Tucker Appreciation Week

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Event: Tucker Appreciation Week
Participants: Fandom-wide; primarily Tumblr users
Date(s): 01 March to 07 March 2015
Type: Fanweek
Fandom: Danny Phantom
URL: n/a
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Tucker Appreciation Week was a week-long event for fanworkers who were fans of Tucker Foley in Danny Phantom fandom. It was a one-time event, hosted on Tumblr in 2015.

History

Tucker Appreciation Week was created and hosted by Tumblr user sapphireswimming who proposed the event[1], dates, and prompts[2] in February 2015.

The event ran from March 1-7, 2015.

There was some interest in another iteration of the event the following year, but sapphireswimming was unable to host and nothing was officially organized after the initial Tucker Appreciation Week[3][4].

In 2017, tumblr user saintdeanthomas hosted Foley Fest [note: the op's tumblr blog is deactivated]

Guidelines

The Tucker Appreciation Week guidelines were as follows:[5]

Please use the tag #lovetucker2k15 (and #danny phantom and #tucker foley) for everyone to keep track of the posts.

Contributions can include fanfiction, artwork, picsets or gifsets, headcanons, cosplays, videos, or whatever else you can think of! As long as it features Tucker, anything goes, and feel free to include whatever other characters you like. Crossovers are welcome.

Like other phandom events, participate however you like; there’s no pressure. Do one prompt, all of them, or three entries for the day you like best. Or just sit back and reblog! The tag will always be open so if you want to fill the prompts several months from now when inspiration finally strikes, that’s cool too. Just have fun! :D

Prompts

Tucker Appreciation Week featured seven daily prompts:[6]

(March 1) Technology- A self proclaimed Techno Geek, technology is what Tucker knows best. He’s never to be seen without at least one PDA. He’s synched up with ghost tech to reprogram Skulker’s armor and taught Technus how to play D00M (when he and Danny weren’t too busy with all nighters trying to beat Chaos). He was thrilled to find out that Sam’s connected enough to get upgrades and new models before they’re released to the public and once went through the Presidential Fitness training for a styrofoam PDA. His online profile is Fryer-Tuck and he’s hacked into the school system to change his grades before.

What do gaming sessions look like now that he knows Sam is Chaos? What happens to piles of his outdated PDAs? Does he ever tinker with some of the Fenton’s inventions? How often does he use his knowledge of technology to help in a fight? Does he ever need to hack into anything in the future?

(March 2) Romance- That’s “TF,” ladies, “as in Too Fine.” Tucker always seems to strike out in the romance department, but certainly not for lack of trying! He’s got his own cologne and a wide range of cheesy pickup lines. He’s asked every single girl in school to go to dances with him and has briefly dated both Valerie and Star. Also gave Sam a peck on the cheek while they partnered in the flour sack baby project.

What’s Tucker’s opinion on chick flicks? What does he do on Sam / Danny date nights? What would he plan for the evening if someone actually said yes to a date? What would Tucker be willing to do in order to find romance of his own and where would it eventually come from?

(March 3) Power- Tucker has always had an inferiority complex. He desires power but historically hasn’t handled it well once he obtained it. When his best friend became a half ghost with super powers, his jealousy flared up and he made an ill fated wish that turned him into a twisted halfa version of himself called Tucker Phantom. Two seasons later, he abused his power as Pharaoh. In his Nocturne-induced dream, Danny was a janitor in his mansion. Then the show ended while appointing him Mayor of Amity Park.

If Tucker had been the original halfa would he have become the hero with Danny and Sam on his side from the beginning (see clockwise/double reverse trio au)? What are some missing scenes from episodes with his evil personas? What kind of mayor would he make? Would Vlad ever take an interest in Tucker once he recognizes that the boy’s becoming a third wheel?

(March 4) Fandom- Tucker’s a fan. He’s in love with Sam’s in home movie theatre and can accurately identify many comic book villains. The destination he chose for their summer vacation/hiding the reality gems was a convention. Danny Phantom had inspired its own comic book and there were many people cosplaying as the ghost boy when they showed up (but no Tuckers, he lamented, despite the fact that he even comes with gadgets!).

