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Valerie Gray
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Valerie Gray The Red Huntress[1] |
| Occupation: | High School Student |
| Relationships: | Danny Fenton (crush) Dani Fenton (ally and friend) Tucker Foley (ex) |
| Fandom: | Danny Phantom |
| Other: | |
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Valerie Gray is a main character in Danny Phantom. She is both a friend and an enemy to her classmate Danny Fenton, the protagonist, who she misunderstands as a threat to their hometown of Amity Park. She is a prominent character within the cartoon and popular with fans.
Her most common ship by far is with Danny, forming Danny/Valerie. Her second, with Dani Fenton, forms Dani/Valerie.
In early Danny Phantom fandom, she was regularly shipped with Tucker Foley, forming Tucker/Valerie. Although this is still shipped in modern, (2020s,) Danny Phantom fandom, it's notably lesser so than when the cartoon was airing.
Canon
Fandom
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Many Danny Phantom fans believe Valerie was underutilized despite her interesting position as both Danny's friend and enemy. More-so than other characters, fanworks for Valerie tend to be AUs of canon or post-canon. This may extend to delving into her former friendships with Paulina and Star.
Fanon and Common Valerie-specific Tropes
- The Red Huntress
- The Red Huntress is a fanon term for her unlabelled alter-ego. It's been in use since the show was airing.
- Valerie Gray Knows Danny Fenton is Danny Phantom
- As this never happened in canon, many, many fanworks have Valerie discover Danny is Danny Phantom. Many works also have her already know this.
- BAMF!Valerie Gray
- She is known to kick ass.
- Halfa | Half-Ghost!Valerie Gray
- Great for angst material and further exploring Valerie's character
- Phantom Planet Future!Valerie
- Valerie joins with Jack and Maddie in hunting ghosts.
- Although this does not happen in canon due to Valerie believing they are incompetent ghost hunters, fanworks may explore the idea.
Relationships
See List of Danny Phantom Relationship Names for more.
Aside from the three ships mentioned above, other pairings for Valerie include, but are not limited to:
| With... | Full Label | Type | Pairing Name | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Phantom | Dan/Valerie | Het | Dark Gray | Enemyslash. |
| Danny Fenton | Danny & Valerie | Gen; Friends | Friendly Rivalry | n/a |
| Dani Fenton | Dani & Valerie | Gen; Friends | Not Defenseless Duo; Vlad Haters | n/a |
| Sam Manson | Sam & Valerie | Gen; Friends | n/a | If a fanwork is both Danny/Valerie and Danny/Sam, this relationship may be portrayed as a rivalry. |
| Vlad Masters | Valerie & Vlad | Gen; Mentor | n/a | Fanworks may emphasize their dynamic to further explore how Valerie reacts to Vlad being Half-Ghost and manipulating her into believing Phantom is her enemy. |
| Star | Star & Valerie | Gen; Friends | n/a | Fanworks focusing on this pairing are rare. In fanworks that do, it may be about rekindling (fix-it) their friendship. |
| Tucker; Sam | Tucker & Sam & Valerie | Gen; Friends | n/a | This friendgroup may be formed to play pranks on Danny. |
| Danny; Tucker; Sam | Danny & Tucker & Sam & Valerie | Gen; Friends | n/a | This friendgroup may be formed to fight ghosts once Valerie comes around to Danny being Half-Ghost. |
| Clockwork | Clockwork & Valerie | Gen; Adversaries | n/a | Almost always Phantom Planet Future!Valerie interacting with Clockwork after the events of A Glitch in Time. |
| Dash Baxter | Dash & Valerie | Gen; Adversaries | n/a | Canonically, these two do not interact much. |
| Paulina Sanchez | Paulina & Valerie | Gen; Former Friends | n/a | If a fanwork is both Danny/Valerie and Danny/Paulina, this relationship may be portrayed as a rivalry. |
| Jazz Fenton | Jazz & Valerie | Gen; Friends | n/a | n/a |
Example Fanworks
Red Error AU by realititrip, Archived version (2023), fanart and fanfiction for an AU where Technus's canonical suit upgrade slowly morphs her into a ghost. Featured in Reality Trip, a Danny Phantom zine. sykloni, Archived version did similar fanart for this AU for Ectober 2022.
Fanart
- Hunter's moon by braisedhoney, Archived version (2023), fanart of Valerie with the color palette, Hunter's moon.
- Tryna new style and new inks, feat Val Gray by myriamsaviniart, Archived version (2016), fanart where her earring's design is changed.
- "Ultimate Enemy" Valerie by papiliomame, Archived version (2023), a 3D Model for The Ultimate Enemy's Valerie done in Blender.
Fan Edits
Fanfiction
Further Reading
- Valerie Gray on the Danny Phantom Wikia