Spectra's Identity

yugi58, I suggest you refrain from reading most of this, since there will be interminable questions from you regarding the definitions of the words used in this summary.

I just can't get this out of my head...

Let's get one thing straight, Spectra is Keith. There is no doubt about it...
However, how could that make any sense compared to last season? The team had never suspected Alice, other than one episode and the writers were trying to keep it discreet (and failed) that Masquerade was Alice. At first, the Battle Brawlers suspected Joe to be Masquerade, and what happened? They couldn't have been further from the truth... So now I am supposed to believe that Mira has already discovered Spectra's identity and once he is unmasked in that fateful moment next episode, he will be Keith and that is the end of "Masquerade 2"? I just have this feeling that Spectra's identity will NOT be as predictable as we believe it to be. I really think it will turn out to be shocking again, but I just don't know exactly how...

First off, I had my doubts that Spectra would be unmasked in an Earthly amusement park. How epic . But after reviewing the episode title and the fact that New Vestroia has 26 episodes total and Spectra's aledged unmasking moment is 14 episodes away from the end, as well as Masquerade's unmasking moment being episode 38, ALSO 14 episodes away from 52, the end of season 1, that is no coincidence. So yes, Spectra will undoubtedly be unmasked in episode 12 of New Vestroia.

Second, if Spectra is unmasked in an amusement park, that will NOT be his final brawl. I predict he will escape, leaving Mira baffled somehow. The end of Spectra is where Dan and him battle it out with Maxus Drago and Maxus Helios in that magma-like arena where Professor Clay was recently seen working on Darkus Hades for Shadow: Gamma City. I can't imagine HOW Mira will succeed against Spectra and Gus alone. Perhaps she will need to unveil abilities as powerful as SubTerra Reactor for Wilda.

Third, and this idea is a bit far-fetched... But perhaps when Keith was possibly fractured/mauled by Alpha Hydranoid when he was so close to it during its painful experimenting on, Professor Clay remade Keith as a clone (I know he doesn't seem to care about his children that much, but I'm convinced this guy has a sick mind) and the resulting creation was Spectra Phantom, somehow. I really doubt this theory could ever be correct, seeing as, so far, Spectra seems to be a legitimate undead brawler. The flight, the glowing red eye, the fangs shown in episode 11... I cannot simply call him Keith Clay, and leave it at that... Perhaps Spectra's face is mangled or burnt, but that would be a bit too graphic for Bakugan in any way...

So the only conclusion I can come to is vaguely this: Spectra will be unmasked next episode, and will return as Spectra Phantom to brawl Dan in the battle to destroy the final Dimension Controller. Spectra is the leader of the Vexos, after Prince Hydron, he is a major antagonist to the season, he is NOT going to be beaten and gone before even HALF of New Vestroia episodes have been aired.

Feel free to discuss.

nice comment about yugi, and i pretty much agree with you, but Masquerade did reappear after the brawlers knew Masquerade was Alice, when Dan was being beaten badly in the world of half Pyrus Half Darkus, so the thought of Spectra will come back is evident, just because I like Spectra so much i don't want him to be unmasked. Just to sound far-fetched I wish that there will be that climactic moment in next episode where Spectra's mask is being taken off and when partly uncovered(but still covered with shadow) BOOM, some explosion or something happens that makes Spectra go away leaving Mira clueless of who Spectra really is. i hope that happens....

or the Spectra is unveiled but it is a clone or something brawling for him, Vestal science could possibly achieve this, so it could happen....

anyway there are many things that could happen, that or Spectra is a creation of Dr. Clay just as Altair and all the mechanical bakugan could be, it is probably easier to make a human from scratch who you can just program to obey you, than a bakugan who gets the power surges from the ability cards and has to funnel that energy through a metal body, Spectra would not have to funnel that energy so it is possible to make a human easier. not to mention that could describe the flying and glowing red eye...

so i guess we will see what happens

That idea about Spectra being nearly unmasked, then escaping because of an explosion is intense, and I agree with you on hoping that will be what happens next episode... It also seems you pretty much agree with me on that whole clone theory XD. Spectra, an android? I never really thought of that, but you may be right. However, Mylene once said, thanks to Vestal science, they have revived an extinct bakugan. This undeniably proves that Vestals are capable of bringing the dead back to life, so why not Keith? Only something clearly goes wrong... Perhaps a manifestation of evil followed him after death, and resulted in Spectra? Although, that sounds a bit too supernatural for Bakugan, and also a bit unfitting compared to how New Vestroia has progressed so far.

Wouldn't surprise me if, maybe Keith was in the lab with the Hydranoid incident and he was struck so hard that in order to save him, Dr. Clay had to replace some of his organs with mechanical pieces thus making a kind of cyborg, explaining the eyes, the floating and other things. I hope he isn't unmasked because that would ruin the Spectra name, why cant they for once keep the man with a mysterious background a secret, it ads more fun and unexpected events to pop up in the series.