What is he a fan of and how obsessed does he get with his shows? What have his past con experiences been like? How would he react to finding the in-universe Danny Phantom fandom? And is cosplay the reason he has an A in sewing?

(March 5) Celebration- Yay Tucker’s so awesome! Use this as a free day to showcase what you love about him the most! Or…

What does he do to celebrate good grades at the end of the school year? What do his birthday parties look like? What do the surprise birthday parties he organizes for Danny and Sam look like? Does he have a victory dance for finally collecting the seven keys to the apocalypse and gaining access to the world wide web?? Does monologuing ever get him in trouble? We know the Fentons celebrate Christmas and the Mansons observe Hanukkah… but what about the Foleys? What other random days of the year would he know about and fake celebrate just as an excuse to annoy Sam or get his mom to give them extra food money for snacks at the Nasty Burger?

(March 6) Fashion- Tucker’s always noticeable in his mustard yellow shirt, green cargo pants, and rocking the red beret. But he’s been in a couple snazzy suits for school dances and being appointed mayor (Abraham Lincoln top hat whut). There was his avatar’s futuristic suit in D00M, his Medieval archer getup, and that one time he was Pharaoh for a day. He’s also filled in as the Casper High raven. And we also can’t forget the week Sam put him through a Goth phase… or that Tucker cross dressed as Sam so that she wouldn’t be marked absent in school.

Draw him in a secondary outfit that doesn’t get much attention. Update his wardrobe, turn that beret into a beanie, or give his look a complete reboot. Make him go somewhere undercover. Or try putting him in an AU, a different time period, another genre, or in a crossover. How would his outfit and sense of style (or lack of it) change depending on his situation? What would his Halloween costume be?

[alternate prompt is AU / crossover in case drawing isn’t your thing] (March 7) Resume- Tucker is great with technology, can identify specific meats by smell only, and has an A in sewing. He can organize rallies overnight, shoot a crossbow with pretty decent accuracy, and knows how to speak Esperanto, but absolutely cannot sing. He knows how to pull off a red beret, can eat through a ring of blood blossoms, knows his comic book villains, and has been Danny’s best friend since pretty much forever. And he became Amity Park’s youngest mayor at 16. Just don’t ask him to go to a hospital or be around snakes at all and he’s your man!

When do his skills come in handy? When does he save the day or provide a laugh when it’s needed most? What impresses his teachers? What provides a distraction for Danny to transform and slip away unseen? What are the skills so secret that we’ve never heard of them (headcanons very very welcome)?

Example Fanworks

Cosplay

  • Tucker Fashion by nenieco on tumblr [note: the op's tumblr blog is deactivated]

Fanart

Fan Comics

Fan Edits

Fanfiction

  • Free Day by rainosa on tumblr
  • TON WOR by scrollingdown on tumblr
  • Never by AstroPhantom on ao3 A series of seven stories I wrote for Tucker Appreciation Week 2015!
  • A Fire Shall Be Woken by sapphireswimming on ao3 Dragon hunting rarely went according to plan.
  • Footballer's Wife by sapphireswimming on ao3 In which Tucker becomes Casper High's resident camera man.
  • Song of Glory Won by sapphireswimming on ao3 Tucker knew as soon as Danny called a meeting that something was wrong. Then again, when was anything ever right these days?

Music

Official Links

Tucker Appreciation Week event page on tumblr

Tucker Appreciation Week guidelines and prompt list on tumblr

Tucker Appreciation Week tag and collection on tumblr

Tucker Appreciation Week tag on ao3

External Links

  1. ^ https://www.tumblr.com/sapphireswimming/110208999019
  2. ^ https://www.tumblr.com/sapphireswimming/111791107209
  3. ^ https://www.tumblr.com/sapphireswimming/140940081304
  4. ^ https://www.tumblr.com/sapphireswimming/141628562569
  5. ^ https://www.tumblr.com/sapphireswimming/110580449999
  6. ^ https://www.tumblr.com/sapphireswimming/110580402739
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