Do you all remember that episode of Danny Phantom where he finds out the “last male” purple gorilla is actually female and basically saves the entire species? (Yes, you do).
What if after that whole incident Danny realizes it wasn’t a one-off. It wasn’t just ghost empathy or a fluke. He actually understands animals. Like—full comprehension. Not vibes. Not guesswork. Actual body language processing.
At first he thinks it’s just ghost-adjacent nonsense. Some weird liminal side effect of being half-dead. But then he starts noticing patterns. Birds arguing about territory. Stray dogs giving eyewitness accounts. Rats with municipal-level gossip networks.
And once he severs ties with Amity Park (because let’s be honest, that town does not deserve him), he doesn’t go full broody hermit. He does something smarter.
Sam absolutely clocks the ethical implications immediately.
“Danny, this isn’t just a power. This is regulatory leverage.”
So with her pushing him (and probably handling the paperwork because you know he would not), he goes legit. Registers as a consultant. Animal behavioral analysis, ecological assessment, investigative audits. Zoos. Factory farms. Research facilities. Private estates.
Except he’s not analyzing behavior.
And suddenly exposés start dropping. Facilities shut down. Conditions improve overnight because word spreads fast in human spaces when a meta-human can walk into a building and say, very calmly:
“The tigers would like to discuss your ventilation system.”
He becomes a little famous. Not flashy Justice League famous. More like whispered-in-elite-circles famous. The kind of person corporations get nervous about.
Which is how he ends up in Gotham.
Danny standing in front of Wayne Manor after speaking to one of the Wayne pets.
He’s polite. Unbothered.
“Hi. So. Your bats asked me to visit.”
And somewhere deep in the Batcave, several hundred bats are absolutely losing their minds because FINALLY someone is listening.
Bruce is suspicious. Obviously.
Danny is just there like, “Sir, your microchiroptera community has notes. Mostly about the acoustics. Also one of them thinks you’re emotionally constipated.”
That’s how the Wayne family gets a consultant who doesn’t need hacking skills to uncover secrets.
He just asks the wildlife.
