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Gus is a male ghost currently haunting the Haunted Mansion.

Description[]

Gus is a dwarfish, hairy man with a long white beard and hair, wearing rags and dragging a boulder. This old prisoner is the final member of the Hitchhiking Ghosts. Gus is quite the unpredictable oddball, often behaving like a child, so much so that Phineas looks after him as if he were one. But Gus is crafty when he needs to be, and a driving force behind the trio's relentless pranking.

Biography[]

Mortal Life[]

The details of Gus's life are shrouded in mystery, as the Hitchhiking Ghosts are known for making up all manners of nonsense about their mortal existence. Deservedly or not, Gus was thrown in jail at some point and stayed there for several years by the look of it, before an anonymous Helpful Henchman helped him escape the old dungeons. When all of this took place is unclear; the Hitchhikers sometimes claim they were already friends in life, and even that Gus was a relative of the Graceys, but this is probably yet another tall tale. Whatever the case, Gus died, presumably shortly after his escape.

Afterlife[]

In undeath, Gus met (or, depending, was rejoined by) his friends Phineas and Ezra, and the three soon began using their new abilities to prank mortals, spreading tales of ghostly hitchhikers throughout the United States in their endless travels. One day, however, they decided to return to Haunted Mansion, where Ezra had the unpleasant surprise of finding his long-forgotten brother the Hatbox Ghost. Since then, the three have been the designated pranksters of the Mansion, causing mayhem to the everlasting annoyance of the mortal Maids and Butlers.

Azalea[]

In the Mansion, Gus met one of the "ghoulies from all over the world" who had retired there, namely a strange female goblin known as "Zany Azalea". The nearly-mute dwarf-like ghost somehow developped a crush on the bomb-happy goblin. No one quite knows what to make of it, least of all Azalea herself, but it does not look like Gus will give up any time soon.

Index[]

Index of Stories Featuring Gus

Origins[]

Ezra is a First-Level Canon Character, as he has been present in the ride since it opened in 1969.

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