Alienated (Episode)

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Alienated
Release Date	October 16th, 2023
Watch Episode	Episode 1: Alienated
Details
Episode Number	1
Adapted From	Chapter 1: Alienated
Episode Guide
Next Episode	The Lonely Ghost

Alienated is the first episode of the 5 Years Later: Motion Comic, and the adaptation of Chapter 1: Alienated.

Summary

Danny Fenton, five years after retiring from his teenage heroics, helps his father with his latest passion project: cross-dimensional travel.

Details

Major Events

• Danny gets trapped in the Null Void after completing the Ghost Portal Upgrade.
• Battle in the Null Void
  • Ben and Danny form an alliance to take down a Way Bad.
• Vlad makes his way back to Earth after five years of banishment.

Characters

Heroes

• Danny Fenton
• Ben Tennyson
• Rook Blonko

Villains

• Way Bad
• Vlad Masters

Transformations

• Swampfire
• Ghostfreak
• Echo Echo
• Jetray
• Feedback
• Armodrillo

Minor

• Tucker Foley (flashback)
• Sam Manson (flashback & photo)
• Jack Fenton (flashback)
• Maddie Fenton (flashback)
• Jazz Fenton (mentioned)
• Ember McLain (cameo)
• Technus (cameo)
• Proctor Servantis (cameo)
• Blukic and Driba (mentioned)
• Noxi (flashback)
• Kitty (flashback)

Locations

• Fenton Works
• Null Void
• Rooters Facility

Differences From The Comic Version

Some scenes in the Motion Comic were changed, cut, or extended with some visual and dialogue alterations, even since the Recalibrated Event. While most panels have been altered to include vfx and animation, these are the significant changes:

• Like how Ben has special info boxes for each transformation, extra panels highlighting examples of Danny’s powers were added. These included his Ghost Sense, Ecto-Energy Constructs, Ice Powers, and his signature move, the Ghostly Wail. It was grouped with a centrepiece of 14-year-old Danny transforming into his first Danny Phantom costume, as his logo shortly fades in. This is a visual demonstration of his origin.
• A shot of Danny’s POV going through the Ghost Portal, traveling across the Temporal Zone, and entering the Null Void was added for enhanced visuals.
• We see a new flashback of the Specter Speeder which was added when Ben explains where they are, along with an image of Servantis.
• When Vlad returns to Earth, we can now see its reflection in his eyes.

Trivia

• This episode has the least amount of added animation and multi-plane techniques as the Motion Comic’s editing style was still being developed during production. Each episode’s composition will evolve starting with Episode 2.
• This is Scott Frerichs first proper debut playing Danny Phantom, after being teased in a few promos and trailers. He is the second actor to voice Danny after Nicholas Andrew Louie.
• Melodies and motifs from Danny Phantom and the Ben 10 Franchise are woven into the episode’s original score, including Feedback’s iconic theme music.
• Many of the sound effects heard such as Rook’s Proto-Tool are pulled directly from Ben 10: Protector of Earth and Ben 10: Omniverse (Video Game).
  • Ben’s Omnitrix soundboard combines sound cues from all four versions of the watch from the prime franchise.
  • As Danny Phantom did not have accessible sound effects authentically from the show, most of his soundboard was made from scratch, including his Ghostly Wail.

• Kellen purchased a MIDI Piano just to create Echo Echo’s voice effect, though he has since used it for other projects.