Danny Wheeler |
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| Information | |
| Full Name |
Daniel Mellencamp Wheeler |
| Nickname(s) | |
| Gender |
Male |
| Date of Birth |
October 19, 1987 |
| Resides in | |
| Occupation |
Hockey Player/Bar Owner |
| Eye Color |
Blue |
| Hair Color |
Dirty blonde |
| Family |
Riley Perrin (Wife) |
| Romances |
Riley Perrin (Wife) |
| Friends |
Tucker Dobbs (Best Friend) |
| Production | |
| First Episode | |
| Portrayed By | |
Daniel "Danny" Mellencamp Wheeler (born October 29, 1987) is the brother of Ben Wheeler, who, in his twenties, becomes a surprise uncle to a baby girl left on his doorstep by his brother's ex-girlfriend Angela. Danny, along with his mother Bonnie Wheeler, and Ben's close friends Tucker and Riley helps raise the baby. He is also a professional hockey player for the New York Rangers.
He also owns The Bar On B, which he owns alongside his younger brother Ben.
He is portrayed by Derek Theler.
History[]
Season 1[]
In Pilot, When Danny is relocated to the NY Rangers, he moves in with Ben and Tucker. After finding Emma on the doorstep, he and Tucker immediately believe her to be Ben's. He calls Riley over to help them with the baby. She arrives and tells the guys she needed someone to pick up some items from the store, so Ben and Tucker quickly flee. While there were out, Danny learns about the crush Riley has on Ben. When she tries to leave after helping them, Danny blackmails her by using her crush on Ben.
The next day, when Ben has to go to work and Tucker leaves, Danny has to care for Emma. While doing so, Angela comes over and leaves some papers for Ben. When he notifies his brother, Ben rushes home and is mad that Danny let Angela leave. Danny claims it was because he had to take care of Emma. He gives Ben the papers Angela had left and tells him they if he signed them, Emma would be put up for adoption.
While Ben and Bonnie are home, Danny and Riley go out to a bar and Danny asks her how long she had had a crush on Ben, but Riley doesn't know. He tells her she should move on since Ben had a baby. Riley thinks Ben could take care of Emma, but Danny counters, saying he had signed the adoption papers. Riley thinks it was only because no one believed he could do it since they all pushed for him to sign them.
She leaves to go help Ben with the baby since Bonnie was leaving. Before she can get to his door, Danny stops her and tells her to let him take care of her by himself or he'd never believe in himself and she agrees. When Tucker comes by, they stop him too and Ben is forced to change her diaper by himself. Danny, Riley, and Tucker eat and sleep out in the hall. The next day, Ben tells them he wanted to raise Emma.
In I Told You So, Danny tells Ben he told Bonnie that Ben decided to raise Emma instead of putting her up for adoption. Wanting to impress her and show how responsible he was, Ben comes up with an idea to make a schedule later, but Danny and Tucker tell him they had other plans. When Bonnie arrives they quickly make up a plan.
When it is Danny's turn to take Emma, he has to take her to hockey practice, but soon learns there were rules about bringing babies in the locker rooms. He calls Ben and tells him this, but Ben wasn't able to pick her up since he was at work, so Ben calls Tucker.
Later, it is Ben's turn with Emma, but he tells Danny, Tucker, and Riley he had a date, but they leave. Ben stops them and tells them he would be quick. Riley says she would have offered, but had gotten roped into helping Bonnie. Ben reassures her he would figure it out since he said he would. She, Danny, Tucker go to the elevator, but Ben stops Danny and Tucker before they can get on. They try to leave via the stairs and Ben said he was invoking the bro code. Ben is then able to leave and Tucker tells Danny he hated the code.
After putting Emma to sleep, Danny tells Tucker he was leaving since there was no reason for them both to stay home and leaves, but unbeknownst to him, Tucker was listening to music and didn't hear him. Tucker soon leaves thinking Danny was still home.
Ben is anxious on his date and can't stop thinking about Emma, so he decides to call to see how she was faring. He calls Danny who is out and tells him Tucker had it covered. Ben calls Tucker and finds out he is bowling, so he tells Chloe he had to leave since neither were home with his daughter.
