“I am the perfect storm!”


Vortex: Insane Weather causing Force of Nature
VOICE ACTOR: David Boat*
AGE: Unknown
EYES: Red
HAIR: Umm…Green (he doesn’t have hair)
STATUS: Weather Ghost, recent escaped patient of a ghost mental hospital
LIKES: Weathers (it’s his art), raining down destructions (no pun intended)
DISLIKES: People ruling over him, being played as someone’s lackey, perfect weather
PERSONALITY: Crazy, insane, demented, overreacting, loud, angry
WEAKNESS: Just get a half ghost boy with brief weather powers and fight fire with fire
FIRST APPEARANCE: “Torrent of Terror”
GOAL: And now presenting the Mad, Mad, Mad Dancing Vortexes, oh, and something about ruining the planet’s weather system just for the hell of it

HISTORY: Vortex is a nut bag, clear and simple. He’s got some serious grudge issues with planet Earth if he feels the need to create random bouts of terrible weather towards all four corners of the globe, or it might be his general idea of fun, or to create “art”, so he claims. It doesn’t matter either way to the Observants who got sick and tired of his shit and finally got around to imprisoning him since Danny Phantom failed to do the job, unaware of the ghost’s presence despite the blatant obvious bad weather he caused in front view of every single human he scares off.

Vortex is about to be sentenced by the one eyed watchers until Vlad--disguised as an Observant guard--beats the shit out of most of them and frees Vortex. Using the Observants’ spectral barometer, Vlad managed to get Vortex to do whatever the hell he wants since the device prevents Vortex from using his powers freely--just like a neutered pet. Using that to his advantage, Vlad gets Vortex to create rain for Amity Park’s recent drought as a way to cater to his people. Danny and his buddies see through his rouse and suspect his motives.

They get it right when Vortex retaliates back to his pseudo-master when Vlad tells ol’ crazy to desist the rain. Using the barometer against him, it ricochets off of Vortex’s chest (because his chest plate is his armor, I assume), destroying it and rendering him free. Vortex then leaves Vlad’s office and screws up the weather this side of Day After Tomorrow, heading towards Italy by the time Tucker and Sam gets to him via Fenton Jet Plane while Vlad handles a weather controlling emotionally charged Danny, courtesy of Vortex beforehand. Using reverse psychology, Danny’s duo sidekicks lures Vortex back to Amity Park where he and Danny fight, fire to fire, with the good guy eventually winning out. Then Vlad blames Danny (“Torrent of Terror”).

Vortex later appears as a wanted poster from the GZ Cops (“Boxed Up Fury”) and fully returned as a small cameo as one of the many ghosts saving the world from a rampaging asteroid (“Phantom Planet”).

PERSONALITY: Vortex is a loon. A crazy, crazy loon. He’s overreacting, he’s deranged, he’s psychotic and just as unpredictable as the winds he controls. Naturally, it’s certain his mind is unstable. He needs some serious case of ghost therapy. That’s about it.

NEO YI’s OPINION: Since the show never explained why he likes to muck up the weather other then saying it’s his art (which isn’t even emphasized), I’m gonna make up a theory and say he’s mental illness caused him to go crazy and blow shit up with his powers. Other then that, I don’t care about him, he holds nothing of interest.

*Credit for Vortex's voice actor goes to a fan named Megan (surname withdrawn for protection) who manage to find out. Thanks for the info.

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