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{{Quote|But I have been waiting my entire death to cover a story like this. So much chaos makes for great headlines!|Spectra Vondergeist in "[[Fright On!]]"}}
 
{{Quote|But I have been waiting my entire death to cover a story like this. So much chaos makes for great headlines!|Spectra Vondergeist in "[[Fright On!]]"}}
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|name=Spectra Vondergeist
 
|name=Spectra Vondergeist
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|image= Spectra Vondergeist™.png
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|dollyear={{year|11}}
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|birthday=October 30th {{Source|Twitter#Birthdays|Twitter}}
 
|age=16–in monster years
 
|age=16–in monster years
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|pet=[[Rhuen (G1)|Rhuen]]
|killer_style=Silk, silk, and more silk accentuated with a touch of metal. It allows me to freely float about with just a hint of rattle. It's quite the haunting look wouldn't you agree?
 
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|log=[[:Category: Spectra Vondergeist logs|5 Available]]
|freaky_flaw=Yes, well I've never really given this much thought you see since I find that it's unhealthy to focus on what one does wrong especially when contrasted with all the good one does in unlife. I am also not a gossip despite rumors to the contrary.
 
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|voice_provider=[[Erin Fitzgerald]] {{Flag|US}}|designers=[[Garrett Sander]]|portrayers=[[Catina Duscio]] ([[Fright Song]])|species=[[Ghosts|Ghost]]|pronouns=She/Her|occupation={{Scroll|
|pet=[[Rhuen]] is my ghost ferret. Did you know the name ferret comes from the Latin word fuittus, which means "little thief"? Of course you didn't until I told you.
 
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Student at [[Monster High (location) (G1)|Monster High]]
|favorite_activity=Providing certain information not readily available to the general Monster High student body.
 
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|pet_peeve=When certain monsters doubt the behind the screams information I have about what really happens at Monster High. It can be very difficult being the only one in the whole school to know.
 
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Editor of the [[Gory Gazette]]
|fav_school_subj=Journalism.
 
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|least_fav_school_subj=Math. It's just so rigid and un-open to interpretation.
 
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[[Newspaper Club]] Member
|fav_color=Violet.
 
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|fav_food=Angel Food cake. It's light and full of sweetness, much like me.
 
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Temporary [[Fearleading|Fear Squad]] Member
|bffs=Everyone loves Spectra V!
 
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|diary=[[:Category:Spectra Vondergeist diaries|Two Available]]
 
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Member of the [[Monster Tennis]] team
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'''Spectra Vondergeist''' is the daughter of the Ghosts. She is from the 19th century<ref>''[[Ghoul Spirit]]''</ref> and can float through the walls and possesses an “uncanny” ability to overhear school gossip. She is voiced by [[Erin Fitzgerald]].
 