He arrives home and can't find Emma, but Bonnie and Riley come in with her. As they talked, Danny and Tucker also arrive, apologetic and worried about Emma. Ben says it was alright since they all made mistakes, but they were going to need help.
In The Nurse and the Curse, Danny has his first game with the NY Rangers since being traded there and is very nervous and superstitious, but Bonnie knows how to deal with him. He tells Riley he wished she could have seen some of his games in Calgary and Bonnie tells them she had been to all of his games.
Danny goes over a list of items with Bonnie and Riley can't believe he was still superstitious and asks about the rank jersey he used to wear in high school. Danny shows it to her, telling her he wore it under his uniform for every game. Bonnie says he wore it when he won his first championship when he was fourteen.
Later, Riley comes over to see if Ben need help with Emma and Danny tells her he was out on a date. Danny tells her to get over him, and she lies, saying she was. When Ben comes back, Danny takes Emma to go watch a movie while Ben talked to Riley about Cassie. The next day Cassie and Riley come to the bar after going on a shopping trip. When Cassie leaves, Ben asks Riley what she thought of her. Riley lies to him and when he leaves, she tells Danny she hated Cassie.
The next morning, while going through the laundry, Bonnie finds Danny’s jersey is now ruined and Tucker questions her about what it was, saying he thought it was a rag when he had been doing laundry. She shoos Tucker out of the room and Riley gets Danny to leave with her. Tucker comes back and thinks he understands the situation, but when Bonnie explains it, he realizes he hadn't understood. At the bar, Riley talks to Danny about how phony she thought Cassie was. She admits she was a little jealous and that ever since Ben came back into her life, the old feelings from high school came back. Danny tells her it was Ben's loss.
Bonnie goes to the Rangers's locker room and brings Danny his stuff, but he notices his jersey is missing. She tells him it had been destroyed, but he thinks she lost it. She tells him it was going to be okay, but he disagrees. Bonnie tells him none of his items were lucky and to not let some shirt determine his greatness.
During the game he is put in the penalty box multiple times for being too violent. After the game, Riley is embarrassed about putting Ben's girlfriend in a headlock and talks to Danny about it, thinking Ben hated her. Danny tells her to tell Ben the truth about Cassie and move on, but she decides to leave.
In the bar, Bonnie makes a toast to Danny and Tucker shows Danny that Emma was wearing his jersey in a mini version. Danny thinks that was the reason he won, but Bonnie thinks it was her pep talk to believe in himself. After the game, Tucker shows Danny that Emma was wearing the jersey and Danny says she was the reason he had won the game and was now his good luck charm.
In Guys, Interrupted, Ben gives Bonnie a key to his, Danny, and Tucker's apartment – much to Danny and Tucker's displeasure – because she "gave him life," but he soon finds that it may not have been the best idea when Bonnie starts bothering the guys.
Meanwhile, Riley has a new study buddy, Jack, who Danny seems jealous of, but Ben encourages her to date him.
Season 2[]
Season 3[]
Season 4[]
In What Happens In Vegas, The Wheeler family goes to Las Vegas. After a drunk night, Danny and Brad wake up married. Meanwhile, Bonnie wakes up handcuffed to a magician.
Season 5[]
Season 6[]
Relationships[]
Ben Wheeler[]
Ben is Danny's brother and roommate. They both have competed for the heart of Riley over the seasons. Although Danny has always been in love with Riley and it breaks his heart to see her and his brother together, Danny always acts in their best interests and tries to support their relationship in exchange for their happiness. He has grown to be a responsible loving dad.
It is said several times on the show that he says "Riley" and he helped Ben with his relationship with his best friend Riley and never did something to betrayed or sabotage his brother.
