Ghosts

Ghosts are the main antagonistic faction of Ghostforce. They are an extraterrestrial species who haunt and terrorize human beings by feeding on their fear. Ghosts possess various hidden objects and when awoken, will wreak havoc.^[1]

A majority of ghosts are currently haunting Manhattan and their capture, analysis, and storage is the primary objective of the Ghostforce.

History[]

While the exact origins of ghosts are unknown, "Chaorion" and "Dinozos" both hinted that ghosts originated from an unknown planet or planets lightyears away from Earth. Based on a cave painting depicting a ghost named Dinozos, it is estimated that ghosts first arrived on Earth around the Stone Age. Since their arrival, they have terrorized the human race for millennia, with rare instances of them indirectly shaping human history. One notable ghost is Pharaok, who encountered an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh between 2650 and 1525 BC and was responsible for building a pyramid in a single day.

However, despite ghosts being present since the beginning of mankind, their attacks have not been fully recorded by humans, with many stories of their attacks fading into legends over the centuries. One possible reason for this is the difficulty of providing evidence of their existence, as ghosts often find a nest once they reach peak fear and then sleep indefinitely until awakening. It wasn't until the early 18th century that the first ghost hunters were formed in Manhattan, New York City, during the American colonization. While the exact number of ghost hunters before the 21st century is unknown, two British colonizers discovered the existence of ghosts in the early 1700s and captured one named Grump King on Halloween night. They then buried its nest in what would later become Central Park.

Between the mid-to-late 1980s and the early 2000s, a woman known as Miss Jones learned about the existence of ghosts. She teamed up with a man named Carpenter to form a ghost-hunting team called the Ghostforce. Together, they studied ghost behavior and developed Boo Energy from ghost DNA to create Boo Technology. Their goal was to capture every ghost they encountered to prevent them from haunting humans and feeding on their fear. However, one fateful day, they encountered a man named Nolan Kasenti, who sent an unidentified "ghost with multiple powers" after them. This encounter led to Carpenter's capture, and Miss Jones became a half-ghost when her human DNA fused with Boo Energy.^[2]

While it's unknown if there are reports of ghost attacks in other parts of the world, ghosts have indirectly made Manhattan, New York City, a tourist attraction. Many local businesses have incorporated "ghost" into their names, like Ghost Dog and Creepy Ghost. However, there haven't been many known ghost attacks in Manhattan since Miss Jones developed her half-ghost condition, though the reasons for this are unspecified. It's heavily implied that the borough became haunted again following the events of "Origins," as Miss Jones selected three pre-teen students —Andy Baker, Liv Baker, and Mike Collins— to form the second iteration of Ghostforce.

The most recent ghost to have arrived on Earth was Chaorion, a Level 9 ghost from the bizarro family, who crash-landed at Central Park before it was later captured by the Ghostforce. Glowboo mentioned that this particular specimen originated in a planet located at the southwestern of the Milky Way galaxy, implying that there are more ghosts currently traveling across the universe that the Ghostforce haven't discovered yet.

Appearance[]

All ghosts have two distinct appearances: kawai form and booster mode.

Kawai forms of a ghost are commonly small and round, with nubby limbs and minimal details. However, there are specific ghosts who look like miniature versions of their booster modes with unique body shapes. Whenever a ghost feeds on people's fear in kawai form, its size increases slightly. The more fear it feeds on, the bigger it becomes.

Every ghost shares the ability to enter booster mode once they feed off enough fear, a form that allows them to transform into a large, evolved version of their kawai form. However, there are specific types of ghosts known as "mergers" who must switch to booster mode by merging with an object, combining their physical appearance with the object that gets fused with their Boo Energy. Sometimes ghosts with one or two siblings can enter booster mode by fusing. These "fusion" booster mode can lead to ghosts either sharing a body with more than one head, such as the Katastroph triplets, or merging into a singular being, such as the Mascarade triplets and the Meta&Lix twins.

Ghosts are born from eggs similar to that of Earth's fauna. The appearance of the eggs varied depending on the parent's physical appearance and powers. For example, Xhypno resembles a butterfly so its eggs resemble chrysalises, while Bouncee's eggs resemble basketballs after merging with an actual basketball.

Personality and Behavior[]

Ghosts can have greatly different personalities. Some ghosts can be either serious, mischievous or even skittish. However, one thing all ghosts seem to have in common is their general dislike of humans. To them, humans are cowardly creatures who are useful in providing them enough fear to feed on so they can switch to booster mode. To generate fear from humans, ghosts would terrorize them by attacking them with their powers without caring how their actions can physically and mentally harm them. However, not all ghosts would feed on people's fear and there are even rare cases of ghosts afraid of humans, such as Mikroo.