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Member of the [[Student Disembody Council]]
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[[Rhuen (G1)|Rhuen]] is my ghost ferret. Did you know the name ferret comes from the Latin word fuittus, which means "little thief"? Of course, you didn’t until I told you.
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The Ghosts <small> (parents)</small>
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Unknown ghost relatives
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[[Abbey Bominable (G1)|Abbey Bominable]]
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[[Clawd Wolf (G1)|Clawd Wolf]]
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[[Clawdeen Wolf (G1)|Clawdeen Wolf]]
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[[Cleo de Nile (G1)|Cleo de Nile]]
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[[Draculaura (G1)|Draculaura]]
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[[Frankie Stein (G1)|Frankie Stein]]
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[[Ghoulia Yelps (G1)|Ghoulia Yelps]]
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[[Hoodude Voodoo (G1)|Hoodude Voodoo]]
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[[Kiyomi Haunterly (G1)|Kiyomi Haunterly]]
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[[Porter Geiss (G1)|Porter Geiss]]
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[[River Styxx (G1)|River Styxx]]
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[[Rochelle Goyle (G1)|Rochelle Goyle]]
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[[Scarah Screams (G1)|Scarah Screams]]
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[[Sirena Von Boo (G1)|Sirena Von Boo]]
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[[Twyla Boogeyman (G1)|Twyla Boogeyman]]
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[[Vandala Doubloons (G1)|Vandala Doubloons]]
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|h=80px}}|enemies=[[Revenant (G1)|Revenant]]|killer_style={{Scroll|
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Silk, silk, and more silk accentuated with a touch of metal. It allows me to freely float about with just a hint of rattle. It’s quite the haunting look, don’t you agree?
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|h=80px}}|freaky_flaw={{Scroll|
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Yes, well, I’ve never really given this much thought, you see, since I find that it’s unhealthy to focus on what one does wrong, especially when contrasted with all the good one does in unlife. I am also not a gossip despite rumors on the contrary.
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|h=80px}}|favorite_activity={{Scroll|
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Providing certain information not readily available to the general Monster High student body.
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|h=80px}}|biggest_pet_peeve={{Scroll|
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When others monsters doubt the behind the screams information I have about what really happens at Monster High. It can be difficult being the only one in the whole school to know.
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|h=80px}}|favorite_color={{Color|Violet|Violet}}|favorite_school_subject=Journalism|least_favorite_school_subject=Math. It’s just so rigid and unopen to interpretation.|favorite_food=Angel Food Cake. It’s light and full of sweetness, much like me.|aliases=Spectra V (by herself)<br> Ghost Girl ([[Fright Song]])}}
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'''Spectra Vondergeist''' is a 2011-introduced and all-around character. She is a [[Ghosts|ghost]] and a student at [[Monster High (location) (G1)|Monster High]]. She is the reporter of Monster High, and a celebrity within the student body, editor of the in-school famous [[Gory Gazette]] blog, the former Ghostly Gossip.
   
==Personality==
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==Portrayers==
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She is voiced by [[Erin Fitzgerald]] in English.
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 [[Spectra Vondergeist's School's Out diary|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.
 
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[[File:MVghostgirl1.png|left|thumb]]
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Though Spectra herself does not make an appearance in the music video for the Monster High [[Fright Song]], there are several different character ghost analogues who received creative interpretation by the video crew. The "''Ghost Girl''" is portrayed by [[Catina Duscio]].
   
==Portrayals==
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==Character==
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===History===
Her voice in the webisodes is provided by [[Erin Fitzgerald]].
 
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Spectra's past is probably one of the most covered mysteries within the Monster High community. In fact, she is quite reluctant to uncover anything about her past. 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.<ref>[[Spectra Vondergeist's Back to School diary]]</ref> Until further reveal, that truth is still unknown.
   
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However, due to expressions from her behalf, like mentioning her death <ref>[[Fright On!]]</ref> , it is safe to assume that she was a [[Humans|human]] at a certain time, implied to be from the 19th century. <ref>[[Ghoul Spirit]]</ref>
[[File:MVghostgirl1.png|300px]]
 
   
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What is for certain is that she once lived in the Ghost World, her first home, and used to attend [[Haunted High]], befriending who would later become her closest friend, [[Kiyomi Haunterly (G1)|Kiyomi Haunterly]]. However, her family thought it was better to leave their world and do something very little ghosts thought to: cross borders to the Monster World. <ref>[[Haunted (TV special)]]</ref>
   
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===Personality===
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]].
 
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Spectra is a floating mystery. She used to be shy and reclusive, whispering her phrases, hanging by herself, and comfortable with that and, in fact, benefiting from her mysterious aura to blend in and watch her stories unfold beneath her eyes, spying on the students for scoops. However, ever since the secret face of her gossip blog, the Ghostly Gossip, was revealed, she has become more outgoing and less secretive.
   
