User blog:JLO363/Spectra Vondergeist

Spectra Vondergeist, momentarily known as Spectra Von Hauntington, is the daughter of the Ghosts. She is from the 19th century[1] and can float through the walls and possesses an “uncanny” ability to overhear school gossip. She is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald. {| class="toc" id="toc"

Contents
[hide]*1 Personality
 * 2 Portrayals
 * 2.1 Classic Monster
 * 3 Relationships
 * 3.1 Family
 * 3.2 Pet
 * 3.3 Romance
 * 4 Spectra In The Monster High Books
 * 5 Meta Timeline
 * 6 Dolls
 * 6.1 School's Out
 * 6.2 Maul Fashion
 * 6.3 Dot Dead Gorgeous
 * 7 Notes
 * 8 Spectra's Gallery
 * 9 References
 * 10 Comments
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PersonalityEdit
Spectra has a very forceful personality and she often makes quick judgments and leaps to conclusions without supporting evidence. When she's confronted with the facts, she tends to dig in her heels. She draws the line at planting a fake story though. This makes for an excellent gossip columnist, but not a friend you would want to share secrets with. In her diary it's hinted that she's constructed a mysterious, fanciful history for herself, and even began to believe it herself, but that the truth about her family is actually quite tragic (though it's never revealed). This may be why she's still a ghost; she hasn't "moved on" from whatever happened to them in life. But despite all this, she is seen as a kind monster and helps those in need of her, she also is known to easily get the truth out of other monsters which also gives her a detective/reporter complex.

PortrayalsEdit
Her voice in the webisodes is provided by Erin Fitzgerald.



In the music video for the Monster High Fright Song, there are several different character analogues who received creative interpretation by the video crew. The "Ghost Girl" is portrayed by Catina Duscio.

Classic MonsterEdit
Spectra is the daughter of "the Ghosts", and her chain accessories suggest she may be related to Jacob Marley's ghost from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Jacob Marley was a business partner of Ebeneezer Scrooge, and together they delighted in cruelty, stinginess and greed. Marley died and Scrooge continued the business, but was too stingy to pay someone to paint out Marley's name on the sign outside of the office.

Eventually, Marley's ghost appears to Scrooge to warn him about his own fate in the afterlife: he is covered in chains "long, and wound about him like a tail; it was made... of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel."

While Jacob Marley is the most prominent fictional ghost where the chains are a distinct motif, chains have often been associated with ghosts in legends even before Dickens.

FamilyEdit
Spectra writes in her diary that her long-lost love haunts "the family's ancestral castle" but it's strongly implied that all of this was something she'd made up.

Her parents are ghosts, but nothing else is known about them. In her diary it's hinted that the truth about her family is actually quite tragic, though it's never revealed -- the story Spectra writes about (castles, a midnight journey across borders) is something she made up, and even began to believe it until Ghoulia reminded her about the truth.

PetEdit
Added byCurious678Spectra's pet is a purple ghost ferret is named Rhuen. Rhuen's friends are Sir Hoots A Lot (Ghoulia Yelps's owl) and Shiver (Abbey Bominable's pet wooly mammoth).

RomanceEdit
In Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way, Spectra expressed interest in Billy Phaidin, a boy she'd known since eighth grade. As of Back And Deader Than Ever, it is known that the two are dating.

Spectra In The Monster High BooksEdit
Spectra first appears in Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way at Clawdeen's Sassy Sixteen, flirting with Billy Phaidin. In this version, she is invisble and can only be seen by a special scented spray she carries with her.

Meta TimelineEdit

 * November 2, 2010: Mattel requested a trademark for the name "Spectra Vondergeist".[2]
 * November 17, 2010: An Amazon listing appears for a Spectra von Hauntington plush doll.
 * March 8, 2011: A picture of a prototype Spectra doll (named on the box as "Spectra von Hauntington")leaked onto Flickr
 * April 13, 2011: The box of a leaked Clawd and Draculaura 2-pack showed small pics of Spectra Vondergeist and Abbey Bominable.
 * May 13, 2011: Mattel released offcial pictures of both Spectra and Abbey with their pets on Facebook.
 * May 17, 2011: A Spectra doll had been bought at a Toyworld store in Australia.[3]
 * June 8, 2011: Spectra's plush was found at a Wal-Mart.[4]
 * June 9, 2011: Spectra's and Abbey's bio were added to monsterhigh.com.
 * June 16 2011: Spectra was found hiding in a sculpture in the webisode "Miss Infearmation".
 * June 17, 2011: Spectra was found in Toys"R"Us stores accross the United States.
 * June 23, 2011: Spectra is first heard speaking in the webisode Hyde and Shriek
 * September 22, 2011: Spectra first appears in person in the webisode Ghostly Gossip

