Regarding the Fright Knight (Part 2)
Continuing where we left off, thankfully this part of my episode analysis for the Fright Knight’s first episode appearance is much more interesting!
Part 1: https://thesoulspulse.tumblr.com/post/666359230026186752/regarding-the-fright-knight-part-1
And with that, lets begin!
12) I forgot to mention in the previous post but while it’s probably just one of common animation glitches in the show I thought this was interesting that the puppet Danny possessed was still glowing after he fully exited it.
13) Fitting that this is number 13 on the list. The next part is about how Danny followed the map he made to the Fright Knight’s lair which as we know from later in the series is actually Pariah’s Keep but I’ll get to that later on. Also, sorry Danny but I think you need to update that map because that little island on the bottom right looks nothing like Walker’s Prison so those lairs must be further away from this castle. Same goes with Skulker’s lair on the top right supposedly. Anyone can tell those other islands are just parts of the same castle.
Not to mention, Walker’s Prison is literally just a floating building and technically I don’t think Danny had ever been to Skulker’s lair since his first visit there was while chained to Valerie in the episode “Life Lessons.”
14) Moving on to the castle itself, now that I’ve actually seen it for the first time in a while I guess it’s true that it does give off more of a Pariah Dark feel than a Fright Knight one so there’s probably a story to that we don’t know about. The Fright Knight is supposed to be THE Spirit of Halloween which is based off of the 2000 year old celtic holiday of “Samhain.” The front gate even has a scar over the same eye as Pariah when he appears later in the series.
15) Refocusing on this episode again, I get why Danny went there in ghost form since he feels safer like that with his powers, but since he learned that humans phase through things after his encounter with Walker if Danny had remembered that fact sooner he wouldn’t have gotten hurt. By the way, this is the only time we see in more detail that Danny does have ectoplasmic blood while in ghost form.
In the next frame we see his suit totally mended again but I’ll excuse that as part of his healing factor since I’m guessing his suit kinda repairs itself too otherwise it would have been torn to shreds ages ago after all the fights he’s been in.
16) Wow, this place has a lot of traps! On another note, I have this theory about the lesser ghosts of the Ghost Zone like these skeletons are like reanimated bones without minds of their own so they’re usually manipulated by more powerful ghosts such as the Fright Knight and Pariah Dark himself, aka the Ghost King. I think that’s why none of these skeletons are moving, because they’re in a dormant state until their masters re-appear. And given the designs on their shields, I’m guessing these guys are all the Fright Knight’s soldiers specifically which is why they bow to him later.
17) Danny must have read where to go to find the Fright Knight because it’s interesting he didn’t go the wrong way and stumble across the throne room where Pariah’s resting place is. Just saying!
Also, I was right, the skeletons reanimated as soon as Danny pulls out the sword, sensing the imminent return of the Fright Knight. I love how you can actually see their aura change color too!
Bonus: I wonder why these skeletons are so huge? Because the adults in the show aren’t usually that tall. These guys have to be at least, what, 9 feet tall? Also, check out that skeleton on the far left, it actually has a shocked expression so I wonder if that one is a bit self-aware and felt almost impressed that a human had guts to break into the castle.
18) And now the moment we’ve all been waiting for! The Fright Knight cometh! Ok, but I will admit the timing off the bats was a bit off if you ask me.
19) You know, everyone makes mistakes but frankly Danny was kinda asking for trouble by stealing the Fright Knight’s sword. Still, can’t complain too much because it brought one of my favorite characters into the phandom.
20) Ah ok, it was hard to see but the Fright Knight flew out of one of the tower spires so Danny never went in the front gates. That explains why he never saw the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep.
21) This is purely visual but I think it’s cool the moon is shown purple here.
22) I’m just gonna gush about how awesome this recovery is after Danny knocks the Fright Knight off Nightmare’s back. On a side note, that bridle only has a mouth piece so how the heck is it staying in place? I get not having a saddle since the wings need room to flap but come on...
23) When Danny sticks the sword in the ground it CAUSES an ecto-storm I found that very interesting. Again I’ll get into the reason in a bit...
24) Here’s my last comment before I split into another part since this is taking longer than expected.I thought it was funny how Danny just casually yeeted the real zombies animated by the swords power fueling an extra powerful ecto-storm. That big guy looks so disappointed because he really wanted to nom on those brains. Maybe next time buddy!