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However, she has or used to have a very forceful personality, and she often made quick judgments and leaped to conclusions without supporting evidence. She regularly created stories from loosely related details that she may not have heard correctly, which she connected using her own imagination. Her method of journalism ran so deep in her psyche that she couldn't tell her fabrications apart from reality. Even when they pertained to her own person, she sooner believed her own fantasies than the documented truth. It didn't help that she was an avid gossiper either, as her desperation for scoops would lead her to take what was given, no matter what. Because of all this, Spectra is one of the most controversial students at Monster High. On the one hand, she owned one of the two most popular news sources at the school, but on the other, she has hurt more than a few fellow students by spreading lies about them.
===Classic Monster===
 
[[File:Cartoonmarley.jpg|left|200px]]
 
Spectra is the daughter of "the Ghosts", and her chain accessories suggest she may be related to Jacob Marley's ghost from ''[[Wikipedia:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol]]'' by Charles Dickens.
 
   
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When confronted with the facts, she tended to dig in her heels. She drew the line at planting a fake story, though, which is completely against her morals. That isn't to say she wouldn't publish stories she believes are true, even if they really were lies. This makes for an excellent gossip columnist, but not a friend you want to share secrets with.
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.
 
   
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As of "[[Haunted (TV special)|Haunted]]", however, Spectra experienced first hand what gossip and non-verified information could do to people and since then has built a dedication to fact that turned her world inside out, turning her from a gossiper to a legit reporter. She has matured and drawn the line between acceptable and unacceptable, renaming her blog, to [[Gory Gazette]].
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."
 
   
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But despite all this, she is seen as a kind monster and helps those in need of her, who can be a bit of a scatterbrain, which prevented her from seeing the damage she made, oblivious to other's feelings. However, Spectra is just as sneaky as she is naive and incredibly intelligent, making it almost impossible to know what is real about Spectra, as she is also an expert at lying, making facades, and arranging stories quickly, prone to trow and excuse into the fraction. Spectra is also known to easily get the truth out of other monsters, giving her a detective/reporter complex. Her favorite food is Angel Food Cake, because it is as light as she is.
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.
 
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===Appearance===
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Since Spectra is a ghost, her skin is ghostly pale — almost stark white — and then fades to transparent at the beginning of her hands and feet. Her face is somewhat gaunt.
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Spectra's hair is long and violet, with periwinkle and pinkish-purple highlights. It is usually frisky; the ends sticking up and looking as if it were floating like a ghost (though straighter on the {{'|Back to School }} doll and in the CGI 3D [[TV special]]s). Her hair is sometimes tied up in a ponytail.
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Her eyes (irises) are a bright icy blue, with the pupils being a dark blue, and the sclera or sclerae (or "whites" of the eyes) are not white but instead a pale lilac. Her lips/lipstick are/is purple. Her fashion motif is Gothic; chains, black balls, and shackles, along with an attire consisting of round purple and black earrings, a black halter tank top with light magenta edgings and chains on the front, a chain necklace, a shackle belt, a magenta tattered skirt with black, translucent overlay skirt, and magenta, ankle-length boots with two chains around the ankle and barbell-styled heels. She wears a bracelet that resembles a silver hoop on her wrist in the artwork and on her doll, but in the webisodes, her bracelets are shackles, and she wears two of them. Because she is a ghost, Spectra's skin is made of ectoplasm rather than real flesh.
   
