Penelope Spectra
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| Penelope Spectra | |
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| Publisher | Nickelodeon |
| First appearance | "My Brother's Keeper" |
| Created by | Butch Hartman |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Penelope Spectra |
| Team affiliations | Bertrand (servant), Ember McLain & Kitty (one-time partners) |
| Notable aliases | Ms. Spectra |
| Abilities | Standard ghost powers, capable of draining the energy out of depressed humans to maintain both her powers and her beauty |
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Penelope Spectra is a villain in the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom. She is voiced by Tara Strong.
Appearance/History[edit]
Spectra first made her appearance in My Brother's Keeper, posing as a human teen therapist motivational speaker in Casper High. She was there to build up spirit for the teens in time for the Casper High Spirit pep rally. Despite her incredibly chipper attitude and use of meaningless inspirational catchphrases, she had a tendency to tell her patients things that left them incredibly depressed, with Danny being her favorite victim.
He later figures out she is a ghost (beforehand, she always had the air conditioner up so his ghost breath was lost amongst normal breaths from the cold) and her plans to up the ante of depression by killing Jazz in the school pep rally so that she can suck up their depression and forever remain youthful. Danny however manages to save Jazz in time, suck up her assistant Bertrand in the thermos as well as Spectra herself (the latter with help from Jazz).
She returned again in Doctor's Disorders where all the students in Casper High were sent to the North Mercy hospital when they were infected by ghost bug bites, causing them to become ill and possess a ghost power. Danny later finds out Spectra plans to take all the best qualities of the kids to put in her new body, including Danny's ghost powers. However, when Danny's DNA is about to taken, Danny instead lets his father's handkerchief he blew on earlier get sucked up instead, so by the time Spectra's perfect body activates, she gains Jack's giant figure and later turns into a living pile of mucus. Danny defeats her afterwards and sucks her up in the Fenton Thermos.
In Reign Storm Spectra could be seen among other ghosts fleeing the Ghost Zone after Pariah Dark started destroying all their homes. She was also one of the many ghosts to help Danny save Christmas in The Fright Before Christmas.
In "Girls' Night Out", Spectra allies herself with Kitty and Ember in a joint attempt to do away with every man on the planet.
Spectra's final appearance is in the series finale, Phantom Planet. She is first seen terrorizing Paulina and Star in the halls of Casper High, and is later one of the many ghosts who helps Danny and Skulker turn the entire planet intangible, so that an asteroid can pass through it. Spectra is seen in all three of her main forms: her My Brothers' Keeper and Girls' Night Out body, her shadow form, and her powered-up body from Doctor's Disorders. Oddly, Bertrand cannot be seen amongst the ranks of said ghosts.
Personality/Weakness[edit]
Spectra has an ironically optimistic and peppy personality to herself, yet she's a double edged sword as she's also sadistic and highly dangerous, often taking great pleasure in doing what she does with a grin. A very vain woman, she takes it upon herself to look as beautiful as possible. She is cold-blooded and will even kill a student to achieve her goals of looking young.
Her major weakness stems from her self-centered appearance, often crying in anguish when things don't go her way or if she does not retain her youthful appearance, not to mention her underestimating Danny.