Riley Perrin[]
Riley is Danny's best friend and wife. He has had a crush on her ever since they were kids but she doesn't know it. They were on the same lacrosse team and he wrote about her in his journal showing he has been in love with her since childhood. His feelings seem to have gone away for her after he started dating Amy. However, this could be questioned after the episode A Knight to Remember (episode 9, season 3), when Danny is elated when he thinks Riley is into him. Later in the episode even though Riley said that she's actually into Phillip; a British guy she met earlier Danny claimed that he won't give up on her and that he is her "knight in shining armor." And he was upset when Ben and Riley date in season 3. However in season 4, Riley breaks up with Ben for Danny. After Danny learns that Riley knew about his love for her but didn't say anything, he left Riley to spend the weekend with Robyn. In the second half of the season, Danny seems to have forgiven Riley for her actions. It was revealed in "Wheeler War" that Danny's feelings for Riley have not wavered despite their prior argument. In the season 4 finale Ben after finding out Danny and Riley both love each other decides that if he can't be with Riley he wants her to be happy with Danny. At the end of the episode while officiating Bonnie and Brad's wedding he talks about hi why Danny and Riley should be together and asks Danny what he is waiting for. Danny walks over and kisses Riley interrupting the wedding. Bonnie and Brad decide to wait to get married. But Danny decides that since everyone is already there they should get married and proposes to Riley ending the episode with her stunned. After shocking Riley, she pretends to not remember and faint. Although she knew and thought she was not ready. Danny then talks to Riley and asks her to "Marry Me...Someday". After that their relationship is steady. But then after Ben wants to date Sam he urges Danny to move in with Riley. Riley and Danny break up though. The fight for two months, but later make up and get back together. At the end of season 5 Riley reveals she is pregnant with his child. In season 6 episode 8, Danny and Riley get married.
Tucker Dobbs[]
Tucker is Danny's friend and roommate. They help Ben take care of Emma. Tucker knows that Danny has a crush on Riley but keeps it a secret and avoids letting Riley find out.
Bonnie Wheeler[]
Bonnie is Danny's extravagant and over-dramatic mom who lives across the street from him. It is often stated that Bonnie thinks of Danny as her favorite child.
Ray Wheeler[]
Ray is Danny's gay father who divorced his mother when he was 24. Ray now lives in Florida with his husband, Steve.
Emma Wheeler[]
Emma is Danny's niece and goddaughter. Danny is a very fun uncle who teaches her tricks at times. Danny can also be protective of her as seen in "Flirty Dancing" Danny is seen teaching Emma how to dance and saying the guy always leads and if the guy's hand slips any lower that her back Danny said to call him so he can break the guys hand.
Dr. Amy Shaw[]
Amy was Danny's girlfriend. He met her when we went through therapy with her but they eventually starting dating soon after that. He thought that Amy was pregnant but it ended up being a misunderstanding. After seeing signs that Danny still had a crush on Riley, Amy breaks up with him. Regardless, they stayed friends.
Robyn[]
Robyn is Danny's most recent ex-girlfriend. They meet through Riley and started off as just rebounds for each other but then soon began a relationship. Their relationship was put into jeopardy when Riley started having feelings for Danny, but Danny ultimately chooses Robyn over her. This puts a big hole in Robyn and Riley's friendship, when Robyn tells Riley to "back off". Danny breaks up with Robyn at the beginning of Season 4 after he meets Ashley, a hockey fan-girl of his.
Trivia[]
- He has loved Riley since they were kids.
- He has a lucky jersey.
- He was 14 pounds when he was born.
- Bonnie says that Danny messed up her body when she was pregnant with him.
- Danny's jersey number is 23.
- Danny's full name is Daniel Mellencamp Wheeler.
- He was elected Prom King in High School.
- He bought the bar that Ben works at.
- Like his brother, he is a womanizer but that stopped after he got with Riley.
- He proposed to Riley in It's a Nice Day for a Wheeler Wedding.
- In high school, Danny slept with Sam and Riley found out.
- In the episode You Cruise, You Lose, it's revealed by a drunk Bonnie that Danny and Ben have an unnamed sister in Phoenix.
- It is unknown if he informed Ben of this news.
- He is afraid of clowns, meaning he suffers from coulrophobia.
- His favorite thing to eat for dinner is chocolate cereal.
- He hates the color green, but loves blue.
- He loves watching ball games with beer, doing trivia nights and taco tuesdays with his brother and friends.
- He loves doing pranks on family and friends.
- He loves romantic movies.
- He and his family love Halloween.
- Danny hates keeping secrets.
- He is afraid of sirens.
Gallery[]
Promotional images:
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