 
==Relationships==
 
==Relationships==
 
===Family===
 
===Family===
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.
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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 [[Spectra Vondergeist's School's Out diary|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.
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Her parents are ghosts, but nothing else is known about them. In [[Spectra Vondergeist's Back to School diary]] it's clearly 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. As per ''[[Ghoul Spirit (video game)|Ghoul Spirit]]'', Spectra is a ghost from the 19th century.
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===Friends===
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Her first bio stated it as 'everybody loves Spectra V', but seeming she wrote the bio, she may be lying. In the webisodes, she is never really seen hanging out with anyone and isn't immediately connected with any group of students.
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However, Spectra has developed closer relationships with the Fearleading Squad, whom she seems to prefer [[Ghoulia Yelps (G1)|Ghoulia Yelps]]'s silent endeavor and [[Clawdeen Wolf (G1)|Clawdeen Wolf]]'s loyalty, as it was the latter that initiated her process to put things in prespective and to change her entire bussiness plan, and showed her the ways of truth and facts.
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Her most recent bio states she's also quite close with [[Twyla Boogeyman (G1)|Twyla Boogeyman]] a relationship that might be inspired by the reclusiveness of the two and their mysterious spookiness.
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Despite this, if Spectra had to choose a best friend, it would probably her childhood friend [[Kiyomi Haunterly (G1)|Kiyomi Haunterly]], who was loyal to her during the years they were together, as Kiyomi found her only friend in Spectra. Both were students at [[Haunted High]] and studied together at some point and support each others deeply, and despite it being a hard separation for her, Kiyomi was the one to reassure that Spectra's family choice to move between worlds was the best.
   
 
===Pet===
 
===Pet===
[[File:Rhuen_main.jpg|thumb]]
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[[File:Profile art - Rhuen.jpg|right|40px|]]
Spectra'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).
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Spectra's pet is a purple ghost ferret is named [[Rhuen (G1)|Rhuen]]. Rhuen's lower half is fairly translucent, and she wears a dark purple bow over her right ear. Rhuen's friends are [[Sir Hoots A Lot (G1)|Sir Hoots A Lot]] and [[Shiver (G1)|Shiver]].
   
 
===Romance===
 
===Romance===
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.
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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. In ''[[Fright On!]]'', she is seen initiating a dance with a [[Backgrounders|student]] from [[Belfry Prep]].
   
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[[Porter Geiss (G1)|Porter Geiss]] has an interest in Spectra. The interest is mutual. This was revealed in [[Haunted (TV special)|Haunted]]. Porter called them a "duo" and on many occasions complimented Spectra, whether he meant to or not, such as saying she was smart. Spectra expressed her worries about Porter when she stayed back at [[Haunted High]] wishing he could come with her. Spectra has hugged Porter and kissed him on the cheek. It was also implied that with them it was love at first sight. For example, when Spectra was going to confront their principal Porter said, "No! I could lose you."
==Books==
 
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.
 
   
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== Abilities ==
They officially date in the ''[[Back and Deader Than Ever]]''.
 
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* '''Floating''': As a ghost, Spectra can float like any other ghost.
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* '''Permeation''':''' '''Spectra can go through solids.
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* '''Body-Age Imprisonment''': Due to Spectra being a ghost, she is trapped within the body of the age she died at, though she is 16 in monster years now.
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*'''Immortality''': Like all ghosts, she is immortal.
   
==Meta Timeline==
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=== Skillset ===
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* '''Journalism''': Spectra is a good journalist, usually not getting her facts straight first, but she makes good stories and interesting ones. She eavesdrops around the school through walls and hiding and such, such as to prevent being caught, but she usually does not listen to what the monsters of the whole story say, and she says she leaves it to her artistic side to "fill in the blanks". <ref>[[Ghostly Gossip]]</ref>
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==Timeline==
 
* November 2, 2010: Mattel requests the [[trademark]] for Spectra Vondergeist.
 
* November 2, 2010: Mattel requests the [[trademark]] for Spectra Vondergeist.
 
* November 17, 2010: An [[Preliminary name|Amazon listing appears for a Spectra Von Hauntington]] plush doll.
 
* November 17, 2010: An [[Preliminary name|Amazon listing appears for a Spectra Von Hauntington]] plush doll.
 
* March 8, 2011: A picture of a prototype Spectra doll is posted on Flickr.com. The name on the box is Spectra von Hauntington.
 
