Dr. Egon Spengler, Ph.D./Legacy Timeline

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## Dr. Egon Spengler, Ph.D.

### Affiliation

The Ghostbusters
Denver Ghostbusters
Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters

### Occupation

Scientist
Professor of paranormal studies (Formerly)
Ghostbuster (Formerly)

### Education

Degree in Psychology in the faculty of Psychobiology (Columbia University)
Degree in Parapsychology (New York University)
Degree of philosophy in Nuclear Engineering (M.I.T.)

## Appearances

### Appears in

Legacy Cut: The Ultimate Ghostbusters (End credits; mentioned)

### Debut

Legacy Cut: The Ultimate Ghostbusters (End credits; mentioned)

Dr. Egon Spengler, Ph.D., was a former professor of paranormal studies, scientist, Ghostbuster, having co-founded Ghostbusters, Inc. Egon constructed the proton pack, storage facility, and other ghostbusting equipment.

In 1984, Egon and the rest of the Ghostbusters in New York saved the world from a manifestation of Gozer the Gozerian who took on the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. After which, Egon went on to continue his studies in the paranormal field despite paranormal activity seizing. However, Egon helped fund and donate equipment to his nephew, Ed Spengler, in 2005 when the Denver Ghostbusters were formed to stop new paranormal threats in Denver, Colorado. Egon also went on to do the same for his other nephew and Ed's brother, Teo Spengler, in 2017 when Ivan Walker came to power in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

## Biography

### First Born

At some point in 1982, Egon has a daughter, Callie, although he's not involved in her life.

### Savin' The Day

In November of 1984, Egon Spengler and the Ghostbusters stop a manifestation of Gozer the Gozerian who had taken on the form of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. With that, they had saved the city and world for a ghost apocalypse.

### Helping The Denver Ghostbusters

In 2005, Ed Spengler founded the Denver Ghostbusters to deal with the up arise of ghosts and paranormal activity in Denver, Colorado. Egon gave advice to Ed along with some old equipment for he and his teammates to use against the evil spirits.

### Helping The Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters

In 2017 when Teo Spengler joins the Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters, he contacts Egon looking for any blueprints or old equipment he still has lying around. Egon fortunately does and is able to ship them down to Teo.

## Personality

Egon Spengler is a hard-working and dedicated individual. He surrounded himself with the paranormal and focused on nothing else but his work. Egon is also very straight-laced, not often displaying any emotions.

## Abilities

**Super-Intelligent:** Egon Spengler is held in high regards thanks to his high-intelligence, having used it to develop all of the ghostbusting equipment and technology.

## Equipment

### Ghostbusting

* **The Proton Pack:** The nuclear accelerator worn on the Ghostbusters back that houses all the necessary technology to fire a proton stream. The packs are estimated to be around 30 pounds.
* **The Particle Thrower:** The wand attached to the proton pack that fires the ionized stream of protons (proton stream) that's used to wrangle ghosts and hold them.
* **The Ghost Trap:** Opened with a foot pedal, the ghost trap sucks in any spirit above its opened doors into the small box to temporarily house the ghost while its transported.
* **The PKE Meter:** A device used to detect psychokinetic energy in the immediate vicinity and can be used to track ghosts or any other paranormal presence.
* **The Storage Facility/Containment Grid:** The storage facility is grid built behind the fire house wall to permanently house and store all ghosts caught by the Ghostbusters and is impossible to escape unless purposely opened.

## Facilities

**Ghostbusters Firehouse (New York):** The former headquarters and base of operations for the Ghostbusters.

## Relationships

### Allies

* **Spengler Family** - Relatives
	+ Unnamed Brother
	+ Callie - Daughter
	+ Ed Spengler - Nephew
	+ Teo Spengler - Nephew
* **The Ghostbusters** - Colleagues
	+ Peter Venkman
	+ Ray Stantz
	+ Winston Zeddemore
	+ Janine Melnitz
	+ Louis Tully
	+ Slimer † - Former enemy

### Enemies

* Gozer the Gozerian
* Ivo Shandor †
* Multiple Unnamed Ghosts †
* Walter Peck