxter and Kwan ("the A-Listers") |
| Fandom: | Danny Phantom |
| Other: | |
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Paulina is a reoccurring, semi-major character from Danny Phantom. She is Casper High's most popular cheerleader, a complete diva, and is Sam Manson's rival. She is also Valerie Gray's ex-best friend.
Although Paulina isn't super popular in the fandom, she has many fans and fanworks which focus on her. Her ship with series protagonist Danny Fenton, Pink Astronaut, is commonly shipped.
Fandom
Fanon and Common Tropes
Paulina does not have a last name canonically. However, she has a widely accepted fanon last name of Sanchez. Her wrangled tag on Archive of Our Own is even Paulina Sanchez, and its so accepted that many believe it is canon. On the popular Danny Phantom Wiki on FANDOM, Paulina's page is protected from editing so fans do not add it as factual to her page. It's unknown where Sanchez came from, and its been in use by the fandom since at least 2007.
BAMF Paulina Sanchez and lesbian Paulina Sanchez are also commonly tagged in fanfic. In fanart, Paulina is often drawn with different makeup and outfits than she's shown to have canonically.
Popular Relationships
See List of Danny Phantom Relationship Names for ship information.
Aside from her ship with Danny, Paulina's also commonly shipped with Sam, forming Paulina/Sam, and her best friend Star, forming Paulina/Star.
Paulina is also sometimes shipped with Valerie, forming Paulina/Valerie, and Dash Baxter, forming Dash/Paulina.
The A-listers squad of her, Dash, Kwan and Star is also popular for fanworks as a gen friend group. To a much lesser extent, her old friend group of herself, Star and Valerie is also present in fanworks.
Example/Notable Fanac
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
- ShallowSapphire, a community on DeviantArt for Danny/Paulina.
Fan Art
- PhannieMay5 Dance by LinzieFey, (2016) Paulina in her dress drawn for Phanniemay 2016.
- santa baby by nightviper16, (2006) Danny/Paulina under mistletoe.
- Danny Phantom - Paulina by celestealice, (2012) Paulina/Star is implied by a little chibi version of Star in the corner of the drawing.
- okay concept. Paulina likes to make herself pretty nails however she adds a little contraband ectoplasm to the structure and now she can scratch ghosts like a furious cat by herbatahleb, (2022)
Fan Fic
- Dancing Around the Truth by Taliax, The last thing Valerie wanted was to get caught up in Paulina’s plot to ask Phantom to the winter formal. Unfortunately Paulina’s made sure she doesn’t have a choice. Meanwhile, Danny just wants to finish his Algebra quiz. Focuses on Paulina and Valerie.
- Riding in the Rain by avearia, When Paulina is offered a ride home from an unexpected source, she gets a huge shock; Since when, Paulina wanted to ask, did Danny Fenton ride a motorcycle? No PP, D/P friendship, Paulinacentric, oneshot.
- Apprenticeship by WingsOfMorphius Obsessed with learning more about Danny Phantom, Paulina becomes Mrs. Fenton’s apprentice in ghost hunting, overcoming tacky outfits, the disapproval of friends and family and the occasional evil ghost. Mentor Fic AU.
Alternate Universes
- #paulina phantom au on Tumblr, an Halfa AU created by marzfartz and wingedflight.
Archives and Fannish Links
- Paulina Sanchez, tag on Archive of Our Own
- Paulina on Danny Phantom Wiki