* March 8, 2011: A picture of a prototype Spectra doll is posted on Flickr.com. The name on the box is Spectra von Hauntington.
* April 13, 2011: A photo of Clawd and Draculaura 2-pack box is found online, giving a first look at Spectra Vondergeist's first doll.
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* April 13, 2011: A photo of Clawd and Draculaura 2-pack box is found online, also giving a first look at Spectra Vondergeist's first doll.
 
* May 14, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's first doll is displayed on the [[Facebook|''Monster High'' Facebook account]].
 
* May 14, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's first doll is displayed on the [[Facebook|''Monster High'' Facebook account]].
* Early June, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's [[Plushies|plushie]] is released.
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* Early June, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's [[Friends|''Friends'' plushie]] is released.
 
* June 9, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's [[Doll profiles#Spectra Vondergeist|profile]] is published on the [[Monster High (website)|''Monster High'' website]].
 
* June 9, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's [[Doll profiles#Spectra Vondergeist|profile]] is published on the [[Monster High (website)|''Monster High'' website]].
 
* June 9, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's profile art is revealed.
 
* June 9, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's profile art is revealed.
* June 16, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist partially makes her webisode debut in "[[Miss Infearmation]]".
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* June 16, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist partially makes her 2D [[Monster High (cartoon)|cartoon]] debut in "[[Miss Infearmation]]".
* June, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's first doll is released as part of the '<i>[[School's Out (Doll Line)|School's Out]]</i>' series.
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* June, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist's first doll is released as part of the '<i>[[School's Out]]</i>' series.
 
* June, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist makes her diary debut in [[Spectra Vondergeist's School's Out diary|her '<i>School's Out</i>' diary]].
 
* June, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist makes her diary debut in [[Spectra Vondergeist's School's Out diary|her '<i>School's Out</i>' diary]].
* September 20, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist makes her [[Books|book]] debut in ''[[Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way]]''.
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* September 20, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist makes her [[Monster High (book series)|''Monster High'' book]] debut in ''[[Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way]]''.
* September 22, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist is properly introduced in the webisodes through "[[Ghostly Gossip]]".
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* September 22, 2011: Spectra Vondergeist is properly introduced in the cartoon through "[[Ghostly Gossip]]".
* February 12, 2012: Spectra Vondergeist makes her 3D-animated debut in "[[Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?]]".
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* February 12, 2012: Spectra Vondergeist makes her 3D cartoon debut in "[[Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love?]]".
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* November 26, 2014: Spectra Vondergeist makes her [[Monster High (anime)|anime]] debut in "[[Horror! Acting Cool on the Black Carpet]]".
 
==Dolls==
 
===School's Out===
 
<gallery type="slideshow">
 
Monster20High20Spectra20Vandergeist20Doll.jpg|'<i>School's Out</i>' Spectra Vondergeist doll
 
Spectravondergeistclean.png|'<i>School's Out</i>' Spectra Vondergeist art
 
Screen Shot 2011-09-29 at 5.04.28 PM.png|'<i>School's Out</i>' Spectra Vondergeist in the webisodes
 
</gallery>
 
*'''Line:''' '<i>[[School's Out (Doll Line)|School's Out]]</i>'
 
*'''Release:''' July 2011
 
*'''Assortment number:''' N2851
 
*'''Model number:''' V7962
 
: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 [[Spectra Vondergeist's School's Out diary|diary]].
 
:There are two versions of '<i>School's Out</i>' Spectra released. The original release has Spectra wearing earrings with black chains. Later versions sport earrings with silver chains.
 
