| “ | It's the words "paranormal" and "supernatural" combined. Because that's what we... what we're concerned with. Paranatural activity. Yeah. The Paranatural Activity Club.
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The Paranatural Activity Club, also known as the Activity Club, is a student-based school organization at Mayview Middle School. The club was established by teacher Richard Spender in order to teach young spectrals about the supernatural and train them to fight and neutralize harmful spirits.
The Activity Club meets in room 313 of the school, as seen by the number on Isaac's key.[1]
Members[]
Current[]
- Richard Spender (founder, faculty advisor)
- Ed Burger
- Isabel Guerra
- Isaac O'Connor
- Max Puckett
Former[]
Overview[]
| “ | Max… the original Activity Club had three members. Ed, Isabel… and Dimitri.
— Isaac O'Connor to Max Puckett (Chapter 5, Page 293
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During his time teaching at Mayview Middle School, Mr. Spender decided to start the Paranatural Activity Club in order to aid young spectrals in learning about the supernatural. Despite this, Mr. Spender has multiple issues regarding communication with his club members - he habitually withholds information until contextually relevant,[2][3] tends to overlook his students' emotional states,[4] neglects to praise them,[5] and refuses to find aid from others when in need.[6]
The Activity Club initially consisted of Mr. Spender, Isabel Guerra, Ed Burger, and Dimitri Danger.[7] About three years prior to the start of the comic,[8] Isaac O'Connor joined the club. During his first mission, Isaac accidentally harmed Dimitri after making a "bad call",[7] leading to the latter quitting the club and joining the Journalism Club. After this incident, Isaac was overcome with guilt and began to believe the remaining club members members blamed him for it,[9] causing him to close himself off emotionally from the others.
Due to his status as medium to King C., Isaac is also restricted from information regarding the Paranatural Activity Consortium by organization leader Boss Leader.[10]
Two years after Isaac's joining,[11][12] Max Puckett transferred to Mayview Middle School, where he became a spectral and was recruited into the Activity Club after defeating a spirit in one shot with a possessed baseball bat.
Trivia[]
- Prior to its confirmation, there were several hints towards Dimitri having originally been a part of the Activity Club.
- On Chapter 1, Page 42
, during Suzy's rant about the Activity Club, Dimitri says, "They're not so bad." - On Chapter 3, Page 5, Dimitri can be seen half-submerged an evil spirit, his face obscured by a text bubble.
- On Chapter 3, Page 42, Mr. Spender says "quads again means squads again!" in reference to Max joining the club, hinting that the Activity Club had four members at another point in time.
- On Chapter 4, Page 96, at the end of Isabel's recounting of how she and Eightfold met, Dimitri's hand can be seen giving her a thumbs-up from off screen.
- On Chapter 5's title page, Dimitri's hand can be seen wrapped in orange spectral energy.
- On Chapter 1, Page 42
Gallery[]
)References[]
- ↑ Chapter 3, Page 6
- ↑ Chapter 3, Page 5
- ↑ Chapter 4, Page 117
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 272
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 118
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 90
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 5, Page 293
- ↑ Chapter 1, Page 53
- ↑ Chapter 5, Page 19
- ↑ Chapter 4, Page 119
- ↑ "For the last two years I've been "taught" in sparse little prose nuggets, (...)"
- Isaac, Chapter 3, Page 5
- ↑ Zack's Comments, Chapter 1, Page 48: "...Isabel’s three years comment was supposed to be a reference to her meeting Isaac, and I mixed up the time frame later on. Two is the canon number of years. Chalk that one up to Isabel being forgetty, I guess? Haha"
Lore in Paranatural
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| Cousinhood of Man · Journalism Club · Paranatural Activity Club · Paranatural Activity Consortium · Student Council | |||||||
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| Ghosts · Heightened Perception · Mayview Barrier · Monsters · Spectral Energy · Spectrals (Tools · Mediums) · Spirits (Spirit Languages · Spirit Fusion) | |||||||
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| The Fever · Hitball · Pop Culture · Starchman Stars · Timeline of the Paranatural Universe | |||||||