One thing I am wondering about, in season 1 the only reason the BBB wanted to unmask Masquerade was because somehow the brawlers location and secrets was being leaked to the enemy, this time around, no secrets are being leaked, the only thing the BBBR is trying to do is take down the dimension controllers, not trying to take off Spectra mask, the only person who is even interested in who Spectra is, is Mira, because of her brother, she wants to see if it is her brother, she really isn't interested in who he is, as much as she wants to know if it is her brother. The only reason she is going after Spectra is to discover if Spectra is her brother, she could probably care less who it is if it isn't her brother. so I'm wondering why do they have to unmask every mysterious character in any series ever.I like the characters that are mysterious. =)

SpectraViperHelios wrote:

Wouldn't surprise me if, maybe Keith was in the lab with the Hydranoid incident and he was struck so hard that in order to save him, Dr. Clay had to replace some of his organs with mechanical pieces thus making a kind of cyborg, explaining the eyes, the floating and other things. I hope he isn't unmasked because that would ruin the Spectra name, why cant they for once keep the man with a mysterious background a secret, it ads more fun and unexpected events to pop up in the series.

One thing I am wondering about, in season 1 the only reason the BBB wanted to unmask Masquerade was because somehow the brawlers location and secrets was being leaked to the enemy, this time around, no secrets are being leaked, the only thing the BBBR is trying to do is take down the dimension controllers, not trying to take off Spectra mask, the only person who is even interested in who Spectra is, is Mira, because of her brother, she wants to see if it is her brother, she really isn't interested in who he is, as much as she wants to know if it is her brother. The only reason she is going after Spectra is to discover if Spectra is her brother, she could probably care less who it is if it isn't her brother. so I'm wondering why do they have to unmask every mysterious character in any series ever.I like the characters that are mysterious. =)

I looked it up, and there is only one major villain in an animated series that has never been unmasked: "Slade - Teen Titans" You do have a point, and I agree that it's a bit too early in the season for Spectra's identity to be revealed. I always expect the enemy to have the mask forced off from an explosion or otherwise, yet in both seasons of Bakugan, I don't see that happening. XD Perhaps it's too predictable to the producers.

Masquerade_Darkon wrote:

SpectraViperHelios wrote:

Wouldn't surprise me if, maybe Keith was in the lab with the Hydranoid incident and he was struck so hard that in order to save him, Dr. Clay had to replace some of his organs with mechanical pieces thus making a kind of cyborg, explaining the eyes, the floating and other things. I hope he isn't unmasked because that would ruin the Spectra name, why cant they for once keep the man with a mysterious background a secret, it ads more fun and unexpected events to pop up in the series.

One thing I am wondering about, in season 1 the only reason the BBB wanted to unmask Masquerade was because somehow the brawlers location and secrets was being leaked to the enemy, this time around, no secrets are being leaked, the only thing the BBBR is trying to do is take down the dimension controllers, not trying to take off Spectra mask, the only person who is even interested in who Spectra is, is Mira, because of her brother, she wants to see if it is her brother, she really isn't interested in who he is, as much as she wants to know if it is her brother. The only reason she is going after Spectra is to discover if Spectra is her brother, she could probably care less who it is if it isn't her brother. so I'm wondering why do they have to unmask every mysterious character in any series ever.I like the characters that are mysterious. =)

I looked it up, and there is only one major villain in an animated series that has never been unmasked: "Slade - Teen Titans" You do have a point, and I agree that it's a bit too early in the season for Spectra's identity to be revealed. I always expect the enemy to have the mask forced off from an explosion or otherwise, yet in both seasons of Bakugan, I don't see that happening. XD Perhaps it's too predictable to the producers.

I agree. It is too early. I think that Spectra, and Gus, should tie with Mira, and then nothing happens. Then when Dan and Spectra battle it out with Maxos bakugan, he should be revealed.

I think that "The magic is in the mystery, the more you know the less you experiance. And what's the fun in that?"

you never know maybe spectra unmasked is someone no one knows and it wont make much of a deal

I like all of these ideas, but I think it has something to do with how this season was made. This is American made, not Japanese made (if I heard correctly)... That shows that it's already going to do things differently than the last season. There could possibly be an explosion that stops Spectra from being revealed. The clone thing fits too... But to sum it up, I agree, too early in the seires for Spectra to be revealed... maybe that isn't even the real spectra. Maybe spectra left his own android with Gus and sent them back to Earth (doesn't anyone think it's weird that Gus and Spectra went back to NV, yet they end up on Earth again?)

YumiOfTheFadedTsunami wrote:

I like all of these ideas, but I think it has something to do with how this season was made. This is American made, not Japanese made (if I heard correctly)... That shows that it's already going to do things differently than the last season. There could possibly be an explosion that stops Spectra from being revealed. The clone thing fits too... But to sum it up, I agree, too early in the seires for Spectra to be revealed... maybe that isn't even the real spectra. Maybe spectra left his own android with Gus and sent them back to Earth (doesn't anyone think it's weird that Gus and Spectra went back to NV, yet they end up on Earth again?)

Ok,I admit this comment might be a little stupid and all,but remember how Hal-G was actually a scientis?

well,Maybe Spectra is actually keith who was mutated when our friend Dr.Dolittle(sarcastic remark on Dr.Clay) was doing a cruel experiment with said bakugan....then maybe Dr.clay was also mutated,but who could Dr. Clays mutated form be?

I might be a little crazy but what if Dr.clay's mutated form is Prince Hydron?

TODAY IS SUNDAY!

Let's find out...

We still don't know the story though we do know the face....

I still think he's an android or a clone XP

Well, this was a bit of a disappointment. He's not even missing an eye! XD Oh, well. At least it's not the end of Spectra/Keith.

But it wasn't even exciting now I still have to use Masquerade and Dan's last battle in my AMVs. >_> They better make up for it.

They'll probably make up for it in the battle between Dan and Spectra.... hopefully, you never know...

I hope that when spectra battle with dan with maxos bakugan something cool happens.......>.<