 
===Maul Session===
 
<gallery type="slideshow">
 
FP Spectra.jpg|'<i>Maul Session</i>' Spectra Vondergeist outfit
 
</gallery>
 
*'''Line:''' '<i>[[Maul Session (Accessory Line)|Maul Session]]</i>'
 
*'''Release:''' November 2011
 
*'''Assortment number:''' W9122
 
*'''Model number:''' W9125
 
: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 Gorgeous===
 
<gallery type="slideshow">
 
SV-DDGa.jpg|''Dot Dead Gorgeous'' Spectra Doll
 
DotDeadGorgeousSpectraVondergeist.jpg
 
</gallery>
 
*'''Line:''' ''[[Dot Dead Gorgeous (Doll Line)|Dot Dead Gorgeous]]''
 
*'''Release:''' June 2012
 
*'''Assortment number:''' X4528
 
*'''Model number:''' X4531
 
Spectra wears a one-shouder chiffon sheath dress with a black polkadot pattern underneath and a magenta and purple ball and chain pattern over it.
 
 
Her shoes are purple platfrom heels with a chain pattern and silver shackle-like straps on the ankles. Her accessories are layered chains that circle around her beginning at her neck and ending at her waist, black bracelets with pink bows covered with black polkadots on top of them as well as silver chainlike bracelets, a pair of mismatched earrings, one being a silver heart-shaped lock and the other being a white skullette key, a purple iCoffin, a black purse covered with chains and has a chain handle, and a purple wispy makeup pallet. The doll comes with a picture and a silver brush and stand. Her hair is put up in a high ponytail and held up with chains, her lips are bright lavender and her eyeshadow is bright pink.
 
   
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
* Spectra's first name comes from the word "specter/spectre", which means "ghostly appearance".
 
* Spectra's first name comes from the word "specter/spectre", which means "ghostly appearance".
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* Spectra's first name might reference an unsuccessful Mattel brand of the same name, only running for a single year in 1986.
* 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.
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* 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 the name does suggest she's nobility.
* 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.
 
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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===Webisode gallery===
 
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263982 137492392995250 100002034693740 260759 108736 n.jpg|So many benefits when you're a ghost...
 
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MonsterHigh-Spectra.png|Spectra, reporting that the current new ghoul, Abbey Bominable, froze school show-off, Heath Burns.
 
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Abbeyspectra.jpg|Spectra and Abbey in their first ever doll commercial together.
MonsterHigh-Spectra2.png|The sneaky little ghoul she is!
 
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Missinfearmation008.jpg|Spectra; snapping a picture of Lagoona and Gil without them knowing (obviously)
 
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Screen Shot 2011-09-22 at 4.22.44 PM.png|"Ruin your lives? Heavens no! I'm actually quite a fan of all of you!".
 
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Screen Shot 2011-09-22 at 4.27.23 PM.png|"My apologies! Sometimes I only hear half of what you say; and it's up to my creative side to figure out the rest...".
 
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Screen Shot 2011-09-22 at 4.31.24 PM.png|Spectra; updating The Ghostly Gossip, as usual.
 
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Screen Shot 2011-09-22 at 4.32.38 PM.png|Spectra's secret hiding place
 
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Screen Shot 2011-09-22 at 4.43.29 PM.png|Spectra, being sneaky as always, taking a 'peek' at the ghouls' diaries.
 
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spectrapeek.png|Spectra's ability to go through objects; helping Cleo find out what's in Deuce's locker.
 
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12321321888.PNG|Spectra in "Monster Mashionals: Part 2", willing to help the Monster High B Team with her fellow classmates.
 
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Spectra918222.PNG|"Planting a fake story could ruin my reputation."
 
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SpectraSources.png|"My sources tell me it's going to be epic!"
 
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Spectra008771.png|Spectra inviting a Belfry Prep student to a dance
 
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Capture-20120417-173952.png|"I spent the whole trip coughing!".
 
S.png|"Sorry ghouls, I can't make it.".
 
Wikia582.png|"My family is taking me to some of their old haunts! Should make some great ghost stories for my blog!".
 
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222268_10150190531482481_225525412480_7361911_147212_n.jpg|Spectra's first ever doll appearance!
 
426965 263298903746554 100001993400408 597072 1397418216 n.jpg|Looking totally fierce!
 
Spectra vo.png|PLUSHIES!!!!
 
