King Tuck (Danny Phantom)

King Tuck is the fifteenth episode of the second season of Danny Phantom. It aired for the first time on March 12, 2006.

Plot
When Tucker tries in vain to be elected student council president, he soon gains a magical Pharoh staff that summons a ghost, Hotep-Ra, who obeys his every command, and he soon goes mad with power.

Why It's Not King

 * 1) This episode is Tucker torture porn as everyone, Danny and Sam included, act all dismissive to him and do not pay him any attention.
 * 2) Piggybacking on the above, the running gag where no one listens to Tucker overstays its welcome fast.
 * 3) The conflict feels very shoehorned in as the Pharoh, who owned the magic staff and looks exactly like Tucker.
 * 4) While Tucker was wrong for enslaving everyone, you can’t help but feel sorry for him for being ignored relentlessly.
 * 5) Danny's apology to Tucker for how he treated him throughout the episode to get him to stop feels very insincere.
 * 6) Everyone who isn't Tucker is unlikable.
 * 7) The episode can be a little boring to sit through with the redundancy of Tucker ignored among other things.
 * 8) The fact that we go to Egypt for at least 3 minutes in the last half instead of somewhere in the middle is a prime example of wasted potential.
 * 9) Ironically, Tucker ignored by everyone is similar to what the fandom does to this episode because of how forgettable it is.
 * 10) Bad Ending/Plot Hole: Tucker is once again treated terribly by everyone when they vaguely recall being servants to him when he held the scepter. For the plot hole, as Tucker says it best, Stupid scepter. I specifically asked for a total mind-wipe! Why doesn't anyone listen?! Since the staff was made to adhere to Pharoh's wishes, why didn't it fully make his classmates forget what happened?

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Tucker is the only likable character.
 * 2) Hotep-Ra has a cool-looking design for a bad guy.
 * 3) While not all that sincere, Danny apologizing is rather nice, and Tuck immediately forgiving him is just as heartwarming.

Trivia

 * The episode's name is based on the real-life Egyptian Pharoh King Tutankhamen, nicknamed King Tut.