While their attacks can be seen as malicious and sometimes lethal, especially ghosts with transformation powers, all ghosts across their species depend on feeding on people's fear since it's a part of their natural life cycle. Their behavior can be seen as similar to that of a wild animal on Earth. They rely on people's fear as a form of survival and they can get hungry if they go long without eating, as demonstrated with Glups in "Jellyjack".

Despite a majority of ghosts feeding on people's fear as a form of survival and some enjoy causing chaos with their powers, they can be tamed and domesticated so they can learn not to physically and mentally harm humans. The Ghostforce are the currently known humans who want to use this practice similar to how human beings first learned how to tame and domesticate wild animals for beneficial uses. The currently known ghosts who are tamed include Glups, Dragoyle, Growmax, Octocat, and Solarboo. Glups, in particular, has become empathic towards humanity after staying with Miss Jones for many years and understands how his powers can have major effects on people because his species must feed on their fear to survive.

However, a tamed ghost can revert to its wild state if it is near something it’s allergic to. As demonstrated in "Jellyjack", Glups became a wild ghost again after he accidentally escaped the underground laboratory during the daytime and was exposed to sunlight. When that happens, a ghost would return to feed on people's fear and terrorize them because its natural behavior kicks back in. Glups, in particular, was unable to remember his friendship with the Ghostforce due to his sunlight allergy messing with his mind to realize he accidentally hurt people with his powers. As warned by Miss Jones, if a tamed ghost reach peak fear and hibernate to begin its new Boo Energy cycle, then it'll stay wild permanently.

Abilities[]

General abilities[]

All ghosts across their species have the ability of flight, levitation, and intangibility. They are immortal beings that are known to have existed since the Stone Age if not longer, as evident with Dinozos.

Ghosts each have unique powers that set them apart from one another, especially ghosts with siblings in the same specimen. For instance, the Katastroph triplets, despite sharing a parent, have different powers; the left sibling can howl out large soundwaves, the middle sibling can fire goo from its mouth, and the right sibling can drain Boo Energy from another ghost. Their powers often correspond to their physical appearance and what ghost family it originated. Despite ghosts not having a physical form, they use their powers to physically and mentally attack human beings so they can feed on their fear. While the series hasn't explored newborn ghosts yet, it can be interpreted that they were born with powers after hatching from their eggs.

Many ghosts are immune to their own powers, especially if they have transformation powers and/or are part of the hypnotic taxonomy. However, it depends on what powers they have since there are rare occurrences where a ghost gets affected by their own attacks, especially if said attack gets redirected back to them. For example, Artiflame got stunted by Fury after the latter turned one of his firework rockets against it.

As revealed in "Chronoklok", ghosts aren't immune to another ghost's powers either. When the titular ghost fired a timestop bubble at the NYC school, it indirectly caused Glups to be frozen in time due to Miss Jones's underground lab being located underneath the school building and within the blast radius. There are also some specimens whose powers can drain Boo Energy off of another ghost, such as Pharaok and Ninja Ki.

Despite ghosts being intangible and not having a physical form, they are visible in cameras, photos, and videos. They are also seen or perceived by artificial intelligence, such as robots and androids, like Glowboo.

All ghosts began in their kawai form, but as a form of survival, they must scare living beings so they can feed on their fear and gain more Boo Energy. The more fear they consumed, the bigger their size would become. There are two types of ghosts across their species with different outcomes if they consume enough fear from people.

Booster Ghosts[]

Booster ghosts are ghosts who only switch to booster mode upon consuming enough fear, allowing them to become stronger and unlock additional abilities based on their powers. This type of ghost is the most common across their species.

Most booster ghosts prefer attacking people with their powers so they can feed on their fear. However, ghosts with hypnotic or transformative powers must gain fear by using their powers on a specific number of living beings. This can cause their victims to become mentally afraid of them while under their influence, allowing the ghosts to become stronger.

Merger Ghosts[]

For a complete list of objects that were merged by a ghost, see List of receptacles.

Merger ghosts are ghosts who must merge into an inanimate object to switch to booster mode. To do that, they must consume enough fear before they find a specific object to possess. There are some exceptions, like Freezofear and Spong, whose specimens don't require them to ingest people's fear. Upon merging with its receptacle, the ghost's power from its kawai mode would fuse with the traits and abilities related to said receptacle.