School's OutEdit
1 of 3Add photo*Line: School's Out
 * School's Out Spectra Vondergeist doll
 * Release: July 2011
 * Spectra wears a black and purple goth dress with three chains hanging from one side of her torso to the other, imitating a bodice-style look. She also sports a chain belt and a double chain for necklace. Her shoes are translucent purple and have chains wrapped around them, ending in metal balls which serves as the heels. She also has chains with black metal balls for earrings and part of a Victorian shackle for a bracelet.
 * The doll comes with a purple bag with chain for purse, a Rhuen figurine, a real-life sized purple brush, a purple doll stand and a diary.
 * There are two versions of School's Out Spectra released. The original release has Spectra wearing earrings with black chains. Later versions sport earrings with silver chains.

Maul FashionEdit
1 of 1Add photo*Line: Maul Fashion
 * Maul Fashion Spectra Vondergeist outfit
 * Release: November 2011
 * Spectra wears a purple, black and pink dress covered in a chain pattern and with sleeves reaching to her elbows. She wears a sparkly silver scarf over her head and sports chain-rimmed sunglasses. Her shoes are translucent white and covered in four windings of chains.
 * The outfit comes with a ball and chain-style purse with pink ball, a Monster Beat magazine and a grey iPad-like device in the shape a tombstone.

Dot Dead GorgeousEdit
1 of 1Add photoSpectra is wearing a long flowing purple dress edged with violet netting.The dress has black spotty patterns.Spectra`s hair is tied up in a ponytail.Her makeup matches her outfit.
 * Line: Dot Dead Gorgeous
 * Release: ???
 * Dot Dead Gorgeous Spectra Doll

NotesEdit

 * In early product listings, Spectra was known as "Ghost Girl" and "Spectra Von Hauntington".
 * Spectra's first name comes from the word "specter/spectre", which means "ghostly appearance".
 * Spectra's surname "Vondergeist" is German ("von der Geist") and means "from the ghost/spirit". Interestingly, while Spectra made up being royalty, the "von" part of name does suggest she's nobility.
 * Spectra Vondergeist is the only Monster High character to have been given an analogue in the Fright Song music video prior to her release as a doll or debut as a character.
 * She runs the school's Ghostly Gossip, which is a gossip blog.
 * While in her diary Spectra is outgoing and gossips for the fun of it, regardless of what harm she causes others, in the webisodes she appears shy and withdrawn, posting stories because she idolizes the ghouls. So far there is no proof of her lying, but her voice actor has revealed that Spectra will surprise us in future webisodes.
 * Spectra is one of two known gossipers. The other is Draculaura.
 * It is possible that she does not enjoy Physical Deaducation, because she signs out the Physical Deaducation survival guide from the library.

Spectra's GalleryEdit
Spectra's Monster High Facebook picture uploaded on Friday the 13th, 2011. Spectra full body Spectra spying on Cleo in a gargoyle statue. Spectra snapping a shot afterAbbey froze Heath Spectra taking a shot afterJackson turned away fromFrankie  Spectra takeing picture of lagoona and gil  Spectra on her iCoffin  Spectra's ability to go through objects. "Ruin your life?"Heavens no!" Spectra full body.  "My apologies!"  Spectra with her iCoffin.  Spectra's "secret/hiding" place.  Spectra, taking a peek at the ghouls' diaries.  Spectra opening her locker  Spectra worried  Spectra and Operetta  Cleo asking Spectra's help to check inside Deuce's locker  Spectra with her ghoul Abbey   Frankie, Abbey, Spectra, and Lagoona.  Spectra taking a pic to put it on the ghostly gossip  "Planting a fake story could ruin my reputation."  "My sources tell me it's going to be epic!"  Spectra inviting a Belfry Prep student to a dance  Spectra with her ghouls  Spectra in Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?  Spectra looking at heath in " ghosts with dirty faces"  Spectra speaking to Toralei about Heath  Spectra and Heath  Heath giving a light to Spectra  Spectra in Dot Dead Gorgeous   Spectra and Rhuen plushies  "I spent the whole trip coughing!". Spectra in 'Escape From Skull Shores'. "Sorry ghouls, I can't make it.". "My parents are taking me to some of their old haunts! Should make some great ghost stories for my blog!".