Spectra and Clawdeen.jpg|Polterghoul (Spectra) and Wonder Wolf (Clawdeen) at your service; ready to save the day!
 
Polter Ghoul Spectra.jpg|Polter Ghoul the Super Hero
 
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Latest revision as of 22:05, 16 March 2024

Generation 1 Generation 3
Main Monster history Books Cartoon Merchandise

But I have been waiting my entire death to cover a story like this. So much chaos makes for great headlines!
Spectra Vondergeist in "Fright On!"


Spectra Vondergeist is a 2011-introduced and all-around character. She is a ghost and a student at Monster High. She is the reporter of Monster High, and a celebrity within the student body, editor of the in-school famous Gory Gazette blog, the former Ghostly Gossip.

Portrayers

She is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald in English.

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Though Spectra herself does not make an appearance in the music video for the Monster High Fright Song, there are several different character ghost analogues who received creative interpretation by the video crew. The "Ghost Girl" is portrayed by Catina Duscio.

Character

History

Spectra's past is probably one of the most covered mysteries within the Monster High community. In fact, she is quite reluctant to uncover anything about her past. 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.[1] Until further reveal, that truth is still unknown.

However, due to expressions from her behalf, like mentioning her death [2] , it is safe to assume that she was a human at a certain time, implied to be from the 19th century. [3]

What is for certain is that she once lived in the Ghost World, her first home, and used to attend Haunted High, befriending who would later become her closest friend, Kiyomi Haunterly. However, her family thought it was better to leave their world and do something very little ghosts thought to: cross borders to the Monster World. [4]

Personality

Spectra is a floating mystery. She used to be shy and reclusive, whispering her phrases, hanging by herself, and comfortable with that and, in fact, benefiting from her mysterious aura to blend in and watch her stories unfold beneath her eyes, spying on the students for scoops. However, ever since the secret face of her gossip blog, the Ghostly Gossip, was revealed, she has become more outgoing and less secretive.

However, she has or used to have a very forceful personality, and she often made quick judgments and leaped to conclusions without supporting evidence. She regularly created stories from loosely related details that she may not have heard correctly, which she connected using her own imagination. Her method of journalism ran so deep in her psyche that she couldn't tell her fabrications apart from reality. Even when they pertained to her own person, she sooner believed her own fantasies than the documented truth. It didn't help that she was an avid gossiper either, as her desperation for scoops would lead her to take what was given, no matter what. Because of all this, Spectra is one of the most controversial students at Monster High. On the one hand, she owned one of the two most popular news sources at the school, but on the other, she has hurt more than a few fellow students by spreading lies about them.

When confronted with the facts, she tended to dig in her heels. She drew the line at planting a fake story, though, which is completely against her morals. That isn't to say she wouldn't publish stories she believes are true, even if they really were lies. This makes for an excellent gossip columnist, but not a friend you want to share secrets with.

As of "Haunted", however, Spectra experienced first hand what gossip and non-verified information could do to people and since then has built a dedication to fact that turned her world inside out, turning her from a gossiper to a legit reporter. She has matured and drawn the line between acceptable and unacceptable, renaming her blog, to Gory Gazette.

But despite all this, she is seen as a kind monster and helps those in need of her, who can be a bit of a scatterbrain, which prevented her from seeing the damage she made, oblivious to other's feelings. However, Spectra is just as sneaky as she is naive and incredibly intelligent, making it almost impossible to know what is real about Spectra, as she is also an expert at lying, making facades, and arranging stories quickly, prone to trow and excuse into the fraction. Spectra is also known to easily get the truth out of other monsters, giving her a detective/reporter complex. Her favorite food is Angel Food Cake, because it is as light as she is.

Appearance

Since Spectra is a ghost, her skin is ghostly pale — almost stark white — and then fades to transparent at the beginning of her hands and feet. Her face is somewhat gaunt.