While most ghosts prefer merging with objects that reflect their powers, it's not always the case. Once a ghost is ready to merge, it would immediately charge towards the object it wants to process. However, if another inanimate object suddenly appears in its path, then the ghost would merge with that instead. This is seen in "Cookieflame" when Andy tried to stop Flamagma, a flammable ghost, from merging with a barbeque by throwing cookies at it, but he accidentally caused the ghost to merge with one of the cookies since Flamagma was too fast to stop itself.

There are currently two occurrences of a merger ghost specimen ingesting an object that caused them to switch to booster mode; Freezofear ate a Bananice popsicle to convert it into Boo Energy, while Arak ate a chewing gum to become Arakgum. Other merger ghosts simply fly into the objects to possess them.

Hibernation[]

For a complete list of objects that the ghosts used as a nest, see List of nests.

Once a ghost reaches peak fear in booster mode after being fed enough by humans, they would feel exhausted and retreat to find an inanimate object they would use as their nest to sleep in. Most ghosts prefer sleeping in a nest representing their physical appearance or abilities. For example, Sharkoak previously hibernated in a shark tooth necklace. Early episodes of the first season depicted ghosts asleep inside their nests, such as Freezofear sleeping inside the refrigerator and it opened the door upon awakening. However, ghosts are now depicted hibernating by entering an inanimate object since some nests are too small to go inside.

Ghosts would then hibernate in their nest until they are awakened by an outside force disturbing their slumber. One notable warning sign that an object is a nest is when it briefly glows brightly and sometimes negatively affects its surroundings, usually by an outside force touching and/or disturbing it. However, not all ghosts are immediately awakened by outside disturbances. Depending on how strong an object a ghost uses as its nest and how long it has been asleep, it can even hibernate for more than a century without getting disturbed. Notable ghosts who have slept the longest before their eventual awakening in the 21st century include Pharaok since Ancient Egypt, Piraniak since the Golden Age of Piracy, and Grump King since the early 1700s. However, fragile objects can easily release the ghost from its slumber once it breaks.

As revealed in "Scorpod", if a ghost attacked any human being before it went to hibernation, its powers would become permanent on its victims and the damages can't be reversed until the ghost responsible for the attack gets captured by the Ghostforce.

Boo Energy cycle level[]

All ghosts have a Boo Energy cycle level with the highest known being Level 9, according to Miss Jones. Once a ghost hibernates after reaching peak fear, they would begin a new Boo Energy cycle upon reawakening. The official Ghostforce website revealed Miss Jones has an aging system in the database so she'll know how old an individual ghost is based on their Boo Energy cycle level.^[2]

• Level 1: Unknown
• Level 2: "Fright"
• Level 3: Unknown
• Level 4: "Dread"
• Level 5: "Awe"
• Level 6: "Horror"
• Level 7: "Panic"
• Level 8: "Terror"
• Level 9: "Abomination"

The level cycle not only represents their age and how powerful their abilities are but also their reproductive life cycle. As demonstrated in "Xhypno" and confirmed in "Chaorion", ghosts who are at the Abomination age would begin reproducing upon reaching to booster mode. Ghosts reproduce asexually by feeding on people's fear before laying their eggs that would hatch in a few minutes.

Capture[]

For information about a ghost's capture, see Boo Caps.

Ghosts can only be captured with the use of Boo Caps, special Boo Technology containers built to prevent them from using their intangibility to escape. Because of the capsule's small size, the Ghostforce must only capture ghosts in their kawai form. As hinted by Miss Jones, a recently awakening ghost can get captured without going to booster mode. However, because most ghosts feed on people's fear in highly-populated areas and quickly switch to booster mode, the Ghostforce must weaken them back to their kawai form before capturing them.

Once inside a Boo Cap, all the effects of the ghost's powers are undone. This includes any Level 9 ghosts who went through their reproductive cycle since all the eggs they laid would fade from existence. While it's unconfirmed, it's possible any offspring that manages to hatch before its parent's capture would survive before its egg's disappearance. Upon capture, the Ghostforce would send the ghost to the Ghost Cloud in the underground lab where they would reside and sleep with every other ghost that was also captured.

List of ghosts[]

To learn more about a specific family a ghost belongs to, see Ghost families.

