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TELL ME, SPECTRAL- HAVE THEY CHOSEN WHICH OF MY KIND'S FALLEN YOU'LL CHEAPLY IMITATE? OR IS IT A YET EMPTY PRISON I NOW DESTROY?

Gorf,[1] formerly known by the nickname "Racist Whale-Frog" given by Zack Morrison via alt-text,[2] is a spirit that intruded on the Corner Store during Max's second night in Mayview to feed off of reflections of himself. He is the primary antagonist of Chapter 2.

Appearance[]

Gorf is a large, blue, whale-like and frog-like spirit. The palms of his hands and underbelly are both colored blue-grey, and his mouth is rimmed with a green-grey color with small circles on both sides to resemble cheeks. He has orange sclera with a yellow ring for an iris and a yellow pupil. Positioned slightly above the eyes is a small pair of blowholes which Gorf commonly uses to emit his light blue spectral energy.

After Gorf activates his Grudge state, he becomes noticeably more muscular, his teeth become sharper, his fingers gain webbing in between them, and the lip markings gain three drips.

Personality[]

He appears to have a great hatred for Spectrals. In addition, he is incredibly vain, constantly calling himself perfect. He is also incredibly picky, choosing not to possess Mr. Puckett because he was instantly fed up with his sleep talking, preferring instead to possess any random object he might get a hold of.

Paranatural[]

Chapter 2[]

Gorf's presence in the Corner Store was first given away by Hissin' Pete freaking out about something downstairs. When Max found him, he appeared to be pulling his own reflections out of clear surfaces and eating them. Initially believing Max to be a ghost, he becomes violent upon realizing Max is actually a spectral. Gorf, Max, PJ, and Lefty have a long fight in the store before Isabel and Ed arrive to offer assistance.

Whale frog ghost

Gorf in its weakened form. (Chapter 2, Page 26Pnat)

Gorf is slain after his head gets split open by Ed, causing all the clones he created to vanish. Gorf's weakened form taunts Ed and floats through the ceiling, encountering Max's Dad. He gives a small monologue about his imminent possession being a "shameful necessity" before Dad Puckett's snoring causes him to reconsider and head back into the store proper. He zips by Ed and Max and with his remaining strength deteriorating, he manages to possess a plunger, which Ed takes with him.

Chapter 3[]

Gorf's plunger is taken into the Activity Club Room as a possible weapon for Isaac O'Connor. After he rejects it, the plunger is presumably placed in storage.

Chapter 5[]

At the end of the school day, Max rewards PJ for his help with the plunger, so that PJ would be able to physically hit opponents with it.

Abilities[]

Reflection Control[]

  • Gorf can create crude copies of beings from any reflective surface mirroring their image, although he does not need to be directly near the surface to do so. He evidently uses this power primarily as a means to feed, as he was first seen eating reflections of himself.

Other[]

  • Gorf can also inflate himself to a great size (although this may be a grudge form and thus inherent to his species).

Quotes[]

Gorf: "HNNN...HRRRRRGHOST-CHILD? BRRAVE...TO BE SO CLOSE. RRRRAWAY WITH YOU. I AM FEEDING...AND HAVE NO PATIENCE...FOR THE DEAD."
Max: "Um...Uh...I'm not a ghost."
Gorf: "ABOMINATION! YOU WILL BE SOON."
— Gorf encountering Maxwell Puckett (Chapter 2, Page 15Pnat)
Gorf: "CHOOSE YOUR LAST AND SECOND-TO-LAST WORDS, INTERLOPER. I WILL CRUSH YOU AND THEN DEVOUR YOUR GHOST."
Ed: "I've got 80 pounds of face-breakin' spectral muscle standin' between you and the rest of your life, not to mention there's an irate magical girl outside likely t'be half as merciful with you as I'm not gonna be. So! I need you to hurry up n' choose before I acquaint you with your internal anatomy: are we gonna do this the easy way, or the I KILL YOU way?"
Gorf: "WHAT WAS THAT? I COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY IMAGINING THE SOUND OF YOUR BONES SNAPPING, FLESHGHOST."
— Gorf and Ed Burger exchanging threats (Chapter 2, Page 22Pnat)
"BEHOLD...PERFECSHBLUH"
— Gorf trying to boast but getting punched by Lefty (Chapter 2, Page 23Pnat)
Gorf: "WHAT I DO NOW IS A SHAMEFUL NECESSITY. BUT WILL IT LEAD ME DOWN A PATH OF REVENGE...OR OF SERVITUDE--"
Max's Dad: "SNRRRKFZZZ"
Gorf: "YOU KNOW WHAT NAH"
— Gorf contemplating possessing Max's Dad (Chapter 2, Page 27Pnat)

Trivia[]

  • Although his gender has not been referred to in-comic, it was revealed in the mouseover text for the archive page's link to Chapter 2, Page 27: "Disappointed with his human host options, the spirit decides to possess a toilet plunger".
  • PJ is able to safely hold Gorf's Tool because of a spectral energy color mismatch. PJ cannot use Gorf's powers, but Gorf is not able to feed off of and subsequently consume the ghost either[3].

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Comic[]

References[]

  1. https://twitter.com/paranaturalzack/status/578789555924525056
  2. "Racist whale-frogs and what have you." Chapter 2, Page 15Pnat Has since been changed to "Murderous whale-frogs and what have you."
  3. Chapter 5, Page 292Pnat postscript: "To clarify just in case, PJ can't use Gorf's (the chapter 2 frog spirit's) reflection powers because his spectral energy color doesn't match. On the plus side, Gorf can't suck him up either! So the plunger's just an object PJ can touch."

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