Spong is a Level 4 wild ghost from the viscous family.

In "Trashotic", it was awakened from its nest after a seagull landed on top of the dumpster. It later merged with a garbage can and briefly became Trashotic.

Appearance

Kawai form

Spong's kawai form resembles a yellow-green sludge. It has green eyes, black scleras, two fangs, and a red tongue.

As Trashotic

Upon merging with a garbage can, Trashotic gained a body with its face and arms resembling black trash bags. It had a trash can lid as a head and a pair of metal feet.

Personality

Spong is a mischievous ghost who likes the smell of garbage and wants to spread its stench to the rest of its surroundings. As a merger ghost, it would eat anything with a repulsive odor to convert them into Boo Energy before finding a receptacle that fits their taste. It doesn't like anything with a pleasant smell and had once caused every flower displayed at the front of a shop to wither after briefly sniffing them. Upon merging with a garbage can to become Trashotic, the ghost became more aggressive and was willing to use its powers to attack its enemies physically.

History

Season 1

At some point, Spong found an old dumpster in an alleyway at East 59th Street and started using it as a nest. In "Trashotic", the ghost was awakened when a seagull disturbed its slumber by bouncing on top of the dumpster lids. Irritated, Spong unleashed a smelly aura and scared the seagull away before the ghost went back to sleep. Later, Andy Baker briefly visited the alleyway and sprayed a bottle of cologne at himself near the dumpster, not knowing that Spong was inside of it before he headed to school. The cologne heavily revolted Spong that he left the dumpster and began causing trouble in Manhattan.

After it curiously explored the borough and scared various people with its smelly breath, Spong went down to the sewers where it was delighted to find how repulsive everything was down there. It sipped on the sewage water before burping out a huge cloud of toxic fumes that lingered throughout Manhattan, grabbing the Ghostforce's attention. Later, while relaxing on top of a pile of garbage sludge, it suddenly sniffed something pleasant and let out a frustrated roar. Spong followed the scent to figure out what it was, so the ghost could get rid of it. It was then ambushed by the Ghostforce with their signature weapons out ready to attack it. The ghost unleashed its smelly breath at the kids before it flew out of the sewers.

Spong noticed a flower stand being displayed outside a shop and curiously sniffed at them, only to be put off by how pleasant they were. After it belched at all the flowers to wither them, the ghost didn't pass by the shop any further since it noticed two dumpsters in a nearby alleyway. Spong was already digging in, only to be interrupted by the Ghostforce who were about to capture it in a Boo Cap. The ghost swallowed its meal before nonchalantly letting out another large burp that blew the kids away. Since it ate enough garbage and convert them into Boo Energy, Spong merged with a nearby garbage can and became Trashotic.

With its newfound powers to fire balls of garbage goo, Trashotic proceeded to attack the Ghostforce at 5th Avenue. Its rampage didn't last long, though, because the kids used a bottle of cologne and a deodorant spray to repel the stench, causing the ghost to deboost back to its kawai mode and get captured. It was then sent to the Ghost Cloud where it now resides with the other captive ghosts.

A picture of Trashotic appeared on the training room computer in both "Dunky Boss" and "Kaboom".

Abilities

• Flight: Spong can only fly in its kawai mode. However, in its merged form, Trashotic could only walk.
• Intangibility: Spong can phase through walls, floors, and generally solid objects. The only exception is when it is trapped in the Ghost Cloud or one of the Boo Caps. However, in its merged form, Trashotic could stand on solid ground.
• Possession: As a merger ghost, Spong can gain additional powers by possessing objects. However, unlike most merger ghosts, it doesn't need to ingest people's fear before finding a receptacle. The only receptacle it was seen merged with was a garbage can.
• Smelly Breath: In both its kawai and merged forms, Spong/Trashotic can use its smelly breath to knock out its opponents which can linger even if the ghost is no longer around.
• Garbage Ball: As Trashotic, it could shoot super-sticky and smelly balls of garbage goo from its hands.
• Smelly Aura: Spong/Trashotic can create a smelly aura around its surroundings to disturb anyone coming close to it.

Sightings

Episodes

Trivia

• Early designs for Spong/Trashotic were created by David François in around 2018.^[1]
  • Instead of resembling a sludge, Spong was originally going to resemble a giant housefly. Houseflies are commonly known to feed on and lay eggs on garbage.
• As revealed in one piece of concept art, Trashotic was going to have another defense ability where it would retract its head into the trash can.
• In the French version, Trashotic is known as Grordure. The name sounds a lot like a combination of the English adjective "gross" and the English noun "odor", referencing its powers.
  • Trashotic's Hebrew name, Ashpotic, is a play on the word "ashpot", which means "garbage".
• The official Ghostforce website revealed that Spong is from an uncommon specimen.^[2]
  • Alert Ghostforce, an official Instagram account made to promote the series, posted two pieces of concept art featuring another member of the specimen that has merged with a receptacle; one known as Cheezy, and another known as Toxicalo.^[3][4]
• Spong, Freezofear, Mikroo, and Droplet are the only known ghosts who were asleep inside a container that they used as a nest.
• Spong, Freezofear, Droplet, and Arak are currently the only known merger ghosts without requiring to ingest people's fear before finding a receptacle to merge with.
  • Spong was never seen growing in size every time it interacted and scared several civilians in its featured episode. It seems to convert anything with a repulsive odor into Boo Energy upon ingesting it, similar to how Freezofear must ingest cryogenized protein to become stronger.
• A ghost chess piece for Trashotic was first seen in "Cyclopee".
• Trashotic is featured on Miss Jones's supercomputer database in the training room of the underground laboratory. However, it wouldn't make sense for Trashotic to appear since it would require her to find a trash can for the ghost to merge for a training session.

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References