Sightings[]

Episodes[]

Season 1
Ghostforce theme song:		Appears
1. "Bananice":	Appears	27. "Somnibou":	Appears
2. "Trashotic":	Appears	28. "Troublestretch":	Appears
3. "Pharaok":	Appears	29. "Meta&Lix":	Appears
4. "Mikroo":	Appears	30. "Cookieflame":	Appears
5. "Mizuo":	Appears	31. "Graffurious":	Appears
6. "Sharkoak":	Appears	32. "Levisfer":	Appears
7. "Mastaar":	Appears	33. "Paniclick":	Appears
8. "Arakgum":	Appears	34. "Sandyrok":	Appears
9. "Zipzap":	Appears	35. "Hypnolion":	Appears
10. "Artiflame":	Appears	36. "Jinjoke":	Appears
11. "Xhypno":	Appears	37. "Gumglue":	Appears
12. "Sporofungus":	Appears	38. "Scorpod":	Appears
13. "Raijin":	Appears	39. "Biballoon":	Appears
14. "Krik-Krok":	Appears	40. "Turbokorn":	Appears
15. "Burghorror":	Appears	41. "Mascrade":	Appears
16. "Chronoklok":	Appears	42. "Batata":	Appears
17. "Jellystery":	Appears	43. "Prehistorrible":	Appears
18. "Vochaos":	Appears	44. "Chaorion":	Appears
19. "Katastroph":	Appears	45. "Dinozos":	Appears
20. "Agia":	Appears	46. "Piraniak":	Appears
21. "Cyclopee":	Appears	47. "Dunky Boss":	Appears
22. "Gmagicard":	Appears	48. "Scaregrow":	Appears
23. "Bubble-Brush":	Appears	49. "Kaboom":	Appears
24. "Glougloux":	Appears	50. "Jellyjack":	Appears
25. "Scream Scratch":	Appears	51. "Ninja Ki":	Appears
26. "Creepop":	Appears	52. "Criangle":	Appears
Bridge episodes
1. "Tortress":	Appears	5. "Freakking":	Appears
2. "Piktoo":	Appears	6. "Boopsie":	Appears
3. "Jam Jam":	Appears	7. "Cactinetik":	Appears
4. "Rozamour":	Appears	8. "Swip Swap":	Appears

Specials
1. "Grump King":	Appears	2. "Panikokado":	Appears
3. "Origins":		Will Appear

Webisodes
1. Ghostforce TFOU trailer	Appears	2. "Liv":	Appears
3. "Mike":	Appears	4. "Andy":	Appears
5. Ghostforce TFOU compilation:		Appears

Other Media
Ghostforce (film):	Will Appear	MIPCOM 2014 trailer:	Appears
Blue Ocean Entertainment
1. "Batata":	Appears	2. "Mikroo":	Appears
3. "Mizuo":		Appears

Trivia[]

• In folklore, ghosts are said to be spirits or souls of a deceased human or animal that often haunt people. However, the entire ghost species in the Ghostforce universe are of extraterrestrial origins. It's likely the species is known as "ghosts" because of their intangibility and flight similar to traditional ghosts.
• Because the series takes place in Manhattan, it's unknown if there are ghosts currently haunting other places in the world that the Ghostforce is unable to catch. Some promotional content hinted that their nests would travel to various locations before they eventually reach Manhattan.^[3][4]
• A majority of ghosts are referred to with "it/its" pronouns. However, the only known ghost who is commonly referred to with masculine or feminine pronouns is Glups. A likely reason is that Glups is a tamed ghost and therefore he isn't called "it/its" by the team.
  • Because ghosts reproduce asexually, they can be seen as genderless.
  • Some episodes would have a script error where a character mistakenly called a wild ghost "he/him", such as "Mikroo".
• Ghosts have appeared in other ZAG Heroez series:
  • Zak Storm: Super Pirate has a character named Clovis that is often called a "ghost". However, unlike the ghosts in Ghostforce, he is a human child who isn't dead and has lost his body. There is also a race of spirits known as Ziteans.
  • The original concept for Pixie Girl (now retooled into Fairy Force) featured a ghost that looks similar in design to the concept arts of the ghosts in Ghostforce. However, because the Pixie Girl TV series is shelved, it's unknown if the ghost would appear in Fairy Force.
• According to the Ghostforce MIPCOM 2014 trailer, ghosts were originally meant to only attack at nighttime instead of daytime.^[5]
  • The only known ghosts who attacked at night are Grump King and Paniko. While Somnibou can make the sky dark in booster mode, it doesn't count since its attack occurred in the daytime.
• When the series was in development, ghosts were originally intended to be "invisible to the human eye" and no one, except the Ghostforce, was aware of their existence.^[6]
• Nearly every single ghost specimen is given a name by the Ghostforce that is often a pun on their powers and physical appearances.
  • Mastaar, Xhypno, Zipzap, and Chaorion are the only known ghosts that already have an established name within their specimen. The reason is that these specimens can hypnotize human beings into chanting their names.
• Although ghosts can't talk like human beings and often make noises like laughter, a majority of them can say the word, "Boo!", whenever they want to scare humans.
  • Some ghosts can make sounds similar to an animal it's based on. For example, Octocat can be heard meowing like an actual cat whenever Myst release it from its Boo Cap.
  • Based on how Glups whispered to Miss Jones in "Boopsie", ghosts seem to have their own language.
• Because ghosts originated in outer space and have reproduced themselves on Earth, Miss Jones has a rarity system in her database to know how many times the Ghostforce would encounter a specific specimen. The official Ghostforce website revealed the rarity system includes "uncommon", "rare", "very rare", and "unique".^[2]
• Based on the Boo Energy cycle level and aging system:
  • Mikroo and Jam Jam are the youngest since they are the only known ghosts whose Boo Energy cycle level is 2.
  • Despite Dinozos's Boo Energy cycle level is 5, it's estimated to be the oldest ghost on Earth since it has been around since the Stone Age.
  • Glups is the oldest tamed ghost since he is a Level 8.
• It's currently unknown what the age names for a Level 1 and Level 3 ghost in the Boo Energy cycle are.
• Sometimes there are ghosts whose physical appearance or powers are similar to one another. For example, both Petrifear and Criangle have similar physical appearances in kawai mode despite being part of different ghost families with different powers.
  • It's possible ghosts with similar appearance and/or powers are due to they originated on the same planet together before their arrival on Earth.

