Echoes and specters

i know it all happened during the contemporary time of summer 2006, but did someone happen to have the technology to videotape the “Save Danny Phantom” viacom protest? i need a video of that shit because HOLY HELL was it filled with passion. you know what im talking about:

im shitting myself. there were multiple rallies for saving Danny in multiple locations throughout the years. not only that but it’s so much more elaborate than i could’ve ever imagined. They made a whole travel guide on how to get there with a set of rules, maps, registrations, and list of hotels of contacts. This is some serious level of devotion to a cartoon, especially in 2007-2009. how the fuck does no one ever bring this up??

It was the last Save Danny Rally being held, and Butch was rumored to attend (he did! Though I didn’t get to meet him due to a lucky/unlucky chance of getting free tickets to the KCAs that were being held in the same place).

Since I had a crappy flip phone back then and a disposable camera, taking video wasn’t something I did (probably same boat for others). Here are a few pics I DID take, however!

The admin on the DPOF made the signs and set-up for the table. It looked so cool - they even made little gifts for the attendees! I still have them. They were old DP Campbell’s soup containers with DP stickers and pins inside.

The rally itself was SO. FUN. Seriously, my parents were really concerned that it was being organized by creepers preying on kids online but I’m so glad they took the chance to go because everyone there was super nice!

We were all able to come together and gush over the show while walking around with our “Save Danny” signs asking people to sign our petition to bring the show back.

I was surprised/ecstatic at how many random people told us how much they loved/missed the show and gladly signed.

I actually did my senior year college story/scrapbook for my writing class ABOUT this experience. That’s how much of a positive impact it had on me. Here’s a sample of it: