Spectra Vondergeist

Spectra Vondergeist, previously known as 'Ghost Girl', and 'Spectra von Hauntington' is the daughter of the Ghosts. She can float through the walls and possesses an “uncanny” ability to overhear school gossip.

Portrayals
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 Monster
Spectra is the daughter of the ghost, and her chain accessories suggest she may be related to Jacob Marley's ghost from the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol.

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.

Pet
Spectra's pet is a ghost ferret named Rhuen.

Spectra's Official Facebook Description
Seen Spectra floating through any walls lately? Keep your eye on this ghoul because she’s always appearing out of thin air! Spectra is the wicked cool 16-year-old daughter of The Ghosts who always has her see-through finger on the pulse of Monster High. She’ll deny it, but she’s been known to fill in the gaps of missing information with her own ghostly imaginings! Some student bodies even think she’s the ghoul behind the anonymous MH advice column “Oh My Oracle,” but that rumor is still unconfirmed. If you run across a sneaky little ghost ferret, don’t fret! It’s just Rhuen, Spectra’s scary-cute mischievous pet.

Meta Timeline

 * November 2, 2010: Mattel requested a trademark for the name "Spectra Vondergeist".
 * November 17, 2010: An Amazon listing appears for a Spectra von Hauntington 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 doll set showed small pics of Spectra and Abbey
 * 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.
 * June, 2011: Spectra will be in stores in The United States.



Trivia

 * In early product listings, Spectra was known as "Ghost Girl" and "Spectra Von Hauntington"