Egon Spengler It is implied in one episode of the animated series that Spengler accidentally burned down his family's garage. Spengler is the only original Ghostbuster to return for the "Extreme Ghostbusters" series as a regular, acting as a mentor to the new Ghostbusters (the others appeared for a two-part episode, "Back in the Saddle"), and monitoring and sustaining the Containment Unit while working as a paranormal studies professor at a university. He is the de facto leader of the new, younger team of Ghostbusters; although the old team had gone into retirement after they apparently dealt with all the ghosts in
Christine Spengler Madrid at the age of seven to live with her aunt and uncle. There, she studied French and Spanish literature in order to become a writer. At the age of 23, Spengler and her younger brother Eric, left Madrid. While travelling through Chad during the Toubou Wars, Spengler borrowed her brother's camera and photographed soldiers headed into battle. For taking the picture, Spengler and her brother were arrested and held for 23 days in prison on speculation they were spies or journalists. Despite the arrest, Spengler continued to focus on war photography, specifically on the adapted daily life of women