Elwin Spalding

Elwyn Spaulding
Occupation:	Ghost Fraternity Student
Appeared In:	The Real Ghostbusters; "The Old College Spirit"

Elwyn Spaulding was a mischievous student at local college in New York. One of its more notorious fraternities was led by Spaulding.

History

Elwyn Spaulding never studied and only engaged in pranks and parties. One day, he and his fraternity stole the answers to a final exam. They were caught and expelled, but Spaulding promised that he would get even. The college was later attended by Peter Venkman. He also joined another fraternity on campus called Tri Kuppa Bru.

50 years after the expulsion, Tri Kuppa Bru moved into the building formerly occupied by Spaulding's fraternity. This triggered the manifestation of their ghosts. At first, Spaulding and co. pulled off pranks in the housing but spread across campus from transforming a goldfish into a monster, starting up mischief in the cafeteria, and raiding the girls' dormitories. Tri Kuppa Bru vowed to clear their name and sought out the Ghostbusters' help. The Ghostbusters eventually managed to bust the ghosts by giving them a chance to graduate and trapping them when it came time for taking a photograph. The team disguised a Proton Gun as a camera and used a Ghost Trap to capture them on cue.

Powers

Other than the traditional ghostly powers of flight and intangibility, Elwyn Spaulding was able to turn into a tall, monstrous version of himself and could turn fish into giant monsters as shown in a prank where he had a giant goldfish swallow some students at the college.

Personality

As one might expect from a college dropout, Elwyn isn't very smart.

Trivia

• Elwyn is referenced in What in Samhain Just Happened?! on page ten. A portrait of his yearbook image is hanging up.

Appearances

The Real Ghostbusters

• "The Old College Spirit"