Spectra's hair is long and violet, with periwinkle and pinkish-purple highlights. It is usually frisky; the ends sticking up and looking as if it were floating like a ghost (though straighter on the 'Back to School ' doll and in the CGI 3D TV specials). Her hair is sometimes tied up in a ponytail.

Her eyes (irises) are a bright icy blue, with the pupils being a dark blue, and the sclera or sclerae (or "whites" of the eyes) are not white but instead a pale lilac. Her lips/lipstick are/is purple. Her fashion motif is Gothic; chains, black balls, and shackles, along with an attire consisting of round purple and black earrings, a black halter tank top with light magenta edgings and chains on the front, a chain necklace, a shackle belt, a magenta tattered skirt with black, translucent overlay skirt, and magenta, ankle-length boots with two chains around the ankle and barbell-styled heels. She wears a bracelet that resembles a silver hoop on her wrist in the artwork and on her doll, but in the webisodes, her bracelets are shackles, and she wears two of them. Because she is a ghost, Spectra's skin is made of ectoplasm rather than real flesh.

Relationships

Family

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 Spectra Vondergeist's Back to School diary it's clearly 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. As per Ghoul Spirit, Spectra is a ghost from the 19th century.

Friends

Her first bio stated it as 'everybody loves Spectra V', but seeming she wrote the bio, she may be lying. In the webisodes, she is never really seen hanging out with anyone and isn't immediately connected with any group of students.

However, Spectra has developed closer relationships with the Fearleading Squad, whom she seems to prefer Ghoulia Yelps's silent endeavor and Clawdeen Wolf's loyalty, as it was the latter that initiated her process to put things in prespective and to change her entire bussiness plan, and showed her the ways of truth and facts.

Her most recent bio states she's also quite close with Twyla Boogeyman a relationship that might be inspired by the reclusiveness of the two and their mysterious spookiness.

Despite this, if Spectra had to choose a best friend, it would probably her childhood friend Kiyomi Haunterly, who was loyal to her during the years they were together, as Kiyomi found her only friend in Spectra. Both were students at Haunted High and studied together at some point and support each others deeply, and despite it being a hard separation for her, Kiyomi was the one to reassure that Spectra's family choice to move between worlds was the best.

Pet

Profile art - Rhuen

Spectra's pet is a purple ghost ferret is named Rhuen. Rhuen's lower half is fairly translucent, and she wears a dark purple bow over her right ear. Rhuen's friends are Sir Hoots A Lot and Shiver.

Romance

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. In Fright On!, she is seen initiating a dance with a student from Belfry Prep.

Porter Geiss has an interest in Spectra. The interest is mutual. This was revealed in Haunted. Porter called them a "duo" and on many occasions complimented Spectra, whether he meant to or not, such as saying she was smart. Spectra expressed her worries about Porter when she stayed back at Haunted High wishing he could come with her. Spectra has hugged Porter and kissed him on the cheek. It was also implied that with them it was love at first sight. For example, when Spectra was going to confront their principal Porter said, "No! I could lose you."

Abilities

  • Floating: As a ghost, Spectra can float like any other ghost.
  • Permeation: Spectra can go through solids.
  • Body-Age Imprisonment: Due to Spectra being a ghost, she is trapped within the body of the age she died at, though she is 16 in monster years now.
  • Immortality: Like all ghosts, she is immortal.

Skillset

  • Journalism: Spectra is a good journalist, usually not getting her facts straight first, but she makes good stories and interesting ones. She eavesdrops around the school through walls and hiding and such, such as to prevent being caught, but she usually does not listen to what the monsters of the whole story say, and she says she leaves it to her artistic side to "fill in the blanks". [5]

Timeline

Notes

  • Spectra's first name comes from the word "specter/spectre", which means "ghostly appearance".
  • Spectra's first name might reference an unsuccessful Mattel brand of the same name, only running for a single year in 1986.
  • 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 the name does suggest she's nobility.

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