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Footnotes[]

1. ↑ Glups was captured in a silver Boo Cap, thus making him a Level 8.
2. ↑ According to the eighth issue of the official Ghostforce magazine published by Blue Ocean Entertainment, Bubble-Brush is labeled as a Level 6. The magazine issue featured a comic adaptation of its episode. However, the information page mislabeled it as a spectral ghost instead of a flexible ghost.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} This ghost was captured in a bronze Boo Cap, making it a Level 7.
4. ↑ Despite being labeled as "Level 6" on the computer database in "Dunky Boss", Scorpod was captured in a bronze Boo Cap reserved for Level 7 ghosts.

References[]

1. ↑ http://www.groupe-tf1.fr/en/press-release/corporate-documents/tfou-announces-development-ghost-force-zagtoon
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} https://www.ghostforce.com/
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRzTgdfL9FN
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRzTu4QrgH2
5. ↑ https://ypsilonfilms.com/portfolio/ghostforce
6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160914185213/http://www.zag-inc.com/brands/ghostforce

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Ghostforce	Current Members: Andy Baker/Fury • Glowboo • Liv Baker/Myst • Mike Collins/Krush • Miss Jones Inactive: Carpenter
Tamed Ghosts	Dragoyle • Glups • Growmax • Octocat • Solarboo
Wild Ghosts	Bizarro: Biballoon • Boopsie • Chaorion • Cupidour • Freakking • Gmagi • Grump King • Katastroph • Petrifear • Pharaok Flexible: Bubble-Brush • Droplet (Mizuo) • Droplet (comic character) • Elastrick • Stretchy Fractal: Criangle • Freezofear • Paniclick • Tortress • Turbokorn Molecular: Batata • Batata (comic character) • Glougloux • Levisfer • Meta&Lix • Mikroo • Mikroo (comic character) • Ninja Ki • Sporofungus • Tinetik • Swip Swap Spectral: Arak • Bouncee • Breathrill • Dinozos • Flame • Hypnolion • Jinjoke • Kaboom • Krik-Krok • Mastaar • Piktoo • Raijin • Sandyrok • Scaregrow • Sharkoak • Xhypno • Zipzap Viscous: Jam Jam • Jellystery • Scorpod • Spig • Spong • Vochaos Unsorted/Unknown family: Creepop • Cyclopee • Flamagma • Gumglue • Mascarade • Paniko • Piraniak • Prehistorrible • Scream Scratch • Somnibou • Unnamed chaos-type ghost
Civilians	New Yorkers: Alice Spancer • Jay Baker • Melissa Baker • Michael Collins • Officer Callaghan • Roland • Serge Lightman KassKorp Industry: Mr. Vladovsky • Nolan Kasenti NYC school: Professor Pascal • Asta • Bobby • Carla • Charlie • Drake Miller • Jane • Marlo • Rajat • Stacy Others: Professor Richenbach (deleted character) • List of minor characters
Groups	Boo Fighters • Ghost families • Ghostforce • Ghosts • KassKorp Industry • New York Dragons • Professor Pascal's class